PAUSE.

Led by the Spirit and the word, 5 [Il tidings never can surprise

His feet shall never slide.
6 When sinners fall, the righteous stand,
Preserved from every snare;
They shall possess the promis'd land,
And dwell forever there.

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PSALM 41. L. M.
Antigua, Truro.

Charity to the poor; or, pity to the afflicted.

His heart, that fix'd on God relies,
The waves and tempests roar around.
Safe on a rock he sits, and sees
The shipwreck of his enemies,

And all their hope and glory drown'd.
6 The wicked shall his triumph see,
And gnash their teeth in agony,
To find their expectations crost;

1BLEST is the man, whose bowels move, They and their envy, pride and spite,

And melt with pity to the poor,
Whose soul by sympathizing love
Feels what his fellow saints endure.
2 His heart contrives for their relief
More good than his own hands can do;
He in the time of general grief
Shall find the Lord has bowels too.
3 His soul shall live secure on earth,
With secret blessings on his head,.
When drought, and pestilence, and dearth
Around him multiply their dead.
4Or, if he languish on his couch,
God will pronounce his sins forgiven,
Will save him with a healing touch,
Or take his willing soul to heaven.

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PSALM 112. L. P. M.
St. Hellens.

The blessings of the liberal man.
THAT man is blest, who stands in awe

Of God, and loves his sacred law:
His seed on earth shall be renown'd:
His house, the seat of wealth, shall be
An inexhausted treasury,

And with successive honours crown'd.
2 His liberal favours he extends,
To some he gives, to others lends:
A generous pity fills his mind:
Yet what his charity impairs,
He saves by prudence in affairs,

And thus he's just to all mankind.

3 His hands, while they his alms bestow'd,
His glory's future harvest sow'd:

The sweet remembrance of the just,
Like a green root, revives and bears
A train of blessings for his heirs,

When dying nature sleeps in dust.
4 Beset with threatening dangers round,
Unmov'd shall he maintain his ground;
His conscience holds his courage up:
The soul that's fill'd with virtue's light,
Shines brightest in affliction's night;

And sees in darkness beams of hope.

Sink down to everlasting night,
And all their names in darkness lost.]

The blessings of the pious and charitable. 1 THRICE happy' man, who fears the Lord,

Loves his commands, and trusts his word; Honour and peace his days attend, And blessings to his seed descend. 2 Compassion dwells upon his mind, To works of mercy still inclin'd; He lends the poor some present aid, Or gives them, not to be repaid. 3 When times grow dark, and tidings 'spread,

That fill his neighbours round with dread, His heart is arm'd against the fear, For God, with all his power, is there. 4 His soul, well fix'd upon the Lord, Draws heavenly courage from his word; Amidst the darkness, light shall rise, To cheer his heart, and bless his eyes. 5 He hath dispers'd his alms abroad, His works are still before his God; His name on earth shall long remain, While envious sinners fret in vain.

PSALM 35. 2d Part. C. M. *
Abridge, Arlington.
Love to enemies; or, the love of Christ
to sinners typified in David.
BEHOLD the love, the generous love,
That holy David shows;

Who seals our souls to heavenly life!
4 Tender and kind be all our thoughts;
Through all our lives let mercy run:
So God forgives our numerous faults, 2

For the dear sake of Christ his Son.

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HYMN 126. B. 1. L. M. *
Rothwell, Eaton.

Charity and uncharitableness.

OT different food nor different dress

Compose the kingdom of our Lord,
But peace and joy and righteousness,
Faith, and obedience to his word.
2 When weaker Christians we despise,
We do the gospel mighty wrong;
For God, the gracious and the wise,
Receives the feeble with the strong.
3 Let pride and wrath be banish'd hence,
Meekness and love our souls pursue:
Nor shall our practice give offence
To saints, the Gentile or the Jew.

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HYMN 133. B. 1. C. M. b
Dundee, St. James.

Love and charity.

ET Pharisees of high esteem
Their faith and zeal declare,
All their religion is a dream,
If love be wanting there.

2 Love suffers long with patient eye,
Nor is provok'd in haste,
She lets the present injury die,
And long forgets the past.

3 [Malice and rage, those fires of hell,
She quenches with her tongue;
Hopes, and believes, and thinks no ill,
Though she endures the wrong.]
4 [She ne'er desires nor seeks to know
The scandals of the time;
Nor looks with pride on those below,
Nor envies those that climb.]
5 She lays her own advantage by,
To seek her neighbour's good;
So God's own Son came down to die.
And bought our lives with blood
6 Love is the grace that keeps her power
In all the realms above;
There faith and hope are known no
But saints forever love. [more,

Hark, how his sounding bowels move
To his afflicted foes!

When they are sick,his soul complains,

And seems to feel the smart;
The spirit of the gospel reigns,
And melts his pious heart.
3 How did his flowing tears condole,
As for a brother dead!
And fasting mortify'd his soul,
While for their life he pray'd.
4They groan'd, and curs'd him on their bed,

Yet still he pleads and mourns;
And double blessings on his head
The righteous God returns.
50 glorious type of heavenly grace!
Thus Christ the Lord appears;
While sinners curse, the Saviour prays,
And pities them with tears.
He, the true David, Israel's King,
Blest and belov'd of God,
To save us rebels, dead in sin,
Paid his own dearest blood.

6

Love to enemies, from the example of Christ.
OD of my mercy and my praise,

G Thy glory is my song:

Though sinners speak against thy grace
With a blaspheming tongue.

2 When in the form of mortal man
Thy Son on earth was found,
With cruel slanders, false and vain,
They compass'd him around.
3 Their miseries his compassion move,
Their peace he still pursu'd;
They render hatred for his love,
And evil for his good.
Their malice raged without a cause,
Yet, with his dying breath,
He pray'd for murderers on his cross,

4

And blest his foes in death.
5 Lord, shall thy bright example shine
In vain before mine eyes?
Give me a soul a-kin to thine,
To love mine enemies.

HYMN 106. B. 2.
Carolina, York.
Repentance at the cross.

HYMN 101. B. 1.
Truro, Shoel..

10 IF my soul was form'd for wo. To see a prodigal return,

How would I vent my sighs!
Repentance should like rivers flow
From both my streaming eyes.
'Twas for my sins, my dearest Lord
Hung on the cursed tree,
And groan'd away a dying life
For thee, my soul, for thee.
30 how I hate those lusts of mine
That crucified my God;
Those sins that pierc'd and nail'd his
Fast to the fatal wood. [flesh
4 Yes, my Redeemer, they shall die;
My heart has so decreed;
Nor will I spare the guilty things
That made my Saviour bleed.
5 While, with a melting, broken heart,
My murder'd Lord I view,
I'll raise revenge against my sins,
And slay the murderers too.

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Jay in heaven for a repenting sinner.
HO can describe the joys that rise,
Through all the courts of paradise,
To see an heir of glory born?
With joy the Father doth approve
The fruit of his eternal love;
The Son with joy looks down and sees
The purchase of his agonies.
3 The Spirit takes delight to view
The holy soul he form'd anew;
And saints and angels join to sing
The growing empire of their King.

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RESIGNATION.

PSALM 123. C. M.

Bedford, Plymouth.

Pleading with submission.

or b

10THOU, whose grace and justice

reign

Enthron'd above the skies,

To thee our hearts would tell their pain,
To thee we lift our eyes.

As servants watch their master's hand,
And fear the angry stroke;

Or maids before their mistress stand,
And wait a peaceful look:
So for our sins we justly feel
Thy discipline, O God;

Yet wait the gracious moment still,
Till thou remove thy rod.
Those, who in wealth and pleasure live,
Our daily groans deride,
And thy delays of mercy give.
Fresh courage to their pride.

5 Our foes insult us, but our hope.
In thy compassion lies;

4 Well might the sun in darkness hide, This thought shall bear our spirits up,

And shut his glories in,

That God will not despise.