2 Let not thy face be hid from me, 3 Should friends and kindred, near and dear, Leave me to want, or die; My God would make my life his care, 4 My fainting flesh had died with grief, To see thy grace provide relief;— 5 Wait on the Lord, ye trembling saints! 27. THIRD PART, C. M. God's Sanctuary, a Refuge. 1 GRANT me within thy courts a place, Among thy saints a seat; 2 In thy pavilion to abide, When storms of trouble blow, Secure from every foe. 3 Then leave me not when griefs assail, 4 Wait on the Lord, with courage wait, 27. The righteous Judge is at the gate, 7s. God, the Orphan's Hope. 1 WHEN my cries ascend to thee, Hear, Jehovah! from afar; When thou badest me seek thy face, Quickly did my heart reply, Resting on thy word of grace,— “Thee I'll seek, O Lord most high!" 2 Should the world deceitful prove, And no more its help I share; Though decayed a mother's love, Though withdrawn a father's care ;— Then Jehovah's guardian eye Shall my orphan state defend, Shall a parent's place supply,He, my guardian, father, friend. 27. 7s and 6s. Confidence in God. 1 GOD is my strong salvation, 2 Place on the Lord reliance, Mercy thy days shall lengthen, 28. L. M. Prayer and Deliverance from Temptation. 1 TO thee, O Lord! I raise my cries, 2 While suppliant toward thy holy hill, 3 Forever blessed be the Lord, Whose mercy hears my mournful voice! My heart, that trusted in his word, In his salvation shall rejoice. 4 Let every caint in sore distress 28. By faith approach his Saviour-God; C. M. Deliverance from evil Companions. 1 THE giddy world, with flattering tongue, 2 For me they dug the secret pit, And formed the hidden snare ; 3 My heart with agonizing prayer, Unseen, he seized my trembling hand, 4 He broke the charm which drew my feet To darkness and the dead; From lips profane, and tongue impure, 5 Homeward I flew to find my God, 6 My lips thy wondrous works shall sing, 29. FIRST PART, L. M. Storm and Thunder. 1 GIVE to the Lord, ye sons of fame! 2 The Lord proclaims his power aloud, His voice divides the watery cloud, And lightnings blaze at his command. 3 He speaks, and tempest, hail and wind. Lay the wide forest bare around; The fearful hart, and frighted hind, Leap at the terror of the sound. 4 To Lebanon he turns his voice, And lo! the stately cedars break; The mountains tremble at the noise, The vallies roar, the deserts quake. 5 The Lord sits sovereign on the flood; The Thunderer reigns for ever king; But makes his church his blest abode, Where we his awful glories sing. 29. SECOND PART, L. M. The powerful God. 1 ETERNAL God, eternal King, Ruler of heaven, and earth beneath! From thee our hopes, our comforts spring; In thee we live, and move, and breathe. 2 Thy word brought forth the flaming sun, The changeful moon, the starry host; In thine appointed course they run, Till in the final ruin lost. 3 At thy command the storm is dumb : And to the sea thy power hath said,— 4 Thy sway is known below, above, 5 The final, awful hour is near, Time paces on with ceaseless tread, When opening graves thy voice shall hear, And render up the sleeping dead. 6 Oh! in that great decisive day, May we be found in Christ, and stand, While flaming worlds shall melt away, Owned and approved at thy right hand. 29. 11s. Ascriptions of Glory to God. 1 GIVE glory to God in the highest; give praise, Ye noble! ye mighty! with joyful accord; All-wise are his counsels, all-perfect his ways; In the beauty of holiness worship the Lord. 2 The voice of the Lord on the ocean is known, The God of eternity thunders abroad; The voice of the Lord, from the depth of his throne, Is terror and power;—all nature is awed. 3 At the voice of the Lord, the tall cedars are bowed, And towers from their base into ruin are hurled The voice of the Lord, from the dark-bosomed cloud, Dissevers the lightning in flames o'er the world. 4 The voice of the Lord, thro' the calm of the wood, Awakens its echoes, strikes light thro' its caves; The Lord sitteth King on the turbulent flood; The winds are his servants,-his servants the waves. 5 The Lord is the strength of his people; the Lord 30. • FIRST PART, L. M. Divine Compassion acknowledged. Who, but a God, can speak, and save 3 His anger but a moment stays; 30. SECOND PART, L. M. Divine Compassion acknowledged. 1 FIRM was my health; my day was bright; And I presumed 't would ne'er be night; |