_______________ "Grace, 'tis a charming sound, Harmonious to my ear; Heaven with the echo shall resound, And all the earth shall hear. "Grace first contrived the way To save rebellious man; And all the steps _that_ grace display, Which drew the wondrous plan. "Grace taught my wandering feet To tread the heavenly road; And new supplies each hour I meet, While pressing on to God. "Grace all the work shall crown, Through everlasting days; It lays in heaven the topmost stone, And well deserves the praise." _______________ "My God, the spring of all my joys, The life of my delights, The glory of my brightest days, And comfort of my nights: "In darkest shades, if thou appear, My dawning is begun; Thou art my soul's sweet Morning-star, And thou my rising Sun. "The opening heavens around me shine With beams of sacred bliss, While Jesus shows his heart is mine, And whispers I am his. "My soul would leave this heavy clay, At that transporting word; Run up with joy the shining way, T' embrace my dearest Lord. "Fearless of hell and ghastly death, I'd break through every foe; The wings of love, and arms of faith, Should bear me conqueror through." _______________ "Backward with humble shame I look, On my original; How is my nature dashed and broke, In our first father's fall. "To all that's good averse and blind, But prone to all that's ill; What dreadful darkness veils my mind, How obstinate my will. "Conceived in sin: O wretched state; Before I drew my breath, My first young pulse began to beat Iniquity and death. "How strong in my degenerate blood The old corruption reigns; And mingling with the crooked flood, Wanders through all my veins. "Yet, mighty God, thy wondrous love Can make my nature clean; While Christ and grace prevail above The tempter, death, and sin. "The second Adam shall restore The ruins of the first; Hosanna to that sovereign power, That new-creates our dust." _______________ JORDAN.* Joshua 1:11, chapter 3; Psalm 23:4; 73:24.