Hymns Partly Collected and Partly Original, Designed as a Supplement to Dr. Watt's Psalms and Hymns - Softcover

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1812 Excerpt: ... Is there no balm in Gilead found, To «ooth grid heal the smarting wound? 5 O yes, there i« a. bahn,' A kind pnysicjan there, My fever'd mind to calm, To bid me hot despair: Aid me, dear Saviour, get me free, And I will all resign to thee. 6 O may I feel thy worth, "'. And let no idol dare, No vanity of earth....,-., With thee, my Lord, compare: Now bid all worldly joys depart, And reign supremely in my heart! HYMN DCCCXCVI. Friendship with God; or. An Address to Jesus.,,.. Psalm Istxiii. 23d, &c. 1 "WHEtt in 'die hours of lonely woe, I give iny sorrows leave to flow, And anxious fear, and dark distrust, Weigh down my spirit to tSiedust: When not een friehdshipS gentle aid Can heal the wounds the. World has made, O this shall check each rising sigh, That Jesus is for ever nigh! '!f 3 His counsels and upholding care My safety &nd my qomfort are; And he shall guide me all my days, Till glory crown the work of grace. 4 Jesus! in whom but thee above Can I repose ffly trust, my love?., And shaft an earthly object be Lov'd in comparison with thee? 5 My flesh is hastening to decay, Soon shall the world have past away; And what can mortal friends avail,.," When 'heart, and strength, and life shall fail? 6 But oh I be thou, my Saviour, nigh, And I will triumph while I die; My strength, my portion is divine, And Jesus is/or ever mine. HYMN Dcccxcvh;,, The good Shepherds Psalm xxili. c. 1 JESUS my shepherd is, My guardian and my guiderf /. IknowthatIarohis,,. Yl..;,n i And in his love confide;;.;. 1 Away with every anxious fear, I cannot want while he is iMaf. 2 In ever verdant meads. He makes my soul repose,..-. And still my footsteps leads, Where living water flows: And when my feet forget his way, Restores the sheep that went astray. 3 Tis he my soul upho...