e Since no device, nor work is found, In the cold grave to which we haste; o 1 HYMN 89. L. M. Babylon. [b] Eccl. xi. 9. YE Indulge your eyes, indulge your tongue; Taste the delights your souls desire, 2 Pursue the pleasures you design, a There is a day of judgment too! 21 e 3 God from on high beholds your thoughts; 4 The vengeance to your follies due Should strike your hearts with terror through: p How will you stand before his face, Or answer for his injured grace? -5 Almighty God, turn off their eyes From these alluring vanities; o And let the thunder of thy word Awake their souls to fear the Lord. A HYMN 90. C. M. Windsor, [b] The same.. O the young tribes of Adam rise, Fulfill the wishes of their eyes, 2 They give a loose to wild desires; a Low I' The strict account that God requires, »t ^ë vë e 3 The Judge prepares his throne on high; The frighted earth and seas Avoid the fury of his eye, And flee before his face. 1 P 4 How shall I bear that dreadful day, And stand the fiery test? I'd give all mortal joys away, a HYMN 91. L. M. Geneva. [b] Advice to Youth. Eccl. xii. 1, 7; Isa. lxv. 20. 1 TOW in the heat of youthful blood, Now in the late e Behold the months come hastening on, a But hears her doom, and sinks to hell. -And when my soul must hence remove, HYMN 92. S. M. Dover. [*1 1 Christ the Wisdom of God. Prov, viii. 1, 22–32. SHALL Wisdom cry aloud, 1 And not her speech be heard? The voice of God's eternal Word, Deserves it no regard? "His everlasting Son, "Before the first of all his works,"Creation, was begun. 3 ("Before the flying clouds, "Before the solid land, "Before the fields, before the floods, "I dwelt at his right hand. 4 "When he adorned the skies, 5"When he poured out the sea. 'ཝཱ C 66 "I gave the flood a firm decree, or at o "In its own bounds to keep.) 66 6" Upon the empty air, "The earth was balanced well; "With joy I saw the mansion, where "The sons of men should dwell. "My busy thoughts at first, "Ere sin was born, or Adam's dust 8" Then come, receive my grace, o Happy the man who keeps my ways, 1 HYMN 93. L. M. Christ obeyed or resisted. Islington. [* b] word; Prov. viii. 34-36. TH HUS saith the Wisdom of the Lord, "Blest is the man, who hears my "Keeps daily watch before my gates, "And at my feet for merey waits. o 2 "The soul that seeks me shall obtain "Immortal wealth, and heavenly gain; "Immortal life is his reward, "Life, and the favour of the Lord. e 3" But the vile wretch who flies from me, "Does his own soul an injury ; 66 a Fools, who against my grace rebel, "Seek death, and love the road to hell." A HYMN 94. C. M. Reading. [b] $ Justification; or, Law and Grace. Rom. iii. 19-22. AIN are the hopes, the sons of men IVA On their own works have built; Their hearts by nature are unclean, And all their actions guilt. e 2 Let Jew and Gentile stop their mouths, And the whole race of Adam stand -3 In vain we ask God's righteous law, To justify us now; Since to convince, and to condemn, Is all the law can do A o 4 Jesus, how glorious is thy grace, When in thy name we trust! Our faith receives a righteousness HYMN 95. C. M. St. Martin's. [*] NOT all the outward forms on earth, Nor rites that God has given, Nor will of man, nor blood, nor birth, 2 The sovereign will of God alone Born in the image of his Son, b 3 The Spirit, like some heavenly wind, o 4 Our quickened souls awake, and rise o On heavenly things we fix our eyes, And praise employs our breath. 1 HYMN 96. .C. M. York, [b *] Election excludes Boasting. 1 Cor. i. 26―31. BUT few among the carnal wise, But few of noble race, Obtain the favour of thine eyes, Almighty King of grace. 2 He takes the men of meanest name, And thus he pours abundant shame 3 He calls the fool, and makes him know To bring aspiring wisdom low, 4 Nature has all its glories lost, When brought before his throne; No flesh shall in his presence boast, But in the Lord alone.] " HYMN 97. L. M. Brentford. [*] Christ our Wisdom, Righteousness, &c. 1 Cor. i. 30. URIED in shadows of the night, 'B We lie till Christ restores the light; o Wisdom descends to heal the blind, And chase the darkness of the mind. souls are 2 Our guilty o And sing, The Lord ouk RIGHTEOUSNESS. e 5 Poor, helpless worins in thee possess Give our whole selves, O Lord, to thee. HYMN 98. S. M. Aylesbury. [b] The same. 1 H That hangs upon our eyes; OW heavy is the night, -Till Christ, with his reviving light, Over our souls arise! e e 2 Our guilty spirits dread To meet the wrath of Heaven; 3 Unholy and impure *་ Are all our thoughts and ways; - His hands infected nature cure, With sanctifying grace. 4 The powers of hell agree To hold our souls in vain; o He sets the sons of bondage free, And breaks the cursed chain. Y To bring us near to God to 1.6.. |