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5 So let thy grace surround me still, And like a bulwark prove, To guard my soul from every ill, Secured by sovereign love. HYMN 591. 8** §■ &s. The same Subject. 1 f\ THAT I could, in every place, ^^ By faith behold Jehovah's face, My strict Observer see ; Present my heart and reins to try, And feel the influence of his eye For ever fix'd on me ! 2 Discerning thee, my Saviour, stand My Advocate at God's right hand, I never shall remove ; I cannot fall, upheld by thee, Or sin against the majesty Of omnipresent Love. 3 Now, Saviour, now appear, appear, And let me always see thee near, And know as I am known : My spirit to thyself unite, And bear me through a sea of light To that eternal throne. HYMN 592. cm. An Act of Thanksgiving. 1 A^HEN all thy mercies, O my God, * ' My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view, I 'm lost In wonder, love, and praise. O4o Hymns of Adoration. 2 Thy Providence my life sustain'd, And all my wants redress'd, While in the silent womb I lay, And hung upon the breast. 3 To all my weak complaints and cries Thy mercy lent an ear, Ere yet my feeble thoughts had learn 'd To form themselves in prayer. 4 Unnumber'd comforts on my soul Thy tender care bestow'd, Before my infant heart conceived From whom those comforts flow'd. 5 When in the slippery paths of youth With heedless steps I ran, Thine arm, unseen, convey'd me safe, And led me up to man. () Through hidden dangers, toils, and deaths, It gently clear' d my way ; And through the pleasing snares of vice, More to be fear'd than they. 7 Through every period of my life Thy goodness I '11 pursue ; And after death, in distant worlds, The pleasing theme renew. 8 Through all eternity, to thee A grateful song I '11 raise ; But O eternity 's too short To utter all thy praise ! HYMN 593. l. m. Compassion of God. 1 HPHE Lord, how wondrous are his ways ! -!■ How firm his word, how large his grace. Mercy and Truth surround his throne, And thence he makes his glories known. Hymns of Adoration. 549