2 All nature owns his guardian care;
In him we live, in him we move;
But nobler benefits declare

His wonders in redeeming love.

3 From heaven he sent his holy Son

To save a world from death and sin; "Tis here he makes his goodness known, And proves it boundless and divine. 4 To this sure refuge, Lord, we come ; On this alone our hope relies ; A safe defence, a peaceful home, Where storms of trouble never rise.

HUMILITY, PATIENCE AND
RESIGNATION.

HYMN 375. L. M. [b]
Humility.

1 WHEREFORE should man, frail child of clay, Who, from the cradle to the shroud, Lives but the insect of a day,

O, why should mortal man be proud?

2 His brightest visions just appear,

Then vanish, and no more are found;
The stateliest pile his pride can rear,
A breath may level with the ground.
3 Follies and crimes, a countless sum,
Are crowded in life's little span :

How ill, alas, does pride become That erring, guilty creature, man! 4 God of our lives, Father divine,

Give us a meek and lowly mind; In modest worth, O may we shine, And peace in humble virtue find.

HYMN 376. C. M. [b]

Prostration.

1 ATTEND, my soul, with filial awe,
The dictates of thy God

;

Silent and trembling, hear the voice
Of his appointed rod.

2 Now let me search and try my ways,
And, prostrate, seek his face;

Conscious of guilt, before his throne,
In dust my soul abase.

3 Teach me, my God, what's yet unknown,
And all my crimes forgive;
Those crimes I would no more repeat,
But to thine honour live.

4 My withered joys too plainly show
That all on earth is vain:
In God my wounded heart confides,
True rest and bliss to gain.

5 Father, I wait thy gracious call
To leave this mournful land,
And bathe in rivers of delight

That flow at thy right hand.

HYMN 377. C. M. [b]
Thirsting after God.

1 WHEN, fainting in the sultry waste,
And parched with thirst extreme,
The weary pilgrim longs to taste
The cool, refreshing stream,-

2 So longs the weary, fainting mind,
Oppressed with sins and woes,
Some soul-reviving spring to find,
Whence heavenly comfort flows.
3 Thus sweet the consolations are,
The promises impart ;
Here flowing streanis of life
To ease the panting heart.

appear,

4 O, when I thirst for thee, my God,
With ardent, strong desire,

And still, through all this desert road,
To taste thy grace aspire,-

5 Then let my prayer to thee ascend,
A grateful sacrifice;

My plaintive voice thou wilt attend,
And grant me full supplies.

HYMN 378. L. M. [b or #]

Patience.

1 PATIENCE! O what a grace divine,
Sent from the God of peace and love,
That leans upon its Father's hand,
As through the wilds of life we rove!

2 By patience we serenely bear

The troubles of our mortal state,
And wait, contented, our discharge,
Nor think our glory comes too late.
3 Though we in full sensation feel

The weight, the wounds, our God ordains,
We smile amidst our deepest woes,
And triumph in our sharpest pains.

4 O for this grace to aid us on,

And arm with fortitude the breast,
Till, life's vain dreams and tumults o'er,
We reach the realms of endless rest.

.

HYMN 379. C. M. [b]

Submission to God under Affliction.

1 PEACE, my complaining, doubting heart;
Ye busy cares, be still;

Adore the just, the sovereign Lord,
Nor murmur at his will.

2 Unerring wisdom guides his hand
Nor dares my guilty fear,
Amid the sharpest pains I feel,
Pronounce his hand severe.

3 To soften every painful stroke,
Indulgent Mercy bends,

And, unrepining, when I plead,
His gracious ear attends.

;

4 Yes, Lord, I own thy sovereign hand,
Thou just, and wise, and kind:

Be every anxious thought suppressed
And all my soul resigned.

HYMN 380. L. M. [b]

Meekness.

1 HAPPY the meek, whose gentle breast, Clear as the summer's evening ray, Calm as the regions of the blest, Enjoys on earth celestial day.

2 His heart no broken friendships sting;
No storms his peaceful tent invade;
He rests beneath Jehovah's wing,
Hostile to none, of none afraid.

3 Spirit of grace, all meek and mild,
Inspire our hearts, our souls possess ;
Repel each passion, rude and wild,
And bless us, as we aim to bless.

HYMN 381. C. M. [b]
Resignation.

1 O RESIGNATION, heavenly power,
Our warmest thoughts engage;
Thou art the safest guide of youth,
The sure support of age.

2 Teach us the hand of Love divine
In evils to discern;

"Tis the first lesson which we need,
The latest which we learn.

3 Resign, and all the pain of life

That moment we remove;

The heavy load of grief and care
Devolves on One above.