Page:Olney Hymns - 1840.djvu/109

BOOK I. Though of sinners I am chief, He has rank d me with his saints.

7 Though constraint to dwell a while Where the wicked strive and brawl, Let them frown, so he but smile, Heav n will make amends for all.

8 There, believers, we shall rest, Free from sorrow, sin, and fears ; Nothing there our peace molest Through eternal rounds of years.

9 Let us then the fight endure. See our Captain looking down : He will make the conquest sure, And bestow the promised crown.

1 ERE God had built the mountains, Or raised the fruitful hills, Before he filTd the fountains That feed the running rills, In me, from everlasting, The wonderful I AM Found pleasures never wasting, And Wisdom is my name.

2 When, like a tent to dwell in, He spread the skies abroad, And swathed about the swelling Of ocean s mighty flood,. He wrought by weight and measure ; And I was with him then ; Myself the Father s pleasure, And mine the sons of men.

3 Thus Wisdom s words discover Thy glory and thy grace, Thou everlasting lover Of our unworthy race ! Rh