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SONGS, 
 DIVINE AND MORAL 
 
 ATTEMPTED IN 
 
 EASY LANGUAGE. 
 
" Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise." — 
 
 St. Matthew xxi. 16. 
 
DIVINE AND MORAL 
 
 SONGS 
 
 THE USE or CHILDREN. 
 
 ISAAC WATTS, D.D. 
 
 WITH THIRTY ILLUSTRATIONS 
 DRAWN ON THE WOOD BY 0. W. COPE, A.R.A., 
 
 AND 
 
 ENGRAVED BY JOHN THOMPSON. 
 
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 LONDON: 
 JOHN VAN VOORST, PATERNOSTER ROW. 
 
 MDCCCXLVIII. 
 
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 Printed by S. 8c J. Bentlet, Wilbon, and Fle7, 
 Bangor Hoxise, Shoe Lane, 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 TO ALL THAT ARE CONCERNED IN THE EDUCATION OF 
 CHILDREN. 
 
 My Friends, 
 
 It is an awful and important charge that is committed 
 to you. The wisdom and welfare of the succeeding 
 generation are intrusted with you beforehand, and 
 depend much on your conduct. The seeds of misery 
 or happiness in this world, and that to come, are often- 
 times sown very early; and, therefore, whatever may 
 conduce to give the minds of children a relish for virtue 
 and religion ought, in the first place, to be proposed 
 to you. 
 
 Verse was at first designed for the service of God, 
 though it hath been wretchedly abused since. The 
 ancients among the Jews and the Heathens taught 
 their children and disciples the precepts of morality 
 and worship in verse. The children of Israel were com- 
 manded to learn the words of the song of Moses, 
 
VI PREFACE. 
 
 Deut. xxxi. 19, 80; and we are directed in the New 
 Testament, not only to sing " with grace in the heart," 
 but to " teach and admonish one another by hymns and 
 songs," Eplies. v. 19. And there are these four ad- 
 vantages in it : 
 
 1. There is a great delight in the very learning of 
 truths and duties this way. There is something so 
 amusing and entertaining in rhymes and metre that 
 will incline children to make this part of their business 
 a diversion. And you may turn their very duty into a 
 reward, by giving them the privilege of learning one 
 of these songs every week, if they fulfil the business of 
 the week well, and promising them the book itself, when 
 they have learned ten or twenty songs out of it. 
 
 2. What is learned in verse is longer retained in 
 memory, and sooner recollected. The like sounds and 
 the like number of syllables exceedingly assist the re- 
 membrance. And it may often happen that the end of 
 a song, running in the mind, may be an effectual means 
 to keep off some temptations, or to incline to some 
 duty, when a word of scripture is not upon their 
 thoughts. 
 
PREFACE. vii 
 
 3. This will be a constant furniture* for the minds of 
 children, that they may have something to think upon 
 when alone, and sing over to themselves. This may 
 sometimes give their thoughts a divine turn, and raise 
 a young meditation. Thus they will not be forced to 
 seek relief for an emptiness of mind out of the loose 
 and dangerous sonnets of the age. 
 
 4. These Divine Songs may be a pleasant and proper 
 matter for their daily or weekly worship, to sing one 
 in the family at such time as the parents or governors 
 shall appoint; and therefore I have confined the verse 
 to the most usual psalm tunes. 
 
 The greatest part of this little book was composed 
 several years ago, at the request of a friend who has 
 been long engaged in the work of catechising a very 
 great number of children of all kinds, and with abundant 
 skill and success. So that you will find here nothing that 
 savours of a party : the children of high and low degree, 
 of the Church of England or Dissenters, baptized in in- 
 fancy or not, may all join together in these songs. And 
 as I have endeavoured to sink the language to the level 
 of a child's understanding, and yet to keep it, if possible, 
 
Vlll PREFACE. 
 
 above contempt, so I have designed to profit all, if 
 possible, and offend none. I hope the more general 
 the sense is, these composures may be of the more 
 universal use and service. 
 
 I have added at the end some attempts of sonnets 
 on moral subjects, for children, with an air of plea- 
 santry, to provoke some fitter pen to write a little book 
 of them. 
 
 May the Almighty God make you faithful in this 
 important work of education : may he succeed your 
 cares with his abundant grace ; that the rising genera- 
 tion of Great Britain may be a glory among the nations, 
 a pattern to the Christian world, and a blessing to the 
 earth ! 
 
 I. W. 
 
CONTENTS. 
 
 DIVINE SONGS. 
 
 SONG PAGE 
 
 I. A GENERAL SONG OF PRAISE TO GOD . . 3 
 
 II. PRAISE FOR CREATION AND PROVIDENCE . . 5 
 
 III. PRAISE TO GOD FOR OUR REDEMPTION . . 8 
 
 IV. PRAISE FOR MERCIES, SPIRITUAL AND TEMPORAL . II 
 V. PRAISE FOR BIRTH AND EDUCATION IN A CHRISTIAN 
 
 LAND ...... 14 
 
 VI. PRAISE FOR THE GOSPEL . . . . .16 
 
 VII. THE EXCELLENCY OP THE BIBLE . . . 18 
 
 VIII. PRAISE TO GOD FOR LEARNING TO READ . . 20 
 
 IX. THE ALL-SEEING GOD ..... 23 
 
 X. SOLEMN THOUGHTS ON GOD AND DEATH . . 25 
 XI. HEAVEN AND HELL . . . . .27 
 
 XII. THE ADVANTAGES OP EARLY RELIGION . . .29 
 
 XIII. THE DANGER OF DELAY .... 31 
 
 XIV. EXAMPLES OF EARLY PIETY . . . .33 
 XV. AGAINST LYING ..... 36 
 
 XVI. AGAINST QUARRELLING AND FIGHTING . . 39 
 
 XVII. LOVE BETWEEN BROTHERS AND SISTERS . . 41 
 
 XVIII. AGAINST SCOFFING AND CALLING NAMES . . 44 
 XIX. AGAINST CURSING, SWEARING, AND TAKING GOD'S NAME 
 
 IN VAIN ...... 47 
 
 XX. AGAINST IDLENESS AND MISCHIEF . . .49 
 
 XXI. AGAINST EVIL COMPANY .... 51 
 
CONTENTS. 
 
 BONG Page 
 
 XXII. AGAINST PKIDE IN CLOTHES . . . .53 
 
 XXIII. OBEDIENCE TO PARENTS .... 56 
 
 XXIV. THE CHILD'S COMPLAINT . . . . .53 
 XXV. A MORNING SONG ..... 60 
 
 XXVI. AN EVENING SONG . . . . .63 
 
 XXVII. FOR THE LORD'S-DAY MORNING ... 64 
 
 XXVIII. POR THE LORD'S-DAY EVENING . . . .66 
 
 THE TEN COMMANDMENTS .... 68 
 
 THE SQM OF THE COMMANDMENTS . . .68 
 
 OUR SAVIOUR'S GOLDEN RULE ... 69 
 
 DUTY TO GOD AND OUR NEIGHBOUR . . .69 
 
 THE HOSANNA : OR SALVATION ASCRIBED TO CHRIST 70 
 
 GLORY TO THE FATHER, AND TO THE SON, ETC. . 72 
 
 MORAL SONGS. 
 
 I. THE SLUGGARD ...... 77 
 
 II. INNOCENT PLAY . . . . . .79 
 
 III. THE ROSE ....... 80 
 
 IV. THE THIEF ....... 81 
 
 V. THE ANT, OR EMMET ..... 83 
 
 VI. GOOD RESOLUTIONS . . . . . .85 
 
 VII. SUMMER'S EVENING . . . . . .93 
 
 VIII. CRADLE HYMN ...... 88 
 
DIVINE SONGS. 
 
A GENERAL SONG OF PRAISE TO GOD. 
 
 How glorious is our heavenly King, 
 Who reigns above the sky ! 
 
 How shall a child presume to sing 
 His di'eadful Majesty ? 
 
DIVINE SONGS. 
 
 How great his power is none can tell, 
 Nor think how large his grace ; 
 
 Not men below, nor saints that dwell 
 On high before his face. 
 
 Not angels, that stand round the Lord, 
 
 Can search his secret will ; 
 But they perform his heavenly word. 
 
 And sing his praises still. 
 
 Then let me join this holy train, 
 And my first offerings bring : 
 
 Th' eternal God will not disdain 
 To hear an infant sing. 
 
 My heart resolves, my tongue obeys ; 
 
 And angels shall rejoice 
 To hear their mighty Maker's praise 
 
 Sound from a feeble voice. 
 
DIVINE SONGS. 
 
 II. 
 
 PRAISE FOR CREATION AND PROVIDENCE. 
 
 I SING th' almighty power of God, 
 That made the mountains rise, 
 
 That spread the flowing seas abroad, 
 And built the lofty skies. 
 
 I sing the wisdom that ordain'd 
 
 The sun to rule the day : 
 The moon shines full at his command. 
 
 And all the stars obey. 
 
 I sing the goodness of the Lord, 
 That fiU'd the earth with food: 
 
 He form'd the creatures with his word, 
 And then pronounced them good. 
 
DIVINE SONGS. 
 
 Lord, how thy wonders are displaj^'d 
 
 Where'er I turn mine eye, 
 If I survey the ground I tread, 
 
 Or gaze upon the sky ! 
 
 There 's not a plant or flower below. 
 But makes thy glories kno%vn ; 
 
 And clouds arise and tempests blow, 
 By order from thy tlu'one. 
 
 Creatures — as numerous as they be — 
 
 Are subject to thy care : 
 There 's not a place where we can flee, 
 
 But God is present there. 
 
 In heaven he shines with beams of love. 
 With wrath in hell beneath : 
 
 'Tis on his earth I stand or move, 
 And 'tis his air I breathe. 
 
DIVINE SONGS. 
 
 His hand is my perpetual guard, 
 He keeps me with his eye : 
 
 Why should I then forget the Lord, 
 Who is for ever nigh ? 
 
III. 
 
 PRAISE TO GOD FOR OUR REDEMPTIOIW 
 
 Blest be the wisdom and the power, 
 The justice and the grace, 
 
 That join'd in counsel to restore 
 And save our ruin'd race ! 
 
DIVINE SONGS. 
 
 Our father ate forbidden fruit, 
 
 And from his glory fell ; 
 And we, his children, thus were brought 
 
 To death, and near to hell. 
 
 Blest be the Lord, that sent his Son 
 To take our flesh and blood ! 
 
 He for our lives gave up his own, 
 To make our peace with God. 
 
 He honour'd all his Father's laws. 
 
 Which we have disobey'd; 
 He bore our sins upon the cross, 
 
 And our full ransom paid. 
 
 Behold him rising from the grave ; 
 
 Behold him raised on high : 
 He pleads his merits there, to save 
 
 Transgressors doom'd to die. 
 
10 DIVINE SONGS. 
 
 There, on a glorious throne, he reigns ; 
 
 And by his power divine 
 Redeems us from the slavish chains 
 
 Of Satan and of sin. 
 
 Thence shall the Lord to judgment come ; 
 
 And, with a sovereign voice, 
 Shall call and break up every tomb, 
 
 While waking saints rejoice. 
 
 O may I then with joy appear 
 
 Before the Judge's face ; 
 And, with the blest assembly there, 
 
 Sing his redeeming grace. 
 
IV. 
 
 PRAISE FOR MERCIES, SPIRITUAL AND TEMPORAL. 
 
 Whene'er I take my walks abroad, 
 
 How many poor I seel 
 What shall I render to my God 
 
 For all his gifts to me ? 
 
12 DIVINE SONGS. 
 
 Not more than others I deserve, 
 Yet God hath given me more : 
 
 For I have food, while others starve, 
 Or beg from door to door. 
 
 How many children in the street 
 
 Half-naked I behold! 
 While I am clothed from head to feet. 
 
 And cover'd from the cold. 
 
 While some poor wretches scarce can tell 
 Where they may lay their head, 
 
 I have a home wherein to dwell, 
 And rest upon my bed. 
 
 While others early learn to swear. 
 And curse, and lie, and steal, 
 
 Lord, I am taught thy name to fear, 
 And do thy holy will. 
 
DIVINE SONGS. 
 
 Are these thy favours, day by clay, 
 
 To me above the rest ? 
 Then let me love thee more than they, 
 
 And try to serve thee best. 
 
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14 DIVINE SONGS. 
 
 V. 
 
 PRAISE FOR BIRTH AND EDUCATION IN A CHRISTIAN LAND. 
 
 Great God, to thee my voice I raise, 
 To thee my youngest hours belong : 
 
 I would begin my life with praise. 
 Till growing years improve the song. 
 
 'Tis to thy sovereign grace I owe 
 
 That 1 was born on British ground ; 
 
 Where streams of heavenly mercy flow, 
 And words of sweet salvation sound. 
 
 I would not change my native land 
 For rich Peru, with all her gold: 
 
 A nobler prize lies in my hand 
 Than east or western Indies hold. 
 
DIVINE SONGS. 15 
 
 How do I pity those that dwell 
 
 Where ignorance and darkness reign ! 
 
 They know no heaven — they fear no hell — 
 That endless joy — that endless pain. 
 
 Thy glorious promises, O Lord, 
 Kindle my hopes and my desire : 
 
 While all the preachers of thy word 
 Warn me t' escape eternal fire. 
 
 Thy praise shall still employ my breath, 
 
 Since thou hast mark'd my way to heaven ; 
 
 Nor will I run the road to death. 
 
 And waste the blessings thou hast given. 
 
16 DIVINE SONGS. 
 
 VI. 
 
 PRAISE FOR THE GOSPEL. 
 
 Lord, I ascribe it to thy grace, 
 
 And not to chance as others do. 
 That I was born of Christian race, 
 
 And not a Heathen, or a Jew. 
 
 What would the ancient Jewish kings 
 And Jewish prophets once have given, 
 
 Could they have heard those glorious things 
 Which Christ reveal'd and brought from heaven 
 
 How glad the Heathens would have been, 
 That worshipp'd idols, wood, and stone. 
 
 If they the Book of God had seen, 
 Or Jesus and his Gospel known. 
 
DIVINE SONGS. 
 
 17 
 
 Then, if the Gospel I refuse, 
 
 How shall I e'er lift up mine eyes ? 
 
 For all the Gentiles and the Jews 
 Against me will in judgment rise. 
 
18 DIVINE SONGS. 
 
 VII. 
 
 THE EXCELLENCY OF THE BIBLE. 
 
 Great God, with wonder and with praise 
 
 On all thy works I look : 
 But still thy wisdom, power, and grace, 
 
 Shine brighter in thy Book. 
 
 The stars that in their com'ses roll 
 
 Have much instruction given; 
 But thy good Word informs my soul 
 
 How I may climb to heaven. 
 
 The fields provide me food, and show 
 The goodness of the Lord ; 
 
 But fruits of life and glory grow- 
 In thy most holy Word. 
 
DIVINE SONGS. 19 
 
 Here are my choicest treasures hid ; 
 
 Here my best comfort lies ; 
 Here my desires are satisfied ; 
 
 And hence my joys arise. 
 
 Lord, make me understand thy law: 
 Show what my faults have been ; 
 
 And from thy Gospel let me draw 
 Pardon for all my sin. 
 
 Here would I learn how Christ has died 
 
 To save my soul from hell : 
 Not all the books on earth beside 
 
 Such heavenly wonders tell. 
 
 Then let me love my Bible more ; 
 
 And take a fresh delight 
 By day to read these wonders o'er, 
 
 And meditate by night. 
 
VIII. 
 
 PRAISE TO GOD FOR LEARNING TO READ. 
 
 The praises of my tongue 
 
 I offer to the Lord, 
 That I was taught and learnt so young 
 
 To read his holy Word. 
 
DIVINE SONGS. 21 
 
 That I am brought to know 
 
 The danger I was in ; 
 By nature, and by practice too, 
 
 A wretched slave to sin. 
 
 That I am led to see 
 
 I can do nothing well ; 
 And whither shall a sinner flee, 
 
 To save himself from hell ? 
 
 Dear Lord, this Book of thine 
 Informs me where to go. 
 
 For grace to pardon all my sin, 
 And make me holy too. 
 
 Here I can read and learn 
 How Christ, the Son of God, 
 
 Did undertake our great concern ; 
 Our ransom cost his blood. 
 
22 DIVINE SONGS. 
 
 And now he reigns above, 
 
 He sends his Spirit down, 
 To show the wonders of his love, 
 
 And make his Gospel known. 
 
 O may that Spirit teach, 
 
 And make my heart receive 
 Those truths whicli all thy servants preach, 
 
 And all thy saints believe. 
 
 Then shall I praise the Lord 
 
 In a more cheerful strain, 
 That I was taught to read his Word, 
 
 And have not learnt in vain. 
 
DIVIITE SO!ra 
 
 IX. 
 
 THE ALL-SEEING GOD. 
 
 Almighty God, thy piercing eye 
 Strikes through the shades of night, 
 
 And our most secret actions lie 
 All open to thy sight. 
 
 There's not a sin that we commit. 
 Nor wicked word we say, ''' 
 
 But in thy dreadful book 'tis writ 
 Against the judgment-day. 
 
 And must the crimes that I have done 
 Be read and publish'd there ; 
 
 Be all exposed before the sun. 
 While men and angels hear ? 
 
24 DIVINE SONGS. 
 
 Lord, at thy feet ashamed I lie ; 
 
 Upward I dare not look : 
 Pardon my sins before I die, 
 
 And blot them from thy book. 
 
 Remember all the dying pains 
 
 That my Redeemer felt ; 
 And let his blood wash out my stains, 
 
 And answer for my guilt. 
 
 O may I now for ever fear 
 T' indulge a sinful thought, 
 
 Since the great God can see and hear. 
 And writes down ev'ry fault! 
 
DIVINE SONGS. 25 
 
 X. 
 
 SOLEMN THOUGHTS ON GOD AND DEATH. 
 
 There is a God that reigns above, 
 
 Lord of the heavens, and earth, and seas; 
 
 I fear his wrath, I ask his love. 
 
 And with my lips I sing his praise. 
 
 There is a law which he has writ, 
 To teach us all what we must do : 
 
 My soul, to his commands submit. 
 For they are holy, just, and true. 
 
 There is a Gospel of rich grace. 
 
 Whence sinners all their comforts draw : 
 
 Lord, I repent, and seek thy face, 
 For I have often broke thy law. 
 
26 DIVINE SONGS. 
 
 There is an hour when I must die, 
 
 Nor do I know how soon 'twill come : 
 
 A thousand children, young as I, 
 
 Are call'd by death to hear their doom. 
 
 Let me improve the hours I have, 
 Before the day of grace is fled : 
 
 There's no repentance in the grave. 
 No pardon offer'd to the dead. 
 
 Just as a tree cut down, that fell 
 To north or southward, there it lies, 
 
 So man departs to heaven or hell, 
 Fix'd in the state wherein he dies. 
 
DIVINE SONGS. 27 
 
 XL 
 
 HEAVEN AND HELL. 
 
 There is beyond the sky 
 A heaven of joy and love ; 
 
 And holy children, when they die, 
 Go to that world above. 
 
 There is a dreadful hell, 
 
 And everlasting pains : 
 There sinners must with devils dwell 
 
 In darkness, fire, and chains. 
 
 Can such a wretch as I 
 
 Escape this cursed end ? 
 And may I hope, whene'er I die, 
 
 I shall to heaven ascend ? 
 
28 
 
 DIVINE SONGS. 
 
 Then will I read and pray, 
 Wliile I have life and breath, 
 
 Lest I should be cut off to-day, 
 And sent t' eternal death. 
 
DIVINE SONGS. 29 
 
 XII. 
 
 THE ADVANTAGES OF EARLY RELIGION. 
 
 Happy the child whose youngest years 
 
 Receive instructions well ; 
 Who hates the sinner's path, and fears 
 
 The road that leads to hell. 
 
 When we devote our youth to God, 
 
 'Tis pleasing in his eyes ; 
 A flower, when ofFer'd in the bud, 
 
 Is no vain sacrifice. 
 
 'Tis easier work if we begin 
 
 To fear the Lord betimes ; 
 While sinners, that grow old in siji, 
 
 Are harden'd in their crimes. 
 
oO DIVINE SONGS. 
 
 'Twill save us from a thousand snares 
 
 To mind religion young : 
 Grace will preserve our following years, 
 
 And make our virtue strong. 
 
 To thee, Almighty God, to thee 
 
 Our childhood we resign : 
 'Twill please us to look back and see 
 
 That ovu' whole lives were thine. 
 
 Let the sweet work of prayer and praise 
 Employ my youngest breath ! 
 
 Thus I'm prepared for longer days, 
 Or fit for early death. 
 
DIVINE SONGS. 31 
 
 XIII. 
 
 THE DANGER OF DELAY. 
 
 Why should I say, "'Tis yet too soon 
 "To seek for heaven or think of death?' 
 
 A flower may fade before 'tis noon, 
 And I this day may lose my breath. 
 
 If this rebellious heart of mine 
 
 Despise the gracious calls of heaven, 
 
 I may be harden'd in my sin, 
 
 And never have repentance given. 
 
 What if the Lord grow wroth, and swear. 
 While I refuse to read and pray, 
 
 That he'll refuse to lend an ear 
 To all my groans another day ! 
 
32 DIVINE SONGS. 
 
 What if his dreadful anger burn, 
 While I refuse his ofFer'd grace, 
 
 And all his love to anger turn, 
 
 And strike me dead upon the place ! 
 
 'Tis dangerous to provoke a God! 
 
 His power and vengeance none can tell 
 One stroke of his almighty rod 
 
 Shall send young sinners quick to hell. 
 
 Then 'twill for ever be in vain 
 To cry for pardon or for grace ; 
 
 To wish I had my time again. 
 Or hope to see my Maker's face. 
 
XIV. 
 
 EXAMPLES OF EARLY PIETY. 
 
 What blest examples do I find 
 Writ in the Word of Truth, 
 
 Of children that began to mind 
 Religion in their youth ! 
 
34 DIVINE SONGS. 
 
 Jesus, who reigns above the sky, 
 And keeps the world in awe, 
 
 Was once a child as young as I, 
 And kept his Father's law. 
 
 At twelve years old he talk'd with men, 
 (The Jews all wondering stand ;) 
 
 Yet he obey'd his Mother then, 
 And came at her command. 
 
 Children a sweet hosanna sung, 
 And blest their Saviour's name ; 
 
 They gave him honour with their tongue, 
 Wliile scribes and priests blaspheme. 
 
 Samuel the child was wean'd and brought 
 
 To wait upon the Lord : 
 Young Timothy betimes was taught 
 
 To Know his holy Word. 
 
DIVINE SONGS. 
 
 35 
 
 Then why shoukl I so long delay 
 What others learnt so soon ? 
 
 I would not pass another day 
 Without this work begun. 
 
XV. 
 
 AGAINST LYING. 
 
 O 'tis a lovely thing for youth 
 To walk betimes in wisdom's way ; 
 
 To fear a lie, to speak the truth, 
 That we may trust to all they say ! 
 
DIVINE SONGS. o7 
 
 But liars we can never trust, 
 
 Though they should speak the thing that 's true ; 
 And he that does one fault at first. 
 
 And lies to hide it, makes it two. 
 
 Have we not known, nor heard, nor read 
 How God abhors deceit and wrong ? 
 
 How Ananias was struck dead, 
 
 Caught with a lie upon his tongue ? 
 
 So did his wife Sapphira die, 
 
 When she came in, and grew so bold 
 
 As to confirm that wicked lie, 
 
 Which just before her husband told. 
 
 The Lord delights in them that speak 
 The words of truth ; but every liar 
 
 Must have his portion in the lake 
 
 That burns with brimstone and with fire. 
 
38 
 
 DIVINE SONGS. 
 
 Then let me always watch my lips, 
 Lest I he struck to death and hell, 
 
 Since God a book of reckoning keeps 
 For every lie that children tell. 
 
DIVINE SONGS. 39 
 
 XVI. 
 
 AGAINST QUARRELLING AND FIGHTING. 
 
 Let dogs delight to bark and bite, 
 For God hath made them so : 
 
 Let bears and lions growl and fight, 
 For 'tis their nature, too. 
 
 But children, you should never let 
 
 Such angry passions rise : 
 Your little hands were never made 
 
 To tear each other's eyes. 
 
 Let love through all your actions run, 
 And all your words be mild : 
 
 Live like the blessed Virgin's Son, 
 That sweet and lovely child. 
 
40 
 
 DIVINE SONGS. 
 
 His soul was gentle as a lamb ; 
 
 And as his stature grew, 
 He grew in favour both with man. 
 
 And God his Father, too. 
 
 Now, Lord of all, he reigns above ; 
 
 And from his heavenly throne 
 He sees what children dwell in love, 
 
 And marks them for his own. 
 
XVII. 
 
 LOVE BETWEEN BROTHERS AND SISTERS. 
 
 Whatever brawls disturb the street, 
 There should be peace at home ; 
 
 Where sisters dwell and brothers meet 
 Quarrels should never come. 
 
42 DIVINE SONGS. 
 
 Birds in their little nests agree ; 
 
 And 'tis a shameful sight, 
 Wlien children of one family 
 
 Fall out, and chide, and fight. 
 
 Hard names at first, and threatening words. 
 
 That are but noisy breath, 
 May grow to clubs and naked swords. 
 
 To murder and to death. 
 
 The devil tempts one mother's son 
 
 To rage against another: 
 So wicked Cain was hurried on, 
 
 Till he had kill'd his brother. 
 
 The wise will let their anger cool, 
 
 At least before 'tis night ; 
 But in the bosom of a fool 
 
 It burns till morning light. 
 
DIVINE SONGS. 
 
 43 
 
 Pardon, O Lord, our childish rage, 
 Our little brawls remove, 
 
 That, as we grow to riper age, 
 Our hearts may all be love! 
 
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 XVIII. 
 
 AGAINST SCOFFING AND CALLING NAMES. 
 
 Our tongues were made to bless the Lord, 
 
 And not speak ill of men : 
 When others give a railing word, 
 
 We must not rail again. 
 
DIVINE SONGS. 45 
 
 Cross words and angry names require 
 
 To be chastised at school ; 
 And he 's in danger of hell-fire 
 
 That calls his brother fool. 
 
 But lips that dare be so profane 
 To mock, and jeer, and scoff 
 
 At holy things, or holy men. 
 The Lord shall cut them ofl'. 
 
 When children, in their wanton play. 
 
 Served old Elisha so. 
 And bade the prophet go his way, 
 
 ' Go up, thou bald head, go ! ' 
 
 God quickly stopp'd their wicked breath ; 
 
 And sent two raging bears. 
 That tore them limb from limb to death, 
 
 With blood, and groans, and tears. 
 
46 
 
 DIVINE SONGS. 
 
 Great God ! how terrible art thou 
 
 To sinners e'er so young: 
 Grant me thy grace, and teach me how 
 
 To tame and rule my tongue. 
 
DIVINE SONGS. 47 
 
 XIX. 
 
 AGAINST CURSING, SWEARING, AND TAKING GOD'S NAME IN 
 
 VAIN. 
 
 Angels, that high in glory dwell, 
 Adore thy Name, Almighty God ! 
 
 And devils tremble down in hell, 
 Beneath the terrors of thy rod. 
 
 And yet how wicked children dare 
 Abuse thy dreadful, glorious Name ! 
 
 And when they 're angry, how they swear, 
 And curse their fellows, and blaspheme ! 
 
 How will they stand before thy face. 
 Who treated thee with such disdain, 
 
 While thou shalt doom them to the place 
 Of everlasting fire and pain ? 
 
48 DIVINE SONGS. 
 
 Then never shall one cooling drop 
 
 To quench their burning tongues be given ; 
 But I vi^ill praise thee here, and hope 
 
 Thus to employ my tongue in heaven. 
 
 My heart shall be in pain to hear 
 Wretches affront the Lord above : 
 
 'Tis that great God whose power I fear, 
 That heavenly Father whom I love. 
 
 If my companions grow profane, 
 
 I '11 leave their friendship when I hear 
 
 Young sinners take thy Name in vain, 
 And learn to curse, and learn to swear. 
 

 XX. 
 
 AGAINST IDLENESS AND MISCHIEF. 
 
 How cloth the little busy bee 
 Improve each shining hour, 
 
 And gather honey all the day 
 From every opening flower ! 
 
50 DIVINE SOXGS. 
 
 How skilfully she builds her cell ! 
 
 How neat she spreads the wax ! 
 And labours hard to store it well 
 
 With the sweet food she makes. 
 
 In works of labour or of skill 
 
 I would be busy too : 
 For Satan finds some mischief still 
 
 For idle hands to do. 
 
 In books, or work, or healthful play 
 Let my first years be past, 
 
 That I may give for every day 
 Some good account at last. 
 
DIVINE SONGS. 51 
 
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 'UlTIVERSITYj 
 
 XXL 
 
 AGAINST EVIL COMPANY. 
 
 Why should I join with those in play 
 
 In whom I've no delight; 
 Who curse and swear, but never pray; 
 
 Who call ill names, and fight? 
 
 I hate to hear a wanton song: 
 
 Their words offend my ears : 
 I should not dare defile my tongue 
 
 With language such as theirs. 
 
 Away from fools I'll turn my eyes, 
 
 Nor with the scoffers go : 
 I would be walking with the wise, 
 
 That wiser I may grow. 
 
52 
 
 DIVINE SONGS. 
 
 From one rude boy, that 's used to mock, 
 
 They learn the wicked jest : 
 One sickly sheep infects the flock, 
 
 And poisons all the rest. 
 
 My God, I hate to walk or dwell 
 
 With sinful children here : 
 Then let me not be sent to hell, 
 
 Where none but sinners are. 
 
DIVINE SONGS. 53 
 
 XXII. 
 
 AGAINST PRIDE IN CLOTHES. 
 
 Why should our garments, made to hide 
 Our parents' shame, provoke our pride? 
 The art of dress did ne'er begin 
 Till Eve our mother learnt to sin. 
 
 When first she put the covering on. 
 Her robe of innocence was gone ; 
 And yet her children vainly boast 
 In the sad marks of glory lost. 
 
 How proud we are ! how fond to shew 
 Our clothes, and call them rich and new, 
 When the poor sheep and silkworms wore 
 That very clothing long before ! 
 
•54 DIVINE SONGS. 
 
 The tulip and the butterfly 
 
 Appear in gayer coats than I : 
 
 Let me be dress'd fine as I will, 
 
 Flies, worms, and flowers exceed me still. 
 
 Then will 1 set my heart to find 
 Inward adornings of the mind : 
 Knowledge and virtue, truth and grace. 
 These are the robes of richest dress. 
 
 No more shall worms with me compare, 
 This is the raiment angels wear : 
 The Son of God, when here below. 
 Put on this blest apparel too. 
 
 It never fades, it ne'er grows old. 
 
 Nor fears the rain, nor moth, nor mould: 
 
 It takes no spot, but still refines ; 
 
 The more 'tis worn, the more it shines. 
 
DIVINE SONGS. 
 
 55 
 
 111 this on earth would I appear, 
 Then go to heaven, and wear it there: 
 God will approve it in his sight ; 
 'Tis his own work, and his delight. 
 
56 DIVINE SONGS. 
 
 XXIII. 
 
 OBEDIENCE TO PARENTS. 
 
 Let children that would fear the Lord 
 Hear what their teachers say ; 
 
 With reverence meet their parents' word, 
 And with delight obey. 
 
 Have you not heard what dreadful plagues 
 
 Are threaten'd by the Lord, 
 To him that breaks his father's law, 
 
 Or mocks his mother's word ? 
 
 What heavy guilt upon him lies ! 
 
 How cursed is his name ! 
 The ravens shall pick out his eyes. 
 
 And eagles eat the same. 
 
DIVINE SONGS. 
 
 57 
 
 But those who worship God, and give 
 
 Their parents honour due, 
 Here on this earth they long shall live, 
 
 And live hereafter, too. 
 
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58 DIVINE SONGS. 
 
 XXIV. 
 
 THE child's complaint. 
 
 Why should I love my sports so well, 
 
 So constant at my play, 
 And lose the thoughts of heaven and hell, 
 
 And then forget to pray ? 
 
 What do I read my Bible for, 
 But, Lord, to learn thy will ? 
 
 And shall I daily know thee more, 
 And less obey thee still ? 
 
 How senseless is my heart, and wild ! 
 
 How vain are all my thoughts ! 
 Pity the weakness of a child, 
 
 And pardon all my faults. 
 
DIVINE SONGS. 
 
 59 
 
 Make me thy heavenly voice to hear, 
 
 And let me love to pray ; 
 Since God will lend a gracious ear 
 
 To what a child can say. 
 
XXV. 
 
 A MORNING SONG. 
 
 My God, who makes the sun to know 
 
 His proper hour to rise ; 
 And, to give light to all below. 
 
 Doth send him round the skies : 
 
DmNESONO.. v^UNIVIiiilSITY 
 
 When from the chambers of the east 
 
 His morning race begins, 
 He never tires, nor stops to rest, 
 
 But round the world he shines. 
 
 So, like the sun, would I fulfil 
 
 The business of the day ; 
 Begin my work betimes, and still 
 
 March on my heavenly way. 
 
 Give me, O Lord, thy early grace. 
 Nor let my soul complain 
 
 That the young morning of my days 
 Has all been spent in vain! 
 
62 DIVINE SONGS. 
 
 XXVI. 
 
 AN EVENING SONG. 
 
 And now another clay is gone, 
 
 I'll sing my Maker's praise ! 
 My comforts every hour make known 
 
 His providence and grace. 
 
 But how my childhood runs to waste ! 
 
 My sins how great their sum ! 
 Lord, give me pardon for the past, 
 
 And strength for days to come. 
 
 I lay my body down to sleep, 
 
 Let angels guard my head ; 
 And, through tlie hours of darkness, keep 
 
 Their watch around my bed. 
 
DIVINE SONGS. 
 
 63 
 
 With cheerful heart I close mine eyes, 
 Since thou wilt not remove ; 
 
 And in the morning let me rise 
 Rejoicing in thy love. 
 
XXVII. 
 
 FOR THE LORD'S-DAY MORNING. 
 
 This is the day when Christ arose 
 
 So early from the dead : 
 Why shoukl I keep my eyelids close, 
 
 And waste my hours in bed ? 
 
DIVINE SONGS. 
 
 This is the day when Jesus broke 
 The powers of death and hell : 
 
 And shall I still' wear Satan's yoke, 
 And love my sins so well ? 
 
 To-day, with pleasure, Christians meet. 
 To pray, and hear thy Word ; 
 
 And I would go with cheerful feet 
 To learn thy will, O Lord! 
 
 1 '11 leave my sport, to read and pray. 
 And so prepare for heaven : 
 
 O may I love this blessed day 
 The best of all the seven ! 
 
XXVIII. 
 
 FOR THE LORD"S-r)AY EVENING. 
 
 Lord, how delightful 'tis to see 
 
 A whole assembly worship thee ! 
 
 At once they sing, at once they pray ; 
 
 They hear of heaven, and learn the way. 
 
DIVINE SOXGS. 67 
 
 I have been there, and still would go ; 
 'Tis like a little heaven below ! 
 Not all my pleasure and my play 
 Should tempt me to forget this day. 
 
 write upon my memory, Lord, 
 The text and doctrines of thy Word ; 
 That I may break thy laws no more. 
 But love thee better than before ! 
 
 With thoughts of Christ and things divine 
 Fill up this foolish heart of mine : 
 That, hoping pardon through his blood, 
 
 1 may lie down, and wake with God. 
 
68 DIVINE SONGS. 
 
 THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. 
 
 1. Thou shalt have no more Gods but me. 
 
 2. Before no idol bow thy knee. 
 
 3. Take not the Name of God in vain: 
 
 4. Nor dare the Sabbath-day profane. 
 
 5. Give both thy parents honour due. 
 
 6. Take heed that thou no murder do. 
 
 7. Abstain from words and deeds unclean: 
 
 8. Nor steal, though thou art poor and mean 
 
 9. Nor make a wilful lie, nor love it. 
 
 10. What is thy neighbour's dare not covet. 
 
 THE SUM OF THE COMMANDMENTS. 
 
 With all thy soul love God above ; 
 And as thyself thy neighbour love. 
 
DIVINE SONGS. 69 
 
 OUR SAVIOURS GOLDEN RULE. 
 
 Be you to otliers kind and true, 
 As you 'd have others be to you ; 
 And neither do nor say to men 
 Whate'er you would not take again. 
 
 DUTY TO GOD AND OUR NEIGHBOUR. 
 
 Love God with all your soul and strength, 
 With all your heart and mind ; 
 
 And love your neighbour as yourself: 
 Be faithful, just, and kind. 
 
 Deal with another as you 'd have 
 
 Another deal with you : 
 What you 're unwilling to receive, 
 
 Be sure you never do. 
 
70 DIVINE SONGS. 
 
 THE IIOSANNA ; OR SALVATION ASCRIBED TO CHRIST. 
 
 HosANNA to king David's Son, 
 Who reigns on a superior throne ! 
 We bless the Prince of heavenly birth 
 Who brings salvation down to earth. 
 
 Let every nation, every age 
 In this delightful work engage ; 
 Old men and babes in Sion sing 
 The growing glories of her King ! 
 
 HosANNA to the Prince of Grace; 
 
 Sion, behold thy King ! 
 Proclaim the Son of David's race. 
 
 And teach the babes to sinsf. 
 
DIVINE SONGS. 71 
 
 Hosanna to the eternal Word, 
 Wlio from the Father came ; 
 
 Ascribe salvation to the Lord, 
 With blessings on his Name 
 
 Hosanna to the Son 
 
 Of David and of God, 
 Who brought the news of pardon down, 
 
 And bought it with his blood ! 
 
 To Christ, th' anointed King, 
 
 Be endless blessings given ; 
 Let the whole earth his glories sing, 
 
 Who made our peace with heaven. 
 
72 DIVINE SONGS. 
 
 GLORY TO THE FATHER, AND TO THE SON, ETC. 
 
 To God the Father, God the Son, 
 And God the Spirit, Three in One, 
 Be honour, praise, and glory given, 
 By all on earth, and all in heaven. 
 
 Now let the Father, and the Son, 
 
 And Spirit he adored, 
 Where there are w^orks to make him known. 
 
 Or saints to love the Lord. 
 
 Give to the Father praise. 
 Give glory to the Son, 
 And to the Spirit of his Grace 
 Be equal honour done. 
 
MORAL SONGS. 
 
A SLIGHT SPECIMEN; 
 
 SUCH AS I WISH SOME HAPPY AND CONDESCENDING 
 GENIUS WOULD UNDERTAKE FOR THE USE OF CHILDREN, 
 AND PERFORM MUCH BETTER. 
 
 The sense and subjects might be borrowed plenti- 
 fully from the Proverbs of Solomon, from all the com- 
 mon appearances of nature, from all the occurrences 
 of civil life, both in city and country (which would 
 also afford matter for other divine songs). Here the 
 language and measures should be easy, and flowing 
 with cheerfulness, with or without the solemnities of 
 religion, or the sacred names of God and holy things : 
 that children might find delight and profit together. 
 
 This would be one effectual way to deliver them from 
 those idle, wanton, or profane songs, which give so 
 early an ill taint to the fancy and memory ; and become 
 the seeds of future vices. 
 
THE SLUGGARD. 
 
 'Tis the voice of the Sluggard : I heard him complain, 
 "You have waked me too soon ! I must slumber again ! 
 As the door on its hinges, so he on his bed 
 Turns his sides, and his shoulders, and his heavy head. 
 
78 MORAL SONGS. 
 
 " A little more sleep, and a little more slumber ! " 
 
 Thus he wastes half his days, and his hours without nmnber ; 
 
 And when he gets up he sits folding his hands, 
 
 Or walks about sauntering, or trifling he stands. 
 
 I pass'd by his garden, and saw the wild brier. 
 The thorn, and the thistle grow broader and higher : 
 The clothes that hang on him are turning to rags ; 
 And his money still wastes, till he starves or he begs. 
 
 I made him a visit, still hoping to find 
 He had took better care for improving his mind : 
 He told me his ch'eams, talk'd of eating and drinking ; 
 But he scarce reads his Bible, and never loves thinking. 
 
 Said I then to my heart, " Here 's a lesson for me ! 
 
 That man 's but a pictui'e of what I might be ; 
 
 But thanks to my friends for their care in my breeding, 
 
 Wlio have taught me by times to love working and reading ! " 
 
MORAL SONGS. 79 
 
 II. 
 
 INNOCENT PLAY. 
 
 Abroad in the meadows, to see the young lambs 
 Run sporting abovit by the side of their dams, 
 
 With fleeces so clean and so white ; 
 Or a nest of young doves in a large open cage, 
 When they play all in love, without anger or rage. 
 
 How much may we learn from the sight ! 
 
 If we had been ducks, we might dabble in mud ; 
 Or dogs, we might play till it ended in blood : 
 
 So foul and so fierce are their natures ; 
 But Thomas and William, and such pretty names, 
 Should be cleanly and harmless as doves or as lambs, 
 
 Those lovely sweet innocent creatures. 
 
 Not a thing that we do, nor a word that we say. 
 Should injure another in jesting or play. 
 
 For he 's still in earnest that 's hurt : 
 How rude are the boys that throw pebbles and mire ; 
 There 's none but a madman will fling about fire. 
 
 And tell you " 'Tis all but in spprt! " 
 
80 MORAL SONGS. 
 
 III. 
 
 THE ROSE. 
 
 How fair is the Rose ! what a beautiful flower ! 
 
 The glory of April and May : 
 But the leaves are beginning to fade in an hour, 
 
 And they wither and die in a day. 
 
 Yet the Rose has one powerful virtue to boast, 
 
 Above all the flowers of the field ! 
 When its leaves are all dead and fine colours are lost. 
 
 Still how sweet a perfume it will yield ! 
 
 So frail is the youth and the beauty of man. 
 
 Though they bloom and look gay like the Rose ; 
 
 But all our fond care to preserve them is vain, 
 Time kills them as fast as he goes. 
 
 Then I '11 not be proud of my youth and my beauty. 
 
 Since both of them wither and fade ; 
 But gain a good name by well doing my duty : 
 
 This will scent like a Rose when I'm dead. 
 
MORAL SO^GS, 
 
 S^ OK 
 
 'UNIVEESITY 
 
 THE THIEF. 
 
 Why should I deprive my neighbour 
 Of his goods against his will ? 
 
 Hands were made for honest laboui-, 
 Not to plunder, or to steal. 
 
 'Tis a foolish self-deceiving 
 
 By such tricks to hope for gain : 
 
 All that's ever got by thieving 
 
 Turns to sorrow, shame, and pain. 
 
 Have not Eve and Adam taught us 
 Their sad profit to compute, 
 
 To what dismal state they brought us 
 When they stole forbidden fruit ? 
 
82 MORAL SONGS. 
 
 Oft we see a young beginner 
 Practise little pilfering ways, 
 
 Till grown up a harden'd sinner, 
 Then the gallows ends his days. 
 
 Theft will not be always hidden, 
 Though we fancy none can spy : 
 
 When we take a thing forbidden, 
 God beholds it with his eye. 
 
 Guard my heart, O God of heaven, 
 Lest I covet what 's not mine ; 
 
 Lest I steal what is not given. 
 
 Guard my heart and hands from sin. 
 
MORAL SONGS. 
 
 V. 
 
 THE ANT, OR EMMET. 
 
 These Emmets, liow little they are in our eyes ! 
 We tread them to dust, and a troop of them dies. 
 
 Without our regard or concern : 
 Yet, as wise as we are, if we went to their school, 
 There's many a sluggard and many a fool 
 
 Some lessons of wisdom might learn. 
 
 They wear not their time out in sleeping or play. 
 But gather up corn in a sunshiny day, 
 
 And for winter they lay up their stores : 
 They manage their work in such regular forms, 
 One would think they foresaw all the frosts and the storms. 
 
 And so brought their food withindoors. 
 
84 MORAL SONGS. 
 
 But I have less sense than a poor creeping Ant, 
 If I take not due care for the things I shall want, 
 
 Nor provide against dangers in time ; 
 When death or old age shall once stare in my face, 
 What a wretch shall I be in the end of my days. 
 
 If I trifle away all their prime ! 
 
 Now, now, while my strength and my youth are in bloom, 
 Let me think what shall serve me when sickness shall come, 
 
 And pray that my sins be forgiven. 
 Let me read in good books, and believe, and obey; 
 That, when death turns me out of this cottage of clay, 
 
 I may dwell in a palace in heaven. 
 
MORAL SONGS. 85 
 
 VI. 
 
 GOOD RESOLUTIONS. 
 
 Though I'm now in younger days, 
 Nor can tell what shall befall me, 
 
 I'll prepare for every place 
 
 Where my growing age shall call me. 
 
 Should I e'er be rich or great, 
 
 Others shall partake my goodness ; 
 I'll supply the poor with meat, 
 Never shewing scorn or rudeness. 
 
 Where I see the blind or lame, 
 
 Deaf or dumb, I'll kindly treat them: 
 
 I deserve to feel the same, 
 
 If I mock, or hurt, or cheat them. 
 
86 MORAL SONGS. 
 
 If I meet with railing tongues, 
 
 Why should I return them railing, 
 
 Since I best revenge my wrongs 
 By my patience never failing ? 
 
 When I hear them telling lies, 
 Talking foolish, cursing, swearing, 
 
 First I'll try to make them wise, 
 Or I 'II soon go out of hearing. 
 
 What though I be low or mean, 
 I'll engage the rich to love me. 
 
 While I'm modest, neat, and clean, 
 And submit when they reprove me. 
 
 If I should be poor and sick, 
 I shall meet, I hope, with pity ; 
 
 Since I love to help the weak. 
 
 Though they 're neither fair nor witty 
 
MORAL SONGS. 87 
 
 I'll not willingly offend, 
 
 Nor be easily offended: 
 What 's amiss I '11 strive to mend, 
 
 And endure what can't be mended. 
 
 • 
 May I be so watchful still 
 
 O'er my humours and my passion, 
 As to speak and do no ill, 
 
 Though it should be all the fashion. 
 
 Wicked fashions lead to hell ; 
 
 Ne'er may I be found complying ; 
 But in life behave so well, 
 
 Not to be afraid of dying. 
 
VITL 
 
 CRADLE HYMN. 
 
 Hush, my dear! Lie still, and slumber! 
 
 Holy angels guard thy bed ! 
 Heavenly blessings, without number, 
 
 Gently falling on thy head. 
 
MORAL SONGS. 89 
 
 Sleep, my babe ! thy food and raiment, 
 House and home, thy friends provide ; 
 
 All without thy care or payment, 
 All thy wants are well supplied. 
 
 How much better thou 'rt attended 
 
 Than the Son of God could be, 
 Wlien from heaven he descended, 
 
 And became a child like thee ! 
 
 Soft and easy is thy cradle : 
 
 Coarse and hard thy Saviour lay, 
 When his birthplace was a stable, 
 
 And his softest bed was hay. 
 
 Blessed Babe! what glorious features, — 
 
 Spotless fair, divinely bright I 
 Must he dwell with brutal creatures ? 
 
 How could angels bear tlie sight? 
 
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90 MORAL SONGS. 
 
 Was there nothing but a manger 
 
 Cursed sinners could afford, 
 To receive the heavenly stranger ? 
 
 Did they thus affront the Lord ? 
 
 Soft, my child ! I did not chide thee, 
 Though my song might sound too hard: 
 
 'Tis thy mother * sits beside thee, 
 And her arm shall be thy guard. 
 
 Yet to read the shameful story, 
 Hovi' the Jews abused their King, 
 
 How they served the Lord of Glory, 
 Makes me angry while I sing. 
 
 See the kinder shepherds round him, 
 
 Telling wonders from the sky! 
 Where they sought him, there they found him, 
 
 With his Virgin-mother by. 
 
 Here you may use the word Brother, Sister, &c. 
 
MORAL SOXGS. 91 
 
 See the lovely Babe a-dressing : 
 Lovely infant, how he smiled ! 
 
 When he wept, his mother's blessing 
 Sooth'd and hush'd the holy child. 
 
 Lo, he slumbers in a manger. 
 Where the horned oxen fed ! — 
 
 Peace, my darling ! here 's no danger : 
 There's no ox a-near thy bed. 
 
 'Twas to save thee, child, from dying, 
 Save my dear from burning flame. 
 
 Bitter groans and endless crying, 
 That thy blest Redeemer came. 
 
 Mayest thou live to know and fear him, 
 Trust and love him all thy days : 
 
 Then go dwell for ever near him. 
 See his face, and sing his praise ! 
 
92 
 
 MORAL SONGS. 
 
 I could give thee thousand kisses! 
 
 Hoping what I most desire, 
 Not a mother's fondest wishes 
 
 Can to greater joys aspire ! 
 
MORAL SONGS. 93 
 
 SUMMERS EVENING. 
 
 How fine has the day been ! how bright was tlie sun ! 
 How lovely and joyful the course that he run ; 
 Though he rose in a mist when his race he begun, 
 And there follow'd some droppings of rain : 
 
 But now the fair traveller 's come to the west, 
 His rays are all gold, and his beauties are best ; 
 He paints the skies gay as he sinks to his rest, 
 And foretells a bright rising again. 
 
 Just such is the Christian. His course he besfins 
 Like the sun in a mist, while he mourns for his sins, 
 And melts into tears ; then he breaks out and shines. 
 And travels his heavenl}^ way : 
 
94 
 
 MORAL SONGS. 
 
 But when he comes nearer to finish his race 
 Like a fine setting sun, he looks riclier in grace ; 
 And gives a sure hope, at the end of his days, 
 Of rising in brighter array. 
 
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