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HYMN 78. L. M.

Eternity.

TERNITY! stupendous theme! Compar'd herewith our life's a dream: Eternity! O awful sound,

"A deep, where all our thoughts are drown'd!” 2 Eternity! the dread abode,

And habitation of our God;

His glory fills the vast expanse,
Beyond the reach of mortal sense.

3 But an eternity there is

Of dreadful woe, or joyful bliss:
And, swift as time fulfils its round,
We to eternity are bound.

4 What countless millions of mankind
Have left this fleeting world behind!

They're gone; but where?-ah! pause and see, Gone to a long eternity.

5 Sinner, can'st thou for ever dwell
In all the fiery deeps of hell;

And is death nothing, then, to thee;
Death, and a dread eternity?

6 Ye gracious souls, with joy look up;
In Christ rejoice, your glorious hopes
This everlasting bliss secures;
God and eternity are yours.

HYMN 79. L. M.

Eternal life.

life! how the sound

To sinners, who deserve to die! Proclaim the bliss the world around, nd shout the joys, ye worlds, on high.

2 Eternal life! how will it reign,

When, mounting from this breathless clod,
The soul discharg'd from sin and pain,
Ascends t' enjoy its Father, God!

3 Eternal life! how will it bloom
In beauty on that blissful day,
When rescued from th' impris'ning tomb,
A glory clothes our rising clay!
4 Eternal life! O how refin'd

The joy! the triumph how divine!
When saints in body, and in mind,
Shall in the Saviour's image shine!
5 Holy and heav'nly be that soul,
Where dwells an hope so high as this;
How should we long to reach the goal,
And seize the prize of endless bliss!

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HYMN 80. P. M.

Time and Eternity.

O! on a narrow neck of land,
'Twixt two unbounded seas I stand,
Yet how insensible!

A point of time, a moment's space,
Removes me to yon heav'nly place,
Or-shuts me up in hell.

2 O God, my inmost soul convert,
And deeply on my thoughtful heart
Eternal things impress;.

Give me to feel their solemn weight,
And save me ere it be too late;
Wake me to righteousness.

3 Before me place, in bright array,
The pomp of that tremendous day,
When thou with clouds shalt come

To judge the nations at thy bar:
And tell me, Lord, shall I be there,
To meet a joyful doom?

4 Be this my one great bus'ness here,
With holy trembling, holy fear,
To make my calling sure!
Thine utmost counsel to fulfil,
And suffer all thy righteous will,
And to the end endure!

5 Then Saviour, then my soul receive,
Transported from this vale, to live.
And reign with thee above;
Where faith is sweetly lost in sight,
And hope in full supreme delight
And everlasting love..

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HYMN 81. L. M.

The Seasons.

HY providence, great God, we praise; How good and great are all thy ways! Thy bounty crowns our passing years, And dissipates our anxious fears.

2 Thy promise stands for ever fast,

While sun, and moon, and earth shall last; The laws of seasons shall endure, Till time and stars are known no more. 3 Summer and winter, cold and heat, And night and day in order meet; Seed-time and harvest, each succeed, To prove thy love-supply our need. 4 When years are past, and seasons o'er, We still shall prove thy cov❜nant sure; And in the shining realms of bliss, Adore thy goodness and thy grace.

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HYMN 82. C. M.

Summer-an Harvest song.

O praise the ever bounteous Lord,
My soul wake all thy pow'rs:

He calls, and at his voice come forth
The smiling harvest-hours.

2 His cov❜nant with the earth he keeps;
My tongue his goodness sing;
Summer and winter know their time,
His harvest crowns the spring.

3 Well pleas'd the toiling swains behold The waving yellow crop;

With joy they bear the sheaves away,
And sow again in hope.

4 Thus teach me, gracious God, to sow
The seeds of righteousness;
Smile on my soul, and with thy beams
The rip'ning harvest bless.

5 Then in the last great harvest, I
Shall reap a glorious crop;
The harvest shall by far exceed
What I have sow'd in hope.

HYMN 83. C. M.

Winter.

1 TERN winter throws his icy chains, Encircling nature round;

How bleak, how comfortless the plains,
Late with gay verdure crown'd!

2 The sun withdraws his vital beams,
And light, and warmth depart;
And drooping lifeless nature seems
An emblem of my heart.

3 My heart, where mental winter reigns,
In night's dark mantle clad,
Confin'd in cold inactive chains,
How desolate and sad!

4 Return, O blissful Sun, and bring
Thy soul reviving ray;

This mental winter shall be spring,
This darkness, cheerful day.

5 O happy state, divine abode,

Where spring eternal reigns;
And perfect day, the smile of God,
Fills all the heav'nly plains!

6 Great Source of light, thy beams display,
My drooping joys restore,
And guide me to the seats of day,
Where winter frowns no more.

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HYMN 84. L. M.

The seasons crowned with goodness. TERNAL Source of ev'ry joy! Thy praise shall ev'ry voice employ, While in thy temple we appear

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To hail thee, Sov'reign of the year.

2 Wide as the wheels of nature roll,
Thy hand supports and guides the whole;
The sun is taught by thee to rise,
And darkness when to veil the skies.
3 The flow'ry spring at thy command,
Perfumes the air, and paints the land;
The summer rays with vigour shine,
To raise the corn and cheer the vine.
Thy hand, in autumn, richly pours
Thro' all our coasts redundant stores: