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22 NUM. XXIV. 17.-" There shall come a star out of Jacob, and a sceptre out of Israel."

10 EARTH, rejoice! from Salem see
The chosen heralds bear
Glad tidings to the distant isles,
That Salem's King is there.

2 Lo, Jacob's star, in vision seen
By Balaam's wond'ring eye!
It bursts upon the nations now,
The day-spring from on high.

3 A crown, but not a crown of thorn,
Surrounds the Victor's brow;

That hand that once was pierced for sin,
It wields the sceptre now.

4 But brighter honours far than those
Of David's royal son,

As Head of his anointed bride,
The Lord of Life hath won.

5 Though grace may shine in all his ways,
With Israel's chosen race;

'Tis in his church alone we see,
The full display of grace.

6 'Twas grace divine that made him love,
And choose her for His own;

Grace raised her from her low estate,
And placed her on the throne.

23 DEUT. VI. 5.-" Thou shalt love the Lord thy

God with all thine heart."

1 0 Lov'D, but not enough;-tho' dearer far Than self, and its most lov'd enjoyments are! None duly loves thee, but who nobly free From sensual objects, finds his all in thee.

2 Glorious, Almighty, first, and without end! When wilt thou melt the mountains and descend? When wilt thou shoot abroad thy conquering rays,

And teach these atoms thou hast made thy praise?

24 DEUT. VI.7.-" Thou shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way."

1 WHEN quiet in my house I sit,

Thy book be my companion still,
My joy thy sayings to repeat,-
Talk o'er the records of thy will,
And search the oracles divine,
Till every heart-felt word be mine.

2 O may the gracious words divinę
Subject of all my converse be;
So will the Lord his follower join,
And walk and talk himself with me:
So shall my heart his presence prove,
And burn with everlasting love,

3 Oft as I lay me down to rest,
O, may the reconciling word
Sweetly compose my weary breast!
While on the bosom of my Lord
I sink in blissful dreams away,-
And visions of eternal day.

4 Rising to sing my Saviour's praise,
Thee may I publish all day long;
And let thy precious word of grace
Flow from my heart and fill my tongue!
Fill all my life with purest love,

And join me to the church above.

25 DEUT. XXXIII. 29.-" Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord."

1 O ISRAEL, who is like to thee?
A people sav'd, and call'd to be
Peculiar to the Lord!

Thy shield! he guards thee from the foe;
Thy sword! he fights thy battles too,
Himself thy great reward.

2 Thy toils have almost reach'd a close,
Thou soon art destined to repose
Within the promised land:
Its rising hills ev'n now are seen
Enrich'd with everlasting green,
Where thou so soon shalt stand.

3 Sweet hope! it makes the coward brave,
It makes a freeman of the slave,

And bids the sluggard rise;
It lifts a worm of earth on high,
It gives him wings, and bids him fly
To everlasting joys,

26 DEUT. XXXIV. 5.-" So Moses, the servant of the Lord died there, in the land of Moab."

1 SWEET was the journey to the sky The holy prophet tried;

"Climb up the mount," said God," and die ;"
The prophet climb'd, and died.

2 Softly, with fainting head, he lay
Upon his Maker's breast;
His Maker soothed his soul away,
And laid his flesh to rest.

3 In God's own arms he left the breath
That God's own Spirit gave;
His was the noblest road to death,
And his the sweetest grave.

27 JOSH. XXIII. 14.-" Behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth."

1 My span of life will soon be done,
The passing moments say;

As lengthening shadows o'er the plain
Proclaim the close of day.

2 Soon will the toilsome strife be o'er
Of weariness and care;
And life's dull vanities no more
This anxious heart ensnare.

3 Courage, my soul! thy bitter cross,
In every trial here,

Shall bear thee to thy heaven above,
But shall not enter there.

4 Courage, my soul! on God rely,
Deliverance soon shall come;
A thousand ways thy Saviour has
To bring his people home.

28 1 SAM. III. 18.-"It is the Lord, let him do what seemeth him good,"

1 IT is the Lord-enthroned in light,
Whose claims are all divine;
Who has an undisputed right
To govern me and mine."

2 It is the Lord-should I distrust
Or contradict his will,

Who cannot do but what is just,
And must be righteous still?

3 It is the Lord-who gives me all,-
My wealth, my friends, my ease;
And of his bounties may recall
Whatever part He please.

4 It is the Lord-who can sustain
Beneath the heaviest load:
From whom assistance I obtain,
To tread the thorny road.

5 It is the Lord-whose matchless skill
Can from afflictions raise
Blessings, eternity to fill

With ever-growing praise.

6 It is the Lord-my covenant God,
Thrice blessed be his name,

Whose gracious promise, seal'd with blood,
Must ever be the same.

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