W ANH Y M N. I. HEN all thy mercies, O my God, II. O how fhall words with equal warmth That glows within my ravish'd heart ! III. Thy Providence my life fuftain'd, IV. To all my weak complaints and cries, Ere yet my feeble thoughts had learnt V. Unnumber'd comforts to foul my Thy tender care bestow'd, Before my infant heart conceiv'd From whence thefe comforts flow'd. VI. When VI. When in the flippery paths of youth Thine arm unfeen convey'd me safe, And led me up to man. VII. Through hidden dangers, toils, and death, And through the pleafing fnares of vice, VIII. When worn with fickness, oft haft thou IX. Thy bounteous hand with worldły bliss Haft doubled all my ftore. X. Ten thousand thoufand precious gifts That taftes thofe gifts with joy. XI. Through XI. Through every period of my life, Thy goodness I'll purfue; And after death, in diftant worlds, When Nature fails, and day and night XIII. Through all eternity to thee, H AN OD E. I. WOW are thy fervants bleft, O Lord! Eternal wisdom is their guide, Their help Omnipotence. II. foreign realms, and lands remote, Supported by thy care, Through burning climes I pafs'd unhurt, And breath'd in tainted air. III. Thy III. Thy mercy fweeten'd every foil, IV. Think, O my soul, devoutly think, V. Confufion dwelt in every face, And fear in every heart; When waves on waves, and gulphs on gulphs, O'ercame the pilot's art. VI. Yet then from all my griefs, O Lord, Thy mercy fet me free; Whilft, in the confidence of prayer, My foul took hold on thee. VII. For though in dreadful whirls we hung High on the broken wave, I knew thou wert not flow to hear, Nor impotent to fave. VIII. Th VIII. The ftorm was laid, the winds retir'd, The fea, that roar'd at thy command, IX. In midst of dangers, fears, and death, And praise Thee for thy mercies past, My life, if thou preferv'ft my life, And death, if death must be my doom, W HEN rifing from the bed of death, I fee my Maker face to face; O how fhall I appear! II. If yet, while pardon may be found, And mercy may be fought, My heart with inward horror fhrinks, And trembles at the thought: |