CCLV. Paul's Sollicitude to finish his Course with Joy.

ASSIST us, LORD, thy Name to praise
For this rich Gospel of thy Grace;
And, that our Hearts may love it more,
Teach them to feel its vital Pow'r.

With Joy may we our Course persue,
And keep the Crown of Life in View;
That Crown, which in one Hour repays
The Labour of ten thousand Days.

Should Bonds or Death obstruct our Way,
Unmov'd their Terrors we'll survey;
And the last Hour improve for Thee,
The last of Life, or Liberty.

Welcome those Bonds, which may unite
Our Souls to their supreme Delight!
Welcome that Death, whose painful Strife
Bears us to Christ our better Life.