3 'Tis love that makes our cheerful feet 4 This is the grace that lives and sings, 5 Before we quite forsake our clay 377. L. M. Dr. Watts. Religion vain without Love. 1 Cor. xiii. 1–3. 1 LJAD I the tongues of Greeks and Jews. HAnd nobler speech than angels use, If love be absent, I am found Like tinkling brass, an empty sound. 378. S. M. Dr. Watts. Christ unseen and beloved. 1 Pet. i. 8. 1 OT with our mortal eyes, No Have we beheld the Lord, Yet we rejoice to hear his name, 2 On earth we want the sight Of our Redeemer's face, Yet, Lord, our inmost thoughts delight 3 And when we taste thy love, Our joys divinely grow Unspeakable, like those above, 379. L. M. Dr. Watts. Seeking Christ. Cant. i. 7. 1 whom my soul admires above THOU All earthly joy, and earthly love, Tell me, dear shepherd, let me know Where doth thy sweetest pasture grow? 2 Where is the shadow of that rock, That from the sun defends thy flock? Fain would I feed among thy sheep, Among them rest, among them sleep. 3 Why should thy bride appear like one That turns aside to paths unknown! My constant feet would never rove, Would never seek another love. 4 [The footsteps of thy flock I see: Thy sweetes pastures here they be: A wondrous feast thy love prepares, Bought with toy wounds, and groans, and tears. 5 His dearest flesh he makes my food, And bids me drink his richest blood: Here to these hills my soul will come, Till my beloved lead me home.] 380. C. M. Dr. Watts. Sight through a Glass, and Face to Face. 1 Cor. xiii. 12. 1 1I LOVE the windews of his grace, Through which my Lord is seen; Andung to meet my Saviour's face Without a glass between. 20, that the happy hour were come, I shall behold my Lord at home 3 Haste, my beloved, and remove 1 Then shall my passions all be love, 'I 381. L. M. Dr. Watts Living and dying in the Love of God. 8 I was not born for earth or sin, Nor can I live on things so vile: Yet I will stay my Father's time, 382. L. M. Dr. Doddridge. Prayer for Love to the Brethren. 1 Pet. 1. 22. 1 GREAT Spirit of immortal love! Vouchsafe our frozen hearts to move: With ardour strong these breasts inflame To all that own a Saviour's name. 2 Still let the heav'nly fire endure Fervent and vig'rous, true and pure: Let ev'ry heart and ev'ry hand Join in the dear fraternal band. 3 Celestial Dove! descend and bring The smiling blessings on thy wing; And make us taste those sweets below, Which in the blissful mansions grow. 383. S. M. Mr. Beddome. Christian Love. Gal. iii. 28. 1 ET party names no more 1LE The Christian world o'erspread: 2 Among the saints of earth, Let mutual love be found; 3 Let Envy, child of hell! Be banish'd far away; Those should in strictest friendship dwell 4 Thus will the church below 1 Resemble that above, Where streams of pleasure ever flow, 384. S. M. Mr. John Fawcett. 1I LOVE the sons of grace! The heirs of bliss divine, Who walk in paths of righteousness, P 2 They will my faults reprove, How do I prize their faithful love, 3 They Jesu's image bear: How lovely is the sight; They shall at length with him appear 4 They love the Father's name, They humbly follow Christ the Lamb 5 Their footsteps I'll pursue 6 It is a sweet employ, To join in worship here; 385. L. M. Dr. Watts. Watchfulness and brotherly Love. MY God, accept my early vows, Like morning incense in thine house: And let my nightly worship rise, Sweet as the evening sacritice. Watch o'er my lips, and guard them, Lord, From ev'ry rash and heedless word; Nor let my feet incline to tread The guilty paths where sinners lead. 3 O may the righteous, when I stray, Smite and reprove my wand'ring way! Their gentle words, like ointment shed, Shall never bruise but cheer my head. 4 When I behold them prest with grief, I'll cry to heav'n for their relief; And by any warm petitions prove How much I prize their faithful love. 386. S. M. Mr. John Fawcett. Brotherly Love. BLEST be the tie that binds Our hearts in christian love; 2 Before our Father's throne Our mutual burdens bear: 4 When we asunder part, It gives us inward pain; Our courage by the way; And perfect love and friendship reign 387. C. M. At the parting of Christian Friends. 'BLEST be the dear uniting love, That would not let us part! 2 Join'd in one spirit to our head, 4 Closer and closer let us cleave 5 Partakers of the Saviour's grace, 60 let us keep in view the day Which shall our flesh restore, When death shall all be done away, And bodies part no more. |