3 Quick as their thoughts their joys come on,
But fly not half so swift away;
Their souls are ever bright as noon,

And calm as summer evenings be.

4 How oft they look to th' heavenly hills,
Where groves of living pleasure grow,
And longing hopes and cheerful smiles
Sit undisturbed upon their brow!

5 They scorn to seek out golden toys,
But spend the day and share the night
In numbering o'er the richer joys

That Heaven prepares for their delight.

466

C. M.

TATE & BRADY.

Ps. 94.

1 BLEST is the man whom thou, O Lord,
In kindness dost chastise,

And by thy sacred rules to walk
Dost lovingly advise.

2 This man shall rest and safety find
In seasons of distress;

Whilst God prepares a pit for those
That stubbornly transgress.

3 For God will never from his saints
His favor wholly take;
His own possession and his lot
He will not quite forsake.

4 The world shall then confess thee just
In all that thou hast done;

And those that choose thy upright ways
Shall in those paths go on.

1 O, HAPPY is the man who hears
Instruction's warning voice,

And who celestial Wisdom makes
His early, only choice.

2 For she has treasures greater far
Than east or west unfold;

And her rewards more precious are
Than all their stores of gold.

3 In her right hand she holds to view
A length of happy days;
Riches, with splendid honors joined,
Are what her left displays.

LOGAN.

4 She guides the young, with innocence,
In pleasure's paths to tread ;
A crown of glory she bestows
Upon the hoary head.

5 According as her labors rise,
So her rewards increase;

Her ways are ways of pleasantness,
And all her paths are peace.

468

L. M.

Ps. 112.

TATE & BRADY.

1 THAT man is blest who stands in awe
Of God, and loves his sacred law;
His seed on earth shall be renowned,
And with successive honors crowned.

2 The soul that's filled with virtue's light,
Shines brightest in affliction's night,-
To pity the distressed inclined,
As well as just to all mankind.

3 His liberal favors he extends;
To some he gives, to others lends;
Yet what his charity impairs,
He saves by prudence in affairs.

4 Beset with threatening dangers round,
Unmoved shall he maintain his ground;
The sweet remembrance of the just
Shall flourish when he sleeps in dust.

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BOOK IV.

LIFE, DEATH, FUTURITY.

SECTION I.

(p. 371.)

LIFE.

SECTION II.

(p. 392.)

DEATH.

SECTION III.

(p. 403.)

FUTURITY.