414 CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES AND SENTIMENTS. 4 In knots to be loosed never, 414 L. M. WATTS. Seeking Pardon and Aid. Ps. 51. 1 O THOU that hear'st when sinners cry, 3 I cannot live without thy light, 4 A broken heart, iny God, my King, The God of grace will ne'er despise 5 0, may thy love inspire my tongue! And all my powers shall join to bless 415 C. M. TATE & BRADY. The accepted Worshipper. Ps. 15. 1 LORD, who's the happy man, that may To thy blest courts repair Not stranger-like, to visit them, 2 "Tis he whose every thought and deed Whose generous tongue disdains to speak 3 Who never did a slander forge, 4 Who vice, in all its pomp and power, 5 Who to his plighted vows and trust And, though he promise to his loss, 6 The man who by this steady course When earth's foundation shakes, shall stand, 327 416 C. M. WATTS. The Qualifications of a Christian. Ps. 15. 1 WHO shall inhabit in thy hill, Whom will the Lord admit to dwell 2 The man that walks in pious ways, 3 He speaks the meaning of his heart, 4 The wealthy sinner he contemns, 5 His hands disdain a golden bribe, This man shall dwell with God on earth, 417 C. M. TATE & BRADY. The Man whom God approves. Ps. 24. 1 THIS spacious earth is all the Lord's; The world, and they that dwell therein, 2 He framed and fixed it on the seas; Upon inconstant floods, has made 3 But for himself this Lord of all 4 The man whose hands and heart are pure, Whose thoughts from pride are free, Who honest poverty prefers To gainful perjury. 5 This, this is he, on whom the Lord 418 C. M. WATTS. Dwelling with God. Ps. 24. 1 THE earth forever is the Lord's, 2 But who, among the sons of men, He that has hands from mischief clean, 3 This is the man may rise and take This is the lot of those that seek The God of Jacob's face. 4 Now let our souls' immortal powers 5 The King of glory! who can tell He rules the nations, but to dwell 419 C. M. TATE & BRADY. The Righteous blessed. Ps. 119. 1 HOW blest are they who always keep The pure and perfect way! Who never from the sacred paths Of God's commandments stray! 2 Thrice blest, who to his righteous laws And have, with fervent, humble zeal, 3 Such men their utmost caution use 4 Thou strictly hast enjoined us, Lord, And all our diligence employ, 5 0, then, that thy most holy will Might o'er my ways preside! And I the course of all my life By thy direction guide! |