1047 WATCH-NIGHT. 1st P. M. 6 lines 8s. A solemn vigil. TOW many pass the guilty night 3 We can, O Jesus, for thy sake, Of saints, and let our joys abound; 6 O may we all triumphant rise; 'T With joy upon our heads return; And far above these nether skies, By thee on eagles' wings upborne, Through all yon radiant circles moye,[ And gain the highest heaven of love. 1048 1st P. M. 6 lines Bs. A living sacrifice unto the Lord. ISDOM ascribe, and might, and praise, WSDOM athens out our days; Who spares us yet another year, And henceforth live and die to him! 2 How often, when his arm was bared, Hath he our sinful Israel spared; Let me alone, his mercy cried, And turn'd the vengeful bolt aside; Indulged another kind reprieve, And strangely suffer'd us to live. 53 Merciful God, how shall we raise Our hearts to pay thee all thy praise? Our hearts shall beat for thee alone; Our lives shall make thy goodness known: Our souls and bodies shall be thine, A living sacrifice divine. 1049. A midnight song. C. M. OIN, all ye ransom'd sons of grace. And shout to the Redeemer's praise A solemn midnight song. 2 Blessing, and thanks, and love, and might, Be to our Jesus given, Who turns our darkness into light, Who turns our hell to heaven, 3 Thither our faithful souls he leads; With crowns of joy upon our heads, 1050 3d P. M. 4 6s & 2 8s. The Bridegroom cometh. TE virgin souls, arise; With all the dead, awake; Unto salvation wise, Oil in your vessels take: Who meet for glory are: 3 Go, meet him in the sky, Your everlasting Friend; With all his saints ascend: Ye pure in heart, obtain the grace 4 The everlasting doors Shall soon the saints receive, Far from a world of grief and sin, 5 Then let us wait to hear May we be watching found: And when thou dost the heavens bow, Be foundas, Lord, thou find'st us now. :-105111th P. M. 76, 76, 77, 76. The midnight cry. 1052 7th P. M. 8 lims 7s. Retrospect of a year. HILE, with ceaseless course, tae sun W Husted through the former year, Many souls their race have run, Never more to meet us here: Fix'd in an eternal state, They have done with all below, We a little longer wait, But how little-none can know. 2 As the winged arrow flies Speedily the mark to find; As the lightning from the skies. Darts, and leaves no trace behind, Swiftly thus our fleeting days. Bear us down life's rapid stream ; Upward, Lord, our spirits raise; 1053 8 Thanks for mercies past receive; Bless thy word to young and old; NEW YEAR. 18th P. M. 10, 5, 11. Renewed fidelity and zeal. YOME, let us anew our journey pursue, COME Meletund with the year, And never stand still till the Master appear. And our talents improve, By the patience of hope, and the labour of love. 2 Our life is a dream; our time, as a stream, And the fugitive moment refuses to stay. Rushes on to our view, and eternity's here. 8 O that each, in the day of His coming, may say, I have fought my way through; I have finish'd the work thou didst give me to do. O that each from his Lord may receive the glad word,― Well and faithfully done! Enter into my joy, and sit down on my throne. |