3 What peaceful hours I once enjoy'd!
How sweet their mem❜ry still!
But they have left an aching void,
The world can never fill.

4 Return, O holy Dove, return!
Sweet messenger of rest;

I hate the sins that made thee mourn,
And drove thee from my breast.

5 The dearest idol I have known,
Whate'er that idol be,

Help me to tear it from thy throne,
And worship only thee.

6 So shall my walk be close with God,
Calm and serene my frame;

So purer light shall mark the road
That leads me to the Lamb.

IV. Another.

1 By faith in Christ I walk with God,
With heav'n, my journey's end, in view;
Supported by his staff and rod,
My road is safe and pleasant too.

2 I travel through a desert wide,
Where many round me blindly stray;
But he vouchsafes to be my guide,
And will not let me miss my way.

3 Though snares and dangers throng my path,
And earth and hell my course withstand,
I triumph over all by faith,

Guarded by his almighty hand.

Psal. xxiii. 4

d Psal. cvii.

e Psal. xxvii. 1, 2.

4 The wilderness affords no food, But God for my support prepares; Provides me ev'ry needful good,

And frees my soul from wants and cares. 5 With him sweet converse I maintain, Great as he is, I dare be free;

I tell him all my grief and pain,
And he reveals his love to me.

6 Some cordial from his word he brings,
Whene'er my feeble spirit faints;
At once my soul revives and sings,
And yields no more to sad complaints.

7 I pity all that worldlings talk

Of pleasures that will quickly end;
Be this my choice, O Lord, to walk
With thee, my Guide, my Guard, my Friend!

V. Lot in Sodom. Chap. xiii. 10.

1 How hurtful was the choice of Lot,
Who took up his abode
(Because it was a fruitful spot)

With them who fear'd not God!

2 A pris'ner he was quickly made,
Bereav'd of all his store;

And, but for Abraham's timely aid,
He had return'd no more.

3 Yet still he seem'd resolv'd to stay,
As if it were his rest;

Altho' their sins from day to day'
His righteous soul distress'd.

f 2 Peter, ii. 8.

4 Awhile he stay'd with anxious mind,

Expos'd to scorn and strife;

At last he left his all behind,

And fled to save his life.

5 In vain his sons-in-law he warn'd,
They thought he told his dreams :
His daughters, too, of them had learn'd,
And perish'd in the flames.

6 His wife escap'd a little way,

But dy'd for looking back:
Does not her case to pilgrims say,
"Beware of growing slack?"

7 Yea, Lot himself could ling'ring stand,
Though vengeance was in view;
'Twas mercy pluck'd him by the hand,
Or he had perish'd too.

8 The doom of Sodom will be ours,
If to the earth we cleave;

Lord, quicken all our drowsy pow'rs,
To flee to thee and live.

VI. C. Jehovah-Jireh. The Lord will provide. Chap. xxii. 14.

1 THE saints should never be dismay'd,

Nor sink in hopeless fear;

For when they least expect his aid,
The Saviour will appear.

2 This Abraham found, he rais'd the knife,
God saw, and said, "Forbear:"

Yon ram shall yield his meaner life;
Behold the victim there.

3 Once David seem'd Saul's certain prey;

But, hark! the foe's at hand;
Saul turns his arms another way,

To save th' invaded land.

4 When Jonah sunk beneath the wave, He thought to rise no more ";

h

But God prepar'd a fish to save

And bear him to the shore.

5 Blest proofs of pow'r and grace divine, That meet us in his word!

May ev'ry deep-felt care of mine
Be trusted with the Lord.

6 Wait for his seasonable aid,
And though it tarry, wait:

The promise may be long delay'd,
But cannot come too late.

VII. The Lord will provide.

1 THOUGH troubles assail,
And dangers affright,

Though friends should all fail,

And foes all unite;

Yet one thing secures us,
Whatever betide,

The Scripture assures us,
The Lord will provide.

2 The birds without barn
Or storehouse are fed,
From them let us learn
To trust for our bread :

1 Sam. xxiii. 27.

h Jonah, i. 17.

His saints what is fitting,
Shall ne'er be deny'd,
So long as 'tis written,
The Lord will provide.

3 We may, like the ships,
By tempests be tost
On perilous deeps,
But cannot be lost:
Though Satan enrages
The wind and the tide,
The promise engages,
The Lord will provide.

4 His call we obey,
Like Abra'm of old,
Not knowing our way,
But faith makes us bold;

For though we are strangers,
We have a good guide,
And trust in all dangers,
The Lord will provide.

5 When Satan appears
To stop up our path,
And fill us with fears,
We triumph by faith:
He cannot take from us,
Though oft he has try'd,
This heart-cheering promise,
The Lord will provide.

6 He tells us we're weak,
Our hope is in vain,
The good that we seek
We ne'er shall obtain;