Her friends withdraw, her foes grow bold; Truth fails, and love is waxen cold. 4 O haste, with ev'ry gift inspir'd, With glory, truth, and grace attir'd, Thou Star of heav'n's eternal morn; Thou Sun, whom beams divine adorn! 5 Assert the honour of thy name; O'erwhelm thy foes with fear and shame: Then, send thy Spirit from above, And change their enmity to love. 6 Saints shall be glad before thy face, And grow in faith, in truth, and grace: Thy church shall blossom in thy sight, Yield fruits of peace and pure delight. 7 O hither, then, thy footsteps bend; Swift as a roe, from hills descend; Mild as the sabbath's cheerful ray, Till life unfolds eternal day!

PSALM 71.

First Part.

C. M.

The aged saint's reflection and hope.

"Y God, my everlasting hope,
I live upon thy truth;

Thy hands have held my childhood up,
And strengthen'd all my youth.

2 My flesh was fashion'd by thy pow'r,
With all these limbs of mine;

And, from my mother's painful hour,
I've been entirely thine.

3 Still hath my life new wonders seen
Repeated ev'ry year;

Behold! my days that yet remain,
I trust them to thy care.

4 Cast me not off when strength declines, When hoary hairs arise;

And round me let thy glory shine,
Whene'er thy servant dies.

5 Then in the hist'ry of my age,
When men review my days,
They'll read thy love in ev'ry page,
In ev'ry line thy praise.

PSALM 71. Second Part.

0. M.

Christ is our strength and righteousness.

MY

Y Saviour, my Almighty Friend,
When I begin thy praise,

Where will the growing numbers end,
The numbers of thy grace?

2 Thou art my everlasting trust,
Thy goodness I adore!

And, since I knew thy graces first,
I speak thy glories more.

3 My feet shall travel all the length
Of the celestial road;

And march with courage in thy strength,
To see my Father, God.

4 When I am fill'd with sore distress
For some surprising sin,

I'll plead thy perfect righteousness,
And mention none but thine.

5 How will my lips rejoice to tell
The vict'ries of my King!

My soul, redeem'd from sin and hell,
Shall thy salvation sing.

6 My tongue shall all the day proclaim
My Saviour and my God;

His death hath brought my foes to shame;

He sav'd me by his blood.

7 Awake, awake, my tuneful pow'rs, With this delightful song:

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I'll entertain the darkest hours,
Nor think the season long.

PSALM 71. Third Part.

C. M.

The aged Christian's prayer and song.

OD of my childhood, and my youth,

GThe guide of all my days,

I have declar'd thy heav'nly truth,
And told thy wond'rous ways.

2 Wilt thou forsake my hoary hairs,
And leave my fainting heart?
Who shall sustain my sinking years
If God, my strength, depart?

3 Let me thy pow'r and truth proclaim
To the surviving age;

And leave a savour of thy name,
When I shall quit the stage.

4 The land of silence and of death

Attends my next remove:

may these

poor remains of breath Teach the wide world thy love!

5 Thy righteousness is deep and high;
Unsearchable thy deeds:

Thy glory spreads beyond the sky,
And all my praise exceeds.

6 Oft have I heard thy threat'nings roar,
And oft endur'd the grief;

But when thy hand has prest me sore,
Thy grace was my relief.

7 By long experience have I known
Thy sov'reign pow'r to save:
At thy command, I venture down
Securely to the grave.

8 When I lie buried deep in dust,
My flesh shall be thy care:

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These with'ring limbs with thee I trust,
To raise them strong and fair.

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PSALM 72. First Part. L. M.

The kingdom of Christ.

REAT God, whose universal sway The known and unknown worlds obey, Now give the kingdom to thy Son, Extend his pow'r, exalt his throne. 2 Thy sceptre well becomes his hands, All heav'n submits to his commands; His justice shall avenge the poor, And pride and rage prevail no more. 3 With pow'r he vindicates the just, And treads th' oppressor in the dust; His worship and his fear shall last, Till hours, and years, and time be past. 4 As rain on meadows newly mown, So shall he send his influ'nce down: His grace on fainting souls distils, Like heav'nly dew on thirsty hills. 5 The heathen lands, that lie beneath The shades of overspreading death, Revive at his first dawning light, And deserts blossom at the sight. 6 The saints shall flourish in his days, Drest in the robes of joy and praise:

Peace, like a river, from his throne
Shall flow to nations yet unknown.
PSALM 72. Second Part.

J'

L. M.

The kingdom of Christ among the Gentiles.
"ESUS shall reign where'er the sun
Does his successive journies run;
His kingdom stretch from shore to shore,
Till moons shall wax and wane no more.
2 For him shall endless pray'r be made,
And praises circle round his head:
His name, like sweet perfume, shall rise
With ev'ry morning sacrifice.

3 People and realms of ev'ry tongue
Dwell on his love with sweetest song;
And infant voices shall proclaim
Their early blessings on his name.
4 Blessings abound where'er he reigns,
The pris'ner leaps to loose his chains;
The weary find eternal rest,

And all the sons of want are blest.

5 Where he displays his healing pow'r,
Death and the curse are known no more:
In him the tribes of Adam boast
More blessings, than their father lost.

6 Let ev'ry creature rise and bring
Peculiar honours to our King:
Angels descend with songs again,
And earth repeat the loud Amen.
PSALM 72. Third Part.

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The glory of Christ.

C. M.

HE mem'ry of Christ's glorious name
Thro' endless years shall run;