XIII. Faith, Hope, and Love, now dwell on earth, and earth by them is blest; But Faith and Hope must yield to Love, of all the graces best. XIV. Hope shall to full fruition rise, and Faith to sight above; These are the means, but this the end; for saints for ever love. L. Dr. Coll (4 1 CORINTH. xv. 52. to the end. WHEN the last trumpet's awful voice this rending earth shall shake, When op'ning graves shall yield their charge, and dust to life awake, II. Those bodies that corrupted fell, shall incorrupted rise; And mortal forms shall spring to life immortal in the skies. Behold, what heav'nly prophets sung, is now at last fulfill'd, That death should yield his ancient reign, and vanquish'd quit the field. IV. Let faith exalt her joyful voice, and thus begin to sing: O grave! where is thy triumph now? and where, O death! thy sting! V. Thy sting was sin, and conscious guilt; 'twas this that arm'd thy dart; The law gave sin its strength, and force to pierce the sinner's heart. VI.. But God, whose name be ever blest! disarms that foe we dread, And makes us conqu❜rors when we die, through Christ our living head. VII. Then stedfast let us still remain, VIII. Assur'd that though we labour nów, we labour not in vain, But, through the grace of heaven's great th' eternal crown shall gain. LI. 2 CORINTH. V. 1,-11. I. [Lord, SOON shall this earthly frame dissolv’d in death and ruins lie; But better mansions wait the just, prepar❜d above the sky. II An house eternal, built by God, shall lodge the holy mind; When once those prison-walls have fall'n by which 'tis now confin'd. 111. Hence, burden'd with a weight of clay, we groan beneath the load, Waiting the hour which sets us free, and brings us home to God. IV. We know that when the soul uncloth'd shall from this body flie, 'Twill animate a purer frame, with life that cannot die. Such are the hopes that cheer the just; these hopes their God hath giv'n; His Spirit is the earnest now, and seals their souls for heav'n. VI. We walk by faith of joys to come, faith grounded on his word; But while this body is our home, we mourn an absent Lord. VII. What faith rejoices to believe, VIII. But still, or here, or going hence, to this our labours tend, That, in his service spent, our life may in his favour end. IX. For, lo! before the Son, as Judge, th' assembled world shall stand, To take the punishment or prize from his unerring hand. X. Impartial retributions then our diff'rent lives await ; Our present actions, good or bad, shall fix our future fate. J. YE who the name of Jesus bear, his sacred steps pursue; And let that mind which was in him be also found in you. Though in the form of God he was, his only Son declar'd, Nor to be equally ador'd as robb'ry did regard. |