Kindly to share in others' joy, And weep for others' wo. 3 Where'er the helpless sons of grief Soft be our hearts their pains to feel, 4 Oh, be the law of love fulfilled 5 Be thou, my heart, dilated wide 131 May 10. C. M. WATCHFULNESS AND PRAYER. Rochester. "Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation."-Mark xiv. 38. 1 ALAS, what hourly dangers rise, What snares beset my way; To heaven, Oh, let me lift mine eyes, 2 O gracious God, in whom I live, Help me to watch, and pray, and strive, 3 Increase my faith, increase my hope, 4 Whene'er temptations fright my heart, My God, thy powerful aid impart, 5 Oh, keep me in thy heavenly way, And let me never, never stray 132 May 11. L. M. Alfreton. SEEKING FORGIVENESS. "Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me."-Ps. li. 10. 1 THOU that hear'st when sinners cry, The God of grace will ne'er despise 3 Create my nature pure within, 4 I cannot live without thy light, 5 O may thy love inspire my tongue, 133 May 12. S. M. Silver Street. HEAVENLY JOY ON EARTH. "Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory."-1 Pet. i. 8. 1 2 COME, we that love the Lord, And let our joys be known: The sorrows of the mind 3 Let those refuse to sing 4 Who never knew our God; But children of the heavenly King The hill of Zion yields A thousand sacred sweets, Before we reach the heavenly fields, Or walk the golden streets. And every tear be dry; We're marching through Emmanuel's ground, To fairer worlds on high. 134 May 13. L. M. Truro. A MORNING SONG. "Unto thee have I cried, O Lord; and in the morning shall my prayer come before thee."-Ps. lxxxviii. 13. 1 ARISE, my soul, with rapture rise, And, filled with holy love, adore Whose mercy lends me one day more. 2 And may this day, indulgent Power, 3 And wilt thou deign to lend an ear, 4 Then let me serve thee all my days, 135 May 14. C. M. Jordan. THE HEAVENLY CANAAN. "And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light and they shall reign for ever and ever."-Rev. xxii. 5. 1 HERE is a land of pure delight, THE Where saints immortal reign; 2 There everlasting spring abides, 3 Sweet fields, beyond the swelling flood, 4 But timorous mortals start and shrink 5 0, could we make our doubts remove, 6 Could we but climb where Moses stood, Not Jordan's stream, nor death's cold flood, 136 May 15. 7s. Pleyel's Hymn. THE JOYS OF HEAVEN ALONE PERFECT. "Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal."-Matt. vi. 20. 1 PROVIDENCE, profusely kind, Wheresoe'er we turn our eyes, Bids us, with a grateful mind, 2 But, perhaps, some friendly voice 3 Thankful own what you enjoy; But a changing world like this, Where a thousand fears annoy, Cannot give you perfect bliss. 4 Perfect bliss resides above, Far above yon azure sky; Bliss that merits all your love, Merits every anxious sigh. 137 May 16. C. M. Peterborough. THE GOOD ONLY HAPPY. "Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding: for the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold."-Prov. iii. 13, 14. 1 HAPPY the children of the Lord, Make all the precepts of his word 2 That precious wealth shall be their dower, Which moth nor rust shall ne'er devour, 3 For them that heavenly light shall spread, The darkest hours of life, and shed 4 Their works of piety and love, Performed through Christ their Lord, For ever registered above, Shall meet a sure reward. |