MERIDEN. C. M. L. MASON. 1. What glo-ry gilds the sa-cred page, Ma-jes -tic, like the sun; It gives a light to 9: ev-ery age; It gives, but borrows none, It gives, but borrows none, It gives, but, &c. 76. C. M. 1. LAMP of our feet! whereby we trace 2. Bread of our souls! whereon we feed ; Our guide, our chart! wherein we read 3. Pillar of fire, through watches dark! When waves would whelm our tossing bark, 4. Childhood's preceptor! manhood's trust! Old age's firm ally! Our hope, when we go down to dust, 77. C. M. BARTON. 1. LADEN with guilt, and full of fears, 2. The volume of my Father's grace 3. This is the field where hidden lies 4. This is the judge that ends the strife My guide to everlasting life Through all this gloomy vale. WATTS. ORION. L. M. J. ZUNDEL. 1. The heavens declare thy glory, Lord! In every star thy wisdom shines; But when our eyes behold thy days thy power confess; But the blest volume thou hast writ Reveals thy justice and thy grace. d 78. L. M. 3. Sun, moon, and stars convey Thy praise Round the whole earth, and never stand; So when Thy truth began its race It touched and glanced on every land. 4. Nor shall Thy spreading Gospel rest Till through the world Thy truth has run; Till Christ has all the nations bless'd That see the light, or feel the sun. 5. Great Sun of Righteousness, arise; Bless the dark world with heavenly light; Thy Gospel makes the simple wise, Thy laws are pure, Thy judgments right. 6. Thy noblest wonders here we view In souls renewed, and sins forgiven; Lord, cleanse my sins, my soul renew, And make Thy word my guide to heaven. 79. L. M. WATTS. 1. UPON the Gospel's sacred page The gathered beams of ages shine; And, as it hastens, every age But makes its brightness more divine. 2. On mightier wing, in loftier flight, From year to year does knowledge soar; And, as it soars, the Gospel light Adds to its influence more and more. 3. More glorious still as centuries roll, [furled, 4. Flow to restore, but not destroy; As when the cloudless lamp of day 80. L. M. 1. THE starry firmament on high, 4. But fixed for everlasting years, SIR R. GRANT. PILESGROVE. L. M. N. MITCHELL. (8) 1. Great Source of being, and of love! Thou wa-terest all the worlds a-bove; 2. A sacred spring, at Thy command, 3. The limpid stream, with sudden force, 4. Close by its banks, in order fair, 5. Flow, wondrous stream, with glory crowned, 82. L. M. Peculiar. DODDRIDGE. 1. SINCE first Thy grace awaked my heart 2. Naught else I feel, or hear, or see, 3. Like him whose fetters dropped away 4. And shall the soul Thou bid'st be free 83. L. M. 1. NATURE hath seasons of repose; Her slumbering clouds and quiet sky; And many a bright-faced stream that flows Onward forever noiselessly. 2. The stormy winds are hushed to rest, 3. The ocean, that in mountains ran, Spreads boundlessly without a wave; And is it only said of man, His peace is in the gloomy grave? 4. Oh! for the coming of the end, The last long Sabbath-day of time When peace from heaven shall descend Like heaven's own light, on every clime. 5. When men in ships far off at sea 6. Mankind shall be one brotherhood; Sung to Pilesgrove by slurring all the notes in measures (8) and (16). Wher-e'er 9:# we turn, thy glo - ries shine, And all things fair and bright are thine. 2. When day, with farewell beam, delays Among the opening clouds of even, And we can almost think we gaze, Through opening vistas, into heavenThose hues that mark the sun's decline, So soft, so radiant, Lord, are Thine. 3. When night, with wings of starry gloom, O'ershadows all the earth and skies, Like some dark, beauteous bird, whose plume Is sparkling with unnumbered eyes— 4. When youthful Spring around us breathes, 85. L. M. 6 lines. MOORE. 1. THE Lord my pasture shall prepare, |