HYMN 367. C. M.
Religion a Source of Happiness.
1 0 HAPPY is the man, who hears
Instruction's faithful voice;
And who celestial wisdom makes
His early, only choice.
2 Her treasures are of more esteem
Than east or west unfold;
And her rewards more precious are
Than all their mines of gold.
3 She guides the young with innocence
In pleasure's path to tread ;
A crown of glory she bestows
Upon the hoary head.
4 According as her labours rise,
So her rewards increase;
Her ways are ways of pleasantness,
And all her paths are peace.
HYMN 368. S. M. [#]
Christian Watchfulness.
1 YE servants of the Lord,
Each in your office wait,
Observant of his heavenly word,
And watchful at his gate.
2 Let all your lamps be bright,
And trim the golden flame;
Gird your loins, as in his sight;
For holy is his name.
3 Watch! 'tis your Lord's command;
And while we speak he's near:
Mark the first signal of his hand,
And ready all appear.
4 O happy servant he,
In such a posture found!
He shall his Lord with rapture see,
And be with honour crowned.
HYMN 369. S. M. [#]
Sonship by Grace.
1 BEHOLD what wondrous grace
The Father hath bestowed
On sinners of a mortal race,*
To call them sons of God.
2 "Tis no surprising thing
That we should be unknown;
The Jewish world knew not their King,
God's everlasting Son.
3 Nor doth it yet appear
How great we must be made;
But, when we see our Saviour here,
We shall be like our Head.
4 A hope so much divine
May trials well endure;
May cleanse our souls from every sin,
As Christ the Lord is pure.
HYMN 370. L. M. [#]
Christian Vigilance and Reproof.
1 LORD, when I call, make haste to hear,
And to my voice incline thine ear;
So shall my prayer like incense rise,
My lifted hands like sacrifice.
2 O set upon my lips a guard,
And let my tongue be doubly barred :
Let not my heart to vice incline,
Nor let my hand in mischief join.
3 If e'er from wisdom's path I stray,
And walk in sin's delusive way,
Let virtue's friends, severely kind,
Reprove the errors of my mind.
4 Their faithful words, like ointment shed,
Shall never bruise, but heal my head;
And when I find them pressed with grief,
I'll pray to Heaven for their relief.
HYMN 371. C. M. [#]
Dependence and Submission.
1 AUTHOR of good, we rest on thee;
Thine ever-watchful eye
Alone our real wants can see,
Thy hand alone supply.
2 O let thy fear within us dwell,
Thy love our footsteps guide:
That love shall vainer loves expel;
That fear all fears beside.
3 And since, by passion's force subdued,
Too oft, with stubborn will,
We blindly shun the latent good,
And grasp the specious ill,—
4 Not what we wish, but what we want,
Let mercy still supply;
The good, unasked, O Father, grant;
The ill, though asked, deny.
HYMN 372. L. M. [#]
Desire of Wisdom and Obedience.
1 TEACH me, O teach me, Lord, thy way, That, to my life's remotest day, By thine unerring precepts led,
My feet thy heavenly paths may tread..
2 Informed by thee, with sacred awe,
My heart shall meditate thy law;
And, with celestial wisdom filled,
To thee a pure obedience yield.
3 Give me to know thy will aright,-
Thy will, my glory and delight,-
That, raised above the world, my mind
In thee its highest good may find.
4 O turn from vanity mine eye;
To me thy quickening strength supply;
And with thy promised mercy cheer
A heart devoted to thy fear.
HYMN 373. C. M. [#]
Cheerful Obedience.
1 THOU art my Portion, O my God;
Soon as I know thy way,
My willing heart obeys thy word,
And suffers no delay.
2 I choose the path of heavenly truth,
And glory in my choice:
Not all the riches of the earth
Could make me so rejoice.
3 The testimonies of thy grace
I set before my eyes;
Thence I derive my daily strength,
And there my comfort lies.
4 Now I am thine, forever thine;
O save thy servant, Lord:
Thou art my Shield, my Hiding-place;
My hope is in thy word.
5 Thou hast inclined this heart of mine
Thy statutes to fulfil;
And thus, till mortal life shall end,
Would I perform thy will.
HYMN 374. L. M. [#]
Acknowledgment of divine Goodness.
1 YE humble souls, approach your God With songs of sacred joy and praise; For he is good, immensely good,
And kind are all his works and ways,
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