143

3 When the sun of bliss is beaming
Light and love upon my way,
From the cross the radiance streaming
Adds more lustre to the day.

4 Bane and blessing, pain and pleasure,
By the cross are sanctified;

Peace is there that knows no measure,

Joys that through all time abide.

The Coming of Christ in the Power of his, Gospel.

1 LORD JESUS, come; for here

Our path through wilds is laid;

We watch as for the day-spring near,
Amid the breaking shade.

2 Lord Jesus, come; for hosts
Meet on the battle plain;

The patriot mourns, the tyrant boasts,

And tears are shed like rain.

3 Lord Jesus, come; for still

Vice shouts her maniac mirth;
The famished crave in vain their fill,
While teems the fruitful earth.

4 Hark! herald voices near,

Lead on thy happier day;

Come, Lord, and our hosannas hear;
We wait to strew thy way.

144

5 Come, as in days of old,

With words of grace and power;
Gather us all within thy fold,

And never leave us more.

S. M.

A Communion Hymn.

10 FOR a prophet's fire,

O for an angel's tongue,

To speak the mighty love of Him
Who on the cross was hung!

2 In vain our hearts attempt,
In language meet, to tell

FURNESS.

How through a thousand sorrows burned
That flame unquenchable.

3 Yet would we praise that love,
Beyond expression dear;

Come, gather round this table, then,
And celebrate it here.

4 Here, in the bread and wine,
Your dying Saviour view;
Thus did he give his body up,
And thus his blood, for you.

112

145

8s & 7s M.

EXETER COL.

After Communion.

1 FROM the table now retiring,
Which for us the Lord hath spread,
May our souls, refreshment finding,
Grow in all things like our Head.

2 His example by beholding,

May our lives his image bear;
Him our Lord and Master calling,
His commands may we revere.

3 Love to God and man displaying,
Walking steadfast in his way,

Joy attend us in believing,

Peace from God through endless day.

Children and Sunday-Schools.

146

C. M.

Youthful Piety.

1 IN the soft season of thy youth,
In nature's smiling bloom,
Ere age arrive, and trembling wait
Its summons to the tomb ;

GIBBONS.

2 Remember thy Creator, God;
For him thy powers employ;
Make him thy fear, thy love, thy hope,
Thy confidence, thy joy.

3 He shall defend and guide thy course
Through life's uncertain sea,

Till thou art landed on the shore
Of blessed eternity.

4 Then seek the Lord betimes, and choose
The path of heavenly truth:

The earth affords no lovelier sight
Than a religious youth.

147

C. M.

BISHOP HEBER.

Early Beligion.

1 By cool Siloam's shady rill
How sweet the lily grows!

How sweet the breath beneath the hill
Of Sharon's dewy rose!

2 Lo, such the child whose early feet
The paths of peace have trod;
Whose secret heart with influence sweet
Is upward drawn to God!

3 By cool Siloam's shady rill

The lily must decay;

The rose that blooms beneath the hill
Must shortly fade away.

4 And soon, too soon, the wintry hour
Of man's maturer age

Will shake the soul with sorrow's

And stormy passion's rage!

power,

5 0 thou, who giv'st us life and breath,
We seek thy grace alone,

In childhood, manhood, age, and death,
To keep us still thine own!

115