1st.

SPIRITUAL SONGS.

And can we slight--- our hearts tho' hard--­These offers of divine regard,

3d.

All.

" The Sun of Righteousness."

( AIR- O lady fair.)

1st. voice. Thou sink'st, bright sun, beneath the water,

2d.

That crimsons as with stain of slaughter, E'en so, was quench'd in gory fountain, A brighter, behind Calvary's mountain: Tho' faintly, fair orb, thy last beam thou'rt darting,

So precious and so free?

--Cleans'd from the stream, shall Naaman* rise­And we, more vile, that fount despise, Opened, O Lord, by thee!

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Yet not for aye's that beam departing: And is that fairer set for ever;

Shall it ne'er rise in glory--- never?

Yes; risen, thro' heaven his radiance throwing,

That Sun of Righteousness is glowing.

1st. voice. Tho' weep the dews thy fall in sorrow, Thou'lt dry up all their tears to- morrow;

* 2 Kings v. 14.