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6 But to sing the rest of glory,
Mortal tongues far short must fall.
Tongues celestial strive to reach it,
But it soars beyond them all:
Faith believes it—Hope expects it—Love desires ■
But it overwhelms them all.
. 299.
The Christian parting with Carnal Joys.
1 T SEND the joys of earth away,
J- Away ye tempters of the mind,
s False as the smooth deceitful sea,
And empty 38 the whistling wind.
2 Your streams were floating me along
Down to the gulph of black despair.
And whilst I listen’d to your song.
Your streams had e’en convey’d me there.
3 Lord, 1 adore thy matchless grace.
That warn’d me of that dark abyss.
That drew me from those treach’rous seas, ,
And bid me seek superior bliss.
4 Now to the shining realms above,
I stretch my hands, and glance mine eyes;
O for the pinions of a dove
To bear me to the upper skies.
5 There from the bosom of my God
Oceans of endless pleasure roll;
There would 1 fix my last abode,
And drown the sorrows of my souL
300.
Martha and Mary. Luke x. 38—42.
1 A/TARTHA her love and joy express’d
By care to entertain her guest:
While Mary sat to hear her Lord,
And could not bear to lose a word.