Stand dress'd in living green;

So to the Jews old Canaan stood, While Jordan roll'd between.

4. Could we but climb where Moses stood, And view the landscape o'er, [flood, Not Jordan's stream, nor death's cold Should fright us from the shore.

55.

The hope of our high calling.

1. What is our calling's glorious hope, But inward holiness?

For this to Jesus I look up;

I calmly wait for this.

2. I wait till he shall touch me clean,Shall life and power impart;

Give me the faith that casts out sin,
And purifies the heart.

3. This is the dear redeeming grace,
For every sinner free;
Surely it shall on me take place,

The chief of sinners,-me.

4. From all iniquity, from all,
He shall my soul redeem;
In Jesus I believe, and shall
Believe myself to him.

5. When Jesus makes my heart his home,
My sin shall all depart ;-
And, lo! he saith, I quickly come,
To fill and rule thy heart.

6. Be it according to thy word;
Redeem me from all sin;

Thou hear'st thy children's cry; [feel, And their best wishes to fulfil,

Thy grace is ever nigh.

4. Thy mercy never shall remove From men of heart sincere:

Thou sav'st the souls whose humble love Is join'd with holy fear.

5. My lips shall dwell upon thy praise, And spread thy fame abroad:

Let all the sons of Adam raise
The honours of their God.

57.

God, the only object of worship.

1. O God, our strength, to thee our song With grateful hearts we raise; To thee, and thee alone, belong

All worship, love, and praise.

2. In trouble's dark and stormy hour, Thine ear hath heard our prayer; And graciously thine arm of power Hath saved us from despair.

3. And thou, O ever gracious Lord,
Wilt keep thy promise still,
If, meekly heark'ning to thy word,
We seek to do thy will.

4. Led by the light thy grace imparts, Ne'er may we bow the knee

To idols, which our wayward hearts Set up instead of thee.

5. So shall thy choicest gifts, O Lord, Thy faithful people bless;

Come in, my Lord, come in!

And heaven its happiness.

No evil shall molest:

Under the shadow of thy wings
Shall they securely rest.

4. Thy angels shall around their beds
Their constant stations keep;
Thy faith and truth shall shield their
For thou dost never sleep.

[heads,

In this dark vale of tears;

And life, and light, and joy imparts,

And banishes our fears.

3. This lamp, through all the tedious Of life, shall guide our way; [night Till we behold the clearer light Of an eternal day.

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62.

Man frail-God eternal.

1. O God, our help in ages past,
Our hope for years to come,
Our shelter from the stormyblast,
And our eternal home:-

2. Under the shadow of thy throne
Still may we dwell secure;
Sufficient is thine arm alone,

And our defence is sure.

3. Before the hills in order stood,
Or earth received her frame,
From everlasting thou art God,
To endless years the same.

4. A thousand ages, in thy sight,
Are like an evening gone;

Short as the watch that ends the night, Before the rising sun.

5. Time, like an ever-rolling stream,
Bears all its sons away;

They fly, forgotten, as a dream
Dies at the opening day.

6. The busy tribes of flesh and blood,
With all their cares and fears,
Are carried downward by the flood,
And lost in foll'wing years.

7. O God, our help in ages past,
Our hope for years to come;
Be thou our guide while life shall last,
And our perpetual home!

63.

Death of children.

1. Thy life I read, my gracious Lord,
With transport all divine;
Thine image trace in every word,
Thy love in every line.