82.
The Rainbow.
1 WHEN the sun with cheerful beams
Smiles upon a low ring sky,
Soon its aspect soften d seems,
And a rainbow meets the eye :
While the skj remains serene
This bright arch is never seen.
2 Thus the Lord s supporting pow r
Brightest to his saints appears,
When affliction s threat ning hour
Fills their sky with clouds and fears :
He can wonders then perform,
Paint a rainbow on the storm.
3 All their graces doubly shine
When their troubles press them sore;
And the promises divine
Give them joys unknown before:
As the colours of the bow
To the cloud their brightness owe.
4 Favour d John a rainbow saw,
Circling round a throne above ;
Hence the saints a pledge may draw
Of unchanging cov nant love :
Clouds awhile may intervene,
But the bow will still be seen.
83.
Thunder.
1 WHEN a black o erspreading cloud
Has darken d all the air,
And peals of thunder, roaring loud,
Proclaim the tempest near ;
2 Then guilt and fear, the fruits of sin,
The sinner oft pursue ;
A louder storm is heard within,
And conscience thunders too.
