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1. WITH earnest longings of the mind,
My God, to thee I look;
So pants the hunted hart to find
And taste the cooling brook.

2. When shall I see thy courts of grace,
And meet my God again?
So long an absence from thy face
My heart endures with pain.

3. Temptations vex my weary soul,
And tears are my repast;
The foe insults without control,-
"And where's your God at last?"

4. "Tis with a mournful pleasure now
I think on ancient days;
Then to thy house did numbers go,
And all our work was praise.

5. But why, my soul, sunk down so far
Beneath this heavy load!
Why do my thoughts indulge despair,
And sin against my God?

6. Hope in the Lord, whose mighty hand
Can all thy woes remove:

For I shall here before him stand,
And sing restoring love.

1. FATHER, I sing thy wondrous grace;
I bless my Saviour's name:
He bought salvation for the poor,

And bore the sinner's shame.

2. His deep distress hath raised us high,
His duty and his zeal

Fulfilled the law which mortals broke,
And finished all thy will.

3. His dying groans, his living songs,
Shall better please my God,
Than harp's or trumpet's solemn sound,
Than goat's or bullock's blood.

4. This shall his humble followers see,
And set their hearts at rest;

They by his death draw near to thee,
And live forever blest.

5. Let heaven and all that dwell on high
To God their voices raise;
While lands and seas assist the sky,
And join t'advance the praise.

6. Zion is thine, most holy God;
Thy Son shall bless her gates;
And glory, purchased by his blood,
For thine own Israel waits.

[Ps. 46. ii. 415. Public Praise for Deliverance. [Ps. 118. ii.

1. God is our refuge, tried and proved,

Amid a stormy world;

We will not fear though earth be moved,
And hills in ocean hurled.

2. The waves may roar, the mountains shake,
Our comforts shall not cease;

The Lord his saints will not forsake,
The Lord will give us peace.

3. A gentle stream of hope and love
To us shall ever flow;

It issues from his throne above,-
Is cheers his church below.

4. When earth and hell against us came,
He spake and quelled their powers:
The Lord of hosts is still the same;
The God of grace is ours.

1. LORD, thou hast heard thy servant cry,
And rescued from the grave;
Now shall be live,-for none can die,
If God resolves to save.

2. Thy praise, more constant than before,
Shall fill his daily breath;

Thy hand, that hath chastised bim sore,
Defends him still from death.

3. Open the gates of Zion now,

For we shall worship there;
The house, where all the righteous go,
Thy mercy to declare.

4. Among th'assemblies of thy saints,
Our thankful voice we raise;
There we have told thee our complaints,
And there we speak thy praise.

Let God the Father and the Son, And Spirit be a - dored,

Where there are works to make him known, Or saints to love the Lord.

[Hy. 215. 3. Come--and he'll cleanse our guilty souls, And wash away our stains

In that dear fountain which his Son,
Poured from his dying veins.

4. His Spirit in our hearts shall dwell,
And deep engrave his law;
And every motion of our souls
To swift obedience draw.

5. Thus will he pour salvation down,
And we shall render praise;
We, the dear people of his love,
And he, our God of grace.

418. Prayer for unconverted Friends. [Hy. 441.

1. O LORD, thy weary churches wait, With wishful, longing eyes;

Let us no more lie desolate;

O bid thy light arise.

2. Thy light, that on our souls hath shone, Leads us in hope to thee;

Let us not feel its rays alone-
Alone thy people be.

3. O bring our dearest friends to God;
Remember those we love:

Fit them, on earth, for thine abode;
Fit them for joys above.

1. SPIRIT of power and might, behold

A world by sin destroyed;

Creator, Spirit, as of old,

Move on the formless void.

2. Give thou the word: that healing sound
Shall quell the deadly strife,
And earth again, like Eden crowned,
Produce the tree of life.

8. If sang the morning stars for joy
When nature rose to view,
What strains will angel harps employ
When thou shalt all renew!

4 And if the sons of God rejoice

To hear a Saviour's name,

How will the ransomed raise their voice,
To whom that Saviour came!

5. Lo! every kindred, tongue, and tribe,
Assembling round the throne,
Thy new creation shall ascribe
To sovereign love alone.

6. Smile, Lord, on each divine attempt
To spread the gospel's rays,
And build on sin's demolished throne
The temples of thy praise!

1. GREAT is the Lord; his praise be great!
Ye lands, your tributes bring;
Our country, thou his chosen seat,
Be first to praise thy King.

2. God in thy borders well is known,
A strong and faithful friend;

O rest thou still on him alone.
And he will still defend.

8. Here in thy courts again we stand,
Thy grace, O Lord, to see:
Soon let it shine on every land,

And win all hearts to thee.

4. But still our country be thy choice;
Still walk around her towers:
Still let her sons in thee rejoice,
And cry,-"The Lord is ours!"

1. GREAT God, the nations of the earth

Are by creation thine;

And in thy works, by all beheld,
Thy radiant glories shine.

2. But, Lord, thy greater love has sent Thy gospel to mankind,

Unvailing what rich stores of grace
Are treasured in thy mind.

1. Now, gracious Lord! thine arm reveal, And make thy glory known: Now let us all thy presence feel,

And soften hearts of stone!

2. Help us to venture near thy throne,
And plead a Saviour's name;

For all that we can call our own,
Is vanity and shame.

8. Lord, when shall these glad tidings spread 3. From all the guilt of former sin

The spacious earth around,
Till every tribe, and every soul,
Shall hear the joyful sound?

4. Oh, when shall Afric's sable sons Enjoy the heavenly word;

And vassals long enslaved become
The freemen of the Lord?

May mercy set us free!
And let the year we now begin,
Begin and end with thee.

4. Send down thy Spirit from above,
That saints may love thee more;
And sinners now may learn to love,
Who never loved before.

5. When shall th' untutored heathen tribes,- 5. And when before thee we appear,

A dark bewildered race,

Sit down at our Immanuel's feet, And learn and see his grace?

In our eternal home,

May growing numbers worship here,

And praise thee in our room!

FINE.

The God of

mer - cy be a dored, Who calls our souls from death, Who saves by his redeeming word And new cre D. C. The one in three, and three in one,- Let

at ing breath;

saints and

angels join.

To praise the Father and the Son, And Spirit

423.

Gratitude for past Mercy. [Ps. 116. i. 424.

1. I LOVE the Lord; he heard my cries,
And pitied every groan;

Long as I live, when troubles rise,
I'll hasten to his throne.

2. I love the Lord; he bowed his ear,
And chased my griefs away;
O let my heart no more despair,
While I have breath to pray!
3. My flesh declined, my spirits fell,
And I drew near the dead;
While inward pangs, and fears of hell,
Perplexed my wakeful head.

4. "My God," I cried, "thy servant save,
Thou ever good and just;

Thy power can rescue from the grave,
Thy power is all my trust."

5. The Lord beheld me sore distressed,
He bade my pains remove;
Return, my soul, to God, thy rest,
For thou hast known his love.

6. My God hath saved my soul from death,
And dried my falling tears;

Now to his praise I'll spend my breath,
And my remaining years.

1. WHILE shepherds watched their flocks by All seated on the ground,

The angel of the Lord came down,

And glory shone around.

[night,

2. "Fear not," said he,--for mighty dread
Had seized their troubled mind;
"Glad tidings of great joy I bring
To you, and all mankind.

3. "To you, in David's town, this day
Is born, of David's line,

The Saviour, who is Christ the Lord;
And this shall be the sign:-

4. The heavenly babe you there shall find,
To human view displayed,

All meanly wrapt in swathing bands,
And in a manger laid."

5. Thus spake the seraph: and forthwith
Appeared a shining throng
Of angels praising God, and thus
Addressed their joyful song:-

6. "All glory be to God on high;

And to the earth be peace;

Good-will henceforth, from heaven to men,
Begin and never cease."

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