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Let dogs delight to bark and bite,
For God hath made them so;
Let bears and lions growl and fight,
For 't is their nature too.
Divine Songs Attempted in the Easy Language of Children (1715)
There's not a place where we can flee,
But God is present there.
Divine Songs Attempted in the Easy Language of Children (1715)
Our life contains a thousand springs,
And dies if one be gone.
Strange! that a harp of thousand strings
Should keep in tune so long.
A flower may fade before 'tis noon,
And I this day may lose my breath.
Divine Songs Attempted in the Easy Language of Children (1715)
For Satan finds some mischief still
For idle hands to do.
Then will I set my heart to find
Inward adornings of the mind;
Knowledge and virtue, truth and grace,
These are the robes of richest dress.
Divine Songs Attempted in the Easy Language of Children (1715)
Whene'er I take my walks abroad,
How many poor I see!
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 Attempted in the Easy Language of Children (1715)
What heavy guilt upon him lies!
How cursed is his name!
The ravens shall pick out his eyes,
And eagles eat the same.
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.
Divine Songs Attempted in the Easy Language of Children (1715)
From all who dwell below the skies
Let the Creator's praise arise;
Let the Redeemer's name be sung
Through every land, by every tongue.
Our God, our help in ages past (1719)
Fairest of all the lights above,
Thou sun, whose beams adorn the spheres,
And with unwearied swiftness move,
To form the circles of our years.
In books, or work, or healthful play.
Maintain a constant watch at all times against a dogmatical spirit: fix not your assent to any proposition in a firm and unalterable manner, till you have some firm and unalterable ground for it, and till you have arrived at some clear and sure evidence.
The Improvement of the Mind (1727)
Our God, our help in ages past,
Our hope for years to come,
Our shelter from the stormy blast,
And our eternal home.
Our God, our help in ages past (1719)
A thousand ages in Thy sight
Are like an evening gone;
Short as the watch that ends the night
Before the rising sun.
Our God, our help in ages past (1719)
No more let sins and sorrows grow,
Nor thorns infest the ground;
He comes to make His blessings flow
Far as the curse is found.
Psalm 98 "Joy to the World! (1719)
In works of labour or of skill
I would be busy too:
For Satan finds some mischief still
For idle hands to do.
Divine Songs Attempted in the Easy Language of Children (1715)
...but every lyar
Must have his portion in the lake
That burns with brimstone and with fire.
Divine Songs Attempted in the Easy Language of Children (1715)
He rules the world with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The glories of His righteousness,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders, wonders, of His love.
Psalm 98 "Joy to the World! (1719)