Hymns and Spiritual Songs eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 211 pages of information about Hymns and Spiritual Songs.

Hymns and Spiritual Songs eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 211 pages of information about Hymns and Spiritual Songs.

4 The unveil’d glories of his face
Amongst his saints reside,
While the rich treasure of his grace
Sees all their wants supply’d.

5 Tormenting thirst shall leave their souls,
And hunger flee as fast;
The fruit of life’s immortal tree
Shall be their sweet repast.

6 The Lamb shall lead his heavenly flock
Where living fountains rise,
And love divine shall wipe away
The sorrows of their eyes.

Hymn 1:42. 
Divine wrath and mercy, Nahum 1, 2 &c.

1 Adore and tremble, for our God
Is a consuming fire;*
His jealous eyes his wrath inflame,
And raise his vengeance higher.

2 Almighty vengeance how it burns! 
How bright his fury glows! 
Vast magazines of plagues and storms
Lie treasur’d for his foes.

3 Those heaps of wrath by slow degrees
Are forced into a flame,
But kindled, O how fierce they blaze! 
And rend all nature’s frame.

4 At his approach the mountains flee,
And seek a watery grave;
The frighted sea makes haste away,
And shrinks up every wave.

5 Thro’ the wide air the weighty rocks
Are swift as hailstones hurl’d: 
Who dares engage his fiery rage
That shakes the solid world?

6 Yet, mighty God, thy sovereign grace
Sits regent on the throne,
The refuge of thy chosen race
When wrath comes rushing down.

7 Thy hand shall on rebellious kings
A fiery tempest pour,
While we beneath thy sheltering wings
Thy just revenge adore.

Hebrews 12:29.

Hymn 1:43. [Supplement.]
The Christian treasure, 1 Cor. 3. 21.

1 How vast the treasure we possess! 
How rich thy bounty, King of Grace! 
This world is ours, and worlds to come
Earth is our lodge, and heaven our home.

2 All things are ours, the gifts of God;
The purchase of a Saviour’s blood: 
While the good Spirit shews us how
To use and to improve them too.

3 If peace and plenty crown my days, They help, me, Lord, to speak thy praise!  If bread of sorrows be my food, Those sorrows work my lasting good.

4 I would not change my blest estate
For all the world calls good or great: 
And while my faith can keep her hold,
I envy not the sinner’s gold.

5 Father, I wait thy daily will;
Thou shalt divide my portion still: 
Grant me on earth what seems thee best,
Till death and heaven reveal the rest.

Hymn 1:44. [Supplement.]
The true improvement of life.

1 And is this life prolong’d to me? 
Are days and seasons given? 
O let me then prepare to be
A fitter heir of heaven.

2 In vain these moments shall not pass,
These golden hours be gone: 
Lord, I accept thine offered grace,
I bow before thy throne.

3 Now cleanse my soul from every sin,
By my Redeemer’s blood: 
Now let my flesh and soul begin
The honours of my God.

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