1 DO not I love thee, O my Lord? And turn each worthless idol out, 2 Is not thy name melodious still DODDRIDGE. Doth not each pulse with pleasure bound 3 Hast thou a lamb, in all thy flock, Hast thou a foe, before whose face 4 Would not my heart pour forth its blood In honor of thy name, And challenge the cold hand of death 5 Thou know'st I love thee, dearest Lord; But, O, I long to soar Far from the sphere of mortal joys, 385 L. M. Love to God and our Neighbor. WATTS. 1 THUS saith the first, the great command, To love thy Maker and thy God 2 "Then shall thy neighbor next in place Share thine affections and esteem; And let thy kindness to thyself Measure and rule thy love to him." And the whole law's fulfilled by love. 386 C. M. Charity. WATTS. 1 LET Pharisees of high esteem If love be wanting there. 2 Love suffers long with patient eye, 3 She nor desires nor seeks to know Nor looks with pride on those below, 4 Love is the grace that keeps her power There faith and hope are known no more, 387 S. M. WATTS. Communion of Saints. Ps. 133. 1 BLEST are the sons of peace, Whose hearts and hopes are one, Whose kind designs to serve and please Through all their actions run. 2 Blest is the pious house Where zeal and friendship meet; Their songs of praise, their mingled vows, Make their communion sweet. 3 Thus, when on Aaron's head They poured the rich perfume, 4 Thus, on the heavenly hills, The saints are blest above, Where joy like morning dew distils, 388 S. M. S PRINCE'S N. E. VERS. OF PSALMS. Brotherly Love. Ps. 133. 1 BEHOLD, how good it is, And what a joy to see, When brethren with each other dwell In love and unity! 2 'Tis like the precious oil They poured on Aaron's head, Which down his hair and garment flowed, 3 Or as refreshing dew On Hermon's mount distils; 4 For there the Lord commands, 389 C. M. Doddridge. Christian Sympathy. 1 HAIL, everlasting Prince of Peace! How gracious is thy sceptre's sway! 2 His tender heart with love o'erflowed; 3 All these united charms he shows Our frozen souls to move, This proof of love to him demands. 4 O, be the sacred law fulfilled 5 Be thou, my heart, dilated wide All earth and heaven embrace. 1 GREAT Author of all nature's frame, SCOTT. 2 But blest are they, O gracious Lord, 30 that my soul, with awful sense May this great principle depart, 391 C. M. EXETER COL. Fortitude founded on godly Fear. 1 BLEST is the man who fears the Lord; His well-established mind, In every varying scene of life, 2 Oft through the deep and stormy sea But on a glorious world beyond His faith can fix its eye. |