4 Eternity is juft at hand;

And fhall I waste the ebbing fand,
And careless view departing day,
And throw my fleeting time away?
5 Be this my chief, my only care,
My high purfuit, my ardent prayer,
An intereft in the Saviour's blood,
A pardon feal'd, and peace with Gon.
6 Search, gracious God, my inmost heart,
And light, and hope, and joy impart,
From guilt and error fet me free,
And guide me fafe to heav'n and thee.

Mrs. STEELE,

Hymn CCXLVII. Long Metre. [* or b]

THO

Secking Chrift the Shepherd. HOU whom my foul admires above All earthly joys and earthly love, Tell me, my Shepherd, let me know Where doth thy fweeteft paflure grow? 2 Where is the shadow of that rock, Which from the fun defends thy flock? Fain would I feed among thy fheep, Among them reft, among them fleep. 3 The footsteps of thy flock I fee; Thy fweeteit paftures here they be ! A wond'rous feast thy love prepares, Bought by thy wounds, and groans, and tears. 4 His facred flesh he makes my food, And bids me drink his precious blood; Here to this feaft my foul will come, Till my Beloved lead me home.

WAT

Hymn CCXLVIII. Long Metre. [or]

TH

The Vanity of Forms without Virtue. 'H' uplifted eye and bended knee Are but vain homage, Lord, to thee In vain our lips thy praife prolong, The heart a stranger to the fong. 2 Can rites, and forms, and flaming zeal, The breaches of thy precepts heal? Can fafts and penance reconcile Thy juftice, and obtain thy fmile? 3 The pure, the humble, contrite mind, Thankful, and to thy will refign'd, To thee a nobler off'ring yields, Than Sheba's groves or Sharon's fields; 4 Than floods of oil, or coftly wine, Rolling by thousands to thy fhrine Or than if to thine altar led, A first-born fon the victim bled. "Be just and kind and humble too, In all you fay, in all you do ;

5

To men your charity impart,

;

And love your God with all your heart." 6 This truth by ancient prophets given, Was by thy Son confirm'd from heaven; And, deep engrav'd, this great command Doth on eternal pillars ftand.

Reformed Liturgy.

Hymn CCXLIX. Long Metre. [* or b]

Love to God and Man.

THUS faith the first, the great command,
"Let all thy inward powers unite

To love thy Maker and thy God
With facred fervour and delight.

2 "Then fhall thy neighbour, next in place,
Share thine affections and esteem;
And let thy kindness to thy felf
Measure and rule thy love to him.”
3 This is the fenfe that Mofes fpoke ;
This did the prophets preach and prove;
For want of this the law is broke,
And the whole law's fulfill'd by love,
4 But ch, how base our paffions are!
How cold our charity and zeal !
Lord, fill our fouls with heavenly fire,
Or we fhall ne'er perform thy will.

WATTS.

Hymn CCL. Long Metre. [ or []

TH

God dwelling with the humble.

HUS faith the high and lofty One,
"I fit upon my holy throne;

My name is God, I dwell on high,
Dwell in my own eternity.

"But I defcend to worlds below;
On earth I have a manfion too;
The humble fpirit and contrite
Is an abode of my delight.

3 "The humble foul my words revive ;
I bid the mourning finner live;
Heal all the broken hearts I find,
And eafe the forrows of the mind.

4 "When I contend against their fin,
I make them know how vile they've been;
But fhould my wrath forever fmoke,

Their fouls would fink beneath the ftroke."

5 O may thy pard'ning grace be nigh,
Lest we should faint, despair and die;
Thus fhall our better thoughts approve
The methods of thy chaft'ning love.

WATTS.

Hymn CCLI. Common. Metre. [* or b]

Characters of Clrifi. Ifa. xlii. 1-4.

TH

HUS faith the Lord, who built the
And bade the planets roll; [heavens,
Who peopled all the climes of earth,
And form'd the human foul;

2 "Behold my fervant, fee him rise,
Exalted in my might s
Him have I chofen, and in him
I place fupreme delight.

3 "On him in rich effufion pour'd,
My Spirit fhall defcend;

4

5

My truth and judgment he shall show
To earth's remotest end.

"Gentle and ftill fhall be his voice
No threats from him proceed;
The fmoking flax he fhall not quench,
Nor break the bruised reed.

"The feeble spark to flame he'll raise;
The weak will not despise ;

Judgment fhall he bring forth to truth,
And make the fallen rife.

6 "The progrefs of his zeal and power
Shall never know decline,

Till foreign lands and diftant iffes
Receive the law divine."

Scotch Paraphrafe.

Hymn CCLII. Common Metre. [* or b]

TH

Children devoted to God.

HUS faith the mercy of the Lord,
"I'll be a God to thee;

I'll blefs thy num'rous race, and they
Shall be a feed for me."

2 Abrah'm believ'd the promis'd grace,
And gave his fons to God;
But water feals the covenant now,
Which then was feal'd with blood.
3 Thus Lydia's houfe was fanctify'd,
When the receiv'd the word;
Thus the believing jailor gave
His household to the Lord.

4 Thus do thy faints, O faithful God,
Thine ancient truth embrace ;
To thee their infant offspring bring,
And humbly claim the grace.

WATTS.

Hymn CCLIII. Long Metre. [or b】

Chrift's Commiffion to preach the Gospel.

THU

HUS fpake the Saviour, when he fent
His mnifters to preach his word;
They through the world obedient went,
And fpread the gospel of their Lord.
2 "Go forth, ye heralds, in my name,
Bid the whole earth my grace receive;
The gofpel jubilee proclaim,

And call them to repent and live.
3 "The joyful news to all impart,
And teach them where falvation lies;
Bind up the broken bleeding heart,
And wipe the tear from weeping eyes..