XL. HYMN.—L. M.

1 ALL-SEEING God! 'tis thine to know
The spring whence wrong opinions flow;
To judge, from principles within,
When frailty errs, and when we sin.

2 Who among men, great Lord of all!
Thy servant to his bar shall call;

Judge him, for modes of faith, thy foe,
And doom him to the realms of woe?

3- Who with another's eye can read,
Or worship by another's creed?
Trusting thy grace, we form our own,
And bow to thy commands alone.

4 If wrong, correct; accept, if right;
While faithful we improve our light-
Condemning none, but zealous still,
To learn and follow all thy will.

5 When shall our happy eyes behold
All Christians fashion'd in thy mould;
And charity our lineage prove
Deriv'd from thee, O God of love.

XLI. HYMN.-S. M.

1 IMPOSTURE shrinks from light, And dreads the curious eye;

But sacred truths the test invite;
They bid us search and try.

2 May we, O Lord, maintain
A meek inquiring mind,

Assur'd we shall not search in vain,
But hidden treasures find.

3 With understanding bless'd,
Created to be free,

Our faith on man we dare not rest,
Subject to none but thee.

4 Lord, give the light we need;
With soundest knowledge fill;
From baneful error guard our creed;
From prejudice our will.

5 The truth thou shalt impart,
May we with firmness own;
Abhorring each evasive art,
And fearing thee alone.

XLII. HYMN.-c. M.

1 WHEN blooming youth is snatch'd away
By death's resistless hand,
Our hearts the mournful tribute
Which sorrow must demand.

pay,

2 While pity prompts the rising sigh, Oh may this truth, impress'd

With awful power, I too must die,'→ Sink deep in every breast!

3 Let this vain world engage no more;
Behold the opening tomb!
It bids us seize the present hour;
To-morrow death may come.

4 The voice of this alarming scene
May every heart obey;

Nor be the heavenly warning vain,
Which calls to watch and pray!

XLIII. HYMN.-C. M.

IO GOD! the covenant of thy love
Abides for ever sure;

And, in its matchless grace, we feel
Our happiness secure.

2 What though our house be not with thee, As nature could desire?

To nobler joys than nature gives
Thy servants shall aspire.

Since thou, the everlasting God,
Our Father art become,

Our guide, our guardian, and our friend,
And heaven our final home,-

4 We welcome all thy sovereign will,
For all that will is love;

And when we know not what thou dost,
We wait the light above.

5 Thy mercy, in the darkest gloom,
Shall heavenly rays impart;

And when our eye-lids close in death,
Shall cheer our trembling heart.

XLIV. HYMN.-C. M.

1 A GLORY gilds the ample page
Of nature's works sublime;
It gives a light to ev'ry age,
Throughout revolving time.

2 'Tis Revelation's lamp supplies
These glorious works with light;
Her truths upon the nations rise,
And guide their wandering sight.

3 And soon as reason in the soul
Instructs us how to read,
<We view the universal whole
A universal creed.

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4 There we discover nature's laws,

Where pleasure joins with right; Where self-love aids compassion's cause, And duty is delight.

5 Thus, what was lost in night before, Now opens into day;

When reason over nature's works
Sheds her enlight’ning ray.

XLV. HYMN.-C. M.

1 O FOR a thousand tongues to sing
My great Redeemer's praise,
The glories of my God and King,
The triumphs of his grace.

2 My gracious Master and

Assist me to proclaim,

my God,

To spread through all the earth abroad
The honours of thy name.

3 Jesus, the name that charms our fears,
That bids our sorrows cease,
'Tis music in the sinner's ears,
'Tis life, and health, and peace.

4 He breaks the power of cancell'd sin, He sets the prisoner free;

His blood can make the foulest clean;
His blood avail'd for me.

5 Hear him, ye deaf; his praise, ye dumb, Your loosen'd tongues employ;

Ye blind, behold your Saviour come;
And leap, ye lame, for joy!