To dangers every hour exposed
We neither can foresee nor shun.
3 "Pis of the Lord that we can sleep
A single night without alarms ;
His eje alone our lives can keep
Secure amidst a thousand harms.
4 For months and years of safety past
Ungrateful we, alas ! have been ;
Though patient long, he spoke at last,
And bid the fire rebuke our sin.
5 The shout oifire a dreadful cry,
Impress d each heart with deep dismay,
While the fierce blaze and redd ning sky
Made midnight wear the face of day.
6 The throng and terror who can speak ?
The various sounds that fill d the air!
The infant s wail, the mother s shriek,
The voice of blasphemy and pray r !
7 But pray r prevail d, and saved the town ;
The few who loved the Saviour s name
Were heard, and mercy hasted down,
To change the wind and stop the flame.
8 Oh, may that night be ne er forgot !
Lord, still increase thy praying few !
Were Olney left without a Lot,
Ruin like Sodom s would ensue.
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A Welcome to Christian Friends.
1 KINDRED in Christ, for his dear sake,
A hearty welcome here receive ;
May we together now partake
The joys which only he can give!
2 To you and us by grace tis given
To know the Saviour s precious name,
And shortly we shall meet in heaven,
Our hope, our way, our end, the same.
