4 When, like a baneful pestilence, Sin mows its thousands down On ev'ry side, without defence, Thy grace secures thine own.
5 No midnight terrors haunt their bed, No arrow wounds by day;
Unhurt on serpents they shall tread, If found in duty's way.
6 Angels, unseen, attend the saints, And bear them in their arms, To cheer the spirit when it faints, And guard the life from harms.
7 The angels' Lord himself is nigh To them that love his name; Ready to save them when they cry, And put their foes to shame.
8 Crosses and changes are their lot, Long as they sojourn here;
But since their Saviour changes not, What have the saints to fear?
1 THAT man no guard or weapons needs, Whose heart the blood of Jesus knows; But safe may pass, if duty leads, Through burning sands or mountain-snows.
2 Releas'd from guilt he feels no fear; Redemption is his shield and tow'r; He sees his Saviour always near To help in ev'ry trying hour.
3 Though I am weak, and Satan strong, And often to assault me tries; When Jesus is my shield and song, Abash'd the wolf before me flies.
4 His love possessing I am blest, Secure whatever change may come : Whether I go to east or west,
With him I still shall be at home.
5 If plac'd beneath the northern pole,
Though winter reigns with rigour there; His gracious beams would chcer my soul, And make a spring throughout the year. 6 Or if the desert's sun-burnt soil
My lonely dwelling e'er should prove; His presence would support my toil, Whose smile is life, whose voice is love.
XLIX. He led them by a right Way. Psal. cvii. 7.
1 WHEN Israel was from Egypt freed,
The Lord, who brought them out,
Help'd them in ev'ry time of need, But led them round about ".
2 To enter Canaan soon they hop'd; But quickly chang'd their mind, When the Red Sea their passage stopp'd, And Pharaoh march'd behind.
3 The desert fill'd them with alarms, For water and for food;
And Amalek, by force of arms, To check their progress stood.
4 They often murmur'd by the way, Because they judg'd by sight;
But were at length constrain'd to say, The Lord had led them right.
5 In the Red Sea, that stopp'd them first, Their enemies were drown'd;
The rocks gave water for their thirst, And Manna spread the ground.
6 By fire and cloud their way was shown Across the pathless sands;
And Amalek was overthrown By Moses' lifted hands.
7 The way was right their hearts to prove, To make God's glory known;
And show his wisdom, pow'r, and love, Engag'd to save his own.
8 Just so the true believer's path Through many dangers lies;
Though dark to sense, 'tis right to faith, And leads us to the skies.
1 FOR mercies, countless as the sands, Which daily I receive
From Jesus my Redeemer's hands, My soul, what canst thou give?
Alas! from such a heart as mine, What can I bring him forth? My best is stain'd and dy'd with sin, My all is nothing worth.
3 Yet this acknowledgement I'll make For all he has bestow'd, Salvation's sacred cup I'll take, And call upon my God.
4 The best returns for one like me, So wretched and so poor, Is from his gifts to draw a plea, And ask him still for more.
5 I cannot serve him as I ought, No works have I to boast; Yet would I glory in the thought That I shall owe him most.
LI. Dwelling in Mesech. Psal. cxx. 5—7.
1 WHAT a mournful life is mine,
Fill'd with crosses, pains, and cares! Ev'ry work defil'd with sin, Ev'ry step beset with snares!
2 If alone I pensive sit,
I myself can hardly bear; If I pass along the street, Sin and riot triumph there.
3 Jesus! how my heart is pain'd, How it mourns for souls deceiv'd, When I hear thy name profan'd, When I see thy Spirit griev'd!
4 When thy children's griefs I view, Their distress becomes my own; All I hear, or see, or do,
Makes me tremble, weep, and groan.
5 Mourning thus I long had been, When I heard my Saviour's voice; "Thou hast cause to mourn for sin, "But in me thou mayst rejoice." 6 This kind word dispell'd my grief, Put to silence my complaints; Though of sinners I am chief, He has rank'd me with his saints, 7 Though constrain'd to dwell a while Where the wicked strive and brawl; Let them frown, so he but smile, Heav'n will make amends for all.
8.There, believers, we shall rest, Free from sorrow, sin, and fears; Nothing there our peace molest, Through eternal rounds of years. 9 Let us then the fight endure, See our Captain looking down; He will make the conquest sure, And bestow the promis'd crown.
LII. C. Wisdom. Chap. viii. 22—31.
1 ERE God had built the mountains, Or rais'd the fruitful hills;
Before he fill'd the fountains
That feed the running rills
In me, from everlasting,
The wonderful I AM,
Found pleasures never wasting, And Wisdom is my name.
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