chid him, But he called the louder still; Till the gracious Saviour bid him Come, and ask Me what you will. 3. He freely redeemed, with His blood, 4. To shine with the angels in light, With saints and with seraphs to sing, To view, with eternal delight, My Jesus, my Saviour, my King. 5. Ye palaces, sceptres, and crowns, Your pride with disdain I survey; Your pomps are but shadows and sounds, And pass in a moment away. 6. The crown that my Saviour bestows, Yon permanent sun shall outshine; My joy everlastingly flows My God, my Redeemer is mine. 653. Ss. FRANCIS. 1. INSPIRER and hearer of prayer, Thou Shepherd and Guardian of Thine, My all to Thy covenant care I sleeping or waking resign. 2. If Thou art my shield and my sun, The night is no darkness to me; And, fast as my moments roll on, They bring me but nearer to Thee. 3. Thy ministering spirits descend To watch while Thy saints are asleep; 4. Bright seraphs, dispatched from the throne, 5. Their worship no interval knows; 6. I, too, at the season ordained, Their chorus for ever shall join, 654. 8s. 1. THE winter is over and gone, TOPLADY. The thrush whistles sweet on the spray, The turtle breathes forth her soft moan, The lark mounts and warbles away. 2. Shall every creature around Their voices in concert unite, 3. Awake, then, my harp, and my lute! 4. His love in my heart shed abroad, HAWES WILLIS. 78. R. STORRS WILLIS. 1. Now begin the heavenly theme, Sing a-loud in Jesus' name! Ye, who His sal As down in the sunless retreats of the ocean,Sweet flowers are springing no mortal can see, So, deep in my heart, the still pray'r of devotion, Unheard by the world, rises, 1.{ |