2 This life's a dream-an empty show;
But the bright world, to which I go,
Hath joys substantial and sincere;
When shall I wake, and find me there?
3 Oh! glorious hour!-Oh! blest abode !
I shall be near, and like my God;
And flesh and sin no more control
The sacred pleasures of the soul.
4 My flesh shall slumber in the ground,
Till the last trumpet's joyful sound:
Then burst the chains, with sweet surprise,
And in my Saviour's image rise.
The Prospects of the Saint and Sinner.
1 ARISE, my gracious God!
And make the wicked flee;
They are but thy chastising rod
To drive thy saints to thee.
2 Behold! the sinner dies,—
His haughty words are vain;
Here, in this life, his pleasure lies,
And all beyond is pain.
3 Then let his pride advance,
And boast of all his store;
The Lord is my inheritance,
My soul can wish no more.
4 I shall behold the face
Of my forgiving God;
And stand complete in righteousness,
Washed in my Saviour's blood.
5 There's a new heaven begun,
When I awake from death-
Dressed in the likeness of thy Son,-
And draw immortal breath.
FIRST PART, L. M.
Deliverance from Despair.
1 THEE will I love, O Lord! my strength,
My rock, my tower. my high defence;
Thy mighty arm shall be my trust,
For I have found salvation thence.
2 Death, and the terrors of the grave,
Stood round me with their dismal shade;
While floods of high temptation rose,
And made my sinking soul afraid.
3 I saw the opening gates of hell,
With endless pains and sorrows there,
Which none, but they that feel, can tell,
While I was hurried to despair.
4 In my distress, I called my God,
When I could scarce believe him mine;
He bowed his ear to my complaint;
Then did his grace appear divine.
5 My song for ever shall record
That terrible, that joyful hour;
And give the glory to the Lord,
Due to his mercy and his power.
SECOND PART, L. M.
The Reward of Sincerity.
1 LORD! thou hast seen my soul sincere, Hast made thy truth and love appear; Before mine eyes I set thy laws,
And thou hast owned my righteous cause. 2 What sore temptations broke my rest! What wars and strugglings in my breast! But, through thy grace that reigns within, I guard against my darling sin.
3 The sin that close besets me still,
That works and strives against my will-
When shall thy Spirit's sovereign power
Destroy it, that it rise no more?
4 With an impartial hand, the Lord
Deals out to mortals their reward:
The kind and faithful soul shall find
A God as faithful and as kind.
THIRD PART, L. M.
Rejoicing in God.
1 JUST are thy ways, and true thy word,
Great Rock of my secure abode !
Who is a God beside the Lord'
Or where's a refuge like our God?
2 'Tis he that girds me with his might,
Gives me his holy sword to wield;
And, while with sin and hell I fight,
Spreads his salvation for my shield.
3 He lives, and blessed be my Rock,
The God of my salvation lives:
The dark designs of hell are broke:
Sweet is the peace my Father gives.
FIRST PART, C. M.
Victory over temporal Enemies.
1 WE love thee, Lord! and we adore:
Now is thine arm revealed;
Thou art our strength, our heavenly tower,
Our bulwark and our shield.
2 We fly to our eternal Rock,
And find a sure defence;
His holy name our lips invoke,
And draw salvation thence.
3 When God, our leader, shines in arms,
What mortal heart can bear
The thunder of his loud alarms,
The lightning of his spear?
4 He rides upon the winged wind;
And angels in array,
In millions, wait to know his mind,
And swift as flames obey.
5 He speaks-and, at his fierce rebuke,
Whole armies are dismayed;
His voice, his frown, his angry look,
Strike all their courage dead.
6 Oft has the Lord whole nations blessed
For his own children's sake;
The powers, that give his people rest,
Shall of his care partake.
SECOND PART, C. M.
Jehovah coming to reign.
1 THE Lord descended from above,
And bowed the heavens most high,
And underneath his feet he cast
The darkness of the sky.
2 On cherubim and seraphim
Full royally he rode,
And on the wings of mighty winds,
Came flying all abroad.
3 He sat serene upon the floods,
Their fury to restrain;
And he, as sovereign Lord and King,
For evermore shall reign.
8s and 7s. Christ triumphant.
1 LO! the Lord Jehovah liveth;
He's my rock, I bless his name ;
He, my God, salvation giveth;
All ye lands! exalt his fame.
2 God, Messiah's cause maintaining,
Shall his righteous throne extend;
O'er the world the Saviour reigning,
Earth shall at his footstool bend.
3 O'er his enemies exalted,
Great Redeemer !-see him rise;
Though by powers of hell assaulted,
God exalts him to the skies.
4 Jesus! hail! enthroned in glory,
There for ever to abide;
All the heavenly host adore thee,
Seated at thy Father's side.
FIRST PART, L. M.
Nature and Revelation.
1 THE heavens declare thy glory, Lord!
In every star thy wisdom shines;
But when our eyes behold thy word,
We read thy name in fairer lines.
2 The rolling sun, the changing light,
And nights and days thy power confess; But the blest volume thou hast writ Reveals thy justice and thy grace.
3 Sun, moon and stars convey thy praise, Round the whole earth, and never stand: So when thy truth began its race,
It touched and glanced on every land.
4 Nor shall thy spreading gospel rest,
Till through the world thy truth has run;
Till Christ has all the nations blest,
That see the light, or feel the sun.
5 Great Sun of Righteousness! arise;
Bless the dark world with heavenly light;
Thy gospel makes the simple wise,
Thy laws are pure, thy judgments right.
6 Thy noblest wonders here we view,
In souls renewed, and sins forgiven: Lord! cleanse my sins, my soul renew, And make thy word my guide to heaven.
SECOND PART, L. M.
The Language of the Heavens.
1 THE spacious firmament on high,
With all the blue ethereal sky,
And spangled heavens, a shining frame,
Their great Original proclaim.
2 Th' unwearied sun, from day to day,
Does his Creator's power display,
And publishes to every land
The work of an almighty hand.
3 Soon as the evening-shades prevail,
The moon takes up the wondrous tale,
And nightly, to the listening earth,
Repeats the story of her birth :-
4 While all the stars that round her burn
And all the planets in their turn,
Confirm the tidings, as they roll,
And spread the truth from pole to pole.
5 What though, in solemn silence, all
Move round this dark terrestrial ball?
What though no real voice, nor sound,
Amid their radiant orbs is found?-
6 In reason's ear they all rejoice,
And utter forth a glorious voice;
For ever singing, as they shine,-
"The hand that made us is divine."
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