5. Resignation.

Amid the various scenes of ills,

Each stroke some kind design fulfils :
And shall I murmur at my God,

When sov'reign love directs the rod ?

Peace, rebel thoughts!-I'll not complain:
My Father's smiles suspend my pain;
Smiles, that a thousand joys impart,
And pour the balm that heals the smart.

Though Heav'n afflict, I'll not repine:
Each heart-felt comfort still is mine;
Comforts that shall o'er death prevail,
And journey with me through the vale.

Bless'd Saviour! smooth that rugged way,
And lead me to the realms of day;
To milder skies, and brighter plains,
Where everlasting pleasure reigns.

6. Mercy.

And shall not wrath relent,
Touch'd by the humble strain,

My brother crying, “I repent;
Nor will offend again?"

How else, on sprightly wing,

Can hope bear high my pray'r,

Up to thy throne, my God, my king,
To plead for pardon there?

7. Living to God,

"Live, while you live," the epicure would say ; "And seize the pleasures of the present day.” "Live, while you live," the sacred preacher cries; "And give to God each moment as it flies." Lord! in my views, let both united be ; I live in pleasure, when I live to thee.

8. The best gift.

Eternal God!

From thee departing, we are lost; and rove
At random, without honour, hope, or peace.
From thee, is all that sooths the life of man ;
His high endeavour, and his glad success,
His strength to suffer, and his will to serve,
But O, thou bounteous Giver of all good,
Thou art of all thy gifts thyself the crown!
Give what thou wilt, without thee we are poor;
And with thee rich, take what thou wilt away,

9. On the approach of death.

With the patriarch's joy,

Thy call I follow to the land unknown!
I trust in thee, and know in whom I trust:
Or life, or death, is equal; neither weighs;
All weight in this,-O let me live to thee!

10. Divine power and goodness.

I read thy awful name imprinted high,
With golden letters, on the starry sky;
Nor less the wond'rous characters I see,
Wrought in each flow'r, inscrib'd on ev'ry tree.

With thee, in shady solitudes I walk;
With thee, in busy crowded cities talk :
In ev'ry creature, own thy forming pow'r;
In each event, thy providence adore.

May thy hopes animate my drooping soul; Thy precepts guide me; and thy fear control! Thus shall I rest unmov'd by all alarms,

Secure within the temple of thine arms,
From anxious cares, from gloomy terrors free;
And feel myself victorious in thee.

And when the last, the closing hour draws nigh,
And earth recedes before my swimming eye;
Teach me to quit this transitory scene,
With decent triumph, and a look serene ;
Teach me to fix my ardent hopes on high;
And having liv'd to thee, in thee to die!

THE END.

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