GOD IS LOVE. Then let us, Power Supreme! thy will adore, GOD IS LOVE. H. MORE. WHEN the orb of morn enlightens Be thy gratitude ascending Unto Him whose name is Love! When the vesper star is beaming And lake and river gleaming With the ruddy hues of heaven; When a thousand notes are blending In the forest and the grove, Be thy gratitude ascending Unto Him whose name is Love! 4. A MORNING SOLILOQUY. When the stars appear in millions Where the blessed are at rest; A MORNING SOLILOQUY. With heavenly strength endued! Think, O my soul, could dying men One lavished hour retrieve, VEDDER. Though spent in tears, and passed in pain But seas of pearl, and mines of gold, Lord, teach me now each good to prize, And every pleasure to despise H. MORE. HEAVENLY INSPIRATION. HEAVENLY INSPIRATION. pray: 5 THE prayers I make will then be sweet indeed By which such virtue may in me be bred, WORDSWORTH. THE SAME SUBJECT. O THOU! who taught my infant eye 6 TRUE LIBERTY. Teach me to know how weak I am, The ways of glory and of God! CRABBE. ACQUAINTANCE WITH GOD. ACQUAINT thee, O mortal! acquaint thee with God; And joy, like the sunshine, shall beam on thy road, And peace, like the dew-drop, shall fall on thy head, And sleep, like an angel, shall visit thy bed. Acquaint thee, O mortal! acquaint thee with God, And he shall be with thee when fears are abroad; Thy safeguard in danger that threatens thy path, Thy joy in the valley and shadow of death. KNOX. TRUE LIBERTY. THERE is a heavenly liberty unsung CHRIST THE WAY, &C. 7 power Which monarchs cannot grant, nor all the Bought with his blood who gave it to mankind, COWPER. CHRIST THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THOU art the Way, and he who sighs, To find a pathway to the skies, In thee the light of heaven shall know. Thou art the Truth, whose steady day, Shines on through earthly blight and bloom, pure, the everlasting ray; The The lamp that shines beyond the tomb. |