2. If we to-day sweet peace possess, It soon must be withdrawn ; Some change may plunge us in distress, 3. Disease and pain invade our health, And oft, when least expected, wealth 4. Since sin has fill'd the world with wo, Lord! wean our hearts from things below, 1. WE HYMN 466. L. M. EARY of these low scenes of night, My fainting heart grows sick of time, Sighs for the dawn of sweet delight, Sighs for a distant happier clime. 2. 'Tis just, 'tis right: thus he ordains, Who form'd this animated clod; That needful cares, instructive pains, May bring the restless heart to God. 3. In him, my soul! behold thy rest; Nor hope for bliss below the sky. Come, resignation, to my breast, And silence ev'ry plaintive sigh. 4. Then cheerful shall my heart survey The toils and dangers of the road; And patient keep the heav'nly way, Which leads me homeward to my God. 1.G HYMN 467. c. M. REAT Ruler of all nature's frame, We hear thy breath in ev'ry storm, For all the winds are thine. 2. Wide as they sweep their sounding way, And aw'd by thy majestic voice, 3. Thy mercy tempers ev'ry blast 4. Let me those gentle whispers hear, 1. Sleep in thine arms, and wake in realms HYMN 468. L. M. MY God, my hope! if thou art mine, O leave me not in dark despair. HYMN 469. L. M. 1. SHOULD famine o'er the mourning field Extend her desolating reign, Nor spring her blooming beauties yield, Nor autumn swell the fruitful grain: 2. Should lowing herds, and bleating sheep, Around their famish'd master die; And hope itself despairing weep, While life deplores its last supply: 3. Amid the dark, the deathful scene, If I can say, the Lord is mine! The joy shall triumph o'er the pain, And glory dawn, though life decline. 4. The God of my salvation lives; My nobler life he will sustain ; His word immortal vigour gives, Nor shall my glorious hopes be vain. 5. Thy presence, Lord, can cheer my heart, Though ev'ry earthly comfort die; Thy smile can bid my pains depart, And raise my sacred pleasures high. 6. O let me hear thy blissful voice, Inspiring life and joys divine.! The barren desert shall rejoice; 'Tis paradise, if thou art mine. HYMN 470. s. M. 1. LORD, in this vale of tears, What various woes we feel! Diseases, pains, and doubts, and fears, Surround thy children still. 2 What dangers fill the road! What storms, and tempests roar But we march onward to our God, And trust his guardian pow'r. 3. No lasting comfort's found Through this long wilderness: But when we reach the heav'nly ground, 4. Support us in the way, Lord! let our faith be strong; 5. Death shall convey us home; HYMN 471. L. M. THOU, Lord, through ev'ry changing scene, Hast to thy saints a refuge been: Through ev'ry age, eternal God, Their pleasing home, their safe abode. 2. Lo, we are ris'n, a feeble race, 3. Through all the thorny paths we trace When friends desert, and foes invade, 1. XXVII. HYMN 472. c. M. HARK! from the tombs a doleful sound; "Ye living men, come, view the ground, "Where you must shortly lie. 2. "Princes, this clay must be your bed, "In spite of all your tow'rs! "The tall, the wise, the rev'rend head, "Must lie as low as our's." 3. Great God! is this our certain doom? Still walking downward to the tomb, 4. Grant us the pow'r of quick'ning grace, HYMN 473. c. м. 1. TEACH me the measure of my days, I would survey life's narrow space, 2. A span is all that we can boast In all his flow'r and prime. ; 3. See the vain race of mortals move, They rage and strive, desire and love, 4. Some walk in honour's gaudy show; They toil for heirs they know not who, 5. What should I wish or wait for then, 6. Now I resign my earthly hope, HYMN 474. c. M. 1.THEE we adore, eternal name! How feeble is our mortal frame, 2. Our wasting lives are short'ning still, And ev'ry beating pulse we tell 3. Dangers stand thick through all the ground, To push us to the tomb; And fierce diseases wait around, To hurry mortals home. 4. Good God! on what a slender thread, 5. Yet while a world of joy or wo |