Though vine nor fig tree neither* Their wonted fruit fhall bear, His praise fhall tune my voice; ORD, my foul with pleasure springs And when God the Spirit brings Still delighted I perceive; Clothed in fanctity and grace, What we owe to love divine; Those the comforts I poffefs, 51. THE CHRISTIAN. SONOUR and happiness unite To make the Chriftian's name a praise ; How fair the scene, how clear the light, That fills the remnant of his days! A kingly character he bears, No change his priestly office knows; Adorn'd with glory from on high, Inferior honours he difdains, grace. Nor stoops to take applause from earth; • Prov. iii. 17. VOL. II. T + Matt. xi. 30. The nobleft creature feen below, My foul is ravish'd at the thought! Methinks from earth I fee him rife! Angels congratulate his lot, And fhout him welcome to the skies! 52. LIVELY HOPE AND GRACIOUS FEAR. WAS a groveling creature once, And bafely cleaved to earth; But God has breathed upon a worm, Wings fuch as clothe an angel's form, With these to Pifgah's top I fly, The Lord of all the vaft domain The length and breadth of all the plain How glorious is my privilege! I stand upon a mountain's edge, Though much exalted in the Lord, 53. FOR THE POOR. HEN Hagar found the bottle spent, A meffage from the Lord was fent * Should not Elijah's cake and cruse† A gracious God will not refuse His faints and fervants fhall be fed, "Bread fhall be given them," as he said, Repasts far richer they shall prove, * Gen. xxi. 19. +1 Kings xvii. 14. Ifa. xxxiii. 16. To Jefus then your trouble bring, While you are poor and He is king, You shall not be forgot. 54. MY SOUL THIRSTETH FOR GOD. THIRST, but not as once I did The vain delights of earth to share; Thy wounds, Emmanuel, all forbid That I should seek my pleasures there. It was the fight of thy dear cross First wean'd my foul from earthly things; And taught me to esteem as drofs The mirth of fools and pomp of kings. I want that grace that fprings from thee, Dear fountain of delight unknown! For fure, of all the plants that share None |