COMFORT UNDER AFFLICTION. [Grant. WHEN gathering clouds around I view, If aught should tempt my soul to stray If wounded love my bosom swell, Who felt on earth severer wo; At once betrayed, denied, or fled, When vexing thoughts within me rise, When mourning o'er some stone 1 bend, Thou, Saviour, mark'st the tears I shed, And O! when I have safely passed Then point to realms of cloudless day, And wipe the latest tear away. RESIGNATION. [Edmeston. Он, thou whose mercy guides my way, Though now it seem severe; Forbid my unbelief to say, There is no mercy here! Oh, grant me to desire the pain That comes in kindness down, More than the world's supremest gain Succeeded by a frown. Then, though thou bend my spirit low, Love only shall I see; The very hand that strikes the blow Was wounded once for me. RESIGNATION TO PROVIDENCE. THE Lord; how tender is his love, [Darwin. His justice, how august; Hence all her fears my soul derives, There anchors all her trust. He showers the manna from above, Or points with death the rushing hail, He bids distress forget to groan, In dungeons spreads his healing wing, His vengeance rides the rushing wind His goodness breathes in every breeze, And warms in every beam. For me, O Lord! whatever lot The hours commissioned bring; If all my withering blessings die, Or fairer clusters spring; Oh! grant that still with grateful heart, 'Tis thine to give, or to resume ; THE COVENANTERS' COMMUNION. WHEN the orb of morn enlightens [Vedder. Hill and mountain, mead and dell; When the dim horizon brightens, And the serried clouds dispel; And the sun-flower eastward bending, Its fidelity to prove : Be thy gratitude ascending Unto him whose name is Love. |