1. My God! thy service well demands 2. Thine arms of everlasting love Did this weak frame sustain, 3. Calmly I bowed my fainting head, 4. Into thy hands, my Saviour God! In firm reliance on that truth Which made salvation mine. 5. Back from the borders of the grave, 6. Where thou appointest mine abode, 3. How cold and feeble is my love! 4. Great God, thy sovereign power impart, 5. Show my forgetful feet the way 565. Earthly Pleasures dangerous. 1. How vain are all things here below! 2. The brightest things below the sky 3. Our dearest joys, our nearest friends, 4. The fondness of a creature's love, 5. Dear Saviour, let thy beauties be And grace command my heart away 566. Prayer for quickening Grace. 3. Are not thy mercies sovereign still, Wilt thou not grant me warmer zeal 4. Does not my heart thy precepts love, HARAN. L. M. WITH SOLEMNITY. H. From the "SELAH." gg 1. Lord, thou hast searched and seen me thro'; Thine eye commands, with piercing view, 9: Ritard. My rising and my rest-ing hours, My heart and flesh with all their powers. 2 2 2 2 1. LORD, thou hast searched and seen me through, Thine eye commands, with piercing view 2. My thoughts, before they are my own, 4. Amazing knowledge, vast and great! 5. O, may these thoughts possess my breast, 2. And come I will to Jesus' feet, 3. Enough for me that Christ hath died: Justice Divine is satisfied; This, this is now my only plea, 4. And dost thou, Lord, my sins forgive, 569. God Incomprehensible. 1. WHAT is our God, or what his name, Nor men can learn, nor angels teach; He dwells concealed in radiant flame, Where neither eye nor thought can reach. 2. The spacious worlds of heavenly light, Compared with him, how short they fall! They are too dark, and he too bright; Doxology. PRAISE God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise him, all creatures here below; Praise him above, ye heavenly host, Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. WELLS. L. M. HOLDRAYD. 1. Life is the time to serve the Lord, The time t' insure the great reward; And, while the lamp holds out to burn, The vil - est sin - ner may re- turn. 570. Life, the Day of Grace and Hope. 1. LIFE is the time to serve the Lord, The time t' insure the great reward; 2. Life is the hour that God hath given, 3. The living know that they must die, 4. Then, what my thoughts design to do, In the cold grave to which we haste; But darkness, death, and long despair, Reign in eternal silence there. 571. Who on Earth are blessed. 1. BLEST are the men, whose hearts do move And melt with sympathy and love; With endless pleasure, they shall see 3. Blest are the men of peaceful life, 4. Blest are the sufferers, who partake Of pain and shame, for Jesus' sake;— Their souls shall triumph in the LordGlory and joy are their reward. 572. Care of Widows and Orphans. 1. THOU God of hope, to thee we bow; Thou art our refuge in distress; The Husband of the widow thou, The Father of the fatherless. 2. The poor are thy peculiar care; To them thy promises are sure: Thy gifts the poor in spirit share; O, may we always thus be poor. 3. May we thy law of love fulfill, To bear each other's burdens here, Endure and do thy righteous will, And walk in all thy faith and fear. From Christ, the Lord, shall they obtain 4. Thou God of hope, to thee we bow; Like sympathy and love again. 2. Blest are the pure, whose hearts are clean From the defiling power of sin; Thou art our refuge in distress; The Husband of the widow thou, The Father of the fatherless. 1. JESUS! thou art the sinner's Friend; As such I look to thee; Now, in the fullness of thy love, O Lord! remember me. 2. Remember thy pure word of graceRemember Calvary; Remember all thy dying groans, 3. Thou wondrous Advocate with God! I yield myself to thee; While thou art sitting on thy throne, 4. Lord! I am guilty-I am vile, 5. And, when I close my eyes in death, 574. Nearness to God. 1. ALONG the mountain track of life, In rocks, in storms, in joy, in strife, "Nearer to thee! Nearer to thee !" 2. This pilgrim-path by thee was trod, Jesus! my King! by theeTraced by thy feet,-thy tears,-thy blood, In love, in death, for me O bring my soul-nearer to thee! 3. Let every step, let every thought, Sweet memories bear of thee! And hear the soul thy love hath bought Whose every cry shall be "Nearer to thee! Nearer to thee !" 4. Thou wilt! thou dost!-a still small voice Whispers of faith in thee, Of hope that might in grief rejoice, If still the way-cry be "Nearer to thee! Nearer to thee !" "WHAT IS LIFE?" 8s & 7s. 6 lines. "MUS. SACRA." ARR. Choir. 1. What is life? 'tis but a va - por, Soon it vanish - es 9:24 Congregation. Life is but a dy-ing ta-per-0, my soul, why wish to stay! Why not spread thy CODA. wings and fly Straight to yon - der world of joy. Straight to yonder world of joy. Thine a joyful, wondrous storyOne that angels love to hear. Why not spread, etc. 576. A Fountain set open. 1. COME to Calv'ry's holy mountain, Wounded, impotent, and blind; Here the troubled, peace may find; 'Tis a soul-reviving flood: Break his covenant in blood;- |