6 Let me not angrily declare XLII. SUBMISSION. I O LORD, my best desire fulfil, And help me to resign Life, health, and comfort to thy will, 2 Why should I shrink at thy command, 3 No, let me rather freely yield Who never hast a good withheld, 4 Thy favour, all my journey through, 6 But ah! my inward spirit cries, Else the next cloud that veils my skies XLIII. THE HAPPY CHANGE. HOW blest thy creature is, O God, 2 Thro' all the storms that veil the skies, 3 Struck by that light, the human heart,* A barren soil no more, Sends the sweet smell of grace abroad, 4 The soul, a dreary province once Feels a new empire form'd within, 5 The glorious orb, whose golden beams The fruitful year control, Since first, obedient to thy word, 6 Has cheer'd the nations with the joys But, JESUS, 'tis thy light alone XLIV. RETIREMENT. I FAR from the world, O LORD, I flee, 2 The calm retreat, the silent shade, 3 There, if thy Spirit touch the soul, Oh, with what peace, and joy, and love, 4 There, like the nightingale, she pours Nor asks a witness of her song, Nor thirsts for human praise. 5 Author and Guardian of my life, 6 What thanks I owe thee, and what love, A boundless, endless store, Shall echo through the realms above XLV. TRUE PLEASURES. 1 LORD, my soul with pleasure springs, When JESUS' name I hear; And when God the spirit brings. Still delighted I perceive; Nor have words that can express 2 Cloth'd in sanctity and grace, Those who love thee, as they pass, What we owe to love divine ; Till our bosoms grateful swell, 3 Those the comforts I possess, Which GoD shall still increase: XLVL THE CHRISTIAN.. 1 HONOUR and happiness unite 2 A kingly character he bears; No change his priestly office knows ;, 3 Adorn'd with glory from on high, |