He counts their sighs and falling tears,
And helps them from on high.
5 Though feeble is their good,
It has its kind regard ;
Yea, all they would do, if they could,
Shall find a sure reward.
6 He sees the wicked too,
And will repay them soon,
For all the evil deeds they do,
And all they would have done.
7 Since all our secret ways
Are mark d and known by thee,
Afford us, Lord, thy light of grace,
That we ourselves may see.
134.
Looking unto Jesus.—Heb. xii, 2.
1 BY various maxims, forms, and rules,
That pass for wisdom in the schools,
I strove my passion to restrain ;
But all my efforts proved in vain.
2 But since the Saviour I have known,
My rules are all reduced to one,
To keep my Lord by faith in view ;
This strength supplies and motives too.
3 I see him lead a suff ring life,
Patient amidst reproach and strife ;
And from his pattern courage take
To bear and suffer for his sake.
4 Upon the cross I see him bleed,
And by the sight from guilt am freed ;
This sight destroys the life of sin,
And quickens heav nly life within.
5 To look to Jesus as he rose,
Confirms my faith, disarms my foes ;
Satan I shame and overcome,
By pointing to my Saviour s tomb.
