In whose holy mirror, night and day,
Thou'lt study Heaven's reflected ray ;-
And should the foes of virtue dare,
With gloomy wing, to seek thee there,
Thou wilt see how dark their shadows lie
Between Heaven and thee, and trembling fly!
Be thou that dove;

Fairest, purest, be thou that dove.

ANGEL OF CHARITY.

(AIR. — HANDEL.)

ANGEL of Charity, who, from above,
Comest to dwell a pilgrim here,
Thy voice is music, thy smile is love,
And Pity's soul is in thy tear.
When on the shrine of GOD were laid
First-fruits of all most good and fair
That ever bloom'd in Eden's shade,

Thine was the holiest offering there.

Hope and her sister, Faith, were given
But as our guides to yonder sky;
Soon as they reach the verge of heaven,
There, lost in perfect bliss, they die.1

But, long as Love, Almighty Love,

Shall on his throne of thrones abide, Thou, Charity, shalt dwell above, Smiling for ever by His side!

1 "Then Faith shall fail, and holy Hope shall die, One lost in certainty, and one in joy." — Prior.

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BEHOLD THE SUN.

(AIR. -LORD MORNINGTON.)

BEHOLD the Sun, how bright
From yonder East he springs,
As if the soul of life and light
Were breathing from his wings.

So bright the Gospel broke
Upon the souls of men ;

So fresh the dreaming world awoke

In Truth's full radiance then.

Before yon Sun arose,

Stars cluster'd through the sky -
But oh, how dim! how pale were those,

To His one burning eye!

But, LORD, how weak, how cold were they
To Thy One glorious Light!

LORD, WHO SHALL BEAR THAT DAY?

(AIR.

DR. BOYCE.)

LORD, who shall bear that day, so dread, so splendid, When we shall see thy Angel, hov'ring o'er

This sinful world, with hand to heav'n extended,

And hear him swear by Thee that Time's no more?1 When Earth shall feel thy fast consuming ray Who, Mighty God, oh who shall bear that day?

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When through the world thy awful call hath sounded "Wake, all ye Dead, to judgment wake, ye Dead!" 2 And from the clouds, by seraph eyes surrounded,

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The Saviour shall put forth his radiant head ;3 While Earth and Heav'n before him pass away Who, Mighty GOD, oh who shall bear that day?

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When, with a glance, th' Eternal Judge shall sever

Earth's evil spirits from the pure and bright,

And say to those, “Depart from me for ever!"

To these, "Come, dwell with me in endless light!"♪ When each and all in silence take their way Who, Mighty GOD, oh who shall bear that day?

"And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth, lifted up his hand to heaven, and sware by Him that liveth for ever and ever,. that there should be time no longer." — Rev. x.

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Awake, ye Dead, and come to judgment."

They shall see the Son of Man coming in the clouds of

- and all the angels with him."- Matt. xxiv. 30. and xxv. 31. 4 66 From whose face the earth and the heaven fled away." Rev. xx. 11.

5 "And before Him shall be gathered all nations, and He shall separate them one from another.....

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Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you, &c.

"Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, &c.

"And these shall go away into everlasting punishment; but the righteous into life eternal."- Matt. xxv. 32. et seq.

OH, TEACH ME TO LOVE THEE.

(AIR. — HAYDN.)

Он, teach me to love Thee, to feel what thou art,
Till, filled with the one sacred image, my heart
Shall all other passions disown;

Like some pure temple, that shines apart,
Reserv'd for Thy worship alone.

In joy and in sorrow, through praise and through blame,
Thus still let me, living and dying the same,

In Thy service bloom and decay —

Like some lone altar, whose votive flame
In holiness wasteth away.

Though born in this desert, and doom'd by my birth To pain and affliction, to darkness and dearth,

On Thee let my spirit rely—

Like some rude dial, that, fix'd on earth,
Still looks for its light from the sky.

WEEP, CHILDREN OF ISRAEL.
(AIR. STEVENSON.)

WEEP, weep for him, the man of GOD — 1
In yonder vale he sunk to rest;

But none of earth can point the sod2
That flowers above his sacred breast.

Weep, children of Israel, weep!

"And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab."-Deut. xxxiv. 8.

* "And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab; no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.” — Ibid. ver. 6.

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His doctrine fell like Heaven's rain,1

His words refresh'd like Heaven's dew
Oh, ne'er shall Israel see again

A Chief, to GOD and her so true.
Weep, children of Israel, weep!

Remember ye his parting gaze,

His farewell song by Jordan's tide,
When, full of glory and of days,

He saw the promis'd land - and died.2

Weep, children of Israel, weep!

Yet died he not as men who sink,

Before our eyes, to soulless clay;

But, chang'd to spirit, like a wink
Of summer lightning, pass'd away.3
Weep, children of Israel, weep!

LIKE morning, when her early breeze
Breaks up the surface of the seas,

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- Moses' Song, Deut. xxxii. 2.

* "I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither." - Deut. xxxiv. 4.

3 "As he was going to embrace Eleazer and Joshua, and was still discoursing with them, a cloud stood over him on the sudden, and he disappeared in a certain valley, although he wrote in the Holy Books that he died, which was done out of fear, lest they should venture to say that, because of his extraordinary virtue, he went to God.” Josephus, book iv. chap. viii.

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