PART I.

And thy revenging justice shows Its honors in his blood.

5 But still the lustre of thy grace.

Our warmer thoughts employs; Gilds the whole scene with brighter rays, And more exalts our joys.

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L. M.

BEDDOME.

The Wisdom and Knowledge of God.-Ps. cxxxix.; Rom. xi. 33.

GOD's ways are just, his counsels wise; No darkness can prevent his eyes; No thought can fly, nor thing can move, Unknown to him that sits above.

2 He in the thickest darkness dwells; Performs his works, the cause conceals; But though his methods are unknown, Judgment and truth support his throne. 3 In heaven, and earth, and air, and seas, He executes his firm decrees;

And by his saints it stands confess'd, That what he does is ever best.

4 Wait, then, my soul, submissive wait, Prostrate before his awful seat; And,' midst the terrors of his rod, Trust in a wise and gracious God.

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C. M.

MEDLEY.

The Wisdom and Goodness of God.- Exod. xxxiv. 6; Ps. xxxiii. 5.

GOD shall alone the refuge be, And comfort of my mind; Too wise to be mistaken, He, Too good to be unkind.

2 In all his holy, sovereign will, He is, I daily find, Too wise to be mistaken, still Too good to be unkind.