905 SPIRI S. M. Continued.-Unspeakable joy. PIRIT of holiness, 3 Eternal Triune Lord! Let all the hosts above, 4 When heaven and earth are fled Sing, all the saints thy love hath made, Thine everlasting praise! 906 Praise,-delightful. C. M. Mwhen I begin thy praise, Y Saviour, my almighty Friend, Where will the growing numbers end,The numbers of thy grace! 2 I trust in thy eternal word; Send down thy grace, O blessed Lord, 3 My feet shall travel all the length And march, with courage in thy strength, To see the Lord my God. 4 Awake! awake! my tuneful powers, And entertain the darkest hours, 907 HOW 10th P. M. 8 lines 8s. All-sufficiency of Jesus. W tedious and tasteless the hours Sweet prospects, sweet birds, and sweet flowers, 2 His Name yields the richest perfume, My summer would last all the year. 3. Content with beholding his face, 4 My Lord, if indeed I am thine, Where winter and clouds are no more. 908 God my all-sufficient portion. MY God, my portion, and my love, My everlasting All, I've none but thee in heaven above, C. M. 2 What empty things are all the skies, And this inferior clod! There's nothing here deserves my joys, There's nothing like my God. 8 To thee I owe my wealth, and friends, And health, and safe abode: Thanks to thy Name for meaner things; 4 How vain a toy is glitt'ring wealth, 5 Were I possessor of the earth, 6 Let others stretch their arms like seas, And grasp in all the shore; Grant ne the visits of thy grace, And I desire no more. 909 Heaven upon earth. To thee, to thee I call: I cannot live if thou remove, S. M. 9 Thy shining grace can cheer 3 The smilings of thy face, How amiable they are! "Tis heaven to rest in thine embrace, And nowhere else but there. 4 To thee, and thee alone, 5 Not all the harps above 6 Nor earth, nor all the sky, 7 Thou art the sea of love, The circle where my passions move, 910 The rapture of love." C. M. 'TIS delight without alloy, 2 My passions hold a pleasing reign, 3 This is the grace must live and sing 4 Swift I ascend the heavenly place, 5 Sink down, ye separating hills; 'Tis love that drives my chariot wheels, And death must yield to love. 911 4th P. M. 886, 886. Always rejoicing. TOW happy, gracious Lord! are we, Whose hours divided are 2 With us no melancholy void, 8 The winter's night, and summer's day, Glide imperceptibly away,- Too short to sing thy praise; Too few we find the happy hours, And haste to join those heavenly powers In everlasting lays. 4 With all who chant thy name on high, And, Holy, holy, holy, cry, (A bright, harmonious throng!) We long thy praises to repeat, And ceaseless sing around thy seat The new eternal soug. |