1. WHERE Babylon's broad rivers roll, In exile we sat down to weep, For thoughts of Zion o'er our soul - Came, like departed joys, in sleep, Whose forms to sad remembrance rise, Though fled for ever from our eyes. 2. Our harps upon the willows hung, Where, worn with toil, our limbs reclined; The chords, untuned, and trembling, rung With mournful music on the wind, While foes, insulting o'er our wrongs, Cried,-"Sing us one of Zion's songs." 3. How can we sing the songs we love, Far from our own delightful land?If I prefer thee not above My chiefest joy, may this right hand, Jerusalem!-forget its skill, My tongue be dumb, my pulse be still. 547. Strength equal to the Day. 1. WHEN adverse winds and waves arise, And in my heart despondence sighs; When life her throng of cares reveals, And weakness o'er my spirit steals, Grateful I hear the kind decree, That "as my day, my strength shall be.' 2. When, with sad footsteps, memory roves 'Mid smitten joys and buried loves, When sleep my tearful pillow flies, And dewy morning drinks my sighs, Still to thy promise, Lord! I flee, That as my day, my strength shall be." 3. One trial more must yet be past, One pang-the keenest and the last; And when, with brow convulsed and pale, My feeble, quivering heart-strings fail, Redeemer! grant my soul to see That "as her day, her strength shall be." 548. The Christian's Shepherd. WARE. L. M.* KINGSLEY. 1. Lord! what a heaven of saving grace Shines thro' the beauties of thy face, And lights our passions to a flame! Lord, how we love thy charm-ing name! * L. M. 6 lines, by repeating the first strain. 549. The Presence of the Saviour. 1. LORD! what a heaven of saving grace Our raptured eyes and souls employs, 4. Well, we shall quickly pass the night, 5. Send comforts down from thy right hand, While we pass through this barren land, And in thy temple let us see A glimpse of love-a glimpse of thee. 3. Lord! we accept, with thankful heart, The hope thy gracious words impart; We come, with trembling; yet rejoice, And bless the kind, inviting voice. 4. Dear Saviour! let thy powerful love Confirm our faith,-our fears remove; 551. Missionaries encouraged. 1. YE Christian heralds, go, proclaim 2. He'll shield you with a wall of fire, 3. And when our labors all are o'er, And crown the Saviour Lord of all. Doxology. To God the Father, God the Son, And God the Spirit, Three in One, Be honor, praise, and glory given, By all on earth, and all in heaven. 2. Was it for crimes that I had done, 3. Well might the sun in darkness hide, And shut his glories in, When Christ, the mighty Maker, died 4. Thus might I hide my blushing face, While his dear cross appears; Dissolve my heart in thankfulness, And melt mine eyes to tears. 5. But floods of tears can ne'er repay The debt of love I owe; Here, Lord! I give myself away;— "Tis all that I can do. 553. Repentance and Faith in Christ. 1. O Gon of mercy! hear my call, My load of guilt remove; 2. Give me the presence of thy grace; 3. No blood of goats, nor heifer slain, For sin could e'er atone: The death of Christ shall still remain 4. A soul, oppressed with sin's desert, 554. 1. ALAS! what hourly dangers rise, What snares beset my way! To heaven, Oh! let me lift mine eyes, And, hourly, watch and pray. Watchfulness and Prayer. 2. How oft my mournful thoughts complain, And melt in flowing tears! I strive against my foes in vain,- 3. O Lord! increase my faith and hope, 4. Oh! keep me in thy heavenly way, 555. God, the Help of the Saints. Our hope for years to come, 2. Beneath the shadow of thy throne And our defense is sure. 3. Before the hills in order stood, Or earth received her frame; 4. Thy word commands our flesh to dust"Return, ye sons of men !" All nations rose from earth at first, 5. O God! our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come, Be thou our guard while troubles last, 3. No-let me rather freely yield 4. Thy favor, all my journey through, 558. God, our Portion, here and hereafter 1. GOD! my supporter and my hope, 2. Thy counsels, Lord! shall guide my feet 3. Were I in heaven without my God, 4. What if the springs of life were broke, And flesh and heart should faint? God is my soul's eternal rock, The strength of every saint. 5. But to draw near to thee, my God! My tongue shall sound thy works abroad, WIRTH. C. M. W. B. BRADBURY. 4 1. Ye men and angels, witness now- Before the Lord we speak; To Him we make our sol-emn vow A vow we dare not break 560. The Pledge of Fidelity. 1. YE men and angels, witness now- To Him we make our solemn vow- 2. That, long as life itself shall last, 3. We trust not in our native strength, May he, with our returning wants 4. O, guide our doubtful feet aright, 3. The joy of all who dwell above, To whom he manifests his love, 4. To them the cross, with all its shame, 5. They suffer with their Lord below, 6. The cross he bore is life and health, 562. The End of the Righteous and the Wicked. 1. BLEST is the man, who shuns the place 2. But in the statutes of the Lord |