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3 Secure before his mercy-seat
Thou may'st to him thy all commit;
His promises thy warrant prove
To trust his wisdom, pow'r, and love.
4 Did ever trouble yet befal,
And he refuse to hear thy call?
And has he not his promise past,
That thou shalt overcome at last?
5 [He who has help'd me hitherto,
Will help me all my journey through;
And give me daily cause to raise
New Ebenezers to his praise.]

6 Though rough and thorny be the road,
It leads thee home, apace, to God;
Then count thy present trials small,
For heav'n will make amends for all.

191. Patience. L.M.

I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the Lord.ZEPH. iii. 12.

"POOR and afflicted," Lord, are thine, Among the great they seldom shine; Yet, tho' the world may think it strange, They would not with the world exchange.

2 "Poor and afflicted," yes, they are: They're not exempt from grief and care; But he, who sav'd them by his blood, Makes ev'ry sorrow yield them good.

3 ["Poor and afflicted;" 'tis their lot; They know it, and they murmur not : "Twould ill become them to refuse The state their Master deign'd to choose.] 4" Poor and afflicted;" yet they sing, For JESUS is their glorious King:

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Thro'suff'rings perfect" now he reigns, And shares in all their griefs and pains. 5 "Poor and afflicted:" but ere long They'll join the bright celestial throng: Their suff'rings then will reach a close, And heav'n afford them sweet repose. 6 And while they walk the thorny way, They're often heard to sigh and say, "Come, gracious Lord; O quickly come; "And take thy mourning pilgrims home!"

192. Patience. 7s.

If ye endure chastening, GOD dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.HEBREWS xii. 7, 8.

'TIS my happiness below,

Not to live without the cross;
But the SAVIOUR's pow'r to know
Sanctifying ev'ry loss:

Trials must and will befal;
But, with humble faith to see
Love inscrib'd upon them all;

This is happiness to me.

2 GOD, in Isr❜el sows the seeds Of affliction, pain and toil;

These spring up and choke the weeds Which would else o'erspread the soil: Trials make the promise sweet; Trials give new life to prayer; Trials bring me to his feet, Lay me low, and keep me there. 3 Did I meet no trials here, No chastisements by the way; Might I not with reason, fear I should prove a cast-away; Bastards may escape the rod, Sunk in earthly, vain delight; But the true-born child of GOD Must not, would not, if he might.

193. Resignation. C.M.

Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.-HEBREWS xii. 6.

SUBMISSIVE to thy will, my God,
I all to thee resign;

I bow before thy chast'ning rod!
And mourn, but not repine.

2 Why should my foolish heart complain

When wisdom, truth, and love,
Direct the stroke, inflict the pain,
And point to joys above?

3 How short are all my suff'rings here! How needful ev'ry cross!

Hence then my unbelieving fear,.
Nor call my gain my loss.

4. Give, gracious Lord, or take away,
I'll bless thy sacred name,
Since JESUS yesterday, to day,
And ever is the same.

194. Resignation. C.M.

Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.JOB i. 21.

NAKED as from the earth we came,
And crept to life at first,
We to the earth return again,
And mingle with our dust.

2 The dear delights we here enjoy,
And fondly call our own,

Are but short favours borrow'd now,
To be repaid anon.

3 'Tis God that lifts our comforts high, Ór sinks them in the grave;

He gives, and (blessed be his name!)
He takes but what he gave.

4 Peace, all our angry passions, then,
Let each rebellious sigh
Be silent at his sov'reign will,
And ev'ry murmur die.

5 If smiling mercies crown our lives,
The giver's praise we'll spread;
Nor less the love and wisdom own,
Which strike our comforts dead.

195. Resignation. C.M.

Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of
GOD, commit the keeping of their souls to him in well
doing, as unto a faithful Creator.-1 PET. iv. 19.
O LORD, my best desire fulfil,
And help me to resign,

Life, health, and comfort, to thy will,
And make thy pleasure mine.

2 Why should I shrink at thy command,
Whose love forbids my fears?
Or tremble at thy gracious hand,
That wipes away my tears?

3 No; rather let me freely yield
What most I prize, to thee,
Who never hast a good withheld,
Or wilt withhold from me.

4 Thy favour, all my journey through, Thou art engag'd to grant;

What else I want, or think I do,
'Tis better still to want.

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