4 Eternity is juft at hand; And fhall I waste the ebbing fand, Mrs. STEELE, Hymn CCXLVII. Long Metre. [* or b] THO Secking Chrift the Shepherd. HOU whom my foul admires above All earthly joys and earthly love, Tell me, my Shepherd, let me know Where doth thy fweeteft paflure grow? 2 Where is the shadow of that rock, Which from the fun defends thy flock? Fain would I feed among thy fheep, Among them reft, among them fleep. 3 The footsteps of thy flock I fee; Thy fweeteit paftures here they be ! A wond'rous feast thy love prepares, Bought by thy wounds, and groans, and tears. 4 His facred flesh he makes my food, And bids me drink his precious blood; Here to this feaft my foul will come, Till my Beloved lead me home. WAT Hymn CCXLVIII. Long Metre. [or] TH The Vanity of Forms without Virtue. 'H' uplifted eye and bended knee Are but vain homage, Lord, to thee In vain our lips thy praife prolong, The heart a stranger to the fong. 2 Can rites, and forms, and flaming zeal, The breaches of thy precepts heal? Can fafts and penance reconcile Thy juftice, and obtain thy fmile? 3 The pure, the humble, contrite mind, Thankful, and to thy will refign'd, To thee a nobler off'ring yields, Than Sheba's groves or Sharon's fields; 4 Than floods of oil, or coftly wine, Rolling by thousands to thy fhrine Or than if to thine altar led, A first-born fon the victim bled. "Be just and kind and humble too, In all you fay, in all you do ; 5 To men your charity impart, ; And love your God with all your heart." 6 This truth by ancient prophets given, Was by thy Son confirm'd from heaven; And, deep engrav'd, this great command Doth on eternal pillars ftand. Reformed Liturgy. Hymn CCXLIX. Long Metre. [* or b] Love to God and Man. THUS faith the first, the great command, To love thy Maker and thy God 2 "Then fhall thy neighbour, next in place, WATTS. Hymn CCL. Long Metre. [ or [] TH God dwelling with the humble. HUS faith the high and lofty One, My name is God, I dwell on high, "But I defcend to worlds below; 3 "The humble foul my words revive ; 4 "When I contend against their fin, Their fouls would fink beneath the ftroke." 5 O may thy pard'ning grace be nigh, WATTS. Hymn CCLI. Common. Metre. [* or b] Characters of Clrifi. Ifa. xlii. 1-4. TH HUS faith the Lord, who built the 2 "Behold my fervant, fee him rise, 3 "On him in rich effufion pour'd, 4 5 My truth and judgment he shall show "Gentle and ftill fhall be his voice "The feeble spark to flame he'll raise; Judgment fhall he bring forth to truth, 6 "The progrefs of his zeal and power Till foreign lands and diftant iffes Scotch Paraphrafe. Hymn CCLII. Common Metre. [* or b] TH Children devoted to God. HUS faith the mercy of the Lord, I'll blefs thy num'rous race, and they 2 Abrah'm believ'd the promis'd grace, 4 Thus do thy faints, O faithful God, WATTS. Hymn CCLIII. Long Metre. [or b】 Chrift's Commiffion to preach the Gospel. THU HUS fpake the Saviour, when he fent And call them to repent and live. |