That off'ring, Lord, with joy we bring, 2 We own thy various claim, 3. Descend, celestial fire, So shall a grateful odour rise BY WALKING WITH GOD. CCIV. L. M. NEWTON. Walking with God. Gen. v. 24. Y faith in Christ I walk with God, With heav'n, my journey's end, in view, Supported by his staff and rod, My road is safe and pleasant too. 2 I travel through a desert wide, Where many round me blindly stray; 3 Though snares and dangers throng my path, And earth and hell my course withstand; I trumph over all by faith, Guarded by his Almighty hand. 4 The wilderness affords no food, But God for my support prepares; Provides me ev'ry needful good, And frees my soul from wants and cares. 5 With him sweet converse I maintain, Great as he is, I dare be free; I tell him all my grief and pain, 6 Some cordial from his word he brings, Of pleasures that will quickly end; With thee, my guide, my guard, my friend. LAMENTING THE ABSENCE OF JESUS. CCV. L. M. P. Thou didst hide thy face, &c. Psalm xxx.7. 3 Each day's a year, each year's an age, 4 But while my soul thus mourning lies, Living and dying with God present. Be thou, my heart, still near my God, And thou, my God, be near my heart. 2 I was not born for earth or sin, Nor can I live on things so vile: Yet I will stay my Father's time, And hope and wait for heav'n a while. 3 Then dearest Lord, in thine embrace, Let me resign my fleeting breath; And, with a smile upon my face Pass the important hour of death. HIS WARFARE. CCVII. L. M. CRUTTENDEN. Sin and holiness. Gal. v. 17. WHAT jarring natures dwell within, A man of grace, a man of sin ! 3 One happy hour beholds me rise, 1 f 4 Scarce a few hours or minutes roll, Ere earth reclaims my captive soul; I feel its sympathetic force, And headlong urge my downward course. 5 How short the joys thy visits give; How long thine absence, Lord, I grieve! What clouds obscure my rising sun, And vanquish'd passions quit the field. - Complaining the good that I would, I do not. Rom. vii. 19 1 WHAT strange commotions work within, The latent principles of sin; My nature, all deprav'd, will rise Where'er I be, by day or night. 6. "This is the general lot of all, "And was the daily grief of Paul; "This body both of sin and death, "Will war till we resign our breath. 7" Then bless the dear Redeemer's name, "Though every Christian feels the same; "The spirit wars against the flesh, “And Jesus conquers by his grace." COMPLAINING OF INCONSTANCY. CCIX. L. M. BEDDOME. Complaining of inconstancy. 1 THE HE wand'ring star, and fleeting wind, 2 But cloud, and wind, and dew and star, 3 Our outward walk, and inward frame, 4 We sin forsake, to sin return, Are hot, are cold, now freeze, now burn, When shall these hearts more fixed be! |