48.

1

S. M. DODDRIDGE.

God wise and merciful in Chastisement.

HOW gracious and how wise
Is our chastising GOD!

And O! how rich the blessings are,
That blossom from this rod !

2 He lifts it up on high

3

With pity in his heart,

That every stroke his children feel
May grace and peace impart.

Instructed thus, they bow,
And own his sovereign sway;

They turn their erring footsteps back
To his forsaken way.

His covenant love they seek,
And seek the happy bands,

That closer still engage their hearts

To honour his commands.

5 Our Father, we consent To discipline divine;

And bless the pains that make our souls Still more completely thine.

49.

God's Care a Remedy for ours.

1 HOW gentle God's commands!

2

How kind his precepts are!

"Come cast your burdens on the Lord, And trust his constant care."

While providence supports,

Let saints securely dwell;

That hand which bears all nature up,
Shall guide his children well.

3 Why should this anxious load
Press down your weary mind?
Haste to your heavenly Father's throne,
And sweet refreshment find.

4 His goodness stands approved
Down to the present day;

We'll drop our burdens at his feet,

And bear a song away.

50.

7s. RYLAND.

Our Times in the hand of God.

1 SOVEREIGN Ruler of the skies,
Ever gracious, ever wise!

All our times are in thy hand,
All events at thy command.

2 Thou didst form us by thy power;
Thou wilt guide us hour by hour;
All our times shall ever be
Ordered by thy wise decree;
3 Times of sickness, times of health;
Times of penury and wealth;
Times of trial and of grief;
Times of triumph and relief;

4 Times temptation's power to prove;
Times to taste a Saviour's love;
All is fixed, the means and end,
As shall please our heavenly Friend.

51.

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2

S. M. CHRISTIAN PSALMIST.
God Working in the Soul.

'TIS God the spirit leads

In paths before unknown:

The work to be performed is ours;
The strength is all his own.

Assisted by his grace,

We still pursue our way;

And hope at last to reach the prize
Secure in endless day.

Kindness and Constancy of Providence. 1 THY kingdom, Lord, for ever stands, While earthly thrones decay;

And time submits to thy commands,
While ages roll away.

2 Thy sovereign bounty freely gives
Its unexhausted store,

And universal nature lives
On thy sustaining power.
3 Holy and just in all thy ways
Thy providence divine;

In all thy works, immortal rays
Of power and mercy shine.

53.

C. M. SCOTT.

Divine providence and the folly of Self-Dependence.

1 GOD reigns; events in order flow
Man's industry to guide;
But in a different channel go
To humble human pride.

2 The swift not always in the race,
Shall win the crowning prize;
Not always, wealth and honour grace
The labours of the wise.

3 Ye crafty, scheme your winding way,
God shall confound your skill
Know, time and accident obey
His all-directing will.

4 Fond mortals do themselves beguile,
When on themselves they rest:
Blind is their wisdom, vain their toil,
By thee, O Lord, unblessed!

5 In all our ways we humbly own
Thy providential power:
Entrusting to thy care alone
The lot of every hour.

54.

C. M. STEELE.

Praise for the blessings of Providence.
1 ALMIGHTY Father, gracious Lord,
Kind guardian of our days,

Thy mercies may we still record
In songs of grateful praise.

2 In life's first dawn, our tender frame
Was thy indulgent care,

Long ere we could pronounce thy name,
Or call on thee by pray'r.

3 While sweet reflection through our days
Thy bounteous hand would trace:

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69.

P. M. GEO. BURDER'S COLL.

The Bible suited to the wants of Mankind.
1 HOW precious, Lord, thy sacred word!
What light and joy those leaves afford
To souls in deep distress!

Thy precepts guide our doubtful way,
Thy fear forbids our feet to stray,
Thy promise leads to rest.

2 Thy threatenings wake our slumbering eyes,
And warn us where our danger lies;
But 'tis thy gospel, Lord,'

That makes the guilty conscience clean,
Converts the soul, and conquers sin,
And gives a free reward."

1 OPPRESSED with guilt, and full of fears, We come to thee, our Lord;

While not a ray of hope appears,
But in thy holy word.

2 The volume of our Father's grace
Does all our grief dispel;
Here we behold our Saviour's face,
And learn to do his will.

3 Here living water freely flows,
To cleanse us from our sin;

"Tis here the tree of knowledge grows,
Nor danger dwells therein.

4 Oh! may thy counsels, mighty God,
Our roving feet command;
Nor we forsake the happy road,
That leads to thy right hand.

71.

L. M. MAXWELL'S COLL.
Delight in the Scriptures.

1 WE love the sacred book of God;
No other can its place supply:

It points us to the saints' abode,

And lifts our joyful thoughts on high.

2 Blest book! in thee our eyes discern The image of our absent Lord: