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V.

Dear Sov'reign, break these vital strings
That bind me to my clay;
Take me, Uriel, on thy wings,
And stretch and soar away.

HYMN VI. L. M.

The Eternity of God, and Man's Mortality.

I.

ORD, thou hast been thy children's

God, All-powerful, wise, and good, and just, In every age their safe abode,

Their hope, their refuge, and their trust.

II.

Before thy word gave nature birth,
Or spread the starry Heavens abroad,
Or form'd the varied face of earth,
From everlasting thou art GOD.

III.

Great Father of Eternity,

How short are ages in thy sight!
A thousand years how swift they fly,
Like one short silent watch of night!

IV.

Uncertain life how soon it flies!

Dream of an hour, how short our bloom! Like spring's gay verdure now we rise, Cut down ere night to fill the tomb.

V.

Teach us to count our short'ning days,
And with true diligence apply
Our hearts to wisdom's sacred ways,
That we may learn to live and die.

VI.

O make our sacred pleasures rise
In sweet proportion to our pains,
'Till e'en the sad remembrance dies,
Nor one uneasy thought complains.

VII.

[Let thy Almighty work appear With power and evidence divine; And may the bliss thy servants share, Continued to thy children shine!

VIII.

Thy glorious image fair imprest,
Let all our hearts and lives declare;
Beneath thy kind protection blest,
May all our labours own thy care!]

"STAN

HYMN VII. C. M.

Sun stand thou still.

I.

TAND still, refulgent orb of day."
A Jewish hero cries;

So shall, at last, an angel say,

And tear it from the skies.

II.

A flame intenser than the sun,

Shall melt his golden urn;

Time's empty glass no more shall run,
Nor human years return.

III.

Then with immortal splendor bright,
That glorious orb shall rise,
Which through Eternity shall light
The new created skies.

IV.

His mortal triumph then complete,
JESUS, our LORD shall place,
Before his heav'nly Father's feet
The heirs of life and grace.

V.

Unceasing flows the mortal tide;
Unceasing let it flow;

If thou, O LORD, our guard and guide,
Wilt daily grace bestow,

VI.

Then, sun of nature! roll along,
And bear our years away;
The sooner shall we join the song,
Of EVERLASTING DAY.

HYMN VIII. C. M.

Mercy and Truth.

I.

THEN first the GoD of boundless grace

WHEN
Disclos'd his kind design,

To rescue our apostate race
From mis'ry, shame and sin;

II.

Quick, through the realms of light and bliss,

The joyful tidings ran;

Each heart exulted at the news,

That GOD would dwell with man.

III.

Yet 'midst their joys they paus'd awhile, And ask'd with strange surprise: "But how can injured justice smile, "Or look with pitying eyes?

IV.

["Will the Almighty deign again
"To visit yonder world;
"And hither bring rebellious men,
"Whence rebels once were hurl'd?

V.

"Their tears, & groans, & deep distress, "Aloud for mercy call;

"But, ah! must truth and righteousness "To mercy victims fall?

VI.

So spake the friends of GoD and man,
Delighted, yet surpris'd;

Eager to know the wond'rous plan,
That wisdom had devis'd.]

VII.

The Son of GoD attentive heard,
And quickly thus reply'd,
"In me let mercy be rever'd,
"And justice satisfy'd.

VIII.

"Behold! my vital blood I pour, "A sacrifice to GoD:

"Let angry justice now no more "Demand the sinner's blood."

IX.

He spake, and Heaven's high arches rung,
With shouts of loud applause;
"He dy'd," the friendly angels sung,
Nor cease their rapturous joys.

HYMN IX. L. M.

Providence.

L

THY ways, O LORD, with wise design, Are fram'd upon thy throne above,

And every dark or bending line,

Meets in the centre of thy love.

II.

With feeble light, and half obscure,
Poor mortals thy arrangements view,
Not knowing that the least-are sure,
And the mysterious-just and true.

III.

Thy flock, thy own peculiar care,
Tho' now they seem to roam uney'd,
Are led or driven, only where
They best and safest may abide.

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