1 O GOD! to thee our hearts would pay Whose love hath kept us, night and day, 2 Of every breath, and every power, 3 And if sometimes across our path Thou didst not waft it there in wrath, 4 For joy and grief alike we pay Reflections for a New Year. Psalm 90. 1 REMARK, my soul, the narrow bounds How swift the weeks complete their rounds! 2 So fast eternity comes on, When all that mortal life has done 3 Yet like an idle tale we pass 4 Waken, O God, my trifling heart, That I may act the Christian part, 5 Thus shall their course more grateful roll, If future years arise; Or this shall bear my peaceful soul L. M. 707. Doddridge. For the Beginning or End of the Year. 1 My helper, God! I bless his name; The same his power, his grace the same: The tokens of his friendly care Open, and crown, and close the year. 2 I midst ten thousand dangers stand, 3 Thus far his arm hath led me on; 506 7s. M. 708. MRS. FOLLEN. Prayer for the Slave. 1 LORD! deliver; thou canst save; 2 He, whose ear is everywhere, 3 From the tyranny within, Save thy children, Lord! we pray; 4 Love to man and love to God Are the weapons of our war; These can break the oppressor's rod,Burst the bonds that we abhor. C. M. 709. GASKELL. The Redeeming Power of Love. 1 O NOT to crush with abject fear 2 O not in coldness nor in pride His holy path he trod; 'T was his delight to turn aside And unto sorrowing guilt disclose 3 O not with cold, unfeeling eye And deem their tears untrue: C. M. 710. PEABODY. Who is thy Neighbor? WHO is thy neighbor? He whom thou 2 Thy neighbor? 'Tis the fainting poor, Whose eye with want is dim; O enter thou his humble door, 3 Thy neighbor? He who drinks the cup 4 Thy neighbor? "T is the weary slave, He hath no hope this side the grave; 5 Thy neighbor? Pass no mourner by; A breaking heart from misery; C. M. 711. CROSSWELL. Do good to the Poor for Christ's Sake. 1 LORD, lead the way the Saviour went, And let our treasures still be spent, • Like him through scenes of deep distress For thou hast placed us side by side And that thy followers may be tried, 4 Small are the offerings we can make; If given for the Saviour's sake, |