-4 Not so the heir of heav'nly bliss: 1 FAWCETT. HYMN 225. C. M. St. Ann's. [*] TH With transport all divine; Thine image trace in ev'ry word, 2 With joy I see a thousand charms, d 3 "I take these little lambs," said he, 4 "Death may the bands of life unloose, "Millions of infant souls compose "The family above. 5 "Their feeble frames my power shall raise, "And mould with heav'nly skill: "I'll give them tongues to sing my praise, "And hands to do my will." o 6 His words, ye happy parents, hear, And shout, with joys divine, d Dear Saviour, all we have and are, Shall be forever thine. 1 STENNETT. HYMN 226. C. M. Canterbury. [b*] YFlower your children dead, Say not in transports of despair, 2 While cleaving to that darling dust, Rise, and with joy, and reverence, view, e 3 Tho', your young branches torn away, o With fairer verdure shall ye bloom, d. 4 "I'll give the mourner," saith the Lord, 5 “Transient and vain is every hope "In endless honour and delight, "My children all shall live." -6 We welcome, Lord, those rising tears, 'Thro' which thy face we see; o And bless those wounds which, thro' our hearts, 1 Prepare a way to thee. DODDRIDGE. HYMN 227. C. M. Isle of Wight. [*] WE Death of a Young Person. THEN blooming youth is snatch'd away, Our hearts the mournful tribute pay, 2 While pity prompts the rising sigh, e With awful power-I too must dieSink deep in every breast. e 3 Let this vain world engage no more, It bids us seize the present hour! 4 The voice of this alarming scene Nor be the heavenly warning vain, o 5 Let us fly, to Jesus fly, Whose powerful arm can save; Then shall our hopes ascend on high, -6 Great God, thy sovereign grace impart, With cleansing, healing power; This only can prepare the heart For death's surprising hour. 1 HYMN 228. C. M. Zion. STELLE. [*] Death of Pious Friends. 1 Thess. iv, 13, 14. TAK Their better being never ends; o So his disciples rise and reign, e 4 The time draws nigh,, when from the clouds Christ shall with shouts descend; g And the last trumpet's awful voice The heavens and earth shall rend. -5 Then they who live shall changed be, And they who sleep shall wake; o The graves, shall yield their ancient charge; 6 The saints of God, from death set free, 7 A few short years of evil past, o Where death-divided friends, at last, 1 Shall meet to part no more. SCOTCH PAR. HYMN 229. C. M. St. Paul's. [b*] The Christian's Farewell. Egolden lamps of heaven, farewell, Farewell, thou ever-changing moon, 2 And thou, refulgent orb of day, My soul, that springs beyond thy sphere; 3 Ve stars are but the shining dust The pavement of those heavenly courts, o 4 The Father of eternal light Shall there his beams display; Nor shall one moment's darkness mix, 5 No more the drops of piercing grief, Nor the meridian sun decline, Amidst those brighter skies. g 6 There all the millions of his saints And each the bliss of all shall view, DODDRIDGE. HYMN 230, 8s. Consolation. [*] 1 TOW blest is our friend-now bereft HOW Of all that could burden his mind! How easy his soul-that has left This wearisome body behind? 2 This earth is affected no more This heart is no longer the seat 4 The lids he so seldom could close, Have strangely forgotten to weep. 5 To mourn and to suffer is mine, My body consign'd to the tomb! WHITEFIELD. HYMN 231. L. M. Sicilian. [b*] A Funeral Hymn. 1 INVEIL thy bosom, faithful tomb, UNV Take this new treasure to thy trust; 2 Nor pair, nor grief, nor anxious fear 1 WATTS. HYMN 232. C. M. Sunday. [*] W This rending earth shall shake |