4. As o'er a parched and weary land, So hide me, Saviour, with Thy hand, 5. In all the times of my distress 6. How swift to save me didst thou move, O! still protect me with Thy love, 772. C. M. C. WESLEY. 1. JESUS! Thy love shall we forget, The grace that paid our hopeless debt, 2. Shall we Thy life of grief forget, 3. Gethsemane can we forget- And none to watch with Thee? 4. Our sorrows and our sins were laid Thy precious blood our ransom paid- 5. Life's brightest joys we may forget- But He who paid our hopeless debt, CARISTIAN LYRE 773. 774. C. M. 1. COME to the ark-come to the ark, The pestilence walks forth by night, 2. Come to the ark-the waters rise, While darkness gathers o'er the skies, 3. Come to the ark-all, all that weep 4. Come to the ark-ere yet the flood Come, for the door which open stood, C. M. 1. O THOU, who driest the mourner's tear, How dark this world would be, If, when deceived and wounded here, 2. But Thou wilt heal the broken heart, 3. When joy no longer soothes or cheers, A moment's sparkle o'er our tears 4. O, who would bear life's stormy doom, Come, brightly wafting through the gloom 5. Then sorrow, touched by Thee, grows bright, With more than rapture's ray; 775. As darkness shows us worlds of light C. M. 1. WHEN grief and anguish press me down, I cling, O Father, to Thy throne, 2. When death invades my peaceful home, A closer bond, in time to come, 3. Lord, not my will, but Thine be done! 776. Her faith shall anchor at Thy throne, C. M. 1. OUR pathway oft is wet with tears, Not to the last! God's word hath said, O pilgrim! lift in hope thy head, MOORE. 2. Though earth-born shadows now may shroud Our toilsome path awhile, God's blessed word can part each cloud, And bid the sunshine smile. If we but trust in living faith, His love and power divine, Then, though our sun may set in death, 3. When tempest clouds are dark on high, Shines beauteous in the vaulted sky, And we shall own His word fulfill'd- www. 778. C. M. BARTON. 1. DEAR Refuge of my weary soul, 2. To Thee I tell each rising grief, 3. But O! when gloomy doubts prevail, 4. Yet, gracious God, where shall I flee? And still my soul would cleave to Thee, 5. Thy mercy-seat is open still, Here let my soul retreat, With humble hope attend Thy will, MRS. STEELE. C. M. 1. In time of fear, when trouble's near, Tho' helpers fail, and foes prevail, 779. 2. And what is life, 'mid toil and strife? Thine arm of power, in peril's hour, 3. In darkest skies, though storms arise, O God of light, and boundless might, C. M. 1. WHEN Waves of trouble round me swell, I hear a voice I know full well- 2. When black the threatening skies appear, Those accents tranquilize each fear 66 Tis I; be not afraid." 3. There is a gulf that must be cross'd; Whisper, when my frail bark is toss'd- 4. There is a dark and fearful vale, say when flesh and heart shall fail- 1. WHERE shall the child of sorrow find Pity the orphan's woes! 2. What Friend have I in heaven or earth, My father's dead, my mother's dead; |