SACRED SONG S. THOU ART, OH GOD! Air.-UNKNOWN.* "The day is thine; the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun. "Thou hast set all the borders of the earth; thou hast made summer and winter."-Psalm lxxiv. 16, 17. I. THOU art, oh GOD! the life and light * I have heard that this air is by the late Mrs. Sheridan. It is sung to the beautiful old words, "I do confess thou'rt smooth and fair." II. When Day, with farewell beam, delays. Through golden vistas into Heaven- III. When Night, with wings of starry gloom, IV. When youthful Spring around us breathes, And every flower the Summer wreathes Is born beneath that kindling eye. Where'er we turn, thy glories shine, And all things fair and bright are Thine. THIS WORLD IS ALL A FLEETING SHOW. Air.-STEVENSON. a I. For man's illusion given; There's nothing true but Heaven! II. As fading hues of Even ; There's nothing bright but Heaven! III. From wave to wave we're driven, There's nothing calm but Heaven! FALLEN IS THY THRONE. Air.-MARTINI. I. FALLEN is thy Throne, oh Israel! Thy children weep in chains. That fire from Heaven which led thee, II. Lord! thou didst love Jerusalem Once she was all thy own; Thy long-loved olive-tree ;—§ * "I have left mine heritage; I have given the dearly-beloved of my soul into the hands of her enemies.”—Jeremiah xii. 7. + “Do not disgrace the throne of thy glory."-Jer. xiv. 21. S' "The LORD called thy name a green olive-tree; fair and of goodly fruit," etc.-Jer. xi. 16. And Salem's shrines were lighted III. Then sunk the star of Solyma- IV. "Go," said the LORD-" Ye Conquerors! 66 Steep in her blood your swords, "For they are not the LORD's! "Shall hide but half her dead!" "For he shall be like the heath in the desert."-Jer. xvii. 6. "Take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD'S."-Jer. v. 10. § "Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that |