But deep inscrib❜d on ev'ry heart,
To reign o'er ev'ry thought.

6 Shew our forgetful feet the way
That leads to joys on high;

Where knowledge grows without decay,
And love shall never die.

HYMN 126. C. M.

Inconstancy in the Christian Life lamented. Hos. vii. 4.
1 PERPETUAL source of light and grace!
We hail thy sacred name;
Through ev'ry year's revolving round
Thy goodness is the same.

2 On us, unworthy as we are,
Its wondrous mercy pours;
Sure as the heav'n's establish'd course,
And plenteous as the show'rs.

3 Inconstant service we repay,

And treach'rous vows renew; Which pass away as morning clouds, And as the early dew.

4 Low at thy feet our guilt we mourn,
And ask thy constant grace,

To bear our feeble footsteps on,
In all thy righteous ways.

5 Arm'd with this energy divine,
Our souls shall constant prove,
And, with increasing transport, press
On to thy courts above.

6 So, by thy pow'r, the morning sun
Pursues his radiant way,

Brightens each moment in his race,
And shines to perfect day.

HYMN 127. C. M.

Repentance and Pardon. Isaiah lv.

1 WHEN sinners quit their wicked ways,
Their evil thoughts forego,
The God to whom their steps return
Returning grace will show.

2 He pardons with o'erflowing love;
For hear the voice divine;

'My nature is not like to yours,
'Nor like your ways are mine;

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3 But, far as heav'n's resplendent orbs

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Beyond this earth extend,

So far my thoughts, so far my ways,
'Your thoughts and ways transcend.

4 Like as the show'rs from heav'n distil, Nor thither rise again,

'But swell the earth with fruitful juice, 'And all its tribes sustain ;

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5 So not a word that flows from me
• Shall ineffectual fall:
'But universal nature prove
• Obedient to my call.'

HYMN 128. L. M.

Mercy of God. Ps. cxxx.

1 WERT thou severe our faults to mark, Who, Lord, could stand before thine eye? Oppress'd with terrours strong and dark, Well might the conscious spirit die.

2 But there's forgiveness, Lord, with thee, The humble penitent to cheer,

That all who thy rich mercy see
May hope and love as well as fear.

3 More welcome than the morning's face
To those who wish and long for day,
Great God! is that abundant grace
Which thy kind promises display.

4 Our trust is fix'd upon thy word,
Nor shall we trust thy word in vain ;
Let contrite hearts address the Lord,
And find relief from all their pain!

5 How great his love, how large his grace,
Who, by the gospel of his Son,
Reclaims us from our sinful ways,
And pardons what our hands have done.

HYMN 129. C. M.

The Trials of Virtue.

1 PLAC'D on the verge of youth, my mind Life's op'ning scene survey'd;

I view'd its ills of various kind,
Afflicted and afraid.

2 But chief my fear the dangers mov'd
That virtue's path enclose;

My heart the wise pursuit approv'd;
But oh, what toils oppose!

3 For see, while yet her unknown ways
With doubtful step I tread,
A hostile world its terrours raise,
Its snares delusive spread.

4 O how shall I, with heart prepar'd,
Those terrours learn to meet;

How from the thousand snares to guard
My inexperienc'd feet?

5 Let faith suppress each rising fear, Each anxious doubt exclude!

My Maker's will has plac'd me here,
A Maker wise and good.

6 He to my ev'ry trial knows
Its just restraint to give;
Attentive to behold my woes,
And faithful to relieve.

7 Then why thus heavy, O my soul ;
Say, why, distrustful still,

Thy thoughts with vain impatience roll
O'er scenes of future ill?

8 Though griefs unnumber'd throng thee round, Still in thy God confide,

Whose finger marks the seas their bound,
And curbs the rolling tide.

HYMN 130. C. M.

Early Religion.

1 HAPPY is he, whose early years
Receive instruction well;

Who hates the sinner's path, and fears
The road that leads to hell!

2 Our youth, devoted to our God,
Is pleasing in his eyes;

A flow'r, when offer'd in the bud,
Is no vain sacrifice.