4 Shall Jesus leave the realms of day, 1 396. 8. 7. Francis. WITH A Collection for the Spread of the Gospel. His abounding grace proclaim, To my Lord my all I owe. [4 Praise the Saviour, all ye nations, 1 397. L. M. Anon. Life hid with Christ in God....Col. iii. 3. E saints, exult in Jesu's name, YE Make Jesu's love your darling theme; Dd 2 'Tis hid from ev'ry carnal eye, 3 Satan may rage, the world annoy, 4 The seeds of grace your Lord bestows, 'L 398. L. M. Hoskins. Living to Christ....Phil. i. 21. ET thoughtless thousands choose the road, This happiness, dear Lord, be mine, 2 On Christ, by faith, my soul would live, s Christ is my everlasting all, 4 Soon will the Lord, my life, appear; 5 Soon will the saints in glory meet; LOOKING TO CHRIST-LOT's WIFE. 399 1 SE 399. L. M. Medley. Look again.... Jonah ii. 4. 5 Take courage then, my trembling soul, YE O then I'll look, and look again. 400. 11s. E Lot's Wife....Luke xvii. 32. e; E careless professors, who rest on your lees, Amidst your vain pleasures, your profit and ease, Now God says, "arise and for life, And look not behind you-remember Lot's wife." escape your the message believe: 2 Awake from your slumber, the warning receive; 'Tis Jesus that warns you, While dangers are pending, escape for your life, And look not behind you-remember Lot's wife. 3 The first bold apostate will tempt you to stray, And tell you no dangers are found in the way; He means to deceive you, escape for your life, And look not behind you-remember Lot's wifes 4 How many poor souls has the serpent beguil'd, With specious temptations how many defil'd; Then be not deluded, escape for your life, And look not behind you-remember Lot's wife. 5 The ways of religion true pleasures afford, No pleasures can equal the joys of the Lord; Forsake then the world, and escape for your life, And look not behind you-remember Lot's wife. 6 But if you determine the call to refuse, And venture the way of destruction to choose, For hell you must part with the blessing of life, And then, if not now, you'll remember Lot's wife. 1 401. C. M. Swain. Brotherly Love....Psalm cxxxiii. 1. H When those who love the Lord, OW sweet, how heav'nly is the sight, In one another's peace delight, And so fulfil his word! 2 O may we feel each brother's sigh, 3 Free us from envy, scorn, and pride, May each his brother's failings hide, 4 Let love, in one delightful stream, And union sweet, and dear esteem, 5 Love is the golden chain that binds 4 And he's an heir of heav'n that finds 402. S. M. Beddome, altered. The christian world o'erspread: Gentile and Jew, and bond and free, Are one in Christ, their head. Among the saints on earth Let mutual love abound: Heirs of the same inheritance Should be in union found. Let envy, child of hell! Be banish'd from our sight: Those should in strictest friendship dwell, Then will the church below, Resemble that above; Where streams of pleasure ever flow, And ev'ry heart is love. 1 Love is a Flower in Grace. THE finest flow'r that ever blow'd, When Jesu's blood in rivers flow'd, 2 Its deepest hue, its richest smell, Nor can the tongue of angels tell 3 Earth could not hold so rich a flow'r, Nor could the world and satan's pow'r 4 On Canaan's banks, supremely fair, |