PART I VOLUME 1 General Introduction, Anne Steele, Poems on Subjects Chiefly Devotional (1780) Introduction Anne Steele, Poems on Subjects Chiefly Devotional I. Hymns on Various Subjects 1. Desiring to Praise God 2. Imploring Divine Influence 3. Meditating on Creation and Providence 4. Redeeming Love 5. The Great Physician (Luke 6:19) 6. Longing Souls Invited to the Gospel-Feast (Luke 14:22) 7. Light and Deliverance 8. A Morning Hymn 9. An Evening Hymn 10. On a Stormy Night 11. Searching after Happiness 12. Weary Souls Invited to Rest (Matthew 11:28) 13. Thirsting aft er God (Isaiah 41:17) 14. The Favour of God the Only Satisfying Good (Psalm 4:6–7.) 15. The Transforming Vision of God (Psalm 17:15) 16. The Joys of Heaven 17. Humble Worship 18. Praise for National Peace (Psalm 46:9) 19. The Voice of the Creatures 20. A Rural Hymn 21. God my Creator and Benefactor 22. Praise to God for the Blessings of Providence and Grace 23. Christ the Way to Heaven 24. Life and Safety in Christ Alone (John 6:68) 25. An Evening Reflection 26. The Excellency of the Holy Scriptures 27. The Influences of the Spirit of God in the Heart (John 14:16–17) 28. Christ the Physician of Souls (Jeremiah 8:22) 29. The Intercession of Christ (Hebrews 7:25) 30. The Condescension of God (I Kings 8:27) 31. The Heavenly Guest (Revelation 3:20) 32. God the Soul’s Only Portion (Lamentations 3:24) 33. Faith in the Joys of Heaven (II Corinthians 5:7) 34. Strength and Safety in God Alone (Psalm 105:4) 35. A Funeral Hymn 36. Sin the Cause of Sorrow 37. Intreating the Presence of Christ in his Churches (Haggai 2:7) 38. Desiring to Trust in God (Isaiah 26:4) 39. Watchfulness and Prayer (Matthew 26:41) 40. Divine Compassion (Isaiah 49:14–16) 41. Desiring Assurance of the Favour of God 42. Hope Encouraged in the Contemplation of the Divine Perfections 43. The Incarnate Saviour (John 1:14) 44. Faith in God in Time of Distress (Habukkuk 3:17–18) 45. Pardoning Love (Jeremiah 3:22; Hosea 14:4) 46. The Goodness of God (Nahum 1:7) 47. True Honour (Daniel 12:3) 48. Divine Bounty (Colossians 1:19) 49. The Heavenly Conqueror (Revelation 3:21) 50. Longing aft er Unseen Pleasures (II Corinthians 4:18) 51. The Christian’s Prospect 52. Life a Journey 53. True Happiness to be Found Only in God 54. Lasting Happiness 55. Bidding Adieu to Earthly Pleasures 56. Longing for Immortality 57. At the Funeral of a Young Person 58. Sin the Sting of Death 59. The Presence of Christ the Joy of his People 60. Absence from God 61. Desiring a Taste of Real Joy 62. Humble Reliance 63. The Presence of God the Life and Light of the Soul 64. Resigning the Heart to God (Psalm 119:94) 65. The Inconstant Heart 66. Cold Affections 67. The Example of Christ 68. Retirement and Reflection 69. Hope in Darkness 70. Death and Heaven 71. Redemption by Christ Alone (I Peter 1:18–19) 72. The Mysteries of Providence 73. Refuge and Strength in the Mercy of God 74. Desiring Resignation and Thankfulness 75. Desiring the Presence of God (Isaiah 50:10) 76. Christ the Life of the Soul (John 14:19) 77. Aspiring towards Heaven 78. God my Only Happiness 79. Mourning the Absence of God, and Longing for his Gracious Presence 80. God the Only Refuge of the Troubled Mind 81. Complaining at the Throne of Grace 82. Submission to God under Affliction 83. Trusting in the Divine Veracity 84. Time Flying and Death Approaching 85. Victory over Death through Christ (I Corinthians 15:57) 86. Christ the Supreme Beauty (Isaiah 33:17) 87. The Promised Land (Isaiah 33:17) 88. The Heavenly Shepherd (Psalm 23:1–3) 89. The Christian’s Noblest Resolution (Joshua 24:15) 90. The Saviour’s Invitation (John 7:37) 91. Jesus the Best Beloved 192. Desiring to Know and Love Him More 93. The Glorious Presence of Christ in Heaven (John 17:24) 94. The Happiness of the Saints Above (John 17:24) 95. Hymn to Jesus 96. Praise to the Redeemer 97. Desiring to Love Christ without Wandering 98. The Exalted Saviour 99. The Wonders of Redemption (I Peter 3:18) 100. Communion with Christ at his Table 101. Faith in a Redeemer’s Sufferings 102. A Dying Saviour 103. Meditating on the Redeemer’s Sufferings 104. Sin the Cause of Christ’s Death 105. Christ Dying and Rising II. Poems on Several Occasions 106. To Lysander 107. An Evening Meditation 108. Happiness 109. Pride and Humility 110. Imitation of Mr. Pope’s Ode on Solitude 111. On Friendship 112. On the Same 113. Ode to Content 114. On Reason 115. On Reading Mr. Hervey’s Meditations 116. A Simile 117. A Meditation on Death 118. To Delia 119. To Amira on her Marriage 120. The Pleasures of Spring 121. On the Sickness of a Friend 122. The Fettered Mind 123. To a Friend in Trouble 124. The Absent Muse 125. The Waste of Time 126. The Death-Watch 127. The Friend 128. On Children’s Play 129. The Path of Life 130. To the Votaries of Pleasure 131. On the Publick Fast, February 6th, 1756 132. National Judgments Deprecated, on the Fast, February 11th, 1757 133. On the Same: Pleading for Mercy 134. National Judgments and Mercies: A Call to Repentance. November 1757 135. The Invocation 136. To Florio 137. To Belinda 138. Resignation 139. An Evening Walk 140. The Humble Claim 141. The Prospect 142. Desiring to Bid Adieu to the World 143. Occasioned by Reading Mr. Gray’s “Hymn to Adversity” 144. To a Friend on the Death of a Child 145. To Delia Pensive 146. Spring and Autumn 147. To Vario 148. To Amira on her Recovery 149. To the Same on the Death of her Child 150. The Comforts of Religion 151. The Desire of Knowledge a Proof of Immortality 152. I Corinthians 13, Paraphrased 153. To a Friend on the Birth of a Child 154. To the Mother 155. The Tulip and the Violet 156. Captivity 157. A Reflection, Occasioned by the Death of a Neighbour 158. Ingratitude Reproved 159. Submission to God under Affliction and Desiring Support 160. Pleasure 161. The Pilgrim 162. Wrote in an Ill State of Health in the Spring 163. Recovery from Sickness 164. A Rural Meditation 165. Solitude 166. To Mr. Hervey on his Theron and Aspasio 167. On the Death of Mr. Hervey 168. The Picture; to Marinda 169. Retirement and Meditation 170. No True Happiness Below 171. True Pleasure in Divine Meditation 172. The Faithfulness of God (Isaiah 54:10) 173. Love to Christ (John 21:17) 174. Devotion 175. Encouragement to Trust in God (I Peter 5:7) 176. The Wish 177. Divine Contemplation 178. Refuge in Distress 179. Hope Reviving in the Contemplation of Divine Mercy 180. Eusebia and Urania, or Devotion and the Muse 181. Ambition 182. Christ the Christian’s Life 183. The Complaint and Relief 184. A Th ought in Sickness 185. A Reflection on a Winter Evening 186. The Elevation III. Some Parts of the Book of Psalms Attempted in Verse Editorial Notes