Thy grace directs our wandering will, 3 Thy smiles, with a reviving light, 4 To thee, our lives, our all, we owe, Then let our lives and all that 's ours, C. M. 200. WEST BOSTON COL. God just and wise in afflicting. 1 IF Providence to try my heart, To God submissive may I bend, 2 Whate'er he orders must be just; 3 The mind to which I owe my own, And he, to whom my faults are known, 4 Then, till life's latest sands are run, C. M. 201. Doddridge. Divine Goodness in Affliction. 1 GREAT Ruler of all nature's frame, 2 Wide as they sweep their sounding way, 3 Thy mercy tempers every blast 4 Those gentle whispers let me hear, C. M. 202. DARWIN. Trust in Him at all Times. 1 GOD's power directs the rushing wind, His goodness breathes in every breeze, 2 For me, O Lord! whatever lot The hours commissioned bring, Do all my withering blessings die, Or fairer clusters spring, O grant that still, with grateful heart, 6s. M. 203. DRUMMOND. The One Living and True God. 1 THE God who reigns alone 2 Him all in heaven above, 3 He formed the living flame, 4 So taught his only Son, C. M. 204. TATE & BRADY. God unchangeable. 1 THROUGH endless years thou art the same, O thou Eternal God! Each future age shall know thy name, 2 The strong foundations of the earth By thee the beauteous arch of heaven, 3 Soon shall this goodly frame of things, Created by thy hand, Be, like a vesture, laid aside, And changed at thy command. 4 But thy perfections, all divine,— Through everlasting ages shine, S. M. 205. DODDRIDGE. 1 God wise and merciful in Chastisement. How gracious and how wise Is our chastising God! And O how rich the blessings are, That blossom from his rod! 2 He lifts it up on high With pity in his heart, That every stroke his children feel 3 4 Instructed thus, they bow, And own his sovereign sway; They turn their erring footsteps back To his forsaken way. His covenant love they seek, And seek the happy bands, That closer still engage their hearts 5 Our Father, we consent And bless the pains that make our souls Still more completely thine. S. M. 206. Reliance. MORAVIAN. 1 COMMIT thou all thy griefs To his sure trust and tender care, 2 Who points the clouds their course, 3 No profit canst thou gain 4 Then on the Lord rely, So safe shalt thou go on; - his ear Fix on his work thy steadfast eye, |