3 So shall our children learn the road peace. HYMN 275. C. M. [#] Delight in the Word of God. 10 How I love thy holy law ! And thence my meditations draw 2 My waking eyes prevent the day, 3 No treasures so enrich the mind, 4 When nature sinks, and spirits droop, Are pillars to support my hope, 18 HYMN 276. L. P. M. [#] 1 How precious, Lord, thy holy word! 3 Thy threatenings wake our slumbering eyes, And gives a free, but large reward. HYMN 277. C. M. [#] Consolation from the Scriptures. 1 LORD, we would make thy word our joy, Our lasting heritage; May this our noblest powers employ, 2 "Tis like the sun, a heavenly light, And, through the dangers of the night, 3 O, 'tis a land of wealth unknown, There seeds of endless bliss are sown, 4 The best relief that mourners have, HYMN 278. L. M. [#] Glorious Word. 1 WHEN Israel through the desert passed, A fiery pillar went before, To guide them through the desert waste, 2 Such is thy glorious word, O God! And points the path to bliss and heaven. 3 It fills the soul with sweet delight, And quickens its inactive powers; Its doctrines are divinely true; HYMN 279. S. M. [#] 1 How choice the book divine, Bright as a lamp its doctrines shine, 2 It cheers our drooping hearts 3 This lamp, through all the night TRIUMPH OF CHRISTIANITY, HYMN 280. C. M. [#] Triumph of Christianity. 1 O'ER mountain tops, the mount of God Above the summits of the hills, 2 To this, the joyful nations round, Up to this mountain of their God, 3 The beams that shine from Zion's hill The King who reigns in Salem's towers 4 No war shall rage; no hostile feuds To plough-shares men shall beat their swords, 5 No longer host, encountering host, HYMN 281. H. M. [# or b] Jubilee. 1 BLOW ye the trumpet, blow The gladly solemn sound; Let all the nations know, To earth's remotest bound, The year of jubilee is come: Return, ye ransomed sinners, home. 2 Behold the Son of God, Commissioned from above, To all the human race, The Messenger of love : The year of jubilee is come; 3 The gospel trumpet hear, The news of pardoning grace; |