3 There generous fruits, that never fail, There rocks, and hills, and brooks, and vales 4 All o'er those wide-extended plains HYMN 325. L. M. [#] BEAR me, ye spirits of the blest, A rapturous prospect cheers the soul, 4 Sweet heavenly fields their bloom display; No root of bitterness is found; The Sun of love shines all the day, And spreads a joyful scene around. 5 Then bear me, spirits of the blest, On faith and hope's most lively wing, To Zion's bowers of heavenly rest, Where I may holy anthems sing. HYMN 326. C. M. [#] God our Hope and Joy. 1 ETERNAL Source of joys divine, 2 Thy smile can give me real joy, 3 Thy smile can gild the shade of wo, And spread the dawn of heaven below, 4 My Hope, my Trust, my Life, my Lord, Assure me of thy love; O speak the kind, transporting word, 5 Then shall my thankful powers rejoice, HYMN 327. 7 & 6s. M. [#] Faith in God. 1 GOD is my strong Salvation: Though hosts encamp around me, 2 Place on the Lord reliance; His might thine heart shall strengthen; HYMN 328. C. M. [# or b] 1 WHEN I can read my title clear I bid farewell to every fear, 2 Should earth against my soul engage, 3 Let cares like a wild deluge come, May I but safely reach my home, 4 There shall I bathe my weary soul PENITENCE AND REFORMATION. HYMN 329. C. M. [b] Repentance and Hope. 10 THOU, the wretched's sure Retreat, My restless cares control, And, with the cheerful smile of peace, Revive my fainting soul. 2 Oppressed with grief and shame, dissolved In penitential tears, Thy goodness calms my rising doubts, 3 From that blest Source, propitious hope And sheds its soft, diffusive beam 4 My griefs confess its vital power, Which ushers in the peaceful morn HYMN 330. C. M. [b] Repentance. 1 Mr Saviour, when my thoughts recall Low at thy feet ashamed I fall, 2 Shall love like thine be thus repaid? Ah, vile, ungrateful heart, By earth's unworthy cares betrayed, 3 From Jesus, who alone can give 4 O, while I breathe to thee, my Lord, The penitential sigh, Confirm the kind, the pardoning word, HYMN 331. L. M. [b] Penitential Confession. 1 HEAR me, O Lord, in my distress; Hear me in truth and righteousness; For, at thy bar of judgment tried, None living can be justified. 2 Lord, I have foes without, within, The world, the flesh, in-dwelling sin, Life's daily ills, temptation's power, And passions raging to devour. 3 Teach me thy will, subdue my own; 4 Release my soul from trouble, Lord; |