304.

"The darkness is past."-1 John 2: 8.
1 'Tis past-the dark and dreary night,
And, Lord, we hail thee now,
Our Morning Star, without a cloud
Of sadness on thy brow.

Thy path on earth, the cross, the grave,
Thy sorrows all are o'er;
And oh, sweet thought! thy eye shall weep,
Thy heart shall bleed, no more.

2 Deep were those sorrows,-deeper still
The love that brought thee low;
That bade the streams of life from thee,
A willing victim, flow.

The soldier, as he pierced thee, proved
Man's hatred, Lord, to thee;
While in the blood that stained the
Love, only love, we see.

spear,

Behold! I give my love, my heart,
My life, my all, to thee.

2 I love thee for the glorious worth In thy great self I see;

I love thee for that shameful cross
Thou hast endured for me.

3 No

of

love can boast
man greater
Than for his friend to die;

But for thy foes, Lord, thou wast slain;
What love with thine can vie!

4 Though in the very form of God,
With heavenly glory crowned,
Thou would'st partake of human flesh
Beset with troubles round.

5 Thou wouldst, like wretched man, be made In every thing but sin;

That we as like thee might become,
As we unlike have been.

6 O Lord, I'll treasure in my soul
The memory of thy love;

And thy dear name shall still to me
A grateful odor prove.

Who hath an undisputed right
To govern me and mine.

2 It is the Lord-who gives me all,
My wealth, my friends, my case;
And of his bounties may recall
Whatever part he please.

3 It is the Lord, my covenant God,-
Thrice blesséd be his name,-

Whose gracious promise, sealed with blood. Must ever be the same.

4 Can I, with hopes so firmly built, Be sullen, or repine?

No: gracious God! take what thou wilt: To thee I all resign.

974.

The hidden Life of the Christian.

1 Он, haрру soul, that lives on high,
While men lie groveling here!
His hopes are fixed above the sky,
And faith forbids his fear.

2 His conscience knows no secret stings,
While peace and joy combine
To form a life, whose holy springs

Are hidden and divine.

3 He waits in secret on his God;
His God in secret sees:

Let earth be all in arms abroad;
He dwells in heavenly peace.

4 His pleasures rise from things unseen,
Beyond this world of time,
Where neither eyes nor ears have been,
Nor thoughts of mortals climb.

5 He wants no pomp nor royal throne
To raise his honor here:
Content and pleased to live unknown,
Till Christ his life appear.

my view!

Oh, hide not from
But when I look, in prayer, above,
Appear in mercy through!

3 My pathway is not hid;

Thou knowest all my need;
And I would do as Israel did,-
Follow where thou wilt lead.

4 Lead me, and then my feet

Shall never, never stray;
But safely I shall reach the seat
Of happiness and day.

5 And, oh! from that bright throne
I shall look back, and see,-
The path I went, and that alone
Was the right path for me.

803. "Let this mind be in you, which was also

in Christ Jesus."

1 Он, arm me with the mind,

Saviour, that was in thee!
And let my fervid zeal be joined
With perfect charity.

2 Control my every thought;

And all my sin remove;

Let all my works in thee be wrought; Let all be wrought in love.

3 Lord, do not let me trust

In any arm but thine!

Humble, oh! humble to the dust
This stubborn soul of mine.

4 Help me to love like thee,
In all thy footsteps tread:
Thou hatest all iniquity,
But nothing thou hast made.
5 Oh, may I learn the art

With meekness to reprove;
To hate the sin with all my heart,
But still the sinner love!

831. Call to Renewal of Covenant.

1 COME, ye that fear the Lord,
And love him while ye fear;
Come, and with heart and hand record
Your vow and covenant here.

2 Here to his altar brought,

Your holy vows renew,

To be, in word, and deed, and thought,
Faithful to him and true.

3 And true and faithful he

To you will ever prove,

Though hills were swept into the sea,
And mountains should remove.

4 Then be his law our choice,

The joy of young and old,

As sheep that hear their shepherd's voice,
And follow to the fold.

5 So shall his staff and rod
Conduct us and defend:
God is a covenant-keeping God,
And loves unto the end.

876. Doing all things to God's Glory.

1 TEACH me, my God and King,
In all things thee to see;
And what I do in any thing,
To do it as for thee!