4 Still let her mild rebukings stand And her dear memory serve to make 7 s. M. THE SEASONS. 127. J. NEWTON. "From everlasting to everlasting Thou art God." 1 WHILE, with ceaseless course, the sun 2 Finished is probation's day, But how little none can know. 3 As the winged arrow flies 4 Swiftly thus our fleeting days 5 Thanks, for mercies past, receive ; Teach us henceforth how to live, 6 Bless Thy word to young and old; 7 s. M. 128. FOLLEN. "Lo the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; the flowers appear on the earth; and the time of the singing of birds is come." 1 HAIL! reviving, joyous spring, Smiling through thy veil of showers! 2 Hark! a sweet pervading sound 3 There is not a silent thing In this joyous company: 4 Wake, my spirit! art thou still? 5 Join the grateful, happy throng, Birds and brooks shall tune your song; L. M. 129. "Behold, a sower went out to sow." WHITTIER. 1 Now is the seed-time; God alone 2 Yet unforgotten where it lies, "Blessed of the Lord be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew and for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun.” 1 GREAT God! at whose all-powerful call 2 Aloft, full beaming, reigns the sun, 2 Around us from the teeming fields 8 & 7 s. M. 131. "We all do fade as a leaf." HORNE. 1 SEE the leaves around us falling, 2 "Youth, on length of days presuming, 8" What though yet no losses grieve you, 4 Yearly in our course returning, 5 On the tree of life eternal, Let our highest hopes be stayed This alone, forever vernal, Bears a leaf that shall not fade. C. M. 132. WATTS. "He giveth snow like wool; He scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes; He casteth forth His ice like morsels; who can stand before IIis cold?" 1 WITH Songs and honors sounding loud, Address the Lord on high; Over the heavens He spreads His cloud, And waters veil the sky. 2 His steady counsels change the face He bids the sun cut short his race, 8 His hoary frost, His fleecy snow, 4 The changing wind, the flying cloud, With songs and honors sounding loud, Praise ye the sovereign Lord. |