290. TATE & BRADY. C. M. Happiness of a Holy Life. Ps. 119. 1 How blest are they who always keep 2 Thrice blest! who to his righteous laws, And have with fervent, humble zeal 3 Thou strictly hast enjoined us, Lord, 4 0 then that thy most holy will 5 Then with assurance should I walk, Convinced with joy that all my ways 291. L. M. WATTS. Pleasures of a good Conscience. 1 LORD, how secure and blest are they Who feel the joys of pardoned sin! Should storms of wrath shake earth and sea, 244 peace within. 2 The day glides sweetly o'er their heads, And soft and silent as the shades, 3 Quick as their thoughts their joys come on, 4 How oft they look to th' heavenly hills, 292. C. M. TATE & BRADY. The Good happy, the Wicked miserable. Ps. 1. Nor stands in sinners' ways, nor sits 2 But makes the perfect law of God 3 Like some fair tree, which, fed by streams, With timely fruit does bend, He still shall flourish, and success 4 Ungodly men, and their attempts, Untimely blasted, and dispersed, 5 For God approves the just man's ways; But sinners, and the paths they tread, 293. C. M. TATE & BRADY. Character of a Good Man. Ps. 15. 1 LORD, who's the happy man, that may To thy blest courts repair; Not strangerlike, to visit them, But to inhabit there? 2 'Tis he, whose every thought and deed Whose generous tongue disdains to speak 3 Who never did a slander forge, 4 Who vice, in all its pomp and power, And piety, though clothed in rags, 5 Who to his plighted vows and trust And though he promise to his loss, 6 The man who by this steady course When earth's foundations shake, shall stand, By Providence secured. 294. 7s. M. MERRICK. The Good Man blessed of God. Ps. 15. 1 WHO shall tow'rd thy chosen seat 2 He whose heart thy love has warmed; He whose will, to thine conformed, Bids his life unsullied run; He whose word and thought are one. 3 He who ne'er with cruel aim 4 Who, from servile terror free, 5 What he swears, with steadfast will Nor can bribes his sentence guide 6 He who thus, with heart unstained, 247 295. C. M. WATTS. Qualifications of a Christian. Ps. 15. 1 WHO shall inhabit in thy hill, O God of holiness? Whom will the Lord admit to dwell 2 The man that walks in pious ways, 3 He speaks the meaning of his heart, 4 The wealthy sinner he contemns, 5 His hands disdain a golden bribe, This man shall dwell with God on earth, 296. L. M. MONTGOMERY. Security and Happiness of the Righteous. Ps. 24. 248 |