3 Summer has a thousand charms,
All expressive of his worth ;
Tis his sun that lights and warms,
His the air that cools the earth.
4 What! has autumn left to say
Nothing of a Saviour s grace?
Yes, the beams of milder day
Tell me of his smiling face.
5 Light appears with early dawn ;
While the sun makes haste to rise,
See his bleeding beauties drawn
On the blushes of the skies.
6 Evening, with a silent pace,
Slowly moving in the west,
Shows an emblem of his grace,
Points to an eternal rest.
84.
Perseverance.
1 REJOICE, believer, in the Lord,
Who makes your cause his own ;
The hope that s built upon his word
Can ne'er be overthrown.
2 Though many foes beset your road,
And feeble is your arm,
Your life is hid with Christan God,
Beyond the reach of harm.
3 Weak as you are, you shall not faint,
Or fainting shall not die ;
Jesus, the strength of every saint,
Will aid you from on high.
4 Though sometimes unperceived by sense,
Faith sees him always near,
A guide, a glory, a defence ;
Then what have you to fear ?
5 As surely as he overcame
And triumph d once for you ;
