g So grief is rooted in our souls, And man grows up to mourn. -3 Yet with my God I leave my cause, He rules me by his well known laws o 4 Not all the pairs that e'er I bore e 1 HYMN 84. L. M. Old Hundred. [*] Christ the Saviour. Isa. xlv, 21-25. JELOVA HL let Israel fear! EHOVAH speaks, let Israel hear! While God's eternal Son proclaims His sov'reign honours, and his names. d 2 "I am the last, and I the first, "The Saviour God, and God the just; "There's none besides pretends to shew "Such justice and salvation too. 3 ("Ye that in shades of darkness dwell, "Just on the verge of death and hell, "Look up to me from distant lands, "Light, life, and heav'n are in my hands. g 4 "I by my holy Name have sworn, "Nor shall the word in vain return; "To me shall all things bend the knee, "And every tongue shall swear to me.) 5 "In me, alone, shall men confess, "Lies all their strength and righteousness: e "But such as dare despise my Name, "I'll clothe them with eternal shame. -6 "In me, the Lord, shall all the seed HYMN 85. S. M. St. Thomas's. [*] a "Mercy and justice are the names, 66 By which I will be known. 2 "Ye dying souls, that sit "In darkness and distress, "Look from the borders of the pit, "To my recov'ring grace." 3 Sinners shall hear the sound, Their thankful tongues shall own, d "Our righteousness and strength is found "In thee, the Lord alone." 4 In thee shall Israel trust, • God will pronounce the sinners just, HYMN 86. C. M. Reading. [b] God holy, just, and sovereign. Job ix, 2-10. 1 Be pure before their God! If he contend in righteousness, We fall beneath his rod. 2 To vindicate my words and thoughts, I'll make no more pretence; Not one of all my thousand faults Can bear a just defence. 3 Strong is his arm, his heart is wise; 4 Mountains, by his almighty wrath, 5 He bids the sun forbear to rise, His hand with sackcloth spreads the skies, 6 He walks upon the stormy sea; There's none can trace his wondrous way, HYMN 87. L. M. Green's. Castle-Street. [*] God dwells with the Humble and Penitent. Isa. lvii 15, 16 1 HUS saith the high and lofty One, T "I sit upon my holy throne; "My name is God; I dwell on high; "Dwell in my own eternity. -2" But I descend to worlds below, "On earth, I have a mansion too; с "The humble spirit and contrite "Is an abode of my delight. -3 "The humble soul my words revive, "I bid the mourning sinner live; "Heal all the broken hearts I find, "And ease the sorrows of the mind. e 4 ("When I contend against their sin, "I make them know how vile they've been ; a "But should my wrath forever smoke, "Their souls would sink beneath my stroke." o 50 may thy pard'ning grace be nigh, Lest we should faint, despair and die! -Thus shall our better thoughts approve The methods of thy chast'ning love.) HYMN 88. L. M. Armley. Bath. [b] Life the Day of Grace and Hope. Eccl. ix, 4, 5, 6, 10. IFE is the time to serve the Lord, 1L' The time to insure the great reward; 2 (Life is the hour that God has giv'n, p 3 The living know that they must die Their mem❜ry, and their sense is gone, e 4 (Their hatred, and their love is lost, They have no share in all that's done, -5 Then, what my thoughts design to do, e Since no device, nor work is found, Nor faith, nor hope, beneath the ground. e 6 There are no acts of pardon past, In the cold grave to which we haste; a But darkness, death, and long despair, Reign in eternal silence there. 0 1 HYMN 89. L. M. Babylon [b] Youth and Judgment. Eccl. xi, 9. E sons of Adam, vain and young, YE Indulge your eyes, indulge your tongue, Taste the delights your souls desire, 2 Pursue the pleasures you design, a There is a day of judgment too! e 3 God from on high beholds your tho'ts, 4 The vengeance to your follies due Should strike your hearts with terrour through: p How will you stand before his face, Or answer for his injur'd grace? -5 Almighty God turn off their eyes From these alluring vanities; • And let the thunder of thy word Awake their souls to fear the Lord. a HYMN 90. C. M. The same. Windsor. [b] 1L And through all nature rove; O the young tribes of Adam rise, Fulfil the wishes of their eyes, And taste the joys they love. 2 They give a loose to wild desires; The strict account that God requires, e 3 The Judge prepares his throne on high; The frighted earth and seas Avoid the fury of his eye, And flee before his face. p 4 How shall I bear that dreadful day, -I'd give all mortal joys away, Geneva. [b] Advice to Youth. 1 NOW Eccl. xii, 1, 7; Isa. lxv, 20. "OW in the heat of youthful blood, Remember your Creator God; e Behold the months come hast'ning on, When you shall say-My joys are gone. a 2 Behold the aged sinner goes, Laden with guilt and heavy woes, Down to the regions of the dead, With endless curses on his head. p 3 The dust returns to dust again; The soul, in agonies of pain, Ascends to God; not there to dwell,— a But hears her doom, and sinks to hell. e 4 Eternal King, I fear thy name! Teach me to know how frail I am; -And when my soul must hence remove, Give me a mansion in thy love. d HYMN 92. S. M. Dover. [*] Christ the Wisdom of God. Prov. viii, 1, 22-32. 1 S HALL wisdom cry aloud, 2 "I was his chief delight, "Before the first of all his works,- "Creation, was begun. 3("Before the flying clouds, "Before the fields, before the floods, 4 "When he adorn'd the skies, 5 "When he pour'd out the sea, |