o 5 Then, Saviour, then my soul receive, g Where faith is sweetly lost in sight, 1 Rippon's Col. HYMN 218. 8 & 7. Sicilian. [*] IN Eternity joyfully anticipated. this world of sin and sorrow, Compass'd round with many a care, From eternity we borrow Hope that can exclude despair. 2 Thee, triumphant God and Saviour, In the glass of faith we see! O assist each faint endeavour! Raise our earth-born souls to thee. e 3 Place that awful scene before us Of the last tremendous day,-When to life thou wilt restore us: Lingering ages, haste away! 4 When this vile and sinful nature Incorruption shall put on: -Life renewing, glorious Saviour, 1 Let thy glorious will be done. Madan's Col. HYMN 219. C. M. Plymouth. [b] Old age approaching. ETERNAL God, enthron'd on high! Whom angel hosts adore; Who yet to suppliant dust art nigh, Thy presence I implore. 2 O guide me down the steep of age, 3 My flying years time urges on, e My friends, my young companions goneCan I expect to stay? e 4 Can I exemption plead, when death Projects his awful dart? Can med'cines then prolong my breath, -5 Ah, no!-then smooth the mortal hour; o 6 Then shall my soul, O gracious God! Its endless anthems pay : 07 Through heaven, howe'er remote the bound, Thy matchless love proclaim; g And join the choir of saints, who sound Their great Redeemer's name. Rippon's Col. 1 HYMN 220. C. M. Bishopsgate. [b] Warning to prepare for Death. VAIN man, thy fond pursuits forbear Repent!-thy end is nigh! Death, at the farthest, can't be far, 2 Reflect-thou hast a soul to save: 3 Death enters-and there's no defence: 4 Thy flesh, perhaps thy chiefest care, 5 To-day the gospel calls;-to-day, Let ev'ry one forsake his way, 1 And mercy will ensue. HYMN 221. C. M. Windsor. [b] Hart. 1H That Adam's race must die: EAVEN has confirm'd the dread decree, One gen'ral ruin sweeps them down- 2 Ye living men, the tomb survey, e Hark! how the awful summous sounds, In ev'ry funeral knell! 3 Once you must die-and once for all; For know, that heaven or hell are hung 4 Those eyes, so long in darkness veil'd, And ev'ry word-and ev'ry thought- -5 Oh may I in the Judge behold o And, far beyond the reach of death, With all his saints ascend. 1 idge. Doddridge. HYMN 222. L. M. Islington. [*] Desiring to depart and be with Christ. Phil. i, 23. HILE on the verge of life I stand, And view the scenes on either hand, My spirit struggles with my clay; For, while thy service I pursue, 1 Doddridge. HYMN 223. C. M. St. Paul's. [b*] Death welcomed: Heaven anticipated. AND let this feeble body fail, And let it faint and die; My soul shall quit the mournful vale, 2 Shall join the disembodied saints, o 3 In hope of that immortal crown, And wipe away his servant's tears, e 5 Oh, what hath Jesus bought for me! Rivers of life divine I see, And trees of Paradise. o 6 I see a world of spirits bright, 8 Give joy or grief, give ease or pain, But let me find them all again, HYMN 224. L. M. Carthage. [b *] Death of the Sinner and Saint. 1 THAT scenes of horrour and of dread WHAT Death's terrours all appear in sight, e 2 His sins in dreadful order rise, 3 Tormenting pangs distract his breast; o Death strikes the blow-he groans and cries→ And, in despair and horrour-dies. -4 Not so the heir of heavenly bliss: 1 Fawcett. HYMN 225. C. M. St. Ann's. [*] Thine image trace in ev'ry word, 2 With joy I see a thousand charms, 'Protection they shall find in me'In me be ever blest. 4 'Death may the bands of life unloose, 'But can't dissolve my love; 'Millions of infant souls compose "The family above. 5 Their feeble frames my power shall raise, 'And mould with heavenly skill: 'I'll give them tongues to sing my praise, 'And hands to do my will.' o 6 His words, ye happy parents, hear, And shout, with joys divine, d 'Dear Saviour, all we have and are, 'Shall be for ever thine.' 1 Stennet. HYMN 226. C. M. Canterbury. [b*] E mourning saints, whose streaming tears |