4. Praise for Mercies, spiritual and temporal. WHENE'ER I take my walks abroad, What shall I render to my God, Not more than others I deserve, How many children in the street While I am cloth'd from head to feet, While some poor wretches scarce can tell Where they may lay their head; While others early learn to swear, Are these thy favours, day by day, Then let me love thee more than they, 5. Praise for Birth and Education in a Christian Land. GREAT God, to thee my voice I raise, 'Tis to thy sov'reign grace I owe, That I was born on British ground; Where streams of heav'nly mercy flow, And words of sweet salvation sound. I would not change my native land How do I pity those that dwell Where ignorance & darkness reigns! They know no heaven, they fear no hell, Those endless joys, those endless pains. Thy glorious promises, O Lord, Thy praise shall still employ my breath, heav'n; Nor will I run the road to death, And waste the blessings thou hast given, B 6. 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 giv`n, Could they have heard those glorious things Which Christ revealed, and brought How glad the heathens would have been How shall I e'er lift up mine eyes? For all the Gentiles and the Jews Against me will in judgment rise. 7. The Excellency of the Bible. GREAT God, with wonder & with praise On all thy works I look; But still thy wisdom, pow'r, and grace, Shine brightest in thy book. The stars that in their courses roll The fields provide me food, and show Here are my choicest treasures hid, Here my And hence my hopes arise. Lord, make me understand thy law, Here would I learn how Christ has died, Then let me love my Bible more, By day to read those wonders o'er, |