4 Poor virtues! that he boasted so; This test unable to endure: Let Christ, and grace, and glory go, 1THUS 1THUS far 'tis well: you read, you pray, You hear God's holy word! You hearken what your parents say, And learn to serve the Lord. 2 Your friends are pleas'd to see your ways, 3 But if you quit the paths of truth And give a loose to giddy youth, 4 If you will let your Saviour go, 6 See, gracious God, dear Saviour, see Teach them to part with all for thee, Harvest; or, the accepted Time and Day of EE how the little toiling ant While summer lasts, thro' all her cells 2 While life remains, our harvests last; And still to-morrow 'tis, when Oh! 4 When Conscience speaks, its voice regard, 337. L. M. Dr. Watts. Advice to Youth. Eccles. xii. 1, 7. Isa. lxv. 20, in the heat of 1 Remember your Creator, God: Behold the months come hast'ning on, When you shall say, "My joys are gone. 2 Behold the aged sinner goes, Laden with guilt and heavy woes, Ascends to God, not there to dwell, 338. C. M. Dr. Watts. Youth and Judgment. Eccles. xi. 9. 1LO! the young tribes of Adam rise, And thro' all nature rove, Fulfil the wishes of their eyes, The strict account that God requires 3 The judge prepares his throne on high, 1 How shall I bear that dreadful day, I'd give all mortal joys away YE 339. L. M. Dr. Watts. E sons of Adam, vain and young, 2 Pursue the pleasures you design, And cheer your hearts with songs and wine; 3 God from on high beholds your thoughts 4 The veng'ance to your follies due, Should strike your hearts with terror through; Or answer for his injur'd grace? CHRISTIAN CHARACTER, DUTY, &c. 1 340. C. M. Dr. Watts. The Truth of Christianity inwardly WI WITNESS, ye saints, that Christ is true, 2 The heav'nly building is began, When we receive the Lord: His hands shall lay the crowning stone, 3 Your souls are form'd by wisdom's rules; Your joys and graces shine: You need no learning of the schools 4 Let Heathens scoff, and Jews oppose, There's something wrought within you shows 341. C. M. Dr. Watts. A living and a dead Faith, collected from several Scriptures. 1 MISTAKEN souls that dream of heav'n And make their empty boast Of inward joys, and sins forgiv'n 3 'Tis faith that changes all the heart: 4 'Tis faith that conques earth and hell This is the grace that shall prevail 342. S. M. Dr. Watts. Dead to Sin by the Cross of Christ. Rom.vi. 1. 1 SHA HALL we go on to sin, Or crucify the Lord again, 2 Forbid it, mighty God! Nor let it e'er be said, That we whose sins are crucify'd, 3 We would be slaves no more, 343. L. M. Dr. Watts. The Pharisee and Publican. Luke xviii. 10, &c. 1 BEHOLD how sinners disagree, The publican and pharisee! One doth his righteousness proclaim, The other owns his guilt and shame. 2 This man at humble distance stands, And cries for grace with lifted hands; That boldly rises near the throne; And talks of duties he has done." 3 The Lord their diff'rent language knows And diff'rent answers he bestows; The humble soul with grace he crowns, Whilst on the proud his anger frowns. 4 Dear Father, let me never be Join'd with the boasting pharisee: Holiness and Grace. Titus ii. 10-14. 1 So let our lips and lives express The holy gospel we profess; So let our works and virtues shine, To prove the doctrine all divine. 2 Thus shall we best proclaim abroad, The honours of our Saviour God, When the salvation reigns within, And grace subdues the power of sin. 3 Our flesh and sense must be denied, Passion and envy, lust and pride: While justice, tenip'rance, truth, and love, Our inward piety approve. 4 Religion bears our spirits up,, While we expect that blessed hope, 1LET those who bear the christian name, Their holy vows fulfil; The saints, the followers of the Lamb 2 True to the solemn oaths they take, 3 Still with their lips their hearts agree; |