78. 79. Protection on Land and Sea. 1. HOW are Thy servants blest, O Lord! I. How sure is their defence! Eternal wisdom is their guide, Their help Omnipotence. 2. In foreign realms and lands remote, Through burning climes they pass unhurt, 3. When by the dreadful tempest borne They know Thou art not slow to hear, 4. The storm is laid, the winds retire, The sea that roars at Thy command, 5. In midst of dangers, fears, and deaths, We praise Thee for Thy mercies past, 6. Our life, while Thou preservest life, And death, when death shall be our lot, I. I God is Good. C.M. F. Addison, C.M. SEE the wrong that round me lies, I feel the guilt within ; I hear, with groan and travail-cries, The world confess its sin : 2. Yet, in the maddening maze of things, To one fixed stake my spirit clings: 3. Not mine to look where cherubim 4. The wrong that pains my soul below I know not of His hate-I know 5. And Thou, O Lord! by whom are seen Forgive me if too close I lean 80. I. J. G. Whittier. God our Home. LORD, in whom are all my springs, My grateful heart exultant sings To know Thou art its home. 2. The shelter of Thy glorious arms 3. Here is my sure and tranquil rest C.M. 81. Weary I lean upon Thy breast 4. In that dear place of purest love Naught in the world can ever move 5. My Lord! if now I find in Thee What shall the heavenly mansion be Austin Phelps. 8.6.8.6.8.8. I. Rest in God. I LOOK to Thee in every need, And never look in vain ; I feel Thy touch, Eternal Love, The thought of Thee is mightier far 2. Discouraged in the work of life, But let me only think of Thee, And then new heart springs up in me. 3. Thy calmness bends serene above, Around me flows Thy quickening life, Thy presence fills my solitude; 82. J. 4. Embosomed deep in Thy dear love, Thy hand in all things I behold, And all things in Thy hand; Love, and Love alone. S. Longfellow. 8.7. D. OD and Father, great and holy! GOD Fearing nought we come to Thee; By the blue sky bending o'er us, By the green earth's flowery zone, 2. Though the world in flames should perish, Love of Thee our heart should cherish, And though heavens Thy name are praising, Than the strain our hearts are raising, 83. I. I VEXED me with a troubled thought, That God might be A God whose mercy must be bought With misery. 84. I. 2. But there's no wrath to be appeased No wrath with bitter anguish pleased, 3. No pleasure from our suffering Or anguish of the meanest thing 4. But on Himself the grief He took, And shame of sin, and its rebuke 5. For love rejoiceth not in pain But beareth all, and still is fain 6. Love circles us with mercies sweet, And sheds its light around our feet 7. O love of Jesus! love of heaven! Teach all the ransomed and forgiven That God is Love. Walter C. Smith. 8.8.8.4 L God is Love. ET every voice for praise awake; |