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 LITURGY, &c. 
 
 MORNING SERVICE. 
 
 The minister shall begin the worship by repeat- 
 ing the following words^ omitting the refer- 
 enceSf all standing. 
 
 <aHE Lord is in his holy temple; let all the 
 earth keep silence before him. [Hah. ii. 20.) 
 
 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and 
 into his courts with praise: be thankful unto 
 him, and bless his name. For Jehovah is good; 
 his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth 
 to all generations. (Ps. c. 1 to 5.) 
 
 People. — Wherewith shall I come before Je- 
 hovah, and bow myself before the high God? 
 Shall I come before him with burnt-oiferings, 
 with calves of a year old.^ Will Jehovah be 
 pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten 
 thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my first- 
 born for my transgression, the fruit of my body 
 for the sin of my soul? 
 
 Minister, — He hath shewed thee, man, 
 what is good: and what doth Jehovah require of 
 thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and 
 to walk humbly with thy God? [Micah vi. 6 
 to 8.) 
 
4 MORNING SERVICE. 
 
 Then the people and minister may read alter- 
 nately the following verses of the ^4th Psalm. 
 
 Veople. — irJlOW amiable are thy taberna- 
 :les, LORD OF HOSTS! 
 
 Minister. — My soul longeth, yea, even faint- 
 eth, for the courts of the Lopwd; my heart and 
 my flesh crieth out for the living God. 
 
 People. — Yea, the sparrow hath found an 
 house, and the swallow a nest for herself, 
 where she may lay her young, ef^w thine altars, 
 O Lord of Hosts, my King, and my God. 
 
 Minister. — Blessed are they that dwell in thy 
 house: they will be still praising thee. Selah. 
 
 People. — For a day in thy courts is better 
 than a thousand: I had rather be a door-keeper 
 in the house of my God, than dwell in the tents 
 of wickedness. 
 
 Minister. — For the Lord God is a sun and 
 shield; the Lord will give grace and glory; 
 good will he not withhold from them that walk 
 uprightly. 
 
 Then may the following be chanted^ or read 
 
 by the people. 
 
 IVE unto the Lord, O ye kindreds of the 
 people, give unto the Lord glory and strength. 
 Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name; 
 bring an offering, and come into his courts. O 
 Avorship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: fear 
 before him all the earth. {Ps. xcvi. 7, 8, 9.) 
 
MORNING SERVICE. 5 
 
 Or this, 
 
 H WILL bless the Lord at all times: his 
 praise shall continually be in my mouth. O mag- 
 nify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name 
 together. (Ps. xxxiv. 1, 3.) 
 
 Then the Ministe^ may repeat one or more of 
 the following passages, 
 
 WNTO us a Child is born, unto us a Son is 
 given, and the government shall be upon his 
 shoulder; and his name shall be called Won- 
 derful, Counsellor, the Mighty God, the Ever- 
 lasting Father, the Prince of peace. (Isa, ix. 
 
 It shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our 
 God, we have waited for him, and he will save 
 us: this is Jehovah, we have waited for him, 
 we will be glad, and rejoice in his salvation. 
 (7sa. XXV. 9.) 
 
 To him be glory and dominion for ever and 
 ever. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning 
 and the ending, saith the Lord; who is, and who 
 was, and who is to come, the Almighty. {Jipoc, 
 i. 6, 8.) 
 
 I saw in the night visions, and behold, one 
 like the Son of Man Came in the clouds of hea- 
 ven; and there was given him dominion, and 
 glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, 
 and languages, should serve him: his dominion 
 is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass 
 away, and his kingdom that which shall not be 
 destroyed. {Dm, vii. IS, 14.) A 2 
 
B MORNING SERVICE, 
 
 I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the 
 first heaven and the first earth were passed 
 away. And I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, 
 coming down from God out of heaven, prepared 
 as a bride adorned for her Husband. And I 
 heard a great voice out of heaven, saying, Be- 
 hold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and 
 he will dwell with them, and they shall be his 
 people, and God himself shall be with them, 
 their God, And he that sat upon the throne 
 said, Behold, I make all things new. i^Apoc. 
 xxi. 1, 2, 3, 5.) 
 
 And I heard as it were the voice of a great 
 multitude, and as the voice of many waters, 
 and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, 
 Alleluia; for the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth. 
 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to 
 him; for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and 
 his v.ife hath made herself ready. Blessed are 
 they, who are called to the marriage-supper of 
 the Lamb. Jlpoc. xix. 6, 7, 9. 
 
 The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, 
 Prepare ye the way of Jehovah, make straight 
 in the desert a highway for our God. Behold, 
 the Lord Jehovah will come in strength, and his 
 arm shall rule for him. He shall feed his fiock 
 like a shepherd. [Isa. xl. S, 10, 11.) 
 
 Thus saith Jehovah the King of Israel, and 
 his Redeemer Jehovah of hosts, I am the first, 
 and 1 am the last, and besides me there is no 
 god. (/sa. xliv. 6.) 
 
 Pliilip saith unto Jesus, Lord, shew us the 
 Father, and it sufficeth us. Jesus saith unto 
 
MORNING SERVICE. 7 
 
 him. Have I been so long time with you, and 
 yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that 
 hath seen me, hath seen the Father. [John 
 xiv. 8, 9.) 
 
 Thou sawest, and behold, a great image: this 
 image's head was of fine gold, his breast and 
 his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of 
 brass, his legs of iron, his feet part of iron and 
 part of clay. Thou sawest, till that a stone was 
 cut out without hands, which smote the image 
 upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and 
 brake them to pieces. Then was the iron, the 
 clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken 
 to pieces together, and became like the chaff of 
 the summer threshing-floors, and the wind car- 
 ried them away, that no place was found for 
 them: and the stone, that smote the image, be- 
 came a great rock, and filled the whole earth. 
 {Ban. ii. SI to 32.) 
 
 Thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay; but 
 they shall not cleave one to another. And in 
 the days of these kings shall the God of heaven 
 set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroy- 
 ed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other 
 people; but it shall break in pieces, and consume 
 all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. 
 {Dan, ii. 43, 44.) 
 
 Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I 
 will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a 
 King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute 
 judgment and justice in the earth. And this is 
 his name, whereby he shall be called, Jehovah 
 our righteousness. {Jer* xxiii. 5, 6.) 
 
8 MORNING SERVICE. 
 
 The Stone, -which the builders rejected, the 
 same is become the head of the corner; this is 
 the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our 
 ejes. [Matt, xxi. 42.) 
 
 Behold, I create new heavens, and a new 
 earth; and the former shall not be remembered, 
 nor come into mind. But be ye glad, and rejoice 
 for ever in that which I create; for behold, I 
 create. Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a 
 joy. [Isa, 1 XV. 17, 18.) 
 
 Jehovah shall be King over all the earth: in 
 that day Jehovah shall be one, and his name 
 One. (Zech, xiv. 9.) 
 
 Thy Maker is thine Husband, (Jehovah of 
 hosts is his name;) and thy Redeemer the Holy 
 One of Israel; the God of the whole earth shall 
 he be called. (Isa, liv. 5.) 
 
 All flesh shall know, that I Jehovah am thy 
 Saviour and thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of 
 Jacob. (Isa» xlix. 26.) 
 
 Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found, 
 call ye upon him while he is near. Let the 
 wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous 
 man his thoughts; and let him return unto Je- 
 hovah, and he will have mercy upon him, and 
 to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. 
 (Isa, Iv. 6, 7.) 
 

 MORNING SERVICE. 
 
 Then the Minister shall pronounce the folloivin 
 address to the people^ all standing* 
 
 ©EARLY Beloved, 
 
 WE arje now assembled in the presence of 
 our Lord and Saviour JESUS CHRIST, to ac- 
 knowledge Him, in his DIVINE HUMANITY, 
 as our FATHER AND OUR GOD, our Crea- 
 tor, Redeemer, and Regenerator; to sanctify his 
 most holy name, by reverencing and adoring 
 him in all his manifestations of love and wis- 
 dom; to confess before him our manifold evils, 
 both actual and hereditary; to give thanks unto 
 him for his abundant mercies daily vouchsafed 
 unto us; to pray for the more full reception of 
 divine good and truth according to our several 
 states of necessity, that internally in our hearts, 
 and externally in our lives, we may evermore be 
 enabled to shun all evils as sins against him, 
 and with humble minds ascribe all glory, honour 
 and praise to his great and holy name. Let us 
 therefore under a just sense of our own unwor- 
 thiness, lift up our hearts to the throne of his 
 divine mercy. 
 
 The Minister shall then repeat the following 
 prayers^ all kneeling^ the people ansiaering 
 at the end of each prayer ^ Amen. 
 
 •5 general confession and prayer for divine aid* 
 
 OST merciful LORD JESUS, who in thy 
 Divine Humanity art the Only God of hea- 
 
10 MORNING SERVICE. 
 
 ven and earth, the Supreme Ruler of the uni- 
 verse, and before whom the angelic hosts fall 
 prostrate in deep humiliation, permit us thy 
 sinful and unworthy creatures to approach thy 
 heavenly Majesty, to confess our manifold 
 transgressions, and implore thy divine mercy. 
 We acknowledge, O Lord, that we have not 
 obeyed the precepts of thy holy word, but have 
 too much followed the inclinations of our own 
 evil hearts, and estranged ourselves from that 
 celestial life, which consists in love to thee, and 
 charity towards our neighbour. Righteousness, 
 O Lord, belongeth unto thee, but unto us con- 
 fusion of faces, for we have sinned, and have 
 committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, 
 and have rebelled, even by departing from thy 
 precepts and thy judgments, and shouldest thou 
 contend y^h us, we cannot answer thee on^ of 
 a thousand. Enable us, we beseech thee, to re- 
 sist and put away the evils and falses, which 
 continually infest us: and grant, O most merci- 
 ful Father, that the powerful influx of thy divine 
 love and wisdom may so penetrate and pervade 
 our internal and external man, that having our 
 affections purified, and our understandings en- 
 lightened, we may henceforth walk in obedience 
 to thy commandments, and by a life of love, 
 wisdom, and use, render glory, honour, and 
 praise to thy holy name for ever. Jimen. 
 
MORNING SERVICE. U 
 
 d prayer for a blessing to attend the reading of 
 
 the Holy Word. 
 
 ® MERCIFUL and blessed Lord, who hast 
 been graciously pleased to cause thy holy word 
 to be written, as well for the instruction and 
 comfort of men on earth, as for the happiness 
 and improvement of angels in heaven, we pray 
 thee to enlighten our understandings, that we 
 may therein disc<ern the spiritual and celestial 
 things of thy eternal kingdom; and whilst with 
 our outward ears we hear the laws of thy divine 
 order, may we thereby be prepared for conjunc- 
 tion with thee, and consociation with the angels 
 of thy new heaven. Jlmen* 
 
 Ji prayer for the President of the United States^ 
 and all others in Authority. 
 
 (S) LORD Jesus Christ, most glorious and om- 
 nipotent Father of all. High and Mighty King 
 of kings, and Lord of lords, who from thy throne 
 beholdest all the inhabitants of the earth, we 
 beseech thee to bless and defend the President 
 of these United States, and all others in au- 
 thority. We pray thee to give to our Legislators 
 wisdom and understanding: endue all Magis- 
 trates with the love of equity and truth, that 
 they may execute justice and judgment in thy 
 fear, to the advancement of thy glory, and the 
 happiness, peace, and prosperity of this nation. 
 JImen, 
 
1£ MORNING SERVICE. 
 
 Ji prayer for the icliole Human Race. 
 
 Almighty and ever blessed Lord Jesus, 
 the Creator and Preserver of all mankind, and 
 from whose bountiful hand all the nations of the 
 earth are daily supplied with good, most humbly 
 we entreat thee to continue and increase those 
 heavenly blessings, which in thy wisdom thou 
 seest most suitable and necessary for them. 
 And while we supplicate for all the families of 
 mankind, we pray thee to extend thy favour and 
 protection to the people of this land, from the 
 highest to the lowest. [*And especially we im- 
 plore thy mercy in behalf of those^ for whom our 
 prayers are at this time desired.'] In all their 
 afflictions, be thou their help and their comfort: 
 and grant that every dispensation of thy Provi- 
 dence, whether it be prosperity or adversity, 
 health or sickness, life or death, as it shall ter- 
 minate in thy glory, may promote the welfare 
 of their immortal souls. Amen, 
 
 A prayer for the prosperity of the JS'^ew Church, 
 
 OST merciful Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, 
 who in these latter days hast been graciously 
 pleased to manifest thyself a second time unto 
 the children of men, in the power and glory of 
 thy holy Word, and hast revealed the internal 
 
 * \_To be repeate.d onhj -when any desire the prayers of 
 the Confrre^raiion."^ 
 
MORNING SERVICE. 13 
 
 sense thereof, wherein tliou hast thy ijiore im- 
 mediate residence^ and by the light of which, 
 proceeding from thy Divine Humanity, we are 
 enabled to approach thee, as our Father and our 
 God, our Creator, Redeemer, and Regenerator, 
 we pray for the prosperity of thy New Jerusa- 
 lem, now descending from thee out of heaven. 
 Dissipate, we beseech thee, the thick darkness 
 which prevents thy appearance; open thou the 
 eyes of those, who sit in darkness, and in the 
 shadow of death, that they may see the genuine 
 light of thy holy Word, and thereby be brought 
 to acknowledge thee in thy Glorified Humanity 
 as the Only true God and eternal life. And 
 wheresoever thy New Church doth appear on 
 tlie face of the earth, may it be so led by the 
 Holy Spirit proceeding from thee that all who 
 embrace its heavenly doctrines, may with one 
 accord maintain the same, in purity of heart, 
 and holiness of life. All these things we ask in 
 thy own name, and for thy mercy's sake. Jimen. 
 
 Jl general thanksgiving for blessings received, 
 
 Almighty and most holy Lord Jesus, whose 
 tender mercies are over all thy works, and whose 
 compassions fail not towards the whole human 
 race, we give thee most humble and sincere 
 thanks for the various blessings, spiritual and 
 natural, which we daily receive at thy hands, 
 [%ind particularly for thy late mercies to those, 
 
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14 MORNING SERVICE. 
 
 who now desire to offer up with us the tribute 
 of thanksgiving to thy holy name.^ We ac- 
 knowledge with grateful hearts thy unspeakable 
 goodness in creating us with capacities for the 
 reception of love and wisdom, by which we may 
 become images and likenesses of thyself. Most 
 especially we praise thee for the manifestation 
 of thy love in the work of redemption, whereby 
 thou hast subdued the powers of hell, and glo- 
 rified thy humanity, and thereby rendered sal- 
 vation for ever possible to mankind. We desire 
 further to celebrate thy name for having in this 
 the day of thy second advent, manifested thy- 
 self in the spirit and glory of thy word, by re- 
 vealing its interior contents, and thereby ena- 
 bling us more fully to discern its sanctity and 
 divinity. We bless thee for this and every other 
 instance of thy love; and above all, that thou 
 hast been pleased in mercy to lay the foundation 
 of a New Church, which shall acknowledge and 
 worship thee, O blessed Jesus, in thy Divine 
 Humanity, as Creator from eternity, Redeemer 
 in time, and Regenerator for ever more. Amen, 
 
 The Lord^s Prayer » 
 
 vfif UR Father, who art in the heavens; hallowed 
 be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be 
 done, as in heaven, so also upon earth. Give us 
 this day our daily bread. And forgive us our 
 debts, as we also forgive our debtors. And lead 
 us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. 
 For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and 
 the glory, for ever, dmen, (Matt* vi. 9 to 13.) 
 
MORNING SERVICE. 15 
 
 Then all standing wp, the Minister and people 
 may read alternately the following verses 
 of the 5 1st Psalm, 
 
 Minister — IsiIaVE mercy upon me, God, 
 according to thy loving kindness; according unto 
 the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out 
 my transgressions. 
 
 People — Wash me thoroughly from mine ini- 
 quity, and cleanse me from my sin. 
 
 M, — For I acknowledge my transgressions, 
 and my sin is ever before me. 
 
 P. — Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, 
 and done evil in thy sight; that thou mightest 
 be justified when thou speakest, and be clear 
 when thou judgest. 
 
 M, — Behold 1 was shapen in iniquity, and in 
 sin did my mother conceive me. 
 
 P. — Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward 
 parts; and in the hidden part thou shalt make 
 me to know wisdom. 
 
 M. — Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be 
 clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 
 
 P. — Make me to hear joy and gladness; that 
 the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. 
 
 M. — Hide thy face from my sins, and blot 
 out all my iniquities. 
 
 P. — Create in me a clean heart, God, and 
 renew a right spirit within me. 
 
 M, — Cast me not away from thy presence; 
 and take not thy holy Spirit from me. 
 
 P. — Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; 
 and uphold me with thy free Spirit. 
 
16 MORNING SERVICE. 
 
 .-!/. — Then will I teach transgressors thv 
 vavs; and sinners shall be converted unto thee. 
 
 V. — Deliver me from blood -guiltiness, O 
 GOD, thou GOD of mj salvation; and my tongue 
 shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. 
 
 M, — O LORD open thou mj lips, and my 
 mouth shall show forth thy praise. 
 
 P.— For thou desirest not sacrifice, else 
 would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt 
 offering. 
 
 M, — The sacrifices of God are a broken 
 spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, GOD, 
 thou wilt not despise. 
 
 Or this. Ps. cii. 
 
 *')/?72iSi?er.'— Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let 
 my cry come unto thee. 
 
 People. — Hide not thy face from me in the 
 day when I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto 
 me; in the day when 1 call, answer me speedily. 
 
 M, — For my days are consumed like smoke, 
 and my bones are burned as an hearth. 
 
 P, — My heart is smitten, and withered like 
 grass; so tiiat I forget to eat my bread. 
 
 J\L — By reason of the voice of my groaning 
 my bones cleave to my skin. 
 
 P. — I am like a pelican of the w^ilderness: I 
 am like an owl of the desert. 
 
 M. — I watch, and am as a sparrow alone 
 upon the house-top. 
 
 P. — Mine enemies reproach me all the day; 
 
MORNING SERVICE. 17 
 
 and they that are mad against me are sworn 
 against me. 
 
 M. — For T have eaten ashes like bread, and 
 mingled my drink with weeping. 
 
 P. — Because of thine indignation and thy 
 wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me 
 down. 
 
 M, — My days are like a shadow that decli- 
 neth: and I am withered like grass. 
 
 P. — But thou, Lord, shall endure for ever; 
 and thy remembrance unto all generations. 
 
 M. — Thou shall arise, and have mercy upon 
 Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set 
 time, is come. 
 
 P. — For thy servants take pleasure in her 
 stones, and favour the dust thereof. 
 
 M, — So the heathen shall fear the name of 
 the Lord, and all the kings of the earth thy 
 glory. 
 
 P. — When the Lord shall build up Zion, he 
 shall appear in his glory. 
 
 M, — He will regard the prayer of the desti- 
 tute, and not despise their prayer. 
 
 P. — This shall be written for the generation 
 to come: and the people which shall be created 
 shall praise the Lord. 
 
 M. — For he hath looked down from the height 
 of his sanctuaryj from heaven did the Lord be- 
 hold the earth: 
 
 P. — To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to 
 loose those that are appointed to death; 
 
 M. — To declare the name of the Lord in. 
 Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem. B 2 
 
18 MORNING SERVICE. 
 
 P. — When the people are gathered together, 
 and the kingdoms to serve the Lord. 
 
 M. — He weakened mj strength in the wayj 
 he shortened my days. 
 
 P. — I said, O my God, take me not away in 
 the midst of my days: thy years are throughout 
 all generations. 
 
 J\L — Of old hast thou laid the foundation of 
 the earth; and the heavens are the work of thy 
 hands. 
 
 P. — They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: 
 yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; 
 as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they 
 shall be changed: 
 
 J\L — But thou art the same, and thy years 
 shall have no end. 
 
 P. — The children of thy servants shall con- 
 tinue, and their seed shall be established before 
 thee. 
 
 Or this. Ps. cxxxix. 
 
 Minister. — O Lord, thou hast searched me, 
 and known me. 
 
 People. — Thou knowest my dow^n -sitting and 
 mine up-rising, thou understandest my thought 
 afar oft'. 
 
 M. — Thou compassest my patli and my lying 
 down, and art acquainted with all my ways. 
 
 P. — For there is not a word in my tongue, 
 but lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether. 
 
 M. — Thou hast beset me behind and before, 
 and laid thine hand upon me; 
 
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 P. — Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; 
 it is high, I cannot attain unto it. 
 
 M, — Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or 
 whither shall I flee from thy presence? 
 
 P. — If I ascend up into heaven, thou art 
 there: if I make my bed in hell, behold thou art 
 there. 
 
 M, — If I take the wings of the morning, and 
 dwell in the uttermo?it parts of the sea; 
 
 P. — Even there shall thy hand lead me, and 
 thy right hand shall hold me. 
 
 J\L — If I say, Surely thy darkness shall cover 
 me; even the night shall be light about me. 
 
 P. — Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; 
 but the night shineth as the day: the darkness 
 and the light are both alike to thee. 
 
 M. — For thou hast possessed my reins; thou 
 hast covered me in my mother's womb. 
 
 P. — I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and 
 wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; 
 and that my soul knoweth right well. 
 
 M. — My substance was not hid from thee, 
 when I was made in secret and curiously 
 wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. 
 
 P. — Thine eyes did see my substance, yet 
 being unperfect; and in thy book all my mem- 
 bers were written, which in continuance were 
 fashioned, when as yet there was none of them. 
 
 M. — Search me, God. and know my heart; 
 try me, and know my thoughts: 
 
 P. — And see if there be any wicked way in 
 me, and lead me in the way everlasting. 
 
£0 MORNING SERVICE. 
 
 The fecple htin^z seated, a chapter or part of a 
 chapter from the Old Testament is to he 
 read. 
 
 Note. Before crer^ kaami, the J&maUr dbafi maf here 
 begTiTth such a cha|itery vr Tcrse of sodi a ^xpter 
 of sadi a book: mid after every iieuos, here endeth the 
 £rst «r second lesscm. 
 
 "fke Minister sliall then invite the congregation 
 to sing in the following words. 
 
 Vfi/ COME, let us sins: unto Jehovah; let us 
 make a joyful noise to the Rock of our salra- 
 tion. Let us come before his presence with 
 thanks^Ting. and make a joyful noise unto him 
 with psalms. For Jehovah is a ^eat God, and 
 a great King above all gods. (^Ps. xcv. 1, 3, 3.) 
 
 Then shall be sung one of the following chants, 
 the people standing: where it is not conveni- 
 ent to chant, a hymn may be sung^ the people 
 stuuding, 
 
 IpRAlSE the Lord, O mv soul, and all that is 
 within me, praise his holv name. Praise the 
 Lord, O mv soul, and forget not all his benefits: 
 who forgiveth all thv sin, and healeth all thine 
 infirsities: who saveth thv life from destruction, 
 and crowneth thee with mercjand loving kind- 
 lier. O praise the Lord, ye angels of his, je 
 
MORXIXG SERVICE. £1 
 
 that excel in strength: ye that fulfil his com- 
 mandments, and hearken unto the Toice of his 
 word. praise the Lord, all ye his hosts: ye 
 servants of his that do his pleasure. O speak 
 good of the Lord, all je works of his. in all 
 places of his dominion. Praise thou the Lord, 
 O mj soul. (Ps. ciii.) 
 
 li WILL extol thee, mv God. O Kins:, and I 
 will bless thy name for ever and ever. Every 
 day will I bless thee, and 1 will praise thy name 
 for ever and ever. Great is the 'Lord, and 
 greatly to be praised: and his greatness is un- 
 searchable. One generation shall praise thy 
 \^'o^ks to another, and shall declare thy mighty 
 acts. I ^vill speak of the glorious honour of thy 
 maiesty. and of thv wonderful works. And 
 men shall speak of the mio:ht of thy terrible acts; 
 and I will declare thv greatness. They shall 
 abundantly utter the memory of thy great good- 
 ness, and shall sing of thy righteousness. The 
 Lord is gracious, and full of compassion: slow 
 to anger, and of great mercv. The Lord is 
 good to all; and his tender mercies are over all 
 his works. {Fs, cxlv. 1 to 9.) 
 
 mi unto the Lord. O ye kindreds of the 
 people, give unto the Lord glory and strength. 
 Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his 
 name: bring an offering, and come into his 
 courts. O worship the Lord in the beauty of 
 holiness: fear before him, all the earth. Say 
 
22 MORNING SERVICE. 
 
 among the nations, that the Lord reigneth: the 
 world also shall be established, that it shall not 
 be moved: he shall judge the people righteously. 
 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be 
 glad: let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof. 
 Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: 
 then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice be- 
 fore the Lord; for he coraeth, for he cometh to 
 judge the earth: he shall judge the world with 
 righteousness, and the people with his truth.-— 
 (Ps. xcvi. 1 to IS.) 
 
 ^ND they sung a new song, saying, Thou art 
 "Nvorthy to take the book, and to open the seals 
 thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed 
 s to God by thy blood, out of every kindred, 
 and tongue, and people, and nation; and hast 
 made us unto our God kings and priests: and 
 we shall reign on the earth. And I beheld, and 
 1 heard the voice of many angels round about 
 the throne, and the beasts, and the elders: and 
 the number of them was ten thousand times ten 
 thousand, and thousands of thousands; saying 
 with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb, that 
 was slain, to receive power, and wisdom; and 
 riches, and strength, and honour, and glory, 
 and blessing. And every creature which is in 
 heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, 
 and such as are in the sea, and all that are iu 
 them, heard I, saying, Blessing, and honour, 
 and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth 
 upon the throne, and unto the Lamb, for ever 
 and ever. {^Apoc, v. 9 to 15.) 
 
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 Te deum laudamus, 
 
 1 v/E praise thee, O Lord; we acknowledge 
 thee to be our God. 
 
 2 All thy works praise thee: and bless thee 
 for ever and ever. 
 
 8 Thy true church on earth doth worship and 
 acknowledge thee alone: 
 
 4 The Father eternal: the Word incarnate: 
 the Holy Spirit of Truth, the Comforter: . 
 
 5 In essence and in person ONE: JEHOVAH 
 JESUS LORD. 
 
 6 By thy Word were the Heavens made, and 
 all the host of them by the breath of thy mouth. 
 
 7 To thee the Cherubim and Seraphim: all 
 angels and blessed spirits: lift up their voices 
 and say, 
 
 8 Holy, holy, holy, liOrd God of Sebaoth, 
 
 9 Heaven and earth are full of thy glory. 
 
 10 Thousand thousands minister unto thee: 
 
 11 And ten thousand times ten thousand 
 stand before thee, hearkening unto the voice of 
 thy Word. 
 
 12 The glorious company of prophets, apos^ 
 ties, and evangelists, with one consent praise 
 thee, and celebrate the wonders of thy love. 
 
 13 When thou didst bow the heavens, and 
 came down among us, for our redemption, thou 
 didst take upon thyself our nature. 
 
 14 Thou didst gird on thy sword, thou didst 
 stretch out thy arm, as a mighty MAN of war. 
 
 15 Singly thou didst overcome, and put to 
 flight all the legions of the enemy. 
 
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 16 Thou didst bring down their strength to 
 the earth. 
 
 17 In thy love, and in thy pity, thou didst 
 redeem us. 
 
 18 Thou didst pass through the bitterness of 
 suffering and temptation, and didst humble 
 thyself, even to the passion of the cross: 
 
 19 Thou didst sanctify and glorify thyself, 
 by uniting thy human with thy divine essence. 
 
 20 Thou didst burst asunder all the bonds of 
 death, and didst rise in majesty and glory un- 
 utterable. 
 
 21 Thou didst ascend into the heaven of 
 heavens, thou didst lead captivity captive, the 
 everlasting doors were opened to receive thee. 
 
 5^ High above all the heavens didst thou take 
 thy seat, clothed with light inaccessible, girt 
 with omnipotence and love. 
 
 23 Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, 
 and thy dominion endureth from generation to 
 generation. 
 
 24 Righteous and true are thy ways, and all 
 thy judgments are done in mercy. 
 
 25 From the rising of the sun unto the going 
 down of the same, thy name alone is to be 
 praised. 
 
 26 Thou art Alpha and Omega, the beginning 
 and the end, the first and the last, who wast, 
 who art, and who art to come: the Almighty. 
 
 27 Thou art the King of Glory, thou art the 
 Lord of life. 
 
 28 From everlasting to everlasting of heaven 
 and earth thou alone art God. 
 
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 29 Every day will we praise thee, and mag- 
 nify thee, and will bless thy holy name, for ever 
 and ever. 
 
 Hallelujah, Amen. 
 
 Then may he said or siing^ the folloiving 
 JDoxologyj the people still standing. 
 
 Minister — To Jesus Christ be glory and 
 dominion for ever and ever. (^Jlpoc. i. 6.) 
 
 People — His dominion is an everlasting do- 
 minion, which shall not pass away; and his 
 kingdom that which shall not be destroyed. 
 (Ban, vii. 14.) 
 
 Then the people being seated^ shall be read as 
 before^ a chapter or part of a chapter from 
 the JVew Testament^ after which the Minister 
 shall invite the people to sing in the folloiv- 
 
 ing words. 
 
 AKE a joyful noise unto Jehovah, all ye 
 lands. Serve Jehovah with gladness, come be- 
 fore his presence with singing. Know ye that 
 Jehovah he is God; it is he that hath made us, 
 and not we ourselves; we are his people, and 
 the sheep of his pasture. fPs. c. 1, 2, 5.) 
 
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 •Sfter ivliich one of the following psalms or 
 songs shall be chanted, or a hymn may he 
 sung as before, 
 
 v£/ SING unto the Lord a new song, for he hath 
 done marvellous things; his rig-ht hand, and his 
 holy arm hath gotten him the victory. The 
 Lord hath made known his salvation: his righ- 
 teousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of 
 the nations. He hath remembered his mercy 
 and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the 
 ends of tlie earth have seen the salvation of our 
 God. Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all 
 the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and 
 sin^ praise. Sing unto the Lord with the harp; 
 with the harp, and the voice of a psalm. With 
 trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful 
 noise before the Lord the King. Let the sea 
 roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and 
 they that dwell therein. Let the floods clap 
 their hands: let the hills be joyful together be- 
 fore the Lord; for he cometh to judge the earth: 
 with righteousness shall he judge the world, 
 and the people with equity. (Ps. xcviii. 1 to 9.) 
 
 vE/ GIVE thanks unto the Lord, for he is good: 
 for his mercy endureth for ever. O give thanks 
 unto the God of gods: for his mercy endureth 
 for ever. O give tiianks to the Lord of lords: 
 for his mercy endureth for ever. To him who 
 alone doeth great wonders: for his mercy endu- 
 
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 reth for ever. To him that by wisdom made the 
 heavens: for his mercy endureth for ever. To 
 him that stretched out the earth above the 
 waters: for his mercy endureth for ever. To 
 him that made great lights: for his mercy en- 
 dureth for ever. The sun to rule by day: for 
 his mercy endureth for ever. The moon and 
 stars to rule by night: for his mercy endureth 
 for ever. O give thanks unto the God of heaven: 
 for his mercy endureth for ever. (Fs. cxxxvi. 
 1 to 9, 26.) 
 
 ^LL thy works shall praise thee, O Lord; and 
 thy saints shall bless thee. They shall speak of 
 the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power. 
 To make known to the sons of men his mighty 
 acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom. 
 Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and 
 thy dominion endureth throughout all genera- 
 tions. The Lord upholdeth all that fall, and 
 raiseth up all those that are bowed down. The 
 eyes of all wait upon thee, and thou givest 
 them tiieir meat in due season. Thou openest 
 thy hand, and satisfiest tlie desire of every liv- 
 ing thing. The Lord is righteous in all his ways, 
 and holy in all his works. The Lord is ni*>h 
 unto all them that call upon him, to all that call 
 upon him in truth. He will fulfil the desire of 
 them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, 
 and will save them. The Lord preserveth all 
 them that love him: but all the wicked will he 
 destroy. My mouth shall speak the praise of the 
 
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 Lord: and let all flesh bless his holy name for 
 ever and ever. (Ps. cxlv. 1 to 21.) 
 
 Y soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spi- 
 rit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. — [T/ie tivo 
 next verses to be chanted by the women only.'] 
 For he hath regarded the low estate of his hand- 
 maiden: for behold, from henceforth all genera- 
 tions shall call me blessed. For he that is mighty 
 hath done to me great things, and holy is his 
 
 name. [^JVow all the people join.] And his 
 
 mercy is on them that fear him, from generation 
 to generation. He hath shewed strength with 
 his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the 
 imagination of their hearts. He hath put down 
 the mighty from their seats, and exalted them 
 of low degree. He hath filled the hungry with 
 good things, and the rich he hath sent empty 
 away. He hath holpen his servant Israel, in 
 remembrance of his mercy. As he spake to our 
 fathers, to Abraham and to his seed for ever. 
 {Luke i. 46 to 55,) 
 
 Tlten may be said or sung^ the following 
 
 Doxology. 
 
 Minister. Blessed be the Lord God, the God 
 of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things. (Ps» 
 Ixxii. 18.) 
 
 People. And blessed be his glorious name for 
 ever, f jPs Ixxii. 19.) 
 
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 Here the Minister reads the Decalogue, as fol- 
 lows^ the people still standing, 
 
 ialEAR, O Israel, the statutes and judgments, 
 which I speak in your ears this day, that ye 
 may learn them, and keep and do them. The 
 Lord our God made a covenant with us, even 
 lis, who are all of us here alive this day. (I)eut, 
 V. 1, 2, 3.) 
 
 And God spake all tliese words, saying, 
 
 (1.) 3 JIM the Lord thy God, which have 
 brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of 
 the house of bondao;e. Thou shalt have no other 
 gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee 
 any graven image, or any likeness of any thing 
 that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth 
 beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: 
 Thou shalt not bow thyself to them, nor serve 
 them; for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, 
 visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the 
 children unto the third and fourth generation of 
 them that hate me; and shewing mercy unto 
 thousands of them that love me, and keep my 
 commandments. 
 
 (2.) Thou shalt not take the name of the 
 Lord thy God in vain: for the Lord will not 
 hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. 
 
 (3.) Remember the sabbath day, to keep it 
 holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy 
 work: but the ^seventh day is the sabbath of the 
 
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 Lord thy God; in it thou shalt not do any work, 
 thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man 
 servant, nor thy maid servant, nor thy cattle, 
 nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; For in 
 six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the 
 sea, and all that in them is, and rested the se- 
 venth day; wherefore the Lord blessed the sab- 
 bath-day, and hallowed it. 
 
 (4.) Honour thy father and thy mother; that 
 thy days may be long upon the land which the 
 Lord thy God giveth thee. 
 
 (5.) Thou shalt not kill. 
 
 (6.) Thou shalt not commit adultery. 
 
 (7.) Thou shalt not steal. 
 
 (8.) Thou shalt not bear false witness against 
 thy neighbour. 
 
 (9.) Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's 
 house. 
 
 (10.) Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's 
 wife, nor his man servant, nor his maid servant, 
 nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is 
 thy neighbour's. (Exod, xx. 1 to 17.) 
 
 Thou shalt love the Lord thy God 
 with all thy heart, and with all thy 
 
 SOUL, AND WITH ALL THY MIND. This is the 
 
 first and great commandment. And the second 
 is like unto it; Thou shalt love thy neigh- 
 bour AS thyself. On these two command- 
 ments hang all the law and the prophets. (J\Tat, 
 S7 to 40.) 
 
 People, — O that my ways were directed to 
 keep thy statutes. O let me not wander from 
 thy commandments. (Ps. cxix. 5, 10.) 
 
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 Or the Ten Commandments from Dent, v, 6 to 
 21, may be occasionally read^ instead of the 
 above. 
 
 The Minister then proceeds as follows^ the peo- 
 ple still standing, 
 
 ^HESE are the commandments, the statutes, 
 and the judgments, which the Lord your God 
 commanded to teach you: that thou mightest 
 fear the Lord thy God, to keep all his statutes, 
 and his commandments, which I command thee; 
 thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the 
 days of thy life; and that thy days may be pro- 
 longed. (Bent. vi. 1, ^.) 
 
 Ye shall observe therefore to do as the Lord 
 your God hath commanded you: ye shall not 
 turn aside to the right hand, or to the left. 
 (Beut. V. 32.) 
 
 And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy 
 God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy 
 God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, 
 and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy 
 heart, and with all thy soul.^ to keep the com- 
 mandments of the Lord, and his statutes which 
 I command thee this day for thy good? (Deut. 
 X. 12, 13.) 
 
 And these v^ords, which I command thee this 
 day, shall be in thy heart. And thou shalt teach 
 them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk 
 of them when thou sittest in thine house, and 
 Avhen thou walkest bv the wav, and when thou 
 
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 liest clown, and when thou risest up. fDeut^ 
 vi. 6, 7.) 
 
 People — Blessed art thou, Lord; teach me 
 thy statutes. 
 
 Minister — With my lips have I declared all 
 the judgments of thy mouth. (Fs, cxix. 12, 13.) 
 
 P. — ^I will meditate in thy precepts, and have 
 respect unto thy ways. fPs, cxix. 15.) 
 
 M, — I will delight myself in thy statutes. 
 (Ps. cxix. 16.) 
 
 P. — I will not forget tliy word. (Ps. cxix. 
 16.) 
 
 J\L — Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, from 
 everlasting, and to everlasting. (Ps. xSi. 13. 
 Fs. cvi. 48.) 
 
 P, — Amen and Amen. (Fs. xli. 13.) 
 
 Or the Minister may proceed thus. 
 
 ^ND it shall come to pass, if thou shalt heark- 
 en diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy 
 God, to observe and to do all his commandments 
 which I command thee this day, that the Lord 
 thy God will set thee on high above all nations 
 of the earth; 
 
 And all these blessings siiall come on thee, 
 and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto 
 the voice of the Lord thy God. 
 
 Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed 
 shalt thou be in the field. 
 
 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and 
 ihe fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy 
 
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 cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks 
 of thy sheep. 
 
 Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store. 
 
 Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, 
 and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out. 
 
 The Lord shall cause thine enemies that rise 
 lip against thee to be smitten before thy face: 
 they shall come out against thee one way, and 
 flee before thee seven ways. 
 
 The Lord shall establish thee an holy people 
 unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if 
 thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord 
 thy God, and walk in his ways. 
 
 And all people of the earth shall see that 
 thou art called by the name of the Lord; and 
 they shall be afraid of thee. 
 
 The Lord shall open unto thee his good 
 treasure, the heaven to give thee rain unto thy 
 land in his season, and to bless all the work of 
 thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many na- 
 tions, and thou shalt not borrow. 
 
 But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not 
 hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God — 
 (^Deut. xxviii. 1 to 15.) 
 
 People. — Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for 
 I am weak. (Ps. vi. 2.) 
 
 Minister. — Good and upright is the Lord: 
 therefore will he teach sinners in the way. The 
 meek will he guide in judgment, and the meek 
 will he teach his way. (Ps, xxv. 8, 9.) 
 
 P. — I will not trust in my bow, neither shall 
 my sword save me. (Ps, xliv. 6.) 
 
 J\L — They that trust in the Lord shall be as 
 
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 4 MORNIXG SERVICE. 
 
 mount ZIon, which cannot be removed, but 
 alndeth for ever. (Ps. cxxv. 1.) 
 
 P. — My help cometh from the Lord, which 
 made heaven and earth. (Ps. cxxi. 2.) 
 
 M. — The Lord hear thee in the day of trouble; 
 send thee help from the sanctuary, and strength- 
 en thee out of Zion. (Ps. xx. 1. 2.) 
 
 P. — Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, 
 and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and 
 niight, be unto our God for ever and ever. 
 Amen. {Rev. vii. 12.) 
 
 Or thus, 
 
 JsSeHOLD, the days come, saith the Lord, that 
 I will make a new covenant with the house of 
 Israel, and with the house of Judah: not ac- 
 cording to the covenant that I made with their 
 fathers in the day that I took them by the hand, 
 to bring them out of the land of Egypt: but 
 this shall be the covenant that I will make with 
 the house of Israel. 
 
 After those days, saith the Lord, I will put 
 my law in their inward parts, and write it in 
 their hearts, and will be their God, and they 
 '^hall be my people. And they shall teach no 
 more every man his neighbour, and every man 
 his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for they 
 «hall all know me, from the least of them unto 
 the «;reatest of them, saith the I.rord: for 1 will 
 forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their 
 sin no more. (Jer. xxxi. 33 to 34.) 
 
 P. — We have thought of thy loving kindness, 
 
MORNING SERVICE. 35 
 
 God, in the midst of thy temple. (^Ps. xlviii. 
 
 M. — Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daugh- 
 ters of Judah be glad, because of thj judgments. 
 (Fs. xlviii. 11.) 
 
 F. — According to thy name, God, so is thj 
 praise unto the ends of the earth, thy right hand 
 is full of righteousness. (Fs, xlviii. 10.) 
 
 M. — The kingdoms of this worhl are become 
 the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ, 
 and he shall reign for ever and ever. {Apoc. 
 xi. 15.) 
 
 F. — We give thee thanks, O Lord God Al- 
 mighty, who art^ and wast, and art to come; 
 because thou hast taken to thee thy great pow- 
 er, and hast reigned. [Rev, xi. 17.) 
 
 M. — Alleluia: Salvation, and glory, and ho- 
 nour, and power, unto the Lord our God. 
 
 jP. — Amen and Amen. 
 
 After this a hymn or anthem shall be sung^ the 
 
 people standin 
 
 S* 
 
 TJie Minister then delivers a sermon or dis- 
 course; first offering up a prayer for divine 
 assistance^ as follows^ the people standing, 
 
 ® LORD JESUS CHRIST, who hast graci- 
 ously permitted us to assemble at this time to 
 receive instruction in thv holy truths, grant 
 
36 MORNING SERVICE. 
 
 strength and illumination to thy servant, ^vho 
 hath undertaken through divine assistance to 
 speak to« this congregation; that he may be 
 enabled in all humility and dependance upon 
 thee, and with thy blessing, to shew forth the 
 counsels of thy wisdom, and declare the won- 
 drous things in thy law. And give, O most 
 merciful Father, to this people the hearing ear 
 and the understanding heart, that so they may 
 be edified, and strengthened by what shall be 
 said from thee at this time, and depart from 
 thy house replete with the riches of thy grace, 
 whereby they may be the better enabled to shun 
 all evil, and to know, to love, and to serve thee, 
 and to live a life of greater usefulness to their 
 neighbour in all godliness and honesty. And 
 to thee we will ascribe the glory now and for 
 ever. Amen. 
 
 •Bfter the sermon^ a hymn shall be sungj the 
 
 people standing. 
 
 The service will then conclude with the 
 following Benediction. 
 
 THE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with 
 you all. Amen. (Jlpoc, xxii. 21.) 
 
LITURGY, &c. 
 
 EVENING SERVICE. 
 
 I 
 
 I The Minister shall begin the worship by repeat- 
 j ing the following words^ omitting the refer- 
 i enceSf all standing. 
 
 ' iLHE Lord is in his holy temple; let all the 
 earth keep silence before him. i^Hab, ii. 20.) 
 
 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and 
 into his courts with praise: be thankful unto 
 
 i him, and bless his name. For Jehovah is good; 
 
 ! his mercy is everlasting; and his truth enduretli 
 
 ^to all generations. [Ps. c. 1 to 5.) 
 
 I People. — Wherewith shall I come before Je- 
 hovah, and bow myself before the high God? 
 Shall I come before him with burnt-offerings, 
 with calves of a year old? Will Jehovah be 
 pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten 
 thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my first- 
 
 I born for my transgression, the fruit of my body 
 for the sin of my soul? 
 
 Minister. — He hath shewed thee, O man, 
 what is good: and what doth Jehovah require of 
 thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and 
 
 I to walk humbly with thy God? [Jlicah vi. 6 
 to 8.) D 
 
38 EVENING SERVICE. 
 
 Then the Minister may repeat one or more of 
 the following passages. 
 
 ^WAKE, awake, put on strength, O arm of 
 the Lord: awake as in the ancient days, in the 
 generations of old. The redeemed of the Lord 
 shall return, and come with singing unto Zion^ 
 and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: 
 they shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow 
 and mourning shall flee away. (Jsa. li. 9, IL) 
 
 Awake, awake, put on thy strength, O Zion; 
 put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the 
 holy city: for henceforth there shall no more 
 come into thee the uncircumcised, and the un- 
 clean. How beautiful upon the mountains are 
 the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that 
 publisheth peace, that bringeth good tidings of 
 good, that publisheth salvation, that saith unto 
 Zion, Thy God reign eth! Break forth into joy, 
 sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for 
 the Lord hath comforted his people, he hath re- 
 deemed Jerusalem. The Lord hath made bare 
 his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations, and 
 all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation 
 of our God. [Isa. lii. 1, 7, 9, 10.) 
 
 Arise, shine, for thy light is come, and the 
 glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. The gen- 
 tiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the 
 brightness of thy rising. And thou shalt know 
 that I the Lord am thy Saviour, and thy Re- 
 deemer, the mighty One of Jacob. For brass I 
 will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, 
 and for w^ood brass, and for stones iron: I will 
 
EVENING SERVICE. 39 
 
 also make thine officers peace, and thine exac- 
 tors righteousness. Violence shall no more be 
 heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction with- 
 in thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls 
 salvation, and thy gates praise. (Isa, Ix. 3, 16 
 to 18.) 
 
 O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is thy name 
 in all the earth ! Who hast set thy glory above 
 the heavens. Out of the mouth of babes and 
 sucklings hast thou ordained strength, because 
 of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the 
 enemy and the avenger. [Ps. viii. 1, 2.) 
 
 When I consider thy heavens, the work of 
 thy fingers, the moon and the stars which thou 
 hast ordained; what is man, that thou art mind- 
 ful of him.^ and the son of man, that thou visit- 
 est him.^ For thou hast made him a little lower 
 than the angels, and hast crowned him with 
 glory and honour. Thou madest him to have 
 dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast 
 put all things under his feet; all sheep and ox- 
 en, yea, and the beasts of the field, the fowl of 
 the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever 
 passeth through the paths of the seas. (Ps. viii. 
 3 to 8.) 
 
 O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed 
 is the man that trusteth in him. O fear the 
 Lord, ye his saints; for there is no want to them 
 that fear him. The young lions do lack, and 
 suffer hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall 
 not want any good thing. (Ps. xxxiv. 8, 9, 10.) 
 
 Come, ye cYiildren, hearken unto me: 1 will 
 teach you the fear of the Lord. What man is 
 
40 EVENING SERVICE. 
 
 he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that 
 he may see good? Keep thy tongue from evil, 
 and thy lips from speaking guile. Depart from 
 evil, and do good: st ek peace, and pursue it. 
 The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, 
 and his ears are open unto their cry. {Ps, xxxiv. 
 11 to 15. 
 
 The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a 
 broken heart; and saveth such as be of a con- 
 trite spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righ- 
 teous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them 
 all. (Ps. xxxiv. 18, 19.) 
 
 There is a river, the streams whereof shall 
 make glad the city of God; the holy place of 
 the tabernacles of the Most High. God is in the 
 midst of her, she shall not be moved: God shall 
 help her, and that right early. The Lord of 
 Tosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. 
 (Ps. xlvi. 4, 5, 7.) 
 
 Bless the Lord, O my soul; and all that is 
 within me bless his holy name. Bless the Lord, 
 O my soul, and forget not all his benefits; v/ho 
 forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy 
 diseases; who redeemeth thy life from destruc- 
 tion; who crowneth thee with loving kindness 
 and tender mercies; who satisfieth thy mouth 
 with good things, so that thy youth is renewed 
 like the eagle's (Ps, ciii. 1 to 5.) 
 
 The Lord executeth righteousness and judg- 
 ment for all that are oppressed. He made known 
 his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children 
 of Israel. The Lord is merciful and gracious, 
 slow to anger, ajid plenteous in mercy. He will 
 
EVENING SERVICE. 41 
 
 not always chide: neither will he keep his an- 
 ger for ever. He hath not dealt with us after our 
 sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniqui- 
 ties. For as the heaven is high above the earth, 
 so great is his mercy toward them that fear him. 
 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath 
 he removed our transgressions from us. Like as 
 a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth 
 them that fear him. For he knoweth our frame; 
 he remembereth that we are dust. (Ps. ciii. 6 
 to 14.) 
 
 As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower 
 of the field, so he flourisheth. For the wind pass- 
 eth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof 
 shall know it no more. But the mercy of the 
 Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon 
 them that fear him; and his righteousness unto 
 children's children; to such as keep his cove- 
 nant, and to those that remember his command- 
 ments to do them. (Ps. ciii. 15 to 18.) 
 
 The Lord hath prepared his throne in the hea- 
 vens; and his kingdom ruleth over all. Bless the 
 Lord, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that 
 do his commandments, hearkening unto the 
 voice of his word. Bless ye the Lord, all ye his 
 hosts, ye ministers of his that do his pleasure. 
 Bless the Lord, all his works, in all places of 
 his dominion: bless the Lord, O my soul. (P5» 
 ciii. 19 to !22.) 
 
 Oh that men would praise the Lord for his 
 goodness, and for his wonderful works to the 
 children of men I For he satisfieth the longins: 
 
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 soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness. 
 —Oh that men would praise the Lord for his 
 goodness, and for his wonderful works to the 
 children of menl For he hath broken the gates 
 of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder. 
 {Fs. cvii. 8, 9; 15, 16.) 
 
 Oh that men would praise the Lord for his 
 goodness, and for his wonderful works to the 
 children of men! And let them sacrifice the sa- 
 crifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works 
 'with rejoicing. — Oh that men would praise the 
 Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful 
 works to the children of men! Let them exalt 
 him also in the congregation of the people, and 
 praise him in the assembly of the eiders. (Ps. 
 cvii. 21, 22; 31, 32.) 
 
 Our help is in the name of the Lord, who 
 made heaven and earth. (Ps. cxxiv. 8.) 
 
 Let Israel hope in the Lord: for with the 
 Lord there is mercy, and with him is plenteous 
 redemption. And he shall redeem Israel from 
 all his iniquities. (Ps. cxxx. 7, 8.) 
 
 Blessed is the people that know the joyful 
 sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of 
 thy countenance. In thy name shall they re- 
 joice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall 
 they be exalted. For the Lord is our defence; 
 and the Holy One of Israel is our King. (Ps, 
 Ixxxix. 15. 16, 18.) 
 
EVENING SERVICE. 43 
 
 Tlie following JDoxology may be here repeated* 
 
 Minister. — Blessed be the Lord God, the God 
 of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things. (Ps. 
 Ixxii. 18.) 
 
 People. — And blessed be his glorious nama 
 for ever. (^Ps. Ixxii. 19.) 
 
 Tjlien the Minister shall call upon the Congre-^ 
 gation to pray^ in the words following. 
 
 >S/ COME let us worship, and bow down; let 
 us kneel before Jehovah our Maker. (Ps. xcv. 6. 
 
 Then the Minister shall repeat the following 
 prayers all kneeling. 
 
 v£/ LORD God of Israel, who dwellest between 
 the cherubims, thou art the very God, even thou 
 alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou 
 hast made heaven and earth. Lord, thou hast 
 been our dwelling-place in all generations. Be- 
 fore the mountains were brought forth, or ever 
 thou hadst formed the earth and the world; even 
 from everlasting to everlasting thou art God. 
 A thousand years in thy sight are but as yester- 
 day, when it is past, and as a watch in the night. 
 
44 EVENING SERVICE. 
 
 Lord, bow down thine ear, and hear: open thine 
 eyes, and see. (II Kings xix. 15, 16, Isa. 
 xxxvii. 16, 17.) 
 
 Look down from heaven, and behold from the 
 habitation of thj holiness and of thy glory. 
 Where is thy zeal and thy strength, the multi- 
 tude of thy compassions, and of thy mercies to- 
 wards me.^ Are they restrained.^ Doubtless thou 
 art our Father, though Abraham be ignorant of 
 us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, Lord, 
 art our Father, our Redeemer; thy name is 
 from everlasting. (Isa, Ixiii. 15, 16.) 
 
 We acknowledge. Lord our wickedness, and 
 the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned 
 against thee. (Jer, xix. 20.) 
 
 We are all as an unclean thing, and all our 
 righteousnesses are as filthy rags, and we all do 
 fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, 
 have taken us away. And there is none that 
 calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself 
 to take hold of thee. But now. Lord thou art 
 our Father: we are the clay, and thou our Pot- 
 ter; and we are all the work of thy hands. [Isa. 
 Ixiv. 6 to 8.) 
 
 O remember not against us former iniquities: 
 let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us; for 
 we are brought very low. Help us, God of 
 our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and 
 deliver us, and purge away our sins for thy 
 name's sake. (Ps. Ixxix. 8, 9.) 
 
 If thou. Lord, shouldst mark iniquities, who 
 shall stand .^ But tliere is forgiveness with thee, 
 that thou mayest be feared. (Ps, cxxx. 3, 4.) 
 
EVENING SERVICE. 45 
 
 Though our iniquities testify against us, do 
 thou for thy name's sake: for our backslidings 
 are many, we have sinned against thee. the 
 hope of Israel, the Saviour thereof in time of 
 trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in 
 the land, and as a way-faring man, that turneth 
 aside to tarry for a night? Why shouldest thou 
 be as a man astonished, as a mighty man that 
 cannot save? Yet thou, Lord, art in the midst 
 of us, and we are called by thy name. (Jer. xiv. 
 r, 9.) 
 
 Lord, lift thou up the light of thy counte- 
 nance upon us. (Ps, iv. 6.) 
 
 Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy 
 mercy's sake. (Ps. xliv. 26,) 
 
 Shew us thy mercy. O Lord, and grant us thy 
 salvation. (Ps, Ixxxv. 7.) 
 
 Quicken us, and we will call upon thy name. 
 Turn us again, Lord God of hosts; cause thy 
 face to shine, and w^e shall be saved, (Ps, Ixxx. 
 18, 19.) 
 
 Give ear to my words, O Lord, consider my 
 meditation. Hearken unto the voice of my cry, 
 my King and my God: for unto thee will 1 pray. 
 My voice shalt thou hear in the morning; in 
 the morning will 1 direct my prayer unto thee 
 and will look up. For thou art not a God that 
 hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil 
 dwell with thee. As for me, I will come into 
 thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in 
 thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple. 
 Lead me (O Lord,) in thy righteousness, because 
 of mine enemies; make thy wav straight be- 
 
46 EVENING SERVICE. 
 
 fore my face. Let all those, that put their trust 
 in thee, rejoice; let them ever shout for joy; 
 because thou defendest them: let them also, 
 that love thy name, be joyful in thee. For 
 thou. Lord, wilt bless the righteous: with fa- 
 vour wilt thou compass him, as with a shield. 
 (Ps. V. 1 to 4, 7, 8, 11, 12.) 
 
 How excellent is thy loving kindness, God, 
 therefore the children of men put their trust un- 
 der the shadow of thy wings. For with thee is 
 the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see 
 light. O continue thy loving-kindness unto 
 them that know thee, and thy righteousness to 
 the upright in heart. (Ps. xxxvi. 7, 9, 10.) 
 
 So teach us to number our days, that* we 
 may apply our hearts unto wisdom. O satisfy 
 us early with thy mercy, that we may rejoice, 
 and be glad all our days. Let thy work appear 
 unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their 
 children. And let the beauty of the Lord our 
 God be upon us. (Ps. xc. 1, 2, 4, 12, 14, 16, 
 17.) 
 
 O send out thy light and thy truth; let them 
 lead me, let them bring me unto thy holy hill, 
 and to thy tabernacles. Then will I go unto 
 the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy. 
 {Ps. xlii. 3, 4.) 
 
 Save us, O Lord our God, and gather us from 
 among the heathen, to give thanks unto thy 
 holy name, and to triumph in thy praise. (Ps. 
 cvi. 47.) 
 
 God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and 
 cause his face to shine upon us: That thy way 
 
EVENING SERVICE. 47 
 
 may be known upon earth, thy saving health 
 among all nations. Let the people praise thee, 
 O God; let all the people praise thee. Then 
 shall the earth yield her increase; and God, 
 even our own God, shall bless us. (Ps. Ixvii. 1, 
 2, 3, 6.) 
 
 The Lord^s Prayer. 
 
 v£/UR Father, who art in the heavens; hallowed 
 be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be 
 done, as in heaven, so also upon earth. Give us 
 this day our daily bread. And forgive us our 
 debts, as we also forgive our debtors. And lead 
 us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. 
 For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and 
 the glory, for ever. Mmen. (Matt, vi. 9 to 13.) 
 
 2Vie people being seated^ a chapter^ or part of a 
 chapter from the Old Testament is to be read. 
 
 The Minister shall then invite the congregation 
 to sing in the following words, 
 
 Ijl RAISE ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanc- 
 tuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. 
 Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him ac- 
 cording to his excellent greatness. Praise him 
 
48 EVENING SERVICE, 
 
 -with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with 
 the psaltery and harp. Praise him with the 
 timbrel and dance; praise him with stringed in- 
 struments and organs. Praise him upon the loud 
 cymbals: praise him upon the high-sounding 
 cymbals. Let every thing, that hath breath, 
 praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord. (^Ps, cl. 
 1 to 6. 
 
 21ien one or more of the following psalms^ or 
 so7igs shall he chanted^ or a hymn may be 
 sung^ the people standing, 
 
 IpRAISE waiteth for thee, O God, in Zion: 
 and unto thee shall the vow be performed. (P^. 
 Lxv. 1.) 
 
 Sing, heavens, and be joyful, earth, and 
 break forth into singing, mountains; for the 
 Lord hath comforted his people, and will have 
 mercy upon his afflicted. (^Isa, xlix. IS.) 
 
 Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, 
 I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, 
 saith the Lord. (Zech. ii. 10.) 
 
 I will praise thee, O Lord, with my whole 
 heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous 
 works, I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I 
 will sing praise to thy name, O thou Most High. 
 (Ps. ix. 1, 2.) 
 
 Be thou exalted, O Lord, in thine own 
 strength: so will wc sing, and praise thy power. 
 (Ps, xsi. 13.) 
 
EVENING SERVICE. 49 
 
 Lift up your heads, ye gates; and be ye 
 lifted up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of 
 glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? 
 The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty 
 in battle. Lift up your heads, O ye gates, even 
 lift them up, ye everlasting doors, and the 
 King of glory shall come in. Who is this King 
 of glory.^ The Lord of hosts, he is the King of 
 glory. (Ps, xxiv. 7 to 10.) 
 
 Give unto the Lord, O ye mighty, give unto 
 the Lord glory and strength. Give unto the 
 Lord the glory due unto his name; worship the 
 Lord in the beauty of holiness. [Ps, xxix. 1,2.) 
 
 I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise 
 shall be continually in my mouth. O magnify 
 • the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name 
 together. (Ps. xxxiv. 1, 3.) 
 
 O Lord my God, thou art very great; thou art 
 clothed with honour and majesty: who coverest 
 thyself with light, as with a garment; who 
 stretchest out the heavens like a curtain; who 
 layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters; 
 who maketh the clouds his chariot; who walketh 
 upon the wings of the wind; who maketh his 
 angels spirits, his ministers a flaming fire; who 
 laid the foundations of the earth, that it should 
 not be removed for ever. Lord, how manifold 
 are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them 
 all: the earth is full of thy riches. [Ps, civ. 1 
 to 5, 24.) 
 
 O sing unto the Lord a new song: sing unto 
 the Lord, all the earth. Sing unto the Lord, 
 
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50 EVENING SERVICE. 
 
 bless his name: shew forth his salvation from 
 day to day. Declare his glory among the na- 
 tions, his wonders among all people. For the 
 Lord is great, and greatly to be praised: he is 
 to be feared above all Gods. For all the gods of 
 the nations are idols: but the Lord made the 
 heavens. Honour and majesty are before him: 
 srtength and beauty are in his sanctuary. Give 
 unto the Lord, O ye kindreds of the people, give 
 unto the Lord glory and strength. Give unto 
 the Lord the glory due unto his name: bring an 
 offering, and come into his courts. O worship 
 the Lord in the beautv of holiness: fear before 
 him, all the earth. (Ps. xcvi, 1 to 9.) 
 
 I will sing of the mercies of the Lord for ever: 
 with my mouth will I make known thy faithful- 
 ness to all generations. For I have said, Mercy 
 shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt 
 thou establish in the very heavens. The hea- 
 vens shall praise thy wonders, O Lord; thy faith- 
 fulness also in the congregation of the saints. 
 For who in the heaven can be compared unto 
 the Lord.'^ AVho among the sons of the mighty 
 can be likened unto the Lord.^ God is greatly 
 to be feared in the assembly of the saints; and 
 to be had in reverence of all them that are about 
 him. O Lord God of hosts, who is a strons: 
 Lord like unto thee.^ or to thy faithfulness round 
 about thee! Thou rulest the raging of the sea: 
 when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them. 
 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: 
 as for the world, and the fulness thereof, thou 
 hast founded them. Justice and judgment are 
 
EVENING SERVICE. 51 
 
 the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth 
 shall go before thy face. (Ps. Ixxxix. I5 2, 5, 
 to 9. 11, 14.) 
 
 Who can utter the mighty acts of the Lord? 
 Who can shew forth all his praise? (Ps. cvi. 2.) 
 
 Then may be said or simg, the folio-wing Doxology. 
 
 Minister. — To Jesus Christ be glory and do- 
 minion for ever and ever. {Rev. i. 6.) 
 
 People* — His dominion is an everlasting do- 
 minion, which shall not pass away; and his king- 
 dom that which shall not be destroyed. (^Ban, 
 vii. 14. Ps. cxlv. IS.) 
 
 Then shall be read in like manner^ a chapter or 
 part of a chapter, from the JS^ew Testament^ 
 after which the Minister shall say 
 
 v£) GIVE thanks unto the Lord; call upon his 
 name: make known his deeds among the peo- 
 ple. Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him; talk 
 ye of all his wondrous works. (Ps. cv. 1, 2.) 
 
 •Bfter which one of the following psalms shall 
 be chanted^ or a hymn may be sung as before. 
 
 irRAISE ye the Lord. Praise ye the Lord from 
 the heavens: praise him in the heights. Praise 
 him, all ye his angels: praise him, all ye his 
 
6.2 EVENING SERVICE. 
 
 hosts. Praise him, ye sun and moon: praise him, 
 all ye stars of light. Praise him, ye heavens of 
 heavens, and ye waters that are above the hea- 
 vens. Let them praise the name of the Lord: 
 for he commanded, and they were created. He 
 hath also established them for ever and ever: 
 he hath made a decree, which shall not pass. 
 Praise the Lord from the earth, ye dragons and 
 all deeps; fire and hail, snow and vapour, stormy 
 wind fulfilling his word: mountains and all hills, 
 fruitful trees and all cedars; beasts and all cat- 
 tle, creeping things, and flying fowl; kings of 
 the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges 
 of the earth; both young men and maidens, old 
 men and children. Let them praise the name of 
 the Lord: for his name alone is excellent; his 
 glory is above the earth and heaven. He also 
 exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all 
 his saints; even of the children of Israel, a peo- 
 ple near unto him. Praise ye the Lord. (P5. 
 cxlviii: 1 to 14.) 
 
 I beheld, and lo, a great multitude, which no 
 man could number, of all nations, and kindreds; 
 and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, 
 and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, 
 and palms in their hands; and they cried with a 
 loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God, who 
 sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb. 
 And all the angels stood round about the throne, 
 and about the elders, and the four beasts, and 
 fell before the throne on their faces, and wor- 
 shipped God saying. Amen: blessing, and glory, 
 and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and 
 
EVENING SERVICE. 5 
 
 c> 
 
 power, and might, be unto our God for ever and 
 ever. Amen. [Rev. vii. 9 to 12.) 
 
 The kingdoms of this world are become the 
 kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ, and he 
 shall reign for ever and ever. We give thee 
 thanks, O Lord God Almighty, who art, and 
 wast, and art to come, because thou hast taken 
 to thee thy great power, and hast reigned. 
 (^Jlpoc. xi. 15, 17.) 
 
 And I saw as it were a sea of glass, mingled 
 with fire; and them that had gotten the victory 
 over the beast, and over his image, and over his 
 mark, and over the number of his name, stand 
 on the sea of glass, having the harps of God. 
 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of 
 God, and the song of the Lamb, saying. Great 
 and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Al- 
 mighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King 
 of saints. Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and 
 glorify thy name.^ for thou only art holy: for all 
 nations shall come and worship before thee; for 
 thy judgments are made manifest. (Rev. xv. 2 
 to 4.) 
 
 And after these things T heard a voice of much 
 people in heaven, saying. Alleluia; salvation, 
 and glory, and honour, and power, unto the 
 Lord our God. And again they said. Alleluia. 
 (Rev, xix. 1, 3.) 
 
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54 EVENING SERVICE. 
 
 Tlie Minister then delivers a sermon or dis-^ 
 course; first offering up a prayer for divine 
 assistance^ as follows^ the people standing. 
 
 (D LORD JESUS CHRIST, who hast graci- 
 ously permitted us to assemble at this time to 
 receive instruction in thy holy truths, grant 
 strength and illumination to thy servant, who 
 hath undertaken through divine assistance to 
 speak to this congregation; that he may be 
 enabled in all humility and dependance upon 
 thee, and with thy blessing, to shew forth the 
 counsels of thy wisdom, and declare the won- 
 drous things in thy law. And give, O most 
 merciful Father, to this people the hearing ear 
 and the understanding heart, that so they may 
 be edified, and strengthened by what shall be 
 said from thee at this time, and depart from 
 thy house replete with the riches of thy grace, 
 whereby they may be the better enabled to shun 
 all evil, and to know, to love, and to serve thee, 
 and to live a life of greater usefulness to their 
 neighbour in all godliness and honesty. And 
 to thee we will ascribe the glory now and for 
 ever. Amen. 
 
 Jifter the sermon, a hymn shall be siingy the people standitig. 
 
 The service "will then conchtde ivith the folloiving 
 
 Benediction. 
 
 THE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with 
 you all. Amen. {Apoc, xxii. 2L) 
 
PRAYERS AND CELEBRATIONS, 
 
 To be used on particular occasions. 
 
 Jl Glorification to be used on the Anniversary of the Lord!* 5- 
 nativity^ prior to the first Doxology in morning and 
 evening service, the people standing. 
 
 jyiOST glorious and omnipotent Jehovah God, 
 Creator and Preserver of heaven and earth, 
 who of thy divine love and mercy wast pleased 
 to descend from heaven, to take upon thyself 
 human nature, by actual incarnation in the 
 womb of a virgin, and in that form didst pre- 
 sent thyself in our world as Son of the Most 
 High God, the Word made Flesh, and the 
 Only-begotten of the Father, full of 
 GRACE AND TRUTH; wc adore thee, we magnify 
 thee, we celebrate thy great and holy name, for 
 thus having effected the redemption of mankind, 
 by subduing and removing the powers of hell, 
 by restoring the spiritual world to order, and 
 by preparing the way for a New Church upon 
 earth, wherein thou, Jehovah, art acknowledged 
 as the Child once born, the Son once given, on 
 whose shoulder rests the government of the uni- 
 verse, and whose name is now called Wonder- 
 ful, Counsellor, God, Hero, Father of 
 Eternity, Prince of Peace, — We, therefore, 
 with joyful hearts and cheerful voices join in the 
 unceasing song of praise, and with a multitude 
 of the heavenly host shout, *" Glory to God in 
 the highest, and on earth peace, good-will to- 
 wards men.'' 
 
 * These last words may be sung", if convenient: but if 
 not, they may be repeated by the whole congreg'ation*. 
 
.56 PRAYERS A]SD 
 
 ^ Prayer to he used on the anniversary of the Lord's cru" 
 cijixion, or full Glorification, immediately before the 
 Lordh Prayer, in morning and eveniiig service, all 
 kneeling. 
 
 Almighty and most merciful Lord God and 
 Saviour Jesus Christ, who wast pleased to assume 
 our infirm human nature, and to admit therein 
 temptations and sufferings even to the passion of 
 the cross, in order to effect the redemption of 
 mankind, and thy own glorification; enable us, 
 we beseech thee, to take up our cross daily, by 
 resisting the inordinate loves of self and of the 
 world, and in all things, as humble disciples, so 
 to follow thy footsteps in the regeneration, that, 
 after having overcome all our spiritual enemies, 
 we may finally receive from thee the crown of 
 everlasting life. Amen. 
 
 Jl Glorification to be iised on the anniversary of the Lord^s 
 resurrection, prior to the first Doxology, the people 
 standing. 
 
 SMoST glorious and ever-blessed Lord Jesus, 
 who, by the assumption and perfect glorification 
 of thy Humanity, didst work out our redemption 
 and deliverance from hell, and didst also burst 
 the bonds of death asunder, and thereby be- 
 came our Redeemer and Saviour to eternity; we 
 celebiate and dorifv thv name for all the won- 
 drous acts of thy divine love. We acknowledge 
 thee alone to be the Lord of life, the King of 
 
CELEBRATIONS. 5 
 
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 glory, the only and everlasting God of heaven 
 and earth. And while with angels we ascribe 
 to thee all might, majesty, and dominion, with 
 them also we lift up our voices, and evermore 
 cry, *"Holy, holy, holy Lord God of hosts, 
 heaven and earth are full of thy glory."' 
 
 A Glorification to he used on the anniversary of the Lord^s 
 ascension, prior to the first Doxology, the people stand' 
 ing. 
 
 ,OST glorious and ever-blessed Lord Jesus, 
 who by the assumption and perfect glorification 
 of thy humanity, didst work out our redemption 
 and deliverance from hell; and, after bursting 
 the bonds of death asunder, didst also ascend 
 into heaven, yea above all the heavens; we cele- 
 brate and glorify thy name for all the wondrous 
 acts of thy divine love. We acknowledge thee 
 alone to be the Lord of life, the King of glory, 
 the only and everlasting God of heaven and earth. 
 And while with angels we ascribe to thee all 
 might, majesty, and dominion, with them also 
 we lift up our voices, and evermore cry, * ^' Holy, 
 holy, holy Lord God of hosts, heaven and earth 
 are full of thy glory." 
 
 * These last words may be sung", if convenient; but if 
 not, they may be repeated by the whole congregation. 
 
CHIEF 
 
 ARTICLES OF FAITH 
 
 OF THE 
 
 JSTEW CHURCH. 
 
 The Heavenly Doctrines of the New Jerusalem teach, 
 
 (I.) ^HAT Jehovah God, the Creator and 
 Preserver of heaven and earth, is essential love 
 and essential w^isdom, or essential good and es- 
 sential truth: That he is One both in essence 
 and in person, in whom nevertheless is a Divine 
 Trinity, consisting of Father, Son, and Holy 
 Spirit, like soul, body, and operation in man: 
 And that the liord and Saviour Jesus Christ is 
 that God. 
 
 (2.) That Jehovah God descended as Divine 
 Truth, w^hich is the Word, (nevertheless he 
 did not separate therefrom the Divine Good) 
 and took upon him human nature, for the pur- 
 pose of subduing and removing the powers of 
 darkness, of restoring the spiritual world to or- 
 der, of preparing the way for a New Church 
 upon earth, and thereby of accomplishing the 
 great work of redemption: That through the 
 process of sufferings and temptations he also glo- 
 rified his Humanity, by uniting it with his essen- 
 tial Divinity, And that all who believe in him 
 w^ith the heart, with the understanding, and in 
 the life, will be saved. 
 
 (3.) That the Word of the Lord, or Sacred 
 Scripture, was written by divine inspiration; 
 
ARTICLES OF FAITH. 59 
 
 that it contains three distinct senses, celestial, 
 spiritual, and natural, which are united by cor- 
 respondences; and that in each sense it is divine 
 truth, accommodated respectively to the angels 
 of the three heavens, and also to men on earth. 
 Now since the Lord and his Word are one, and 
 since thereby man is conjoined to heaven, it is 
 highly necessary, that the genuine books of the 
 Word be distinguished from all other writings 
 whatever. The following, therefore, are ac- 
 knowledged as constituting the perfect and com- 
 plete Canon of Holy Scripture: In the Old 
 Testament, the five books of Moses, called 
 Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuter- 
 onomy; the book of Joshua, the book of Judges, 
 the i\yo books of Samuel, the two books of Kings, 
 the Psalms of David; the Prophets, Isaiah, Jere- 
 miah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, 
 Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, 
 Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, 
 Malachi: And in the New Testament, the four 
 Evangelists, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John; and 
 the Apocalypse. 
 
 (4.) That all evils, whether of affection, of 
 thought, or of life, ought to be shunned as sins 
 against God, because they proceed from the 
 devil, that is, from hell, and destroy in man the 
 capacity of enjoying the happiness of heaven. 
 But that, on the other hand, good affections, 
 good thoughts, and good actions, ought to be 
 cherished and performed, because they are of 
 God, and from God: and that every act of love 
 and charity, of justice and equity, both towards 
 
60 ARTICLES OF FAITH. 
 
 society in general, and towards individuals in 
 particular, ouoht to be done bv man as of him- 
 self; nevertheless under the acknowledgment 
 and belief, that they are really and truly from 
 the Lord, operating in him and by him. 
 
 (5.) That immediately on the death of the 
 material body (which will never be re-assumed) 
 man rises again as to his spiritual or substantial 
 body, wherein he exists in a perfect human 
 form, with every faculty both of mind and body, 
 which he before enjoyed; thus that death is no 
 other than an entrance into the spiritual world, 
 and a continuation of life, which will be happy 
 or miserable to eternity, according to the ruling 
 love acquired in this present world, and it's con- 
 formity or non-conformity to the divine truths 
 of the Holy Word; For every man in particular 
 is judged after death either to heaven or to hell, 
 according to the deeds done in the body, that is, 
 according to his past life, whether it has been 
 good or evil. 
 
 (6.) But that, with respect to children, dying 
 before they come to the use of reason, and the 
 exercise of judgment, all such, whether baptized 
 or unbaptized, whether within the christian 
 church or without it, and whether they be the 
 offspring of godly or of ungodly parents, are 
 received into heaven by the Lord, and after in- 
 struction, or improvement in understanding and 
 wisdom, participate in all tlie happiness and 
 perfection of angels. 
 
 (7.) That adequate means of salvation are, 
 by the divine mercy and providence of the Lord, 
 
ARTICLES OF FAITH. 61 
 
 extended to all of the human race without ex- 
 ception; and consequently that men of every 
 persuasion or denomination upon the face of 
 the earth, whether they be Christians, Jews, 
 Mahometans, or Pagans, may be saved, if they 
 live in mutual love and charity from religious 
 motives, according to the best of their know- 
 ledge and understanding. But that nevertheless 
 the new and true christian religion, inasmuch as 
 it is more immediately derived from our Lord 
 and Saviour Jesus Christ, who is the One Only 
 God of heaven and earth, is of all religions the 
 most capable of effecting close and intimate con- 
 junction with him; and on that account is to be 
 esteemed more excellent, more heavenly, and 
 more divine, than any other. 
 
 (8.) That every event or occurrence in human 
 life, whether of prosperity or of adversity, is 
 under the immediate superintendance and di- 
 rection of the Divine Providence; and that 
 nothing does or can befal man, either in his col- 
 lective or his individual capacity, but what even 
 in the most minute, as well as in the more im- 
 portant circumstances attending it, is made to 
 contribute, in a way known only to Infinite 
 Wisdom, to his final benefit and advantage. 
 
 (9.) That true conjugial love, which can only 
 exist between One Husband and One Wife, is a 
 primary characteristic of the New Church, being 
 founded in the marriage or conjunction of good 
 and truth, and corresponding with the marriage 
 of the Lord and his church; and therefore it is 
 
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62 ARTICLES OF FAITH. 
 
 more celestial, spiritual, holj, pure, and clean, 
 than anv other love in ano:els or men. 
 
 (10.) That man is not life in himself, but only 
 a recipient of life from the Lord, who alone is 
 life in himself; which life is communicated by 
 influx to all in the spiritual world, whether in 
 heaven, or in hell, or in the intermediate state 
 called the world of spirits, and to all in the na- 
 tural world; but is received differently by each, 
 according to the quality of tlie recipient subject. 
 
 (11,) That the last judgment, so frequently 
 spoken of in the Gospels, and in the Apocalypse, 
 being a separation of the evil from the good in 
 the spiritual world, where theretofore they had 
 been collected and mixed in society together, 
 from the time of the Lord's first advent into the 
 world till the time of his second advent, was 
 actually accomplished in the year 1757; when 
 the former heaven, and the former earth, or the 
 Old Church, passed away according to the 
 Scriptures, and the foundation of a New Church 
 was laid, wherein all things are become new\ 
 
 (12.) That therefore, as an act of divine 
 mercy towards the human race, who would 
 otherwise have perished in eternal death, the 
 second advent of the Lord has already taken 
 place, and still continues in the present day; 
 being a coming, not in person, but in the power 
 and glory of the spiritual sense of his holy 
 Word, which is himself: And thus that the holy 
 city, New Jerusalem, is now descending from 
 God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned 
 for her Husband. 
 
BAPTISM OF INFANTS. 
 
 Jl basin of pure water being provided^ and the 
 Child or Children to be baptized being pre- 
 sent^ the Minister reads as follows. 
 
 ]s ORASMUCH as the order, wherein man was 
 originally created, has been perverted and de- 
 stroyed by the abuse of his free-will, in conse- 
 quence of which we are all born in the love of 
 self and of the world; and since no one can en- 
 ter into the kingdom of God, except he be re- 
 generated, and born again of water and of the 
 spirit, that is,' by the truths of faith, and a life 
 in conformity to them; therefore baptism was 
 instituted by the Lord as a sign and memorial 
 that man may be purified from his evils and 
 falses, and thereby become regenerate. Thus 
 the Lord was pleased to suffer himself to be bap- 
 tized by John, in token that his Humanity was 
 to be glorified; for hereby was all righteousness 
 fulfilled in his own divine person. 
 
 By the waters of baptism are also signified 
 temptations, or spiritual conflicts against evils 
 and falses: for purification and regeneration can 
 only be ettected by means of temptations. And 
 inasmuch as baptism is for a sign and memorial 
 of such things, therefore it may lawfully be ad- 
 ministered to infants^ or* if neorlected at that 
 a^e. to adult?5. 
 
64 BAPTISM OF INFANTS. 
 
 The four following paragraphs may be either 
 readf or omitted^ as found convenient. 
 
 ii HE first use of baptism is introduction into 
 the new and true christian church, and insertion 
 at the same time amongst genuine christians in 
 the spiritual world. Baptism itself, however, is 
 only an external sign of introduction into the 
 church, as is evident from the baptizing of in- 
 fants, before they come to the use of reason, and 
 consequently before they are capable of receiv- 
 ing any thing relating to faith. Yet this sign is 
 perceived in heaven, and thereupon guardian- 
 angels are appointed over them by the Lord to 
 take care of them, and to preserve them in a 
 state favourable to the reception of faith in him: 
 and as they grow up, and become capable of 
 thinking and acting for themselves, they draw 
 into association with them such spirits, as make 
 one with their life and faith. 
 
 The second use of baptism is, that the person 
 baptized may know and acknowledge the Lord 
 and Saviour Jesus Christ, and follow him. This 
 acknowledgment consists in a firm belief, that 
 he is the onlv God of heaven and earth, the 
 Creator, Redeemer, and Regenerator; that in 
 him there is a Divine Trinity, consisting of Fa- 
 ther, Son, and Holy Spirit, like soul, body, and 
 operation in man; and also in a life of obedience 
 to his commandments. 
 
 The third and final use of baptism is, that man 
 may be regenerated; in which case he is bap- 
 tized with the holy spirit, or with fire; that is, 
 
BAPTISM OF INFANTS. 63 
 
 he is regenerated either by the divine truth of 
 faith, or by the divine good of love, and thus 
 admitted into association either with the angels 
 of the Lord's spiritual kingdom, or with those of 
 his celestial kin«:dom: and after death he himself 
 becomes either a spiritual or a celestial angel. 
 
 Now as these three uses follow each other in 
 order, and are united together as one in the last 
 use, it is hence evident, that by baptism is spi- 
 ritually understood regeneration. Such also is 
 the doctrine of the Lord, when he saith in the 
 Gospel, " He that believeth, and is baptized, 
 shall be saved: but he that believeth not, shall 
 be damned." Be it known therefore to every 
 christian, that whosoever doth not believe on the 
 Lord, and keep his commandments, cannot be 
 regenerated, notwithstanding his having been 
 baptized; and that baptism, without a living 
 faith in the Lord, is of no avail: for baptism it- 
 self neither giveth faith, nor salvation, but is a 
 testimony to such as are baptized, that they may 
 receive faith, and that they may be saved, if 
 they are regenerated. 
 
 ffere may be read the institution of Baptism by the Lord, 
 taken from Jlfattheiv^ xxviii. 18 to 20. 
 
 g/ESUS spake unto his disciples, saying. All 
 power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. 
 Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing 
 them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, 
 and of the Holy Spirit; teaching them to observe 
 all things whatsoever 1 have commanded you. 
 
 F 2 
 
66 BAPTISM OF INFANTS. 
 
 Then folloivs the Lord^s gracious reception of 
 young children^ from Mark x. 13 fo 16. 
 
 tfJ^ND they brought young children to Jesus, 
 that he should touch them; and his disciples 
 rebuked those that brought them. But when 
 Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said 
 unto them. Suffer the little children to come 
 unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the 
 kingdom of God. Verily I say unto you, who- 
 soever shall not receive the kingdom of God as 
 a little child, he shall not enter therein. And 
 he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon 
 them, and blessed them. 
 
 Then the Minister is to say to the parent s^ or 
 friends of the child or children^ 
 
 iiOU have brought this child here to be bap- 
 tized into the faith of the New Church, which 
 teacheth that God is One in essence and in per- 
 son, in whom is a Divine Trinity, consisting of 
 Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; and that the Lord 
 and Saviour Jesus Christ is He, and, That, in 
 order to salvation, man must live a life according 
 to the ten commandments, by shunning evils as 
 sins against God. Let me therefore ask, 
 
 Are you desirous of having this child bap- 
 tized into this faith.^ 
 
 Jinswer. severally. I am. 
 
BAPTISM OF INFANTS. 67 
 
 Here the Minister is to pray as follows^ all 
 
 kneeling. 
 
 (Let us pray.) 
 
 Almighty and everlasting Lord Jesus, who 
 alone dost baptize with the holy spirit and with 
 fire, and who invitest little children to be brought 
 unto thee, that they may receive thy blessing, 
 and be made partakers of thine eternal kingdom: 
 sanctify, we beseech thee, this water to the use 
 which thou hast ordained in thy holy Word, and 
 graciously receive this child now presented be- 
 fore thee to be baptized.. Admit him into the 
 fellowship and communion of thy New Church, 
 embrace him with the arais of thy divine mercy, 
 and prepare him for the reception of thy holy 
 spirit; that, being enrolled by baptism among 
 the number of those, who acknowledge the Divi- 
 nity of thy Humanity, and who rejoice in the 
 glory of thy second advent, he may hereafter 
 deny himself^ and take up his cross, by resisting 
 the evils of self-love and the love of the world, 
 and finally through thy assistance overcome all 
 his spiritual enemies. So may he be cleansed 
 from the impurities of his nature, be confirmed 
 in love to thee, and charity towards his neigh- 
 bour, and at length be prepared for the full 
 enjoyment of thy everlasting kingdom above, 
 Jimen, 
 
68 BAPTISM OF INFANTS. 
 
 Then the Minister^ after taking the child to he 
 baptized in his arms^ is to say to the parents 
 or friends of the child^ 
 
 Name this Child. 
 
 Jljid the?if 7iaming it after them, he is to sprinkle the loater 
 on the child's forehead, sayings 
 
 11 BAPTIZE thee in the name of the Lord God 
 and Saviour Jesus Christ, who alone is the Fa- 
 ther, Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen. 
 
 And then, putting his hand upo7i the child* s head, he pro- 
 nowices the folloiving blessing, from JWimbers vi. 24 to 
 26. 
 
 ^ThE Lord bless thee, and keep thee: the Lord 
 make his face to shine upon thee, and be gra- 
 cious unto thee: the Lord lift up his counte- 
 nance upon thee, and give thee peace. 
 
 Then, returning the child, and after having severally bap- 
 tized and blessed all the children presented^ in manner 
 as above, the ^Minister is to say, 
 
 V/E receive this child into the congregation 
 of the New Church, that he may hereafter be 
 initiated into the acknowledgment and true 
 worship of the Lord, according to the heavenly 
 doctrines of the New Jerusalem. And as there 
 is joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, 
 so let us rejoice on earth, tliat it has pleased 
 the Lord to add to the number of those, who, 
 by the baptism of repentance and regeneration, 
 iTiay finally inherit the crown of everlasting lif<^c 
 
BAPTISM OF INFANTS. 69 
 
 Then the Minister gives the following Exhor- 
 tation to the parents or friends of the child, 
 
 3 EARNESTLY exhort you, who have the care 
 of this child^ to take charge of his education, 
 and, as far as lies in your power, to see that he 
 be properly instructed in the principles of the 
 true christian religion. Let him be well ac- 
 quainted with the holy Word, and with the hea- 
 venly doctrines of the New Jerusalem. But par- 
 ticularly teach him the necessity of shunning 
 continually all evils as sins against God, and, by 
 renouncing the loves of self and the world, of 
 loving the Lord above all things, and his neigh- 
 bour as himself. So will you be providing for 
 his happiness in this life, and for his eternal sal- 
 vation in the world to come. 
 
 Then the Minister is to repeat the following 
 Thanksgiving and Prayer^ all kneeling, 
 
 V/ E give thee most humble and sincere thanks, 
 O heavenly Father, that thou hast been gra- 
 ciously pleased to accept our service at this 
 time, and to receive this child into the congre- 
 gation of thy New Church on earth. As he 
 grows in stature, may he grow in the knowledge 
 and love of thee and thy kingdom. Support him 
 in the future hour of temptation; give him pow- 
 er over all his spiritual enemies; and, after hav- 
 ing followed thy footsteps in the regeneration, 
 may he finally be received into thy new angelic 
 heaven, to glorify and praise thee for ever and 
 ever. Amen, 
 
ro BAPTISM OF INFANTS. 
 
 ^fter ivhich^ the Lord'^s Prayer^ as in Matthew 
 vi. V, 9 to 13, may be repeated by all, still 
 kneeling. 
 
 Our Father, who art in the heavens; hallow- 
 ed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy 
 will be done, as in heaven, so also upon earth. 
 Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive 
 ws our debts, as we also forgive our debtors. 
 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us 
 from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the 
 power, and the glory, for ever. Jlmen. 
 
 « 
 
 Jlnd lastly the Minister standing up^ concludes 
 with the following Benediction^ from Apoc. 
 xxii. 21. 
 
 ™HE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with 
 you all. dmen. 
 
BAPTISM OF ADULTS. 
 
 Jl basin of pure water being provided, and the 
 person or persons to be baptized being pre- 
 senty the Minister reads as follows* 
 
 is ORASMUCH as the order wherein man was 
 originally created, has been perverted and de- 
 stroyed by the abuse of his free-will, in conse- 
 quence of which we are all born in the love of 
 self and of the world; and since no one can en- 
 ter into the kingdom of God, except he be re- 
 generated, and born again of water and of tlie 
 spirit, that is, by the truths of faith, and a life 
 in conformity to them; therefore baptism was 
 instituted by the Lord as a sign and memorial 
 that man may be purified from his evils aad 
 falses, and thereby become regenerate. Thus 
 the Lord was pleased to suffer himself to be bap- 
 tized by John, in token that his Humanity was 
 to be glorified; for hereby was all righteousness 
 fulfilled in his own divine person. 
 
 By the waters of baptism are also signified 
 temptations, or spiritual conflicts against evils 
 and falses; for purification and regeneration can 
 only be effected by means of temptations. And 
 inasmuch as baptism is for a sign and memorial 
 of such things, therefore it may lawfully be ad- 
 ministered to infants, or, if neglected at that 
 gge, to adults. 
 
72 BAPTISM OF ADULTS. 
 
 ■ 
 
 The four following paragraphs may be either 
 read^ or omitted, as found convenient. 
 
 ^HE first use of baptism is introduction into 
 the new and true christian church, and insertion 
 at the same time amongst genuine christians in 
 the spiritual world. Baptism itself, however, 
 is only an external sign of introduction into the 
 church: yet this sign is perceived in heaven, 
 and the person baptized is thereby distinguished 
 in the spiritual world, according to the quality 
 of the faith he professes, and at the same time 
 according to the quality of his life. 
 
 The second use of baptism is, that the person 
 baptized may know and acknowledge the Lord 
 and Saviour Jesus Christ, and follow him. This 
 acknowledgment consists in a firm belief, that 
 he is the only God of heaven and earth, tlie 
 Creator, Redeemer, and Regenerator; that in 
 him there is a Divine Trinity, consisting of Fa- 
 ther, Son, and Holy Spirit, like soul, body, and 
 operation in man; and also in a life of obedience 
 to his commandments. 
 
 The third and final use of baptism is, that man 
 may be regenerated; in which case he is baptiz- 
 ed with the holy spirit; or with fire; that is, he 
 is regenerated either by the divine truth of faith 
 or by the divine good of love, and thus admitted 
 into association either with the angels of the 
 Lord's spiritual kingdom, or with those of his 
 celestial kingdom; and after death he himself 
 becomes either a spiritual or a celestial angel. 
 
 Now as these three uses follow each other in 
 
BArriSM OF ADULTS. 7S 
 
 order, and are united together as one in the last 
 use, it is hence evident, that by baptism is spi- 
 ritually understvood regeneration. Such also is 
 the doctrine of the Lord, when he saith in the 
 Gospel, " He that believeth, and is baptized, 
 shall be saved: but he that believeth not, shall 
 be damned.'' Be it known therefore to every 
 christian, that whosoever doth not believe on the 
 Lord, and keep his commandments, cannot be 
 regenerated, notwithstanding his having been 
 baptized; and that baptism, without a living 
 faith in the Lord, is of no avail: for baptism it- 
 self, neither giveth faith, nor salvation, but is a 
 testimony to such as are baptized, that they may 
 receive faith, and that they may be saved, it 
 they are regenerate. 
 
 Here may he read the institution of Baptism by 
 the Lord^ taken from Matt, xxviii. 18 to 20. 
 
 gJeSUS spake unto his disciples, saying. All 
 power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. 
 Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing 
 them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, 
 and of the Holy Spirit; teaching them to observe 
 all things whatsoever I have commanded you. 
 
 Then the Minister is to say to the person or 
 persons to be baptized^ 
 
 41 OU have come here to be baptized into the 
 faith of the New Church. Let me therefore ask, 
 
 G 
 
74 BAPTISM OF ADULTS. 
 
 Do you believe, that God is One in essence 
 and in person, in whom is a Divine Trinity, 
 consisting of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; and 
 that the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ is Her 
 
 Answer^ severally, I do. 
 
 M. — Do you believe, that in order to salva- 
 tion, man must live a life according to the ten 
 commandments, by shunning evils as sins 
 against God? 
 
 Answer^ severally, I do, 
 
 M — Are you desirous of being baptized in 
 this faith? 
 
 Answer J severally. I am. 
 
 Here the JMinistev is to prai/, as folloxvsy all kiieeling^ 
 
 (Let us pray.) 
 
 ^^LMIGHTY and everlasting Lord Jesus, who 
 alone dost baptize with the holy spirit and with 
 fire, and who invitest all men to come unto thee, 
 that they may be made partakers of thine eter- 
 nal kingdom; sanctify, we beseech thee, this 
 v/ater to the use which thou hast ordained in 
 thy holy Word, and graciously receive this 
 person now presenting himself before thee to 
 be baptized. Ad rait hiin into the fellowship 
 and communion of thy New Church, embrace 
 him with the arms of thy divine mercy, and 
 giv« thy holy spirit unto hivi; that, being en- 
 roiled by baptism among the number of those, 
 
BAPTISM OF ADULTS. 75 
 
 who acknowledge the Divinity of thy Humanity^ 
 and who rejoice in the glory of thy second ad- 
 vent, he may henceforth deny himself^ and take 
 up his cross, by resisting the evils of self-love 
 and the love of the world, and finally through 
 thy assistance overcome all his spiritual ene- 
 mies. So may he be cleansed from the impuri- 
 ties of his nature, be confirmed in love to thee, 
 and charity towards his neighbour, and at length 
 be prepared for the full enjoyment of thy ever- 
 lasting kingdom above. Jlmen. 
 
 Then the ^Minister, naming the person to be baptized^ is to 
 sprinkle the -water on his forehead, saying, 
 
 3 BAPTIZE thee in the name of the Lord God 
 and Saviour Jesus Christ, who alone is the Fa- 
 ther, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen. 
 
 And then he is to pronounce over hiniy the follotoitig JSles*. 
 singy from JVumb. vi. 24 to 26. 
 
 ^HE Lord bless thee, and keep thee: the Lord 
 make his face to shine upon thee, and be gracious 
 unto thee: the Lord lift up his countenance upou 
 thee, and give thee peace. 
 
 T/ien the Minister, after taking the baptized person or 
 persons by the right hand, is to say, 
 
 yN¥i receive this person into the congregation 
 of the New Church, that he may be further in- 
 structed in the acknowledgment and true wor- 
 
76 BAPTISM OF ADULTS. 
 
 sliip of the Lord, according to the heavenly doc- 
 trines of the New Jerusalem. And as there is 
 joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, so 
 let us rejoice on earth, that it has pleased the 
 Lord to add to the number of those, who by the 
 baptism of repentance and regeneration, may 
 finally inherit the crown of everlasting life. 
 
 The Jilmister may then deliver the foUoiving Exhortation 
 to the person or persons baptized, 
 
 3 EARNESTLY exhort vou to cultivate with 
 all diligence an acquaintance with the holy 
 Word, and with the heavenly doctrines of the 
 New Jerusalem. But particularly remember 
 the necessity of shunning continually all evils 
 as sins against God, and, by renouncing the 
 loves of self and the world, of loving the Lord 
 above all things, and your neighbour as your- 
 self. So will you be providing for your happi- 
 ness in this life, and for your eternal salvation 
 in the world to come. 
 
 Then the JMinisteris to repeat the following Thanksgiviii^ 
 
 and Praver, all kneeling. 
 
 give thee most humble and sincere thanks, 
 O heavenly Father, that thou hast been gra- 
 ciously pleased to accept our service at this 
 time, and to receive this person into the congre- 
 gation of thy Nev/ Church on earth. Support 
 
BAPTISM OF ADULTS. 77 
 
 him in the hour of temptation; give him power 
 over all his spiritual enemies; and, after having 
 followed thy footsteps in the regeneration, may 
 he finally be received into thy new angelic hea- 
 ven, to glorify and praise thee for ever and ever. 
 •^men. 
 
 ^fter lohich, the Lord^s Prayer, as in Matt. vl. 9 io loy 
 may be repeated by ally still kneeling. 
 
 v£/UR Father, who art in the heavens; hallow- 
 ed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy 
 will be done, as in heaven, so also upon earth. 
 Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive 
 us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors. 
 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us 
 from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the 
 power, and the glory, for ever. Amen, 
 
 And lastly the Minister, standi?!^' tip, concludes Tvith the 
 folio-wing JBe7he diction, from Jipoc. xxii. 21. 
 
 JJlHE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with 
 you all. Amen. 
 
 G^ 
 
THE HOLY SUPPER. 
 
 Every person of mature years, having been baptized, and 
 desirous of being" a partaker of the Holy Supper in the 
 JWri> Church, is expected first openly to acknoivledge 
 and confess, that the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christy 
 in his Divine Humanity, is the Only God of heaven and 
 earth; and that all the truth of the church, and all the 
 good of religion, are solely derived from him. ^nd it is 
 further expected, that he entertains a serious desire, 
 through divine mercy and assistance, for the future to 
 shun all evils as sins against God, to be in charity -mth 
 qU fneUy and to live a life according to the commandments. 
 
 The bread and -wine being placed upo?i the table, the Jlli- 
 nister begins by repeating one, or more of the folloiving' 
 passages from the TVord; during -which, proper persons 
 collect the free-ivill offerings of the people, and then bring 
 them to the JMinister, to be by him laid upon the table. 
 
 ^ HUvS saith the Lord Jehovih, Speak unto 
 every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the 
 field. Assemble yourselves, and come, gather 
 yourselves on every side to my sacrifice, that I 
 do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon 
 the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, 
 and drink blood. (Ezek. xxxix. 17.) 
 
 Come, and gather yourselves together unto 
 ihe supper of the great God. [Apoc, xix. 17.^ 
 
THE HOLY SUPPEll, 79 
 
 Let us be glad, and rejoice, and give honour 
 to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, 
 and his wife hath made herself ready. Blessed 
 are they, who are called to the marriage-supper 
 of the Lamb. (JljJoc. xix. 7, 9.) 
 
 Then the Minhter reach the following invitation to the 
 marriage-Slipper of the Lamb, after -which the people 
 approach the table. 
 
 \l E are now invited to the marriage supper of 
 the Lamb, who is the Lord God and Saviour 
 Jesus Christ in his Divine Humanity, to be par- 
 takers of his flesh and blood, that is, of the di- 
 vine good and divine truth proceeding from his 
 glorified body, whereby your souls may be 
 nourished unto eternal life. The bridegroom 
 himself invites you, and says. Come. Be ye 
 therefore ready; put away all evil from your 
 hearts; look to the Lord Jesus Christ alone; ac- 
 knowledge him as your God, your Saviour, and 
 Redeemer; and he will enter in, and make his 
 abode with you; for behold, the tabernacle of 
 God is with men, and he will dwell with them, 
 and they shall be his people. Yea, the Lord 
 himself is now present in his Divine Humanity, 
 and waiteth to open heaven to all those, v;ho ap- 
 proach his holy supper worthily, agreeably to 
 his own declaration, '••Behold, 1 stand at the 
 door, and knock; if any man hear my voice, 
 and open the door, I will come in to him, and 
 >vill sup with him, and he with me»^' 
 
80 THE HOLY SUPPER. 
 
 Uerc foUoivs the institution of the Holy Supper by the 
 Lord, takeii from Matt. xxvi. 19, 20, 26 to 28. Mark 
 xiv. 16, 17, 22 to 24. Luke xxii. 13, 14, 19, 20. 
 
 cilESUS kept the passover with his disciples; 
 and when the evening was come, he sat down 
 with them. And as they were eating, Jesus 
 took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and 
 gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this 
 is my body. And he took the cup, and gave 
 thanks: and gave it to them, saying. Drink ye 
 all of it: for this is my blood, the [blood] of the 
 New Testament, which is shed for many for the 
 remission of sins. 
 
 Tlien tJie Minister reads as follows.'- 
 
 iLHE holy supper was instituted by the Lord 
 himself for the purpose of maintaining thereby 
 a communion betwixt his church and heaven, 
 and of consequence betwixt his church and him- 
 self. Thus it is the most sacred and solemn of 
 all worship. Hear therefore the doctrine of the 
 Lord concerning his flesh and his blood, and 
 concerning bread and wine. 
 
 " Labour not for the meat which perishetli, but 
 for that meat which endureth unto everlasting 
 life, which the Son of Man shall give unto you. 
 The bread of God is he, who cometh down from 
 heaven, and giveth life unto the world. I am 
 tlie bread of life: he that cometh to me, shall 
 never hunger; and he that believeth on me, shall 
 never thirst. I am the living breads which came 
 
THE HOLY SUPPER. 81 
 
 ilovvn from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, 
 he shall live for ever: and the bread, that I will 
 give, is my flesh, which I will give for the life 
 of the world. Verily, verily, I say unto you, 
 Except ye eat the fiesh of the Son of Man, and 
 drink his blood, ye have no life in you. \Vhosr> 
 eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath 
 eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last 
 day. For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood 
 is drink indeed. He that eateth my flesh, and 
 drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I ia 
 him." {John vi. 27, 33, 35, 51, 53 to 56.) 
 
 By flesh and blood, as also by bread and wine, 
 are spiritually understood the good of charity, 
 and the truth of faith, and, in the supreme sense, 
 the Lord himself with respect to the divine good 
 of his love, and the divine truth of his wisdom. 
 By the same are also signified the divine good 
 and divine truth contained in the holy Word: 
 and by eating or drinking thereof, are signified 
 reception and appropriation on the part of man, 
 and thereby conjunction with the Lord, which 
 is eternal life. 
 
 Since, therefore, the holy supper includes and 
 contains in it the Lord, his divine good, and his 
 divine truth, it follows, that it also includes, 
 and contains, both universally and particularly, 
 all tilings^ relating to heaven and tiie church. 
 And whereas the Lord's flesh signifies the divine 
 good of his love, and his blood the divine trutli 
 of liis wisdom, it is evident, that the Lord is 
 completely omnipresent in the holy supper, both 
 as to his Divinity and as to his Glorified Huma- 
 
8£ THE HOLY SUPPER. 
 
 nity. Thus eating and drinking are acts of a 
 spiritual nature; and thus the holy supper be- 
 comes a signing, sealing, certifying, and wit- 
 nessing, even before the angels, that the worthy 
 receivers thereof are the sons of God; and more- 
 over as a key to their house in heaven, where 
 they shall dwell to all eternity. 
 
 Then the J\Iinistev may repeat 07ie, or both of the folloiving 
 
 Prayersy all kneeling. 
 
 (Let us pray.) 
 
 Almighty and ever-Wessed Lord, who of 
 thy tender love and mercy wast pleased to de- 
 scend from heaven for the redemption of man- 
 kind, and by the assumption and perfect glorifi- 
 cation of thy Humanity didst overcome all the 
 powers of darkness, and thereby rescue us from 
 the pains of eternal death; who didst also in thy 
 holy Gospel institute this most sacred and so- 
 lemn ordinance, in perpetual commemoration of 
 thy victory over the hells, and the accomplish- 
 ment of redemption, by the full and perfect 
 union of Divinity and Humanity in One Person; 
 consecrate, we humbly beseech thee, with the 
 presence of thy Divine Humanity, these natural 
 elements of bread and wine, that they being 
 received by our bodies in the spirit of love to 
 thee, and charity towards our neighbour, we 
 may at the same time with our souls feed upon 
 that divine good, which is thy flesh and body, 
 and that divine truth which is thy blood, dmeiu 
 
THE HOLY SUPPER. 8 
 
 i^ 
 
 T/ieii the Minister, after receiving the bread and "winc 
 himself, is to deliver them into the hands of the people^ 
 and tvhen he delivers the bread, he may repeat the fol- 
 io-wing tvords: 
 
 ^HE body of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is 
 the divine good of his divine love, nourish and 
 preserve you unto eternal life. Take, and eat 
 this, in remembrance of the Lord, and his un- 
 speakable love in the redemption of mankind. 
 
 Or the foUo'wi'ng, from Luke xxii. 19. 
 
 Jesus said unto his disciples. This is my body, 
 which is given for you: this do in remembrance 
 of me. 
 
 Or the following, from John vi. 51. 
 
 Jesus said, I am the living bread, which came 
 down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, 
 he shall live for ever: and the bread, that I will 
 give, is my flesh, which I will give for the life 
 of the world. 
 
 And ivhen the Minister delivers the cup, he may repeat the 
 
 folloiving words, 
 
 ITHE blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is 
 the divine truth of his divine wisdom, nourish 
 and preserve you unto eternal life. Drink ye all 
 of this, in remembrance of the Lord, and his 
 unspeakable love in the redemption of mankind. 
 
84 THE HOLY SUPPER. 
 
 Or the foUoivin^, from Matt. xxvi. 27 ^ 28. 
 
 Jesus gave the cup to his disciples, saying, 
 Drink je all of it; for this is my blood, the 
 [blood] of the New Testament, which is shed 
 for many for the remission of sins. 
 
 Or the folio-wing y from Luke xxii. 20. 
 
 Jesus said to his disciples, This cup is the 
 New Testament in my blood, which is shed for 
 you. 
 
 TVIien all have received the bread and -wine, a Hijmn may 
 be sung. — See JMatt. xxvi. 30. J^lark xiv. 26. 
 
 ^9fter ivhich the Minister is to repeat the folloiving Thanks- 
 giving and Glorification, all standing. 
 
 IkilOST merciful and gracious Lord Jesus, who 
 hast been pleased at this time to favour us with 
 thy heavenly presence, and to communicate to 
 us, v/hile receiving bread and wine according to 
 thy holy ordinance, that divine good and truth, 
 of which thy Glorified Body is the fountain and 
 source: accept of our, praises and thanksgivings 
 for this and every other instance of thv mercy. 
 Thee only will we acknowledge as our Father 
 and our God. By thee were we created, by 
 thee redeemed, and by thee alone can we be 
 regenerated. Thou only art the Father, thou 
 only art the Son, and thou only art the Holy 
 Spirit. Thy name is Jehovah of hosts, the Holy 
 
THE HOLY SUPPER. 85 
 
 One of Tsrael, the Mighty God of Jacob. Thou 
 art Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the 
 end, the first and the last, who wast, who art, 
 and who art to come, the Almighty. Thou art 
 the King of glory; thou art the Lord of life. 
 From everlasting to everlasting, of heaven and 
 earth thou alone art God. Glorify thyself in us, 
 that we also may glorify thee. Amen and Jimen. 
 
 Sere the LorcTs Prayer^ as in JMatt. vi. 9 to 13, may 
 be repeated by the Minister' and People together^ all 
 "kneeling. 
 
 vS/UR Father, who art in the heavens; hallowed 
 be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be 
 done, as in heaven, so also upon earth. Give us 
 this day our daily bread. And forgive us our 
 debts, as we also forgive our debtors. And lead 
 us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. 
 For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and 
 the glory, for ever. Amen, (Matt. vi. 9 to 13.) 
 
 I'hen the JMinister standing up, conchides iinth the foU 
 lowing Benediction, from Jlpoc. xxii. 21. 
 
 41 HE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be witli 
 you alL Amen. 
 
 n 
 
FORM 
 
 OF solemjstizatiojY of 
 MATRIMONY. 
 
 f 
 
 l^he Laws respecting Matrimony , whether by publishing the 
 JBannSf or by licence, being different in the several states^ 
 every j\Iinister is left to the direction of those Laivs in 
 every thing, -which regards the civil contract between 
 the parties. 
 
 At the day and time appointed for Solemnization of Jlfo" 
 trirnony, the persons to be married, shall come i?ito the 
 JBody of the Churchy or shall be ready in some proper 
 house, tvith their friends and neighbours; and there 
 standing together, the man on the right hand, and the 
 'Woman on the left, the JMinister shall say, 
 
 IeJEARLY beloved, we are here assembled, in 
 the presence of the Lord, to unite this man and 
 this woman in Holy Matrimony, which has 
 been instituted by the Lord from the beginning, 
 and being of divine appointment, is honourable 
 among all men. It is therefore not by any to 
 be entered into unadvisedly, or lightly; but re- 
 verently, discreetly, advisedly, soberly, and in 
 the fear of the Lord. Into this holy estate, 
 these two persons present come now to be uni- 
 ted. If any man can show just cause why they 
 may not lawfully be thus united, let him now 
 speak, or else hereafter for ever hold his peace. 
 
MATRIMONY. 87 
 
 i^id Speaking unto the persons presenting themselves to be 
 
 marriedt he shall say, 
 
 -7* 
 
 I require and charge' you both, in the presence 
 of the Lord, that if either of you know any 
 impediment why you may not be lawfully united 
 in matrimony, ye do now declare it: For be ye 
 well assured, that if any persons are joined to- 
 gether otherwise than as the word of the Lord 
 doth allow, their marriage is not lawful. 
 
 Jf no impediment be alleged or suspected, the J^Iinister 
 
 shall say. 
 
 We are told in the doctrines of the New Je- 
 rusalem, that from the Lord, the creator and 
 supporter of the Universe, there flows a perpe- 
 tual union of Love and Wisdom; or marriage 
 of Good and Truth, and that created objects 
 receive the influx, each according to its form. 
 That conjugial love, originates in the marriage 
 of good and truth to which all things in the uni- 
 verse thus have relation, and that there is a cor- 
 respondence of this love with the marriage of 
 the Lord and the Church, and by virtue of its 
 origin and its correspondence^ it is celestial^ 
 spirituaL holy^ pure^ and clean above every love 
 imparted from the Lord to the angels of hea- 
 ven, and the men of the Church. These two 
 marriages of Good and Truth, and of the Lord 
 and the Church, from which conjugial love de- 
 scends, are essential sanctities; wherefore if it be 
 received from its author, who is the Lord, there 
 consequently follows sanctity from him, v/hicU 
 
88 SOLEMNIZATION OF 
 
 continually cleanses or purifies, and if there he 
 in man's will, a desire, or tendency to it, this 
 love becomes daily and continually more clean 
 and pure. But we are also told that its distin- 
 guishing characters and qualities, cannot possi- 
 bly be given, and have existence except with 
 those, who are joined to the Lord, and by virtue 
 of such conjunction, are consociated with the 
 angels of heaven. For these shun extra-conju- 
 gial loves as they would shun the loss of the 
 soul, and the lakes of hell, and in proportion as 
 Gonjugial partners, shun such conjunctions even 
 as to the desires of the will, and the intentions 
 thence derived, so far, love truly conjugial is 
 purified with them, and becoraeth successively 
 spiritual, first during their abode on earth, and 
 afterwards in heaven. And although it is not 
 possible, that any love should become perfectly 
 pure with men or angels, nevertheless, since the 
 intention of the will is what the Lord princi- 
 pally regards, therefore so far as man is in this 
 intention, and perseveres in it, so far he is ini- 
 tiated into its purity and sanctity, and succes- 
 sively advances therein. 
 
 Wherefore it is said in the New Church^ 
 that love truly conjugial is Essenmal Chasti- 
 ty. 1, Because it is from the Lord and corres- 
 ponds to the marriage of the Lord and the 
 Church. 2, Because it descends from the mar- 
 riage of Good and Truth. 3. Because it is 
 spiritual, in proportion as the church hath place 
 >vith man. 4, Because it is the foundation, love, 
 and head of ail loves, celestial and spiritual. 
 
MATRIMONY. 89 
 
 5, Because it is the just seminary of the human 
 race, and thereby of the angelic heaven. 6, Be- 
 cause on this account it also hath place with the 
 angels of heaven, and gives birth with them to 
 spiritual offsprings, which are love and wisdom. 
 7, Because its uses are thus more excellent than 
 the other uses of creation. From these conside- 
 rations it follows, that love truly conjugial re^ 
 ceived from its origin, and its essence is pure 
 and holy, so that it may be called purity and 
 holiness, consequently chastity. 
 
 The JMinister shall say to the man, 
 
 M, Wilt thou have this woman to thy wed- 
 ded wife, to live together after the ordinance of 
 the Lord, in the holy estate of Matrimony.^ Wilt 
 thou love her, comfort her, honour and keep 
 her in sickness and in health; and forsaking all 
 others, keep thee only unto her, so long as ye 
 both shall live.^ 
 
 TTien the man shall say, 
 
 I will. 
 
 Then shall the ^Minister say to the woman, 
 
 JV*. Wilt thou have this man to thy wedded 
 husband, to live together after the ordinance of 
 the Lord, in the holy estate of Matrimony.^ 
 Wilt thou obey him, and serve him, love, hon- 
 our? and keep him, in sickness and in health, sa 
 long as ye both shall live? 
 
 H 2 
 
ao SOLEMNIZATION OF 
 
 The woman shall ansiven^^ 
 
 I will. 
 
 Theri shall the Miyiister say, 
 
 Who giveth this woman to be married to this 
 man? 
 
 Then shall they give their Faith to each other in this 
 
 manner: 
 
 The JMinister receiving the woman nt her father'* s or friend^ s 
 handy shall cause the man with his right hand to take the 
 woman by her right hand, and to say after him as foU 
 loweth: 
 
 I5 M. take thee N. to be my wedded wife, to 
 have and to hold, from this day forward, for bet- 
 ter for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness 
 and in health, to love, and to cherish till death 
 us do part, according to the Lord's holy ordi- 
 nance; and thereto I plight thee my Faith. 
 
 • 
 
 TJien shall they loose their hands, and the xuoman with her 
 right hand taking the man by his right hand, shall like^ 
 wise say after the jyiinister, 
 
 I, N. take thee M. to be my wedded husband, 
 to have and to bold, from this day forward, for 
 better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sick- 
 ness and in health, to love, cherish, and to obey, 
 till death us do part, according to the Lord's holy 
 ordinance^ and thereto I give thee my Faith. 
 
MATRIMONY. 91 
 
 Tlien shall they again loose their hands: and the num shall 
 
 give unto the -ivoman a ring, and the JMinister taking 
 
 the ringf shall deliver it unto the man to put it upon the 
 
 faurthjinger of the •womaii's left hand, and the man hold- 
 
 ing the ring there, and taught by the Minister shall say^ 
 
 With this ring I thee wed, and with all my 
 worldly goods I thee endow: In the name of the 
 Lord Jesus Christ. Amen* 
 
 Then the man leaving the ring upon the fourth finger of 
 the -woman* s left hand, the Minister shall say, 
 
 Let us pray. 
 
 v£)UR Father, who art in the heavens; hallowed 
 be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be 
 done, as in heaven, so also upon earth. Give us 
 this day our daily bread. And forgive us our 
 debts, as we also forgive our debtors. And lead 
 us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. 
 For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and 
 the glory, for ever. Amen, 
 
 eternal Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, the 
 creator and preserver of all mankind, giver of 
 all spiritual grace, the author of everlasting life; 
 send thy blessing upon these thy servants, this 
 man and this woman, whom we bless in thy 
 name; and grant, we beseech thee, that they 
 may surely perform, and keep the vows and 
 covenant betwixt them made, whereof this ring 
 given and received, is a token and pledge, and 
 may ever remain in perfect love and peace to- 
 gether, and live according to thy Laws. Amen. 
 
92 SOLEMNIZATION &c. 
 
 Then shall the J\Iinister join their right hands together^ 
 
 and saify 
 
 Those whom the Lord hath joined, let no man 
 put asunder. 
 
 The?i shall the Minister speak unto the company; 
 
 Forasmuch as M. and N. have consented to- 
 gether in holy wedlock, and have witnessed the 
 same before the Lord and this company, and 
 thereto have given, and pledged their Faith, 
 each to the other, and have declared the same 
 by giving and receiving a ring, and by joining 
 hands; I pronounce that they are man and wife, 
 in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. 
 
 And the JMinister shall add this blessing. 
 
 The Lord Jesus Christ bless, preserve, and 
 keep you: The Lord mercifully with his fa- 
 vour look upon you, and fill you with all spi- 
 ritual benediction and grace; that ye may so 
 live together in this life, that in the world to 
 come ye may have life everlasting. Anieiu 
 
BURIAL OF THE DEAD. 
 
 The ^Minister, preceding- the corpse, at the entrance of the 
 place of Burial, and going to-war ds the grave shall satf. 
 
 AN that is born of a woman is of few days, 
 and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a 
 flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a 
 shadow, and continueth not. (Job xiv. 1, 2.) 
 
 There is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that 
 it will sprout again, and that the tender branch 
 thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof 
 wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die 
 in the ground, yet through the scent of water it 
 will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. 
 (7,8,9.) 
 
 But man dieth and is cut off, yea, man giveth 
 up the ghost and where is he? If a man die 
 shall he live.? (10. 14.) 
 
 Jesus saith, I am the resurrection and the life, 
 he that believeth in me, though he were dead, 
 yet shall he live; and whosoever liveth, and be- 
 lieveth in me, shall never die (John xi. 25.) 
 
 I will deliver them from the power of the 
 grave, and from death will 1 redeem them, O 
 death I will be thy plagues: grave I will be 
 thy destruction. (Rosea xiii. 14.) 
 
94 BURIAL OF THE DEAD. 
 
 When they co7ne to the grave, -whilst the corpse is madc^ 
 ready to be laid iji the earth, the JMinister shall say, 
 
 \nE are assembled in this place, my beloved 
 hearers; to return unto the dust, from which it 
 was taken, the mortal body of our departed bro- 
 ther \^or sister^'] whom it hath pleased our mer- 
 ciful father, in the course of his divine provi- 
 dence, to remove from a state of fleeting exis- 
 tence, to one, which shall endure for ever. To na- 
 tural aftection the office is inexpressibly mourn- 
 ful, and although submitting to that, which in 
 her eyes is an irreversible decree, she may be 
 taught to say. The Lord gave, and the Lord 
 taketh away, blessed be the name of the Lord: 
 yet with the patriarch of old, she putteth sack- 
 cloth upon her loins, and refuseth to be comfort- 
 ed. But blessed be the Lord God of Israel, 
 "who in these latter days hath visited his people, 
 to give light to them that sit in darkness, and ia 
 the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the 
 "way of peace, we are now taught not to sorrow 
 even as others, which have no hope. For by 
 the faith of the New Jerusalem, we are enabled 
 to say of our departed brother \^or sisterl as 
 said the angels at the sepulchre of our Lord, he 
 \^or she] is not here, but is risen; why seek ye 
 the living among the dead? and, although the 
 natural man, standing in fear, and trembling on 
 the confines of the grave, may exclaim, how 
 dreadful is this place! We are fully assured, 
 and can rejoice in spirit that the Lord is in this 
 place, and this is the gate of heaven. For a 
 
BURIAL OF THE DEAD. 95 
 
 great voice has been heard out of heaven say- 
 ing, behold the tabernacle of God is with men, 
 and he will dwell with them, and they shall be 
 his people, and God himself shall be with them 
 their God. And God shall wipe away all tears 
 from their eyes, and there shall be no more death. 
 Write, blessed are the dead, which die in the 
 Lord from henceforth: yea, saith the spirit, that 
 they may rest from their labours; but their works 
 do follow with them. 
 ^ We are taught in the doctrines of the New 
 Jerusalem, that the divine providence of the 
 Lord hath for its end an heaven out of the hu- 
 man race. The Lord did not create the universe 
 for his own sake, but for the sake of those with 
 whom he will dwell in heaven. For spiritual love 
 is such, that it desireth to give what it hath to 
 another, and in proportion as it can do this, it 
 is in its esse, in its peace, and in its blessedness. 
 This property hath spiritual love from the di- 
 vine love of the Lord, which is infinitely such. 
 Hence it follows that the divine love hath for its 
 end a heaven, which may consist of men made 
 angels, to whom the Lord can impart all the 
 beatitudes and felicities, which are of love and 
 wisdom. Whoever rightly considers the matter, 
 cannot but know that it is not the body, or ma- 
 terial part of man, but the spiritual which thinks 
 within him. For the body is only thoughtless 
 matter, and an instrument to the spirit of man, 
 whereby it manifests its vital functions in this 
 natural world. Man, therefore, considered in 
 himself, is a spirit, and the corporeal part an- 
 
96 BURIAL OF THE DEAD. 
 
 nexed to him is not the man himself, but de- 
 signed only to be instrumental to the operations 
 of his spirit. And when the body of man is no 
 longer able to perform its natural functions, he 
 is said to die; not that man then suffers extinc- 
 tion of life; but only is separated from that cor- 
 poreal part, which served him for an instrument 
 of usefulness in the world. But he still conti- 
 nues a living m.an, and that in a proper and li- 
 teral sense of the expression, inasmuch as man 
 receives his denomination, not from his body, 
 but from his spirit; since it is that, which thinks 
 in him, and thought with affection essentially 
 constitutes the man, so that when any man is 
 said to die, it means no more, than that he 
 passes from one world into another. And hence 
 it is, that by death, in the scriptures, according 
 to the internal sense of that Vv^ord, is signified 
 resurrection and continuation of life. When 
 man passes, therefore, from this natural world 
 into the spiritual, he takes with him all that be- 
 longed to him as man, and is equally in a body 
 as before, so that he cannot be said to have left 
 any thing behind him, but his mere earthly co- 
 vering, w^iich never will be reassumed. But his 
 body then is a spiritual body, separate from all 
 the grossness and impurity of matter. 
 
 Whilst w^e therefore, in the obscurity of our 
 natural state, mourn over the departure of a 
 beloved friend, the angels of heaven welcome a 
 new inhabitant to the regions of light, and re- 
 joice, that another happy spirit is arrived to 
 participate in their bliss. ^ As touching the dead. 
 
BURIAL OF THE DEAD. 97 
 
 that they rise,' said our Lord to the unbelieving 
 Sadducees; 'have ye not read in the book of 
 Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, 
 saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God 
 of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the 
 God of the dead, but the God of the living: Ye 
 therefore do greatly err.' {Mark xii. £6.) And 
 in Luke he saith still more expressly, as it 
 should be rendered: ' He is not the God of the 
 dead, but of the living, for to him all are alive.' 
 {Luke XX. 38.) 
 
 Against the fear therefore, of the death of the 
 body, we have a sufficient antidote. But there 
 is a death, which hath terrors to excite even the 
 apprehensions of the wise. " Be not afraid, says 
 our Lord, of them, who kill the body and after 
 that have no more that they can do: but I will 
 forewarn you, whom ye shall fear: fear him, 
 who, after he hath killed, hath power to cast 
 into hell; yea, 1 say unto you, fear him.'* The 
 death, then, which we should fear, is spiritual 
 death, the death, against which we are every 
 where warned in the holy Word. This death is 
 induced by the love and the life of evil, and is 
 in truth the work of our own hands. Where- 
 fore let us not deceive ourselves, but ever bear 
 in mind that the life of every one follows him 
 to the eternal world, that a good life leads to 
 heaven, and an evil life to hell. For the Lord 
 saith, I will give unto every one of you accord- 
 ing to his works. Behold, 1 come quickly, and 
 my reward is with me^ to give every man ac- 
 
98 BURLiL OF THE DEAD. 
 
 cording as his work shall be. Knowing, there- 
 fore, the importance of the great change, which 
 shall one day be assuredly our own, let us 
 henceforth resolve to bring forth fruits worthy 
 of repentance; to seek the Lord while he may 
 be found, and call upon him while he is near. 
 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the un- 
 righteous man his thoughts; and let him return 
 unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon 
 him, and to our God, for he will abundantly 
 pardon. 
 
 In hope, therefore, that our departed brother 
 [or sister] hath experienced a joyful resurrec- 
 tion, we commit his [or her] mortal remains to 
 the ground, earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust 
 to dust. 
 
 Let us pray. 
 
 v£P LORD God of our fathers, most merciful 
 Lord Jesus Christ, in whose presence the living 
 and the dead are standing together, to whom 
 all are alive, and with whom there is no death, 
 through whose tender mercy, in these latter 
 times, the day-spring from on high hath visited 
 us, to give light to them that sit in darkness, 
 and the shadow of death, to guide our feet in 
 the way of peace, give us to see in this, as in 
 all the dispensations of thy wisdom, the bright 
 footsteps of an all merciful providence, which 
 in every act of apparent destruction, doth but 
 further the progress of an eternal creation, and 
 through the death of this life, doth bestow the 
 life of a heavenlv kinii'dom. cause we beseech 
 
 1 C- 
 
BURIAL OF THE DEAD. 99 
 
 thee, that this solemn visitation may deeply im- 
 press us with the uncertainty of our own pe- 
 rishable state, and the necessity of preparing 
 for the concerns of an eternal world; and seeing 
 that the ax is laid unto the root of the trees, 
 we may without delay strive to bring forth fruits 
 worthy of repentance. Grant, O Lord, that we 
 may watch, as becometh those who know not the 
 hour in which the Son of man cometh, and that 
 following thee in the regeneration, when the 
 cry shall be made at midnight, behold the bride- 
 groom cometh, we may go out to meet him, and 
 being ready with our lamps trimmed and filled 
 with oil, may enter with him to the marriage. 
 We ask this, O Lord, in thine own name and 
 for thy divine mercy's sake. 
 
 vEJUR Father, who art in the heavens; hallowed 
 be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be 
 done, as in heaven, so also upon earth. Give us 
 this day our daily bread. And forgive us our 
 debts, as we also forgive our debtors. And lead 
 us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. 
 For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and 
 the glory for ever. Amen, 
 
 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with 
 us all for evermore. Amen. 
 
BURIAL OF INFANTS. 
 
 Tlie Mmister preceding the corpse at the entrance of the 
 plase of Burial, and going towards the grave shall say, 
 
 gJeSUS said, suffer little children, and forbid 
 them not to come unto me, for of such is the 
 kingdom of heaven. {Matt. xix. 14.) 
 
 The disciples came unto Jesus saying, who is 
 the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.^ And 
 . Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him 
 in the midst of them, and said, verily I say unto 
 you, except ye be converted, and become as 
 little children, ye shall not enter into the king- 
 dom of heaven. Whosoever therefore, shall 
 humble himself as this little child, the same is 
 greatest in the kingdom of heaven. (Matt* 
 xviii. 1, 2, 3, 4.) 
 
 Take heed that ye despise not one of these 
 little ones: for T say unto you, that in heaven 
 their angels do always behold the face of my 
 father, which is in heaven. (Matt, xviii. 10.) 
 
 Then xviU folloio the same order, as that -which is prescribed 
 for the burial of Adults snbstituting the follotving for 
 the sentence immediately before the prayers, beginning 
 •with. In hope, &c. 
 
 As concerning the eternal lot of our infant 
 brother [or sister'^ we know of a certainty in 
 the New Jerusalem, that every infant dying 
 
BURIAL OF INFANTS. 101 
 
 such, whether born in the Church or out of the 
 Church, whether of godly or ungodly parents^ 
 is accepted of the Lord, and educated by angels 
 according to divine order; and being thus form- 
 ed to good affections and through them to the 
 knowledge of truth, when advanced in under- 
 standing and wisdom, he is introduced into 
 heaven, and becomes an angel. Every one that 
 thinks rationally, may know of a truth, that none 
 were ever designedly born for hell, but on the 
 contrary, all for heaven; and consequently, that 
 whoever goes to the former, must owe it to his 
 own fault, which cannot be the case of infants. 
 Wherefore in perfect assurance that our-iu- 
 fant brother \^or sister^ hath experienced a bless- 
 ed resurrection, we commit his \_or her'] mortal 
 remains to the ground, earth to earth, ashes to 
 ashes, dust to dust. 
 
 Let us pray. 
 
 Then are to folloiv the prayers in page 98 and 99^ 
 
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INDEX. 
 
 Almighty Lord to thee we raise - - - 180 
 
 As showers on meadows newly mown, - 204 
 
 All hail, mysterious King! . - - - 7 
 
 All ye who faithful servants are - - - 131 
 
 Another six days' work is done, - - - 99 
 
 Awake, my soul, lift up thine eyes, - - 117 
 
 Author of good, we rest on thee: - - 159 
 
 Almighty Father, gracious Lord! - - 183 
 
 A song of gratitude begin, - - - 182 
 
 Arise, O King of grace! arise, - - - 220 
 
 As when the weary traveller gains - - 122 
 
 Ah! see that lifeless clay, -■■.. - - - - 149 
 
 Almighty Saviour! God of love! - - - 186 
 
 Arise! ye happy christians, rise, - - - ^'^ 
 
 Awake, my soul, awake, and sing - - 38 
 
 Away with our sorrows and fears, - - 60 
 
 Almighty Lord, thou just and true, - - 74 
 
 Above these narrow scenes of night, - - 120 
 
 Arise, my soul, arise, - - - - - 39 
 
 Arise, rejoice, ye favoured race, - - - 132 
 
 A friend and sister, lo, is dead! - - - 146 
 
 All glory to God in the sky ... 5 
 
 And will th' eternal King! - - - - 80 
 
 Awake, our drowsy souls, - - - - 135 
 
 Amazing beauteous change! - - - - 108 
 
 All glorious God, what hymns of praise - 81 
 
 Alas what hourly dangers rise! - - - 116 
 
 Awake, my soul, and with the sun, - - 200 
 
 Blest is the man who shuns the place, ^ - c^S 
 
 Behold, the morning sun - - - - 87 
 
 Behold the rising dawn appears, - - . 88 
 
 Bless'd are the humble souls, who see - - 217 
 
 Begin the song, aloud rejoice, - - - 32 
 
 Before Jehovah's awful throne - - . 75 
 
 Bless, O my soul, the God of love, - - 127 
 
 Begin, my soul, th' exalted lay! - - -. 141 
 
IV 
 
 IXDEX. 
 
 Blest is tlie man who dies in peace! 
 Behold the lily's silken vest, 
 Blest be the tie that binds 
 
 Come faith divine, thy pow'rs impart, 
 Come, Saviour Jesu, from above! 
 Christ the Lord, is ris'n to day! 
 Come Lord, and warm each languid hear 
 Come, we that love the Lord, 
 Come, let us join our cheerful songs. 
 Come sound his praise abroad, 
 Come, let us join the prophet's song", 
 
 Down from the worlds of radiant light, 
 Do angels bow before thy throne. 
 
 Engaged in thy worship, O Lord, - 
 Eternal Source of ev'ry joy! - 
 Eternal God, Almighty cause. 
 
 Founded on truth thy church shall rise 
 Full forty years was Israel lead 
 Father of mercies, God of love. 
 Father of mercies! in thy word 
 Father of all! Eternal Mind! - 
 Far from these scenes of night. 
 For ever blessed be the Lord, 
 
 Great God we give thee praise 
 Great God of heav'n, it cannot be. 
 Great God we sing that mighty hand 
 Give to the Lord a new made song 
 God moves in a mysterious way 
 Glorious things of thee are spoken, 
 God of the seas! thine awful voice 
 Glory to thee, my God! this night. 
 Glory to God on high! - - . 
 God is our Sun, he makes our day, 
 God's perfect law converts the soul. 
 Great is the Lord our God, 
 Great is the Lord! our souls adore, 
 God reigns; events in order flow, - 
 
 t, 
 
 147 
 
 49 
 
 166 
 
 130 
 
 152 
 
 134 
 
 82 
 
 83 
 
 8 
 
 181 
 
 isr 
 
 26 
 85 
 
 70 
 
 145 
 
 8 
 
 17 
 
 113 
 143 
 
 23 
 
 205 
 123 
 198 
 
 15 
 
 36 
 
 144 
 
 77 
 
 49 
 
 62 
 
 191 
 
 203 
 
 177 
 
 88 
 
 18 
 
 19 
 
 206 
 
 51 
 
INDEX* V 
 
 Great God! whose all-pervading eye - - 164 
 
 Great God! thy peerless excellence - - 161 
 
 Great God! oar joyful thanks to thee, - - 383 
 
 God of eternity! from thee, . - - - 150 
 
 God is in His Holy Temple, - - - - 96 
 
 Hark! the skies with music sound - - - 27 
 
 Hark, the g!ad sound, the Saviour comes, - 37 
 
 How happy when we meet . - - - 71 
 
 Hail happy day the type of rest - - - 97 
 
 He rose, he rose, the mighty God - - - 131 
 
 How vain are all things here below! - >^ - 138 
 
 How are thy servants bless'd, O Lord. - - 50 
 
 Hark! the voice of love and mercy - - - 165 
 
 How beauteous are their feet . - - 29 
 
 How oft, alas! this wretched heart - - - 101 
 
 How helpless guilty nature lies - . - 102 
 
 How long shall earth's alluring toys - - 121 
 
 Happy the heart where graces reign - - 210 
 
 High Ln the heavens, eternal God, - - - 9 
 
 How bless'd are they who always keep - - 103 
 
 How blest are they, O gracious Lord, - -< 209 
 
 Happy the church! thou sacred place - - 64* 
 
 Had I the tongues of Greeks and Jev.'s, - - 163 
 
 How precious is the book divine, - - - 21 
 
 How blest the sacred tie that binds, - - 169 
 
 How did my heart rejoice to hear, - - 94 
 
 Hail great Creator, wise and good! - - 189 
 
 How shall we sinners come before, - - 95 
 
 Humble souls who seek salvation - - - 126 
 
 I see a host of foes 113 
 
 I 'm not ashamed to own my Lord, - - 197 
 
 I would resolye with all my heart, - - 117 
 
 I want a principle within - - - - 163 
 
 In vain would boasting reason find - - 218 
 
 Imposture shrinks from light, - - - 162 
 
 Jehovah Lord to thee we raise ... 1 
 
 »lesus, thou king, enthroned on high - - ^3 
 
Tl 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Jesus, thou sun of love divine, 
 Jesu's mercy let us sing", 
 Jehovah, Lord of truth divine, 
 Jerusalem, arise and sing", 
 Jehovah reigns the mighty Lord, 
 Jerusalem thou church divine 
 Jesus, God of all creation, 
 Jesu, Saviour of my soul 
 Jesus the Man of love we sing, 
 Jesus, from whom all blessings flow 
 Jesus, our God, we come to thee, 
 Jesus, this infant now we bring 
 Jesus, where'er thy people meet, 
 Jesus, I love thy sacred name; 
 Jesus in whom the Godhead's rays 
 Jesus, great Shepherd of the sheep, 
 Jesus shall reign where'er the sun 
 Jesus is God, and God alone. 
 
 Light of life, the great Messiah, 
 Lol he comes, in clouds descending 
 Lo what a glorious sight appears, - 
 Lo what a pleasing sight. 
 Lord, at thy sacred feet 
 Lord dismiss us vv^ith thy blessing 
 Lord of life, all praise excelling 
 Lord in the morning thou shalt hear, 
 Lord in4hy great, thy glorious name. 
 Lord of the worlds above. 
 Let party names no more 
 Let all the earth their voices raise. 
 Let ev'ry mortal ear attend, - 
 Let all the heathen writers join. 
 Let faith suppress each rising fear 
 Laden with guilt and full of fears. 
 Life has a soft and silver thread. 
 Lord, all 1 am is known to thee, 
 Loud let tiie tuneful trumpet sound 
 
 4 
 12 
 55 
 
 57 
 
 58 
 
 59 
 
 100 
 
 114 
 
 39 
 
 153 
 
 124 
 
 125 
 
 81 
 
 172 
 
 154 
 
 160 
 
 10 
 
 221 
 
 24 
 
 34 
 211 
 170 
 
 70 
 
 74 
 175 
 202 
 195 
 
 89 
 167 
 178 
 129 
 
 22 
 195 
 
 20 
 118 
 
 46 
 212 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Ill 
 
 My God, the spring of all my joys, 
 My God, what silken cords are thine! 
 My God, since thou hast rais'd me up, 
 My God, the visits of thy face. 
 My God, in whom are all the springs, 
 My God, permit me not to be. 
 My God, my portion, and my love. 
 My Saviour, my almighty Friend, - 
 My soul, triumphant in the Lord, 
 My sour with joy attend - - . 
 
 My song shall bless the Lord of all 
 Mortals awake, with angels join, - 
 
 Now diffuse thy holy spirit, - 
 Now to our God a song of praise. 
 Now blessing, honour, glory, praise. 
 Now God reveals his glorious name. 
 Now begin the heavenly theme. 
 Now let our souls on wings sublime. 
 None that embark at God's command 
 Now may the God of grace and povv'r. 
 Not to the terrors of the Lord, 
 Not all the outward forms on earth. 
 Not from relentless fate's dark womb. 
 
 Our Jesus is both God and Man, 
 
 O God, our help in ages past, 
 
 O for a heart that 's pure and clean, - >*- ^^ 
 
 O happy man, thy Maker's care. 
 
 On wings of faith, ye christian souls, arise. 
 
 Once more do we enjoy the sign, 
 
 O how shall w^ adore that name, 
 
 O thou, to whose all searching sight. 
 
 Our Lord is risen from the dead, - 
 
 O that my load of sin were gone, 
 
 O God my grateful soul aspires, 
 
 O that the Lord would guide my ways 
 
 O'er mountain tops, the mount of God, 
 
 73 
 
 41 
 175 
 155 
 196 
 213 
 162 
 
 77 
 
 200 
 
 197 
 
 6 
 
 27 
 
 18 
 31 
 
 59 
 115 
 
 40 
 
 68 
 
 126 
 
 193 
 64 
 
 106 
 54 
 
 12 
 
 46 
 105 
 118 
 121 
 128 
 139 
 152 
 136 
 102 
 179 
 157 
 
 S3 
 
Vlll 
 
 INDEX* 
 
 On Jordan's stormy banks I stand. 
 
 On Zion's glorious summit stood 
 
 O God we praise thee, and confess, 
 
 O happy church, celestial bride, 
 
 O Lord, how worthy of our love, 
 
 O come, loud anthems let us sing, 
 
 O God of Jacob, by whose hand. 
 
 Our God can re-create, - - - 
 
 O what a beauteous scene, - - - 
 
 O Lord! my Saviour, and my King! 
 
 Oh! how my fears the dangers move, 
 
 O for a Seraph's golden lyre. 
 
 Praise ye the Lord, adore his name. 
 Praise ye the Lord, who reigns above, - 
 Praise ye the Lord! 'tis good to raise. 
 Praise to God, immortal praise, 
 Praise to the Lord of boundless might. 
 Pilgrims to Zion's city bound. 
 
 Rapt into future times the prophet sung 
 Rejoice, ye happy souls, rejoice. 
 Rise ev'ry heart and ev'ry tongue - 
 Rich in mercy, Jesus reigns. 
 Redemption claims our highest lays. 
 
 See from the tomb the Saviour rise! 
 See slow and solemn move along 
 Say, who is she that looks abroad - 
 See Gabriel swift descend to earth. 
 Salvation doth to God belong; 
 Should nature's charms, to please the eye 
 Sing to the Lord, who loud proclaims 
 So let our lips and lives express 
 Supreme and universal light - 
 
 There is a world the world of mind, 
 
 The great Jehovah praise 
 
 This, this is the God we adore. 
 
 To God be praises giv'n - - . 
 
 Thy name we extol, Jehovah out King, 
 
 125 
 
 126 
 
 214 
 
 65 
 
 91 
 
 90 
 
 160 
 
 110 
 
 111 
 
 171 
 
 199 
 
 219 
 
 2 
 
 72 
 
 76 
 
 173 
 
 107 
 
 120 
 
 25 
 
 55 
 
 133 
 
 211 
 42 
 
 13 
 
 146 
 
 61 
 
 28 
 173 
 
 86 
 177 
 
 91 
 165 
 
 109 
 
 2 
 
 5 
 
 14 
 
 ib. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 IX 
 
 There is a stream whose gentle flow 
 
 To welcome Jesus, God of love, 
 
 The joyful happy day appears, 
 
 Thro' all the various shifting scene 
 
 To God the only wise, - - - : 
 
 The Lord my pasture shall prepare. 
 
 The holy city see, . . - - 
 
 'Tis good to praise Jehovah's name 
 
 To thee, my God and friend, 
 
 The Lord is here, let us adore. 
 
 Thine earthly sabbaths Lord, we love; 
 
 The state of conflict now is past, - 
 
 The cross of Jesus purifies - - - 
 
 There is a land of pure delight. 
 
 This is a feast of love, - - - - 
 
 Teach me the measure of my days, 
 
 Through all the changing scenes of life 
 
 The spacious firmament on high 
 
 To Jesus, our exalted Lord, 
 
 Tho' troubles assail and dangers affright. 
 
 The heavens declare thy glory, Lord, 
 
 The Lord himself, the mighty Lord, 
 
 The Lord of Glory is my light 
 
 Thy mercy Lord, my only hope. 
 
 To God I hft my eyes, - - - - 
 
 To our Almighty Maker, God, 
 
 Thou Lord, in heav'n, has placed thy throne; 
 
 Thou art my portion, O my God! 
 
 Thy word is like a heav'nly light. 
 
 Thy mercies fill the earth, O Lord, 
 
 To bless thy chosen race, - - - 
 
 Thou vain intruding world, depart! 
 
 Thy servant, Lord, receive 
 
 Th' uplifted eye, and bended knee. 
 
 Thus saith the first, the great command, 
 
 The kingdom Lord, belongs to thee. 
 
 Thou pow'r supreme! by whose command we 
 
 To thee my God! my days are known; 
 
 Thy ceaseless unexhausted love, - 
 
 live, 
 
 17 
 
 • 31 
 
 36 
 
 44 
 
 45 
 
 48 
 
 56 
 
 67 
 
 69 
 
 72 
 
 98 
 
 105 
 
 112 
 
 119 
 
 128 
 
 138 
 
 79 
 
 188 
 
 129 
 
 53 
 
 189 
 
 52 
 
 65 
 
 207 
 
 196 
 
 30 
 
 180 
 
 104 
 
 21 
 
 158 
 
 181 
 
 213 
 
 126 
 
 92 
 
 168 
 
 66 
 
 185 
 
 208 
 
INDEX. 
 
 The christian world has lain - - - 11 
 
 Triumphant Lord! thy goodness reigiis - - 184 
 
 Teach me, O teach me, Lord! thy way, - 198 
 
 There is a gem more pearly brightj - - 171 
 
 Thine influence, Lord, is felt, ... 205 
 
 Vital spark of heav'nly flame! - - - 148 
 
 We read the holy Word with joy, - - 16 
 
 We sing th* almighty pow'r of God, • - 190 
 
 When all thy mercies, O my God! • • 43 
 
 When earthly comforts fade away, - - 47 
 
 When I survey the world, - - - - 137 
 
 When danger, wo, or death is nigh, - - 193 
 
 When we are rais'd from deep distress, • 192 
 
 When fainting in the sultry waste, - - 158 
 
 When life's tempestuous storms are o'er, - 151 
 
 With one consent let all the earth, - ^ 75 
 
 Why should we start, and fear to die? - - 148 
 
 While shepherds watched their flocks by night, 186 
 
 Whilst thee I seek, protecting pow'r, - - 214 
 
 Who 's this that on the tempest rides, - 11 
 
 Where two or three, with sweet accord, - 94 
 
 Wherewith shall guilty man appear, - - 93 
 
 What glory gilds the sacred page, - - 22 
 
 Who, gracious Father! can complain, ^ ^ 5'^ 
 
 Welcome, sweet day of rest, . - - 99 
 
 Ye sons of men in sacred lays, - - - 140 
 
 Ye humble souls, approach your God, - - 84 
 
 Ye little flock, whom Jesus feeds, - - 215 
 
 Ye sons of men, come, seek the Lord, - - 96 
 
 Ye humble souls, complain no more; - - 124 
 
 Zeal is the pure and heav'nly flame, ■ - 216 
 
HYMNS, &c. 
 
 J\^0. 1. P. M. 
 
 THE LORD. 
 
 1 JEHOVAH Lord, to thee we raise 
 An humble song of sacred praise, 
 
 For comforts in thy Word; 
 By truths divine, as now reveaPd, 
 Dear Lord, our sorrows all are heal'd, 
 
 And peace of mind restor'd. 
 
 2 Th' eternal Father in the Son, 
 And Holy Spirit thence, as One, 
 
 In thy blest form we see; 
 Thousands of angels hail thee King, 
 And endless hallelujahs sing, 
 
 To praise thy Deity. 
 
 3 Rise then, my soul, from ev'ry sin. 
 The work of righteousness begin, 
 
 And serve this Prince of light; 
 Whose spirit caus'd the lame to walk, 
 The deaf to hear, the dumb to talk, 
 
 And now to faith gives sight. 
 
 4 Jesus, thou light and life divine, 
 
 All honour, pow'r, and strength be thine; 
 
 To thee my praise I bring; 
 Thou art my all, in glory clad. 
 My Lord, my SaviAur, and my God, 
 
 My Prophet, Priest, and King. 
 
 B 
 
2 THE LORD. 
 
 tTVo. 2. — L. M. 
 
 1 PRAISE ye the Lord, adore his name, 
 Declare his love, his truth proclaim^ 
 Be it to ev'ry nation known, 
 
 Jesus is God, and God alone. 
 
 2 Thy honour and thy name we sing. 
 To thee, great God, our tribute bring; 
 
 The wond'rous works which thou hast done, 
 Shall soon be known from sun to sun. 
 
 3 Now for a shout of sacred joy, 
 Zion, thy heart and voice employ; 
 Great is the Lord, he dwells in thee, 
 And great Jehovah's praise must be. 
 
 4 Hosanna to thy name, O Lord, 
 Thy love and goodness we record; 
 We join the angel hosts above, 
 And praise Jehovah, God of love, 
 
 JVb. 3. — P. M. 
 
 1 THE great Jehovah praise, 
 
 Who lives and reigns in heav*n; 
 The God of truth, and love, and grace, 
 
 To sinners giv'n. 
 Great is the Lord, the Lamb, 
 
 By holy saints confest; 
 He is their Lord, their great I Am, 
 
 Ador'd and blest. 
 
 2 The dear Redeemer praise. 
 
 He all-sufficient is; 
 He '11 guide us safely all our days, 
 To worlds of bliss. 
 
THE LORD. 3 
 
 in him secure we stand, 
 Almighty is his pow'r; 
 Our rock thro' all the desert land, 
 Our shield and tow'r. 
 
 3 Our great eternal King 
 
 In heav'n supremely reigns; 
 Angels and saints his praises sing, 
 In sweetest strains: 
 There all his people live, 
 Before his holy throne, 
 And all the joys their God can give, 
 Shall be their own. 
 
 JVo. 4. — ALL 8s. 
 
 1 JESUS, thou King, enthronM on high, 
 To whom angelic hosts draw nigh, 
 Whose courts they fill with thankful songs, 
 Resounding from immortal tongues; 
 Thee they proclaim thro' realms of rest, 
 ^' God over all, for ever blest." 
 
 £ We would like them thy pow'r proclaim, 
 And swell the honours of thy name; 
 That name whence all our mercies rise, 
 Which to each want gives due supplies: 
 Our King thou art, ador'd, confest, 
 " God over all, for ever blest." 
 
 3 Thy Word, unfolded, pours it's light. 
 To clear and bless the mental sight; 
 We see in each prophetic line 
 The glories of the godhead shine; 
 Our great Emmanuel stands confest, 
 " God over all. for ever blest," 
 
4 THE LORD. 
 
 4 -Be this our care, while here we stay, 
 To walk with thee, who art " the way;'' 
 In thee, " the truth'' divine, believe; 
 From thee, " the life," our life receive; 
 Thee the sole Lord of powT possest, 
 
 " God over all, for ever blest.-' 
 
 JVb. 5. — 1„ M. 
 
 1 JESUS, thou sun of love divine, 
 Thy rays thro' all creation shine; 
 In thee, with bright effulgence, meet 
 In blessed union, light and heat. 
 
 £ Thro' heav'n thy glory is display'd 
 In one bright day without a shade: 
 Angels from thee supremely prove 
 The nameless, endless joys of love. 
 
 5 With thee they dwell in vernal light, 
 Nor feel nor fear the shades of night; 
 Thy heav'nly beams will never fail, 
 But one eternal day prevail. 
 
 4 Be darkness known on earth no more, 
 But truth display'd from shore to shore; 
 Till men of ev'ry land shall see 
 
 Thy glory. Lord, and worship thee. 
 
 5 'Tis done — the sun of love appears, 
 
 The shades withdraw, the morning clears; 
 Now love and truth prevail again, 
 And one eternal day shall reign. . 
 
THE LORD. 
 
 JSf*o. 6. — ALL 8s. 
 
 1 THISj this is the God we adore. 
 
 Our faithful unchangeable friend; 
 Whose love is as great as his pow'r. 
 And neither knows measure nor end: 
 
 2 'Tis Jesus, the First and the Last, 
 
 Whose spirit shall guide us safe home; 
 We '11 praise him for all that is past, 
 And trust him for all that 's to come. 
 
 JNI?. 7. — ALL 8s. 
 
 1 ALL glory to God in the sky, 
 
 And peace upon earth be restor'd; 
 O Jesus, exalted on high, 
 
 Appear our omnipotent Lord! 
 Who meanly in Bethlehem born, 
 
 Didst stoop to redeem a lost race, 
 Once more to thy creatures return, 
 
 And reign in thy kingdom of grace. 
 
 2 When thou in our flesh didst appear, 
 
 All nature acknowledg'd thy birth; 
 Arose the acceptable year, 
 
 And heav'n was open'd on earth- 
 Receiving its Lord from above. 
 
 The world was united to bless 
 The giver of concord and love, 
 
 The Prince and the Author of Peace. 
 
 5 wouldst thou again be made known, 
 Again in the Spirit descend. 
 And set up in each of thy own 
 A kingdom which never shall end^ 
 
6 THE LORD. 
 
 Thou onlv art able to bless, 
 
 And make the glad nations obey. 
 
 And bid the dire enmity cease, 
 
 And bow the whole world to thy sway^ 
 
 4 Come then to thv servants a^rain, 
 
 Who long i\\j appearance to know; 
 Thy quiet and peaceable reign, 
 
 In mercy establish below; 
 All sorrow before thee shall fly, 
 
 And anger and hatred be o'er: 
 And envy and malice shall die. 
 
 And discord afilict us no more. 
 
 5 No horrid alarum of war 
 
 Shall break our eternal repose; 
 No sound of the trumpet is there, 
 
 Where Jesus's spirit overflows: 
 Appeas'd by the charms of thy grace, 
 
 We all shall in amitv join, 
 And kindly each other embrace, 
 
 And love with a passion like thine. 
 
 JNT). 8. — li. M. 
 
 1 MY song shall bless the Lord of all. 
 
 My praise aspire to his abode; 
 Thee, Saviour, by that name I call. 
 The great Supreme, the mighty God. 
 
 2 Without beginning or decline, 
 
 Object of faith, and not of sense, 
 Kternal ages saw him shinC' — 
 He shines eternal ages hence. 
 
THE LORD. 7 
 
 3 As much, ^hen in the manger laid, 
 
 Almighty ruler of the sky; 
 As when the six davs' work he made, 
 Fill'd all the morning stars with joy. 
 
 4 Of all the crowns Jehovah bears, 
 
 Salvation is his dearest claim; 
 That gracious sound well pleas'd he hears, 
 And owns Emmanuel for his name. 
 
 5 A cheerful confidence I feel, 
 
 My well-plac'd hopes with joy I see: 
 My bosom glows with heav'nly zeal 
 To worship him who died for me. 
 
 6 As man, he pities my complaint: 
 
 His pow'r and truth are all divine; 
 He will not fail, he cannot faint. 
 Shall not salvation then be mine.^ 
 
 JS*o. 9. — s. M. 
 
 1 ALL hail, mysterious King! 
 
 Hail, David's ancient root! 
 Thou righteous branch, which thence did 
 spring, 
 To give the nations fruit. 
 
 2 Our weary souls shall rest ^ 
 
 Beneath thy grateful shade; 
 Our thirsting lips the sweets shall taste 
 By thy blest fruit convey'd. 
 
 3 Fair morning Star, arise! 
 
 With living glories bright; 
 And pour on these awak'ning eyes 
 A flood of Sacred light. 
 
8 THE LORD. 
 
 4 The horrid gloom is fled, 
 
 Pierc'd by thy heav'nly ray; 
 Shine, and our wand'ring footsteps lead 
 To everlasting day. 
 
 M. 10. — c. M, 
 
 1 COME let us join our cheerful songs, 
 
 With angels round the throne; 
 Ten thousand thousands are their tongues, 
 But all their joys are one. 
 
 2 " Worthy the Lamb that died," they cry, 
 
 " To be exalted thus; 
 " Worthy the Lamb," our lips reply, 
 " For he was slain for us." 
 
 5 Jesus is worthy to receive 
 
 Honour and pow'r divine; 
 And blessings more than we can give, 
 Be, Lord, for ever thine, 
 
 4 Let all that dwell above the sky, 
 
 And air, and earth, and seas, 
 Conspire to lift thy glories high, 
 And speak thine endless praise. 
 
 5 The whole creation join in one. 
 
 To bless the sacred name 
 Of Him who sits upon the throne, 
 And to adore the Lamb. 
 
 M. 11. — L. M. 
 
 1 ETERNAL God, Almighty Cause, 
 Of earth, and sea, and worlds unknown; 
 All things are subject to thy laws, 
 All things depend on thee alone. 
 
THE LORD. 
 
 2 To thee alone ourselves we owe. 
 To thee alone our homage pay; 
 All other gods we disavow, 
 
 Deny their claims, renounce their sway, 
 
 S In thee, O Lord, our hope shall rest. 
 Fountain of peace and joy and love. 
 Thy favour only makes us blest; 
 Without thee, all would nothing prove. 
 
 4 Worship to thee alone belongs. 
 Worship to thee alone we give; 
 Thine be our hearts, and thine our songs, 
 And to thy glory we would live. 
 
 JN'b. 12. — ii. M. 
 
 1 HIGH in the heavens, eternal God, 
 Thy goodness in full glory shines; 
 Thy truth shall break thro' every cloud, 
 Which veils and darkens thy designs. 
 
 £ For ever firm thy justice stands. 
 As mountains their foundations keep; 
 W^ise are the wonders of thy hands, 
 Thy judgments are a mighty deep. 
 
 3 O God, how excellent thy grace. 
 Whence all our hope and comfort springs! 
 The sons of Adam, in distress. 
 
 Fly to the shadow of thy wings. 
 
 4 From the provisions of thy house 
 We shall be fed with rich repast; 
 There mercy like a river flows, 
 And brings salvation to our taste. 
 
10 THE LORD. 
 
 5 Life, like a fountain, full and free, 
 Springs from the presence of the Lord; 
 And in thy light, our souls shall see 
 The glories promised in thy word. 
 
 JVo. 13. — L. M. 
 
 1 JESUS shall reign, where'er the sun 
 Does his successive journies run; 
 His kingdom stretch from shore to shore, 
 Till moons shall wax and wane no more. 
 
 £ To him shall endless pray'rs be made. 
 And praises throng to crown his head; 
 His name, like sweet perfume shall rise, 
 With every daily sacrifice. 
 
 3 From north to south shall princes meet, 
 To pay their homage at his feet; 
 
 And barb'rous nations, at his w^ord, 
 Submit and bow, and own their Lord. 
 
 4 People and realms of every tongue. 
 Dwell on his love with grateful song; 
 And infant voices shall proclaim 
 Their early blessings on his name. 
 
 5 Blessings abound where'er he reigns. 
 The prisoner leaps to loose his chains; 
 The weary find eternal rest. 
 
 And all the sons of want are blest. 
 
 6 Let every creature rise and bring 
 Peculiar honours to our King! 
 Angels descend witli songs again. 
 And earth repeat the long Amen. 
 
THE LORD. 11 
 
 JVT), 14, — s. M. 
 
 1 THE christian world has lain 
 
 In error, sin, and night; 
 But heaven's bright sun appears again, 
 And beams celestial light. 
 
 2 Now living waters flow 
 
 To cheer the humble soul; 
 From sea to sea the rivers go, 
 And spread from pole to pole. 
 
 S Now righteousness shall spring. 
 And grow on earth again; 
 Jesus the Lord shall be our King, 
 And o'er the nations reign. 
 
 4 Jesus shall rule alone, 
 
 The world shall hear his word; 
 By one bless'd name shall he be known, 
 The Universal Lord. 
 
 JVb, 15. — c. M. 
 
 1 WHO 's this that on the tempest rides, 
 
 That lashes up the deep.^ 
 'Tis He, whose word restrains its tides, 
 And bids its billows sleep. 
 
 2 Who 's this whose words are peace and love, 
 
 Who makes the deaf to hear? 
 'Tis He, who left the realms above. 
 To dry the sinner's tear. 
 
 5 Let angels then his wonders tell, 
 
 And men his love proclaim. 
 Who triumph'd over death and hell, 
 For Jesus is his naino. 
 
12 DIVINE HUMANITY. 
 
 JV*o. 16. — c. M. 
 DIVINE HUMANITY. 
 
 1 OUR Jesus is both God and Man, 
 In human form is he; 
 Tho' finite beings cannot scan 
 His vast infinity. 
 
 £ Why should we fear to say or sing. 
 Our God is Man alone, 
 When to the heav'ns the sov'reign King 
 As God and Man is known? 
 
 3 Angels behold him as he is. 
 
 In human form divine; 
 "While wisdom, love, and endless bliss, 
 From his blest body shine. 
 
 4 Jesus to angels thus made known, 
 
 They see the God they love; 
 In human form he fills the throne, 
 And all the heav'ns above. 
 
 5 This is the God our sOuls adore; 
 
 We glory in his name, 
 And joyful will, from shore to shore, 
 His Deity proclaim. 
 
 JVb. 17. — ALL Ts. 
 
 1 JESU'S mercv let us sin^. 
 He is our eternal King; 
 
 With our tongues will we make known, 
 Mercy is from him alone. 
 
 2 Now the human is divine. 
 
 See what nameless glories shine 
 
DIVINE HUMANITY. 13 
 
 From the body of Dur LordI 
 Be his holy name ador'd. 
 
 3 Truth and faithfulness are giv'n 
 From the Lord, the God of heav'n; 
 Mercv ever shall endure, 
 
 Jesu's truth and love are sure. 
 
 4 In his name will we rejoice, 
 All the day lift up our voice; 
 Glorv in the Lord alone, 
 For no other God we own. 
 
 •,Vo. 18. — L. M. 
 
 1 SEE from the tomb the Saviour risel 
 He mounts above the loftv skies! 
 The everlastino: doors extend, 
 
 The heav'ns with acclamations rend. 
 
 2 One shout of universal praise 
 Ansrels and men exulting: raise; 
 Millions of hearts and voices join, 
 To hail the human made divine. 
 
 5 AVhat strains of rapture, joy. and love, 
 Echoed thro* all the plains above, 
 Wnen Jesus rose, assum'd his throne. 
 And in reful^^ent crlorv shonel » 
 
 4 There, there he reigns th' almijrhty God. 
 And spreads his truth and love abroad: 
 AVe join the heav'nly hosts, and sing. 
 All glory be to God our King. 
 
 ' C 
 
14 THE WORD. 
 
 •AT?. 19. — s. M. 
 
 THE WORD. 
 
 1 TO God be praises giv'n. 
 
 Who hath the Word unseaPd, 
 Disclosed the wond'rous things of heaverij 
 And holy truth reveaPd. 
 
 2 Now living waters flow 
 
 To cheer the humble soul; 
 From sea to sea the rivers go. 
 
 And spread from pole to pole. 
 
 5 Now righteousness shall spring, 
 And grow on earth again; 
 Jesus Jehovah be our King, 
 
 And o'er the nations reign. 
 
 4 Jesus shall rule alone. 
 
 The world shall hear his word; 
 By one blest name shall he be known. 
 The Universal Lord. 
 
 JVb. 20. — P. ]M. 
 
 1 THY name we extol, Jehovah our King, 
 For ever in thee we '11 triumph and sing; 
 Thro' error and darkness the truth has been 
 
 seal'd, 
 But now the rich wonders of love are reveal'd. 
 
 2 The sacred contents of heaven's blest Word 
 Are open'd to men by Jesus our Lord; 
 
 The veil is remov'd, we now enter and find 
 The Word's deep arcanaexplain'd tothe mind. 
 
THE WORD. U 
 
 S Now heaven and earth in union shall prove, 
 And angels with men conjoined in love: 
 Deep truths of the gospel shall make mortals 
 
 wise, 
 And join the church here with the church in 
 
 the skies. 
 
 4 An influx divine from Jesus shall come, 
 His wisdom and love guide travellers home; 
 From Jesu's blest body sweet influence flow, 
 To cheer, and to comfort the church here below. 
 
 5>While love makes us pure, truth holds out 
 her hand. 
 To lead, and conduct to Canaan's blest land: 
 By love and truth guided, we joyfully rise, 
 And Jesus adoring, press on to the skies. 
 
 JVb. 21. — s. M. 
 
 1 GREAT God, we give thee praise 
 
 For all thy wond'rous grace. 
 Thy kind and condescending ways, 
 To our poor fallen race. 
 
 2 Thou hast thy love revealM 
 
 Beyond what prophets knew, 
 The holy book of truth unseal'd 
 To our astonish'd view. 
 
 3 We wander now no more 
 
 Where sons of darkness lead; 
 But truth, in sacred light, explore, 
 And wonder while we read. 
 
 4 No more a fruitless strife 
 
 For error we maintain; 
 
16 THE WORD. 
 
 The Word is spirit, truth, and life^ 
 And human notions vain. 
 
 5 The Word is all divine, 
 It's inmost is the Lord; 
 His glories thro- the letter shine, 
 And be his name ador'd. 
 
 JV^O. 22. — C. M. 
 
 1 W^E read the holy Word with joy. 
 And while the mind is there. 
 How sweet and pleasing the employ, 
 What wond'rous truths appear! 
 
 5 Would we our God and Saviour know.^ 
 (That knowledge most divine!) 
 To wisdom's source we '11 humbly go, 
 For there his glories shine. 
 
 3 Wish we ourselves, our souls to learn, 
 
 Their nature, state, and end? 
 To inspiration's pages turn, 
 There all the man is penn'd. 
 
 4 Would we the heav'nly kingdom view, 
 
 While we for heav'n prepare.^ 
 'Tis in the sacred pages too; 
 The humble read it tliere. 
 
 5 Whate'er we w^ant to learn, or know 
 
 Of useful, pure, and good; 
 To Jesus, and iiis scriptures go, 
 It shall be understood. 
 
 6 Jesus, thou God of all the Word, 
 
 To thee be honour giv'n! 
 Thou givest grace and wisdom, Lord, 
 And thou wilt guide to heav'n. 
 
THE WORD. 17 
 
 JM9. 23. — L. M. 
 
 1 THERE is a stream, whose gentle flow 
 Supplies the city of our God; 
 
 Life, love, and joy, still gliding thro', 
 And wat'rin": oar divine abode. 
 
 2 That sacred stream, the holy Word, 
 Which all our raging fear controls: 
 Sweet peace it's promises afford, 
 
 And give new strength to fainting souls. 
 
 3 Happy the man, who fears the Lord, 
 Keeps his commands, obeys his Word; 
 In this his highest wisdom lies, 
 
 This man alone is truly wise. 
 
 4 Lord, grant me this celestial skill, 
 To fear thy name, obey thy will; 
 Then thy salvation I shall see, 
 And live for ever, Lord, with thee. 
 
 •AT). 24. — c. M. 
 
 1 FOUNDED on truth, thy church shall rise 
 
 In thy bright image, Lord; 
 And with supreme affection prize 
 The doctrines of thy Word. 
 
 2 Thy truth shall spread on ev'ry hand, 
 
 In heav'n and earth be known; 
 Thy holy church for ever stand. 
 Eternal as thy throne. 
 
 3 Thy truth is wisdom, and shall raise 
 
 Thy sons to perfect light; 
 Teach them thy holy name to praise, 
 And worship thec aright. C % 
 
18 THE WORD. 
 
 4 Thj AVord is pure, and all divine- 
 
 It makes the simple wise; 
 It's beams of heav'nlj glory shine 
 To our astonish'd eyes. 
 
 5 Thy Word shall be my only guide, 
 
 It's wonders I '11 explore; 
 And while in truth I can confide. 
 It's Author 1 '11 adore. 
 
 J\'*o. 25. — P. M. 
 
 1 NOW diffuse thy holy spirit, 
 
 Nourish, Lord, the heav'nly seed: 
 Let each heart thy grace inherit. 
 Raise the weak, the hungry feed: 
 
 From the gospel 
 Now supply the people's need. 
 
 £ may all enjoy the blessing, 
 
 Which thy Word 's design 'd to give: 
 Let us all, thy love possessing, 
 Joyfully the truth receive, 
 
 And for ever 
 To thy praise and glory live. 
 
 JVo. 26. — c. M. 
 
 1 GOD's perfect law converts the soul, 
 
 Reclaims from false desires; 
 With sacred wisdom his sure word 
 The ignorant inspires. 
 
 2 The statutes of the Lord are just, 
 
 And bring sincere delight; 
 His pure commands in search of truth 
 Assist the feeblest sijrht. 
 
THE WORD. m 
 
 3 The perfect worship here is fix'dj 
 
 Our sure foundations laid; 
 His equal laws are in the scales 
 Of truth and justice weigh'd. 
 
 4 Of more esteem than golden mines. 
 
 Of gold refin'd with skill; 
 More sweet than honey, or the drops 
 Which from the comb distil. 
 
 5 My trusty counsellors they are. 
 
 And friendly warning give; 
 Divine rewards attend on those 
 Who by thy precepts live. 
 
 JV*o. 27. — s. M? 
 
 1 GREAT is the Lord our God, 
 And let his praise be great; 
 He makes the church his blest abode. 
 His most delightful seat. 
 
 £ Far as thy name is known, 
 
 The world declares thy praise, 
 Thy saints, Lord, before thy throne 
 Their songs of honour raise. 
 
 3 Let stranorers walk around 
 
 The city where we dwell; 
 Compass and view the holy ground, 
 And mark the building well; 
 
 4 The order of thy house, 
 
 The worship of thy court. 
 The cheerful songs, the solemn vows^j 
 And make a fair report. 
 
£0 THE WORD. 
 
 5 How decent and how wise! 
 How glorious to behold! 
 Beyond the pomp that charms the eyes, 
 And rites adorn'd with gold. 
 
 A'^o. 28. — c. M. 
 
 1 LADEN with guilt, and full of fears, 
 I come to thee my Lord; 
 For not a ray of hope appears 
 But in thy holy word. 
 
 52 The volume of my Father's grace 
 Does all my grief assuage; 
 There I behold mv Saviour's face 
 In ev'ry sacred page. 
 
 3 This is the field where hidden lies 
 
 The pearl of price unknown: 
 
 Then blest is he who wisely tries 
 
 To make that pearl his own. 
 
 4 Here living water gently flows, 
 
 To wash me from my sin: 
 Here the fair tree of knowledge grows, 
 Nor danger dwells therein. 
 
 5 This is the judge that ends the strife, 
 
 AVhere sense and reason fail; 
 My guide to everlasting life, 
 Through all this gloomy vale. 
 
 6 May thv wise counsels, O my God, 
 
 These roving feet command. 
 Lest I forsake the happy road 
 That leads to thv right hand. 
 
THE WORD. £1 
 
 J\"o. 29. 
 
 1 THY word is like a heav'nly light, 
 
 Which guides us all the day; 
 And through the dangers of the nightj 
 A lamp to lead our way. 
 
 2 When once it enters to the mind. 
 
 It spreads such light abroad. 
 The meanest souls instruction find, 
 And raise their thoughts to God. 
 
 3 The starry heav'ns thy rule obey, 
 
 The earth preserves her place; 
 
 In nature's volume, night and day, 
 
 Thy power and skill we trace. 
 
 4 But in thy law and gospel, Lord, 
 
 Are lessons more divine; 
 Not earth stands firmer than thy word, 
 Nor stars so nobly shine. 
 
 5 Thy word is everlasting truth. 
 
 How pure is ev'ry page! 
 That holy book shall guide our youth, 
 And well support our age. 
 
 J\'*(), 30. — c. M. 
 
 1 HOW precious is the book divine, 
 
 By inspiration giv'n! 
 Bright as a lamp its doctrines shine 
 To guide our souls to heav'n. 
 
 2 It sweetly cheers our drooping hearts 
 
 In this dark vale of tears; 
 Life, light, and joy, it still imparts, 
 And quells our rising fears. 
 
22 THE WORD. 
 
 3 This lamp, through all the tedious night 
 
 Of life, shall guide our way, 
 Till we behold the clearer light 
 Of an eternal day, 
 
 JV*o. 31. — c. M. 
 
 1 WHAT glory gilds the sacred page, 
 Majestic like the sun! 
 It gives a light to ev'ry age; 
 It gives, but borrows none. 
 
 £ The hand that gave it still supplies 
 His gracious light and heat. 
 His truths upon the nations rise; 
 They rise, but never set. 
 
 S Let everlasting thanks be thine, 
 For such a bright display. 
 As makes a world of darkness shine 
 With beams of heavenly day. 
 
 4 My soul rejoices to pursue 
 
 The paths of truth and love, 
 Till glory breaks upon my view 
 In brighter worlds above. 
 
 J\^o. 32. 
 
 1 LET all the heathen writers join. 
 To form one perfect book. 
 Gieat God! if once compar'd with thine, 
 How mean their writings look! 
 
 5 Not the most perfect rules they gave 
 
 Could show one sin forgiven. 
 Nor lead a step beyond the grave: 
 But thine conduct to heav'n. 
 
THE WORD. 23 
 
 3 Lord I have made thy word my choice, 
 
 My lasting heritage; 
 There shall my noblest pow'rs rejoice. 
 My warmest thoughts engage. 
 
 4 I '11 read the hist'ries of thy love. 
 
 And keep thy laws in sight, 
 While through thy promises I rove 
 With ever fresh delight. 
 
 JVo. 33. — s. M. 
 
 1 FATHER of mercies! in thy word 
 
 What endless glory shines! 
 For ever be thy name ador'd 
 For these celestial lines. 
 
 2 Here may the wretched sons of want 
 
 Exhaustless riches find; 
 Riches above what earth can grant. 
 And lasting as the mind. 
 
 3 Here the fair tree of knowledge grows 
 
 And yields a free repast, 
 Sublimer sweets than nature knows 
 Invite the longing taste. 
 
 4 Here the Redeemer's welcome voice 
 
 Spreads heavenly peace around; 
 And life, and everlasting joys 
 Attend the blissful sound. 
 
 5 may these heav'nly pages be 
 
 My study and delight; 
 And still new beauties may I see, 
 And still increasing light. 
 
£4 FIRST ADVENT. 
 
 G Divine instructor, gracious Lord, 
 Be thou for ever near; 
 Teach me to love thy sacred word, 
 And view mj Saviour there. 
 
 FIRST ADVENT. 
 
 tA^o. 34. — p. M. 
 
 1 LIGHT of life, tlie great Messiah, 
 Promis'd day-sprin^^ from on high, 
 Deio-n to visit waitinri: mortals 
 From thy state above the sky. 
 
 £ God incarnate, veil thy splendour, 
 Joy of heav'n, to earth come down; 
 Make in flesh thy humble dwelling, 
 All thy faithful mercies crown. 
 
 5 Shepherds, did you learn his coming. 
 
 Whilst you kept your flocks by night? 
 Did vou see his star in heaven 
 Blaze with new-created light.^ 
 
 4 Haste, ye Magi, come and worship. 
 See the orient star before; 
 Bring your presents, gold and spices, 
 Blest Arabia's balmy store. 
 
 5'*All ye joyous host of heaven. 
 
 Loudly speak the Saviour's praise; 
 Saints and angels in full chorus. 
 Your seraphic voices raise. 
 
 6 Come, come, your hallelujahs 
 
 In wide-echoing songs proclaim; 
 Heav'n and earth with joy resounding. 
 Praise the blest Redeemer's name. 
 
FIRST ADVENT. 25 
 
 •TVTj. 35. — P» M. 
 
 1 RAPT into future times, the prophet sung: 
 A virgin shall conceive, a virgin bear a Son! 
 From Jesse's root behold a Branch, a Rod — 
 Wonderful, Counsellor, the mighty God, 
 The everlasting Father, Prince of Peace, 
 His name— his government shall still increase* 
 
 2 Swift fly the years, and rise th' expected morn! 
 Oh spring to light, auspicious Babe! be born. 
 Hark! a glad voice the lonely desert cheers: 
 Prepare the way! the God, the God appears! 
 The God, the God! the vocal hills reply, 
 The rocks proclaim th' approaching Deity. 
 
 3 Lo, earth receives him from the bending skies! 
 Sink down ye mountains, and ye valliesrise; 
 With heads declin'd, ye cedars homage pay; 
 Be smooth ye rocks; ye rapid floods give way! 
 The Saviour comes! by prophets long foretold: 
 Hear him ye deaf, and all ye blind behold! 
 
 4 Now crimes shall cease, and Error's empire fail; 
 
 Returning Justice lift aloft her scale; 
 Peace o'er the earth her olive wand extend, 
 And white-rob'd Innocence from heaven de- 
 scend, t^ 
 No sigh repeated, the wide world shall hear, 
 Since Jesus stoops— to wipe each contrite tear. 
 
 5 As the good shepherd tends his fleecy care, 
 Seeks freshest pasture and the purest air. 
 Explores the lost, the w^and'ring sheep directs, 
 By day o'ersees them, and by night protects; 
 
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26 FIRST ADVENT. 
 
 Thus shall mankind his guardian care engage. 
 The promised Father of an endless age. 
 
 6 Rise, crown'd with light, imperial Salem, rise! 
 Exalt thy tow'rj head, and lift thy eyes! 
 See, a long race thy spacious courts adorn; 
 See future sons and daughters, yet unborn, 
 In crowding ranks on ev'ry side arise, 
 lieceiving life, preparing for the skies! 
 
 JVT). 36. — c. M. 
 
 1 DOWN from the worlds of radiant light 
 
 Behold the Saviour come, 
 To ransom souls from endless night, 
 And bring the wand'rers home. 
 
 2 He calls us to his dear embrace, 
 
 From misery and despair; 
 Bids us receive his wond'rous grace, 
 And seek salvation there. 
 
 3 We come, Emmanuel, at thy call, * 
 
 Believe thy glad'ning Word; 
 Renounce our sins, ourselves, our all. 
 And glory in our Lord. 
 
 4 Salvation to Jehovah's name 
 
 With grateful hearts we sing, 
 And join our voices to proclaiui 
 Our Saviour and our King. 
 
 5 Immortal praise to God belongs. 
 
 For such unfathom'd love; 
 Join all below in rapt'rous songs, 
 And shout ve hosts above. 
 
FIRST ADVENT. S 
 
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 JVo. S7. — ALL Ts. 
 
 1 HARK! the skies with music sound! 
 Heav'nly glory beams around; 
 Christ is born! the angels sing. 
 Glory to the new-born King. 
 
 £ Peace is come, good-will appears, 
 Sinners, wipe away your tears; 
 Christ for you in flesh to-day 
 Humbly in the manger lay. 
 
 S Shepherds tending flocks by night. 
 Heard the song, and saw the light; 
 Took their reeds, and softest strains 
 Echo'd thro' the happy plains. 
 
 4 Mortals, hail the glorious King! 
 Richest incense cheerful bring; 
 Praise and love Emmanuel's name, 
 And his boundless grace proclaim. 
 
 JS^o. 38. — c. M. 
 
 1 MORTALS, awake, with angels join, 
 
 And chant the solemn lay; 
 Joy, love, and gratitude combine, 
 To hail th' auspicious day. 
 
 2 In heav'n the rapt'rous song began. 
 
 While sweet seraphic fire. 
 Thro' all the shining legions ran, 
 And tun'd the golden lyre. 
 
 5 Swift thro' the vast expanse it flew, 
 
 And loud the echo roll'd; 
 The theme, the song, the joy was new— 
 'Twas more than heav'n could hold. 
 
28 FIRST ADVENT. 
 
 4 Down thro' the portals of the sky 
 
 Th' impetuous torrent ran; 
 
 And angels flew with eager joy 
 
 To bear the news to man.. 
 
 5 Wrapt in the silence of the night, 
 
 Lay all the eastern world, 
 When bursting, glorious, heav'nly light 
 The wond'rous scene unfurPd. 
 
 6 Hark! the cherubic armies shout, 
 
 And glory leads the song: 
 Good-will and peace are heard throughout 
 Th' harmonious, heav'nly throng. 
 
 7 Hail, prince of life, for ever hail! 
 
 Redeemer, Father, friend! 
 Tho' earth, and time, and life should fail^ 
 Thy praise shall never end. 
 
 JVo. 39. — L. M. 
 
 1 SEE, Gabriel swift descend to earth, 
 Glad to foretel a Saviour's birth; 
 Hark! a full choir of angels sing, 
 The new-born Saviour, and the king. 
 
 £ Behold these swift-wing'd envoys wait 
 On Jesus, in his humble state; 
 The desert and the garden prove 
 Their glowing zeal, their tender love. 
 
 3 But who their mighty joys can tell. 
 When Jesus vanquish'd death and hell.^ 
 They saw the glorious conqu'ror rise, 
 And fiU'd his friends with sweet surprise. 
 
FIRST ADVENT. ft^) 
 
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 4 Still are these glorious hosts above 
 Employed in messages of love; 
 
 On saints below they cheerful wait^ 
 Nor think the work beneath their state. 
 
 5 Jesus, my Lord, my living friend, 
 May these thy servants me attend 
 Thro' life; and when I quit this clay, 
 Safe to thine arms my soul convey. 
 
 JSId. 40. — s. M. 
 
 1 HOW beauteous are their feet 
 Who stand on Zion's hill; 
 Who bring salvation on their tongues, 
 And words of peace reveal! 
 
 S How charming is their voice! 
 How sweet their tidings are! 
 "Zion behold thy Saviour King, 
 "He reigns and triumphs here.'' 
 
 3 How happy are our ears 
 
 That hear this joyful sound, 
 Which kings and prophets waited for. 
 And sought, but never found! 
 
 4 How blessed are our eyes 
 
 That see this heav'nly light! 
 Prophets and kings desir'd it long, 
 But died without the sight. 
 
 5 The watchmen join their voice, 
 
 And tuneful notes employ, 
 Jerusalem breaks forth in songs, 
 And deserts learn the joy. 
 
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 FIRST ADVENT. 
 
 6 The Lord makes bare his arm 
 Through all the earth abroad! 
 Let ev'ry nation now behold 
 Their Saviour and their God. 
 
 JN'b. 41. — c. M. 
 
 1 TO our Almighty Maker, God, 
 New honours l3e address'd; 
 His great salvation shines abroad 
 And makes the nations blest. 
 
 £ Joy to the world! the Lord is come, 
 Let earth receive her king; 
 Let ev'ry heart prepare him room. 
 And heav'n and nature sing. 
 
 3 Joy to the world! the Saviour reigns, 
 
 Let men their songs employ: 
 While lands and seas, rocks, hills, and plains* 
 Repeat the sounding joy. 
 
 4 No more let sin and sorrow grow, 
 
 Nor violence abound; 
 He comes to make his blessings flow, 
 Wherever man is found. 
 
 5 He rules the world with righteousness, 
 
 And makes the nation prove 
 The blessing of his truth and grace, 
 The wonders of his love. 
 
SECOND ADVENT. 31 
 
 JVo. 42. — P. M. 
 
 SECOND ADVENT. 
 
 1 TO welcome Jesus, God of love, 
 
 Let earth and heav'n in rapture rise; 
 Your tongues in praise, ye christians, move, 
 
 Ye angels sing above the skies: 
 Be Jesu's dear-lov'd name with pleasure sung. 
 By earth and heav'n, by all of ev'ry tongue, 
 
 2 He comes again to bless our race, 
 
 Reveal the glories of his Word, 
 To teach the wonders of his grace, 
 
 And reign the only God and Lord. 
 Sinners prepare your hearts, give Jesus room, 
 Your God is love, to bless you is he come. 
 
 Redeemed by mercy, come and bring 
 
 Your grateful tribute to your God; 
 Exalt the goodness of your King, 
 
 And spread his nameless love abroad. 
 Love shall attune our hearts and tongues to 
 
 raise 
 An everlasting song to Jesu's praise. 
 
 JV*o. 43 — c. M. 
 
 1 NOW to our God a song of praise^ 
 
 For holy is his name; 
 Gracious and true are all his ways, 
 We will his love proclaim. 
 
 S See from his throne divinely flow 
 His heav'nly truth and love; 
 Now we his great redemption kno,w^ 
 His richest mercy prove. 
 
52 SECOND ADVENT. 
 
 He is the Lord, our only God, 
 
 He comes to men again; 
 His truth and love are spread abroad. 
 And glorious is his reign. 
 
 4 Jesus, thou hast to us made known 
 
 The doctrines of thj Word; 
 Thou art our Saviour God alone, 
 We know no other Lord. 
 
 5 To thee our songs of praise arise, 
 
 Thou wilt accept our lays; 
 And as to purer states we rise, 
 We '11 give thee purer praise. 
 
 tA^o. 44. — i. M. 
 
 1 BEGIN the song, aloud rejoice. 
 Join ev'ry heart, and ev'ry voice; 
 Jesus the God of heav'n proclaim, 
 And publish thro' the world his name. 
 
 2 Hark! angels sing his praise above. 
 The heav'ns re-echo with his love; 
 His second advent angels sing, 
 
 And with new songs they hail their King. 
 
 3 Ye chiistians, learn the rapt'rous lays, 
 In songs of love advance his praise; 
 
 O welcome Jesus to the soul, 
 
 And sound his name from pole to pole. 
 
 4 Now, now we shall his glory know. 
 The Lord our God will dwell below; 
 In his New^ Church make his abode. 
 And reign with us, the mighty God. 
 
SECOND ADVENT. S3 
 
 5 Rise, ev'ry heart, with rapture sing, 
 Hail Jesus, hail him God and King; 
 With all the holy angels vie, 
 In songs of love and equal joy. 
 
 •AT). 45. — c. M. 
 
 1 ARISE, ye happy christians, rise. 
 
 And join the cheerful song; 
 Let notes of praise salute the skies, 
 And heav'n the sound prolong. 
 
 2 Jesus the God, th' eternal Lord, 
 
 A second time appears; 
 Fulfils his own prophetic AYord, 
 And his new kintj-dom rears. 
 
 3 Jerusalem from heav'n descends, 
 
 In robes of light divine; 
 And soon the earth's remotest ends 
 Shall see her glory shine, 
 
 4 Jesus in his new kingdom reigns, 
 
 No other God we know; 
 His name resounds thro' heav'n's domains, 
 We shout his praise below. 
 
 JVb. 46. — c. M. 
 
 1 O'ER mountain tops the mount of God, 
 
 In latter day • sliall rise 
 Above the summits of the hills, 
 And draw the wond'ring eyes. 
 
 2 To this the joyful nations round, 
 
 All tribes and tongues shall flowj 
 Up to the mount of God, they say, 
 And to his house we 'II go, 
 
34 JUDGMENT. 
 
 3 The beams that shine from Zion*s hill 
 
 Shall lighten ev'ry land; 
 The King, who reigns in Salem's towers, 
 Shall the whole world command. 
 
 4 No war shall rage, nor hostile strife, 
 
 Disturb those happy years; 
 To ploughshares men shall beat their swords. 
 To pruning-hooks their spears. 
 
 5 No longer hosts, encountering hosts, 
 
 Shall crowds of slain deplore: 
 They 'II lay the martial trumpet by, 
 And study war no more. 
 
 JUDGMENT. 
 
 JVb. 47. — P. M. 
 
 1 LO! he comes, in clouds des g nding, 
 
 Ev'ry eye shall see him plain. 
 Whilst ten thoi'sand saints attending, 
 
 Fill the glory of his train; 
 Hallelujah, Christ in spirit comes to reign. 
 
 2 Behold the bright and morning Star, 
 
 Blazing with eternal flame, 
 Hark! seraphic songs from far 
 
 Chant the great Redeemer's name; 
 Hallelujah, echoes thro' the vaulted frame. 
 
 S See the glorious God descending. 
 See the angels in array. 
 Hark! the awful trumpet sounding, 
 
 Come to judgment, come away; 
 Hallelujah, come to judgment, come away. 
 
JUDGMENT. S5 
 
 4 'Tis done! — the awful process ended, 
 Nature's clouds are swept away; 
 The King of glory, now descended, 
 
 Opens an eternal day; 
 Hallelujah, hail, all hail, eternal day! 
 
 J\^o. 48. — c. M. 
 
 1 BLEST is the man who shuns the place 
 
 Where sinners love to meet; 
 AVho fears to tread their wicked wavs, 
 And hates the scotier's seat: 
 
 2 But in the statutes of the Lord 
 
 Has plac'd his chief delight; 
 By day he reads or hears the word, 
 And meditates by night. 
 
 3 He like a tree of gen'rous kind, 
 
 By living waters set. 
 Safe from the storm and blasting winds 
 Enjoy a peaceful state. 
 
 4 Green as the leaf, and ever fair 
 
 Shall his profession shine; 
 Whilst fruits of holiness appear 
 Like clusters on the vine. 
 
 5 Not so the impious and unjust; 
 
 What vain designs they form! 
 Their hopes are blown away like dust, 
 Or chaff before the storm. 
 
 6 Sinners in judgment shall not stand 
 
 Among the sons of grace, 
 When Christ, the judge, at his right hand 
 Appoints his saints a place. 
 
36 REDEMPTION. 
 
 7 His eye beholds the path they tread. 
 His heart approves it well; 
 But crooked ways of sinners lead 
 Dow n to the gates of hell. 
 
 REDEMPTION. 
 
 JN^o. 49. — L. M. 
 
 1 THE joyful happy day appears j 
 Jehovah dries his Zion's tears; 
 He comes to bless the humble race, 
 And shew the wonders of his grace, 
 
 £ Behold, our God, the mighty God, 
 
 Who spread the numerous worlds abroad, 
 
 Is our Redeemer; we rejoice. 
 
 And praise his name with cheerful voice. 
 
 3 We '11 trust in him, nor be afraid, 
 Jehovah is our fortress made; 
 
 He is our aid, his arm is strong. 
 And we ^11 exalt him in our song. 
 
 4 Wells of salvation open stand. 
 And living waters bless the land; 
 Now, while we draw the truths divine, 
 Our grateful praises, Lord, be thine. 
 
 JNT). 50. — L. M. 
 
 1 GREAT God of heav'n, it cannot be 
 That good and evil flow from thee; 
 Thou art eternally the same. 
 And love and mcrcv are thv name; 
 
REDEMPTION. 57 
 
 2 Thy ways are truth, thy laws are right. 
 Justice and mercy thy delight; 
 
 To all thy tender mercies flow, 
 In heav'n above, and earth below, 
 
 3 Thou didst in love our race create, 
 Holy and happy was their state; 
 And when by sin thy creatures fell. 
 Thou didst redeem their souls from hell. 
 
 4 To all thy grace is freely giv'n, 
 
 And thou wouldst lead them all to heav'n; 
 Thy nature 's love, thy dealings kind, 
 Nor one for hell was e'er designed. 
 
 5 Great God! how kind are all thy ways! 
 How free thy love, how rich thy grace! 
 All needful aid to us is giv'n, 
 
 And we have powT to rise to heav'n. 
 
 JVU 51. — c. M. 
 
 1 HARK, the glad sound! the Saviour comes, 
 
 The Saviour promised long! 
 Let ev'ry heart prepare a throne, 
 And ev'ry voice a song. 
 
 2 On him the Spirit largely pourM, 
 
 Exerts its sacred fire; 
 Wisdom and might, and zeal and love, 
 His holy breast inspire. 
 
 3 He comes the prisoners to release, 
 
 In Satan's bondage held; 
 The gates of brass before him burst, 
 The iron fetters vield. 
 
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 8 REDEMPTION. 
 
 4 He comes from thickest films of vice 
 
 To purge the mental ray; 
 And on the eyes oppressM with night. 
 To pour celestial day. 
 
 5 He comes the broken heart to bind, 
 
 The bleeding soul to cure; 
 And with the treasures of his grace. 
 To enrich the humble poor. 
 
 6 Our glad hosannas. Prince of Peace! 
 
 Thy welcome shall proclaim; 
 And heav'n's eternal arches ring 
 With thy beloved name. 
 
 JVo. 52. — 1. M* 
 
 1 AWAKE, my soul, awake and sing 
 The praises of thy heav'nly King; 
 Awake and join the sacred throng, 
 The Saviour's love demands thy song. 
 
 2 In grateful strains attune thy lyre, 
 And emulate th' angelic choir; 
 Loudly the joyful news proclaim. 
 Salvation is in Jesu's name. 
 
 S Salvation! shout the glorious sound, 
 Proclaim it to the world around, 
 Tell ev'ry fearful, trembling soul, 
 The Saviour's Word shall make him whole. 
 
 4 I '11 praise him wliilst I have my breath; 
 And when my voice is lost in death, 
 O may my happy spirit rise, 
 To join the chorus in the skie^?! 
 
REDEMPTION. 39 
 
 JVb. 53. — s. M. 
 
 1 ARISE, my soul, arise, 
 
 And with a cheerful voice, 
 In God, the source of all thy joys, 
 Thy Saviour God, rejoice. 
 
 2 His robes were stain'd in blood, 
 
 When he subdu'd his foes; 
 And 'twas for us the mighty God 
 To conquer hell arose. 
 
 3 By his almighty pow'r 
 
 Against the hells he fought; 
 And in the great and awful hour 
 Our full redemption wrought! 
 
 4 His wond'rous mercy sing. 
 
 Ye servants of the Lord; 
 To him your thankful praises bring, 
 His nameless love record. 
 
 5 He owns us for his sheep. 
 
 He breaks the tyrant's rod; 
 His flock he will in safety keep, 
 Our Saviour is our God. 
 
 JVo. 54. — L. M. 
 
 1 JESUS the Man of love we sing, 
 
 The creature's Servant, and their King: 
 In robes of flesh the Saviour came. 
 And bore for us contempt and shame. 
 
 2 By suft''ring and temptation try'd, 
 Jesus his human glorify'd; 
 Redeem'd mankind from sin and pain. 
 And open'd beav'n to all again* 
 
40 REDEMPTION. 
 
 5 A fallen world he came to save. 
 He rose victorious from the grave: 
 His death and resurrection prove 
 How vast his pow'r, how great his love. 
 
 4 To Jesus be all glory giv'n, 
 
 Saviour of men, and God of heav'n: 
 Redeeming love we joyful sing. 
 And triumph in our God and King. 
 
 JVb. 55. — 7s. 
 
 1 NOW begin the heavenly theme. 
 Sing aloud in Jesus' name! 
 
 Ye, who his salvation prove, 
 Triumph in redeeming love. 
 
 2 Ye, who see the Father's grace 
 Beaming in the Saviour's face, 
 As to Canaan on ye move, 
 Praise and bless redeeming love. 
 
 S Mourning souls dry up your tears; 
 Banish all your guilty fears; 
 See your guilt and curse remove, 
 Cancell'd by redeeming love, 
 
 4 Ye, alas! who long have been 
 Willing slaves to death and sin, 
 Now from bliss no longer rove, 
 Stop, and taste redeeming love. 
 
 5 Welcome all by sin opprest, 
 Welcome to his sacred rest; 
 Nothing brought him from above, 
 Nothing but redeeming love. 
 
REDEMPTION. 41 
 
 6 When his Spirit leads us home, 
 When we to his glory come, 
 We shall all the fulness prove 
 Of our Lord's redeeming love. 
 
 7 He subdu'd th' infernal pow'rs; 
 Those tremendous foes of ours 
 From their cursed empire drove—. 
 Mighty in redeeming love. 
 
 8 Hither, then, your music bring; 
 Strike aloud each cheerful string; 
 Mortals join the host above, 
 Join to praise redeeming love. 
 
 JVo, ^^. — c. M. 
 
 1 MY God, what silken cords are thine! 
 
 How soft, and yet how strong! 
 While love and truth in pow'r combine 
 To draw our souls alono;- . 
 
 2 Thou saw'st us crush'd beneath the yoke 
 
 Of Satan and of Sin: 
 Thy hand the iron bondage broke, 
 Our worthless hearts to win. 
 
 S Hence comfort, through this vale of tears, 
 In rich profusion flows, 
 And glory of unnumbered years 
 Eternity bestows. 
 
 4 Drawn by such cords, we onward movc^ 
 Till round thy throne we meet; 
 And, captives in the chains of love, 
 Embrace our Conqueror's feet. 
 
 E3. 
 
42 REDEMPTIOX. 
 
 JS^o. 57. — P. M. 
 
 1 REDEMPTION claims our highest lays^ 
 To Jesus Christ belongs the praise; 
 The lofty theme should fire the soul, 
 And music^s richest numbers roll. 
 
 Our blest Redeemer is the God we own, 
 Then swell the chorus to his name alone. 
 
 2 Unseen, unknown, and unreveaPd, 
 No creature's eye our God beheld, 
 Till He the wond'rons work begun, 
 And show'd the Father in the Son; 
 
 Jehovah now as Jesus Christ is known, 
 Then swell the chorus to his name alone. 
 
 3 From heav*n His pitying eye surveyed 
 The ruin sin on earth had made; 
 
 He saw His creatures run the road 
 Which led from happiness and God; 
 He saw, and saved — the work was all His own, 
 Then swell the chorus to His name alone. 
 
 4 Swift from supernal realms of day, 
 Serapliic minstrels wing'd their way, 
 To hail the great Redeemer's birth, 
 And publish peace to men on earth: 
 
 *< To God give glory" — sung the joyous throng, 
 Let men and angels still repeat the song. 
 
 5 Alas! no human accents can 
 Express the love of God to man; 
 Who, to redeem the sinful worm, 
 Assum'd the human mind and form; 
 
 Was born a man, that man might be re-born; 
 Then let us praise Him on His natal morn. 
 
PROVIDENCE. 45 
 
 JNU 58. — c. M, 
 PROVIDENCE. 
 
 1 WHEN all thy mercies, O my God! 
 
 My rising soul surveys, 
 Transported with the view, I 'm lost 
 In wonder, love, and praise. 
 
 2 O how shall words with equal warmth, 
 
 The gratitude declare. 
 That glows within my ravish'd heart? 
 But thou canst read it there. 
 
 3 Thy providence my life sustained. 
 
 And all my wants red rest, 
 
 When in the silent womb I lay, 
 
 And hung upon the breast. 
 
 4 To all my weak complaints and cries, 
 
 Thy mercy lent an ear, 
 Ere yet my feeble thoughts had learn'tl 
 To form themselves in pray'r. 
 
 5 Unnumber'd comforts to my soul 
 
 Thy tender care bestow'd, 
 Before my infant heart conceived 
 From whom those comforts flow'd. 
 
 6 When in the slipp'ry paths of youth, 
 
 With heedless steps, 1 ran. 
 Thine arm, unseen, convey'd me safe. 
 And led me up to man. 
 
 7 Through hidden dangers, toils, and death, 
 
 it gently clear'd my way; 
 And through the pleasing snares of vice, 
 More to be fearM than thev. 
 
^4 PROVIDENCE. 
 
 8 When worn with sickness, oft hast thoU 
 
 With health renewed my face! 
 And, when in sin and sorrow sunk, 
 Reviv'd my soul with grace. 
 
 9 Thy bounteous hand, with worldly bliss, 
 
 Has made my cup run o'er; 
 And, in a kind and faithful friend, 
 Has doubled all my store. 
 
 10 Ten thousand thousand precious gifts 
 
 My daily thanks employ; 
 Nor is the least a cheerful heart 
 That tastes those gifts with joy. 
 
 11 Through ev'ry period of my life, 
 
 Thy goodness I '11 pursue; 
 And, after death, in distant worlds, 
 The glorious theme renew. 
 
 12 When nature fails, and day and night 
 
 Divide thy works no more. 
 My ever grateful heart, O Lord, 
 Thy mercy shall adore. 
 
 15 Through all eternitv to thee 
 A joyful song 1 '11 raise, 
 For O! eternity's too short 
 To utter all thy praise. 
 
 J\'*o, 59. — L. M. 
 
 1 THRO' all the various shifting scene 
 Of life's mistaken ill or good. 
 Thy hand, O Lord, conducts, unseenji 
 llie beautiful vicissitude. 
 
PROVIDENCE. 43 
 
 S Thou givest with paternal care 
 
 Whate'er thy wisdom judges best; 
 And all thy heav'nly bounty share, 
 With equal mercies all are blest- 
 
 S All things on earth, and all in heaven, 
 On thy blest providence depend; 
 They all for greatest good were giv'n, 
 And all shall in thy glory end. 
 
 4 This be my care, to pass my days 
 
 Obedient to thy holy Word, 
 Resigned to all thy gracious ways, 
 And grateful live to thee my Lord. 
 
 JVb. 60. — 9. M. 
 
 1 TO God the only wise. 
 
 Our Saviour and our King, 
 Let all the saints below the skies 
 Their humble praises bring. 
 
 Q 'Tis his almighty love. 
 
 His counsel and his care. 
 Preserves us safe from sin and death, 
 And ev'ry hurtful snare. 
 
 5 He will receive his saints 
 
 Unblemish'd and complete, 
 Before the glory of his face, 
 To joys divinely great. 
 
 4 Then all the chosen seed 
 
 Shall meet around the throne, 
 Shall bless the riches of his grace, 
 And make his wonders known. 
 
46 PROVIDENCE. 
 
 5 To our redeeming God 
 
 Wisdom and pow'r belong, 
 Immortal crowns of majesty, 
 And everlasting song. 
 
 JVo. 61. — c. M, 
 
 1 LORD, all I am is known to thee, 
 
 In vain my soul would try 
 To shun thy presence, or to flee 
 The notice of thine eye. 
 
 2 Thine all -surrounding sight surveys 
 
 My rising and my rest, 
 My public walks, my private ways, 
 The secrets of my breast. 
 
 G My thoughts are seen by thee, O Lord, 
 Before they 're form'd within. 
 And ere my lips pronounce the word, 
 Thou know'st the sense 1 mean. 
 
 4 wond'rous knowledge, deep and high! 
 
 Where shall a creature hide.^ 
 Within thy circling arms I lie, 
 Inclos'd on ev'ry side. 
 
 5 So let thy grace surround me still, 
 
 And like a bulwark prove. 
 To guard my soul from ev'ry ill, 
 Secur'd by sovereign love. 
 
 JVb. 62. — c. M. 
 
 I GOD, our help in ages past, 
 Our hope for years to come, 
 Our shelter from the stormy blast^ 
 And our eternal home: 
 
PROVIDENCE. a 
 
 2 Under the shadow of thy throne 
 Still may we dwell secure; 
 SufiBcient is thine arm alone, 
 And our defence is sure. 
 
 5 Before the hills in order stood, 
 Or earth receiv'd her frame; 
 From everlasting thou art God, 
 To endless years the same. 
 
 4 A thousand ages in thy sight 
 
 Are like an ev'ning gone; 
 Short as the watch that ends the night. 
 Before the rising sun. 
 
 5 Time, like an ever-rolling stream^ 
 
 Bears all it's sons away; 
 They fly, forgotten, as a dream 
 Dies at the op'ning day. 
 
 6 Jesus, our help in ages past, 
 
 Our hope for years to come; 
 Be thou our guide while life shall lastj 
 And our perpetual home. , 
 
 •AT}, 63. — L. M. 
 
 -I* 
 
 1 WHEN earthly comforts fade away^, 
 
 Assist me, Lord, resigned, to say, ' 
 Tho' awful judgments round me roll, 
 Thou art the portion of my soul. , 
 
 2 Altho' the fig-tree cease to bear, 
 The vine no mantling cluster wear, 
 The labour of the olive fail. 
 
 Nor verdant pastures clothe the valc:"^ 
 
48 PROVIDENCE. 
 
 5 Tho' bleating flocks should perish all, 
 Nor fatten'd herds adorn the stall; 
 And tho' this dismal sight and sound 
 Spread deathful famine all around: 
 
 4 Yet in my God will I rejoice, 
 
 With thankful heart, and cheerful voice; 
 His praise shall still my pow'rs employ, 
 And his salvation be my joy. 
 
 •?\T>. 64. — ALL 8s. 
 
 1 THE Lord my pasture shall prepare, 
 And feed me with a shepherd's care, 
 His presence shall my wants supply. 
 And guard me with a watchful eye: 
 My noon-day walks he shall attend, 
 And all my midnight hours defend. 
 
 2 When in the sultry glebe I faint. 
 Or on the thirsty mountain pant, 
 To fertile vales and dewy meads, 
 My weary, wand'ring steps he leads; 
 Where peaceful rivers, soft and slow, 
 Amid the verdant landscape flow. 
 
 5 Tho' in the paths of death I tread. 
 With gloomy horrors overspread. 
 My steadfast heart shall fear no ill, 
 For thou, O Lord, art with me still; 
 Thy friendly crook shall give me aid, 
 And guide me thro' the dreadful shade. 
 
 4 Tho' in a bare and rugged way. 
 Thro' devious lonely wilds I stray. 
 Thy bounty shall my pains beguile,* 
 Tiic ban-on wildcjness shall ym'de. 
 
PROVIDENCE. 49 
 
 With sudden green and herbage crownM, 
 And streams shall murmur all around. 
 
 JVT3. 65. — li. M. 
 
 1 BEHOLD the lily's silken vest, 
 
 How finely wove in nature's loom, 
 No king, in ermin'd splendour drest, 
 Can match its richness or perfume. 
 
 2 Yet void of art or toil it grows, 
 
 Looks brio;ht, and lives its transient hour; 
 Frail man, forget thy earth-born woes, 
 The hand that made, preserves the flower. 
 
 5 And see in tracts of desert air, 
 
 The feather'd people widely roam, 
 God makes their little wants his care. 
 
 He hears their cry, and guards them home. 
 
 4 If thus he clothe the lily race, 
 
 Which bud, and blossom but to die, 
 If thus from heav'n, his lofty place. 
 He heeds the humble things that fly, 
 
 6 Shall faithless man, to fears a prey, 
 
 In dark despondence waste his hours? 
 Can love's exhaustless source decay, 
 Or are we less than birds or flowers? 
 
 JVb. 66. — c. M. 
 
 1 GOD moves in a mysterious way 
 His wonders to perform; 
 He plants his footsteps in the sea, 
 And rides upon the storm, 
 
 F 
 
50 PROVIDENCE. 
 
 2 Deep in unfathomable mines 
 Of never-failing skill, 
 He treasures up his bright designs. 
 And works his sov'reign will. 
 
 S Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take. 
 The clouds ye so much dread 
 Are big with mercy, and shall break 
 In blessings on your head. 
 
 4 Judge not the Lord by feeble sense. 
 
 But trust him for his grace; 
 Behind a fiowning providence. 
 He hides a smiling face. 
 
 5 His purposes will ripen fast. 
 
 Unfolding evVy hour; 
 The bud may have a bitter taste. 
 But sweet will be the iiovver. 
 
 6 Blind unbelief is sure to err, 
 
 And scan his \\ork in vain; 
 God is his own interpreter, 
 And he will make it plain. 
 
 JVb. 67. — c. M. 
 
 1 HOW are thy servants bless'd, Lord, 
 
 How sure is their defence! 
 Eternal wisdom is their guide. 
 Their help Omnipotence. 
 
 2 In foreign realms, and lands remote, 
 
 Supported by thy care, 
 Through burning climes they pass unhurt, 
 And breathe in tainted air. 
 
PROVIDENCE. 51 
 
 S When by the dreadful tempest borae 
 High on the broken wave, 
 They know thou art not slow to hear 
 Nor impotent to save. 
 
 4 The storm is laid, the winds retire, 
 
 Obedient to thy will; 
 The sea, that roars at thy command, 
 At thy command is still. 
 
 5 In midst of dangers, fears, and deaths, 
 
 Thy goodness we '11 adore; 
 We '11 praise thee for thy mercies past, 
 And humbly hope for more. 
 
 6 Our life, while thou preserv'st that life, 
 
 Thy sacrifice shall be: 
 And death, when death shall be our lot. 
 Shall join our souls to thee. 
 
 JVo, 68. — c. M, 
 
 1 GOD reigns; events in order flow, 
 
 Man's industry to guide; 
 
 But in a difterent channel go. 
 
 To humble human pride. 
 
 2 The swift, not always in the race, 
 
 Shall win the crowning prize; 
 Not always wealth and honour grace 
 The labours of the wise. 
 
 3 Proud mortals do themselves beguile, 
 
 When on themselves they rest; 
 Blind is their wisdom, vain their toil, 
 By thee, O Lord, unblest. 
 
52 PROVIDENCE. 
 
 4 'Tis ours, the furrows to prepare, 
 
 And sow the precious grain: 
 'Tis thine to give the sun and air. 
 And to command the rain. 
 
 5 In all thy ways, we humbly own 
 
 Thy providential pow'r; 
 Entrusting to thy care alone, 
 The lot of ev'ry hour. 
 
 J\^o. 69. — c. M. 
 
 1 THE liOrd himself, the mighty Lord, 
 Is pleas'd to be my guide: 
 The shepherd by whose constant care 
 My wants are all supply 'd. 
 
 £ In tender grass he makes me feed, 
 And gently there repose; 
 Then leads me to cool shades, and where 
 Refreshing w^ater flows. 
 
 S He does my wand'ring feet reclaim. 
 And, to his endless praise, 
 Instruct with humble zeal to walk 
 In his most righteous ways. 
 
 4 I 'II pass the gloomy vale of death. 
 
 From fear and danger free; 
 For there his aiding rod and staff 
 Defend and comfort me. 
 
 5 With lib'ral and unceasing care. 
 
 He does my table spread; 
 lie crowns my cup with cheerful wine, 
 AVith oil anoints my head. 
 
PROVIDENCE. Si 
 
 , JVb, 70. — P. M, 
 
 1 THO' troubles assail and clangers affright, 
 Though friends should all fail, and foes all 
 
 unite; 
 Yet one thing secures us, whatever betide, 
 The Scriptures assure us. The Lord will pro* 
 
 vide, 
 
 2 The birds, without barn or storehouse are fed: 
 From them let us learn to trust for our bread; 
 His saints what is fitting shall ne'er be deny'd, 
 So long as 'tis written, The Lord will provide* 
 
 5 We may, like the ships, by tempests be tost 
 On perilous deeps, but will not be lost: 
 Though Satan enrages the wind and the tide, 
 The promise engages. The Lord will provide. 
 
 4 No strength of our own, or goodness we claim; 
 Yet since we have known the Saviour's great 
 
 name. 
 In this, our strong tow'r, for safety we hide; 
 The Lord is our pow'r. The Lord will provide, 
 
 5 When life sinks apace, and death is in view, 
 This word of his grace shall comfort us 
 
 through; 
 
 No fearing or doubting with Christ on our side; 
 
 We hope to die trusting, The Lord will pro- 
 vide, 
 
 JS'o. 71. 
 
 1 WHO, gracious Father! can complain, 
 Under thy mild and gentle reign? 
 Who does a weight of duty share. 
 More than his aids and pow'rs can bear? 
 
 F3 
 
54 PROVIDENCE. 
 
 2 With diff'ring climes, and differing lands, 
 With fertile plains and barren sands. 
 Thy hand hath fram'd this earthly round, 
 And set each nation in its bound. 
 
 S So various, thy celestial ray 
 
 Here sheds a full, there fainter day. 
 The God of all, unkind to none, 
 To all the path of life hath shown. 
 
 4 Large is the bounty of his hand: 
 He will a large return demand. 
 Haste then, my soul! thy work pursue, 
 And keep the heav'nly prize in view. 
 
 JVo. 72. 
 
 1 NOT from relentless fate's dark womb, 
 Or from the dust, our troubles come. 
 No Hckle chance presides o'er grief, 
 To cause the pain, or send relief. 
 
 2 Look up, and see, ye sorrowing saints! 
 The cause and cure of your complaints. 
 Know 'tis your heav'nly Father's will: 
 Bid ev'ry murmur then be still. 
 
 3 He sees, we need the painful yoke; 
 Yet love directs his heaviest stroke. 
 He takes no pleasure in our smart, 
 But wounds to heal and cheer the heart* 
 
 4 Blesttrials those that cleanse from sin, 
 And make the soul all pure within. 
 Wean the foad mind from earthly toys, 
 To seek and taste celestial joys! 
 
THE CHURCH. 5.5 
 
 JVo. 73. — c. M. 
 
 THE CHURCH. 
 
 1 JEHOVAH, Lord of truth divine, 
 Thy Word of grace proclaim; 
 Oh! may it spread from land to land, 
 Till all shall know thy name! 
 
 fi We long to see thy church increase. 
 Thy own new kingdom grow; 
 That all the earth may live in peace, 
 And heav'n be seen below. 
 
 3 Prosper the labours of our hands 
 
 To spread thy truth abroad; 
 May ev'ry weak attempt promote 
 The knowledge of our God. 
 
 4 Go forth, blest Lord, in all thy powV 
 
 The distant nations bring; 
 In thy own kingdom may they stand, 
 And know their God and Kins:. 
 
 J 
 
 5 One gen'ral chorus then shall rise 
 From men of ev'ry tongue; 
 And songs of joy salute the skies, 
 By ev'ry nation sung. 
 
 •A^o. 74. — c. M. 
 
 1 REJOICE, ye happy souls, rejoice, 
 Who in New Salem stand; 
 And let vour all-harmonious voice 
 Sound high from land to land. 
 
56 THE CHURCH. 
 
 2 All nations soon shall hear and see, 
 
 How great jour favours prove; 
 How wond'rous rich those blessings be, 
 Which flow from Jesu's love. 
 
 3 Jerusalem, divinely blest, 
 
 In all its grandeur new. 
 Shall be by ev'ry tongue confest, 
 When they your glory view. 
 
 4 Delightful church, the Lord's abode! 
 
 Here stands Jehovah's throne. 
 The habitation of our God. 
 Where Jesus reigns alone. 
 
 5 Delightsome land of oil and wine, 
 
 Here milk and honey flow; 
 Celestial blessino;s here combine. 
 And fruits immortal grow. 
 
 6 Here will we take our joyful rest, 
 
 Nor e'er from Salem roam; 
 For ever and for ever blest 
 In this our happy home. 
 
 «AT9, 75, — s. M. 
 
 1 THE holy city sec, 
 
 In all its glory stand; 
 Quick to its gates, ye people, flee, 
 From ev'ry distant land. 
 
 £ Now one eternal dav 
 
 Shall in the city reign; 
 Parkness and night are fled awav, 
 Ne'^r to return again. 
 
THE CHURCH. 57 
 
 S Ye distant lands attend, 
 Ye people that are nigh, 
 Behold Jerusalem descend 
 In grandeur from on high. 
 
 4 The gates wide open view, 
 
 The Lord invites jou in; 
 It's honours are for me, for you, 
 And all who flee from sin. 
 
 5 Jesus is Lord alone, 
 
 In Zion, lo! he reigns: 
 Bow to his sceptre, Jesus own, 
 And walk the golden plains. 
 
 6 O happy, happy state! 
 
 Great God, we thankful come. 
 Low at thy footstool humbly wai t| 
 Till thou shalt take us home. 
 
 7 Jerusalem shall be 
 
 Our peaceful, blest abode; 
 Here will we love and honour thee^ 
 Our Jesus and our God! 
 
 JVb. 76. — L. M. 
 
 1 JERUSALEM, arise and sing, 
 
 In highest strains, to God your King; 
 'Tis your's to give the purest lays, 
 'Tis your's the noblest songs to raise. 
 
 £ You are his church, his chosen bride. 
 With you Jehovah doth reside; 
 'Tis you his richest favours prove. 
 And you must sing the song of love. 
 
<68 ' THE CHURCH. 
 
 G Come, sound his holy name abroad, 
 Hosanna to our Saviour God; 
 To him be endless praises giv'n, 
 Bj his new church in earth and heaven. 
 
 4 Ye holy angels all above. 
 
 Come join our song of joy and love; 
 
 One universal chorus raise. 
 
 And earth and heav'n resound his praise* 
 
 5 To Jesus, Lord and God alone, 
 
 Who reigns on heav'n's eternal throne, 
 Be glory, pow'r, and honour sung, 
 By ev'ry heart, and ev'ry tongue. 
 
 JVb. 77. — c. M. 
 
 1 JEHOVAH reigns, the mighty Lord, 
 
 And Jesus is his name; 
 Now in his church his praise record. 
 Ye saints, his pow'r proclaim. 
 
 2 Zion rejoice, and Judah sing. 
 
 Your hearts and tongues employ; 
 In notes divine exalt your King, 
 And boundless be the joy. 
 
 3 Jesus shall reign from sun to sun, 
 
 In evVy clime and land; 
 His holy kingdom is begun. 
 And must for ever stand. 
 
 4 Rejoice, ye righteous, and proclaim 
 
 His truth, his pow'r, and love: 
 Throughout the earth make known his name, 
 And sing, ye hosts above. 
 
THE CHURCH, 59 
 
 6 On truth and good is built his throne, 
 The idol gods must fall, 
 Jesus Jehovah rule alone, 
 The sov'reign Lord of all. 
 
 tA'b. 78. — c. M. 
 
 1 NOW blessing, honour, glorj, praise, 
 
 By angel-hosts are sung; 
 The saints below their voices raise, 
 And join the heav'nly throng. 
 
 2 Ador'd be he, who comes to bless 
 
 The nations with his love; 
 To show his truth and righteousness, 
 And ev'ry cloud remove. 
 
 S Blest be our God, who comes to reign 
 In Zion's happy land: 
 Jerusalem is built again. 
 And shall for ever stand. 
 
 4 No more this kingdom shall decay. 
 No more the temple fall; 
 Here Jesus reigns with endless sway. 
 The King and Lord of all. 
 
 JVT}. 79. — L. M. 
 
 1 JERUSALEM, thou church divine. 
 In all your heav'nly glory shine; 
 Your brightest robes of glory wear, 
 And for your God and King prepare. 
 
 2 Lift up your heads, ye heav'nly gates; 
 Behold, the King of glory waits; 
 
 Ye everlasting doors, give way, 
 The Kino; of Zion conies to-dav. 
 
60 THE CHURCH, 
 
 3 " Who is the King of glory? tell!" 
 The mighty Lord, who conquer'd hell; 
 Strong is his arm, divine his might, 
 'Tis he who puts your foes to flight. 
 
 4 Lift up your heads, ye heav'nly gates; 
 Behold, the King of glory waits. 
 
 *' Who is the King of glory, say, 
 
 " That comes in grandeur on the way?" 
 
 5 The Lord of hosts, the mighty God, 
 Who rules his foes with iron rod; 
 'Tis he who your salvation brings, 
 Jesus the Lord, the King of kings. 
 
 •/Vo. 80. — ALL 8s. 
 
 1 AWAY with our sorrows and fears, 
 
 At length we 've recovered our home; 
 The city of saints now appears. 
 
 The day of redemption is come. 
 Afflictions and trials are past, 
 
 We dwell in our native abode, 
 The house, which for ever shall last, 
 
 The palace of angels and God. 
 
 2 Our mourning is all at an end. 
 
 Since, sav'd by the life-giving Word, 
 We see the new city descend, 
 
 Adorn'd as a bride for her Lord: 
 The city so holy and clean, 
 
 No sorrow can breathe in the air, 
 No gloom of affliction is seen, 
 
 No shadow" of evil is there. 
 
THE CHURCH. Cl 
 
 d In raptures we now can behold 
 
 The heav'nly Jerusalem here; 
 Her walls are of jasper and gold, 
 
 As crystal her buildings are clear. 
 Immoveably founded in truth, 
 
 She stands on a rock so secure, 
 She '11 flourish, immortal, in youth. 
 
 For ages of ages endure. 
 
 4 No need of the sun in this day. 
 
 Which ne'er shall be follow'd by night. 
 For Jesus himself doth display 
 
 A pure and a permanent light. 
 The Lamb is our light and our sun. 
 
 His glory pervades the wide heav'n^ 
 Jehovah and Jesus are one. 
 
 No other salvation is giv'n. 
 
 5 The saints in his presence receive 
 
 Their great and eternal reward; 
 With him they for ever shall live. 
 
 And reign in the smile of their Lord. 
 Now kindles the fire in our breast, 
 
 The flame of angelical love; 
 With heav'n upon earth we are blest, 
 
 With joys that come down from above. 
 
 JVb. 81. — c. M. 
 
 1 SAY, who is she that looks abroad 
 Like the sweet blushing dawn. 
 When with her living light she paints 
 The dev/-drops of the lawnr 
 
 G 
 
62 THE CHURCIL 
 
 2 Fair as the moon when in the skies 
 Serene her throne she guides, 
 And o'er the twinkling stars supremCj 
 In full orb'd glory rides; 
 
 5 Clear as the sun, when from the east, 
 Without a cloud, he springs, 
 And scatters boundless light and heat 
 From his resplendent wings; 
 
 4 Tremendous as an host that moves 
 
 Majestically slow, 
 With banners wide displayed, all arni'd, 
 And fearless of the foe! 
 
 5 This is the church, by heav'n array'd, 
 
 With strength and grace divine; 
 Thus shall she strike her foes with dread, 
 And thus her glories shine. 
 
 M. 82. — 8s & 7s. 
 
 I GLORIOUS things of thee are spoken, 
 
 Zion, city of our God! 
 He, whose word can not be broken, 
 
 FormM thee for his own abode: 
 On the Rock of ages founded, 
 
 What can shake thy sure repose? 
 With Salvation's walls surrounded, 
 
 Thou may'st smile at all thy foes. 
 
 S See! the streams of living waters 
 Springing from eternal love, 
 Well supply thy sons and daughters, 
 And all fear of want remove; 
 
THE CHURCH. 6a 
 
 Who can faint while such a river 
 Ever flows thy thirst t' assuage? 
 
 Grace, which like the Lord, the giver. 
 Never fails from age to age. 
 
 5 Round each habitation hov'ring, 
 
 See the cloud and fire appear! 
 For a glory and a covering, 
 
 Showing that the Lord is near: 
 Thus deriving: from their banner 
 
 Light by night and shade by day, 
 Safe they feed upon the manna 
 
 Which he gives them when they pray. 
 
 4 Blest inhabitants of Zion, 
 
 Wash'd in the Redeemer's blood! 
 Jesus, whom their souls rely on, 
 
 Makes them kings and priests to God: 
 'Tis his love his people raises 
 
 Over self to reign as kings: 
 And as priests, his solemn praises 
 
 Each for a thank-ofF'ring brings. 
 
 5 Saviour, if of Zion's citv 
 
 I through grace a member am; 
 Let the world deride or pity, 
 
 I will glory in thy name; 
 Fading is the worldling's pleasure,' 
 
 All his boasted pomp and show! 
 Solid joys and lasting treasure. 
 
 None but Zion's children know. 
 
64 THE CHURCH, 
 
 •\T). 83. — c. M. 
 
 1 NOT to the terrors of the Lord, 
 
 The tempest, fire, and smoke; 
 Not to the thunder of that word 
 Which God on Sinai spoke; 
 
 2 But we are come to Sion's hill, 
 
 The citj of our God, 
 Where milder words declare his will, 
 And spread his love abroad. 
 
 S Behold the blest assembly there, 
 Whose names are writ in heav'n, 
 And God, the judge of all, declares 
 Their vilest sins forgiv'n. 
 
 t/Yo. 84. 
 
 1 HAPPY the church! thou sacred place, 
 The seat of thy Creator's grace! 
 
 Thy holy courts are his abode, 
 The earthly palace of our God. 
 
 2 Thy walls are strength, and at thy gates 
 A guard of heavenly angels waits; 
 
 Nor shall thy deep foundations move. 
 Built on the counsels of his love. 
 
 9 Thy foes in vain designs engage, 
 Against thy walls in vain they rage; 
 Like rising weaves, with anger roar, 
 That dash and die upon the shore. 
 
 4 Then let our souls in Zion dwell, 
 Nor fear the pow'r of earth or hell; 
 Since God defends this happy ground. 
 Like brazen bulwarks built around* 
 
THE CHURCH, 65 
 
 5 God is our sun, God is our shield, 
 Light and protection he will yield; 
 And we, beneath the genial rays, 
 Will sing his love, and speak his praise. 
 
 JVb. 85. — 1. M. 
 
 1 O HAPPY chui'ch, celestial bride, 
 Thy Husband will with thee reside; 
 With matchless glory thou shalt shine. 
 In robes of honour all divine. 
 
 2 Silver and gold her happy dress, 
 
 Truth, meekness, love, and righteousness; 
 Holy without, and pure within, 
 Free from the guilt of reigning sin, 
 
 S Her laws and doctrines just and right; 
 Her priests, the ministers of light; 
 Her order, from the courts above. 
 And all her service done in love. 
 
 4 Her discipline is from the Word, 
 Her head and ruler is the Lord, 
 Her sons and daughters all agree. 
 And live in peace and charity. 
 
 5 Her journey is the holy way 
 Which leads to everlasting day; 
 And her eternal, sure reward, 
 A crown of glory with the Lord, 
 
 JS^o. 86, 
 
 J THE Lord of glory is my light, 
 And my salvation too; 
 God is my strength, nor will I fear 
 What mortal iiesh can do, G 3 
 
€6 THE CHURCH. 
 
 2 One privilege my heart desires, 
 O grant me an abode 
 Among the churches of thy saints, 
 The temple of my God! 
 
 G There shall I offer my requests, 
 And see thy glory still; 
 Shall hear thy messages of love. 
 And learn thy holy will. 
 
 4 When troubles rise and storms appear, 
 
 There may his children hide; 
 God has a strong pavilion, where 
 He makes my soul abide. 
 
 5 Should friends and kindred, near and dear, 
 
 Leave me to want or die, 
 My God would make my life his care, 
 And all my need supply. 
 
 6 Wait on the Lord, ye trembling saints, 
 
 And keep your courage up; 
 He *ll raise your spirit when it faints, 
 And elevate your hope. 
 
 M. 87. 
 
 1 THE kingdom. Lord, belongs to thee, 
 In thy Divine Humanity; 
 Now wilt thou judge in righteousness, 
 And all the poor in mercy bless. 
 
 £ How happy all thy servants are, 
 Who in thy church a dwelling share; 
 Mountains and hills with blessings flow, 
 And love and peace abound below. 
 
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 -3 The kings of Sheba now shall bring 
 Celestial offerings to their King; 
 Worship the Lord from love sincere, 
 And joyful in his courts appear. 
 
 4 Now Sheba's gold, celestial love. 
 The welcome sacrifice shall prove; 
 And Sheba's silver, truth divine, 
 With heav'nly love in worship join. 
 
 5 Jesus the sacrifice will own. 
 
 As humbly we approach his throne; 
 And while we serve him thus below. 
 Our peace shall like a river flow. 
 
 tTVb. 88. — c. M. 
 
 WORSHIP. 
 
 1 'TIS good to praise Jehovah's name, 
 And of his mercy sing; 
 To speak of his eternal fame, 
 And celebrate our King. 
 
 S Sweet is the work to sing and tell 
 The goodness of the Lord; 
 How we by love are rais'd from hell, 
 And by the truth restored. 
 
 S 'T'ls pleasant to exalt our God, 
 Who gathers outcasts in, 
 And sends his love and truth abroad, 
 To heal the plague of sin. 
 
€8 WORSHIP. 
 
 4 The broken heart of deepest wound 
 
 The Lord in mercy heals; 
 Makes dying sinners strong and sounds 
 And for the wretched feels. 
 
 5 Sing to the Lord, his love declare, 
 
 My voice shall gladly join; 
 He saves our souls, we are his care. 
 His niercy is divine, 
 
 JS^o. 89. — L. M, 
 
 1 NOW let our souls on wings sublime, 
 Rise from the vanities of time; 
 Draw^ back the parting veil, and see 
 The glories of eternity. 
 
 £ Born by a new celestial birth, 
 
 Why should we grovel here on earth? 
 Why grasp at transitory toys, 
 So near to heav'n's eternal joys.^ 
 
 3 Should aught beguile us on the road, 
 AVhen we are walking back to God.^ 
 For strangers into life we come. 
 And dying is but going home. 
 
 4 Welcome sweet hour of full discharge, 
 That sets our longing souls at large; 
 L^nbinds our chains, breaks up our cell, 
 And gives us with our God to dwell. 
 
 5 To dwell with God, to feel his love, 
 Is the full heav'n enjoy 'd above: 
 And the sweet expectation now, 
 
 Is the young dawn of heaven beloWv 
 
WORSHIP. 69 
 
 JVb. 90. — p. M. 
 
 1 TO thee, my God and friend, 
 
 I raise my morning song; 
 Thou dost my life defend, 
 Thy arm of pow'r is strong. 
 My many foes 
 
 Beset me round; 
 But sweet repose 
 From thee I found. 
 
 2 While on my bed I rest, 
 
 Amidst the shades of night, 
 My wakeful mind is blest 
 
 With heav'nly love and light. 
 Thy holy Word 
 
 Is brought to mind; 
 And there, Lord, 
 I pleasure find. 
 
 3 If sleep pervade my frame, 
 
 I still am safe in sleep; 
 For angels in thy name, 
 My soul and body keep. 
 How rich and great 
 
 Thy mercies prove! 
 The angels wait 
 On men in love! 
 
 4 Now blest with morning light, 
 
 To thee I give the day; 
 And in thy love and light 
 I '11 still pursue my way; 
 Till thou shalt raise 
 
 My soul above, 
 
 Where all is praise, 
 
 And all is love. 
 
70 WORSHIP. 
 
 tA'b. 91. — Aix 85. 
 
 1 ENGAG'D in thv worship, Lord, 
 If languid and dull be my heart, 
 Awaken me straight with thy Word, 
 Thy grace to enliven impart. 
 
 SIM never sit joyless, as dead, 
 
 While others rejoice in thy name; 
 Nor mournfully hang down my head. 
 While they thy rich mercy proclaim. 
 
 S From formal to faithful I 'd rise, 
 
 From coldness to rapture and love; 
 I long for the heavenly joys. 
 To raise my affections above. 
 
 4 The shadow, the form, and the name, 
 Are nothing, dear Saviour, to me; 
 The pow'r, and the life, and the flame, 
 Can only conjoin me with thee. 
 
 •yVo. 92, — s. M. 
 
 1 LORD, at thv sacred feet 
 
 Joyful would we appear; 
 Within thy earthly temple meet 
 To see thy glory here. 
 
 2 AVe come to worship thee, 
 
 For thou art God alone; 
 In humble pray'r to bend the knee, 
 Before thy holy throne. 
 
 3 Thy Word is our delight, 
 
 Thy truth will make us free; 
 *Tis from thyself a heav'niy light, 
 Jt leads our souls to thee. 
 
WORSHIP. 71 
 
 4 Thy goodness we behold, 
 
 While in thy presence, Lord; 
 Thy wond'rous truth and love unfold 
 The treasures of thy Word. 
 
 5 In all our meetings here, 
 
 Our souls are blest with good; 
 Thou wilt to waiting minds be near. 
 And give thy children food. 
 
 6 So will we render praise 
 
 To thee, the God of love; 
 With pleasure walk in all thy ways, 
 Till we shall meet above. 
 
 JVo. 93. — s. M. 
 
 1 HOW happy when we meet 
 To hear the holy Word; 
 To bow at Jesu's blessed feet, 
 Who is our only Lord. 
 
 £ Here saints with rapture join, 
 To serve the God of heav'n; 
 And here they taste the living wine, 
 From Jesus freely giv'n: 
 
 S In love and wisdom grow, 
 In holiness abound; 
 Cheerful to brighter kingdoms go. 
 Where richer joys are found, 
 
 4 Jehovah smites the rock, 
 The living waters rise; 
 Refresh the humble, thirsty flock. 
 With true substantial iovs. 
 
7t WORSHIP. 
 
 5 The bread of life is giv'n, 
 
 The saints with rapture feed; 
 Ten thousand blessings flow from heav'n, 
 And here we 're blest indeed. 
 
 J\'*o. 94. — ALL 8s. 
 
 1 THE Lord is here, let us adore, 
 
 And own how awfid is this place! 
 Let all within us feel his pow'r, 
 
 And, silent, bow before his face! 
 "Who know his pow'r, his grace who prove, 
 Serve him in fear, with rev'rence love. 
 
 2 Lo, God is here! him day and night 
 
 United choirs of angels sing: 
 To him, enthroned above all height, 
 
 Heav'n's host their noblest praises bring: 
 Disdain not, Lord, our meaner song, 
 Who praise thee with a feebler tongue. 
 
 3 Being of beings, may our praise 
 
 Thy courts with grateful fragrance fill; 
 Still may we stand before thy face, 
 
 Still hear and do thy sov'reign will; 
 To thee mav all our thoudits arise, 
 Ceaseless, accepted sacrifice! 
 
 JVT}. 95. — 8s & 6s. 
 1 PRAISE ye the Lord, who reigns above, 
 And keeps his courts below: 
 Praise him, the holy God of love, 
 
 And all his goodness show. 
 Praise him for all his noble deeds, 
 
 And for his matchless pow'r: 
 Praise him, from whom all good proceeds, 
 I»et earth and heav'n adore. 
 
WORSHIP. 
 
 2 With joy we '11 spread to all abroad 
 
 The great Emmanuel's nanie: 
 Let ev'ry heart confess him God, 
 
 Him '* Lord of hosts" proclaim. 
 Praise him with ev'ry tuneful string. 
 
 And all your heav'nly art: 
 With all the pow'r of music, bring 
 
 The music of the heart. 
 
 S Praise him, in whom we move and live, 
 
 Let ev'ry creature sing; 
 And glory to their Maker give. 
 
 And homage to their King. 
 With songs we '11 praise his name beneath, 
 
 Jesus, be thou ador'd; 
 
 praise the Lord with ev'ry breath; 
 Let all things praise the Lord, 
 
 JSTo. 96. — c. M. 
 
 1 MY God, the spring of all my joys, 
 
 The life of my delights, 
 The glory of my brightest days, • 
 And comfort of my nights: 
 
 2 In darkest shades if thou appear. 
 
 My dawning is begun; 
 Thou art my soul's bright morning star, 
 And thou my rising sun. 
 
 S The op'ning heav'ns around me shine 
 With beams of sacred bliss, 
 AVhen Jesus shows his mercy mine, 
 And whispers I am his. 
 
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74 WORSHIP. 
 
 4 My soul would leave this heavy clay 
 At that transporting word, 
 Ascend with joy the shining way, 
 To see and praise the Lord. 
 
 J\*0. 97. — L. M. 
 
 1 ALMIGHTY Lord, thou just and true, 
 What songs of praise to thee are due! 
 Our happy state to thee we owe, 
 And grateful hymns of praise shall flow. 
 
 S As we advance in wisdom's ways, 
 
 Thy love demands new songs of praise; 
 Our pleasures, joys, and hopes increase, 
 And all within is settled peace. 
 
 3 Our foes with weaker pow'r assail, 
 With strength increasing we prevail^ 
 Above temptation's powT we rise, 
 And press with zeal to yonder skies. 
 
 4 Transporting thought! celestial state! 
 For this we live, for this we wait; 
 And while we take the happy road, 
 Our songs of praise ascend to God. 
 
 J\^o. 98. — P. M. 
 
 1 LORD, dismiss us with thy blessing, 
 
 Hope and comfort from above; 
 Let us each, thy peace possessing, 
 Triumph in redeeming love. 
 
 2 For ten thousand mercies granted, 
 
 For thy kingdom brouglit thus nigh, 
 For the promise of what 's wanted^ 
 Let our praises rise on high. 
 
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 3 Thanks receive, and adoration. 
 For the gospePs joyful sound; 
 May the fruits of thy salvation 
 In our hearts and lives abound. 
 
 J^'^O. 99. — L, M. 
 
 1 BEFORE Jehovah's awful throne, 
 Ye nations bow with sacred joy; 
 Know that the Lord is God alone. 
 He doth create, and not destroy. 
 
 £ His sovereign pow'r, without our aid, 
 Made us of clay, and forin'd us men; 
 And when, like wand'ring sheep, we stray*d, 
 He brought us to his fold again. 
 
 3 We 'II crowd his gates with thankful songs, 
 
 High as the heav'ns our voices raise; 
 And earth, with her ten thousand tongues, 
 Shall fill his courts with sounding praise. 
 
 4 Wide as the world is his command, 
 
 Vast as eternity his love; 
 Firm as a rock his truth shall stand, 
 
 Tho' rolling years should cease to move. 
 
 •A^o. 100. — L. M. 
 
 1 WITH one consent let all the earth 
 To God their cheerful voices raise; 
 Glad homage pay, with awful mirth, 
 And sing before him songs of praise. 
 
 £ Convinc'd that he is God alone, 
 
 From whom both we and all proceed; 
 We, whom he chooses for his own. 
 The flock that he vouchsafes to feed. 
 
76 WORSHIP. 
 
 3 Center then his temple gate. 
 
 Thence to his courts devoutly press, 
 And still your grateful hymns repeat, 
 And still his name with praises bless. 
 
 4 For he 's the Lord, supremely good, 
 
 His mercy is for ever sure; 
 His truth, which always firmly stood, 
 To endless ages shall endure. 
 
 J\^o. 101. — L. M. 
 
 1 PRAISE ye the Lord! 'tis good to raise 
 Your hearts and voices in his praise; 
 His nature and his works invite, 
 
 To make the duty our delight. 
 
 2 He form'd the stars, those heav'nly flames, 
 He counts their numbers, calls their names; 
 His wisdom's vast, and knows no bound, 
 
 A deep, where all our thoughts are drown'd! 
 
 S Sing to the Lord, exalt him high, 
 
 AVho spreads his clouds around the sky; 
 There he prepares the fruitful rain, 
 Nor lets the drops descend in vain. 
 
 4 He makes the grass ihe hills adorn. 
 And clothes the smiling fields with corn; 
 The beasts with food his hands supply, 
 And the young ravens, when they cry. 
 
 5 What is the creatures' skill or force, 
 The sprightly man. or warlike horse? 
 The piercing wit, the active limb. 
 Are all too mean delights for him. 
 
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WORSHIP. :7 
 
 6 But saints are lovely in his sight. 
 He views his children with delight! 
 He sees their hope, he knows their fear. 
 And views and loves his image there. 
 
 •A^o. 102. 
 
 1 MY Saviour, mj almighty Friend, 
 When I begin thy praise, 
 Where will the growing numbers end, 
 The numbers of thy grace? 
 
 £ Thou art my everlasting trust, 
 Thy goodness I adore: 
 Send down thy grace, blessed Lord, 
 That 1 may love thee more. 
 
 My feet shall travel all the length 
 Of the celestial road: 
 And march with courage in thy strength, 
 To see the Lord my God. 
 
 4 Awake, awake my tuneful pow'rs, 
 With this delightful song, 
 And entertain the darkest hours, 
 Nor think the season long. 
 
 «M>. 103. — c. M. 
 
 1 GIVE to the Lord a new-made song; 
 
 The strain from thee must flow: 
 To thee, blest Bride, to thee^ belong 
 New praises here below. 
 
 2 By Egypt can his love be sung, 
 
 Shall she his truths declare? 
 Alas! she knows not Canaan's tongue, 
 Nor what his mercies are. H £ 
 
78 WORSHIP. 
 
 9 No stranger's voice his deeds can tell. 
 His mighty acts proclaim, 
 And say how man he saves from hell; 
 'Tis thou must speak his fame. 
 
 4 In thee, thy God, with sevenfold light, 
 
 Kis brightest beams displays. 
 then, to what an heav'nly height, 
 Should swell thy sounding lays. 
 
 5 But how will man*s unhallow'd ear 
 
 Receive thy notes of praise.^ i 
 
 The thunder's crash he seeks to hear, 
 And view the lightning's blaze. 
 
 6 Thy God another glory shows, 
 
 Jerusalem, to thee. 
 His yielding love subdues his foes, 
 And deep humility. 
 
 7 He to the lacerating scourge 
 
 His suffering body gave, 
 Saw those the shameful insult urge, 
 He, dying, strove to save. 
 
 8 That brow, which earth could not adorn. 
 
 Nor heav'n's resplendent beams, 
 Was circled with tne piercing thorn. 
 And stain'd with bleeding: streams. 
 
 9 The mocking reed to him was giv*n. 
 
 Whose awful sceptre sways 
 The extended realms of earth and heav'n, 
 And hell itself obevs. 
 
WORSHIP. 79 
 
 10 All hail, O King! the scoffing crowd 
 
 . With bending knee exclaim, 
 Whilst angels sing Hosannas loud, 
 And bless his holy name. 
 
 11 But what were these to that dread hour, 
 
 Gethsemane, in thee! 
 No tongue can tell what then he bore, 
 No human eye could see. 
 
 12 What to that moment's deeper gloom, 
 
 The cross's fearful night, 
 There could no ray of comfort come 
 From heav'n's all cheering light. 
 
 13 Now Satan triumph'd, now he cried, 
 
 Who shall my power oppose? 
 But when the Son of Mary died, 
 The Lord of Life arose. 
 
 14 In strength arose, and down to hell 
 
 A mighty Conqueror came; 
 Then, Satan, then, thy empire fell, 
 Then knew his wond'rous name. 
 
 JVb. 104. — c. M. 
 
 1 THROUGH all the changing scenes of life, 
 
 In trouble and in joy. 
 The praises of my God shall still 
 My heart and tongue employ. 
 
 2 Of his deliverance I will boast 
 
 Till all, who are distrest, 
 From my example comfort take, 
 And charm their griefs to rcst> 
 
BO WORSHIP. 
 
 3 The hosts of God encamp arouml 
 
 The dwellings of the just; 
 Protection he affords to all 
 
 Who make his name their trust. 
 
 4 Oh, make but trial of his love! — 
 
 Experience will decide 
 How blest are they, and only they, 
 Who in his truth confide. 
 
 5 Fear him, ye saints! and you will then 
 
 Have nothing else to fear; 
 Make but his service your delight, — 
 Your wants shall be his care. 
 
 6 While hungry lions lack their prey, 
 
 The Lord will food provide 
 For such as put their trust in him, 
 And see their needs supply'd. 
 
 JNT?. 105. — s. M. 
 
 1 AND will th' eternal King 
 So mean a gift reward! 
 That ofi''ring, Lord w ith joy we bring, 
 Which thine own hand prepared. 
 
 ^ We own thv various claim: 
 And to thine altar move, 
 The willing victims of thy grace, 
 And bound with cords of love, 
 
 3 Descend, celestial fire!— 
 The sacrifice inflame; 
 So shall a grateful odour rise 
 Through our Redeemer's nam^. 
 
WORSHIP. 81 
 
 JVb. 106. — I. M. 
 
 1 JESUS, where'er thy people meet, 
 There they behold tny mercy-seat; 
 Where'er they seek thee thou art found, 
 And ev'ry place is hallow'd ground. 
 
 S For thou, within no walls confin'd, 
 Inhabitest the humble mind; 
 Such ever bring thee, where they come. 
 And going, take thee to their home. 
 
 5 And though. O Lord, the flock be few, 
 Thy former mercies here renew; 
 Here, to our waiting hearts proclaim 
 The sweetness of thy saving name. 
 
 4 Here may we prove the pow'r of prayV, 
 To strengthen faith and sweeten carej 
 To teach our faint desires to rise, 
 
 And bring all heav'n before our eyes. 
 
 5 Behold at thy commanding word. 
 We stretch the curtain and the cord; 
 Come thou and fill this wider space, 
 And bless us with a large increase. 
 
 6 Lord, we are few, but thou art near; 
 Nor short thine arm, nor deaf thine ear, 
 O rend the heav'ns, come quickly down, 
 And make a thousand hearts thine own! 
 
 .TVo. 107. — L. M. 
 
 ALL Glorious God, what hymns of praise 
 Shall our transported voices raise! 
 What ardent love and zeal are due, 
 While heav'u stands open to our view! 
 
82 WORSHIP. 
 
 2 Once we were fall'n, and how low! 
 Just on the brink of endless wo; 
 When Jesus, from the realms above, 
 Borne on the wings of boundless love, 
 
 S ScatterM the shades of death and night, 
 And spread around his heav'nly light! 
 By him what wond'rous grace is shown 
 To souls impoverished and undone! 
 
 4 He shows, beyond these mortal shores, 
 A bright inheritance as ours; 
 Where saints in light our coming wait, 
 To share their holy, happy state! 
 
 JVo. 108. — c. M. 
 
 1 COME, Lord, and warm each languid heart, 
 Inspire each lifeless tongue; 
 And let the joys of heav'n impart 
 Their influence to our song. 
 
 ^ Sorrow, and pain, and ev'ry care, 
 And discord there shall cease; 
 And perfect joy, and love sincere, * 
 
 Adorn the realms of peace. 
 
 3 The soul from sin for ever free. 
 
 Shall mourn it's pow'r no more; 
 But, cloth'd in spotless purity, 
 Redeeming love adore. 
 
 4 There in the sun (how dazzling bright!) 
 
 Th' exalted Saviour shines; 
 And beams ineffable delight 
 On all the heav'nly minds. 
 
WORSHIP. 83 
 
 5 There shall the followers of the Lamb 
 
 Join in immortal songs; 
 And endless honours to his name 
 Employ their tuneful tongues. 
 
 6 Lord 5 tune our hearts to praise and love, 
 
 Our feeble notes inspire; 
 Till in thy blissful courts above. 
 We join th' angelic choir. 
 
 JVo. 109.— s. M. 
 
 1 COME, we that love the Lord, 
 
 And let our joys be known: 
 Join in a song with sweet accord, 
 And thus surround the throne. 
 
 2 The sorrows of the mind 
 
 Be banish'd from this place! 
 Religion never was design'd 
 To make our pleasures less. 
 
 3 Let those refuse to sing 
 
 That never knew our God, 
 But those who know our heav'nly king 
 Will speak their joys abroad. 
 
 4 The God that rules on hi^h 
 
 And thunders Avhen he please, 
 That rides upon the stormy sky 
 And manages the seas, 
 
 5 This awful God is ours; 
 
 Our Father and our love: 
 He shall send down his heav'nly powTS 
 To carry us above. 
 
84 WORSHIP. 
 
 ^ 6 There shall we see his face. 
 And never, never sin! 
 There, from the rivers of his grace. 
 Drink endless pleasures in. 
 
 7 Yes, and before we rise 
 
 To that immortal state, 
 The thoughts of such amazing bliss 
 Should constant joys create. 
 
 8 The men of grace have found 
 
 Glory begun below: 
 Celestial fruits on earthly ground, 
 From faith and hope may grow. 
 
 9 The Hill of Sion yields 
 
 A thousand sacred sweets, 
 Before we reach the heav'nly fields, 
 Or walk the golden streets. 
 
 10 Then let our songs abound, 
 And ev'ry tear be dry; 
 AVe're marching through Immanuel's ground 
 To fairer worlds on high. 
 
 •AT?. 110. — c. M. 
 
 1 YE humble souls, approach your God 
 
 With songs of sacred praise. 
 For he is good, supremely good, 
 And kind are all his ways. 
 
 2 All nature owns his guardian care 
 
 In him we live and move; 
 But nobler benefits declare 
 The wondei^ of his love. 
 
WORSHIP. 85 
 
 3 To this dear refuge, Lord, we come, 
 
 'Tis here our hope relies; 
 A safe defence, a peaceful home, 
 When storms of trouble rise. 
 
 4 Thine eye beholds with kind regard. 
 
 The souls who trust in thee; 
 Their humble hope thou wilt reward. 
 With bliss divinely free. 
 
 5 Great God, to thj Almighty love, 
 
 What honours shall we raise? 
 Not all til' angelic songs above 
 Can render equal praise, 
 
 JVb. 111.— 1^. M. 
 
 1 DO angels bow before thy throne 
 
 To thee, their ev'ry offering send! 
 And shall not man thy godhead own 
 And low before thine altar bend.^ 
 
 2 Do all the first-born sons of light, 
 
 Their highest honour pay to thee! 
 Shall man withhold his humble mite, 
 Refuse to bend the suppliant knee? 
 
 3 Forbid it Lord! — our breasts inflame, 
 
 W^ith holy zeal, with pure desire. 
 To sing the glories of thy name, 
 In concert with the heav'nly choir! 
 
 4 To thee, may our devotion rise; 
 
 For thee, each pious passion glow: 
 O may the fervours of the skies, 
 Kindle in all our souls below! 
 
b6 WORSHIP. 
 
 5 Still, in the Sacred Bush, may we 
 
 Behold thy rays of Godhead shine; 
 " The angel of Thy Presence see," 
 In ev'ry page, in ev'ry line! 
 
 6 While bands of shining hosts above, 
 
 All " Holy, Holy, Holy, cry;" 
 Jesus, thou God of truth and love, 
 Amen, Amen, our hearts reply! 
 
 J\^o. 112. — c. M. 
 
 1 SHOULD nature's charms, to please the eye, 
 In sweet assemblage join; 
 All nature's charms would droop and die, 
 Jesus, compar'd wdth thine. 
 
 ^ Vain were her fairest beams displayed, 
 And vain her blooming store; 
 Her brightness languishes to shade, 
 Her beauty is no more. 
 
 S But ah, how far from mortal sioht 
 The Lord of glory dwells! 
 A veil of interposing night 
 His radiant face conceals — 
 
 4 O could my longing spirit rise 
 
 On strong immortal wing. 
 And reach thy palace in the skies. 
 My Saviour and my King! 
 
 5 There thousands worship at tliy feet, 
 
 And there (divine employ!) 
 The triumphs of thy love repeat, 
 ]n songs of endless joy. 
 
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 6 Thy presence beams eternal day 
 O'er all the blissful place; 
 Who would not drop this load of clay, 
 And die to see thy face. 
 
 JVT). 113. — s. M. 
 
 1 BEHOLD, the morning sun 
 
 Begins his glorious way, 
 His beams through all the nations run^ 
 And life and light convey. 
 
 2 But where the gospel comes. 
 
 It spreads diviner light: 
 It calls dead sinners from their tombs, 
 And gives the blind their sight. 
 
 5 How perfect is thy word! 
 
 And all thy judgments just! 
 For ever sure thy promise. Lord, 
 And we securely trust. 
 
 4 My gracious God, how plain 
 
 Are thy directions given! 
 O may I never read in vain, 
 But find the path to heaven! 
 
 5 I hear thy word with love; 
 
 help me to obey! 
 
 Send thy good spirit from above^ 
 To guide me, lest I stray. 
 
 6 Whilst with my heart and tongue 
 
 1 spread thy praise abroad; 
 Accept the worship and the song^ 
 
 My Saviour and my God. 
 
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88 WORSHIP. 
 
 JVb, 114. — c. M. 
 
 1 BEHOLD the rising dawn appear, 
 
 \Vhich calls our willing feet 
 To tread thy courts, God! and here 
 Our solemn praise repeat. 
 
 2 Fair Zion's gates are our delight; 
 
 Within her walls we stand; 
 And all her happy sons unite 
 In friendship's sacred band. 
 
 6 We love the place where Zion's Lord 
 Is pleas'd to show his face; 
 Here he proclaims his holy word, 
 And here accepts our praise. 
 
 4 Peace be within this hallow'd place, 
 
 And joy a constant guest; 
 With holy gifts and heav'nly grace, 
 Be her attendants blest. 
 
 5 Our souls shall pray for Zion still, 
 
 While life or breath remains; 
 For here our friends and brethren d\TelI, 
 And here our Saviour reigns. 
 
 JNT). 1 15. — I.. M. 
 
 1 GOD is our Sun, he makes our day, 
 God is our Shield, he guards our way 
 From all th' assaults of hell and sin. 
 From foes without, and foes within. 
 
 2 All needful grace will God bestow, 
 And crown that grace with glory too; 
 He gives us all things, and withholds 
 No real good from upright souls. 
 
WORSHIP. 89 
 
 5 Blest are the men, whose stedfast mind 
 To Zion's gate is still inclin'd; 
 God is their strength, and through the road 
 They lean upon their helper, God. 
 
 4 Cheerful they walk with growing strength, 
 Till all shall meet in heav'n at length. 
 Till all before thy face appear. 
 And join in nobler worship there. 
 
 JVo. 116. — P. M. 
 
 1 LORD of the worlds above, 
 
 How pleasant and how fair 
 The dwellings of thy love, 
 Thy earthly temples are! 
 To thine abode 
 My heart aspires, 
 With warm desires, 
 To see my God. 
 
 2 To spend one sacred day 
 
 Where God and saints abide, 
 Affords diviner joy. 
 
 Than thousand days beside; 
 Where God resorts, 
 I love it more 
 To keep the door, 
 Than shine in courts, 
 
 3 happy souls that pray 
 
 Where God appoints to hear! 
 O happy men that pay 
 
 Their constant service there! 
 
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 The J praise thee still. 
 And happy they, 
 Who fimJ the way, 
 
 To ZIon's hill. 
 
 4 They go from strength to strength, 
 Through this dark vale of tears, 
 Till each arrives at length, 
 Till each in heav'n appears. 
 O glorious seat! 
 
 When God our King 
 Shall thither bring; 
 Our willing feet. 
 
 JVb. 1 1 7. — L. M. 
 
 1 O COME, loud anthems let us sing, 
 Loud thanks to our almighty King; 
 For we our voices high should raise, 
 
 When our salvation's Rock we praise! 
 
 » 
 
 52 Into his presence let us haste, 
 
 To thank him for his favours past; 
 To him address, in joyful songs, 
 
 The praise that to his name belongs. 
 
 3 The depths of earth are in his hand. 
 
 Her secret wealth at his command; 
 The strength of hilU tiiat threat the skies, 
 Subjected to his empire lies. 
 
 4 The rolling ocean's vast abyss 
 
 By the same sov'reign right is his, 
 'Tis mov'd by that Almighty hand, 
 Which form'd and fix'd the solid land. 
 
WORSHIP. 91 
 
 5 let us to his courts repair, 
 
 And bow with adoration there! 
 Down on our knees devoutly all 
 Before the Lord our Maker fall. 
 
 A^o. 118. — c. M. 
 
 1 O liORD, how worthy of our love 
 
 Is that delightful place, 
 Where we can meet to pray and hear 
 Thy word of truth and grace! 
 
 2 Our longing souls faint with desire, 
 
 To tread that blest abode; 
 Our panting heart and flesh cry out 
 For thee, the living God. 
 
 8 There the great Monarch of the skies 
 His saving pow'r displays. 
 And light breaks in upon our eyes, 
 With kind and quickening rays. 
 
 4 Thrice happy they, whose choice has thee 
 
 Their sure protection made; 
 "VV^ho love to tread the sacred ways, 
 Which to thy temple lead. 
 
 5 Thus they proceed by various steps. 
 
 And still approach njore near, 
 'Till all on Zion's heav'nly mount, 
 Before their God aj)pear. 
 
 JSTo. 119. — L. M. 
 
 1 SO let our lips and lives express 
 The holy gospel we profess; 
 So let our works and virtues shine, 
 To prove the doctrine all divine. 
 
92 WORSHIP. 
 
 2 Thus shall we best proclaim abroad 
 The honours of our Saviour God; 
 When the salvation reigns within, 
 And grace subdues the pow-r of sin. 
 
 3 Our flesh and sense must be den jM, 
 Passion and envy, lust and pride; 
 Whilst justice, temperance, truth and love^ 
 Our inward piety approve. 
 
 4 Religion bears our spirits up, 
 Whilst we expect that blessed hope, 
 The bright appearance of the Lord, 
 And faith stands leaning on his word. 
 
 JS^o. 120. 
 
 1 TH' uplifted eye and bended knee 
 Are but vain homage, Lord, to thee; 
 In vain our lips thy praise prolong, 
 The heart a stranger to the song. 
 
 2 Can rites, and forms, and flaming zeal, 
 The breaches of thy precept heal? 
 Can fasts and penance reconcile 
 
 Th' estrange dbosom to thy smile? 
 
 S The pure, the humble, contrite mind, 
 Thankful, and to thy will resigned, 
 To thee a nobler offering yields, 
 Than Sheba^s groves or Sharoii^s fields; 
 
 4 Than floods of oil, or costly wine. 
 Rolling by thousands to thy shrine; 
 Or than if to thine altar led, 
 A first-born son the victim bled. 
 
WORSHIP. 93 
 
 5 " Be just and kind and humble too, 
 In all you say, in all you do; 
 To men, your charity impart, 
 And love your God with all your heart." 
 
 J\^o. 121. 
 
 1 WHEREWITH shall guilty man appear 
 
 Before Jehovah's throne; 
 Or how procure thy kind regard, 
 And for his sins atone? 
 
 2 Shall altars flame, and victims bleed. 
 
 And spicy fumes ascend? 
 Will these our earnest wish succeed, 
 And make our God our friend. 
 
 5 Should thousand rams in flames expire, 
 Would these thy favours buy? 
 Or oil that should for holy fire 
 Ten thousand streams supply? 
 
 4 With trembling hands and bleeding heart, 
 
 Should we our offspring slay; 
 Would this atone for ill desert, 
 And take our guilt away? 
 
 5 "No," saith the Lord, " 'Tis fruitless all, 
 
 Such costly rites are vain; 
 No victims from the field or stall 
 My favour can obtain. 
 
 6 But truth to men and justice show, 
 
 And proofs of mercy give; 
 Then humbly walk with God below, 
 And you with God shall live. 
 
94 WORSHIP. 
 
 4 
 
 Hands that are clean, and hearts sincere, 
 
 I never will despise; 
 And cheerful duty will prefer 
 
 To costly sacrifice." 
 
 JVU 122. — L. M. 
 
 1 WHERE two or three, Mith sweet accord. 
 Obedient to their sovereign Lord, 
 Meet to recount his acts of grace, 
 And offer solemn prayer and praise. 
 
 £ " There," saith the Saviour, " will I be, 
 " Amid that little company; 
 ^' To them unveil my smiling face, 
 " And shed my glories round the place." 
 
 3 We meet at thy command, Lord, 
 Relying on thy faithful word: 
 Now send thy Spirit from above, 
 To m-^nifest thy dying love. 
 
 JVb. 123. — c. M. 
 
 1 HOW did my heart rejoice, to hear 
 
 b/iy friends devoutly say: 
 ," In Zion let us all appear, 
 And keep the solemn day." 
 
 2 I love her gates, I love the road: 
 
 The church, adorn'd with grace. 
 Stands like a palace built for God, 
 To show his milder face. 
 
 Peace be within this sacred place, 
 
 And joy a constant guest! 
 With holy gifts and heav'nly grace 
 
 Be her attendants blest. 
 
 3 
 
WORSHIP. 95 
 
 4 My soul shall pray for Zion still, 
 While life or breath remains, 
 There my best friends my kindred dwells 
 There God, my Saviour, reigns. 
 
 JVo. 124. 
 
 1 HOW shall we sinners come before 
 
 Our blessed Saviour's dazzling throne; 
 Or how acceptably adore 
 
 The great redeeming God we own? 
 
 2 Shall fatlings on His altar burn, 
 
 Or oil in bounteous rivers flow? 
 Will God be pleased with such return, 
 For all the mighty debt we owe? 
 
 3 Or shall we burst the tenderest tie 
 
 That binds the throbbing seat of sense, 
 And with our body's offspring buy 
 A pardon for our soul's offence? 
 
 4 Ah! no — a humble, contrite heart, . 
 
 Is all the offering God requires; S 
 
 Our only sacrifice, to part 
 
 With evil loves and false desires. 
 
 5 O let us, then, no longer stray 
 
 Along the dangerous paths we 've trod; 
 For he has plainly show'd the way 
 Which will conduct us back to God. 
 
 6 'Tis but to regulate the mind 
 
 By the puie precepts of His word; 
 To act with truth and love combin'd, 
 And humbly imitate the Lord. 
 
96 WORSHIP. 
 
 JS^o. 125. 
 
 1 YE sons of men, come, seek the Lord, 
 While yet He may be found; 
 He '11 meet you in His holy word, 
 AVhere love and truth abound. 
 
 ^ Call on Him while He yet is near 
 To hear a sinner's call; 
 A humble penitential tear 
 Will never vainly fall. 
 
 V 
 
 5 Let man forsake the sinner's road 
 Discard each vicious thought, 
 Return to Jesus, as his God, 
 And be by Jesus taught; 
 
 4 Then will the Lord* his mercy show; 
 His pardon freely give; 
 Then man his only good will know, 
 And in that knowledge live. 
 
 A^o, 126. 
 
 1 GOD is in His Holy Temple, 
 
 Sons of earth, be silent now; 
 Hither let the saints assemble, 
 
 And before His footstool bow. 
 Lo, He 's present with us ever. 
 
 When assembled in His name; 
 Aiding every good endeavour, 
 
 Guiding every humble aim. 
 
 2 God is in His Holy Temple, 
 
 'Tis each renovated mind. 
 Where the purer thoughts assemble, 
 AVhile the ba«c arc < ast behind. 
 
SABBATH. 97 
 
 Every earthly, low affection. 
 Long opposed, is silent now; 
 
 Every passion, in subjection, 
 Must at Wisdom's altar bow* 
 
 3 God is in His Holy Temple, 
 
 'Tis the church He calls His owTlj 
 'Tis the city where assemble 
 
 All who worship Him alone. 
 New-Jerusalem the holy 
 
 Is the city of our God, 
 There our Saviour governs solely, 
 
 With the balance and the rod. 
 
 4 God is in His Holy Temple, 
 
 'Tis the Body of our Lord; 
 
 Infidels may doubt and tremble, 
 
 We have learn'd it from His Word; 
 
 From that Word which wrought creation^ 
 From that Word which flesh became. 
 
 Which alone can give salvation- 
 God and Jesus are the same. 
 
 JVb, 127. — P. M. 
 
 SABBATH. 
 
 1 HAIL, happy day, the type of rest, 
 When all the faithful shall be blest, 
 
 And cease from toil and pain; 
 So we to-day the emblem prove. 
 Cease from all work, but praise and love. 
 
 And heav'nly peace obtain. 
 
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98 SABBATH. 
 
 2 To-day our mighty ConquVor rose. 
 In triumph o'er his numerous foes, 
 
 And death a captive boundj 
 So we from ev'ry evil rise, 
 Mount up in thought to yonder skies, 
 
 And walk on Zion's ground. 
 
 3 Be gone, then, ev'ry worldly care; 
 My soul to study, praise, and pray'r, 
 
 To-day be wholly giv'n; 
 I '11 humbly wait at Jesu's feet, 
 The saints in solemn worship meet, 
 
 And learn the way to heav'n. 
 
 4 Jesus will kindly condescend 
 
 To teach my soul, my heart amend, 
 
 And fill me with his love; 
 That ev'ry sabbath I may know 
 A rich foretaste of heav'n below, 
 
 The rest of saints above. 
 
 tTVo. 128. — x. M. 
 
 1 THINE earthly sabbaths, Lord, we love; 
 But there 's a nobler rest above; 
 
 To that thy servants all aspire 
 With ardent hope, and strong desire. 
 
 2 There languor shall no more oppress; 
 The heart shall feel no more distress; 
 No moans shall mingle with the songs, 
 Which dwell upon immortal tongues. 
 
 3 No anxious cares shall there annoy. 
 No conscious guilt disturb the joy; 
 But ev'ry doubt and fear shall cease, 
 Atid perfect love give perfect peace. 
 
SABBATH. 99 
 
 4 Soon shall the glorious day begin. 
 Which ends the reign of death and sin: 
 Lord, give us then those joys to know. 
 Which from celestial worship flow. 
 
 JV^o. 129. — s. M. 
 
 1 WELCOME, sweet day of rest. 
 
 That saw the Lord arise; 
 Welcome to this reviving breast, 
 And these rejoicing eyes. 
 
 2 The King himself comes near 
 
 To feast his saints to-day; 
 Here we may sit, and see him here. 
 And love and praise and pray. 
 
 S One day amidst the place 
 Where Jesus is within, 
 Is better than ten thousand days 
 Of pleasure and of sin. 
 
 * 4 My willing soul would stay 
 In such a frame as this, 
 Till it is call'd to soar away 
 To everlasting bliss. 
 
 •TVb. 130. — L. M. 
 
 1 ANOTHER six days' work is done! 
 Another Sabbath is begun! 
 Return, my soul, enjoy thy rest. 
 Improve the day that God has bless'd. 
 
 2 Come, praise the Lord, whose love assigns 
 So sweet a rest to weary minds; 
 Provides an antepast of heaven, 
 
 And gives this day the food of sev'n. 
 
100 REPENTANCE AND 
 
 S that our thoughts and thanks may rise 
 As grateful incense to the skies! 
 And draw from heav'n that sweet repose 
 Which none but he who feels it knows. 
 
 4 This heav'nly calm, within the breast. 
 Is the dear pledge of glorious rest. 
 Which for the church of God remains, 
 The end of cares, the end of pains. 
 
 5 With joy, great God, thy works we view, 
 In various scenes, both old and new; 
 With praise we think on mercies past, 
 With hope we future pleasures taste, 
 
 6 In holy duties let the day, 
 In holy pleasures pass away; 
 
 The Sabbath thus we love to spend, 
 In hope of one which ne'er shall end. 
 
 JS^o. 131. — P. M. 
 REPENTANCE & REFORMATION. 
 
 1 JESUS, God of all creation, 
 
 Pure, unbounded love thou art, 
 Visit us with thy salvation. 
 
 Enter ev'ry waiting heart; 
 Breathe, O breathe thy holy spirit 
 
 Into ev'ry troubled breast; 
 Let us all thy grace inherit. 
 
 Let us find the promised rest, 
 
 2 Come, almighty to deliver! 
 
 May we all thy peace receive; 
 Quickly come, and then, O never, 
 Never more thy temples leave. 
 
REFORM ATIOX. 101 
 
 Thee we would be always blessing, 
 Serve thee as thy hosts above. 
 
 And, thy mercy each possessing, 
 Glory in thy perfect love. 
 
 S Finish then thy new creation, 
 
 Pure and spotless let us be; 
 May we feel thy great salvation, 
 
 Come with healing povvV from thee; 
 Lord, we would on earth adore thee, 
 
 Till in heav'n we take our place, 
 Till we cast our crowns before thee, 
 
 Lost in wonder, love, and praisel 
 
 JVb. 132. — c. M. 
 
 1 HOW oft, alas! this wretched heart 
 Has wander'd from the Lord! 
 How oft my roving thoughts depart, 
 Forgetful of his word! 
 
 3 Yet sovereign mercy calls, "Return:" 
 
 Dear Lord, and may I come! 
 My vile ingratitude I mourn; 
 O take the wand'rer home. 
 
 t> And canst thou, wilt thou yet forgive, 
 And bid my crimes remove? 
 And shall a pardon'd rebel live 
 To speak thy wond'rous love? 
 
 4 Almighty grace, thy healing powV, 
 
 How glorious, how divine! 
 That can to life and bliss restore 
 So vile a heart as mine. 
 
 K 3 
 
102 REPENTANCE AND 
 
 5 Thy cleansing love, so free, so sweety 
 BlessM Saviour, I adore; 
 O keep me at thy sacred feet. 
 And let me rove no more. 
 
 J\^o. 133. — li. M. 
 
 1 O THAT my load of sin were gone! 
 
 O that I could at last submit. 
 At Jesus' feet to lay it down! 
 To lay my soul at Jesus' feet! 
 
 2 Rest for my soul I long to tind: 
 
 Saviour of all, if mine thou art, 
 Give me thy meek and lowly mind, 
 And stamp thine image on my heart. 
 
 3 Break off the yoke of inbred sin, 
 
 And fully set my spirit free; 
 I cannot rest, till pure within, 
 Till I am wholly lost in thee. 
 
 4 I would; but thou must give the pow'r, 
 
 My heart from ev'ry sin release; 
 Bring near, bring near the joyful hour, 
 And fill me with thy perfect peace. 
 
 5 Come, Lord, the drooping sinner cheer, 
 
 Nor let thy chariot-wheels delay: 
 Appear in my poor heart, appear; 
 My God, my Saviour come away! 
 
 JYo. 134. — c. M. 
 
 1 HOW helpless guilty nature lies, 
 Unconscious of it's load! 
 The heart unchang'd can never rise 
 To happiness and God. 
 
REFORMATION. 103 
 
 2 The will perverse, the passions bUnd, 
 In paths of ruin stray: 
 Reason debas'd can never find 
 The safe, the narrow way. 
 
 S Can aught beneath a pow'r divine 
 The stubborn will subdue? 
 'Tis thine, Almighty Saviour, thine 
 To form the heart anew. 
 
 4 'Tis thine the passions to recall, 
 
 And upwards bid them rise; 
 And make the scales of error fall 
 From Reason's darkened eyes. 
 
 5 To chase the shades of death away, 
 
 And bid the sinner live; 
 
 A beam of heav'n, a vital ray 
 
 'Tis thine alone to give, 
 
 6 chansce these wretched hearts of ours, 
 
 And give them life divine! 
 Then shall our passions and our powVs, 
 Almighty Lordc be thine. 
 
 JVo, 135. — c. M. 
 
 1 HOW blessM are they who always keep 
 The pure and perfect way; 
 Who never from the sacred paths 
 Of God's commandments stray! 
 
 ^ Such men their utmost caution use 
 
 To shun each wicked deed; 
 
 But in the path which he directs, 
 
 Witli constant care proceed, 
 
104 REPENTANCE, &c. 
 
 S 
 
 Thou strictly hast enjoin'd us. Lord, 
 
 To learn thy sacred will. 
 And all our diligence employ. 
 
 Thy statutes to fulfil. 
 
 4 O then that thy most holy will 
 
 Might o'er our w^ays preside; 
 And we the course of all our life, 
 By thy directions guide! 
 
 5 Then with assurance should wx walk 
 
 From all confusion free, 
 Convinc'd with joy, that all our w^ays 
 With thy commands agree. 
 
 J\U 136. 
 
 1 THOU art my portion, O my God! 
 
 Soon as 1 know thy way, 
 My heart prepares V obey thy word, 
 And suffers no delay. 
 
 2 I choose the path of heav'nly truth, 
 
 And glory in my choice; 
 
 Not all the riches of the earth 
 
 Can make me so rejoice. 
 
 '3 The testimonies of thy grace 
 I set before my eyes; 
 Thence 1 derive my daily strength, 
 And there my comfort lies. 
 
 4 If e'er I wander from thy path, 
 I think upon my ways, 
 Then turn my feet to thy commands, 
 And trust thy pard'ning gracec 
 
REGENERATION. 105 
 
 5 If thou incline this wand'ring heart, 
 Thy precepts to fulfil; 
 Then, till mv mortal life shall end, 
 I shall perform thy will. 
 
 J\^o. 137. — c. M. 
 
 REGENERATION. 
 
 1 FOR a heart that's pure and clean, 
 A mind and will renew'd! 
 In life no base transgression seen. 
 But evils all subdu'd! 
 
 £ Nor will I dream, the heart and life 
 Are in a moment clean; 
 For long and painful is the strife. 
 That must be felt within. 
 
 S Nobly the strife I will maintain, 
 And ev'ry sin oppose, 
 'Till self and all it's loves are slain. 
 And conquer'd all my foes. 
 
 4 But, Lord, the arduous work is thine, 
 'Tis thou canst make me pure; 
 Mv soul to thee I will resign, — 
 In thee I am secure. 
 
 JVo. 138. — c. M. 
 
 1 THE state of conflict now is past, 
 The long temptations cease, 
 Darkness and storms no longer last, 
 The soul is blest vvitli peace. ' 
 
106 REGENERATION. 
 
 S Jehovah's kind, all-pow'rful hand 
 Doth every cloud remove; 
 He guides us to a better land, 
 A land of rest and love. 
 
 5 Now waters from their fountains flow^ 
 In soft and gentle rills, 
 Refresh our minds where'er we go, 
 O'er valleys, plains, or hills. 
 
 4 If walking thro' the humble vale. 
 
 Or on the mount we rise; 
 
 The living waters cannot fail, 
 
 The fountain never dries. 
 
 5 The w^heat and barley, oil and wine, 
 
 Upon our board are spread: 
 Ten thousand blessings now combine^ 
 And kindly we are fed. 
 
 6 blessed statefO joyful day 
 
 Of plenty, peace, and rest! 
 Cheerful we '11 tread the desert war, 
 To be so richly blest. 
 
 7 Jesus will be our Saviour God, 
 
 When desolations come; 
 And thro' temptation's gloomy road 
 Guide us in safety home. 
 
 JNU 139. — c. M. 
 
 1 NOT all the outward forms on earth, 
 Nor rights that Moses gave, 
 Nor will of men, nor blood, nor birth. 
 The guilty race can save* 
 
REGENERATION, 107 
 
 3 God's spirit, like a heav'nly wind, 
 Blows on the sons of iiesh; 
 Changes the heart, renews the miud, 
 And forms the man afresh. 
 
 3 Our quicken'd souls awake and rise, 
 
 From the long sleep of death; 
 To heav'nly things we turn our eyes, 
 And praise employs our breath. 
 
 4 The sins and follies of our mind 
 
 Are crucified and dead; 
 By holy love our souls are join'd 
 To Christ our living head. 
 
 M. 140.— L. M. 
 
 1 PRAISE to the Lord of boundless might; 
 With uncreated glories bright; 
 
 His presence fills the world above, 
 Th' eternal source of light and love. 
 
 2 This rising earth his eye beheld, 
 When in the deepest darkness veiFd; 
 The shapeless chaos, nature's womb, 
 Lay buried in eternal gloom. 
 
 5 " Let there be light," Jehovah said, 
 And light o'er all its face was spread; 
 The world array'd in charms unknown, 
 With all its new-born lustre shone. 
 
 4 He sees the mind obscur'd within 
 The shades of ignorance and sin; 
 And darts from heav'n a vital ray. 
 That chanfi:es darkness into dav. 
 
lOS REGENERATION. 
 
 5 My soul, reviv'd by heav'n-born day. 
 Thy radiant image shall display. 
 Whilst all my faculties unite 
 To praise the Lord who gives me light, 
 
 J\^o. 139. — P. M. 
 
 1 AMAZING beauteous change! 
 
 A world created new! 
 My thoughts with transport range 
 The lovely scene to view; 
 In all 1 trace, 
 Saviour divine, 
 The work is Thine, 
 Be Thine the praise. 
 
 2 See crystal fountains play 
 
 Amidst the burning sands; 
 The river's winding; wav 
 
 Shines through the thirsty lands; 
 New grass is seen, 
 And o'er the meads 
 Its carpet s])reads 
 Of living green. 
 
 3 Where pointed brambles grew, 
 
 Entwin'd with horrid thorn, 
 Gay fiow'rs for ever new 
 The painted fields adorn; 
 The blushing rose. 
 And lily there, 
 In union fair 
 Their sweets disclose. 
 
REGENERATION. 109 
 
 4 Where tlie bleak mountain stood j 
 
 All bare and disarray 'd, 
 See the wide -branching wood 
 Diffuse it's (grateful shade; 
 Tall cedars nod, 
 
 And oaks and pines, 
 And elms and vines. 
 Confess the God. 
 
 5 The tyrants of the plain 
 
 Their savage chase give o'erj 
 No more they rend the slain, 
 And thirst for blood no more; 
 But infant hands, 
 Fierce tigers stroke, 
 And lions yoke 
 In flow'ry bands. 
 
 6 O when, Almighty Lord, 
 
 Shall these glad scenes arise; 
 To verify thy word, 
 
 And bless our wond'ring eyes? 
 That earth may raise. 
 With all its tongues. 
 United songs 
 Of ardent praise. 
 
 •A^. 140. 
 
 THERE is a world — the world of mind, 
 By neither time nor space confined; 
 And when we cease in flesh to dwell, 
 That world will be our heaven or hell. 
 
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no REGENERATION. 
 
 5 By fallen nature, 'tis, alas! 
 A rude, chaotic, shapeless mass; 
 Devoid of goodness, truth, or light. 
 And veiPd in blackest shades of night. 
 
 3 But he who gave creation birth, 
 Can re-create this mental earth; 
 For this His spirit, like a dove, 
 Broods o'er our secret thoughts in love. 
 
 4 If we consent to be renew'd, 
 And wish our evil lusts subdued; 
 
 " Let there be light," He says, and straight 
 We see our low disordered state. 
 
 5 Then do we seek to know the Lord, 
 Receive instruction from His word; 
 While He divides the day from night? 
 And we proceed from shade to light. 
 
 6 Lord, let thy spirit, like a dove, 
 Brood over all our souls in love, 
 Then give us light our state to see, 
 And we will give the praise to thee. 
 
 JVb. 141. 
 
 1 OUR God can re-create, 
 
 And form the soul anew; 
 And all who will co-operate, 
 Shall find his promise true. 
 
 2 When we permit His light 
 
 Our evils to reprove, 
 And then those evils boldly fight, 
 He will the whole remove. 
 
REGENEHATION. Ill 
 
 3 Though hard the contest prove, 
 
 And doubtful seem the fray, 
 He hovers o'er us with his love, 
 Till we have gain'd the day. 
 
 4 The Lord will then create 
 
 A firmament sublime, 
 Celestial thoughts to separate 
 From those of sense and time. 
 
 5 We then no more believe 
 
 The work to be our own; 
 But all of good that we receive 
 Ascribe to God alone. 
 
 6 Thus will a second birth, 
 
 Form heaven in the soul. 
 And man, a new created earth, 
 In order's orbit roll. 
 
 JVb. 142. 
 
 1 WHAT a beauteous scene 
 
 The third bright morning shows! 
 The earth array 'd in smiling green, 
 The parted waves disclose. 
 
 2 The tender plant shall spring, 
 
 To grace the verdant field, 
 And every herb its seed shall bring, 
 Each tree its fruitage yield. 
 
 3 Thus works of pious zeal 
 
 From true repentance flow. 
 And the new man exults to feel, 
 A heaven begun below. 
 
112 TEMPTATION. 
 
 4 may ihe dawning light 
 We now begin to see. 
 Dispel tiie shades of error's night, 
 And lead us, Lord, to thee. 
 
 JVo. 143. — c. M. 
 TEMPTATION. 
 
 1 THE cross of Jesus purifies, 
 
 From self and sin sets free; 
 His cross doth make us truly wise, 
 And brings humility. 
 
 2 Reproaches, persecution, shame-— 
 
 These must the christian bear; 
 But when sustained for Jesu's name, 
 How light the burdens are! 
 
 3 Must we endure some earthly loss, 
 
 Some keen distresses prove? 
 
 If these are part of Jesu's cross, 
 
 We '11 bear them all in love. 
 
 4 Must sharp temptations too beset, 
 
 And inward conflicts seize? 
 
 The faithful soul will not forget, 
 
 That these shall end in ease. 
 
 ^ 5 When evil 's dead, our spirits rest, 
 Comfort and peace are giv'n; 
 In Jesu's love supremely blest, 
 We taste the joys of heav'n. 
 
 J\^o. 144. — s. M. 
 1 I SEE a host of foes 
 
 Around me daily stand, 
 And all my holy way oppose 
 To Canaan's happy land» 
 
TEMPTATIOJ^. 113 
 
 £ But shall I yield to fear? 
 
 Is all my courage gone? 
 Is not my kind Protector nearj 
 To lead me safely on? 
 
 3 My God makes known his aid. 
 
 In ev'ry new distress; 
 I '11 urge my way, nor be afraid, 
 He will be nigh to bless. 
 
 4 No more I '11 dare to stray 
 
 From his protecting hand; 
 But trust in him, and keep my way. 
 Till brought to Zion's land. 
 
 JVb. 145. — c. M. 
 
 1 FULL forty years was Israel led 
 Thro' deserts waste and wide; 
 They hunger'd oft for daily bread, 
 Their souls were deeply tried. 
 
 £ So we our wilderness must go. 
 Our forty years sustain; 
 Pass thro' the dreary paths of wo, 
 And walk the tliorny plain. 
 
 8 What doth this lonely desert mean? 
 These forty years imply? 
 Temptati<ms, sorrows, trials keen, 
 And desolation nigh. 
 
 4 Conflicts internal, sharp, severe, 
 And hell against us join-d; 
 No rays of heav'nly light appear, 
 To raise the sinking mind. 
 
 L ^ 
 
114 TEMriATION. 
 
 5 The hungry soul can find no bread, 
 
 His tliirst no spring supplies; 
 But ev'ry step he seems to tread, 
 His sorrows swell and rise. 
 
 6 Now, tempted souL look up on high: 
 
 Trust in tliv gracious God; 
 Tho' dark thv state, thou shalt not die. 
 For Jesus o-uides the rod. 
 
 •A^o. 146. — ALI. 7s. 
 
 1 JESU. Saviour of mj soul, 
 
 Let me to thy bosom fly, 
 While the angry billows roll. 
 
 While the tempest still is high: 
 Hide me. O mv Saviour, hide, 
 
 Till the storm of life is past; 
 Safe into the haven guide, 
 
 O receive rny soul at last. 
 
 £ Other refu^re have I none. 
 
 Hangs m.y helpless soul on thee; 
 Leave, ah! leave me not alone. 
 
 Still support, and comfort me. 
 All my trust on thee is laid, 
 
 All my help from thee 1 bring; 
 Cover my defenceless head 
 
 With the shadow of thv Vvin":. 
 
 6 Thou, O liOrd. art all I want, 
 More than all in thee I nud: 
 Raise the fallen, cheer the faint. 
 Heal the sick, and lead the blind-^ 
 
TEMPTATION. 115 
 
 Just and holy is thy name, 
 
 I am all unrighteousness; 
 False, and full of sin I am. 
 
 Thou art full of truth and grace. 
 
 4 Plenteous grace with thee is found, 
 
 Grace to cancel all my sin: 
 Let the healing streams abound, 
 
 Make and keep me pure within. 
 Thou of life the fountain art, 
 
 Freely let me take of thee; 
 Spring thou up within my heart, 
 
 Rise to all eternity. 
 
 JVb. 147. — c. M. 
 
 1 NOW God reveals his glorious name, 
 And brings his truth to light; 
 And love divine, with ardent flame, 
 . Dispels the shades of night. 
 
 £ With balmy wing sweet peace descends, 
 And dwells with man again; 
 Now sacred truth her path attends. 
 And love and goodness reign. 
 
 ^ My soul, pursue the path of peace, 
 Religion's joys attend;^ 
 For these for ever will .increase. 
 They never, never end. 
 
 4 These only can tac bliss bestow; 
 Immortal souls should prove; 
 From onebless'd source all pleasures flow, 
 That blessed source is love* 
 
lis TEMPTATION. 
 
 5 This is the grace that lives and sings, 
 When faith and hope shall cease; 
 ^Tis this shall strike our joyful strings, 
 In the sweet realms of bliss. 
 
 JV*o. 148. — c. M. 
 
 1 ALAS! what hourly dangers rise I 
 What snares beset my way! 
 To heav'n, O let me lift my ejes^ 
 And hourly watch and pray. 
 
 S How oft my mournful thoughts complain, 
 And melt in flowing tears! 
 My weak resistance, ah, how vain! 
 How strong my foes and fears! 
 
 5 gracious God, in whom I live, 
 My feeble efforts aid; 
 Help me to watch, and pray, and strive, 
 Though trembling and afraid. 
 
 4 Increase my faith, increase my hope, 
 
 When foes and fears prevail; 
 And bear my fainting spirit up, 
 Or soon my strength will fail. 
 
 5 Whene'er temptations fright my heart, 
 
 Or lure my feet aside, 
 My God, thy powerful aid impart, 
 My guardian and my guide. 
 
 6 O keep me in thy heav'nly way. 
 
 And bid the tempter flee; 
 
 And let me never, never stray 
 
 From happiness and thee. 
 
RESIGNATION. 117 
 
 JVo. 149.— I.. M. 
 
 1 AWAKE, my soul, lift up thine eyes, 
 See how thy foes against thee rise, 
 
 In long array, a numerous host; 
 Awake, my soul, or thou art lost! 
 
 2 See how rebellious passions rage, 
 And fierce desires and lusts engage; 
 See pleasure's silken banners spread, 
 And willing souls are captive led! 
 
 S I tread upon enchanted ground, 
 Perils and snares beset me round; 
 O let me then guard ev'ry part; 
 But most, the traitor in my heart! 
 
 4 O teach thy servant how to wield. 
 Blest Saviour, thy immortal shield; 
 Put on thy armour from above, 
 
 Of heav'nly truth and heavenly love. 
 
 5 The terror and the charm repel. 
 
 The smiles of earth, the frowns of hell; 
 The tempter once thou didst subdue; 
 O make me more than conqu'ror too! 
 
 •A'b. 150. — L. M. 
 RESIGNATION. 
 
 1 I WOULD resolve with all my heart. 
 
 With all my pow'rs to serve the Lord; 
 Nor from his precepts e'er depart, 
 Whose service is a rich reward. 
 
 2 be his service all my joy! 
 
 Around let my example shine; 
 
 Till others love the bless'd employ, 
 
 And join in labours so divine. 
 
118 RESIGNATION. 
 
 5 Be this the purpose of my soul, 
 
 My solemn, my determin'd choice^ 
 To yield to his supreme control. 
 And in his kind commands rejoice. 
 
 4 may I never faint nor tire, 
 
 Nor wander from thy sacred ways! 
 Great God, accept my souPs desire. 
 And give me strength to live thy praise* 
 
 JVo. 151. — C. M. 
 
 1 LIFE has a soft and silver thread. 
 Nor is it drawn too long; 
 Yet, when my vaster hopes persuade, 
 I 'm willing to be gone. 
 
 ^ Fast as you please roll down the hill. 
 And haste away my years; 
 Or I can wait my Father's will, 
 And dwell beneath the spheres. 
 
 3 Rise glorious ev'ry future sun, 
 Gild all my following days; 
 .But make the last dear moment known, 
 By well distinguish'd rays. 
 
 JVo. 152. — c. M. 
 
 1 HAPPY man, thy Maker's care, 
 With ev'ry mercy blest! 
 Peace, solid peace, thy portion here, 
 Hereafter endless rest! 
 
 £ Assur'd of Jesu's pow'rful love, 
 Composure all thy soul. 
 Thy heart, atFections, mind abovfj. 
 How sweet thv minutes roll! 
 
HEAVEN. 119 
 
 3 No storms or tempests rage within, 
 
 The fire of hell subdu'd; 
 Conquer'd bj truth thy ev'ry sin. 
 And all the man renew'd. 
 
 4 Look up, beloved soul, and see 
 
 What nameless glories rise, 
 The vast reward prepar'd for thee, 
 In yonder peaceful skies! 
 
 JVb. 153. — c. M. 
 
 HEAVEN. 
 
 1 THERE is a land of pure delight, 
 Where saints immortal reign; 
 Eternal day excludes the night. 
 And pleasures banish pain. 
 
 S There everlasting spring abides, 
 And never-with'ring flow*rs: 
 Death, like a narrow sea, divides 
 This heav'nly land from our's. 
 
 3 Sweet fields beyond the swelling flood 
 
 Stand drest in living green; 
 So to the Jews old Canaan stood. 
 While Jordan roU'd between. 
 
 4 But tim'rous mortals start and shrink, 
 
 To cross this narrow sea; 
 And linger, shiv'ring on the brink. 
 And fear to launch away. 
 
 5 Could we but climb where Moses stood. 
 
 And view the landscape o'er; 
 Not Jordan's streams, nor death's cold flood, 
 ^ Should fright us from the shore. 
 
120 HEAVEN. 
 
 JVo. 154. — L. M. 
 
 1 PILGRIMS to Zion's city bound, 
 Now passing thro' the desert ground. 
 Urge on with joy your rugged way. 
 And press to everlasting day. 
 
 2 See yonder holy kingdom rise, 
 The golden portals meet your eyes: 
 Angels look down, and bid you come 
 To your delightful, peaceful home. 
 
 3 No longer wrapped in ten-fold night 
 The heav'nly state, those worlds of light; 
 It's glories now are brought to view, 
 Beyond what all our fathers knew. 
 
 4 Now ev'ry humble mind may rise 
 With growing ardour to the skies; 
 The happy land with transport view, 
 And know it's boundless glories too. 
 
 JV*o. 155. — c. M. 
 
 1 ABOVE these narrow scenes of night, 
 
 Unbounded glories rise, 
 And realms of infinite delimit. 
 Unknown to mortal eyes. 
 
 2 Thro' all those wide-extended plains 
 
 Shines one eternal day; 
 Jesus our Lord for ever reigns, 
 And blessings crown his sway. 
 
 3 No stormy cloud those regions know, 
 
 For ever bright and fair; 
 And sin, that source of mortal >vo, 
 Can never enter there. 
 
HEAVEN. 121 
 
 4 may this heav'nly prospect fire 
 Our hearts with ardent love; 
 May lively faith and strong desire 
 Bear ev'ry wish above. 
 
 JVo. 156.— P. M. 
 
 1 ON wings of faith, ye christian souls, arise, 
 Behold your place prepared in yonder skies; 
 No toil, no grief, nor sad afflicting pain, 
 
 In that blest world can e'er admission gain; 
 For there the Lord of life, all bright and glorious^ 
 O'er sin and death for ever reigns victorious. 
 
 2 Before the throne a crystal river glides, 
 Immortal green adorns it's cheerful sides: 
 Hard by, the tree of life majestic bears 
 
 It's monthly fruits, and healing verdure wears. 
 Lo! there the Lamb is seen, on Zion's mountains. 
 His countless flock to feed near living fountains. 
 
 3 No scorching sun his needless beams displays, 
 No sickly moon emits her feeble rays: 
 
 The Man Divine celestial glory sheds, 
 Jehovah -Jesus blissful radiance spreads: 
 Tis He, whose face dispels all care and sadness, 
 And fills both heav'n and earth with joy and glad- 
 ness. 
 
 J\^o. 15T. — c. M. 
 
 1 HOW long shall earth's alluring toys 
 Detain our heart and eyes, 
 Regardless of immortal joys. 
 And strangers to the skies.^ 
 
 M 
 
122 HEAVEN. 
 
 S These transient scenes will soon decay. 
 They fade upon the sight; 
 And quickly will their brightest day 
 Be lost in endless night. 
 
 S Their brightest day, alas, how vain! 
 With conscious sighs we own: 
 While clouds of sorrow, care, and pain, 
 O'ershade the smilino; noon. 
 
 4 O could our thoughts and wishes fly 
 
 Above these gloomy shades. 
 To those bright worlds beyond the sky, 
 Which sorrow ne'er invades! 
 
 5 There joys, unseen by mortal eyes 
 
 Or reason's feeble ray. 
 In ever blooming prospects rise, 
 Unconscious of decay. 
 
 6 Lord, send a beam of light divine, 
 
 To guide our upward aim! 
 With one reviving touch of thine 
 Our languid hearts inflame. 
 
 7 Then shall, on faith's sublimest wing, 
 
 Our ardent wishes rise. 
 To those bright scenes, where pleasures spring. 
 Immortal in the skies. 
 
 •TVb. 158. — L. M. 
 
 1 AS when the weary traveller gains 
 The height of some o'erlooking hill, 
 His heart revives if 'cross the plains 
 He views his home* though distant still. 
 
HEAVEN. 123 
 
 £ While he surveys the much-loved spot, 
 He slights the space that lies between; 
 His past fatigues are now forgot, 
 Because his journey's end is seen. 
 
 S Thus when the Christian pilgrim views, 
 By faith, his mansion in the skies, 
 The sight his fainting strength renews, 
 And wings his speed to reach the prize. 
 
 4 The thought of home his spirit cheers; 
 
 No more he grieves for troubles past. 
 Nor any future trial fears, 
 
 Assur'd he '11 safe arrive at last. 
 
 5 'Tis there, he says, I am to dwell 
 
 With Jesus in the realms of day; 
 Then 1 shall bid my cares farewell, 
 And he shall wipe my tears away. 
 
 6 Jesus, on thee our hope depends, 
 
 To lead us on to thine abode; 
 Assur'd that heav'n will make amends 
 For all our toil while on the road. 
 
 JVT}. 159. — s. M. 
 
 1 FAR from these scenes of night, 
 
 Unbounded glories rise. 
 And realms of infinite delight, 
 Unknown to mortal eyes. 
 
 2 Fair land! could mortal eyes 
 
 But half its charms explore; 
 How would our spirits long to rise, 
 And dwell on earth no more! 
 
154 BAPTISM. 
 
 ■9 There sickness never comes; 
 
 There grief no more complains; 
 Health triumphs in immortal bloom, 
 And purest pleasure reigns. 
 
 4 No strife, nor envy there 
 
 The sons of peace molest; 
 But harmony and love sincere 
 Fill ev'ry happy breast. 
 
 5 No cloud those regions know, 
 
 For ever bright and fair; 
 For sin, the source of mortal wo. 
 Can never enter there. 
 
 6 There 's no alternate night, 
 
 Nor sun's faint sickly ray; 
 But glory, from th' eternal throne, 
 Spreads everlasting day. 
 
 7 Oh! may this prospect fire 
 
 Our hearts with ardent love; 
 May lively faith and strong desire 
 Bear every thought above! 
 
 JVb. 160. — c. M. 
 
 BAPTISM. 
 
 1 JESUS, our God, we come to thee. 
 
 And bring our infant race; 
 In thy own kingdom may they be, 
 O give them there a place. 
 
 2 What thou appointest we obey, 
 
 As guided by thy Word, 
 And at thy feet our children lay; 
 Receive and own them, Lord, 
 
BAPTISM. 125 
 
 S When on this earth, thy blessed arms 
 Embrac'd the infant race; 
 Thou bless'd their souls, and didst from harms 
 Preserve them by thy grace. 
 
 4 Our offspring, now baptized, are giv'n 
 
 To thee our God and Lord: 
 
 lead them in the way to heav'n, 
 And teach them by thy Word. 
 
 5 In thy new church may they abide. 
 
 In truth and goodness rise; 
 Be thou alone their God and guide, 
 Till rais'd to better skies. 
 
 JS^o. 161. — L. M. 
 
 1 JESUS, this infant now we bring 
 To thee our only Lord and King; 
 In thy new church enroll his name, 
 And humbly thy protection claim. 
 
 2 As years advance, may he improve 
 
 In wisdom, knowledge, truth, and love; 
 Thy laws and doctrines joyful own. 
 And worship thee as God alone. 
 
 S O guide him thro' the paths of youth, 
 And purify him by thy truth: 
 That, wash'd from evil, he may prove 
 A heav'nly form of truth and love. 
 
 4 Baptize him^ Lord, with love divine, 
 His heart and life be ever thine; 
 That so at length this child may stand • 
 A spotless angel in thy hand. 
 
 M^ 
 
126 BAPTISM. 
 
 JVb. 162. — s. M. 
 
 1 THY servant, Lord, receive 
 
 Into thy heav'nly fold; 
 May he thy sacred truth believe^ 
 Thy glory now behold. 
 
 2 Within thy church below 
 
 Our brother we admit: 
 Cheerful may he to Zion go, 
 And in thy kingdom sit. 
 
 3 Be all his will refin'd, 
 
 His understanding light; 
 Thy doctrines purify his mind, 
 And guide his footsteps right: 
 
 4 No more from goodness stray, 
 
 Nor leave the heav'nly road; 
 But ardent run the happy way^ 
 AVhich leads to thy abode: 
 
 5 Baptiz'd by truth and love, 
 
 Obey his Lord's command; 
 Then at thy call ascend above, 
 And in thy kingdom stand. 
 
 JVU 163.— 8s & 7s. 
 
 1 HUMBLE souls who seek salvation 
 
 Through the Lamb's redeeming blood. 
 Hear the voice of Revelation. 
 
 Tread the path that Jesus trod. 
 Flee to him your only Saviour; 
 
 In his mighty name confide; 
 In the whole of your behaviour, 
 
 Own him as your sov'reign guide. 
 
LORD'S SUPPER. l^f 
 
 S Hear the bless'd Redeemer call you. 
 
 Listen to his gracious voice; ' 
 
 Dread no ills that can befall you. 
 
 While you make his ways your choice: 
 Jesus says, •' Let each believer 
 
 " Be baptized in my name:" 
 He himself in Jordan's river 
 
 Sought the purifying stream. 
 
 • 
 
 J\% 164.— P. M. 
 
 LORD'S SUPPER. 
 
 1 BLESS, my soul, the God of love, 
 AVho rules o'er all in heav'n above; 
 His great and holy name adore, 
 In songs of joy for evermore. 
 
 S He feeds us with the bread divine. 
 Gives us to drink the heav'nly wine; 
 And here we sweet conjunction prove 
 With thee, the Lord our God of love. 
 
 5 What entertainment can compare 
 
 With thy own feast, when thou art there^ 
 In all thy love and wisdom. Lord, 
 As thou hast promis'd in thy Word? 
 
 4 Jesus distributes ev'ry good, 
 
 And fills our mouths with heav'nly food; 
 Our strength renew'd, with eagle's wing 
 We mount to heav'n, and praise our King, 
 
lU LORD'S SUPPER. 
 
 JVb, 165. — s. M. 
 
 1 THIS is a feast of love, 
 
 A union with the Lord; 
 But none the sweet communion prove, 
 Save those that love the Word. 
 
 2 May ev'ry feast increase 
 
 The union of the heart! 
 And cordial harmony and peace 
 To ev'ry mind impart! 
 
 5 As one in heart and mind. 
 Joint heirs of joys above, 
 Be each to each as angels kind. 
 And walk in truth and love. 
 
 4 That we wlio eat the bread, 
 And drink the holy wine, 
 At last may live with Christ our head, 
 And all in glory join. 
 
 JVb. 166. — c. M. 
 
 1 ONCE more do we enjoy the sign, 
 
 That we are sons of God, 
 Partake the sacred bread and wine, 
 The holy flesh and blood. 
 
 2 Now seal'd again by Jesu's love. 
 
 We call the Lord our own; 
 With strength renew 'd, mount up above, 
 And hasten to his throne. 
 
 6 happy meeting, heav'nly feast, 
 Where God and sinners meet! 
 And we behold the honour'd guests, 
 That sit at Jesu's feet! 
 
LORD'S SUPPER. 129 
 
 4 But 0! the blest, transporting thought!^ 
 
 Soon we shall rise above; 
 And, to the heav'nly table brought, 
 There taste the feast of love! 
 
 5 With angels and blest spirits join, 
 
 In all that can be giv'n, 
 Of goodness, truth, and love divine, 
 In that eternal heav'n! 
 
 JS^o. 167. — L. M. • 
 
 1 TO Jesus, our exalted Lord, 
 
 That name, in heav'n and earth ador'd, 
 Fain w^ould our hearts and voices raise 
 A cheerful song of sacred praise. 
 
 S But all the notes which mortals know. 
 Are weak, and languishing, and low; 
 Far, far above our humble songs: 
 The theme demands immortal tongues. 
 
 3 Yet whilst around his board we meet, 
 And worship at his sacred feet; 
 
 let our warm affections move. 
 In glad returns of grateful love. 
 
 4 Yes, Lord, we love and we adore, 
 But long to know and love thee more; 
 And whilst we taste the bread and wine. 
 Desire to feed on joys divine. 
 
 JVo. 168. — c. M. 
 
 1 LET ev'ry mortal ear attend, 
 
 And ev'ry heart rejoice; 
 The trumpet of the gospel sounds, 
 With an inviting voice. 
 
13G HEAVENLY MARRIAGE. 
 
 2 Ho! all ye hungry, starving souls, 
 Who feed upon the wind, 
 And vainly strive with earthly toys 
 To fill the immortal mind. 
 
 9 Eternal AVisdom has prepar'd 
 A soul -reviving feast; 
 And bids your longing appetites 
 The rich provision taste. 
 
 4 Ho! ye that pant for living streams, 
 And pine away and die; 
 Here you may quench your raging thirst 
 With streams that never dry. 
 
 6 Rivers of love and mercy here 
 In a rich ocean join; 
 Salvation in abundance flows, 
 Like floods of milk and wine. 
 
 6 Lord, the treasures of thy love 
 
 Are deep, unfathom'd mines; 
 Deep as our helpless mis'ries are, 
 And boundless as our sins. 
 
 7 The happy gates of gospel grace 
 
 Stand open night and day; 
 We humbly seek that rich supply 
 That drives our wants away. 
 
 JVb. 169. — c. M. 
 
 HEAVENLY MARRIAGE. 
 
 1 COME, Faith Divine, thy powers impart, 
 Call Wisdom from above: 
 Come, Charity possess the heart, , 
 And prompt to deeds of Love: 
 
RESURRECTION &c. ISl 
 
 e God of Truth! the gift is thine: 
 Thy dictates we obey: 
 O God of Love! propitious shine; 
 Thy Love shall grace the day. 
 5 Now Love and Truth together meet 
 Thus Heav'nly Laws ordain. 
 And happy Union! Joy complete! 
 Shall bless the Church again. 
 
 JVb. 170. — c. M. 
 
 1 ALL ye who faithful servants are 
 
 Of our Almighty King, 
 Both high and low, and small and great, 
 His praise devoutly sing, 
 
 2 Let us rejoice and render thanks 
 
 To his most holy name; 
 Rejoice, rejoice, for now is come 
 The marriage of the Lamb. 
 
 5 His bride herself has ready made, 
 How pure and white her dress! 
 This is the saint's integrity, 
 And spotless holiness. 
 
 4 How happy then is every one, 
 Who to the marriage feast, 
 And holy supper of the Lamb, 
 Is call'd a welcome guest! 
 
 JVb. 171. — L. M. 
 RESURRECTION AND ASCENSION. 
 
 1 HE rose, he rose, the mighty God 
 His foes beneath his footstool trod: 
 Triumphant rose the Lord most high, 
 And angels shout him thro' the sky. 
 
13£ RESURRECTION AND 
 
 £ The everlasting doors unfold, 
 While angels sing to harps of gold; 
 Millions of voices join above, 
 To hail the God of povv'r and love. 
 
 5 The heav'ns with acclamations ring, 
 One gen'ral chorus hails the King; 
 Jesus the King of glorj, known 
 To all in heav'n as God alone. 
 
 4 Ye saints below, your voices raise. 
 Repeat his love in humbler lays; 
 Thro' earth let joyful accents roll, 
 And bear his name from pole to pole. 
 
 5 Jesus our God for us arose. 
 Redeemed our souls, subdu'd our foes: 
 And soon our happy souls shall rise, 
 To sing his praise above the skies. 
 
 JNT). 172. — L. M. 
 
 1 ARISE, rejoice, ye favour'd race. 
 
 The day of pentecost is come! 
 Desire, receive descending grace, 
 The glory beaming from the Son. 
 
 2 Our Jesus, ris'n above the sky. 
 
 The promised blessing now doth give; 
 Behold it streaming from on high, 
 The spirit comes, that we may live, 
 
 o The light-invested life doth shine, 
 The Son-embosonrd Father glows; 
 From Jesu's body, all divine, 
 
 Thr truth with love united flows. 
 
ASCENSION. IS 
 
 (TS 
 
 4 To thee, O Lord, our souls aspire. 
 
 And long the blest descent to feel; 
 Enkindle each with living fire, 
 
 Our faith increase, our foreheads seal. 
 
 5 From thee our strength and wisdom come; 
 
 Our wills and thoughts now sweetly move. 
 To speak a new, another tongue, 
 
 The language breath'd from holy love, 
 
 JVb. 173. — L. M. 
 
 1 RISE, ev'ry heart, and ev'ry tongue. 
 Prepare a sweet angelic song; 
 
 The Lord, ascended, now on high, 
 The spirit gives in rich supply. 
 
 2 See what the gracious God of heav'n 
 Hath now to his own Israel giv'n: 
 No heart can feel, no tongue express 
 The wonders of his love and grace. 
 
 3 The sun of heav'n illumes the soul, 
 Oceans of mercy sweetly roll; 
 
 The heav'nly streams of truth and love 
 Flow freely from the fount above. 
 
 4 O happy day! we live to see 
 How kind to men our God can be; 
 His greatest mercies stand confest. 
 And Zion is divinely blest. 
 
 5 Now shall the voice of joy arise, 
 And songs of gladness reach the skies; 
 The name of Jesus loud be sung. 
 From ev'ry heart, by ev'ry tongue. 
 
 N 
 
134 RESURRECTION AND 
 
 6 O happy church, exalt the Lord, 
 In highest strains his love record; 
 Your sacrifice of praises bring. 
 And hail the glory of your King. 
 
 JVb. 174.— 7s. 
 
 1 CHRIST, the Lord, is risen to-day! 
 Sons of men and angels say! 
 Raise your joys and triumphs high! 
 Sing, ye heavens, — and earth, reply. 
 
 2 Love's redeeming work is done,— 
 Fought the fight, the battle won: 
 Lo! the sun's eclipse is o'er: 
 
 Lo! he sets in blood no more. 
 
 5 Vain the stone, the watch, the seal, 
 Christ hath burst the gates of Hell: 
 Death in vain forbids his rise, 
 Christ hath open'd paradise. 
 
 4 Lives again our glorious King! 
 "Where, O death! is now thy sting?" 
 Once he died our souls to save: 
 "Where 's thy victory, boasting graver" 
 
 5 Soar we now where Christ has led, 
 Following our exalted head: 
 Made like him, like him we rise, 
 Our's the cross, the grave, the skies. 
 
 6 What, though once w^e perish'd all, 
 Partners of our parent's fall. 
 Second life let us receive. 
 
 In our heavenly Adam live. 
 
ASCENSION. 135 
 
 7 Hail thou Lord of earth and heaven! 
 Praise to thee by both be given! 
 Thee we greet triumphant now, 
 Hail! the Resurrection — thou. 
 
 JVo. 175. — P. M. 
 
 1 AWAKE, our drowsy souls, 
 Shake oflf each slothful band; 
 The wonders of this day 
 Our noblest songs demand: 
 
 Auspicious morn! thy blissful rays. 
 Bright seraphs hail in songs of praise. 
 
 2 At thy approaching dawn, 
 Reluctant death resigned 
 The glorious Prince of Life, 
 In dark domains confin'd; 
 
 Th' angelic host around him bends, 
 
 And 'midst their shouts our God ascends. 
 
 S All hail, triumphant Lord! 
 
 Heaven with hosannas rings; 
 
 While earth in humbler strains, 
 
 Thy praise responsive sings: 
 << Worthy art thou, who once wast slain, 
 " Thro' endless years to live and reign.'' 
 
 4 Gird on, great God, thy sword, 
 Ascend the conquering car, 
 While justice, truth, and love, 
 Maintain the glorious war: 
 Victorious, thou thy foes shalt tread, 
 And sin and hell in triumph lead* 
 
136 RESURRECTION &c. 
 
 5 Make bare thy potent arm, 
 
 And wing the unerring dart, 
 
 With salutary pangs. 
 
 To each rebellious heart: 
 Then dying souls for life shall sue, 
 Numerous as drops of morning dew. 
 
 jvb. ire.— L. M. 
 
 1 OUR Lord is risen from the dead 5 
 Our Jesus is gone up on high; 
 The pow'rs of hell are captive led, 
 Dragg'd to the portals of the sky. 
 
 ^ There his triumphal chariot waits, 
 And angels chant the solemn lay; 
 ^' Lift up your heads, ye heav'nly gates! 
 Ye everlasting doors give way!" 
 
 3 Loose all your bars of massy light, 
 
 And wide unfold the radiant scene; 
 He claims those mansions as his right, 
 Receive the King of glory in. 
 
 4 " Who is the King of glory, who?" 
 
 The Lord that all his foes overcame. 
 
 The world, sin, death, and hell overthrew, 
 
 And Jesus is the conqueror's name. 
 
 5 Lo! his triumphal chariot waits. 
 
 And angels chant the solemn lay, 
 ^'Lift up your heads, ye heav'nly gates! 
 Ye everlasting doors give way!" 
 
 6 " Who is the King of glory, who?" 
 
 The Lord of boundless pow'r possest, 
 The king of saints and angels too, 
 God over all; for ever blest! 
 
THE WORLD. ir>7 
 
 JVT}. 177. — s. M. 
 
 THE WORLD. 
 
 1 WHEN T survey the world, 
 
 With all it's beauteous frames 
 It's great Creator I adore, 
 And celebrate his name. 
 
 2 The boundless whole displays 
 
 The wonders of the Lord; 
 All nature echoes with his praise, 
 And be his name ador'd. 
 
 S The sun In evVy beam 
 
 Proclaims the God above: 
 It's ardent rays exhibit him. 
 Who rules the worlds in love, 
 
 4 The lofty stars by night. 
 
 The moon with paler glow, 
 In ev'ry twinkling ray of light, 
 Their Maker's honour show. 
 
 5 The universal whole 
 
 Proclaims Jehovah's praise; 
 And O that ev'ry living soul 
 Would songs of honour raise! 
 
 6 The worlds were made in love, 
 
 By wisdom all divine; 
 And while in praise my tongue can move. 
 That praise, Lord? be thine. 
 
 N2 
 
138 THE WORLD. 
 
 A^o. 178. — 'C. M. 
 
 1 HOW vain are all things here belo\vi 
 
 How false and yet how fair! 
 Each pleasure has it's poison too. 
 And ev'ry sweet a snare. 
 
 2 The brightest things below the sky 
 
 Give but a flatt'ring light; 
 How oft we find some danger nigh, 
 When nature yields delight! 
 
 3 Our friends, with whom, in mutual love, 
 
 The path of life we 've trod, 
 May steal our hearts from things above, 
 And turn us back from God. 
 
 4 How oft has sad experience prov'd, 
 
 When goods of earth and sense 
 Have once our warm affections mov'd, 
 'Tis hard to call them thence! 
 
 5" Henceforth thy Word, O Lord, shall be 
 My soul's eternal food; 
 *Twill raise, and draw my heart to thee. 
 Above created good. 
 
 JVT?. 179. — c. M. 
 
 1 TEACH me the measure of my days, 
 
 Thou Maker of my frame; 
 I would survey life's narrow space, 
 And learn how frail I am. 
 
 2 A span is all that we can boast, 
 
 An inch or two of time; 
 Man is but vanity and dust, 
 In all his flow'r and prime. 
 
CREATION. 135 
 
 B See the vain race of mortals move 
 Like shadows o'er the plain; 
 They rage and strive, desire and love, 
 But all their noise is vain. 
 
 4 Some walk in honour's gaudy show. 
 
 Some dig for golden ore, 
 They toil for heirs, they know not who, 
 And straight are seen no more, 
 
 5 What should I wish or wait for then 
 
 From creatures, earth and dust? 
 They make our expectations vain, 
 And disappoint our trust. 
 
 6 Now I forbid my carnal hope, 
 
 My fond desires recall; 
 I give my mortal interest up, 
 And make my God my all. 
 
 JVo. 180. — c. M. 
 
 CREATION. 
 
 1 O HOW shall we adore that name, 
 
 Who rais'd us from the earth; 
 Who form'd to life our wond'rous frame, 
 And gave all nature birth! 
 
 2 Where'er we turn our wond'ring eyes, 
 
 His power and skill we see; 
 Wonders on wonders grandly rise, 
 And speak the Deity. 
 
 3 Tho' universal nature stands 
 
 In all it's pomp array 'd, 
 (The work of his Almighty hands,) 
 'Tis but his footstool made. 
 
140 CREATION. 
 
 4 Could we the worlds of lio;ht survey^ 
 
 The heav'nly spheres behold; 
 The realms of everlasting day, 
 Where stand the thrones of gold: 
 
 5 what a scene would fill the mind. 
 
 If view'd the boundless whole; 
 The vast, the grand assemblage join'd. 
 Would overwhelm the soul! 
 
 6 Yet soon we shall our thoughts expand, 
 
 From earth to spirit rise; 
 In those blest worlds of glory stand, 
 And view those brighter skies. 
 
 7 Till then let all our pow'rs be raised 
 
 The Maker to adore; 
 And when to higher kingdoms raised. 
 We '11 love and praise him more. 
 
 JV^o. 181. — 1. M. 
 
 1 YE sons of men, in sacred lays, 
 Attempt your great Creator's praise: 
 But who an equal song can frame, 
 When angels know not half his name.** 
 
 2 To him all nature owes it's birth: 
 
 He fornrd this pondVous globe of earthy 
 He raised tlie glorious arch on high. 
 And measur'd out the azure sky. 
 
 3 In ev'rv work and way divine, 
 Omnipotence and wisdom shine; 
 And goodness fixes still the end, 
 To which thev all unvarving tend, 
 
 t. 
 
CREATION. 141 
 
 4 RaisM on devotion's lofty wing, 
 May we his high perfections sing; 
 And while his praise employs our tongues^ 
 Let list'ning worlds repeat our songs. 
 
 JVo. 182. — P. M. 
 
 1 BEGIN, my soul, th' exalted lay! 
 Let each enraptur'd thought obey, 
 
 And praise th' Almighty's name: 
 Lo! heaven and earth, and seas and skies? 
 In one melodious concert rise, 
 
 To swell th' inspiring theme. 
 
 £ Ye fields of light,' celestial plains, 
 Where gay transporting beauty reigns, 
 
 Ye scenes divinely fair! 
 Your Maker's wond'rous pow'r proclaim. 
 Tell how he form'd your shining frame. 
 
 And breath'd the fluid air. 
 
 3 Ye angels catch the thrilling sound! 
 While all th' adorino; thrones around 
 
 His boundless mercy sing: 
 Let ev'ry list'ning saint above 
 Wake all the tuneful soul of love, 
 
 And touch the sweetest string. 
 
 4 Join, ye loud spheres, the vocal choirj 
 Thou dazzling orb of liquid fire. 
 
 The mighty chorus aid: 
 Soon as gray evening gilds the plain, 
 Thou, moon, protract the melting strain, 
 
 And praise him in the j^hade. 
 
142 CREATION. 
 
 5 Thou heav'n of heav'ns, his vast abode: 
 Ye clouds proclaim your forming God, 
 
 Who call'd yon worlds from night: 
 <^ Ve shades dispell" — th' Eternal said: 
 At once the involving darkness fled. 
 
 And nature sprung to light. 
 
 6 Whatever a blooming world contains, 
 That wings the air, that skims the plains, 
 
 United praise bestow: 
 Ye dragons sound his awful name 
 To heav'n aloud; and roar acclaim, 
 
 Ye swelling deeps below. 
 
 7 Let ev'ry element rejoice; 
 
 Ye thunders burst with awful voice 
 
 To HIM who bids you roll: 
 His praise in softer notes declare, 
 Each whispering breeze of yielding air, 
 
 And breathe it to the soul. 
 
 8 To HIM, ye graceful cedars, bow; 
 Ye tow'rin^' mountains, bending low, 
 
 Your great Creator own; 
 Tell, when affrighted nature shook, 
 How vSinai kindled at his look. 
 
 And trembled at his frown. 
 
 9 Ye flocks that haunt the humble vale, 
 Ye insects flutt'ring on the gale. 
 
 In mutual concourse rise; 
 Crop the gay rose's vermil bloom. 
 And waft its spoils, a sweet perfume, 
 
 In incense to the skies. 
 
NEW YEAR. 143 
 
 10 Wake all ye mountain tribes, and sing; 
 Ye plumy warblers of the spring, 
 
 Harmonious anthems raise 
 To HIM who shapM your finer mould, 
 Who tippM your glitt'ring wings with gold. 
 
 And tun'd your voice to praise. 
 
 11 Let man, by nobler passions sway'd, 
 The feeling heart, the judging head, 
 
 In heavenly praise employ; 
 Spread his tremendous name around, 
 Till heav'n's broad arch rings back the sound. 
 
 The general burst of joy. 
 
 12 Ye whom the charms of grandeur please, 
 Nurs'd on the downy lap of ease, 
 
 Fall prostrate at his throne: 
 Ye princes, rulers, all adore; 
 Praise him, ye kings, who makes your powV 
 
 An image of his own. ^ 
 
 13 Ye fair, by nature form'd to move, 
 
 O praise th' eternal source of love, 
 
 With youth's enlivening fire: 
 Let age take up tlie tuneful lay, 
 Sigh his bless'd name — then soar away, 
 
 And ask an angel's lyre. 
 
 JVo. 183. — L. M. 
 
 NEW YEAR. 
 
 1 FATHER of mercies, God of love. 
 Whose kind compassion still we prove, 
 Our praise accept, and bless us here, 
 Now brought to thi§ — another year. 
 
144 NEW YEAR. 
 
 2 We sing thy goodness all divine, 
 Whose radiant beams around us shine: 
 "Tis thro' thy goodness we appear, 
 SparM to behold — another year. 
 
 5 Our souls, our all, we here resign; 
 Make us, and keep us, ever thine; 
 And grant, that in thy love and fear 
 We may begin — another year. 
 
 4 Be this our sweet experience still. 
 To know and do thy holy will; 
 Then shall our souls with joy sincere 
 Bless thee for this — another year. 
 
 5 Still, Lord, thro' life thy love display, 
 And then in death's approaching day 
 We '11 joyful part with all that 's here, 
 Nor wish on earth — another year. 
 
 M). 1 84. — L. M. 
 
 1 GREAT God, we sing that mighty hand, 
 By which supported still we stand; 
 Our op'ning years thy mercy show, 
 Thy mercy crowns them as they flow. 
 
 S In ev'ry place, thro' ev'ry hour, 
 Still we are guarded by thy pow'r; 
 By thy incessant bounty fed, 
 By thy unerring counsel led. 
 
 5 With grateful hearts the past we own; 
 The future, all to us unknown. 
 To thee commit in humble pray'r, 
 And banish ev'ry anxious care. 
 
]SEW YEAR. 145 
 
 4 In scenes exalted, or deprest, 
 
 Be thou our joy, our hope, our rest: 
 Unchanged thro' all our changing days, 
 Thy love may we with fervour praise. 
 
 J\U 185. — L. M. 
 
 1 ETERNAL source of ev'ry joy! 
 Well may thy praise our lips employ, 
 While in thy temple we appear, 
 
 To hail thee, Sov'reign of the year. 
 
 2 Wide as the wheels of nature roll, 
 
 Thy hand supports and guides the whole; 
 The sun is taught by thee to rise, 
 And darkness, when to veil the skies. 
 
 3 The flow'ry spring, at thy command, 
 Perfumes the air, and paints the land; 
 The summer rays with vigour shine 
 To raise the corn and cheer the vine. 
 
 4 Thy hand in autumn richly pours 
 Through all our coast redundant stores; 
 And winters, soften 'd by thy care. 
 
 No more the face of horror wear. 
 
 5 Seasons, and months, and weeks, and days, 
 Demand successive songs of praise; 
 
 And be the grateful homage paid. 
 With morning light and evening shade. 
 
 6 Here in thy house let incense rise. 
 And circling Sabbaths bless our eyes. 
 Till to those lofty heights we soar. 
 Where days and years revolve no more. 
 
 O 
 
146 DEATH. 
 
 JS^o. 186. — L. M. 
 
 DEATH. 
 
 1 SEE slow and solemn move along 
 The weeping kindred, gazing throng} 
 A friend is dead, belov'd and dear. 
 And nature drops the tender tear. 
 
 2 But say, ye kindred, tell us why 
 Ye heave that melancholy sigh? 
 He is not dead, but lives above, 
 
 In worlds of light and endless love. 
 
 S He only leaves his flesh and blood. 
 His soul is gone to dwell with God; 
 With him to be for ever blest, 
 With life eternal, endless rest. 
 
 4 Say not he 's dead, he lives indeed; 
 Throw off the sable mourning weed; 
 Let ev'ry pensive tear be dry. 
 And sing your friend to worlds on high. 
 
 «?Vo. 187. — c. M. 
 
 1 A FRIEND and sister, lo, is dead! 
 
 The cold and lifeless clay 
 Must make in dust it's silent bed. 
 And there it shall decay. 
 
 2 But is she dead? — Ah, no! she lives! 
 
 Her nobler spirit flies 
 To worlds of bliss, where Jesus gives 
 The life that never dies^ 
 
DEATH. 147 
 
 y Methinks T see her joyful stand 
 Before the God of love: 
 He smiles — she enters Zion's land, 
 And shares the joys above. 
 
 4 Then let us dry our mournful tears, 
 
 To grief no more give place; 
 
 In heav'n our sister now appears, 
 
 To sing her Saviour's praise. 
 
 5 Ere long, released, our souls shall go, 
 
 Where pleasures never cease, 
 To join the friend we lov'd below, 
 In everlasting peace. 
 
 6 Farewell, dear friend, from earth farewell! 
 
 We soon shall rise to thee; 
 And when we meet, no tongue can tell. 
 How great our joy shall be. 
 
 JVb. 188. — L. M. 
 
 1 BLEST is the man who dies in peace, 
 And gently yields his soul to rest; 
 Who gains from earth the kind release, 
 Leaning upon his Saviour's breast. 
 
 Q So fades a summer-cloud away; 
 
 So sinks the gale, when storms are o'er; 
 So gently shuts the eye of day; 
 So dies a wave along the shore. 
 
 3 A holy quiet reigns around; 
 
 A calm, which nothing e'er destroys; 
 J^ought can disturb that peace profound, 
 Which this unfetter'd soul enjoys. 
 
148 DEATPL 
 
 4 Farewell! conflicting hopes and fears, 
 
 Where light and shade alternate dwell! 
 How bright th' unchanging morn appears! 
 Farewell! inconstant world, farewell! 
 
 5 His duty done, as drops the clay, 
 
 The spirit gains it's full release, 
 While guardian angels sweetly say, 
 "Blest is the man, who dies in peace." 
 
 JVb. 189. — L. M. 
 
 1 WHY should we start, and fear to die? 
 
 What tim'rous worms we mortals are! 
 Death is the gate to endless joy. 
 And yet we dread to enter there. 
 
 2 The pains, the groans, the dying strife. 
 
 Fright our approaching souls away; 
 And we shrink back again to life, 
 Fond of our prison and our clay. 
 
 3 0, if my Lord would come, and meet, 
 
 My soul would stretch her wings in haste; 
 Fly fearless througli death's iron gate, 
 Nor feel the terrors as she pass'd. 
 
 4 Jesus can make a dying bed 
 
 Feel soft as downy pillows are, 
 While on his breast I lean my head. 
 And breathe my life out sweetly there. 
 
 J\^o. 190. — P. M*. 
 
 1 VITAL spark of heav'nly flame! 
 Quit, O quit this mortal frame: 
 Trembling, hoping, ling'ring. flying, 
 O the pain, the bliss of dying! 
 
DEATH. 149 
 
 Cease, fond nature, cease thj strife, 
 And let me languish into life. 
 
 2 Hark! they whisper, angels saj, 
 " Sister spirit, come away:" 
 What is this absorbs me quite? 
 Steals my senses, shuts my sight? 
 Drowns my spirit, draws my breath? 
 Tell me, my soul, can this be death? 
 
 3 The world recedes, it disappears! 
 Heav'n opens on my eyes — my ears 
 With sounds seraphic ring! 
 
 Lend, lend your wings, I mount! I fly! 
 O grave, where is thy victory? 
 O death, where is thy sting? 
 
 M. 191. — s, M. 
 
 1 AH! see that lifeless clay, 
 
 'Tis dead, and lives no more; 
 But lo! the man has wing'd his way 
 To Zion's happy shore. 
 
 2 The flesh and blood are left, 
 
 The man is fled and gone; 
 And of his cumb'rous load bereft, 
 A brighter form puts on. 
 
 5 His body though he gives 
 
 To feea the crawling wormj 
 He now a nobler spirit lives, 
 In a substantial form, 
 
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150 DEATH. 
 
 4 There 's nothing lost bj death, 
 
 Except the lump of ciay; 
 Nor is the soul a puff of breath, 
 Like vapour blown away. 
 
 5 The spirit is the man, 
 
 Of ev'ry pow'r possessed: 
 A living substance now he stands, 
 And IS for ever bless'd. 
 
 6 Then let us all rejoice. 
 
 Our friend and brotlier lives; 
 "With angels now he joins his voice, 
 And praise to Jesus gives. 
 
 JS"o. 192. — L. M. 
 
 1 GOD of eternityl from thee 
 
 Did infant time his being draw; 
 Moments and days, and months and years. 
 Revolve, by thv unvaried law. 
 
 2 Silent and slow they glide away; 
 
 Steady and stronjj the current Hows; 
 Lost in eternity's wide sea, 
 
 The boundless gulf from which it rose. 
 
 3 Thoughtless and vain, our mortal race 
 
 Along the mighty stream are borne 
 On to their everlasting home, — 
 
 That country whence there 's no return, 
 
 4 Yet while the shore on either side 
 
 Presents a gaudy flattering show, 
 We gaze, in fond amay.ement lost, 
 Xor think to what a world we go. 
 
DEATH. 151 
 
 5 Great source of wisdom! teach my heart 
 To know the price of ev'rj hourj 
 That time may bear me on to joys 
 Beyond its measure and its pow'r. 
 
 JN'b. 193.— P. M. 
 
 1 WHEN life's tempestuous storms are o'er, 
 How calm he meets the friendly shore, 
 
 Who liv'd averse from sin! 
 Such peace on virtue's path attends, 
 That, where the sinner's pleasure ends. 
 
 The Christian's joys begin, 
 
 2 See smiling patience smooth his brow! 
 See bendini^ angels downwards bow, 
 
 To lift his soul on high! 
 While, eager for the blest abode. 
 He joins with them to praise the God, 
 
 Who taught him how to die. 
 
 S No sorrow drowns his lifted eyes; 
 No horror wrests the struggling sighs, 
 
 As from the sinner's breast: 
 His God, the God of peace and love, 
 Pours kindly solace from above, 
 
 And soothes his soul to rest. 
 
 4 grant, my Saviour and my friend! 
 Such joys may gild my peaceful end, 
 
 So cahu mv evening close; 
 While, loos'd from ev'ry earthly tie, 
 With steady confidence 1 i]y 
 
 To thee f;ora whom 1 rose! 
 
in SUPPLICATIOX. 
 
 JNU 194.— L. M. 
 
 SUPPLICATION. 
 
 1 COME, Saviour, Jesu, from above! 
 Assist me with thy heav'nlj grace; 
 
 cleanse my heart from earthly love, 
 And for thyself prepare a place. 
 
 S Then let thy sacred presence fill, 
 And set my longing spirit free! 
 Which pants to have no other will, 
 But night and day to feast on thee. 
 
 S While in this region here below, 
 No other good will I pursue: 
 
 1 Ml bid this world of noise and show, 
 With all it's glitt'ring snares, adieu. 
 
 4 That path with humble speed 1 '11 seek, 
 
 In which my Saviour's footsteps shine: 
 Nor will I hear, nor will I speak 
 Of any other love but thine. 
 
 5 Henceforth may no profane delight 
 
 Divide this consecrated soul: 
 Possess It thou, who hast the right. 
 As Lord and Master of the whole. 
 
 6 Nothing on earth do I desire, 
 
 But thy pure love within my breast; 
 This, only this, will I require. 
 And freely give up all the rest. 
 
 •AT). 195. — L. M. 
 1 O THOU, to whose all -searching sight, 
 The darkness shineth as the light. 
 Search, prove my heart, it pants for thee; 
 O bui-ist these bonds, and set it free! 
 
SUITLICATION. , 153 
 
 Q Wash out its stains, refine it's drosSj 
 Nail my aifections to the cross! 
 Hallow each thought; let all within 
 Be clean as thou, my Lord, art clean. 
 
 S While in this darksome wild I stray, 
 Be thou my light, be thou my way; 
 No foes, no violence I fear, 
 Nor aught of ill when thou art near. 
 
 4 When rising floods my soul overflow, 
 When sinks my heart in waves of wo, 
 Jesus thy timely aid impart, 
 
 And raise my head, and cheer my heart. 
 
 5 Saviour, where'er thy steps I see, 
 Dauntless, untir'd, 1 follow thee; 
 
 let thy hand support me still. 
 And lead me to thy holy hill I 
 
 6 If rough and thorny be the way, 
 My strength proportion to the day; 
 
 Till toil, and grief, and pain shall cease, 
 And all be calm, and joy, and peace. 
 
 J\^o. 196. — L. M. 
 
 1 JESUS, from whom all blessings flow. 
 Great builder of thy church below. 
 If now thy spirit moves my breast. 
 Hear and fulfil thine own request. 
 
 2 The few that truly call thee Lord, 
 And wait thy sanctifying word, 
 Who thee their only Saviour own. 
 Unite and perfect them in one, 
 
1^4 SUPPLICATION. 
 
 3 O let them all thv mind express; 
 Stand forth thy chosen witnesses: 
 Thy pow'r unto salvation show, 
 And perfect holiness below. 
 
 4 In them let all mankind behold, 
 How Christians liv'd in days of old^ 
 Mighty their envious foes to move, 
 A proverb of reproach — and love. 
 
 5 0, might my lot be cast with these, 
 The least of Jesu's witnesses! 
 
 that my Lord would count me meet^ 
 To wash his dear disciples' feet: 
 
 6 This only thing do I require; 
 
 Thou know'st 'tis all my heart's desire^ 
 Freely what I receive to give, 
 The servant of thy church to live: 
 
 7 After my lovely Lord to go, 
 And wait upon thy saints below, 
 Enjoy the grace to angels giv'n, 
 And serve the royal heirs of heav'n. 
 
 ^^0. 197. — L. M. 
 
 1 JESUS, in whom the Godhead's rays 
 Beam forth with milder majesty, 
 
 1 see thee full of truth and grace. 
 And come for all I want to thee. 
 
 ^ Wrathful, impure, and proud I am. 
 Nor constancy, nor strength I have: 
 But thou, O Lord, art still the same, 
 And hast not lost thy power to save* 
 
SUPPLICATION. 155 
 
 S Save me from pride, the plague expelj 
 Jesu, thine humble self impart, 
 O let thy mind within me dwell; 
 O give me lowliness of heart. 
 
 4 Enter thyself, and cast out sin; 
 
 Thy spotless purity bestow; 
 Touch me, and make the leper cleanj 
 Wash me, and I am white as snow. 
 
 5 Fury is not in thee, my God, 
 
 why should it be found in thine! 
 Sprinkle me, Saviour, with thy blood, 
 And all thy gentleness is mine. 
 
 6 Pour but thy blood upon the flame, 
 
 Meek, and dispassionate, and mildj 
 The leopard sinks into a lamb, 
 And I become a little child. 
 
 •AT>. 198.— c. M. 
 
 1 HOW long shall earth's alluring toys 
 
 Detain our heart and eyes, 
 Regardless of immortal joys, 
 And strangers to the skies? 
 
 2 These transient scenes will soon decay, 
 
 They fade upon the sight; 
 And quickly will their brightest day 
 Be lost in endless night. 
 
 5 Their brightest day, alas, how vain! 
 With conscious sighs we own; 
 While clouds of sorrow, care, and pain^ 
 O'ershade the smiling noon. 
 
156 SUPPLICATION. 
 
 4 O could our thoughts and wishes fly 
 
 Above these gloomy shades. 
 To those bright worlds beyond the sky. 
 Which sorrow ne'er invades! 
 
 5 There joys unseen by mortal eyes! 
 
 Or reason's feeble ray, 
 In ever blooming prospects rise, 
 XTnconscious of decay. 
 
 6 Lord, send a beam of li^ht divine, 
 
 To guide our upward aim! 
 With one reviving touch of thine 
 Our languid hearts inflame. 
 
 7 Then shall, on faith's sublimest wing, 
 
 Our ardent wishes rise 
 To thosebright scenes, w^here pleasures spring, 
 Immortal in the skies. 
 
 JV'o. 199. — c. M. 
 
 1 MY God, the visits of thy face 
 Afford superior joy, 
 To all the flatt'ring world can give, 
 Or mortal hopes employ. 
 
 £ But clouds and darkness intervene, 
 My brightest joys decline, 
 And earth's gay trifles oft ensnare 
 This wand'ring heart of mine. 
 
 S Lord, guide this wand'ring heart to thee; 
 UnsatisfiVl I stray; 
 Break through the shades of sense and sin, 
 With thy ciiliv'nJDg ray. 
 
SUPPLICATION. 15 
 
 4 let t!iy beams resplendent shine 
 
 And every cloud remove; 
 Transform my powers, and fit my soul 
 For happier scenes above. 
 
 JVo. 200.- — c. M. 
 
 1 THAT the Lord would guide my waysj 
 To keep his statutes still! 
 O that my God would grant me grace 
 To know and do his will! 
 
 5 Send thy good Spirit* Lord, to write 
 
 Thy law upon my heart; 
 Nor let my tongue indulge deceitj 
 Nor act the liar's part. 
 
 5 From vanit}^ turn off my eyes; 
 Let no corrupt design, 
 Nor covetous desires, arise 
 Within this soul of mine. 
 
 4 Order my footsteps by thy word, 
 
 And make my heart sincere; 
 Let sin have no dominion. Lord, 
 But keep my conscience clear. 
 
 5 My soul hath gone too far astray, 
 
 My feet too often slide; 
 O bring me back to virtue's way, 
 And be thy truth my guide! 
 
 6 Make me to walk in thy commands, 
 
 'Tis a delightful road; 
 Nor let my head, or heart, or hands, 
 Offend against mv God. 
 
15B SUPPLICATION. 
 
 J\U 201. — c. M. 
 
 1 THY mercies fill the earth, O Lord, 
 How great thy works appear! 
 Open my eyes to read thy word, 
 And see thy wonders there. 
 
 ^ My flesh, by thy creating hands, 
 Is form'd with care and skill; 
 O make me learn thy just commands, 
 That I may them fulfil! 
 
 3 Since I 'm a stranger here below, 
 
 Be thou my constant guide; 
 Direct the way my feet shall go. 
 Nor let me turn aside. 
 
 4 If thou to me thy statutes show, 
 
 And heav'nly truth impart; 
 Thy work for ever 1 '11 pursue, 
 Thy law shall rule my heart. 
 
 5 From those vain objects turn my sight, 
 
 Which this false world displays; 
 But give me heav'nly pow'r and light, 
 To tread thy righteous ways. 
 
 JVo. 202. — c. M. 
 
 1 WHEN fainting in the sultry waste, 
 
 And parch'd with thirst extreme. 
 The weary pilgrim longs to taste 
 The cool refreshing stream; 
 
 2 Should, sudden to his hopeless eye, 
 
 A crystal spring appear, 
 How would th' enlivening, sweet supply 
 His drooping spirit chcerl 
 
SUPPLICATION. 159 
 
 3 So longs the weary fainting mind, 
 
 Oppressed with sins and woes, 
 Some soul-reviving spring to find, 
 Whence heav'nlj comfort flows. 
 
 4 Thus sweet the consolations are 
 
 The promises impart; 
 Here flowing streams of life appear, 
 To ease the panting heart. 
 
 5 O when I thirst for thee, my God, 
 
 With ardent, strong desire. 
 And still, through all this desert road, 
 To taste thy grace, aspire; 
 
 6 Then, let my pray'r to thee ascend, 
 
 A grateful sacrifice; 
 My plaintive voice thou wilt attend, 
 And grant me full supplies. 
 
 JW). 203. — c. M. 
 
 1 AUTHOR of good! we rest on thee: 
 Thine ever watchful eye 
 Alone our real wants can see. 
 Thy hand alone supply. 
 
 Q OhI let thy powV within us dwell, 
 Thy love our footsteps guide! 
 That love shall vainer loves expel, 
 That fear all fears beside. 
 
 3 And since, by passion's force subdu'd, 
 Too oft, with stubborn will, 
 We blindly shun the latent good, 
 And grasp the specious ill: 
 
ICO SUrPLICATION. 
 
 4 Not vrhat ^ve wish, but wha^ we want, 
 
 Let mercy still supplv: 
 Tiie good, unask'd, let mercy grant, 
 The ill, though iisk'd, deny. 
 
 JS'^o. 204. — c. M. 
 
 1 O GOD of Jacob, by whose hand 
 
 Thy people still are fed; 
 Who, through his weary pilgrimage, 
 Hast all our fathers led! 
 
 2 To thee our humble vows we raise, 
 
 To thee address our prayer; 
 And in thy kind and faithful breast 
 Deposit all our care. 
 
 5 Through each perplexing path of life 
 
 Our wand'ring footsteps guide; 
 Give us by day our daily bread, 
 And raiment fit provide. 
 
 4 01 spread thy cov^ing wings around. 
 
 Till all our wanJ'rings cease; 
 And at our father's lov'd abode 
 Our souls arrive in peace! 
 
 5 To thee, as to our cov'nant-God, 
 
 We '11 our whole selves resign; 
 And thankful own, that all we are, 
 And all we have, is thine. 
 
 J\^0. 205. — C. M. 
 
 1 JESUS, great Shepherd of the sheep, 
 To thee for help we fly: 
 Thy little flock in safety keep, 
 For O the wolf is nigh! 
 
SUPPLICATION. 1^1 
 
 '2 He comes of hellish malice full, 
 To scatter, tear, and slay; 
 He seizes ev'ry straggling soul, 
 As his own lawful prey. 
 
 3 Us into thy protection take, 
 
 And gather witii thine arm; 
 Unless the fold we first forsake, 
 The wolf can never harm. 
 
 4 We laugh to scorn his cruel powV, 
 
 While by our shepherd's side; 
 The sheep he never can devour, 
 Unless he first divide. 
 
 5 do not suifer him to part 
 
 The souls that here agree! 
 But make us of one mind and heart, 
 And keep us one in thee! 
 
 tAT). 206. — c. M. 
 
 1 GREAT God! thy peerless excellence 
 
 Let all created nature own: 
 Deep on our minds impress the sense 
 Of glories which are thine alone. 
 
 2 Let these our admiration raise, 
 
 And fill us with religious awe; 
 Tune all our hearts and tongues to praise, 
 And bend us to thy holy law. 
 
 3 Pure may we be, averse to sin, 
 
 Just, lioly, merciful, and true; 
 And let thine image, form'd within, 
 Shine out in all we speak and do. 
 
 P2 
 
162 SUPPLICATION* 
 
 JS^^o. 207. — s. M. 
 
 1 IMPOSTUPvE shrinks from light, 
 
 And dreads the curious eye; 
 But Christian truths the test invite, 
 They bid us search and try. 
 
 2 A meek, inquiring mind. 
 
 Lord, help us to maintain; 
 That growing knowledge we may find, 
 And growing virtue gain. 
 
 3 With understanding bless'd, 
 
 Created to be free, 
 Our faith on man we dare not rest, 
 Subject to noiie but thee. 
 
 4 Lord, give the light we need; 
 
 With soundest knowledge fill; 
 From noxious error guard our creed, 
 From prejudice our will. 
 
 5 The truth thou shalt impart, 
 
 Mav we with firmness own: 
 Abhorring each evasive art, 
 And fearing thee alone. 
 
 JVb. 208. — c. M. 
 
 1 MY God, my portion and my love! 
 
 My everlasting alll 
 I 've none but thee in heav'n above. 
 Or on this earthly ball. 
 
 2 In vain the bri;clu meridian sua 
 
 Scatters his feeble li"ht: 
 Thy brighter beams create my noon; 
 If thou withdraw, 'tis niglit. 
 
SUPPLICATION. 163 
 
 3 And while upon my restless bed, 
 
 Amongst the shades I roll; 
 If God his light around me shed, 
 'Tis morning with my soul. 
 
 4 To thee I owe my wealth and friends, 
 
 And health, and safe abode, 
 Thanks to thy name for meaner thingsj 
 But they are not my God. 
 
 5 If I possessM the spacious earth, 
 
 And call'd the stars my own. 
 Without thy mercy and thy love, 
 I were a wretch undone. 
 
 6 Let others stretch their arms like seas, 
 
 And grasp in all the shore: 
 Grant me to see thy blissful face, 
 And 1 desire no more! 
 
 ^%, 209. — c. M* 
 
 1 I WANT a principle within 
 
 Of jealous godly fear, 
 A dread and hatred of all sin, 
 A pain to feel it near. 
 
 2 That I from thee no more may part. 
 
 No more thy goodness grieve: 
 The filial awe, the loving heart. 
 The tender conscience give; 
 
 S A heart resignM, submissive, meek. 
 My great Redeemer's throne, 
 Where only Christ is heard to speak, 
 Where Jesus reigns alone. 
 
164 SUPPLICATION. 
 
 4 Quick as the apple of an eye, 
 
 O God! my conscience make; 
 Awake my soul when sin is nigh, 
 And keep it still awake. 
 
 5 If to the right or left I stray, 
 
 That moment, Lord, reprove; 
 And let me mourn, and weep, and pray. 
 For having griev'd thy love! 
 
 6 0! may the least omission pain 
 
 IVIy well-instructed soul; 
 That I may find that grace again, 
 AVhich makes the wounded whole. 
 
 •;To. 210. — X. M. 
 
 1 GREx\T God! whose all-pervading eye 
 Sees ev'ry passion of my soul! 
 When sunk too low, or rais'd too high, 
 Teach me those passions to control. 
 
 £ Temper the fervours of my frame; 
 Be charity their constant spring; 
 And O! let no unhallowed flame 
 Pollute the offerings I bring. 
 
 3 Let peace with piety unite, 
 
 To mend the bias of my will; 
 While hope and heav'n-ey'd faith excite, 
 And wisdom regulates my zeal: 
 
 4 That wisdom, which to meekness turns; 
 
 Wisdom descending from above; 
 And let my zeal, whene'er it burns, 
 Be kindled bv the lire of love. 
 
GLORIFICATION. 165 
 
 JVO. 211. — L. M. 
 
 1 SUPREME and universal light! 
 Fountain of reason! Judge of right! 
 Without whose kind, directing ray. 
 In everlasting night we stray. 
 
 2 Assist us, Lord, to act, to be, 
 What all thy sacred laws decree; 
 Worthy that intellectual flame, 
 Which from thy breathing spirit came. 
 
 3 No slaves to profit, shame, or fear, 
 O may our stedfast bosoms bear 
 
 The stamp of heav'n, an honest hearty 
 Above the mean disguise of art! 
 
 4 May our expanded souls disclaim 
 The narrow view, the selfish aim; 
 But with a Christian zeal embrace 
 Whate'er is friendly to our race. 
 
 5 O Father! grace and virtue grant: 
 No more we wish, no more we w^ant. 
 To know, to serve thee, and to love, 
 Is peace below, is bliss above. 
 
 JVo. 212. — p. M. 
 
 GLORIFICATION. 
 
 J HARKl the voice of love and mercy 
 
 Sounds aloud from Calvary! 
 See it rends the rocks asunder. 
 
 Shakes the earth and veils the skyi 
 ntisfinish'dl' 
 Hear the dvinor Saviour cry! 
 
l^Q CHARITY. 
 
 2 It is finish'd! — O what pleasure 
 
 Do these charming words afford! 
 Heavenly blessings without measure, 
 
 Flow to us from Christ the Lord. 
 It is finish'd! — 
 Saints, the dying words record. 
 
 3 Finish'd all the types and shadows, 
 
 Of the ceremonial law! 
 Finish'd all that God has promis'd; 
 
 Death and hell no more shall awe. 
 It is finish'd! — 
 Saints, from hence your comfort draw. 
 
 4 Happy souls, approach the table, 
 
 Taste the sou I -reviving food; 
 Nothing half so sweet and pleasant 
 
 As the Saviour's flesh and blood. 
 It is finish'd! — 
 Christ has borne the heavy load. 
 
 5 Tune your harps anew ye Seraphs, 
 
 Join to sing the pleasing theme; 
 All on earth, and all in heaven 
 
 Join to praise Immanuel's name. 
 Hallelujah! 
 Glory to the bleeding Lamb! 
 
 JVb, 213. — s. M. 
 
 CHARITY. 
 
 1 BLEST be the tie that binds 
 Our hearts in Christian love! 
 The fellowship of kindred minds 
 Is like to that above. 
 
CHARITY. lar 
 
 2 Before our Father's throne, 
 
 We pour our ardent prayers: 
 Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one,— 
 Our comfoits and our cares. 
 
 3 We share our mutual woes; 
 
 Our mutual burdens bear: 
 And often for each other flows 
 The sympathizing tear. 
 
 4 When we asunder part. 
 
 It gives us inward pain; 
 But we shall still be join'd in heart. 
 And hope to meet again. 
 
 5 This glorious hope revives 
 
 Our courage by the way: 
 While each in expectation lives, 
 And longs to see the day. 
 
 6 From sorrow, toil, and pain, 
 
 And sin we shall be free; 
 And perfect love and friendship reign 
 Through all eternity. 
 
 JVU 214. — s. M. 
 
 1 LET party names no more 
 
 The Christian world o'erspread; 
 Gentile and Jew, and bond and free. 
 Are one in Christ their head. 
 
 S Among the saints on earth, 
 Let mutual love be found; 
 Heirs of the same inheritance, 
 With mutual blessiii$::s crown'd. 
 
168 CHARITY. 
 
 S Let envy, child of Hell I 
 Be banish'd far away: 
 Those should in strictest friendship dwell, 
 Who the same Lord obey. 
 
 4 Thus will the church below 
 Resemble that above; 
 Where streams of pleasure ever flow. 
 And every heart is love. 
 
 JN'b. 215. — L. M. 
 
 1 HAD I the tongues of Greeks and Jews, 
 And nobler speech than angels use, 
 
 If love be absent, 1 am found. 
 
 Like tinkling brass, an empty sound. 
 
 2 Were 1 inspired to preach, and tell 
 All that is done in heav'n and hell; 
 Or could my faith the world remove. 
 Still I am nothing without love. 
 
 3 Should I distribute all my store, 
 To feed the hungry, clothe the poor; 
 Or give my body to the flame. 
 
 To gain a martyr's glorious name; 
 
 4 If love to God, and love to man 
 Be absent, all my hopes are vain; 
 Nor tongues, nor gifts, nor fiery zeal. 
 The work of love can e'er fulfil. 
 
 •AT). 216. — L. M. 
 
 1 THUS saith the first, the great command, 
 " Let all thy inward pow'rs unite 
 To love thy Maker and thy God, 
 With sacred fervours and delights. 
 
CHARITY. 169 
 
 S Then shall thy neighbour, next in place. 
 Share thine aft'ections and esteem; 
 And let thy kindness to thyself 
 Measure and rule thy love to him." 
 
 3 This is the sense that Moses spoke, 
 This did the prophets preach and prove; 
 For want of this the law is broke. 
 
 And the whole law 's fuliill'd by love. 
 
 4 But oh, how base our passions are! 
 How cold our chanty and zeal! 
 Lord, fill our souls with heav'nly fire, 
 Or we shall ne'er perform thy will. 
 
 JVo. 217. — li. M. 
 
 1 HOW blest the sacred tie, that binds, 
 In union sweet, according minds! 
 How swift the heav'nly course they run, 
 Whose hearts, whose faith, whose hopes arc 
 one! 
 
 ^ To each, the soul of each how dear! 
 What watchful love, what holy fear! 
 How doth the gen'rous flame within 
 Refine from earth, and cleanse from sin! 
 
 3 Their streaming eyes together flow 
 For human guilt and mortal wo; 
 Their ardent pray'rs together rise, 
 Like mingling flames in sacrifice. 
 
 4 Together both they seek the place, 
 Where God reveals his awful face; 
 
 How high, how strong, their raptures swell, 
 There 's none but kindred souls can tell. 
 
ire CHARITY. 
 
 5 Nor shall the glowing flame expire 
 'Midst nature's drooping, sick'ning fire; 
 Soon shall they meet in realms above, 
 A heav'n of joy, because of love. 
 
 JVU 218. — s. M. 
 
 1 LO9 what a pleasing sight 
 
 Are brethren that agree! 
 How blest are all, whose hearts unite 
 In bonds of piety! 
 
 2 From those celestial springs, 
 
 Such streams of comfort flow, 
 As no increase of riches brings, 
 Nor honours can bestow. 
 
 5 All in their stations move, 
 
 And each performs his part, 
 In all the cares of life and love^ 
 With sympathizing iieart. 
 
 4 Form'd for the purest joys, 
 
 By one desire possest, 
 One aim the zeal of all employs, 
 To make each other blest. 
 
 5 No bliss can equal theirs, 
 
 Where such affections meet; 
 While praise devout, and mingled pray'rs 
 Make their communion sweet. 
 
 6 'Tis the same pleasure fills 
 
 The breast in worlds above; 
 Where joy like morning-dew distils, 
 And all the air is love. 
 
CHARITY. in 
 
 JVU 219. — c. M. 
 
 1 THERE is a gem more pearly bright, 
 
 More dear to Mercy's eye, 
 Than love's sweet star, whose mellow light, 
 
 First cheers the evening sky; 
 A liquid pearl, that glitters where 
 
 No sorrows now intrude, 
 A richer gem than monarchs wear. 
 
 The tear of gratitude. 
 
 2 But ne'er shall narrow love of self 
 
 Invite this tribute forth, 
 Nor can the sordid slave of pelf 
 
 Appreciate its worth; 
 But ye, who sooth the widow's wo. 
 
 And give the orphan food. 
 For you this liquid pearl shall flow, 
 
 The tear of gratitude. 
 
 3 Ye who but slake an infant's thirst, 
 
 In heavenly Mercy's name, 
 Or proffer Penury a crust, 
 
 The sweet reward may claim; 
 Then while you rove life's sunny banks, 
 
 With sweetest flowerets strew'd, 
 Still may you claim the widow^s thanks, 
 
 The or jih art's gratitude. 
 
 JVI). 220. — L. H. 
 
 1 O LORDl my Saviour and my King! 
 Of all I have or hope the spring! 
 Send down thy spirit from above 
 And warm my heart with holy Icive* 
 
ir£ PRAISE AND^ 
 
 S May I from every act abstain 
 That gives another grief or pain; 
 Still may I feel my heart inclined 
 To be the friend of all mankind. 
 
 S Yea, tho!igh my neighboui 's hate I prove, 
 Still let me vanquish hate with love; 
 Slow to resent, though he would grieve; 
 But always ready to forgive. 
 
 4 Let love through all my conduct shine 
 An image fair, though faint, of thine; 
 Let me thy humble follower prove, 
 Almighty Saviour! God of love!^ 
 
 JVo. 221. — c. M. 
 
 PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING. 
 
 1 JESUS, I love thy sacred name; 
 'Tis m.usic to my ear; 
 Fain would I sound it out so loud, 
 That earth and heav'n might hear. 
 
 £ Yes, thou art precious to my soul, 
 My transport and my trust! 
 Jewels to thee are gaudy toys, 
 And gold is sordid dust. 
 
 3 All my capacious pow'rs can wish 
 
 In thee doth richly meet; 
 Nor to mine eyes is light so dear, 
 Nor friendship half so sweet. 
 
 4 Thy grace still dwells upon my heart, 
 
 And sheds it's fragrance there; 
 The noblest balm of all it's wounds^ 
 The cordial of it's care! 
 
THANKSGIVING. ITS 
 
 5 I '11 speak the honours of thy name. 
 With my last laboring breath; 
 Then, speechless, clasp thee in mine arms, 
 The antidote of death. 
 
 JVb. 222. — li. M. 
 
 1 SALVATION doth to God belong; 
 His pow'r and grace shall be our song: 
 From him alone all mercies flow; 
 
 His arm alone subdues the foe! 
 
 2 Then praise this God, who bows his ear 
 Propitious to his people's pray'r; 
 
 And though deliv'rance he may stay. 
 Yet answers still in his own day. 
 
 3 O may thy gootlness lead our land. 
 Still sav'd by thine Almighty hand. 
 The tribute of it's love to bring 
 To thee, our Saviour and our King; 
 
 4 Till ev'ry public temple raise 
 
 A song of triumph to thy praise; 
 And ev'ry peaceful private home 
 To thee a temple shall become. 
 
 d Still be it our supreme delight 
 To walk as in thy glorious sight; 
 Still in thy precepts and thy fear, 
 Till life's last hour, to persevere. 
 
 J\^o. 223. — 7s, 
 1 PRATSP' to God, immortal praise, 
 For the love that crowns our days; 
 Bounteous source of ev'ry joy, 
 Let our tongues thy praise employ; 
 
 Q2 
 
174 PRAISE AND 
 
 2 For the blessings of the field. 
 For the stores the gardens yield, 
 For the vine's exalted juice, 
 For the gen'rous olive's use: 
 
 3 Flocks that whiten all the plain, 
 Yellow sheaves of ripen'd grain, 
 Clouds that drop their fatt'ning dews, 
 Suns that temp'rate warmth diffuse: 
 
 4 All that Spring with bounteous hand, 
 Scatters o'er the smiling land: 
 
 All that lib'ral Autumn pours 
 From her rich o'erilowing stores: 
 
 5 These to thee, my God, we owe; 
 Source whence all our blessings flow: 
 And for these, my soul shall raise 
 Grateful vows and solemn praise. 
 
 6 Yet should rising whirlwinds tear 
 From its stem the rip'ning ear; 
 Should the fig-tree's blasted shoot 
 Drop her green untimely fruit; 
 
 7 Should the vine put forth no more, 
 Nor the olive yield her store; 
 Though the sick'ning flocks should fall, 
 And the herds desert the stall; 
 
 8 Should thine alter'd hand restrain 
 The early and the latter rain: 
 Blast each op'ning bud of joy. 
 And the rising year destroy: 
 
 9 Yet to thee mv soul should raise 
 Grateful vows and solemn praise; 
 And, when ev'ry blessing's flown, 
 Love thee — for thvself alone. 
 
THANKSGIVING. 175 
 
 JVb. ^24. — L. M. 
 
 1 MY God, since thou hast rais'd me up, 
 
 Thee I '11 extol with thankful voice: 
 Restor'd by thine Almighty pow'r, 
 With fear before thee I 'II rejoice. 
 
 2 With troubles worn, with pain oppress'd, 
 
 To thee T cried, and thou didst savej 
 Thou didst support my sinking hopes, 
 My life didst rescue from the grave. 
 
 3 Wherefore, ye saints! rejoice with me. 
 
 With me sing praises to the Lord; 
 Call all his goodness to your mind. 
 And all his faithfulness record. 
 
 4 His anger is but short; his love, 
 
 Which is our life, hath certain stay: 
 Grief may continue for a night, 
 But joy returns with rising day! 
 
 5 Then what I vow'd in my distress, 
 
 In happier hours I now will give, 
 And strive, that in my grateful verse 
 His praises may for ever live. 
 
 M). 225. — P. M. 
 
 1 LORD of life, all praise excelling, 
 
 Thou, in glory unconfin'd, 
 Deign'st to make thy iiuuible dwelling 
 With the poor of humbls.^ mind, 
 
 2 As thy love, through all creation. 
 
 Beams like thy diftusive light; 
 So the scorn'd and humble station 
 Shrinks not in thine equal sight. 
 
176 PRAISE AND 
 
 3 Thus thy care, for all providing, 
 
 Warm'd thy faithful prophet's tongue; 
 Who, the lot of all deciding, 
 To thy chosen Israel sung: 
 
 4 " When thine harvest yields thee pleasure, 
 
 Thou the golden sheaf shalt bind; 
 To the poor belongs the treasure, 
 Of the scatter'd ears behind." 
 
 CHORUS. 
 
 "These thy God ordains to bless 
 The widow and the fatherless." 
 
 5 When thine olives still increasing. 
 
 Pour their plenty o^er the plain. 
 Grateful thou shait take the blessing, 
 But not search the boughs asain." 
 CHORUS. '' These, &c." 
 
 6 " When thy favoured vintage flowing, 
 
 Gladdens the autumnal scene, 
 Own the bounteous hand bestowing, 
 But thy vines the poor shall glean." 
 CHORUS. *' These, &c." 
 
 7 Still we read thy word declaring 
 
 Mercy, Lord, thine own decree; 
 Mercy, ev'ry sorrow sharing, 
 
 Warms the heart resemblin": thee. 
 
 8 Still the orplian and the stranger, 
 
 Still the widow owns thy care; 
 Screened by thee in ev'ry danger, 
 Heard by thee in ev'ry pray'r. 
 
 Httlleiiijah, Ameiu 
 
THANKSGIVING. in 
 
 JNI). 226. — li. M. 
 
 1 SING to the liord, who loud proclaims 
 His various and his saving nances; 
 
 O may they not be heard alone, 
 But by our sure experience known. 
 
 2 The great Jehovah be ador'd, 
 Th' eternal, all-sufficient Lord; 
 
 Be through the world, most high confessed, 
 By whom 'twas form'd, and is possessed, 
 
 3 Through ev'ry age, his gracious ear 
 Is open to his servant's pray'r; 
 Nor can one humble soul complain 
 That he hath sought his God in vain. 
 
 4 To thee our souls in faith arise, 
 To thee we lift expecting eyes; 
 And boldly through the desert tread, 
 For God will guard where God shall lead. 
 
 J\% 227. — P. M. 
 
 1 GLORY to God on high! 
 Let earth and skies reply^ 
 
 Praise ye his name; 
 His love and grace adore, 
 Who all our sorrows bore; 
 Sing aloud evermore. 
 
 Worthy the Lamb. 
 
 2 Jesus, our Lord and God, 
 Bore sin's tremendous load, 
 
 Praise ye his name; 
 Tell what his arm hath done, 
 What spoils from death he won; 
 Sing his great name alone; 
 
 Worthy the Lamb. 
 
178 PRAISE AND 
 
 3 Join, all ye ransom'd race. 
 Our holy Lord to bless; 
 
 Praise ye his name: 
 In him we will rejoice, 
 And make a joyful noise. 
 Shouting with heart and voice. 
 
 Worthy the Lamb. 
 
 4 What tho' we change our place. 
 Yet we shall never cease 
 
 Praising his name; 
 To him our songs we bring, 
 Hail him our gracious King, 
 And without ceasing sing. 
 
 Worthy the Lamb. 
 
 •?Vb. 228. — P. M. 
 
 1 LET all the earth their voices raise, 
 To sing a lofty psalm of praise. 
 
 And bless the great Jehovah's name: 
 His glory let the heathen know, 
 His wonders to the nations show, 
 
 And all his works of grace proclaim. 
 
 £ He fram'd the globe, he spread the sky, 
 And all the shining worlds on high; 
 
 He reigns complete in glory there^ 
 His beams are majesty and light, 
 His glories, how divinely bright! 
 
 His temple, how divinely fair! 
 
 3 Let heaven be glad, let earth rejoice, 
 Let ocean lift its roaring voice. 
 
 Proclaiming loud, "Jehovah reigns!" 
 
THANKSGIVING. 179 
 
 For joy let fertile vallies sing, 
 And tuneful groves their tiibute bring 
 To him, whose pow'r the world sustains. 
 
 4 Come, the great day, the glorious hour, 
 When earth shall own his sovereign pow'r, 
 
 And barb'rous nations fear his namej 
 Then shall the universe confess 
 The beauty of his holiness. 
 
 And in his courts his grace proclaim. 
 
 JVT). 229. — c. M. 
 
 1 GOD, my grateful soul aspires 
 
 To magnify thy name! 
 My tongue, with cheerful songs of praise^ 
 Shall celebrate thy fame. 
 
 2 Awake, my heart, and thou, my voice. 
 
 Thy willing tribute pay; 
 And let a hymn of sacred joy 
 Salute the op'ning day. 
 
 3 To all the list'ning world around 
 
 Thy goodness I will sing; 
 Whilst ev'ry grateful tongue shall join 
 To praise th' eternal King: 
 
 4 Because thy mercy's boundless height 
 
 The highest heav'n transcends; 
 And far beyond the spreading earth 
 Thy faithfulness extends. 
 
 5 Be thou exalted, O my God, 
 
 Above the starry frame; 
 And let the world with one consent 
 Confess thy glorious name. 
 
80 PRAISE AND 
 
 JVb. 230. — c. M. 
 
 THOU Lord, in heav'n hast plac'd thy throne, 
 
 Thy kingdom w ide extends; 
 Thy vast dominion shall be known 
 
 To earth's remotest ends. 
 
 * Ye angels, who excel in might, 
 And wait to do his will, 
 Bless him, whose w ork is your delight, 
 Whose pleasure ye fulfil. 
 
 - Ye seraphs, who with joy obey 
 The orders of your Iving, 
 Attend his churches when they pray, 
 And join the praise they sing. 
 
 Whilst all his works his praise proclaim, 
 
 O let my heart and ton^rue 
 Join with the universal frame, 
 
 In this eternal songl 
 
 JVo. 231. — L. M. 
 
 ALMIGHTY Lord, to thee we raise 
 A sacred song of humble praise; 
 
 Thy captive Judah thou wilt free, 
 And give thine Israel liberty. 
 
 *Tis done, our sovereign Lord and King 
 Doth health to wounded Israel bring; 
 
 Disorders of the soul are heaPd, 
 And peace and truth again reveaPd. 
 
 The nations all around shall hear, 
 And Israel's greM Redeemer fear: 
 
 Jerusalem divinely prove 
 
 Jehovah's boundless truth and love. 
 
THANKSGmNG. SU 
 
 4 Now shall the voice of jov arise, 
 
 And sonars of gladness reach the skie8| 
 The name of Jesus loud be sung, 
 From evTV heart, by ev'rj tongue. 
 
 5 O happy church, exalt the Lord, 
 In highest strains his love record^ 
 Your sacrifice of praises brin^, 
 And hail the advent of your King* 
 
 JS% 232. — s. M« 
 
 1 TO bless thy chosen race, 
 
 In mercy, Lord, incline; 
 And cause the brightness of thy face| 
 On all thT church to shine. 
 
 to 
 
 2 That so thv jrracious wav 
 
 May thro' the world be known, 
 Whilst distant lands their homage paji 
 And thy salvation own. 
 
 3 Let all the nations join 
 
 To celebrate thy fame; 
 Let the whole world, O Lord, combine, 
 To praise thy glorious name. 
 
 4 let them shout and sing. 
 
 In humble pious mirth! 
 For thou, the righteous Judge and Kingj 
 Shalt govern all the earth. 
 
 •AU 233. — s. M. 
 
 1 COME, sound his praise abroad, 
 And hvmns of jrlorv singl 
 Jehovah is the Sov'rei2;n God, 
 The universal King. U 
 
182 PRAISE AND 
 
 2 He form'd the deeps unknown; 
 He gave the seas their bound; 
 The watery worlds are all his own, 
 And all the solid ground. 
 
 S Come, worship at his throne; 
 Come, bow before the Lord. 
 We are his works and not our own; 
 
 He form'd us bv his word. 
 
 »/ 
 
 4 To day attend his voice, 
 
 Nor dare provoke his rod; 
 Come, like the people of his choice, 
 And own your gracious God! 
 
 JS^o. 234. — P. M. 
 
 1 A SONG of gratitude begin. 
 
 To praise the God who saves from sin; 
 Who marks the penitential tear 
 And deigns the contrite sigh to hear; 
 Who whispers hope, when we our sins deplore— 
 *' Thy God condemns thee not — offend no more." 
 
 2 But, ah! such love can ne'er be sung — 
 Such boundless grace! — by mortal tongue; 
 For e'en celestial minstrels deem 
 Their highest skill below the theme; 
 
 Yet mortals can, with gratitude, adore 
 The God who pardons all that sin no more. 
 
 S Dear Lord! is this condition all? 
 
 To fight the foes that wrought our fall? 
 Thus arm'd with hope, I '11 quell a host, 
 Nor let so cheap a heaven be lost; 
 O then repeat the sweet assurance o'er, 
 ** Thy God will not condemn thee — sin no more." 
 
THANKSGIVING. 183 
 
 JVo. 235. — L. M. 
 
 1 GREAT God! our joyful thanks to thee 
 Shall, like thy 2:ifts. continual be; 
 In constant streams thy bounty flows, 
 Nor end nor interruption knows. 
 
 5 From thee our comforts all arise, 
 
 Our numerous wants thy hand supplies^ 
 Nor can we ever, Lord, be poor, 
 Who live on thy exhaustless store. 
 
 3 Deep, TiOrd, upon our thankful breast 
 Let all thy favours be imprest; 
 That we may never more forget 
 The whole or any single debt. 
 
 4 May we with grateful hearts each day 
 For all thy gifts our praises pay; 
 And still delighted may we be, 
 
 In all things to give thanks to thee. 
 
 •TVb. 236. — c. M. 
 
 1 ALMIGHTY Father! gracious Lord! 
 Kind guardian of my days! 
 Thy mercies let my heart record 
 In songs of grateful praise. 
 
 5 In life's first dawn, my tender frame 
 
 Was thy indulgent care. 
 Long ere 1 could pronounce thy name, 
 Or breathe the infant pray'r. 
 
 3 When reason with my stature grew. 
 How weak her brightest ray! 
 How little of my God 1 knew! 
 How apt from thee to strayl 
 
184 PRAISE AXD 
 
 4 Around my path what dangers rose! 
 , What snares o'erspread my road I 
 Ko pow'r could guard me from my foes, 
 
 But mv Preserver, God, 
 
 5 When life hung; trembling: on a breath, 
 
 *Twas thy unceasing: love 
 That sav'd me from impending death. 
 And bade mv fears remove. 
 
 m 
 
 m 
 
 6 Lord* though this mortal frame decays, 
 
 And earthly comfort flies: 
 Complete the wonders of thy grace, 
 And raise me to the skies. 
 
 f Then shall my jovful pow'rs unite 
 
 In more exalted lays, • 
 
 And join the happy sons of light 
 In everlasting praise. 
 
 A*o. £3r» — J^ M. 
 
 1 TRIUMPHANT. Lord! thy goodness reigns 
 Thro' all the wide celestial plains: 
 And its full streams redundant flow 
 Down to th' abodes of men below. 
 
 S Thro' nature's works thv glories shine: 
 The cares of Providence are thine; 
 And thou hast rais'd within our frame 
 A faii^er temple to thy name. 
 
 fe b sa^e to ev'rv human heart 
 
 To taste and feel, how good thou art; 
 V'ith grateful love, and rev'reud fear, 
 Tb know how blest thv children aret 
 
THANKSGIVING. 185 
 
 4 Let nature burst into a song: 
 
 Ye echoing hills, the notes prolong! 
 Earth, seas, and stars, your anthems raise. 
 All vocal with your Maker's praise! 
 
 5 Join, O my soul! the genVal song; 
 To thee its su -etest notes belong. 
 Blest above all by love divine, 
 To praise is eminently thine. 
 
 J\^0. 238. — P. M. 
 
 1 THOU pow'r supreme, by whose command we 
 
 live! 
 The grateful tribute of our praise receive: 
 To thy indulgence we our being owe, 
 And all the joys which from that being flow. 
 
 2 Thy skill our elemental clay refin'd, 
 And all its various parts in order join'd; 
 With perfect symmetry composed the whole, 
 And stamp'd thy sacred image on the soul: 
 
 3 A soul, susceptible of endless joy. 
 Whose frame nor force, nor time, shall e'er 
 
 destroy; 
 Which shall survive, though nature claim our 
 
 breath, 
 And bid defiance to the darts of death. 
 
 4 How shall our hearts their grateful sense re- 
 
 veal. 
 When all the energy of words must fail.^ 
 O may its influence in our lives appear, 
 And every action prove our thanks sincere. 
 
 R2 
 
1 88 Nativity. 
 
 JV"o, 239.— c. M. 
 
 i Almighty Saviour! God of love! 
 
 Mv Saviour and my God! 
 '11 sing the honours of thy name, 
 And spread thy praise abroad. 
 
 § In every period of my life 
 Thy goodness doth appear: 
 Thy mercies gild the transient scenei 
 And crown each passing year. 
 
 § In all these mercies may my soul 
 Thy love and wisdom see, 
 Nor let the gifts thy hand bestows 
 Estrange niy heart from thee. 
 
 4 Throu2:h everv changing; state of life^ 
 iOxh bright, each clouded scene, 
 Give me a meek and humble mind, 
 Still equal and serene. 
 
 6 Theh may I close my eyes in death. 
 Free from all anxious fear: 
 Fob death itself is life, my God! 
 If thou art with me there. 
 
 sAT}. 240. — c. Mi 
 
 Nativity. 
 
 i WHILE shepherds watch'd their flocks by* 
 night, 
 Near Bethle'm's happy ground, 
 ^he angel of the Lord came down^ 
 And glory shone around* 
 
NATIVITY. 187 
 
 ^ " Pear not," said he, for mighty dread 
 Had seiz'd their troubled mind; 
 '' Glad tidings of great joy I bring 
 To you and all mankind, 
 
 S To you, in David's town, this day 
 Is born, of David's line, 
 The Saviour, who is Christ the Lord; 
 And this shall be the sign: 
 
 4 The Heav'nly Babe you there shall find, 
 
 To human view display'd, 
 All meanly wrapp'd in swathing bands, 
 And in a manger laid." 
 
 5 Thus spake the seraph, and forthwith 
 
 Appear'd a shining throng 
 Of angels praising God, who thus 
 Address'd their joyful song: 
 
 6 " All glory be to God on high. 
 
 And to the earth be peace, 
 Good -will, henceforth, from heaven to men 
 Begin, and never cease*" 
 
 «Ao. 241. — c. M. 
 
 i COME, let us join the prophet's song, 
 For lo, our God appears, 
 The Saviour waited for so long, 
 To dry his children's tears. 
 
 S This is the day the bard foresaw, 
 When joyful tongues should sing^ 
 Behold the God we waited for, 
 Our Saviour and our King* 
 
188 WORKS OF GOD 
 
 3 This is Jehovah, come to save 
 
 The race he loves so well. 
 The Saviour who subdued the gravCj 
 And triumphed over hell. 
 
 4 Then with united heart and voice, 
 
 Jehovah's love proclaim, 
 In his salvation loud rejoice, 
 For Jesus is his name. 
 
 JSTo. 242. — L. M. 
 
 WORKS OF GOD IN NATURE. 
 
 1 THE spacious firmament on high, 
 With all the blue ethereal skj, 
 
 And spangled heav'ns, a shining frame, 
 Their great Original proclaim. 
 
 2 Th' unwearied sun, from day to day, 
 Does his Creator's pow'r display. 
 And publishes to ev'ry land 
 
 The work of an Almighty hand. 
 
 3 Soon as the ev'ning shades prevail, 
 The moon takes up the wond'rous tale; 
 And nightly to the list'ning earth, 
 Repeats the story of her birth: 
 
 4 Whilst all the stars that round her burn, 
 And all the planets in their turn, 
 Confirm the tidings as they roll, 
 
 And spread the truth from pole to pole. 
 
 5 What though in solemn silence all, 
 Move round this dark terrestrial ball; 
 "What though no real voice nor sound 
 Amidst their radiant orbs be founds 
 
IN NATURE. 189 
 
 6 In Reason's ear they all rejoice, 
 And utter forth a glorious voice. 
 For ever singing, as they shine, 
 "The Hand that made us is divine." 
 
 JVb. 243. — c. M. 
 
 1 THE heavens declare thy glory, Lord, 
 
 Which that alone can fill; 
 The firmament and stars express 
 Their great Creator's skill. 
 
 2 The dawn of each returning day, 
 
 Fresh beams of knowledge brings: 
 And from the dark returns of night, 
 Divine instruction springs. 
 
 5 Their powerful language to no realm 
 Or region is confin'd; 
 'Tis nature's voice, and understood 
 Alike by all mankind. 
 
 4 Their doctrine does its sacred sense 
 
 Through earth's extent display, 
 Whose bright contents the circling sun 
 Does round the world convey. 
 
 5 From east to west, from west to east, 
 
 This restless course he goes; 
 And, through his progress, cheerful light, 
 And vital warmth bestows. 
 
 A^o. 244. — c. M. 
 
 1 HAIL, great Creator, wise and good! 
 To thee our songs we raise, 
 Nature, thro' all her various scenes^ 
 Invites us to thy praise. 
 
190 WORKS OF GOD &c. 
 
 3 At morning, noon, and ev'ning mild, 
 
 Fresh wonders strike our view; 
 And while we gaze, our hearts exult, 
 With transports ever new. 
 
 5 Thy glory beams in ev'ry star. 
 
 Which gilds the gloom of night; 
 And decks the smiling face of morn 
 With rays of cheerful light. 
 
 4 The lofty hill, the humble lawn, 
 
 With countless beauties shine; 
 The silent grove, the awful shade, 
 Proclaim thy pow'r divine. 
 
 5 Great nature's God! still may these scenes 
 
 Our serious hours engage! 
 Still may our grateful hearts consult 
 Thy works' instructive page! 
 
 6 And while, in all thy wond'rous works 
 
 Thy varied love we see; 
 Still may the contemplation lead 
 Our hearts, O God, to thee! 
 
 JV*o. 245. — c. M. 
 
 1 W^E sing th' almighty pow'r of God, 
 
 Who bade the mountains rise, 
 W^ho spread the ilowing seas abroad, 
 And built the lofty skies. 
 
 2 We sing the wisdom that ordain'd 
 
 The sun to rule the day; 
 The moon shines full at his command, 
 And all the stars obey. 
 
DIVINE POWER. 191 
 
 3 We sing the goodness of the Lord, 
 
 Who fills the earth with food; 
 Who form'd his creatures bj a word, 
 And then pronounc'd them good. 
 
 4 Lord, how thy wonders are display 'd. 
 
 Where'er we turn our eyes; 
 Whether we view the ground we tread. 
 Or gaze upon the skies! 
 
 5 There 's not a plant nor flow'r below. 
 
 But makes thy glories known; 
 And clouds arise, and tempests blow, 
 By order from thy throne. 
 
 6 Creation, vast as it may be, 
 
 Is subject to thy will. 
 There 's not a place, where we can flee, 
 But God is with us still. 
 
 7 On him each moment we depend; 
 
 If he withdraw, we die. 
 Oh may we ne'er that God offend, 
 Who is for ever nigh! 
 
 JVo. 246. — L. M. 
 
 DIVINE POWER. 
 
 1 GOD of the seas! thine awful voice 
 Bids all the rolling waves rejoice; 
 And one soft word of thy command 
 Can sink them silent in the sand. 
 
 2 The smallest fish that swims the seas, 
 Sportful, to thee a tribute pays; 
 
 And largest monsters of the deep, 
 At thy command, or ra^re or sleep. 
 
192 DIVINE POWER. 
 
 S Thus, is thy glorious power ador'd 
 Amono; tiie vvat'ry nations, Lord! 
 Yet men* who trace the dan^'rous waves 
 lf"or«:et the midity God who saves! 
 
 .A^o. 247. — c. M. 
 
 1 WHEN we are rais'd from deep distress. 
 
 Our God deserves our son^; 
 We take the pattern of our praise 
 From Hezekiah's tongue. 
 
 2 The gates of the devouring grave 
 
 Are open'd wide in vain, 
 If he that holds the keys of death 
 Command them fast again. 
 
 S When he but speaks the healing word, 
 Then no disease withstands; 
 Fevers and plagues obey the Lord, 
 And iiy as he commands. 
 
 4 If half the strings of life should break. 
 
 He can our frame restore. 
 And cast our sins behind his back, 
 And they are found no more. 
 
 5 To him I cry'd, "Thy servant save. 
 
 Thou ever good and just; 
 Thy pow'r can rescue from the grave; 
 Thy powV is all my trust!" 
 
 6 He heard, and sav'd my soul from death. 
 
 And dried my falling tears: 
 Now to his praise 1 -II spend my breath, 
 Through mv remaining vears. 
 
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 TRUST &c. 193 
 
 JSTo. 248. — L, M. 
 TRUST AND CONFIDENCE. 
 
 1 NOW may the God of grace and powV 
 Attend his people's humble cry; 
 Defend them in the needful hour, 
 And send deliv'rance from on high. 
 
 S In his salvation is our hope, 
 
 And in the name of Israel's God 
 Our troops shall lift their banners up; 
 Our navies spread their flags abroad. 
 
 5 Some trust in horses train'd for v^ar. 
 
 And some of chariots make their boasts; 
 Our surest expectations are 
 
 From thee, the Lord of heavenly hosts! 
 
 4 Then save us. Lord, from slavish fear, 
 And let our trust be firm and strong, 
 'Till thy salvation shall appear. 
 
 And hymns of peace conclude our song. 
 
 JVb. £49. — L. M. 
 
 1 WHEN danger, wo, or death is nigh. 
 Past mercies teach me where to fly; 
 Thine arm. Almighty God, can aid. 
 When sickness grieves, and pains invade, 
 
 2 To all the various helps of art 
 Kindly thy healing pow'r impart; 
 Bethesda's bath refus'd to save. 
 Unless an angel bless'd the wave. 
 
194 TRUST AND 
 
 3 All medxines act by thy decree. 
 Receive commission all from thee: 
 
 And not a plant, which spreads the plains, 
 But teems with health when heav'n ordains. 
 
 4 Clay and Siloam's pool, we find, 
 
 At heav'n's command restor'd the blind; 
 And Jordan's waters hence were seen 
 To wash a Syrian leper clean. 
 
 5 But grant me nobler favours still, 
 Grant me to know and do thy will; 
 Purge my foul soul from ev'ry staiuj 
 And save me from eternal pain. 
 
 6 Can such a wretch for pardon sue! 
 My crimes, my crimes arise in view, 
 Arrest my trembling tongue in pray'r, 
 And pour the horrors of despair. 
 
 7 But thou, regard my contrite sighs, 
 My tortur'd breast, my streaming eyes; 
 To me thy boundless love extend, 
 
 My God, my Father, and my Friend. 
 
 8 What arrows pierce so deep as sin? 
 What venom gives such pain within? 
 Thou great Physician of the soul, 
 Rebuke my pangs, and make me whole. 
 
 9 0! if I trust thy sovereign skill, 
 And bow submissive to thy will. 
 Sickness and death shall both agree 
 To bring me. Lord, at last to thee. 
 
CONFIDENCE. 195 
 
 JSTo. 250. — L. M. 
 
 1 LORD in thy great, thy glorious name, 
 I place my hope, my only trust; 
 Save me from sorrow, guilt and shame, 
 Thou ever gracious, ever just. 
 
 S Thou art my Rock, thy name alone 
 
 The fortress where my hopes retreat; 
 O make thy power and mercy known, 
 To safety guide my wand'ring feet! 
 
 S To thy kind hand, all gracious Lord, 
 My soul I cheerfully resign; 
 My saviour God, I trust thy word, 
 For truth, immortal truth, is thine. 
 
 4 Blest be the Lord, for ever blest, 
 
 Whose mercy bids my fear remove; 
 The sacred walls, which guard my rest, 
 Are his almighty pow'r and love. 
 
 5 Ye humble souls, who seek his face, 
 
 Let sacred courage fill your heart; 
 Hope in the Lord, and trust his grace 
 And he will heav'nly strength impart, 
 
 JVo. 251. — c. M. 
 
 1 LET faith suppress each rising fear, 
 Each anxious doubt exclude; 
 My Maker's will has plac'd me herej 
 A Maker wise and good. 
 
 £ He to my ev'ry trial knows 
 Its just restraints to give; 
 Attentive to behold my woes, 
 And faithful to relieve. 
 
196 TRUST AND 
 
 3 Then M by thus heavy, my soul? 
 
 Say, why distrustful still, 
 Thy thoughts with vain impatience roll 
 O'er scenes of future ill? 
 
 4 Tho' griefs unnumber'd throng thee round, 
 
 Still in thy God confide; 
 Whose finger marks the seas their bound, 
 And curbs the rolling tide. 
 
 JVT). 252. — L. M. 
 
 1 MY God, in whom are all the springs 
 
 Of boundless love, and grace unknown, 
 Hide me beneath thy spreading wings, 
 'Till the dark cloud be overblown. 
 
 2 Be ihou exalted, O my God! 
 
 Above the heavens where an8;els dwell; 
 Thy power on earth be known abroad, 
 And land to land thy wonders tell. 
 
 3 My heart is fix'd, my song shall raise 
 
 Immortal honours to thy name; 
 Awake, my tongue, to sound his praise, 
 My tongue, tlie glory of my frame. 
 
 4 High o'er the earth his mercy reigns. 
 
 And reaches to the utmost sky; 
 His truth to endless years remains, 
 AV'hen lower worlds dissolve and die. 
 
 .AT). 253. — s. M. 
 
 TO God I lift my eyes, 
 
 My trust is in iiis name; 
 And they whose hope on him relies, 
 
 Shall never suffer shame. 
 
CONFIDENCE. 197 
 
 Q From the first dawning light 
 
 Till the dark evening's shade, 
 For thy salvation. Lord, I wait. 
 And ask thy heavenly aid. 
 
 3 Thro' all the ways of God, 
 
 Both truth and mercy shine, 
 To those who with religious hearts i 
 
 To his blest will incline. 
 
 4 He those in safety guides 
 
 Who his direction seek, 
 And in his sacred paths will lead 
 The humble and the meek. 
 
 t/Vb. 254. — c. M. 
 1 I 'M not ashamed to own my Lord, 
 Or to defend his cause, 
 Maintain the honour of his word, 
 The glory of his cross. 
 
 Q Jesus, my God, 1 know his name; 
 His name is all my trust; 
 Nor will he put my soul to shame, 
 Nor let my hope be lost. 
 
 9 Firm as his throne his promise stands. 
 And he can well secure 
 "What I 've committed to his hands, 
 Till the decisive hour. 
 
 JVl), 25 J. — s. M. 
 1 MY soul with joy attend, 
 
 While Jesus silence breaks, 
 No angel's harp such music yields 
 As what my shepherd speaks. 
 
 S2 
 
198 TRUST AND 
 
 £ " I know my sheep,'' he cries, 
 " My soul approves them well. 
 Vain is the treacherous world's disguise. 
 And vain the rag;e of hell. 
 
 3 I freely feed them now, 
 
 With tokens of my love, 
 But richer pastures I prepare 
 And sweeter streams above." 
 
 4 Enough, my gracious Lord, 
 
 Let faith triumphant cry. 
 My heart can on this promise live. 
 Can on this promise die. 
 
 •AT). 256. — c- M. 
 
 1 FOR ever blessed be the Lord, 
 
 My Saviour and my shield! 
 He sends his Spirit with his word, 
 To arm me for the field. 
 
 2 When all my foes their force unite, 
 
 He makes my soul his care; 
 Instructs me in the heav'niy fight, 
 And guards me thro' the war. 
 
 S A friend and helper so divine. 
 My fainting hope shall raise. 
 He makes the glorious vict'ry mine. 
 And his shall be the praise. 
 
 JVo. 257.— L. M» 
 
 1 TEACH me, O teach me. Lord! thj Way| 
 That, to my life's remotest day, 
 By thy unerring precepts led. 
 My feet thy heav'niy paths may treads 
 
CONFIDENCE. i99 
 
 Q Inform'd by thee, with sacred awe 
 My heart shall meditate thy law; 
 And, with celestial wisdom fill'd, 
 To thee a pure obedience yield. 
 
 3 Give me to know thy will aright, 
 Thy will, my glory and delight; 
 That, rais'd above the world, my mind 
 In thee its highest good may find. 
 
 4 O turn from vanity mine eye; 
 
 To me thy quickening strength supply; 
 And with thy promised mercy cheer 
 A heart devoted to thy fear. 
 
 JW). 258. — c. M. 
 
 1 OH! how my fears the dangers move 
 That virtue's path inclose! 
 While I the wise pursuit approve 
 Alas! what toils oppose! 
 
 5 For see, ah see! while yet her ways 
 
 With doubtful step I tread, 
 The powers of darkness terrors raise 
 And snares delusive spread. 
 
 5 Oh I how shall I with heart prepared 
 Those terrors learn to meet? 
 How from the thousand snares, to guardj 
 And to restrain my feet? 
 
 4 But why art thou cast down, my soul! 
 Say, why distrustful still; 
 Thy thoughts with vain impatience roll 
 O'er scenes of future ill! 
 
200 MORNING HYMN. 
 
 5 Let faith suppress each rising fear, 
 
 Each anxious doubt exclude: 
 Thj Maker's will hath plac'd thee here, 
 Thv Maker, wise and t>:ood, 
 
 6 He to thy every trial knows 
 
 Its just restraints to give, 
 Attentive to behold thy woes. 
 And faithful to relieve. 
 
 JS^o. 259. — c. M. 
 
 1 MY soul, triumphant in the Lord, 
 
 Shall tell its joys abroad, 
 And march with holy vigour on, 
 Supported by its God. 
 
 2 Thro' all the winding maze of life, 
 
 His hand hath been my guide; 
 And in that long experienced care, 
 My heart shall still confide. 
 
 S His grace thro' all the desert flows, 
 An unexhausted stream: 
 That grace in Zion's sacred mount, 
 Shall be my endless theme. 
 
 JN'b. 260. — L. M. 
 
 MORNING HYMN. 
 
 1 AWAKE, my soul, and with the sun 
 Thy dailv course of duty run; 
 Sliake oft' dull sloth, and early rise 
 To pay thv morning sacrifice. 
 
MORNING HYMN. 20X 
 
 2 Redeem thy mispent time that 's pastj 
 And live this day, as 'twere thy last: 
 T' improve thy talents take due care; 
 'Gainst the great day thyself prepare. 
 
 3 Let all thy converse be sincere, 
 
 Thy conscience as the noon-day clear: 
 Think how th' all-seeing God, thy ways. 
 And all thy secret thoughts, surveys. 
 
 4 Wake, and lift up thyself, my heart. 
 And with the angels bear thy part; 
 Who all night long unwearied sing 
 Glory to thee, eternal King. 
 
 5 I wake, I wake, ye heav'rly choir! 
 May your devotion me inspire; 
 That 1 like you my age may spend, 
 Like you may on my God attend. 
 
 6 May 1 like you in God delight. 
 Have all day long my God in sight; 
 Perform like you my Maker's will: 
 O! may I never more do ill. 
 
 7 Glory to thee, who safe hast kept, 
 And hast refresh'd m * while I slept: 
 Grant, Lord, when from this life 1 wake, 
 I may of endless life partake 
 
 8 Lord, I my vows to thee renew; 
 Dispel my sins as morning dew; 
 
 Guard my first spring of thought and will. 
 And with thyself my spirit fill. 
 
£02 MORNING HYMN. 
 
 9 Direct, control, suggest this day, 
 AH I design, or do, or say; 
 That all my powers, with all their might, 
 In thy sole glory may unite. 
 
 •AT9. 261. — c. M. 
 
 1 LORD, in the morning thou shalt hetr 
 
 My voice ascending high; 
 To thee will I address my prayer, 
 To thee direct mine eye. 
 
 2 Thou art a God before whose sight 
 
 The wicked shall not stand; 
 
 Sinners shall ne^er be thy delight, 
 
 Nor dwell at thy right hand. 
 
 o But to thv house will I resort. 
 To taste thv mercies there: 
 I will frequent thine holy court, 
 And worship in thy fear. 
 
 4 may thy spirit guide my feet. 
 
 In wayb of truth and grace; 
 Make every path of duty straight 
 And plain before my face! 
 
 5 The men who love and fear thy name. 
 
 Shall see their hopes fulfilTd^ 
 The mighty God will compass them 
 With favour, as a shield. 
 
EVENING HYMN. 203 
 
 JVb. 262. — L. M. 
 
 EVENING HYMN. 
 
 1 GLORY to thee, my God! this night, 
 For all the blessings of the light; 
 Keep me, O keep me. King oi kings, 
 Under thy own Almighty wings. 
 
 2 Teach me to live, that I may dread 
 The grave as little as my bed; 
 Teach me to die, that so I may 
 With joy behold eternal day. 
 
 S O may my soul on thee repose, 
 
 And with sweet sleep mine eyelids close, 
 Sleep that may me more active make 
 To serve my God when I awake. 
 
 4 When restless in the night I lie. 
 
 My soul with heav'nly thoughts supply, 
 Let no ill dreams disturb my rest, 
 No pow'rs of darkness me molest. 
 
 5 Let my blest guardians, whilst 1 sleep, 
 Their watchful stations near me keep; 
 My heart with love celestial fill. 
 
 And guard me from th' approach of ill. 
 
 6 Lord! let my soul for ever share 
 The bliss of thy paternal care; 
 
 'Tis heav'n on earth, "'tis heav'n above, 
 To see thy face, and sing thy love. 
 
 7 Should death itself my sleep invade, 
 Why should I be of death afraid? 
 Protected by thy saving arm, 
 
 Tho' he may strike, he cannot harm. 
 
204 DIVINE INFLUENCE. 
 
 8 For death is life, and labour, rest, 
 Tf with thy gracious presence blest; 
 Then welcome sleep, or death to me, 
 I 'm still secure, for still with thee. 
 
 J\^o. 263. — L. M. 
 
 DIVINE INFLUENCE. 
 
 1 AS showers on meadows newly mown, 
 Our God shall send his spirit down; 
 Eternal source of grace divine. 
 What soul-refreshin<i drops are thine. 
 
 2 Lands, which beneath a burning sky- 
 Have long been desolate and dry, 
 Th' effusions of his love shall share 
 And sudden life and verdure wear. 
 
 C The dews and rains in all their store. 
 Watering the pastures o'er and o'er, 
 Are not so copious as that grace 
 Which sanctifies and saves our race. 
 
 4 As in soft silence vernal showers 
 Descend. aud cheer the fainting flowers; 
 So in the Secrecy of love. 
 
 Falls the blest influence from above. 
 
 5 That heav'nly influence let me find. 
 In holy silence of the mind; 
 
 Whilst every grace maintains its bloom^ 
 Diffusing wide its rich perfume. 
 
 6 Nor let these blessings be confin'd 
 To me, but pour'd on all mankind; 
 Till all the wastes in verdure rise, 
 And a new Eden bless our eyes. 
 
THE LORD'S PRAYER. 205 
 
 JVo. 264. — c. M. 
 
 1 THINE influence, Lord! is felt 
 Through nature's ample round; 
 In Heav'n, on earth, through air and skies, 
 Thine energy is found. 
 
 S Blest Saviour! grant thine aid 
 To guide our doubtful way; 
 Thy truth shall scatter every cloud 
 And make a glorious day. 
 
 S Supported by thy power 
 
 We '11 do and bear thy will 
 Thine aid shall make each burden lights 
 And every murmur still. 
 
 JVb. 265. — c. M. 
 THE LORD'S PRAYER. 
 
 1 FATHER of all! Eternal Mind! 
 
 Thou great and good alone! 
 Thy children, form'd and bless'd by theCj 
 Approach thy sacred throne. 
 
 2 Thy name in hallow'd strains be sung! 
 
 We join the solemn praise, 
 To thy great name with heart and tongue. 
 Our cheerful homage raise. 
 
 5 Thy righteous, mild, and equal reign. 
 Let ev'ry being own, 
 And in our minds, thy work divine, 
 Erect thy gracious throne. 
 
 4 As angels round thy seat above, 
 Thy blest commands fulfil; 
 So may thy creatures here belo^'^ 
 Perform thv heav'nly will, T 
 
206 DIVINE GOODNESS. 
 
 5 On thee we day by day depend^ 
 
 Our daily wants supply; 
 And feed with truth and virtue pure. 
 Our souls which never die. 
 
 6 Extend thy grace to ev'ry fault, 
 
 And let thy love forgive; 
 Teach us divine forgiveness too, 
 Nor let resentment live. 
 
 7 Where tempting snares beset the v/ay, 
 
 Permit us not to tread; 
 Avert the threatening evil near, 
 From our unguarded head. 
 
 8 Thy sacred name we thus adore, 
 
 And bow before thy throne; 
 For kingdom, pow'r and glory. Lord, 
 Belong to thee alone. 
 
 A'b. 266. — c. M. 
 
 DIVINE GOODNESS. 
 
 1 GREAT is the Lord! our souls adore. 
 
 We wonder while we praise; 
 Thy pow'r, what creature can explore, 
 Or equal honours raise.^ 
 
 2 Thy name shall dwell upon my tongue, 
 
 While suns shall set and rise; 
 And tune my everlasting song 
 In realms beyond the skies. 
 
 S How large thy tender mercies are! 
 How wide thy grace extends! 
 On thy beneficence and care 
 The universe depends. 
 
DIVINE GOODNESS. £07 
 
 4 To thee, Lord, for daily meat, 
 
 Thy creatures lift their eyes; 
 On thee, their common Father, wait, 
 From thee receive supplies. 
 
 5 Thy sovereign bounty freely gives 
 
 From thine exhaustless store; 
 And universal nature lives 
 On thy sustaining pow'r. 
 
 6 Holy and just in all its ways, 
 
 Is Providence divine; 
 In all thy works immortal rays 
 Of pow'r and goodness shine. 
 
 J\^o. 267. — X. M. 
 
 1 THY mercy, Lord, my only hope, 
 The highest orb of heaven transcends; 
 Thy sacred truth's unmeasur'd scope 
 Above the spreading skies extends. 
 
 Q Thy justice like the hills remains, 
 Unfathom'd depths thy judgments are; 
 Thy providence the world sustains. 
 The whole creation is thy care. 
 
 3 Since of thy goodness all partake, 
 Witli what assurance should the just 
 Thy shelt'rinji; wings their refuge make, 
 
 And saints to thy protection trust! 
 
 4 Such guests shall to thy courts be led, 
 To banquet on thy love's repast: 
 And drink, as from the fountain head, 
 Of joys that shall for ever last. 
 
208 DIVINE GOODNESS. 
 
 5 Then let thy saints thy favour gain, 
 To upright hearts thy truth display; 
 With thee the springs of life remain, 
 Thy presence is eternal day. 
 
 JVb. 268. — c. M. 
 
 1 TO thee, my God! my days are known; 
 
 My soul enjoys the thought; 
 Mv actions all before thee lie, 
 Nor are my wants forgot. 
 
 2 Each secret wish devotion breathes, 
 
 Is vocal to thine ear; 
 And all my walks of daily life 
 Before thine eyes appear. 
 
 3 The vacant hour, the active scene. 
 
 Thy mercy shall approve; 
 And ev'ry pang of sympathy, 
 And ev'ry care of love. 
 
 4 Each golden hour of beaming light, 
 
 Is gilded by thy rays; 
 And dark affliction's midnight gloom 
 A present God surveys. 
 
 5 Full in thy view thro' life I pass, 
 
 And in thy view 1 die; 
 Lord! when all mortal bonds shall break, 
 May 1 still find thee nigh. 
 
 JS%. 269. — c. M. 
 
 1 TIIY ceaseless, unexhausted love, 
 Unnierited and free, 
 Deliglits our evil to remove, 
 And help our misery. 
 
LOVE AND FEAR OF GOD. £09 
 
 2 Thou waitest to be gracious still; 
 
 Thou (lost with sinners bear; 
 That, sav'd, we may thj goodness feel. 
 And all thy grace declare. 
 
 3 Thy goodness and thy truth, to me. 
 
 To ev'ry soul abound; 
 A vast unfathomable sea. 
 
 Where all our thoughts are drown'd, 
 
 4 Its streams the whole creation reach, 
 
 So plenteous is the store; 
 Enough for all, enough for each. 
 Enough for evermore. 
 
 5 Faithful, Lord, thy mercies are; 
 
 A rock, which cannot move: 
 A thousand promises declare 
 Thy constancy of love. 
 
 6 Throughout the universe it reigns, 
 
 Unalterably sure; 
 And, while the truth of God remains, 
 His goodness must endure. 
 
 JN'o. 270.— L. M. 
 
 LOVE AND FEAR OF GOD. 
 
 1 HOW blest are they, gracious Lord, 
 Who fear thy name, and hear thy word! 
 With such thy dwelling is, on tliose, 
 Thy peace its joy divine bestows. 
 
 2 Thy wisdom guides, thy pow'r defends 
 Their life, till life its journey ends; 
 Death shall convey them to thy seat, 
 Where all thy saints in glory meet. T 2 
 
210 LOA^E AND FEAR OF GOD^ 
 
 3 O that my soul with awful sense 
 Of thy transcendent excellence, 
 May close the day, the day begin^ 
 Watchful against each darling sin! ^ 
 
 4 Never, O never from my heart 
 May this great*principle depart! 
 But act with unabating pow'r, 
 Within me, to my latest hour. 
 
 A^o. 271. — C. M. 
 
 1 HAPPY the heart where graces reign, 
 
 Where love inspires the breast, 
 Love is the brightest of the train; 
 And strengthens all the rest. 
 
 2 Knowledge, alas, 'tis all in vain. 
 
 And all in vain our fear, 
 Our stubborn sins will fight and reign^ 
 If love be absent there. 
 
 5 'Tis love tliat makes our cheerful feet, 
 In sweet obedience move; 
 The devils know and tremble too, 
 But Satan cannot love. 
 
 4 This is the grace that lives and sings, 
 When faith and hope shall cease: 
 ^Tis this shall strike our joyful strings. 
 In the sweet realms of bliss.. 
 
IHE NEW JERUSALEM. SU 
 
 JVo. 272. — ALL 7s. 
 
 THE NEW JERUSALEM. 
 
 1 RICH in mercy, Jesus reigns. 
 
 Heaven owns no other king; 
 Crown him. mortals, in your strains. 
 
 While his mat( ! less grace you sing. 
 Anjrels wake tlieir loftier lays, 
 
 Kindled from celestial fires; 
 Humbler spirits bid his praise 
 
 Sweetly flow from silver lyres. 
 
 £ Mortals! catch the pleasing strain, 
 
 Gratitude demands the sons; — 
 Jesus builds his Church again, 
 
 Where your Babel stood so long. 
 Truth divine her wall supports. 
 
 Love has pav'd her streets of gold; 
 Jasper towers, and crystal courts. 
 
 Gates of pearl, that never fold. 
 
 6 Pilgrims! enter, and rejoice — 
 
 Here your Saviour holds his throne; 
 'Tis the City of his choice, 
 
 'Tis the Church he calls his ow^n. 
 Precious gems on every side, 
 
 Height'ning all her heavenly charms-— 
 'Tis the Lamb's celestial Bride, 
 
 Smiling in her Husband's arms. 
 
 J\ro. 273. — c. M. 
 
 1 LO what a glorious sight appears 
 To our believing eyes; 
 The earth and seas are past away, 
 And the old rolling skies! 
 
«12 THE GOSPEL JUBILEE. 
 
 £ From the third heav'n, where God resides, 
 That holy, happy place. 
 The New Jerusalem comes down, 
 Adorn'd with diining grace. 
 
 5 Attending angels shout for joy, 
 And the bright armies sing, 
 "Mortals, behold the sa-red seat 
 "Of your descending King." 
 
 JS^'o. 274, — L. M. 
 
 THE GOSPEL JUBILEE. 
 
 1 LOUD let the tuneful trumpet sound, 
 And spread the joyful tidings rounds 
 Let ev'ry soul vvitli transport hear, 
 And hail the Lord's accepted year. 
 
 2 Ye debtors, whom he gives to know. 
 That you ten thousand talents owe. 
 When humbled at his feet you fall, 
 Your gracious Lord forgives them all. 
 
 3 The rich inheritance of heav'n, 
 
 Your joy, your crown, are freely giv'n; 
 
 Fair Salem your arrival waits, 
 
 With golden streets and pearly gates. 
 
 4 Her blest inhabitants no more 
 Bondage and poverty deplore; 
 
 No debt but love immensely great. 
 Whose joy still rises with the debt. 
 
 5 O happy souls, who know the sound! 
 God's light shall all their steps surround, 
 And show that jubilee begun, 
 
 Which through eternal years shall run. 
 
SELF EXAMINATION. £1 
 
 JV^o. 975, — L. M. 
 SELF EXAMINATION. 
 
 1 MY God, permit me not to be 
 A stranger to myself and thee; 
 Amidst ten thousand thoughts I rove, 
 Forgetful of my highest love. 
 
 2 Why should my passions mix with earth, 
 And thus degrade my heav'nly birth? 
 Why should I cleave to things below, 
 And let my God, my Saviour go? 
 
 3 Call me away from tiesh and sense, 
 Thy sovereign word can draw me thence^ 
 I would obey the voice divine, 
 
 And all inferior joys resign. 
 
 4 Be earth, with all her scenes withdrawn; 
 Let noise and vanity be gone; 
 
 In secret silence of the mind, 
 
 My heav'n, and there my God, I find. 
 
 JVo. 276. — L. M. 
 
 1 THOU vain intruding world, depart! 
 No more allure or vex my heart; 
 Let ev'ry vanity be gone, 
 
 I would be peaceful and alone. 
 
 2 Here let me search my inmost mind, 
 And try its real state to find; 
 
 The secret springs of thought explore, 
 And call my words and actions o'er. 
 
 3 Search, gracious God! my inmost heart, 
 And light, and hope, and joy impart; 
 From guilt and error set me free, 
 
 And guide me safe to heaven and thee. 
 
214 TE DEUM.— DEVOTIOIV. 
 
 JS^'o. £77. — c. M. 
 TE DEI M. 
 
 1 O GOD, we praise thee, and confess 
 
 That thou the only Lord 
 And everlasting Father art, 
 By all the earth ador'd. 
 
 2 To thee all angels cry aloud, 
 
 To thee the pou 'rs on high 
 Both Cherubim and Seraphim, 
 Continually do cry: 
 
 S holy, holy, holy Lord, 
 
 Whom heav'nly hosts obey, 
 The world is witli the glory filPd 
 Of thy majestic sway. 
 
 4 The apostles' glorious company, 
 
 And prophets crown*d with light, 
 With all the martyr "s noble host, 
 Thy constant praise recite. 
 
 5 The holy church throughout the world, 
 
 O Lord confesses thee. 
 That thou eternal Father art, 
 Of boundless majesty. 
 
 JNU 278. — c. M. 
 
 DEVOTION. 
 
 1 WHILST thee I seek, protecting PowV, 
 Be my vain wishes still'd; 
 And may this consecrated hour 
 With better hopes be fill'd. 
 
DEVOTION. 215 
 
 S Thy love the pow'r of thought bestow'd, 
 To thee my thoughts would soar; 
 Thy mercy o'er my life has flovv'd; 
 That mercy I adore. 
 
 3 In each event of life, how clear 
 
 Thy ruling hand I see! 
 Each blessing's to my soul more dear. 
 Because conferred by thee, 
 
 4 In ev'ry joy that crowns my days. 
 
 In ev'ry pain I bear, 
 My heart shall find delight in praise. 
 Or seek relief in prayer. 
 
 5 When gladness wings my favour'd hour 
 
 Thy love my thoughts shall fill: 
 Resign'd when storms of sorrow lower. 
 My soul shall meet thy will. 
 
 6 My lifted eye, without a tear, 
 
 The gath'ring storms shall see; 
 My steadfast heart shall know no fear: 
 That heart will rest on thee! 
 
 JV^o. 279. — c. M. 
 
 1 YE little flock, whom Jesus feeds, 
 
 Dismiss your anxious cares; 
 Look to the sliepherd of your souls, 
 And smile away your fears. 
 
 2 Though wolves and lions prowl around 
 
 His staff is your defence: 
 'Midst sands and rocks your shepherd's voice, 
 Calls streams and pastures thence. 
 
216 ZEAL. 
 
 S Your Father dotli a kingdom give, 
 And give it with delight; 
 His feeblest child his love shall call 
 To triumph in his sight. 
 
 4 For all we hope and now enjoj, 
 We bless a Saviour's name; 
 Nor shall that stroke disturb the song 
 Which breaks this mortal frame. 
 
 JN'b. 280. — c. M. 
 
 ZEAL. 
 
 1 ZEAL is the pure and heav'nly fiame 
 
 The fire of love supplies; 
 Whilst that which often bears the name. 
 Is self, but in disguise. 
 
 2 True zeal is merciful and mild, 
 
 Can pity and forbear; 
 The false is headstrong, fierce and wild, 
 And breathes revenge and war. 
 
 S AVhile zeal for truth the Christian warms, 
 He knows the worth of peace; 
 But self contends for names and forms, 
 Its party to increase. 
 
 4 Zeal has attain 'd its highest aim, 
 
 Its end is satisfied, 
 If sinners love the Saviour's name. 
 Nor seeks it aught beside. 
 
 5 But self, however well employed. 
 
 Has its own ends in view; 
 And says, as boasting Jehu cried, 
 '' C©me, see what 1 can do." 
 
BEATITUDES. 217 
 
 6 This idol self, O Lord, dethrone, 
 And from our hearts remove, 
 And let no zeal by us be shown 
 But that which springs from love. 
 
 JVb. £81. — L. M. 
 
 BEATITUDES. 
 
 1 BLESS'D are the humble souls, who see 
 Their ignorance and poverty: 
 Treasures of grace to them are giv'n, 
 And crowns of joy laid up in heav'n. 
 
 2 Bless'd are the men of broken heart, 
 Who mourn for sin with inward smart; 
 For them divine compassion flows, 
 
 A healing balm for all their woes. 
 
 3 Bless'd are the meek, who stand afar 
 From rage and passion, noise and war: 
 God will secure their peaceful state. 
 And plead their cause against the great. 
 
 4 Bless'd are the souls, who thirst for grace, 
 Hunger and long for righteousness: 
 They shall be well supplied and fed 
 With living streams and living bread. 
 
 5 Bless'd are the men, whose hearts still move 
 And melt with sympathy and love; 
 
 They shall themselves from God obtain 
 Like sympathy and love again. 
 
 6 Bless'd are the pure, whose earths are clean 
 From the defiling pow'r of sin: 
 
 With endless pleasure they shall see 
 A God of spotless purity. * \J 
 
2lfi FAITH. 
 
 7 Bless'd are the men of peaceful life, 
 Who quench the coals of growing strife: 
 They shall be calPd the heirs of bliss, 
 The sons of God, the God of peace. 
 
 8 BlessM are the sufF'rers who partake 
 Of pain and shame for Jesus' sake: 
 Their souls shall triumph in the Lord, 
 Glory and joy are their reward. 
 
 JVb. £8£. — 1. M. 
 
 FAITH. 
 
 1 IN vain would boastins: I'eason find 
 
 The path to happiness and God; 
 Her weak directions leave the mind 
 Bewilder'd in a doubtful road. 
 
 2 Jesus, thy words alone impart 
 
 Eternal life; on these 1 live; 
 Diviner comforts cheer my heart, 
 Than all the pow'rs of nature give. 
 
 S Here let my constant feet abide; 
 
 Thou art the true, the living way: 
 Let thy good Spirit be my guide 
 
 To the bright realms of endless day. 
 
 4 The various forms that men devise. 
 
 To shake my faith with treach-rous art; 
 I scorn, as vanity and lies, 
 
 And bind thy gospel to my heart. 
 
INCARNATION. 219 
 
 JVb. 283. — P. M. 
 INCARNATION. 
 
 1 FOR a Seraph's golden lyre, 
 
 With chords of light, and tones of fire^ 
 
 To sing that wond'rous love 
 Which brought a Deity below. 
 To save an erring race from wo. 
 
 And give them joys above. 
 
 £ O may that love inspire my soul, 
 'Till such ecstatic numbers roll 
 
 As are by angels given; 
 To tell Redemption's wond'rous plan, 
 How Heaven descended down to man^ 
 
 That man might rise to Heaven. 
 
 3 His creatures fell — no pitying eye. 
 No powerful arm to save, was nigh, 
 
 Or aid our feeble powers; 
 He saw — He came — He fought alone, 
 And conquered evils not his own, 
 
 That we might conquer ours. 
 
 4 Temptation's thorny path He trod, 
 In form, a man — in soul, a God, 
 
 And trod the path alone; 
 In vain the direst fiends assail'd. 
 His mighty arm of power prevail'd, 
 
 And hell was overthrown. 
 
 5 He pass'd the dismal vale of death-— 
 The human form resign'd its breathy 
 
 And like a mortal died; 
 
2£0 CONSECRATION. 
 
 But death was crushM beneath His feet, 
 He rose a God and man complete. 
 His human glorified. 
 
 6 Amazing Mercy! — love immense! 
 Surpassing every human sense, 
 Since time and sense began! 
 That man might shun the realms of pain, 
 And know and love his God again. 
 His God became a man! 
 
 JVti. 284. — c. M. 
 CONSECRATION. 
 
 1 ARISE, O King of Grace! arise, 
 And enter to thy rest; 
 Thy church awaits, with longing eyes, 
 To be so richly blest. 
 
 £ Enter with all thy glorious train. 
 Thy spirit and thy word; 
 All that the ark did once contain 
 Could no such grace afford. 
 
 S Almighty liord, accept our vows. 
 Here let thy praises swell; 
 To thee we consecrate this house. 
 Here let thy presence dwell. % 
 
 4 Here let thy crown and sceptre shine, 
 Till every tongue shall own 
 That thou, blest Lord! art all divine, 
 That thou art god alone.. 
 
CONSECRATION. ^21 
 
 JVo. 285. — C. M. 
 
 1 JESUS is God, and God alone, 
 
 O, be this truth confest, 
 For His the snve foundation stone 
 On which the church shall rest. 
 
 2 Though modern builders pass it by, 
 
 And scribes and priests reject, 
 On this blest truth, which they deny, 
 We now the church erect. 
 
 6 Though earth and hell against it join, 
 Yet must this building rise; 
 The work, Almighty God, is thine, 
 And wond'rous in our eyes. 
 
 4 Here will we take our joyful rest, 
 Nor e'er from Salem roam, 
 For ever, and for ever blest. 
 In this, our happy home. 
 
 PRAYER 
 
 To be used on public or private occasions. The -words or 
 sentences betxveen brackets to be omitted ivhen said in 
 private or in family devotion. 
 
 ATHER of all goodness, and God of all Truth, 
 most holy, and most merciful Lord Jesus Christ, it be- 
 hoveth us to come into thy presence in deep humilia- 
 tion, and to approach the throne of thy Mercy with an 
 unfeigned sense of self abasement. Not, O Lord, merely 
 because we have descended from fallen parents, or in- 
 herited the evils of sinful progenitors, but because we 
 
222 PRAYER. 
 
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 liave ourselves erred in the midst of knowledge, have 
 slighted the offers of thy grace, and have added offence 
 upon offence. We have sinned not against justice only, 
 but against mercy. We have not only offended against 
 thy hcl) laws, but have grieved thy paternal Spirit, 
 which seeketh not the death of a sinner, but rather, 
 that he should turn from his wickedness, and live. 
 [Even at this solemn season, when in obedience to thy 
 sacred ordinances, we tread thy courts and meet Thee 
 in thy sanctuary, it is to be feared many of us have 
 come in a spirit overburthened with the things of self 
 and the world, and when we should be looking up to 
 Thee for help, under a consciousness of our evils and 
 spiritual destitutions, our affections are drawn to the 
 inferior things of this transitory life, and seek only the 
 gratification of the miserable propensities of our nature. 
 Alas, whilst our bodies have wandered within thy gates, 
 the minds of all have gone their ways, one to his farm, 
 and another to his merchandise. But blessed be thy 
 Holy Name, thou art God and not man, thou dost not 
 execute thy fierce anger, nor return to destroy us; thou 
 dost not deal with us after our sins, nor reward us ac- 
 cording to our iniquities, it is of thy mercies, that we 
 are not consumed, because thy compassions fail not. 
 Thou knowest our frame, and rememberest that we are 
 dust.] Pardon [therefore] we beseech Thee, the ini- 
 quity of our holy things, remove the stony heart, and 
 give us hearts of flesh, grant us the spirit of prayer 
 and holy supplication, and whilst thou disclosest to us 
 in thy Wisdom the knowledge of our wants and infir- 
 mities, teach the tongue of the stammerer to speak 
 plainly, and let the words of our mouths be acceptable 
 unto Thee. Thou hast commanded us that we should 
 pray and not faint, declaring that he who aaketh, re- 
 ceiveth, and he who seeketh, findeth. 
 
 Encouraged therefore by Thy promises, and embol- 
 dened by Thy commandment, we presume to present 
 our petitions unto I'hee at this time, and ask those 
 things, which as helpless and dependent creatures ar^ 
 
PRAYER. ^23 
 
 necessary to our temporal and eternal welfare. Give 
 unto us, O Lord, an ample sense of Thy goodness and 
 an unshaken confidence in the protection of Thy super- 
 intending providence, that we may know of a truth, that 
 the eye of the Lord is upon them that hope in his mercy, 
 and no good will he withhold from them that walk up- 
 rightly. Give us hearts, thankful for the blessings which 
 we have already received, and fully assured of Thy con- 
 tinual presence. Open our understandings, that we may 
 see the wondrous things in thy law; purify our affections 
 that we may choose that good part, which shall not be 
 taken from us; and give us strength to walk in the way 
 which leadeth to eternal life. Grant unto us those things 
 which may be necessary for us to perform, in this lower 
 world, those duties which Thou hast assigned to us, in 
 the wisdom of Thy providence, giving us contentment 
 in our lot, whether prosperous or adverse, and enabling 
 us to see, that the fashion of this world changeth; and, 
 that knowing we have no abiding city here, we may look 
 for a city which hath foundations, and whose builder 
 and maker is God. Bless unto us, we beseech Thee, 
 those dispensations which are necessary to subdue our 
 evils. Be with us in the hour of temptation, in the trials 
 wherein the heart and the flesh fainteth, that we may 
 Walk unhurt in the midst of the fire, and be enabled to 
 say, with thy servant David, " It is good for us that we 
 have been afflicted." And sliould'st Thou, O Lord of our 
 salvation, with any here present, have permitted thy sun 
 to go down, and the horror of great darkness to have 
 fallen upon them, we beseech Thee by Thy mighty 
 name, to be with them in power, on the right hand and 
 on the left; say unto them, fear not, I am thy shield, thy 
 exceeding great reward. Give them to know of a surety, 
 that though they are strangers in a land not theirs. Thou 
 wilt judge that nation, which afflicteth them, and that 
 they shall afterward come out with great substance.— 
 ST.'eeten to thy people in their pilgrimage the bitter Wa- 
 ters of Marah, and cause ihem to encamp in thy strength 
 by the Palm trees^ and the Wells of living water. 
 
fS24 PRAYER. 
 
 Prosper the endeavours now making for the univer- 
 sal establishment of thy New Church, and hasten the 
 time when the kingdoms of this world shall become the 
 kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, that He may 
 reign for ever and ever. Proclaim we pray thee, through- 
 out every land the glad tidings of Thy second advent, 
 disseminate the Truths of Thy New Jerusalem that the 
 knowledge of the Lord may cover the earth as the 
 waters cover the sea. Manifest thyself, most gracious 
 Redeemer, to Thy erring creatures, as the Husband of 
 Thy Church, as the true object of her love and worship, 
 that all who name the Name of Christ may cry out with 
 the unbelieving Thomas "My Lord, and my God." 
 Grant them to know, that the day foretold by the pro- 
 phet, is at length arrived, in which Jehovah shall be 
 King over all the earth, in which there shall be one Je- 
 hovah and His name One. Open the eyes of those who 
 sit in darkness, that they may know the treasures of Thy 
 Divine Truth, that all may see the beauties of Thy 
 Word, and behold it like the king's daughter; all glo- 
 rious within, and its clothing of wrought gold. [Finally 
 we pray Thee to grant strength and illumination to Thy 
 servant, who hath undertaken through Thy assistance 
 to speak to this congregation, that he may be enabled 
 in all humility and dependence upon Thee; and with 
 Thy blessing, to show forth the counsels of Thy Wis- 
 dom, and declare the wondrous things of thy Law; and 
 give, O most merciful Father, the hearing ear, and the 
 understanding heart, that they may be edified and 
 strengthened by what shall be said from Thee at this 
 time, and depart from Thy house replete with the riches 
 of Thy grace, whereby they may be the better enabled 
 to shun all evil, and to know, to love and to serve Thee, 
 and to live a life of greater usefulness to their neigh- 
 bour in all godliness and honesty. And to thee we will 
 ascribe all the glory, now and for ever. Amen.3 
 
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The Origin of the New Church in 
 
 America. 
 
 Barclay H. Warburton, 
 President of "The Evening" Telegraph." 
 
 My attention has been called to the fol- 
 lowing question In the May 27 "Evening 
 Telegraph," which is there rather inade- 
 quately answered: — 
 
 "Oblige me by stating T^^hen the first 
 New Jerusalem Church was founded in 
 Philadelphia. A gentleman who is a mem- 
 ber asserts that it has been established 
 here a hundred years." 
 
 The first dissemination of the truths of 
 the New Church in Philadelphia came 
 through the lectures of James Glen, who 
 had been ordained as a missionary 
 preacher by the Rev. Robert Hindmarsh, 
 of England. These lectures were given at 
 Bell's Book Store, Third street below 
 Walnut. Mr. Glen brought with him a 
 number of books which were translated 
 into English from the earliest Latin edi- 
 tions of Swedenborg's writings. These 
 books came into the hands of Francis 
 Bailey, a printer and publisher, who re- 
 published some of them as follows: "A 
 Summary View of the Doctrines of the 
 New Jerusalem Church," 1787; "The True 
 Christian Religion," in two volumes, 1789; 
 "Conjugal Love," 1796. Benjamin Franklin 
 was among the subscribers to "The True 
 Christian Religion." 
 
 Mr. Bailey g-athered together at his own 
 home such of the hearers of Mr. Glen's 
 lectures as had been impressed by the 
 new truths, for conversation and consul- 
 tation. About 1794 Rev William Hill, who 
 had been ordained in London, came to this 
 country and preached in various cities 
 and towns on the doctrines of the New 
 Church. The meetings at Mr. Bailey's 
 house became larger. In 1788 services were 
 held at the school-room of Johnson Tay- 
 lor, No. 31 Cherry street. Later the 
 school-room of Mr. Maskell M. Carll was 
 occupied, Mr. Carll being the lay reader 
 of the congregation at this time. 
 
 On the 25th of December, 1815. a formal 
 meeting was held, and the "American So- 
 ciety for the Dissemination of the Doc- 
 trines of the New Jerusalem Church" was 
 established by twelve gentlemen. The 
 
 nt meetings of this body, with its 
 constitution, is now in the possession of 
 the First New Jerusalem Society. Twenty- 
 
second and Chestnut streets. Among- the 
 early members was Francis Bailey, printer, 
 before mentioned; Condy Ragnet, one of 
 the founders of the Philadelphia Savings 
 Fund Society, President of the Pennsyl- 
 vania Company for Granting Annuities, 
 and President of the Chamber of Com- 
 merce; Maskell M. Carll, for many years 
 pastor of the Society; William Strickland, 
 architect of the old Custom House which 
 stood on Second street below Dock, and 
 "William Schlatter, a prominent merchant. 
 Mr. Schlatter purchased ground on the 
 corner of Twelfth and George (now San- 
 som street) and built the first New Church 
 building for the New Church in Philadel- 
 phia. This building was of peculiar ar- 
 chitecture, being rectangular in form, and 
 having no windows in the sides of it, light 
 being admitted entirely throug-h a glass 
 dome above. Mr. Schlatter met with re- 
 verses in business in 1825, and this build- 
 ing passed out of the use for which it 
 was built. It is still in existence, thoug-h 
 much changed in appearance, and used 
 as a dwelling house. In 1847 the present 
 First New Jerusalem Society was organ- 
 i zed 
 
 WILLIAM H. AL,DEN, 
 Registrar o^ the First New Jerusalem So- 
 ciety Ox x-'hiladelphia. 
 
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 In 1816 the New Church Society, known 
 as the Church of the New Jerusalem, or 
 Swedenborglans, erected a house of wor- 
 ship on this lot. The congregation, after 
 worshiping there for atoout eight years, 
 fell upon hard times and sold their build- 
 ing to the Academy of Natural Sciences. 
 The price paid was $4300. and the Acad- 
 emy spent about $1700 in altering the 
 building for Its own purposes. From 1826 
 until 1840 this was the Academy's Tiome, 
 and in the latter year the Academy was 
 removed to the northwest corner of Broad 
 and George streets, where the institution 
 remained until It moved to its present 
 quarters in 1875. The old building at 
 Twelfith and Sansom streets later was 
 transformed into a dwelling, and for some 
 \ears Adolph E. Borle, Grant's first Sec- 
 retary of the Navy, lived there. The 
 plaster house is familiar to almost every 
 person who frequents the centre of the 
 city. Its plastered walls and general 
 style denote its great age, alfhough It 
 has been modernized several times since 
 the Academy left it. almost 70 years agK). 
 
Twelve members were then on hand. 
 The next year plans were drawn for 
 the erection of a church and at the 
 beginning of 1817 the first congrega- 
 tion of Swedenborgians to meet in a 
 house of worship of their own in this 
 city, assembled at the new edifice, at 
 the southeast corner of Twelfth and 
 Sansom streets. Later that building 
 became the home of the Academy of Na- 
 tural Sciences, the con- 
 Local Church gregation removing to 
 Dates Back a hall until, in the 
 Over 100 I'ears '50s, a second church 
 
 was erected at Broad 
 and Brandywine streets. Meanwhile, 
 in 1822, a second congregation had been 
 formed, meeting on Fourth, near Green, 
 which merged with the first when the 
 Broad street church was erected, al- 
 though a third church had by that time 
 been started on Cherry street west of 
 Twentieth. Frankford had also wit- 
 nessed the start of its present congre- 
 gation which grew out of a split in a 
 group started there in 1817 as "the 
 Free Will Baptist Church" and which, 
 dividing in 1825, ten years later erect- 
 ed its first Swedenborgian Church at 
 Hedge and Plum streets, recently re- 
 placed by a handsome new edifice. 
 
 The Broad street congregation, now 
 the one at Twenty-first and Chestnut 
 streets, moved to its present location 
 in 1883 when, under the leadership of 
 the Rev. Chauncey Giles, it erected at 
 one of the most attractive (ihurch build- 
 ings in the central section. Since then, 
 in recent years, as a result of the es- 
 tablishment of the General Church 
 group and the benefactions of John Pit- 
 cairn, has come the setting up of the 
 community at Bryn Athyn and the 
 building of the cathedral. 
 
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