7 Be Christ our pattern, and our guide!
His image may we bear!
O may we tread his holy steps,
His joy and glory share!

Enfield.

'Blessed are the Meek.' Mat. v. 5.

1 BLESSED are the meek,' he said,
Whose doctrine is divine;

The humble-minded earth possess,
And bright in heaven will shine.

2 While here on earth they stay,

Calm peace with them shall dwell,
And cheerful hope, and heavenly joy,
Beyond what tongue can tell.

3 The God of peace is theirs ;
They own his gracious sway;
And yielding all their wills to him,
His sovereign laws obey.
No angry passions move,
No envy fires their breast;
The prospect of eternal peace,
Bids every trouble rest.

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5

6

O gracious Father! grant

That we this influence feel,
That all we hope, or wish, may de

Subjected to thy will!

Thus Christ our Lord to own, Thus thee our God obey, Ensures us peace and joy on earth, And leads to realms of day.

+ Exeter Coll.

149. C. M.

Christ's Resurrection, the Pledge of ours. 1 Pet. i. 3—5.
1 BLESSED be the everlasting God,
The Father of our Lord;

Be his abounding mercy praised,
His majesty adored.

2 When from the dead he raised his Son, And called him to the sky,

He gave our souls a lively hope
That they should never die.

3 What though his uncontrolled decree
Command our flesh to dust;

Since Christ, our pledge and pattern, rose,
So all his followers must.

4 There's an inheritance divine,
Reserved against that day;
'Tis incorrupted, undefiled,

And fadeth not away.

5 We by thy power, O God! are kept,
Till this deliverance come;

We walk by faith, as strangers here,
Till thou shalt call us home.

150. c. M.

Watts, alt'd.

The Reunion of virtuous Friends after Death.

1 BLESSED hour, when virtuous friends shall meet,

Shall meet to part no more,

And with celestial welcome greet,
On an immortal shore.

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2 The parent finds the long-lost child;
Brothers on brothers gaze;
The tear of resignation mild

Is changed to joy and praise.
3 Each tender tie, dissolved with pain,
With endless bliss is crowned;
All that was dead, revives again;
All that was lost, is found.

4 And while remembrance, lingering still, .
Draws joy from sorrowing hours;
New prospects rise, new pleasures fill
The soul's expanded powers.

5 Congenial minds, arrayed in light,
High thoughts shall interchange;

Nor cease, with ever-new delight,

On wings of love to range.

6 Their Father marks their generous flame,

And looks complacent down;

The smile that owns their filial claim

Is their immortal crown.

+ Liverpool (Paradise st.) Coll.

151. c. M.

Trust in God founded on the Fear of God.

1 BLESSED is the man who fears the Lord:
His well established mind,
In every varying scene of life,
Shall true composure find.

2 Oft through the deep and stormy sea,
The heavenly footsteps lie;

But on a glorious world beyond,
His faith can fix its eye.

3 Though dark his present prospects be,
And sorrows round him dwell,
Yet hope can whisper to his soul,
That all shall issue well.

4 Full in the presence of his God,
Through every scene he goes;
And, fearing him, no other fear
His steadfast bosom knows.

5 No dangers can his soul alarm,
No gloomy views affright;

For faith assures his humble heart,
Whatever is, is right.

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2

3

152. H. M.

The Gospel-Jubilee.

+ Exeter Coll.

BLOW ye the trumpet, blow
The gladly solemn sound;
Let all the nations know,
To earth's remotest bound,
The year of Jubilee is come;
Return, ye wandering sinners! home.
Behold the Son of God,
Commissioned from above,
To all the human race
The messenger of love;

The year of Jubilee is come,
Return, ye contrite sinners! home."

The gospel-trumpet sounds;
Let all the nations hear,
And earth's remotest bounds
Before the throne appear;

The year of Jubilee is come,

Return, ye pardoned sinners! home.

Rippon's Coll. alt'd.

153. L. M.

God Incomprehensible. Job xxvi.

1 CAN creatures to perfection find
The eternal, uncreated mind?

Or can the largest stretch of thought
Measure and search his nature out?

2 'Tis high as heaven, 'tis deep as hell,
And what can mortals know or tell?
His glory spreads beyond the sky,
And all the shining worlds on high.

3 He frowns, and darkness veils the moon;
The fainting sun grows dim at noon;
The pillars of heaven's starry roof
Tremble and start at his reproof.

4 These are a portion of his ways:
But who shall utter all his praise!
Who can endure his light, or stand
To hear the thunders of his hand!

154. c. M.

Christian Equity.

Watts.

1 COME, let us search our ways, and try; Have they been just and right?

Is the great rule of equity

Our practice and delight?

2 What we would have our neighbour do, Have we still done the same?

From others ne'er withheld the due,
Which we from others claim?