5 'Midst the throng, his gentle ear Shall my grateful accents hear: From on high will he impart Secret comfort to my heart:
6 Lifting all my thoughts above On the wings of faith and love.Blest alternative to me,
Thus to sleep, or wake, with thee!
Short Metre. H. BALLOU.
On opening a new place of worship.
ACCEPT this house, O LORD,
We dedicate to thee;
In it reveal thy sacred word,
From sin, to set us free.
2 May we assemble here,
By prayer to seek thy face;
And learn thy holy name to fear,
And trust thy boundless grace.
With lustre cause to shine
Thy holy written word;
Reveal thy gospel, all divine,
That we may love thee, LORD.
May infancy and age,
In sweet devotion join,
And may thy mercy all engage,
In worship most divine.
may this house be free,
For all who wish to pray;
For every sect who worship thee,
And do thee honours pay.
6 May Zion's watchmen here, Thy mercy free proclaim;
And sound the gospel loud and clear,
In their Redeemer's name.
Short Metre. H. BALLOU.
Leaving earthly enjoyments.
ADIEU! all earthly things!
My soul shall mount on high;
Those courts with heavenly music rings,
And pleasures never die.
For earthly charms no more,
My soul shall vainly strive;
I've made the gospel all my store,
Thence all my joys derive.
3 I've sought this world around,
Some solid joy to find;
There's none that grows on earthly ground,
That's fit to cheer the mind.
4 Then come, without delay,
My soul with progress rise;
And march with gladness on the way,
To yonder blissful skies.
Long Metre. S. STREETER. Blessings of Christ's kingdom. Isa. xxxii. 1--4.
KING shall reign in righteousness,
And all the kindred nations bless;
He's King of Salem, King of Peace,
Nor shall his spreading kingdom cease.
2 In him the naked soul shall find
A hiding place from chilling wind;
Or when the raging tempests beat,
A covert warm, a safe retreat.
3 In burning sands and parched ground,
He like a river shall be found;
Or lofty rock, beneath whose shade,
The weary trav'ller rests his head.
4 The dimness gone, all eyes shall see
His glory, grace, and majesty;
All ears shall hearken, and obtain
The words of life, from Christ the Lamb.
Common Metre. H. BALLou.
Renouncing earthly pleasures.
ALL earthly pleasures I'll forsake,
Bid carnal joys farewell!
Myself deny for Jesus' sake,
And yield unto his will.
2 I've tried the vanities of time,
Have felt their deadly sting;
I will not call such treasures mine,--
They anxious sorrows bring.
3 These sensual baits and tempting snarės
Entangle us in wo;
Inthrall the soul at unawares,
Nor let the captive go.
4 Dear Saviour, to thy arms I fly,
O set a pris'ner free;
And grant thy mercy, or I die;
Thy mercy's all to me.
Long Metre. S. STREETER.
New Year.
LL hail, the matchless pow'r divine,
That rolls the steady wheel of time!
Thrice hail, the condescending GOD,
Who sprinkles show'rs of grace abroad!
2 Thy providential dealings, LORd,
Are with the choicest comforts stor❜d;
Revolving years do all fulfil
The countless mercies of thy will.
3 The year that's past will come no more,
Propitious heav'n has blest each hour
With social sweets, with friendship's wine,.
And ripen'd clusters from the vine.
4 Winter, though bound in icy chains,
Resign'd to spring's more brilliant beams;
Summer and autumn blessings shed,
In rich effusions on my head.
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