In vain with lavish kindness 3 Shall we, whose souls are lighted 504. C. M. MONTGOMERY. Restoration of Israel. 1 DAUGHTER of Zion, from the dust Exalt thy fallen head; Again in thy Redeemer trust, He calls thee from the dead. 2 Awake, awake! put on thy strength, The day of freedom dawns at length, 3 Rebuild thy walls, thy bounds enlarge, Say to the south, "Give up thy charge, 4 They come, they come ;-thine exiled bands, Where'er they rest or roam, Have heard thy voice in distant lands, 505. C. M. WESLEY'S COL. Relying on God in Time of Trial. 1 FATHER of lights, thy needful aid To us that ask, impart; Mistrustful of ourselves, afraid Of our own treacherous heart. 2 In spite of our resolves, we fear And tremble at the trial near, 3 Our only help in danger's hour, 4 If on thy promised grace alone Thou surely wilt preserve thy own, 506. C. M. BP. HEBER. In Times of Distress and Danger. 1 OH God that madest the earth and sky, The darkness and the day, Give ear to this thy family, And heavy grows the pilot's heart, 2 The cross our Master bore for us, But mortal strength to weakness turns, Then mercy on our failings, Lord! And when his sorrows visit us, Oh send his patience too! 507. L. M. MRS. STEELE. Faith in God in Times of Scarcity. 1 SHOULD famine o'er the mourning field Nor spring her blooming beauties yield, 2 Should lowing herds, and bleating sheep, 3 Amid the dark, the deathful scene, 4 The God of my salvation lives; 396 508. C. M. HEGINBOTHAM. Comfort in Sickness and Death. 1 WHEN sickness shakes the languid frame, 2 The tottering frame of mortal life Nature shall faint-but learn, my soul, 3 The man whose pious heart is fixed 4 Nor him shall death itself alarm; With joy he views his Maker's love, 509. C. M. EXETER COL. Wonderful Formation of Man. 1 WHEN I with curious eyes survey I read on every part inscribed 2 Why was my body formed erect, But that my soul should learn to know 3 Author of life, my tongue shall sing Long as I breathe, and think, and speak, 510. 10s. M. SIR JOHN DAVIES. Dignity of Human Nature. 1 OH! what is man, great Maker of mankind! That thou to him so great respect dost bear! That thou adorn'st him with so bright a mind, Mak'st him a king, and e'en an angel's peer! 2 Oh! what a lively life, what heavenly power, What spreading virtue, what a sparkling fire, How great, how plentiful, how rich a dower Dost thou within this dying flesh inspire! 3 Nor hast thou given these blessings for a day, Nor made them on the body's life depend: The soul, though made in time, survives for aye; And though it hath beginning, sees no end. 511. C. M. ANONYMOUS. Old Age anticipated. 1 WHEN in the vale of lengthened years 2 How many mercies will my life What countless dangers will be past, |