Life's bufy cares a facred filence bound,

Attention ftood with all her powers,
With fixed eyes and awe profound,
Chain'd to the pleasure of the found,
Nor knew the flying hours,

But O my everlasting grief!

Heaven has recall'd his envoy from our eyes,
Hence deluges of forrow rife,
Nor hope th' impoffible relief.

Ye remnants of the facred tribe

Who feel the lofs, come share the smart,
And mix your groans with mine :
Where is the tongue that can defcribe
Infinite things with equal art,

Or language fo divine?

Our paffions want the heavenly flame,
Almighty Love breathes faintly in our fongs,
And awful threatenings languish on our tongues;
Howe is a great but fingle name:
Amidst the crowd he ftands alone;
Stands yet, but with his ftarry pinions on,
Dreft for the flight, and ready to be gone.
Eternal God, command his ftay,

Stretch the dear months of his delay;

O we could with his age were one immortal day!
But when the flaming chariot's come,

And fhining guards, t' attend thy prophet home,
Amidst a thousand weeping eyes,

Send an Elisha down, a foul of equal fize,

Or burn this worthless globe, and take us to the skies.

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DIVINE

SONGS

ATTEMPTED IN

EASY LANGUAGE

FOR THE USE OF

CHILDREN.

"Out of the Mouths of Babes and Sucklings "thou haft perfected Praise."

PREFACE,

To all that are concerned in the Education of CHILDREN.

MY FRIENDS,

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you beforehand, and deThe feeds of mifery or that to come, are often

T is an awful and important charge that is committed to you. The wisdom and welfare of the fucceeding generation are intrufted with pend much on your conduct. happiness in this world, and times fown very early; and therefore whatever may conduce to give the minds of children a relifh for virtue and religion, ought, in the firft place, to be propofed to you.

Verse was at first defigned for the fervice of God, though it hath been wretchedly abufed fince. The ancients, among the Jews and the Heathens, taught their children and difciples the precepts of morality and worfhip in verfe. The children of Ifrael were commanded to learn the words of the fong of Mofes, Deut. xxxi. 19, 30. and we are directed in the New Teftament, not only to fing" with grace in the heart, but to teach and admonish one another by hymns and fongs," Ephef. V. 19. And there are these four advantages in it.

I. There is a great delight in the very learning of truths and duties this way. There is fomething fo amufing

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