146. c. M.

Christian Charity.

1 BEHOLD! where, breathing love divine, Our dying Master stands

s;

His weeping followers, gathering round,
Receive his last commands.

2 From that mild Teacher's parting lips
What tender accents fell!
The gentle precept which he gave
Became its author well.

3 'Blessed is the man, whose softening heart Feels all another's pain ;

To whom the supplicating eye

Was never raised in vain;

Whose breast expands with generous warmth A stranger's wo to feel,

And bleeds in pity o'er the wound

He wants the power to heal.

5 He spreads his kind supporting arms
To every child of grief;
His secret bounty largely flows,
And brings unasked relief.

6 To gentle offices of love

His feet are never slow:

He views, through mercy's melting eye,
A brother in a foe.

7 Peace from the bosom of his God,

My peace to him I give ;

And when he kneels before his throne,
His trembling soul shall live.

8 To him protection shall be shown;
And mercy from above
Descend on those, who thus fulfil
The perfect law of love.'

147. c. M.

The Example of Jesus.

Mrs. Barbauld.

1 BEHOLD! where, in a mortal form,
Appears each grace divine;
The virtues, all in Jesus met,
With mildest radiance shine.

2 To spread the rays of heavenly light,
To give the mourner joy,

To preach glad tidings to the poor,
Was his divine employ.

3 Lowly in heart, to all his friends
A friend and servant found,

He washed their feet, he wiped their tears, And healed each bleeding wound.

4 Mid keen reproach and cruel scorn,
Patient and meek he stood;

His foes ungrateful sought his life,-
He laboured for their good.

5 To God he left his righteous cause,
And still his task pursued,

While humble prayer, and holy faith,
His fainting strength renewed.

6 In the last hour of deep distress,
Before his Father's throne,

With soul resigned, he bowed and said, 'Thy will, not mine, be done!'

7 Be Christ our pattern, and our guide!
His image may we bear!
O may we tread his holy steps,
His joy and glory share !

148. s. M.

Enfield.

'Blessed are the Meek.' Mat. v. 5.

1 'BLESSED are the meek,' he said, Whose doctrine is divine;

The humble-minded earth possess, And bright in heaven will shine. 2 While here on earth they stay,

Calm peace with them shall dwell,
And cheerful hope, and heavenly joy,
Beyond what tongue can tell.

3 The God of peace is theirs ;
They own his gracious sway;
And yielding all their wills to him,
His sovereign laws obey.

4 No angry passions move,
No envy fires their breast;
The prospect of eternal peace,
Bids every trouble rest.

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O gracious Father! grant
That we this influence feel,
That all we hope, or wish, may oe
Subjected to thy will!

Thus Christ our Lord to own,
Thus thee our God obey,

Ensures us peace and joy on earth,
And leads to realms of day.

+ Exeter Coll.

149. c. M.

Christ's Resurrection, the Pledge of ours. 1 Pet. i. 3—5.
1 BLESSED be the everlasting God,
The Father of our Lord;

Be his abounding mercy praised,
His majesty adored.

2 When from the dead he raised his Son,
And called him to the sky,
He gave our souls a lively hope
That they should never die.

3 What though his uncontrolled decree
Command our flesh to dust;

Since Christ, our pledge and pattern, rose,
So all his followers must.

4 There's an inheritance divine,
Reserved against that day;

'Tis incorrupted, undefiled,
And fadeth not away.

5 We by thy power, O God! are kept,
Till this deliverance come;

We walk by faith, as strangers here,
Till thou shalt call us home.

150. c. M.

Watts, alt'd.

The Reunion of virtuous Friends after Death.

1 BLESSED hour, when virtuous friends shall meet,

Shall meet to part no more,

And with celestial welcome greet,

On an immortal shore.

2 The parent finds the long-lost child;
Brothers on brothers gaze;
The tear of resignation mild

Is changed to joy and praise.

3 Each tender tie, dissolved with pain,
With endless bliss is crowned;
All that was dead, revives again;
All that was lost, is found.

4 And while remembrance, lingering still,
Draws joy from sorrowing hours;
New prospects rise, new pleasures fill
The soul's expanded powers.

5 Congenial minds, arrayed in light,
High thoughts shall interchange;
Nor cease, with ever-new delight,
On wings of love to range.

6 Their Father marks their generous flame, And looks complacent down;

The smile that owns their filial claim

Is their immortal crown.

+ Liverpool (Paradise st.) Coll

151. c. M.

Trust in God founded on the Fear of God.

1 BLESSED is the man who fears the Lord:
His well established mind,
In every varying scene of life,
Shall true composure find.

2 Oft through the deep and stormy sea,
The heavenly footsteps lie;

But on a glorious world beyond,
His faith can fix its eye.