Kindly to share in others' joy,

And weep for others' wo.

3 Where'er the helpless sons of grief
In low distress are laid,

Soft be our hearts their pains to feel,
And swift our hands to aid.

4 Oh, be the law of love fulfilled
In every act and thought,
Each angry passion far removed,
Each selfish view forgot!

5 Be thou, my heart, dilated wide
With this kind, social grace,
And, in one grasp of fervent love,
All earth and heaven embrace.

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May 10.

C. M.

WATCHFULNESS AND PRAYER.

Rochester.

"Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation."-Mark

xiv. 38.

1

ALAS, what hourly dangers rise,

What snares beset my way;

To heaven, Oh, let me lift mine eyes,
And hourly watch and pray.

2 O gracious God, in whom I live,
My feeble efforts aid;

Help me to watch, and pray, and strive,
Though trembling and afraid.

3 Increase my faith, increase my hope,
When foes and fears prevail;
And bear my fainting spirit up,
Or soon my strength will fail.

4 Whene'er temptations fright my heart,
Or lure my feet aside,

My God, thy powerful aid impart,
My guardian and my guide.

5 Oh, keep me in thy heavenly way,
And bid the tempter flee;

And let me never, never stray
From happiness and thee.

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May 11.

L. M.

Alfreton.

SEEKING FORGIVENESS.

"Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me."-Ps. li. 10.

1

THOU that hear'st when sinners cry,
Though all my crimes before thee lie,
Behold them not with angry look,
But blot their memory from thy book.
2 A broken heart, my God, my King,
Is all the sacrifice I bring;

The God of grace will ne'er despise
A broken heart for sacrifice.

3 Create my nature pure within,
And form my soul averse to sin:
Let thy good Spirit ne'er depart,
Nor hide thy presence from my heart.

4 I cannot live without thy light,
Cast out and banished from thy sight:
Thy holy joys, my God, restore,
And guard me that I fall no more.

5 O may thy love inspire my tongue,
Salvation shall be all my song:
And all my powers shall join to bless
The Lord, my strength and righteousness.

133

May 12.

S. M.

Silver Street.

HEAVENLY JOY ON EARTH.

"Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory."-1 Pet. i. 8.

1

2

COME, we that love the Lord,

And let our joys be known:
Join in a song with sweet accord,
And thus surround the throne.

The sorrows of the mind
Be banished from the place!
Religion never was designed
To make our pleasures less.

3 Let those refuse to sing

4

Who never knew our God;

But children of the heavenly King
May speak their joys abroad.

The hill of Zion yields

A thousand sacred sweets,

Before we reach the heavenly fields,

Or walk the golden streets.

And every tear be dry;

We're marching through Emmanuel's ground, To fairer worlds on high.

134

May 13.

L. M.

Truro.

A MORNING SONG.

"Unto thee have I cried, O Lord; and in the morning shall my prayer come before thee."-Ps. lxxxviii. 13.

1

ARISE, my soul, with rapture rise,

And, filled with holy love, adore
The almighty Sovereign of the skies,

Whose mercy lends me one day more.

2 And may this day, indulgent Power,
Not idly pass, nor fruitless be;
But may each swiftly flying hour
Still nearer bring my soul to thee.

3 And wilt thou deign to lend an ear,
When I, a sinful mortal, pray?
Yes, boundless Goodness, thou wilt hear,
Nor cast the meanest wretch away.

4 Then let me serve thee all my days,
And may my zeal with years increase:
For pleasant, Lord, are all thy ways,
And all thy paths are paths of peace.

135

May 14.

C. M.

Jordan.

THE HEAVENLY CANAAN.

"And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light and they shall reign for ever and ever."-Rev. xxii. 5.

1

HERE is a land of pure delight,

THE

Where saints immortal reign;
Eternal day excludes the night,
And pleasures banish pain.

2 There everlasting spring abides,
And never-fading flowers;
Death, like a narrow sea, divides
This heavenly land from ours.

3 Sweet fields, beyond the swelling flood,
Stand dressed in living green;
So to the Jews fair Canaan stood,
While Jordan rolled between.

4 But timorous mortals start and shrink
To cross this narrow sea;
And linger, trembling, on the brink,
And fear to launch away.

5 0, could we make our doubts remove,
Those gloomy doubts that rise,
And see the Canaan that we love,
With unbeclouded eyes;

6 Could we but climb where Moses stood,
And view the landscape o'er,

Not Jordan's stream, nor death's cold flood,
Should fright us from the shore.

136

May 15.

7s.

Pleyel's Hymn.

THE JOYS OF HEAVEN ALONE PERFECT.

"Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal."-Matt. vi. 20.

1

PROVIDENCE, profusely kind,

Wheresoe'er we turn our eyes,

Bids us, with a grateful mind,
View a thousand blessings rise.

2 But, perhaps, some friendly voice
Softly whispers to our mind,
Make not these alone your choice,
Heaven has blessings more refined.

3 Thankful own what you enjoy;

But a changing world like this, Where a thousand fears annoy, Cannot give you perfect bliss.

4 Perfect bliss resides above,

Far above yon azure sky; Bliss that merits all your love, Merits every anxious sigh.

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May 16.

C. M.

Peterborough.

THE GOOD ONLY HAPPY.

"Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding: for the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold."-Prov. iii. 13, 14.

1

HAPPY the children of the Lord,
Who, walking in his sight,

Make all the precepts of his word
Their study and delight.

2 That precious wealth shall be their dower,
Which cannot know decay;

Which moth nor rust shall ne'er devour,
Nor spoiler take away.

3 For them that heavenly light shall spread,
Whose cheering rays illume

The darkest hours of life, and shed
A halo round the tomb.

4 Their works of piety and love,

Performed through Christ their Lord,

For ever registered above,

Shall meet a sure reward.