Glass. Book HYMNS OF WORSHIP: DESIGNED FOR USE ESPECIALLY IN THE LECTURE-ROOM, THE PRAYER-ME ETING AND THE FAMILY 1 SELECTED AND ARRANGED BY A PASTOE. Let the people praise thee, O God f Let all the people praise Thee 1 Psalm lxvii.3— 5. PHILADELPHIA: WILLIAM S. & ALFKED MARTIEST, No. 608 Chestnut Street. 1858. J5/+- . H92.f- The Library of CV* ss WASHING, TON Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1S58, by WILLIAM S. & ALFRED MARTIEN, In the office of the Clerk of the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. PREFACE. Many intelligent Christians have long yearn- ed for a Collection of Hymns, by which might be more fully realized the idea and feel- ing of worship, in the songs of the Family and the Church. In the present collection an attempt has been made to meet this want. Its essential and pervading character results from the following views. 1. Praise is an act of worship. It is so, equally at least, with preaehing and prayer. In preaching, in the true conception of it, God addres-ses men. Reverently to hear and obey, is to worship. In prayer and praise men address God. Devoutly to offer these, is also to worship, in the most direct form. The only proper object of worship, is God. God, therefore, directly or impliedly, is to be regarded in the songs of his people. This principle touches Hymns of a purely didactic character. Admirable as they often are as a means of instruction, they are too indirect as a means of worship. They are therefore not numerous in this collection. When admitted, an attempt has been made to give them an upward bearing — a look towards God; to render them, to some extent, the utterance of prayer and praise, as well as of doctrine. 1 PREFACE. With reference to another class of Hymns, this principle is still more exclusive. In reli- gious acts, it is as incongruous to sing to creatures as to pray to them. We condemn the Papists for the one, with what consistency can we practise the other. A glance, how- ever, into almost any existing collection, will discover a large number of Hymns addressed wholly to creatures ; now to saints, and now to sinners; sometimes to the living, and sometimes to the dead. Such Hymns may be poetically beautiful — they may be true and touching in sentiment, and they may be highly effective for various good purposes — but if they are used under the notion of wor- ship, that use is an impiety. Thou shall wor- ship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. If they are not used as worship, then their presence in books intended for this specific and sacred purpose, is an impropriety and an evil. Their presence invites their use, and often secures it. Their use blunts and perverts the delicate religious sense, and gradually invades the exclusive and inviolable rights of Jehovah. Such compositions are here omitted. Whatever their merits in other respects, they do not meet the idea of divine worship. Out of their proper place they de- tract from its sanctity, and hinder its full realization. These pages sing, not to crea- tures, but to the Creator. It is their constant aim to help the soul in looking and rising heavenward, and in holding communion with God. 2. Praise, moreover, in the Family and the Church, is a social and united act. There and PREFACE. 5 then, the individual is one of a larger number. The isolation of the closet gives place to the union and communion of the worshipping as- sembly. In social prayer we make our com- mon confession and supplication. In social praise, it is equally fit that we offer our com- mon gratitude and adoration. It is the voice, not of the separate and independent 7", but of the collective and united we. The Divine Head of the Church bids us say, "Our Fa- ther." The heavenly choirs invite us to sing, "Unto him who loved us and washed us from our sins in his blood." As compared with the first, this principle is doubtless of inferior moment, and there are times and states of feeling in which its rigid application is not required, and would perhaps be an error. It is only as in the main true and valid, that it has here been used. The best known and most favourite Hymns, therefore, though constructed in the singular form, are retained unaltered. No labour has been spared to make this collection perfect as possible for the par- ticular uses it contemplates. Simplicity and clearness have been sought in its arrange- ment, and poetic and evangelic excellence in its matter. It is sufficiently copious too for the real and practical wants of worship. For seasons of special religious interest, it is hoped it will be found to have an eminent adaptation. In this view, reference may be made to the divisions of Invocation, the Trinity, the Holy Spirit, the Person and work of the Saviour, Penitence and Supplication, 6 PREFACE. Christian Experience, Religions Decline and Revival, and Missions. It may be added that this collection, though small, (it being only a part of one much larger, formed on the same principles,) has been drawn from the lyric wealth of the Church in all lands and ages. Wherever the fine gold and precious gems could be found, they have been taken and used in this service of the Lord. The strains of David and Isaiah mingle here with those of Bernard, Ambrose, and Luther; and these again with those of Watts, Cowper, Wesley, and others still, almost their equals. Hebrew Prophets, saintly Fathers, and the princes of modern sacred song, unite here in the hymnings of faith and hope, and the adoration of love, "Unto Him that sitteth upon the throne and unto the Lamb!" Gathered from such sources, and formed on such principles, the book is now reverently presented to the people of God, in the earnest hope that it may contribute to a more direct and a purer worship in their sweet and holy service of song. INDEX OF SUBJECTS. Invocation, General Praise, The Sabbath, The Sanctuary, The Scriptures, God and his Attributes, Being and Power, Infinity, Eternity, Omnipresence and Omniscience, Universal Government, Moral Perfections, The Trinity, . Jesus Christ, Deity, Incarnation, Life and Example, . Names and Offices, Sufferings and Death, Resurrection, Ascension, Intercession, Dominion and Glory, The Holy Spirit, . The Family, . The Church, The Ministry, . The Sacraments, . Baptism, The Lord's Suj)per, HDIIC 1 to 25 26 tt 50 . 51 tt 69 70 (( 84 . 85 (C 98 99 It 123 . 99 (( 102 103 a 105 . 106 <( 108 ;e, 109 it 111 112 tt 115 . 116 a 123 124 it 146 . 147 a 228 147 a 150 . 151 tt 157 158 <( 162 . 163 a 180 181 it 195 . 196 it 200 201 a 204 . 205 a 211 212 (( 228 . 229 it 262 263 u 285 . 286 a 303 304 iC 314 . 315 a 339 315 (i 323 . 324 u 339 8 INDEX OF SUBJECTS. HYMN Man by Nature, . . 340 to 345 Salvation by Grace, . . 346 " 373 Praise for Salvation, . . 374 " 386 Love and Gratitude to the Saviour, 387 " 416 Christian Character, Desires and Fellowship, . . .417 " 436 Penitence and Supplication, . 437 " 464 Conflicts and Trials, . . 465 " 486 Spiritual Decline and Eevival, 487 " 513 Missions, . . . 514 " 541 Public Thanksgivings, . . 542 " 549 Public Fasts, ... 550 " 555 The Year . . 556 i( 566 Human Frailty and Death, . 567 " 587 Resurrection and Judgment, . 588 " 605 Heaven, ... 606 " 630 Close of "Worship, . . 631 " 644 DOXOLOGIES. ERRATA. Hymn 54— 3d verse, 3d line, read to instead of we. do. 57 — 6th verse, 2d line, read best instead of rest. do. 59— 4th verse, 3d line, read blest instead of best. do. 70— 3d verse, 6th line, read shalt instead of shall. do. 83 — 1st verse, 2d line, read soul instead of souls. do. 170— read C. H. M. instead of C. P. If. do. 170— 3d verse, 6th line, read shalt instead of shall. do. 173— 3d verse, 6th line, read are instead of art. do. 184 — 5th verse, 4th line, read soul instead of souls. do. 195 — 1st verse, 3d line, read drops instead of drop. do. 233— 1st ver., 3d line, read servants instead of servant. do. 234— 2d verse, 3d line, read wander instead of wonder. do. 372 — 1st verse^lst line, strike out we. do. 419 — 2d verse, 1st line, read may instead of do. do. 436— read S. M. instead of C. M. do. 438— 1st v. 4th line, read mediate instead of meditate HYMNS. INVOCATION. 1 C. P. M. 'THOU God of power, thou God of love, •*- Whose glory fills the realms above, Whose praise archangels sing, And veil their faces while they cry, Thrice Holy, to their God Most High, Thrice Holy, to their King — 2 Thee as our God we too would claim, And bless the Saviour's precious name, Through whom this grace is given; He bore the curse to sinners due, He forms our ruined souls anew, And makes us heirs of heaven, 3 The veil that hides thy glory rend, And here in saving power descend, And fix thy blest abode; Here to our hearts thyself reveal, And let each waiting spirit feel Thy presence, our God. 2 C. M. FATHERED together in thy name, ^* As worshippers are we, Thy faithful promise then fulfil, And, Lord, amongst us be. Though humble in the sight of men May seem the house of prayer, 10 INVOCATION. The earth can boast no prouder fane, If thou be present there. 2 Thou, whose unbounded majesty The heavens cannot contain, Whose glory in the universe Hath a perpetual reign ; Whose power and wisdom, love and truth, Are evermore the same; Lord, be with all the souls on earth That gather in thy name ! 3 8s, 7s & 4s. TN thy name, Lord, assembling, -*■ We, thy people, now draw near: Teach us to rejoice with trembling; Speak, and let thy servants hear: Hear with meekness — Hear thy word with godly fear. 2 While our days on earth are lengthened, May we give them, Lord, to thee: Cheer'd by hope, and daily strengthen^, May we run, nor weary be; Till thy glory Without cloud in heaven we see. 3 There, in worship purer, sweeter, All thy people shall adore; Sharing then in rapture greater Than they could conceive before : Full enjoyment — Full and pure, for evermore. 4 L. M. HPHY presence, gracious God, afford; ■*■ Prepare us to receive thy word : INVOCATION, 11 Now let thy voice engage our ear, And faith be mix'd with what we hear. 2 Distracting thoughts and cares remove, And fix our hearts and hopes above; With food divine may we be fed, And satisfied with living bread. 3 To us the sacred word apply, With sov'reign power and energy ; And may we, in thy faith and fear, Reduce to practice what we hear. 4 Father, in us thy Son reveal ; Teach us to know and do thy will: Thy saving power and love display, And guide us to the realms of day. 5 S. M. A THOU who art the Light ^ Of all thy saints below, That we may worship thee aright, Thy sov'reign grace bestow. 2 Our rising world obeyed Thy Godhead's high command: And all the heavenly host are sway'd By thy creating hand. 3 Yet all things made anew To wondering mortals seem, When the Eternal Word we view Descending to redeem. 4 0, be thou present now, And make thy mercy known, While at thy footstool, Lord, we bow, And our Deliverer own. 12 INVOCATION. 6 Ts. T ORD, we come before thee now, " At thy feet we humbly bow; 0, do not our suit disdain; Shall we seek thee, Lord, in vain? 2 Lord, on thee our souls depend; In compassion now descend; Fill our hearts with thy rich grace, Tune our lips to sing thy praise. 3 Send some message from thy word, That may joy and peace afford; Let thy Spirit now impart Full salvation to each heart. 4 Comfort those who weep and mourn, Let the time of joy return; Those that are cast down lift up; Make them strong in faith and hope. 5 Grant that all may seek and find Thee, a gracious God and kind: Heal the sick, the captive free; Let us all rejoice in thee. 7 C. M. /X)ME, thou Desire of all thy saints, ^ Our humble strains attend, While, with our praises and complaints, Low at thy feet we bend. 2 How should our songs, like those above, With warm devotion rise ; How should our souls, on wings of love, Mount upward to the skies. INVOCATION - . 13 3 Come, Lord, thy love alone can raise In us the heavenly flame; Then shall our lips resound thy praise, Our hearts adore thy name. 4 Now, Saviour, let thy glory shine, And fill thy dwellings here, Till life, and love, and joy divine, A heaven on earth appear. 5 Then shall our hearts enraptured say — Come, great Redeemer, come, And bring the bright, the glorious day, That calls thy children home. 8 6s & 5s. C^OD of our salvation ! ^ Unto thee we pray; Hear our supplication, Be our strength and stay. 2 Wretched and unworthy, Poor, and sick, and blind, Prostrate we adore thee, Call thy grace to mind. 3 He that dwelleth near thee, Safely shall abide ; Ever love and fear thee, In thy strength confide. 4 God of our salvation ! Saviour, Prince of Peace ! Boundless thy compassion, Infinite thy grace. 5 While with love unceasing, Humbly we adore ; Grant us thy rich blessing, And we ask no more. 14 INVOCATION. 9 8s & 7s. IGHT of those whose dreary dwelling *~ J Borders on the shades of death! Rise on us, thyself revealing — Rise and chase the clouds beneath. 2 Thou, of heaven and earth Creator! In our deepest darkness rise ; Scatter all the night of nature, Pour the day upon our eyes. 3 Still we wait for thine appearing; Life and joy thy beams impart, Chasing all our fears, and cheering Every meek and trusting heart. 4 Save us, in thy great compassion, thou mild, pacific Prince! Give the knowledge of salvation, Give the pardon of our sins. 5 By thine all-sufficient merit, Every burthened soul release; Every weary, wandering spirit Guide into thy perfect peace. 10 S. M. TESUS, we look to thee, ^ Thy promised presence claim; Thou in the midst of us wilt be, Assembled in thy name : 2 We meet the grace to take, Which thou hast freely given ; We meet on earth for thy dear sake, That we may meet in heaven. INVOCATION. 15 3 Present we know thou art, But 0, thyself reveal ! Now, Lord, let every waiting heart The sacred comfort feel. 4 may thy quick'ning voice The death of sin remove; And bid our inmost souls rejoice, In hope of perfect love. G 11 8s, 7s & 4s. BACIOUS Lord, as thou hast taught us, Lo, we come to seek thy face ; Now we wait within thy temple, For the visits of thy grace : Let thy presence Fill and glorify the place. 2 Here thy name has been recorded, Here thy promised blessing give: For thy blessing, Lord, we languish, It alone can make us live. then bless us! Bless us now and evermore. 3 Hear our prayers, accept our praises, In this all-auspicious hour: May thy word to saint and sinner Come in all its mighty power; From its fulness Grant us all a rich supply. 12 8s, 7s & 4s. POD Almighty and All Seeing, ™ Holy One, in whom we all 16 INVOCATION. Live, and move, and have our being, Hear us when on thee we call; Father, hear us, As before thy throne we fall. 2 Of all good art thou the Giver ; Weak and wandering ones are we; Then for ever, yea, for ever, In thy presence would we be; 0, be near us, That we wander not from thee. 13 ft. HPHIRSTING for a living spring, ■*■ Seeking for a higher home, Resting where our souls must cling, Trusting, hoping, Lord, we come. 2 Glorious hopes our spirit fill, When we feel that thou art near: Father! then our fears are still, Then the soul's bright end is clear. 3 Life's hard conflict we would win, Read the meaning of life's frown; Change the thorn-bound wreath of sin For the spirit's starry crown. 4 Make us beautiful within By thy Spirit's holy light: Guard us when our faith burns dim, Father of all love and might! 14 C. M. TfiATHER, behold, with gracious eyes, -*■ The souls before thy throne, INVOCATION. 17 Who now present their sacrifice, And seek thee in thy Son. 2 Well pleased in him thyself declare; Thy pard'ning love reveal ; The peaceful answer of our prayer. On every conscience seal. 3 On each, on all, some gift bestow, Some blessing now impart; The seed of life eternal sow, In every waiting heart, 4 Thy loving, powerful Spirit shed, Speak thou our sins forgiven, And hasten through the lump to spread The sanctifying leaven. 5 Kefresh us with a ceaseless shower Of graces from above, Till all receive the perfect power Of everlasting love. 15 c M. f\ THOU who hast thy servants taught ^ That not by words alone, But by the fruits of holiness The life of God is shown ; 2 While in thy house of prayer we meet, And call thee God and Lord, Give us an heart to follow thee, Obedient to thy word. 3 When we our voices lift in praise, Give thou us grace to bring An offering of unfeigned thanks, And with the Spirit sing. 18 INVOCATION. 4 And in the dangerous path of life, Uphold us as we go; That with our lips and in our lives Thy glory we may show. 16 8s, 7s & 4s. TN thy house of solemn meeting! ■*- In this hour of praise and prayer! Far from earthly scenes retreating, In thy blessing we would share — Gracious Father, In thy blessing we would share. 2 Be thou near us, blessed Saviour, Still at morn and eve the same; Give us faith that cannot waver; Kindle in us heaven's own flame — Blessed Saviour, Kindle in us heaven's own flame. 3 When the fervent prayer is glowing, Holy Spirit hear that prayer; When the song of praise is flowing, Let that song thine impress bear- Holy Spirit, Let that song thine impress bear. 17 S. M. "OEFORE thy throne we bow, ■*-* O thou Almighty King; Here we present the solemn vow, And hymns of praise we sing. 2 While in thy house we kneel, With trust and holy fear, INVOCATION. 19 Thy mercy and thy truth reveal, And lend a gracious ear. 3 Lord, teach our hearts to pray, And tune our lips to sing; Nor from thy presence cast away The sacrifice we bring. 18 7s. A BBA, Father, hear each child, -"■ Now in Jesus reconciled; Hear, and all the graces shower, All the joy, and peace, and power; All our Saviour asks above, All the life and heaven of love. 2 Heavenly Father, life divine, Change our nature into thine; Move and spread throughout our soul, Actuate and fill the whole: Lord, we cannot let thee go Till the blessing thou bestow. 3 Holy Ghost, no more delay; Come, and in thy temples stay: Now thine inward witness bear, Strong, and permanent, and clear : Spring of life, thyself impart; Rise eternal in our heart. 19 c M. LEATHER of all, in whom, alone, ■*- We live, and move, and breathe, One bright, celestial ray send down, And cheer thy sons beneath. 20 INVOCATION*. 2 While in thy word we search for thee, 0, fill our souls with awe; Thy light impart, that we may see The wonders of thy law. 3 Now let our darkness comprehend The light that shines so clear ; Now thy revealing Spirit send, And give us ears to hear. 4 Before us make thy goodness pass, Which here, by faith, we know: Let us in Jesus see thy face, And die to all below. 20 7s. T ORB, before thy throne we bend ; "2* Lord, to thee our eyes ascend; Servants to our Master true, Lo! we yield the homage due: Children, to our Sire we fly, Abba, Father, hear our cry ! 2 To the dust our knees we bow, We are weak, but mighty thou. Sore distressed, yet suppliant still, We await thy holy will ; Bound to earth and rooted here, Till our Saviour God appear. 3 Leave us not beneath the power Of temptation's trying hour: Swift to seal their captives' doom, See, our foes exulting come! Jesus, Saviour, be thou nigh, Lord of life and victory ! INVOCATION. 21 21 S. M. TT7B come to sing thy praise; ^ We meet to offer prayer: We come to learn of wisdom's ways; Blest Saviour! meet us here! 2 Thy Spirit, Lord, impart, That, while we raise the voice, In sacred melody, the heart In praises may rejoice. 3 And when the offered prayer Goes upward to thy throne, May we in each petition share, And make each want our own! 4 And as thy holy word We study and are taught, Let every truth and precept, Lord, Be with thy blessing fraught, 22 h. M. A GAIN we meet, Lord, -"■ Again we fill this place, To hear thy holy word, To ask thy promised grace; To thank thee for the gifts we share, The children of thy love and care. 2 Grant us the listening ear, The understanding heart, The mind and will sincere, To choose the better part ; To take the learner's lowly seat, And gather wisdom at thy feet. 22 INVOCATION. 3 Through this, and every day, Teach us thy paths to tread; Nor let our feet astray, By Satan's wiles be led ; But keep us in the narrow road — The way to glory and to God. 23 7s. T ORD, behold thy people here, -" Come to learn what thou wilt say; 0, in mercy now draw near; Meet thy people when they pray; Thou art God, and thou alone, Lord, we worship at thy throne. 2 Jesus, 'tis on thee we call, Israel's Saviour, Israel's King; Low before thy feet we fall; Thee, whom angels love, we sing; Saviour, lead us in the way, Only thee would we obey. 3 Teach us what we do not know, Lord, instruct us in thy will ; What we learn, may we do! To thy voice obedient still ; Close to thee may we abide, Thee, our Saviour and our Guide. 24 c. M. T ORD! when we bend be fore thy throne, -^ And our confessions pour, may we feel the pins we own, And hate what we deplore. INVOCATION. 23 2 Our contrite spirits pitying see; True penitence impart: And let a healing ray from thee Beam peace into each heart. 3 When we disclose our wants in prayer, let our wills resign; And not a thought our bosom share, Which is not wholly thine. 4 And when with heart and voice we strive, Our grateful hymns to raise, Let love divine within us live, And fill our souls with praise. 25 8s & 7s. JESUS Christ we bow before thee, Trusting in thy holy word ; Thee we own the Lord of glory, Thee we own our sovereign Lord. While our evil foes contending Threaten our eternal loss ; Be with heavenly grace defending, And protect us with thy cross. 2 From thy Father's throne descending, Thou becom'st our daily bread ; Midst celestial hosts attending, With thy flesh our souls are fed. Come, thou source of every blessing, Warm our hearts with love divine : Let thy grace, our souls possessing, Make us be for ever thine. 24 GENERAL PRAISE. GENERAL PRAISE. 26 L- M. 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. 2 The depths of earth are in his hand, Her secret wealth at his command; The strength of hills, that threat the skies, Subjected to his empire lies. 3 The rolling ocean's vast abyss By the same sovereign right is his; 'Tis moved by his almighty hand, That formed and fixed the solid land. 4 let us to his courts repair, And bow with adoration there; In faith and love devoutly all Before the Lord our Maker fall. 27 C M. f\ GOD, we praise thee, and confess ^ That thou the only Lord And everlasting Father art, By all the earth adored. 2 To thee all angels cry aloud; To thee the powers on high, Both cherubim and seraphim, Continually do cry;— 3 holy, holy, holy Lord, Whom heavenly hosts obey, GENERAL PRAISE. 25 The world is with the glory fill'd Of thy majestic sway. 4 The apostles' glorious company, And prophets crown' d with light, With all the martyrs' noble host, Thy constant praise recite. 5 The holy Church throughout the world, Lord, confesses thee, That thou eternal Father art, Of boundless majesty. 28 8s & 7s. DRAISE to God, the great Creator, -*- Praise to God from every tongue; Join, our souls, with every creature, Join the universal song. 2 Father ! source of all compassion ! Pure, unbounded grace is thine : Hail the God of our salvation, Praise him for his love divine. 3 Joyfully on earth adore him, Till in heaven our song we raise; Then enraptured fall before him, Lost in wonder, love, and praise. 4 Praise to God, the great Creator, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost ; Praise him, every living creature, Earth and heaven's united host, 29 l. M. I" OUD hallelujahs to the Lord, -^ From distant worlds where creatures dwell, 26 GENERAL PRAISE. Let heaven begin the solemn word, And sound it dreadful down to hell. 2 Wide as his vast dominion lies, Make the Creators name be known; Loud as his thunder shout his praise, And sound it lofty as his throne. 3 Jehovah — 'tis a glorious word ! 0, may it dwell on every tongue! But saints, whobest have known the Lord, Are bound to raise the noblest song. 4 Speak of the wonders of that love Which Gabriel plays on every chord; From all below, and all above, Loud hallelujahs to the Lord! 30 7s. TTOLY, holy, holy, Lord! *-*- Be thy glorious name adored; Lord! thy mercies never fail; Hail, celestial goodness, hail ! 2 Though unworthy, Lord, thine ear, Deign our humble songs to hear; Purer praise we hope to bring, When around thy throne we sing. 3 While on earth ordained to stay, Guide our footsteps in thy way ; Then on high we'll joyful raise Songs of everlasting praise. 4 Lord ! thy mercies never fail ; Hail, celestial goodness, hail! Be thy glorious name adored, Holy, holy, holy Lord! GENERAL PRAISE. 27 31 t M. PRE AT is the Lord ! What tongue can ^* frame, An honour equal to his name? How awful are his glorious ways! The Lord is dreadful in his praise! 2 The world's foundations by his hand Were laid, and shall for ever stand; The swelling billows know their bound, While to his praise they roll around. 3 Vast are thy works, Almighty Lord! All nature rests upon thy word; And clouds, and storms, and fire obey Thy wise and all-controlling sway. 4 Thy glory, fearless of decline, Thy glory, Lord, shall ever shine ; Thy praise shall still our breath employ, Till we shall rise to endless joy. 32 8s, 7s & 4s. COVEREIGN Lord of light and glory, ^ Author of our mortal frame, Joyfully we bow before thee, And extol thy holy name: Hallelujah! Ever sacred be the theme! 2 Kind Dispenser of each blessing Which surrounds the human race, May we, gratefully possessing, Still adore thy boundless grace: Hallelujah! Praise to God, immortal praise ! 28 GENERAL PRAISE. 3 Thus, with humble adoration, We attend before thy throne, And with grateful exultation, Thine abundant mercy own: Hallelujah! Praise belongs to thee alone. 4 In thy every dispensation, Love and mercy we descry: Thou, the God of our salvation, To preserve us, still art nigh : Hallelujah ! Glory be to God on high. 33 6s & 4s. TDRAISE we Jehovah's name; ■*- Praise through his courts proclaim, Rise and adore; High o'er the heavens above, Sound his great acts of love, While his rich grace we prove, Yast as his power. 2 Now let the trumpet raise Triumphant sounds of praise, Wide as his fame ; There let the harp be found; Organs, with solemn sound, Roll your deep notes around, Filled with his name. 3 While his high praise we sing, Shake every sounding string; Sweet the accord ! He vital breath bestows ; Let every breath that flows, His noblest fame disclose : Praise we the Lord. GENERAL PRAISE. 29 34 7s. A LL thy works, with one accord -"■ Magnify thee, mighty Lord! While the heavens thy glory show, Earth extols thy love below. 2 Day to day doth utter speech, Night to night thy knowledge teach: Nature's universal frame Answers — "Hallow'd be thy name." 3 Life, through all its breathing forms, Death, from darkness, dust, and worms, In ten thousand wondrous ways, Fearfully set forth thy praise. 4 While adoring Seraphim Thine eternal Godhead hymn, Saints redeemed, with glory crown'd, Calvary's cross won triumphs sound. 5 May thy Church from age to age, In her house of pilgrimage, Train for thee her convert throngs, And thy statutes be their songs. 35 8s & 7s. T>LEST be thou, God of Israel, •** Thou, our Father, and our Lord! Blest thy majesty for ever! Ever be thy name adored. 2 Thine, Lord, are power and greatness, Glory, victory, are thine own ; All is thine in earth and heaven, Over all thy boundless throne. 30 GENERAL PRAISE. 3 Eiches come of thee, and honour, Power and might to thee belong; Thine it is to make us prosper, Only thine to make us strong. 4 Lord, to thee, thou God of mercy, Hymns of gratitude we raise; To thy name, for ever glorious, Ever we address our praise! 36 7s, with Chorus. OING we praises to the Lord, Alleluia, ^ Bless his name with one accord, Alleluia, For 'tis owing to his care, Alleluia, What we have, and what we are a Alleluia. 2 He first made us by his power, Alleluia, He preserves us ev'ry hour, Alleluia, Food and raiment all are his, Alleluia, Present comfort, future bliss, Alleluia. 3 He directs our steps by day, Alleluia, Pointing out the safest way, Alleluia, And at night in mercy still, Alleluia, Guards us from all kinds of ill, Alleluia. 4 God forgave us when undone, Alleluia, And redeemed us by his Son, Alleluia: Raise our voices then, and sing. Alleluia, Loud hosannas to our King, Alleluia. 37 C. M. T IFT up to God the voice of praise, -^ Whose breath our souls inspired; Loud and more loud the anthem raise, With grateful ardour fired. GENERAL PRAISE. 31 2 Lift up to God the voice of praise, Whose goodness, passing thought, Loads every moment, as it flies, With benefits unsought. 3 Lift up to God the voice of praise, From whom salvation flows, Who sent his Son our souls to save From everlasting woes. 4 Lift up to God the voice of praise, For hope's transporting ray, Which lights through darkest shades of death, . To realms of endless day. 38 L.M. rj_IVE thanks to God; he reigns above; ^* Kind are his thoughts, his name is love; His mercy ages past have known, And ages long to come shall own. 2 Let the redeemed of the Lord The wonders of his grace record; Israel, the nation whom he chose, And rescued from their mighty foes. 3 He feeds and clothes us all the way, He guides our footsteps lest we stray; He guards us with a powerful hand, And brings us to the heavenly land. 4 0, let the saints with joy record The truth and goodness of the Lord! How great his works! how kind his ways! Let every tongue pronounce his praise. 32 GENERAL PRAISE. 39 C. M. A LMIGHTY Lord, with joy to thee •"■ Our grateful voices rise ; Accept, God, our feeble praise, And humble sacrifice. Chor. — Glory, honour, praise, and power Be unto the Lamb for ever; Jesus Christ is our Redeemer. Hallelujah ! Praise ye the Lord. 2 We glorify, we bless thy name For all thy mercies given, But most, for Jesus Christ, who died To raise our souls to heaven. Chorus. — Glory, honour, &c. 3 bless the Lord, our gracious God, Whose mercies thus we prove, Who bids us sinners loud proclaim The wonders of his love. Chorus. — Glory, honour, &c. 40 8s, 7s & 4s. ./2J.OT) the Lord a King remaineth, " Robed in his own glorious light; God hath robed him, and he reigneth — He hath girded him with might: Hallelujah! God is King in depth and height. 2 Lord! the water-floods have lifted, Ocean-floods have raised their roar, Now they pause where they have drifted, Now they burst upon the shore: Hallelujah ! From the ocean's sounding store, GENERAL PRAISE. 33 3 With all tones of waters blending Glorious is the breaking deep; Glorious, beauteous without ending, God who reigns on heaven's high steep. Hallelujah! Songs of ocean never sleep. 4 Lord ! the words thy lips are telling Are the perfect verity ; Of thine high, eternal dwelling Holiness shall inmate be: Hallelujah ! Pure is all that lives with thee. 41 L. M. BOTH heaven and earth do worship thee, Thou Father of eternity ! With splendour from thy glory spread, Are heaven and earth replenished. 2 To thee all angels loudly cry, The heavens, and all the powers on high, The apostles' glorious company, The prophets' fellowship praise thee. 3 The noble and victorious host Of martyrs make of thee their boast; The holy Church in every place Throughout the earth exalts thy praise. 4 From day to day, Lord, do we Highly exalt and honour thee : Thy name we worship and adore, World without end, for evermore. 34 GENERAL PRAISE. 42 S. M. f^OME, sound his praise abroad, ^ And hymns of glory sing, Jehovah is the sovereign Lord, The universal King. Praise ye the Lord, Alleluia, Praise ye the Lord, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Praise ye the Lord. 2 He formed the deeps unknown, He gave the seas their bound; The watery worlds are all his own, And all the solid ground. Praise ye the Lord, Alleluia, &c. 3 Come, worship at his throne, Come, bow before the Lord; We are his works, and not our own, He formed us by his word. Praise ye the Lord, Alleluia, &e, 4 To-day attend his voice, Nor dare provoke his rod; Come, like the people of his choice, And own our gracious God. Praise ye the Lord, Alleluia, &c. 43 8s. T>LESSED be thy name for ever, -*-* Thou of life the Guard and Giver! Thou who slumberest not nor sleepest, Blest are they thou kindly keepest ! God of stillness and of motion, Of the rainbow, and the ocean, GENERAL PRAISE. 35 Of the mountain, rock, and river, Blessed be thy name for ever! 2 God of evening's peaceful ray! God of every dawning day, Rising from the distant sea Breathing of eternity; Thine the flaming sphere of light, Thine the darkness of the night! God of life, that fade shall never! Glory to thy name for ever! 44 L. M. QERVANTS of God! in joyful lays, ^ Sing we the Lord Jehovah's praise: His glorious name let all adore, From age to age, for evermore. 2 Who is like God? so great, so high, He bows himself to view the sky; And yet, with condescending grace, Looks down upon the human race. 3 He hears the uncomplaining moan Of those who sit and weep alone; He lifts the mourner from the dust; In him the poor may safely trust. 4 then, aloud, in joyful lays, Sing to the Lord Jehovah's praise; His saving name let all adore, From age to age, for evermore. 45 S. M. THOU above all praise, Above all blessing high, 36 GENERAL PRAISE. Who would not fear thy holy name, And laud, and magnify? 2 for the living flame From thine own altar brought, To touch our lips, our souls inspire, And wing to heaven our thought ! 3 God is our strength and song, And his salvation ours ; Then be his love in Christ proclaim^ With all our ransomed powers. 4 Stand up, and bless the Lord; The Lord our God adore; Stand up, and bless his glorious name, Henceforth, for evermore. 46 S. M. 'THOU, Lord, art God alone : ■*■ Those countless worlds of thine, Those heavens and heavenly spirits, own Thy majesty divine. 2 Earth is thy footstool made, Great universal Lord ; And all things are in being stay'd By thy preserving word. 3 At thy command we rise, Thy gracious name to bless; And thee, the Lord of earth and skies, We joyfully confess. 4 Our joy, to sing of thee; To triumph in thy love; And this, transporting thought, shall be Our endless work above. GENERAL PRAISE. 37 47 10s & lis. n WORSHIP the King all-glorious ^5 above, And gratefully sing bis wonderful love ; Our Shield and Defender, the Ancient of days, Pavilioned in splendour, and girded with praise. 2 tell of his might, and sing of his grace, Whose robe is the light, whose canopy space ; His chariots of wrath the deep thunder- clouds form, And dark is his path on the wings of the storm. 3 Thy bountiful care what tongue can recite? It breathes in the air, it shines in the light, It streams from the hills, it descends to the plain, And sweetly distils in the dew and the rain. 4 Frail children of dust, and feeble as frail, In Thee do we trust, nor find thee to fail, Thy mercies how tender, how firm to the end! Our Maker, Defender, Eedeemer, and Friend. 5 Father Almighty, how faithful thy love! While angels delight to hymn thee above, The humbler creation, though feebler their lays, With true adoration shall lisp to thy praise. 38 GENERAL PRAISE. 48 L. M. RENDER thanks to God above, The fountain of eternal love; Whose mercy firm, through ages past, Hath stood, and shall for ever last. 2 Who can his mighty deeds express, Not only vast — but numberless? What mortal eloquence can raise Fit tribute of immortal praise? 3 Extend to us that favour, Lord, Thou to thy chosen dost afford; When thou returnest them to save, Let us thy great salvation have. 4 render thanks to God above, The fountain of eternal love: His mercy firm, through ages past, Hath stood, and shall for ever last. 49 8s. f\ COME, let us sing to the Lord, ^ In God our salvation rejoice; In psalms of thanksgiving record His praise, with one spirit, one voice Jehovah is King, and he reigns — The God of all gods, on his throne ; The strength of the hills he maintains; The ends of the earth are his own. 2 The sea is Jehovah's — he made The tide its dominion to know; The land is Jehovah's — he laid Its solid foundations below. GENERAL PRAISE. 39 come, let us worship and kneel Before our Creator, our God; The people who serve him with zeal, The flock whom he guides with his rod. 50 8s & 7s. *< T ORD, thy glory fills the heaven ; -^ Earth is with its fulness stored; Unto thee be glory given, Holy, holy, holy Lord!" Heaven is still with anthems ringing; Earth takes up the angels' cry, " Holy, holy, holy," singing, " Lord of hosts, the Lord most High !' 2 Ever thus in God's high praises, 0, let all our tongues unite, Whilst our thought his greatness raises, And our love his gifts excite. With his seraph train before him, With his holy Church below, Thus unite we to adore him, Bid we thus our anthem flow: — 3 " Lord, thy glory fills the heaven; Earth is with its fulness stored; Unto thee be glory given, Holy, holy, holy Lord ! Thus, thy glorious name confessing, We adopt the angels' cry, 1 Holy, holy, holy' — blessing Thee, the Lord our God most High!" 40 THE SABBATH. THE SABBATH. 51 S. M. T ORD, in this sacred hour, -^ Within thy courts we bend, And bless thy love, and own thy power, Our Father and our Friend. 2 But thou art not alone In courts by mortals trod; Nor only is the day thine own When man draws near to God: — 3 Thy temple is the arch Of yon unmeasured sky; Thy Sabbath, the stupendous march Of vast eternity. 4 Lord, may that holier day Dawn on thy servants' sight; And purer worship may we pay In heaven's unclouded light. 52 7s. . CAFELY through another week ^ Thou hast brought us on our way; We do now a blessing seek, Waiting in thy courts to-day ; Day of all the week the best, Emblem of eternal rest. 2 While we seek supplies of grace Through the dear Redeemer's name, Show thy reconciling face — Take away our sin and shame ; From our worldly cares set free — May we rest this day in thee. THE SABBATH. 41 3 Here we come, thy name to praise; Let us feel thy presence near ; May thy glories meet our eyes, While we in thy house appear: Here afford us, Lord, a taste Of our everlasting rest. 4 May the gospel's joyful sound Wake our minds to raptures new ; Let thy victories abound — Unrepenting souls subdue; Thus let all our Sabbaths prove Till we rest in thee above. 53 c. M. /X)ME, dearest Lord, and feed thy sheep, ^ This day, of days the best; 0! bless this flock, and make this fold Enjoy a heavenly rest. 2 Welcome, and precious to our souls These holy hours of love: But what a Sabbath shall we keep When we shall rest above ! 3 We come, we wait, we hear, we pray, Thy footsteps, Lord, we trace; Here, in thine own appointed way, We wait to see thy face. 4 These are the dear and precious days When thee, Lord, we've seen, And oft, when feasting on thy word, In raptures we have been. 5 0! if our souls, when death appears, In this sweet frame be found, 4 42 THE SABBATH. We'll clasp the Saviour in our arms, And leave this earthly ground. 54 C. M. T3LEST is the work, God, our King, ■*-* To praise thy glorious name: By day thy wondrous grace we sing, By night thy truth proclaim. 2 We hail thy day of rest, Lord, And seek thy house of prayer, To meet thy saints, to hear thy word, And all thy works declare. 3 Though sensual hearts, unchanged by grace, Such heavenly joys despise, Teach us to love thy dwelling-place, Thy day of rest to prize : 4 Till, fixed within thy courts above, Far nobler songs we raise, Where every heart is fill'd with love, And every mouth with praise. 55 fa HPHOU who art enthroned above, -■■ Thou by whom we live and move! how sweet, with joyful tongue, To resound thy praise in song! 2 Sweet the day of sacred rest, When devotion fills the breast, When we dwell within thy house, Hear thy word, and pay our vows; 3 Notes to heaven's high mansions raise; Fill its courts with joyful praise; THE SABBATH. 43 With repeated hymns proclaim Great Jehovah's awful name. From thy works our joys arise, thou only good and wise! Who thy wonders can declare? How profound thy counsels are ! Warm our hearts with sacred fire ; Grateful fervours still inspire; All our powers, with all their might, Ever in thy praise unite. A 56 0. M. ND now another week begins, This day we call the Lord's; This day he rose, who bore our sins — For so his word records. 2 Hark, how the angels sweetly sing ! Their voices fill the sky; They hail their great victorious King, And welcome him on high. 3 We'll catch the note of lofty praise ; May we their rapture feel; Our thankful songs with theirs we'll raise, And emulate their zeal. 4 Come, then, ye saints! and grateful sing, Of Christ, our risen Lord — Of Christ, the everlasting King — Of Christ, th' incarnate Word. 5 Hail, mighty Saviour! Thee we hail! High on thy throne above ; Till heart and flesh together fail, We'll sing thy matchless love. 44 THE SABBATH. 57 8s & 7s. OEE the clouds upon the mountain ^ Rolling, rising, melt away, Light, forth flowing from its fountain, Pours an unobstructed ray. 2 So before thy presence fading, Lord, may every shadow fly ; Chase the gloom our souls invading, With the sunbeam of thine eye. 3 Lo ! it dawns, the Sabbath morning Streams with radiance all divine; Sanctity thy courts adorning, Beautiful with grace they shine. 4 Holiness becomes thy dwelling, Peerless Sovereign of the sky, Princely palaces excelling, Pomp of earthly majesty. 5 Rise, our souls, the day is breaking, Gladdened nature drinks the light; From the sleep of darkness waking, Put off all the clouds of night. 6 Take the rest this day is bringing, Rest of all our earthly days, Enter we his gates with singing, Tread the hallowed floor with praise. 58 Is- TTEAVENLY Spirit! may each heart •"• Through these sacred hours be thine : May we from the world depart, Breathing after things divine. THE SABBATH. 45 2 Lead us forth with joy and peace To thy temple, in thy ways; And when this sweet day shall cease, May its sun go down with praise ! 3 May thy ministers declare All thy word of truth with power, Till the sinner bend in prayer, Conquered in that mighty hour. 4 So may we, who worship here, Profit by thy word to-day. And more love, and peace, and fear Carry from thy house away. 59 S. M. CWEET is the work, Lord, ^ Thy glorious acts to sing, To praise thy name, and hear thy word, And grateful offerings bring. 2 Sweet, at the dawning hour, Thy boundless love to tell; And when the night- wind shuts the flow'r, Still on the theme to dwell. 3 Sweet, on this day of rest, To join in heart and voice With those who love and serve thee best, And in thy name rejoice. 4 To songs of praise and joy Be every Sabbath given, That such may be our best employ Eternally in heaven. 60 7s & 6s. J~ ORD of the vast creation, -*-* Support of worlds unknown, 46 THE SABBATH. Desire of every nation ! Behold us at thy throne; We come for mercy crying, Through thine atoning blood; And on thy grace relying, We seek each promised good. 2 We bless the condescension That brought thee down to earth ; Of which the seers made mention, Who prophesied thy birth: We celebrate the glory, That marked thy wondrous way, And own the joyful story, That claims this hallowed day. 3 0! when shall thy salvation Be known through every land, And men, in every station, Obey thy great command? In God's own Son believing, From sin may they be free; And gospel-grace receiving, Find life and peace in thee. 61 c. M. TyHEN, dear Jesus! when shall we ^* Behold thee all serene; Blest in perpetual Sabbath-day, Without a veil between? 2 Assist us while we wander here, Amidst a world of cares; Incline our hearts to pray with love, And then accept our prayers. 3 Spare us, God! 0! spare the soul That gives itself to thee; THE SABBATH. 47 Take all that we possess below, And thou our portion be. 4 Thy Spirit, our Father! give To be our guide and friend, To light our path with ceaseless joys, Where Sabbaths never end. 62 &' Tj^OR the mercies of the day, -*- For this rest upon our way, Thanks to thee alone be given, Lord of earth, and King of heaven. 2 Let these earthly Sabbaths prove Foretastes of our joys above; While their steps thy children bend To the rest which knows no end. 3 While to thee our prayers ascend, Let thine ear in love attend ; Hear us when thy Spirit pleads; Hear, for Jesus intercedes. 4 While thy word is heard with awe, While we tremble at thy law, Let thy Gospel's wond'rous love Every doubt and fear remove. 63 p. m. TESUS, we love to meet, 7 On this thy holy day. We worship round thy seat, On this thy holy day. Thou tender, heavenly Friend, To thee our prayers ascend, O'er our glad spirits bend, On this thy holy day. 48 THE SABBATH. 2 We would not trifle now, On this thy holy day. In grateful love we bow, On this thy holy day. Check every wandering thought, And let us all be taught To serve thee as we ought, On this thy holy day. 3 We listen to thy word, On this thy holy day. Bless all that we have heard, On this thy holy day. Go with us when we part, And to each waiting heart Thy saving grace impart, On this thy holy day. 64 ^s. TV/T AKER of the Sabbath-day, -*•'-*- Teach us how to praise and pray; Thou this blessed day hast given, To prepare our souls for heaven. 2 . Giver of eternal rest, Be thy glorious gospel blest; Thou alone canst change the heart, Thou alone canst peace impart. 3 Ruler of the earth and sky, Lord of all below, on high; Make the young, as well as old, Sheep of thy eternal fold. 4 Friend of sinners, hear our prayer; Let no trifling feelings dare Steal the precious hours away, Of this sacred Sabbath-day. THE SABBATH. 49 65 H. M. TESUS, our holy Lord, ^ Thy name we join to sing, Who didst on this glad day Complete salvation bring: We bless thee, Lord, who from the grave Arose again, lost man to save. 2 Through mercy we are called, Both young and old to praise The conquests of thy love, The riches of thy grace: make our hearts in thee rejoice, And take thee as our only choice ! 3 Through thy redeeming blood, Saviour, set us free! Assisted by thy grace, may we live to thee ! And take us, Lord, when we shall die, To dwell with thee above the sky. 66 l. M. 'THINE earthly Sabbaths, Lord, we love, -*- But there's a nobler rest above ; To that our longing souls aspire, With cheerful hope, and strong desire. 2 No more fatigue, no more distress, Nor sin, nor death shall reach the place; No groans shall mingle with the songs Which warble from immortal tongues ; 3 No rude alarms of raging foes, No cares to break the long repose, No midnight shade — no clouded sun- But sacred, high, eternal noon. 50 THE SABBATH. 4 Thine earthly Sabbaths, Lord, we love, But there's a nobler rest above; To that our longing souls aspire, With cheerful hope, and strong desire. 67 l. m. T ORD of the Sabbath, thee we praise -^ For all these holy, happy days, To dying man in mercy giv'n, As foretastes of the bliss of heav'n. 2 "We thank thee for that blest abode, The temple of the living God ; We thank thee for the precious word And ordinances of the Lord. 3 But ! what praise to thee is due, That we are taught by faith to view A Saviour " crucified and slain," Waking from death, on high to reign. 4 Saviour God, to whom are giv'n The realms of earth, the hosts of heav'n Before thy glorious throne we fall, And worship thee as Lord of all. 68 C. M. A LET our Sabbath-evening song ^ Like holy incense rise ; And let the praises of our tongue Ascend the lofty skies. 2 Through all the dangers of the day, Thy hand was still our guard; And still, to keep each want away, Thy goodness was prepared. THE SANCTUARY. 51 3 Thy richest blessings from above Encompassed us around; But yet how few returns of love Hast thou, our Father, found! 4 0, wash from sin our guilty heart, When to the cross we flee ; And let thy Spirit grace impart, That we may live to thee. 69 c. M. . 'THIS sacred day, great God, we close ■*■ With gratitude and love, And bless thee for the joyful news, Which hails us from above. 2 May we retain the glorious truths Recorded in thy word, And, with obedient lives, adorn The doctrines of the Lord. 3 Ere long we hope to meet and join The ransomed throng in bliss : With joy thy earthly courts we'll leave, To dwell where Jesus is. THE SANCTUARY. 70 H. M. I" ORD of the worlds above, -^ How pleasant and how fair The dwellings of thy love, Thine earthly temples are ; To thine abode our hearts aspire, With warm desire to see our God. 52 THE SANCTUARY. 2 happy souls that pray- Where God appoints to hear! happy men that pay Their constant service there ! They praise thee still ; and happy they That love the way to Zion's hill. 3 They go from strength to strength, Through this dark vale of tears, Till each arrives at length, Till each in heaven appears: glorious seat! Thou, God our King, Shall thither bring our willing feet. 4 The Lord his people loves; His hand no good withholds From those his heart approves, From humble, contrite souls: Thrice happy he, God of hosts, Whose spirit trusts alone in thee! 71 C. M. A RISE, King of grace ! arise, •**- And enter to thy rest ; Lo! thy Church waits with longing eyes, Thus to be owned and blest. 2 Enter with all thy glorious train. Thy Spirit and thy word; All that the ark did once contain, Could no such grace afford. 3 Here, mighty God ! accept our vows, Here let thy praise be spread ; Bless the provisions of thy house, And fill thy poor with bread. THE SANCTUARY. 53 4 Here let the Son of David reign, Let God's anointed shine; Justice and truth his court maintain With love and power divine. 5 Here let him hold a lasting throne; And as his kingdom grows, Fresh honours shall adorn his crown, And shame confound his foes. 72 8s 5 7s & 4s. rj.OD is in his holy temple, " All the earth keep silence here; Worship him in truth and spirit, Reverence him with godly fear; Holy, holy, Lord of Hosts, our Lord, appear. 2 God in Christ reveals his presence, Throned upon the Mercy-seat: Saints, rejoice! and sinners, tremble! Each prepare his God to meet: Lowly, lowly, Bow adoriug at his feet. 3 Hail him here with songs of praises, Him with prayers of faith surround ; Hearken to his glorious gospel, While his servant's lips expound; Blessed, blessed, They who know the joyful sound. 4 Though the heaven, and heaven of hea- vens, Thou Great Unsearchable ! Are too mean to comprehend thee, 54 THE SANCTUARY. Thou with man art pleased to dwell, Welcome, welcome, God with us, Immanuel. 73 L. M. T>EFORE Jehovah's awful throne, -M Ye nations bow with sacred joy; Know that the Lord is God alone ; He can create, and he destroy. 2 His sovereign power, without our aid, Made us of clay, and formed us men ; And when, like wandering sheep, we strayed, He brought us to his fold again. 3 We are thy people, we thy care ; Our souls, and all our mortal frame ; What lasting honours shall we rear, Almighty Maker, to thy name ? 4 We'll crowd thy gates with thankful son gs, High as the heaven our voices raise ; And earth, with her ten thousand tongues, Shall fill thy courts with sounding praise. 5 Wide as the world is thy command ; Vast as eternity thy love ; Firm as a rock thy truth shall stand, When rolling years shall cease to move. 74 lis & 8s. T)E joyful in God, all ye lands of the •** ' earth ! ! serve him with gladness and fear; THE SANCTUARY. 55 Exult in his presence with music and mirth, With love and devotion draw near. 2 Jehovah is God, and Jehovah alone, Creator and Ruler o'er all ; And we are his people — his sceptre we own; His sheep, and we follow his call. 3 ! enter his gates with thanksgiving and song, Our vows in his temple proclaim; His praise in melodious accordance pro- long, And bless his^adorable name. 4 For good is the Lord, inexpressibly good, And we are the work of his hand ; His mercy and truth from eternity stood, And shall to eternity stand. 75 C. M. TI7E love thy holy temple, Lord, " " For there thou deign'st to dwell: And there the heralds of thy word Of all thy mercies tell. 2 There, in thy pure and cleansing fount, Washed from each guilty stain, Our souls on wings of faith shall mount To heaven's eternal fane. 3 Around thine altar will we kneel In penitence sincere, A Saviour's mercy deeply feel, And words of pardon hear; 56 THE SANCTUARY. 4 Or, mingling with the choral throng, Our joyful voices raise, And pour the full, melodious song, In notes of grateful praise. 76 L. M. TTOSANNA to the Jiving Lord ! •*■-*• Hosanna to th' incarnate Word! To Christ, Creator, Saviour, King, Let earth, let heaven, Hosanna sing. 2 Hosanna, Lord! thine angels cry; Hosanna, Lord! thy saints reply: Above, beneath us, and around, The dead and living swell the sound. 3 Saviour! with protecting care, Return to this, thy house of prayer : Assembled in thy sacred name, Here we thy parting promise claim. 4 But, chiefest, in our cleansed breast, Eternal! bid thy Spirit rest, And make our secret soul to be , A temple pure, and worthy thee! 5 So, in the last and dreadful day, When earth and heaven shall melt away, Thy flock, redeemed from sinful stain, Shall swell the sound of praise again. 77 C. M. TJOW lovely are thy dwellings, Lord, ■*-*■ From noise and trouble free! How beautiful the sweet accord Of souls that pray to thee ! THE SANCTUARY. 57 2 Lord God of hosts, that reign'st on high ! They are the truly blest, Who only will on thee rely, In thee alone will rest. 3 They pass refreshed the thirsty vale, The dry and barren ground, As through a fruitful, watery dale, Where springs and showers abound. 4 They journey on from strength to strength, With joy and gladsome cheer, Till all before our God at length In Zion's courts appear. 78 H. M. T ORD, to thy sacred house -* J We come with willing feet, Where saints with morning vows In full assembly meet. Thy power divine shall here be shown, And from thy throne thy mercy shine. 2 send thy light abroad! Thy truth with heavenly ray Shall lead our souls to God, And guide our doubtful way. We'll hear thy word with faith sincere, And learn to fear and praise the Lord. 3 Reach forth thy bounteous hand, And all our sorrows heal; Here health and strength divine make our bosoms feel! Like balmy dew shall Jesus' voice, Our bones rejoice, our strength renew. 5 58 THE SANCTUARY. 4 Then in thy holy hill, Before thine altar, Lord, Oar harp and song shall sound The glories of thy word. Henceforth to thee, Grod of grace, A hymn of praise our life shall be. 79 L- m. AFT, in the temples of thy grace, ^ Thy saints, Lord, behold thy face; And oft have seen thy glory shine, With power and majesty divine: 2 But soon, alas! thine absence mourn, And pray, and wish thy kind return ; Without thy life-inspiring light, 'Tis all a scene of gloomy night. 3 Return, Lord, thy children cry, Our graces droop, our comforts die ; Return, and let thy glory rise Again, to our admiring eyes : 4 Till filled with light, and joy, and love, Thy courts below, like those above, Triumphant hallelujahs raise, And heaven and earth resound thy praise. 80 % T^O thy temple we repair, •*■ Lord, we love to worship there, When within the veil we meet Christ before the mercy-seat. 2 Thou through him art reconciled, We through him are each, thy child; THE SANCTUARY. 59 Abba! Father! give us grace, In thy courts to seek thy face. 3 "While thy glorious praise is sung, Touch our lips, unloose our tongue, That our joyful souls may bless Thee, the Lord our righteousness. 4 While the prayers of saints ascend, God of love, to our's attend ; Hear us, for thy Spirit pleads, Hear, for Jesus intercedes. 81 CM. T^ARLY, God, without delay, -*- J We haste to seek thy face ; Our thirsty spirits faint away Without thy cheering grace. 2 So pilgrims on the scorching sand, Beneath a burning sky, Long for a cooling stream at hand, And they must drink, or die. 3 We've seen thy glory and thy power Through all thy temple shine: God, repeat that heavenly hour, That vision so divine. 4 Not life itself, with all its joys, Can our best passions move, Or raise so high our cheerful voice, As thy forgiving love. 5 Thus, till our last expiring day, We'll bless our God and King; Thus will we lift our hands to pray, And tune our lips to sing. 60 THE SANCTUARY. 82 L- M. TESUS, where'er thy people meet, ** There they behold thy mercy-seat; Where'er they seek thee, thou art found; And every place is hallow'd ground. 2 Dear Shepherd of thy chosen few, Thy former mercies here renew; Here to our waiting hearts proclaim The sweetness of thy saving name. 3 Here may we prove the power of prayer, To strengthen faith and banish care; To teach our faiat desires to rise To things unseen, beyond the skies. 4 Lord, we are weak, but thou art near ; Nor short thine arm, nor deaf thine ear ; 0, rend the heavens this favoured hour, Let thousands feel thy saving pow'r. 83 C. M. l^EAR Father! to thy mercy-seat ^ Our souls for shelter flies ; 'Tis here we find a safe retreat, When storms and tempest rise. 2 Our cheerful hopes can never die, If thou, God, art near ; Thy grace can raise our comforts high, And banish every fear. 3 Thou great Protector, mighty Lord, Thy constant aid impart ; THE SANCTUARY. 61 And let thy kind, thy gracious word Sustain each trembling heart. 4 never let our souls remove From this divine retreat; Still let us trust thy power and love, And dwell before thy feet. 84 5s & 6s. TXOW honoured, how dear, -*--*- That sacred abode, Where Christians draw near Their Father and God! 'Mid worldly commotion, Our wearied soul faints For the house of devotion — The house of thy saints. 2 Thou Hearer of prayer! Still grant us a place, Where Christians repair To the courts of thy grace: More blest, beyond measure One day so employed, Than years of vain pleasure By worldlings enjoyed. 3 The Lord is a sun : The Lord is a shield : What grace has begun, With glory is sealed : He hears the distressed, He succours the just; And they shall be blessed, Who make him their trust. 62 THE SCRIPTURES. THE SCRIPTURES. 85 L. M. >HPWAS by thy Spirit gracious Lord, •*- The ancient prophets spoke thy word; Thy Spirit did their tongues inspire, And warmed their hearts with heavenly fire. 2 The works and wonders which they wrought, Confirmed the messages they brought; The prophet's pen succeeds his breath, To save the holy words from death. 3 Great God ! our eyes with pleasure look On the dear volume of thy book; There we behold our Saviour's face, And learn his name, and feel his grace. 4 Let the false raptures of the mind Be lost, and vanish in the wind ; Here we can fix our hope secure; This is thy word, and must endure. 86 L. M. INTERNAL Spirit! 'twas thy breath -*- i The oracles of truth inspired, And kings, and holy seers of old, With strong prophetic impulse fired. 2 Filled with thy great Almighty power, Their lips with heavenly wisdom flowed; Their hands a thousand wonders wrought, Which bore the signature of God. TIIE SCRIPTURES. 63 3 The powers of earth and hell, in vain Against the sacred word combine; Thy providence through every age, Securely guards the book divine. 4 Thee, its great Author, source of light, Thee, its preserver, we adore ; And humbly ask a ray from thee, Its hidden wonders to explore. 87 C. M. T^ATHER of mercies, in thy word -*- What endless glory shines; For ever be thy name adored 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 Redeemer's welcome voice Spreads heavenly peace around; And life, and everlasting joys, Attend the blissful sound. 4 may these heavenly pages be Our ever dear delight; And still new beauties may we see, And still increasing light, 5 Divine Instructor, gracious Lord, Be thou for ever near; Teach us to love thy sacred word, And view the Saviour there. 64 THE SCRIPTURES. 88 L. M. "DRAISE, everlasting praise, be paid -*- To Him who earth's foundation laid ; Praise to the God whose strong decrees Sway the creation as he please. 2 Firm are the words his prophets give, Sweet words on which his children live; Each of them is the voice of God, Who spoke and spread the skies abroad. 3 for a strong, a lasting faith, To credit what th' Almighty saith ; To embrace the message of his Son, And call the joys of heaven our own. 4 Then should the earth's old pillars shake, And all the wheels of nature break, Our steady souls shall fear no more Than solid rocks when billows roar. 89 C. M. HPHOU lovely Source of true delight, -*■ Whom we unseen adore ; Unveil thy beauties to our sight, That we may love thee more. 2 Thy glory o'er creation shines ; But in thy sacred word, We read in fairer, brighter lines, Our bleeding, dying Lord. 3 'Tis here, whene'er our comforts droop, And sins and sorrows rise, Thy love with cheerful beams of hope, Our fainting heart supplies. THE SCRIPTURES. 65 4 Jesus, our Lord, our life, our light, come with blissful ray; Break radiant through the shades of night, And chase our fears away. 5 Then shall our souls with rapture trace The wonders of thy love ; But the full glories of thy face Are only known above. 90 L- M. riOME, blessed Spirit, source of light, ^ Whose power and grace are uncon- fined, Dispel the gloomy shades of night, The thicker darkness of the mind. 2 To our illumined eyes display The glorious truth thy word reveals; Cause us to run the heavenly way ; The book unfold, unloose the seals. 3 Thine inward teachings make us know, The mysteries of redeeming love, The emptiness of things below, The excellence of things above. 4 While through this dubious maze we stray, Spread, like the sun, thy beams abroad, To show the dangers of the way, And guide our feeble steps to God. 91 L- m. A GOD, the gospel of thy Son, ^ Doth make thy holy counsels known ; 66 THE SCRIPTURES. 'Tis here thy richest mercy shines, And truth is drawn in fairest lines. 2 Thy wisdom here its gifts imparts, To form our minds, to cheer our hearts; Its influence makes the sinner live; It bids the drooping saint revive. 3 Our raging passions it controls, And comfort yields to contrite souls; It brings a better world in view, And guides us all our journey through. 4 May this blest volume ever lie Close to our hearts and near our eye, Till life's last hour our souls engage, And be our chosen heritage. 92 L- m. rPHY word, Lord, is light and food, -*- The law of truth, and source of good : There thou hast pointed out our way To pardon and perpetual day. 2 May we receive it, Lord, as thine, Receive it as thy word divine, With firm assent, with listening ear, With bending heart, and filial fear. 3 Make us to know its saving might, Its quickening power, its cheerful light: May it our stubborn hearts subdue, And still our sinful souls renew! 4 0! let it richly dwell within, To keep us from the snares of sin, And guide us still to choose thy way, That we no more may go astray. THE SCRIPTURES. 67 93 C. M. LADEN with guilt, and full of fears, We fly to thee, Lord; And not a ray of hope appears, But in thy written word. 2 The volume of our Father's grace Does all our grief assuage; Here we behold our Saviour's face In almost every page. 3 This is the field where hidden lies The pearl of price unknown ; That merchant is divinely wise Who makes the pearl his own. 4 This is the judge that ends the strife Where wit and reason fail: Our guide to everlasting life Through all this gloomy vale. 94 L. M. HPHE starry firmament on high, •*• And all' the glories of the sky, Yet shine not to thy praise, Lord, So brightly as thy written word. 2 The hopes that holy word supplies, Its truths divine and precepts wise — In each a heavenly beam we see, And every beam conducts to thee. 3 Almighty Lord! the sun shall fail, The moon forget her nightly tale, And deepest silence hush on high The radiant chorus of the sky — 68 THE SCRIPTURES. 4 But fixed for everlasting years, Unmoved amid the wreck of spheres, Thy word shall shine in cloudless day When heaven and earth have pass'd away, 95 C. M. T ORD, we have made thy word our -^ choice. Our lasting heritage ; There shall our noblest powers rejoice, Our warmest thoughts engage. 2 We'll read the histories of thy love, And keep thy laws in sight; While through thy promises we rove, With ever fresh delight. 3 'Tis a broad land of wealth unknown, Where springs of life arise, Seeds of immortal bliss are sown, And hidden glory lies. 4 The best relief that mourners have — It makes our sorrows blest; Our fairest hope beyond the grave, And our eternal rest. 96 H. M. 'THE promises we sing, -*■ Which sovereign love hath spoke ; Nor wilt thou, mighty King, Thy words of grace revoke ; They stand secure and steadfast still; Nor Zion's hill abides so sure. 2 The mountains melt away, When once the Judge appears ; THE SCRIPTURES. 69 And sun and moon decay That measure mortal years; But still the same, in radiant lines, Thy promise shines through all the flame. 3 Their harmony shall sound Through our attentive ears, "When thunders cleave the ground And dissipate the spheres; 'Mid all the shock of that dread scene, We stand serene — thy word our rock. 97 L. M. 6 lines. 1? AITHFUL art Thou in whom we trust, -■- Thy word shall be our stay When hills depart, when stars are dust, And skies have passed away ; For than the heavens and earth more sure Thy blessed promises endure. 2 The vows of earthly friendship fail, With love and faith forgot, Through time's long waste, or fortune's gale, Or man's unstable thought; But there is neither change nor fraud In thy sweet promises, God. 98 4s & 7s. TI^E trust thee, Lord; Y ^ Upon thy word We rest our soul's well-being; Our walk with thee, Lord, here must be By faith and not by seeing. 70 GOD AND HIS ATTRIBUTES. 2 The only scheme Man to redeem From death, sin's fearful wages, Would lie concealed, But as revealed In these, thy sacred pages. 3 By faith to live, Its fruits to give, This is the path to heaven ; All strength and skill To do thy will But through thy word are given. 4 Teach us, Lord, To prize thy word, This gift of matchless favour; Be it our health, Be it our wealth, Our strength and life for ever. GOD AND HIS ATTRIBUTES. BEING AND CKEATIVE POWER. 99 C. M. HREAT First of beings! mighty Lord, ^ Of all this wondrous frame, Produced by thy creating word, The world from nothing came. 2 Lord, for thy glory shines the whole; It all reflects thy light : For this the planets ceaseless roll, And day succeeds the night. 3 For this the earth its produce yields ; For this the waters flow; GOD AND HIS ATTRIBUTES. 71 And blooming plants adorn the fields, And trees and herbage grow. 4 Inspired with praise may we pursue This wise and noble end, That all we think, or say, or do, May to thy glory tend. 100 c. P. M. T ET all on earth their voices raise, -■-' 0, great Jehovah, to thy praise, And bless thy holy name: Thy glory let the people know, Thy wonders to the heathen show, Thy saving grace proclaim. 2 God framed the globe ; God built the sky; God made the shining worlds on high, And reigns in glory there: Thy beams are majesty and light; Thy beauties, how divinely bright! Thy dwelling-place, how fair! 3 Come the great day, the glorious hour, When earth shall feel thy saving power, All nations fear thy name! Then shall the race of men confess The beauty of thy holiness, Thy saving grace proclaim. 101 L. M. HPHOU, Lord, of all the Parent art, ■*- Of all things thou alone the end: On thee still fix our wavering heart; To thee let all our actions tend. 2 Thou, Lord, art light; thy native ray No change, nor shadow ever knows; 72 GOD AND HIS ATTRIBUTES. To our dark souls thy light display, The glory of thy face disclose. 3 Thou, Lord, art love ; the fountain thou Whence mercy unexhausted flows ; On barren hearts, shed it now, And make the desert bear the rose! 4 So shall our every power to thee In love and holy service rise; And body, soul, and spirit be Thy ever-living sacrifice. 102 ?s. OOURCE of being, source of light, ^ With unfading beauties bright ; Thee, when morning greets the skies, Blushing sweet with humid eyes; Thee, when soft declining day Sinks, in purple waves away; Thee, Parent, will we sing, To thy feet our tribute bring! 2 Yonder azure vault on high, Yonder blue, low, liquid sky; Earth, on its firm basis placed, And with circling waves embraced; All-creating power confess, All their mighty Maker bless ; Shaking Nature with thy nod, Earth and heaven confess their God. 3 Father, King, whose heavenly face Shines serene upon our race ; Mindful of thy guardian care, Slow to punish, prone to spare; GOD AND HIS ATTRIBUTES. 73 We thy majesty adore, We thy well-known aid implore ; Not in vain thy aid we call, Nothing want, for thou art all ! INFINITY. 103 CM. COME seraph, lend your heavenly ^ tongue, Or harp of golden string, That we may raise a lofty song To our eternal King ! 2 Thy names, how infinite they be! Great Everlasting One ! Boundless thy might and majesty, And uneonfined thy throne. 3 Thy glory shines immensely bright; Exhaustless is thy grace; Immortal day breaks from thine eyes, And Gabriel veils his face. 4 Thy Being is a vast abyss, Which angels cannot sound; A sum of dread infinities That creature-powers confound. 104 C. M. INTERNAL Power— Almighty God! -" Who can approach thy throne? Unfading light is thine abode, To mortal man unknown. 2 Before the radiance of thine eye, The heavens no longer shine ; 6 W 1 74 GOD AND HIS ATTRIBUTES. And all the glories of the sky Are but the shade of thine. 3 Great God, and wilt thou condescend To cast a look below? To this vile world thy notice bend — These seats of sin and wo ? 4 How strange! how wondrous is thy love! With trembling we adore : Not all th' exalted minds above Its wonders can explore. 105 U m. ITH deepest reverence at thy throne, Jehovah, peerless and unknown, Our feeble spirits strive, in vain, A glimpse of thee, great God, to gain. 2 "Who, by the closest search, can find Thy mighty, uncreated mind ? Nor men, nor angels can explore Thy heights of love, thy depths of power. 3 We know thee not ; but this we know, Thou reign'st above, thou reign'st below: And though thine essence is unknown, To all the world thy power is shown. 4 That power we trace on every side; may thy wisdom be our guide! And while we live, and when we die, May thine almighty love be nigh. ETERNITY. 106 "h- ly/TIGHTY God! the first, the last! ■***■ What are ages, in thy sight, GOD AND HIS ATTRIBUTES. 75 But as yesterday when past, Or a watch within the night? 2 All that being ever knew, Far, far back, ere time had birth, Stands as clear within thy view As the present things of earth. 3 All that being e'er shall know On, still on, through farthest years, All eternity can show, Bright before thee now appears. 4 In thine all-embracing sight, Every change its purpose meets, Every cloud floats into light, Every woe its glory greets. 5 Whatsoe'er our lot may be, Calmly in this thought we'll rest — Could we see as thou dost see, We would choose it as the best. 107 L. M. A LL-POWERFUL, self-existent God, -"* Who all creation dost sustain! Thou wast, and art, and art to come, And everlasting is thy reign ! 2 Fixed and eternal as thy days, Each glorious attribute divine, Through ages infinite shall still With undiminished lustre shine. 3 Fountain of being ! Source of good ! Immutable thou dost remain ! Nor can the shadow of a change Obscure the glories of thy reign. 76 GOD AND HIS ATTRIBUTES. 4 Earth may with all her powers dissolve, If such the great Creator's will ! But thou for ever art the same ; I am, is thy memorial still. 108 C. M. HPHROUGH endless years thou art the ■*■ same, thou eternal God ; Each future age shall know thy name, And tell thy works abroad. 2 The strong foundations of the earth Of old by thee were laid ; By thee the beauteous arch of heaven With matchless skill was made. 3 Soon shall this goodly frame of things, Created by thy hand, Be, like a vesture, laid aside, And changed at thy command; 4 But thy perfections, all divine, Eternal as thy days, Through everlasting ages shine, With undiminished rays. OMNIPKESENCE AND OMNISCIENCE. 109 L.M. "RATHER of spirits ! Nature's God ! •*• Our inmost thoughts are known to thee; Thou, Lord, can'st hear each idle word, And every private action see. 2 Could we on morning's swiftest wings, Pursue our flight through trackless air ; GOD AND HIS ATTRIBUTES* 77 Or dive beneath deep ocean's springs, Thy presence still would meet us there. 3 In vain may guilt attempt to fly, Concealed beneath the pall of night; One glance from thy all-piercing eye Can kindle darkness into light. 4 Search thou our hearts, and there destroy Each evil thought, each secret sin ; And fit us for those realms of joy, Where nought impure shall enter in. 110 c.m. TEHOVAH, God, thy gracious power ^ On every hand we see ; may the blessings of each hour Lead all our thoughts to thee. 2 If on the wings of morn we speed To earth's remotest bound, Thy hand will there our journey lead, Thine arm our path surround. 3 Thy power is in the ocean deeps, And reaches to the skies: Thine eye of mercy never sleeps, Thy goodness never dies. 4 From morn till noon — till latest eve, Thy hand, God, we see; And all the blessings we receive, Proceed alone from thee. Ill L. M. 6 lines. A BOYE — below — where'er we gaze, -"■ Thy guiding finger, Lord, we view, 78 GOD AND HIS ATTRIBUTES. Traced in the midnight planets' blaze, Or glistening in the morning dew; "Whatever is beautiful or fair, Is but thine own reflection there. 2 We hear thee in the stormy wind That turns the ocean wave to foam ; Nor less thy wondrous power we find When summer airs around us roam; The tempest and the calm declare Thyself — for thou art everywhere. 3 We find thee in the noon of night, And read thy name in every star That drinks in splendour from the light That flows from mercy's beaming car : Thy footstool, Lord, each starry gem Composes — not thy diadem. UNIVERSAL GOVERNMENT. 112 L. M. TJE reigns — the Lord, the Saviour _LX re ig ns j Praise him in evangelic strains; Let the whole earth in songs rejoice; And distant islands join their voice. 2 Deep are his counsels, and unknown; But grace and truth support his throne ; Though gloomy clouds his way surround, Justice is their eternal ground. 3 In robes of judgment, lo! he comes; Shakes the wide earth, and cleaves the tombs; Before him burns devouring fire ! The mountains melt, the seas retire ! GOD AND HIS ATTRIBUTES. 79 4 His enemies, with sore dismay, Fly from the sight, and shun the day: Then lift your heads, ye saints on high, And sing, for your redemption's nigh. 113 C. M. A LORD — how fearful is thy name ! ^ How wide is thy command ! Nature, with all her moving frame, Rests on thy mighty hand. 2 Immortal glory forms thy throne, And light thine awful robe ; While with a smile, or with a frown, Thou managest the globe. 3 A word of thine almighty breath Can swell or sink the seas ; Build the vast empires of the earth, Or break them as thou please. 4 On angels, with unveiled face, Thy glory beams above ; To men what acts of richest grace, Reveal thy boundless love. 5 Now let the Lord for ever reign, And sway us as he will; Sick or in health, in ease or pain, We are his children still. 114 7s. OOVEREIGN Ruler of the skies, ^ Ever gracious, ever wise ! All our times are in thy hand, All events at thy command. 80 GOD AND HIS ATTRIBUTES. 2 Thou didst form us by thy power ; Thou wilt guide us, hour by hour ; All our times shall ever be Ordered by thy wise decree : 3 Times of sickness, times of health ; Times of penury and wealth ; Times of trial and of grief; Times of triumph and relief; 4 Times temptation's power to prove ; Times to taste a Saviour's love ; All is fixed, the means and end, As shall please thee, Heavenly Friend* 115 L. M. nTHROUGH all the various shifting ■*- scene Of life's mistaken ill or good, Thy hand, God ! conducts unseen The beautiful vicissitude. 2 Thou givest with paternal care, Howe'er unjustly we complain, To all their necessary share Of joy and sorrow, health and pain. 3 All things on earth, and all in heaven. On thine eternal will depend ; And all for greater good were given, Would man pursue the appointed end. 4 Be this our care ! — to all beside Indifferent let our wishes be ; Passion be calm, and dumb be pride, And nVd our souls, great God! on thee. GOD AND HIS ATTRIBUTES. 81 MORAL PERFECTIONS. 116 C. M. TJOLY and reverend is thy name ■"■ thou eternal King: Thrice holy Lord! the angels cry; Thrice holy! let us sing. 2 The deepest reverence of the mind, Pay, our souls to God; Lift with the hands a holy heart To his sublime abode. 3 With sacred awe pronounce his name Whom words nor thoughts can reach; A broken heart shall please him more Than the best forms of speech. 4 Thou holy God ! preserve our souls From all pollution free ; The pure in heart are thy delight, And they thy face shall see. 117 L. M. nPIIINE, Lord, is wisdom, thine alone! •*- Justice and truth before thee stand: Yet, nearer to thy sacred throne, Mercy withholds thy lifted hand. 2 Each evening shows thy tender love: Each rising morn thy plenteous grace: Thy waken'd wrath doth slowly move; Thy willing mercy flies apace. 3 To thy benign, indulgent care, Father, this light, this breath we owe; And all we have, and all we are, From thee, great Source of being, flow. 82 GOD AND HIS ATTRIBUTES. 4 Thrice holy! thine the kingdom is, The power omnipotent is thine ; And when created nature dies, Thy never-ceasing glories shine. 118 C M. "FAITHFUL, Lord, thy mercies are, ■*■ A rock that cannot move; A thousand promises declare Thy constancy of love. 2 Thou waitest to be gracious still; Thou dost with sinners bear, That, saved, we may thy goodness feel, And all thy grace declare. 3 Its streams the whole creation reach, So plenteous is the store; Enough for all, enough for each, Enough for evermore. 4 Throughout the universe it reigns ; It stands for ever sure ; , And while thy truth, God, remains, Thy goodness shall endure. 119 c. M. HHHY goodness, Lord, our souls confess ; •*■ Thy goodness we adore; — A spring whose blessings never fail; A sea without a shore. 2 Sun, moon, and stars, thy love declare In every golden ray; Love draws the curtains of the night, And love brings back the day. GOD AND HIS ATTRIBUTES. 83 3 Thy bounty every season crowns With all the bliss it yields, With joyful clusters loads the vines, With strengthening grain the fields. 4 But chiefly thy compassion, Lord, Is in the gospel seen; There, like a sun, thy mercy shines, Without a cloud between. 5 There, pardon, peace, and holy joy, Through Jesus' name are given; He on the cross was lifted high, That we might reign in heaven. 120 H.M. f\ FOR a shout of joy, ^ Worthy the theme we sing ! To this divine employ Our hearts and voices bring; Sound, sound, through all the earth abroad, The love, th ? eternal love of God. 2 Unnumbered myriads stand, Of seraphs bright and fair, Or bow at thy right hand, And pay their homage there; But strive in vain with loudest chord, To sound thy wondrous love, Lord. 3 Yet sinners saved by grace, In songs of lower key, In every age and place, Have sung the mystery; Have told, in strains of sweet accord, Thy love, thy sovereign love, Lord. 84 GOD AND HIS ATTRIBUTES. 4 Though earth and hell assail, And doubts and fears arise, The weakest shall prevail, And grasp the heavenly prize, And through an endless age record Thy love, thy changeless love, Lord. 121 C. M. T ORD, thou art good ! all nature shows -*-* Its mighty Author kind : Thy bounty through creation flows, Full, free, and unconfined. 2 The whole in every part proclaims Thy infinite good will; It shines in stars, and flows in streams, And bursts from every hill. 3 We view it o'er the spreading main, And heavens which spread more wide ; It drops in gentle showers of rain, And rolls in every tide. 4 Through the whole earth it pours supplies, Spreads joy through every part: may such love attract our eyes, And captivate our heart ! 5 Oar highest admiration raise, Our best affections move I Employ our tongues in songs of praise, And fill our souls with love ! 122 L. M. 6 lines. rj_REAT God of wonders, all thy ways >^ Are worthy of thyself — divine; GOD AND HIS ATTRIBUTES. 85 But the bright glories of thy grace Beyond thine other wonders shine. Who is a pardoning God like thee? Or who has grace so rich and free? 2 Pardon — from an offended God! Pardon — for sins of deepest dye ! Pardon — bestowed through Jesus' blood ! Pardon — that brings us rebels nigh. Where is the pardoning God like thee? Or where the grace so rich and free? 3 may this glorious, matchless love — This godlike miracle of grace — Teach mortal tongues, like those above, To raise this song of lofty praise. Who is a pardoning God like thee? Or who has grace so rich and free? 123 c. M. f\ GOD I how wonderful thou art, ^ Thy Majesty, how bright! How beautiful thy mercy-seat In depths of burning light! 2 How dread are thine eternal years, everlasting Lord! By prostrate spirits day and night Unceasingly adored ! 3 How beautiful, how beautiful The sight of thee must be, Thine endless wisdom, boundless power, And glorious purity ! 4 how we fear thee, Living God! With deepest, tenderest fears, 86 THE TRINITY. And worship thee with trembling hope, And penitential tears. 5 Yet we may love thee too, Lord! Almighty as thou art, For thou hast stooped to ask of us The love of each poor heart. 6 then these worse than worthless hearts In pity deign to take, And make them love thee, for thyself And for thy glory's sake. THE TRINITY. 124 ?s. XpATHER! be thy name adored, **• For the gift of Christ our Lord: For the glorious fulness great, We poor sinners in him meet. 2 Jesus ! we thy name would praise, For thy love in ancient days : Thou didst undertake our cause, And didst suffer on the cross. 3 Holy Spirit! Dove Divine! Let thy mercy on us shine? 0! reveal the things of God, And apply the Saviour's blood. 125 ?s, double. TTOLY, holy, holy Lord, -"■ God of Hosts! when heaven and earth Out of darkness at thy word Issued into glorious birth, THE TRINITY. 87 All thy works before thee stood, And thine eye beheld them good, While they sang with sweet accord, Holy, holy, holy Lord! 2 Holy, holy, holy ! Thee, One Jehovah evermore, Father, Son, and Spirit! we, Dust and ashes, would adore ; Lightly by the world esteemM, From that world by thee redeemed, Sing we here with glad accord, Holy, holy, holy Lord! 3 Holy, holy, holy ! All _ Heaven's triumphant choirs shall sing, When the ransom'd nations fall At the footstool of their King: Then shall saints and seraphim, Hearts and voices swell one hymn, Round the throne with full accord, Holy, holy, holy Lord ! 126 c. M. TV/TAKER, Upholder, Ruler!— thee, ■*-'-*- Let all that live adore, Who art, and wast, and yet shalt be, God blessed evermore. 2 Redeemer, Prophet, Priest, and King! Appointed Judge of all! Let ransomed souls thy triumphs sing, And foes before thee fall. 3 Spirit of life, and light, and love ! To us thy gifts impart; 88 THE TRINITY. From heaven, descending like a dove, Come dwell in every heart. 4 Thee, Father, Son, and Spirit! thee, Let heaven and earth adore; Thou art, thou wast, and thou shalt be, One God for evermore. 127 L. M. A HOLY, holy, holy Lord! ^ Bright in thy deeds and in thy name, For ever be thy name adored, Thy glories let the world proclaim! 2 Jesus, Lamb once crucified To take our load of sins away, Thine be the song that rolls its tide Along the realms of upper day ! 3 Holy Spirit from above, In streams of light and glory given, Thou source of ecstasy and love, Thy praises ring through earth and heaven ! 4 God triune, to thee we owe Our every thought, our every song; And ever may thy praises flow From saint and seraph's burning tongue ! 128 % lyriGHTY God, the Holy One, ■***• Dwelling in eternity! How shall we approach thy throne! How should sinners come to thee! THE TRINITY. 89 Where thine awful glories blaze, Scarce can holy angels gaze. 2 Yet, though high thy dwelling-place, All our thoughts and praise above, Humble souls may seek thy face, God of glory, God of love: — Love that comes a heavenly guest To the contrite sinner's breast. 3 Father, hear us when we pray; Saviour, grace and strength impart; Holy Spirit, purge away All our guilt, and melt each heart: Triune God, thou sinner's Friend, Guide and bless us to the end. 129 Ttt n LORY to the Father give, ^ God in whom we move and live; Humble prayers thou deign'st to hear, Grateful songs delight thine ear. 2 Glory to the Son we bring, Christ, our Prophet, Priest, and King; Let us raise our sweetest strain Lord to thee, for thou wast slain. 3 Glory to the Holy Ghost ; Be this day a Pentecost; Waiting minds wilt thou inspire, Touch our tongues with holy fire. 4 Glory in the highest be To the blessed Trinity, For the gospel from above, For the word, that "God is love." 7 90 THE TRINITY. G ] 130 7s & 6s. .RE AT Author of creation, When all thy work was done, Loud shouts of exultation Re-echo'd round thy throne ; The morning stars were ringing, Throughout the vault above ; The sons of God were singing Thy wisdom, power, and love. Blest Author of salvation, When Adam's sinful race Had sunk in desolation, Had fallen in death's embrace; then thy Love hung bleeding, Upon the cross to die: That Love still interceding, Is prevalent on high. Thou new-creating Spirit, Thou Searcher of the heart; Who, through the Saviour's merit, Dost quick'ning grace impart: Thou precious gift from heaven, Thou messenger of peace, Speak all our sins forgiven, And make our joys increase. 131 CM. OST ancient of all mysteries! Before thy throne we lie; Have mercy now, most merciful, Most Holy Trinity! When heaven and earth were yet unmade, When time was yet unknown, M ( THE TRINITY. 91 Thou in thy bliss and majesty Didst live and love alone ! 3 Thou wert not born, there was no fount From which thy being flowed; There is no end which thou canst reach; But thou art simply God. 4 Most ancient of all mysteries ! Still at thy throne we lie; Have mercy now, most merciful, Most Holy Trinity! 132 6s & 4s. pOME, thou Almighty King, ^ Help us thy name to sing, Help us to praise : Father all-glorious, O'er all victorious, Come, and reign over us, Ancient of days. 2 Come, thou Incarnate Word, Gird on thy mighty sword, Our prayer attend: Come, and thy people bless, And give thy word success : In love and holiness, On us descend. 3 Come, Holy Comforter, Thy sacred witness bear In this glad hour: Thou who Almighty art, Now rule in every heart, And ne'er from us depart, Spirit of power. 92 THE TRINITY. 4 To the great One in Three Eternal praises be Hence, evermore. Thy sovereign majesty May we in glory see, And to eternity Love and adore. 133 ?s & 6s. TV/FEET and right it is to sing, -*■'-*- In every time and place; Glory to our heavenly King, The God of truth and grace. Join we then with sweet accord, All in one thanksgiving join! Holy, holy, holy Lord, Eternal praise be thine ! 2 Thee, the first-born sons of light, In choral symphonies, Praise by day, day without night, And never, never cease ; Angels and archangels, all Praise the mystic Three in One; Sing, and stop, and gaze, and fall, O'erwhelm'd before thy throne! 3 Father, God, thy love we praise, Which gave thy son to die ; Jesus, full of truth and grace, Alike we glorify ; Spirit, Comforter divine, Praise by all to thee be given, Till we in full chorus join, And earth is turn'd to heaven. THE TRINITY. 93 134 H. M. WE give immortal praise For God the Father's love, For all our comforts here, And better hopes above: He sent his own eternal Son To die for sins that we had done. 2 To God the Son belongs Immortal glory too, Who bought us with his blood From everlasting woe: And now he lives, and now he reigns, And sees the fruit of all his pains. 3 To God the Spirit's name Immortal worship give, Whose new-creating power Makes the dead sinner live: His work completes the great design, And fills the soul with joy divine. 4 Almighty God, to thee Be endless honours done, The undivided Three, The great and glorious One: Where reason fails, with all her powers, There faith prevails and love adores. 135 L. M. A HOLY, holy, holy Lord! ^ Thou God of hosts, by all adored: The earth and heavens are full of thee, Thy light, thy power, thy majesty. 2 Loud hallelujahs to thy name, Angels and seraphim proclaim: 94 THE TRINITY. By all the powers and thrones in heaven, Eternal praise to thee is given. 3 Apostles join the glorious throng, And swell the loud triumphant song: Prophets and martyrs hear the sound, And spread the hallelujah round. 4 Glory to thee, God most high! Father, we praise thy majesty: The Son, the Spirit, we adore; One Godhead, blest for evermore. 136 s. M. D. AUR Father, who dost lead ^ The children of thy grace, A new-born and believing seed, Through this wide wilderness: Thy providential care In dangers past we own ; Still let thine arm be ever near; Still let thy love be shown. 2 Saviour, Lamb of God ! Our gracious dying Friend! Reveal the virtue of thy blood, On us thy mercy send ; Thou art a Master kind, With voice and person sweet; Bestow on us a loving mind, And keep us at thy feet. 3 Thou, Holy Spirit, art Of truth the promised Seal ; Convincing power thou dost impart, And Jesus' grace reveal: THE TRINITY. 95 0, breathe thy quick'ning breath, And light and life afford; Instruct us how to live by faith, And glorify the Lord. 137 8s & 7s. r* LORY to the Almighty Father, ^* Fountain of eternal love, Who, his wand'ring sheep to gather, Sent a Saviour from above. 2 To the Son all praise be given, Who, with love unknown before, Left the bright abode of heaven, And our sin and sorrows bore. 3 Equal strains of warm devotion Let the Spirit's praise employ; Author of each pure emotion ; Source of wisdom, peace, and joy. 4 Thus, while our glad hearts, ascending, Glorify Jehovah's name, Heavenly songs with ours are blending; There the theme is still the same. 138 T*. COVEREIGN Father, heavenly King, ^ Thee we now presume to sing; Glad thine attributes confess, Glorious all, and numberless. 2 Hail ! by all thy works adored ! Hail, the everlasting Lord! Thee with thankful hearts we prove, God of power, and God of love. 96 THE TRINITY. 3 Christ our Lord and God we own, Christ, the Father's only Son; Lamb of God, for sinners slain, Saviour of offending man. 4 Jesus, in thy name we pray, Take, take our sins away; Bow thine ear, in mercy bow, Hear, our great Atonement, thou ! 5 Hear, for thou, Christ, alone, Art with thy blest Father one ; One the Holy Ghost with thee; One supreme eternal Three. 139 L- M. "LEATHER of heaven, whose love pro- ■*■ found A ransom for our souls hath found, Before thy throne we sinners bend; To us thy pardoning love extend. 2 Almighty Son, incarnate Word, Our Prophet, Priest, Redeemer, Lord! Before thy throne we sinners bend; To us thy saving grace extend. 3 Eternal Spirit, by whose breath The soul is raised from sin and death, Before thy throne we sinners bend; To us thy quickening power extend. 4 Jehovah! Father, Spirit, Son, Mysterious Godhead! Three in One! Before thy throne we sinners bend; Grace, pardon, life, to us extend. THE TRINITY. 97 140 L- M. POD of our life! thy boundless grace, *-* With humble, grateful love, we see; Our rest, our home, our dwelling-place, Father! we come, we come to thee. 2 Jesus our hope, our rock, our shield! Whose precious blood was shed so free, Into thy hands our souls we yield; Saviour! we come, we come to thee. 3 Spirit of glory and of God! wilt thou deign our guide to be; Now be thy comfort sweet bestowed, Spirit! we come, we come to thee. 4 We come to join that countless host Who praise thy name unceasingly; Blest Father, Son, and Holy Ghost! Our God! we come, we come to thee. 141 7s & 6s. T^ATHER of our dying Lord! •*• Remember us for good; fulfil his faithful word, And hear his speaking blood. Give us that for which he prays: Father! glorify thy Son: Show his truth, and power, and grace, And send the promise down. 2 True and faithful Witness thou, Christ! the Spirit give, Hast thou not received him now, That we might him receive? Art thou not our living Head? To thy members life impart: 98 THE TRINITY. Shed thy love, thy Spirit shed, In every waiting heart. 3 Holy Ghost, the Comforter, The gift of Jesus, come ! Grant us now to find thee near, And make our hearts thy home. Let us thy best influence feel: Come, come, and in us be: With us, in us, live and dwell To all eternity. 142 f& ALORIOUS, thou, in holiness, ^ Father, didst thy rights maintain ; Truth and grace at once express, "When thy only Son was slain: Here is deepest wisdom seen; Here the richest stores of grace ; Mildest love and justice keen; how bright their mingled rays! 2 Fearful thou in praises too, LoviDg Saviour, bleeding Lamb! We with joy and reverence view All thy glory, all thy shame ! Be thy death the death of sin, Be thy life the sinner's plea; Save us, teach us, rule within — Prophet, Priest, and King, thus be. 3 Wonder-working Spirit, thine The efficacious grace we sing; Set on us thy seal divine, Safely to the kingdom bring; THE TRINITY. 99 Mortify sin, root and deed, Daily strengthen every grace; Send us, urge us on with speed, And let glory crown the race ! 143 S. M. ll^HILE all the angel-throng ^* Give thanks to God on high, Let earth repeat the joyful song, And echo to the sky. 2 Father! in whom we live, In whom we are and move, The glory, power, and praise receive Of thine eternal love. 3 Incarnate Deity! Let all the ransomed race Render in thanks their lives to thee For thy redeeming grace. 4 Spirit of holiness ! Let all thy saints adore Thy sacred energy and bless Thy heart-renewing power. 5 Eternal, glorious Lord ! Let all the saints above, Let all the sons of men, record, And celebrate thy love. 144 7s. XJOLY Father! hear our cry, •*-■- Holy Saviour! bend thine ear, Holy Spirit! come thou nigh; Father, Saviour, Spirit, hear. 100 THE TRINITY. 2 Father, save us from our sin, Saviour, we thy mercy crave, Gracious Spirit, make us clean ; Father, Son, and Spirit, save. 3 Father, let us taste thy love, Saviour, fill our souls with peace, Spirit, come our hearts to move ; Father, Son, and Spirit, bless. 4 Father, Son, and Spirit — thou One Jehovah, shed abroad All thy grace within us now ; Be our Father and our God. 145 l. m. "DLEST be thou, Father, and thy love, -*-* To which celestial source we owe, Rivers of endless joy above, And rills of comfort here below. 2 Glory to thee, great Son of God, From whose dear, wounded body rolls A precious stream of vital blood — Pardon and life for dying souls ! 3 We give thee, sacred Spirit, praise, Who in our hearts of sin and woe, Mak'st living springs of grace arise, And into boundless glory flow. 4 Thus God the Father, God the Son, And God the Spirit, we adore ; That sea of life and love unknown, Without a bottom or a shore. JESUS CHRIST. 101 146 C. M. I ET them neglect thy glory, Lord, -" Who never knew thy grace ; But our loud song shall still record The wonders of thy praise. 2 We raise our shouts, God, to thee, And send them to thy throne; All glory to th' united Three, The undivided One. 3 'Twas he, and we'll adore his name, Who formed us by a word; ; Tis he restores our ruined frame: Salvation to the Lord ! 4 Hosanna! — let the earth and skies Repeat the joyful sound; Rocks, hills, and vales reflect the voice, In one eternal round. JESUS CHRIST. DEITY. 147 L. M. T>RIGHT King of glory, mighty God! ■*-* Our spirits bow before thy feet: To thee we lift an humble thought, And worship at thine awful seat. 2 A thousand seraphs, strong and bright, Stand round the glorious Deity; But who, among the sons of light, Pretends comparison with thee ! 3 Yet, there is one, of human frame, Jesus, arrayed in flesh and blood, 102 JESUS CHRIST. Thinks it no robbery to claim A full equality with God. 4 Their glory shines with equal beams, Their essence is for ever one : Distinct in persons, and in names, The Father God, and God the Son. 5 Then let the name of Christ our King, With equal honours be ador'd: His praise let every angel sing, Let all the nations own him Lord. 148 7s & 6s. 'THOU, the unbeginning "Word, ■*• Hast earth's foundations laid; Thee the heavens declare their Lord, Whose hands have all things made; They again shall own thee God, And nature's works shall all expire, Worlds created by thy nod Shall perish by thy fire. 2 Folded as a garment, they Shall soon be cast aside; Heaven and earth shall pass away, But thou shalt still abide, Changing all things at thy will ; The omnipotent Jehovah thou, God supreme, unchangeable, Through one eternal Now ! 149 L- m. A CHRIST, thou glorious King, we own ^ Thee to be God ; s eternal Son: The Father's fulness, life divine, Mysteriously are also thine. JESUS CHRIST. 103 2 When rolling years brought on the day Foretold and fixed for this display, Our great deliverance to obtain, Thou didst our nature not disdain. 3 At God's right hand, now, Lord, thou'rt placed, And with thy Father's glory graced, True God and man, in person one ; A judge to pass our final doom. 4 From day to day, Lord, do we On high exalt and honour thee: Thy name we worship and adore World without end, for evermore. 150 8s & f s. T ORD of every land and nation, ■" Ancient of eternal days, Sounded through the wide creation, Be thy just and awful praise. 2 For the grandeur of thy nature, Grand beyond a seraph's thought; For created works of power, Works with skill and kindness wrought; 3 For thy providence, that governs Through thine empire's wide domain ; Wings an angel, guides a sparrow; Blessed be thy gentle reign. 4 But thy rich, thy free redemption, Dark through brightness all along. Thought is poor, and poor expression: Who can sing that awful song? 104 JESUS CHRIST. 5 Brightness of the Father's glory, Shall thy praise unuttered lie? Fly, our tongues, such guilty silence; Sing the Lord, who came to die. INCARNATION. 151 H. M. TJARK! hark! — the notes of joy ■*-* Roll o'er the heavenly plains, And seraphs find employ For their sublimest strains ; Some new delight in heaven is known; Loud sound the harps around the throne. 2 Hark! hark! — the sounds draw nigh, The joyful hosts descend; Jesus forsakes the sky, To earth his footsteps bend ; He comes to bless our fallen race; He comes with messages of grace. 3 Bear, bear the tidings round; Let every mortal know What love in God is found, What pity he can show; Ye winds that blow! ye waves that roll! Bear the glad news from pole to pole. 4 Strike, strike the harps again, To great ImmanuePs name; Arise, ye sons of men! And all his grace proclaim ; Angels and men! wake every string, ; Tis God the Saviour's praise we sing. JESUS CHRIST, 105 152 Is. CONS of Adam! join to raise ^ Songs of gratitude and praise. Emulate the choirs above; Celebrate eternal love. 2 Endless ages saw the scheme; Endless ages sang the theme: Man, in God's own image made, Honour, glory, on his head. 3 Raptured, all the sons of light Hailed the moment, mercy bright, When to Jesus, Lord from heaven, Thus the glorious charge was given: 4 "Go, proclaim Jehovah's grace; Fear destroy, and guilt efface; Conquer death, unbar the grave: Lo! thy work — the world to save." 153 Is & 6s. CJ AIL to the Lord's Anointed, " Great David's greater Son! Hail, in the time appointed, His reign on earth begun! He comes to break oppression, To set the captive free, To take away transgression, And rule in equity. 2 He comes, with succour speedy,^ To those who suffer wrong, To help the poor and needy, And bid the weak be strong; To give them songs for sighing, Their darkness turn to light, 8 106 JESUS CHRIST. Whose souls, condemned and dying, Were precious in bis sight. 3 O'er every foe victorious, He on his throne shall rest, From age to age more glorious, All-blessing and all-blest: The tide of time shall never His covenant remove; His name shall stand for ever; That name to us is Love. 154 7s: T> RIGHT and joyful is the morn, -^ For to us a child is born ; From the highest realms of heaven, Unto us a Son is given. 2 On his shoulder he shall bear Power and majesty, and wear, On his vesture and his thigh, Names most awful, names most high, 3 Wonderful in counsel He, Christ, the incarnate Deity; Sire of ages, ne'er to cease ; King of kings, and Prince of peace. 4 Come and worship at his feet; Yield to him the homage meet; From the manger to the throne, Homage due to God alone. 155 S. M. 13EJ0ICE in Jesus' birth, -" To us a Son is given; JESUS CHRIST. 107 To us a child is born on earth, Who made both earth and heaven. 2 He reigns above the sky, This universe sustains; The God supreme, the Lord most high, The king Messiah reigns. 3 The Mighty God is he, Author of heavenly bliss; The Father of Eternity, The glorious Prince of Peace. 4 His government shall grow, From strength to strength proceed, His righteousness the Church o'erflow, And all the earth overspread. 156 8s & 7s. nHRIST the Lord, the Lord most glori- ^ ous, Now is born; shout aloud: Man by him was made victorious: Praise our Saviour, hail our God. 2 Praise the Lord, for on usshineth Christ, the Sun of Righteousness; He to us in love inclineth, Cheers our souls with pardoning grace. 3 Praise the Lord, whose saving splendour Shines into the darkest night; what praises shall we render For this never-ceasing light. 4 Praise the Lord, God our salvation, Praise him who retrieved our loss; Sing with awe, and love's sensation, Hallelujah, God with us. 108 JESUS CHRIST. 157 c; M. TOY to the world, the Lord is come! •* Let earth receive her King: Let every heart prepare him room, And heaven and nature sing. 2 Joy to the earth, the Saviour reigns ! Let men their songs employ; While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains, Eepeat the sounding joy. 3 No more let sins and sorrows grow, Nor thorns infest the ground; He comes to make his blessings flow, Far as the curse is found. 4 He rules the world with truth and grace; And makes the nations prove, The glories of his righteousness, And wonders of his love. LIFE AND EXAMPLE. 158 C. M. Ci GOD of mercy, thee we praise! ^ Thy glory is our song, Though sinners speak against thy grace With a blaspheming tongue. 2 When in the form of mortal man Thy Son on earth was found, With cruel slanders, false and vain, They compass'd him around. JESUS CHRIST. 109 3 Their miseries his compassion moved; Their peace he still pursued: They rendered hatred for his love, And evil for his good. 4 Their malice raged without a cause; Yet with his dying breath, He prayed for murderers on his cross, And blessed his foes in death. 5 may his conduct, all-divine, To us a model prove ! Like his, God ! our hearts incline Our enemies to love. 159 7s. XJGLY Son of God most high! -*"■- Clothed in heavenly majesty, Many a miracle and sign, In thy Father's name divine, Manifested forth thy might In the chosen people's sight. 2 But, Saviour! not alone Thus thy glory was made known; With the mourner thou didst grieve, Every human want relieve; Far thy matchless power above Stands the witness of thy love. 3 Lord ! it is not ours to gaze On thy works of ancient days ; But thy love, unchanged and bright, More than all those works of might, More than miracle or sign, Makes us ever, ever thine. 110 JESUS CHRIST. 160 C. M. TI^HAT grace, Lord, and beauty *' shone, Around thy steps below ; What patient love was seen in all Thy life and death of woe. 2 For ever on thy burdened heart A weight of sorrow hung, Yet no ungentle murmuring word Escaped thy silent tongue. 3 Thy foes might hate, despise, revile, Thy friends unfaithful prove ; Unwearied in forgiveness still, Thy heart could only love. 4 give us hearts to love like thee ; Like thee, Lord, to grieve Far more for others' sins than all The wrongs that we receive. 161 C M. D. rj LORD, when we the path retrace, ^ Which thou on earth hast trod; To man thy wondrous love and grace, Thy faithfulness to God: Thy love, by man so sorely tried, Proved stronger than the grave; The very spear that pierced thy side Drew forth the blood to save. 2 Faithful amidst unfaithfulness, 'Midst darkness only light, Thou did'st thy Father's name confess, And in his will delight. JESUS CHRIST. Ill Unmoved by Satan's subtle wiles, Or suffering, shame and loss: Thy path, uncheer'd by earthly smiles, Led only to the cross. Lord, with sorrow and with shame, Before thee we confess How little we, who bear thy name, Thy mind, thy ways express. Give us thy meek, thy lowly mind; We would obedient be; And all our rest and pleasure find, In learning, Lord, of thee. H 1 162 L. M. OW* beauteous were the marks divine That in thy meekness used to shine; That lit thy lonely pathway, trod In wondrous love, Son of God! 2 0, who like thee, so calm, so bright, So pure, so made to live in light? 0, who like thee did ever go So patient through a world of woe? 3 0, who like thee so humbly bore The scorn, the scoffs of men, before? So meek, forgiving, godlike, high, So glorious in humility? 4 The bending angels stooped to see The lisping infant clasp thy knee, And smile, as in a father's eye, Upon thy mild divinity. 5 And death, which sets the prisoner free, Was pang, and scoff, and scorn to thee ? 112 JESUS CHRIST. Yet love through all thy torture glowe d And mercy with thy life-blood flowed. 6 0, in thy light be ours to go, Illuming all our way of woe; And give us ever on the road To trace thy footsteps, Son of God! NAMES AND OFFICES. 163 8s. UOW shall we our Saviour set forth? •*■*■ How shall we his beauties declare? how shall we speak of his worth, Or what his chief dignities are? His angels can never express, Nor saints who sit nearest his throne, How rich are his treasures of grace: No! this is a mystery unknown. 2 In him all the fulness of God For ever transcendently shines; Though once like a mortal he stood, To finish his gracious designs. Though once he was nailed to the cross, Yile rebels like us to set free; His glory sustained no loss, Eternal his kingdom shall be. 3 His wisdom, his love, and his power, Seemed then with each other to vie; When sinners he stooped to restore, Poor sinners condemned to die ! He laid all his grandeur aside, And dwelt in a cottage of clay ; JESUS CHRIST. 113 Poor sinners he loved, till he died To wash their pollution away. 164 C. P. M. A! COULD we speak the matchless ^ worth, 0! could we sound the glories forth, Which in our Saviour shine; We'd soar, and touch the heav'nly strings, And vie with Gabriel, while he sings, In notes almost divine. 2 We'd sing the precious blood he spilt, Our ransom from the dreadful guilt Of sin, and wrath divine: We'd sing his glorious righteousness, In which all perfect, heavenly dress, Our souls shall ever shine. 3 We'd sing the characters he bears, And all the forms of love he wears, Exalted on his throne: In lofty songs of sweetest praise, We would to everlasting days, Make all his glories known. 4 Well, the delightful day will come, When our dear Lord will bring us home, And we shall see his face : Then, with our Saviour, Brother, Friend, A blest eternity we'll spend, Triumphant in his grace. 165 C. M. r OW at thy feet, Christ, we fall, -^ Enabled to confess, 114 JESUS CHRIST. And call thee by the Holy Ghost, The Lord our Righteousness. 2 God over all Immanuel reigns, With his great Father one: The brightness of his glory thou, And partner of his throne. 3 Sceptre of Israel, Prince of peace, Immortal King of kings; The Sun of Righteousness, that shines With healing in his wings. 4 The gift of God to fallen man, The Lord of quick and dead: A well of life to fainting souls, And their sustaining bread. 5 Foundation of thy people's joy, Their pardon and their rest: On earth our sacrifice for sin, In heaven our great High Priest. 166 C. M. TX7E'LL speak thj honours, gracious VY King, Thy form divinely fair; None of the sons of mortal race May with the Lord compare. 2 Sweet is thy speech, and heavenly grace Upon thy lips is shed ; Thy God with blessings infinite Hath crowned thy sacred head. 3 Gird on thy sword, victorious Prince, Ride with majestic sway; JESUS CHRIST. 115 Thy terror shall strike through thy foes And make the world obey. 4 Thy throne, God, for ever stands, Thy word of grace shall prove A peaceful sceptre in thy hands, To rule thy saints by love. 5 Justice and truth attend thee still ; But mercy is thy choice ; And God, thy God, thy soul shall fill, With most peculiar joys. 167 l. m. TESUS in thee our souls delight, ^ What matchless beauties glad the sight; Compared with thee, the radiant sun Of light and splendour, it hath none. 2 Thou art our rock, and refuge too, Our hiding-place when foes pursue; Our sun, our shield, and fortress strong, Our sweetest note in every song. 3 Thou art the prize to which we press, Our wisdom and our righteousness: Our surety who our debt did pay, Our light, and life, and love, and way. 4 Our Advocate before the throne, Our solid base, our corner-stone; Our anchor sure, when storms arise, Our bread descending from the skies : 5 Our ransom thou when Adam's fall, In guilt and ruin deluged all ; Our fountain opened wide for sin, Wherein from every stain we're clean. 116 JESUS CHRIST. 168 \ s . v:.;:;; rj.OD with us! glorious name! ^ Let it shine in endless fame: God and man in Christ unite ; mysterious depth and height! 2 God with us! the eternal Son Took our souls, our flesh, and bone; Now, ye saints, his grace admire. Swell the song with holy fire. 3 God with us ! but tainted not With the first transgressor's blot; Yet did he our sins sustain, Bear the guilt, the curse, the pain. 4 God with us! wondrous grace! Let us see him face to face; That we may Immanuel sing, As we ought, our God and King. 169 L- M. A LL hail, thou great Immanuel! **■ Thy love, thy glory, who can tell? Angels, and all the heavenly host, Are in the boundless prospect lost. 2 Mortals, with reverential songs, Take this dear name upon your tongues; With holy fear, attempt his praise, In solemn, yet triumphant, lays. 3 Among a thousand forms of love, In which he shines and smiles above, This with peculiar joy we view, He's David's root and offspring too. JESUS CHRIST. 117 4 There Jesus, in the glorious plan, Shines, the great God, the wondrous Man ! As God, the root of all our bliss, As man, the branch of righteousness. 5 All hail, thou dear redeeming Lord! All hail, thou co-essential Word! All hail, thou Root and Branch divine! All hail, and be the glory thine! 170 c. P. M. TMMANUEL, on thy glorious name ■*- How shall weak mortals call? The prophets' praise, the seraphs' theme, God blessed over all ! Whose throne has everlasting might, Whose sceptre is the staff of right! 2 Bat thou art God our Saviour too, The only just and wise; Made manifest to mortal view That men through thee might rise. To tell thy sinless hosts above, The wonders of redeeming love. 3 Great is the mystery indeed That to our faith is given ; But what on earth we darkly read, Will be made clear in heaven ; And thou revealed, believed in thus, Shall be for ever, "God with us." 171 % MEDIATOR, Son of God, iVJ - Spread thy boundless love abroad: Counsellor, the Prince of peace, Fill the world with truth and grace. 118 JESUS CHRIST. 2 Sun of Righteousness, arise; Send thy light around the skies: Life of all the quick and dead, Feed our souls with living bread. 3 Leader of the halt and blind. Raise to life the sinking mind: Binder of the broken heart, Grace to every soul impart. 4 Opener of the sealed book, Cause the world therein to look: Taker of the veil away, Lead us to eternal day. 172 C. M. D. T ORD, be our Shepherd in thy love, -*-* And keep us safe from sin, That to the blessed fields above Our steps may enter in! The fields where all thy flock shall meet, The righteous and the wise; And there shall be no weary feet, And come no weeping eyes. 2 Though poor and feeble be our faith, We know thine arm is strong; For thou hast loved us even to death, And thou hast sought us long. Lord! let us early seek thee too, And, from thine holy hill, Life's many snares and perils through Be thou our Shepherd still. 173 7s & 6s. A GRACIOUS Shepherd! bind us ^ With cords of love to thee, JESUS CHRIST. 119 And evermore remind us How mercy set us free. O.may thy Holy Spirit Set this before our eyes, That we thy death and merit Above all else may prize. 2 We are of thy salvation Assured, through thy love: Yet 0, on each occasion, How faithless do we prove ! Thou hast our sins forgiven, Then leaving all behind, We would press on to heaven, Bearing the prize in mind. 3 Grant us, henceforth, dear Saviour, While in this vale of tears, To look to thee, and never Give way to anxious fears; Thou, Lord, wilt not forsake us, Though we art oft to blame ; 0, let thy love then make us Hold fast thy faith and name. 174 C. M. 'PHOU dear Redeemer, dying Lamb, -*■ We love to hear of thee ; No music's like thy charming name, Nor half so sweet can be. 2 may we ever hear thy voice, In mercy to us speak; And in our Priest we will rejoice, Thou great Melchizedek. 3 Saviour, thou shalt be our theme, While in this world we stay; 120 JESUS CHRIST. We'll sing, Jesus, thy dear name, When all things else decay. 4 When we appear in yonder cloud, » With all the favoured throng, Then will we sing more sweet, more loud, And thou shalt be our song. B 175 4s, 6s & 8s. EHOLD the Lamb! 0! Thou for sinners slain; Let it not be in vain, That thou hast died: Thee for our Saviour let us take; Thee, thee alone our refuge make, Thy pierced side! 2 Behold the Lamb! Into the sacred flood, Of thy most precious blood Our souls we cast: Wash us and make us pure and clean, Uphold us through life's changeful scene, Till all be past! 3 Behold the Lamb! All hail, eternal Word! Thou universal Lord, Purge out our leaven: Clothe us with godliness and good, Feed us with thy celestial food, Manna from heaven! 4 Behold the Lamb! Worthy is he alone, To sit upon the throne Of God above! JESUS CHRIST. 121 One with the Ancient of all days, One with the Paraclete in praise, All light, all love! 176 CM. CAYIOUR Divine! we know thy name, ^ And in that name we trust ; Thou art the Lord our righteousness, Thou art thine Israel's boast. 2 Guilty we plead before thy throne, And low in dust we lie, Till Jesus stretch his gracious arm To bring the guilty nigh. 3 The sins of one most righteous day Might plunge us in despair; Yet all the crimes of numerous years Shall our great Surety clear. 4 That spotless robe, which he hath wrought, Shall deck us all around ; Nor by the piercing eye of God One blemish shall be found. 5 Pardon and peace, and lively hope, To sinners now are given; Israel and Judah soon shall change Their wilderness for heaven. 6 With joy we taste that manna now, Thy mercy scatters down: We seal our humble vows to thee, And wait the promised crown. 9 122 JESUS CHRIST. 177 C. M. JESUS, we sing thy matchless grace, That calls poor worms thy own; Give us among thy saints a place, To make thy glories known. 2 Allied to thee, our vital Head, We live, and grow, and thrive: From thee divided, each is dead, When most he seems alive. 3 Thy saints on earth, and those above, Here join in sweet accord: One body all in mutual love, And thou, our common Lord. 4 May faith from thee each hour derive Supplies with fresh delight; While death and hell in vain shall strive This bond to disunite. 178 L. M. 6 lines. TESUS, thou Source of calm repose, ^ All fulness dwells in tfeee divine; Our strength, to quell the proudest foes ; Our light, in deepest gloom to shine; Thou art our fortress, strength, and tower, Our trust, and portion, evermore. 2 Jesus, our Comforter thou art; Our rest in toil, our ease in pain; The balm to heal each broken heart; In storms our peace, in loss our gain; Our joy, beneath the worldling's frown; In shame our glory and our crown; JESUS CHRIST. 123 3 In want, our plentiful supply; In weakness, our almighty power; In bonds, our perfect liberty; Our refuge in temptation's hour; Our comfort, 'midst all grief and thrall; Our life in death; our all in all, 179 c. M. C AVIOUR of men, and Lord of love, ^ How sweet thy gracious name! With joy that errand we review On which thy mercy came. 2 While all thy own angelic bands Stood waiting on the wing, Charmed with the honour to obey Their great eternal King; 3 For us, poor, wretched, sinful men, Thou laid'st that glory by; First, in our mortal flesh, to serve; Then, in that flesh to die. 4 Bought with thy service and thy blood, We doubly, Lord, are thine; To thee our lives we would devote, To thee our death resign. 180 C. M. M voice can sing, no heart can frame, -** * Nor can the memory find, A sweeter sound than thy blest name, Saviour of mankind I 2 hope of every contrite heart,' joy of all the meek, 124 JESUS CHRIST. To those who fall, how kind thou art, How good to those who seek! 3 But what to those who find? ah! this Nor tongue nor pen can show; The love of Jesus, what it is None but his loved ones know. 4 Jesus, our only joy be thou, As thou our prize wilt be; Jesus, be thou our glory now, And through eternity. SUFFERINGS AND DEATH. 181 L. M. (\ SUFFERING Friend of human kind! ^ How, as the fatal hour drew near, Came thronging on thy holy mind The images of grief and fear. 2 Gethsemane's sad midnight scene, The faithless friends, the exulting foes, The thorny crown, the insult keen, The scourge, the cross, before thee rose. 3 Did not thy spirit shrink dismayed, As the dark vision o'er it came; And though in sinless strength arrayed, Turn, shuddering, from the death of shame? 4 Onward, like thee, through scorn and dread, May we our Father's call obey, Steadfast thy path of duty tread, And rise, through death, to endless day. JESUS CHRIST. 125 182 CM. T^ROM whence these direful omens •* round, Which heaven and earth amaze? Wherefore do earthquakes cleave the ground? Why hides the sun his rays? 2 Well may the earth astonished shake, And nature sympathize; The sun as darkest night be black, Their Maker, Jesus, dies. 3 Behold, fast streaming from the tree, His all atoning blood! Is this the Infinite? — 'tis he! Our Saviour and our God. 4 For us these pangs his soul assail, For us this death is borne; Our sins gave sharpness to the nail, And pointed every thorn. 5 Let sin no more our souls enslave; Break, Lord, its tyrant chain ; save us, whom thou cam'st to save, Nor bleed, nor die in vain. 183 8s & 7s. " CTRICKEN, smitten, and afflicted," ^ Lo, he dies upon the tree : 'Tis the Christ by man rejected; 0, how fearful! but 'tis he. 2 'Tis the long-expected Saviour, David's Son and David's Lord, 126 JESUS CHRIST. Sacrificed to bring us favour; ; Tis a true and faithful word. 3 Tell us, ye who heard him groaning, Was there ever grief like his ! Friends through fear his cause disowning, Foes insulting his distress. 4 Many hands conspired to wound him ; None would interpose to save ; But the heaviest stroke that found him, Was the stroke that Justice gave. 5 Mark the sacrifice appointed ; See, who bears the awful load ? 'Tis the Word, the Lord's Anointed, Son of Man and Son of God. 6 Lamb of God, for sinners wounded, Sacrifice which cancels guilt, None shall ever be confounded Who on thee their hopes have built. 184 L. M. T^ROM Calvary a cry was heard, -*- A bitter and heart-rending cry ; 0, Saviour! every mournful word Bespeaks thy soul's deep agony. 2 A horror of great darkness fell On thee, thou spotless, holy One! And all the swarming hosts of hell Conspired to tempt God's only Son. 3 The scourge, the thorns, the deep dis- grace, These thou could'st bear nor once re- pine; JESUS CHRIST. 127 But when Jehovah hid his face, Unutterable pangs were thine. 4 Let the dumb world its silence break ; Let pealing anthems rend the sky; Awake, our sluggish souls, awake! JEe died that we might never die.,g ^ 5 Lord! on thy cross we fix our eyes; If e'er we lose its strong control, 0! let that dying, piercing cry, Melt and reclaim our wandering souls. 185 Ts- "DOUND upon the accursed tree, -"-* Faint and bleeding, who is he? See his eyes, so pale and dim ! Streaming blood and writhing limb! See the flesh with scourges torn! See the crown of twisted thorn! See the drooping death-dewed brow ! Son of Man, 'tis thou ! 'tis thou ! 2 Bound upon the accursed tree, Sad and dying, who is he? Hark! his prayer for them that slew, " Lord, they know not what they do !" Lo, the sun at noon grown pale! Bent in twain the temple's veil! Trembling nature knows thee now, Son of Man, 'tis thou ! 'tis thou ! 3 Bound upon the accursed tree, Dread and awful, who was he? Though his lifeless corpse was laid In a cold sepulchral bed, 128 JESUS CHRIST. Soon the Saviour from the grave Rose a conqueror strong to save; Bright the crown that decks his brow, Son of God, 'tis thou! 'tis thou! 186 S. M. A'ERWHELMED in depths of woe, ^ Upon the tree of scorn Hangs the Redeemer of mankind, With racking anguish torn. 2 See! how the nails those hands And feet so tender rend; See ! down his face, and neck, and breast. His sacred blood descend. 3 The sun withdraws his light; The midday heavens grow pale; The moon, the stars, the universe, Their Maker's death bewail. 4 Shall man alone be mute? Come, youth! and hoary hairs! Come, rich and poor! come, all mankind ! And bathe those feet in tears. 5 Come! fall before his cross, Who shed for us his blood ; Who died the victim of pure love, To make us sons of God. 6 Jesus! all praise to thee, Our joy and endless rest! Be thou our guide while pilgrims here, Our crown amid the blest. JESUS CHRIST. 129 187 L. M. EXTENDED on the cursed tree, -*-* Covered with dust, and sweat, and blood, See there, the King of glory see! Sinks and expires the Son of God. 2 Who, who, Saviour, this hath done? Who could thy sacred body wound? No guilt thy spotless heart hath known, No guile hath in thy lips been found. 3 We, we alone have done the deed; We, we thy sacred flesh have torn; Our sins have caused thee, Lord, to bleed, Pointed the nail, and fixed the thorn. 4 For us the burden to sustain Too great, on thee, Lord, was laid: To heal us thou hast borne the pain; To bless us, thou a curse wast made. 5 Dear Saviour, how shall we declare, How pay the mighty debt we owe? Let all we have, and all we are, Ceaseless, to all, thy glory show. 188 S. M. BEHOLD the amazing sight, The Saviour lifted high; Behold the Son of God's delight Expire in agony. 2 For whom, for whom, Christ, Were all these sorrows borne? 130 JESUS CHRIST. Why didst thou feel that painful smart, And meet that bitter scorn? 3 For us he hung and bled, For us in torture died; 'Twas love that bowed his fainting head, And oped his gushing side. 4 We see, and we adore In sympathy of love; We feel the strong, attractive power, To lift our souls above. 5 Drawn by such cords as these, Let all the earth combine, With cheerful ardour, to confess The energy divine. 189 8s & 7s. CING, sing the Saviour's glory: *^ Tell his triumph far and wide; Tell aloud the wondrous story Of his body crucified ; How upon the cross a victim, Yanquishing in death, he died. 2 Lo, with gall his thirst he quenches ! See the thorns upon his brow! Nails his tender flesh are rending! See, his side is opened now! Whence, to cleanse the lost creation, Streams of blood and water flow. 3 Blessing, honour everlasting, To the immortal Deity; To the Father, Son, and Spirit, Equal praises ever be: JESUS CnRIST. 131 Glory through the earth and heaven To Trinity in Unity. 190 ^s. TT is finished! glorious word ■*- From thy lips, thou suffering Lord ! "Words of high, triumphant might, Ere thy spirit takes its flight. It is finished! all is o'er; Pain and scorn oppress no more. 2 Now, no more foreboding dread Shades the path thy feet must tread; No more fear, lest in thine hour Pain should patience overpower; On the perfect sacrifice Not a stain of weakness lies. 3 Champion! lay thine armour by; ; Tis thine hour of victory? All thy toils are now overpast; Thou hast found thy rest at last; All hath faithfully been done, And the great salvation won. 191 8s, 7s & 4s. XT ARK! the voice of love and mercy -■"■- Sounds aloud from Calvary; See! it rends the rocks asunder, Shakes the earth, and veils the sky; "It is finished!" Hear the dying Saviour cry. 2 It is finished! what pleasure Do these precious words afford! 132 JESUS CHRIST. Heavenly blessings, without measure, Flow to us from Christ the Lord: It is finished! Saints, the dying words record. 3 Tune your harps anew, ye seraphs; Join to sing the pleasing theme; All on earth, and all in heaven, Join to praise Immanuers name; It is finished: Glory to the bleeding Lamb. 192 C. M. A LAS! and did my Saviour bleed, •**- And did my Sovereign die? Would he devote that sacred head For such a worm as I? 2 Was it for crimes that I had done He groaned upon the tree? Amazing pity! grace unknown! And love beyond degree! 3 Well might the sun in darkness hide, And shut his glories in, When God, the mighty Maker, died For man, the creature's sin. 4 Thus might I hide my blushing face While his dear cross appears; Dissolve my heart in thankfulness, And melt my eyes to tears. 5 But drops of grief can ne'er repay The debt of love I owe ; Here, Lord, I give myself away, 'Tis all that I can do. JESUS CHRIST. 133 193 C. M. / \ JESUS, for thy matchless love ^ Accept our warmest praise; Since thou didst leave thy throne above, To save a sinful race. 2 Thanks for thy sufferings, tears, and cries, And groans in thy distress: The source of never-fading joys And endless happiness. 3 Thanks for thy thirst, Prince of peace, When hanging on the tree: What a divine refreshment this To souls athirst for thee. 4 Thanks for thy last heart-piercing cry, And meritorious death: Grant we may all on thee rely, And live a life of faith. 194 L- M. PVEAR Lord, amid the throng that -*-^ pressed Around thee on the cursed tree, Some loyal, loving hearts were there, Some pitying eyes that wept for thee. 2 Like them may we rejoice to own Our dying Lord, though crown'd with thorns Like thee, thy blessed self, endure The cross with all its joy or scorn. 3 Thy cross, thy lonely path below, Show what thy brethren all should be; Pilgrims on earth, disowned by those Who see no beauty, Lord, in thee. 134 JESUS CHRIST. 195 8s & 7s. T3LESSED Lamb, on Calvary's moun- - tain Slain to take our sins away, Let the drop of that rich fountain Our tremendous ransom pay: Sacred Saviour! sacred Saviour! Lowly at thy feet we pray. 2 Blessed Lamb, vouchsafe us pardon, In thy love our souls confide: By thy groans within the garden, By the death which thou hast died: Let thy Passion, let thy Passion Evermore with us abide ! 3 So shall Peace, sweet Peace, be given, Purchase of thy fearful pain; So shall earth but lead to heaven, Since for us the Lamb was slain! Dear Redeemer! dear Redeemer! Thou canst not have died in vain. RESURRECTION. 196 S.M. pRAISE be to God on high! ■*- The triumph hour is near; The Lord hath won the victory, The foe is vanquished here! 2 Dark grave, yield up the dead; Give up thy prey, earth; In death he bowed his sacred head, He springs anew to birth ! JESUS CHRIST. 135 3 Sharp was the wreath of thorns Around his suffering brow ; But glory rich his head adorns, And angels crown him now. 4 Roll yonder rock away That bars the marble gate ; And gather we in bright array To swell the Victor's state! 5 Hail, hail, Christ, all hail! Thou Lord art risen indeed! The curse is made of none avail; The sons of men are freed! 197 S. M. HTHE Saviour dwelt on earth ; -*- He died, that we might live; Endured the sorrows of the cross, Immortal hope to give. 2 Ah! who can tell the scorn, The dear Redeemer bore? Or who describe the mental grief, Which his blest bosom tore? 3 Low in the grave he lay, While darkness veiled the skies : But, lo! he bursts the bands of death! To glory see him rise! 4 Father! this work is thine; For us thou gav'st thy Son. may we all devoted be And live to thee alone! 198 7s. XT ARK! the herald angels say, ■*"*■ Christ, the Lord, is risen to-day! 136 JESUS CHRIST. Raise your joys and triumphhs high, Let the glorious tidings fly. 2 Love's redeeming work is done! The battle's fought, the victory won! Lo! the sun's eclipse is o'er; Lo! he sets in blood no more. 3 Vain the stone, the watch, the seal; Christ has burst the gates of hell! Death in vain forbids his rise; Christ has opened paradise. 4 Lives again our glorious King, "Where, death, is now thy sting V Once he died our souls. to save, "Where's thy victory, boasting grave V 199 8s, 7s & 4s. rK)ME, ye saints ! look here and wonder ; ^ See the place where Jesus lay; He has burst the bands asunder, He has borne our sins away: Joyful tidings! Yes, the Lord is risen to-day. 2 Jesus triumphs! — sing ye praises; ; Twas by death he overcame; Thus the Lord his glory raises; Thus he fills his foes with shame. Sing ye praises, Praises to the victor's name. 3 Jesus triumphs! — countless legions Come from heaven, to meet their King ; JESUS CHRIST. 137 Soon, in yonder happy regions, They shall join his praise to sing, Songs eternal Shall through heaven's high arches ring. 200 S. M. ** TTHE Lord is risen indeed;" ■*■ The grave has lost its prey; With him shall rise the ransomed seed To reign in endless day. 2 The Lord is risen indeed; He lives, to die no more; He lives his people's cause to plead, Whose curse and shame he bore. 3 The Lord is risen indeed; Attending angels, hear; Up to the courts of heaven, with speed, The joyful tidings bear. 4 Then take your golden lyres, And strike each cheerful chord: Join all the bright, celestial choirs, To sing our risen Lord. ASCENSION. 201 L. M. Q JESUS! life-spring of the soul! [ ^ The Father's power, and glory bright ! Thee with the angels we extol, From thee they draw their life and light. 2 Thy thousand thousand hosts are spread, Embattled o'er the azure sky; 10 138 JESUS CHRIST. And thou dost lift thy standard dread, And wave the mighty cross on high. 3 Thou in that sign the rebel powers Didst with their dragon prince expel; And hurl them from the heaven's high towers, Down like a thunderbolt to hell. 4 Glory to Jesus, who returns In joy and triumph to the sky, With thee, Father, and with thee, Holy Ghost, eternally. 202 % JESUS, our triumphant Head, *J Kisen victorious from the dead, To the realms of glory's gone, To ascend his rightful throne. 2 Cherubs on the Conqueror gaze, Seraphs glow with brighter blaze; Each bright order of the sky Hails him, as he passes by. 3 Heaven its King congratulates, Opens wide her golden gates. Angels songs of victory bring; All the blissful regions ring. 4 Hail, thou dear, thou worthy Lord! Holy Lamb! incarnate Word! Hail, thou suffering Son of God! Take the trophies of thy blood. JESUS CHRIST. 203 6s & 4s. EISE, glorious Conqueror, rise Into thy native skies, Assume thy right: Lo! in many a fold, The clouds are backward rolled : Pass through those gates of gold, And reign in light! 2 Victor o'er death and hell! Cherubic legions swell The radiant train: Praises all heaven inspire; Each angel sweeps his lyre, And claps his wings of fire: Thou Lamb, once slain! 3 Enter, incarnate God! No feet but thine have trod The serpent down: Blow the full trumpets, blow! Wider yon portals throw! Saviour, triumphant, go And take thy crown! 4 Lion of Judah, hail! And let thy name prevail From age to age: Lord of the rolling years, Claim for thine own the spheres, For thou hast bought with tears Thy heritage. 139 140 JESUS CHRIST. 204 L. M. I" IFT up your heads, ye gates ! and wide -" Your everlasting doors display; Ye angel-guards, like flames divide And give the King of glory way. 2 Who is the King of glory? — He, The Lord, omnipotent to save; Whose own right arm, in victory Led captive Death, and spoiled the grave. • - 3 Lift up your heads, ye gates ! and high Your everlasting portals heave ; Welcome the King of glory nigh ; Him must the heaven of heavens receive. 4 Who is the King of glory? — who? The Lord of hosts; — behold his name; The kingdom, power, and honour due, Yield him, ye saints ! with glad acclaim. INTEKCESSI'ON. 205 C. M. pOME, let us join our songs of praise ^ To our ascended Priest; He entered heaven, with all our names Engraven on his breast. 2 Below he washed our guilt away By his atoning blood; Now he appears before the throne, And pleads our cause with God. 3 Clothed with our nature still, he knows The weakness of our frame, JESUS CHRIST. 141 And how to shield us from the foes Whom he himself overcame. 4 Nor time, nor distance, e'er can quench The fervour of his love ; For us he died in kindness here, For us he lives above. 5 may we ne'er forget thy grace, Nor blush to bear thy name; Still may our hearts hold fast thy faith ; Our lips thy praise proclaim. 206 H. M. 'THE atoning work is done, -*- The victim's blood is shed; And Jesus now is gone His people's cause to plead: He stands in heaven, their great High Priest, And bears their names upon his breast. 2 No temple made with hands His place of service is: In heaven itself he stands: A heavenly priesthood his: In him the shadows of the law Are all fulfilled, and now withdraw. 3 And though awhile he be Hid from the eyes of men, His people look to see Their great High Priest again: In brightest glory he will come, And take his waiting people home. 142 JESUS CHRIST. 207 L. M. 1T7HERE high the heavenly temple '* stands, The house of God not made with hands, A great High Priest our nature wears. The guardian of mankind appears. 2 Though now ascended up on high, He bends to earth a brother's eye ; Partaker of the human name, He knows the frailty of our frame. 3 Our fellow-sufferer yet retains A fellow-feeling of our pains; And still remembers, in the skies, His tears, his agonies, and cries. 4 With boldness, therefore, at the throne, Let us make all our sorrows known; And ask the aid of heavenly power, To help us in the evil hour. 208 C. M. TVfOW let our cheerful eyes survey * ' Our great High Priest above, And celebrate his constant care, And sympathetic love. 2 Though raised to a superior throne, Where angels bow around, And high o'er all the shining train, With matchless honours crowned; 3 The names of all his saints he bears Engraven on his heart; Nor shall a name once treasured there E'er from his care depart. JESUS CHRIST. 143 4 Those characters shall fair abide, Our everlasting trust, When gems, and monuments, and crowns Are mouldered down to dust. 5 So, gracious Saviour, on our breast, May thy dear name be worn, A sacred ornament and guard, To endless ages borne. 209 L. M. 6 lines. f\ THOU eternal Victim, slain ^ A sacrifice for guilty man, By the eternal Spirit made An offering in the sinner's stead, Our everlasting Priest art thou, Pleading thy death for sinners now. 2 Thy offering still continues new; Thy vesture keeps its crimson hue; Thou art the ever-slaughtered Lamb, Thy priesthood still remains the same; Thy years, Lord, can never fail; Thy goodness is unchangeable. 210 C. M. TX7ITH joy we meditate thy grace * * Thou great High Priest above; Thy heart is made of tenderness, Thy bosom glows with love. 2 Touched with a sympathy within, Thou know'st our feeble frame; Thou know'st what sore temptations mean, For thou hast felt the same. 144 JESUS CHRIST. 3 Thou in the days of feeble flesh Didst pour thy cries and tears; And in thy measure feel afresh What every member bears. 4 Then will our humble faith address Thy mercy and thy power; We shall obtain delivering grace In the distressing hour. 211 8s & 7s. T^ ATHER, hear the blood of Jesus, ■*- Speaking in thine ears above: From impending wrath release us; Manifest thy pardoning love. 2 receive us to thy favour, For his only sake receive; Give us to the bleeding Saviour, Let us by his dying live. 3 To thy pardoning grace receive them; Once he prayed upon the tree; Still his blood cries out, Forgive them; All their sins were laid on me. 4 Still our Advocate in heaven, Prays the prayer on earth begun: Father, show their sins forgiven; Father, glorify thy Son ! DOMINION AND GLORY. 212 C. M. 'HPIS past — the dark and dreary night, •*- And, Lord, we hail thee now, JESUS CHRIST. 145 Our Morning Star, without a cloud Of sadness on thy brow. 2 Thy path on earth, the cross, the grave, Thy sorrows all are o'er; And 0! sweet thought! thy eye shall weep, Thy heart shall break no more. 3 Deep were those sorrows — deeper still The love that brought thee low; That bade the streams of life from thee, A willing victim, flow. 4 The soldier, as he pierced thee, proved Man's hatred, Lord, to thee; While in the blood that stained the spear, Love, only love, we see. 5 Drawn from thy pierced and bleeding side, That pure and cleansing flood, Speaks peace to every heart that knows The virtues of thy blood. 6 Yet, 'tis not that we know the joy Of pardoned sin alone, But, happier, far, thy saints are called To share thy glorious throne. 213 % "RULER of the hosts of light! ■" Death hath yielded to thy might; And thy blood hath marked a road, Leading to thine own abode. 2 From thy dwelling-place above, From thy Father's throne of love, 146 JESUS CHRIST. Still remember, Saviour kind! Those whom thou hast left behind. 3 Thou art seated on the throne, By thy death and sorrows won; Now thy work of mercy crown, Send thy Holy Spirit down. 4 Praise the Son, enthroned on high In the Father's majesty, And the Holy Ghost adore, Three in One for evermore. 214 S.M. "WTHRONED is Jesus now •^ Upon his heavenly seat; The kingly crown is on his brow, The saints are at his feet. 2 In shining white they stand, A great and countless throng; A palmy sceptre in each hand, On every lip a song* 3 They sing the Lamb of God, Once slain on earth for them ; The Lamb, through whose atoning blood Each wears his diadem. 4 Thy grace, Holy Ghost, Thy blessed help supply, That we may join that radiant host, Triumphant in the sky. 215 L. M. "PXALTED Prince of life, we own -^ The royal honours of thy throne; JESUS CHRIST. 147 'Tis fixed by God's almighty hand, And seraphs bow at thy command. 2 Exalted Saviour, we confess The sovereign triumphs of thy grace, Where beams of gentle radiance shine, And temper majesty divine. 3 Wide thy resistless sceptre sway, Till all thy enemies obey ; Wide may thy cross its virtue prove, And conquer millions by thy love. 4 Mighty to vanquish and forgive, Thy ransom'd shall repent and live; And loud proclaim thy healing breath, Which gives them life who wrought thy death. 216 c. M. 'PHOU, who on earth as man wast -*- known, Bearing our sins and pain, Now, seated on the eternal throne, Dost God of glory reign. 2 Thy hands the wheels of nature guide With an unerring skill ; And countless worlds, extended wide, Obey thy sovereign will. 3 While harps unnumbered sound thy praise, In yonder world above, The saints on earth admire thy ways, And glory in thy love. 148 JESUS CHRIST. 4 When troubles, like a burning sun, Beat heavy on their head ; To their almighty Rock they run, And find a pleasing shade. 5 How glorious thou, how happy they, In such a glorious friend ! Whose love secures them all the way, And crowns them at the end. 217 8s. CHRIST, above all glory seated! ^ King eternal, strong to save! To thee, death by death defeated, Triumph high and glory gave. 2 Thou art gone, where now is given, What no mortal might could gain: On the eternal throne of heaven, In thy Father's power to reign. 3 There thy kingdoms all adore thee, Heaven above and earth below, While the depths of hell before thee, Trembling and defeated bow. 4 We, Lord ! with hearts adoring, Follow thee above the sky. Hear our prayers thy grace imploring, Lift our souls to thee on high. 5 So when thou again in glory On the clouds of heaven shalt shine, We thy flock may stand before thee, Owned for evermore as thine. JESUS CHRIST. 149 218 C. M. CLOTHED in the sun we see thee stand, The moon beneath th j feet ; The stars above thy sacred head A radiant coronet. 2 Thrones and dominions gird thee round, The armies of the sky; Pure streams of glory from thee flow, All bathed in Deity. 3 Terrific as the bannered line Of battle's dread array ! Before thee tremble Hell and Death, And own thy mighty sway: 4 While crushed beneath thy dauntless foot, The Serpent writhes in vain ; Smit by a deadly stroke, and bound In an eternal chain. 5 Mightiest! pray for us, that he Who came to thee of yore, May come to dwell within our hearts, And never leave us more. 219 7s. rjLOKY, glory to our King! *~* Crowns unfading wreath his head; Jesus is the name we sing ; Jesus, risen from the dead; Jesus, conqueror o'er the grave ; Jesus, mighty now to save. 150 JESUS CHRIST. / Now behold him high enthroned, Glory beaming from his face, By adoring angels owned, God of holiness and grace: for hearts and tongues to sing, Glory, glory to our King ! Jesus, on thy people shine ; Warm our hearts and tune our tongues, That with angels we may join, Share their bliss and swell their songs: Glory, honour, praise, and power, Lord, be thine for evermore. 220 CM. A LL hail the power of Jesus' name ! ■**■ Let angels prostrate fall ; Bring forth the royal diadem, And crown him Lord of all. 2 Crown him, ye martyrs of our God, Who from his altar call; Extol the stem of Jesse's rod, And crown him Lord of all. 3 Hail him, ye heirs of David's line, Whom David Lord did call: The God incarnate! Man Divine! And crown him Lord of all. 4 Ye chosen seed of Israel's race, Ye ransomed from the fall, Hail him who saves you by his grace, And crown him Lord of all. 5 Sinners, whose love can ne'er forget The wormwood and the gall; JESUS CHRIST. 151 Go, spread your trophies at his feet, And crown him Lord of all. 6 Let every kindred, every tribe, On this terrestrial ball, To him all majesty ascribe, And crown him Lord of all. 221 C. M. /^ THE delights, the heavenly joys, ^ The glories of the place, Where Jesus sheds the brightest beams Of his overflowing grace ! 2 Sweet majesty and awful love Sit smiling on his brow; And all the glorious ranks above At humble distance bow. 3 Princes to his imperial name Bend their bright sceptres down; Dominions, thrones, and powers rejoice, To see him wear the crown. 4 Archangels sound his lofty praise, Through every heavenly street And lay their highest honours down, Submissive, at his feet. 5 Those soft, those blessed feet of his, That once rude iron tore, High on a throne of light they stand, And all the saints adore. 6 His head, the dear majestic head, That cruel thorns did wound: See, what immortal glories shine, And circle it around ! 152 JESUS CHRIST. This is the Man, the exalted Man, Whom we, unseen, adore; But when our eyes behold his face, Our hearts shall love him more. 222 6s & 4s. TXEAD of the hosts in glory! •*-*■ We joyfully adore thee, Thy Church below, Blending with those on high, Where through the azure sky Thy saints in ecstasy For ever glow! 2 Angels! archangels! glorious Guards of the Church victorious! Worship the Lamb! Crown him with crowns of light, One of the Three by right, Love, Majesty, and Might, The great I AM! 3 Martyrs ! whose mystic legions March o'er yon heavenly regions In triumph round: Wave high your banners, wave! Your God, our Saviour, clave For death itself a grave, In hell profound! 4 Lord! ascend thy throne! For thou shalt rule alone Beside thy Sire, With the great Paraclete, The Three in One complete, Before whose awful feet All foes expire! JESUS CHRIST. 153 223 8s. XT AIL! thou once despised Jesus, ■"- Hail, thou bleeding, conq'ring King ! Thou didst suffer to release us: Thou didst free salvation bring ! 2 Hail, thou agonizing Saviour! Thou didst bear our sin and shame, Through thy merit we find favour; Life is given through thy name. 3 Paschal Lamb by God appointed, All our sins on thee were laid; By almighty love anointed, Thou hast full atonement made. 4 All thy people are forgiven, Through the virtue of thy blood ; Opened is the gate of heaven, Man is reconciled to God. 5 Jesus hail, enthroned in glory, There for ever to abide! All the heavenly hosts adore thee, Seated at thy Father's side: 6 There for sinners thou art pleading, Urging them thy bliss to share: There for us art interceding, Till in glory we appear. 224 8s, 7s & 4s. I" OOK, ye saints ; the sight is glorious ; -^ See the Man of sorrows now: From the fight returned victorious, Every knee to him shall bow; Crown him, crown him; Crowns become the victor's brow. 11 154 JESUS CHRIST. 2 Crown the Saviour, angels, crown him; Eich the trophies Jesus brings; In the seat of power enthrone him, While the heavenly concert rings ; Crown him, crown him; Crown the Saviour King of kings. 3 Sinners in derision crowned him, Mocking thus the Saviour's claim; Saints and angels crowd around him, Own his title, praise his name; Crown him, crown him; Spread abroad the victor's fame. 4 Hark! those bursts of acclamation! Hark! those loud triumphant chords! Jesus takes the highest station ; 0, what joy the sight affords! Crown him, crown him, King of kings, and Lord of lords. 225 C. M. ESUS, our Head, once crowned with thorns, Is crowned with glory now; Heaven's royal diadem adorns The mighty victor's brow. 2 Delight of all who dwell above, The joy of saints below; To us still manifest thy love, That we its depths may know. 3 To us thy cross, with all its shame, With all its grace be given! Though earth disowns thy lowly name, All worship it in heaven. J JESUS CHRIST. 155 4 Who suffer with thee, Lord, below, Will reign with thee above ; Then let it be our joy to know This way of peace and love. 226 C. M. TN heaven now the angels see -*- The changed estate of men ; The flesh which sinned by Flesh redeemed ; Man in the Godhead reign. 2 There, waiting for thy faithful souls, Be thou to us, Lord! Our peerless joy while here we stay, In heaven our great reward. 3 Renew our strength; our sins forgive; Our miseries efface; And lift our souls aloft to thee, By thy celestial grace. 4 So, when thou shinest on the clouds, With thy angelic train, May we be saved from vengeance due, And our lost crowns regain. 227 C. M. TJOPE of our hearts! Lord, appear, -■"*- Thou glorious Star of day! Shine forth and chase the dreary night, With all our tears, away. 2 Strangers on earth, we wait for thee: 0, leave the Father's throne; Come with a shout of victory, Lord, And claim us as thine own. 156 JESUS CHRIST. 3 0, bid the bright archangel then The trump of God prepare, To call thy saints, the quick, the dead, To meet thee in the air. 4 No resting-place we seek on earth, No loveliness we see; Our eye is on the royal crown Prepared for us and thee. 5 But 0, the thought of sharing, Lord, Thy glorious throne above, What is it to the brighter hope Of dwelling in thy love? 228 6s & 4s. T ET us awake our joys ; •*-* Strike up with cheerful voice; Each creature, sing; Angels begin the song; Mortals the strain prolong, In accents sweet and strong, "Jesus is King." 2 Proclaim abroad his name ; Tell of his matchless fame ; What wonders done ; Above, beneath, around, Let all the earth resound, Till heaven's high arch rebound, " Victory is won." 3 He vanquished sin and hell, And our last foe will quell ; Mortals, rejoice: His dying love adore; Praise him, now raised in power; THE HOLY SPIRIT. 157 Praise him for evermore, With joyful voice. 4 All hail the glorious day, When, through the heavenly way, Lo, he shall come, While they who pierced him wail; His promise shall not fail ; Saints, see your King prevail: Great Saviour, come. THE HOLY SPIRIT. 229 C. M. "ENTHRONED on high, Almighty Lord, ■" The Holy Ghost send down; Fulfil in us thy faithful word, And all thy mercies crown. 2 Though on our heads no tongues of fire Their wondrous powers impart, Grant, Saviour, what we more desire, Thy Spirit in our heart. 3 Spirit of life, and light, and love, Thy heavenly influence give; Quicken our souls, our guilt remove, That we in Christ may live. 4 To our benighted minds reveal The glories of his grace, And bring us where no clouds conceal The brightness of his face. 5 His love within us shed abroad, Life's ever-springing well ; Till God in us, and we in God, In love eternal dwell. 158 THE HOLY SPIRIT. 230 8s & 4s. rjUB, blest Kedeemer, ere he breathed ^ His last farewell, A Guide, a Comforter bequeathed, With us to dwell. 2 He comes, his graces to impart; A willing guest, While he can find one humble heart Wherein to rest. 3 And all the good that we possess, His gift we own ; Yea, every thought of holiness, And victory won. 4 Spirit of purity and grace, Our weakness see; make our hearts thy dwelling-place, And worthier thee. 231 c. M. T ET songs of praises fill the sky! -^ Christ, our ascended Lord, Sends down his Spirit from on high, According to his word. 2 The Spirit, by his heavenly breath, New life creates within : He quickens sinners from the death Of trespasses and sin. 3 The things of Christ the Spirit takes, And shows them unto men; The fallen soul his temple makes, God's image stamps again. THE HOLY SPIRIT. 159 4 Come, Holy Spirit, from above, With thy celestial fire: Come, and with flames of zeal and love Our hearts and tongues inspire. 232 S. M. double. I" ORD GOD, the Holy Ghost, -" In this accepted hour, As on the day of Pentecost, Descend in all thy power; We meet with one accord In our appointed place, And wait the promise of our Lord, The Spirit of all grace. 2 Like mighty rushing wind Upon the waves beneath, Move with one impulse every mind, One soul, one feeling breathe: The young, the old inspire With wisdom from above; And give us hearts and tongues of fire To pray, and praise, and love. 3 Spirit of light, explore, And chase our gloom away, With lustre shining more and more Unto the perfect day: Spirit of truth, be thou In life and death our guide; Spirit of adoption, now May we be sanctified. 233 H. M. f\ THOU that hearest prayer, ^ Attend our humble cry; 160 THE HOLY SPIRIT. And let thy servant share Thy blessing from on high: We plead the promise of thy word; Grant us thy Holy Spirit, Lord! 2 If earthly parents hear Their children when they cry; If they, with love sincere, Their children's wants supply; Much more wilt thou thy love display, And answer when thy children pray. 3 Our heavenly Father, thou; We, children of thy grace; let thy Spirit now Descend and fill the place; That all may feel the heavenly flame, And all unite to praise thy name. 234 L. P. M. "EXTERNAL Spirit, source of light, -*- J Enlivening, consecrating fire, Descend, and with celestial heat, Our dull, our frozen hearts inspire; Our souls refine, our dross consume; Come, condescending Spirit, come! 2 In our cold breasts, strike a spark Of that pure flame which seraphs feel, Nor let us wonder in the dark, Or lie benumbed and stupid still, Come, vivifying Spirit, come! And make our hearts thy constant home. 3 Let pure devotion's fervours rise ! Let every pious passion glow! THE HOLY SPIRIT. 161 let the raptures of the skies Kindle in our cold hearts below. Come, purifying Spirit, come, And make our souls thy constant home ! 235 c. M. T'HY Spirit pour, gracious Lord, '-*■ On all assembled here; Let us receive the ingrafted word With meekness and with fear. 2 By faith in thee, the soul receives New life, though dead before; And he who in thy name believes Shall live, to die no more. 3 Preserve the power of faith alive In those who love thy name; For sin and Satan daily strive To quench the sacred flame. 4 Thy grace and mercy first prevailed From death to set us free; And, often since, our life had failed, Unless renewed by thee. 5 To thee we look; to thee we bow; To thee for help we call ; Our life, our resurrection, thou, Our hope, our joy, our all. 236 8s & 7s. XJOLY Spirit! Fount of blessing, ■*■"■■ Ever watchful, ever kind ; Thy celestial aid possessing, Prisoned souls deliverance find. 162 THE HOLY SPIRIT. Seal of truth, and bond of union, Source of light, and flame of love, Symbol of divine communion, In the olive-bearing dove ; 2 Heavenly guide from paths of error, Comforter of minds distressed, "When the billows fill with terror, Pointing to an ark of rest : Promised pledge ! eternal Spirit! Greater than all gifts below, May our hearts thy grace inherit; May our lips thy glories show. 237 C. M. rj. KEAT Spirit, through whose mighty ^* power All creatures live and move, On us thy benediction shower, Inspire our souls with love. 2 Hail, Source of light, arise and shine, Darkness and doubt dispel ; Give peace and joy, for we are thine, In us for ever dwell. 3 From death to life our spirits raise, Complete redemption bring ; New tongues impart, to speak the praise Of Christ, our God and King. 4 Thine inward witness bear, unknown To all the world beside ; Exulting, then, we'll show and own Our Jesus glorified. THE HOLY SPIRIT. 163 238 , 7s. TTOLY Spirit, from on high, ■**-■■ Bend o'er us a pitying eye ; Now refresh the drooping heart ; Bid the power of sin depart. 2 Light up every dark recess Of our heart's ungodliness ; Show us every devious way Where our steps had gone astray. 3 Teach us, with repentant grief, Humbly to implore relief: Then the Saviour's blood reveal, And our broken spirits heal. 4 May we daily grow in grace. And pursue the heavenly race, Trained in wisdom, led by love, Till we reach our rest above. 239 S.M. T3LEST Comforter divine, -*-* Let rays of heavenly love Amid our gloom and darkness shine, And guide our souls above. 2 Turn us, with gentle voice, From every sinful way, And bid the mourning saint rejoice, Though earthly joys decay. 3 By thine inspiring breath Make every cloud of care, And e'en the gloomy vale of death, A smile of glory wear. 164 THE HOLY SPIRIT. 4 0, fill thou every hearb With love to all our race ; Great Comforter, to us impart These blessings of thy grace. 240 c. M. HE comes! He comes! that mighty Breath From heaven's eternal shores; His uncreated freshness fills His bride as she adores. 2 Earth quakes before that rushing blast, Heaven echoes back the sound, And mightily the tempest wheels That upper room around. 3 What gifts he gave those chosen men Past ages can display; Nay more, their vigour still inspires The weakness of to-day. 4 The Spirit came into the Church With his unfailing power; He is the living heart that beats Within her at this hour. 5 let us fall and worship him, The love of Sire and Son, The consubstantiai breath of God, The Coeternal One! 241 L. M. /10ME, Creator Spirit blest! ^ And in our souls take up thy rest; THE HOLY SPIRIT. 165 Come, with thy grace and heavenly aid, To fill the hearts which thou hast made. 2 Great Paraclete! to thee we cry: wondrous gift of God most high! fount of life! fire of love! And sweet anointing from above ! 3 Far from us drive the foe we dread, And grant us thy true peace instead; So shall we not, with thee for guide, Turn from the path of life aside. 4 0, may thy grace on us bestow, The Father and the Son to know, And thee through endless times confessed Of both the eternal Spirit blest. 242 7s. n RACIOUS Spirit, Love divine! ^* Let thy light within us shine; All our guilty fears remove; Fill us with thy heavenly love. 2 Thy pardoning grace may we see, Set each burdened sinner free; Lead us to the Lamb of God; Wash us in his precious blood ; 3 Life and peace to us impart : Seal salvation on our heart ; Breathe thyself into our breast, Earnest of immortal rest. 4 Let us never from thee stray; Keep us in the narrow way ; Fill our souls with joy divine; Keep us, Lord, for ever thine. 166 THE HOLY SPIRIT. 243 U M. COME, thou eternal Spirit, come From heaven, thy glorious dwelling- place; 0, make our sinful hearts thy home, And consecrate them by thy grace. 2 There fix, Lord, thy blest abode, And drive thy foes for ever thence ; There shed a Saviour's love abroad, And light, and life, and joy, dispense. 3 Our wants supply, our fears suppress ; Direct our way, and hold us up; Teach us, in times of deep distress, To pray in faith, and wait in hope. 244 C. P. M. r\ESCEND from heaven, celestial Dove; ■*-* With flames of pure seraphic love Our longing hearts inspire; Fountain of joy, blest Paraclete, Warm our cold hearts with heavenly heat, And set our souls on fire. 2 Breathe on these bones, so dry and dead ; Thy sweetest, softest influence shed In all our hearts abroad; Point out the place where grace abounds; Direct us to the bleeding wounds Of our incarnate God. 3 Conduct, blest guide, thy sinner-train To Calvary, where the Lamb was slain, And with us there abide; Let us our loved Redeemer meet, THE HOLY SPIRIT. 167 Weep o'er his pierced hands, and feet, And view his wounded side. Thou, with the Father, and the Son, Art that mysterious Three in One, God blest for evermore ; Whom, though we cannot comprehend, Feeling thou art the sinner's friend, We love thee, and adore. 245 C. M. ARE AT Father of each perfect gift, ^* Behold thy servants wait; With longing eyes, and lifted hands, We flock around thy gate. 0! shed abroad that choicest gift, Thy Spirit from above, To cheer our eyes with sacred light, And fire our hearts with love. 3 Blest earnest of eternal joy, Declare our sins forgiven ; And bear with energy divine, Our raptured thoughts to heaven. 1 Diffuse, God, thy copious showers, That earth its fruit may yield, And change the barren wilderness To CarmePs flowery field. 246 S. M. A COME and dwell in us ^ Spirit of power within ! And bring thy glorious liberty From sorrow, fear, and sin. 168 THE HOLY SPIRIT. 2 The inward, deep disease, Spirit of health, remove ! Spirit of perfect holiness ! Spirit of perfect love ! 3 Hasten the joyful day Which shall all sin consume ; When old things shall be done away, And all things new become ! 247 C. M. INTERNAL Spirit, God of truth, •" Our contrite hearts inspire ; Kindle a flame of heavenly love, And feed the pure desire. 2 'Tis thine to soothe the sorrowing mind, With guilt and fear oppressed ; 'Tis thine to bid the dying live, And give the weary rest. 3 Subdue the power of every sin, Whatever that sin may be; That we, in singleness of heart, May worship only thee. 4 Then with our spirits witness bear, That we're the sons of God; Redeemed from sin, and death, and hell, Through Christ's atoning blood. 248 C. M. CPIRIT Divine ! attend our prayer, ^ And make our hearts thy home; THE HOLY SPIRIT. 169 Descend with all thy gracious power, 0! come, Great Spirit, come! 2 Come as the light; to us reveal Our emptiness and woe; And lead us in those paths of life Where all the righteous go. 3 Come as the fire, and purge our hearts Like sacrificial flame: Let our whole souls an offering be To our Redeemer's name. 4 Come as the dove, and spread thy wings, The wings of peaceful love ; And let the Church on earth become Blest as the Church above. 249 ^s. UOLY Spirit! Lord of light! l AJ - From thy clear celestial height, Come, thou Light of all that live! Thy pure beaming radiance give ! 2 Light immortal! Light divine! Visit thou these hearts of thine ; If thou take thy grace away, Nothing pure in man will stay. 3 Heal our wounds, our strength renew; On our dryness pour thy dew ; Wash the stains of guilt away ; Guide the steps that go astray. 4 Give us comfort when we die ; Give us life with thee on high ; In thy sevenfold gifts descend ; Give us joys which never end. 12 170 THE HOLY SPIRIT. 250 L. M. •X)ME, Holy Ghost, Creator, come, ^ Inspire these souls of thine; Till every heart which thou hast made Be filled with grace divine. 2 Thou art the Comforter, the gift Of God, and fire of love ; The everlasting spring of joy, And unction from above. 3 Enlighten our dark souls, till they Thy sacred love embrace; Assist our minds, by nature frail, With thy celestial grace. 4 Teach us the Father to confess, And Son, from death revived, And thee, with both, Holy Ghost, Who art from both derived. 251 C. M. CPIEIT of truth! on this thy day, ^ To thee for help we cry, To guide us through the dreary way Of dark mortality. 2 We ask not, Lord, the cloven flame, Or tongues of various tone; But long thy praises to proclaim; With fervour in our own. 3 No heavenly harpings soothe our ear, No mystic dreams we share ; Yet hope to feel thy comfort near, And bless thee in our prayer. THE HOLY SPIRIT. 171 4 When tongues shall cease, and power decay, And knowledge empty prove, Do thou thy trembling servants stay, With faith, and hope, and love. 252 I* M. /^OME, gracious Spirit, heavenly Dove, ^ With light and comfort from above; Be thou our guardian, thou our guide, O'er every thought and step preside. 2 The light of truth to us display, And make us know and choose thy way; Plant holy fear in every heart, That we from God may not depart. 3 Lead us to holiness — the road That we must take to dwell with God; Lead us to Christ, the living way, Nor let us from his precepts stray. 4 Lead us to God, our final rest, In his enjoyment to be blest; Lead us to heaven, the seat of bliss, Where pleasure in perfection is. 253 8s & 7s. TJOLY Ghost! dispel our sadness, ■*"*■ Pierce the clouds of nature's night Come, thou source of joy and gladness, Breathe thy life and spread thy light. 2 Come, thou best of all donations God can give, or man implore! 172 THE HOLY SPIRIT. Having thy sweet consolations, We need wish for nothing more. 3 Author of the new creation ! Come with unction and with pow'r; Make our hearts thy habitation ; On our souls thy graces shower. 4 Manifest thy love for ever; Fence us in on every side ; In distress be our reliever ; Guard and teach, support and guide. 5 Hear, hear, our supplication, Blessed Spirit ! God of peace ! Rest upon this congregation With the fulness of thy grace. 254 C. M. pOME, Holy Ghost, eternal God, ^ Proceeding from above, Both from the Father and the Son ; Thou God of peace and love. 2 Thou art the only Comforter In all our soul's distress ; Thou showest us our unbelief, And Christ's redeeming grace. 3 Thou dost thy sanctifying gifts Unto the Church impart; Writest God's holy, precious law On each believer's heart. 4 Assist and strengthen us, Lord, Thou know'st we all are frail; Grant, neither Satan, world, nor flesh May o'er Christ's flock prevail. THE HOLY SPIRIT. 173 5 Cause all unloving sinful strife In Christendom to cease; And give to all the flock of Christ Love, union, truth, and peace. 255 S. M. nOME, Holy Spirit, come; ^ Let thy bright beams arise; Dispel the sorrow from our minds, The darkness from our eyes. 2 Convince us of our sin; Then lead to Jesus' blood, And to our wondering view reveal The mercies of our God. 3 Revive our drooping faith, Our doubts and fears remove, And kindle in our breasts the flame Of never-dying love. 4 'Tis thine to cleanse the heart, , To sanctify the soul, To pour fresh life in every part, And new-create the whole. 5 Come, Holy Spirit, come; Our minds from bondage free; Then shall we know, and praise, and love, The Father, Son, and Thee. 256 L. M. INTERNAL Spirit, we confess -*-* And sing the wonders of thy grace; Thy power conveys our blessings down From God the Father and the Son. 174 THE HOLY SPIRIT. 2 Enlightened by thy heavenly ray, Our shades and darkness turn to-day; Thine inward teachings make us know Our danger, and our refuge too. 3 Thy power and glory work within, And break the chains of reigning sin; Do our imperious lusts subdue, And form our wretched hearts anew. 4 The troubled conscience knows thy voice, Thy cheering words awake our joys; Thy words allay the stormy wind, And calm the surges of the mind. 257 C. M. pOME, Holy Spirit, heavenly dove, ^ With all thy quickening powers, Kindle a flame of sacred love In these cold hearts of ours. 2 Look! how we grovel here below, Fond of these trifling toys ! Our souls how sluggishly they go To reach eternal joys. 3 In vain we tune our formal songs ; In vain we strive to rise; Hosannas languish on our tongues, And our devotion dies. 4 Dear Lord, and shall we ever live At this poor dying rate, Our love so faint, so cold to thee, And thine to us so great? 5 Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly dove, With all thy quickening powers, THE HOLY SPIRIT. 175 Come, shed abroad a Saviour's love, And that shall kindle ours. 258 S. M. pOME, Holy Spirit, come, ^ With energy divine, And on our poor benighted souls With beams of mercy shine. 2 From the celestial hills Life, light, and joy dispense, And may we daily, hourly feel, Thy quickening influence. 3 Melt, melt our frozen hearts, Our stubborn wills subdue; Each evil passion overcome, And form us all anew. 4 Oars will the blessing be; But thine shall be the praise; And unto thee will we devote The remnant of our days. 259 L- M. OTAY, thou insulted Spirit, stay, ^ Though we have done thee such despite, Cast not us sinners quite away, Nor take thine everlasting flight. 2 Though we have most unfaithful been Of all whoe'er thy grace received ; Ten thousand times thy goodness seen, Ten thousand times thy goodness grieved. 176 THE HOLY SPIRIT. 3 Yet the chief of sinners spare, In honour of our great High Priest; Nor in thy righteous anger swear We shall not see thy people's rest. 4 Lord, our weary souls release, And raise us by thy gracious hand; Guide us into thy perfect peace, And bring us to the promised land. 260 H. M. T^ARNEST of future bliss, -^ Thee, Holy Ghost, we hail; Fountain of holiness, Whose comforts never fail; The cleansing gift on saints bestowed, The witness of their peace with God. 2 By thee, on earth, we know Ourselves in Christ renewed; Brought by thy grace into The family of God ; Of his adopting love the seal, And faithful teacher of his will. 3 Great Comforter, descend In gentle breathings down ; Preserve us to the end, That no man take our crown ; Our Guardian still vouchsafe to be, Nor suffer us to go from thee. 261 L. M. A SPIRIT of the living God, ^ In all thy plentitude of grace, Where'er the foot of man hath trod, Descend on our apostate race. THE HOLY SPIRIT. 177 2 Give tongues of fire, and hearts of love, To preach the reconciling word; Give power and unction from above, Where'er the joyful sound is heard. 3 Be darkness, at thy coming, light; Confusion, order, in thy path; Souls without strength, inspire with might; Bid mercy triumph over wrath. 4 Baptize the nations ; far and nigh The triumphs of the cross record; The name of Jesus glorify, Till every kindred call him Lord. 262 C. M. CPIRIT of power and might, behold ^ A world by sin destroyed; Creator, Spirit, as of old, Move on the formless void. 2 Give thou the word; that healing sound Shall quell the deadly strife, And earth again, like Eden crowned, Produce the tree of life. 3 If sang the morning stars for joy When nature rose to view, What strains will angel harps employ When thou shalt all renew ! 4 And if the sons of God rejoice To hear a Saviour's name, How will the ransomed raise their voice, To whom that Saviour came ! F 178 THE FAMILY. 5 Lo! every kindred, tongue, and tribe, Assembling round the throne, The new creation shall ascribe To sovereign love alone. THE FAMILY. MORNING AND EVENING WORSHIP. 263 L. M. ATHER of all, thy care we bless, Which crowns our families with peace; From thee they spring, and by thy hand They have been, and are still sustained. 2 To God, most worthy to be praised, Be our domestic altars raised; Who, Lord of heaven, scorns not to dwell With saints in their obscurest cell. 3 To thee may each united house, Morning and night, present its vows: Our servants there, and rising race, Be taught thy precepts and thy grace. 4 may each future age proclaim The honours of thy glorious name ; While pleased and thankful we remove To join the family above. 264 S. M. TN all our ways, God, -f- We would acknowledge thee, And seek to keep our heart and house From all pollution free. THE FAMILY. 179 2 Where'er we have a tent, An altar will we raise ; And thither our oblations bring, Of humble prayer and praise. 3 Could we our wish obtain, Our household, Lord, should be Devoted to thyself alone, A dwelling-place for thee. 265 C. M. QTRANGERS and pilgrims here below, ^ To thee our prayers we send ; God, from danger and from woe Our hearth and home defend! 2 Here let thy peace, Saviour, rest! Here let thy love abide! Make us a blessing, make us blest, In all that may betide : 3 Keep storm and fire, and sickness hence, And danger and alarm ; Nor let the son of violence Approach to do us harm: 4 Let our petitions when we meet, And every secret prayer, Come up before thy mercy-seat, And find acceptance there: 5 Teach us, in life, with faith and love To do our Lord's commands; And give us, in thy time, above, A house not made with hands ; 180 THE FAMILY. 6 The house thy precious passion bought, Saviour, for thine own ; Who, through the Spirit, shall be brought Before the Father's throne ! 266 L- M. COLE Sovereign of the earth and skies, ^ Supremely good, supremely wise, Fix thou the place of our abode, But let it still be near our God. 2 On earth we weary pilgrims roam, Nor find nor hope a lasting home; We seek a house not made with hands, A heavenly house which ever stands. 3 Yet while we sojourn here below, Let streams of mercy round us flow ; And when our destined race is run, Assign us mansions near thy throne. P 267 8s & 7s. lEACE to this our habitation; Peace to all that dwell therein; Peace, the earnest of salvation ; Peace, the fruit of pardoned sin ; Peace that speaks the heavenly Giver; Peace to worldly minds unknown; Peace, divine, that lasts for ever, Peace, that comes from God alone. Prince of Peace, be present near us, Fix in all our hearts thy home; With thy gracious presence cheer us; Let thy sacred kingdom come; Baise to heaven our expectation, Give our favoured souls to prove THE FAMILY. 181 Glorious and complete salvation, In the realms of bliss above. 268 & 13ULER of the dread immense! -" Maker of this mighty frame! Whose eternal providence Governs and upholds the same! 2 Low before thy face we bend; Hear our supplicating cries; And thy light eternal send, With the freshly-dawning skies. 3 King of kings! and Lord most high ! This of thy dear love we pray, May thy guardian angel nigh Keep us from all sin this day. 4 May he crush the deadly wiles Of the envious serpent's art, Ever spreading cunning toils Round about the thoughtless heart. Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, Everlasting Trinity ! Guard, by thy angelic host, Us, who put our trust in thee. 269 S. M. A LMIGHTY God, to-night -"■ To thee for help we pray; To whom the darkness is as light, And midnight like the day. Thy tender love and care Prepares our peaceful bed; But thou, Saviour, hadst not where To lay thy blessed head. 182 THE FAMILY. 3 keep us now from harm, As thou hast done before; And let thine everlasting arm Be round us evermore. 4 Let holy angels stand About us every night, Until they bear us to the land Of everlasting light. 5 From men below the skies, And all the heavenly host, To God the Father praise arise, The Son and Holy Ghost, 270 C. M. "PATHER of light! shine on us -7 With thy bright beams of love; Make us to walk in thy pure light, And fix our hearts above. 2 Lord! who lifted up didst hang To draw all men to thee, Draw us with thy strong bands of love, From earth's vile chains set free. 3 Holy Well of Life! refresh Our weary souls in thee, That ever living we may bless The Almighty One in Three. 271 L. M. A JESUS, once for sinners slain, ^ And rising, as the day, again; Commanding every care to cease, And giving joy and bringing peace; THE FAMILY. 183 2 Abide with us, we pray, to-night; And make this evening's darkness light; Remove all danger, calm all .fear, Renew our faith, our sorrows cheer. 3 True light to lighten all thy saints ! True comfort when the spirit faints ! Sunk in the west the sun may be, But we have light if we have thee ! 4 Thy love so freely o'er us shed, Has given this day our daily bread; Praise to the Father, and to thee, And the blest Spirit, One in Three! 272 C. M. RATHER of lights ! keep us this day -*- From sinful passions free; Grant us in every word, and deed, And thought, to honour thee. 2 Thou Lord of holiness divine! Grant us the grace to quell Those flames impure, which, cherished here, Increase the flames of hell. 3 Saviour, of thy sweet clemency, Wash thou our sins away; Grant us thy grace, grant us with thee The joys of endless day. 4 Father of mercies! hear our cry; Hear us, co-equal Son; Who reignest with the Holy Ghost, While endless ages run. 184 THE FAMILY. 273 ; %. Tj^RE the waning light decay, •^ God of all, to thee we pray, Let thine angel-guards descend, Us to succour and defend. 2 Guard from evils that affright, Guard from sorrows of the night; Guard from foes, without, within, Outward danger, inward sin. 3 Mindful of our only stay, Duly thus to thee we pray ; Duly thus to thee we raise Solemn hymns of grateful praise. 4 Hear our prayer, Almighty King! Hear our praises while we sing! Hymning with the heavenly host, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 274 L. M. 'THRICE Holy God of wondrous might, -*- Trinity of love divine! To thee belongs unclouded light, And everlasting joys are thine. 2 Before thy throne dark clouds abound, About thee shine such dazzling rays That angels, as they stand around, For ever tremble as they gaze. 3 Father, may we thy laws fulfil! Blessed Son, may we thy precepts learn ! And thou, Spirit, guide our will, Our feet unto thy pathway turn. THE FAMILY. 185 4 Yea, Father, may thy will be done, May we thy hallowed name adore, Together with thy blessed Son, And Holy Spirit evermore. 275 L. M. TV/TAKER of all things, God most high, -^- Great Ruler of the starry sky, Robing the day in glorious light, In sweet repose the quiet night. 2 We thank thee for the daylight gone, We pray thee as the night comes on, help us as we feebly raise To thee our evening hymn of praise. 3 To thee our lips their tribute bring Thee our united voices sing; Thee may our trusting souls adore, To thee our pure affections soar. 4 Christ! with the Father ever One, Spirit! of Father and of Son, God! over all of mighty sway, Shield us, blest Trinity ! we pray. 276 L. M. A THOU, the Father's image blest, ^ Who callest forth the morning ray; thou, eternal Light of light, Whom day and night alike obey. ! True Sun ! upon our souls arise, Shining in beauty evermore, And through each heart the quickening beams Of thine eternal Spirit pour. 13 186 THE FAMILY. 3 Be thou, Christ! our daily food; Do thou our daily cup supply, While from the Spirit's living well, We drink unfailing strength and joy. 4 To God the eternal Three in One, Be endless praise and glory given, Who called us when in darkness lost, To share the light and life of heaven. 277 S. M. "ITHE day is past and gone, -*- Great God we bow to thee, Again as shades of night steal on, Unto thy side we flee. 2 when shall that day come, Ne'er sinking in the west, That country and that holy home, Where none shall break our rest? 3 Where all things shall be peace, And pleasure without end, And golden harps that never cease, With joyous hymns shall blend? 4 Where we, preserved beneath The shelter of thy wing, For evermore thy praise shall breathe, And of thy mercy sing? 5 To God the Father praise, And to the Eternal Son, And to the Holy Ghost always, Co-equal Three in One. THE FAMILY. 187 278 U M - A JESUS, Lord of heavenly grace, ^ Thou brightness of thy Father's face, Thou fountain of eternal light, "Whose beams disperse the shades of night; 2 Come, holy Sun of heavenly love, Shower down thy radiance from above, And to our inward hearts convey The Holy Spirit's cloudless ray. 3 May he our actions deign to bless, And loose the bonds of wickedness; From sudden falls our feet defend, And bring us to a prosperous end. 4 May faith deep rooted in the soul, Subdue our flesh, our minds control; May guile depart and discord cease, And all within be joy and peace. 5 Holy Father, Holy Son, And Holy Spirit, Three in One, Thy grace devoutly we implore Thy name be praised for evermore! 279 8s & 7s. O AVIOUR ! breathe an evening blessing, ^ Ere repose our eyelids seal: Sin and want we come confessing; Thou canst save, and thou canst heal. 2 Though destruction walk around us, Though the arrows past us fly, Angel guards from thee surround us; We are safe, if thou art nigh. 188 THE FAMILY. 3 Though tne night be dark and dreary, Darkness cannot hide from thee: Thou art he who, never weary, "Watcheth where thy people be. 4 Should swift death this night o'ertake us, And our couch become our tomb, May the morn in heaven awake us, Clad in bright and deathless bloom. 280 L- M. Q KING Eternal! Lord of grace, ^ Creator of the realms of space; Who before time had begun Wast with the Almighty Father One. 2 To thee our morning hymn we raise, In mingled penitence and praise; Pardon our sins, Lord, we pray, And keep us safely through the day. 3 Thou, Lord, of every human heart The One Omniscient Searcher art; The Good Physician, making whole The hidden wounds which kill the soul. 4 Most Holy! we thine aid implorp, Our stricken souls to health restore ; Eternal Father, Mighty Son ! And Holy Spirit Three in One! 281 P. M. rj.OD, that madest earth and heaven, ^" Darkness and light; Who the day for toil hast given, For rest the night; S 1 THE FAMILY. 189 May thine angel-guards defend us, Slumber sweet thy mercy send us, Holy dreams and hopes attend us, This livelong night. 2 Guard us waking, guard us sleeping; And when we die, May we, in thy mighty keeping, All peaceful lie ; When the last dread call shall wake us, Do not thou, God, forsake us, But to reign in glory take us, With thee on high. 282 L. M. ■UN of our soul ! thou Saviour dear, It is not night if thou be near; may no earth-born cloud arise To hide thee from thy servants' eyes. 2 Abide with us from morn till eve, For without thee we cannot live; Abide with us when night is nigh, For without thee we dare not die. 3 Come near and bless us when we wake, Ere through the world our way we take, Till in the ocean of thy love We lose ourselves in heaven above. 4 Praise God, from whom all blessings flow ; Fraise him, all creatures here below; Praise him above, angelic host, Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 283 C. M. DE thou our Guardian and our Guide, ■*-* And hear us when we call; 190 THE FAMILY. Let not our slippery footsteps slide, And hold us lest we fall. 2 The world, the flesh, and Satan dwell Around the path we tread; save us from the snares of hell, Thou quickener of the dead ! 3 And if we tempted are to sin, And outward things are strong, Do thou, Lord, keep watch within, And save our souls from wrong. 4 Still let us ever watch and pray, And feel that we are frail; That if the tempter cross our way, Yet he may not prevail. 5 To him who baffled hell's proud Lord, The everlasting Son, The Father, and the Spirit, God, All praise on earth be done. 284 L- M. f\ THOU! who gavest thy servant grace, ^ On thee, the living Rock, to rest, To look on thine incarnate face, And lean on thy protecting breast. 2 Grant us, King of mercy, still To feel thy presence from above, And in thy word and in thy will To hear thy voice, and know thy love. 3 And when the toils of life are done, And earthly cares shall ended be, To find our rest beneath thy throne, And look in certain hope to thee. THE CHURCH. 191 4 To thee, Jesus, light; of light, Whom as their King thy saints adore, Their strength and refuge in the fight, Be praise and glory evermore. 285 C. M. VERY God of very God, And very Light of light, Whose feet this earth's dark valley trod, That so it might be bright ; Our hopes are weak, our fears are strong, Thick darkness blinds our eyes; Cold is the night, and 0, we long That thou, our Sun, wouldst rise! And even now, though dull and grey, The east is brightening fast, And kindling to the perfect day, That never shall be past. 0, guide us till our path is done, And we have reached the shore Where thou, our everlasting Sun, Art shining evermore ! From every creature that hath breath Praise to the Father be: To him that hath the keys of death, And, Holy Ghost, to thee! THE CHURCH. 286 C. P. M. ^RE God pronounced c 1 Or bade the vast, un Through fixed channels run; Tj^RE God pronounced creation good, •^ Or bade the vast, unbounded flood 192 THE CHURCH. Ere light from ancient chaos sprang, Or angels earth's formation sang, He chose the Church his own. 2 Then was the covenant ordered sure, Through endless ages to endure, By thee, most holy God ; That none thy covenant might evade, With oaths and promises 'twas made, And ratified in blood. 3 God is the refuge of our soul, Though tempests rage, though billows roll, And hellish powers assail: Eternal walls are our defence; Environed with Omnipotence, What foe can e'er prevail? 4 Then let infernal legions roar, And waste their cursed, vengeful power; Zion their wrath disdains: In God, our refuge, we're secure, While covenant promises endure, Or our Redeemer reigns. 287 C. M. r|7ITH stately towers and bulwarks ** strung, Unrivalled and alone, Loved theme of many a sacred song, God's holy city shone. 2 Thus fair was Zion's chosen seat, The glory of all lands ; Yet fairer, and in strength complete, The Christian temple stands/ THE CHURCH. 193 3 The faithful of each clime and age The glorious Church compose ; Built on a Rock, with idle rage The threatening tempest blows. 4 Fear not ; though hostile bands alarm, God is our strong defence; And weak and powerless every arm Against Omnipotence. 288 8s & 7 s. rj_LOBIOUS things of thee are spoken, *■* Zion, city of our God; He whose word can ne'er be broken Chose thee for his own abode. 2 Lord, thy Church is still thy dwelling, Still is precious in thy sight, Judah's temple far excelling, Beaming with the gospel's light. 3 On the Rock of Ages founded, What can shake her true repose? With salvation's wall surrounded, She can smile at all her foes. 4 See, the streams of living waters, Springing from eternal love, Well supply her sons and daughters, And all fear of want remove. 5 Round her habitation hovering, See the cloud and fire appear, For a glory and a covering, Showing, Lord, that thou art near. 194 THE CHURCH. 289 S. M. T LOVE thy kingdom, Lord, -*■ The house of thine abode, The Church our blest Redeemer saved With his own precious blood. 2 I love thy Church, God, Her walls before thee stand, Dear as the apple of thine eye, And graven on thy hand. 3 For her my tears shall fall, For her my prayers ascend; To her my cares and toils be given, Till toils and cares shall end. 4 Beyond my highest joy I prize her heavenly ways, Her sweet communion, solemn vows, Her hymns of love and praise. 5 Jesus, thou Friend divine, Our Saviour, and our King, Thy hand from every snare and foe, Shall great deliverance bring. 6 Sure as thy truth shall last, To Zion shall be given The brightest glories earth can yield, And brighter bliss of heaven. 290 c. M. HPHY saints on earth and those above -*- But one communion make; Joined to their Lord in bonds of love, All of his grace partake. THE CHURCH. 195 2 One family, we dwell in him ; One Church above, beneath; Though now divided by the stream, The narrow stream of death. 3 One army of the living God, To thy commands we bow; Part of the host have crossed the flood, And part are crossing now. 4 God, be thou our constant guide! Then, when the word is given, Bid thou death's flood its waves divide, And land us safe in heaven. 291 C M. PLANTED in Christ, the living Vine, -*- This day, with one accord, Ourselves with humble faith and joy, We yield to thee, Lord. 2 Joined in one body may we be; One inward life partake ; One be our heart; one heavenly hope In every bosom wake. 3 In prayer, in effort, tears, and toils, One wisdom be our guide ; Taught by one Spirit from above, In thee may we abide, 4 Then, when among the saints in light, Our joyful spirits shine, Shall anthems of immortal praise, Lamb of God, be thine. 196 THE CHURCH. 292 H. M. ANE sole baptismal sign, ^ One Lord, below, above, One faith, one hope divine, Only one watchword — Love. From different temples though it rise, One song ascendeth to the skies. 2 Our sacrifice is one ; One Priest before the throne; The slain, the risen Son, Redeemer, Lord alone! And sighs from contrite hearts that spring, Oar chief, our choicest offering. 3 Head of thy Church beneath ! The catholic, the true, On all her members breathe, Her broken frame renew ! Then shall thy perfect will be done When Christians love and live as one. 293 C. P. M. TN Christ! how the blissful thought, -*- Raises our hope; and buoys it up Midst change, and grief, and woe; Were crowns and empires ours to-day. We'd freely give the whole away; For him, we'd all forego. 2 Ere time was born the Church was blest; Jehovah then his love expressed From vast eternity; THE CHURCH. 197 Redemption, calling, pardon, peace, Are streams that flow from ancient grace, Unmerited and free. 3 Go, trace salvation from its source, Mark how it flows, pursue its course, The whole His love sets forth ; Love brought the Saviour from the skies, Love quickens keeps, and glorifies: 0, who shall speak its worth ? 294 l. M. TESUS, from whom all blessings flow, ** Great builder of thy Church below, If now thy Spirit move our breast, Hear, and fulfil thine own request. 2 The few that truly call thee Lord, And wait thy sanctifying word, And thee their utmost Saviour own; Unite and perfect them in one. 3 let them all thy mind express, Stand forth thy chosen witnesses; Thy power unto salvation show, And perfect holiness below. 4 In them let all mankind behold How Christians lived in days of old; Mighty their envious foes to move, A proverb of reproach, and love. 5 Call them into thy wondrous light, Worthy to walk with thee in white: Make up thy jewels, Lord, and show Thy glorious, spotless Church below. 198 THE CHURCH. 295 8s, 7s & 4s. QEE, from Zion's sacred mountain, ^ Streams of living water flow; God has opened there a fountain That supplies the world below; They are blessed Who its sovereign virtues know. 2 Through ten thousand channels flowing Streams of mercy find their way: Life, and health, and joy bestowing, Waking beauty from decay. G, ye nations, Hail the long-expected day. 3 Gladdened by the flowing treasure, All-enriching as it goes, Lo! the desert smiles with pleasure, Buds and blossoms as the rose; Lo! the desert Sings for joy where'er it flows. 296 c. M. f\ WHERE are kings and empires now ^ Gf old that went and came? But holy Church is praying yet, A thousand years the same. 2 Mark well her holy battlements, And her foundations strong; And hear within, the solemn voice Gf her unending song. 3 For not like kingdoms of the world Thy holy Church, G God! THE CHURCH. 199 Though earthquake shocks are rocking her, And tempests are abroad; 4 Unshaken as eternal hills, Immovable she stands, A mountain that shall fill the earth, A fane unbuilt by hands. 297 C. M. HPHERE is a little lonely fold, -*- Whose flock one Shepherd keeps, Through summer's heat and winter's cold, With eye that never sleeps. 2 By evil beast, or burning sky, Or damp of midnight air; Not one in ail that flock shall die Beneath that Shepherd's care. 3 For if, unheeding or beguiled, In danger's path they roam, His pity follows through the wild, And guards them safely home. 4 0, gentle Shepherd, still uphold Us, on our way to thee ; take us wanderers to thy fold, Who trembling turn to thee. 298 C. M. TTOPELESS and outcast once we lay, ■*■-*- Worthy thy hate and scorn, But love like thine could find a way" To rescue and adorn. 200 THE CHURCH. 2 Dear Saviour, from thy bleeding veins A living fountain flows, To wash thy bride from all her stains, And soothe her deepest woes. 3 Cleansed from her sins, renewed by grace, Thy royal throne above, Dear Saviour, is her destined place, Her sweet abode thy love. 4 Thine eye, in that unclouded day, Shall, with supreme delight, Thy fair and glorious bride survey, Unblemished in thy sight. 299 8s & 7s. LI E AR what God the Lord hath spoken : ■*"■■ my people, faint and few, Comfortless, afflicted, broken, Fair abodes I build for you: Scenes of heartfelt tribulation Shall no more perplex your ways; You shall name your walls salvation, And your gates shall all be praise. 2 Ye no more your suns descending, Waning moons no more shall see; But, your griefs for ever ending, Find eternal noon in me: God shall rise, and, shining o'er you, Change to day the gloom of night; He, the Lord, shall be your glory, God your everlasting light. 300 6s & 8s. A'EK. all the peopled earth, ^ By many a vale and hill, THE CHURCH. 201 Are scattered far that blessed flock, That God's own pastures fill. Among the huts that rise Beneath the Indian palms, And in the homes of Christian men Are found thy chosen lambs. 2 More glorious are the huts Wherein such dwellers be, Than royal domes and temples fair, Which men rejoice to see; For there the light of grace Its radiance casts abroad; that our part might be with them, Thy holy flock, God! 301 C. M. A CROWN, but not a crown of thorn, -"* Surrounds the Victor's brow; The hand that once was pierced for sin, It wields the sceptre now. 2 But brighter honours far than those Of David's royal son, As Head of thine anointed bride, Thou Lord of life hast won. 3 Though grace may shine in all thy ways, With Israel's chosen race ; 'Tis in thy Church alone we see The full display of grace. 4 'Twas grace divine that made thee love, And choose her for thine own : Grace raised her from her low estate, And placed her on the throne. 14 202 THE CHURCH. 302 Ci M. "DLESS thine inheritance, God! -*-* Thy loved and chosen race ; The purchase of the Saviour's blood, The subjects of thy grace. 2 Bless them with every promised good, Which covenant love provides ; With bread of life for daily food, And living streams besides. 3 Bless them with liberty and peace, With joy, and light, and love; Thro' time : and when all time shall cease, Bless with thyself above. 303 c. m. /^UR Head is One, our Head is Love, ^ Shall we then disagree ? send us oneness from above, As all are one with thee ! 2 One hope before us all is set, One holy faith we hold ; Though widely wandering, we are yet All sheep of one great fold: 3 One is the heart, and one the tongue Of those that see thy face : give us here the love and song That fill that blessed place! 4 Make us, Holy Spirit, one! That all thy saints may be As is the Father with the Son, And as are both with thee ! THE MINISTRY. 203 THE MINISTRY. 304 L. M. HTHE Saviour, when to heaven he rose, -*- In splendid triumph o'er his foes, Scattered his gifts on men below, And still his royal bounties flow. 2 Hence sprang the apostles' honoured name, Sacred beyond heroic fame : In humbler forms before our eyes Pastors and teachers hence arise. 3 From Christ they all their gifts derive, And, fed by Christ, their graces live: While, guarded by his mighty hand, 'Midst all the rage of hell they stand. 4 So shall the bright succession run Through all the courses of the sun; While unborn churches, by their care, Shall rise and flourish large and fair. 5 Jesus, now teach our hearts to know The spring whence all these blessings flow; Pastors and people shout thy praise, Through the long round of endless days. 305 s.m. TJOW beauteous are their feet, -" Who stand on Zion's hill ! Who bring salvation on their tongues, And words of peace reveal. 204 THE MINISTRY. 2 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 heavenly light! Prophets and kings desired 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. 6 Lord, make bare thine arm, Through all the earth abroad; Let every nation now behold Their Saviour and their God. 308 "ft. 'THANKS to God for those who came ■** In the Saviour's glorious name; Who upon the green earth trod But to teach the truth of God. 2 For the great apostles, first, Who from life's endearments burst, Going from the cross, and then Leading to the cross again : 3 For the next, who meekly poured Willing blood to serve the Lord ; THE MINISTRY. 205 Fearless bore the racks of pain, Felon's death, or captive's chain ; 4 And for all, from shore to shore, "Who the blessed tidings bore; All who wrought for Christ and truth, Hoary men, and glowing youth. 307 L. M. T\EAW near, Son of God, draw near; •** Us with thy flaming eye behold; Still in thy Church do thou appear, And let our candlestick be gold. 2 Still hold the stars in thy right hand, And let them in thy lustre glow; Celestial lights through all the land, The angels of thy Church below. 3 Make good their apostolic boast; Their high commission let them prove ; Be temples of the Holy Ghost, And filled with faith, and hope, and love. 4 Give them an ear to hear thy word; Thou speakest to the churches now: And let all tongues confess their Lord, Let every knee to Jesus bow. 308 C. M. pHIEF Shepherd of thy chosen sheep, ^ From death and sin set free, May every under-shepherd keep His eye intent on thee! 206 THE MINISTRY. 2 With plenteous grace their hearts pre- pare, To execute thy will ; Compassion, patience, love, and care, And faithfulness and skill. 3 Inflame their minds with holy zeal, Their flocks to feed and teach; And let them live, and let them feel, The sacred truths they preach. 309 L. M. "LEATHER of mercies, bow thine ear, -*• Attentive to our earnest prayer: We plead for those who plead for thee ; Successful pleaders may they be. 2 0, clothe their words with power divine, And let those words be ever thine; To them thy sacred truth reveal; Suppress their fear, inflame their zeal. 3 Teach them to sow the precious seed; Teach them thy chosen flock to feed; Teach them immortal souls to gain, And thus reward their toil and pain. 4 Let thronging multitudes around Hear from their lips the joyful sound; In humble strains thy grace implore, And feel thy Spirit's living power. 310 s. M. T ORD of the harvest, hear -^ Thy waiting servants' cry; Answer our faith's effectual prayer, And all our wants supply. THE MINISTRY. 207 2 On thee we humbly wait, Our wants are in thy view; The harvest, truly, Lord, is great, The labourers are few. 3 Convert and send forth more Into thy Church abroad, And let them speak the word of power, As workers with their God. 4 let them spread thy name, Their mission fully prove; Thy free and glorious grace proclaim, Thy rich redeeming love. 311 j*. MIGHTY One, before whose face lu_ \yi s d om had her glorious seat, When the orbs that people space Sprang to birth beneath thy feet; 2 Source of truth, whose rays alone Light the mighty world of mind; God of love, who from thy throne Kindly watchest all mankind; 3 Shed on those, who in thy name Teach the way of truth and right, Shed that love's undying flame, Shed that wisdom's guiding light. 312 L.M. A THOU, before whose gracious throne " We bow our suppliant spirits down I Avert thy swift-descending stroke, Nor smite the shepherd of the flock. 208 THE MINISTRY. 2 Restore him, sinking to the grave: Stretch out thine arm, make haste to save: Back to our hopes and wishes give, And bid our friend and pastor live. 3 Bound to his soul by tenderest ties, We suffer while in pain he lies : Thy pitying aid, God ! impart, Nor rend him from each trembling heart. 4 Yet if our supplications fail, And prayers and tears cannot prevail; Be thou his strength, be thou his stay, And guide him safe to endless day. 313 c. M. WHAT though the arm of conquering death Does God's own house invade; What though our teacher and our friend Is numbered with the dead; 2 Though earthly Shepherd's dwell in dust, The aged and the young; The watchful eye in darkness closed, And dumb the instructive tongue; 3 The eternal Shepherd still survives, His teaching to impart: Lord, be our leader and our guide, And rule and keep our heart. 4 Yes, while the dear Redeemer lives, We have a boundless store, And shall be fed with what he gives, Who lives for evermore. THE SACRAMENTS. 209 314 C. M. TO thee, God, when creatures fail, Thy flock afflicted flies; And on the eternal Shepherd's care, Our steadfast hope relies. 2 When o'er thy faithful servant's dust, Thy saints assembled mourn, In speedy tokens of thy grace, Zion's God, return! 3 The powers of nature all are thine, And thine the aids of grace Thine arm has borne thy churches up Through each succeeding race. 4 Exert thy sacred influence here, And here thy suppliants bless; And change to strains of cheerful praise, Our accents of distress. THE SACRAMENTS. BAPTISM. 315 C. M. A LORD, thy covenant is sure ^ To all who fear thy name ; Thy mercies age on age endure, Eternally the same. 2 In thee our fathers put their trust; Thy ways they humbly trod ; Honoured and sacred is their dust, While now they live with God. 210 THE SACRAMENTS. 3 Heirs to their faith, their hope, their prayers, We the same path pursue: Invoke thy blessing on our heirs; Lord! show thy promise true. 316 s. M. TJOW great thy mercies, Lord! ■" How bounteous is thy grace, Which in the covenant of thy love Includes our rising race ! 2 The promise, how divine. To Abra'm and his seed! "I'll be a God to thee and thine, Supplying every need." 3 These children of our care We dedicate to God : We plead the promise in our prayer; We plead thy precious blood. 4 Thy goodness we adore, We sing thy matchless grace, The covenant for ever sure, To thy believing race. 317 8s & 7s. C AVIOUR, who thy flock art feeding ^ With the shepherd's kindest care, All the feeble gently leading, While the lambs thy bosom share : 2 Now, these little ones receiving, Fold them in thy gracious arm ; There, we know, thy word believing, Only there, secure from harm. THE SACRAMENTS. 211 3 Never, from thy pasture roving, Let them be the lion's prey ; Let thy tenderness, so loving, Keep them all life's dangerous way: 4 Then, within thy fold eternal, Let them find a resting place; Feed in pastures ever vernal, Drink the rivers of thy grace. 318 S- M. 'TO Him who children blest, -*- And suffered them to come ; To him who took them to his breast, We bring these children home. 2 To thee, God, whose face Their angels still behold, We bring them, praying that thy grace May keep, thine arms enfold. 3 And as this water falls On each unconscious brow, Thy Holy Spirit grant, Lord, To make them pure as thou! 319 L. M. HPHIS child we dedicate to thee, -*- God of grace and purity ! Shield it from sin, and pain, and wrong, And let thy love its life prolong. 2 may thy Spirit gently draw Its willing soul to keep thy law; May virtue, piety, and truth, Dawn even with its dawning youth. 212 THE SACRAMENTS. 3 We, too, before thy gracious sight, Once shared the blest baptismal rite, And would renew its solemn vow With love, and thanks, and praises now. 4 Grant that with true and faithful heart We still may act the Christian's part, Cheered by each promise thou hast given, And labouring for the prize in heaven. 320 8s, 7s & 4s. GRACIOUS Lord, as thou hast bidden, ™ At thy feet we humbly bend; May our prayers arise to heaven, May thy blessing now descend; For thy blessing, Lo! we all unite to pray. 2 Pour thy Spirit on these infants, Sanctify them from the womb ; Let thy gracious arm surround them In their journey to the tomb; Then victorious Eaise them to thy heavenly throne. 3 Make their parents wise, to train them In the nurture of the Lord ; And beyond these mortal regions Let them share thy blessed reward : May their households Find in heaven a lasting home! 321 L- M. TVEAR Saviour, if these lambs should ■*-' stray From thy secure inclosure's bound, THE SACRAMENTS. 213 And, lured by worldly joys away, Among the thoughtless crowd be found; 2 Remember still that they are thine, That thy dear sacred name they bear; Think that the seal of love divine, The sign of covenant grace they wear. 3 In all their erring, sinful years, let them ne'er forgotten be; Remember all the prayers and tears Which made them consecrate to thee. 4 And when these lips no more can pray, These eyes can weep for them no more, Turn thou their feet from folly's way ; The wanderers to thy fold restore. U 322 Is. ORD, assist us by thy grace To instruct our infant race; Grant us wisdom from above, Fill us with a Saviour's love. 2 May we teach them day by day In the house, and by the way, When they rise, and when they rest, Till thy truth shall make them blest. 3 Gracious Saviour, hear our prayer, We commit them to thy care; Be their shepherd and their guide, Bring them to thy bleeding side. 323 7s. p OD of mercy, hear our prayer ™ For the children thou hast given ; 214 THE SACRAMENTS. Let them all thy blessings share ; Grace on earth, and bliss in heaven. 2 In the morning of their days May their hearts be drawn to thee; Let them learn to lisp thy praise In their earliest infancy. 3 Cleanse their souls from every stain, Through the Saviour's precious blood; Let them all be born again, And be reconciled to God. 4 For this mercy, Lord, we cry; Bend thine ever-gracious ear; While on thee our souls rely, Hear our prayer, in mercy, hear. THE LORD'S SUPPER. 324 8s & 7s. AN the night of that last supper, ^ Seated with his chosen band, Christ, as food to all his brethren, Gives himself with his own hand. 2 He, as man with man conversing, Staid, the seeds of truth to sow; Then he closed, in solemn order, Wondrously, his life of woe. 3 Lo! o'er ancient forms departing, Newer rites of grace prevail ; Faith for all defects supplying, Where the feeble senses fail. 4 To the everlasting Father, Through the Son who reigns on high, Be salvation, honour, blessing, Might, and endless majesty. THE SACRAMENTS, 215 325 C. M. TF human kindness meets return, ■■■ And owns the grateful tie ; If tender thoughts within us burn, To feel a friend is nigh; 2 0, shall not warmer accents tell The gratitude we owe To him who died, our fears to quell, And save from death and woe? 3 While yet in anguish he surveyed Those pangs he would not flee, What love his latest words displayed, "Meet and remember me!" 4 Remember thee ! thy death, thy shame, Our sinful hearts to share! memory, leave no other name But his recorded there! 326 C. M. A CCORDING to thy gracious word, -£*■ In meek humility, This will we do, thou dying Lord, We will remember thee. 2 Thy body, broken for our sake, Our bread from heaven shall be: Thy testamental cup we take, And thus remember thee. 3 Gethsemane can we forget? Or there thy conflict see, Thine agony and bloody sweat, And not remember thee? 216 THE SACRAMENTS. 4 When to the cross we turn our eyes, And rest on Calvary, Lamb of God, our Sacrifice, We must remember thee ! 5 Remember thee and all thy pains; And all thy love so free ; Yea, while a breath, a pulse remains, Will we remember thee. 327 % TESUS, great redeeming Lord, ^ Magnify thy dying word ; In thine ordinance appear; Come, and meet thy people here. 2 In the rite thou hast enjoined, Let us thee our Saviour find; Drink thy blood for sinners shed, Taste thee in the broken bread. 3 Thou our faithful hearts prepare; Thou thy pardoning grace declare: Thou that hast for sinners died, Show thyself the Crucified! 4 All the power of sin remove; Fill us with thy perfect love ; Stamp us with the stamp divine; Seal our souls for ever thine. 328 7s & 6s. T AMB of God, whose dying love -* J We now recall to mind, Send the answer from above, And let us mercy find: THE SACRAMENTS. 217 Think on us who think on thee ; And every struggling soul release, remember Calvary, And bid us go in peace ! 2 By thine agonizing pain, And bloody sweat, we pray ; By thy dying love to man, Take all our sins away: Burst our bonds, and set us free; From all iniquity release; remember Calvary, And bid us go in peace! 3 Let thy blood, by faith applied, The sinner's pardon seal; Speak us freely justified, And all our sickness heal: By thy passion on the tree, Let all our griefs and troubles cease; remember Calvary, And bid us go in peace! 329 8s&7s. TESUS spreads his banner o'er us, ^ Cheers our famished souls with food, He the banquet spreads before us, Of his mystic flesh and blood. Precious banquet; bread of heaven; Wine of gladness, flowing free; May we taste it, kindly given, In remembrance, Lord, of thee. 2 In thy holy incarnation, When the angels sang thy birth; In thy fasting and temptation ; In thy labours on the earth; 15 218 THE SACRAMENTS. In thy trial and rejection; In thy sufferings on the tree; In thy glorious resurrection; May we, Lord, remember thee. 330 c. M. A GOD, unseen, yet ever near, ^ Thy presence may we feel ; And thus, inspired with holy fear, The great engagement seal. 2 Here may thy faithful people know The blessings of thy love ; The streams that through the desert flow ; The manna from above. 3 We come, obedient to thy word, To feast on heavenly food ; Our meat, the body of the Lord, Our drink, his precious blood. 4 Thus may we all thy- words obey; For we, God, are thine; And go rejoicing on our way, Renewed with strength divine. 331 C. M. T ORD! at thy table we behold -*-* The wonders of thy grace; But most of all admire that we Should find a welcome place. 2 "What strange surprising grace is this, That such poor souls have room ! Our Saviour takes us by the hand, Our Jesus bids us come. THE SACRAMENTS. 219 3 Ye saints below, and hosts of heaven, Join all your praising powers; No theme is like redeeming love, No Saviour is like ours. 4 Had we ten thousand hearts, dear Lord! We'd give them all to thee ; Had we ten thousand tongues, they all Should join the harmony. 332 ^. "DREAD of heaven! on thee we feed, •*-* For thy flesh is meat indeed: Ever let our souls be fed With the true and living bread ! 2 Vine of heaven! thy blood supplies This blest cup of sacrifice: Lord! thy wounds our healing give, To thy cross we look and live. 3 Bay by day with strength supplied, Through the life of him who died: Lord of life ! let us be Rooted, grafted, built on thee ! 333 C. M. "DEMEMBER Thee, redeeming Lord! -" While memory holds her place, Can we forget the Prince of life, Who saves us by his grace? 2 The Lord of life, with glory crowned, On heaven's exalted throne, Remembers those for whom, on earth He heaved his dying groan. 520 THE SACRAMENTS. 3 His glory now no tongue of man Or seraph bright can tell: Yet 'tis the chief of all his joys That souls are saved from hell. 4 For this he came and dwelt on earth; For this his life was given ; For this he fought and vanquished death ; For this he pleads in heaven. 5 Join, all ye saints beneath the sky, Your grateful praise to give ; Sing loud hosannas to the Lord, Who died that we might live. 334 8s & 7s. nOME, thou everlasting Spirit, ^ Bring to every thankful mind All the Saviour's dying merit, All his sufferings for mankind: True recorder of his passion, Now the living faith impart; Now reveal his great salvation Unto every faithful heart. 2 Come, thou Witness of his dying ; Come, Remembrancer divine ; Let us feel thy power applying Christ to every soul of thine. Let us groan thine inward groaning; Look on him we pierced, and grieve; All partake the grace atoning, All the sprinkled blood receive. I : ; 335 8s & 7s. T\7IIILE in sweet communion feeding ' * On this earthly bread and wine, THE SACRAMENTS. 221 Saviour, may we see thee bleeding On the cross, to make us thine! Now, our eyes for ever closing To this fleeting world below, On thy gentle breast reposing, Teach us, Lord, thy grace to know. 2 Though unseen, be ever near us, With the still small voice of love; Whispering words of peace to cheer us, Every doubt and fear remove: Bring before us all the story Of thy life and death of woe; And, with hopes of endless glory, Wean our hearts from all below. 336 c. M. TTOW sweet and awful is the place, -" With Christ within the doors; While everlasting love displays The choicest of her stores! 2 While all our hearts, and all our songs, Join to admire the feast, Each of us cries, with thankful tongues, " Lord, why was I a guest? 3 "Why was I made to hear thy voice, And enter while there 's room, When thousands make a wretched choice, And rather starve than come?" 4 'T was the same love that spread the feast^ That sweetly drew us in ; Else we had still refused to taste, And perished in our sin. 222 THE SACRAMENTS. 5 Pity the nations, our God ! Constrain the earth to come; Send thy victorious word abroad, And bring the strangers home. 337 8s & 7s. 1 OVE'S abyss there's no exploring, -^ 'Tis beyond the seraph's ken: Prostrate at thy feet adoring, We revere thy love to men. 2 Hail the Lamb who came to save us ! Hail the love that made him die! This great gift our God hath given us: And we'll raise his honours high. 3 When we join the general chorus Of the royal blood-bought throng, Who to glory went before us, Saved from every tribe and tongue ; 4 Then we'll make the blissful regions Echo to our Saviour's praise; While the bright angelic legions, Listen to the charming lays. 338 c.m. / \ GOD, accept our hearts this day, ^ And make them always thine, That we from thee no more may stray, No more from thee decline. 2 Before the cross of him who died, Behold we prostrate fall: Let every sin be crucified, Let Christ be all in all! THE SACRAMENTS, 223 3 Anoint us with thy heavenly grace, Adopt us for thine own, That we may see thy glorious face, in And worship at thy throne ! 4 May the dear blood, once shed so free, Our blest atonement prove; That we from first to last may be The purchase of thy love ! 339 7s. A T the Lamb's high feast we sing, **"*■ Praise to our victorious King, Who hath washed us in the tide, Flowing from his wounded side. 2 Praise we him, whose love divine Gives his sacred blood for wine, Gives his body for the feast, Christ the victim, Christ the Priest, 3 Where the Paschal blood is poured, Death's dark angel sheaths his sword; Israel's hosts triumphant go Through the wave that drowns the foe. 4 Christ, our Paschal Lamb, is slain, Holy victim, without stain ; Death and hell defeated lie, Heaven unfolds its gates on high. 5 Hymns of glory and of praise, Father, unto thee we raise ; Risen Lord, all praise to thee, With the Spirit ever be. 224 MAN BY NATURE. MAN BY NATURE. 340 L.M. TYEEP in the dust before thy throne, ■*-' Our guilt and our disgrace we own : Great God ! we own the unhappy name Whence sprang our nature and our shame. 2 But whilst our spirits, filled with awe, Behold the terrors of thy law, We sing the honours of thy grace, That sent to save our ruined race. 3 We sing thine everlasting Son, Who joined our nature to his own: Adam the Second from the dust Baises the ruins of the first. 4 Where sin did reign, and death abound, There have the sons of Adam found Abounding life; there glorious grace Beigns thro' the Lord our Righteousness. 341 'CM. rj.BE AT King of glory and of grace, ™ We own, with humble shame, How vile is our degenerate race, And our first father's name. 2 From Adam flows our tainted blood, The poison reigns within, Makes us averse to all that 7 s good, And willing slaves to sin. 3 We live estranged afar from God, And love the distance well ; MAN BY NATURE. 225 With haste we run the dangerous road That leads to death and hell. 4 And can such rebels be restored, Such natures made divine? Let sinners see thy glory, Lord, And feel this power of thine. 342 c. M. T ORD, we are born a sensual race, ■*-* To sinful joys inclined; Reason has lost its native place, And flesh enslaves the mind. 2 While flesh, and sense, and passion reign, Sin is the sweetest good; We fancy music in our chain, And so forget the load. 3 Great God, renew our ruined frame, Our broken powers restore; Inspire us with a heavenly flame, And flesh shall reign no more. 4 Eternal Spirit, write thy law Upon our inward parts; And let the second Adam draw His image on our hearts. 'o s 343 L. M. T ORD, we are vile, conceived in sin, -^ And born unholy and unclean; Sprung from the man, whose guilty fall Corrupts the race, and taints us all. 2 Soon as we draw our infant breath, The seeds of sin grow up for death: 226 MAN BY NATURE. Thy law demands a perfect heart, But we're defiled in every part. 3 Great God, create our hearts anew, And form our spirit pure and true; No outward rites can make us clean, The leprosy lies deep within. 4 Jesus, our God, thy blood alone Hath power sufficient to atone: Thy blood can make us white as snow, No Jewish types could cleanse us so. 344 s. M. A H! how shall fallen man -^ Be just before his God? If thou contend in righteousness, We fall beneath thy rod. 2 If thou our ways should'st mark With strict inquiring eyes, Could we for one of thousand faults, A just excuse devise? 3 All-seeing, powerful God, Who can with thee contend? Or who that tries the unequal strife, Shall prosper in the end? 4 The mountains, in thy wrath, Their ancient seats forsake; The trembling earth deserts her place, Her rooted pillars shake. 5 Ah! how shall guilty man, Contend with such a God? None, none can meet thee and escape, But through the Saviour's blood. w SALVATION BY GRACE. 227 345 C P. M. "E look to thee, Lord, alone, And low beneath thy gracious throne Pour out our ardent prayer: Pardon our sin, our souls reprieve, No hand but thine can now relieve, Or save us from despair. 2 Our trembling spirit, filled with awe, Beholds the terrors of thy law, And bows itself in dust; Thou, Lord, art righteous, just, and good, Oar only refuge is thy blood: Thou art our only trust. 3 Guilty before thy bar we plead, Guilty in thought, in word, and deed, AVholly defiled by sin: 0, heal the leprosy of soul! One pardoning word can make us whole, And bid our hearts be clean. SALVATION BY GRACE. 346 L. M. fg IJOW shall the sons of men appear, -■"■* Great God, before thine awful bar! How may the guilty hope to find Acceptance with the Eternal Mind? 2 Not vows, nor groans, nor broken cries, Not the most costly sacrifice: Not infant blood, profusely spilt, Will expiate a sinner's guilt. 228 SALVATION BY GRACE. 3 Thy blood, dear Jesus, thine alone, Hath sovereign virtue to atone ; Here we will rest our only plea, When we approach, great God, to thee. 347 c. M. r THOU art the way; to thee alone, •*• From sin and death we flee; And he who would the Father seek, Must seek him, Lord, by thee. 2 Thou art the truth ; thy word alone True wisdom can impart; Thou only canst inform the mind, And purify the heart. 3 Thou art the life; the rending tomb Proclaims thy conquering arm ; And those who put their trust in thee, Nor death nor hell shall harm. 4 Thou art the way, the truth, the life, Grant us that way to know, That truth to keep, that life to win, Whose joys eternal flow. 348 C. M. OLESSED be God, for ever blest! W And glorious be his name! His Son he gave, our souls to save From everlasting shame. 2 The Eternal Life his life laid down, Such was the wondrous plan, And God, the blessed God, was made A curse for cursed man. SALVATION BY GRACE. 229 Our flesh he took, our sins he bore, Himself for us he gave. His cross was ours, and we with him Were buried in one grave. With him we rose, with him we live, With him we sit above ; With him for ever we shall share The Father's boundless love. Bless, then, Jehovah's blessed name; And bless our glorious King I And songs of glad deliverance, For ever, ever sing ! 349 7s & 6s. TESTJS, thou Prince and Saviour, " May sinners, sick and poor, Through thy atoning favour Approach to mercy's door? We come, in spirit broken, Before thy throne of grace; grant us some kind token, And bid us go in peace. 2 Lord, we are helpless creatures, Unworthy, but in need; In all our moral features By nature wholly dead. Our strength is perfect weakness, Our hearts are prone to sin; Deficient still in meekness, While tumults war within. 3 In this forlorn condition, Who shall afford us aid? 230 SALVATION BY GRACE. Where shall we find compassion, While wounded and dismayed? Jesus, thou Prince and Saviour, Eestore us by thy love ; And let thy heavenly favour No more from us remove. 350 L. JVI r ORD, we despair ourselves to heal ; -*^ We see our sin, but cannot feel ; We cannot, till thy Spirit blow, And bid the obedient waters flow. 2 'Tis thine a heart of flesh to give; Thy gifts we only can receive ; Here, then, to thee we all resign; To draw, redeem, and seal, are thine. 3 With simple faith, on thee we call, Our light, our life, our Lord, our all: We wait the moving of the pool ; We wait the word that speaks us whole. 4 Speak, gracious Lord, our sickness cure, Make our infected nature pure: Peace, righteousness, and joy impart, And pour thyself into our heart! 351 c. M. X^ROM thy supreme tribunal, Lord, •*- Where justice sits severe, We to thy mercy-seat appeal, And beg forgiveness there. 2 Though we have sinned, before the throne Our Advocate we see: SALVATION BY GRACE. 231 Jesus be thou our Judge, and let Our sentence come from thee. 3 Lo, weary to thy cross we fly, There let us shelter find: Lord, when thou callest thy ransomed home, leave us not behind! 4 We joyfully embrace thy love To fallen man revealed ; Our hope of glory, dearest Lord, On thee alone we build. 352 C. P. M. TfATHER, to thee in Christ we fly, -*- What though our sins of crimson dye For thy resentment call? Our crimes he did on Calvary bear, The blood that flowed for sinners there Shall cleanse us from them all. 2 Spirit divine, thy power bring in, raise us from this depth of sin, Take off our guilty load : Now let us live through Jesus' death, And, being justified by faith, May we have peace with God! 3 Foul as we are, deserving hell, Thou wilt not from thy throne repel The souls that lean on God: Our sins at thy command shall be Cast as a stone into the sea, The sea of Jesus' blood. 232 SALVATION BY GRACE. 353 7s&6s. "RATHER, Creator of mankind, -*• Thee we attempt to sing; With thy Son and Spirit joined, Our everlasting king! Us thou dost in Christ receive, Clothed with Christ we come to thee : Him thou did'st for sinners give Their substitute to be. 2 All our sins, dear Lamb of God, Are for thy sake forgiven, Jesus, thy restoring blood Entitles men to heaven : Self-existent, Lord of all, Uncreate with God the same, Bought by thee, on thee we call, Exulting in thy name. 3 Spirit of Jehovah, write Thy nature on our heart, Us unto the Lord unite, As thou united art; Make us meet his face to see. Jesus' righteousness apply: Holy Ghost, our leader be, And guide us to the sky. 354 lis & 8s. IN songs of sublime adoration and ■*- praise, We pilgrims, for Zion who press, Break forth, and extol the great Ancient of Days, His rich and distinguishing grace. SALVATION BY GRACE. 233 2 His love, from eternity, changeless and true, Broke forth, and discovered its flame, When each with the cords of his kind- ness he drew, And brought us to love his great name. 3 What was there in us that could merit esteem, Or give the Creator delight? 'Twas, "Even so, Father," we ever must sing, " Because it seemed good in thy sight." 4 'Twas all of thy grace we were brought to obey, While others were suffered to go The road which by nature we chose as our way, *Co Which leads to the regions of woe. 5 We give all the glory to thy holy name; To thee all the glory belongs; Be ours the high joy still to sound forth thy fame, And crown thee in each of our songs. 355 C. M. WE praise and bless thee, gracious Lord, Our Saviour kind and true, For all the old things passed away, For all thou hast made new. 2 The old security is gone, In which so long we lay; 16 234 SALVATION BY GRACE. The sleep of death thou hast dispelled, The darkness rolled away. 3 New hopes, new purposes, desires, And joys, thy grace has given; Old ties are broken from the earth, New ones attach to heaven. 4 Thou, only thou, must carry on The work thou hast begun : Of thine own strength thou must impart, In thine own ways to run. 5 So shall we faultless stand at last Before thy Father's throne, The blessedness for ever ours, The glory all thine own! 356 7s & 6s. T ORD JESUS, we believing -*-* In thee have peace with God; Eternal life receiving, The purchase of thy blood. Our curse and condemnation, Thou barest in our stead; Secure is our salvation, In thee our risen Head. The Holy Ghost, revealing Thy love, hath made us blest; Thy stripes have given us healing; Upon thy love we rest. In thee the Father sees us Accepted and complete; The blood from sin which frees us For glory makes us meet. SALVATION BY GRACE. 235 357 L- M. JUST as I am, without one plea, But that thy blood was shed for me, And that thou bid'st me come to thee, Lamb of God, I come, I come ! 2 Just as I am, and waiting not To rid my soul of one dark blot, To thee whose blood can cleanse each spot, Lamb of God, I come, I come! 3 Just as I am, poor, wretched, blind; Sight, riches, healing of the mind, Yea, all I need, in thee to find, Lamb of God, I come, I come! 4 Just as I am, thou wilt receive; Wilt welcome, pardon, cleanse, relieve; Because thy promise I believe, Lamb of God, I come, I come! 5 Just as I am, thy love unknown Has broken every barrier down; Now, to be thine, yea, thine alone, Lamb of God, I come, I come ! 358 L. M. 6 lines. AUR- hope is built on nothing less ^ Than Jesus' blood and righteousness; We dare not trust the sweetest frame, But lean, Jesus, on thy name: On Christ the solid rock we stand, All other ground is sinking sand. 236 SALVATION BY GRACE. 2 When darkness veils thy lovely face, We rest on thy unchanging grace; In every high and stormy gale, Our anchor holds within the veil: On Christ, &c. 3 Thine oath, thy covenant, and blood, Support us in the sinking flood; When every earthly prop gives way, Thou then art all our hope and stay: On Christ, &c. 4 When the last awful trump shall sound, may we then in thee be found, Dressed in thy righteousness alone, Faultless to stand before the throne: On Christ, &c. 359 l. m. TyE have no outward righteousness, * ^ No merits or good works, to plead; We only can be saved by grace ; Thy grace, Lord, is free indeed. 2 Save us by grace, through faith alone, A faith thou must thyself impart; A faith that would by works be shown, A faith that purifies the heart: 3 A faith that doth the mountains move, A faith that shows our sins forgiven, A faith that sweetly works by love, And ascertains our claim to heaven. 4 This is the faith we humbly seek, The faith in thy all-cleansing blood; That faith which doth for sinners speak, let it speak us up to God ! SALVATION BY GRACE. 237 360 C. M. A FOR a faith that will not shrink, ^ Though pressed by every foe, That will not tremble on the brink Of any earthly woe! 2 That will not murmur nor complain Beneath the chastening rod, But, in the hour of grief or pain, Will lean on thee, God; 3 A faith that shines more bright and clear When tempests rage without; That when in danger knows no fear, In darkness feels no doubt; 4 That bears, unmoved, the world's dread frown, Nor heeds its scornful smile; That seas of trouble cannot drown, Nor Satan's arts beguile; 5 A faith that keeps the narrow way Till life's last hour is fled, And, with a pure and heavenly ray, Lights up a dying bed. 6 Lord, give us such a faith as this, And then, whate'er may come, We'll taste, e'en here, the hallowed bliss Of an eternal home. 361 ?s. TJAPPY, Saviour, would we be, ■■"■* If we could but trust in thee; Trust thy wisdom us to guide; 238 SALTATION BY GRACE. Trust thy goodness to provide; Trust thy saving love and power; Trust thee every day and hour: 2 Trust thee as the only light In the darkest hour of night; Trust in sickness, trust in health ; Trust in poverty and wealth; Trust in joy and trust in grief; Trust thy promise for relief: 3 Trust thy blood to cleanse the soul; Trust thy grace to make us whole; Trust thee living, dying, too; Trust thee all our journey through; Trust thee till our feet shall be Planted on the crystal sea. 362 6s&4s. TV/FY faith looks up to thee, -"-■- Thou Lamb of Calvary, Saviour divine; Now hear me while I pray; Take all my guilt away ; 0, let me from this day Be wholly thine. 2 May thy rich grace impart Strength to my fainting heart, My zeal inspire ; As thou hast died for me, 0, may my love to thee Pure, warm, and changeless be; A living fire. 3 While life's dark maze I tread, And grief around me spread, Be thou my guide; SALVATION BY GRACE. 239 Bid darkness turn to day, Wipe sorrow's tears away, Nor let me ever stray From thee aside. 4 When ends life's transient dream, When death's cold, sullen stream Shall o'er me roll, Blest Saviour, then, in love, Fear and distrust remove; 0, bear me safe above, A ransomed soul. 363 C. M. 'THERE is a fountain fill'd with blood, ■*■ Drawn from Immanuel's veins, And sinners, plung'd beneath that flood, Loose all their guilty stains. 2 The dying thief rejoiced to see That fountain in his day; And there may I, though vile as he, Wash all my sins away. 3 Dear dying Lamb, thy precious blood Shall never loose its power, Till all the ransomed church of God Be saved, to sin no more. 4 E'er since, by faith, I saw the stream Thy flowing wounds supply, Redeeming love has been my theme, And shall be till I die. 5 Then in a nobler, sweeter song, I'll sing thy power to save ; When this poor lisping, stammering tongue Lies silent in the grave. 240 SALVATION BY GRACE. i~* -m. ir 364 S. M. HPHY works, not ours, Christ, -* Speak gladness to the heart; They tell us all is done; They bid our fear depart. 2 Thy death, not ours, Christ, Has paid the ransom due; Ten thousand deaths like ours, Would have been all too few. 3 Thy blood, not ours, Christ, Thy blood so freely spilt, Can blanch our blackest stains And purge away our guilt. 4 Thy righteousness, Christ, Alone can beautify; We wrap it round our souls, In this we'll live and die. 365 7s. T3 0CK of ages, cleft for me, ■*■*' Let me hide myself in thee! Let the water and the blood From thy riven side which flowed, Be of sin the double cure, Cleanse me from its guilt and power. 2 Not the labours of my hands Can fulfil thy law's demands: Could my zeal no respite know, Could my tears for ever flow, All for sin could not atone Thou must save, and thou alone ! SALTATION BY GRACE. Nothing in my hand I bring; Simply to thy cross I cling; Naked, come to thee for dress; Helpless, look to thee for grace ; Foul, I to thy fountain fly; Wash me, Saviour, or I die 1 While I draw this fleeting breath, When my eyelids close in death, When I soar to worlds unknown, See thee on thy judgment- throne, Rock of ages, cleft for me, Let me hide myself in thee ! 241 366 7s. TESUS, lover of my soul, ** Let me to thy bosom fly, While the nearer waters roll, While the tempest still is high; Hide me, my Saviour, hide, Till the storm of life is past; Safe into the haven guide; 0, receive my soul at last. Other refuge have I none ; Hangs my helpless soul on thee; Leave, ah! leave me not alone, Still support and comfort me. All my trust on thee is stayed; All my help from thee I bring; Cover my defenceless head With the shadow of thy wing. Thou, Christ, art all I want; More than all in thee I find; Raise the fallen, cheer the faint; Heal the sick, and lead the blind. 242 SALVATION BY GRACE. Just and holy is thy name, I am all unrighteousness; Vile and full of sin I am, Thou art full of truth and grace. 4 Plenteous grace with thee is found, Grace to pardon 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, Eise to all eternity. 367 c. M. pOME, shout aloud the Father's grace, ^ And sing the Saviour's love ; Soon shall we join the glorious theme, In loftier strains above. 2 God, the eternal, mighty God, To dearer names descends; Calls us his treasure and his joy, His children and his friends. 3 Our Father, God! and may these lips Pronounce a name so dear? Not thus could heaven's sweet harmony Delight our listening ear. 4 Thanks to our God for every gift His bounteous hands bestow; And thanks eternal for that love Whence all those comforts flow. SALVATION BY GRACE, 243 368 7s. "DLESSED are the sons of God; -*-' They are bought with Jesus' blood; They are ransomed from the grave; Life eternal they shall have; With them numbered may we be, Here, and in eternity. 2 They are justified by grace, They enjoy the Saviour's peace; All their sins are washed away; They shall stand in God's great day: With them numbered may we be, Here, and in eternity. 3 They are lights upon the earth, Children of a heavenly birth, One with God, with Jesus one ; Glory is in them begun : With them numbered may we be, Here, and in eternity. 369 c. M. f\ GOD ! the covenant of thy love ^ Abides for ever sure; And in its matchless grace we feel Our happiness secure. 2 Since thou, the everlasting God, Our Father art become, Jesus our guardian and our friend, And heaven our final home; 3 We welcome all thy sovereign will, For all that will is love ; And when we know not what thou dost, We wait the light above. 244 SALVATION BY GRACE. 4 Thy covenant in the darkest gloom Shall heavenly rays impart, And when our eyelids close in death, Sustain our fainting heart. 370 C. M. f\ LET triumphant faith dispel ^ The fears of guilt and woe: If God be for us, God the Lord, Who, who shall be our foe? 2 He who his only Son gave up To death, that we might live, Shall he not all things freely grant, That boundless love can give? 3 Who now his people shall accuse? 'Tis God hath justified: Who now his people shall condemn? The Lamb of God hath died. 4 And he who died hath risen again, Triumphant from the grave: At God's right hand for us he pleads, Omnipotent to save. 371 7s. /ZJ_OD'S own promise standeth sure; ^* Saints shall to the end endure; Safely will the Shepherd keep Those he purchased for his sheep. 2 Known to him before the sun First began its course to run, Chosen, called from above, Objects of eternal love. SALVATION BY GRACE. 245 3 Put thy seal upon each heart; Thy blest image, Lord, impart; All thyself in us reveal ; We the clay and thou the seal. 4 Every evil, Lord, subdue; Make us to our duty true; From base affections set us free; Dead, to sin, we'll live to thee. 372 4s & 6s. TX7HILE here we we sit * * At Jesus' feet, Amid the vale of tears; We'll trust his grace, And sing his praise, Nor yield to doubts and fears. 2 And can it be That we shall see i Our Saviour face to face? For ever prove His boundless love, And endless anthems raise. 3 The thought shall still Our musings fill, By cares and sorrows pressed; The blessed hope Shall lift us up, The hope of endless rest. 4 When God appears ' To wipe the tears From every pilgrim eye, What tongue can tell The joys they'll feel, Throughout eternity? 246 PRAISE FOR SALVATION. G ( 373 L. M. .OD of salvation, we adore Thy saving love, thy saving power; And to our utmost stretch of thought Hail the redemption thou hast wrought. 2 Perish each thought of human pride ; Let God alone be magnified; His glory let the heavens resound, Shouted from earth's remotest bound. 3 Saints, who his full salvation know, Saints, who but taste it here below, Join every angel's voice to raise Continued, never-ending praise. PRAISE FOR SALVATION. 374 H. M. VE saints! your music bring, ■*• And swell the rapturous sound ; Strike every trembling string, Till earth and heaven resound: The triumphs of the cross we sing. Awake, ye saints ! each joyful string. 2 The cross, the cross alone, Subdued the powers of hell ; Like lightning from his throne, The prince of darkness fell: The triumphs of the cross we sing, Awake, ye saints! each joyful string. 3 The cross hath power to save, From all the foes that rise : The cross hath made the grave A passage to the skies: PRAISE FOR SALVATION. 247 The triumphs of the cross we sing, Awake, ye saints! each joyful string. 375 C. M. CALVATION! the joyful sound, ^ Glad tidings to our ears ; A sovereign balm for every wound, A cordial for our fears. 2 Salvation! buried once in sin, At hell's dark door we lay; But now we rise by grace divine, And see a heavenly day. 3 Salvation ! let the echo fly The spacious earth around; While all the armies of the sky Conspire to raise the sound. 4 Salvation! thou bleeding Lamb, To thee the praise belongs: Our hearts shall kindle at thy name, Thy name inspire our songs. CHORUS. Glory, honour, praise and power, Be unto the Lamb for ever! Jesus Christ is our Redeemer! Hallelujah, praise the Lord! 376 h. M. TJAIL, everlasting Spring! ■***■ Celestial Fountain, hail! Thy streams salvation bring; The waters never fail ; Still they endure, and still they flow, For all our woe a sovereign cure. 248 PRAISE FOR SALVATION. 2 Blest be his wounded side, And blest his bleeding heart, Who all in anguish died, Such favours to impart; His sacred blood shall make us clean From every sin, and fit for God. 3 To that dear source of love, Our souls this day would come; And thither, from above, Lord, call the nations home; That Jew and Greek, with rapturous songs On all their tongues, thy praise may speak. 377 Ts. OING, our souls, his wondrous love, ^ Who, from yon bright throne above, Ever watchful o'er our race, Still to man extends his grace. 2 Heaven and earth by him were made, All is by his sceptre swayed; What are we that he should show So much love to us below ! 3 God, the merciful and good, Bought us with the Saviour's blood, And, to make our safety sure, Guides us by his Spirit pure. 4 Sing, our souls, adore his name, Let his glory be our theme: Praise him till he calls us home, Trust his love for all to come. PRAISE FOR SALTATION. 249 378 C. M. A LORD, if in the book of life ^ Our worthless names should stand, In fairest characters, inscribed By thine unerring hand ; 2 Our souls thou wilt by grace prepare For crowns above the skies, And on our way, from heavenly stores, Wilt grant us fresh supplies. 3 Then we to thee, in sweetest strains, Will grateful anthems raise: But life's too short, our powers too weak, To utter half thy praise. 4 Had we ten thousand thousand tongues, Not one should silent be; Had we ten thousand thousand hearts, We'd give them all to thee. 379 12s. '"THE voice of free grace cries, Escape, -■- to the mountain, For Adam's lost race Christ hath opened a fountain ; For sin and uncleanness, and every transgression, His blood flows most freely in streams of salvation. Hallelujah to the Lamb, who hath pur- chased our pardon, We'll praise him again, when we pass over Jordan. 17 250 PRAISE FOR SALVATION. 2 Jesus, ride onward, triumphantly glo- rious, O'er sin, death, and hell, thou art more than victorious ; Thy name is the theme of the great con- gregation, While angels and men raise the shout of salvation. Hallelujah to the Lamb, &c. 3 With joy shall we stand, when escaped to the shore ; With harps in our hands, we'll praise him the more ; We'll range the sweet plains on the banks of the river, And sing of salvation for ever and ever! Hallelujah to the Lamb, &c. 380 L. M. A LL-GLORIOUS God! what hymns of -"■ praise Shall our transported voices raise? • What ardent love and zeal are due, While heaven stands open to our view ! 2 Once we were fallen, how low! Just on the brink of hopeless woe! When Jesus, from the realms above, Borne on the wings of boundless love, 3 Scattered the shades of death and night, And spread around his heavenly light; By him what wondrous grace is shown To souls impoverished and undone! PRAISE FOR SALVATION. 251 4 Far, far beyond these mortal shores, A bright inheritance is ours ; Where saints in light our coming wait, To share their holy, happy state. 381 C. M. A ND are we now brought near to God, -"• Who once at distance stood? And, to effect this glorious change, Did Jesus shed his blood? 2 for a song of ardent praise, To bear our souls above ! What should allay our lively hope, Or damp our flaming love? 3 Then let us join the heavenly choirs, To praise our heavenly King. may that grace, which he has shown, Inspire us while we sing: 4 Glory to God in highest strains, And to the earth be peace! Good-will from heaven to men is come, And let it never cease ! 382 S. M. rj.RACE! 'tis a charming sound, ^-* Harmonious to the ear ; Heaven with the echo shall resound, And all the earth shall hear. 2 Grace first contrived the way To save rebellious man; And all the steps that grace display Which drew the wondrous plan. 252 PRAISE FOR SALVATION. S Grace led our roving feet To tread the heavenly road ; And new supplies each hour we meet, While pressing on to God. 4 Grace all the work shall crown, Through everlasting days; It lays in heaven the topmost stone, And well deserves the praise. 383 l. M. TTAIL, sovereign love, that formed the -■--*■ plan, To save rebellious, ruined man, Hail, matchless, free, eternal grace, That gave our souls a hiding-place. 2 Against the God that rules the sky We fought, with weapons lifted high, We madly ran the sinful race, Regardless of a hiding-place. 3 Yet when God's justice rose in view, To Sinai ; s burning mount we flew ; Keen were the pangs of our distress ; That mountain was no hiding-place. 4 But a celestial voice we heard, A bleeding Saviour then appeared, Led by the Spirit of his grace, We found in him a hiding-place. 5 On him the weight of vengeance fell, That else had sunk a world to hell; Then, our souls, for ever praise Our Saviour God, our hiding-place. PRAISE FOR SALVATION. 253 384 8s & 7s. /X)ME, thou fount of every blessing, ^ Tune my heart to sing thy grace; Streams of mercy never ceasing, Call for songs of loudest praise. Teach me some melodious sonnet, Sung by flaming tongues above: Praise, the mount — Fm fixed upon it, Mount of God's unchanging love. 2 Here I raise my Ebenezer ; Hither by thine help Fm come; And I hope, by thy good pleasure, Safely to arrive at home. Jesus sought me when a stranger, Wandering from the fold of God ; He, to rescue me from danger, Interposed with precious blood. 3 0! to grace how great a debtor Daily I'm constrained to be ! Let that grace now, like a fetter, Bind my wandering heart to thee: Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it; Prone to leave the God I love ; Here's my heart, take and seal it; Seal it from thy courts above. 385 C. M. DLUNGED in a gulf of dark despair, -*- We wretched sinners lay, Without one cheerful beam of hope, Or spark of glimmering day. 254 PRAISE FOR SALVATION. 2 With pitying eyes the Prince of grace Beheld our helpless grief; Pie saw, and 0, amazing love ! He ran to our relief. 3 Down from the shining seats above, With joyful haste he fled, Entered the grave in mortal flesh, And dwelt among the dead. 4 He spoiled the powers of darkness thus, And brake our iron chains ; Jesus has freed our captive souls From everlasting pains. 5 0, for this love let rocks and hills Their lasting silence break, And all harmonious human tongues The Saviour's praises speak. 6 Angels, assist our mighty joys: Strike all your harps of gold; But when you raise your highest notes, His love can ne'er be told. 386 Is. "DOUNDLESS glory, Lord! be thine; -*-* Thou hast made the darkness shine; Thou hast sent a cheering ray ; Thou hast turned our night to day. 2 Darkness long involved us round, Till we knew the joyful sound; Then our darkness fled away, Chased by truth's effulgent ray. 3 They are blessed, and none beside; They, who in the truth abide; LOVE TO THE SAVIOUR. 255 Clear, the light that marks their way, Leading to eternal day. 4 Guide us, Saviour! through the road, Till we reach the saints' abode ; Till we see thee throned above, As thou art — the God of love. LOVE AND GRATITUDE TO THE SAVIOUR. 387 C. M. CING we the song of those who stand ^ Around the eternal throne, Of every kindred, clime, and land, A multitude unknown. 2 Worthy the Lamb for sinners slain, Cry the redeemed above, Blessing and honour to obtain, And everlasting love. 3 Worthy the Lamb, on earth we sing, Who died our souls to save; Henceforth, Death! where is thy sting! Thy victory, Grave ! 4 Then hallelujah! power and praise To God in Christ be given; May all who now this anthem raise Renew the song in heaven, 388 S- M. f\ COME, proclaim abroad ^ The honours of our King; To Jesus, our incarnate God, Glad songs of praises sing. 256 LOVE AND GRATITUDE 2 Not angels, round the throne Of majesty above, Are half so much obliged as we, To our Immanuers love. 3 They never sunk so low, They are not raised so high ; They never knew such depths of woe, Such heights of majesty. 4 The Saviour did not join Their nature to his own ; For them he shed no blood divine, Nor breathed a single groan. 5 May we with angels vie, The Saviour to adore! Our debts are greater far than theirs, be our praises more! 389 7s. TESUS, who but thou had borne, •* Lifted on that tree of scorn, Every pang and bitter throe, Finishing thy life of woe? 2 Who but thou had dared to drain, Steeped in gall, the cup of pain; And with tender body bear Thorns and nails and piercing spear? 3 Thence poured forth the water flowed, Mingled from thy side with blood, Sign to all attesting eyes Of the finished sacrifice. TO THE SAVIOUR. 257 4 Holy Jesus ! grant us grace In thy sacrifice to place All our trust for life renewed, Pardoned sin and heavenly good. W ] 390 8s & 7s. HO is this that comes from Edom, All his raiment stained with blood, To the captive speaking freedom, Bringing and bestowing good? 2 'Tis the Saviour, now victorious, Travelling onward in his might. ; Tis the Saviour; how glorious To his people is the sight! 3 Why that blood his raiment staining? ; Tis the blood of many slain: Of his foes there's none remaining, None the contest to maintain. 4 Mighty victor, reign for ever! Wear the crown so dearly won! Never shall thy people, never, Cease to sing what thou hast done! 391 L.M. A WAKE, my soul! in joyful lays, -"■ And sing thy great Redeemer's praise ; He justly claims a song from me; His loving-kindness — how free! 2 He saw me ruined in the fall, Yet loved me notwithstanding all; He saved me from my lost estate ; . His loving-kindness — how great! 258 LOVE AND GRATITUDE 3 When trouble, like a gloomy cloud, Has gathered thick, and thundered loud, He near my soul has always stood; His loving-kindness — how good 1 4 Soon shall I pass the gloomy vale, Soon all my mortal powers must fail ; may my last expiring breath His loving-kindness sing in death. 392 8s & 7s. TJAIL, thou ever blessed Jesus! ■*"* Only thee I wish to sing; To my soul thy name is precious, Thou my Prophet, Priest, and King. 2 0, what mercy flows from heaven, 0, what joy and happiness! Love I much? I've much forgiven; I'm a miracle of grace. 3 Once, with Adam's race in ruin, Unconcerned in sin I lay; Swift destruction still pursuing, Till my Saviour passed that way. 4 Witness, all ye hosts of heaven, My Redeemer's tenderness! Love I much? I've much forgiven; I'm a miracle of grace. 5 Shout, ye bright angelic choir; Praise the Lamb enthroned above; While astonished, I admire God's free grace, and boundless love. TO THE SAVIOUR. 259 6 That blest moment I received him, Filled my soul with joy and peace; Love I much? Pve much forgiven; I'm a miracle of grace. 393 C. M. TT7TIOM should we praise, Christ, Y * but thee, Whose praises angels sing, Who the eternal Saviour art And the eternal King? 2 From heaven's high court thou didst descend, Love led thee on thy way ; Thou saw'st man's fatal wreck, and, lo ! Thy pity could not stay. 3 This led thee through consuming fire, And through deep water-flood, With dismal clouds involved thy soul, And dyed thy robes in blood. 4 The wine-press of Almighty wrath This made thee freely tread, With basest outcasts choose thy lot, And with the silent dead. 5 strange effect of saving love! What love does this require ! How should it melt away our souls In flames of sacred fire ! 6 How should our mouths be filled with praise! What homage should we pay To him who plunged in night for us, And turned our night to day ! 260 LOYE AND GRATITUDE 7 God of love! God of might! Prince of souls set free, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, Eternal praise to thee. 394 7s* JESUS, lead us, by thy power " Safe into the promised rest; Hide our souls within thine arms, Let us lean upon thy breast. 2 Nothing can preserve our going, But salvation full and free ; Nothing can our souls dishearten But our absence, Lord, from thee. 3 In thy presence we are happy, In thy presence we're secure; In thy presence all afflictions We can easily endure. 4 In thy presence we can conquer, We can suffer, we can die; Far from thee, we faint and languish; 0, our Saviour, keep us nigh. 395 P- M. ANE there is above all others: ^' how he loves! His is love beyond a brother's: how he loves! Earthly friends may fail or leave us, One day soothe, the next day grieve us, But this Friend will ne'er deceive us: how he loves! TO THE SAVIOUR. 261 2 'Tis eternal life to know him: how he loves! Think, think how much we owe him: how he loves! With his precious blood he bought us, In the wilderness he sought us, To his fold he safely brought us : how he loves! B Through his name we are forgiven: how he loves! Backward shall our foes be driven: how he loves! Best of blessings he'll provide us, Nought but good shall e'er betide us: Safe to glory he will guide us: how he loves! 396 8s & 7s. ANE there is, above all others, ^ Well deserves the name of Friend ; His is love beyond a brother's, Costly, free, and knows no end. They who once his kindness prove Find it everlasting love. 2 Which of all our friends, to save us, Could or would have shed his blood? But our Jesus died to have us Reconciled in him to God. This was boundless love indeed; Jesus is a Friend in need. 3 When he lived on earth abased, Friend of Sinners was his name; Now above all glory raised, He rejoices in the same. 262 LOVE AND GRATITUDE Still he calls them brethren, friends, And to all their wants attends. 4 for grace our hearts to soften! Teach us, Lord, at length to love; We, alas ! forget too often What a Friend we have above; But when home our souls are brought, We will love thee as we ought. 397 C. M. TESUS, the Lord of glory, died, ^ That we might never die; And now he reigns supreme, to guide His people to the sky. 2 Weak though we are, he still is near To lead, console, defend ; In all our sorrow, all our fear, Our all-sufficient Friend. 3 And from his love's exhaustless spring Joys like a river come, To make the desert bloom and sing, O'er which we travel home. 4 Jesus, there is none like thee, Our Saviour and our Lord ! Through earth and heaven exalted be, Beloved, obeyed, adored! 398 c. M. TESUS, and didst thou leave the sky, ** To bear our griefs and woes? And didst thou bleed and groan and die, For thy rebellious foes? TO THE SAVIOUR. 263 2 Wellmightthe heavens with wonderview A love so strange as thine! No thought of angels ever knew Compassion so divine! 3 Is there a heart that will not bend To thy divine control? Descend, sovereign love, descend And melt that stubborn soul. 4 may our willing hearts confess Thy sweet, thy gentle sway; Glad captives of thy matchless grace, Thy righteous rule obey. 399 C P.M. OLOVE Divine, how sweet thou art! When shall we find our willing heart All taken up in thee? We thirst, we faint, we die, to prove The greatness of redeeming love, The love of Christ so free. 2 Stronger his love than death or hell; Its riches are unsearchable; The first-born sons of light Desire in vain its depths to see; They cannot reach the mystery, The length, the breadth, the height. 3 that we could for ever sit, With Mary at the Master's feet! Be this our happy choice, Our only care, delight, and bliss, Our joy, our heaven on earth be this, To hear the Bridegroom's voice ! 264 LOVE AND GRATITUDE 4 that we could, with favoured John, Recline our weary head upon The dear Redeemer's breast; From care, and sin, and sorrow free, Give us, Lord, to find in thee Our everlasting rest! T 400 C. M. '0 Calvary, Lord, in spirit now Our weary souls repair; To dwell upon thy dying love, And taste its sweetness there. 2 Sweet resting-place of every heart That feels the plague of sin, Yet knows the deep mysterious joy Of peace with God within. 3 There, through thine hour of deepest woe, Thy suffering spirit passed; Grace there its wondrous victory gained, And love endured its last. 4 Dear suffering Lamb! thy bleeding wounds, With cords of love divine, Have drawn our willing hearts to thee, And linked our life with thine. 5 Thy sympathies and hopes are ours ; Dear Lord! we wait to see Creation, all below, above, Redeemed and blest by thee. 401 ^s. ]yr ASTER, see! to thee we bow, -*-*- Thou art Lord, and only thou; TO THE SAVIOUR. 265 Thou the blessed virgin's seed, Glory of thy Church, and Head. 2 Thee the angels ceaseless sing, Thee we praise, our Priest and King; Worthy is thy name of praise, Full of glory, full of grace. 3 Thou hast the glad tidings brought Of salvation, by thee wrought: Wrought for all thy Church ! and we Worship in their company. 4 We, thy little nock, adore Thee, the Lord, for evermore! Ever with us show thy love, Till we join with those above. 402 CM. Tj^OR ever here our rest shall be, ■*■ Close to thy bleeding side: This all our hope, and all our plea, For us the Saviour died. 2 Oar dying Saviour, and our God, Fountain for guilt and sin, Sprinkle us ever with thy blood, And cleanse and keep us clean. 3 Wash us, and make us thus thine own, Wash us, and ours thou art, Wash us, but not our feet alone, Our hands, our head, our heart. - 4 The atonement of thy blood apply, Till faith to sight improve; Till hope in full fruition die, And all our souls be love. 18 266 LOVE AND GRATITUDE 403 C. M. TESUS! thy love can we forget, •* And never bring to mind The grace that paid our hopeless debt, And bade us pardon find? 2 Can we thy life of grief forget, Thy fasting and thy prayer; Thy locks with mountain vapours wet, To save us from despair? 3 Gethsemane can we forget, Thy struggling agony; When night lay dark on Olivet, And none to watch with thee? 4 Our sorrows and our sins were laid On thee alone, on thee: Thy precious blood our ransom paid, Thine all the glory be! . 5 Life's brightest joys we may forget, Our kindred cease to love ; But He who paid our hopeless debt, Our constancy shall prove. 404 c. M. IX/rAJESTIC sweetness sits enthroned ■*■'■*■ Upon the Saviour's brow; His head with radiant glories crowned, His lips with grace overflow. 2 No mortal can with him compare, Among the sons of men; Fairer is he than all the fair Who fill the heavenly train. TO THE SAVIOUR. 267 3 He saw us plunged in deep distress, And flew to our relief; For us he bore the shameful cross, And carried all our grief. 4 To him we owe our life and breath, And all the joys we have; He makes us triumph over death, And saves us from the grave. 5 To heaven, the place of his abode, He brings our weary feet, Shows us the glories of our God, And makes our joys complete. 6 Since from his bounty we receive Such proofs of love divine, Had we a thousand hearts to give, Lord ! they should all be thine. 405 8s&7s. TESUS, Lord of life and glory! ^ Friend of sinners, hear our lays ; Humbly would our souls adore thee, Sing thy name in hymns of praise. 2 what debtors to thy kindness Are we, God of boundless love! Thousands wander on in blindness, Strangers to the light above. 3 Jesas, on thine arm relying, We would tread this earthly vale; Be our life when we are dying; Be our strength when strength shall fail. 268 LOVE AND GRATITUDE 4 Let us mount the hills of glory, Far from sins, and woes, and pains ; There, in perfect songs adore thee, And in everlasting strains. 406 5s & 6s. / ]UR Saviour alone, ^ The Lord let us bless, Who reigns on his throne, The Prince of our peace ; Who evermore saves us, By shedding his blood: All hail, holy Jesus, Our Lord and our God! 2 We thankfully sing Thy glory and praise, Thou merciful Spring Of pity and grace ; Thy kindness for ever To men we will tell ; And say, our dear Saviour Redeemed us from hell. 3 Preserve us in love, While here we abide : never remove Thy presence, nor hide Thy glorious salvation; Till each of us see, With joy, the blest vision, Completed in thee! 407 7s & 6s. A LORD, thy love's unbounded! ^ So full, so sweet, so free! TO THE SAVIOUR. 269 Our thoughts are all confounded, Whene'er we think on thee: For us thou earnest from heaven, For us to bleed and die; That, purchased and forgiven, We might ascend on high. >|\ 2 0! let this love constrain us To give our hearts to thee ; Let nothing henceforth pain us, But that which paineth thee. Our joy, our one endeavour, Through suffering, conflict, shame, To serve thee, gracious Saviour, And magnify thy name. 408 C-M. T\0 not we love thee, blessed Lord? *-* Behold our heart and see; And turn the dearest idol out, That dares to rival thee. 2 Is not thy name melodious still To our attentive ear? Doth not each pulse with pleasure bound, Our Saviour's voice to hear? 3 Hast thou a lamb in all thy flock We would disdain to feed? Hast thou a foe before whose face We fear thy cause to plead? 4 Would not our heart pour forth its blood In honour of thy name? And challenge the cold hand of death To damp the immortal flame ? 270 LOVE AND GRATITUDE 5 Thou knowest that we love thee, Lord; But 0! we long to soar Far from the sphere of mortal joys, And learn to love thee more. 409 c. M. TEACH us yet more of thy blest ways, Thou Holy Lamb of God; And fix and root us in the grace, So dearly bought with blood. 2 tell us often of each wound, Of every grief and pain ; And let our hearts with joy confess, From hence comes all our gain. 3 For this, may we freely count Whatever we have but loss; And every name, and every thing, Compared with thee, but dross. 4 Engrave this deeply on our hearts With an eternal pen; That thus we may, in some degree, Return thy love again. 410 s. M. 'THE wonders of that love -*- No earthly tongue can tell, Which brought our Saviour from above To ransom us from hell. 2 For us he wept and bled, And suffered all his pain; For us was numbered with the dead, And rose to life again. TO THE SAVIOUR. 271 3 And still for us he prays, And makes our souls his care; He loves to hear our feeble praise, And listens to our prayer. 4 Lord Jesus ! grant that we May know thy saving grace; On earth thy humble followers be, In heaven behold thy face. 411 1% [" ET us chant melodious hymns, -*-* Loud as those of cherubims; Join with heart and tongue to bless Christ our strength and righteousness. 2 All our praise to thee belongs, Theme of our sublimest songs; Object of our choicest love, Thee we laud with hosts above. 3 Thee we hail with joint acclaim, Shout the glories of thy name; Ever may we feel thee thus, Dear Immanuel, God with us! 4 Prince of peace, thy people see, All our thanks we aim at thee ; Deign our tribute to receive, Praise is all we have to give. 412 C. M. A JESUS! Jesus! dearest Lord, ^ Forgive us, if we say For very love, thy sacred name A thousand times a day. 272 LOYE AND GRATITUDE 2 We love thee so, we know not how Our transports to control; Thy love is like a burning fire Within our very soul. 3 For thou to us art all in all, Our honour and our wealth; Our heart's desire, our body's strength, Our soul's eternal health. 4 Burn, burn, love, within our heart Burn fiercely night and day, Till all the dross of earthly love Is burned and burned away. 413 C. M. JESUS! the very thought of thee ^ With sweetness fills the breast; But sweeter far thy face to see, And in thy presence rest. 2 Jesus ! may all thy saving name, Thy wondrous love adore, And seeking thee, themselves inflame To seek thee more and more. 3 Jesus ! who dost all hearts below With life and light inspire, Surpassing all the joys we know, All that we can desire. 4 Jesus! our only joy be thou, As thou our prize wilt be; Jesus! be thou our glory now, And through eternity. TO THE SAVIOUR. 273 414 C. M. D. 1X7E love thee, Lord, because when we ^' Had err'd and gone astray, Thou didst recall our wandering souls Into the homeward way: When helpless, hopeless, we were lost In sin and sorrow's night, Thou didst send forth a guiding ray Of thy benignant light. 2 Because when we forsook thy ways, Nor kept thy holy will, Thou wert not an avenging Judge, But a gracious Father still: Because we have forgot thee, Lord, But thou hast not forgot; Because we have forsaken thee. But thou forsakest not. 3 Because, Lord, thou lovedst us With everlasting love: Because thou gavest thy Son to die, That we might live above: Because, when we were heirs of wrath, Thou gavest us hopes of heaven: We love, because we much have sinned, And much have been forgiven. G 415 8s, 7s & 4s. LORY, glory everlasting, Be to him who bore the cross, Who redeemed our souls by tasting Death, the death deserved by us: Spread his glory, Who redeemed his people thus. 274 LOVE TO THE SAVIOUR. His is love, 'tis love unbounded, Without measure, without end; Human thought is here confounded, ; Tis too vast to comprehend; Praise the Saviour! Magnify the sinner's friend! While we hear the wondrous story Of the Saviour's cross and shame, Sing we "Everlasting glory Be to God and to the Lamb;" Saints and angels Give ye glory to his name. 416 7s. TT7HEN this passing world is done, * * When has sunk yon glaring sun, When we stand with Christ in glory Looking o'er life's finished story, Then, Lord, shall we fully know, Not till then, how much we owe. When we stand before thy throne, Dressed in beauty not our own, When we see thee as thou art, Love thee with unsinning heart, Then, Lord, shall we fully know, Not till then, how much we owe. Even on earth, as through a glass Darkly, let thy glory pass: Make forgiveness feel so sweet, Make thy Spirit's help so meet, Even on earth, Lord, make us know Something of how much we owe. CHRISTIAN CHARACTER, ETC. 275 CHRISTIAN CHARACTER, DESIRES, AND FELLOWSHIP. 417 L. M. T) LEST are the men whose mercies move -*-* To acts of kindness and of love; From Christ, the Lord, shall they obtain Like sympathy and love again. 2 Blest are the pure, whose hearts are clean, Who never tread the ways of sin; With endless pleasure they shall see A God of spotless purity. 3 Blest are the men of peaceful life, Who quench the coals of growing strife; They shall be called the heirs of bliss, The sons of God — the God of peace. 4 Blest are the faithful, who partake Of pain and shame for Jesus' sake; Their souls shall triumph in the Lord, Eternal life is their reward. 418 S. M. XT AD we the gift of tongues, •*-*- Great God, without thy grace, Our loudest words, our loftiest songs, Would be but sounding brass. 2 Though thou should'st give us skill Each mystery to explain ; Without a heart to do thy will, Our knowledge would be vain. 276 CHRISTIAN CHARACTER, 3 Had we such faith in God, As mountains to remove, No faith could work effectual good, That did not work by love. 4 Grant, then, this one request, Whatever be denied, That love divine may rule our breast, And all our actions guide. 419 L. M. l^ATHER of spirits, grant that we ■*- May more and more resemble thee ; Daily from strength to strength proceed, Christians in name, and so in deed. 2 In our whole lives do we express The truth and energy of grace: A lively faith, an humble fear, And be in truth what we appear. 3 By our exact obedience show, What we to thy rich mercy owe; And thus a bright example give, To teach the world how they should live. 4 Not tire, nor stop, but still press on, To finish well the course begun ; And then receive the great reward, For such, and only such, prepared. 420 ?s. DRINCE of Peace, control our will; -*- Bid our struggling heart be still; Bid our fears and doubtings cease, Hush our spirit into peace. DESIRES, AND FELLOWSHIP. 277 2 Thou hast bought us with thy blood, Opened wide the gate to God: Peace we ask — but peace must be, Lord, in being one with thee. 3 May thy will, not ours, be done; May thy will and ours be one: Chase these doubtings from our heart; Now thy perfect peace impart. 4 Saviour! at thy feet we fall; Thou our life, our God, our all! Let thy happy servants be One for evermore with thee ! 421 L- M. JESUS! our best beloved Friend, " On thy redeeming name we call; Jesus! in love to us descend, Pardon and sanctify us all. 2 Our souls and bodies we resign, To fear and follow thy commands; O take our hearts — our hearts are thine, Accept the service of our hands. 3 Firm, faithful, watching unto prayer, Our Master's voice will we obey, Toil in thy vineyard here, and bear The heat and burden of our day. 4 Yet, Lord! for us a resting-place, In heaven, at thy right hand, prepare, And, till we see thee face to face, Be all our conversation there. 278 CHRISTIAN CHARACTER, 422 C. M. rpHOU Fount of blessing, God of love, -*• To thee our hearts we raise; Thine all-sustaining power we prove, And gladly sing thy praise. 2 Thine, wholly thine, we long to be; Our sacrifice receive; Made, and preserved, and saved by thee, To thee ourselves we give. 3 To thee our every wish aspires; For all thy mercy's store, The sole return thy love requires Is, that we ask for more. 4 For more we ask; we open, Lord, Our hearts to embrace thy will: Renew us by thy quickening word, And from thy fulness fill. 423 ?s. lyriGIITY GOD, we humbly pray, ■*-'-*■ Let thy power so bear the sway, That in all things we may show We in thy blest likeness grow. 2 Grant that all of us may prove, By obedience, faith, and love, That our hearts to thee are given, That our treasure is in heaven. 3 May it in our walk be seen, That we have with Jesus been, That as king o'er us he reigns, And unrivalled sway maintains. 279 4 Then shall we in every state, Soul and body dedicate Unto him who for us died, Till with him we 're glorified. 424 C. M. A COULD we find from day to day, ^ A nearness to our God, Then would our hours glide sweet away, While leaning on his word. 2 Lord, we desire with thee to live Anew from day to day, In joys the world can never give, Nor ever take away. 3 Blest Jesus, come, and rule our heart, And make us wholly thine, That we may never more depart, Nor grieve thy love divine. 4 Thus, till our last, expiring breath, Thy goodness we'll adore ; And when our frame dissolves in death, Our souls shall love thee more. 425 L. M. TX7HAT is our being, but for Thee, * * Its sure support, its noblest end? "We live thy smiling face to see, And serve the cause of such a friend. 2 We would not breathe for worldly joy, Or to increase our worldly good ; Nor future days or powers employ To spread a sounding name abroad. 280 3 'Tis to our Saviour we would live ; To him who for our ransom died; Nor could the bowers of Eden give Such bliss as blossoms at his side. 4 His work our hoary age shall bless, When youthful vigour is no more And the last hour of life confess His dying love's constraining power. 426 8s & 7s. T OVE Divine, all love excelling, •" Joy of heaven to earth come down ; Fix in us thy humble dwelling, All thy faithful mercies crown; Jesus, thou art all compassion, Pure, unbounded love thou art; Yisit us with thy salvation, Enter every trembling heart. 2 Breathe, breathe thy loving Spirit, Into every trembling breast: Let us all in thee inherit, Let us find thy promised rest: Take away the love of sinning, Take our load of guilt away ; End the work of thv beginning, Bring us to eternal day. 3 Carry on thy new creation, Pure and holy may we be; Let us see our whole salvation, Perfectly secured by thee; Change from glory into glory, Till in heaven we take our place; Till we cast our crowns before thee Lost in wonder, love, and praise. 281 427 S. M. fWR Father bids us come, ^ 0, why do we delay? He calls the wandering spirit home, And yet from him we stay ! 2 Father the hinderance show Which we have failed to see ; And let us now consent to know What keeps us far from thee. 3 Searcher of hearts, divine, Our secret soul display ; Into the darkest corner shine, Take every veil away. 4 In us the hinderance lies ; The fatal bar remove, And let us see, in sweet surprise, Thy full redeeming love. 428 C. M. Q FOR a closer walk with God, ^ A calm and heavenly frame ; A light to shine upon the road That leads me to the Lamb. 2 Where is the blessedness I knew When first I saw the Lord ? Where is the soul-refreshing view Of Jesus and his word? 3 What peaceful hours I once enjoyed ! How sweet their memory still! But they have left an aching void The world can never fill. 19 282 CHRISTIAN CHARACTER, 4 Return, holy Dove, return, Sweet Messenger of rest ; I hate the sins that made thee mourn, And drove thee from my breast. 5 The dearest idol I have known, Whatever that idol be, Help me to tear it from thy throne, And worship only thee. 6 So shall my walk be close with God, Calm and serene my frame ; So purer light shall mark the road That leads me to the Lamb. 429 7s. TTOLY Lamb, who thee receive, •*■*- Who in thee begin to live, Day and night they cry to thee, As thou art, so let us be ! 2 Jesus, see our panting breast; See, we pant in thee to rest; Gladly would we now be clean ; Cleanse us now from every sin. 3 Fix, fix our wavering mind; To thy cross our spirit bind: Earthly passions far remove ; Swallow up our souls in love. 4 Dust and ashes though we be, Full of sin and misery, Thine we are, thou Son of God ; Take the purchase of thy blood ! DESIRES, AND FELLOWSHIP. 283 430 % JESUS, Lord, we look to thee; Let us in thy name agree ; Thou who art the Prince of Peace ; Bid our sins for ever cease. 2 Make us of one heart and mind, Courteous, pitiful, and kind; Lowly, meek, in thought and word, Altogether like our Lord. 3 Let us for each other care ; Each the other's burden bear; To thy Church the pattern give; Show how true believers live. 4 Free from anger and from pride, Let us thus in God abide ; All the depths of love express, All the heights of holiness. 5 Let us then with joy remove To the family above ; On the wings of angels fly, Show how true believers die. 431 C. M. LORD JESUS, are we one with thee? 0! height, 0! depth of love! With thee we died upon the tree, In thee we live above. 2 Such was thy grace that for our sake Thou didst from heaven come down, Our mortal flesh and blood partake^ In all our misery one. 284 CHRISTIAN CHARACTER, 3 Oar sins, our guilt, in love divine, Were borne on earth by thee; The gall, the curse, the wrath were thine, To set thy members free. 4 Ascended now in glory bright, Still one with us thou art; Nor life, nor death, nor depth, nor height, Thy saints and thee can part. 5 Soon, soon shall come that glorious day When, seated on thy throne, Thou shalt to wondering worlds display That thou with us art one. 432 S.M. AUK Heavenly Father calls, ^ And Christ invites us near; With both, our friendship shall be sweet, And our communion dear. 2 God pities all our griefs: He pardons every day ; Almighty to protect our souls, And wise to guide our way. 3 How large his bounties are! What various stores of good, Diffused from our Redeemer's hand, And purchased with his blood ! 4 Jesus, our living head, We bless thy faithful care ; Our Advocate before the throne, And our forerunner there. DESIRES, AND FELLOWSHIP. Here fix, our roving heart;! Here wait, our warmest love! Till the communion be complete, In nobler scenes above. 285 433 S. M. T>LEST be the tie that binds *-* Our hearts in Christian love ; The fellowship of kindred minds Is like to that above. 2 Before our Father's throne We pour our ardent prayers ; Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one, Our comforts 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 joined 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. 286 CHRISTIAN CHARACTER, 434 S. M. T\EAR Saviour, we are thine, *J By everlasting bands ; Our names, our hearts, we would resign, And souls, into thy hands. 2 Accepted for thy sake, And justified by faith, We of thy righteousness partake, And find in thee our life. 3 To thee we still would cleave, With ever growing zeal; If millions tempt us Christ to leave, let them ne'er prevail. 4 Thy Spirit shall unite Our souls to thee our head; Shall form us to thy image bright, That we thy paths may tread. 5 Death may our souls divide From these abodes of clay ; But love shall keep us near thy side, Through all the gloomy way. 6 Since Christ and we are one, Why should we doubt or fear? Since he in heaven has fixed his throne, He'll fix his members there. 435 8s, 7s & 4s. CAVIOUR, like a Shepherd lead us; ^ Much we need thy tender care: In thy pleasant pastures feed us; For our use thy folds prepare. Blessed Jesus ! Thou hast bought us; thine we are. DESIRES, AND FELLOWSHIP. 287 We are thine, do thou befriend us ; Be the guardian of our way ; Keep thy flock, from sin defend us ; Seek us when we go astray. Blessed Jesus! Listen to us when we pray. Thou hast promised to receive us, Poor and sinful though we be ; Thou hast mercy to relieve us, Grace to cleanse, and power to free. Blessed Jesus! Let us early turn to thee. Early let us seek thy favour, Early let us do thy will ; Holy Lord, our only Saviour, With thy grace our bosom fill. Blessed Jesus! Thou hast loved us, love us still. 436 C. M. T^OR all thy saints, () God, ■*■ Who strove in Christ to live, Who followed him, obeyed, adored, Our grateful hymn receive. 2 For all thy saints, God, Accept our thankful cry, Who counted Christ their great reward, And yearned for him to die. 3 They all, in life and death, With him, their Lord, in view, Learned from thy Holy Spirit's breath To suffer and to do. 288 PENITENCE AND SUPPLICATION. 4 For this thy name we bless, And humbly pray that we May follow them in holiness, And live and die in thee. PENITENCE AND SUPPLICATION. 437 8s, 7s & 4s. TjyHILE we lowly bow before thee, ■* * Wilt thou, gracious Saviour, hear? We are poor and needy sinners, Full of doubt and full of fear; Gracious Saviour, Make us humble and sincere. 2 Fill us with thy Holy Spirit; Sanctify us by thy grace ; And incline us more to love thee, And in dust our souls abase: Hear us Saviour, And unveil thy glorious face. 3 None in vain did ever ask thee For the Spirit of thy love; Hear us then, dear Saviour, hear us, Grant an answer fiom above: Blessed Saviour, Hear and answer from above. 438 7s. CON of Man, to whom is given, ^ With the Majesty of Heaven, Partner thou of man's estate, For mankind to meditate : PENITENCE AND SUPPLICATION. Hear us, when to thee we plead For thy flock to intercede. Son of God, to whom of right, Partner of thy Father's might, Sole, adorable, and true, Empire o'er the world is due: Hear us, when to thee we call For thy blessing, Lord of all ! Saviour of the world, to thee Ever bows the Church her knee; Thee, her only Advocate, Thee, exalted to thy state, With the Holy Ghost most high In the Father's Majesty. 289 439 CM. /^2_OD of all grace, we bring to thee ^* A broken contrite heart; Give, what thine eye delights to see, Truth in the inward part. 2 Give deep humility ; the sense Of godly sorrow give; A strong, desiring confidence To hear thy voice and live : 3 Faith in the holy sacrifice That can for sin atone ; To cast our hopes, to fix our eyes On Christ, on Christ alone: 4 Patience to watch, and wait, and weep, Though mercy long delay; Courage, our fainting souls to keep, And trust thee though thou slay. 290 PENITENCE AND SUPPLICATION. 440 C. M. A LMIGHTY Father, God of grace, -^- We all, like sheep, astray, In folly from thy paths have turned Each to his sinful way. 2 Sins of omission, and of heart, Through all our lives abound; Alas! in thought, and word, and deed, No health in us is found. 3 spare us, Lord ! in mercy spare ! Our contrite hearts restore, Through him who suffered on the cross, And man's transgressions bore. 4 And grant, Father ! for his sake, That we through all our days, A just and godly life may lead, To thy eternal praise. 441 % COVEREIGN Euler, Lord of all, ^ Prostrate at thy feet we fall; Hear, 0, hear our earnest cry ; Frown not, lest we faint and die. 2 Vilest of the sons of men, Chief of sinners we have been ; Oft have sinned before thy face ; Trampled on thy richest grace. 3 Justly might the fatal dart Pierce our guilty, broken heart ; Justly might thy righteous breath Doom us to eternal death. : ; PENITENCE AND SUPPLICATION. 291 4 Jesus, save our dying soul; Make our broken spirit whole. Humbled in the dust we lie; Saviour, leave us not to die. 442 C. M. D. /TJ.REAT God, wert thou severe to mark ^* The deeds we do amiss, Before thy presence who could stand? Who claim thy promised bliss? But 0, thou merciful and just, Thy love surpasseth thought; A gracious Saviour has appeared, And peace and pardon brought. 3 Thy servants in the temple watched The dawning of the day, Impatient with its earliest beams Their holy vows to pay ; And chosen saints far off beheld That great and glorious morn, When the glad dayspring from on high Auspiciously should dawn. 3 On us the Sun of Righteousness Its brightest beams hath poured; With grateful hearts and holy zeal, Lord, be thy love adored ; And let us look with joyful hope To that more glorious day, Before whose brightness, sin and death, And grief, shall flee away. 443 10s & 7s. "CORGI VE our folly, Lord most holy; ■*- Cleanse us from every stain; 292 PENITENCE AND SUPPLICATION, For thee we languish ; pity our anguish, Nor let our sighing be vain. 2 Deeply repenting, sorely lamenting, All our departures from thee ; And now returning, thine absence mourn- ing, To us,. thy great mercy be. 3 Sinful, unworthy, trembling before thee, Here at thy cross will we kneel; Thy love once bleeding, now interceding, Shall for our ransom avail. 4 Through thy rich merit, by thy free Spirit, Comfort our desolate soul: Heavenly Physician, in kind compassion Now bid the wounded be whole. 444 C. M. Q INJURED Majesty of heaven, ^ Look from thy holy throne, While prostrate rebels own with grief What treasons they have done. 2 Thy grace, where sin abounded most, Reigns with superior sway; And pardons bought with Jesus' blood, To rebels doth display. 3 While love its grateful anthems tunes, Tears mingle with the song ; Our heart with tender anguish bleeds, That we such grace should wrong. 4 How shall we lift these guilty eyes To our offended Lord? PENITENCE AND SUPPLICATION. 293 Or how, beneath his heaviest strokes, Pronounce one murmuring word? 4 Eemorse and shame our lips have sealed : But, our Father, speak; And all the harmony of heaven Shall through the silence break. 445 c. M. 'THE Saviour bids us watch and pray, -*- Through life's brief, fleeting hour, And gives the Spirit's quickening ray To those who seek his power. 2 The Saviour bids us watch and pray, Maintain a warrior's strife ; Help, Lord, to hear thy voice to-day; Obedience is our life. 3 The Saviour bids us watch and pray; For soon the hour will come That calls us from the earth away, To our eternal home. 4 Saviour, we would watch and pray, And hear thy sacred voice, And walk, as thou hast marked the way, To heaven's eternal joys. 446 7s. [ ORD, we lie before thy feet; -*-* Look on all our deep distress ; Thy rich mercy may we meet; Clothe us with thy righteousness; Stretch forth thy almighty hand; Hold us up, and we shall stand. 294 PENITENCE AND SUPPLICATION. 2 that closer we could cleave To thy bleeding, dying breast! Give us firmly to believe, And to enter into rest. Lord, increase, increase our faith; Make us faithful unto death 1 3 Let us trust thee evermore; Every moment on thee call For new life, new will, new power; Let us trust thee, Lord, for all! May we nothing know beside Jesus, and him crucified! 447 S. M. A THOU who hearest prayer, ^ Thou God of power and might; To seek thy face be all our care, And our supreme delight. 2 God of grace and love, Regard us from thy throne ; Send down to us the heavenly Dove, And seal us as thine own. 3 We have no other trust, But thy dear sacrifice ; Our hope, thou holy One and just, Thou never wilt despise. 4 Sinful, we plead thy blood, Weak, we implore thy power; Saviour, remember us for good In danger's trying hour. 5 Come with thy saving strength, With healing virtue come ; And let thy guiding hand at length Conduct us safely home. PENITENCE AND SUPPLICATION. 295 448 L. M. 4 \ JESUS, full of truth and grace, ^ More full of grace than we of sin; We now would flee to thine embrace; Open thine arms and take us in ! 2 The stone to flesh do thou convert; And all our guilt and sin remove; Sprinkle thy blood upon our heart, And melt it by thy dying love. 3 Give to our eyes refreshing tears, And kindle our relentings now; Fill all our souls with filial fears : To thy sweet yoke our spirit bow. 4 give us, Lord, the tender heart, That trembles at the approach of sin; A godly fear of sin impart; Implant and root it deep within ! 449 L. M. l^ORGIVE us, Lord! to thee we cry, ■*■ Forgive us through thy matchless grace? On thee alone our souls rely, Be thou our strength and righteousness. 2 Forgive thou us, as we forgive The ills we suffer from our foes ; Restore us, Lord ! and bid us live ; 0, let us in thine arms repose. 3 Forgive us, for our guilt is great, Our wretched souls no merit claim; For sovereign mercy still we wait, And ask but in the Saviour's name. 296 PENITENCE AND SUPPLICATION. 4 Forgive us, thou bleeding Lamb! Thou risen, thou exalted Lord ! Thou great High Priest! our souls re- deem, And speak the pardon-sealing word. 450 S. M. 'T'HOU gracious God and kind, ■*• cast our sins away; Nor call our former guilt to mind, Thy justice to display. 2 Thy tenderest mercies show, Thy richest grace prepare, Ere yet, with guilty fears laid low, We perish in despair. 3 Save us from guilt and shame, Our fears and doubts allay, And for the great Redeemer's name, 0, wash our sins away. 451 8s & 7s. TESUS, full of all compassion, ** Hear thy humble suppliant's cry; Let us know thy great salvation, See, we languish, faint, and die. 2 Guilty, but with heart relenting, Overwhelmed with helpless grief; Prostrate at thy feet repenting; Send, send us quick relief! 3 Whither should we now be flying, But to him who comfort gives? Whither, from the dread of dying, But to him who ever lives? PENITENCE AND SUPPLICATION. 297 Saved — the deed shall spread new glory Through the shining realms above; Angels sing the pleasing story, All enraptured with thy love. 452 7s. T> Y thy birth and by thy tears, -^ By thy human griefs and fears, By thy conflict in the hour Of the subtle tempter's power, Saviour, look with pitying eye; Saviour, help us, or we diel 2 By the tenderness that wept O'er the grave where Lazarus slept, By the bitter tears that flowed Over Salem's lost abode, Saviour, look with pitying eye; Saviour, help us, or we die ! 3 By thine hour of dark despair, By thine agony of prayer, By thy cross and dying cries, By thy one great sacrifice, Saviour, look with pitying eye; Saviour, help us, or we die ! 4 By thy triumph o'er the grave, By thy power the lost to save, By thy high majestic throne, By the empire all thine own, Saviour, look with pitying eye; Saviour, help us, or we die ! 20 298 PENITENCE AND SUPPLICATION. 453 CM. "EXTERNAL Saviour, God of love, -*-* Abused, insulted Friend, 0, from thy lofty throne above, Thy saving mercy send. 2 Here lies our naked, guilty heart, Before thy piercing eye; To us thy healing touch impart ; 0, reach us, for we die. 3 All that our future life shall know Of love, and joy, and light, Shall burn for thee, and shine and glow By thine effectual might. 4 Thus to thy claim our trembling souls Their sweet submission bring, And thus, while changing ages roll, Shall rest beneath thy wing. 454 L- M. TJ EALTH of the weak, to make them -*"■- strong! Refuge of sinners, and their song! Comfort of each afflicted breast! Haven of hope in realms of rest ! 2 Lord of the patriarchs gone before! Light of the prophets' sacred lore! Deign from thy throne our hope to be, And hear our lowly litany. 3 Lead us, Spirit, to the Son, To taste and feel what he has done; To lay us low before his cross, And reckon all beside as dross ; PENITENCE AND SUPPLICATION. 299 4 To speak, and think, and will, and move, And love, as thou wouldst have us love ; 0, look upon our bended knee, And hear our heart's own litany ! 455 S. M. T ORD, to our prayer attend, -^ Our help and refuge be; Remote, and reft of every friend, We turn for all to thee. 0, lead us to the rock, Where we may safe remain ; Our shield from many a former shock, Defend us now again. Within thy shrine we rest, Beneath thy wings we flee; Among the holy and the blest Our place and portion be. 0, let us there be found, Through all our future days! Let mercy, Lord, to us abound, To thee redoubled praise! 456 7s & 5s. LORD of mercy and of might, Of mankind the life and light, Maker, Teacher, Infinite; Jesus! hear and save. 2 Strong Creator, Saviour mild, Humbled to a little child, Captive, beaten, bound, reviled; Jesus! hear and save. 300 PENITENCE AND SUPPLICATION. 3 Borne aloft on angels' wings, Throned above celestial things, Lord of lords, and King of kings ; Jesus! hear and save. 4 Soon to come to earth again, Judge of angels and of men, Hear us now, and hear us then; Jesus ! hear and save. 457 c. M. A HELP us, Lord; each hour of need ^ Thy heavenly succour give; Help us in thought, and word, and deed, Each hour on earth we live. 2 0, help us when our spirits bleed, With contrite anguish sore; And when our hearts are cold and dead, 0, help us, Lord, the more. 3 0, help us through the prayer of faith, More firmly to believe; For still the more the servant hath, The more shall he receive. 4 0, help us, Father, from on high, We know no help but thee; 0, help us so to live and die, As thine in heaven to be. 458 S. M. T ORD, we would come to thee, -^ As sinners all defiled; 0, take the stain of guilt away, And own us each thy child. PENITENCE AND SUPPLICATION. 301 2 We cannot live in sin, And feel a Saviour's love; Thy blood can make our spirits clean, And write our names above. 3 Among thy little flock We need the Shepherd's care ; Pour waters from the smitten Bock, And pastures green prepare. 4 Blest Shepherd, we are thine; Still keep us in thy fear; Now fill our hearts with grace divine; Bring thy salvation near. 459 7s. T)EPTH of mercy ! can there be ^ Mercy still, Cf Lord, in thee? Canst thou still thy wrath forbear, And the chief of sinners spare ? 2 We have long withstood thy grace ; Long provoked thee to thy face ; Would not hear thy gracious calls; Grieved thee by a thousand falls. 3 Jesus, answer from above : Is not all thy nature love? Wilt thou not our crimes forget? Lo, we fall before thy feet. 4 Lord, incline us to repent! Help us now our fall lament; Deeply our revolt deplore ; Weep, believe, and sin no more. 302 PENITENCE AND SUPPLICATION. 460 L. M. T\7"E pray thee, wounded Lamb of God, " Cleanse us in thy atoning blood; Grant us faith to view thy cross, Then life or death is gain to us. 2 Take our poor hearts and let them be For ever closed to all but thee ; Seal thou our breasts, and let us wear That pledge of love for ever there. 3 What are our works but sin and death, Till thou thy quickening Spirit breathe ; Until we strength from thee derive, And in communion with thee live. 461 L. M. i \ GOD ! who knowest how frail we are, ^ How soon the thought of good departs ; We pray that thou wouldst feed the fount Of holy yearning in our hearts. 2 Let not the choking cares of earth. The precious springs of life o'ergrow ; But, ever guarded by thy love, Still purer may their waters flow. 3 To thee, with sweeter hope and trust, Be every day our spirits given ; And may we, while we walk on earth, Walk more as citizens of heaven. 462 ^s. TESUS, God of love, attend, ^ From thy glorious throne descend; Answer now some waiting heart, Now some hardened soul convert. PENITENCE AND SUPPLICATION. 303 2 To our Advocate we fly, Let us feel Immanuel nigh; Manifest thy love abroad, Make us now the sons of God. 3 Hover round us, King of kings, Eise with healing in thy wings; \ Melt our obstinacy down, Cause us to become thine own: 4 Set, set the captives free, Draw our backward souls to thee; Let us all from thee receive Light to see and life to live. 463 7i, TITHEN" our heads are bowed with woe, * * When our bitter tears overflow; When we mourn the lost, the dear, Gracious Son of David, hear! 2 Thou our throbbing flesh hast worn, Thou our mortal grief hast borne, Thou hast shed the human tear: Gracious Son of David, hear! 3 When the sullen death-bell tolls For our own departed souls, When our final doom is near, Gracious Son of David, hear! 4 Thou hast bowed the dying head; Thou the blood of life hast shed; Thou hast filled a mortal bier: Gracious Son of David, hear! 5 When the heart is sad within With the thought of all its sin, When the spirit shrinks with fear, Gracious Son of David, hear ! 304 CONFLICTS AND TRIALS. 6 Thou the shame, the grief, hast known Though the sins were not thine own, Thou hast deigned their load to bear, Gracious Son of David, hear ! 464 fa. GENTLY, gently lay thy rod ^* On our sinful head, God ! Stay thy wrath, in mercy stay, Lest we sink beneath its sway. 2 Heal us, for our flesh is weak ; Heal us, for thy grace we seek ; This the only plea we make ; Heal us for thy mercy's sake. 3 Who, within the silent grave, Shall proclaim thy power to save? Lord! our sinking souls reprieve; Speak, and we shall rise and live. 4 Lo! He comes, he heeds our plea; Lo! He comes, the shadows flee; Glory round us dawns once more; Rise, our spirits, and adore ! CONFLICTS AND TRIALS. 465 % M. T ORD, we adore thy vast designs, -* J The obscure abyss of Providence; Too deep to sound with mortal lines, Too dark to view with feeble sense. 2 Now thou array est thine awful face In angry frowns, without a smile : CONFLICTS AND TRIALS. 305 We, through the cloud, believe thy grace, Secure of thy compassion still. 3 Through seas and storms of deep distress, We sail by faith, and not by sight; Faith guides us in the wilderness, Through all the briers, and the night. 4 Dear Father, if thy lifted rod Resolve to scourge us here below, Still we must lean upon our God, Thine arm shall bear us safely through. 466 | M. 'PHY way is in the sea; -*- Thy paths we cannot trace; Nor solve, Lord, the mystery Of thy unbounded grace. 2 Here the dark veils of sense Our captive souls surround; Mysterious deeps of Providence Our wondering thoughts confound. 3 As through a glass we see The wonders of thy love ; How little do we know of thee, Or of the joys above! 4 In part we know thy will, And bless thee for the sight: Soon will thy love the rest reveal In glory's clearer light. 5 With joy shall we survey Thy providence and grace; And spend an everlasting day In wonder, love, and praise. d ' ' • : 306 CONFLICTS AND TRIALS, 467 8s & 7s. POD is love ; his mercy brightens ^ All the path in which we rove; Bliss he wakes, and woe he lightens; God is wisdom, God is love. 2 Chance and change are busy ever; Man decays, and ages move; But his mercy waneth never; God is wisdom, God is love. 3 Even the hour that darkest seemeth, Will his changeless goodness prove; From the gloom his brightness streameth ; God is wisdom, God is love. 4 He with earthly cares entwineth Hope and comfort from above : Everywhere his glory shineth; God is wisdom, God is love. 468 S. M. rjUR times are in thy hand, ^ God, we wish them there ; Our life, our friends, our souls we leave Entirely to thy care. 2 Our times are in thy hand, Whatever they may be, Pleasing or painful, dark or bright, As best may seem to thee. 3 Our times are in thy hand, Why should we doubt or fear? A Father's hand will never cause His child a needless tear. CONFLICTS AND TRIALS. 307 4 Our times are in thy hand, Jesus, the crucified; The hand our many sins have pierced, Is now our guard and guide. 5 Our times are in thy hand, We'll always trust in thee, Till we have left this weary land, And all thy glory see. 469 C. M. A PILGRIM through this sinful world -"■ The blessed Saviour passed; A mourner all his life was he, A dying Lamb at last. 2 That tender heart that felt for all, For us its life-blood gave ; It found on earth no resting-place, Save only in the gr£ve. 3 Such wert thou, Lord, and shall we fear The cross with all its scorn? Or love a faithless evil world That wreathed thy brow with thorn? 4 No, facing all its frowns or smiles, Like thee, obedient still, We homeward press, thro' storm or calm, To Zion's blessed hill. 470 7s & 6s. TX7HEN human hopes all wither, Y * And friends no aid supply, Then whither, Lord, ah ! whither Can turn our anxious eye? 308 CONFLICTS AND TRIALS. 'Mid storms of grief still rougher, 'Midst darker, deadlier shade, That cross where thou didst suffer, On Calvary was displayed. 2 On that our gaze we fasten, Our refuge that we make; Though sorely thou mayest chasten, Thou never canst forsake. Thou, on that cross didst languish Ere glory crowned thy head! And we, through death, and anguish, Must be to glory led. 471 L. M. "POUNTAIN of grace, rich, full and free, •*- What need we that is not in thee? Full pardon, strength to meet the day, And peace which none can take away. 2 Doth sickness fill the heart with fear? 'Tig-sweet to know that thou art near; Are we with dread of justice tried? 'Tis sweet to feel that Christ hath died. 3 In life, thy promises of aid Forbid our hearts to be afraid ; In death, peace gently veils the eyes; Christ rose, and we shall surely rise. 4 0, all-sufficient Saviour! we Put our whole trust alone in thee ; Nor pain, nor sin, nor death can harm The weakest, shielded by thine arm. w ] CONFLICTS AND TRIALS. 309 472 ts, E would leave, God, to thee, Every anxious care and fear; Thou the troubled thought canst see, Thou canst dry the bitter tear. 2 Thou dost care for us, we know ; Care with all a Father's love ; Thou canst make each earthly woe Work to higher bliss above. 3 On this faith we fain would rest; Strengthen thou its blessed power! Steadfast keep it in our breast, Through each dark and trying hour. 473 C. M. A FFLICTIONS are thy servants, Lord, ■**• They come at thy command; "We'll not attempt a murmuring word Against thy chastening hand. 2 Yet may we plead with humble cries, Remove the sharp rebukes; Our strength consumes, our spirit dies, Through thy repeated strokes. 3 In anger, Lord, rebuke us not, Withdraw these dreadful storms ; Nor let thy fury grow so hot, Against poor feeble worms. 4 hear when dust and ashes speak, And pity all our pain ; save us, for thy mercy's sake! send us health again! 310 CONFLICTS AND TRIALS. 474 CM. 'THY way is in the deep, Lord! •*- E'en there we Ml go with thee; We'll meet the tempest at thy word, And walk upon the sea! 2 Poor tremblers at thy rougher wind, Why do we doubt thee so? Who gives the storm, a path will find The way our feet shall go. 3 A moment may thy hand be lost, Drear moment of delay! We cry, "Lord, help the tempest-tossed," And safe we 're borne away. 4 The Lord yields nothing to our fears, And flies from selfish care; But comes himself, where'er he hears The voice of loving prayer. 475 C. M. VX7HEN waves of troubles round us ** swell, Our souls are not dismayed ; We hear a voice we know full well, '"Tis I; be not afraid." 2 When black the threatening skies appear, And storms our path invade, Those accents tranquillize each fear, "'Tis I; be not afraid." 3 There is a gulf that must be crossed; Saviour, be near to aid! Whisper, when our frail bark is tossed, "'Tis I; be not afraid." . CONFLICTS AND TRIALS. 311 4 There is a dark and fearful vale, Death hides within its shade; say when flesh and heart shall fail, '"TisI; be not afraid." I 476 8s, 7s & 4s. N the floods of tribulation, While the billows o'er us roll, Jesus whispers consolation, And supports our fainting soul; Hallelujah, Hallelujah, praise the Lord! 2 In his darkest dispensations, Fathful doth the Lord appear, With his richest consolations, To reanimate and cheer: Sweet affliction, Thus to bring our Saviour near. 3 In the sacred page recorded Thus his word securely stands; "Fear not, I'm in trouble near thee, Nought shall pluck you from my hands:" Sweet affliction, Every word our love demands. 477 8s. A THOU whose compassionate care ^ Forbids our fond hearts to complain, Now graciously teach us to bear ^ k The weight of affliction and pain. 2 Though cheerless our days seems to flow, Though weary and wakeful our nights, 312 CONFLICTS AND TRIALS. What comfort it gives us to know ; Tis the hand of a Father that smites ! 3 A tender physician thou art, Who woundest in order to heal, And comfort divine dost impart To soften the anguish we feel. 4 0, let this correction be blest, And answer thy gracious design ; Then grant that our souls may find rest In comforts so healing as thine. 478 S. M. TJOW tender is thy hand, -*--*• thou most gracious Lord! Afflictions come at thy command, And leave us at thy word. 2 How gentle was the rod That chastened us for sin! How soon we found a smiling God Where deep distress had been! 3 A Father's hand we felt, A Father's heart we knew ; 'Mid tears of penitence we knelt, And found thy word was true. 4 Now we will bless thee, Lord, And in thy strength confide; For ever be thy name adored, For there is none beside. 479 L. M. f\ HOLY Saviour, friend unseen, ^ Since on thine arm thou bid'st us lean, CONFLICTS AND TRIALS. 313 Help us, throughout life's changing scene, By faith, to cling to thee ! to thee ! 2 Far from our home, fatigued, opprest, Here we have found our place of rest, As exiles still, yet not unblest, While we can cling to thee ! to thee ! 3 What though the world deceitful prove, And earthly friends and" hopes remove; With patient uncomplaining love Still would we cling to thee! to thee! 4 Though faith and hope may oft be tried, We ask not, need not aught beside, So safe, so calm, so satisfied, The soul that clings to thee ! to thee ! 480 L- M. A GOD ! our Father ! while we stray ^ Far from our home on life's rough way, teach us from the heart to say, Thy will be done ! thy will be done ! 2 If thou shouldst call us to resign What most we prize, we '11 not repine; We only yield thee what was thine ; Thy will be done ! thy will be done ! 3 Should pining sickness waste away Our life in premature decay, Oar Father, still we '11 strive to say, Thy will be done ! thy will be done ! 4 Control our will from day to day; Blend it with thine, and take away Whatever makes it hard to say Thy will be done ! thy will be done ! 21 314 CONFLICTS AND TRIALS. 5 Then when on earth we breathe no more, And life's sad conflicts all are o'er; We'll sing upon a happier shore, Thy will be done ! thy will be done ! 481 8s & 7s. TESTIS, while our hearts are bleeding ^ O'er the spoils that death has won, We would, at this solemn meeting, Calmly say, Thy will be done. 2 Though cast down, we're not forsaken; Though afflicted, not alone: Thou didst give, and thou hast taken; Blessed Lord, thy will be done. 3 Though to-day we're filled with mourning Mercy still is on the throne; With thy smiles of love returning, We can sing, thy will be done. 4 By thy hands the boon was given; Thou hast taken but thine own: Lord of earth, and God of heaven, Evermore, thy will be done. 482 8s & 7s. Tj^ULL of trembling expectation, ■*• Feeling much, and fearing more, Mighty God of our salvation, We thy timely aid implore. 2 Suffering Son of man, be near us; In our sufferings to sustain; By thy sorer griefs to cheer us; By thy more than mortal pain. CONFLICTS AND TRIALS. 315 3 By thy most severe temptation In that dark Satanic hour; By thy last mysterious passion, Screen us from the adverse power. 4 By thy fainting in the garden, By thy dreadful death, we pray, Write upon our heart the pardon; Take our sins and fears away. 483 C. M. XX ARK! 'tis our heavenly Leader's -*•-*• voice, From his triumphant seat; 'Midst all the war's tumultuous noise, How powerful and how sweet! 2 " Fight on, my faithful band/' he cries, "Nor fear the mortal blow; Who first in such a warfare dies, Shall speediest victory know. 3 "I have my days of combat known, And in the dust was laid; But thence I mounted to my throne, And glory crowns my head. 4 " That throne, that glory, you shall share; My hands the crown shall give ; And you the sparkling honours wear, While God himself shall live." 5 Lord, 'tis enough ; our souls are fired With courage and with love; Vain are the assaults of earth and hell, Oar hopes are fixed above. 316 CONFLICTS AND TRIALS. 484 P. M. THROUGH the love of God our Saviour, All will be well; Free and changeless is his favour, All, all is well. Precious is the blood that healed us, Perfect is the grace that sealed us, Strong the hand stretched out to shield us, All must be well! 2 Though we pass through tribulation, All will be well; Ours is such a full salvation, All, all is well. Happy, still in God confiding, Fruitful, if in Christ abiding, Holy, through the Spirit's guiding, All must be well I 3 We expect a bright to-morrow, All will be well; Faith can sing, through days of sorrow, All, all is well. On our Father's love relying, Jesus every need supplying, Or in living, or in dying, All must be well! 485 8s & 7s. T N thy cross, Christ, we glory, -*- Towering o'er the wrecks of time; All the light of sacred story Gathers round its head sublime. 2 When the woes of life o'ertake us, Hopes deceive and fears annoy, CONFLICTS AND TRIALS. 317 Never shall the cross forsake us; Lo! it glows with peace and joy. 3 When the sun of bliss is beaming Light and love upon our way, From the cross the radiance streaming, Adds more lustre to the day. 4 Bane and blessing, pain and pleasure, By the cross are sanctified; Peace is there that knows no measure, Joys that through all time abide. 5 In thy cross, Christ, we glory, Towering o'er the wrecks of time; All the light of sacred story Gathers round its head sublime. 486 ?s & 8s. TESTIS lives, and so shall we. " Death 1 thy sting is gone for ever : He, who deigned our life to be, Lives, the bands of death to sever. He shall raise us with the just: Jesus is our hope and trust. 2 Jesus lives and reigns supreme; And, his kingdom still remaining, We shall also be with him, Ever living, ever reigning, God has promised; be it must: Jesus is our hope and trust. 3 Jesus lives, and by his grace, Victory o'er our passions giving, We will cleanse our hearts and ways, Ever to his glory living, The weak he raises from the dust: Jesus is our hope and trust. 318 SPIRITUAL DECLINE 4 Jesus lives, and death is now But our entrance into glory. Courage! then, our soul, for thou Hast a crown of life before thee; We shall find our hopes were just, Jesus is our hope and trust. SPIRITUAL DECLINE AND REVIVAL, 487 8s. SHEPHERD of Israel, divine! Too far from thy fold we have strayed; What hand can restore us but thine, Thus wounded, cast down, and dismayed? Our souls would look upward to thee, Though prostrate, we'll cry from the dust, No other salvation we see, In no other name will we trust. 2 Thou, thou art our strength and our shield, Henceforth in thy arm we'll confide; The weapons alone we will wield, Thy wisdom and mercy provide: Salvation belongs to the Lord, Deliverance must come from thy hand; 0! who would not trust in thy word, Acknowledge thy right to command? 3 Shepherd of Israel, divine, Thy life-giving presence we feel ; Let the light of thy countenance shine, Thine arm now in mercy reveal: For strength and deliverance we wait; On thee in our trouble we call, AND REVIVAL. 319 Our sinful backslidings we hate, Uphold us, dear Lord, or we fall. 488 C. M. OWEET was the time when first we felt ■^ Christ, thy pardoning blood, Applied to cleanse our souls from guilt, And bring us home to God. 2 Soon as the morn the light revealed, Thy praises tuned our tongue; And, when the evening shade prevailed, Thy love was all our song. 3 In prayer, our souls drew near thee, Lord, And saw thy glory shine; And when we read thy holy word Grace beamed in every line. 4 Now, when the evening shade prevails, Our soul in darkness mourns; And when the morn the light reveals, No light to us returns. 5 Rise, Saviour! help us to prevail, And make our souls thy care ; We know thy mercy cannot fail, Let us that mercy share. 489 L. M. A WHERE is now that glowing love ^ That marked our union, Lord, with thee? Our hearts were fixed on things above, Nor could the world our pleasure be. 320 SPIRITUAL DECLINE 2 Where is the zeal that led us then To make thy glory, Saviour, known, That freed us from the fear of men, And kept our eye on thee alone? 3 Where are the happy seasons spent In fellowship with thee, we loved? The sacred joy, the sweet content, The blessedness that then we proved? 4 Behold, again we turn to thee, cast us not away, though vile ! No peace we have, no joy we see, Lord, our God, but in thy smile. 490 CM. TI7E now, Lord, approach thy throne, ^ * To open all our grief: Now send thy promised mercy down And grant us quick relief. 2 Thou never saidst to Jacob's seed, "Seek ye my face," in vain; And canst thou now deny thine aid, When burdened souls complain? 3 The same thy power, thy love the same, Unmoved the promise shines; Eternal truth surrounds thy name, And guards the precious lines. 4 Though Satan rage, and flesh rebel, And unbelief arise, We'll wait around thy footstool still, For thou wilt hear our cries. AND REVIVAL. 32X 491 8s & 7s. T ORD, we bow with deep contrition, -^ Low before thy throne of grace; Hear us in thy kind compassion, While we seek thy smiling face. 2 Where, but to a bleeding Saviour, Should we come for life and peace? Nothing but thy boundless favour, Can our burdened souls release. 3 Thou hast witnessed our transgression, Thou hast seen our load of guilt; Witness now our deep confession, Thou, whose precious blood was spilt. 4 Ah, this sin of covenant breaking, Canst thou, wilt thou, Lord, forgive? Shall we hear thy mercy speaking? Canst thou bid us look and live? 5 Pardon, peace, and consolation, At thy bleeding cross we see; There we take an humble station, Lord, we look alone to thee. 492 % OOD of mercy! God of grace! ^* Hear our sad repentant songs: restore thy suppliant race, Thou, to whom our praise belongs! 2 Deep regret for follies past, Talents wasted, time misspent; Hearts debased by worldly cares, Thankless for the blessings lent; 322 SPIRITUAL DECLINE 3 Foolish fears and fond desires, Vain regrets for things as vain; Lips too seldom taught to praise, Oft to murmur and complain ; 4 These, and every secret fault, Filled with grief and shame we own Humbled at thy feet we lie, Seeking pardon from thy throne. 5 God of mercy ! God of grace ! Hear our sad repentant songs: restore thy suppliant race, Thou, to whom our praise belongs ! 493 6s & 5s. T GRD! Thou wilt hear the prayer ■" Of hearts overflowing; Wounded with grief and fear, For thy love glowing. Lord, thou wilt not despise, Thou wilt with tender eyes, View from the heavenly skies, Thy children mourning. Far from thy holy path, Far from thee wandering, Spare from thy dreaded wrath The sinner returning. Spare, Lord! the sinner hear! Give us thy holy fear, Grant us the contrite tear : Hearts with love burning. AND REVIVAL. 323 494 C. M. jDEHOLD thy waiting servants, Lord, •*^ Devoted to thy fear; Remember and confirm thy word, For all our hopes are there. 2 Hast thou not sent salvation down, And promised quickening grace? Doth not our heart address thy throne? And yet thy love delays. 3 Our eyes for thy salvation fail; 0, bear thy servants up; Nor let the scoffing lips prevail, That dare reproach our hope. 4 Is not our faith thy gift, Lord ? Then let thy truth appear: Saints shall rejoice in our reward, And trust as well as fear. 495 L. M. \X7HEN, dear Saviour, shall it be, * ' That we no more shall break with thee? When will this war of passion cease, And we enjoy a lasting peace? 2 Now we repent; now sin again: Now we revive; and now are slain : Slain with the same malignant dart, Which, 0! too often wounds thy heart. 3 When, gracious Lord, when shall it be, That we shall find our all in thee, The fulness of thy promise prove, And feast on thine eternal love? 324 SPIRITUAL DECLINE 496 CM. INTERNAL Sun of Righteousness, •^ Display thy beams divine, And cause the glories of thy face Upon our hearts to shine. 2 Light, in thy light, may we see, Thy grace and mercy prove; Revived, and cheered, and blest by thee, The God of pardoning love. 3 Lift up thy countenance serene, And let each happy child Behold, without a cloud between, Our Father reconciled. 4 That all-comprising peace bestow On us, through grace forgiven ; The joys of holiness below, And then the joys of heaven. 497 ^s. T\^HEN, Saviour, shall we be ** Perfectly resigned to thee? Poor and vile in our own eyes, Only in thy wisdom wise. 2 Only thee content to know, Ignorant of all below : Only guided by thy light; Only mighty in thy might. 3 Fully in our life express All the heights of holiness ; Sweetly let our spirit prove All the depths of humble love. AND REVIVAL. 325 498 C. M. "DETURN, God of love, return; ■*■*' Earth is a tiresome place: How long shall we, thy children, mourn Our absence from thy face? 2 Let heaven succeed our painful years, Let sin and sorrow cease; And in proportion to our tears, So make our joys increase. 3 Thy wonders to thy servants show, Make thine own work complete; Then shall our souls thy glory know, And own thy love was great. 4 Then shall we shine before thy throne, In all thy beauty, Lord ; And the poor service we have done Meet a divine reward. 499 0- M. 13ETIRE, vain world, awhile retire, ■" And leave us with the Lord; Thy gifts ne'er fill one just desire, Nor lasting bliss afford. 2 Blest Jesus, come thou gently down, And fill this hallowed place ; make thy glorious goings known, Diffuse around thy grace. 3 Shine, dearest Lord, from realms of day, Disperse the gloom of night ; Chase all our clouds and doubts away, And turn the shades to light. 326 SPIRITUAL DECLINE 4 Behold, and pity from above, Our cold and languid frame; shed abroad thy quickening love, And we'll adore thy name. 500 S. M. f\ LORD, thy work revive, ^ In Zion's gloomy hour, And let our dying graces live By thy restoring power. 2 let thy chosen few Awake to earnest prayer; Their covenant again renew, And walk in filial fear. 3 Thy Spirit then wilFspeak Through lips of humble clay, Till hearts of adamant shall break, Till rebels shall obey. 4 Now lend thy gracious ear; Now listen to our cry: come, and bring salvation near; Our souls on thee rely. 501 C. M. CPIRIT of holiness, descend; ^ Thy people wait for thee ; Thine ear, in kind compassion, lend; Let us thy mercy see. 2 Behold, thy weary churches wait, With wishful, longing eyes ; Let us no more lie desolate; 0, bid thy light arise. AND REVIVAL. 327 3 Thy light, that on our souls hath shone, Leads us in hope to thee; Let us not feel its rays alone; Alone thy people be. 4 0, bring our dearest friends to God; Remember those we love; Fit them, on earth, for thine abode; Fit them for joys above. 5 Spirit of holiness, 'tis thine To hear our feeble prayer, Come, for we wait thy power divine, Let us thy mercy share. 502 L- M. CPIRIT of everlasting grace, ^ Infinite source of life, come down, These tombs unlock, these dead upraise, Thy glorious power and love make known. 2 Breathe o'er this valley of the dead, Send forth thy quickening might abroad, Till, rising from their tombs, they spread, In full array, the host of God! 3 Thy heritage lies desolate, And all thy pleasant places mourn; look upon our low estate, In loving-kindness, Lord, return! 4 Now let thy glory be revealed, Now let thy presence with us rest; heal us, and we shall be healed! bless us, and we shall be blest! 328 SPIRITUAL DECLINE 503 L. M. CHEPHERD of souls, the great, the good, ^ "Who leadest Israel as thy sheep, Present to guard, and give them food, And kindly in thy bosom keep : 2 Hear thy afflicted people's prayer, Arise out of thy holy place, Stir up thy strength, thine arm make bare, And vindicate thy chosen race. 3 Haste to our help, thou God of love! Supreme, almighty King of kings, Descend all-glorious from above, Come flying on the cherub's wings! 4 Turn us again, Lord! and show The brightness of thy lovely face; So shall we all be saints below, And saved, and perfected in grace. 504 8s & 7s. TV/TET, God, to ask thy presence, -"^- Join our souls to seek thy grace; 0, deny us not, nor spurn us, Guilty rebels, from thy face. 2 May thy people wake from slumber, Ere their lamps shall fail and die ; Bridegroom of the Church, awake them, Bouse them by the midnight cry. 3 Let conviction seize the careless, Through their souls thine arrows dart; Let thy truth, so long neglected, Break and melt the flinty heart. AND REVIVAL. 329 4 thou kind, forgiving Spirit, Comforter, on thee we call; Cheer the saint, alarm the sinner, revive — revive us all. 505 L. M. A THOU, our Saviour, brother, friend, **■ Behold a cloud of incense rise; The prayers of saints to heaven ascend, Grateful, accepted sacrifice. 2 Regard our prayers for Zion's peace ; Shed in our hearts thy love abroad; Thy gifts abundantly increase; Enlarge, and fill us all with God. 3 Before thy sheep, great Shepherd, go, And guide into thy perfect will ; Cause us thy hallowed name to know; The work of faith in us fulfil. 4 Help us to make our calling sure ; O let us all be saints indeed, And pure, as thou thyself art pure ; Conformed in all things to our Head. 506 L. M. rjJIE AT Shepherd of thine Israel, ^ Who didst between the cherubs dwell, And lead the tribes, thy chosen sheep, Safe through the desert and the deep: 2 Thy Church is in the desert now; Shine from on high and guide us through ; Turn us to thee, thy love restore; We shall be saved, and sigh no more. 22 330 SPIRITUAL DECLINE 3 Great God, whom heavenly hosts obey, How long shall we lament and pray, And wait in vain thy kind return? How long shall thy fierce anger burn? 4 Instead of wine and cheerful bread, Thy saints with their own tears are fed; Turn us to thee, thy love restore; We shall be saved, and sigh no more. 507 8s & 7s. CEE the vineyard that was planted ^ By thy hand, Lord of hosts! Let thy people's prayer be granted, Keep it safe from hostile boasts; Hear, hear us when we pray ; Keep thy vineyard night and day. 2 Drooping plants revive and nourish; Let them thrive beneath thy hand; Let the weak grow strong, and flourish, Blooming fair at thy command; Let the fruitful yield thee more; Laden with a faithful store. 3 Further, Lord, be thou entreated; Plant the barren waste around; Let thy work be thus completed, And no fruitless spot be found; Let the earth a vineyard be, Consecrated, Lord, to thee. 508 L. M. (\ SUN of Righteousness divine, ^ On us with beams of mercy shine, AND REVIVAL. 331 Chase the dark clouds of guilt away, And turn our darkness into day. 2 While mourning o'er our guilt and shame, And asking mercy in thy name, Dear Saviour, cleanse us with thy blood, And be our Advocate with God. 3 Sustain, when sinking in distress, And guide us through this wilderness; Teach our low thoughts from earth to rise, And lead us onward to the skies. 509 8s & 7s. OAVIOUR, visit thy plantation ; ^ Grant us, Lord, a gracious rain: All will come to desolation, Unless thou return again. Keep no longer at a distance, Shine upon us from on high, Lest, for want of thine assistance, Every plant should droop and die. 2 Once, Lord, thy garden flourished; Every part looked gay and green ; Then thy word our spirits nourished: Happy seasons we have seen. But a drought has since succeeded, And a sad decline we see: Lord, thy help is greatly needed: Help can only come from thee. 3 Let our mutual love be fervent; Make us prevalent in prayers; Let each one esteemed thy servant Shun the world's bewitching snares. 332 SPIRITUAL DECLINE Break the tempter's fatal power. Turn the stony heart to flesh, And begin from this good hour To revive thy work afresh. 510 l. m. TVEAR Shepherd of thy chosen few, -*-' Thy former mercies here renew ; Here, to our waiting hearts proclaim The sweetness of thy saving name. 2 Lord, manifest that thou art near; Nor short thine arm, nor deaf thine ear; rend the heavens, come quickly down, And let thy saving power be known. 511 C. M. ALL-GLORIOUS Saviour, Source of -^*- grace, To thee we raise our cry; Unveil the beauties of thy face, To every waiting eye. 2 Revive, God, desponding saints, Who languish, droop, and sigh ; Refresh the soul that tires and faints, Fill mourning hearts with joy. 3 Make known thy power, victorious King, Subdue each stubborn will; Then sovereign grace we'll join to sing, On Zion's sacred hill. I AND REVIVAL. 333 512 L. M. TTTHILE we to grief our souls gave way ** To see the work of God decline, We seemed to hear the Saviour say, "Dismiss thy fears, the ark is mine. 2 " Tho' for a time I hide my face, Rely upon my love and power: Still wrestle at the throne of grace, And wait for a reviving hour. 3 "Take down thy long-neglected harp, I've seen thy tears and heard thy prayer; The winter season has been sharp, But spring shall all its wastes repair." 4 Lord, we obey, our hopes revive; Come, join with us, ye saints, and sing; Our foes in vain against us strive, For God will help and triumph bring. 513 l. M. A S showers on meadows newly mown, *■*- God, send thou thy Spirit down: Eternal Source of grace divine, What soul-refreshing drops are thine! 2 That heavenly influence let us find In holy silence of the mind, While every grace maintains its bloom, Diffusing wide its rich perfume. 3 Nor let these blessings be confined To us, but poured on all mankind, Till earth's rude wastes in verdure rise, And Eden's beauty greet our eyes. 334 missions. MISSIONS. 514 L. M. INDULGENT Sovereign of the skies! -*- And wilt thou bow thy gracious ear? "While feeble mortals raise their cries, Wilt thou, the great Jehovah, hear? 2 How shall thy servants give thee rest, Till Zion's mouldering walls thou raise ? Till thy own power shall stand confessed, And make Jerusalem a praise? 3 Look down, God! with pitying eye, And view the desolation round; See what wide realms in darkness lie, And cast their idols to the ground. 4 Loud let the gospel trumpet blow, And call the nations from afar; Let all the isles their Saviour know, And earth's remotest ends draw near. 515 c. M. T^ATHER, is not thy promise sure ■*■ To thy exalted Son, That through the nations of the earth Thy word of life shall run ? 2 Hast thou not said, the blinded Jews Shall their Redeemer own, Whilst Gentiles to his standard crowd, And bow before his throne? MISSIONS. 335 Are not all kingdoms, tribes, and tongues, Beneath the arch of heaven, To the dominion of thy Sod, Without exception, given? From east to west, from north to south, Then be his name adored; Let earth with all its millions shout Hosanna to the Lord ! 516 S. M. A CHRIST, what gracious words ^ Are ever, ever thine ; Thy voice is music to the soul, And life and peace divine. 2 Good, everlasting good, Glad tidings, full of joy, Flow from thy lips, the lips of truth, And flow without alloy. 3 The broken heart, the poor, The bruised, the deaf, the blind, The dumb, the dead, the captive wretch, In thee compassion find. 4 Lord Jesus, speed the day, The promised day of grace, To all the poor, the dumb, the deaf, The dead of Adam's race. 517 6s & 4s, HOU, whose almighty word Chaos and darkness heard, And took their flight; 336 missions. Hear us, we humbly pray, And where the gospel day Sheds not its glorious ray, Let there be light. 2 Thou, who didst come to bring, On thy redeeming wing, Healing and sight, Health to the sick in mind, Sight to the inly blind; now, to all mankind, Let there be light. 3 Spirit of truth and love, Life-giving, holy Dove, Speed forth thy flight; Move on the waters' face, Bearing the lamp of grace; And in earth's darkest place, Let there be light. 518 S. M. TESUS, immortal King! arise; " Rise and assert thy sway ; Till earth, subdued, its tribute bring, And distant lands obey. 2 Ride forth, victorious Conqueror! ride, Till all thy foes submit; And all the powers of hell resign Their trophies at thy feet. 3 Send forth thy word, and let it fly This spacious earth around; Till every soul beneath the sun Shall hear the joyful sound. missions. 337 4 From sea to sea, from shore to shore, May Jesus be adored ; And earth, with all her millions, shout Hosannas to the Lord. 519 H. M. T>ISE, Sun of glory, rise, ■" And chase the shades of night Which now obscure the skies, And hide thy sacred light: 0, chase those dismal shades away, And bring the bright, millennial day ! 2 Now send thy Spirit down On all the nations, Lord, With great success to crown The preaching of thy word; . That heathen lands may own thy sway And cast their idol gods away. 3 Then shall thy kingdom come Among our fallen race, And all the earth become The temple of thy grace; Whence pure devotion shall ascend, And songs of praise till time shall end. 520 l. m. Tj^XERT thy power, thy rights maintain, •*-* Almighty, everlasting King! The influence of thy crown increase, And strangers to thy footstool bring, 2 In one vast symphony of praise Gentile and Jew shall then unite, And unbelief no longer reign, But sink in shades of endless night. 338 missions. 3 Then Afric's liberated sons Shall chant to Asia's rapturous song, Europe resound her Saviour's fame, And western climes the notes prolong. 4 To every land beneath the sun Immanuel's kingdom shall extend; And every man in every clime Shall meet a brother and a friend. 521 l. M. T^HOU Sun of Righteousness arise -*• Display thy glory to our eyes, For nations long that light to see, And earth's dark places wait for thee! 2 Thou art the hope of every clime, Thou art the promise of all time, The bondman's strength, the sinner's trust, The expectation of the just. 3 Temples and thrones have been cast down, But thine is an eternal crown, A royalty that shall not cease ; Arise and give the nations peace! 522 S.M. i\ LORD, our God, arise! ^ The cause of truth maintain; And wide, o'er all the peopled world, Extend her blessed reign. 2 Thou Prince of life, arise! Nor let thy glory cease; Ear spread the conquests of thy grace, And bless the earth with peace. missions. 339 3 Thou Holy Ghost, arise! Extend thy healing wing; And o'er a dark and ruined world Let light and order spring. 4 Let all on earth arise; To God the Saviour sing; From shore to shore, from earth to heaven, Let echoing anthems ring! 523 7s. /IJ.OD of mercy, God of grace ! ^* Show the brightness of thy face: Shine upon us, Saviour! shine; Fill thy Church with light divine; And thy saving health extend To the earth's remotest end. 2 Let the people praise thee, Lord I Be by all that live adored ; Let the nations shout and sing, Glory to their Saviour King; At thy feet their tribute pay, And thy holy will obey. 3 Let the people praise thee, Lord! Earth shall then her fruits afford; God to man his blessing give; Man to God devoted live ; All below, and all above, One in joy, and light, and love. 524 L. M. A RM of the Lord! awake, awake! ■**■ Put on thy strength! the nations shake, 340 MISSIONS. And let the world, adoring, see Triumphs of mercy wrought by thee. 2 Say to the heathen, from thy throne, "I am Jehovah — God alone!" Thy voice their idols shall confound, And cast their altars to the ground. 3 Almighty God! Thy grace proclaim In every land, of every name ; Let Zion's time of favour come ; 0! bring the tribes of Israel home. 4 Arm of the Lord! awake, awake! Put on thy strength! the nations shake! Let hostile powers before thee fall, And crown the Saviour Lord of all. 525 8s, 7s & 4s. rjJRD thy sword on, mighty Saviour; ^-* Make the word of truth thy car; Prosper in thy course, triumphant; All success attend thy war: Gracious Victor, Bring thy trophies from afar. 2 Majesty combines with meekness, Righteousness and peace unite, To insure thy blessed conquests; Take possession of thy right: Ride triumphant, Dressed in robes of purest light. 3 Blest are they that touch thy sceptre Blest are all that own thy reign ; Freed from sin, that worst of tyrants, Rescued from its galling chain : Saints and angels, All who know thee, bless thy reign. MISSIONS. 341 526 7s & 6s. T^ROM Greenland's icy mountains, -*- From India's coral strand; "Where Afric's sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand; From many an ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain. 2 What, though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle; Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile: In vain with lavish kindness Thy gifts, God, are strown; The heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone. 3 Shall we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high, Shall we to men benighted The lamp of life deny? Salvation! Salvation! The joyful sound proclaim, Till earth's remotest nation Has learned Messiah's name. 4 Waft, waft, ye winds, his story, And you, ye waters, roll, Till, like a sea of glory, It spreads from pole to pole: Till o'er our ransomed nature, The Lamb for sinners slain, Redeemer, King, Creator, In bliss returns to reign. 342 scissions. 527 8s, 7s & 4s. T IGHT of them that sit in darkness, -* J Rise and shine! thy blessings bring: Light to lighten all the Gentiles! Rise with healing in thy wing; To thy brightness Let all kings and nations come. 2 May the millions now adoring Idol-gods of wood and stone Come, and worshipping before him, Serve the living God alone: Let thy glory Fill the earth, as floods the sea. 3 Thou, to whom all power is given, Speak the word ; at thy command Let the heralds of thy mercy Spread thy name from land to land; Lord, be with them, Always, to the end of time. 528 8s & 7s. rj.OD, our souls in mercy blessing, ^* Cause on us thy face to shine; Earth shall own, thy ways confessing, All its realms, thy grace divine. 2 Let the people, Lord, adore thee, All the people praise thy name; Nations all rejoice before thee, . Hymning joyfully thy fame. 3 All on earth shall own thy glory, Thee their righteous Judge proclaim ; missions. 343 Let the people, Lord, adore thee, All the people praise thy name. 4 Then o'er the earth, her increase yielding, God, our God, shall blessings give; God shall bless us, safely shielding: Fear him, all on earth that live. 529 S. M. [" ORD! send thy servants forth -*-** To call the Hebrews home; From east, and west, and south, and north, Let all the wanderers come. 2 Where'er, in lands unknown, The fugitives remain, Bid every creature help them on, Thy holy mount to gain. 3 An offering to the Lord, There let them all be seen, Sprinkled with water and with blood, In soul and body clean. 4 With Israel's myriads sealed Let all the nations meet; And show the mystery fulfilled, Thy family complete. 530 l. M. A RISE, great God, and let thy grace -^ Shed its glad beams on Jacob's race; Restore the long-lost, scattered band, And call them to their native land. 2 Their misery let thy mercy heal, Their trespass hide, their pardon seal ; 344 missions. God of Israel, hear our prayer, And grant them still thy love to share. 3 How long shall Jacob's offspring prove The sad suspension of thy love? Say, shall thy wrath for ever burn? And shall thy mercy ne'er return? 4 Thy quickening Spirit now impart, And wake to joy each grateful heart, While Israel's rescued tribes in thee Their bliss and full salvation see, 531 7s & 6s. A THAT the Lord's salvation, ^ Jehovah's great salvation, Were out of Zion come ! To heal his ancient nation, His long-forsaken nation ; To lead his outcasts home ! 2 How long the holy city, Zion, the holy city, Shall heathen feet profane? Keturn, God, in pity, In everlasting pity, Rebuild her walls again. 3 Let fall thy rod of terror, Thine iron rod of terror, Thy saving grace impart! Remove the veil of error, The midnight veil of error, Release the fettered heart. 4 Let Israel, home returning, With ransom home returning, Their lost Messiah see ! missions. 345 Give oil of joy for mourning, For ages long of mourning, And build thy Church to thee ! 532 L. M. f\ LORD! thine ancient churches spare, ^ Which still thy name, though fallen, bear; Where once thy bold apostles stood, And sealed thy truth with martyrs' blood. 2 Where now the Turk in darkness reigns, To curse with bligh t earth's fairest plains ; There let again thy gospel shine, With beams all bright and power divine. 3 Where Jesus rose and left the grave, There let the cross its banner wave ; While Syria sees her churches rise, And hymns to Christ ascend the skies. 4 Let Nubia's desert hear once more The Saviour's voice, his love implore; Egypt thy sacred word unroll, And find that grace which saves the soul. 533 % TJASTEN, Lord, the glorious time, "■"*- When, beneath Messiah's sway, Every nation, every clime, Shall the gospel call obey. 2 Mightiest kings his power shall own, Heathen tribes his name adore; Satan and his host, o'erthrown, Bound in chains, shall hurt no more. 23 346 missions. 3 Then shall wars and tumults cease, Then be banished grief and pain ; [Righteousness, and joy, and peace, Undisturbed shall ever reign. 4 Bless we, then, our gracious Lord, Ever praise his glorious name ; All his mighty acts record, All his wondrous love proclaim, 534 8s, 7s & 4s. A ID us, God of love and mercy ; ■**■ Aid us to extend thy name: Aid us, through each heathen nation All thy goodness to proclaim ; And to tell them, That for them a Saviour came. 2 May they know their great Redeemer, Who for them, though strangers, died; May they look with deep repentance, To their Saviour crucified ; Leave their idols, And desire no God beside. 3 0, be there thy name extended, And thy love and mercy known; Turn them from their vain inventions; May they live to thee alone: And 0, claim them ; Claim them, Saviour, for thine own. 535 L- M. A WHAT a bright and blessed world ^ This groaning earth of ours will be, When from its throne the tempter hurled, Shall leave it all, Lord, to ihee! missions. 347 2 blessed Lord ! with weeping eyes, That blissful hour we wait to see; While every worm or leaf that dies Tells of the curse and calls for thee. 3 Come, Saviour, then, o'er all below Shine brightly from thy throne above: Bid heaven and earth thy glory know, And all creation feel thy love. 536 % pOME, Desire of nations, come! ^ Hasten, Lord, the general doom ! Hear the Spirit and the Bride; Come, and take us to thy side. 2 Mindful of thy chosen race, Shorten these delaying days; Who for full redemption groan ; Hear us now, and save thine own. 3 Now destroy the man of sin, Now thine ancient flock bring in ! Filled with righteousness divine, Claim a ransomed world for thine. 4 Plant thy heavenly kingdom here ; Glorious in thy saints appear: Speak the sacred number sealed; Speak the mystery revealed. 5 Take to thee thy royal power: Reign! when sin shall be no more; Reign! when death no more shall be; Reign to all eternity ! 348 missions. 537 S. M. pOME, Lord, and tarry not, *^ Bring the long-looked-for day; 0, why these years of waiting here, These ages of delay? 2 Come, for thy saints still wait; Daily ascends their sigh; The Spirit and the Bride say, Come, Dost thou not hear the cry ? 3 Come, for creation groans, Impatient of thy stay, Worn out with these long years of ill, These ages of delay. 4 Come, and make all things new, Build up this ruined earth, Restore our faded paradise, Creation's second birth. 5 Come, and begin thy reign Of everlasting peace, Come, take the kingdom to thyself, Great King of Righteousness. 538 7s. "E^ROM thy royal chambers forth -*- Come, thou King of all the earth Labouring Nature longs for thee, Her from agony to free. 2 Come, and dissipate all gloom ; Make the wilderness to bloom: So, the gladdened nations round, Shall thy name in songs resound. missions. 349 3 By Creation's struggling throes, Groaning 'neath unnumbered woes; By the millions perishing Far from Life's eternal spring: 4 By thy promise everywhere Pleaded in thy people's prayer: By thy crown imperial, now Sparkling on a tyrant's brow. 5 Come ! nor let our trust be vain ; Vindicate thy right to reign: Down be the usurper hurled ; Sway thy sceptre o'er the world. 539 C. M. IV/TESSIAH! at thy glad approach 1Y1 Xhe howling winds are still; Thy praises fill the lonely waste, And breathe from every hill. 2 The incense of the spring ascends Upon the morning gale; Red o'er the hill the roses bloom, The lilies in the vale. 3 Renewed, the earth a robe of light, A robe of beauty wears ; And in new heavens a brighter sun Leads on the promised years. 4 Let Israel to the Prince of Peace The loud hosanna sing; With hallelujahs, and with hymns, Zion, hail thy King. 350 MISSIONS. 1 540 ?* TXARK! the song of jubilee; " Loud as mighty thunders roar, Or the fulness of the sea, When it breaks upon the shore: Hallelujah! for the Lord God omnipotent shall reign; Hallelujah! let the word Echo round the earth and main, 2 Hallelujah! — hark! the sound, From the centre to the skies, Wakes above, beneath, around, All creation's harmonies: See Jehovah's banners furled; Sheathed his sword: he speaks — 'tis done, And the kingdoms of this world Are the kingdoms of his Son. 3 He shall reign from pole to pole With illimitable sway: He shall reign, when, like a scroll, Yonder heavens have passed away: Then the end; — beneath his rod, Man's last enemy shall fall; Hallelujah! Christ in God, God in Christ, is all in all. || 541 C M. 'THOU blessed Heir of all the earth t A* Ascend thine ancient throne, And bid the willing nations now Thy peaceful sceptre own. 2 Shine forth in all thy glory, Lord, That man at length may see 4 ■ PUBLIC THANKSGIVINGS. 351 That joy, so long estranged from earth, Can only spring from thee. 3 happy day ! 'tis come at last, The reign of death is o'er; And sin, that marred our sweetest joys Shall grieve our hearts no more. 4 Washed in thy blood, the tribes of earth, With all the blest above, Shall dwell in peace, united now, One family of love. 5 Fruit of thy toil, thou bleeding Lamb! These joys we owe to thee, Then take the glory, Lord! 'tis thine! And shall for ever be. PUBLIC THANKSGIVINGS. 542 ?*. n RAISE to God, immortal praise, -*■ For the love that crowns our days ; Bounteous source of every joy, Let thy praise our tongues employ: All to thee, God, we owe, Source whence all our blessings flow. 2 All the blessings of the fields, All the stores the garden yields, Flocks that whiten all the plain, Yellow sheaves of ripened grain: Lord, for these our souls shall raise Grateful vows and solemn praise. 3 Clouds that drop their fattening dews, Suns that genial warmth diffuse, All the plenty summer pours, Autumn's rich overflowing stores: 352 PUBLIC THANKSGIVINGS. Lord, for these our souls shall raise Grateful vows and solemn praise. 4 Peace, prosperity, and health, Private bliss, and public wealth, Knowledge, with its gladdening streams, Pure religion's holier beams: Lord, for these our souls shall raise Grateful vows and solemn praise. 543 L. M. 6 lines. TpROM stern oppression's haughty land 4- Our father's crossed the boisterous wave; A patient, firm, and patriot band; Thou God of battles mad'st them brave; make us ever blest and free, A land of peace and liberty. 2 To thee, their steadfast, suppliant eyes Were raised, 'mid war and dread alarm ; God of battles, from the skies, Thy mercy sent the conquering arm ; Still guard our freedom, rights, and fame, While we exalt thy holy name. 3 Here we, the children of the free, Now gladly chant the joyful song, And own our boundless debt to thee, Which time shall gladly bear along, Be this our universal cry, Eor God, for home, for liberty. 544 c. M. LORD, our fathers oft have told, In our attentive ears, PUBLIC THANKSGIVINGS. 353 Thy wonders in their days performed, And in more ancient years. 2 'Twas not their courage, or their sword, To them salvation gave; 'Twas not their number, or their strength, That did our country save. 3 But thy right hand, thy powerful arm, Whose succour they implored; Thy providence protected them, Who thy great name adored. 4 As thee their God our fathers owned, So thou art still our King; 0, therefore, as thou didst to them, To us deliverance bring. 5 To thee the glory we ascribe, From whom salvation came; In God, our shield, we will rejoice, And ever bless thy name. 545 & CWELL the anthem, raise the song; ^ Praises to our God belong; Saints and angels join to sing Praises to heaven's Almighty King. 2 Blessings from his liberal hand, Pour around this happy land; Let our hearts, beneath his sway, Hail the bright, triumphant day. 3 Now to thee our joys ascend, Thou hast been our heavenly Friend: Guarded by thy mighty power, Peace and freedom bless our shore. 354 PUBLIC THANKSGIVINGS, 4 Here, beneath a virtuous sway, May we cheerfully obey; Never feel a tyrant's rod, Ever own and worship God. 5 Hark ! the voice of nature sings Praises to the King of kings ; Let us join the choral song, And the heavenly notes prolong. 546 8s & 7s. T ORD of heaven, and earth, and ocean, -^ Hear us from thy bright abode, While our hearts, with true devotion, Own their great and gracious God. 2 Now with joy we come before thee, Seek thy face, thy mercies sing; Lord of life, of light, and glory, Guard thy Church, thou heavenly King. 3 Health and every needful blessing Are thy bounteous gifts alone; Comforts undeserved possessing, Here we bend before thy throne. 4 Thee, with humble adoration, Lord, we praise for mercies past ; Still to this most favoured nation May those mercies ever last. 547 C. M. /ZJ.OD of our fathers, to thy throne ^* Our grateful songs we raise; Thou art our God, and thou alone; Accept our humble praise. PUBLIC THANKSGIVINGS. 355 2 Unnumbered benefits from thee, Are showered upon our land; Behold! through all our coasts we see, The bounties of thy hand. 3 Here thou wert once our fathers' guide; Thou gav'st them here a place, Where freedom spreads its blessings wide, O'er all their favoured race. 4 Here, Lord, thy gospel's holy light Is shed on all our hills ; And, like the rains and dews of night, Celestial grace distils. 5 Still teach us, Lord, thy name to fear, And still our guardian be ; let our children's children here For ever worship thee. 548 CM. |" ORD, while for all mankind we pray •^ Of every clime and coast, hear us for our native land; The land we love the most. 2 O^guard our shores from every foe ; With peace our borders bless, Our cities with prosperity, Our fields with plenteousness. 3 Unite us in the sacred love Of knowledge, truth, and thee; And let our hills and valleys chant The songs of liberty. 4 Lord of the nations, thus to thee Our country we commend ; Be thou her refuge and her trust, Her everlasting friend. 356 PUBLIC FASTS. 549 6s & 4s. rj,OD bless our native land ; " Firm may she ever stand Through storm and night ; When the wild tempests rave, Ruler of winds and wave, Do thou our country save, By thy great might. 2 For her our prayer shall rise To God above the skies; On him we wait; Thou who hast heard each sigh, Watching each weeping eye, Be thou for ever nigh ; God save the State. PUBLIC FASTS. 550 8s & 7s. THREAD Jehovah! God of nations ! -*-' From thy temple in the skies, * Hear thy people's supplications; Now for their deliverance rise. 2 Lo! with deep contrition turning, In thy holy place we bend; Hear us, fasting, praying, mourning; Hear us, spare us, and defend. 3 Though our sins, our hearts confounding, Long and loud for vengeance call, Thou hast mercy more abounding ; Jesus' blood can cleanse them all. II PUBLIC FASTS. 357 4 Let that mercy veil transgression; Let that blood our guilt efface: Save thy people from oppression ; Save from spoil thy holy place. 551 C. M. CEE, gracious God, before thy throne, ^ Thy mourning people bend! 'Tis on thy sovereign grace alone, Our humble hopes depend. 2 Alarming judgments from thy hand, Thy dreadful power display; Yet mercy spares this guilty land, And yet we live to pray. 3 How changed, alas ! are truths divine, For error, guilt, and shame ! What impious numbers, bold in sin, Despise thy holy name! 4 bid us turn, Almighty Lord, By thy resistless grace: Then shall our hearts obey thy word, And humbly seek thy face. 552 L. M. \X7HILE o'er our guilty land, Lord, * * We view the terrors of thy sword, 0, whither shall the helpless fly? To whom but thee direct their cry? 2 On thee, our guardian God, we call; Before thy throne of grace we fall; And is there no deliverance there? And must we perish in despair? 3 See, we repent, we weep, we mourn; To our forsaken God we turn ; 358 PUBLIC FASTS. 0, spare our guilty country ; spare The Church which thou hast planted here, 4 We plead thy grace, indulgent God ; We plead thy Son's atoning blood; We plead thy gracious promises; And are they unavailing pleas? 553 c. M. pOME, let our souls adore the Lord, ^ Whose judgments yet delay; Who yet suspends the lifted sword, And gives us leave to pray. 2 Great is our guilt, our fears are great, But let us not despair; Still open is the mercy-seat To penitence and prayer. 3 Kind Intercessor, to thy love This blessed hope we owe; let thy merits plead above, While we implore below. 4 Though justice near thy awful throne Attends thy dread command, Lord, hear thy servants, hear thy Son, And save a guilty land. 554 S. M. MOURN, mourn o'er follies past, 1YX t^ Spi r it grieved away; The Church of God in slumber cast While night succeeds to day. 2 Mourn, mourn o'er follies past, O'er sins of deepest dye; PUBLIC FASTS. 359 Our heritage now lies a waste, Before the all-seeing eye. 3 Mourn, mourn o'er follies past, And weep o'er present ills: Let Zion give herself no rest, Till God his grace reveals. 4 Mourn, mourn o'er follies past, Forgiveness now implore; God, accept the solemn fast, And bring the joyful hour. 555 % WHY, God! thy people spurn? *^ Why permit thy wrath to burn? God of mercy! turn once more, All our broken hearts restore. 2 Thou hast made our land to quake, Heal the sorrows thou dost make; Bitter is the cup we drink, Suffer not our souls to sink. 3 Be thy banner now unfurled, Show thy truth to all the world; Save us, Lord! we cry to thee, Lift thine arm — thy chosen free. 4 Give us now relief from pain, Human aid is all in vain: We, through God, shall yet prevail, God will help, when foes assail. 360 THE YEAR. THE YEAR. 556 8s & 7s. TJOLY Father, thou hast taught us ■*--*■ We should live to thee alone; Year by year, thy hand hath brought us Oa through dangers oft unknown. When we wandered thou hast found us; When we doubted, sent us light; Still thine arm has been around us, All our paths were in thy sight. 2 In the world will foes assail us; Craftier, stronger far than we ; And the strife may never fail us, Well we know, before we die. Therefore, Lord, we come, believing Thou canst give the power we need; Through the prayer of faith receiving Strength, the Spirit's strength, indeed. 3 We would trust in thy protecting, Wholly rest upon thine arm; Follow wholly thy directing, Thou, our only guard from harm ! Keep us from our own undoing, Help us turn to thee when tried, Still our footsteps, Father, viewing, Keep us ever at thy side ! 557 C. M. f\ GOD of Bethel! by whose hand ^ Thy people still are fed; Who through this weary pilgrimage Hast all our fathers led: THE YEAR. 361 2 Our vows, our prayers, we now present Before thy throne of grace: God of our fathers! be the God Of their succeeding race. 3 Through each perplexing path of life Our wandering footsteps guide; Give us each day our daily bread, And raiment fit provide. 4 spread thy covering wings around, Till all our wanderings cease, And at our Father's loved abode Our souls arrive in peace. 558 c. M. f\ GOD ! to thee our hearts would pay ^ Their gratitude sincere, Whose love hath kept us, night and day, Throughout another year. 2 Of every breath, and every power, Thou wast the gracious source; From thee came every happy hour Which smiled along its course. 3 And if sometimes across our path A cloud its shadows threw, Thou didst not waft it there in wrath, But loving-kindness true. 4 For joy and grief alike we pay Our thanks to thee above; And only pray to grow each day More worthy of thy love. 24 362 THE YEAR. 559 7s. TT7HILE with ceaseless course the sun * * Hasted through the former year, Many souls their race have run, Never more to meet us here ; Fixed in their eternal state, They have done with all below; We a little longer wait, But how little none can know. 2 As the winged arrow flies Speedily the mark to find; As the lightning from the skies Darts, and leaves no trace behind: Swiftly thus our fleeting days Bear us down life's rapid stream; Upward, Lord, our spirits raise; All below is but a dream. 3 Thanks for mercies past receive, Pardon of our sins renew; Teach us henceforth how to live, With eternity in view. Bless thy word to young and old, Fill us with a Saviour's love ; And when life's short tale is told, May we dwell with thee above. 560 7s. T>LESS, Lord, the opening year -*-* To each soul assembled here; Clothe thy word with power divine; Make us willing to be thine. THE YEAR. 363 2 Where thou hast thy work begun, Give new strength the race to run; Scatter darkness, doubts, and fears; Wipe away the mourners' tears. 3 Bless us all, both old and young; Call forth praise from every tongue: Let the whole assembly prove All thy power and all thy love. 561 c. M. AUR Father! through the coming year ^ We know not what shall be, But we would leave without a fear Its ordering all to thee. 2 It may be we shall toil in vain For what the world holds fair, And all its good we thought to gain Deceive, and prove but care. 3 It may be it shall darkly blend Our love with anxious fears, And snatch away the valued friend, The tried of many years. 4 It may be it shall bring us days And nights of lingering pain, And bid us take our farewell gaze Of these loved haunts of men. 5 But calmly, Lord, on thee we rest; No fears our trust shall move; Thou knowest what for each is best, And thou art perfect love. 364 THE YEAR. 562 L. M. rj.OD of the year! with songs of praise, ^* And hearts of love, we come to bless Thy bounteous hand, for thou hast shed Thy manna o'er our wilderness. 2 In early spring-time thou didst fling O'er earth its robe of blossoming; And its sweet treasures, day by day, Rose quickening in thy blessed ray. 3 God of the seasons! thou hast blest The land with sunlight and with shower; And plenty o'er its bosom smiles, To crown the sweet autumnal hours. 4 Praise, praise to thee ! our hearts expand To view these blessings of thy hand, And on the incense-breath of love Ascend to their bright home above. 563 l. m. iXUR helper, God! we bless thy name, ^ Whose love for ever is the same; The tokens of thy gracious care Open, and crown, and close the year. 2 Amid ten thousand snares we stand, Supported by thy guardian hand; And see, when we review our ways, Ten thousand monuments of praise. 3 Thus far thine arm has led us on ; Thus far we make thy mercy known; And while we tread this desert land, New mercies shall new songs demand. THE TEAR. 365 4 Oar grateful souls, on Jordan's shore, Shall raise one sacred pillar more; Then bear, in thy bright courts above, Inscriptions of immortal love. 564 Ts. "ORAISE on thee, in Zion's gates, -*- Daily, Jehovah, waits; Unto thee, God, belong Grateful words and holy song. 2 Thou the hope and refuge art Of remotest lands apart, Distant isles and tribes unknown, 'Mid the ocean waste and lone. 3 Thou dost visit earth, and rain Blessings on the thirsty plain, From the copious founts on high, From the rivers of the sky. 4 Thus the clouds thy power confess, And thy paths drop fruitfulness, And the voice of song and mirth Kises from the tribes of earth. 565 c. M. H^HEE we adore, eternal Name, ■*- And humbly own to thee, How feeble is our mortal frame, What dying worms are we! 2 The year rolls round, and steals away The breath that first it gave; Whate'er we do, where'er we be, We 're travelling to the grave. 366 THE YEAR. 3 Great God, on what a slender thread Hang everlasting things ! The final state of all the dead Upon life's feeble strings ! 4 Eternal joy, or endless woe, Attends on every breath; And yet how unconcerned we go Upon the brink of death ! 5 Awake, Lord, our drowsy sense, To walk this dangerous road ; And when our souls are taken hence, May they be found with God. 566 8s & 7s. GENTLY, Lord, 0! gently lead us, ^* Through this gloomy vale of tears, Through the changes thou 'st decreed us, Till our last great change appears. refresh us with thy blessing, refresh us with thy grace, May thy mercies, never ceasing, Fit us for thy dwelling-place. 2 When temptation's darts assail us, When in devious paths we stray, Let thy goodness never fail us, Lead us in thy perfect way. refresh us with thy blessing, &c. 3 In the hour of pain and anguish, In the hour when death draws near, Suffer not our hearts to languish, Suffer not our souls to fear. refresh us with thy blessing, &c. HUMAN FRAILTY AND DEATH. 367 When this mortal life is ended, Bid us in thine arms to rest, Till by angel bands attended, We awake among the blest. refresh us with thy blessing, &c. Then, crown us with thy blessing, Through the triumphs of thy grace; Then shall praises never ceasing Echo through thy dwelling-place. refresh us with thy blessing, &c. HUMAN FRAILTY AND DEATH. 567 L. M. Tj^RE mountains reared their forms •*-* sublime, Or heaven and earth in order stood, Before the birth of ancient time, From everlasting thou art God. 2 A thousand ages, in their flight, With thee are as a fleeting day; Past, present, future, to thy sight At once their various scenes display. 3 But our brief life 's a shadowy dream, A passing thought, that soon is o'er, That fades with morning's earliest beam, And fills the musing mind no more. 4 To us, Lord, the wisdom give, Each passing moment so to spend, That we at length with thee may live Where life and bliss shall never end. 368 HUMAN FRAILTY AND DEATH. 568 7s & 6s. / \ ! WHAT is earthly pleasure, ^ Compared with thy rich grace? Lordl teach us how to measure The remnant of our days; How brief is our existence, How frail a thing is man ; And grant us thine assistance, This feeble life to scan. How soon the hours of gladness, That cheer us on our way, Are changed to gloom and sadness, Or filled with deep dismay? Man, in his best condition, Is vanity and dust; Soon past the fleeting vision; He then gives up the ghost. Earth's treasures quickly leave us, Its honours ne'er endure; Its pleasures but deceive us, Its hopes are insecure: But, Lord! while time so fleeting Is filled with many a snare, Our souls on thee are waiting, We '11 trust thy guardian care. 569 L. M. f\ LET us, gracious Lord! extend ^ Our view to life's approaching end ; What are our days? a span their line! And what our age, compared with thine? HUMAN FRAILTY AND DEATH. 369 2 Our life advancing to its close, While scarce its earliest dawn it knows, Swift, through an empty shade, we run, And vanity and man are one. 3 God of our fathers! here, as they, We walk, the pilgrims of a day; As transient guests thy works admire, And instant to our home retire. 4 0! spare us, Lord! in mercy, spare, And nature's failing strength repair; Ere, life's short circuit wandered o'er, We perish, and are seen no more* 570 C. M. D. T^EW, few, and evil are the days, -*- Of man of woman born ! Peril and trouble haunt his ways Forth, like a flower at morn. The tender infant springs to light, Youth blossoms to the breeze, Age, withering age, is cropt ere night ; Man like a shadow flees. 2 And dost Thou look on such an one? Will God to judgment call A worm, for what a worm hath done Against the Lord of all? As fall the waters from the deep, As summer brooks run dry, Man lieth down in dreamless sleep; His life is vanity. 3 Man lieth down, no more to wake, Till yonder arching sphere 370 HUMAN FRAILTY AND DEATH. Shall with a roll of thunder break, And nature disappear. 0, hide us till thy wrath be past, Thou, who canst slay or save! Hide us, where hope may anchor fast In our Redeemer's grave. 571 8s & 7s. 'TRANSIENT as the hues of morning, -*- Earthly joys like shadows pass; .Forms, the brightest life adorning Fade and wither like the grass. may we, our fetters breaking, Cling no more to things below, But to heavenly visions waking, More abiding glory know. 2 how swift the moments flying, Bear us on their wings away ! Jesus, in the hour of dying, Be thy trembling servants' stay. When we call, Saviour, hear us, Answer us in peace and love: In the darkest shade be near us, Guide us to the throne above. 572 P.M. T QRD, thou hast been thy people's rest, -*-* Through all their generations; Their refuge when by troubles prest, Their hope in tribulations : Thou, ere the mountains sprang to birth, Or ever thou hadst formed the earth, Art God from everlasting. HUMAN FRAILTY AND DEATH. 371 2 Our life is like the transient breath, That tells a mournful story; Early or late, stopt short by death; And where is all our glory? Our days are threescore years and ten, And if their span be lengthened then, Their strength is toil and sorrow. 3 Lord, teach us so to mark our days, That we may prize them duly; So guide our feet in wisdom's ways, That we may love thee truly ; Return, Lord! our griefs behold, And with thy goodness, as of old, satisfy us early. 573 l. m. TT is the Lord our Saviour's hand -■- Impairs our strength amid the race; Disease and death, at his command, Arrest us, and cut short our days. 2 Spare, gracious Lord, spare, we pray, Nor let our sun go down at noon: Thy years are one eternal day; And must thy children die so soon? 3 Yet, in the midst of death and grief, This thought our sorrows shall assuage, "Our Father and our Saviour lives; Thou art the same through every age." 4 Before thy face thy Church shall live, And on thy throne thy children reign; This fading world shall they survive, And rise to glorious life again. 372 HUMAN FRAILTY AND DEATH. 574 7s & 8s. JESUS lives; thy terrors now Can no longer, Death, appal us; Jesus lives ! and well we know, From the dead he will recall us; Better life will then commence, This shall be our confidence. 2 Jesus lives! to him the throne Over all the world is given ; We shall go where he is gone, Live and reign with him in heaven; God is pledged, weak doubtings hence! This shall be our confidence. 3 Jesus lives ! we know full well Naught from him our hearts can sever, Life, nor death, nor powers of hell, Joy, nor grief, henceforth, for ever. God will power and grace dispense, This will be our confidence. 4 s Jesus lives! henceforth is death Entrance into life immortal ; Calmly we can yield our breath ; Fearless tread the frowning portal ; Thou, when faileth flesh and sense, , Lord, wilt be our confidence ! 575 CM. TESUS, in sickness and in pain, •* Do thou our succour be; Our sinking spirits still sustain; To thee we turn, to thee. HUMAN FRAILTY AND DEATH. 373 2 When cares and sorrows press around, And nothing bright we see, In thee alone can help be found ; To thee we turn, to thee. 3 Should strong temptations fierce assail, As if our death to be, Then in thy strength will we prevail, While still we turn to thee. 4 Through all our pilgrimage below, Whate'er our lot may be, In joy or sadness, weal or woe, Jesus, we '11 turn to thee. 576 7s & 6s. A H! we shall soon be dying, ■*■*■ Time swiftly glides away; But on our Lord relying, We hail the happy day ; The day when we must enter Upon a world unknown ; Our helpless souls we venture On Jesus Christ the Son. 2 To him by grace united, We trust in him alone; And now, by faith, delighted, Behold him on his throne. There he is interceding For all who on him rest, The grace from him proceeding Shall waft us to his breast. 3 Then with the saints in glory The grateful song we'll raise, And chant our blissful story In high seraphic lays. 374 HUMAN FRAILTY AND DEATH. • Free grace, redeeming merit, And sanctifying love, Of Father, Son, and Spirit, Shall charm the courts above. 577 C. M. HTMIO' sorrow's night and danger's path, •*- Amid the deepening gloom, Thy people, thou Holy King, Are hasting to the tomb. 2 There, when the turmoil is no more, And all our powers decay, Our cold remains, in solitude, Shall sleep the years away. 3 Our labours done, securely laid In this our last retreat, Unheeded, o'er our silent bed The storms of life shall beat. 4 These ashes then, this mouldered dust, Thy gracious care will keep, Till the last angel rise, and break The long and dreary sleep. 5 Then love's soft light o'er every eye Shall shed its mildest rays, And the long-silent dust shall burst With shouts of endless praise. 578 P. M. A SAYIOUR, be thou near us ^ Through life's night; We cry and thou wilt hear us, Be our light! HUMAN FRAILTY AND DEATH. 375 Our dim sight aching, Gently thou 'rt making Meet for awaking Where all is bright! 0, through time's swelling ocean Be our guide! From tempests' wild commotion Hide, hide ! Life's crystal river Storms ruffle never; Anchor us ever On that calm tide! 579 c. M. TXTHY do we mourn departing friends, * * Or shake at death's alarms? 'Tis but the voice that Jesus sends To call them to his arms. 2 "Why should we tremble to convey Their bodies to the tomb ! There the dear flesh of Jesus lay, And scattered all the gloom. 3 The graves of all his saints he blest, And softened every bed; Where should the dying members rest, But with the dying Head? 4 Thence he arose, ascending high, And showed our feet the way ; Up to thee, Lord, we too shall fly, At the great rising day. 376 HUMAN FRAILTY AND DEATH. 5 Then let the last loud trumpet sound, And bid the dead arise ; Awake! ye nations under ground; Ye saints! ascend the skies. 580 8s & 7s. XT ARK! a voice, it cries from heaven: ■*•-*- Happy in the Lord who die; Happy they to whom 'tis given From a world of grief to fly ! They indeed are truly blest; From their labours then they rest. 2 All their toils and conflicts over, Lo! they dwell with Christ above; what glories they discover In the Saviour whom they love! Now they see him face to face, Him who saved them by his grace. 3 'Tis enough, enough for ever, 'Tis his people's bright reward; They are blest indeed who never Shall be absent from their Lord! 0, that we may die like those Who in Jesus then repose! 581 C. M. "VI7HEN, bending o'er the brink of life, * * Our trembling souls shall stand, Waiting to pass death's awful flood, Great God! at thy command : 2 Thou source of life and joy supreme! Whose arm alone can save, HUMAN FRAILTY AND DEATH. 377 Dispel the darkness that surrounds The entrance to the grave. 3 Lay thy supporting, gentle hand Beneath our sinking head ; And, with a beam of love divine, Illume our dying bed. 4 Leaning on thy dear faithful breast, May we resign our breath, And in thy kind embraces lose "The bitterness of death/' 582 8s & 7s. BRIGHTNESS of the Father's glory! God of God, and Light of Light! Scatter with thy saving knowledge All the shadows from our sight. 2 When our eyes grow dim and weary May our souls on thee depend, Who with thy right hand vouchsafest All thy faithful to defend. 3 When the body's feeble nature Bows, oppressed by grief and pain, Help our souls to rise uninjured, Soaring up to thee again. 4 Only hope of man's salvation ! Hear us, help us, when we pray; Those whom thou by death hast pur- chased, Cast not in thy wrath away. 25 378 HUMAN FRAILTY AND DEATH. 583 7s & 4s. TX7HEN the veil of death appears, ■ * Faint and cold this mortal clay; Kind Forerunner, soothe our fears, Light us through the darksome way; Break the shadows, Usher in eternal day. 2 Upward from this dying state, Bid our waiting souls aspire; Open thou the crystal gate, To thy praise attune our lyre ; Then, triumphant, We will join the immortal choir. 3 When the mighty trumpet blown, The last judgment come, proclaims, From the central, glorious throne, 'Mid creation's final flames, With the ransomed, Do thou own our worthless names 1 584 6s & 4s. F OWLY and solemn be ■" Thy children's cry to thee, Father divine; A hymn of suppliant breath, Owning that life and death Alike are thine. 2 Father, in that hour, When earth all helping power Shall disavow; When spear, and shield, and crown, In faintness are cast down, Sustain us, thou! I HUMAN FRAILTY AND DEATH. 379* By Him who bowed to take The death-cup for our sake, The thorn, the rod ; From whom the last dismay Was not to pass away, Aid us, God. While trembling o'er the grave, We call on thee to save, Father divine: Hear, hear our suppliant breath; Keep us, in life and death, Thine, only thine. 585 L- M. A SLEEP in Jesus! blessed sleep, -"* From which none ever wakes to weep; A calm and undisturbed repose, Unbroken by the last of foes. 2 Asleep in Jesus! 0, how sweet To be for such a slumber meet! With holy confidence to sing That Death has lost his venomed sting! 3 Asleep in Jesus ! peaceful rest, Whose waking is supremely blest: No fear, no woe, shall dim that hour That manifests the Saviour's power. 4 Asleep in Jesus! 0, from thee May such our blissful refuge be: Securely may our ashes lie, And wait thy summons from on high. 380 HUMAN FRAILTY AND DEATH. 586 S. M. A FEW more years shall roll, ■*■*• A few more seasons come; And we shall be with those that rest, Asleep within the tomb. 2 Then, our Lord, prepare Our souls for that great day ; wash us in thy precious blood, And take our sins away. 3 A few more suns shall set O'er these dark hills of time; And we shall be where suns are not, A far serener clime. 4 Then, our Lord, prepare Our souls for that blest day; wash us in thy precious blood, And take our sins away. 587 C. P. M. C\ GOD, to whom the happy dead ^ Still live united to their Head, Their Lord and ours the same: For all thy saints, to memory dear, Departed in thy faith and fear, We bless thy holy name. 2 By the same grace upheld, may we So follow those who followed thee, As with them to partake The free reward of heavenly bliss: Merciful Father! grant us this, For our Kedeemer's sake. RESURRECTION AND JUDGMENT. 381 RESURRECTION AND JUDGMENT. 588 8s & 7s. TN this world of sin and sorrow, ■*■ Compassed round with many a care, From eternity we borrow Hope that can exclude despair. 2 Thee, triumphant God and Saviour, With the eye of faith we see! assist each faint endeavour! Raise our earth-born souls to thee. 3 Place that awful scene before us, Of the last tremendous day; When to life thou wilt restore us: Lingering ages haste away. 4 When this vile and sinful nature Incorruption shall put on ; Life renewing, glorious Saviour, Let thy glorious will be done. 589 L. M. HPHE Lord will come; the earth shall -*- quake; The hills their ancient seats forsake; And, falling from the vault of night, The stars withdraw their feeble light. 2 The Lord will come; but not the same As once in lowly form he came; A quiet Lamb to slaughter led ; The bruised, the suffering, and the dead. 382 RESURRECTION AND JUDGMENT. 3 The Lord will come; a dreadful form, With wreath of flame, and robe of storm, On cherub wings, and wings of wind, Anointed Judge of human kind. 4 Can this be He who once did stray A pilgrim on the world's highway, By power oppressed, and mocked by pride? God, is this the crucified? 5 Then sinners to the rocks shall call, And bid the mountains on them fall; But faith, victorious o'er the tomb, Shall sing for joy, "The Lord is come." 590 C. M. 'THAT awful day will surely come, -*- The appointed hour makes haste, When I must stand before my Judge, And pass the solemn test. 2 Thou lovely Chief of all my joys, Thou Sovereign of my heart, How could I bear to hear thy voice Pronounce the word, " Depart I" 3 0, wretched state of deep despair, To see my God remove, And fix my dreadful station where I must not taste his love! 4 Jesus, I throw my arms around, And hang upon thy breast; Without one gracious smile from thee, My spirit cannot rest. RESURRECTION AND JUDGMENT. 383 5 0, tell me that my worthless name Is graven on thy hands; Show me some promise in thy book, Where my salvation stands. 591 ft TN the sun, and moon, and stars, -*- Signs and wonders there shall be ; Earth shall quake with inward wars, Nations with perplexity. 2 Soon shall ocean's hoary deep, Tossed with stronger tempests, rise ; Wilder storms the mountains sweep, Louder thunder rock the skies. 3 Dread alarms shall shake the proud, Pale amazement, restless fear; And amid the thunder cloud Wilt thou, Judge of man, appear. 4 But, though from thine awful face, Heaven shall fade, and earth shall fly; Fear not we, thy chosen race, Our redemption draweth nigh. 592 S. M. HPHOU Judge of quick and dead, -*■ Before whose bar severe, With holy joy, or guilty dread, We all shall soon appear. 2 Our cautioned souls prepare For that tremendous day ; 0, fill us now with watchful care, And stir us up to pray. 384 RESURRECTION AND JUDGMENT. 3 To damp our earthly joys, To wake our gracious fears, For ever let the archangel's voice Be sounding in our ears, 4 The solemn, midnight cry — "Ye dead, the Judge is come! Arise, and meet him in the sky, N. And meet your instant doom V 5 may we thus be found Obedient to thy word ; .Attentive to the trumpet's sound, And looking for our Lord ! 593 7s. fXN that great, that awful day, ^ This vain world shall pass away, And before the Maker stand All the creatures of his hand. 2 Then shall all the nations meet At the eternal judgment-seat, And, unveiled before God's eye, All the works of man shall lie. 3 0, in that most fearful hour, Source of goodness, source of power, Show thou, of thine own free grace, Help unto a helpless race. 4 Hear, and pity; hear, and aid; Spare the creatures thou hast made; Fold us with the sheep that stand Pure and safe at thy right hand. RESURRECTION AND JUDGMENT. 385 594 L- M. OE comes! he comes! the Judge severe! ■" The seventh trumpet speaks him near; His lightnings flash, his thunders roll; How welcome to the faithful soul! 2 From heaven angelic voices sound: See the Almighty Jesus crowned: Girt with omnipotence and grace, And glory decks the Saviour's face. 3 Descending on his great white throne, He claims the kingdoms for his own; The kingdoms all obey his word, And hail him their triumphant Lord. 4 Shout, all the people of the sky, And all the saints of the Most High; Our Lord, who now his right obtains, For ever and for ever reigns. 595 C. M. 'THE angel comes, he comes to reap •*■ The harvest of the Lord; O'er all the earth, with fatal sweep, Wide waves his flaming sword. 2 And who are they in sheaves to bide The fire of vengeance bound? The tares, whose rank luxuriant pride Choked the fair crop around. 3 And who are they reserved in store God's treasure-house to fill? The wheat, a hundredfold that bore Amid surrounding ill. 386 RESURRECTION AND JUDGMENT. 4 King of mercy ! grant us power Thy holy wrath to flee; In thy destroying angel's hour gather us to thee! 596 8s & 7s. T 0! the seal of death is breaking; ■" Those who slept its sleep are waking; Heaven opes its portals fair. Hark! the harps of God are ringing, Hark! the seraphs' hymn is flinging Music on immortal air. 2 There, no more at eve declining, Suns, without a cloud are shining O'er the land of life and love; There the founts of life are flowing, Flowers unknown to time are blowing, In that radiant scene above. 3 There no sigh of memory swelleth; There no tear of misery welleth ; Hearts will bleed or break no more ; Past is all the cold world's scorning, Gone the night and broke the morning Over all the golden shore. G ] 597 P- M. .RE AT God! what do we see and hear The end of things created ; The Judge of mankind doth appear, On clouds of glory seated: The trumpet sounds: the graves restore The dead which they contained before; Prepare our souls to meet thee! RESURRECTION AND JUDGMENT. 387 The dead in Christ shall first arise, At the last trumpet's sounding, Caught up to meet him in the skies, With joy their Lord surrounding: No gloomy fears their souls dismay; Thy presence sheds eternal day On those prepared to meet thee ! Great God ! what do we see and hear ! The end of things created: Behold the Judge of man appear, On clouds of glory seated ! Low at the cross we view the day When heaven and earth shall pass away, And thus prepare to meet thee. 598 8s & 7s. JESUS, blessed Mediator! ** Thou the airy path hast trod ; Thou the Judge, the Consummator! Shepherd of the fold of God! Can we trust a fellow-being? Can we trust an angel's care? thou merciful All-seeing! Beam around our spirits there. 2 Blessed fold ! no foe can enter; And no friend departeth thence; Jesus is their sun, their centre, And their shield, Omnipotence. Blessed ! for the Lamb shall feed them, All their tears shall wipe away, To the living fountains lead them, Till fruition's perfect day. 388 RESURRECTION AND JUDGMENT. 3 Lo! it comes, that day of wonder! Louder chorals shake the skies: Hades' gates are burst asunder; See! the new-clothed myriads rise. Thought! repress thy weak endeavour; Here must reason prostrate fall; 0! the ineffable Forever! And the eternal All in All! 599 8s, 7s & 4s. T ! He comes, the King of glory, -^ With his chosen tribes to reign; Countless hosts of saints and angels Swell the mighty Conqueror's train; Now in triumph, Sin and Death are captive led. 2 See, the rocks and mountains rending, All the nations filled with dread; Hark! the trump of God, proclaiming, Through the mansions of the dead, "Come to judgment; Stand before the Son of Man!" 3 Now behold the dead awaking; Great and small before him stand; Not one soul forgot or missing; None his orders countermand; All stand waiting For their last, decisive doom. 4 Jesus, save us trembling sinners, While the storm of vengeance rolls; In this general wreck of nature, Be the refuge of our souls ; Jesus, save us, when the lightnings Blaze around from pole to pole. RESURRECTION AND JUDGMENT. 389 600 8s, 7s & 4s. 1 O! He comes with clouds ■^ Once for favoured sinners slain: Thousand thousand saints attending Swell the triumph of his train: Alleluia! Alleluia! Jesus Christ shall ever reign! 2 See the universe in motion, Sinking on her funeral pyre; Earth dissolving, and the ocean Vanishing in final fire: Hark, the trumpet! Hark, the trum- pet! Loud proclaims that day of ire! 3 Lo! the last long separation! As the cleaving crowds divide; And one dread adjudication Sends each soul to either side! Lord of mercy! Lord of mercy! How shall we that day abide! 4 Yea, Amen! Let all adore thee On thine amaranthine throne! Saviour, take the power and glory, Claim the kingdom for thine own! Men and angels : Men and angels, Kneel and bow to thee alone! 601 8s. r\AY of wrath, that day of burning, *J All shall melt to ashes turning, All foretold by seers discerning. ! what fear it shall engender 390 RESURRECTION AND JUDGMENT. When the Judge shall come in splendour Strict to mark and just to render. 2 Trumpet-scattered sound of wonder, Rending sepulchres asunder, Shall resistless summon thunder. All aghast then Death shall shiver, And great Nature's frame shall quiver, When the graves their dead deliver. 3 Righteous Judge of retribution, Grant us perfect absolution, Ere that day of execution. Culprit like, we — hearts all broken, On our cheek shame's crimson token, Plead the pardoning word be spoken, 4 We beseech thee, prostrate lying, Hearts as ashes, contrite, sighing, Care for us when we are dying. On that awful day of wailing, When man rising, stands before thee, Spare us culprits, God of glory ! 602 l. M. f PHE day of wrath, that dreadful day, -*- When heaven and earth shall pass away! What power shall be the sinner's stay? How shall he meet that dreadful day? 2 When, shrivelling like a parched scroll, The naming heavens together roll; When louder yet, and yet more dread, Swells the high trump that wakes the dead. RESURRECTION AND JUDGMENT. 391 3 On that day, that wrathful day, When man to judgment wakes from clay, Be thou, Christ, the sinner's stay, Though heaven and earth shall pass away. 603 c. M. "\X7HEN, rising from the bed of death, * * O'erwhelmed with guilt and fear, We see our Maker face to face, 0, how shall we appear. 2 If yet, while pardon may be found, And mercy may be sought, Our heart with inward terror shrinks, And trembles at the thought; 3 When thou, Lord, shalt stand disclosed In majesty severe, And sit in judgment on our soul, 0, how shall we appear ! 4 But there's forgiveness, Lord, with thee; Thy nature is benign ; Thy pardoning mercy we implore, For mercy, Lord, is thine. 604 8s. T ET us not, thou King eternal, •" Enter hell's domains infernal ! Where is sorrow, where is sadness, Where is terror, where is madness, Where despair is ever sighing, Where the worm is never dying, Where the shameless are astounded, Where the guilty are confounded. 392 RESURRECTION AND JUDGMENT. 2 Us may Zion welcome, saved, Tranquil city, seat of David; God its builder, light immortal, Orient pearl each blazing portal, Crystal gold its streets ; the nation Of the blest its population, Living rock the walls that bound it, Christ the guard that dwells around it. 3 0, with what congratulations Throng thy gates the festive nations! What the warmth of their embracing, What the gems thy walls enchasing! . Through that city's streets are wending Holy throngs their anthems blending; There may we, with myriads glorious, Chant thy praise in psalms victorious! 605 c. M. TESUS, to thy dear wounds we flee, ** We seek thy bleeding side, Assured that all who trust in thee Shall evermore abide. 2 Then let the thundering trumpet sound, The final lightning glare; The mountains melt; the solid ground Dissolve as liquid air; 3 The huge, celestial bodies roll Amid that general fire, And shrivel as a parchment scroll, And all in smoke expire! 4 Sublime upon his azure throne, God speaks — the Almighty Word ; HEAVEN. 393 His fiat is obeyed! 'tis done; And paradise restored. 5 So be it! let this system end, This ruined earth and skies; The New Jerusalem descend, The New Creation rise. HEAVEN. 606 C. M. f\ WHAT a lonely path were ours, ^ Could we, dear Father, see No home of rest beyond it all, No guide or help in thee ! 2 But thou art near, and with us still, To keep us on the way That leads along this vale of tears, To the bright world of day. 3 There shall thy glory, 0, our God! Break fully on our view; And we, thy saints, rejoice to find That all thy word was true. 4 There Jesus, on his heavenly throne, Our wondering eyes shall see; While we the blest associates there, Of all his joy shall be. 5 Sweet hope ! we leave without a sigh A blighted world like this ; We bear the cross, despise the shame, For all that weight of bliss. 26 394 HEAVEN. 607 Us. JiyTID scenes of confusion, and creature -"^- complaints, How sweet to our souls is communion with saints; To find at the banquet of mercy there's room, And feel in the presence of Jesus at home, Home, home, sweet, sweet home: Prepare us, dear Saviour, for glory, our home. 2 Sweet bonds that unite all the children of peace! And thrice-precious Jesus, whose love cannot cease ! Though oft from thy presence in calm- ness we roam, We long to behold thee in glory at home. Home, home, sweet, sweet home, &c. 3 While here in the valley of conflict we stay, give us submission, and strength as our day; In all our afflictions to thee would we come, Rejoicing in hope of our glorious home. Home, home, sweet, sweet home, &c. 4 Whatever thou deniest, give us thy grace, The Spirit's sure witness, and smiles of thy face, HEAVEN. 395 Endue us with patience to wait at thy throne, And find, even now, a sweet foretaste of home. Home, home, sweet, sweet home, &c. 5 We long, dearest Lord, in thy beauty to shine; • No more as sad exiles in sorrow to pine ; We long in thy image to rise from the tomb, With glorified millions to praise thee at home. Home, home, sweet, sweet home, &c. 608 8s & 7s. 'PHIS is not our place of resting, -*■ Our's a city yet to come; Onward to it we are hasting; On to our eternal home. 2 In it all is light and glory, O'er it shines a nightless day; Every trace of sin's sad story, All the curse, has passed away. 3 There the Lamb will gently lead us, By the streams of life along ; On the freshest pastures feed us, Turn our sighing into song. 4 Soon we pass this desert dreary, Soon we bid farewell to pain; Never more be sad or weary, Never, never sin again. 396 HEAVEN. W 609 L. M. HO, Lord, when life is o'er, Shall to heavenly mansions soar? Who, an ever-welcome guest, In thy holy place shall rest? 2 He whose heart thy4ove has warmed; He whose will, to thine conformed, Bids his life unsullied run; He whose words and thoughts are one; 3 He who shuns the sinner's road, Loving those who love their God; Who, with hope and faith unfeigned, Treads the path by thee ordained; 4 He who trusts in Christ alone, Not in aught himself hath done; He, great God, shall be thy care, And thy choicest blessings share. 610 c. M. IVfOR eye has seen, nor ear has heard, -^ Nor sense nor reason known, What joys the Father has prepared For those that love the Son. 2 But thy good Spirit, holy Lord, Reveals a heaven to come; The beams of glory in thy word Allure and guide us home. 3 Pure are the joys above the sky, And all the region peace; No wanton lips nor envious eye, Can see or taste the bliss. HEAVEN. 397 4 Those sacred gates for ever bar Pollution, sin, and shame; None shall obtain admittance there, But thine, most holy Lamb. 5 Thou hast the Father's book of life; There may our names be found ; In vain unholy souls shall strive To reach the heavenly ground. 611 C. M. 'THERE is a land of pure delight, -*- Where saints immortal reign; Infinite day excludes the night, And pleasures banish pain. 2 There everlasting spring abides, And never withering flowers ; Death, like a narrow sea, divides This heavenly land from ours. 3 Sweet fields beyond the swelling flood, Stand dressed in living green ; So to the Jews old Canaan stood, While Jordan rolled between. 4 God ! we timorous mortals shrink, To cross this narrow sea; We linger, shivering on the brink, And fear to launch away. 5 Make thou, we pray, our doubts remove, Those gloomy doubts that rise, Keveal the Canaan that we love To our unclouded eyes. 5 Help us to climb where Moses stood, And view the landscape o'er, 398 HEAVEN. Then Jordan's stream, nor death's cold flood, Can fright us from the shore. 612 L. M. A FOR a sweet, inspiring ray, ^ To animate our feeble strains, From the bright realms of endless day, The blissful realms where Jesus reigns. 2 There, low before his glorious throne, Adoring saints and angels fall; And, with delightful worship, own His smile their bliss, their heaven, their all. 3 Immortal glories crown his head, While tuneful hallelujahs rise, And love, and joy, and triumph spread Through all the assemblies of the skies. 4 He smiles, and seraphs tune their songs To boundless rapture, while they gaze ; Ten thousand thousand joyful tongues - Resound his everlasting praise. .5 There all the followers of the Lamb, Shall join at last the heavenly choir, 0, may the joy-inspiring theme Awake our faith and warm desire. 613 H. M. T OOK up to yonder world! •*-* See myriads round the throne! Each bears a golden harp, And wears a glorious crown : HEAVEN". 399 With zeal they strike the sacred lyre To thee, Christ, nor ever tire. 2 Believing in thy name, They in thy footsteps trod; Thy righteousness their hope, Their only plea thy blood: Lo, now they reign -with thee above, Behold thy face, and sing thy love. 3 And shall not we aspire, Like them, our course to run? The crown if we would wear, That crown must first be won: Divinely taught, they showed the way, First to believe, and then obey. 614 l. M. T 0! round the throne, a glorious band, •^ The saints in countless myriads stand : Of every tongue redeemed to God, Arrayed in garments washed in blood. 2 Through tribulation great they came ; They bore the cross, despised the shame; But now from all their labours rest, In God's eternal glory blest. 3 They see the Saviour face to face ; They sing the triumph of his grace; And day and night, with ceaseless praise, To him their loud hosannas raise. 4 0, may we tread the sacred road That holy saints and martyrs trod; Wage to the end the glorious strife, And win, like them, a crown of life. 400 HEAVEN. 615 ?s. TX7HO are these arrayed in white, *™ Brighter than the noon-day sun? Foremost of the sons of light; Nearest the eternal throne? These are they that bore the cross; Nobly for their Master stood ; Sufferers in his righteous cause; Followers of the dying God. 2 Out of great distress they came; Washed their robes, by faith below, In thy blood, glorious Lamb, Blood that washes white as snow; Therefore are they next the throne; Serve their Maker day and night; God resides among his own, God doth in his saints delight. 616 7s. "VyTIO are these in bright array, ' * This exulting, happy throng, Bound the altar night and day, Hymning one triumphant song? — . "Worthy is the Lamb, once slain, Blessing, honour, glory, power, Wisdom, riches, to obtain, New dominion every hour." 2 These through fiery trials trod ; These from great affliction came; Now, before thy throne, God, Sealed with thy almighty name: Clad in raiment pure and white, Victor-palms in every hand, HEAVEN. 401 Through the great Redeemer's might, More than conquerors they stand. 3 Hunger, thirst, disease, unknown, On immortal fruits they feed; Them the Lamb, amidst the throne, Shall to living fountains lead: Joy and gladness banish sighs ; Perfect love dispels all fears; And for ever from their eyes God shall wipe away their tears. 617 c. M. A FOR the wings of faith, to rise ^ Within the veil, and see Thy saints above, how great their joys! How bright their glories be ! 2 Once they were mourning here below, And wet their couch with tears; They wrestled hard, as we do now. With sins, and doubts, and fears. 3 We ask them whence their victory came; They, with united breath, Ascribe their conquest to the Lamb, Their triumph to his death. 4 They marked the footsteps that he trod, His zeal inspired their breast; And, following their incarnate God, Possess the promised rest. 5 Our glorious Leader claims our praise For his own pattern given, While the great cloud of witnesses Shows the same path to heaven. 402 HEAVEN. 618 ?s & 6s. 'THERE is a holy city, •*- A happy world above, Beyond the starry regions, Built by the God of love; An everlasting temple, And saints, arrayed in white, There serve thee, great Redeemer, And dwell with thee in light. 2 The humblest child of glory Outshines the radiant sun ; But who can speak the splendor Of that eternal throne Where thou dost sit exalted, In majesty so bright? The elders fall before thee, And angel bands of light. 3 The hosts of saints around thee Proclaim thy work of grace ; The patriarchs and prophets, And all the godly race, Who speak of fiery trials And tortures on their way; Who came from tribulation To everlasting day. 4 And what shall be our journey, How long we'll stay below, Or what shall be our trials, Are not for us to know. In every day of trouble, We'll raise our thoughts on high; We'll think of thy bright temple, And crowns above the sky. HEAVEN. 403 619 C. M. JERUSALEM! Thou happy home ! " Thy glory we would see ! When shall our labours have an end, In joy, and peace, and thee? 2 "When shall these eyes thy heaven-built walls And pearly gates behold? Thy bulwarks, with salvation strong, And streets of shining gold? 3 when, thou city of our God, Shall we thy courts ascend, Where congregations ne'er break up, And Sabbaths have no end? 4 There happier bowers than Eden bloom, Nor sin nor sorrow know: Blessed seats ! through rude and stormy scenes, We onward press to you. 5 Jerusalem, thou happy home ! Oar souls still pant for thee ; Then shall our labours have an end, When we thy joys shall see. 620 c. M. HPHESE are the crowns that we shall ■*■ wear, When all thy saints are crowned ; These are the palms that we shall bear On yonder holy ground. 404 HEAVEN. 2 These are the robes, unsoiled and white, Which we shall then put on, When, foremost 'niong the sons of light, We sit on yonder throne. 3 That is the city of the saints, Where we so soon shall stand, When we shall strike these desert-tents, And quit this desert-land. 4 Then welcome toil, and care, and pain! And welcome sorrow too! All toil is rest, all "grief is gain, With such a prize in view. 5 Come crown and throne, come robe and palm! Burst forth glad stream of peace ! Come, holy city of the Lamb! Rise, Sun of Righteousness ! 621 8s- f\ WHEN shall we sweetly remove, " when shall we enter our rest; Return to the Zion above, The mother of spirits distressed; The city of God, the great King, Where sorrow and death are no more, Where saints our Immanuel sing, And cherub and seraph adore? 2 But angels themselves cannot tell The joys of that holiest place, Where Jesus is pleased to reveal The light of his heavenly face; When, caught in the rapturous flame, The sight beatific they prove; HEAVEN. 405 And walk in thy light, blessed Lamb, Enjoying the beams of thy love. 3 Thou knowest in the spirit of prayer We long thy appearing to see, Resigned to the burden we bear, But longing to triumph with thee; 'Tis good at thy word to be here; 'Tis better in thee to be gone, And see thee in glory appear, And rise to a share in thy throne. 622 8s. Y\7E long to behold thee arrayed * * With glory and light from above, King in thy beauty displayed — Thy beauty of holiest love : 2 We languish and sigh to be there, Where Jesus hath fixed his abode; 0, when shall we meet in the air, And fly to the mountain of God. 3 With him we on Zion shall stand, For Jesus hath spoken the word; The breadth of Immanuel's land, Survey by the light of our Lord. 4 But when, on thy bosom reclined, Thy face we are strengthened to see, Our fulness of rapture we'll find ; Our heaven of heavens in thee 1 5 How happy thy people that dwell Secure in the city above ! No pain the inhabitants feel, No sickness or sorrow shall prove. 406 HEAVEN". 623 8s & 7s. A REAT Redeemer, Friend of sinners, ^* Thou hast wondrous power to save; Grant us grace, and still protect us, Over life's tempestuous wave. 2 May our souls, with sacred transport, View the dawn while yet afar; And, until the sun arises, Lead us by the Morning Star. 3 See the happy spirits waiting On the banks beyond the stream; Sweet responses still repeating, Jesus, Jesus is their theme. 4 Swiftly roll, ye lingering hours, Seraphs lend your glittering wings; Love absorbs our ransomed powers, Heavenly sounds around us ring. 5 Worlds of light! and crowns of glory; Far above yon azure sky ; Though by faith we now behold you, We'll enjoy you soon on high. 624 *K 6s & ? s - "DURST, ye emerald gates, and bring -^ To our raptured vision, All the ecstatic joys that spring Round the bright elysian: Lo! we lift our longing eyes, Break, ye intervening skies! Sons of righteousness, arise, Ope the gates of paradise. HEAVEN. 407 2 Floods of everlasting light! Freely flash before thee; Myriads, with supreme delight, Instantly adore thee; Angelic trumps resound thy fame; Lutes of lucid gold proclaim All the music of thy name; Heaven echoing the theme. 3 Four-and-twenty elders rise From their princely station; Shout thy glorious victories, Sing the great salvation; Cast their crowns before thy throne, Cry, in reverential tone, Glory be to God alone, Holy! Holy! Holy One. 4 Hark ! the thrilling symphonies Seem, even now, to seize us; Join we too the holy lays — Jesus, Jesus, Jesus! Sweetest sound in seraph's song, Sweetest note on mortal tongue, Sweetest carol ever sung, Jesus, Jesus, flow along. 625 8s. \VT E sing of the realms of the blest, ' * Of that country so bright and so fair, And oft are its glories confessed! But what must it be to be there ! 2 We sing of its pathways of gold, And its walls decked with jewels most rare; 408 HEAVEN. Of its wonders and pleasures untold! But what must it be to be there! 3 We sing of its freedom from sin, From sorrow, temptation, and care; From trials without and within ; But what must it be to be there! 4 We sing of its service of love, Of the robes which the glorified wear; Of the church of the first-born above; But what must it be to be there! 5 Then Saviour, 'midst pleasure and woe, Still for heaven our spirits prepare; And shortly we also shall know, And feel what it is to be there ! 626 8s, 7s & 4s. TJALLELUJAH! best and sweetest -*--* Of the hymns of praise above! Hallelujah! thou repeatest, Angel-host, these notes of love; This ye utter, While your golden harps ye move. 2 Hallelujah! Church victorious, Join the concert of the sky ! Hallelujah! bright and glorious, Lift, ye saints, this strain on high ! We, poor exiles, Join not yet your melody. 3 Hallelujah! strains of gladness Comfort not the faint and worn; Hallelujah ! sounds of sadness Best become the heart forlorn ; Our offences We with bitter tears must mourn. HEAVEN. 409 4 But our earnest supplication, Holy God! we raise to thee; Visit us with thy salvation, Make us all thy joys to see! Hallelujah! Ours at length this strain shall be. 627 S. M. " "POR EVER with the Lord I" -*- So, Jesus ! let it be; Life from the dead is in that word ; 'Tis immortality. 2 Here, in the body pent, Absent from thee we roam ; Yet nightly pitch our moving tent, A day's march nearer home. 3 "For ever with the Lord I* Saviour, if 'tis thy will The promise of that faithful word E'en here to us fulfil. 4 So when our latest breath Shall rend the veil in twain, By death we shall escape from death, And life eternal gain. 5 Knowing as we are known, How shall we love that word, And oft repeat before the throne, " For ever with the Lord!" 628 P- M. r PHERE is a happy land, far, far away, •*■ Where saints in glory stand, bright, bright as day. 27 410 HEAVEN. 0, how they sweetly sing, "Worthy art thou, Saviour King, Loud let thy praises ring, Praise, praise for aye." 2 Come to that happy land, come, come away; Why will we doubting stand, why still delay ! 0, we shall happy be, When from sin and sorrow free! Lord, we shall live with thee, Blest, blest for aye. 3 Bright in that happy land, beams every eye ; Kept by a Father's hand, love cannot die. 0, then to glory run ; Be a crown and kingdom won; And bright, above the sun, Reign, reign for aye. 629 5s & 4s, NO shadows yonder! All light and song; Each day we wonder, And say, How long Shall time us sunder From that dear throng? No weeping yonder! All fled away; While here we wander Each weary day, And sigh as we ponder Our long, long stay. HEAVEN. 411 No partings yonder! Time and space never Again shall sunder; Hearts cannot sever; Bearer and fonder Hands clasp for ever. None wanting yonder, Bought by the Lamb! All gathered under The evergreen palm ; Loud as night's thunder Ascends the glad psalm, 630 fr. T^ARTH is past away and gone, -*-* All her glories, every one, All her pomp is broken down; God is reigning, God alone ! 2 All her high ones lowly lie, All her mirth hath passed by, All her merry-hearted sigh ; God is reigning, God on high! 3 No more sorrow, no more night; Perfect joy, and purest light! With his spotless saints and bright, God is reigning in the height ! 4 Blessing, praise, and glory bring, Offer every holy thing; Everlasting praises sing; God is reigning, God our King! 412 CLOSE OF WORSHIP. CLOSE OF WORSHIP. H' 631 S- M. OW sweet to bless thee, Lord, And in thy praises join, With saints thy goodness to record, And sing thy power divine ! 2 Thus may our joys increase, Our love more ardent grow, While rich supplies of Jesus' grace Refresh our souls below. 3 But, 0, the bliss sublime, When joy shall be complete, In that unclouded, glorious clime Where all thy servants meet! 4 Then shall the ransom'd throng The Saviour's love record, And shout, in everlasting song, " Salvation to the Lord!" 632 8s&7s. \X7TIAT of truth we have been hearing, "•* Fix, Lord, in every heart; In the day of thy appearing, May we share thy people's part. 2 Truth! how sacred is the treasure! Teach us, Lord, its worth to know, Yain the hope, and short the pleasure, Which from other sources flow. 3 Till we leave this world for ever, May we live beneath thine eye; This our aim, our sole endeavour, Thine to live, and thine to die. CLOSE OF WORSHIP. 413 633 8s, 7s & 4s. rj_OD of our salvation, hear us; ^* Bless, bless us, ere we go; When we join the world, be near us, Lest we cold and careless grow: Saviour keep us, Keep us safe from every foe. 2 As our steps are drawing nearer To our best and lasting home, May our view of heaven grow clearer; Hope more bright of joys to come; And when dying, May thy presence cheer the gloom. 634 C. M. A LMIGHTY God, thy word is cast, " Like seed into the ground ; Now let the dew of heaven descend, And righteous fruits abound. 2 Let not the foe of Christ and man This holy seed remove; Bat give it root in every heart, To bring forth fruits of love. 3 Let not the world's deceitful cares The rising plant destroy; But let it yield, a hundred-fold, The fruits of peace and joy. 4 Oft as the precious seed is sown, Thy quickening grace bestow, That all, whose souls the truth receive, Its saving power may know. 414 CLOSE OF WORSHIP. 635 S. M. TYY faith may Jesus dwell -*^ In our believing hearts; While he that love which none can tell, In streams of grace imparts. 2 Then may we comprehend, With all the saints in light, And see his boundless grace extend, And know its depth and height. 3 Then, filled with every grace, From strength to strength we'll go, While Jesus shows his smiling face In every scene of woe. 4 Soon we shall victors to be, And crowns of glory wear; In endless peace our Captain see, And dwell for ever there. 636 % Tj^OR a season called to part, •*■ Let us now ourselves commend To the gracious eye and heart Of our ever-present Friend. 2 Jesus, hear our humble prayer; Tender Shepherd of thy sheep, Let thy mercy and thy care All our souls in safety keep. 3 In thy strength may we be strong; Sweeten every cross and pain ; Spare us, that we may, ere long, Meet and worship thee again. CLOSE OF WORSHIP. 415 637 C. M. "MOW may the God of peace and love, •*** Who from the imprisoning grave Restored the Shepherd of the sheep, Omnipotent to save ; 2 Through the rich merits of that blood Which he on Calvary spilt, To make the eternal covenant sure, On which our hopes are built; 3 Perfect our souls in every grace, To accomplish all his will ; And all that 's pleasing in his sight Inspire us to fulfil. 4 For the great Mediator's sake We every blessing pray ; With glory let his name be crowned, Through heaven's eternal day. 638 8s, ?s & 4s. fX)ME, thou soul-transforming Spirit, ^ Bless the sower and the seed: Let each heart thy grace inherit, Raise the weak, the hungry feed: From the gospel Now supply thy people's need. 2 may all enjoy the blessing, Which thy word's designed to give; Let us all, thy love possessing, Joyfully the truth receive; And for ever To thy praise and glory live. 416 CLOSE OF WORSHIP. 639 L. M. 6 lines. T\7HILE pilgrims, Lord, we yet remain, ' To part, and meet, and part again, Let prayer and praise our lives employ, Thy presence still our highest joy ; And when our pilgrimage is o'er, may we meet to part no more. 2 Present salvation let us prove, In God the Father's boundless love, In God the Son's redeeming grace, In God the Spirit's heavenly peace ; Then, when our pilgrimage is o'er, We all shall meet to part no more. 640 % LTOLY Spirit, thee we pray, ■" Finger of the living God, Point us out the living way, Shed the Saviour's love abroad. 2 Take the things of Christ, and show What his love for us hath done; Thus may we the Father know Through his well-beloved Son. 3 Lighten each benighted heart, Drive our enemies away; Joy, and love, and peace impart, Lead us in the heavenly way. 641 8s, 7s & 4s. T EAD us, heavenly Father, lead us ■" O'er the world's tempestuous sea; Guard us, guide us, keep us, feed us, For we have no help but thee; !">- - - . CLOSE OF WORSHIP. 417 Yet possessing Every blessing, If our God our Father be. Saviour, breathe forgiveness o'er us, All our weakness thou dost know; Thou didst tread this earth before us Thou didst feel its keenest woe; Lone and dreary, Faint and weary, Through the desert thou didst go. Spirit of our God, descending, Fill our hearts with heavenly joy: Love with every passion blending, Pleasure that can never cloy: Thus provided, Pardoned, guided, Nothing can our peace destroy. 642 8s, 7s & 4s. /"J.UIDE us, thou great Jehovah, ™ Pilgrims through this barren land: We are weak, but thou art mighty ; Hold us with thy powerful hand: Bread of heaven, Feed us till we want no more. 2 Open now the crystal fountain, Whence the healing waters flow; Let the fiery, cloudy pillar, Lead us all our journey through: Strong Deliverer, Be thou still our strength and shield. 3 When we tread the verge of Jordan, Bid our anxious fears subside: 418 CLOSE OF WORSHIP. Bear us through the swelling current; Land us safe on Canaan's side; Songs of praises We will ever give to thee. 643 L- m. TMSMTSS us with thy blessing, Lord; U Help us to feed upon thy word; All that has been amiss, forgive, And let thy truth within us live. 2 Though we are guilty, thou art good; Wash all our works in Jesus' blood; Give every burdened soul release, And bid us all depart in peace. 644 8s, 7s & 4s. T ORD, dismiss us with thy blessing, -*-* Fill our hearts with joy and peace; Let us each, thy love possessing, Triumph in redeeming grace ; refresh us, Travelling through this wilderness. 2 Thanks we give and adoration, For thy gospel's joyful sound; May the fruits of thy salvation In our hearts and lives abound; May thy presence With us evermore be found. 3 So, whene'er the signal's given, Us from earth to call away ; Borne on angel's wings to heaven, Glad to leave our cumbrous clay, May we, ready, Rise and reign in endless day. 419 DOXOLOGIES. 1 L. M. PRAISE God, from whom all blessings flow, Praise him, all creatures here below; Praise him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 2 L. M. 'TO God the Father, God the Son, ■*■ And God the Spirit, three in one, Be honour, praise, and glory given, By all on earth and all in heaven. 3 L. M. D. INTERNAL Father! throned above, **-* Thou fountain of redeeming love: Eternal Word! who left thy throne, For man's rebellion to atone! Eternal Spirit! who dost give That grace by which our spirits live! Thou God of our salvation! be Eternal praises paid to thee! 4 C. M. 'TO Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, ■*■ The God whom we adore; Be glory, as it was, is now, And shall be evermore. 420 DOXOLOGIES. 5 CM. T ET God the Father, and the Son, •*** And Spirit, be adored, Where there are works to make him known, Or saints to love the Lord. 6 c M. D. HPHE God of mercy be adored, -*■ Who calls our souls from death, Who saves by his redeeming word And new-creating breath ; To praise the Father, and the Son, And Spirit, all-divine ; The one in three, and three in one, Let saints and angels join. 7 S. M. VE angels round the throne, 4- And saints that dwell below, Worship the Father, praise the Son, And bless the Spirit too. 8 S. M. rjIVE to the Father praise, ^ Give glory to the Son, And to the Spirit of his grace Be equal honour done. 9 S. M. D. "VITE bless the Father's name. * * Who chose us in his love; DOXOLOGIES. 421 To God the Son, we give the same, Our advocate above. The Spirit too we bless, And raise his honours high ; Who conquers by his sovereign grace And brings us strangers nigh. 10 h. M. /TO our eternal God, 4 The Father, and the Son, And Spirit, all divine, Three mysteries in One, Salvation, power, And praise be given, By all on earth, And all in heaven. T H. M. '0 God the Father's throne Our highest honours raise; Glory to God the Son ; To God the Spirit praise ; With all our powers, Eternal King, Thy name we sing, while faith adores, 12 L. P. M. iV OW to the great and sacred Three, -L™ The Father, Son, and Spirit, be Eternal praise and glory given, Through all the worlds where God is known, By all the angels near the throne, And all the saints in earth and heaven. 422 DOXOLOGIES. 13 C. P. M. 'TO Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, •*- Be praise amid the heavenly host, And in the Church below; From whom all creatures draw their breath, By whom redemption blessed the earth, From whom all comforts flow. T 14 6s & 4s. •0 God— the Father, Son, And Spirit — Three in One, All praise be given: Crown him, in every song; To him your hearts belong: Let all his praise prolong, On earth — in heaven. 15 6s & 4s. 'TO the great One in Three, -*- The highest praises be, Hence evermore; His sovereign majesty May we in glory see, And to eternity Love and adore. 16 % CING we to our God above ^ Praise eternal as his love; Praise him, all ye heavenly host, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost i D0X0L0GIES. 423 17 7s. OK AISE the name of God most high, -■- Praise him, all below the sky, Praise him, all ye heavenly host, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost ; As through countless ages past, Evermore his praise shall last. 18 7s & 6s. nnO Father, Son, and Spirit, -*• The God whom we adore, Be loftiest praises given, Now and for evermore. 19 7s & 6s. LEATHER, Son, and Holy Ghost, -*■ One God, whom we adore; Join we with the heavenly host, To praise thee evermore : Three in One, and One in Three, Live, by heaven ana earth adored; Holy, holy, holy Lord, All glory be to thee. 20 7s & 6s. 'TO thee be praise for ever, •*■ Thou glorious King of kings : Thy wondrous love and favour Each ransomed spirit sings: We'll celebrate thy glory, With all thy saints above, And shout the joyful story Of thy redeeming love. 424 DOXOLOGIES. 21 8s. A EL praise to the Father, the Son, ■*-*- And Spirit, thrice holy and blest, The eternal, supreme Three in One, Was, is, and shall still be addressed. 22 8s & 7s. T3RAISE the Father, earth, and heaven, -*- Praise the Son, the Spirit praise; As it was, and is, be given Glory through eternal days. 23 8s & 7s. pRATSE the God of all creation, ■*■ Praise the Father's boundless love; Praise the Lamb, our expiation; Praise the Spirit from above: Praise the fountain of salvation, Him by whom our spirits live; Undivided adoration To the one Jehovah give. 24 8s, 7s & 4s. GREAT Jehovah, we adore thee, God the Father, God the Son, God the Spirit, joined in glory On the same eternal throne: Endless praises To Jehovah, three in one. i I D0X0L0GIE8. 425 25 8s, 7s & 4s. n LORY be to God the Father, ™ Glory to the eternal Son; Sound aloud the Spirit's praises; Join the elders round the throne; Hallelujah, Hail the glorious Three in One. 26 10s & lis. ALL glory to God, the Father and Son, And Spirit of grace, the great Three in One ; Let highest ascriptions for ever be given By all the creation on earth and in heaven. 27 Us. A FATHER Almighty, to thee be ad- ^ dressed, With Christ and the Spirit, one God, ever blest, All glory and worship from earth, and from heaven, . As was, and is now, and shall ever be given. 28 CHORUS. rjJLORY, honour, praise, and power, ^* Be unto the Lamb forever; Jesus Christ is our Redeemer: Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Praise the Lord. 28 INDEX OF FIRST LINES. THE REFERENCES ARE TO THE HYMNS OF THE BOOK Watts, M. Psalmist. Watts. HTMXS. Abba, Father, hear each child 18 C. Wesley. Above, below, where'er we gaze 111 According to thy gracious word 326 Montgomery. A crown, but not a crown of thorn 301 Bonar's Col. A few more years shall roll 586 Bonar. Afflictions are thy servants, Lord 473 Again, we meet, Lord 22 Ah! how shall fallen man 344 Ah! we shall soon be dying 576 Aid us, God of love and mercy 534 Alas ! and did my Saviour bleed 192 All-glorious God ! what hymns of praise 380 All-glorious Saviour! source of grace 511 All hail, the power of Jesus' name 220 Duncan. All hail! thou great Immanuel 169 Medley. All-powerful, self existent God 107 Walker's Col. All thy works with one accord 34 Montgomery. Almighty Father, God of grace 440 Almighty God, thy word is cast 634 Presb. Col. Almighty God, to-night 269 Ch. Hymns. Almighty Lord, with joy to thee 39 And are we now brought near to God 381 And now another week begins 56 Kelly. A pilgrim through this sinful world 469 Byte's Col* Arise, great God, and let thy grace 530 Merribk. Arise, O King of grace, arise 71 Watts. Arm of the Lord, awake, awake 524 Burder's Col. Asleep in Jesus ! blessed sleep 585 Mrs. Mackay, As showers on meadows newly mown 513 Bippon. At the Lamb's high feast we sing 339 Ch. Hymns. Awake, my soul, in joyful lays 391 Medley. Before Jehovah's awful throne 73 Watts* Before thy throne we bow 17 Behold the amazing sight 188 INDEX OF FIRST LINES. 427 HYMNS. Behold the Lamb 175 Brydges. Behold thy waiting servants, Lord 494 Watts. Be joyful in God, all ye lands of the earth 74 Montgomery. Be thou our Guardian and our Guide Blessed are the sons of God Blessed be God, for ever blest Blessed be thy name for ever Blessed Lamb, on Calvary's mountain Bless, Lord, the opening year Bless thine inheritance, God Blest are the men whose mercies move Blest be the tie that binds Blest be thou, Father, and thy love Blest be thou, God of Israel Blest Comforter, divine Blest is the work, God, our King Both heaven and earth do worship thee Bound upon the accursed tree Boundless glory, Lord, be thine Bread of heaveu; on thee we feed Bright and joyful is the morn Bright King of glory! mighty God Brightness of the Father's glory Burst, ye emerald gates, and bring By faith may Jesus dwell By thy birth, and by thy tears Chief Shepherd of thy chosen sheep Christ, above all glory seated Christ the Lord, the Lord most glorious Clothed in the sun, we see thee stand Come, blessed Spirit, source of light Come, dearest Lord, and feed thy sheep Come, desire of nations, come Come, gracious Spirit, heavenly Dove Come, Holy Ghost, Creator, come Come, Holy Ghost, eternal God Come, Holy Spirit, come Come, Holy Spirit, come Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove Come, let our souls adore the Lord Come, let us join our songs of praise Come, Lord, and tarry not Come, Creator Spirit, blest Come, shout aloud the Father's grace Come, sound his praise abroad Come, thou almighty King Come, thou desire of all thy saints 283 Ch. Hymns. 368 Humphrey. 34S Bonar's Col. 43 Hogg. 195 560 Newton. 302 T. Read's Col. 417 Watts. 433 FawcetL 145 Watts. 35 Epis. Col. 239 Pratt's Col. 54 Moravian. 41 St. Ambrose. 185 386 Scotch Col. 332 PraWs Col. 154 Montgomery. 147 Watts. 582 Ch. Hymns. 624 635 452 Grant. 308 Newton. 217 156 3f or avian. 218 Lyra. Cath. 90 Beddome. 53 Mason. 536 252 Brown. 250 Epis. Col. 254 Moravian. 255 Beddome. 258 Ripports Col. 257 Watts. 553 Steele. 205 Campbell's Col. 537 Bonar. 241 Lyra. Cath. 367 Higginbotham. 42 Watts. 132 Madan's Col. 7 Steele. 428 INDEX OF FIRST LINES. Come, thou eternal Spirit, come Come, tbou everlasting Spirit Come, thou fount of every blessing Come, thou soul transforming Spirit Come, ye saints, look here, and wonder HYMNS. 243 Beddome. 334 C. Wesley. 384 Robinson. 638 Jay. 199 Kelly. Day of wrath, that day of burning 601 Dear Father, to thy mercy seat 83 Dear Lord, amid the throng that pressed 194 Dear Saviour, if these lambs should stray 321 Dear Saviour, we are thine 434 Dear Shepherd of thy chosen few 510 Deep in the dust, before thy throne 340 Depth of mercy ! can there be 459 Descend from heaven, celestial Dove 244 Dismiss us with thy blessing Lord 643 Do not we love thee, blessed Lord 408 Draw near, Son of God, draw near 307 Dread Jehovah, God of nations 550 Early, God, without delay 81 Earnest of future bliss 260 Earth is past away and gone 630 Enthroned is Jesus now 214 Enthroned on high, almighty Lord 229 Ere God pronounced creation good 286 Ere mountains rear'd their forms sublime 567 Ancient Hymn. Steele. Bonar's Col. Hyde. Doddridge. Watts. C. Wesley. T. Read's Col. Hart. Doddridge. C. Wesley. Ch. Observer. Watts. Toplady. Alford. Judldn. Humphries. Doddridge. Spirit of Rs. Ch. Hymns. Steele. Ere the waning light decay 273 Eternal Power, almighty God 104 Eternal Saviour, God of love 453 Eternal Spirit, God of truth 247 PratVs Col. Eternal Spirit, source of light 234 Eternal Spirit, 'twas thy breath 86 Eternal Spirit, we confess 256 Eternal Sun of Righteousness 496 Exalted Prince of Life, we own 215 Exert thy power, thy rights maintain 520 Extended on the cursed tree 187 Faithful art Thou, in whom we trust, 97 Faithful, O Lord, thy mercies are 118 Montgomery. Father, be thy name adored 124 Reed's Col. Father, behold with gracious eyes 14 C. Wesley. Father, Creator of mankind 353 Toplady. Father, hear the blood of Jesus 211 Father, is not thy promise sure 515 Father of all, in whom alone 19 C. WesUy. Father of all, thy care we bless 263 Watts. C. Wesley. Doddridge. Vole. J. Wesley. INDEX OF FIRST LINES. HYMNS Father of heaven, whose love profound 139 Father of lights, keep us this day 272 Father of light ! shine on us 270 Father of mercies, bow thine ear 309 Father of mercies, in thy word, 87 Father of our dying Lord 141 Father of spirits, grant that we 419 Father of spirits, nature's God 109 Father to thee, in Christ, we fly 352 Few, few and evil are the days 570 For all thy saints, God, 436 For a season called to part 636 For ever here, our rest shall he 402 For ever with the Lord! 627 Forgive our folly, O Lord most holy 443 Forgive us Lord, to thee we cry 449 For the mercies of the day 62 Fountain of grace, rich full and free 471 From Calvary a cry was heard 184 From Greenland's icy mountains 526 From stern oppression's haughty land 543 From thy royal chambers forth 538 From thy supreme tribunal, Lord 351 From whence these direful omens round 182 Full of trembling expectation 482 429 PraWs Col. Ch. Hymns, Ch. Hymns. Beddome. Steele. C. Wesley. Beddome. Spirit of Ps. Toplady. Montgomery. Ancient Hymn. Newton. Bonar. Montgomery. Sac. Songs. Hastings. Noel. Cunningham. Heher. Mellen. Hull. Toplady. S. Wesley. C. Wesley. Gathered together in thy name Gently, gently lay thy rod Gently, Lord, gently lead us Gird thy sword on ; mighty Saviour, Give thanks to God, he reigns above Glorious things of thee are spoken Glorious thou, in holiness Glory, glory everlasting Glory, glory to our King Glory to the Almighty Father Glory to the Father, give God Almighty, God all-seeing God bless our native land God is iu his holy temple God is love, his mercy brightens God of all grace, we bring to thee God of mercy, God of grace God of mercy, God of grace God of mercy, hear our prayer God of our fathers, to thy throne God of our life, thy boundless grace God of our salvation 2 464 Lyte. 566 Hastings. 525 38 Watts. 288 Newton. 142 415 Kelly. 219 Kelly. 137 Bathurst. 129 Montgomery. 12 Pierpont. 549 72 Montgomery. 467 Bowring. 439 523 Lyte. 492 J. Taylor. 323 Campbell's Col. 547 Bacon. 140 8 430 INDEX OP FIRST LINES. God of our salvation, hear us God of salvation we adore God of the year, with songs of praise God our souls, in mercy blessing God's own promise standeth sure God, that madest earth and heaven God, the Lord, a King remaineth God with us ! glorious name Grace, 'tis a charming sound Gracious Lord, as thou hast bidden Gracious Lord, as thou hast taught us Gracious Spirit, love divine Great Author of creation Great God of wonders, all thy ways Great God, wert thou severe to mark Great God, what do we see and hear Great Father of each perfect gift Great First of Beings, mighty Lord Great is the Lord, what tongue can frame HYMNS. 633 373 Burder's Col. 562 Sigourney. 528 Cole. 371 Harvey. 281 Ch. Hymns. 40 Oxford Psalter. 168 Wood's Col. 382 Doddridge. 320 Burder's Col. 11 Reed. 242 Stocker. 130 122 Bonar. 442 Spirit of Ps. 597 Luther. 245 Doddridge. 99 Boston Col. 31 Great King of glory and of grace 341 Watts. Great Redeemer, Friend of sinners 623 Ch. Lyre. Great Shepherd of thine Israel 506 Watts. Great Spirit through whose mighty power 237 Haweis. Guide us, thou great Jehovah 642 Oliver. Had we the gift of tongues 418 Hail, everlasting spring 376 Hail Sovereign love that formed the plan 3 R 3 Hail, thou ever blessed Jesus 392 Hail, thou once despised Jesus 610 Hail, to the Lord's anointed 153 Hallelujah ! best and sweetest 626 Happy, Saviour, would we be 361 Hark ! a voice, it cries from heaven 580 Hark ! hark ! the notes of joy 151 Hark! 'tis our heavenly Leader's voice 483 Hark ! the herald angels say 198 Hark! the song of jubilee 540 Hark! the voice of love and mercy 191 Hasten, Lord, the glorious time 533 Head of the hosts in glory 222 Health of the weak, to make them strong 454 Hear, what God the Lord hath spoken 299 Heavenly Spirit, may each heart 58 He comes! becomes! the Judge severe 594 He comes ! he comes ! that mighty Breath 240 He reigns, the Lord, the Saviour reigns 112 Holy and reverend is the name 116 Stennett. Campbell's Col. Browne. Wingrove. Bakewell. Montgomery. Lyra. Cath. Nevin. Kelly. Reed's Col. Cudworth. Montgomery. Francis. Spirit of Ps. Brydges. Cowper. Select Hymns. C. Wesley. Lyra. Oath. Watts. JVeedham. INDEX OF FIRST LINES. 431 HYMNS. Holy Father, hear our cry 144 Bonar. Holy Father, thou hast taught us 556 Holy Ghost, dispel our sadness 253 Toplady. Holy, holy, holy Lord 125 Montgomery. Holy, holy, holy Lord 30 Salisbury Col. Holy Lamb, who thee receive 429 J. Wesley. Holy Son of God most High 159 Bulfinch. Holy Spirit, fount of blessing 236 Holy Spirit from on high 238 Bathurst. Holy Spirit, Lord of light 249 Lyra. Cath. Holy Spirit, thee we pray 640 Hope of our hearts, Lord, appear 227 Sonar's Col. Hopeless and outcast once we lay 298 Sonar's Col. Hosanna, to the living Lord 76 Heber. How beauteous are their feet 305 Watts. How beauteous were the marks divine 162 Cox. How great thy mercies, Lord 316 Salisbury. How honoured, how dear 84 How lovely are thy dwellings, Lord 77 Milton. How shall the sons of men appear 346 Stennett. How shall we our Saviour set forth 163 Select Hymns. How sweet and awful is the place 336 Watts. How sweet to bless thee, Lord 631 Urwiclc's Col. How tender is thy hand 478 Hastings. If human kindness meets return 325 NoeVs Col. I love thy kingdom, Lord 289 Dwight. Immanuel, on thy glorious name 170 In all our ways, God 264 Seddome. In Christ! how the blissful thought 293 T. Reed's Col. Indulgent Sovereign of the skies 514 In heaven now, the angels see 226 Lyra. Cath. In songs of siiblime adoration and praise 354 Recce's Col. In the floods of tribulation 476 In the sun, and moon, and stars 591 Heber. In this world of sin and sorrow 588 Madan's Col. In thy cross, Christ, we glory 485 Sowring. In thy house of solemn meeting 16 C. H. Book. In thy name, Lord, assembling 3 Kelly. It is finished, glorious word 190 Bulfinch. It is the Lord, our Saviour's hand 573 Waits. Jehovah God, thy gracious power 101 Thompson. Jerusalem, thou happy home 619 BurkiWs Col. Jesus, and didst thou leave the sky 498 Steele. Jesus, from whom all blessings flow 294 C. Wesley. Jesus, blessed Mediator 598 Conder. Jesus Christ, we bow before thee 25 Lyra. Cath. 432 INDEX OF FIRST LINES. Jesus, full of all compassion Jesus, God of love attend Jesus, great redeeming Lord Jesus, immortal King, arise Jesus, in sickness and in pain Jesus, in thee our souls delight Jesus, lead us by thy power Jesus lives, and so shall we Jesus lives, thy terrors now Jesus, Lord of life and glory Jesus, Lord, we look to thee Jesus, lover of my soul Jesus, our best beloved friend HYMNS. 451 Turner, 462 Toplady. 327 C. Wesley. 518 Burder's Col. 575 Gallaudet. 167 T. Read's Col. 394 Bonar's Col. 486 Gellert. 574 German Hymn. 405 C.H.Book. 430 C. Wesley. 366 C. Wesley. 421 Montgomery. Jesus our Head,once crowned with thorns 225 Bonar's Col. Jesus, our holy Lord 65 C. H. Book. Jesus, our triumphant Head 202 Jesus spreads his banner over us 329 Hart. Jesus, the Lord of glory, died 397 Jesus, the very thought of thee 413 St. Bernard. Jesus, thou Prince and Saviour 349 Jesus, thou source of calm repose 178 UrwicWs Col. Jesus, thy love can we forget 403 Ch'n Lyre. Jesus, to thy dear wounds we flee 605 C. Wesley. Jesus, we look to thee 10 C Wesley. Jesus, we love to meet 63 C. H Book. Jesus, we sing thy matchless grace 177 Doddridge. Jesus, where'er thy people meet 82 Cowper. Jesus, while our hearts are bleeding 481 M. H. Book. Jesus, who but thou had borne 390 Mant. Joy to the world, the Lord is come 157 Watts. Just as I am, without one plea 357 Miss Elliott. Laden with guilt, and full of fears 93 Watts. Lamb of God, whose dying love 328 C. Wesley. Lead us, heavenly Father, lead us] 641 Edmeston. Let all on earth their voices raise 100 Watts. Let them neglect thy glory, Lord 146 Watts. Let songs of praises fill the sky 231 Cotterill. Let us awake our joys 228 Kingsbury. Let us chant melodious hymns 411 Toplady. Let us not, thou King eternal 604 Psalmodist. Lift up to God the voice of praise 37 Wardlaw. Lift up your heads, ye gates, and wide 204 Montgomery. Light of them that sit in darkness 527 Cotterill. Light of those whose dreary dwelling 9 Toplady. Lo ! He comes ! the King of glory 599 Lo ! He comes, with clouds descending 600 Brydges. Look up to yonder wonder 613 Campbell's Col, INDEX OF FIRST LINES. 433 Look, ye saints, the sight is glorious Lord assist us by thy grace Lord, at thy table we behold Lord, before thy throne we bend Lord, behold thy people here Lord, be our Shepherd, in thy love Lord, dismiss us with thy blessing Lord God, the Holy Ghost Lord, in this sacred hour Lord Jesus, are we one with thee Lord Jesus, we believing Lord of every land and nation Lord of heaven, and earth, and ocean Lord of mercy and of might Lord of the harvest, hear Lord of the Sabbath, thee we praise Lord of the vast creation Lord of the worlds above Lord send thy servants forth Lord, thou art good, all nature shows Lord, thou hast been thy people's rest Lord, thou wilt hear the prayer Lord, thy glory fills the heavens Lord, to our prayer attend Lord, to thy sacred house Lord, we adore thy vast designs Lord, we are born a sinful race Lord, we are vile, conceived in sin Lord, we bow with deep contrition Lord, we come before thee now Lord, we despair ourselves to heal HYMNS. 224 Kelly. 322 331 Stennett. 20 BowdUr. 23 Kelly. 172 C. H. Book. 644 Burder. 232 Montgoirwry : 51 431 Sonar's Col. 356 Bonar. 150 Robinson, 546 Crosse. 456 Heber. 310 C. Wesley. 67 M. H Book. 60 Bulioer. 70 Watts. 529 C Wesley. 121 Browne. 572 Montgomery. 493 50 Ancient Hymns. 455 Lyte. 78 I) wight. 465 Watts. 342 Watts. 343 Watts. 491 31. H Book. 6 Hammond. 350 C. Wesley. Lord, we have made thy word our choice 95 Watts. Lord, we lie before thy feet Lord, we would come to thee Lord, when we bend before thy throne Lord, while for all mankind we pray Lo! round the throne a glorious band Lo ! the seal of death is breaking Loud Hallelujahs to the Lord Love's abyss there's no exploring Love divine, all love excelling Low at thy feet, O Christ, we fall Lowly and solemn be Majestic sweetness sits enthroned Maker of all things, God most high Maker of the Sabbath day Maker, upholder, ruler, thee 446 Hart. 458 24 Pratt's Col. 548 Urford. 6 14 Pearson's Col. 596 Miss. Mag. 29 Watts. 337 T. Bead's Col. 426 C. Wesley. 165 Toplady. 584 Hemans. 404 Stennett. 275 Williams. 64 C.H.Book. 126 Montgomery. 434 INDEX OF FIRST LINES. HYMNS. Master, see, to thee we bow 401 Moravian. Mediator, Son of God 171 Toplady. Meet and light it is to sing 133 C. Wesley. Messiah, at thy glad approach 539 Logan. Met, God, to ask thy presence 504 Scott. Mid scenes of confusion and creature 607 Mighty God, the first, the last 106 Mighty God, the Holy One 128 Mighty God, we humbly pray 423 Moravian. Mighty One, before whose face 311 Bryant. Most ancient of all mysteries 131 Lyra. Oath. Mourn, mourn o'er follies past 554 My faith looks up to thee 362 Palmer. Nor eye has seen, nor ear has heard 610 Watts. No shadows yonder 629 Bonar. No voice can sing, no heart can frame 180 St. Bernard. Now let our cheerful eyes survey 208 Doddridge. Now may the God of peace and love 637 Gibbons. O Christ, thou glorious King, we own 149 O Christ, what gracious words 516 Bichards. O come and dwell in us 246 C. Wesley. O come, let us sing to the Lord 49 Montgomery. O come, loud anthems let us sing 26 Tate <& Brady. O come, proclaim abroad 388 Byland. O could we find from day to day 424 Hartford Sel. O could we speak the matchless worth 164 Medley. O'er all the peopled earth 300 C. H. Book. O'erwhelmed in depths of woe 186 Lyra. Gath. O for a closer walk with God 428 Cowper. O for a faith that will not shrink 360 Bathurst. O for a shout of joy 120 J. Young. O for a sweet inspiring ray 612 Steele. O for the wings of faith to rise 617 Watts. Oft in the temples of thy grace 79 Steele. O God, accept our hearts this day 338 Lyra. Cath. O God, how wonderful thou art 123 Lyra. Cath. O God of Bethel, by whose hand 557 Doddridge. O God of mercy, thee we praise 158 Watts. O God, our Father, while we stay 480 Miss S. Watts. O God, the covenant of thy love 369 Doddridge. O God, the gospel of thy Son 91 Beddome. O God, to thee our hearts would pay 558 Gaskell. O God, to whom the happy clear 587 O God unseen, yet even near 330 O God we praise thee, and confess 27 Patrick. INDEX OF FIRST LINES. HYMNS. 435 O God, who knowest how frail we are 461 Gaskell. Gracious Shepherd, hind us 173 Bonar's Col. keep us Lord, each hour of need 457 Milman. Holy, holy, holy Lord 135 Conder. Holy, holy, holy Lord 127 Easburne. Holy Saviour, friend unseen 479 Bonar's Col. injured Majesty of heaven 444 A. Heed's Col. Jesus, for thy matchless love 193 Moravian. Jesus, full of truth and grace 448 C.Wesley. Jesus, Jesus, dearest Lord 412 Lyra. Cath. Jesus, life-spring of the soul 201 Lyra. Cath. Jesus, Lord of heavenly grace 278 Cliandler. Jesus, once for sinners slain 271 Ch. Hymns. King Eternal, Lord of grace 280 Ch. Hymns. let our Sabhath evening song 68 C. H. Book. let triumphant faith dispel 370 Epis. Col. let us, gracious Lord, extend 569 Merrick. Lord, how fearful is thy name 113 Watts. Lord, if in the Book of Life 378 Beddome. Lord, our fathers oft have told 544 1'ate <£• Brady. Lord, our God, arise 522 Wardlaw. Lord, thine ancient churches spare 532 Cong. H. Book. Lord, thy covenant is sure 315 Conder. Lord, thy love's unbounded 407 Lord, thy work revive 500 Hastings. O Lord, when we the path retrace 161 Bonar's Col. O Love divine, how sweet thou art 399 C. Wesley. One sole baptismal sign 292 Bobinson. One there is above all others 395 Bonar. One there is above all others 396 Newton. On that great, that awful day 593 Yon Celano. On the night of that last supper 324 Breviary. O, render thanks to God above 48 Tate <£ Brady. O Saviour be thou near us 578 Bonar 1 s Col. O Shepherd of Israel, divine 487 O Spirit of the living God 261 Montgomery. O suffering friend of human kind 181 Bulfinch. Sun of Righteousness, divine 508 Doddridge. O that the Lord's salvation 531 Lyte. 0, the delights, the heavenly joys 221 Watts. O Thou, above all praise 45 Montgomery. O Thou, before whose gracious throne 312 O Thou, eternal victim slain 209 C. Wesley. O Thou, our Saviour, Brother, Friend 205 C. Wesley. O Thou that bear est prayer 233 Thou, the Father's image, blest 276 Lyra. Cath. O Thou, who art the light 5 O Thou, who gavest thy servants grace 284 Ch. Hymns. 436 INDEX OF FIRST LINES. HYMNS. Thou, who hast thy servants taught 15 Alford. Thou, who hearest prayer 447 Moravian. Thou, whose compassionate care 477 Bath Col. Our hlest Redeemer, ere we hreathed 230 Lyte. Our Father hids us come 427 Our Father, through the coming year 561 Gaskell. Our Father, who dost lead 136 Our Head is one, our Head is love 303 Francis. Our heavenly Father calls 432 Doddridge. Our keeper, God, we bless thy name 563 Doddridge. Our hope is built on nothing less 358 Bees. Our Saviour alone 406 Our times are in thy hand 468 Bonar's Col. very God, of very God 285 Ch. Hymns. what a bright and blessed world 535 Bonar's Col. O what a lonely path were ours 606 Bonar's Col. what is earthly pleasure 568 when shall we sweetly remove 621 C. Wesley. where are kings and empires now 296 Cox. O where is now that glowing love 489 Bonar's Col. worship the King all glorious above 47 Grant. Peace to this our habitation 267 Planted in Christ, the living vine 291 S. F. Smith. Plunged in a gulf of dark despair 385 Watts. Praise be to God on high 196 Alford. Praise, everlasting praise, be paid 88 Watts. Praise on Thee, in Zion's gates 564 Ev. Mag. Praise to God, immortal praise 542 Barbauld. Praise to God, the great Creator 28 Praise we Jehovah's name 33 Goode. Prince of Peace, control our will 420 Rejoice in Jesus' birth 155 C WesUy. Remember thee, redeeming Lord 333 Wardlaw. Retire, vain world, awhile retire 499 Return, O God of love, return 498 Watts. Rise, glorious Conqueror, rise 203 Brydges. Rise, Sun of glory, rise 519 Bender. Rock of Ages, cleft for me 365 Toplady. Ruler of the dread immense 268 Lyra. Cath. Ruler of the hosts of light 213 Safely through another week 52 Neivton. Salvation, O the joyful sound 375 Watts. Saviour, breathe an evening blessing 279 Saviour divine, we know thy name 176 Doddridge. Saviour of men and Lord of love 179 Doddridge. INDEX OF FIRST LINES. 437 HYMNS. Saviour, like a Shepherd lead us 435 Saviour visit thy plantation 509 Newton* Saviour who thy flock art feeding 317 See, from Zion's sacred mountain 295 Kelly. See, gracious God, hefore thy throne 551 Steele. See the clouds upon the mountain 57 Collyer. See the vineyard that was planted 507 Servants of God, in joyful lays 44 Montgomery. Shepherd of souls, the great, the good 503 C.Wesley. Sing, our souls, his wcndrous love 377 Epis. Col. Sing, sing the Saviour's glory 189 Lyra. Cath. Siug we praises to the Lord. Alleluia 36 Sing we the song of those who stand 387 Montgomery. Sole Sovereign of the earth and skies 266 Some seraph leud your heavenly tongue 103 Watts. Son of Man, to whom is given Sons of Adam, join to raise Source of being, Source of light Sovereign Father, heavenly King Sovereign Lord of light and glory Sovereign Ruler, Lord of all Sovereign Ruler of the skies Spirit divine, attend our prayer Spirit of everlasting grace Spirit of holiness, descend Spirit of power and might, behold Spirit of truth, on this thy day Stay, thou insulted Spirit, stay Strangers and pilgrims here below Stricken, smitten, and afflicted Sun of our soul, thou Saviour dear Sweet is the work, Lord Sweet was the time, when first we felt Swell the anthem, raise the song Baffles. Ryland. 438 152 102 C. Wesley. 138 32 541 114 248 502 501 S. F. Smith. 262 Montgomery. 251 Heber. 259 C. Wesley. 265 Ch. Hymns. 183 BickerstetWsCol. 282 KeUe. 59 Spirit of Ps. 488 Newton. 545 Sac. Songs. Teach us yet more of thy blest ways 409 Bonar's Col. Thanks to God for those who came 306 That awful day will surely come 590 Watts. The atoning work is done 206 Kelly. The angel comes! he comes to reap 595 Milman. The day is past and gone 277 Ch. Hymns. The day of wrath, that dreadful day 602 Scott. Thee we adore, Eternal Name 565 Watts. The Lord is risen indeed 200 Kelly. The Lord will come.the earth shall quake 589 Heber. The promises we sing 96 Doddridge. There is a fountain filled with blood 363 Cowper. There is a happy land, far, far away 628 438 INDEX OF FIRST LINES. There is a holy city- There is a land of pure delight There is a little, lonely fold The Saviour bids us watch and pray The Saviour dwelt on earth The Saviour, when to heaven he rose These are the crowns that we shall wear The starry firmament on high The voice of free grace cries escape to the The wonders of that love Thine earthly Sabbath, Lord, we love Thine, Lord, is wisdom, thine alone Thirsting for a living spring This child we dedicate to thee This is not our place of resting This sacred day, great God, we close Thou art the way, to thee alone Thou blessed heir of all the earth Thou dear Redeemer, dying Lamb Thou Fount of blessing, God of love, Thou God of power, thou God of love Thou gracious God, and kind Thou Judge of quick and dead Thou Lord art God alone Thou Lord, of all the parent art Thou lovely source of true delight Thou Sun of Righteousness, arise Thou, the unbeginning Word Thou, who art enthroned above Thou who on earth as man wast known 216 Thou whose almighty word 517 Thrice Holy God, of wondrous might Through all the various shifting scene HYMNS. 618 C.Beecher. 611 Watts. 297 Lichfield Col. 445 Campbell's Col* 197 304 Doddridge. 620 Bonar. 94 Grant. 379 Thornby. 410 66 Doddridge. 117 J. Wesley. 13 319 W. Boston Col. 608 Bonar 's Col. 347 Doane. 541 Bonar' s Col. 174 Cennick. 422 1 Pearson's Col. 450 Goode. 592 C Wesley. 46 C Wesley. 101 Martineau's Col. 89 Steele. 521 C. Wesley. Sandys. Watts. Marriott. 274 Cfi. Hymns. 115 Colleti. 148 55 Through endless years, thou art the same 108 Tate & Brady. Through sorrow's night, and danger's 577 H. K. White. Through the love of God our Saviour 484 Bonar' s Col. Thy goodness, Lord, our souls confess 119 Berridge. Thy presence, gracious God, afford 4 Fawcett. Thy saints on earth, and those above 290 Thy Spirit pour, O gracious Lord 235 Campbell's Col. Thy way is in the deep, O Lord 474 Thy way is in the sea 466 Fawcett. Thy word, O Lord, is light and food 92 Thy works, not ours, O Christ 364 Bonar. 'Tis past, the dark and dreary night 212 Boywr's Col. To Calvary Lord, in spirit now 400 Bnnar's Col. To Him, who children blest 318 Clark. To thee, O God, when creatures fail 314 Doddridge. INDEX OF FIRST LINES. 439 To thy temple we repair Transient as the hues of morning 'Twas by thy Spirit, gracious Lord HYMNS. 80 Montgomery. 571 Grecville. 85 Watts. "We come to sing thy praise 21 We give immortal praise 134 We have no outward righteousness 359 We'll speak thy honours, gracious King 186 We long to behold thee, arrayed 622 We look to thee, Lord, alone 345 We love thee, Lord, because when we 414 We love thy holy temple, Lord 75 We now, Lord, approach thy throne 490 We praise and bless thee, gracious Lord 355 We pray thee, wounded Lamb of God 460 We sing of the realms of the blest 625 We trust thee, Lord 98 We would leave, God, to thee 472 What grace, Lord, and beauty shone 160 What is our being but for thee 425 What of truth we have been hearing 632 What though the arm of conquering 313 When bending o'er the brink of life 581 When human hopes all wither 470 When, dear Jesus, when shall we 61 When, O dear Saviour, shall it be 495 When, Saviour, shall we be 497 When our heads are bowed with woe 463 When rising from the bed of death 603 When the vale of death appears 583 When this passing world is done 416 When waves of trouble round us swell 475 Where high the heavenly Temple stands 207 While all the angel throng 143 While here we sit 372 While in sweet communion feeding 335 While o'er our guilty land, Lord 552 While pilgrims, Lord, we yet remain 639 While we lowly bow before thee 437 While we to grief our souls gave way 512 While with ceaseless course the sun 559 Who are these arrayed in white 615 Who are these, in bright array 616 Who is this, that comes from Edom 390 Whom should we praise, O Christ, but 393 Who, Lord, when life is o'er 609 Why do we mourn departing friends 579 Why, God, thy people spurn 555 Watts. Watts. Hastings. Protfs Col. Campljell's Col. Spitta. Moravian. Gellert. Gaskell. Bonar's Col. Doddridge. Doddridge. Collyer. Cennick. C. Wesley. C Wesley. Milman. Addison. Gems. Bonar's Col f Logan. Montgomery. Spir. Songs. Bonar's Col. Davies. Colesvjorthy. Newton. Newton. De Courcey. Montgomery. Bowden. Spirit of Ps. Watts. Hatfield. I 440 INDEX OF FIRST LINES. HYMNS. With deepest reverence at thy throne 305 Butcher. With joy we meditate thy grace 210 Watts. With stately towers and bulwarks strong 2S7 Ye saints, your music bring 374 THE END. Deacidified using the Bookkeeper proces Neutralizing agent: Magnesium Oxide Treatment Date: August 2005 PreservationTechnologies A WORLD LEADER IN PAPER PRESERVATION 1 1 1 Thomson Park Drive Cranberry Township, PA 16066 (724)779-2111 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 014 628 952 6 Q