One bright, celestial ray send down, 2 While in thy word we search for thee, 3 Now let our darkness comprehend 4 Before us make thy goodness pass, And die to all below. 205. C. M. MONTGOMERY Perfection of the Law and Testimony. 1 THY law is perfect, Lord of light, The statutes of thy realm are right, 2 Let these, O God, my soul convert, 3 By these may I be warned betimes; 4 So may the words my lips express, 206. C. M. SPIRIT OF THE PSALMS. The Study of God's Word. 1 HAPPY the children of the Lord, Make all the precepts of his word 2 That precious wealth shall be their dower, Which moth nor rust shall e'er devour, 3 For them that heavenly light shall spread, The darkest hours of life, and shed 4 Their works of piety and love, Performed through Christ their Lord, 207. Shall meet a sure reward. C. M. The Seed of the Word. 1 O GOD, by whom the seed is given, By whom the harvest blest ; HEBER. Whose word, like manna showered from heaven, 2 Preserve it from the passing feet 3 Though buried deep, or thinly strown, The hope in earthly furrows sown 1 WHEN Israel through the desert passed, To guide them through the dreary waste, 2 Such is thy glorious word, O God; 'T is for our light and guidance given; It sheds a lustre all abroad, And points the path to bliss and heaven. 3 It fills the soul with sweet delight, And quickens its inactive powers; Its doctrines are divinely true; 5 Ye favored lands, who have this word! 209. C. M. Heavenly Bread. C. WESLEY 1 WHAT is the chaff, the word of man, When set against the wheat? Can it a dying soul sustain, Like that immortal meat? 2 Thy word, O God, with heavenly bread And those who by thy word are fed, 210. L. M. DODDRIDGE. Divine Teachings and their happy Consequences. 1 BRIGHT Source of intellectual rays, Father of spirits and of grace, O, dart, with energy unknown The Riches of God's Word. STENNETT. 1 LET worldly men from shore to shore Thy word, O Lord, we value more 2 Here mines of knowledge, love, and joy 3 The counsels of redeeming grace 4 Here light descending from above Here promises of heavenly love Our ardent wishes meet. 5 Our numerous griefs are here redressed, 212. S. M. Power of God's Word. WATTS 1 BEHOLD, the morning sun His beams through all the nations run, 2 But where the gospel comes, It calls dead sinners from their tombs, 3 How perfect is thy word! And all thy judgments just! 4 My gracious God, how plain 213. C. M. Love of the Scriptures. 1 O, HOW I love thy holy law! 2 I wake before the dawn of day, My soul with longing melts away, WATTS |