3 The victory now is obtain'd; 1 She's gone her dear Saviour to see; Her wishes she fully has gain'd— She's now where she longed to be. Then let us forbear to complain, That she has now gone from our sight; We soon shall behold her again, With new and redoubled delight. HYMN 571. c. M. NEWTON. Ν Mear, Barby. IN vain my fancy strives to paint The moment after death; The glories that surround a saint, Its mansions near the throne. 3 Faith strives, but all its efforts fail, 4 Thus much (and this is all) we know, Have done with sin, and care, and wo, 5 On harps of gold they praise his name, His face they always view, Then let us foll'wers be of them, HYMN 572. S. M. 1 HOW St. Thomas, Dover. NEWTON. Balaam's wish. Num. xxiii. 10. OW blest the righteous are, When they resign their breath! No wonder Balaam wish'd to share, In such a happy death. 2 "Oh! let me die," said he, "The death the righteous do; When life is ended, let me be Found with the faithful few." 3 The force of truth, how great, 4 But Balaam's wish was vain- 5 May we, O Lord most high, If like the righteous we would die, HYMN 573. C. M. STEELE. Standish, Funeral H. Death of a young person. W By death's resistless hand, HEN blooming youth is snatch'd away 1 Our hearts the mournful tribute pay, 2 While pity prompts the rising sigh, 3 The voice of this alarming scene 4 Oh, let us fly, to Jesus fly, Whose pow'rful arm can save ; HYMN 574. C. M. grave. Martyrs, Buckingham. STEELE On the death of a child. HE once lov'd form, now cold and dead, Each mournful thought employs: And nature weeps her comforts fled, And wither'd all her joys. 2 But wait the interposing gloom, And, drest in beauty's fairest bloom, 3 Hope looks beyond the bounds of time, When what we now deplore, Shall rise in full, immortal prime, 4 Then cease, fond nature, cease thy tears; Religion points on high; There everlasting spring appears, HYMN 575. L.M. OF Putney, Darwent, Surry. NEWTON. FT as the bell, with solemn toll, 4 LORD JESUS! help me now to flee, 5 Then when the solemn bell I hear, 428 TIME AND ETERNITY. HYMN 576. C. M. HOSKINS. THE Elgin, Wantage, Martyrs. 1 Cor. vii. 29. HE time is short! the season near, To leave our friends, however dear, 2 The time is short! sinners beware, 3 The time is short! ye rebels, now 4 The time is short! ye saints rejoice- Soon shall you hear the Bridegroom's voice, To call you to your home. 5 The time is short! it swiftly fliesThe hour is just at hand, When we shall mount above the skies, And reach the wish'd-for land. |