L.M. 485 Follow after righteousness, godli 1 AV ness, faith, love.-1 Tim. 6, 11. WAKE, my zeal, awake, my love, To serve my Saviour here below, In works which perfect saints above, And holy angels, cannot do. 2 Awake my charity, to feed The hungry soul, and clothe the poor; In heaven are found no sons of need, There all these duties are no more. 3 Subdue thy passions, O my soul! Maintain the fight, thy work pursue, Daily thy rising sins control; And be thy victories ever new. 4 The land of triumph lies on high, There are no foes to encounter there: Lord, I would conquer till I die, And finish all the glorious war. 5 Let every flying hour confess I gain Thy gospel fresh renown; And when my life and labours cease, May I possess the promised crown, THE CHRISTIAN LIFE: JOY IN GOD. C.M. 486 He hath clothed me with the gar 1 ments of salvation.-Isa. 61, 10. AWAKE, my heart, arise, my tongue, Prepare a tuneful voice; In God, the life of all my joys, 2 Tis He adorned my naked soul, 3 And, lest the shadow of a spot He took the robe the Saviour wrought, And cast it all around. 4 The Spirit wrought my faith, and love, 5 Strangely, my soul, art thou arrayed In sweetest harmony of praise 487 I S.M. O come, let us sing unto the Lord. COME, we that love the Lord, And let our joys be known; Be banished from this place; 4 The God who rules on high, And thunders when He please, And manages the seas: 5 This awful God is ours, Our Father and our love; He shall send down His heavenly powers There shall we see His face, And never, never sin; There, from the rivers of His grace, Yes, and before we rise To that immortal state, The thought of such amazing bliss The men of grace have found Celestial fruits on earthly ground- 9 The hill of Sion yields A thousand sacred sweets, Before we reach the heavenly fields. Or walk the golden streets. 10 Then let our songs abound, And every tear be dry; We're marching through Immanuel's ground To fairer worlds on high. C.M. 488 The health of my countenance and my God.-Ps. 42, 11. 1 M The life of my delights, Y God, the spring of all my joys, The glory of my brightest days, 2 In darkest shades if He appear, He is my soul's sweet morning star, 3 The opening heavens around me shine With beams of sacred bliss, While Jesus shows His heart is mine, 4 My soul would leave this heavy clay 5 Fearless of hell and ghastly death, The wings of love, and arms of faith, S.M. 489 Whom having not seen, ye love.— 1 NOT 2 Pet. 1, 8. OT with our mortal eyes 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 And when we taste Thy love, Unspeakable like those above, C.M. 490 Happy is that people whose God is 10 the Lord.-Ps. 144, 15. HAPPY they who know the Lord, With whom He deigns to dwell! He feeds and cheers them by His word; His arm supports them well. 2 He helped His saints in ancient days, Who trusted in His name; And we can witness, to His praise, 3 His presence sweetens all our cares, 4 Lord, let us then most highly prize Till Thou shalt bid our spirits rise, C.M. 491 Your life is hid with Christ in God. 10 -Col. 3, 3. HAPPY soul, that lives on high, While men lie grovelling here; His hopes are fixed above the sky, And faith forbids His fear. 2 His conscience knows no secret stings, While peace and joy combine To form a life, whose holy springs 3 He waits in secret on his God; Let earth be all in arms abroad, 4 His pleasures rise from things unseen, Beyond this world and time, Where neither eyes nor ears have been. Nor thoughts of sinners climb. 5 He looks to heaven's eternal hill C.M. 492 That your joy may be full.—1 John 1 1, 4. JOY is a fruit that will not grow In nature's barren soil; All we can boast, till Christ we know, 2 But where the Lord has planted grace, 3 A bleeding Saviour seen by faith, 4 To take a glimpse within the veil, 5 These are the joys which satisfy, Which make the spirit mount on high, And leave the world behind. 8s. 493 Who shall separate us from the 1 A love of Christ ?-Rom. 8, 35. Things future, nor things that are now, |