12 Should death and hell, and pow'rs unknown
Put all their forms of mischief on,
I shall be safe; for Christ displays
Salvation in more sov'reign ways.

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HYMN 306. Sixes and Fours.

To the Trinity.

NOME, thou Almighty King,
Help us thy name to sing,
Help us to praise !
Father, all glorious,
O'er all victorious,

Come and reign over us,
Ancient of days!

2 Jesus, our Lord, arise,
Scatter our enemies,

And make them fall!

Let thine Almighty aid
Our sure defence be made,
Our souls on thee be stay'd:
Lord, hear our call!

3 Come, thou incarnate Word;
Gird on thy mighty sword,
Our pray'rs attend!

Come, and thy people bless,
And give thy word success
Spirit of holiness

On us descend!

4 Coine, holy Comforter,
Thy sacred witness bear
In this glad hour!
Thou, who Almighty art,
Now rule in ev'ry heart,
And ne'er from us depart,
Spirit of pow'r!

5 To the great One in Three
Eternal praises be,

Hence evermore ;
His sov'reign majesty,
May we in glory see,
And to eternity

Love and adore.

HYMN 307. C. M.

New-Year's Hymn.

TOW, gracious Lord, thine arm reveal,
And make thy glory known;

Now let us all thy presence feel,
And soften hearts of stone.

2 Help us to venture near thy throne,
And plead a Saviour's name;
For all that we can call our own,
Is vanity and shame.

3 From all the guilt of former sin,
May mercy set us free;
And let the year we now begin,
Begin an end with thee.

4 Send down thy Spirit from above,
That saints may love thee more:
And sinners now may learn to love,
Who never lov'd before.

5 And when before thee we appear,
In our eternal home,

May growing numbers worship here,
And praise thee in our room,

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HYMN 308. L. M.

Another.

LORD, by thy supporting hand,
We enter on another year;
And now we meet at thy command,
To seek thy gracious presence here.
2 Have mercy on our num'rous youth,
Who young in years are old in sin;
And by thy Spirit and thy truth,
Shew them the state their souls are in.
3 Then by a Saviour's dying love,
To ev'ry wounded heart reveal'd,
Temptations, fears, and guilt remove,
And be their sun, and strength, and shield.
4 To mourners, speak a cheering word,
On seeking souls vouchsafe to shine,
Let poor backsliders be restor❜d,
And all thy saints in praises join.

5 Oh, hear our pray'r, and give us hope,
That when thy voice shall call us home,
Thou still wilt raise a people up,
To love and praise thee in our room.

HYMN 309. C. M.

Pleading for, and with Youth.

SIN has undone our wretched race,

But Jesus has restor'd

All who believe and trust his grace,
And seek and serve the Lord.

2 This we repeat from year to year,
And press upon our youth;
Lord, give them an attentive ear,
And save them by thy truth.

3 Come, Lord, and bless the rising race!
Make this an happy hour,
According to thy richest grace,

And thine almighty pow'r.

4 Dear youth, we know your sinful state;
(May God your hearts renew!)
We would awhile ourselves forget,
To pour out pray'r for you.

5 We see, though you perceive it not,
Th' approaching, awful doom!
Oh, tremble at the solemn thought,
And flee the wrath to come!

6 [Dear Saviour, let this new-born year,
Spread an alarm abroad;
And cry in ev'ry careless ear,
"Prepare to meet thy God!"]

HYMN 310. L. M.

Winter, or the Divine Presence withdrawn.
EE, how rude winter's icy

S Has stript the trees and seal'd the ground!

But spring will soon his rage withstand,
And spread new beauties all around.

2 My soul a sharper winter mourns;
Barren and fruitless I remain ;
When will the gentle spring return,
And bid the graces grow again?

3 Jesus, my glorious sun, arise !
'Tis thine the frozen heart to move :
Oh, hush these storms, and clear my skies,
And let me feel thy vital love!

4 Dear Lord, regard my feeble cry,
I faint and droop till thou appear;
Wilt thou permit thy plant to die?
Must it be winter all the year?

5 Be still, my soul, and wait his hour,
With humble pray'r and patient faith;
Till he reveals his gracious pow'r,
Repose on what his promise saith.
6 He, by whose all-commanding word,
Seasons their changing course maintain,
In ev'ry change a pledge affords,
That none shall seek his face in vain.

HYMN 311. C. M.

Spring, or the Return of the Divine Presence. A length the wish'd for spring has come;

How alter'd is the scene!

The trees and shrubs are drest in bloom,
The earth array'd in green.

2 I see my Saviour from on high,

Break through the clouds and shine;
No creature now more blest than I,
No song more loud than mine.

3 Thy word does all my hopes revive,
It overcomes my foes;

It makes my languid graces thrive,
And blossom like the rose.

4 Dear Lord, a monument I stand,
Of what thy grace can do;
Uphold me by thy gracious hand,
Each changing season through.

HYMN 312. C. M.

Summer, or all flesh like grass. Isa. xl. 6--8. THE grass and flow'rs which clothe the field, And look so green and gay;

Touch'd by the scythe, defenceless yield,
And fall and fade away.