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THE SEAMAN'S 
 C O.Mr ASS AND CHART; 
 
 FOR 
 
 DAILY I'SE, AFLOAT aK ASHORE. 
 
 BY REV. S. W. BONNEY, 
 
 CANTON, CHINA. 
 
 "Because tne abundance of the sea shall be converted 
 unto iliee."' isA. GU:5. 
 
 PUBLISHED BY THE 
 
 A.MERICAX TRACT SOCIETY, 
 
 loU NASSAU-STREET, NEW YORK. 
 AXD TH " 
 
 AMERICAN SEAMEN'S ll.iEND SOCIETY^ 
 60 AYALt,-STREET. NFAV YORK. 
 
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PREFACE. 
 
 In this collection of Scripture texts, 
 the selection has been made equally from 
 the Old and New Testaments, a verse be- 
 ing taken from each alternately, begin- 
 ning with Genesis and Matthew. 
 
 The aim has been to select such pas- 
 sages as are best adapted for the use of 
 those whose business is upon the great 
 waters, and the funds for publishing it 
 have been provided by the liberality of 
 several mercantile gentlemen. 
 
 If these selections from God's holy 
 word shall aid and guide only one, voyager 
 on the sea of life to enter the haven of 
 eternal peace and joy, the time and labor 
 spent in arranging them will be repaid 
 beyond all calculation. 
 
PREFACE, 
 
 May God grant his blessing to them, 
 on whatever waters of the wide world 
 they may be carried. s. w. b. 
 
 The first edition as above was printed 
 mChina, by native workmen, in 1861. The 
 work was then transferred to the Ameri- 
 can Seamen's Friend Society, whose offi- 
 cers procured means for stereotyping it, 
 and with their cooperation the present 
 edition is issued. 
 
THE SEAMAN^S 
 COMPASS AND CHART. 
 
 JANUARY. 
 
 1 . In the beginning God created the 
 heaven and the earth. And the earth 
 was without form, and void ; and dark- 
 ness was upon the face of the deep. 
 And the Spirit of God moved upon the 
 face of the waters. Gen. 1:1, 2. 
 
 I sing the almighty power of God 
 That made the mountains rise, 
 
 That spread the flowing s6as abroad. 
 And built the lofty skies. 
 
 2. From that time Jesus began to 
 preach, and to say, Repent; for the 
 
6 COMPASS AND CHART. 
 
 kingdom of heaven is at hand. Matt. 
 4:17. 
 
 To-day if ye will hear his voice, 
 Now is the time to make your choice ; 
 Say, will you to mount Zion go ? 
 Say, will you have this Christ, or no ? 
 
 Ye wandering souls who find no rest, 
 Say, will you be for ever blest ? 
 Will you be saved from sin and hell? 
 Will you with Christ in glory dwell ? 
 
 3. And God said, Let there be light ; 
 and there was light. Gen. 1 :3. 
 
 The Lord Jehovah reigns, 
 
 His throne is built on high ; 
 
 The garments he assumes 
 
 Are light and majesty ; 
 His glories shine with beams so bright, 
 No mortal eye can bear the sight. 
 
 4. Blessed are the pure in heart; 
 for they shall see God. Matt. 5 : 8. 
 
 Jesus, the crowning grace impart. 
 Bless me with purity of heart, 
 That now beholding thee, 
 
COMPASS AND CHART. 1 
 
 I soon may view thy open face, 
 On all thy glorious beauties gaze, 
 And God for ever see. 
 
 5. And God saw every thing that 
 he had made, and behold, it was very 
 good. And the evening and the morn- 
 ing were the sixth day. Gen. 1 : 31. 
 
 The God of nature and of grace 
 
 In all his works appears ; 
 His goodness in the earth we trace 
 
 His grandeur in the spheres. 
 
 6. Blessed are the peacemakers ; for 
 they shall be called the children of 
 God. Matt. 5:9. 
 
 Blest are the sons of peace, 
 
 Whose hearts and hopes are one ; 
 
 Whose kind designs to serve and please 
 Through all their actions run. 
 
 7. And on the seventh day God 
 ended his work which he had made: 
 and he rested on the seventh day from 
 all his work which he had made. Gen. 
 2:2. 
 
COMPASS AND CHART. 
 
 Day ever blest, 
 Thy light, thy rest, 
 
 I hail with glad emotion ; 
 Ordained for man, 
 When time began, 
 
 For solace and devotion. 
 
 8. But I say unto you, Love your eu- 
 emies, bless tliera that curse you, do 
 good to tliem that hate you, and pray 
 for them which despitcfully use you, 
 and persecute you. Matt. 5:44. 
 
 Happy the heart where graces reign. 
 Where love inspires the breast ; 
 
 Love is the brightest of the train. 
 And strengthens all the rest. 
 
 9. But the dove found no rest for 
 the sole of her foot, and she returned 
 unto him into the ark ; for the waters 
 were on the face of the whole earth. 
 Then he put forth his hand and took 
 her, and pulled her in unto him into 
 the ark. Gen. 8 : 9. 
 
COMPASS AND CHART. 9 
 
 Oh, where shall rest be found, 
 
 Rest for the weary soul ? 
 'Twere vam the ocean depths to sound, 
 
 Or pierce to either pole. 
 
 ]0, For where your treasure is, 
 there will your heart be also. Matt. 
 6:21. 
 
 What sinners value I resign ; 
 Lord, 'tis enough that thou art mine : 
 I shall behold thy blissful face, 
 And stand complete in righteousness. 
 This life 's a dream, an empty show ; 
 But the bright world to which I go 
 Hath joys substantial and sincere ; 
 When shall I walv;o and find me there ! 
 
 11, Whoso slieddeth man's blood, 
 by man shall his blood be shed : for in 
 the image of God made he man. Gen. 
 9:6. 
 
 'Twas from thy hand, my God, I came, * 
 A work of such a curious frame ; 
 In me thy fearful wonders shine. 
 And each proclaims thy skill divine. 
 
10 COMPASS AND CHART. 
 
 12. But seek ye first the kingdom 
 of God and his righteousness, and all 
 these things shall be added unto you. 
 Matt. 6 : 33. 
 
 Come hither, all ye weary souls, 
 Ye heavy-laden sinners, come ; 
 
 I '11 give you rest from all your toils. 
 And raise you to my heavenly home. 
 
 13. And he believed in the Lord; 
 and he counted it to him for righteous- 
 ness. Gen. 15 : 6. 
 
 'Tis by the faith of joys to come, 
 
 We walk through deserts dark as night ; 
 
 Till we arrive at heaven our home, 
 Faith is our guide, and faith our light. 
 
 14. And he saith unto them. Why 
 are ye fearful, ye of little faith? 
 Then he arose, and rebuked the winds 
 and the sea; and there was a great 
 calm. Matt. 8 : 26. 
 
 Jesus, lover of my soul. 
 Let me to thy bosom fly. 
 While the billows near me roll, 
 While the tempest still is high. 
 
COMPASS AND CHART. 11 
 
 Hide me, Oh my Saviour, hide, 
 Till the storm of life is past ; 
 Safe into the haven guide ; 
 Oh receive mv soul at last. 
 
 15. And Jacob awaked out of his 
 sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord is 
 in this place ; and I knew it not. And 
 he was afraid, and said, How dreadful 
 is this place! This is none other but 
 the house of God, and this is the gate 
 of heaven. Gen. 28 : 16, 17. 
 
 Keep silence, all created things, 
 
 And wait your Maker's nod ; 
 My soul stands trembling while she sings 
 
 The honors of her God. 
 
 1 6, Then saith he unto his disciples, 
 The harvest truly is plenteous, but the 
 laborers are few; pray ye therefore 
 the Lord of the harvest, that he will 
 send forth laborers into his harvest. 
 Matt. 9 : 37, 38. 
 
 Rise, gracious God, and shine 
 In all thy saving might ; 
 
12 COMPASS AND CHART. 
 
 And prosper each design 
 
 To spread thy glorious hght ; 
 Let heahng streams of mercy flo^-, 
 That all the earth thy truth may know. 
 
 lY. I am Dot worthy of the least of 
 all the mercies, and of all the truth, 
 which thou hast shown unto thy ser- 
 vant ; for with my staff I passed over 
 this Jordan, and now I am become 
 two bands. Gen. 32 : 10. 
 
 How are thy servants hlessed, Oh Lord, 
 
 How sure is their defence ! 
 Eternal wisdom is their guide, 
 Their help omnipotence. 
 
 18. Are not two sparrows sold for 
 a farthing? and one of them shall not 
 fall on the ground without your Fa- 
 ther. But the very hairs of your head 
 are all numbered. Matt. 10 : 29, 30. 
 The Lord my pasture shall prepare, 
 And feed me with a shepherd's care ; 
 His presence shall my wants supply, 
 And guard me with a watchful eye ; 
 
COMPASS AND CHAET. 13 
 
 My noonday walks he shall attend, 
 And all my midnight hours defend. 
 
 19. Now Israel loved Joseph more 
 than all his children, because he was 
 t'lc sun of his old age; and he made 
 liim a coat of many colors. Genesis 
 37:3. 
 
 Pleasant and fair 
 
 As the morning a;ir, 
 O'er flower-dressed meadows flowing, 
 
 Is the bloom of youth, 
 
 When with love of truth 
 The glad young heart is glowing. 
 
 20. And whosoever shall give to 
 drink unto one of these little ones a 
 cup of cold water only in the name of 
 a disciple, verily I say unto you, lie 
 shall in no wise lose his reward. Matt. 
 10:42. 
 
 The least, the feeblest of the slieep, 
 
 To him the Father gave ; 
 Kind is his heart the charge to keep. 
 And strong his arm to save. 
 
14 COMPASS AND CHAET. 
 
 21. Now the priest of Midian had 
 seven daughters ; and they came and 
 drew water, and filled the troughs to 
 water their father's flock. And the 
 shepherds came and drove them away ; 
 but Moses stood up and helped them, 
 and watered their flock. Exodus 
 2:16,17. 
 
 May I from eyery act abstain 
 That hurts or gives my brother pain ; 
 Nay, every secret wish suppress, 
 That would abridge his happiness ; . 
 And thus may I thy follower prove, 
 Great Prince of peace, great God of loye. 
 
 22. Come unto me, all ye that labor 
 and are heavy-laden, and I will give 
 you rest. Matt. 11:28. 
 
 See, Jesus stands with open arms! 
 
 He calls, he bids you come ; 
 Guilt holds you back, and fear alarms ; 
 
 But see, there yet is room. 
 
 23. And the Lord went before them 
 by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead 
 
COMPASS AND CHART. 15 
 
 them the way ; and by night in a pil- 
 lar of fire, to give them light; to go 
 by day and night Exod. 13 : 21. 
 
 He that hath made his refuge God, 
 Shall find a most secure abode ; 
 Shall walk all day beneath his shade, 
 And there at night shall rest his head. 
 
 24. But I say unto you, that every 
 idle word that men shall speak, they 
 shall give account thereof in the day 
 of judgment. Matt. 12:36. 
 
 Watch o'er my lips and guard them, Lord, 
 From every rash and heedless word ; 
 Nor let my feet incline to tread 
 The guilty path, where sinners lead. 
 
 25. Who is like unto thee, Lord, 
 among the gods? who is like thee, glo- 
 rious in holiness, fearfid in praises, 
 doing wonders? Exodus 15:11. 
 
 In heaven and earth, and air and seas, 
 He executes His firm decrees ; 
 And by His saints it stands confessed 
 That what He does is ever best ; 
 
16 COMPASS AND CHART. 
 
 Then on His powerful arm rely, 
 And He will bring salvation nigli. 
 
 26. For what is a man profited, if 
 he shall gain the whole world, and 
 lose his own soul? or what shall a man 
 give in exchange for his soul? Matt. 
 16:26. 
 
 Let earth no more my heart divide ; 
 With Christ may I be crucified ; 
 To thee with my whole soul aspire : 
 Dead to the world and all its toys, 
 To idle pomp, and fading joys, 
 Be thou alone my one desire. 
 
 27. And Moses went out to meet his 
 father-in-law. and did obeisance, and 
 kissed him ; and they asked each other 
 of their welfare ; and they came into 
 the tent. Exodus 18:7. 
 
 How pleasant 't is to see 
 
 Kindred and friends agree ; 
 Each in their proper station move, 
 
 And each fulfil their part, 
 
 Witli sympathizing heart, 
 In all the cares of life and love. 
 
COMPASS AND CHART. It 
 
 28, But Jesus said, Suffer little chil- 
 dren, and forbid them not, to come 
 mito me : for of sucli is the kingdom ol 
 heaven. Matt. 19:14. 
 
 To Him let little cliildren come, 
 For He has said tliey may ; 
 
 His bosom then shall be their home, 
 Tlieir tears he '11 wipe awa,y. 
 
 29. Thou shalt not take the name 
 of the Lord thy God in vain ; for the 
 Lord will not hold him guiltless that 
 taketh his name in vain. Exod. 20 : 7. 
 
 With sacred awe pronouiic^e His name. 
 
 Abhor the lips profcme ; 
 Let not thy tongue the Lord blaspheme, 
 
 Nor take His name in vain. 
 
 30. And again I say unto you, It is 
 easier for a camel to go through the 
 eye of a needle, than for a rich man 
 to enter into the kingdom of God. 
 Matt. 19:24. 
 
 "Deny thyself, and take thy cross," 
 Is the Redeemer's great command; 
 
 2 
 
18 COMPASS AND CHART. 
 
 Nature must count her gold but dross, 
 If she would gain this heavenly land. 
 
 31. Remember the Sabbath-day to 
 keep it holy. Six days shalt thou la- 
 bor, and do all thy work ; but the 
 seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord 
 thy God: in it thou shalt not do any 
 work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daugh- 
 ter, thy man-servant, nor thy maid-ser- 
 vant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger 
 that is within thy gates; for in six 
 days the Lord made heaven and earth, 
 the sea, and all that in them is, and 
 rested the seventh day ; wherefore the 
 Lord blessed the Sabbath-day, and 
 hallowed it. Exodus 20 : 8-11. 
 
 Safely through another week 
 God has brought us on our way ; 
 
 Let us now a blessing seek, 
 Waiting in his courts to-day : 
 
 Day of all the week the best, 
 
 Emblem of eternal rest. 
 
COMPASS AND CHART. 19 
 
 FEBRUARY. 
 
 1 , Honor thy father and thy moth- 
 er; that thy days may be long upon 
 the land which the Lord thy God giv- 
 eth thee. Exodus 20 : 12. 
 
 My son, know tlioii the Lord, 
 
 Thy father's God obey ; 
 Seek His protecting care by night. 
 
 His guardian hand by day. 
 
 2, And he saith unto them, Whose is 
 this image and superscription? They 
 say unto him, Cesar's. Then saith 
 he unto them, Render therefore unto 
 Cesar the things which are Cesar's; 
 and unto God the things that are 
 God's. Matt. 22:20, 21. 
 
 To magistrates be honor paid, 
 
 To laws obedience shown ; 
 But consciences and souls were made 
 
 To be the Lord's alone. 
 
20 COMPASS AND CHART. 
 
 3. Thou Shalt not kill. Thou shall 
 not commit adultery. Exodus 20:13, 
 14. 
 
 Protect me in the dangerous hour, 
 And from the wily tempter's power 
 
 Oh set my spirit free ; 
 And if temptation should assail, 
 May mighty grace o'er all prevail, 
 
 And lead my heart to thee. 
 
 4. Jesus said unto him, Thou shall 
 love the Lord thy God ^vith all thy 
 heart, and with all thy soul, and with 
 all thy mind. This is the first and 
 great commandment. Matt. 22:37, 
 38. 
 
 Love is the fountain whence 
 AU true obedience flows ; 
 The Christian serves the God he loves, 
 And loves the God he knows. 
 
 5. Six days thou shalt do thy work, 
 and on the seventh day thou shalt rest : 
 that thine ox and thine ass may rest, 
 and the son of thy handmaid, and the 
 
COMPASS AND CHART. 21 
 
 stranger, may be refeshed. Exodus 
 
 23:12. 
 
 In holy duties let the day, 
 In holy pleasures pass away; 
 How sweet a Sabbath thus to spend, 
 In hope of one that ne'er shall end. 
 
 6. Heaven and earth shall pass away, 
 but my words shall not pass away. 
 Matt. 24:35. 
 
 Oh, for a strong, a lastmg faith. 
 To credit what the Almighty saith ; 
 To embrace the message of his' Son, 
 And call the joys of heaven our own. 
 Then should the earth's old pillars shake, 
 And all the wheels of nature break, 
 Our steady souls should fear no more 
 Than solid rocks when billows roar. 
 
 7, Then Moses stood in the gate 
 of the camp, and said, Who is on the 
 Lord's side? let him come unto me. 
 And all the sons of Levi gathered 
 themselves together unto him. Exod. 
 32:26. 
 
COMPASS AND CHAET. 
 
 Am I a soldier of the cross, 
 A follower of the Lamb ? 
 
 And shall I fear to own his cause, 
 Or blush to speak his name ? 
 
 8. Watch therefore; for ye know 
 not what hour your Lord doth come. 
 Matt. 24:42. 
 
 Help me to watch and pray 
 
 And on thyself rely, 
 Assured, if I my trust betray, 
 
 I shall for ever die. 
 
 9. Six days thou shalt work, but 
 on the seventh day thou shalt rest ; in 
 earing time and in harvest thou shalt 
 rest. Exodus 34:21. 
 
 Another six days' work is done, 
 Another Sabbath is begun : 
 Return, my soul, enjoy thy rest, 
 Improve the day thy God hath blest. 
 
 10. Then shall the King say unto 
 them on his right hand, Come, ye bless- 
 ed of my Father, inherit the kingdom 
 
COMPASS AND CHART. ^3 
 
 prepared for you from the foundation 
 of the world. Matt. 25 : 34. 
 He comes, he comes to call 
 
 The nations to his bar : 
 And take to glory all 
 Who meet for glory are : 
 Make ready for your full reward ; 
 Go forth with joy to meet your Lord. 
 
 11. For the cloud of the Lord was 
 upon the tabernacle by day, and fire 
 was on it by night, in the sight of all 
 the house of Israel, throughout all their 
 journeys. Exodus 40:38. 
 
 Within thy circling power I stand. 
 On every side I find thy hand ; 
 Awake, asleep, at home, abroad, 
 I am surrounded still with God. 
 
 12. And these shall go away into 
 everlasting punishment ; but the right- 
 eous into life eternal. Matt. 25:46. 
 Lo, on a narrow neck of land, 
 'Twixt two unbounded seas I stand — 
 Yet how insensible ! 
 
24" COMPASS AND CHAKT. 
 
 A point of time, a moment's space, 
 Removes me to yon heavenly place, 
 Or shuts me up in hell! 
 
 lo. Ye shall fear every man his 
 mother and his father, and keep my 
 Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God. 
 Leviticus 19:3. 
 
 This is the day the Lord hath made, 
 
 , He calls the hours his own ; 
 Let heaven rejoice, let earth be glad, 
 And praise surround the throne. 
 
 14. Then said Jesus unto him, Put 
 up ao-ain thy sword into his place: for 
 all they that take the sword shall per- 
 ish with the sword. Matt. 26 :52. 
 
 Whene'er the angry passions rise, 
 
 And tempt our thoughts and tongues to strife, 
 
 To Jesus let us turn our eyes, 
 
 Bright pattern of tlie Christian life. 
 
 How mild ! how ready to forgive ! 
 
 Be these the rules b}^ which we live. 
 
 15. Thou shalt rise up before tlie 
 hoary head, and honor the face of the 
 
COMPASS AND CHAPtT. 25 
 
 old man, and fear thy God: I am the 
 Lord. Leviticus 19:32. 
 
 The God that rules on high, 
 
 And thunders when he please, 
 That rides upon the stormy sky. 
 
 And manages the seas ; 
 This awful God is ours, 
 
 Our Father and our love i 
 He shall send down his heavenly powers 
 
 To carry us above. 
 
 1 6. And Peter remembered the word 
 of Jesus, which said unto him, Before 
 the cock crow, thou shalt deny me 
 thrice. And he went out, and wept 
 bitterly. Matt. 26 : 75. 
 
 Lord, help me to repent. 
 
 With sin for ever part ; 
 And to thy gracious eye present 
 
 A humble, contrite heart. 
 
 17. And Caleb stilled the people 
 before Moses, and said, Let us ffo up 
 at once, and possess it; for we are 
 
26 COMPASS AND CHART. 
 
 well able to overcome it. Numbers 
 13:30. 
 
 Sure I must fight, if I would reign ; 
 
 Increase my courage, Lord. 
 I '11 bear the toil, endure the pain, 
 
 Supported by thy word. 
 
 18. An(^ about the ninth hour Jesus 
 cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, 
 Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, 
 My God, my God, why hast thou for- 
 saken me? Matt. 27:46. 
 
 Son of God, thy blessing grant ; 
 Still supply my every want; 
 Unsustained by thee, I fall ; 
 Send the strength for which I call: 
 Weaker than a bruised reed, 
 Help I every moment need. 
 
 19. But as truly as I live, all the 
 earth shall be filled with the glory of 
 the Lord. Numbers 14:21. 
 
 The beams that shine on Zion's hill 
 
 Shall lighten every land ; 
 The King who reigns in Zion's towers 
 
 Shall all the world command. 
 
COMPASS AND CHAKT. 27 
 
 20. And Jesus came and spake unto 
 them, saying, All power is given unto 
 me in heaven and in earth. Matthew 
 
 28:18. 
 
 This God is the God we adore, 
 
 Our faithful, unchangeable friend, 
 Whose love is as large as his power, 
 
 And neither knows measure nor end. 
 
 21 . The Lord is long-suffering, and 
 of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and 
 transgression, and by no means clear- 
 ing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of 
 the fathers upon the children unto the 
 third and fourth generation. Numbees 
 14:18. 
 
 Crimes of such horror to forgive, 
 Such guilty daring worms to spare, 
 
 This is thy grand prerogative, 
 And none shall in the honor share 
 
 Who is a pardoning God like thee ? 
 
 Or who has grace so rich and free ? 
 
 22. Go ye therefore, and teach all 
 nations, baptizing them in the name 
 
28 COMPASS AND CHAKT. 
 
 of the Father, and of the Son, and of 
 the Holy Ghost. Matt. 28 : 19. 
 Go preach my gospel, saith the Lord, 
 Bid the whole earth my grace receive ; 
 He shall he saved who trusts my word, 
 He shall be damned who wont believe. 
 
 23. And Moses made a serpent of 
 brass, and put it upon a pole ; and it 
 came to pass, that if a serpent had bit- 
 ten any man, when he beheld the ser- 
 pent of brass, he lived. Num. 21 : 9. 
 
 Look to Him, till his mighty love 
 Thy every thought control ; 
 
 Its vast constraining influence prove. 
 O'er body, spirit, soul. 
 
 24. And there came a voice from 
 heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved 
 Son, in wliom I am well pleased. 
 Mark 1 : 11. 
 
 Jesus is worthy to receive 
 
 Honor and power divine ; 
 And blessings more than we can give, 
 
 Be, Lord, for ever thine. 
 
COMPASS AND CHART. 29 
 
 25. God is not a man, that he should 
 lie ; neither the son of man, that he 
 should repent : hath he said, and shall 
 ho not do it? or hath he spoken, and 
 shall he not make it good? Numbers 
 23:19. 
 
 The word of God shall still endure, 
 
 Faithful, immutable, and sure ; 
 
 This solid rock shall never break, 
 
 Though earth should to her centi'e shake ; 
 
 And while it stands we should not fear, 
 
 For all we need is promised there. 
 
 26. And in the morning, rising up a 
 great while before day, he went out, 
 and departed into a s-olitary place, and 
 there prayed. Mark 1 : 35. 
 
 Cold mountains and the midnight air 
 AVitnessed the fervor of his prayer, 
 
 The desert his temptations knew, 
 His conflict, and his victory too. 
 
 27. Know therefore this day, and 
 consider it in thy heart, that the Lord 
 he is God in heaven above, and upon 
 
30 COMPASS AND CHART. 
 
 the earth beneath ; there is none else. 
 Deut. 4 : 39. 
 
 Before Jehovah's awful throne, 
 Ye nations, bow with sacred joy: 
 
 Know that the Lord is God alone ; 
 He can create, and he destroy. 
 
 28. And he said unto them, The 
 Sabbath was made for man, and not 
 man for the Sabbath. Mark 2 : 27. 
 
 Sweet is the day of sacred rest, 
 
 No mortal cares shall seize my breast. 
 
 may my heart in tune be found, 
 Like David's harp of solemn sound. 
 
 29. Thou shalt not see thy brother's 
 ass or his ox fall down by the way, 
 and hide thyself from them ; thou shalt 
 surely help him to lift them up again. 
 Deut. 22 : 4. 
 
 Blest is the man whose softening heart 
 
 Feels all another's pain ; 
 To whom the supplicating eye 
 
 Was never raised in vain. 
 
COMPASS AND CHAET. 31 
 
 MARCH. 
 
 1. And they feared exceedingly, and 
 said one to another, What manner of 
 man is this, that even the wind and the 
 sea obey him? Mark 4:41. 
 
 Begone, unbelief; my Saviour is near, 
 And for my rehef will surely appear : 
 By prayer let me wrestle, and He will per- 
 form ; 
 With Christ in the vessel I smile at the storm. 
 
 2. Cursed be he that setteth light 
 by his father or his mother: and all 
 the people shall say, Amen. Deut. 
 27:16. 
 
 Give honor to your mother dear, 
 
 Remember well her pain. 
 And recompense her in her age 
 
 With the like love again. 
 
 3. And [they] were beyond measure 
 astonished, saying. He hath done all 
 
32 COMPASS AND CHAET. 
 
 things well : lie maketh both the deaf 
 to hear, and the dumb to speak. Mark 
 7:37. 
 
 When Jesus dwelt in mortal clay 
 
 What were his works from day to day, 
 
 But miracles of power and grace, 
 
 That spread salvation through our race ! 
 
 4, See now that I, even I, am he, 
 and there is no god with me ; I kill, 
 and I make alive ; I wound, and I heal : 
 neither is there any that can deliver 
 out of my hand. For 1 lift up my hand 
 to heaven, and say, I live for ever. 
 Deut. 32:39,40. 
 
 The Lord is God ; 'tis he alone 
 
 Doth life, and breath, and being give ; 
 
 We are his work, and not our own, 
 The sheep that on his pastures live. 
 
 5. And straightway the father of 
 the child cried out, and said with tears. 
 Lord, I believe ; help thou mine un- 
 belief. Mark 9:24. 
 
COMPASS AND CHART. 33 
 
 Faith — 'tis a precious grace, 
 
 Where'er it is bestowed ; 
 It boasts of a celestial birth, 
 
 And is the gift of God. 
 
 6. There is none like unto the God 
 of Jeshurun, who rideth npon the heav- 
 en in thy help, and in his excellency 
 on the sky. The eternal God is thy 
 refuge, and underneath are the ever- 
 lasting arms : and he shall thrust out 
 the enemy from before thee ; and shall 
 say, Destroy them. Deut. 33 : 26, 27. 
 
 The thunders of his hand 
 
 Keep the wide world in awe ; 
 His wrath and justice stand 
 To guard his holy law ; 
 And where his love resolves to bless, 
 His truth confirms and seals the grace. 
 
 7. And if thy hand offend thee, cut 
 it off: it is better for thee to enter into 
 life maimed, than having two hands to 
 go into hell, into the fire that never 
 shall be quenched. Mark 9 :43. 
 
34 COMPASS AND CHART. 
 
 Through floods and flames, if Jesus lead, 
 I'll follow where he goes; 
 " Hinder me not," shall be my cry, 
 Though earth and hell oppose. 
 
 8. There was not a word of all that 
 Moses comDianded, whicli Joshua read 
 not before all the congregation of 
 Israel, with the women, and the little 
 ones, and the strangers that were con- 
 versant among them. Joshua 8 : 35. 
 
 T love the volumes of thy word ; 
 What light and joy those leaves afford 
 
 To souls benighted and distressed ; 
 Thy precepts guide my doubtful way, 
 Thy fear forbids my feet to stray, 
 
 Thy promise leads my heart to rest. 
 
 9. And Jesus said unto him, Why 
 callest thou me good? there is none 
 good but one, that is, God. Mark 
 10:8. 
 
 The Lord is good, the Lord is kind ; 
 
 Great is his grace, his mercy sure ; 
 And the whole race of man shall find 
 
 His truth from age to age endure. 
 
COMPASS AND CHART. 35 
 
 10. And the sim stood still, and the 
 moon stayed, until the people had 
 avenged themselves upon their ene- 
 mies. Is not this written in the book 
 of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the 
 midst of heaven, and hasted not to go 
 down about a whole day. Josh. 10 : 13. 
 
 The Lord oiu' God is full of might, 
 
 The winds obey his will ; 
 He speaks, and in his heavenly height 
 
 The rollinir sun stands still. 
 
 11, And they that went before, and 
 they that followed, cried, saying, Ho- 
 sanna; Blessed is he that cometh in 
 the name of the Lord. Mark 11:9. 
 
 Hosanna to the living Lord ! 
 
 Hosanna to the incarnate Word ! 
 To Christ, Creator, Saviour, King, 
 
 Let earth, let heaven, Hosanna sing. 
 
 12. Curse ye Meroz, said the angel 
 of the Lord, curse ye bitterly the in- 
 habitants thereof; because they came 
 
36 COMPASS AND CHART. 
 
 not to the help of the Lord, to the help 
 of the Lord against the mighty. JuDG. 
 5:23. 
 
 Christiau, to active duty wake, 
 Be strong in God's eternal might ; 
 The weapons of the Spirit take, 
 To vanquish and to put to flight 
 Those legions of contending foes. 
 That thy great Captain's march oppose. 
 
 13. And Jesus answering, saith unto 
 them, Have faith in God. Mark 11:22. 
 
 Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, 
 But trust him for his grace ; 
 
 Behind a frowning providence 
 He hides a smiHng face. 
 
 t4:<, And Samson said, With the 
 jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, 
 with the jaw of an ass have I slain a 
 thousand men. Judg. 15 : 16. 
 
 Though numerous hosts of mighty foes, 
 Though earth and hell my way oppose. 
 
 He safely leads my soul along : 
 
 His loving kindness. Oh how strong I 
 
COMPASS AND CHART. 31 
 
 15. And when ye stand praying, 
 forgive, if ye have aught against any ; 
 that your Father also which is in heav- 
 en may forgive you your trespasses. 
 Mark 11 : 25. 
 
 Love suffers long with patient eye, 
 Nor is provoked in haste, 
 
 She lets the present injury die. 
 And long forgets the past. 
 
 16. And Ruth said, Entreat me not 
 to leave thee, or to return from follow- 
 ing after thee ; for whither thou goest. 
 I will go ; and where thou lodgest, I 
 will lodge : thy people shall be my 
 people, and thy God, my God. Where 
 thou diest, will I die, and there will I 
 be buried : the Lord do so to me, and 
 more also, if aught but death part thee 
 and me. Ruth 1 : 16, 17. 
 Peoi)le of the Hving God, 
 I have sought the world around, 
 Paths of sin and sorrow trod, 
 Peace and comfort nowhere found. 
 
38 COMPASS AND CHART. 
 
 Now to you my spirit turns, 
 Turns, a fugitive unblessed ; 
 Brethren, where your altar burns, 
 Oh receive me into rest. 
 
 17. And there came a certain poor 
 widow, and she threw in two mites, 
 which make a farthing. And he called 
 unto him his disciples, and saith unto 
 them, Verily I say unto you, that this 
 poor widow hath cast more in, than 
 all they which have cast into the treas- 
 ury. Mark 12:42, 43. 
 
 The man who marks from day to day 
 In generous acts his radiant way, 
 
 Treads the same path his Saviour trod — 
 The path to glory and to God. 
 
 18. The Lord killeth, and maketh 
 alive : he bringeth down to the grave, 
 and bringeth up. The Lord maketh 
 poor, and maketh rich : he bringeth 
 low, and lifteth up. 1 Sam. 2:6, 7. 
 
COMPASS AND CHAET.' 39 
 
 Happy the man whose hopes rely 
 On Israel's God ; he made the sky, 
 
 And earth, and seas, with all their train ; 
 His truth for ever stands secure. 
 He saves the oppressed, he feeds the poor, 
 
 And none shall find his promise vain. 
 
 19. Now when Jesus was risen 
 early the first day of the week, he 
 appeared first to Mary Magdalene, 
 out of whom he had cast seven devils. 
 Mark 16 : 9. 
 
 His saints he loves, and never leaves ; 
 
 The chief of sinners he receives ; 
 Cheer up, my heart, with this revive — 
 
 The sinner's Friend is yet alive. 
 
 20. But Samuel ministered before 
 the Lord, being a child, girded with a 
 linen ephod. Moreover his mother 
 made him a little coat, and brought it 
 to him from year to year, when she 
 came up with her husband to offer the 
 yearly sacrifice. 1 Sam. 2 : 18, 19. 
 
40 COMPASS AND CHAKT. 
 
 When Samuel was young 
 
 He first knew the Lord, 
 He slept in his smile 
 
 And rejoiced in his word : 
 So most of God's children 
 
 Are early brought nigh ; 
 Oh, seek him in youth, 
 
 To a Saviour fly. 
 
 21. So then, after the Lord had 
 spoken unto them, he was received up 
 into heaven, and sat on the right hand 
 of God. Mark 16:19. 
 
 Worthy is he that once was slain, 
 
 The Prince of life, that groaned and died ; 
 
 Worthy to rise, and live, and reign. 
 At his almighty Father's side. 
 
 22. And it came to pass, when he 
 had made an end of speaking unto 
 Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was 
 knit with the soul of David, and Jon- 
 athan loved him as his own soul, 
 1 Sam. 18 : 1. 
 
COMPASS AND CHAKT. 41 
 
 How blest the sacred tie that binds, 
 In union sweet, according minds ; 
 
 How swift the heavenly course they run, 
 Whose hearts and faith and hopes are one. 
 
 23. The day-spring from on high 
 hath visited us, to give light to them 
 that sit in darkness and in the shadow 
 of death, to guide our feet into the 
 way of peace. Luke 1 :78, 79. 
 Brightest and best of the sons of the morn- 
 ing, 
 
 Dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine aid ; 
 Star of the East, the horizon adorning. 
 
 Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid. 
 
 24. Be of good courage, and let us 
 play the men for our people, and for 
 the cities of our God ; and the Lord do 
 that which seemeth him good. 2 Sam. 
 10:12. 
 
 In his salvation is our hope, 
 
 And in the name of Israel's God 
 Our troops shall lift their banners up. 
 Our navies spread their flags abroad, 
 
42 COMPASS AND CHAKT. 
 
 25. And the angel said unto them, 
 Fear not; for behold, I bring you 
 good tidings of great joy, which shall 
 be to all people. Luke 2:10. 
 
 Grace, 'tis a charming sound, 
 
 Harmonious to the ear ; 
 Heaven with the echo shall resound, 
 
 And all the earth shall hear. 
 
 26, The Lord is my rock, and my 
 fortress, and my deliverer ; the God of 
 ray rock ; in him will I trust. 2 Sam. 
 22:2,3. 
 
 God is the refuge of his saints, 
 
 When storms of sharp distress invade ; 
 
 Ere we can offer our complaints, 
 Behold him ready with his aid. 
 
 27. Glory to God in the highest, 
 and on earth peace, good will toward 
 men. Luke 2:14. 
 
 All glory be to God on high ; 
 
 And to the earth be peace ; 
 Good will henceforth, from heaven to men, 
 
 Begin and never cease. 
 
COMPASS AND CHART. 43 
 
 28. The Lord liveth; and blessed 
 be my rock; and exalted be the God 
 of the rock of my salvation. 2 Sam. 
 22:47. 
 
 render thanks to God above, 
 The fountain of eternal love ; 
 Whose mercy firm through ages past 
 Hath stood and shall for ever last. 
 
 29. And he [Jesus] said unto them, 
 How is it that ye sought me? wist ye 
 not that I must be about my Father's 
 business? Luke 2:49. 
 
 Such was thy truth, and such thy zeal, 
 Such deference to thy Father's will: 
 Such love, and meekness so divine, 
 I would transcribe and make them mine. 
 
 30. And Nathan said to David, Thou 
 art the man. And David said unto 
 Nathan,! have sinned against the Lord. 
 And Nathan said unto David, The Lord 
 also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt 
 not die. 2 Sam. 12:7, 13. 
 
44 COMPASS AND CHART. 
 
 Show pity, Lord ; Lord, forgive ; 
 Let a repenting rebel live. 
 Are not thy mercies large and free ? 
 May not a sinner trust in thee ? 
 My lips with shame my sins confess 
 Against thy law, against thy grace. 
 Lord, should thy judgment grow severe, 
 I am condemned, but thou art clear. 
 
 31 . In my distress I called upon the 
 Lord, and cried to my God ; and he 
 did hear my voice out of his temple, 
 and my cry did enter into his ears. 
 
 2 Sam. 22:7. 
 
 To God I cried, when troubles rose ; 
 
 He heard me, and subdued my foes ; 
 He did my rising fears control. 
 
 And strength diffused through all my soul 
 
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 APRIL. 
 
 1. And Simon answering, said unto 
 him. Master, we have toiled all tlie 
 night, and have taken nothing : never- 
 theless at thy word I will let down 
 the net. Luke 5:5. 
 
 Ye servants of the Lord, 
 
 Each in his office wait, 
 Observant of his heavenly word, 
 
 And watchful at his gate. 
 
 2. And all the earth sought to Sol- 
 omon, to hear his wisdom, which God 
 had put in his heart. 1 Kings 10 : 24. 
 
 Eartl], air, and mighty seas combine 
 
 To speak his wisdom all divine : 
 
 How vast his knowledge ! how profound ! 
 
 A depth where all our thoughts are drowned , 
 
 3. And it came to pass in those 
 days, that he went out into a mountain 
 
46 COMPASS AND CHAKT. 
 
 to pray, and continued all night in 
 prayer to God. Luke 6 : 12. 
 
 Oh Thou, by whom we come to God — 
 The life, tlie truth, the way — 
 
 The path of prayer thyself hast trod ; 
 Lord, teach us how to pray. 
 
 4. And the king of Israel answered 
 and said, Tell him, Let not him that 
 girdeth on his harness boast himself 
 as he that putteth it off. 1 Kings 
 20:11. 
 
 Beware of Peter's word. 
 Nor confidently say, 
 " I never will deny the Lord," 
 But, " Grant I never may." 
 
 5, And as ye would that men should 
 do to you, do ye also to them likewise. 
 Luke 6:31. 
 
 Be you to others kind and true. 
 As you 'd have others do to you ; 
 
 And neither say nor do to them 
 Whate'er you would not take again. 
 
COMPASS AND CHART. 47 
 
 6. And it came to pass, as they still 
 went on, and talked, that, behold, 
 there appeared a chariot of fire, and 
 horses of fire, and parted them both 
 asunder; and Elijah went up by a 
 whirlwind into heaven. 2 Kings 2:11. 
 
 Happy soul, thy days are ended, 
 All thy mourning days below ; 
 
 Go, by angel-guards attended, 
 To the sight of Jesus go ! 
 
 7. But that on the good ground are 
 they, which in an honest and good 
 heart, having heard the word, keep it, 
 and bring forth fruit with patience. 
 Luke 8 : 15. 
 
 Be this the purpose of my soul, 
 My solemn, my determined choice, 
 
 To yield to His supreme control, 
 And in His kind commands rejoice. 
 
 8. And the Lord opened the eyes 
 of the young man ; and he saw : and, 
 behold, the mountain was full of horses 
 
48 COMPASS AND CHART. 
 
 and chariots of fire round about Elislia. 
 2 Kings 6 : 17. 
 
 The saints shall never be dismayed, 
 Nor shrink in hopeless fear ; 
 
 For when they least expect his aid, 
 The Saviour will appear. 
 
 What proofs of power and grace divine, 
 
 Do meet ns in his word ! 
 May every deep-felt care of mine 
 
 Be trusted with the Lord. 
 
 9. And he said unto her, Daughter, 
 be of good comfort : thy faith hath 
 made thee whole ; go in peace. Luke 
 8:48. 
 
 Mourning souls, dry up your tears, 
 
 Banish all your sinful fears ; 
 
 See your guilt and curse remove, 
 
 Cancelled by redeeming love. 
 
 10. And Asa cried unto the Lord 
 his God, and said. Lord, it is nothing 
 with thee to help, whether with many, 
 or with them that have no power: 
 help us, Lord our God ; for we rest 
 
COMPASS AND CHAKT. 49 
 
 on thee, and in thy name we go against 
 this multitude. Lord, thou art our 
 God ; let not man prevail against thee. 
 2 Chron. 14:11. 
 
 Hasten, Lord, to my release, 
 Haste to help me, my God: 
 
 Foes, like armed bands, increase ; 
 Turn them back the way they trod. 
 
 11, And John answered and said, 
 Master, we saw one casting out devils 
 in thy name ; and we forbade him, be- 
 cause he folio weth not with us. And 
 Jesus said unto him, Forbid him not ; 
 for he that is not against us, is for us. 
 Luke 9 : 49, 50. 
 
 Let party names no more 
 
 The Christian world o'erspread ; 
 
 Gentile and Jew, and bond and free, 
 Are one in Christ their Head. 
 
 12. For the eyes of the Lord run 
 to and fro throughout the whole earth, 
 to show himself strong in the behalf of 
 4 
 
50 COMPASS AND CHAKT. 
 
 them whose heart is perfect toward 
 him. 2 Chron. 16 : 9. 
 
 This world, God, like that above, 
 Is bright to those who know thy love ; 
 
 Where'er they dwell, they dwell with thee, 
 In heaven, in earth, or on the sea. 
 
 13. And Jesus said unto him, No 
 man, having put his hand to the plough, 
 and looking back, is fit for the king- 
 dom of God. Luke 9 : 62. 
 
 The fearful soul that tires and faints, 
 And walks the ways of God no more. 
 
 Is but esteemed almost a saint, 
 
 And makes his own destruction sure. 
 
 14. So they read in the book in the 
 law of God distinctly, and gave the 
 sense, and caused them to understand 
 the reading. Neh. 8:8. 
 
 How precious is the Book divine, 
 
 By inspiration given ; 
 Bright as a lamp its doctrines shine 
 
 To guide our souls to heaven. 
 
COMPASS AND CHAET. 51 
 
 15. Which now of these three, think- 
 est thou, was neighbor unto him that 
 fell among the thieves ? And he said, 
 He that showed mercy on him. Then 
 said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou 
 likewise. Luke 10 : 36, 37. 
 
 When the most helpless sons of grief 
 
 In low distress are laid, 
 Soft be our hearts their pains to feel, 
 
 And swift our hands to aid. 
 
 16. And thou didst divide the sea 
 before them, so that they went through 
 the midst of the sea on the dry land ; 
 and their persecutors thou threwest 
 into the deeps, as a stone into the 
 mighty waters. Neh. 10:11. 
 
 Thy way is in great waters, 
 
 Thy footsteps are not known ; 
 Let Adam's sons and daughters 
 
 Confide in thee alone; 
 Through the wild sea thou leddest 
 
 Thy chosen flock of yore ; 
 Still on the waves thou treadest, 
 
 And thy redeemed pass o'er. 
 
62 COMPASS AND CHART. 
 
 17. But one thing is needful; and 
 Mary hath chosen that good part, 
 which shall not be taken away from 
 her. Luke 10 : 42. 
 
 Engage this roving, treacherous heart, 
 Wisely to choose the better part, 
 To scorn the trifles of a day, 
 For joys that none can take away. 
 
 18. There was a man in the land of 
 Uz, whose name was Job ; and that 
 man was perfect and upright, and one 
 that feared God and escliewed evil. 
 Job 1:1. 
 
 That man is blest who stands in awe 
 
 Of God, and loves his sacred law ; 
 His seed on earth shall be renowned ; 
 
 His house, the seat of w^ealth, shall be 
 
 An unexhausted treasury, 
 And with successive honors crowned. 
 
 19. But God said unto him, Thou 
 fool, this night thy soul shall be requir- 
 ed of thee ; then whose shall those 
 
COMPASS AND CHAKT. 53 
 
 tilings be wliicli thou hast provided? 
 Luke 12:20. 
 
 Death ! 't is a melancholy day, 
 To those who have no God, 
 AVlien the poor soul is forced away 
 To seek her last abode. 
 
 20. Shall mortal man be more just 
 than God? Shall a man be more pure 
 than his Maker? Job 4 : 17. 
 
 Shall the vile race of flesh and blood 
 Contend with tlieir Creator, God ? 
 Shall mortal worms presume to be 
 More holy, wise, or just, than He? 
 
 21. Strive to enter in at the strait 
 gate ; for many> I say unto you, will 
 seek to enter in, and shall not be able. 
 Luke 13:24. 
 
 Strait is the way — the door is strait, 
 Which leads to joys on high ; 
 
 'T is but a few that find the gate. 
 While crowds mistake and die. 
 
 22. Canst thou by searching find 
 out God ; canst thou find out the Al- 
 
54 COMPASS AND CHART. 
 
 mighty unto pei'fection ? It is as high 
 as heaven ; what canst thou do? deeper 
 than hell ; what canst thou know ? Job 
 11:7,8. 
 
 God moves in a mysterious way, 
 
 His wonders to perform ; 
 He plants his footsteps in the sea 
 
 And rides upon the storm. 
 Deep in unfathomable mines 
 
 Of never-failing skill, 
 He treasures up his bright designs, 
 And works his sovereign will. 
 
 23. But when thou makest a fea^t, 
 call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the 
 blind ; and thou shalt be blessed ; for 
 they cannot recompense thee : for thou 
 shalt be recompensed at the resurrec- 
 tion of the just. Luke 14 : 13, 14. 
 
 God, with sympathetic care 
 
 In others' joys and griefs to share 
 
 Do thou my heart incline ; 
 Each low, each selfish wish control, 
 Warm with benevolence my soul, 
 
 And make me wholly thine. 
 
COMPASS AND CHAET. 55 
 
 24. Have pity upon me, have pity 
 upon me, ye my friends ; for the hand 
 of God hath touched me. Job 19 : 21. 
 
 may our sympathizing breasts 
 The generous pleasure know, 
 
 Kindly to share in'others' joy, 
 And weep for others' woe. 
 
 25. Likewise, I say unto you, there 
 is joy in the presence of the angels of 
 God over one sinner that repenteth. 
 Luke 15: 10. 
 
 Prayer is the contrite sinner's voice, 
 
 Returning from his ways : 
 While angels in their songs rejoice, 
 
 And cry, "Behold, he prays." 
 
 26. And unto man he said, Behold,. 
 
 the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom ; 
 and to depart from evil is understand- 
 ing. Job 28 : 28. 
 
 Thrice happy man, who fears the Lord, 
 Loves his commands, and trusts his word ; 
 Honor and peace his days attend, 
 And blessings to his seed descend. 
 
56 COMPASS AND CHART. 
 
 27. I will arise and go to my father, 
 and will say unto him, Father, I have 
 sinned against heaven, and before thee, 
 and am no more worthy to be called 
 thy son : make me as one of thy hired 
 servants. Luke 15 :18, 19. 
 
 Keturn, wanderer, return, 
 
 And seek an injured Father's face ; 
 
 Those warm desires that in thee burn 
 Were kindled by redeeming grace. 
 
 28. Behold, God is great, and we 
 know him not, neither can the num- 
 ber of his years be searched out. Job 
 36 : 26. 
 
 Wide as the world is his command, 
 
 Vast as eternity his love ; 
 Firm as a rock his truth shall stand, 
 
 When rolling years shall cease to move. 
 
 29. And he said unto them, Ye are 
 they which justify yourselves before 
 men; but God knoweth your hearts: 
 for that which is highly esteemed 
 
COMPASS AND CHART. 57 
 
 among men is abomination in the sight 
 of God. Luke 16 : 15. 
 
 Nothing but truth before his throne 
 
 With honor can appear ; 
 The painted hypocrites are known, 
 
 Through the disguise they wear. 
 
 30. Or who shut up the sea with 
 doors, when it brake forth, as if it had 
 issued out of the womb? and said. 
 Hitherto shalt thou come, but no fur- 
 ther ; and here shall thy proud waves 
 be stayed? Job 38:8, 11. 
 
 Rebel, ye waves, and o'er the land 
 With threatening aspect roar, 
 
 The Lord uplifts his awful hand, 
 And chains you to the shore. 
 
58 COMPASS AND CHAKT. 
 
 MAY. 
 
 1 . Take heed to yourselves : if th}^ 
 brother trespass against thee, rebuke 
 him ; and if he repent, forgive him. 
 Luke 17 : 3. 
 
 Tender and kind be all our thoughts, 
 Through all our lives let mercy run ; 
 
 So God forgives our numerous faults, 
 For the dear sake of Christ his Son. 
 
 2. Preserve me, God ; for in thee 
 do I put my trust. Psalm 16 : 1. 
 
 My spirit looks to God alone : 
 My rock and refuge is his throne ; 
 In all my fears, in all my straits. 
 My soul on his salvation waits. 
 
 3. And he spake a parable unto them 
 to this end, that men ought always to 
 pray, and not to faint. Luke 18:1. 
 
 • 
 
COMPASS AND CHAET. 59 
 
 Prayer was appointed to convey 
 The blessings God designs to give ; 
 
 Long as they live should Christians pray, 
 For only while they pray they live. 
 
 4. The wicked shall be turned into 
 hell, and all the nations that forget 
 God. Psalm 9 : 17. 
 
 Look beneath, where hell is burning ! 
 
 There the sons of darkness lie ; 
 Hope to black despair is turning ; 
 
 There the worm shall never die ; 
 Careless sinner, 
 
 Oh to Jesus quickly fly. 
 
 5. And the publican, standing afar 
 off, would not lift up so much as his 
 eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his 
 breast, saying, God be merciful to me 
 a sinner. Luke 18 : 13. 
 
 Mercy, good Lord, mercy I ask. 
 
 This is the total sum ; 
 Mercy, through Christ, is all my suit. 
 
 Lord, let thy mercy come. 
 
 6, In my distress I called upon the 
 
60 COMPASS AND CHAET. 
 
 Lord, and cried unto my God: he 
 heard my voice out of his temple, and 
 my cry came before him, even into his 
 ears. Psalm 18 : 6. 
 
 In my distress I sought my God, 
 
 When I could scarce believe him mine ; 
 
 He bowed his ear to my complaint, 
 Then did his grace appear divine. 
 
 7. And he made haste, and came 
 down, ard received him joyfully. And 
 when they saw it, they all murmured, 
 saying, that he was gone to be guest 
 with a man that is a sinner. Luke 
 19 : 6, 7. 
 
 Wlicn he lived on earth abased. 
 Friend of sinners was his name •, 
 
 Now, above all glory raised, 
 He rejoices in the same. 
 
 8, The law of the Lord is perfect, 
 converting the soul ; the testimony of 
 the Lord is sure, making wise the sim- 
 ple. Psalm 19:7. 
 
COMPASS AND CHAET. 61 
 
 Thy word is everlasting truth ; 
 
 How pure is every page ! 
 That holy book shall guide our youth, 
 
 And well support our age. 
 
 9. And he said unto him, Well, thou 
 good servant : because thou hast been 
 faithful in a very little, have thou au- 
 thority over ten cities. Luke 19 : 17. 
 
 Arm me with jealous care, 
 As in thy sight to live ; 
 And Oh, thy servant, Lord, prepare 
 
 A strict account to give. 
 
 10. Let the words of my mouth, and 
 the meditation of my heart, be accept- 
 able in thy sight, Lord, my strength, 
 and my Redeemer. Psalm 19 : 14. 
 
 Lord, search my thoughts and try my ways, 
 
 And make my soul sincere ; 
 Then shall I stand before thy face, 
 
 And find acceptance there. 
 
 11. And he took bread, and gave 
 thanks, and brake it, and gave unto 
 
62 COMPASS AND CHART. 
 
 them, saying. This is my body which 
 is given for you: this do in remem- 
 brance of me. Luke 22 : 19. 
 
 Remember thee — thy death, thy shame, 
 
 Our sinful hearts to share ! 
 memory, leave no other name 
 
 But his recorded there. 
 
 12. Many sorrows shall be to the 
 wicked; but he that trusteth in the 
 Lord, mercy shall compass him about. 
 Psalm 32 : 10. 
 
 God our King, whose sovereign sway 
 The glorious hosts of heaven obey, 
 And devils at thy presence flee, 
 Blest is the man who trusts in thee. 
 
 13. And the Lord said, Simon, Si- 
 mon, behold, Satan hath desired to 
 have you, that he may sift you as 
 wheat: but I have prayed for thee, 
 that thy faith fail not ; and when thou 
 art converted, strengthen thy brethren. 
 Luke 22:31, 32. 
 
COMPASS AND CHAET. 63 
 
 Blest Jesus, intercede for us, 
 That we may fall no more ; 
 
 Oh raise us when we prostrate lie,. 
 And comfort lost restore. 
 
 14. The transgression of the wicked 
 saith within my heart, that there is no 
 fear of God before his eyes. Psalm 
 36:1. 
 
 But there 's a dreadful God, 
 Though men renounce his fear ; 
 
 His justice, hid behind a cloud. 
 Shall one great day appear. 
 
 15. Then said Jesus, Father, forgive 
 them; for they know not what they 
 do. Luke 23 : 34. 
 
 Oh blessed souls are they, 
 Whose sins are covered o'er ; 
 
 Divinely blest, to whom the Lord 
 Imputes their guilt no more. 
 
 16. I have been young, and now am 
 old ; yet have I not seen the righteous 
 forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. 
 Psalm 37 : 25. 
 
64 COMPASS AND CHART. 
 
 If earthly parents hear 
 
 Their children when they cry, 
 If they with love sincere 
 
 Their children's wants supply, 
 Much more will God his love display, 
 And answer when his children pray. 
 
 17. And he said unto Jesus, Lord, 
 remember me when tliou comest into 
 thy kingdom. And Jesus said unto 
 him, Verily I say unto thee, to-day 
 shalt thou be with me in paradise. 
 Luke 23 : 42, 43. 
 
 " Amid the glories of that world, 
 Dear Saviour, think on me, 
 And in the victories of thy death 
 Let me a sharer be." 
 
 His prayer the dying Jesus hears, 
 And instantly replies, 
 " To-day thy parting soul shall be 
 With me in paradise." 
 
 18. Mark the perfect man, and be- 
 hold the upright; for the end of that 
 man is peace. Psalm 37 : 37. 
 
COMPASS AND CHART. 65 
 
 But mark the man of righteousness, 
 
 His several steps attend ; 
 True pleasure runs through all his ways, 
 
 And peaceful is his end. 
 
 19. And they returned, and pre- 
 pared spices and ointments ; and rest- 
 ed the Sabbath-day, according to the 
 commandment. Luke 23 : 56. 
 
 Thine earthly Sabbaths, Lord, we love, 
 But there 's a nobler rest above ; 
 To that our longing souls aspire, 
 With cheerful hope and strong desire. 
 
 20. Lord, make me to know mine 
 end, and the measure of my days, what 
 it is ; that I may know how frail I am. 
 Psalm 39 : 4. 
 
 'Tweentwo enchanted isles — so sailors tell— - 
 Where sparkling waters sweetly mui-muring 
 
 glide, 
 A buoy, poising on its crest a bell. 
 Rings out a chime at every turn of tide. 
 Lo, Time, great tide-wave from eternal seas, 
 Comes flowing and goes ebbing with the year, 
 5 
 
66 COMPASS AND CHABT. 
 
 Yet tolls no silver sonnet on the breeze, 
 But moves so noiseless not an ear can hear. 
 
 21. Ought not Christ to have suf- 
 fered these things, and to enter into 
 his glory ? Luke 24 : 26. 
 
 See love and grief beyond degree, 
 The Lord of glory dies for men ! 
 
 But lo, what sudden joys we see ; 
 Jesus the dead revives again ! 
 
 22. I waited patiently for the Lord ; 
 and he inclined unto me, and heard my 
 cry. He brought me up also out of a 
 horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and 
 set my feet upon a rock, and establish- 
 ed my goings. Psalm 40 : 1, 2. 
 
 God, my supporter, and my hope, 
 
 My help for ever near. 
 Thine arm of mercy held me up 
 
 When sinking in despair. 
 
 23. And he led them out as far as 
 to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, 
 and blessed them. And it came to 
 
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 pass, wliile he blessed tliem, he was 
 parted from them and carried up into 
 heaven. Luke 24 : 50, 51. 
 
 Jesus our God ascends on high; 
 
 His lieavenly guards around 
 Attend him rising through the sky, 
 
 With trumpets' joyful sound. 
 
 24i Blessed is he that considereth 
 the poor ; the Lord will deliver him 
 in time of trouble. Psalm 41 : 1. 
 
 Blest is the man whose liberal heart 
 Feels for the suffering poor ; 
 
 Who freely gives for their relief 
 His counsel and his store. 
 
 25. For the law was given by Mo- 
 ses, but grace and truth came by Jesus 
 Christ. John 1:17. 
 
 Mercy and truth on earth are met, 
 
 Since Christ the Lord came down from 
 heaven ; 
 
 By his obedience, so complete, 
 
 Justice is pleased and peace is given» 
 
68 COMPASS AND CHAET. 
 
 26. Grod is our refuge and strength, 
 a very present help in trouble. There- 
 fore will not we fear, though the earth 
 be removed, and though the mountains 
 be carried into the midst of the sea. 
 Psalm 46:1, 2. 
 
 Loud let the troubled ocean roar: 
 In sacred peace our souls abide, 
 
 While every nation, every shore, 
 
 Trembles and dreads the swelling tide. 
 
 27. Jesus answered and said unto 
 him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, 
 except a man be born again, he cannot 
 see the kingdom of God. John 3:3. 
 
 Awaked by Sinai's awful sound, 
 My soul in bonds of guilt I found, 
 
 And knew not where to go ; 
 One solemn truth increased ray pain: 
 The sinner " must be born again," 
 
 Or sink to endless woe. 
 
 28. Be still, and know that I am 
 God ; I will be exalted among the 
 heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. 
 Psalm 46:10. 
 
COMPASS AND CHAET. 
 
 Silent we own Jehovah's name, 
 We kiss the scourging hand ; 
 
 And yield our comforts and our life 
 To thy supreme command. 
 
 29. For God so loved the world, 
 that he gave his only begotten Son, 
 that whosoever believeth in him should 
 not perish, but have everlasting life. 
 John 3:16. 
 
 Oh for this love let rocks and hills 
 Their lasting silence break ; 
 
 And all harmonious human tongues 
 The Saviour's praises speak. 
 
 30. Whoso ofFereth praise glorifieth 
 rae ; and to him that ordereth his con- 
 versation aright will I show the salva- 
 tion of God. Psalm 50:23. 
 
 The man that offers humble praise, 
 
 He glorifies me best ; 
 And those that tread my holy ways 
 
 Shall my salvation taste. 
 
 31 , God is a Spirit j and they that 
 
70 COMPASS AND CHART. 
 
 worsliip him, must worship him in 
 spirit and in truth. John 4: 24. 
 
 God is a Sphit just and wise, 
 He sees our inmost mind ; 
 
 In vain to heaven we raise our cries 
 And leave our souls behind. 
 
COMPASS AND CHABT. U 
 
 JUNE. 
 
 1. Create in me a clean heart, 
 God ; and renew a right spirit within 
 me. Cast me not away from thy pres- 
 ence; and take not thy Holy Spirit 
 from me. Psalm 51 : 10, 11. 
 
 Create, God, my powers anew. 
 Make my whole heart sincere and true ; 
 Oh cast me not in wrath away. 
 Nor let th}'- soul-enlivening ray 
 Still cease to shine. 
 
 2. Search the Scriptures ; for in 
 them ye think ye have eternal life : 
 and they are they which testify of me. 
 John 5:39. 
 
 may thy counsels, mighty God, 
 My roving feet command ; 
 
 Nor I forsake the happy road 
 That leads to thy right hand. 
 
12 COMPASS AND CHAKT. 
 
 3. The sacrifices of God are a bro- 
 ken spirit ; a broken and a contrite 
 heart, God, thou Avilt not despise. 
 Psalm 51 : 17. 
 
 A broken heart, my God, my King, 
 Is all the sacrifice I bring ; 
 The God of grace will ne'er despise 
 A broken heart for sacrifice. 
 
 4. For I came down from heaven, 
 not to do mine own will, but the will 
 of him that sent me. John 6 : 38. 
 
 He left his starry crown, 
 
 And laid his robes aside ; 
 On wings of love came down. 
 And wept, and bled, and died: 
 What he endured no tongue can tell, 
 To save our souls from death and hell. 
 
 5. By terrible things in righteous- 
 ness wilt thou answer us, God of 
 our salvation ; who art the confidence 
 of all the ends of the earth, and of them 
 that are afar off upon the sea. Psalm 
 65:5. 
 
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 'T is by thy strength the mountains stand, 
 
 God of eternal power; 
 The sea grows calm at thy command, 
 
 And tempests cease to roar. 
 
 6, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou 
 hast the words of eternal life. And 
 we believe and are sure that thou art 
 that Christ, the Son of the living God. 
 John 6 : 68, 69. 
 
 Beyond a doubt I rest assured, 
 Thou art the Christ of God ; 
 
 Who hast eternal life secured 
 By promise and by blood. 
 
 7. Come and see the works of God : 
 he is terrible in his doing toward the 
 children of men. He turned the sea 
 into dry land : they went through the 
 flood on foot : there did we rejoice in 
 him. Psalm 66 : 5, 6. 
 
 In all our Maker's grand designs 
 Omnipotence with wisdom shines ; 
 His works, through all this wondrous frame. 
 Bear the great impress of his name. 
 
74 COMPASS AND CHART. 
 
 8. If any man will do his will, he 
 shall know of the doctrine, whether it 
 be of God, or whether I speak of my- 
 self. John 7:17. 
 
 When we cannot see our way, 
 We should trust, and still obey ; 
 
 He who bids us forward go 
 
 Shows us how the Avay to know. 
 
 9. Blessed be the Lord God, the 
 God of Israel, who only doeth won- 
 drous things. And blessed be his glo- 
 rious name for ever ; and let the whole 
 earth be tilled with his glory. Amen, 
 and Amen. Psalm 72 : 18, 19. 
 
 Great God, whose universal sway 
 
 The known and unknown worlds obey, 
 
 Now give the kingdom to thy Son, 
 Extend his power, exalt his throne. 
 
 10, Jesus said unto them, Verily, 
 verily, I say unto you, before Abra- 
 ham was, I am. John 8 : 58. 
 
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 Ere the blue heavens were stretched abroad, 
 From everlastmg was the Word ; 
 
 With God he was ; the Word was God, 
 And must divinely be adored. 
 
 11. For the Lord God is a sun, and 
 shield ; the Lord will give grace and 
 glory ; no good thing will he withhold 
 from them that walk uprightly. Psalm 
 84:11. 
 
 Lord of hosts, thou God of grace, 
 How blest, divinely blest, is he 
 
 Who trusts thy love, and seeks thy face, 
 And fixes all his hopes on thee. 
 
 12. I am the good shepherd; the 
 good shepherd giveth his life for the 
 sheep. John 10 : 11. 
 
 He saw me plunged in deep distress. 
 
 And flew to my relief; 
 For me he bore the shameful cross, 
 
 And carried all my grief. 
 
 13. Grod is greatly to be feared in 
 the assembly of the saints, and to be 
 
76 COMPASS AND CHAET. 
 
 had in reverence of all them that are 
 about him. Lord God of hosts, who 
 is a strong Lord like unto thee? or 
 to thy faithfulness round about thee? 
 Thou rulest the raging of the sea: 
 when the waves thereof arise, thou 
 stillest them. Psalm 89 : 7, 8, 9. 
 
 Thy words the ragmg winds control, 
 And rule the boisterous deep : 
 
 Thou mak'st the sleeping billows roll, 
 The rolling billows sleep. 
 
 14. If any man serve me, let him 
 follow me; and where I am, there shall 
 also my servant be : if any man serve 
 me, him will my Father honor. John 
 12:26. 
 
 Forth in thy name, Lord, I go, 
 
 My daily labor to pursue ; 
 Thee, only thee, resolved to know, 
 In all I think, or speak, or do. 
 
 15. Thou turnest man to destruc- 
 tion ; and sayest, Return, ye children 
 
COMPASS AND CHART. 77 
 
 of men. For a thousand years in thy 
 sight are but as yesterday when it is 
 past, and as a watch in the night. 
 Psalm 90 : 3, 4. 
 
 Our moments fly apace, 
 Nor will our minutes stay ; 
 Just like a flood our hasty days 
 Are sweeping us away. 
 
 Well, if our days must fly, 
 
 We '11 keep their end in sight ; 
 
 We '11 spend them all in wisdom's way, 
 
 And let them speed their flight. 
 
 16. I am come a light into the world, 
 that whosoever believeth on me should 
 not abide in darkness. John 12:46. 
 
 Light of those whose dreary dwelling 
 Borders on the shades of death. 
 
 Come, and by thy love revealing. 
 Dissipate the clouds beneath. 
 
 The new heaven and earth's Creator, 
 In our deepest darkness rise. 
 
 Scattering all the night of nature, . 
 Pouring eyesight on our eyes. 
 
78 COMPASS AND CHART. 
 
 17. The floods have lifted up, 
 Lord, the floods have lifted up their 
 voice ; the floods lift up their waves. 
 The Lord on high is mightier than the 
 noise of many waters, yea, than the 
 mighty waves of the sea. Psa. 93 : 3, 4. 
 
 Let floods and nations rage, 
 And all their powers engage, 
 
 Let swelling tides assault the sky ; 
 The terrors of thy frown 
 Shall beat their madness down ; 
 
 Thy throne for ever stands on high. 
 
 18. If I then, your Lord and Master, 
 have washed your feet ; ye also ought 
 to wash one another's feet. John 
 13 : 14. 
 
 Make us one in heart and mind, 
 Courteous, pitiful, and kind, 
 Lowly, meek, in thought and word, 
 Wholly like our blessed Lord. 4 
 
 15. Lord, how manifold are thy 
 works ! in wisdom hast thou made them 
 
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 all ; the earth is full of thy riches. So 
 is this great and wide sea, wherein are 
 things creeping innumerable, both small 
 and great beasts. Psa. 104:24, 25. 
 
 Lord, when our raptured thought surveys 
 
 Creation's beauties o'er, 
 All nature joins to teach thy praise, 
 
 And bids our souls adore. 
 
 20. A new commandment I give unto 
 you, that ye love one another; as I 
 have loved you, that ye also love one 
 another. John 13 : 34. 
 
 Blest be the tie that binds 
 Our hearts in Christian love ; 
 
 The fellowship of kindred minds 
 Is like to that above. 
 
 21. They that go down to the sea 
 in ships, that do business in great 
 waters; these see the works of the 
 Lord, and his wonders in the deep. 
 Psalm 107:23, 24. 
 
80 COMPASS AND CHART. 
 
 They that toil upon the deep, 
 And in vessels light and frail 
 
 O'er the mighty waters sweep, 
 With the billow and the gale, 
 
 Mark what wonders God performs. 
 When he speaks, and, unconfined, 
 
 Rush to battle all his storms, 
 In the chariots of the wind. 
 
 22. Jesus saith unto him, I am the 
 way, the truth, and the life; no man 
 Cometh unto the Father, but by me. 
 John 14 :6. 
 
 Voyager on life's troubled sea, • 
 Sailing to eternity. 
 Turn from earthly things away — 
 Vain they are, and brief their stay ; 
 Chaining down to earth the heart. 
 Nothing lasting they impart. 
 Voyager, what are they to thee ? 
 Leave them all, and " follow me." 
 
 23. A good man showeth favor, and 
 lendeth ; he will guide his affairs with 
 discretion. Psalm 112:5. 
 
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 His liberal favors he extends, 
 
 To some he gives, to others lends ; 
 
 A generous pity fills his mind ; 
 Yet what his charity impairs, 
 He saves by prudence in affairs, 
 
 And thus he 's just to all mankind. 
 
 24. That all men should honor the 
 Son, even as they honor the Father. 
 He that honoreth not the Son, honor- 
 eth not the Father which hath sent 
 him. John 5 : 23. 
 
 All power to our great Lord 
 
 Is by the Father given ; 
 By angel hosts adored, 
 
 He reigns supreme in heaven: 
 Join all on earth, rejoice and sing, 
 Glory ascribe to glory's King. 
 
 25. It is better to trust in the Lord 
 than to put confidence in man. It is 
 better to trust in the Lord than to put 
 confidence in princes. PsA. 118:8, 9. 
 
 Trust him, ye saints, in all your ways ; 
 
 Pour out your hearts before his face ; 
 
 6 
 
82 COMPASS AND CHAKT. 
 
 When helpers fail, and foes invade, 
 God is our all-sufficient aid. 
 
 26. Ye are mj friends, if ye do what- 
 soever I command you. John 15 : 14. 
 
 Come, let us be useful, there 's much to be 
 
 done 
 In the vineyard of Jesus, all under the sun ; 
 The work is increasing, the laborers are few. 
 Then let us be watching for something to do ; 
 Dear Saviour, while here, may we work with 
 
 our might. 
 Then serve thee for ever where cometh no 
 
 night. 
 
 27. Thy word is a lamp unto my 
 feet, and a liglit unto my path. PsA. 
 119:105. 
 
 What glory gilds the sacred page ! 
 
 Majestic like the sun. 
 It gives a light to every age, 
 
 It gives, but borrows none. 
 
 28. I have glorified thee on the 
 earth ; I have finished the work which 
 thou gavest me to do. John 17 : 4. 
 
COMPASS AND CHART. 83 
 
 "It is finished!" what pleasure 
 Do these precious words afi"ord ! 
 Heavenly blessings without measure 
 Flow to us from Christ the Lord ; 
 
 "It is finished !" 
 Saints, the dying words record. 
 
 29, Thy word is very pure ; there- 
 fore thy servant loveth it. PsALM 
 119:140. 
 
 I love the sacred book of God ; 
 
 No other can its place supply ; 
 It points me to the saints' abode, 
 
 Where Christ the Saviour reigns on high. 
 
 30. When Jesus therefore had re- 
 ceived the vinegar, he said, It is fin- 
 ished; and he bowed his head and 
 gave up the ghost. John 19 : 30. 
 
 '"Tis finished!" our Immanuel cries, 
 The dreadful work is done : 
 Hence shall his sovereign throne arise ; 
 His kingdom is begun. 
 
84 COMPASS AND CHART. 
 
 JULY. 
 
 1, Great peace have they which 
 love thy law ; and nothing shall offend 
 them. Psalm 119:165. 
 
 Here the Redeemer's welcome voice 
 Spreads heavenly peace around ; • 
 And life and everlasting- joys 
 Attend the blissful sound. 
 
 2. Jesus answered, My kingdom is 
 not of this world : if my kingdom were 
 of this world, then would my servants 
 fight, that I should not be delivered 
 to the Jews ; but now is my kingdom 
 not from hence. John 18 : 36. 
 
 Joy to the earth — the Saviour reigns: 
 
 Let men their songs employ, 
 While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains 
 
 Repeat the sounding joy. 
 He rules the world with truth and grace j 
 
 And makes the nations prove 
 The glories of his righteousness 
 
 And wonders of his love. 
 
COMPASS AND CHAET. 85 
 
 3, Except the Lord build the house, 
 they labor in vain that build it ; ex- 
 cept the Lord keep the city, the watch- 
 man waketli but in vain. Psa. 127 : 1 . 
 
 If God succeed not. all tlie cost 
 
 And pains to build the house are lost : 
 
 If God the city will not keep, 
 
 The watchful guards as well may sleep. 
 
 4. When Jesus therefore saw his 
 mother, and the disciple standing: by 
 whom he loved, he saith unto his moth- 
 er, Woman, behold thy son! Then 
 saith he to the disciple, Behold thy 
 mother! And from that hour that 
 disciple took her unto his own home. 
 John 19:26, 27. 
 
 God is love, and will not leave you, 
 When you most his kindness need ; 
 
 God is true, nor can deceive you, 
 Though your faith be weak indeed. 
 
 5. If thou, Lord, shouldest mark 
 iniquities, Lord, who shall stand? 
 
86 COMPASS AND CHART. 
 
 But tliere is forgiveness with thee, 
 that thou mayest be feared. Psalm 
 130:3,4. 
 
 Shouldst thou severely judge, 
 Who could the trial bear? 
 
 Forgive, Lord, lest we despond 
 And ([uite renounce thy fear. 
 
 Humbly on thee I wait. 
 
 Confessing all my sin ; 
 Lord, 1 am knocking at thy gate, 
 
 Open and let me in. 
 
 6. And Thomas answered and said 
 unto him, My Lord and my God. John 
 20 : 28. 
 
 Oh, could I speak the matchless worth, 
 Oh, could I sound the glories forth. 
 
 Which in my Saviour shine ! 
 I 'd soar and touch the heavenly strings, 
 And vie with Gabriel, while he sings 
 In notes almost divine. 
 
 7. Behold how good and how pleas- 
 ant it is for brethren to dwell together 
 inunity! Psalm 133 :1„ 
 
COMPASS AND CHAET. 81 
 
 How beautiful the sight 
 
 Of brethren who agree, 
 
 In friendship to unite 
 
 And bands of charity ! 
 'Tis like the precious ointment shed 
 O'er all his robes from Aaron's head. 
 
 8. And many other signs truly did 
 Jesus in the presence of his disciples, 
 which are not written in this book: 
 but these are written, that ye might 
 believe that Jesus is the Christ, the 
 Son of God; and that believing ye 
 might have life through his name. 
 JoHxX 20:30, 31. 
 
 Blessings abound where Jesus reigns, 
 The prisoner leaps to lose his chains, 
 The weary find eternal rest, 
 And all the sons of want are blest. 
 
 9. Though the Lord be high, yet 
 hath he respect unto the lowly; but 
 the proud he knoweth afar off. Psa. 
 138:6. 
 
COMPASS AND CHAET. 
 
 And can this mighty King 
 
 Of glory condescend, 
 And will he write his name 
 My Father and my Friend ! 
 I love his name, I love his word ; 
 Join all my powers and praise the Lord. 
 
 10. And they were all filled with 
 tlie Holy Ghost, and began to speak 
 with other tongues, as the Spirit gave 
 them utterance. Acts 2 : 4. 
 Like mighty rushing wind 
 
 Upon the Avaves beneath, 
 Move with one impulse every mind — 
 One soul, one feeling breathe. 
 
 The young, the old inspire 
 
 With wisdom from above. 
 And give us hearts and tongues of fire, 
 
 To pray, and praise, and love. 
 
 11. The Lord is good to all; and 
 his tender mercies are over all his 
 works. All thy works shall praise 
 thee, Lord ; and thy saints shall 
 bless thee. Psalm 145 : 9, 10. 
 
COMPASS AND CHART. 89 
 
 Father, I want a thankful heart, 
 
 I want to taste how good thou art; 
 
 To plunge me in thy mercy's sea. 
 
 And comprehend thy love to me ; 
 
 The length and breadth and depth and height 
 
 Of love divinely infinite. 
 
 12. Therefore let all the house of 
 Israel know assuredly, that God hath 
 made that same Jesus, whom ye have 
 crucified, both Lord and Christ. Acts 
 2:36. 
 
 Jesua the Lord ascends on high ; 
 
 He reigns in glory o'er the sky ; 
 Let all the earth its offerings bring. 
 
 Exalt his name, proclaim him King. 
 
 13. The Lord is nigh unto all them 
 that call upon him, to all that call upon 
 him in truth. Psalm 145 : 18. 
 
 Prayer makes the darkened cloud withdraw, 
 Prayer climbs the ladder Jacob saw, 
 (jrives exercise to faith and love, 
 Brings every blessing from above. 
 
 14. Then Peter said, Sih^er and 
 
90 COMPASS AND CHART. 
 
 gold have I none ; but such as I have 
 give I thee : in the name of Jesus 
 Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk. 
 Acts 3 : 6. 
 
 Where he displaj-s his healing power, 
 Death aud the curse are known no more ; 
 In him the tribes of Adam boast 
 More blessings than their father lost. 
 
 15. Let every thing that hath breath 
 praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord. 
 Psalm 150:6. 
 
 Him, in v/hom they move and live, 
 
 Let every creature sing ; 
 Glory to our Saviour give, 
 
 And homage to our King ; 
 
 Hallowed be his name beneath, 
 As in heaven, on earth adored: 
 
 Praise the Lord in every breath ; 
 Let all things praise the Lord. 
 
 16. Be it known unto you all, and 
 to all the people of Israel, that by the 
 name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, 
 whom ye crucified, whom God raised 
 
COMPASS AND CHART. 91 
 
 from the dead, even by him doth this 
 man stand here before you whole. Nei- 
 ther is there salvation in any other ; for 
 there is none other name under heaven 
 given among men, whereby we must 
 be saved. Acts 4 : 10, 12. 
 
 Salvation to God who sits on the throne, 
 Let all cry aloud, and honor the Son : 
 Our Jesus' praises the angels proclaim, 
 Fall down on their faces, and worship the 
 Lamb. 
 
 Then let us adore, and give him his right, 
 All glory and jDower, all wisdom and might. 
 All honor and blessing, with angels above, 
 And thanks never ceasing, and infinite love. 
 
 17. Withhold not good from them 
 to whom it is due, when it is in the 
 power of thy hand to do it. Prov. 
 3:27. 
 
 Teach us, Oh Lord, to keep in view 
 Thy pattern, and thy steps pursue ; 
 Let alms bestowed, let kindness done, 
 Be Avitnessed by each rolling sun. 
 
92 COMPASS AND CHAKT. 
 
 18. But Peter said, Ananias, why 
 hath Satan filled thy heart to lie to 
 the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part 
 of the price of the land? Acts 5:3. 
 
 Oh keep me in thy heavenly way, 
 And bid the tempter flee ; 
 
 And never, never let me stray 
 From happiness and thee. 
 
 19. Go to the ant, thou sluggard ; 
 consider her ways, and be wise : which 
 having no guide, overseer, or ruler, 
 provideth her meat in the summer, 
 and gather eth her food in the harvest. 
 Peov. 6:6, 7, 8. 
 
 Haste, sinner, to be wise, 
 iStay not for the morrow's sun ; 
 
 Wisdom warns thee, from the skies. 
 All the paths of death to shun. 
 
 20. Howbeit the Most High dwell- 
 eth not in temples made with hands; 
 as saith the prophet. Heaven is my 
 throne, and earth is my footstool: 
 
COMPASS AND CHART. 93 
 
 what house will ye build me? saith 
 the Lord ; or what is the place of my 
 rest? Hath not my hand made all 
 these things? Acts 7 r48, 49, 50. 
 
 Enthroned amidst the radiant spheres, 
 
 He glory Hke a garment v/ears ; 
 
 To form a robe of light divine, 
 
 Ten thousand suns around him shine. 
 
 In all our Maker's grand designs 
 
 Omnipotence with wisdom shines ; 
 
 His works, through all his wondrous frame, 
 
 Bear the great impress of his name. 
 
 21 . The fear of the Lord is the be- 
 ginning of wisdom ; and the knowledge 
 of the Holy is understanding. Prov. 
 9:10. 
 
 Lord, thy commands are clean and pure,. 
 
 Enlightening our beclouded eyes ; 
 Thy threatenings just, thy promise sure, 
 Thy Gospel makes the simple wise. 
 
 22. And he kneeled down and cried 
 with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this 
 sin to their charge. And when he 
 
94 COMPASS AND CHAET. 
 
 had said this, he fell asleep. Acts 
 7:60. 
 
 Prayer is the Christian's vital breath, 
 
 The Christian's native air ; 
 His watchword at the gates of death, 
 
 He enters heaven with prayer. 
 
 23. The memory of the just is bless- 
 ed ; but the name of the wicked shall 
 rot. Prov. 10 : 7. 
 
 But mark the man of holy fear, 
 How blest is his decease ; 
 
 He spends his days in duty here, 
 And leaves the world in peace. 
 
 24, Then Philip went down to the 
 city of Samaria and preached Christ 
 unto them. And there was great joy 
 in that city. Acts 8:5, 8. 
 
 When shall the v(9ice of singing 
 
 Flow joyfully along, 
 When hill and valley ringing 
 
 With one triumphant song, 
 
COMPASS AND CHART. 95 
 
 Proclaim the contest ended, 
 And Him who once was slain, 
 
 Again to earth descended, 
 In righteousness to reign ? 
 
 25. Hatred stirreth up strifes; but 
 love covereth all sins. Prov. 10 :12. 
 
 Blest are the men of peaceful life, 
 "Who quench the coals of growing strife ; 
 They shall be called the heirs of bliss, 
 The sons of God, the sons of peace. 
 
 26. And he trembling and astonish- 
 ed, said, Lord what wilt thou have me 
 to do? Acts 9: 6. 
 
 Thy followers, Lord, are few, 
 I scan the opposing host, 
 
 And fearful ask — What shall I do ? 
 How can I guard my post? 
 
 Upward I look ; my soul, rejoice ; 
 
 I see, or seem to see, 
 A smiling look, and hear a voice, 
 
 " Mv chosen, follow me." 
 
 27. The fear of the Lord prolongeth 
 
96 COMPASS AND CHART. 
 
 days ; but the years of the wicked shall 
 be shortened. Prov. 10:27. 
 
 happy man whose soul is filled 
 
 With zeal and reverend awe I 
 His lips to God their honor yield, 
 His life adorns the law. 
 
 A careful providence. shall stand, 
 And ever guard thy head ; 
 
 Shall on the labors of thy hand 
 Its kindly blessings shed. 
 
 28. And as Peter was coming in, 
 Cornelius met him, and fell down at 
 his feet, and worshipped him. But 
 Peter took him up, saying, Stand up ; 
 I myself also am a man. Acts 10 :25, 
 26. 
 
 my soul, what means this sadness ? 
 
 Wherefore art thou thus cast down? 
 Let thy grief be turned to gladness. 
 
 Bid thy restless fears be gone ; 
 Look to Jesus, 
 
 And rejoice in his dear name. 
 
 29. The liberal soul shall be made 
 
COMPASS AND CHART. 97 
 
 fat; and he that watereth shall be 
 watered also himself. Prov. 11 : 25. 
 
 Blest are the men whose hearts do move 
 And melt with sympathy and love ; 
 From Christ the Lord shall they obtain 
 Like sympathy and love again. 
 
 30. Then Peter opened his mouth, 
 and said, Of a truth I perceive that 
 God is no respecter of persons; but 
 in every nation, he that feareth him 
 and worketh righteousness, is accepted 
 with him. Acts 10:34, 35. 
 
 Now be the gospel banner 
 
 In every land unfurled, 
 And be the shout Hosanna 
 
 Reechoed through the world: 
 
 Till every isle and nation, 
 Till every tribe and tongue, 
 
 Receive the great salvation, 
 And join the happy throng. 
 
 31 . A righteous man regardeth the 
 life of his beast ; but the tender raer- 
 
98 COMPASS AND CHAKT. 
 
 cies of the wicked are cruel. Prov. 
 12:10. 
 
 "God is love," and never can 
 Bless or love a cruel man ; 
 Mercy rules in every breast, 
 Where the Spirit deigns to rest ; 
 
 We ourselves to mercy owe 
 Our escape from endless woe, 
 And the merciless in mind 
 Shall themselves no mercy find. 
 
COMPASS AND CHART. 99 
 
 AUGUST. 
 
 1 , And he commanded us to preach 
 unto the people, and to testify that it 
 is he which was ordained of God to be 
 the Judge of quick and dead. Acts 
 10:42. 
 
 Every island, sea, and mountain. 
 Heaven and earth shall flee away ; 
 All who hate him must, confounded, 
 Hear the trump proclaim the day ; 
 
 " Come to judgment ! 
 Come to judgment, come away." 
 
 2. Lying lips are abomination to 
 the Lord ; but they that deal truly are 
 lus delight. Prov. 12:22. 
 
 So let our lips and lives express 
 The holy Gospel we profess ; 
 So let our works and virtues shine, 
 To prove the doctrine all divine. 
 
100 COMPASS AND CHART. x 
 
 3. Peter therefore was kept in pris- 
 on ; but prayer was made without ceas- 
 ing of the church unto God for him. 
 Acts 12 : 5. 
 
 Wrestling prayer can wonders do ; 
 
 Bring reHef in deepest straits : 
 Prayer can force a passage through 
 
 Iron bars and brazen gates. 
 
 4. He that is soon angry dealeth 
 foolishly; and a man of wicked de- 
 vices is hated. Prov. 14:17. 
 
 Our flesh and sense must be denied, 
 Passion and envy, lust and pride ; 
 
 While justice, temperance, truth, and love, 
 Our inward piety approve. 
 
 5. The angel of the Lord smote 
 him, because he gave not God the 
 glory ; and he was eaten of worms, and 
 gave up the ghost. Acts 12 : 23. 
 
 Lord, what a thoughtless wretch was I, 
 To mourn and murmur and repine, 
 
 To see the wicked, placed on high. 
 In pride and robes of honor shine. 
 
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 But Oh, their end, their dreadful end ! 
 
 Thy sanctuary taught me so ; 
 On slippery rocks I see them stand, 
 
 And fiery billows roll below. 
 
 6. A soft answer turneth away 
 wrath; but grievous words stir up 
 anger. Pro v. 15:1. 
 
 Angry words, Oh let them never 
 From the tongue forbidden slip ; 
 
 May the heart's best impulse ever 
 Check them ere they soil the lip. 
 
 7. And the next Sabbath-day came 
 almost the whole city together to hear 
 the word of God. Acts 13 : 44. 
 
 Let every mortal ear attend, 
 And every heart rejoice : 
 
 The trumpet of the gospel sounds 
 With an inviting voice. 
 
 8. Better is a dinner of herbs where 
 love is, than a stalled ox and hatred 
 therewith. Prov. 15 : 17. 
 
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 Our souls by love together knit, 
 
 Cemented, mixed in one : 
 One hope, one heart, one mind, one voice; 
 
 'Tis heaven on earth begun. 
 
 9. Known unto G-od are all his 
 works from the beginning of the world. 
 Acts 15 ; 18. 
 
 Great God, how infinite art thou ; 
 
 What worthless worms are we ! 
 Let the whole race of creatures bow, 
 
 And pay their praise to thee. 
 
 Eternity with all its years 
 Stands present in thy view : 
 
 To thee, there 's nothing old appears ; 
 Great God, there 's nothing new. 
 
 10. A wise son maketh a glad fa- 
 ther ; but a foolish man despiseth his 
 mother. Peov. 15:20. 
 
 Of all the names to memory dear. 
 
 One name alone to me is dearest ; 
 Though many to my heart are near, 
 
 Yet this shall ever be the nearest ; 
 
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 For on my heart's most sacred place 
 'Tis deeper graved than any other ; 
 
 Nor aught from thence shall e'er erase 
 The loved, the honored name of mother. 
 
 11. And at midnight Paul and Silas 
 prayed, and sang praises unto God ; 
 and the prisoners heard them. Acts 
 16:25. 
 
 Blessed be thy name for ever, 
 Thou of life the guard and giver ; 
 Thou canst guard the creature sleeping, 
 Heal the heart long broke with weeping : 
 
 God of stillness and of motion, 
 Of the desert and the ocean, 
 Of the mountain, rock, and river. 
 Blessed be thy name for ever.* 
 
 12. Pride goeth before destruction, 
 and a haughty spirit before a fall. 
 Prov. 16:18. 
 
 Is there ambition in my heart ? 
 
 Search, gracious God, and see ; 
 Or do I act a haughty part ? 
 Lord, I appeal to thee. 
 
104 COMPASS AND CHART. 
 
 I charge my thoughts be humble still, 
 And all my carriage mild ; 
 
 Content, my Father, with thy will, 
 And quiet as a child. 
 
 13. And [the jailor] brought them 
 out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to 
 be saved? Aiid they said, Believe on 
 the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt 
 be saved, and thy house. Acts 16 : 30, 
 31. 
 
 Hear, Oh sinner, mercy hails you ; 
 
 Now with sweetest voice she calls ; 
 Bids you haste to seek the Saviour, 
 Ere the hand of justice falls : 
 
 Trust in Jesus, 
 'Tis the voice of mercy calls. 
 
 14. Pleasant words are as a honey- 
 comb, sweet to the soul, and health to 
 the bones. Pro v. 16:24. 
 
 A little word in kindness spoken, 
 
 A motion, or a tear. 
 Has often healed the heart that 's broken, 
 
 And made a friend sincere. 
 
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 Then deem it not an idle thing 
 
 A pleasant word to speak ; 
 The face you wear, the thoughts you bring, 
 
 A heart may heal or break. 
 
 15. Grod that made the world and 
 all things therein, seeing that he is 
 Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth 
 not in temples made with hands; nei- 
 ther is worshipped with men's hands, 
 as though he needed any thing, seeing 
 he giveth to all life, and breath, and 
 all things. Acts 17 :24, 25. 
 
 He framed the globe, he built the sky, 
 He made the shining worlds on high, 
 
 And reigns complete in glory there ; 
 His beams are majesty and light; 
 His beauties how divinely bright ! 
 
 His temple how divinely fair I 
 
 16. A man that hath friends must 
 show himself friendly; and there is 
 a friend that sticketh closer than a 
 brother. Pro v. 18 : 24. 
 
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 One there is, above all others, 
 
 Well deserves the name of Friend ; 
 
 His is love beyond a brother's, 
 Costly, fi'ee, and knows no end: 
 
 They who once his kindness prove, 
 
 Find it everlastino- love. 
 
 17. And herein do I exercise my- 
 self, to have always a conscience void 
 of offence toward God, and toward 
 men. Acts 24:16. 
 Sweet peace of conscience, heavenly guest. 
 
 Come, fix thy mansion in my breast ; 
 Dispel my doubts, my fears control, 
 And heal the anguish of my souL 
 
 18. Seest thou a man diligent in his 
 business? he shall stand before kings; 
 he shall not stand before mean men. 
 Prov. 22:29. 
 
 The laborer, the laborer, 
 God's nobleman is he. 
 His works are graven in the soil, 
 
 They float on every sea ; 
 The keystone in the social arch, 
 Utility his crest j 
 
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 His days are spent in manly toil, 
 His nights yield balmy rest. 
 
 19. Why should it be thought a 
 thing incredible with you, that God 
 should raise the dead ? Acts 26 : 8. 
 
 At his call the dead awaken, 
 Rise to life from earth and sea ; 
 
 All the powers of nature shaken 
 By his looks, prepare to flee : 
 
 Careless sinner, 
 What will then become of thee ? 
 
 20. Be not among wine-bibbers; 
 among riotous eaters of flesh ; for the 
 drunkard and the glutton shall come 
 to poverty ; and drowsiness shall clothe 
 a man with rags. Pro v. 23 :20, 21. 
 
 The drunkard feels his vitals waste, 
 Yet drowns his health to please his taste ; 
 TiU all his active powers are lost, 
 And fainting life draws near the dust. 
 
 21. For the wrath of God is re- 
 vealed from heaven against all un- 
 
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 godliness and unrighteousness of men, 
 who hold the truth in unrighteousness. 
 Rom. 1:18. 
 
 The day of wrath, that dreadful day, 
 When heaven and earth shall pass away! 
 What power shall be the sinner's stay? 
 How shall he meet that dreadful day ? 
 
 22. A word fitly spoken is like 
 apples of gold in pictures of silver. 
 Prov. 25:11. 
 
 Thus I resolve before the Lord, 
 " Now will I watch my tongue, 
 
 Lest I let slip one sinful word, 
 Or do my neighbor wrong." 
 
 23. For all have sinned, and come 
 short of the glory of God. Romans 
 3:23. 
 
 To vindicate my words and thoughts, 
 1 11 make no more pretence ; 
 
 Not one of all my thousand faults 
 Can bear a just defence. 
 
 24. If thine enemy be hungry, give 
 
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 him bread to eat ; and if he be thirsty, 
 give him water to drink; for thou 
 shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, 
 and the Lord shall reward thee. Prov. 
 25:21, 22. 
 
 Tender and kind be all our thoughts, 
 Through all our lives let mercy run ; 
 
 So God forgives our numerous faults 
 For the dear sake of Christ his Son. 
 
 25. For the wages of sin is death ; 
 but the gift of God is eternal life, 
 through Jesus Christ our Lord. Rom. 
 6:23. 
 
 Now to the power of God supreme 
 Be everlasting honors given ; 
 
 He saves from hell — we bless his name ; 
 He calls our wandering feet to heaven. 
 
 26. Boast not thyself of to-morrow ; 
 for thou knowest not what a day may 
 bring forth. Prov. 27 :1. 
 
 I know not what may soon betide, 
 But Jesus knows and he '11 provide ; 
 
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 My life is by his counsel planned, 
 And all my times are in his hand ; 
 I '11 therefore trust, nor yield to fear, 
 But cast on Jesus all my care. 
 
 27. For there is no difference be- 
 tween the Jew and the Greek ; for the 
 same Lord over all is rich unto all 
 that call upon him. For whosoever 
 shall call upon the name of the Lord 
 shall be saved. Rom. 10:12, 13. 
 
 With broken heart and contrite sigh, 
 A trembling sinner. Lord, I cry : 
 Thy pardoning grace is rich and free, 
 God, be merciful to me. 
 
 28. Let another man praise thee, 
 and not thine own mouth ; a stranger, 
 and not thine own lips. Prov. 27 :2. 
 
 The bird that soars on highest wing. 
 Builds on the ground her lowly nest ; 
 
 And she that doth most sweetly sing, 
 Sings in the shade when all things rest: 
 
 In lark and nightingale we see 
 
 What honor hath humility. 
 
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 29. the depth of the riches both 
 of the wisdom and knowledge of God ! 
 how unsearchable are his judgments, 
 and his ways past finding out. Rom. 
 11:33. 
 
 Deep in unfathomable mines 
 
 Of never failing skill 
 He treasures up his bright designs, 
 
 And works his sovereign will. 
 
 30. The wicked flee when no man 
 pursueth ; but the righteous are bold 
 as a lion. Prov. 28:1. 
 
 Sure I must fight, if I would reign ; 
 
 Increase my courage, Lord ; 
 I '11 bear the toil, endure the pain, 
 
 Supported by thy word. 
 
 31. If it be possible, as much as 
 lieth in you, live peaceably with all 
 men. Rom. 12:18. 
 
 Blest are the meek, who stand afar 
 From rage and passion, noise and war ; 
 
 God will secure their happy state. 
 And plead their cause against the great. 
 
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 SEPTEMBER. 
 
 1. He, that being often reproved, 
 hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be 
 destroyed, and that without remedy. 
 Prov. 29:1. 
 
 Stop, poor sinner, stop and think, 
 
 Before you further go ; 
 AVill you sport upon the brink 
 
 Of everlasting woe ? 
 
 On the verge of ruin stop, 
 
 Now the friendly warning take ; 
 
 Stay your footsteps, ere you drop 
 Into the burning lake. 
 
 2. Be not overcome of evil, but 
 overcome evil with good. Romans 
 12:21. 
 
 He loves his enemies, and prays 
 For those who curse him to his face ; 
 And does to all men still the same 
 That he would hope or wish from them. 
 
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 3. Seest thou a man that is hasty 
 in his words? there is more hope of a 
 fool than of him. Prov. 29 : 20. 
 
 The tongue, that most unruly power, 
 Requires a strong restraint ; 
 
 We must be watchful every hour, 
 And pray, but never faint . 
 
 4. Owe no man any thing, but to love 
 one another ; for he that loveth another 
 hath fulfilled the law. Rom. 13 : 8. 
 
 Let those who bear the Christian name 
 
 Their holy vows fulfil ; 
 The saints, the followers of the Lamb, 
 
 Are men of honor still ; 
 Their Saviour's precepts they obey, 
 And wait in peace the Judgment-day. 
 
 5. Favor is deceitful, and beauty is 
 vain; but a woman that feareth the 
 Lord, she shall be praised. Proverbs 
 31 :30. 
 
 Thrice happy souls, who, born of heaven, 
 While yet they sojourn here. 
 
 Humbly begin their days with God, 
 And spend them in his fear. 
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114 COMPASS AND CHART. 
 
 6. Love worketh no ill to his neigh- 
 bor ; therefore love is the fulfilling of 
 the law. KoM. 13 : 10. 
 
 'Tis love that makes our cheerful feet 
 
 In swift obedience move : 
 The devils know, and tremble too ; 
 
 But Satan cannot love. 
 
 7. There is not a just man upon 
 earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not. 
 EccL. 7:20. 
 
 Yet, mighty God, thy wondrous love 
 Can make our nature clean ; 
 
 While Christ, and grace prevail above 
 The tempter, death, and sin. 
 
 8. For it is written, As I live, saith 
 the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, 
 and every tongue shall confess to God. 
 So then every one of us shall give 
 account of himself to God. Romans 
 14:11,12. 
 
 He comes, he comes to call 
 The nations to his bar ; 
 
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 And take to glory all 
 Who meet for glory are : 
 Make ready for your full reward ; 
 Go forth with joy to meet your Lord. 
 
 9. Whatsoever thy hand findeth to 
 do, do it with thy might ; for there is 
 no work, nor device, nor knowledge, 
 nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou 
 goest. EccL. 9 : 10. 
 
 Then what my thoughts design to do, 
 My hands, with all your might pursue ; 
 Since no device nor work is found, 
 Nor faith, nor hope, beneath the ground. 
 
 10. But as it is written. Eye hath 
 not seen, nor ear heard, neither have 
 entered into the heart of man, the 
 things which God hath prepared for 
 them that love him. 1 Cor. 2:9. 
 
 Nor eye hath seen, nor ear hath heard, 
 Nor sense nor reason known. 
 
 What joys the Father hath prepared 
 For those that love the Son. 
 
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 But the good Spirit of the Lord 
 Reveals a heaven to come ; 
 
 The beams of glory in his word 
 Allure and guide us home. 
 
 11. Remember now thy Creator in 
 the days of thy youth, while the evil 
 days come not, nor the years draw 
 nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no 
 pleasure in them. Eccl. 12:1. 
 
 Now in the heat of youthful blood 
 Remember your Creator God ; 
 Behold, the months come hastening on, 
 When you shall say, "My joys are gone !" 
 
 Eternal King, I fear thy name ; 
 Teach me to know how frail I am ; 
 And when my soul must hence remove, 
 Give me a mansion in thy love. 
 
 12. For other foundation can no 
 man lay than that is laid, which is 
 Jesus Christ. 1 Cor. 3 : 2. 
 
 I live by faith in Christ: my hope, 
 It bears my feeble spirit up ; 
 An anchor firmly fixed in him, 
 And purifying from all sin : 
 
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 While through his grace and guardian love 
 I hope to reach the realms above. 
 
 13. Then shall the dust return to 
 the earth as it was; and the spirit 
 shall return unto God who gave it. 
 ECCL. 12:7. 
 
 And must this body die, 
 This mortal frame decay? 
 
 And must these active limbs of mine 
 Lie mouldering in the clay? 
 
 14. And every man that striveth 
 for the mastery is temperate in all 
 things. Now they do it to obtain a 
 corruptible crown; but we an incor- 
 ruptible. 1 Cor. 9:25. 
 
 My soul lies cleaving to the dust ; 
 
 Lord, give me life divine : 
 From vain desires and every lust 
 Turn off these eyes of mine. 
 
 15. Let us hear the con,clusion of 
 the whole matter : Fear God, and keep 
 his commandments ; for this is the 
 
118 COMPASS AND CHAKT. 
 
 whole duty of man. For God shall 
 bring every work into judgment, with 
 every secret thing, whether it be good, 
 or whether it be evil. Eccl. 12:13, 
 14. 
 Oh may these thoughts possess my breast, 
 Where'er I rove, where'er I rest ; 
 Nor let my weaker passions dare 
 Consent to sin, for God is there. 
 
 16. Whatsoever is sold in the sham- 
 bles, that eat, asking no questions for 
 conscience' sake; for the earth is the 
 Lord's, and the fulness thereof. 1 Cor. 
 10:25, 26. 
 
 I sing the goodness of the Lord, 
 That filled the earth with food ; 
 
 He formed the creatures with his word, 
 And then pronounced them good. 
 
 17. Come now, and let us reason 
 together, said the Lord : though your 
 sins be as scarlet, they shall be as 
 white as snow; though they be red 
 
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 like crimson, they shall be as wool. 
 IsA. 1:18. 
 
 Lord, I fall before thy face ; 
 My only refuge is thy grace ; 
 No bleedmg beast, nor flood, nor sea. 
 Can wash the dismal stain away. 
 
 18. Whether therefore ye eat, or 
 drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to 
 the glory of God. 1 Cor. 10 :31. 
 
 Let thy love my heart inflame ; 
 
 Keep thy fear before my sight ; 
 Be thy praise my highest aim ; 
 
 Be thy smile my chief delight. 
 
 19. Woe unto them that rise up 
 early in the morning, that they may 
 follow strong drink; that continue 
 until night, till wine inflame them. 
 IsA. 5:11. 
 
 Water is best for the man of health, 
 'T will keep his strength secure ; 
 
 Water is best for the man of wealth, 
 'T will keep his riches sure. 
 
120 COMPASS AND CHART. 
 
 Water, pure water 's the drink for man, 
 Its fountains are full and free ; 
 
 Others may drink " fire waters " who can. 
 Pure water 's the nectar for me. 
 
 20. Though I speak with the tongues 
 of men and of angels, and have not 
 charit}^ I am become as sounding 
 brass, or a tinkling cymbal. 1 CoR. 
 13:1. 
 
 Had I the tongues of Greeks and Jews, 
 And nobler speech than angels use, 
 If love be absent, I am found 
 Like tinkling brass, an empty sound. 
 
 If love to God and love to men 
 Be absent, all my hopes are vain ; 
 Nor tongues, nor gifts, nor fiery zeal 
 The work of lov e can e'er fulfil. 
 
 21. They shall not hurt nor destroy 
 in all my holy mountain; for the earth 
 shall be full of the knowledge of the 
 Lord, as the waters cover the sea. 
 ISA. 11:9. 
 
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 Behold, the mountain of the Lord 
 
 In latter days shall rise 
 Above the mountains and the hills, 
 
 And draw the wondering eyes. 
 
 No longer hosts encountering hosts 
 
 Their millions slain deplore ; 
 Their spears to pruning hooks they turn, 
 
 And study war no more. 
 
 22. And now abideth faith, hope, 
 charity, these three; but the greatest 
 of these is charity. 1 Cor. 13:13. 
 
 This is the grace that lives and sings 
 When faith and hope shall cease : 
 
 'T is this shall strike our joyful strings 
 In the sweet realms of bliss. 
 
 23. For precept must be upon pre- 
 cept, precept upon precept; line upon 
 line, line upon line ; here a little, and 
 there a little. Isa. 28:10. 
 
 Hath the invitation ended ? 
 
 Is the voice of mercy dumb ? 
 Still the message is extended ; 
 
 Still the cry is, " Freely come ! " 
 
122 COMPASS AND CHART. 
 
 24. Let all things be clone decently 
 and in order. 1 Cor. 14:40. 
 
 Great source of order, Maker wise, 
 Whose throne is high above the skies, 
 We praise thy name, thj laws ordain 
 That order shall on earth obtain. 
 
 25. But the liberal deviseth liberal 
 things ; and by liberal things shall he 
 stand. IsA. 32:8. 
 
 With pity let my breast o'erflow, 
 When I behold a brother's woe ; 
 And bear a sympathizing part. 
 Whene'er I meet a woimded heart. 
 
 26. Be not deceived ; evil communi- 
 cations corrupt good manners. 1 Cor. 
 15:33. 
 
 K aught should tempt my soul to stray 
 From heavenly wisdom's narrow way ; 
 To flee the good I would pursue, 
 Or do the ill I would not do ; 
 Still He who felt temptation's power, 
 Shall guard me in that dangerous hour. 
 
 27. The sinners in Zion.are afraid; 
 
COMPASS AND CHART. 123 
 
 fearfulness hath surprised the hypo- 
 crites. Who among us shall dwell 
 with the devouring fire? who among 
 us shall dwell with everlasting burn- 
 ings? IsA. 33:14. 
 
 Oh God, my inmost soul convert, 
 And deeply on my thoughtless heart 
 
 Eternal thmgs impress ; 
 Give me to feel their solemn weight, 
 And save me ere it be too late: 
 Wake me to righteousness. 
 
 28. While we look not at the things 
 which are seen, but at the things which 
 are not seen ; for the things which are 
 seen are temporal ; but the things which 
 are not seen are eternal. 2 Cor. 4 : 18. 
 We walk by faith of joys to come ; 
 
 Faith lives upon his word ; 
 But while the body is our home. 
 We 're absent from the Lord. 
 
 29. Strengthen ye the weak hands, 
 and confirm the feeble knees. Say to 
 them that are of a fearful heart. Be 
 
124 COMPASS AND CHAKT. 
 
 strong, fear not : behold, your God 
 will come with vengeance, even God 
 with a recompense ; he will come and 
 save you. Isa. 35 : 3, 4. 
 
 When on the foammg sea of life 
 
 Th}^ fragile bark is driven, 
 When pealing thunders round thee roll, 
 
 And lightnings rend the heaven, 
 Oh may'st thou see the Saviour's form 
 
 And to his bosom fly, 
 Hearing above the storm his voice. 
 
 " Fear not ; for it is L" 
 
 30. For ye know the grace of our 
 Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he 
 was rich, yet for your sakes he became 
 poor, that ye through his poverty 
 might be rich. 2 Cor. 8:9. 
 
 Welcome all by sin oppressed, 
 Welcome to his sacred rest: 
 Nothing brought him from above, 
 Nothing but redeeming love. 
 Hither then your music bring ; 
 Strike aloud each joyful string: 
 Mortals, join the hosts above. 
 Join to praise redeeming'love. 
 
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 OCTOBER. 
 
 1, Who hath measured the waters 
 in the hollow of his hand, and meted 
 out heaven with the span, and com- 
 prehended the dust of the earth in a 
 measure, and weighed the mountains 
 in scales and the hills in a balance? 
 Who hath directed the Spirit of the 
 Lord, or being his counsellor hath 
 taught him? Isa. 40 : 12, 13. 
 
 Sing to the Lord, who built the skies, 
 The Lord, who reared this stately frame ; 
 
 Let all the nations sound his praise. 
 And lands unknown repeat his name. 
 
 2. But it is good to be zealously 
 affected always in a good thing, and 
 not only when I am present with you. 
 Gal. 4:18. 
 
126 COMPASS AND CHART. 
 
 Awake, my soul, stretch every nerve, 
 And i^ress with vigor on ; 
 
 A heavenly race demands thy zeal, 
 And an immortal crown 
 
 3, Sing unto the Lord a new song, 
 and his praise from the end of the 
 earth, ye that go down to the sea, and 
 all that is therein ; the isles, and the 
 inhabitants thereof. Isa. 42:10. 
 Beautiful ocean, glorious and great ; 
 Beautiful billows, rolling in state ; 
 Beautiful crests and beautiful sprays ; 
 Beautiful sounds from old ocean's bays : 
 But these shall wax old, all these shall decay ; 
 These suns and these stars shall all pass away ; 
 But man is immortal, the soul never dies ; 
 For a permanent home it pants and it sighs. 
 
 4. For all the law is fulfilled in one 
 word, even in this, Thou shalt love thy 
 neighbor as thyself. Gal. 5:14. 
 
 Let love in one delightful stream 
 Through every bosom flow ; 
 
 And union sweet and dear esteem 
 In every action glow. 
 
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 5. That thej may know from the 
 rising of the sun, and from the west, 
 that there is none besides me : I am the 
 Lord, and there is none else. Isaiah 
 45:6. 
 
 The beams that shine from Zion's hill 
 
 Shall lighten every land ; 
 The King who reigns in Salem's towers 
 
 Shall all the world command. 
 
 6, And let us not be weary in well- 
 doing ; for in due season we shall reap, 
 if we faint not. As we have therefore 
 opportunity, let us do good unto all 
 men, especially unto them who are of 
 the household of faith. Gal. 6 : 9, 10. 
 
 Yes, there 's a joy in doing good 
 
 The selfish never know ; 
 A draught so deep, so rich and pure, 
 
 It sets the heart aglow ; 
 
 A draught so exquisitely rare 
 It thrills the soul with bliss, 
 
 And lifts it to a heavenlier world, 
 Or makes a heaven of this. 
 
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 7. that thou hadst hearkened to 
 my commandments! then had thy peace 
 been as a river, and thy righteousness 
 as the waves of the sea. Isa. 48 :18. 
 
 That warning voice, Oh, sinner, hear, 
 Whose accents linger on thine ear. 
 
 Thy footsteps now retrace ; 
 Renounce thy sins, and be forgiven, 
 Beheve, become an heir of heaven. 
 
 And sing redeeming grace. 
 
 8. Wherefore putting avray lying, 
 speak every man truth with his neigh- 
 bor; for we are members one of an- 
 other. Bph. 4:25. 
 
 He never did a slander forge. 
 
 His neighbor's fame to wound. 
 Nor hearken to a false report 
 
 By malice whispered round. 
 He to his plighted words and trust 
 
 Has ever firmly stood ; 
 And though he promise to his loss, 
 
 He makes his promise good. 
 
 9. There is no peace, saith the Lord, 
 unto the wicked. Isa. 48:22. 
 
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 Let sinners take their course, 
 And clioose the road to death ; 
 
 But in the worship of my God 
 I '11 spend my daily breath. 
 
 10. Let no corrupt communication 
 proceed out of your mouth, but that 
 which is good to the use of edifying, 
 that it may minister grace unto the 
 bearers. Eph. 4 : 29. 
 
 If you your lips 
 Would keep from slips, 
 Five things observe with care : 
 Of whom you speak, 
 To whom you speak, 
 And how, and when, and where. 
 
 11, Awake, awake ; put on strength, 
 arm of the Lord ; awake, as in the 
 ancient days, in the generations of old. 
 Art thou not it which hath dried the 
 sea, the waters of the great deep ; that 
 hath made the depths of the sea a way 
 for the ransomed to pass over? Isa. 
 
 51:9, 10. 
 
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130 COMPASS AND CHART. 
 
 Oh, who is like the Mighty One 
 
 Whose throne is in the sky, 
 Who compasseth the universe 
 
 With his all-searching eye ; 
 At whose creative word appeared 
 
 The dry land and the sea ; 
 My spirit thirsts for thee, Oh Lord, 
 
 My spirit thirsts for thee. 
 
 12. And be ye kind one to another, 
 tender-hearted, forgiving one another, 
 even as God for Christ's sake hath 
 forgiven you. Eph. 4 : 32. 
 
 Oh, make me as thou art ; 
 
 Thy spirit. Lord, bestow — 
 The kind and gentle heart 
 
 That feels another's woe ; 
 And thus I may be like my Head, 
 And in my Saviour's footsteps tread. 
 
 13. Ho, every one that thirsteth, 
 come ye to the waters, and he that 
 hath no money; come ye, buy, and 
 eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk 
 without money and without price. Isa. 
 55:1. 
 
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 Ho, ye that pant for living streams, 
 
 And pine away and die, 
 Here you may quench your raging thirst 
 
 With springs that never dry. 
 
 Rivers of love and mercy here 
 
 In a rich ocean join ; 
 Salvation in abundance flows. 
 
 Like floods of milk and wine. 
 
 14. Children, obey your parents in 
 the Lord ; for this is right. Honor thy 
 father and mother; which is the first 
 commandment with promise ; that it 
 may be well with thee, and thou may- 
 est live long on the earth. Ephesians 
 6:1, 2, 3. 
 
 My mother, in my childhood's hours 
 
 I knelt me at thy side ; 
 Safe in thy arms from every snare, 
 
 Thou wast my guard and guide. 
 
 Dear mother, never from my soul 
 Shall thy blest image fade ; 
 
 ^0, never till the night of death 
 Shall wrap me in its shade. 
 
132 COMPASS AND CHART. 
 
 15. Seek ye the Lord while he may 
 he found, call ye upon him while he 
 is near: let the wicked forsake his 
 way, and the unrighteous man his 
 thoughts : and let him return unto the 
 Lord, and he will have mercy upon 
 him; and to our God, for he will 
 abundantly pardon. Isa. 55:6, 7. 
 
 But he who turns to God shall live, 
 Through his abounding grace ; 
 
 His mercy will the guilt forgive 
 Of those who seek his face. 
 
 16. Put on the whole armor of God, 
 that ye may be able to stand against 
 the wiles of the devil. Eph. 6:11. 
 
 Stand up, my soul, shake off thy fears, 
 And gird the gospel armor on ; 
 
 March to the gates of endless joy, 
 Where Jesus thy great Captain 's gone. 
 
 Hell and thy sins resist thy course ; 
 
 But hell and sin are vanquished foes ; 
 Thy Saviour nailed them to the cross, • 
 
 And sung the triumph when he rose. 
 
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 17. So shall my word be that goeth 
 forth out of my mouth : it shall not 
 return unto me void ; but it shall ac- 
 complish that which I please, and it 
 shall prosper in the thing whereto I 
 sent it. IsA. 55 : 11. 
 
 Nor shall thy spreading gospel rest, 
 Till through the world thy truth has run, 
 
 Till Christ has all the nations blest 
 That see the light or feel the sun. 
 
 18. D-0 all things without murmur- 
 ings and disputings. Phil. 2 : 14. 
 
 Jesus, Lord, we look to thee, 
 Let us in thy name agree ; 
 • Show thyself the Prince of peace. 
 Bid all strife for ever cease. 
 
 1 9. For thus saith the high and lofty 
 One that inhabiteth eternity, whose 
 name is Holy : I dwell in the high and 
 holy place, with him also that is of a 
 contrite and humble spirit, to revive the 
 spirit of the humble, and to revive the 
 heart of the contrite ones. Isa. 57 : 15. 
 
134 COMPASS AND CHART. 
 
 Thus saith the high and lofty One, 
 I sit upon my holy throne ; 
 My name is God ! I dwell on high, 
 Dwell in my own eternity. 
 But I descend to worlds below ; 
 On earth I have a mansion too : 
 The humble spirit and contrite 
 Is an abode of my delight. 
 
 20. But this one thing I do, forget- 
 ting those things which are behind, 
 and reaching forth unto those things 
 which are before, I press toward the 
 mark for the prize of the high calling 
 of God in Christ Jesus. Phil. 3:13, 
 14. 
 
 Jesus, I my cross have taken, 
 
 All to leave, and follow thee ; 
 Naked, poor, despised, forsaken. 
 
 Thou from hence my all shalt be : 
 Perish every fond ambition, 
 
 AH I've sought, or hoped, or known; 
 Yet how rich is my condition, 
 
 God and heaven are still my own. 
 
 21. So shall they fear the name of 
 
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 the Lord from the west, and his glory 
 from the rising of the sun. When the 
 enemy shall come in like a flood, the 
 Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a stand- 
 ard against him. Isa. 59:19. 
 
 Hail to the Lord's Anointed ! 
 
 Great David's greater son ; 
 Hail in the time appointed, 
 
 His reign on earth begun ! 
 
 He comes to break oppression, 
 
 To set the captive free, 
 To take away transgression, 
 
 And rule in equity. 
 
 22. Be careful for nothing ; but in 
 every thing by prayer and supplication 
 with thanksgiving let your requests 
 be made known unto God. Phil. 
 4:6.. 
 
 Though troubles assail, 
 
 And dangers affright ; 
 Though friends should all fail, 
 
 And foes all unite ; 
 
136 COMPASS AND CHABT. 
 
 Yet one thing secures us, 
 Whatever betide: 
 
 The Scriptures assure us, 
 The Lord will provide. 
 
 23. Who are those that fly as a 
 cloud, and as the doves to their win- 
 dows ? Surely the isles shall wait for 
 me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to 
 bring thy sons from far, their silver 
 and their gold with them, unto the 
 name of the Lord thy God, and to the 
 Holy One of Israel, because he hath 
 glorified thee. Isa. 60:8, 9. 
 Shout the tidings of salvation 
 
 Mingling with the ocean's roar, 
 Till the ships of every nation 
 
 Bear the news from shore to shore. 
 Shout the tidings of salvation 
 
 O'er the islands of the sea. 
 Till, in humble adoration, 
 
 All to Christ shall bow the knee. 
 
 24. Finally, brethren, whatsoever 
 things are true, whatsoever things are 
 
COMPASS AND CHAET. 13Y 
 
 honest, whatsoever things are just, 
 whatsoever things are pure, whatso- 
 ever things are lovely, whatsoever 
 things are of good report ; if there 
 be any virtue, and if there be any 
 praise, think on these things. Phil. 
 4:8. 
 
 Love no unseemly carriage shows ; 
 
 Nor selfishly confined ; 
 She glows with social tenderness, 
 
 And feels for all mankind. 
 
 25. For the nation and kingdom 
 that will not serve thee shall perish ; 
 yea, those nations shall be utterly 
 wasted. Isa. 60:12. 
 
 Wake the song of Jubilee, 
 
 Let it echo o'er the sea ; 
 
 Now is come the promised hour, 
 
 Jesus reigns with sovereign power. 
 
 All ye nations join and sing, 
 Christ of lords and kings is King ; 
 Let it sound from shore to shore, 
 Jesus reigns for evermore. 
 
138 COMPASS AND CHAET. 
 
 26. Set your affection on things 
 above, not on things on the earth. 
 Col. 3:2. 
 
 Rise, my soul, and stretch thy wings. 
 
 Thy better portion trace ; 
 Rise from transitory things, 
 
 Towards heaven thy native place : 
 Sun and moon and stars decay ; 
 
 Time shall soon this earth remove ; 
 Rise, my soul, and haste away 
 
 To seats prepared above. 
 
 27. For brass I will bring gold, and 
 for iron I will bring silver, and for 
 wood brass, and for stones iron: I 
 will also make thy officers peace, and 
 thine exactors righteousness. Isaiah 
 60:17. 
 
 O'er peoples and kingdoms Messiah shall 
 
 reign, 
 The power and dominion the saints shall 
 
 obtain ; 
 Sweet peace shall descend from the regions 
 
 above, 
 And earth shall be clad in the mantle of love. 
 
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 28. And above all these things put 
 on charity, which is the bond of per- 
 fectness. Col. 3 : 14. 
 
 Let us love one another ; not long may we 
 stay 
 
 In this bleak world of mourning, so brief is 
 life's day: 
 
 Some fade ere 'tis noon, and few linger till eve ; 
 
 Oh, there breaks not a heart but leaves some 
 one to grie-^e ; 
 
 And the fondest, the pmxst, the ti'uest that 
 met. 
 
 Have still found the need to forgive and for- 
 get. 
 
 29. The wolf and the lamb shall 
 feed together, and the lion shall eat 
 straw like the bullock ; and dust shall 
 be the serpent's meat. They shall not 
 hurt nor destroy in all my holy moun- 
 tain, saith the Lord. Isa. 65 : 25. 
 
 He shall come down like showers, 
 
 Upon the fruitful earth, 
 And love and joy like flowers 
 
 Spring in his path to birth. 
 
140 COMPASS AND CHAKT. 
 
 Before him on the mountains 
 Shall peace the herald go, 
 
 And righteousness in fountains 
 From hill to valley flow. 
 
 30. Children, obey your parents in 
 all things; for this is well pleasing 
 unto the Lord. Col. 3:20. 
 
 My father, my mother, I know 
 
 I cannot your kindnesi^ repay ; 
 But I hope that the older I grow 
 
 I shall learn your commands to obey. 
 But for fear I ever should dare 
 
 From all your commands to depart, 
 Whenever I utter a prayer, 
 
 I '11 ask for a dutiful heart. 
 
 31. Thus saith the Lord, The heav- 
 en is my throne, and the earth is my 
 footstool; where is the house that ye 
 build unto me? and where is the place 
 of my rest? For all those things hath 
 my hand made, and all those things 
 have been, saith the Lord ; but to this 
 man will I look, even to him that is 
 
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 poor and of a contrite spirit, and 
 trembleth at my word. Isa. 66:1, 2. 
 
 To me remains nor place, nor time, 
 
 My country is in every clime ; 
 
 I can be calm, and free from care, 
 
 On any shore, since God is there. 
 
 While place we seek or place we shun, 
 The soul finds happiness in none ; 
 But regions none remote* I call. 
 Secure of finding God in all. 
 
142 COMPASS AND CHAET. 
 
 NOVEMBER. 
 
 1. Let your speech be always with 
 grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may 
 know how ye ought to answer every 
 man. Col. 4:6. 
 
 Speak gently, it is better far 
 To rule by love than fear ; 
 Speak gently, let no harsh word mar 
 The good we may do here. 
 
 2. Be astonished, ye heavens, at 
 this, and be horribly afraid, be ye 
 very desolate, saith the Lord. For 
 my people have committed two evils ; 
 they have forsaken me the fountain 
 of living waters, and hewed them out 
 cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold 
 no water. Jer. 2 : 12, 13. 
 
 Oh for a closer walk with God, 
 A calm and heavenly frame ; 
 A light to shine upon the road 
 That leads me to the Lamb. 
 
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 Where is the blessedness I knew 
 When first I saw the Lord ? 
 
 Where is the soul-refreshing view 
 Of Jesus and his word ? 
 
 3. For the Lord himself shall de- 
 scend from heaven with a shout, with 
 the voice of the archangel, and with the 
 trump of God : and the dead in Christ 
 shall rise first. 1 Thess. 4:16. 
 
 Great God, what do I see and hear ? 
 
 The end of things created ! 
 Behold the Judge of man appear, 
 
 On clouds of glory seated ; 
 Low at his cross I wait the day 
 
 When heaven and earth shall pass away, 
 And thus prepare to meet him. 
 
 4. Wilt thou not from this time cry 
 unto me, My Father, thou art the guide 
 of my youth? Jer. 3:4. . 
 
 If you wish to go to heaven. 
 And are anxious to be good ; 
 
 If you long for heavenly wisdom 
 As the hungry long for food ; 
 
144 COMPASS AND CHART. 
 
 You should tell your heavenly Father, 
 You should ask him to impart 
 
 Such a blessing from his Spirit 
 As will sanctify your heart. 
 
 5. See that none render evil for 
 evil unto any man; but ever follow- 
 that which is good, both among your- 
 selves, and to all men. 1 Thess. 5 : 15. 
 
 Oh, may our sympathizing breasts 
 That generous pleasure know, 
 
 Kindly to share in others' joy. 
 And weep for others' woe. 
 
 6. But the Lord is the true God, he 
 is the living God, and an everlasting 
 King: at his wrath the earth shall 
 tremble, and the nations shall not be 
 able to abide his indignatian. Jer. 
 10:10. 
 
 Thy truth and justice I '11 proclaim ; 
 Thy bounty flows, an endless stream ; 
 Thy mercy swift ; thine anger slow, 
 But dreadful to the stubborn foe. 
 
COMPASS AND CHART. 145 
 
 7. Pray without ceasing. In every 
 thing give thanks ; for this is the will 
 of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. 
 1 Thess. 5:17, 18. 
 
 Through the skies wlien the thunder is hurled 
 The child to its parent will flee ; 
 
 Thus, amid the rebukes of the world, 
 1 turn, my Father, to thee ; 
 
 The spirit of prayer in thy mercy impart. 
 
 And take up thy constant abode in my heart. 
 
 8. Blessed is the man that trusteth 
 in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord 
 is. Jer. 17:7. 
 
 Jehovah Tsidkenu !* my treasure and boast — 
 Jehovah Tsidkenu ! I ne'er can be lost ; 
 In thee I shall conquer by flood and by field, 
 My cable, my anchor, my breastplate and 
 shield. 
 
 9. Prove all things; hold fast that 
 which is good. Abstain from all ap- 
 pearance of evil. 1 Thess. 5 : 21, 22. 
 
 * That is, The Lord our Righteousness. 
 
 10 
 
146 COMPASS AND C.HAET. 
 
 Broad is the road that leads to death, 
 And thousands walk together there ; 
 
 But M'isdom shows a narrow path, 
 With here and there a traveller. 
 
 10. The heart is deceitful above all 
 things, and desperately wicked ; who 
 can know it? I the Lord search the 
 heart, I try the reins, even to give 
 every man according to his ways, and 
 according to the fruit of his doings. 
 Jer. 17:9, 10. 
 
 Great God, create my heart anew, 
 And form my spirit pure and true ; 
 Oh make me wise betimes to see 
 My danger and my remedy. 
 
 11. For even when we were with 
 you, this we commanded you, that if 
 any would not work, neither should he 
 eat. 2THESS. 3:10. 
 
 Ho, ye who plough the sea's blue fields, 
 Who ride the restless wave, 
 
 Beneath whose gallant vessel's keel 
 There lies a yawning grave : 
 
COMPASS AND CHART. 141 
 
 Oh while ye feel 'tis hard to toil 
 And labor long hours through, 
 
 Remember it is harder still 
 To have no work to do. 
 
 12. Am I a God at hand, saith the 
 Lord, and not a God afar off? Can 
 any hide himself in secret places, that 
 I shall not see him? saith the Lord. 
 Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith 
 the Lord. Jer, 23 : 23, 24. 
 
 In all my vast concerns with thee, 
 
 In vain my soul would try 
 To shun thy presence, Lord, or flee 
 The notice of thine eye. 
 
 13. This is a faithful saying, and 
 worthy of all acceptation, that Christ 
 Jesus came into the world to save sin- 
 ners; of whom I am chief. 1 Tim. 
 1:15. 
 
 While I wandered, Jesus sought me : 
 This was love, 't was love indeed ; 
 To his fold the Saviour brought me. 
 With his sheep to live and feed. 
 
148 COMPASS AND CHART. 
 
 14. And tbej shall teach no more 
 every man his neighbor, and every 
 man his brother, saying. Know the 
 Lord: for they shall all know me, 
 from the least of them unto the great- 
 est of them, saith the Lord ; for I will 
 forgive their iniquity, and I will re- 
 member their sin no more. Jeremiah 
 31:34. 
 
 Let thrones and powers and kingdoms be 
 Obedient, mighty God, to thee ; 
 And over land and stream and main, 
 Now wave the sceptre of thy reign. 
 Oh, let that glorious anthem swell, 
 Let host to host the triumph tell, 
 Till not one rebel heart remains, 
 But over all the Saviour reigns. 
 
 15. For there is one God, and one 
 Mediator between God and men, the 
 man Christ Jesus. 1 Tim. 2 : 5. 
 
 Till God in human flesh I see, 
 My thoughts no comfort find ; 
 
 The holy, just, and sacred Three. 
 Axe terrors to my mind; 
 
COMPASS AND CHART. 149 
 
 But if Emmanuel's face appear, 
 
 My hope, my joy begins ; 
 His name forbids my slavish fear, 
 
 His grace removes my sins. 
 
 16. And I set before the sons of the 
 house of the Recliabites pots fuH of wine, 
 and cups ; and 1 said unto them, Drink 
 ye wine. But they said, We will drink 
 no wine ; for Jonadab, the son of Re- 
 chab,our father, commanded us, saying, 
 Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor 
 your sons for ever. Jer. 35 : 5, 6. 
 Why sit you idle here ? 
 
 Rough grows the sea ; 
 Lash the helm instantly, 
 
 Tack to the lee ! 
 Mariner, tempest tossed 
 
 On the rough brine. 
 Would you sail steadily. 
 Cast out the wine 
 
 17. But godliness with contentment 
 is great gain. For we brought noth- 
 ing into this world, and it is certain 
 
150 COMPASS AND CHART. 
 
 we can carry nothing out. And hav- 
 ing food and raiment, let us be there- 
 with content. 1 Tim. 6:6, 7, 8. 
 
 Father, whate'er of earthly bliss 
 •Thy sovereign will denies, 
 
 Accepted at thy throne of grace 
 Let this petition rise : 
 
 Give me a calm, a thankful heart. 
 From every murmur free ; 
 
 The blessings of thy grace impart, 
 And make me live to thee. 
 
 18. It is of the Lord's mercies that 
 we are not consumed, because his com- 
 passions fail not. They are new every 
 morning; great is thy faithfulness. 
 Lam. 3:22, 23. 
 
 My God, how endless is thy love ! 
 
 Thy gifts are every evening new ; 
 And morning mercies from above, 
 
 Gently distil like early dew. 
 Thou spread'st the curtains of the night, 
 Great guardian of my sleeping hours ; 
 Thy sovereign word restores the light, 
 And quickens all my drowsy powers. 
 
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 19. For the love of money is the 
 root of all evil ; which while some 
 coveted after, they have erred from the 
 faith, and pierced themselves through 
 with many sorrows. 1 Tim. 6 : 10. 
 
 Make not increasing gold your trust, 
 Nor set your hearts on glittering dust ; 
 Why will you grasp the fleeting smoke, 
 And not believe what God has spoke? 
 
 20. It is good for a man that he bear 
 the yoke in his youth. Lam. 3:27. 
 
 A father's voice with reverence we 
 
 On earth have often heard ; 
 The Father of our spirits now 
 
 Demands the same regard. 
 Parents may err ; but he is wise. 
 
 Nor lifts the rod in vain ; 
 His chastenings serve to cure the soul 
 
 By salutary pain. 
 
 21. Flee also youthful lusts : but fol- 
 low righteousness, faith, charity, peace, 
 with them that call on the Lord out of 
 a pure heart. 2 Tim. 2:22. 
 
152 COMPASS AND CHART. 
 
 How shall the young secure their hearts, 
 And guard their lives from sin? 
 
 Thy word the choicest rules imparts 
 To keep the conscience clean. 
 
 22. Say unto them, As I live, saith 
 the Lord God, I have no pleasure in 
 the death of the wicked ; but that the 
 wicked turn from his way and live: 
 turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; 
 for why will ye die, house of Israel? 
 EzEK. 33:11. 
 
 Sinner, stop ; Oh, stop and think, 
 
 Before you farther go : 
 Will you sport upon the brink 
 
 Of everlasting woe ? 
 
 On the verge of ruin stop ; 
 
 Now the friendly warning take ; 
 Stay your footsteps, ere you drop 
 
 Into the burning lake. 
 
 23. All Scripture is given by inspi- 
 ration of God, and is profitable for 
 doctrine, for repi'oof, for correction, for 
 
COMPASS AND CHABT. 153 
 
 instruction in righteousness. 2 Tim. 
 3:16. 
 
 God's kindest thoughts are here expressed, 
 Able to make us wise and blessed ; 
 The doctrines are divinely true, 
 Fit for reproof and comfort too. 
 
 24. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed- 
 nego, answered and said to the king, 
 Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful 
 to answer thee in this matter. If it be 
 so, our God whom we serve is able to 
 deliver us from the burning fiery fur- 
 nace, and he will deliver us out of thy 
 hand, king. But if not, be it known 
 unto thee, king, that we will not 
 serve thy gods, nor worship the golden 
 image which thou hast set up. Dan. 
 a : 16, 17, 18. 
 
 When through fiery trials thy pathway shall 
 
 lie, 
 My grace all sufficient shall be thy supply ; 
 The flame shall not hurt thee : I only design 
 Thy dross to consume, and thy gold to refine. 
 
154 COMPASS AND CHAET. 
 
 25. It is appointed unto men once 
 to die, but after this the judgment. 
 Heb. 9:27. 
 
 Day of judgment, day of Avonders ! 
 
 Hark ! the trumpet's awful sound, 
 Louder than a thousand thunders, 
 
 Shakes the vast creation round : 
 How the summons 
 
 Will the sinner's heart confound. 
 
 26. Wherefore, king, let my coun- 
 sel be acceptable unto thee, and break 
 off thy sins by righteousness, and thine 
 iniquities by showing mercy to the 
 poor ; if it may be a lengthening of thy 
 tranquillity. Dan. 4:27. 
 
 Say, sinner, hath a voice within 
 Oft whispered to thy secret soul, 
 
 Urged thee to leave the ways of sin, 
 And yield thy heart to God's control ? 
 
 Sinner, perhaps this very day, 
 Thy last accepted time may be ; 
 
 Oh, shouldst thou grieve him now away, 
 Then hope may never beam on thee. 
 
COMPASS AND CHAET. 155 
 
 27. And let us consider one another 
 to provoke unto love and to good 
 works : not forsaking the assembling 
 of ourselves together, as the manner 
 of some is. Heb. 10 : 24, 25. 
 
 What shall we render, bounteous Lord, 
 
 For all the grace we see ? 
 Alas, the goodness worms can yield 
 
 Extendeth not to thee. 
 
 To tents of woe, to beds of pain, 
 
 Our cheerful feet repair ; 
 And, with the gifts thy hand bestows, 
 
 Relieve the mourners there. 
 
 28. Now when Daniel knew that the 
 writing was signed, he went into his 
 house ; and his windows being open in 
 his chamber toward Jerusalem, hekneel- 
 ed upon his knees three times a day, 
 and prayed, and gave thanks before hi? 
 God, as he did aforetime. Dan. 6:10. 
 
 Oh, pray to him always, in sorrow and joy. 
 When peace is around thee, or troubles an- 
 noy; 
 
156 COMPASS AND CHART. 
 
 The light of his presence the storm shall 
 
 allay, 
 Or temper thy gladness ; then constantly pray. 
 
 29. But without faith it is impossi- 
 ble to please him ; for he that cometh 
 to God must believe that he is, and 
 that he is a rewarder of them that dil- 
 igently seek him. Heb. 11:6. 
 
 The Lord Jehovah lives 
 
 To hear and answer prayer^ 
 Whoe'er in him believes 
 
 And trusts his guardian care, 
 A Father's tender love shall know, 
 Whence living streams of comfort flow. 
 
 30. Then the king commanded, and 
 they brought Daniel, and cast him into 
 the den of lions. Now the king spake 
 and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom 
 thou servest continually, he will deliv- 
 er thee. Dan. 6:16. 
 
 In thee, Lord, I trust. 
 My hope is in thy name ; 
 
 In righteousness deliver me. 
 Nor put my soul to shame. 
 
COMPASS AND CHART. 151 
 
 DECEMBER. 
 
 ,; 1. Follow peace with all men, and 
 holiness, without which no man shall 
 see the Lord. Heb. 12 : 14. 
 
 Love is more than mere appearance, 
 
 Let us learn to love indeed ; 
 Mutual patience and forbearance 
 Well become our state of need : 
 "When we stand around the throne, 
 We shall know as we are known. 
 
 2. And many of them that sleep in 
 the dust of the earth shall awake, some 
 to everlasting life, and some to shame 
 and everlasting contempt. Daniel 
 12:2. 
 
 Eternity, Eternity ! 
 
 How long art thou, Eternity ! 
 
 man, so long as God shall reign. 
 
 So long will be the sinner's pain, 
 
 So long the blest their tongues employ ; 
 
 How long that pain, how long that joy ! 
 
158 COMPASS AND CHABT. 
 
 3. But to do good and to communi- 
 cate forget not: for with such sacrifi- 
 ces God is well pleased. Heb. 13:16. 
 
 Give alms ; the needy sink with pain, 
 
 The orphans mourn, the crushed complain: 
 
 Give freely ; hoarded gold is cursed, 
 
 A prey to robbers and to rust. 
 
 Christ through his poor a claim doth make ; 
 
 Give gladly, for thy Saviour's sake. 
 
 4. And they that be wise shall shine 
 as the brightness of the firmament; 
 and they that turn many to righteous- 
 ness, as the stars for ever and ever. 
 Dan. 12:3. 
 
 Sow in the morn the seed, 
 At eve hold not thy hand ; 
 
 To doubt and fear give thou no heed, 
 Broadcast it round the land. 
 
 Then when the glorious end, 
 
 The day of God is come, 
 The angel reapers shall descend, 
 
 And heaven sing f Harvest home!" 
 
 5. If any of you lack wisdom, let 
 
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 him ask of God, that giveth to all men 
 liberally, and upbraideth not; and it 
 shall be given him. But let him ask 
 in faith, nothing wavering ; for he that 
 wavereth is like a wave of the sea driv- 
 en with the wind and tossed. James 
 1:5, 6. 
 
 Beyond thy utmost wants 
 
 His love and power can bless ; 
 
 To praying souls He always grants 
 More than they can express. 
 
 6. Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and 
 sound an ^larm in my holy mountain : 
 let all the inhabitants of the land trem- 
 ble : for the day of the Lord cometh ; 
 for it is nigh at hand. Joel 2:1. 
 
 The trumpet sounds, the day is come, 
 Jesus the Lord descending ; 
 
 To men the day of final doom, 
 Their state for ever sealing : 
 
 He comes, the Son of man is here, 
 
 Borne on the clouds see him appear, 
 Arrayed in robes of judgment. 
 
160 COMPASS AND CHART. 
 
 7. Let no man say when he is tempt- 
 ed, I am tempted of God; for God 
 cannot be tempted with evil, neither 
 tempteth lie any man : but every man 
 is tempted, when he is drawn away 
 of his own lust and enticed. James 
 1:13, 14. 
 
 Lord, I have foes without, within. 
 The world, the flesh, indwelHug sin, 
 
 Life's daily ills, temptation's power. 
 And Satan, roaring to devour. 
 
 8. Seek him that maketh the seven 
 stars and Orion, and turneth the shad- 
 ow of death into the morning, and 
 maketh the day dark with night ; that 
 called for the waters of the sea, and 
 poureth them out upon the face of the 
 earth : The Lord is his name. Amos 
 5:8. 
 
 Sing to the Lord in joyful strains, 
 
 Let earth his praise resound. 
 Ye who upon the ocean dwell, 
 And fill the isles around. 
 
COMPASS AND CHART. 161 
 
 Till midst the streams of distant lands 
 The islands somid his praise ; 
 
 And all combined, with one accord 
 Jehovah's glories raise. 
 
 9. But be ye doers of the word, and 
 not hearers only, deceiving your own 
 selves. James 1:22. 
 
 At home, abroad, by mart or altar, 
 On land or sea, 'mid human kind, 
 
 May we, toiling, never falter, 
 
 In the strength of Christ resigned. 
 
 Ever trusting, 
 Till the tearless land we find. 
 
 10. And he said unto them, I am a 
 Hebrew ; and I fear the Lord, the God 
 of heaven, which hath made the sea 
 and the dry land. Jonah 1 :9. 
 
 I love to muse by ocean's shore ; 
 
 Its voice delights my soul. 
 To hear its hoarse and wintry roar, 
 
 Its fierce and stormy howl. 
 
 To thee, God, they raise my soul, 
 Thy glory they declare ; 
 11 
 
]62 COMPASS AND CHART. 
 
 And for thy heavenly services, 
 My grateful heart prepare. 
 
 11. Pure religion and undefiled be- 
 fore God and the Father is this, To 
 visit the fatherless and widows in their 
 affliction, and to keep himself unspot- 
 ted from the world. James 1 :27. 
 Oh there has many a tear been shed, 
 
 And many a heart been broken, 
 For want of a gentle hand stretched forth, 
 Or a word in kindness spoken. 
 
 Then Oh, with brotherly regard 
 
 Greet every son of sorrow ; 
 So from each tone of love, his heart 
 
 New hope, new strength shall borrow. 
 
 12. Now the Lord had prepared a 
 great fish to swallow up Jonah. And 
 Jonah was in the belly of the fish three 
 days and three nights. Jonah 1 :17. 
 Alone, far away on the sea, 
 The mariner sitteth musingly, 
 With folded arms, and eyes cast down, 
 He sigheth to think he is all alone. 
 
COMPASS AND CHART. 163 
 
 But the Christian ne'er crieth, Alone ! alone ! 
 He never in solitude maketh his moan; 
 For to guard and assist him the angels attend, 
 And Jehovah himself is the holy man's friend. 
 
 13. Submit yourselves therefore to 
 God. Resist the devil, and he will flee 
 from you. Draw nigh to God, and he 
 will draw nigh to you. James 4:7, 8. 
 
 Temptations everywhere annoy, 
 And sins and snares my peace destroy ; 
 Lord, let thy presence be my stay, 
 And guard me in this dangerous way. 
 
 14. And he shall judge among many 
 people, and rebuke strong nations afar 
 off; and they shall beat their swords 
 into ploughshares, and their spears into 
 pruning-hooks : nation shall not lift up 
 a sword against nation, neither shall 
 they learn war any more. Mic. 4:3. 
 
 See from all lands, from the isles of the ocean, 
 Praise to Jehovah ascending on high ; 
 
 Fallen are the engines of war and commotion. 
 Shouts of salvation are rending the sky. 
 
164 COMPASS AND CHAET. 
 
 15, Whosoever liatetli his brother 
 is a murderer; and ye know that no 
 murderer hath eternal life abiding in 
 him. 1 John 3:15. 
 
 Christ has said it, love each other, 
 Thus the world my people know ; 
 
 He that loveth not his brother 
 Is a child of wrath and woe : 
 
 Brethren, let us think on this, 
 
 Let us j)rove that we are his. 
 
 16. He hath showed thee, man, 
 what is good ; and what doth the Lord 
 require of thee, but to do justly, and 
 to love mercy, and to walk humbly 
 with thy God? Micah 6:8. 
 By faith in Christ I walk with God, 
 
 With heaven, my journey's end in view ; 
 Supported by his staff and rod. 
 
 My road is safe and pleasant too : 
 Though earth and hell my course withstand, 
 Jehovah guards me by his hand. 
 
 17. Servants, be subject to your 
 masters with all fear ; not only to the 
 
COMPASS AND CHART. 165 
 
 good and gentle, but also to the fro- 
 ward. 1 Pet. 2:18. 
 
 A charge to keep I have, 
 
 A God to glorify, 
 A never dying soul to save, 
 
 And fit it for the sky. 
 
 18. The Lord is slow to angei\ and 
 great in power, and will not at all :ac- 
 quit the wicked ; the Lord hath his way 
 in the whirlwind and in the storm, and 
 the clouds are the dust of his feet. He 
 rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, 
 and drieth up all the rivers. Nahum 
 1:3,4. 
 
 When Egypt's king God's chosen tribe pur- 
 sued, 
 
 In crystal walls the admiring waters stood ; 
 
 When through the desert wild they took their 
 way, 
 
 The rocks relented and poured forth a sea. 
 
 What limit can almighty goodness know. 
 
 When seas can harden and when rocks can 
 flow? 
 
166 COMPASS AND CHART. 
 
 19. For he tliat will love life, and 
 see good days, let him refrain his 
 tongue from evil, and his lips that they 
 speak no guile. 1 Pet. 3:10. 
 
 To me the light of truth display, 
 
 And make me know and choose thy way ; 
 
 Plant holy fear within my heart, 
 
 That I from God may ne'er depart. 
 
 20. For the earth shall be filled 
 with the knowledge of the glory of 
 the Lord, as the waters cover the sea. 
 Hab. 2:14. 
 
 Jesus shall reign where'er the sun 
 Does his successive journeys rim: 
 His kingdom stretch from shore to shore, 
 Till moons shall wax and wane no more. 
 
 21. The Lord knoweth how to de- 
 liver the godly out of temptations, and 
 to reserve the unjust unto the day of 
 judgment to be punished. 2 Pet. 2 : 9. 
 
 By Satan I should conquered be, 
 But thy dear love recovers me ; 
 
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 I should be often put to flight, 
 
 But grace maintains the unequal fight. 
 
 Thy loving kindness I adore, 
 
 And live upon it every hour ; 
 
 Oh, let me all its fulness prove, 
 
 And find it everlasting love. 
 
 22. Woe unto him that giveth his 
 neighbor drink, that puttest thy bottle 
 to him, and makest him drunken also, 
 that thou mayest look on their naked- 
 ness! Hab. 2:15. 
 
 The giddy world with flattering tongue 
 
 Had charmed my soul astray. 
 And lured my heedless feet to death, 
 
 Along the flowery way. 
 My heart with agonizing prayer 
 
 Besought the Lord to save ; 
 Unseen, he seized my trembling hand, 
 
 And brought me from the grave. 
 
 23. If we confess our sins, he is 
 faithful and just to forgive us our sins, 
 and to cleanse us from all unrighteous- 
 ness. 1 John 1 : 9. 
 
168 COMPASS AND CHART. 
 
 How lost was my condition, 
 
 Till Jesus made me whole ! 
 There is but one Physician 
 
 Can cure a sin-sick soul. 
 Next door to death he found me, 
 
 And snatched me from the grave. 
 To tell to all around me 
 
 His wondrous power to save. 
 
 24. The Lord is in his holy temple : 
 let all the earth keep silence before 
 him. Hab. 2:20. 
 
 God is in heaven, but man below : 
 Raised be our thoughts ; our words be few ; 
 A sacred reverence checks our songs. 
 And praise sits silent on our tongues. 
 
 25. And I saw the dead, small and 
 great, stand before God ; and the books 
 were opened : and another book was 
 opened, which is the book of life; and 
 the dead were judged out of those 
 things which were written in the books, 
 according to their works. And the 
 sea gave up the dead which were in 
 
COMPASS AND CHART. 169 
 
 it; and death and hell delivered up 
 the dead which were in them : and 
 they were judged every man according 
 to their works. 'Rev. 20:12, 13. 
 Hark ! the judgment-trumpet sounding 
 
 Rends the skies and shakes the poles ; 
 Lo, the day, with wrath abounding, 
 Breaks upon astonished souls ; 
 
 Every creature 
 Now the awful Judge beholds. 
 
 26. For thus saith the Lord of hosts : 
 Yet once, it is a little while and I will 
 shake the heavens, and the earth, and 
 the sea, and the dry land; and I will 
 shake all nations, and the Desire of all 
 nations shall come. Hag. 2:6, 7. 
 
 Arm of the Lord, awake, awake ! 
 Put on thy strength — the nations shake ; 
 And let the world, adoring, see 
 Triumphs of mercy wrought b}'- thee. 
 Say to the heathen from thy throne, 
 "I am Jehovah — God alone !" 
 Thy voice their idols shall confound, 
 And cast their altars to the ground. 
 
170 COMPASS AND CHAET. 
 
 27. In that day shall there be a 
 fountain opened to tlie house of David 
 and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for 
 sin and for uncleanness. Zech. 13 : 1. 
 
 There is a fountain filled with blood, 
 
 Drawn from Emmanuers veins ; 
 And sinners, plunged beneath that flood, 
 V Lose all their guilty stains. 
 
 The dying thief rejoiced to see 
 
 That fountain in his day ; 
 And there may I, as vile as he, 
 
 Wash all my sins away. 
 
 28. But the fearful, and unbeliev- 
 ing, and the abominable, and murder- 
 ers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, 
 and idolaters, and all liars, shall have 
 their part in the lake which burneth 
 with fire and brimstone : which is the 
 second death. Rev. 21 : 8. 
 
 There is a death whose pang 
 Outlasts the fleeting breath; 
 
 Oh what eternal horrors hang 
 Around "the second death!" 
 
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 Lord Go.d of truth and grace, 
 Teach us that death to shun, 
 
 Lest we be banished from thy face 
 And evermore undone. 
 
 29. And the Lord shall be king over 
 all the earth : in that day shall there 
 be one Lord, and his name one. Zech. 
 14:9. 
 
 All hail the power of Jesus' name ! 
 
 Let angels prostrate fall ; 
 Bring forth the royal diadem, 
 
 And crown him Lord of aU. 
 
 Let every kindred, every tribe, 
 
 On this terrestrial ball. 
 To him all majesty ascribe, 
 
 And crown him Lord of all. 
 
 30. From the rising of the sun even 
 unto the going down of the same, my 
 name shall be great among the Gen- 
 tiles ; and in every place incense shall 
 be offered unto my name, and a pure 
 offering ; for my name shall be great 
 
172 COMPASS AND CHAET. 
 
 among the heathen, saith the Lord of 
 hosts. Mal. 1:11. 
 
 Let all the earth then' voices raise, 
 To sing the choicest psalms of praise, 
 To sing and bless Jehovah's name : 
 His glory let the heathen know, 
 His wonders to the nations Show, 
 And all his saving works proclaim. 
 
 31. And the Spirit and the bride 
 say, Come. And let him that heareth 
 say, Come. And let Jiim that is athirst 
 coine. And whosoever will, let him 
 take the water of life freely. Rev. 
 22:17. 
 
 Come, weary soul, with sin distressed, 
 Come, and accept the promised rest; 
 The Saviour's gracious call obey. 
 And cast your gloomy fears away. 
 
 Here mercy's boundless ocean flows, 
 To cleanse your guilt and heal your woes ; 
 Pardon and life, and endless peace : 
 How rich the gift, how free the grace ! 
 
HYMNS 
 
 FOR 
 
 VARIOUS OCCASIONS. 
 
 1. MORNING HYMN. 
 
 Awake, my soul, and with the sun 
 Thy daily course of duty run ; 
 Shake off dull sloth, and early rise 
 To i^ay thy morning sacrifice. 
 
 Glory to thee, who safe hast kept, 
 And hast refreshed me while I slept ; 
 Grant, Lord, when I from death shall wake, 
 I may of endless life partake. 
 
 Lord, I my vows to thee renew: 
 Scatter my sins as morning dew ; 
 Guard my first springs of thought and will, 
 And with thyself my spirit fill. 
 
 Direct, control, suggest, this day, 
 
 All I design, or do, or say ; 
 
 That all my powers, with all their might, 
 
 In thy sole glory may unite. 
 
174 COMPASS AND CHAKT. 
 
 a. MORNING HYMN. 
 
 Once more, my soul, the rising day 
 
 Salutes thy waking eyes ; 
 Once more, my voice, thy tribute pay 
 
 To him who rules the skies. 
 Night unto night his name repeats, 
 
 The day renews the sound. 
 Wide as the heaven on which he sits 
 
 To turn the seasons round. 
 'T is he supports my mortal frame ; 
 
 My tongue shall speak his praise ; 
 My sins would rouse his wrath to flame, 
 
 And yet his wrath delays. 
 A thousand wretched souls are fled 
 
 Since the last setting sun. 
 And yet thou lengthenest out my thread, 
 
 And yet my moments run. 
 Great God, let all my hours be thine, 
 
 While I enjoy the light ; 
 Then shall my sun in smiles decline, 
 
 And bring a pleasant night. 
 
 3. MORNING HYMN. 
 
 God of the morning, at whose voice 
 The cheerful sun makes haste to rise, 
 
 And like a giant doth rejoice 
 
 To run his journey through the skies j 
 
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 From the fair chambers of the east 
 
 The circuit of his race begins ; 
 And without weariness or rest, 
 
 Round the whole earth he flies and shines : 
 Oh, Hke the sun, may I fulfil 
 
 The appointed duties of the day ; 
 Witti ready mind and active will 
 
 March on and keep my heavenly way. 
 But I shall rove and lose the race, 
 
 If God, my sun, should disappear. 
 And leave me in this world's wild maze, 
 
 To follow every wandering star. 
 Give me thy counsel for my guide, 
 
 And then receive me to thy bliss ; 
 All my desires and hopes beside. 
 
 Are faint and cold compared with this. 
 
 4. EVENING HYMN. 
 
 Glory to thee, my God, this night, 
 For all the blessings of the light ; 
 Keep me, keep me. King of kings, 
 Beneath the shadow of thy wings. 
 Forgive me, Lord, for thy dear Son, 
 The iU that I this day have done ; 
 That with the world, myself, and thee, 
 I, ere I sleep, at peace may be. 
 
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 Teach me to live, that I may dread 
 The grave as little as my bed ; 
 Teach me to die, that so I may 
 Rise, glorious, at the awful day. 
 
 Oh let my soul on thee repose. 
 And may sweet sleep my eyelids close — 
 Sleep that shall me more vigorous mate, 
 To serve my God when I awake. 
 
 Oh when shall I, in endless day, 
 For ever chase dark sleep away ; 
 And hymns divine with angels sing, 
 Glory to thee, eternal King ! 
 
 Praise God, from whom all blessings flow ; 
 Praise him, all creatures here below ; 
 Praise him above, ye heavenly host, 
 Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 
 
 5. EVENING HYMN. 
 
 Now from labor and from care 
 Evening shades have set me free ; 
 
 In the work of praise and prayer. 
 Lord, I would converse with thee : 
 
 Oh, behold me from above, 
 
 Fill me with a Saviour's love. 
 
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 Sin and sorrow, guilt and woe, 
 
 Wither all my earthly joys ; 
 Naught can charm me here below 
 
 But my Saviour's melting voice : 
 Lord, forgive, thy grace restore — 
 Make me thine for evermore. 
 For the blessings of this day, 
 
 For the mercies of this hour, 
 For the Gospel's cheering ray, 
 
 For the Spirit's quickening power, 
 Grateful notes to thee I raise. 
 Oh accept my song of praise. 
 
 6. EVENING HYMN. 
 
 Saviour, breathe an evening blessing, 
 Ere repose our spirits seal ; 
 
 Sin and want we come confessing, 
 Thou canst save and thou canst heal. 
 
 Though destruction walk around us, 
 Though the arrow near us fly, 
 
 Angel-guards from thee surround us, 
 We are safe, if thou art nigh. 
 
 Though the night be dark and dreary, 
 Darkness cannot hide from thee ; 
 
 Thou art He who, never weary, 
 Watchest where thy people be. 
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178 COMPASS AND CHAET. 
 
 Should swift death this night o'ertake us, 
 And our couch become our tomb, 
 
 May the morn in heaven awake us. 
 Clad in light and deathless bloom. 
 
 7. SABBATH MORNING. 
 
 Another six days' work is done. 
 Another Sabbath is begun ; 
 Return, my soul, enjoy thy rest, 
 Improve the day thy God has blessed. 
 
 Come, bless the Lord, w^hose love assigns 
 So sweet a rest to wearied minds ; 
 Provides an antepast of heaven, 
 And gives, this day, the food of seven. 
 
 that our thoughts and thanks may rise 
 
 As grateful incense to the skies ! 
 
 And draw from heaven that sweet repose 
 
 Which none but he that feels it knows. 
 
 This heavenly calm within the breast 
 
 Is the dear pledge of glorious rest 
 
 Which for the church of God remains, 
 
 The end of cares, the end of pains. 
 
 In holy duties, let the day 
 
 In holy pleasures pass away ; 
 
 How sweet a Sabbath thus to spend, 
 
 In hope of one that ne'er shall end. 
 
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 8. THE SABBATH-DAY. 
 
 This is the day the Lord hath made, 
 He calls the hours his own ; 
 
 Let heaven rejoice, let earth be glad, 
 And praise surround the throne. 
 
 To-day he rose and left the dead, 
 
 And Satan's empire fell ; 
 To-day the saints his triumphs spread, 
 
 And all his wonders tell. 
 
 Hosanna to the anointed King, 
 
 To David's holy Son: 
 Help us, Lord ; descend and bring 
 
 Salvation from thy throne. 
 Blest be the Lord, who comes to men 
 
 With messages of grace ; 
 Who comes, in God his Father's name. 
 
 To save our sinful race. 
 
 Hosanna in the highest strains 
 The church on earth can raise ; 
 
 The highest heavens in which he reigns 
 Shall give him nobler praise. 
 
 9. THE SABBATH. 
 
 A Sabbath well spent 
 Brings a week of content. 
 With health for the toils of to-morrow : 
 
180 COMPASS AND CHART. 
 
 But a Sabbath profaned, 
 Whatsoe'er may be gained, 
 
 Is a certain forerunner of sorrow. 
 
 10. FAR AT SEA. 
 
 Star of Peace to wanderers weary. 
 Bright the beams that smile on me : 
 Cheer the pilot's vision dreary, 
 
 Far, far at sea. 
 Star of Hope, gleam o'er the billow; 
 Bless the soul that sighs for thee ; 
 Bless the sailor's lonely pillow, 
 
 Far, far at sea. 
 Star of Faith, when winds are mocking 
 All his toil, he flies to thee ; 
 Save him on the billows rocking, 
 
 Far, far at sea. 
 Star Divine, safely guide him. 
 Bring the wanderer home to thee ; 
 Sore temptations long have tried him. 
 
 Far, far at sea. 
 
 11. ARRIVAL IN PORT. 
 
 When o'er the mighty deep we rode, 
 By winds and storms assailed, 
 
 We called upon the ocean's God, 
 His mercy never failed. 
 
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 The raging tempest heard his voice, 
 The winds obeyed his will ; 
 
 The elements withheld their noise, 
 And all the floods were still. 
 
 With joy we hailed the distant shore, 
 And safe the vessel moored ; 
 
 With grateful hearts that happy hour 
 A song of praise we poured. 
 
 While thus o'er surging waves we roam, 
 
 Thy goodness, Lord, we see ; 
 Though distant from our native home, 
 
 We are not far from thee. 
 And when the voyage of life is past. 
 
 And we are called to die, 
 may we see thy face at last, 
 
 In bliss beyond the sky. 
 
 la. GOD'S PROTECTION TO MARINERS., 
 
 How are thy servants blessed, Lord ; 
 
 How sure is their defence ! 
 Eternal Wisdom is their guide, 
 
 Their help, Omnipotence. 
 In foreign realms and lands remote, 
 
 Supported by thy care. 
 Through burning climes they pass unhurt, 
 
 And breathe in tainted air. 
 
182 COMPASS AND CHAET. 
 
 When by the dreadful tempest borne 
 
 High on the broken wave, 
 They know th(5u art not slow to hear, 
 
 Nor impotent to save. 
 
 The storm is laid ; the winds retire, 
 
 Obedient to thy will ; 
 The sea, that roars at thy command. 
 
 At thy command is still. 
 In midst of danger, fear, and death. 
 
 Thy goodness we '11 adore ; 
 We '11 praise thee for thy mercies past, 
 
 And humbly hope for more. 
 
 13. TRUST IN GOD AMID PERILS. 
 
 In time of fear, 
 
 When trouble 's near, 
 I look to thine abode ; 
 
 Though helpers fail. 
 
 And foes prevail, 
 I'll jout my trust in God. 
 
 And what is life. 
 
 But toil and strife ? 
 What terror has the grave ? 
 
 Thine arm of power, 
 
 In peril's hour. 
 The trembling soul will save. 
 
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 In darkest skies 
 
 Though storms arise, 
 I will not be dismayed: 
 
 Oh God of light, 
 
 And boundless might, 
 My soul on thee is stayed ! 
 
 14. SAFETY IN THE STORM. 
 
 The billows swell, the winds are high, 
 
 Clouds overcast my wintry sky ; 
 
 Out of the depths to thee I call, 
 
 My fears are great, my strength is small. 
 
 Oh Lord, the pilot's part i^erform, 
 And guide and guard me through the storm ; 
 Defend me from each threatening ill. 
 Control the waves — say, "Peace; be still!" 
 
 Amidst the roaring of the sea 
 My soul still hangs her hopes on thee ; 
 Thy constant love, thy faithful care. 
 Is aU that saves me from despair. 
 
 15. CHRISTMAS HYMN. 
 
 While shepherds watched their flocks by 
 night, 
 
 All seated on the ground, 
 The angel of the Lord came down. 
 
 And glory shone around. 
 
184 COMPASS AND CHART. 
 
 " Fear not," said he, for mighty dread 
 
 Had seized their troubled mind ; 
 " Glad tidings of great joy I bring 
 
 To you and all mankind. 
 To you in David's town, this day, 
 
 Is born of David's line. 
 The Saviour, who is Christ the Lord, 
 
 And this shall be the sign: 
 The heavenly babe you there shall find 
 
 To human view displayed, 
 All meanly wrapped in swathing bands, 
 
 And in a manger laid." 
 Thus spoke the seraph, and forthwith 
 
 Appeared a shining throng 
 Of angels, praising God on high. 
 
 And thus addressed their song: 
 " All glory be to God on high. 
 
 And to the earth be peace ; 
 Good will henceforth, from heaven to men, 
 
 Begin, and never cease," 
 
 16. BIRTH OF CHRIST. 
 
 Mortals awake, with angels join, 
 And chant the solemn lay ; 
 
 Joy, love, and gratitude combine 
 To hail th' auspicious day. 
 
COMPASS AND CHART. 185 
 
 In heaven the rapturous song began, 
 
 And sweet seraphic fire 
 Through all the shining legions ran, 
 
 And strung and tuned the lyre. 
 Swift through the vast expanse it flew, 
 
 And loud the echo rolled ; 
 The theme, the song, the joy was new ; 
 
 'T was more than heaven could hold. 
 Down through the portals of the sky 
 
 The impetuous torrent ran ; 
 And angels flew with eager joy 
 
 To bear the news to man. 
 Hark ! the cherubic armies shout, 
 
 And glory leads the song ; 
 Good will and peace are heard throughout 
 
 The harmonious, heavenly throng. 
 With joy the chorus we '11 repeat: 
 
 " Glory to God on high ! 
 Good will and peace are now complete, 
 
 Jesus was born to die." 
 
 17. A BIRTHDAY HYMN. 
 
 Teach me the measure of my days. 
 Thou Maker of my frame, 
 
 I would survey life's narrow space, 
 And learn how frail I am. 
 
186 COMPASS AND CHART. 
 
 A span is all that we can boast, 
 
 An inch or two of time ; 
 Man is but vanity and dust, 
 
 In all his flower and prime. 
 See the vain race of mortals move, 
 
 Like shadows o'er the plain ; 
 They rage and strive, desire and love. 
 
 But all the noise is vain. 
 Some walk in honor's gaudy show ; 
 
 Some dig for golden ore. 
 They toil for heirs they know not who, 
 
 And straight are seen no more. 
 What should I wish, or wait for, then. 
 
 From creatures, earth, and dust? 
 They make our expectations vain, 
 
 And disappoint our trust. 
 Now I forbid my carnal hope, 
 
 My fond desires recall ; 
 I give my mortal interest up. 
 
 And make my God my all. 
 
 18. FOR A BIRTHDAY. 
 
 My days are numbered by my God, 
 
 How many or how few ; 
 And every danger of my road 
 
 Passes beneath his view. 
 
COMPASS AND CHART. 187 
 
 Determined are my months by him, 
 
 And dated all my hours, 
 Till death shall chase life's empt}^ dream, 
 
 And wake my nobler powers. 
 How long or short shall be my days, 
 
 Is hid in his decree ; 
 And which of death's ten thousand ways 
 
 Appointed is for me. 
 The line he draws I cannot trace. 
 
 Nor would I wish to know 
 The time, the manner, or the place, 
 
 When he shall bid me go. 
 Let but his grace my soul prepare, 
 
 And make my life his o\\ai. 
 It matters little when, or where, 
 
 Or how, I lay it down. 
 
 19. NEW-YEARS DAY. 
 
 Come, let us anew 
 
 Our journey pursue, 
 
 Roll round with the year, 
 And never stand still till the Master appear. 
 
 His adorable will 
 
 Let us gladly fulfil. 
 
 And our talents improve, 
 By the patience of hope, and the labor of love. 
 
188 COMPASS AND CHAKT. 
 
 Our life is a dream ; 
 
 Our time, as a stream, 
 
 Glides swiftly away ; 
 And the fugitive moment refuses to stay. 
 
 The arrow is flown — 
 
 The moment is gone — 
 
 The millennial year 
 Rushes on to our view, and eternity's here. 
 
 Oh that each in the day 
 Of His coming may say, 
 " I have fought my way through ; 
 
 I have finished the work which thou gav'st 
 me to do." 
 Oh that each from his Lord, 
 May receive the glad word, 
 « Well and faithfully done ! 
 
 Enter into my joy, and sit down on my throne." 
 
 30. NEW-YEARS DAY. 
 
 While with ceaseless course the sun 
 
 Hasted through the former year, 
 Many souls their race have run, 
 
 Never more to meet us here : 
 Fixed in an eternal state. 
 
 They have done with all below ; 
 We a little longer wait, 
 
 But how little, none can know. 
 
COMPASS AND CHART. 189 
 
 As the winged arrow flies 
 
 Speedily the mark to find ; 
 As the lightning from the skies 
 
 Darts, and leaves no trace behind ; 
 Swiftly thus our fleeting days 
 
 Bear us down life's rapid stream: 
 Upward, Lord, our spirits raise — 
 
 All below is but a dream. 
 
 Thanks for mercies past receive ; 
 
 Pardon of our sins renew: 
 From this moment may we live 
 
 With eternity in view: 
 Bless thy word to young and old ; 
 
 Shed abroad a Saviour's love ; 
 And when life's short tale is told, 
 
 May we dwell with thee above. 
 
 ai. FOR THE OPENING YEAR. 
 
 Great God, we sing that mighty hand, 
 By which supported still we stand ; 
 The opening year thy mercy shows ; 
 Let mercy crown it till it close. 
 
 By day, by night — at home, abroad, 
 Still we are guarded by our God ; 
 By his incessant bounty fed. 
 By his unerring counsel led. 
 
190 COMPASS AND CHAET. 
 
 With grateful hearts the past we own ; 
 The future — all to us unknown — 
 We to thy guardian care commit 
 And peaceful leave before thy feet. 
 In scenes exalted or depressed, 
 Be thou our joy, and thou our rest; 
 Thy goodness all our hopes shall raise, 
 Adored through all our changing days. 
 When death shall close our earthly songs. 
 And seal in silence mortal tongues, 
 Our helper, God, in whom we trust, 
 Shall keep our souls, and guard our dust. 
 
 22, THE STREAM OF LIFE. 
 
 On like a river 
 
 It bears me ever — 
 The rushing stream of life ! 
 
 I grasp the rudder ; 
 
 I start and shudder ; 
 The waters roar in strife. 
 
 Many a year 
 
 Has brought me here, 
 From the sources of life's river ; 
 
 And one by one 
 
 They bear me on 
 To God, my spirit's giver. 
 
COMPASS AND CHART. 191 
 
 Gentle and slow 
 
 Began the flow 
 Of the waters from the fountain ; 
 
 But brook and rill 
 
 Sprang from each hill, 
 And the torrent from the mountain ; 
 
 Till the silver thread 
 
 At the fountain head 
 Expanded to a river ; 
 
 And deep and black 
 
 On its hurried track 
 It dashes now for ever. 
 
 And well I know 
 
 That its onward flow 
 Is hasting to an ocean, 
 
 Whose broad expanse 
 
 To my soul's advance 
 May heave in wild commotion. 
 
 Oh God of life, 
 
 Amid the strife 
 Of life's swift rolling river, 
 
 Take thou the helm. 
 
 Lest death o'er whelm 
 My helpless soul for ever. 
 
1^2 COMPASS AND CHART. 
 
 a3. MAN MORTAL. li. M. 
 
 Through every age, eternal God, 
 Thou art our rest, our safe abode ; 
 High was thy throne, ere heaven was made, 
 Or earth thy humble footstool laid. 
 Long hadst thou reigned ere time began, 
 Or dust was fashioned to a man ; 
 And long thy kingdom shall endure. 
 When earth and time shall be no more. 
 But man, weak man, is born to die. 
 Made up of guilt and vanity ; 
 Thy dreadful sentence. Lord, was just: 
 " Return, ye sinners, to your dust." 
 Death, like an overflowing stream, 
 Sweeps us away, our life 's a dream — 
 An empty tale, a morning-flower, 
 Cut down and withered in an hour. 
 
 34. FUNERAL. C. M. 
 
 Beneath our feet and o'er our head 
 
 Is equal warning given ; 
 Beneath us lie the countless dead. 
 
 Above us is the heaven. 
 Death rides on every passing breeze, 
 
 And lurks in every flower ; 
 Each season has its own disease. 
 
 Its perils every hour. 
 
COMPASS AND CHART. 193 
 
 Our eyes have seen the rosy light 
 
 Of youth's soft cheek decay, 
 And fate descend, in sudden night, 
 
 On manhood's middle day. 
 Our eyes have seen the steps of age 
 
 Halt feebly to the tomb ; 
 And yet shall earth our hearts engage ' 
 
 And dreams of days to come ? 
 Turn, mortal, turn ; thy danger know ; 
 
 Where'er thy foot can tread, 
 The earth rings hollow from below, 
 
 And warns thee of her dead. 
 Turn, Christian, turn ; thy soul apply 
 
 To truths divinely given : 
 The forms which underneath thee lie 
 
 Shall live, for hell, or heaven. 
 
 35. THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM. L.. M. 
 
 "When, marshalled on the nightly plain. 
 
 The glittering hosts bestud the sky. 
 One star alone, of all the train. 
 
 Can fix the sinner's wandering eye. 
 Hark ! hark ! to God the chorus breaks, 
 
 From every host, from every gem ; 
 But one alone the Saviour speaks, 
 
 It is the Star of Bethlehem. 
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194 COMPASS AND CHART. 
 
 Once on the raging seas I rode, 
 
 The storm was loud, the night was dark. 
 The ocean yawned, and rudely blowed 
 
 The wind that tossed my foundering bark. 
 Deep horror then my vitals froze, 
 
 Death-struck, I ceased the tide to stem; 
 When suddenly a star arose. 
 
 It was the Star of Bethlehem. 
 
 It was my guide, my light, my all ; 
 
 It bade my dark forebodings cease ; 
 And through the storm and danger's thrall 
 
 It led me to the port of peace. 
 Now safely moored, my perils o'er, 
 
 I '11 sing, first in night's diadem. 
 For ever and for evermore, 
 
 The Star— the Star of Bethlehem. 
 
 36. CHRIST PRECIOUS. C. M. 
 
 How sweet the name of Jesus sounds , 
 
 In a believer's ear ! 
 It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds, 
 
 And drives away his fear. 
 It makes the wounded spirit whole. 
 
 And calms the troubled breast ; 
 'T is manna to the hungry soul. 
 
 And to the weary, rest. 
 
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 Jesus, my shepherd, husband, friend. 
 My prophet, priest, and king. 
 
 My Lord, my life, my way, my end, 
 Accept the praise I bring. 
 
 Weak is the effort of my heart. 
 And cold my warmest thought ; 
 
 But when I see thee as thou art, 
 I '11 praise thee as I ought. 
 
 Till then, I would thy love proclaim, 
 
 With every fleeting breath ; 
 And may the music of thy name 
 
 Refresh my soul in death. 
 
 37. JESUS THE REFUGE. Ts. 
 
 Jesus, lover of my soul. 
 
 Let me to thy bosom fly. 
 While the billows near me roll, 
 
 While the tempest still is high ; 
 Hide me. Oh my Saviour, hide, 
 
 Till the storm of life be past ; 
 Safe into the haven guide ; 
 
 Oh receive my soul at last. 
 Other refuge have I none. 
 
 Hangs my helpless soul on thee. 
 Leave, ah, leave me not alone ; 
 
 Still support and comfort me. 
 
196 COMPASS AND CHART. 
 
 All my trust on thee is stayed ; 
 
 All my help from thee I bring ; 
 Cover my defenceless head 
 
 With the shadow of th}^ wing. 
 
 Plenteous grace with thee is found, 
 
 Grace to pardon all my sins ; 
 Let the healing streams abound, 
 
 Make and keep me pure within : 
 Thou of life the fountain art, 
 
 Freely let me take of thee ; 
 Spring thou up within my heart — 
 
 Rise to all eternity. 
 
 38. THE GOSPEL SHIP. P. M. 
 
 The gospel ship has long been sailing, 
 Bound for Canaan's peaceful shore ; 
 
 All who wish to sail to glory, 
 
 Come and welcome, rich and poor. 
 
 Chorus — " Glory, glory, hallelujah !" 
 
 All her sailors loudly cry, 
 
 " See the blissful port of glory 
 
 Open to each faithful eye." 
 
 Thousands she has safely landed 
 Far beyond this mortal shore ; 
 
 Thousands still are sailing in her, 
 
 Yet there 's room for thousands more. 
 
COMPASS AND CHART. 19*1 
 
 Waft along this noble vessel, 
 All ye gales of gospel grace, 
 
 Carrying every faithful sailor 
 To his heavenly landing-place. 
 
 Chorus — " Glory," etc. 
 
 Come, poor sinners, come to Jesus, 
 Sail with us through life's rough sea, 
 
 Then with us you will be happy, 
 Happy through eternity. 
 
 Chorus — " Glory," etc. 
 
 Port your helm, run into harbor, 
 By your anchor, sailors, stand, 
 Welcomed by your great Commander 
 • To the joys at his right hand. 
 
 Chorus — " Glorv," etc. 
 
 ao. SAILOR'S HYMN. 8s and Ts. 
 
 Tossed upon life's raging billow. 
 Sweet it is, Lord, to know 
 
 Thou didst press a sailor's pillow, 
 And canst feel a sailor's woe. 
 
 Never slumbering, never sleeping. 
 Though the night be dark and drear, 
 
 Thou the faithful watch art keeping: 
 "All, all's well," thy constant cheer. 
 
198 COMPASS AND CHART. 
 
 And though loud the wind is howling, 
 
 Fierce though flash the lightnings red, ■ 
 Darkly though the storm-cloud's scowling 
 
 O'er the sailor's anxious head ; 
 Thou canst calm the raging ocean. 
 
 All its noise and tumult still; 
 Hush the tempest's wild commotion, 
 
 At the bidding of thy will. 
 
 Thus my heart the hope will cherish. 
 While to thee I lift mine eye ; 
 
 Thou wilt save me ere I perish, 
 Thou wilt hear the sailor's cry. 
 
 30. GOD'S PROTECTION TO MARINERS. 7s. 
 
 They that toil upon the deep, 
 
 And in vessels light and frail 
 O'er the mighty waters sweep, 
 
 With the billow and the gale, 
 Mark what wonders God performs. 
 
 When he speaks, and unconfined, 
 Rush to battle all his storms, 
 
 In the chariots of the wind. 
 Up to heaven their bark is whirled 
 
 On the mountain of the wave ; 
 Downward suddenly 'tis hurled 
 
 To the abysses of the grave ; 
 
COMPASS AND CHART. 199 
 
 Mid the tempests now they roll, 
 
 As intoxicate with wine ; 
 Terrors paralyze their soul, 
 
 Helm they quit and hope resign. 
 
 Then unto the Lord they cry : 
 
 He inclines a gracious ear ; 
 Sends deliv'rance from on high, 
 
 Rescues them from all their fear. 
 Oh that men would praise the Lord 
 
 For his goodness to their race ; 
 For the wonders of his word. 
 
 And the riches of his grace. 
 
 31. GOING TO SEA. S. M. 
 
 Great God, we launch again 
 
 Upon the mighty deep ; 
 Do thou, the Sovereign of the main, 
 
 Our souls and bodies keep. 
 
 If hardship and distress 
 
 We should be called to bear, 
 Oh let thine all-supporting grace • 
 
 Preserve us from despair. 
 Be thou for ever nigh, 
 
 That we may hear thee say, 
 " Be not afraid ; for it is I, 
 
 To guard you on your way." 
 
200 COMPASS AND CHAET. 
 
 Then come whatever will, 
 
 We shall not be afraid, 
 While Christ continues with lis still. 
 
 And says, " Be not afraid." 
 
 33. CHRISTOUR CONFIDENCE. 6s and 4:S. 
 
 My faith looks up to thee, 
 Thou Lamb of Calvary, 
 
 Saviour divine. 
 Now hear me while I pray ; 
 Take all my guilt away ; 
 Oh let me from this day 
 X Be wholly thine. 
 
 May thy rich grace impart 
 Strength to my fainting heart, 
 
 My zeal inspire : 
 As thou hast died for me. 
 Oh may my love to thee 
 . Pure, warm, and changeless be, 
 
 A living fire. 
 
 While life's dark maze I tread, 
 And griefs around me spread, 
 Be thou my guide : 
 
COMPASS AND CHART. 201 
 
 Bid darkness turn to day, 
 Wipe sorrow's tears away, 
 Nor let me ever stray 
 From thee aside. 
 
 When ends hfe's transient dream, 
 When death's cold, sullen stream 
 • Shall o'er me roll, 
 Blest Saviour, then in love 
 Fear and distrust remove ; 
 Oh bear me safe above, 
 A ransomed soul. 
 
 33. PROTECTION. 8s, 7s, and 4:S. 
 
 Guide us. Oh thou great Jehovah, 
 Wanderers on the mighty deep : 
 
 From the storm and raging tempest 
 Deign our floating bark to keep ; 
 
 Lord of heaven, 
 Bid the breeze propitious blow. 
 
 Be our safeguard through the night-watch, 
 And our guardian all the day, 
 
 To our destined port in safety 
 Give us swift and joyful way ; 
 
 Strong Deliverer, 
 Be thou still our strength and shield. 
 
202 COMPASS AND CHART. 
 
 And when life's short voyage is over, 
 
 In the haven of the blest 
 May we, guided by thy Spirit, 
 
 Find an everlasting rest : 
 Father, hear ns, 
 
 For the great Redeemer's sake. 
 
 34. DRIVING TO PORT. 7s and 6s. 
 
 Though hard the winds are blowing, 
 And loud the billows roar. 
 
 Full swiftly we are going 
 To our dear native shore. 
 
 The billows breaking o'er us. 
 The storms that round us swell, 
 
 Are aiding to restore us 
 To all we loved so well. 
 
 So sorrow often presses 
 
 Life's mariner along ; 
 Afflictions and distresses 
 
 Are gales and billows strong. 
 
 The sharper and severer 
 The storms of life we meet, 
 
 The sooner and the nearer 
 Is heaven's eternal seat. 
 
COMPASS AND CHART. 20B 
 
 Come then, afflictions dreary, 
 
 Sharp sickness pierce my breast ; 
 
 You only bear the weary 
 More quickly home to rest. 
 
 35. SAVE, OR WE PERISH. 13s. 
 
 When through the torn sail the wild tempest 
 
 is streaming. 
 When o'er the dark wave the red lightning 
 
 is gleaming, 
 Nor hope lends a ray the poor seaman *o 
 
 cherish. 
 We fly to our Maker: "Save, Lord, or we 
 
 perish." 
 
 Oh Jesus, once rocked on the breast of the 
 
 billow. 
 And roused by the shriek of despair from 
 
 thy pillow. 
 Now seated in glory, the mariner cherish, 
 Who cries in his trouble, " Save, Lord, or we 
 
 perish." 
 
 And Oh, when the whirlwind of passion is 
 
 raging, 
 When sin in our hearts its wild warfare is 
 
 waging, 
 
204 COMPASS AND CHART. 
 
 Send down thy good Spirit, thy ransomed to 
 
 cherish; 
 Rebuke the destroyer: "Save, Lord, or we 
 
 perish." 
 
 36. THE PENITENT'S PRAYER. L.. M. 
 
 Show pity, Lord ; Lord, forgive ; 
 Let a repenting rebel live : 
 Are not thy mercies large and free ? 
 May not a sinner trust in thee ? 
 My crimes are great, but can't surpass 
 The power and glory of thy grace ; 
 Great God, thy nature hath no bound, 
 So let thy pardoning love be found. 
 Oh wash my soul from every sin, 
 And make my guilty conscience clean ; 
 Here on my heart the burden lies. 
 And past offences pain mine eyes. 
 My lips with shame my sins confess, 
 Against thy law, against thy grace : 
 Lord, should thy judgment grow severe, 
 I am condemned, but thou art clear. 
 Should sudden vengeance seize my breath, 
 I must pronounce thee just in death : 
 And if my soul were doomed to hell, 
 Thy righteous law approves it well. 
 
COMPASS AND CHAKT. 205 
 
 Yet save a trembling sinner, Lord, 
 Whose hope still hovering round thy word. 
 Would light on some sweet promise there, 
 Some sure support against despair. 
 
 37. JUST AS I AM. 8s and 6s. 
 
 Just as I am, without one plea, 
 But that thy blood was shed for me, 
 And that thou bid'st me come to thee, 
 
 Lamb of God, I come. 
 Just as I am, and waiting not 
 To rid my soul of one dark blot ; 
 To thee, w^hose blood can cleanse each spot, 
 
 Lamb of God, I come. 
 Just as I am — poor, wretched, blind ; 
 Sight, riches, healing of the mind, 
 Yea, all I need in thee I find — 
 
 Lamb of God, I come. 
 Just as I am — though tossed about, 
 With many a conflict, many a doubt ; 
 Fightings within, and fears without — 
 
 Lamb of God, I come. 
 Just as I am — thou wilt receive. 
 Wilt welcome, pardon, cleanse, relieve, 
 Because thy promise I believe — 
 
 Lamb of God, I come. 
 
206 COMPASS AND CHART. 
 
 Just as I am — thy love unknown 
 Has broken every barrier down ; 
 Now to be thine, yea, thine alone, 
 Lamb of God, I come. 
 
 38. CHRIST OUR SACRIFICE. S. M. 
 
 Not all the blood of beasts, 
 
 On Jewish altars slain, 
 Could give the guilty conscience peace, 
 
 Or wash away the stain. 
 But Christ the heavenly Lamb 
 
 Takes all our sins away ; 
 A sacrifice of nobler name, 
 
 And richer blood than they. 
 My faith would lay her hand 
 
 On that dear head of thine, 
 While like a penitent I stand 
 
 And there confess my sin. 
 My soul looks back to see 
 
 The burdens thou didst bear 
 When hanging on th' accursed tree, 
 
 And hopes her guilt was there. 
 Believing, we rejoice 
 
 To see the curse remove ; 
 We bless the Lamb with cheerful voice, 
 
 And sing his bleeding love. 
 
COMPASS A1^^D CHART. 201 
 
 39. HOMEWARD BOUND. 10s aud 4s. 
 
 Out on an ocean all boundless we ride, 
 
 We 're homeward bound ; 
 Tossed on the waves of a rough, restless tide, 
 
 We 're homeward bound ; 
 Far from the safe, quiet harbor we 've rode, 
 Seeknig our Father's celestial abode. 
 Promise of which on us each he bestowed ; 
 
 We 're homeward bound. 
 
 Wildly the storm sweeps us on as it roars, 
 
 We 're homeward bound ; 
 Look! yonder lie the bright heavenly shores, 
 
 We 're homeward bound. 
 Steady, pilot; stand firm at the wheel: 
 Steady ; we soon shall outweather the gale ; 
 Oh, how we fly 'neath the full, swelling sail ; 
 
 We 're homeward bound. 
 
 Into the harbor of heaven now we glide. 
 
 We 're home at last. 
 Softly we drift on its bright silver tide, 
 
 We 're home at last. 
 Glory to God, all our dangers are o'er, 
 We stand secure on the glorified shore ; 
 Glory to God, we will shout evermore. 
 
 We 're home at last. 
 
INDEX OF FIRST LINES. 
 
 A Sabbath well spent 179 
 
 Another six days' work is done--- 178 
 
 Awake, my soul, and with the sun 173 
 
 Beneath our feet and o'er our head 192 
 
 Come, let us anew our journey pursue 187 
 
 Glory to thee, my God, this night 175 
 
 God of the morning, at whose voice 174 
 
 Great God, we launch again 199 
 
 Great God, we sing that mighty hand 189 
 
 Guide us, Oh thou great Jehovah 201 
 
 How are thy servants blest, O Lord 181 
 
 How sweet the name of Jesus sounds 194 
 
 In time of fear, Avhen trouble 's near - 182 
 
 Jesus, lover of my soul -- - - .-- 195 
 
 Just as I am, without one plea 205 
 
 Mortals, awake, with angels join 184 
 
 My days are numbered by my God 186 
 
 My faith looks up to thee 200 
 
 Not all the blood ofbeasts - 206 
 
 Now from labor and from care 176 
 
 On like a river it bears me ever 190 
 
 Once more, my soul, the rising day 174 
 
 Out on an ocean all boundless we ride 207 
 
 Saviour, breathe an evening blessing 17T 
 
 Show pity. Lord ; O Lord, forgive 204 
 
 Star of Peace, to wanderers weary 180 
 
 Teach me the measure of my days - 185 
 
 The billows swell, the winds are high - 183 
 
 The gospel ship has long been sailing 196 
 
 They that toil upon the deep - - - 198 
 
 This is the day the Lord hath made - 179 
 
 Though hard the winds are blowing 202 
 
 Through every age, eternal God --- 192 
 
 Tossed upon life's raging billow --- 197 
 
 "When o'er the mighty deep we rode 180 
 
 When, marshalled on the nightly plain 193 
 
 When through the torn sail the wild tempest 203 
 
 While shepherds watched their flocks by night - - - 183 
 W hile with ceaseless course the sun 188 
 
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