HYMNUS PRIMUS. Vitæ per omne stadium, adultus et senex, Natura cum cesset, nec amplius dies Millena millies per æva canticum Movebo tibi, Jehova, gratitudinis ; Sed, O nimis, nimis est brevis, nec laudibus 7 HYMN THE SECOND. How are thy servants blest, O Lord! How sure is their defence ! Eternal wisdom is their guide, Their help Omnipotence. In foreign realms and lands remote, Through burning climes I pass'd unhurt, Thy mercy sweeten'd every soil, Think, O my soul, devoutly think, HYMNUS SECUNDUS. QUAM sunt beati, qui, Jehova, te colunt ! In exteris regnis, locisque dissitis, Tuus per omne vultus affulsit solum, Recogita mecum, anima mea, recogita, Imo ex sinu profunditates erutas, 10 HYMN THE SECOND. Confusion dwelt in every face, And fear in every heart, When waves on waves, and gulphs in gulphs, Yet then from all my griefs, O Lord, While in the confidence of prayer My soul took hold on thee. For though in dreadful whirls we hung, I knew thou wert not slow to hear, The storm was laid, the winds retir'd, The sea, that roar'd at thy command, In midst of dangers, fears and deaths, And praise thee for thy mercies past, My life, if thou preserv'st my life, Thy sacrifice shall be ; And death, if death must be my doom, Shall join my soul to Thee. ADDISON. HYMNUS SECUNDUS. In ore quovis pallidus sedit stupor, Sed salvum et illæsum inter hæc pericula Prærupto aquarum in monte cum pependimus, Servare novi te potentem maxime, Procella siluit, dicto obediens tuo In mille versantem asperis laboribus Mea vita, vitam si meam dignaberis. 11 |