How little do I know of thee, $ 'Tis but in part I know thy will, 6 With rapture shall I then survey XIII. L. M. NEW SELEC. LORD, ORD, how mysterious are thy ways; How blind we are! how mean our praise! Thy steps no mortal can explore; "Tis ours to wonder and adore! 2 Thy deep decrees, from creature sight, If light and bliss attend my days, At length through every cloud shall shine. 5 Yet this my soul desires to know, Be this my only wish below: "That Christ is mine!"-This great request Grant, bounteous God-and I am blest! XIV. L. M. EBEN-EZER. The Darkness of Providence. Psalm lxxvii. 19. THE FALL OF MAN. XV. L. M. WATTS'S LYRIC POEMS. Original Sin ; or, The first and second Adam. ADAM our father and our head, Transgress'd, and justice doom'd us dead: The fiery law speaks all despair, There's no reprieve nor pardon there. 2 Call a bright council in the skies; Seraphs, the mighty and the wise, Speak; are you strong to bear the load, The weighty vengence of a God? 3 In vain we ask; for all around Stand silent through the heavenly ground; There's not a glorious mind above Has half the strength or half the love. 4 But O! unmeasurable grace! Th' eternal Son takes Adam's place; Down to our world the Saviour flies, The effects of the Fall lamented. Psalm cxix 136, 158. 1 ARISE my tenderest thoughts, arise; 5 But feeble my compassion proves, Thy own all-saving arm employ, SCRIPTURE. PROPERTIES. XVII. C. M. RIPPON'S SELEC. The inspired word a system of knowledge and joy. Psalm cxix. 105. HOW precious is the book divine, 3 This lamp through all the tedious night Till we behold the clearer light The usefulness of the Scriptures. 1 WHEN Isr'el through the desert pass'd, A fiery pillar went before, To guide them through the dreary waste, 2 Such is thy glorious word, O God, "Tis for our light and guidance given; It sheds a lustre all abroad, And points the path to bliss and heaven. 3 It fills the soul with sweet delight, And quickens its inactive powers, It sets our wand'ring footsteps right, Displays thy love and kindles ours.. B 4 Its promises rejoice our hearts, 5 Ye favour'd lands who have this word, LE XIX. C. M. S. STENNETT. The riches of God's word. ET avarice from shore to shore Thy word, O Lord, we value more. 2 Here mines of knowledge, love and joy 3 The counsels of redeeming grace And here the Saviour's lovely face 4 Here light descending from above 5 Our num'rous griefs are here redrest; 6 For these inestimable gains That so enrich the mind, O may we search with eager pains, |