HYMN 31. From Psalm xxiii. 1. THE Lord my pasture shall prepare, 2. When in the sultry glebe I faint, 3. Though in the paths of death I tread 4. Though in a bare and rugged way, With sudden leaves and herbage crown'd; ADDISON. HYMN 32. "Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee." JOHN xxi. 17. 1. THEE Will I love, my strength and tower, Thee will I love with all my power, I sought Thee not, from Thee I rov'd; 'Tis through thy light, and comes from Thee. 3. Thee will I love, my joy, my crown, HYMN 33. "Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." ROM. viii. 39. 1. THOU God of boundless love, whose height, Whose depth unfathom'd no man knows, I see from far thy glorious light, Deeply I sigh for thy repose: My heart is pain'd, nor can it be 2. Is there a thing beneath the sun, That strives with Thee my heart to share? The Lord of every feeling there! 3. Oh! hide this self from me, that I Nor let one hateful lust survive. HYMN 34. "Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, Lord, will I seek." Ps. xxvii. 8. 1. THOU refuge of the weary soul ! On Thee when sorrows rise; On Thee, when waves of trouble roll, 2. To Thee, I tell each rising grief, Thy word can bring a sweet relief 3. Hast Thou not bid me seek thy face? And shall I seek in vain ? And can the ear of thy free grace 4. No; still the ear of thy free grace To breathe my sorrows there. 5. Thy mercy seat is open still; With humble hope attend thy will, HYMN 35. "Lovest thou me?" JOHN xxi. 15. 1. "Tis a point I long to know, Oft it causes anxious thought; 2. Could my heart so hard remain, Prayer a task so irksome prove, Every trifle give me pain, If I knew my Saviour's love? 3. When I turn my eyes within, All is dark, and vain, and wild; Can I deem myself thy child? 4. If I pray, or hear, or read, Sin is mix'd with all I do ; 5. Yet I mourn my stubborn will, 6. Could I joy his saints to meet, Choose the ways I once abhorr'd, 7. Lord, decide the doubtful case : If it be indeed begun. grace, 8. Let me love Thee more and more, If I love at all, I pray; If I have not loved before, Help me to begin to day. (Hotham.) NEWTON. HYMN 36. "Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth." HEB. xii. 6. 1. 'Tis my happiness below Not to live without the cross; D |