5-When sorrow's gloomy path I tread,

And threatening clouds meet o'er my head,
I'll onward go without a fear,

If only Jesus' voice I hear :

E'en then the darkness light shall be,
If there my Saviour meet with me.

6-And when my closing hour draws nigh—
That solemn hour when I shall die-
When Jordan's banks I shall descend,
Leaving behind each earthly friend,
To Canaan's shores my spirit bear,
And, gracious Saviour! meet me there.

169

Eccles. ix. 10.

P.M.

1-Make haste, O man, to live,

For thou so soon must die;

Time hurries past thee like the breeze,
How swift its moments fly!

Make haste, O man, to live!

2-To breathe, and wake, and sleep,
To smile, to sigh, to grieve;

To move in idleness through earth,
This, this is not to live!

Make haste, O man, to live!

3—Make haste, O man to do
Whatever must be done;

Thou hast no time to lose in sloth,
Thy day will soon be gone.

Make haste, O man, to live!

4-Up then with speed, and work,
Fling ease and self away;
This is no time for thee to sleep,
Up, watch, and work, and pray!
Make haste, O man, to live!

5-The useful, not the great,

The thing that never dies;

The silent toil that is not lost,—
Set these before thine eyes.

Make haste, O man, to live!

6-The seed whose leaf and flower,
Tho' in human sight,
poor

Brings forth at last eternal fruit,
Sow thou both day and night.
Make haste, O man, to live!

7-Make haste, O man, to live,
Thy time is almost o'er ;
O sleep not, dream not, but arise,
The Judge is at the door.

Make haste, O man, to live!

BONAR.

170

Isaiah xliii. 2.

P.M.

1-Be steady, be steady, oh! my soul,

For the sea is come and the billows roll;
With the help of God and none beside,
We shall safely pass the raging tide.

2-Jesus, Jehovah, be our stay

Over the dark and troublous way; Embark'd in Thee, we shall feel no fear, Though the storm, the trial of life, be near. 3-Forget Him not, oh! my soul, remove All thoughts that breathe not of Jesu's love

His perfect love-who so freely gave
His innocent life, thy life to save.

4-Oh! let the sweet remembrance be
Laid up in thine inmost treasury,
There it shall brighten more and more,
The most precious pearl of that secret store.

171

Psalm cxxxv. 6.

P.M.

1-What God decrees, child of His love,
Take patiently, tho' it may prove
The storm that wrecks thy treasure here;
Be comforted! thou need'st not fear

What pleases God.

2-The wisest will is God's own will;
Rest on this anchor and be still;
For peace around thy path shall flow,
When only wishing here below
What pleases God.

3-The truest heart is God's own heart,
Which bids thy grief and fear depart,
Protecting, guiding, day and night,
The soul that welcomes here aright
What pleases God.

4-Oh! could I sing as I desire,

My grateful heart should never tire,

To tell the wondrous love and

power, Thus working out from hour to hour What pleases God.

5-The King of kings, He rules the earth,

He sends us sorrow here or mirth,

He bears the ocean in His hand;
And thus we meet, on sea or land,
What pleases God.

6-His church on earth He dearly loves, Altho' He oft its sin reproves,

The rod itself His love can speak,

He smites till we return to seek

What pleases God.

7-Then let the crowd around thee seize

The joys that for a season please,
But willingly their path forsake,
And for thy blessed portion take
What pleases God.

8-Art thou despised by all around?
Do tribulations here abound?

Jesus will give the victory,
Because His eye can see in thee
What pleases God.

9-Thy heritage is safe in heaven;

There shall the crown of joy be given;
There shalt thou hear and see and know,
As thou could'st never here below,

What pleases God.

172

Isaiah 1. 10.

GERHARDT.

P.M.

1-The way seems dark about me, overhead The clouds have long since met in gloomy spread;

And when I look'd to see the day break through,

Cloud after cloud came up with volume new.