4 Each golden hour of beaming light And dark affliction's midnight gloom 5 Full in thy view through life I pass, And, when each mortal bond is broke, H. M. 189. DODDRIDGE. 1 God's Fidelity to his Promises. THE promises I sing Which sovereign love hath spoke ; His words of grace revoke; They stand secure, Not Zion's hill And steadfast still; Abides so sure. 2 The mountains melt away When once the Judge appears, And sun and moon decay That measure mortal years; But still the same, The promise shines In radiant lines, Through all the flame. 3 Their harmony shall sound Through mine attentive ears, Midst all the shock I stand serene, Thy word my rock. L. M. 190. HUTTON. The Mighty God our Refuge. 1 THE Lord Jehovah, slow to wrath, In storms and whirlwinds hides his path, 2 He chides the sea, - and it is dry! He smites the streams, they waste away! Carmel's and Bashan's pastures die, And flowers of Lebanon decay. 3 The mountains shake beneath his look; Hills melt, earth's old foundations burn: What might can stand his fierce rebuke, Which bids the rocks to overturn! 4 How safe are they who trust his power, C. M. 191. WATTS. Eternal Dominion of God. 1 GREAT God, how infinite art thou! 2 Thy throne eternal ages stood, 3 Eternity, with all its years, To thee there's nothing old appears; 4 Our lives through varying scenes are drawn, And vexed with trifling cares, While thine eternal thought moves on 5 Great God, how infinite art thou! L. M. 192. WESLEY'S COL. Deliverances acknowledged. 1 GOD of my life! whose gracious power Through varied deaths my soul has led, Or turned aside the fatal hour, Or lifted up my sinking head! 2 In all my ways thy hand I own, 3 Whither, O whither should I fly, 4 I have no skill the snare to shun, But thou art greater than my heart. 5 Foolish and impotent and blind, 8 & 78. M. 193. SPIRIT OF THE PSALMS. God our Almighty Help. Psalm 127. 1 VAINLY, through night's weary hours, 2 Vain were all our toil and labor, 3 Vainer still the hope of heaven, 4 Seek we then the Lord's anointed, He shall grant us peace and rest; Ne'er was suppliant disappointed Who through Christ his prayer addressed. C. M. 194. BROWNE. Universal Goodness of God. 1 LORD, thou art good! all nature shows Thy bounty through creation flows, 2 The whole in every part proclaims It shines in stars, and flows in streams, 3 We view it o'er the spreading main, 4 Long hath it been diffused abroad, 5 Through the whole earth it pours supplies, 6 My highest admiration raise, Employ my tongue in songs of praise, L. M. 195. WATTS. Goodness of God to Soul and Body. Psalm 103. 1 BLESS, O my soul, the living God, Call home thy thoughts that rove abroad; Let all the powers within me join In work and worship so divine. 2 Bless, O my soul, the God of grace; His favors claim thy highest praise; Why should the wonders he hath wrought Be lost in silence, and forgot? |