And there the heralds of thy word 2 There, in thy pure and cleansing fount, Our souls on wings of faith shall mount 3 Around thine altar we will kneel A Saviour's mercy deeply feel, 4 Or, mingling with the choral throng, And pour the full, melodious song, 105 [L. M.] Time.* TUNE-"Dunfield." 1 TIME speeds away - away PRATT'S COLL. away; Another hour-another day- The eye grows dim and strange to all. 2 Time speeds away away -away; Like torrent in a stormy day, He undermines the stately tower, * Vide Job ix. 25, 26. And sweeps from our distracted breast The friends that loved the friends that bless'd; - away; 3 Time speeds away-away Like fiery steed - from stage to stage DR. KNOX. 106 [C. M.] My Father's House. AIR-" Auld Lang Syne." THERE is a place of waveless rest, Far, far beyond the skies, Where beauty smiles eternally And pleasure never dies; My father's house, my heavenly home! 2 When tossed upon the waves of life, When fiercely howls the gathering storm, Beyond the storm, beyond the gloom, Bright beaming from my Father's house, 3 In that pure home of tearless joy, There, there adieus are sounds unknown, 107 [C. M.] ROBERT TURNBULL. Mysteries of Providence.* TUNE- Arlington." "Hermon." 1 GOD moves in a mysterious way, 2 Deep in unfathomable mines He treasures up his bright designs, 3 Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, 4 His purposes will ripen fast, The bud may have a bitter taste, * For the theme of this fine hymn, see John xiii. 7. 1 THE sky-lark, when the dews of morn 2 He rests not on the leafy spray, . But high above the mountain cloud 3 Thus, my Creator! thus the more MRS. F. HEMAND. 109 [8s & 7s.] Tell me, Wanderer! AIR-" Bounding billows." 1 TELL me, wanderer! wildly roving Pleasure's false enchantments loving- 2 Once, like thee, by joys surrounded, 3 Then the moments flew unheeded, As the wave that rolls along; 4 But those cloudless hours that blessed me, 1 5 Such is pleasure's transient story! – 110 [11s & 8s.] The End of Affliction. TUNE-" Ephesus." 1 THE gloom of the night adds a charm to the morn, Stern winter the spring-time endears, And the darker the cloud on which it is drawn, 2 So trials and sorrows the Christian prepare, Ford. |