2 Though dark my path, and sad my lot, 3 If thou should'st call me to resign 4 Renew my will from day to day, 369 P. M. CAMERONIAN HYMN. Prayer of the Persecuted. 1 OH thou who dwell'st in the Heavens high 2 Though shining millions around thee stand, 3 Our night is dreary, and dim our day; 4 The powers of darkness are all abroad, 5 Thine aid, O mighty God, we crave, 370 P. M. GEORGE HERBERT. Praise. 1 KING of Glory, King of Peace, And, that love may never cease, 2 Thou hast granted my request; Thou didst note my working breast; 3 Wherefore with my utmost art And the cream of all my heart 4 Though my sins against me cried, And alone, when they replied, Thou didst hear me. 5 Seven whole days, not one in seven, In my heart, though not in heaven, 6 Small it is, in this poor sort E'en eternity's too short To extol thee. 371 P. M. WARREN ST. COL. Triumph. 1 DAUGHTER of Zion, awake from thy sadness! Awake! for thy foes shall oppress thee no more; Bright o'er thy hills dawns the day-star of gladness, Arise! for the night of thy sorrow is o'er. 2 Strong were thy foes, but the arm that subdued them And scattered their legions, was mightier far; They fled like the chaff from the scourge that pursued them, Vain were their steeds and their chariots of war. 3 Daughter of Zion, the power that hath saved thee Extolled with the harp and the timbrel should be; Shout! for the foe is destroyed that enslaved thee, Th' oppressor is vanquished, and Zion is free. 372 8s. M. HOGG. God of Life. 2 BLESSED be thy name forever, Thou of life the Guard and Giver! Thou canst guard thy creatures sleeping, Of the desert and the ocean, 2 Thou who slumberest not nor sleepest, Of midnight gloom, and dawning day- Like breathings of eternity; God of life! that fade shall never, Blessed be thy name forever! 373 10 & 9s. M. LONGFELLOW. The Flowers. 1 WONDROUS truths, and manifold as wondrous, But not less in the bright flowerets under us 2 Bright and glorious is that revelation Written all over this great world of ours; In these stars of earth, these golden flowers. 3 And with childlike, credulous affection, 1 PRAISE to thee, all holy God, From the world, the race, thou rulest; From the green earth's dewy sod: From the wayward hearts thou schoolest |