687. 6s, 8s & 4s. URWICK'S COL. The Warning. 1 THE awful message came; "I know thou hast a living name, Thy dying gifts revive, And strengthen what remain; 2 "But if thou wilt not hear Lo! as a thief I come, The hour thou canst not tell,— In flames to dwell. 3 "The undefiled shall see My promise fixed and sure; In garments pure: Recorded by my love, His name I will declare Before my Father's throne above, 688. C. M. Difficulty and Dependence. WATTS. 1 STRAIT is the way, the door is strait, 2 Beloved self must be denied, 3 Lord, can a feeble, helpless worm Thy grace must all the work perform, Grateful Acknowledgment. 1 MY Maker and my King, STEELE. Thy sovereign bounty is the spring 2 The creature of thy hand, 3 Lord, what can I impart, When all is thine before? 4 Shall I withhold thy due? And shall my passions rove? Lord, form this wretched heart anew, 5 O, let thy grace inspire 690. My soul with strength divine; 1 HOW oft, alas! this wretched heart How oft my roving thoughts depart, 2 Yet sovereign mercy calls, "Return;" My vile ingratitude I mourn; O, take the wanderer home. 3 And canst thou, wilt thou, yet forgive, And shall a pardoned rebel live 4 Thy pardoning love, so free, so sweet, O, keep me at thy sacred feet, 691. C. M. Walking with God. 10 FOR a closer walk with God! 2 Where is the blessedness I knew COWPER. 3 What peaceful hours I then enjoyed! still! memory 4 Return, O holy Dove, return, I hate the sins that made thee mourn, 5 The dearest idol I have known, Help me to tear it from thy throne, 6 So shall my walk be close with God, Prayer for quickening Grace. 1 MY soul lies cleaving to the dust; From vain desires, and every lust, 2 I need the influence of thy grace WATTS. 3 Are not thy mercies sovereign still, Wilt thou not grant me warmer zeal 4 Does not my heart thy precepts love, 5 Then shall I love thy gospel more, 1 WHEN all thy mercies, O my God, Transported with the view, I'm lost ADDISON. 2 Unnumbered comforts on my soul 3 When in the slippery paths of youth Thine arm, unseen, conveyed me safe, 4 Ten thousand thousand precious gifts 5 Through every period of my life, 6 Through all eternity, to thee 1 BLEST are the sons of peace, WATTS. Whose hearts and hopes are one, Whose kind designs to serve and please Through all their actions run. 2 Blest is the pious house Where zeal and friendship meet; 3 From those celestial springs 4 Thus, when on Aaron's head They poured the rich perfume, 5 Thus, on the heavenly hills, 695 7s. MONTGOMERY. Joined to God's People. 1 PEOPLE of the living God, I have sought the world around, Peace and comfort nowhere found. 2 Now to you my spirit turns, 3 Lonely I no longer roam, Like the cloud, the wind, the wave; |