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Page 291 But sure I reach the heavenly goal, If thou support and guide; And sanctified by thee, my soul Is wholly sanctified. "Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days." Eccles. xi. 1. Can ought we do in faith, or give To man, for Jesu's sake, be lost? We shall an hundred fold receive, Who in thy faithful promise trust; The fruit of all our toils at last Assur'd we are on earth to see, Or when the days of time are past, To find it in eternity. "A pleasant thing it is, to behold the sun." Eccles. xi. 7. But how much pleasanter to see, (When time its course hath run) To gaze with eagle's eye on thee Our uncreated Sun! Thee let me now thro' faith behold, And by reflection shine, 'Till nature's dross is turn'd to gold, And I am all divine. "Remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth." Eccles. xii. 1. Fain would I in my earliest days Be mindful of my God, My God who made me by his grace, And bought me with his blood: That young I may observe thy word, And not in age depart, Come, O my dear redeeming Lord, And dwell within my heart. Page 292 "Fear God, and keep his commandments, for this is the whole of man." Eccles. xii. 13. Father, that I may keep thy law, Inspire me with a filial awe, And shew the perfect way Which all the duty doth contain, And all the happiness of man, To fear and to obey. Hymn 926. "The song of songs, which is Solomon's." Song of Sol. i. 1. Hence ye prophane! Far off remove Ye strangers to redeeming love, Sinners, who Jesus never knew, The song of songs is not for you! Away ye worldly goats and swine, Who trample on this pearl divine, Which only wisdom's sons esteem, While fools and infidels blaspheme. With deepest shame, with humblest fear, I to thine oracle draw near, To meet thee in the holiest place, To learn the secret of thy grace: Now, Lord, explain the mystery, Display thy precious self to me, And when thou dost the veil remove, My heart shall sing the song of love.