Like her, with hopes and fears we come, Send none unhealed away! CowPER. CRYING TO GOD. "O Lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee." -Ps lxxxviii. 1. LORD GOD of my salvation! To thee, to thee I cry ; Arrest thine ear on high! Distresses round me thicken, My life draws nigh the grave; Thy wrath lies hard upon me, No comforter is near; Wilt thou, my Father, spurn me ? No! banished and heart-broken, May future joy increase, LYTE. BALM IN GILEAD. "Is there no balm in Gilead? is there no physician there?"- Jer. viii. 22. "GIVE me the voice of mirth, the sound of laughter, So, in his desperate mood, the fool hath spoken,- If we but kiss it, as the stroke descendeth, Mine be that holy, humble tribulation, — No longer feigned distress, - fantastic woe; CAROLINE BOWLES. THE GREAT PHYSICIAN. "I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee, saith the Lord.”. Jer. xxx. 17. TELL me of that great Physician, Can to such relief insure. I have not one plea to proffer, No requital can I make ; None but Jesus Heals for his own mercy's sake. Yet I know that he has granted None but Jesus Every want could thus supply. Let me go and spread before him While my trembling heart he cheers: Wipes away the sufferer's tears. CRYING TO JESUS. "When they heard that Jesus passed by, they cried out, saying, Have meroy on us, thou Son of David!"-Matt. xx. 30. DISEASED in body, mind, and soul, One word of thine can make me whole, Full, rich, unmerited, and free, Thy grace, O Lord, for ever flows; Thy peace alone can give repose. Lord, for that peace I watch and wait; Raise me above this gloomy state, Give peace and praise for doubt and fear. SAVIOUR OF THE DYING THIEF. "And Jesus said unto him, Verily, I say unto thee, to-day shalt thou be with me in paradise."- Luke xxiii. 43. JESUS saved the dying thief,- When the world no hope can see: Saviour of the dying thief, Lo! a wretch as vile as he, Nothing but the richest grace Could relieve a wretch like me; And I see this grace in thee: J |