23. L. M.

The Voice of Nature.

1 ALMIGHTY goodness, pow'r divine,
The fields and verdant meads display;
And bless the hand which made them shine,
With various charms profusely gay.

2 For man and beast, here daily food,
In wide diffusive plenty grow;

And there, for drink, the crystal flood,
In streams sweet-winding gently flow.

3 By cooling streams and soft'ning show'rs The vegetable race are fed;

And trees and plants, and herbs and flow'rs, Their Maker's bounty smiling spread.

4 The flow'ry tribes, all blooming rise Above the faint attempts of art; Their bright inimitable dyes

Speak sweet conviction to the heart.

5 Ye curious winds, that roam abroad,
And trace creation's wonders o'er,
Confess the footsteps of our God,
And bow before him and adore.

24. L. M.

God eternal and unchangeable.

Mrs. Steele.

1 ALL-POW'RFUL, self-existent. God,
Who all creation dost sustain !

Thou wast, and art, and art to come,
And everlasting is thy reign.

2 Fix'd and eternal as thy days,
Each glorious attribute divine,
Through ages infinite, shall still
With undiminish'd lustre shine.

3 Fountain of being! source of good!
Immutable thou dost remain;
Nor can the shadow of a change
Obscure the glories of thy reign.
4 Nature her order shall reverse,
Revolving seasons cease their round,
Nor spring appear with blooming pride,
Nor autumn be with plenty crown'd.

5 Yon shining orbs forget their course,
The sun his destin'd path forsake,
And burning desolation mark

Amid the worlds his devious track.

6 Earth may with all her pow'rs dissolve,
If such the great Creator's will ;
But thou forever art the same,

I AM, is thy memorial still.

25. H. M.

Walker's Coll.

Kingdom of Christ. Dan. ii. 44. Psa. xxii. 27. lxvii 3. 4

1 ALL hail, redeeming Lord!
The wondrous things foretold

Of thee in sacred writ,

With joy our eyes

behold:

Still does thy arm new trophies wear
And monuments of glory rear.

2 To thee the hoary head
Its silver honours pays;
To thee the blooming youth
Devotes his brightest days:

And ev'ry age their tribute bring,
And bow to thee, all conqu'ring King.

3 O haste, victorious Prince,
That happy, glorious day,
When souls like drops of dew
Shall own thy gentle sway!

0

O may it bless our longing eyes,
And bear our shouts beyond the skies!

4 All hail, triumphant Lord!
Eternal be thy reign;

Behold the nations sue

To wear the gentle chain :

When earth and time are known no more,

Thy throne shall stand forever sure.

26. c. M.

Wesley's Coll.

Aspiration after the Christian Temper.

1 ALMIGHTY Maker! Lord of all!
Of life the only spring!

Creator of unnumber'd worlds-!
Supreme, eternal King!

2 Drive from the confines of our hearts
Impenitence and pride;

Nor let us in forbidden paths

With thoughtless sinners glide.

3 Whate'er thine all-discerning eye Sees for thy creatures fit ;

We'll bless the good, and to the ill
Contentedly submit.

4 With gen'rous pleasure let us view
The prosp'rous and the great;
Malignant envy let us fly,

And odious self-conceit.

5 Let not despair, nor fell revenge,
Be to our bosoms known;
O give us tears for other's woes,
And patience for our own!

6 Still let our days serenely pass,
Without remorse or care;

And growing holiness, our souls
For life's last hour

prepare.

27. L. M.

Candour.

Select Coll

1 ALL-SEEING God! 'tis thine to know
The springs whence wrong opinions flow;
To judge, from principles within,
When frailty errs, and when we sin.

2 Where is the man, great Lord of all!
Thy servant to his, bar shall call ;
Judge him for modes of faith thy foe,
And doom him to the realms of wo?

3 Who with another's eye can read,
Or worship by another's creed?
Trusting thy grace, we form our own,
And bow to thy commands alone.

4 If wrong, correct; accept, if right;
While faithful we improve our light,-
Condemning none, but zealous still,
To learn and follow all thy will.

5 When shall our happy eyes behold
All people fashion'd in thy mould;
And charity their lineage prove
Deriv'd from thee, O God of love!

28. L. M.

The Example of Christ.

1 AND is the gospel peace and love ? So let our conversation be:

Scott

The serpent blended with the dove,
Wisdom and meek simplicity.

2 Whene'er the angry passions rise,
And tempt our thoughts or tongues to strife,
On Jesus let us fix our eyes,
Bright pattern of the Christian life!

3 O how benevolent and kind!
How mild! how ready to forgive!
Be his the temper of our mind,
And his the rules by which we live,

4 To do his heav'nly Father's will
Was his employment and delight:
Humility and holy zeal

Shone through his life, divinely bright!

5 Dispensing good where'er he came, The labors of his life were love;