S. M. 626. Doddridge. The Uncertainty of Life. 1 TO-MORROW, Lord, is thine, 2 The present moment flies, 3 One thing demands our care; Lest, slighted once, the season fair Should never be renewed. 4 To Jesus may we fly, Swift as the morning light, Lest life's young, golden beams should die L.M. 627. DODDRIDGE. The Wisdom of redeeming Time. 1 GOD of eternity! from thee Did infant Time his being draw: 2 Silent and swift they glide away: The boundless gulf from which it rose. 3 With it the thoughtless sons of men 4 Yet while the shore, on either side 5 Great Source of wisdom! teach our hearts C. M. 628. COLLYER. Prayer for Support in Death. 1 WHEN, bending o'er the brink of life, 2 Thou Source of life and joy supreme, 3 Lay thy supporting, gentle hand And let a beam of light divine L. M. 629. BOWRING. Light of Religion. 1 WERE all our hopes and all our fears Confined within life's narrow bound; If, travellers through this vale of tears, We saw no better world beyond; 2 Did not a sunbeam break the gloom, And not a floweret smile beneath,Who could exist in such a tomb? Who dwell amid the shades of death? ray 3 And such were life without the From our divine religion given: 'T is this that makes our darkness day, 'T is this that makes our earth a heaver 4 Bright is the golden sun above, C. M. 630. Doddridge. The Christian's Farewell. 1 YE golden lamps of heaven, farewell, 2 And thou, refulgent orb of day, My soul, that springs beyond thy sphere, No more demands thy aid. 3 Ye stars are but the shining dust Of my divine abode, The pavement of those heavenly courts Where I shall see my God. 4 The Father of eternal light Will there his bears display; Nor shall one moment's darkness blend With that unvaried day. 5 There all the millions of his saints And each the bliss of all shall view L. M. 631. MONTGOMERY. Religion our Guide in Life and Death. 1 THROUGH shades and solitudes profound, 2 Till mild Religion from above 3 Ambition, pride, revenge depart, 4 Beyond the narrow vale of time, 5 At her approach the grave appears Her voice the watching cherub hears, 6 Baptized with her renewing fire, L. M. 632. DRUMMOND. "Affliction cometh not forth of the dust." 1 AFFLICTION'S faded form draws nigh, 2 But deem her not a child of earth: 3 Oft as in pleasure's paths we stray, 4 The messenger of grace, she flies 5 Her weeds to robes of glory turn, |