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Adams and E.H. Chapin + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: Hymns for Christian Devotion + Especially Adapted to the Universalist Denomination + +Author: J.G. Adams + E.H. Chapin + +Release Date: January 29, 2007 [EBook #20476] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: UTF-8 + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HYMNS FOR CHRISTIAN DEVOTION *** + + + + +Produced by Ryan Wheeler, Stephen Hutcheson, Alicia +Williams, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at +http://www.pgdp.net + + + + + + +</pre> + + +<h1>HYMNS +<br /><span style="font-size:50%">FOR</span> +<br />CHRISTIAN DEVOTION; +<br /> +<br /><span style="font-size:60%">ESPECIALLY ADAPTED TO</span> +<br /><span style="font-size:75%">THE UNIVERSALIST DENOMINATION</span></h1> + +<p class="center">BY J. G. ADAMS AND E. H. CHAPIN.</p> + +<p class="center"><b>TWENTY-SECOND EDITION.</b></p> + +<p class="center">BOSTON: +<br />ABEL TOMPKINS. +<br />1853.</p> + + +<h2>PREFACE.</h2> + +<p> In presenting this work to the public, the compilers would say, that +they do not intend it as a rival of any other Hymn Book already in +existence; but, if advancement in the light of other good works be +allowable, as an improvement on them all. Although evidently designed in +one sense for a denomination, they have also intended that it shall +answer in some measure the demands of a liberal and progressive +Christianity--a Christianity, under whatever name or pretension found, +that would diffuse Christ's spirit and do his works of truth and love +among men.</p> + +<p> We have sought to give variety in these Hymns; to have the number +ample enough; and while cautious in reference to their literary +character, to select those of a devotional tendency, rather than those +chiefly commendable for their poetical excellence. We have intended also +to pay due respect to the old Hymns so justly familiar with those of +every age among our worshippers, while we have not been unmindful of the +new claimants of public favor.</p> + +<p> It will be perceived that there is a greater variety of Hymns on +several topics than in most other Hymn Books now in use among us; +especially in reference to the philanthropic nature of our religion, and +the peculiar indications of this nature in the present age. In the +department of the book entitled "Triumph of Christianity," faithfulness +in representing this great truth is designed. In all instances where the +authorship of a hymn could be ascertained, it has been given. Of a few +hymns, however, taken from a copy of the new Cambridge Unitarian Hymn +Book, kindly handed us in sheets, it was not known whether they were +original or not. They appear in this book, therefore, in company with +quite a number of original ones, without any special mark thus to +designate them.</p> + +<p> To the friends who have so kindly aided us, by suggestions or +contributions, we return our sincere thanks; and to the Christian public +do we now humbly dedicate this work, invoking the blessing of God upon +its use, and praying that it may be welcomed by many souls seeking the +aids and blessings of Christian devotion.</p> + +<p class="jr"><span class="sc">J. G. Adams,</span> +<br /><span class="sc">E. H. Chapin.</span></p> + +<p> <i> Boston, August 1, 1846. </i></p> + + +<hr /> + + +<p class="center">Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1846, by +<br />ABEL TOMPKINS, +<br />In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts.</p> + + +<hr /> + + +<p class="center">STEREOTYPED BY GEORGE A. CURTIS, BOSTON.</p> + + +<h2>GENERAL INDEX OF SUBJECTS</h2> + +<p class="jr"><small>HYMNS.</small></p> + +<dl class="toc"> +<dt><span class="sc">Introduction and Close of Worship,</span> <a href="#h0001">1 to 100</a></dt> +<dt><span class="sc">Character, Attributes and Providence of God,</span> <a href="#h0101">101 to 148</a></dt> +<dt><span class="sc">General Praise,</span> <a href="#h0149">149 to 167</a></dt> +<dt><span class="sc">Religion of Nature,</span> <a href="#h0168">168 to 183</a></dt> +<dt><span class="sc">The Scriptures,</span> <a href="#h0184">184 to 197</a></dt> +<dt><span class="sc">Christ; His Character and Offices,</span> <a href="#h0198">198 to 256</a></dt> +<dt><span class="sc">The Gospel and Its Invitations,</span> <a href="#h0257">257 to 283</a></dt> +<dt><span class="sc">Triumph of Christianity,</span> <a href="#h0284">284 to 322</a></dt> +<dt><span class="sc">Repentance and Reformation,</span> <a href="#h0323">323 to 338</a></dt> +<dt><span class="sc">Christian Character and Life,</span> <a href="#h0339">339 to 421</a></dt> +<dt><span class="sc">Devout Exercises,</span> <a href="#h0422">422 to 513</a></dt> +<dt><span class="sc">Life, Death and Futurity,</span> <a href="#h0514">514 to 565</a></dt> +<dt><span class="sc">Mourning and Consolation,</span> <a href="#h0566">566 to 605</a></dt> +<dt><span class="sc">Submission and Reliance,</span> <a href="#h0606">606 to 635</a></dt> +<dt><span class="sc">Religious Exultation,</span> <a href="#h0636">636 to 652</a></dt> +<dt><span class="sc">The Church and Ordinances,</span> <a href="#h0653">653 to 695</a></dt> +<dt><span class="sc">Dedications; Ordinations; Installations,</span> <a href="#h0696">696 to 718</a></dt> +<dt><span class="sc">Associations, Conventions and Missionary Meetings,</span> <a href="#h0719">719 to 737</a></dt> +<dt><span class="sc">Early Religious Culture,</span> <a href="#h0738">738 to 763</a></dt> +<dt><span class="sc">Philanthropic Subjects,</span> <a href="#h0764">764 to 824</a></dt> +<dt><span class="sc">Seamen's Hymns,</span> <a href="#h0825">825 to 835</a></dt> +<dt><span class="sc">National Hymns,</span> <a href="#h0836">836 to 850</a></dt> +<dt><span class="sc">The Seasons, Annual Occasions, &c.</span> <a href="#h0851">851 to 901</a></dt> +<dt><span class="sc">Social and Domestic Worship,</span> <a href="#h0902">902 to 934</a></dt> +<dt><span class="sc">Morning and Evening Hymns,</span> <a href="#h0935">935 to 960</a></dt> +<dt><span class="sc">Miscellaneous,</span> <a href="#h0961">961 to 1005</a></dt> +<dt><span class="sc">Doxologies,</span> <a href="#h1006">1006 to 1008</a></dt> +</dl> + + +<h2>INDEX OF FIRST LINES.</h2> + +<dl> +<dt>Above, below, where'er I gaze, <a href="#h0116">116</a></dt> +<dt>According to thy gracious word, <a href="#h0690">690</a></dt> +<dt>Affliction is a stormy deep, <a href="#h0609">609</a></dt> +<dt>Again our ears have heard the voice, <a href="#h0083">83</a></dt> +<dt>Again our earthly cares we leave, <a href="#h0032">32</a></dt> +<dt>Again the Lord of life and light, <a href="#h0060">60</a></dt> +<dt>A glance from heaven with sweet effect, <a href="#h0526">526</a></dt> +<dt>A glory gilds the sacred page, <a href="#h0186">186</a></dt> +<dt>A holy air is breathing round, <a href="#h0917">917</a></dt> +<dt>Ah! wretched souls who strive in vain, <a href="#h0443">443</a></dt> +<dt>A King shall reign in righteousness, <a href="#h0255">255</a></dt> +<dt>All from the sun's uprise, <a href="#h0166">166</a></dt> +<dt>All hail the power of Jesus' name, <a href="#h0246">246</a></dt> +<dt>All hail, ye servants of the Lord, <a href="#h0770">770</a></dt> +<dt>All nature dies and lives again, <a href="#h0550">550</a></dt> +<dt>All nature feels attractive power, <a href="#h0381">381</a></dt> +<dt>All nature's works his praise declare, <a href="#h0984">984</a></dt> +<dt>All men are equal in their birth, <a href="#h0766">766</a></dt> +<dt>All powerful, self-existent God, <a href="#h0146">146</a></dt> +<dt>All ye nations, praise the Lord, <a href="#h0094">94</a></dt> +<dt>Almighty former of creation's plan, <a href="#h0121">121</a></dt> +<dt>Almighty God, in humble prayer, <a href="#h0459">459</a></dt> +<dt>Almighty God, thy wondrous works, <a href="#h0139">139</a></dt> +<dt>Almighty King, whose wondrous hand, <a href="#h0515">515</a></dt> +<dt>Almighty Maker, Lord of all, <a href="#h0489">489</a></dt> +<dt>Almighty Lord, before thy throne, <a href="#h0874">874</a></dt> +<dt>Along my earthly way, <a href="#h0521">521</a></dt> +<dt>Amazing, beauteous change, <a href="#h0312">312</a></dt> +<dt>Am I an Israelite indeed, <a href="#h0502">502</a></dt> +<dt>Am I a soldier of the cross, <a href="#h0369">369</a></dt> +<dt>Amid surrounding gloom and waste, <a href="#h0994">994</a></dt> +<dt>Amidst a world of hopes and fears, <a href="#h0487">487</a></dt> +<dt>And art thou with us, gracious Lord, <a href="#h0627">627</a></dt> +<dt>And can my heart aspire so high, <a href="#h0481">481</a></dt> +<dt>And is the gospel peace and love, <a href="#h0357">357</a></dt> +<dt>And is there, Lord, a rest, <a href="#h0563">563</a></dt> +<dt>And now, my soul, another year, <a href="#h0895">895</a></dt> +<dt>Angels! roll the rock away, <a href="#h0235">235</a></dt> +<dt>Another day is past, <a href="#h0950">950</a></dt> +<dt>Another six days' work is done, <a href="#h0058">58</a></dt> +<dt>Approach not the altar with gloom in thy soul, <a href="#h0965">965</a></dt> +<dt>Approach, thou blessed of the Lord, <a href="#h0663">663</a></dt> +<dt>Around Bethesda's healing wave, <a href="#h0221">221</a></dt> +<dt>Arrayed in clouds of golden light, <a href="#h0210">210</a></dt> +<dt>As body when the soul has fled, <a href="#h0773">773</a></dt> +<dt>As bowed by sudden storms, the rose, <a href="#h0579">579</a></dt> +<dt>As earth's pageant passes by, <a href="#h0421">421</a></dt> +<dt>Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep, <a href="#h0549">549</a></dt> +<dt>As in solemn congregation, <a href="#h0687">687</a></dt> +<dt>As o'er the past my memory strays, <a href="#h0893">893</a></dt> +<dt>A soldier's course, from battles won, <a href="#h0340">340</a></dt> +<dt>As showers on meadows newly mown, <a href="#h0292">292</a></dt> +<dt>As the evening shadows gather, <a href="#h0716">716</a></dt> +<dt>As the hart with eager looks, <a href="#h0428">428</a></dt> +<dt>As the sweet flower that scents the morn, <a href="#h0582">582</a></dt> +<dt>As twilight's gradual veil is spread, <a href="#h0551">551</a></dt> +<dt>As when the deluge waves were gone, <a href="#h0968">968</a></dt> +<dt>At God's command the morning ray, <a href="#h0857">857</a></dt> +<dt>At the portals of thy house, <a href="#h0072">72</a></dt> +<dt>Auspicious morning, hail, <a href="#h0846">846</a></dt> +<dt>Author of good, to thee we turn, <a href="#h0430">430</a></dt> +<dt>A voice from the desert comes awful and shrill, <a href="#h0199">199</a></dt> +<dt>Awake, my soul, and with the sun, <a href="#h0936">936</a></dt> +<dt>Awake, my soul, lift up thine eyes, <a href="#h0367">367</a></dt> +<dt>Awake, my soul, stretch every nerve, <a href="#h0368">368</a></dt> +<dt>Awake our souls, away our fears, <a href="#h0370">370</a></dt> +<dt>Baptized into our Saviour's death, <a href="#h0671">671</a></dt> +<dt>Before Jehovah's awful throne, <a href="#h0004">4</a></dt> +<dt>Begin, my soul, the exalted lay, <a href="#h0161">161</a></dt> +<dt>Begin the high celestial strain, <a href="#h0169">169</a></dt> +<dt>Behold, amid his little flock, <a href="#h0683">683</a></dt> +<dt>Behold my servant, see him rise, <a href="#h0198">198</a></dt> +<dt>Behold, on Zion's heavenly shore, <a href="#h0561">561</a></dt> +<dt>Behold th' amazing sight, <a href="#h0247">247</a></dt> +<dt>Behold the grace appears, <a href="#h0206">206</a></dt> +<dt>Behold the lofty sky, <a href="#h0188">188</a></dt> +<dt>Behold the morning sun, <a href="#h0280">280</a></dt> +<dt>Behold the path which mortals tread, <a href="#h0541">541</a></dt> +<dt>Behold the Prince of Peace, <a href="#h0216">216</a></dt> +<dt>Behold the Saviour on the cross, <a href="#h0231">231</a></dt> +<dt>Behold the western evening light, <a href="#h0544">544</a></dt> +<dt>Behold, what wondrous grace, <a href="#h0442">442</a></dt> +<dt>Behold where breathing love divine, <a href="#h0225">225</a></dt> +<dt>Behold where in a mortal form, <a href="#h0239">239</a></dt> +<dt>Be it my only wisdom here, <a href="#h0457">457</a></dt> +<dt>Beneath our feet and o'er our head, <a href="#h0531">531</a></dt> +<dt>Bereft, of all, when hopeless care, <a href="#h0633">633</a></dt> +<dt>Beset with snares on every hand, <a href="#h0455">455</a></dt> +<dt>Be thou, O God, exalted high, <a href="#h0149">149</a></dt> +<dt>Be with me, Lord, where'er I go, <a href="#h0488">488</a></dt> +<dt>Beyond, beyond that boundless sea, <a href="#h0108">108</a></dt> +<dt>Blessed be thy name forever, <a href="#h0170">170</a></dt> +<dt>Blessed state and happy he, <a href="#h0964">964</a></dt> +<dt>Bless, O bless, Almighty Father, <a href="#h0997">997</a></dt> +<dt>Bless, O Lord, each opening year, <a href="#h0894">894</a></dt> +<dt>Blest are the humble souls that see, <a href="#h0344">344</a></dt> +<dt>Blest are the meek, he said, <a href="#h0348">348</a></dt> +<dt>Blest are the pure in heart, <a href="#h0351">351</a></dt> +<dt>Blest are the sons of peace, <a href="#h0393">393</a></dt> +<dt>Blest are the souls that hear and know, <a href="#h0276">276</a></dt> +<dt>Blest be the hour when friends shall meet, <a href="#h0580">580</a></dt> +<dt>Blest be the tie that binds, <a href="#h0659">659</a></dt> +<dt>Blest day of God, most calm, most bright, <a href="#h0008">8</a></dt> +<dt>Blest hour, when mortal man retires, <a href="#h0044">44</a></dt> +<dt>Blest instructor! from thy ways, <a href="#h0334">334</a></dt> +<dt>Blest is the hour when cares depart, <a href="#h0708">708</a></dt> +<dt>Blest is the man who fears the Lord, <a href="#h0410">410</a></dt> +<dt>Blest is the man who fears the Lord, <a href="#h0925">925</a></dt> +<dt>Blest who with generous pity glows, <a href="#h0780">780</a></dt> +<dt>Blest with unearthly bliss were they, <a href="#h0911">911</a></dt> +<dt>Blow ye the trumpet, blow, <a href="#h0261">261</a></dt> +<dt>Borne o'er the ocean's stormy wave, <a href="#h0378">378</a></dt> +<dt>Bound upon th' accursed tree, <a href="#h0248">248</a></dt> +<dt>Bread of heaven, on thee we feed, <a href="#h0681">681</a></dt> +<dt>Breathe thoughts of pity o'er a brother's fall, <a href="#h0814">814</a></dt> +<dt>Brethren beloved for Jesus' sake, <a href="#h0726">726</a></dt> +<dt>Brighter shines the gospel day, <a href="#h0263">263</a></dt> +<dt>Brightest and best of the sons of the morning, <a href="#h0209">209</a></dt> +<dt>Bright was the guiding star that led, <a href="#h0271">271</a></dt> +<dt>Brother, hast thou wandered far, <a href="#h0274">274</a></dt> +<dt>Brother, rest from sin and sorrow, <a href="#h0591">591</a></dt> +<dt>Brother, though from yonder sky, <a href="#h0576">576</a></dt> +<dt>By cool Siloam's shady rill, <a href="#h0739">739</a></dt> +<dt>Called by the Sabbath bells away, <a href="#h0069">69</a></dt> +<dt>Calm on the bosom of thy God, <a href="#h0589">589</a></dt> +<dt>Calm on the listening ear of night, <a href="#h0202">202</a></dt> +<dt>Can creatures to perfection find, <a href="#h0142">142</a></dt> +<dt>Child amidst the flowers at play, <a href="#h0372">372</a></dt> +<dt>Children of light, awake, <a href="#h0359">359</a></dt> +<dt>Children of the heavenly King, <a href="#h0379">379</a></dt> +<dt>Choice of God, thou blessed day, <a href="#h0059">59</a></dt> +<dt>Christ the Lord is risen to-day, <a href="#h0553">553</a></dt> +<dt>Christians, brethren, ere we part, <a href="#h0730">730</a></dt> +<dt>Clay to clay, and dust to dust, <a href="#h0545">545</a></dt> +<dt>Come hither all ye weary souls, <a href="#h0259">259</a></dt> +<dt>Come, Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove, <a href="#h0501">501</a></dt> +<dt>Come in, thou blessed of the Lord, <a href="#h0662">662</a></dt> +<dt>Come, kingdom of our God, <a href="#h0303">303</a></dt> +<dt>Come, let us join our souls to God, <a href="#h0052">52</a></dt> +<dt>Come, let us pray, 'tis sweet to feel, <a href="#h0447">447</a></dt> +<dt>Come, O thou Universal Good, <a href="#h0435">435</a></dt> +<dt>Come, said Jesus' sacred voice, <a href="#h0283">283</a></dt> +<dt>Come, shout aloud the Father's grace, <a href="#h0644">644</a></dt> +<dt>Come, sing a Saviour's power, <a href="#h0287">287</a></dt> +<dt>Come, sound his praise abroad, <a href="#h0047">47</a></dt> +<dt>Come the rich, and come the poor, <a href="#h0973">973</a></dt> +<dt>Come, thou Almighty King, <a href="#h0002">2</a></dt> +<dt>Come, thou soul-transforming spirit, <a href="#h0082">82</a></dt> +<dt>Come to the house of prayer, <a href="#h0020">20</a></dt> +<dt>Come to the living waters, come, <a href="#h0281">281</a></dt> +<dt>Come, ye disconsolate, <a href="#h0575">575</a></dt> +<dt>Come, ye that love the Lord, <a href="#h0417">417</a></dt> +<dt>Creation's sovereign Lord, <a href="#h0753">753</a></dt> +<dt>Creator Spirit, by whose light, <a href="#h0076">76</a></dt> +<dt>Dark was the night, and cold the ground, <a href="#h0229">229</a></dt> +<dt>Daughter of Zion, awake from thy sadness, <a href="#h0647">647</a></dt> +<dt>Daughter of Zion, from the dust, <a href="#h0315">315</a></dt> +<dt>Dear as thou wert, and justly dear, <a href="#h0594">594</a></dt> +<dt>Dear is the hallowed morn to me, <a href="#h0959">959</a></dt> +<dt>Dear Lord, behold thy servants here, <a href="#h0725">725</a></dt> +<dt>Death has been here and borne away, <a href="#h0760">760</a></dt> +<dt>Death moves with victor's tread, <a href="#h1004">1004</a></dt> +<dt>Deem not that they are blest alone, <a href="#h0566">566</a></dt> +<dt>Drop the limpid waters now, <a href="#h0670">670</a></dt> +<dt>Early, my God, without delay, <a href="#h0063">63</a></dt> +<dt>Eat, drink, in memory of your friend, <a href="#h0678">678</a></dt> +<dt>Ere mountains reared their forms sublime, <a href="#h0107">107</a></dt> +<dt>Ere to the world again we go, <a href="#h0080">80</a></dt> +<dt>Eternal God, our humbled souls, <a href="#h0993">993</a></dt> +<dt>Eternal Source of every joy, <a href="#h0856">856</a></dt> +<dt>Eternal Source of life and light, <a href="#h0081">81</a></dt> +<dt>Eternal Source of light and thought, <a href="#h0074">74</a></dt> +<dt>Eternal Wisdom, thee we praise, <a href="#h0123">123</a></dt> +<dt>Exalt the Lord our God, <a href="#h0133">133</a></dt> +<dt>Faith adds new charms to earthly bliss, <a href="#h0375">375</a></dt> +<dt>Faith, hope and charity, these three, <a href="#h0388">388</a></dt> +<dt>Faith, hope and love, now dwell on earth, <a href="#h0387">387</a></dt> +<dt>Faith is the Christian's prop, <a href="#h0376">376</a></dt> +<dt>Fallen is thy throne, O Israel, <a href="#h0976">976</a></dt> +<dt>Far as thy name is known, <a href="#h0656">656</a></dt> +<dt>Farewell, dear friend! a long farewell, <a href="#h0757">757</a></dt> +<dt>Farewell, thou once a mortal, <a href="#h0600">600</a></dt> +<dt>Farewell, what power of words can tell, <a href="#h0578">578</a></dt> +<dt>Far from mortal cares retreating, <a href="#h0026">26</a></dt> +<dt>Far from these scenes of night, <a href="#h0559">559</a></dt> +<dt>Far from the world, O Lord, I flee, <a href="#h0463">463</a></dt> +<dt>Father, adored in worlds above, <a href="#h0051">51</a></dt> +<dt>Father and Friend, thy light, thy love, <a href="#h0473">473</a></dt> +<dt>Father, at this altar bending, <a href="#h0717">717</a></dt> +<dt>Father, at thy footstool see, <a href="#h0916">916</a></dt> +<dt>Father, bless thy word to all, <a href="#h0085">85</a></dt> +<dt>Father, breathe an evening blessing, <a href="#h0942">942</a></dt> +<dt>Father Divine, the Saviour cried, <a href="#h0241">241</a></dt> +<dt>Father, gathered round the bier, <a href="#h0596">596</a></dt> +<dt>Father, hear us when we pray, <a href="#h0904">904</a></dt> +<dt>Father, I know thy ways are just, <a href="#h0485">485</a></dt> +<dt>Father in heaven, to thee my heart, <a href="#h0011">11</a></dt> +<dt>Father, lo we consecrate, <a href="#h0699">699</a></dt> +<dt>Father of all, in every age, <a href="#h0482">482</a></dt> +<dt>Father of all, Omniscient mind, <a href="#h0111">111</a></dt> +<dt>Father of all our mercies, thou, <a href="#h0470">470</a></dt> +<dt>Father of all, where shall we find, <a href="#h0050">50</a></dt> +<dt>Father of all, whose cares extend, <a href="#h0483">483</a></dt> +<dt>Father of faithful Abraham, hear, <a href="#h0317">317</a></dt> +<dt>Father of light, conduct my feet, <a href="#h0450">450</a></dt> +<dt>Father of me and all mankind, <a href="#h0491">491</a></dt> +<dt>Father of mercies, God of love, <a href="#h0613">613</a></dt> +<dt>Father of omnipresent grace, <a href="#h0073">73</a></dt> +<dt>Father of our feeble race, <a href="#h0764">764</a></dt> +<dt>Father, once more let grateful praise, <a href="#h0752">752</a></dt> +<dt>Father, thy paternal care, <a href="#h0943">943</a></dt> +<dt>Father, to thy kind love we owe, <a href="#h0103">103</a></dt> +<dt>Father, united by thy grace, <a href="#h0907">907</a></dt> +<dt>Father, we bless the gentle care, <a href="#h0934">934</a></dt> +<dt>Father, we pray for those who dwell, <a href="#h0816">816</a></dt> +<dt>Father, whate'er of earthly bliss, <a href="#h0509">509</a></dt> +<dt>Father, who of old descended, <a href="#h0801">801</a></dt> +<dt>Fear was within the tossing bark, <a href="#h0220">220</a></dt> +<dt>Feeble, helpless, how shall I, <a href="#h0250">250</a></dt> +<dt>For all thy saints, O God, <a href="#h0981">981</a></dt> +<dt>For all who love thee and thy cause, <a href="#h0795">795</a></dt> +<dt>For a season called to part, <a href="#h0921">921</a></dt> +<dt>Forgive us for thy mercy's sake, <a href="#h0325">325</a></dt> +<dt>For thee, O God, our constant praise, <a href="#h0033">33</a></dt> +<dt>Forth from the dark and stormy sky, <a href="#h0024">24</a></dt> +<dt>Fountain of mercy, God of love, <a href="#h0877">877</a></dt> +<dt>Flung to the heedless winds, <a href="#h0980">980</a></dt> +<dt>Friend after friend departs, <a href="#h0572">572</a></dt> +<dt>From early dawning light, <a href="#h0618">618</a></dt> +<dt>From every stormy wind that blows, <a href="#h0452">452</a></dt> +<dt>From Greenland's icy mountains, <a href="#h0733">733</a></dt> +<dt>From the holy mount above, <a href="#h0267">267</a></dt> +<dt>From the table now retiring, <a href="#h0695">695</a></dt> +<dt>From worship now thy church dismiss, <a href="#h0088">88</a></dt> +<dt>From year to year in love we meet, <a href="#h0751">751</a></dt> +<dt>Gently, my Father, let me down, <a href="#h0536">536</a></dt> +<dt>Give us room that we may dwell, <a href="#h0291">291</a></dt> +<dt>Give to the winds thy fears, <a href="#h0637">637</a></dt> +<dt>Glad was my heart to hear, <a href="#h0019">19</a></dt> +<dt>Glorious things of thee are spoken, <a href="#h0653">653</a></dt> +<dt>Glory be to God on high, <a href="#h0155">155</a></dt> +<dt>Glory to God on high, <a href="#h1006">1006</a></dt> +<dt>Glory to thee, my God, this night, <a href="#h0946">946</a></dt> +<dt>God bless our native land, <a href="#h0849">849</a></dt> +<dt>God, from whom all blessings flow, <a href="#h0913">913</a></dt> +<dt>God guard the poor! we may not see, <a href="#h0786">786</a></dt> +<dt>God in his temple let us meet, <a href="#h0075">75</a></dt> +<dt>God, in the gospel of his Son, <a href="#h0192">192</a></dt> +<dt>God is a spirit just and wise, <a href="#h0456">456</a></dt> +<dt>God is love, his mercy brightens, <a href="#h0114">114</a></dt> +<dt>God is my strong salvation, <a href="#h0636">636</a></dt> +<dt>God is our refuge and defence, <a href="#h0634">634</a></dt> +<dt>God moves in a mysterious way, <a href="#h0128">128</a></dt> +<dt>God, my supporter and my hope, <a href="#h0498">498</a></dt> +<dt>God of eternity, from thee, <a href="#h0518">518</a></dt> +<dt>God of love, we look to thee, <a href="#h0908">908</a></dt> +<dt>God of mercy and of wisdom, <a href="#h0747">747</a></dt> +<dt>God of mercy, do thou never, <a href="#h0844">844</a></dt> +<dt>God of mercy, hear our prayer, <a href="#h0738">738</a></dt> +<dt>God of my life, through all its days, <a href="#h0638">638</a></dt> +<dt>God of our fathers, from whose hand, <a href="#h0988">988</a></dt> +<dt>God of our fathers, 'tis thy hand, <a href="#h0791">791</a></dt> +<dt>God of our life, thy constant care, <a href="#h0899">899</a></dt> +<dt>God of our lives, thy various praise, <a href="#h0890">890</a></dt> +<dt>God of our mercy and our praise, <a href="#h0386">386</a></dt> +<dt>God of the fair and open sky, <a href="#h0180">180</a></dt> +<dt>God of the morning, at whose voice, <a href="#h0939">939</a></dt> +<dt>God of the poor, whose listening ear, <a href="#h0781">781</a></dt> +<dt>God of the universe, whose hand, <a href="#h0135">135</a></dt> +<dt>God of the year, with songs of praise, <a href="#h0884">884</a></dt> +<dt>God's perfect law converts the soul, <a href="#h0184">184</a></dt> +<dt>God, that madest earth and heaven, <a href="#h0954">954</a></dt> +<dt>God, who is just and kind, <a href="#h0496">496</a></dt> +<dt>Good is the heavenly King, <a href="#h0859">859</a></dt> +<dt>Go, messengers of peace and love, <a href="#h0721">721</a></dt> +<dt>Go to dark Gethsemane, <a href="#h0230">230</a></dt> +<dt>Go to the grave in all thy glorious prime, <a href="#h0592">592</a></dt> +<dt>Go to the pillow of disease, <a href="#h0767">767</a></dt> +<dt>Go when the morning shineth, <a href="#h0373">373</a></dt> +<dt>Go, ye messengers of God, <a href="#h0734">734</a></dt> +<dt>Grace! 'tis a charming sound, <a href="#h0652">652</a></dt> +<dt>Gracious Source of every blessing, <a href="#h0901">901</a></dt> +<dt>Great God, and wilt thou condescend, <a href="#h0763">763</a></dt> +<dt>Great God, as seasons disappear, <a href="#h0878">878</a></dt> +<dt>Great God, attend while Zion sings, <a href="#h0006">6</a></dt> +<dt>Great God, at thy command, <a href="#h0863">863</a></dt> +<dt>Great God, at whose all-powerful call, <a href="#h0852">852</a></dt> +<dt>Great God, beneath whose piercing eye, <a href="#h0842">842</a></dt> +<dt>Great God, how infinite art thou, <a href="#h0112">112</a></dt> +<dt>Great God, in vain man's narrow view, <a href="#h0126">126</a></dt> +<dt>Great God, let all our tuneful powers, <a href="#h0851">851</a></dt> +<dt>Great God, my joyful thanks to thee, <a href="#h0444">444</a></dt> +<dt>Great God of nations, now to thee, <a href="#h0841">841</a></dt> +<dt>Great God, the heavens' well ordered frame, <a href="#h0168">168</a></dt> +<dt>Great God, the nations of the earth, <a href="#h0732">732</a></dt> +<dt>Great God, this sacred day of thine, <a href="#h0010">10</a></dt> +<dt>Great God, we sing that mighty hand, <a href="#h0886">886</a></dt> +<dt>Great God, where'er we pitch our tent, <a href="#h0929">929</a></dt> +<dt>Great God, with wonder and with praise, <a href="#h0190">190</a></dt> +<dt>Great God, whose universal sway, <a href="#h0297">297</a></dt> +<dt>Great King of Glory, come, <a href="#h0705">705</a></dt> +<dt>Great Maker of unnumbered worlds, <a href="#h0872">872</a></dt> +<dt>Great Shepherd of the people, hear, <a href="#h0027">27</a></dt> +<dt>Great Source of life and light, <a href="#h1001">1001</a></dt> +<dt>Guide me, O thou great Jehovah, <a href="#h0467">467</a></dt> +<dt>Had I the tongues of Greeks and Jews, <a href="#h0769">769</a></dt> +<dt>Hail! all hail the joyful morn, <a href="#h0208">208</a></dt> +<dt>Hail, great Creator, wise and good, <a href="#h0172">172</a></dt> +<dt>Hail, love divine, joys ever new, <a href="#h0774">774</a></dt> +<dt>Hail, source of light, of life, and love, <a href="#h0167">167</a></dt> +<dt>Hail, sweetest, dearest tie that binds, <a href="#h0731">731</a></dt> +<dt>Hail to the Lord's anointed, <a href="#h0288">288</a></dt> +<dt>Hail to the Sabbath day, <a href="#h0042">42</a></dt> +<dt>Happy is he that fears the Lord, <a href="#h0775">775</a></dt> +<dt>Happy soul, that, safe from harm, <a href="#h0478">478</a></dt> +<dt>Happy the heart where graces reign, <a href="#h0383">383</a></dt> +<dt>Happy the man whose cautious steps, <a href="#h0402">402</a></dt> +<dt>Happy the meek, whose, gentle breast, <a href="#h0349">349</a></dt> +<dt>Hark, a voice divides the sky, <a href="#h0548">548</a></dt> +<dt>Hark! hark! with harps of gold, <a href="#h0203">203</a></dt> +<dt>Hark! the glad sound, the Saviour comes, <a href="#h0212">212</a></dt> +<dt>Hark, the song of jubilee, <a href="#h0305">305</a></dt> +<dt>Hark, the voice of choral song, <a href="#h0792">792</a></dt> +<dt>Hark! what celestial notes, <a href="#h0207">207</a></dt> +<dt>Hark! what mean those holy voices, <a href="#h0201">201</a></dt> +<dt>Hear what a Saviour's voice, <a href="#h0279">279</a></dt> +<dt>Hear what God the Lord hath spoken, <a href="#h0978">978</a></dt> +<dt>Hear what the voice from heaven proclaims, <a href="#h0547">547</a></dt> +<dt>Heaven is here, its hymns of gladness, <a href="#h0419">419</a></dt> +<dt>Heaven is the land where troubles cease, <a href="#h0555">555</a></dt> +<dt>He dies! the Friend of sinners dies, <a href="#h0234">234</a></dt> +<dt>He knelt, the Saviour knelt and prayed, <a href="#h0226">226</a></dt> +<dt>Help us, O Lord, thy yoke to wear, <a href="#h0783">783</a></dt> +<dt>Help us to help each other, Lord, <a href="#h0915">915</a></dt> +<dt>Herald of the Lord's salvation, <a href="#h0712">712</a></dt> +<dt>Here, gracious God, do thou, <a href="#h0068">68</a></dt> +<dt>Here in the broken bread, <a href="#h0682">682</a></dt> +<dt>Here in thy temple, Lord, we meet, <a href="#h0869">869</a></dt> +<dt>He that goeth forth with weeping, <a href="#h0771">771</a></dt> +<dt>He who walks in virtue's way, <a href="#h0412">412</a></dt> +<dt>High in the heavens, Eternal God, <a href="#h0125">125</a></dt> +<dt>High in yonder realms of light, <a href="#h0562">562</a></dt> +<dt>Holy and reverend is the name, <a href="#h0029">29</a></dt> +<dt>Holy as thou, O Lord, is none, <a href="#h0136">136</a></dt> +<dt>Holy, holy, holy Lord, <a href="#h0150">150</a></dt> +<dt>Hosanna! Lord, thine angels cry, <a href="#h0064">64</a></dt> +<dt>How are thy servants blest, O Lord, <a href="#h0995">995</a></dt> +<dt>How beautiful the sight, <a href="#h0391">391</a></dt> +<dt>How blest amid all blessing, <a href="#h0784">784</a></dt> +<dt>How blest is he who fears the Lord, <a href="#h0765">765</a></dt> +<dt>How blest is he who ne'er consents, <a href="#h0409">409</a></dt> +<dt>How blest the sacred tie that binds, <a href="#h0397">397</a></dt> +<dt>How blest thy creature is, O God, <a href="#h0258">258</a></dt> +<dt>How did my heart rejoice to hear, <a href="#h0057">57</a></dt> +<dt>How glad the tone when summer's sun, <a href="#h0864">864</a></dt> +<dt>How good and pleasant is the sight, <a href="#h0902">902</a></dt> +<dt>How gracious the promise, how soothing the word, <a href="#h0282">282</a></dt> +<dt>How happy is he born or taught, <a href="#h0403">403</a></dt> +<dt>How honored is the place, <a href="#h0654">654</a></dt> +<dt>How lovely are thy dwellings fair, <a href="#h0053">53</a></dt> +<dt>How lovely are thy dwellings, Lord, <a href="#h0914">914</a></dt> +<dt>How pleasant, how divinely fair, <a href="#h0066">66</a></dt> +<dt>How pleased and blest was I, <a href="#h0014">14</a></dt> +<dt>How pleasing, Lord, to see, <a href="#h0928">928</a></dt> +<dt>How precious are thy thoughts of peace, <a href="#h0110">110</a></dt> +<dt>How precious is the book divine, <a href="#h0189">189</a></dt> +<dt>How rich thy favors, God of grace, <a href="#h0445">445</a></dt> +<dt>How rich thy gifts, Almighty King, <a href="#h0885">885</a></dt> +<dt>How shall I praise th' Eternal God, <a href="#h0117">117</a></dt> +<dt>How shall the young secure their hearts, <a href="#h0744">744</a></dt> +<dt>How shall we praise thee, Lord of light, <a href="#h0037">37</a></dt> +<dt>How sweetly flowed the Gospel's sound, <a href="#h0217">217</a></dt> +<dt>How sweet to bless the Lord, <a href="#h0030">30</a></dt> +<dt>How sweet the melting lay, <a href="#h0919">919</a></dt> +<dt>How sweet the name of Jesus sounds, <a href="#h0436">436</a></dt> +<dt>How sweet upon this sacred day, <a href="#h0009">9</a></dt> +<dt>How swift the torrent rolls, <a href="#h0528">528</a></dt> +<dt>How various and how new, <a href="#h0556">556</a></dt> +<dt>How welcome to the soul when pressed, <a href="#h0049">49</a></dt> +<dt>If human kindness meets return, <a href="#h0691">691</a></dt> +<dt>If listening as I listen still, <a href="#h0465">465</a></dt> +<dt>If solid happiness we prize, <a href="#h0625">625</a></dt> +<dt>I hear the voice of woe, <a href="#h0823">823</a></dt> +<dt>I'll bless Jehovah's glorious name, <a href="#h0013">13</a></dt> +<dt>I looked upon the righteous man, <a href="#h0577">577</a></dt> +<dt>I love to steal awhile away, <a href="#h0424">424</a></dt> +<dt>I love thy church, O God, <a href="#h0657">657</a></dt> +<dt>I may not scorn the meanest thing, <a href="#h0820">820</a></dt> +<dt>Imposture shrinks from light, <a href="#h0400">400</a></dt> +<dt>In all my vast concerns with thee, <a href="#h0106">106</a></dt> +<dt>In darkness as in light, <a href="#h0129">129</a></dt> +<dt>Indulgent God, whose bounteous care, <a href="#h0947">947</a></dt> +<dt>In duties and in sufferings too, <a href="#h0249">249</a></dt> +<dt>In God's eternity, <a href="#h0294">294</a></dt> +<dt>In pleasant lands have fallen the lines, <a href="#h0840">840</a></dt> +<dt>I praised the earth in beauty seen, <a href="#h0182">182</a></dt> +<dt>Interval of grateful shade, <a href="#h0919">919</a></dt> +<dt>In the broad fields of heaven, <a href="#h0585">585</a></dt> +<dt>In the cross of Christ I glory, <a href="#h0649">649</a></dt> +<dt>In the glad morn of life, when youth, <a href="#h0746">746</a></dt> +<dt>In the morning sow thy seed, <a href="#h1003">1003</a></dt> +<dt>In the soft season of thy youth, <a href="#h0742">742</a></dt> +<dt>In thy courts let peace be found, <a href="#h0969">969</a></dt> +<dt>In trouble and in grief, O God, <a href="#h0630">630</a></dt> +<dt>I sing the mighty power of God, <a href="#h0119">119</a></dt> +<dt>Isles of the south, awake, <a href="#h0321">321</a></dt> +<dt>Israel's Shepherd, guide me, feed me, <a href="#h0084">84</a></dt> +<dt>Is there a lone and dreary hour, <a href="#h0120">120</a></dt> +<dt>Is there ambition in my heart, <a href="#h0354">354</a></dt> +<dt>Is this a fast for me, <a href="#h0871">871</a></dt> +<dt>It is the one true light, <a href="#h0197">197</a></dt> +<dt>I want a principle within, <a href="#h0449">449</a></dt> +<dt>I want a sober mind, <a href="#h0416">416</a></dt> +<dt>I want the spirit of power within, <a href="#h0431">431</a></dt> +<dt>Jehovah God! thy gracious power, <a href="#h0138">138</a></dt> +<dt>Jerusalem, my glorious home, <a href="#h0558">558</a></dt> +<dt>Jesus, and shall it ever be, <a href="#h0504">504</a></dt> +<dt>Jesus, delightful, charming name, <a href="#h0245">245</a></dt> +<dt>Jesus demands this heart of mine, <a href="#h0329">329</a></dt> +<dt>Jesus his empire shall extend, <a href="#h0286">286</a></dt> +<dt>Jesus, I love thy charming name, <a href="#h0512">512</a></dt> +<dt>Jesus invites his friends, <a href="#h0692">692</a></dt> +<dt>Jesus shall reign where'er the sun, <a href="#h0284">284</a></dt> +<dt>Jesus, the friend of man, <a href="#h0685">685</a></dt> +<dt>Jesus, thou source of calm repose, <a href="#h0244">244</a></dt> +<dt>Jesus, what precept is like thine, <a href="#h0815">815</a></dt> +<dt>John was the Prophet of the Lord, <a href="#h0214">214</a></dt> +<dt>Join, all ye servants of the Lord, <a href="#h0187">187</a></dt> +<dt>Joined in a union, firm and strong, <a href="#h0727">727</a></dt> +<dt>Join every tongue to praise the Lord, <a href="#h0883">883</a></dt> +<dt>Joy to the earth! the Prince of Peace, <a href="#h0809">809</a></dt> +<dt>Joy to the world! the Lord is come, <a href="#h0213">213</a></dt> +<dt>Kind Lord, before thy face, <a href="#h0090">90</a></dt> +<dt>Kindred in Christ, for his dear sake, <a href="#h0909">909</a></dt> +<dt>King of the world! I worship thee, <a href="#h0961">961</a></dt> +<dt>Know, my soul, thy full salvation, <a href="#h1000">1000</a></dt> +<dt>Lamp of our feet, whose hallowed beam, <a href="#h0194">194</a></dt> +<dt>Lay her gently in the dust, <a href="#h0587">587</a></dt> +<dt>Lead us with thy gentle sway, <a href="#h0516">516</a></dt> +<dt>Let all the earth their voices raise, <a href="#h0295">295</a></dt> +<dt>Let all the heathen writers join, <a href="#h0193">193</a></dt> +<dt>Let children hear the mighty deeds, <a href="#h0839">839</a></dt> +<dt>Let deepest silence all around, <a href="#h0464">464</a></dt> +<dt>Let every mortal ear attend, <a href="#h0257">257</a></dt> +<dt>Let monumental pillars rise, <a href="#h0990">990</a></dt> +<dt>Let not the wise their wisdom boast, <a href="#h0650">650</a></dt> +<dt>Let others boast how strong they be, <a href="#h0524">524</a></dt> +<dt>Let party names no more, <a href="#h0396">396</a></dt> +<dt>Let Pharisees of high esteem, <a href="#h0776">776</a></dt> +<dt>Let plenteous grace descend on those, <a href="#h0673">673</a></dt> +<dt>"Let there be light," when from on high, <a href="#h0975">975</a></dt> +<dt>Let the whole race of creatures lie, <a href="#h0145">145</a></dt> +<dt>Let us join as God commands, <a href="#h0905">905</a></dt> +<dt>Let us with a gladsome mind, <a href="#h0153">153</a></dt> +<dt>Let Zion's watchmen all awake, <a href="#h0719">719</a></dt> +<dt>Life is a span, a fleeting hour, <a href="#h0584">584</a></dt> +<dt>Lift aloud the voice of praise, <a href="#h0713">713</a></dt> +<dt>Lift your glad voices in triumph on high, <a href="#h0552">552</a></dt> +<dt>Light of life, seraphic fire, <a href="#h0484">484</a></dt> +<dt>Like Israel's hosts to exile driven, <a href="#h0838">838</a></dt> +<dt>Like morning, when her early breeze, <a href="#h0426">426</a></dt> +<dt>Like shadows gliding o'er the plain, <a href="#h0532">532</a></dt> +<dt>Lo, God is here, let us adore, <a href="#h0054">54</a></dt> +<dt>Long as the darkening cloud abode, <a href="#h0302">302</a></dt> +<dt>Long be our Father's temple ours, <a href="#h0970">970</a></dt> +<dt>Lord, before thy presence come, <a href="#h0028">28</a></dt> +<dt>Lord, bring me to resign, <a href="#h0462">462</a></dt> +<dt>Lord, deliver, thou canst save, <a href="#h0802">802</a></dt> +<dt>Lord, dismiss us with thy blessing, <a href="#h0098">98</a></dt> +<dt>Lord, from whom all blessings flow, <a href="#h0407">407</a></dt> +<dt>Lord, have mercy when we pray, <a href="#h0323">323</a></dt> +<dt>Lord, how delightful 'tis to see, <a href="#h0095">95</a></dt> +<dt>Lord, I believe, thy power I own, <a href="#h0468">468</a></dt> +<dt>Lord, I have made thy word my choice, <a href="#h0195">195</a></dt> +<dt>Lord, in heaven thy dwelling place, <a href="#h0039">39</a></dt> +<dt>Lord, in thy garden agony, <a href="#h0480">480</a></dt> +<dt>Lord Jesus, come, for here, <a href="#h0819">819</a></dt> +<dt>Lord, lead the way the Saviour went, <a href="#h0778">778</a></dt> +<dt>Lord, must we die, O let us die, <a href="#h0539">539</a></dt> +<dt>Lord, my times are in thy hand, <a href="#h0611">611</a></dt> +<dt>Lord, now we part in thy blest name, <a href="#h0093">93</a></dt> +<dt>Lord of the worlds above, <a href="#h0021">21</a></dt> +<dt>Lord of glory, King of power, <a href="#h0953">953</a></dt> +<dt>Lord of heaven, and earth, and ocean, <a href="#h0880">880</a></dt> +<dt>Lord of my life, O may thy praise, <a href="#h0940">940</a></dt> +<dt>Lord of the sea, thy potent sway, <a href="#h0828">828</a></dt> +<dt>Lord of the wide extended main, <a href="#h0825">825</a></dt> +<dt>Lord of the worlds below, <a href="#h0867">867</a></dt> +<dt>Lord, in thy Zion's wall, <a href="#h0714">714</a></dt> +<dt>Lord, send thy word and let it run, <a href="#h0808">808</a></dt> +<dt>Lord, subdue our selfish will, <a href="#h0392">392</a></dt> +<dt>Lord, teach a little child to pray, <a href="#h0762">762</a></dt> +<dt>Lord, that I may learn of thee, <a href="#h0505">505</a></dt> +<dt>Lord, thou art good, all nature shows, <a href="#h0130">130</a></dt> +<dt>Lord, thou didst arise and say, <a href="#h0824">824</a></dt> +<dt>Lord, thou hast searched and seen me through, <a href="#h0109">109</a></dt> +<dt>Lord, we adore thy wondrous grace, <a href="#h0661">661</a></dt> +<dt>Lord, we come before thee now, <a href="#h0022">22</a></dt> +<dt>Lord, we believe a rest remains, <a href="#h0479">479</a></dt> +<dt>Lord, we have wandered from thy way, <a href="#h0328">328</a></dt> +<dt>Lord, when thou saidst "so let it be," <a href="#h0176">176</a></dt> +<dt>Lord, when thy people seek thy face, <a href="#h0035">35</a></dt> +<dt>Lord, while for all mankind we pray, <a href="#h0837">837</a></dt> +<dt>Lord, who's the happy man that may, <a href="#h0347">347</a></dt> +<dt>Lo, the day of rest declineth, <a href="#h0091">91</a></dt> +<dt>Lo, the lilies of the field, <a href="#h0179">179</a></dt> +<dt>Lo! the prisoner is released, <a href="#h0601">601</a></dt> +<dt>Loud, raise the notes of joy, <a href="#h0847">847</a></dt> +<dt>Lo, what a glorious sight appears, <a href="#h0301">301</a></dt> +<dt>Lo, what an entertaining sight, <a href="#h0918">918</a></dt> +<dt>Love divine, all love excelling, <a href="#h0015">15</a></dt> +<dt>Mark, how the swift-winged minutes fly, <a href="#h0900">900</a></dt> +<dt>Mark the soft falling snow, <a href="#h0293">293</a></dt> +<dt>Mere human power shall fast decay, <a href="#h0405">405</a></dt> +<dt>Messiah Lord! who wont to dwell, <a href="#h0222">222</a></dt> +<dt>Mid homes and shrines forsaken, <a href="#h0797">797</a></dt> +<dt>Mighty One, before whose face, <a href="#h0724">724</a></dt> +<dt>Millions of souls in glory now, <a href="#h0688">688</a></dt> +<dt>Millions within thy courts have been, <a href="#h0099">99</a></dt> +<dt>Mistaken souls that dream of heaven, <a href="#h0389">389</a></dt> +<dt>Morning breaks upon the tomb, <a href="#h0236">236</a></dt> +<dt>My country, 'tis of thee, <a href="#h0836">836</a></dt> +<dt>My dear Redeemer and my Lord, <a href="#h0238">238</a></dt> +<dt>My Father, cheering name, <a href="#h0102">102</a></dt> +<dt>My Father, grant thy presence nigh, <a href="#h0610">610</a></dt> +<dt>My Father, when around me spread, <a href="#h0529">529</a></dt> +<dt>My God, accept my early vows, <a href="#h0065">65</a></dt> +<dt>My God, how endless is thy love <a href="#h0941">941</a></dt> +<dt>My God, I now from sleep awake, <a href="#h0956">956</a></dt> +<dt>My God, I thank thee, may no thought, <a href="#h0621">621</a></dt> +<dt>My God, my King, thy various praise, <a href="#h0158">158</a></dt> +<dt>My God, permit me not to be, <a href="#h0433">433</a></dt> +<dt>My God, permit my tongue, <a href="#h0492">492</a></dt> +<dt>My God, the covenant of thy love, <a href="#h0486">486</a></dt> +<dt>My God, thy service well demands, <a href="#h0932">932</a></dt> +<dt>My helper, God, I bless his name, <a href="#h0889">889</a></dt> +<dt>My Maker and my King, <a href="#h0124">124</a></dt> +<dt>My Shepherd is the Lord on high, <a href="#h0648">648</a></dt> +<dt>My soul before thee prostrate lies, <a href="#h0331">331</a></dt> +<dt>My soul, be on thy guard, <a href="#h0343">343</a></dt> +<dt>My soul, how lovely is the place, <a href="#h0031">31</a></dt> +<dt>Mysterious are the ways of God, <a href="#h0631">631</a></dt> +<dt>No change of times shall ever shock, <a href="#h0624">624</a></dt> +<dt>No loud avenging voice, <a href="#h0204">204</a></dt> +<dt>Not different food, nor different dress, <a href="#h0399">399</a></dt> +<dt>Not for the pious dead we weep, <a href="#h0568">568</a></dt> +<dt>Not for the prophet tongue of fire, <a href="#h0718">718</a></dt> +<dt>Not for the summer's hour alone, <a href="#h0985">985</a></dt> +<dt>Not in the church-yard shall he sleep, <a href="#h0834">834</a></dt> +<dt>Not with terror do we meet, <a href="#h0679">679</a></dt> +<dt>Not with the flashing steel, <a href="#h0807">807</a></dt> +<dt>No warlike sounds awoke the night, <a href="#h0810">810</a></dt> +<dt>No war nor battle's sound, <a href="#h0806">806</a></dt> +<dt>Now, gracious Lord, thine arm reveal, <a href="#h0892">892</a></dt> +<dt>Now is the day of grace, <a href="#h0265">265</a></dt> +<dt>Now let our prayers ascend to thee, <a href="#h0870">870</a></dt> +<dt>Now, Lord, the heavenly seed is sown, <a href="#h0087">87</a></dt> +<dt>Now pray we for our country, <a href="#h0850">850</a></dt> +<dt>Now the shades of night are gone, <a href="#h0938">938</a></dt> +<dt>Now to the Lord a noble song, <a href="#h0260">260</a></dt> +<dt>O bow thine ear, Eternal One, <a href="#h0698">698</a></dt> +<dt>O cease, my wandering soul, <a href="#h0474">474</a></dt> +<dt>O come, and let th' assembly all, <a href="#h0906">906</a></dt> +<dt>O come, loud anthems let us sing, <a href="#h0005">5</a></dt> +<dt>O could we speak the matchless worth, <a href="#h0240">240</a></dt> +<dt>O'er mountain tops the mount of God, <a href="#h0811">811</a></dt> +<dt>O'er the dark wave of Galilee, <a href="#h0219">219</a></dt> +<dt>O Father, draw us after thee, <a href="#h0612">612</a></dt> +<dt>O Father, though the anxious fear, <a href="#h0038">38</a></dt> +<dt>O for a closer walk with God, <a href="#h0460">460</a></dt> +<dt>O for a faith that will not shrink, <a href="#h0377">377</a></dt> +<dt>O for a heart to praise my God, <a href="#h0472">472</a></dt> +<dt>O for a prophet's fire, <a href="#h0689">689</a></dt> +<dt>O for a shout of sacred joy, <a href="#h0237">237</a></dt> +<dt>O for the death of those, <a href="#h0604">604</a></dt> +<dt>O God, by whom the seed is given, <a href="#h0086">86</a></dt> +<dt>O God, my Father, and my King, <a href="#h0384">384</a></dt> +<dt>O God, my helper, ever near, <a href="#h0891">891</a></dt> +<dt>O God, my strength, my hope, <a href="#h0425">425</a></dt> +<dt>O God of Freedom, hear us pray, <a href="#h0799">799</a></dt> +<dt>O God of love, with cheering ray, <a href="#h0535">535</a></dt> +<dt>O God, that madest earth and sky, <a href="#h0931">931</a></dt> +<dt>O God, thou art my God alone, <a href="#h0493">493</a></dt> +<dt>O God, thy grace impart, <a href="#h0335">335</a></dt> +<dt>O God, thy name they well may praise, <a href="#h0827">827</a></dt> +<dt>O God unseen, but not unknown, <a href="#h0540">540</a></dt> +<dt>O God, we praise thee, and confess, <a href="#h0164">164</a></dt> +<dt>O God, whose presence glows in all, <a href="#h0034">34</a></dt> +<dt>O happy day that fixed my choice, <a href="#h0664">664</a></dt> +<dt>O happy is the man who hears, <a href="#h0404">404</a></dt> +<dt>O happy soul that lives on high, <a href="#h0406">406</a></dt> +<dt>O help us, Lord, each hour of need, <a href="#h0446">446</a></dt> +<dt>O here, if ever, God of love, <a href="#h0676">676</a></dt> +<dt>O it is joy in one to meet, <a href="#h0903">903</a></dt> +<dt>O let your mingling voices rise, <a href="#h0211">211</a></dt> +<dt>O Lord, another day is flown, <a href="#h0933">933</a></dt> +<dt>O Lord, my best desire fulfil, <a href="#h0619">619</a></dt> +<dt>O Lord, thy heavenly grace impart, <a href="#h0497">497</a></dt> +<dt>O Lord, thy perfect word, <a href="#h0191">191</a></dt> +<dt>O Lord, whose forming hand one blood, <a href="#h0800">800</a></dt> +<dt>O may our sympathizing breasts, <a href="#h0382">382</a></dt> +<dt>Omniscient God, 'tis thine to know, <a href="#h0398">398</a></dt> +<dt>One prayer I have, all prayers in one, <a href="#h0499">499</a></dt> +<dt>One sweet flower has drooped and faded, <a href="#h0761">761</a></dt> +<dt>On eyes that never saw the day, <a href="#h0218">218</a></dt> +<dt>On light beams breaking from above, <a href="#h0620">620</a></dt> +<dt>O not alone with outward sign, <a href="#h0821">821</a></dt> +<dt>On the first Christian Sabbath eve, <a href="#h0056">56</a></dt> +<dt>On this fair spot where nature pays, <a href="#h0702">702</a></dt> +<dt>On thy church, O Power Divine, <a href="#h0308">308</a></dt> +<dt>Onward Christian, though the region, <a href="#h0720">720</a></dt> +<dt>Onward speed thy conquering flight, <a href="#h0318">318</a></dt> +<dt>On what has now been sown, <a href="#h0089">89</a></dt> +<dt>On Zion, his most holy mount, <a href="#h0290">290</a></dt> +<dt>On Zion's holy walls, <a href="#h0597">597</a></dt> +<dt>Open, Lord, my inward ear, <a href="#h0982">982</a></dt> +<dt>Oppression shall not always reign, <a href="#h0805">805</a></dt> +<dt>O praise ye the Lord, prepare a new song, <a href="#h0162">162</a></dt> +<dt>O render thanks to God above, <a href="#h0154">154</a></dt> +<dt>O shut not out sweet pity's ray, <a href="#h0817">817</a></dt> +<dt>O sinner, bring not tears alone, <a href="#h0330">330</a></dt> +<dt>O speed thee, Christian, on thy way, <a href="#h0361">361</a></dt> +<dt>O spirit of the living God, <a href="#h0723">723</a></dt> +<dt>O stay thy tears, for they are blest, <a href="#h0569">569</a></dt> +<dt>O sweet it is to know, to feel, <a href="#h0507">507</a></dt> +<dt>O that the Lord would guide my ways, <a href="#h0475">475</a></dt> +<dt>O Thou, at whose dread name we bend, <a href="#h0987">987</a></dt> +<dt>O Thou, by long experience tried, <a href="#h0131">131</a></dt> +<dt>O Thou, enthroned in worlds above, <a href="#h0440">440</a></dt> +<dt>O Thou from whom all goodness flows, <a href="#h0476">476</a></dt> +<dt>O thou sun of glorious splendor, <a href="#h0320">320</a></dt> +<dt>O Thou, to whom all creatures bow, <a href="#h0134">134</a></dt> +<dt>O Thou, to whom in ancient time, <a href="#h0016">16</a></dt> +<dt>O Thou, who art above all height, <a href="#h0707">707</a></dt> +<dt>O Thou, who didst ordain the word, <a href="#h0710">710</a></dt> +<dt>O Thou, who driest the mourner's tear, <a href="#h0632">632</a></dt> +<dt>O Thou, who hast at thy command, <a href="#h0338">338</a></dt> +<dt>O Thou, who hast spread out the skies, <a href="#h0831">831</a></dt> +<dt>O Thou, who on thy chosen Son, <a href="#h0709">709</a></dt> +<dt>O Thou, whose own vast temple stands, <a href="#h0703">703</a></dt> +<dt>O Thou, whose power o'er moving worlds presides, <a href="#h0441">441</a></dt> +<dt>O Thou, whose presence went before, <a href="#h0803">803</a></dt> +<dt>O timely happy, timely wise, <a href="#h0935">935</a></dt> +<dt>O 'tis a lovely thing to see, <a href="#h0352">352</a></dt> +<dt>O 'tis a scene the heart to move, <a href="#h0920">920</a></dt> +<dt>Our country is Immanuel's ground, <a href="#h0523">523</a></dt> +<dt>Our Father, ever living, <a href="#h0728">728</a></dt> +<dt>Our Father, God, not face to face, <a href="#h0706">706</a></dt> +<dt>Our Father in heaven, we hallow thy name, <a href="#h0437">437</a></dt> +<dt>Our fathers, Lord, to seek a spot, <a href="#h0843">843</a></dt> +<dt>Our Father! we may lisp thy name, <a href="#h0788">788</a></dt> +<dt>Our Father, when beside the tomb, <a href="#h0966">966</a></dt> +<dt>Our Father, who in heaven art, <a href="#h0438">438</a></dt> +<dt>Our God, our help in ages past, <a href="#h0514">514</a></dt> +<dt>Our God, where'er thy people meet, <a href="#h0910">910</a></dt> +<dt>Our Heavenly Father calls, <a href="#h0686">686</a></dt> +<dt>Our Heavenly Father, hear, <a href="#h0439">439</a></dt> +<dt>Our heaven is everywhere, <a href="#h0418">418</a></dt> +<dt>Our little bark on boisterous seas, <a href="#h0830">830</a></dt> +<dt>Our pilgrim brethren dwelling far, <a href="#h0735">735</a></dt> +<dt>Ours is a lovely world, how fair, <a href="#h0173">173</a></dt> +<dt>Our times are in thy hand, and Thou, <a href="#h0520">520</a></dt> +<dt>O weep not for the joys that fade, <a href="#h0602">602</a></dt> +<dt>O what amazing words of grace, <a href="#h0264">264</a></dt> +<dt>O what a struggle wakes within, <a href="#h0974">974</a></dt> +<dt>O what is life, 'tis like a flower, <a href="#h0519">519</a></dt> +<dt>O where, our Saviour, sweeps the line, <a href="#h0420">420</a></dt> +<dt>O who shall see the glorious day, <a href="#h0316">316</a></dt> +<dt>O worship the King, all glorious above, <a href="#h0151">151</a></dt> +<dt>O Zion, tune thy voice, <a href="#h0319">319</a></dt> +<dt>Parent of all, omnipotent, <a href="#h0845">845</a></dt> +<dt>Part in peace! is day before us, <a href="#h0096">96</a></dt> +<dt>Pastor, thou art from us taken, <a href="#h0598">598</a></dt> +<dt>Patience, O 'tis a grace divine, <a href="#h0345">345</a></dt> +<dt>Peace be to this habitation, <a href="#h0924">924</a></dt> +<dt>Peace! the welcome sound proclaim, <a href="#h0812">812</a></dt> +<dt>Peace, troubled soul, whose plaintive moan, <a href="#h0269">269</a></dt> +<dt>People of the living God, <a href="#h0660">660</a></dt> +<dt>Pilgrim, burdened with thy sin, <a href="#h0270">270</a></dt> +<dt>Pillows wet with tears of anguish, <a href="#h0794">794</a></dt> +<dt>Pity the nations, O our God, <a href="#h0694">694</a></dt> +<dt>Planted in Christ the living vine, <a href="#h0658">658</a></dt> +<dt>Pour, blessed gospel, glorious news for man, <a href="#h0304">304</a></dt> +<dt>Praise for the glorious light, <a href="#h0790">790</a></dt> +<dt>Praise God, from whom all blessings flow, <a href="#h1008">1008</a></dt> +<dt>Praise on thee in Zion's gates, <a href="#h0882">882</a></dt> +<dt>Praise the Lord, ye heavens adore him, <a href="#h0641">641</a></dt> +<dt>Praise to God, immortal praise, <a href="#h0855">855</a></dt> +<dt>Praise to God, immortal praise, <a href="#h1007">1007</a></dt> +<dt>Praise to God the great Creator, <a href="#h0262">262</a></dt> +<dt>Praise to thee, thou great Creator, <a href="#h0165">165</a></dt> +<dt>Praise waits in Zion, Lord, for thee, <a href="#h0045">45</a></dt> +<dt>Praise ye Jehovah's name, <a href="#h0159">159</a></dt> +<dt>Praise ye the Lord, around whose throne, <a href="#h0157">157</a></dt> +<dt>Praise ye the Lord on every height, <a href="#h0152">152</a></dt> +<dt>Prayer is the soul's sincere desire, <a href="#h0371">371</a></dt> +<dt>Prayer may be sweet in cottage homes, <a href="#h0833">833</a></dt> +<dt>Prepare us, Lord, to view thy cross, <a href="#h0675">675</a></dt> +<dt>Quiet, Lord, my froward heart, <a href="#h0506">506</a></dt> +<dt>Raise the adoring song, <a href="#h0989">989</a></dt> +<dt>Rejoice, the Lord is king, <a href="#h0854">854</a></dt> +<dt>Religion can assuage, <a href="#h0408">408</a></dt> +<dt>Religion! in its blessed ray, <a href="#h0363">363</a></dt> +<dt>Remark, my soul, the narrow bounds, <a href="#h0887">887</a></dt> +<dt>Remember thy Creator, <a href="#h0740">740</a></dt> +<dt>Restore, O Father, to our times restore, <a href="#h0680">680</a></dt> +<dt>Return, my soul, unto thy rest, <a href="#h0500">500</a></dt> +<dt>Return, O wanderer, now return, <a href="#h0272">272</a></dt> +<dt>Ride on, ride on in majesty, <a href="#h0224">224</a></dt> +<dt>Rise, crowned with light, imperial Salem, rise, <a href="#h0298">298</a></dt> +<dt>Rise, my soul, and stretch thy wings, <a href="#h0434">434</a></dt> +<dt>Rise, O my soul, pursue the path, <a href="#h0522">522</a></dt> +<dt>Sacred day, forever blest, <a href="#h0071">71</a></dt> +<dt>Safely through another week, <a href="#h0036">36</a></dt> +<dt>Salt of the earth, ye virtuous few, <a href="#h0768">768</a></dt> +<dt>Salvation! O the joyful sound, <a href="#h0640">640</a></dt> +<dt>Saviour, thy law we love, <a href="#h0672">672</a></dt> +<dt>Saviour, who thy flock art feeding, <a href="#h0668">668</a></dt> +<dt>Say, why should friendship grieve for those, <a href="#h0581">581</a></dt> +<dt>Scorn not the slightest word or deed, <a href="#h0822">822</a></dt> +<dt>Searcher of hearts! before thy face, <a href="#h0461">461</a></dt> +<dt>See from on high a light divine, <a href="#h0215">215</a></dt> +<dt>See how great a flame aspires, <a href="#h0306">306</a></dt> +<dt>See how he loved! exclaimed the Jews, <a href="#h0242">242</a></dt> +<dt>See Israel's gentle Shepherd stands, <a href="#h0665">665</a></dt> +<dt>See lovely nature raise her head, <a href="#h0554">554</a></dt> +<dt>Send down thy winged angel, God, <a href="#h0930">930</a></dt> +<dt>Servant of God, well done, <a href="#h0593">593</a></dt> +<dt>Servants of Christ, arise, <a href="#h0356">356</a></dt> +<dt>See the leaves around us falling, <a href="#h0756">756</a></dt> +<dt>See what a living stone, <a href="#h0254">254</a></dt> +<dt>Shine forth, Eternal Source of light, <a href="#h0494">494</a></dt> +<dt>Shine on our souls, Eternal God, <a href="#h0078">78</a></dt> +<dt>Since o'er thy footstool here below, <a href="#h0143">143</a></dt> +<dt>Sing, ye redeemed of the Lord, <a href="#h0651">651</a></dt> +<dt>Sinner, rouse thee from thy sleep, <a href="#h0268">268</a></dt> +<dt>Sister, thou wast mild and lovely, <a href="#h0590">590</a></dt> +<dt>Slavery and death the cup contains, <a href="#h0793">793</a></dt> +<dt>So fades the lovely blooming flower, <a href="#h0583">583</a></dt> +<dt>Soft are the fruitful showers that bring, <a href="#h0336">336</a></dt> +<dt>Softly fades the twilight ray, <a href="#h0079">79</a></dt> +<dt>Softly now the light of day, <a href="#h0955">955</a></dt> +<dt>Soldier to the contest pressing, <a href="#h0992">992</a></dt> +<dt>So let our lips and lives express, <a href="#h0339">339</a></dt> +<dt>Sometimes a light surprises, <a href="#h0415">415</a></dt> +<dt>Soon as I heard my Father say, <a href="#h0622">622</a></dt> +<dt>Soon will our fleeting hours be past, <a href="#h0092">92</a></dt> +<dt>Sound the full chorus, let praises ascend, <a href="#h0309">309</a></dt> +<dt>Sovereign of life, before thine eye, <a href="#h0530">530</a></dt> +<dt>Sovereign of worlds above, <a href="#h0715">715</a></dt> +<dt>Sow in the morn thy seed, <a href="#h0772">772</a></dt> +<dt>Spirit of grace, and help, and power, <a href="#h0077">77</a></dt> +<dt>Stand up and bless the Lord, <a href="#h0003">3</a></dt> +<dt>Still in shades of midnight darkness, <a href="#h0313">313</a></dt> +<dt>Stretched on the cross the Saviour dies, <a href="#h0232">232</a></dt> +<dt>Suppliant, lo! thy children bend, <a href="#h0748">748</a></dt> +<dt>Supreme and universal light, <a href="#h0429">429</a></dt> +<dt>Sweet day! so cool, so calm, so bright, <a href="#h0962">962</a></dt> +<dt>Sweet is the bliss of souls serene, <a href="#h0414">414</a></dt> +<dt>Sweet is the friendly voice, <a href="#h0327">327</a></dt> +<dt>Sweet is the prayer whose holy stream, <a href="#h0366">366</a></dt> +<dt>Sweet is the scene when virtue dies, <a href="#h0543">543</a></dt> +<dt>Sweet is the task, O Lord, <a href="#h0043">43</a></dt> +<dt>Sweet is the time of spring, <a href="#h0745">745</a></dt> +<dt>Sweet is the work, my God, my King, <a href="#h0061">61</a></dt> +<dt>Sweet to the soul the parting ray, <a href="#h0958">958</a></dt> +<dt>Swell the anthem, raise the song, <a href="#h0881">881</a></dt> +<dt>Talk with us, Lord, thyself reveal, <a href="#h0503">503</a></dt> +<dt>Teach me, my God and King, <a href="#h0406">406</a></dt> +<dt>Teach me, O teach me, Lord, thy way, <a href="#h0477">477</a></dt> +<dt>Teach us to feel as Jesus prayed, <a href="#h0251">251</a></dt> +<dt>The air of death breathes through our souls, <a href="#h0603">603</a></dt> +<dt>The billows swell, the winds are high, <a href="#h0832">832</a></dt> +<dt>The bird let loose in eastern skies, <a href="#h0451">451</a></dt> +<dt>The bird that soars on highest wing, <a href="#h0353">353</a></dt> +<dt>The Christian warrior, see him stand, <a href="#h0362">362</a></dt> +<dt>The darkened sky, how thick it lowers, <a href="#h0607">607</a></dt> +<dt>The day is past and gone, <a href="#h0951">951</a></dt> +<dt>The evils that beset our path, <a href="#h0527">527</a></dt> +<dt>The fountain in its source, <a href="#h0508">508</a></dt> +<dt>The glorious universe around, <a href="#h0394">394</a></dt> +<dt>The God of harvest praise, <a href="#h0876">876</a></dt> +<dt>The God of mercy will indulge, <a href="#h0595">595</a></dt> +<dt>The God who reigns alone, <a href="#h0137">137</a></dt> +<dt>The heavenly spheres to thee, O God, <a href="#h0177">177</a></dt> +<dt>The heaven of heavens cannot contain, <a href="#h0118">118</a></dt> +<dt>The heavens declare his glory, <a href="#h0181">181</a></dt> +<dt>The heavens declare thy glory, Lord, <a href="#h0185">185</a></dt> +<dt>The heavens, O Lord, thy power proclaim, <a href="#h0178">178</a></dt> +<dt>The hoary frost, the fleecy snow, <a href="#h0866">866</a></dt> +<dt>The hours of evening close, <a href="#h0957">957</a></dt> +<dt>The joyful morn, my God, is come, <a href="#h0062">62</a></dt> +<dt>The King of heaven his table spreads, <a href="#h0277">277</a></dt> +<dt>The last full wain has come,--has come, <a href="#h0879">879</a></dt> +<dt>The leaves around me falling, <a href="#h0865">865</a></dt> +<dt>The long lost son, with streaming eyes, <a href="#h0324">324</a></dt> +<dt>The Lord descended from above, <a href="#h0144">144</a></dt> +<dt>The Lord is on his holy throne, <a href="#h1005">1005</a></dt> +<dt>The Lord Jehovah reigns, <a href="#h0113">113</a></dt> +<dt>The Lord my pasture shall prepare, <a href="#h0495">495</a></dt> +<dt>The Lord of glory is my light, <a href="#h0645">645</a></dt> +<dt>The Lord our God is clothed with might, <a href="#h0105">105</a></dt> +<dt>The Lord will come and not be slow, <a href="#h0285">285</a></dt> +<dt>The man in life wherever placed, <a href="#h0413">413</a></dt> +<dt>The mellow eve is gliding, <a href="#h0944">944</a></dt> +<dt>The morning dawns upon the place, <a href="#h0227">227</a></dt> +<dt>The mourners came at break of day, <a href="#h0605">605</a></dt> +<dt>Theories which thousands cherish, <a href="#h1002">1002</a></dt> +<dt>The past is dark with sin and shame, <a href="#h0999">999</a></dt> +<dt>The perfect world by Adam trod, <a href="#h0697">697</a></dt> +<dt>The promises I sing, <a href="#h0639">639</a></dt> +<dt>The radiant dawn of gospel light, <a href="#h0311">311</a></dt> +<dt>There is a God, all nature speaks, <a href="#h0101">101</a></dt> +<dt>There is a hope, a blessed hope, <a href="#h0380">380</a></dt> +<dt>There is a land mine eye hath seen, <a href="#h0564">564</a></dt> +<dt>There is a land of pure delight, <a href="#h0555">555</a></dt> +<dt>There is an hour of peaceful rest, <a href="#h0557">557</a></dt> +<dt>There is a pure and peaceful wave, <a href="#h0991">991</a></dt> +<dt>There is a time when moments flow, <a href="#h0960">960</a></dt> +<dt>There is a world we have not seen, <a href="#h0560">560</a></dt> +<dt>There's a refuge of peace from the tempests that beat, <a href="#h0025">25</a></dt> +<dt>There's not a star whose twinkling light, <a href="#h0122">122</a></dt> +<dt>There's not a place in earth's vast round, <a href="#h0147">147</a></dt> +<dt>There sprang a tree of deadly name, <a href="#h0796">796</a></dt> +<dt>There was joy in heaven, <a href="#h0333">333</a></dt> +<dt>The saints on earth and those above, <a href="#h0395">395</a></dt> +<dt>The Saviour gently calls, <a href="#h0669">669</a></dt> +<dt>The Saviour, what a noble flame, <a href="#h0223">223</a></dt> +<dt>These mortal joys, how soon they fade, <a href="#h0525">525</a></dt> +<dt>The spacious firmament on high, <a href="#h0175">175</a></dt> +<dt>The spirit in our hearts, <a href="#h0275">275</a></dt> +<dt>The spirit moved upon the waves, <a href="#h0115">115</a></dt> +<dt>The spring, the joyous spring is come, <a href="#h0862">862</a></dt> +<dt>The thing my God doth hate, <a href="#h0490">490</a></dt> +<dt>The triumphs of the martyred saints, <a href="#h0979">979</a></dt> +<dt>The turf shall be my fragrant shrine, <a href="#h0183">183</a></dt> +<dt>The vineyard of the Lord, <a href="#h0722">722</a></dt> +<dt>The wandering star and fleeting wind, <a href="#h0326">326</a></dt> +<dt>The year begins with promises, <a href="#h0858">858</a></dt> +<dt>They who seek the throne of grace, <a href="#h0365">365</a></dt> +<dt>Think gently of the erring, <a href="#h0813">813</a></dt> +<dt>This child we dedicate to thee, <a href="#h0567">567</a></dt> +<dt>This day let grateful praise ascend, <a href="#h0040">40</a></dt> +<dt>This day the Lord hath called his own, <a href="#h0041">41</a></dt> +<dt>This is the fast the Lord doth choose, <a href="#h0868">868</a></dt> +<dt>This is the first and great command, <a href="#h0385">385</a></dt> +<dt>This stone to thee in faith we lay, <a href="#h0696">696</a></dt> +<dt>Thou art, Almighty, Lord of all, <a href="#h0141">141</a></dt> +<dt>Thou art gone to the grave, <a href="#h0567">567</a></dt> +<dt>Thou art, O God, the life and light, <a href="#h0174">174</a></dt> +<dt>Thou art the way, and he who sighs, <a href="#h0243">243</a></dt> +<dt>Thou book of life, in thee are found, <a href="#h0196">196</a></dt> +<dt>Thou fount of love and grace, <a href="#h0701">701</a></dt> +<dt>Thou gavest, and we yield to thee, <a href="#h0588">588</a></dt> +<dt>Thou faint and sick, and worn away, <a href="#h0971">971</a></dt> +<dt>Though lost to our sight, we may not deplore thee, <a href="#h0758">758</a></dt> +<dt>Thou God of hope, to thee we bow, <a href="#h0782">782</a></dt> +<dt>Thou God of truth and love, <a href="#h0912">912</a></dt> +<dt>Thou, Lord, by mortal eyes unseen, <a href="#h0253">253</a></dt> +<dt>Thou, Lord, by strictest search hast known, <a href="#h0140">140</a></dt> +<dt>Thou must go forth alone, my soul, <a href="#h0537">537</a></dt> +<dt>Thou power supreme, whose mighty scheme, <a href="#h0635">635</a></dt> +<dt>Thou whose wide extended sway, <a href="#h0307">307</a></dt> +<dt>Thrice happy soul, who, born from heaven, <a href="#h0342">342</a></dt> +<dt>Through all the changing scenes of life, <a href="#h0617">617</a></dt> +<dt>Through endless years thou art the same, <a href="#h0127">127</a></dt> +<dt>Through every age, Eternal God, <a href="#h0898">898</a></dt> +<dt>Through sorrow's night and danger's way, <a href="#h0360">360</a></dt> +<dt>Through the day thy love has spared us, <a href="#h0952">952</a></dt> +<dt>Through thee we now together come, <a href="#h0922">922</a></dt> +<dt>Thus far the Lord has led me on, <a href="#h0945">945</a></dt> +<dt>Thus saith the first, the great command, <a href="#h0355">355</a></dt> +<dt>Thus saith the high and lofty One, <a href="#h0364">364</a></dt> +<dt>Thus saith the Lord who built the heavens, <a href="#h0252">252</a></dt> +<dt>Thus shall thou love th' Almighty Lord, <a href="#h0341">341</a></dt> +<dt>Th' uplifted eye and bended knee, <a href="#h0390">390</a></dt> +<dt>Thy kingdom, Lord, forever stands, <a href="#h0132">132</a></dt> +<dt>Thy life I read, my dearest Lord, <a href="#h0666">666</a></dt> +<dt>Thy name be hallowed, evermore, <a href="#h0100">100</a></dt> +<dt>Thy presence everlasting God, <a href="#h0923">923</a></dt> +<dt>Thy presence, gracious God, afford, <a href="#h0023">23</a></dt> +<dt>Thy ways, O Lord, with wise design, <a href="#h0148">148</a></dt> +<dt>Times without number have I prayed, <a href="#h0332">332</a></dt> +<dt>Time by moments steals away, <a href="#h0896">896</a></dt> +<dt>Time! what an empty vapor 'tis, <a href="#h0897">897</a></dt> +<dt>'Tis a point I long to know, <a href="#h0454">454</a></dt> +<dt>'Tis by the faith of joys to come, <a href="#h0374">374</a></dt> +<dt>'Tis done, the great transaction's done, <a href="#h0674">674</a></dt> +<dt>'Tis finished, so the Saviour cried, <a href="#h0233">233</a></dt> +<dt>'Tis God the spirit leads, <a href="#h0510">510</a></dt> +<dt>'Tis good to weep and mourn for those, <a href="#h0804">804</a></dt> +<dt>'Tis gone, that bright and orbed blaze, <a href="#h0948">948</a></dt> +<dt>'Tis midnight, and on Olive's brow, <a href="#h0228">228</a></dt> +<dt>'Tis my happiness below, <a href="#h0614">614</a></dt> +<dt>To Christ, the Son, the Father spake, <a href="#h0322">322</a></dt> +<dt>To keep the lamp alive, <a href="#h0427">427</a></dt> +<dt>To Thee, great source of light, <a href="#h0156">156</a></dt> +<dt>To Thee, my God and Saviour, <a href="#h0646">646</a></dt> +<dt>To Thee, my God, my days are known, <a href="#h0616">616</a></dt> +<dt>To Thee, my God! to thee I bring, <a href="#h0963">963</a></dt> +<dt>'Twas God who fixed the rolling spheres, <a href="#h0104">104</a></dt> +<dt>'Twas on that dark and doleful night, <a href="#h0677">677</a></dt> +<dt>Unveil thy bosom, faithful tomb, <a href="#h0546">546</a></dt> +<dt>Upon the gospel's sacred page, <a href="#h0296">296</a></dt> +<dt>Vital spark of heavenly flame, <a href="#h0542">542</a></dt> +<dt>Wait, O my soul, thy Maker's will, <a href="#h0628">628</a></dt> +<dt>Walk in the light, so shalt thou know, <a href="#h0998">998</a></dt> +<dt>Watchman, tell us of the night, <a href="#h0200">200</a></dt> +<dt>We bid thee welcome in the name, <a href="#h0711">711</a></dt> +<dt>We bless thee for this sacred day, <a href="#h0055">55</a></dt> +<dt>We come, O Lord, before thy throne, <a href="#h0835">835</a></dt> +<dt>We come our Sabbath hymn to raise, <a href="#h0759">759</a></dt> +<dt>We come to thee, O God, <a href="#h0818">818</a></dt> +<dt>We come with joy and gladness, <a href="#h0755">755</a></dt> +<dt>We gather in the name of God, <a href="#h0729">729</a></dt> +<dt>We have met in peace together, <a href="#h0749">749</a></dt> +<dt>Welcome, delightful morn, <a href="#h0012">12</a></dt> +<dt>Welcome, sweet day of rest, <a href="#h0046">46</a></dt> +<dt>We long to see that happy time, <a href="#h0310">310</a></dt> +<dt>We mourn for those who toil, <a href="#h0570">570</a></dt> +<dt>We praise thee if one rescued soul, <a href="#h0789">789</a></dt> +<dt>Were not the sinful Mary's tears, <a href="#h0273">273</a></dt> +<dt>Whatever dims thy sense of truth, <a href="#h0350">350</a></dt> +<dt>What glorious tidings do I hear, <a href="#h0256">256</a></dt> +<dt>What if the little rain should say, <a href="#h0750">750</a></dt> +<dt>What must it be to dwell above, <a href="#h0511">511</a></dt> +<dt>What secret hand at morning light, <a href="#h0937">937</a></dt> +<dt>What shall we render, bounteous Lord, <a href="#h0785">785</a></dt> +<dt>What though no flowers the fig-tree clothe, <a href="#h0629">629</a></dt> +<dt>What though the arm of conquering death, <a href="#h0599">599</a></dt> +<dt>What though the stream be dead, <a href="#h0586">586</a></dt> +<dt>When Abraham, full of sacred awe, <a href="#h0873">873</a></dt> +<dt>When, as returns this solemn day, <a href="#h0070">70</a></dt> +<dt>When before thy throne we kneel, <a href="#h0001">1</a></dt> +<dt>When bending o'er the brink of life, <a href="#h0533">533</a></dt> +<dt>When brighter suns and milder skies <a href="#h0861">861</a></dt> +<dt>When called, O Lord, to mourn the doom, <a href="#h0615">615</a></dt> +<dt>When children give their hearts to God, <a href="#h0741">741</a></dt> +<dt>When darkness long has veiled my mind, <a href="#h0337">337</a></dt> +<dt>When dread misfortune's tempests rise, <a href="#h0983">983</a></dt> +<dt>Whene'er the clouds of sorrow roll, <a href="#h0626">626</a></dt> +<dt>When fainting in the sultry waste, <a href="#h0453">453</a></dt> +<dt>When floating on life's troubled sea, <a href="#h0573">573</a></dt> +<dt>When gloomy thoughts and boding fears, <a href="#h0623">623</a></dt> +<dt>When God descends with men to dwell, <a href="#h0289">289</a></dt> +<dt>When God revealed his gracious name, <a href="#h0642">642</a></dt> +<dt>When grief and anguish press me down, <a href="#h0606">606</a></dt> +<dt>When his salvation bringing, <a href="#h0754">754</a></dt> +<dt>When human hopes and joys depart, <a href="#h0471">471</a></dt> +<dt>When I can read my title clear, <a href="#h0513">513</a></dt> +<dt>When Israel of the Lord beloved, <a href="#h0448">448</a></dt> +<dt>When I survey the wondrous cross, <a href="#h0693">693</a></dt> +<dt>When Jordan hushed his waters still, <a href="#h0205">205</a></dt> +<dt>When, like a stranger on our sphere, <a href="#h0787">787</a></dt> +<dt>When long the soul had slept in chains, <a href="#h0777">777</a></dt> +<dt>When, Lord, to this our western land, <a href="#h0736">736</a></dt> +<dt>When on her Maker's bosom, <a href="#h0986">986</a></dt> +<dt>When overwhelmed with grief, <a href="#h0469">469</a></dt> +<dt>When Power Divine in mortal form, <a href="#h0967">967</a></dt> +<dt>When quiet in my house I sit, <a href="#h0927">927</a></dt> +<dt>When shall the voice of singing, <a href="#h0300">300</a></dt> +<dt>When the worn spirit wants repose, <a href="#h0007">7</a></dt> +<dt>When the parting bosom bleeds, <a href="#h0829">829</a></dt> +<dt>When the vale of death appears, <a href="#h0538">538</a></dt> +<dt>When true religion gains a place, <a href="#h0411">411</a></dt> +<dt>When verdure clothes the fertile vale, <a href="#h0860">860</a></dt> +<dt>When vexing thoughts within me rise, <a href="#h0608">608</a></dt> +<dt>When wakened by thy voice of power, <a href="#h0423">423</a></dt> +<dt>Where'er my gospel is proclaimed, <a href="#h0996">996</a></dt> +<dt>Where'er the Lord shall build my house, <a href="#h0926">926</a></dt> +<dt>Where shall the child of sorrow find, <a href="#h0972">972</a></dt> +<dt>Where shall we go to seek and find, <a href="#h0704">704</a></dt> +<dt>While here as wandering sheep we stray, <a href="#h0453">453</a></dt> +<dt>While now upon this Sabbath eve, <a href="#h0097">97</a></dt> +<dt>While some in folly's pleasures roll, <a href="#h0432">432</a></dt> +<dt>While sounds of war are heard around, <a href="#h0875">875</a></dt> +<dt>While thee I seek, Protecting Power, <a href="#h0422">422</a></dt> +<dt>While through this changing world we roam, <a href="#h0517">517</a></dt> +<dt>While thus thy throne of grace we seek, <a href="#h0067">67</a></dt> +<dt>While yet the youthful spirit bears, <a href="#h0743">743</a></dt> +<dt>While with ceaseless course the sun, <a href="#h0888">888</a></dt> +<dt>Who is my neighbor? he whom thou, <a href="#h0779">779</a></dt> +<dt>Who shall a temple build for him, <a href="#h0700">700</a></dt> +<dt>Who shall towards thy chosen seat, <a href="#h0346">346</a></dt> +<dt>Why do we mourn departed friends, <a href="#h0574">574</a></dt> +<dt>Why on the bending willows hung, <a href="#h0977">977</a></dt> +<dt>Why should we start and fear to die, <a href="#h0534">534</a></dt> +<dt>Why weep for those, frail child of woe, <a href="#h0571">571</a></dt> +<dt>Wide as his vast dominion lies, <a href="#h0163">163</a></dt> +<dt>With grateful hearts, with joyful tongues, <a href="#h0848">848</a></dt> +<dt>Within thy house, O Lord, our God, <a href="#h0017">17</a></dt> +<dt>With sacred joy we lift our eyes <a href="#h0048">48</a></dt> +<dt>With songs and honors sounding loud, <a href="#h0853">853</a></dt> +<dt>With stately towers and bulwarks strong, <a href="#h0655">655</a></dt> +<dt>With thy pure dews and rains, <a href="#h0798">798</a></dt> +<dt>Would you behold the works of God, <a href="#h0826">826</a></dt> +<dt>Ye boundless realms of joy, <a href="#h0160">160</a></dt> +<dt>Ye Christian heralds, go proclaim, <a href="#h0737">737</a></dt> +<dt>Ye followers of the Prince of peace, <a href="#h0684">684</a></dt> +<dt>Ye realms below the skies, <a href="#h0171">171</a></dt> +<dt>Ye servants of the Lord, <a href="#h0358">358</a></dt> +<dt>Ye sons of earth, arise, <a href="#h0278">278</a></dt> +<dt>Ye subjects of the Lord, proclaim, <a href="#h0314">314</a></dt> +<dt>Yes, we trust the day is breaking, <a href="#h0299">299</a></dt> +<dt>Ye that obey th' immortal King, <a href="#h0018">18</a></dt> +<dt>Ye trembling souls, dismiss your fears, <a href="#h0643">643</a></dt> +<dt>Ye wretched, hungry, starving poor, <a href="#h0266">266</a></dt> +<dt>Zeal is that pure and heavenly flame, <a href="#h0401">401</a></dt> +</dl> + + +<h2>PARTICULAR INDEX OF SUBJECTS.</h2> + +<p class="center">The figures designate the hymns.</p> + +<dl> +<dt>Adoration, <a href="#h0150">150</a>.</dt> +<dt>Adversity, rejoicing in, <a href="#h0629">629</a>.</dt> +<dt>Affection, family, <a href="#h0928">928</a>.</dt> +<dt>Affliction, God merciful in, <a href="#h0631">631</a>.</dt> +<dt>Angels, song of, <a href="#h0201">201</a>.</dt> +<dt>Ark of safety, <a href="#h0474">474</a>.</dt> +<dt>Aspiration, devout, <a href="#h0078">78</a>, <a href="#h0434">434</a>, <a href="#h0475">475</a>, <a href="#h0484">484</a>, <a href="#h0486">486</a>, <a href="#h0492">492</a>, <a href="#h0493">493</a>, <a href="#h0497">497</a>, <a href="#h0498">498</a>, <a href="#h0500">500</a>, <a href="#h0509">509</a>.</dt> +<dt>Autumn, hymn for, <a href="#h0865">865</a>.</dt> +</dl> + +<h4>B.</h4> + +<dl> +<dt>Baptism, <a href="#h0671">671-674</a>.</dt> +<dd>infant, <a href="#h0670">670</a>.</dd> +<dt>Beatitudes, <a href="#h0344">344</a>.</dt> +<dt>Benevolence, active, <a href="#h1003">1003</a>.</dt> +</dl> + +<h4>C.</h4> + +<dl> +<dt>Charity, <a href="#h0767">767</a>, <a href="#h0777">777</a>.</dt> +<dd>blessedness of, <a href="#h0781">781</a>.</dd> +<dd>in Judgment, <a href="#h0398">398</a>, <a href="#h0399">399</a>.</dd> +<dt>Charitable occasions, <a href="#h0778">778-780</a>, <a href="#h0782">782-785</a>.</dt> +<dt>Child's prayer, <a href="#h0762">762</a>, <a href="#h0763">763</a>.</dt> +<dt>Christ, all in all, <a href="#h0244">244</a>.</dt> +<dd>announced by John, <a href="#h0214">214</a>.</dd> +<dd>his ascension, <a href="#h0237">237</a>.</dd> +<dd>at the pool of Bethesda, <a href="#h0221">221</a>.</dd> +<dd>his baptism, <a href="#h0215">215</a>.</dd> +<dd>his birth, <a href="#h0202">202</a>, <a href="#h0211">211</a>.</dd> +<dd>at Canaan, <a href="#h0222">222</a>.</dd> +<dd>his new commandment, <a href="#h0225">225</a>.</dd> +<dd>his coming in power, <a href="#h0819">819</a>.</dd> +<dd>the corner-stone, <a href="#h0254">254</a>.</dd> +<dd>his spiritual coronation, <a href="#h0246">246</a>.</dd> +<dd>on the cross, <a href="#h0248">248</a>.</dd> +<dd>his crucifixion, <a href="#h0231">231-233</a>.</dd> +<dd>death and resurrection, <a href="#h0234">234-236</a>.</dd> +<dd>desired, <a href="#h0435">435</a>.</dd> +<dd>his example, <a href="#h0238">238</a>, <a href="#h0239">239</a>, <a href="#h0357">357</a>.</dd> +<dd>example in forgiving, <a href="#h0251">251</a>.</dd> +<dd>his excellency, <a href="#h0240">240</a>, <a href="#h0504">504</a>.</dd> +<dd>foretold, <a href="#h0198">198-200</a>.</dd> +<dd>at sea of Galilee, <a href="#h0220">220</a>.</dd> +<dd>glorying in, <a href="#h0650">650</a>.</dd> +<dd>God's image, <a href="#h0253">253</a>.</dd> +<dd>God's servant, <a href="#h0252">252</a>.</dd> +<dd>in Gethsemane, <a href="#h0226">226-230</a>, <a href="#h0480">480</a>.</dd> +<dd>the hiding-place, <a href="#h0255">255</a>.</dd> +<dd>imitated, <a href="#h0249">249</a>.</dd> +<dd>Jerusalem, his entry into, <a href="#h0224">224</a>.</dd> +<dd>his going to Jerusalem, <a href="#h0223">223</a>.</dd> +<dd>our leader, <a href="#h0250">250</a>.</dd> +<dd>light of the world, <a href="#h0216">216</a>.</dd> +<dd>his love, <a href="#h0242">242</a>.</dd> +<dd>his love to enemies, <a href="#h0386">386</a>.</dd> +<dd>his miracles, <a href="#h0218">218</a>.</dd> +<dd>his mission, <a href="#h0212">212</a>.</dd> +<dd>his power over evil, <a href="#h0824">824</a>.</dd> +<dd>his poverty, <a href="#h0219">219</a>.</dd> +<dd>his preaching, <a href="#h0217">217</a>.</dd> +<dd>his preciousness, <a href="#h0436">436</a>, <a href="#h0512">512</a>.</dd> +<dd>the resting-place, <a href="#h0245">245</a>.</dd> +<dd>his submissiveness, <a href="#h0241">241</a>.</dd> +<dd>his triumph, <a href="#h0305">305</a>.</dd> +<dd>his triumph desired, <a href="#h0320">320</a>.</dd> +<dd>the universal king, <a href="#h0287">287</a>, <a href="#h0297">297</a>.</dd> +<dt>Christianity, triumphant, <a href="#h0291">291</a>, <a href="#h0296">296</a>, <a href="#h0309">309</a></dt> +<dt>Christian armor, <a href="#h0361">361</a>.</dt> +<dd>blessedness, <a href="#h0414">414</a>, <a href="#h0415">415</a>, <a href="#h0478">478</a>.</dd> +<dd>burial of, <a href="#h0576">576</a>, <a href="#h0591">591</a>.</dd> +<dd>conflict, rest, and hope, <a href="#h0360">360</a>.</dd> +<dd>death, view of, <a href="#h0534">534</a>, <a href="#h0537">537</a>.</dd> +<dd>devotedness of, <a href="#h0341">341</a>, <a href="#h0342">342</a>.</dd> +<dd>dying, to his soul, <a href="#h0542">542</a>.</dd> +<dd>effort, encouragement to, <a href="#h0822">822</a>.</dd> +<dd>fellowship, <a href="#h0658">658</a>, <a href="#h0659">659</a>, <a href="#h0862">862</a>, <a href="#h0863">863</a>.</dd> +<dd>graces, <a href="#h0388">388</a>.</dd> +<dd>happiness, <a href="#h0411">411</a>.</dd> +<dd>life, <a href="#h0340">340</a>.</dd> +<dd>life, desire for, <a href="#h0339">339</a>.</dd> +<dd>life, excellence of, <a href="#h0405">405</a>, <a href="#h0406">406</a>.</dd> +<dd>philanthropists, <a href="#h0768">768</a>, <a href="#h0770">770-773</a>.</dd> +<dd>race, <a href="#h0368">368</a>, <a href="#h0370">370</a>.</dd> +<dd>resolution, <a href="#h0443">443</a>.</dd> +<dd>rest, <a href="#h0479">479</a>.</dd> +<dd>warfare, <a href="#h0367">367</a>, <a href="#h0369">369</a>.</dd> +<dd>warrior, <a href="#h0362">362</a>.</dd> +<dt>Church, an ancient, <a href="#h0970">970</a>.</dt> +<dd>attachment to, <a href="#h0657">657</a>.</dd> +<dd>exulting in God's government, <a href="#h0914">914</a>.</dd> +<dd>glory of, <a href="#h0308">308</a>, <a href="#h0319">319</a>, <a href="#h0653">653</a>, <a href="#h0656">656</a>.</dd> +<dd>Jewish and Christian, <a href="#h0655">655</a>.</dd> +<dd>membership, <a href="#h0660">660</a>, <a href="#h0661">661</a>, <a href="#h0664">664</a>.</dd> +<dd>safety of, <a href="#h0654">654</a>.</dd> +<dt>Communion, <a href="#h0675">675-695</a>.</dt> +<dt>Conference meeting, hymns for, <a href="#h0909">909</a>, <a href="#h0910">910</a>.</dt> +<dt>Confidence in God, <a href="#h0469">469</a>, <a href="#h0507">507</a>, <a href="#h0622">622</a>, <a href="#h0636">636</a>, <a href="#h0967">967</a>.</dt> +<dt>Conscience, a peaceful, <a href="#h0432">432</a>.</dt> +<dt>Consecration, <a href="#h0466">466</a>.</dt> +<dt>Contentment, <a href="#h0625">625</a>.</dt> +<dd>holy, <a href="#h0611">611</a>.</dd> +<dt>Conventions, and associations, <a href="#h0725">725-731</a>.</dt> +<dt>Corner-stone of church laid, <a href="#h0696">696</a>.</dt> +<dt>Country, prayer for our, <a href="#h0837">837</a>, <a href="#h0849">849</a>, <a href="#h0850">850</a>.</dt> +<dd>virtuous love of, <a href="#h0845">845</a>.</dd> +<dt>Creation, beauties of, <a href="#h0173">173</a>.</dt> +<dt>Criminal reform, <a href="#h0814">814-819</a>.</dt> +<dt>Cross, attraction of, <a href="#h0247">247</a>.</dt> +<dd>of Christ, <a href="#h0649">649</a>.</dd> +<dd>soldier of, <a href="#h0992">992</a>.</dd> +<dd>view of, <a href="#h0693">693</a>.</dd> +<dd>welcome, <a href="#h0614">614</a>.</dd> +</dl> + +<h4>D.</h4> + +<dl> +<dt>Dead, farewell to, <a href="#h0567">567</a>, <a href="#h0578">578</a>, <a href="#h0600">600</a>.</dt> +<dd>the righteous, <a href="#h0547">547-549</a>, <a href="#h0569">569</a>.</dd> +<dt>Death, entrance to immortality, <a href="#h0540">540</a>.</dt> +<dd>of an aged Christian, <a href="#h0593">593</a>.</dd> +<dd>of a child, <a href="#h0584">584</a>, <a href="#h0588">588</a>.</dd> +<dd>of a Christian in his prime, <a href="#h0592">592</a>.</dd> +<dd>of an infant, <a href="#h0582">582</a>, <a href="#h0583">583</a>.</dd> +<dd>of a minister, <a href="#h0596">596-599</a>.</dd> +<dd>meditation on, <a href="#h0541">541</a>.</dd> +<dd>of parents, <a href="#h0595">595</a>.</dd> +<dd>of a public man, <a href="#h1004">1004</a>.</dd> +<dd>of the righteous, <a href="#h0543">543</a>, <a href="#h0544">544</a>, <a href="#h0557">557</a>, <a href="#h0594">594</a>, <a href="#h0601">601</a>, <a href="#h0604">604</a>.</dd> +<dd>of a young girl, <a href="#h0586">586</a>, <a href="#h0580">580</a>.</dd> +<dd>of the young, <a href="#h0589">589</a>.</dd> +<dd>universal warning of, <a href="#h0531">531</a>.</dd> +<dt>Dedication of children, <a href="#h0665">665</a>, <a href="#h0669">669</a>.</dt> +<dd>of churches, <a href="#h0697">697-706</a>.</dd> +<dt>Dependence on God, <a href="#h0427">427</a>.</dt> +<dt>Devotion, daily and nightly, <a href="#h0018">18</a>.</dt> +<dd>habitual, <a href="#h0422">422</a>.</dd> +<dt>Doxologies, <a href="#h1006">1006-1008</a>.</dt> +</dl> + +<h4>E.</h4> + +<dl> +<dt>Easter, <a href="#h0552">552</a>, <a href="#h0553">553</a>. See Resurrection of Christ.</dt> +<dt>Eternity, glories of, <a href="#h0556">556</a>.</dt> +<dt>Evening hymns, <a href="#h0942">942</a>, <a href="#h0945">945-955</a>.</dt> +<dd>hymn, with nature, <a href="#h0963">963</a>.</dd> +</dl> + +<h4>F.</h4> + +<dl> +<dt>Faith, dead without works, <a href="#h0774">774</a>.</dt> +<dd>excellence of, <a href="#h0376">376</a>.</dd> +<dd>hope, and charity, <a href="#h0387">387</a>.</dd> +<dd>living and dead, <a href="#h0389">389</a>.</dd> +<dd>power of, <a href="#h0374">374</a>, <a href="#h0375">375</a>.</dd> +<dd>prayer for, <a href="#h0377">377</a>, <a href="#h0468">468</a>.</dd> +<dd>solace of, <a href="#h0471">471</a>.</dd> +<dt>Fast, hymns for, <a href="#h0868">868-874</a>.</dt> +<dt>Fathers, our, <a href="#h0838">838-840</a>, <a href="#h0842">842</a>.</dt> +<dt>Fire, hymn on occasion of, <a href="#h0993">993</a>.</dt> +<dt>Forgiveness, <a href="#h0823">823</a>.</dt> +<dt>Fourth of July, hymns for, <a href="#h0844">844-847</a>.</dt> +<dt>Freedom, human, <a href="#h0799">799-803</a>, <a href="#h0805">805</a>, <a href="#h0806">806</a>.</dt> +<dt>Friends, not lost in death, <a href="#h0581">581</a>.</dt> +<dd>re-union after death, <a href="#h0580">580</a>. See Heaven.</dd> +<dt>Friendship, Christian, <a href="#h0397">397</a>.</dt> +<dt>Funeral occasion, <a href="#h0545">545</a>, <a href="#h0546">546</a>, <a href="#h0579">579</a>.</dt> +<dd>of an infant, <a href="#h0587">587</a>.</dd> +</dl> + +<h4>G.</h4> + +<dl> +<dt>God, acknowledged in national blessings, <a href="#h0841">841</a>, <a href="#h0843">843</a>.</dt> +<dd>acknowledged in the seasons, <a href="#h0851">851-857</a>.</dd> +<dd>adoration of, <a href="#h0074">74</a>.</dd> +<dd>his altar a refuge, <a href="#h0024">24</a>.</dd> +<dd>his blessing invoked, <a href="#h0082">82</a>.</dd> +<dd>communion with, desired, <a href="#h0067">67</a>, <a href="#h0428">428</a>, <a href="#h0453">453</a>, <a href="#h0460">460</a>, <a href="#h0503">503</a>.</dd> +<dd>his condescension, <a href="#h0134">134</a>, <a href="#h0364">364</a>.</dd> +<dd>the Creator, <a href="#h0115">115</a>, <a href="#h0123">123</a>, <a href="#h0176">176</a>.</dd> +<dd>our Creator and benefactor, <a href="#h0124">124</a>.</dd> +<dd>his decrees and providence, <a href="#h0145">145</a>.</dd> +<dd>his direction, prayer for, <a href="#h0081">81</a>.</dd> +<dd>dwelling in the heart, <a href="#h0075">75</a>.</dd> +<dd>his eternity, <a href="#h0107">107</a>, <a href="#h0898">898</a>.</dd> +<dd>his eternity and man's frailty, <a href="#h0514">514</a>.</dd> +<dd>his existence, <a href="#h0101">101</a>.</dd> +<dd>his faithfulness, <a href="#h0639">639</a>.</dd> +<dd>our father, <a href="#h0102">102</a>, <a href="#h0103">103</a>, <a href="#h0120">120</a>, <a href="#h0442">442</a>.</dd> +<dd>glories celebrated, <a href="#h0155">155</a>.</dd> +<dd>his glory, <a href="#h0143">143</a>.</dd> +<dd>his glory in the heaven, <a href="#h0175">175</a>, <a href="#h0181">181</a>.</dd> +<dd>his goodness, <a href="#h0130">130</a>, <a href="#h0135">135</a>, <a href="#h0172">172</a>.</dd> +<dd>goodness and omniscience, <a href="#h0110">110</a>.</dd> +<dd>our help, <a href="#h0510">510</a>.</dd> +<dd>his holiness, <a href="#h0029">29</a>, <a href="#h0133">133</a>, <a href="#h0136">136</a>.</dd> +<dd>his incomprehensibility, <a href="#h0121">121</a>, <a href="#h0126">126</a>, <a href="#h0142">142</a>.</dd> +<dd>his infinity, <a href="#h0112">112</a>.</dd> +<dd>his love, <a href="#h0114">114</a>.</dd> +<dd>his majesty, <a href="#h0113">113</a>, <a href="#h0141">141</a>.</dd> +<dd>his mercy to the penitent, <a href="#h0327">327</a>.</dd> +<dd>his omnipotence, <a href="#h0104">104</a>, <a href="#h0105">105</a>.</dd> +<dd>his omnipresence, <a href="#h0106">106</a>, <a href="#h0108">108</a>, <a href="#h0116">116</a>, <a href="#h0140">140</a>, <a href="#h0147">147</a>.</dd> +<dd>his omnipresent peace, <a href="#h0131">131</a>.</dd> +<dd>his omniscience, <a href="#h0109">109</a>, <a href="#h0129">129</a>.</dd> +<dd>his omniscience and omnipresence, <a href="#h0111">111</a>.</dd> +<dd>his paternal love, <a href="#h0496">496</a>.</dd> +<dd>his perfections, <a href="#h0117">117</a>, <a href="#h0141">141</a>.</dd> +<dd>his power, wisdom, and goodness, <a href="#h0119">119</a>.</dd> +<dd>his presence desired, <a href="#h0612">612</a>.</dd> +<dd>his providence, <a href="#h0125">125</a>, <a href="#h0132">132</a>, <a href="#h0138">138</a>.</dd> +<dd>his providence illustrated in nature, <a href="#h0173">173</a>.</dd> +<dd>his providence mysterious, <a href="#h0128">128</a>, <a href="#h0139">139</a>, <a href="#h0148">148</a>.</dd> +<dd>seen in his works, <a href="#h0122">122</a>, <a href="#h0168">168</a>.</dd> +<dd>our shepherd, <a href="#h0495">495</a>, <a href="#h0648">648</a>.</dd> +<dd>source of all things, <a href="#h0174">174</a>.</dd> +<dd>a spirit, <a href="#h0118">118</a>.</dd> +<dd>his spirit invoked, <a href="#h0076">76</a>, <a href="#h0077">77</a>, <a href="#h0501">501</a>.</dd> +<dd>his truth and love invoked, <a href="#h0034">34</a>.</dd> +<dd>unchangeable, <a href="#h0127">127</a>, <a href="#h0146">146</a>.</dd> +<dd>his unity, <a href="#h0137">137</a>.</dd> +<dt>Gospel, advancing, <a href="#h0263">263</a>.</dt> +<dd>blessings of, <a href="#h0256">256</a>, <a href="#h0276">276</a>.</dd> +<dd>call to the church, <a href="#h0262">262</a>.</dd> +<dd>feast, <a href="#h0290">290</a>.</dd> +<dd>fountain, <a href="#h0264">264</a>.</dd> +<dd>gentle influence of, <a href="#h0293">293</a>.</dd> +<dd>God's glory in, <a href="#h0260">260</a>.</dd> +<dd>light of, <a href="#h0258">258</a>.</dd> +<dd>power of, <a href="#h0280">280</a>.</dd> +<dd>progress of, <a href="#h0296">296</a>, <a href="#h0306">306</a>, <a href="#h0318">318</a>.</dd> +<dd>source of peace and rest, <a href="#h0269">269</a>.</dd> +<dd>triumphant, <a href="#h0299">299-302</a>, <a href="#h0310">310</a>, <a href="#h0813">813</a>, <a href="#h0821">821</a>.</dd> +<dd>trumpet, <a href="#h0257">257</a>, <a href="#h0261">261</a>.</dd> +<dt>Grace, breathings of, <a href="#h0426">426</a>.</dt> +<dd>day of, <a href="#h0652">652</a>.</dd> +<dd>experience of, <a href="#h0642">642</a>.</dd> +<dt>Gratitude to God, <a href="#h0444">444</a>, <a href="#h0445">445</a>.</dt> +<dt>Grave, the sailor's, <a href="#h0834">834</a>.</dt> +</dl> + +<h4>H.</h4> + +<dl> +<dt>Harvest, hymn for, <a href="#h0884">884</a>.</dt> +<dt>Heaven, <a href="#h0559">559</a>, <a href="#h0560">560</a>, <a href="#h0564">564</a>.</dt> +<dd>anticipated, <a href="#h0557">557</a>.</dd> +<dd>its bliss, <a href="#h0565">565</a>.</dd> +<dd>children in, <a href="#h0585">585</a>.</dd> +<dd>Christian's home, <a href="#h0517">517</a>.</dd> +<dd>foretaste of, <a href="#h0511">511</a>.</dd> +<dd>here, <a href="#h0418">418-420</a>.</dd> +<dd>hope of, <a href="#h0513">513</a>.</dd> +<dd>joys of, on earth, <a href="#h0417">417</a>.</dd> +<dd>march to, <a href="#h0651">651</a>.</dd> +<dd>prospect of, <a href="#h0555">555</a>.</dd> +<dd>its rest, <a href="#h0563">563</a>.</dd> +<dd>re-union of friends there, <a href="#h0573">573</a>.</dd> +<dd>saints in, <a href="#h0561">561</a>, <a href="#h0562">562</a>.</dd> +<dd>society of, <a href="#h0558">558</a>.</dd> +<dd>within, <a href="#h0421">421</a>.</dd> +<dt>Homage, and devotion, <a href="#h0048">48</a>.</dt> +<dt>Honor rendered to all men, <a href="#h0820">820</a>.</dt> +<dt>Hope, joyful, <a href="#h1000">1000</a>.</dt> +<dd>rejoicing in, <a href="#h0379">379</a>.</dd> +<dd>star and voice, <a href="#h0380">380</a>.</dd> +<dt>Hospital or asylum, hymn for, <a href="#h0788">788</a>.</dt> +<dt>House of God, <a href="#h0025">25</a>, <a href="#h0054">54</a>.</dt> +<dd>delight in, <a href="#h0014">14</a>, <a href="#h0053">53</a>, <a href="#h0057">57</a>.</dd> +<dt>Humanity, its cause hopeful, <a href="#h0999">999</a>.</dt> +<dt>Humility, <a href="#h0353">353</a>.</dt> +<dd>and submission, <a href="#h0354">354</a>.</dd> +</dl> + +<h4>I.</h4> + +<dl> +<dt>Immortality, illustrated by nature, <a href="#h0551">551</a>.</dt> +<dt>Inconstancy lamented, <a href="#h0326">326</a>.</dt> +<dt>Independence, true, <a href="#h0403">403</a>.</dt> +<dt>Invitation, <a href="#h0259">259</a>, <a href="#h0270">270-275</a>, <a href="#h0278">278</a>, <a href="#h0279">279</a>, <a href="#h0281">281-283</a>.</dt> +<dd>to the gospel feast, <a href="#h0266">266</a>, <a href="#h0267">267</a>, <a href="#h0277">277</a>.</dd> +<dt>Invocation, <a href="#h0002">2</a>, <a href="#h0012">12</a>, <a href="#h0017">17</a>, <a href="#h0022">22</a>, <a href="#h0023">23</a>, <a href="#h0027">27</a>, <a href="#h0032">32</a>, <a href="#h0035">35</a>, <a href="#h0068">68</a>, <a href="#h0904">904</a>, <a href="#h0907">907</a>, <a href="#h0916">916</a>.</dt> +<dt>Israel, fall of, <a href="#h0976">976</a>.</dt> +</dl> + +<h4>J.</h4> + +<dl> +<dt>Jews, prayer of, <a href="#h0315">315</a>, <a href="#h0316">316</a>.</dt> +<dd>remonstrance with, <a href="#h0977">977</a>.</dd> +<dd>restoration of, <a href="#h0315">315</a>, <a href="#h0316">316</a>.</dd> +<dt>Joy, after sorrow, <a href="#h0968">968</a>.</dt> +<dd>in God's presence, <a href="#h0486">486</a>.</dd> +<dt>Judgment, private, right of, <a href="#h0400">400</a>.</dt> +</dl> + +<h4>K.</h4> + +<dl> +<dt>Kindness to the afflicted, <a href="#h0786">786</a>.</dt> +<dd>to the poor, <a href="#h0765">765</a>.</dd> +<dt>Kingdom of Christ, <a href="#h0213">213</a>, <a href="#h0284">284</a>, <a href="#h0286">286</a>, <a href="#h0288">288</a>, <a href="#h0289">289</a>, <a href="#h0298">298</a>, <a href="#h0304">304</a>, <a href="#h0311">311</a>, <a href="#h0312">312</a>, <a href="#h0322">322</a>.</dt> +<dd>of God, <a href="#h0285">285</a>, <a href="#h0303">303</a>.</dd> +<dt>Knowledge of God, <a href="#h0494">494</a>.</dt> +</dl> + +<h4>L.</h4> + +<dl> +<dt>Liberality rewarded, <a href="#h0776">776</a>.</dt> +<dt>Liberty meeting, fourth of July, <a href="#h0804">804</a>.</dt> +<dt>Life, close of, <a href="#h0529">529</a>.</dt> +<dd>discipline of, <a href="#h0966">966</a>.</dd> +<dd>frailty and shortness of, <a href="#h0524">524</a>, <a href="#h0528">528</a>, <a href="#h0530">530</a>, <a href="#h0532">532</a>.</dd> +<dd>a pilgrimage, <a href="#h0516">516</a>, <a href="#h0523">523</a>.</dd> +<dd>God's providence in, <a href="#h0515">515</a>, <a href="#h0520">520</a>.</dd> +<dd>illustrated, <a href="#h0519">519</a>.</dd> +<dd>its changes, <a href="#h0527">527</a>.</dd> +<dd>higher revelations in, <a href="#h0526">526</a>.</dd> +<dt>Light, injunction to walk in, <a href="#h0998">998</a>.</dt> +<dt>Love, brotherly, <a href="#h0391">391</a>.</dt> +<dd>divine invoked, <a href="#h0015">15</a>.</dd> +<dd>harmony of, <a href="#h0392">392-394</a>.</dd> +<dd>law of, <a href="#h0381">381</a>, <a href="#h0382">382</a>.</dd> +<dd>supremacy of, <a href="#h0769">769</a>.</dd> +<dd>the best offering, <a href="#h0764">764</a>.</dd> +<dd>to God, <a href="#h0383">383</a>.</dd> +<dd>to God and man, <a href="#h0355">355</a>, <a href="#h0385">385</a>.</dd> +<dd>to man, <a href="#h0384">384</a>.</dd> +<dd>[See Philanthropic Subjects.]</dd> +</dl> + +<h4>M.</h4> + +<dl> +<dt>Marriage hymns, <a href="#h0985">985</a>, <a href="#h0986">986</a>.</dt> +<dt>Martyrs, army of, <a href="#h0979">979</a>.</dt> +<dd>death of, <a href="#h0980">980</a>.</dd> +<dt>Meekness, <a href="#h0348">348</a>, <a href="#h0349">349</a>.</dt> +<dt>Men, all equal, <a href="#h0766">766</a>.</dt> +<dt>Mercy-seat, <a href="#h0452">452</a>.</dt> +<dt>Midnight, hymn at, <a href="#h0956">956</a>.</dt> +<dt>Minister, the faithful, <a href="#h0975">975</a>.</dt> +<dt>Ministers, blessing invoked on, <a href="#h0724">724</a>.</dt> +<dd>charged and encouraged, <a href="#h0720">720-722</a>.</dd> +<dd>conflict and burthen of, <a href="#h0720">720</a>.</dd> +<dd>meeting of, <a href="#h0719">719</a>.</dd> +<dt>Missionary occasions, <a href="#h0733">733-737</a>.</dt> +<dt>Moderation, <a href="#h0402">402</a>.</dt> +<dt>Morning hymns, <a href="#h0935">935-940</a>.</dt> +<dt>Morning or evening hymns, <a href="#h0941">941</a>, <a href="#h0943">943</a>.</dt> +<dt>Mourners, blessing of, <a href="#h0566">566</a>, <a href="#h0630">630</a>.</dt> +<dd>comforted, <a href="#h0571">571</a>, <a href="#h0572">572</a>, <a href="#h0574">574</a>, <a href="#h0602">602</a>, <a href="#h0603">603</a>, <a href="#h0605">605</a>.</dd> +<dd>invited to mercy-seat, <a href="#h0575">575</a>.</dd> +<dd>thoughts of heaven, <a href="#h0568">568</a>.</dd> +</dl> + +<h4>N.</h4> + +<dl> +<dt>National hymns, <a href="#h0835">835-850</a>.</dt> +<dt>Nature, and the Scriptures, <a href="#h0185">185</a>, <a href="#h0188">188</a>.</dt> +<dd>and the soul, <a href="#h0554">554</a>.</dd> +<dd>a temple, <a href="#h0183">183</a>.</dd> +<dd>compared with the spiritual world, <a href="#h0182">182</a>.</dd> +<dd>evening hymn with, <a href="#h0963">963</a>.</dd> +<dd>religious influences of, <a href="#h0180">180</a>.</dd> +</dl> + +<h4>O.</h4> + +<dl> +<dt>Opportunities, use of, <a href="#h0359">359</a>.</dt> +<dt>Ordination and installation, <a href="#h0707">707-718</a>.</dt> +<dt>Orphan asylum, hymn for, <a href="#h0789">789</a>.</dt> +<dt>Orphan's hymn, <a href="#h0972">972</a>.</dt> +</dl> + +<h4>P.</h4> + +<dl> +<dt>Pardon, <a href="#h0336">336</a>.</dt> +<dt>Parting, <a href="#h0921">921-923</a>.</dt> +<dt>Patience, <a href="#h0345">345</a>.</dt> +<dt>Peace, hymns on, <a href="#h0807">807-813</a>.</dt> +<dt>Piety, active, <a href="#h0356">356</a>.</dt> +<dd>habitual, <a href="#h0410">410</a>.</dd> +<dt>Pilgrims, the, <a href="#h0843">843</a>.</dt> +<dt>Praise, <a href="#h0149">149</a>, <a href="#h0151">151</a>, <a href="#h0153">153</a>, <a href="#h0164">164</a>, <a href="#h0170">170</a>.</dt> +<dd>and holiness, <a href="#h0154">154</a>.</dd> +<dd>exhortation to, <a href="#h0003">3</a>, <a href="#h0152">152</a>, <a href="#h0162">162</a>.</dd> +<dd>from all nature, <a href="#h0161">161</a>, <a href="#h0169">169</a>, <a href="#h0177">177</a>, <a href="#h0178">178</a>.</dd> +<dd>from heaven and earth, <a href="#h0160">160</a>, <a href="#h0641">641</a>.</dd> +<dd>lowly, <a href="#h0039">39</a>.</dd> +<dd>perpetual, <a href="#h0156">156-159</a>, <a href="#h0423">423</a>.</dd> +<dd>universal, <a href="#h0163">163</a>, <a href="#h0165">165-167</a>, <a href="#h0171">171</a>.</dd> +<dt>Prayer, a call to, <a href="#h0365">365</a>, <a href="#h0372">372</a>, <a href="#h0373">373</a>, <a href="#h0447">447</a>.</dt> +<dd>described, <a href="#h0371">371</a>, <a href="#h1005">1005</a>.</dd> +<dd>concerning death, <a href="#h0539">539</a>.</dd> +<dd>for a beneficent spirit, <a href="#h0775">775</a>, <a href="#h0779">779</a>, <a href="#h0787">787</a>.</dd> +<dd>for a holy heart, <a href="#h1001">1001</a>.</dd> +<dd>true, <a href="#h1005">1005</a>.</dd> +<dt>Prudence, <a href="#h0352">352</a>.</dt> +<dt>Purity of heart, <a href="#h0350">350</a>, <a href="#h0351">351</a>.</dt> +</dl> + +<h4>R.</h4> + +<dl> +<dt>Redeemed, glory of, <a href="#h0978">978</a>.</dt> +<dt>Redemption, universal, <a href="#h0294">294</a>, <a href="#h0307">307</a>.</dt> +<dt>Rejoicing in God our Father, <a href="#h0644">644-649</a>.</dt> +<dt>Reliance on God, <a href="#h0609">609</a>, <a href="#h0613">613</a>, <a href="#h0616">616-618</a>, <a href="#h0624">624</a>, <a href="#h0626">626</a>, <a href="#h0627">627</a>, <a href="#h0632">632-634</a>, <a href="#h0637">637</a>, <a href="#h0638">638</a>, <a href="#h0643">643</a>, <a href="#h0901">901</a>, <a href="#h0983">983</a>.</dt> +<dt>Religion, a support in life, <a href="#h0408">408</a>.</dt> +<dd>at home, <a href="#h0927">927</a>.</dd> +<dd>blessedness of, <a href="#h0363">363</a>, <a href="#h0914">914</a>, <a href="#h0964">964</a>.</dd> +<dd>comforts of, <a href="#h0623">623</a>.</dd> +<dd>early, <a href="#h0739">739-743</a>, <a href="#h0746">746</a>.</dd> +<dd>quiet, <a href="#h0982">982</a>.</dd> +<dt>Repentance, <a href="#h0328">328-332</a>.</dt> +<dt>Resignation, <a href="#h0608">608</a>, <a href="#h0610">610</a>, <a href="#h0615">615</a>. </dt> +<dt>Resurrection, and spring-time, <a href="#h0550">550</a>.</dt> +<dt>Retirement, religious, <a href="#h0463">463</a>.</dt> +<dt>Rich and poor, <a href="#h0973">973</a>.</dt> +<dt>Righteous and wicked, <a href="#h0409">409</a>, <a href="#h0413">413</a>.</dt> +<dt>Righteousness, <a href="#h0346">346</a>, <a href="#h0347">347</a>.</dt> +<dt>River of life, <a href="#h0991">991</a>.</dt> +</dl> + +<h4>S.</h4> + +<dl> +<dt>Sabbath, <a href="#h0007">7-10</a>, <a href="#h0040">40</a>, <a href="#h0049">49</a>, <a href="#h0058">58-60</a>.</dt> +<dd>delights of, <a href="#h0043">43</a>, <a href="#h0062">62</a>, <a href="#h0069">69</a>.</dd> +<dd>evening, <a href="#h0071">71</a>, <a href="#h0079">79</a>.</dd> +<dd>hymn for, <a href="#h0960">960</a>.</dd> +<dd>worship, <a href="#h0056">56</a>.</dd> +<dd>hymn with nature, <a href="#h0961">961</a>.</dd> +<dd>improvement of, <a href="#h0041">41</a>.</dd> +<dd>morning, hymn for, <a href="#h0959">959</a>.</dd> +<dd>of the soul, <a href="#h0038">38</a>.</dd> +<dd>on earth and in heaven, <a href="#h0061">61</a>.</dd> +<dd>prayer for, <a href="#h0036">36</a>, <a href="#h0055">55</a>.</dd> +<dd>welcomed, <a href="#h0046">46</a>.</dd> +<dd>worship, <a href="#h0042">42</a>.</dd> +<dt>Sabbath-school hymns, <a href="#h0747">747-749</a>, <a href="#h0752">752</a>.</dt> +<dd>anniversary, <a href="#h0751">751</a>, <a href="#h0753">753</a>, <a href="#h0754">754</a>.</dd> +<dd>death of scholar, <a href="#h0759">759-761</a>.</dd> +<dd>for Fourth of July, <a href="#h0755">755</a>.</dd> +<dd>teacher, death of, <a href="#h0757">757</a>, <a href="#h0758">758</a>.</dd> +<dt>Saints, thanks for all, <a href="#h0981">981</a>.</dt> +<dt>Salvation, <a href="#h0640">640</a>.</dt> +<dt>Saturday evening, hymns for, <a href="#h0957">957</a>, <a href="#h0958">958</a>.</dt> +<dt>Schools, hymns for, <a href="#h0987">987-990</a>.</dt> +<dt>Scriptures, comfort of, <a href="#h0195">195</a>, <a href="#h0196">196</a>.</dt> +<dd>excellence of, <a href="#h0184">184</a>, <a href="#h0192">192-194</a>, <a href="#h0197">197</a>.</dd> +<dd>God praised for, <a href="#h0187">187</a>.</dd> +<dd>importance to the young, <a href="#h0744">744</a>.</dd> +<dd>light and glory of, <a href="#h0186">186</a>.</dd> +<dd>sufficiency of, <a href="#h0190">190</a>.</dd> +<dd>superiority of, <a href="#h0191">191</a>.</dd> +<dd>value of, <a href="#h0189">189</a>.</dd> +<dt>Sea, hymn at, <a href="#h0831">831</a>.</dt> +<dd>prayer at, <a href="#h0832">832</a>.</dd> +<dt>Seamen's hymns, <a href="#h0825">825-835</a>.</dt> +<dt>Self-distrust, <a href="#h0454">454</a>.</dt> +<dd>abandonment, <a href="#h0462">462</a>.</dd> +<dt>Sick child, prayer for, <a href="#h0930">930</a>.</dt> +<dt>Sickness and recovery, <a href="#h0932">932</a>.</dt> +<dt>Sincerity and hypocrisy, <a href="#h0456">456</a>.</dt> +<dt>Sinner entreated to awake, <a href="#h0268">268</a>.</dt> +<dt>Soul, the, its beauty unfading, <a href="#h0962">962</a>.</dt> +<dt>Spring, hymns for, <a href="#h0859">859-862</a>.</dt> +<dt>Storm at sea, <a href="#h0831">831</a>.</dt> +<dd>hymn on occasion of, <a href="#h0994">994</a>.</dd> +<dt>Submission to God, <a href="#h0481">481</a>, <a href="#h0485">485</a>, <a href="#h0628">628</a>.</dt> +<dt>Summer, hymns for, <a href="#h0863">863</a>, <a href="#h0864">864</a>.</dt> +<dt>Sunset, hymn at, <a href="#h0944">944</a>.</dt> +</dl> + +<h4>T.</h4> + +<dl> +<dt>Temperance hall, dedication of, <a href="#h0798">798</a>.</dt> +<dd>hymns, <a href="#h0790">790-797</a>.</dd> +<dt>Temptation, <a href="#h0974">974</a>.</dt> +<dd>compared to a storm, <a href="#h0832">832</a>.</dd> +<dt>Thanksgiving, hymns for, <a href="#h0876">876-883</a>, <a href="#h0885">885</a>.</dt> +<dt>Time, worth of, <a href="#h0518">518</a>.</dt> +<dd>flight of, <a href="#h0900">900</a>.</dd> +<dt>Traveller's hymn, <a href="#h0995">995</a>.</dt> +<dt>Treasures, earthly and heavenly, <a href="#h0525">525</a>.</dt> +<dt>Trust in God, <a href="#h0606">606</a>, <a href="#h0607">607</a>, <a href="#h0618">618</a>, <a href="#h0619">619</a>, <a href="#h0635">635</a>.</dt> +<dt>Truth, call of, <a href="#h0821">821</a>.</dt> +<dd>permanence and triumph of, <a href="#h1002">1002</a>.</dd> +</dl> + +<h4>U.</h4> + +<dl> +<dt>Unity, Christian, <a href="#h0395">395</a>, <a href="#h0396">396</a>, <a href="#h0407">407</a>, <a href="#h0911">911-913</a>, <a href="#h0917">917</a>, <a href="#h0918">918</a>.</dt> +</dl> + +<h4>V.</h4> + +<dl> +<dt>Virtue, security of, <a href="#h0412">412</a>.</dt> +<dt>Voices of the dead, <a href="#h0522">522</a>.</dt> +</dl> + +<h4>W.</h4> + +<dl> +<dt>War, hymn in time of, <a href="#h0875">875</a>.</dt> +<dt>Watchfulness, and brotherly reproof, <a href="#h0065">65</a>.</dt> +<dd>and prayer, <a href="#h0343">343</a>, <a href="#h0358">358</a>.</dd> +<dd>prayer for, <a href="#h0449">449</a>.</dd> +<dt>Water of life, <a href="#h0508">508</a>.</dt> +<dt>Widow's prayer, <a href="#h0971">971</a>.</dt> +<dt>Winter, hymns for, <a href="#h0866">866</a>, <a href="#h0867">867</a>.</dt> +<dt>Wisdom, excellence of, <a href="#h0404">404</a>.</dt> +<dd>true, <a href="#h0457">457</a>.</dd> +<dt>Woman, influence of, <a href="#h0996">996</a>, <a href="#h0997">997</a>.</dt> +<dt>Worship, <a href="#h0001">1</a>.</dt> +<dd>attendance on, <a href="#h0013">13</a>.</dd> +<dd>call to, <a href="#h0020">20</a>.</dd> +<dd>close of, <a href="#h0083">83-96</a>, <a href="#h0098">98</a>.</dd> +<dd>delight of, <a href="#h0019">19</a>, <a href="#h0021">21</a>, <a href="#h0026">26</a>, <a href="#h0030">30</a>, <a href="#h0031">31</a>, <a href="#h0056">56</a>.</dd> +<dd>domestic, <a href="#h0924">924-926</a>, <a href="#h0929">929</a>, <a href="#h0933">933</a>, <a href="#h0934">934</a>.</dd> +<dd>evening, close of, <a href="#h0080">80</a>, <a href="#h0097">97</a>, <a href="#h0099">99</a>.</dd> +<dd class="t4">public, <a href="#h0037">37</a>.</dd> +<dd class="t4">social, <a href="#h0920">920</a>.</dd> +<dd>filial and cheerful, <a href="#h0965">965</a>.</dd> +<dd>invitation to, <a href="#h0052">52</a>.</dd> +<dd>of earth and heaven, <a href="#h0064">64</a>.</dd> +<dd>of the heart, <a href="#h0070">70</a>, <a href="#h0073">73</a>.</dd> +<dd>pious, <a href="#h0969">969</a>.</dd> +<dd>preparation for, <a href="#h0028">28</a>, <a href="#h0072">72</a>.</dd> +<dd>public, <a href="#h0004">4</a>, <a href="#h0005">5</a>, <a href="#h0033">33</a>, <a href="#h0045">45</a>, <a href="#h0047">47</a>, <a href="#h0050">50</a>, <a href="#h0075">75</a>.</dd> +<dd>silent, <a href="#h0464">464</a>.</dd> +<dd>sincere, <a href="#h0390">390</a>.</dd> +<dd>social, call to, <a href="#h0905">905</a>, <a href="#h0906">906</a>.</dd> +<dd class="t4">joy of, <a href="#h0902">902</a>, <a href="#h0903">903</a>.</dd> +<dd>universal, <a href="#h0016">16</a>.</dd> +</dl> + +<h4>Y.</h4> + +<dl> +<dt>Year, close of, <a href="#h0895">895</a>, <a href="#h0899">899</a>, <a href="#h0900">900</a>.</dt> +<dd>promises of, <a href="#h0858">858</a>.</dd> +<dd>the new, <a href="#h0886">886-894</a>.</dd> +<dt>Youth, and autumn, <a href="#h0756">756</a>.</dt> +<dd>and spring-time, <a href="#h0745">745</a>.</dd> +<dt>Youthful example, <a href="#h0750">750</a>.</dt> +</dl> + +<h4>Z.</h4> + +<dl> +<dt>Zeal, true and false, <a href="#h0401">401</a>.</dt> +<dt>Zion, encouraged, <a href="#h0647">647</a>.</dt> +</dl> + + +<h2>INTRODUCTION AND CLOSE OF WORSHIP.</h2> + +<div class="hymn" id="h0001"> + +<h3>1. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Bowring.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Humble Worship</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>When before thy throne we kneel,</div> +<div class="t">Filled with awe and holy fear,</div> +<div class="l">Teach us, O our God! to feel</div> +<div class="t">All thy sacred presence near.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Check each proud and wandering thought</div> +<div class="t">When on thy great name we call;</div> +<div class="l">Man is nought--is less than nought:</div> +<div class="t">Thou, our God, art all in all.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Weak, imperfect creatures, we</div> +<div class="t">In this vale of darkness dwell;</div> +<div class="l">Yet presume to look to thee,</div> +<div class="t">'Midst thy light ineffable.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>O, receive the praise that dares</div> +<div class="t">Seek thy heaven-exalted throne;</div> +<div class="l">Bless our offerings, hear our pray'rs,</div> +<div class="t">Infinite and Holy One!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0002"> + +<h3>2. <span class="meter">P. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Solemn Invocation.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Come, thou Almighty King!</div> +<div class="l">Help us thy name to sing;</div> +<div class="t">Help us to praise!</div> +<div class="l">Father all glorious,</div> +<div class="l">O'er all victorious,</div> +<div class="l">Come and reign over us,</div> +<div class="t">Ancient of days!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Come, thou all gracious Lord!</div> +<div class="l">By heaven and earth adored,</div> +<div class="t">Our prayer attend!</div> +<div class="l">Come, and thy children bless;</div> +<div class="l">Give thy good word success;</div> +<div class="l">Make thine own holiness</div> +<div class="t">On us descend!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Never from us depart;</div> +<div class="l">Rule thou in every heart,</div> +<div class="t">Hence, evermore!</div> +<div class="l">Thy sovereign majesty</div> +<div class="l">May we in glory see,</div> +<div class="l">And to eternity</div> +<div class="t">Love and adore.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0003"> + +<h3>3. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Montgomery.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Exhortation to Praise.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>Stand up and bless the Lord,</div> +<div class="t">Ye people of his choice;</div> +<div class="l">Stand up, and bless the Lord your God,</div> +<div class="t">With heart, and soul and voice.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>Though high above all praise,</div> +<div class="t">Above all blessing high,</div> +<div class="l">Who would not fear his holy name,</div> +<div class="t">And laud and magnify?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>O for the living flame</div> +<div class="t">From his own altar brought,</div> +<div class="l">To touch our lips, our minds inspire,</div> +<div class="t">And wing to heaven our thought!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>There, with benign regard,</div> +<div class="t">Our hymns he deigns to hear;</div> +<div class="l">Though unrevealed to mortal sense,</div> +<div class="t">The spirit feels him near.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">5</span>Stand up and bless the Lord,</div> +<div class="t">The Lord your God adore;</div> +<div class="l">Stand up and bless his glorious name,</div> +<div class="t">Henceforth for evermore.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0004"> + +<h3>4. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Public Worship.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Before Jehovah's awful throne,</div> +<div class="t">Ye nations, bow with sacred joy;</div> +<div class="l">Know that the Lord is God alone;</div> +<div class="t">He can create, and he destroy.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>His sovereign power, without our aid,</div> +<div class="t">Made us of clay, and formed us men;</div> +<div class="l">And when, like wandering sheep we strayed,</div> +<div class="t">He brought us to his fold again.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>We are his people; we his care;</div> +<div class="t">Our souls, and all our mortal frame:</div> +<div class="l">What lasting honors shall we rear,</div> +<div class="t">Almighty Maker, to thy name?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>We'll crowd thy gates, with thankful songs</div> +<div class="t">High as the heaven our voices raise;</div> +<div class="l">And earth, with her ten thousand tongues,</div> +<div class="t">Shall fill thy courts with sounding praise.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Wide as the world is thy command;</div> +<div class="t">Vast as eternity thy love;</div> +<div class="l">Firm as a rock thy truth shall stand,</div> +<div class="t">When rolling years shall cease to move.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0005"> + +<h3>5. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Tate & Brady.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>O, Come, loud anthems let us sing,</div> +<div class="l">Loud thanks to our Almighty King;</div> +<div class="l">For we our voices high should raise,</div> +<div class="l">When our salvation's Rock we praise.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Into his presence let us haste,</div> +<div class="l">To thank him, for his favors past;</div> +<div class="l">To him address, in joyful songs,</div> +<div class="l">The praise that to his name belongs.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>O, let us to his courts repair,</div> +<div class="l">And bow with adoration there;</div> +<div class="l">With joy and fear devoutly all</div> +<div class="l">Before the Lord, our Maker, fall!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0006"> + +<h3>6. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"How amiable are thy Tabernacles, O Lord of Hosts."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Great God! attend, while Zion sings</div> +<div class="l">The joy that from thy presence springs;</div> +<div class="l">To spend one day with thee, on earth,</div> +<div class="l">Exceeds a thousand days of mirth.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Might I enjoy the meanest place</div> +<div class="l">Within thy house, O God of grace,</div> +<div class="l">Not tents of ease, nor thrones of power,</div> +<div class="l">Should tempt my feet to leave thy door.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>God is our Sun--he makes our day;</div> +<div class="l">God is our shield--he guards our way;</div> +<div class="l">All needful grace he will bestow,</div> +<div class="l">And crown that grace with glory too.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>O God! our king, whose sovereign sway</div> +<div class="l">The glorious hosts of heaven obey,</div> +<div class="l">Thy willing servants may we be,</div> +<div class="l">For blest are they who trust in thee.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0007"> + +<h3>7. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Edmeston.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Lord's Day.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>When the worn spirit wants repose,</div> +<div class="t">And sighs her God to seek,</div> +<div class="l">How sweet to hail the evening's close</div> +<div class="t">That ends the weary week!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>How sweet to hail the early dawn</div> +<div class="t">That opens on the sight,</div> +<div class="l">When first that soul-reviving morn</div> +<div class="t">Beams its new rays of light!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Blest day! thine hours too soon will cease</div> +<div class="t">Yet, while they gently roll,</div> +<div class="l">Breathe, Heavenly Spirit, source of peace,</div> +<div class="t">A sabbath o'er my soul!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0008"> + +<h3>8. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Codman's Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Blessing of the Sabbath.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Blest day of God! most calm, most bright,</div> +<div class="t">The first and best of days;</div> +<div class="l">The laborer's rest, the saint's delight,</div> +<div class="t">The day of prayer and praise.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>My Saviour's face made thee to shine;</div> +<div class="t">His rising thee did raise;</div> +<div class="l">And made thee heavenly and divine</div> +<div class="t">Beyond all other days.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>The first fruits oft a blessing prove</div> +<div class="t">To all the sheaves behind;</div> +<div class="l">And they who do the Sabbath love,</div> +<div class="t">A happy week will find.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>This day I must to God appear;</div> +<div class="t">For, Lord, the day is thine;</div> +<div class="l">Help me to spend it in thy fear,</div> +<div class="t">And thus to make it mine.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0009"> + +<h3>9. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Mrs. Follen.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Love of Sabbath Service.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>How sweet, upon this sacred day,</div> +<div class="t">The best of all the seven,</div> +<div class="l">To cast our earthly thoughts away,</div> +<div class="t">And think of God and heaven!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>How sweet to be allowed to pray</div> +<div class="t">Our sins may be forgiven!</div> +<div class="l">With filial confidence to say,</div> +<div class="t">"Father, who art in heaven!"</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>How sweet the words of peace to hear</div> +<div class="t">From him to whom 'tis given</div> +<div class="l">To wake the penitential tear,</div> +<div class="t">And lead the way to heaven!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>And if, to make our sins depart,</div> +<div class="t">In vain the will has striven,</div> +<div class="l">He who regards the inmost heart</div> +<div class="t">Will send his grace from heaven.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0010"> + +<h3>10. <span class="meter">L. M. 6l.</span> <span class="sc">Mrs. Steele.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">A Prayer for Lord's Day.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Great God, this sacred day of thine</div> +<div class="l">Demands our souls' collected powers.</div> +<div class="l">May we employ in work divine</div> +<div class="l">These solemn, these devoted hours;</div> +<div class="l">O may our souls adoring own</div> +<div class="l">The grace which calls us to thy throne.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Hence, ye vain cares and trifles, fly;</div> +<div class="l">Where God resides appear no more;</div> +<div class="l">Omniscient God, thy piercing eye</div> +<div class="l">Can every secret thought explore:</div> +<div class="l">O may thy grace our hearts refine,</div> +<div class="l">And fix our thoughts on things divine.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>The word of life dispensed to-day</div> +<div class="l">Invites us to a heavenly feast.</div> +<div class="l">May every ear the call obey;</div> +<div class="l">Be every heart a humble guest;</div> +<div class="l">O bid the wretched sons of need</div> +<div class="l">On soul-reviving dainties feed.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Thy spirit's powerful aid impart;</div> +<div class="l">O may thy word, with life divine,</div> +<div class="l">Engage the ear, and warm the heart;</div> +<div class="l">Then shall the day indeed be thine;</div> +<div class="l">Then shall our souls adoring own</div> +<div class="l">The grace which calls us to thy throne.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0011"> + +<h3>11. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">H. Ware, Jr.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Invoking God's Aid.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Father in heaven, to thee my heart</div> +<div class="t">Would lift itself in prayer;</div> +<div class="l">Drive from my soul each earthly thought</div> +<div class="t">And show thy presence there.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Each moment of my life renews</div> +<div class="t">The mercies of my Lord,</div> +<div class="l">Each moment is itself a gift</div> +<div class="t">To bear me on to God.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>O, help me break the galling chains,</div> +<div class="t">This world has round me thrown,</div> +<div class="l">Each passion of my heart subdue,</div> +<div class="t">Each darling sin disown.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>O Father, kindle in my breast</div> +<div class="t">A never dying flame</div> +<div class="l">Of holy love, of grateful trust</div> +<div class="t">In thine almighty name.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0012"> + +<h3>12. <span class="meter">H. M.</span> <span class="sc">Hayward.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Invocation for Lord's Day Morning.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>Welcome, delightful morn,</div> +<div class="t2">Thou day of sacred rest!</div> +<div class="t">We hail thy glad return:</div> +<div class="t2">Lord, make these moments blest.</div> +<div class="l">From low delights and mortal toys</div> +<div class="l">We soar to reach immortal joys.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>Now may the King descend,</div> +<div class="t2">And fill his throne of grace;</div> +<div class="t">Thy sceptre, Lord, extend,</div> +<div class="t2">While we address thy face.</div> +<div class="l">O let us feel thy quickening word,</div> +<div class="l">And learn to know and fear the Lord.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>Descend, celestial Dove,</div> +<div class="t2">With all thy quickening powers;</div> +<div class="t">Disclose a Saviour's love,</div> +<div class="t2">And bless these sacred hours:</div> +<div class="l">Then shall our souls new life obtain,</div> +<div class="l">Nor sabbaths be enjoyed in vain.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0013"> + +<h3>13. <span class="meter">C. P. M.</span> <span class="sc">Day.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Attendance on Worship.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>I'll bless Jehovah's glorious name,</div> +<div class="l">Whose goodness heaven and earth proclaim,</div> +<div class="t2">With every morning light;</div> +<div class="l">And at the close of every day,</div> +<div class="l">To him my cheerful homage pay,</div> +<div class="t2">Who guards me through the night.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Then in his churches to appear,</div> +<div class="l">And pay my humble worship there,</div> +<div class="t2">Shall be my sweet employ:</div> +<div class="l">The day that saw my Saviour rise</div> +<div class="l">Shall dawn on my delighted eyes</div> +<div class="t2">With pure and holy joy.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>With grateful sorrow in my breast,</div> +<div class="l">I'll celebrate the dying feast</div> +<div class="t2">Of my exalted Lord;</div> +<div class="l">And, while his perfect love I view,</div> +<div class="l">His bright example I'll pursue,</div> +<div class="t2">And meditate his word.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0014"> + +<h3>14. <span class="meter">S. P. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Delight in the House of God.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>How pleased and blest was I</div> +<div class="t">To hear the people cry,</div> +<div class="l">"Come, let us seek our God to-day!"</div> +<div class="t">Yes, with a cheerful zeal,</div> +<div class="t">We haste to Zion's hill,</div> +<div class="l">And there our vows and honors pay.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>Zion, thrice happy place,</div> +<div class="t">Adorned with wondrous grace,</div> +<div class="l">And walls of strength embrace thee round;</div> +<div class="t">In thee our tribes appear,</div> +<div class="t">To pray, and praise, and hear</div> +<div class="l">The sacred gospel's joyful sound.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>May peace attend thy gate,</div> +<div class="t">And joy within thee wait,</div> +<div class="l">To bless the soul of every guest;</div> +<div class="t">The man who seeks thy peace,</div> +<div class="t">And wishes thine increase,</div> +<div class="l">A thousand blessings on him rest.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0015"> + +<h3>15. <span class="meter">8 & 7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Wesley's Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Divine Love.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Love divine, all love excelling,</div> +<div class="t">Joy of heaven, to earth come down!</div> +<div class="l">Fix in us thy humble dwelling,</div> +<div class="t">All thy faithful mercies crown.</div> +<div class="l">Father! thou art all compassion,</div> +<div class="t">Pure, unbounded love thou art;</div> +<div class="l">Visit us with thy salvation,</div> +<div class="t">Enter every longing heart.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Breathe, O breathe thy loving spirit</div> +<div class="t">Into every troubled breast;</div> +<div class="l">Let us all in thee inherit,</div> +<div class="t">Let us find thy promised rest.</div> +<div class="l">Come, almighty to deliver,</div> +<div class="t">Let us all thy life receive,</div> +<div class="l">Graciously come down, and never,</div> +<div class="t">Never more thy temples leave.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0016"> + +<h3>16. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Pierpont.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Universal Worship.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>O Thou, to whom, in ancient time,</div> +<div class="t">The lyre of Hebrew bards was strung,</div> +<div class="l">Whom kings adored in song sublime,</div> +<div class="t">And prophets praised with glowing tongue!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Not now on Zion's height alone</div> +<div class="t">Thy favored worshipper may dwell;</div> +<div class="l">Nor where, at sultry noon, thy Son,</div> +<div class="t">Sat weary, by the Patriarch's well.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>From every place below the skies,</div> +<div class="t">The grateful song, the fervent prayer--</div> +<div class="l">The incense of the heart--may rise</div> +<div class="t">To Heaven, and find acceptance there.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>To thee shall age, with snowy hair,</div> +<div class="t">And strength and beauty bend the knee,</div> +<div class="l">And childhood lisp, with reverent air,</div> +<div class="t">Its praises and its prayers to thee.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>O Thou, to whom, in ancient time,</div> +<div class="t">The lyre of prophet-bards was strung,</div> +<div class="l">To thee, at last, in every clime</div> +<div class="t">Shall temples rise, and praise be sung.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0017"> + +<h3>17. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Presbyterian Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Prayer for special Favor.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Within thy house, O Lord, our God,</div> +<div class="t">In glory now appear;</div> +<div class="l">Make this a place of thine abode,</div> +<div class="t">And shed thy blessings here.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>When we thy mercy-seat surround,</div> +<div class="t">Thy Spirit, Lord, impart;</div> +<div class="l">And let thy gospel's joyful sound</div> +<div class="t">With power reach every heart.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Here let the blind their sight obtain;</div> +<div class="t">Here give the mourners rest;</div> +<div class="l">Let Jesus here triumphant reign,</div> +<div class="t">Enthroned in every breast.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Here let the voice of sacred joy</div> +<div class="t">And humble prayer arise,</div> +<div class="l">Till higher strains our tongues employ</div> +<div class="t">In realms beyond the skies.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0018"> + +<h3>18. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Daily and nightly Devotion.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Ye that obey the immortal King,</div> +<div class="t">Attend his holy place;</div> +<div class="l">Bow to the glories of his name,</div> +<div class="t">And sing his wondrous grace.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Lift up your hands by morning light,</div> +<div class="t">And raise your thanks on high;</div> +<div class="l">Send your admiring thoughts, by night,</div> +<div class="t">Above the starry sky.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>The God of Zion cheer your hearts</div> +<div class="t">With rays of quickening grace:</div> +<div class="l">'Tis he that spreads the heavens abroad,</div> +<div class="t">Whose presence fills the place.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0019"> + +<h3>19. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Montgomery.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Delight of Worship.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>Glad was my heart to hear</div> +<div class="t">My old companions say</div> +<div class="l">Come, in the house of God appear,</div> +<div class="t">For 'tis a holy day.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>Our willing feet shall stand</div> +<div class="t">Within thy temple-door;</div> +<div class="l">While young and old in many a band</div> +<div class="t">Shall throng the sacred floor.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>Within these walls be peace</div> +<div class="t">And harmony be found:</div> +<div class="l">Zion, in all thy palaces,</div> +<div class="t">Prosperity abound!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>For friends and brethren dear,</div> +<div class="t">Our prayer shall never cease</div> +<div class="l">Oft as they meet for worship here,</div> +<div class="t">God send his people peace!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0020"> + +<h3>20. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">E. Taylor.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Call to the House of Prayer.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>Come to the house of prayer,</div> +<div class="t">O ye afflicted, come:</div> +<div class="l">The God of peace shall meet you there--</div> +<div class="t">He makes that house his home.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>Come to the house of praise,</div> +<div class="t">Ye who are happy now;</div> +<div class="l">In sweet accord your voices raise,</div> +<div class="t">In kindred homage bow.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>Ye aged, hither come,</div> +<div class="t">For ye have felt his love:</div> +<div class="l">Soon shall your trembling tongues be dumb,</div> +<div class="t">Your lips forget to move.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>Ye young, before his throne,</div> +<div class="t">Come, bow; your voices raise;</div> +<div class="l">Let not your hearts his praise disown</div> +<div class="t">Who gives the power to praise.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">5</span>Thou, whose benignant eye</div> +<div class="t">In mercy looks on all--</div> +<div class="l">Who see'st the tear of misery,</div> +<div class="t">And hear'st the mourner's call--</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">6</span>Up to thy dwelling-place</div> +<div class="t">Bear our frail spirits on,</div> +<div class="l">Till they outstrip time's tardy pace,</div> +<div class="t">And heaven on earth be won.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0021"> + +<h3>21. <span class="meter">H. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Delight in Public Worship.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>Lord of the worlds above,</div> +<div class="t2">How pleasant and how fair</div> +<div class="t">The dwellings of thy love,</div> +<div class="t2">Thine earthly temples, are!</div> +<div class="l">To thine abode my heart aspires,</div> +<div class="l">With warm desires to see my God.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>O happy souls that pray</div> +<div class="t2">Where God appoints to hear!</div> +<div class="t">O happy men that pay</div> +<div class="t2">Their constant service there!</div> +<div class="l">They praise thee still; and happy they</div> +<div class="l">Who love the way to Zion's hill.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>They go from strength to strength,</div> +<div class="t2">Throughout these mortal years,</div> +<div class="t">Till each arrives at length,</div> +<div class="t2">Till each in heaven appears:</div> +<div class="l">O glorious seat, when God, our King,</div> +<div class="l">Shall thither bring our willing feet!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0022"> + +<h3>22. <span class="meter">7s.</span> <span class="sc">Hammond.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">A Blessing humbly requested.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Lord, we come before thee now;</div> +<div class="l">At thy feet we humbly bow;</div> +<div class="l">O, do not our suit disdain;</div> +<div class="l">Shall we seek thee, Lord, in vain?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>In thine own appointed way,</div> +<div class="l">Now we seek thee; here we stay;</div> +<div class="l">Lord, from hence we would not go,</div> +<div class="l">Till a blessing thou bestow.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Comfort those who weep and mourn;</div> +<div class="l">Let the time of joy return;</div> +<div class="l">Those that are cast down, lift up;</div> +<div class="l">Make them strong in faith and hope.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Grant that all may seek and find</div> +<div class="l">Thee a God supremely kind;</div> +<div class="l">Heal the sick; the captive free;</div> +<div class="l">Let us all rejoice in thee.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0023"> + +<h3>23. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">For Opening or Close of Service.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Thy presence, gracious God, afford;</div> +<div class="l">Prepare us to receive thy word;</div> +<div class="l">Now let thy voice engage our ear,</div> +<div class="l">And faith be mixed with what we hear.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Distracting thoughts and cares remove,</div> +<div class="l">And fix our hearts and hopes above;</div> +<div class="l">With food divine may we be fed,</div> +<div class="l">And satisfied with living bread.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>To us the sacred word apply</div> +<div class="l">With sovereign power and energy;</div> +<div class="l">And may we, in thy faith and fear,</div> +<div class="l">Reduce to practice what we hear.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Father, in us thy Son reveal;</div> +<div class="l">Teach us to know and do thy will;</div> +<div class="l">Thy saving power and love display,</div> +<div class="l">And guide us to the realms of day.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0024"> + +<h3>24. <span class="meter">L. M. 6l.</span> <span class="sc">Heber.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Seeking Refuge.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Forth from the dark and stormy sky,</div> +<div class="l">Lord, to thine altar's shade we fly;</div> +<div class="l">Forth from the world, its hope and fear,</div> +<div class="l">Father, we seek thy shelter here:</div> +<div class="l">Weary and weak, thy grace we pray;</div> +<div class="l">Turn not, O Lord, thy guests away.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Long have we roamed in want and pain;</div> +<div class="l">Long have we sought thy rest in vain;</div> +<div class="l">Wildered in doubt, in darkness lost,</div> +<div class="l">Long have our souls been tempest-tost:</div> +<div class="l">Low at thy feet our sins we lay;</div> +<div class="l">Turn not, O Lord, thy guests away.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0025"> + +<h3>25. <span class="meter">11s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Edmeston.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The House of God.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>There's a refuge of peace from the tempests that beat,</div> +<div class="t">From the dark clouds that threaten, the wild wind that blows;</div> +<div class="l">A holy, a sweet and a lovely retreat,</div> +<div class="t">A spring of refreshment, a place of repose.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>'Tis the house of my God, 'tis the dwelling of prayer,</div> +<div class="t">The temple all hallowed by blessing and praise;</div> +<div class="l">If sorrow and faithlessness conquer me, there</div> +<div class="t">My heart to the throne of his grace I can raise.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>For a refuge like this, ah, what praises are due!</div> +<div class="t">For a rest so serene, for a covert so fair:</div> +<div class="l">Ah, why are the seasons of worship so few?</div> +<div class="t">And why are so seldom the meetings of prayer?</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0026"> + +<h3>26. <span class="meter">8 & 7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">J. Taylor.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Fount of Blessing.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Far from mortal cares retreating,</div> +<div class="t">Sordid hopes, and vain desires,</div> +<div class="l">Here our willing footsteps meeting,</div> +<div class="t">Every heart to heaven aspires.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>From the fount of glory beaming,</div> +<div class="t">Light celestial cheers our eyes,</div> +<div class="l">Mercy from above proclaiming</div> +<div class="t">Peace and pardon from the skies.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Who may share this great salvation?</div> +<div class="t">Every pure and humble mind,</div> +<div class="l">Every kindred, tongue, and nation,</div> +<div class="t">From the stains of guilt refined.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Blessings all around bestowing,</div> +<div class="t">God withholds his care from none,</div> +<div class="l">Grace and mercy ever flowing</div> +<div class="t">From the fountain of his throne.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0027"> + +<h3>27. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Newton.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">A Blessing sought.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Great Shepherd of thy people, hear;</div> +<div class="t">Thy presence now display;</div> +<div class="l">We kneel within thy house of prayer;</div> +<div class="t">O, give us hearts to pray.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>The clouds which veil thee from our sight,</div> +<div class="t">In pity, Lord, remove;</div> +<div class="l">Dispose our minds to hear aright</div> +<div class="t">The message of thy love.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Help us, with holy fear and joy,</div> +<div class="t">To kneel before thy face;</div> +<div class="l">O, make us, creatures of thy power,</div> +<div class="t">The children of thy grace.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0028"> + +<h3>28. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">J. Taylor.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Preparation for Worship.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Lord, before thy presence come,</div> +<div class="t">Bow we down with holy fear;</div> +<div class="l">Call our erring footsteps home,</div> +<div class="t">Let us feel that thou art near.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Wandering thoughts and languid powers</div> +<div class="t">Come not where devotion kneels;</div> +<div class="l">Let the soul expand her stores,</div> +<div class="t">Glowing with the joy she feels.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>At the portals of thine house,</div> +<div class="t">We resign our earth-born cares;</div> +<div class="l">Nobler thoughts our souls engross,</div> +<div class="t">Songs of praise and fervent prayers.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0029"> + +<h3>29. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Rippon's Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"Hallowed be Thy name."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Holy and reverend is the name</div> +<div class="t">Of our eternal King;</div> +<div class="l">Thrice holy Lord, the angels cry;</div> +<div class="t">Thrice holy, let us sing.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>The deepest reverence of the mind</div> +<div class="t">Pay, O my soul, to God;</div> +<div class="l">Lift with thy hands a holy heart</div> +<div class="t">To his sublime abode.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>With sacred awe pronounce his name,</div> +<div class="t">Whom words nor thoughts can reach;</div> +<div class="l">A broken heart shall please him more</div> +<div class="t">Than the best forms of speech.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Thou holy God! preserve my soul</div> +<div class="t">From all pollution free;</div> +<div class="l">The pure in heart are thy delight,</div> +<div class="t">And they thy face shall see.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0030"> + +<h3>30. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Urwick's Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Pleasures of Spiritual Worship.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>How sweet to bless the Lord,</div> +<div class="t">And in his praises join,</div> +<div class="l">With saints his goodness to record,</div> +<div class="t">And sing his power divine!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>These seasons of delight</div> +<div class="t">The dawn of glory seem,</div> +<div class="l">Like rays of pure, celestial light,</div> +<div class="t">Which on our spirits beam.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>O, blest assurance this;</div> +<div class="t">Bright morn of heavenly day;</div> +<div class="l">Sweet foretaste of eternal bliss,</div> +<div class="t">That cheers the pilgrim's way.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>Thus may our joys increase,</div> +<div class="t">Our love more ardent grow,</div> +<div class="l">While rich supplies of Jesus' grace</div> +<div class="t">Refresh our souls below.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0031"> + +<h3>31. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">God present in the Sanctuary.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>My Soul, how lovely is the place</div> +<div class="t">To which thy God resorts!</div> +<div class="l">'Tis heaven to see his smiling face,</div> +<div class="t">Though in his earthly courts.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>There the great Monarch of the skies</div> +<div class="t">His saving power displays;</div> +<div class="l">And light breaks in upon our eyes</div> +<div class="t">With kind and quickening rays.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>With his rich gifts the heavenly Dove</div> +<div class="t">Descends and fills the place,</div> +<div class="l">While Christ reveals his wondrous love,</div> +<div class="t">And sheds abroad his grace.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>There, mighty God, thy words declare</div> +<div class="t">The secrets of thy will;</div> +<div class="l">And still we seek thy mercy there,</div> +<div class="t">And sing thy praises still.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0032"> + +<h3>32. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Pratt's Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">A Blessing sought.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Again our earthly cares we leave,</div> +<div class="t">And to thy courts repair;</div> +<div class="l">Again, with joyful feet we come</div> +<div class="t">To meet our Saviour here.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>The feeling heart, the melting eye,</div> +<div class="t">The humble mind, bestow;</div> +<div class="l">And shine upon us from on high,</div> +<div class="t">To make our graces grow.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>May we in faith receive thy word,</div> +<div class="t">In faith present our prayers,</div> +<div class="l">And in the presence of our Lord</div> +<div class="t">Unbosom all our cares.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Show us some token of thy love,</div> +<div class="t">Our fainting hope to raise,</div> +<div class="l">And pour thy blessing from above,</div> +<div class="t">That we may render praise.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0033"> + +<h3>33. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Tate & Brady.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Public Worship.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>For thee, O God, our constant praise</div> +<div class="t">In Zion waits, thy chosen seat;</div> +<div class="l">Our promised altars there we'll raise,</div> +<div class="t">And all our zealous vows complete.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>O thou, who to my humble prayer</div> +<div class="t">Didst always bend thy listening ear,</div> +<div class="l">To thee shall all mankind repair,</div> +<div class="t">And at thy gracious throne appear.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Our sins, though numberless, in vain</div> +<div class="t">To stop thy flowing mercy try;</div> +<div class="l">For thou wilt cleanse the guilty stain,</div> +<div class="t">And wash away the crimson dye.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Blest is the man, who, near thee placed,</div> +<div class="t">Within thy sacred dwelling lives;</div> +<div class="l">Whilst we at humbler distance taste</div> +<div class="t">The vast delight thy worship gives.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0034"> + +<h3>34. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Frothingham.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Truth and Love.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>O God, whose presence glows in all,</div> +<div class="t">Within, around us, and above!</div> +<div class="l">Thy word we bless, thy name we call,</div> +<div class="t">Whose word is Truth, whose name is Love.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>That truth be with the heart believed</div> +<div class="t">Of all who seek this sacred place;</div> +<div class="l">With power proclaimed, in peace received--</div> +<div class="t">Our spirits' light, thy Spirit's grace.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>That love its holy influence pour,</div> +<div class="t">To keep us meek, and make us free,</div> +<div class="l">And throw its binding blessing more</div> +<div class="t">Round each with all, and all with thee.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Send down its angel to our side--</div> +<div class="t">Send in its calm upon the breast;</div> +<div class="l">For we would know no other guide,</div> +<div class="t">And we can need no other rest.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0035"> + +<h3>35. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Montgomery.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Invoking a Blessing.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Lord! when thy people seek thy face,</div> +<div class="t">And dying sinners pray to live,</div> +<div class="l">Hear thou in heaven, thy dwelling-place,</div> +<div class="t">And, when thou hearest, O forgive!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Here, when thy messengers proclaim</div> +<div class="t">The blessed Gospel of thy Son,</div> +<div class="l">Still, by the power of his great name,</div> +<div class="t">Be mighty signs and wonders done.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>But will indeed Jehovah deign</div> +<div class="t">Here to abide, no transient guest?</div> +<div class="l">Here will the world's Redeemer reign,</div> +<div class="t">And here the Holy Spirit rest?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>That glory never hence depart!</div> +<div class="t">Yet choose not, Lord, this house alone;</div> +<div class="l">Thy kingdom come to every heart,</div> +<div class="t">In every bosom fix thy throne.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0036"> + +<h3>36. <span class="meter">7s. M. 6l.</span> <span class="sc">J. Newton.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">A Prayer for Lord's Day.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Safely through another week</div> +<div class="t">Thou hast brought us on our way;</div> +<div class="l">Let us now thy blessing seek,</div> +<div class="t">Waiting in thy courts to-day:</div> +<div class="l">Day, of all the week the best--</div> +<div class="l">Emblem of eternal rest.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Mercies multiplied each hour</div> +<div class="t">Through the week our praise demand:</div> +<div class="l">Guarded by almighty power,</div> +<div class="t">Fed and guided by thy hand,</div> +<div class="l">May we not forgetful be,</div> +<div class="l">Nor ungrateful, Lord, to thee.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>While we seek supplies of grace</div> +<div class="t">Through the dear Redeemer's name,</div> +<div class="l">Show thy reconciling face,</div> +<div class="t">Take away our sin and shame.</div> +<div class="l">From our worldly cares set free,</div> +<div class="l">May we rest this day in thee.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>May the gospel's joyful sound</div> +<div class="t">Conquer sinners, comfort saints;</div> +<div class="l">Make the fruits of grace abound;</div> +<div class="t">Bring relief from all complaints.</div> +<div class="l">Thus let all our sabbaths prove,</div> +<div class="l">Till we join the church above.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0037"> + +<h3>37. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Bowring.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Evening Worship.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>How shall we praise thee, Lord of light!</div> +<div class="t">How shall we all thy love declare!</div> +<div class="l">The earth is veiled in shades of night,</div> +<div class="t">But heaven is open to our prayer,--</div> +<div class="l">That heaven so bright with stars and suns--</div> +<div class="t">That glorious heaven which has no bound,</div> +<div class="l">Where the full tide of being runs,</div> +<div class="t">And life and beauty glow around.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>We would adore thee, God sublime!</div> +<div class="t">Whose power and wisdom, love and grace,</div> +<div class="l">Are greater than the round of time,</div> +<div class="t">And wider than the bounds of space,</div> +<div class="l">O how shall thought expression find,</div> +<div class="t">All lost in thine immensity!</div> +<div class="l">How shall we seek thee, glorious Mind,</div> +<div class="t">Amid thy dread infinity!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>But thou art present with us here,</div> +<div class="t">As in thy glittering, high domain;</div> +<div class="l">And grateful hearts and humble fear</div> +<div class="t">Can never seek thy face in vain.</div> +<div class="l">Help us to praise thee, Lord of light!</div> +<div class="t">Help us thy boundless love declare;</div> +<div class="l">And, here within thy courts to-night,</div> +<div class="t">Aid us, and hearken to our prayer.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0038"> + +<h3>38. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Mrs. Barbauld.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Sabbath of the Soul.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>O Father! though the anxious fear</div> +<div class="t">May cloud to-morrow's way,</div> +<div class="l">No fear nor doubt shall enter here,--</div> +<div class="t">All shall be thine to-day.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>We will not bring divided hearts</div> +<div class="t">To worship at thy shrine;</div> +<div class="l">But each unworthy thought departs,</div> +<div class="t">And leaves this temple thine.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Then sleep to-day, tormenting cares,</div> +<div class="t">Of earth and folly born;</div> +<div class="l">Ye shall not dim the light that streams</div> +<div class="t">From this celestial morn.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>To-morrow will be time enough</div> +<div class="t">To feel your harsh control;</div> +<div class="l">Ye shall not violate this day,</div> +<div class="t">The Sabbath of the soul.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0039"> + +<h3>39. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Bowring.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Lowly Praise.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Lord, in heaven, thy dwelling-place,</div> +<div class="l">Hear the praises of our race,</div> +<div class="l">And, while hearing, let thy grace</div> +<div class="t">Dews of sweet forgiveness pour;</div> +<div class="l">While we know, benignant King,</div> +<div class="l">That the praises which we bring</div> +<div class="l">Are a worthless offering</div> +<div class="t">Till thy blessing makes it more.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>More of truth, and more of might,</div> +<div class="l">More of love, and more of light,</div> +<div class="l">More of reason, and of right,</div> +<div class="t">From thy pardoning grace be given!</div> +<div class="l">It can make the humblest song</div> +<div class="l">Sweet, acceptable, and strong,</div> +<div class="l">As the strains the angels' throng</div> +<div class="t">Pour around the throne of heaven.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0040"> + +<h3>40. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">M. W. Hale.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Day of Rest.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>This day let grateful praise ascend</div> +<div class="l">To thee, our Father, and our Friend,</div> +<div class="l">Thee, Author of this holy light,</div> +<div class="l">Thee, throned in boundless power and might.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>O, let the sacred hours be given</div> +<div class="l">To truth, to duty, and to heaven;</div> +<div class="l">While trusting faith and holy love</div> +<div class="l">Rise fervent to thy throne above.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Grant that our earthly Sabbaths be</div> +<div class="l">But dawnings of eternity,</div> +<div class="l">To shadow forth the glorious rest,</div> +<div class="l">The heavenly quiet of the blest.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0041"> + +<h3>41. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Bathurst.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Improvement of the Sabbath.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>This day the Lord hath called his own;</div> +<div class="t">O, let us, then, his praise declare,</div> +<div class="l">Fix our desires on him alone,</div> +<div class="t">And seek his face with fervent prayer.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Lord, in thy love we would rejoice,</div> +<div class="t">Which bids the burdened soul be free,</div> +<div class="l">And, with united heart and voice,</div> +<div class="t">Devote these sacred hours to thee.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Now let the world's delusive things</div> +<div class="t">No more our grovelling thoughts employ</div> +<div class="l">But Faith be taught to stretch her wings,</div> +<div class="t">In search of heaven's unfailing joy.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>O, let these earthly Sabbaths, Lord,</div> +<div class="t">Be to our lasting welfare blest;</div> +<div class="l">The purest comfort here afford,</div> +<div class="t">And fit us for eternal rest.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0042"> + +<h3>42. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Bulfinch.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Sabbath Worship.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>Hail to the Sabbath day!</div> +<div class="t">The day divinely given,</div> +<div class="l">When men to God their homage pay,</div> +<div class="t">And earth draws near to heaven.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>Lord, in this sacred hour,</div> +<div class="t">Within thy courts we bend,</div> +<div class="l">And bless thy love, and own thy power,</div> +<div class="t">Our Father and our Friend.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>But thou art not alone</div> +<div class="t">In courts by mortals trod;</div> +<div class="l">Nor only is the day thine own</div> +<div class="t">When man draws near to God.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>Thy temple is the arch</div> +<div class="t">Of yon unmeasured sky;</div> +<div class="l">Thy Sabbath, the stupendous march</div> +<div class="t">Of grand eternity.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">5</span>Lord, may that holier day</div> +<div class="t">Dawn on thy servants' sight;</div> +<div class="l">And purer worship may we pay</div> +<div class="t">In heaven's unclouded light.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0043"> + +<h3>43. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Spirit of the Psalms.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Delights of the Sabbath.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>Sweet is the task, O Lord,</div> +<div class="t">Thy glorious acts to sing,</div> +<div class="l">To praise thy name, and hear thy word,</div> +<div class="t">And grateful offerings bring.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>Sweet, at the dawning hour,</div> +<div class="t">Thy boundless love to tell;</div> +<div class="l">And when the night-wind shuts the flower,</div> +<div class="t">Still on the theme to dwell.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>Sweet, on this day of rest,</div> +<div class="t">To join in heart and voice,</div> +<div class="l">With those who love and serve thee best,</div> +<div class="t">And in thy name rejoice.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>To songs of praise and joy,</div> +<div class="t">Be every Sabbath given,</div> +<div class="l">That such may be our blest employ</div> +<div class="t">Eternally in heaven.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0044"> + +<h3>44. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Raffles.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Hour of Prayer.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Blest hour, when mortal man retires</div> +<div class="t">To hold communion with his God,</div> +<div class="l">To send to heaven his warm desires,</div> +<div class="t">And listen to the sacred word.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Blest hour, when earthly cares resign</div> +<div class="t">Their empire o'er his anxious breast,</div> +<div class="l">While, all around, the calm divine</div> +<div class="t">Proclaims the holy day of rest.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Blest hour, when God himself draws nigh,</div> +<div class="t">Well pleased his people's voice to hear,</div> +<div class="l">To hush the penitential sigh,</div> +<div class="t">And wipe away the mourner's tear.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Blest hour! for, where the Lord resorts,</div> +<div class="t">Foretastes of future bliss are given,</div> +<div class="l">And mortals find his earthly courts</div> +<div class="t">The house of God, the gate of heaven.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0045"> + +<h3>45. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Sir J. E. Smith.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Devout Worship of God.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Praise waits in Zion, Lord, for thee;</div> +<div class="t">Thy saints adore thy holy name;</div> +<div class="l">Thy creatures bend th' obedient knee,</div> +<div class="t">And, humbly, thy protection claim.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Thy hand has raised us from the dust;</div> +<div class="t">The breath of life thy Spirit gave;</div> +<div class="l">Where, but in thee, can mortals trust?</div> +<div class="t">Who, but our God, has power to save?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Still may thy children in thy word</div> +<div class="t">Their common trust and refuge see;</div> +<div class="l">O bind us to each other, Lord,</div> +<div class="t">By one great tie,--the love of thee.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>So shall our sun of hope arise,</div> +<div class="t">With brighter still and brighter ray,</div> +<div class="l">Till thou shalt bless our longing eyes</div> +<div class="t">With beams of everlasting day.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0046"> + +<h3>46. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Sabbath Welcomed.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>Welcome, sweet day of rest,</div> +<div class="t">That saw the Lord arise;</div> +<div class="l">Welcome to this reviving breast</div> +<div class="t">And these rejoicing eyes.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>The King himself comes near,</div> +<div class="t">And feasts his saints to-day;</div> +<div class="l">Here we may sit, and see him here,</div> +<div class="t">And love, and praise, and pray.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>One day, amid the place</div> +<div class="t">Where my dear Lord hath been,</div> +<div class="l">Is sweeter than ten thousand days</div> +<div class="t">Of folly and of sin.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>My willing soul would stay</div> +<div class="t">In such a frame as this,</div> +<div class="l">Till called to rise and soar away</div> +<div class="t">To everlasting bliss.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0047"> + +<h3>47. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Public Worship. <span class="scripRef">Ps. 95.</span></p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>Come, sound his praise abroad,</div> +<div class="t">And hymns of glory sing:</div> +<div class="l">Jehovah is the sovereign God,</div> +<div class="t">The universal King.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>He formed the deeps unknown;</div> +<div class="t">He gave the seas their bound;</div> +<div class="l">The watery worlds are all his own,</div> +<div class="t">And all the solid ground.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>Come, worship at his throne;</div> +<div class="t">Come, bow before the Lord;</div> +<div class="l">We are his works, and not our own:</div> +<div class="t">He formed us by his word.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>To-day attend his voice,</div> +<div class="t">Nor dare provoke his rod;</div> +<div class="l">Come, like the people of his choice,</div> +<div class="t">And own your gracious God.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0048"> + +<h3>48. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Jervis.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Homage and Devotion.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>With sacred joy we lift our eyes</div> +<div class="t">To those bright realms above--</div> +<div class="l">That glorious temple in the skies</div> +<div class="t">Where dwells eternal love.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Thee we adore, and, Lord, to thee</div> +<div class="t">Our filial duty pay;</div> +<div class="l">Thy service, unconstrained and free,</div> +<div class="t">Conducts to endless day.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>While in thy house of prayer we kneel</div> +<div class="t">With trust and holy fear,</div> +<div class="l">Thy mercy and thy truth reveal,</div> +<div class="t">And lend a gracious ear.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>With fervor teach our hearts to pray,</div> +<div class="t">And tune our lips to sing;</div> +<div class="l">Nor from thy presence cast away</div> +<div class="t">The sacrifice we bring.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0049"> + +<h3>49. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Newton.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Lord's Day.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>How welcome to the soul, when pressed</div> +<div class="t">With six days' noise, and care, and toil,</div> +<div class="l">Is the returning day of rest,</div> +<div class="t">Which hides us from the world awhile!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>How happy they, whose lot is cast</div> +<div class="t">Where Christ invites the "weary" yet;</div> +<div class="l">They find their sorrows quickly past,</div> +<div class="t">And all their burdens soon forget.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Though pinched with poverty at home,</div> +<div class="t">With sharp afflictions daily fed,</div> +<div class="l">It makes amends, if they can come</div> +<div class="t">To God's own house for heavenly bread.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>We thank thee for thy day, O Lord!</div> +<div class="t">And here thy promised presence seek;</div> +<div class="l">Open thy hand with blessings stored,</div> +<div class="t">And give us manna for the week.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0050"> + +<h3>50. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Butcher.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Christian Worship.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Father of all! where shall we find</div> +<div class="t">A temple suited to thy praise?</div> +<div class="l">To thee, the uncreated Mind,</div> +<div class="t">What earthly altar shall we raise?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>We'll call a multitude around,</div> +<div class="t">And gladly seek the house of prayer;</div> +<div class="l">There thy salvation we have found,</div> +<div class="t">And still, O God, we'll seek it there.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>From breast to breast the holy flame</div> +<div class="t">Shall kindle round the sacred place:</div> +<div class="l">At once we'll hymn our Father's name,</div> +<div class="t">At once we'll seek our Father's face.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>There, heavenly Father, condescend</div> +<div class="t">To meet us with peculiar love;</div> +<div class="l">And when the hymns of earth shall end,</div> +<div class="t">We'll give thee nobler hymns above.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0051"> + +<h3>51. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Pope's Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Lord's Prayer.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Father! adored in worlds above,</div> +<div class="t">Thy glorious name be hallowed still;</div> +<div class="l">Thy kingdom come with power and love,</div> +<div class="t">And earth, like heaven, obey thy will.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Lord! make our daily wants thy care;</div> +<div class="t">Forgive the sins which we forsake:</div> +<div class="l">And, as we in thy kindness share,</div> +<div class="t">Let fellow-men of ours partake.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Evils beset us every hour;</div> +<div class="t">Thy kind protection we implore:</div> +<div class="l">Thine is the kingdom, thine the power;</div> +<div class="t">Be thine the glory evermore!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0052"> + +<h3>52. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Montgomery.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Mutual Invitation.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Come, let us join our souls to God</div> +<div class="t">In everlasting bands,</div> +<div class="l">And seize the blessings he bestows</div> +<div class="t">With eager hearts and hands.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Come, let us to his temple haste,</div> +<div class="t">And seek his favor there,</div> +<div class="l">Before his footstool humbly bow,</div> +<div class="t">And offer fervent prayer.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Come, let us share, without delay,</div> +<div class="t">The blessings of his grace;</div> +<div class="l">Nor shall the years of distant life</div> +<div class="t">Their mem'ry e'er efface.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>O, may our children ever haste</div> +<div class="t">To seek their fathers' God,</div> +<div class="l">Nor e'er forsake the happy path</div> +<div class="t">Their fathers' feet have trod.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0053"> + +<h3>53. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Milton.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"The Lord God is a Sun and Shield." <span class="scripRef">Ps. 84.</span></p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>How lovely are thy dwellings fair,</div> +<div class="t">O Lord of hosts, how dear</div> +<div class="l">The pleasant tabernacles are</div> +<div class="t">Where thou dost dwell so near!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Happy, who in thy house reside,</div> +<div class="t">Where thee they ever praise,</div> +<div class="l">Happy, whose strength in thee doth bide,</div> +<div class="t">And in their hearts thy ways.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>They pass through sorrow's thirsty vale,</div> +<div class="t">That dry and barren ground,</div> +<div class="l">As through a fruitful, wat'ry dale,</div> +<div class="t">Where springs and showers abound.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>They journey on from strength to strength,</div> +<div class="t">With joy and gladsome cheer,</div> +<div class="l">Till all before our God at length</div> +<div class="t">In Zion do appear.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>For God the Lord, both sun and shield,</div> +<div class="t">Gives grace and glory bright;</div> +<div class="l">No good from them shall be withheld</div> +<div class="t">Whose ways are just and right.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0054"> + +<h3>54. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Salisbury Co.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">House of God.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Lo, God is here! Let us adore,</div> +<div class="t">And humbly bow before his face;</div> +<div class="l">Let all within us feel his power;</div> +<div class="t">Let all within us seek his grace.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Lo, God is here! Him, day and night</div> +<div class="t">United choirs of angels sing:</div> +<div class="l">To him, enthroned above all height,</div> +<div class="t">Heaven's host their noblest homage bring.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Being of beings! may thy praise</div> +<div class="t">Thy courts with grateful fragrance fill:</div> +<div class="l">Still may we stand before thy face--</div> +<div class="t">Still hear and do thy sovereign will.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0055"> + +<h3>55. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">New York Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Sabbath Day.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>We bless thee for this sacred day,</div> +<div class="t">Thou who hast every blessing given,</div> +<div class="l">Which sends the dreams of earth away,</div> +<div class="t">And yields a glimpse of opening heaven.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Lord, in this day of holy rest,</div> +<div class="t">We would improve the calm repose;</div> +<div class="l">And, in thy service truly blest,</div> +<div class="t">Forget the world, its joys and woes.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Lord! may thy truth, upon the heart,</div> +<div class="t">Now fall and dwell as heavenly dew,</div> +<div class="l">And flowers of grace in freshness start</div> +<div class="t">Where once the weeds of error grew.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>May prayer now lift her sacred wings,</div> +<div class="t">Contented with that aim alone</div> +<div class="l">Which bears her to the King of kings,</div> +<div class="t">And rests her at his sheltering throne.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0056"> + +<h3>56. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Montgomery.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Introduction to Evening Worship.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>On the first Christian Sabbath eve,</div> +<div class="t">When his disciples met</div> +<div class="l">O'er his lost fellowship to grieve,</div> +<div class="t">Nor knew the Scripture yet,--</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Lo! in their midst his form was seen,--</div> +<div class="t">The form in which he died;</div> +<div class="l">Their Master's marred and wounded mien,--</div> +<div class="t">His hands, his feet, his side.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Then were they glad their Lord to know,</div> +<div class="t">And hailed him, yet with fear;--</div> +<div class="l">Jesus, again thy presence show;</div> +<div class="t">Meet thy disciples here.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Be in our midst; let faith rejoice</div> +<div class="t">Our risen Lord to view,</div> +<div class="l">And make our spirits hear thy voice</div> +<div class="t">Say, "Peace be unto you!"</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0057"> + +<h3>57. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Going to Church. <span class="scripRef">Ps. 122.</span></p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>How did my heart rejoice to hear</div> +<div class="t">My friends devoutly say,</div> +<div class="l">"In Zion let us all appear,</div> +<div class="t">And keep the solemn day!"</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Up to her courts, with joys unknown,</div> +<div class="t">The holy tribes repair:</div> +<div class="l">The Son of David holds his throne,</div> +<div class="t">And sits in judgment there.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Peace be within this sacred place,</div> +<div class="t">And joy a constant guest;</div> +<div class="l">With holy gifts and heavenly grace</div> +<div class="t">Be her attendants blest.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>My soul shall pray for Zion still</div> +<div class="t">While life or breath remains;</div> +<div class="l">There my best friends, my kindred, dwell;</div> +<div class="t">There God, my Saviour, reigns.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0058"> + +<h3>58. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Stennett.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Sabbath Morning.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Another six days' work is done,</div> +<div class="l">Another Sabbath is begun:</div> +<div class="l">Return, my soul, enjoy thy rest,</div> +<div class="l">Improve the day which God hath blest.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>O that our thoughts and thanks may rise,</div> +<div class="l">As grateful incense, to the skies,</div> +<div class="l">And draw from heaven that sweet repose,</div> +<div class="l">Which none but he that feels it knows!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>This heavenly calm within the breast</div> +<div class="l">Is the dear pledge of glorious rest,</div> +<div class="l">Which for the church of God remains,</div> +<div class="l">The end of cares, the end of pains.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>In holy duties let the day--</div> +<div class="l">In holy pleasures--pass away:</div> +<div class="l">How sweet, a Sabbath thus to spend,</div> +<div class="l">In hope of one that ne'er shall end!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0059"> + +<h3>59. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Miss H. F. Gould.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Sabbath.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Choice of God, thou blessed day,</div> +<div class="l">At thy dawn the grave gave way</div> +<div class="l">To the power of him within,</div> +<div class="l">Who had, sinless, bled for sin.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Thine the radiance to illume</div> +<div class="l">First, for man, the dismal tomb,</div> +<div class="l">When its bars their weakness owned,</div> +<div class="l">There revealing death dethroned.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Then the Sun of righteousness</div> +<div class="l">Rose, a darkened world to bless,</div> +<div class="l">Bringing up from mortal night</div> +<div class="l">Immortality and light.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Day of glory, day of power,</div> +<div class="l">Sacred be thine every hour,</div> +<div class="l">Emblem, earnest of the rest</div> +<div class="l">That remaineth for the blest!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0060"> + +<h3>60. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Mrs. Bareauld.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Lord's Day Morning.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Again the Lord of life and light</div> +<div class="t">Awakes the kindling ray,</div> +<div class="l">Unseals the eyelids of the morn,</div> +<div class="t">And pours increasing day.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>O what a night was that which wrapped</div> +<div class="t">The heathen world in gloom!</div> +<div class="l">O what a sun which broke, this day,</div> +<div class="t">Triumphant from the tomb!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>This day be grateful homage paid,</div> +<div class="t">And loud hosannas sung;</div> +<div class="l">Let gladness dwell in every heart,</div> +<div class="t">And praise on every tongue.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Ten thousand differing lips shall join</div> +<div class="t">To hail this welcome morn,</div> +<div class="l">Which scatters blessings from its wings</div> +<div class="t">To nations yet unborn.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0061"> + +<h3>61. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Sabbath on Earth and in Heaven. <span class="scripRef">Ps. 92.</span></p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Sweet is the work, my God, my King,</div> +<div class="l">To praise thy name, give thanks, and sing;</div> +<div class="l">To show thy love by morning light,</div> +<div class="l">And talk of all thy truth at night.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Sweet is the day of sacred rest!</div> +<div class="l">No mortal cares shall seize my breast;</div> +<div class="l">O may my heart in tune be found,</div> +<div class="l">Like David's harp of solemn sound.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>My heart shall triumph in the Lord,</div> +<div class="l">And bless his works, and bless his word:</div> +<div class="l">Thy works of grace, how bright they shine,</div> +<div class="l">How deep thy counsels, how divine!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>But I shall share a glorious part</div> +<div class="l">When grace hath well refined my heart,</div> +<div class="l">And, raised to holier courts above,</div> +<div class="l">I praise thee with a purer love.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Then shall I see, and hear, and know,</div> +<div class="l">All I desired or wished below;</div> +<div class="l">And every power find sweet employ</div> +<div class="l">In that eternal world of joy.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0062"> + +<h3>62. <span class="meter">C. P. M.</span> <span class="sc">Merrick.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Sabbath and the Earthly Temple.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>The joyful morn, my God, is come,</div> +<div class="l">That calls me to thy sacred dome,</div> +<div class="t">Thy presence to adore:</div> +<div class="l">My feet the summons shall attend,</div> +<div class="l">With willing steps thy courts ascend</div> +<div class="t">And tread the hallowed floor.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>With holy joy I hail the day,</div> +<div class="l">That warns my thirsting soul away;</div> +<div class="t">What transports fill my breast!</div> +<div class="l">For, lo! my great Redeemer's power</div> +<div class="l">Unfolds the everlasting door,</div> +<div class="t">And leads me to his rest!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Hither, from earth's remotest end,</div> +<div class="l">Lo! the redeemed of God ascend,</div> +<div class="t">Their tribute hither bring;</div> +<div class="l">Here, crowned with everlasting joy,</div> +<div class="l">In hymns of praise their tongues employ,</div> +<div class="t">And hail the immortal King.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0063"> + +<h3>63. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Longing for the House of God.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Early, my God, without delay,</div> +<div class="t">I haste to seek thy face;</div> +<div class="l">My thirsty spirit faints away</div> +<div class="t">Without thy cheering grace.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>So pilgrims on the scorching sand,</div> +<div class="t">Beneath a burning sky,</div> +<div class="l">Long for a cooling stream at hand;</div> +<div class="t">And they must drink, or die.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Not life itself, with all its joys,</div> +<div class="t">Can my best passions move,</div> +<div class="l">Or raise so high my cheerful voice,</div> +<div class="t">As thy forgiving love.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Thus, till my last expiring day,</div> +<div class="t">I'll bless my God and King;</div> +<div class="l">Thus will I lift my hands to pray,</div> +<div class="t">And tune my lips to sing.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0064"> + +<h3>64. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Heber.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Worship of Earth and Heaven.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Hosanna! Lord, thine angels cry:</div> +<div class="l">Hosanna! Lord, we hear reply:</div> +<div class="l">Above, beneath us, and around,</div> +<div class="l">The dead and living swell the sound.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>O Father! with protecting care</div> +<div class="l">Meet us in this, thy house of prayer;</div> +<div class="l">Assembled in Messiah's name,</div> +<div class="l">Thy promised blessing here we claim.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>But, chiefest, in our cleansed breast,</div> +<div class="l">Eternal! let thy Spirit rest;</div> +<div class="l">And make our secret soul to be</div> +<div class="l">A temple pure, and worthy thee.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0065"> + +<h3>65. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Watchfulness and Brotherly Reproof. <span class="scripRef">Ps. 141.</span></p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>My God, accept my early vows,</div> +<div class="l">Like morning incense, in thy house;</div> +<div class="l">And let my nightly worship rise</div> +<div class="l">Sweet as the evening sacrifice.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Watch o'er my lips, and guard them, Lord,</div> +<div class="l">From every rash and heedless word;</div> +<div class="l">Nor let my feet incline to tread</div> +<div class="l">The guilty path where sinners lead.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>O may the righteous, when I stray,</div> +<div class="l">Smite and reprove my wandering way;</div> +<div class="l">Their gentle words, like ointment shed,</div> +<div class="l">Shall never bruise, but cheer, my head.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>When I behold them prest with grief</div> +<div class="l">I'll cry to heaven for their relief;</div> +<div class="l">And by my warm petitions prove</div> +<div class="l">How much I prize their faithful love.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0066"> + +<h3>66. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Pleasure of Public Worship. <span class="scripRef">Ps. 84.</span></p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>How pleasant, how divinely fair,</div> +<div class="l">O Lord of Hosts, thy dwellings are!</div> +<div class="l">With long desire my spirit faints</div> +<div class="l">To meet the assemblies of thy saints.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Blest are the souls who find a place</div> +<div class="l">Within the temple of thy grace;</div> +<div class="l">There they behold thy gentler rays,</div> +<div class="l">And seek thy face and learn thy praise.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Blest are the men whose hearts are set</div> +<div class="l">To find the way to Zion's gate;</div> +<div class="l">God is their Strength; and through the road</div> +<div class="l">They lean upon their Helper, God.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Cheerful they walk with growing strength,</div> +<div class="l">Till all shall meet in heaven at length;</div> +<div class="l">Till all before thy face appear,</div> +<div class="l">And join the nobler worship there.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0067"> + +<h3>67. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">C. Robbins.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"Speak, Lord, for thy servant heareth."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>While thus thy throne of grace we seek,</div> +<div class="l">O God, within our spirits speak!</div> +<div class="l">For we will hear thy voice to-day,</div> +<div class="l">Nor turn our hardened hearts away.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Speak in thy gentlest tones of love,</div> +<div class="l">Till all our best affections move;</div> +<div class="l">We long to hear no meaner call,</div> +<div class="l">But feel that Thou art all in all.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>To conscience speak thy quickening word,</div> +<div class="l">Till all its sense of sin is stirred:</div> +<div class="l">For we would leave no stain of guile,</div> +<div class="l">To cloud the radiance of thy smile.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Speak, Father, to the anxious heart,</div> +<div class="l">Till every fear and doubt depart:</div> +<div class="l">For we can find no home or rest,</div> +<div class="l">Till with thy Spirit's whispers blest.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0068"> + +<h3>68. <span class="meter">H. M.</span> <span class="sc">Roman Breviary.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">For a Blessing on Worship.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>Here, gracious God! do thou</div> +<div class="t2">For evermore draw nigh;</div> +<div class="t">Accept each faithful prayer,</div> +<div class="t2">And mark each suppliant sigh:</div> +<div class="l">In copious shower, on all who pray,</div> +<div class="l">This holy day, thy blessings pour.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>Here may we find from heaven</div> +<div class="t2">The grace which we implore;</div> +<div class="t">And may that grace once given,</div> +<div class="t2">Be with us evermore:</div> +<div class="l">Until that day, when all the blest</div> +<div class="l">To endless rest are called away.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0069"> + +<h3>69. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Sun. School H. B.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Sabbath Hymn.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Called by the Sabbath bells away,</div> +<div class="t">Unto thy holy temple, Lord,</div> +<div class="l">I'll go, with willing mind to pray,</div> +<div class="t">To praise thy name and hear thy word.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>O sacred day of peace and joy,</div> +<div class="t">Thy hours are ever dear to me;</div> +<div class="l">Ne'er may a sinful thought destroy</div> +<div class="t">The holy calm I find in thee.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Dear are thy peaceful hours to me,</div> +<div class="t">For God has given them in his love,</div> +<div class="l">To tell how calm, how blest shall be</div> +<div class="t">The endless day of heaven above.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0070"> + +<h3>70. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Mrs. Barbauld.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Worship of the Heart.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>When, as returns this solemn day,</div> +<div class="t">Man comes to meet his Maker, God,</div> +<div class="l">What rites, what honors shall he pay?</div> +<div class="t">How spread his Sovereign's praise abroad?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>From marble domes and gilded spires,</div> +<div class="t">Shall curling clouds of incense rise?</div> +<div class="l">And gems, and gold, and garlands deck</div> +<div class="t">The costly pomp of sacrifice?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Vain, sinful man! creation's Lord</div> +<div class="t">Thy golden offerings well may spare:</div> +<div class="l">But give thy heart, and thou shalt find</div> +<div class="t">Here dwells a God who heareth prayer.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0071"> + +<h3>71. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Sun. School H. B.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Sunday Evening.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Sacred day, forever blest!</div> +<div class="l">Day of all our days the best!</div> +<div class="l">Welcome hours of praise and prayer,</div> +<div class="l">Free from toil, fatigue, and care!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Happy, truly happy, Lord,</div> +<div class="l">Those who hear and read thy word!</div> +<div class="l">Happy those who dwell with thee!</div> +<div class="l">Who thy grace and glory see.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>We once more have heard thy voice,</div> +<div class="l">Lord, in thee our souls rejoice;</div> +<div class="l">Borne by faith to worlds on high,</div> +<div class="l">Called to reign above the sky.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Though this day of rest we close,</div> +<div class="l">Still in thee our hearts repose;</div> +<div class="l">Guide and guard us all our days:</div> +<div class="l">O may all our lives be praise!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0072"> + +<h3>72. <span class="meter">7s. M. 6l.</span> <span class="sc">J. Taylor.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Invitation to pure Worship.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>At the portals of thy house,</div> +<div class="l">Lord, we leave our mortal cares:</div> +<div class="l">Nobler thoughts our souls engage,</div> +<div class="l">Songs of praise, and fervent prayers.</div> +<div class="l">Pure and contrite hearts alone</div> +<div class="l">Find acceptance at thy throne.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Hapless men, whose footsteps stray</div> +<div class="l">From the temple of the Lord!</div> +<div class="l">Teach them Zion's heavenly way;</div> +<div class="l">To their feet thy light afford.</div> +<div class="l">Let the world unite to raise</div> +<div class="l">Solemn harmonies of praise.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0073"> + +<h3>73. <span class="meter">L. M. 6l.</span> <span class="sc">C. Wesley.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Worship in spirit and in truth.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Father of omnipresent grace!</div> +<div class="l">We seem agreed to seek thy face:</div> +<div class="l">But every soul assembled here</div> +<div class="l">Doth naked in thy sight appear;</div> +<div class="l">Thou know'st who only bows the knee,</div> +<div class="l">And who in heart approaches thee.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>To-day, while it is called to-day,</div> +<div class="l">Awake and stir us up to pray;</div> +<div class="l">The spirit of thy word impart,</div> +<div class="l">And breathe the life into our heart;</div> +<div class="l">Our weakness help, our darkness chase,</div> +<div class="l">And guide us by the light of grace.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0074"> + +<h3>74. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Doddridge.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Subjection to the Father of Spirits.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Eternal Source of light and thought!</div> +<div class="l">Be all beneath thyself forgot,</div> +<div class="l">Whilst thee, great parent-mind, we own,</div> +<div class="l">In prostrate homage round thy throne.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Whilst in themselves our souls survey</div> +<div class="l">Of thee some faint reflected ray,</div> +<div class="l">They wondering to their Father rise:</div> +<div class="l">His power how vast! his thoughts how wise!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>O may we live before thy face,</div> +<div class="l">The willing subjects of thy grace;</div> +<div class="l">And through each path of duty move,</div> +<div class="l">With filial awe, and filial love.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0075"> + +<h3>75. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Montgomery.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Public Worship.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>God in his temple let us meet,</div> +<div class="t">In spirit, low before him bend:</div> +<div class="l">Here he hath fixed his mercy-seat,</div> +<div class="t">Here on his Sabbath we attend.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Arise into thy resting-place,</div> +<div class="t">Thou, and thine ark of strength, O Lord!</div> +<div class="l">Shine through the veil, we seek thy face:</div> +<div class="t">Speak, for we hearken to thy word.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>With righteousness thy priests array:</div> +<div class="t">Joyful thy favored people be:</div> +<div class="l">Let those who teach, and those who pray,</div> +<div class="t">Let all--be holiness to thee!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0076"> + +<h3>76. <span class="meter">L. M. 6l.</span> <span class="sc">Dryden.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Divine Spirit implored.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Creator Spirit, by whose light</div> +<div class="l">The sleeping worlds were called from night!</div> +<div class="l">Come, visit every pious mind,</div> +<div class="l">Come, pour thy joys on human kind;</div> +<div class="l">From sin and sorrow set us free,</div> +<div class="l">And make us temples worthy thee.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Plenteous in grace descend from high,</div> +<div class="l">Rich in thy sevenfold energy;</div> +<div class="l">Our frailty help, our vice control,</div> +<div class="l">Thou ruler of our secret soul!</div> +<div class="l">And, lest our feet should haply stray</div> +<div class="l">Protect and guide us in the way.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0077"> + +<h3>77. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">J. Wesley.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"The healthful spirit of God's grace."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Spirit of grace, and health, and power!</div> +<div class="t">Fountain of light and love below!</div> +<div class="l">Abroad thy healing influence shower;</div> +<div class="t">On all thy servants let it flow.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Inflame our hearts with perfect love;</div> +<div class="t">In us the work of faith fulfil:</div> +<div class="l">So not heaven's host shall swifter move,</div> +<div class="t">Than we on earth to do thy will.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Father! 'tis thine each day to yield</div> +<div class="t">Thy children's wants a fresh supply;</div> +<div class="l">Thou cloth'st the lilies of the field,</div> +<div class="t">And hearest the young ravens cry.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>On thee we cast our care; we live</div> +<div class="t">Through thee, who know'st our every need:</div> +<div class="l">O feed us with thy grace, and give</div> +<div class="t">Our souls this day the living bread!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0078"> + +<h3>78. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Doddridge.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Life dedicated to God.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Shine on our souls, eternal God!</div> +<div class="t">With rays of beauty shine;</div> +<div class="l">O let thy favor crown our days,</div> +<div class="t">And all their round be thine.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Did we not raise our hands to thee,</div> +<div class="t">Our hands might toil in vain;</div> +<div class="l">Small joy success itself could give,</div> +<div class="t">If thou thy love restrain.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>With thee let every week begin;</div> +<div class="t">With thee each day be spent;</div> +<div class="l">For thee each fleeting hour improved,</div> +<div class="t">Since each by thee is lent.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Thus cheer us through the checkered road,</div> +<div class="t">Till all our labors cease,</div> +<div class="l">And heaven refresh our weary souls</div> +<div class="t">With everlasting peace.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0079"> + +<h3>79. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">S. F. Smith.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Sabbath Evening.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Softly fades the twilight ray</div> +<div class="l">Of the holy Sabbath day;</div> +<div class="l">Gently as life's setting sun;</div> +<div class="l">When the Christian's course is run.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Night her solemn mantle spreads</div> +<div class="l">O'er the earth, as daylight fades;</div> +<div class="l">All things tell of calm repose</div> +<div class="l">At the holy Sabbath's close.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Peace is on the world abroad;</div> +<div class="l">'Tis the holy peace of God,--</div> +<div class="l">Symbol of the peace within,</div> +<div class="l">When the spirit rests from sin.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Still the Spirit lingers near,</div> +<div class="l">Where the evening worshipper</div> +<div class="l">Seeks communion with the skies,</div> +<div class="l">Pressing onward to the prize.</div> +</div> + +</div> + + +<h2>CLOSE OF WORSHIP.</h2> + +<div class="hymn" id="h0080"> + +<h3>80. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Close of Worship. Evening.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Ere to the world again we go,</div> +<div class="l">Its pleasures, cares, and idle show,</div> +<div class="l">Thy grace once more, O God, we crave,</div> +<div class="l">From folly and from sin to save.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>May the great truths we here have heard--</div> +<div class="l">The lessons of thy holy word--</div> +<div class="l">Dwell in our inmost bosoms deep,</div> +<div class="l">And all our souls from error keep.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Oh! may the influence of this day,</div> +<div class="l">Long as our memory with us stay,</div> +<div class="l">And as an angel guardian prove,</div> +<div class="l">To guide us to our home above.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0081"> + +<h3>81. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Cappe's Sel.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Prayer for Divine Direction.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Eternal Source of life and light,</div> +<div class="t">Supremely good and wise,</div> +<div class="l">To thee we bring our grateful vows,</div> +<div class="t">To thee lift up our eyes.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Our dark and erring minds illume</div> +<div class="t">With truth's celestial rays;</div> +<div class="l">Inspire our hearts with sacred love,</div> +<div class="t">And tune our lips to praise.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Safely conduct us, by thy grace,</div> +<div class="t">Through life's perplexing road;</div> +<div class="l">And place us, when that journey's o'er</div> +<div class="t">At thy right hand, O God.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0082"> + +<h3>82. <span class="meter">8s. 7s. & 4s.</span> <span class="sc">Jay.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Prayer for a Blessing.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Come, thou soul-transforming Spirit,</div> +<div class="t">Bless the sower and the seed;</div> +<div class="l">Let each heart thy grace inherit;</div> +<div class="t">Raise the weak, the hungry feed;</div> +<div class="t3">From the gospel</div> +<div class="t">Now supply thy people's need.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>O, may all enjoy the blessing</div> +<div class="t">Which thy word's designed to give,</div> +<div class="l">Let us all, thy love possessing,</div> +<div class="t">Joyfully the truth receive,</div> +<div class="t3">And forever</div> +<div class="t">To thy praise and glory live.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0083"> + +<h3>83. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Montgomery.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">After Divine Service.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Again our ears have heard the voice</div> +<div class="t">At which the dead shall live;</div> +<div class="l">O, may the sound our hearts rejoice,</div> +<div class="t">And strength immortal give!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>And have we heard the word with joy?</div> +<div class="t">And have we felt its power?</div> +<div class="l">To keep it be our blest employ,</div> +<div class="t">Till life's extremest hour.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0084"> + +<h3>84. <span class="meter">8 & 7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Bickersteth.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Closing Hymn.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Israel's Shepherd, guide me, feed me.</div> +<div class="t">Through my pilgrimage below,</div> +<div class="l">And beside the waters lead me,</div> +<div class="t">Where thy flock rejoicing go.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Lord, thy guardian presence ever,</div> +<div class="t">Meekly kneeling, I implore;</div> +<div class="l">I have found thee, and would never,</div> +<div class="t">Never wander from thee more.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0085"> + +<h3>85. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Peabody's Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Closing Supplication.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Father! bless thy word to all;</div> +<div class="t">Quick and powerful may it prove;</div> +<div class="l">O, may sinners hear thy call,</div> +<div class="t">May thy people grow in love.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Father, bid the world rejoice;</div> +<div class="t">Send thy heavenly truth abroad;</div> +<div class="l">May the nations hear thy voice,</div> +<div class="t">Hear it, and return to God.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0086"> + +<h3>86. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Bp. Heber.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"The Seed is the Word of God."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>O God, by whom the seed is given,</div> +<div class="t">By whom the harvest blest;</div> +<div class="l">Whose word, like manna showered from heaven</div> +<div class="t">Is planted in our breast.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Preserve it from the passing feet,</div> +<div class="t">And plunderers of the air;</div> +<div class="l">The sultry sun's intenser heat,</div> +<div class="t">And weeds of worldly care!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Though buried deep, or thinly strewn,</div> +<div class="t">Do thou thy grace supply:</div> +<div class="l">The hope in earthly furrows sown</div> +<div class="t">Shall ripen in the sky.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0087"> + +<h3>87. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"God giveth the Increase."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Now, Lord, the heavenly seed is sown,</div> +<div class="t">Be it thy servants' care</div> +<div class="l">Thy heavenly blessing to bring down</div> +<div class="t">By humble, fervent prayer.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>In vain we plant without thine aid,</div> +<div class="t">And water, too, in vain:</div> +<div class="l">Lord of the harvest, God of grace,</div> +<div class="t">Send down thy heavenly rain.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Then shall our cheerful hearts and tongues</div> +<div class="t">Begin this song divine--</div> +<div class="l">"Thou, Lord, hast given the rich increase,</div> +<div class="t">And be the glory thine."</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0088"> + +<h3>88. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">H. Ballou.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Dismission.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>From worship, now, thy church dismiss--</div> +<div class="t">But not without thy blessing, Lord;</div> +<div class="l">O grant a taste of heavenly bliss,</div> +<div class="t">And seal instruction from thy word.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Oft may these pleasant scenes return</div> +<div class="t">When we shall meet to worship thee;</div> +<div class="l">Oft may our hearts within us burn</div> +<div class="t">To hear thy word, thy goodness see.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>And when these pleasant scenes are past,</div> +<div class="t">To thee, our God, O may we come,</div> +<div class="l">And meet th' assembled world at last,</div> +<div class="t">In Zion, our eternal home.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0089"> + +<h3>89. <span class="meter">H. M.</span> <span class="sc">J. Newton.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t">On what has now been sown</div> +<div class="t2">Thy blessing, Lord, bestow;</div> +<div class="t">The power is thine alone</div> +<div class="t2">To make it spring and grow.</div> +<div class="l">Do thou the gracious harvest raise,</div> +<div class="l">And thou alone shalt have the praise.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0090"> + +<h3>90. <span class="meter">H. M.</span> <span class="sc">E. Turner.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Thanks at the Close of Service.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>Kind Lord, before thy face</div> +<div class="t2">Again with joy we bow,</div> +<div class="t">For all the gifts and grace</div> +<div class="t2">Thou dost on us bestow.</div> +<div class="l">Our tongues would all thy love proclaim,</div> +<div class="l">And chant the honors of thy name.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>Here, in thine earthly house,</div> +<div class="t2">Our joyful souls have met;</div> +<div class="t">Here paid our solemn vows,</div> +<div class="t2">And felt our union sweet.</div> +<div class="l">For this our tongues thy love proclaim,</div> +<div class="l">And chant the honors of thy name.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>Now may we dwell in peace</div> +<div class="t2">Till here again we come;</div> +<div class="t">And may our love increase</div> +<div class="t2">Till thou shalt bring us home.</div> +<div class="l">Then shall our tongues thy love proclaim,</div> +<div class="l">And chant the honors of thy name.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0091"> + +<h3>91. <span class="meter">8 & 7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">C. Robbins.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Close of Worship. Evening.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Lo! the day of rest declineth;</div> +<div class="t">Gather fast the shades of night--</div> +<div class="l">May the Sun that ever shineth,</div> +<div class="t">Fill our souls with heavenly light.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Softly now the dew is falling;</div> +<div class="t">Peace o'er all the scene is spread;--</div> +<div class="l">On his children meekly calling,</div> +<div class="t">Purer influence God will shed.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>While thine ear of love addressing,</div> +<div class="t">Thus our parting hymn we sing,</div> +<div class="l">Father, give thine evening blessing;</div> +<div class="t">Fold us safe beneath thy wing.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0092"> + +<h3>92. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Kippis' Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Close of Evening Worship.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Soon will our fleeting hours be past;</div> +<div class="t">And, as the setting sun</div> +<div class="l">Sinks downward in the radiant west,</div> +<div class="t">Our parting beams be gone.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>May He, from whom all blessings flow,</div> +<div class="t">Our sacred rites attend,</div> +<div class="l">Uniting all in wisdom's ways,</div> +<div class="t">Till life's short journey end;</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>And as the rapid sands run down,</div> +<div class="t">Our virtue still improve,</div> +<div class="l">Till each receive the glorious crown</div> +<div class="t">Of never-fading love.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0093"> + +<h3>93. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Heber.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Close of Service.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Lord, now we part in thy blest name,</div> +<div class="l">In which we here together came:</div> +<div class="l">Grant us our few remaining days</div> +<div class="l">To work thy will and spread thy praise.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Teach us in life and death to bless</div> +<div class="l">The Lord our strength and righteousness;</div> +<div class="l">And grant us all to meet above;</div> +<div class="l">Then shall we better sing thy love.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0094"> + +<h3>94. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Montgomery.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Praise from all Lands.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>All ye nations, praise the Lord;</div> +<div class="t">All ye lands, your voices raise;</div> +<div class="l">Heaven and earth, with loud accord,</div> +<div class="t">Praise the Lord, forever praise.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>For his truth and mercy stand,</div> +<div class="t">Past and present, and to be,</div> +<div class="l">Like the years of his right hand,</div> +<div class="t">Like his own eternity.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Praise him, ye who know his love;</div> +<div class="t">Praise him from the depths beneath;</div> +<div class="l">Praise him in the heights above;</div> +<div class="t">Praise your Maker, all that breathe.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0095"> + +<h3>95. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Joy and Blessing of Worship.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Lord, how delightful 'tis to see</div> +<div class="l">A whole assembly worship thee;</div> +<div class="l">At once they sing, at once they pray,</div> +<div class="l">They hear of heaven and learn the way.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>O, write upon our memory, Lord,</div> +<div class="l">The text and doctrines of thy word:</div> +<div class="l">That we may break thy laws no more,</div> +<div class="l">But love thee better than before.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0096"> + +<h3>96. <span class="meter">8 & 7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">S. F. Adams.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Close of Worship.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Part in peace! is day before us?</div> +<div class="t">Praise his name for life and light;</div> +<div class="l">Are the shadows lengthening o'er us?</div> +<div class="t">Bless His care who guards the night.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Part in peace! with deep thanksgiving,</div> +<div class="t">Rendering, as we homeward tread,</div> +<div class="l">Gracious service to the living,</div> +<div class="t">Tranquil memory to the dead.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Part in peace! such are the praises</div> +<div class="t">God, our Maker, loveth best;</div> +<div class="l">Such the worship that upraises</div> +<div class="t">Human hearts to heavenly rest.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0097"> + +<h3>97. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Close of Worship. Evening.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>While now upon this Sabbath eve,</div> +<div class="l">Thy house, Almighty God, we leave</div> +<div class="l">'Tis sweet, as sinks the setting sun,</div> +<div class="l">To think on all our duties done.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Oh! evermore may all our bliss</div> +<div class="l">Be peaceful, pure, divine, like this;</div> +<div class="l">And may each Sabbath, as it flies,</div> +<div class="l">Fit us for joy beyond the skies.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0098"> + +<h3>98. <span class="meter">8 & 7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Toplady's Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Dismission.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Lord, dismiss us with thy blessing,</div> +<div class="t">Hope and comfort from above;</div> +<div class="l">Let us each, thy peace possessing,</div> +<div class="t">Triumph in redeeming love.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Thanks we give, and adoration,</div> +<div class="t">For thy Gospel's joyful sound;</div> +<div class="l">May the fruits of thy salvation</div> +<div class="t">In our hearts and lives abound.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0099"> + +<h3>99. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Montgomery.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Sunday Evening.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Millions within thy courts have been;</div> +<div class="t">Millions this day have bent the knee;</div> +<div class="l">But thou, soul-searching God! hast seen</div> +<div class="t">The hearts of all that worshipped thee.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>From east to west the sun surveyed,</div> +<div class="t">From north to south, adoring throngs;</div> +<div class="l">And still, where evening stretched her shade,</div> +<div class="t">The stars came forth to hear their songs.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>And not a prayer, a tear, a sigh,</div> +<div class="t">Hath failed this day some suit to gain;</div> +<div class="l">To those in trouble thou wert nigh;</div> +<div class="t">Not one hath sought thy face in vain.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Yet one prayer more;--and be it one,</div> +<div class="t">In which both heaven and earth accord:</div> +<div class="l">Fulfil thy promise to thy Son;</div> +<div class="t">Let all that breathe call Jesus Lord!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0100"> + +<h3>100. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Moravian.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Lord's Prayer.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Thy name be hallowed evermore;</div> +<div class="l">O God! thy kingdom come with power!</div> +<div class="l">Thy will be done, and day by day,</div> +<div class="l">Give us our daily bread, we pray:</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Lord! evermore to us be given</div> +<div class="l">The living bread that came from heaven:</div> +<div class="l">Water of life on us bestow,</div> +<div class="l">Thou art the Source, the Fountain thou.</div> +</div> + +</div> + + +<h2>CHARACTER, ATTRIBUTES AND PROVIDENCE OF GOD.</h2> + +<div class="hymn" id="h0101"> + +<h3>101. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Mrs. Steele.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Being of God.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>There is a God--all nature speaks,</div> +<div class="t">Through earth, and air, and sea, and skies:</div> +<div class="l">See, from the clouds his glory breaks,</div> +<div class="t">When first the beams of morning rise.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>The rising sun, serenely bright,</div> +<div class="t">O'er the wide world's extended frame</div> +<div class="l">Inscribes, in characters of light,</div> +<div class="t">His mighty Maker's glorious name.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>The flowery tribes, all blooming, rise</div> +<div class="t">Above the weak attempts of art;</div> +<div class="l">Their bright, inimitable dyes</div> +<div class="l">Speak sweet conviction to the heart.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Ye curious minds, who roam abroad,</div> +<div class="t">And trace creation's wonders o'er,</div> +<div class="l">Confess the footsteps of a God;</div> +<div class="t">Come, bow before him, and adore.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0102"> + +<h3>102. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Mrs. Steele.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">God our Father.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>My Father! cheering name!</div> +<div class="t">O, may I call thee mine?</div> +<div class="l">Give me the humble hope to claim</div> +<div class="t">A portion so divine.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>Whate'er thy will denies,</div> +<div class="t">I calmly would resign;</div> +<div class="l">For thou art just, and good, and wise:</div> +<div class="t">O, bend my will to thine!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>Whate'er thy will ordains,</div> +<div class="t">O give me strength to bear</div> +<div class="l">Still let me know a father reigns,</div> +<div class="t">And trust a father's care.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>Thy ways are little known</div> +<div class="t">To my weak, erring sight;</div> +<div class="l">Yet shall my soul, believing, own</div> +<div class="t">That all thy ways are right.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">5</span>My Father!--blissful name!</div> +<div class="t">Above expression dear!</div> +<div class="l">If thou accept my humble claim,</div> +<div class="t">I bid adieu to fear.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0103"> + +<h3>103. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Bryant.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Paternal Love of God.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Father! to thy kind love we owe</div> +<div class="l">All that is fair and good below;</div> +<div class="l">Bestower of the health that lies</div> +<div class="l">On tearless cheeks and cheerful eyes!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Giver of sunshine and of rain!</div> +<div class="l">Ripener of fruits on hill and plain!</div> +<div class="l">Fountain of light, that, rayed afar,</div> +<div class="l">Fills the vast urns of sun and star!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Yet deem we not that thus alone,</div> +<div class="l">Thy mercy and thy love are shown;</div> +<div class="l">For we have learned, with higher praise,</div> +<div class="l">And holier names, to speak thy ways.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>In woe's dark hour, our kindest stay!</div> +<div class="l">Sole trust when life shall pass away!</div> +<div class="l">Teacher of hopes that light the gloom</div> +<div class="l">Of death, and consecrate the tomb!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0104"> + +<h3>104. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Martineau's Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Omnipotence of God.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>'Twas God who fixed the rolling spheres,</div> +<div class="t">And stretched the boundless skies,</div> +<div class="l">Who formed the plan of endless years,</div> +<div class="t">And bade the ages rise.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>From everlasting is his might,</div> +<div class="t">Immense and unconfined;</div> +<div class="l">He pierces through the realms of light,</div> +<div class="t">And rides upon the wind.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>He darts along the burning sky;</div> +<div class="t">Loud thunders round him roar;</div> +<div class="l">Through worlds above his terrors fly,</div> +<div class="t">While worlds below adore.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>He speaks,--great nature's wheels stand still</div> +<div class="t">And leave their wonted round;</div> +<div class="l">The mountains melt; each trembling hill</div> +<div class="t">Forsakes its ancient bound.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Ye worlds, and every living thing,</div> +<div class="t">Fulfil his high command;</div> +<div class="l">Pay grateful homage to your King,</div> +<div class="t">And own his ruling hand.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0105"> + +<h3>105. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">H. K. White.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Almighty Power and Majesty of God.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>The Lord our God is clothed with might;</div> +<div class="t">The winds obey his will;</div> +<div class="l">He speaks, and in the heavenly height</div> +<div class="t">The rolling sun stands still.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Rebel, ye waves, and o'er the land</div> +<div class="t">With threatening aspect roar;</div> +<div class="l">The Lord uplifts his awful hand,</div> +<div class="t">And chains you to the shore.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Ye winds of night, your force combine</div> +<div class="t">Without his high behest,</div> +<div class="l">Ye shall not, in the mountain pine,</div> +<div class="t">Disturb the sparrow's nest.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>His voice sublime is heard afar;</div> +<div class="t">In distant peals it dies;</div> +<div class="l">He binds the whirlwinds to his car,</div> +<div class="t">And sweeps the howling skies.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Ye nations, bend; in reverence bend;</div> +<div class="t">Ye monarchs, wait his nod,</div> +<div class="l">And bid the choral song ascend</div> +<div class="t">To celebrate our God.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0106"> + +<h3>106. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">God is Everywhere.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>In all my vast concerns with thee,</div> +<div class="t">In vain my soul would try</div> +<div class="l">To shun thy presence, Lord, or flee</div> +<div class="t">The notice of thine eye.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Thine all-surrounding sight surveys</div> +<div class="t">My rising and my rest;</div> +<div class="l">My public walks, my private ways,</div> +<div class="t">And secrets of my breast.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>My thoughts lie open to the Lord,</div> +<div class="t">Before they're formed within;</div> +<div class="l">And ere my lips pronounce the word,</div> +<div class="t">He knows the sense I mean.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>O, wondrous knowledge, deep and high;</div> +<div class="t">Where can a creature hide?</div> +<div class="l">Within thy circling arms I lie,</div> +<div class="t">Beset on every side.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>So let thy grace surround me still,</div> +<div class="t">And like a bulwark prove,</div> +<div class="l">To guard my soul from every ill,</div> +<div class="t">Secured by sovereign love.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0107"> + +<h3>107. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Spirit of the Psalms.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Eternity of God.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Ere mountains reared their forms sublime,</div> +<div class="t">Or heaven and earth in order stood,</div> +<div class="l">Before the birth of ancient time,</div> +<div class="t">From everlasting thou art God.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>A thousand ages, in their flight,</div> +<div class="t">With thee are as a fleeting day;</div> +<div class="l">Past, present, future, to thy sight</div> +<div class="t">At once their various scenes display.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>But our brief life's a shadowy dream,</div> +<div class="t">A passing thought, that soon is o'er,</div> +<div class="l">That fades with morning's earliest beam,</div> +<div class="t">And fills the musing mind no more.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>To us, O Lord, the wisdom give,</div> +<div class="t">Each passing moment so to spend,</div> +<div class="l">That we at length with thee may live</div> +<div class="t">Where life and bliss shall never end.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0108"> + +<h3>108. <span class="meter">C. M. 6l.</span> <span class="sc">Conder.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Where is God?</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Beyond, beyond that boundless sea,</div> +<div class="t">Above that dome of sky,</div> +<div class="l">Farther than thought itself can flee,</div> +<div class="t">Thy dwelling is on high;</div> +<div class="l">Yet dear the awful thought to me,</div> +<div class="t">That thou, my God, art nigh.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>We hear thy voice when thunders roll</div> +<div class="t">Through the wide fields of air;</div> +<div class="l">The waves obey thy dread control:</div> +<div class="t">Yet still thou art not there.</div> +<div class="l">Where shall I find Him, O my soul,</div> +<div class="t">Who yet is everywhere?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>O, not in circling depth, or height,</div> +<div class="t">But in the conscious breast,</div> +<div class="l">Present to faith, though veiled from sight,</div> +<div class="t">There does his spirit rest.</div> +<div class="l">O come, thou Presence Infinite,</div> +<div class="t">And make thy creatures blest.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0109"> + +<h3>109. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The all-seeing God.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Lord, thou hast searched and seen me through;</div> +<div class="l">Thine eye commands, with piercing view,</div> +<div class="l">My rising and my resting hours,</div> +<div class="l">My heart and flesh, with all their powers.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Within thy circling power I stand;</div> +<div class="l">On every side I find thy hand:</div> +<div class="l">Awake, asleep, at home, abroad,</div> +<div class="l">I am surrounded still with God.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Amazing knowledge, vast and great!</div> +<div class="l">What large extent! what lofty height!</div> +<div class="l">My soul, with all the powers I boast,</div> +<div class="l">Is in the boundless prospect lost.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>O may these thoughts possess my breast</div> +<div class="l">Where'er I rove, where'er I rest!</div> +<div class="l">Nor let my weaker passions dare</div> +<div class="l">Consent to sin; for God is there.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0110"> + +<h3>110. <span class="meter">L. M. 6l.</span> <span class="sc">Montgomery.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">God Good and Omniscient.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>How precious are thy thoughts of peace,</div> +<div class="t">O God! to me,--how great the sum!</div> +<div class="l">New every morn, they never cease;</div> +<div class="t">They were, they are, and yet shall come,</div> +<div class="l">In number and in compass more</div> +<div class="l">Than ocean's sand, or ocean's shore.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Search me, O God! and know my heart,</div> +<div class="t">Try me, my secret soul survey;</div> +<div class="l">And warn thy servant to depart</div> +<div class="t">From every false and evil way:</div> +<div class="l">So shall thy truth my guidance be,</div> +<div class="l">In life and immortality.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0111"> + +<h3>111. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Blacklock.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Omniscience and Omnipresence.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Father of all, omniscient Mind,</div> +<div class="t">Thy wisdom who can comprehend?</div> +<div class="l">Its highest point what eye can find,</div> +<div class="t">Or to its lowest depths descend?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>If up to heaven's ethereal height,</div> +<div class="t">Thy prospect to elude, I rise,</div> +<div class="l">In splendor there supremely bright,</div> +<div class="t">Thy presence shall my sight surprise.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Thee, mighty God, my wondering soul,</div> +<div class="t">Thee, all her conscious powers adore,</div> +<div class="l">Whose being circumscribes the whole,</div> +<div class="t">Whose eyes the universe explore.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Thine essence fills this breathing frame;</div> +<div class="t">It glows in every vital part,</div> +<div class="l">Lights up our souls with livelier flame,</div> +<div class="t">And feeds with life each beating heart.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>To thee, from whom our being came,</div> +<div class="t">Whose smile is all the heaven we know,</div> +<div class="l">Inspired with this exalted theme,</div> +<div class="t">To thee our grateful strains shall flow.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0112"> + +<h3>112. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Infinity of God.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Great God, how infinite art thou!</div> +<div class="t">How weak and frail are we!</div> +<div class="l">Let the whole race of creatures bow,</div> +<div class="t">And homage pay to thee.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Thy throne eternal ages stood,</div> +<div class="t">Ere earth or heaven was made;</div> +<div class="l">Thou art the ever-living God,</div> +<div class="t">Were all the nations dead.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Eternity, with all its years,</div> +<div class="t">Stands present in thy view;</div> +<div class="l">To thee there's nothing old appears,</div> +<div class="t">Great God, there's nothing new.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Our lives through varying scenes are drawn,</div> +<div class="t">And vexed with trifling cares,</div> +<div class="l">While thine eternal thought moves on</div> +<div class="t">Thine undisturbed affairs.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0113"> + +<h3>113. <span class="meter">S. P. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Majesty of God.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>The Lord Jehovah reigns,</div> +<div class="t">And royal state maintains,</div> +<div class="l">His head with awful glories crowned,</div> +<div class="t">Arrayed in robes of light,</div> +<div class="t">Begirt with sovereign might,</div> +<div class="l">And rays of majesty around.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>Upheld by thy commands,</div> +<div class="t">The world securely stands,</div> +<div class="l">And skies and stars obey thy word;</div> +<div class="t">Thy throne was fixed on high</div> +<div class="t">Ere stars adorned the sky;</div> +<div class="l">Eternal is thy kingdom, Lord.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>Thy promises are true;</div> +<div class="t">Thy grace is ever new;</div> +<div class="l">There fixed, thy church shall ne'er remove;</div> +<div class="t">Thy saints, with holy fear,</div> +<div class="t">Shall in thy courts appear,</div> +<div class="l">And sing thine everlasting love.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0114"> + +<h3>114. <span class="meter">8 & 7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Bowring.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">God is Love.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>God is love; his mercy brightens</div> +<div class="t">All the path in which we rove;</div> +<div class="l">Bliss he wakes, and woe he lightens;</div> +<div class="t">God is wisdom, God is love.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Chance and change are busy ever;</div> +<div class="t">Man decays, and ages move;</div> +<div class="l">But his mercy waneth never;</div> +<div class="t">God is wisdom, God is love.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>E'en the hour that darkest seemeth</div> +<div class="t">Will his changeless goodness prove;</div> +<div class="l">From the gloom his brightness streameth,</div> +<div class="t">God is wisdom, God is love.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>He with earthly cares entwineth</div> +<div class="t">Hope and comfort from above:</div> +<div class="l">Everywhere his glory shineth;</div> +<div class="t">God is wisdom, God is love.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0115"> + +<h3>115. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Fergus.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">God the Creator.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>The Spirit moved upon the waves</div> +<div class="t">That darkly rolled, a shoreless sea;</div> +<div class="l">He spake the word, and light burst forth,</div> +<div class="t">A glorious, bright immensity.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>At his command, the mountains heaved</div> +<div class="t">Their rocky pinnacles on high,</div> +<div class="l">Island and continent displayed</div> +<div class="t">Their desert grandeur to the sky.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>The voice of God was heard again,</div> +<div class="t">And lovely flowers and graceful trees</div> +<div class="l">Appeared on every vale and plain,</div> +<div class="t">And perfumes floated on the breeze.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>The word went forth, and vast and high</div> +<div class="t">The heavenly orbs gave out their light,</div> +<div class="l">O'er all the earth and sea and sky;</div> +<div class="t">The rulers of the day and night.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0116"> + +<h3>116. <span class="meter">L. M. 6l.</span> <span class="sc">Montgomery's Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Omnipresence of God.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Above, below, where'er I gaze,</div> +<div class="t">Thy guiding finger, Lord, I view,</div> +<div class="l">Traced in the midnight planets' blaze,</div> +<div class="t">Or glist'ning in the morning dew:</div> +<div class="l">Whate'er is beautiful or fair,</div> +<div class="l">Is but thine own reflection there.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>And when the radiant orb of light</div> +<div class="t">Hath tipped the mountain tops with gold</div> +<div class="l">Smote with the blaze, my weary sight</div> +<div class="t">Shrinks from the wonders I behold;</div> +<div class="l">That ray of glory, bright and fair,</div> +<div class="l">Is but thy living shadow there.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Thine is the silent noon of night,</div> +<div class="t">The twilight eve, the dewy morn;</div> +<div class="l">Whate'er is beautiful and bright,</div> +<div class="t">Thy hands have fashioned to adorn.</div> +<div class="l">Thy glory walks in every sphere,</div> +<div class="l">And all things whisper, "God is here."</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0117"> + +<h3>117. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Perfections of God.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>How shall I praise th' eternal God,</div> +<div class="t">That infinite Unknown?</div> +<div class="l">Who can ascend his high abode,</div> +<div class="t">Or venture near his throne?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Those watchful eyes that never sleep,</div> +<div class="t">Survey the world around:</div> +<div class="l">His wisdom is a boundless deep,</div> +<div class="t">Where all our thoughts are drowned.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Speak we of strength, his arm is strong,</div> +<div class="t">To save or to destroy:</div> +<div class="l">To him eternal years belong,</div> +<div class="t">And never-ending joy.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>He knows no shadow of a change,</div> +<div class="t">Nor alters his decrees;</div> +<div class="l">Firm as a rock his truth remains,</div> +<div class="t">To guard his promises.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0118"> + +<h3>118. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Drennan.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"God is a Spirit."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>The heaven of heavens cannot contain</div> +<div class="t">The universal Lord;</div> +<div class="l">Yet he in humble hearts will deign</div> +<div class="t">To dwell and be adored.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Where'er ascends the sacrifice</div> +<div class="t">Of fervent praise and prayer,</div> +<div class="l">Or on the earth, or in the skies,</div> +<div class="t">The God of heaven is there.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>His presence is diffused abroad</div> +<div class="t">Through realms, through worlds unknown;</div> +<div class="l">Who seek the mercies of our God</div> +<div class="t">Are ever near his throne.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0119"> + +<h3>119. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Power, Wisdom and Goodness of God.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>I sing the mighty power of God,</div> +<div class="t">That made the mountains rise,</div> +<div class="l">That spread the flowing seas abroad,</div> +<div class="t">And built the lofty skies.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>I sing the wisdom that ordained</div> +<div class="t">The sun to rule the day;</div> +<div class="l">The moon shines full at his command,</div> +<div class="t">And all the stars obey.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>I sing the goodness of the Lord,</div> +<div class="t">That filled the earth with food;</div> +<div class="l">He formed the creatures with his word,</div> +<div class="t">And then pronounced them good.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>There's not a plant or flower below,</div> +<div class="t">But makes thy glories known;</div> +<div class="l">And clouds arise, and tempests blow,</div> +<div class="t">By order from thy throne.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0120"> + +<h3>120. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Mrs. Gilman.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">God our Father.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Is there a lone and dreary hour,</div> +<div class="l">When worldly pleasures lose their power?</div> +<div class="l">My Father! let me turn to thee,</div> +<div class="l">And set each thought of darkness free.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Is there a time of rushing grief,</div> +<div class="l">Which scorns the prospect of relief?</div> +<div class="l">My Father! break the cheerless gloom,</div> +<div class="l">And bid my heart its calm resume.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Is there an hour of peace and joy,</div> +<div class="l">When hope is all my soul's employ?</div> +<div class="l">My Father! still my hopes will roam,</div> +<div class="l">Until they rest with thee, their home.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>The noontide blaze, the midnight scene,</div> +<div class="l">The dawn, or twilight's sweet serene,</div> +<div class="l">The glow of life, the dying hour,</div> +<div class="l">Shall own my Father's grace and power.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0121"> + +<h3>121. <span class="meter">10s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Mme. Guion.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">God Incomprehensible.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Almighty Former of creation's plan,</div> +<div class="l">Faintly reflected in thine image, man;</div> +<div class="l">Holy and just,--the greatness of whose name</div> +<div class="l">Rules and supports this universal frame:--</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Whose spirit fills the infinitude of space,--</div> +<div class="l">Who art thyself thine own vast dwelling place;--</div> +<div class="l">Soul of our soul, whom yet no sense of ours</div> +<div class="l">Discerns, eluding our most active powers:--</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Encircling shades attend thine awful throne,</div> +<div class="l">That veil thy face, and keep thee still unknown;</div> +<div class="l">Unknown, though dwelling in our inmost part,</div> +<div class="l">Lord of the thoughts, and Sovereign of the heart!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0122"> + +<h3>122. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Wallace.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">God seen in his Works.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>There's not a star whose twinkling light</div> +<div class="t">Illumes the distant earth,</div> +<div class="l">And cheers the solemn gloom of night,</div> +<div class="t">But goodness gave it birth.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>There's not a cloud whose dews distil</div> +<div class="t">Upon the parching clod,</div> +<div class="l">And clothe with verdure vale and hill,</div> +<div class="t">That is not sent by God.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>There's not a place in earth's vast round,</div> +<div class="t">In ocean deep, or air,</div> +<div class="l">Where skill and wisdom are not found;</div> +<div class="t">For God is everywhere.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Around, within, below, above,</div> +<div class="t">Wherever space extends,</div> +<div class="l">There Heaven displays its boundless love,</div> +<div class="t">And power with goodness blends.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0123"> + +<h3>123. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">God the Creator.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Eternal Wisdom, thee we praise;</div> +<div class="t">Thee all thy creatures sing:</div> +<div class="l">While with thy name, rocks, hills, and seas,</div> +<div class="t">And heaven's high palace, ring.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Thy hand, how wide it spread the sky!</div> +<div class="t">How glorious to behold!</div> +<div class="l">Tinged with a blue of heavenly dye,</div> +<div class="t">And decked with sparkling gold.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Thy glories blaze all nature round,</div> +<div class="t">And strike the gazing sight,</div> +<div class="l">Through skies, and seas, and solid ground,</div> +<div class="t">With terror and delight.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Almighty power, and equal skill,</div> +<div class="t">Shine through the worlds abroad,</div> +<div class="l">Our souls with vast amazement fill,</div> +<div class="t">And speak the builder, God.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0124"> + +<h3>124. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Mrs. Steele.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">God, our Creator and Benefactor.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>My Maker and my King!</div> +<div class="t">To thee my all I owe:</div> +<div class="l">Thy sovereign bounty is the spring,</div> +<div class="t">From whence my blessings flow.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>Thou ever good and kind!</div> +<div class="t">A thousand reasons move,</div> +<div class="l">A thousand obligations bind</div> +<div class="t">My heart to grateful love.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>The creature of thy hand,</div> +<div class="t">On thee alone I live:</div> +<div class="l">My God! thy benefits demand</div> +<div class="t">More praise than tongue can give.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>O let thy grace inspire</div> +<div class="t">My soul with strength divine;</div> +<div class="l">Let all my powers to thee aspire,</div> +<div class="t">And all my days be thine.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0125"> + +<h3>125. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Good Providence of God. <span class="scripRef">Ps. 36.</span></p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>High in the heavens, eternal God!</div> +<div class="t">Thy goodness in full glory shines;</div> +<div class="l">Thy truth shall break through every cloud</div> +<div class="t">That veils and darkens thy designs.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Forever firm thy justice stands,</div> +<div class="t">As mountains their foundations keep;</div> +<div class="l">Wise are the wonders of thy hands;</div> +<div class="t">Thy judgments are a mighty deep.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Thy providence is kind and large;</div> +<div class="t">Both man and beast thy bounty share;</div> +<div class="l">The whole creation is thy charge,</div> +<div class="t">But saints are thy peculiar care.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Life, like a fountain, rich and free,</div> +<div class="t">Springs from the presence of my Lord;</div> +<div class="l">And in thy light our souls shall see</div> +<div class="t">The glories promised in thy word.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0126"> + +<h3>126. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Kippis.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">God Incomprehensible.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Great God! in vain man's narrow view</div> +<div class="l">Attempts to look thy nature through;</div> +<div class="l">Our laboring powers with reverence own</div> +<div class="l">Thy glories never can be known.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Not the high seraph's mighty thought,</div> +<div class="l">Who countless years his God has sought,</div> +<div class="l">Such wondrous height or depth can find,</div> +<div class="l">Or fully trace thy boundless mind.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>And yet thy kindness deigns to show</div> +<div class="l">Enough for mortal minds to know;</div> +<div class="l">While wisdom, goodness, power divine,</div> +<div class="l">Through all thy works and conduct shine.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>O, may our souls with rapture trace</div> +<div class="l">Thy works of nature and of grace:</div> +<div class="l">Explore thy sacred truth, and still</div> +<div class="l">Press on to know and do thy will.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0127"> + +<h3>127. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Tate & Brady.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">God Unchangeable.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Through endless years thou art the same,</div> +<div class="t">O thou eternal God;</div> +<div class="l">Each future age shall know thy name,</div> +<div class="t">And tell thy works abroad.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>The strong foundations of the earth</div> +<div class="t">Of old by thee were laid;</div> +<div class="l">By thee the beauteous arch of heaven</div> +<div class="t">With matchless skill was made.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Soon may this goodly frame of things</div> +<div class="t">Created by thy hand,</div> +<div class="l">Be, like a vesture, laid aside,</div> +<div class="t">And changed at thy command.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>But thy perfections, all divine,</div> +<div class="t">Eternal as thy days,</div> +<div class="l">Through everlasting ages shine,</div> +<div class="t">With undiminished rays.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0128"> + +<h3>128. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Cowper.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Purposes of God developed by his Providence.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>God moves in a mysterious way,</div> +<div class="t">His wonders to perform;</div> +<div class="l">He plants his footsteps in the sea,</div> +<div class="t">And rides upon the storm.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take;</div> +<div class="t">The clouds ye so much dread</div> +<div class="l">Are big with mercy, and shall break</div> +<div class="t">In blessings on your head.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Judge not the Lord by feeble sense,</div> +<div class="t">But trust him for his grace;</div> +<div class="l">Behind a frowning providence</div> +<div class="t">He hides a smiling face.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>His purposes will ripen fast</div> +<div class="t">Unfolding every hour;</div> +<div class="l">The bud may have a bitter taste,</div> +<div class="t">But sweet will be the flower.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Blind unbelief is sure to err,</div> +<div class="t">And scan his work in vain;</div> +<div class="l">God is his own interpreter,</div> +<div class="t">And he will make it plain.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0129"> + +<h3>129. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Montgomery.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"The darkness and the light are both alike to thee."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>In darkness as in light,</div> +<div class="t">Hidden alike from view,</div> +<div class="l">I sleep, I wake within His sight,</div> +<div class="t">Who looks existence through.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>From the dim hour of birth,</div> +<div class="t">Through every changing state</div> +<div class="l">Of mortal pilgrimage on earth,</div> +<div class="t">Till its appointed date;</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>All that I am,--have been,--</div> +<div class="t">All that I yet may be,</div> +<div class="l">He sees at once, as he hath seen,</div> +<div class="t">And shall forever see.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0130"> + +<h3>130. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Browne.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Universal Goodness of God.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Lord! thou art good: all nature shows</div> +<div class="t">Its mighty Author kind:</div> +<div class="l">Thy bounty through creation flows,</div> +<div class="t">Full, free, and unconfined.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>The whole, and every part, proclaims</div> +<div class="t">Thine infinite good-will;</div> +<div class="l">It shines in stars, and flows in streams,</div> +<div class="t">And blooms on every hill.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>We view it o'er the spreading main,</div> +<div class="t">And heavens which spread more wide;</div> +<div class="l">It drops in gentle showers of rain,</div> +<div class="t2">And rolls in every tide.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Through the vast whole it pours supplies,</div> +<div class="t">Spreads joy through every part:</div> +<div class="l">O, may such love attract my eyes,</div> +<div class="t2">And captivate my heart!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>My highest admiration raise,</div> +<div class="t">My best affections move!</div> +<div class="l">Employ my tongue in songs of praise,</div> +<div class="t">And fill my heart with love!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0131"> + +<h3>131. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Mme. Guion.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Omnipresent Peace of God.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>O Thou, by long experience tried,</div> +<div class="l">Near whom no grief can long abide;--</div> +<div class="l">My Lord, how full of sweet content</div> +<div class="l">My years of pilgrimage are spent!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>All scenes alike engaging prove,</div> +<div class="l">To souls impressed with sacred love;</div> +<div class="l">Where'er they dwell, they dwell in thee,</div> +<div class="l">In heaven, in earth, or on the sea.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>To them remains nor place nor time;</div> +<div class="l">Their country is in every clime;</div> +<div class="l">They can be calm and free from care</div> +<div class="l">On any shore, since God is there.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>While place we seek, or place we shun,</div> +<div class="l">The soul finds happiness in none;</div> +<div class="l">But with a God to guide our way,</div> +<div class="l">'Tis equal joy to go or stay.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0132"> + +<h3>132. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Eng. Bap. Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Providence Kind and Bountiful.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Thy kingdom, Lord, forever stands,</div> +<div class="t">While earthly thrones decay;</div> +<div class="l">And time submits to thy commands,</div> +<div class="t">While ages roll away.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Thy sovereign bounty freely gives</div> +<div class="t">Its unexhausted store;</div> +<div class="l">And universal nature lives</div> +<div class="t">On thy sustaining power.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Holy and just in all its ways</div> +<div class="t">Is Providence divine;</div> +<div class="l">In all its works, immortal rays</div> +<div class="t">Of power and mercy shine.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>The praise of God--delightful theme!--</div> +<div class="t">Shall fill my heart and tongue;</div> +<div class="l">Let all creation bless his name,</div> +<div class="t">In one eternal song.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0133"> + +<h3>133. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">A Holy God. <span class="scripRef">Ps. 99.</span></p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>Exalt the Lord our God,</div> +<div class="t">And worship at his feet;</div> +<div class="l">His nature is all holiness,</div> +<div class="t">And mercy is his seat.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>When Israel was his church,</div> +<div class="t">When Aaron was his priest,</div> +<div class="l">When Moses cried, when Samuel prayed,</div> +<div class="t">He gave his people rest.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>Oft he forgave their sins,</div> +<div class="t">Nor would destroy their race;</div> +<div class="l">And oft he made his vengeance known,</div> +<div class="t">When they abused his grace.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>Exalt the Lord our God,</div> +<div class="t">Whose grace is still the same;</div> +<div class="l">Still he's a God of holiness,</div> +<div class="t">And jealous for his name.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0134"> + +<h3>134. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Tate & Brady.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">God's Condescension.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>O Thou, to whom all creatures bow</div> +<div class="t">Within this earthly frame,</div> +<div class="l">Through all the world how great art thou!</div> +<div class="t">How glorious is thy name!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>When heaven, thy glorious work on high,</div> +<div class="t">Employs my wondering sight,--</div> +<div class="l">The moon, that nightly rules the sky,</div> +<div class="t">With stars of feebler light,--</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Lord, what is man, that he is blessed</div> +<div class="t">With thy peculiar care!</div> +<div class="l">Why on his offspring is conferred</div> +<div class="t">Of love so large a share?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>O Thou, to whom all creatures bow</div> +<div class="t">Within this earthly frame,</div> +<div class="l">Through all the world how great art thou!</div> +<div class="t">How glorious is thy name!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0135"> + +<h3>135. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Wm. Taylor.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">God the Universal Benefactor.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>God of the universe! whose hand</div> +<div class="t">Hath sown with suns the fields of space,</div> +<div class="l">Round which, obeying thy command,</div> +<div class="t">Unnumbered worlds fulfil their race:</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>How vast the region, where thy will</div> +<div class="t">Existence, form, and order gives!</div> +<div class="l">Pleased the wide cup with joy to fill,</div> +<div class="t">For all that grows, and feels, and lives.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Lord! while we thank thee, let us learn</div> +<div class="t">Beneficence to all below;</div> +<div class="l">Those praise thee best, whose bosoms burn</div> +<div class="t">Thy gifts on others to bestow.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0136"> + +<h3>136. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">C. Wesley.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Holiness of God.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Holy as thou, O Lord, is none!</div> +<div class="l">Thy holiness is all thine own;</div> +<div class="l">A drop of that unbounded sea</div> +<div class="l">Is ours, a drop derived from thee.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>And when thy purity we share,</div> +<div class="l">Only thy glory we declare;</div> +<div class="l">And humbled into nothing own,</div> +<div class="l">Holy and pure is God alone.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Sole self-existent God and Lord,</div> +<div class="l">By all the heavenly hosts adored!</div> +<div class="l">Let all on earth bow down to thee,</div> +<div class="l">And own thy peerless majesty.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0137"> + +<h3>137. <span class="meter">6s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Drummond.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Unity of God.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>The God who reigns alone</div> +<div class="t">O'er earth, and sea, and sky,</div> +<div class="l">Let man with praises own,</div> +<div class="t">And sound his honors high.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Him all in heaven above,</div> +<div class="t">Him all on earth below,</div> +<div class="l">The exhaustless Source of love,</div> +<div class="t">The great Creator know.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>He formed the living flame,</div> +<div class="t">He gave the reasoning mind;</div> +<div class="l">Then only He may claim</div> +<div class="t">The worship of mankind.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>So taught his only Son,</div> +<div class="t">Blessed messenger of grace!</div> +<div class="l">The Eternal is but one,</div> +<div class="t">No second holds his place.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0138"> + +<h3>138. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Thomson.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">All-embracing Providence of God.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Jehovah God! thy gracious power</div> +<div class="t">On every hand we see;</div> +<div class="l">O may the blessings of each hour</div> +<div class="t">Lead all our thoughts to thee.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>If, on the wings of morn, we speed</div> +<div class="t">To earth's remotest bound,</div> +<div class="l">Thy hand will there our footsteps lead,</div> +<div class="t">Thy love, our path surround.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Thy power is in the ocean deeps,</div> +<div class="t">And reaches to the skies;</div> +<div class="l">Thine eye of mercy never sleeps,</div> +<div class="t">Thy goodness never dies.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>In all the varying scenes of time,</div> +<div class="t">On thee our hopes depend;</div> +<div class="l">Through every age, in every clime,</div> +<div class="t">Our Father, and our Friend!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0139"> + +<h3>139. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Beddome.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Mysteries of Providence.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Almighty God! thy wondrous works</div> +<div class="t">Of providence and grace,</div> +<div class="l">An angel's perfect mind exceed,</div> +<div class="t">And all our pride abase.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Stupendous heights! amazing depths!</div> +<div class="t">Creatures in vain explore:</div> +<div class="l">Or, if a transient glimpse we gain,</div> +<div class="t">'Tis faint and quickly o'er.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Though all the mysteries lie concealed</div> +<div class="t">Beyond what we can see,</div> +<div class="l">Grant us the knowledge of ourselves,</div> +<div class="t">The knowledge, Lord, of thee.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0140"> + +<h3>140. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Tate & Brady.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"Whither shall I go from thy presence?"</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Thou, Lord, by strictest search hast known</div> +<div class="l">My rising up and lying down;</div> +<div class="l">My secret thoughts are known to thee,</div> +<div class="l">Known long before conceived by me.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>O could I so perfidious be,</div> +<div class="l">To think of once deserting thee!</div> +<div class="l">Where, Lord, could I thy influence shun?</div> +<div class="l">Or whither from thy presence run?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>If I the morning's wings could gain,</div> +<div class="l">And fly beyond the western main,</div> +<div class="l">Thy swifter hand would first arrive,</div> +<div class="l">And there arrest thy fugitive.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Or should I try to shun thy sight</div> +<div class="l">Beneath the sable wings of night,</div> +<div class="l">One glance from thee, one piercing ray,</div> +<div class="l">Would kindle darkness into day.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Search, try, O God, my thoughts and heart,</div> +<div class="l">If mischief lurks in any part;</div> +<div class="l">Correct me where I go astray,</div> +<div class="l">And guide me in thy perfect way.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0141"> + +<h3>141. <span class="meter">L. M. 6l.</span> <span class="sc">W. Ray.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Perfection of God.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Thou art, almighty Lord of all,</div> +<div class="t">From everlasting still the same;</div> +<div class="l">Before thee dazzling seraphs fall,</div> +<div class="t">And veil their faces in a flame,</div> +<div class="l">To see such bright perfections glow--</div> +<div class="l">Such floods of glory from thee flow.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>What mortal hand shall dare to paint</div> +<div class="t">A semblance of thy glory, Lord?</div> +<div class="l">The brightest rainbow-tints are faint;</div> +<div class="t">The brightest stars of heaven afford</div> +<div class="l">But dim effusions of those rays</div> +<div class="l">Of light that round Jehovah blaze.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>The sun himself is but a gleam,</div> +<div class="t">A transient meteor, from thy throne;</div> +<div class="l">And every frail and fickle beam,</div> +<div class="t">That ever in creation shone,</div> +<div class="l">Is nothing, Lord, compared to thee</div> +<div class="l">In thy own vast immensity.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>But though thy brightness may create</div> +<div class="t">All worship from the hosts above,</div> +<div class="l">What most thy name must elevate</div> +<div class="t">Is, that thou art a God of love;</div> +<div class="l">And mercy is the central sun</div> +<div class="l">Of all thy glories joined in one.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0142"> + +<h3>142. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"Canst thou find out the Almighty?"</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Can creatures to perfection find</div> +<div class="l">Th' eternal, uncreated Mind?</div> +<div class="l">Or can the largest stretch of thought</div> +<div class="l">Measure and search his nature out?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>God is a King of power unknown;</div> +<div class="l">Firm are the orders of his throne;</div> +<div class="l">If he resolve, who dare oppose,</div> +<div class="l">Or ask him why or what he does?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>He frowns, and darkness veils the moon</div> +<div class="l">The fainting sun grows dim at noon:</div> +<div class="l">The pillars of heaven's starry roof</div> +<div class="l">Tremble and start at his reproof.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>These are a portion of his ways:</div> +<div class="l">But who shall dare describe his face?</div> +<div class="l">Who can endure his light, or stand</div> +<div class="l">To hear the thunders of his hand?</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0143"> + +<h3>143. <span class="meter">C. H. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The surpassing Glory of God.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Since o'er thy footstool here below</div> +<div class="t">Such radiant gems are strown,</div> +<div class="l">O what magnificence must glow,</div> +<div class="t">Great God, about thy throne!</div> +<div class="l">So brilliant here these drops of light--</div> +<div class="l">There the full ocean rolls--how bright!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>If night's blue curtain of the sky--</div> +<div class="t">With thousand stars inwrought,</div> +<div class="l">Hung like a royal canopy</div> +<div class="t">With glittering diamonds fraught--</div> +<div class="l">Be, Lord, thy temple's outer veil,</div> +<div class="l">What splendor at the shrine must dwell!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>The dazzling sun, at noon-day hour--</div> +<div class="t">Forth from his flaming vase</div> +<div class="l">Flinging o'er earth the golden shower</div> +<div class="t">Till vale and mountain blaze--</div> +<div class="l">But shows, O Lord, one beam of thine:</div> +<div class="l">What, then, the day where thou dost shine?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>O how shall these dim eyes endure</div> +<div class="t">That noon of living rays!</div> +<div class="l">Or how our spirits so impure,</div> +<div class="t">Upon thy glory gaze!--</div> +<div class="l">Anoint, O Lord, anoint our sight,</div> +<div class="l">And fit us for that world of light.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0144"> + +<h3>144. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Sternhold.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Majesty of God. <span class="scripRef">Ps. 18.</span></p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>The Lord descended from above,</div> +<div class="t">And bowed the heavens most high,</div> +<div class="l">And underneath his feet he cast</div> +<div class="t">The darkness of the sky.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>On cherubim and seraphim</div> +<div class="t">Full royally he rode,</div> +<div class="l">And on the wings of mighty winds</div> +<div class="t">Came flying all abroad.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>He sat serene upon the floods,</div> +<div class="t">Their fury to restrain,</div> +<div class="l">And he, as sovereign Lord and King,</div> +<div class="t">Forevermore shall reign.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0145"> + +<h3>145. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Decrees and Providence of God.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Let the whole race of creatures lie</div> +<div class="t">Abased before the Lord:</div> +<div class="l">Whate'er his mighty hand has formed</div> +<div class="t">He governs with a word.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Ten thousand ages ere the skies</div> +<div class="t">Were into motion brought,</div> +<div class="l">All the long years and worlds to come</div> +<div class="t">Stood present to his thought.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Trusting thy wisdom, God of love,</div> +<div class="t">We would not wish to know</div> +<div class="l">What, in the book of thy decrees,</div> +<div class="t">Awaits us here below</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Be this alone our fervent prayer,--</div> +<div class="t">Whate'er our lot shall be,</div> +<div class="l">Or joys, or sorrows, may they form</div> +<div class="t">Our souls for heaven and thee.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0146"> + +<h3>146. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Walker's Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"God, with whom is no Variableness."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>All-powerful, self-existent God,</div> +<div class="t">Who all creation dost sustain!</div> +<div class="l">Thou wast, and art, and art to come,</div> +<div class="t">And everlasting is thy reign!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Fixed and eternal as thy days,</div> +<div class="t">Each glorious attribute divine,</div> +<div class="l">Through ages infinite, shall still</div> +<div class="t">With undiminished lustre shine.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Fountain of being! Source of good!</div> +<div class="t">Immutable thou dost remain!</div> +<div class="l">Nor can the shadow of a change</div> +<div class="t">Obscure the glories of thy reign.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Earth may with all her powers dissolve,</div> +<div class="t">If such the great Creator's will;</div> +<div class="l">But thou forever art the same,</div> +<div class="t">I AM, is thy memorial still.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0147"> + +<h3>147. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">God Omnipresent.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>There's not a place in earth's vast round,</div> +<div class="t">In ocean deep, or air,</div> +<div class="l">Where skill and wisdom are not found,</div> +<div class="t">For God is everywhere.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Around, within, below, above,</div> +<div class="t">Wherever space extends,</div> +<div class="l">There heaven displays its boundless love,</div> +<div class="t">And power with mercy blends.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Then rise, my soul, and sing his name,</div> +<div class="t">And all his praise rehearse,</div> +<div class="l">Who spread abroad earth's wondrous frame,</div> +<div class="t">And built the universe.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Where'er thine earthly lot is cast,</div> +<div class="t">His power and love declare;</div> +<div class="l">Nor think the mighty theme too vast,</div> +<div class="t">For God is everywhere.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0148"> + +<h3>148. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Providence Mysterious.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Thy ways, O Lord, with wise design,</div> +<div class="t">Are framed upon thy throne above,</div> +<div class="l">And every dark or bending line</div> +<div class="t">Meets in the centre of thy love.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>With feeble light, and half obscure,</div> +<div class="t">Poor mortals thine arrangements view,</div> +<div class="l">Not knowing that the least are sure,</div> +<div class="t">And the mysterious just and true.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>They neither know nor trace the way;</div> +<div class="t">But, trusting to thy piercing eye,</div> +<div class="l">None of their feet to ruin stray,</div> +<div class="t">Nor shall the weakest fail or die.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>My favored soul shall meekly learn</div> +<div class="t">To lay her reason at thy throne;</div> +<div class="l">Too weak thy secrets to discern,</div> +<div class="t">I'll trust thee for my guide alone.</div> +</div> + +</div> + + +<h2>GENERAL PRAISE.</h2> + +<div class="hymn" id="h0149"> + +<h3>149. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Tate & Brady.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Praise to the great Jehovah.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Be thou, O God, exalted high;</div> +<div class="l">And as thy glory fills the sky,</div> +<div class="l">So let it be on earth displayed,</div> +<div class="l">Till thou art here, as there, obeyed.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>O God, our hearts are fixed and bent</div> +<div class="l">Their thankful tribute to present;</div> +<div class="l">And, with the heart, the voice, we'll raise</div> +<div class="l">To thee, our God, in songs of praise.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Thy praises, Lord, we will resound</div> +<div class="l">To all the listening nations round;</div> +<div class="l">Thy mercy highest heaven transcends;</div> +<div class="l">Thy truth beyond the clouds extends.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Be thou, O God, exalted high;</div> +<div class="l">And as thy glory fills the sky,</div> +<div class="l">So let it be on earth displayed,</div> +<div class="l">Till thou art here, as there, obeyed.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0150"> + +<h3>150. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Salisbury Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Adoration.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Holy, holy, holy Lord,</div> +<div class="l">Be thy glorious name adored;</div> +<div class="l">Lord, thy mercies never fail;</div> +<div class="l">Hail, celestial goodness, hail!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Though unworthy, Lord, thine ear,</div> +<div class="l">Deign our humble songs to hear;</div> +<div class="l">Purer praise we hope to bring,</div> +<div class="l">When around thy throne we sing.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>There no tongue shall silent be;</div> +<div class="l">All shall join in harmony;</div> +<div class="l">That, through heaven's capacious round,</div> +<div class="l">Praise to thee may ever sound.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Lord, thy mercies never fail;</div> +<div class="l">Hail, celestial goodness, hail!</div> +<div class="l">Holy, holy, holy Lord,</div> +<div class="l">Be thy glorious name adored.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0151"> + +<h3>151. <span class="meter">10s. & 11s.</span> <span class="sc">Grant.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">God Glorious.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>O, worship the King, all glorious above,</div> +<div class="l">And gratefully sing his wonderful love,</div> +<div class="l">Our Shield and Defender, the Ancient of Days,</div> +<div class="l">Pavilioned in splendor, and girded with praise.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Thy bountiful care what tongue can recite?</div> +<div class="l">It breathes in the air, it shines in the light,</div> +<div class="l">It streams from the hills, it descends to the plain,</div> +<div class="l">And sweetly distils in the dew and the rain.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Frail children of dust, and feeble as frail,</div> +<div class="l">In thee do we trust, nor find thee to fail;</div> +<div class="l">Thy mercies how tender! how firm to the end!</div> +<div class="l">Our Maker, Defender, Redeemer, and Friend.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Father Almighty, how faithful thy love!</div> +<div class="l">While angels delight to hymn thee above,</div> +<div class="l">The humbler creation, though feeble their lays</div> +<div class="l">With true adoration shall lisp to thy praise.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0152"> + +<h3>152. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Hemans.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Invitation to offer Praise.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Praise ye the Lord; on every height</div> +<div class="t">Songs to his glory raise;</div> +<div class="l">Ye angel hosts, ye stars of night,</div> +<div class="t">Join in immortal praise.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>O fire and vapor, hail and snow,</div> +<div class="t">Ye servants of his will;</div> +<div class="l">O stormy winds, that only blow</div> +<div class="t">His mandates to fulfil;--</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Mountains and rocks, to heaven that rise</div> +<div class="t">Fair cedars of the wood;</div> +<div class="l">Creatures of life that wing the skies,</div> +<div class="t">Or track the plains for food;--</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Judges of nations; kings, whose hand</div> +<div class="t">Waves the proud sceptre high;</div> +<div class="l">O youths and virgins of the land;</div> +<div class="t">O age and infancy;--</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Praise ye his name, to whom alone</div> +<div class="t">All homage should be given,</div> +<div class="l">Whose glory, from th' eternal throne,</div> +<div class="t">Spreads wide o'er earth and heaven.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0153"> + +<h3>153. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Milton.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Praise to God.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Let us, with a gladsome mind,</div> +<div class="l">Praise the Lord, for he is kind;</div> +<div class="l">For his mercies shall endure,</div> +<div class="l">Ever faithful, ever sure.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Let us sound his name abroad,</div> +<div class="l">For of gods he is the God;</div> +<div class="l">Who, with all-commanding might,</div> +<div class="l">Filled the new-made world with light;</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Caused the golden-tressed sun</div> +<div class="l">All day long his course to run;</div> +<div class="l">And the moon to shine by night,</div> +<div class="l">'Mongst her spangled sisters bright.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>His own people he did bless,</div> +<div class="l">In the wasteful wilderness;</div> +<div class="l">He hath, with a piteous eye,</div> +<div class="l">Viewed us in our misery.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>All his creatures he doth feed;</div> +<div class="l">His full hand supplies their need;</div> +<div class="l">Let us, therefore, warble forth</div> +<div class="l">His high majesty and worth.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0154"> + +<h3>154. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Tate & Brady.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Praise and Holiness.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>O render thanks to God above,</div> +<div class="l">The fountain of eternal love;</div> +<div class="l">Whose mercy firm through ages past</div> +<div class="l">Has stood and shall forever last.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Who can his mighty deeds express?--</div> +<div class="l">Not only vast, but numberless!</div> +<div class="l">What mortal eloquence can raise</div> +<div class="l">His tribute of immortal praise?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Happy are they, and only they,</div> +<div class="l">Who from thy judgments never stray;</div> +<div class="l">Who know what's right, nor only so,</div> +<div class="l">But always practise what they know.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Extend to me that favor, Lord,</div> +<div class="l">Thou to thy chosen dost afford:</div> +<div class="l">When thou return'st to set them free,</div> +<div class="l">Let thy salvation visit me.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0155"> + +<h3>155. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">J. Taylor.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Divine Glories Celebrated.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Glory be to God on high,</div> +<div class="l">God, whose glory fills the sky;</div> +<div class="l">Peace on earth to man forgiven,</div> +<div class="l">Man, the well-beloved of Heaven.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Favored mortals! raise the song;</div> +<div class="l">Endless thanks to God belong;</div> +<div class="l">Hearts o'erflowing with his praise,</div> +<div class="l">Join the hymns your voices raise.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Mark the wonders of his hand!</div> +<div class="l">Power no empire can withstand;</div> +<div class="l">Wisdom, angel's glorious theme;</div> +<div class="l">Goodness, one eternal stream.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Awful Being! from thy throne</div> +<div class="l">Send thy promised blessings down;</div> +<div class="l">Let thy light, thy truth, thy peace,</div> +<div class="l">Bid our raging passions cease.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0156"> + +<h3>156. <span class="meter">H. M.</span> <span class="sc">Sacred Lyrics.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Perpetual Praise.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>To thee, great Source of light!</div> +<div class="t">My thankful voice I'll raise;</div> +<div class="l">And all my powers unite</div> +<div class="t">To celebrate thy praise;</div> +<div class="l">And, till my voice is lost in death,</div> +<div class="l">May praise employ my every breath.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>And when this feeble tongue</div> +<div class="t">Lies silent in the dust,</div> +<div class="l">My soul shall dwell among</div> +<div class="t">The spirits of the just;</div> +<div class="l">Then, with the shining hosts above,</div> +<div class="l">In nobler strains I'll sing thy love.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0157"> + +<h3>157. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">H. Ballou, 2d.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Praise ye the Lord, around whose throne</div> +<div class="t">All heaven in ceaseless worship waits,</div> +<div class="l">Whose glory fills the worlds unknown--</div> +<div class="t">Praise ye the Lord from Zion's gates.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>With mingling souls and voices join;</div> +<div class="t">To him the swelling anthem raise;</div> +<div class="l">Repeat his name with joy divine,</div> +<div class="t">And fill the temple with his praise.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>All-gracious God, to thee we owe</div> +<div class="t">Each joy and blessing time affords,--</div> +<div class="l">Light, life, and health, and all below,</div> +<div class="t">Spring from thy presence, Lord of lords.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Thine be the praise, for thine the love</div> +<div class="l">That freely all our sins forgave,</div> +<div class="l">Pointed our dying eyes above,</div> +<div class="l">And showed us life beyond the grave.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0158"> + +<h3>158. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same. <span class="scripRef">Ps. 145.</span></p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>My God, my King, thy various praise</div> +<div class="l">Shall fill the remnant of my days;</div> +<div class="l">Thy grace employ my humble tongue</div> +<div class="l">Till death and glory raise the song.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>The wings of every hour shall bear</div> +<div class="l">Some thankful tribute to thine ear;</div> +<div class="l">And every setting sun shall see</div> +<div class="l">New works of duty done for thee.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Let distant times and nations raise</div> +<div class="l">The long succession of thy praise,</div> +<div class="l">And unborn ages make my song</div> +<div class="l">The joy and labor of their tongue.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>But who can speak thy wondrous deeds?</div> +<div class="l">Thy greatness all our thoughts exceeds</div> +<div class="l">Vast and unsearchable thy ways:</div> +<div class="l">Vast and immortal be thy praise.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0159"> + +<h3>159. <span class="meter">6s. 6s. & 4s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same. <span class="scripRef">Ps. 150.</span></p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Praise ye Jehovah's name;</div> +<div class="l">Praise through his courts proclaim;</div> +<div class="t">Rise and adore;--</div> +<div class="l">High o'er the heavens above</div> +<div class="l">Sound his great acts of love,</div> +<div class="l">While his rich grace we prove,</div> +<div class="t">Vast as his power.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Now let the trumpet raise</div> +<div class="l">Sounds of triumphant praise</div> +<div class="t">Wide as his fame;</div> +<div class="l">There let the harp be found;</div> +<div class="l">Organs, with solemn sound,</div> +<div class="l">Roll your deep notes around,</div> +<div class="t">Filled with his name.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>While his high praise ye sing,</div> +<div class="l">Shake every sounding string:</div> +<div class="t">Sweet the accord!--</div> +<div class="l">He vital breath bestows:</div> +<div class="l">Let every breath that flows</div> +<div class="l">His noblest fame disclose--</div> +<div class="t">Praise ye the Lord.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0160"> + +<h3>160. <span class="meter">H. M.</span> <span class="sc">Tate & Brady.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Praise from Heaven and Earth.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Ye boundless realms of joy,</div> +<div class="t">Exalt your Maker's name;</div> +<div class="l">His praise your songs employ</div> +<div class="t">Above the starry frame:</div> +<div class="t2">Your voices raise,</div> +<div class="t3">Ye cherubim</div> +<div class="t3">And seraphim,</div> +<div class="t2">To sing his praise.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Let all adore the Lord,</div> +<div class="t">And praise his holy name,</div> +<div class="l">By whose almighty word</div> +<div class="t">They all from nothing came;</div> +<div class="t2">And all shall last,</div> +<div class="t3">From changes free;</div> +<div class="t3">His firm decree</div> +<div class="t2">Stands ever fast.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0161"> + +<h3>161. <span class="meter">C. P. M.</span> <span class="sc">Ogilvie.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Praise from all Nature. <span class="scripRef">Ps. 148.</span></p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Begin, my soul, th' exalted lay;</div> +<div class="l">Let each enraptured thought obey,</div> +<div class="t">And praise th' Almighty's name.</div> +<div class="l">Lo, heaven and earth and seas and skies</div> +<div class="l">In one melodious concert rise</div> +<div class="t">To swell th' inspiring theme.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Thou heaven of heavens, his vast abode--</div> +<div class="l">Ye clouds, proclaim your Maker, God;</div> +<div class="t">Ye thunders, speak his power.</div> +<div class="l">Lo, on the lightning's rapid wings</div> +<div class="l">In triumph rides the King of Kings:</div> +<div class="t">Th' astonished worlds adore.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Ye deeps with roaring billows rise</div> +<div class="l">To join the thunders of the skies--</div> +<div class="t">Praise him who bids you roll.</div> +<div class="l">His praise in softer notes declare,</div> +<div class="l">Each whispering breeze of yielding air,</div> +<div class="t">And breathe it to the soul.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Wake, all ye soaring throngs, and sing;</div> +<div class="l">Ye cheerful warblers of the spring,</div> +<div class="t">Harmonious anthems raise</div> +<div class="l">To him who shaped your finer mould,</div> +<div class="l">Who tipped your glittering wings with gold,</div> +<div class="t">And tuned your voice to praise.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Let man, by nobler passions swayed,</div> +<div class="l">The feeling heart, the reasoning head,</div> +<div class="t">In heavenly praise employ:</div> +<div class="l">Spread the Creator's name around,</div> +<div class="l">Till heaven's wide arch repeat the sound--</div> +<div class="t">The general burst of joy.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0162"> + +<h3>162. <span class="meter">10s. & 11s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Doddridge.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">A Call to Praise.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>O praise ye the Lord--prepare a new song,</div> +<div class="t">And let all his saints in full concert join;</div> +<div class="l">With voices united the anthem prolong,</div> +<div class="t">And show forth his praises with music divine.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Let praise to the Lord, who made us, ascend;</div> +<div class="t">Let each grateful heart be glad in its King;</div> +<div class="l">The God whom we worship our songs will attend,</div> +<div class="t">And view with complacence the offering we bring.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Be joyful, ye saints sustained by his might,</div> +<div class="t">And let your glad songs awake with each morn;</div> +<div class="l">For those who obey him are still his delight--</div> +<div class="t">His hand with salvation the meek will adorn.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Then praise ye the Lord--prepare a glad song,</div> +<div class="t">And let all his saints in full concert join;</div> +<div class="l">With voices united the anthem prolong,</div> +<div class="t">And show forth his praises with music divine.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0163"> + +<h3>163. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Universal Praise.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Wide as his vast dominion lies,</div> +<div class="t">Make the Creator's name be known;</div> +<div class="l">Loud as his thunders speak his praise,</div> +<div class="t">And sound it lofty as his throne.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Jehovah!--'tis a glorious word;</div> +<div class="t">O may it dwell on every tongue;</div> +<div class="l">But saints, who best have known the Lord,</div> +<div class="t">Are bound to raise the noblest song.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Speak of the wonders of that love</div> +<div class="t">Which Gabriel plays on every chord;</div> +<div class="l">From all below, and all above,</div> +<div class="t">Loud hallelujahs to the Lord.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0164"> + +<h3>164. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Patrick.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Te Deum.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>O God, we praise thee, and confess,</div> +<div class="t">That thou the only Lord</div> +<div class="l">And everlasting Father art,</div> +<div class="t">By all the earth adored.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>To thee all angels cry aloud--</div> +<div class="t">To thee the powers on high,</div> +<div class="l">Both cherubim and seraphim,</div> +<div class="t">Continually do cry--</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>"O holy, holy, holy Lord,</div> +<div class="t">Whom heavenly hosts obey,</div> +<div class="l">The world is with the glory filled</div> +<div class="t">Of thy majestic sway."</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Th' apostles' glorious company,</div> +<div class="t">And prophets, crowned with light,</div> +<div class="l">With all the martyrs' noble host,</div> +<div class="t">Thy constant praise recite.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>The holy church throughout the world,</div> +<div class="t">O Lord, confesses thee--</div> +<div class="l">That thou eternal Father art</div> +<div class="t">Of boundless majesty.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0165"> + +<h3>165. <span class="meter">8s. & 7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Fawcett.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">God of our Salvation.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Praise to thee, thou great Creator;</div> +<div class="t">Praise be thine from every tongue;</div> +<div class="l">Join, my soul, with every creature,</div> +<div class="t">Join the universal song.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Father, source of all compassion,</div> +<div class="t">Free, unbounded grace is thine:</div> +<div class="l">Hail the God of our salvation;</div> +<div class="t">Praise him for his love divine.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>For ten thousand blessings given,</div> +<div class="t">For the hope of future joy,</div> +<div class="l">Sound his praise through earth and heaven,</div> +<div class="t">Sound Jehovah's praise on high.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Joyfully on earth adore him,</div> +<div class="t">'Till in heaven our song we raise;</div> +<div class="l">There, enraptured, fall before him,</div> +<div class="t">Lost in wonder, love, and praise.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0166"> + +<h3>166. <span class="meter">H. M.</span> <span class="sc">George Sandys.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">General Praise.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>All, from the sun's uprise,</div> +<div class="t">Unto his setting rays,</div> +<div class="l">Resound in jubilees,</div> +<div class="t">The great Jehovah's praise.</div> +<div class="t2">Him serve alone;</div> +<div class="t3">In triumph bring</div> +<div class="t3">Your gifts, and sing,</div> +<div class="t2">Before his throne.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Man drew from man his birth,</div> +<div class="t">But God his noble frame</div> +<div class="l">Built of the ruddy earth,</div> +<div class="t">Filled with celestial flame.</div> +<div class="t2">His sons we are;</div> +<div class="t3">Sheep by him led,</div> +<div class="t3">Preserved and fed</div> +<div class="t2">With tender care.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>O to his portals press</div> +<div class="t">In your divine resorts:</div> +<div class="l">With thanks his power profess,</div> +<div class="t">And praise him in his courts.</div> +<div class="t2">How good! How pure!</div> +<div class="t3">His mercies last;</div> +<div class="t3">His promise past,</div> +<div class="t2">Forever sure.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0167"> + +<h3>167. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">M. Rayner.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Hail! Source of light, of life, and love,</div> +<div class="t">And joys that never end;</div> +<div class="l">In whom all creatures live and move:</div> +<div class="t">Creator, Father, Friend.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>All space is with thy presence crowned:</div> +<div class="t">Creation owns thy care;</div> +<div class="l">Each spot in nature's ample round,</div> +<div class="t">Proclaims that God is there.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Attuned to praise be every voice;</div> +<div class="t">Let not one heart be sad:</div> +<div class="l">Jehovah reigns! Let earth rejoice;</div> +<div class="t">Let all the isles be glad.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Then sound the anthem loud and long,</div> +<div class="t">In sweetest, loftiest strains;</div> +<div class="l">And be the burden of the song,</div> +<div class="t">The Lord, Jehovah, reigns!</div> +</div> + +</div> + + +<h2>RELIGION OF NATURE.</h2> + +<div class="hymn" id="h0168"> + +<h3>168. <span class="meter">L. M. 6l.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">God revealed in his Works.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Great God! the heavens' well ordered frame</div> +<div class="l">Declares the glory of thy name,</div> +<div class="t">There thy rich works of wonder shine:</div> +<div class="l">A thousand starry beauties there,</div> +<div class="l">A thousand radiant marks appear,</div> +<div class="t">Of boundless skill and power divine.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>From night to day, from day to night,</div> +<div class="l">The dawning and the dying light</div> +<div class="t">Lectures of heavenly wisdom read;</div> +<div class="l">With silent eloquence they raise</div> +<div class="l">Our thoughts to our Creator's praise,</div> +<div class="t">And neither sound nor language need.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Yet thy divine instructions run</div> +<div class="l">Far as the journeys of the sun:</div> +<div class="t">Thy light and truth are known abroad;</div> +<div class="l">We see thy smile in Nature's face,</div> +<div class="l">And in the pages of thy grace</div> +<div class="t">We read the glories of our God.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0169"> + +<h3>169. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Rowe.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Praise from all Nature.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Begin the high, celestial strain,</div> +<div class="t">My raptured soul, and sing</div> +<div class="l">A sacred hymn of grateful praise</div> +<div class="t">To heaven's almighty King.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Ye curling fountains, as ye roll</div> +<div class="t">Your silver waves along,</div> +<div class="l">Repeat to all your verdant shores</div> +<div class="t">The subject of the song.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Bear it, ye breezes, on your wings,</div> +<div class="t">To distant climes away,</div> +<div class="l">And round the wide-extended world</div> +<div class="t">The lofty theme convey.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Take up the burden of his name,</div> +<div class="t">Ye clouds, as ye arise,</div> +<div class="l">To deck with gold the opening morn,</div> +<div class="t">Or shade the evening skies.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Long let it warble round the spheres,</div> +<div class="t">And echo through the sky;</div> +<div class="l">Let angels, with immortal skill,</div> +<div class="t">Improve the harmony;--</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">6</span>While we, with sacred rapture fired,</div> +<div class="t">The blest Creator sing,</div> +<div class="l">And chant our consecrated lays</div> +<div class="t">To heaven's eternal King.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0170"> + +<h3>170. <span class="meter">8s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Hogg.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">God of Life.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Blessed be thy name forever,</div> +<div class="l">Thou of life the Guard and Giver!</div> +<div class="l">Thou canst guard thy creatures sleeping,</div> +<div class="l">Heal the heart long broke with weeping:</div> +<div class="l">God of stillness and of motion,</div> +<div class="l">Of the desert and the ocean,</div> +<div class="l">Of the mountain, rock and river,</div> +<div class="l">Blessed be thy name forever!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Thou who slumberest not nor sleepest,</div> +<div class="l">Blest are they thou kindly keepest.</div> +<div class="l">God of evening's parting ray,</div> +<div class="l">Of midnight gloom, and dawning day--</div> +<div class="l">That rises from the azure sea</div> +<div class="l">Like breathings of eternity;</div> +<div class="l">God of life! that fade shall never,</div> +<div class="l">Blessed be thy name forever!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0171"> + +<h3>171. <span class="meter">H. M.</span> <span class="sc">H. Ballou, 2d.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Universal Praise.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>Ye realms below the skies,</div> +<div class="t2">Your Maker's praises sing;</div> +<div class="t">Let boundless honors rise</div> +<div class="t2">To heaven's eternal King;</div> +<div class="l">O bless his name whose love extends</div> +<div class="l">Salvation to the world's far ends.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>Give glory to the Lord,</div> +<div class="t2">Ye kindreds of the earth;</div> +<div class="t">His sovereign power record,</div> +<div class="t2">And show his wonders forth,</div> +<div class="l">Till heathen tongues his grace proclaim,</div> +<div class="l">And every heart adores his name.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>'T is he the mountains crowns</div> +<div class="t2">With forests waving wide;</div> +<div class="t">'T is he old ocean bounds,</div> +<div class="t2">And heaves her roaring tide;</div> +<div class="l">He swells the tempests on the main,</div> +<div class="l">Or breathes the zephyr o'er the plain.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>Still let the waters roar,</div> +<div class="t2">As round the earth they roll;</div> +<div class="t">His praise for evermore</div> +<div class="t2">They sound from pole to pole.</div> +<div class="l">'Tis nature's wild, unconscious song</div> +<div class="l">O'er thousand waves that floats along.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">5</span>His praise, ye worlds on high,</div> +<div class="t2">Display with all your spheres,</div> +<div class="t">Amid the darksome sky,</div> +<div class="t2">When silent night appears.</div> +<div class="l">O, let his works declare his name</div> +<div class="l">Through all the universal frame.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0172"> + +<h3>172. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Lutheran Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Goodness of God in his Works.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Hail, great Creator--wise and good!</div> +<div class="t">To thee our songs we raise:</div> +<div class="l">Nature, through all her various scenes,</div> +<div class="t">Invites us to thy praise.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Thy glory beams in every star,</div> +<div class="t">Which gilds the gloom of night,</div> +<div class="l">And decks the smiling face of morn</div> +<div class="t">With rays of cheerful light.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Great nature's God! still may these scenes</div> +<div class="t">Our serious hours engage!</div> +<div class="l">Still may our grateful hearts consult</div> +<div class="t">Thy works' instructive page!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>And while, in all thy wondrous ways,</div> +<div class="t">Thy varied love we see:</div> +<div class="l">Oh, may our hearts, great God, be led</div> +<div class="t">Through all thy works to thee.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0173"> + +<h3>173. <span class="meter">L. M. 6l.</span> <span class="sc">Montgomery's Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Beauties of Creation.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Ours is a lovely world, how fair</div> +<div class="l">Thy beauties e'en on earth appear!</div> +<div class="t">The seasons in their courses fall,</div> +<div class="l">And bring successive joys. The sea,</div> +<div class="l">The earth, the sky, are full of thee,</div> +<div class="t">Benignant, glorious Lord of all!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>There's beauty in the heat of day;</div> +<div class="l">There's glory in the noon-tide ray;</div> +<div class="t">There's sweetness in the twilight shades--</div> +<div class="l">Magnificence in night. Thy love</div> +<div class="l">Arch'd the grand heaven of blue above,</div> +<div class="t">And all our smiling earth pervades.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>And if thy glories here be found,</div> +<div class="l">Streaming with radiance all around,</div> +<div class="t">What must the fount of glory be!</div> +<div class="l">In thee we'll hope, in thee confide,</div> +<div class="l">Thou, mercy's never ebbing tide,</div> +<div class="t">Thou, love's unfathomable sea!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0174"> + +<h3>174. <span class="meter">L. M. 6l.</span> <span class="sc">Moore.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">All Things are of God.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Thou art, O God, the life and light</div> +<div class="t">Of all this wondrous world we see;</div> +<div class="l">Its glow by day, its smile by night,</div> +<div class="t">Are but reflections caught from thee;</div> +<div class="l">Where'er we turn, thy glories shine,</div> +<div class="l">And all things fair and bright are thine.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>When day, with farewell beam delays</div> +<div class="t">Among the opening clouds of even,</div> +<div class="l">And we can almost think we gaze,</div> +<div class="t">Through opening vistas into heaven,--</div> +<div class="l">Those hues that mark the sun's decline,</div> +<div class="l">So soft, so radiant, Lord, are thine.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>When night, with wings of starry gloom,</div> +<div class="t">O'ershadows all the earth and skies,</div> +<div class="l">Like some dark, beauteous bird, whose plume</div> +<div class="t">Is sparkling with unnumbered eyes,--</div> +<div class="l">That sacred gloom, those fires divine,</div> +<div class="l">So grand, so countless, Lord, are thine.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>When youthful spring around us breathes,</div> +<div class="t">Thy spirit warms her fragrant sigh;</div> +<div class="l">And every flower that summer wreathes</div> +<div class="t">Is born beneath thy kindling eye:</div> +<div class="l">Where'er we turn, thy glories shine,</div> +<div class="l">And all things fair and bright are thine.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0175"> + +<h3>175. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Addison.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Heavens declare the Glory of God.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>The spacious firmament on high,</div> +<div class="l">With all the blue ethereal sky,</div> +<div class="l">And spangled heavens, a shining frame,</div> +<div class="l">Their great original proclaim.</div> +<div class="l">Th' unwearied sun, from day to day,</div> +<div class="l">Doth his Creator's power display;</div> +<div class="l">And publishes to every land</div> +<div class="l">The work of an Almighty hand.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Soon as the evening shades prevail,</div> +<div class="l">The moon takes up the wondrous tale,</div> +<div class="l">And nightly to the listening earth</div> +<div class="l">Repeats the story of her birth:</div> +<div class="l">Whilst all the stars which round her burn,</div> +<div class="l">And all the planets in their turn,</div> +<div class="l">Confirm the tidings as they roll,</div> +<div class="l">And spread the truth from pole to pole.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>What though, in solemn silence, all</div> +<div class="l">Move round this dark terrestrial ball;</div> +<div class="l">What though no real voice nor sound</div> +<div class="l">Amidst their radiant orbs be found;</div> +<div class="l">In reason's ear they all rejoice,</div> +<div class="l">And utter forth a glorious voice;</div> +<div class="l">Forever singing, as they shine,--</div> +<div class="l">"The hand that made us is divine."</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0176"> + +<h3>176. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Zinzendorf.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Creator, God.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Lord, when thou said'st, "So let it be,"</div> +<div class="t">The heavens were spread and shone,</div> +<div class="l">And this whole earth stood gloriously;</div> +<div class="t">Thou spak'st and it was done.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>The whole creation still records,</div> +<div class="t">Unto this very day,</div> +<div class="l">That thou art God, the Lord of lords;</div> +<div class="t">Thee all things must obey.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0177"> + +<h3>177. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Bowring.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Nature's Evening Hymn.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>The heavenly spheres, to thee, O God,</div> +<div class="t">Attune their evening hymn;</div> +<div class="l">All wise, all holy, thou art praised,</div> +<div class="t">In song of seraphim!</div> +<div class="l">Unnumbered systems, suns and worlds,</div> +<div class="t">Unite to worship thee,</div> +<div class="l">While thy majestic greatness fills</div> +<div class="t">Space, time, eternity.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Nature,--a temple worthy thee,</div> +<div class="t">That beams with light and love;</div> +<div class="l">Whose flowers so sweetly bloom below,</div> +<div class="t">Whose stars rejoice above,</div> +<div class="l">Whose altars are the mountain cliffs</div> +<div class="t">That rise along the shore;</div> +<div class="l">Whose anthems, the sublime accord</div> +<div class="t">Of storm and ocean roar;</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Her song of gratitude is sung</div> +<div class="t">By spring's awakening hours;</div> +<div class="l">Her summer offers at thy shrine</div> +<div class="t">Its earliest, loveliest flowers;</div> +<div class="l">Her autumn brings its ripened fruits,</div> +<div class="t">In glorious luxury given;</div> +<div class="l">While winter's silver heights reflect</div> +<div class="t">Thy brightness back to heaven.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>On all thou smil'st; and what is man</div> +<div class="t">Before thy presence, God;</div> +<div class="l">A breath, but yesterday inspired,</div> +<div class="t">To-morrow but a clod.</div> +<div class="l">That clod shall mingle in the vale,</div> +<div class="t">But, kindled, Lord, by thee,</div> +<div class="l">The spirit to thy arms shall spring,</div> +<div class="t">To life, to liberty.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0178"> + +<h3>178. <span class="meter">L. M. 6l.</span> <span class="sc">Bowring.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night showeth knowledge."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>The heavens, O Lord! thy power proclaim,</div> +<div class="l">And the earth echoes back thy name;</div> +<div class="l">Ten thousand voices speak thy might,</div> +<div class="l">And day to day, and night to night,</div> +<div class="l">Utter thy praise--thou Lord above!</div> +<div class="l">Thy praise, thy glory, and thy love.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>And nature with its countless throng,</div> +<div class="l">And sun, and moon, and planets' song,</div> +<div class="l">And every flower that light receives,</div> +<div class="l">And every dew that tips the leaves,</div> +<div class="l">And every murmur of the sea--</div> +<div class="l">Tunes its sweet voice to worship Thee.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Thy name thy glories they rehearse,</div> +<div class="l">Great Spirit of the universe;</div> +<div class="l">Sense of all sense, and soul of soul,</div> +<div class="l">Nought is too vast for thy control;</div> +<div class="l">The meanest and the mightiest share</div> +<div class="l">Alike thy kindness and thy care.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0179"> + +<h3>179. <span class="meter">8s. & 7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Heber.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"Consider the lilies of the field;--behold the fowls of the air."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Lo! the lilies of the field!</div> +<div class="l">How their leaves instruction yield!</div> +<div class="l">Hark to nature's lesson given</div> +<div class="l">By the blessed birds of heaven!</div> +<div class="l">Every bush and tufted tree</div> +<div class="l">Warbles trust and piety:</div> +<div class="l">Children, banish doubt and sorrow,--</div> +<div class="l">God provideth for the morrow.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>One there lives, whose guardian eye</div> +<div class="l">Guides our earthly destiny;</div> +<div class="l">One there lives, who, Lord of all,</div> +<div class="l">Keeps his children lest they fall:</div> +<div class="l">Pass we, then, in love and praise,</div> +<div class="l">Trusting him, through all our days,</div> +<div class="l">Free from doubt and faithless sorrow,--</div> +<div class="l">God provideth for the morrow.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0180"> + +<h3>180. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Peabody.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Religious Influences of Nature.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>God of the fair and open sky!</div> +<div class="t">How gloriously above us springs</div> +<div class="l">The tented dome, of heavenly blue,</div> +<div class="t">Suspended on the rainbow's rings!</div> +<div class="l">Each brilliant star, that sparkles through</div> +<div class="t">Each gilded cloud that wanders free</div> +<div class="l">In evening's purple radiance, gives</div> +<div class="t">The beauty of its praise to thee.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>God of the rolling orbs above,</div> +<div class="t">Thy name is written clearly bright</div> +<div class="l">In the warm day's unvarying blaze,</div> +<div class="t">Or evening's golden shower of light:</div> +<div class="l">For every fire that fronts the sun,</div> +<div class="t">And every spark that walks alone</div> +<div class="l">Around the utmost verge of heaven,</div> +<div class="t">Were kindled at thy burning throne.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>God of the world, the hour must come,</div> +<div class="t">And nature's self to dust return;</div> +<div class="l">Her crumbling altars must decay;</div> +<div class="t">Her incense-fires shall cease to burn;</div> +<div class="l">But still her grand and lovely scenes</div> +<div class="t">Have made man's warmest praises flow,</div> +<div class="l">For hearts grow holier as they trace</div> +<div class="t">The beauty of the world below.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0181"> + +<h3>181. <span class="meter">7s. & 6s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Conder.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"Day unto day uttereth speech."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>The heavens declare his glory,</div> +<div class="t">Their Maker's skill the skies:</div> +<div class="l">Each day repeats the story,</div> +<div class="t">And night to night replies.</div> +<div class="l">Their silent proclamation</div> +<div class="t">Throughout the earth is heard;</div> +<div class="l">The record of creation,</div> +<div class="t">The page of nature's word.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>There, from his bright pavilion,</div> +<div class="t">Like eastern bridegroom clad,</div> +<div class="l">Hailed by earth's thousand million,</div> +<div class="t">The sun sets forth; right glad,</div> +<div class="l">His glorious race commencing,</div> +<div class="t">The mighty giant seems;</div> +<div class="l">Through the vast round dispensing</div> +<div class="t">His all-pervading beams.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>So pure, so soul-restoring</div> +<div class="t">Is truth's diviner ray;</div> +<div class="l">A brighter radiance pouring</div> +<div class="t">Than all the pomp of day:</div> +<div class="l">The wanderer surely guiding,</div> +<div class="t">It makes the simple wise;</div> +<div class="l">And evermore abiding,</div> +<div class="t">Unfailing joy supplies.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0182"> + +<h3>182. <span class="meter">L. M. 6l.</span> <span class="sc">Heber.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Visible World a Shadow of the Invisible.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>I praised the earth in beauty seen,</div> +<div class="l">With garlands gay of various green;</div> +<div class="l">I praised the sea, whose ample field</div> +<div class="l">Shone glorious as a silver shield;</div> +<div class="l">And earth and ocean seemed to say,</div> +<div class="l">"Our beauties are but for a day."</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>I praised the sun, whose chariot rolled</div> +<div class="l">On wheels of amber and of gold;</div> +<div class="l">I praised the moon, whose softer eye</div> +<div class="l">Gleamed sweetly through the summer sky;</div> +<div class="l">And moon and sun in answer said,</div> +<div class="l">"Our years are told when we must fade."</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>O God, O, good beyond compare!</div> +<div class="l">If thus thy meaner works are fair,--</div> +<div class="l">If thus thy bounties gild the span</div> +<div class="l">Of sinful earth and mortal man,--</div> +<div class="l">How glorious must thy mansion be</div> +<div class="l">Where thy redeemed shall dwell with thee.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0183"> + +<h3>183. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Moore.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Nature a Temple.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>The turf shall be my fragrant shrine;</div> +<div class="l">My temple, Lord, that arch of thine,</div> +<div class="l">My censor's breath the mountain airs,</div> +<div class="l">And silent thoughts my only prayers.</div> +<div class="l">My choir shall be the moonlight waves,</div> +<div class="l">When murmuring homeward to their caves,</div> +<div class="l">Or when the stillness of the sea,</div> +<div class="l">E'en more than music breathes of thee.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>I'll seek, by day, some glade unknown.</div> +<div class="l">All light and silence like thy throne,</div> +<div class="l">And the pale stars shall be, at night,</div> +<div class="l">The only eyes that watch my rite.</div> +<div class="l">Thy heaven, on which 'tis bliss to look,</div> +<div class="l">Shall be my pure and shining book,</div> +<div class="l">Where I can read, in words of flame,</div> +<div class="l">The glories of thy wondrous name.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>There's nothing bright, above, below,</div> +<div class="l">From flowers that bloom, to stars that glow,</div> +<div class="l">But in its light my soul can see</div> +<div class="l">Some feature of thy Deity.</div> +<div class="l">There's nothing dark, below, above,</div> +<div class="l">But in its gloom I trace thy love,</div> +<div class="l">And meekly wait that moment, when</div> +<div class="l">Thy touch shall turn all bright again.</div> +</div> + +</div> + + +<h2>THE SCRIPTURES.</h2> + +<div class="hymn" id="h0184"> + +<h3>184. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Tate & Brady.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Perfection of God's Law.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>God's perfect law converts the soul,</div> +<div class="t">Reclaims from false desires;</div> +<div class="l">With sacred wisdom his sure word</div> +<div class="t">The ignorant inspires.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>The statutes of the Lord are just,</div> +<div class="t">And bring sincere delight;</div> +<div class="l">His pure commands, in search of truth,</div> +<div class="t">Assist the feeblest sight.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>His perfect worship here is fixed,</div> +<div class="t">On sure foundations laid;</div> +<div class="l">His equal laws are in the scales</div> +<div class="t">Of truth and justice weighed.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Of more esteem than golden mines,</div> +<div class="t">Or gold refined with skill;</div> +<div class="l">More sweet than honey, or the drops</div> +<div class="t">That from the comb distil.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>My trusty counsellors they are,</div> +<div class="t">And friendly warnings give;</div> +<div class="l">Divine rewards attend on those,</div> +<div class="t">Who by thy precepts live.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0185"> + +<h3>185. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Nature and Scripture. <span class="scripRef">Ps. 19.</span></p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>The heavens declare thy glory, Lord!</div> +<div class="t">In every star thy wisdom shines;</div> +<div class="l">But, when our eyes behold thy word,</div> +<div class="t">We read thy name in fairer lines.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>The rolling sun, the changing light,</div> +<div class="t">And nights, and days, thy power confess;</div> +<div class="l">But the blest volume thou hast writ</div> +<div class="t">Reveals thy justice and thy grace.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Sun, moon, and stars, convey thy praise</div> +<div class="t">Round the whole earth, and never stand;</div> +<div class="l">So when thy truth began its race,</div> +<div class="t">It touched and glanced on every land.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Nor shall thy spreading gospel rest</div> +<div class="t">Till through the world thy truth has run;</div> +<div class="l">Till Christ has all the nations blest,</div> +<div class="t">That see the light, or feel the sun.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0186"> + +<h3>186. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Cowper.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Light and Glory of the Word.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>A glory gilds the sacred page,</div> +<div class="t">Majestic like the sun:</div> +<div class="l">It gives a light to every age;</div> +<div class="t">It gives, but borrows none.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>The hand that gave it still supplies</div> +<div class="t">The gracious light and heat:</div> +<div class="l">His truths upon the nations rise;</div> +<div class="t">They rise, but never set.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Let everlasting thanks be thine,</div> +<div class="t">For such a bright display,</div> +<div class="l">As makes a world of darkness shine</div> +<div class="t">With beams of heavenly day.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>My soul rejoices to pursue</div> +<div class="t">The steps of Him I love,</div> +<div class="l">Till glory break upon my view</div> +<div class="t">In brighter worlds above.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0187"> + +<h3>187. <span class="meter">L. M. 6l.</span> <span class="sc">Spirit of the Psalms.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Praise to God for his Word.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Join, all ye servants of the Lord,</div> +<div class="l">To praise him for his sacred word,--</div> +<div class="l">That word, like manna, sent from heaven,</div> +<div class="l">To all who seek it freely given;</div> +<div class="l">Its promises our fears remove,</div> +<div class="l">And fill our hearts with joy and love.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>It tells us, though oppressed with cares,</div> +<div class="l">The God of mercy hears our prayers;</div> +<div class="l">Though steep and rough th' appointed way,</div> +<div class="l">His mighty arm shall be our stay;</div> +<div class="l">Though deadly foes assail our peace,</div> +<div class="l">His power shall bid their malice cease.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>It tells who first inspired our breath,</div> +<div class="l">And who redeemed our souls from death;</div> +<div class="l">It tells of grace,--grace freely given,--</div> +<div class="l">And shows the path to God and heaven:</div> +<div class="l">O, bless we, then, our gracious Lord,</div> +<div class="l">For all the treasures of his word.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0188"> + +<h3>188. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Nature and Scripture. <span class="scripRef">Ps. 19.</span></p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>Behold! the lofty sky</div> +<div class="t">Declares its Maker, God:</div> +<div class="l">And all his starry works on high</div> +<div class="t">Proclaim his power abroad.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>Ye Christian lands, rejoice!</div> +<div class="t">Here he reveals his word;</div> +<div class="l">We are not left to nature's voice</div> +<div class="t">To bid us know the Lord.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>His statutes and commands</div> +<div class="t">Are set before our eyes;</div> +<div class="l">He puts his gospel in our hands,</div> +<div class="t">Where our salvation lies.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>While of thy works I sing,</div> +<div class="t">Thy glory to proclaim,</div> +<div class="l">Accept the praise, my God, my King,</div> +<div class="t">In my Redeemer's name.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0189"> + +<h3>189. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Rippon's Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Value of the Scriptures.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>How precious is the book divine,</div> +<div class="t">By inspiration given!</div> +<div class="l">Bright as a lamp its doctrines shine,</div> +<div class="t">To lead our souls to heaven.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>O'er all the strait and narrow way</div> +<div class="t">Its radiant beams are cast;</div> +<div class="l">A light whose never weary ray</div> +<div class="t">Grows brightest at the last.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>It sweetly cheers our fainting hearts</div> +<div class="t">In this dark vale of tears;</div> +<div class="l">Life, light, and comfort it imparts,</div> +<div class="t">And calms our anxious fears.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>This lamp through all the dreary night</div> +<div class="t">Of life shall guide our way,</div> +<div class="l">Till we behold the glorious light</div> +<div class="t">Of never-ending day.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0190"> + +<h3>190. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Episcopal Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Sufficiency of the Scriptures.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Great God, with wonder and with praise</div> +<div class="t">On all thy works I look;</div> +<div class="l">But still thy wisdom, power, and grace,</div> +<div class="t">Shine brightest in thy book.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Here are my choicest treasures hid;</div> +<div class="t">Here my best comfort lies;</div> +<div class="l">Here my desires are satisfied;</div> +<div class="t">And here my hopes arise.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Lord, make me understand thy law;</div> +<div class="t">Show what my faults have been;</div> +<div class="l">And from thy gospel let me draw</div> +<div class="t">The pardon of my sin.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0191"> + +<h3>191. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Beddome.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Superiority of the Scriptures.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>O Lord, thy perfect word</div> +<div class="t">Directs our steps aright;</div> +<div class="l">Nor can all other books afford</div> +<div class="t">Such profit or delight.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>Celestial light it sheds,</div> +<div class="t">To cheer this vail below;</div> +<div class="l">To distant lands its glory spreads,</div> +<div class="t">And streams of mercy flow.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>True wisdom it imparts;</div> +<div class="t">Commands our hope and fear;</div> +<div class="l">O, may we hide it in our hearts,</div> +<div class="t">And feel its influence there.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0192"> + +<h3>192. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Beddome.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Gospel Revelation.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>God, in the Gospel of his Son,</div> +<div class="l">Makes his eternal counsels known;</div> +<div class="l">'Tis here his richest mercy shines,</div> +<div class="l">And truth is drawn in fairest lines.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Wisdom its dictates here imparts,</div> +<div class="l">To form our minds, to cheer our hearts;</div> +<div class="l">Its influence makes the sinner live;</div> +<div class="l">It bids the drooping saint revive.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Our raging passions it controls,</div> +<div class="l">And comfort yields to contrite souls;</div> +<div class="l">It brings a better world in view,</div> +<div class="l">And guides us all our journey through.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>May this blest volume ever lie</div> +<div class="l">Close to my heart, and near my eye,</div> +<div class="l">Till life's last hour my soul engage,</div> +<div class="l">And be my chosen heritage.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0193"> + +<h3>193. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Revelation. <span class="scripRef">Ps. 119.</span></p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Let all the heathen writers join</div> +<div class="t">To form one perfect book,</div> +<div class="l">Great God, if once compared with thine,</div> +<div class="t">How mean their writings look!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Not the most perfect rules they gave</div> +<div class="t">Could show one sin forgiven,</div> +<div class="l">Nor lead a step beyond the grave;</div> +<div class="t">But thine conduct to heaven.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>I've seen an end of what we call</div> +<div class="t">Perfection here below;</div> +<div class="l">How short the powers of nature fall,</div> +<div class="t">And can no farther go!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Our faith, and love, and every grace,</div> +<div class="t">Fall far below thy word;</div> +<div class="l">But perfect truth and righteousness</div> +<div class="t">Dwell only with the Lord.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0194"> + +<h3>194. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Scriptures.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Lamp of our feet! whose hallowed beam</div> +<div class="t">Deep in our hearts its dwelling hath,</div> +<div class="l">How welcome is the cheering gleam</div> +<div class="t">Thou sheddest o'er our lowly path!</div> +<div class="l">Light of our way! whose ways are flung</div> +<div class="t">In mercy o'er our pilgrim road,</div> +<div class="l">How blessed, its dark shades among,</div> +<div class="t">The star that guides us to our God.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>In the sweet morning's hour of prime,</div> +<div class="t">Thy blessed words our lips engage,</div> +<div class="l">And round our hearths at evening time</div> +<div class="t">Our children spell the holy page;</div> +<div class="l">The waymark through long distant years,</div> +<div class="t">To guide their wandering footsteps on,</div> +<div class="l">Till thy last loveliest beam appears,</div> +<div class="t">Inscribed upon the churchyard stone.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Lamp of our feet! which day by day</div> +<div class="t">Are passing to the quiet tomb,</div> +<div class="l">If on it fall thy peaceful ray,</div> +<div class="t">Our last low dwelling hath no gloom.</div> +<div class="l">How beautiful their calm repose</div> +<div class="t">To whom thy blessed hope is given</div> +<div class="l">Whose pilgrimage on earth is closed</div> +<div class="t">By the unfolding gates of heaven!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0195"> + +<h3>195. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Comfort from the Bible.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Lord, I have made thy word my choice,</div> +<div class="t">My lasting heritage;</div> +<div class="l">There shall my noblest powers rejoice,</div> +<div class="t">My warmest thoughts engage.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>I'll read the histories of thy love,</div> +<div class="t">And keep thy laws in sight,</div> +<div class="l">While through the promises I rove,</div> +<div class="t">With ever-fresh delight.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>'T is a broad land of wealth unknown,</div> +<div class="t">Where springs of life arise,</div> +<div class="l">Seeds of immortal bliss are sown,</div> +<div class="t">And hidden glory lies.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>The best relief that mourners have,</div> +<div class="t">It makes our sorrows blest;</div> +<div class="l">Our fairest hope beyond the grave,</div> +<div class="t">And our eternal rest.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0196"> + +<h3>196. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Thou Book of life!--in thee are found</div> +<div class="t">The mysteries of my Maker's will;</div> +<div class="l">Treasures of knowledge here abound,</div> +<div class="t">The deepest, loftiest mind to fill.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Thou art a banquet;--choicest food</div> +<div class="t">I'll seek in thee: thou art a rock,</div> +<div class="l">Whence pour sweet waters; every good</div> +<div class="t">From thee doth flow for Christ's own flock.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Light of the world! thy beams impart</div> +<div class="t">To lead my feet through life's dark way;</div> +<div class="l">O shine on this benighted heart,</div> +<div class="t">Nor let me from thy guidance stray.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Healer of all the woes of life!</div> +<div class="t">The balm of souls diseased; to save</div> +<div class="l">From all earth's pain; and end the strife</div> +<div class="t">Of death, with victory o'er the grave!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0197"> + +<h3>197. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">E. Taylor.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Bible.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>It is the one true light,</div> +<div class="t">When other lamps grow dim,</div> +<div class="l">'T will never burn less purely bright,</div> +<div class="t">Nor lead astray from Him.</div> +<div class="t">It is Love's blessed band,</div> +<div class="t">That reaches from the throne</div> +<div class="l">To him--whoe'er he be--whose hand</div> +<div class="t">Will seize it for his own!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>It is the golden key</div> +<div class="t">Unto celestial wealth,</div> +<div class="l">Joy to the sons of poverty,</div> +<div class="t">And to the sick man, health!</div> +<div class="t">The gently proffer'd aid</div> +<div class="t">Of one who knows and best</div> +<div class="l">Supplies the beings he has made</div> +<div class="t">With what will make them blessed.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>It is the sweetest sound</div> +<div class="t">That infant years can hear,</div> +<div class="l">Travelling across that holy ground,</div> +<div class="t">With God and angels near.</div> +<div class="t">There rests the weary head,</div> +<div class="t">There age and sorrow go;</div> +<div class="l">And how it smooths the dying bed,</div> +<div class="t">O! let the Christian show!</div> +</div> + +</div> + + +<h2>CHRIST; HIS CHARACTER AND OFFICES.</h2> + +<div class="hymn" id="h0198"> + +<h3>198. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Christian Psalmist.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Saviour Foretold.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Behold my servant; see him rise</div> +<div class="t">Exalted in my might!</div> +<div class="l">Him have I chosen, and in him</div> +<div class="t">I place supreme delight.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>On him in rich effusion poured,</div> +<div class="t">My spirit shall descend;</div> +<div class="l">My truth and judgment he shall show</div> +<div class="t">To earth's remotest end.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Gentle and still shall be his voice;</div> +<div class="t">No threats from him proceed;</div> +<div class="l">The smoking flax shall he not quench,</div> +<div class="t">Nor break the bruised reed.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>The feeble spark to flames he'll raise;</div> +<div class="t">The weak will not despise;</div> +<div class="l">Judgment he shall bring forth to truth,</div> +<div class="t">And make the fallen rise.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>The progress of his zeal and power</div> +<div class="t">Shall never know decline,</div> +<div class="l">Till foreign lands and distant isles</div> +<div class="t">Receive the law divine.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0199"> + +<h3>199. <span class="meter">11s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Drummond.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"Prepare ye the Way of the Lord."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>A voice from the desert comes awful and shrill;</div> +<div class="t">The Lord is advancing! prepare ye the way!</div> +<div class="l">The word of Jehovah he comes to fulfil,</div> +<div class="t">And o'er the dark world pour the splendor of day.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Bring down the proud mountain though towering to heaven,</div> +<div class="t">And be the low valley exalted on high;</div> +<div class="l">The rough path and crooked be made smooth and even,</div> +<div class="t">For, Zion! your King, your Redeemer is nigh.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>The beams of salvation his progress illume;</div> +<div class="t">The lone, dreary wilderness sings of her Lord;</div> +<div class="l">The rose and the myrtle there suddenly bloom,</div> +<div class="t">And the olive of peace spreads its branches abroad.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0200"> + +<h3>200. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Bowring.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Report of the Watchman.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Watchman! tell us of the night,</div> +<div class="t">What its signs of promise are.</div> +<div class="l">Traveller! o'er yon mountain's height,</div> +<div class="t">See that glory-beaming star.</div> +<div class="l">Watchman! does its beauteous ray</div> +<div class="t">Aught of joy or hope foretell?</div> +<div class="l">Traveller! yes; it brings the day,</div> +<div class="t">Promised day of Israel.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Watchman! tell us of the night;</div> +<div class="t">Higher yet that star ascends.</div> +<div class="l">Traveller! blessedness and light,</div> +<div class="t">Peace and truth its course portends.</div> +<div class="l">Watchman! will its beams alone</div> +<div class="t">Gild the spot that gave them birth?</div> +<div class="l">Traveller! ages are its own;</div> +<div class="t">See, it bursts o'er all the earth.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Watchman! tell us of the night,</div> +<div class="t">For the morning seems to dawn.</div> +<div class="l">Traveller! darkness takes its flight;</div> +<div class="t">Doubt and terror are withdrawn.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Watchman! let thy wanderings cease;</div> +<div class="t">Hie thee to thy quiet home.</div> +<div class="l">Traveller! lo! the Prince of Peace,</div> +<div class="t">Lo! the Son of God, is come.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0201"> + +<h3>201. <span class="meter">8s. & 7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Cawood.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Song of the Angels of Bethlehem.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Hark! what mean those holy voices,</div> +<div class="t">Sweetly sounding through the skies?</div> +<div class="l">Lo! th' angelic host rejoices;</div> +<div class="t">Heavenly hallelujahs rise.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Listen to the wondrous story</div> +<div class="t">Which they chant in hymns of joy:</div> +<div class="l">"Glory in the highest, glory!</div> +<div class="t">Glory be to God most high!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>"Peace on earth, good-will from heaven,</div> +<div class="t">Reaching far as man is found:</div> +<div class="l">Souls redeemed and sins forgiven:--</div> +<div class="t">Loud our golden harps shall sound.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>"Christ is born, the great Anointed;</div> +<div class="t">Heaven and earth his praises sing!</div> +<div class="l">O, receive whom God appointed,</div> +<div class="t">For your Prophet, Priest and King."</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Let us learn the wondrous story</div> +<div class="t">Of our great Redeemer's birth;</div> +<div class="l">Spread the brightness of his glory,</div> +<div class="t">Till it cover all the earth.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0202"> + +<h3>202. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">E. H. Sears.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Christmas Hymn.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Calm on the listening ear of night</div> +<div class="t">Come heaven's melodious strains,</div> +<div class="l">Where wild Judea stretches far</div> +<div class="t">Her silver-mantled plains!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>The answering hills of Palestine</div> +<div class="t">Send back the glad reply;</div> +<div class="l">And greet, from all their holy heights,</div> +<div class="t">The dayspring from on high</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>O'er the blue depths of Galilee</div> +<div class="t">There comes a holier calm,</div> +<div class="l">And Sharon waves, in solemn praise,</div> +<div class="t">Her silent groves of palm.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>"Glory to God!" the sounding skies</div> +<div class="t">Loud with their anthems ring,--</div> +<div class="l">Peace to the earth,--good-will to men,</div> +<div class="t">From heaven's eternal King!"</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Light on thy hills, Jerusalem!</div> +<div class="t">The Saviour now is born!</div> +<div class="l">And bright on Bethlehem's joyous plains</div> +<div class="t">Breaks the first Christmas morn.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0203"> + +<h3>203. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">E. H. Chapin.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>Hark! hark! with harps of gold,</div> +<div class="t">What anthem do they sing?--</div> +<div class="l">The radiant clouds have backward rolled,</div> +<div class="t">And angels smite the string.</div> +<div class="t">"Glory to God!"--bright wings</div> +<div class="t">Spread glist'ning and afar,</div> +<div class="l">And on the hallowed rapture rings</div> +<div class="t">From circling star to star.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>"Glory to God!" repeat</div> +<div class="t">The glad earth and the sea;</div> +<div class="l">And every wind and billow fleet,</div> +<div class="t">Bears on the jubilee.</div> +<div class="t">Where Hebrew bard hath sung,</div> +<div class="t">Or Hebrew seer hath trod,</div> +<div class="l">Each holy spot has found a tongue;</div> +<div class="t">"Let glory be to God."</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>Soft swells the music now</div> +<div class="t">Along that shining choir,</div> +<div class="l">And every seraph bends his brow</div> +<div class="t">And breathes above his lyre.</div> +<div class="t">What words of heavenly birth</div> +<div class="t">Thrill deep our hearts again,</div> +<div class="l">And fall like dew-drops to the earth?</div> +<div class="t">"Peace and good-will to men!"</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>Soft!--yet the soul is bound</div> +<div class="t">With rapture, like a chain:</div> +<div class="l">Earth, vocal, whispers them around,</div> +<div class="t">And heav'n repeats the strain.</div> +<div class="t">Sound, harps, and hail the morn</div> +<div class="t">With ev'ry golden string;--</div> +<div class="l">For unto us this day is born</div> +<div class="t">A Saviour and a King!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0204"> + +<h3>204. <span class="meter">S. H. M.</span> <span class="sc">T. H. Bayley.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>No loud avenging voice</div> +<div class="t2">Proclaimed Messiah's birth;</div> +<div class="t">The Son of God came down to teach</div> +<div class="t2">Humility on earth,</div> +<div class="l">And by his sufferings to efface</div> +<div class="l">The errors of a sinful race.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>Not on a purple throne,</div> +<div class="t2">With gold and jewels crowned,</div> +<div class="t">But in the meanest dwelling place</div> +<div class="t2">The precious babe was found:</div> +<div class="l">Yet star-directed sages came,</div> +<div class="l">And kneeling, glorified his name.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>To shepherds first was shown</div> +<div class="t2">The promised boon of heaven,</div> +<div class="t">Who cried, "To us a child is born--</div> +<div class="t2">To us a Son is given!"</div> +<div class="l">Death from his mighty throne was hurled,</div> +<div class="l">Faith hailed Salvation to the world.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>Lord! may thy holy cross</div> +<div class="t2">Bear peace from clime to clime,</div> +<div class="t">Till all mankind at length are freed</div> +<div class="t2">From sorrow, shame and crime:</div> +<div class="l">Dispel the unbeliever's gloom,</div> +<div class="l">And end the terrors of the tomb!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0205"> + +<h3>205. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Campbell.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>When Jordan hushed his waters still,</div> +<div class="l">And silence slept on Zion's hill;</div> +<div class="l">When Bethlehem's shepherds through the night</div> +<div class="l">Watched o'er their flocks by starry light:</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Hark! from the midnight hills around,</div> +<div class="l">A voice of more than mortal sound,</div> +<div class="l">In distant hallelujahs stole,</div> +<div class="l">Wild murm'ring o'er the raptured soul.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>"O Zion! lift thy raptured eye,</div> +<div class="l">The long expected hour is nigh;</div> +<div class="l">The joys of nature rise again,</div> +<div class="l">The Prince of Salem comes to reign.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>"He comes, to cheer the trembling heart,</div> +<div class="l">Bids Satan and his host depart;</div> +<div class="l">Again the day-star gilds the gloom,</div> +<div class="l">Again the bowers of Eden bloom."</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0206"> + +<h3>206. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>Behold, the grace appears,</div> +<div class="t">The blessing promised long;</div> +<div class="l">Angels announce the Saviour near,</div> +<div class="t">In this triumphant song:--</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>"Glory to God on high</div> +<div class="t">And heavenly peace on earth;</div> +<div class="l">Good-will to men, to angels joy,</div> +<div class="t">At the Redeemer's birth."</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>In worship so divine</div> +<div class="t">Let men employ their tongues;</div> +<div class="l">With the celestial host we join,</div> +<div class="t">And loud repeat their songs:--</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>"Glory to God on high,</div> +<div class="t">And heavenly peace on earth;</div> +<div class="l">Good-will to men, to angels joy,</div> +<div class="t">At our Redeemer's birth."</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0207"> + +<h3>207. <span class="meter">H. M.</span> <span class="sc">Salisbury Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Hark! what celestial notes,</div> +<div class="t">What melody, we hear!</div> +<div class="l">Soft on the morn it floats,</div> +<div class="t">And fills the ravished ear.</div> +<div class="t2">The tuneful shell,</div> +<div class="t3">The golden lyre,</div> +<div class="t3">And vocal choir,</div> +<div class="t2">The concert swell.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Angelic hosts descend,</div> +<div class="t">With harmony divine;</div> +<div class="l">See, how from heaven they bend,</div> +<div class="t">And in full chorus join!</div> +<div class="t2">"Fear not," say they;</div> +<div class="t3">Jesus, your King,</div> +<div class="t3">"Great joy we bring:</div> +<div class="t2">Is born to day."</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>"Glory to God on high!</div> +<div class="t">Ye mortals, spread the sound,</div> +<div class="l">And let your raptures fly</div> +<div class="t">To earth's remotest bound!</div> +<div class="t2">For peace on earth,</div> +<div class="t3">From God in heaven,</div> +<div class="t3">To man is given,</div> +<div class="t2">At Jesus' birth."</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0208"> + +<h3>208. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Hail, all hail the joyful morn:</div> +<div class="t">Tell it forth from earth to heaven,</div> +<div class="l">That to us a child is born,</div> +<div class="t">That to us a Son is given.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Angels, bending from the sky,</div> +<div class="t">Chanted, at the wondrous birth,</div> +<div class="l">"Glory be to God on high,</div> +<div class="t">Peace--good-will to man on earth."</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Join we then our feeble lays</div> +<div class="t">To the chorus of the sky;</div> +<div class="l">And, in songs of grateful praise,</div> +<div class="t">Glory give to God on high.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0209"> + +<h3>209. <span class="meter">11s. & 10s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Heber.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Star of the East.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Brightest and best of the sons of the morning,</div> +<div class="t">Dawn on our darkness and lend us thine aid;</div> +<div class="l">Star of the East,--the horizon adorning,--</div> +<div class="t">Guide where the infant Redeemer is laid.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Cold on his cradle the dew-drops are shining;</div> +<div class="t">Low lies his head with the beasts of the stall;</div> +<div class="l">Angels bend o'er him, in slumber reclining,--</div> +<div class="t">Monarch, Redeemer, Restorer of all.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Say, shall we yield him in costly devotion,</div> +<div class="t">Odors of Edom, and offerings divine?</div> +<div class="l">Gems of the mountain, and pearls of the ocean,</div> +<div class="t">Myrrh from the forest, or gold from the mine?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Vainly we offer each ample oblation,</div> +<div class="t">Vainly with gold would his favor secure;</div> +<div class="l">Richer by far is the heart's adoration,</div> +<div class="t">Dearer to God are the prayers of the poor.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Brightest and best of the sons of the morning,</div> +<div class="t">Dawn on our darkness and lend us thine aid;</div> +<div class="l">Star of the East,--the horizon adorning,--</div> +<div class="t">Guide where the infant Redeemer is laid.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0210"> + +<h3>210. <span class="meter">L. M. 6l.</span> <span class="sc">Moore.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Christ's Birth.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Arrayed in clouds of golden light,</div> +<div class="t">More bright than heaven's effulgent bow,</div> +<div class="l">Jehovah's angel came by night,</div> +<div class="t">To bless the sleeping world below.</div> +<div class="l">How soft the music of his tongue!</div> +<div class="l">How sweet the hallowed strains he sung!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Good-will henceforth to man be given,</div> +<div class="t">The light of glory beams on earth:</div> +<div class="l">Let angels tune the harps of heaven,</div> +<div class="t">And saints rejoice in Shiloh's birth;</div> +<div class="l">In him all nations shall be blest,</div> +<div class="l">And his shall be a glorious rest.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0211"> + +<h3>211. <span class="meter">C. P. M.</span> <span class="sc">Miss Roscoe.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Christmas Hymn.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>O, let your mingling voices rise,</div> +<div class="l">In grateful rapture, to the skies,</div> +<div class="t">And hail a Saviour's birth:</div> +<div class="l">Let songs of joy the day proclaim,</div> +<div class="l">When Jesus all-triumphant came</div> +<div class="t">To bless the sons of earth.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>He came to bid the weary rest,</div> +<div class="l">To heal the sinner's wounded breast,</div> +<div class="t">To bind the broken heart,</div> +<div class="l">To spread the light of truth around,</div> +<div class="l">And to the world's remotest bound</div> +<div class="t">The heavenly gift impart.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>He came our trembling souls to save</div> +<div class="l">From sin, from sorrow, and the grave,</div> +<div class="t">And chase our fears away;</div> +<div class="l">Victorious over death and time,</div> +<div class="l">To lead us to a happier clime,</div> +<div class="t">Where reigns eternal day.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0212"> + +<h3>212. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Doddridge.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Mission of Christ.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Hark, the glad sound! the Saviour comes!</div> +<div class="t">The Saviour promised long!</div> +<div class="l">Let every heart prepare a throne,</div> +<div class="t">And every voice a song.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>On him the Spirit largely poured,</div> +<div class="t">Exerts its sacred fire;</div> +<div class="l">Wisdom and might, and zeal and love,</div> +<div class="t">His holy breast inspire.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>He comes, from thickest films of vice</div> +<div class="t">To clear the mental ray;</div> +<div class="l">And on the eye-balls of the blind</div> +<div class="t">To pour celestial day.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>He comes, the broken heart to bind,</div> +<div class="t">The bleeding soul to cure;</div> +<div class="l">And with the treasure of his grace</div> +<div class="t">Enrich the humble poor.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Our glad hosannas, Prince of Peace!</div> +<div class="t">Thy welcome shall proclaim;</div> +<div class="l">And heaven's eternal arches ring</div> +<div class="t">With thy beloved name.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0213"> + +<h3>213. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Kingdom of Christ.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Joy to the world! the Lord is come!</div> +<div class="t">Let earth receive her King;</div> +<div class="l">Let every heart prepare him room,</div> +<div class="t">And heaven and nature sing!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Joy to the earth! the Saviour reigns!</div> +<div class="t">Let men their songs employ;</div> +<div class="l">While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains</div> +<div class="t">Repeat the sounding joy.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>No more let sins and sorrows grow,</div> +<div class="t">Nor thorns infest the ground;</div> +<div class="l">He comes to make his blessings flow</div> +<div class="t">As far as sin is found.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>He rules the world with truth and grace,</div> +<div class="t">And makes the nations prove</div> +<div class="l">The glories of his righteousness,</div> +<div class="t">And wonders of his love.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0214"> + +<h3>214. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">John the Herald of Christ.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>John was the prophet of the Lord</div> +<div class="t">To go before his face;</div> +<div class="l">The herald which the Prince of Peace</div> +<div class="t">Sent to prepare his ways.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>"Behold the Lamb of God," he cries,</div> +<div class="t">"That takes our guilt away;</div> +<div class="l">I saw the Spirit o'er his head,</div> +<div class="t">On his baptizing day.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>"Be every vale exalted high,</div> +<div class="t">Sink every mountain low;</div> +<div class="l">The proud must stoop, and humble souls</div> +<div class="t">Shall his salvation know.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>"Behold the Morning Star arise,</div> +<div class="t">Ye that in darkness sit;</div> +<div class="l">He marks the path that leads to peace,</div> +<div class="t">And guides our doubtful feet."</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0215"> + +<h3>215. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Exeter Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Baptism of Jesus.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>See, from on high, a light divine</div> +<div class="t">On Jesus' head descend!</div> +<div class="l">And hear the sacred voice from heaven</div> +<div class="t">That bids us all attend.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>"This is my well-beloved Son,"</div> +<div class="t">Proclaimed the voice divine;</div> +<div class="l">"Hear him," his heavenly Father said,</div> +<div class="t">"For all his words are mine."</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>His mission thus confirmed from heaven,</div> +<div class="t">The great Messiah came,</div> +<div class="l">And heavenly wisdom showed to man</div> +<div class="t">In God his Father's name.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>The path of heavenly peace he showed</div> +<div class="t">That leads to bliss on high;</div> +<div class="l">Where all his faithful followers here</div> +<div class="t">Shall live, no more to die.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0216"> + +<h3>216. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Needham.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Christ the Light of the World.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>Behold! the Prince of Peace,</div> +<div class="t">The chosen of the Lord,</div> +<div class="l">God's well-beloved Son, fulfils</div> +<div class="t">The sure prophetic word.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>No royal pomp adorns</div> +<div class="t">This King of righteousness:</div> +<div class="l">Meekness and patience, truth and love,</div> +<div class="t">Compose his princely dress.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>The spirit of the Lord,</div> +<div class="t">In rich abundance shed,</div> +<div class="l">On this great Prophet gently lights,</div> +<div class="t">And rests upon his head.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>Jesus, the light of men,</div> +<div class="t">His doctrine life imparts;</div> +<div class="l">O, may we feel its quickening power</div> +<div class="t">To warm and glad our hearts.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">5</span>Cheered by its beams, our souls</div> +<div class="t">Shall run the heavenly way;</div> +<div class="l">The path which Christ has marked and trod,</div> +<div class="t">Will lead to endless day.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0217"> + +<h3>217. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Bowring.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Jesus Preaching the Gospel.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>How sweetly flowed the gospel's sound</div> +<div class="t">From lips of gentleness and grace,</div> +<div class="l">When listening thousands gathered round,</div> +<div class="t">And joy and reverence filled the place!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>From heaven he came--of heaven he spoke</div> +<div class="t">To heaven he led his followers' way;</div> +<div class="l">Dark clouds of gloomy night he broke,</div> +<div class="t">Unveiling an immortal day.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>"Come, wanderers, to my Father's home,</div> +<div class="t">Come, all ye weary ones, and rest!"</div> +<div class="l">Yes! sacred teacher,--we will come--</div> +<div class="t">Obey thee, love thee, and be blest!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Decay, then, tenements of dust!</div> +<div class="t">Pillars of earthly pride, decay!</div> +<div class="l">A nobler mansion waits the just,</div> +<div class="t">And Jesus has prepared the way.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0218"> + +<h3>218. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Butcher.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Miracles of Christ.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>On eyes that never saw the day</div> +<div class="l">Christ pours the bright celestial ray;</div> +<div class="l">And deafened ears, by him unbound,</div> +<div class="l">Catch all the harmony of sound.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Lameness takes up its bed, and goes</div> +<div class="l">Rejoicing in the strength that flows</div> +<div class="l">Through every nerve; and, free from pain,</div> +<div class="l">Pours forth to God the grateful strain.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>The shattered mind his word restores,</div> +<div class="l">And tunes afresh the mental powers;</div> +<div class="l">The dead revive, to life return,</div> +<div class="l">And bid affection cease to mourn.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Canst thou, my soul, these wonders trace,</div> +<div class="l">And not admire Jehovah's grace?</div> +<div class="l">Canst thou behold thy Prophet's power,</div> +<div class="l">And not the God he served adore?</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0219"> + +<h3>219. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Russell.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"That ye through his poverty might be rich."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>O'er the dark wave of Galilee</div> +<div class="t">The gloom of twilight gathers fast,</div> +<div class="l">And on the waters drearily</div> +<div class="t">Descends the fitful evening blast.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>The weary bird hath left the air,</div> +<div class="t">And sunk into his sheltered nest;</div> +<div class="l">The wandering beast has sought his lair,</div> +<div class="t">And laid him down to welcome rest.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Still, near the lake, with weary tread,</div> +<div class="t">Lingers a form of human kind;</div> +<div class="l">And on his lone, unsheltered head,</div> +<div class="t">Flows the chill night-damp of the wind.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Why seeks he not a home of rest?</div> +<div class="t">Why seeks he not a pillowed bed?</div> +<div class="l">Beasts have their dens, the bird its nest;</div> +<div class="t">He hath not where to lay his head.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Such was the lot he freely chose,</div> +<div class="t">To bless, to save the human race;</div> +<div class="l">And through his poverty there flows</div> +<div class="t">A rich, full stream of heavenly grace.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0220"> + +<h3>220. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Mrs. Hemans.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"Peace! be still!"</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Fear, was within the tossing bark,</div> +<div class="t">When stormy winds grew loud,</div> +<div class="l">And waves came rolling high and dark,</div> +<div class="t">And the tall mast was bowed.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>And men stood breathless in their dread,</div> +<div class="t">And baffled in their skill--</div> +<div class="l">But One was there, who rose and said</div> +<div class="t">To the wild sea, "Be still!"</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>And the wind ceased; it ceased! that word</div> +<div class="t">Passed through the gloomy sky,</div> +<div class="l">The troubled billows knew their Lord,</div> +<div class="t">And sank beneath his eye.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Thou that didst rule the angry hour,</div> +<div class="t">And tame the tempest's mood--</div> +<div class="l">Oh! send, thy Spirit forth in power</div> +<div class="t">O'er our dark souls to brood!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Thou that didst bow the billows' pride,</div> +<div class="t">Thy mandates to fulfil--</div> +<div class="l">Speak, speak to passion's raging tide,</div> +<div class="t">Speak and say--"Peace, be still!"</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0221"> + +<h3>221. <span class="meter">L. M. 6l.</span> <span class="sc">Barton.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Pool of Bethesda.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Around Bethesda's healing wave</div> +<div class="t">Waiting to hear the rustling wing,</div> +<div class="l">Which spoke the angel nigh, who gave</div> +<div class="t">Its virtue to that holy spring,</div> +<div class="l">With patience, and with hope endued</div> +<div class="l">Were seen the gathered multitude.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Had they who watched and waited there</div> +<div class="t">Been conscious who was passing by,</div> +<div class="l">With what unceasing anxious care</div> +<div class="t">Would they have sought his pitying eye;</div> +<div class="l">And craved with fervency of soul,</div> +<div class="l">His Power Divine to make them whole!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Bethesda's pool has lost its power!</div> +<div class="t">No angel, by his glad descent,</div> +<div class="l">Dispenses that diviner dower</div> +<div class="t">Which with its healing waters went.</div> +<div class="l">But he, whose word surpassed its wave,</div> +<div class="l">Is still omnipotent to save.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0222"> + +<h3>222. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Heber.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Holy Guest.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Messiah Lord! who, wont to dwell</div> +<div class="l">In lowly shape and cottage cell,</div> +<div class="l">Didst not refuse a guest to be</div> +<div class="l">At Cana's poor festivity.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>O when our soul from care is free,</div> +<div class="l">Then, Saviour, would we think on thee;</div> +<div class="l">And, seated at the festal board,</div> +<div class="l">In fancy's eye behold the Lord.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Then may we seem, in fancy's ear,</div> +<div class="l">Thy manna-dropping tongue to hear,</div> +<div class="l">And think,--"if now his searching view</div> +<div class="l">Each secret of our spirit knew!"</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>So may such joy, chastised and pure,</div> +<div class="l">Beyond the bounds of earth endure;</div> +<div class="l">Nor pleasure in the wounded mind</div> +<div class="l">Shall leave a rankling sting behind.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0223"> + +<h3>223. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Cowper.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"He steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>The Saviour, what a noble flame,</div> +<div class="t">Was kindled in his breast,</div> +<div class="l">When hasting to Jerusalem,</div> +<div class="t">He marched before the rest!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Good-will to men, and zeal for God,</div> +<div class="t">His every thought engross;</div> +<div class="l">He goes to be baptized with blood;</div> +<div class="t">He goes to meet the cross.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>With all his sufferings full in view,</div> +<div class="t">And woes to us unknown,</div> +<div class="l">Forth to the task his spirit flew;</div> +<div class="t">'Twas love that urged him on.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>And while his holy sorrows here</div> +<div class="t">Engage our wondering eyes,</div> +<div class="l">We learn our lighter cross to bear,</div> +<div class="t">And hasten to the skies.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0224"> + +<h3>224. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Milman.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Christ's Entry into Jerusalem.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Ride on, ride on in majesty!</div> +<div class="l">Hark! all the tribes hosanna cry!</div> +<div class="l">Thy humble beast pursues his road,</div> +<div class="l">With palms and scattered garments strowed.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Ride on, ride on in majesty!</div> +<div class="l">In lowly pomp ride on to die!</div> +<div class="l">O Christ, thy triumphs now begin,</div> +<div class="l">O'er captive death and conquered sin.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Ride on, ride on in majesty!</div> +<div class="l">The winged squadrons of the sky</div> +<div class="l">Look down with sad and wondering eyes,</div> +<div class="l">To see the approaching sacrifice.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Ride on, ride on in majesty!</div> +<div class="l">Thy last and fiercest strife is nigh;</div> +<div class="l">The Father on his glorious throne</div> +<div class="l">Expects his own anointed Son!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0225"> + +<h3>225. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Mrs. Barbauld.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Christ's New Command to his Disciples.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Behold where, breathing love divine,</div> +<div class="t">Our dying Master stands!</div> +<div class="l">His weeping followers, gathering round,</div> +<div class="t">Receive his last commands.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>"Blest is the man whose softening heart</div> +<div class="t">Feels all another's pain;</div> +<div class="l">To whom the supplicating eye</div> +<div class="t">Was never raised in vain;</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>"Peace from the bosom of his God,</div> +<div class="t">My peace to him I give;</div> +<div class="l">And when he kneels before his throne,</div> +<div class="t">His trembling soul shall live.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>"To him protection shall be shown;</div> +<div class="t">And mercy from above</div> +<div class="l">Descend on those who thus fulfil</div> +<div class="t">The perfect law of love."</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0226"> + +<h3>226. <span class="meter">C. H. M.</span> <span class="sc">Hemans.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Agony in Gethsemane.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>He knelt; the Saviour knelt and prayed,</div> +<div class="t2">When but his Father's eye</div> +<div class="t">Looked, through the lonely garden's shade,</div> +<div class="t2">On that dread agony:</div> +<div class="l">The Lord of high and heavenly birth</div> +<div class="l">Was bowed with sorrow unto death.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>He knew them all,--the doubt, the strife,</div> +<div class="t2">The faint perplexing dread;</div> +<div class="t">The mists that hang o'er parting life</div> +<div class="t2">All darkened round his head;</div> +<div class="l">And the Deliverer knelt to pray;</div> +<div class="l">Yet passed it not, that cup, away.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>It passed not, though the stormy wave</div> +<div class="t2">Had sunk beneath his tread;</div> +<div class="t">It passed not, though to him the grave</div> +<div class="t2">Had yielded up its dead;</div> +<div class="l">But there was sent him, from on high,</div> +<div class="l">A gift of strength, for man to die.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>And was his mortal hour beset</div> +<div class="t2">With anguish and dismay?</div> +<div class="t">How may we meet our conflict yet</div> +<div class="t2">In the dark, narrow way?</div> +<div class="l">How, but through him that path who trod?</div> +<div class="l">"Save, or we perish, Son of God."</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0227"> + +<h3>227. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Montgomery.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Christ's Passion.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>The morning dawns upon the place,</div> +<div class="t">Where Jesus spent the night in prayer;</div> +<div class="l">Through brightening glooms behold his face,</div> +<div class="t">No form or comeliness is there.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Last eve by those he called his own,</div> +<div class="t">Betrayed, forsaken or denied,</div> +<div class="l">He met his enemies alone,</div> +<div class="t">In all their malice, rage, and pride.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>But hark! he prays;--'tis for his foes;</div> +<div class="t">He speaks;--'tis comfort to his friends;</div> +<div class="l">Answers;--and Paradise bestows;</div> +<div class="t">"'Tis finished!"--here the conflict ends.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>"Truly, this was the Son of God!"</div> +<div class="t">--Though in a servant's mean disguise,</div> +<div class="l">And bruised beneath the Father's rod,</div> +<div class="t">Not for himself,--for man he dies.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0228"> + +<h3>228. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">W. B. Tappan.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Christ in Gethsemane.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>'T is midnight; and on Olive's brow</div> +<div class="t">The star is dimmed that lately shone;</div> +<div class="l">'T is midnight; in the garden, now,</div> +<div class="t">The suffering Saviour prays alone.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>'T is midnight; and from all removed,</div> +<div class="t">The Saviour wrestles lone, with fears;</div> +<div class="l">E'en that disciple whom he loved</div> +<div class="t">Heeds not his Master's grief and tears.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>'T is midnight; and for others' guilt</div> +<div class="t">The man of sorrows weeps in blood;</div> +<div class="l">Yet he that hath in anguish knelt</div> +<div class="t">Is not forsaken by his God.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>'T is midnight; from celestial plains</div> +<div class="t">Is borne the song that angels know;</div> +<div class="l">Unheard by mortals are the strains</div> +<div class="t">That sweetly soothe the Saviour's woe.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0229"> + +<h3>229. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Haweis.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Agony in the Garden.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Dark was the night and cold the ground</div> +<div class="t">On which the Lord was laid;</div> +<div class="l">His sweat like drops of blood ran down;</div> +<div class="t">In agony he prayed,--</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>"Father, remove this bitter cup,</div> +<div class="t">If such thy sacred will;</div> +<div class="l">If not, content to drink it up,</div> +<div class="t">Thy pleasure I fulfil."</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Go to the garden, sinner; see</div> +<div class="t">Those precious drops that flow;</div> +<div class="l">The heavy load he bore for thee;</div> +<div class="t">For thee he lies so low.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Then learn of him the cross to bear;</div> +<div class="t">Thy Father's will obey;</div> +<div class="l">And, when temptations press thee near,</div> +<div class="t">Awake to watch and pray.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0230"> + +<h3>230. <span class="meter">7s. M. 6l.</span> <span class="sc">Montgomery.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Christ our Example in Sufferings.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>Go to dark Gethsemane,</div> +<div class="t2">Ye that feel temptation's power,</div> +<div class="t">Your Redeemer's conflict see,</div> +<div class="t2">Watch with him one bitter hour.</div> +<div class="l">Turn not from his griefs away,</div> +<div class="l">Learn of Jesus Christ to pray.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>Follow to the judgment-hall,</div> +<div class="t2">View the Lord of life arraigned:</div> +<div class="t">O the wormwood and the gall!</div> +<div class="t2">O the pangs his soul sustained!</div> +<div class="l">Shun not suffering, shame or loss;</div> +<div class="l">Learn of him to bear the cross.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>Calvary's mournful mountain climb;</div> +<div class="t2">There, admiring at his feet,</div> +<div class="t">Mark that miracle of time,</div> +<div class="t2">God's own sacrifice complete:</div> +<div class="l">"It is finished," hear him cry;</div> +<div class="l">Learn of Jesus Christ to die.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>Early hasten to the tomb</div> +<div class="t2">Where they laid his breathless clay;</div> +<div class="t">All is solitude and gloom;</div> +<div class="t2">--Who has taken him away?</div> +<div class="l">Christ is risen; he meets our eyes--</div> +<div class="l">Saviour, teach us so to rise.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0231"> + +<h3>231. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Christian Psalmist.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Crucifixion of Christ.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Behold the Saviour on the cross,</div> +<div class="t">A spectacle of woe!</div> +<div class="l">See from his agonizing wounds</div> +<div class="t">The blood incessant flow;</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Till death's pale ensigns o'er his cheek</div> +<div class="t">And trembling lips were spread;</div> +<div class="l">Till light forsook his closing eyes,</div> +<div class="t">And life his drooping head.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>'Tis finished--the Messiah dies</div> +<div class="t">For sins, but not his own;</div> +<div class="l">The great redemption is complete,</div> +<div class="t">And death is overthrown.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>'Tis finished--ritual worship ends,</div> +<div class="t">And Gospel ages run;</div> +<div class="l">All old things now are past away,</div> +<div class="t">A new world is begun.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0232"> + +<h3>232. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Steele.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">A Dying Saviour.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Stretched on the cross, the Saviour dies,</div> +<div class="l">Hark! his expiring groans arise;</div> +<div class="l">See, from his hands, his feet, his side,</div> +<div class="l">Descends the sacred, crimson tide.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>And didst thou bleed?--for sinners bleed?</div> +<div class="l">And could the sun behold the deed?</div> +<div class="l">No; he withdrew his cheering ray,</div> +<div class="l">And darkness veiled the mourning day.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Can I survey this scene of woe,</div> +<div class="l">Where mingling grief and mercy flow,</div> +<div class="l">And yet my heart so hard remain,--</div> +<div class="l">Unmoved by either love or pain!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Come, dearest Lord, thy grace impart,</div> +<div class="l">To warm this cold, this stupid heart,</div> +<div class="l">Till all its powers and passions move,</div> +<div class="l">In melting grief and ardent love.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0233"> + +<h3>233. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Stennett.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Christ Suffering on the Cross.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>"'T is finished!"--so the Saviour cried,</div> +<div class="l">And meekly bowed his head and died:</div> +<div class="l">"'T is finished!"--yes, the race is run,</div> +<div class="l">The battle fought, the victory won.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>"'T is finished!"--all that heaven foretold</div> +<div class="l">By prophets in the days of old;</div> +<div class="l">And truths are opened to our view,</div> +<div class="l">That kings and prophets never knew.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>"'T is finished!"--Son of God, thy power</div> +<div class="l">Hath triumphed in this awful hour;</div> +<div class="l">And yet our eyes with sorrow see</div> +<div class="l">That life to us was death to thee.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>"'T is finished!"--let the joyful sound</div> +<div class="l">Be heard through all the nations round;</div> +<div class="l">"'Tis finished!"--let the triumph rise,</div> +<div class="l">And swell the chorus of the skies.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0234"> + +<h3>234. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Christ's Death and Resurrection.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>He dies! the Friend of sinners dies!</div> +<div class="t">Lo, Salem's daughters weep around!</div> +<div class="l">A solemn darkness veils the skies!</div> +<div class="t">A sudden trembling shakes the ground!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Come, saints, and drop a tear or two</div> +<div class="t">For him who groaned beneath your load!</div> +<div class="l">He shed a thousand drops for you--</div> +<div class="t">A thousand drops of richest blood!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Here's love and grief beyond degree;</div> +<div class="t">The Lord of glory dies for men;--</div> +<div class="l">But lo, what sudden joys we see!</div> +<div class="t">Jesus, the dead, revives again!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>The rising Lord forsakes the tomb--</div> +<div class="t">The tomb in vain forbids his rise;</div> +<div class="l">Cherubic legions guard him home,</div> +<div class="t">And shout him welcome to the skies!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0235"> + +<h3>235. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Gibbons.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Christ's Resurrection.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Angels, roll the rock away;</div> +<div class="l">Death, yield up thy mighty prey;</div> +<div class="l">See! he rises from the tomb,</div> +<div class="l">Glowing with immortal bloom.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>'T is the Saviour! Angels, raise</div> +<div class="l">Fame's eternal trump of praise;</div> +<div class="l">Let the earth's remotest bound</div> +<div class="l">Hear the joy-inspiring sound.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Now, ye saints, lift up your eyes;</div> +<div class="l">Now to glory see him rise</div> +<div class="l">In long triumph up the sky--</div> +<div class="l">Up to waiting worlds on high.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Praise him, all ye heavenly choirs,</div> +<div class="l">Praise, and sweep your golden lyres;</div> +<div class="l">Shout, O earth, in rapturous song;</div> +<div class="l">Let the strains be sweet and strong.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Every note with wonder swell,--</div> +<div class="l">And the Saviour's triumph tell;</div> +<div class="l">Where, O death, is now thy sting?</div> +<div class="l">Where thy terrors, vanquished king?</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0236"> + +<h3>236. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Collyer.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Morning breaks upon the tomb!</div> +<div class="l">Jesus dissipates its gloom!</div> +<div class="l">Day of triumph through the skies,</div> +<div class="l">See the glorious Saviour rise!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Christians, dry your flowing tears;</div> +<div class="l">Chase those unbelieving fears;</div> +<div class="l">Look on his deserted grave;</div> +<div class="l">Doubt no more his power to save.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Ye who are of death afraid,</div> +<div class="l">Triumph in the scattered shade;</div> +<div class="l">Drive your anxious fears away;</div> +<div class="l">See the place where Jesus lay.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>So the rising sun appears,</div> +<div class="l">Shedding radiance o'er the spheres;</div> +<div class="l">So returning beams of light</div> +<div class="l">Chase the terrors of the night.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0237"> + +<h3>237. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Ascension and Reign of Christ.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>O for a shout of sacred joy</div> +<div class="t">To God the sovereign King!</div> +<div class="l">Let every land their tongues employ,</div> +<div class="t">And hymns of triumph sing.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Jesus, our God, ascends on high;</div> +<div class="t">His heavenly guards around</div> +<div class="l">Attend him rising through the sky,</div> +<div class="t">With trumpet's joyful sound.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>While angels shout and praise their King,</div> +<div class="t">Let mortals learn their strains;</div> +<div class="l">Let all the earth his honors sing;</div> +<div class="t">O'er all the earth he reigns.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Speak forth his praise with awe profound;</div> +<div class="t">Let knowledge guide the song;</div> +<div class="l">Nor mock him with a solemn sound</div> +<div class="t">Upon a thoughtless tongue.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0238"> + +<h3>238. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Example of Christ.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>My dear Redeemer, and my Lord,</div> +<div class="l">I read my duty in thy word:</div> +<div class="l">But in thy life the law appears,</div> +<div class="l">Drawn out in living characters.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Such was thy truth, and such thy zeal,</div> +<div class="l">Such deference to thy Father's will,</div> +<div class="l">Such love, and meekness so divine,</div> +<div class="l">I would transcribe, and make them mine.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Cold mountains, and the midnight air,</div> +<div class="l">Witnessed the fervor of thy prayer,</div> +<div class="l">The desert thy temptations knew,</div> +<div class="l">Thy conflict, and thy victory, too.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Be thou my pattern; may I bear</div> +<div class="l">More of thy gracious image here;</div> +<div class="l">Then God, the Judge, shall own my name</div> +<div class="l">Among the followers of the Lamb.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0239"> + +<h3>239. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Enfield.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Behold, where, in a mortal form,</div> +<div class="t">Appears each grace divine;</div> +<div class="l">The virtues, all in Jesus met,</div> +<div class="t">With mildest radiance shine.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>To spread the rays of heavenly light,</div> +<div class="t">To give the mourner joy,</div> +<div class="l">To preach glad tidings to the poor,</div> +<div class="t">Was his divine employ.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>'Midst keen reproach and cruel scorn,</div> +<div class="t">Patient and meek he stood;</div> +<div class="l">His foes, ungrateful, sought his life;</div> +<div class="t">He labored for their good.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>In the last hour of deep distress,</div> +<div class="t">Before his Father's throne,</div> +<div class="l">With soul resigned, he bowed, and said,</div> +<div class="t">"Thy will, not mine, be done!"</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Be Christ our pattern and our guide!</div> +<div class="t">His image may we bear!</div> +<div class="l">O, may we tread his holy steps,</div> +<div class="t">His joy and glory share!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0240"> + +<h3>240. <span class="meter">C. P. M.</span> <span class="sc">Medley.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Excellency of Christ.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>O, could we speak the matchless worth,</div> +<div class="l">O, could we sound the glories forth,</div> +<div class="t">Which in our Saviour shine,</div> +<div class="l">We'd soar, and touch the heavenly strings,</div> +<div class="l">And vie with Gabriel, while he sings,</div> +<div class="t">In notes almost divine.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>We'd sing the characters he bears,</div> +<div class="l">And all the forms of love he wears,</div> +<div class="t">Exalted on his throne:</div> +<div class="l">In loftiest songs of sweetest praise,</div> +<div class="l">We would, to everlasting days,</div> +<div class="t">Make all his glories known.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>O, the delightful day will come,</div> +<div class="l">When Christ our Lord will bring us home</div> +<div class="t">And we shall see his face;</div> +<div class="l">Then, with our Saviour, Brother, Friend,</div> +<div class="l">A blest eternity we'll spend,</div> +<div class="t">Triumphant in his grace.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0241"> + +<h3>241. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Doddridge.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Christ's Submission to his Father's Will.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>"Father divine," the Saviour cried,</div> +<div class="l">While horrors pressed on every side,</div> +<div class="l">And prostrate on the ground he lay,</div> +<div class="l">"Remove this bitter cup away.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>"But if these pangs must still be borne</div> +<div class="l">Or helpless man be left forlorn,</div> +<div class="l">I bow my soul before thy throne,</div> +<div class="l">And say, Thy will, not mine, be done."</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Thus our submissive souls would bow,</div> +<div class="l">And, taught by Jesus, lie as low;</div> +<div class="l">Our hearts, and not our lips alone,</div> +<div class="l">Would say, Thy will, not ours, be done.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Then, though like him in dust we lie,</div> +<div class="l">We'll view the blissful moment nigh,</div> +<div class="l">Which, from our portion in his pains,</div> +<div class="l">Calls to the joy in which he reigns.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0242"> + +<h3>242. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Bache.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"Greater love hath no man than this."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>"See how he loved!" exclaimed the Jews,</div> +<div class="t">As tender tears from Jesus fell;</div> +<div class="l">My grateful heart the thought pursues,</div> +<div class="t">And on the theme delights to dwell.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>See how he loved, who travelled on,</div> +<div class="t">Teaching the doctrine from the skies;</div> +<div class="l">Who bade disease and pain be gone,</div> +<div class="t">And called the sleeping dead to rise.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>See how he loved, who never shrank</div> +<div class="t">From toil or danger, pain or death;</div> +<div class="l">Who all the cup of sorrow drank,</div> +<div class="t">And meekly yielded up his breath.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Such love can we unmoved survey?</div> +<div class="t">O may our breasts with ardor glow,</div> +<div class="l">To tread his steps, his laws obey,</div> +<div class="t">And thus our warm affections show.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0243"> + +<h3>243. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"I am the Way, the Truth and the Life."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Thou art the Way--and he who sighs</div> +<div class="t">Amid this starless waste of woe</div> +<div class="l">To find a pathway to the skies,</div> +<div class="t">A light from heaven's eternal glow--</div> +<div class="l">By thee must come, thou Gate of love,</div> +<div class="t">Through which the saints undoubting trod,</div> +<div class="l">Till faith discovers, like the dove,</div> +<div class="t">An ark, a resting-place in God.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Thou art the Truth--whose steady day</div> +<div class="t">Shines on through earthly blight and bloom,</div> +<div class="l">The pure, the everlasting ray,</div> +<div class="t">The lamp that shines e'en in the tomb;</div> +<div class="l">The light that out of darkness springs,</div> +<div class="t">And guideth those that blindly go;</div> +<div class="l">The word whose precious radiance flings</div> +<div class="t">Its lustre upon all below.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Thou art the Life--the blessed well,</div> +<div class="t">With living waters gushing o'er,</div> +<div class="l">Which those that drink shall ever dwell</div> +<div class="t">Where sin and thirst are known no more.</div> +<div class="l">Thou art the mystic pillar given,</div> +<div class="t">Our lamp by night, our light by day;</div> +<div class="l">Thou art the sacred bread from heaven;</div> +<div class="t">Thou art the Life--the Truth--the Way.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0244"> + +<h3>244. <span class="meter">L. M. 6l.</span> <span class="sc">Urwick's Col.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Christ All and in All.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Jesus, thou source of calm repose,</div> +<div class="t">All fulness dwells in thee divine;</div> +<div class="l">Our strength, to quell the proudest foes;</div> +<div class="t">Our light, in deepest gloom to shine;</div> +<div class="l">Thou art our fortress, strength, and tower,</div> +<div class="l">Our trust and portion, evermore.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Jesus, our Comforter thou art;</div> +<div class="t">Our rest in toil, our ease in pain;</div> +<div class="l">The balm to heal each broken heart,</div> +<div class="t">In storms our peace, in loss our gain;</div> +<div class="l">Our joy, beneath the worldling's frown;</div> +<div class="l">In shame our glory and our crown;--</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>In want our plentiful supply;</div> +<div class="t">In weakness, our almighty power;</div> +<div class="l">In bonds, our perfect liberty;</div> +<div class="t">Our refuge in temptation's hour;</div> +<div class="l">Our comfort, 'midst all grief and thrall;</div> +<div class="l">Our life in death; our all in all.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0245"> + +<h3>245. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Beddome.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Christ the Resting-Place.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Jesus! delightful, charming name!</div> +<div class="t">It spreads a fragrance round;</div> +<div class="l">Justice and mercy, truth and peace,</div> +<div class="t">In union here are found.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>He is our life, our joy, our strength;</div> +<div class="t">In him all glories meet;</div> +<div class="l">He is a shade above our heads,</div> +<div class="t">A light to guide our feet.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>When storms arise and tempests blow,</div> +<div class="t">He speaks the stilling word;</div> +<div class="l">The threatening billows cease to flow,</div> +<div class="t">The winds obey their Lord.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>The thickest clouds are soon dispersed,</div> +<div class="t">If Jesus shows his face;</div> +<div class="l">To weary, heavy-laden souls</div> +<div class="t">He is the resting-place.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0246"> + +<h3>246. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Duncan.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Spiritual Coronation.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>All hail the power of Jesus' name!</div> +<div class="t">Let angels prostrate fall;</div> +<div class="l">Bring forth the royal diadem,</div> +<div class="t">And crown him Lord of all.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Ye chosen seed of Israel's race,--</div> +<div class="t">A remnant weak and small,--</div> +<div class="l">Hail him, who saves you by his grace,</div> +<div class="t">And crown him Lord of all.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Let every kindred, every tribe,</div> +<div class="t">On this terrestrial ball,</div> +<div class="l">To him all majesty ascribe,</div> +<div class="t">And crown him Lord of all.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>O, that, with yonder sacred throng,</div> +<div class="t">We at his feet may fall;</div> +<div class="l">We'll join the everlasting song,</div> +<div class="t">And crown him Lord of all.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0247"> + +<h3>247. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Doddridge.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Attraction of the Cross.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>Behold th' amazing sight,</div> +<div class="t">The Saviour lifted high!</div> +<div class="l">Behold the Father's chief delight</div> +<div class="t">Expire in agony!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>For whom, for whom, my heart,</div> +<div class="t">Were all these sorrows borne?</div> +<div class="l">Why did he feel that piercing smart,</div> +<div class="t">And meet that cruel scorn?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>For love of us he bled,</div> +<div class="t">And all in torture died;</div> +<div class="l">'T was love that bowed his fainting head,</div> +<div class="t">And oped his gushing side.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>In him our hearts unite,</div> +<div class="t">Nor share his grief alone,</div> +<div class="l">But from his cross pursue their flight</div> +<div class="t">To his triumphant throne.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0248"> + +<h3>248. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Milman.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"They shall look on Him whom they pierced."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Bound upon the accursed tree,</div> +<div class="l">Faint and bleeding, who is he?</div> +<div class="l">By the cheek so pale and wan,</div> +<div class="l">By the crown of twisted thorn,</div> +<div class="l">By the side so deeply pierced,</div> +<div class="l">By the baffled, burning thirst,</div> +<div class="l">By the drooping death-dewed brow.</div> +<div class="l">Son of man! 'tis thou! 'tis thou!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Bound upon the accursed tree,</div> +<div class="l">Sad and dying, who is he?</div> +<div class="l">By the last and bitter cry,</div> +<div class="l">Life breathed out in agony:</div> +<div class="l">By the lifeless body laid</div> +<div class="l">In the chamber of the dead:</div> +<div class="l">Crucified! we know thee now;</div> +<div class="l">Son of man! 'tis thou! 'tis thou!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Bound upon the accursed tree,</div> +<div class="l">Dread and awful, who is he?</div> +<div class="l">By the prayer for them that slew,</div> +<div class="l">"Lord! they know not what they do;"</div> +<div class="l">By the sealed and guarded cave,</div> +<div class="l">By the spoiled and empty grave,</div> +<div class="l">By that clear, immortal brow,</div> +<div class="l">Son of God! 'tis thou! 'tis thou!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0249"> + +<h3>249. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Beddome.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Following Christ.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>In duties and in sufferings too,</div> +<div class="t">My Lord I feign would trace,</div> +<div class="l">As he hath done, so would I do,</div> +<div class="t">Sustained by heavenly grace.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Inflamed with zeal, 'twas his delight</div> +<div class="t">To do his Father's will;</div> +<div class="l">May the same zeal my soul excite</div> +<div class="t">His precepts to fulfil.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Meekness, humility and love</div> +<div class="t">Through all his conduct shine;</div> +<div class="l">O, may my whole deportment prove</div> +<div class="t">A copy, Lord, of thine.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0250"> + +<h3>250. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Furness.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Jesus our Leader.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Feeble, helpless, how shall I</div> +<div class="l">Learn to live and learn to die?</div> +<div class="l">Who, O God, my guide shall be?</div> +<div class="l">Who shall lead thy child to thee?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Blesséd Father, gracious One,</div> +<div class="l">Thou hast sent thy holy Son;</div> +<div class="l">He will give the light I need,</div> +<div class="l">He my trembling steps will lead.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Thus in deed, and thought, and word,</div> +<div class="l">Led by Jesus Christ the Lord,</div> +<div class="l">In my weakness, thus shall I</div> +<div class="l">Learn to live and learn to die.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Learn to live in peace and love,</div> +<div class="l">Like the perfect ones above;--</div> +<div class="l">Learn to die without a fear,</div> +<div class="l">Feeling thee, my Father, near.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0251"> + +<h3>251. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">H. Ballou.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Christ's Example in Forgiving.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Teach us to feel as Jesus prayed,</div> +<div class="t">When on the cross he bleeding hung;</div> +<div class="l">When all his foes their wrath displayed,</div> +<div class="t">And with their spite his bosom stung.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>For such a heart and such a love,</div> +<div class="t">O Lord, we raise our prayer to thee;</div> +<div class="l">O pour thy Spirit from above,</div> +<div class="t">That we may like our Saviour be.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0252"> + +<h3>252. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">God's Servant.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Thus saith the Lord who built the heavens,</div> +<div class="t">And bade the planets roll,</div> +<div class="l">Who peopled all the climes of earth,</div> +<div class="t">And formed the human soul:--</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>"Behold my Servant; see him rise</div> +<div class="t">Exalted in my might;</div> +<div class="l">Him have I chosen, and in him</div> +<div class="t">I place supreme delight.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>"On him, in rich effusion poured,</div> +<div class="t">My spirit shall descend;</div> +<div class="l">My truth and judgment he shall show</div> +<div class="t">To earth's remotest end.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>"The progress of his zeal and power</div> +<div class="t">Shall never know decline,</div> +<div class="l">Till foreign lands and distant isles</div> +<div class="t">Receive the law divine."</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0253"> + +<h3>253. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Mason.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Image of the Invisible God.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Thou, Lord! by mortal eyes unseen,</div> +<div class="t">And by thine offspring here unknown,</div> +<div class="l">To manifest thyself to men,</div> +<div class="t">Hast set thine image in thy Son.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Though Jews, who granted not his claim,</div> +<div class="t">Contemptuous turned away their face,</div> +<div class="l">Yet those who trusted in his name</div> +<div class="t">Beheld in him thy truth and grace.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>O thou! at whose almighty word</div> +<div class="t">Fair light at first from darkness shone,</div> +<div class="l">Teach us to know our glorious Lord,</div> +<div class="t">And trace the Father in the Son.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>While we, thine image there displayed,</div> +<div class="t">With love and admiration view,</div> +<div class="l">Form us in likeness to our Head,</div> +<div class="t">That we may bear thine image too.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0254"> + +<h3>254. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Christ the Corner-Stone.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>See what a living stone</div> +<div class="t">The builders did refuse;</div> +<div class="l">Yet God hath built his church thereon,</div> +<div class="t">In spite of envious Jews.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>The work, O Lord, is thine,</div> +<div class="t">And wondrous in our eyes;</div> +<div class="l">This day declares it all divine,</div> +<div class="t">This day did Jesus rise.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>This is the glorious day</div> +<div class="t">That our Redeemer made;</div> +<div class="l">Let us rejoice, and sing, and pray--</div> +<div class="t">Let all the church be glad.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>Hosanna to the king</div> +<div class="t">Of David's royal blood!</div> +<div class="l">Bless him, ye saints: he comes to bring</div> +<div class="t">Salvation from your God.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">5</span>We bless thine holy word,</div> +<div class="t">Which all this grace displays;</div> +<div class="l">And offer on thine altar, Lord,</div> +<div class="t">Our sacrifice of praise.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0255"> + +<h3>255. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">S. Streeter.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Hiding-place.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>A King shall reign in righteousness,</div> +<div class="l">And all the kindred nations bless;</div> +<div class="l">The King of Salem, King of peace,--</div> +<div class="l">Nor shall his spreading kingdom cease.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>In him the naked soul shall find</div> +<div class="l">A hiding-place from chilling wind;</div> +<div class="l">Or, when the raging tempests beat,</div> +<div class="l">A covert warm, a safe retreat.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>In burning sands and thirsty ground,</div> +<div class="l">He like a river shall be found,</div> +<div class="l">Or lofty rock, beneath whose shade</div> +<div class="l">The weary traveller rests his head.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>The dimness gone, all eyes shall see</div> +<div class="l">His glory, grace, and majesty;</div> +<div class="l">All ears shall hearken, and the word</div> +<div class="l">Of life receive from Christ the Lord.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0256"> + +<h3>256. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">S. Streeter.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Blessings of the Gospel.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>What glorious tidings do I hear</div> +<div class="t">From my Redeemer's tongue!</div> +<div class="l">I can no longer silence bear;</div> +<div class="t">I'll burst into a song:</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>The blind receive their sight with joy;</div> +<div class="t">The lame can walk abroad;</div> +<div class="l">The dumb their loosened tongues employ;</div> +<div class="t">The deaf can hear the word.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>The dead are raised to life anew</div> +<div class="t">By renovating grace;</div> +<div class="l">The glorious gospel's preached to you,</div> +<div class="t">The poor of Adam's race.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>O wondrous type of things divine,</div> +<div class="t">When Christ displays his love,</div> +<div class="l">To raise from woe the sinking mind</div> +<div class="t">To reign, in realms above!</div> +</div> + +</div> + + +<h2>THE GOSPEL, AND ITS INVITATIONS.</h2> + +<div class="hymn" id="h0257"> + +<h3>257. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Gospel Trumpet.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Let every mortal ear attend,</div> +<div class="t">And every heart rejoice;</div> +<div class="l">The trumpet of the Gospel sounds</div> +<div class="t">With an inviting voice.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Ho! all ye hungry, starving souls,</div> +<div class="t">That feed upon the wind,</div> +<div class="l">And vainly strive with earthly toys</div> +<div class="t">To fill an empty mind,--</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Eternal Wisdom has prepared</div> +<div class="t">A soul-reviving feast,</div> +<div class="l">And bids your longing appetites</div> +<div class="t">The rich provision taste.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Ho! ye that pant for living streams,</div> +<div class="t">And pine away and die,--</div> +<div class="l">Here you may quench your raging thirst</div> +<div class="t">With springs that never dry.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>The happy gates of gospel grace</div> +<div class="t">Stand open night and day;</div> +<div class="l">Lord, we are come to seek supplies,</div> +<div class="t">And drive our wants away.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0258"> + +<h3>258. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Cowper.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"The entrance of thy Word giveth Light."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>How blest thy creature is, O God,</div> +<div class="t">When, with a single eye,</div> +<div class="l">He views the lustre of thy word,</div> +<div class="t">The day-spring from on high!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Through all the storms that veil the skies,</div> +<div class="t">And frown on earthly things,</div> +<div class="l">The Sun of Righteousness doth rise,</div> +<div class="t">With healing on his wings.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>The soul, a dreary province once</div> +<div class="t">Of Satan's dark domain,</div> +<div class="l">Feels a new empire formed within,</div> +<div class="t">And owns a heavenly reign.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>The glorious orb, whose golden beams</div> +<div class="t">The fruitful year control,</div> +<div class="l">Since first, obedient to thy word,</div> +<div class="t">He started from the goal,--</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Has cheered the nations with the joys</div> +<div class="t">His orient rays impart:</div> +<div class="l">But, Jesus, 'tis thy light alone</div> +<div class="t">Can shine upon the heart.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0259"> + +<h3>259. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Gospel Invitations.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>"Come hither, all ye weary souls,</div> +<div class="t">Ye heavy-laden sinners, come!</div> +<div class="l">I'll give you rest from all your toils,</div> +<div class="t">And raise you to my heavenly home.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>"They shall find rest that learn of me;</div> +<div class="t">I'm of a meek and lowly mind,</div> +<div class="l">But passion rages like the sea,</div> +<div class="t">And pride is restless as the wind.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>"Blest is the man whose shoulders take</div> +<div class="t">My yoke, and bear it with delight;</div> +<div class="l">My yoke is easy to his neck,</div> +<div class="t">My grace shall make the burden light."</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Jesus, we come at thy command;</div> +<div class="t">With faith, and hope, and humble zeal,</div> +<div class="l">Resign our spirits to thy hand</div> +<div class="t">To mould and guide us at thy will.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0260"> + +<h3>260. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">God's Glory in the Gospel.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Now to the Lord a noble song!</div> +<div class="l">Awake, my soul, awake, my tongue;</div> +<div class="l">Hosanna, to the Eternal name,</div> +<div class="l">And all his boundless love proclaim.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>The spacious earth and spreading flood</div> +<div class="l">Proclaim the wise, the powerful God;</div> +<div class="l">And thy rich glories from afar</div> +<div class="l">Sparkle in every rolling star.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>But in the Gospel of thy Son</div> +<div class="l">Are all thy mightiest works outdone;</div> +<div class="l">The light it pours upon our eyes</div> +<div class="l">Outshines the wonders of the skies.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Our spirits kindle in its beam;</div> +<div class="l">It is a sweet, a glorious theme;</div> +<div class="l">Ye angels, dwell upon the sound;</div> +<div class="l">Ye heavens, reflect it to the ground.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0261"> + +<h3>261. <span class="meter">H. M.</span> <span class="sc">Toplady.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Jubilee Proclaimed.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Blow ye the trumpet, blow,</div> +<div class="t">The gladly solemn sound;</div> +<div class="l">Let all the nations know,</div> +<div class="t">To earth's remotest bound,</div> +<div class="l">The year of jubilee is come;</div> +<div class="l">Return, ye ransomed sinners, home.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>The gospel trumpet hear,</div> +<div class="t">The news of pardoning grace:</div> +<div class="l">Ye happy souls, draw near;</div> +<div class="t">Behold your Saviour's face:</div> +<div class="l">The year of jubilee is come;</div> +<div class="l">Return, ye ransomed sinners, home.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Jesus, our great High Priest,</div> +<div class="t">Has full assurance made;</div> +<div class="l">Ye weary spirits, rest;</div> +<div class="t">Ye mourning souls, be glad:</div> +<div class="l">The year of jubilee is come;</div> +<div class="l">Return, ye ransomed sinners, home.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0262"> + +<h3>262. <span class="meter">8s. & 7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">J. Taylor.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Gospel Call to the Church.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Praise to God, the great Creator,</div> +<div class="t">Bounteous Source of every joy,</div> +<div class="l">He whose hand upholds all nature,</div> +<div class="t">He whose word can all destroy!</div> +<div class="l">Saints with pious zeal attending,</div> +<div class="t">Now the grateful tribute raise;</div> +<div class="l">Solemn songs, to heaven ascending,</div> +<div class="t">Join the universal praise.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Here indulge each grateful feeling;</div> +<div class="t">Lowly bend with contrite souls;</div> +<div class="l">Here, his milder grace revealing,</div> +<div class="t">Here no peal of thunder rolls:</div> +<div class="l">Lo, the sacred page before us</div> +<div class="t">Bears the promise of his love,</div> +<div class="l">Full of mercy to restore us,</div> +<div class="t">Mercy beaming from above.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Every secret fault confessing,</div> +<div class="t">Deed unrighteous, thought of sin,</div> +<div class="l">Seize, O seize the proffered blessing,</div> +<div class="t">Grace from God, and peace within!</div> +<div class="l">Heart and voice with rapture swelling,</div> +<div class="t">Still the song of glory raise;</div> +<div class="l">On the theme immortal dwelling,</div> +<div class="t">Join the universal praise.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0263"> + +<h3>263. <span class="meter">7s. & 6s. M.</span> <span class="sc">J. G. Adams.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Gospel Advancing.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Brighter shines the gospel day</div> +<div class="t">On our Zion's mountains;</div> +<div class="l">Clearer has become the way</div> +<div class="t">To her living fountains.</div> +<div class="l">Hark! the stirring trumpet tone</div> +<div class="l">Hath o'er every hill-top flown;</div> +<div class="l">Error's hosts retiring see!</div> +<div class="l">Superstition's minions flee!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>From the luring haunts of sin</div> +<div class="t">Where the soul is blighted,</div> +<div class="l">Christ invites--come enter in</div> +<div class="t">To the temple lighted</div> +<div class="l">With the beams of pardoning love--</div> +<div class="l">With the wisdom from above;</div> +<div class="l">Leave the woes of sin behind,</div> +<div class="l">And a rest perpetual find.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Come from error's hoary shrine,</div> +<div class="t">Jew or Gentile seeking</div> +<div class="l">For the way of life divine--</div> +<div class="t">Hear this voice now speaking!</div> +<div class="l">Willing hearts and hands prepare</div> +<div class="l">Christ's redeeming grace to share;</div> +<div class="l">Join our triumph-strain, and sing</div> +<div class="l">Zion's Universal King.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0264"> + +<h3>264. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Medley.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Fountain of Living Waters.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>O, what amazing words of grace</div> +<div class="t">Are in the gospel found!</div> +<div class="l">Suited to every sinner's case,</div> +<div class="t">Who hears the joyful sound.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Come, then, with all your wants and wounds;</div> +<div class="t">Your every burden bring;</div> +<div class="l">Here love, unchanging love, abounds,</div> +<div class="t">A deep, celestial spring.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>This spring with living water flows,</div> +<div class="t">And heavenly joy imparts;</div> +<div class="l">Come, thirsty souls, your wants disclose,</div> +<div class="t">And drink with thankful hearts.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0265"> + +<h3>265. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Select Hymns.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Now is the Day of Grace.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>Now is the day of grace;</div> +<div class="t">Now to the Father come;</div> +<div class="l">The Lord is calling, "Seek my face,</div> +<div class="t">And I will guide you home."</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>The Saviour bids you speed;</div> +<div class="t">O, wherefore then delay?</div> +<div class="l">He calls in love; he sees your need;</div> +<div class="t">He bids you come to-day.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>To-day the prize is won;</div> +<div class="t">The promise is to save;</div> +<div class="l">Then, O, be wise; to-morrow's sun</div> +<div class="t">May shine upon your grave.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0266"> + +<h3>266. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Mrs. Steele.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Invitation to the Gospel Feast.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Ye wretched, hungry, starving poor,</div> +<div class="t">Behold a royal feast,</div> +<div class="l">Where mercy spreads her bounteous store,</div> +<div class="t">For every humble guest!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>See, Jesus stands with open arms!</div> +<div class="t">He calls, he bids you come;--</div> +<div class="l">Guilt holds you back, and fear alarms,--</div> +<div class="t">But see, there yet is room!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Come then, and with his people taste</div> +<div class="t">The blessings of his love;</div> +<div class="l">While hope attends the sweet repast,</div> +<div class="t">Of nobler joys above.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>There, with united heart and voice,</div> +<div class="t">Before the eternal throne,</div> +<div class="l">Ten thousand thousand souls rejoice</div> +<div class="t">In ecstasies unknown.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>And yet ten thousand thousand more</div> +<div class="t">Are welcome still to come:</div> +<div class="l">Ye longing souls, the grace adore;--</div> +<div class="l">Approach, there yet is room.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0267"> + +<h3>267. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Hawes.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>From the holy mount above,</div> +<div class="l">Glowing in the light of love,</div> +<div class="l">What melodious sounds we hear,</div> +<div class="l">Bursting on the ravished ear!</div> +<div class="l">"At the feast there yet is room--</div> +<div class="l">Come and welcome, sinner, come.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>"Thou shalt be a welcome guest,</div> +<div class="l">By the Lord divinely blest;--</div> +<div class="l">In the word of truth believe,--</div> +<div class="l">All thy sinful pleasures leave,</div> +<div class="l">And no more in darkness roam,--</div> +<div class="l">Come and welcome, sinner, come.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>"God is thy unchanging Friend;</div> +<div class="l">He will love thee to the end,</div> +<div class="l">And at last thy soul convey</div> +<div class="l">To the realms of endless day,</div> +<div class="l">To a blessed spirit-home,--</div> +<div class="l">Come and welcome, sinner, come."</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0268"> + +<h3>268. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Episcopal Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Sinner entreated to awake.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Sinner, rouse thee from thy sleep;</div> +<div class="l">Wake, and o'er thy folly weep;</div> +<div class="l">Raise thy spirit, dark and dead;</div> +<div class="l">Jesus waits his light to shed.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Wake from sleep; arise from death;</div> +<div class="l">See the bright and living path;</div> +<div class="l">Watchful, tread that path; be wise;</div> +<div class="l">Leave thy folly; seek the skies.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Leave thy folly; cease from crime;</div> +<div class="l">From this hour redeem thy time;</div> +<div class="l">Life secure without delay;</div> +<div class="l">Brief is this thy mortal day.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>O, then, rouse thee from thy sleep;</div> +<div class="l">Wake, and o'er thy folly weep;</div> +<div class="l">Jesus calls from death and night;</div> +<div class="l">Jesus waits to shed his light.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0269"> + +<h3>269. <span class="meter">L. M. 6l.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Gospel gives Peace and Rest.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Peace, troubled soul, whose plaintive moan</div> +<div class="t">Hath taught these rocks the notes of woe;</div> +<div class="l">Cease thy complaints, suppress thy groan,</div> +<div class="t">And let thy tears forget to flow:</div> +<div class="l">Behold the precious balm is found,</div> +<div class="l">Which lulls thy pain, which heals thy wound.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Come, freely come; by sin oppressed,</div> +<div class="t">Unburden here the weighty load,</div> +<div class="l">Here find thy refuge and thy rest,</div> +<div class="t">And trust the mercy of thy God:</div> +<div class="l">Thy God's thy Father,--glorious word!</div> +<div class="l">Forever love and praise the Lord.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>As spring the winter, day the night,</div> +<div class="t">Peace sorrow's gloom shall chase away,</div> +<div class="l">And smiling joy, a seraph bright,</div> +<div class="t">Shall tend thy steps and near thee stay;</div> +<div class="l">Whilst glory weaves th' immortal crown,</div> +<div class="l">And waits to claim thee for her own.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0270"> + +<h3>270. <span class="meter">7s. M. 8l.</span> <span class="sc">Bowring.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Invitation.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Pilgrim, burdened with thy sin,</div> +<div class="t">Come the way to Zion's gate,</div> +<div class="l">There, till mercy speaks within,</div> +<div class="t">Knock, and weep, and watch and wait--</div> +<div class="l">Knock--he knows the sinner's cry,</div> +<div class="t">Weep--he loves the mourner's tears,</div> +<div class="l">Watch--for saving grace is nigh,</div> +<div class="t">Wait--till heavenly grace appears.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Hark, it is thy Saviour's voice!</div> +<div class="t">"Welcome, pilgrim, to thy rest."</div> +<div class="l">Now within the gate rejoice,</div> +<div class="t">Safe, and owned, and bought and blest--</div> +<div class="l">Safe--from all the lures of vice,</div> +<div class="t">Owned--by joys the contrite know,</div> +<div class="l">Bought--by love and life the price,</div> +<div class="t">Blest--the mighty debt to owe!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Holy pilgrim! what for thee,</div> +<div class="t">In a world like this, remains?</div> +<div class="l">From thy guarded breast shall flee</div> +<div class="t">Fear, and shame, and doubt and pains--</div> +<div class="l">Fear--the hope of heaven shall fly,</div> +<div class="t">Shame--from glory's view retire,</div> +<div class="l">Doubt--in full belief shall die,</div> +<div class="t">Pain--in endless bliss expire.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0271"> + +<h3>271. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Bright was the guiding star that led,</div> +<div class="t">With mild benignant ray,</div> +<div class="l">The Gentiles to the lowly shed</div> +<div class="t">Where the Redeemer lay.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>But lo! a brighter, clearer light</div> +<div class="t">Now points to his abode</div> +<div class="l">It shines through sin and sorrow's night</div> +<div class="t">To guide us to our Lord.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>O haste to follow where it leads;</div> +<div class="t">The gracious call obey,</div> +<div class="l">Be rugged wilds, or flowery meads,</div> +<div class="t">The Christian's destined way.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>O gladly tread the narrow path</div> +<div class="t">While light and grace are given;</div> +<div class="l">We'll meekly follow Christ on earth,</div> +<div class="t">And reign with him in heaven.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0272"> + +<h3>272. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Collyer.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Call to the Wandering.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Return, O wanderer, now return,</div> +<div class="t">And seek thy Father's face;</div> +<div class="l">Those new desires, which in thee burn,</div> +<div class="t">Were kindled by his grace.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Return, O wanderer, now return;</div> +<div class="t">He hears thy humble sigh;</div> +<div class="l">He sees thy softened spirit mourn,</div> +<div class="t">When no one else is nigh.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Return, O wanderer, now return;</div> +<div class="t">Thy Father bids thee live;</div> +<div class="l">Go to his feet, and grateful learn</div> +<div class="t">How freely he'll forgive.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Return, O wanderer, now return,</div> +<div class="t">And wipe the falling tear;</div> +<div class="l">Thy Father calls--no longer mourn;</div> +<div class="t">'T is love invites thee near.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0273"> + +<h3>273. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Moore.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Were not the sinful Mary's tears</div> +<div class="t">An offering worthy heaven,</div> +<div class="l">When, o'er the faults of former years,</div> +<div class="t">She wept, and was forgiven?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>When, bringing every balmy sweet</div> +<div class="t">Her day of luxury stored,</div> +<div class="l">She o'er her Saviour's hallowed feet</div> +<div class="t">The precious ointment poured;</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Were not those sweets so freely shed,</div> +<div class="t">That shame, those weeping eyes,</div> +<div class="l">And the sunk heart which inly bled,</div> +<div class="t">Heaven's noblest sacrifice?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Thou that hast slept in error's sleep,</div> +<div class="t">O wouldst thou wake to heaven,</div> +<div class="l">Like Mary kneel, like Mary weep;</div> +<div class="t">"Love much," and be forgiven!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0274"> + +<h3>274. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">To the Prodigal Son.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Brother, hast thou wandered far</div> +<div class="t">From thy father's happy home?</div> +<div class="l">With thyself and God at war?</div> +<div class="t">Turn thee, brother, homeward come.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Hast thou wasted all the powers</div> +<div class="t">God for noble uses gave?</div> +<div class="l">Squandered life's most golden hours?</div> +<div class="t">Turn thee, brother, God can save!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Is a mighty famine now</div> +<div class="t">In thy heart and in thy soul?</div> +<div class="l">Discontent upon thy brow?</div> +<div class="t">Turn thee, God will make thee whole!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Fall before him on the ground,</div> +<div class="t">Pour thy sorrow in his ear,</div> +<div class="l">Seek him, while he may be found,</div> +<div class="t">Call upon him, while he's near.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0275"> + +<h3>275. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Episcopal Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Gospel Invitations.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>The Spirit, in our hearts,</div> +<div class="t">Is whispering, "Sinner, come!"</div> +<div class="l">The Bride, the Church of Christ, proclaims</div> +<div class="t">To all his children, "Come!"</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>Let him that heareth say</div> +<div class="t">To all about him, "Come!"</div> +<div class="l">Let him that thirsts for righteousness,</div> +<div class="t">To Christ, the Fountain, come!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>Yes, whosoever will,</div> +<div class="t">O, let him freely come,</div> +<div class="l">And freely drink the stream of life;</div> +<div class="t">'Tis Jesus bids him come.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>Lo, Jesus, who invites,</div> +<div class="t">Declares, "I quickly come:"</div> +<div class="l">Lord, even so! I wait thine hour:</div> +<div class="t">Jesus, my Saviour, come!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0276"> + +<h3>276. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Blessings of the Gospel.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Blest are the souls that hear and know</div> +<div class="t">The gospel's joyful sound;</div> +<div class="l">Peace shall attend the paths they go,</div> +<div class="t">And light their steps surround.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Their joy shall bear their spirits up,</div> +<div class="t">Through their Redeemer's name;</div> +<div class="l">His righteousness exalts their hope,</div> +<div class="t">Nor dares the world condemn.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>The Lord, our glory and defence,</div> +<div class="t">Strength and salvation gives;</div> +<div class="l">Israel, thy King forever reigns,</div> +<div class="t">Thy God forever lives.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0277"> + +<h3>277. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Doddridge.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">All Things Ready.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>The King of heaven his table spreads,</div> +<div class="t">And dainties crown the board:</div> +<div class="l">Not Paradise, with all its joys,</div> +<div class="t">Could such delight afford.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Ye hungry poor, that long have strayed</div> +<div class="t">In sin's dark mazes, come;</div> +<div class="l">Come from your most obscure retreats</div> +<div class="t">And grace shall find you room.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Millions of souls, in glory now,</div> +<div class="t">Were fed and feasted here;</div> +<div class="l">And millions more, still on the way,</div> +<div class="t">Around the board appear.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Yet are his house and heart so large,</div> +<div class="t">That millions more may come;</div> +<div class="l">Nor could the whole assembled world</div> +<div class="t">O'erfill the spacious room.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0278"> + +<h3>278. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Pratt's Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Coming to Christ.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>Ye sons of earth, arise,</div> +<div class="t">Ye creatures of a day;</div> +<div class="l">Redeem the time--be bold--be wise,</div> +<div class="t">And cast your bonds away.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>The year of gospel grace</div> +<div class="t">With us rejoice to see,</div> +<div class="l">And thankfully in Christ embrace</div> +<div class="t">Your proffered liberty.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>Blest Saviour, Lord of all,</div> +<div class="l">God help us to receive;</div> +<div class="t">Obedient to thy gracious call,</div> +<div class="t">O, bid us turn and live.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0279"> + +<h3>279. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">E. Turner.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Saviour's Voice.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>Hear what a Saviour's voice,</div> +<div class="t">To sinners, does proclaim;</div> +<div class="l">O, all ye ransomed souls, rejoice</div> +<div class="t">In your Redeemer's name.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>Where sin and death have reigned,</div> +<div class="t">And all their power employed,</div> +<div class="l">There are his love and light maintained,</div> +<div class="t">And heavenly truth enjoyed.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>The needy, starving poor</div> +<div class="t">Are filled with living bread;</div> +<div class="l">The opening of the prison door</div> +<div class="t">Proclaims the captive freed.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>The thirsty, panting soul,</div> +<div class="t">That longs for springs of grace,</div> +<div class="l">Beholds celestial waters roll,</div> +<div class="t">And floods of righteousness.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">5</span>My God, my Saviour too,</div> +<div class="t">I would thy love proclaim,</div> +<div class="l">Partake of what is brought to view,</div> +<div class="t">And sing thy glorious name.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0280"> + +<h3>280. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Power of the Gospel.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>Behold, the morning sun</div> +<div class="t">Begins his glorious way;</div> +<div class="l">His beams through all the nations run,</div> +<div class="t">And life and light convey.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>But where the gospel comes,</div> +<div class="t">It spreads diviner light;</div> +<div class="l">It calls dead sinners from their tombs,</div> +<div class="t">And gives the blind their sight.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>How perfect is thy word!</div> +<div class="t">And all thy judgments just!</div> +<div class="l">Forever sure thy promise, Lord,</div> +<div class="t">And we securely trust.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>My gracious God, how plain</div> +<div class="t">Are thy directions given!</div> +<div class="l">O, may we never read in vain,</div> +<div class="t">But find the path to heaven.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0281"> + +<h3>281. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Gospel Invitation.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Come to the living waters, come!</div> +<div class="t">Gladly obey your Maker's call:--</div> +<div class="l">Return, ye weary wand'rers, home,</div> +<div class="t">And find his grace is free for all.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>See from the rock a fountain rise;</div> +<div class="t">For you in healing streams it rolls;</div> +<div class="l">Money ye need not bring, nor price,</div> +<div class="t">Ye weary, heavy-laden souls.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>In search of empty joys below,</div> +<div class="t">Why toil with unavailing strife?</div> +<div class="l">Whither, ah! whither would ye go?</div> +<div class="t">Christ hath the words of endless life.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Your willing ears and hearts incline,</div> +<div class="t">His words believingly receive;</div> +<div class="l">Quicken'd, you then, by faith divine,</div> +<div class="t">A heavenly life on earth shall live.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0282"> + +<h3>282. <span class="meter">11s. M.</span> <span class="sc">S. F. Streeter.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>How gracious the promise, how soothing the word</div> +<div class="l">That came from the lips of our merciful Lord!</div> +<div class="l">"Ye lone, and ye weary, ye sad and oppressed,</div> +<div class="l">Come, learn of your Saviour, and ye shall find rest."</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Ye proud, from the paths of ambition depart,</div> +<div class="l">For meek was your Master, and lowly of heart.</div> +<div class="l">And all who have sinned and have wandered astray,</div> +<div class="l">Come, walk in the light and the truth and the way.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Ye heart-stricken sons, and ye daughters of woe,</div> +<div class="l">For you the fresh fountains of comfort o'erflow;</div> +<div class="l">Your souls to the blessed Redeemer unite,--</div> +<div class="l">His yoke it is easy, his burden is light.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0283"> + +<h3>283. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Mrs. Barbauld.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Weary, Pained, and Guilty, Invited.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Come! said Jesus' sacred voice,</div> +<div class="l">Come, and make my paths your choice;</div> +<div class="l">I will guide you to your home;</div> +<div class="l">Weary pilgrim, hither come!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Thou who, houseless, sole, forlorn,</div> +<div class="l">Long hast borne the proud world's scorn,</div> +<div class="l">Long hast roamed the barren waste,</div> +<div class="l">Weary pilgrim, hither haste!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Ye who, tossed on beds of pain,</div> +<div class="l">Seek for ease, but seek in vain;</div> +<div class="l">Ye, whose swollen and sleepless eyes</div> +<div class="l">Watch to see the morning rise;</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Ye, by fiercer anguish torn,</div> +<div class="l">In remorse for guilt who mourn,</div> +<div class="l">Here repose your heavy care:</div> +<div class="l">Who the stings of guilt can bear?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Sinner, come! for here is found</div> +<div class="l">Balm that flows for every wound;</div> +<div class="l">Peace that ever shall endure,</div> +<div class="l">Rest eternal, sacred, sure.</div> +</div> + +</div> + + +<h2>TRIUMPH OF CHRISTIANITY.</h2> + +<div class="hymn" id="h0284"> + +<h3>284. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Christ's Kingdom among the Gentiles.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Jesus shall reign where'er the sun</div> +<div class="l">Does his successive journeys run;</div> +<div class="l">His kingdom stretch from shore to shore</div> +<div class="l">Till moons shall wax and wane no more.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>For him shall endless prayer be made,</div> +<div class="l">And endless praises crown his head;</div> +<div class="l">His name, like sweet perfume, shall rise</div> +<div class="l">With every morning sacrifice.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>People and realms of every tongue</div> +<div class="l">Dwell on his love with sweetest song;</div> +<div class="l">And infant voices shall proclaim</div> +<div class="l">Their early blessings on his name.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Blessings abound where'er he reigns;</div> +<div class="l">The joyful prisoner bursts his chains;</div> +<div class="l">The weary find eternal rest,</div> +<div class="l">And all the sons of want are blest.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Let every creature rise and bring</div> +<div class="l">Peculiar honors to our King;</div> +<div class="l">Angels descend with songs again</div> +<div class="l">And earth repeat the loud Amen.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0285"> + +<h3>285. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Milton.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Kingdom of God on Earth.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>The Lord will come, and not be slow;</div> +<div class="t">His footsteps cannot err;</div> +<div class="l">Before him righteousness shall go,</div> +<div class="t">His royal harbinger.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>The nations all whom thou hast made</div> +<div class="t">Shall come, and all shall frame</div> +<div class="l">To bow them low before thee, Lord,</div> +<div class="t">And glorify thy name.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Truth from the earth, like to a flower,</div> +<div class="t">Shall bud and blossom then,</div> +<div class="l">And Justice, from her heavenly bower,</div> +<div class="t">Look down on mortal men.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Thee will I praise, O Lord, my God,</div> +<div class="t">Thee honor and adore</div> +<div class="l">With my whole heart, and blaze abroad</div> +<div class="t">Thy name for evermore.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>For great thou art, and wonders great</div> +<div class="t">By thy strong hand are done:</div> +<div class="l">Thou, in thy everlasting seat,</div> +<div class="t">Remainest God alone.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0286"> + +<h3>286. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">H. Ballou.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Jesus his empire shall extend;</div> +<div class="t">Beneath his gentle sway</div> +<div class="l">Kings of the earth shall humbly bend,</div> +<div class="t">And his commands obey.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>From sea to sea, from shore to shore,</div> +<div class="t">All nations shall be blest;</div> +<div class="l">We hear the noise of war no more,--</div> +<div class="t">He gives his people rest.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>As clouds descend in gentle showers,</div> +<div class="t">When spring renews her reign;</div> +<div class="l">And call to life the fragrant flowers</div> +<div class="t">O'er forest, hill and plain;--</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>So Jesus, by his heavenly grace,</div> +<div class="t">Descends on man below,</div> +<div class="l">And o'er the millions of our race</div> +<div class="t">His gentle blessings flow.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>All that the reign of sin destroyed,</div> +<div class="t">The Saviour shall restore;</div> +<div class="l">And, from the treasures of the Lord,</div> +<div class="t">Shall give us blessings more.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0287"> + +<h3>287. <span class="meter">H. M.</span> <span class="sc">E. Turner.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Universal King.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Come, sing a Saviour's power,</div> +<div class="t">And praise his mighty name;</div> +<div class="l">His wondrous love adore,</div> +<div class="t">And chant his growing fame.</div> +<div class="l">Wide o'er the world a king shall reign,</div> +<div class="l">And righteousness and peace maintain.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>The sceptre of his grace</div> +<div class="t">He shall forever wield;</div> +<div class="l">His foes, before his face,</div> +<div class="t">To strength divine shall yield:</div> +<div class="l">The conquest of his truth shall show</div> +<div class="l">What an almighty arm can do.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>His alienated sons,</div> +<div class="t">By sin beguiled, betrayed,</div> +<div class="l">Shall then be born at once,</div> +<div class="t">And willing subjects made:</div> +<div class="l">Such numbers shall his courts adorn</div> +<div class="l">As dew-drops of the vernal morn.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>His realm shall ever stand,</div> +<div class="t">By liberal things upheld:</div> +<div class="l">And from his bounteous hand</div> +<div class="t">All hearts with joy be filled.</div> +<div class="l">A universe with praise shall own</div> +<div class="l">The countless honors of his throne.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0288"> + +<h3>288. <span class="meter">7 & 6s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Montgomery.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Blessings of Christ's Kingdom.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Hail to the Lord's Anointed,</div> +<div class="t">Great David's greater Son!</div> +<div class="l">Hail! in the time appointed</div> +<div class="t">His reign on earth begun!</div> +<div class="l">He comes to break oppression,</div> +<div class="t">To set the captive free,</div> +<div class="l">To take away transgression,</div> +<div class="t">And rule in equity.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>He shall descend like showers</div> +<div class="t">Upon the fruitful earth,</div> +<div class="l">And love and joy, like flowers,</div> +<div class="t">Spring in his path to birth;</div> +<div class="l">Before him, on the mountains,</div> +<div class="t">Shall peace, the herald, go;</div> +<div class="l">And righteousness, in fountains,</div> +<div class="t">From hill to valley flow.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>For him shall prayer unceasing</div> +<div class="t">And daily vows ascend,</div> +<div class="l">His kingdom still increasing,--</div> +<div class="t">A kingdom without end:</div> +<div class="l">The tide of time shall never</div> +<div class="t">His covenant remove:</div> +<div class="l">His name shall stand forever;--</div> +<div class="t">That name to us is love.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0289"> + +<h3>289. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">H. Ballou.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Blessings of Christ's Universal Reign.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>When God descends with men to dwell,</div> +<div class="t">And all creation makes anew,</div> +<div class="l">What tongue can half the wonders tell?</div> +<div class="t">What eye the dazzling glories view?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Zion, the desolate, again</div> +<div class="t">Shall see her lands with roses bloom;</div> +<div class="l">And Carmel's mount, and Sharon's plain,</div> +<div class="t">Shall yield their spices and perfume.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Celestial streams shall gently flow;</div> +<div class="t">The wilderness shall joyful be;</div> +<div class="l">Lilies on parchéd ground shall grow;</div> +<div class="t">And gladness spring on every tree;</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>The weak be strong, the fearful bold,</div> +<div class="t">The deaf shall hear, the dumb shall sing,</div> +<div class="l">The lame shall walk, the blind behold;</div> +<div class="t">And joy through all the earth shall ring.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Monarchs and slaves shall meet in love;</div> +<div class="t">Old pride shall die, and meekness reign,--</div> +<div class="l">When God descends from worlds above,</div> +<div class="t">To dwell with men on earth again.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0290"> + +<h3>290. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Gospel Feast.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>On Zion, his most holy mount,</div> +<div class="t">God will a feast prepare;</div> +<div class="l">And Israel's sons, and Gentile lands,</div> +<div class="t">Shall in the banquet share.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>See to the vilest of the vile</div> +<div class="t">A free acceptance given!</div> +<div class="l">See rebels, by adopting grace,</div> +<div class="t">Sit with the heirs of heaven!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>The pained, the sick, the dying, now</div> +<div class="t">To ease and health restored,</div> +<div class="l">With eager appetites partake</div> +<div class="t">The plenties of the board.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>But, O, what draughts of bliss unknown,</div> +<div class="t">What dainties shall be given,</div> +<div class="l">When, with the myriads round the throne,</div> +<div class="t">We join the feast of heaven!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>There joys immeasurably high</div> +<div class="t">Shall overflow the soul,</div> +<div class="l">And springs of life, that never dry,</div> +<div class="t">In thousand channels roll.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0291"> + +<h3>291. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Fulness of the Gentiles.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>"Give us room, that we may dwell,"</div> +<div class="t">Zion's children cry aloud:</div> +<div class="l">See their numbers how they swell!</div> +<div class="t">How they gather like a cloud!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>O, how bright the morning seems!</div> +<div class="t">Brighter from so dark a night:</div> +<div class="l">Zion is like one that dreams,</div> +<div class="t">Filled with wonder and delight.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Lo! thy sun goes down no more:</div> +<div class="t">God himself will be thy light:</div> +<div class="l">All that caused thee grief before</div> +<div class="t">Buried lies in endless night.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Zion, now arise and shine;</div> +<div class="t">Lo! thy light from heaven is come</div> +<div class="l">These that crowd from far are thine;</div> +<div class="t">Give thy sons and daughters room.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0292"> + +<h3>292. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Influence of the Gospel like Rain.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>As showers on meadows newly mown,</div> +<div class="l">Jesus shall shed his blessings down;</div> +<div class="l">Crowned with whose life-infusing drops,</div> +<div class="l">Earth shall renew her blissful crops.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>The dews and rains, in all their store,</div> +<div class="l">Drenching the pastures o'er and o'er,</div> +<div class="l">Are not so copious as that grace</div> +<div class="l">Which sanctifies and saves our race.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>As, in soft silence, vernal showers</div> +<div class="l">Descend, and cheer the fainting flowers,</div> +<div class="l">So, in the secrecy of love,</div> +<div class="l">Falls the sweet influence from above.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>That heavenly influence let me find</div> +<div class="l">In holy silence of the mind,</div> +<div class="l">While every grace maintains its bloom,</div> +<div class="l">Diffusing wide its rich perfume.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Nor let these blessings be confined</div> +<div class="l">To me, but poured on all mankind,</div> +<div class="l">Till earth's wild wastes in verdure rise,</div> +<div class="l">And a young Eden bless our eyes.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0293"> + +<h3>293. <span class="meter">H. M.</span> <span class="sc">Doddridge.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Efficacy of the Gospel.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>Mark the soft-falling snow,</div> +<div class="t2">And the descending rain!</div> +<div class="t">To heaven, from whence it fell,</div> +<div class="t2">It turns not back again;</div> +<div class="l">But waters earth through every pore,</div> +<div class="l">And calls forth all her secret store.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>Arrayed in beauteous green</div> +<div class="t2">The hills and valleys shine,</div> +<div class="t">And man and beast are fed</div> +<div class="t2">By providence divine:</div> +<div class="l">The harvest bows its golden ears,</div> +<div class="l">The copious seed of future years.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>"So," saith the God of grace,</div> +<div class="t2">"My Gospel shall descend,</div> +<div class="t">Almighty to effect</div> +<div class="t2">The purpose I intend;</div> +<div class="l">Millions of souls shall feel its power,</div> +<div class="l">And bear it down to millions more."</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0294"> + +<h3>294. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">H. Ballou.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Universal Redemption.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>In God's eternity</div> +<div class="t">There shall a day arise,</div> +<div class="l">When all the race of man shall be</div> +<div class="t">With Jesus in the skies.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>As night before the rays</div> +<div class="t">Of morning flees away,</div> +<div class="l">Sin shall retire before the blaze</div> +<div class="t">Of God's eternal day.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>As music fills the grove</div> +<div class="t">When stormy clouds are past,</div> +<div class="l">Sweet anthems of redeeming love</div> +<div class="t">Shall all employ at last.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>Redeemed from death and sin,</div> +<div class="t">Shall Adam's numerous race</div> +<div class="l">A ceaseless song of praise begin,</div> +<div class="t">And shout redeeming grace.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0295"> + +<h3>295. <span class="meter">L. M. 6l.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"The Gentiles shall see thy Righteousness."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Let all the earth their voices raise,</div> +<div class="l">To sing the choicest psalm of praise;</div> +<div class="l">To sing and bless Jehovah's name:</div> +<div class="t">His glory let the heathen know,</div> +<div class="t">His wonders to the nations show,</div> +<div class="l">And all his saving works proclaim.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>The heathen know thy glory, Lord:</div> +<div class="l">The wondering nations read thy word:</div> +<div class="l">Among us is Jehovah known;</div> +<div class="t">Our worship shall no more be paid</div> +<div class="t">To gods which mortal hands have made;</div> +<div class="l">Our Maker is our God alone.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Come the great day, the glorious hour,</div> +<div class="l">When earth shall feel his saving power,</div> +<div class="l">And barbarous nations fear his name;</div> +<div class="t">Then shall the race of man confess</div> +<div class="t">The beauty of his holiness,</div> +<div class="l">And in his courts his grace proclaim.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0296"> + +<h3>296. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Bowring.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Progress of Gospel Truth.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Upon the Gospel's sacred page</div> +<div class="t">The gathered beams of ages shine;</div> +<div class="l">And, as it hastens, every age</div> +<div class="t">But makes its brightness more divine.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Truth, strengthened by the strength of thought,</div> +<div class="t">Pours inexhaustible supplies,</div> +<div class="l">Whence sagest teachers may be taught,</div> +<div class="t">And Wisdom's self become more wise.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>More glorious still as centuries roll,</div> +<div class="t">New regions blest, new powers unfurled,</div> +<div class="l">Expanding with the expanding soul,</div> +<div class="t">Its waters shall o'erflow the world;</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Flow to restore, but not destroy;</div> +<div class="t">As when the cloudless lamp of day</div> +<div class="l">Pours out its floods of light and joy,</div> +<div class="t">And sweeps each lingering mist away.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0297"> + +<h3>297. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Universal Reign of Christ.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Great God, whose universal sway</div> +<div class="l">The known and unknown worlds obey;</div> +<div class="l">Now give the kingdom to thy Son;</div> +<div class="l">Extend his power, exalt his throne.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>The heathen lands, that lie beneath</div> +<div class="l">The shades of overspreading death,</div> +<div class="l">Revive at his first dawning light,</div> +<div class="l">And deserts blossom at the sight.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>The saints shall flourish in his days,</div> +<div class="l">Dressed in the robes of joy and praise;</div> +<div class="l">Peace, like a river, from his throne</div> +<div class="l">Shall flow to nations yet unknown.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0298"> + +<h3>298. <span class="meter">10s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Pope.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Predicted Glory of the Messiah's Kingdom.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Rise, crowned with light, imperial Salem, rise!</div> +<div class="l">Exalt thy towering head, and lift thine eyes!</div> +<div class="l">See heaven its sparkling portals wide display,</div> +<div class="l">And break upon thee in a flood of day!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>See a long race thy spacious courts adorn,</div> +<div class="l">See future sons and daughters yet unborn,</div> +<div class="l">In crowding ranks on every side arise,</div> +<div class="l">Demanding life, impatient for the skies!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>See barbarous nations at thy gates attend,</div> +<div class="l">Walk in thy light, and in thy temples bend!</div> +<div class="l">See thy bright altars thronged with prostrate kings,</div> +<div class="l">While every land its joyous tribute brings.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>The seas shall waste, the skies to smoke decay,</div> +<div class="l">Rocks fall to dust, and mountains melt away</div> +<div class="l">But fixed his word, his saving power remains,</div> +<div class="l">Thy realm shall last, thy own Messiah reigns.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0299"> + +<h3>299. <span class="meter">8s., 7s. & 4s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Kelly.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Encouraging Prospects.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Yes, we trust the day is breaking;</div> +<div class="t">Joyful times are near at hand;</div> +<div class="l">God, the mighty God, is speaking,</div> +<div class="t">By his word, in every land:</div> +<div class="t2">When he chooses,</div> +<div class="t">Darkness flies at his command.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>While the foe becomes more daring,</div> +<div class="t">While he enters like a flood,</div> +<div class="l">God, the Saviour, is preparing</div> +<div class="t">Means to spread his truth abroad:</div> +<div class="t2">Every language</div> +<div class="t">Soon shall tell the love of God.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>God of Jacob, high and glorious,</div> +<div class="t">Let thy people see thy hand;</div> +<div class="l">Let the gospel be victorious,</div> +<div class="t">Through the world, in every land;</div> +<div class="t2">Then shall idols</div> +<div class="t">Perish, Lord, at thy command.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0300"> + +<h3>300. <span class="meter">7s. & 6s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Universal Hallelujah.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>When shall the voice of singing</div> +<div class="t">Flow joyfully along?</div> +<div class="l">When hill and valley, ringing</div> +<div class="t">With one triumphant song,</div> +<div class="l">Proclaim the contest ended,</div> +<div class="t">And Him, who once was slain,</div> +<div class="l">Again to earth descended,</div> +<div class="t">In righteousness to reign?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Then from the craggy mountains</div> +<div class="t">The sacred shout shall fly,</div> +<div class="l">And shady vales and fountains</div> +<div class="t">Shall echo the reply:</div> +<div class="l">High tower and lowly dwelling</div> +<div class="t">Shall send the chorus round,</div> +<div class="l">The hallelujah swelling</div> +<div class="t">In one eternal sound.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0301"> + +<h3>301. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Prospect of Universal Blessedness.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Lo! what a glorious sight appears</div> +<div class="t">To our believing eyes!</div> +<div class="l">The earth and seas are passed away,</div> +<div class="t">And the old rolling skies.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>From the third heaven, where God resides</div> +<div class="t">That holy, happy place,</div> +<div class="l">The new Jerusalem comes down,</div> +<div class="t">Adorned with shining grace.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>"The God of glory down to men</div> +<div class="t">Removes his blessed abode;</div> +<div class="l">Men, the dear objects of his grace,</div> +<div class="t">And he, the loving God.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>"His own soft hand shall wipe the tears</div> +<div class="t">From every weeping eye;</div> +<div class="l">And pains and groans, and griefs and fears,</div> +<div class="t">And death itself shall die."</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>How long, dear Saviour, O how long</div> +<div class="t">Shall this bright hour delay?</div> +<div class="l">Fly swifter round, ye wheels of time,</div> +<div class="t">And bring the welcome day.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0302"> + +<h3>302. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Richards.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Cloud and Pillar of Fire.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Long as the darkening cloud abode,</div> +<div class="t">So long did ancient Israel rest;</div> +<div class="l">Nor moved they, till the guiding Lord</div> +<div class="t">In brighter garments stood confest.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Father of spirits, Light of light,</div> +<div class="t">Lift up the cloud, and rend the veil;</div> +<div class="l">Shine forth in fire, amid that night,</div> +<div class="t">Whose blackness makes the heart to fail.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>'T is done! to Christ the power is given;</div> +<div class="t">His death has rent the veil away,</div> +<div class="l">Our great Forerunner entered heaven,</div> +<div class="t">And oped the gate of endless day.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Nor shall those mists that brood o'er time,</div> +<div class="t">Forever blind the mental eye;</div> +<div class="l">They backward roll, and light sublime</div> +<div class="t">Beams glory from our God on high.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Adoring nations hail the dawn,</div> +<div class="t">All kingdoms bless the noontide beam,</div> +<div class="l">And light, unfolding life's full morn,</div> +<div class="t">Is vast creation's deathless theme.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0303"> + +<h3>303. <span class="meter">S. M</span> <span class="sc">Johns.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Kingdom of God.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Come, kingdom of our God,</div> +<div class="t">Sweet reign of light and love!</div> +<div class="l">Shed peace, and hope, and joy abroad,</div> +<div class="t">And wisdom from above.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Over our spirits first</div> +<div class="t">Extend thy healing reign;</div> +<div class="l">There raise and quench the sacred thirst,</div> +<div class="t">That never pains again.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Come, kingdom of our God!</div> +<div class="t">And make the broad earth thine,</div> +<div class="l">Stretch o'er her lands and isles the rod</div> +<div class="t">That flowers with grace divine.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Soon may all tribes be blest</div> +<div class="t">With fruit from life's glad tree;</div> +<div class="l">And in its shade like brothers rest</div> +<div class="t">Sons of one family.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Come, kingdom of our God!</div> +<div class="t">And raise thy glorious throne</div> +<div class="l">In worlds by the undying trod,</div> +<div class="t">Where God shall bless his own.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0304"> + +<h3>304. <span class="meter">10s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Ashworth.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Kingdom of Christ.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Pour, blessed Gospel, glorious news for man!</div> +<div class="t">Thy stream of life o'er springless deserts roll:</div> +<div class="l">Thy bond of peace the mighty earth can span,</div> +<div class="t">And make one brotherhood from pole to pole.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>On, piercing Gospel, on! of every heart,</div> +<div class="t">In every latitude, thou own'st the key:</div> +<div class="l">From their dull slumbers savage souls shall start,</div> +<div class="t">With all their treasures first unlocked by thee!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Tread, kingly Gospel, through the nations tread!</div> +<div class="t">With all the civil virtues in thy train:</div> +<div class="l">Be all to thy blest freedom captive led;</div> +<div class="t">And Christ, the true emancipator, reign!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Spread, giant Gospel, spread thy growing wings!</div> +<div class="t">Gather thy scattered ones from every land:</div> +<div class="l">Call home the wanderers to the King of kings;</div> +<div class="t">Proclaim them all thine own;--'t is Christ's command!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0305"> + +<h3>305. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Montgomery.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Christ's Triumph.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Hark! the song of jubilee,</div> +<div class="t">Loud as mighty thunders roar,</div> +<div class="l">Or the fulness of the sea,</div> +<div class="t">When it breaks upon the shore;--</div> +<div class="l">Hallelujah to the Lord!</div> +<div class="t">God omnipotent shall reign;</div> +<div class="l">Hallelujah! let the word</div> +<div class="t">Echo round the earth and main.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Hallelujah!--hark! the sound,</div> +<div class="t">Heard through earth, and through the skies,</div> +<div class="l">Wakes above, beneath, around,</div> +<div class="t">All creation's harmonies:</div> +<div class="l">See Jehovah's banner furled,</div> +<div class="t">Sheathed his sword; he speaks,--'t is done!</div> +<div class="l">And the kingdoms of this world</div> +<div class="t">Are the kingdoms of his Son.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0306"> + +<h3>306. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">C. Wesley.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Progress of the Gospel.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>See how great a flame aspires,</div> +<div class="t">Kindled by a spark of grace!</div> +<div class="l">Jesus' love the nations fires,</div> +<div class="t">Sets the kingdoms on a blaze.</div> +<div class="l">To bring fire on earth he came:</div> +<div class="t">Kindled in some hearts it is:</div> +<div class="l">O that all might catch the flame,</div> +<div class="t">All partake the glorious bliss!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>When he first the work begun,</div> +<div class="t">Small and feeble was his day:</div> +<div class="l">Now the word doth swiftly run,</div> +<div class="t">Now it wins its widening way:</div> +<div class="l">More and more it spreads and grows,</div> +<div class="t">Ever mighty to prevail;</div> +<div class="l">Sin's strong-holds it now o'erthrows,</div> +<div class="t">Shakes the trembling gates of hell.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Saw ye not the cloud arise,</div> +<div class="t">Little as a human hand?</div> +<div class="l">Now it spreads along the skies,</div> +<div class="t">Hangs o'er all the thirsty land!</div> +<div class="l">Lo! the promise of a shower</div> +<div class="t">Drops already from above!</div> +<div class="l">Haste, O Lord, and quickly pour</div> +<div class="t">All the spirit of thy love.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0307"> + +<h3>307. <span class="meter">7s. & 5s. M.</span> <span class="sc">A. C. Thomas.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Reconciliation.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Thou, whose wide extended sway</div> +<div class="l">Suns and systems e'er obey!</div> +<div class="l">Thou, our Guardian and our Stay,</div> +<div class="t2">Evermore adored:</div> +<div class="l">In prospective, Lord, we see</div> +<div class="l">Jew and Gentile, bond and free,</div> +<div class="l">Reconciled in Christ to thee,</div> +<div class="t2">Holy, holy Lord.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Thou by all shalt be confessed,</div> +<div class="l">Ever blessing, ever blest,</div> +<div class="l">When to thy eternal rest,</div> +<div class="t2">In the courts above,</div> +<div class="l">Thou shall bring the sore oppressed;</div> +<div class="l">Fill each joy-desiring breast;</div> +<div class="l">Make of each a welcome guest,</div> +<div class="t2">At the feast of love.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>When destroying death shall die,</div> +<div class="l">Hushed be every rising sigh,</div> +<div class="l">Tears be wiped from every eye,</div> +<div class="t2">Never more to fall;</div> +<div class="l">Then shall praises fill the sky,</div> +<div class="l">And angelic hosts shall cry,</div> +<div class="l">Holy, Holy Lord, Most High,</div> +<div class="t2">Thou art all in all!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0308"> + +<h3>308. <span class="meter">7s. M. 6l.</span> <span class="sc">Spirit of the Psalms.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Glory of the Church.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>On thy church, O Power Divine,</div> +<div class="l">Cause thy glorious face to shine;</div> +<div class="l">Till the nations from afar</div> +<div class="l">Hail her as their guiding star;</div> +<div class="l">Till her sons, from zone to zone,</div> +<div class="l">Make thy great salvation known.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Then shall God, with lavish hand,</div> +<div class="l">Scatter blessings o'er the land;</div> +<div class="l">Earth shall yield her rich increase,</div> +<div class="l">Every breeze shall whisper peace,</div> +<div class="l">And the world's remotest bound</div> +<div class="l">With the voice of praise resound.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0309"> + +<h3>309. <span class="meter">11s. & 10s. [<span class="sc">Peculiar.</span>]</span> <span class="sc">J. G. Adams.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Christian's Song of Triumph.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Sound the full chorus! let praises ascend</div> +<div class="l">To God the Creator, our Father and Friend.</div> +<div class="l">Sing, for the light of his truth is before us,</div> +<div class="t">And we will give thanks, and rejoice in his name;</div> +<div class="l">His banner of love in its glory waves o'er us;</div> +<div class="t">That love will continue forever the same.</div> +<div class="t2">Sound the full chorus, &c.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Praise to Jehovah! Give praise--let it rise</div> +<div class="l">From earth, in its fulness--and swell to the skies!</div> +<div class="l">Give glory and praise! For a ransomed creation</div> +<div class="t">The gospel of peace in its triumph shall see;</div> +<div class="l">Our God hath redeemed us--and Christ our salvation</div> +<div class="t">Appears, from transgression and death to make free!</div> +<div class="t2">Praise to Jehovah, &c.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0310"> + +<h3>310. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Gospel Freedom Universal.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>We long to see that happy time,</div> +<div class="t">That long-expected, blissful day,</div> +<div class="l">When men of every name and clime</div> +<div class="t">The glorious gospel shall obey.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>The word of God shall firm abide,</div> +<div class="t">Though earth and hell should dare oppose;</div> +<div class="l">The stone cut from the mountain's side,</div> +<div class="t">To universal empire grows.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Afric's emancipated sons</div> +<div class="t">Shall shout to Asia's rapt'rous song,</div> +<div class="l">Europe, with her unnumbered tongues,</div> +<div class="t">And western climes the strain prolong.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>From east to west, from north to south,</div> +<div class="t">Immanuel's kingdom shall extend,</div> +<div class="l">And every man, in every face,</div> +<div class="t">Shall meet a brother and a friend.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0311"> + +<h3>311. <span class="meter">C. P. M.</span> <span class="sc">M. Rayner.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Reign of Christ. <span class="scripRef">Isa. 35.</span></p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>The radiant dawn of gospel light,</div> +<div class="l">The prophet saw in vision bright,</div> +<div class="t">And hailed th' auspicious day,</div> +<div class="l">When Christ should all his grace disclose</div> +<div class="l">And cure the world of all its woes,</div> +<div class="t">By truth's triumphant sway.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>The blind their eyes shall open wide;</div> +<div class="l">To drink the light's o'erflowing tide,</div> +<div class="t">The deaf sweet music hear;</div> +<div class="l">The lame like bounding hart shall leap;</div> +<div class="l">The dumb no longer silence keep,</div> +<div class="t">But shout redemption near.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>And there shall be a holy way,</div> +<div class="l">In which the simple shall not stray--</div> +<div class="t">The path so plain and bright.</div> +<div class="l">Wayfaring men therein shall walk,</div> +<div class="l">And of their home and kindred talk,</div> +<div class="t">With rapture and delight.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>No ravenous beast in quest of prey,</div> +<div class="l">No lion lurking in the way,</div> +<div class="t">Shall ever there be seen.</div> +<div class="l">The place where dragons lay concealed,</div> +<div class="l">Large crops of waving grass shall yield,</div> +<div class="t">With reeds and rushes green.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>And when to Zion's peaceful home</div> +<div class="l">The ransomed of the Lord shall come,</div> +<div class="t">(O haste the blissful day!)</div> +<div class="l">Glad strains shall every tongue employ</div> +<div class="l">In songs of everlasting joy,</div> +<div class="t">And sighing flee away.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0312"> + +<h3>312. <span class="meter">H. M.</span> <span class="sc">Doddridge.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Wilderness Transformed. <span class="scripRef">Is. 41:18, 19.</span></p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Amazing, beauteous change!</div> +<div class="t">A world created new!</div> +<div class="l">My thoughts with transport range,</div> +<div class="t">The lovely scene to view:</div> +<div class="t2">In all I trace,</div> +<div class="t3">The work is thine;</div> +<div class="t3">Saviour divine,</div> +<div class="t2">Be thine the praise!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>See crystal fountains play</div> +<div class="t">Amidst the burning sands;</div> +<div class="l">The river's winding way</div> +<div class="t">Shines through the thirsty lands;</div> +<div class="t2">New grass is seen,</div> +<div class="t3">Its carpet spreads</div> +<div class="t3">And o'er the meads</div> +<div class="t2">Of living green.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Where pointed brambles grew,</div> +<div class="t">Entwined with horrid thorn,</div> +<div class="l">Gay flowers, forever new,</div> +<div class="t">The painted fields adorn;</div> +<div class="t2">The blushing rose,</div> +<div class="t3">In union fair,</div> +<div class="t3">And lily there,</div> +<div class="t2">Their sweets disclose.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>The tyrants of the plain</div> +<div class="t">Their savage chase give o'er;</div> +<div class="l">No more they rend the slain.</div> +<div class="t">And thirst for blood no more;</div> +<div class="t2">But infant hands</div> +<div class="t3">And lions yoke</div> +<div class="t3">Fierce tigers stroke,</div> +<div class="t2">In flowery bands.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>O, when, Almighty Lord,</div> +<div class="t">Shall these glad scenes arise,</div> +<div class="l">To verify thy word,</div> +<div class="t">And bless our wondering eyes?</div> +<div class="t2">That earth may raise,</div> +<div class="t3">United songs</div> +<div class="t3">With all its tongues,</div> +<div class="t2">Of ardent praise.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0313"> + +<h3>313. <span class="meter">8s., 7s. & 4s. M.</span> <span class="sc">J. Taylor.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Gospel Triumphant.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Still in shades of midnight darkness</div> +<div class="t">Abject sits the Pagan world;</div> +<div class="l">There the banner of salvation</div> +<div class="t">Ne'er hath been by time unfurled;</div> +<div class="t3">Nor their idols</div> +<div class="l">From their blood-stained altars hurled.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Yet the promise stands securely,</div> +<div class="t">And Messiah's reign shall spread;</div> +<div class="l">Not in vain his glorious conquest;</div> +<div class="t">Not in vain the Saviour bled.</div> +<div class="t3">Chief immortal!</div> +<div class="l">God's own hand hath crowned thy head.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>To this blessed dispensation</div> +<div class="t">Millions yet unborn shall fly;</div> +<div class="l">See the rising splendor beaming</div> +<div class="t">Till it gilds the western sky.</div> +<div class="t3">Glorious Gospel!</div> +<div class="l">Still thy triumphs multiply.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0314"> + +<h3>314. <span class="meter">P. M.</span> <span class="sc">Pratt's Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Church exulting in the Government of Jehovah.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Ye subjects of the Lord! proclaim</div> +<div class="l">The royal honors of his name:</div> +<div class="t">"Jehovah reigns!" be all our song.</div> +<div class="l">'T is He, thy God, O Zion, reigns!</div> +<div class="l">Prepare thy most harmonious strains</div> +<div class="t">Glad hallelujahs to prolong.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Tremble, ye pageants of a day,</div> +<div class="l">Formed, like your slaves, of brittle clay!</div> +<div class="t">Down to the dust your sceptres bend;</div> +<div class="l">To everlasting years He reigns,</div> +<div class="l">And undiminished state maintains,</div> +<div class="t">When kings, and suns, and time shall end.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>So shall his favored Zion live:</div> +<div class="l">In vain confed'rate nations strive</div> +<div class="t">Her sacred turrets to destroy;</div> +<div class="l">Her Sov'reign sits enthroned above,</div> +<div class="l">And endless power and endless love</div> +<div class="t">Ensure her safety and her joy.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0315"> + +<h3>315. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Montgomery.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Restoration of Israel.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Daughter of Zion, from the dust</div> +<div class="t">Exalt thy fallen head;</div> +<div class="l">Again in thy Redeemer trust:</div> +<div class="t">He calls thee from the dead.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Awake, awake; put on thy strength,</div> +<div class="t">Thy beautiful array;</div> +<div class="l">The day of freedom dawns at length,</div> +<div class="t">The Lord's appointed day.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Rebuild thy walls, thy bounds enlarge,</div> +<div class="t">And send thy heralds forth;</div> +<div class="l">Say to the south, "Give up thy charge,</div> +<div class="t">And keep not back, O north!"</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>They come, they come;--thine exiled bands.</div> +<div class="t">Where'er they rest or roam,</div> +<div class="l">Have heard thy voice in distant lands,</div> +<div class="t">And hasten to their home.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0316"> + +<h3>316. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Moore.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>O, who shall see the glorious day,</div> +<div class="t">When, throned on Zion's brow,</div> +<div class="l">The Lord shall rend the veil away</div> +<div class="t">That hides the nations now!</div> +<div class="l">When earth no more beneath the fear</div> +<div class="t">Of his rebuke shall lie,</div> +<div class="l">When pain shall cease, and every tear</div> +<div class="t">Be wiped from every eye!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Then, Judah, thou no more shalt mourn</div> +<div class="t">Beneath the heathen's chain;</div> +<div class="l">Thy days of splendor shall return,</div> +<div class="t">And all be new again.</div> +<div class="l">The fount of life shall then be quaffed</div> +<div class="t">In peace by all who come;</div> +<div class="l">And every wind that blows, shall waft</div> +<div class="t">Some long-lost wand'rer home.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0317"> + +<h3>317. <span class="meter">L. M. 6l.</span> <span class="sc">Pratt's Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Prayer for the Jews.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Father of faithful Abraham! hear</div> +<div class="t">Our earnest suit for Abraham's seed:</div> +<div class="l">Justly they claim the fervent prayer</div> +<div class="t">From us, adopted in their stead;</div> +<div class="l">Who mercy, through their fall, obtain,</div> +<div class="l">And Christ, by their rejection, gain.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>But hast thou finally forsook,</div> +<div class="t">Forever cast thine own away?</div> +<div class="l">Wilt thou not bid the murderers look</div> +<div class="t">On Him they pierced, and weep and pray?</div> +<div class="l">Yes! gracious Lord, thy word is past--</div> +<div class="l">"All Israel shall be saved at last."</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Come, then, thou great Deliverer, come!</div> +<div class="t">The veil from Jacob's heart remove:</div> +<div class="l">Receive thine ancient people home,</div> +<div class="t">That, quickened by thy dying love,</div> +<div class="l">In their recovery we may find</div> +<div class="l">Life from the dead for all mankind.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0318"> + +<h3>318. <span class="meter">7s. & 5s.</span> <span class="sc">S. F. Smith.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Missionary Angel.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Onward speed thy conquering flight;</div> +<div class="t">Angel, onward speed;</div> +<div class="l">Cast abroad thy radiant light,</div> +<div class="t">Bid the shades recede;</div> +<div class="l">Tread the idols in the dust,</div> +<div class="t">Heathen fanes destroy,</div> +<div class="l">Spread the gospel's holy trust,</div> +<div class="t">Spread the gospel's joy.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Onward speed thy conquering flight;</div> +<div class="t">Angel, onward haste;</div> +<div class="l">Quickly on each mountain's height</div> +<div class="t">Be thy standard placed;</div> +<div class="l">Let thy blissful tidings float</div> +<div class="t">Far o'er vale and hill,</div> +<div class="l">Till the sweetly-echoing note</div> +<div class="t">Every bosom thrill.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Onward speed thy conquering flight;</div> +<div class="t">Angel, onward fly:</div> +<div class="l">Long has been the reign of night;</div> +<div class="t">Bring the morning nigh:</div> +<div class="l">'Tis to thee the heathen lift</div> +<div class="t">Their imploring wail;</div> +<div class="l">Bear them Heaven's holy gift,</div> +<div class="t">Ere their courage fail.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Onward speed thy conquering flight</div> +<div class="t">Angel, onward speed;</div> +<div class="l">Morning bursts upon our sight--</div> +<div class="t">'Tis the time decreed:</div> +<div class="l">Jesus now his kingdom takes,</div> +<div class="t">Thrones and empires fall,</div> +<div class="l">And the joyous song awakes,</div> +<div class="t">"God is all in all."</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0319"> + +<h3>319. <span class="meter">H. M.</span> <span class="sc">Doddridge.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Glory of the Church in the Latter Day. <span class="scripRef">Is. 60:1.</span></p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>O Zion, tune thy voice,</div> +<div class="t">And raise thy hands on high;</div> +<div class="l">Tell all the earth thy joys,</div> +<div class="t">And boast salvation nigh.</div> +<div class="t2">Cheerful in God,</div> +<div class="t3">Arise and shine,</div> +<div class="t3">While rays divine</div> +<div class="t2">Stream all abroad.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>He gilds thy mourning face</div> +<div class="t">With beams that cannot fade;</div> +<div class="l">His all-resplendent grace</div> +<div class="t">He pours around thy head.</div> +<div class="t2">The nations round</div> +<div class="t3">Thy form shall view,</div> +<div class="t3">With lustre new</div> +<div class="t2">Divinely crowned.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>In honor to his name,</div> +<div class="t">Reflect that sacred light,</div> +<div class="l">And loud that grace proclaim,</div> +<div class="t">Which makes thy darkness bright;</div> +<div class="t2">Pursue his praise,</div> +<div class="t3">Till sovereign love</div> +<div class="t3">In worlds above</div> +<div class="t2">The glory raise.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0320"> + +<h3>320. <span class="meter">8s. & 7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Urwick's Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Desiring Christ's Triumph.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>O thou Sun of glorious splendor,</div> +<div class="t">Shine with healing in thy wing;</div> +<div class="l">Chase away these shades of darkness;</div> +<div class="t">Holy light and comfort bring.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Let the heralds of salvation</div> +<div class="t">Round the world with joy proclaim,</div> +<div class="l">"Death and hell are spoiled and vanquished</div> +<div class="t">Through the great Immanuel's name."</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Take thy power, almighty Saviour;</div> +<div class="t">Claim the nations for thine own;</div> +<div class="l">Reign, thou Lord of life and glory,</div> +<div class="t">Till each heart becomes thy throne.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Then the earth, o'erspread with glory,</div> +<div class="t">Decked with heavenly splendor bright</div> +<div class="l">Shall be made Jehovah's dwelling--</div> +<div class="t">As at first, the Lord's delight.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0321"> + +<h3>321. <span class="meter">H. M.</span> <span class="sc">Brown.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Millennium Hymn.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>Isles of the south, awake!</div> +<div class="t2">The song of triumph sing;</div> +<div class="t">Let mount, and hill, and vale,</div> +<div class="t2">With hallelujahs ring:</div> +<div class="l">Shout, for the idol's overthrown,</div> +<div class="l">And Israel's God is God alone.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>Wild wastes of Afric, shout!</div> +<div class="t2">Your shackled sons are free;</div> +<div class="t">No mother wails her child</div> +<div class="t2">'Neath the banana-tree:</div> +<div class="l">No slave-ship dashes on thy shore;</div> +<div class="l">The clank of chains is heard no more.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>Shout, vales of India, shout!</div> +<div class="t2">No funeral fires blaze high;</div> +<div class="t">No idol song rings loud,</div> +<div class="t2">As rolls the death-car by:</div> +<div class="l">The banner of the cross now waves</div> +<div class="l">Where Christian heralds made their graves.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>Shout, hills of Palestine!</div> +<div class="t2">Have you forgot the groan,</div> +<div class="t">The spear, the thorn, the cross,</div> +<div class="t2">The wine-press trod alone,</div> +<div class="l">The dying prayer that rose from thee,</div> +<div class="l">Thou garden of Gethsemane?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">5</span>Hail, glad, millennial day!</div> +<div class="t2">O, shout, ye heavens above!</div> +<div class="t">To-day ye nations sing</div> +<div class="t2">The song, redeeming love:</div> +<div class="l">Redeeming love the song shall be:</div> +<div class="l">Hail, blessed year of jubilee!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0322"> + +<h3>322. <span class="meter">L. P. M.</span> <span class="sc">H. Ballou.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Kingdom of Christ.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>To Christ, the Son, the Father spake:</div> +<div class="l">Lo, ask of me, and I will make</div> +<div class="t">The heathen to thy sceptre bend;</div> +<div class="l">The utmost parts of all the earth</div> +<div class="l">Are thine inheritance by birth,</div> +<div class="t">And wide thine empire shall extend.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Now Jesus waves his sceptre high,</div> +<div class="l">Unfurls his banners in the sky,</div> +<div class="t">While loud the gospel trumpets sound:</div> +<div class="l">His enemies with sore dismay,</div> +<div class="l">Retire in haste and yield the day,</div> +<div class="t">While trophies to the Lord abound.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Before him kings and tyrants fall,</div> +<div class="l">Detest their crowns, and on him call,</div> +<div class="t">And he a pardon free doth give:</div> +<div class="l">The world in sin was dead before;</div> +<div class="l">To life the world he will restore,</div> +<div class="t">And in him all the world shall live.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>O Lord, thy government shall be</div> +<div class="l">Extended wide from sea to sea,</div> +<div class="t">And long thy sceptre thou shalt hold;</div> +<div class="l">As long as sun or moon shall shine,</div> +<div class="l">Thou King of earth shalt reign divine,</div> +<div class="t">The mysteries of thy grace unfold.</div> +</div> + +</div> + + +<h2>REPENTANCE AND REFORMATION.</h2> + +<div class="hymn" id="h0323"> + +<h3>323. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Milman.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Prayer for Mercy in Spiritual Need.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Lord, have mercy when we pray</div> +<div class="l">Strength to seek a better way;</div> +<div class="l">When our wakening thoughts begin</div> +<div class="l">First to loathe their cherished sin;</div> +<div class="l">When our weary spirits fail,</div> +<div class="l">And our aching brows are pale;</div> +<div class="l">When our tears bedew thy word;</div> +<div class="l">Then, O then, have mercy, Lord.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Lord, have mercy when we lie</div> +<div class="l">On the restless bed and sigh,--</div> +<div class="l">Sigh for death, yet fear it still;</div> +<div class="l">From the thought of former ill;</div> +<div class="l">When the dim, advancing gloom</div> +<div class="l">Tells us that our hour is come;</div> +<div class="l">When is loosed the silver cord;</div> +<div class="l">Then, O then, have mercy, Lord.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Lord, have mercy, when we know</div> +<div class="l">First how vain this world below:</div> +<div class="l">When its darker thoughts oppress,</div> +<div class="l">Doubts perplex, and fears distress;</div> +<div class="l">When the earliest gleam is given</div> +<div class="l">Of the bright but distant heaven;</div> +<div class="l">Then thy fostering grace afford;</div> +<div class="l">Then, O then, have mercy, Lord.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0324"> + +<h3>324. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Village Hymns.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Prodigal's Return.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>The long-lost son, with streaming eyes,</div> +<div class="t">From folly just awake,</div> +<div class="l">Reviews his wanderings with surprise;</div> +<div class="t">His heart begins to break.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>"I starve," he cries, "nor can I bear</div> +<div class="t">The famine in this land,</div> +<div class="l">While servants of my Father share</div> +<div class="t">The bounty of his hand.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>"With deep repentance I'll return</div> +<div class="t">And seek my Father's face;</div> +<div class="l">Unworthy to be called a son,</div> +<div class="t">I'll ask a servant's place."</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Far off the Father saw him move,</div> +<div class="t">In pensive silence mourn,</div> +<div class="l">And quickly ran with arms of love,</div> +<div class="t">To welcome his return.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>O, let thy boundless mercy shine</div> +<div class="t">On my benighted soul,</div> +<div class="l">Correct my passions, mend my heart,</div> +<div class="t">And all my fears control.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0325"> + +<h3>325. <span class="meter">L. M. 6l.</span> <span class="sc">Wesley's Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Imploring Forgiveness and Renewal of Heart.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Forgive us for thy mercy's sake;</div> +<div class="t">Our multitude of sins forgive;</div> +<div class="l">And for thy own possession take,</div> +<div class="t">And bid us to thy glory live;</div> +<div class="l">Live in thy sight and gladly prove</div> +<div class="l">Our faith by our obedient love.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>The covenant of forgiveness seal,</div> +<div class="t">And all thy mighty wonders show;</div> +<div class="l">Our hidden enemies expel,</div> +<div class="t">And conquering them to conquer go,</div> +<div class="l">Till all of pride and wrath be slain,</div> +<div class="l">And not one evil thought remain.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>O, put it in our inward parts</div> +<div class="t">The living law of perfect love:</div> +<div class="l">Write the new precept on our hearts;</div> +<div class="t">We shall not then from thee remove,</div> +<div class="l">Who in thy glorious image shine,</div> +<div class="l">Thy people, and forever thine.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0326"> + +<h3>326. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Beddome.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Inconstancy Lamented.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>The wandering star and fleeting wind</div> +<div class="l">Are emblems of the fickle mind;</div> +<div class="l">The morning cloud and early dew</div> +<div class="l">Bring our inconstancy to view.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>But cloud and wind and dew and star,</div> +<div class="l">Only a faint resemblance bear;</div> +<div class="l">Nor can there aught in nature be</div> +<div class="l">So changeable and frail as we.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Our outward walk and inward frame</div> +<div class="l">Are scarcely through an hour the same:</div> +<div class="l">We vow, and straight our vows forget,</div> +<div class="l">And then those very vows repeat.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>With contrite hearts, Lord, we confess</div> +<div class="l">Our folly and unsteadfastness:</div> +<div class="l">When shall these hearts more stable be,</div> +<div class="l">Fixed by thy grace alone on thee?</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0327"> + +<h3>327. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Jervis.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">God's Mercy to the Penitent.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>Sweet is the friendly voice</div> +<div class="t">Which speaks of life and peace;</div> +<div class="l">Which bids the penitent rejoice,</div> +<div class="t">And sin and sorrow cease.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>No balm on earth like this</div> +<div class="t">Can cheer the contrite heart;</div> +<div class="l">No flattering dreams of earthly bliss</div> +<div class="t">Such pure delight impart.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>Still merciful and kind,</div> +<div class="t">Thy mercy, Lord, reveal:</div> +<div class="l">The broken heart thy love can bind,</div> +<div class="t">The wounded spirit heal.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>Thy presence shall restore</div> +<div class="t">Peace to my anxious breast:</div> +<div class="l">Lord, let my steps be drawn no more</div> +<div class="t">From paths which thou hast blessed.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0328"> + +<h3>328. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Doddridge.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Returning to God.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Lord, we have wandered from thy way,</div> +<div class="l">Like foolish sheep have gone astray,</div> +<div class="l">Our pleasant pastures we have left,</div> +<div class="l">And of their guard our souls bereft.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Exposed to want, exposed to harm,</div> +<div class="l">Far from our gentle Shepherd's arm;</div> +<div class="l">Nor will these fatal wanderings cease,</div> +<div class="l">Till thou reveal the paths of peace.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>O seek thy thoughtless servants, Lord,</div> +<div class="l">Nor let us quite forget thy word;</div> +<div class="l">Our erring feet do thou restore,</div> +<div class="l">And keep us that we stray no more.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0329"> + +<h3>329. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Steele.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Sense of Sin.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Jesus demands this heart of mine,</div> +<div class="t">Demands my love, my joy, my care,</div> +<div class="l">But ah, how dead to things divine,</div> +<div class="t">How cold my best affections are!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>'Tis sin, alas! with dreadful power,</div> +<div class="t">Divides my Saviour from my sight;</div> +<div class="l">O, for one happy, shining hour</div> +<div class="t">Of sacred freedom, sweet delight!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Come, gracious Lord; thy love can raise</div> +<div class="t">My captive powers from sin and death,</div> +<div class="l">And fill my heart and life with praise,</div> +<div class="t">And tune my last, expiring breath.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0330"> + +<h3>330. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Breviary.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The True Penitent.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>O sinner! bring not tears alone,</div> +<div class="t">Or outward form of prayer:</div> +<div class="l">But let it in thy heart be known</div> +<div class="t">That penitence is there.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>To beat the breast, the clothes to rend,</div> +<div class="t">God asketh not of thee:</div> +<div class="l">Thy secret soul he bids thee bend</div> +<div class="t">In true humility.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>O righteous Judge! if thou wilt deign</div> +<div class="t">To grant us what we need;</div> +<div class="l">We pray for time to turn again,</div> +<div class="t">And grace to turn indeed.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0331"> + +<h3>331. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Richter.</span></h3> + +<p class="author">Translated by J. Wesley.</p> + +<p class="argument">Devout Penitence.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>My soul before thee prostrate lies;</div> +<div class="l">To thee, her source, my spirit flies;</div> +<div class="l">My wants I mourn, my chains I see;</div> +<div class="l">O let thy presence set me free.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>In life's short day, let me yet more</div> +<div class="l">Of thy enlivening power implore;</div> +<div class="l">My mind must deeper sink in thee,</div> +<div class="l">My foot stand firm from wandering free.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Take full possession of my heart;</div> +<div class="l">The lowly mind of Christ impart;</div> +<div class="l">I still will wait, O Lord, on thee,</div> +<div class="l">Till, in thy light, the light I see.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>One only care my soul should know,</div> +<div class="l">Father, all thy commands to do;</div> +<div class="l">Oh! deep engrave it on my breast,</div> +<div class="l">That I in thee alone am blest.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0332"> + +<h3>332. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">C. Wesley.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Vain Repentance.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Times without number have I prayed,</div> +<div class="t">"This only once forgive;"</div> +<div class="l">Relapsing when thy hand was stayed,</div> +<div class="t">And suffered me to live.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Yet now the kingdom of thy peace,</div> +<div class="t">Lord, to my heart restore;</div> +<div class="l">Forgive my vain repentances,</div> +<div class="t">And bid me sin no more.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0333"> + +<h3>333. <span class="meter">P. M.</span> <span class="sc">Heber.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"There is Joy in Heaven over one Sinner that Repenteth."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>There was joy in heaven!</div> +<div class="l">There was joy in heaven!</div> +<div class="l">When this goodly world to frame,</div> +<div class="l">The Lord of light and mercy came:</div> +<div class="l">Shouts of joy were heard on high,</div> +<div class="l">And the stars sang from the sky,</div> +<div class="t">"Glory to God in heaven!"</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>There was joy in heaven!</div> +<div class="l">There was joy in heaven!</div> +<div class="l">When of love the midnight beam</div> +<div class="l">Dawned on the towers of Bethlehem;</div> +<div class="l">And along the echoing hill</div> +<div class="l">Angels sang--"On earth good will,</div> +<div class="t">And glory in the heaven!"</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>There is joy in heaven!</div> +<div class="l">There is joy in heaven!</div> +<div class="l">When the sheep that went astray</div> +<div class="l">Turns again to virtue's way;</div> +<div class="l">When the soul by grace subdued</div> +<div class="l">Sobs its prayer of gratitude,</div> +<div class="t">Then is there joy in heaven!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0334"> + +<h3>334. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Merrick.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Freedom from Error, Guilt and Folly.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Blest Instructor! from thy ways</div> +<div class="l">Who can tell how oft he strays?</div> +<div class="l">Save from error's growth our mind,</div> +<div class="l">Leave not, Lord, one root behind.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Purge us from the guilt that lies</div> +<div class="l">Wrapt within our heart's disguise;</div> +<div class="l">Let us thence, by thee renewed,</div> +<div class="l">Each presumptuous sin exclude.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Let our tongues, from error free,</div> +<div class="l">Speak the words approved by thee:</div> +<div class="l">To thine all-observing eyes,</div> +<div class="l">Let our thoughts accepted rise.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>While we thus thy name adore,</div> +<div class="l">And thy healing grace implore,</div> +<div class="l">Blest Instructor! bow thine ear:</div> +<div class="l">God our strength! propitious hear.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0335"> + +<h3>335. <span class="meter">6s. & 4s. M.</span> <span class="sc">R. Palmer.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">For Divine Guidance.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>O God, thy grace impart!</div> +<div class="l">Revive my fainting heart;</div> +<div class="t">My zeal inspire;</div> +<div class="l">Reveal thyself to me,</div> +<div class="l">And may my love to thee</div> +<div class="l">Pure, warm, and changeless be,--</div> +<div class="t">A living fire.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>While life's dark maze I tread,</div> +<div class="l">And griefs around me spread,</div> +<div class="t">Be thou my guide;</div> +<div class="l">Bid darkness turn to day,</div> +<div class="l">Wipe sorrow's tears away,</div> +<div class="l">Nor let me ever stray</div> +<div class="t">From thee aside.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>When ends life's transient dream,</div> +<div class="l">When death's cold sullen stream</div> +<div class="t">Shall o'er me roll,</div> +<div class="l">O Father, then in love,</div> +<div class="l">Fear and distress remove,</div> +<div class="l">And bear me safe above,--</div> +<div class="t">A ransomed soul.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0336"> + +<h3>336. <span class="meter">C. P. M.</span> <span class="sc">Henry Moore.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Pardon.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Soft are the fruitful showers that bring</div> +<div class="l">The welcome promise of the spring,</div> +<div class="t">And soft the vernal gale:</div> +<div class="l">Sweet the wild warblings of the grove,</div> +<div class="l">The voice of nature and of love,</div> +<div class="t">That gladden every vale.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>But softer in the mourner's ear</div> +<div class="l">Sounds the mild voice of mercy near,</div> +<div class="t">That whispers sins forgiven;</div> +<div class="l">And sweeter far the music swells,</div> +<div class="l">When to the raptured soul she tells</div> +<div class="t">Of peace and promised heaven.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Fair are the flowers that deck the ground;</div> +<div class="l">And groves and gardens blooming round,</div> +<div class="t">Unnumbered charms unfold:</div> +<div class="l">Bright is the sun's meridian ray,</div> +<div class="l">And bright the beams of setting day,</div> +<div class="t">That robe the clouds in gold.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>But far more fair the pious breast,</div> +<div class="l">In richer robes of goodness dressed,</div> +<div class="t">Where heaven's own graces shine;</div> +<div class="l">And brighter far the prospects rise,</div> +<div class="l">That burst on faith's delighted eyes,</div> +<div class="t">From glories all divine.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0337"> + +<h3>337. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Cowper.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Peace after a Storm.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>When darkness long has veiled my mind,</div> +<div class="t">And smiling day once more appears,</div> +<div class="l">Then, my Creator! then I find</div> +<div class="t">The folly of my doubts and fears.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Straight I upbraid my wandering heart,</div> +<div class="t">And blush that I should ever be</div> +<div class="l">Thus prone to act so base a part,</div> +<div class="t">Or harbor one hard thought of thee.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>O! let me then at length be taught,</div> +<div class="t">What I am still so slow to learn,--</div> +<div class="l">That God is love, and changes not,</div> +<div class="t">Nor knows the shadow of a turn.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Sweet truth, and easy to repeat!</div> +<div class="t">But when my faith is sharply tried,</div> +<div class="l">I find myself a learner yet,</div> +<div class="t">Unskilful, weak, and apt to slide.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>But, O my God! one look from thee</div> +<div class="t">Subdues the disobedient will,</div> +<div class="l">Drives doubt and discontent away,</div> +<div class="t">And thy rebellious child is still.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0338"> + +<h3>338. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Mrs. Cotterill.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">For a Life devoted to God's Glory.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>O thou, who hast at thy command</div> +<div class="l">The hearts of all men in thy hand!</div> +<div class="l">Our wayward, erring hearts incline</div> +<div class="l">To have no other will but thine.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Our wishes, our desires, control;</div> +<div class="l">Mould every purpose of the soul;</div> +<div class="l">O'er all may we victorious be</div> +<div class="l">That stands between ourselves and thee.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Thrice blest will all our blessings be,</div> +<div class="l">When we can look through them to thee,</div> +<div class="l">When each glad heart its tribute pays</div> +<div class="l">Of love, and gratitude, and praise.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>And while we to thy glory live,</div> +<div class="l">May we to thee all glory give,</div> +<div class="l">Until the final summons come,</div> +<div class="l">That calls thy willing servants home.</div> +</div> + +</div> + + +<h2>CHRISTIAN CHARACTER AND LIFE.</h2> + +<div class="hymn" id="h0339"> + +<h3>339. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"Ye shall know them by their Fruits."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>So let our lips and lives express</div> +<div class="l">The holy gospel we profess:</div> +<div class="l">So let our works and virtues shine,</div> +<div class="l">To prove the doctrine all divine.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Thus shall we best proclaim abroad</div> +<div class="l">The honors of our Saviour, God,</div> +<div class="l">When the salvation reigns within.</div> +<div class="l">And grace subdues the power of sin.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Our flesh and sense must be denied,</div> +<div class="l">Passion and envy, lust and pride,</div> +<div class="l">While justice, temperance, truth and love,</div> +<div class="l">Our inward piety approve.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Religion bears our spirits up,</div> +<div class="l">While we expect that blessed hope,</div> +<div class="l">The bright appearance of the Lord,</div> +<div class="l">And faith stands leaning on his word.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0340"> + +<h3>340. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Gisborne.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Christian's Life and his Hope.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>A soldier's course, from battles won</div> +<div class="t">To new-commencing strife;</div> +<div class="l">A pilgrim's, restless as the sun--</div> +<div class="t">Behold the Christian's life!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>O! let us seek our heavenly home,</div> +<div class="t">Revealed in sacred lore;</div> +<div class="l">The land whence pilgrims never roam,</div> +<div class="t">Where soldiers war no more;</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Where grief shall never wound, nor death,</div> +<div class="t">Beneath the Saviour's reign;</div> +<div class="l">Nor sin, with pestilential breath,</div> +<div class="t">His holy realm profane;</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>The land where, suns and moons unknown,</div> +<div class="t">And night's alternate sway,</div> +<div class="l">Jehovah's ever-burning throne</div> +<div class="t">Upholds unbroken day;</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Where they who meet shall never part;</div> +<div class="t">Where grace achieves its plan;</div> +<div class="l">And God, uniting every heart,</div> +<div class="t">Dwells face to face with man.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0341"> + +<h3>341. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">E. Taylor.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"Thou shalt love the Lord thy God."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>"Thus shalt thou love the Almighty Lord,</div> +<div class="t">With all thy heart, and soul, and mind:"</div> +<div class="l">So speaks to man that sacred word,</div> +<div class="t">For counsel and reproof designed.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>"With all thy heart;" no idol thing,</div> +<div class="t">Though close around the heart it twine,</div> +<div class="l">Its interposing shade must fling,</div> +<div class="t">To darken that pure love of thine.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>"With all thy mind;" each varied power,</div> +<div class="t">Creative fancy, musings high,</div> +<div class="l">And thoughts that glance behind, before,</div> +<div class="t">These must religion sanctify.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>"With soul and strength;" thy days of ease,</div> +<div class="t">While vigor nerves each youthful limb,</div> +<div class="l">And hope and joy, and health and peace,</div> +<div class="t">All must be freely brought to him.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0342"> + +<h3>342. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Doddridge.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Walking with God.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Thrice happy souls, who, born from heaven,</div> +<div class="t">While yet they sojourn here,</div> +<div class="l">Do all their days with God begin,</div> +<div class="t">And spend them in his fear.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>'Midst hourly cares, may love present</div> +<div class="t">Its incense to thy throne;</div> +<div class="l">And while the world our hands employs,</div> +<div class="t">Our hearts be thine alone.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>As sanctified to noblest ends,</div> +<div class="t">Be each refreshment sought;</div> +<div class="l">And by each various providence</div> +<div class="t">Some wise instruction brought.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>When to laborious duties called,</div> +<div class="t">Or by temptations tried,</div> +<div class="l">We'll seek the shelter of thy wings,</div> +<div class="t">And in thy strength confide.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>In solid, pure delights like these,</div> +<div class="t">Let all our days be past;</div> +<div class="l">Nor shall we then impatient wish,</div> +<div class="t">Nor shall we fear, the last.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0343"> + +<h3>343. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Heath.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Watchfulness and Prayer inculcated.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>My soul, be on thy guard;</div> +<div class="t">Ten thousand foes arise;</div> +<div class="l">The hosts of sin are pressing hard</div> +<div class="t">To draw thee from the skies.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>O, watch, and fight, and pray;</div> +<div class="t">The battle ne'er give o'er;</div> +<div class="l">Renew it boldly every day,</div> +<div class="t">And help divine implore.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>Ne'er think the victory won,</div> +<div class="t">Nor lay thine armor down:</div> +<div class="l">Thy arduous work will not be done</div> +<div class="t">Till thou obtain thy crown.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>Fight on, my soul, till death</div> +<div class="t">Shall bring thee to thy God;</div> +<div class="l">He'll take thee, at thy parting breath,</div> +<div class="t">To his divine abode.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0344"> + +<h3>344. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Beatitudes.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Blest are the humble souls that see</div> +<div class="l">Their emptiness and poverty;</div> +<div class="l">Treasures of grace to them are given,</div> +<div class="l">And crowns of joy laid up in heaven.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Blest are the souls that thirst for grace,</div> +<div class="l">Hunger and long for righteousness;</div> +<div class="l">They shall be well supplied and fed</div> +<div class="l">With living streams and living bread.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Blest are the pure, whose hearts are clean</div> +<div class="l">From the defiling power of sin;</div> +<div class="l">With endless pleasure they shall see</div> +<div class="l">A God of spotless purity.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Blest are the men of peaceful life,</div> +<div class="l">Who quench the coals of growing strife;</div> +<div class="l">They shall be called the heirs of bliss,</div> +<div class="l">The sons of God, the God of peace.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Blest are the sufferers who partake</div> +<div class="l">Of pain and shame for Jesus' sake;</div> +<div class="l">Their souls shall triumph in the Lord;</div> +<div class="l">Glory and joy are their reward.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0345"> + +<h3>345. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Rippon's Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Patience.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Patience, O, 't is a grace divine,</div> +<div class="t">Sent from the God of peace and love,</div> +<div class="l">That leans upon our Father's arm,</div> +<div class="t">As through the wilds of life we rove.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>By patience, we serenely bear</div> +<div class="t">The troubles of our mortal state,</div> +<div class="l">And wait, contented, our discharge,</div> +<div class="t">Nor think our glory comes too late.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>O, for this grace to aid us on,</div> +<div class="t">And arm with fortitude the breast,</div> +<div class="l">Till, life's tumultuous voyage o'er,</div> +<div class="t">We reach the shores of endless rest.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Faith into vision shall resign,</div> +<div class="t">Hope shall in full fruition die,</div> +<div class="l">And patience in possession end,</div> +<div class="t">In the bright worlds of bliss on high.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0346"> + +<h3>346. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Merrick.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"Who shall abide in thy tabernacle?" <span class="scripRef">Ps. 15.</span></p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Who shall towards thy chosen seat</div> +<div class="l">Turn, O Lord, his favored feet?</div> +<div class="l">Who shall at thine altar bend?</div> +<div class="l">Who shall Zion's hill ascend?</div> +<div class="l">Who, great God, a welcome guest,</div> +<div class="l">On thy holy mountain rest?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>He whose heart thy love has warmed,</div> +<div class="l">He whose will, to thine conformed,</div> +<div class="l">Bids his life unsullied run;</div> +<div class="l">He whose word and thought are one;</div> +<div class="l">Who, from sin's contagion free,</div> +<div class="l">Lifts his willing soul to thee.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>He who thus, with heart unstained,</div> +<div class="l">Treads the path by thee ordained,</div> +<div class="l">He shall towards thy chosen seat</div> +<div class="l">Turn, O Lord, his favored feet;</div> +<div class="l">He thy ceaseless care shall prove,</div> +<div class="l">He shall share thy constant love.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0347"> + +<h3>347. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Tate & Brady.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Lord, who's the happy man, that may</div> +<div class="t">To thy blest courts repair,</div> +<div class="l">Not, stranger-like, to visit them,</div> +<div class="t">But to inhabit there?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>'Tis he whose every thought and deed</div> +<div class="t">By rules of virtue moves;</div> +<div class="l">Whose generous tongue disdains to speak</div> +<div class="t">The thing his heart disproves;</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Who never did a slander forge,</div> +<div class="t">His neighbor's fame to wound;</div> +<div class="l">Nor hearken to a false report,</div> +<div class="t">By malice whispered round;</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Who to his plighted vows and trust</div> +<div class="t">Has ever firmly stood;</div> +<div class="l">And though he promise to his loss,</div> +<div class="t">He makes his promise good.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>The man who by this steady course</div> +<div class="t">Has happiness ensured,</div> +<div class="l">When earth's foundations shake, shall stand</div> +<div class="t">By Providence secured.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0348"> + +<h3>348. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"Blessed are the Meek."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>"Blest are the meek," he said,</div> +<div class="t">Whose doctrine is divine;</div> +<div class="l">The humble-minded earth possess,</div> +<div class="t">And bright in heaven will shine.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>While here on earth they stay,</div> +<div class="t">Calm peace with them shall dwell,</div> +<div class="l">And cheerful hope and heavenly joy</div> +<div class="t">Beyond what tongue can tell.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>The God of peace is theirs;</div> +<div class="t">They own his gracious sway;</div> +<div class="l">And yielding all their wills to him,</div> +<div class="t">His sovereign laws obey.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>O gracious Father, grant,</div> +<div class="t">That we this influence feel,</div> +<div class="l">That all we hope, or wish, may be</div> +<div class="t">Subjected to thy will.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0349"> + +<h3>349. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Scott.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Blessing of Meekness.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Happy the meek, whose gentle breast,</div> +<div class="t">Clear as the summer's evening ray,</div> +<div class="l">Calm as the regions of the blest,</div> +<div class="t">Enjoys on earth celestial day.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>His heart no broken friendships sting,</div> +<div class="t">No storms his peaceful tent invade;</div> +<div class="l">He rests beneath th' Almighty wing,</div> +<div class="t">Hostile to none, of none afraid.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Spirit of grace, all meek and mild,</div> +<div class="t">Inspire our breasts, our souls possess;</div> +<div class="l">Repel each passion rude and wild,</div> +<div class="t">And bless us as we aim to bless.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0350"> + +<h3>350. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">M. W. Hale.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Pure Heart.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Whatever dims thy sense of truth,</div> +<div class="t">Or stains thy purity,</div> +<div class="l">Though light as breath of summer air</div> +<div class="t">Count it as sin to thee.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Preserve the tablet of thy thoughts</div> +<div class="t">From every blemish free,</div> +<div class="l">While the Redeemer's lowly faith</div> +<div class="t">Its temple makes with thee.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>And pray of God, that grace be given</div> +<div class="t">To tread time's narrow way:--</div> +<div class="l">How dark soever it may be,</div> +<div class="t">It leads to cloudless day.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0351"> + +<h3>351. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Keble.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"Blessed are the Pure in Heart."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>Blest are the pure in heart</div> +<div class="t">For they shall see our God;</div> +<div class="l">The secret of the Lord is theirs,</div> +<div class="t">Their soul is Christ's abode.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>Still to the lowly soul</div> +<div class="t">He doth himself impart,</div> +<div class="l">And for his temple and his throne</div> +<div class="t">Chooseth the pure in heart.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0352"> + +<h3>352. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Prudence.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>O, 't is a lovely thing to see</div> +<div class="t">A man of prudent heart,</div> +<div class="l">Whose thoughts and lips and life agree</div> +<div class="t">To act a useful part.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>When envy, strife, and wars begin,</div> +<div class="t">In fierce, contentious souls,</div> +<div class="l">Mark how the sons of peace come in,</div> +<div class="t">And quench the kindling coals.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Their minds are humble, mild, and meek,</div> +<div class="t">Nor let their anger rise;</div> +<div class="l">Nor passion moves their lips to speak,</div> +<div class="t">Nor pride exalts their eyes.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Their lives are prudence mixed with love;</div> +<div class="t">Good works employ their day;</div> +<div class="l">They join the serpent with the dove,</div> +<div class="t">But cast the sting away.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0353"> + +<h3>353. <span class="meter">L. M. 6l.</span> <span class="sc">Montgomery.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Humility.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>The bird that soars on highest wing</div> +<div class="t">Builds on the ground her lowly nest;</div> +<div class="l">And she that doth most sweetly sing</div> +<div class="t">Sings in the shade when all things rest:--</div> +<div class="l">In lark and nightingale we see</div> +<div class="l">What honor hath humility.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>When Mary chose the better part,</div> +<div class="t">She meekly sat at Jesus' feet;</div> +<div class="l">And Lydia's gently opened heart</div> +<div class="t">Was made for God's own temple meet:--</div> +<div class="l">Fairest and best adorned is she</div> +<div class="l">Whose clothing is humility.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>The saint that wears heaven's brightest crown</div> +<div class="t">In deepest adoration bends;</div> +<div class="l">The weight of glory bows him down</div> +<div class="t">Then most when most his soul ascends:--</div> +<div class="l">Nearest the throne itself must be</div> +<div class="l">The footstool of humility.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0354"> + +<h3>354. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Humility and Submission.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Is there ambition in my heart?</div> +<div class="t">Search, gracious God, and see;</div> +<div class="l">Or do I act a haughty part?</div> +<div class="t">Lord, I appeal to thee.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>I charge my thoughts, be humble still,</div> +<div class="t">And all my carriage mild;</div> +<div class="l">Content, my Father, with thy will</div> +<div class="t">And quiet as a child.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>The patient soul, the lowly mind,</div> +<div class="t">Shall have a large reward:</div> +<div class="l">Let saints in sorrow lie resigned,</div> +<div class="t">And trust a faithful Lord.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0355"> + +<h3>355. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Love to God and our Neighbor.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Thus saith the first, the great command,</div> +<div class="t">"Let all thy inward powers unite</div> +<div class="l">To love thy Maker and thy God</div> +<div class="t">With utmost vigor and delight.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>"Then shall thy neighbor next in place</div> +<div class="t">Share thine affections and esteem;</div> +<div class="l">And let thy kindness to thyself</div> +<div class="t">Measure and rule thy love to him."</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>This is the sense that Moses spoke;</div> +<div class="t">This did the prophets preach and prove,</div> +<div class="l">For want of this the law is broke,</div> +<div class="t">And the whole law's fulfilled by love.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>But, O, how base our passions are!</div> +<div class="t">How cold our charity and zeal!</div> +<div class="l">Lord, fill our souls with heavenly fire,</div> +<div class="t">Or we shall ne'er perform thy will.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0356"> + +<h3>356. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">L. H. Sigourney.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Active Piety.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>Servants of Christ, arise,</div> +<div class="t">And gird you for the toil;</div> +<div class="l">The dew of promise from the skies</div> +<div class="t">Already cheers the soil.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>Go where the sick recline,</div> +<div class="t">Where mourning hearts deplore;</div> +<div class="l">And where the sons of sorrow pine,</div> +<div class="t">Dispense your hallowed lore.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>Urge, with a tender zeal,</div> +<div class="t">The erring child along,</div> +<div class="l">Where peaceful congregations kneel,</div> +<div class="t">And pious teachers throng.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>Be faith, which looks above,</div> +<div class="t">With prayer, your constant guest,</div> +<div class="l">And wrap the Saviour's changeless love</div> +<div class="t">A mantle round your breast.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">5</span>So shall you share the wealth,</div> +<div class="t">That earth may ne'er despoil,</div> +<div class="l">And the blest gospel's saving health</div> +<div class="t">Repay your arduous toil.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0357"> + +<h3>357. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Steele.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Example of the Saviour.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>And is the gospel peace and love?</div> +<div class="t">So let our conversation be;</div> +<div class="l">The serpent blended with the dove,</div> +<div class="t">Wisdom and meek simplicity.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Whene'er the angry passions rise,</div> +<div class="t">And tempt our thoughts or tongues to strife,</div> +<div class="l">On Jesus let us fix our eyes,</div> +<div class="t">Bright pattern of the Christian life!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>O, how benevolent and kind!</div> +<div class="t">How mild! how ready to forgive!</div> +<div class="l">Be this the temper of our mind,</div> +<div class="t">And his the rules by which we live.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Dispensing good where'er he came,</div> +<div class="t">The labors of his life were love;</div> +<div class="l">If, then, we love our Saviour's name</div> +<div class="t">Thus let us our relation prove.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0358"> + +<h3>358. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Doddridge.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"Again, I say--Watch!"</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>Ye servants of the Lord,</div> +<div class="t">Each in his office wait,</div> +<div class="l">Observant of his heavenly word,</div> +<div class="t">And watchful at his gate.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>Let all your lamps be bright,</div> +<div class="t">And trim the golden flame;</div> +<div class="l">Gird up your loins, as in his sight,</div> +<div class="t">For awful is his name.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>Watch,--'tis your Lord's command;</div> +<div class="t">And while we speak, he's near;</div> +<div class="l">Mark the first signal of his hand,</div> +<div class="t">And ready all appear.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>O, happy servant he,</div> +<div class="t">In such a posture found!</div> +<div class="l">He shall his Lord with rapture see</div> +<div class="t">And be with honor crowned.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0359"> + +<h3>359. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Bulfinch.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Use of Present Opportunities.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>Children of light, awake,</div> +<div class="t">At Jesus' call arise,</div> +<div class="l">Forth with your leader to partake</div> +<div class="t">His toils, his victories.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>Ye must not idly stand,</div> +<div class="t">His sacred voice who hear;</div> +<div class="l">Arm for the strife the feeble hand,</div> +<div class="t">The holy standard rear.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>Nought doth the world afford,</div> +<div class="t">But toil must be the price;</div> +<div class="l">Wilt thou not, servant of the Lord,</div> +<div class="t">Then toil for paradise?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>Awake, ye sons of light,</div> +<div class="t">Strive till the prize be won;</div> +<div class="l">Far spent already is the night;</div> +<div class="t">The day comes brightening on.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0360"> + +<h3>360. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">H. K. White.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Christian's Contest, Rest, and Hope.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Through sorrow's night and danger's way</div> +<div class="t">Amid the deepening gloom,</div> +<div class="l">The soldiers of an injured King</div> +<div class="t">Are marching to the tomb.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Their service done, securely laid</div> +<div class="t">In this their last retreat,</div> +<div class="l">Unheeded o'er their silent dust</div> +<div class="t">The storms of life shall beat.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Yet not thus lifeless in the grave</div> +<div class="t">The vital spark shall lie;</div> +<div class="l">O'er nature's ruins it shall rise,</div> +<div class="t">To reach its kindred sky.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Then heaven's soft dew o'er every eye</div> +<div class="t">Shall shed its mildest rays;</div> +<div class="l">And the long silent dust shall wake</div> +<div class="t">In strains of endless praise.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0361"> + +<h3>361. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The whole Armor.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>O, speed thee, Christian, on thy way,</div> +<div class="t">And to thy armor cling;</div> +<div class="l">With girded loins the call obey</div> +<div class="t">That grace and mercy bring.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>There is a battle to be fought,</div> +<div class="t">An upward race to run,</div> +<div class="l">A crown of glory to be sought,</div> +<div class="t">A victory to be won.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>O, faint not, Christian, for thy sighs</div> +<div class="t">Are heard before His throne;</div> +<div class="l">The race must come before the prize,</div> +<div class="t">The cross before the crown.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0362"> + +<h3>362. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Montgomery.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Christian Warrior.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>The Christian warrior, see him stand</div> +<div class="t">In the whole armor of his God;</div> +<div class="l">The spirit's sword is in his hand;</div> +<div class="t">His feet are with the gospel shod.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>In panoply of truth complete,</div> +<div class="t">Salvation's helmet on his head,</div> +<div class="l">With righteousness, a breastplate meet,</div> +<div class="t">And faith's broad shield before him spread.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>With this omnipotence he moves;</div> +<div class="t">From this the alien armies flee;</div> +<div class="l">Till more than conqueror he proves,</div> +<div class="t">Through Christ, who gives him victory.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Thus strong in his Redeemer's strength,</div> +<div class="t">Sin, death and hell he tramples down,--</div> +<div class="l">Fights the good fight; and takes at length,</div> +<div class="t">Through mercy, an immortal crown.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0363"> + +<h3>363. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">G. Rogers.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Religion.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Religion! in its blessed ray</div> +<div class="t">All thought of hopeless sorrow flies,</div> +<div class="l">Despair and anguish melt away</div> +<div class="t">Where'er its healing beams arise.</div> +<div class="l">How dark our sinful world would be--</div> +<div class="t">A flowerless desert, dry and drear!</div> +<div class="l">Did not this light, O God, from thee</div> +<div class="t">Its gloom dispel, its aspect cheer.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Oh! by it many a heart is soothed,</div> +<div class="t">Which else would be with sorrow crushed,</div> +<div class="l">And many a dying pillow smoothed,</div> +<div class="t">And sob of parting anguish hushed.</div> +<div class="l">Across the troubled sky of time</div> +<div class="t">It doth the bow of promise bend,</div> +<div class="l">A symbol of that cloudless clime</div> +<div class="t">That waits the soul when time shall end.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Religion! may its holy light</div> +<div class="t">Our footsteps guide to paths of peace!</div> +<div class="l">Our solace in deep sorrow's night,</div> +<div class="t">Our stay as mortal powers decrease.</div> +<div class="l">With this our guide, we care not when</div> +<div class="t">Death's signal to depart is given;</div> +<div class="l">Its word shall bring our spirits then</div> +<div class="t">The calm and holy peace of heaven.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0364"> + +<h3>364. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Humble and Pure Accepted.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Thus saith the high and lofty One:</div> +<div class="l">"I sit upon my holy throne;</div> +<div class="l">My name is God, I dwell on high,</div> +<div class="l">Dwell in my own eternity.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>"But I descend to worlds below;</div> +<div class="l">On earth I have a mansion too;</div> +<div class="l">The humble spirit, and contrite,</div> +<div class="l">Is an abode of my delight.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>"The humble soul my words revive;</div> +<div class="l">I bid the mourning sinner live;</div> +<div class="l">Heal all the broken hearts I find,</div> +<div class="l">And ease the sorrows of the mind.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>"The soul that seeks me shall obtain</div> +<div class="l">Immortal wealth and heavenly gain;</div> +<div class="l">Eternal life is his reward,</div> +<div class="l">Life, and the favor of the Lord."</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0365"> + +<h3>365. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Methodist Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">A Call to Prayer.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>They who seek the throne of grace</div> +<div class="l">Find that throne in every place;</div> +<div class="l">If we love a life of prayer,</div> +<div class="l">God is present everywhere.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>In our sickness, in our health;</div> +<div class="l">In our want or in our wealth,</div> +<div class="l">If we look to God in prayer,</div> +<div class="l">God is present everywhere.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>When our earthly comforts fail,</div> +<div class="l">When the woes of life prevail,</div> +<div class="l">'Tis the time for earnest prayer,</div> +<div class="l">God is present everywhere.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Then, my soul, in every strait,</div> +<div class="l">To thy Father, come and wait;</div> +<div class="l">He will answer every prayer,</div> +<div class="l">God is present everywhere.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0366"> + +<h3>366. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Secret Prayer.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Sweet is the prayer whose holy stream</div> +<div class="t">In earnest pleading flows!</div> +<div class="l">Devotion dwells upon the theme,</div> +<div class="t">And warm and warmer glows.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Faith grasps the blessing she desires;</div> +<div class="t">Hope points the upward gaze;</div> +<div class="l">And Love, celestial Love, inspires</div> +<div class="t">The eloquence of praise.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>But sweeter far the still, small voice,</div> +<div class="t">Unheard by human ear,</div> +<div class="l">When God has made the heart rejoice,</div> +<div class="t">And dried the bitter tear.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>No accents flow, no words ascend;</div> +<div class="t">All utterance faileth there;</div> +<div class="l">But Christian spirits comprehend,</div> +<div class="t">And God accepts the prayer.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0367"> + +<h3>367. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Mrs. Barbauld.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Warfare of the Soul.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Awake, my soul! lift up thine eyes!</div> +<div class="l">See where thy foes against thee rise,</div> +<div class="l">In long array a numerous host;</div> +<div class="l">Awake, my soul! or thou art lost.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>See where rebellious passions rage,</div> +<div class="l">And fierce desires and lusts engage;</div> +<div class="l">The meanest foe of all the train</div> +<div class="l">Has thousands and ten thousands slain.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Come then, my soul! now learn to wield</div> +<div class="l">The weight of thine immortal shield;</div> +<div class="l">Put on the armor from above,</div> +<div class="l">Of heavenly truth and heavenly love.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>The terror and the charm repel,</div> +<div class="l">And powers of earth and powers of hell,</div> +<div class="l">The man of Calvary triumphed here;--</div> +<div class="l">Why should his faithful followers fear?</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0368"> + +<h3>368. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Doddridge.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Christian Race.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Awake, my soul! stretch every nerve,</div> +<div class="t">And press with vigor on;</div> +<div class="l">A heavenly race demands thy zeal,</div> +<div class="t">And an immortal crown.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>A cloud of witnesses around</div> +<div class="t">Hold thee in full survey;</div> +<div class="l">Forget the steps already trod,</div> +<div class="t">And onward urge thy way.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>'T is God's all-animating voice</div> +<div class="t">That calls thee from on high;</div> +<div class="l">'T is his own hand presents the prize</div> +<div class="t">To thine aspiring eye;--</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>That prize with peerless glories bright,</div> +<div class="t">Which shall new lustre boast,</div> +<div class="l">When victors' wreaths and monarchs' gems</div> +<div class="t">Shall blend in common dust.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0369"> + +<h3>369. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Christian Courage and Self-denial.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Am I a soldier of the cross,</div> +<div class="t">A follower of the Lamb?</div> +<div class="l">And shall I fear to own his cause,</div> +<div class="t">Or blush to speak his name?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Must I be carried to the skies</div> +<div class="t">On flowery beds of ease,</div> +<div class="l">While others fought to win the prize,</div> +<div class="t">And sailed through bloody seas?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Sure I must fight, if I would reign;</div> +<div class="t">Increase my courage, Lord!</div> +<div class="l">I'll bear the toil, endure the pain,</div> +<div class="t">Supported by thy word.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Thy saints, in all this glorious war,</div> +<div class="t">Shall conquer, though they're slain:</div> +<div class="l">They see the triumph from afar,</div> +<div class="t">And soon with Christ shall reign.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>When that illustrious day shall rise,</div> +<div class="t">And all thy armies shine</div> +<div class="l">In robes of victory through the skies,</div> +<div class="t">The glory shall be thine.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0370"> + +<h3>370. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Christian Race.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Awake, our souls, away, our fears;</div> +<div class="t">Let every trembling thought be gone;</div> +<div class="l">Awake and run the heavenly race,</div> +<div class="t">And put a cheerful courage on.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>True 'tis a strait and thorny road,</div> +<div class="t">And mortal spirits tire and faint;</div> +<div class="l">But they forget the mighty God,</div> +<div class="t">That feeds the strength of every saint.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>From thee, the overflowing spring,</div> +<div class="t">Our souls shall drink a fresh supply,</div> +<div class="l">While such as trust their native strength,</div> +<div class="t">Shall melt away, and droop, and die.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Swift as an eagle cuts the air,</div> +<div class="t">We'll mount aloft to thine abode;</div> +<div class="l">On wings of love our souls shall fly,</div> +<div class="t">Nor tire amidst the heavenly road.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0371"> + +<h3>371. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Montgomery.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">What is Prayer?</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Prayer is the soul's sincere desire,</div> +<div class="t">Uttered or unexpressed,</div> +<div class="l">The motion of a hidden fire,</div> +<div class="t">That trembles in the breast.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Prayer is the burden of a sigh,</div> +<div class="t">The falling of a tear,</div> +<div class="l">The upward glancing of an eye,</div> +<div class="t">When none but God is near.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Prayer is the simplest form of speech</div> +<div class="t">That infant lips can try,</div> +<div class="l">Prayer the sublimest strains that reach</div> +<div class="t">The Majesty on high.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Prayer is the Christian's vital breath,</div> +<div class="t">The Christian's native air,</div> +<div class="l">The watchword at the gates of death;</div> +<div class="t">He enters heaven with prayer.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Prayer is the contrite sinner's voice,</div> +<div class="t">Returning from his ways;</div> +<div class="l">While angels in their songs rejoice,</div> +<div class="t">And cry "Behold, he prays!"</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0372"> + +<h3>372. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Mrs. Hemans.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"I will that men pray everywhere."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Child, amidst the flowers at play,</div> +<div class="l">While the red light fades away;</div> +<div class="l">Mother, with thine earnest eye</div> +<div class="l">Ever following silently;</div> +<div class="l">Father, by the breeze of eve</div> +<div class="l">Called thy daily work to leave;</div> +<div class="l">Pray! ere yet the dark hours be,</div> +<div class="l">Lift the heart and bend the knee!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Traveller, in the stranger's land,</div> +<div class="l">Far from thine own household band;</div> +<div class="l">Mourner, haunted by the tone</div> +<div class="l">Of a voice from this world gone;</div> +<div class="l">Captive, in whose narrow cell</div> +<div class="l">Sunshine hath not leave to dwell;</div> +<div class="l">Sailor, on the darkening sea--</div> +<div class="l">Lift the heart and bend the knee!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0373"> + +<h3>373. <span class="meter">7s. & 6s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Edin. Lit. Review.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Pray without ceasing.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Go when the morning shineth,</div> +<div class="t">Go when the noon is bright,</div> +<div class="l">Go when the eve declineth,</div> +<div class="t">Go in the hush of night;</div> +<div class="l">Go with pure mind and feeling,</div> +<div class="t">Cast earthly thought away,</div> +<div class="l">And, in thy closet kneeling,</div> +<div class="t">Do thou in secret pray.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Remember all who love thee,</div> +<div class="t">All who are loved by thee;</div> +<div class="l">Pray, too, for those who hate thee,</div> +<div class="t">If any such there be;</div> +<div class="l">Then for thyself, in meekness,</div> +<div class="t">A blessing humbly claim,</div> +<div class="l">And blend with each petition</div> +<div class="t">Thy great Redeemer's name.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Or, if 'tis e'er denied thee</div> +<div class="t">In solitude to pray,</div> +<div class="l">Should holy thoughts come o'er thee</div> +<div class="t">When friends are round thy way,</div> +<div class="l">E'en then the silent breathing,</div> +<div class="t">Thy spirit raised above,</div> +<div class="l">Will reach his throne of glory,</div> +<div class="t">Where dwells eternal love.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>O, not a joy or blessing</div> +<div class="t">With this can we compare,--</div> +<div class="l">The grace our Father gave us</div> +<div class="t">To pour our souls in prayer:</div> +<div class="l">Whene'er thou pin'st in sadness,</div> +<div class="t">Before his footstool fall;</div> +<div class="l">Remember, in thy gladness,</div> +<div class="t">His love who gave thee all.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0374"> + +<h3>374. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"We walk by faith, not by sight."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>'T is by the faith of joys to come</div> +<div class="t">We walk through deserts dark as night;</div> +<div class="l">Till we arrive at heaven, our home,</div> +<div class="t">Faith is our guide, and faith our light.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>The want of sight she well supplies;</div> +<div class="t">She makes the pearly gates appear;</div> +<div class="l">Far into distant worlds she flies,</div> +<div class="t">And brings eternal glories near.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Cheerful we tread the desert through,</div> +<div class="t">While faith inspires a heavenly ray;</div> +<div class="l">Though lions roar and tempests blow,</div> +<div class="t">And rocks and dangers fill the way.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>So Abraham, by divine command,</div> +<div class="t">Left his own house to walk with God;</div> +<div class="l">His faith beheld the promised land,</div> +<div class="t">And fired his zeal along the road.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0375"> + +<h3>375. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Salisbury Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Power of Faith.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Faith adds new charms to earthly bliss,</div> +<div class="t">And saves us from its snares;</div> +<div class="l">Its aid in every duty brings,</div> +<div class="t">And softens all our cares.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>The wounded conscience knows its power</div> +<div class="t">The healing balm to give;</div> +<div class="l">That balm the saddest heart can cheer,</div> +<div class="t">And make the dying live.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Wide it unveils celestial worlds,</div> +<div class="t">Where deathless pleasures reign,</div> +<div class="l">And bids us seek our portion there,</div> +<div class="t">Nor bids us seek in vain.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>On that bright prospect may we rest,</div> +<div class="t">Till this frail body dies;</div> +<div class="l">And then, on faith's triumphant wings,</div> +<div class="t">To endless glory rise.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0376"> + +<h3>376. <span class="meter">S. H. M.</span> <span class="sc">Christian Watchman.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Excellence of Faith.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t2"><span class="vn">1</span>Faith is the Christian's prop</div> +<div class="t2">Whereon his sorrows lean;</div> +<div class="t">It is the substance of his hope,</div> +<div class="t2">His proof of things unseen;</div> +<div class="l">It is the anchor of his soul</div> +<div class="l">When tempests rage and billows roll.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t2"><span class="vn">2</span>Faith is the polar star</div> +<div class="t2">That guides the Christian's way,</div> +<div class="t">Directs his wanderings from afar</div> +<div class="t2">To realms of endless day;</div> +<div class="l">It points the course where'er he roam,</div> +<div class="l">And safely leads the pilgrim home.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t2"><span class="vn">3</span>Faith is the rainbow's form,</div> +<div class="t2">Hung on the brow of heaven,</div> +<div class="t">The glory of the passing storm,</div> +<div class="t2">The pledge of mercy given;</div> +<div class="l">It is the bright, triumphal arch,</div> +<div class="l">Through which the saints to glory march.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0377"> + +<h3>377. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Bath Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Prayer for Strong Faith.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>O, for a faith that will not shrink</div> +<div class="t">Though pressed by every foe,</div> +<div class="l">That will not tremble on the brink</div> +<div class="t">Of any earthly woe!--</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>That will not murmur nor complain</div> +<div class="t">Beneath the chastening rod,</div> +<div class="l">But, in the hour of grief or pain,</div> +<div class="t">Will lean upon its God;--</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>A faith that shines more bright and clear</div> +<div class="t">When tempests rage without;</div> +<div class="l">That when in danger knows no fear,</div> +<div class="t">In darkness feels no doubt;--</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Lord, give us such a faith as this,</div> +<div class="t">And then, whate'er may come,</div> +<div class="l">We'll taste, e'en here, the hallowed bliss</div> +<div class="t">Of an eternal home.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0378"> + +<h3>378. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Sidney.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Hope.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Borne o'er the ocean's stormy wave,</div> +<div class="t">The beacon's light appears,</div> +<div class="l">When yawns the seaman's watery grave,</div> +<div class="t">And his lone bosom cheers.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Then, should the raging ocean foam,</div> +<div class="t">His heart shall dauntless prove,</div> +<div class="l">To reach, secure, his cherished home,</div> +<div class="t">The haven of his love.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>So, when the soul is wrapt in gloom,</div> +<div class="t">To worldly grief a prey,</div> +<div class="l">Thy beams, blest Hope, beyond the tomb,</div> +<div class="t">Illume the pilgrim's way.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>They point to that serene abode</div> +<div class="t">Where holy faith shall rest,</div> +<div class="l">Protected by the sufferer's God,</div> +<div class="t">And be forever blest.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0379"> + +<h3>379. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Cennick.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Christian rejoicing in Hope.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Children of the Heavenly King,</div> +<div class="l">As ye journey, sweetly sing;</div> +<div class="l">Sing your Saviour's worthy praise,</div> +<div class="l">Glorious in his works and ways.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Ye are travelling home to God,</div> +<div class="l">In the way the fathers trod;</div> +<div class="l">They are happy now, and ye</div> +<div class="l">Soon their happiness shall see.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Shout, ye little flock, and blest;</div> +<div class="l">You on Jesus' throne shall rest;</div> +<div class="l">There your seat is now prepared,</div> +<div class="l">There your kingdom and reward.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Lord, submissive make us go,</div> +<div class="l">Ready, leaving all below;</div> +<div class="l">Only thou our Leader be,</div> +<div class="l">And we still will follow thee.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0380"> + +<h3>380. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">H. H. Hawley.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Hope, the Star, the Voice.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>There is a hope, a blesséd hope,</div> +<div class="t">More precious and more bright</div> +<div class="l">Than all the joyless mockery</div> +<div class="t">The world esteems delight.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>There is a star, a lovely star,</div> +<div class="t">That lights the darkest gloom,</div> +<div class="l">And sheds a peaceful radiance o'er</div> +<div class="t">The prospects of the tomb.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>There is a voice, a cheering voice,</div> +<div class="t">That lifts the soul above,</div> +<div class="l">Dispels the painful, anxious doubt,</div> +<div class="t">And whispers, "God is love."</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>That voice, aloud from Calvary's height,</div> +<div class="t">Proclaims the soul forgiven;</div> +<div class="l">That star is revelation's light;</div> +<div class="t">That hope, the hope of heaven.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0381"> + +<h3>381. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Drennan.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Law of Love.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>All nature feels attractive power,</div> +<div class="t">A strong, embracing force;</div> +<div class="l">The drops that sparkle in the shower,</div> +<div class="t">The planets in their course.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Thus, in the universe of mind,</div> +<div class="t">Is felt the law of love;</div> +<div class="l">The charity both strong and kind,</div> +<div class="t">For all that live and move.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>In this fine sympathetic chain</div> +<div class="t">All creatures bear a part;</div> +<div class="l">Their every pleasure, every pain,</div> +<div class="t">Linked to the feeling heart.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>More perfect bond, the Christian plan</div> +<div class="t">Attaches soul to soul;</div> +<div class="l">Our neighbor is the suffering man,</div> +<div class="t">Though at the farthest pole.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>To earth below, from heaven above,</div> +<div class="t">The faith in Christ professed,</div> +<div class="l">More clearly shows that God is love,</div> +<div class="t">And whom he loves is blessed.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0382"> + +<h3>382. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Doddridge.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>O, may our sympathizing breasts</div> +<div class="t">The generous pleasure know,</div> +<div class="l">Kindly to share in others' joy,</div> +<div class="t">And weep for others' woe!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Where'er the helpless sons of grief</div> +<div class="t">In low distress are laid,</div> +<div class="l">Soft be our hearts their pains to feel,</div> +<div class="t">And swift our hands to aid.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>O, be the law of love fulfilled</div> +<div class="t">In every act and thought,</div> +<div class="l">Each angry passion far removed,</div> +<div class="t">Each selfish view forgot!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Be thou, my heart, dilated wide</div> +<div class="t">With this kind, social grace,</div> +<div class="l">And, in one grasp of fervent love,</div> +<div class="t">All earth and heaven embrace.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0383"> + +<h3>383. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Love to God.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Happy the heart where graces reign,</div> +<div class="t">Where love inspires the breast:</div> +<div class="l">Love is the brightest of the train,</div> +<div class="t">And strengthens all the rest.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Knowledge--alas! 'tis all in vain,</div> +<div class="t">And all in vain our fear;</div> +<div class="l">Our stubborn sins will fight and reign,</div> +<div class="t">If love be absent there.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>This is the grace that lives and sings,</div> +<div class="t">When faith and hope shall cease;</div> +<div class="l">'Tis this shall strike our joyful strings</div> +<div class="t">In realms of endless peace.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Before we quite forsake our clay,</div> +<div class="t">Or leave this dark abode,</div> +<div class="l">The wings of love bear us away</div> +<div class="t">To see our gracious God.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0384"> + +<h3>384. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Browne.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Love to all Mankind.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>O God, my Father, and my King,</div> +<div class="l">Of all I have, or hope, the spring!</div> +<div class="l">Send down thy spirit from above,</div> +<div class="l">And fill my heart with heavenly love.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>May I from every act abstain,</div> +<div class="l">That hurts or gives another pain:</div> +<div class="l">And bear a sympathizing part,</div> +<div class="l">Whene'er I meet a wounded heart.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>And let my neighbor's prosperous state</div> +<div class="l">A mutual joy in me create;</div> +<div class="l">His virtuous triumph let me join;</div> +<div class="l">His peace and happiness be mine.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>And though my neighbor's hate I prove,</div> +<div class="l">Still let me vanquish hate with love;</div> +<div class="l">And every secret wish suppress,</div> +<div class="l">That would abridge his happiness.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Let love through all my conduct shine,</div> +<div class="l">An image fair, though faint, of thine!</div> +<div class="l">Thus let me his disciple prove,</div> +<div class="l">Who came to manifest thy love.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0385"> + +<h3>385. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Roscoe.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Two Commandments.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>This is the first and great command--</div> +<div class="t">To love thy God above;</div> +<div class="l">And this the second--as thyself</div> +<div class="t">Thy neighbor thou shalt love.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Who is my neighbor? He who wants</div> +<div class="t">The help which thou canst give;</div> +<div class="l">And both the law and prophets say,</div> +<div class="t">This do, and thou shalt live.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0386"> + +<h3>386. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Christ's Love to Enemies our Example.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>God of our mercy and our praise,</div> +<div class="t">Thy glory is our song;</div> +<div class="l">We'll speak the honors of thy grace</div> +<div class="t">With a rejoicing tongue.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>When Christ among the sons of men</div> +<div class="t">In humble form was found,</div> +<div class="l">With cruel slanders, false and vain,</div> +<div class="t">They compassed him around.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Their miseries his compassion moved,</div> +<div class="t">Their peace he still pursued;</div> +<div class="l">They rendered hatred for his love,</div> +<div class="t">And evil for his good.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Their malice raged without a cause;</div> +<div class="t">Yet, with his dying breath,</div> +<div class="l">He prayed for murderers on his cross,</div> +<div class="t">And blest his foes in death.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>O, may his conduct, all divine,</div> +<div class="t">To us a model prove:</div> +<div class="l">Like his, O God, our hearts incline</div> +<div class="t">Our enemies to love.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0387"> + +<h3>387. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Christian Psalmist.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Faith, Hope and Charity.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Faith, hope, and love, now dwell on earth,</div> +<div class="t">And earth by them is blest;</div> +<div class="l">But faith and hope must yield to love,</div> +<div class="t">Of all the graces best.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Hope shall to full fruition rise,</div> +<div class="t">And faith be sight above;</div> +<div class="l">These are the means, but this the end,</div> +<div class="t">For saints forever love.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0388"> + +<h3>388. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Montgomery.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Christian Graces.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Faith, hope, and charity, these three,</div> +<div class="l">Yet is the greatest charity;</div> +<div class="l">Father of lights, these gifts impart</div> +<div class="l">To mine and every human heart.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Faith, that in prayer can never fail,</div> +<div class="l">Hope, that o'er doubting must prevail,</div> +<div class="l">And charity, whose name above</div> +<div class="l">Is God's own name, for God is love.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>The morning star is lost in light,</div> +<div class="l">Faith vanishes at perfect sight,</div> +<div class="l">The rainbow passes with the storm</div> +<div class="l">And hope with sorrow's fading form.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>But charity, serene, sublime,</div> +<div class="l">Beyond the reach of death and time,</div> +<div class="l">Like the blue sky's all-bounding space,</div> +<div class="l">Holds heaven and earth in its embrace.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0389"> + +<h3>389. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">A Living and a Dead Faith.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Mistaken souls! that dream of heaven,</div> +<div class="t">And make their empty boast</div> +<div class="l">Of inward joys, and sins forgiven,</div> +<div class="t">While they are slaves to lust.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Vain are our fancies, airy flights,</div> +<div class="t">If faith be cold and dead;</div> +<div class="l">None but a living power unites</div> +<div class="t">To Christ the living head.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>'T is faith that purifies the heart;</div> +<div class="t">'T is faith that works by love;</div> +<div class="l">That bids all sinful joys depart,</div> +<div class="t">And lifts the thoughts above.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>This faith shall every fear control</div> +<div class="t">By its celestial power,</div> +<div class="l">With holy triumph fill the soul</div> +<div class="t">In death's approaching hour.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0390"> + +<h3>390. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Scott.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"Two men went up into the temple to pray."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>The uplifted eye, and bended knee,</div> +<div class="l">Are but vain homage, Lord, to thee;</div> +<div class="l">In vain our lips thy praise prolong,</div> +<div class="l">The heart a stranger to the song.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>The pure, the humble, contrite mind,</div> +<div class="l">Sincere, and to thy will resigned,</div> +<div class="l">To thee a nobler offering yields,</div> +<div class="l">Than Sheba's groves, or Sharon's fields.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Love God and man--this great command,</div> +<div class="l">Doth on eternal pillars stand;</div> +<div class="l">This did thine ancient prophets teach,</div> +<div class="l">And this thy Well-Belovéd preach.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0391"> + +<h3>391. <span class="meter">H. M.</span> <span class="sc">Montgomery.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Brotherly Love. <span class="scripRef">Ps. 133.</span></p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>How beautiful the sight</div> +<div class="t2">Of brethren who agree</div> +<div class="t">In friendship to unite,</div> +<div class="t2">And bonds of charity!</div> +<div class="l">'T is like the precious ointment shed</div> +<div class="l">O'er all his robes from Aaron's head.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>'Tis like the dews that fill</div> +<div class="t2">The cups of Hermon's flowers;</div> +<div class="t">Or Zion's fruitful hill,</div> +<div class="t2">Bright with the drops of showers;</div> +<div class="l">When mingling odors breathe around,</div> +<div class="l">And glory rests on all the ground.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>For there the Lord commands</div> +<div class="t2">Blessings, a boundless store,</div> +<div class="t">From his unsparing hands,</div> +<div class="t2">Yea, life for evermore.</div> +<div class="l">Thrice happy they who meet above</div> +<div class="l">To spend eternity in love!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0392"> + +<h3>392. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">C. Wesley.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Harmony of Love.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Lord! subdue our selfish will;</div> +<div class="t">Each to each our tempers suit,</div> +<div class="l">By thy modulating skill,</div> +<div class="t">Heart to heart, as lute to lute.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Sweetly on our spirits move;</div> +<div class="t">Gently touch the trembling strings:</div> +<div class="l">Make the harmony of love,</div> +<div class="t">Music for the King of kings!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0393"> + +<h3>393. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Bond of Peace.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>Blest are the sons of peace,</div> +<div class="t">Whose hearts and hopes are one;</div> +<div class="l">Whose kind designs to serve and please</div> +<div class="t">Through all their actions run.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>Blest is the pious house</div> +<div class="t">Where zeal and friendship meet;</div> +<div class="l">Their songs of praise, their mingled vows,</div> +<div class="t">Make their communion sweet.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>Thus on the heavenly hills</div> +<div class="t">The saints are blest above,</div> +<div class="l">Where joy like morning dew distils,</div> +<div class="t">And all the air is love.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0394"> + +<h3>394. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Montgomery.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"The unity of the spirit in the bond of peace."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>The glorious universe around,</div> +<div class="t">The heavens with all their train,</div> +<div class="l">Sun, moon, and stars, are firmly bound</div> +<div class="t">In one mysterious chain.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>The earth, the ocean, and the sky,</div> +<div class="t">To form one world agree,</div> +<div class="l">Where all that walk, or swim, or fly,</div> +<div class="t">Compose one family.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>In one fraternal bond of love,</div> +<div class="t">One fellowship of mind,</div> +<div class="l">The saints below and saints above</div> +<div class="t">Their bliss and glory find.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Here in their house of pilgrimage,</div> +<div class="t">Thy statutes are their song;</div> +<div class="l">There, through one bright, eternal age,</div> +<div class="t">Thy praises they prolong.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0395"> + +<h3>395. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">C. Wesley.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Church on Earth and in Heaven, One.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>The saints on earth and those above</div> +<div class="t">But one communion make:</div> +<div class="l">Joined to their Lord in bonds of love,</div> +<div class="t">All of his grace partake.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>One family, we dwell in him;</div> +<div class="t">One church above, beneath;</div> +<div class="l">Though now divided by the stream,</div> +<div class="t">The swelling stream of death.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>One army of the living God,--</div> +<div class="t">To his command we bow;</div> +<div class="l">Part of the host have crossed the flood,</div> +<div class="t">And part are crossing now.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>O God, be thou our constant guide!</div> +<div class="t">And when the word is given,</div> +<div class="l">Sustain us o'er the fearful tide,</div> +<div class="t">And bring us safe to heaven.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0396"> + +<h3>396. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Beddome.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Christian Unity.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>Let party names no more</div> +<div class="t">The Christian world o'erspread;</div> +<div class="l">Gentile and Jew, and bond and free,</div> +<div class="t">Are one in Christ their head.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>Among the saints on earth</div> +<div class="t">Let mutual love be found;</div> +<div class="l">Heirs of the same inheritance,</div> +<div class="t">With mutual blessings crowned.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>Let envy and ill-will</div> +<div class="t">Be banished far away;</div> +<div class="l">Those should in holy friendship dwell,</div> +<div class="t">Who the same Lord obey.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>Thus will the church below</div> +<div class="t">Resemble that above;</div> +<div class="l">Where streams of pleasure always flow,</div> +<div class="t">And every heart is love.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0397"> + +<h3>397. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Barbauld.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Christian Friendship.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>How blest the sacred tie that binds</div> +<div class="l">In union sweet according minds!</div> +<div class="l">How swift the heavenly course they run,</div> +<div class="l">Whose hearts, and faith, and hopes are one!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>To each the soul of each how dear!</div> +<div class="l">What jealous love, what holy fear!</div> +<div class="l">How doth the generous flame within</div> +<div class="l">Refine from earth, and cleanse from sin!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Their streaming eyes together flow</div> +<div class="l">For human guilt and mortal woe;</div> +<div class="l">Their ardent prayers together rise</div> +<div class="l">Like mingling flames in sacrifice.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Together shall they seek the place</div> +<div class="l">Where God reveals his awful face:</div> +<div class="l">How high, how strong, their raptures swell</div> +<div class="l">There's none but kindred souls can tell.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0398"> + +<h3>398. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Charitable Judgment.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Omniscient God, 'tis thine to know</div> +<div class="l">The springs whence wrong opinions flow;</div> +<div class="l">To judge from principles within,</div> +<div class="l">When frailty errs, and when we sin.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Who with another's eye can read,</div> +<div class="l">Or worship by another's creed?</div> +<div class="l">Revering thy command alone,</div> +<div class="l">We humbly seek and use our own.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>If wrong, forgive; accept, if right,</div> +<div class="l">Whilst faithful, we obey our light,</div> +<div class="l">And judging none, are zealous still</div> +<div class="l">To follow, as to learn, thy will.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>When shall our happy eyes behold</div> +<div class="l">Thy people, fashioned in thy mould?</div> +<div class="l">And charity our kindred prove</div> +<div class="l">Derived from thee, O God of love?</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0399"> + +<h3>399. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Not different food, nor different dress,</div> +<div class="t">Compose the kingdom of our Lord;</div> +<div class="l">But peace, and joy, and righteousness,</div> +<div class="t">Faith, and obedience to his word.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>When weaker Christians we despise,</div> +<div class="t">We do the gospel mighty wrong;</div> +<div class="l">For God, the gracious and the wise,</div> +<div class="t">Receives the feeble with the strong.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Let pride and wrath be banished hence,</div> +<div class="t">Meekness and love our souls pursue,</div> +<div class="l">Nor shall our practice give offence</div> +<div class="t">To saints, the Gentile or the Jew.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0400"> + +<h3>400. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Scott.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Private Judgment and Accountability.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>Imposture shrinks from light,</div> +<div class="t">And dreads the curious eye;</div> +<div class="l">But sacred truths the test invite,</div> +<div class="t">They bid us search and try.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>With understanding blest,</div> +<div class="t">Created to be free,</div> +<div class="l">Our faith on man we dare not rest,</div> +<div class="t">Subject to none but thee.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>Lord, give the light we need;</div> +<div class="t">With soundest knowledge fill;</div> +<div class="l">From noxious error guard our creed,</div> +<div class="t">From prejudice our will.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>The truth thou shalt impart,</div> +<div class="t">May we with firmness own;</div> +<div class="l">Abhorring each evasive art,</div> +<div class="t">And fearing thee alone.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0401"> + +<h3>401. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Newton.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">True Zeal.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Zeal is that pure and heavenly flame</div> +<div class="t">The fire of love supplies;</div> +<div class="l">Whilst that which often bears the name,</div> +<div class="t">Is self but in disguise.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>True zeal is merciful and mild,</div> +<div class="t">Can pity and forbear;</div> +<div class="l">The false is headstrong, fierce and wild,</div> +<div class="t">And breathes revenge and war.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>While zeal for truth the Christian warms,</div> +<div class="t">He knows the worth of peace;</div> +<div class="l">But self contends for names and forms,</div> +<div class="t">Its party to increase.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Zeal has attained its highest aim,</div> +<div class="t">Its end is satisfied,</div> +<div class="l">If sinners love the Saviour's name,--</div> +<div class="t">Nor seeks it aught beside.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>This idol self, O Lord, dethrone,</div> +<div class="t">And from our hearts remove;</div> +<div class="l">And let no zeal by us be shown</div> +<div class="t">But that which springs from love.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0402"> + +<h3>402. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Needham.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Moderation.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Happy the man whose cautious steps</div> +<div class="t">Still keep the golden mean;</div> +<div class="l">Whose life by wisdom's rules well formed,</div> +<div class="t">Declares a conscience clean.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>To sect or party his large soul</div> +<div class="t">Disdains to be confined;</div> +<div class="l">The good he loves of every name,</div> +<div class="t">And prays for all mankind.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>His business is to keep his heart;</div> +<div class="t">Each passion to control;</div> +<div class="l">Nobly ambitious well to rule</div> +<div class="t">The empire of his soul.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Not on the world his heart is set,</div> +<div class="t">His treasure is above;</div> +<div class="l">Nothing beneath the sovereign good</div> +<div class="t">Can claim his highest love.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0403"> + +<h3>403. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Sir H. Wotton.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Independent and Happy Man.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>How happy is he born or taught,</div> +<div class="t">Who serveth not another's will;</div> +<div class="l">Whose armor is his honest thought,</div> +<div class="t">And simple truth his highest skill;</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Whose passions not his masters are;</div> +<div class="t">Whose soul is still prepared for death;</div> +<div class="l">Not tied unto the world with care</div> +<div class="t">Of prince's ear or vulgar breath;</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Who God doth late and early pray</div> +<div class="t">More of his grace than goods to lend,</div> +<div class="l">And walks with man from day to day,</div> +<div class="t">As with a brother and a friend.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>This man is freed from servile bands</div> +<div class="t">Of hope to rise, or fear to fall;</div> +<div class="l">Lord of himself, though not of lands,</div> +<div class="t">And having nothing, yet hath all.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0404"> + +<h3>404. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Logan.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Wisdom.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>O happy is the man, who hears</div> +<div class="t">Instruction's warning voice;</div> +<div class="l">And who celestial wisdom makes</div> +<div class="t">His early, only choice.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Her treasures are of more esteem</div> +<div class="t">Than east or west unfold;</div> +<div class="l">And her rewards more precious are</div> +<div class="t">Than all their mines of gold.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>In her right hand she holds to view</div> +<div class="t">A length of happy days;</div> +<div class="l">Riches with splendid honors joined,</div> +<div class="t">Her left hand full displays.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>She guides the young with innocence</div> +<div class="t">In pleasure's path to tread;</div> +<div class="l">A crown of glory she bestows</div> +<div class="t">Upon the hoary head.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>According as her labors rise,</div> +<div class="t">So her rewards increase;</div> +<div class="l">Her ways are ways of pleasantness,</div> +<div class="t">And all her paths are peace.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0405"> + +<h3>405. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Campbell's Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"They shall walk and not faint."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Mere human power shall fast decay,</div> +<div class="t">And youthful vigor cease;</div> +<div class="l">But they who wait upon the Lord</div> +<div class="t">In strength shall still increase.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>They with unwearied feet shall tread</div> +<div class="t">The path of life divine,</div> +<div class="l">With growing ardor onward move,</div> +<div class="t">With growing brightness shine.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>On eagles' wings they mount, they soar;</div> +<div class="t">Their wings are faith and love;</div> +<div class="l">Till, past the cloudy regions here,</div> +<div class="t">They rise to heaven above.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0406"> + +<h3>406. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Hidden Life of the Christian.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>O happy soul that lives on high,</div> +<div class="t">While men lie grovelling here!</div> +<div class="l">His hopes are fixed above the sky,</div> +<div class="t">And faith forbids his fear.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>His conscience knows no secret stings,</div> +<div class="t">While grace and joy combine</div> +<div class="l">To form a life whose holy springs</div> +<div class="t">Are hidden and divine.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>He waits in secret on his God;</div> +<div class="t">His God in secret sees;</div> +<div class="l">Let earth be all in arms abroad,</div> +<div class="t">He dwells in heavenly peace.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>His pleasures rise from things unseen,</div> +<div class="t">Beyond this world and time;</div> +<div class="l">Where neither eyes nor ears have been,</div> +<div class="t">Nor thoughts of mortals climb.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>He wants no pomp nor royal throne</div> +<div class="t">To raise his honors here;</div> +<div class="l">Content and pleased to live unknown,</div> +<div class="t">Till Christ, his life, appear.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0407"> + +<h3>407. <span class="meter">8s. M.</span> <span class="sc">C. Wesley.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"That they also may be one in us."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Lord, from whom all blessings flow,</div> +<div class="l">Perfecting the church below!</div> +<div class="l">Steadfast may we cleave to thee;</div> +<div class="l">Love the mystic union be.</div> +<div class="l">Join our faithful spirits, join</div> +<div class="l">Each to each, and all to thine:</div> +<div class="l">Lead us through the paths of peace,</div> +<div class="l">On to perfect holiness.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Sweetly may we all agree,</div> +<div class="l">Touched with softest sympathy:</div> +<div class="l">There is neither bond nor free,</div> +<div class="l">Great nor servile, Lord, in thee;</div> +<div class="l">Love, like death, hath all destroyed</div> +<div class="l">Rendered all distinctions void!</div> +<div class="l">Names, and sects, and parties fall:</div> +<div class="l">Thou, O Christ, art all in all!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0408"> + +<h3>408. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Steele.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Religion a Support in Life.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>Religion can assuage</div> +<div class="t">The tempest of the soul;</div> +<div class="l">And every fear shall lose its rage</div> +<div class="t">At her divine control.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>Through life's bewildered way,</div> +<div class="t">Her hand unerring leads;</div> +<div class="l">And o'er the path her heavenly ray</div> +<div class="t">A cheering lustre sheds.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>When reason, tired and blind,</div> +<div class="t">Sinks helpless and afraid,</div> +<div class="l">Thou blest supporter of the mind,</div> +<div class="t">How powerful is thine aid!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>O, let us feel thy power,</div> +<div class="t">And find thy sweet relief,</div> +<div class="l">To brighten every gloomy hour</div> +<div class="t">And soften every grief.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0409"> + +<h3>409. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Tate & Brady.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Righteous and the Wicked.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>How blest is he, who ne'er consents</div> +<div class="t">By ill advice to walk;</div> +<div class="l">Nor stands in sinners' ways, nor sits</div> +<div class="t">Where men profanely talk:</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>But makes the perfect law of God</div> +<div class="t">His business and delight;</div> +<div class="l">Devoutly reads therein by day,</div> +<div class="t">And meditates by night.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Like some fair tree, which, fed by streams,</div> +<div class="t">With timely fruit does bend,</div> +<div class="l">He still shall flourish, and success</div> +<div class="t">All his designs attend.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Ungodly men, and their attempts,</div> +<div class="t">No lasting root shall find;</div> +<div class="l">Untimely blasted, and dispersed</div> +<div class="t">Like chaff before the wind.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0410"> + +<h3>410. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Exeter Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Influence of Habitual Piety.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Blest is the man who fears the Lord!</div> +<div class="t">His well established mind,</div> +<div class="l">In every varying scene of life,</div> +<div class="t">Shall true composure find.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Oft through the deep and stormy sea</div> +<div class="t">The heavenly footsteps lie;</div> +<div class="l">But on a glorious world beyond</div> +<div class="t">His faith can fix its eye.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Though dark his present prospects be,</div> +<div class="t">And sorrows round him dwell,</div> +<div class="l">Yet hope can whisper to his soul,</div> +<div class="t">That all shall issue well.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Full in the presence of his God,</div> +<div class="t">Through every scene he goes;</div> +<div class="l">And, fearing him, no other fear</div> +<div class="t">His steadfast bosom knows.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0411"> + +<h3>411. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Proud.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Happiness of a Christian.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>When true religion gains a place,</div> +<div class="t">And lives within the mind,</div> +<div class="l">The sensual life subdued by grace,</div> +<div class="t">And all the soul refined:</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>The desert blooms in living green,</div> +<div class="t">Where thorns and briers grew;</div> +<div class="l">The barren waste is fruitful seen,</div> +<div class="t">And all the prospect new.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>O happy Christian, richly blessed!</div> +<div class="t">What floods of pleasure roll!</div> +<div class="l">By God and man he stands confessed,</div> +<div class="t">In dignity of soul.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Substantial, pure, his every joy:</div> +<div class="t">His Maker is his friend;</div> +<div class="l">The noblest business his employ,</div> +<div class="t">And happiness his end.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0412"> + +<h3>412. <span class="meter">7s. & 8s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Bowring.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"He that walketh uprightly, walketh surely."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>He who walks in virtue's way,</div> +<div class="t">Firm and fearless, walketh surely;</div> +<div class="l">Diligent, while yet 'tis day,</div> +<div class="t">On he speeds, and speeds securely.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Flowers of peace beneath him grow,</div> +<div class="t">Suns of pleasure brighten o'er him;</div> +<div class="l">Memory's joys behind him go,</div> +<div class="t">Hope's sweet angels fly before him.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Thus he moves from stage to stage,</div> +<div class="t">Smiles of earth and heaven attending;</div> +<div class="l">Softly sinking down in age,</div> +<div class="t">And at last to death descending.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Cradled in its quiet deep,</div> +<div class="t">Calm as summer's loveliest even,</div> +<div class="l">He shall sleep the hallowed sleep;</div> +<div class="t">Sleep that is o'erwatched by Heaven.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0413"> + +<h3>413. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Burns.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Happiness of the Righteous.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>The man, in life wherever placed,</div> +<div class="t">Hath happiness in store,</div> +<div class="l">Who walks not in the wicked's way,</div> +<div class="t">Nor learns their guilty lore:</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Nor from the seat of scornful pride</div> +<div class="t">Casts forth his eyes abroad,</div> +<div class="l">But with humility and awe,</div> +<div class="t">Still walks before his God.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>That man shall flourish like the trees</div> +<div class="t">Which by the streamlets grow;</div> +<div class="l">The fruitful top is spread on high,</div> +<div class="t">And firm the root below.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>But he whose blossom buds in guilt</div> +<div class="t">Shall to the ground be cast,</div> +<div class="l">And, like the rootless stubble, tossed</div> +<div class="t">Before the sweeping blast.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0414"> + +<h3>414. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Keble.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"Not that thou wouldst take them out of the world, but keep them from its evil."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Sweet is the bliss of souls serene,</div> +<div class="l">When they have sworn and steadfast mean,</div> +<div class="l">Counting the cost, in all t' espy</div> +<div class="l">Their God, in all themselves deny.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>O could we learn that sacrifice,</div> +<div class="l">What lights would all around us rise!</div> +<div class="l">How would our hearts with wisdom talk,</div> +<div class="l">Along life's dullest, dreariest walk!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>We need not bid, for cloistered cell,</div> +<div class="l">Our neighbor and our work farewell,</div> +<div class="l">Nor strive to wind ourselves too high</div> +<div class="l">For sinful man beneath the sky:</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>The trivial round, the common task,</div> +<div class="l">Would furnish all we ought to ask;</div> +<div class="l">Room to deny ourselves; a road</div> +<div class="l">To bring us, daily, nearer God.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0415"> + +<h3>415. <span class="meter">7s. & 6s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Cowper.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Joy and Peace in Believing.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Sometimes a light surprises</div> +<div class="t">The Christian while he sings:</div> +<div class="l">It is the Lord, who rises</div> +<div class="t">With healing in his wings:</div> +<div class="l">When comforts are declining,</div> +<div class="t">He grants the soul again</div> +<div class="l">A season of clear shining,</div> +<div class="t">To cheer it after rain.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>In holy contemplation,</div> +<div class="t">We sweetly then pursue</div> +<div class="l">The theme of God's salvation,</div> +<div class="t">And find it ever new:</div> +<div class="l">Set free from present sorrow,</div> +<div class="t">We cheerfully can say,</div> +<div class="l">"E'en let the unknown morrow</div> +<div class="t">Bring with it what it may."</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>It can bring with it nothing,</div> +<div class="t">But he will bear us through:</div> +<div class="l">Who gives the lilies clothing,</div> +<div class="t">Will clothe his people too:</div> +<div class="l">Beneath the spreading heavens,</div> +<div class="t">No creature but is fed;</div> +<div class="l">And he who feeds the ravens,</div> +<div class="t">Will give his children bread.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Though vine, nor fig tree neither,</div> +<div class="t">Its wonted fruit should bear;</div> +<div class="l">Though all the field should wither,</div> +<div class="t">Nor flocks, nor herds be there:</div> +<div class="l">Yet God the same abiding,</div> +<div class="t">His praise shall tune my voice;</div> +<div class="l">For while in him confiding,</div> +<div class="t">I cannot but rejoice.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0416"> + +<h3>416. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">For a Right Spirit.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>I want a sober mind,</div> +<div class="t">A self-renouncing will,</div> +<div class="l">That tramples down and casts behind</div> +<div class="t">The baits of pleasing ill;</div> +<div class="t">A soul inured to pain,</div> +<div class="t">To hardship, grief and loss,</div> +<div class="l">Bold to take up, firm to sustain</div> +<div class="t">The consecrated cross.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>I want a godly fear,</div> +<div class="t">A quick-discerning eye,</div> +<div class="l">That looks to thee when sin is near,</div> +<div class="t">And sees the tempter fly;</div> +<div class="t">A spirit still prepared,</div> +<div class="t">And armed with jealous care,</div> +<div class="l">Forever standing on its guard,</div> +<div class="t">And watching unto prayer.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>I want a true regard,</div> +<div class="t">A single, steady aim,</div> +<div class="l">Unmoved by threatening or reward,</div> +<div class="t">To thee and thy great name;</div> +<div class="t">A zealous, just concern</div> +<div class="t">For thine immortal praise;</div> +<div class="l">A pure desire that all may learn</div> +<div class="t">And glorify thy grace.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0417"> + +<h3>417. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Heavenly Joy on Earth.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>Come, ye that love the Lord,</div> +<div class="t">And let your joys be known;</div> +<div class="l">Join in a song with sweet accord,</div> +<div class="t">And thus surround the throne.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>The sorrows of the mind</div> +<div class="t">Be banished from the place!</div> +<div class="l">Religion never was designed</div> +<div class="t">To make our pleasures less.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>The men of grace have found</div> +<div class="t">Glory begun below;</div> +<div class="l">Celestial fruits on earthly ground</div> +<div class="t">From faith and hope may grow.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>The hill of Sion yields</div> +<div class="t">A thousand sacred sweets,</div> +<div class="l">Before we reach the heavenly fields,</div> +<div class="t">Or walk the golden streets.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">5</span>Then let our songs abound,</div> +<div class="t">And every tear be dry;</div> +<div class="l">We're marching through Immanuel's ground,</div> +<div class="t">To fairer worlds on high.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0418"> + +<h3>418. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Miss Fletcher.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Where is Heaven?</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>Our heaven is everywhere,</div> +<div class="t">If we but love the Lord,</div> +<div class="l">Unswerving tread the narrow way,</div> +<div class="t">And ever shun the broad.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>'T is where the trusting heart</div> +<div class="t">Bows meekly to its grief,</div> +<div class="l">Still looking up with earnest faith</div> +<div class="t">For comfort and relief.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>Where guileless infancy</div> +<div class="t">In happiness doth dwell,</div> +<div class="l">And where the aged one can say</div> +<div class="t">"He hath done all things well."</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>Wherever truth abides</div> +<div class="t">Sweet peace is ever there;</div> +<div class="l">If we but love and serve the Lord,</div> +<div class="t">Our heaven is everywhere.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0419"> + +<h3>419. <span class="meter">8s. & 7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">J. G. Adams.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Heaven Here.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Heaven is here; its hymns of gladness</div> +<div class="t">Cheer the true believer's way,</div> +<div class="l">In this world where sin and sadness</div> +<div class="t">Often change to night our day.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Heaven is here; where misery lightened</div> +<div class="t">Of its heavy load is seen,</div> +<div class="l">Where the face of sorrow brightened</div> +<div class="t">By the deed of love hath been:</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Where the bound, the poor, despairing</div> +<div class="t">Are set free, supplied and blest;</div> +<div class="l">Where, in others' anguish sharing,</div> +<div class="t">We can find our surest rest.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Where we heed the voice of duty</div> +<div class="t">Rather than man's praise, or rod;</div> +<div class="l">This is heaven,--its peace, its beauty,</div> +<div class="t">Radiant with the smile of God.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0420"> + +<h3>420. <span class="meter">L. M. 6l.</span> <span class="sc">Mrs. Case.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">God's Kingdom Here.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Oh, where, our Saviour! sweeps the line</div> +<div class="t">That marks thy kingdom's holy reign?</div> +<div class="l">Is it where northern meteors shine</div> +<div class="t">Or gilds the cross the southern main?</div> +<div class="l">Where breaks the dawn o'er spicy lands?</div> +<div class="l">Or twilight sleeps on desert sands?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Is it where sunny skies grow dim</div> +<div class="t">With smoke of heathen sacrifice?</div> +<div class="l">Or where, in costly domes, the hymn</div> +<div class="t">Is taught on incense clouds to rise?</div> +<div class="l">Nay, nay, thy blessed word has shown</div> +<div class="l">Thy kingdom is the heart alone!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>That solemn world, whose bounds between</div> +<div class="t">Life's mysteries of birth and death,</div> +<div class="l">Are filled with warring hosts unseen,</div> +<div class="t">Beings of power, though not of breath--</div> +<div class="l">The spirit realm, where'er it be,</div> +<div class="l">Is the dominion swayed by thee.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Wild, phantom shapes of gloom and fear,</div> +<div class="t">Roam dimly through the haunted spot,</div> +<div class="l">And earth holds not a land so drear</div> +<div class="t">As the sad heart that owns thee not,</div> +<div class="l">Where sorrows wound and pleasures pall,</div> +<div class="l">And death's dread shadow darkens all.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>But lift thy sceptre there, its bowers</div> +<div class="t">Shall be serene and sweet and fair,</div> +<div class="l">And, as in time's primeval hours,</div> +<div class="t">The holy ones shall gather there,</div> +<div class="l">And heaven's own peace the soul o'erflow,</div> +<div class="l">E'en while it lingers here below.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0421"> + +<h3>421. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Beaumont.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Heaven Within.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>As earth's pageant passes by,</div> +<div class="l">Let reflection turn thine eye</div> +<div class="l">Inward, and observe thy breast;</div> +<div class="l">There alone dwells solid rest.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>That's a close immured tower,</div> +<div class="l">Which can mock all hostile power;</div> +<div class="l">To thyself a tenant be,</div> +<div class="l">And inhabit safe and free.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Say not that this house is small,</div> +<div class="l">Girt up in a narrow wall;</div> +<div class="l">In a cleanly, sober mind,</div> +<div class="l">Heaven itself full room doth find.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>The infinite Creator can</div> +<div class="l">Dwell in it; and may not man?</div> +<div class="l">Here, content, make thy abode</div> +<div class="l">With thyself and with thy God.</div> +</div> + +</div> + + +<h2>DEVOUT EXERCISES.</h2> + +<div class="hymn" id="h0422"> + +<h3>422. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">H. M. Williams.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Habitual Devotion.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>While thee I seek, protecting Power!</div> +<div class="t">Be my vain wishes stilled;</div> +<div class="l">And may this consecrated hour</div> +<div class="t">With better hopes be filled.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Thy love the power of thought bestowed;</div> +<div class="t">To thee my thoughts would soar;</div> +<div class="l">Thy mercy o'er my life has flowed--</div> +<div class="t">That mercy I adore!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>In each event of life, how clear</div> +<div class="t">Thy ruling hand I see!</div> +<div class="l">Each blessing to my soul more dear,</div> +<div class="t">Because conferred by thee.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>In every joy that crowns my days,</div> +<div class="t">In every pain I bear,</div> +<div class="l">My heart shall find delight in praise,</div> +<div class="t">Or seek relief in prayer.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>When gladness wings my favored hour,</div> +<div class="t">Thy love my thoughts shall fill;</div> +<div class="l">Resigned, when storms of sorrow lower,</div> +<div class="t">My soul shall meet thy will.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">6</span>My lifted eye, without a tear,</div> +<div class="t">The gathering storm shall see;</div> +<div class="l">My steadfast heart shall know no fear;--</div> +<div class="t">That heart shall rest on thee!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0423"> + +<h3>423. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Bowring.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Perpetual Praise.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>When, wakened by thy voice of power,</div> +<div class="t">The hour of morning beams in light,</div> +<div class="l">My voice shall sing that morning hour,</div> +<div class="t">And thee, who mad'st that hour so bright.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>The morning strengthens into noon;</div> +<div class="t">Earth's fairest beauties shine more fair;</div> +<div class="l">And noon and morning shall attune</div> +<div class="t">My grateful heart to praise and prayer.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>When 'neath the evening western gate</div> +<div class="t">The sun's retiring rays are hid,</div> +<div class="l">My joy shall be to meditate,</div> +<div class="t">E'en as the pious patriarch did.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>As twilight wears a darker hue,</div> +<div class="t">And gathering night creation dims,</div> +<div class="l">The twilight and the midnight, too,</div> +<div class="t">Shall have their harmonies and hymns.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>So shall sweet thoughts, and thoughts sublime,</div> +<div class="t">My constant inspirations be;</div> +<div class="l">And every shifting scene of time</div> +<div class="t">Reflect, my God, a light from thee.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0424"> + +<h3>424. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Mrs. Brown.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Secret Prayer.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>I love to steal awhile away</div> +<div class="t">From every cumbering care,</div> +<div class="l">And spend the hours of setting day</div> +<div class="t">In humble, grateful prayer.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>I love to think on mercies past,</div> +<div class="t">And future good implore,</div> +<div class="l">And all my cares and sorrows cast</div> +<div class="t">On him whom I adore.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>I love by faith to take a view</div> +<div class="t">Of brighter scenes in heaven;</div> +<div class="l">The prospect doth my strength renew,</div> +<div class="t">While here by tempests driven.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Thus, when life's toilsome day is o'er,</div> +<div class="t">May its departing ray</div> +<div class="l">Be calm as this impressive hour,</div> +<div class="t">And lead to endless day.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0425"> + +<h3>425. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">C. Wesley.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Prayer for Self-Consecration.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>O God, my strength, my hope,</div> +<div class="t">On thee I cast my care,</div> +<div class="l">With humble confidence look up,</div> +<div class="t">And know thou hearest prayer.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>O, for a godly fear,</div> +<div class="t">A quick-discerning eye,</div> +<div class="l">That looks to thee when sin is near,</div> +<div class="t">And sees the tempter fly!--</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>A spirit still prepared,</div> +<div class="t">And armed with jealous care,</div> +<div class="l">Forever standing on its guard,</div> +<div class="t">And watching unto prayer!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>Lord, let me still abide,</div> +<div class="t">Nor from my hope remove,</div> +<div class="l">Till thou my patient spirit guide</div> +<div class="t">To better worlds above.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0426"> + +<h3>426. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Moore.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Breathings of Grace.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Like morning, when her early breeze</div> +<div class="l">Breaks up the surface of the seas,</div> +<div class="l">That, in their furrows, dark with night,</div> +<div class="l">Her hand may sow the seeds of light;</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Thy grace can send its breathings o'er</div> +<div class="l">The spirit, dark and lost before;</div> +<div class="l">And freshening all its depths, prepare</div> +<div class="l">For truth divine to enter there!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Till David touched his sacred lyre,</div> +<div class="l">In silence lay the unbreathing wire;</div> +<div class="l">But when he swept its chords along,</div> +<div class="l">E'en angels stooped to hear the song.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>So sleeps the soul, till thou, O Lord,</div> +<div class="l">Shall deign to touch its lifeless chord;</div> +<div class="l">Till, waked by thee, its breath shall rise</div> +<div class="l">In music worthy of the skies.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0427"> + +<h3>427. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Cowper.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Dependence on God.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>To keep the lamp alive,</div> +<div class="t">With oil we fill the bowl;</div> +<div class="l">'T is water makes the willow thrive,</div> +<div class="t">And grace that feeds the soul.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>The Lord's unsparing hand</div> +<div class="t">Supplies the living stream;</div> +<div class="l">It is not at our own command,</div> +<div class="t">But still derived from him.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>Man's wisdom is to seek</div> +<div class="t">His strength in God alone;</div> +<div class="l">And e'en an angel would be weak,</div> +<div class="t">Who trusted in his own.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>Retreat beneath his wings,</div> +<div class="t">And in his grace confide;</div> +<div class="l">This more exalts the King of kings</div> +<div class="t">Than all your works beside.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">5</span>In God is all our store,</div> +<div class="t">Grace issues from his throne;</div> +<div class="l">Whoever says, "I want no more,"</div> +<div class="t">Confesses he has none.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0428"> + +<h3>428. <span class="meter">7s. M. 6l.</span> <span class="sc">Montgomery.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Soul panting for God.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>As the hart, with eager looks,</div> +<div class="l">Panteth for the water-brooks,</div> +<div class="l">So my soul, athirst for thee,</div> +<div class="l">Pants the living God to see;</div> +<div class="l">When, O when, with filial fear,</div> +<div class="l">Lord, shall I to thee draw near?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Why art thou cast down, my soul?</div> +<div class="l">God, thy God, shall make thee whole:</div> +<div class="l">Why art thou disquieted?</div> +<div class="l">God shall lift thy fallen head,</div> +<div class="l">And his countenance benign</div> +<div class="l">Be the saving health of thine.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0429"> + +<h3>429. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Henry Moore.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Wisdom and Virtue sought from God.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Supreme and universal Light!</div> +<div class="l">Fountain of reason! Judge of right!</div> +<div class="l">Parent of good! whose blessings flow</div> +<div class="l">On all above, and all below:</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Assist us, Lord, to act, to be,</div> +<div class="l">What nature and thy laws decree;</div> +<div class="l">Worthy that intellectual flame,</div> +<div class="l">Which from thy breathing spirit came!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>May our expanded souls disclaim</div> +<div class="l">The narrow view, the selfish aim;</div> +<div class="l">But with a Christian zeal embrace</div> +<div class="l">Whate'er is friendly to our race.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>O Father, grace and virtue grant!</div> +<div class="l">No more we wish, no more we want:</div> +<div class="l">To know, to serve thee, and to love,</div> +<div class="l">Is peace below,--is bliss above.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0430"> + +<h3>430. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Merrick.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Holy Resignation.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Author of good, to thee we turn:</div> +<div class="t">Thine ever wakeful eye</div> +<div class="l">Alone can all our wants discern,</div> +<div class="t">Thy hand alone supply.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>O, let thy love within us dwell,</div> +<div class="t">Thy fear our footsteps guide;</div> +<div class="l">That love shall vainer loves expel,</div> +<div class="t">That fear all fears beside.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>And, O, by error's force subdued,</div> +<div class="t">Since oft, with stubborn will,</div> +<div class="l">We blindly shun the latent good,</div> +<div class="t">And grasp the specious ill,--</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Not what we wish, but what we want,</div> +<div class="t">Let mercy still supply:</div> +<div class="l">The good we ask not; Father, grant;</div> +<div class="t">The ill we ask, deny.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0431"> + +<h3>431. <span class="meter">L. M. 6l.</span> <span class="sc">C. Wesley.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Prayer for the Comforter.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>I want the spirit of power within,</div> +<div class="t">Of love, and of a healthful mind;</div> +<div class="l">Of power to conquer every sin,</div> +<div class="t">Of love to God and all mankind;</div> +<div class="l">Of health that pain and death defies,</div> +<div class="l">Most vigorous when the body dies.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>O that the Comforter would come,</div> +<div class="t">Nor visit as a transient guest,</div> +<div class="l">But fix in me his constant home,</div> +<div class="t">And keep possession of my breast;</div> +<div class="l">And make my soul his loved abode,</div> +<div class="l">The temple of indwelling God!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0432"> + +<h3>432. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Cotton.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">A Peaceful Conscience.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>While some in folly's pleasures roll,</div> +<div class="l">And court the joys that hurt the soul,</div> +<div class="l">Be mine that silent, calm repast,</div> +<div class="l">A conscience peaceful to the last.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>With this companion in the shade,</div> +<div class="l">My soul no more shall be dismayed;</div> +<div class="l">But fearless meet life's dreariest gloom,</div> +<div class="l">And the pale monarch of the tomb.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Amidst the various scenes of ills,</div> +<div class="l">Each blow some kind design fulfils;</div> +<div class="l">And can I murmur at my God,</div> +<div class="l">While love supreme directs the rod?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>His hand will smooth my rugged way,</div> +<div class="l">And lead me to the realms of day;</div> +<div class="l">To milder skies, and brighter plains,</div> +<div class="l">Where everlasting pleasure reigns.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0433"> + +<h3>433. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Self-knowledge, and Abstraction from Earth.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>My God, permit me not to be</div> +<div class="l">A stranger to myself and thee:</div> +<div class="l">Amidst a thousand thoughts I rove,</div> +<div class="l">Forgetful of my highest love.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Why should my passions mix with earth,</div> +<div class="l">And thus debase my heavenly birth?</div> +<div class="l">Why should I cleave to things below,</div> +<div class="l">And let my God, my Saviour go?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Call me away from flesh and sense;</div> +<div class="l">Thy sovereign word can draw me thence:</div> +<div class="l">I would obey the voice divine,</div> +<div class="l">And all inferior joys resign.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Be earth, with all her scenes, withdrawn,</div> +<div class="l">Let noise and vanity be gone:</div> +<div class="l">In secret silence of the mind,</div> +<div class="l">My heaven, and there my God, I find.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0434"> + +<h3>434. <span class="meter">7s. & 6s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Rising towards Heaven.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Rise, my soul, and stretch thy wings,</div> +<div class="t">Thy better portion trace;</div> +<div class="l">Rise from transitory things,</div> +<div class="t">Towards heaven, thy native place:</div> +<div class="l">Sun, and moon, and stars decay,</div> +<div class="t">Time shall soon this earth remove;</div> +<div class="l">Rise, my soul, and haste away</div> +<div class="t">To seats prepared above.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Rivers to the ocean run,</div> +<div class="t">Nor stay in all their course;</div> +<div class="l">Fire ascending seeks the sun,--</div> +<div class="t">Both speed them to their source:</div> +<div class="l">So a soul that's born of God</div> +<div class="t">Pants to view his glorious face,</div> +<div class="l">Upward tends to his abode,</div> +<div class="t">To rest in his embrace.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0435"> + +<h3>435. <span class="meter">L. P. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Christ Desired.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Come, O thou universal good!</div> +<div class="t">Balm of the wounded conscience, come!</div> +<div class="l">The hungry, dying spirit's food;</div> +<div class="t">The weary, wand'ring pilgrim's home;</div> +<div class="l">Haven to take the shipwrecked in,</div> +<div class="l">My everlasting rest from sin!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Come, O my comfort and delight!</div> +<div class="t">My strength and health, and shield, and sun</div> +<div class="l">My boast, my confidence, and might,</div> +<div class="t">My joy, my glory, and my crown;</div> +<div class="l">My gospel-hope, my calling's prize,</div> +<div class="l">My tree of life, my paradise.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0436"> + +<h3>436. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Newton.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"Unto you who believe he is precious."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>How sweet the name of Jesus sounds</div> +<div class="t">In a believer's ear!</div> +<div class="l">It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds,</div> +<div class="t">And drives away his fear.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>It makes the wounded spirit whole,</div> +<div class="t">It calms the troubled breast;</div> +<div class="l">'T is manna to the hungry soul,</div> +<div class="t">And, to the weary, rest.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Weak is the effort of my heart,</div> +<div class="t">And cold my warmest thought,</div> +<div class="l">But when I see thee as thou art,</div> +<div class="t">I'll praise thee as I ought.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Till then I would thy love proclaim,</div> +<div class="t">With every fleeting breath;</div> +<div class="l">And may the music of thy name</div> +<div class="t">Refresh my soul in death.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0437"> + +<h3>437. <span class="meter">11s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Mrs. Hale.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Lord's Prayer.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Our Father in heaven, we hallow thy name!</div> +<div class="l">May thy kingdom holy on earth be the same!</div> +<div class="l">O give to us daily our portion of bread;</div> +<div class="l">It is from thy bounty that all must be fed.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Forgive our transgressions, and teach us to know</div> +<div class="l">That humble compassion which pardons each foe:</div> +<div class="l">Keep us from temptation, from weakness and sin,</div> +<div class="l">And thine be the glory forever--Amen.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0438"> + +<h3>438. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">T. Whittemore.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Our Father, who in heaven art,</div> +<div class="t">All hallowed be thy name:</div> +<div class="l">Thy kingdom come, thy will be done,</div> +<div class="t">On earth, in heaven the same.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Give us this day our daily bread,</div> +<div class="t">Our debts, O Lord, forgive,</div> +<div class="l">As we forgive our enemies</div> +<div class="t">And thus obedient live.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Into temptation lead us not,</div> +<div class="t">From evil keep us clean;</div> +<div class="l">Thine is the kingdom, glory, power</div> +<div class="t">Forevermore, Amen.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0439"> + +<h3>439. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Montgomery.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Our heavenly Father, hear</div> +<div class="t">The prayer we offer now:--</div> +<div class="l">Thy name be hallowed far and near,</div> +<div class="t">To thee all nations bow.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Thy kingdom come; thy will</div> +<div class="t">On earth be done in love,</div> +<div class="l">As saints and seraphim fulfil</div> +<div class="t">Thy perfect law above.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Our daily bread supply,</div> +<div class="t">While by thy word we live;</div> +<div class="l">The guilt of our iniquity</div> +<div class="t">Forgive, as we forgive.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>From dark temptation's power</div> +<div class="t">Our feeble hearts defend;</div> +<div class="l">Deliver in the evil hour,</div> +<div class="t">And guide us to the end.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Thine, then, forever be</div> +<div class="t">Glory and power divine;</div> +<div class="l">The sceptre, throne, and majesty</div> +<div class="t">Of heaven and earth are thine.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0440"> + +<h3>440. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Lord's Prayer.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>O Thou, enthroned in worlds above,</div> +<div class="t">Our Father and our Friend!</div> +<div class="l">Lo, at the footstool of thy love,</div> +<div class="t">Thy children humbly bend.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>All reverence to thy name be given;</div> +<div class="t">Thy kingdom wide displayed;</div> +<div class="l">And, as thy will is done in heaven,</div> +<div class="t">Be it on earth obeyed.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Our table may thy bounty spread,</div> +<div class="t">From thine exhaustless store,</div> +<div class="l">From day to day with daily bread,--</div> +<div class="t">Nor would we ask for more.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>That pardon we to others give,</div> +<div class="t">Do thou to us extend;</div> +<div class="l">From all temptation, Lord, relieve;</div> +<div class="t">From every ill defend.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>And now to thee belong, Most High,</div> +<div class="t">The kingdom, glory, power,</div> +<div class="l">Through the broad earth and spacious sky,</div> +<div class="t">Both now and evermore.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0441"> + +<h3>441. <span class="meter">10s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Dr. Johnson.</span></h3> + +<p class="author">From Boethius.</p> + +<p class="argument">Seeking God.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>O Thou, whose power o'er moving worlds presides,</div> +<div class="l">Whose voice created, and whose wisdom guides,</div> +<div class="l">On darkling man in pure effulgence shine,</div> +<div class="l">And cheer his clouded mind with light divine.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>'T is thine alone to calm the pious breast</div> +<div class="l">With silent confidence and holy rest;</div> +<div class="l">From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend;</div> +<div class="l">Path, Motive, Guide, Original, and End.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0442"> + +<h3>442. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Abba, Father.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>Behold, what wondrous grace</div> +<div class="t">The Father has bestowed</div> +<div class="l">On sinners of a mortal race,</div> +<div class="t">To call them sons of God!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>Nor doth it yet appear</div> +<div class="t">How great we must be made;</div> +<div class="l">But when we see our Saviour here,</div> +<div class="t">We shall be like our Head.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>A hope so much divine</div> +<div class="t">May trials well endure;</div> +<div class="l">May purify our souls from sin,</div> +<div class="t">As Christ, the Lord, is pure.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>We would no longer lie</div> +<div class="t">Like slaves beneath the throne;</div> +<div class="l">Our faith shall Abba, Father, cry,</div> +<div class="t">And thou the kindred own.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0443"> + +<h3>443. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Mrs. Steele.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Christian's Resolve.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Ah wretched souls, who strive in vain,</div> +<div class="t">Slaves to the world, and slaves to sin!</div> +<div class="l">A nobler toil may I sustain,</div> +<div class="t">A nobler satisfaction win.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>May I resolve, with all my heart,</div> +<div class="t">With all my powers, to serve the Lord;</div> +<div class="l">Nor from his precepts e'er depart,</div> +<div class="t">Whose service is a rich reward.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Be this the purpose of my soul,</div> +<div class="t">My solemn, my determined choice,</div> +<div class="l">To yield to his supreme control,</div> +<div class="t">And in his kind commands rejoice.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>O may I never faint nor tire,</div> +<div class="t">Nor, wandering, leave his sacred ways;</div> +<div class="l">Great God! accept my soul's desire,</div> +<div class="t">And give me strength to live thy praise.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0444"> + +<h3>444. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Browne.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"Giving thanks to God in all things."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Great God! my joyful thanks to thee</div> +<div class="l">Shall, like thy gifts, continual be:</div> +<div class="l">In constant streams thy bounty flows,</div> +<div class="l">Nor end nor intermission knows.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Thy kindness all my comforts gives;</div> +<div class="l">My numerous wants thy hand relieves;</div> +<div class="l">Nor can I ever, Lord, be poor,</div> +<div class="l">Who live on thy exhaustless store.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>If what I wish thy will denies,</div> +<div class="l">It is that thou art good and wise;</div> +<div class="l">Afflictions, which may make me mourn,</div> +<div class="l">Thou canst, thou dost, to blessings turn.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Deep, Lord, upon my thankful breast,</div> +<div class="l">Let all thy favors be imprest;</div> +<div class="l">And though withdrawn thy gifts should be</div> +<div class="l">In all things I'll give thanks to thee.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0445"> + +<h3>445. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Doddridge.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"Now are we sons of God."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>How rich thy favors, God of grace!</div> +<div class="t">How various, how divine!</div> +<div class="l">Full as the ocean they are poured,</div> +<div class="t">And bright as heaven they shine.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>He to eternal glory calls,</div> +<div class="t">And leads the wondrous way</div> +<div class="l">To his own palace where he reigns</div> +<div class="t">In uncreated day.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Jesus, the herald of his love,</div> +<div class="t">Displays the radiant prize,</div> +<div class="l">A crown of never-ending bliss,</div> +<div class="t">To our admiring eyes.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>The songs of everlasting years</div> +<div class="t">That mercy shall attend,</div> +<div class="l">Which leads, through sufferings of an hour,</div> +<div class="t">To joys that never end.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0446"> + +<h3>446. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">H. H. Milman.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Praying for Divine Help.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>O Help us, Lord! each hour of need</div> +<div class="t">Thy heavenly succor give;</div> +<div class="l">Help us in thought, and word, and deed,</div> +<div class="t">Each hour on earth we live.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>O help us, when our spirits bleed,</div> +<div class="t">With contrite anguish sore,</div> +<div class="l">And when our hearts are cold and dead,</div> +<div class="t">O help us, Lord, the more.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>O help us through the prayer of faith</div> +<div class="t">More firmly to believe;</div> +<div class="l">For still the more the servant hath,</div> +<div class="t">The more shall he receive.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>O help us, Father! from on high;</div> +<div class="t">We know no help but thee;</div> +<div class="l">O! help us so to live and die,</div> +<div class="t">As thine in heaven to be.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0447"> + +<h3>447. <span class="meter">C. H. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Come, let us Pray.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>Come, let us pray: 'tis sweet to feel</div> +<div class="t2">That God himself is near;</div> +<div class="t">That, while we at his footstool kneel,</div> +<div class="t2">His mercy deigns to hear:</div> +<div class="l">Though sorrows cloud life's dreary way,</div> +<div class="l">This is our solace--let us pray.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>Come, let us pray: the burning brow,</div> +<div class="t2">The heart oppressed with care,</div> +<div class="t">And all the woes that throng us now,</div> +<div class="t2">Will be relieved by prayer:</div> +<div class="l">Our God will chase our griefs away;</div> +<div class="l">O, glorious thought!--come, let us pray.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>Come, let us pray: the mercy-seat</div> +<div class="t2">Invites the fervent prayer.</div> +<div class="t">Our Heavenly Father waits to greet</div> +<div class="t2">The contrite spirit there:</div> +<div class="l">O, loiter not, nor longer stay</div> +<div class="l">From him who loves us; let us pray.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0448"> + +<h3>448. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Sir Walter Scott.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Imploring the constant Presence of God.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>When Israel of the Lord beloved,</div> +<div class="t">Out from the land of bondage came,</div> +<div class="l">Her father's God before her moved,</div> +<div class="t">An awful guide in smoke and flame.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>By day, along th' astonished lands,</div> +<div class="t">The cloudy pillar glided slow;</div> +<div class="l">By night, Arabia's crimsoned sands</div> +<div class="t">Returned the fiery column's glow.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Thus, present still, though now unseen,</div> +<div class="t">When brightly shines the prosperous day,</div> +<div class="l">Be thoughts of thee a cloudy screen,</div> +<div class="t">To temper the deceitful ray!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>And O, when gathers on our path,</div> +<div class="t">In shade and storm, the frequent night,</div> +<div class="l">Be thou, long-suffering, slow to wrath,</div> +<div class="t">A burning and a shining light!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0449"> + +<h3>449. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">C. Wesley.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Watchfulness.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>I want a principle within</div> +<div class="t">Of jealous, godly fear;</div> +<div class="l">A sensibility of sin,</div> +<div class="t">A pain to find it near.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>I want the first approach to feel</div> +<div class="t">Of pride, or fond desire;</div> +<div class="l">To catch the wandering of my will,</div> +<div class="t">And quench the kindling fire.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>From thee that I no more may part,</div> +<div class="t">No more thy goodness grieve,</div> +<div class="l">The filial awe, the fleshly heart,</div> +<div class="t">The tender conscience give.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Quick as the apple of the eye,</div> +<div class="t">O God, my conscience make!</div> +<div class="l">Awake my soul when sin is nigh,</div> +<div class="t">And keep it still awake.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0450"> + +<h3>450. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Smart.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">For Prudence and Wisdom.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Father of light! conduct my feet</div> +<div class="t">Through life's dark, dangerous road;</div> +<div class="l">Let each advancing step still bring</div> +<div class="t">Me nearer to my God.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Let heaven-eyed prudence be my guide;</div> +<div class="t">And, when I go astray,</div> +<div class="l">Recall my feet from folly's path</div> +<div class="t">To wisdom's better way.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Teach me in every various scene</div> +<div class="t">To keep my end in sight;</div> +<div class="l">And while I tread life's mazy track,</div> +<div class="t">Let wisdom guide me right.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>That heavenly wisdom from above</div> +<div class="t">Abundantly impart;</div> +<div class="l">And let it guard, and guide, and warm,</div> +<div class="t">And penetrate my heart:</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Till it shall lead me to thyself,</div> +<div class="t">Fountain of bliss and love!</div> +<div class="l">And all my darkness be dispersed</div> +<div class="t">In endless light above.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0451"> + +<h3>451. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Moore.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Heaven Desired.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>The bird let loose in Eastern skies,</div> +<div class="t">Returning fondly home,</div> +<div class="l">Ne'er stoops to earth her wing, nor flies</div> +<div class="t">Where idle warblers roam.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>But high she shoots through air and light--</div> +<div class="t">Above all low delay,</div> +<div class="l">Where nothing earthly bounds her flight,</div> +<div class="t">Nor shadow dims her way.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>So grant me, God, from every snare</div> +<div class="t">Of sinful passion free,</div> +<div class="l">Aloft through faith's serener air</div> +<div class="t">To hold my course to thee.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>No sin to cloud, no lure to stay</div> +<div class="t">My soul, as home she springs;</div> +<div class="l">Thy sunshine on her joyful way,</div> +<div class="t">Thy freedom on her wings.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0452"> + +<h3>452. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Stowell.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Mercy-seat.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>From every stormy wind that blows,</div> +<div class="l">From every swelling tide of woes,</div> +<div class="l">There is a calm, a sure retreat;</div> +<div class="l">'Tis found before the mercy-seat.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>There is a place were Jesus sheds</div> +<div class="l">The oil of gladness on our heads,--</div> +<div class="l">A place of all on earth most sweet;</div> +<div class="l">It is the heavenly mercy-seat.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>There is a scene where spirits blend,</div> +<div class="l">Where friend holds fellowship with friend;</div> +<div class="l">Though sundered far, by faith they meet</div> +<div class="l">Around one common mercy-seat.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>There, there, on eagle wings we soar,</div> +<div class="l">And sin and sense molest no more;</div> +<div class="l">And heaven comes down our souls to greet,</div> +<div class="l">And glory crowns the mercy-seat.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0453"> + +<h3>453. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Steele.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Thirsting after God.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>When fainting in the sultry waste,</div> +<div class="t">And parched with thirst extreme,</div> +<div class="l">The weary pilgrim longs to taste</div> +<div class="t">The cool, refreshing stream.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>So longs the weary, fainting mind,</div> +<div class="t">Oppressed with sins and woes,</div> +<div class="l">Some soul-reviving spring to find,</div> +<div class="t">Whence heavenly comfort flows.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>O, may I thirst for thee, my God,</div> +<div class="t">With ardent, strong desire;</div> +<div class="l">And still, through all this desert road,</div> +<div class="t">To taste thy grace aspire.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Then shall my prayer to thee ascend,</div> +<div class="t">A grateful sacrifice;</div> +<div class="l">My mourning voice thou wilt attend,</div> +<div class="t">And grant me full supplies.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0454"> + +<h3>454. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Newton.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Self-Distrust.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>'T is a point I long to know,--</div> +<div class="t">Oft it causes anxious thought,--</div> +<div class="l">Do I love the Lord, or no?</div> +<div class="t">Am I his, or am I not?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>If I love, why am I thus?</div> +<div class="t">Why this dull and lifeless frame?</div> +<div class="l">Hardly, sure, can they be worse,</div> +<div class="t">Who have never heard his name.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>If I pray, or hear, or read,</div> +<div class="t">Sin is mixed with all I do;</div> +<div class="l">You that love the Lord indeed,</div> +<div class="t">Tell me, is it thus with you?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Yet I mourn my stubborn will,</div> +<div class="t">Find my sin a grief and thrall;</div> +<div class="l">Should I grieve for what I feel,</div> +<div class="t">If I did not love at all?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Father, let me love thee more,</div> +<div class="t">If I love at all, I pray;</div> +<div class="l">If I have not loved before,</div> +<div class="t">Help me to begin to-day.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0455"> + +<h3>455. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Doddridge.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Choosing the Better Part.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Beset with snares on every hand,</div> +<div class="l">In life's uncertain path I stand:</div> +<div class="l">Father divine! diffuse thy light,</div> +<div class="l">To guide my doubtful footsteps right.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Engage this roving, treacherous heart,</div> +<div class="l">Wisely to choose the better part;</div> +<div class="l">To scorn the trifles of a day,</div> +<div class="l">For joys that none can take away.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Then let the wildest storms arise,</div> +<div class="l">Let tempests mingle earth with skies,</div> +<div class="l">No fatal shipwreck shall I fear,</div> +<div class="l">But all my treasures with me bear.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>If thou, my Saviour, still be nigh,</div> +<div class="l">Cheerful I live, and joyful die;</div> +<div class="l">Secure, when mortal comforts flee,</div> +<div class="l">To find ten thousand worlds in thee.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0456"> + +<h3>456. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Sincerity and Hypocrisy.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>God is a spirit just and wise,</div> +<div class="t">He sees our inmost mind;</div> +<div class="l">In vain to heaven we raise our cries,</div> +<div class="t">And leave our souls behind.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Nothing but truth before his throne</div> +<div class="t">With honor can appear;</div> +<div class="l">The painted hypocrites are known</div> +<div class="t">Through the disguise they wear.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Their lifted eyes salute the skies,</div> +<div class="t">Their bending knees the ground;</div> +<div class="l">But God abhors the sacrifice</div> +<div class="t">Where not the heart is found.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Lord, search my thoughts, and try my ways,</div> +<div class="t">And make my soul sincere;</div> +<div class="l">Then shall I stand before thy face,</div> +<div class="t">And find acceptance there.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0457"> + +<h3>457. <span class="meter">C. P. M.</span> <span class="sc">Wesley's Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">True Wisdom.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Be it my only wisdom here,</div> +<div class="l">To serve the Lord with filial fear,</div> +<div class="t">With loving gratitude;</div> +<div class="l">Superior sense may I display,</div> +<div class="l">By shunning every evil way,</div> +<div class="t">And walking in the good.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>O may I still from sin depart!</div> +<div class="l">A wise and understanding heart,</div> +<div class="t">Father, to me be given!</div> +<div class="l">And let me through thy Spirit know</div> +<div class="l">To glorify my God below,</div> +<div class="t">And find my way to heaven.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0458"> + +<h3>458. <span class="meter">L. M. 6l.</span> <span class="sc">Merrick.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">For the Understanding and Influence of God's Word.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>While here as wandering sheep we stray,</div> +<div class="l">Teach us, O teach us, Lord, thy way!</div> +<div class="l">Dispose our hearts, with willing awe,</div> +<div class="l">To love thy word, to keep thy law;</div> +<div class="l">That, by thy guiding precepts led,</div> +<div class="l">Our feet the paths of truth may tread.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Great Source of light to all below!</div> +<div class="l">Teach us thy holy will to know:</div> +<div class="l">Teach us to read thy word aright,</div> +<div class="l">And make it our supreme delight;</div> +<div class="l">That, purged from vain desires, our mind</div> +<div class="l">In thee its only good may find.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Maker, instructer, judge of all,</div> +<div class="l">O hear us when on thee we call!</div> +<div class="l">To us, all-bounteous Lord, dispense</div> +<div class="l">Thy grace, and guiding influence!</div> +<div class="l">Preserve us in thy holy ways,</div> +<div class="l">And teach our hearts to speak thy praise!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0459"> + +<h3>459. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Montgomery.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Solomon's Prayer for Wisdom.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Almighty God! in humble prayer</div> +<div class="t">To thee our souls we lift;</div> +<div class="l">Do thou our waiting minds prepare</div> +<div class="t">For thy most needful gift.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>We ask not golden streams of wealth</div> +<div class="t">Along our path to flow;</div> +<div class="l">We ask not undecaying health,</div> +<div class="t">Nor length of years below.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>We ask not honors, which an hour</div> +<div class="t">May bring and take away;</div> +<div class="l">We ask not pleasure, pomp, and power,</div> +<div class="t">Lest we should go astray.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>We ask for wisdom;--Lord, impart</div> +<div class="t">The knowledge how to live;</div> +<div class="l">A wise and understanding heart</div> +<div class="t">To all before thee give.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>The young remember thee in youth,</div> +<div class="t">Before the evil days!</div> +<div class="l">The old be guided by thy truth</div> +<div class="t">In wisdom's pleasant ways!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0460"> + +<h3>460. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Cowper.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Walking with God.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>O, for a closer walk with God!</div> +<div class="t">A calm and heavenly frame!</div> +<div class="l">A light to shine upon the road</div> +<div class="t">That leads me to the Lamb!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>What peaceful hours I once enjoyed!</div> +<div class="t">How sweet their memory still!</div> +<div class="l">But now I find an aching void</div> +<div class="t">The world can never fill.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Return, O holy Dove, return,</div> +<div class="t">Sweet messenger of rest;</div> +<div class="l">I hate the sins that made thee mourn,</div> +<div class="t">And drove thee from my breast.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>The dearest idol I have known,</div> +<div class="t">Whate'er that idol be,</div> +<div class="l">Help me to tear it from thy throne,</div> +<div class="t">And worship only thee.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0461"> + +<h3>461. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Doddridge.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">For Freedom from Secret Sin.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Searcher of hearts! before thy face</div> +<div class="t">I all my soul display;</div> +<div class="l">And, conscious of its innate arts,</div> +<div class="t">Entreat thy strict survey.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>If, lurking in its inmost folds,</div> +<div class="t">I any sin conceal,</div> +<div class="l">O, let a ray of light divine</div> +<div class="t">The secret guile reveal.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>If tinctured with that odious gall</div> +<div class="t">Unknowing I remain,</div> +<div class="l">Let grace, like a pure silver stream,</div> +<div class="t">Wash out the hateful stain.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>If, in these fatal fetters bound,</div> +<div class="t">A wretched slave I lie,</div> +<div class="l">Smite off my chains, and wake my soul</div> +<div class="t">To light and liberty.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>To humble penitence and prayer</div> +<div class="t">Be gentle pity given;</div> +<div class="l">Speak ample pardon to my heart,</div> +<div class="t">And seal its claim to heaven.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0462"> + +<h3>462. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Grünbeck.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Self-abandonment to God.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>Lord! bring me to resign</div> +<div class="t">My doubting heart to thee;</div> +<div class="l">And, whether cheerful or distressed,</div> +<div class="t">Thine, thine alone to be.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>My only aim be this,--</div> +<div class="t">Thy purpose to fulfil,</div> +<div class="l">In thee rejoice with all my strength,</div> +<div class="t">And do thy holy will.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>Lord! thy all-seeing eye</div> +<div class="t">Keeps watch with sleepless care:</div> +<div class="l">Thy great compassion never fails;</div> +<div class="t">Thou hear'st my needy prayer.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>So will I firmly trust,</div> +<div class="t">That thou wilt guide me still,</div> +<div class="l">And guard me safe throughout the way</div> +<div class="t">That leads to Zion's hill.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0463"> + +<h3>463. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Cowper.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Religious Retirement.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Far from the world, O Lord! I flee,</div> +<div class="t">From strife and tumult far;</div> +<div class="l">From scenes, where sin is waging still</div> +<div class="t">Its most successful war.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>The calm retreat, the silent shade,</div> +<div class="t">With prayer and praise agree;</div> +<div class="l">And seem, by thy sweet bounty, made</div> +<div class="t">For those who follow thee.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>There, if thy spirit touch the soul,</div> +<div class="t">And grace her mean abode;</div> +<div class="l">O with what peace, and joy, and love,</div> +<div class="t">She communes with her God.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>There, like the nightingale, she pours</div> +<div class="t">Her solitary lays;</div> +<div class="l">Nor asks a witness of her song,</div> +<div class="t">Nor thirsts for human praise.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Author and Guardian of my life,</div> +<div class="t">Sweet Source of light divine,</div> +<div class="l">And all harmonious names in one,</div> +<div class="t">My Father--thou art mine!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0464"> + +<h3>464. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">J. J. Gurney.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Silent Worship.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Let deepest silence all around</div> +<div class="t">Its peaceful shelter spread;</div> +<div class="l">So shall the living word abound,</div> +<div class="t">The word that wakes the dead.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>How sweet to wait upon the Lord</div> +<div class="t">In stillness and in prayer!</div> +<div class="l">What though no preacher speak the word</div> +<div class="t">A minister is there:</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>He knows to bend the heart of steel,</div> +<div class="t">He bows the loftiest soul;</div> +<div class="l">O'er all we think and all we feel,</div> +<div class="t">How matchless his control!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>And, O, how precious is his love</div> +<div class="t">In tender mercy given;</div> +<div class="l">It whispers of the blest above,</div> +<div class="t">And stays the soul on heaven.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>From mind to mind, in streams of joy,</div> +<div class="t">The holy influence spreads;</div> +<div class="l">'T is peace, 'tis praise without alloy,</div> +<div class="t">For God that influence sheds.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">6</span>To thee, O God, we still will pray,</div> +<div class="t">And praise thee as before;</div> +<div class="l">For this thy glorious gospel-day,</div> +<div class="t">Teach us to praise thee more.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0465"> + +<h3>465. <span class="meter">L. M. 6l.</span> <span class="sc">Bowring.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"Help thou my unbelief."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>If listening, as I listen still,</div> +<div class="t">O God! to thine instructive word,</div> +<div class="l">In spite of all my spirit's will,</div> +<div class="t">Some whispering voice of doubt is heard,--</div> +<div class="l">That voice spontaneous from the soul,</div> +<div class="l">Which nought can check and nought control;</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>If when most earnestly I pray</div> +<div class="t">For light, for aid, for strength from thee,</div> +<div class="l">Some struggling thoughts will force their way,</div> +<div class="t">And break my soul's serenity;--</div> +<div class="l">If reason, thy best gift, will hold</div> +<div class="l">The sceptre only half controlled:--</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Help and forgive! heaven's alphabet</div> +<div class="t">Hath many a word of mystery;</div> +<div class="l">I read not all thy record yet,</div> +<div class="t">Though perseveringly I try;</div> +<div class="l">But teach me, Lord! and none shall be</div> +<div class="l">More prompt, more pleased to learn of thee.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0466"> + +<h3>466. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Herbert.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Doing all to the Glory of God.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>Teach me, my God and King,</div> +<div class="t">In all things thee to see;</div> +<div class="l">And what I do in anything,</div> +<div class="t">To do it as for thee!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>To scorn the senses' sway,</div> +<div class="t">While still to thee I tend;</div> +<div class="l">In all I do be thou the way,--</div> +<div class="t">In all be thou the end.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>All may of thee partake:</div> +<div class="t">Nothing so small can be,</div> +<div class="l">But draws, when acted for thy sake,</div> +<div class="t">Greatness and worth from thee.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>If done beneath thy laws,</div> +<div class="t">Even servile labors shine;</div> +<div class="l">Hallowed is toil, if this the cause,</div> +<div class="t">The meanest work divine.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0467"> + +<h3>467. <span class="meter">8s. 7s. & 4s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Oliver.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">God the Pilgrim's Guide and Strength.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Guide me, O thou great Jehovah,</div> +<div class="t">Pilgrim through this mortal land:</div> +<div class="l">I am weak, but thou art mighty;</div> +<div class="t">Hold me with thy powerful hand:</div> +<div class="t3">Bread of heaven,</div> +<div class="t">Feed me till I want no more.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Open now the crystal fountain,</div> +<div class="t">Whence the healing streams do flow;</div> +<div class="l">Let the fiery, cloudy pillar</div> +<div class="t">Lead me all my journey through:</div> +<div class="t3">Strong Deliverer,</div> +<div class="t">Be thou still my strength and shield.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>When I tread the verge of Jordan,</div> +<div class="t">Bid my anxious fears subside;</div> +<div class="l">Bear me through the swelling current;</div> +<div class="t">Land me safe on Canaan's side:</div> +<div class="t3">Songs of praises</div> +<div class="t">I will ever give to thee.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0468"> + +<h3>468. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Wreford.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Prayer for Faith.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Lord! I believe; thy power I own,</div> +<div class="t">Thy word I would obey;</div> +<div class="l">I wander comfortless, and lone,</div> +<div class="t">When from thy truth I stray.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Lord! I believe; but gloomy fears</div> +<div class="t">Sometimes bedim my sight;</div> +<div class="l">I look to thee with prayers and tears,</div> +<div class="t">And cry for strength and light.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Lord! I believe; but oft, I know,</div> +<div class="t">My faith is cold and weak;</div> +<div class="l">Strengthen my weakness, and bestow</div> +<div class="t">The confidence I seek!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Yes, I believe; and only thou</div> +<div class="t">Canst give my soul relief;</div> +<div class="l">Lord! to thy truth my spirit bow,</div> +<div class="t">Help thou my unbelief!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0469"> + +<h3>469. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Safety in God.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>When overwhelmed with grief,</div> +<div class="t">My heart within me dies;</div> +<div class="l">Helpless and far from all relief,</div> +<div class="t">To heaven I lift mine eyes.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>O lead me to the rock</div> +<div class="t">That's high above my head;</div> +<div class="l">And make the covert of thy wings</div> +<div class="t">My shelter and my shade.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Within thy presence, Lord,</div> +<div class="t">I ever would abide;</div> +<div class="l">Thou art the tower of my defence,</div> +<div class="t">The refuge where I hide.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0470"> + +<h3>470. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Montgomery.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Prayer for Grace in Trial.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Father of all our mercies, thou</div> +<div class="t">In whom we move and live,</div> +<div class="l">Hear us in heaven, thy dwelling, now,</div> +<div class="t">And answer, and forgive.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>When, harassed by ten thousand foes,</div> +<div class="t">Our helplessness we feel,</div> +<div class="l">O, give the weary soul repose,</div> +<div class="t">The wounded spirit heal.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>When dire temptations gather round</div> +<div class="t">And threaten or allure,</div> +<div class="l">By storm or calm, in thee be found</div> +<div class="t">A refuge strong and sure.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>When age advances, may we grow</div> +<div class="t">In faith, in hope, and love,</div> +<div class="l">And walk in holiness below</div> +<div class="t">To holiness above.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>When earthly joys and cares depart,</div> +<div class="t">Desire and envy cease,</div> +<div class="l">Be thou the portion of our heart,--</div> +<div class="t">In thee may we have peace.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0471"> + +<h3>471. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Roscoe.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Solace of Faith.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>When human hopes and joys depart,</div> +<div class="l">I give thee, Lord, a contrite heart;</div> +<div class="l">And on my weary spirit steal</div> +<div class="l">The thoughts that pass all earthly weal.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>I cast above my tearful eyes,</div> +<div class="l">And muse upon the starry skies;</div> +<div class="l">And think that He who governs there</div> +<div class="l">Still keeps me in his guardian care.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>I gaze upon the opening flower,</div> +<div class="l">Just moistened with the evening shower;</div> +<div class="l">And bless the love which made it bloom,</div> +<div class="l">To chase away my transient gloom.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>I think, whene'er this mortal frame</div> +<div class="l">Returns again to whence it came,</div> +<div class="l">My soul shall wing its happy flight</div> +<div class="l">To regions of eternal light.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0472"> + +<h3>472. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Wesleyan.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">For Purity of Heart.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>O, for a heart to praise my God,</div> +<div class="t">A heart from sin set free;</div> +<div class="l">A heart that always feels how good,</div> +<div class="t">Thou, Lord, hast been to me.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>O for a humble, contrite heart,</div> +<div class="t">Believing, true, and clean,</div> +<div class="l">Which neither life nor death can part</div> +<div class="t">From him who dwells within;--</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>A heart in every thought renewed,</div> +<div class="t">And full of love divine,</div> +<div class="l">Perfect, and right, and pure and good,</div> +<div class="t">Conformed, O Lord, to thine.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Thy temper, gracious Lord, impart;</div> +<div class="t">Come quickly from above;</div> +<div class="l">O, write thy name upon my heart,</div> +<div class="t">Thy name, O God, is Love.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0473"> + +<h3>473. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Bowring.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">God's sustaining Presence.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Father and friend, thy light, thy love</div> +<div class="t">Beaming through all thy works we see;</div> +<div class="l">Thy glory gilds the heavens above,</div> +<div class="t">And all the earth is full of thee.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Thy voice we hear, thy presence feel,</div> +<div class="t">Whilst thou, too pure for mortal sight,</div> +<div class="l">Involved in clouds, invisible,</div> +<div class="t">Reignest the Lord of life and light.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>We know not in what hallowed part</div> +<div class="t">Of the wide heavens thy throne may be;</div> +<div class="l">But this we know,--that where thou art,</div> +<div class="t">Strength, wisdom, goodness, dwell with thee.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Thy children shall not faint nor fear,</div> +<div class="t">Sustained by this delightful thought,--</div> +<div class="l">Since thou, their God, art everywhere,</div> +<div class="t">They cannot be where thou art not.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0474"> + +<h3>474. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Episcopal Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Ark of Safety.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>O, cease, my wandering soul,</div> +<div class="t">On restless wing to roam;</div> +<div class="l">All this wide world, to either pole,</div> +<div class="t">Has not for thee a home.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>Behold the ark of God;</div> +<div class="t">Behold the open door;</div> +<div class="l">O, haste to gain that dear abode,</div> +<div class="t">And rove, my soul, no more.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>There, safe thou shalt abide,</div> +<div class="t">There, sweet shall be thy rest,</div> +<div class="l">And every longing satisfied,</div> +<div class="t">With full salvation blest.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0475"> + +<h3>475. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>O that the Lord would guide my ways</div> +<div class="t">To keep his statutes still!</div> +<div class="l">O that my God would grant me grace</div> +<div class="t">To know and do his will!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>O send thy Spirit down to write</div> +<div class="t">Thy law upon my heart!</div> +<div class="l">Nor let my tongue indulge deceit,</div> +<div class="t">Nor act the liar's part.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Order my footsteps by thy word,</div> +<div class="t">And make my heart sincere;</div> +<div class="l">Let sin have no dominion, Lord,</div> +<div class="t">But keep my conscience clear.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Make me to walk in thy commands,--</div> +<div class="t">'Tis a delightful road;</div> +<div class="l">Nor let my head, or heart, or hands,</div> +<div class="t">Offend against my God.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0476"> + +<h3>476. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">T. Humphries.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"Lord, remember me."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>O thou, from whom all goodness flows,</div> +<div class="t">I lift my soul to thee;</div> +<div class="l">In all my sorrows, conflicts, woes,</div> +<div class="t">Good Lord, remember me.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>When on my aching, burdened heart</div> +<div class="t">My sins lie heavily,</div> +<div class="l">Thy pardon grant, new peace impart:</div> +<div class="t">Good Lord, remember me.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>When trials sore obstruct my way,</div> +<div class="t">And ills I cannot flee,</div> +<div class="l">O let my strength be as my day:</div> +<div class="t">Good Lord, remember me.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>And when before thy throne I stand,</div> +<div class="t">And lift my soul to thee,</div> +<div class="l">Then, with the saints at thy right hand,</div> +<div class="t">Good Lord, remember me!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0477"> + +<h3>477. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Merrick.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Prayer for Divine Guidance.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Teach me, O teach me, Lord! thy way;</div> +<div class="l">So, to my life's remotest day,</div> +<div class="l">By thy unerring precepts led,</div> +<div class="l">My willing feet its paths shall tread.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Informed by thee, with sacred awe,</div> +<div class="l">My heart shall meditate thy law;</div> +<div class="l">And with celestial wisdom filled,</div> +<div class="l">To thee its full obedience yield.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Give me to know thy will aright,--</div> +<div class="l">Thy will, my glory and delight.--</div> +<div class="l">That, raised above the world, my mind</div> +<div class="l">In thee its highest good may find.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>O turn from vanity mine eye;</div> +<div class="l">To me thy quickening strength supply;</div> +<div class="l">And with thy promised mercy cheer</div> +<div class="l">A heart devoted to thy fear.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0478"> + +<h3>478. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">C. Wesley.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Repose of Faith.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Happy soul, that safe from harm</div> +<div class="l">Rests within his Shepherd's arm!</div> +<div class="l">Who his quiet shall molest?</div> +<div class="l">Who shall violate his rest?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Seek, O Lord, thy wandering sheep;</div> +<div class="l">Bring me back, and lead, and keep;</div> +<div class="l">Take on thee my every care;</div> +<div class="l">Bear me, on thy bosom bear.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Let me know thy gracious voice;</div> +<div class="l">More and more in thee rejoice;</div> +<div class="l">More and more of thee receive;</div> +<div class="l">Ever in thy spirit live:--</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Live, till all thy love I know,</div> +<div class="l">Perfect in my Lord below;</div> +<div class="l">Gladly then from earth remove,</div> +<div class="l">Gathered to the fold above.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0479"> + +<h3>479. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">C. Wesley.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">A Rest Remaineth.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Lord! we believe a rest remains</div> +<div class="t">To all thy people known;</div> +<div class="l">A rest where pure enjoyment reigns;--</div> +<div class="t">For thou art served alone:--</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>A rest where all our souls desire</div> +<div class="t">Is fixed on things above;</div> +<div class="l">Where fear, and sin, and grief expire,</div> +<div class="t">Cast out by perfect love.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>O that we now that rest might know,</div> +<div class="t">Believe and enter in!</div> +<div class="l">Thou Holiest! now the power bestow,</div> +<div class="t">And let us cease from sin.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Remove this hardness from our heart,</div> +<div class="t">This unbelief remove:</div> +<div class="l">The rest of perfect faith impart,</div> +<div class="t">The sabbath of thy love.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0480"> + +<h3>480. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Angels from Heaven Strengthening Him.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Lord! in thy garden agony,</div> +<div class="t">No light seemed on thy soul to break,</div> +<div class="l">No form of seraph lingered nigh,</div> +<div class="t">Nor yet the voice of comfort spake;</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Till, by thine own triumphant word,</div> +<div class="t">The victory over, ill was won;</div> +<div class="l">Till the sweet, mournful cry was heard,</div> +<div class="t">"Thy will, O God, not mine, be done!"</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Lord, bring these precious moments back,</div> +<div class="t">When, fainting, against sin we strain;</div> +<div class="l">Or in thy counsels fail to track</div> +<div class="t">Aught but the present grief and pain.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>In weakness, help us to contend;</div> +<div class="t">In darkness, yield to God our will;</div> +<div class="l">And true hearts, faithful to the end,</div> +<div class="t">Cheer by thine holy angels still!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0481"> + +<h3>481. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Steele.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Filial Submission.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>And can my heart aspire so high,</div> +<div class="t">To say, "My Father," God?</div> +<div class="l">Lord, at thy feet, I fain would lie,</div> +<div class="t">And learn to kiss the rod.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>I would submit to all thy will,</div> +<div class="t">For thou art good and wise;</div> +<div class="l">Let each rebellious thought be still,</div> +<div class="t">Nor one faint murmur rise.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Thy love can cheer the darkest gloom,</div> +<div class="t">And bid me wait serene,</div> +<div class="l">Till hopes and joys immortal bloom,</div> +<div class="t">And brighten all the scene.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>"My Father, God," permit my heart</div> +<div class="t">To plead her humble claim,</div> +<div class="l">And ask the bliss those words impart,</div> +<div class="t">In my Redeemer's name.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0482"> + +<h3>482. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Pope.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Universal Prayer.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Father of all! in every age,</div> +<div class="t">In every clime, adored,</div> +<div class="l">By saint, by savage, and by sage,</div> +<div class="t">Jehovah, Jove, or Lord!--</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Save me alike from foolish pride,</div> +<div class="t">Or impious discontent</div> +<div class="l">At aught thy wisdom has denied,</div> +<div class="t">Or aught thy goodness lent.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>This day be bread and peace my lot:</div> +<div class="t">All else beneath the sun</div> +<div class="l">Thou knowest if best bestowed or not</div> +<div class="t">And let thy will be done.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Yet not to earth's contracted span</div> +<div class="t">Thy goodness let me bound,</div> +<div class="l">Or think thee Lord alone of man,</div> +<div class="t">When thousand worlds are round.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>To thee whose temple is all space,</div> +<div class="t">Whose altar, earth, sea, skies,</div> +<div class="l">One chorus let all beings raise,</div> +<div class="t">All nature's incense rise.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0483"> + +<h3>483. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Pope.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Father of all, whose cares extend</div> +<div class="t">To earth's remotest shore,</div> +<div class="l">Through every age let praise ascend,</div> +<div class="t">And every clime adore.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Mean though I am, not wholly so,</div> +<div class="t">Since quickened by thy breath;</div> +<div class="l">Lord, lead me wheresoe'er I go,</div> +<div class="t">Through this day's life or death.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Teach me to feel another's woe,</div> +<div class="t">To hide the fault I see;</div> +<div class="l">That mercy I to others show,</div> +<div class="t">That mercy show to me.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>If I am right, thy grace impart</div> +<div class="t">Still in the right to stay;</div> +<div class="l">If I am wrong, O teach my heart</div> +<div class="t">To find that better way.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>What conscience dictates to be done,</div> +<div class="t">Or warns me not to do,</div> +<div class="l">This teach me more than hell to shun,</div> +<div class="t">That more than heaven pursue.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0484"> + +<h3>484. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Methodist Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Seeking God.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Light of Life, Seraphic Fire,</div> +<div class="t">Love Divine, thyself impart;</div> +<div class="l">Every fainting soul inspire;</div> +<div class="t">Shine in every drooping heart!</div> +<div class="l">Every mournful sinner cheer;</div> +<div class="t">Scatter all our guilty gloom;</div> +<div class="l">Love of God, appear, appear!</div> +<div class="t">To thy human temples come.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Come, in this accepted hour;</div> +<div class="t">Bring thy heavenly kingdom in!</div> +<div class="l">Fill us with thy glorious power,</div> +<div class="t">Rooting out the seeds of sin:</div> +<div class="l">Nothing more can we require,</div> +<div class="t">We will covet nothing less;</div> +<div class="l">Be thou all our heart's desire,</div> +<div class="t">Be our heaven--in holiness.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0485"> + +<h3>485. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Percy Chapel Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"Thy Will be done."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Father, I know thy ways are just,</div> +<div class="t">Although to me unknown;</div> +<div class="l">O, grant me grace thy love to trust,</div> +<div class="t">And cry, "Thy will be done."</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>If thou shouldst hedge with thorns my path;</div> +<div class="t">Should wealth and friends be gone;</div> +<div class="l">Still with a firm and lively faith,</div> +<div class="t">I'll cry, "Thy will be done."</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Although thy steps I cannot trace,</div> +<div class="t">Thy sovereign right I'll own;</div> +<div class="l">And, as instructed by thy grace;</div> +<div class="t">I'll cry, "Thy will be done."</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>'Tis sweet thus passively to lie</div> +<div class="t">Before thy gracious throne,</div> +<div class="l">Concerning everything to cry,</div> +<div class="t">"My Father's will be done."</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0486"> + +<h3>486. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Doddridge.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Confidence in God.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>My God! the covenant of thy love</div> +<div class="t">Abides forever sure;</div> +<div class="l">And in thy matchless grace I feel</div> +<div class="t">My happiness secure.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>What though my house be not with thee</div> +<div class="t">As nature could desire?</div> +<div class="l">To nobler joys than nature gives</div> +<div class="t">Thy servants all aspire.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Since thou, the everlasting God,</div> +<div class="t">My Father art become;</div> +<div class="l">Jesus my Guardian and my Friend,</div> +<div class="t">And heaven my final home:</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>I welcome all thy sovereign will,</div> +<div class="t">For all that will is love;</div> +<div class="l">And when I know not what thou dost,</div> +<div class="t">I wait the light above.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Thy covenant the last accent claims</div> +<div class="t">Of this poor faltering tongue;</div> +<div class="l">And that shall the first notes employ</div> +<div class="t">Of my celestial song.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0487"> + +<h3>487. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Henry Moore.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Prayer for Religious Principle.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Amidst a world of hopes and fears,</div> +<div class="l">A wild of cares, and toils, and tears,</div> +<div class="l">Where foes alarm and dangers threat,</div> +<div class="l">And pleasures kill, and glories cheat:</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Shed down, O Lord! a heavenly ray,</div> +<div class="l">To guide me in the doubtful way;</div> +<div class="l">And o'er me hold thy shield of power,</div> +<div class="l">To guard me in the dangerous hour.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Teach me the flattering paths to shun,</div> +<div class="l">In which the thoughtless many run,</div> +<div class="l">Who for a shade the substance miss,</div> +<div class="l">And grasp their ruin in their bliss.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>May never pleasure, wealth or pride,</div> +<div class="l">Allure my wandering soul aside;</div> +<div class="l">But through this maze of mortal ill,</div> +<div class="l">Safe lead me to thy heavenly hill.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0488"> + +<h3>488. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Christian Psalmist.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Prayer for Divine Help.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Be with me, Lord, where'er I go;</div> +<div class="l">Teach me what thou wouldst have me do;</div> +<div class="l">Show me my weakness,--let me see</div> +<div class="l">I have my power, my all from thee.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Enrich me always with thy love;</div> +<div class="l">My kind protection ever prove;</div> +<div class="l">Thy signet put upon my breast,</div> +<div class="l">And let thy spirit on me rest.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Assist and teach me how to pray;</div> +<div class="l">Incline my nature to obey;</div> +<div class="l">What thou abhorr'st that let me flee,</div> +<div class="l">And only love what pleases thee.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>O may I never do my will,</div> +<div class="l">But thine, and only thine, fulfil;</div> +<div class="l">Let all my time and all my ways</div> +<div class="l">Be spent and ended to thy praise.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0489"> + +<h3>489. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Prayer for the Christian Temper.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Almighty Maker! Lord of all!</div> +<div class="t">Of life the only spring!</div> +<div class="l">Creator of unnumbered worlds!</div> +<div class="t">Supreme, Eternal King!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Drive from the confines of my heart</div> +<div class="t">Impenitence and pride;</div> +<div class="l">Nor let me, in forbidden paths,</div> +<div class="t">With thoughtless sinners glide.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Let not despair nor fell revenge</div> +<div class="t">Be to my bosom known:</div> +<div class="l">Oh! give me tears for others' woes,</div> +<div class="t">And patience for my own.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Feed me with necessary food;</div> +<div class="t">I ask not wealth or fame;</div> +<div class="l">Give me an eye to see thy will,</div> +<div class="t">A heart to bless thy name.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>May still my days serenely pass,</div> +<div class="t">Without remorse or care;</div> +<div class="l">And growing holiness my soul</div> +<div class="t">For life's last hour prepare.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0490"> + +<h3>490. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Methodist Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">For Holiness.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>The thing my God doth hate</div> +<div class="t">That I no more may do,</div> +<div class="l">Thy creature, Lord, again create,</div> +<div class="t">And all my soul renew;</div> +<div class="t">Abhor the thing unclean,</div> +<div class="l">And, sanctified by love divine,</div> +<div class="t">Forever cease from sin.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>That blessed law of thine,</div> +<div class="t">Father, to me impart;</div> +<div class="l">The Spirit's law of life divine,</div> +<div class="t">O write it in my heart!</div> +<div class="t">Implant it deep within,</div> +<div class="t">Whence it may ne'er remove,</div> +<div class="l">The law of liberty from sin,</div> +<div class="t">The perfect law of love.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>Thy nature be my law,</div> +<div class="t">Thy spotless sanctity,</div> +<div class="l">And sweetly every moment draw</div> +<div class="t">My happy soul to thee.</div> +<div class="t">Soul of my soul remain!</div> +<div class="t">Who didst for all fulfil,</div> +<div class="l">In me, O Lord, fulfil again</div> +<div class="t">My heavenly Father's will.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0491"> + +<h3>491. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Wesley's Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"Thy Kingdom Come."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Father of me and all mankind,</div> +<div class="t">And all the hosts above,</div> +<div class="l">Let every understanding mind</div> +<div class="t">Unite to praise thy love.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Thy kingdom come, with power and grace</div> +<div class="t">To every heart of man;</div> +<div class="l">Thy peace, and joy, and righteousness,</div> +<div class="t">In all our bosoms reign.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>The righteousness that never ends,</div> +<div class="t">But makes an end of sin;</div> +<div class="l">The joy that human thought transcends,</div> +<div class="t">Into our souls bring in.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>The kingdom of established peace,</div> +<div class="t">Which can no more remove;</div> +<div class="l">The perfect powers of godliness,</div> +<div class="t">Th' omnipotence of love.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0492"> + +<h3>492. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Seeking God.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>My God, permit my tongue</div> +<div class="t">This joy, to call thee mine;</div> +<div class="l">And let my early cries prevail</div> +<div class="t">To taste thy love divine.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>My thirsty, fainting soul</div> +<div class="t">Thy mercy does implore;</div> +<div class="l">Not travellers in desert lands</div> +<div class="t">Can pant for water more.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>For life, without thy love,</div> +<div class="t">No relish can afford;</div> +<div class="l">No joy can be compared to this,</div> +<div class="t">To serve and please the Lord.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>Since thou hast been my help,</div> +<div class="t">To thee my spirit flies,</div> +<div class="l">And on thy watchful providence</div> +<div class="t">My cheerful hope relies.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0493"> + +<h3>493. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Montgomery.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"O God, my soul thirsteth for thee."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>O God! thou art my God alone;</div> +<div class="t">Early to thee my soul shall cry,</div> +<div class="l">A pilgrim in a land unknown,</div> +<div class="t">A thirsty land, whose springs are dry.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Yet through this rough and thorny maze,</div> +<div class="t">I follow hard on thee, my God;</div> +<div class="l">Thine hand unseen upholds my ways;</div> +<div class="t">I lean upon thy staff and rod.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Thee, in the watches of the night,</div> +<div class="t">When I remember on my bed,</div> +<div class="l">Thy presence makes the darkness light;</div> +<div class="t">Thy guardian wings are round my head.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Better than life itself thy love,</div> +<div class="t">Dearer than all beside to me;</div> +<div class="l">For whom have I in heaven above,</div> +<div class="t">Or what on earth, compared with thee?</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0494"> + +<h3>494. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Doddridge.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Knowledge of God.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Shine forth, Eternal Source of light!</div> +<div class="t">And make thy glories known;</div> +<div class="l">Fill our enlarged, adoring sight</div> +<div class="t">With lustre all thine own.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Vain are the charms, and faint the rays</div> +<div class="t">The brightest creatures boast;</div> +<div class="l">And all their grandeur and their praise</div> +<div class="t">Is in thy presence lost.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>To know the Author of our frame</div> +<div class="t">Is our sublimest skill;</div> +<div class="l">True science is to read thy name,</div> +<div class="t">True life to obey thy will.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>For this I long, for this I pray,</div> +<div class="t">And following on pursue,</div> +<div class="l">Till visions of eternal day</div> +<div class="t">Fix and complete the view.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0495"> + +<h3>495. <span class="meter">L. M. 6l.</span> <span class="sc">Addison.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">God our Shepherd.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>The Lord my pasture shall prepare,</div> +<div class="l">And feed me with a shepherd's care;</div> +<div class="l">His presence shall my wants supply,</div> +<div class="l">And guard me with a watchful eye;</div> +<div class="l">My noonday walks he shall attend,</div> +<div class="l">And all my midnight hours defend.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>When in the sultry glebe I faint,</div> +<div class="l">Or on the thirsty mountains pant,</div> +<div class="l">To fertile vales and dewy meads</div> +<div class="l">My weary, wandering steps he leads,</div> +<div class="l">Where peaceful rivers, soft and slow,</div> +<div class="l">Amid the verdant landscape flow.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Though in the paths of death I tread,</div> +<div class="l">With gloomy horrors overspread,</div> +<div class="l">My steadfast heart shall fear no ill,</div> +<div class="l">For thou, O Lord, art with me still.</div> +<div class="l">Thy friendly staff shall give me aid,</div> +<div class="l">And guide me through the dreadful shade.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Though, in a bare and rugged way,</div> +<div class="l">Through devious, lonely wilds I stray,</div> +<div class="l">Thy bounty shall my pains beguile,--</div> +<div class="l">The barren wilderness shall smile,</div> +<div class="l">With sudden greens and herbage crowned</div> +<div class="l">And streams shall murmur all around.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0496"> + +<h3>496. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Patrick</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Fatherly Love of God.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>God, who is just and kind,</div> +<div class="t">Will those who err instruct,</div> +<div class="l">And to the paths of righteousness</div> +<div class="t">Their wandering steps conduct.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>The humble soul he guides,</div> +<div class="t">Teaches the meek his way,</div> +<div class="l">Kindness and truth he shows to all</div> +<div class="t">Who his just laws obey.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>Give me the tender heart</div> +<div class="t">That mixes fear with love,</div> +<div class="l">And lead me through whatever path</div> +<div class="t">Thy wisdom shall approve.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>Oh! ever keep my soul</div> +<div class="t">From error, shame and guilt;</div> +<div class="l">Nor suffer the fair hope to fail,</div> +<div class="t">Which on thy truth is built.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0497"> + +<h3>497. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">J. F. Oberlin.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Clinging to God.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>O Lord, thy heavenly grace impart,</div> +<div class="l">And fix my frail, inconstant heart:</div> +<div class="l">Henceforth my chief desire shall be</div> +<div class="l">To dedicate myself to thee.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Whate'er pursuits my time employ,</div> +<div class="l">One thought shall fill my soul with joy:</div> +<div class="l">That silent, secret thought shall be,</div> +<div class="l">That all my hopes are fixed on thee.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Thy glorious eye pervadeth space;</div> +<div class="l">Thy presence, Lord, fills every place;</div> +<div class="l">And wheresoe'er my lot may be,</div> +<div class="l">Still shall my spirit cleave to thee.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Renouncing every earthly thing,</div> +<div class="l">And safe beneath thy spreading wing,</div> +<div class="l">My sweetest thought henceforth shall be,</div> +<div class="l">That all I want I find in thee.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0498"> + +<h3>498. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">God our Refuge and Hope.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>God, my supporter and my hope,</div> +<div class="t">My help forever near;</div> +<div class="l">Thine arm of mercy held me up,</div> +<div class="t">When sinking in despair.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Thy counsels, Lord, shall guide my feet</div> +<div class="t">Through this dark wilderness;</div> +<div class="l">Thine hand conduct me near thy seat,</div> +<div class="t">To dwell before thy face.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>What if the springs of life were broke,</div> +<div class="t">And flesh and heart should faint?</div> +<div class="l">God is my soul's eternal rock,</div> +<div class="t">The strength of every saint.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Behold the sinners, that remove</div> +<div class="t">Far from thy presence, die;</div> +<div class="l">Not all the idol gods they love</div> +<div class="t">Can save them when they cry.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>But to draw near to thee, my God,</div> +<div class="t">Shall be my sweet employ;</div> +<div class="l">My tongue shall sound thy works abroad,</div> +<div class="t">And tell the world my joy.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0499"> + +<h3>499. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Montgomery.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">For Grateful Submission.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>One prayer I have,--all prayers in one,--</div> +<div class="t">When I am wholly thine;</div> +<div class="l">"Thy will, my God, thy will be done,</div> +<div class="t">And let that will be mine."</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>All-wise, almighty, and all-good,</div> +<div class="t">In thee I firmly trust;</div> +<div class="l">Thy ways, unknown or understood,</div> +<div class="t">Are merciful and just.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>May I remember that to thee</div> +<div class="t">Whate'er I have I owe;</div> +<div class="l">And back in gratitude from me</div> +<div class="t">May all thy bounties flow.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Thy gifts are only then enjoyed,</div> +<div class="t">When used as talents lent;</div> +<div class="l">Those talents only well employed,</div> +<div class="t">When in thy service spent.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>And though thy wisdom takes away,</div> +<div class="t">Shall I arraign thy will?</div> +<div class="l">No, let me bless thy name, and say,</div> +<div class="t">"The Lord is gracious still."</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0500"> + +<h3>500. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Montgomery.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Soul Returning to God.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Return, my soul, unto thy rest,</div> +<div class="t">From vain pursuits and maddening cares,</div> +<div class="l">From lonely woes that wring thy breast,</div> +<div class="t">The world's allurements, toils and snares.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Return unto thy rest, my soul,</div> +<div class="t">From all the wanderings of thy thought;</div> +<div class="l">From sickness unto death made whole;</div> +<div class="t">Safe through a thousand perils brought.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Then to thy rest, my soul return,</div> +<div class="t">From passions every hour at strife;</div> +<div class="l">Sin's works, and ways, and wages spurn,</div> +<div class="t">Lay hold upon eternal life.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>God is thy rest;--with heart inclined</div> +<div class="t">To keep his word, that word believe;</div> +<div class="l">Christ is thy rest;--with lowly mind,</div> +<div class="t">His light and easy yoke receive.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0501"> + +<h3>501. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Invocation of the Divine Spirit.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Come, holy Spirit, heavenly Dove,</div> +<div class="t">With all thy quickening powers,</div> +<div class="l">Kindle a flame of sacred love</div> +<div class="t">In these cold hearts of ours.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>In vain we tune our formal songs,</div> +<div class="t">In vain we strive to rise;</div> +<div class="l">Hosannas languish on our tongues,</div> +<div class="t">And our devotion dies.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Dear Lord! and shall we ever live</div> +<div class="t">At this poor dying rate?</div> +<div class="l">Our love so faint, so cold to thee,</div> +<div class="t">And thine to us so great?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Come, holy Spirit, heavenly Dove,</div> +<div class="t">With all thy quickening powers,</div> +<div class="l">Come, shed abroad a Saviour's love,</div> +<div class="t">And that shall kindle ours.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0502"> + +<h3>502. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Beddome.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">For Inward Truth.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Am I an Israelite indeed.</div> +<div class="t">Without a false disguise?</div> +<div class="l">Have I renounced my sins, and left</div> +<div class="t">My refuges of lies?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Say, does my heart unchanged remain,</div> +<div class="t">Or is it formed anew?</div> +<div class="l">What is the rule by which I walk,</div> +<div class="t">The object I pursue?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Cause me, O God of truth and grace,</div> +<div class="t">My real state to know;</div> +<div class="l">If I am wrong, O set me right!</div> +<div class="t">If right, preserve me so!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0503"> + +<h3>503. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Methodist Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Seeking God.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Talk with us, Lord, thyself reveal,</div> +<div class="t">While here o'er earth we rove;</div> +<div class="l">Speak to our hearts, and let us feel</div> +<div class="t">The kindling of thy love.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>With thee conversing, we forget</div> +<div class="t">All time, and toil, and care;</div> +<div class="l">Labor is rest, and pain is sweet,</div> +<div class="t">If thou, my God, art here.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Here, then, my God, vouchsafe to stay,</div> +<div class="t">And bid my heart rejoice;</div> +<div class="l">My bounding heart shall own thy sway,</div> +<div class="t">And echo to thy voice.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0504"> + +<h3>504. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Grigg.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Not Ashamed of Christ.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Jesus! and shall it ever be!</div> +<div class="l">A mortal man ashamed of thee;</div> +<div class="l">Ashamed of thee, whom angels praise,</div> +<div class="l">Whose glories shine through endless days!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Ashamed of Jesus! just as soon</div> +<div class="l">Let midnight be ashamed of noon;</div> +<div class="l">'Tis midnight with my soul, till he,</div> +<div class="l">Bright morning star, bid darkness flee.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Ashamed of Jesus! yes I may,</div> +<div class="l">When I've no guilt to wash away,</div> +<div class="l">No tear to wipe--no good to crave,</div> +<div class="l">No fears to quell--no soul to save.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Till then--nor is my boasting vain--</div> +<div class="l">Till then, I boast a Saviour slain;</div> +<div class="l">And oh! may this my glory be,</div> +<div class="l">That Christ is not ashamed of me.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0505"> + +<h3>505. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">C. Wesley.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Simplicity of Christ.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Lord! that I may learn of thee,</div> +<div class="l">Give me true simplicity;</div> +<div class="l">Wean my soul, and keep it low,</div> +<div class="l">Willing thee alone to know.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Of my boasted wisdom spoiled,</div> +<div class="l">Docile, helpless as a child;</div> +<div class="l">Only seeing in thy light,</div> +<div class="l">Only walking in thy might.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Then infuse the living grace,</div> +<div class="l">Truthful soul of righteousness;</div> +<div class="l">Knowledge, love divine, impart,--</div> +<div class="l">Life eternal to my heart.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0506"> + +<h3>506. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Newton.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Docility and Trust.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Quiet, Lord, my froward heart,</div> +<div class="t">Make me teachable and mild;</div> +<div class="l">Upright, simple, free from art,</div> +<div class="t">Make me as a weanéd child;</div> +<div class="l">From distrust and envy free,</div> +<div class="l">Pleased with all that pleaseth thee.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>What thou shalt to-day provide,</div> +<div class="t">Let me as a child receive;</div> +<div class="l">What to-morrow may betide,</div> +<div class="t">Calmly to thy wisdom leave:</div> +<div class="l">'Tis enough that thou wilt care;</div> +<div class="l">Why should I the burden bear?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>As a little child relies</div> +<div class="t">On a care beyond his own;</div> +<div class="l">Knows he's neither strong nor wise</div> +<div class="t">Fears to stir a step alone;</div> +<div class="l">Let me thus with thee abide,</div> +<div class="l">As my Father, Guard, and Guide.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0507"> + +<h3>507. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Beard's Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">God's Care our Comfort.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Oh! sweet it is to know, to feel,</div> +<div class="t">In all our gloom, our wanderings here,</div> +<div class="l">No night of sorrow can conceal</div> +<div class="t">Man from thy notice, from thy care.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>When disciplined by long distress,</div> +<div class="t">And led through paths of fear and woe,</div> +<div class="l">Say, dost thou love thy children less?</div> +<div class="t">No! ever-gracious Father, no!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>No distance can outreach thine eye,</div> +<div class="t">No night obscure thy endless day:</div> +<div class="l">Be this my comfort when I sigh,</div> +<div class="t">Be this my safeguard when I stray.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0508"> + +<h3>508. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Mme. Guion.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Water of Life.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>The fountain in its source</div> +<div class="t">No drought of summer fears;</div> +<div class="l">The farther it pursues its course,</div> +<div class="t">The nobler it appears.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>But shallow cisterns yield</div> +<div class="t">A scanty, short supply;</div> +<div class="l">The morning sees them amply filled,</div> +<div class="t">At evening they are dry.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>The cisterns I forsake,</div> +<div class="t">O fount of bliss, for thee!</div> +<div class="l">My thirst with living waters slake,</div> +<div class="t">And drink eternity.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0509"> + +<h3>509. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Rippon's Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Peace with God.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Father! whate'er of earthly bliss</div> +<div class="t">Thy sovereign will denies,</div> +<div class="l">Accepted at thy throne of grace,</div> +<div class="t">Let this petition rise:--</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>"Give me a calm, a thankful heart,</div> +<div class="t">From every murmur free;</div> +<div class="l">The blessings of thy grace impart,</div> +<div class="t">And make me live to thee.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>"Let the sweet hope that thou art mine</div> +<div class="t">My life and death attend;</div> +<div class="l">Thy presence through my journey shine,</div> +<div class="t">And crown my journey's end."</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0510"> + +<h3>510. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Christian Psalmist.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Way of God with the Spirit.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>'Tis God the spirit leads</div> +<div class="t">In paths before unknown:</div> +<div class="l">The work to be performed is ours;</div> +<div class="t">The strength is all his own.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>Assisted by his grace,</div> +<div class="t">We still pursue our way;</div> +<div class="l">And hope at last to reach the prize,</div> +<div class="t">Secure in endless day.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>'Tis he that works to will;</div> +<div class="t">'Tis he that works to do;</div> +<div class="l">His is the power by which we act,</div> +<div class="t">His be the glory too.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0511"> + +<h3>511. <span class="meter">L. M. 6l.</span> <span class="sc">Christian Psalmist.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Foretaste of Heaven.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>What must it be to dwell above,</div> +<div class="t">At God's right hand, where Jesus reigns,</div> +<div class="l">Since the sweet earnest of his love</div> +<div class="t">O'erwhelms us on these earthly plains!</div> +<div class="l">No heart can think, no tongue explain,</div> +<div class="l">What bliss it is with Christ to reign.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>When sin no more obstructs our sight,</div> +<div class="t">When sorrow pains our hearts no more,</div> +<div class="l">How shall we view the Prince of Light</div> +<div class="t">And all his works of grace explore!</div> +<div class="l">What heights and depths of love divine</div> +<div class="l">Will there through endless ages shine!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>This is the heaven I long to know;</div> +<div class="t">For this, with patience, I would wait,</div> +<div class="l">Till, weaned from earth, and all below,</div> +<div class="t">I mount to my celestial seat,</div> +<div class="l">And wave my palm, and wear my crown,</div> +<div class="l">And, with the elders, cast them down.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0512"> + +<h3>512. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Doddridge.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Jesus precious to them that believe.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Jesus, I love thy charming name;</div> +<div class="t">'Tis music to my ear;</div> +<div class="l">Fain would I sound it out so loud</div> +<div class="t">That earth and heaven might hear.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Whate'er my noblest powers can wish</div> +<div class="t">In thee doth richly meet;</div> +<div class="l">No light unto my eyes so dear,</div> +<div class="t">No friendship half so sweet.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Thy grace shall dwell upon my heart,</div> +<div class="t">And shed its fragrance there,--</div> +<div class="l">The noblest balm of all its wounds,</div> +<div class="t">The cordial of its care.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>I'll speak the honors of thy name</div> +<div class="t">With my expiring breath,</div> +<div class="l">And, dying, clasp thee in my arms,</div> +<div class="t">The antidote of death.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0513"> + +<h3>513. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Hope of Heaven.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>When I can read my title clear</div> +<div class="t">To mansions in the skies,</div> +<div class="l">I bid farewell to every fear,</div> +<div class="t">And wipe my weeping eyes.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Let cares like a wild deluge come,</div> +<div class="t">And storms of sorrow fall,</div> +<div class="l">May I but safely reach my home,</div> +<div class="t">My God, my heaven, my all!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>There shall I bathe my weary soul</div> +<div class="t">In seas of heavenly rest,</div> +<div class="l">And not a wave of trouble roll</div> +<div class="t">Across my peaceful breast.</div> +</div> + +</div> + + +<h2>LIFE, DEATH AND FUTURITY.</h2> + +<div class="hymn" id="h0514"> + +<h3>514. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"From everlasting to everlasting, thou art God."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Our God, our help in ages past,</div> +<div class="t">Our hope for years to come,</div> +<div class="l">Our shelter from the stormy blast,</div> +<div class="t">And our eternal home;</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Before the hills in order stood,</div> +<div class="t">Or earth received her frame,</div> +<div class="l">From everlasting thou art God,</div> +<div class="t">To endless years the same.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>A thousand ages, in thy sight,</div> +<div class="t">Are like an evening gone;</div> +<div class="l">Short as the watch that ends the night,</div> +<div class="t">Before the rising sun.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Time, like an ever-rolling stream,</div> +<div class="t">Bears all its sons away;</div> +<div class="l">They fly forgotten, as a dream</div> +<div class="t">Dies at the opening day.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0515"> + +<h3>515. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Cowper.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Providence of Life.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Almighty King! whose wondrous hand</div> +<div class="l">Supports the weight of sea and land,</div> +<div class="l">Whose grace is such a boundless store,</div> +<div class="l">No heart shall break that sighs for more!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Thy providence supplies my food,</div> +<div class="l">And 'tis thy blessing makes it good:</div> +<div class="l">My soul is nourished by thy word;</div> +<div class="l">Let soul and body praise the Lord.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>My streams of outward comfort came</div> +<div class="l">From him who built this earthly frame;</div> +<div class="l">Whate'er I want his bounty gives,</div> +<div class="l">By whom my soul forever lives.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Either his hand preserves from pain,</div> +<div class="l">Or, if I feel it, heals again;</div> +<div class="l">From strife and sorrow shields my breast,</div> +<div class="l">Or overrules them for the best.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0516"> + +<h3>516. <span class="meter">7s. M. 6l.</span> <span class="sc">Bowring.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Pilgrimage of Life.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Lead us with thy gentle sway,</div> +<div class="t">As a willing child is led;</div> +<div class="l">Speed us on our forward way,</div> +<div class="t">As a pilgrim, Lord, is sped,</div> +<div class="l">Who with prayers and helps divine</div> +<div class="l">Seeks a consecrated shrine.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>We are pilgrims, and our goal</div> +<div class="t">Is that distant land whose bourn</div> +<div class="l">Is the haven of the soul;</div> +<div class="t">Where the mourners cease to mourn,</div> +<div class="l">Where the Saviour's hand will dry</div> +<div class="l">Every tear from every eye.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Lead us thither! thou dost know</div> +<div class="t">All the way; but wanderers we</div> +<div class="l">Often miss our path below,</div> +<div class="t">And stretch out our hands to thee;</div> +<div class="l">Guide us,--save us,--and prepare</div> +<div class="l">Our appointed mansion there!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0517"> + +<h3>517. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Montgomery.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"Looking for another country, that is an heavenly."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>While through this changing world we roam,</div> +<div class="t">From infancy to age,</div> +<div class="l">Heaven is the Christian pilgrim's home,</div> +<div class="t">His rest at every stage.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Thither his raptured thought ascends,</div> +<div class="t">Eternal joys to share;</div> +<div class="l">There his adoring spirit bends,</div> +<div class="t">While here he kneels in prayer.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Oh! there may we our treasure place,</div> +<div class="t">There let our hearts be found;</div> +<div class="l">That still, where sin abounded, grace</div> +<div class="t">May more and more abound.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Henceforth our conversation be</div> +<div class="t">With Christ before the throne;</div> +<div class="l">Ere long, we eye to eye shall see,</div> +<div class="t">And know as we are known.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0518"> + +<h3>518. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Doddridge.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Redeeming the Time.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>God of eternity! from thee</div> +<div class="t">Did infant time its being draw;</div> +<div class="l">Moments and days, and months, and years,</div> +<div class="t">Revolve by thine unvaried law.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Silent and swift they glide away;</div> +<div class="t">Steady and strong the current flows,</div> +<div class="l">Lost in eternity's wide sea,</div> +<div class="t">The boundless gulf from whence it rose.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>With it the thoughtless sons of men</div> +<div class="t">Before the rapid stream are borne</div> +<div class="l">On to their everlasting home,</div> +<div class="t">Whence not one soul can e'er return.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Great Source of wisdom! teach our hearts</div> +<div class="t">To know the price of every hour,</div> +<div class="l">That time may bear us on to joys</div> +<div class="t">Beyond its measure and its power.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0519"> + +<h3>519. <span class="meter">C. H. M.</span> <span class="sc">J. Taylor.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">What is your Life?</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>O, what is life?--'tis like a flower</div> +<div class="t">That blossoms and is gone;</div> +<div class="l">It flourishes its little hour,</div> +<div class="t">With all its beauty on:</div> +<div class="l">Death comes, and, like a wintry day,</div> +<div class="l">It cuts the lovely flower away.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>O, what is life?--'tis like the bow</div> +<div class="t">That glistens in the sky:</div> +<div class="l">We love to see its colors glow;</div> +<div class="t">But, while we look, they die:</div> +<div class="l">Life fails as soon:--to-day 'tis here;</div> +<div class="l">To-morrow it may disappear.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Lord, what is life?--if spent with thee</div> +<div class="t">In humble praise and prayer,</div> +<div class="l">How long or short our life may be,</div> +<div class="t">We feel no anxious care:</div> +<div class="l">Though life depart, our joys shall last</div> +<div class="l">When life and all its joys are past.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0520"> + +<h3>520. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Bowring.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Our Times are in thy Hand.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Our times are in thy hand, and thou</div> +<div class="t">Wilt guide our footsteps at thy will:</div> +<div class="l">Lord, to thy purposes we bow,</div> +<div class="t">Do thou thy purposes fulfil!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Life's mighty waters roll along,</div> +<div class="t">Thy spirit guides them as they roll;</div> +<div class="l">And waves on waves impetuous throng</div> +<div class="t">At thy command, at thy control.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Lord, we, thy children, look to thee,</div> +<div class="t">And with an humble, prostrate will,</div> +<div class="l">Find in thine all-sufficiency</div> +<div class="t">A claim to love and serve thee still.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0521"> + +<h3>521. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Edmeston.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"Why sayest thou--my way is hid from the Lord?"</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>Along my earthly way,</div> +<div class="t">How many clouds are spread!</div> +<div class="l">Darkness, with scarce one cheerful ray,</div> +<div class="t">Seems gathering o'er my head.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>Yet, Father, thou art love:</div> +<div class="t">O hide not from my view!</div> +<div class="l">But when I look, in prayer, above,</div> +<div class="t">Appear in mercy through!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>My pathway is not hid;</div> +<div class="t">Thou knowest all my need;</div> +<div class="l">And I would do as Israel did,--</div> +<div class="t">Follow where thou wilt lead.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>Lead me, and then my feet</div> +<div class="t">Shall never, never stray;</div> +<div class="l">But safely I shall reach the seat</div> +<div class="t">Of happiness and day.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">5</span>And O from that bright throne,</div> +<div class="t">I shall look back, and see,--</div> +<div class="l">The path I went, and that alone,</div> +<div class="t">Was the right path for me.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0522"> + +<h3>522. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Needham.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Dead speaking to the Living.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Rise, O my soul! pursue the path</div> +<div class="t">By ancient worthies trod;</div> +<div class="l">Aspiring, view those holy men</div> +<div class="t">Who lived and walked with God.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Though dead, they speak in reason's ear,</div> +<div class="t">And in example live;</div> +<div class="l">Their faith, and hope, and mighty deeds,</div> +<div class="t">Still fresh instruction give.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Confiding in his heavenly strength,</div> +<div class="t">They conquered every foe;</div> +<div class="l">To his almighty power and grace</div> +<div class="t">Their crowns of life they owe.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Lord, may I ever keep in view</div> +<div class="t">The patterns thou hast given;</div> +<div class="l">And never wander from the road</div> +<div class="t">That led them safe to heaven.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0523"> + +<h3>523. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Barbauld.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Pilgrimage of Life.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Our country is Immanuel's ground;</div> +<div class="t">We seek that promised soil;</div> +<div class="l">The songs of Zion cheer our hearts,</div> +<div class="t">While strangers here we toil.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Oft do our eyes with joy o'erflow,</div> +<div class="t">And oft are bathed in tears;</div> +<div class="l">Yet naught but heaven our hopes can raise,</div> +<div class="t">And naught but sin our fears.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>We tread the path our Master trod:</div> +<div class="t">We bear the cross he bore;</div> +<div class="l">And every thorn that wounds our feet,</div> +<div class="t">His temples pierced before.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Our powers are oft dissolved away</div> +<div class="t">In ecstasies of love;</div> +<div class="l">And while our bodies wander here,</div> +<div class="t">Our souls are fixed above.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>We purge our mortal dross away,</div> +<div class="t">Refining as we run;</div> +<div class="l">But while we die to earth and sense,</div> +<div class="t">Our heaven is here begun.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0524"> + +<h3>524. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"We are fearfully and wonderfully made."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Let others boast how strong they be,</div> +<div class="t">Nor death nor danger fear;</div> +<div class="l">But we'll confess, O Lord, to thee,</div> +<div class="t">What feeble things we are.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Fresh as the grass our bodies stand,</div> +<div class="t">And flourish bright and gay;</div> +<div class="l">A blasting wind sweeps o'er the land,</div> +<div class="t">And fades the grass away.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Our life contains a thousand springs,</div> +<div class="t">And fails if one be gone;</div> +<div class="l">Strange! that a harp of thousand strings</div> +<div class="t">Should keep in tune so long.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>But 'tis our God supports our frame,</div> +<div class="t">The God who built us first;</div> +<div class="l">Salvation to the Almighty Name</div> +<div class="t">That reared us from the dust!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0525"> + +<h3>525. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Doddridge.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>These mortal joys, how soon they fade!</div> +<div class="t">How swift they pass away!</div> +<div class="l">The dying flower reclines its head,</div> +<div class="t">The beauty of a day.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Soon are those earthly treasures lost,</div> +<div class="t">We fondly call our own;</div> +<div class="l">Scarce the possession can we boast,</div> +<div class="t">When straight we find them gone.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>But there are joys which cannot die,</div> +<div class="t">With God laid up in store;</div> +<div class="l">Treasures beyond the changing sky,</div> +<div class="t">More bright than golden ore.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>The seeds which piety and love</div> +<div class="t">Have scattered here below,</div> +<div class="l">In the fair, fertile fields above</div> +<div class="t">To ample harvests grow.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0526"> + +<h3>526. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Newton.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Lightning in the Night.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>A glance from heaven, with sweet effect,</div> +<div class="t">Sometimes my pensive spirit cheers:</div> +<div class="l">But ere I can my thoughts collect,</div> +<div class="t">As suddenly it disappears.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>So lightning in the gloom of night</div> +<div class="t">Affords a momentary day;</div> +<div class="l">Disclosing objects full in sight,</div> +<div class="t">Which, soon as seen, are snatched away.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>The lightning's flash did not create</div> +<div class="t">The opening prospect it revealed;</div> +<div class="l">But only showed the real state</div> +<div class="t">Of what the darkness had concealed.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Just so, we by a glimpse discern</div> +<div class="t">The glorious things within the veil;</div> +<div class="l">That, when in darkness, we may learn</div> +<div class="t">To live by faith, till light prevail.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0527"> + +<h3>527. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">J. Newton.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Changes of Life.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>The evils that beset our path,</div> +<div class="t">Who can prevent or cure?</div> +<div class="l">We stand upon the brink of death</div> +<div class="t">When most we seem secure.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>If we to-day sweet peace possess,</div> +<div class="t">It soon may be withdrawn;</div> +<div class="l">Some change may plunge us in distress</div> +<div class="t">Before to-morrow's dawn.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Disease and pain invade our health,</div> +<div class="t">And find an easy prey;</div> +<div class="l">And oft, when least expected, wealth</div> +<div class="t">Takes wings and flies away.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>The gourds from which we look for fruit.</div> +<div class="t">Produce us often pain;</div> +<div class="l">A worm unseen attacks the root,</div> +<div class="t">And all our hopes are vain.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Since sin has filled the earth with woe,</div> +<div class="t">And creatures fade and die;</div> +<div class="l">Lord, wean our hearts from things below,</div> +<div class="t">And fix our hopes on high!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0528"> + +<h3>528. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Doddridge.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"The Fathers, where are they?"</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>How swift the torrent rolls,</div> +<div class="t">That bears us to the sea!</div> +<div class="l">The tide that bears our thoughtless souls</div> +<div class="t">To vast eternity!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Our fathers, where are they,</div> +<div class="t">With all they called their own?</div> +<div class="l">Their joys, and griefs, and hopes and cares,</div> +<div class="t">And wealth and honor gone.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>God of our fathers, hear,</div> +<div class="t">Thou everlasting Friend!</div> +<div class="l">While we, as on life's utmost verge,</div> +<div class="t">Our souls to thee commend.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>Of all the pious dead</div> +<div class="t">May we the footsteps trace,</div> +<div class="l">Till with them, in the land of light,</div> +<div class="t">We dwell before thy face.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0529"> + +<h3>529. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">J. Roscoe.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Close of Life.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>My Father! when around me spread</div> +<div class="t">I see the shadows of the tomb,</div> +<div class="l">And life's bright visions droop and fade,</div> +<div class="t">And darkness veils my future doom;</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>O, in that anguished hour I turn</div> +<div class="t">With a still trusting heart to thee,</div> +<div class="l">And holy thoughts still shine and burn</div> +<div class="t">Amid that cold, sad destiny.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>The stars of heaven are shining on,</div> +<div class="t">Though these frail eyes are dim with tears;</div> +<div class="l">The hopes of earth indeed are gone;</div> +<div class="t">But are not ours the immortal years?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Father! forgive the heart that clings</div> +<div class="t">Thus trembling to the joys of time;</div> +<div class="l">And bid my soul on angel wings</div> +<div class="t">Ascend into a purer clime.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0530"> + +<h3>530. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Doddridge.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">To God pertain the issues of Life and Death.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Sovereign of life! before thine eye,</div> +<div class="l">Lo! mortal men by thousands die:</div> +<div class="l">One glance from thee at once brings down</div> +<div class="l">The proudest brow that wears a crown.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Banished at once from human sight</div> +<div class="l">To the dark grave's mysterious night,</div> +<div class="l">Imprisoned in that dusty bed,</div> +<div class="l">We hide our solitary head.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Yet if my Father's faithful hand</div> +<div class="l">Conduct me through this gloomy land,</div> +<div class="l">My soul with pleasure shall obey,</div> +<div class="l">And follow where he leads the way.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>The friendly band again shall meet,</div> +<div class="l">Again exchange the welcome sweet;</div> +<div class="l">The dear familiar features trace,</div> +<div class="l">And still renew the fond embrace.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0531"> + +<h3>531. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Heber.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Universal Warning of Death.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Beneath our feet and o'er our head</div> +<div class="t">Is equal warning given:</div> +<div class="l">Beneath us lie the countless dead,</div> +<div class="t">Above us is the heaven!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Their names are graven on the stone,</div> +<div class="t">Their bones are in the clay;</div> +<div class="l">And ere another day is done,</div> +<div class="t">Ourselves may be as they.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Our eyes have seen the rosy light</div> +<div class="t">Of youth's soft cheek decay,</div> +<div class="l">And fate descend in sudden night</div> +<div class="t">On manhood's middle day.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Our eyes have seen the steps of age</div> +<div class="t">Halt feebly towards the tomb;</div> +<div class="l">And yet shall earth our hearts engage,</div> +<div class="t">And dreams of days to come?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Death rides on every passing breeze,</div> +<div class="t">He lurks in every flower;</div> +<div class="l">Each season has its own disease,</div> +<div class="t">Its peril every hour.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0532"> + +<h3>532. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">J. Taylor.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Shortness of Life.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Like shadows gliding o'er the plain,</div> +<div class="t">Or clouds that roll successive on,</div> +<div class="l">Man's busy generations pass,</div> +<div class="t">And while we gaze their forms are gone.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>"He lived,--he died;" behold the sum,</div> +<div class="t">The abstract of the historian's page!</div> +<div class="l">Alike, in God's all-seeing eye,</div> +<div class="t">The infant's day, the patriarch's age.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>O Father! in whose mighty hand</div> +<div class="t">The boundless years and ages lie;</div> +<div class="l">Teach us thy boon of life to prize,</div> +<div class="t">And use the moments as they fly;</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>To crowd the narrow span of life</div> +<div class="t">With wise designs and virtuous deeds;</div> +<div class="l">And bid us wake from death's dark night,</div> +<div class="t">To share the glory that succeeds.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0533"> + +<h3>533. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Collyer.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Prayer for Support in Death.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>When, bending o'er the brink of life,</div> +<div class="t">My trembling soul shall stand,</div> +<div class="l">And wait to pass death's awful flood,</div> +<div class="t">Great God, at thy command;--</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Thou Source of life and joy supreme,</div> +<div class="t">Whose arm alone can save,</div> +<div class="l">Dispel the darkness that surrounds</div> +<div class="t">The entrance to the grave.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Lay thy supporting, gentle hand</div> +<div class="t">Beneath my sinking head,</div> +<div class="l">And let a beam of light divine</div> +<div class="t">Illume my dying bed.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0534"> + +<h3>534. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Christ's Presence makes Death easy.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Why should we start and fear to die!</div> +<div class="t">What timorous worms we mortals are!</div> +<div class="l">Death is the gate of endless joy,</div> +<div class="t">And yet we dread to enter there.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>The pains, the groans, and dying strife,</div> +<div class="t">Fright our approaching souls away;</div> +<div class="l">Still we shrink back again to life,</div> +<div class="t">Fond of our prison and our clay.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>O! if my Lord would come and meet,</div> +<div class="t">My soul should stretch her wings in haste,</div> +<div class="l">Fly fearless through death's iron gate,</div> +<div class="t">Nor feel the terrors as she past.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Jesus can make a dying bed</div> +<div class="t">Feel soft as downy pillows are,</div> +<div class="l">While on his breast I lean my head,</div> +<div class="t">And breathe my life out sweetly there.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0535"> + +<h3>535. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Deliverance from the Fear of Death.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>O God of love! with cheering ray,</div> +<div class="l">Gild our expiring hour of day;</div> +<div class="l">Thy love, through each revolving year,</div> +<div class="l">Has wiped away affliction's tear.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Free us from death's terrific gloom,</div> +<div class="l">And all the fear which shrouds the tomb;</div> +<div class="l">Heighten our joys, support our head,</div> +<div class="l">Before we sink among the dead.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>May death conclude our toils and tears!</div> +<div class="l">May death destroy our sins and fears!</div> +<div class="l">May death, through Jesus, be our friend!</div> +<div class="l">May death be life, when life shall end!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Crown our last moment with thy power--</div> +<div class="l">The latest in our latest hour;</div> +<div class="l">Till to the raptured heights we soar,</div> +<div class="l">Where fears and death are known no more.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0536"> + +<h3>536. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">R. Hill.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Prayer for the dying Christian.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Gently, my Father, let me down</div> +<div class="t">To slumber in the arms of death:</div> +<div class="l">I rest my soul on thee alone,</div> +<div class="t">E'en till my last expiring breath.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Soon will the storms of life be o'er,</div> +<div class="t">And I shall enter endless rest:</div> +<div class="l">There I shall live to sin no more,</div> +<div class="t">And bless thy name forever blest.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Bid me possess sweet peace within;</div> +<div class="t">Let childlike patience keep my heart;</div> +<div class="l">Then shall I feel my heaven begin,</div> +<div class="t">Before my spirit hence depart.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0537"> + +<h3>537. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"Yea, though I walk through the valley of the Shadow of Death, I will fear no evil, for thou art with me." <span class="scripRef">Ps. 23.</span></p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Thou must go forth alone, my soul!</div> +<div class="t">Thou must go forth alone,</div> +<div class="l">To other scenes, to other worlds,</div> +<div class="t">That mortal hath not known.</div> +<div class="l">Thou must go forth alone, my soul,--</div> +<div class="t">To tread the narrow vale;</div> +<div class="l">But He, whose word is sure, hath said</div> +<div class="t">His comforts shall not fail.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Thou must go forth alone, my soul,</div> +<div class="t">Along the darksome way;</div> +<div class="l">Where the bright sun has never shed</div> +<div class="t">His warm and gladsome ray.</div> +<div class="l">And yet the Sun of Righteousness</div> +<div class="t">Shall rise amidst the gloom,</div> +<div class="l">And scatter from thy trembling gaze</div> +<div class="t">The shadows of the tomb.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Thou must go forth alone, my soul!</div> +<div class="t">To meet thy God above:</div> +<div class="l">But shrink not--He hath said, my soul,</div> +<div class="t">He is a God of love.</div> +<div class="l">His rod and staff shall comfort thee</div> +<div class="t">Across the dreary road,</div> +<div class="l">Till thou shalt join the blessed ones</div> +<div class="t">In heaven's serene abode.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0538"> + +<h3>538. <span class="meter">7s. & 4s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Mrs. Gilbert.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Prayer for Support in Death.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>When the vale of death appears,</div> +<div class="t">Faint and cold this mortal clay,</div> +<div class="l">O, my Father, soothe my fears,</div> +<div class="t">Light me through the gloomy way;</div> +<div class="t3">Break the shadows,</div> +<div class="t">Usher in eternal day;--</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Upward from this dying state</div> +<div class="t">Bid my waiting soul aspire;</div> +<div class="l">Open thou the crystal gate;</div> +<div class="t">To thy praise attune my lyre:</div> +<div class="t3">Then, triumphant,</div> +<div class="t">I will join th' immortal choir.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0539"> + +<h3>539. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Happy Death.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Lord, must we die? O let us die</div> +<div class="t">Trusting in thee alone!</div> +<div class="l">Our living testimony given,</div> +<div class="t">Then leave our dying one.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>If we must die, O let us die</div> +<div class="t">In peace with all mankind,</div> +<div class="l">And change these fleeting joys below</div> +<div class="t">For pleasures all refined.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>If we must die,--as die we must,--</div> +<div class="t">Let some kind seraph come,</div> +<div class="l">And bear us on his friendly wing</div> +<div class="t">To our celestial home!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Of Canaan's land, from Pisgah's top,</div> +<div class="t">May we but have a view!</div> +<div class="l">Though Jordan should o'erflow its banks,</div> +<div class="t">We'll boldly venture through.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0540"> + +<h3>540. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Montgomery.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Hour of Death, and Entrance on Immortality.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>O God unseen--but not unknown!</div> +<div class="t">Thine eye is ever fixed on me;</div> +<div class="l">I dwell beneath thy secret throne,</div> +<div class="t">Encompassed by thy deity.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>The moment comes when strength must fail,</div> +<div class="t">When, health and hope and comfort flown,</div> +<div class="l">I must go down into the vale</div> +<div class="t">And shade of death, with thee alone:</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Alone with thee;--in that dread strife</div> +<div class="t">Uphold me through mine agony,</div> +<div class="l">And gently be this dying life</div> +<div class="t">Exchanged for immortality.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Then, when th' unbodied spirit lands</div> +<div class="t">Where flesh and blood have never trod,</div> +<div class="l">And in the unveiled presence stands</div> +<div class="t">Of thee, my Saviour and my God:</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Be mine eternal portion this,</div> +<div class="t">Since thou wert always here with me,</div> +<div class="l">That I may view thy face in bliss,</div> +<div class="t">And be for evermore with thee.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0541"> + +<h3>541. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Doddridge.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Meditation on Death.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Behold the path which mortals tread,</div> +<div class="l">Down to the regions of the dead!</div> +<div class="l">Nor will the fleeting moments stay,</div> +<div class="l">Nor can we measure back our day.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Our kindred and our friends are gone;</div> +<div class="l">Know, O my soul! this doom my own;</div> +<div class="l">Feeble as theirs my mortal frame,</div> +<div class="l">The same my way, my home the same.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Awake, my soul, thy way prepare,</div> +<div class="l">And lose in this each mortal care;</div> +<div class="l">With steady feet that path be trod,</div> +<div class="l">Which, through the grave, conducts to God.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Father! to thee my all I trust;</div> +<div class="l">And if thou call me down to dust,</div> +<div class="l">I know thy voice, I bless thy hand,</div> +<div class="l">And die in peace at thy command.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0542"> + +<h3>542. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Pope.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Dying Christian to his Soul!</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Vital spark of heavenly flame!</div> +<div class="l">Quit, O quit this mortal frame!</div> +<div class="l">Trembling, hoping, lingering, flying,</div> +<div class="l">O the pain, the bliss of dying!</div> +<div class="l">Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife,</div> +<div class="l">And let me languish into life!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Hark! they whisper! angels say,</div> +<div class="l">"Sister spirit, come away!"</div> +<div class="l">What is this absorbs me quite,</div> +<div class="l">Steals my senses, shuts my sight,</div> +<div class="l">Drowns my spirits, draws my breath?</div> +<div class="l">Tell me, my soul, can this be death?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>The world recedes!--it disappears!</div> +<div class="l">Heaven opens on my eyes!--my ears</div> +<div class="l">With sounds seraphic ring:</div> +<div class="l">Lend, lend your wings! I mount, I fly!</div> +<div class="l">O grave! where is thy victory?</div> +<div class="l">O death! where is thy sting?</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0543"> + +<h3>543. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Mrs. Barbauld.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Death of the Righteous.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Sweet is the scene when virtue dies!</div> +<div class="t">When sinks a righteous soul to rest;</div> +<div class="l">How mildly beam the closing eyes,</div> +<div class="t">How gently heaves th' expiring breast!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>So fades a summer cloud away,</div> +<div class="t">So sinks the gale when storms are o'er,</div> +<div class="l">So gently shuts the eye of day,</div> +<div class="t">So dies a wave along the shore.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Farewell, conflicting hopes and fears,</div> +<div class="t">Where lights and shades alternate dwell;</div> +<div class="l">How bright th' unchanging morn appears!</div> +<div class="t">Farewell, inconstant world, farewell!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Life's duty done, as sinks the clay,</div> +<div class="t">Light from its load the spirit flies;</div> +<div class="l">While heaven and earth combine to say,</div> +<div class="t">"How blessed the righteous when he dies!"</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0544"> + +<h3>544. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Peabody.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Christian's Death.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Behold the western evening light!</div> +<div class="t">It melts in deeper gloom;</div> +<div class="l">So calm the righteous sink away,</div> +<div class="t">Descending to the tomb.</div> +<div class="l">The winds breathe low--the yellow leaf</div> +<div class="t">Scarce whispers from the tree!</div> +<div class="l">So gently flows the parting breath,</div> +<div class="t">When good men cease to be.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>How beautiful, on all the hills,</div> +<div class="t">The crimson light is shed!</div> +<div class="l">'Tis like the peace the dying gives</div> +<div class="t">To mourners round his bed.</div> +<div class="l">How mildly on the wandering cloud</div> +<div class="t">The sunset beam is cast!</div> +<div class="l">So sweet the memory left behind,</div> +<div class="t">When loved ones breathe their last.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>And lo! above the dews of night</div> +<div class="t">The vesper star appears!</div> +<div class="l">So faith lights up the mourner's heart,</div> +<div class="t">Whose eyes are dim with tears.</div> +<div class="l">Night falls, but soon the morning light</div> +<div class="t">Its glories shall restore;</div> +<div class="l">And thus the eyes that sleep in death</div> +<div class="t">Shall wake, to close no more.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0545"> + +<h3>545. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Dirge.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Clay to clay, and dust to dust!</div> +<div class="l">Let them mingle--for they must!</div> +<div class="l">Give to earth the earthly clod,</div> +<div class="l">For the spirit's fled to God.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Never more shall midnight's damp</div> +<div class="l">Darken round this mortal lamp;</div> +<div class="l">Never more shall noon-day's glance</div> +<div class="l">Search this mortal countenance.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Deep the pit, and cold the bed,</div> +<div class="l">Where the spoils of death are laid;</div> +<div class="l">Stiff the curtains, chill the gloom,</div> +<div class="l">Of man's melancholy tomb.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Look aloft! The spirit's risen--</div> +<div class="l">Death cannot the soul imprison;</div> +<div class="l">'Tis in heaven that spirits dwell,</div> +<div class="l">Glorious, though invisible.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0546"> + +<h3>546. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Unveil thy bosom, faithful tomb!</div> +<div class="t">Take this new treasure to thy trust,</div> +<div class="l">And give these sacred relics room</div> +<div class="t">To seek a slumber in thy dust.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Nor pain, nor grief, nor anxious fear,</div> +<div class="t">Invade thy bounds; no mortal woes</div> +<div class="l">Can reach the peaceful sleeper here,</div> +<div class="t">While angels watch the soft repose.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>So Jesus slept; God's dying Son</div> +<div class="t">Passed through the grave, and blessed the bed;</div> +<div class="l">Then rest, dear saint, till from his throne</div> +<div class="t">The morning break, and pierce the shade.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Break from his throne, illustrious morn!</div> +<div class="t">Attend, O earth, his sovereign word!</div> +<div class="l">Restore thy trust! the glorious form</div> +<div class="t">Shall then arise to meet the Lord.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0547"> + +<h3>547. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"Blessed are the dead, who die in the Lord."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Hear what the voice from heaven proclaims,</div> +<div class="t">For all the pious dead;</div> +<div class="l">Sweet is the savor of their names,</div> +<div class="t">And soft their sleeping bed.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>They die in Jesus, and are blessed;</div> +<div class="t">How kind their slumbers are!</div> +<div class="l">From sufferings and from sin released,</div> +<div class="t">And freed from every snare.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Far from this world of toil and strife,</div> +<div class="t">They're present with the Lord!</div> +<div class="l">The labors of their mortal life</div> +<div class="t">End in a large reward.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0548"> + +<h3>548. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Wesley's Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"Blessed are the dead, that die in the Lord."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Hark! a voice divides the sky!</div> +<div class="t">Happy are the faithful dead,</div> +<div class="l">In the Lord who sweetly die!</div> +<div class="t">They from all their toils are freed.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Ready for their glorious crown,--</div> +<div class="t">Sorrows past and sins forgiven,--</div> +<div class="l">Here they lay their burthen down,</div> +<div class="t">Hallowed and made meet for heaven.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Yes! the Christian's course is run;</div> +<div class="t">Ended is the glorious strife;</div> +<div class="l">Fought the fight, the work is done;</div> +<div class="t">Death is swallowed up in life.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>When from flesh the spirit freed</div> +<div class="t">Hastens homeward to return,</div> +<div class="l">Mortals cry, "A man is dead!"</div> +<div class="t">Angels sing, "A child is born!"</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0549"> + +<h3>549. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Mrs. Mackay.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"Asleep in Christ."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Asleep in Jesus! blessed sleep!</div> +<div class="l">From which none ever wakes to weep;</div> +<div class="l">A calm and undisturbed repose,</div> +<div class="l">Unbroken by the dread of foes.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Asleep in Jesus! peaceful rest!</div> +<div class="l">Whose waking is supremely blest;</div> +<div class="l">No fear, no woes shall dim that hour,</div> +<div class="l">Which manifests the Saviour's power!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Asleep in Jesus! time nor space</div> +<div class="l">Debars this precious hiding place;</div> +<div class="l">On Indian plains, or Lapland's snows,</div> +<div class="l">Believers find the same repose.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Asleep in Jesus! far from thee</div> +<div class="l">Thy kindred and their graves may be;</div> +<div class="l">But thine is still a blesséd sleep,</div> +<div class="l">From which none ever wakes to weep.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0550"> + +<h3>550. <span class="meter">C. M. 8l.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Resurrection.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>All nature dies and lives again:</div> +<div class="t">The flowers that paint the field,</div> +<div class="l">The trees that crown the mountain's brow,</div> +<div class="t">And boughs and blossoms yield,--</div> +<div class="l">Resign the honors of their form</div> +<div class="t">At winter's stormy blast,</div> +<div class="l">And leave the naked, leafless plain</div> +<div class="t">A desolated waste.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Yet, soon reviving, plants and flowers</div> +<div class="t">Anew shall deck the plain;</div> +<div class="l">The woods shall hear the voice of spring,</div> +<div class="t">And flourish green again.</div> +<div class="l">So, to the dreary grave consigned,</div> +<div class="t">Man sleeps in death's dark gloom,</div> +<div class="l">Until th' eternal morning wake</div> +<div class="t">The slumbers of the tomb.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>O may the grave become to me</div> +<div class="t">The bed of peaceful rest,</div> +<div class="l">Whence I shall gladly rise at length,</div> +<div class="t">And mingle with the blessed!</div> +<div class="l">Cheered by this hope, with patient mind</div> +<div class="t">I'll wait Heaven's high decree,</div> +<div class="l">Till the appointed period come</div> +<div class="t">When death shall set me free.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0551"> + +<h3>551. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Sir J. E. Smith.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Changes of Nature Types of Immortality.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>As twilight's gradual veil is spread</div> +<div class="t">Across the evening sky;</div> +<div class="l">So man's bright hours decline in shade,</div> +<div class="t">And mortal comforts die.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>The bloom of spring, the summer rose,</div> +<div class="t">In vain pale winter brave;</div> +<div class="l">Nor youth, nor age, nor wisdom knows</div> +<div class="t">A ransom from the grave.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>But morning dawns and spring revives,</div> +<div class="t">And genial hours return;</div> +<div class="l">So man's immortal soul survives,</div> +<div class="t">And scorns the mouldering urn.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>When this vain scene no longer charms,</div> +<div class="t">Or swiftly fades away,</div> +<div class="l">He sinks into a Father's arms,</div> +<div class="t">Nor dreads the coming day.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0552"> + +<h3>552. <span class="meter">Peculiar M.</span> <span class="sc">H. Ware, Jr.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Resurrection of Christ.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t2"><span class="vn">1</span>Lift your glad voices in triumph on high,</div> +<div class="t2">For Jesus hath risen, and man cannot die:</div> +<div class="l">Vain were the terrors that gathered around him,</div> +<div class="t">And short the dominion of death and the grave;</div> +<div class="l">He burst from the fetters of darkness that bound him</div> +<div class="t">Resplendent in glory, to live and to save:</div> +<div class="t2">Loud was the chorus of angels on high,--</div> +<div class="t2">The Saviour hath risen, and man shall not die.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t2"><span class="vn">2</span>Glory to God in full anthems of joy,</div> +<div class="t2">The being he gave us death cannot destroy:</div> +<div class="l">Sad were the life we must part with to-morrow,</div> +<div class="t">If tears were our birthright, and death were our end;</div> +<div class="l">But Jesus hath cheered the dark valley of sorrow,</div> +<div class="t">And bade us, immortal, to heaven ascend:</div> +<div class="t2">Lift, then, your voices in triumph on high,</div> +<div class="t2">For Jesus hath risen, and man shall not die.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0553"> + +<h3>553. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Cudworth.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Christ, the Lord, is risen to-day,</div> +<div class="l">Sons of men and angels say;</div> +<div class="l">Raise your songs of triumph high:</div> +<div class="l">Sing, ye heavens, and, earth, reply.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Love's redeeming work is done,</div> +<div class="l">Fought the fight, the battle won;</div> +<div class="l">Lo our Sun's eclipse is o'er;</div> +<div class="l">Lo! he sets in blood no more.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Vain the stone, the watch, the seal;</div> +<div class="l">Christ hath burst the gates of hell;</div> +<div class="l">Death in vain forbids his rise;</div> +<div class="l">Christ hath opened paradise.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Soar we now where Christ hath led,</div> +<div class="l">Following our exalted Head:</div> +<div class="l">Made like him, like him we rise;</div> +<div class="l">Ours the cross, the grave, the skies.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0554"> + +<h3>554. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Sir J. E. Smith.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Nature Transitory--the Soul Immortal.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>See lovely nature raise her head,</div> +<div class="t">In various graces dressed;</div> +<div class="l">Her lucid robe by ocean spread,</div> +<div class="t">Her verdant, flowery vest.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>How glorious are those orbs of light,</div> +<div class="t">In all their bright array,</div> +<div class="l">That gem the ebon brow of night,</div> +<div class="t">Or pour the blaze of day!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>One gem of purest ray, divine,</div> +<div class="t">Alone disclaims her power;</div> +<div class="l">Still brighter shall its glories shine,</div> +<div class="t">When hers are seen no more.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Her pageants pass, nor leave a trace</div> +<div class="t">The soul no change shall fear;</div> +<div class="l">The God of nature and of grace</div> +<div class="t">Has stamped his image there.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0555"> + +<h3>555. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">A Prospect of Heaven.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>There is a land of pure delight,</div> +<div class="t">Where saints immortal reign;</div> +<div class="l">Eternal day excludes the night,</div> +<div class="t">And pleasures banish pain.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>There everlasting spring abides,</div> +<div class="t">And never-withering flowers:</div> +<div class="l">Death, like a narrow sea, divides</div> +<div class="t">This heavenly land from ours.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Sweet fields beyond the swelling flood</div> +<div class="t">Stand dressed in living green:</div> +<div class="l">So to the Jews old Canaan stood,</div> +<div class="t">And Jordan rolled between.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>O could we make our doubts remove,--</div> +<div class="t">Those gloomy doubts that rise,--</div> +<div class="l">And see the Canaan that we love</div> +<div class="t">With unbeclouded eyes.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Could we but climb where Moses stood,</div> +<div class="t">And view the landscape o'er,--</div> +<div class="l">Not Jordan's stream, nor death's cold flood,</div> +<div class="t">Should fright us from the shore.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0556"> + +<h3>556. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Stennett.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Surpassing Glories of Eternity.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>How various and how new</div> +<div class="t">Are thy compassions, Lord!</div> +<div class="l">Each morning shall thy mercies show,--</div> +<div class="t">Each night thy truth record.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>Thy goodness, like the sun,</div> +<div class="t">Dawned on our early days,</div> +<div class="l">Ere infant reason had begun</div> +<div class="t">To form our lips to praise.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>But we expect a day</div> +<div class="t">Still brighter far than this,</div> +<div class="l">When death shall bear our souls away</div> +<div class="t">To realms of light and bliss.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>Nor shall that radiant day,</div> +<div class="t">So joyfully begun,</div> +<div class="l">In evening shadows die away</div> +<div class="t">Beneath the setting sun.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">5</span>How various and how new</div> +<div class="t">Are thy compassions, Lord!</div> +<div class="l">Eternity thy love shall show,</div> +<div class="t">And all thy truth record.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0557"> + +<h3>557. <span class="meter">8s. & 6s. M.</span> <span class="sc">W. B. Tappan.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Heaven Anticipated.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>There is an hour of peaceful rest</div> +<div class="t">To mourning wanderers given;</div> +<div class="l">There is a joy for souls distressed,</div> +<div class="l">A balm for every wounded breast;</div> +<div class="t">'Tis found alone in heaven.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>There is a home for weary souls,</div> +<div class="t">By sins and sorrows driven,</div> +<div class="l">When tossed on life's tempestuous shoals,</div> +<div class="l">Where storms arise, and ocean rolls,</div> +<div class="t">And all is drear--'tis heaven.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>There faith lifts up the tearless eye,</div> +<div class="t">The heart no longer riven,--</div> +<div class="l">And views the tempest passing by,</div> +<div class="l">Sees evening shadows quickly fly,</div> +<div class="t">And all serene in heaven.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>There fragrant flowers immortal bloom,</div> +<div class="t">And joys supreme are given;</div> +<div class="l">There rays divine disperse the gloom;</div> +<div class="l">Beyond the dark and narrow tomb</div> +<div class="t">Appears the dawn of heaven.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0558"> + +<h3>558. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Christian Psalmist.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Society of Heaven.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Jerusalem! my glorious home!</div> +<div class="t">Name ever dear to me!</div> +<div class="l">When shall my labors have an end</div> +<div class="t">In joy, and peace and thee?</div> +<div class="l">When shall these eyes thy heaven-built walls</div> +<div class="t">And pearly gates behold?</div> +<div class="l">Thy bulwarks with salvation strong,</div> +<div class="t">And streets of shining gold.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>There happier bowers than Eden's bloom,</div> +<div class="t">Nor sin nor sorrow know:</div> +<div class="l">Blest seats! through rude and stormy scenes</div> +<div class="t">I onward press to you.</div> +<div class="l">Why should I shrink at pain and woe?</div> +<div class="t">Or feel at death dismay?</div> +<div class="l">I've Canaan's goodly land in view,</div> +<div class="t">And realms of endless day.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Apostles, martyrs, prophets, there,</div> +<div class="t">Around my Saviour stand;</div> +<div class="l">And soon my friends in Christ below</div> +<div class="t">Will join the glorious band.</div> +<div class="l">Jerusalem! my glorious home!</div> +<div class="t">My soul still pants for thee;</div> +<div class="l">Then shall my labors have an end,</div> +<div class="t">When I thy joys shall see.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0559"> + +<h3>559. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Mrs. Steele.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Heaven.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>Far from these scenes of night</div> +<div class="t">Unbounded glories rise,</div> +<div class="l">And realms of infinite delight,</div> +<div class="t">Unknown to mortal eyes.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>No cloud those regions know,</div> +<div class="t">Forever bright and fair;</div> +<div class="l">For sin, the source of mortal woe,</div> +<div class="t">Can never enter there.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>There night is never known,</div> +<div class="t">Nor sun's faint, sickly ray;</div> +<div class="l">But glory from th' eternal throne</div> +<div class="t">Spreads everlasting day.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>O may this prospect fire</div> +<div class="t">Our hearts with ardent love!</div> +<div class="l">And lively faith and strong desire</div> +<div class="t">Bear every thought above.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0560"> + +<h3>560. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The World to Come.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>There is a world we have not seen,</div> +<div class="t">That wasting time can ne'er destroy,</div> +<div class="l">Where mortal footstep hath not been,</div> +<div class="t">Nor ear hath caught its sounds of joy.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>That world to come! and O how blest!--</div> +<div class="t">Fairer than prophets ever told;</div> +<div class="l">And never did an angel-guest</div> +<div class="t">One half its blessedness unfold.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>It is all holy and serene,--</div> +<div class="t">The land of glory and repose;</div> +<div class="l">And there, to dim the radiant scene,</div> +<div class="t">No tear of sorrow ever flows.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>It is not fanned by summer gale;</div> +<div class="t">'Tis not refreshed by vernal showers;</div> +<div class="l">It never needs the moon-beam pale,</div> +<div class="t">For there are known no evening hours.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>There forms unseen by mortal eye,</div> +<div class="t">Too glorious for our sight to bear,</div> +<div class="l">Are walking with their God on high,</div> +<div class="t">And waiting our arrival there.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0561"> + +<h3>561. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">H. Ballou.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Heavenly Zion.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Behold, on Zion's heavenly shore,</div> +<div class="t">A pure and countless band,</div> +<div class="l">Whose conflicts and whose toils are o'er,</div> +<div class="t">In glorious order stand.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>From earth's remotest bounds they came,</div> +<div class="t">From tribulations great,</div> +<div class="l">And, through the victories of the Lamb,</div> +<div class="t">Have reached the heavenly state.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Hunger and thirst they know no more,</div> +<div class="t">From burning heats refreshed;</div> +<div class="l">The Lamb shall feed them from his store,</div> +<div class="t">And give them endless rest.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>God all their tears shall wipe away,</div> +<div class="t">And they his wonders tell,</div> +<div class="l">While in his temple they shall stay,</div> +<div class="t">And God with them shall dwell.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0562"> + +<h3>562. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Raffles.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Saints in Glory.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>High, in yonder realms of light,</div> +<div class="t">Dwell the raptured saints above,</div> +<div class="l">Far beyond our feeble sight,</div> +<div class="t">Happy in Immanuel's love.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Happy spirits, ye are fled</div> +<div class="t">Where no grief can entrance find,</div> +<div class="l">Lulled to rest the aching head,</div> +<div class="t">Soothed the anguish of the mind.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>'Mid the chorus of the skies,</div> +<div class="t">'Mid the angelic lyres above</div> +<div class="l">Hark! their songs melodious rise,--</div> +<div class="t">Songs of praise to Jesus' love.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0563"> + +<h3>563. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">R. Palmer.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Heavenly Rest.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>And is there, Lord, a rest,</div> +<div class="t">For weary souls designed,</div> +<div class="l">Where not a care shall stir the breast,</div> +<div class="t">Or sorrow entrance find?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>Is there a blissful home,</div> +<div class="t">Where kindred minds shall meet,</div> +<div class="l">And live and love, nor ever roam</div> +<div class="t">From that serene retreat?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>Forever blesséd they,</div> +<div class="t">Whose joyful feet shall stand,</div> +<div class="l">While endless ages waste away,</div> +<div class="t">Amid that glorious land.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>My soul would thither tend,</div> +<div class="t">While toilsome years are given;</div> +<div class="l">Then let me, gracious God, ascend</div> +<div class="t">To sweet repose in heaven.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0564"> + +<h3>564. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Better Land.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>There is a land mine eye hath seen,</div> +<div class="t">In visions of enraptured thought</div> +<div class="l">So bright that all which spreads between</div> +<div class="t">Is with its radiant glory fraught;--</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>A land upon whose blissful shore</div> +<div class="t">There rests no shadow, falls no stain;</div> +<div class="l">There those who meet shall part no more,</div> +<div class="t">And those long parted meet again.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Its skies are not like earthly skies,</div> +<div class="t">With varying hues of shade and light;</div> +<div class="l">It hath no need of suns to rise,</div> +<div class="t">To dissipate the gloom of night.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>There sweeps no desolating wind</div> +<div class="t">Across that calm, serene abode;</div> +<div class="l">The wanderer there a home may find,</div> +<div class="t">Within the paradise of God.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0565"> + +<h3>565. <span class="meter">C. H. M.</span> <span class="sc">Sacred Lyrics.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Everlasting Bliss of Heaven.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Heaven is the land where troubles cease,</div> +<div class="t">Where toils and tears are o'er;--</div> +<div class="l">The blissful clime of rest and peace,</div> +<div class="t">Where cares distract no more;</div> +<div class="l">And not the shadow of distress</div> +<div class="l">Dims its unsullied blessedness.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Heaven is the dwelling-place of joy,</div> +<div class="t">The home of light and love,</div> +<div class="l">Where faith and hope in rapture die,</div> +<div class="t">And ransomed souls above</div> +<div class="l">Enjoy, before th' eternal throne,</div> +<div class="l">Bliss everlasting and unknown.</div> +</div> + +</div> + + +<h2>MOURNING AND CONSOLATION.</h2> + +<div class="hymn" id="h0566"> + +<h3>566. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Bryant.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"Blessed are they that mourn."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Deem not that they are blessed alone,</div> +<div class="t">Whose days a peaceful tenor keep;</div> +<div class="l">The God, who loves our race, has shown</div> +<div class="t">A blessing for the eyes that weep.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>The light of smiles shall fill again</div> +<div class="t">The lids that overflow with tears,</div> +<div class="l">And weary hours of woe and pain</div> +<div class="t">Are earnests of serener years.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>O, there are days of sunny rest</div> +<div class="t">For every dark and troubled night!</div> +<div class="l">Grief may abide, an evening guest,</div> +<div class="t">But joy shall come with early light.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>And thou, who o'er thy friend's low bier</div> +<div class="t">Sheddest the bitter drops like rain,</div> +<div class="l">Hope that a brighter, happier sphere</div> +<div class="t">Will give him to thy arms again.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>For God hath marked each anguished day,</div> +<div class="t">And numbered every secret tear;</div> +<div class="l">And heaven's long age of bliss shall pay</div> +<div class="t">For all his children suffer here.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0567"> + +<h3>567. <span class="meter">12s. & 11s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Heber.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Farewell to a Friend Departed.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Thou art gone to the grave; but we will not deplore thee;</div> +<div class="t">Though sorrows and darkness encompass the tomb;</div> +<div class="l">The Saviour has passed through its portals before thee;</div> +<div class="t">And the lamp of his love is thy guide through the gloom.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Thou art gone to the grave; we no longer behold thee,</div> +<div class="t">Nor tread the rough paths of the world by thy side:</div> +<div class="l">But the wide arms of mercy are spread to enfold thee,</div> +<div class="t">And sinners may hope, since the Saviour hath died.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Thou art gone to the grave; and, its mansion forsaking,</div> +<div class="t">Perchance thy weak spirit in doubt lingered long;</div> +<div class="l">But the sunshine of heaven beamed bright on thy waking,</div> +<div class="t">And the sound thou didst hear was the seraphim's song.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Thou art gone to the grave; but we will not deplore thee;</div> +<div class="t">Since God was thy Refuge, thy Guardian, thy Guide;</div> +<div class="l">He gave thee, he took thee, and he will restore thee;</div> +<div class="t">And death has no sting, since the Saviour hath died.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0568"> + +<h3>568. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Barbauld.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Mourner's Thoughts of Heaven.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Not for the pious dead we weep;</div> +<div class="t">Their sorrows now are o'er;</div> +<div class="l">The sea is calm, the tempest past,</div> +<div class="t">On that eternal shore.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>O, might some dream of visioned bliss,</div> +<div class="t">Some trance of rapture, show</div> +<div class="l">Where, on the bosom of their God,</div> +<div class="t">They rest from human woe!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Thence may their pure devotion's flame</div> +<div class="t">On us, on us descend;</div> +<div class="l">To us their strong aspiring hopes,</div> +<div class="t">Their faith, their fervors lend.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Let these our shadowy path illume,</div> +<div class="t">And teach the chastened mind</div> +<div class="l">To welcome all that's left of good,</div> +<div class="t">To all that's lost resigned.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0569"> + +<h3>569. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Norton.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Blessedness of the Pious Dead.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>O, stay thy tears; for they are blest,</div> +<div class="t">Whose days are past, whose toil is done:</div> +<div class="l">Here midnight care disturbs our rest;</div> +<div class="t">Here sorrow dims the noonday sun.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>How blest are they whose transient years</div> +<div class="t">Pass like an evening meteor's flight!</div> +<div class="l">Not dark with guilt, nor dim with tears;</div> +<div class="t">Whose course is short, unclouded, bright.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>O, cheerless were our lengthened way;</div> +<div class="t">But Heaven's own light dispels the gloom,</div> +<div class="l">Streams downward from eternal day,</div> +<div class="t">And casts a glory round the tomb.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>O, stay thy tears: the blest above</div> +<div class="t">Have hailed a spirit's heavenly birth,</div> +<div class="l">And sung a song of joy and love;</div> +<div class="t">Then why should anguish reign on earth?</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0570"> + +<h3>570. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Mrs. Sigourney.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"Weep for yourselves, and for your children."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>We mourn for those who toil,</div> +<div class="t">The slave who ploughs the main,</div> +<div class="l">Or him who hopeless tills the soil</div> +<div class="t">Beneath the stripe and chain:</div> +<div class="t">For those who, in the race,</div> +<div class="t">O'erwearied and unblest,</div> +<div class="l">A host of restless phantoms chase;--</div> +<div class="t">Why mourn for those who rest?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>We mourn for those who sin?</div> +<div class="t">Bound in the tempter's snare,</div> +<div class="l">Whom syren pleasure beckons in</div> +<div class="t">To prisons of despair;</div> +<div class="t">Whose hearts, by passions torn,</div> +<div class="t">Are wrecked on folly's shore;--</div> +<div class="l">But why in sorrow should we mourn</div> +<div class="t">For those who sin no more?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>We mourn for those who weep;</div> +<div class="t">Whom stern afflictions bend</div> +<div class="l">With anguish o'er the lowly sleep</div> +<div class="t">Of lover or of friend:</div> +<div class="t">But they to whom the sway</div> +<div class="t">Of pain and grief is o'er,</div> +<div class="l">Whose tears our God hath wiped away,</div> +<div class="t">O mourn for them no more!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0571"> + +<h3>571. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">W. J. Loring.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"Weep not for me!"</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Why weep for those, frail child of woe,</div> +<div class="t">Who've fled and left thee mourning here?</div> +<div class="l">Triumphant o'er their latest foe,</div> +<div class="t">They glory in a brighter sphere.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Weep not for them;--beside thee now</div> +<div class="t">Perhaps they watch with guardian care,</div> +<div class="l">And witness tears that idly flow</div> +<div class="t">O'er those who bliss of angels share.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Or round their Father's throne, above,</div> +<div class="t">With raptured voice his praise they sing;</div> +<div class="l">Or on his messages of love,</div> +<div class="t">They journey with unwearied wing.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Weep, weep no more; their voices raise</div> +<div class="t">The song of triumph high to God;</div> +<div class="l">And wouldst thou join their song of praise,</div> +<div class="t">Walk humbly in the path they trod.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0572"> + +<h3>572. <span class="meter">S. H. M.</span> <span class="sc">Montgomery.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Friends die, but to live again.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>Friend after friend departs;</div> +<div class="t">Who hath not lost a friend?</div> +<div class="l">There is no union here of hearts,</div> +<div class="t">That finds not here an end.</div> +<div class="l">Were this frail world our only rest,</div> +<div class="l">Living or dying, none were blest.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>There is a world above,</div> +<div class="t">Where parting is unknown,--</div> +<div class="l">A whole eternity of love</div> +<div class="t">And blessedness alone;</div> +<div class="l">And faith beholds the dying here,</div> +<div class="l">Translated to that happier sphere.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>Thus, star by star declines</div> +<div class="t">Till all are passed away,</div> +<div class="l">As morning high and higher shines</div> +<div class="t">To pure and perfect day.</div> +<div class="l">Nor sink those stars in empty night--</div> +<div class="l">They hide themselves in heaven's own light.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0573"> + +<h3>573. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Hope of Reunion above.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>When floating on life's troubled sea,</div> +<div class="t">By storms and tempests driven,</div> +<div class="l">Hope, with her radiant finger, points</div> +<div class="t">To brighter scenes in heaven.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>She bids the storms of life to cease,</div> +<div class="t">The troubled breast be calm;</div> +<div class="l">And in the wounded heart she pours</div> +<div class="t">Religion's healing balm.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Her hallowed influence cheers life's hours</div> +<div class="t">Of sadness and of gloom;</div> +<div class="l">She guides us through this vale of tears,</div> +<div class="t">To joys beyond the tomb.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>She bids the anguished heart rejoice:</div> +<div class="t">Though earthly ties are riven,</div> +<div class="l">We still may hope to meet again</div> +<div class="t">In yonder peaceful heaven.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0574"> + +<h3>574. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Comfort under Bereavements.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Why do we mourn departed friends,</div> +<div class="t">Or shake at death's alarms?</div> +<div class="l">'Tis but the voice that Jesus sends</div> +<div class="t">To call them to his arms.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Why should we tremble to convey</div> +<div class="t">Their bodies to the tomb?</div> +<div class="l">There the dear flesh of Jesus lay,</div> +<div class="t">And left a long perfume.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>The graves of all his saints he blest,</div> +<div class="t">And softened every bed:</div> +<div class="l">Where should the dying members rest,</div> +<div class="t">But with their dying Head?</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0575"> + +<h3>575. <span class="meter">11s. & 10s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Spiritual Songs.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Invitation to the Mercy-seat.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Come, ye disconsolate, where'er ye languish;</div> +<div class="t">Come, at the mercy-seat fervently kneel:</div> +<div class="l">Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish;</div> +<div class="t">Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Joy of the desolate, light of the straying,</div> +<div class="t">Hope of the penitent, fadeless and pure,</div> +<div class="l">Here speaks the Comforter, tenderly saying,</div> +<div class="t">Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot cure.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0576"> + +<h3>576. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">J. H. Bancroft.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Christian's Burial.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Brother, though from yonder sky</div> +<div class="l">Cometh neither voice nor cry,</div> +<div class="l">Yet we know for thee to-day</div> +<div class="l">Every pain hath passed away.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Not for thee shall tears be given,</div> +<div class="l">Child of God and heir of heaven;</div> +<div class="l">For he gave thee sweet release;</div> +<div class="l">Thine the Christian's death of peace.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Well we know thy living faith</div> +<div class="l">Had the power to conquer death;</div> +<div class="l">As a living rose may bloom</div> +<div class="l">By the border of the tomb.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>While we weep as Jesus wept,</div> +<div class="l">Thou shall sleep as Jesus slept:</div> +<div class="l">With thy Saviour thou shalt rest,</div> +<div class="l">Crowned, and glorified and blest.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0577"> + +<h3>577. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Peaceful Death of the Righteous.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>I looked upon the righteous man,</div> +<div class="t">And saw his parting breath,</div> +<div class="l">Without a struggle or a sigh,</div> +<div class="t">Serenely yield to death:</div> +<div class="l">There was no anguish on his brow,</div> +<div class="t">Nor terror in his eye;</div> +<div class="l">The spoiler aimed a fatal dart,</div> +<div class="t">But lost the victory.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>I looked upon the righteous man,</div> +<div class="t">And heard the holy prayer</div> +<div class="l">Which rose above that breathless form,</div> +<div class="t">To soothe the mourners' care,</div> +<div class="l">And felt how precious was the gift</div> +<div class="t">He to his loved ones gave,--</div> +<div class="l">The stainless memory of the just,</div> +<div class="t">The wealth beyond the grave.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>I looked upon the righteous man;</div> +<div class="t">And all our earthly trust</div> +<div class="l">Of pleasure, vanity, or pride,</div> +<div class="t">Seemed lighter than the dust,</div> +<div class="l">Compared with his celestial gain,--</div> +<div class="t">A home above the sky:</div> +<div class="l">O, grant us, Lord, his life to live,</div> +<div class="t">That we like him may die.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0578"> + +<h3>578. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Fergus.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">At a Funeral.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Farewell! what power of words can tell</div> +<div class="l">The sorrows of a last farewell,</div> +<div class="l">When, standing by the mournful bier,</div> +<div class="l">We mingle with our prayers a tear!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>When memory tells of days gone by,</div> +<div class="l">Of blighted hope and vanished joy:</div> +<div class="l">Bright hopes that withered like a flower,</div> +<div class="l">Cut down and faded in an hour.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Give forth thy chime, thou solemn bell,</div> +<div class="l">Thou grave, unfold thy marble cell;</div> +<div class="l">Oh earth! receive upon thy breast</div> +<div class="l">The weary trav'ller to his rest.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Oh God, extend thy arms of love,</div> +<div class="l">A spirit seeketh thee above!</div> +<div class="l">Ye heav'nly palaces unclose,</div> +<div class="l">Receive the weary to repose!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0579"> + +<h3>579. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">L. H. Sigourney.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Burial of a Friend.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>As, bowed by sudden storms, the rose</div> +<div class="t">Sinks on the garden's breast,</div> +<div class="l">Down to the grave our brother goes,</div> +<div class="t">In silence there to rest.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>No more with us his tuneful voice</div> +<div class="t">The hymn of praise shall swell;</div> +<div class="l">No more his cheerful heart rejoice</div> +<div class="t">When peals the Sabbath bell.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Yet, if, in yonder cloudless sphere</div> +<div class="t">Amid a sinless throng,</div> +<div class="l">He utters in his Saviour's ear</div> +<div class="t">The everlasting song,--</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>No more we'll mourn the absent friend,</div> +<div class="t">But lift our earnest prayer,</div> +<div class="l">And daily every effort bend</div> +<div class="t">To rise and join him there.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0580"> + +<h3>580. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Houghton.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Re-union of Friends after Death.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Blest be the hour when friends shall meet,</div> +<div class="t">Shall meet to part no more,</div> +<div class="l">And with celestial welcome greet,</div> +<div class="t">On an immortal shore.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Sweet hope, deep cherished, not in vain,</div> +<div class="t">Now art thou richly crowned!</div> +<div class="l">All that was dead revives again;</div> +<div class="t">All that was lost is found!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>The parent eyes his long-lost child;</div> +<div class="t">Brothers on brothers gaze:</div> +<div class="l">The tear of resignation mild</div> +<div class="t">Is changed to joy and praise.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>And while remembrance, lingering still,</div> +<div class="t">Draws joy from sorrowing hours;</div> +<div class="l">New prospects rise, new pleasures fill</div> +<div class="t">The soul's capacious powers.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Their Father fans their generous flame,</div> +<div class="t">And looks complacent down;</div> +<div class="l">The smile that owns their filial claim</div> +<div class="t">Is their immortal crown.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0581"> + +<h3>581. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"Not lost, but gone before."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Say, why should friendship grieve for those</div> +<div class="t">Who safe arrive on Canaan's shore?</div> +<div class="l">Released from all their hurtful foes,</div> +<div class="t">They are not lost--but gone before.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>How many painful days on earth</div> +<div class="t">Their fainting spirits numbered o'er!</div> +<div class="l">Now they enjoy a heavenly birth;</div> +<div class="t">They are not lost--but gone before.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Dear is the spot where Christians sleep,</div> +<div class="t">And sweet the strain which angels pour;</div> +<div class="l">O why should we in anguish weep?</div> +<div class="t">They are not lost--but gone before.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0582"> + +<h3>582. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Epis. Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Death of an Infant.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>As the sweet flower that scents the morn,</div> +<div class="t">But withers in the rising day,</div> +<div class="l">Thus lovely was this infant's dawn,</div> +<div class="t">Thus swiftly fled its life away.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>It died ere its expanding soul</div> +<div class="t">Had ever burnt with wrong desires,</div> +<div class="l">Had ever spurned at Heaven's control,</div> +<div class="t">Or ever quenched its sacred fires.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Yet the sad hour that took the boy</div> +<div class="t">Perhaps has spared a heavier doom,--</div> +<div class="l">Snatched him from scenes of guilty joy,</div> +<div class="t">Or from the pangs of ills to come.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>He died to sin; he died to care;</div> +<div class="t">But for a moment felt the rod;</div> +<div class="l">Then, rising on the viewless air,</div> +<div class="t">Spread his light wings, and soared to God.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0583"> + +<h3>583. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Steele.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>So fades the lovely, blooming flower,</div> +<div class="l">Frail, smiling solace of an hour;</div> +<div class="l">So soon our transient comforts fly,</div> +<div class="l">And pleasure only blooms to die.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Is there no kind, no healing art,</div> +<div class="l">To soothe the anguish of the heart?</div> +<div class="l">Spirit of grace, be ever nigh:</div> +<div class="l">Thy comforts are not made to die.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Let gentle patience smile on pain,</div> +<div class="l">Till dying hope revives again;</div> +<div class="l">Hope wipes the tear from sorrow's eye,</div> +<div class="l">And faith points upward to the sky.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0584"> + +<h3>584. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Steele.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Death of a Child.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Life is a span,--a fleeting hour:</div> +<div class="t">How soon the vapor flies!</div> +<div class="l">Man is a tender, transient flower,</div> +<div class="t">That e'en in blooming dies.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>The once-loved form, now cold and dead,</div> +<div class="t">Each mournful thought employs;</div> +<div class="l">And nature weeps, her comforts fled,</div> +<div class="t">And withered all her joys.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Hope looks beyond the bounds of time,</div> +<div class="t">When what we now deplore</div> +<div class="l">Shall rise in full, immortal prime,</div> +<div class="t">And bloom to fade no more.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Cease, then, fond nature, cease thy tears;</div> +<div class="t">Thy Saviour dwells on high;</div> +<div class="l">There everlasting spring appears;</div> +<div class="t">There joy shall never die.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0585"> + +<h3>585. <span class="meter">7s. & 6s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Children in Heaven.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>In the broad fields of heaven,--</div> +<div class="t">In the immortal bowers,</div> +<div class="l">By life's clear river dwelling,</div> +<div class="t">Amid undying flowers,--</div> +<div class="l">There hosts of beauteous spirits,</div> +<div class="t">Fair children of the earth,</div> +<div class="l">Linked in bright bands celestial,</div> +<div class="t">Sing of their human birth.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>They sing of earth and heaven,--</div> +<div class="t">Divinest voices rise</div> +<div class="l">To God, their gracious Father,</div> +<div class="t">Who called them to the skies:</div> +<div class="l">They all are there,--in heaven,--</div> +<div class="t">Safe, safe, and sweetly blest;</div> +<div class="l">No cloud of sin can shadow</div> +<div class="t">Their bright and holy rest.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0586"> + +<h3>586. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Wilson.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Death of a Young Girl.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>What though the stream be dead,</div> +<div class="t">Its banks all still and dry!</div> +<div class="l">It murmurs o'er a lovelier bed,</div> +<div class="t">In air-groves of the sky.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>What though our bird of light</div> +<div class="t">Lie mute with plumage dim;</div> +<div class="l">In heaven I see her glancing bright,</div> +<div class="t">I hear her angel hymn.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>True that our beauteous doe</div> +<div class="t">Hath left her still retreat,</div> +<div class="l">But purer now in heavenly snow,</div> +<div class="t">She lies at Jesus' feet.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>O star! untimely set!</div> +<div class="t">Why should we weep for thee!</div> +<div class="l">Thy bright and dewy coronet</div> +<div class="t">Is rising o'er the sea.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0587"> + +<h3>587. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Dirge for an Infant.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Lay her gently in the dust;</div> +<div class="l">Grievous task, but oh! ye must!</div> +<div class="l">Hear the sentence, "earth to earth,</div> +<div class="l">Spirit to immortal birth;"</div> +<div class="l">Youthful, gentle, undefiled,</div> +<div class="l">Angels nurture now the child!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Upward soaring, like the dove,</div> +<div class="l">Bearing with her chains of love;</div> +<div class="l">Not to draw her spirit back,</div> +<div class="l">But to smooth her upward track:</div> +<div class="l">Her, the youngest of thy fold,</div> +<div class="l">Angels watch with love untold!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>With the Rock of Ages trust,</div> +<div class="l">That which was enshrined in dust;</div> +<div class="l">Robed in ever-spotless white,</div> +<div class="l">In an atmosphere of light,</div> +<div class="l">By the never-failing springs</div> +<div class="l">Rests she now her weary wings.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0588"> + +<h3>588. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">H. Bacon.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Death of a Child.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Thou gavest, and we yield to thee,</div> +<div class="t">God of the human heart!</div> +<div class="l">For bitter though grief's cup may be,</div> +<div class="t">Thou givest but our part.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>O, thou canst bid our grief be stilled,</div> +<div class="t">Yet not rebuke our tears;</div> +<div class="l">How large a place his presence filled!</div> +<div class="t">How vacant it appears!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>We mourn the sunshine of his smile,</div> +<div class="t">The tendrils of his love;</div> +<div class="l">Oh, was he loved too well the while</div> +<div class="t">Ere he was called above?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Our chastened spirits bow in prayer,</div> +<div class="t">And blend all prayers in one,--</div> +<div class="l">Give us the hope to meet him there,</div> +<div class="t">When life's full task is done.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0589"> + +<h3>589. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Mrs. Hemans.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Death of the Young.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Calm on the bosom of thy God,</div> +<div class="t">Young spirit, rest thee now!</div> +<div class="l">E'en while with us thy footsteps trod</div> +<div class="t">His seal was on thy brow.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Dust, to its narrow house beneath!</div> +<div class="t">Soul, to its place on high!</div> +<div class="l">They that have seen thy look in death,</div> +<div class="t">No more may fear to die.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Lone are the paths, and sad the bowers,</div> +<div class="t">Whence thy meek smile is gone;</div> +<div class="l">But O, a brighter home than ours,</div> +<div class="t">In heaven is now thine own.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0590"> + +<h3>590. <span class="meter">8s & 7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">S. F. Smith.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Death of a Young Girl.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Sister, thou wast mild and lovely,</div> +<div class="t">Gentle as the summer breeze,</div> +<div class="l">Pleasant as the air of evening,</div> +<div class="t">When it floats among the trees.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Peaceful be thy silent slumber--</div> +<div class="t">Peaceful in the grave so low:</div> +<div class="l">Thou no more wilt join our number;</div> +<div class="t">Thou no more our songs shalt know.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Dearest sister, thou hast left us;</div> +<div class="t">Here thy loss we deeply feel;</div> +<div class="l">But 'tis God that hath bereft us:</div> +<div class="t">He can all our sorrows heal.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Yet again we hope to meet thee,</div> +<div class="t">When the day of life is fled,</div> +<div class="l">Then in heaven with joy to greet thee,</div> +<div class="t">Where no farewell tear is shed.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0591"> + +<h3>591. <span class="meter">8s. & 7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Bap. Memorial.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Burial of a Christian Brother.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Brother, rest from sin and sorrow;</div> +<div class="t">Death is o'er and life is won;</div> +<div class="l">On thy slumber dawns no morrow:</div> +<div class="t">Rest; thine earthly race is run.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Brother, wake; the night is waning;</div> +<div class="t">Endless day is round thee poured;</div> +<div class="l">Enter thou the rest remaining</div> +<div class="t">For the people of the Lord.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Brother, wake; for he who loved thee,--</div> +<div class="t">He who died that thou mightst live,--</div> +<div class="l">He who graciously approved thee,--</div> +<div class="t">Waits thy crown of joy to give.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Fare thee well; though woe is blending</div> +<div class="t">With the tones of earthly love,</div> +<div class="l">Triumph high and joy unending</div> +<div class="t">Wait thee in the realms above.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0592"> + +<h3>592. <span class="meter">10s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Montgomery.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Death of a Christian in his prime.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Go to the grave in all thy glorious prime,</div> +<div class="t">In full activity of zeal and power;</div> +<div class="l">A Christian cannot die before his time,</div> +<div class="t">The Lord's appointment is the servant's hour.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Go to the grave; at noon from labor cease;</div> +<div class="t">Rest on thy sheaves, thy harvest task is done;</div> +<div class="l">Come from the heat of battle and in peace,</div> +<div class="t">Soldier, go home; with thee the fight is won.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Go to the grave, for there thy Saviour lay</div> +<div class="t">In death's embraces, ere he rose on high;</div> +<div class="l">And all the ransomed, by that narrow way,</div> +<div class="t">Pass to eternal life beyond the sky.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Go to the grave:--no, take thy seat above;</div> +<div class="t">Be thy pure spirit present with the Lord,</div> +<div class="l">Where thou for faith and hope hast perfect love,</div> +<div class="t">And open vision for the written word.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0593"> + +<h3>593. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Montgomery.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">On the Death of an aged Christian.</p> + +<p class="argument">"I have fought a good fight; I have finished my course."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>Servant of God, well done!</div> +<div class="t">Rest from thy loved employ:</div> +<div class="l">The battle fought, the victory won,</div> +<div class="t">Enter thy Master's joy.</div> +<div class="t">The voice at midnight came,</div> +<div class="t">He started up to hear;</div> +<div class="l">A mortal arrow pierced his frame--</div> +<div class="t">He fell, but felt no fear.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>Tranquil amidst alarms,</div> +<div class="t">It found him on the field,</div> +<div class="l">A veteran slumbering on his arms,</div> +<div class="t">Beneath his red-cross shield</div> +<div class="t">His spirit, with a bound,</div> +<div class="t">Burst its encumbering clay;</div> +<div class="l">His tent, at sunrise, on the ground,</div> +<div class="t">A darkened ruin lay.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>The pains of death are past,</div> +<div class="t">Labor and sorrow cease,</div> +<div class="l">And, life's long warfare closed at last,</div> +<div class="t">His soul is found in peace.</div> +<div class="t">Soldier of Christ! well done!</div> +<div class="t">Praise be thy new employ;</div> +<div class="l">And while eternal ages run,</div> +<div class="t">Rest in thy Saviour's joy.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0594"> + +<h3>594. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Dale.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Death of a Christian.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Dear as thou wert, and justly dear,</div> +<div class="t">We will not weep for thee:</div> +<div class="l">One thought shall check the starting tear</div> +<div class="t">It is, that thou art free.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>And thus shall faith's consoling power</div> +<div class="t">The tears of love restrain:</div> +<div class="l">O, who that saw thy parting hour</div> +<div class="t">Could wish thee here again!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Triumphant in thy closing eye</div> +<div class="t">The hope of glory shone;</div> +<div class="l">Joy breathed in thy expiring sigh,</div> +<div class="t">To think the race was run.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>The passing spirit gently fled,</div> +<div class="t">Sustained by grace divine;</div> +<div class="l">O, may such grace on us be shed,</div> +<div class="t">And make our end like thine.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0595"> + +<h3>595. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Fawcett.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Death of Parents.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>The God of mercy will indulge</div> +<div class="t">The flowing tear, the heaving sigh,</div> +<div class="l">When honored parents fall around,</div> +<div class="t">When friends beloved and kindred die.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Yet not one anxious, murmuring thought</div> +<div class="t">Should with our mourning passions blend;</div> +<div class="l">Nor should our bleeding hearts forget</div> +<div class="t">Their mighty, ever-living Friend.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Parent, Protector, Guardian, Guide,</div> +<div class="t">Thou art each tender name in one;</div> +<div class="l">On thee we cast our every care,</div> +<div class="t">And comfort seek from thee alone.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>To thee, our Father, would we look,</div> +<div class="t">Our Rock, our Portion, and our Friend,</div> +<div class="l">And on thy gracious love and truth</div> +<div class="t">With humble, steadfast hope depend.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0596"> + +<h3>596. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">H. S. Washburn.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Pastor's Funeral.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Father, gathered round the bier,</div> +<div class="l">Aid thy weeping children here;</div> +<div class="l">All our stricken hearts deplore</div> +<div class="l">Loss of him we meet no more.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Tender are the rites we pay,</div> +<div class="l">Pastor, o'er thy sleeping clay;</div> +<div class="l">We, who late the welcome gave,</div> +<div class="l">Must we bear thee to thy grave?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Earth, unto thy faithful trust,</div> +<div class="l">We commit this precious dust,</div> +<div class="l">There, by pain no more oppressed,</div> +<div class="l">Brother, thou wilt sweetly rest.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Glorious will that morning break,</div> +<div class="l">When the dead in Christ shall wake;</div> +<div class="l">Joy and grief our bosoms swell,</div> +<div class="l">Brother, pastor, guide, farewell.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0597"> + +<h3>597. <span class="meter">P. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Death of a Minister.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>On Zion's holy walls</div> +<div class="t">Is quenched a beacon-light,</div> +<div class="l">In vain the watchman calls--</div> +<div class="t">"Sentry! what of the night?"</div> +<div class="l">No answering voice is here,</div> +<div class="t">Say--does the soldier sleep?</div> +<div class="l">O yes--upon the bier,</div> +<div class="t">His watch no more to keep.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Still is that heaven-touched tongue,</div> +<div class="t">Pulseless the throbbing breast;</div> +<div class="l">That voice with music strung,</div> +<div class="t">Forever put to rest.</div> +<div class="l">To rest? A living thought,</div> +<div class="t">Undimmed, unquenched, he soars</div> +<div class="l">An essence, spirit-wrought,</div> +<div class="t">Of yon immortal shores.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Peace to thee, man of God!</div> +<div class="t">Thine earthly toils are o'er,</div> +<div class="l">The thorny path is trod,</div> +<div class="t">The Shepherd trod before,--</div> +<div class="l">Full well he kept his word--</div> +<div class="t">"I'm with thee to the end;</div> +<div class="l">Fear not! I am the Lord,</div> +<div class="t">Thy never-failing friend!"</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>We weave no dirge for thee,</div> +<div class="t">It should not call a tear</div> +<div class="l">To know that thou art free;</div> +<div class="t">Thy home--it was not here!</div> +<div class="l">Joy to thee, man of God!</div> +<div class="t">Thy heaven-course is begun,</div> +<div class="l">Unshrinking, thou has trod</div> +<div class="t">Death's vale,--thy race is run.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0598"> + +<h3>598. <span class="meter">8s. & 7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">L. H. Sigourney.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Pastor, thou art from us taken</div> +<div class="t">In the glory of thy years,</div> +<div class="l">As the oak, by tempests shaken,</div> +<div class="t">Falls ere time its verdure sears.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Pale and cold we see thee lying</div> +<div class="t">In God's temple, once so dear,</div> +<div class="l">And the mourner's bitter sighing</div> +<div class="t">Falls unheeded on thine ear.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>All thy love and zeal, to lead us</div> +<div class="t">Where immortal fountains flow,</div> +<div class="l">And on living bread to feed us,</div> +<div class="t">In our fond remembrance glow.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>May the conquering faith, that cheered thee</div> +<div class="t">When thy foot on Jordan pressed,</div> +<div class="l">Guide our spirits while we leave thee</div> +<div class="t">In the tomb that Jesus blessed.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0599"> + +<h3>599. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Doddridge.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>What though the arm of conquering death</div> +<div class="t">Does God's own house invade;</div> +<div class="l">What though our teacher and our friend</div> +<div class="t">Is numbered with the dead;--</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Though earthly shepherds dwell in dust,</div> +<div class="t">The aged and the young;</div> +<div class="l">The watchful eye in darkness closed,</div> +<div class="t">And dumb th' instructive tongue?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Th' eternal Shepherd still survives,</div> +<div class="t">His teaching to impart:</div> +<div class="l">Lord, be our Leader and our Guide,</div> +<div class="t">And rule and keep our heart.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Yes, while the dear Redeemer lives,</div> +<div class="t">We have a boundless store,</div> +<div class="l">And shall be fed with what he gives,</div> +<div class="t">Who lives for evermore.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0600"> + +<h3>600. <span class="meter">7s. & 6s. M.</span> <span class="sc">C. Wesley.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Adieu to a Departed Christian Friend.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Farewell, thou once a mortal,</div> +<div class="t">Our poor, afflicted friend;</div> +<div class="l">Go, pass the heavenly portal,</div> +<div class="t">To God, thy glorious end.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>The Author of thy being</div> +<div class="t">Hath summoned thee away;</div> +<div class="l">And faith is lost in seeing,</div> +<div class="t">And night in endless day.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>With those that went before thee,</div> +<div class="t">The saints of ancient days,</div> +<div class="l">Who shine in sacred story,</div> +<div class="t">Thy soul hath found its place.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>No loss of friends shall grieve thee;</div> +<div class="t">That--we alone must bear;</div> +<div class="l">They cannot, cannot leave thee,</div> +<div class="t">Thy kind companions there.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>From all thy care and sorrow</div> +<div class="t">Thou art escaped to-day;</div> +<div class="l">And we shall mount to-morrow,</div> +<div class="t">And soar to thee away.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0601"> + +<h3>601. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">C. Wesley.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Christian's Death.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Lo! the prisoner is released,</div> +<div class="t">Lightened of his fleshly load;</div> +<div class="l">Where the weary are at rest,</div> +<div class="t">He is gathered unto God:</div> +<div class="l">Lo! the pain of life is past,</div> +<div class="t">And his warfare now is o'er;</div> +<div class="l">Death and hell behind are cast,</div> +<div class="t">Grief and suffering are no more,</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Yes! the Christian's course is run,</div> +<div class="t">Ended is the glorious strife;</div> +<div class="l">Fought the fight, the crown is won,</div> +<div class="t">Death is swallowed up of life;</div> +<div class="l">Borne by angels on their wings,</div> +<div class="t">Far from earth his spirit flies</div> +<div class="l">To the Lord he loved, and sings</div> +<div class="t">Triumphing in paradise.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Join we then with one accord</div> +<div class="t">In the new and joyful song;</div> +<div class="l">Absent from our glorious Lord</div> +<div class="t">We shall not continue long:</div> +<div class="l">We shall quit the house of clay,</div> +<div class="t">Better joys with him to share;</div> +<div class="l">We shall see the realms of day,</div> +<div class="t">We shall meet our brethren there.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0602"> + +<h3>602. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Knowles.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Mourner Comforted.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>O, weep not for the joys that fade</div> +<div class="t">Like evening lights away,</div> +<div class="l">For hopes that, like the stars decayed,</div> +<div class="t">Have left thy mortal day;</div> +<div class="l">The clouds of sorrow will depart,</div> +<div class="t">And brilliant skies be given;</div> +<div class="l">For bliss awaits the holy heart,</div> +<div class="t">Amid the bowers of heaven.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>O weep not for the friends that pass</div> +<div class="t">Into the lonely grave,</div> +<div class="l">As breezes sweep the withered grass</div> +<div class="t">Along the restless wave;</div> +<div class="l">For though thy pleasures may depart,</div> +<div class="t">And mournful days be given;</div> +<div class="l">Yet bliss awaits the holy heart,</div> +<div class="t">When friends rejoin in heaven.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0603"> + +<h3>603. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Wilson.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Consolations in Bereavement.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>The air of death breathes through our souls,</div> +<div class="t">The dead all round us lie;</div> +<div class="l">By day and night the death-bell tolls,</div> +<div class="t">And says, "Prepare to die!"</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>The loving ones we loved the best,</div> +<div class="t">Like music all are gone;</div> +<div class="l">And the wan moonlight bathes in rest,</div> +<div class="t">Their monumental stone.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>But not when the death-prayer is said,</div> +<div class="t">The life of life departs:</div> +<div class="l">The body in the grave is laid,</div> +<div class="t">Its beauty in our hearts.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>This frame, O God, this feeble breath,</div> +<div class="t">Thy hand may soon destroy;</div> +<div class="l">We think of thee, and feel in death</div> +<div class="t">A deep and awful joy.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Dim is the light of vanished years</div> +<div class="t">In glory yet to come;</div> +<div class="l">O idle grief! O foolish tears!</div> +<div class="t">When Jesus calls us home.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0604"> + +<h3>604. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Ch. Psalmody.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Peaceful Death of the Righteous.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>O, for the death of those</div> +<div class="t">Who slumber in the Lord!</div> +<div class="l">O, be like theirs my last repose,</div> +<div class="t">Like theirs my last reward!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>Their ransomed spirits soar,</div> +<div class="t">On wings of faith and love,</div> +<div class="l">To meet the Saviour they adore,</div> +<div class="t">And reign with him above.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>With us their names shall live</div> +<div class="t">Through long-succeeding years,</div> +<div class="l">Embalmed with all our hearts can give,--</div> +<div class="t">Our praises and our tears.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0605"> + +<h3>605. <span class="meter">L. M. 6l.</span> <span class="sc">Sarah F. Adams.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>The mourners came at break of day</div> +<div class="t">Unto the garden-sepulchre;</div> +<div class="l">With darkened hearts to weep and pray,</div> +<div class="t">For him, the loved one buried there.</div> +<div class="l">What radiant light dispels the gloom?</div> +<div class="l">An angel sits beside the tomb.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Then mourn we not beloved dead,</div> +<div class="t">E'en while we come to weep and pray;</div> +<div class="l">The happy spirit far hath fled.</div> +<div class="t">To brighter realms of endless day;</div> +<div class="l">Immortal hope dispels the gloom!</div> +<div class="l">An angel sits beside the tomb.</div> +</div> + +</div> + + +<h2>SUBMISSION AND RELIANCE.</h2> + +<div class="hymn" id="h0606"> + +<h3>606. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"Trust ye in the Lord."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>When grief and anguish press me down,</div> +<div class="t">And hope and comfort flee,</div> +<div class="l">I cling, O Father, to thy throne,</div> +<div class="t">And stay my heart on thee.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>When clouds of dark temptation rise,</div> +<div class="t">And pour their wrath on me,</div> +<div class="l">To thee for aid I turn my eyes,</div> +<div class="t">And fix my trust on thee.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>When death invades my peaceful home,</div> +<div class="t">The sundered ties shall be</div> +<div class="l">A closer bond in time to come,</div> +<div class="t">To bind my heart to thee.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Lord,--"Not my will but thine be done!"</div> +<div class="t">My soul from fear set free,</div> +<div class="l">Her faith shall anchor at thy throne,</div> +<div class="t">And trust alone in thee.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0607"> + +<h3>607. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Doddridge.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Weeping Seed-Time and Joyful Harvest. <span class="scripRef">Ps. 126.</span></p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>The darkened sky, how thick it lowers!</div> +<div class="l">Troubled with storms, and big with showers,</div> +<div class="l">No cheerful gleam of light appears,</div> +<div class="l">And nature pours forth all her tears.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>But seeds of ecstasy unknown</div> +<div class="l">Are in these watered furrows sown:</div> +<div class="l">See the green blades, how thick they rise,</div> +<div class="l">And with fresh verdure bless our eyes!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>In secret foldings they contain</div> +<div class="l">Unnumbered ears of golden grain:</div> +<div class="l">And heaven shall pour its beams around,</div> +<div class="l">Till the ripe harvest load the ground.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Then shall the trembling mourner come</div> +<div class="l">And bind his sheaves and bear them home;</div> +<div class="l">The voice long broke with sighs shall sing,</div> +<div class="l">Till heaven with hallelujahs ring.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0608"> + +<h3>608. <span class="meter">L. M. 6l.</span> <span class="sc">Grant.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"He is able to save unto the uttermost."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>When vexing thoughts within me rise,</div> +<div class="l">And, sore dismayed, my spirit dies;</div> +<div class="l">Yet he who once vouchsafed to bear</div> +<div class="l">The sick'ning anguish of despair,</div> +<div class="l">Shall sweetly soothe, shall gently dry,</div> +<div class="l">The throbbing heart, the streaming eye.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>When, mourning, o'er some stone I bend,</div> +<div class="l">Which covers all that was a friend,</div> +<div class="l">And from his voice, his hand, his smile,</div> +<div class="l">Divides me for a little while;</div> +<div class="l">Thou, Saviour, mark'st the tears I shed,</div> +<div class="l">For thou didst weep o'er Lazarus dead.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>And oh, when I have safely past</div> +<div class="l">Through every conflict but the last,</div> +<div class="l">Still, still unchanging, watch beside</div> +<div class="l">My painful bed--for thou hast died;</div> +<div class="l">Then point to realms of cloudless day,</div> +<div class="l">And wipe the latest tear away.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0609"> + +<h3>609. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Cotton.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">God, the Refuge of the Afflicted.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Affliction is a stormy deep,</div> +<div class="t">Where wave resounds to wave;</div> +<div class="l">Though o'er our heads the billows roll,</div> +<div class="t">We know the Lord can save.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>When darkness and when sorrows rose,</div> +<div class="t">And pressed on every side,</div> +<div class="l">The Lord hath still sustained our steps,</div> +<div class="t">And still hath been our Guide.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Perhaps, before the morning dawn,</div> +<div class="t">He will restore our peace;</div> +<div class="l">For he who bade the tempest roar,</div> +<div class="t">Can bid the tempest cease.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Here will we rest, here build our hopes,</div> +<div class="t">Nor murmur at his rod;</div> +<div class="l">He's more to us than all the world,</div> +<div class="t">Our Health, our Life, our God.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0610"> + +<h3>610. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Miss Dodd.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"Thy will be done."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>My Father, grant thy presence nigh</div> +<div class="t">To bear aloft my sinking soul,</div> +<div class="l">When sorrow o'er my pathway here</div> +<div class="t">In widely whelming waves doth roll.</div> +<div class="l">O, teach mine else unguarded heart,</div> +<div class="t">The clouds of gloomy doubt to shun,</div> +<div class="l">To bow unto thy chastening hand,</div> +<div class="t">And meekly say "Thy will be done."</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Though dark to us thy ways may seem,</div> +<div class="t">Thy needful chastisements severe;</div> +<div class="l">Thou dost not willingly afflict,</div> +<div class="t">Nor grieve thy erring children here.</div> +<div class="l">O, teach my heart to lean on thee,</div> +<div class="t">To faith and resignation won,</div> +<div class="l">To see thy love in all its ways,</div> +<div class="t">And humbly say, "Thy will be done."</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0611"> + +<h3>611. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Holy Contentment.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Lord, my times are in thy hand:</div> +<div class="t">All my fondest hopes have planned</div> +<div class="l">To thy wisdom I resign,</div> +<div class="t">And would make thy purpose mine.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Thou my daily task shalt give;</div> +<div class="t">Day by day to thee I live:</div> +<div class="l">So shall added years fulfil</div> +<div class="t">Not my own, my Father's will.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Fond ambition, whisper not;</div> +<div class="t">Happy is my humble lot:</div> +<div class="l">Anxious, busy cares, away;</div> +<div class="t">I'm provided for to-day.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>O, to live exempt from care,</div> +<div class="t">By the energy of prayer,</div> +<div class="l">Strong in faith, with mind subdued,</div> +<div class="t">Yet elate with gratitude!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0612"> + +<h3>612. <span class="meter">L. M. 6l.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Invocation of our Father's Presence.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>O Father,--draw us after thee!</div> +<div class="t">So shall we run and never tire;</div> +<div class="l">Thy presence still our comfort be,</div> +<div class="t">Our hope, our joy, our sole desire;</div> +<div class="l">Thy Spirit grant;--for neither fear</div> +<div class="l">Nor sin can come, while that is here.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>From all eternity, with love</div> +<div class="t">Unchangeable, thou hast us viewed;</div> +<div class="l">Before these beating hearts did move,</div> +<div class="t">Thy tender mercies us pursued:</div> +<div class="l">Ever with us may they abide,</div> +<div class="l">And close us in on every side.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>In suffering be thy love our peace;</div> +<div class="t">In weakness be thy love our power;</div> +<div class="l">And when the storms of life shall cease,</div> +<div class="t">O God! in that important hour,</div> +<div class="l">In death as life be thou our guide,</div> +<div class="l">And bear us through death's whelming tide.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0613"> + +<h3>613. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Heginbotham.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Praising God in all Changes.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Father of mercies, God of love,</div> +<div class="t">My Father and my God!</div> +<div class="l">I'll sing the honors of thy name;</div> +<div class="t">And spread thy praise abroad.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>In every period of my life,</div> +<div class="t">Thy thoughts of love appear;</div> +<div class="l">Thy mercies gild each transient scene,</div> +<div class="t">And crown each lengthening year.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>In all these mercies may my soul</div> +<div class="t">A father's bounty see:</div> +<div class="l">Nor let the gifts thy grace bestows</div> +<div class="t">Estrange my heart from thee.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Then will I close my eyes in death,</div> +<div class="t">Free from distressing fear;</div> +<div class="l">For death itself is life, my God,</div> +<div class="t">If thou art with me there.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0614"> + +<h3>614. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Cowper.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Welcome, Cross.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>'Tis my happiness below</div> +<div class="t">Not to live without the cross,</div> +<div class="l">But the Saviour's power to know,</div> +<div class="t">Sanctifying every loss:</div> +<div class="l">Trials must and will befall;</div> +<div class="t">But with humble faith to see</div> +<div class="l">Love inscribed upon them all,--</div> +<div class="t">This is happiness to me.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>God in Israel sows the seeds</div> +<div class="t">Of affliction, pain and toil:</div> +<div class="l">These spring up and choke the weeds</div> +<div class="t">Which would else o'erspread the soil:</div> +<div class="l">Trials make the promise sweet;</div> +<div class="t">Trials give new life to prayer;</div> +<div class="l">Trials bring me to his feet,</div> +<div class="t">Lay me low, and keep me there.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0615"> + +<h3>615. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"Thy will be done."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>When called, O Lord, to mourn the doom</div> +<div class="t">Of one affection held most dear,--</div> +<div class="l">While o'er the closing, silent tomb,</div> +<div class="t">The bleeding heart distils the tear,--</div> +<div class="l">Though love its tribute sure will pay,</div> +<div class="t">And early streams of solace shun,</div> +<div class="l">Still, still the humble soul would say,</div> +<div class="t">In lowly dust, "Thy will be done."</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Whate'er, O Lord, thou hast designed</div> +<div class="t">To bring my soul to thee in trust,</div> +<div class="l">If miseries or afflictions kind,--</div> +<div class="t">For all thy dealings, Lord, are just,--</div> +<div class="l">Take all, but grant, in goodness free,</div> +<div class="t">That love which ne'er thy stroke should shun;</div> +<div class="l">Support this heart and strengthen me</div> +<div class="t">To say in faith, "Thy will be done."</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0616"> + +<h3>616. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Doddridge.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"My times are in thy hand."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>To Thee, my God, my days are known;</div> +<div class="t">My soul enjoys the thought;</div> +<div class="l">My actions all before thy face,</div> +<div class="t">Nor are my faults forgot.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Each secret breath devotion vents</div> +<div class="t">Is vocal to thine ear;</div> +<div class="l">And all my walks of daily life</div> +<div class="t">Before thine eye appear.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Each golden hour of beaming light</div> +<div class="t">Is gilded by thy rays;</div> +<div class="l">And dark affliction's midnight gloom</div> +<div class="t">A present God surveys.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Full in thy view through life I pass,</div> +<div class="t">And in thy view I die;</div> +<div class="l">And when each mortal bond is broke,</div> +<div class="t">Shall find my God is nigh.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0617"> + +<h3>617. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Tate & Brady.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Praising God through all Changes.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Through all the changing scenes of life,</div> +<div class="t">In trouble and in joy,</div> +<div class="l">The praises of my God shall still</div> +<div class="t">My heart and tongue employ.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Of his deliverance I will boast,</div> +<div class="t">Till all who are distressed</div> +<div class="l">From my example comfort take,</div> +<div class="t">And charm their griefs to rest.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>The hosts of God encamp around</div> +<div class="t">The dwellings of the just;</div> +<div class="l">Deliverance he affords to all</div> +<div class="t">Who in his succor trust.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>O make but trial of his love!</div> +<div class="t">Experience will decide</div> +<div class="l">How blest they are, and only they,</div> +<div class="t">Who in his truth confide.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0618"> + +<h3>618. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Trusting in God.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>From early dawning light</div> +<div class="t">Till evening shades arise,</div> +<div class="l">For thy salvation, Lord, I wait,</div> +<div class="t">With ever-longing eyes.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Remember all thy grace,</div> +<div class="t">And lead me in thy truth;</div> +<div class="l">Forgive the sins of riper days,</div> +<div class="t">And follies of my youth.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>The Lord is just and kind;</div> +<div class="t">The meek shall learn his ways,</div> +<div class="l">And every humble sinner find</div> +<div class="t">The blessings of his grace.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0619"> + +<h3>619. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Cowper.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Resignation and Trust.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>O Lord, my best desire fulfil,</div> +<div class="t">And help me to resign</div> +<div class="l">Life, health and comfort to thy will,</div> +<div class="t">And make thy pleasure mine.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Why should I shrink at thy command,</div> +<div class="t">Whose love forbids my fears?</div> +<div class="l">Or tremble at thy gracious hand</div> +<div class="t">That wipes away my tears?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>No! let me rather freely yield</div> +<div class="t">What most I prize, to thee;</div> +<div class="l">Who never hast a good withheld,</div> +<div class="t">Or wilt withhold from me.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>But ah! my inmost spirit cries,</div> +<div class="t">Still bind me to thy sway;</div> +<div class="l">Else the next cloud that veils the skies,</div> +<div class="t">Drives all these thoughts away.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0620"> + +<h3>620. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Bowring.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>On light-beams breaking from above,</div> +<div class="t">The eternal course of mercy runs;</div> +<div class="l">And by ten thousand cords of love</div> +<div class="t">Our heavenly Father guides his sons.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Amidst affliction's thickest host,</div> +<div class="t">And sorrow's darkest, mightiest band,</div> +<div class="l">The heavenly cord is drawn the most,</div> +<div class="t">And most is felt the heavenly hand.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Oh, be it mine to feel, to see</div> +<div class="t">Through earth's perplexed and varying road,</div> +<div class="l">The cords that link us, God, to thee,</div> +<div class="t">And draw us to thine own abode.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0621"> + +<h3>621. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Norton.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Trust and Submission.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>My God, I thank thee! may no thought</div> +<div class="t">E'er deem thy chastisements severe;</div> +<div class="l">But may this heart, by sorrow taught,</div> +<div class="t">Calm each wild wish, each idle fear.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Thy mercy bids all nature bloom;</div> +<div class="t">The sun shines bright, and man is gay;</div> +<div class="l">Thine equal mercy spreads the gloom,</div> +<div class="t">That darkens o'er his little day.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Full many a throb of grief and pain</div> +<div class="t">Thy frail and erring child must know:</div> +<div class="l">But not one prayer is breathed in vain,</div> +<div class="t">Nor does one tear unheeded flow.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Thy various messengers employ;</div> +<div class="t">Thy purposes of love fulfil;</div> +<div class="l">And 'mid the wreck of human joy,</div> +<div class="t">Let kneeling faith adore thy will.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0622"> + +<h3>622. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Confidence in God.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Soon as I heard my Father say,</div> +<div class="t">"Ye children, seek my grace,"</div> +<div class="l">My heart replied without delay,</div> +<div class="t">"I'll seek my Father's face."</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Let not thy face be hid from me,</div> +<div class="t">Nor frown my soul away;</div> +<div class="l">God of my life, I fly to thee</div> +<div class="t">In each distressing day.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Should friends and kindred, near and dear,</div> +<div class="t">Leave me to want, or die,</div> +<div class="l">My God will make my life his care,</div> +<div class="t">And all my need supply.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Wait on the Lord, ye trembling saints</div> +<div class="t">And keep your courage up;</div> +<div class="l">He'll raise your spirit when it faints,</div> +<div class="t">And far exceed your hope.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0623"> + +<h3>623. <span class="meter">C. M.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Comforts of Religion.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>When gloomy thoughts and boding fears</div> +<div class="t">The trembling heart invade,</div> +<div class="l">And all the face of nature wears</div> +<div class="t">A universal shade,--</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Religion's dictates can assuage</div> +<div class="t">The tempest of the soul;</div> +<div class="l">And every fear shall cease to rage,</div> +<div class="t">At her divine control.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>When feeble reason, tired and blind,</div> +<div class="t">Sinks helpless and afraid,</div> +<div class="l">This blest supporter of the mind</div> +<div class="t">Affords a powerful aid.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>O may our hearts confess her power,</div> +<div class="t">And find a sweet relief,</div> +<div class="l">To brighten every gloomy hour,</div> +<div class="t">And soften every grief!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0624"> + +<h3>624. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Tate & Brady.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Confidence in the Divine Care.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>No change of times shall ever shock</div> +<div class="t">My firm affection, Lord, to thee;</div> +<div class="l">For thou hast always been a rock,</div> +<div class="t">A fortress and defence to me.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Thou my Deliverer art, my God;</div> +<div class="t">My trust is in thy mighty power;</div> +<div class="l">Thou art my shield from foes abroad,</div> +<div class="t">At home my safeguard and my tower.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>To heaven I made my mournful prayer,</div> +<div class="t">To God addressed my humble moan,</div> +<div class="l">Who graciously inclined his ear,</div> +<div class="t">And heard me from his lofty throne.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Who, then, deserves to be adored,</div> +<div class="t">But God, on whom my hopes depend?</div> +<div class="l">Or who, except the mighty Lord,</div> +<div class="t">Can with resistless power defend?</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0625"> + +<h3>625. <span class="meter">C. P. M.</span> <span class="sc">Cotton.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Contentment and Resignation.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>If solid happiness we prize,</div> +<div class="l">Within our breasts the jewel lies;</div> +<div class="t">Nor need we roam abroad:</div> +<div class="l">The world has little to bestow;</div> +<div class="l">From pious hearts our joys must flow,</div> +<div class="t">Hearts that delight in God.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>To be resigned, when ills betide,</div> +<div class="l">Patient, when favors are denied,</div> +<div class="t">And pleased with favors given;</div> +<div class="l">This is the wise, the virtuous part;</div> +<div class="l">This is that incense of the heart,</div> +<div class="t">Whose fragrance reaches heaven.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Thus through life's changing scenes we'll go,</div> +<div class="l">Its checkered paths of joy and woe,</div> +<div class="t">With holy care we'll tread:</div> +<div class="l">Quit its vain scenes without a tear,</div> +<div class="l">Without a trouble or a fear,</div> +<div class="t">And mingle with the dead.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0626"> + +<h3>626. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Aveling.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Fear not.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Whene'er the clouds of sorrow roll,</div> +<div class="t">And trials whelm the mind,--</div> +<div class="l">When, faint with grief, thy wearied soul</div> +<div class="t">No joys on earth can find,--</div> +<div class="l">Then lift thy voice to God on high,</div> +<div class="t">Dry up the trembling tear,</div> +<div class="l">And hush the low complaining sigh:</div> +<div class="t">Fear not; thy God is near.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>When dark temptations spread their snares</div> +<div class="t">And earth with charms allures,</div> +<div class="l">And when thy soul, oppressed with fears,</div> +<div class="t">The world's assault endures,</div> +<div class="l">Then let thy Father's friendly voice</div> +<div class="t">Thy fainting spirit cheer,</div> +<div class="l">And bid thy trembling heart rejoice:</div> +<div class="t">Fear not; thy God is near.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>And when the final hour shall come,</div> +<div class="t">That calls thee to thy rest,</div> +<div class="l">To dwell within thy heavenly home,</div> +<div class="t">A welcome, joyful guest,</div> +<div class="l">Be calm; though Jordan's waves may roll,</div> +<div class="t">No ills shall meet thee there;</div> +<div class="l">Angels shall whisper to thy soul,</div> +<div class="t">Fear not; thy God is near.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0627"> + +<h3>627. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Doddridge.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Trust in the Presence and Help of God.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>And art thou with us, gracious Lord,</div> +<div class="t">To dissipate our fear?</div> +<div class="l">Dost thou proclaim thyself our God,</div> +<div class="t">Our God forever near?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Doth thy right hand, which formed the earth,</div> +<div class="t">And bears up all the skies,</div> +<div class="l">Stretch from on high its friendly aid,</div> +<div class="t">When dangers round us rise?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>On this support our souls shall lean,</div> +<div class="t">And banish every care;</div> +<div class="l">The gloomy vale of death will smile,</div> +<div class="t">If God be with us there.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>While we his gracious succor prove,</div> +<div class="t">'Midst all our various ways,</div> +<div class="l">The darkest shades, through which we pass,</div> +<div class="t">Shall echo with his praise.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0628"> + +<h3>628. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Beddome.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Submission.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Wait, O my soul, thy Maker's will!</div> +<div class="l">Tumultuous passions, all be still!</div> +<div class="l">Nor let one murmuring thought arise;</div> +<div class="l">His ways are just, his counsels wise.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>He in the thickest darkness dwells,</div> +<div class="l">Performs his work,--the cause conceals;</div> +<div class="l">But though his methods are unknown,</div> +<div class="l">Judgment and truth support his throne.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>In heaven, and earth, and air, and seas,</div> +<div class="l">He executes his firm decrees;</div> +<div class="l">And by his saints it stands confessed</div> +<div class="l">That what he does is ever best.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0629"> + +<h3>629. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Burder's Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Rejoicing in Adversity.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>What though no flowers the fig-tree clothe</div> +<div class="t">Though vines their fruit deny,</div> +<div class="l">The labor of the olive fail,</div> +<div class="t">And fields no meat supply;--</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Though from the fold, with sad surprise,</div> +<div class="t">My flock cut off I see;</div> +<div class="l">Though famine reign in empty stalls,</div> +<div class="t">Where herds were wont to be;--</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Yet in the Lord will I be glad,</div> +<div class="t">And glory in his love;</div> +<div class="l">In him I'll joy, who will the God</div> +<div class="t">Of my salvation prove.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>God is the treasure of my soul,</div> +<div class="t">The source of lasting joy--</div> +<div class="l">A joy which want shall not impair,</div> +<div class="t">Nor death itself destroy.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0630"> + +<h3>630. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"Blessed are they that mourn."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>In trouble and in grief, O God,</div> +<div class="t">Thy smile hath cheered my way;</div> +<div class="l">And joy hath budded from each thorn</div> +<div class="t">That round my footsteps lay.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>The hours of pain have yielded good,</div> +<div class="t">Which prosperous days refused;</div> +<div class="l">As herbs, though scentless when entire,</div> +<div class="t">Spread fragrance when they're bruised.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>The oak strikes deeper as its boughs</div> +<div class="t">By furious blasts are driven;</div> +<div class="l">So life's vicissitudes the more</div> +<div class="t">Have fixed my heart in heaven.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>All-gracious Lord! whate'er my lot</div> +<div class="t">In other times may be,</div> +<div class="l">I'll welcome still the heaviest grief,</div> +<div class="t">That brings me near to thee.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0631"> + +<h3>631. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Bowring.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">God Merciful in Affliction.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Mysterious are the ways of God,</div> +<div class="t">And fear and blindness oft repine;</div> +<div class="l">We murmur 'neath his chastening rod,</div> +<div class="t">Because we read not his design.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Impending clouds his love has spread</div> +<div class="t">O'er this low vale where mortals dwell;</div> +<div class="l">And oft we mourn his spirit fled,</div> +<div class="t">When adverse tempests round us swell.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>But in those storms that sometimes roll,</div> +<div class="t">Our mortal dwellings dark above,</div> +<div class="l">Whose threatening shades dismay the soul,</div> +<div class="t">Dwells the bright presence of his love.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>We cannot see him--not a ray</div> +<div class="t">Of all his glory there appears,</div> +<div class="l">And oft we thread our darkened way,</div> +<div class="t">Trembling with anxious doubts and fears.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Yet faith still looks beyond the gloom,</div> +<div class="t">While hope's bright star illumes our night;</div> +<div class="l">Pilgrims of earth! though dark the tomb,</div> +<div class="t">It leads to scenes of bliss and light.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0632"> + +<h3>632. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Moore.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>O Thou who driest the mourner's tear,</div> +<div class="t">How dark this world would be,</div> +<div class="l">If, when deceived and wounded here,</div> +<div class="t">We could not fly to thee!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>But thou wilt heal that broken heart,</div> +<div class="t">Which like the plants that throw</div> +<div class="l">Their fragrance from the wounded part,</div> +<div class="t">Breathes sweetness out of woe.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>When joy no longer soothes or cheers,</div> +<div class="t">And e'en the hope that threw</div> +<div class="l">A moment's sparkle o'er our tears</div> +<div class="t">Is dimmed and vanished too;</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>O, who would bear life's stormy doom,</div> +<div class="t">Did not thy wing of love</div> +<div class="l">Come, brightly wafting through the gloom</div> +<div class="t">Our peace-branch from above?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Then sorrow touched by thee grows bright,</div> +<div class="t">With more than rapture's ray;</div> +<div class="l">The darkness shows us worlds of light</div> +<div class="t">We never saw by day.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0633"> + +<h3>633. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Drummond.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"God is our refuge and strength; a very present help in trouble."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Bereft of all, when hopeless care</div> +<div class="t">Would sink us to the tomb,</div> +<div class="l">O what can save us from despair?</div> +<div class="t">What dissipate the gloom?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>No balm that earthly plants distil</div> +<div class="t">Can soothe the mourner's smart;</div> +<div class="l">No mortal hand with lenient skill</div> +<div class="t">Bind up the broken heart.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>But One alone, who reigns above,</div> +<div class="t">Our woe to peace can turn,</div> +<div class="l">And light the lamp of joy and love</div> +<div class="t">That long has ceased to burn.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Then, O my soul, to that One flee,</div> +<div class="t">To God thy woes reveal;</div> +<div class="l">His eye alone thy wounds can see,</div> +<div class="t">His hand alone can heal.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0634"> + +<h3>634. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Montgomery.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>God is our refuge and defence,</div> +<div class="t">In trouble our unfailing aid;</div> +<div class="l">Secure in his omnipotence,</div> +<div class="t">What foe can make our soul afraid?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Yea, though the earth's foundations rock,</div> +<div class="t">And mountains down the gulf be hurled,</div> +<div class="l">His people smile amid the shock,</div> +<div class="t">They look beyond this transient world.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>There is a river pure and bright,</div> +<div class="t">Whose streams make glad the heavenly plains,</div> +<div class="l">Where, in eternity of light,</div> +<div class="t">The city of our God remains.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Built by the word of his command,</div> +<div class="t">With his unclouded presence blessed,</div> +<div class="l">Firm as his throne the bulwarks stand;</div> +<div class="t">There is our home, our hope, our rest.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0635"> + +<h3>635. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Trust amid the Severities of God.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Thou Power supreme, whose mighty scheme</div> +<div class="t">These woes of mine fulfil,</div> +<div class="l">Here, firm, I rest; they must be best,</div> +<div class="t">Because they are thy will.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Then all I want,--O do thou grant</div> +<div class="t">This one request of mine,--</div> +<div class="l">Since to enjoy thou dost deny,</div> +<div class="t">Assist me to resign.</div> +</div> + +</div> + + +<h2>RELIGIOUS EXULTATION.</h2> + +<div class="hymn" id="h0636"> + +<h3>636. <span class="meter">7s. & 6s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Montgomery.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Confidence in God. <span class="scripRef">Ps. 27.</span></p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>God is my strong salvation;</div> +<div class="t">What foe have I to fear?</div> +<div class="l">In darkness and temptation</div> +<div class="t">My Light, my Help, is near.</div> +<div class="l">Though hosts encamp around me,</div> +<div class="t">Firm to the fight I stand;</div> +<div class="l">What terror can confound me</div> +<div class="t">With God at my right hand?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Place on the Lord reliance;</div> +<div class="t">My soul, with courage wait;</div> +<div class="l">His truth be thine affiance,</div> +<div class="t">When faint and desolate;</div> +<div class="l">His might thine heart shall strengthen;</div> +<div class="t">His love thy joy increase;</div> +<div class="l">Mercy thy days shall lengthen;</div> +<div class="t">The Lord will give thee peace.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0637"> + +<h3>637. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Moravian.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Reliance on God.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>Give to the winds thy fears;</div> +<div class="t">Hope and be undismayed;</div> +<div class="l">God hears thy sighs, God counts thy tears;</div> +<div class="t">God shall lift up thy head.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>Through waves, through clouds and storms,</div> +<div class="t">He gently clears thy way;</div> +<div class="l">Wait thou his time, so shall the night</div> +<div class="t">Soon end in joyous day.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>He everywhere hath rule,</div> +<div class="t">And all things serve his might;</div> +<div class="l">His every act pure blessing is,</div> +<div class="t">His path unsullied light.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>Thou seest our weakness, Lord,</div> +<div class="t">Our hearts are known to thee:</div> +<div class="l">O, lift thou up the sinking hand,</div> +<div class="t">Confirm the feeble knee!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">5</span>Let us, in life or death,</div> +<div class="t">Boldly thy truth declare;</div> +<div class="l">And publish, with our latest breath,</div> +<div class="t">Thy love and guardian care.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0638"> + +<h3>638. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Doddridge.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Praising God in Life and in Death.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>God of my life! through all its days</div> +<div class="l">My grateful powers shall sound thy praise;</div> +<div class="l">The song shall wake with opening light,</div> +<div class="l">And warble to the silent night.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>When anxious cares would break my rest,</div> +<div class="l">And griefs would tear my throbbing breast,</div> +<div class="l">Thy tuneful praises, raised on high,</div> +<div class="l">Shall check the murmur and the sigh.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>But, O, when that last conflict's o'er,</div> +<div class="l">And I am chained to flesh no more;</div> +<div class="l">With what glad accents shall I rise</div> +<div class="l">To join the music of the skies!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Soon shall I learn the exalted strains</div> +<div class="l">Which echo o'er the heavenly plains;</div> +<div class="l">And emulate, with joy unknown,</div> +<div class="l">The glowing seraphs round thy throne.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0639"> + +<h3>639. <span class="meter">H. M.</span> <span class="sc">Doddridge.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Faithfulness of God's Promise.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>The promises I sing,</div> +<div class="t2">Which sovereign love hath spoke;</div> +<div class="t">Nor will the eternal King</div> +<div class="t2">His words of grace revoke;</div> +<div class="t3">They stand secure,</div> +<div class="l">And steadfast still;</div> +<div class="l">Not Zion's hill</div> +<div class="t3">Abides so sure.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>The mountains melt away,</div> +<div class="t2">When once the Judge appears,</div> +<div class="t">And sun and moon decay,</div> +<div class="t2">That measure mortal years;</div> +<div class="t3">But still the same,</div> +<div class="l">In radiant lines,</div> +<div class="l">The promise shines,</div> +<div class="t3">Through all the flame.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0640"> + +<h3>640. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Salvation.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Salvation! O, the joyful sound!</div> +<div class="t">'Tis pleasure to our ears,</div> +<div class="l">A sovereign balm for every wound,</div> +<div class="t">A cordial for our fears.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Buried in sorrow and in sin,</div> +<div class="t">At death's dark door we lay;</div> +<div class="l">But we arise, by grace divine,</div> +<div class="t">To see a heavenly day.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Salvation! let the echo fly</div> +<div class="t">The spacious earth around,</div> +<div class="l">While all the armies of the sky</div> +<div class="t">Conspire to raise the sound.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0641"> + +<h3>641. <span class="meter">8s. & 7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Dublin Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Praise from Earth and Heaven.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Praise the Lord! ye heavens adore him;</div> +<div class="t">Praise him, angels in the height;</div> +<div class="l">Sun and moon rejoice before him;</div> +<div class="t">Praise him, all ye stars of light!</div> +<div class="l">Praise the Lord, for he hath spoken;</div> +<div class="t">Worlds his mighty voice obeyed;</div> +<div class="l">Laws which never can be broken,</div> +<div class="t">For their guidance he hath made.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Praise the Lord! for he is glorious,</div> +<div class="t">Never shall his promise fail;</div> +<div class="l">God hath made his saints victorious,</div> +<div class="t">Sin and death shall not prevail:</div> +<div class="l">Praise the God of our salvation,</div> +<div class="t">Hosts on high his power proclaim;</div> +<div class="l">Heaven and earth, and all creation,</div> +<div class="t">Praise and magnify his name!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0642"> + +<h3>642. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Experience of God's Grace.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>When God revealed his gracious name,</div> +<div class="t">And changed my mournful state,</div> +<div class="l">My rapture seemed a pleasing dream,</div> +<div class="t">The grace appeared so great.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>The world beheld the glorious change,</div> +<div class="t">And did thy hand confess;</div> +<div class="l">My tongue broke out in unknown strains,</div> +<div class="t">And sung surprising grace.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>The Lord can clear the darkest skies,</div> +<div class="t">Can give us day for night;</div> +<div class="l">Make drops of sacred sorrow rise</div> +<div class="t">To rivers of delight.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Let those, who sow in sadness, wait</div> +<div class="t">Till the fair harvest come;</div> +<div class="l">They shall confess their sheaves are great,</div> +<div class="t">And shout the blessings home.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0643"> + +<h3>643. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Beddome.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Fear not.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Ye trembling souls, dismiss your fears;</div> +<div class="t">Be mercy all your theme;</div> +<div class="l">For mercy like a river flows,</div> +<div class="t">In one perpetual stream.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Fear not the powers of earth and hell;</div> +<div class="t">God will those powers restrain;</div> +<div class="l">His arm will all their rage repel,</div> +<div class="t">And make their efforts vain.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Fear not the want of outward good;</div> +<div class="t">For his he will provide,</div> +<div class="l">Grant them supplies of daily food,</div> +<div class="t">And give them heaven beside.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Fear not that he will e'er forsake,</div> +<div class="t">Or leave his work undone;</div> +<div class="l">He's faithful to his promises,</div> +<div class="t">And faithful to his Son.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0644"> + +<h3>644. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Heginbotham.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Rejoicing in God, our Father.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Come, shout aloud the Father's grace,</div> +<div class="t">And sing the Saviour's love;</div> +<div class="l">Soon shall you join the glorious theme,</div> +<div class="t">In loftier strains above.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>God, the eternal, mighty God,</div> +<div class="t">To dearer names descends;</div> +<div class="l">Calls us his treasure and his joy,</div> +<div class="t">His children and his friends.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>My Father, God! and may these lips</div> +<div class="t">Pronounce a name so dear?</div> +<div class="l">Not thus could heaven's sweet harmony</div> +<div class="t">Delight my listening ear.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Thanks to my God for every gift</div> +<div class="t">His bounteous hands bestow;</div> +<div class="l">And thanks eternal for that love</div> +<div class="t">Whence all these comforts flow.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0645"> + +<h3>645. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>The Lord of Glory is my Light,</div> +<div class="t">And my Salvation too:</div> +<div class="l">God is my strength, nor will I fear</div> +<div class="t">What all my foes can do.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>One privilege my heart desires--</div> +<div class="t">Oh grant me an abode</div> +<div class="l">Among the churches of thy saints,</div> +<div class="t">The temples of my God!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>There shall I offer my requests,</div> +<div class="t">And see thy beauty still;</div> +<div class="l">Shall hear thy messages of love,</div> +<div class="t">And there inquire thy will.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>When troubles rise and storms appear,</div> +<div class="t">There may his children hide:</div> +<div class="l">God has a strong pavilion, where</div> +<div class="t">He makes my soul abide.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Now shall my head be lifted high</div> +<div class="t">Above my foes around,</div> +<div class="l">And songs of joy and victory</div> +<div class="t">Within thy temple sound.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0646"> + +<h3>646. <span class="meter">7s. & 6s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>To Thee, my God and Saviour,</div> +<div class="t">My soul exulting sings;</div> +<div class="l">Rejoicing in thy favor,</div> +<div class="t">Almighty King of kings!</div> +<div class="l">I'll celebrate thy glory</div> +<div class="t">With all thy saints above.</div> +<div class="l">And tell the joyful story</div> +<div class="t">Of thy redeeming love.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Soon as the morn with roses</div> +<div class="t">Bedecks the dewy east,</div> +<div class="l">And when the sun reposes</div> +<div class="t">Upon the ocean's breast;</div> +<div class="l">My voice in supplication,</div> +<div class="t">My Saviour, thou shalt hear:</div> +<div class="l">O grant me thy salvation,</div> +<div class="t">And to my soul draw near.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Thy gracious love possessing</div> +<div class="t">In all my pilgrim road,</div> +<div class="l">My soul shall feel thy blessing</div> +<div class="t">In thy divine abode.</div> +<div class="l">There bowing down before thee,</div> +<div class="t">My every conflict o'er,</div> +<div class="l">My spirit shall adore thee,</div> +<div class="t">Forever, evermore.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0647"> + +<h3>647. <span class="meter">P. M.</span> <span class="sc">Warren St. Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Triumph.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Daughter of Zion, awake from thy sadness!</div> +<div class="t">Awake! for thy foes shall oppress thee no more;</div> +<div class="l">Bright o'er thy hills dawns the day-star of gladness,</div> +<div class="t">Arise! for the night of thy sorrow is o'er.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Strong were thy foes, but the arm that subdued them</div> +<div class="t">And scattered their legions was mightier far;</div> +<div class="l">They fled like the chaff from the scourge that pursued them,</div> +<div class="t">Vain were their steeds and their chariots of war.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Daughter of Zion, the power that hath saved thee</div> +<div class="t">Extolled with the harp and the timbrel should be;</div> +<div class="l">Shout! for the foe is destroyed that enslaved thee;</div> +<div class="t">Th' oppressor is vanquished, and Zion is free.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0648"> + +<h3>648. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">J. Q. Adams.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Psalm 23.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>My Shepherd is the Lord on high;</div> +<div class="t">His hand supplies me still;</div> +<div class="l">In pastures green he makes me lie,</div> +<div class="t">Beside the rippling rill:</div> +<div class="l">He cheers my soul, relieves my woes,</div> +<div class="t">His glory to display;</div> +<div class="l">The paths of righteousness he shows,</div> +<div class="t">And leads me in his way.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Though walking through death's dismal shade,</div> +<div class="t">No evil will I fear;</div> +<div class="l">Thy rod, thy staff shall lend me aid,</div> +<div class="t">For thou art ever near:</div> +<div class="l">For me a table thou dost spread</div> +<div class="t">In presence of my foes;</div> +<div class="l">With oil thou dost anoint my head;</div> +<div class="t">By thee my cup o'erflows.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Thy goodness and thy mercy sure</div> +<div class="t">Shall bless me all my days;</div> +<div class="l">And I, with lips sincere and pure,</div> +<div class="t">Will celebrate thy praise:</div> +<div class="l">Yes, in the temple of the Lord</div> +<div class="t">Forever I will dwell;</div> +<div class="l">To after time thy name record,</div> +<div class="t">And of thy glory tell.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0649"> + +<h3>649. <span class="meter">8s. & 7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Bowring.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Cross of Christ.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>In the cross of Christ I glory,</div> +<div class="t">Towering o'er the wrecks of time;</div> +<div class="l">All the light of sacred story</div> +<div class="t">Gathers round its head sublime.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>When the woes of life o'ertake me,</div> +<div class="t">Hopes deceive, and fears annoy,</div> +<div class="l">Never shall the cross forsake me;</div> +<div class="t">Lo! it glows with peace and joy.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>When the sun of bliss is beaming</div> +<div class="t">Light and love upon my way,</div> +<div class="l">From the cross the radiance streaming</div> +<div class="t">Adds more lustre to the day.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Bane and blessing, pain and pleasure,</div> +<div class="t">By the cross are sanctified;</div> +<div class="l">Peace is there that knows no measure,</div> +<div class="t">Joys that through all time abide.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0650"> + +<h3>650. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Wesley's Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Glorying in Christ.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Let not the wise their wisdom boast;</div> +<div class="t">The mighty glory in his might;</div> +<div class="l">The rich in flattering riches trust,</div> +<div class="t">Which take their everlasting flight.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>The rush of numerous years bears down</div> +<div class="t">The most gigantic strength of man;</div> +<div class="l">And where is all his wisdom gone,</div> +<div class="t">When dust he turns to dust again?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>The Lord, my righteousness, I praise,</div> +<div class="t">I triumph in the love divine,</div> +<div class="l">The wisdom, wealth, and strength of grace</div> +<div class="t">In Christ through endless ages mine.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0651"> + +<h3>651. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Doddridge.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Way to the Heavenly City.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Sing, ye redeemed of the Lord,</div> +<div class="t">Your great Deliverer sing;</div> +<div class="l">Pilgrims, for Zion's city bound,</div> +<div class="t">Be joyful in your King.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>A hand divine shall lead you on</div> +<div class="t">Through all the blissful road,</div> +<div class="l">Till to the sacred mount you rise,</div> +<div class="t">And see your Father, God.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>There garlands of immortal joy</div> +<div class="t">Shall bloom on every head,</div> +<div class="l">While sorrow, sighing, and distress,</div> +<div class="t">Like shadows all are fled.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>March on in your Redeemer's strength,</div> +<div class="t">Pursue his footsteps still,</div> +<div class="l">And let the prospect cheer your eye</div> +<div class="t">While laboring up the hill.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0652"> + +<h3>652. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Doddridge.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Grace first and last in Salvation.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>Grace! 'tis a charming sound!</div> +<div class="t">Harmonious to the ear!</div> +<div class="l">Heaven with the echo shall resound,</div> +<div class="t">And all the earth shall hear.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>Grace first contrived the way</div> +<div class="t">To save rebellious man;</div> +<div class="l">And all the steps that grace display</div> +<div class="t">Which drew the wondrous plan.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>Grace led my roving feet</div> +<div class="t">To tread the heavenly road;</div> +<div class="l">And new supplies each hour I meet</div> +<div class="t">While pressing on to God.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>Grace taught my soul to pray,</div> +<div class="t">And made my eyes o'erflow;</div> +<div class="l">'Twas grace that kept me to this day,</div> +<div class="t">And will not let me go.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">5</span>Grace all the work shall crown,</div> +<div class="t">Through everlasting days;</div> +<div class="l">It lays in heaven the topmost stone,</div> +<div class="t">And well deserves the praise.</div> +</div> + +</div> + + +<h2>THE CHURCH, AND ORDINANCES.</h2> + +<div class="hymn" id="h0653"> + +<h3>653. <span class="meter">8s. & 7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">J. Newton.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"Glorious things spoken of Zion."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Glorious things of thee are spoken,</div> +<div class="t">Zion, city of our God!</div> +<div class="l">He whose word cannot be broken</div> +<div class="t">Formed thee for his own abode.</div> +<div class="l">On the Rock of Ages founded,</div> +<div class="t">What can shake thy sure repose?</div> +<div class="l">With salvation's walls surrounded,</div> +<div class="t">Thou mayst smile at all thy foes.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>See! the streams of living waters,</div> +<div class="t">Springing from eternal love,</div> +<div class="l">Well supply thy sons and daughters,</div> +<div class="t">And all fear of want remove.</div> +<div class="l">Who can faint while such a river</div> +<div class="t">Ever flows their thirst t' assuage?</div> +<div class="l">Grace, which, like the Lord the giver,</div> +<div class="t">Never fails from age to age.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Round each habitation hovering,</div> +<div class="t">See the cloud and fire appear!</div> +<div class="l">For a glory and a covering,</div> +<div class="t">Showing that the Lord is near.</div> +<div class="l">Fading is the worldling's pleasure,</div> +<div class="t">All his boasted pomp and show;</div> +<div class="l">Solid joys and lasting treasure</div> +<div class="t">None but Zion's children know.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0654"> + +<h3>654. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Safety of the Church.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>How honored is the place</div> +<div class="t">Where we adoring stand!--</div> +<div class="l">Zion, the glory of the earth,</div> +<div class="t">And beauty of the land.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>Bulwarks of grace defend</div> +<div class="t">The city where we dwell,</div> +<div class="l">While walls, of strong salvation made,</div> +<div class="t">Defy th' assaults of hell.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>Lift up th' eternal gates;</div> +<div class="t">The doors wide open fling;</div> +<div class="l">Enter, ye nations that obey</div> +<div class="t">The statutes of your King.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>Here taste unmingled joys,</div> +<div class="t">And live in perfect peace,</div> +<div class="l">You that have known Jehovah's name,</div> +<div class="t">And ventured on his grace.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">5</span>Trust in the Lord, ye saints,</div> +<div class="t">And banish all your fears;</div> +<div class="l">Strength in the Lord Jehovah dwells,</div> +<div class="t">Eternal as his years.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0655"> + +<h3>655. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Jewish and the Christian Zion. <span class="scripRef">Ps. 48.</span></p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>With stately towers and bulwarks strong,</div> +<div class="t">Unrivalled and alone,</div> +<div class="l">Loved theme of many a sacred song,</div> +<div class="t">God's holy city shone.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Thus fair was Zion's chosen seat,</div> +<div class="t">The glory of all lands;</div> +<div class="l">Yet fairer, and in strength complete,</div> +<div class="t">The Christian temple stands.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>The faithful of each clime and age</div> +<div class="t">This glorious church compose;</div> +<div class="l">Built on a rock, with idle rage</div> +<div class="t">The threatening tempest blows.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>In vain may hostile bands alarm,</div> +<div class="t">For God is her defence;</div> +<div class="l">How weak, how powerless is each arm,</div> +<div class="t">Against Omnipotence!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0656"> + +<h3>656. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Gospel Order.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>Far as thy name is known</div> +<div class="t">The world declares thy praise;</div> +<div class="l">Thy saints, O Lord, before thy throne,</div> +<div class="t">Their songs of honor raise.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>Let strangers walk around</div> +<div class="t">The city where we dwell,</div> +<div class="l">Survey with care thine holy ground,</div> +<div class="t">And mark the building well,--</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>The order of thy house,</div> +<div class="t">The worship of thy court,</div> +<div class="l">The cheerful songs, the solemn vows,</div> +<div class="t">And make a fair report.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>How decent and how wise!</div> +<div class="t">How glorious to behold!</div> +<div class="l">Beyond the pomp that charms the eyes,</div> +<div class="t">And rites adorned with gold.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">5</span>The God we worship now</div> +<div class="t">Will guide us till we die,--</div> +<div class="l">Will be our God while here below,</div> +<div class="t">And ours above the sky.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0657"> + +<h3>657. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Dwight.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Attachment to the Church.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>I love thy church, O God;</div> +<div class="t">Her walls before thee stand,</div> +<div class="l">Dear as the apple of thine eye,</div> +<div class="t">And graven on thy hand.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>For her my tears shall fall;</div> +<div class="t">For her my prayers ascend;</div> +<div class="l">To her my cares and toils be given,</div> +<div class="t">Till toils and cares shall end.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>Beyond my highest joy</div> +<div class="t">I prize her heavenly ways,</div> +<div class="l">Her sweet communion, solemn vows,</div> +<div class="t">Her hymns of love and praise.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>Father and Friend divine,</div> +<div class="t">Our Saviour and our King,</div> +<div class="l">Thy hand, from every snare and foe,</div> +<div class="t">Shall great deliverance bring.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">5</span>Sure as thy truth shall last,</div> +<div class="t">To Zion shall be given</div> +<div class="l">The brightest glories earth can yield,</div> +<div class="t">And brighter bliss of heaven.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0658"> + +<h3>658. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">S. F. Smith.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Christian Fellowship.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Planted in Christ, the living vine,</div> +<div class="t">This day with one accord,</div> +<div class="l">Ourselves, with humble faith and joy,</div> +<div class="t">We yield to thee, O Lord.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Joined in one body may we be:</div> +<div class="t">One inward life partake;</div> +<div class="l">One be our heart; one heavenly hope</div> +<div class="t">In every bosom wake.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>In prayer, in effort, tears, and toils,</div> +<div class="t">One Wisdom be our guide;</div> +<div class="l">Taught by one Spirit from above,</div> +<div class="t">In thee may we abide.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Around this feeble, trusting band</div> +<div class="t">Thy sheltering pinions spread,</div> +<div class="l">Nor let the storms of trial beat</div> +<div class="t">Too fiercely on our head.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Then, when, among the saints in light,</div> +<div class="t">Our joyful spirits shine,</div> +<div class="l">Shall anthems of immortal praise,</div> +<div class="t">O Lamb of God, be thine.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0659"> + +<h3>659. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Fawcett.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Christian Fellowship.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>Blest be the tie that binds</div> +<div class="t">Our hearts in Christian love;</div> +<div class="l">The fellowship of kindred minds</div> +<div class="t">Is like to that above.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>Before our Father's throne</div> +<div class="t">We pour our ardent prayers;</div> +<div class="l">Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one,</div> +<div class="t">Our comforts and our cares.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>We share our mutual woes,</div> +<div class="t">Our mutual burdens bear;</div> +<div class="l">And often for each other flows</div> +<div class="t">The sympathizing tear.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>From sorrow, toil, and sin,</div> +<div class="t">Soon shall we all be free,</div> +<div class="l">And perfect love and friendship reign</div> +<div class="t">Through all eternity.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0660"> + +<h3>660. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Montgomery.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Joined to God's People.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>People of the living God,</div> +<div class="t">I have sought the world around,</div> +<div class="l">Paths of sin and sorrow trod,</div> +<div class="t">Peace and comfort nowhere found.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Now to you my spirit turns,--</div> +<div class="t">Turns, a fugitive unblest;</div> +<div class="l">Brethren, where your altar burns,</div> +<div class="t">O, receive me into rest.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Lonely I no longer roam,</div> +<div class="t">Like the cloud, the wind, the wave;</div> +<div class="l">Where you dwell shall be my home,</div> +<div class="t">Where you die shall be my grave.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0661"> + +<h3>661. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">On Receiving Members.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Lord, we adore thy wondrous grace,</div> +<div class="l">Who crown'st the gospel with success;</div> +<div class="l">Subjecting sinners to thy yoke,</div> +<div class="l">And bringing to the fold thy flock.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>May those who have thy truth confessed</div> +<div class="l">As their own faith, and hope, and rest,</div> +<div class="l">From day to day still more increase</div> +<div class="l">In faith, in love, and holiness.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>As living members, may they share</div> +<div class="l">The joys and griefs which others bear,</div> +<div class="l">And active in their stations prove</div> +<div class="l">In all the offices of love.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>From all temptations now defend,</div> +<div class="l">And keep them steadfast to the end,</div> +<div class="l">While in thy house they still improve,</div> +<div class="l">Until they join the church above.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0662"> + +<h3>662. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Kelly.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">A Welcome to Christian Fellowship.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Come in, thou blesséd of the Lord,</div> +<div class="t">O, come in Jesus' precious name;</div> +<div class="l">We welcome thee with one accord,</div> +<div class="t">And trust the Saviour does the same.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Those joys which earth cannot afford,</div> +<div class="t">We'll seek in fellowship to prove,</div> +<div class="l">Joined in one spirit to our Lord,</div> +<div class="t">Together bound by mutual love.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>And while we pass this vale of tears,</div> +<div class="t">We'll make our joys and sorrows known;</div> +<div class="l">We'll share each other's hopes and fears,</div> +<div class="t">And count a brother's care our own.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Once more our welcome we repeat;</div> +<div class="t">Receive assurance of our love:</div> +<div class="l">O, may we all together meet</div> +<div class="t">Around the throne of God above!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0663"> + +<h3>663. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Montgomery.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">A Welcome to Fellowship.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Approach thou blesséd of the Lord;</div> +<div class="t">Stranger nor foe art thou:</div> +<div class="l">We welcome thee with warm accord,</div> +<div class="t">Our friend, our brother, now.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>The hand of fellowship, the heart</div> +<div class="t">Of love, we offer thee:</div> +<div class="l">Leaving the world, thou dost but part</div> +<div class="t">From lies and vanity.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>The cup of blessing which we bless,</div> +<div class="t">The heavenly bread we break,</div> +<div class="l">Our Saviour's blood and righteousness,--</div> +<div class="t">Freely with us partake.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0664"> + +<h3>664. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Doddridge.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">On Joining the Church.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>O, happy day, that fixed my choice</div> +<div class="t">On thee, my Saviour and my Lord!</div> +<div class="l">Well may this glowing heart rejoice,</div> +<div class="t">And tell its raptures all abroad!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>O, happy bond, that seals my vows</div> +<div class="t">To Him who merits all my love!</div> +<div class="l">Let cheerful anthems fill the house,</div> +<div class="t">While to his altar now I move.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Now rest, my long-divided heart;</div> +<div class="t">Fixed on this blissful centre, rest;</div> +<div class="l">Here have I found a nobler part;</div> +<div class="t">Here heavenly pleasures fill my breast.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>High Heaven, that hears the solemn vow,</div> +<div class="t">That vow renewed shall daily hear;</div> +<div class="l">Till in life's latest hour I bow,</div> +<div class="t">And bless in death a bond so dear.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0665"> + +<h3>665. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Doddridge.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Dedication of Children to God and Christ.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>See Israel's gentle Shepherd stand,</div> +<div class="t">With all-engaging charms;</div> +<div class="l">Hark! how he calls the tender lambs,</div> +<div class="t">And folds them in his arms!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>"Permit them to approach," he cries,</div> +<div class="t">"Nor scorn their humble name;</div> +<div class="l">For 'twas to bless such souls as these,</div> +<div class="t">The Lord of angels came."</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>We bring them, Lord, in thankful hands,</div> +<div class="t">And yield them up to thee;</div> +<div class="l">Joyful that we ourselves are thine,</div> +<div class="t">Thine let our offspring be.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Ye little flock, with pleasure hear;</div> +<div class="t">Ye children, seek his face,</div> +<div class="l">And fly with transport to receive</div> +<div class="t">The blessings of his grace.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>If orphans they are left behind,</div> +<div class="t">God's guardian care we trust;</div> +<div class="l">That care shall heal our bleeding hearts,</div> +<div class="t">If weeping o'er their dust.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0666"> + +<h3>666. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Stennett.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Infants, living or dying, in the Arms of Christ.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Thy life I read, my dearest Lord,</div> +<div class="t">With transport all-divine;</div> +<div class="l">Thine image trace in every word,</div> +<div class="t">Thy love in every line.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>With joy, I see a thousand charms</div> +<div class="t">Spread o'er thy lovely face;</div> +<div class="l">While infants in thy tender arms</div> +<div class="t">Receive the smiling grace.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>"I take these little lambs," said he,</div> +<div class="t">"And lay them on my breast;</div> +<div class="l">Protection they shall find in me,--</div> +<div class="t">In me be ever blest.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>"Death may the bands of life unloose,</div> +<div class="t">But can't dissolve my love;</div> +<div class="l">Millions of infant souls compose</div> +<div class="t">The family above."</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>His words, ye happy parents, hear,</div> +<div class="t">And shout, with joys divine,</div> +<div class="l">"Dear Saviour! all we have and are</div> +<div class="t">Shall be forever thine."</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0667"> + +<h3>667. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">W. Boston Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Dedication of Children.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>This child we dedicate to thee,</div> +<div class="l">O God of grace and purity;</div> +<div class="l">Shield it from sin and threatening wrong,</div> +<div class="l">And let thy love its life prolong.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>O, may thy Spirit gently draw</div> +<div class="l">Its willing soul to keep thy law;</div> +<div class="l">May virtue, piety and truth</div> +<div class="l">Dawn even with its dawning youth.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Grant that, with true and faithful heart,</div> +<div class="l">We too may act the Christian's part,</div> +<div class="l">Cheered by each promise thou hast given,</div> +<div class="l">And laboring for the prize in heaven.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0668"> + +<h3>668. <span class="meter">8s. & 7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Children commended to Christ.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Saviour, who thy flock art feeding</div> +<div class="t">With the shepherd's kindest care,</div> +<div class="l">All the feeble gently leading,</div> +<div class="t">While the lambs thy bosom share,--</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Now, these little ones receiving,</div> +<div class="t">Fold them in thy gracious arm;</div> +<div class="l">There, we know--thy word believing,--</div> +<div class="t">Only there, secure from harm.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Never, from thy pasture roving,</div> +<div class="t">Let them be the lion's prey;</div> +<div class="l">Let thy tenderness, so loving,</div> +<div class="t">Keep them all life's dangerous way.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Then within thy fold eternal</div> +<div class="t">Let them find a resting-place;</div> +<div class="l">Feed in pastures ever vernal,</div> +<div class="t">Drink the rivers of thy grace.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0669"> + +<h3>669. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Doddridge.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Christ calling Children to Himself.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>The Saviour gently calls</div> +<div class="t">Our children to his breast;</div> +<div class="l">He folds them in his gracious arms;</div> +<div class="t">Himself declares them blest.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>"Let them approach," he cries,</div> +<div class="t">"Nor scorn their humble claim;</div> +<div class="l">The heirs of heaven are such as these,--</div> +<div class="t">For such as these I came."</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>Gladly we bring them, Lord,</div> +<div class="t">Devoting them to thee:</div> +<div class="l">Imploring, that, as we are thine,</div> +<div class="t">Thine may our offspring be.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0670"> + +<h3>670. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Bowring.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Infant Baptism.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Drop the limpid waters now</div> +<div class="l">On the infant's sinless brow;</div> +<div class="l">Dedicate the unfolding gem</div> +<div class="l">Unto Him, who blessed the stem.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Let our aspirations be</div> +<div class="l">Innocent as infancy;</div> +<div class="l">Pure the prayers that force their way,</div> +<div class="l">As the child for whom we pray.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>In the Christian garden we</div> +<div class="l">Plant another Christian tree;</div> +<div class="l">Be its blossoms and its fruit</div> +<div class="l">Worthy of the Christian root.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>To that garden now we bring</div> +<div class="l">Waters from the living spring;</div> +<div class="l">Bless the tree, the waters bless,</div> +<div class="l">Holy One! with holiness.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>When life's harvests all are past,</div> +<div class="l">Oh, transplant the tree at last,</div> +<div class="l">To the fields where flower and tree</div> +<div class="l">Blossom through eternity.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0671"> + +<h3>671. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Doddridge.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Hymn for Baptism.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Baptized into our Saviour's death,</div> +<div class="t">Our souls to sin must die;</div> +<div class="l">With Christ our Lord we live anew,</div> +<div class="t">With Christ ascend on high.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>There, by his Father's side he sits,</div> +<div class="t">Enthroned divinely fair,</div> +<div class="l">Yet owns himself our Brother still,</div> +<div class="t">And our Forerunner there.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Rise from these earthly trifles, rise</div> +<div class="t">On wings of faith and love;</div> +<div class="l">Above our choicest treasure lies,--</div> +<div class="t">And be our hearts above.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>But earth and sin will draw us down,</div> +<div class="t">When we attempt to fly;</div> +<div class="l">Lord, send thy strong, attractive power</div> +<div class="t">To fix our souls on high.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0672"> + +<h3>672. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">L. H. Sigourney.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Baptism.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>Saviour, thy law we love,</div> +<div class="t">Thy pure example bless,</div> +<div class="l">And with a firm, unwavering zeal,</div> +<div class="t">Would in thy footsteps press.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>Not to the fiery pains</div> +<div class="t">By which the martyrs bled;</div> +<div class="l">Not to the scourge, the thorn, the cross,</div> +<div class="t">Our favored feet are led;--</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>But, at this peaceful tide,</div> +<div class="t">Assembled in thy fear,</div> +<div class="l">The homage of obedient hearts</div> +<div class="t">We humbly offer here.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0673"> + +<h3>673. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Jas. Newton.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">After Baptism.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Let plenteous grace descend on those,</div> +<div class="t">Who, hoping in thy word,</div> +<div class="l">This day have solemnly declared</div> +<div class="t">That Jesus is their Lord.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>With cheerful feet may they advance,</div> +<div class="t">And run the Christian race,</div> +<div class="l">And, through the troubles of the way,</div> +<div class="t">Find all-sufficient grace.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Lord, plant us all into thy death,</div> +<div class="t">That we thy life may prove,--</div> +<div class="l">Partakers of thy cross beneath,</div> +<div class="t">And of thy crown above.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0674"> + +<h3>674. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Doddridge.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>'Tis done; the great transaction's done;</div> +<div class="t">I am my Lord's, and he is mine:</div> +<div class="l">He drew me, and I followed on,</div> +<div class="t">Rejoiced to own the call divine.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Now rest, my long divided heart;</div> +<div class="t">Fixed on this blissful centre, rest:</div> +<div class="l">Here have I found a nobler part;</div> +<div class="t">Here heavenly pleasures fill my breast.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>High heaven, that hears the solemn vow,</div> +<div class="t">That vow renewed shall daily hear,</div> +<div class="l">Till in life's latest hour I bow,</div> +<div class="t">And bless in death a bond so dear.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0675"> + +<h3>675. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Pratt's Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Before Communion.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Prepare us, Lord, to view thy cross,</div> +<div class="t">Who all our griefs hast borne;</div> +<div class="l">To look on thee, whom we have pierced,--</div> +<div class="t">To look on thee, and mourn.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>While thus we mourn we would rejoice;</div> +<div class="t">And, as thy cross we see,</div> +<div class="l">Let each exclaim in faith and hope,</div> +<div class="t">"The Saviour died for me!"</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0676"> + +<h3>676. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">E. Taylor.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Proper Dispositions for the Communion.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>O here, if ever, God of love!</div> +<div class="t">Let strife and hatred cease;</div> +<div class="l">And every thought harmonious move,</div> +<div class="t">And every heart be peace.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Not here, where met to think on him,</div> +<div class="t">Whose latest thoughts were ours,</div> +<div class="l">Shall mortal passions come to dim</div> +<div class="t">The prayer devotion pours.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>No, gracious Master, not in vain</div> +<div class="t">Thy life of love hath been;</div> +<div class="l">The peace thou gav'st may yet remain,</div> +<div class="t">Though thou no more art seen.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>"Thy kingdom come;" we watch, we wait,</div> +<div class="t">To hear thy cheering call;</div> +<div class="l">When heaven shall ope its glorious gate.</div> +<div class="t">And God be all in all.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0677"> + +<h3>677. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Institution of the Lord's Supper.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>'Twas on that dark, that doleful night,</div> +<div class="t">When all the powers of darkness rose</div> +<div class="l">Against the Son of God's delight,</div> +<div class="t">And friends betrayed him to his foes:</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Before the mournful scene began,</div> +<div class="t">He took the bread, and blessed, and brake:</div> +<div class="l">What love through all his actions ran!</div> +<div class="t">What wondrous words of grace he spake!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>"This is my body broke for sin;</div> +<div class="t">Receive and eat the living food:"</div> +<div class="l">Then took the cup and blessed the wine,--</div> +<div class="t">"'Tis the new covenant in my blood."</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>"Do this," he said, "till time shall end,</div> +<div class="t">In memory of your dying Friend;</div> +<div class="l">Meet at my table, and record</div> +<div class="t">The love of your departed Lord."</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Jesus! thy feast we celebrate;</div> +<div class="t">We show thy death, we sing thy name,</div> +<div class="l">Till thou return, and we shall eat</div> +<div class="t">The marriage supper of the Lamb.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0678"> + +<h3>678. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Dublin Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"This do in remembrance of me."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>"Eat, drink, in memory of your Friend!"</div> +<div class="t">Such was our Master's last request;</div> +<div class="l">Who all the pangs of death endured,</div> +<div class="t">That we might live forever blest.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Yes, we'll record thy matchless love,</div> +<div class="t">Thou dearest, tenderest, best of friends!</div> +<div class="l">Thy dying love the noblest praise</div> +<div class="t">Our hearts can offer thee transcends.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>'Tis pleasure more than earth can give</div> +<div class="t">Thy goodness through these veils to see,</div> +<div class="l">Thy table food celestial yields,</div> +<div class="t">And happy they who sit with thee.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0679"> + +<h3>679. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Bowring.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">A Communion Hymn.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Not with terror do we meet</div> +<div class="t">At the board by Jesus spread;</div> +<div class="l">Not in mystery drink and eat</div> +<div class="t">Of the Saviour's wine and bread.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>'Tis his memory we record,</div> +<div class="t">'Tis his virtues we proclaim;</div> +<div class="l">Grateful to our honored Lord,</div> +<div class="t">Here we bless his sacred name.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Yes, we will remember thee,</div> +<div class="t">Friend and Saviour; and thy feast</div> +<div class="l">Of all services shall be</div> +<div class="t">Holiest and welcomest.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0680"> + +<h3>680. <span class="meter">10s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Beard's Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"And all that believed were together." <span class="scripRef">Acts 4:44.</span></p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Restore, O Father! to our times restore</div> +<div class="l">The peace which filled thine infant church of yore;</div> +<div class="l">Ere lust of power had sown the seeds of strife,</div> +<div class="l">And quenched the new-born charities of life.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>O never more may differing judgments part</div> +<div class="l">From kindly sympathy a brother's heart;</div> +<div class="l">But linked in one, believing thousands kneel,</div> +<div class="l">And share with each the sacred joy they feel.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>From soul to soul, quick as the sunbeam's ray,</div> +<div class="l">Let concord spread one universal day;</div> +<div class="l">And faith, by love lead all mankind to thee,</div> +<div class="l">Parent of peace, and fount of harmony!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0681"> + +<h3>681. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Pratt's Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Spiritual Nourishment.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Bread of heaven! on thee we feed,</div> +<div class="l">For thy flesh is meat indeed;</div> +<div class="l">Ever let our souls be fed</div> +<div class="l">With this true and living bread!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Vine of heaven! thy blood supplies</div> +<div class="l">This blest cup of sacrifice;</div> +<div class="l">Lord, thy wounds our healing give;</div> +<div class="l">To thy cross we look and live.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Day by day with strength supplied,</div> +<div class="l">Through the life of him who died;</div> +<div class="l">Lord of Life! oh, let us be</div> +<div class="l">Rooted, grafted, built on thee!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0682"> + +<h3>682. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Furness.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">A Communion Hymn.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>Here, in the broken bread,</div> +<div class="t">Here, in the cup we take,</div> +<div class="l">His body and his blood behold,</div> +<div class="t">Who suffered for our sake.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>O Thou, who didst allow</div> +<div class="t">Thy Son to suffer thus,</div> +<div class="l">Father, what more couldst thou have done</div> +<div class="t">Than thou hast done for us?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>We are persuaded now</div> +<div class="t">That nothing can divide</div> +<div class="l">Thy children from thy boundless love,</div> +<div class="t">Displayed in him who died;--</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>Who died to make us sure</div> +<div class="t">Of mercy, truth and peace,</div> +<div class="l">And from the power and pains of sin</div> +<div class="t">To bring a full release.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0683"> + +<h3>683. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Dale.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Christ Blessing the Bread.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Behold, amid his little flock,</div> +<div class="t">The Saviour stands serene,</div> +<div class="l">Unawed by suffering yet to be,</div> +<div class="t">Unchanged by what hath been.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Still beams the light of love undimmed</div> +<div class="t">In that benignant eye,</div> +<div class="l">Nor, save his own prophetic word,</div> +<div class="t">Aught speaks him soon to die.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>He pours within the votive cup</div> +<div class="t">The rich blood of the vine,</div> +<div class="l">And "Drink ye all the hallowed draught,"</div> +<div class="t">He cries, "This blood is mine."</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>He breaks the bread; then clasps his hands,</div> +<div class="t">And lifts his eyes in prayer,</div> +<div class="l">Receive ye this and view by faith</div> +<div class="t">My body symbolled there.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0684"> + +<h3>684. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Christ's Law of Love.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Ye followers of the Prince of peace,</div> +<div class="t">Who round his table draw!</div> +<div class="l">Remember what his spirit was,</div> +<div class="t">What his peculiar law.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>The love which all his bosom filled</div> +<div class="t">Did all his actions guide;</div> +<div class="l">Inspired by love, he lived and taught;</div> +<div class="t">Inspired by love, he died.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>And do you love him? do you feel</div> +<div class="t">Your warm affection move?</div> +<div class="l">This is the proof which he demands,--</div> +<div class="t">That you each other love.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0685"> + +<h3>685. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Paradise St. Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Saviour Commemorated.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>Jesus, the Friend of man.</div> +<div class="t">Invites us to his board:</div> +<div class="l">The welcome summons we obey,</div> +<div class="t">And own our gracious Lord.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>Here we survey that love</div> +<div class="t">Which spoke in every breath,</div> +<div class="l">Which crowned each action of his life,</div> +<div class="t">And triumphed in his death.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>Then let our powers unite,</div> +<div class="t">His sacred name to raise;</div> +<div class="l">Let grateful joy fill every mind,</div> +<div class="t">And every voice be praise.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>And while we share the gifts</div> +<div class="t">Which from his gospel flow,</div> +<div class="l">O, may our hearts to all mankind</div> +<div class="t">With warm affection glow.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0686"> + +<h3>686. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Doddridge.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Communion with God and Christ.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>Our heavenly Father calls,</div> +<div class="t">And Christ invites us near;</div> +<div class="l">With both my friendship shall be sweet,</div> +<div class="t">And my communion dear.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>God pities all my griefs;</div> +<div class="t">He pardons every day;</div> +<div class="l">Almighty to protect my soul,</div> +<div class="t">And wise to guide my way.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>Jesus, my living Head,</div> +<div class="t">I bless thy faithful care;</div> +<div class="l">My Advocate before the throne,</div> +<div class="t">And my Forerunner there.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>Here fix my roving heart;</div> +<div class="t">Here wait my warmest love,</div> +<div class="l">Till the communion be complete,</div> +<div class="t">In nobler scenes above.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0687"> + +<h3>687. <span class="meter">8s. & 7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Eucharist.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>As in solemn congregation</div> +<div class="t">We attend upon thy house,</div> +<div class="l">For the sweet commemoration</div> +<div class="t">And renewal of our vows;</div> +<div class="l">Let thy favor, with us resting,</div> +<div class="t">Consecrate the bread and wine;</div> +<div class="l">May we, of thy goodness tasting,</div> +<div class="t">All be filled with love divine!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Jesus gave the sacred token</div> +<div class="t">Of his passion, wine and bread,</div> +<div class="l">Symbols of his body broken,</div> +<div class="t">And his blood for sinners shed.</div> +<div class="l">To the rite we come, confessing</div> +<div class="t">Free redemption, grace unbought;</div> +<div class="l">His be every name of blessing,</div> +<div class="t">For his love, surpassing thought!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>May thy counsels, King of glory!</div> +<div class="t">Grateful awe and rapture move,</div> +<div class="l">As we meditate the story</div> +<div class="t">Of the Saviour's dying love;</div> +<div class="l">Hear us, Lord, of thee entreating</div> +<div class="t">Strength to walk in Jesus' ways!</div> +<div class="l">God of light, shine on our meeting!</div> +<div class="t">God of grace, accept our praise!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0688"> + +<h3>688. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Doddridge.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Room at the Lord's Table.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Millions of souls, in glory now,</div> +<div class="t">Were fed and feasted here;</div> +<div class="l">And millions more, still on the way,</div> +<div class="t">Around the board appear.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Yet is his house and heart so large</div> +<div class="t">That millions more may come;</div> +<div class="l">Nor could the whole assembled world</div> +<div class="t">O'erfill the spacious room.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>All things are ready; come away,</div> +<div class="t">Nor weak excuses frame;</div> +<div class="l">Crowd to your places at the feast,</div> +<div class="t">And bless the Founder's name.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0689"> + +<h3>689. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Furnesy.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">A Communion Hymn.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>O, for a prophet's fire,</div> +<div class="t">O, for an angel's tongue,</div> +<div class="l">To speak the mighty love of Him</div> +<div class="t">Who on the cross was hung.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>In vain our hearts attempt,</div> +<div class="t">In language meet, to tell</div> +<div class="l">How through a thousand sorrows burned</div> +<div class="t">That flame unquenchable.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>Yet would we praise that love,</div> +<div class="t">Beyond expression dear:</div> +<div class="l">Come, gather round this table, then,</div> +<div class="t">And celebrate it here.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0690"> + +<h3>690. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Montgomery.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"This do in remembrance of me."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>According to thy gracious word,</div> +<div class="t">In meek humility,</div> +<div class="l">This will I do, my dying Lord,</div> +<div class="t">I will remember thee.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Thy body broken for my sake,</div> +<div class="t">My bread from heaven shall be;</div> +<div class="l">Thy testamental cup I take,</div> +<div class="t">And thus remember thee.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>When to the cross I turn mine eyes,</div> +<div class="t">And rest on Calvary,</div> +<div class="l">O Lamb of God, my sacrifice!</div> +<div class="t">I must remember thee.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Remember thee, and all thy pains,</div> +<div class="t">And all thy love to me;</div> +<div class="l">Yea, while a breath, a pulse remains,</div> +<div class="t">Will I remember thee.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0691"> + +<h3>691. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Noel.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"We love him because he first loved us."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>If human kindness meets return,</div> +<div class="t">And owns the grateful tie;</div> +<div class="l">If tender thoughts within us burn</div> +<div class="t">To feel that friends are nigh;</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>O, shall not warmer accents tell</div> +<div class="t">The gratitude we owe</div> +<div class="l">To Him who died, our fears to quell,</div> +<div class="t">And save from death and woe?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>While yet in anguish he surveyed</div> +<div class="t">Those pangs he would not flee,</div> +<div class="l">What love his latest words displayed;</div> +<div class="t">"Meet, and remember me."</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Remember thee! thy death, thy shame,</div> +<div class="t">Our sinful hearts to share!</div> +<div class="l">O, memory, leave no other name</div> +<div class="t">But his, recorded there.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0692"> + +<h3>692. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"Whosoever will, let him come!"</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>Jesus invites his friends</div> +<div class="t">To meet around his board,</div> +<div class="l">And join in blest communion here</div> +<div class="t">With him their gracious Lord.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>For us he gave his life;</div> +<div class="t">For us he gave his blood;</div> +<div class="l">To save from sin our thankless race,</div> +<div class="t">And bring them back to God.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>Our heavenly Father calls</div> +<div class="t">Christ and his members one;</div> +<div class="l">We the young children of his grace,</div> +<div class="t">And he the elder Son.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>Let all our souls unite</div> +<div class="t">A grateful song to raise;</div> +<div class="l">Pleasure and love fill every mind,</div> +<div class="t">And every voice be praise.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0693"> + +<h3>693. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">A View of the Cross.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>When I survey the wondrous cross</div> +<div class="t">On which the Prince of glory died,</div> +<div class="l">My richest gain I count but loss,</div> +<div class="t">And pour contempt on all my pride.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast,</div> +<div class="t">Save in the death of Christ, my Lord;</div> +<div class="l">All the vain things that charm me most,</div> +<div class="t">I sacrifice them to his blood.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>See from his head, his hands, his feet,</div> +<div class="t">Sorrow and love flow mingled down!</div> +<div class="l">Did e'er such love and sorrow meet?</div> +<div class="t">Or thorns compose so rich a crown?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Were the whole realm of nature mine,</div> +<div class="t">That were a present far too small;</div> +<div class="l">Love so amazing, so divine,</div> +<div class="t">Demands my soul, my life, my all.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0694"> + +<h3>694. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Lutheran Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Close of Communion Service.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Pity the nations, O our God,</div> +<div class="t">Constrain the earth to come;</div> +<div class="l">Send thy victorious word abroad,</div> +<div class="t">And bring the strangers home.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>We long to see thy churches full,</div> +<div class="t">That all thy faithful race</div> +<div class="l">May with one voice, and heart, and soul,</div> +<div class="t">Sing thy redeeming grace.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0695"> + +<h3>695. <span class="meter">8s. & 7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>From the table now retiring,</div> +<div class="t">Which for us the Lord hath spread,</div> +<div class="l">May our souls, refreshment finding,</div> +<div class="t">Grow in all things like our Head.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>His example by beholding,</div> +<div class="t">May our lives his image bear;</div> +<div class="l">Him our Lord and Master calling,</div> +<div class="t">His commands may we revere.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Love to God and man displaying,</div> +<div class="t">Walking steadfast in his way,--</div> +<div class="l">Joy attend us in believing!</div> +<div class="t">Peace from God, through endless day!</div> +</div> + +</div> + + +<h2>DEDICATIONS; ORDINATIONS; INSTALLATIONS.</h2> + +<div class="hymn" id="h0696"> + +<h3>696. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Montgomery.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">On Laying the Corner-stone of a Church.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>This stone to thee in faith we lay,--</div> +<div class="t">We build the temple, Lord, to thee,</div> +<div class="l">Thine eye be open night and day,</div> +<div class="t">To guard this house from error free.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Here, when thy people seek thy face,</div> +<div class="t">And dying sinners pray to live,</div> +<div class="l">Hear thou, in heaven thy dwelling-place,</div> +<div class="t">And when thou hearest, Lord, forgive.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Here, when thy messengers proclaim</div> +<div class="t">The blesséd gospel of thy Son,</div> +<div class="l">Still by the power of his great name</div> +<div class="t">Be mighty signs and wonders done.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>When children's voices raise the song,</div> +<div class="t">Hosanna! to their Heavenly King,</div> +<div class="l">Let heaven with earth the strain prolong;</div> +<div class="t">Hosanna! let the angels sing.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Thy glory never hence depart;</div> +<div class="t">Yet choose not, Lord, this house alone;</div> +<div class="l">Thy kingdom come to every heart;</div> +<div class="t">In every bosom fix thy throne.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0697"> + +<h3>697. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Willis.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Dedication Hymn.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>The perfect world by Adam trod,</div> +<div class="l">Was the first temple,--built by God;</div> +<div class="l">His fiat laid the corner-stone,</div> +<div class="l">And heaved its pillars, one by one.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>He hung its starry roof on high,--</div> +<div class="l">The broad, illimitable sky;</div> +<div class="l">He spread its pavement, green and bright</div> +<div class="l">And curtained it with morning light.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>The mountains in their places stood,--</div> +<div class="l">The sea, the sky,--and "all was good;"</div> +<div class="l">And when its first pure praises rang,</div> +<div class="l">The "morning stars together sang."</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Lord! 'tis not ours to make the sea,</div> +<div class="l">And earth and sky a house for thee;</div> +<div class="l">But in thy sight our offering stands,</div> +<div class="l">A humbler temple, "made with hands."</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0698"> + +<h3>698. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Pierpont.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>O, bow thine ear, Eternal One!</div> +<div class="t">On thee our heart adoring calls;</div> +<div class="l">To thee the followers of thy Son</div> +<div class="t">Have raised and now devote these walls.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Here let thy holy days be kept;</div> +<div class="t">And be this place to worship given,</div> +<div class="l">Like that bright spot where Jacob slept,</div> +<div class="t">The house of God, the gate of heaven.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Here may thine honor dwell; and here,</div> +<div class="t">As incense, let thy children's prayer,</div> +<div class="l">From contrite hearts and lips sincere,</div> +<div class="t">Rise on the still and holy air.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Here be thy praise devoutly sung;</div> +<div class="t">Here let thy truth beam forth to save,</div> +<div class="l">As when, of old, thy spirit hung,</div> +<div class="t">On wings of light, o'er Jordan's wave.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>And when the lips, that with thy name</div> +<div class="t">Are vocal now, to dust shall turn,</div> +<div class="l">On others may devotion's flame</div> +<div class="t">Be kindled here, and purely burn!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0699"> + +<h3>699. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">E. H. Chapin.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Father, lo! we consecrate</div> +<div class="t">Unto thee this house and shrine,</div> +<div class="l">Oh! may Jesus visit here,</div> +<div class="t">As he did in Palestine.</div> +<div class="l">Here may blind eyes see his light,</div> +<div class="t">Deaf ears hear his accents sweet,</div> +<div class="l">And we, like those groups of old,</div> +<div class="t">Sit and linger at his feet.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>And to learn of faith and love,</div> +<div class="t">Strong in sorrow, pain and loss,</div> +<div class="l">May we come and find them here,</div> +<div class="t">In the garden, on the cross.</div> +<div class="l">Like the spices that enfold</div> +<div class="t">Him we love in rich perfume,</div> +<div class="l">May our thoughts embalm him here,</div> +<div class="t">While he slumbers in the tomb.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>When we watch by shrouded hopes,</div> +<div class="t">Weeping at death's marble door,</div> +<div class="l">May the angels meet us here--</div> +<div class="t">Lo! your Christ has gone before!</div> +<div class="l">And while we stand "looking up,"</div> +<div class="t">In our faith and wonder lost,</div> +<div class="l">Here send down thy Spirit's power,</div> +<div class="t">Like the tongues of Pentecost.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0700"> + +<h3>700. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Sir J. E. Smith.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">God's Temple in the Heart.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Who shall a temple build for him,</div> +<div class="t">Who fills the heaven of heavens alone?</div> +<div class="l">Who shall exalt his glorious name,</div> +<div class="t">Fixed in his everlasting throne?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Yet many a lowly fane shall rise,</div> +<div class="t">Which God himself will not disdain:</div> +<div class="l">He will accept the sacrifice;</div> +<div class="t">Nor shall the offering e'er be vain.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>No gorgeous dome, nor boastful vow,</div> +<div class="t">Can e'er find favor in his sight:</div> +<div class="l">The humble votary, meek and low,--</div> +<div class="t">The holy soul, are his delight.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>On these his grace and mercy rest,</div> +<div class="t">Nor from their shrines will he depart:</div> +<div class="l">His temple is the righteous breast;</div> +<div class="t">His altar is the pious heart.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0701"> + +<h3>701. <span class="meter">H. M.</span> <span class="sc">O. A. Skinner.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Dedication Hymn.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>Thou Fount of love and grace,</div> +<div class="t2">Whose throne is fixed on high,</div> +<div class="t">Unveil thy smiling face,</div> +<div class="t2">And to our souls draw nigh;</div> +<div class="l">And let our prayers and praise arise,</div> +<div class="l">Like grateful incense to the skies.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>This house to thee we give--</div> +<div class="t2">Thine may it ever be--</div> +<div class="t">Here bid the sinner live,</div> +<div class="t2">Here set the captive free,</div> +<div class="l">Here let thy word its beams display</div> +<div class="l">And safely guide to endless day.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>Here may the stricken heart</div> +<div class="t2">By truth be cheered and blessed,</div> +<div class="t">And here thy grace impart,</div> +<div class="t2">To all by grief oppressed--</div> +<div class="l">And streams of peace and plenty flow,</div> +<div class="l">To all who seek thy joy to know.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>Long may these walls resound</div> +<div class="t2">With thy salvation, Lord,</div> +<div class="t">And grace to all abound,</div> +<div class="t2">Who hear thy holy word--</div> +<div class="l">And youth and age their offerings raise.</div> +<div class="l">In songs of ardent, cheerful praise.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0702"> + +<h3>702. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">J. G. Adams.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Dedication of a Country Church.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>On this fair spot where nature pays</div> +<div class="t">From hill, and vale, and flower, and tree,</div> +<div class="l">In morning beams, in evening rays,</div> +<div class="t">Its homage, God of all, to thee;--</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Thy children meet to dedicate</div> +<div class="t">This temple to thy gracious name;</div> +<div class="l">Our hearts and songs to elevate,--</div> +<div class="t">Thy grace and glory to proclaim.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Descend--and with thy spirit bless</div> +<div class="t">The offering; may it ever be</div> +<div class="l">Sacred to truth and righteousness,</div> +<div class="t">From error's dread dominion free.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Here let the standard of thy word</div> +<div class="t">Be raised and held by gospel hands;</div> +<div class="l">Hither bring hearts with one accord,</div> +<div class="t">To learn and do thy great commands.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>And when we leave these courts below,</div> +<div class="t">To join the hosts in praise above,</div> +<div class="l">May others here rejoice to know</div> +<div class="t">Thy boundless, everlasting love.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0703"> + +<h3>703. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Bryant.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Dedication Hymn.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>O Thou, whose own vast temple stands,</div> +<div class="t">Built over earth and sea,</div> +<div class="l">Accept the walls that human hands</div> +<div class="t">Have raised to worship thee.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Lord, from thine inmost glory send,</div> +<div class="t">Within these courts to bide,</div> +<div class="l">The peace that dwelleth, without end,</div> +<div class="t">Serenely by thy side.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>May erring minds that worship here</div> +<div class="t">Be taught the better way,</div> +<div class="l">And they who mourn, and they who fear,</div> +<div class="t">Be strengthened as they pray!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>May faith grow firm, and love grow warm,</div> +<div class="t">And pure devotion rise,</div> +<div class="l">While round these hallowed walls the storm</div> +<div class="t">Of earth-born passion dies!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0704"> + +<h3>704. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">A House for God.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Where shall we go to seek and find</div> +<div class="t">A habitation for our God?</div> +<div class="l">A dwelling for th' Eternal Mind</div> +<div class="t">Among the sons of flesh and blood?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>The God of Jacob chose the hill</div> +<div class="t">Of Zion for his ancient rest;</div> +<div class="l">And Zion is his dwelling still;</div> +<div class="t">His church is with his presence blest.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Here will he meet the hungry poor,</div> +<div class="t">And fill their souls with living bread;</div> +<div class="l">Here sinners, waiting at his door,</div> +<div class="t">With sweet provision shall be fed.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>"Here will I fix my gracious throne,</div> +<div class="t">And reign forever," saith the Lord;</div> +<div class="l">"Here shall my power and love be known,</div> +<div class="t">And blessings shall attend my word."</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0705"> + +<h3>705. <span class="meter">H. M.</span> <span class="sc">Francis.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Prayer for God's Presence and Blessing.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>Great King of glory, come,</div> +<div class="t2">And with thy favor crown</div> +<div class="t">This temple as thy home,</div> +<div class="t2">This people as thine own:</div> +<div class="l">Beneath this roof, O deign to show</div> +<div class="l">How God can dwell with men below.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>Here may thine ears attend</div> +<div class="t2">Our interceding cries,</div> +<div class="t">And grateful praise ascend,</div> +<div class="t2">Like incense to the skies:</div> +<div class="l">Here may thy word melodious sound,</div> +<div class="l">And spread celestial joys around.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>Here may our unborn sons</div> +<div class="t2">And daughters sound thy praise,</div> +<div class="t">And shine, like polished stones,</div> +<div class="t2">Through long-succeeding days:</div> +<div class="l">Here, Lord, display thy saving power,</div> +<div class="l">While temples stand and men adore.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>Here may the listening throng</div> +<div class="t2">Imbibe thy truth and love;</div> +<div class="t">Here Christians join the song</div> +<div class="t2">Of seraphim above;</div> +<div class="l">Till all, who humbly seek thy face,</div> +<div class="l">Rejoice in thy abounding grace.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0706"> + +<h3>706. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">E. H. Chapin.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Our Father God! not face to face</div> +<div class="t">May mortal sense commune with thee,</div> +<div class="l">Nor lift the curtains of that place</div> +<div class="t">Where dwells thy secret Majesty.</div> +<div class="l">Yet whereso'er our spirits bend</div> +<div class="t">In rev'rent faith and humble prayer,</div> +<div class="l">Thy promised blessing will descend,</div> +<div class="t">And we shall find thy spirit there.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Lord! be the spot where now we meet,</div> +<div class="t">An open gateway into heaven;</div> +<div class="l">Here may we sit at Jesus' feet,</div> +<div class="t">And feel our deepest sins forgiven.</div> +<div class="l">Here may desponding care look up;</div> +<div class="t">And sorrow lay its burden down,</div> +<div class="l">Or learn, of him, to drink the cup,</div> +<div class="t">To bear the cross, and win the crown.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Here may the sick and wandering soul,</div> +<div class="t">To truth still blind, to sin a slave,</div> +<div class="l">Find better than Bethesda's pool,</div> +<div class="t">Or than Siloam's healing wave.</div> +<div class="l">And may we learn, while here apart</div> +<div class="t">From the world's passion and its strife</div> +<div class="l">That thy true shrine's a loving heart,</div> +<div class="t">And thy best praise a holy life!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0707"> + +<h3>707. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Pierpont.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Ordination Hymn.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>O Thou, who art above all height!</div> +<div class="t">Our God, our Father, and our Friend!</div> +<div class="l">Beneath thy throne of love and light,</div> +<div class="t">Let thine adoring children bend.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>We kneel in praise, that here is set</div> +<div class="t">A vine that by thy culture grew;</div> +<div class="l">We kneel in prayer, that thou wouldst wet</div> +<div class="t">Its opening leaves with heavenly dew.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Since thy young servant now hath given</div> +<div class="t">Himself, his powers, his hopes, his youth</div> +<div class="l">To the great cause of truth and heaven,</div> +<div class="t">Be thou his guide, O God of truth!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Here may his doctrines drop like rain,</div> +<div class="t">His speech like Hermon's dew distil,</div> +<div class="l">Till green fields smile, and golden grain,</div> +<div class="t">Ripe for the harvest, waits thy will.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>And when he sinks in death,--by care,</div> +<div class="t">Or pain, or toil, or years oppressed,--</div> +<div class="l">O God! remember then our prayer,</div> +<div class="t">And take his spirit to thy rest.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0708"> + +<h3>708. <span class="meter">8s. & 6s. M.</span> <span class="sc">S. F. Smith.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Benefits of the Ministry.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Blest is the hour when cares depart,</div> +<div class="t2">And earthly scenes are far,--</div> +<div class="l">When tears of woe forget to start,</div> +<div class="l">And gently dawns upon the heart</div> +<div class="t2">Devotion's holy star.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Blest is the place where angels bend</div> +<div class="t2">To hear our worship rise,</div> +<div class="l">Where kindred thoughts their musings blend,</div> +<div class="l">And all the soul's affections tend</div> +<div class="t2">Beyond the veiling skies.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Blest are the hallowed vows that bind</div> +<div class="t2">Man to his work of love,--</div> +<div class="l">Bind him to cheer the humble mind,</div> +<div class="l">Console the weeping, lead the blind,</div> +<div class="t2">And guide to joys above.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Sweet shall the song of glory swell,</div> +<div class="t2">Spirit divine to thee,</div> +<div class="l">When they whose work is finished well,</div> +<div class="l">In thy own courts of rest shall dwell,</div> +<div class="t2">Blest through eternity.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0709"> + +<h3>709. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">H. Ware, Jr.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Ordination or Installation.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>O Thou, who on thy chosen Son</div> +<div class="t">Didst send thy Spirit like a dove,</div> +<div class="l">To mark the long expected one,</div> +<div class="t">And seal the messenger of love;</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>And when the heralds of his name</div> +<div class="t">Went forth his glorious truth to spread,</div> +<div class="l">Didst send it down in tongues of flame</div> +<div class="t">To hallow each devoted head;</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>So, Lord, thy servant now inspire</div> +<div class="t">With holy unction from above;</div> +<div class="l">Give him the tongue of living fire,</div> +<div class="t">Give him the temper of the dove.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Lord, hear thy suppliant church to-day;</div> +<div class="t">Accept our work, our souls possess,</div> +<div class="l">'Tis ours to labor, watch, and pray;</div> +<div class="t">Be thine to cheer, sustain, and bless.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0710"> + +<h3>710. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">E. H. Chapin.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Ordination Hymn.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>O Thou, who didst ordain the Word,</div> +<div class="t">And its strong heralds send,</div> +<div class="l">We draw the holy veil of prayer,</div> +<div class="t">And in thy presence bend.</div> +<div class="l">To this young warrior of the cross,</div> +<div class="t">Who takes his station here,</div> +<div class="l">Be thou a teacher and a guide,</div> +<div class="t">And be thy Spirit near.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>A pure disciple, let him tread</div> +<div class="t">The ways his Master trod--</div> +<div class="l">Giving the weary spirits rest,</div> +<div class="t">Leading the lost to God--</div> +<div class="l">Stooping to lend the sufferer aid,</div> +<div class="t">Crushed sorrow's wail to hear,</div> +<div class="l">To bind the widow's broken heart,</div> +<div class="t">And dry the orphan's tear.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>For war with error, make him strong,</div> +<div class="t">And sin, the soul's dark foe--</div> +<div class="l">But let him humbly seek for truth,</div> +<div class="t">Where'er its waters flow.</div> +<div class="l">And when, O Father, at the grave</div> +<div class="t">He lays his armor down,</div> +<div class="l">Give him the victor's glistening robe,</div> +<div class="t">The palm-wreath and the crown.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0711"> + +<h3>711. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Montgomery.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">A Pastor Welcomed.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>We bid thee welcome in the name</div> +<div class="t">Of Jesus, our exalted Head:</div> +<div class="l">Come as a servant; so he came;</div> +<div class="t">And we receive thee in his stead.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Come as an angel, hence to guide</div> +<div class="t">A band of pilgrims on their way;</div> +<div class="l">That, safely walking at thy side,</div> +<div class="t">We never fail, nor faint, nor stray.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Come as a teacher sent from God,</div> +<div class="t">Charged his whole counsel to declare;</div> +<div class="l">Lift o'er our ranks the prophet's rod,</div> +<div class="t">While we uphold thy hands with prayer.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Come as a messenger of peace,</div> +<div class="t">Filled with the Spirit, fired with love;</div> +<div class="l">Live to behold our large increase,</div> +<div class="t">And die to meet us all above.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0712"> + +<h3>712. <span class="meter">8s. & 7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">J. G. Adams.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Charge to a Pastor.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Herald of the Lord's salvation,</div> +<div class="t">Watchful in thy station stand;</div> +<div class="l">Heed the heavenly proclamation,</div> +<div class="t">Heed the Master's great command.</div> +<div class="l">Mark old error's gathering forces</div> +<div class="t">Compassing our Zion round;</div> +<div class="l">Know in truth thine own resources,</div> +<div class="t">Give the trumpet's certain sound!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Christ proclaim in the new station,</div> +<div class="t">Herald, now assigned to thee;</div> +<div class="l">That the waiting congregation</div> +<div class="t">God's salvation here may see.</div> +<div class="l">Christ proclaim--no line abating</div> +<div class="t">Of the counsel of the Lord;</div> +<div class="l">From no promise deviating;</div> +<div class="t">From no precept; "preach the word."</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Then, God's blessing resting o'er thee,</div> +<div class="t">And his truth, by night, by day,</div> +<div class="l">Cloud and pillar bright before thee,</div> +<div class="t">Shall make glad thy gospel way;</div> +<div class="l">Till thy work well done, the greeting</div> +<div class="t">Of the Master will be given;</div> +<div class="l">Till we rise to that one meeting--</div> +<div class="t">Pastor--people--all--in heaven!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0713"> + +<h3>713. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">E. Peabody.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Ordination or Installation.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Lift aloud the voice of praise!</div> +<div class="t">God, our Father and our Friend,</div> +<div class="l">Hear the prayer and song we raise,</div> +<div class="t">Weak, yet trusting, we would bend.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Lo! another servant brought</div> +<div class="t">To the heritage of God;--</div> +<div class="l">May he teach as Christ hath taught,</div> +<div class="t">Tread the path his Saviour trod.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>To the vineyard may he come</div> +<div class="t">Girded with celestial might;</div> +<div class="l">Skilled to draw thy children home,</div> +<div class="t">Taught to give the darkened light.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Unto thee, a people bend,--</div> +<div class="t">Bind us heart to heart in love;</div> +<div class="l">Flock and pastor, we would tend</div> +<div class="t">Ever toward our home above.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0714"> + +<h3>714. <span class="meter">H. M.</span> <span class="sc">Mrs. Case.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Lord! on thy Zion's wall</div> +<div class="t">A faithful watchman stands,</div> +<div class="l">And hears the solemn call</div> +<div class="t">Of anxious, waiting bands,</div> +<div class="l">Who seek along the waning night</div> +<div class="l">For heralds of thy coming light.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Oh, may he never sleep</div> +<div class="t">Upon his weary post,</div> +<div class="l">Nor shrink, though round him sweep</div> +<div class="t">The storm's embattled host;</div> +<div class="l">But, whatsoe'er the night may be,</div> +<div class="l">Stand firm in duty and in thee!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>And let his visioned eye</div> +<div class="t">Rest on the truth sublime,</div> +<div class="l">That sin and woe shall fly</div> +<div class="t">Before advancing time,</div> +<div class="l">Till in thine own eternal day</div> +<div class="l">The latest tear hath passed away.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>And when his watch is done,</div> +<div class="t">Oh, let unclouded light,</div> +<div class="l">From heaven's all glorious sun</div> +<div class="t">Gleam on his closing sight:--</div> +<div class="l">That all who see his death, shall know</div> +<div class="l">His spirit walked with thee below.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0715"> + +<h3>715. <span class="meter">6s. & 4s. M.</span> <span class="sc">J. G. Adams.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Sovereign of worlds above!</div> +<div class="l">From thy blest throne of love,</div> +<div class="l">To us appear;</div> +<div class="l">Help, as we raise to thee,</div> +<div class="l">Prayers of humility,</div> +<div class="l">Praises of spirits free;</div> +<div class="l">And wilt thou hear.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Be thy rich blessing shed</div> +<div class="l">On thy young servant's head,</div> +<div class="l">In this bright hour,</div> +<div class="l">Who at thine altar stands,</div> +<div class="l">With trusting heart and hands,</div> +<div class="l">Waiting thy true commands,--</div> +<div class="l">Seeking thy power.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Grant him thy wisdom, Lord,</div> +<div class="l">And with thy mighty word</div> +<div class="l">Armed may he be;</div> +<div class="l">Faithful in teaching here,</div> +<div class="l">Moved by thy holy fear,--</div> +<div class="l">May his great charge be dear,</div> +<div class="l">Father, to thee.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>And when, his toilings ceased,</div> +<div class="l">To heaven, from earth released,</div> +<div class="l">Thou bid him come;</div> +<div class="l">Then, where no sin-cloud lowers,</div> +<div class="l">Be his glad theme and ours,</div> +<div class="l">Love's high redeeming powers,</div> +<div class="l">Man's endless home!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0716"> + +<h3>716. <span class="meter">8s. 7s. & 4s. M.</span> <span class="sc">L. C. Browne.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>As the evening shadows gather</div> +<div class="t">O'er us, from thy holy hill</div> +<div class="l">May thy blessing, righteous Father,</div> +<div class="t">Like the evening dew distil;</div> +<div class="t3">And thy presence</div> +<div class="t">Every heart with rapture fill!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>While in summer's warmth and beauty,</div> +<div class="t">We our brother set apart</div> +<div class="l">To the pastor's solemn duty,</div> +<div class="t">May thy spirit warm his heart;</div> +<div class="t3">Without measure,</div> +<div class="t">Wisdom, strength and love impart.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>To perform the sacred function</div> +<div class="t">As thy servant we ordain,</div> +<div class="l">Father, may the holy unction</div> +<div class="t">Fall on him, like summer rain!</div> +<div class="t3">Make him fertile,</div> +<div class="t">Bearing fruit like golden grain.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>In the path of duty guide him,</div> +<div class="t">Firm in virtue may he stand;</div> +<div class="l">And from storm and peril, hide him</div> +<div class="t">In the hollow of thy hand;</div> +<div class="t3">Keep his footsteps</div> +<div class="t">Till he tread the better land.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>When at last his toils are over,</div> +<div class="t">Summer ended, autumn near,</div> +<div class="l">May he and his flock, like clover</div> +<div class="t">Ripened for the scythe, appear;</div> +<div class="t3">And when falling,</div> +<div class="t">Guardian angels linger near.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0717"> + +<h3>717. <span class="meter">8s. 7s. & 4s. M.</span> <span class="sc">E. H. Chapin.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Father! at this altar bending,</div> +<div class="t">Set our hearts from world-thoughts free;</div> +<div class="l">Prayer and praise their incense blending,</div> +<div class="t">May our rites accepted be:</div> +<div class="t3">Father, hear us,</div> +<div class="t">Gently draw our souls to thee.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Deign to smile upon this union</div> +<div class="t">Of a pastor and a flock;</div> +<div class="l">Sweet and blest be their communion:</div> +<div class="t">May he sacred truths unlock--</div> +<div class="t3">And this people</div> +<div class="t">Plant their feet on Christ the Rock.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Be his life a living sermon,</div> +<div class="t">Be his thoughts one ceaseless prayer:</div> +<div class="l">Like the dews that fell on Hermon,</div> +<div class="t">Making green the foliage there,</div> +<div class="t3">May his teachings</div> +<div class="t">Drop on souls beneath his care.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Here may Sin repent its straying,</div> +<div class="t">Here may Grief forget to weep,</div> +<div class="l">Here may Hope its light displaying,</div> +<div class="t">And blest Faith, their vigils keep,</div> +<div class="t3">And the dying</div> +<div class="t">Pass from hence in Christ to sleep.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>When <i>his</i> heart shall cease its motion,</div> +<div class="t">All its toils and conflicts o'er;</div> +<div class="l">When <i>they</i> for an unseen ocean,</div> +<div class="t">One by one, shall leave the shore;</div> +<div class="t3">Pastor, people, there--in heaven,</div> +<div class="t">May they meet to part no more.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0718"> + +<h3>718. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">H. Bacon.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Not for the prophet tongue of fire,</div> +<div class="t">Nor voice of trumpet tone,</div> +<div class="l">We lift our prayer, Immortal Sire,</div> +<div class="t">For him before thy throne.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>We ask for wisdom's gifts and grace,</div> +<div class="t">The heart alive to love,</div> +<div class="l">The earnest zeal to save our race,</div> +<div class="t">All selfish aims above.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Lord, bless him now! By holy rite,</div> +<div class="t">We consecrate to thee!</div> +<div class="l">Make to his eye the chief delight</div> +<div class="t">Christ's prospering work to see.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Bold let him be for truth and man,</div> +<div class="t">For God and righteousness!</div> +<div class="l">Free let him speak the gospel plan,</div> +<div class="t">And the whole truth confess.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Be cloud and fire about his way,</div> +<div class="t">Till Canaan's land is trod!</div> +<div class="l">Then o'er his grave thy church shall say,</div> +<div class="t">He led us to our God!</div> +</div> + +</div> + + +<h2>ASSOCIATIONS, CONVENTIONS, AND MISSIONARY MEETINGS.</h2> + +<div class="hymn" id="h0719"> + +<h3>719. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Doddridge.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">For a Meeting of Ministers.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Let Zion's watchmen all awake,</div> +<div class="t">And take the alarm they give:</div> +<div class="l">Now let them, from the mouth of God,</div> +<div class="t">Their solemn charge receive.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>'Tis not a cause of small import</div> +<div class="t">The pastor's care demands;</div> +<div class="l">But what might fill an angel's heart,</div> +<div class="t">And filled a Saviour's hands.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>May they, that Jesus whom they preach,</div> +<div class="t">Their own Redeemer see;</div> +<div class="l">And watch thou daily o'er their souls,</div> +<div class="t">That they may watch for thee.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0720"> + +<h3>720. <span class="meter">8s. & 7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Burden and Conflict of the Ministry.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Onward, Christian, though the region</div> +<div class="t">Where thou art be drear and lone;</div> +<div class="l">God hath set a guardian legion</div> +<div class="t">Very near thee,--press thou on!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>By the thorn-wood, and none other,</div> +<div class="t">Is the mount of vision won;</div> +<div class="l">Tread it without shrinking, brother!</div> +<div class="t">Jesus trod it,--press thou on!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>By thy trustful, calm endeavor,</div> +<div class="t">Guiding, cheering, like the sun,</div> +<div class="l">Earth-bound hearts thou shalt deliver</div> +<div class="t">O, for their sake, press thou on!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Be this world the wiser, stronger,</div> +<div class="t">For thy life of pain and peace;</div> +<div class="l">While it needs thee, O, no longer</div> +<div class="t">Pray thou for thy quick release.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Pray thou, Christian, daily, rather,</div> +<div class="t">That thou be a faithful son;</div> +<div class="l">By the prayer of Jesus,--"Father,</div> +<div class="t">Not my will, but thine, be done!"</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0721"> + +<h3>721. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">A. Balfour.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Ministers Charged and Encouraged.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Go, messengers of peace and love,</div> +<div class="t">To people plunged in shades of night;</div> +<div class="l">Like angels sent from fields above,</div> +<div class="t">Be yours to shed celestial light.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Go to the hungry,--food impart;</div> +<div class="t">To paths of peace the wanderer guide;</div> +<div class="l">And lead the thirsty panting heart</div> +<div class="t">Where streams of living water glide.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>O faint not in the day of toil,</div> +<div class="t">When harvest waits the reaper's hand;</div> +<div class="l">Go, gather in the glorious spoil,</div> +<div class="t">And joyous in his presence stand.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Thy love a rich reward shall find</div> +<div class="t">From him who sits enthroned on high;</div> +<div class="l">For they who turn the erring mind</div> +<div class="t">Shall shine like stars above the sky.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0722"> + +<h3>722. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Wesleyan.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Call to Labor in God's Vineyard.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>The vineyard of the Lord</div> +<div class="t">Before his laborers lies;</div> +<div class="l">And, lo! we see the vast reward</div> +<div class="t">Which waits us in the skies.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>O let us then proceed</div> +<div class="t">In God's great work below,</div> +<div class="l">And following our triumphant Head,</div> +<div class="t">To further conquests go.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>And let our heart and mind</div> +<div class="t">Continually ascend,</div> +<div class="l">That haven of repose to find,</div> +<div class="t">Where all our labors end.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>What honor to behold,</div> +<div class="t">In that sublime abode,</div> +<div class="l">The patriarchs and prophets old,</div> +<div class="t">And all the men of God!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">5</span>Then spend our days beneath,</div> +<div class="t">Toiling in cheerful hope;</div> +<div class="l">And fearless pass the vale of death,</div> +<div class="t">And gain the mountain top.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0723"> + +<h3>723. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Episcopal Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">For Laborers in God's Harvest.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>O Spirit of the living God,</div> +<div class="t">In all thy plenitude of grace,</div> +<div class="l">Where'er the foot of man hath trod,</div> +<div class="t">Descend on our degenerate race!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Give tongues of fire and hearts of love,</div> +<div class="t">To preach the reconciling word;</div> +<div class="l">Give power and unction from above,</div> +<div class="t">Where'er the joyful sound is heard.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Be darkness, at thy coming, light;</div> +<div class="t">Confusion, order, in thy path;</div> +<div class="l">Souls without strength inspire with might;</div> +<div class="t">Bid mercy triumph over wrath.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Convert the nations; far and nigh</div> +<div class="t">The triumphs of the cross record;</div> +<div class="l">The name of Jesus glorify,</div> +<div class="t">Till every people call him Lord.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0724"> + +<h3>724. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Byrant.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">A Blessing invoked on Christian Teachers.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Mighty One, before whose face,</div> +<div class="t">Wisdom had her glorious seat,</div> +<div class="l">When the orbs that people space</div> +<div class="t">Sprang to birth beneath thy feet;</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Source of truth, whose rays alone</div> +<div class="t">Light the mighty world of mind;</div> +<div class="l">God of love, who from thy throne</div> +<div class="t">Kindly watchest all mankind;</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Shed on those, who in thy name</div> +<div class="t">Teach the way of truth and right,</div> +<div class="l">Shed that love's undying flame,</div> +<div class="t">Shed that wisdom's guiding light.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0725"> + +<h3>725. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">H. Ballou.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">At an Annual Convention.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Dear Lord, behold thy servants, here,</div> +<div class="t">From various parts together meet,</div> +<div class="l">To tell their labors through the year,</div> +<div class="t">And lay the harvest at thy feet.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>The reapers cry, "Thy fields are white,</div> +<div class="t">All ready to be gathered in,</div> +<div class="l">And harvests wave in changing light,</div> +<div class="t">Far as the eye can trace the scene."</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Lord, bless us while we here remain;</div> +<div class="t">With holy love our bosoms fill;</div> +<div class="l">O may thy doctrine drop like rain,</div> +<div class="t">And like the silent dew distil.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>While we attend thy churches' care</div> +<div class="t">O grant us wisdom from above;</div> +<div class="l">With prudent thought and humble prayer,</div> +<div class="t">May we fulfil the works of love.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0726"> + +<h3>726. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Hymns of Zion.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Brethren, beloved for Jesus' sake,</div> +<div class="t">A hearty welcome here receive;</div> +<div class="l">May we together now partake</div> +<div class="t">The joys which he alone can give.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>May he by whose kind care we meet,</div> +<div class="t">Send his good Spirit from above,</div> +<div class="l">Make our communion pure and sweet,</div> +<div class="t">And cause our hearts to burn with love.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Forgotten be each worldly theme,</div> +<div class="t">When thus we meet, to pray and praise;</div> +<div class="l">We but desire to speak of him,</div> +<div class="t">And of his holy word and ways.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Thus as the moments pass away,</div> +<div class="t">We'll love, and wonder and adore;</div> +<div class="l">Then hasten on, the glorious day,</div> +<div class="t">When we shall meet to part no more.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0727"> + +<h3>727. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Hymns of Zion.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Joined in a union firm and strong,</div> +<div class="t">No foe our ranks can break;</div> +<div class="l">To victory we press along,</div> +<div class="t">And glorious warfare make.</div> +<div class="l">Our fervent prayers shall still prevail</div> +<div class="t">Against a host of sins;</div> +<div class="l">And angels every Christian hail</div> +<div class="t">Whose love a conquest wins.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Then let our ranks, more closely joined,</div> +<div class="t">With shield and buckler stand;</div> +<div class="l">A kingdom we at last shall find,</div> +<div class="t">The promised spirit-land.</div> +<div class="l">Let all with harmony of voice,</div> +<div class="t">In lofty praises join;</div> +<div class="l">Let every soul in Christ rejoice,</div> +<div class="t">With rapture all divine.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>The kindling flame begins to glow,</div> +<div class="t">Each heart grows warm with love;</div> +<div class="l">And we enjoy on earth below,</div> +<div class="t">The bliss of heaven above!</div> +<div class="l">O thus forever may we feel,</div> +<div class="t">And evermore display</div> +<div class="l">Devotion's pure and holy zeal,</div> +<div class="t">In Zion's chosen way.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0728"> + +<h3>728. <span class="meter">7s. & 6s. M.</span> <span class="sc">J. G. Adams.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Our Father--ever living!</div> +<div class="t">Once more thy children come,</div> +<div class="l">In joy and true thanksgiving,</div> +<div class="t">To this their gospel home.</div> +<div class="l">United--from dissension</div> +<div class="t">Kept by thy goodness free--</div> +<div class="l">Again in glad Convention</div> +<div class="t">Our vows we pay to thee.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>The Past! Its ways are beaming</div> +<div class="t">With thy sure mercies, Lord--</div> +<div class="l">Thy truth and grace redeeming,</div> +<div class="t">Sent o'er the earth abroad,</div> +<div class="l">The hoary shrines of error</div> +<div class="t">Have cast aside; and free</div> +<div class="l">From darkness, doubt, and terror</div> +<div class="t">Its children come to thee.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>The Present! Loudly sounding,</div> +<div class="t">Its cheering tones are heard;</div> +<div class="l">Be our full hearts abounding</div> +<div class="t">In its strong Hope and Word!</div> +<div class="l">Be strength and wisdom, Father!</div> +<div class="t">Bestowing what we need,</div> +<div class="l">Truth's harvest-sheaves to gather--</div> +<div class="t">Christ's kingdom here to speed.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>The Future! Indications</div> +<div class="t">Of mightier works are there:--</div> +<div class="l">Truth's promised revelations;</div> +<div class="t">Thine arm of power made bare;</div> +<div class="l">From sin's dread reign exemption:</div> +<div class="t">Man's life in Christ, divine;</div> +<div class="l">The erring world's redemption;</div> +<div class="t">The glory, Father, thine!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0729"> + +<h3>729. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Mrs. Sawyer.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>We gather in the name of God,</div> +<div class="t">And, bowing down the head,</div> +<div class="l">We stretch our waiting hands abroad,</div> +<div class="t">And humbly ask for aid:</div> +<div class="l">For aid, when o'er the spirit's day,</div> +<div class="t">Thick clouds of darkness rest,</div> +<div class="l">That we may chase the gloom away,</div> +<div class="t">And light the darkened breast.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>For strength to lead the poor, the weak</div> +<div class="t">Who tread the vale of years,--</div> +<div class="l">For pity's hand to dry the cheek</div> +<div class="t">Where sorrow sits in tears;</div> +<div class="l">For hope, the beautiful and bright,</div> +<div class="t">That whispers, "Ne'er despond!"</div> +<div class="l">For faith, that through the darkest night</div> +<div class="t">Still sees a star beyond.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Bold heralds of the cross, O God,</div> +<div class="t">Undaunted send us forth;</div> +<div class="l">Salvation be our rallying word,--</div> +<div class="t">Our field, the boundless earth;</div> +<div class="l">Love on our lips, and in our soul,</div> +<div class="t">Our labors never done;</div> +<div class="l">O Sovereign Helper! till the goal</div> +<div class="t">By all at last be won.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0730"> + +<h3>730. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">H. K. White.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Closing Hymn at an Association.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Christians! brethren! ere we part,</div> +<div class="l">Every voice and every heart</div> +<div class="l">Join, and to our Father raise</div> +<div class="l">One last hymn of grateful praise.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Though we here should meet no more,</div> +<div class="l">Yet there is a brighter shore;</div> +<div class="l">There, released from toil and pain,</div> +<div class="l">There we all may meet again.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Now to him who reigns in heaven</div> +<div class="l">Be eternal glory given;</div> +<div class="l">Grateful for thy love divine,</div> +<div class="l">O may all our hearts be thine!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0731"> + +<h3>731. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Sutton.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Hail, sweetest, dearest tie that binds</div> +<div class="t">Our glowing hearts in one;</div> +<div class="l">Hail, sacred hope, that tunes our minds</div> +<div class="t">To sing what God hath done.</div> +<div class="l">It is the hope, the blissful hope,</div> +<div class="t">Which gospel grace hath given;</div> +<div class="l">The hope, when days and years are past,</div> +<div class="t">We all shall meet in heaven.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>From eastern shores, from northern lands,</div> +<div class="t">From western hill and plain,</div> +<div class="l">From southern climes, the brother-bands</div> +<div class="t">May hope to meet again;</div> +<div class="l">It is the hope, the blissful hope,</div> +<div class="t">Which love divine hath given:</div> +<div class="l">The hope, when life and time are o'er,</div> +<div class="t">We all shall meet in heaven.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>No hope deferred, no parting sigh,</div> +<div class="t">That blessed meeting knows;</div> +<div class="l">There friendship beams from every eye,</div> +<div class="t">And hope immortal grows.</div> +<div class="l">It is the hope, the precious hope,</div> +<div class="t">Which boundless grace hath given:</div> +<div class="l">The hope, when time shall be no more,</div> +<div class="t">We all shall meet in heaven.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0732"> + +<h3>732. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">W. Ward.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Prayer for the Success of the Gospel.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Great God, the nations of the earth</div> +<div class="t">Are by creation thine;</div> +<div class="l">And in thy works, by all beheld,</div> +<div class="t">Thy radiant glories shine.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>But, Lord, thy greater love has sent</div> +<div class="t">Thy gospel to mankind,</div> +<div class="l">Unveiling what rich stores of grace</div> +<div class="t">Are treasured in thy mind.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>O, when shall these glad tidings spread</div> +<div class="t">The spacious earth around,</div> +<div class="l">Till every tribe and every soul</div> +<div class="t">Shall hear the joyful sound?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Smile, Lord, on each divine attempt</div> +<div class="t">To spread the gospel's rays,</div> +<div class="l">And build on sin's demolished throne</div> +<div class="t">The temples of thy praise.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0733"> + +<h3>733. <span class="meter">7s. & 6s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Heber.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Missionary Hymn.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>From Greenland's icy mountains,</div> +<div class="t">From India's coral strand,--</div> +<div class="l">Where Afric's sunny fountains</div> +<div class="t">Roll down their golden sand,--</div> +<div class="l">From many an ancient river,</div> +<div class="t">From many a palmy plain,--</div> +<div class="l">They call us to deliver</div> +<div class="t">Their land from error's chain.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>What though the spicy breezes</div> +<div class="t">Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle;</div> +<div class="l">Though every prospect pleases,</div> +<div class="t">And only man is vile;</div> +<div class="l">In vain with lavish kindness</div> +<div class="t">The gifts of God are strown;</div> +<div class="l">The heathen in his blindness</div> +<div class="t">Bows down to wood and stone.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Shall we, whose souls are lighted</div> +<div class="t">By wisdom from on high,</div> +<div class="l">Shall we to men benighted</div> +<div class="t">The lamp of life deny?</div> +<div class="l">Salvation! O, salvation!</div> +<div class="t">The joyful sound proclaim,</div> +<div class="l">Till each remotest nation</div> +<div class="t">Has learnt Messiah's name.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0734"> + +<h3>734. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Pratt's Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Go! ye messengers of God,</div> +<div class="t">Like the beams of morning, fly;</div> +<div class="l">Take the wonder-working rod,</div> +<div class="t">Wave the Banner-Cross on high!</div> +<div class="l">Where th' lofty minaret</div> +<div class="t">Gleams along the morning skies,</div> +<div class="l">Wave it till the crescent set,</div> +<div class="t">And the "Star of Jacob" rise.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Go! to many a tropic isle,</div> +<div class="t">In the bosom of the deep;</div> +<div class="l">Where the skies forever smile,</div> +<div class="t">And th' oppressed forever weep!</div> +<div class="l">O'er the negro's night of care</div> +<div class="t">Pour the living light of heaven;</div> +<div class="l">Chase away the fiend despair,</div> +<div class="t">Bid him hope to be forgiven!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>When the golden gates of day</div> +<div class="t">Open on the palmy east,</div> +<div class="l">Wide the bleeding cross display,</div> +<div class="t">Spread the gospel's richest feast:</div> +<div class="l">Circumnavigate the ball,</div> +<div class="t">Visit every soil and sea;</div> +<div class="l">Preach the Cross of Christ to all--</div> +<div class="t">Jesus' love is full and free!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0735"> + +<h3>735. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">S. W. Livermore.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Western Churches.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Our pilgrim brethren dwelling far,--</div> +<div class="t">O God of truth and love,</div> +<div class="l">Light thou their path with thine own star,</div> +<div class="t">Bright beaming from above.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Wide as their mighty rivers flow,</div> +<div class="t">Let thine own truth extend;</div> +<div class="l">Where prairies spread and forests grow,</div> +<div class="t">O Lord, thy gospel send.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Then will a mighty nation own</div> +<div class="t">A union firm and strong;--</div> +<div class="l">The sceptre of th' eternal throne</div> +<div class="t">Shall rule its councils long.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0736"> + +<h3>736. <span class="meter">C. P. M.</span> <span class="sc">Episcopal Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">On Western Missions.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>When, Lord, to this our western land,</div> +<div class="l">Led by thy providential hand,</div> +<div class="t">Our wandering fathers came,</div> +<div class="l">Their ancient homes, their friends in youth</div> +<div class="l">Sent forth the heralds of thy truth,</div> +<div class="t">To keep them in thy name.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Then, through our solitary coast,</div> +<div class="l">The desert features soon were lost;</div> +<div class="t">Thy temples there arose;</div> +<div class="l">Our shores, as culture made them fair,</div> +<div class="l">Were hallowed by thy rites, by prayer,</div> +<div class="t">And blossomed as the rose.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>And O, may we repay this debt</div> +<div class="l">To regions solitary yet</div> +<div class="t">Within our spreading land!</div> +<div class="l">There brethren, from our common home,</div> +<div class="l">Still westward, like our fathers, roam,</div> +<div class="t">Still guided by thy hand.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Father, we own this debt of love;</div> +<div class="l">O, shed thy Spirit from above,</div> +<div class="t">To move each Christian breast,</div> +<div class="l">Till heralds shall thy truth proclaim,</div> +<div class="l">And temples rise, to fix thy name,</div> +<div class="t">Through all our boundless West!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0737"> + +<h3>737. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Winchell's Sel.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Missionaries Encouraged.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Ye Christian heralds,--go, proclaim</div> +<div class="l">Salvation in Immanuel's name:</div> +<div class="l">To distant climes the tidings bear,</div> +<div class="l">And plant the rose of Sharon there.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>He'll shield you with a wall of fire,</div> +<div class="l">With holy zeal your hearts inspire,</div> +<div class="l">Bid raging winds their fury cease,</div> +<div class="l">And calm the savage breast to peace.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>And when our labors all are o'er,</div> +<div class="l">Then shall we meet to part no more,--</div> +<div class="l">Meet, with the ransomed throng to fail,</div> +<div class="l">And crown the Saviour Lord of all.</div> +</div> + +</div> + + +<h2>EARLY RELIGIOUS CULTURE.</h2> + +<div class="hymn" id="h0738"> + +<h3>738. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Campbell's Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Prayer for Children.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>God of mercy, hear our prayer</div> +<div class="t">For the children thou hast given;</div> +<div class="l">Let them all thy blessings share--</div> +<div class="t">Grace on earth and bliss in heaven.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>In the morning of their days</div> +<div class="t">May their hearts be drawn to thee;</div> +<div class="l">Let them learn to lisp thy praise</div> +<div class="t">In their earliest infancy.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>When we see their passions rise,</div> +<div class="t">Sinful habits unsubdued,</div> +<div class="l">Then to thee we lift our eyes,</div> +<div class="t">That their hearts may be renewed.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>For this mercy, Lord, we cry;</div> +<div class="t">Bend thine ever-gracious ear;</div> +<div class="l">While on thee our souls rely,</div> +<div class="t">Hear our prayer--in mercy hear.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0739"> + +<h3>739. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Bp. Heber.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Early Religion.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>By cool Siloam's shady rill</div> +<div class="t">How sweet the lily grows!</div> +<div class="l">How sweet the breath beneath the hill</div> +<div class="t">Of Sharon's dewy rose!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Lo, such the child whose early feet</div> +<div class="t">The paths of peace have trod;</div> +<div class="l">Whose secret heart, with influence sweet,</div> +<div class="t">Is upward drawn to God!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>By cool Siloam's shady rill</div> +<div class="t">The lily must decay;</div> +<div class="l">The rose that blooms beneath the hill</div> +<div class="t">Must shortly fade away.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>And soon, too soon, the wintry hour</div> +<div class="t">Of man's maturer age</div> +<div class="l">Will shake the soul with sorrow's power,</div> +<div class="t">And stormy passion's rage!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>O Thou, who giv'st us life and breath,</div> +<div class="t">We seek thy grace alone,</div> +<div class="l">In childhood, manhood, age, and death;</div> +<div class="t">To keep us still thine own!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0740"> + +<h3>740. <span class="meter">7s. & 6s. M.</span> <span class="sc">S. F. Smith.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"Remember thy Creator."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>"Remember thy Creator"</div> +<div class="t">While youth's fair spring is bright,</div> +<div class="l">Before thy cares are greater,</div> +<div class="t">Before comes age's night;</div> +<div class="l">While yet the sun shines o'er thee,</div> +<div class="t">While stars the darkness cheer,</div> +<div class="l">While life is all before thee,</div> +<div class="t">Thy great Creator fear.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0741"> + +<h3>741. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Early Piety.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>When children give their hearts to God,</div> +<div class="t">'Tis pleasing in his eyes;</div> +<div class="l">A flower, when offered in the bud,</div> +<div class="t">Is no vain sacrifice.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>It saves us from a thousand snares</div> +<div class="t">To mind religion young;</div> +<div class="l">Grace will preserve our following years,</div> +<div class="t">And make our virtues strong.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>To thee, Almighty God, to thee</div> +<div class="t">May we our hearts resign;</div> +<div class="l">'Twill please us to look back and see,</div> +<div class="t">That our whole lives were thine.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0742"> + +<h3>742. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Gibbons.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>In the soft season of thy youth,</div> +<div class="t">In Nature's smiling bloom,</div> +<div class="l">Ere age arrive, and trembling wait</div> +<div class="t">Its summons to the tomb;</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Remember thy Creator, God;</div> +<div class="t">For him thy powers employ;</div> +<div class="l">Make him thy fear, thy love, thy hope,</div> +<div class="t">Thy confidence, thy joy.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>He shall defend and guide thy course</div> +<div class="t">Through life's uncertain sea,</div> +<div class="l">Till thou art landed on the shore</div> +<div class="t">Of blessed eternity.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Then seek the Lord betimes, and choose</div> +<div class="t">The path of heavenly truth:</div> +<div class="l">The earth affords no lovelier sight</div> +<div class="t">Than a religious youth.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0743"> + +<h3>743. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Landon.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Permanence of Early Religious Impressions.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>While yet the youthful spirit bears</div> +<div class="t">The image of its God within,</div> +<div class="l">And uneffaced that beauty wears</div> +<div class="t">So soon to be destroyed by sin;--</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Then is the time for faith and love</div> +<div class="t">To take in charge their precious care,</div> +<div class="l">Teach the young eye to look above,</div> +<div class="t">Teach the young knee to bend in prayer.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>The world will come with care and crime,</div> +<div class="t">And tempt too many a heart astray;</div> +<div class="l">Still the seed sown in early time</div> +<div class="t">Will not be wholly cast away.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>The infant prayer, the infant hymn,</div> +<div class="t">Within the darkened soul will rise,</div> +<div class="l">When age's weary eye is dim,</div> +<div class="t">And the grave's shadow round us lies.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Lord, grant our hearts be so inclined,</div> +<div class="t">Thy work to seek, thy will to do;</div> +<div class="l">And while we teach the youthful mind,</div> +<div class="t">Our own be taught thy lessons too.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0744"> + +<h3>744. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Importance of the Bible to the Young.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>How shall the young secure their hearts,</div> +<div class="t">And guard their lives, from sin?</div> +<div class="l">Thy word the choicest rules imparts</div> +<div class="t">To keep the conscience clean.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>'Tis, like the sun, a heavenly light,</div> +<div class="t">That guides us all the day,</div> +<div class="l">And, through the dangers of the night,</div> +<div class="t">A lamp to lead our way.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Thy precepts make us truly wise;</div> +<div class="t">We hate the sinner's road:</div> +<div class="l">We hate our own vain thoughts that rise,</div> +<div class="t">But love thy law, O God!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Thy word is everlasting truth:</div> +<div class="t">How pure is every page!</div> +<div class="l">That holy book shall guide our youth,</div> +<div class="t">And well support our age.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0745"> + +<h3>745. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Youth and the Spring-time.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>Sweet is the time of spring,</div> +<div class="t">When nature's charms appear;</div> +<div class="l">The birds with ceaseless pleasure sing,</div> +<div class="t">And hail the opening year:</div> +<div class="t">But sweeter far the spring</div> +<div class="t">Of wisdom and of grace,</div> +<div class="l">When children bless and praise their King,</div> +<div class="t">Who loves the youthful race.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>Sweet is the dawn of day,</div> +<div class="t">When light just streaks the sky;</div> +<div class="l">When shades and darkness pass away,</div> +<div class="t">And morning's beams are nigh:</div> +<div class="t">But sweeter far the dawn</div> +<div class="t">Of piety in youth;</div> +<div class="l">When doubt and darkness are withdrawn,</div> +<div class="t">Before the light of truth.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>Sweet is the early dew,</div> +<div class="t">Which gilds the mountain tops,</div> +<div class="l">And decks each plant and flower we view,</div> +<div class="t">With pearly, glittering drops;</div> +<div class="t">But sweeter far the scene</div> +<div class="t">On Zion's holy hill,</div> +<div class="l">When there the dew of youth is seen</div> +<div class="t">Its freshness to distil.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0746"> + +<h3>746. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Episcopal Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"Remember thy Creator."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>In the glad morn of life, when youth</div> +<div class="t">With generous ardor glows,</div> +<div class="l">And shines in all the fairest charms</div> +<div class="t">That beauty can disclose;</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Deep on thy soul,--before its powers</div> +<div class="t">Are yet by vice enslaved,--</div> +<div class="l">Be thy Creator's lofty name</div> +<div class="t">And character engraved.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>For soon the shades of grief may cloud</div> +<div class="t">The sunshine of thy days;</div> +<div class="l">And cares and toils, an endless round,</div> +<div class="t">Encompass all thy ways.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>True wisdom, early sought and gained,</div> +<div class="t">In age will give thee rest;</div> +<div class="l">O then, improve the morn of life,</div> +<div class="t">To make its evening blest!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0747"> + +<h3>747. <span class="meter">8s. & 7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">R. Streeter.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Children's Prayer.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>God of mercy and of wisdom,</div> +<div class="t">Hear thy children's lisping cry;</div> +<div class="l">Let thy presence, Lord, be with them,</div> +<div class="t">Teaching lessons from on high.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Here, beneath thy wing, we seat us,</div> +<div class="t">Up to heaven for wisdom look;</div> +<div class="l">Lord, in mercy deign to meet us,--</div> +<div class="t">Meet us in thy sacred book.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Since thy truth doth gild its pages,</div> +<div class="t">May that truth, Lord, make us free;</div> +<div class="l">On the Rock of endless ages</div> +<div class="t">Let our faith established be.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>To our faith we'll add the graces,</div> +<div class="t">Virtue, knowledge, patience, love;</div> +<div class="l">When on earth we leave our places,</div> +<div class="t">Raise us all to seats above.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0748"> + +<h3>748. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Grey.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Sabbath School Hymn.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Suppliant, lo! thy children bend,</div> +<div class="t">Father, for thy blessing now;</div> +<div class="l">Thou canst teach us, guide, defend,--</div> +<div class="t">We are weak, almighty thou.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>With the peace thy word imparts,</div> +<div class="t">Be the taught and teacher blest;</div> +<div class="l">In their lives and on their hearts,</div> +<div class="t">Father, be thy laws imprest.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Pour into each longing mind</div> +<div class="t">Light and knowledge from above:</div> +<div class="l">Charity for all mankind--</div> +<div class="t">Trusting faith, enduring love.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0749"> + +<h3>749. <span class="meter">8s. & 7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Opening of the School.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>We have met in peace together</div> +<div class="t">In this house of God again;</div> +<div class="l">Constant friends have led us hither,</div> +<div class="t">Here to chant the solemn strain,</div> +<div class="l">Here to breathe our adoration,</div> +<div class="t">Here the Saviour's praise to sing:</div> +<div class="l">May the Spirit of salvation</div> +<div class="t">Come with healing in his wing.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>We have met, and Time is flying;</div> +<div class="t">We shall part, and still his wing,</div> +<div class="l">Sweeping o'er the dead and dying,</div> +<div class="t">Will the changeful seasons bring:</div> +<div class="l">Let us, while our hearts are lightest,</div> +<div class="t">In our fresh and early years,</div> +<div class="l">Turn to Him whose smile is brightest,</div> +<div class="t">And whose grace will calm our fears.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>He will aid us, should existence</div> +<div class="t">With its sorrows sting the breast;</div> +<div class="l">Gleaming in the onward distance,</div> +<div class="t">Faith will mark the land of rest:</div> +<div class="l">There, 'midst day-beams round him playing,</div> +<div class="t">We our Father's face shall see,</div> +<div class="l">And shall hear him gently saying,</div> +<div class="t">"Little children, come to me."</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0750"> + +<h3>750. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">William Cutter.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Youthful Example.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>What if the little rain should say,</div> +<div class="t">So small a drop as I</div> +<div class="l">Can ne'er refresh these thirsty fields,</div> +<div class="t">I'll tarry in the sky?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>What if a shining beam of noon</div> +<div class="t">Should in its fountain stay,</div> +<div class="l">Because its feeble light alone</div> +<div class="t">Cannot create a day?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Doth not each rain-drop help to form</div> +<div class="t">The cool, refreshing shower,</div> +<div class="l">And every ray of light to warm</div> +<div class="t">And beautify the flower?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Go thou, and strive to do thy share--</div> +<div class="t">One talent,--less than thine,--</div> +<div class="l">Improved with steady zeal and care,</div> +<div class="t">Would gain rewards divine.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0751"> + +<h3>751. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Montgomery.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Sabbath School Anniversary.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>From year to year in love we meet;</div> +<div class="t">From year to year in peace we part;</div> +<div class="l">The tongues of children uttering sweet</div> +<div class="t">The thrilling joy of every heart.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>But time rolls on; and, year by year,</div> +<div class="t">We change, grow up, or pass away;</div> +<div class="l">Not twice the same assembly here</div> +<div class="t">Have hailed the children's festal day.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Death, ere another year, may strike</div> +<div class="t">Some in our number marked to fall:</div> +<div class="l">Be young and old prepared alike;</div> +<div class="t">The warning is to each, to all.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Oft broke, our failing ranks renew;</div> +<div class="t">Send teachers, children, in our place,</div> +<div class="l">More humble, docile, faithful, true,</div> +<div class="t">More like thy Son, from race to race.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0752"> + +<h3>752. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">For the Close of a Sabbath School.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Father, once more let grateful praise</div> +<div class="t">And humble prayer to thee ascend;</div> +<div class="l">Thou Guide and Guardian of our ways,</div> +<div class="t">Our early and our only Friend.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Since every day and hour that's gone</div> +<div class="t">Has been with mercy richly crowned,</div> +<div class="l">Mercy, we know, shall still flow on,</div> +<div class="t">Forever sure as time rolls round.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Hear then the parting prayers we pour,</div> +<div class="t">And bind our hearts in love alone;</div> +<div class="l">And if we meet on earth no more,</div> +<div class="t">May we at last surround thy throne.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0753"> + +<h3>753. <span class="meter">6s. & 4s. M.</span> <span class="sc">J. G. Adams.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Sabbath School Anniversary.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Creation's sovereign Lord!</div> +<div class="l">Be thy glad name adored</div> +<div class="t2">Through earth and sky!</div> +<div class="l">Hear, as in youthful days</div> +<div class="l">To thee we humbly raise</div> +<div class="l">Songs of our grateful praise,</div> +<div class="t2">Holy and high!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Thanks for thy light so free,</div> +<div class="l">Causing our eyes to see</div> +<div class="t2">Thy truth and grace;</div> +<div class="l">Love, that dispels our fear,</div> +<div class="l">Mercy, to sinners dear,</div> +<div class="l">Life, dying souls to cheer,</div> +<div class="t2">For all our race.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Thanks, that on hearts like ours</div> +<div class="l">Thy loving kindness showers</div> +<div class="t2">Knowledge divine;</div> +<div class="l">O let its influence be</div> +<div class="l">Fruitful in works for thee,</div> +<div class="l">Causing in purity</div> +<div class="t2">Our lives to shine.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Bless this our childhood band,</div> +<div class="l">And let us ever stand</div> +<div class="t2">Truthful and strong;</div> +<div class="l">Christians in deed and love,</div> +<div class="l">Such as thou wilt approve,</div> +<div class="l">Till we in worlds above</div> +<div class="t2">Thy praise prolong!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0754"> + +<h3>754. <span class="meter">7s. & 6s. M.</span> <span class="sc">S. S. Choir.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>When, his salvation bringing,</div> +<div class="t">To Zion Jesus came,</div> +<div class="l">The children all stood singing</div> +<div class="t">Hosanna to his name.</div> +<div class="l">Nor did their zeal offend him,</div> +<div class="t">But, as he rode along,</div> +<div class="l">He bade them still attend him,</div> +<div class="t">And smiled to hear their song.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>And since the Lord retaineth</div> +<div class="t">His love for children still,</div> +<div class="l">Though now as king he reigneth</div> +<div class="t">On Zion's heavenly hill,</div> +<div class="l">We'll flock around his banner,</div> +<div class="t">Who sits upon the throne;</div> +<div class="l">And cry aloud, "Hosanna</div> +<div class="t">To David's royal Son."</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>For should we fail proclaiming</div> +<div class="t">Our great Redeemer's praise,</div> +<div class="l">The stones, our silence shaming,</div> +<div class="t">Might well hosanna raise.</div> +<div class="l">But shall we only render</div> +<div class="t">The tribute of our words?</div> +<div class="l">No! while our hearts are tender,</div> +<div class="t">They, too, shall be the Lord's.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0755"> + +<h3>755. <span class="meter">7s. & 6s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Boston S. S. H. Book.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Anniversary of Independence.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>We come with joy and gladness</div> +<div class="t">To breathe our songs of praise,</div> +<div class="l">Nor let one note of sadness</div> +<div class="t">Be mingled in our lays;</div> +<div class="l">For 'tis a hallowed story,</div> +<div class="t">This theme of freedom's birth:</div> +<div class="l">Our fathers' deeds of glory</div> +<div class="t">Are echoed round the earth.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>The sound is waxing stronger,</div> +<div class="t">And thrones and nations hear--</div> +<div class="l">Proud men shall rule no longer,</div> +<div class="t">For God the Lord is near:</div> +<div class="l">And he will crush oppression,</div> +<div class="t">And raise the humble mind,</div> +<div class="l">And give the earth's possession</div> +<div class="t">Among the good and kind.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>And then shall sink the mountains</div> +<div class="t">Where pride and power are crowned,</div> +<div class="l">And peace, like gentle fountains,</div> +<div class="t">Shall shed its pureness round.</div> +<div class="l">O God! we would adore thee,</div> +<div class="t">And in thy shadow rest;</div> +<div class="l">Our fathers bowed before thee,</div> +<div class="t">And trusted and were blest.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0756"> + +<h3>756. <span class="meter">8s. & 7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Horne.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Autumn Warnings.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>See the leaves around us falling,</div> +<div class="t">Dry and withered, to the ground;</div> +<div class="l">Thus to thoughtless mortals calling,</div> +<div class="t">In a sad and solemn sound:--</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>"Youth, on length of days presuming,</div> +<div class="t">Who the paths of pleasure tread,--</div> +<div class="l">View us, late in beauty blooming,</div> +<div class="t">Numbered now among the dead.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>"What though yet no losses grieve you,</div> +<div class="t">Gay with health and many a grace,</div> +<div class="l">Let not cloudless skies deceive you:</div> +<div class="t">Summer gives to autumn place."</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>On the tree of life eternal,</div> +<div class="t">Let our highest hopes be staid:</div> +<div class="l">This alone, forever vernal,</div> +<div class="t">Bears a leaf that shall not fade.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0757"> + +<h3>757. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Death of a Teacher.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Farewell, dear friend! a long farewell!</div> +<div class="t">For we shall meet no more</div> +<div class="l">Till we are raised with thee to dwell</div> +<div class="t">On Zion's happy shore.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Our friend and brother, lo! is dead!</div> +<div class="t">The cold and lifeless clay</div> +<div class="l">Has made in dust its silent bed,</div> +<div class="t">And there it must decay.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Farewell, dear friend, again farewell,--</div> +<div class="t">Soon we shall rise to thee;</div> +<div class="l">And when we meet, no tongue can tell</div> +<div class="t">How great our joys shall be.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>No more we'll mourn thee, parted friend,</div> +<div class="t">But lift our ardent prayer,</div> +<div class="l">And every thought and effort bend</div> +<div class="t">To rise and join thee there.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0758"> + +<h3>758. <span class="meter">12s. & 11s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Though lost to our sight, we may not deplore thee,</div> +<div class="t">The clear light of faith shall illumine thy road;</div> +<div class="l">All through the dark valley shall angels watch o'er thee,</div> +<div class="t">And guide thee in peace to the home of thy God.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Thy heart, while on earth, in his praises delighted,</div> +<div class="t">Thy voice ever spoke of his fatherly love;</div> +<div class="l">And now, by life's shadows no longer benighted,</div> +<div class="t">Thou wilt love him and praise him in heaven above.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>And there may we meet when life shall be ended,</div> +<div class="t">All tears wiped away, and all errors forgiven,</div> +<div class="l">And there may our prayers together be blended</div> +<div class="t">In the sweet song of praise to our Master in heaven.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0759"> + +<h3>759. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">S. S. Choir.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Death of a Scholar.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>We come our Sabbath hymn to raise,</div> +<div class="t">Our earnest, humble prayer to pour;</div> +<div class="l">One voice is hushed, its notes of praise</div> +<div class="t">Shall mingle here with ours no more.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>The lips are still, the eye is dim,</div> +<div class="t">That brightly beamed with joy and love;</div> +<div class="l">The spirit, it hath gone to Him</div> +<div class="t">Who freely gave it from above.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>We will not weep, for Jesus said,</div> +<div class="t">"Let little children to me come;"</div> +<div class="l">But pray that our young hearts be led</div> +<div class="t">To seek our everlasting home.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0760"> + +<h3>760. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Boston S. S. H. Book.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Death has been here, and borne away</div> +<div class="t">A brother from our side:</div> +<div class="l">Just in the morning of his day,</div> +<div class="t">As young as we he died.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>We cannot tell who next may fall</div> +<div class="t">Beneath thy chastening rod;</div> +<div class="l">One must be first, but let us all</div> +<div class="t">Prepare to meet our God.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>May each attend with willing feet</div> +<div class="t">The means of knowledge here;</div> +<div class="l">And wait around thy mercy seat,</div> +<div class="t">With hope as well as fear.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Lord, to thy wisdom and thy care</div> +<div class="t">May we resign our days;</div> +<div class="l">Content to live and serve thee here,</div> +<div class="t">Or die and sing thy praise.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0761"> + +<h3>761. <span class="meter">8s. & 7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">R. C. Waterston.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">On the Death of a Female Scholar.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>One sweet flower has drooped and faded,</div> +<div class="t">One sweet infant's voice has fled,</div> +<div class="l">One fair brow the grave has shaded,</div> +<div class="t">One dear school-mate now is dead.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>But we feel no thought of sadness,</div> +<div class="t">For our friend is happy now;</div> +<div class="l">She has knelt in soul-felt gladness,</div> +<div class="t">Where the blessed angels bow.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>She has gone to heaven before us,</div> +<div class="t">But she turns and waves her hand,</div> +<div class="l">Pointing to the glories o'er us,</div> +<div class="t">In that happy spirit-land.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>God, our Father, watch above us,</div> +<div class="t">Keep us all from danger free;</div> +<div class="l">Do thou guard, and guide, and love us,</div> +<div class="t">Till like her we go to thee.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0762"> + +<h3>762. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">A Child's Prayer.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Lord, teach a little child to pray,</div> +<div class="t">And, O, accept my prayer;</div> +<div class="l">Thou canst hear all the words I say,</div> +<div class="t">For thou art everywhere.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>A little sparrow cannot fall</div> +<div class="t">Unnoticed, Lord, by thee;</div> +<div class="l">And though I am so young and small,</div> +<div class="t">Thou dost take care of me.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Teach me to do whate'er is right,</div> +<div class="t">And, when I sin, forgive;</div> +<div class="l">And make it still my chief delight</div> +<div class="t">To serve thee while I live.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0763"> + +<h3>763. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">S. S. H. Book.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">God--Our Father.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Great God! and wilt thou condescend</div> +<div class="l">To be my Father and my Friend?</div> +<div class="l">I but a child, and thou so high,</div> +<div class="l">The Lord of earth and air and sky!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Art thou my Father?--Let me be</div> +<div class="l">A meek, obedient child to thee;</div> +<div class="l">And try, in every deed and thought,</div> +<div class="l">To serve and please thee as I ought.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Art thou my Father?--I'll depend</div> +<div class="l">Upon the care of such a friend;</div> +<div class="l">And only wish to do and be</div> +<div class="l">Whatever seemeth good to thee.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Art thou my Father?--Then, at last,</div> +<div class="l">When all my days on earth are past,</div> +<div class="l">Send down and take me, in thy love,</div> +<div class="l">To be thy better child above.</div> +</div> + +</div> + + +<h2>PHILANTHROPIC SUBJECTS.</h2> + +<div class="hymn" id="h0764"> + +<h3>764. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">J. Taylor.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Acceptable Offering.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Father of our feeble race,</div> +<div class="t">Wise, beneficent, and kind!</div> +<div class="l">Spread o'er nature's ample face,</div> +<div class="t">Flows thy goodness unconfined.</div> +<div class="l">Musing in the silent grove,</div> +<div class="t">Or the busy walks of men,</div> +<div class="l">Still we trace thy wondrous love,</div> +<div class="t">Claiming large returns again.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Lord, what offering shall we bring,</div> +<div class="t">At thine altars when we bow?</div> +<div class="l">Hearts, the pure unsullied spring</div> +<div class="t">Whence the kind affections flow;</div> +<div class="l">Soft compassion's feeling soul,</div> +<div class="t">By the melting eye expressed;</div> +<div class="l">Sympathy, at whose control</div> +<div class="t">Sorrow leaves the wounded breast;</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Willing hands to lead the blind,</div> +<div class="t">Bind the wounded, feed the poor;</div> +<div class="l">Love, embracing all our kind;</div> +<div class="t">Charity, with liberal store:--</div> +<div class="l">Teach us, O thou heavenly King,</div> +<div class="t">Thus to show our grateful mind,</div> +<div class="l">Thus the accepted offering bring,</div> +<div class="t">Love to thee and all mankind.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0765"> + +<h3>765. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Kindness to the Poor.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>How blest is he who fears the Lord,</div> +<div class="t">And follows his commands,</div> +<div class="l">Who lends the poor without reward,</div> +<div class="t">Or gives with liberal hands.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>As pity dwells within his breast</div> +<div class="t">To all the sons of need,</div> +<div class="l">So God shall answer his request</div> +<div class="t">With blessings on his seed.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>In times of danger and distress,</div> +<div class="t">Some beams of light shall shine,</div> +<div class="l">To show the world his righteousness,</div> +<div class="t">And give him peace divine.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>His works of piety and love</div> +<div class="t">Remain before the Lord;</div> +<div class="l">Sweet peace on earth, and joys above,</div> +<div class="t">Shall be his sure reward.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0766"> + +<h3>766. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">H. Martineau.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">All Men are equal.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>All men are equal in their birth,</div> +<div class="t">Heirs of the earth and skies;</div> +<div class="l">All men are equal when that earth</div> +<div class="t">Fades from their dying eyes.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>God meets the throngs who pay their vows</div> +<div class="t">In courts that hands have made,</div> +<div class="l">And hears the worshipper who bows</div> +<div class="t">Beneath the plantain shade.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>'Tis man alone who difference sees,</div> +<div class="t">And speaks of high and low,</div> +<div class="l">And worships those, and tramples these,</div> +<div class="t">While the same path they go.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>O, let man hasten to restore</div> +<div class="t">To all their rights of love;</div> +<div class="l">In power and wealth exult no more;</div> +<div class="t">In wisdom lowly move.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Ye great, renounce your earth-born pride,</div> +<div class="t">Ye low, your shame and fear:</div> +<div class="l">Live, as ye worship, side by side;</div> +<div class="t">Your brotherhood revere.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0767"> + +<h3>767. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Lutheran Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Charity.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Go to the pillow of disease,</div> +<div class="t">Where night gives no repose,</div> +<div class="l">And on the cheek where sickness preys,</div> +<div class="t">Bid health to plant the rose.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Go where the friendless stranger lies;</div> +<div class="t">To perish is his doom:</div> +<div class="l">Snatch from the grave his closing eyes.</div> +<div class="t">And bring his blessing home.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Thus what our Heavenly Father gave</div> +<div class="t">Shall we as freely give;</div> +<div class="l">Thus copy him who lived to save,</div> +<div class="t">And died that we might live.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0768"> + +<h3>768. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Mrs. Barbauld.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"Ye are the Salt of the Earth."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Salt of the earth! ye virtuous few</div> +<div class="t">Who season human kind;</div> +<div class="l">Light of the world! whose cheering ray</div> +<div class="t">Illumes the realms of mind.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Where misery spreads her deepest shade</div> +<div class="t">Your strong compassion glows;</div> +<div class="l">From your blest lips the balm proceeds</div> +<div class="t">That softens human woes.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Yours is the large expansive thought,</div> +<div class="t">The high heroic deed;</div> +<div class="l">Exile and chains to you are dear,</div> +<div class="t">To you 'tis sweet to bleed.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Proceed! your race of glory run,</div> +<div class="t">Your virtuous toils endure;</div> +<div class="l">You come commissioned from on high,</div> +<div class="t">And your reward is sure.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0769"> + +<h3>769. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">All Things vain without Love.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Had I the tongues of Greeks and Jews,</div> +<div class="l">And nobler speech than angels use,</div> +<div class="l">If love be absent, I am found</div> +<div class="l">Like tinkling brass, an empty sound.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Were I inspired to preach and tell</div> +<div class="l">All that is done in heaven and hell;</div> +<div class="l">Or could my faith the world remove,</div> +<div class="l">Still I am nothing without love.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Should I distribute all my store</div> +<div class="l">To feed the cravings of the poor;</div> +<div class="l">Or give my body to the flame</div> +<div class="l">To gain a martyr's glorious name;</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>If love to God and love to men</div> +<div class="l">Be absent, all my hopes are vain:</div> +<div class="l">Nor tongues, nor gifts, nor fiery zeal,</div> +<div class="l">The works of love can e'er fulfil.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0770"> + +<h3>770. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Mrs. Sigourney.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Sower and the Seed.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>All hail! ye servants of the Lord!</div> +<div class="t">On mercy's mission bound;</div> +<div class="l">Who, like the sower of the word,</div> +<div class="t">Strew precious gifts around.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>What though your seed 'mid thorns be sown,</div> +<div class="t">Where tares and brambles thrive,</div> +<div class="l">Still One is able, One alone,</div> +<div class="t">To save its germ alive.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Ye fear, what falls on stony earth</div> +<div class="t">Will mock your prayerful toil;</div> +<div class="l">But sometimes plants of holiest birth</div> +<div class="t">Bear fruit in sterile soil.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>The seed that by the way-side fell,</div> +<div class="t">Perchance you counted dead;</div> +<div class="l">Yet birds, that sing in heaven, may tell,</div> +<div class="t">They on its sweetness fed.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>And some a hundred fold shall bear,</div> +<div class="t">To glorify the Lord;</div> +<div class="l">How blessed, then, will be your care!</div> +<div class="t">How glorious your reward!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0771"> + +<h3>771. <span class="meter">8s. & 7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Hastings.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Sower and his Sheaves.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>He, that goeth forth with weeping,</div> +<div class="t">Bearing still the precious seed,</div> +<div class="l">Never tiring, never sleeping,</div> +<div class="t">Soon shall see his toil succeed:</div> +<div class="l">Showers of rain will fall from heaven,</div> +<div class="t">Then the cheering sun will shine,</div> +<div class="l">So shall plenteous fruit be given,</div> +<div class="t">Through an influence all divine.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Sow thy seed, be never weary,</div> +<div class="t">Let not fear thy mind employ;</div> +<div class="l">Though the prospect be most dreary,</div> +<div class="t">Thou may'st reap the fruits of joy:</div> +<div class="l">Lo! the scene of verdure bright'ning,</div> +<div class="t">See the rising grain appear;</div> +<div class="l">Look again! the fields are whit'ning,</div> +<div class="t">Harvest-time is surely near.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0772"> + +<h3>772. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Montgomery.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Active Effort to do Good.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>Sow in the morn thy seed;</div> +<div class="t">At eve hold not thy hand;</div> +<div class="l">To doubt and fear give thou no heed;</div> +<div class="t">Broadcast it o'er the land;--</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>And duly shall appear,</div> +<div class="t">In verdure, beauty, strength,</div> +<div class="l">The tender blade, the stalk, the ear,</div> +<div class="t">And the full corn at length.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>Thou canst not toil in vain;</div> +<div class="t">Cold, heat, and moist, and dry,</div> +<div class="l">Shall foster and mature the grain</div> +<div class="t">For garners in the sky.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0773"> + +<h3>773. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Drummond.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Faith without Works is Dead.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>As body when the soul has fled,</div> +<div class="l">As barren trees, decayed and dead,</div> +<div class="l">Is faith; a hopeless, lifeless thing,</div> +<div class="l">If not of righteous deeds the spring.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>One cup of healing oil and wine,</div> +<div class="l">One tear-drop shed on mercy's shrine,</div> +<div class="l">Is thrice more grateful, Lord, to thee,</div> +<div class="l">Than lifted eye or bended knee.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0774"> + +<h3>774. <span class="meter">C. P. M.</span> <span class="sc">Blacklock.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Christian Beneficence.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Hail, love divine! joys ever new,</div> +<div class="l">While thy kind dictates we pursue,</div> +<div class="t">Our souls delighted share,</div> +<div class="l">Too high for sordid minds to know,</div> +<div class="l">Who on themselves alone bestow</div> +<div class="t">Their wishes and their care.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>By thee inspired, the generous breast,</div> +<div class="l">In blessing others only blest,</div> +<div class="t">With kindness large and free,</div> +<div class="l">Delights the widow's tears to stay,</div> +<div class="l">To teach the blind their smoothest way,</div> +<div class="t">And aid the feeble knee.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>O God, with sympathetic care,</div> +<div class="l">In others' joys and griefs to share,</div> +<div class="t">Do thou our hearts incline;</div> +<div class="l">Each low, each selfish wish control,</div> +<div class="l">Warm with benevolence the soul,</div> +<div class="t">And make us wholly thine.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0775"> + +<h3>775. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Liberality Rewarded. <span class="scripRef">Ps. 112.</span></p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Happy is he that fears the Lord,</div> +<div class="t">And follows his commands;</div> +<div class="l">Who lends the poor without reward,</div> +<div class="t">Or gives with liberal hands.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>As pity dwells within his breast</div> +<div class="t">To all the sons of need,</div> +<div class="l">So God shall answer his request</div> +<div class="t">With blessings on his seed.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>No evil tidings shall surprise</div> +<div class="t">His well-established mind;</div> +<div class="l">His soul to God, his refuge, flies,</div> +<div class="t">And leaves his fears behind.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>In times of general distress,</div> +<div class="t">Some beams of light shall shine</div> +<div class="l">To show the world his righteousness,</div> +<div class="t">And give him peace divine.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0776"> + +<h3>776. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Love and Charity.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Let Pharisees of high esteem</div> +<div class="t">Their faith and zeal declare,--</div> +<div class="l">All their religion is a dream,</div> +<div class="t">If love be wanting there.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Love suffers long with patient eye,</div> +<div class="t">Nor is provoked in haste;</div> +<div class="l">She lets the present injury die,</div> +<div class="t">And long forgets the past.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Malice and rage, those fires of hell,</div> +<div class="t">She quenches with her tongue;</div> +<div class="l">Hopes and believes, and thinks no ill,</div> +<div class="t">Though she endures the wrong.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Love is the grace that keeps her power</div> +<div class="t">In all the realms above;</div> +<div class="l">There faith and hope are known no more,</div> +<div class="t">But saints forever love.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0777"> + +<h3>777. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">E. H. Chapin.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Anniversary of a Charitable Association.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>When long the soul had slept in chains,</div> +<div class="t">And man to man was stern and cold;</div> +<div class="l">When love and worship were but strains</div> +<div class="t">That swept the gifted chords of old--</div> +<div class="l">By shady mount and peaceful lake,</div> +<div class="t">meek and lowly stranger came,</div> +<div class="l">The weary drank the words he spake,</div> +<div class="t">The poor and feeble blessed his name.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>No shrine he reared in porch or grove,</div> +<div class="t">No vested priests around him stood--</div> +<div class="l">He went about to teach, and prove</div> +<div class="t">The lofty work of doing good.</div> +<div class="l">Said he, to those who with him trod,</div> +<div class="t">"Would ye be my disciples? Then</div> +<div class="l">Evince your ardent love for God</div> +<div class="t">By the kind deeds ye do for men."</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>He went where frenzy held its rule,</div> +<div class="t">Where sickness breathed its spell of pain;</div> +<div class="l">By famed Bethesda's mystic pool;</div> +<div class="t">And by the darkened gate of Nain.</div> +<div class="l">He soothed the mourner's troubled breast,</div> +<div class="t">He raised the contrite, sinner's head,</div> +<div class="l">And on the loved ones' lowly rest,</div> +<div class="t">The light of better life he shed.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Father, the spirit Jesus knew,</div> +<div class="t">We humbly ask of thee to-night,</div> +<div class="l">That we may be disciples too</div> +<div class="t">Of him whose way was love and light.</div> +<div class="l">Bright be the places where we tread</div> +<div class="t">Amid earth's suffering and its poor,</div> +<div class="l">Till we shall come where tears are shed</div> +<div class="t">And broken sighs are heard no more.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0778"> + +<h3>778. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">W. Croswell.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Imitation of Christ's Kindness.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Lord, lead the way the Saviour went</div> +<div class="t">By lane and cell obscure,</div> +<div class="l">And let our treasures still be spent,</div> +<div class="t">Like his, upon the poor.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Like him, through scenes of deep distress,</div> +<div class="t">Who bore the world's sad weight,</div> +<div class="l">We, in their gloomy loneliness,</div> +<div class="t">Would seek the desolate.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>For thou hast placed us side by side</div> +<div class="t">In this wide world of ill;</div> +<div class="l">And that thy followers may be tried,</div> +<div class="t">The poor are with us still.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Small are the offerings we can make;</div> +<div class="t">Yet thou hast taught us, Lord,</div> +<div class="l">If given for the Saviour's sake,</div> +<div class="t">They lose not their reward.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0779"> + +<h3>779. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Peabody.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">For a Charitable Occasion.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Who is thy neighbor? he whom thou</div> +<div class="t">Hast power to aid or bless;</div> +<div class="l">Whose aching heart or burning brow</div> +<div class="t">Thy soothing hand may press.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Thy neighbor? 'tis the fainting poor,</div> +<div class="t">Whose eye with want is dim;</div> +<div class="l">O enter thou his humble door,</div> +<div class="t">With aid and peace for him.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Thy neighbor? he who drinks the cup</div> +<div class="t">When sorrow drowns the brim;</div> +<div class="l">With words of high sustaining hope,</div> +<div class="t">Go thou and comfort him.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Thy neighbor? 'tis the weary slave,</div> +<div class="t">Fettered in mind and limb;</div> +<div class="l">He hath no hope this side the grave;</div> +<div class="t">Go thou, and ransom him.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Thy neighbor? pass no mourner by;</div> +<div class="t">Perhaps thou canst redeem</div> +<div class="l">A breaking heart from misery;</div> +<div class="t">Go, share thy lot with him.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0780"> + +<h3>780. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Pratt's Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Blessedness of considering the Poor. <span class="scripRef">Ps. 41:1-3.</span></p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Blest who with generous pity glows,</div> +<div class="l">Who learns to feel another's woes;</div> +<div class="l">Bows to the poor man's wants his ear,</div> +<div class="l">And wipes the helpless orphan's tear!</div> +<div class="l">In every want, in every woe,</div> +<div class="l">Himself thy pity, Lord, shall know.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Thy love his life shall guard, thy hand</div> +<div class="l">Give to his lot the chosen land;</div> +<div class="l">Nor leave him, in the troubled day,</div> +<div class="l">To unrelenting foes a prey.</div> +<div class="l">In sickness thou shall raise his head,</div> +<div class="l">And make with tenderest care his bed.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0781"> + +<h3>781. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">J. G. Adams.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">For a Charitable Meeting.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>God of the poor! whose listening ear</div> +<div class="t">Is sought by want's imploring cry,--</div> +<div class="l">Whose bounty and whose grace are near,</div> +<div class="t">Thy needy children to supply:--</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>To whom with more acceptance rise</div> +<div class="t">The words of mercy's voice divine,</div> +<div class="l">Than pompous rites, or sacrifice</div> +<div class="t">Of flocks and herds, of oil and wine.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Where'er the poor our aid demand,</div> +<div class="t">Teach us with ready steps to move,</div> +<div class="l">Give us the zealous heart and hand</div> +<div class="t">To do the work of Christian love;--</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>The downcast spirit to revive,</div> +<div class="t">The fainting heart with joy to bless;</div> +<div class="l">To bid the solitary live--</div> +<div class="t">The widow and the fatherless.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Thus will we thank thee that thy grace</div> +<div class="t">Inclined our feet in paths to go</div> +<div class="l">Where shines that brightness of thy face,</div> +<div class="t">Which the obedient only know.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0782"> + +<h3>782. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Ch. Psalmody.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Care of Widows and Orphans.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Thou God of hope, to thee we bow;</div> +<div class="t">Thou art our refuge in distress;</div> +<div class="l">The husband of the widow thou,</div> +<div class="t">The father of the fatherless.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>The poor are thy peculiar care;</div> +<div class="t">To them thy promises are sure:</div> +<div class="l">Thy gifts the poor in spirit share;</div> +<div class="t">O, may we always thus be poor.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>May we thy law of love fulfil,</div> +<div class="t">To bear each other's burdens here,</div> +<div class="l">Endure and do thy righteous will,</div> +<div class="t">And walk in all thy faith and fear.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Thou God of hope, to thee we bow;</div> +<div class="t">Thou art our refuge in distress;</div> +<div class="l">The husband of the widow thou,</div> +<div class="t">The father of the fatherless.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0783"> + +<h3>783. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Pratt's Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">For a Charitable Occasion.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Help us, O Lord! thy yoke to wear,</div> +<div class="t">Delighting in thy perfect will;</div> +<div class="l">Each other's burdens learn to bear,</div> +<div class="t">And thus thy law of love fulfil.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Who sparingly his seed bestows,</div> +<div class="t">He sparingly shall also reap;</div> +<div class="l">But whoso plentifully sows,</div> +<div class="t">The plenteous sheaves his hands shall heap.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Teach us, with glad and cheerful hearts,</div> +<div class="t">As thou hast blessed our various store,</div> +<div class="l">From our abundance to impart</div> +<div class="t">A liberal portion to the poor.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>To thee our all devoted be,</div> +<div class="t">In whom we breathe, and move, and live:</div> +<div class="l">Freely we have received from thee;</div> +<div class="t">Freely may we rejoice to give.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0784"> + +<h3>784. <span class="meter">7s. & 6s. M.</span> <span class="sc">J. G. Adams.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>How blest, amid all blessing</div> +<div class="t">This changing world bestows,</div> +<div class="l">That soul in truth possessing</div> +<div class="t">Pity for others' woes;</div> +<div class="l">Ready to move and lighten</div> +<div class="t">The load affliction bears--</div> +<div class="l">Want's face with joy to brighten,</div> +<div class="t">In deed, as with its prayers.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Thus Christ, the Friend and Servant</div> +<div class="t">Of man, depressed and poor--</div> +<div class="l">With ready soul and fervent--</div> +<div class="t">With patience to endure--</div> +<div class="l">Lived, labored without measure</div> +<div class="t">In mercy's holy name,</div> +<div class="l">God's will his highest pleasure,</div> +<div class="t">Our good his only fame.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>And those who in his spirit</div> +<div class="t">Would seek to live and move,</div> +<div class="l">His virtue must inherit,</div> +<div class="t">And labor in his love;</div> +<div class="l">Labor where poor, forsaken,</div> +<div class="t">And lowly, sufferers lie;</div> +<div class="l">In faith and hope unshaken;</div> +<div class="t">Celestial ministry!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>God of all times and stations!</div> +<div class="t">Teach us this lesson true,--</div> +<div class="l">Proclaim it to all nations</div> +<div class="t">In life and power anew,--</div> +<div class="l">That high above all praises--</div> +<div class="t">All prayers--is that unfeigned,</div> +<div class="l">Glad offering Mercy raises,</div> +<div class="t">By living deeds sustained!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0785"> + +<h3>785. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Boden.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Kindness to the Afflicted.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>What shall we render, bounteous Lord,</div> +<div class="t">For all the grace we see?</div> +<div class="l">The goodness feeble man can yield</div> +<div class="t">Extendeth not to thee.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>To scenes of woe, to beds of pain,</div> +<div class="t">We'll cheerfully repair,</div> +<div class="l">And, with the gifts thy hand bestows,</div> +<div class="t">Relieve the sufferers there.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>The widow's heart shall sing for joy;</div> +<div class="t">The orphan shall be glad;</div> +<div class="l">And hungering souls we'll gladly point</div> +<div class="t">To Christ, the living bread.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Thus what our heavenly Father gave</div> +<div class="t">Shall we as freely give;</div> +<div class="l">Thus copy him who lived to save,</div> +<div class="t">And died that we might live.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0786"> + +<h3>786. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Miss Woodman.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Prayer for a Beneficent Spirit.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>God guard the poor! We may not see</div> +<div class="t">The deepest sorrows of the soul;</div> +<div class="l">These are laid open, Lord, to thee,</div> +<div class="t">And subject to thy wise control.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Make us thy messengers to shed</div> +<div class="t">Within the home of want and woe,</div> +<div class="l">The blessings of thy bounty, spread</div> +<div class="t">So freely on thy world below.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Let us go forth with joyful hand</div> +<div class="t">To strengthen, comfort and relieve;</div> +<div class="l">Then in thy presence may we stand,</div> +<div class="t">And hope thy blessing to receive.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0787"> + +<h3>787. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Montgomery.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">For a Public Hospital or Asylum.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>When, like a stranger on our sphere,</div> +<div class="l">The lowly Jesus wandered here,</div> +<div class="l">Where'er he went, affliction fled.</div> +<div class="l">And sickness reared her fainting head.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Demoniac madness, dark and wild,</div> +<div class="l">In his inspiring presence smiled;</div> +<div class="l">The storm of horror ceased to roll,</div> +<div class="l">And reason lightened through the soul.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Through paths of loving-kindness led,</div> +<div class="l">Where Jesus triumphed, we would tread;</div> +<div class="l">To all, with willing hands, dispense</div> +<div class="l">The crumbs of our benevolence.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Here the whole family of woe</div> +<div class="l">Shall friends, and home, and comfort know;</div> +<div class="l">The blasted form and shipwrecked mind</div> +<div class="l">Shall here a tranquil haven find.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>And Thou, dread Power, whose sovereign breath</div> +<div class="l">Is health or sickness, life or death,</div> +<div class="l">This favored mansion deign to bless;</div> +<div class="l">The cause is thine--send thou success!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0788"> + +<h3>788. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Mrs. Nichols.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Anniversary of an Orphan Asylum.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Our Father! we may lisp that name,</div> +<div class="t">When lowly at thy feet we bow;</div> +<div class="l">Thy little children lightly blame,</div> +<div class="t">For thou'rt our only parent now!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>We are a stricken, humble band,</div> +<div class="t">With hearts that thrill to words of love,</div> +<div class="l">And cling confiding to the hand</div> +<div class="t">That points us to a home above.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Though 'mong the lowly of the earth,</div> +<div class="t">Contented with our homely fare,</div> +<div class="l">How cheerful was the orphan's hearth</div> +<div class="t">Before cold Death had entered there</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>No mother's voice soothes us to rest--</div> +<div class="t">No father's smile our vision greets:</div> +<div class="l">Yet we've a home in every breast</div> +<div class="t">That with a tender feeling beats.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>And thou hast raised us many a friend,</div> +<div class="t">Not bound by ties of kindred blood;</div> +<div class="l">Then let our hearts in prayer ascend</div> +<div class="t">To thee, our Father--Saviour--God!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0789"> + +<h3>789. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Mrs. Sigourney.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">For a Temperance Anniversary.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>We praise thee, if one rescued soul,</div> +<div class="t">While the past year prolonged its flight,</div> +<div class="l">Turned, shuddering, from the poisonous bowl,</div> +<div class="t">To health, and liberty, and light.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>We praise thee, if one clouded home,</div> +<div class="t">Where broken hearts despairing pined,</div> +<div class="l">Beheld the sire and husband come</div> +<div class="t">Erect and in his perfect mind.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>No more a weeping wife to mock,</div> +<div class="t">Till all her hopes in anguish end;</div> +<div class="l">No more the trembling child to shock,</div> +<div class="t">And sink the father in the fiend.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Still give us grace, almighty King!</div> +<div class="t">Unwavering at our posts to stand,</div> +<div class="l">Till grateful to thy shrine we bring</div> +<div class="t">The tribute of a ransomed land.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0790"> + +<h3>790. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">M. W. Hale.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>Praise for the glorious light,</div> +<div class="t">Which crowns this joyous day;</div> +<div class="l">Whose beams dispel the shades of night,</div> +<div class="t">And wake our grateful lay!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>Praise for the mighty band,</div> +<div class="t">Redeemed from error's chain,</div> +<div class="l">Whose echoing voices, through our land,</div> +<div class="t">Join our triumphant strain!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>Ours is no conquest gained</div> +<div class="t">Upon the tented field;</div> +<div class="l">Nor hath the flowing life-blood stained</div> +<div class="t">The victor's helm and shield.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>But the strong might of love,</div> +<div class="t">And truth's all-pleading voice,</div> +<div class="l">As angels bending from above,</div> +<div class="t">Have made our hearts rejoice.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">5</span>Lord! upward to thy throne</div> +<div class="t">Th' imploring voice we raise;</div> +<div class="l">The might, the strength, are thine alone!</div> +<div class="t">Thine be our loftiest praise.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0791"> + +<h3>791. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Temperance Hymn.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>God of our fathers, 'tis thy hand</div> +<div class="t">Hath turned the tide of death away,</div> +<div class="l">That rolled in madness o'er the land,</div> +<div class="t">And filled thy people with dismay.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Thy voice awaked us from our dream:</div> +<div class="t">Thy spirit taught our hearts to feel;</div> +<div class="l">'Twas thy own light, whose radiant beam</div> +<div class="t">Came down our duty to reveal.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Almighty Parent, still in thee</div> +<div class="t">Our spirits trust for strength divine;</div> +<div class="l">Gird us with heaven's own energy,</div> +<div class="t">And o'er our paths let wisdom shine.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>The work of man's destruction stay;</div> +<div class="t">The tide of fire still backward press;</div> +<div class="l">Drive each delusive mist away,</div> +<div class="t">And every humble effort bless.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0792"> + +<h3>792. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">P. H. Sweetser.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Hark! the voice of choral song</div> +<div class="l">Floats upon the breeze along,</div> +<div class="l">Chanting clear, in solemn lays,--</div> +<div class="l">"Man redeemed--to God the praise!"</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Angels, strike the golden lyre!</div> +<div class="l">Mortals, catch the heavenly fire!</div> +<div class="l">Thousands ransomed from the grave,</div> +<div class="l">Millions yet our pledge shall save!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Save from sin's destructive breath,</div> +<div class="l">Save from sorrow, shame and death--</div> +<div class="l">From intemperance and strife,</div> +<div class="l">Save the husband, children, wife!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Courage! let no heart despair--</div> +<div class="l">Mighty is the truth we bear!</div> +<div class="l">Forward then, baptized in love,</div> +<div class="l">Led by wisdom from above!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0793"> + +<h3>793. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Sargent.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Slavery and death the cup contains;</div> +<div class="t">Dash to the earth the poisoned bowl!</div> +<div class="l">Softer than silk are iron chains</div> +<div class="t">Compared with those that chafe the soul.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Hosannas, Lord, to thee we sing,</div> +<div class="t">Whose power the giant fiend obeys.</div> +<div class="l">What countless thousands tribute bring,</div> +<div class="t">For happier homes and brighter days!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Thou wilt not break the bruised reed,</div> +<div class="t">Nor leave the broken heart unbound:</div> +<div class="l">The wife regains a husband freed!</div> +<div class="t">The orphan clasps a father found!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Spare, Lord, the thoughtless; guide the blind,</div> +<div class="t">Till man no more shall deem it just</div> +<div class="l">To live, by forging chains to bind</div> +<div class="t">His weaker brother in the dust.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0794"> + +<h3>794. <span class="meter">8s. & 7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Pierpont.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Morning Hymn for Family Worship.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Pillows, wet with tears of anguish,</div> +<div class="t">Couches, pressed in sleepless woe,</div> +<div class="l">Where the sons of Belial languish,</div> +<div class="t">Father, may we never know!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>For, the maddening cup shall never</div> +<div class="t">To our thirsting lips be pressed,</div> +<div class="l">But, our draft shall be, forever,</div> +<div class="t">The cold water thou hast blessed.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>This shall give us strength to labor,</div> +<div class="t">This, make all our stores increase;</div> +<div class="l">This, with thee and with our neighbor,</div> +<div class="t">Bind us in the bonds of peace.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>For the lake, the well, the river,</div> +<div class="t">Water-brook and crystal spring,</div> +<div class="l">Do we now, to thee, the Giver,</div> +<div class="t">Thanks, our daily tribute, bring.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0795"> + +<h3>795. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Logan.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">God's Blessing Implored on the Temperance Cause.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>For all who love thee and thy cause,</div> +<div class="t">O Lord, thy blessing we implore;</div> +<div class="l">Who fear thy name, obey thy laws,</div> +<div class="t">From this to earth's remotest shore.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>O grant, that, freed from low desire,</div> +<div class="t">And filled with joy, and love, and fear,</div> +<div class="l">Each breast may glow with holy fire,</div> +<div class="t">While seeking heaven, to serve thee here.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Pity, O God, the heedless wretch,</div> +<div class="t">Who staggers to a dreadful grave;</div> +<div class="l">Thy arm of love around him stretch,</div> +<div class="t">And show that thou art strong to save.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Breathe upon those who scorn our cause,</div> +<div class="t">Thy cause, O Lord, for thou hast blest;</div> +<div class="l">Show them he honors most thy laws</div> +<div class="t">Who loves his God and neighbor best.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0796"> + +<h3>796. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Mrs. Sigourney.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Upas Tree.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>There sprang a tree of deadly name:</div> +<div class="t">Its poisonous breath, its baleful dew</div> +<div class="l">Scorched the green earth like lava-flame,</div> +<div class="t">And every plant of mercy slew.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>From clime to clime its branches spread</div> +<div class="t">Their fearful fruits of sin and woe;</div> +<div class="l">The prince of darkness loved its shade,</div> +<div class="t">And toiled its fiery seeds to sow.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Faith poured her prayer at midnight hour;</div> +<div class="t">The hand of zeal at noon-day wrought;</div> +<div class="l">An armor of celestial power</div> +<div class="t">The children of the cross besought.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Behold the axe its pride doth wound;</div> +<div class="t">Through its cleft boughs the sun doth shine;</div> +<div class="l">Its blasted blossoms strew the ground:</div> +<div class="t">Give glory to the arm divine.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>And still Jehovah's aid implore,</div> +<div class="t">From isle to isle, from sea to sea,</div> +<div class="l">From peopled earth's remotest shore,</div> +<div class="t">To root that deadly Upas Tree.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0797"> + +<h3>797. <span class="meter">7s. & 6s. M.</span> <span class="sc">J. G. Adams.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Dedication of a Temperance Hall.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>'Mid homes and shrines forsaken</div> +<div class="t">Of joy and peace divine,</div> +<div class="l">Faint hearts new strength have taken,</div> +<div class="t">A light is seen to shine!</div> +<div class="l">Its beaming revelations</div> +<div class="t">Are shed in mercy far;</div> +<div class="l">A guide to all the nations--</div> +<div class="t">The glorious Temperance star!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Hushed be that wail of sadness,</div> +<div class="t">Life, life has come again;</div> +<div class="l">Awake the song of gladness,</div> +<div class="t">Swell high the choral strain!</div> +<div class="l">The lost returns from straying</div> +<div class="t">In sin's destructive way;</div> +<div class="l">That curse is turned to praying,</div> +<div class="t">That night to blissful day!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>God of this day! Our Father!</div> +<div class="t">In humble praise to thee,</div> +<div class="l">Within these walls we gather--</div> +<div class="t">The spared, the blest, the free;</div> +<div class="l">To hail thy grace far-sounding--</div> +<div class="t">Our Temple dedicate</div> +<div class="l">To hope and life abounding</div> +<div class="t">In Man regenerate!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Rest thou within it ever,</div> +<div class="t">As o'er the ark of old;</div> +<div class="l">And here, O may we never</div> +<div class="t">In our great strife wax cold.</div> +<div class="l">Nerve every arm and spirit</div> +<div class="t">For each successful blow,</div> +<div class="l">Till Temperance shall inherit</div> +<div class="t">All temples here below!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0798"> + +<h3>798. <span class="meter">6s. & 4s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Pierpont.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Prayer for the Abolition of Slavery.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>With thy pure dews and rains,</div> +<div class="l">Wash out, O God! the stains</div> +<div class="t3">From Afric's shore;</div> +<div class="l">And while her palm trees bud,</div> +<div class="l">Let not her children's blood,</div> +<div class="l">With her broad Niger's flood,</div> +<div class="t3">Be mingled more.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Quench, righteous God! the thirst,</div> +<div class="l">That Congo's sons hath cursed--</div> +<div class="t3">The thirst for gold;</div> +<div class="l">Shall not thy thunders speak,</div> +<div class="l">Where Mammon's altars reek,</div> +<div class="l">Where maids and matrons shriek,</div> +<div class="t3">Bound, bleeding, sold?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Hear'st thou, O God! those chains,</div> +<div class="l">That clank on Freedom's plains,</div> +<div class="t3">By Christians wrought?</div> +<div class="l">Those who these chains have worn,</div> +<div class="l">Christians from home have torn,</div> +<div class="l">Christians have hither borne,</div> +<div class="t3">Christians have bought!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Lord! wilt thou not, at last,</div> +<div class="l">From thine own image cast</div> +<div class="t3">Away all cords,</div> +<div class="l">Save those of love, which brings</div> +<div class="l">Man, from his long wand'rings,</div> +<div class="l">Back--to the King of kings,--</div> +<div class="t3">The Lord of lords?</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0799"> + +<h3>799. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Mrs. Chapman.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">For Faithfulness in the Cause of Human Freedom.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>O God of freedom! hear us pray</div> +<div class="t">For steadfast hearts to toil as one;</div> +<div class="l">Till thy pure law hath boundless sway--</div> +<div class="t">Thy will in heaven and earth be done.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>A piercing voice of grief and wrong</div> +<div class="t">Goes upward from the groaning earth;</div> +<div class="l">Most true and holy Lord! how long?--</div> +<div class="t">In majesty and might come forth.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Yet, Lord! remembering mercy too,</div> +<div class="t">Behold th' oppressor in his sin;</div> +<div class="l">Make all his actions just and true,</div> +<div class="t">Renew his wayward heart within.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0800"> + +<h3>800. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Prayer for Zeal and Love.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>O Lord! whose forming hand one blood</div> +<div class="t">To all the tribes and nations gave,</div> +<div class="l">And giv'st to all their daily food,</div> +<div class="t">Look down in pity on the slave!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Fetters and chains and stripes remove,</div> +<div class="t">Deliv'rance to the captives give;</div> +<div class="l">And pour the tide of light and love</div> +<div class="t">Upon their souls, and bid them live.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Oh! kindle in our hearts a flame</div> +<div class="t">Of zeal, thy holy will to do;</div> +<div class="l">And bid each one, who loves thy name,</div> +<div class="t">Love all his bleeding brethren too.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Through all thy temples, let the stain</div> +<div class="t">Of prejudice each bosom flee;</div> +<div class="l">And, hand in hand, let Afric's train,</div> +<div class="t">With Europe's children, worship thee.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0801"> + +<h3>801. <span class="meter">8s. & 7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Mrs. Livermore.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Prayer for the Slave.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Father, who of old descended</div> +<div class="t">From thy throne above the sky,</div> +<div class="l">And thine Israel's rights defended,</div> +<div class="t">Hear the bondman's anguished cry!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Hear how Ethiopia crieth,</div> +<div class="t">Kneeling on the blood-stained sod;</div> +<div class="l">And how sable Afric' sigheth,</div> +<div class="t">Lifting up her hands to God!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>From the grasp of strong oppression,</div> +<div class="t">From the tyrant's rusting chain,</div> +<div class="l">And from slavery's deep depression,</div> +<div class="t">With its life-long hours of pain;</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>From our country's wide savannas,</div> +<div class="t">Let the cry come up to thee,</div> +<div class="l">Let the prayers become hosannas--</div> +<div class="t">Father, set thy children free!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0802"> + +<h3>802. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Mrs. Follen.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">That God Would hear the Cries of the Slave.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Lord! deliver; thou canst save;</div> +<div class="t">Save from evil, Mighty God!</div> +<div class="l">Hear--oh! hear the kneeling slave,</div> +<div class="t">Break--oh! break th' oppressor's rod.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>May the captive's pleading fill</div> +<div class="t">All the earth, and all the sky;</div> +<div class="l">Every other voice be still,</div> +<div class="t">While he pleads with God on high.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>He, whose ear is everywhere,</div> +<div class="t">Who doth silent sorrow see,</div> +<div class="l">Will regard the captive's prayer,</div> +<div class="t">Will from bondage set him free.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>From the tyranny within,</div> +<div class="t">Save thy children, Lord! we pray;</div> +<div class="l">Chains of iron, chains of sin,</div> +<div class="t">Cast forever, cast away.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Love to man, and love to God,</div> +<div class="t">Are the weapons of our war;</div> +<div class="l">These can break the oppressor's rod--</div> +<div class="t">Burst the bonds that we abhor.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0803"> + +<h3>803. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">J. G. Whittier.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">For a Liberty Meeting on the Fourth of July.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>O Thou! whose presence went before</div> +<div class="t">Our fathers in their weary way,</div> +<div class="l">As with thy chosen moved of yore</div> +<div class="t">The fire by night--the cloud by day!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>When, from each temple of the free,</div> +<div class="t">A nation's song ascends to heaven,</div> +<div class="l">Most Holy Father! unto thee,</div> +<div class="t">May not our humble prayer be given,--</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>For those to whom this day can bring,</div> +<div class="t">Not, as to us, the joyful thrill;--</div> +<div class="l">For those, who, under freedom's wing,</div> +<div class="t">Are bound in slavery's fetters still:--</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>And grant, O Father! that the time</div> +<div class="t">Of Earth's deliverance may be near,</div> +<div class="l">When every land, and tongue, and clime,</div> +<div class="t">The message of thy love shall hear.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>When smitten, as with fire from heaven,</div> +<div class="t">The captive's chain shall sink in dust,</div> +<div class="l">And to his fettered soul be given</div> +<div class="t">The glorious freedom of the just.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0804"> + +<h3>804. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Miss Weston.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"'Tis good to be merciful."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>'Tis good to weep and mourn for those,</div> +<div class="t">Crushed down by Slavery's iron hand,</div> +<div class="l">And feel, while numbering o'er their woes,</div> +<div class="t">Strength for the just and true to stand.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>'Tis good and true to say to those,</div> +<div class="t">Who claim a right in human kind,</div> +<div class="l">"Mercy and Justice are your foes,</div> +<div class="t">And they shall certain triumph find."</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>'Tis good--'tis blessed, to say to all,</div> +<div class="t">"Arise, to help the wretched slave,</div> +<div class="l">Upon your God for courage call,</div> +<div class="t">And in his strength go forth and save."</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Lord! this is what we seek to do;</div> +<div class="t">Grant us thy grace to do it well;</div> +<div class="l">Help us thy glory to pursue,</div> +<div class="t">And of thy promises to tell.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0805"> + +<h3>805. <span class="meter">P. M.</span> <span class="sc">H. Ware, Jr.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Progress of Freedom.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Oppression shall not always reign;</div> +<div class="t">There comes a brighter day;</div> +<div class="l">When freedom, burst from every chain,</div> +<div class="t">Shall have triumphant way.</div> +<div class="l">Then right shall over might prevail,</div> +<div class="l">And truth, like hero armed in mail,</div> +<div class="l">The hosts of tyrant wrong assail,</div> +<div class="t">And hold eternal sway.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>What voice shall bid the progress stay</div> +<div class="t">Of truth's victorious car?</div> +<div class="l">What arm arrest the growing day,</div> +<div class="t">Or quench the solar star?</div> +<div class="l">What reckless soul, though stout and strong,</div> +<div class="l">Shall dare bring back the ancient wrong,</div> +<div class="l">Oppression's guilty night prolong,</div> +<div class="t">And freedom's morning bar?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>The hour of triumph comes apace,</div> +<div class="t">The fated, promised hour,</div> +<div class="l">When earth upon a ransomed race</div> +<div class="t">Her bounteous gifts shall shower.</div> +<div class="l">Ring, Liberty, thy glorious bell!</div> +<div class="l">Bid high thy sacred banner swell!</div> +<div class="l">Let trump on trump the triumph tell</div> +<div class="t">Of Heaven's redeeming power.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0806"> + +<h3>806. <span class="meter">6s. & 10s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Milton, Gardner, and Dwight.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Peace.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t2"><span class="vn">1</span>No war nor battle's sound</div> +<div class="t2">Was heard the earth around,--</div> +<div class="l">No hostile chiefs to furious combat ran;</div> +<div class="t2">But peaceful was the night</div> +<div class="t2">In which the Prince of Light</div> +<div class="l">His reign of peace upon the earth began.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t2"><span class="vn">2</span>No conqueror's sword he bore,</div> +<div class="t2">Nor warlike armor wore,</div> +<div class="l">Nor haughty passions roused to contest wild;</div> +<div class="t2">In peace and love he came,</div> +<div class="t2">And gentle was the reign,</div> +<div class="l">Which o'er the earth he spread by influence mild.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t2"><span class="vn">3</span>Unwilling kings obeyed,</div> +<div class="t2">And sheathed the battle blade,</div> +<div class="l">And called their bloody legions from the field;</div> +<div class="t2">In silent awe they wait,</div> +<div class="t2">And close the warrior's gate,</div> +<div class="l">Nor know to whom their homage thus they yield.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t2"><span class="vn">4</span>The peaceful conqueror goes,</div> +<div class="t2">And triumphs o'er his foes,</div> +<div class="l">His weapons drawn from armories above;</div> +<div class="t2">Behold the vanquished sit</div> +<div class="t2">Submissive at his feet,</div> +<div class="l">And strife and hate are changed to peace and love.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0807"> + +<h3>807. <span class="meter">6s. & 4s. M.</span> <span class="sc">E. Davis.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">For an Anniversary Meeting of the Friends of Peace.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Not with the flashing steel--</div> +<div class="l">Not with the cannon's peal,</div> +<div class="t2">Or stir of drum,</div> +<div class="l">But in the bonds of love;</div> +<div class="l">Our white flag floats above,</div> +<div class="l">Her emblem is the dove,</div> +<div class="t2">'Tis thus we come.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>The laws of Christian light,</div> +<div class="l">These are our weapons bright,</div> +<div class="t2">Our mighty shield;</div> +<div class="l">Christ is our leader high,</div> +<div class="l">And the broad plains which lie</div> +<div class="l">Beneath the blesséd sky,</div> +<div class="t2">Our battle field.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>On, then, in God's great name,</div> +<div class="l">Let each pure spirit's flame</div> +<div class="t2">Burn bright and clear:</div> +<div class="l">Stand firmly in your lot,</div> +<div class="l">Cry ye aloud, "Doubt not,"</div> +<div class="l">Be every fear forgot,</div> +<div class="t2">Christ leads us here.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>So shall Earth's distant lands</div> +<div class="l">In happy, holy bands,</div> +<div class="t2">One brotherhood,</div> +<div class="l">Together rise and sing,</div> +<div class="l">And joyful offerings bring,</div> +<div class="l">And Heaven's Eternal King</div> +<div class="t2">Pronounce it <i>good</i>.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0808"> + +<h3>808. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Gibbons.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Prayer for Universal Peace.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Lord, send thy word, and let it run,</div> +<div class="t">Armed with thy Spirit's power;</div> +<div class="l">Ten thousand shall confess its sway,</div> +<div class="t">And bless the saving hour.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Beneath the influence of thy grace</div> +<div class="t">The barren wastes shall rise,</div> +<div class="l">With sudden greens and fruits arrayed,</div> +<div class="t">A blooming paradise.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>True holiness shall strike its root</div> +<div class="t">In each regenerate heart,</div> +<div class="l">Shall in a growth divine arise,</div> +<div class="t">And heavenly fruits impart.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Peace, with her olives crowned, shall stretch</div> +<div class="t">Her wings from shore to shore;</div> +<div class="l">No trump shall rouse the rage of war,</div> +<div class="t">Nor murderous cannon roar.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Lord, for those days we wait;--those days</div> +<div class="t">Are in thy word foretold;</div> +<div class="l">Fly swifter, sun and stars, and bring</div> +<div class="t">This promised age of gold!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0809"> + +<h3>809. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Gospel of Peace.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Joy to the earth! the Prince of Peace</div> +<div class="t">His banner has unfurled;</div> +<div class="l">Let strife, and sin, and error cease,</div> +<div class="t">And joy pervade the world!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Praise ye the Lord! for truth and grace</div> +<div class="t">His word and life display;</div> +<div class="l">Let every soul his love embrace,</div> +<div class="t">And own its gentle sway.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Peace on the earth, good will to men,</div> +<div class="t">Embraced the Gospel plan;</div> +<div class="l">Let that sweet strain be heard again,</div> +<div class="t">Which angel-tones began.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Joy to the isles and lands afar,</div> +<div class="t">Messiah reigns above;</div> +<div class="l">Let every eye behold the star,</div> +<div class="t">The star of light and love.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0810"> + +<h3>810. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Mrs. Livermore.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Peace.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>No warlike sounds awoke the night,</div> +<div class="t">Announcing Jesus' birth,</div> +<div class="l">But angels borne on wings of light,</div> +<div class="t">Who chanted "Peace to earth!"</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Not in the warrior's armor mailed</div> +<div class="t">Was Christ the Saviour found;</div> +<div class="l">Not striving, when by wrath assailed</div> +<div class="t">Not with the laurel crowned.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>But meek and lowly was his life,</div> +<div class="t">The gentle Prince of Peace,</div> +<div class="l">Whose law condemns the hostile strife,</div> +<div class="t">And bids dissensions cease.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Then let the war-cry ne'er be rung</div> +<div class="t">Beneath the smiling sky,</div> +<div class="l">Nor to the clouds the banner flung</div> +<div class="t">That tells of victory.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>But let the blissful period haste,</div> +<div class="t">When, hushed the cannon's roar,</div> +<div class="l">The sword shall cease mankind to waste,</div> +<div class="t">And war shall be no more.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0811"> + +<h3>811. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Prospect of Universal Peace.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>O'er mountain tops, the mount of God,</div> +<div class="t">In latter days, shall rise</div> +<div class="l">Above the summits of the hills,</div> +<div class="t">And draw the wondering eyes.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>The beams that shine from Zion's hill</div> +<div class="t">Shall lighten every land;</div> +<div class="l">The King who reigns in Salem's towers</div> +<div class="t">Shall the whole world command.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Nor war shall rage, nor hostile strife</div> +<div class="t">Disturb those happy years;</div> +<div class="l">To ploughshares men shall beat their swords,</div> +<div class="t">To pruning-hooks their spears.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>No longer host, encountering host,</div> +<div class="t">Shall crowds of slain deplore;</div> +<div class="l">They'll lay the martial trumpet by,</div> +<div class="t">And study war no more.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0812"> + +<h3>812. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Lewins Mead Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Blessings of Peace.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Peace! the welcome sound proclaim,</div> +<div class="l">Dwell with rapture on the theme;</div> +<div class="l">Loud, still louder, swell the strain:</div> +<div class="l">Peace on earth, good will to men.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Breezes! whispering soft and low,</div> +<div class="l">Gently murmur as ye blow,</div> +<div class="l">Breathe the sweet celestial strain,</div> +<div class="l">Peace on earth, good will to men.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Ocean's billows! far and wide</div> +<div class="l">Rolling in majestic pride:</div> +<div class="l">Loud still louder, swell the strain,</div> +<div class="l">Peace on earth, good will to men.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Christians! who these blessings feel,</div> +<div class="l">And in adoration kneel;</div> +<div class="l">Loud, still louder, swell the strain,</div> +<div class="l">Praise to God, good will to men.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0813"> + +<h3>813. <span class="meter">8s. 7s. & 6s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Miss Fletcher.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Compassion for the Sinning.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Think gently of the erring!</div> +<div class="t">Lord, let us not forget,</div> +<div class="l">However darkly stained by sin,</div> +<div class="t">He is our brother yet.</div> +<div class="l">Heir of the same inheritance!</div> +<div class="t">Child of the self-same God!</div> +<div class="l">He hath but stumbled in the path,</div> +<div class="t">We have in weakness trod.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Speak gently to him, brother;</div> +<div class="t">Thou yet mayst lead him back,</div> +<div class="l">With holy words, and tones of love,</div> +<div class="t">From misery's thorny track.</div> +<div class="l">Forget not thou hast often sinned,</div> +<div class="t">And sinful yet must be:</div> +<div class="l">Deal gently with the erring one,</div> +<div class="t">As God hath dealt with thee.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0814"> + +<h3>814. <span class="meter">10s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Breathe thoughts of pity o'er a brother's fall,</div> +<div class="t">But dwell not with stern anger on his fault;</div> +<div class="l">The grace of God alone holds thee, holds all;</div> +<div class="t">Were that withdrawn, thou, too, wouldst swerve and halt.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Send back the wand'rer to the Saviour's fold;</div> +<div class="t">That were an action worthy of a saint;</div> +<div class="l">But not in malice let the crime be told,</div> +<div class="t">Nor publish to the world the evil taint.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>The Saviour suffers when his children slide;</div> +<div class="t">Then is his holy name by men blasphemed</div> +<div class="l">And he afresh is mocked and crucified,</div> +<div class="t">Even by those his bitter death redeemed.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Rebuke the sin, and yet in love rebuke;</div> +<div class="t">Feel as one member in another's pain;</div> +<div class="l">Win back the soul that his fair path forsook,</div> +<div class="t">And mighty and rejoicing is thy gain!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0815"> + +<h3>815. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Mrs. Livermore.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Reclaiming Power of Love.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Jesus, what precept is like thine,</div> +<div class="t">"Forgive, as ye would be forgiven!"</div> +<div class="l">If heeded, O what power divine</div> +<div class="t">Would then transform our earth to heaven.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Not by the harsh or scornful word,</div> +<div class="t">Should we our brother seek to gain,</div> +<div class="l">Not by the prison or the sword,</div> +<div class="t">The shackle, or the clanking chain.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>But from our spirits there must flow</div> +<div class="t">A love that will his wrong outweigh;</div> +<div class="l">Our lips must only blessings know,</div> +<div class="t">And wrath and sin shall die away.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>'Twas heaven that formed the holy plan</div> +<div class="t">To bring the wanderer back by love;</div> +<div class="l">Thus let us win our brother, man,</div> +<div class="t">And imitate thee, God above!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0816"> + +<h3>816. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Miss Fletcher.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">For the Prisoner.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Father! we pray for those who dwell</div> +<div class="l">Within the prison's gloomy cell!</div> +<div class="l">For those whose souls are bending low</div> +<div class="l">Beneath the weight of guilt and woe.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Thy love hath kept our thorny way</div> +<div class="l">And saved us from sin's iron sway;</div> +<div class="l">Our brethren in a weaker hour</div> +<div class="l">Have yielded to temptation's power.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Teach us with humble hearts to feel,</div> +<div class="l">How darkly on our brows the seal</div> +<div class="l">Of guilt might now perchance be set,</div> +<div class="l">Had we the same temptation met.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Then while the error we would shun,</div> +<div class="l">We still would aid the erring one</div> +<div class="l">To turn from sin's unpitying sway,</div> +<div class="l">To virtue's fair and pleasant way.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0817"> + +<h3>817. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Miss Edgarton.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Oh shut not out sweet Pity's ray</div> +<div class="t">From souls now clouded o'er by sin;</div> +<div class="l">Touch their deep springs, and let the day</div> +<div class="t">Of Christian love flow freely in.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Send them kind missions, though their feet</div> +<div class="t">No more again the world may tread;</div> +<div class="l">Some pulse of better life may beat</div> +<div class="t">In hearts that seem unmoved and dead.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>'Tis just that they should bear the pain</div> +<div class="t">Of keen remorse and guilty shame;</div> +<div class="l">But scorn may drive to crime again--</div> +<div class="t">'Tis only love that can reclaim.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0818"> + +<h3>818. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Miss Fletcher.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>We come to thee, O God,</div> +<div class="t">With hushed and solemn strain;</div> +<div class="l">We come to plead for those who lie</div> +<div class="t">Bound with the prisoner's chain.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>O, give them contrite hearts,</div> +<div class="t">To feel their fearful sin,</div> +<div class="l">And give to us a patient faith</div> +<div class="t">Those erring ones to win.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>Give us to love thy law,</div> +<div class="t">The paths of vice to shun,</div> +<div class="l">But never harshly dare to spurn</div> +<div class="t">The suffering sinful one.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0819"> + +<h3>819. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Miss Martineau, alt.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Coming of Christ in Power.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>Lord Jesus, come; for here</div> +<div class="t">Our path through wilds is laid!</div> +<div class="l">We watch as for the day-spring near,</div> +<div class="t">Amid the breaking shade.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>Lord Jesus, come; for hosts</div> +<div class="t">Meet on the battle plain:</div> +<div class="l">The patriot mourns, the tyrant boasts,</div> +<div class="t">And tears are shed like rain.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>Lord Jesus, come; for chains</div> +<div class="t">Are still upon the slave;</div> +<div class="l">Bind up his wounds, relieve his pains,</div> +<div class="t">The pining bondman save.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>Hark! herald voices near,</div> +<div class="t">Lead on thy happier day:</div> +<div class="l">Come, Lord, and our hosannas hear;</div> +<div class="t">We wait to strew thy way.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">5</span>Come, as in days of old,</div> +<div class="t">With words of grace and power;</div> +<div class="l">Gather us all within thy fold,</div> +<div class="t">And let us stray no more.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0820"> + +<h3>820. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">R. Nicoll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Honor all Men.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>I may not scorn the meanest thing</div> +<div class="t">That on the earth doth crawl;</div> +<div class="l">The slave who would not burst his chain,</div> +<div class="t">The tyrant in his hall.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>The vile oppressor who hath made</div> +<div class="t">The widowed mother mourn,</div> +<div class="l">Though worthless, soulless he may stand,</div> +<div class="t">I cannot, dare not scorn.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>The darkest night that shrouds the sky,</div> +<div class="t">Of beauty hath a share:</div> +<div class="l">The blackest heart hath sighs to tell</div> +<div class="t">That God still lingers there.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0821"> + +<h3>821. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Whittier.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Call of Truth.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Oh! not alone with outward sign,</div> +<div class="t">Of fear, or voice from heaven,</div> +<div class="l">The message of a truth divine,</div> +<div class="t">The call of God, is given;</div> +<div class="l">Awakening in the human heart,</div> +<div class="t">Love for the true and right,</div> +<div class="l">Zeal for the Christian's better part,</div> +<div class="t">Strength for the Christian's fight.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Though heralded by nought of fear,</div> +<div class="t">Or outward sign or show;</div> +<div class="l">Though only to the inward ear</div> +<div class="t">It whisper soft and low;</div> +<div class="l">Though dropping as the manna fell,</div> +<div class="t">Unseen, yet from above,</div> +<div class="l">Holy and gentle, heed it well:</div> +<div class="t">The call to truth and love.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0822"> + +<h3>822. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Lond. Inquirer.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Encouragement to Christian Effort.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Scorn not the slightest word or deed,</div> +<div class="t">Nor deem it void of power;</div> +<div class="l">There's fruit in each wind-wafted seed,</div> +<div class="t">Waiting its natal hour.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>A whispered word may touch the heart,</div> +<div class="t">And call it back to life;</div> +<div class="l">A look of love bid sin depart,</div> +<div class="t">And still unholy strife.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>No act falls fruitless; none can tell</div> +<div class="t">How vast its power may be;</div> +<div class="l">Nor what results enfolded dwell</div> +<div class="t">Within it silently.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Work and despair not: bring thy mite,</div> +<div class="t">Nor care how small it be;</div> +<div class="l">God is with all that serve the right,</div> +<div class="t">The holy, true, and free.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0823"> + +<h3>823. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Enfield.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Forgiveness.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>I hear the voice of woe!</div> +<div class="t">I hear a brother's sigh!</div> +<div class="l">Then let my heart with pity flow,</div> +<div class="t">With tears of love, my eye.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>I hear the thirsty cry!</div> +<div class="t">The hungry beg for bread!</div> +<div class="l">Then let my spring its stream supply,</div> +<div class="t">My hand its bounty shed.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>The debtor humbly sues,</div> +<div class="t">Who would, but cannot pay;</div> +<div class="l">And shall I lenity refuse,</div> +<div class="t">Who need it every day?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>And shall not wrath relent,</div> +<div class="t">Touched by that humble strain,</div> +<div class="l">My brother crying, "I repent,</div> +<div class="t">Nor will offend again?"</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">5</span>How else, on soaring wing,</div> +<div class="t">Can hope bear high my prayer,</div> +<div class="l">Up to thy throne, my God, my King,</div> +<div class="t">To plead for pardon there?</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0824"> + +<h3>824. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Milman.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"And he arose and rebuked the winds and sea."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Lord! thou didst arise and say,</div> +<div class="t">To the troubled waters, "Peace,"</div> +<div class="l">And the tempest died away,</div> +<div class="t">Down they sank, the foaming seas;</div> +<div class="l">And a calm and heaving sleep</div> +<div class="t">Spread o'er all the glassy deep,</div> +<div class="l">All the azure lake serene</div> +<div class="t">Like another heaven was seen!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Lord! thy gracious word repeat</div> +<div class="t">To the billows of the proud!</div> +<div class="l">Quell the tyrant's martial heat,</div> +<div class="t">Quell the fierce and changing crowd!</div> +<div class="l">Then the earth shall find repose,</div> +<div class="t">From oppressions, and from woes;</div> +<div class="l">And another heaven appear</div> +<div class="t">On our world of darkness here!</div> +</div> + +</div> + + +<h2>SEAMEN'S HYMNS.</h2> + +<div class="hymn" id="h0825"> + +<h3>825. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">C. Wesley.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"They that go down to the sea in ships."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Lord of the wide extended main!</div> +<div class="t">Whose power the winds and seas controls,</div> +<div class="l">Whose hand doth earth and heaven sustain,</div> +<div class="t">Whose spirit leads believing souls;</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Throughout the deep thy footsteps shine;</div> +<div class="t">We own thy way is in the sea,</div> +<div class="l">O'erawed by majesty divine,</div> +<div class="t">And lost in thine immensity!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Infinite God! thy greatness spanned</div> +<div class="t">These heavens, and meted out the skies;</div> +<div class="l">Lo' in the hollow of thy hand</div> +<div class="t">The measured waters sink and rise.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Thee to perfection who can tell?</div> +<div class="t">Earth and her sons beneath thee lie,</div> +<div class="l">Lighter than dust within thy scale,</div> +<div class="t">And less than nothing in thine eye.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0826"> + +<h3>826. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Seaman's Song.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Would you behold the works of God,</div> +<div class="l">His wonders in the world abroad?</div> +<div class="l">With hardy mariners survey</div> +<div class="l">The unknown regions of the sea.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>They leave their native shores behind,</div> +<div class="l">And seize the favor of the wind;</div> +<div class="l">Till God command, and tempests rise,</div> +<div class="l">That heave the ocean to the skies.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>When land is far, and death is nigh,</div> +<div class="l">Bereaved of hope, to God they cry:</div> +<div class="l">His mercy hears their loud address,</div> +<div class="l">And sends salvation in distress.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>He bids the winds their wrath assuage,</div> +<div class="l">And stormy tempests cease to rage;</div> +<div class="l">The grateful band their fears give o'er</div> +<div class="l">And hail with joy their native shore.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>O, may the sons of men record</div> +<div class="l">The wondrous goodness of the Lord;</div> +<div class="l">Let them their purest offerings bring,</div> +<div class="l">And in the church his glory sing.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0827"> + +<h3>827. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Mrs. Hemans.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Oh God! thy name they well may praise,</div> +<div class="t">Who to the deep go down,</div> +<div class="l">And trace the wonders of thy ways,</div> +<div class="t">Where rocks and billows frown.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>For many a fair majestic sight</div> +<div class="t">Hath met their wandering eyes,</div> +<div class="l">Beneath the streaming northern light</div> +<div class="t">Or blaze of Indian skies.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>If glorious be that awful deep,</div> +<div class="t">No human power can bind,</div> +<div class="l">What then art thou, who bid'st it keep</div> +<div class="t">Within its bounds confined!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Let heaven and earth in praise unite,</div> +<div class="t">Eternal praise to thee,</div> +<div class="l">Whose word can rouse the tempest's might,</div> +<div class="t">Or still the raging sea!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0828"> + +<h3>828. <span class="meter">L. M. 6l.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Mariner's Hymn.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Lord of the sea!--thy potent sway</div> +<div class="l">Old ocean's wildest waves obey;</div> +<div class="l">The gale that whistles through the shrouds,</div> +<div class="l">The storm that drives the frighted clouds,--</div> +<div class="l">If but thy whisper order peace,</div> +<div class="l">How soon their rude commotions cease!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Lord of the sea!--the seaman keep</div> +<div class="l">From all dangers of the deep!</div> +<div class="l">When high the white-capped billows rise,</div> +<div class="l">When tempests roar along the skies,</div> +<div class="l">When foes or shoals awaken fear,--</div> +<div class="l">O, in thy mercy be thou near.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Lord of the sea!--a sea is life</div> +<div class="l">Of care and sorrow, woe and strife!</div> +<div class="l">With watchful pains we steer along,</div> +<div class="l">To keep the right path, shun the wrong:</div> +<div class="l">God grant, that, when we cease to roam,</div> +<div class="l">We gain an everlasting home!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0829"> + +<h3>829. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Mrs. Sigourney.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>When the parting bosom bleeds,</div> +<div class="l">When our native shore recedes,</div> +<div class="l">When the wild and faithless main</div> +<div class="l">Takes us to her trust again,</div> +<div class="l">Father! view a sailor's woe--</div> +<div class="l">Guide us wheresoe'er we go.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>When the lonely watch we keep,</div> +<div class="l">Silent on the mighty deep,</div> +<div class="l">While the boisterous surges hoarse</div> +<div class="l">Bear us daily on our course,</div> +<div class="l">Eye that never slumbers! shed</div> +<div class="l">Holy influence on our head.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>When the Sabbath's peaceful ray,</div> +<div class="l">O'er the ocean's breast doth play,</div> +<div class="l">Though no throngs assemble there,</div> +<div class="l">No sweet church-bell warns to prayer,</div> +<div class="l">Spirit! let thy presence be</div> +<div class="l">Sabbath to the unresting sea.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>When in foreign lands we roam,</div> +<div class="l">Far from kindred, far from home,</div> +<div class="l">Stranger-eyes our conduct view,</div> +<div class="l">Heathen-bands our steps pursue,</div> +<div class="l">Let our conversation be</div> +<div class="l">Fitting those who follow thee.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Should pale death, with arrow dread,</div> +<div class="l">Make the ocean-cave our bed,</div> +<div class="l">Though no eye of love might see</div> +<div class="l">Where that shrouded grave shall be--</div> +<div class="l">God! who hear'st the surges roll,</div> +<div class="l">Deign to save the sailor's soul.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0830"> + +<h3>830. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Madan's Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Thanksgiving for Deliverance in a Storm.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Our little bark, on boisterous seas,</div> +<div class="t">By cruel tempests tossed,</div> +<div class="l">Without one cheerful beam of hope,</div> +<div class="t">Expecting to be lost,--</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>We to the Lord, in humble prayer,</div> +<div class="t">Breathed out our sad distress;</div> +<div class="l">Though feeble, yet with contrite hearts,</div> +<div class="t">We begged return of peace.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Then ceased the stormy winds to blow;</div> +<div class="t">The surges ceased to roll;</div> +<div class="l">And soon again a placid sea</div> +<div class="t">Spoke comfort to the soul.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>O, may our grateful, trembling hearts</div> +<div class="t">Their hallelujahs sing</div> +<div class="l">To him who hath our lives preserved,--</div> +<div class="t">Our Father and our King.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0831"> + +<h3>831. <span class="meter">8s. M.</span> <span class="sc">H. F. Gould.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Hymn at Sea.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>O Thou who hast spread out the skies,</div> +<div class="t">And measured the depths of the sea,</div> +<div class="l">'Twixt heavens and ocean shall rise</div> +<div class="t">Our incense of praises to thee.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>We know that thy presence is near</div> +<div class="t">While heaves our bark far from the land;--</div> +<div class="l">We ride o'er the deep without fear;--</div> +<div class="t">The waters are held in thy hand.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Eternity comes in the sound</div> +<div class="t">Of billows that never can sleep!</div> +<div class="l">There's Deity circling us round,--</div> +<div class="t">Omnipotence walks o'er the deep!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>O Father, our eye is to thee,</div> +<div class="t">As on for the haven we roll;</div> +<div class="l">And faith in our Pilot shall be</div> +<div class="t">An anchor to steady the soul.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0832"> + +<h3>832. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Cowper.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Temptation compared to a Storm.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>The billows swell; the winds are high;</div> +<div class="l">Clouds overcast my wintry sky:</div> +<div class="l">Out of the depths to thee I call;</div> +<div class="l">My fears are great, my strength is small.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>O Lord, the pilot's part perform,</div> +<div class="l">And guide and guard me through the storm;</div> +<div class="l">Defend me from each threatening ill;</div> +<div class="l">Control the waves: say, "Peace! be still."</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0833"> + +<h3>833. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">L. H. Signourney.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Prayer at Sea.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Prayer may be sweet in cottage homes,</div> +<div class="t">Where sire and child devoutly kneel,</div> +<div class="l">While through the open casement nigh</div> +<div class="t">The vernal blossoms fragrant steal.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Prayer may be sweet in stately halls,</div> +<div class="t">Where heart with kindred heart is blent,</div> +<div class="l">And upward to th' eternal throne</div> +<div class="t">The hymn of praise melodious sent.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>But he who fain would know how warm</div> +<div class="t">The soul's appeal to God may be,</div> +<div class="l">From friends and native land should turn,</div> +<div class="t">A wanderer on the faithless sea;--</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Should hear its deep, imploring tone</div> +<div class="t">Rise heavenward o'er the foaming surge,</div> +<div class="l">When billows toss the fragile bark,</div> +<div class="t">And fearful blasts the conflict urge.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Naught, naught appears but sea and sky;</div> +<div class="t">No refuge where the foot may flee:</div> +<div class="l">How will he cast, O Rock divine,</div> +<div class="t">The anchor of his soul on thee!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0834"> + +<h3>834. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Sailor's Grave.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Not in the church-yard shall he sleep,</div> +<div class="t">Amid the silent gloom,--</div> +<div class="l">His home was on the mighty deep,</div> +<div class="t">And there shall be his tomb.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>He loved his own bright, deep blue sea,</div> +<div class="t">O'er it he loved to roam;</div> +<div class="l">And now his winding sheet shall be</div> +<div class="t">That same bright ocean's foam.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>No village bell shall toll for him</div> +<div class="t">Its mournful, solemn dirge;</div> +<div class="l">The winds shall chant a requiem</div> +<div class="t">To him beneath the surge.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>For him, break not the grassy turf,</div> +<div class="t">Nor turn the dewy sod;</div> +<div class="l">His dust shall rest beneath the surf,</div> +<div class="t">His spirit with its God.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0835"> + +<h3>835. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Select Hymns.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Prayer for Seamen.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>We come, O Lord, before thy throne,</div> +<div class="t">And, with united pleas,</div> +<div class="l">We meet and pray for those who roam</div> +<div class="t">Far off upon the seas.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>O, may the Holy Spirit bow</div> +<div class="t">The sailor's heart to thee,</div> +<div class="l">Till tears of deep repentance flow</div> +<div class="t">Like rain-drops in the sea.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Then may a Saviour's dying love</div> +<div class="t">Pour peace into his breast,</div> +<div class="l">And waft him to the port above</div> +<div class="t">Of everlasting rest.</div> +</div> + +</div> + + +<h2>NATIONAL HYMNS.</h2> + +<div class="hymn" id="h0836"> + +<h3>836. <span class="meter">6s. & 4s. M.</span> <span class="sc">S. F. Smith.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">National Hymn.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>My country 'tis of thee,</div> +<div class="l">Sweet land of liberty,</div> +<div class="t">Of thee I sing;</div> +<div class="l">Land where my fathers died,</div> +<div class="l">Land of the pilgrim's pride,</div> +<div class="l">From every mountain side</div> +<div class="t">Let freedom ring.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>My native country, thee--</div> +<div class="l">Land of the noble, free--</div> +<div class="t">Thy name--I love;</div> +<div class="l">I love thy rocks and rills,</div> +<div class="l">Thy woods and templed hills;</div> +<div class="l">My heart with rapture thrills</div> +<div class="t">Like that above.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Let music swell the breeze,</div> +<div class="l">And ring from all the trees</div> +<div class="t">Sweet freedom's song:</div> +<div class="l">Let mortal tongues awake;</div> +<div class="l">Let all that breathe, partake;</div> +<div class="l">Let rocks their silence break,--</div> +<div class="t">The sound prolong.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Our fathers' God, to thee,</div> +<div class="l">Author of liberty,</div> +<div class="t">To thee we sing:</div> +<div class="l">Long may our land be bright</div> +<div class="l">With freedom's holy light;</div> +<div class="l">Protect us by thy might,</div> +<div class="t">Great God, our King.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0837"> + +<h3>837. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Wreford.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Prayer for our Country.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Lord, while for all mankind we pray,</div> +<div class="t">Of every clime and coast,</div> +<div class="l">O, hear us for our native land,--</div> +<div class="t">The land we love the most.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>O guard our shores from every foe,</div> +<div class="t">With peace our borders bless,</div> +<div class="l">With prosperous times our cities crown,</div> +<div class="t">Our fields with plenteousness.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Unite us in the sacred love</div> +<div class="t">Of knowledge, truth, and thee;</div> +<div class="l">And let our hills and valleys shout</div> +<div class="t">The songs of liberty.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Here may religion pure and mild</div> +<div class="t">Smile on our Sabbath hours;</div> +<div class="l">And piety and virtue bless</div> +<div class="t">The home of us and ours.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Lord of the nations, thus to thee</div> +<div class="t">Our country we commend;</div> +<div class="l">Be thou her refuge and her trust,</div> +<div class="t">Her everlasting friend.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0838"> + +<h3>838. <span class="meter">L. M. 6l.</span> <span class="sc">H. Ware, Jr.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The God of our Fathers.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Like Israel's hosts to exile driven,</div> +<div class="t">Across the flood the pilgrims fled;</div> +<div class="l">Their hands bore up the ark of Heaven,</div> +<div class="t">And Heaven their trusting footsteps led,</div> +<div class="l">Till on these savage shores they trod,</div> +<div class="l">And won the wilderness for God.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Then, where their weary ark found rest,</div> +<div class="t">Another Zion proudly grew;</div> +<div class="l">In more than Judah's glory dressed,</div> +<div class="t">With light that Israel never knew.</div> +<div class="l">From sea to sea her empire spread,</div> +<div class="l">Her temple Heaven, and Christ her head.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Then let the grateful church, to-day</div> +<div class="t">Its ancient rite with gladness keep;</div> +<div class="l">And still our fathers' God display</div> +<div class="t">His kindness, though the fathers sleep.</div> +<div class="l">O, bless, as thou hast blessed the past,</div> +<div class="l">While earth, and time, and heaven shall last.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0839"> + +<h3>839. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"Thou shall teach them to thy children."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Let children hear the mighty deeds</div> +<div class="t">Which God performed of old:</div> +<div class="l">Which in our younger years we saw,</div> +<div class="t">And which our fathers told.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>He bids us make his glories known--</div> +<div class="t">His works of power and grace;</div> +<div class="l">And we'll convey his wonders down</div> +<div class="t">To every rising race.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Our lips shall tell them to our sons,</div> +<div class="t">And they again to theirs;</div> +<div class="l">That generations yet unborn</div> +<div class="t">May teach them to their heirs.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Thus shall they learn, in God alone</div> +<div class="t">Their hope securely stands;</div> +<div class="l">That they may ne'er forget his works,</div> +<div class="t">But practise his commands.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0840"> + +<h3>840. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Flint.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"We have a goodly heritage."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>In pleasant lands have fallen the lines</div> +<div class="t">That bound our goodly heritage,</div> +<div class="l">And safe beneath our sheltering vines</div> +<div class="t">Our youth is blest, and soothed our age.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>What thanks, O God, to thee are due,</div> +<div class="t">That thou didst plant our fathers here;</div> +<div class="l">And watch and guard them as they grew,</div> +<div class="t">A vineyard, to the planter dear.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>The toils they bore, our ease have wrought;</div> +<div class="t">They sowed in tears--in joy we reap;</div> +<div class="l">The birthright they so dearly bought</div> +<div class="t">We'll guard, till we with them shall sleep.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Thy kindness to our fathers shown</div> +<div class="t">In weal and woe through all the past,</div> +<div class="l">Their grateful sons, O God, shall own</div> +<div class="t">While here their name and race shall last.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0841"> + +<h3>841. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Presbyterian Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">God Acknowledged in National Blessings.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Great God of nations, now to thee</div> +<div class="t">Our hymn of gratitude we raise;</div> +<div class="l">With humble heart and bending knee,</div> +<div class="t">We offer thee our song of praise.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Here freedom spreads her banner wide,</div> +<div class="t">And casts her soft and hallowed ray;</div> +<div class="l">Here thou our fathers' steps didst guide</div> +<div class="t">In safety through their dangerous way.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>We praise thee that the gospel's light</div> +<div class="t">Through all our land its radiance sheds,</div> +<div class="l">Dispels the shades of error's night,</div> +<div class="t">And heavenly blessings round us spreads.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Great God, preserve us in thy fear;</div> +<div class="t">In dangers still our guardian be;</div> +<div class="l">O, spread thy truth's bright precepts here,</div> +<div class="t">Let all the people worship thee.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0842"> + +<h3>842. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Roscoe.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Remembrance of our Fathers.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Great God! beneath whose piercing eye</div> +<div class="l">The world's extended kingdoms lie;</div> +<div class="l">Whose favoring smile upholds them all,</div> +<div class="l">Whose anger smites them, and they fall;</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>We bow before thy heavenly throne;</div> +<div class="l">Thy power we see, thy goodness own;</div> +<div class="l">But, cherished by thy milder voice,</div> +<div class="l">Our bosoms tremble and rejoice.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Thy kindness to our fathers shown,</div> +<div class="l">Their children's children long shall own;</div> +<div class="l">To thee with grateful hearts shall raise</div> +<div class="l">Their tribute of exulting praise.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Our God, our Guardian, and our Friend!</div> +<div class="l">Oh still thy sheltering arm extend;</div> +<div class="l">Preserved by thee for ages past,</div> +<div class="l">For ages may thy kindness last.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0843"> + +<h3>843. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">C. Sprague.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Pilgrims.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Our fathers, Lord, to seek a spot</div> +<div class="t">Where they might kneel to thee,</div> +<div class="l">Their own fair heritage forgot,</div> +<div class="t">And braved an unknown sea.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Here found their pilgrim souls repose</div> +<div class="t">Where long the heathen roved;</div> +<div class="l">And here their humble anthems rose</div> +<div class="t">To bless the Power they loved.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>They sleep in dust,--but where they trod,</div> +<div class="t">A feeble, fainting band,</div> +<div class="l">Glad millions catch the strain, O God,</div> +<div class="t">And sound it through the land.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0844"> + +<h3>844. <span class="meter">8s. & 7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Pierpont.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Anniversary Hymn.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>God of mercy, do thou never</div> +<div class="t">From our offering turn away,</div> +<div class="l">But command a blessing ever</div> +<div class="t">On the memory of this day.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Light and peace do thou ordain it;</div> +<div class="t">O'er it be no shadow flung,</div> +<div class="l">Let no deadly darkness stain it,</div> +<div class="t">And no clouds be o'er it hung.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>May the song this people raises,</div> +<div class="t">And its vows to thee addressed,</div> +<div class="l">Mingle with the prayers and praises,</div> +<div class="t">That thou hearest from the blest.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>When the lips are cold that sing thee,</div> +<div class="t">And the hearts that love thee dust,</div> +<div class="l">Father, then our souls shall bring thee</div> +<div class="t">Holier love and firmer trust.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0845"> + +<h3>845. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Aspland's Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Virtuous Love of Country.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Parent of all, omnipotent!</div> +<div class="t">In heaven and earth below!</div> +<div class="l">Through all creation's vast extent</div> +<div class="t">Whose streams of goodness flow:</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Teach me to know from whence I rose,</div> +<div class="t">And unto what designed;</div> +<div class="l">No private aims may I propose,</div> +<div class="t">That injure human kind.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>To hear my country's lawful voice</div> +<div class="t">May my best thoughts incline;</div> +<div class="l">'Tis reason's law, 'tis virtue's choice,</div> +<div class="t">'Tis nature's call, and thine.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Me from fair freedom's sacred cause</div> +<div class="t">May nothing e'er divide;</div> +<div class="l">Nor grandeur, gold, nor vain applause,</div> +<div class="t">Nor friendship false, misguide.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>To duty, honor, virtue true,</div> +<div class="t">In all my country's weal,</div> +<div class="l">Let me my public walk pursue:</div> +<div class="t">So, God, thy favor deal.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0846"> + +<h3>846. <span class="meter">6s. & 4s. M.</span> <span class="sc">S. F. Smith.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Anniversary Hymn.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Auspicious morning, hail!</div> +<div class="l">Voices from hill and vale</div> +<div class="t">Thy welcome sing:</div> +<div class="l">Joy on thy dawning breaks;</div> +<div class="l">Each heart that joy partakes,</div> +<div class="l">While cheerful music wakes,</div> +<div class="t">Its praise to bring.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Long o'er our native hills,</div> +<div class="l">Long by our shaded rills,</div> +<div class="t">May freedom rest;</div> +<div class="l">Long may our shores have peace,</div> +<div class="l">Our flag grace every breeze,</div> +<div class="l">Our ships the distant seas,</div> +<div class="t">From east to west.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Peace on this day abide,</div> +<div class="l">From morn till even-tide;</div> +<div class="t">Wake tuneful song;</div> +<div class="l">Melodious accents raise;</div> +<div class="l">Let every heart, with praise,</div> +<div class="l">Bring high and grateful lays,</div> +<div class="t">Rich, full, and strong.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0847"> + +<h3>847. <span class="meter">6s. & 4s. M.</span> <span class="sc">J. G. Adams.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Loud raise the notes of joy;</div> +<div class="l">Freemen, your songs employ,</div> +<div class="t">As well ye may;--</div> +<div class="l">Let your full hearts go out</div> +<div class="l">In the exulting shout,</div> +<div class="l">And with your praise devout,</div> +<div class="t">Greet this glad day!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Children of lisping tongue,</div> +<div class="l">Those whose full hearts are young</div> +<div class="t">Lift up the song!</div> +<div class="l">Manhood and hoary age,</div> +<div class="l">Let naught your joy assuage,</div> +<div class="l">In the high theme engage,</div> +<div class="t">Praises prolong!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>God of our fathers' land!</div> +<div class="l">Long may our temples stand</div> +<div class="t">Sacred to thee!</div> +<div class="l">Let thy bright light divine</div> +<div class="l">On all the people shine,</div> +<div class="l">Make us forever thine,</div> +<div class="t">From sin set free!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0848"> + +<h3>848. <span class="meter">L. P. M.</span> <span class="sc">Kippis.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">National Praise and Prayer.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>With grateful hearts with joyful tongues,</div> +<div class="l">To God we raise united songs;</div> +<div class="t">His power and mercy we proclaim:</div> +<div class="l">Through every age, O, may we own</div> +<div class="l">Jehovah here has fixed his throne,</div> +<div class="t">And triumph in his mighty name.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Long as the moon her course shall run,</div> +<div class="l">Or men behold the circling sun,</div> +<div class="t">Lord, in our land support thy reign;</div> +<div class="l">Crown her just counsels with success,</div> +<div class="l">With truth and peace her borders bless,</div> +<div class="t">And all thy sacred rights maintain.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0849"> + +<h3>849. <span class="meter">6s. & 4s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Prayer for our Country.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>God bless our native land,</div> +<div class="l">Firm may she ever stand</div> +<div class="t">Through storm and night;</div> +<div class="l">When the wild tempests rave,</div> +<div class="l">Ruler of winds and wave,</div> +<div class="l">Do thou our country save,</div> +<div class="t">By thy great might.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>For her our prayer shall rise</div> +<div class="l">To God above the skies;</div> +<div class="t">On him we wait;</div> +<div class="l">Thou who hast heard each sigh,</div> +<div class="l">Watching each weeping eye,</div> +<div class="l">Be thou forever nigh;--</div> +<div class="t">God save the state.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0850"> + +<h3>850. <span class="meter">7s. & 6s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Christian Ballads.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Our Country.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l">Now pray we for our country,</div> +<div class="t">Pray that it long may be</div> +<div class="l">The holy and the happy,</div> +<div class="t">And the gloriously free!</div> +<div class="l">Who blesseth her is blesséd!</div> +<div class="t">So peace be in her walls;</div> +<div class="l">And joy in all her villages,</div> +<div class="t">Her cottages and halls.</div> +</div> + +</div> + + +<h2>THE SEASONS, ANNUAL OCCASIONS, ETC.</h2> + +<div class="hymn" id="h0851"> + +<h3>851. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Heginbotham.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The God of the Seasons.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Great God! let all our tuneful powers</div> +<div class="t">Awake and sing thy mighty name;</div> +<div class="l">Thy hand rolls on our circling hours,</div> +<div class="t">The hand from which our being came.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Seasons and moons revolving round</div> +<div class="t">In beauteous order speak thy praise;</div> +<div class="l">And years with smiling mercy crowned,</div> +<div class="t">To thee successive honors raise.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Each changing season on our souls</div> +<div class="t">Its sweetest, kindest influence sheds;</div> +<div class="l">And every period, as it rolls,</div> +<div class="t">Showers countless blessings on our heads.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Our lives, our health, our friends, we owe</div> +<div class="t">All to thy vast unbounded love;</div> +<div class="l">Ten thousand precious gifts below,</div> +<div class="t">And hope of nobler joys above.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0852"> + +<h3>852. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Enfield's Sel.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Goodness of God in the Seasons.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Great God! at whose all-powerful call</div> +<div class="t">At first arose this beauteous frame,</div> +<div class="l">By thee the seasons change, and all</div> +<div class="t">The changing seasons speak thy name.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Thy bounty bids the infant year,</div> +<div class="t">From winter storms recovered, rise;</div> +<div class="l">When thousand grateful scenes appear,</div> +<div class="t">Fresh opening to our wondering eyes.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>O, how delightful 'tis to see</div> +<div class="t">The earth in vernal beauty dressed!</div> +<div class="l">While in each herb, and flower, and tree,</div> +<div class="t">Thy bright perfections shine confessed!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Indulgent God! from every part,</div> +<div class="t">Thy plenteous blessings largely flow;</div> +<div class="l">We see,--we taste;--let every heart</div> +<div class="t">With grateful love and duty glow.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0853"> + +<h3>853. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Seasons.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>With songs and honors sounding loud,</div> +<div class="t">Address the Lord on high;</div> +<div class="l">O'er all the heavens he spreads his cloud,</div> +<div class="t">And waters veil the sky.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>He sends his showers of blessings down,</div> +<div class="t">To cheer the plains below;</div> +<div class="l">He makes the grass the mountains crown,</div> +<div class="t">And corn in valleys grow.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>His steady councils change the face</div> +<div class="t">Of each declining year;</div> +<div class="l">He bids the sun cut short his race,</div> +<div class="t">And wintry days appear.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>On us his providence has shone,</div> +<div class="t">With gentle, smiling rays;</div> +<div class="l">O, may our lips and lives make known</div> +<div class="t">His goodness and his praise.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0854"> + +<h3>854. <span class="meter">H. M.</span> <span class="sc">J. Taylor.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Providence acknowledged in the Seasons.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>Rejoice! the Lord is King:</div> +<div class="t2">Your Lord and King adore;</div> +<div class="t">Mortals! give thanks and sing,</div> +<div class="t2">And triumph evermore:</div> +<div class="l">Lift up your hearts, lift up your voice;</div> +<div class="l">Rejoice, in sacred lays rejoice.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>His wintry north winds blow,</div> +<div class="t2">Loud tempests rush amain;</div> +<div class="t">Yet his thick showers of snow</div> +<div class="t2">Defend the infant grain:</div> +<div class="l">Lift up your hearts, lift up your voice;</div> +<div class="l">Rejoice, in sacred lays rejoice.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>He wakes the genial spring,</div> +<div class="t2">Perfumes the balmy air;</div> +<div class="t">The vales their tribute bring,</div> +<div class="t2">The promise of the year:</div> +<div class="l">Lift up your hearts, lift up your voice</div> +<div class="l">Rejoice, in sacred lays rejoice.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>He leads the circling year;</div> +<div class="t2">His flocks the hills adorn;</div> +<div class="t">He fills the golden ear,</div> +<div class="t2">And loads the field with corn;</div> +<div class="l">O happy mortals! raise your voice;</div> +<div class="l">Rejoice, in sacred lays rejoice.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0855"> + +<h3>855. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Barbauld.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Seasons.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Praise to God, immortal praise,</div> +<div class="t">For the love that crowns our days!</div> +<div class="l">Bounteous Source of every joy,</div> +<div class="t">Let thy praise our tongues employ.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>All that Spring, with bounteous hand,</div> +<div class="t">Scatters o'er the smiling land,--</div> +<div class="l">All that liberal Autumn pours</div> +<div class="t">From her rich o'erflowing stores,--</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>These to that dear Source we owe</div> +<div class="t">Whence our sweetest comforts flow;</div> +<div class="l">These, through all my happy days,</div> +<div class="t">Claim my cheerful songs of praise.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Lord, to thee my soul should raise</div> +<div class="t">Grateful, never-ending praise,</div> +<div class="l">And, when every blessing's flown,</div> +<div class="t">Love thee for thyself alone.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0856"> + +<h3>856. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Doddridge.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Eternal Source of every joy!</div> +<div class="l">Well may thy praise our lips employ,</div> +<div class="l">While in thy temple we appear,</div> +<div class="l">To hail thee Sovereign of the year.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Wide as the wheels of nature roll,</div> +<div class="l">Thy hand supports and guides the whole;</div> +<div class="l">By thee the sun is taught to rise,</div> +<div class="l">And darkness when to veil the skies.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>The flowery spring, at thy command,</div> +<div class="l">Perfumes the air and paints the land;</div> +<div class="l">The summer suns with vigor shine,</div> +<div class="l">To raise the corn and cheer the vine.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Thy hand, in autumn, richly pours</div> +<div class="l">Through all our coasts redundant stores;</div> +<div class="l">And winters, softened by thy care,</div> +<div class="l">No more the face of horror wear.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Seasons, and months, and weeks, and days,</div> +<div class="l">Demand successive songs of praise;</div> +<div class="l">And be the grateful homage paid,</div> +<div class="l">With morning light and evening shade.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0857"> + +<h3>857. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Goodness of God in the Seasons. <span class="scripRef">Ps. 65.</span></p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>At God's command, the morning ray</div> +<div class="l">Smiles in the east, and leads the day;</div> +<div class="l">He guides the sun's declining wheels</div> +<div class="l">Over the tops of western hills.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Seasons and times obey his voice;</div> +<div class="l">The evening and the morn rejoice</div> +<div class="l">To see the earth made soft with showers,</div> +<div class="l">Laden with fruit, and dressed in flowers.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>The desert grows a fruitful field;</div> +<div class="l">Abundant food the valleys yield;</div> +<div class="l">The valleys shout with cheerful voice,</div> +<div class="l">And neighboring hills repeat their joys.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Thy works pronounce thy power divine;</div> +<div class="l">O'er every field thy glories shine;</div> +<div class="l">Through every month thy gifts appear:</div> +<div class="l">Great God! thy goodness crowns the year.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0858"> + +<h3>858. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Fergus.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Promises of the Year.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>The year begins with promises</div> +<div class="t">Of joyful days to come,</div> +<div class="l">Of Sabbath bells, of times of prayer,</div> +<div class="t">Of thoughts on heaven, our home:</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Of seed-time, with its gentle winds,</div> +<div class="t">Soft dews and healthful showers,</div> +<div class="l">And streamlets gushing from the hills,</div> +<div class="t">And birds and opening flowers:</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Of summer, with its warbling choir</div> +<div class="t">Amid the balmy leaves;</div> +<div class="l">Of autumn, with its fragrant herbs</div> +<div class="t">And fruits and bending sheaves:</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Of countless mercies from our God,</div> +<div class="t">Who rules the changeful years,</div> +<div class="l">Both here and in the world of love,</div> +<div class="t">Beyond the heavenly spheres.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0859"> + +<h3>859. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Blessings of Spring.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>Good is the heavenly King,</div> +<div class="t">Who makes the earth his care,</div> +<div class="l">Visits the pastures every spring,</div> +<div class="t">And bids the grass appear.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>Like rivers raised on high,</div> +<div class="t">The clouds, at thy command,</div> +<div class="l">Pour out their blessings from the sky,</div> +<div class="t">To cheer the thirsty land.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>The hills, on every side,</div> +<div class="t">Rejoice at falling showers:</div> +<div class="l">The meadows, dressed in all their pride,</div> +<div class="t">Perfume the air with flowers.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>The ridges drink their fill,</div> +<div class="t">And ranks of corn appear;</div> +<div class="l">Thy ways abound with blessings still,</div> +<div class="t">Thy goodness crowns the year.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0860"> + +<h3>860. <span class="meter">C. M.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Spring.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>When verdure clothes the fertile vale,</div> +<div class="t">And blossoms deck the spray,</div> +<div class="l">And fragrance breathes in every gale,</div> +<div class="t">How sweet the vernal day!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Hark! how the feathered warblers sing!</div> +<div class="t">'Tis nature's cheerful voice;</div> +<div class="l">Soft music hails the lovely spring,</div> +<div class="t">And woods and fields rejoice.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>O God of nature and of grace,</div> +<div class="t">Thy heavenly gifts impart;</div> +<div class="l">Then shall my meditation trace</div> +<div class="t">Spring blooming in my heart.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Inspired to praise, I then shall join</div> +<div class="t">Glad nature's cheerful song,</div> +<div class="l">And love and gratitude divine</div> +<div class="t">Attune my joyful tongue.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0861"> + +<h3>861. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Peabody.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Spring.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>When brighter suns and milder skies</div> +<div class="t">Proclaim the opening year,</div> +<div class="l">What various sounds of joy arise!</div> +<div class="t">What prospects bright appear!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Earth and her thousand voices give</div> +<div class="t">Their thousand notes of praise;</div> +<div class="l">And all, that by his mercy live,</div> +<div class="t">To God their offering raise.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>The streams, all beautiful and bright,</div> +<div class="t">Reflect the morning sky;</div> +<div class="l">And there, with music in his flight,</div> +<div class="t">The wild bird soars on high.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Thus, like the morning, calm and clear,</div> +<div class="t">That saw the Saviour rise,</div> +<div class="l">The spring of heaven's eternal year</div> +<div class="t">Shall dawn on earth and skies.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>No winter there, no shades of night,</div> +<div class="t">Obscure those mansions blest,</div> +<div class="l">Where, in the happy fields of light,</div> +<div class="t">The weary are at rest.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0862"> + +<h3>862. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Fergus.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Spring-Time.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>The spring, the joyous spring is come</div> +<div class="l">With lovely flowers of early bloom;</div> +<div class="l">The warbling birds, on every tree,</div> +<div class="l">Fill all the air with melody.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Once more, unsealed, the fountains run,</div> +<div class="l">Sparkling, beneath a brighter sun;</div> +<div class="l">Green leaves and tender herbs arise,</div> +<div class="l">Cheered by the glow of warmer skies.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Oh Lord, the changes of the year</div> +<div class="l">At thy Almighty word appear;</div> +<div class="l">And all the seasons, as they roll,</div> +<div class="l">Declare thy name from pole to pole.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Spring showers, descending from above,</div> +<div class="l">Bear down glad tidings of thy love,</div> +<div class="l">And every blossom on the tree</div> +<div class="l">Bespeaks our gratitude to thee.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0863"> + +<h3>863. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Summer.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>Great God, at thy command,</div> +<div class="t">Seasons in order rise:</div> +<div class="l">Thy power and love in concert reign</div> +<div class="t">Through earth, and seas, and skies.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>How balmy is the air!</div> +<div class="t">How warm the sun's bright beams!</div> +<div class="l">While, to refresh the ground, the rains</div> +<div class="t">Descend in gentle streams.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>With grateful praise we own</div> +<div class="t">Thy providential hand,</div> +<div class="l">While grass, and herbs, and waving corn,</div> +<div class="t">Adorn and bless the land.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>But greater still the gift</div> +<div class="t">Of thy belovéd Son;</div> +<div class="l">By him forgiveness, peace, and joy,</div> +<div class="t">Through endless ages run.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0864"> + +<h3>864. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">T. Richardson.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"The Hymn of Summer."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>How glad the tone when summer's sun</div> +<div class="t">Wreathes the gay world with flowers,</div> +<div class="l">And trees bend down with golden fruit,</div> +<div class="t">And birds are in the bowers!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>The moon sends silent music down</div> +<div class="t">Upon each earthly thing;</div> +<div class="l">And always, since creation's dawn,</div> +<div class="t">The stars together sing.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Shall man remain in silence, then,</div> +<div class="t">While all beneath the skies</div> +<div class="l">The chorus joins? no, let us sing,</div> +<div class="t">And while our voices rise,</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>O, let our lives, great God, breathe forth</div> +<div class="t">A constant melody;</div> +<div class="l">And every action be a tone</div> +<div class="t">In that sweet hymn to thee!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0865"> + +<h3>865. <span class="meter">7s. & 6s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Brit. Magazine.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Autumn.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>The leaves, around me falling,</div> +<div class="t">Are preaching of decay;</div> +<div class="l">The hollow winds are calling,</div> +<div class="t">"Come, pilgrim, come away:"</div> +<div class="l">The day, in night declining,</div> +<div class="t">Says I must, too, decline;</div> +<div class="l">The year its bloom resigning,</div> +<div class="t">Its lot foreshadows mine.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>The light my path surrounding,</div> +<div class="t">The loves to which I cling,</div> +<div class="l">The hopes within me bounding,</div> +<div class="t">The joys that round me wing,--</div> +<div class="l">All, all, like stars at even,</div> +<div class="t">Just gleam and shoot away,</div> +<div class="l">Pass on before to heaven,</div> +<div class="t">And chide at my delay.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>The friends gone there before me</div> +<div class="t">Are calling from on high,</div> +<div class="l">And happy angels o'er me</div> +<div class="t">Tempt sweetly to the sky:</div> +<div class="l">"Why wait," they say, "and wither,</div> +<div class="t">'Mid scenes of death and sin?</div> +<div class="l">O, rise to glory, hither,</div> +<div class="t">And find true life begin."</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0866"> + +<h3>866. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Winter.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>The hoary frost, the fleecy snow,</div> +<div class="t">Descend, and clothe the ground;</div> +<div class="l">The liquid streams forbear to flow,</div> +<div class="t">In icy fetters bound.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>When, from his dreadful stores on high,</div> +<div class="t">God pours the sounding hail,</div> +<div class="l">The man that does his power defy</div> +<div class="t">Shall find his courage fail.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>God sends his word and melts the snow;</div> +<div class="t">The fields no longer mourn;</div> +<div class="l">He calls the warmer gales to blow,</div> +<div class="t">And bids the spring return.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>The changing wind, the flying cloud,</div> +<div class="t">Obey his mighty word;</div> +<div class="l">With songs and honors sounding loud,</div> +<div class="t">Praise ye the sovereign Lord.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0867"> + +<h3>867. <span class="meter">H. M.</span> <span class="sc">Freeman.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Lord of the worlds below!</div> +<div class="t">On earth thy glories shine;</div> +<div class="l">The changing seasons show</div> +<div class="t">Thy skill and power divine.</div> +<div class="t2">The rolling years</div> +<div class="t3">Are full of thee;</div> +<div class="t3">In all we see</div> +<div class="t2">A God appears.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>In winter, awful thou!</div> +<div class="t">With storms around thee cast;</div> +<div class="l">The leafless forests bow</div> +<div class="t">Beneath thy northern blast.</div> +<div class="t2">While tempests lower,</div> +<div class="t3">To thee, dread King,</div> +<div class="t3">We homage bring,</div> +<div class="t2">And own thy power.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0868"> + +<h3>868. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">H. Ballou.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Acceptable Fast.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>This is the fast the Lord doth choose;</div> +<div class="t">Each heavy burden to undo,</div> +<div class="l">The bands of wickedness to loose,</div> +<div class="t">And bid the captive freely go.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Let every vile and sinful yoke</div> +<div class="t">Of servile bondage and of fear,</div> +<div class="l">By mercy, love and truth be broke;</div> +<div class="t">And from each eye wipe every tear.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Yes, to the hungry deal thy bread;</div> +<div class="t">Bring to thine house the outcast poor;</div> +<div class="l">There let the fainting soul be fed,</div> +<div class="t">Nor spurn the needy from thy door.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>And when thou seest the naked, spare</div> +<div class="t">The raiment that his wants demand;</div> +<div class="l">Since all mankind thy kindred are,</div> +<div class="t">To all thy charity expand.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Thus did the Saviour of our race:</div> +<div class="t">Himself, the Bread of Life, he gave;</div> +<div class="l">He clothed us with his righteousness,</div> +<div class="t">And broke the fetters from the slave.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0869"> + +<h3>869. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">S. Streeter.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Humiliation and Prayer.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Here in thy temple, Lord, we meet,</div> +<div class="t">And bow before thy throne;</div> +<div class="l">Abased and guilty, at thy feet</div> +<div class="t">We seek thy grace alone.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Our sins rise up in dread array,</div> +<div class="t">And fill our hearts with fear;</div> +<div class="l">Our trembling spirits melt away,</div> +<div class="t">But find no helper near.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>O, send thy pity from on high</div> +<div class="t">With pardon all-divine;</div> +<div class="l">Bring now thy gracious spirit nigh,</div> +<div class="t">And make us wholly thine.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>We humbly mourn our follies past,</div> +<div class="t">Each guilty path deplore;</div> +<div class="l">Resolved, while feeble life shall last,</div> +<div class="t">To tread those paths no more.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0870"> + +<h3>870. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Now let our prayers ascend to thee,</div> +<div class="t">Thou great and holy One;</div> +<div class="l">Above the world raise thou our hearts;</div> +<div class="t">In us, thy will be done.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>O, let us feel how frail we are,</div> +<div class="t">How much we need thy grace;</div> +<div class="l">O, strengthen, Lord, our fainting souls,</div> +<div class="t">While here we seek thy face.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Our sins, alas! before thee rise;</div> +<div class="t">Thou knowest all our guilt;</div> +<div class="l">Let not our faith, our hope, our trust,</div> +<div class="t">On earthly things be built.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Forgive our sins, thy spirit grant,</div> +<div class="t">Let love our souls refine,</div> +<div class="l">And heavenly peace and holy hope</div> +<div class="t">Assure that we are thine.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0871"> + +<h3>871. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Drummond.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"Is it such a fast that I have chosen?"</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>"Is this a fast for me?"--</div> +<div class="t">Thus saith the Lord our God;--</div> +<div class="l">"A day for man to vex his soul,</div> +<div class="t">And feel affliction's rod?--</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>"Like bulrush low to bow</div> +<div class="t">His sorrow-stricken head,</div> +<div class="l">With sackcloth for his inner vest,</div> +<div class="t">And ashes round him spread?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>"Shall day like this have power</div> +<div class="t">To stay th' avenging hand,</div> +<div class="l">Efface transgression, or avert</div> +<div class="t">My judgments from the land?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>"No; is not this alone</div> +<div class="t">The sacred fast I choose,--</div> +<div class="l">Oppression's yoke be burst in twain,</div> +<div class="t">The bands of guilt unloose?--</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">5</span>"To nakedness and want</div> +<div class="t">Your food and raiment deal,</div> +<div class="l">To dwell your kindred race among,</div> +<div class="t">And all their sufferings heal?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">6</span>"Then, like the morning ray,</div> +<div class="t">Shall spring your health and light;</div> +<div class="l">Before you, righteousness shall shine,</div> +<div class="t">Behind, my glory bright!"</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0872"> + +<h3>872. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Dyer.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Public Humiliation.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Great Maker of unnumbered worlds,</div> +<div class="t">And whom unnumbered worlds adore,--</div> +<div class="l">Whose goodness all thy creatures share,</div> +<div class="t">While nature trembles at thy power,--</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Thine is the hand that moves the spheres,</div> +<div class="t">That wakes the wind, and lifts the sea;</div> +<div class="l">And man, who moves the lord of earth,</div> +<div class="t">Acts but the part assigned by thee.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>While suppliant crowds implore thine aid,</div> +<div class="t">To thee we raise the humble cry;</div> +<div class="l">Thine altar is the contrite heart,</div> +<div class="t">Thine incense the repentant sigh.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>O may our land, in this her hour,</div> +<div class="t">Confess thy hand, and bless the rod,</div> +<div class="l">By penitence make thee her friend,</div> +<div class="t">And find in thee a guardian God.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0873"> + +<h3>873. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Rippon's Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Public Supplication.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>When Abrah'm, full of sacred awe,</div> +<div class="t">Before Jehovah stood,</div> +<div class="l">And, with an humble, fervent prayer,</div> +<div class="t">For guilty Sodom sued,--</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>With what success, what wondrous grace,</div> +<div class="t">Was his petition crowned!</div> +<div class="l">The Lord would spare, if in this place</div> +<div class="t">Ten righteous men were found.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>And could a single pious soul</div> +<div class="t">So rich a boon obtain?</div> +<div class="l">Great God, and shall a nation cry,</div> +<div class="t">And plead with thee in vain?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Are not the righteous dear to thee</div> +<div class="t">Now, as in ancient times?</div> +<div class="l">Or does this sinful land exceed</div> +<div class="t">Gomorrah in her crimes?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Still we are thine; we bear thy name;</div> +<div class="t">Here yet is thine abode:</div> +<div class="l">Long has thy presence blessed our land:</div> +<div class="t">Forsake us not, O God.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0874"> + +<h3>874. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Rippon's Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Judgments for National Sins Deprecated.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Almighty Lord, before thy throne</div> +<div class="t">Thy mourning people bend;</div> +<div class="l">'Tis on thy pardoning grace alone</div> +<div class="t">Our dying hopes depend.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Dark judgments, from thy heavy hand,</div> +<div class="t">Thy dreadful power display;</div> +<div class="l">Yet mercy spares our guilty land,</div> +<div class="t">And still we live to pray.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>How changed, alas! are truths divine,</div> +<div class="t">For error, guilt, and shame!</div> +<div class="l">What impious numbers, bold in sin,</div> +<div class="t">Disgrace the Christian name!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>O, turn us, turn us, mighty Lord;</div> +<div class="t">Convert us by thy grace;</div> +<div class="l">Then shall our hearts obey thy word,</div> +<div class="t">And see again thy face.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Then, should oppressing foes invade,</div> +<div class="t">We will not yield to fear,</div> +<div class="l">Secure of all-sufficient aid,</div> +<div class="t">When thou, O God, art near.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0875"> + +<h3>875. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Aikin.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">In time of War.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>While sounds of war are heard around,</div> +<div class="l">And death and ruin strow the ground,</div> +<div class="l">To thee we look, on thee we call,</div> +<div class="l">The Parent and the Lord of all.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Thou, who hast stamped on human kind</div> +<div class="l">The image of a heaven-born mind,</div> +<div class="l">And in a Father's wide embrace</div> +<div class="l">Hast cherished all the kindred race,--</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Great God, whose powerful hand can bind</div> +<div class="l">The raging waves, the furious wind,</div> +<div class="l">O, bid the human tempest cease,</div> +<div class="l">And hush the maddening world to peace.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>With reverence may each hostile land</div> +<div class="l">Hear and obey that high command,</div> +<div class="l">Thy Son's blest errand from above,--</div> +<div class="l">"My creatures, live in mutual love!"</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0876"> + +<h3>876. <span class="meter">6s. & 4s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Montgomery.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Thanksgiving Hymn.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>The God of harvest praise;</div> +<div class="l">In loud thanksgivings raise</div> +<div class="t">Hand, heart, and voice;</div> +<div class="l">The valleys smile and sing,</div> +<div class="l">Forests and mountains ring,</div> +<div class="l">The plains their tribute bring,</div> +<div class="t">The streams rejoice.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Yea, bless his holy name,</div> +<div class="l">And purest thanks proclaim</div> +<div class="t">Through all the earth;</div> +<div class="l">To glory in your lot</div> +<div class="l">Is duty,--but be not</div> +<div class="l">God's benefits forgot,</div> +<div class="t">Amidst your mirth.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>The God of harvest praise;</div> +<div class="l">Hands, hearts, and voices raise,</div> +<div class="t">With sweet accord;</div> +<div class="l">From field to garner throng,</div> +<div class="l">Bearing your sheaves along,</div> +<div class="l">And in your harvest song</div> +<div class="t">Bless ye the Lord.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0877"> + +<h3>877. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Christian Psalmist.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Fountain of mercy, God of love,</div> +<div class="t">How rich thy bounties are!</div> +<div class="l">The rolling seasons, as they move,</div> +<div class="t">Proclaim thy constant care.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>When in the bosom of the earth</div> +<div class="t">The sower hid the grain,</div> +<div class="l">Thy goodness marked its secret birth,</div> +<div class="t">And sent the early rain.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>The spring's sweet influence, Lord, was thine</div> +<div class="t">The plants in beauty grew;</div> +<div class="l">Thou gav'st refulgent suns to shine,</div> +<div class="t">And mild, refreshing dew.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>These various mercies from above</div> +<div class="t">Matured the swelling grain;</div> +<div class="l">A kindly harvest crowns thy love,</div> +<div class="t">And plenty fills the plain.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>We own and bless thy gracious sway;</div> +<div class="t">Thy hand all nature hails;</div> +<div class="l">Seed-time nor harvest, night nor day,</div> +<div class="t">Summer nor winter, fails.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0878"> + +<h3>878. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Great God! as seasons disappear,</div> +<div class="l">And changes mark the rolling year,</div> +<div class="l">Thy favor still has crowned our days,</div> +<div class="l">And we would celebrate thy praise.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>The harvest song we would repeat;</div> +<div class="l">"Thou givest us the finest wheat;"</div> +<div class="l">"The joy of harvest" we have known;</div> +<div class="l">The praise, O Lord! is all thine own.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Our tables spread, our garners stored,</div> +<div class="l">O give us hearts to bless thee, Lord!</div> +<div class="l">Forbid it, Source of light and love,</div> +<div class="l">That hearts and lives should barren prove.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Another harvest comes apace;</div> +<div class="l">Ripen our spirits by thy grace,</div> +<div class="l">That we may calmly meet the blow</div> +<div class="l">The sickle gives to lay us low.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>That so, when angel reapers come</div> +<div class="l">To gather sheaves to thy blest home,</div> +<div class="l">Our spirits may be borne on high</div> +<div class="l">To thy safe garner in the sky.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0879"> + +<h3>879. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Brettell.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Harvest Home.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>The last full wain has come,--has come!</div> +<div class="l">And brought the golden harvest home:</div> +<div class="l">The labors of the year are done:</div> +<div class="l">Accept our thanks, all-bounteous One!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>For the green spring, her herbs and flowers,</div> +<div class="l">For the warm summer's blooming bowers,</div> +<div class="l">For all the fruits that flush the boughs,</div> +<div class="l">When russet autumn decks her brows;</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>For the bright sun, whose fervid ray</div> +<div class="l">Ripens the corn, and cheers the day;</div> +<div class="l">For the round moon, whose yellow light</div> +<div class="l">Gilds the long labors of the night;</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>For the rich sea of shining grain,</div> +<div class="l">That spreads its waves o'er hill and plain,</div> +<div class="l">For the cool breeze, whose light wings fan</div> +<div class="l">The weary, sun-burnt husbandman;</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>For the soft herbage of the soil,</div> +<div class="l">For ruddy health, the child of toil;</div> +<div class="l">For all the good the year displays,</div> +<div class="l">Accept, O God, our grateful praise.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0880"> + +<h3>880. <span class="meter">8s. & 7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Crosse.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Sacrifice of Thanksgiving.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Lord of heaven, and earth, and ocean,</div> +<div class="t">Hear us from thy bright abode,</div> +<div class="l">While our hearts, with true devotion,</div> +<div class="t">Own their great and gracious God.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Health and every needful blessing</div> +<div class="t">Are thy bounteous gifts alone;</div> +<div class="l">Comforts undeserved possessing,</div> +<div class="t">Here we bend before thy throne.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Thee, with humble adoration,</div> +<div class="t">Lord, we praise for mercies past;</div> +<div class="l">Still to this most favored nation</div> +<div class="t">May those mercies ever last.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0881"> + +<h3>881. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Sacred Lyrics.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Thanksgiving.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Swell the anthem, raise the song;</div> +<div class="l">Praises to our God belong;</div> +<div class="l">Saints and angels, join to sing</div> +<div class="l">Praises to the Heavenly King.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Blessings from his liberal hand</div> +<div class="l">Flow around this happy land:</div> +<div class="l">Kept by him, no foes annoy;</div> +<div class="l">Peace and freedom we enjoy.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Here, beneath a virtuous sway,</div> +<div class="l">May we cheerfully obey,--</div> +<div class="l">Never feel oppression's rod,--</div> +<div class="l">Ever own and worship God.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Hark! the voice of nature sings</div> +<div class="l">Praises to the King of kings;</div> +<div class="l">Let us join the choral song,</div> +<div class="l">And the grateful notes prolong.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0882"> + +<h3>882. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Ev. Magazine.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"Thou crownest the year with goodness."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Praise on thee, in Zion's gates,</div> +<div class="l">Daily, O Jehovah! waits;</div> +<div class="l">Unto thee, O God! belong</div> +<div class="l">Grateful words and holy song.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Thou the hope and refuge art</div> +<div class="l">Of remotest lands apart,</div> +<div class="l">Distant isles and tribes unknown,</div> +<div class="l">'Mid the ocean-waste, and lone.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Thou dost visit earth, and rain</div> +<div class="l">Blessings on the thirsty plain,</div> +<div class="l">From the copious founts on high,</div> +<div class="l">From the rivers of the sky.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Thus the clouds thy power confess,</div> +<div class="l">And thy paths drop fruitfulness:</div> +<div class="l">And the voice of song and mirth</div> +<div class="l">Rises from the tribes of earth.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0883"> + +<h3>883. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Presbyterian Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Goodness of God Celebrated.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Join, every tongue, to praise the Lord;</div> +<div class="l">All nature rests upon his word;</div> +<div class="l">Mercy and truth his courts maintain,</div> +<div class="l">And own his universal reign.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Seasons and times obey his voice;</div> +<div class="l">The evening and the morn rejoice</div> +<div class="l">To see the earth made soft with showers,</div> +<div class="l">Enriched with fruit, and dressed in flowers.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Thy works pronounce thy power divine;</div> +<div class="l">In all the earth thy glories shine;</div> +<div class="l">Through every month thy gifts appear;</div> +<div class="l">Great God, thy goodness crowns the year.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0884"> + +<h3>884. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">L. H. Sigourney.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Harvest.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>God of the year! with songs of praise</div> +<div class="l">And hearts of love, we come to bless</div> +<div class="l">Thy bounteous hand, for thou hast shed</div> +<div class="l">Thy manna o'er our wilderness.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>In early spring-time thou didst fling</div> +<div class="l">O'er earth its robe of blossoming;</div> +<div class="l">And its sweet treasures, day by day,</div> +<div class="l">Rose quickening in thy blessed ray.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>God of the seasons! thou hast blest</div> +<div class="l">The land with sunlight and with showers,</div> +<div class="l">And plenty o'er its bosom smiles</div> +<div class="l">To crown the sweet autumnal hours.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Praise,--praise to thee! Our hearts expand</div> +<div class="l">To view these blessings of thy hand,</div> +<div class="l">And on the incense-breath of love</div> +<div class="l">Ascend to their bright home above.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0885"> + +<h3>885. <span class="meter">L. P. M.</span> <span class="sc">Kippis.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Thanksgiving for National Prosperity.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>How rich thy gifts, Almighty King!</div> +<div class="l">From thee our public blessings spring;</div> +<div class="t">Th' extended trade, the fruitful skies,</div> +<div class="l">The treasures liberty bestows,</div> +<div class="l">Th' eternal joys the gospel shows,--</div> +<div class="t">All from thy boundless goodness rise.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Here commerce spreads the wealthy store,</div> +<div class="l">Which pours from every foreign shore;</div> +<div class="t">Science and art their charms display;</div> +<div class="l">Religion teaches us to raise</div> +<div class="l">Our voices to our Maker's praise,</div> +<div class="t">As truth and conscience point the way.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>With grateful hearts, with joyful tongues,</div> +<div class="l">To God we raise united songs;</div> +<div class="t">His power and mercy we proclaim;</div> +<div class="l">This land through every age shall own,</div> +<div class="l">Jehovah here has fixed his throne,</div> +<div class="t">And triumph in his mighty name.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Long as the moon her course shall run,</div> +<div class="l">Or man behold the circling sun,</div> +<div class="t">O, still may God amidst us reign;</div> +<div class="l">Crown our just counsels with success,</div> +<div class="l">With peace and joy our borders bless,</div> +<div class="t">And all our sacred rights maintain.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0886"> + +<h3>886. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Doddridge.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">New Year's Day.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Great God, we sing that mighty hand,</div> +<div class="l">By which, supported still, we stand:</div> +<div class="l">The opening year thy mercy shows;</div> +<div class="l">Let mercy crown it till it close.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>By day, by night, at home, abroad,</div> +<div class="l">Still we are guarded by our God;</div> +<div class="l">By his incessant bounty fed,</div> +<div class="l">By his unerring counsel led.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>With grateful hearts the past we own:</div> +<div class="l">The future, all to us unknown,</div> +<div class="l">We to thy guardian care commit,</div> +<div class="l">And peaceful leave before thy feet,</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>In scenes exalted or depressed,</div> +<div class="l">Be thou our joy, and thou our rest:</div> +<div class="l">Thy goodness all our hopes shall raise,</div> +<div class="l">Adored through all our changing days.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>When death shall interrupt these songs,</div> +<div class="l">And seal in silence mortal tongues,</div> +<div class="l">Our Helper, God, in whom we trust,</div> +<div class="l">In better worlds our souls shall boast.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0887"> + +<h3>887. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Doddridge.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Reflections for a New Year.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Remark, my soul, the narrow bounds</div> +<div class="t">Of the revolving year;</div> +<div class="l">How swift the weeks complete their rounds!</div> +<div class="t">How short the months appear!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Yet like an idle tale we pass</div> +<div class="t">The swift advancing year;</div> +<div class="l">And study artful ways t' increase</div> +<div class="t">The speed of its career.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Waken, O God, my trifling heart,</div> +<div class="t">Its great concerns to see;</div> +<div class="l">That I may act the Christian part,</div> +<div class="t">And give the year to thee.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Thus shall their course more grateful roll,</div> +<div class="t">If future years arise;</div> +<div class="l">Or this shall bear my peaceful soul</div> +<div class="t">To joy that never dies.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0888"> + +<h3>888. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Newton.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">New Year's Day.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>While, with ceaseless course, the sun</div> +<div class="t">Hasted through the former year,</div> +<div class="l">Many souls their race have run,</div> +<div class="t">Never more to meet us here:</div> +<div class="l">Fixed in an eternal state,</div> +<div class="t">They have done with all below:</div> +<div class="l">We a little longer wait,</div> +<div class="t">But how little none can know.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>As the wingéd arrow flies,</div> +<div class="t">Speedily the mark to find;</div> +<div class="l">As the lightning from the skies</div> +<div class="t">Darts and leaves no trace behind;--</div> +<div class="l">Swiftly thus our fleeting days</div> +<div class="t">Bear us down life's rapid stream:</div> +<div class="l">Upward, Lord, our spirits raise;</div> +<div class="t">All below is but a dream.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Thanks for mercies past receive;</div> +<div class="t">Pardon of our sins renew;</div> +<div class="l">Teach us, henceforth, how to live,</div> +<div class="t">With eternity in view;</div> +<div class="l">Bless thy word to old and young;</div> +<div class="t">Fill us with a Saviour's love;</div> +<div class="l">When our life's short race is run,</div> +<div class="t">May we dwell with thee above.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0889"> + +<h3>889. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Doddridge.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>My helper, God, I bless his name;</div> +<div class="l">The same his power, his grace the same;</div> +<div class="l">The tokens of his friendly care</div> +<div class="l">Open, and crown, and close, the year.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>I 'midst ten thousand dangers stand,</div> +<div class="l">Supported by his guardian hand,</div> +<div class="l">And see, when I survey my ways,</div> +<div class="l">Ten thousand monuments of praise.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Thus far his arm hath led me on;</div> +<div class="l">Thus far I make his mercy known;</div> +<div class="l">And, while I tread this mortal land,</div> +<div class="l">New mercies shall new songs demand.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0890"> + +<h3>890. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Heginbotham.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">New Year. Providential Goodness.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>God of our lives, thy various praise</div> +<div class="t">Our voices shall resound:</div> +<div class="l">Thy hand directs our fleeting days,</div> +<div class="t">And brings the seasons round.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>To thee shall grateful songs arise,</div> +<div class="t">Our Father and our Friend,</div> +<div class="l">Whose constant mercies from the skies</div> +<div class="t">In genial streams descend.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>In every scene of life, thy care,</div> +<div class="t">In every age, we see;</div> +<div class="l">And constant as thy favors are,</div> +<div class="t">So let our praises be.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Still may thy love, in every scene,</div> +<div class="t">In every age, appear;</div> +<div class="l">And let the same compassion deign</div> +<div class="t">To bless the opening year.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>If mercy smile, let mercy bring</div> +<div class="t">Our wandering souls to God:</div> +<div class="l">In our affliction we shall sing,</div> +<div class="t">If thou wilt bless the rod.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0891"> + +<h3>891. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">John Fawcett.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"He holdeth our soul in life."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>O God, my helper, ever near!</div> +<div class="l">Crown with thy smile the present year;</div> +<div class="l">Preserve me by thy favor still,</div> +<div class="l">And fit me for thy sacred will.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>My safety, each succeeding hour,</div> +<div class="l">Depends on thy supporting power:</div> +<div class="l">Accept my thanks for mercies past,</div> +<div class="l">And be my guard, while life shall last.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>My moments move with wingéd haste,</div> +<div class="l">Nor know I which shall be the last:</div> +<div class="l">Danger and death are ever nigh,</div> +<div class="l">And I this year perhaps may die.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Prepare me for the trying day;</div> +<div class="l">Then call my willing soul away:</div> +<div class="l">I'll quit the world at thy command,</div> +<div class="l">And trust my spirit to thy hand.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0892"> + +<h3>892. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Newton.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">New Year. Prayer for a Blessing.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Now, gracious Lord, thine arm reveal,</div> +<div class="t">And make thy glory known;</div> +<div class="l">Now let us all thy presence feel,</div> +<div class="t">And soften hearts of stone.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>From all the guilt of former sin</div> +<div class="t">May mercy set us free;</div> +<div class="l">And let the year we now begin,</div> +<div class="t">Begin and end with thee.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Send down thy spirit from above,</div> +<div class="t">That saints may love thee more,</div> +<div class="l">And sinners now may learn to love,</div> +<div class="t">Who never loved before.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>And when before thee we appear,</div> +<div class="t">In our eternal home,</div> +<div class="l">May growing numbers worship here,</div> +<div class="t">And praise thee in our room.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0893"> + +<h3>893. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Bp. Middleton.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Self-Examination. New Year.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>As o'er the past my memory strays,</div> +<div class="t">Why heaves the secret sigh?</div> +<div class="l">'Tis that I mourn departed days,</div> +<div class="t">Still unprepared to die.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>The world, and worldly things beloved,</div> +<div class="t">My anxious thoughts employed;</div> +<div class="l">And time unhallowed, unimproved,</div> +<div class="t">Presents a fearful void.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Yet, Holy Father! wild despair</div> +<div class="t">Chase from my laboring breast;</div> +<div class="l">Thy grace it is which prompts the prayer.</div> +<div class="t">That grace can do the rest.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>My life's brief remnant all be thine;</div> +<div class="t">And when thy sure decree</div> +<div class="l">Bids me this fleeting breath resign,</div> +<div class="t">O speed my soul to thee!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0894"> + +<h3>894. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Newton.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Invocation. New Year.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Bless, O Lord, each opening year</div> +<div class="l">To the souls assembling here:</div> +<div class="l">Clothe thy word with power divine,</div> +<div class="l">Make us willing to be thine.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Where thou hast thy work begun,</div> +<div class="l">Give new strength the race to run;</div> +<div class="l">Scatter darkness, doubts, and fears,</div> +<div class="l">Wipe away the mourners' tears.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Bless us all, both old and young;</div> +<div class="l">Call forth praise from every tongue:</div> +<div class="l">Let our whole assembly prove</div> +<div class="l">All thy power and all thy love!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0895"> + +<h3>895. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Browne.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Closing Year.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>And now, my soul, another year</div> +<div class="t">Of my short life is past:</div> +<div class="l">I cannot long continue here;</div> +<div class="t">And this may be my last.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Part of my doubtful life is gone,</div> +<div class="t">Nor will return again;</div> +<div class="l">And swift my fleeting moments run--</div> +<div class="t">The few which yet remain!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Awake, my soul! with all thy care</div> +<div class="t">Thy true condition learn;</div> +<div class="l">What are thy hopes--how sure, how fair,</div> +<div class="t">And what thy great concern?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Now a new space of life begins,</div> +<div class="t">Set out afresh for heaven;</div> +<div class="l">Seek pardon for thy former sins,</div> +<div class="t">Through Christ, so freely given.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Devoutly yield thyself to God,</div> +<div class="t">And on his grace depend;</div> +<div class="l">With zeal pursue the heavenly road,</div> +<div class="t">Nor doubt a happy end.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0896"> + +<h3>896. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Time by moments steals away,</div> +<div class="l">First the hour and then the day;</div> +<div class="l">Small the daily loss appears,</div> +<div class="l">Yet it soon amounts to years.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Thus another year is flown;</div> +<div class="l">Now it is no more our own,</div> +<div class="l">If it brought or promised good,</div> +<div class="l">Than the years before the flood.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>But may none of us forget</div> +<div class="l">It has left us much in debt;</div> +<div class="l">Who can tell the vast amount</div> +<div class="l">Placed to every one's account!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Favors, from the Lord received,</div> +<div class="l">Sins, that have his spirit grieved,</div> +<div class="l">Marked by an unerring hand,</div> +<div class="l">In his book recorded stand.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>If we see another year,</div> +<div class="l">May thy blessing meet us here:</div> +<div class="l">Sun of righteousness, arise,</div> +<div class="l">Warm our hearts and bless our eyes.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0897"> + +<h3>897. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Time! what an empty vapor 'tis!</div> +<div class="t">And days, how swift they are!</div> +<div class="l">Swift as an Indian arrow flies,</div> +<div class="t">Or like a shooting star.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>The present moments just appear,</div> +<div class="t">Then slide away in haste;</div> +<div class="l">That we can never say, they're here;</div> +<div class="t">But only say, they're past.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Our life is ever on the wing,</div> +<div class="t">And death is ever nigh;</div> +<div class="l">The moment when our lives begin</div> +<div class="t">We all begin to die.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Yet, mighty God! our fleeting days</div> +<div class="t">Thy lasting favors share;</div> +<div class="l">Yet, with the bounties of thy grace,</div> +<div class="t">Thou load'st the rolling year.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>'Tis sovereign mercy finds us food,</div> +<div class="t">And we are clothed with love;</div> +<div class="l">While grace stands pointing out the road</div> +<div class="t">Which leads our souls above.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0898"> + +<h3>898. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">God eternal, and Man mortal. <span class="scripRef">Ps. 90.</span></p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Through every age, eternal God,</div> +<div class="l">Thou art our rest, our safe abode!</div> +<div class="l">High was thy throne ere heaven was made,</div> +<div class="l">Or earth thy humble footstool laid.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Long hadst thou reigned ere time began,</div> +<div class="l">Or dust was fashioned into man;</div> +<div class="l">And long thy kingdom shall endure,</div> +<div class="l">When earth and time shall be no more.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>A thousand of our years amount</div> +<div class="l">Scarce to a day in thine account;</div> +<div class="l">Like yesterday's departed light,</div> +<div class="l">Or the last watch of ending night.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Death, like an overflowing stream,</div> +<div class="l">Sweeps us away; our life's a dream,</div> +<div class="l">An empty tale, a morning flower</div> +<div class="l">Cut down and withered in an hour.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0899"> + +<h3>899. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Doddridge.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Closing Year.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>God of our life! thy constant care</div> +<div class="l">With blessings crowns each opening year:</div> +<div class="l">These lives so frail thy love prolongs;</div> +<div class="l">Be this the burden of our songs.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>How many precious souls are fled</div> +<div class="l">To the vast regions of the dead,</div> +<div class="l">Since, from this day, the changing sun</div> +<div class="l">Through his last yearly course has run!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>We yet survive, but who can say,</div> +<div class="l">Or through the year, or month, or day,</div> +<div class="l">We shall retain this vital breath,</div> +<div class="l">Secure from all the shafts of death?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>We hold our lives from thee alone,</div> +<div class="l">On earth, or in the worlds unknown;</div> +<div class="l">To thee our spirits we resign,</div> +<div class="l">Make them and own them all as thine.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Great Source of wisdom, teach my heart</div> +<div class="l">To know the price of every hour,</div> +<div class="l">That time may bear me on to joys</div> +<div class="l">Beyond its measure and its power.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0900"> + +<h3>900. <span class="meter">C. M.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Mark how the swift-winged minutes fly,</div> +<div class="t">And hours still hasten on!</div> +<div class="l">How swift the circling months run round!</div> +<div class="t">How soon the year is gone!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>How is our debt of love increased</div> +<div class="t">To that sustaining Power,</div> +<div class="l">Who hath upheld our feeble frame,</div> +<div class="t">And blest each rolling hour.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>For all thy favors, O our God,</div> +<div class="t">Thy goodness we adore;</div> +<div class="l">Thou hast our cup with blessings filled,</div> +<div class="t">And made that cup run o'er.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>What shall befall in future life,</div> +<div class="t">We would not, Lord, inquire:</div> +<div class="l">To be prepared for all thy will.</div> +<div class="t">Be this our chief desire.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0901"> + +<h3>901. <span class="meter">8s. & 7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Estlin.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Reliance for the Future.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Gracious Source of every blessing!</div> +<div class="t">Guard our breasts from anxious fears;</div> +<div class="l">May we still thy love possessing,</div> +<div class="t">Sink into the vale of years.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>All our hopes on thee reclining,</div> +<div class="t">Peace companion of our way;</div> +<div class="l">May our sun, in smiles declining,</div> +<div class="t">Rise in everlasting day.</div> +</div> + +</div> + + +<h2>SOCIAL AND DOMESTIC WORSHIP.</h2> + +<div class="hymn" id="h0902"> + +<h3>902. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Ancient Hymns.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Joy of Social Worship.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>How good and pleasant is the sight,</div> +<div class="t">How great the bliss they share,</div> +<div class="l">When Christ's assembled flock unite</div> +<div class="t">In acts of social prayer!</div> +<div class="l">God thither, with paternal care,</div> +<div class="t">His face benignant bends;</div> +<div class="l">And Jesus, by his spirit there,</div> +<div class="t">On faithful hearts descends.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>To such, by hallowed lips expressed,</div> +<div class="t">His grace confirms his word,</div> +<div class="l">As once Cornelius' house it blest,</div> +<div class="t">From holy Peter heard:</div> +<div class="l">On prayer and praise, in faith preferred,</div> +<div class="t">His heavenly dew is shed;</div> +<div class="l">And he to all, who come prepared,</div> +<div class="t">Dispenses heavenly bread.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>To God, adored in ages past,</div> +<div class="t">Enthroned in majesty,--</div> +<div class="l">To God, whose worship aye shall last</div> +<div class="t">Throughout eternity,--</div> +<div class="l">To thee, Great God, we bend the knee,</div> +<div class="t">And in the Holy Ghost,</div> +<div class="l">Through Christ, all glory give to thee,</div> +<div class="t">With all thy heavenly host.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0903"> + +<h3>903. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Ancient Hymns.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Joy of Social Devotion.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>O, it is joy in one to meet</div> +<div class="t">Whom one communion blends,</div> +<div class="l">Council to hold in converse sweet,</div> +<div class="t">And talk as Christian friends.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>'Tis joy to think the angel train,</div> +<div class="t">Who 'mid heaven's temple shine,</div> +<div class="l">To seek our earthly temples deign,</div> +<div class="t">And in our anthems join.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>But chief, 'tis joy to think that He,</div> +<div class="t">To whom his church is dear,</div> +<div class="l">Delights her gathered flock to see,</div> +<div class="t">Her joint devotions hear.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Then who would choose to walk abroad,</div> +<div class="t">While here such joys are given?</div> +<div class="l">"This is indeed the house of God,</div> +<div class="t">And this the gate of heaven!"</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0904"> + +<h3>904. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">For a Prayer Meeting.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Father, hear us when we pray,</div> +<div class="t">Look in mercy from above;</div> +<div class="l">Turn not, Lord, thy face away,</div> +<div class="t">Hear, and grant thy pardoning love.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>In the name of Christ we come,</div> +<div class="t">Asking grace and seeking peace,</div> +<div class="l">Raise our hearts to heaven, our home,</div> +<div class="t">And from worldly cares release.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Pure and holy may we be,</div> +<div class="t">Far removed all vain desire;</div> +<div class="l">From all hate and envy free,</div> +<div class="t">Let our souls to thee aspire.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>While we love the Saviour's name,</div> +<div class="t">And his words with zeal obey,</div> +<div class="l">His sweet promise we may claim;--</div> +<div class="t">"He will meet us when we pray."</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0905"> + +<h3>905. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Methodist Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Call to Social Worship.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Let us join, as God commands,</div> +<div class="l">Let us join our hearts and hands,</div> +<div class="l">Help to gain our calling's hope;</div> +<div class="l">Help to build each other up;</div> +<div class="l">Carry on the Christian's strife;</div> +<div class="l">Walk in holiness of life;</div> +<div class="l">Faithfully our gifts improve</div> +<div class="l">For the sake of him we love;--</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Still forget the things behind;</div> +<div class="l">Follow Christ in heart and mind;</div> +<div class="l">Toward the mark unwearied press;</div> +<div class="l">Seize the crown of righteousness,</div> +<div class="l">While we walk with God in light,</div> +<div class="l">God our hearts will still unite;</div> +<div class="l">Dearest fellowship we prove--</div> +<div class="l">Fellowship in Jesus, love.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Still, O Lord, our faith increase;</div> +<div class="l">Cleanse from all unrighteousness:</div> +<div class="l">Thee th' unholy cannot see:</div> +<div class="l">Make, O make us meet for thee:</div> +<div class="l">Every vile affection kill;</div> +<div class="l">Root out every seed of ill;</div> +<div class="l">Utterly abolish sin;</div> +<div class="l">Write thy law of love within.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0906"> + +<h3>906. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Ancient Hymns.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Call to Social Worship.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>O, come, and let th' assembly all</div> +<div class="t">To serve our God unite,</div> +<div class="l">And, mindful of the social call,</div> +<div class="t">Partake the social rite.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>In token of the common vow,</div> +<div class="t">Be ours, with one consent,</div> +<div class="l">The worship of the lowly brow,</div> +<div class="t">And knees devoutly bent!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>But chief, inflamed with heavenly fire,</div> +<div class="t">Devotion's better part,</div> +<div class="l">Be ours instinct with one desire,</div> +<div class="t">The worship of the heart!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Let each, let all, their prayers above,</div> +<div class="t">In one oblation bend,</div> +<div class="l">And God, the God of peace and love,</div> +<div class="t">On all, on each descend!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0907"> + +<h3>907. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Methodist Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Call to Worship.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Father, united by thy grace,</div> +<div class="t">And each to each endeared</div> +<div class="l">With confidence we seek thy face,</div> +<div class="t">And know our prayer is heard.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Still let us own our common Lord,</div> +<div class="t">And bear his easy yoke,</div> +<div class="l">A band of love, a three-fold cord</div> +<div class="t">Which never can be broke.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Make us into one spirit drink;</div> +<div class="t">Baptize into one name;</div> +<div class="l">And let us always kindly think,</div> +<div class="t">And sweetly speak the same.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Touched by the loadstone of thy love,</div> +<div class="t">Let all our hearts agree;</div> +<div class="l">And ever towards each other move,</div> +<div class="t">And ever move towards thee.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0908"> + +<h3>908. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Wesley's Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">For Brotherly Love.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>God of love, we look to thee;</div> +<div class="l">Let us in thy Son agree;</div> +<div class="l">Show to us the Prince of Peace;</div> +<div class="l">Bid our jars forever cease.</div> +<div class="l">By thy reconciling love,</div> +<div class="l">Every stumbling-block remove;</div> +<div class="l">Each to each unite, endear;</div> +<div class="l">Come, and spread thy banner here.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Make us of one heart and mind,</div> +<div class="l">Courteous, pitiful, and kind;</div> +<div class="l">Lowly, meek, in thought and word,</div> +<div class="l">Altogether like our Lord.</div> +<div class="l">Let us for each other care;</div> +<div class="l">Each the other's burden bear;</div> +<div class="l">To thy church the pattern give;</div> +<div class="l">Show how true believers live.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Free from anger and from pride,</div> +<div class="l">Let us thus in God abide;</div> +<div class="l">All the depths of love express,</div> +<div class="l">All the heights of holiness.</div> +<div class="l">Let us, then, with joy remove</div> +<div class="l">To the family above;</div> +<div class="l">On the wings of angels fly;</div> +<div class="l">Show how true believers die.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0909"> + +<h3>909. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Newton.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Meeting of Christian Friends.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Kindred in Christ, for his dear sake,</div> +<div class="t">A hearty welcome here receive;</div> +<div class="l">May we together now partake</div> +<div class="t">The joys which only he can give.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>May he by whose kind care we meet,</div> +<div class="t">Send his good Spirit from above,</div> +<div class="l">Make our communications sweet,</div> +<div class="t">And cause our hearts to burn with love.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Forgotten be each worldly theme,</div> +<div class="t">When Christians meet together thus;</div> +<div class="l">We only wish to speak of him</div> +<div class="t">Who lived, and died, and reigns, for us.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>We'll talk of all he did, and said,</div> +<div class="t">And suffered, for us here below,</div> +<div class="l">The path he marked for us to tread,</div> +<div class="t">And what he's doing for us now.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0910"> + +<h3>910. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Cowper.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">For Social Worship.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Our God, where'er thy people meet,</div> +<div class="l">There they behold thy mercy-seat;</div> +<div class="l">Where'er they seek thee, thou art found,</div> +<div class="l">And every place is hallowed ground.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>For thou, within no walls confined,</div> +<div class="l">Inhabitest the humble mind;</div> +<div class="l">Such ever bring thee where they come,</div> +<div class="l">And, going, take thee to their home.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Here may we prove the power of prayer</div> +<div class="l">To strengthen faith, and sweeten care;</div> +<div class="l">To teach our faint desires to rise,</div> +<div class="l">And bring all heaven before our eyes.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Lord, we are few, but thou art near;</div> +<div class="l">Nor short thine arm, nor deaf thine ear:</div> +<div class="l">O, rend the heavens, comes quickly down,</div> +<div class="l">And make a thousand hearts thine own!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0911"> + +<h3>911. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Ancient Hymns.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Commendatory of Christian Union.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Blest with unearthly bliss were they</div> +<div class="l">Who saw the church's infant day,</div> +<div class="l">And strove their Christian part to bear,</div> +<div class="l">By sign and spirit joined with her.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>The truth, which Christ's apostles taught,</div> +<div class="l">Then ruled each faithful convert's thought;</div> +<div class="l">Each aimed in unity to keep</div> +<div class="l">Unrent th' apostles' fellowship.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>The bread, with rites harmonious broke,</div> +<div class="l">The union of all hearts bespoke;</div> +<div class="l">And prayer, with lips united prayed,</div> +<div class="l">The union of all minds displayed.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>O thus that Christians still would live,</div> +<div class="l">And thus delightful witness give,</div> +<div class="l">How well the debt of love they know,</div> +<div class="l">To Christ and to his church they owe!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0912"> + +<h3>912. <span class="meter">6s. & 8s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Methodist Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">For Union.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>Thou God of truth and love,</div> +<div class="t2">We seek thy perfect way,</div> +<div class="t">Ready thy choice t' approve,</div> +<div class="t2">Thy providence t' obey;</div> +<div class="l">Enter into thy wise design,</div> +<div class="l">And sweetly lose our will in thine.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>Why hast thou cast our lot</div> +<div class="t2">In the same age and place?</div> +<div class="t">And why together brought</div> +<div class="t2">To see each other's face?</div> +<div class="l">To join with softest sympathy,</div> +<div class="l">And mix our friendly souls in thee?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>Didst thou not make us one,</div> +<div class="t2">That we might one remain,</div> +<div class="t">Together travel on,</div> +<div class="t2">And bear each other's pain;</div> +<div class="l">Till all thy utmost goodness prove</div> +<div class="l">And rise renewed in perfect love?</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0913"> + +<h3>913. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Methodist Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">For Union of Heart.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>God, from whom all blessings flow,</div> +<div class="l">Perfecting the saints below,</div> +<div class="l">Hear us, who thy nature share,</div> +<div class="l">Who thy loving children are.</div> +<div class="l">Join us, in one spirit join,</div> +<div class="l">Let us still receive of thine:</div> +<div class="l">Still for more on thee we call,</div> +<div class="l">Thou who fillest all in all!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Closer knit us to our Head;</div> +<div class="l">Nourish us, in Christ, and feed;</div> +<div class="l">Let us daily growth receive,</div> +<div class="l">More and more in Jesus live.</div> +<div class="l">Move, and actuate, and guide;</div> +<div class="l">Divers gifts to each divide:</div> +<div class="l">Placed according to thy will,</div> +<div class="l">Let us all our work fulfil;</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Sweetly may we all agree,</div> +<div class="l">Touched with softest sympathy;</div> +<div class="l">Kindly for each other care;</div> +<div class="l">Every member feel its share.</div> +<div class="l">Love, like death, hath all destroyed,</div> +<div class="l">Rendered our distinctions void!</div> +<div class="l">Names, and sects, and parties fall:</div> +<div class="l">Thou, O God, art all in all!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0914"> + +<h3>914. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Milton.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Blessedness of the Devout.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>How lovely are thy dwellings, Lord,</div> +<div class="t">From noise and trouble free;</div> +<div class="l">How beautiful the sweet accord</div> +<div class="t">Of souls that pray to thee.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Lord God of hosts, that reign'st on high,</div> +<div class="t">They are the truly blest,</div> +<div class="l">Who only will on thee rely,</div> +<div class="t">In thee alone will rest.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>They pass refreshed the thirsty vale,</div> +<div class="t">The dry and barren ground,</div> +<div class="l">As through a fruitful, watery dale,</div> +<div class="t">Where springs and showers abound.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>They journey on from strength to strength,</div> +<div class="t">With joy and gladsome cheer,</div> +<div class="l">Till all before our God at length.</div> +<div class="t">In Zion do appear.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>For God, the Lord, both sun and shield,</div> +<div class="t">Gives grace and glory bright;</div> +<div class="l">No good from him shall be withheld</div> +<div class="t">Whose ways are just and right.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0915"> + +<h3>915. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Wesley's Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">For Mutual Edification.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Help us to help each other, Lord,</div> +<div class="t">Each other's cross to bear!</div> +<div class="l">Let each his friendly aid afford,</div> +<div class="t">And feel his brother's care.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Help us to build each other up;</div> +<div class="t">Our little stock improve;</div> +<div class="l">Increase our faith, confirm our hope,</div> +<div class="t">And perfect us in love.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Up into thee, our living Head,</div> +<div class="t">Let us in all things grow,</div> +<div class="l">Till thou hast made us free indeed,</div> +<div class="t">And spotless here below.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0916"> + +<h3>916. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Methodist Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Invocation.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Father, at thy footstool see</div> +<div class="l">Those who now are one in thee:</div> +<div class="l">Draw us by thy grace alone;</div> +<div class="l">Give, O give us to thy Son.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Jesus, friend of human kind,</div> +<div class="l">Let us in thy name be joined;</div> +<div class="l">Each to each unite and bless;</div> +<div class="l">Keep us still in perfect peace.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Heavenly, all-alluring Dove,</div> +<div class="l">Shed thy overshadowing love;</div> +<div class="l">Love, the sealing grace impart;</div> +<div class="l">Dwell within our single heart.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0917"> + +<h3>917. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Love of the Brethren.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>A holy air is breathing round,</div> +<div class="t">A savor from above;</div> +<div class="l">Be every soul from sense unbound,</div> +<div class="t">Be every spirit love.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>O God, unite us heart to heart,</div> +<div class="t">In sympathy divine,</div> +<div class="l">That we be never drawn apart,</div> +<div class="t">And love nor thee nor thine.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>But, by the cross of Jesus taught,</div> +<div class="t">And all thy gracious word,</div> +<div class="l">Be nearer to each other brought,</div> +<div class="t">And nearer to our Lord.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0918"> + +<h3>918. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Christian Union.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Lo! what an entertaining sight</div> +<div class="t">Those friendly brethren prove,</div> +<div class="l">Whose cheerful hearts in bands unite</div> +<div class="t">Of harmony and love!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Where streams of bliss from Christ, the spring,</div> +<div class="t">Descend to every soul,</div> +<div class="l">And heavenly peace, with balmy wing,</div> +<div class="t">Shades and bedews the whole.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>'Tis pleasant as the morning dews</div> +<div class="t">That fall on Zion's hill,</div> +<div class="l">Where God his mildest glory shows,</div> +<div class="t">And makes his grace distil.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0919"> + +<h3>919. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Sacred Lyrics.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Morning Prayer Meeting.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>How sweet the melting lay,</div> +<div class="t">Which breaks upon the ear,</div> +<div class="l">When, at the hour of rising day,</div> +<div class="t">Christians unite in prayer!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>The breezes waft their cries</div> +<div class="t">Up to Jehovah's throne;</div> +<div class="l">He listens to their humble sighs,</div> +<div class="t">And sends his blessings down.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>So Jesus rose to pray</div> +<div class="t">Before the morning light,--</div> +<div class="l">Once on the chilling mount did stay,</div> +<div class="t">And wrestle all the night.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>Glory to God on high,</div> +<div class="t">Who sends his blessings down</div> +<div class="l">To rescue souls condemned to die,</div> +<div class="t">And make his people one.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0920"> + +<h3>920. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Ancient Hymns.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Social Evening Worship.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>O, 'Tis a scene the heart to move,</div> +<div class="t">When, at the close of day,</div> +<div class="l">Whom God unites in Christian love</div> +<div class="t">Unite their thanks to pay.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>What though the number be but small;</div> +<div class="t">Whenever two or three</div> +<div class="l">Join on the Saviour's name to call,</div> +<div class="t">There in the midst is he.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>When faithful and repentant hearts</div> +<div class="t">His heavenly grace ensue,</div> +<div class="l">His grace, intreated, he imparts</div> +<div class="t">To many or to few.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>O, come, then, and, with joint accord,</div> +<div class="t">In social worship meet;</div> +<div class="l">And, mindful of the Saviour's word,</div> +<div class="t">The Saviour's boon intreat.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0921"> + +<h3>921. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Newton.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Parting Hymn.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>For a season called to part,</div> +<div class="t">Let us then ourselves commend</div> +<div class="l">To the gracious eye and heart</div> +<div class="t">Of our ever-present Friend.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Father, hear our humble prayer!</div> +<div class="t">Tender shepherd of thy sheep,</div> +<div class="l">Let thy mercy and thy care</div> +<div class="t">All our souls in safety keep.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>In thy strength may we be strong;</div> +<div class="t">Sweeten every cross and pain;</div> +<div class="l">Give us, if we live, ere long,</div> +<div class="t">Here to meet in peace again.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0922"> + +<h3>922. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Methodist Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Through thee we now together came,</div> +<div class="t">In singleness of heart;</div> +<div class="l">We met, O, Jesus, in thy name,</div> +<div class="t">And in thy name we part.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>We part in body, not in mind;</div> +<div class="t">Our minds continue one;</div> +<div class="l">And, each to each in Jesus joined,</div> +<div class="t">We hand in hand go on.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Present we still in spirit are,</div> +<div class="t">And intimately nigh,</div> +<div class="l">While on the wings of faith and prayer</div> +<div class="t">We each to other fly.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Our life is hid with Christ in God;</div> +<div class="t">Our life shall soon appear,</div> +<div class="l">And shed his glory all abroad</div> +<div class="t">In all his members here.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0923"> + +<h3>923. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Doddridge.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Christian Farewell.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Thy presence, everlasting God!</div> +<div class="l">Wide o'er all nature spreads abroad:</div> +<div class="l">Thy watchful eyes, which cannot sleep,</div> +<div class="l">In every place thy children keep.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>While near each other we remain,</div> +<div class="l">Thou dost our lives and souls sustain;</div> +<div class="l">When sep'rate, happy if we share</div> +<div class="l">Thy smiles, thy counsels, and thy care.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>To thee we all our ways commit,</div> +<div class="l">And seek our comforts near thy feet;</div> +<div class="l">Still on our souls vouchsafe to shine,</div> +<div class="l">And guard and guide us still as thine.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Give us in thy belovd house,</div> +<div class="l">Again to pay our grateful vows;</div> +<div class="l">Or, if that joy no more be known,</div> +<div class="l">Give us to meet around thy throne.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0924"> + +<h3>924. <span class="meter">8s. & 7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">C. Wesley.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Domestic Worship.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Peace be to this habitation;</div> +<div class="t">Peace to all that dwell therein;</div> +<div class="l">Peace, the earnest of salvation;</div> +<div class="t">Peace, the fruit of pardoned sin;</div> +<div class="l">Peace, that speaks the heavenly Giver;</div> +<div class="t">Peace, to worldly minds unknown;</div> +<div class="l">Peace divine, that lasts forever;</div> +<div class="t">Peace, that comes from God alone.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Jesus, Prince of Peace, be near us;</div> +<div class="t">Fix in all our hearts thy home;</div> +<div class="l">With thy gracious presence cheer us;</div> +<div class="t">Let thy sacred kingdom come;</div> +<div class="l">Raise to heaven our expectation,</div> +<div class="t">Give our favored souls to prove</div> +<div class="l">Glorious and complete salvation,</div> +<div class="t">In the realms of bliss above.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0925"> + +<h3>925. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Doddridge & Merrick.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same. <span class="scripRef">Ps. 128.</span></p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Blest is the man who fears the Lord,</div> +<div class="l">And walks by his unerring word;</div> +<div class="l">Comfort and peace his days attend,</div> +<div class="l">And God will ever prove his friend.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>To him who condescends to dwell</div> +<div class="l">With saints in their obscurest cell,</div> +<div class="l">Be our domestic altars raised,</div> +<div class="l">And daily let his name be praised.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>To him may each assembled house</div> +<div class="l">Present their night and morning vows;</div> +<div class="l">And children of the rising race</div> +<div class="l">Be taught his precepts and his grace.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>When nature droops, our aged eyes</div> +<div class="l">Shall see our children's children rise;</div> +<div class="l">Till pleased and thankful we remove,</div> +<div class="l">And join the family above.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0926"> + +<h3>926. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Scott.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Family Religion.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Where'er the Lord shall build my house,</div> +<div class="t">An altar to his name I'll raise;</div> +<div class="l">There, morn and evening, shall ascend</div> +<div class="t">The sacrifice of prayer and praise.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>With duteous mind, the social band</div> +<div class="t">Shall search the records of thy law;</div> +<div class="l">There learn thy will, and humbly bow</div> +<div class="t">With filial reverence and awe.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Here may he fix his sacred seat,</div> +<div class="t">And spread the banner of his love;</div> +<div class="l">Till, ripened for a happier state,</div> +<div class="t">We meet the family above.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0927"> + +<h3>927. <span class="meter">L. M. 6l.</span> <span class="sc">Methodist Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Religion at Home.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>When quiet in my house I sit</div> +<div class="t">Thy book be my companion still;</div> +<div class="l">My joy thy sayings to repeat,</div> +<div class="t">Talk o'er the records of thy will,</div> +<div class="l">And search the oracles divine,</div> +<div class="l">Till every heart-felt word be mine.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>O may the gracious words divine</div> +<div class="t">Mingled with all my converse be:</div> +<div class="l">So will the Lord his follower join,</div> +<div class="t">And walk and talk himself with me;</div> +<div class="l">So shall my heart his presence prove</div> +<div class="l">And burn with everlasting love.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Oft as I lay me down to rest,</div> +<div class="t">O, may the reconciling word</div> +<div class="l">Sweetly compose my weary breast,</div> +<div class="t">While, trusting in my gracious Lord,</div> +<div class="l">I sink in peaceful dreams away,</div> +<div class="l">And visions of eternal day!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Rising to sing my Father's praise,</div> +<div class="t">Thee may I publish all day long;</div> +<div class="l">And let thy precious word of grace</div> +<div class="t">Flow from my heart and fill my tongue;</div> +<div class="l">Fill all my life with purest love,</div> +<div class="l">And join me to the church above.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0928"> + +<h3>928. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Family Affection from Religious Principles.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>How pleasing, Lord! to see,</div> +<div class="t">How pure is the delight,</div> +<div class="l">When mutual love, and love to thee,</div> +<div class="t">A family unite!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>From these celestial springs</div> +<div class="t">Such streams of comfort flow,</div> +<div class="l">As no increase of riches brings,</div> +<div class="t">Nor honors can bestow.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>No bliss can equal theirs,</div> +<div class="t">Where such affections meet;</div> +<div class="l">While mingled praise and mingled prayers</div> +<div class="t">Make their communion sweet.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>'Tis the same pleasure fills</div> +<div class="t">The breast in worlds above;</div> +<div class="l">Where joy like morning dew distils,</div> +<div class="t">And all the air is love.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0929"> + +<h3>929. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Taylor's Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Family Altar.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Great God! where'er we pitch our tent,</div> +<div class="t">Let us an altar raise,</div> +<div class="l">And there, with humble frame, present</div> +<div class="t">Our sacrifice of praise.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>To thee we give our health and strength,</div> +<div class="t">While health and strength shall last,</div> +<div class="l">For future mercies humbly trust,</div> +<div class="t">Nor e'er forget the past.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0930"> + +<h3>930. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Barry Cornwall.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">For a Sick Child.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Send down thy wingéd angel; God!</div> +<div class="t">Amidst this night so wild,</div> +<div class="l">And bid him come where now we watch,</div> +<div class="t">And breathe upon our child!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>It lies upon its pillow, pale,</div> +<div class="t">And moans within its sleep,</div> +<div class="l">Or wakeneth with a patient smile,</div> +<div class="t">And striveth not to weep!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>How gentle and how good a child</div> +<div class="t">It is, we know too well;</div> +<div class="l">And dearer to its parents' hearts</div> +<div class="t">Than our weak words can tell.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>We love,--we watch throughout the night,</div> +<div class="t">To aid, where need may be;</div> +<div class="l">We hope,--and have despaired at times;</div> +<div class="t">But now we turn to thee!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Send down thy sweet-souled angel, God!</div> +<div class="t">Amidst the darkness wild,</div> +<div class="l">And bid him soothe our souls to-night,</div> +<div class="t">And heal our gentle child!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0931"> + +<h3>931. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Heber.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">In Times of Domestic Distress.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>O God, that madest earth and sky!</div> +<div class="t">The darkness and the day!</div> +<div class="l">Give ear to this thy family,</div> +<div class="t">And help us when we pray!</div> +<div class="l">For wide the waves of bitterness</div> +<div class="t">Around our vessel roar,</div> +<div class="l">And heavy grows the pilot's heart</div> +<div class="t">To view the rocky shore!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>The cross our Master bore for us,</div> +<div class="t">For him we fain would bear,</div> +<div class="l">But mortal strength to weakness turns,</div> +<div class="t">And courage to despair!</div> +<div class="l">Then mercy on our failings, Lord!</div> +<div class="t">Our sinking faith renew!</div> +<div class="l">And when thy sorrows visit us,</div> +<div class="t">O send thy patience too.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0932"> + +<h3>932. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Doddridge.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Sickness and Recovery.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>My God, thy service well demands</div> +<div class="t">The remnant of my days;</div> +<div class="l">Why was this fleeting breath renewed,</div> +<div class="t">But to renew thy praise?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Thine arms of everlasting love</div> +<div class="t">Did this weak frame sustain,</div> +<div class="l">When life was hovering o'er the grave,</div> +<div class="t">And nature sunk with pain.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>I calmly bowed my fainting head</div> +<div class="t">On thy dear, faithful breast,</div> +<div class="l">And waited for my Father's call</div> +<div class="t">To his eternal rest.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Back from the borders of the grave,</div> +<div class="t">At thy command, I come;</div> +<div class="l">Nor will I ask a speedier flight</div> +<div class="t">To my celestial home.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Where thou appointest mine abode</div> +<div class="t">There would I choose to be;</div> +<div class="l">For in thy presence death is life,</div> +<div class="t">And earth is heaven with thee.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0933"> + +<h3>933. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">H. K. White.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">A Family Evening Prayer.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>O Lord, another day is flown,</div> +<div class="t">And we, a lonely band,</div> +<div class="l">Are met once more before thy throne,</div> +<div class="t">To bless thy fostering hand.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>And wilt thou lend a listening ear</div> +<div class="t">To praises low as ours!</div> +<div class="l">Thou wilt; for thou dost love to hear</div> +<div class="t">The song which meekness pours.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>O, let thy grace perform its part,</div> +<div class="t">And let contention cease;</div> +<div class="l">And shed abroad in every heart</div> +<div class="t">Thine everlasting peace.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Thus chastened, cleansed, entirely thine,</div> +<div class="t">A flock by Jesus led,</div> +<div class="l">The Sun of holiness shall shine</div> +<div class="t">In glory on our head.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>And thou wilt turn our wandering feet,</div> +<div class="t">And thou wilt bless our way,</div> +<div class="l">Till worlds shall fade, and faith shall greet</div> +<div class="t">The dawn of lasting day.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0934"> + +<h3>934. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">S. S. Cutting.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Family Hymn. Evening.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Father, we bless the gentle care</div> +<div class="t">That watches o'er us day by day,</div> +<div class="l">That guards us from the tempter's snare,</div> +<div class="t">And guides us in the heavenward way:--</div> +<div class="l">We bless thee for the tender love,</div> +<div class="t">That mingles all our hearts in one,--</div> +<div class="l">The music of the soul;--above</div> +<div class="t">'Tis purer spirits' unison.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Father, 'tis evening's solemn hour,</div> +<div class="t">And cast we now our cares on thee;</div> +<div class="l">Darkly the storm may round us lower,--</div> +<div class="t">Peace is within,--Christ makes us free,--</div> +<div class="l">And when life's toil and joy are o'er,</div> +<div class="t">And evening gathers on its sky,</div> +<div class="l">Our circle broke,--we sing no more,--</div> +<div class="t">O, may we meet and sing on high.</div> +</div> + +</div> + + +<h2>MORNING AND EVENING HYMNS.</h2> + +<div class="hymn" id="h0935"> + +<h3>935. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Keble.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Morning Hymn.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Oh! timely happy, timely wise.</div> +<div class="l">Hearts that with rising morn arise!</div> +<div class="l">Eyes that the beam celestial view,</div> +<div class="l">Which evermore makes all things new!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>New every morning is the love</div> +<div class="l">Our wakening and uprising prove;</div> +<div class="l">Through sleep and darkness safely brought,</div> +<div class="l">Restored to life, and power, and thought.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>New mercies, each returning day,</div> +<div class="l">Hover around us while we pray;</div> +<div class="l">New perils past, new sins forgiven,</div> +<div class="l">New thoughts of God, new hopes of heaven.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>If, on our daily course, our mind</div> +<div class="l">Be set to hallow all we find,</div> +<div class="l">New treasures still, of countless price,</div> +<div class="l">God will provide for sacrifice.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Old friends, old scenes, will lovelier be,</div> +<div class="l">As more of heaven in each we see;</div> +<div class="l">Some softening gleams of love and prayer,</div> +<div class="l">Shall dawn on every cross and care.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0936"> + +<h3>936. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Bishop Kenn.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Morning Resolutions.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Awake, my soul! and with the sun</div> +<div class="l">Thy daily stage of duty run;</div> +<div class="l">Shake off dull sloth, and joyful rise</div> +<div class="l">To pay thy morning sacrifice.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Wake, and lift up thyself, my heart,</div> +<div class="l">And with the angels bear thy part,</div> +<div class="l">Who all night long unwearied sing</div> +<div class="l">High praises to th' eternal King.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>In conversation be sincere;</div> +<div class="l">Keep conscience, as the noontide, clear;</div> +<div class="l">Think how the all-seeing God thy ways</div> +<div class="l">And all thy secret thoughts surveys.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Lord, I my vows to thee renew;</div> +<div class="l">Scatter my sins like morning dew;</div> +<div class="l">Guard my first springs of thought and will</div> +<div class="l">And with thyself my spirit fill.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Direct, control, suggest, this day,</div> +<div class="l">All I design, or do, or say,</div> +<div class="l">That all my powers, with all their might,</div> +<div class="l">In thy sole glory may unite.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0937"> + +<h3>937. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Montgomery.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Acknowledging God's Hand. Morning.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>What secret hand, at morning light,</div> +<div class="t">Softly unseals mine eye,</div> +<div class="l">Draws back the curtain of the night,</div> +<div class="t">And opens earth and sky;</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>'Tis thine, my God,--the same that kept</div> +<div class="t">My resting hours from harm;</div> +<div class="l">No ill came nigh me, for I slept</div> +<div class="t">Beneath th' Almighty's arm.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>'Tis thine, my daily bread that brings,</div> +<div class="t">Like manna scattered round,</div> +<div class="l">And clothes me, as the lily springs</div> +<div class="t">In beauty from the ground.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>In death's dark valley though I stray</div> +<div class="t">'Twould there my steps attend,</div> +<div class="l">Guide with the staff my lonely way,</div> +<div class="t">And with the rod defend.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>May that sure hand uphold me still</div> +<div class="t">Through life's uncertain race,</div> +<div class="l">To bring me to thy holy hill,</div> +<div class="t">And to thy dwelling-place.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0938"> + +<h3>938. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Episcopal Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Morning Hymn.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Now, the shades of night are gone;</div> +<div class="l">Now the morning light comes on;</div> +<div class="l">Lord, may we be thine to-day,</div> +<div class="l">Drive the shades of sin away.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Fill our souls with heavenly light,</div> +<div class="l">Banish doubt, and clear our sight;</div> +<div class="l">In thy service, Lord, to-day,</div> +<div class="l">May we stand, and watch and pray.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Keep our haughty passions bound;</div> +<div class="l">Save us from our foes around;</div> +<div class="l">Going out and coming in,</div> +<div class="l">Keep us safe from every sin.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>When our work of life is past,</div> +<div class="l">O, receive us then at last;</div> +<div class="l">Night and sin will be no more,</div> +<div class="l">When we reach the heavenly shore.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0939"> + +<h3>939. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>God of the morning, at whose voice</div> +<div class="t">The cheerful sun makes haste to rise,</div> +<div class="l">And like a giant doth rejoice</div> +<div class="t">To run his journey through the skies.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>From the fair chambers of the east,</div> +<div class="t">The circuit of his race begins,</div> +<div class="l">And, without weariness or rest,</div> +<div class="t">Round the whole earth he flies and shines.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>O, like the sun may I fulfil</div> +<div class="t">The appointed duties of the day,</div> +<div class="l">With ready mind and active will</div> +<div class="t">March on and keep my heavenly way.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Lord, thy commands are clean and pure,</div> +<div class="t">Enlightening our beclouded eyes,</div> +<div class="l">Thy threatenings just, thy promise sure,</div> +<div class="t">Thy gospel makes the simple wise.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0940"> + +<h3>940. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Mrs. Steele.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Lord of my life! O may thy praise</div> +<div class="t">Employ my noblest powers,</div> +<div class="l">Whose goodness lengthens out my days.</div> +<div class="t">And fills the circling hours!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Preserved by thy almighty arm,</div> +<div class="t">I passed the shades of night,</div> +<div class="l">Serene and safe from every harm,</div> +<div class="t">And see returning light.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>While many spend the night in sighs</div> +<div class="t">And restless pains and woes,</div> +<div class="l">In gentle sleep I close my eyes</div> +<div class="t">And undisturbed repose.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>When sleep death's semblance o'er me spread,</div> +<div class="t">And I unconscious lay,</div> +<div class="l">Thy watchful care was round my bed,</div> +<div class="t">To guard my feeble clay.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>O let the same almighty care</div> +<div class="t">My waking hours attend;</div> +<div class="l">From every danger, every snare,</div> +<div class="t">My heedless steps defend.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0941"> + +<h3>941. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Morning or Evening Hymn.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>My God, how endless is thy love!</div> +<div class="t">Thy gifts are every evening new;</div> +<div class="l">And morning mercies, from above,</div> +<div class="t">Gently distil like early dew.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Thou spread'st the curtains of the night,</div> +<div class="t">Great Guardian of my sleeping hours;</div> +<div class="l">Thy sovereign word restores the light,</div> +<div class="t">And quickens all my drowsy powers.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>I yield my powers to thy command;</div> +<div class="t">To thee I consecrate my days;</div> +<div class="l">Perpetual blessings from thine hand</div> +<div class="t">Demand perpetual songs of praise.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0942"> + +<h3>942. <span class="meter">8s. & 7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Edmeston.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Confidence in God's Protection.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Father, breathe an evening blessing</div> +<div class="t">Ere repose our spirits seal;</div> +<div class="l">Sin and want we come confessing;</div> +<div class="t">Thou canst save and thou canst heal.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Though destruction walk around us,</div> +<div class="t">Though the arrows past us fly,</div> +<div class="l">Angel guards from thee surround us;</div> +<div class="t">We are safe, if thou art nigh.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Though the night be dark and dreary,</div> +<div class="t">Darkness cannot hide from thee;</div> +<div class="l">Thou art he who, never weary,</div> +<div class="t">Watchest where thy people be.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Should swift death this night o'ertake us,</div> +<div class="t">And command us to the tomb,</div> +<div class="l">May the morn in heaven awake us,</div> +<div class="t">Clad in bright, eternal bloom.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0943"> + +<h3>943. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Bowring.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Morning or Evening.--All from God.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Father! thy paternal care</div> +<div class="t">Has my guardian been, my guide!</div> +<div class="l">Every hallowed wish and prayer</div> +<div class="t">Has thy hand of love supplied;</div> +<div class="l">Thine is every thought of bliss,</div> +<div class="t">Left by hours and days gone by;</div> +<div class="l">Every hope thy offspring is,</div> +<div class="t">Beaming from futurity.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Every sun of splendid ray;</div> +<div class="t">Every moon that shines serene;</div> +<div class="l">Every morn that welcomes day;</div> +<div class="t">Every evening's twilight scene,</div> +<div class="l">Every hour which wisdom brings;</div> +<div class="t">Every incense at thy shrine;</div> +<div class="l">These--and all life's holiest things,</div> +<div class="t">And its fairest--all are thine.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>And for all, my hymns shall rise</div> +<div class="t">Daily to thy gracious throne:</div> +<div class="l">Thither let my asking eyes</div> +<div class="t">Turn unwearied--righteous One!</div> +<div class="l">Through life's strange vicissitude</div> +<div class="t">There reposing all my care,</div> +<div class="l">Trusting still through ill and good,</div> +<div class="t">Fixed and cheered and counselled there.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0944"> + +<h3>944. <span class="meter">7s. & 6s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Sacred Songs.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Reflections at Sunset.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>The mellow eve is gliding</div> +<div class="t">Serenely down the west;</div> +<div class="l">So, every care subsiding,</div> +<div class="t">My soul would sink to rest.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>The woodland hum is ringing</div> +<div class="t">The daylight's gentle close;</div> +<div class="l">May angels round me singing,</div> +<div class="t">Thus hymn my last repose.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>The evening star has lighted</div> +<div class="t">Her crystal lamp on high;</div> +<div class="l">So, when in death benighted,</div> +<div class="t">May hope illume the sky.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>In golden splendor dawning,</div> +<div class="t">The morrow's light shall break;</div> +<div class="l">O, on the last bright morning</div> +<div class="t">May I in glory wake.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0945"> + +<h3>945. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Watts.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Evening Hymn.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Thus far the Lord has led me on,</div> +<div class="t">Thus far his power prolongs my days!</div> +<div class="l">And every evening shall make known</div> +<div class="t">Some fresh memorial of his grace.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Much of my time has run to waste,</div> +<div class="t">And I, perhaps, am near my home;</div> +<div class="l">But he forgives my follies past,</div> +<div class="t">He gives me strength for days to come.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>I lay my body down to sleep;</div> +<div class="t">Peace is the pillow for my head:</div> +<div class="l">While well appointed angels keep</div> +<div class="t">Their watchful stations round my bed.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Faith in his name forbids my fear:</div> +<div class="t">O, may thy presence ne'er depart!</div> +<div class="l">And in the morning make me hear</div> +<div class="t">Thy love and kindness in my heart.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>And when the night of death shall come,</div> +<div class="t">Still may I trust almighty love,--</div> +<div class="l">The love which triumphs o'er the tomb,</div> +<div class="t">And leads to perfect bliss above.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0946"> + +<h3>946. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Kenn.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Trusting God. Evening Hymn.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Glory to thee, my God, this night,</div> +<div class="l">For all the blessings of the light:</div> +<div class="l">Keep me, O, keep me, King of kings,</div> +<div class="l">Beneath the shadow of thy wings.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Forgive me, Lord, through thy dear Son</div> +<div class="l">The ills which I this day have done;</div> +<div class="l">That with the world, myself, and thee,</div> +<div class="l">I, ere I sleep, at peace may be.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>O, may my soul on thee repose,</div> +<div class="l">And with sweet sleep mine eyelids close!</div> +<div class="l">Sleep that shall me more vigorous make</div> +<div class="l">To serve my God when I awake.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Be thou my Guardian while I sleep;</div> +<div class="l">Thy watchful station near me keep;</div> +<div class="l">My heart with love celestial fill,</div> +<div class="l">And guard me from th' approach of ill.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Lord, let my heart forever share</div> +<div class="l">The bliss of thy paternal care:</div> +<div class="l">'Tis heaven on earth, 'tis heaven above,</div> +<div class="l">To see thy face and sing thy love.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0947"> + +<h3>947. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Evening Hymn.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Indulgent God, whose bounteous care</div> +<div class="t">O'er all thy works is shown,</div> +<div class="l">O let my grateful praise and prayer</div> +<div class="t">Ascend before thy throne!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>What mercies has this day bestowed!</div> +<div class="t">How largely hast thou blest!</div> +<div class="l">My cup with plenty overflowed,</div> +<div class="t">With cheerfulness my breast.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Now may sweet slumbers close my eyes,</div> +<div class="t">From pain and sickness free;</div> +<div class="l">And let my waking thoughts arise</div> +<div class="t">To meditate on thee.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>So bless each future day and night,</div> +<div class="t">Till life's fond scene is o'er;</div> +<div class="l">At length, to realms of endless light</div> +<div class="t">Enraptured let me soar.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0948"> + +<h3>948. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Keble.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"Abide with us, for it is towards evening, and the day is far spent."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>'Tis gone, that bright and orbéd blaze,</div> +<div class="l">Fast fading from our wistful gaze;</div> +<div class="l">Yon mantling cloud has hid from sight</div> +<div class="l">The last faint pulse of quivering light.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Sun of my soul! thou Saviour dear,</div> +<div class="l">It is not night if thou be near:</div> +<div class="l">Oh may no earth-born cloud arise</div> +<div class="l">To hide thee from thy servant's eyes.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>When the soft dews of kindly sleep</div> +<div class="l">My wearied eyelids gently steep,</div> +<div class="l">Be my last thought now sweet to rest</div> +<div class="l">Forever on my Saviour's breast.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Abide with me from morn till eve,</div> +<div class="l">For without thee I cannot live;</div> +<div class="l">Abide with me when night is nigh,</div> +<div class="l">For without thee I dare not die.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0949"> + +<h3>949. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Doddridge.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Evening Hymn.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Interval of grateful shade,</div> +<div class="l">Welcome to my weary head!</div> +<div class="l">Welcome slumbers to mine eyes,</div> +<div class="l">Tired with glaring vanities!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>My great Master still allows</div> +<div class="l">Needful periods of repose:</div> +<div class="l">By my heavenly Father blest,</div> +<div class="l">Thus I give my powers to rest.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Heavenly Father, gracious name!</div> +<div class="l">Night and day his love the same!</div> +<div class="l">Far be each suspicious thought,</div> +<div class="l">Every anxious care forgot!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Thou, my ever-bounteous God,</div> +<div class="l">Crown'st my days with various good;</div> +<div class="l">Thy kind eye which cannot sleep,</div> +<div class="l">My defenceless hours shall keep.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Blest vicissitude to me!</div> +<div class="l">Day and night I'm still with thee;</div> +<div class="l">Guarded thus I sink to rest,</div> +<div class="l">Lodged within my Father's breast</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0950"> + +<h3>950. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Curtis' Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Flight of Time.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>Another day is past,</div> +<div class="t">The hours forever fled,</div> +<div class="l">And time is bearing us away</div> +<div class="t">To mingle with the dead.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>Our minds in perfect peace</div> +<div class="t">Our Father's care shall keep,</div> +<div class="l">We yield to gentle slumber now,</div> +<div class="t">For thou canst never sleep.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>How blesséd, Lord, are they</div> +<div class="t">On thee securely stayed!</div> +<div class="l">Nor shall they be in life alarmed,</div> +<div class="t">Nor be in death dismayed.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0951"> + +<h3>951. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Evening Hymn.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>The day is past and gone;</div> +<div class="t">The evening shades appear;</div> +<div class="l">O, may we all remember well</div> +<div class="t">The night of death draws near!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>We lay our garments by,</div> +<div class="t">Upon our beds to rest;</div> +<div class="l">So death shall soon disrobe us all</div> +<div class="t">Of what is here possessed.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>Lord, keep us safe this night,</div> +<div class="t">Secure from all our fears;</div> +<div class="l">May angels guard us, while we sleep,</div> +<div class="t">Till morning light appears!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0952"> + +<h3>952. <span class="meter">8s. & 7s. M. (<span class="sc">Peculiar.</span>)</span> <span class="sc">Kelly.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">An Evening Offering.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Through the day thy love hath spared us,</div> +<div class="t">Now we lay us down to rest;</div> +<div class="l">Through the silent watches guard us,</div> +<div class="t">Let no foe our peace molest;</div> +<div class="l">Father, thou our guardian be,</div> +<div class="l">Sweet it is to trust in thee.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Pilgrims here on earth, and strangers,</div> +<div class="t">Dwelling in the midst of foes,--</div> +<div class="l">Us and ours preserve from dangers,</div> +<div class="t">In thine arms let us repose,</div> +<div class="l">And, when life's short day is past,</div> +<div class="l">Rest with thee in heaven at last.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0953"> + +<h3>953. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Missionary Mag.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Evening Hymn.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Lord of glory! King of power!</div> +<div class="l">In this lone and silent hour,</div> +<div class="l">While the shades of darkness rise,</div> +<div class="l">And the eve is on the skies,</div> +<div class="l">By thy blessing, as the dews,</div> +<div class="l">Which yon shaded skies diffuse,</div> +<div class="l">Bid our feverish passions cease;</div> +<div class="l">Calm us with thy promised peace.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Wheresoe'er the brow of pain</div> +<div class="l">Seeks oblivion's balm in vain,</div> +<div class="l">Or the form of watchful grief</div> +<div class="l">Knows not of the night's relief,</div> +<div class="l">There thy pity, softening power,</div> +<div class="l">There the spirit's calm restore;</div> +<div class="l">Till each tongue, from murmuring free,</div> +<div class="l">Wakes the hymn of praise to thee.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0954"> + +<h3>954. <span class="meter">P. M.</span> <span class="sc">Bp. Heber.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Evening Aspiration.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l">God, that madest earth and heaven,</div> +<div class="t2">Darkness and light,--</div> +<div class="l">Who the day for toil hast given,</div> +<div class="t2">For rest the night,--</div> +<div class="l">May thine angel guards defend us,</div> +<div class="l">Slumber sweet thy mercy send us,</div> +<div class="l">Holy dreams and hopes attend us,</div> +<div class="t2">This livelong night.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0955"> + +<h3>955. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Evening Hymn. <span class="scripRef">Ps. 141:2.</span></p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Softly now the light of day</div> +<div class="l">Fades upon my sight away;</div> +<div class="l">Free from care, from labor free,</div> +<div class="l">Lord, I will commune with thee.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Thou, whose all-pervading eye</div> +<div class="l">Nought escapes, without, within:</div> +<div class="l">Pardon each infirmity,</div> +<div class="l">Open fault and secret sin.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Soon, for me, the light of day</div> +<div class="l">Shall forever pass away;</div> +<div class="l">Then from sin and sorrow free,</div> +<div class="l">Take me, Lord, to dwell with thee.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0956"> + +<h3>956. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Kenn.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Midnight.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>My God, I now from sleep awake;</div> +<div class="l">The sole possession of me take;</div> +<div class="l">From midnight terrors me secure,</div> +<div class="l">And guard my heart from thoughts impure.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Blest angels, while we silent lie,</div> +<div class="l">You hallelujahs sing on high;</div> +<div class="l">You joyful hymn the Ever-blest,</div> +<div class="l">Before the throne, and never rest.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>I with your choir celestial join,</div> +<div class="l">In offering up a hymn divine;</div> +<div class="l">With you in heaven I hope to dwell,</div> +<div class="l">And bid the night and world farewell.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Blest Jesus, thou, on heaven intent,</div> +<div class="l">Whole nights hast in devotion spent;</div> +<div class="l">But I, frail creature, soon am tired,</div> +<div class="l">And all my zeal is soon expired.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Shine on me, Lord, new life impart,</div> +<div class="l">Fresh ardors kindle in my heart:</div> +<div class="l">One ray of thy all-quickening light</div> +<div class="l">Dispels the sloth and clouds of night.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0957"> + +<h3>957. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Conder.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Saturday Evening.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>The hours of evening close;</div> +<div class="t">Its lengthened shadows, drawn</div> +<div class="l">O'er scenes of earth, invite repose,</div> +<div class="t">And wait the Sabbath dawn.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>So let its calm prevail</div> +<div class="t">O'er forms of outward care;</div> +<div class="l">Nor thought for "many things" assail</div> +<div class="t">The still retreat of prayer.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>Our guardian Shepherd near</div> +<div class="t">His watchful eye will keep;</div> +<div class="l">And, safe from violence and fear,</div> +<div class="t">Will fold his flock to sleep.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>So may a holier light</div> +<div class="l">Than earth's our spirits rouse,</div> +<div class="l">And call us, strengthened by his might,</div> +<div class="l">To pay the Lord our vows.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0958"> + +<h3>958. <span class="meter">L. M. 6l.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Sweet to the soul the parting ray,</div> +<div class="t">That ushers placid evening in,</div> +<div class="l">When with the still, expiring day,</div> +<div class="t">The Sabbath's peaceful hours begin;</div> +<div class="l">How grateful to the anxious breast,</div> +<div class="l">The sacred hours of holy rest.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Hushed is the tumult of this day,</div> +<div class="t">And worldly cares and business cease;</div> +<div class="l">While soft the vesper breezes play,</div> +<div class="t">To hymn the glad return of peace.</div> +<div class="l">O season blest! O moment given</div> +<div class="l">To turn the vagrant thoughts to heaven.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Oft as this hallowed hour shall come,</div> +<div class="t">O raise my thoughts from earthly things,</div> +<div class="l">And bear them to my heavenly home,</div> +<div class="t">On living faith's immortal wings--</div> +<div class="l">Till the last gleam of life decay,</div> +<div class="l">In one eternal Sabbath day.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0959"> + +<h3>959. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Cunningham.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Sabbath Morning.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Dear is the hallowed morn to me,</div> +<div class="t">When Sabbath bells awake the day,</div> +<div class="l">And, by their sacred minstrelsy,</div> +<div class="t">Call me from earthly cares away.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>And dear to me the wingéd hour,</div> +<div class="t">Spent in thy hallowed courts, O Lord!</div> +<div class="l">To feel devotion's soothing power,</div> +<div class="t">And catch the manna of thy word.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>And dear to me the loud Amen,</div> +<div class="t">Which echoes through the blest abode,</div> +<div class="l">Which swells and sinks, and swells again,</div> +<div class="t">Dies on the walls, but lives to God.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Oft when the world, with iron hands,</div> +<div class="t">Has bound me in its six days' chain,</div> +<div class="l">This bursts them, like the strong man's bands,</div> +<div class="t">And lets my spirit loose again.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Go, man of pleasure, strike thy lyre,</div> +<div class="t">Of broken Sabbaths sing the charms;</div> +<div class="l">Ours be the prophet's car of fire</div> +<div class="t">That bears us to a Father's arms.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0960"> + +<h3>960. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Sabbath Evening.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>There is a time when moments flow</div> +<div class="t">More happily than all beside;</div> +<div class="l">It is, of all the times below,</div> +<div class="t">A Sabbath of the eventide.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>O then the setting sun shines fair,</div> +<div class="t">And all below, and all above,</div> +<div class="l">The various forms of Nature, wear</div> +<div class="t">One universal garb of love.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>And then the peace that Jesus brought</div> +<div class="t">The life of grace eternal beams,</div> +<div class="l">And we, by his example taught,</div> +<div class="t">Improve the life his love redeems.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Delightful scene! a world at rest;</div> +<div class="t">A God all love; no grief, no fear;</div> +<div class="l">A heavenly hope, a peaceful breast,</div> +<div class="t">A smile, unsullied by a tear.</div> +</div> + +</div> + + +<h2>MISCELLANEOUS.</h2> + +<div class="hymn" id="h0961"> + +<h3>961. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Edwards.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Sabbath Hymn with Nature.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>King of the world! I worship thee:</div> +<div class="t">Lord of the mind! the Sabbath's thine:--</div> +<div class="l">A contrite heart, a bended knee,</div> +<div class="t">To-day shall be my corn, my wine.</div> +<div class="l">A choral song for sacrifice</div> +<div class="t">Will mount as fire, and heavenward own</div> +<div class="l">The green-leaved earth, through joys and sighs</div> +<div class="t">A satellite round Mercy's throne.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>The moon comes up to wake the dew,</div> +<div class="t">And hang a star on every leaf;</div> +<div class="l">The sun can take a rainbow hue,</div> +<div class="t">To kiss away the meadow's grief;</div> +<div class="l">The wave will lay its buoyance by,</div> +<div class="t">To let the cloud take anchor there;</div> +<div class="l">Earth, through her flowers, salutes the sky;</div> +<div class="t">The sky meets earth in balmy air.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>And I was born to see and say</div> +<div class="t">How beauty beams, without, within:</div> +<div class="l">From the fly, made to gild a day,</div> +<div class="t">To my own soul, outliving sin.</div> +<div class="l">Even now I feel thy cherubim</div> +<div class="t">Have come to me from thee, All-wise!--</div> +<div class="l">Then, Silence, thou shalt be my hymn,</div> +<div class="t">And thought, my only sacrifice.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0962"> + +<h3>962. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Herbert.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Soul's Beauty Unfading.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Sweet day! so cool, so calm, so bright,</div> +<div class="t">Bridal of earth and sky,</div> +<div class="l">The dew shall weep thy fall to-night,</div> +<div class="t">For thou, alas! must die.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Sweet rose! in air whose odors wave,</div> +<div class="t">And color charms the eye,</div> +<div class="l">Thy root is ever in its grave,</div> +<div class="t">And thou, alas! must die.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Sweet spring! of days and roses made,</div> +<div class="t">Whose charms for beauty vie,</div> +<div class="l">Thy days depart, thy roses fade;</div> +<div class="t">Thou too, alas! must die.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Only a sweet and holy soul</div> +<div class="t">Hath tints that never fly;</div> +<div class="l">While flowers decay, and seasons roll,</div> +<div class="t">This lives, and cannot die.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0963"> + +<h3>963. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Bowring.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Evening Hymn with Nature.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>To Thee, my God! to thee I bring</div> +<div class="l">The evening's grateful offering;</div> +<div class="l">From thee, the source of joy above,</div> +<div class="l">Flow everlasting streams of love;</div> +<div class="l">And all the rays of light that shine,</div> +<div class="l">And bless creation, Lord! are thine.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>The morn, when stepping down the hills--</div> +<div class="l">The noon, which all creation fills</div> +<div class="l">With glory; evening's placid fall,</div> +<div class="l">The twilight and the raven pall</div> +<div class="l">Of midnight; all alike proclaim</div> +<div class="l">Thy great, thine all impressive name.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>And from the little worm, whose light</div> +<div class="l">Shines palely through the shades of night,</div> +<div class="l">Up to the sparkling stars that run</div> +<div class="l">Their evening rounds--or glorious sun,</div> +<div class="l">Rolling his car to twilight's rest--</div> +<div class="l">All, all in thee is bright and blest.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>And over all--above, below,</div> +<div class="l">We see thee--ever-present thou!</div> +<div class="l">In every wandering rill that flows,</div> +<div class="l">In every gentle breeze that blows;</div> +<div class="l">In every rising, setting sun,</div> +<div class="l">We trace thee--own thee--holy One!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Yes! in the mid-day's fervid beams,</div> +<div class="l">And in the midnight's shadowy dreams,</div> +<div class="l">In action and repose, we see,</div> +<div class="l">We recognize and worship thee;</div> +<div class="l">To thee our worthiest songs would give,</div> +<div class="l">And in thee die, and to thee live.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0964"> + +<h3>964. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">B. Barton.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"He shall be like a tree planted in the rivers of water."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Blessed state! and happy he</div> +<div class="l">Who is like that planted tree;</div> +<div class="l">Living waters lave his root,</div> +<div class="l">Bends his bough with golden fruit.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>When the seedling from its bed</div> +<div class="l">First lifts up its timid head,</div> +<div class="l">Ministry of thine must give.</div> +<div class="l">All on which its life can live.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Showers from thee must bid it thrive,</div> +<div class="l">Breath of thine must oft revive;</div> +<div class="l">Light from thee its bloom supplies,--</div> +<div class="l">Left by thee it fades and dies.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Thine, O Lord! the power and praise</div> +<div class="l">Which a sight like this displays;</div> +<div class="l">Power of thine must plant it there,</div> +<div class="l">Praise of thee it should declare.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0965"> + +<h3>965. <span class="meter">11s. M. (<span class="sc">Peculiar.</span>)</span> <span class="sc">F. Osgood.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Approach not the altar</div> +<div class="t">With gloom in thy soul;</div> +<div class="l">Nor let thy feet falter,</div> +<div class="t">From terror's control!</div> +<div class="l">God loves not the sadness</div> +<div class="t">Of fear and mistrust;</div> +<div class="l">Oh serve him with gladness--</div> +<div class="t">The Gentle, the Just!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>His bounty is tender,</div> +<div class="t">His being is love,</div> +<div class="l">His smile fills with splendor,</div> +<div class="t">The blue arch above.</div> +<div class="l">Confiding, believing,</div> +<div class="t">Oh! enter always,</div> +<div class="l">"His courts with thanksgiving--</div> +<div class="t">His portals with praise!"</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Nor come to the temple</div> +<div class="t">With pride in thy mien;</div> +<div class="l">But lowly and simple,</div> +<div class="t">In courage serene.</div> +<div class="l">Bring meekly, before him,</div> +<div class="t">The faith of a child:</div> +<div class="l">Bow down and adore him,</div> +<div class="t">With heart undefiled.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0966"> + +<h3>966. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Miss Carey.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Light and Darkness.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Our Father, when beside the tomb</div> +<div class="t">We mourn the unconscious dead below,</div> +<div class="l">Thy angels come amid the gloom,</div> +<div class="t">With solace for our doubt and woe.</div> +<div class="l">And looking through the shades of death</div> +<div class="t">To that bright land where none can die,</div> +<div class="l">How clearly then the eye of faith</div> +<div class="t">Beholds the portals of the sky!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>And they whose lives serenely even</div> +<div class="t">In pleasure's flowery way have kept,</div> +<div class="l">Have never known the love of heaven,</div> +<div class="t">As they whose souls have mourned and wept!</div> +<div class="l">For stricken by the hand of woe,</div> +<div class="t">The soul must seek a Father's love,</div> +<div class="l">And they who weep can only know</div> +<div class="t">What healing balm is found above!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>And one repentant hour of tears,</div> +<div class="t">Of sweet communion and of prayer,</div> +<div class="l">Is worth a thousand, thousand years</div> +<div class="t">Where pleasure's thoughtless children are!</div> +<div class="l">And O, if ever man below</div> +<div class="t">Draws nearer to the eternal throne,</div> +<div class="l">'Tis when his soul, subdued by woe,</div> +<div class="t">Seeks refuge with its God above!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0967"> + +<h3>967. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Sir J. E. Smith.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"It is I, be not afraid."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>When Power Divine, in mortal form,</div> +<div class="l">Hushed with a word the raging storm,</div> +<div class="l">In soothing accents Jesus said,</div> +<div class="l">"Lo, it is I!--be not afraid."</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>So, when in silence nature sleeps,</div> +<div class="l">And his lone watch the mourner keeps,</div> +<div class="l">One thought, shall every pang remove--</div> +<div class="l">Trust, feeble man, thy Maker's love.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Blessed be the voice that breathes from heaven,</div> +<div class="l">To every heart in sunder riven,</div> +<div class="l">When love, and joy, and hope are fled,</div> +<div class="l">"Lo it is I!--be not afraid."</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0968"> + +<h3>968. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Bowring.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Joy after Sorrow.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>As, when the deluge-waves were gone,</div> +<div class="t">Hills, plains, and vales in freshness burst,</div> +<div class="l">And nature's earliest rainbow shone</div> +<div class="t">On scenes more lovely than the first,</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Loosed from the ark, a heavenly dove,</div> +<div class="t">The promise-branch of olive bore,--</div> +<div class="l">Pledge of returning peace and love</div> +<div class="t">That beamed more brightly than before:--</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>So when affliction's waters glide</div> +<div class="t">From the enfranchised soul away,</div> +<div class="l">More peaceful, pure, and sanctified,</div> +<div class="t">The soul emerges into day.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>And then, as with the olive bough</div> +<div class="t">The heavenly dove of old drew near,</div> +<div class="l">Some gentle words of truth will flow,</div> +<div class="t">In holy music on the ear.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>O'er all the transient things of time,</div> +<div class="t">The oblivious foot of years hath trod;</div> +<div class="l">But all that's sacred and sublime</div> +<div class="t">Stands steadfast as the truth of God.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0969"> + +<h3>969. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Bowring.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Pious Worship.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>In thy courts let peace be found,</div> +<div class="t">Be thy temple full of love;</div> +<div class="l">There we tread on holy ground,</div> +<div class="t">All serene, around, above.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>While the knee in prayer is bent,</div> +<div class="t">While with praise the heart o'erflows,</div> +<div class="l">Tranquillize the turbulent!</div> +<div class="t">Give the weary one repose!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Be the place for worship meet,</div> +<div class="t">Meet the worship for the place;</div> +<div class="l">Contemplation's best retreat,</div> +<div class="t">Shrine of guilelessness and grace!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>As an infant knows its home,</div> +<div class="t">Lord! may we thy temples know;</div> +<div class="l">Thither for instruction come--</div> +<div class="t">Thence by thee instructed go.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0970"> + +<h3>970. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Cunningham.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">An Ancient Church.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Long be our fathers' temple ours,</div> +<div class="t">Far hence the time in which it falls;</div> +<div class="l">A thousand spirits watch its bowers,</div> +<div class="t">A cloud of angels guard its walls.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>And be their shield by us possessed;</div> +<div class="t">Lord, rear around the blest abode,</div> +<div class="l">The buttress of a holy breast,</div> +<div class="t">The rampart of a present God.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0971"> + +<h3>971. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Widow's Prayer.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Though faint and sick, and worn away</div> +<div class="t">With poverty and woe,</div> +<div class="l">My widowed feet are doomed to stray</div> +<div class="t">'Mid thorny paths below.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Be thou, O Lord, my Father still,</div> +<div class="t">My confidence and guide:</div> +<div class="l">I know that perfect is thy will,</div> +<div class="t">Whate'er that will decide.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>I know the soul that trusts in thee</div> +<div class="t">Thou never wilt forsake;</div> +<div class="l">And though a bruiséd reed I be,</div> +<div class="t">That reed thou wilt not break.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Then keep me, Lord, where'er I go,</div> +<div class="t">Support me on my way,</div> +<div class="l">Though, worn with poverty and woe,</div> +<div class="t">My widowed footsteps stray.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>To give my weakness strength, O God,</div> +<div class="t">Thy staff shall yet avail;</div> +<div class="l">And though thou chasten with thy rod,</div> +<div class="t">That staff shall never fail.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0972"> + +<h3>972. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Orphan's Hymn.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Where shall the child of sorrow find</div> +<div class="t">A place for calm repose?</div> +<div class="l">Thou, Father of the fatherless,</div> +<div class="t">Pity the orphan's woes!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>What friend have I in heaven or earth,</div> +<div class="t">What friend to trust but thee?</div> +<div class="l">My father's dead--my mother's dead;</div> +<div class="t">My God, remember me!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Thy gracious promise now fulfil,</div> +<div class="t">And bid my trouble cease;</div> +<div class="l">In thee the fatherless shall find</div> +<div class="t">Pure mercy, grace and peace.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>I've not a secret care or pain,</div> +<div class="t">But he that secret knows;</div> +<div class="l">Thou, Father of the fatherless,</div> +<div class="t">Pity the orphan's woes!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0973"> + +<h3>973. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Bowring.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"The rich and poor meet together."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Come the rich and come the poor,</div> +<div class="l">To the Christian temple door;</div> +<div class="l">Let their mingled prayers ascend</div> +<div class="l">To the universal Friend.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Here the rich and poor may claim</div> +<div class="l">Common ancestry and name;</div> +<div class="l">Claim a common heritage,</div> +<div class="l">In the gospel's promise page.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Of the same materials wrought;</div> +<div class="l">By the same instructor taught;</div> +<div class="l">Walking in life's common way;</div> +<div class="l">Tending to the same decay.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Rich and poor at last shall meet</div> +<div class="l">At the heavenly mercy seat;</div> +<div class="l">Where the name of rich and poor</div> +<div class="l">Never shall be uttered more.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0974"> + +<h3>974. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Bowring.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Temptation.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Oh, what a struggle wakes within,</div> +<div class="t">When in the spirit's solitude,</div> +<div class="l">The tempting, treacherous thoughts of sin,</div> +<div class="t">In all their luring smiles intrude!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>'Tis then, my Father! then I feel</div> +<div class="t">My nature's weakness, and, oppressed,</div> +<div class="l">Like a poor trembling child I steal</div> +<div class="t">To thee, for safety, and for rest.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Beneath thy shadow let me live!</div> +<div class="t">Be thou my Friend--my Father be!</div> +<div class="l">I bend in trust--I pray! forgive</div> +<div class="t">The erring child that flies to thee!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0975"> + +<h3>975. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Faithful Minister.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>"Let there be light!"--When from on high,</div> +<div class="t">O God, that first commandment came,</div> +<div class="l">Forth leaped the sun; and earth and sky</div> +<div class="t">Lay in his light, and felt his flame.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>"Let there be light!"--The light of grace</div> +<div class="t">And truth, a darkling world to bless,</div> +<div class="l">Came with thy word, when on our race</div> +<div class="t">Broke forth the Sun of Righteousness.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Light of our souls! how strong it grows:</div> +<div class="t">That sun, how wide his beams he flings,</div> +<div class="l">As up the glorious sky he goes,</div> +<div class="t">With light and healing in his wings!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Give us that light! O God, 'tis given!</div> +<div class="t">Hope sees it open heaven's wide halls</div> +<div class="l">To those who for the truth have striven;</div> +<div class="t">And Faith walks firmly where it falls.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Churches no more, in cold eclipse,</div> +<div class="t">Mourn the withholding of its rays;</div> +<div class="l">It gilds their gates, and on the lips</div> +<div class="t">Of every faithful preacher plays.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0976"> + +<h3>976. <span class="meter">P. M.</span> <span class="sc">Moore.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Fall of Israel.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Fallen is thy throne, O Israel!--</div> +<div class="t">Silence is on all thy plains,--</div> +<div class="l">Thy dwellings all lie desolate,--</div> +<div class="t">Thy children weep in chains.</div> +<div class="l">Where are the dews that fed thee</div> +<div class="t">On Ethan's barren shore?</div> +<div class="l">That fire from heaven that led thee</div> +<div class="t">Now lights thy path no more!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Lord, thou didst love Jerusalem!</div> +<div class="t">Once she was all thy own!</div> +<div class="l">Her love thy fairest heritage,</div> +<div class="t">Her power thy glory's throne;</div> +<div class="l">Till evil came and blighted</div> +<div class="t">Thy long-loved olive tree,</div> +<div class="l">And Salem's shrines were lighted</div> +<div class="t">For other gods than thee.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Then sunk the star of Solyma,</div> +<div class="t">Then passed her glory's day,</div> +<div class="l">Like heath that in the wilderness</div> +<div class="t">The wild wind whirls away.</div> +<div class="l">Silent and waste her bowers,</div> +<div class="t">Where once the mighty trod;</div> +<div class="l">And sunk those guilty towers,</div> +<div class="t">Where Baal reigned as God.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0977"> + +<h3>977. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Remonstrance with the Jews.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Why on the bending willows hung,</div> +<div class="t">Israel! still sleeps thy tuneful string?--</div> +<div class="l">Still mute remains thy sullen tongue,</div> +<div class="t">And Zion's song denies to sing?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Awake! thy sweetest raptures raise;</div> +<div class="t">Let harp and voice unite their strains</div> +<div class="l">Thy promised King his sceptre sways;</div> +<div class="t">Jesus, thine own Messiah, reigns!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>No taunting foes the song require:</div> +<div class="t">No strangers mock thy captive chain:</div> +<div class="l">But friends provoke the silent lyre,</div> +<div class="t">And brethren ask the holy strain.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Nor fear thy Salem's hills to wrong,</div> +<div class="t">If other lands thy triumph share:</div> +<div class="l">A heavenly city claims thy song;</div> +<div class="t">A brighter Salem rises there.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>By foreign streams no longer roam;</div> +<div class="t">Nor, weeping, think of Jordan's flood:</div> +<div class="l">In every clime behold a home,</div> +<div class="t">In every temple see thy God.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0978"> + +<h3>978. <span class="meter">8s. & 7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Cowper.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Glory of the Redeemed.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Hear what God the Lord hath spoken,</div> +<div class="t">"O my people, faint and few,</div> +<div class="l">Comfortless, afflicted, broken,</div> +<div class="t">Fair abodes I build for you;</div> +<div class="l">Thorns of heart-felt tribulation</div> +<div class="t">Shall no more perplex your ways;</div> +<div class="l">Ye shall name your walls, Salvation,</div> +<div class="t">And your gates shall all be praise.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>"There, like streams that feed the garden,</div> +<div class="t">Pleasures without end shall flow;</div> +<div class="l">For the Lord, your faith rewarding,</div> +<div class="t">All his bounty shall bestow;</div> +<div class="l">Still, in undisturbed possession,</div> +<div class="t">Peace and righteousness shall reign:</div> +<div class="l">Never shall you feel oppression,</div> +<div class="t">Hear the voice of war again.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>"Ye no more your suns descending,</div> +<div class="t">Waning moons no more shall see;</div> +<div class="l">But, your griefs forever ending,</div> +<div class="t">Find eternal noon in me;</div> +<div class="l">God shall rise, and shining o'er you,</div> +<div class="t">Change to day the gloom of night;</div> +<div class="l">He, the Lord, shall be your glory,</div> +<div class="t">God, your everlasting light."</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0979"> + +<h3>979. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Ancient Hymns.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Noble Army of Martyrs.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>The triumphs of the martyred saints</div> +<div class="t">The joyous lay demand;</div> +<div class="l">The heart delights in song to dwell</div> +<div class="t">On that victorious band--</div> +<div class="l">Those whom the senseless world abhorred,</div> +<div class="t">Who cast the world aside,</div> +<div class="l">Deeming it worthless, for the sake</div> +<div class="t">Of Christ, their Lord and Guide.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>For him they braved the tyrant's rage,</div> +<div class="t">The scourge's cruel smart;</div> +<div class="l">The wild beast's fang their bodies tore,</div> +<div class="t">But vanquished not the heart;</div> +<div class="l">Like lambs before the sword they fell,</div> +<div class="t">Nor cry nor plaint expressed;</div> +<div class="l">For patience kept the conscious mind</div> +<div class="t">And armed the fearless breast.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>What tongue can tell the crown prepared</div> +<div class="t">The martyr's brow to grace?</div> +<div class="l">His shining robe, his joys unknown,</div> +<div class="t">Before thy glorious face?</div> +<div class="l">Vouchsafe us, Lord, if such thy will.</div> +<div class="t">Clear skies and seasons calm;</div> +<div class="l">If not, the martyr's cross to bear,</div> +<div class="t">And win the martyr's palm.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0980"> + +<h3>980. <span class="meter">6s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Luther.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Death of Martyrs.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Flung to the heedless winds,</div> +<div class="t">Or on the waters cast,</div> +<div class="l">Their ashes shall be watched,</div> +<div class="t">And gathered at the last:</div> +<div class="l">And from that scattered dust,</div> +<div class="t">Around us and abroad,</div> +<div class="l">Shall spring a plenteous seed</div> +<div class="t">Of witnesses for God.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>The Father hath received</div> +<div class="t">Their latest living breath;</div> +<div class="l">Yet vain is Satan's boast</div> +<div class="t">Of victory in their death:</div> +<div class="l">Still, still, though dead, they speak,</div> +<div class="t">And trumpet-tongued proclaim</div> +<div class="l">To many a wakening land</div> +<div class="t">The one availing name.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0981"> + +<h3>981. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Ancient Hymns.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Thanks for all Saints.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>For all thy saints, O God,</div> +<div class="t">Who strove in Christ to live,</div> +<div class="l">Who followed him, obeyed, adored,</div> +<div class="t">Our grateful hymn receive.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>For all thy saints, O God,</div> +<div class="t">Accept our thankful cry,</div> +<div class="l">Who counted Christ their great reward,</div> +<div class="t">And strove in him to die.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">3</span>They all, in life and death,</div> +<div class="t">With him, their Lord in view,</div> +<div class="l">Learned from thy Holy Spirit's breath</div> +<div class="t">To suffer and to do.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">4</span>For this thy name we bless,</div> +<div class="t">And humbly beg that we</div> +<div class="l">May follow them in holiness,</div> +<div class="t">And live and die in thee.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0982"> + +<h3>982. <span class="meter">7s. & 6s. M. (<span class="sc">Peculiar.</span>)</span> <span class="sc">Meth. Coll.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Quiet Religion.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Open, Lord, my inward ear,</div> +<div class="t">And bid my heart rejoice;</div> +<div class="l">Bid my quiet spirit hear</div> +<div class="t">The comfort of thy voice;</div> +<div class="l">Never in the whirlwind found,</div> +<div class="t">Or where earthquakes rock the place</div> +<div class="l">Still and silent is the sound,</div> +<div class="t">The whisper of thy grace.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>From the world of sin, and noise,</div> +<div class="t">And hurry, I withdraw;</div> +<div class="l">For the small and inward voice</div> +<div class="t">I wait with humble awe;</div> +<div class="l">Silent I am now and still,</div> +<div class="t">Dare not in thy presence move;</div> +<div class="l">To my waiting soul reveal</div> +<div class="t">The secret of thy love.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0983"> + +<h3>983. <span class="meter">L. M. 8l.</span> <span class="sc">H. Ballou, 2d.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"A Hiding-place from the Wind," &c.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>When dread misfortune's tempests rise,</div> +<div class="l">And roar through all the darkened skies,</div> +<div class="l">Where shall the anxious pilgrim gain</div> +<div class="l">A shelter from the wind and rain?</div> +<div class="l">Within the covert of thy grace,</div> +<div class="l">O Lord, there is a hiding-place,</div> +<div class="l">Where, unconcerned, we hear the sound,</div> +<div class="l">Though storm and tempest rage around.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>When, wandering o'er the desert bare</div> +<div class="l">Of burning sands and sultry air,</div> +<div class="l">We've sought the cheerless region through,</div> +<div class="l">But found no stream to meet our view,--</div> +<div class="l">'Tis then, the rivers of thy love,</div> +<div class="l">Descending from thy throne above,</div> +<div class="l">Supply our wants, and soothe our pain,</div> +<div class="l">And raise our fainting souls again.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>When in a weary land we tire,</div> +<div class="l">And our exhausted powers expire,</div> +<div class="l">With toil, and care, and heat oppressed,</div> +<div class="l">Where shall our languid spirits rest?</div> +<div class="l">O, who could bear the blasting ray,</div> +<div class="l">And all the burden of the day,</div> +<div class="l">Did not a Rock in Zion stand,</div> +<div class="l">O'ershading all this weary land!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0984"> + +<h3>984. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">H. Ware.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">On Opening an Organ.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>All nature's works his praise declare</div> +<div class="t">To whom they all belong;</div> +<div class="l">There is a voice in every star,</div> +<div class="t">In every breeze a song.</div> +<div class="l">Sweet music fills the world abroad</div> +<div class="t">With strains of love and power;</div> +<div class="l">The stormy sea sings praise to God--</div> +<div class="t">The thunder and the shower.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>To God the tribes of ocean cry,</div> +<div class="t">And birds upon the wing;</div> +<div class="l">To God, the powers that dwell on high</div> +<div class="t">Their tuneful tribute bring.</div> +<div class="l">Like them let man the throne surround,</div> +<div class="t">With them loud chorus raise,</div> +<div class="l">While instruments of loftiest sound</div> +<div class="t">Assist his feeble praise.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Great God! to thee we consecrate</div> +<div class="t">Our voices and our skill;</div> +<div class="l">We bid the pealing organ wait</div> +<div class="t">To speak alone thy will.</div> +<div class="l">Oh, teach its rich and swelling notes</div> +<div class="t">To lift our souls on high;</div> +<div class="l">And while the music round us floats,</div> +<div class="t">Let earth-born passion die.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0985"> + +<h3>985. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">L. H. Sigourney.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Marriage Hymn.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Not for the summer's hour alone,</div> +<div class="t">When skies resplendent shine,</div> +<div class="l">And youth and pleasure fill the throne,</div> +<div class="t">Our hearts and hands we join;</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>But for those stern and wintry days</div> +<div class="t">Of sorrow, pain, and fear,</div> +<div class="l">When Heaven's wise discipline doth make</div> +<div class="t">Our earthly journey drear;--</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Not for this span of life alone,</div> +<div class="t">Which like a blast doth fly,</div> +<div class="l">And as the transient flowers of grass,</div> +<div class="t">Just blossom, droop, and die;--</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>But for a being without end</div> +<div class="t">This vow of love we take;</div> +<div class="l">Grant us, O God, one home at last,</div> +<div class="t">For thy great mercy's sake.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0986"> + +<h3>986. <span class="meter">7s. & 6s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Heber.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>When on her Maker's bosom</div> +<div class="t">The new-born earth was laid,</div> +<div class="l">And nature's opening blossom</div> +<div class="t">Its fairest bloom displayed;</div> +<div class="l">When all with fruits and flowers,</div> +<div class="t">The laughing soil was dressed,</div> +<div class="l">And Eden's fragrant bowers</div> +<div class="t">Received their human guest,--</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>No sin his face defiling,</div> +<div class="t">The heir of nature stood,</div> +<div class="l">And God, benignly smiling,</div> +<div class="t">Beheld that all was good.</div> +<div class="l">Yet in that hour of blessing</div> +<div class="t">A single want was known,--</div> +<div class="l">A wish the heart distressing,--</div> +<div class="t">For Adam was alone.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>O God of pure affection,</div> +<div class="t">By men and saints adored,</div> +<div class="l">O, give us thy protection</div> +<div class="t">Around this nuptial board.</div> +<div class="l">May thy rich bounties ever</div> +<div class="t">To wedded love be shown,</div> +<div class="l">And no rude hand dissever</div> +<div class="t">Whom thou hast linked in one.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0987"> + +<h3>987. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">C. Sprague.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">For the Blessing of Schools.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>O Thou, at whose dread name we bend,</div> +<div class="t">To whom our purest vows we pay,</div> +<div class="l">God over all, in love descend,</div> +<div class="t">And bless the labors of this day.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Our fathers here, a pilgrim band,</div> +<div class="t">Fixed the proud empire of the free;</div> +<div class="l">Art moved in gladness o'er the land,</div> +<div class="t">And Faith her altars reared to thee.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Here, too, to guard, through every age,</div> +<div class="t">The sacred rights their valor won,</div> +<div class="l">They bade instruction spread her page,</div> +<div class="t">And send down truth from sire to son.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Here still, through all succeeding time,</div> +<div class="t">Their stores may truth and learning bring</div> +<div class="l">And still the anthem-note sublime</div> +<div class="t">To thee from children's children sing.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0988"> + +<h3>988. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">J. G. Adams.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Dedication of a School-house.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>God of our fathers! from whose hand</div> +<div class="t">Came all our lights and blessings down,--</div> +<div class="l">Who this devoted, favored land</div> +<div class="t">Dost with thy choicest mercy crown!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>To Learning and to Knowledge reared--</div> +<div class="t">We dedicate with prayer and praise</div> +<div class="l">This edifice, to thee, revered</div> +<div class="t">Above all gods, through endless days!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Accept the offering--deign to dwell</div> +<div class="t">With thy confiding children here;</div> +<div class="l">The shades of Ignorance dispel,--</div> +<div class="t">In Truth's omnipotence appear!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Here through successive years may come</div> +<div class="t">The youthful mind--fair Wisdom's guest;</div> +<div class="l">Long be this house Instruction's home,</div> +<div class="t">When those who reared it sink to rest.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0989"> + +<h3>989. <span class="meter">6s. & 4s. M.</span> <span class="sc">J. G. Adams.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Raise the adoring song!</div> +<div class="l">Praises to God belong,</div> +<div class="t3">In this glad hour!</div> +<div class="l">He who from worlds on high,</div> +<div class="l">Spreads over earth and sky</div> +<div class="l">Proofs of his majesty,</div> +<div class="t3">Goodness and power!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Praise, that Instruction's voice</div> +<div class="l">Bids the young heart rejoice</div> +<div class="t3">In this fair land;</div> +<div class="l">Praise, that the humblest mind</div> +<div class="l">Wisdom's true light may find,</div> +<div class="l">Ground on which all inclined</div> +<div class="t3">Freely may stand.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Source of all holiness!</div> +<div class="l">With thy rich favor bless</div> +<div class="t3">This house of thine;</div> +<div class="l">Here be true knowledge sought,</div> +<div class="l">Here purest wisdom taught,</div> +<div class="l">Wisdom with Freedom fraught,</div> +<div class="t3">Freedom divine!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0990"> + +<h3>990. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">P. H. Sweetser.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Let monumental pillars rise</div> +<div class="t">In majesty sublime--</div> +<div class="l">Their granite columns shall decay</div> +<div class="t">Before the touch of time.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>But mind, enlightened and refined,</div> +<div class="t">Shall live beyond the sky,</div> +<div class="l">And heavenly sciences explore,</div> +<div class="t">When time itself shall die!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>A nobler monument we raise</div> +<div class="t">Than costly marble pile--</div> +<div class="l">A beacon light to lead the way</div> +<div class="t">From ignorance and guile.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>This house, with prayer, O God, we give</div> +<div class="t">To truth's supreme control;</div> +<div class="l">To virtue and progressive thought,</div> +<div class="t">The riches of the soul.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0991"> + +<h3>991. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The River of Life.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>There is a pure and peaceful wave,</div> +<div class="t">That issues from the throne of love,</div> +<div class="l">Whose waters gladden as they lave</div> +<div class="t">The bright and heavenly courts above.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>In living streams behold that tide</div> +<div class="t">Through Christ the rock profusely burst;</div> +<div class="l">And in his word, behold supplied</div> +<div class="t">The fount for which our spirits thirst.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>The pilgrim faint, who seems to sink</div> +<div class="t">Beneath the sultry sky of time,</div> +<div class="l">May here repose, and freely drink</div> +<div class="t">The waters of that better clime.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>And every soul may here partake</div> +<div class="t">The blessings of the fount above;</div> +<div class="l">And none who drink will e'er forsake</div> +<div class="t">The crystal stream of boundless love.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0992"> + +<h3>992. <span class="meter">8s. & 7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Soldier of the Cross.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Soldier, to the contest pressing,</div> +<div class="t">Onward, let thy watchword be;</div> +<div class="l">God upon thee pours his blessing;</div> +<div class="t">What though man derideth thee!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Onward, though the fagot's burning</div> +<div class="t">By thy pathway's only light;</div> +<div class="l">Onward, death and danger spurning;</div> +<div class="t">Onward in the path of right!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>God, for all thy wants providing,</div> +<div class="t">Armor trusty hath for thee;</div> +<div class="l">Gird thyself, in him confiding,</div> +<div class="t">With the goodly panoply:</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Righteousness thy breast defending,</div> +<div class="t">And thy feet with justice shod:</div> +<div class="l">Onward; with the foe contending,</div> +<div class="t">Wield thy sword, the word of God.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Thine the helmet of salvation,</div> +<div class="t">Faith thy mighty shield shall be;</div> +<div class="l">And let prayer and supplication,</div> +<div class="t">Lance and glorious falchion be;</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">6</span>Onward then, with bold contending,</div> +<div class="t">In the path the martyrs trod:</div> +<div class="l">God to thee his strength is lending;</div> +<div class="t">Onward, in the strength of God.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0993"> + +<h3>993. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">On Occasion of a Destructive Fire.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Eternal God, our humbled souls</div> +<div class="t">Before thy presence bow;</div> +<div class="l">With all thy wasting magazines,</div> +<div class="t">How terrible art thou!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>The flames thy messengers become,</div> +<div class="t">And their destruction pour,</div> +<div class="l">And that which we in strength had reared</div> +<div class="t">Lies mouldered in an hour.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Within our pleasant places, Lord,</div> +<div class="t">Destruction rears its head,</div> +<div class="l">And blackened walls and smoking heaps</div> +<div class="t">Along our streets are spread.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Lord, in this hour we come to thee,</div> +<div class="t">With awe adore thy name;</div> +<div class="l">Yet bless the hand of guardian love,</div> +<div class="t">That snatched us from the flame.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0994"> + +<h3>994. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">E. H. Chapin.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">During or after a Great Storm.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Amid surrounding gloom and waste,</div> +<div class="t">From nature's face we flee;</div> +<div class="l">And in our fear and wonder haste</div> +<div class="t">O nature's life, to thee!</div> +<div class="l">Thy ways are in the mighty deep;</div> +<div class="t">In tempests as they blow;</div> +<div class="l">In floods that o'er our treasures sweep;</div> +<div class="t">The lightning; and the snow.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Though earth upon its axis reels,</div> +<div class="t">And heaven is veiled in wrath;</div> +<div class="l">Not one of nature's million wheels</div> +<div class="t">Breaks its appointed path;</div> +<div class="l">Fixed in thy grasp, the sources meet</div> +<div class="t">Of beauty and of awe;</div> +<div class="l">In storm or calm, all pulses beat</div> +<div class="t">True to the central law.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Thou art that law, whose will thus done</div> +<div class="t">In seeming wreck and blight,</div> +<div class="l">Sends the calm planets round the sun,</div> +<div class="t">And pours the moon's soft light.</div> +<div class="l">We trust thy love; thou best dost know</div> +<div class="t">The universal peace;</div> +<div class="l">How long the stormy force should blow,</div> +<div class="t">And when the flood should cease.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>And though around our path some form</div> +<div class="t">Of mystery ever lies,</div> +<div class="l">And life is like the calm and storm</div> +<div class="t">That checker earth and skies,</div> +<div class="l">Through all its mingling joy and dread,</div> +<div class="t">Permit us, Holy One,</div> +<div class="l">By faith to see the golden thread</div> +<div class="t">Of thy great purpose run.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0995"> + +<h3>995. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Addison.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Traveller's Hymn.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>How are thy servants blest, O Lord!</div> +<div class="t">How sure is their defence!</div> +<div class="l">Eternal wisdom is their guide,</div> +<div class="t">Their help omnipotence.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>In foreign realms, and lands remote,</div> +<div class="t">Supported by thy care,</div> +<div class="l">They pass unhurt through burning climes,</div> +<div class="t">And breathe in tainted air.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Thy mercy sweetens every soil,</div> +<div class="t">Makes every region please;</div> +<div class="l">The hoary, frozen hills it warms,</div> +<div class="t">And smooths the boisterous seas.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>In midst of dangers, fears, and death,</div> +<div class="t">Thy goodness I'll adore,</div> +<div class="l">And praise thee for thy mercies past,</div> +<div class="t">And humbly hope for more.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0996"> + +<h3>996. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">H. Bacon.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Influence of Christian Woman. <span class="scripRef">Matt. 26:13.</span></p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>"Where'er my Gospel is proclaimed,</div> +<div class="t">Through the long ages yet to be,</div> +<div class="l">There shall this deed of love be named</div> +<div class="t">Which she this hour hath done for me."</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Lord, while our eyes on Mary rest,</div> +<div class="t">And see the precious perfume poured,</div> +<div class="l">With thrilling power our thoughts invest</div> +<div class="t">The sacred record of thy word.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>We bring to God, in thy dear name,</div> +<div class="t">The tribute of our grateful praise.</div> +<div class="l">For many a deed, unknown to fame,</div> +<div class="t">Where woman her true homage pays.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>The wife, the mother, sister, friend,--</div> +<div class="t">All holy may her influence be!</div> +<div class="l">The sweetness of her kindness blend</div> +<div class="t">With Temperance, Truth, and Charity.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Oh not a work is wrought in vain</div> +<div class="t">Where love like Mary's fills the heart;</div> +<div class="l">Memorials of that love remain,</div> +<div class="t">A sacred influence to impart.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0997"> + +<h3>997. <span class="meter">8s. & 7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">J. G. Adams.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"She hath done what she could." <span class="scripRef">Mark 14:8.</span></p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Bless, O bless, Almighty Father,</div> +<div class="t">Woman's mission with our race,--</div> +<div class="l">Her fond strivings here to gather</div> +<div class="t">Fruits of thy redeeming grace.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Though her way be not where honor</div> +<div class="t">Wins the gazing world's acclaim,</div> +<div class="l">Yet we bless thee that upon her</div> +<div class="t">Rests the power of Jesus' name.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>In that name, O Father, strengthen</div> +<div class="t">Her full heart and ready hands;</div> +<div class="l">May her efforts serve to lengthen</div> +<div class="t">Christian love's encircling bands.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Where the mourning and the needy</div> +<div class="t">And the suffering faint and die,</div> +<div class="l">Be her presence sure and speedy,</div> +<div class="t">Mercy's blessings to supply.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>Where old error's words are spoken,</div> +<div class="t">Be truth's witness by her given,</div> +<div class="l">Till, the spell of bondage broken,</div> +<div class="t">Earth redeemed resembles heaven.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0998"> + +<h3>998. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Barton.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"Walk in the Light."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Walk in the light! so shalt thou know</div> +<div class="t">That fellowship of love,</div> +<div class="l">His Spirit only can bestow,</div> +<div class="t">Who reigns in light above.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Walk in the light! and thou shalt own</div> +<div class="t">Thy darkness passed away,</div> +<div class="l">Because that light hath on thee shone</div> +<div class="t">In which is perfect day.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Walk in the light! and e'en the tomb</div> +<div class="t">No fearful shade shall wear;</div> +<div class="l">Glory shall chase away its gloom,</div> +<div class="t">For Christ hath conquered there!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Walk in the light! and thine shall be</div> +<div class="t">A path, though thorny,--bright:</div> +<div class="l">For God, by grace, shall dwell in thee,</div> +<div class="t">And God himself is light!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h0999"> + +<h3>999. <span class="meter">L. M.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Cause of Humanity Hopeful.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>The past is dark with sin and shame,</div> +<div class="t">The future dim with doubt and fear;</div> +<div class="l">But, Father, yet we praise thy name,</div> +<div class="t">Whose guardian love is always near!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>For man has striven ages long</div> +<div class="t">With faltering steps to come to thee,</div> +<div class="l">And in each purpose high and strong</div> +<div class="t">The influence of thy grace could see.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>He could not breathe an earnest prayer</div> +<div class="t">But thou wert kinder than he dreamed,</div> +<div class="l">As age by age brought hopes more fair,</div> +<div class="t">And nearer still thy kingdom seemed.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>But never rose within his breast,</div> +<div class="t">A trust so calm and deep as now;</div> +<div class="l">Shall not the weary find a rest?</div> +<div class="t">Father! Preserver! answer thou!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>'Tis dark around, 'tis dark above,</div> +<div class="t">But through the shadow streams the sun;</div> +<div class="l">We cannot doubt thy certain love,</div> +<div class="t">And man's great aim shall yet be won!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h1000"> + +<h3>1000. <span class="meter">8s. & 7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Montgomery.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Joyful Hope.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Know, my soul, thy full salvation;</div> +<div class="t">Rise o'er sin, and fear, and care;</div> +<div class="l">Joy to find, in every station,</div> +<div class="t">Something still to do, or bear.</div> +<div class="l">Think what spirit dwells within thee;</div> +<div class="t">Think what Father's smiles are thine;</div> +<div class="l">Think what Jesus did to win thee;--</div> +<div class="t">Child of heaven! canst thou repine?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Haste thee on from grace to glory,</div> +<div class="t">Armed with faith, and winged with prayer;</div> +<div class="l">Heaven's eternal day's before thee,</div> +<div class="t">God's own hand shall guide thee there:</div> +<div class="l">Soon shall cease thine earthly mission,</div> +<div class="t">Soon shall pass thy pilgrim days;</div> +<div class="l">Hope shall change to glad fruition,</div> +<div class="t">Faith to sight, and prayer to praise.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h1001"> + +<h3>1001. <span class="meter">S. M.</span> <span class="sc">Wesleyan.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">For a Holy Heart.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">1</span>Great Source of life and light,</div> +<div class="t">Thy heavenly grace impart,</div> +<div class="l">And by thy holy spirit write</div> +<div class="t">Thy law upon my heart.</div> +<div class="t">My soul would cleave to thee;</div> +<div class="t">Let nought my purpose move;</div> +<div class="l">O, let my faith more steadfast be,</div> +<div class="t">And more intense my love!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="t"><span class="vn">2</span>Long as my trials last,</div> +<div class="t">Long as the cross I bear,</div> +<div class="l">O, let my soul on thee be cast</div> +<div class="t">In confidence and prayer!</div> +<div class="t">Conduct me to the shore</div> +<div class="t">Of everlasting peace,</div> +<div class="l">Where storm and tempest rise no more,</div> +<div class="t">Where sin and sorrow cease.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h1002"> + +<h3>1002. <span class="meter">8s. & 7s. M.</span> <span class="sc">Waterston.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">"As for the truth, it endureth and is always strong."</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Theories, which thousands cherish,</div> +<div class="t">Pass like clouds that sweep the sky;</div> +<div class="l">Creeds and dogmas all may perish;</div> +<div class="t">Truth herself can never die.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>From the glorious heavens above her,</div> +<div class="t">She has shed her beams abroad,</div> +<div class="l">That the souls who truly love her,</div> +<div class="t">May become the sons of God.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Worldlings blindly may refuse her,</div> +<div class="t">Close their eyes and call it night;</div> +<div class="l">Learned scoffers may abuse her,</div> +<div class="t">But they cannot quench her light!</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">4</span>Thrones may totter, empires crumble,</div> +<div class="t">All their glories cease to be;</div> +<div class="l">While she, Christ-like, crowns the humble,</div> +<div class="t">And from bondage sets them free.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">5</span>God himself will e'er defend her</div> +<div class="t">From the fury of her foe,</div> +<div class="l">Till she, in her native splendor,</div> +<div class="t">Sits enthroned o'er all below.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h1003"> + +<h3>1003. <span class="meter">7s. M. 6l.</span> <span class="sc">Anonymous.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Active Benevolence.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>In the morning sow thy seed,</div> +<div class="t">Nor at eve withhold thy hand;</div> +<div class="l">Who can tell which may succeed,</div> +<div class="t">Or if both alike shall stand,</div> +<div class="l">And a glorious harvest bear,</div> +<div class="l">To reward the sower's care?</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>Sow it 'mid the haunts of vice--</div> +<div class="t">Scenes of infamy and crime;</div> +<div class="l">Suddenly, may Paradise</div> +<div class="t">Burst, as in the northern clime</div> +<div class="l">Spring, with all its verdant race,</div> +<div class="l">Starts from Winter's cold embrace.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>Sow it with unsparing hand;</div> +<div class="t">'Tis the kingdom's precious seed,</div> +<div class="l">'Tis the Master's great command,</div> +<div class="t">And his grace shall crown the deed;</div> +<div class="l">He hath said, the precious grain</div> +<div class="l">Never shall be sown in vain.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h1004"> + +<h3>1004. <span class="meter">H. M.</span> <span class="sc">J. G. Adams.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Death of a Magistrate or Public Man.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>Death moves with victor's tread</div> +<div class="t">In our high places, Lord!</div> +<div class="l">The honorable dead</div> +<div class="t">We mourn with one accord;</div> +<div class="l">Our souls, oppressed, before thee bow,</div> +<div class="l">Heed thou the prayer, accept the vow.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>While thus we feel the rod</div> +<div class="t">Of thine afflictive love,</div> +<div class="l">Teach us, our fathers' God,</div> +<div class="t">Thy justice to approve.</div> +<div class="l">Though all thy ways we cannot trace,</div> +<div class="l">May we not doubt thy guardian grace.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">3</span>O keep us in thy hand,</div> +<div class="t">A chosen race for thee;</div> +<div class="l">And make our own loved land</div> +<div class="t">The true home of the free;</div> +<div class="l">Where sin shall cease, and righteousness</div> +<div class="l">Forever dwell, forever bless.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h1005"> + +<h3>1005. <span class="meter">C. M.</span> <span class="sc">Mrs. Sigourney.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">True Prayer.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">1</span>The Lord is on his holy throne,</div> +<div class="t">He sits in kingly state;</div> +<div class="l">Let those who for his favors seek,</div> +<div class="t">In humble silence wait.</div> +</div> + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l"><span class="vn">2</span>True prayer is not th' imposing sound</div> +<div class="t">That clamorous lips repeat;</div> +<div class="l">But the deep silence of a soul</div> +<div class="t">That clasps Jehovah's feet.</div> +</div> + +</div> + + +<h2>DOXOLOGIES.</h2> + +<div class="hymn" id="h1006"> + +<h3>1006. <span class="meter">H. M.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">Doxology.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l">Glory to God on high!</div> +<div class="t">Forever bless his name;</div> +<div class="l">Let earth, and seas, and sky</div> +<div class="t">His wondrous love proclaim;</div> +<div class="t2">To him be praise</div> +<div class="t3">And glory given</div> +<div class="t2">By all on earth,</div> +<div class="t3">And all in heaven.</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h1007"> + +<h3>1007. <span class="meter">7s. M.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l">Praise to God! immortal praise</div> +<div class="l">From the heavens, the earth, the seas!</div> +<div class="l">All in one vast chorus join,</div> +<div class="l">To extol the name divine!</div> +</div> + +</div> +<div class="hymn" id="h1008"> + +<h3>1008. <span class="meter">L. M.</span></h3> + +<p class="argument">The Same.</p> + + +<div class="verse"> +<div class="l">Praise God, from whom all blessings flow!</div> +<div class="l">Praise him, all creatures here below!</div> +<div class="l">Praise him, above, ye heavenly throng!</div> +<div class="l">Praise God, our Father, in your song!</div> +</div> + +</div> + + + + + + + +<pre> + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Hymns for Christian Devotion, by +J.G. Adams and E.H. 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