3 O! may each future age proclaim The honours of thy glorious name; And ever in this lov'd abode Be heard the praises of our God. 3. GENESIS XXviii. 20-22. 1 O GOD of Bethel! by whose hand thy people still are fed; Who through this weary pilgrimage hast all our fathers led: 2 Our vows, our pray'rs, we now present before thy throne of grace: God of our fathers! be the God 3 Through each perplexing path of life our wand'ring footsteps guide; Give us each day our daily bread, and raiment fit provide. 4 O spread thy cov'ring wings around, till all our wand'rings cease, And at our Father's lov'd abode 4. NUMBERS XXix. 15—17. 1 THE lifted arm of conqu❜ring death doth God's own house invade; And both the Prophet and the Priest are number'd with the dead. 2 Our earthly shepherds dwell in dust, the aged and the young; The watchful eye is clos'd in night, mute the persuasive tongue. 3 But our eternal Shepherd lives his humble flock to bless: God of the spirits of all flesh, send now thy promis'd grace. 4 To thee, when faithful servants fail, thy flock forsaken flies; And while they mourn their Pastor's loss, on thee their hope relies. 5 With faithful heart, with skilful hand, be this thy people fed; With wisdom's voice and onward pace, be still to Zion led. 5. JOSHUA i. 2. 1 WITH longing eyes, as Israel view'd the fields of living green; 2 So may we view the promis'd land, 3 There is the land of pure delight The day is there without a night, 4 There everlasting Spring abides, 1 NAKED 6. JOB i. 21. as from the earth we came and first beheld the day; Naked we to the earth return, and join our kindred clay. 2 Whate'er we fondly call our own 3 'Tis God that lifts our comforts high, He gives; and, when he takes away, 4 His mercies undeserv'd we'll praise, 7. JOB viii. 11-22. 1 THE rush may rise where waters flow, and flags beside the stream; But soon their verdure fades and dies before the scorching beam. 2 So is the sinner's hope cut off; or, if it transient rise, 'Tis like the spider's airy web, from ev'ry breath that flies. 3 But for the just, with gracious care God will his pow'r employ; 1 He'll teach their lips to sing his praise, 8. JOB ix. 2-10. How should the sons of Adam's race be pure before their God? If he contends in righteousness, we sink beneath his rod. 2 If he should mark our thoughts and deeds with strict inquiring eyes; For none of all our num'rous sins 3 And O! how awful is his wrath! the hills their seats forsake, The earth, before him, leaves her place, and all her pillars shake. 4 Great God! we lie before thy throne, our guilt with grief confess: Our only trust, our only hope, is in thy promis'd grace. 9. JOB XIV. 1-15. 1 FEW are thy days, and full of woe, O man of woman born! Thy doom is written, " Dust thou art, 2 Behold the emblem of thy state 3 Guilty and frail, how shalt thou stand 4 Determin'd are thy days, that fly The number'd hour is on the wing, 5 O! may I with unbroken care That bounds the few and weary days 6 All nature dies, and lives again: the flow'r that paints the field, The trees that crown the mountain's brow, and boughs and blossoms yield, |