6 When, in the solemn hour of death,
I wait Thy just decree,
Saviour, with my last parting breath
I'll cry,-Remember me.
650 Take up the cross.—Mark x. 21.
1 AND is there, Lord, a cross for me,
As through this wilderness I stray,
Which, if I would, I must not flee,
But Thy divine command obey ?
2 I would not, Lord, pass by that cross, For Thou hast placed it in my way; To turn aside would be my loss,
I, therefore, lift my heart and pray :
3 Show me the cross that I must bear;
Bend my proud heart, that I may take
In holy faith and humble prayer,
The cross of shame, for Thy dear sake:
4 For Thou didst take a cross for me,
And on it all my sins didst bear;
Its agony Thou didst not flee,
That in Thy glory I might share.
5 Then I will take my cross with joy,
And bear it onward to the end;
My shame and pride, O Lord, destroy,
My faith and hope on Thee depend.
6 Thou soon wilt take the cross away,
And place the crown upon my brow,
In that bright world of endless day,
Where I no more a cross shall know.
The trial of your faith.-1 Pet. i. 7. 1 IS my happiness below,
Not to live without the
cross,
But the Saviour's power to know,
Sanctifying every loss.
2 Trials must and will befall;
But with humble faith to see
Love inscribed upon them all,
This is happiness to me.
3 God, in Israel, sows the seeds
Of affliction, pain, and toil;
These spring up and choke the weeds
Which would else o'erspread the soil.
4 Trials make the promise sweet;
Trials give new life to prayer;
Trials bring me to His feet,
Lay me low, and keep me there.
5 Did I meet no trials here,
No correction by the way,
Might I not with reason fear
I should prove a cast-away?
6 Worldlings may escape the rod,
Sunk in earthly, vain delight;
But the true-born child of God
Must not, would not, if he might.
When he is tried he shall receive the crown of life.-Jas. i. 12.
1 UST Jesus bear the cross alone,
And all the world go free?
No, there's a cross for every one,
And there's a cross for me.
2 How happy are the saints above,
Who once went sorrowing here;
But now they taste unmingled love,
And joy without a tear.
3 The consecrated cross I'll bear,
Till death shall set me free;
And then go home my crown to wear,—
For there's a crown for me.
4 Upon the crystal pavement, down
At Jesus' pierced feet,
Joyful I'll cast my golden crown,
And His dear name repeat.
5 And palms shall wave, and harps shall ring, Beneath heaven's arches high:
The Lord that lives, the ransomed sing,—
That lives, no more to die.
60 precious cross! O glorious crown!
O resurrection day!
Ye angels, from the heavens come down,
And bear my soul away.
653 Lo, we have left all, and have followed Thee.
ESUS, I my cross have taken,
All to leave and follow Thee.
Destitute, despised, forsaken,
Thou, from hence, my all shalt be.
Perish every fond ambition,
All I've sought and hoped and known:
Yet how rich is my condition!
God and heaven are still mine own.
2 Let the world despise and leave me :
They have left my Saviour too.
Human hearts and looks deceive me :-
Thou art not, like them, untrue.
And whilst Thou shalt smile upon me,
God of wisdom, love, and might,
Foes may hate, and friends disown me;
Show Thy face, and all is bright.
3 Man may trouble and distress me,
"Twill but drive me to Thy breast;
Life with trials hard may press me,
Heaven will bring me sweeter rest;
O! 'tis not in grief to harm me,
While Thy love is left to me:
O! 'twere not in joy to charm me,
Were that joy unmixed with Thee.
4 Soul! then know, thy full salvation;
Rise o'er sin and fear and care;
Joy to find, in every station,
Something still to do or bear.
Think what Spirit dwells within thec:
What a Father's smiles are thine :
What a Saviour died to win thee:
Child of heaven, canst thou repine?
5 Haste thee on from grace to glory,
Armed by faith and winged by prayer :
Heaven's eternal day's before thee:
God's own hand shall guide thee there.
Soon shall close thine earthly mission:
Soon shall pass thy pilgrim days:
Hope shall change to full fruition,
Faith to sight, and prayer to praise.
NTERNAL GOD! we look to Thce;
To Thee for help we fly;
Thine eye alone our wants can see;
Thy hand alone supply.
2 Lord, let Thy fear within us dwell,
Thy love our footsteps guide:
That love will all vain love expel;
That fear, all fear beside.
3 Not what we wish, but what we want,
O let Thy grace supply;
The good, unasked, in mercy grant;
The ill, though asked, deny.
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on Thee.-Isa. xxvi. 3. HOU very present aid
In suffering and distress;
The soul which still on Thee is stayed,
Is kept in perfect peace.
The soul, by faith reclined
On the Redeemer's breast,
'Mid raging storms exults to find
An everlasting rest.
Sorrow and fear are gone,
Whene'er Thy face appears:
It stills the sighing orphan's moan,
And dries the widow's tears:
It hallows every cross;
It sweetly comforts me,
Makes me forget mine every loss,
And find my all in Thee.
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