3 So, when a raging fever burns, To change the place, but keep the pain. 4 Great God, subdue this vicious thirst, Cure the vile fever of the mind, 370 C. M. MRS. STEELE. God our Portion. Ps. 4. 1 IN vain the erring world inquires Whilst earth confines their low desires, 2 Not all the good which earth bestows Its highest joys have mingled woes, 3 Begone, ye gilded vanities; 4 To thee, my God, my soul aspires; 296 371 C. M. WATTS. God my only Happiness. Ps. 73. 1 MY God, my Portion, and my Love, I've none but thee in heaven above, 2 In vain the bright, the burning sun 'Tis thy sweet beams create my noon; If thou withdraw, 'tis night. 3 And whilst, upon my restless bed, If my Redeemer shows his head, 4 To thee we owe our wealth and friends, And health and safe abode ; Thanks to thy name for meaner things, 5 Were I possessor of the earth, And called the stars my own, 6 Let others stretch their arms like seas, And I desire no more. 297 372 L. M. WATTS. God the Source of Joy here and hereafter. 1 LORD, when I quit this earthly stage, Where shall I fly but to thy breast? For I have sought no other home, For I have learned no other rest. 2 I cannot live contented here Without some glimpses of thy face; And heaven, without thy presence there, Will be a dark and tiresome place. 3 When earthly cares engross the day, And hold my thoughts aside from thee, 4 And if no evening visit's paid Between my Savior and my soul, 373 C. M. COWPER. Retirement. 1 FAR from the world, O Lord, I flee, From scenes where Satan wages still 2 The calm retreat, the silent shade, 3 There, if thy Spirit touch the soul, O, with what peace, and joy, and love, 4 There, like the nightingale, she pours Nor asks a witness of her song, 5 Author and Guardian of my life! And, all harmonious names in one, My Savior! thou art mine! 6 What thanks I owe thee, and what love,A boundless, endless store, Shall echo through the realms above, 374 C. M. Secret Prayer. DODDRIDGE 1 FATHER divine, thy piercing eye 2 There shall that piercing eye survey 3 0, may thy own celestial fire While my warm vows to thee aspire, 4 So shall the visits of thy love My soul in secret bless; So shalt thou deign, in worlds above, Retirement and Meditation 1 MY God, permit me not to be WATTS. 2 Why should my passions mix with earth, 3 Call me away from flesh and sense; And all inferior joys resign. 4 Be earth, with all her scenes, withdrawn; Let noise and vanity be gone; In secret silence of the mind My heaven, and there my God, I find. Faith of Things unseen. 1 FAITH is the brightest evidence Of things beyond our sight, WATTS. Breaks through the clouds of flesh and sense, |