4. There shall I bathe my weary soul In seas of heavenly rest, And not a wave of trouble roll Across my peaceful breast. 66 (Devizes.) HYMN 42. WATTS. My meditation of him shall be sweet." Ps. civ. 34. 1. WHEN langour and disease invade 2. Sweet to look inward, and attend 3. Sweet to look back, and see my name Eternal joys my own. 4. Sweet to reflect how grace divine My sins on Jesus laid; Sweet to remember that his blood My debt of suffering paid. 5. Sweet in his sacrifice to trust, 6. Sweet in the confidence of faith To learn his wise decrees; Sweet to lie passive in his hand, 7. If such the sweetness of the streams, What, to derive celestial bliss (Arlington.) TOPLADY. SELECT HYMNS FOR PUBLIC USE. HYMN 1. BEFORE SERMON. "Whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul." ACTS xvi. 14. 1. ALMIGHTY GOD, eternal Lord, Thy gracious power make known: 2. Speak with the voice that wakes the dead, And bid the sleeper rise; And make his guilty conscience dread 3. Let us receive the word we hear, Lay up the precious treasure there, 4. Now let our darkness comprehend (St. David's.) HYMN 2. "Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes : of him with whom we have to do." HEB. iv. 13. 1. ALMIGHTY God, thy piercing eye 2. There's not a sin that we commit, But in thy dreadful book 'tis writ 3. Lord, at thy feet ashamed we lie ; Pardon our grievous sins, we cry, 4. Thanks be for all the dying pains His blood still washes out our stains, And answers for our guilt. WATTS. HYMN 3. "I myself will awake early." Ps. cviii. 2. 1. AWAKE my soul, and with the sun 2. Lord, I my vows to Thee renew; 3. Direct, control, suggest, this day, All I design, or do, or say, That all my powers with all their might 4. Praise God, from whom all blessings flow, Praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heavenly host, Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. (Castleton.) ΚΕΝ. |