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3 Happy souls, who fear
fear the LORD!
Time is not too short for you:
When your SAVIOUR gives the word,
Glad you'll bid the world adieu!

4 Then he'll wipe away your tears,
Near himself appoint your place:
Swiftly fly, ye rolling years,
LORD, we long to see thy face!

5 Thanks for mercies past receive,
Pardon of our sins renew;

Teach us henceforth how to live
With eternity in view.

6 Bless thy word to young and old,
Fill us with a SAVIOUR's love;
And when life's short tale is told,
May we dwell with thee above.

489. The Vanity of the World. 8—8—6. For the fashion of this world passeth away.-1 CORIN. vii. 31.

THOUGH things of earth substantial
The world itself is but a dream, [seem:
And soon must pass away:
The things that variously employ,
That yield us either grief or joy,
Must see their final day.

2 How sweet to have our portion there, Where sorrow never comes, nor care; And nothing will remove!!

We then may hear without a sigh,
The world's destruction to be nigh
Our treasure is above.

3 How sweet to know the Saviour's TheSAVIOUR Who in mercy came,[name, And vanquish'd all our foes:

On him as on a solid rock,

Our hope is built, and stands the shock Of ev'ry storm that blows.

4 Then let a world of shadows go, It matters not, his people know Their treasure still is sure;

'Tis laid up there where nothing fades, No rust consumes, no thief invades; And there it is secure.

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490. The Vanity of the Pursuits of the Natural Man. L.M.

Behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.ECCLES.

i. 14.

MAN hath a soul with vast desires,
He burns within with restless fires;
Tost to and fro, his passions flypið
From vanity to vanity.

2 In vain on earth we hope to find al 0 à
Some solid good to fill the mind;
We try new pleasures, but we feel A
The inward thirst and torment still.

3 Great GOD! subdue this vicious thirst, This love to vanity and dust;

Cure the vile fever of the mind,***
And feed our souls with joys refin❜d.

491. The Vanity of the World. C.M.

There be many that say, who will show us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us. PSALM iv. 6.

IN vain the giddy world inquires,
Forgetful of their God,

Who will supply our vast desires,
Or show us any good?

2 Thro' the wide circuit of the earth

Their eager wishes rove,

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In chase of honour, wealth, and mirth,
The phantoms of their love.

3 But oft these shadowy joys elude
Their most intense pursuit;

Or, if they seize the fancied good,
There's poison in the fruit.

4 LORD, from this world call off my love,
Set my affections right;
Bid me aspire to joys above,
And walk no more by sight.

5 0 let the glories of thy face way of C
Upon my bosom shine; hoe onog
Assur'd of thy forgiving gracey
My joys will be divine. afT

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Having therefore obtained help of GOD, 1 continue unto this day.-ACTS xxvi. 22.

I MY Ebenezer raise

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To my kind REDEEMER's praise; With a grateful heart I own, Hitherto thy help I've known.49 2 What may be my future lot,

Well I know concerns me not;
This should set my heart at rest,
What thy will ordains is best.
3 I my all to thee resign;
Father, let thy will be mine;
May but all thy dealings prove
Fruits of thy paternal love.

4 Guard me, SAVIOUR, by thy pow'r;
Guard me in the trying hour;
Let thine unremitted care
Save me from the lurking snare.
5 Let my few remaining days
Be directed in thy praise;
So the last, the closing scene
Shall be tranquil and serene.

6 To thy will I leave the rest,
Grant me but this one request;
Both in life and death to prove
Tokens of thy special love W

493 For the New Year.

L.M.

And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness.-ACTS xiii. 18.

LORD, we desire to praise thy name,
That spar'd, another year we see.
To us belongeth only shame;
But love and faithfulness to thee.

2 When we reflect what we've deserv'd, It moves our wonder and our praise, That such poor worms should be preserv'd,

And still be walking in thy ways.

3 How oft, like Israel of old,

Have our vile hearts turn'd back from
To idols base, to calves of gold, [thee!
How oft, alas! we've bow'd the knee!

4.
4 [We've sinn'dagainst the clearest light;
We've sinn'd against the greatest love;
We stand convicted in thy sight:
Shouldst thou condemn, we must ap-
prove.]

5 Nor can we use the suppliant's plea,
"Henceforth thy pleasure we'll fulfil;"
It suits us not to vow, but pray
“Lord, teach us to perform thy will."

494. For the New Year. 7s.

NOW may fervent pray'r arise,
Winged with faith, and pierce the skies;

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