Remember now thy Creator.
1 'REMEMBER thy Creator'
In life's young morning-Now! Ere sorrow's hand impresses Its furrows on thy brow: While life's bright sun is smiling, And care is distant yet, Heed not the songs that tempt thee Thy Maker to forget.
2 Remember thy Creator'
The God who gave thee birth, And strews thy path with mercies On this His beauteous earth; Before the dark clouds gather, And evil days appear,
And storms and lengthening shadows Tell that the night is near.
3 Remember thy Creator'- The God who reigns above; 'Tis life to taste His favour, And heaven is in His love. O may His rich salvation
Dawn on thy youthful heart, And grant true consolation
When earth's fair joys depart !
LIFE AND PRIVILEGES OF BELIEVERS.
1 "Tis not enough to say,
We're sorry and repent;
Yet still go on, from day to day, Just as we always went. 2 Repentance is to leave
The sins we loved before,
And show that we in earnest grieve By doing so no more.
The Touch of Faith.
1 As the Saviour passed along, Many people did Him throng; But they had not any need, Therefore Jesus did not heed.
2 One who knew the Lord could bless Came behind Him in the press; All physicians else had failed, But the touch of faith prevailed. 3 All who feel their need of grace Seek the mighty Saviour's face; And to power His love is joined— All who truly seek shall find. 4 He relieves all sin-sick hearts; Rest, and health, and peace imparts; Though oppressed with fear and doubt, He will never cast them out.
1 THERE is a fear that knows no dread, A filial, childlike, godly fear:
Known 'tis to those whom grace has led To find in God a Father here.
2 They know the dreadful plague of sin, They know the worth of pardoning blood; They know nought else can make them clean, And fit to stand before the Lord.
3 This filial fear the Christian moves To live, and walk, and act for God; And while he's travelling homeward, proves His feet are in the heavenly road. 4 Moved with this fear they journey on, Depending on unchanging love,
Ascribing praise to God alone
For the sweet hope of life above. 5 And here they sometimes have a taste Of that eternal heavenly rest,
To which their longing spirits haste, And where they'll be for ever blest.
True Prosperity.
1 THE man or child is blessed
Who shuns the sinners' ways, Among their councils never stands, Nor takes the scorner's place; 2 But makes the law of God His study and delight, Amidst the labours of the day, And watches of the night. 3 He like a tree shall thrive With water near its root;
Fresh as a leaf his name shall live ; His works are heavenly fruit.
4 God knows and well approves The way the righteous go;
But sinners and their works shall meet A dreadful overthrow.
The Only Resting-Place.
1 As needles point towards the pole, When touched by the magnetic stone; So faith in Jesus gives the soul A tendency before unknown. 2 Till then, by blinded passions led, In search of fancied good we range; The paths of disappointment tread, To nothing fixed but love of change. 3 But when the Holy Ghost imparts A knowledge of the Saviour's love, Then wandering, weary, restless hearts Are fixed at once on things above. 4 Now a new principle takes place, Which guides and animates the will; This love (another name for grace) Constrains to good, and bars from ill. 193 True Religion.
1 RELIGION! Who the blessing finds? How little is it known! The glory of immortal minds, Yet thousands it disown. 2 Religion! O the heavenly power When in the heart it reigns! The living and the dying hour It comforts and sustains.
3 Religion! 'tis the greatest good, When pure and undefiled, When humble sinners are to God Brought near and reconciled.
4 Religion smooths life's rugged way, It makes the bitter sweet, And will, in heaven's eternal day, Be glorious and complete.
Happiness of the Justified.
1 THEY who are justified, Whose sins are all forgiven, They who, renewed by sovereign grace, Are qualified for heaven;
2 May triumph in their God, And tune to praise their breath, Amidst the roughest storms of life, Amidst the floods of death. 3 Th' eternal God is theirs, And they are ever His ; The children of adopting grace, The heirs of endless bliss. 4 Garments of joy and praise, Rich robes of righteousness, More bright, more lasting than the sun, Are their ennobling dress.
Godliness Profitable.
1 How vast the blessings, how divine, From godliness which flow!
Nor men, nor angels, should they join, Can half its value show.
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