By night, Arabia's crimson'd sands
Return'd the fiery column's glow.

3 Thus present still, though now unseen!
When brightly shines the prosp❜rous day,
Be thoughts of thee a cloudy screen,
To temper the deceitful ray.

4 And 0, when gathers on our path
In shade and storm the frequent night,
Be thou, long suff'ring, slow to wrath,
A burning and a shining light!

HYMN 99. L. M.

Trust in the Divine Love in every condition.
1 My God! I thank thee; may no thought
E'er deem thy chastisements severe ;
But may this heart, by sorrow taught,
Calm each wild wish, each idle fear!

2 Thy mercy bids all nature bloom;
The sun shines bright, and man is gay;
Thine equal mercy spreads the gloom,
That darkens o'er his little day.

3 Full many a throb of grief and pain
Thy frail and erring child must know
Yet not one pray'r is breath'd in vain,
Nor does one tear unheeded flow.

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4 Thy various messengers employ ;
Thy purposes of love fulfil;

And, 'mid the wreck of human joy,
Let kneeling faith adore thy will!

HYMN 100. L. M.

Love to God and Man.

1 THUS saith the first, the great command: 'Let all thy inward pow'rs unite To love thy Maker and thy God, • With utmost vigour and delight.

2 Then shall thy neighbour, next in place, 'Share thine affections and esteem; And let thy kindness to thyself 'Measure and rule thy love to him.'

3 This is the sense that Moses spoke ;
This did the prophets preach and prove;
For want of this the law is broke,
And the whole law's fulfill'd by love.

4 But oh, how base our passions are ;
How cold our charity and zeal !
Lord, fill our souls with heav'nly fire,
Or we shall ne'er perform thy will!

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Religion vain without Love. 1 Cor. xiii. 1-3.

1 HAD I the tongues of Greeks and Jews, And nobler speech than angels use, If love be absent, I am found,

Like tinkling brass, an empty sound.

2 Were I inspir'd to preach, and tell
All that is done in heav'n and hell,
Or could my faith the world remove,
Still I am nothing without love.

3 Should I distribute all my store,
To feed the hungry, clothe the poor;
Or give my body to the flame,
To gain a martyr's glorious name;

4 If love to God, and love to men
Be absent, all my hopes are vain;
Nor tongues, nor gifts, nor fiery zeal,
The work of love can e'er fulfil.

HYMN 102. C. M.

The same subject.

1 THOUGH ev'ry grace my speech adorn'd, That flows from ev'ry tongue;

Though I could rise to loftier strains
Than ever angels sung;

2 Though, with prophetick lore inspir'd,
I made all mysteries plain;
Yet, were I void of Christian love,
These gifts were all in vain.

3 Though I dispense with lib'ral hand
My goods to feed the poor;

Or, firm to conscience and to truth,
A martyr's fate endure;

4 Nay, though my faith, with boundless pow'r, E'en mountains could remove; "Twere all in vain, should I be found A stranger still to love.

HYMN 103. L. M.

The Divine Goodness imitated. Eph. v. 1.
1 GREAT Author of th' immortal mind,
For noblest thoughts and views design'd!
Make me desirous to express

The image of thy holiness.

2 Whilst I thy boundless love admire,
Grant me to catch the sacred fire;
Thus shall my heav'nly birth be known,
And as thy child thou wilt me own.

3 Father, I see thy sun arise,
To cheer thy friends and enemies :

And, when from heav'n thy rain descends, Thy bounty both alike befriends.

4 Enlarge my soul with love like thine, My mortal pow'rs by grace refine; So shall I feel another's wo,

And freely feed a hungry foe.

5 I hope for pardon through thy Son,
For all the crimes which I have done;
Then may the grace that pardons me
Constrain me to forgive like thee!

HYMN 104. L. M.

Brotherly Love.

1 0 GOD, our Father and our King,
Of all we have or hope, the spring!
Send down thy Spirit from above,
And fill our hearts with holy love.

2 May we from ev'ry act abstain
That hurts or gives our neighbour pain,
And ev'ry secret wish suppress
That would abridge his happiness.

3 Still may we find our hearts inclin'd
To act the friend to all mankind;
Still seek their safety, health and ease,
Their virtue and eternal peace.