426 C. M. DODDRIDGE. Walking with God. 1 THRICE happy souls, who, born from heaven, 2 'Midst hourly cares may love present And, while the world our hands employs, 3 As sanctified to noblest ends, Some wise instruction brought. 4 When to laborious duties called, We'll seek the shelter of thy wings, 5 As different scenes of life arise, 6 In solid, pure delights like these, 336 427 L. M. The Christian Race. WATTS. 1 AWAKE, our souls, away, our fears; 2 True, 'tis a strait and thorny road, But they forget the mighty God That feeds the strength of every saint 3 The mighty God, whose matchless power Is ever new and ever young, And firm endures while endless years 4 From thee, the overflowing Spring, 5 Swift as an eagle cuts the air, We'll mount aloft to thine abode; 428 L. M. The Christian Warfare. WATTS. 1 STAND up, my soul, shake off thy fears, And gird the gospel armor on; March to the gates of endless joy, Where thy great Captain Savior's gone. 2 Hell and thy sins resist thy course; But hell and sin are vanquished foes; 429 C. M. The Christian Race. DODDRIDGE. 1 AWAKE, my soul, stretch every nerve, A heavenly race demands thy zeal, 2 A cloud of witnesses around 3 "Tis God's all-animating voice, 4 That prize, with peerless glories bright, When victors' wreaths and monarchs' gems 430 L. M. COWPER. The Christian. 1 HONOR and happiness unite To make the Christian's name a praise; How fair the scene, how clear the light, That fills the remnant of his days! 2 A kingly character he bears; No change his priestly office knows; 4 Inferior honors he disdains, Nor stoops to take applause from earth; 5 The noblest creature seen below, 6 My soul is ravished at the thought; Angels congratulate his lot, And shout him welcome to the skies. 339 431 C. M. DODDRIDGE. Having the Son, and having Life in him. 1 O HAPPY Christian, who can boast, Happy, though humbled in the dust, 2 He lives the life of heaven below, Eternal streams from Christ shall flow, 3 That life we ask with bended knee, Nor will celestial mercy see The hidden Life of a Christian. 1 O HAPPY soul that lives on high, WATTS. 2 His conscience knows no secret stings, 3 He waits in secret on his God, Let earth be all in arms abroad, |