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diff --git a/20476-8.txt b/20476-8.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..afb8247 --- /dev/null +++ b/20476-8.txt @@ -0,0 +1,31235 @@ +The Project Gutenberg EBook of Hymns for Christian Devotion, by +J.G. 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: ISO-8859-1 + +*** 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 + + + + + +HYMNS +FOR +CHRISTIAN DEVOTION; +ESPECIALLY ADAPTED TO +THE UNIVERSALIST DENOMINATION + + +BY J. G. ADAMS AND E. H. CHAPIN. + +TWENTY-SECOND EDITION. + +BOSTON: +ABEL TOMPKINS. +1853. + + + + +PREFACE. + + +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. + +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. + +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. + +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. + + J. G. Adams, + E. H. Chapin. + +_ Boston, August 1, 1846._ + + +Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1846, by +ABEL TOMPKINS, +In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts. + + +STEREOTYPED BY GEORGE A. CURTIS, BOSTON. + + + + +GENERAL INDEX OF SUBJECTS + + + HYMNS. + +Introduction and Close of Worship, 1 to 100 +Character, Attributes and Providence of God, 101 to 148 +General Praise, 149 to 167 +Religion of Nature, 168 to 183 +The Scriptures, 184 to 197 +Christ; His Character and Offices, 198 to 256 +The Gospel and Its Invitations, 257 to 283 +Triumph of Christianity, 284 to 322 +Repentance and Reformation, 323 to 338 +Christian Character and Life, 339 to 421 +Devout Exercises, 422 to 513 +Life, Death and Futurity, 514 to 565 +Mourning and Consolation, 566 to 605 +Submission and Reliance, 606 to 635 +Religious Exultation, 636 to 652 +The Church and Ordinances, 653 to 695 +Dedications; Ordinations; Installations, 696 to 718 +Associations, Conventions and Missionary Meetings, 719 to 737 +Early Religious Culture, 738 to 763 +Philanthropic Subjects, 764 to 824 +Seamen's Hymns, 825 to 835 +National Hymns, 836 to 850 +The Seasons, Annual Occasions, &c. 851 to 901 +Social and Domestic Worship, 902 to 934 +Morning and Evening Hymns, 935 to 960 +Miscellaneous, 961 to 1005 +Doxologies, 1006 to 1008 + + + + +INDEX OF FIRST LINES. + + + Hymn + +Above, below, where'er I gaze, 116 +According to thy gracious word, 690 +Affliction is a stormy deep, 609 +Again our ears have heard the voice, 83 +Again our earthly cares we leave, 32 +Again the Lord of life and light, 60 +A glance from heaven with sweet effect, 526 +A glory gilds the sacred page, 186 +A holy air is breathing round, 917 +Ah! wretched souls who strive in vain, 443 +A King shall reign in righteousness, 255 +All from the sun's uprise, 166 +All hail the power of Jesus' name, 246 +All hail, ye servants of the Lord, 770 +All nature dies and lives again, 550 +All nature feels attractive power, 381 +All nature's works his praise declare, 984 +All men are equal in their birth, 766 +All powerful, self-existent God, 146 +All ye nations, praise the Lord, 94 +Almighty former of creation's plan, 121 +Almighty God, in humble prayer, 459 +Almighty God, thy wondrous works, 139 +Almighty King, whose wondrous hand, 515 +Almighty Maker, Lord of all, 489 +Almighty Lord, before thy throne, 874 +Along my earthly way, 521 +Amazing, beauteous change, 312 +Am I an Israelite indeed, 502 +Am I a soldier of the cross, 369 +Amid surrounding gloom and waste, 994 +Amidst a world of hopes and fears, 487 +And art thou with us, gracious Lord, 627 +And can my heart aspire so high, 481 +And is the gospel peace and love, 357 +And is there, Lord, a rest, 563 +And now, my soul, another year, 895 +Angels! roll the rock away, 235 +Another day is past, 950 +Another six days' work is done, 58 +Approach not the altar with gloom in thy soul, 965 +Approach, thou blessed of the Lord, 663 +Around Bethesda's healing wave, 221 +Arrayed in clouds of golden light, 210 +As body when the soul has fled, 773 +As bowed by sudden storms, the rose, 579 +As earth's pageant passes by, 421 +Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep, 549 +As in solemn congregation, 687 +As o'er the past my memory strays, 893 +A soldier's course, from battles won, 340 +As showers on meadows newly mown, 292 +As the evening shadows gather, 716 +As the hart with eager looks, 428 +As the sweet flower that scents the morn, 582 +As twilight's gradual veil is spread, 551 +As when the deluge waves were gone, 968 +At God's command the morning ray, 857 +At the portals of thy house, 72 +Auspicious morning, hail, 846 +Author of good, to thee we turn, 430 +A voice from the desert comes awful and shrill, 199 +Awake, my soul, and with the sun, 936 +Awake, my soul, lift up thine eyes, 367 +Awake, my soul, stretch every nerve, 368 +Awake our souls, away our fears, 370 +Baptized into our Saviour's death, 671 +Before Jehovah's awful throne, 4 +Begin, my soul, the exalted lay, 161 +Begin the high celestial strain, 169 +Behold, amid his little flock, 683 +Behold my servant, see him rise, 198 +Behold, on Zion's heavenly shore, 561 +Behold th' amazing sight, 247 +Behold the grace appears, 206 +Behold the lofty sky, 188 +Behold the morning sun, 280 +Behold the path which mortals tread, 541 +Behold the Prince of Peace, 216 +Behold the Saviour on the cross, 231 +Behold the western evening light, 544 +Behold, what wondrous grace, 442 +Behold where breathing love divine, 225 +Behold where in a mortal form, 239 +Be it my only wisdom here, 457 +Beneath our feet and o'er our head, 531 +Bereft, of all, when hopeless care, 633 +Beset with snares on every hand, 455 +Be thou, O God, exalted high, 149 +Be with me, Lord, where'er I go, 488 +Beyond, beyond that boundless sea, 108 +Blessed be thy name forever, 170 +Blessed state and happy he, 964 +Bless, O bless, Almighty Father, 997 +Bless, O Lord, each opening year, 894 +Blest are the humble souls that see, 344 +Blest are the meek, he said, 348 +Blest are the pure in heart, 351 +Blest are the sons of peace, 393 +Blest are the souls that hear and know, 276 +Blest be the hour when friends shall meet, 580 +Blest be the tie that binds, 659 +Blest day of God, most calm, most bright, 8 +Blest hour, when mortal man retires, 44 +Blest instructor! from thy ways, 334 +Blest is the hour when cares depart, 708 +Blest is the man who fears the Lord, 410 +Blest is the man who fears the Lord, 925 +Blest who with generous pity glows, 780 +Blest with unearthly bliss were they, 911 +Blow ye the trumpet, blow, 261 +Borne o'er the ocean's stormy wave, 378 +Bound upon th' accursed tree, 248 +Bread of heaven, on thee we feed, 681 +Breathe thoughts of pity o'er a brother's fall, 814 +Brethren beloved for Jesus' sake, 726 +Brighter shines the gospel day, 263 +Brightest and best of the sons of the morning, 209 +Bright was the guiding star that led, 271 +Brother, hast thou wandered far, 274 +Brother, rest from sin and sorrow, 591 +Brother, though from yonder sky, 576 +By cool Siloam's shady rill, 739 +Called by the Sabbath bells away, 69 +Calm on the bosom of thy God, 589 +Calm on the listening ear of night, 202 +Can creatures to perfection find, 142 +Child amidst the flowers at play, 372 +Children of light, awake, 359 +Children of the heavenly King, 379 +Choice of God, thou blessed day, 59 +Christ the Lord is risen to-day, 553 +Christians, brethren, ere we part, 730 +Clay to clay, and dust to dust, 545 +Come hither all ye weary souls, 259 +Come, Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove, 501 +Come in, thou blessed of the Lord, 662 +Come, kingdom of our God, 303 +Come, let us join our souls to God, 52 +Come, let us pray, 'tis sweet to feel, 447 +Come, O thou Universal Good, 435 +Come, said Jesus' sacred voice, 283 +Come, shout aloud the Father's grace, 644 +Come, sing a Saviour's power, 287 +Come, sound his praise abroad, 47 +Come the rich, and come the poor, 973 +Come, thou Almighty King, 2 +Come, thou soul-transforming spirit, 82 +Come to the house of prayer, 20 +Come to the living waters, come, 281 +Come, ye disconsolate, 575 +Come, ye that love the Lord, 417 +Creation's sovereign Lord, 753 +Creator Spirit, by whose light, 76 +Dark was the night, and cold the ground, 229 +Daughter of Zion, awake from thy sadness, 647 +Daughter of Zion, from the dust, 315 +Dear as thou wert, and justly dear, 594 +Dear is the hallowed morn to me, 959 +Dear Lord, behold thy servants here, 725 +Death has been here and borne away, 760 +Death moves with victor's tread, 1004 +Deem not that they are blest alone, 566 +Drop the limpid waters now, 670 +Early, my God, without delay, 63 +Eat, drink, in memory of your friend, 678 +Ere mountains reared their forms sublime, 107 +Ere to the world again we go, 80 +Eternal God, our humbled souls, 993 +Eternal Source of every joy, 856 +Eternal Source of life and light, 81 +Eternal Source of light and thought, 74 +Eternal Wisdom, thee we praise, 123 +Exalt the Lord our God, 133 +Faith adds new charms to earthly bliss, 375 +Faith, hope and charity, these three, 388 +Faith, hope and love, now dwell on earth, 387 +Faith is the Christian's prop, 376 +Fallen is thy throne, O Israel, 976 +Far as thy name is known, 656 +Farewell, dear friend! a long farewell, 757 +Farewell, thou once a mortal, 600 +Farewell, what power of words can tell, 578 +Far from mortal cares retreating, 26 +Far from these scenes of night, 559 +Far from the world, O Lord, I flee, 463 +Father, adored in worlds above, 51 +Father and Friend, thy light, thy love, 473 +Father, at this altar bending, 717 +Father, at thy footstool see, 916 +Father, bless thy word to all, 85 +Father, breathe an evening blessing, 942 +Father Divine, the Saviour cried, 241 +Father, gathered round the bier, 596 +Father, hear us when we pray, 904 +Father, I know thy ways are just, 485 +Father in heaven, to thee my heart, 11 +Father, lo we consecrate, 699 +Father of all, in every age, 482 +Father of all, Omniscient mind, 111 +Father of all our mercies, thou, 470 +Father of all, where shall we find, 50 +Father of all, whose cares extend, 483 +Father of faithful Abraham, hear, 317 +Father of light, conduct my feet, 450 +Father of me and all mankind, 491 +Father of mercies, God of love, 613 +Father of omnipresent grace, 73 +Father of our feeble race, 764 +Father, once more let grateful praise, 752 +Father, thy paternal care, 943 +Father, to thy kind love we owe, 103 +Father, united by thy grace, 907 +Father, we bless the gentle care, 934 +Father, we pray for those who dwell, 816 +Father, whate'er of earthly bliss, 509 +Father, who of old descended, 801 +Fear was within the tossing bark, 220 +Feeble, helpless, how shall I, 250 +For all thy saints, O God, 981 +For all who love thee and thy cause, 795 +For a season called to part, 921 +Forgive us for thy mercy's sake, 325 +For thee, O God, our constant praise, 33 +Forth from the dark and stormy sky, 24 +Fountain of mercy, God of love, 877 +Flung to the heedless winds, 980 +Friend after friend departs, 572 +From early dawning light, 618 +From every stormy wind that blows, 452 +From Greenland's icy mountains, 733 +From the holy mount above, 267 +From the table now retiring, 695 +From worship now thy church dismiss, 88 +From year to year in love we meet, 751 +Gently, my Father, let me down, 536 +Give us room that we may dwell, 291 +Give to the winds thy fears, 637 +Glad was my heart to hear, 19 +Glorious things of thee are spoken, 653 +Glory be to God on high, 155 +Glory to God on high, 1006 +Glory to thee, my God, this night, 946 +God bless our native land, 849 +God, from whom all blessings flow, 913 +God guard the poor! we may not see, 786 +God in his temple let us meet, 75 +God, in the gospel of his Son, 192 +God is a spirit just and wise, 456 +God is love, his mercy brightens, 114 +God is my strong salvation, 636 +God is our refuge and defence, 634 +God moves in a mysterious way, 128 +God, my supporter and my hope, 498 +God of eternity, from thee, 518 +God of love, we look to thee, 908 +God of mercy and of wisdom, 747 +God of mercy, do thou never, 844 +God of mercy, hear our prayer, 738 +God of my life, through all its days, 638 +God of our fathers, from whose hand, 988 +God of our fathers, 'tis thy hand, 791 +God of our life, thy constant care, 899 +God of our lives, thy various praise, 890 +God of our mercy and our praise, 386 +God of the fair and open sky, 180 +God of the morning, at whose voice, 939 +God of the poor, whose listening ear, 781 +God of the universe, whose hand, 135 +God of the year, with songs of praise, 884 +God's perfect law converts the soul, 184 +God, that madest earth and heaven, 954 +God, who is just and kind, 496 +Good is the heavenly King, 859 +Go, messengers of peace and love, 721 +Go to dark Gethsemane, 230 +Go to the grave in all thy glorious prime, 592 +Go to the pillow of disease, 767 +Go when the morning shineth, 373 +Go, ye messengers of God, 734 +Grace! 'tis a charming sound, 652 +Gracious Source of every blessing, 901 +Great God, and wilt thou condescend, 763 +Great God, as seasons disappear, 878 +Great God, attend while Zion sings, 6 +Great God, at thy command, 863 +Great God, at whose all-powerful call, 852 +Great God, beneath whose piercing eye, 842 +Great God, how infinite art thou, 112 +Great God, in vain man's narrow view, 126 +Great God, let all our tuneful powers, 851 +Great God, my joyful thanks to thee, 444 +Great God of nations, now to thee, 841 +Great God, the heavens' well ordered frame, 168 +Great God, the nations of the earth, 732 +Great God, this sacred day of thine, 10 +Great God, we sing that mighty hand, 886 +Great God, where'er we pitch our tent, 929 +Great God, with wonder and with praise, 190 +Great God, whose universal sway, 297 +Great King of Glory, come, 705 +Great Maker of unnumbered worlds, 872 +Great Shepherd of the people, hear, 27 +Great Source of life and light, 1001 +Guide me, O thou great Jehovah, 467 +Had I the tongues of Greeks and Jews, 769 +Hail! all hail the joyful morn, 208 +Hail, great Creator, wise and good, 172 +Hail, love divine, joys ever new, 774 +Hail, source of light, of life, and love, 167 +Hail, sweetest, dearest tie that binds, 731 +Hail to the Lord's anointed, 288 +Hail to the Sabbath day, 42 +Happy is he that fears the Lord, 775 +Happy soul, that, safe from harm, 478 +Happy the heart where graces reign, 383 +Happy the man whose cautious steps, 402 +Happy the meek, whose, gentle breast, 349 +Hark, a voice divides the sky, 548 +Hark! hark! with harps of gold, 203 +Hark! the glad sound, the Saviour comes, 212 +Hark, the song of jubilee, 305 +Hark, the voice of choral song, 792 +Hark! what celestial notes, 207 +Hark! what mean those holy voices, 201 +Hear what a Saviour's voice, 279 +Hear what God the Lord hath spoken, 978 +Hear what the voice from heaven proclaims, 547 +Heaven is here, its hymns of gladness, 419 +Heaven is the land where troubles cease, 555 +He dies! the Friend of sinners dies, 234 +He knelt, the Saviour knelt and prayed, 226 +Help us, O Lord, thy yoke to wear, 783 +Help us to help each other, Lord, 915 +Herald of the Lord's salvation, 712 +Here, gracious God, do thou, 68 +Here in the broken bread, 682 +Here in thy temple, Lord, we meet, 869 +He that goeth forth with weeping, 771 +He who walks in virtue's way, 412 +High in the heavens, Eternal God, 125 +High in yonder realms of light, 562 +Holy and reverend is the name, 29 +Holy as thou, O Lord, is none, 136 +Holy, holy, holy Lord, 150 +Hosanna! Lord, thine angels cry, 64 +How are thy servants blest, O Lord, 995 +How beautiful the sight, 391 +How blest amid all blessing, 784 +How blest is he who fears the Lord, 765 +How blest is he who ne'er consents, 409 +How blest the sacred tie that binds, 397 +How blest thy creature is, O God, 258 +How did my heart rejoice to hear, 57 +How glad the tone when summer's sun, 864 +How good and pleasant is the sight, 902 +How gracious the promise, how soothing the word, 282 +How happy is he born or taught, 403 +How honored is the place, 654 +How lovely are thy dwellings fair, 53 +How lovely are thy dwellings, Lord, 914 +How pleasant, how divinely fair, 66 +How pleased and blest was I, 14 +How pleasing, Lord, to see, 928 +How precious are thy thoughts of peace, 110 +How precious is the book divine, 189 +How rich thy favors, God of grace, 445 +How rich thy gifts, Almighty King, 885 +How shall I praise th' Eternal God, 117 +How shall the young secure their hearts, 744 +How shall we praise thee, Lord of light, 37 +How sweetly flowed the Gospel's sound, 217 +How sweet to bless the Lord, 30 +How sweet the melting lay, 919 +How sweet the name of Jesus sounds, 436 +How sweet upon this sacred day, 9 +How swift the torrent rolls, 528 +How various and how new, 556 +How welcome to the soul when pressed, 49 +If human kindness meets return, 691 +If listening as I listen still, 465 +If solid happiness we prize, 625 +I hear the voice of woe, 823 +I'll bless Jehovah's glorious name, 13 +I looked upon the righteous man, 577 +I love to steal awhile away, 424 +I love thy church, O God, 657 +I may not scorn the meanest thing, 820 +Imposture shrinks from light, 400 +In all my vast concerns with thee, 106 +In darkness as in light, 129 +Indulgent God, whose bounteous care, 947 +In duties and in sufferings too, 249 +In God's eternity, 294 +In pleasant lands have fallen the lines, 840 +I praised the earth in beauty seen, 182 +Interval of grateful shade, 919 +In the broad fields of heaven, 585 +In the cross of Christ I glory, 649 +In the glad morn of life, when youth, 746 +In the morning sow thy seed, 1003 +In the soft season of thy youth, 742 +In thy courts let peace be found, 969 +In trouble and in grief, O God, 630 +I sing the mighty power of God, 119 +Isles of the south, awake, 321 +Israel's Shepherd, guide me, feed me, 84 +Is there a lone and dreary hour, 120 +Is there ambition in my heart, 354 +Is this a fast for me, 871 +It is the one true light, 197 +I want a principle within, 449 +I want a sober mind, 416 +I want the spirit of power within, 431 +Jehovah God! thy gracious power, 138 +Jerusalem, my glorious home, 558 +Jesus, and shall it ever be, 504 +Jesus, delightful, charming name, 245 +Jesus demands this heart of mine, 329 +Jesus his empire shall extend, 286 +Jesus, I love thy charming name, 512 +Jesus invites his friends, 692 +Jesus shall reign where'er the sun, 284 +Jesus, the friend of man, 685 +Jesus, thou source of calm repose, 244 +Jesus, what precept is like thine, 815 +John was the Prophet of the Lord, 214 +Join, all ye servants of the Lord, 187 +Joined in a union, firm and strong, 727 +Join every tongue to praise the Lord, 883 +Joy to the earth! the Prince of Peace, 809 +Joy to the world! the Lord is come, 213 +Kind Lord, before thy face, 90 +Kindred in Christ, for his dear sake, 909 +King of the world! I worship thee, 961 +Know, my soul, thy full salvation, 1000 +Lamp of our feet, whose hallowed beam, 194 +Lay her gently in the dust, 587 +Lead us with thy gentle sway, 516 +Let all the earth their voices raise, 295 +Let all the heathen writers join, 193 +Let children hear the mighty deeds, 839 +Let deepest silence all around, 464 +Let every mortal ear attend, 257 +Let monumental pillars rise, 990 +Let not the wise their wisdom boast, 650 +Let others boast how strong they be, 524 +Let party names no more, 396 +Let Pharisees of high esteem, 776 +Let plenteous grace descend on those, 673 +"Let there be light," when from on high, 975 +Let the whole race of creatures lie, 145 +Let us join as God commands, 905 +Let us with a gladsome mind, 153 +Let Zion's watchmen all awake, 719 +Life is a span, a fleeting hour, 584 +Lift aloud the voice of praise, 713 +Lift your glad voices in triumph on high, 552 +Light of life, seraphic fire, 484 +Like Israel's hosts to exile driven, 838 +Like morning, when her early breeze, 426 +Like shadows gliding o'er the plain, 532 +Lo, God is here, let us adore, 54 +Long as the darkening cloud abode, 302 +Long be our Father's temple ours, 970 +Lord, before thy presence come, 28 +Lord, bring me to resign, 462 +Lord, deliver, thou canst save, 802 +Lord, dismiss us with thy blessing, 98 +Lord, from whom all blessings flow, 407 +Lord, have mercy when we pray, 323 +Lord, how delightful 'tis to see, 95 +Lord, I believe, thy power I own, 468 +Lord, I have made thy word my choice, 195 +Lord, in heaven thy dwelling place, 39 +Lord, in thy garden agony, 480 +Lord Jesus, come, for here, 819 +Lord, lead the way the Saviour went, 778 +Lord, must we die, O let us die, 539 +Lord, my times are in thy hand, 611 +Lord, now we part in thy blest name, 93 +Lord of the worlds above, 21 +Lord of glory, King of power, 953 +Lord of heaven, and earth, and ocean, 880 +Lord of my life, O may thy praise, 940 +Lord of the sea, thy potent sway, 828 +Lord of the wide extended main, 825 +Lord of the worlds below, 867 +Lord, in thy Zion's wall, 714 +Lord, send thy word and let it run, 808 +Lord, subdue our selfish will, 392 +Lord, teach a little child to pray, 762 +Lord, that I may learn of thee, 505 +Lord, thou art good, all nature shows, 130 +Lord, thou didst arise and say, 824 +Lord, thou hast searched and seen me through, 109 +Lord, we adore thy wondrous grace, 661 +Lord, we come before thee now, 22 +Lord, we believe a rest remains, 479 +Lord, we have wandered from thy way, 328 +Lord, when thou saidst "so let it be," 176 +Lord, when thy people seek thy face, 35 +Lord, while for all mankind we pray, 837 +Lord, who's the happy man that may, 347 +Lo, the day of rest declineth, 91 +Lo, the lilies of the field, 179 +Lo! the prisoner is released, 601 +Loud, raise the notes of joy, 847 +Lo, what a glorious sight appears, 301 +Lo, what an entertaining sight, 918 +Love divine, all love excelling, 15 +Mark, how the swift-winged minutes fly, 900 +Mark the soft falling snow, 293 +Mere human power shall fast decay, 405 +Messiah Lord! who wont to dwell, 222 +Mid homes and shrines forsaken, 797 +Mighty One, before whose face, 724 +Millions of souls in glory now, 688 +Millions within thy courts have been, 99 +Mistaken souls that dream of heaven, 389 +Morning breaks upon the tomb, 236 +My country, 'tis of thee, 836 +My dear Redeemer and my Lord, 238 +My Father, cheering name, 102 +My Father, grant thy presence nigh, 610 +My Father, when around me spread, 529 +My God, accept my early vows, 65 +My God, how endless is thy love 941 +My God, I now from sleep awake, 956 +My God, I thank thee, may no thought, 621 +My God, my King, thy various praise, 158 +My God, permit me not to be, 433 +My God, permit my tongue, 492 +My God, the covenant of thy love, 486 +My God, thy service well demands, 932 +My helper, God, I bless his name, 889 +My Maker and my King, 124 +My Shepherd is the Lord on high, 648 +My soul before thee prostrate lies, 331 +My soul, be on thy guard, 343 +My soul, how lovely is the place, 31 +Mysterious are the ways of God, 631 +No change of times shall ever shock, 624 +No loud avenging voice, 204 +Not different food, nor different dress, 399 +Not for the pious dead we weep, 568 +Not for the prophet tongue of fire, 718 +Not for the summer's hour alone, 985 +Not in the church-yard shall he sleep, 834 +Not with terror do we meet, 679 +Not with the flashing steel, 807 +No warlike sounds awoke the night, 810 +No war nor battle's sound, 806 +Now, gracious Lord, thine arm reveal, 892 +Now is the day of grace, 265 +Now let our prayers ascend to thee, 870 +Now, Lord, the heavenly seed is sown, 87 +Now pray we for our country, 850 +Now the shades of night are gone, 938 +Now to the Lord a noble song, 260 +O bow thine ear, Eternal One, 698 +O cease, my wandering soul, 474 +O come, and let th' assembly all, 906 +O come, loud anthems let us sing, 5 +O could we speak the matchless worth, 240 +O'er mountain tops the mount of God, 811 +O'er the dark wave of Galilee, 219 +O Father, draw us after thee, 612 +O Father, though the anxious fear, 38 +O for a closer walk with God, 460 +O for a faith that will not shrink, 377 +O for a heart to praise my God, 472 +O for a prophet's fire, 689 +O for a shout of sacred joy, 237 +O for the death of those, 604 +O God, by whom the seed is given, 86 +O God, my Father, and my King, 384 +O God, my helper, ever near, 891 +O God, my strength, my hope, 425 +O God of Freedom, hear us pray, 799 +O God of love, with cheering ray, 535 +O God, that madest earth and sky, 931 +O God, thou art my God alone, 493 +O God, thy grace impart, 335 +O God, thy name they well may praise, 827 +O God unseen, but not unknown, 540 +O God, we praise thee, and confess, 164 +O God, whose presence glows in all, 34 +O happy day that fixed my choice, 664 +O happy is the man who hears, 404 +O happy soul that lives on high, 406 +O help us, Lord, each hour of need, 446 +O here, if ever, God of love, 676 +O it is joy in one to meet, 903 +O let your mingling voices rise, 211 +O Lord, another day is flown, 933 +O Lord, my best desire fulfil, 619 +O Lord, thy heavenly grace impart, 497 +O Lord, thy perfect word, 191 +O Lord, whose forming hand one blood, 800 +O may our sympathizing breasts, 382 +Omniscient God, 'tis thine to know, 398 +One prayer I have, all prayers in one, 499 +One sweet flower has drooped and faded, 761 +On eyes that never saw the day, 218 +On light beams breaking from above, 620 +O not alone with outward sign, 821 +On the first Christian Sabbath eve, 56 +On this fair spot where nature pays, 702 +On thy church, O Power Divine, 308 +Onward Christian, though the region, 720 +Onward speed thy conquering flight, 318 +On what has now been sown, 89 +On Zion, his most holy mount, 290 +On Zion's holy walls, 597 +Open, Lord, my inward ear, 982 +Oppression shall not always reign, 805 +O praise ye the Lord, prepare a new song, 162 +O render thanks to God above, 154 +O shut not out sweet pity's ray, 817 +O sinner, bring not tears alone, 330 +O speed thee, Christian, on thy way, 361 +O spirit of the living God, 723 +O stay thy tears, for they are blest, 569 +O sweet it is to know, to feel, 507 +O that the Lord would guide my ways, 475 +O Thou, at whose dread name we bend, 987 +O Thou, by long experience tried, 131 +O Thou, enthroned in worlds above, 440 +O Thou from whom all goodness flows, 476 +O thou sun of glorious splendor, 320 +O Thou, to whom all creatures bow, 134 +O Thou, to whom in ancient time, 16 +O Thou, who art above all height, 707 +O Thou, who didst ordain the word, 710 +O Thou, who driest the mourner's tear, 632 +O Thou, who hast at thy command, 338 +O Thou, who hast spread out the skies, 831 +O Thou, who on thy chosen Son, 709 +O Thou, whose own vast temple stands, 703 +O Thou, whose power o'er moving worlds presides, 441 +O Thou, whose presence went before, 803 +O timely happy, timely wise, 935 +O 'tis a lovely thing to see, 352 +O 'tis a scene the heart to move, 920 +Our country is Immanuel's ground, 523 +Our Father, ever living, 728 +Our Father, God, not face to face, 706 +Our Father in heaven, we hallow thy name, 437 +Our fathers, Lord, to seek a spot, 843 +Our Father! we may lisp thy name, 788 +Our Father, when beside the tomb, 966 +Our Father, who in heaven art, 438 +Our God, our help in ages past, 514 +Our God, where'er thy people meet, 910 +Our Heavenly Father calls, 686 +Our Heavenly Father, hear, 439 +Our heaven is everywhere, 418 +Our little bark on boisterous seas, 830 +Our pilgrim brethren dwelling far, 735 +Ours is a lovely world, how fair, 173 +Our times are in thy hand, and Thou, 520 +O weep not for the joys that fade, 602 +O what amazing words of grace, 264 +O what a struggle wakes within, 974 +O what is life, 'tis like a flower, 519 +O where, our Saviour, sweeps the line, 420 +O who shall see the glorious day, 316 +O worship the King, all glorious above, 151 +O Zion, tune thy voice, 319 +Parent of all, omnipotent, 845 +Part in peace! is day before us, 96 +Pastor, thou art from us taken, 598 +Patience, O 'tis a grace divine, 345 +Peace be to this habitation, 924 +Peace! the welcome sound proclaim, 812 +Peace, troubled soul, whose plaintive moan, 269 +People of the living God, 660 +Pilgrim, burdened with thy sin, 270 +Pillows wet with tears of anguish, 794 +Pity the nations, O our God, 694 +Planted in Christ the living vine, 658 +Pour, blessed gospel, glorious news for man, 304 +Praise for the glorious light, 790 +Praise God, from whom all blessings flow, 1008 +Praise on thee in Zion's gates, 882 +Praise the Lord, ye heavens adore him, 641 +Praise to God, immortal praise, 855 +Praise to God, immortal praise, 1007 +Praise to God the great Creator, 262 +Praise to thee, thou great Creator, 165 +Praise waits in Zion, Lord, for thee, 45 +Praise ye Jehovah's name, 159 +Praise ye the Lord, around whose throne, 157 +Praise ye the Lord on every height, 152 +Prayer is the soul's sincere desire, 371 +Prayer may be sweet in cottage homes, 833 +Prepare us, Lord, to view thy cross, 675 +Quiet, Lord, my froward heart, 506 +Raise the adoring song, 989 +Rejoice, the Lord is king, 854 +Religion can assuage, 408 +Religion! in its blessed ray, 363 +Remark, my soul, the narrow bounds, 887 +Remember thy Creator, 740 +Restore, O Father, to our times restore, 680 +Return, my soul, unto thy rest, 500 +Return, O wanderer, now return, 272 +Ride on, ride on in majesty, 224 +Rise, crowned with light, imperial Salem, rise, 298 +Rise, my soul, and stretch thy wings, 434 +Rise, O my soul, pursue the path, 522 +Sacred day, forever blest, 71 +Safely through another week, 36 +Salt of the earth, ye virtuous few, 768 +Salvation! O the joyful sound, 640 +Saviour, thy law we love, 672 +Saviour, who thy flock art feeding, 668 +Say, why should friendship grieve for those, 581 +Scorn not the slightest word or deed, 822 +Searcher of hearts! before thy face, 461 +See from on high a light divine, 215 +See how great a flame aspires, 306 +See how he loved! exclaimed the Jews, 242 +See Israel's gentle Shepherd stands, 665 +See lovely nature raise her head, 554 +Send down thy winged angel, God, 930 +Servant of God, well done, 593 +Servants of Christ, arise, 356 +See the leaves around us falling, 756 +See what a living stone, 254 +Shine forth, Eternal Source of light, 494 +Shine on our souls, Eternal God, 78 +Since o'er thy footstool here below, 143 +Sing, ye redeemed of the Lord, 651 +Sinner, rouse thee from thy sleep, 268 +Sister, thou wast mild and lovely, 590 +Slavery and death the cup contains, 793 +So fades the lovely blooming flower, 583 +Soft are the fruitful showers that bring, 336 +Softly fades the twilight ray, 79 +Softly now the light of day, 955 +Soldier to the contest pressing, 992 +So let our lips and lives express, 339 +Sometimes a light surprises, 415 +Soon as I heard my Father say, 622 +Soon will our fleeting hours be past, 92 +Sound the full chorus, let praises ascend, 309 +Sovereign of life, before thine eye, 530 +Sovereign of worlds above, 715 +Sow in the morn thy seed, 772 +Spirit of grace, and help, and power, 77 +Stand up and bless the Lord, 3 +Still in shades of midnight darkness, 313 +Stretched on the cross the Saviour dies, 232 +Suppliant, lo! thy children bend, 748 +Supreme and universal light, 429 +Sweet day! so cool, so calm, so bright, 962 +Sweet is the bliss of souls serene, 414 +Sweet is the friendly voice, 327 +Sweet is the prayer whose holy stream, 366 +Sweet is the scene when virtue dies, 543 +Sweet is the task, O Lord, 43 +Sweet is the time of spring, 745 +Sweet is the work, my God, my King, 61 +Sweet to the soul the parting ray, 958 +Swell the anthem, raise the song, 881 +Talk with us, Lord, thyself reveal, 503 +Teach me, my God and King, 406 +Teach me, O teach me, Lord, thy way, 477 +Teach us to feel as Jesus prayed, 251 +The air of death breathes through our souls, 603 +The billows swell, the winds are high, 832 +The bird let loose in eastern skies, 451 +The bird that soars on highest wing, 353 +The Christian warrior, see him stand, 362 +The darkened sky, how thick it lowers, 607 +The day is past and gone, 951 +The evils that beset our path, 527 +The fountain in its source, 508 +The glorious universe around, 394 +The God of harvest praise, 876 +The God of mercy will indulge, 595 +The God who reigns alone, 137 +The heavenly spheres to thee, O God, 177 +The heaven of heavens cannot contain, 118 +The heavens declare his glory, 181 +The heavens declare thy glory, Lord, 185 +The heavens, O Lord, thy power proclaim, 178 +The hoary frost, the fleecy snow, 866 +The hours of evening close, 957 +The joyful morn, my God, is come, 62 +The King of heaven his table spreads, 277 +The last full wain has come,--has come, 879 +The leaves around me falling, 865 +The long lost son, with streaming eyes, 324 +The Lord descended from above, 144 +The Lord is on his holy throne, 1005 +The Lord Jehovah reigns, 113 +The Lord my pasture shall prepare, 495 +The Lord of glory is my light, 645 +The Lord our God is clothed with might, 105 +The Lord will come and not be slow, 285 +The man in life wherever placed, 413 +The mellow eve is gliding, 944 +The morning dawns upon the place, 227 +The mourners came at break of day, 605 +Theories which thousands cherish, 1002 +The past is dark with sin and shame, 999 +The perfect world by Adam trod, 697 +The promises I sing, 639 +The radiant dawn of gospel light, 311 +There is a God, all nature speaks, 101 +There is a hope, a blessed hope, 380 +There is a land mine eye hath seen, 564 +There is a land of pure delight, 555 +There is an hour of peaceful rest, 557 +There is a pure and peaceful wave, 991 +There is a time when moments flow, 960 +There is a world we have not seen, 560 +There's a refuge of peace from the tempests that beat, 25 +There's not a star whose twinkling light, 122 +There's not a place in earth's vast round, 147 +There sprang a tree of deadly name, 796 +There was joy in heaven, 333 +The saints on earth and those above, 395 +The Saviour gently calls, 669 +The Saviour, what a noble flame, 223 +These mortal joys, how soon they fade, 525 +The spacious firmament on high, 175 +The spirit in our hearts, 275 +The spirit moved upon the waves, 115 +The spring, the joyous spring is come, 862 +The thing my God doth hate, 490 +The triumphs of the martyred saints, 979 +The turf shall be my fragrant shrine, 183 +The vineyard of the Lord, 722 +The wandering star and fleeting wind, 326 +The year begins with promises, 858 +They who seek the throne of grace, 365 +Think gently of the erring, 813 +This child we dedicate to thee, 567 +This day let grateful praise ascend, 40 +This day the Lord hath called his own, 41 +This is the fast the Lord doth choose, 868 +This is the first and great command, 385 +This stone to thee in faith we lay, 696 +Thou art, Almighty, Lord of all, 141 +Thou art gone to the grave, 567 +Thou art, O God, the life and light, 174 +Thou art the way, and he who sighs, 243 +Thou book of life, in thee are found, 196 +Thou fount of love and grace, 701 +Thou gavest, and we yield to thee, 588 +Thou faint and sick, and worn away, 971 +Though lost to our sight, we may not deplore thee, 758 +Thou God of hope, to thee we bow, 782 +Thou God of truth and love, 912 +Thou, Lord, by mortal eyes unseen, 253 +Thou, Lord, by strictest search hast known, 140 +Thou must go forth alone, my soul, 537 +Thou power supreme, whose mighty scheme, 635 +Thou whose wide extended sway, 307 +Thrice happy soul, who, born from heaven, 342 +Through all the changing scenes of life, 617 +Through endless years thou art the same, 127 +Through every age, Eternal God, 898 +Through sorrow's night and danger's way, 360 +Through the day thy love has spared us, 952 +Through thee we now together come, 922 +Thus far the Lord has led me on, 945 +Thus saith the first, the great command, 355 +Thus saith the high and lofty One, 364 +Thus saith the Lord who built the heavens, 252 +Thus shall thou love th' Almighty Lord, 341 +Th' uplifted eye and bended knee, 390 +Thy kingdom, Lord, forever stands, 132 +Thy life I read, my dearest Lord, 666 +Thy name be hallowed, evermore, 100 +Thy presence everlasting God, 923 +Thy presence, gracious God, afford, 23 +Thy ways, O Lord, with wise design, 148 +Times without number have I prayed, 332 +Time by moments steals away, 896 +Time! what an empty vapor 'tis, 897 +'Tis a point I long to know, 454 +'Tis by the faith of joys to come, 374 +'Tis done, the great transaction's done, 674 +'Tis finished, so the Saviour cried, 233 +'Tis God the spirit leads, 510 +'Tis good to weep and mourn for those, 804 +'Tis gone, that bright and orbed blaze, 948 +'Tis midnight, and on Olive's brow, 228 +'Tis my happiness below, 614 +To Christ, the Son, the Father spake, 322 +To keep the lamp alive, 427 +To Thee, great source of light, 156 +To Thee, my God and Saviour, 646 +To Thee, my God, my days are known, 616 +To Thee, my God! to thee I bring, 963 +'Twas God who fixed the rolling spheres, 104 +'Twas on that dark and doleful night, 677 +Unveil thy bosom, faithful tomb, 546 +Upon the gospel's sacred page, 296 +Vital spark of heavenly flame, 542 +Wait, O my soul, thy Maker's will, 628 +Walk in the light, so shalt thou know, 998 +Watchman, tell us of the night, 200 +We bid thee welcome in the name, 711 +We bless thee for this sacred day, 55 +We come, O Lord, before thy throne, 835 +We come our Sabbath hymn to raise, 759 +We come to thee, O God, 818 +We come with joy and gladness, 755 +We gather in the name of God, 729 +We have met in peace together, 749 +Welcome, delightful morn, 12 +Welcome, sweet day of rest, 46 +We long to see that happy time, 310 +We mourn for those who toil, 570 +We praise thee if one rescued soul, 789 +Were not the sinful Mary's tears, 273 +Whatever dims thy sense of truth, 350 +What glorious tidings do I hear, 256 +What if the little rain should say, 750 +What must it be to dwell above, 511 +What secret hand at morning light, 937 +What shall we render, bounteous Lord, 785 +What though no flowers the fig-tree clothe, 629 +What though the arm of conquering death, 599 +What though the stream be dead, 586 +When Abraham, full of sacred awe, 873 +When, as returns this solemn day, 70 +When before thy throne we kneel, 1 +When bending o'er the brink of life, 533 +When brighter suns and milder skies 861 +When called, O Lord, to mourn the doom, 615 +When children give their hearts to God, 741 +When darkness long has veiled my mind, 337 +When dread misfortune's tempests rise, 983 +Whene'er the clouds of sorrow roll, 626 +When fainting in the sultry waste, 453 +When floating on life's troubled sea, 573 +When gloomy thoughts and boding fears, 623 +When God descends with men to dwell, 289 +When God revealed his gracious name, 642 +When grief and anguish press me down, 606 +When his salvation bringing, 754 +When human hopes and joys depart, 471 +When I can read my title clear, 513 +When Israel of the Lord beloved, 448 +When I survey the wondrous cross, 693 +When Jordan hushed his waters still, 205 +When, like a stranger on our sphere, 787 +When long the soul had slept in chains, 777 +When, Lord, to this our western land, 736 +When on her Maker's bosom, 986 +When overwhelmed with grief, 469 +When Power Divine in mortal form, 967 +When quiet in my house I sit, 927 +When shall the voice of singing, 300 +When the worn spirit wants repose, 7 +When the parting bosom bleeds, 829 +When the vale of death appears, 538 +When true religion gains a place, 411 +When verdure clothes the fertile vale, 860 +When vexing thoughts within me rise, 608 +When wakened by thy voice of power, 423 +Where'er my gospel is proclaimed, 996 +Where'er the Lord shall build my house, 926 +Where shall the child of sorrow find, 972 +Where shall we go to seek and find, 704 +While here as wandering sheep we stray, 453 +While now upon this Sabbath eve, 97 +While some in folly's pleasures roll, 432 +While sounds of war are heard around, 875 +While thee I seek, Protecting Power, 422 +While through this changing world we roam, 517 +While thus thy throne of grace we seek, 67 +While yet the youthful spirit bears, 743 +While with ceaseless course the sun, 888 +Who is my neighbor? he whom thou, 779 +Who shall a temple build for him, 700 +Who shall towards thy chosen seat, 346 +Why do we mourn departed friends, 574 +Why on the bending willows hung, 977 +Why should we start and fear to die, 534 +Why weep for those, frail child of woe, 571 +Wide as his vast dominion lies, 163 +With grateful hearts, with joyful tongues, 848 +Within thy house, O Lord, our God, 17 +With sacred joy we lift our eyes 48 +With songs and honors sounding loud, 853 +With stately towers and bulwarks strong, 655 +With thy pure dews and rains, 798 +Would you behold the works of God, 826 +Ye boundless realms of joy, 160 +Ye Christian heralds, go proclaim, 737 +Ye followers of the Prince of peace, 684 +Ye realms below the skies, 171 +Ye servants of the Lord, 358 +Ye sons of earth, arise, 278 +Ye subjects of the Lord, proclaim, 314 +Yes, we trust the day is breaking, 299 +Ye that obey th' immortal King, 18 +Ye trembling souls, dismiss your fears, 643 +Ye wretched, hungry, starving poor, 266 +Zeal is that pure and heavenly flame, 401 + + + + +PARTICULAR INDEX OF SUBJECTS. + + +The figures designate the hymns. + +Adoration, 150. +Adversity, rejoicing in, 629. +Affection, family, 928. +Affliction, God merciful in, 631. +Angels, song of, 201. +Ark of safety, 474. +Aspiration, devout, 78, 434, 475, 484, 486, 492, 493, 497, 498, 500, 509. +Autumn, hymn for, 865. + + +B. + +Baptism, 671-674. + infant, 670. +Beatitudes, 344. +Benevolence, active, 1003. + + +C. + +Charity, 767, 777. + blessedness of, 781. + in Judgment, 398, 399. +Charitable occasions, 778-780, 782-785. +Child's prayer, 762, 763. +Christ, all in all, 244. + announced by John, 214. + his ascension, 237. + at the pool of Bethesda, 221. + his baptism, 215. + his birth, 202, 211. + at Canaan, 222. + his new commandment, 225. + his coming in power, 819. + the corner-stone, 254. + his spiritual coronation, 246. + on the cross, 248. + his crucifixion, 231-233. + death and resurrection, 234-236. + desired, 435. + his example, 238, 239, 357. + example in forgiving, 251. + his excellency, 240, 504. + foretold, 198-200. + at sea of Galilee, 220. + glorying in, 650. + God's image, 253. + God's servant, 252. + in Gethsemane, 226-230, 480. + the hiding-place, 255. + imitated, 249. + Jerusalem, his entry into, 224. + his going to Jerusalem, 223. + our leader, 250. + light of the world, 216. + his love, 242. + his love to enemies, 386. + his miracles, 218. + his mission, 212. + his power over evil, 824. + his poverty, 219. + his preaching, 217. + his preciousness, 436, 512. + the resting-place, 245. + his submissiveness, 241. + his triumph, 305. + his triumph desired, 320. + the universal king, 287, 297. +Christianity, triumphant, 291, 296, 309 +Christian armor, 361. + blessedness, 414, 415, 478. + burial of, 576, 591. + conflict, rest, and hope, 360. + death, view of, 534, 537. + devotedness of, 341, 342. + dying, to his soul, 542. + effort, encouragement to, 822. + fellowship, 658, 659, 862, 863. + graces, 388. + happiness, 411. + life, 340. + life, desire for, 339. + life, excellence of, 405, 406. + philanthropists, 768, 770-773. + race, 368, 370. + resolution, 443. + rest, 479. + warfare, 367, 369. + warrior, 362. +Church, an ancient, 970. + attachment to, 657. + exulting in God's government, 914. + glory of, 308, 319, 653, 656. + Jewish and Christian, 655. + membership, 660, 661, 664. + safety of, 654. +Communion, 675-695. +Conference meeting, hymns for, 909, 910. +Confidence in God, 469, 507, 622, 636, 967. +Conscience, a peaceful, 432. +Consecration, 466. +Contentment, 625. + holy, 611. +Conventions, and associations, 725-731. +Corner-stone of church laid, 696. +Country, prayer for our, 837, 849, 850. + virtuous love of, 845. +Creation, beauties of, 173. +Criminal reform, 814-819. +Cross, attraction of, 247. + of Christ, 649. + soldier of, 992. + view of, 693. + welcome, 614. + + +D. + +Dead, farewell to, 567, 578, 600. + the righteous, 547-549, 569. +Death, entrance to immortality, 540. + of an aged Christian, 593. + of a child, 584, 588. + of a Christian in his prime, 592. + of an infant, 582, 583. + of a minister, 596-599. + meditation on, 541. + of parents, 595. + of a public man, 1004. + of the righteous, 543, 544, 557, 594, 601, 604. + of a young girl, 586, 580. + of the young, 589. + universal warning of, 531. +Dedication of children, 665, 669. + of churches, 697-706. +Dependence on God, 427. +Devotion, daily and nightly, 18. + habitual, 422. +Doxologies, 1006-1008. + + +E. + +Easter, 552, 553. See Resurrection of Christ. +Eternity, glories of, 556. +Evening hymns, 942, 945-955. + hymn, with nature, 963. + + +F. + +Faith, dead without works, 774. + excellence of, 376. + hope, and charity, 387. + living and dead, 389. + power of, 374, 375. + prayer for, 377, 468. + solace of, 471. +Fast, hymns for, 868-874. +Fathers, our, 838-840, 842. +Fire, hymn on occasion of, 993. +Forgiveness, 823. +Fourth of July, hymns for, 844-847. +Freedom, human, 799-803, 805, 806. +Friends, not lost in death, 581. + re-union after death, 580. See Heaven. +Friendship, Christian, 397. +Funeral occasion, 545, 546, 579. + of an infant, 587. + + +G. + +God, acknowledged in national blessings, 841, 843. + acknowledged in the seasons, 851-857. + adoration of, 74. + his altar a refuge, 24. + his blessing invoked, 82. + communion with, desired, 67, 428, 453, 460, 503. + his condescension, 134, 364. + the Creator, 115, 123, 176. + our Creator and benefactor, 124. + his decrees and providence, 145. + his direction, prayer for, 81. + dwelling in the heart, 75. + his eternity, 107, 898. + his eternity and man's frailty, 514. + his existence, 101. + his faithfulness, 639. + our father, 102, 103, 120, 442. + glories celebrated, 155. + his glory, 143. + his glory in the heaven, 175, 181. + his goodness, 130, 135, 172. + goodness and omniscience, 110. + our help, 510. + his holiness, 29, 133, 136. + his incomprehensibility, 121, 126, 142. + his infinity, 112. + his love, 114. + his majesty, 113, 141. + his mercy to the penitent, 327. + his omnipotence, 104, 105. + his omnipresence, 106, 108, 116, 140, 147. + his omnipresent peace, 131. + his omniscience, 109, 129. + his omniscience and omnipresence, 111. + his paternal love, 496. + his perfections, 117, 141. + his power, wisdom, and goodness, 119. + his presence desired, 612. + his providence, 125, 132, 138. + his providence illustrated in nature, 173. + his providence mysterious, 128, 139, 148. + seen in his works, 122, 168. + our shepherd, 495, 648. + source of all things, 174. + a spirit, 118. + his spirit invoked, 76, 77, 501. + his truth and love invoked, 34. + unchangeable, 127, 146. + his unity, 137. +Gospel, advancing, 263. + blessings of, 256, 276. + call to the church, 262. + feast, 290. + fountain, 264. + gentle influence of, 293. + God's glory in, 260. + light of, 258. + power of, 280. + progress of, 296, 306, 318. + source of peace and rest, 269. + triumphant, 299-302, 310, 813, 821. + trumpet, 257, 261. +Grace, breathings of, 426. + day of, 652. + experience of, 642. +Gratitude to God, 444, 445. +Grave, the sailor's, 834. + + +H. + +Harvest, hymn for, 884. +Heaven, 559, 560, 564. + anticipated, 557. + its bliss, 565. + children in, 585. + Christian's home, 517. + foretaste of, 511. + here, 418-420. + hope of, 513. + joys of, on earth, 417. + march to, 651. + prospect of, 555. + its rest, 563. + re-union of friends there, 573. + saints in, 561, 562. + society of, 558. + within, 421. +Homage, and devotion, 48. +Honor rendered to all men, 820. +Hope, joyful, 1000. + rejoicing in, 379. + star and voice, 380. +Hospital or asylum, hymn for, 788. +House of God, 25, 54. + delight in, 14, 53, 57. +Humanity, its cause hopeful, 999. +Humility, 353. + and submission, 354. + + +I. + +Immortality, illustrated by nature, 551. +Inconstancy lamented, 326. +Independence, true, 403. +Invitation, 259, 270-275, 278, 279, 281-283. + to the gospel feast, 266, 267, 277. +Invocation, 2, 12, 17, 22, 23, 27, 32, 35, 68, 904, 907, 916. +Israel, fall of, 976. + + +J. + +Jews, prayer of, 315, 316. + remonstrance with, 977. + restoration of, 315, 316. +Joy, after sorrow, 968. + in God's presence, 486. +Judgment, private, right of, 400. + + +K. + +Kindness to the afflicted, 786. + to the poor, 765. +Kingdom of Christ, 213, 284, 286, 288, 289, 298, 304, 311, 312, 322. + of God, 285, 303. +Knowledge of God, 494. + + +L. + +Liberality rewarded, 776. +Liberty meeting, fourth of July, 804. +Life, close of, 529. + discipline of, 966. + frailty and shortness of, 524, 528, 530, 532. + a pilgrimage, 516, 523. + God's providence in, 515, 520. + illustrated, 519. + its changes, 527. + higher revelations in, 526. +Light, injunction to walk in, 998. +Love, brotherly, 391. + divine invoked, 15. + harmony of, 392-394. + law of, 381, 382. + supremacy of, 769. + the best offering, 764. + to God, 383. + to God and man, 355, 385. + to man, 384. + [See Philanthropic Subjects.] + + +M. + +Marriage hymns, 985, 986. +Martyrs, army of, 979. + death of, 980. +Meekness, 348, 349. +Men, all equal, 766. +Mercy-seat, 452. +Midnight, hymn at, 956. +Minister, the faithful, 975. +Ministers, blessing invoked on, 724. + charged and encouraged, 720-722. + conflict and burthen of, 720. + meeting of, 719. +Missionary occasions, 733-737. +Moderation, 402. +Morning hymns, 935-940. +Morning or evening hymns, 941, 943. +Mourners, blessing of, 566, 630. + comforted, 571, 572, 574, 602, 603, 605. + invited to mercy-seat, 575. + thoughts of heaven, 568. + + +N. + +National hymns, 835-850. +Nature, and the Scriptures, 185, 188. + and the soul, 554. + a temple, 183. + compared with the spiritual world, 182. + evening hymn with, 963. + religious influences of, 180. + + +O. + +Opportunities, use of, 359. +Ordination and installation, 707-718. +Orphan asylum, hymn for, 789. +Orphan's hymn, 972. + + +P. + +Pardon, 336. +Parting, 921-923. +Patience, 345. +Peace, hymns on, 807-813. +Piety, active, 356. + habitual, 410. +Pilgrims, the, 843. +Praise, 149, 151, 153, 164, 170. + and holiness, 154. + exhortation to, 3, 152, 162. + from all nature, 161, 169, 177, 178. + from heaven and earth, 160, 641. + lowly, 39. + perpetual, 156-159, 423. + universal, 163, 165-167, 171. +Prayer, a call to, 365, 372, 373, 447. + described, 371, 1005. + concerning death, 539. + for a beneficent spirit, 775, 779, 787. + for a holy heart, 1001. + true, 1005. +Prudence, 352. +Purity of heart, 350, 351. + + +R. + +Redeemed, glory of, 978. +Redemption, universal, 294, 307. +Rejoicing in God our Father, 644-649. +Reliance on God, 609, 613, 616-618, 624, 626, 627, 632-634, 637, 638, 643, + 901, 983. +Religion, a support in life, 408. + at home, 927. + blessedness of, 363, 914, 964. + comforts of, 623. + early, 739-743, 746. + quiet, 982. +Repentance, 328-332. +Resignation, 608, 610, 615. +Resurrection, and spring-time, 550. +Retirement, religious, 463. +Rich and poor, 973. +Righteous and wicked, 409, 413. +Righteousness, 346, 347. +River of life, 991. + + +S. + +Sabbath, 7-10, 40, 49, 58-60. + delights of, 43, 62, 69. + evening, 71, 79. + hymn for, 960. + worship, 56. + hymn with nature, 961. + improvement of, 41. + morning, hymn for, 959. + of the soul, 38. + on earth and in heaven, 61. + prayer for, 36, 55. + welcomed, 46. + worship, 42. +Sabbath-school hymns, 747-749, 752. + anniversary, 751, 753, 754. + death of scholar, 759-761. + for Fourth of July, 755. + teacher, death of, 757, 758. +Saints, thanks for all, 981. +Salvation, 640. +Saturday evening, hymns for, 957, 958. +Schools, hymns for, 987-990. +Scriptures, comfort of, 195, 196. + excellence of, 184, 192-194, 197. + God praised for, 187. + importance to the young, 744. + light and glory of, 186. + sufficiency of, 190. + superiority of, 191. + value of, 189. +Sea, hymn at, 831. + prayer at, 832. +Seamen's hymns, 825-835. +Self-distrust, 454. + abandonment, 462. +Sick child, prayer for, 930. +Sickness and recovery, 932. +Sincerity and hypocrisy, 456. +Sinner entreated to awake, 268. +Soul, the, its beauty unfading, 962. +Spring, hymns for, 859-862. +Storm at sea, 831. + hymn on occasion of, 994. +Submission to God, 481, 485, 628. +Summer, hymns for, 863, 864. +Sunset, hymn at, 944. + + +T. + +Temperance hall, dedication of, 798. + hymns, 790-797. +Temptation, 974. + compared to a storm, 832. +Thanksgiving, hymns for, 876-883, 885. +Time, worth of, 518. + flight of, 900. +Traveller's hymn, 995. +Treasures, earthly and heavenly, 525. +Trust in God, 606, 607, 618, 619, 635. +Truth, call of, 821. + permanence and triumph of, 1002. + + +U. + +Unity, Christian, 395, 396, 407, 911-913, 917, 918. + + +V. + +Virtue, security of, 412. +Voices of the dead, 522. + + +W. + +War, hymn in time of, 875. +Watchfulness, and brotherly reproof, 65. + and prayer, 343, 358. + prayer for, 449. +Water of life, 508. +Widow's prayer, 971. +Winter, hymns for, 866, 867. +Wisdom, excellence of, 404. + true, 457. +Woman, influence of, 996, 997. +Worship, 1. + attendance on, 13. + call to, 20. + close of, 83-96, 98. + delight of, 19, 21, 26, 30, 31, 56. + domestic, 924-926, 929, 933, 934. + evening, close of, 80, 97, 99. + public, 37. + social, 920. + filial and cheerful, 965. + invitation to, 52. + of earth and heaven, 64. + of the heart, 70, 73. + pious, 969. + preparation for, 28, 72. + public, 4, 5, 33, 45, 47, 50, 75. + silent, 464. + sincere, 390. + social, call to, 905, 906. + joy of, 902, 903. + universal, 16. + + +Y. + +Year, close of, 895, 899, 900. + promises of, 858. + the new, 886-894. +Youth, and autumn, 756. + and spring-time, 745. +Youthful example, 750. + + +Z. + +Zeal, true and false, 401. +Zion, encouraged, 647. + + + + +INTRODUCTION AND CLOSE OF WORSHIP. + + + + +1. 7s. M. Bowring. + +Humble Worship + + +1 When before thy throne we kneel, + Filled with awe and holy fear, + Teach us, O our God! to feel + All thy sacred presence near. + +2 Check each proud and wandering thought + When on thy great name we call; + Man is nought--is less than nought: + Thou, our God, art all in all. + +3 Weak, imperfect creatures, we + In this vale of darkness dwell; + Yet presume to look to thee, + 'Midst thy light ineffable. + +4 O, receive the praise that dares + Seek thy heaven-exalted throne; + Bless our offerings, hear our pray'rs, + Infinite and Holy One! + + + + +2. P. M. Anonymous. + +Solemn Invocation. + + +1 Come, thou Almighty King! + Help us thy name to sing; + Help us to praise! + Father all glorious, + O'er all victorious, + Come and reign over us, + Ancient of days! + +2 Come, thou all gracious Lord! + By heaven and earth adored, + Our prayer attend! + Come, and thy children bless; + Give thy good word success; + Make thine own holiness + On us descend! + +3 Never from us depart; + Rule thou in every heart, + Hence, evermore! + Thy sovereign majesty + May we in glory see, + And to eternity + Love and adore. + + + + +3. S. M. Montgomery. + +Exhortation to Praise. + + +1 Stand up and bless the Lord, + Ye people of his choice; + Stand up, and bless the Lord your God, + With heart, and soul and voice. + +2 Though high above all praise, + Above all blessing high, + Who would not fear his holy name, + And laud and magnify? + +3 O for the living flame + From his own altar brought, + To touch our lips, our minds inspire, + And wing to heaven our thought! + +4 There, with benign regard, + Our hymns he deigns to hear; + Though unrevealed to mortal sense, + The spirit feels him near. + +5 Stand up and bless the Lord, + The Lord your God adore; + Stand up and bless his glorious name, + Henceforth for evermore. + + + + +4. L. M. Watts. + +Public Worship. + + +1 Before Jehovah's awful throne, + Ye nations, bow with sacred joy; + Know that the Lord is God alone; + He can create, and he destroy. + +2 His sovereign power, without our aid, + Made us of clay, and formed us men; + And when, like wandering sheep we strayed, + He brought us to his fold again. + +3 We are his people; we his care; + Our souls, and all our mortal frame: + What lasting honors shall we rear, + Almighty Maker, to thy name? + +4 We'll crowd thy gates, with thankful songs + High as the heaven our voices raise; + And earth, with her ten thousand tongues, + Shall fill thy courts with sounding praise. + +5 Wide as the world is thy command; + Vast as eternity thy love; + Firm as a rock thy truth shall stand, + When rolling years shall cease to move. + + + + +5. L. M. Tate & Brady. + +The Same. + + +1 O, Come, loud anthems let us sing, + Loud thanks to our Almighty King; + For we our voices high should raise, + When our salvation's Rock we praise. + +2 Into his presence let us haste, + To thank him, for his favors past; + To him address, in joyful songs, + The praise that to his name belongs. + +3 O, let us to his courts repair, + And bow with adoration there; + With joy and fear devoutly all + Before the Lord, our Maker, fall! + + + + +6. L. M. Watts. + +"How amiable are thy Tabernacles, O Lord of Hosts." + + +1 Great God! attend, while Zion sings + The joy that from thy presence springs; + To spend one day with thee, on earth, + Exceeds a thousand days of mirth. + +2 Might I enjoy the meanest place + Within thy house, O God of grace, + Not tents of ease, nor thrones of power, + Should tempt my feet to leave thy door. + +3 God is our Sun--he makes our day; + God is our shield--he guards our way; + All needful grace he will bestow, + And crown that grace with glory too. + +4 O God! our king, whose sovereign sway + The glorious hosts of heaven obey, + Thy willing servants may we be, + For blest are they who trust in thee. + + + + +7. C. M. Edmeston. + +The Lord's Day. + + +1 When the worn spirit wants repose, + And sighs her God to seek, + How sweet to hail the evening's close + That ends the weary week! + +2 How sweet to hail the early dawn + That opens on the sight, + When first that soul-reviving morn + Beams its new rays of light! + +3 Blest day! thine hours too soon will cease + Yet, while they gently roll, + Breathe, Heavenly Spirit, source of peace, + A sabbath o'er my soul! + + + + +8. C. M. Codman's Coll. + +The Blessing of the Sabbath. + + +1 Blest day of God! most calm, most bright, + The first and best of days; + The laborer's rest, the saint's delight, + The day of prayer and praise. + +2 My Saviour's face made thee to shine; + His rising thee did raise; + And made thee heavenly and divine + Beyond all other days. + +3 The first fruits oft a blessing prove + To all the sheaves behind; + And they who do the Sabbath love, + A happy week will find. + +4 This day I must to God appear; + For, Lord, the day is thine; + Help me to spend it in thy fear, + And thus to make it mine. + + + + +9. C. M. Mrs. Follen. + +Love of Sabbath Service. + + +1 How sweet, upon this sacred day, + The best of all the seven, + To cast our earthly thoughts away, + And think of God and heaven! + +2 How sweet to be allowed to pray + Our sins may be forgiven! + With filial confidence to say, + "Father, who art in heaven!" + +3 How sweet the words of peace to hear + From him to whom 'tis given + To wake the penitential tear, + And lead the way to heaven! + +4 And if, to make our sins depart, + In vain the will has striven, + He who regards the inmost heart + Will send his grace from heaven. + + + + +10. L. M. 6l. Mrs. Steele. + +A Prayer for Lord's Day. + + +1 Great God, this sacred day of thine + Demands our souls' collected powers. + May we employ in work divine + These solemn, these devoted hours; + O may our souls adoring own + The grace which calls us to thy throne. + +2 Hence, ye vain cares and trifles, fly; + Where God resides appear no more; + Omniscient God, thy piercing eye + Can every secret thought explore: + O may thy grace our hearts refine, + And fix our thoughts on things divine. + +3 The word of life dispensed to-day + Invites us to a heavenly feast. + May every ear the call obey; + Be every heart a humble guest; + O bid the wretched sons of need + On soul-reviving dainties feed. + +4 Thy spirit's powerful aid impart; + O may thy word, with life divine, + Engage the ear, and warm the heart; + Then shall the day indeed be thine; + Then shall our souls adoring own + The grace which calls us to thy throne. + + + + +11. C. M. H. Ware, Jr. + +Invoking God's Aid. + + +1 Father in heaven, to thee my heart + Would lift itself in prayer; + Drive from my soul each earthly thought + And show thy presence there. + +2 Each moment of my life renews + The mercies of my Lord, + Each moment is itself a gift + To bear me on to God. + +3 O, help me break the galling chains, + This world has round me thrown, + Each passion of my heart subdue, + Each darling sin disown. + +4 O Father, kindle in my breast + A never dying flame + Of holy love, of grateful trust + In thine almighty name. + + + + +12. H. M. Hayward. + +Invocation for Lord's Day Morning. + + +1 Welcome, delightful morn, + Thou day of sacred rest! + We hail thy glad return: + Lord, make these moments blest. + From low delights and mortal toys + We soar to reach immortal joys. + +2 Now may the King descend, + And fill his throne of grace; + Thy sceptre, Lord, extend, + While we address thy face. + O let us feel thy quickening word, + And learn to know and fear the Lord. + +3 Descend, celestial Dove, + With all thy quickening powers; + Disclose a Saviour's love, + And bless these sacred hours: + Then shall our souls new life obtain, + Nor sabbaths be enjoyed in vain. + + + + +13. C. P. M. Day. + +Attendance on Worship. + + +1 I'll bless Jehovah's glorious name, + Whose goodness heaven and earth proclaim, + With every morning light; + And at the close of every day, + To him my cheerful homage pay, + Who guards me through the night. + +2 Then in his churches to appear, + And pay my humble worship there, + Shall be my sweet employ: + The day that saw my Saviour rise + Shall dawn on my delighted eyes + With pure and holy joy. + +3 With grateful sorrow in my breast, + I'll celebrate the dying feast + Of my exalted Lord; + And, while his perfect love I view, + His bright example I'll pursue, + And meditate his word. + + + + +14. S. P. M. Watts. + +Delight in the House of God. + + +1 How pleased and blest was I + To hear the people cry, + "Come, let us seek our God to-day!" + Yes, with a cheerful zeal, + We haste to Zion's hill, + And there our vows and honors pay. + +2 Zion, thrice happy place, + Adorned with wondrous grace, + And walls of strength embrace thee round; + In thee our tribes appear, + To pray, and praise, and hear + The sacred gospel's joyful sound. + +3 May peace attend thy gate, + And joy within thee wait, + To bless the soul of every guest; + The man who seeks thy peace, + And wishes thine increase, + A thousand blessings on him rest. + + + + +15. 8 & 7s. M. Wesley's Coll. + +Divine Love. + + +1 Love divine, all love excelling, + Joy of heaven, to earth come down! + Fix in us thy humble dwelling, + All thy faithful mercies crown. + Father! thou art all compassion, + Pure, unbounded love thou art; + Visit us with thy salvation, + Enter every longing heart. + +2 Breathe, O breathe thy loving spirit + Into every troubled breast; + Let us all in thee inherit, + Let us find thy promised rest. + Come, almighty to deliver, + Let us all thy life receive, + Graciously come down, and never, + Never more thy temples leave. + + + + +16. L. M. Pierpont. + +Universal Worship. + + +1 O Thou, to whom, in ancient time, + The lyre of Hebrew bards was strung, + Whom kings adored in song sublime, + And prophets praised with glowing tongue! + +2 Not now on Zion's height alone + Thy favored worshipper may dwell; + Nor where, at sultry noon, thy Son, + Sat weary, by the Patriarch's well. + +3 From every place below the skies, + The grateful song, the fervent prayer-- + The incense of the heart--may rise + To Heaven, and find acceptance there. + +4 To thee shall age, with snowy hair, + And strength and beauty bend the knee, + And childhood lisp, with reverent air, + Its praises and its prayers to thee. + +5 O Thou, to whom, in ancient time, + The lyre of prophet-bards was strung, + To thee, at last, in every clime + Shall temples rise, and praise be sung. + + + + +17. C. M. Presbyterian Coll. + +Prayer for special Favor. + + +1 Within thy house, O Lord, our God, + In glory now appear; + Make this a place of thine abode, + And shed thy blessings here. + +2 When we thy mercy-seat surround, + Thy Spirit, Lord, impart; + And let thy gospel's joyful sound + With power reach every heart. + +3 Here let the blind their sight obtain; + Here give the mourners rest; + Let Jesus here triumphant reign, + Enthroned in every breast. + +4 Here let the voice of sacred joy + And humble prayer arise, + Till higher strains our tongues employ + In realms beyond the skies. + + + + +18. C. M. Watts. + +Daily and nightly Devotion. + + +1 Ye that obey the immortal King, + Attend his holy place; + Bow to the glories of his name, + And sing his wondrous grace. + +2 Lift up your hands by morning light, + And raise your thanks on high; + Send your admiring thoughts, by night, + Above the starry sky. + +3 The God of Zion cheer your hearts + With rays of quickening grace: + 'Tis he that spreads the heavens abroad, + Whose presence fills the place. + + + + +19. S. M. Montgomery. + +The Delight of Worship. + + +1 Glad was my heart to hear + My old companions say + Come, in the house of God appear, + For 'tis a holy day. + +2 Our willing feet shall stand + Within thy temple-door; + While young and old in many a band + Shall throng the sacred floor. + +3 Within these walls be peace + And harmony be found: + Zion, in all thy palaces, + Prosperity abound! + +4 For friends and brethren dear, + Our prayer shall never cease + Oft as they meet for worship here, + God send his people peace! + + + + +20. S. M. E. Taylor. + +Call to the House of Prayer. + + +1 Come to the house of prayer, + O ye afflicted, come: + The God of peace shall meet you there-- + He makes that house his home. + +2 Come to the house of praise, + Ye who are happy now; + In sweet accord your voices raise, + In kindred homage bow. + +3 Ye aged, hither come, + For ye have felt his love: + Soon shall your trembling tongues be dumb, + Your lips forget to move. + +4 Ye young, before his throne, + Come, bow; your voices raise; + Let not your hearts his praise disown + Who gives the power to praise. + +5 Thou, whose benignant eye + In mercy looks on all-- + Who see'st the tear of misery, + And hear'st the mourner's call-- + +6 Up to thy dwelling-place + Bear our frail spirits on, + Till they outstrip time's tardy pace, + And heaven on earth be won. + + + + +21. H. M. Watts. + +Delight in Public Worship. + + +1 Lord of the worlds above, + How pleasant and how fair + The dwellings of thy love, + Thine earthly temples, are! + To thine abode my heart aspires, + With warm desires to see my God. + +2 O happy souls that pray + Where God appoints to hear! + O happy men that pay + Their constant service there! + They praise thee still; and happy they + Who love the way to Zion's hill. + +3 They go from strength to strength, + Throughout these mortal years, + Till each arrives at length, + Till each in heaven appears: + O glorious seat, when God, our King, + Shall thither bring our willing feet! + + + + +22. 7s. Hammond. + +A Blessing humbly requested. + + +1 Lord, we come before thee now; + At thy feet we humbly bow; + O, do not our suit disdain; + Shall we seek thee, Lord, in vain? + +2 In thine own appointed way, + Now we seek thee; here we stay; + Lord, from hence we would not go, + Till a blessing thou bestow. + +3 Comfort those who weep and mourn; + Let the time of joy return; + Those that are cast down, lift up; + Make them strong in faith and hope. + +4 Grant that all may seek and find + Thee a God supremely kind; + Heal the sick; the captive free; + Let us all rejoice in thee. + + + + +23. L. M. Anonymous. + +For Opening or Close of Service. + + +1 Thy presence, gracious God, afford; + Prepare us to receive thy word; + Now let thy voice engage our ear, + And faith be mixed with what we hear. + +2 Distracting thoughts and cares remove, + And fix our hearts and hopes above; + With food divine may we be fed, + And satisfied with living bread. + +3 To us the sacred word apply + With sovereign power and energy; + And may we, in thy faith and fear, + Reduce to practice what we hear. + +4 Father, in us thy Son reveal; + Teach us to know and do thy will; + Thy saving power and love display, + And guide us to the realms of day. + + + + +24. L. M. 6l. Heber. + +Seeking Refuge. + + +1 Forth from the dark and stormy sky, + Lord, to thine altar's shade we fly; + Forth from the world, its hope and fear, + Father, we seek thy shelter here: + Weary and weak, thy grace we pray; + Turn not, O Lord, thy guests away. + +2 Long have we roamed in want and pain; + Long have we sought thy rest in vain; + Wildered in doubt, in darkness lost, + Long have our souls been tempest-tost: + Low at thy feet our sins we lay; + Turn not, O Lord, thy guests away. + + + + +25. 11s. M. Edmeston. + +The House of God. + + +1 There's a refuge of peace from the tempests that beat, + From the dark clouds that threaten, the wild wind that blows; + A holy, a sweet and a lovely retreat, + A spring of refreshment, a place of repose. + +2 'Tis the house of my God, 'tis the dwelling of prayer, + The temple all hallowed by blessing and praise; + If sorrow and faithlessness conquer me, there + My heart to the throne of his grace I can raise. + +3 For a refuge like this, ah, what praises are due! + For a rest so serene, for a covert so fair: + Ah, why are the seasons of worship so few? + And why are so seldom the meetings of prayer? + + + + +26. 8 & 7s. M. J. Taylor. + +The Fount of Blessing. + + +1 Far from mortal cares retreating, + Sordid hopes, and vain desires, + Here our willing footsteps meeting, + Every heart to heaven aspires. + +2 From the fount of glory beaming, + Light celestial cheers our eyes, + Mercy from above proclaiming + Peace and pardon from the skies. + +3 Who may share this great salvation? + Every pure and humble mind, + Every kindred, tongue, and nation, + From the stains of guilt refined. + +4 Blessings all around bestowing, + God withholds his care from none, + Grace and mercy ever flowing + From the fountain of his throne. + + + + +27. C. M. Newton. + +A Blessing sought. + + +1 Great Shepherd of thy people, hear; + Thy presence now display; + We kneel within thy house of prayer; + O, give us hearts to pray. + +2 The clouds which veil thee from our sight, + In pity, Lord, remove; + Dispose our minds to hear aright + The message of thy love. + +3 Help us, with holy fear and joy, + To kneel before thy face; + O, make us, creatures of thy power, + The children of thy grace. + + + + +28. 7s. M. J. Taylor. + +Preparation for Worship. + + +1 Lord, before thy presence come, + Bow we down with holy fear; + Call our erring footsteps home, + Let us feel that thou art near. + +2 Wandering thoughts and languid powers + Come not where devotion kneels; + Let the soul expand her stores, + Glowing with the joy she feels. + +3 At the portals of thine house, + We resign our earth-born cares; + Nobler thoughts our souls engross, + Songs of praise and fervent prayers. + + + + +29. C. M. Rippon's Coll. + +"Hallowed be Thy name." + + +1 Holy and reverend is the name + Of our eternal King; + Thrice holy Lord, the angels cry; + Thrice holy, let us sing. + +2 The deepest reverence of the mind + Pay, O my soul, to God; + Lift with thy hands a holy heart + To his sublime abode. + +3 With sacred awe pronounce his name, + Whom words nor thoughts can reach; + A broken heart shall please him more + Than the best forms of speech. + +4 Thou holy God! preserve my soul + From all pollution free; + The pure in heart are thy delight, + And they thy face shall see. + + + + +30. S. M. Urwick's Coll. + +Pleasures of Spiritual Worship. + + +1 How sweet to bless the Lord, + And in his praises join, + With saints his goodness to record, + And sing his power divine! + +2 These seasons of delight + The dawn of glory seem, + Like rays of pure, celestial light, + Which on our spirits beam. + +3 O, blest assurance this; + Bright morn of heavenly day; + Sweet foretaste of eternal bliss, + That cheers the pilgrim's way. + +4 Thus may our joys increase, + Our love more ardent grow, + While rich supplies of Jesus' grace + Refresh our souls below. + + + + +31. C. M. Watts. + +God present in the Sanctuary. + + +1 My Soul, how lovely is the place + To which thy God resorts! + 'Tis heaven to see his smiling face, + Though in his earthly courts. + +2 There the great Monarch of the skies + His saving power displays; + And light breaks in upon our eyes + With kind and quickening rays. + +3 With his rich gifts the heavenly Dove + Descends and fills the place, + While Christ reveals his wondrous love, + And sheds abroad his grace. + +4 There, mighty God, thy words declare + The secrets of thy will; + And still we seek thy mercy there, + And sing thy praises still. + + + + +32. C. M. Pratt's Coll. + +A Blessing sought. + + +1 Again our earthly cares we leave, + And to thy courts repair; + Again, with joyful feet we come + To meet our Saviour here. + +2 The feeling heart, the melting eye, + The humble mind, bestow; + And shine upon us from on high, + To make our graces grow. + +3 May we in faith receive thy word, + In faith present our prayers, + And in the presence of our Lord + Unbosom all our cares. + +4 Show us some token of thy love, + Our fainting hope to raise, + And pour thy blessing from above, + That we may render praise. + + + + +33. L. M. Tate & Brady. + +Public Worship. + + +1 For thee, O God, our constant praise + In Zion waits, thy chosen seat; + Our promised altars there we'll raise, + And all our zealous vows complete. + +2 O thou, who to my humble prayer + Didst always bend thy listening ear, + To thee shall all mankind repair, + And at thy gracious throne appear. + +3 Our sins, though numberless, in vain + To stop thy flowing mercy try; + For thou wilt cleanse the guilty stain, + And wash away the crimson dye. + +4 Blest is the man, who, near thee placed, + Within thy sacred dwelling lives; + Whilst we at humbler distance taste + The vast delight thy worship gives. + + + + +34. L. M. Frothingham. + +Truth and Love. + + +1 O God, whose presence glows in all, + Within, around us, and above! + Thy word we bless, thy name we call, + Whose word is Truth, whose name is Love. + +2 That truth be with the heart believed + Of all who seek this sacred place; + With power proclaimed, in peace received-- + Our spirits' light, thy Spirit's grace. + +3 That love its holy influence pour, + To keep us meek, and make us free, + And throw its binding blessing more + Round each with all, and all with thee. + +4 Send down its angel to our side-- + Send in its calm upon the breast; + For we would know no other guide, + And we can need no other rest. + + + + +35. L. M. Montgomery. + +Invoking a Blessing. + + +1 Lord! when thy people seek thy face, + And dying sinners pray to live, + Hear thou in heaven, thy dwelling-place, + And, when thou hearest, O forgive! + +2 Here, when thy messengers proclaim + The blessed Gospel of thy Son, + Still, by the power of his great name, + Be mighty signs and wonders done. + +3 But will indeed Jehovah deign + Here to abide, no transient guest? + Here will the world's Redeemer reign, + And here the Holy Spirit rest? + +4 That glory never hence depart! + Yet choose not, Lord, this house alone; + Thy kingdom come to every heart, + In every bosom fix thy throne. + + + + +36. 7s. M. 6l. J. Newton. + +A Prayer for Lord's Day. + + +1 Safely through another week + Thou hast brought us on our way; + Let us now thy blessing seek, + Waiting in thy courts to-day: + Day, of all the week the best-- + Emblem of eternal rest. + +2 Mercies multiplied each hour + Through the week our praise demand: + Guarded by almighty power, + Fed and guided by thy hand, + May we not forgetful be, + Nor ungrateful, Lord, to thee. + +3 While we seek supplies of grace + Through the dear Redeemer's name, + Show thy reconciling face, + Take away our sin and shame. + From our worldly cares set free, + May we rest this day in thee. + +4 May the gospel's joyful sound + Conquer sinners, comfort saints; + Make the fruits of grace abound; + Bring relief from all complaints. + Thus let all our sabbaths prove, + Till we join the church above. + + + + +37. L. M. Bowring. + +Evening Worship. + + +1 How shall we praise thee, Lord of light! + How shall we all thy love declare! + The earth is veiled in shades of night, + But heaven is open to our prayer,-- + That heaven so bright with stars and suns-- + That glorious heaven which has no bound, + Where the full tide of being runs, + And life and beauty glow around. + +2 We would adore thee, God sublime! + Whose power and wisdom, love and grace, + Are greater than the round of time, + And wider than the bounds of space, + O how shall thought expression find, + All lost in thine immensity! + How shall we seek thee, glorious Mind, + Amid thy dread infinity! + +3 But thou art present with us here, + As in thy glittering, high domain; + And grateful hearts and humble fear + Can never seek thy face in vain. + Help us to praise thee, Lord of light! + Help us thy boundless love declare; + And, here within thy courts to-night, + Aid us, and hearken to our prayer. + + + + +38. C. M. Mrs. Barbauld. + +The Sabbath of the Soul. + + +1 O Father! though the anxious fear + May cloud to-morrow's way, + No fear nor doubt shall enter here,-- + All shall be thine to-day. + +2 We will not bring divided hearts + To worship at thy shrine; + But each unworthy thought departs, + And leaves this temple thine. + +3 Then sleep to-day, tormenting cares, + Of earth and folly born; + Ye shall not dim the light that streams + From this celestial morn. + +4 To-morrow will be time enough + To feel your harsh control; + Ye shall not violate this day, + The Sabbath of the soul. + + + + +39. 7s. M. Bowring. + +Lowly Praise. + + +1 Lord, in heaven, thy dwelling-place, + Hear the praises of our race, + And, while hearing, let thy grace + Dews of sweet forgiveness pour; + While we know, benignant King, + That the praises which we bring + Are a worthless offering + Till thy blessing makes it more. + +2 More of truth, and more of might, + More of love, and more of light, + More of reason, and of right, + From thy pardoning grace be given! + It can make the humblest song + Sweet, acceptable, and strong, + As the strains the angels' throng + Pour around the throne of heaven. + + + + +40. L. M. M. W. Hale. + +The Day of Rest. + + +1 This day let grateful praise ascend + To thee, our Father, and our Friend, + Thee, Author of this holy light, + Thee, throned in boundless power and might. + +2 O, let the sacred hours be given + To truth, to duty, and to heaven; + While trusting faith and holy love + Rise fervent to thy throne above. + +3 Grant that our earthly Sabbaths be + But dawnings of eternity, + To shadow forth the glorious rest, + The heavenly quiet of the blest. + + + + +41. L. M. Bathurst. + +Improvement of the Sabbath. + + +1 This day the Lord hath called his own; + O, let us, then, his praise declare, + Fix our desires on him alone, + And seek his face with fervent prayer. + +2 Lord, in thy love we would rejoice, + Which bids the burdened soul be free, + And, with united heart and voice, + Devote these sacred hours to thee. + +3 Now let the world's delusive things + No more our grovelling thoughts employ + But Faith be taught to stretch her wings, + In search of heaven's unfailing joy. + +4 O, let these earthly Sabbaths, Lord, + Be to our lasting welfare blest; + The purest comfort here afford, + And fit us for eternal rest. + + + + +42. S. M. Bulfinch. + +Sabbath Worship. + + +1 Hail to the Sabbath day! + The day divinely given, + When men to God their homage pay, + And earth draws near to heaven. + +2 Lord, in this sacred hour, + Within thy courts we bend, + And bless thy love, and own thy power, + Our Father and our Friend. + +3 But thou art not alone + In courts by mortals trod; + Nor only is the day thine own + When man draws near to God. + +4 Thy temple is the arch + Of yon unmeasured sky; + Thy Sabbath, the stupendous march + Of grand eternity. + +5 Lord, may that holier day + Dawn on thy servants' sight; + And purer worship may we pay + In heaven's unclouded light. + + + + +43. S. M. Spirit of the Psalms. + +The Delights of the Sabbath. + + +1 Sweet is the task, O Lord, + Thy glorious acts to sing, + To praise thy name, and hear thy word, + And grateful offerings bring. + +2 Sweet, at the dawning hour, + Thy boundless love to tell; + And when the night-wind shuts the flower, + Still on the theme to dwell. + +3 Sweet, on this day of rest, + To join in heart and voice, + With those who love and serve thee best, + And in thy name rejoice. + +4 To songs of praise and joy, + Be every Sabbath given, + That such may be our blest employ + Eternally in heaven. + + + + +44. L. M. Raffles. + +The Hour of Prayer. + + +1 Blest hour, when mortal man retires + To hold communion with his God, + To send to heaven his warm desires, + And listen to the sacred word. + +2 Blest hour, when earthly cares resign + Their empire o'er his anxious breast, + While, all around, the calm divine + Proclaims the holy day of rest. + +3 Blest hour, when God himself draws nigh, + Well pleased his people's voice to hear, + To hush the penitential sigh, + And wipe away the mourner's tear. + +4 Blest hour! for, where the Lord resorts, + Foretastes of future bliss are given, + And mortals find his earthly courts + The house of God, the gate of heaven. + + + + +45. L. M. Sir J. E. Smith. + +Devout Worship of God. + + +1 Praise waits in Zion, Lord, for thee; + Thy saints adore thy holy name; + Thy creatures bend th' obedient knee, + And, humbly, thy protection claim. + +2 Thy hand has raised us from the dust; + The breath of life thy Spirit gave; + Where, but in thee, can mortals trust? + Who, but our God, has power to save? + +3 Still may thy children in thy word + Their common trust and refuge see; + O bind us to each other, Lord, + By one great tie,--the love of thee. + +4 So shall our sun of hope arise, + With brighter still and brighter ray, + Till thou shalt bless our longing eyes + With beams of everlasting day. + + + + +46. S. M. Watts. + +The Sabbath Welcomed. + + +1 Welcome, sweet day of rest, + That saw the Lord arise; + Welcome to this reviving breast + And these rejoicing eyes. + +2 The King himself comes near, + And feasts his saints to-day; + Here we may sit, and see him here, + And love, and praise, and pray. + +3 One day, amid the place + Where my dear Lord hath been, + Is sweeter than ten thousand days + Of folly and of sin. + +4 My willing soul would stay + In such a frame as this, + Till called to rise and soar away + To everlasting bliss. + + + + +47. S. M. Watts. + +Public Worship. Ps. 95. + + +1 Come, sound his praise abroad, + And hymns of glory sing: + Jehovah is the sovereign God, + The universal King. + +2 He formed the deeps unknown; + He gave the seas their bound; + The watery worlds are all his own, + And all the solid ground. + +3 Come, worship at his throne; + Come, bow before the Lord; + We are his works, and not our own: + He formed us by his word. + +4 To-day attend his voice, + Nor dare provoke his rod; + Come, like the people of his choice, + And own your gracious God. + + + + +48. C. M. Jervis. + +Homage and Devotion. + + +1 With sacred joy we lift our eyes + To those bright realms above-- + That glorious temple in the skies + Where dwells eternal love. + +2 Thee we adore, and, Lord, to thee + Our filial duty pay; + Thy service, unconstrained and free, + Conducts to endless day. + +3 While in thy house of prayer we kneel + With trust and holy fear, + Thy mercy and thy truth reveal, + And lend a gracious ear. + +4 With fervor teach our hearts to pray, + And tune our lips to sing; + Nor from thy presence cast away + The sacrifice we bring. + + + + +49. L. M. Newton. + +The Lord's Day. + + +1 How welcome to the soul, when pressed + With six days' noise, and care, and toil, + Is the returning day of rest, + Which hides us from the world awhile! + +2 How happy they, whose lot is cast + Where Christ invites the "weary" yet; + They find their sorrows quickly past, + And all their burdens soon forget. + +3 Though pinched with poverty at home, + With sharp afflictions daily fed, + It makes amends, if they can come + To God's own house for heavenly bread. + +4 We thank thee for thy day, O Lord! + And here thy promised presence seek; + Open thy hand with blessings stored, + And give us manna for the week. + + + + +50. L. M. Butcher. + +Christian Worship. + + +1 Father of all! where shall we find + A temple suited to thy praise? + To thee, the uncreated Mind, + What earthly altar shall we raise? + +2 We'll call a multitude around, + And gladly seek the house of prayer; + There thy salvation we have found, + And still, O God, we'll seek it there. + +3 From breast to breast the holy flame + Shall kindle round the sacred place: + At once we'll hymn our Father's name, + At once we'll seek our Father's face. + +4 There, heavenly Father, condescend + To meet us with peculiar love; + And when the hymns of earth shall end, + We'll give thee nobler hymns above. + + + + +51. L. M. Pope's Coll. + +The Lord's Prayer. + + +1 Father! adored in worlds above, + Thy glorious name be hallowed still; + Thy kingdom come with power and love, + And earth, like heaven, obey thy will. + +2 Lord! make our daily wants thy care; + Forgive the sins which we forsake: + And, as we in thy kindness share, + Let fellow-men of ours partake. + +3 Evils beset us every hour; + Thy kind protection we implore: + Thine is the kingdom, thine the power; + Be thine the glory evermore! + + + + +52. C. M. Montgomery. + +Mutual Invitation. + + +1 Come, let us join our souls to God + In everlasting bands, + And seize the blessings he bestows + With eager hearts and hands. + +2 Come, let us to his temple haste, + And seek his favor there, + Before his footstool humbly bow, + And offer fervent prayer. + +3 Come, let us share, without delay, + The blessings of his grace; + Nor shall the years of distant life + Their mem'ry e'er efface. + +4 O, may our children ever haste + To seek their fathers' God, + Nor e'er forsake the happy path + Their fathers' feet have trod. + + + + +53. C. M. Milton. + +"The Lord God is a Sun and Shield." Ps. 84. + + +1 How lovely are thy dwellings fair, + O Lord of hosts, how dear + The pleasant tabernacles are + Where thou dost dwell so near! + +2 Happy, who in thy house reside, + Where thee they ever praise, + Happy, whose strength in thee doth bide, + And in their hearts thy ways. + +3 They pass through sorrow's thirsty vale, + That dry and barren ground, + As through a fruitful, wat'ry dale, + Where springs and showers abound. + +4 They journey on from strength to strength, + With joy and gladsome cheer, + Till all before our God at length + In Zion do appear. + +5 For God the Lord, both sun and shield, + Gives grace and glory bright; + No good from them shall be withheld + Whose ways are just and right. + + + + +54. L. M. Salisbury Co. + +House of God. + + +1 Lo, God is here! Let us adore, + And humbly bow before his face; + Let all within us feel his power; + Let all within us seek his grace. + +2 Lo, God is here! Him, day and night + United choirs of angels sing: + To him, enthroned above all height, + Heaven's host their noblest homage bring. + +3 Being of beings! may thy praise + Thy courts with grateful fragrance fill: + Still may we stand before thy face-- + Still hear and do thy sovereign will. + + + + +55. L. M. New York Coll. + +Sabbath Day. + + +1 We bless thee for this sacred day, + Thou who hast every blessing given, + Which sends the dreams of earth away, + And yields a glimpse of opening heaven. + +2 Lord, in this day of holy rest, + We would improve the calm repose; + And, in thy service truly blest, + Forget the world, its joys and woes. + +3 Lord! may thy truth, upon the heart, + Now fall and dwell as heavenly dew, + And flowers of grace in freshness start + Where once the weeds of error grew. + +4 May prayer now lift her sacred wings, + Contented with that aim alone + Which bears her to the King of kings, + And rests her at his sheltering throne. + + + + +56. C. M. Montgomery. + +Introduction to Evening Worship. + + +1 On the first Christian Sabbath eve, + When his disciples met + O'er his lost fellowship to grieve, + Nor knew the Scripture yet,-- + +2 Lo! in their midst his form was seen,-- + The form in which he died; + Their Master's marred and wounded mien,-- + His hands, his feet, his side. + +3 Then were they glad their Lord to know, + And hailed him, yet with fear;-- + Jesus, again thy presence show; + Meet thy disciples here. + +4 Be in our midst; let faith rejoice + Our risen Lord to view, + And make our spirits hear thy voice + Say, "Peace be unto you!" + + + + +57. C. M. Watts. + +Going to Church. Ps. 122. + + +1 How did my heart rejoice to hear + My friends devoutly say, + "In Zion let us all appear, + And keep the solemn day!" + +2 Up to her courts, with joys unknown, + The holy tribes repair: + The Son of David holds his throne, + And sits in judgment there. + +3 Peace be within this sacred place, + And joy a constant guest; + With holy gifts and heavenly grace + Be her attendants blest. + +4 My soul shall pray for Zion still + While life or breath remains; + There my best friends, my kindred, dwell; + There God, my Saviour, reigns. + + + + +58. L. M. Stennett. + +Sabbath Morning. + + +1 Another six days' work is done, + Another Sabbath is begun: + Return, my soul, enjoy thy rest, + Improve the day which God hath blest. + +2 O that our thoughts and thanks may rise, + As grateful incense, to the skies, + And draw from heaven that sweet repose, + Which none but he that feels it knows! + +3 This heavenly calm within the breast + Is the dear pledge of glorious rest, + Which for the church of God remains, + The end of cares, the end of pains. + +4 In holy duties let the day-- + In holy pleasures--pass away: + How sweet, a Sabbath thus to spend, + In hope of one that ne'er shall end! + + + + +59. 7s. M. Miss H. F. Gould. + +The Sabbath. + + +1 Choice of God, thou blessed day, + At thy dawn the grave gave way + To the power of him within, + Who had, sinless, bled for sin. + +2 Thine the radiance to illume + First, for man, the dismal tomb, + When its bars their weakness owned, + There revealing death dethroned. + +3 Then the Sun of righteousness + Rose, a darkened world to bless, + Bringing up from mortal night + Immortality and light. + +4 Day of glory, day of power, + Sacred be thine every hour, + Emblem, earnest of the rest + That remaineth for the blest! + + + + +60. C. M. Mrs. Bareauld. + +The Lord's Day Morning. + + +1 Again the Lord of life and light + Awakes the kindling ray, + Unseals the eyelids of the morn, + And pours increasing day. + +2 O what a night was that which wrapped + The heathen world in gloom! + O what a sun which broke, this day, + Triumphant from the tomb! + +3 This day be grateful homage paid, + And loud hosannas sung; + Let gladness dwell in every heart, + And praise on every tongue. + +4 Ten thousand differing lips shall join + To hail this welcome morn, + Which scatters blessings from its wings + To nations yet unborn. + + + + +61. L. M. Watts. + +Sabbath on Earth and in Heaven. Ps. 92. + + +1 Sweet is the work, my God, my King, + To praise thy name, give thanks, and sing; + To show thy love by morning light, + And talk of all thy truth at night. + +2 Sweet is the day of sacred rest! + No mortal cares shall seize my breast; + O may my heart in tune be found, + Like David's harp of solemn sound. + +3 My heart shall triumph in the Lord, + And bless his works, and bless his word: + Thy works of grace, how bright they shine, + How deep thy counsels, how divine! + +4 But I shall share a glorious part + When grace hath well refined my heart, + And, raised to holier courts above, + I praise thee with a purer love. + +5 Then shall I see, and hear, and know, + All I desired or wished below; + And every power find sweet employ + In that eternal world of joy. + + + + +62. C. P. M. Merrick. + +The Sabbath and the Earthly Temple. + + +1 The joyful morn, my God, is come, + That calls me to thy sacred dome, + Thy presence to adore: + My feet the summons shall attend, + With willing steps thy courts ascend + And tread the hallowed floor. + +2 With holy joy I hail the day, + That warns my thirsting soul away; + What transports fill my breast! + For, lo! my great Redeemer's power + Unfolds the everlasting door, + And leads me to his rest! + +3 Hither, from earth's remotest end, + Lo! the redeemed of God ascend, + Their tribute hither bring; + Here, crowned with everlasting joy, + In hymns of praise their tongues employ, + And hail the immortal King. + + + + +63. C. M. Watts. + +Longing for the House of God. + + +1 Early, my God, without delay, + I haste to seek thy face; + My thirsty spirit faints away + Without thy cheering grace. + +2 So pilgrims on the scorching sand, + Beneath a burning sky, + Long for a cooling stream at hand; + And they must drink, or die. + +3 Not life itself, with all its joys, + Can my best passions move, + Or raise so high my cheerful voice, + As thy forgiving love. + +4 Thus, till my last expiring day, + I'll bless my God and King; + Thus will I lift my hands to pray, + And tune my lips to sing. + + + + +64. L. M. Heber. + +The Worship of Earth and Heaven. + + +1 Hosanna! Lord, thine angels cry: + Hosanna! Lord, we hear reply: + Above, beneath us, and around, + The dead and living swell the sound. + +2 O Father! with protecting care + Meet us in this, thy house of prayer; + Assembled in Messiah's name, + Thy promised blessing here we claim. + +3 But, chiefest, in our cleansed breast, + Eternal! let thy Spirit rest; + And make our secret soul to be + A temple pure, and worthy thee. + + + + +65. L. M. Watts. + +Watchfulness and Brotherly Reproof. Ps. 141. + + +1 My God, accept my early vows, + Like morning incense, in thy house; + And let my nightly worship rise + Sweet as the evening sacrifice. + +2 Watch o'er my lips, and guard them, Lord, + From every rash and heedless word; + Nor let my feet incline to tread + The guilty path where sinners lead. + +3 O may the righteous, when I stray, + Smite and reprove my wandering way; + Their gentle words, like ointment shed, + Shall never bruise, but cheer, my head. + +4 When I behold them prest with grief + I'll cry to heaven for their relief; + And by my warm petitions prove + How much I prize their faithful love. + + + + +66. L. M. Watts. + +The Pleasure of Public Worship. Ps. 84. + + +1 How pleasant, how divinely fair, + O Lord of Hosts, thy dwellings are! + With long desire my spirit faints + To meet the assemblies of thy saints. + +2 Blest are the souls who find a place + Within the temple of thy grace; + There they behold thy gentler rays, + And seek thy face and learn thy praise. + +3 Blest are the men whose hearts are set + To find the way to Zion's gate; + God is their Strength; and through the road + They lean upon their Helper, God. + +4 Cheerful they walk with growing strength, + Till all shall meet in heaven at length; + Till all before thy face appear, + And join the nobler worship there. + + + + +67. L. M. C. Robbins. + +"Speak, Lord, for thy servant heareth." + + +1 While thus thy throne of grace we seek, + O God, within our spirits speak! + For we will hear thy voice to-day, + Nor turn our hardened hearts away. + +2 Speak in thy gentlest tones of love, + Till all our best affections move; + We long to hear no meaner call, + But feel that Thou art all in all. + +3 To conscience speak thy quickening word, + Till all its sense of sin is stirred: + For we would leave no stain of guile, + To cloud the radiance of thy smile. + +4 Speak, Father, to the anxious heart, + Till every fear and doubt depart: + For we can find no home or rest, + Till with thy Spirit's whispers blest. + + + + +68. H. M. Roman Breviary. + +For a Blessing on Worship. + + +1 Here, gracious God! do thou + For evermore draw nigh; + Accept each faithful prayer, + And mark each suppliant sigh: + In copious shower, on all who pray, + This holy day, thy blessings pour. + +2 Here may we find from heaven + The grace which we implore; + And may that grace once given, + Be with us evermore: + Until that day, when all the blest + To endless rest are called away. + + + + +69. L. M. Sun. School H. B. + +Sabbath Hymn. + + +1 Called by the Sabbath bells away, + Unto thy holy temple, Lord, + I'll go, with willing mind to pray, + To praise thy name and hear thy word. + +2 O sacred day of peace and joy, + Thy hours are ever dear to me; + Ne'er may a sinful thought destroy + The holy calm I find in thee. + +3 Dear are thy peaceful hours to me, + For God has given them in his love, + To tell how calm, how blest shall be + The endless day of heaven above. + + + + +70. L. M. Mrs. Barbauld. + +The Worship of the Heart. + + +1 When, as returns this solemn day, + Man comes to meet his Maker, God, + What rites, what honors shall he pay? + How spread his Sovereign's praise abroad? + +2 From marble domes and gilded spires, + Shall curling clouds of incense rise? + And gems, and gold, and garlands deck + The costly pomp of sacrifice? + +3 Vain, sinful man! creation's Lord + Thy golden offerings well may spare: + But give thy heart, and thou shalt find + Here dwells a God who heareth prayer. + + + + +71. 7s. M. Sun. School H. B. + +Sunday Evening. + + +1 Sacred day, forever blest! + Day of all our days the best! + Welcome hours of praise and prayer, + Free from toil, fatigue, and care! + +2 Happy, truly happy, Lord, + Those who hear and read thy word! + Happy those who dwell with thee! + Who thy grace and glory see. + +3 We once more have heard thy voice, + Lord, in thee our souls rejoice; + Borne by faith to worlds on high, + Called to reign above the sky. + +4 Though this day of rest we close, + Still in thee our hearts repose; + Guide and guard us all our days: + O may all our lives be praise! + + + + +72. 7s. M. 6l. J. Taylor. + +Invitation to pure Worship. + + +1 At the portals of thy house, + Lord, we leave our mortal cares: + Nobler thoughts our souls engage, + Songs of praise, and fervent prayers. + Pure and contrite hearts alone + Find acceptance at thy throne. + +2 Hapless men, whose footsteps stray + From the temple of the Lord! + Teach them Zion's heavenly way; + To their feet thy light afford. + Let the world unite to raise + Solemn harmonies of praise. + + + + +73. L. M. 6l. C. Wesley. + +Worship in spirit and in truth. + + +1 Father of omnipresent grace! + We seem agreed to seek thy face: + But every soul assembled here + Doth naked in thy sight appear; + Thou know'st who only bows the knee, + And who in heart approaches thee. + +2 To-day, while it is called to-day, + Awake and stir us up to pray; + The spirit of thy word impart, + And breathe the life into our heart; + Our weakness help, our darkness chase, + And guide us by the light of grace. + + + + +74. L. M. Doddridge. + +Subjection to the Father of Spirits. + + +1 Eternal Source of light and thought! + Be all beneath thyself forgot, + Whilst thee, great parent-mind, we own, + In prostrate homage round thy throne. + +2 Whilst in themselves our souls survey + Of thee some faint reflected ray, + They wondering to their Father rise: + His power how vast! his thoughts how wise! + +3 O may we live before thy face, + The willing subjects of thy grace; + And through each path of duty move, + With filial awe, and filial love. + + + + +75. L. M. Montgomery. + +Public Worship. + + +1 God in his temple let us meet, + In spirit, low before him bend: + Here he hath fixed his mercy-seat, + Here on his Sabbath we attend. + +2 Arise into thy resting-place, + Thou, and thine ark of strength, O Lord! + Shine through the veil, we seek thy face: + Speak, for we hearken to thy word. + +3 With righteousness thy priests array: + Joyful thy favored people be: + Let those who teach, and those who pray, + Let all--be holiness to thee! + + + + +76. L. M. 6l. Dryden. + +The Divine Spirit implored. + + +1 Creator Spirit, by whose light + The sleeping worlds were called from night! + Come, visit every pious mind, + Come, pour thy joys on human kind; + From sin and sorrow set us free, + And make us temples worthy thee. + +2 Plenteous in grace descend from high, + Rich in thy sevenfold energy; + Our frailty help, our vice control, + Thou ruler of our secret soul! + And, lest our feet should haply stray + Protect and guide us in the way. + + + + +77. L. M. J. Wesley. + +"The healthful spirit of God's grace." + + +1 Spirit of grace, and health, and power! + Fountain of light and love below! + Abroad thy healing influence shower; + On all thy servants let it flow. + +2 Inflame our hearts with perfect love; + In us the work of faith fulfil: + So not heaven's host shall swifter move, + Than we on earth to do thy will. + +3 Father! 'tis thine each day to yield + Thy children's wants a fresh supply; + Thou cloth'st the lilies of the field, + And hearest the young ravens cry. + +4 On thee we cast our care; we live + Through thee, who know'st our every need: + O feed us with thy grace, and give + Our souls this day the living bread! + + + + +78. C. M. Doddridge. + +Life dedicated to God. + + +1 Shine on our souls, eternal God! + With rays of beauty shine; + O let thy favor crown our days, + And all their round be thine. + +2 Did we not raise our hands to thee, + Our hands might toil in vain; + Small joy success itself could give, + If thou thy love restrain. + +3 With thee let every week begin; + With thee each day be spent; + For thee each fleeting hour improved, + Since each by thee is lent. + +4 Thus cheer us through the checkered road, + Till all our labors cease, + And heaven refresh our weary souls + With everlasting peace. + + + + +79. 7s. M. S. F. Smith. + +Sabbath Evening. + + +1 Softly fades the twilight ray + Of the holy Sabbath day; + Gently as life's setting sun; + When the Christian's course is run. + +2 Night her solemn mantle spreads + O'er the earth, as daylight fades; + All things tell of calm repose + At the holy Sabbath's close. + +3 Peace is on the world abroad; + 'Tis the holy peace of God,-- + Symbol of the peace within, + When the spirit rests from sin. + +4 Still the Spirit lingers near, + Where the evening worshipper + Seeks communion with the skies, + Pressing onward to the prize. + + + + +CLOSE OF WORSHIP. + + + + +80. L. M. Anonymous. + +Close of Worship. Evening. + + +1 Ere to the world again we go, + Its pleasures, cares, and idle show, + Thy grace once more, O God, we crave, + From folly and from sin to save. + +2 May the great truths we here have heard-- + The lessons of thy holy word-- + Dwell in our inmost bosoms deep, + And all our souls from error keep. + +3 Oh! may the influence of this day, + Long as our memory with us stay, + And as an angel guardian prove, + To guide us to our home above. + + + + +81. C. M. Cappe's Sel. + +Prayer for Divine Direction. + + +1 Eternal Source of life and light, + Supremely good and wise, + To thee we bring our grateful vows, + To thee lift up our eyes. + +2 Our dark and erring minds illume + With truth's celestial rays; + Inspire our hearts with sacred love, + And tune our lips to praise. + +3 Safely conduct us, by thy grace, + Through life's perplexing road; + And place us, when that journey's o'er + At thy right hand, O God. + + + + +82. 8s. 7s. & 4s. Jay. + +Prayer for a Blessing. + + +1 Come, thou soul-transforming Spirit, + Bless the sower and the seed; + Let each heart thy grace inherit; + Raise the weak, the hungry feed; + From the gospel + Now supply thy people's need. + +2 O, may all enjoy the blessing + Which thy word's designed to give, + Let us all, thy love possessing, + Joyfully the truth receive, + And forever + To thy praise and glory live. + + + + +83. C. M. Montgomery. + +After Divine Service. + + +1 Again our ears have heard the voice + At which the dead shall live; + O, may the sound our hearts rejoice, + And strength immortal give! + +2 And have we heard the word with joy? + And have we felt its power? + To keep it be our blest employ, + Till life's extremest hour. + + + + +84. 8 & 7s. M. Bickersteth. + +Closing Hymn. + + +1 Israel's Shepherd, guide me, feed me. + Through my pilgrimage below, + And beside the waters lead me, + Where thy flock rejoicing go. + +2 Lord, thy guardian presence ever, + Meekly kneeling, I implore; + I have found thee, and would never, + Never wander from thee more. + + + + +85. 7s. M. Peabody's Coll. + +Closing Supplication. + + +1 Father! bless thy word to all; + Quick and powerful may it prove; + O, may sinners hear thy call, + May thy people grow in love. + +2 Father, bid the world rejoice; + Send thy heavenly truth abroad; + May the nations hear thy voice, + Hear it, and return to God. + + + + +86. C. M. Bp. Heber. + +"The Seed is the Word of God." + + +1 O God, by whom the seed is given, + By whom the harvest blest; + Whose word, like manna showered from heaven + Is planted in our breast. + +2 Preserve it from the passing feet, + And plunderers of the air; + The sultry sun's intenser heat, + And weeds of worldly care! + +3 Though buried deep, or thinly strewn, + Do thou thy grace supply: + The hope in earthly furrows sown + Shall ripen in the sky. + + + + +87. C. M. Anonymous. + +"God giveth the Increase." + + +1 Now, Lord, the heavenly seed is sown, + Be it thy servants' care + Thy heavenly blessing to bring down + By humble, fervent prayer. + +2 In vain we plant without thine aid, + And water, too, in vain: + Lord of the harvest, God of grace, + Send down thy heavenly rain. + +3 Then shall our cheerful hearts and tongues + Begin this song divine-- + "Thou, Lord, hast given the rich increase, + And be the glory thine." + + + + +88. L. M. H. Ballou. + +Dismission. + + +1 From worship, now, thy church dismiss-- + But not without thy blessing, Lord; + O grant a taste of heavenly bliss, + And seal instruction from thy word. + +2 Oft may these pleasant scenes return + When we shall meet to worship thee; + Oft may our hearts within us burn + To hear thy word, thy goodness see. + +3 And when these pleasant scenes are past, + To thee, our God, O may we come, + And meet th' assembled world at last, + In Zion, our eternal home. + + + + +89. H. M. J. Newton. + +The Same. + + + On what has now been sown + Thy blessing, Lord, bestow; + The power is thine alone + To make it spring and grow. + Do thou the gracious harvest raise, + And thou alone shalt have the praise. + + + + +90. H. M. E. Turner. + +Thanks at the Close of Service. + + +1 Kind Lord, before thy face + Again with joy we bow, + For all the gifts and grace + Thou dost on us bestow. + Our tongues would all thy love proclaim, + And chant the honors of thy name. + +2 Here, in thine earthly house, + Our joyful souls have met; + Here paid our solemn vows, + And felt our union sweet. + For this our tongues thy love proclaim, + And chant the honors of thy name. + +3 Now may we dwell in peace + Till here again we come; + And may our love increase + Till thou shalt bring us home. + Then shall our tongues thy love proclaim, + And chant the honors of thy name. + + + + +91. 8 & 7s. M. C. Robbins. + +Close of Worship. Evening. + + +1 Lo! the day of rest declineth; + Gather fast the shades of night-- + May the Sun that ever shineth, + Fill our souls with heavenly light. + +2 Softly now the dew is falling; + Peace o'er all the scene is spread;-- + On his children meekly calling, + Purer influence God will shed. + +3 While thine ear of love addressing, + Thus our parting hymn we sing, + Father, give thine evening blessing; + Fold us safe beneath thy wing. + + + + +92. C. M. Kippis' Coll. + +Close of Evening Worship. + + +1 Soon will our fleeting hours be past; + And, as the setting sun + Sinks downward in the radiant west, + Our parting beams be gone. + +2 May He, from whom all blessings flow, + Our sacred rites attend, + Uniting all in wisdom's ways, + Till life's short journey end; + +3 And as the rapid sands run down, + Our virtue still improve, + Till each receive the glorious crown + Of never-fading love. + + + + +93. L. M. Heber. + +Close of Service. + + +1 Lord, now we part in thy blest name, + In which we here together came: + Grant us our few remaining days + To work thy will and spread thy praise. + +2 Teach us in life and death to bless + The Lord our strength and righteousness; + And grant us all to meet above; + Then shall we better sing thy love. + + + + +94. 7s. M. Montgomery. + +Praise from all Lands. + + +1 All ye nations, praise the Lord; + All ye lands, your voices raise; + Heaven and earth, with loud accord, + Praise the Lord, forever praise. + +2 For his truth and mercy stand, + Past and present, and to be, + Like the years of his right hand, + Like his own eternity. + +3 Praise him, ye who know his love; + Praise him from the depths beneath; + Praise him in the heights above; + Praise your Maker, all that breathe. + + + + +95. L. M. Watts. + +The Joy and Blessing of Worship. + + +1 Lord, how delightful 'tis to see + A whole assembly worship thee; + At once they sing, at once they pray, + They hear of heaven and learn the way. + +2 O, write upon our memory, Lord, + The text and doctrines of thy word: + That we may break thy laws no more, + But love thee better than before. + + + + +96. 8 & 7s. M. S. F. Adams. + +Close of Worship. + + +1 Part in peace! is day before us? + Praise his name for life and light; + Are the shadows lengthening o'er us? + Bless His care who guards the night. + +2 Part in peace! with deep thanksgiving, + Rendering, as we homeward tread, + Gracious service to the living, + Tranquil memory to the dead. + +3 Part in peace! such are the praises + God, our Maker, loveth best; + Such the worship that upraises + Human hearts to heavenly rest. + + + + +97. L. M. Anonymous. + +Close of Worship. Evening. + + +1 While now upon this Sabbath eve, + Thy house, Almighty God, we leave + 'Tis sweet, as sinks the setting sun, + To think on all our duties done. + +2 Oh! evermore may all our bliss + Be peaceful, pure, divine, like this; + And may each Sabbath, as it flies, + Fit us for joy beyond the skies. + + + + +98. 8 & 7s. M. Toplady's Coll. + +Dismission. + + +1 Lord, dismiss us with thy blessing, + Hope and comfort from above; + Let us each, thy peace possessing, + Triumph in redeeming love. + +2 Thanks we give, and adoration, + For thy Gospel's joyful sound; + May the fruits of thy salvation + In our hearts and lives abound. + + + + +99. L. M. Montgomery. + +Sunday Evening. + + +1 Millions within thy courts have been; + Millions this day have bent the knee; + But thou, soul-searching God! hast seen + The hearts of all that worshipped thee. + +2 From east to west the sun surveyed, + From north to south, adoring throngs; + And still, where evening stretched her shade, + The stars came forth to hear their songs. + +3 And not a prayer, a tear, a sigh, + Hath failed this day some suit to gain; + To those in trouble thou wert nigh; + Not one hath sought thy face in vain. + +4 Yet one prayer more;--and be it one, + In which both heaven and earth accord: + Fulfil thy promise to thy Son; + Let all that breathe call Jesus Lord! + + + + +100. L. M. Moravian. + +The Lord's Prayer. + + +1 Thy name be hallowed evermore; + O God! thy kingdom come with power! + Thy will be done, and day by day, + Give us our daily bread, we pray: + +2 Lord! evermore to us be given + The living bread that came from heaven: + Water of life on us bestow, + Thou art the Source, the Fountain thou. + + + + +CHARACTER, ATTRIBUTES AND PROVIDENCE OF GOD. + + + + +101. L. M. Mrs. Steele. + +Being of God. + + +1 There is a God--all nature speaks, + Through earth, and air, and sea, and skies: + See, from the clouds his glory breaks, + When first the beams of morning rise. + +2 The rising sun, serenely bright, + O'er the wide world's extended frame + Inscribes, in characters of light, + His mighty Maker's glorious name. + +3 The flowery tribes, all blooming, rise + Above the weak attempts of art; + Their bright, inimitable dyes + Speak sweet conviction to the heart. + +4 Ye curious minds, who roam abroad, + And trace creation's wonders o'er, + Confess the footsteps of a God; + Come, bow before him, and adore. + + + + +102. S. M. Mrs. Steele. + +God our Father. + + +1 My Father! cheering name! + O, may I call thee mine? + Give me the humble hope to claim + A portion so divine. + +2 Whate'er thy will denies, + I calmly would resign; + For thou art just, and good, and wise: + O, bend my will to thine! + +3 Whate'er thy will ordains, + O give me strength to bear + Still let me know a father reigns, + And trust a father's care. + +4 Thy ways are little known + To my weak, erring sight; + Yet shall my soul, believing, own + That all thy ways are right. + +5 My Father!--blissful name! + Above expression dear! + If thou accept my humble claim, + I bid adieu to fear. + + + + +103. L. M. Bryant. + +The Paternal Love of God. + + +1 Father! to thy kind love we owe + All that is fair and good below; + Bestower of the health that lies + On tearless cheeks and cheerful eyes! + +2 Giver of sunshine and of rain! + Ripener of fruits on hill and plain! + Fountain of light, that, rayed afar, + Fills the vast urns of sun and star! + +3 Yet deem we not that thus alone, + Thy mercy and thy love are shown; + For we have learned, with higher praise, + And holier names, to speak thy ways. + +4 In woe's dark hour, our kindest stay! + Sole trust when life shall pass away! + Teacher of hopes that light the gloom + Of death, and consecrate the tomb! + + + + +104. C. M. Martineau's Coll. + +Omnipotence of God. + + +1 'Twas God who fixed the rolling spheres, + And stretched the boundless skies, + Who formed the plan of endless years, + And bade the ages rise. + +2 From everlasting is his might, + Immense and unconfined; + He pierces through the realms of light, + And rides upon the wind. + +3 He darts along the burning sky; + Loud thunders round him roar; + Through worlds above his terrors fly, + While worlds below adore. + +4 He speaks,--great nature's wheels stand still + And leave their wonted round; + The mountains melt; each trembling hill + Forsakes its ancient bound. + +5 Ye worlds, and every living thing, + Fulfil his high command; + Pay grateful homage to your King, + And own his ruling hand. + + + + +105. C. M. H. K. White. + +Almighty Power and Majesty of God. + + +1 The Lord our God is clothed with might; + The winds obey his will; + He speaks, and in the heavenly height + The rolling sun stands still. + +2 Rebel, ye waves, and o'er the land + With threatening aspect roar; + The Lord uplifts his awful hand, + And chains you to the shore. + +3 Ye winds of night, your force combine + Without his high behest, + Ye shall not, in the mountain pine, + Disturb the sparrow's nest. + +4 His voice sublime is heard afar; + In distant peals it dies; + He binds the whirlwinds to his car, + And sweeps the howling skies. + +5 Ye nations, bend; in reverence bend; + Ye monarchs, wait his nod, + And bid the choral song ascend + To celebrate our God. + + + + +106. C. M. Watts. + +God is Everywhere. + + +1 In all my vast concerns with thee, + In vain my soul would try + To shun thy presence, Lord, or flee + The notice of thine eye. + +2 Thine all-surrounding sight surveys + My rising and my rest; + My public walks, my private ways, + And secrets of my breast. + +3 My thoughts lie open to the Lord, + Before they're formed within; + And ere my lips pronounce the word, + He knows the sense I mean. + +4 O, wondrous knowledge, deep and high; + Where can a creature hide? + Within thy circling arms I lie, + Beset on every side. + +5 So let thy grace surround me still, + And like a bulwark prove, + To guard my soul from every ill, + Secured by sovereign love. + + + + +107. L. M. Spirit of the Psalms. + +Eternity of God. + + +1 Ere mountains reared their forms sublime, + Or heaven and earth in order stood, + Before the birth of ancient time, + From everlasting thou art God. + +2 A thousand ages, in their flight, + With thee are as a fleeting day; + Past, present, future, to thy sight + At once their various scenes display. + +3 But our brief life's a shadowy dream, + A passing thought, that soon is o'er, + That fades with morning's earliest beam, + And fills the musing mind no more. + +4 To us, O Lord, the wisdom give, + Each passing moment so to spend, + That we at length with thee may live + Where life and bliss shall never end. + + + + +108. C. M. 6l. Conder. + +Where is God? + + +1 Beyond, beyond that boundless sea, + Above that dome of sky, + Farther than thought itself can flee, + Thy dwelling is on high; + Yet dear the awful thought to me, + That thou, my God, art nigh. + +2 We hear thy voice when thunders roll + Through the wide fields of air; + The waves obey thy dread control: + Yet still thou art not there. + Where shall I find Him, O my soul, + Who yet is everywhere? + +3 O, not in circling depth, or height, + But in the conscious breast, + Present to faith, though veiled from sight, + There does his spirit rest. + O come, thou Presence Infinite, + And make thy creatures blest. + + + + +109. L. M. Watts. + +The all-seeing God. + + +1 Lord, thou hast searched and seen me through; + Thine eye commands, with piercing view, + My rising and my resting hours, + My heart and flesh, with all their powers. + +2 Within thy circling power I stand; + On every side I find thy hand: + Awake, asleep, at home, abroad, + I am surrounded still with God. + +3 Amazing knowledge, vast and great! + What large extent! what lofty height! + My soul, with all the powers I boast, + Is in the boundless prospect lost. + +4 O may these thoughts possess my breast + Where'er I rove, where'er I rest! + Nor let my weaker passions dare + Consent to sin; for God is there. + + + + +110. L. M. 6l. Montgomery. + +God Good and Omniscient. + + +1 How precious are thy thoughts of peace, + O God! to me,--how great the sum! + New every morn, they never cease; + They were, they are, and yet shall come, + In number and in compass more + Than ocean's sand, or ocean's shore. + +2 Search me, O God! and know my heart, + Try me, my secret soul survey; + And warn thy servant to depart + From every false and evil way: + So shall thy truth my guidance be, + In life and immortality. + + + + +111. L. M. Blacklock. + +Omniscience and Omnipresence. + + +1 Father of all, omniscient Mind, + Thy wisdom who can comprehend? + Its highest point what eye can find, + Or to its lowest depths descend? + +2 If up to heaven's ethereal height, + Thy prospect to elude, I rise, + In splendor there supremely bright, + Thy presence shall my sight surprise. + +3 Thee, mighty God, my wondering soul, + Thee, all her conscious powers adore, + Whose being circumscribes the whole, + Whose eyes the universe explore. + +4 Thine essence fills this breathing frame; + It glows in every vital part, + Lights up our souls with livelier flame, + And feeds with life each beating heart. + +5 To thee, from whom our being came, + Whose smile is all the heaven we know, + Inspired with this exalted theme, + To thee our grateful strains shall flow. + + + + +112. C. M. Watts. + +Infinity of God. + + +1 Great God, how infinite art thou! + How weak and frail are we! + Let the whole race of creatures bow, + And homage pay to thee. + +2 Thy throne eternal ages stood, + Ere earth or heaven was made; + Thou art the ever-living God, + Were all the nations dead. + +3 Eternity, with all its years, + Stands present in thy view; + To thee there's nothing old appears, + Great God, there's nothing new. + +4 Our lives through varying scenes are drawn, + And vexed with trifling cares, + While thine eternal thought moves on + Thine undisturbed affairs. + + + + +113. S. P. M. Watts. + +The Majesty of God. + + +1 The Lord Jehovah reigns, + And royal state maintains, + His head with awful glories crowned, + Arrayed in robes of light, + Begirt with sovereign might, + And rays of majesty around. + +2 Upheld by thy commands, + The world securely stands, + And skies and stars obey thy word; + Thy throne was fixed on high + Ere stars adorned the sky; + Eternal is thy kingdom, Lord. + +3 Thy promises are true; + Thy grace is ever new; + There fixed, thy church shall ne'er remove; + Thy saints, with holy fear, + Shall in thy courts appear, + And sing thine everlasting love. + + + + +114. 8 & 7s. M. Bowring. + +God is Love. + + +1 God is love; his mercy brightens + All the path in which we rove; + Bliss he wakes, and woe he lightens; + God is wisdom, God is love. + +2 Chance and change are busy ever; + Man decays, and ages move; + But his mercy waneth never; + God is wisdom, God is love. + +3 E'en the hour that darkest seemeth + Will his changeless goodness prove; + From the gloom his brightness streameth, + God is wisdom, God is love. + +4 He with earthly cares entwineth + Hope and comfort from above: + Everywhere his glory shineth; + God is wisdom, God is love. + + + + +115. L. M. Fergus. + +God the Creator. + + +1 The Spirit moved upon the waves + That darkly rolled, a shoreless sea; + He spake the word, and light burst forth, + A glorious, bright immensity. + +2 At his command, the mountains heaved + Their rocky pinnacles on high, + Island and continent displayed + Their desert grandeur to the sky. + +3 The voice of God was heard again, + And lovely flowers and graceful trees + Appeared on every vale and plain, + And perfumes floated on the breeze. + +4 The word went forth, and vast and high + The heavenly orbs gave out their light, + O'er all the earth and sea and sky; + The rulers of the day and night. + + + + +116. L. M. 6l. Montgomery's Coll. + +Omnipresence of God. + + +1 Above, below, where'er I gaze, + Thy guiding finger, Lord, I view, + Traced in the midnight planets' blaze, + Or glist'ning in the morning dew: + Whate'er is beautiful or fair, + Is but thine own reflection there. + +2 And when the radiant orb of light + Hath tipped the mountain tops with gold + Smote with the blaze, my weary sight + Shrinks from the wonders I behold; + That ray of glory, bright and fair, + Is but thy living shadow there. + +3 Thine is the silent noon of night, + The twilight eve, the dewy morn; + Whate'er is beautiful and bright, + Thy hands have fashioned to adorn. + Thy glory walks in every sphere, + And all things whisper, "God is here." + + + + +117. C. M. Watts. + +The Perfections of God. + + +1 How shall I praise th' eternal God, + That infinite Unknown? + Who can ascend his high abode, + Or venture near his throne? + +2 Those watchful eyes that never sleep, + Survey the world around: + His wisdom is a boundless deep, + Where all our thoughts are drowned. + +3 Speak we of strength, his arm is strong, + To save or to destroy: + To him eternal years belong, + And never-ending joy. + +4 He knows no shadow of a change, + Nor alters his decrees; + Firm as a rock his truth remains, + To guard his promises. + + + + +118. C. M. Drennan. + +"God is a Spirit." + + +1 The heaven of heavens cannot contain + The universal Lord; + Yet he in humble hearts will deign + To dwell and be adored. + +2 Where'er ascends the sacrifice + Of fervent praise and prayer, + Or on the earth, or in the skies, + The God of heaven is there. + +3 His presence is diffused abroad + Through realms, through worlds unknown; + Who seek the mercies of our God + Are ever near his throne. + + + + +119. C. M. Watts. + +Power, Wisdom and Goodness of God. + + +1 I sing the mighty power of God, + That made the mountains rise, + That spread the flowing seas abroad, + And built the lofty skies. + +2 I sing the wisdom that ordained + The sun to rule the day; + The moon shines full at his command, + And all the stars obey. + +3 I sing the goodness of the Lord, + That filled the earth with food; + He formed the creatures with his word, + And then pronounced them good. + +4 There's not a plant or flower below, + But makes thy glories known; + And clouds arise, and tempests blow, + By order from thy throne. + + + + +120. L. M. Mrs. Gilman. + +God our Father. + + +1 Is there a lone and dreary hour, + When worldly pleasures lose their power? + My Father! let me turn to thee, + And set each thought of darkness free. + +2 Is there a time of rushing grief, + Which scorns the prospect of relief? + My Father! break the cheerless gloom, + And bid my heart its calm resume. + +3 Is there an hour of peace and joy, + When hope is all my soul's employ? + My Father! still my hopes will roam, + Until they rest with thee, their home. + +4 The noontide blaze, the midnight scene, + The dawn, or twilight's sweet serene, + The glow of life, the dying hour, + Shall own my Father's grace and power. + + + + +121. 10s. M. Mme. Guion. + +God Incomprehensible. + + +1 Almighty Former of creation's plan, + Faintly reflected in thine image, man; + Holy and just,--the greatness of whose name + Rules and supports this universal frame:-- + +2 Whose spirit fills the infinitude of space,-- + Who art thyself thine own vast dwelling place;-- + Soul of our soul, whom yet no sense of ours + Discerns, eluding our most active powers:-- + +3 Encircling shades attend thine awful throne, + That veil thy face, and keep thee still unknown; + Unknown, though dwelling in our inmost part, + Lord of the thoughts, and Sovereign of the heart! + + + + +122. C. M. Wallace. + +God seen in his Works. + + +1 There's not a star whose twinkling light + Illumes the distant earth, + And cheers the solemn gloom of night, + But goodness gave it birth. + +2 There's not a cloud whose dews distil + Upon the parching clod, + And clothe with verdure vale and hill, + That is not sent by God. + +3 There's not a place in earth's vast round, + In ocean deep, or air, + Where skill and wisdom are not found; + For God is everywhere. + +4 Around, within, below, above, + Wherever space extends, + There Heaven displays its boundless love, + And power with goodness blends. + + + + +123. C. M. Watts. + +God the Creator. + + +1 Eternal Wisdom, thee we praise; + Thee all thy creatures sing: + While with thy name, rocks, hills, and seas, + And heaven's high palace, ring. + +2 Thy hand, how wide it spread the sky! + How glorious to behold! + Tinged with a blue of heavenly dye, + And decked with sparkling gold. + +3 Thy glories blaze all nature round, + And strike the gazing sight, + Through skies, and seas, and solid ground, + With terror and delight. + +4 Almighty power, and equal skill, + Shine through the worlds abroad, + Our souls with vast amazement fill, + And speak the builder, God. + + + + +124. S. M. Mrs. Steele. + +God, our Creator and Benefactor. + + +1 My Maker and my King! + To thee my all I owe: + Thy sovereign bounty is the spring, + From whence my blessings flow. + +2 Thou ever good and kind! + A thousand reasons move, + A thousand obligations bind + My heart to grateful love. + +3 The creature of thy hand, + On thee alone I live: + My God! thy benefits demand + More praise than tongue can give. + +4 O let thy grace inspire + My soul with strength divine; + Let all my powers to thee aspire, + And all my days be thine. + + + + +125. L. M. Watts. + +The Good Providence of God. Ps. 36. + + +1 High in the heavens, eternal God! + Thy goodness in full glory shines; + Thy truth shall break through every cloud + That veils and darkens thy designs. + +2 Forever firm thy justice stands, + As mountains their foundations keep; + Wise are the wonders of thy hands; + Thy judgments are a mighty deep. + +3 Thy providence is kind and large; + Both man and beast thy bounty share; + The whole creation is thy charge, + But saints are thy peculiar care. + +4 Life, like a fountain, rich and free, + Springs from the presence of my Lord; + And in thy light our souls shall see + The glories promised in thy word. + + + + +126. L. M. Kippis. + +God Incomprehensible. + + +1 Great God! in vain man's narrow view + Attempts to look thy nature through; + Our laboring powers with reverence own + Thy glories never can be known. + +2 Not the high seraph's mighty thought, + Who countless years his God has sought, + Such wondrous height or depth can find, + Or fully trace thy boundless mind. + +3 And yet thy kindness deigns to show + Enough for mortal minds to know; + While wisdom, goodness, power divine, + Through all thy works and conduct shine. + +4 O, may our souls with rapture trace + Thy works of nature and of grace: + Explore thy sacred truth, and still + Press on to know and do thy will. + + + + +127. C. M. Tate & Brady. + +God Unchangeable. + + +1 Through endless years thou art the same, + O thou eternal God; + Each future age shall know thy name, + And tell thy works abroad. + +2 The strong foundations of the earth + Of old by thee were laid; + By thee the beauteous arch of heaven + With matchless skill was made. + +3 Soon may this goodly frame of things + Created by thy hand, + Be, like a vesture, laid aside, + And changed at thy command. + +4 But thy perfections, all divine, + Eternal as thy days, + Through everlasting ages shine, + With undiminished rays. + + + + +128. C. M. Cowper. + +Purposes of God developed by his Providence. + + +1 God moves in a mysterious way, + His wonders to perform; + He plants his footsteps in the sea, + And rides upon the storm. + +2 Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take; + The clouds ye so much dread + Are big with mercy, and shall break + In blessings on your head. + +3 Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, + But trust him for his grace; + Behind a frowning providence + He hides a smiling face. + +4 His purposes will ripen fast + Unfolding every hour; + The bud may have a bitter taste, + But sweet will be the flower. + +5 Blind unbelief is sure to err, + And scan his work in vain; + God is his own interpreter, + And he will make it plain. + + + + +129. S. M. Montgomery. + +"The darkness and the light are both alike to thee." + + +1 In darkness as in light, + Hidden alike from view, + I sleep, I wake within His sight, + Who looks existence through. + +2 From the dim hour of birth, + Through every changing state + Of mortal pilgrimage on earth, + Till its appointed date; + +3 All that I am,--have been,-- + All that I yet may be, + He sees at once, as he hath seen, + And shall forever see. + + + + +130. C. M. Browne. + +Universal Goodness of God. + + +1 Lord! thou art good: all nature shows + Its mighty Author kind: + Thy bounty through creation flows, + Full, free, and unconfined. + +2 The whole, and every part, proclaims + Thine infinite good-will; + It shines in stars, and flows in streams, + And blooms on every hill. + +3 We view it o'er the spreading main, + And heavens which spread more wide; + It drops in gentle showers of rain, + And rolls in every tide. + +4 Through the vast whole it pours supplies, + Spreads joy through every part: + O, may such love attract my eyes, + And captivate my heart! + +5 My highest admiration raise, + My best affections move! + Employ my tongue in songs of praise, + And fill my heart with love! + + + + +131. L. M. Mme. Guion. + +The Omnipresent Peace of God. + + +1 O Thou, by long experience tried, + Near whom no grief can long abide;-- + My Lord, how full of sweet content + My years of pilgrimage are spent! + +2 All scenes alike engaging prove, + To souls impressed with sacred love; + Where'er they dwell, they dwell in thee, + In heaven, in earth, or on the sea. + +3 To them remains nor place nor time; + Their country is in every clime; + They can be calm and free from care + On any shore, since God is there. + +4 While place we seek, or place we shun, + The soul finds happiness in none; + But with a God to guide our way, + 'Tis equal joy to go or stay. + + + + +132. C. M. Eng. Bap. Coll. + +Providence Kind and Bountiful. + + +1 Thy kingdom, Lord, forever stands, + While earthly thrones decay; + And time submits to thy commands, + While ages roll away. + +2 Thy sovereign bounty freely gives + Its unexhausted store; + And universal nature lives + On thy sustaining power. + +3 Holy and just in all its ways + Is Providence divine; + In all its works, immortal rays + Of power and mercy shine. + +4 The praise of God--delightful theme!-- + Shall fill my heart and tongue; + Let all creation bless his name, + In one eternal song. + + + + +133. S. M. Watts. + +A Holy God. Ps. 99. + + +1 Exalt the Lord our God, + And worship at his feet; + His nature is all holiness, + And mercy is his seat. + +2 When Israel was his church, + When Aaron was his priest, + When Moses cried, when Samuel prayed, + He gave his people rest. + +3 Oft he forgave their sins, + Nor would destroy their race; + And oft he made his vengeance known, + When they abused his grace. + +4 Exalt the Lord our God, + Whose grace is still the same; + Still he's a God of holiness, + And jealous for his name. + + + + +134. C. M. Tate & Brady. + +God's Condescension. + + +1 O Thou, to whom all creatures bow + Within this earthly frame, + Through all the world how great art thou! + How glorious is thy name! + +2 When heaven, thy glorious work on high, + Employs my wondering sight,-- + The moon, that nightly rules the sky, + With stars of feebler light,-- + +3 Lord, what is man, that he is blessed + With thy peculiar care! + Why on his offspring is conferred + Of love so large a share? + +4 O Thou, to whom all creatures bow + Within this earthly frame, + Through all the world how great art thou! + How glorious is thy name! + + + + +135. L. M. Wm. Taylor. + +God the Universal Benefactor. + + +1 God of the universe! whose hand + Hath sown with suns the fields of space, + Round which, obeying thy command, + Unnumbered worlds fulfil their race: + +2 How vast the region, where thy will + Existence, form, and order gives! + Pleased the wide cup with joy to fill, + For all that grows, and feels, and lives. + +3 Lord! while we thank thee, let us learn + Beneficence to all below; + Those praise thee best, whose bosoms burn + Thy gifts on others to bestow. + + + + +136. L. M. C. Wesley. + +The Holiness of God. + + +1 Holy as thou, O Lord, is none! + Thy holiness is all thine own; + A drop of that unbounded sea + Is ours, a drop derived from thee. + +2 And when thy purity we share, + Only thy glory we declare; + And humbled into nothing own, + Holy and pure is God alone. + +3 Sole self-existent God and Lord, + By all the heavenly hosts adored! + Let all on earth bow down to thee, + And own thy peerless majesty. + + + + +137. 6s. M. Drummond. + +Unity of God. + + +1 The God who reigns alone + O'er earth, and sea, and sky, + Let man with praises own, + And sound his honors high. + +2 Him all in heaven above, + Him all on earth below, + The exhaustless Source of love, + The great Creator know. + +3 He formed the living flame, + He gave the reasoning mind; + Then only He may claim + The worship of mankind. + +4 So taught his only Son, + Blessed messenger of grace! + The Eternal is but one, + No second holds his place. + + + + +138. C. M. Thomson. + +All-embracing Providence of God. + + +1 Jehovah God! thy gracious power + On every hand we see; + O may the blessings of each hour + Lead all our thoughts to thee. + +2 If, on the wings of morn, we speed + To earth's remotest bound, + Thy hand will there our footsteps lead, + Thy love, our path surround. + +3 Thy power is in the ocean deeps, + And reaches to the skies; + Thine eye of mercy never sleeps, + Thy goodness never dies. + +4 In all the varying scenes of time, + On thee our hopes depend; + Through every age, in every clime, + Our Father, and our Friend! + + + + +139. C. M. Beddome. + +The Mysteries of Providence. + + +1 Almighty God! thy wondrous works + Of providence and grace, + An angel's perfect mind exceed, + And all our pride abase. + +2 Stupendous heights! amazing depths! + Creatures in vain explore: + Or, if a transient glimpse we gain, + 'Tis faint and quickly o'er. + +3 Though all the mysteries lie concealed + Beyond what we can see, + Grant us the knowledge of ourselves, + The knowledge, Lord, of thee. + + + + +140. L. M. Tate & Brady. + +"Whither shall I go from thy presence?" + + +1 Thou, Lord, by strictest search hast known + My rising up and lying down; + My secret thoughts are known to thee, + Known long before conceived by me. + +2 O could I so perfidious be, + To think of once deserting thee! + Where, Lord, could I thy influence shun? + Or whither from thy presence run? + +3 If I the morning's wings could gain, + And fly beyond the western main, + Thy swifter hand would first arrive, + And there arrest thy fugitive. + +4 Or should I try to shun thy sight + Beneath the sable wings of night, + One glance from thee, one piercing ray, + Would kindle darkness into day. + +5 Search, try, O God, my thoughts and heart, + If mischief lurks in any part; + Correct me where I go astray, + And guide me in thy perfect way. + + + + +141. L. M. 6l. W. Ray. + +Perfection of God. + + +1 Thou art, almighty Lord of all, + From everlasting still the same; + Before thee dazzling seraphs fall, + And veil their faces in a flame, + To see such bright perfections glow-- + Such floods of glory from thee flow. + +2 What mortal hand shall dare to paint + A semblance of thy glory, Lord? + The brightest rainbow-tints are faint; + The brightest stars of heaven afford + But dim effusions of those rays + Of light that round Jehovah blaze. + +3 The sun himself is but a gleam, + A transient meteor, from thy throne; + And every frail and fickle beam, + That ever in creation shone, + Is nothing, Lord, compared to thee + In thy own vast immensity. + +4 But though thy brightness may create + All worship from the hosts above, + What most thy name must elevate + Is, that thou art a God of love; + And mercy is the central sun + Of all thy glories joined in one. + + + + +142. L. M. Watts. + +"Canst thou find out the Almighty?" + + +1 Can creatures to perfection find + Th' eternal, uncreated Mind? + Or can the largest stretch of thought + Measure and search his nature out? + +2 God is a King of power unknown; + Firm are the orders of his throne; + If he resolve, who dare oppose, + Or ask him why or what he does? + +3 He frowns, and darkness veils the moon + The fainting sun grows dim at noon: + The pillars of heaven's starry roof + Tremble and start at his reproof. + +4 These are a portion of his ways: + But who shall dare describe his face? + Who can endure his light, or stand + To hear the thunders of his hand? + + + + +143. C. H. M. Anonymous. + +The surpassing Glory of God. + + +1 Since o'er thy footstool here below + Such radiant gems are strown, + O what magnificence must glow, + Great God, about thy throne! + So brilliant here these drops of light-- + There the full ocean rolls--how bright! + +2 If night's blue curtain of the sky-- + With thousand stars inwrought, + Hung like a royal canopy + With glittering diamonds fraught-- + Be, Lord, thy temple's outer veil, + What splendor at the shrine must dwell! + +3 The dazzling sun, at noon-day hour-- + Forth from his flaming vase + Flinging o'er earth the golden shower + Till vale and mountain blaze-- + But shows, O Lord, one beam of thine: + What, then, the day where thou dost shine? + +4 O how shall these dim eyes endure + That noon of living rays! + Or how our spirits so impure, + Upon thy glory gaze!-- + Anoint, O Lord, anoint our sight, + And fit us for that world of light. + + + + +144. C. M. Sternhold. + +Majesty of God. Ps. 18. + + +1 The Lord descended from above, + And bowed the heavens most high, + And underneath his feet he cast + The darkness of the sky. + +2 On cherubim and seraphim + Full royally he rode, + And on the wings of mighty winds + Came flying all abroad. + +3 He sat serene upon the floods, + Their fury to restrain, + And he, as sovereign Lord and King, + Forevermore shall reign. + + + + +145. C. M. Watts. + +Decrees and Providence of God. + + +1 Let the whole race of creatures lie + Abased before the Lord: + Whate'er his mighty hand has formed + He governs with a word. + +2 Ten thousand ages ere the skies + Were into motion brought, + All the long years and worlds to come + Stood present to his thought. + +3 Trusting thy wisdom, God of love, + We would not wish to know + What, in the book of thy decrees, + Awaits us here below + +4 Be this alone our fervent prayer,-- + Whate'er our lot shall be, + Or joys, or sorrows, may they form + Our souls for heaven and thee. + + + + +146. L. M. Walker's Coll. + +"God, with whom is no Variableness." + + +1 All-powerful, self-existent God, + Who all creation dost sustain! + Thou wast, and art, and art to come, + And everlasting is thy reign! + +2 Fixed and eternal as thy days, + Each glorious attribute divine, + Through ages infinite, shall still + With undiminished lustre shine. + +3 Fountain of being! Source of good! + Immutable thou dost remain! + Nor can the shadow of a change + Obscure the glories of thy reign. + +4 Earth may with all her powers dissolve, + If such the great Creator's will; + But thou forever art the same, + I AM, is thy memorial still. + + + + +147. C. M. Anonymous. + +God Omnipresent. + + +1 There's not a place in earth's vast round, + In ocean deep, or air, + Where skill and wisdom are not found, + For God is everywhere. + +2 Around, within, below, above, + Wherever space extends, + There heaven displays its boundless love, + And power with mercy blends. + +3 Then rise, my soul, and sing his name, + And all his praise rehearse, + Who spread abroad earth's wondrous frame, + And built the universe. + +4 Where'er thine earthly lot is cast, + His power and love declare; + Nor think the mighty theme too vast, + For God is everywhere. + + + + +148. L. M. Anonymous. + +Providence Mysterious. + + +1 Thy ways, O Lord, with wise design, + Are framed upon thy throne above, + And every dark or bending line + Meets in the centre of thy love. + +2 With feeble light, and half obscure, + Poor mortals thine arrangements view, + Not knowing that the least are sure, + And the mysterious just and true. + +3 They neither know nor trace the way; + But, trusting to thy piercing eye, + None of their feet to ruin stray, + Nor shall the weakest fail or die. + +4 My favored soul shall meekly learn + To lay her reason at thy throne; + Too weak thy secrets to discern, + I'll trust thee for my guide alone. + + + + +GENERAL PRAISE. + + + + +149. L. M. Tate & Brady. + +Praise to the great Jehovah. + + +1 Be thou, O God, exalted high; + And as thy glory fills the sky, + So let it be on earth displayed, + Till thou art here, as there, obeyed. + +2 O God, our hearts are fixed and bent + Their thankful tribute to present; + And, with the heart, the voice, we'll raise + To thee, our God, in songs of praise. + +3 Thy praises, Lord, we will resound + To all the listening nations round; + Thy mercy highest heaven transcends; + Thy truth beyond the clouds extends. + +4 Be thou, O God, exalted high; + And as thy glory fills the sky, + So let it be on earth displayed, + Till thou art here, as there, obeyed. + + + + +150. 7s. M. Salisbury Coll. + +Adoration. + + +1 Holy, holy, holy Lord, + Be thy glorious name adored; + Lord, thy mercies never fail; + Hail, celestial goodness, hail! + +2 Though unworthy, Lord, thine ear, + Deign our humble songs to hear; + Purer praise we hope to bring, + When around thy throne we sing. + +3 There no tongue shall silent be; + All shall join in harmony; + That, through heaven's capacious round, + Praise to thee may ever sound. + +4 Lord, thy mercies never fail; + Hail, celestial goodness, hail! + Holy, holy, holy Lord, + Be thy glorious name adored. + + + + +151. 10s. & 11s. Grant. + +God Glorious. + + +1 O, worship the King, all glorious above, + And gratefully sing his wonderful love, + Our Shield and Defender, the Ancient of Days, + Pavilioned in splendor, and girded with praise. + +2 Thy bountiful care what tongue can recite? + It breathes in the air, it shines in the light, + It streams from the hills, it descends to the plain, + And sweetly distils in the dew and the rain. + +3 Frail children of dust, and feeble as frail, + In thee do we trust, nor find thee to fail; + Thy mercies how tender! how firm to the end! + Our Maker, Defender, Redeemer, and Friend. + +4 Father Almighty, how faithful thy love! + While angels delight to hymn thee above, + The humbler creation, though feeble their lays + With true adoration shall lisp to thy praise. + + + + +152. C. M. Hemans. + +Invitation to offer Praise. + + +1 Praise ye the Lord; on every height + Songs to his glory raise; + Ye angel hosts, ye stars of night, + Join in immortal praise. + +2 O fire and vapor, hail and snow, + Ye servants of his will; + O stormy winds, that only blow + His mandates to fulfil;-- + +3 Mountains and rocks, to heaven that rise + Fair cedars of the wood; + Creatures of life that wing the skies, + Or track the plains for food;-- + +4 Judges of nations; kings, whose hand + Waves the proud sceptre high; + O youths and virgins of the land; + O age and infancy;-- + +5 Praise ye his name, to whom alone + All homage should be given, + Whose glory, from th' eternal throne, + Spreads wide o'er earth and heaven. + + + + +153. 7s. M. Milton. + +Praise to God. + + +1 Let us, with a gladsome mind, + Praise the Lord, for he is kind; + For his mercies shall endure, + Ever faithful, ever sure. + +2 Let us sound his name abroad, + For of gods he is the God; + Who, with all-commanding might, + Filled the new-made world with light; + +3 Caused the golden-tressed sun + All day long his course to run; + And the moon to shine by night, + 'Mongst her spangled sisters bright. + +4 His own people he did bless, + In the wasteful wilderness; + He hath, with a piteous eye, + Viewed us in our misery. + +5 All his creatures he doth feed; + His full hand supplies their need; + Let us, therefore, warble forth + His high majesty and worth. + + + + +154. L. M. Tate & Brady. + +Praise and Holiness. + + +1 O render thanks to God above, + The fountain of eternal love; + Whose mercy firm through ages past + Has stood and shall forever last. + +2 Who can his mighty deeds express?-- + Not only vast, but numberless! + What mortal eloquence can raise + His tribute of immortal praise? + +3 Happy are they, and only they, + Who from thy judgments never stray; + Who know what's right, nor only so, + But always practise what they know. + +4 Extend to me that favor, Lord, + Thou to thy chosen dost afford: + When thou return'st to set them free, + Let thy salvation visit me. + + + + +155. 7s. M. J. Taylor. + +The Divine Glories Celebrated. + + +1 Glory be to God on high, + God, whose glory fills the sky; + Peace on earth to man forgiven, + Man, the well-beloved of Heaven. + +2 Favored mortals! raise the song; + Endless thanks to God belong; + Hearts o'erflowing with his praise, + Join the hymns your voices raise. + +3 Mark the wonders of his hand! + Power no empire can withstand; + Wisdom, angel's glorious theme; + Goodness, one eternal stream. + +4 Awful Being! from thy throne + Send thy promised blessings down; + Let thy light, thy truth, thy peace, + Bid our raging passions cease. + + + + +156. H. M. Sacred Lyrics. + +Perpetual Praise. + + +1 To thee, great Source of light! + My thankful voice I'll raise; + And all my powers unite + To celebrate thy praise; + And, till my voice is lost in death, + May praise employ my every breath. + +2 And when this feeble tongue + Lies silent in the dust, + My soul shall dwell among + The spirits of the just; + Then, with the shining hosts above, + In nobler strains I'll sing thy love. + + + + +157. L. M. H. Ballou, 2d. + +The Same. + + +1 Praise ye the Lord, around whose throne + All heaven in ceaseless worship waits, + Whose glory fills the worlds unknown-- + Praise ye the Lord from Zion's gates. + +2 With mingling souls and voices join; + To him the swelling anthem raise; + Repeat his name with joy divine, + And fill the temple with his praise. + +3 All-gracious God, to thee we owe + Each joy and blessing time affords,-- + Light, life, and health, and all below, + Spring from thy presence, Lord of lords. + +4 Thine be the praise, for thine the love + That freely all our sins forgave, + Pointed our dying eyes above, + And showed us life beyond the grave. + + + + +158. L. M. Watts. + +The Same. Ps. 145. + + +1 My God, my King, thy various praise + Shall fill the remnant of my days; + Thy grace employ my humble tongue + Till death and glory raise the song. + +2 The wings of every hour shall bear + Some thankful tribute to thine ear; + And every setting sun shall see + New works of duty done for thee. + +3 Let distant times and nations raise + The long succession of thy praise, + And unborn ages make my song + The joy and labor of their tongue. + +4 But who can speak thy wondrous deeds? + Thy greatness all our thoughts exceeds + Vast and unsearchable thy ways: + Vast and immortal be thy praise. + + + + +159. 6s. 6s. & 4s. M. Anonymous. + +The Same. Ps. 150. + + +1 Praise ye Jehovah's name; + Praise through his courts proclaim; + Rise and adore;-- + High o'er the heavens above + Sound his great acts of love, + While his rich grace we prove, + Vast as his power. + +2 Now let the trumpet raise + Sounds of triumphant praise + Wide as his fame; + There let the harp be found; + Organs, with solemn sound, + Roll your deep notes around, + Filled with his name. + +3 While his high praise ye sing, + Shake every sounding string: + Sweet the accord!-- + He vital breath bestows: + Let every breath that flows + His noblest fame disclose-- + Praise ye the Lord. + + + + +160. H. M. Tate & Brady. + +Praise from Heaven and Earth. + + +1 Ye boundless realms of joy, + Exalt your Maker's name; + His praise your songs employ + Above the starry frame: + Your voices raise, + Ye cherubim + And seraphim, + To sing his praise. + +2 Let all adore the Lord, + And praise his holy name, + By whose almighty word + They all from nothing came; + And all shall last, + From changes free; + His firm decree + Stands ever fast. + + + + +161. C. P. M. Ogilvie. + +Praise from all Nature. Ps. 148. + + +1 Begin, my soul, th' exalted lay; + Let each enraptured thought obey, + And praise th' Almighty's name. + Lo, heaven and earth and seas and skies + In one melodious concert rise + To swell th' inspiring theme. + +2 Thou heaven of heavens, his vast abode-- + Ye clouds, proclaim your Maker, God; + Ye thunders, speak his power. + Lo, on the lightning's rapid wings + In triumph rides the King of Kings: + Th' astonished worlds adore. + +3 Ye deeps with roaring billows rise + To join the thunders of the skies-- + Praise him who bids you roll. + His praise in softer notes declare, + Each whispering breeze of yielding air, + And breathe it to the soul. + +4 Wake, all ye soaring throngs, and sing; + Ye cheerful warblers of the spring, + Harmonious anthems raise + To him who shaped your finer mould, + Who tipped your glittering wings with gold, + And tuned your voice to praise. + +5 Let man, by nobler passions swayed, + The feeling heart, the reasoning head, + In heavenly praise employ: + Spread the Creator's name around, + Till heaven's wide arch repeat the sound-- + The general burst of joy. + + + + +162. 10s. & 11s. M. Doddridge. + +A Call to Praise. + + +1 O praise ye the Lord--prepare a new song, + And let all his saints in full concert join; + With voices united the anthem prolong, + And show forth his praises with music divine. + +2 Let praise to the Lord, who made us, ascend; + Let each grateful heart be glad in its King; + The God whom we worship our songs will attend, + And view with complacence the offering we bring. + +3 Be joyful, ye saints sustained by his might, + And let your glad songs awake with each morn; + For those who obey him are still his delight-- + His hand with salvation the meek will adorn. + +4 Then praise ye the Lord--prepare a glad song, + And let all his saints in full concert join; + With voices united the anthem prolong, + And show forth his praises with music divine. + + + + +163. L. M. Watts. + +Universal Praise. + + +1 Wide as his vast dominion lies, + Make the Creator's name be known; + Loud as his thunders speak his praise, + And sound it lofty as his throne. + +2 Jehovah!--'tis a glorious word; + O may it dwell on every tongue; + But saints, who best have known the Lord, + Are bound to raise the noblest song. + +3 Speak of the wonders of that love + Which Gabriel plays on every chord; + From all below, and all above, + Loud hallelujahs to the Lord. + + + + +164. C. M. Patrick. + +Te Deum. + + +1 O God, we praise thee, and confess, + That thou the only Lord + And everlasting Father art, + By all the earth adored. + +2 To thee all angels cry aloud-- + To thee the powers on high, + Both cherubim and seraphim, + Continually do cry-- + +3 "O holy, holy, holy Lord, + Whom heavenly hosts obey, + The world is with the glory filled + Of thy majestic sway." + +4 Th' apostles' glorious company, + And prophets, crowned with light, + With all the martyrs' noble host, + Thy constant praise recite. + +5 The holy church throughout the world, + O Lord, confesses thee-- + That thou eternal Father art + Of boundless majesty. + + + + +165. 8s. & 7s. M. Fawcett. + +God of our Salvation. + + +1 Praise to thee, thou great Creator; + Praise be thine from every tongue; + Join, my soul, with every creature, + Join the universal song. + +2 Father, source of all compassion, + Free, unbounded grace is thine: + Hail the God of our salvation; + Praise him for his love divine. + +3 For ten thousand blessings given, + For the hope of future joy, + Sound his praise through earth and heaven, + Sound Jehovah's praise on high. + +4 Joyfully on earth adore him, + 'Till in heaven our song we raise; + There, enraptured, fall before him, + Lost in wonder, love, and praise. + + + + +166. H. M. George Sandys. + +General Praise. + + +1 All, from the sun's uprise, + Unto his setting rays, + Resound in jubilees, + The great Jehovah's praise. + Him serve alone; + In triumph bring + Your gifts, and sing, + Before his throne. + +2 Man drew from man his birth, + But God his noble frame + Built of the ruddy earth, + Filled with celestial flame. + His sons we are; + Sheep by him led, + Preserved and fed + With tender care. + +3 O to his portals press + In your divine resorts: + With thanks his power profess, + And praise him in his courts. + How good! How pure! + His mercies last; + His promise past, + Forever sure. + + + + +167. C. M. M. Rayner. + +The Same. + + +1 Hail! Source of light, of life, and love, + And joys that never end; + In whom all creatures live and move: + Creator, Father, Friend. + +2 All space is with thy presence crowned: + Creation owns thy care; + Each spot in nature's ample round, + Proclaims that God is there. + +3 Attuned to praise be every voice; + Let not one heart be sad: + Jehovah reigns! Let earth rejoice; + Let all the isles be glad. + +4 Then sound the anthem loud and long, + In sweetest, loftiest strains; + And be the burden of the song, + The Lord, Jehovah, reigns! + + + + +RELIGION OF NATURE. + + + + +168. L. M. 6l. Watts. + +God revealed in his Works. + + +1 Great God! the heavens' well ordered frame + Declares the glory of thy name, + There thy rich works of wonder shine: + A thousand starry beauties there, + A thousand radiant marks appear, + Of boundless skill and power divine. + +2 From night to day, from day to night, + The dawning and the dying light + Lectures of heavenly wisdom read; + With silent eloquence they raise + Our thoughts to our Creator's praise, + And neither sound nor language need. + +3 Yet thy divine instructions run + Far as the journeys of the sun: + Thy light and truth are known abroad; + We see thy smile in Nature's face, + And in the pages of thy grace + We read the glories of our God. + + + + +169. C. M. Rowe. + +Praise from all Nature. + + +1 Begin the high, celestial strain, + My raptured soul, and sing + A sacred hymn of grateful praise + To heaven's almighty King. + +2 Ye curling fountains, as ye roll + Your silver waves along, + Repeat to all your verdant shores + The subject of the song. + +3 Bear it, ye breezes, on your wings, + To distant climes away, + And round the wide-extended world + The lofty theme convey. + +4 Take up the burden of his name, + Ye clouds, as ye arise, + To deck with gold the opening morn, + Or shade the evening skies. + +5 Long let it warble round the spheres, + And echo through the sky; + Let angels, with immortal skill, + Improve the harmony;-- + +6 While we, with sacred rapture fired, + The blest Creator sing, + And chant our consecrated lays + To heaven's eternal King. + + + + +170. 8s. M. Hogg. + +God of Life. + + +1 Blessed be thy name forever, + Thou of life the Guard and Giver! + Thou canst guard thy creatures sleeping, + Heal the heart long broke with weeping: + God of stillness and of motion, + Of the desert and the ocean, + Of the mountain, rock and river, + Blessed be thy name forever! + +2 Thou who slumberest not nor sleepest, + Blest are they thou kindly keepest. + God of evening's parting ray, + Of midnight gloom, and dawning day-- + That rises from the azure sea + Like breathings of eternity; + God of life! that fade shall never, + Blessed be thy name forever! + + + + +171. H. M. H. Ballou, 2d. + +Universal Praise. + + +1 Ye realms below the skies, + Your Maker's praises sing; + Let boundless honors rise + To heaven's eternal King; + O bless his name whose love extends + Salvation to the world's far ends. + +2 Give glory to the Lord, + Ye kindreds of the earth; + His sovereign power record, + And show his wonders forth, + Till heathen tongues his grace proclaim, + And every heart adores his name. + +3 'T is he the mountains crowns + With forests waving wide; + 'T is he old ocean bounds, + And heaves her roaring tide; + He swells the tempests on the main, + Or breathes the zephyr o'er the plain. + +4 Still let the waters roar, + As round the earth they roll; + His praise for evermore + They sound from pole to pole. + 'Tis nature's wild, unconscious song + O'er thousand waves that floats along. + +5 His praise, ye worlds on high, + Display with all your spheres, + Amid the darksome sky, + When silent night appears. + O, let his works declare his name + Through all the universal frame. + + + + +172. C. M. Lutheran Coll. + +Goodness of God in his Works. + + +1 Hail, great Creator--wise and good! + To thee our songs we raise: + Nature, through all her various scenes, + Invites us to thy praise. + +2 Thy glory beams in every star, + Which gilds the gloom of night, + And decks the smiling face of morn + With rays of cheerful light. + +3 Great nature's God! still may these scenes + Our serious hours engage! + Still may our grateful hearts consult + Thy works' instructive page! + +4 And while, in all thy wondrous ways, + Thy varied love we see: + Oh, may our hearts, great God, be led + Through all thy works to thee. + + + + +173. L. M. 6l. Montgomery's Coll. + +The Beauties of Creation. + + +1 Ours is a lovely world, how fair + Thy beauties e'en on earth appear! + The seasons in their courses fall, + And bring successive joys. The sea, + The earth, the sky, are full of thee, + Benignant, glorious Lord of all! + +2 There's beauty in the heat of day; + There's glory in the noon-tide ray; + There's sweetness in the twilight shades-- + Magnificence in night. Thy love + Arch'd the grand heaven of blue above, + And all our smiling earth pervades. + +3 And if thy glories here be found, + Streaming with radiance all around, + What must the fount of glory be! + In thee we'll hope, in thee confide, + Thou, mercy's never ebbing tide, + Thou, love's unfathomable sea! + + + + +174. L. M. 6l. Moore. + +All Things are of God. + + +1 Thou art, O God, the life and light + Of all this wondrous world we see; + Its glow by day, its smile by night, + Are but reflections caught from thee; + Where'er we turn, thy glories shine, + And all things fair and bright are thine. + +2 When day, with farewell beam delays + Among the opening clouds of even, + And we can almost think we gaze, + Through opening vistas into heaven,-- + Those hues that mark the sun's decline, + So soft, so radiant, Lord, are thine. + +3 When night, with wings of starry gloom, + O'ershadows all the earth and skies, + Like some dark, beauteous bird, whose plume + Is sparkling with unnumbered eyes,-- + That sacred gloom, those fires divine, + So grand, so countless, Lord, are thine. + +4 When youthful spring around us breathes, + Thy spirit warms her fragrant sigh; + And every flower that summer wreathes + Is born beneath thy kindling eye: + Where'er we turn, thy glories shine, + And all things fair and bright are thine. + + + + +175. L. M. Addison. + +The Heavens declare the Glory of God. + + +1 The spacious firmament on high, + With all the blue ethereal sky, + And spangled heavens, a shining frame, + Their great original proclaim. + Th' unwearied sun, from day to day, + Doth his Creator's power display; + And publishes to every land + The work of an Almighty hand. + +2 Soon as the evening shades prevail, + The moon takes up the wondrous tale, + And nightly to the listening earth + Repeats the story of her birth: + Whilst all the stars which round her burn, + And all the planets in their turn, + Confirm the tidings as they roll, + And spread the truth from pole to pole. + +3 What though, in solemn silence, all + Move round this dark terrestrial ball; + What though no real voice nor sound + Amidst their radiant orbs be found; + In reason's ear they all rejoice, + And utter forth a glorious voice; + Forever singing, as they shine,-- + "The hand that made us is divine." + + + + +176. C. M. Zinzendorf. + +The Creator, God. + + +1 Lord, when thou said'st, "So let it be," + The heavens were spread and shone, + And this whole earth stood gloriously; + Thou spak'st and it was done. + +2 The whole creation still records, + Unto this very day, + That thou art God, the Lord of lords; + Thee all things must obey. + + + + +177. C. M. Bowring. + +Nature's Evening Hymn. + + +1 The heavenly spheres, to thee, O God, + Attune their evening hymn; + All wise, all holy, thou art praised, + In song of seraphim! + Unnumbered systems, suns and worlds, + Unite to worship thee, + While thy majestic greatness fills + Space, time, eternity. + +2 Nature,--a temple worthy thee, + That beams with light and love; + Whose flowers so sweetly bloom below, + Whose stars rejoice above, + Whose altars are the mountain cliffs + That rise along the shore; + Whose anthems, the sublime accord + Of storm and ocean roar; + +3 Her song of gratitude is sung + By spring's awakening hours; + Her summer offers at thy shrine + Its earliest, loveliest flowers; + Her autumn brings its ripened fruits, + In glorious luxury given; + While winter's silver heights reflect + Thy brightness back to heaven. + +4 On all thou smil'st; and what is man + Before thy presence, God; + A breath, but yesterday inspired, + To-morrow but a clod. + That clod shall mingle in the vale, + But, kindled, Lord, by thee, + The spirit to thy arms shall spring, + To life, to liberty. + + + + +178. L. M. 6l. Bowring. + +"Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night showeth knowledge." + + +1 The heavens, O Lord! thy power proclaim, + And the earth echoes back thy name; + Ten thousand voices speak thy might, + And day to day, and night to night, + Utter thy praise--thou Lord above! + Thy praise, thy glory, and thy love. + +2 And nature with its countless throng, + And sun, and moon, and planets' song, + And every flower that light receives, + And every dew that tips the leaves, + And every murmur of the sea-- + Tunes its sweet voice to worship Thee. + +3 Thy name thy glories they rehearse, + Great Spirit of the universe; + Sense of all sense, and soul of soul, + Nought is too vast for thy control; + The meanest and the mightiest share + Alike thy kindness and thy care. + + + + +179. 8s. & 7s. M. Heber. + +"Consider the lilies of the field;--behold the fowls of the air." + + +1 Lo! the lilies of the field! + How their leaves instruction yield! + Hark to nature's lesson given + By the blessed birds of heaven! + Every bush and tufted tree + Warbles trust and piety: + Children, banish doubt and sorrow,-- + God provideth for the morrow. + +2 One there lives, whose guardian eye + Guides our earthly destiny; + One there lives, who, Lord of all, + Keeps his children lest they fall: + Pass we, then, in love and praise, + Trusting him, through all our days, + Free from doubt and faithless sorrow,-- + God provideth for the morrow. + + + + +180. L. M. Peabody. + +Religious Influences of Nature. + + +1 God of the fair and open sky! + How gloriously above us springs + The tented dome, of heavenly blue, + Suspended on the rainbow's rings! + Each brilliant star, that sparkles through + Each gilded cloud that wanders free + In evening's purple radiance, gives + The beauty of its praise to thee. + +2 God of the rolling orbs above, + Thy name is written clearly bright + In the warm day's unvarying blaze, + Or evening's golden shower of light: + For every fire that fronts the sun, + And every spark that walks alone + Around the utmost verge of heaven, + Were kindled at thy burning throne. + +3 God of the world, the hour must come, + And nature's self to dust return; + Her crumbling altars must decay; + Her incense-fires shall cease to burn; + But still her grand and lovely scenes + Have made man's warmest praises flow, + For hearts grow holier as they trace + The beauty of the world below. + + + + +181. 7s. & 6s. M. Conder. + +"Day unto day uttereth speech." + + +1 The heavens declare his glory, + Their Maker's skill the skies: + Each day repeats the story, + And night to night replies. + Their silent proclamation + Throughout the earth is heard; + The record of creation, + The page of nature's word. + +2 There, from his bright pavilion, + Like eastern bridegroom clad, + Hailed by earth's thousand million, + The sun sets forth; right glad, + His glorious race commencing, + The mighty giant seems; + Through the vast round dispensing + His all-pervading beams. + +3 So pure, so soul-restoring + Is truth's diviner ray; + A brighter radiance pouring + Than all the pomp of day: + The wanderer surely guiding, + It makes the simple wise; + And evermore abiding, + Unfailing joy supplies. + + + + +182. L. M. 6l. Heber. + +The Visible World a Shadow of the Invisible. + + +1 I praised the earth in beauty seen, + With garlands gay of various green; + I praised the sea, whose ample field + Shone glorious as a silver shield; + And earth and ocean seemed to say, + "Our beauties are but for a day." + +2 I praised the sun, whose chariot rolled + On wheels of amber and of gold; + I praised the moon, whose softer eye + Gleamed sweetly through the summer sky; + And moon and sun in answer said, + "Our years are told when we must fade." + +3 O God, O, good beyond compare! + If thus thy meaner works are fair,-- + If thus thy bounties gild the span + Of sinful earth and mortal man,-- + How glorious must thy mansion be + Where thy redeemed shall dwell with thee. + + + + +183. L. M. Moore. + +Nature a Temple. + + +1 The turf shall be my fragrant shrine; + My temple, Lord, that arch of thine, + My censor's breath the mountain airs, + And silent thoughts my only prayers. + My choir shall be the moonlight waves, + When murmuring homeward to their caves, + Or when the stillness of the sea, + E'en more than music breathes of thee. + +2 I'll seek, by day, some glade unknown. + All light and silence like thy throne, + And the pale stars shall be, at night, + The only eyes that watch my rite. + Thy heaven, on which 'tis bliss to look, + Shall be my pure and shining book, + Where I can read, in words of flame, + The glories of thy wondrous name. + +3 There's nothing bright, above, below, + From flowers that bloom, to stars that glow, + But in its light my soul can see + Some feature of thy Deity. + There's nothing dark, below, above, + But in its gloom I trace thy love, + And meekly wait that moment, when + Thy touch shall turn all bright again. + + + + +THE SCRIPTURES. + + + + +184. C. M. Tate & Brady. + +Perfection of God's Law. + + +1 God's perfect law converts the soul, + Reclaims from false desires; + With sacred wisdom his sure word + The ignorant inspires. + +2 The statutes of the Lord are just, + And bring sincere delight; + His pure commands, in search of truth, + Assist the feeblest sight. + +3 His perfect worship here is fixed, + On sure foundations laid; + His equal laws are in the scales + Of truth and justice weighed. + +4 Of more esteem than golden mines, + Or gold refined with skill; + More sweet than honey, or the drops + That from the comb distil. + +5 My trusty counsellors they are, + And friendly warnings give; + Divine rewards attend on those, + Who by thy precepts live. + + + + +185. L. M. Watts. + +Nature and Scripture. Ps. 19. + + +1 The heavens declare thy glory, Lord! + In every star thy wisdom shines; + But, when our eyes behold thy word, + We read thy name in fairer lines. + +2 The rolling sun, the changing light, + And nights, and days, thy power confess; + But the blest volume thou hast writ + Reveals thy justice and thy grace. + +3 Sun, moon, and stars, convey thy praise + Round the whole earth, and never stand; + So when thy truth began its race, + It touched and glanced on every land. + +4 Nor shall thy spreading gospel rest + Till through the world thy truth has run; + Till Christ has all the nations blest, + That see the light, or feel the sun. + + + + +186. C. M. Cowper. + +Light and Glory of the Word. + + +1 A glory gilds the sacred page, + Majestic like the sun: + It gives a light to every age; + It gives, but borrows none. + +2 The hand that gave it still supplies + The gracious light and heat: + His truths upon the nations rise; + They rise, but never set. + +3 Let everlasting thanks be thine, + For such a bright display, + As makes a world of darkness shine + With beams of heavenly day. + +4 My soul rejoices to pursue + The steps of Him I love, + Till glory break upon my view + In brighter worlds above. + + + + +187. L. M. 6l. Spirit of the Psalms. + +Praise to God for his Word. + + +1 Join, all ye servants of the Lord, + To praise him for his sacred word,-- + That word, like manna, sent from heaven, + To all who seek it freely given; + Its promises our fears remove, + And fill our hearts with joy and love. + +2 It tells us, though oppressed with cares, + The God of mercy hears our prayers; + Though steep and rough th' appointed way, + His mighty arm shall be our stay; + Though deadly foes assail our peace, + His power shall bid their malice cease. + +3 It tells who first inspired our breath, + And who redeemed our souls from death; + It tells of grace,--grace freely given,-- + And shows the path to God and heaven: + O, bless we, then, our gracious Lord, + For all the treasures of his word. + + + + +188. S. M. Watts. + +Nature and Scripture. Ps. 19. + + +1 Behold! the lofty sky + Declares its Maker, God: + And all his starry works on high + Proclaim his power abroad. + +2 Ye Christian lands, rejoice! + Here he reveals his word; + We are not left to nature's voice + To bid us know the Lord. + +3 His statutes and commands + Are set before our eyes; + He puts his gospel in our hands, + Where our salvation lies. + +4 While of thy works I sing, + Thy glory to proclaim, + Accept the praise, my God, my King, + In my Redeemer's name. + + + + +189. C. M. Rippon's Coll. + +The Value of the Scriptures. + + +1 How precious is the book divine, + By inspiration given! + Bright as a lamp its doctrines shine, + To lead our souls to heaven. + +2 O'er all the strait and narrow way + Its radiant beams are cast; + A light whose never weary ray + Grows brightest at the last. + +3 It sweetly cheers our fainting hearts + In this dark vale of tears; + Life, light, and comfort it imparts, + And calms our anxious fears. + +4 This lamp through all the dreary night + Of life shall guide our way, + Till we behold the glorious light + Of never-ending day. + + + + +190. C. M. Episcopal Coll. + +Sufficiency of the Scriptures. + + +1 Great God, with wonder and with praise + On all thy works I look; + But still thy wisdom, power, and grace, + Shine brightest in thy book. + +2 Here are my choicest treasures hid; + Here my best comfort lies; + Here my desires are satisfied; + And here my hopes arise. + +3 Lord, make me understand thy law; + Show what my faults have been; + And from thy gospel let me draw + The pardon of my sin. + + + + +191. S. M. Beddome. + +Superiority of the Scriptures. + + +1 O Lord, thy perfect word + Directs our steps aright; + Nor can all other books afford + Such profit or delight. + +2 Celestial light it sheds, + To cheer this vail below; + To distant lands its glory spreads, + And streams of mercy flow. + +3 True wisdom it imparts; + Commands our hope and fear; + O, may we hide it in our hearts, + And feel its influence there. + + + + +192. L. M. Beddome. + +The Gospel Revelation. + + +1 God, in the Gospel of his Son, + Makes his eternal counsels known; + 'Tis here his richest mercy shines, + And truth is drawn in fairest lines. + +2 Wisdom its dictates here imparts, + To form our minds, to cheer our hearts; + Its influence makes the sinner live; + It bids the drooping saint revive. + +3 Our raging passions it controls, + And comfort yields to contrite souls; + It brings a better world in view, + And guides us all our journey through. + +4 May this blest volume ever lie + Close to my heart, and near my eye, + Till life's last hour my soul engage, + And be my chosen heritage. + + + + +193. C. M. Watts. + +Revelation. Ps. 119. + + +1 Let all the heathen writers join + To form one perfect book, + Great God, if once compared with thine, + How mean their writings look! + +2 Not the most perfect rules they gave + Could show one sin forgiven, + Nor lead a step beyond the grave; + But thine conduct to heaven. + +3 I've seen an end of what we call + Perfection here below; + How short the powers of nature fall, + And can no farther go! + +4 Our faith, and love, and every grace, + Fall far below thy word; + But perfect truth and righteousness + Dwell only with the Lord. + + + + +194. L. M. Anonymous. + +The Scriptures. + + +1 Lamp of our feet! whose hallowed beam + Deep in our hearts its dwelling hath, + How welcome is the cheering gleam + Thou sheddest o'er our lowly path! + Light of our way! whose ways are flung + In mercy o'er our pilgrim road, + How blessed, its dark shades among, + The star that guides us to our God. + +2 In the sweet morning's hour of prime, + Thy blessed words our lips engage, + And round our hearths at evening time + Our children spell the holy page; + The waymark through long distant years, + To guide their wandering footsteps on, + Till thy last loveliest beam appears, + Inscribed upon the churchyard stone. + +3 Lamp of our feet! which day by day + Are passing to the quiet tomb, + If on it fall thy peaceful ray, + Our last low dwelling hath no gloom. + How beautiful their calm repose + To whom thy blessed hope is given + Whose pilgrimage on earth is closed + By the unfolding gates of heaven! + + + + +195. C. M. Watts. + +Comfort from the Bible. + + +1 Lord, I have made thy word my choice, + My lasting heritage; + There shall my noblest powers rejoice, + My warmest thoughts engage. + +2 I'll read the histories of thy love, + And keep thy laws in sight, + While through the promises I rove, + With ever-fresh delight. + +3 'T is a broad land of wealth unknown, + Where springs of life arise, + Seeds of immortal bliss are sown, + And hidden glory lies. + +4 The best relief that mourners have, + It makes our sorrows blest; + Our fairest hope beyond the grave, + And our eternal rest. + + + + +196. L. M. Anonymous. + +The Same. + + +1 Thou Book of life!--in thee are found + The mysteries of my Maker's will; + Treasures of knowledge here abound, + The deepest, loftiest mind to fill. + +2 Thou art a banquet;--choicest food + I'll seek in thee: thou art a rock, + Whence pour sweet waters; every good + From thee doth flow for Christ's own flock. + +3 Light of the world! thy beams impart + To lead my feet through life's dark way; + O shine on this benighted heart, + Nor let me from thy guidance stray. + +4 Healer of all the woes of life! + The balm of souls diseased; to save + From all earth's pain; and end the strife + Of death, with victory o'er the grave! + + + + +197. S. M. E. Taylor. + +The Bible. + + +1 It is the one true light, + When other lamps grow dim, + 'T will never burn less purely bright, + Nor lead astray from Him. + It is Love's blessed band, + That reaches from the throne + To him--whoe'er he be--whose hand + Will seize it for his own! + +2 It is the golden key + Unto celestial wealth, + Joy to the sons of poverty, + And to the sick man, health! + The gently proffer'd aid + Of one who knows and best + Supplies the beings he has made + With what will make them blessed. + +3 It is the sweetest sound + That infant years can hear, + Travelling across that holy ground, + With God and angels near. + There rests the weary head, + There age and sorrow go; + And how it smooths the dying bed, + O! let the Christian show! + + + + +CHRIST; HIS CHARACTER AND OFFICES. + + + + +198. C. M. Christian Psalmist. + +The Saviour Foretold. + + +1 Behold my servant; see him rise + Exalted in my might! + Him have I chosen, and in him + I place supreme delight. + +2 On him in rich effusion poured, + My spirit shall descend; + My truth and judgment he shall show + To earth's remotest end. + +3 Gentle and still shall be his voice; + No threats from him proceed; + The smoking flax shall he not quench, + Nor break the bruised reed. + +4 The feeble spark to flames he'll raise; + The weak will not despise; + Judgment he shall bring forth to truth, + And make the fallen rise. + +5 The progress of his zeal and power + Shall never know decline, + Till foreign lands and distant isles + Receive the law divine. + + + + +199. 11s. M. Drummond. + +"Prepare ye the Way of the Lord." + + +1 A voice from the desert comes awful and shrill; + The Lord is advancing! prepare ye the way! + The word of Jehovah he comes to fulfil, + And o'er the dark world pour the splendor of day. + +2 Bring down the proud mountain though towering to heaven, + And be the low valley exalted on high; + The rough path and crooked be made smooth and even, + For, Zion! your King, your Redeemer is nigh. + +3 The beams of salvation his progress illume; + The lone, dreary wilderness sings of her Lord; + The rose and the myrtle there suddenly bloom, + And the olive of peace spreads its branches abroad. + + + + +200. 7s. M. Bowring. + +Report of the Watchman. + + +1 Watchman! tell us of the night, + What its signs of promise are. + Traveller! o'er yon mountain's height, + See that glory-beaming star. + Watchman! does its beauteous ray + Aught of joy or hope foretell? + Traveller! yes; it brings the day, + Promised day of Israel. + +2 Watchman! tell us of the night; + Higher yet that star ascends. + Traveller! blessedness and light, + Peace and truth its course portends. + Watchman! will its beams alone + Gild the spot that gave them birth? + Traveller! ages are its own; + See, it bursts o'er all the earth. + +3 Watchman! tell us of the night, + For the morning seems to dawn. + Traveller! darkness takes its flight; + Doubt and terror are withdrawn. + +4 Watchman! let thy wanderings cease; + Hie thee to thy quiet home. + Traveller! lo! the Prince of Peace, + Lo! the Son of God, is come. + + + + +201. 8s. & 7s. M. Cawood. + +Song of the Angels of Bethlehem. + + +1 Hark! what mean those holy voices, + Sweetly sounding through the skies? + Lo! th' angelic host rejoices; + Heavenly hallelujahs rise. + +2 Listen to the wondrous story + Which they chant in hymns of joy: + "Glory in the highest, glory! + Glory be to God most high! + +3 "Peace on earth, good-will from heaven, + Reaching far as man is found: + Souls redeemed and sins forgiven:-- + Loud our golden harps shall sound. + +4 "Christ is born, the great Anointed; + Heaven and earth his praises sing! + O, receive whom God appointed, + For your Prophet, Priest and King." + +5 Let us learn the wondrous story + Of our great Redeemer's birth; + Spread the brightness of his glory, + Till it cover all the earth. + + + + +202. C. M. E. H. Sears. + +Christmas Hymn. + + +1 Calm on the listening ear of night + Come heaven's melodious strains, + Where wild Judea stretches far + Her silver-mantled plains! + +2 The answering hills of Palestine + Send back the glad reply; + And greet, from all their holy heights, + The dayspring from on high + +3 O'er the blue depths of Galilee + There comes a holier calm, + And Sharon waves, in solemn praise, + Her silent groves of palm. + +4 "Glory to God!" the sounding skies + Loud with their anthems ring,-- + Peace to the earth,--good-will to men, + From heaven's eternal King!" + +5 Light on thy hills, Jerusalem! + The Saviour now is born! + And bright on Bethlehem's joyous plains + Breaks the first Christmas morn. + + + + +203. S. M. E. H. Chapin. + +The Same. + + +1 Hark! hark! with harps of gold, + What anthem do they sing?-- + The radiant clouds have backward rolled, + And angels smite the string. + "Glory to God!"--bright wings + Spread glist'ning and afar, + And on the hallowed rapture rings + From circling star to star. + +2 "Glory to God!" repeat + The glad earth and the sea; + And every wind and billow fleet, + Bears on the jubilee. + Where Hebrew bard hath sung, + Or Hebrew seer hath trod, + Each holy spot has found a tongue; + "Let glory be to God." + +3 Soft swells the music now + Along that shining choir, + And every seraph bends his brow + And breathes above his lyre. + What words of heavenly birth + Thrill deep our hearts again, + And fall like dew-drops to the earth? + "Peace and good-will to men!" + +4 Soft!--yet the soul is bound + With rapture, like a chain: + Earth, vocal, whispers them around, + And heav'n repeats the strain. + Sound, harps, and hail the morn + With ev'ry golden string;-- + For unto us this day is born + A Saviour and a King! + + + + +204. S. H. M. T. H. Bayley. + +The Same. + + +1 No loud avenging voice + Proclaimed Messiah's birth; + The Son of God came down to teach + Humility on earth, + And by his sufferings to efface + The errors of a sinful race. + +2 Not on a purple throne, + With gold and jewels crowned, + But in the meanest dwelling place + The precious babe was found: + Yet star-directed sages came, + And kneeling, glorified his name. + +3 To shepherds first was shown + The promised boon of heaven, + Who cried, "To us a child is born-- + To us a Son is given!" + Death from his mighty throne was hurled, + Faith hailed Salvation to the world. + +4 Lord! may thy holy cross + Bear peace from clime to clime, + Till all mankind at length are freed + From sorrow, shame and crime: + Dispel the unbeliever's gloom, + And end the terrors of the tomb! + + + + +205. L. M. Campbell. + +The Same. + + +1 When Jordan hushed his waters still, + And silence slept on Zion's hill; + When Bethlehem's shepherds through the night + Watched o'er their flocks by starry light: + +2 Hark! from the midnight hills around, + A voice of more than mortal sound, + In distant hallelujahs stole, + Wild murm'ring o'er the raptured soul. + +3 "O Zion! lift thy raptured eye, + The long expected hour is nigh; + The joys of nature rise again, + The Prince of Salem comes to reign. + +4 "He comes, to cheer the trembling heart, + Bids Satan and his host depart; + Again the day-star gilds the gloom, + Again the bowers of Eden bloom." + + + + +206. S. M. Watts. + +The Same. + + +1 Behold, the grace appears, + The blessing promised long; + Angels announce the Saviour near, + In this triumphant song:-- + +2 "Glory to God on high + And heavenly peace on earth; + Good-will to men, to angels joy, + At the Redeemer's birth." + +3 In worship so divine + Let men employ their tongues; + With the celestial host we join, + And loud repeat their songs:-- + +4 "Glory to God on high, + And heavenly peace on earth; + Good-will to men, to angels joy, + At our Redeemer's birth." + + + + +207. H. M. Salisbury Coll. + +The Same. + + +1 Hark! what celestial notes, + What melody, we hear! + Soft on the morn it floats, + And fills the ravished ear. + The tuneful shell, + The golden lyre, + And vocal choir, + The concert swell. + +2 Angelic hosts descend, + With harmony divine; + See, how from heaven they bend, + And in full chorus join! + "Fear not," say they; + Jesus, your King, + "Great joy we bring: + Is born to day." + +3 "Glory to God on high! + Ye mortals, spread the sound, + And let your raptures fly + To earth's remotest bound! + For peace on earth, + From God in heaven, + To man is given, + At Jesus' birth." + + + + +208. 7s. M. Anonymous. + +The Same. + + +1 Hail, all hail the joyful morn: + Tell it forth from earth to heaven, + That to us a child is born, + That to us a Son is given. + +2 Angels, bending from the sky, + Chanted, at the wondrous birth, + "Glory be to God on high, + Peace--good-will to man on earth." + +3 Join we then our feeble lays + To the chorus of the sky; + And, in songs of grateful praise, + Glory give to God on high. + + + + +209. 11s. & 10s. M. Heber. + +Star of the East. + + +1 Brightest and best of the sons of the morning, + Dawn on our darkness and lend us thine aid; + Star of the East,--the horizon adorning,-- + Guide where the infant Redeemer is laid. + +2 Cold on his cradle the dew-drops are shining; + Low lies his head with the beasts of the stall; + Angels bend o'er him, in slumber reclining,-- + Monarch, Redeemer, Restorer of all. + +3 Say, shall we yield him in costly devotion, + Odors of Edom, and offerings divine? + Gems of the mountain, and pearls of the ocean, + Myrrh from the forest, or gold from the mine? + +4 Vainly we offer each ample oblation, + Vainly with gold would his favor secure; + Richer by far is the heart's adoration, + Dearer to God are the prayers of the poor. + +5 Brightest and best of the sons of the morning, + Dawn on our darkness and lend us thine aid; + Star of the East,--the horizon adorning,-- + Guide where the infant Redeemer is laid. + + + + +210. L. M. 6l. Moore. + +Christ's Birth. + + +1 Arrayed in clouds of golden light, + More bright than heaven's effulgent bow, + Jehovah's angel came by night, + To bless the sleeping world below. + How soft the music of his tongue! + How sweet the hallowed strains he sung! + +2 Good-will henceforth to man be given, + The light of glory beams on earth: + Let angels tune the harps of heaven, + And saints rejoice in Shiloh's birth; + In him all nations shall be blest, + And his shall be a glorious rest. + + + + +211. C. P. M. Miss Roscoe. + +Christmas Hymn. + + +1 O, let your mingling voices rise, + In grateful rapture, to the skies, + And hail a Saviour's birth: + Let songs of joy the day proclaim, + When Jesus all-triumphant came + To bless the sons of earth. + +2 He came to bid the weary rest, + To heal the sinner's wounded breast, + To bind the broken heart, + To spread the light of truth around, + And to the world's remotest bound + The heavenly gift impart. + +3 He came our trembling souls to save + From sin, from sorrow, and the grave, + And chase our fears away; + Victorious over death and time, + To lead us to a happier clime, + Where reigns eternal day. + + + + +212. C. M. Doddridge. + +The Mission of Christ. + + +1 Hark, the glad sound! the Saviour comes! + The Saviour promised long! + Let every heart prepare a throne, + And every voice a song. + +2 On him the Spirit largely poured, + Exerts its sacred fire; + Wisdom and might, and zeal and love, + His holy breast inspire. + +3 He comes, from thickest films of vice + To clear the mental ray; + And on the eye-balls of the blind + To pour celestial day. + +4 He comes, the broken heart to bind, + The bleeding soul to cure; + And with the treasure of his grace + Enrich the humble poor. + +5 Our glad hosannas, Prince of Peace! + Thy welcome shall proclaim; + And heaven's eternal arches ring + With thy beloved name. + + + + +213. C. M. Watts. + +The Kingdom of Christ. + + +1 Joy to the world! the Lord is come! + Let earth receive her King; + Let every heart prepare him room, + And heaven and nature sing! + +2 Joy to the earth! the Saviour reigns! + Let men their songs employ; + While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains + Repeat the sounding joy. + +3 No more let sins and sorrows grow, + Nor thorns infest the ground; + He comes to make his blessings flow + As far as sin is found. + +4 He rules the world with truth and grace, + And makes the nations prove + The glories of his righteousness, + And wonders of his love. + + + + +214. C. M. Watts. + +John the Herald of Christ. + + +1 John was the prophet of the Lord + To go before his face; + The herald which the Prince of Peace + Sent to prepare his ways. + +2 "Behold the Lamb of God," he cries, + "That takes our guilt away; + I saw the Spirit o'er his head, + On his baptizing day. + +3 "Be every vale exalted high, + Sink every mountain low; + The proud must stoop, and humble souls + Shall his salvation know. + +4 "Behold the Morning Star arise, + Ye that in darkness sit; + He marks the path that leads to peace, + And guides our doubtful feet." + + + + +215. C. M. Exeter Coll. + +The Baptism of Jesus. + + +1 See, from on high, a light divine + On Jesus' head descend! + And hear the sacred voice from heaven + That bids us all attend. + +2 "This is my well-beloved Son," + Proclaimed the voice divine; + "Hear him," his heavenly Father said, + "For all his words are mine." + +3 His mission thus confirmed from heaven, + The great Messiah came, + And heavenly wisdom showed to man + In God his Father's name. + +4 The path of heavenly peace he showed + That leads to bliss on high; + Where all his faithful followers here + Shall live, no more to die. + + + + +216. S. M. Needham. + +Christ the Light of the World. + + +1 Behold! the Prince of Peace, + The chosen of the Lord, + God's well-beloved Son, fulfils + The sure prophetic word. + +2 No royal pomp adorns + This King of righteousness: + Meekness and patience, truth and love, + Compose his princely dress. + +3 The spirit of the Lord, + In rich abundance shed, + On this great Prophet gently lights, + And rests upon his head. + +4 Jesus, the light of men, + His doctrine life imparts; + O, may we feel its quickening power + To warm and glad our hearts. + +5 Cheered by its beams, our souls + Shall run the heavenly way; + The path which Christ has marked and trod, + Will lead to endless day. + + + + +217. L. M. Bowring. + +Jesus Preaching the Gospel. + + +1 How sweetly flowed the gospel's sound + From lips of gentleness and grace, + When listening thousands gathered round, + And joy and reverence filled the place! + +2 From heaven he came--of heaven he spoke + To heaven he led his followers' way; + Dark clouds of gloomy night he broke, + Unveiling an immortal day. + +3 "Come, wanderers, to my Father's home, + Come, all ye weary ones, and rest!" + Yes! sacred teacher,--we will come-- + Obey thee, love thee, and be blest! + +4 Decay, then, tenements of dust! + Pillars of earthly pride, decay! + A nobler mansion waits the just, + And Jesus has prepared the way. + + + + +218. L. M. Butcher. + +Miracles of Christ. + + +1 On eyes that never saw the day + Christ pours the bright celestial ray; + And deafened ears, by him unbound, + Catch all the harmony of sound. + +2 Lameness takes up its bed, and goes + Rejoicing in the strength that flows + Through every nerve; and, free from pain, + Pours forth to God the grateful strain. + +3 The shattered mind his word restores, + And tunes afresh the mental powers; + The dead revive, to life return, + And bid affection cease to mourn. + +4 Canst thou, my soul, these wonders trace, + And not admire Jehovah's grace? + Canst thou behold thy Prophet's power, + And not the God he served adore? + + + + +219. L. M. Russell. + +"That ye through his poverty might be rich." + + +1 O'er the dark wave of Galilee + The gloom of twilight gathers fast, + And on the waters drearily + Descends the fitful evening blast. + +2 The weary bird hath left the air, + And sunk into his sheltered nest; + The wandering beast has sought his lair, + And laid him down to welcome rest. + +3 Still, near the lake, with weary tread, + Lingers a form of human kind; + And on his lone, unsheltered head, + Flows the chill night-damp of the wind. + +4 Why seeks he not a home of rest? + Why seeks he not a pillowed bed? + Beasts have their dens, the bird its nest; + He hath not where to lay his head. + +5 Such was the lot he freely chose, + To bless, to save the human race; + And through his poverty there flows + A rich, full stream of heavenly grace. + + + + +220. C. M. Mrs. Hemans. + +"Peace! be still!" + + +1 Fear, was within the tossing bark, + When stormy winds grew loud, + And waves came rolling high and dark, + And the tall mast was bowed. + +2 And men stood breathless in their dread, + And baffled in their skill-- + But One was there, who rose and said + To the wild sea, "Be still!" + +3 And the wind ceased; it ceased! that word + Passed through the gloomy sky, + The troubled billows knew their Lord, + And sank beneath his eye. + +4 Thou that didst rule the angry hour, + And tame the tempest's mood-- + Oh! send, thy Spirit forth in power + O'er our dark souls to brood! + +5 Thou that didst bow the billows' pride, + Thy mandates to fulfil-- + Speak, speak to passion's raging tide, + Speak and say--"Peace, be still!" + + + + +221. L. M. 6l. Barton. + +The Pool of Bethesda. + + +1 Around Bethesda's healing wave + Waiting to hear the rustling wing, + Which spoke the angel nigh, who gave + Its virtue to that holy spring, + With patience, and with hope endued + Were seen the gathered multitude. + +2 Had they who watched and waited there + Been conscious who was passing by, + With what unceasing anxious care + Would they have sought his pitying eye; + And craved with fervency of soul, + His Power Divine to make them whole! + +3 Bethesda's pool has lost its power! + No angel, by his glad descent, + Dispenses that diviner dower + Which with its healing waters went. + But he, whose word surpassed its wave, + Is still omnipotent to save. + + + + +222. L. M. Heber. + +The Holy Guest. + + +1 Messiah Lord! who, wont to dwell + In lowly shape and cottage cell, + Didst not refuse a guest to be + At Cana's poor festivity. + +2 O when our soul from care is free, + Then, Saviour, would we think on thee; + And, seated at the festal board, + In fancy's eye behold the Lord. + +3 Then may we seem, in fancy's ear, + Thy manna-dropping tongue to hear, + And think,--"if now his searching view + Each secret of our spirit knew!" + +4 So may such joy, chastised and pure, + Beyond the bounds of earth endure; + Nor pleasure in the wounded mind + Shall leave a rankling sting behind. + + + + +223. C. M. Cowper. + +"He steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem." + + +1 The Saviour, what a noble flame, + Was kindled in his breast, + When hasting to Jerusalem, + He marched before the rest! + +2 Good-will to men, and zeal for God, + His every thought engross; + He goes to be baptized with blood; + He goes to meet the cross. + +3 With all his sufferings full in view, + And woes to us unknown, + Forth to the task his spirit flew; + 'Twas love that urged him on. + +4 And while his holy sorrows here + Engage our wondering eyes, + We learn our lighter cross to bear, + And hasten to the skies. + + + + +224. L. M. Milman. + +Christ's Entry into Jerusalem. + + +1 Ride on, ride on in majesty! + Hark! all the tribes hosanna cry! + Thy humble beast pursues his road, + With palms and scattered garments strowed. + +2 Ride on, ride on in majesty! + In lowly pomp ride on to die! + O Christ, thy triumphs now begin, + O'er captive death and conquered sin. + +3 Ride on, ride on in majesty! + The winged squadrons of the sky + Look down with sad and wondering eyes, + To see the approaching sacrifice. + +4 Ride on, ride on in majesty! + Thy last and fiercest strife is nigh; + The Father on his glorious throne + Expects his own anointed Son! + + + + +225. C. M. Mrs. Barbauld. + +Christ's New Command to his Disciples. + + +1 Behold where, breathing love divine, + Our dying Master stands! + His weeping followers, gathering round, + Receive his last commands. + +2 "Blest is the man whose softening heart + Feels all another's pain; + To whom the supplicating eye + Was never raised in vain; + +3 "Peace from the bosom of his God, + My peace to him I give; + And when he kneels before his throne, + His trembling soul shall live. + +4 "To him protection shall be shown; + And mercy from above + Descend on those who thus fulfil + The perfect law of love." + + + + +226. C. H. M. Hemans. + +The Agony in Gethsemane. + + +1 He knelt; the Saviour knelt and prayed, + When but his Father's eye + Looked, through the lonely garden's shade, + On that dread agony: + The Lord of high and heavenly birth + Was bowed with sorrow unto death. + +2 He knew them all,--the doubt, the strife, + The faint perplexing dread; + The mists that hang o'er parting life + All darkened round his head; + And the Deliverer knelt to pray; + Yet passed it not, that cup, away. + +3 It passed not, though the stormy wave + Had sunk beneath his tread; + It passed not, though to him the grave + Had yielded up its dead; + But there was sent him, from on high, + A gift of strength, for man to die. + +4 And was his mortal hour beset + With anguish and dismay? + How may we meet our conflict yet + In the dark, narrow way? + How, but through him that path who trod? + "Save, or we perish, Son of God." + + + + +227. L. M. Montgomery. + +Christ's Passion. + + +1 The morning dawns upon the place, + Where Jesus spent the night in prayer; + Through brightening glooms behold his face, + No form or comeliness is there. + +2 Last eve by those he called his own, + Betrayed, forsaken or denied, + He met his enemies alone, + In all their malice, rage, and pride. + +3 But hark! he prays;--'tis for his foes; + He speaks;--'tis comfort to his friends; + Answers;--and Paradise bestows; + "'Tis finished!"--here the conflict ends. + +4 "Truly, this was the Son of God!" + --Though in a servant's mean disguise, + And bruised beneath the Father's rod, + Not for himself,--for man he dies. + + + + +228. L. M. W. B. Tappan. + +Christ in Gethsemane. + + +1 'T is midnight; and on Olive's brow + The star is dimmed that lately shone; + 'T is midnight; in the garden, now, + The suffering Saviour prays alone. + +2 'T is midnight; and from all removed, + The Saviour wrestles lone, with fears; + E'en that disciple whom he loved + Heeds not his Master's grief and tears. + +3 'T is midnight; and for others' guilt + The man of sorrows weeps in blood; + Yet he that hath in anguish knelt + Is not forsaken by his God. + +4 'T is midnight; from celestial plains + Is borne the song that angels know; + Unheard by mortals are the strains + That sweetly soothe the Saviour's woe. + + + + +229. C. M. Haweis. + +Agony in the Garden. + + +1 Dark was the night and cold the ground + On which the Lord was laid; + His sweat like drops of blood ran down; + In agony he prayed,-- + +2 "Father, remove this bitter cup, + If such thy sacred will; + If not, content to drink it up, + Thy pleasure I fulfil." + +3 Go to the garden, sinner; see + Those precious drops that flow; + The heavy load he bore for thee; + For thee he lies so low. + +4 Then learn of him the cross to bear; + Thy Father's will obey; + And, when temptations press thee near, + Awake to watch and pray. + + + + +230. 7s. M. 6l. Montgomery. + +Christ our Example in Sufferings. + + +1 Go to dark Gethsemane, + Ye that feel temptation's power, + Your Redeemer's conflict see, + Watch with him one bitter hour. + Turn not from his griefs away, + Learn of Jesus Christ to pray. + +2 Follow to the judgment-hall, + View the Lord of life arraigned: + O the wormwood and the gall! + O the pangs his soul sustained! + Shun not suffering, shame or loss; + Learn of him to bear the cross. + +3 Calvary's mournful mountain climb; + There, admiring at his feet, + Mark that miracle of time, + God's own sacrifice complete: + "It is finished," hear him cry; + Learn of Jesus Christ to die. + +4 Early hasten to the tomb + Where they laid his breathless clay; + All is solitude and gloom; + --Who has taken him away? + Christ is risen; he meets our eyes-- + Saviour, teach us so to rise. + + + + +231. C. M. Christian Psalmist. + +The Crucifixion of Christ. + + +1 Behold the Saviour on the cross, + A spectacle of woe! + See from his agonizing wounds + The blood incessant flow; + +2 Till death's pale ensigns o'er his cheek + And trembling lips were spread; + Till light forsook his closing eyes, + And life his drooping head. + +3 'Tis finished--the Messiah dies + For sins, but not his own; + The great redemption is complete, + And death is overthrown. + +4 'Tis finished--ritual worship ends, + And Gospel ages run; + All old things now are past away, + A new world is begun. + + + + +232. L. M. Steele. + +A Dying Saviour. + + +1 Stretched on the cross, the Saviour dies, + Hark! his expiring groans arise; + See, from his hands, his feet, his side, + Descends the sacred, crimson tide. + +2 And didst thou bleed?--for sinners bleed? + And could the sun behold the deed? + No; he withdrew his cheering ray, + And darkness veiled the mourning day. + +3 Can I survey this scene of woe, + Where mingling grief and mercy flow, + And yet my heart so hard remain,-- + Unmoved by either love or pain! + +4 Come, dearest Lord, thy grace impart, + To warm this cold, this stupid heart, + Till all its powers and passions move, + In melting grief and ardent love. + + + + +233. L. M. Stennett. + +Christ Suffering on the Cross. + + +1 "'T is finished!"--so the Saviour cried, + And meekly bowed his head and died: + "'T is finished!"--yes, the race is run, + The battle fought, the victory won. + +2 "'T is finished!"--all that heaven foretold + By prophets in the days of old; + And truths are opened to our view, + That kings and prophets never knew. + +3 "'T is finished!"--Son of God, thy power + Hath triumphed in this awful hour; + And yet our eyes with sorrow see + That life to us was death to thee. + +4 "'T is finished!"--let the joyful sound + Be heard through all the nations round; + "'Tis finished!"--let the triumph rise, + And swell the chorus of the skies. + + + + +234. L. M. Watts. + +Christ's Death and Resurrection. + + +1 He dies! the Friend of sinners dies! + Lo, Salem's daughters weep around! + A solemn darkness veils the skies! + A sudden trembling shakes the ground! + +2 Come, saints, and drop a tear or two + For him who groaned beneath your load! + He shed a thousand drops for you-- + A thousand drops of richest blood! + +3 Here's love and grief beyond degree; + The Lord of glory dies for men;-- + But lo, what sudden joys we see! + Jesus, the dead, revives again! + +4 The rising Lord forsakes the tomb-- + The tomb in vain forbids his rise; + Cherubic legions guard him home, + And shout him welcome to the skies! + + + + +235. 7s. M. Gibbons. + +Christ's Resurrection. + + +1 Angels, roll the rock away; + Death, yield up thy mighty prey; + See! he rises from the tomb, + Glowing with immortal bloom. + +2 'T is the Saviour! Angels, raise + Fame's eternal trump of praise; + Let the earth's remotest bound + Hear the joy-inspiring sound. + +3 Now, ye saints, lift up your eyes; + Now to glory see him rise + In long triumph up the sky-- + Up to waiting worlds on high. + +4 Praise him, all ye heavenly choirs, + Praise, and sweep your golden lyres; + Shout, O earth, in rapturous song; + Let the strains be sweet and strong. + +5 Every note with wonder swell,-- + And the Saviour's triumph tell; + Where, O death, is now thy sting? + Where thy terrors, vanquished king? + + + + +236. 7s. M. Collyer. + +The Same. + + +1 Morning breaks upon the tomb! + Jesus dissipates its gloom! + Day of triumph through the skies, + See the glorious Saviour rise! + +2 Christians, dry your flowing tears; + Chase those unbelieving fears; + Look on his deserted grave; + Doubt no more his power to save. + +3 Ye who are of death afraid, + Triumph in the scattered shade; + Drive your anxious fears away; + See the place where Jesus lay. + +4 So the rising sun appears, + Shedding radiance o'er the spheres; + So returning beams of light + Chase the terrors of the night. + + + + +237. C. M. Watts. + +Ascension and Reign of Christ. + + +1 O for a shout of sacred joy + To God the sovereign King! + Let every land their tongues employ, + And hymns of triumph sing. + +2 Jesus, our God, ascends on high; + His heavenly guards around + Attend him rising through the sky, + With trumpet's joyful sound. + +3 While angels shout and praise their King, + Let mortals learn their strains; + Let all the earth his honors sing; + O'er all the earth he reigns. + +4 Speak forth his praise with awe profound; + Let knowledge guide the song; + Nor mock him with a solemn sound + Upon a thoughtless tongue. + + + + +238. L. M. Watts. + +Example of Christ. + + +1 My dear Redeemer, and my Lord, + I read my duty in thy word: + But in thy life the law appears, + Drawn out in living characters. + +2 Such was thy truth, and such thy zeal, + Such deference to thy Father's will, + Such love, and meekness so divine, + I would transcribe, and make them mine. + +3 Cold mountains, and the midnight air, + Witnessed the fervor of thy prayer, + The desert thy temptations knew, + Thy conflict, and thy victory, too. + +4 Be thou my pattern; may I bear + More of thy gracious image here; + Then God, the Judge, shall own my name + Among the followers of the Lamb. + + + + +239. C. M. Enfield. + +The Same. + + +1 Behold, where, in a mortal form, + Appears each grace divine; + The virtues, all in Jesus met, + With mildest radiance shine. + +2 To spread the rays of heavenly light, + To give the mourner joy, + To preach glad tidings to the poor, + Was his divine employ. + +3 'Midst keen reproach and cruel scorn, + Patient and meek he stood; + His foes, ungrateful, sought his life; + He labored for their good. + +4 In the last hour of deep distress, + Before his Father's throne, + With soul resigned, he bowed, and said, + "Thy will, not mine, be done!" + +5 Be Christ our pattern and our guide! + His image may we bear! + O, may we tread his holy steps, + His joy and glory share! + + + + +240. C. P. M. Medley. + +Excellency of Christ. + + +1 O, could we speak the matchless worth, + O, could we sound the glories forth, + Which in our Saviour shine, + We'd soar, and touch the heavenly strings, + And vie with Gabriel, while he sings, + In notes almost divine. + +2 We'd sing the characters he bears, + And all the forms of love he wears, + Exalted on his throne: + In loftiest songs of sweetest praise, + We would, to everlasting days, + Make all his glories known. + +3 O, the delightful day will come, + When Christ our Lord will bring us home + And we shall see his face; + Then, with our Saviour, Brother, Friend, + A blest eternity we'll spend, + Triumphant in his grace. + + + + +241. L. M. Doddridge. + +Christ's Submission to his Father's Will. + + +1 "Father divine," the Saviour cried, + While horrors pressed on every side, + And prostrate on the ground he lay, + "Remove this bitter cup away. + +2 "But if these pangs must still be borne + Or helpless man be left forlorn, + I bow my soul before thy throne, + And say, Thy will, not mine, be done." + +3 Thus our submissive souls would bow, + And, taught by Jesus, lie as low; + Our hearts, and not our lips alone, + Would say, Thy will, not ours, be done. + +4 Then, though like him in dust we lie, + We'll view the blissful moment nigh, + Which, from our portion in his pains, + Calls to the joy in which he reigns. + + + + +242. L. M. Bache. + +"Greater love hath no man than this." + + +1 "See how he loved!" exclaimed the Jews, + As tender tears from Jesus fell; + My grateful heart the thought pursues, + And on the theme delights to dwell. + +2 See how he loved, who travelled on, + Teaching the doctrine from the skies; + Who bade disease and pain be gone, + And called the sleeping dead to rise. + +3 See how he loved, who never shrank + From toil or danger, pain or death; + Who all the cup of sorrow drank, + And meekly yielded up his breath. + +4 Such love can we unmoved survey? + O may our breasts with ardor glow, + To tread his steps, his laws obey, + And thus our warm affections show. + + + + +243. L. M. Anonymous. + +"I am the Way, the Truth and the Life." + + +1 Thou art the Way--and he who sighs + Amid this starless waste of woe + To find a pathway to the skies, + A light from heaven's eternal glow-- + By thee must come, thou Gate of love, + Through which the saints undoubting trod, + Till faith discovers, like the dove, + An ark, a resting-place in God. + +2 Thou art the Truth--whose steady day + Shines on through earthly blight and bloom, + The pure, the everlasting ray, + The lamp that shines e'en in the tomb; + The light that out of darkness springs, + And guideth those that blindly go; + The word whose precious radiance flings + Its lustre upon all below. + +3 Thou art the Life--the blessed well, + With living waters gushing o'er, + Which those that drink shall ever dwell + Where sin and thirst are known no more. + Thou art the mystic pillar given, + Our lamp by night, our light by day; + Thou art the sacred bread from heaven; + Thou art the Life--the Truth--the Way. + + + + +244. L. M. 6l. Urwick's Col. + +Christ All and in All. + + +1 Jesus, thou source of calm repose, + All fulness dwells in thee divine; + Our strength, to quell the proudest foes; + Our light, in deepest gloom to shine; + Thou art our fortress, strength, and tower, + Our trust and portion, evermore. + +2 Jesus, our Comforter thou art; + Our rest in toil, our ease in pain; + The balm to heal each broken heart, + In storms our peace, in loss our gain; + Our joy, beneath the worldling's frown; + In shame our glory and our crown;-- + +3 In want our plentiful supply; + In weakness, our almighty power; + In bonds, our perfect liberty; + Our refuge in temptation's hour; + Our comfort, 'midst all grief and thrall; + Our life in death; our all in all. + + + + +245. C. M. Beddome. + +Christ the Resting-Place. + + +1 Jesus! delightful, charming name! + It spreads a fragrance round; + Justice and mercy, truth and peace, + In union here are found. + +2 He is our life, our joy, our strength; + In him all glories meet; + He is a shade above our heads, + A light to guide our feet. + +3 When storms arise and tempests blow, + He speaks the stilling word; + The threatening billows cease to flow, + The winds obey their Lord. + +4 The thickest clouds are soon dispersed, + If Jesus shows his face; + To weary, heavy-laden souls + He is the resting-place. + + + + +246. C. M. Duncan. + +The Spiritual Coronation. + + +1 All hail the power of Jesus' name! + Let angels prostrate fall; + Bring forth the royal diadem, + And crown him Lord of all. + +2 Ye chosen seed of Israel's race,-- + A remnant weak and small,-- + Hail him, who saves you by his grace, + And crown him Lord of all. + +3 Let every kindred, every tribe, + On this terrestrial ball, + To him all majesty ascribe, + And crown him Lord of all. + +4 O, that, with yonder sacred throng, + We at his feet may fall; + We'll join the everlasting song, + And crown him Lord of all. + + + + +247. S. M. Doddridge. + +Attraction of the Cross. + + +1 Behold th' amazing sight, + The Saviour lifted high! + Behold the Father's chief delight + Expire in agony! + +2 For whom, for whom, my heart, + Were all these sorrows borne? + Why did he feel that piercing smart, + And meet that cruel scorn? + +3 For love of us he bled, + And all in torture died; + 'T was love that bowed his fainting head, + And oped his gushing side. + +4 In him our hearts unite, + Nor share his grief alone, + But from his cross pursue their flight + To his triumphant throne. + + + + +248. 7s. M. Milman. + +"They shall look on Him whom they pierced." + + +1 Bound upon the accursed tree, + Faint and bleeding, who is he? + By the cheek so pale and wan, + By the crown of twisted thorn, + By the side so deeply pierced, + By the baffled, burning thirst, + By the drooping death-dewed brow. + Son of man! 'tis thou! 'tis thou! + +2 Bound upon the accursed tree, + Sad and dying, who is he? + By the last and bitter cry, + Life breathed out in agony: + By the lifeless body laid + In the chamber of the dead: + Crucified! we know thee now; + Son of man! 'tis thou! 'tis thou! + +3 Bound upon the accursed tree, + Dread and awful, who is he? + By the prayer for them that slew, + "Lord! they know not what they do;" + By the sealed and guarded cave, + By the spoiled and empty grave, + By that clear, immortal brow, + Son of God! 'tis thou! 'tis thou! + + + + +249. C. M. Beddome. + +Following Christ. + + +1 In duties and in sufferings too, + My Lord I feign would trace, + As he hath done, so would I do, + Sustained by heavenly grace. + +2 Inflamed with zeal, 'twas his delight + To do his Father's will; + May the same zeal my soul excite + His precepts to fulfil. + +3 Meekness, humility and love + Through all his conduct shine; + O, may my whole deportment prove + A copy, Lord, of thine. + + + + +250. 7s. M. Furness. + +Jesus our Leader. + + +1 Feeble, helpless, how shall I + Learn to live and learn to die? + Who, O God, my guide shall be? + Who shall lead thy child to thee? + +2 Blesséd Father, gracious One, + Thou hast sent thy holy Son; + He will give the light I need, + He my trembling steps will lead. + +3 Thus in deed, and thought, and word, + Led by Jesus Christ the Lord, + In my weakness, thus shall I + Learn to live and learn to die. + +4 Learn to live in peace and love, + Like the perfect ones above;-- + Learn to die without a fear, + Feeling thee, my Father, near. + + + + +251. L. M. H. Ballou. + +Christ's Example in Forgiving. + + +1 Teach us to feel as Jesus prayed, + When on the cross he bleeding hung; + When all his foes their wrath displayed, + And with their spite his bosom stung. + +2 For such a heart and such a love, + O Lord, we raise our prayer to thee; + O pour thy Spirit from above, + That we may like our Saviour be. + + + + +252. C. M. Anonymous. + +God's Servant. + + +1 Thus saith the Lord who built the heavens, + And bade the planets roll, + Who peopled all the climes of earth, + And formed the human soul:-- + +2 "Behold my Servant; see him rise + Exalted in my might; + Him have I chosen, and in him + I place supreme delight. + +3 "On him, in rich effusion poured, + My spirit shall descend; + My truth and judgment he shall show + To earth's remotest end. + +4 "The progress of his zeal and power + Shall never know decline, + Till foreign lands and distant isles + Receive the law divine." + + + + +253. L. M. Mason. + +The Image of the Invisible God. + + +1 Thou, Lord! by mortal eyes unseen, + And by thine offspring here unknown, + To manifest thyself to men, + Hast set thine image in thy Son. + +2 Though Jews, who granted not his claim, + Contemptuous turned away their face, + Yet those who trusted in his name + Beheld in him thy truth and grace. + +3 O thou! at whose almighty word + Fair light at first from darkness shone, + Teach us to know our glorious Lord, + And trace the Father in the Son. + +4 While we, thine image there displayed, + With love and admiration view, + Form us in likeness to our Head, + That we may bear thine image too. + + + + +254. S. M. Watts. + +Christ the Corner-Stone. + + +1 See what a living stone + The builders did refuse; + Yet God hath built his church thereon, + In spite of envious Jews. + +2 The work, O Lord, is thine, + And wondrous in our eyes; + This day declares it all divine, + This day did Jesus rise. + +3 This is the glorious day + That our Redeemer made; + Let us rejoice, and sing, and pray-- + Let all the church be glad. + +4 Hosanna to the king + Of David's royal blood! + Bless him, ye saints: he comes to bring + Salvation from your God. + +5 We bless thine holy word, + Which all this grace displays; + And offer on thine altar, Lord, + Our sacrifice of praise. + + + + +255. L. M. S. Streeter. + +The Hiding-place. + + +1 A King shall reign in righteousness, + And all the kindred nations bless; + The King of Salem, King of peace,-- + Nor shall his spreading kingdom cease. + +2 In him the naked soul shall find + A hiding-place from chilling wind; + Or, when the raging tempests beat, + A covert warm, a safe retreat. + +3 In burning sands and thirsty ground, + He like a river shall be found, + Or lofty rock, beneath whose shade + The weary traveller rests his head. + +4 The dimness gone, all eyes shall see + His glory, grace, and majesty; + All ears shall hearken, and the word + Of life receive from Christ the Lord. + + + + +256. C. M. S. Streeter. + +Blessings of the Gospel. + + +1 What glorious tidings do I hear + From my Redeemer's tongue! + I can no longer silence bear; + I'll burst into a song: + +2 The blind receive their sight with joy; + The lame can walk abroad; + The dumb their loosened tongues employ; + The deaf can hear the word. + +3 The dead are raised to life anew + By renovating grace; + The glorious gospel's preached to you, + The poor of Adam's race. + +4 O wondrous type of things divine, + When Christ displays his love, + To raise from woe the sinking mind + To reign, in realms above! + + + + +THE GOSPEL, AND ITS INVITATIONS. + + + + +257. C. M. Watts. + +The Gospel Trumpet. + + +1 Let every mortal ear attend, + And every heart rejoice; + The trumpet of the Gospel sounds + With an inviting voice. + +2 Ho! all ye hungry, starving souls, + That feed upon the wind, + And vainly strive with earthly toys + To fill an empty mind,-- + +3 Eternal Wisdom has prepared + A soul-reviving feast, + And bids your longing appetites + The rich provision taste. + +4 Ho! ye that pant for living streams, + And pine away and die,-- + Here you may quench your raging thirst + With springs that never dry. + +5 The happy gates of gospel grace + Stand open night and day; + Lord, we are come to seek supplies, + And drive our wants away. + + + + +258. C. M. Cowper. + +"The entrance of thy Word giveth Light." + + +1 How blest thy creature is, O God, + When, with a single eye, + He views the lustre of thy word, + The day-spring from on high! + +2 Through all the storms that veil the skies, + And frown on earthly things, + The Sun of Righteousness doth rise, + With healing on his wings. + +3 The soul, a dreary province once + Of Satan's dark domain, + Feels a new empire formed within, + And owns a heavenly reign. + +4 The glorious orb, whose golden beams + The fruitful year control, + Since first, obedient to thy word, + He started from the goal,-- + +5 Has cheered the nations with the joys + His orient rays impart: + But, Jesus, 'tis thy light alone + Can shine upon the heart. + + + + +259. L. M. Watts. + +Gospel Invitations. + + +1 "Come hither, all ye weary souls, + Ye heavy-laden sinners, come! + I'll give you rest from all your toils, + And raise you to my heavenly home. + +2 "They shall find rest that learn of me; + I'm of a meek and lowly mind, + But passion rages like the sea, + And pride is restless as the wind. + +3 "Blest is the man whose shoulders take + My yoke, and bear it with delight; + My yoke is easy to his neck, + My grace shall make the burden light." + +4 Jesus, we come at thy command; + With faith, and hope, and humble zeal, + Resign our spirits to thy hand + To mould and guide us at thy will. + + + + +260. L. M. Watts. + +God's Glory in the Gospel. + + +1 Now to the Lord a noble song! + Awake, my soul, awake, my tongue; + Hosanna, to the Eternal name, + And all his boundless love proclaim. + +2 The spacious earth and spreading flood + Proclaim the wise, the powerful God; + And thy rich glories from afar + Sparkle in every rolling star. + +3 But in the Gospel of thy Son + Are all thy mightiest works outdone; + The light it pours upon our eyes + Outshines the wonders of the skies. + +4 Our spirits kindle in its beam; + It is a sweet, a glorious theme; + Ye angels, dwell upon the sound; + Ye heavens, reflect it to the ground. + + + + +261. H. M. Toplady. + +The Jubilee Proclaimed. + + +1 Blow ye the trumpet, blow, + The gladly solemn sound; + Let all the nations know, + To earth's remotest bound, + The year of jubilee is come; + Return, ye ransomed sinners, home. + +2 The gospel trumpet hear, + The news of pardoning grace: + Ye happy souls, draw near; + Behold your Saviour's face: + The year of jubilee is come; + Return, ye ransomed sinners, home. + +3 Jesus, our great High Priest, + Has full assurance made; + Ye weary spirits, rest; + Ye mourning souls, be glad: + The year of jubilee is come; + Return, ye ransomed sinners, home. + + + + +262. 8s. & 7s. M. J. Taylor. + +Gospel Call to the Church. + + +1 Praise to God, the great Creator, + Bounteous Source of every joy, + He whose hand upholds all nature, + He whose word can all destroy! + Saints with pious zeal attending, + Now the grateful tribute raise; + Solemn songs, to heaven ascending, + Join the universal praise. + +2 Here indulge each grateful feeling; + Lowly bend with contrite souls; + Here, his milder grace revealing, + Here no peal of thunder rolls: + Lo, the sacred page before us + Bears the promise of his love, + Full of mercy to restore us, + Mercy beaming from above. + +3 Every secret fault confessing, + Deed unrighteous, thought of sin, + Seize, O seize the proffered blessing, + Grace from God, and peace within! + Heart and voice with rapture swelling, + Still the song of glory raise; + On the theme immortal dwelling, + Join the universal praise. + + + + +263. 7s. & 6s. M. J. G. Adams. + +The Gospel Advancing. + + +1 Brighter shines the gospel day + On our Zion's mountains; + Clearer has become the way + To her living fountains. + Hark! the stirring trumpet tone + Hath o'er every hill-top flown; + Error's hosts retiring see! + Superstition's minions flee! + +2 From the luring haunts of sin + Where the soul is blighted, + Christ invites--come enter in + To the temple lighted + With the beams of pardoning love-- + With the wisdom from above; + Leave the woes of sin behind, + And a rest perpetual find. + +3 Come from error's hoary shrine, + Jew or Gentile seeking + For the way of life divine-- + Hear this voice now speaking! + Willing hearts and hands prepare + Christ's redeeming grace to share; + Join our triumph-strain, and sing + Zion's Universal King. + + + + +264. C. M. Medley. + +The Fountain of Living Waters. + + +1 O, what amazing words of grace + Are in the gospel found! + Suited to every sinner's case, + Who hears the joyful sound. + +2 Come, then, with all your wants and wounds; + Your every burden bring; + Here love, unchanging love, abounds, + A deep, celestial spring. + +3 This spring with living water flows, + And heavenly joy imparts; + Come, thirsty souls, your wants disclose, + And drink with thankful hearts. + + + + +265. S. M. Select Hymns. + +Now is the Day of Grace. + + +1 Now is the day of grace; + Now to the Father come; + The Lord is calling, "Seek my face, + And I will guide you home." + +2 The Saviour bids you speed; + O, wherefore then delay? + He calls in love; he sees your need; + He bids you come to-day. + +3 To-day the prize is won; + The promise is to save; + Then, O, be wise; to-morrow's sun + May shine upon your grave. + + + + +266. C. M. Mrs. Steele. + +Invitation to the Gospel Feast. + + +1 Ye wretched, hungry, starving poor, + Behold a royal feast, + Where mercy spreads her bounteous store, + For every humble guest! + +2 See, Jesus stands with open arms! + He calls, he bids you come;-- + Guilt holds you back, and fear alarms,-- + But see, there yet is room! + +3 Come then, and with his people taste + The blessings of his love; + While hope attends the sweet repast, + Of nobler joys above. + +4 There, with united heart and voice, + Before the eternal throne, + Ten thousand thousand souls rejoice + In ecstasies unknown. + +5 And yet ten thousand thousand more + Are welcome still to come: + Ye longing souls, the grace adore;-- + Approach, there yet is room. + + + + +267. 7s. M. Hawes. + +The Same. + + +1 From the holy mount above, + Glowing in the light of love, + What melodious sounds we hear, + Bursting on the ravished ear! + "At the feast there yet is room-- + Come and welcome, sinner, come. + +2 "Thou shalt be a welcome guest, + By the Lord divinely blest;-- + In the word of truth believe,-- + All thy sinful pleasures leave, + And no more in darkness roam,-- + Come and welcome, sinner, come. + +3 "God is thy unchanging Friend; + He will love thee to the end, + And at last thy soul convey + To the realms of endless day, + To a blessed spirit-home,-- + Come and welcome, sinner, come." + + + + +268. 7s. M. Episcopal Coll. + +The Sinner entreated to awake. + + +1 Sinner, rouse thee from thy sleep; + Wake, and o'er thy folly weep; + Raise thy spirit, dark and dead; + Jesus waits his light to shed. + +2 Wake from sleep; arise from death; + See the bright and living path; + Watchful, tread that path; be wise; + Leave thy folly; seek the skies. + +3 Leave thy folly; cease from crime; + From this hour redeem thy time; + Life secure without delay; + Brief is this thy mortal day. + +4 O, then, rouse thee from thy sleep; + Wake, and o'er thy folly weep; + Jesus calls from death and night; + Jesus waits to shed his light. + + + + +269. L. M. 6l. Anonymous. + +The Gospel gives Peace and Rest. + + +1 Peace, troubled soul, whose plaintive moan + Hath taught these rocks the notes of woe; + Cease thy complaints, suppress thy groan, + And let thy tears forget to flow: + Behold the precious balm is found, + Which lulls thy pain, which heals thy wound. + +2 Come, freely come; by sin oppressed, + Unburden here the weighty load, + Here find thy refuge and thy rest, + And trust the mercy of thy God: + Thy God's thy Father,--glorious word! + Forever love and praise the Lord. + +3 As spring the winter, day the night, + Peace sorrow's gloom shall chase away, + And smiling joy, a seraph bright, + Shall tend thy steps and near thee stay; + Whilst glory weaves th' immortal crown, + And waits to claim thee for her own. + + + + +270. 7s. M. 8l. Bowring. + +Invitation. + + +1 Pilgrim, burdened with thy sin, + Come the way to Zion's gate, + There, till mercy speaks within, + Knock, and weep, and watch and wait-- + Knock--he knows the sinner's cry, + Weep--he loves the mourner's tears, + Watch--for saving grace is nigh, + Wait--till heavenly grace appears. + +2 Hark, it is thy Saviour's voice! + "Welcome, pilgrim, to thy rest." + Now within the gate rejoice, + Safe, and owned, and bought and blest-- + Safe--from all the lures of vice, + Owned--by joys the contrite know, + Bought--by love and life the price, + Blest--the mighty debt to owe! + +3 Holy pilgrim! what for thee, + In a world like this, remains? + From thy guarded breast shall flee + Fear, and shame, and doubt and pains-- + Fear--the hope of heaven shall fly, + Shame--from glory's view retire, + Doubt--in full belief shall die, + Pain--in endless bliss expire. + + + + +271. C. M. Anonymous. + +The Same. + + +1 Bright was the guiding star that led, + With mild benignant ray, + The Gentiles to the lowly shed + Where the Redeemer lay. + +2 But lo! a brighter, clearer light + Now points to his abode + It shines through sin and sorrow's night + To guide us to our Lord. + +3 O haste to follow where it leads; + The gracious call obey, + Be rugged wilds, or flowery meads, + The Christian's destined way. + +4 O gladly tread the narrow path + While light and grace are given; + We'll meekly follow Christ on earth, + And reign with him in heaven. + + + + +272. C. M. Collyer. + +Call to the Wandering. + + +1 Return, O wanderer, now return, + And seek thy Father's face; + Those new desires, which in thee burn, + Were kindled by his grace. + +2 Return, O wanderer, now return; + He hears thy humble sigh; + He sees thy softened spirit mourn, + When no one else is nigh. + +3 Return, O wanderer, now return; + Thy Father bids thee live; + Go to his feet, and grateful learn + How freely he'll forgive. + +4 Return, O wanderer, now return, + And wipe the falling tear; + Thy Father calls--no longer mourn; + 'T is love invites thee near. + + + + +273. C. M. Moore. + +"Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much." + + +1 Were not the sinful Mary's tears + An offering worthy heaven, + When, o'er the faults of former years, + She wept, and was forgiven? + +2 When, bringing every balmy sweet + Her day of luxury stored, + She o'er her Saviour's hallowed feet + The precious ointment poured; + +3 Were not those sweets so freely shed, + That shame, those weeping eyes, + And the sunk heart which inly bled, + Heaven's noblest sacrifice? + +4 Thou that hast slept in error's sleep, + O wouldst thou wake to heaven, + Like Mary kneel, like Mary weep; + "Love much," and be forgiven! + + + + +274. 7s. M. Anonymous. + +To the Prodigal Son. + + +1 Brother, hast thou wandered far + From thy father's happy home? + With thyself and God at war? + Turn thee, brother, homeward come. + +2 Hast thou wasted all the powers + God for noble uses gave? + Squandered life's most golden hours? + Turn thee, brother, God can save! + +3 Is a mighty famine now + In thy heart and in thy soul? + Discontent upon thy brow? + Turn thee, God will make thee whole! + +4 Fall before him on the ground, + Pour thy sorrow in his ear, + Seek him, while he may be found, + Call upon him, while he's near. + + + + +275. S. M. Episcopal Coll. + +Gospel Invitations. + + +1 The Spirit, in our hearts, + Is whispering, "Sinner, come!" + The Bride, the Church of Christ, proclaims + To all his children, "Come!" + +2 Let him that heareth say + To all about him, "Come!" + Let him that thirsts for righteousness, + To Christ, the Fountain, come! + +3 Yes, whosoever will, + O, let him freely come, + And freely drink the stream of life; + 'Tis Jesus bids him come. + +4 Lo, Jesus, who invites, + Declares, "I quickly come:" + Lord, even so! I wait thine hour: + Jesus, my Saviour, come! + + + + +276. C. M. Watts. + +The Blessings of the Gospel. + + +1 Blest are the souls that hear and know + The gospel's joyful sound; + Peace shall attend the paths they go, + And light their steps surround. + +2 Their joy shall bear their spirits up, + Through their Redeemer's name; + His righteousness exalts their hope, + Nor dares the world condemn. + +3 The Lord, our glory and defence, + Strength and salvation gives; + Israel, thy King forever reigns, + Thy God forever lives. + + + + +277. C. M. Doddridge. + +All Things Ready. + + +1 The King of heaven his table spreads, + And dainties crown the board: + Not Paradise, with all its joys, + Could such delight afford. + +2 Ye hungry poor, that long have strayed + In sin's dark mazes, come; + Come from your most obscure retreats + And grace shall find you room. + +3 Millions of souls, in glory now, + Were fed and feasted here; + And millions more, still on the way, + Around the board appear. + +4 Yet are his house and heart so large, + That millions more may come; + Nor could the whole assembled world + O'erfill the spacious room. + + + + +278. S. M. Pratt's Coll. + +Coming to Christ. + + +1 Ye sons of earth, arise, + Ye creatures of a day; + Redeem the time--be bold--be wise, + And cast your bonds away. + +2 The year of gospel grace + With us rejoice to see, + And thankfully in Christ embrace + Your proffered liberty. + +3 Blest Saviour, Lord of all, + God help us to receive; + Obedient to thy gracious call, + O, bid us turn and live. + + + + +279. S. M. E. Turner. + +Saviour's Voice. + + +1 Hear what a Saviour's voice, + To sinners, does proclaim; + O, all ye ransomed souls, rejoice + In your Redeemer's name. + +2 Where sin and death have reigned, + And all their power employed, + There are his love and light maintained, + And heavenly truth enjoyed. + +3 The needy, starving poor + Are filled with living bread; + The opening of the prison door + Proclaims the captive freed. + +4 The thirsty, panting soul, + That longs for springs of grace, + Beholds celestial waters roll, + And floods of righteousness. + +5 My God, my Saviour too, + I would thy love proclaim, + Partake of what is brought to view, + And sing thy glorious name. + + + + +280. S. M. Watts. + +Power of the Gospel. + + +1 Behold, the morning sun + Begins his glorious way; + His beams through all the nations run, + And life and light convey. + +2 But where the gospel comes, + It spreads diviner light; + It calls dead sinners from their tombs, + And gives the blind their sight. + +3 How perfect is thy word! + And all thy judgments just! + Forever sure thy promise, Lord, + And we securely trust. + +4 My gracious God, how plain + Are thy directions given! + O, may we never read in vain, + But find the path to heaven. + + + + +281. L. M. Anonymous. + +Gospel Invitation. + + +1 Come to the living waters, come! + Gladly obey your Maker's call:-- + Return, ye weary wand'rers, home, + And find his grace is free for all. + +2 See from the rock a fountain rise; + For you in healing streams it rolls; + Money ye need not bring, nor price, + Ye weary, heavy-laden souls. + +3 In search of empty joys below, + Why toil with unavailing strife? + Whither, ah! whither would ye go? + Christ hath the words of endless life. + +4 Your willing ears and hearts incline, + His words believingly receive; + Quicken'd, you then, by faith divine, + A heavenly life on earth shall live. + + + + +282. 11s. M. S. F. Streeter. + +The Same. + + +1 How gracious the promise, how soothing the word + That came from the lips of our merciful Lord! + "Ye lone, and ye weary, ye sad and oppressed, + Come, learn of your Saviour, and ye shall find rest." + +2 Ye proud, from the paths of ambition depart, + For meek was your Master, and lowly of heart. + And all who have sinned and have wandered astray, + Come, walk in the light and the truth and the way. + +3 Ye heart-stricken sons, and ye daughters of woe, + For you the fresh fountains of comfort o'erflow; + Your souls to the blessed Redeemer unite,-- + His yoke it is easy, his burden is light. + + + + +283. 7s. M. Mrs. Barbauld. + +The Weary, Pained, and Guilty, Invited. + + +1 Come! said Jesus' sacred voice, + Come, and make my paths your choice; + I will guide you to your home; + Weary pilgrim, hither come! + +2 Thou who, houseless, sole, forlorn, + Long hast borne the proud world's scorn, + Long hast roamed the barren waste, + Weary pilgrim, hither haste! + +3 Ye who, tossed on beds of pain, + Seek for ease, but seek in vain; + Ye, whose swollen and sleepless eyes + Watch to see the morning rise; + +4 Ye, by fiercer anguish torn, + In remorse for guilt who mourn, + Here repose your heavy care: + Who the stings of guilt can bear? + +5 Sinner, come! for here is found + Balm that flows for every wound; + Peace that ever shall endure, + Rest eternal, sacred, sure. + + + + +TRIUMPH OF CHRISTIANITY. + + + + +284. L. M. Watts. + +Christ's Kingdom among the Gentiles. + + +1 Jesus shall reign where'er the sun + Does his successive journeys run; + His kingdom stretch from shore to shore + Till moons shall wax and wane no more. + +2 For him shall endless prayer be made, + And endless praises crown his head; + His name, like sweet perfume, shall rise + With every morning sacrifice. + +3 People and realms of every tongue + Dwell on his love with sweetest song; + And infant voices shall proclaim + Their early blessings on his name. + +4 Blessings abound where'er he reigns; + The joyful prisoner bursts his chains; + The weary find eternal rest, + And all the sons of want are blest. + +5 Let every creature rise and bring + Peculiar honors to our King; + Angels descend with songs again + And earth repeat the loud Amen. + + + + +285. C. M. Milton. + +The Kingdom of God on Earth. + + +1 The Lord will come, and not be slow; + His footsteps cannot err; + Before him righteousness shall go, + His royal harbinger. + +2 The nations all whom thou hast made + Shall come, and all shall frame + To bow them low before thee, Lord, + And glorify thy name. + +3 Truth from the earth, like to a flower, + Shall bud and blossom then, + And Justice, from her heavenly bower, + Look down on mortal men. + +4 Thee will I praise, O Lord, my God, + Thee honor and adore + With my whole heart, and blaze abroad + Thy name for evermore. + +5 For great thou art, and wonders great + By thy strong hand are done: + Thou, in thy everlasting seat, + Remainest God alone. + + + + +286. C. M. H. Ballou. + +The Same. + + +1 Jesus his empire shall extend; + Beneath his gentle sway + Kings of the earth shall humbly bend, + And his commands obey. + +2 From sea to sea, from shore to shore, + All nations shall be blest; + We hear the noise of war no more,-- + He gives his people rest. + +3 As clouds descend in gentle showers, + When spring renews her reign; + And call to life the fragrant flowers + O'er forest, hill and plain;-- + +4 So Jesus, by his heavenly grace, + Descends on man below, + And o'er the millions of our race + His gentle blessings flow. + +5 All that the reign of sin destroyed, + The Saviour shall restore; + And, from the treasures of the Lord, + Shall give us blessings more. + + + + +287. H. M. E. Turner. + +The Universal King. + + +1 Come, sing a Saviour's power, + And praise his mighty name; + His wondrous love adore, + And chant his growing fame. + Wide o'er the world a king shall reign, + And righteousness and peace maintain. + +2 The sceptre of his grace + He shall forever wield; + His foes, before his face, + To strength divine shall yield: + The conquest of his truth shall show + What an almighty arm can do. + +3 His alienated sons, + By sin beguiled, betrayed, + Shall then be born at once, + And willing subjects made: + Such numbers shall his courts adorn + As dew-drops of the vernal morn. + +4 His realm shall ever stand, + By liberal things upheld: + And from his bounteous hand + All hearts with joy be filled. + A universe with praise shall own + The countless honors of his throne. + + + + +288. 7 & 6s. M. Montgomery. + +Blessings of Christ's Kingdom. + + +1 Hail to the Lord's Anointed, + Great David's greater Son! + Hail! in the time appointed + His reign on earth begun! + He comes to break oppression, + To set the captive free, + To take away transgression, + And rule in equity. + +2 He shall descend like showers + Upon the fruitful earth, + And love and joy, like flowers, + Spring in his path to birth; + Before him, on the mountains, + Shall peace, the herald, go; + And righteousness, in fountains, + From hill to valley flow. + +3 For him shall prayer unceasing + And daily vows ascend, + His kingdom still increasing,-- + A kingdom without end: + The tide of time shall never + His covenant remove: + His name shall stand forever;-- + That name to us is love. + + + + +289. L. M. H. Ballou. + +Blessings of Christ's Universal Reign. + + +1 When God descends with men to dwell, + And all creation makes anew, + What tongue can half the wonders tell? + What eye the dazzling glories view? + +2 Zion, the desolate, again + Shall see her lands with roses bloom; + And Carmel's mount, and Sharon's plain, + Shall yield their spices and perfume. + +3 Celestial streams shall gently flow; + The wilderness shall joyful be; + Lilies on parchéd ground shall grow; + And gladness spring on every tree; + +4 The weak be strong, the fearful bold, + The deaf shall hear, the dumb shall sing, + The lame shall walk, the blind behold; + And joy through all the earth shall ring. + +5 Monarchs and slaves shall meet in love; + Old pride shall die, and meekness reign,-- + When God descends from worlds above, + To dwell with men on earth again. + + + + +290. C. M. Anonymous. + +The Gospel Feast. + + +1 On Zion, his most holy mount, + God will a feast prepare; + And Israel's sons, and Gentile lands, + Shall in the banquet share. + +2 See to the vilest of the vile + A free acceptance given! + See rebels, by adopting grace, + Sit with the heirs of heaven! + +3 The pained, the sick, the dying, now + To ease and health restored, + With eager appetites partake + The plenties of the board. + +4 But, O, what draughts of bliss unknown, + What dainties shall be given, + When, with the myriads round the throne, + We join the feast of heaven! + +5 There joys immeasurably high + Shall overflow the soul, + And springs of life, that never dry, + In thousand channels roll. + + + + +291. 7s. M. Anonymous. + +The Fulness of the Gentiles. + + +1 "Give us room, that we may dwell," + Zion's children cry aloud: + See their numbers how they swell! + How they gather like a cloud! + +2 O, how bright the morning seems! + Brighter from so dark a night: + Zion is like one that dreams, + Filled with wonder and delight. + +3 Lo! thy sun goes down no more: + God himself will be thy light: + All that caused thee grief before + Buried lies in endless night. + +4 Zion, now arise and shine; + Lo! thy light from heaven is come + These that crowd from far are thine; + Give thy sons and daughters room. + + + + +292. L. M. Anonymous. + +Influence of the Gospel like Rain. + + +1 As showers on meadows newly mown, + Jesus shall shed his blessings down; + Crowned with whose life-infusing drops, + Earth shall renew her blissful crops. + +2 The dews and rains, in all their store, + Drenching the pastures o'er and o'er, + Are not so copious as that grace + Which sanctifies and saves our race. + +3 As, in soft silence, vernal showers + Descend, and cheer the fainting flowers, + So, in the secrecy of love, + Falls the sweet influence from above. + +4 That heavenly influence let me find + In holy silence of the mind, + While every grace maintains its bloom, + Diffusing wide its rich perfume. + +5 Nor let these blessings be confined + To me, but poured on all mankind, + Till earth's wild wastes in verdure rise, + And a young Eden bless our eyes. + + + + +293. H. M. Doddridge. + +Efficacy of the Gospel. + + +1 Mark the soft-falling snow, + And the descending rain! + To heaven, from whence it fell, + It turns not back again; + But waters earth through every pore, + And calls forth all her secret store. + +2 Arrayed in beauteous green + The hills and valleys shine, + And man and beast are fed + By providence divine: + The harvest bows its golden ears, + The copious seed of future years. + +3 "So," saith the God of grace, + "My Gospel shall descend, + Almighty to effect + The purpose I intend; + Millions of souls shall feel its power, + And bear it down to millions more." + + + + +294. S. M. H. Ballou. + +Universal Redemption. + + +1 In God's eternity + There shall a day arise, + When all the race of man shall be + With Jesus in the skies. + +2 As night before the rays + Of morning flees away, + Sin shall retire before the blaze + Of God's eternal day. + +3 As music fills the grove + When stormy clouds are past, + Sweet anthems of redeeming love + Shall all employ at last. + +4 Redeemed from death and sin, + Shall Adam's numerous race + A ceaseless song of praise begin, + And shout redeeming grace. + + + + +295. L. M. 6l. Watts. + +"The Gentiles shall see thy Righteousness." + + +1 Let all the earth their voices raise, + To sing the choicest psalm of praise; + To sing and bless Jehovah's name: + His glory let the heathen know, + His wonders to the nations show, + And all his saving works proclaim. + +2 The heathen know thy glory, Lord: + The wondering nations read thy word: + Among us is Jehovah known; + Our worship shall no more be paid + To gods which mortal hands have made; + Our Maker is our God alone. + +3 Come the great day, the glorious hour, + When earth shall feel his saving power, + And barbarous nations fear his name; + Then shall the race of man confess + The beauty of his holiness, + And in his courts his grace proclaim. + + + + +296. L. M. Bowring. + +Progress of Gospel Truth. + + +1 Upon the Gospel's sacred page + The gathered beams of ages shine; + And, as it hastens, every age + But makes its brightness more divine. + +2 Truth, strengthened by the strength of thought, + Pours inexhaustible supplies, + Whence sagest teachers may be taught, + And Wisdom's self become more wise. + +3 More glorious still as centuries roll, + New regions blest, new powers unfurled, + Expanding with the expanding soul, + Its waters shall o'erflow the world; + +4 Flow to restore, but not destroy; + As when the cloudless lamp of day + Pours out its floods of light and joy, + And sweeps each lingering mist away. + + + + +297. L. M. Watts. + +Universal Reign of Christ. + + +1 Great God, whose universal sway + The known and unknown worlds obey; + Now give the kingdom to thy Son; + Extend his power, exalt his throne. + +2 The heathen lands, that lie beneath + The shades of overspreading death, + Revive at his first dawning light, + And deserts blossom at the sight. + +3 The saints shall flourish in his days, + Dressed in the robes of joy and praise; + Peace, like a river, from his throne + Shall flow to nations yet unknown. + + + + +298. 10s. M. Pope. + +Predicted Glory of the Messiah's Kingdom. + + +1 Rise, crowned with light, imperial Salem, rise! + Exalt thy towering head, and lift thine eyes! + See heaven its sparkling portals wide display, + And break upon thee in a flood of day! + +2 See a long race thy spacious courts adorn, + See future sons and daughters yet unborn, + In crowding ranks on every side arise, + Demanding life, impatient for the skies! + +3 See barbarous nations at thy gates attend, + Walk in thy light, and in thy temples bend! + See thy bright altars thronged with prostrate kings, + While every land its joyous tribute brings. + +4 The seas shall waste, the skies to smoke decay, + Rocks fall to dust, and mountains melt away + But fixed his word, his saving power remains, + Thy realm shall last, thy own Messiah reigns. + + + + +299. 8s., 7s. & 4s. M. Kelly. + +Encouraging Prospects. + + +1 Yes, we trust the day is breaking; + Joyful times are near at hand; + God, the mighty God, is speaking, + By his word, in every land: + When he chooses, + Darkness flies at his command. + +2 While the foe becomes more daring, + While he enters like a flood, + God, the Saviour, is preparing + Means to spread his truth abroad: + Every language + Soon shall tell the love of God. + +3 God of Jacob, high and glorious, + Let thy people see thy hand; + Let the gospel be victorious, + Through the world, in every land; + Then shall idols + Perish, Lord, at thy command. + + + + +300. 7s. & 6s. M. Anonymous. + +Universal Hallelujah. + + +1 When shall the voice of singing + Flow joyfully along? + When hill and valley, ringing + With one triumphant song, + Proclaim the contest ended, + And Him, who once was slain, + Again to earth descended, + In righteousness to reign? + +2 Then from the craggy mountains + The sacred shout shall fly, + And shady vales and fountains + Shall echo the reply: + High tower and lowly dwelling + Shall send the chorus round, + The hallelujah swelling + In one eternal sound. + + + + +301. C. M. Watts. + +Prospect of Universal Blessedness. + + +1 Lo! what a glorious sight appears + To our believing eyes! + The earth and seas are passed away, + And the old rolling skies. + +2 From the third heaven, where God resides + That holy, happy place, + The new Jerusalem comes down, + Adorned with shining grace. + +3 "The God of glory down to men + Removes his blessed abode; + Men, the dear objects of his grace, + And he, the loving God. + +4 "His own soft hand shall wipe the tears + From every weeping eye; + And pains and groans, and griefs and fears, + And death itself shall die." + +5 How long, dear Saviour, O how long + Shall this bright hour delay? + Fly swifter round, ye wheels of time, + And bring the welcome day. + + + + +302. L. M. Richards. + +The Cloud and Pillar of Fire. + + +1 Long as the darkening cloud abode, + So long did ancient Israel rest; + Nor moved they, till the guiding Lord + In brighter garments stood confest. + +2 Father of spirits, Light of light, + Lift up the cloud, and rend the veil; + Shine forth in fire, amid that night, + Whose blackness makes the heart to fail. + +3 'T is done! to Christ the power is given; + His death has rent the veil away, + Our great Forerunner entered heaven, + And oped the gate of endless day. + +4 Nor shall those mists that brood o'er time, + Forever blind the mental eye; + They backward roll, and light sublime + Beams glory from our God on high. + +5 Adoring nations hail the dawn, + All kingdoms bless the noontide beam, + And light, unfolding life's full morn, + Is vast creation's deathless theme. + + + + +303. S. M Johns. + +The Kingdom of God. + + +1 Come, kingdom of our God, + Sweet reign of light and love! + Shed peace, and hope, and joy abroad, + And wisdom from above. + +2 Over our spirits first + Extend thy healing reign; + There raise and quench the sacred thirst, + That never pains again. + +3 Come, kingdom of our God! + And make the broad earth thine, + Stretch o'er her lands and isles the rod + That flowers with grace divine. + +4 Soon may all tribes be blest + With fruit from life's glad tree; + And in its shade like brothers rest + Sons of one family. + +5 Come, kingdom of our God! + And raise thy glorious throne + In worlds by the undying trod, + Where God shall bless his own. + + + + +304. 10s. M. Ashworth. + +The Kingdom of Christ. + + +1 Pour, blessed Gospel, glorious news for man! + Thy stream of life o'er springless deserts roll: + Thy bond of peace the mighty earth can span, + And make one brotherhood from pole to pole. + +2 On, piercing Gospel, on! of every heart, + In every latitude, thou own'st the key: + From their dull slumbers savage souls shall start, + With all their treasures first unlocked by thee! + +3 Tread, kingly Gospel, through the nations tread! + With all the civil virtues in thy train: + Be all to thy blest freedom captive led; + And Christ, the true emancipator, reign! + +4 Spread, giant Gospel, spread thy growing wings! + Gather thy scattered ones from every land: + Call home the wanderers to the King of kings; + Proclaim them all thine own;--'t is Christ's command! + + + + +305. 7s. M. Montgomery. + +Christ's Triumph. + + +1 Hark! the song of jubilee, + Loud as mighty thunders roar, + Or the fulness of the sea, + When it breaks upon the shore;-- + Hallelujah to the Lord! + God omnipotent shall reign; + Hallelujah! let the word + Echo round the earth and main. + +2 Hallelujah!--hark! the sound, + Heard through earth, and through the skies, + Wakes above, beneath, around, + All creation's harmonies: + See Jehovah's banner furled, + Sheathed his sword; he speaks,--'t is done! + And the kingdoms of this world + Are the kingdoms of his Son. + + + + +306. 7s. M. C. Wesley. + +The Progress of the Gospel. + + +1 See how great a flame aspires, + Kindled by a spark of grace! + Jesus' love the nations fires, + Sets the kingdoms on a blaze. + To bring fire on earth he came: + Kindled in some hearts it is: + O that all might catch the flame, + All partake the glorious bliss! + +2 When he first the work begun, + Small and feeble was his day: + Now the word doth swiftly run, + Now it wins its widening way: + More and more it spreads and grows, + Ever mighty to prevail; + Sin's strong-holds it now o'erthrows, + Shakes the trembling gates of hell. + +3 Saw ye not the cloud arise, + Little as a human hand? + Now it spreads along the skies, + Hangs o'er all the thirsty land! + Lo! the promise of a shower + Drops already from above! + Haste, O Lord, and quickly pour + All the spirit of thy love. + + + + +307. 7s. & 5s. M. A. C. Thomas. + +The Reconciliation. + + +1 Thou, whose wide extended sway + Suns and systems e'er obey! + Thou, our Guardian and our Stay, + Evermore adored: + In prospective, Lord, we see + Jew and Gentile, bond and free, + Reconciled in Christ to thee, + Holy, holy Lord. + +2 Thou by all shalt be confessed, + Ever blessing, ever blest, + When to thy eternal rest, + In the courts above, + Thou shall bring the sore oppressed; + Fill each joy-desiring breast; + Make of each a welcome guest, + At the feast of love. + +3 When destroying death shall die, + Hushed be every rising sigh, + Tears be wiped from every eye, + Never more to fall; + Then shall praises fill the sky, + And angelic hosts shall cry, + Holy, Holy Lord, Most High, + Thou art all in all! + + + + +308. 7s. M. 6l. Spirit of the Psalms. + +Glory of the Church. + + +1 On thy church, O Power Divine, + Cause thy glorious face to shine; + Till the nations from afar + Hail her as their guiding star; + Till her sons, from zone to zone, + Make thy great salvation known. + +2 Then shall God, with lavish hand, + Scatter blessings o'er the land; + Earth shall yield her rich increase, + Every breeze shall whisper peace, + And the world's remotest bound + With the voice of praise resound. + + + + +309. 11s. & 10s. [Peculiar.] J. G. Adams. + +Christian's Song of Triumph. + + +1 Sound the full chorus! let praises ascend + To God the Creator, our Father and Friend. + Sing, for the light of his truth is before us, + And we will give thanks, and rejoice in his name; + His banner of love in its glory waves o'er us; + That love will continue forever the same. + Sound the full chorus, &c. + +2 Praise to Jehovah! Give praise--let it rise + From earth, in its fulness--and swell to the skies! + Give glory and praise! For a ransomed creation + The gospel of peace in its triumph shall see; + Our God hath redeemed us--and Christ our salvation + Appears, from transgression and death to make free! + Praise to Jehovah, &c. + + + + +310. L. M. Anonymous. + +Gospel Freedom Universal. + + +1 We long to see that happy time, + That long-expected, blissful day, + When men of every name and clime + The glorious gospel shall obey. + +2 The word of God shall firm abide, + Though earth and hell should dare oppose; + The stone cut from the mountain's side, + To universal empire grows. + +3 Afric's emancipated sons + Shall shout to Asia's rapt'rous song, + Europe, with her unnumbered tongues, + And western climes the strain prolong. + +4 From east to west, from north to south, + Immanuel's kingdom shall extend, + And every man, in every face, + Shall meet a brother and a friend. + + + + +311. C. P. M. M. Rayner. + +Reign of Christ. Isa. 35. + + +1 The radiant dawn of gospel light, + The prophet saw in vision bright, + And hailed th' auspicious day, + When Christ should all his grace disclose + And cure the world of all its woes, + By truth's triumphant sway. + +2 The blind their eyes shall open wide; + To drink the light's o'erflowing tide, + The deaf sweet music hear; + The lame like bounding hart shall leap; + The dumb no longer silence keep, + But shout redemption near. + +3 And there shall be a holy way, + In which the simple shall not stray-- + The path so plain and bright. + Wayfaring men therein shall walk, + And of their home and kindred talk, + With rapture and delight. + +4 No ravenous beast in quest of prey, + No lion lurking in the way, + Shall ever there be seen. + The place where dragons lay concealed, + Large crops of waving grass shall yield, + With reeds and rushes green. + +5 And when to Zion's peaceful home + The ransomed of the Lord shall come, + (O haste the blissful day!) + Glad strains shall every tongue employ + In songs of everlasting joy, + And sighing flee away. + + + + +312. H. M. Doddridge. + +The Wilderness Transformed. Is. 41:18, 19. + + +1 Amazing, beauteous change! + A world created new! + My thoughts with transport range, + The lovely scene to view: + In all I trace, + The work is thine; + Saviour divine, + Be thine the praise! + +2 See crystal fountains play + Amidst the burning sands; + The river's winding way + Shines through the thirsty lands; + New grass is seen, + Its carpet spreads + And o'er the meads + Of living green. + +3 Where pointed brambles grew, + Entwined with horrid thorn, + Gay flowers, forever new, + The painted fields adorn; + The blushing rose, + In union fair, + And lily there, + Their sweets disclose. + +4 The tyrants of the plain + Their savage chase give o'er; + No more they rend the slain. + And thirst for blood no more; + But infant hands + And lions yoke + Fierce tigers stroke, + In flowery bands. + +5 O, when, Almighty Lord, + Shall these glad scenes arise, + To verify thy word, + And bless our wondering eyes? + That earth may raise, + United songs + With all its tongues, + Of ardent praise. + + + + +313. 8s., 7s. & 4s. M. J. Taylor. + +The Gospel Triumphant. + + +1 Still in shades of midnight darkness + Abject sits the Pagan world; + There the banner of salvation + Ne'er hath been by time unfurled; + Nor their idols + From their blood-stained altars hurled. + +2 Yet the promise stands securely, + And Messiah's reign shall spread; + Not in vain his glorious conquest; + Not in vain the Saviour bled. + Chief immortal! + God's own hand hath crowned thy head. + +3 To this blessed dispensation + Millions yet unborn shall fly; + See the rising splendor beaming + Till it gilds the western sky. + Glorious Gospel! + Still thy triumphs multiply. + + + + +314. P. M. Pratt's Coll. + +The Church exulting in the Government of Jehovah. + + +1 Ye subjects of the Lord! proclaim + The royal honors of his name: + "Jehovah reigns!" be all our song. + 'T is He, thy God, O Zion, reigns! + Prepare thy most harmonious strains + Glad hallelujahs to prolong. + +2 Tremble, ye pageants of a day, + Formed, like your slaves, of brittle clay! + Down to the dust your sceptres bend; + To everlasting years He reigns, + And undiminished state maintains, + When kings, and suns, and time shall end. + +3 So shall his favored Zion live: + In vain confed'rate nations strive + Her sacred turrets to destroy; + Her Sov'reign sits enthroned above, + And endless power and endless love + Ensure her safety and her joy. + + + + +315. C. M. Montgomery. + +Restoration of Israel. + + +1 Daughter of Zion, from the dust + Exalt thy fallen head; + Again in thy Redeemer trust: + He calls thee from the dead. + +2 Awake, awake; put on thy strength, + Thy beautiful array; + The day of freedom dawns at length, + The Lord's appointed day. + +3 Rebuild thy walls, thy bounds enlarge, + And send thy heralds forth; + Say to the south, "Give up thy charge, + And keep not back, O north!" + +4 They come, they come;--thine exiled bands. + Where'er they rest or roam, + Have heard thy voice in distant lands, + And hasten to their home. + + + + +316. C. M. Moore. + +The Same. + + +1 O, who shall see the glorious day, + When, throned on Zion's brow, + The Lord shall rend the veil away + That hides the nations now! + When earth no more beneath the fear + Of his rebuke shall lie, + When pain shall cease, and every tear + Be wiped from every eye! + +2 Then, Judah, thou no more shalt mourn + Beneath the heathen's chain; + Thy days of splendor shall return, + And all be new again. + The fount of life shall then be quaffed + In peace by all who come; + And every wind that blows, shall waft + Some long-lost wand'rer home. + + + + +317. L. M. 6l. Pratt's Coll. + +Prayer for the Jews. + + +1 Father of faithful Abraham! hear + Our earnest suit for Abraham's seed: + Justly they claim the fervent prayer + From us, adopted in their stead; + Who mercy, through their fall, obtain, + And Christ, by their rejection, gain. + +2 But hast thou finally forsook, + Forever cast thine own away? + Wilt thou not bid the murderers look + On Him they pierced, and weep and pray? + Yes! gracious Lord, thy word is past-- + "All Israel shall be saved at last." + +3 Come, then, thou great Deliverer, come! + The veil from Jacob's heart remove: + Receive thine ancient people home, + That, quickened by thy dying love, + In their recovery we may find + Life from the dead for all mankind. + + + + +318. 7s. & 5s. S. F. Smith. + +The Missionary Angel. + + +1 Onward speed thy conquering flight; + Angel, onward speed; + Cast abroad thy radiant light, + Bid the shades recede; + Tread the idols in the dust, + Heathen fanes destroy, + Spread the gospel's holy trust, + Spread the gospel's joy. + +2 Onward speed thy conquering flight; + Angel, onward haste; + Quickly on each mountain's height + Be thy standard placed; + Let thy blissful tidings float + Far o'er vale and hill, + Till the sweetly-echoing note + Every bosom thrill. + +3 Onward speed thy conquering flight; + Angel, onward fly: + Long has been the reign of night; + Bring the morning nigh: + 'Tis to thee the heathen lift + Their imploring wail; + Bear them Heaven's holy gift, + Ere their courage fail. + +4 Onward speed thy conquering flight + Angel, onward speed; + Morning bursts upon our sight-- + 'Tis the time decreed: + Jesus now his kingdom takes, + Thrones and empires fall, + And the joyous song awakes, + "God is all in all." + + + + +319. H. M. Doddridge. + +The Glory of the Church in the Latter Day. Is. 60:1. + + +1 O Zion, tune thy voice, + And raise thy hands on high; + Tell all the earth thy joys, + And boast salvation nigh. + Cheerful in God, + Arise and shine, + While rays divine + Stream all abroad. + +2 He gilds thy mourning face + With beams that cannot fade; + His all-resplendent grace + He pours around thy head. + The nations round + Thy form shall view, + With lustre new + Divinely crowned. + +3 In honor to his name, + Reflect that sacred light, + And loud that grace proclaim, + Which makes thy darkness bright; + Pursue his praise, + Till sovereign love + In worlds above + The glory raise. + + + + +320. 8s. & 7s. M. Urwick's Coll. + +Desiring Christ's Triumph. + + +1 O thou Sun of glorious splendor, + Shine with healing in thy wing; + Chase away these shades of darkness; + Holy light and comfort bring. + +2 Let the heralds of salvation + Round the world with joy proclaim, + "Death and hell are spoiled and vanquished + Through the great Immanuel's name." + +3 Take thy power, almighty Saviour; + Claim the nations for thine own; + Reign, thou Lord of life and glory, + Till each heart becomes thy throne. + +4 Then the earth, o'erspread with glory, + Decked with heavenly splendor bright + Shall be made Jehovah's dwelling-- + As at first, the Lord's delight. + + + + +321. H. M. Brown. + +Millennium Hymn. + + +1 Isles of the south, awake! + The song of triumph sing; + Let mount, and hill, and vale, + With hallelujahs ring: + Shout, for the idol's overthrown, + And Israel's God is God alone. + +2 Wild wastes of Afric, shout! + Your shackled sons are free; + No mother wails her child + 'Neath the banana-tree: + No slave-ship dashes on thy shore; + The clank of chains is heard no more. + +3 Shout, vales of India, shout! + No funeral fires blaze high; + No idol song rings loud, + As rolls the death-car by: + The banner of the cross now waves + Where Christian heralds made their graves. + +4 Shout, hills of Palestine! + Have you forgot the groan, + The spear, the thorn, the cross, + The wine-press trod alone, + The dying prayer that rose from thee, + Thou garden of Gethsemane? + +5 Hail, glad, millennial day! + O, shout, ye heavens above! + To-day ye nations sing + The song, redeeming love: + Redeeming love the song shall be: + Hail, blessed year of jubilee! + + + + +322. L. P. M. H. Ballou. + +Kingdom of Christ. + + +1 To Christ, the Son, the Father spake: + Lo, ask of me, and I will make + The heathen to thy sceptre bend; + The utmost parts of all the earth + Are thine inheritance by birth, + And wide thine empire shall extend. + +2 Now Jesus waves his sceptre high, + Unfurls his banners in the sky, + While loud the gospel trumpets sound: + His enemies with sore dismay, + Retire in haste and yield the day, + While trophies to the Lord abound. + +3 Before him kings and tyrants fall, + Detest their crowns, and on him call, + And he a pardon free doth give: + The world in sin was dead before; + To life the world he will restore, + And in him all the world shall live. + +4 O Lord, thy government shall be + Extended wide from sea to sea, + And long thy sceptre thou shalt hold; + As long as sun or moon shall shine, + Thou King of earth shalt reign divine, + The mysteries of thy grace unfold. + + + + +REPENTANCE AND REFORMATION. + + + + +323. 7s. M. Milman. + +Prayer for Mercy in Spiritual Need. + + +1 Lord, have mercy when we pray + Strength to seek a better way; + When our wakening thoughts begin + First to loathe their cherished sin; + When our weary spirits fail, + And our aching brows are pale; + When our tears bedew thy word; + Then, O then, have mercy, Lord. + +2 Lord, have mercy when we lie + On the restless bed and sigh,-- + Sigh for death, yet fear it still; + From the thought of former ill; + When the dim, advancing gloom + Tells us that our hour is come; + When is loosed the silver cord; + Then, O then, have mercy, Lord. + +3 Lord, have mercy, when we know + First how vain this world below: + When its darker thoughts oppress, + Doubts perplex, and fears distress; + When the earliest gleam is given + Of the bright but distant heaven; + Then thy fostering grace afford; + Then, O then, have mercy, Lord. + + + + +324. C. M. Village Hymns. + +The Prodigal's Return. + + +1 The long-lost son, with streaming eyes, + From folly just awake, + Reviews his wanderings with surprise; + His heart begins to break. + +2 "I starve," he cries, "nor can I bear + The famine in this land, + While servants of my Father share + The bounty of his hand. + +3 "With deep repentance I'll return + And seek my Father's face; + Unworthy to be called a son, + I'll ask a servant's place." + +4 Far off the Father saw him move, + In pensive silence mourn, + And quickly ran with arms of love, + To welcome his return. + +5 O, let thy boundless mercy shine + On my benighted soul, + Correct my passions, mend my heart, + And all my fears control. + + + + +325. L. M. 6l. Wesley's Coll. + +Imploring Forgiveness and Renewal of Heart. + + +1 Forgive us for thy mercy's sake; + Our multitude of sins forgive; + And for thy own possession take, + And bid us to thy glory live; + Live in thy sight and gladly prove + Our faith by our obedient love. + +2 The covenant of forgiveness seal, + And all thy mighty wonders show; + Our hidden enemies expel, + And conquering them to conquer go, + Till all of pride and wrath be slain, + And not one evil thought remain. + +3 O, put it in our inward parts + The living law of perfect love: + Write the new precept on our hearts; + We shall not then from thee remove, + Who in thy glorious image shine, + Thy people, and forever thine. + + + + +326. L. M. Beddome. + +Inconstancy Lamented. + + +1 The wandering star and fleeting wind + Are emblems of the fickle mind; + The morning cloud and early dew + Bring our inconstancy to view. + +2 But cloud and wind and dew and star, + Only a faint resemblance bear; + Nor can there aught in nature be + So changeable and frail as we. + +3 Our outward walk and inward frame + Are scarcely through an hour the same: + We vow, and straight our vows forget, + And then those very vows repeat. + +4 With contrite hearts, Lord, we confess + Our folly and unsteadfastness: + When shall these hearts more stable be, + Fixed by thy grace alone on thee? + + + + +327. S. M. Jervis. + +God's Mercy to the Penitent. + + +1 Sweet is the friendly voice + Which speaks of life and peace; + Which bids the penitent rejoice, + And sin and sorrow cease. + +2 No balm on earth like this + Can cheer the contrite heart; + No flattering dreams of earthly bliss + Such pure delight impart. + +3 Still merciful and kind, + Thy mercy, Lord, reveal: + The broken heart thy love can bind, + The wounded spirit heal. + +4 Thy presence shall restore + Peace to my anxious breast: + Lord, let my steps be drawn no more + From paths which thou hast blessed. + + + + +328. L. M. Doddridge. + +Returning to God. + + +1 Lord, we have wandered from thy way, + Like foolish sheep have gone astray, + Our pleasant pastures we have left, + And of their guard our souls bereft. + +2 Exposed to want, exposed to harm, + Far from our gentle Shepherd's arm; + Nor will these fatal wanderings cease, + Till thou reveal the paths of peace. + +3 O seek thy thoughtless servants, Lord, + Nor let us quite forget thy word; + Our erring feet do thou restore, + And keep us that we stray no more. + + + + +329. L. M. Steele. + +Sense of Sin. + + +1 Jesus demands this heart of mine, + Demands my love, my joy, my care, + But ah, how dead to things divine, + How cold my best affections are! + +2 'Tis sin, alas! with dreadful power, + Divides my Saviour from my sight; + O, for one happy, shining hour + Of sacred freedom, sweet delight! + +3 Come, gracious Lord; thy love can raise + My captive powers from sin and death, + And fill my heart and life with praise, + And tune my last, expiring breath. + + + + +330. C. M. Breviary. + +The True Penitent. + + +1 O sinner! bring not tears alone, + Or outward form of prayer: + But let it in thy heart be known + That penitence is there. + +2 To beat the breast, the clothes to rend, + God asketh not of thee: + Thy secret soul he bids thee bend + In true humility. + +3 O righteous Judge! if thou wilt deign + To grant us what we need; + We pray for time to turn again, + And grace to turn indeed. + + + + +331. L. M. Richter. + +Translated by J. Wesley. + +Devout Penitence. + + +1 My soul before thee prostrate lies; + To thee, her source, my spirit flies; + My wants I mourn, my chains I see; + O let thy presence set me free. + +2 In life's short day, let me yet more + Of thy enlivening power implore; + My mind must deeper sink in thee, + My foot stand firm from wandering free. + +3 Take full possession of my heart; + The lowly mind of Christ impart; + I still will wait, O Lord, on thee, + Till, in thy light, the light I see. + +4 One only care my soul should know, + Father, all thy commands to do; + Oh! deep engrave it on my breast, + That I in thee alone am blest. + + + + +332. C. M. C. Wesley. + +Vain Repentance. + + +1 Times without number have I prayed, + "This only once forgive;" + Relapsing when thy hand was stayed, + And suffered me to live. + +2 Yet now the kingdom of thy peace, + Lord, to my heart restore; + Forgive my vain repentances, + And bid me sin no more. + + + + +333. P. M. Heber. + +"There is Joy in Heaven over one Sinner that Repenteth." + + +1 There was joy in heaven! + There was joy in heaven! + When this goodly world to frame, + The Lord of light and mercy came: + Shouts of joy were heard on high, + And the stars sang from the sky, + "Glory to God in heaven!" + +2 There was joy in heaven! + There was joy in heaven! + When of love the midnight beam + Dawned on the towers of Bethlehem; + And along the echoing hill + Angels sang--"On earth good will, + And glory in the heaven!" + +3 There is joy in heaven! + There is joy in heaven! + When the sheep that went astray + Turns again to virtue's way; + When the soul by grace subdued + Sobs its prayer of gratitude, + Then is there joy in heaven! + + + + +334. 7s. M. Merrick. + +Freedom from Error, Guilt and Folly. + + +1 Blest Instructor! from thy ways + Who can tell how oft he strays? + Save from error's growth our mind, + Leave not, Lord, one root behind. + +2 Purge us from the guilt that lies + Wrapt within our heart's disguise; + Let us thence, by thee renewed, + Each presumptuous sin exclude. + +3 Let our tongues, from error free, + Speak the words approved by thee: + To thine all-observing eyes, + Let our thoughts accepted rise. + +4 While we thus thy name adore, + And thy healing grace implore, + Blest Instructor! bow thine ear: + God our strength! propitious hear. + + + + +335. 6s. & 4s. M. R. Palmer. + +For Divine Guidance. + + +1 O God, thy grace impart! + Revive my fainting heart; + My zeal inspire; + Reveal thyself to me, + And may my love to thee + Pure, warm, and changeless be,-- + A living fire. + +2 While life's dark maze I tread, + And griefs around me spread, + Be thou my guide; + Bid darkness turn to day, + Wipe sorrow's tears away, + Nor let me ever stray + From thee aside. + +3 When ends life's transient dream, + When death's cold sullen stream + Shall o'er me roll, + O Father, then in love, + Fear and distress remove, + And bear me safe above,-- + A ransomed soul. + + + + +336. C. P. M. Henry Moore. + +Pardon. + + +1 Soft are the fruitful showers that bring + The welcome promise of the spring, + And soft the vernal gale: + Sweet the wild warblings of the grove, + The voice of nature and of love, + That gladden every vale. + +2 But softer in the mourner's ear + Sounds the mild voice of mercy near, + That whispers sins forgiven; + And sweeter far the music swells, + When to the raptured soul she tells + Of peace and promised heaven. + +3 Fair are the flowers that deck the ground; + And groves and gardens blooming round, + Unnumbered charms unfold: + Bright is the sun's meridian ray, + And bright the beams of setting day, + That robe the clouds in gold. + +4 But far more fair the pious breast, + In richer robes of goodness dressed, + Where heaven's own graces shine; + And brighter far the prospects rise, + That burst on faith's delighted eyes, + From glories all divine. + + + + +337. L. M. Cowper. + +Peace after a Storm. + + +1 When darkness long has veiled my mind, + And smiling day once more appears, + Then, my Creator! then I find + The folly of my doubts and fears. + +2 Straight I upbraid my wandering heart, + And blush that I should ever be + Thus prone to act so base a part, + Or harbor one hard thought of thee. + +3 O! let me then at length be taught, + What I am still so slow to learn,-- + That God is love, and changes not, + Nor knows the shadow of a turn. + +4 Sweet truth, and easy to repeat! + But when my faith is sharply tried, + I find myself a learner yet, + Unskilful, weak, and apt to slide. + +5 But, O my God! one look from thee + Subdues the disobedient will, + Drives doubt and discontent away, + And thy rebellious child is still. + + + + +338. L. M. Mrs. Cotterill. + +For a Life devoted to God's Glory. + + +1 O thou, who hast at thy command + The hearts of all men in thy hand! + Our wayward, erring hearts incline + To have no other will but thine. + +2 Our wishes, our desires, control; + Mould every purpose of the soul; + O'er all may we victorious be + That stands between ourselves and thee. + +3 Thrice blest will all our blessings be, + When we can look through them to thee, + When each glad heart its tribute pays + Of love, and gratitude, and praise. + +4 And while we to thy glory live, + May we to thee all glory give, + Until the final summons come, + That calls thy willing servants home. + + + + +CHRISTIAN CHARACTER AND LIFE. + + + + +339. L. M. Watts. + +"Ye shall know them by their Fruits." + + +1 So let our lips and lives express + The holy gospel we profess: + So let our works and virtues shine, + To prove the doctrine all divine. + +2 Thus shall we best proclaim abroad + The honors of our Saviour, God, + When the salvation reigns within. + And grace subdues the power of sin. + +3 Our flesh and sense must be denied, + Passion and envy, lust and pride, + While justice, temperance, truth and love, + Our inward piety approve. + +4 Religion bears our spirits up, + While we expect that blessed hope, + The bright appearance of the Lord, + And faith stands leaning on his word. + + + + +340. C. M. Gisborne. + +The Christian's Life and his Hope. + + +1 A soldier's course, from battles won + To new-commencing strife; + A pilgrim's, restless as the sun-- + Behold the Christian's life! + +2 O! let us seek our heavenly home, + Revealed in sacred lore; + The land whence pilgrims never roam, + Where soldiers war no more; + +3 Where grief shall never wound, nor death, + Beneath the Saviour's reign; + Nor sin, with pestilential breath, + His holy realm profane; + +4 The land where, suns and moons unknown, + And night's alternate sway, + Jehovah's ever-burning throne + Upholds unbroken day; + +5 Where they who meet shall never part; + Where grace achieves its plan; + And God, uniting every heart, + Dwells face to face with man. + + + + +341. L. M. E. Taylor. + +"Thou shalt love the Lord thy God." + + +1 "Thus shalt thou love the Almighty Lord, + With all thy heart, and soul, and mind:" + So speaks to man that sacred word, + For counsel and reproof designed. + +2 "With all thy heart;" no idol thing, + Though close around the heart it twine, + Its interposing shade must fling, + To darken that pure love of thine. + +3 "With all thy mind;" each varied power, + Creative fancy, musings high, + And thoughts that glance behind, before, + These must religion sanctify. + +4 "With soul and strength;" thy days of ease, + While vigor nerves each youthful limb, + And hope and joy, and health and peace, + All must be freely brought to him. + + + + +342. C. M. Doddridge. + +Walking with God. + + +1 Thrice happy souls, who, born from heaven, + While yet they sojourn here, + Do all their days with God begin, + And spend them in his fear. + +2 'Midst hourly cares, may love present + Its incense to thy throne; + And while the world our hands employs, + Our hearts be thine alone. + +3 As sanctified to noblest ends, + Be each refreshment sought; + And by each various providence + Some wise instruction brought. + +4 When to laborious duties called, + Or by temptations tried, + We'll seek the shelter of thy wings, + And in thy strength confide. + +5 In solid, pure delights like these, + Let all our days be past; + Nor shall we then impatient wish, + Nor shall we fear, the last. + + + + +343. S. M. Heath. + +Watchfulness and Prayer inculcated. + + +1 My soul, be on thy guard; + Ten thousand foes arise; + The hosts of sin are pressing hard + To draw thee from the skies. + +2 O, watch, and fight, and pray; + The battle ne'er give o'er; + Renew it boldly every day, + And help divine implore. + +3 Ne'er think the victory won, + Nor lay thine armor down: + Thy arduous work will not be done + Till thou obtain thy crown. + +4 Fight on, my soul, till death + Shall bring thee to thy God; + He'll take thee, at thy parting breath, + To his divine abode. + + + + +344. L. M. Watts. + +The Beatitudes. + + +1 Blest are the humble souls that see + Their emptiness and poverty; + Treasures of grace to them are given, + And crowns of joy laid up in heaven. + +2 Blest are the souls that thirst for grace, + Hunger and long for righteousness; + They shall be well supplied and fed + With living streams and living bread. + +3 Blest are the pure, whose hearts are clean + From the defiling power of sin; + With endless pleasure they shall see + A God of spotless purity. + +4 Blest are the men of peaceful life, + Who quench the coals of growing strife; + They shall be called the heirs of bliss, + The sons of God, the God of peace. + +5 Blest are the sufferers who partake + Of pain and shame for Jesus' sake; + Their souls shall triumph in the Lord; + Glory and joy are their reward. + + + + +345. L. M. Rippon's Coll. + +Patience. + + +1 Patience, O, 't is a grace divine, + Sent from the God of peace and love, + That leans upon our Father's arm, + As through the wilds of life we rove. + +2 By patience, we serenely bear + The troubles of our mortal state, + And wait, contented, our discharge, + Nor think our glory comes too late. + +3 O, for this grace to aid us on, + And arm with fortitude the breast, + Till, life's tumultuous voyage o'er, + We reach the shores of endless rest. + +4 Faith into vision shall resign, + Hope shall in full fruition die, + And patience in possession end, + In the bright worlds of bliss on high. + + + + +346. 7s. M. Merrick. + +"Who shall abide in thy tabernacle?" Ps. 15. + + +1 Who shall towards thy chosen seat + Turn, O Lord, his favored feet? + Who shall at thine altar bend? + Who shall Zion's hill ascend? + Who, great God, a welcome guest, + On thy holy mountain rest? + +2 He whose heart thy love has warmed, + He whose will, to thine conformed, + Bids his life unsullied run; + He whose word and thought are one; + Who, from sin's contagion free, + Lifts his willing soul to thee. + +3 He who thus, with heart unstained, + Treads the path by thee ordained, + He shall towards thy chosen seat + Turn, O Lord, his favored feet; + He thy ceaseless care shall prove, + He shall share thy constant love. + + + + +347. C. M. Tate & Brady. + +The Same. + + +1 Lord, who's the happy man, that may + To thy blest courts repair, + Not, stranger-like, to visit them, + But to inhabit there? + +2 'Tis he whose every thought and deed + By rules of virtue moves; + Whose generous tongue disdains to speak + The thing his heart disproves; + +3 Who never did a slander forge, + His neighbor's fame to wound; + Nor hearken to a false report, + By malice whispered round; + +4 Who to his plighted vows and trust + Has ever firmly stood; + And though he promise to his loss, + He makes his promise good. + +5 The man who by this steady course + Has happiness ensured, + When earth's foundations shake, shall stand + By Providence secured. + + + + +348. S. M. Anonymous. + +"Blessed are the Meek." + + +1 "Blest are the meek," he said, + Whose doctrine is divine; + The humble-minded earth possess, + And bright in heaven will shine. + +2 While here on earth they stay, + Calm peace with them shall dwell, + And cheerful hope and heavenly joy + Beyond what tongue can tell. + +3 The God of peace is theirs; + They own his gracious sway; + And yielding all their wills to him, + His sovereign laws obey. + +4 O gracious Father, grant, + That we this influence feel, + That all we hope, or wish, may be + Subjected to thy will. + + + + +349. L. M. Scott. + +The Blessing of Meekness. + + +1 Happy the meek, whose gentle breast, + Clear as the summer's evening ray, + Calm as the regions of the blest, + Enjoys on earth celestial day. + +2 His heart no broken friendships sting, + No storms his peaceful tent invade; + He rests beneath th' Almighty wing, + Hostile to none, of none afraid. + +3 Spirit of grace, all meek and mild, + Inspire our breasts, our souls possess; + Repel each passion rude and wild, + And bless us as we aim to bless. + + + + +350. C. M. M. W. Hale. + +The Pure Heart. + + +1 Whatever dims thy sense of truth, + Or stains thy purity, + Though light as breath of summer air + Count it as sin to thee. + +2 Preserve the tablet of thy thoughts + From every blemish free, + While the Redeemer's lowly faith + Its temple makes with thee. + +3 And pray of God, that grace be given + To tread time's narrow way:-- + How dark soever it may be, + It leads to cloudless day. + + + + +351. S. M. Keble. + +"Blessed are the Pure in Heart." + + +1 Blest are the pure in heart + For they shall see our God; + The secret of the Lord is theirs, + Their soul is Christ's abode. + +2 Still to the lowly soul + He doth himself impart, + And for his temple and his throne + Chooseth the pure in heart. + + + + +352. C. M. Watts. + +Prudence. + + +1 O, 't is a lovely thing to see + A man of prudent heart, + Whose thoughts and lips and life agree + To act a useful part. + +2 When envy, strife, and wars begin, + In fierce, contentious souls, + Mark how the sons of peace come in, + And quench the kindling coals. + +3 Their minds are humble, mild, and meek, + Nor let their anger rise; + Nor passion moves their lips to speak, + Nor pride exalts their eyes. + +4 Their lives are prudence mixed with love; + Good works employ their day; + They join the serpent with the dove, + But cast the sting away. + + + + +353. L. M. 6l. Montgomery. + +Humility. + + +1 The bird that soars on highest wing + Builds on the ground her lowly nest; + And she that doth most sweetly sing + Sings in the shade when all things rest:-- + In lark and nightingale we see + What honor hath humility. + +2 When Mary chose the better part, + She meekly sat at Jesus' feet; + And Lydia's gently opened heart + Was made for God's own temple meet:-- + Fairest and best adorned is she + Whose clothing is humility. + +3 The saint that wears heaven's brightest crown + In deepest adoration bends; + The weight of glory bows him down + Then most when most his soul ascends:-- + Nearest the throne itself must be + The footstool of humility. + + + + +354. C. M. Watts. + +Humility and Submission. + + +1 Is there ambition in my heart? + Search, gracious God, and see; + Or do I act a haughty part? + Lord, I appeal to thee. + +2 I charge my thoughts, be humble still, + And all my carriage mild; + Content, my Father, with thy will + And quiet as a child. + +3 The patient soul, the lowly mind, + Shall have a large reward: + Let saints in sorrow lie resigned, + And trust a faithful Lord. + + + + +355. L. M. Watts. + +Love to God and our Neighbor. + + +1 Thus saith the first, the great command, + "Let all thy inward powers unite + To love thy Maker and thy God + With utmost vigor and delight. + +2 "Then shall thy neighbor next in place + Share thine affections and esteem; + And let thy kindness to thyself + Measure and rule thy love to him." + +3 This is the sense that Moses spoke; + This did the prophets preach and prove, + For want of this the law is broke, + And the whole law's fulfilled by love. + +4 But, O, how base our passions are! + How cold our charity and zeal! + Lord, fill our souls with heavenly fire, + Or we shall ne'er perform thy will. + + + + +356. S. M. L. H. Sigourney. + +Active Piety. + + +1 Servants of Christ, arise, + And gird you for the toil; + The dew of promise from the skies + Already cheers the soil. + +2 Go where the sick recline, + Where mourning hearts deplore; + And where the sons of sorrow pine, + Dispense your hallowed lore. + +3 Urge, with a tender zeal, + The erring child along, + Where peaceful congregations kneel, + And pious teachers throng. + +4 Be faith, which looks above, + With prayer, your constant guest, + And wrap the Saviour's changeless love + A mantle round your breast. + +5 So shall you share the wealth, + That earth may ne'er despoil, + And the blest gospel's saving health + Repay your arduous toil. + + + + +357. L. M. Steele. + +Example of the Saviour. + + +1 And is the gospel peace and love? + So let our conversation be; + The serpent blended with the dove, + Wisdom and meek simplicity. + +2 Whene'er the angry passions rise, + And tempt our thoughts or tongues to strife, + On Jesus let us fix our eyes, + Bright pattern of the Christian life! + +3 O, how benevolent and kind! + How mild! how ready to forgive! + Be this the temper of our mind, + And his the rules by which we live. + +4 Dispensing good where'er he came, + The labors of his life were love; + If, then, we love our Saviour's name + Thus let us our relation prove. + + + + +358. S. M. Doddridge. + +"Again, I say--Watch!" + + +1 Ye servants of the Lord, + Each in his office wait, + Observant of his heavenly word, + And watchful at his gate. + +2 Let all your lamps be bright, + And trim the golden flame; + Gird up your loins, as in his sight, + For awful is his name. + +3 Watch,--'tis your Lord's command; + And while we speak, he's near; + Mark the first signal of his hand, + And ready all appear. + +4 O, happy servant he, + In such a posture found! + He shall his Lord with rapture see + And be with honor crowned. + + + + +359. S. M. Bulfinch. + +The Use of Present Opportunities. + + +1 Children of light, awake, + At Jesus' call arise, + Forth with your leader to partake + His toils, his victories. + +2 Ye must not idly stand, + His sacred voice who hear; + Arm for the strife the feeble hand, + The holy standard rear. + +3 Nought doth the world afford, + But toil must be the price; + Wilt thou not, servant of the Lord, + Then toil for paradise? + +4 Awake, ye sons of light, + Strive till the prize be won; + Far spent already is the night; + The day comes brightening on. + + + + +360. C. M. H. K. White. + +The Christian's Contest, Rest, and Hope. + + +1 Through sorrow's night and danger's way + Amid the deepening gloom, + The soldiers of an injured King + Are marching to the tomb. + +2 Their service done, securely laid + In this their last retreat, + Unheeded o'er their silent dust + The storms of life shall beat. + +3 Yet not thus lifeless in the grave + The vital spark shall lie; + O'er nature's ruins it shall rise, + To reach its kindred sky. + +4 Then heaven's soft dew o'er every eye + Shall shed its mildest rays; + And the long silent dust shall wake + In strains of endless praise. + + + + +361. C. M. Anonymous. + +The whole Armor. + + +1 O, speed thee, Christian, on thy way, + And to thy armor cling; + With girded loins the call obey + That grace and mercy bring. + +2 There is a battle to be fought, + An upward race to run, + A crown of glory to be sought, + A victory to be won. + +3 O, faint not, Christian, for thy sighs + Are heard before His throne; + The race must come before the prize, + The cross before the crown. + + + + +362. L. M. Montgomery. + +The Christian Warrior. + + +1 The Christian warrior, see him stand + In the whole armor of his God; + The spirit's sword is in his hand; + His feet are with the gospel shod. + +2 In panoply of truth complete, + Salvation's helmet on his head, + With righteousness, a breastplate meet, + And faith's broad shield before him spread. + +3 With this omnipotence he moves; + From this the alien armies flee; + Till more than conqueror he proves, + Through Christ, who gives him victory. + +4 Thus strong in his Redeemer's strength, + Sin, death and hell he tramples down,-- + Fights the good fight; and takes at length, + Through mercy, an immortal crown. + + + + +363. L. M. G. Rogers. + +Religion. + + +1 Religion! in its blessed ray + All thought of hopeless sorrow flies, + Despair and anguish melt away + Where'er its healing beams arise. + How dark our sinful world would be-- + A flowerless desert, dry and drear! + Did not this light, O God, from thee + Its gloom dispel, its aspect cheer. + +2 Oh! by it many a heart is soothed, + Which else would be with sorrow crushed, + And many a dying pillow smoothed, + And sob of parting anguish hushed. + Across the troubled sky of time + It doth the bow of promise bend, + A symbol of that cloudless clime + That waits the soul when time shall end. + +3 Religion! may its holy light + Our footsteps guide to paths of peace! + Our solace in deep sorrow's night, + Our stay as mortal powers decrease. + With this our guide, we care not when + Death's signal to depart is given; + Its word shall bring our spirits then + The calm and holy peace of heaven. + + + + +364. L. M. Watts. + +The Humble and Pure Accepted. + + +1 Thus saith the high and lofty One: + "I sit upon my holy throne; + My name is God, I dwell on high, + Dwell in my own eternity. + +2 "But I descend to worlds below; + On earth I have a mansion too; + The humble spirit, and contrite, + Is an abode of my delight. + +3 "The humble soul my words revive; + I bid the mourning sinner live; + Heal all the broken hearts I find, + And ease the sorrows of the mind. + +4 "The soul that seeks me shall obtain + Immortal wealth and heavenly gain; + Eternal life is his reward, + Life, and the favor of the Lord." + + + + +365. 7s. M. Methodist Coll. + +A Call to Prayer. + + +1 They who seek the throne of grace + Find that throne in every place; + If we love a life of prayer, + God is present everywhere. + +2 In our sickness, in our health; + In our want or in our wealth, + If we look to God in prayer, + God is present everywhere. + +3 When our earthly comforts fail, + When the woes of life prevail, + 'Tis the time for earnest prayer, + God is present everywhere. + +4 Then, my soul, in every strait, + To thy Father, come and wait; + He will answer every prayer, + God is present everywhere. + + + + +366. C. M. Anonymous. + +Secret Prayer. + + +1 Sweet is the prayer whose holy stream + In earnest pleading flows! + Devotion dwells upon the theme, + And warm and warmer glows. + +2 Faith grasps the blessing she desires; + Hope points the upward gaze; + And Love, celestial Love, inspires + The eloquence of praise. + +3 But sweeter far the still, small voice, + Unheard by human ear, + When God has made the heart rejoice, + And dried the bitter tear. + +4 No accents flow, no words ascend; + All utterance faileth there; + But Christian spirits comprehend, + And God accepts the prayer. + + + + +367. L. M. Mrs. Barbauld. + +The Warfare of the Soul. + + +1 Awake, my soul! lift up thine eyes! + See where thy foes against thee rise, + In long array a numerous host; + Awake, my soul! or thou art lost. + +2 See where rebellious passions rage, + And fierce desires and lusts engage; + The meanest foe of all the train + Has thousands and ten thousands slain. + +3 Come then, my soul! now learn to wield + The weight of thine immortal shield; + Put on the armor from above, + Of heavenly truth and heavenly love. + +4 The terror and the charm repel, + And powers of earth and powers of hell, + The man of Calvary triumphed here;-- + Why should his faithful followers fear? + + + + +368. C. M. Doddridge. + +The Christian Race. + + +1 Awake, my soul! stretch every nerve, + And press with vigor on; + A heavenly race demands thy zeal, + And an immortal crown. + +2 A cloud of witnesses around + Hold thee in full survey; + Forget the steps already trod, + And onward urge thy way. + +3 'T is God's all-animating voice + That calls thee from on high; + 'T is his own hand presents the prize + To thine aspiring eye;-- + +4 That prize with peerless glories bright, + Which shall new lustre boast, + When victors' wreaths and monarchs' gems + Shall blend in common dust. + + + + +369. C. M. Watts. + +Christian Courage and Self-denial. + + +1 Am I a soldier of the cross, + A follower of the Lamb? + And shall I fear to own his cause, + Or blush to speak his name? + +2 Must I be carried to the skies + On flowery beds of ease, + While others fought to win the prize, + And sailed through bloody seas? + +3 Sure I must fight, if I would reign; + Increase my courage, Lord! + I'll bear the toil, endure the pain, + Supported by thy word. + +4 Thy saints, in all this glorious war, + Shall conquer, though they're slain: + They see the triumph from afar, + And soon with Christ shall reign. + +5 When that illustrious day shall rise, + And all thy armies shine + In robes of victory through the skies, + The glory shall be thine. + + + + +370. L. M. Watts. + +The Christian Race. + + +1 Awake, our souls, away, our fears; + Let every trembling thought be gone; + Awake and run the heavenly race, + And put a cheerful courage on. + +2 True 'tis a strait and thorny road, + And mortal spirits tire and faint; + But they forget the mighty God, + That feeds the strength of every saint. + +3 From thee, the overflowing spring, + Our souls shall drink a fresh supply, + While such as trust their native strength, + Shall melt away, and droop, and die. + +4 Swift as an eagle cuts the air, + We'll mount aloft to thine abode; + On wings of love our souls shall fly, + Nor tire amidst the heavenly road. + + + + +371. C. M. Montgomery. + +What is Prayer? + + +1 Prayer is the soul's sincere desire, + Uttered or unexpressed, + The motion of a hidden fire, + That trembles in the breast. + +2 Prayer is the burden of a sigh, + The falling of a tear, + The upward glancing of an eye, + When none but God is near. + +3 Prayer is the simplest form of speech + That infant lips can try, + Prayer the sublimest strains that reach + The Majesty on high. + +4 Prayer is the Christian's vital breath, + The Christian's native air, + The watchword at the gates of death; + He enters heaven with prayer. + +5 Prayer is the contrite sinner's voice, + Returning from his ways; + While angels in their songs rejoice, + And cry "Behold, he prays!" + + + + +372. 7s. M. Mrs. Hemans. + +"I will that men pray everywhere." + + +1 Child, amidst the flowers at play, + While the red light fades away; + Mother, with thine earnest eye + Ever following silently; + Father, by the breeze of eve + Called thy daily work to leave; + Pray! ere yet the dark hours be, + Lift the heart and bend the knee! + +2 Traveller, in the stranger's land, + Far from thine own household band; + Mourner, haunted by the tone + Of a voice from this world gone; + Captive, in whose narrow cell + Sunshine hath not leave to dwell; + Sailor, on the darkening sea-- + Lift the heart and bend the knee! + + + + +373. 7s. & 6s. M. Edin. Lit. Review. + +Pray without ceasing. + + +1 Go when the morning shineth, + Go when the noon is bright, + Go when the eve declineth, + Go in the hush of night; + Go with pure mind and feeling, + Cast earthly thought away, + And, in thy closet kneeling, + Do thou in secret pray. + +2 Remember all who love thee, + All who are loved by thee; + Pray, too, for those who hate thee, + If any such there be; + Then for thyself, in meekness, + A blessing humbly claim, + And blend with each petition + Thy great Redeemer's name. + +3 Or, if 'tis e'er denied thee + In solitude to pray, + Should holy thoughts come o'er thee + When friends are round thy way, + E'en then the silent breathing, + Thy spirit raised above, + Will reach his throne of glory, + Where dwells eternal love. + +4 O, not a joy or blessing + With this can we compare,-- + The grace our Father gave us + To pour our souls in prayer: + Whene'er thou pin'st in sadness, + Before his footstool fall; + Remember, in thy gladness, + His love who gave thee all. + + + + +374. L. M. Watts. + +"We walk by faith, not by sight." + + +1 'T is by the faith of joys to come + We walk through deserts dark as night; + Till we arrive at heaven, our home, + Faith is our guide, and faith our light. + +2 The want of sight she well supplies; + She makes the pearly gates appear; + Far into distant worlds she flies, + And brings eternal glories near. + +3 Cheerful we tread the desert through, + While faith inspires a heavenly ray; + Though lions roar and tempests blow, + And rocks and dangers fill the way. + +4 So Abraham, by divine command, + Left his own house to walk with God; + His faith beheld the promised land, + And fired his zeal along the road. + + + + +375. C. M. Salisbury Coll. + +The Power of Faith. + + +1 Faith adds new charms to earthly bliss, + And saves us from its snares; + Its aid in every duty brings, + And softens all our cares. + +2 The wounded conscience knows its power + The healing balm to give; + That balm the saddest heart can cheer, + And make the dying live. + +3 Wide it unveils celestial worlds, + Where deathless pleasures reign, + And bids us seek our portion there, + Nor bids us seek in vain. + +4 On that bright prospect may we rest, + Till this frail body dies; + And then, on faith's triumphant wings, + To endless glory rise. + + + + +376. S. H. M. Christian Watchman. + +Excellence of Faith. + + +1 Faith is the Christian's prop + Whereon his sorrows lean; + It is the substance of his hope, + His proof of things unseen; + It is the anchor of his soul + When tempests rage and billows roll. + +2 Faith is the polar star + That guides the Christian's way, + Directs his wanderings from afar + To realms of endless day; + It points the course where'er he roam, + And safely leads the pilgrim home. + +3 Faith is the rainbow's form, + Hung on the brow of heaven, + The glory of the passing storm, + The pledge of mercy given; + It is the bright, triumphal arch, + Through which the saints to glory march. + + + + +377. C. M. Bath Coll. + +Prayer for Strong Faith. + + +1 O, for a faith that will not shrink + Though pressed by every foe, + That will not tremble on the brink + Of any earthly woe!-- + +2 That will not murmur nor complain + Beneath the chastening rod, + But, in the hour of grief or pain, + Will lean upon its God;-- + +3 A faith that shines more bright and clear + When tempests rage without; + That when in danger knows no fear, + In darkness feels no doubt;-- + +4 Lord, give us such a faith as this, + And then, whate'er may come, + We'll taste, e'en here, the hallowed bliss + Of an eternal home. + + + + +378. C. M. Sidney. + +Hope. + + +1 Borne o'er the ocean's stormy wave, + The beacon's light appears, + When yawns the seaman's watery grave, + And his lone bosom cheers. + +2 Then, should the raging ocean foam, + His heart shall dauntless prove, + To reach, secure, his cherished home, + The haven of his love. + +3 So, when the soul is wrapt in gloom, + To worldly grief a prey, + Thy beams, blest Hope, beyond the tomb, + Illume the pilgrim's way. + +4 They point to that serene abode + Where holy faith shall rest, + Protected by the sufferer's God, + And be forever blest. + + + + +379. 7s. M. Cennick. + +The Christian rejoicing in Hope. + + +1 Children of the Heavenly King, + As ye journey, sweetly sing; + Sing your Saviour's worthy praise, + Glorious in his works and ways. + +2 Ye are travelling home to God, + In the way the fathers trod; + They are happy now, and ye + Soon their happiness shall see. + +3 Shout, ye little flock, and blest; + You on Jesus' throne shall rest; + There your seat is now prepared, + There your kingdom and reward. + +4 Lord, submissive make us go, + Ready, leaving all below; + Only thou our Leader be, + And we still will follow thee. + + + + +380. C. M. H. H. Hawley. + +The Hope, the Star, the Voice. + + +1 There is a hope, a blesséd hope, + More precious and more bright + Than all the joyless mockery + The world esteems delight. + +2 There is a star, a lovely star, + That lights the darkest gloom, + And sheds a peaceful radiance o'er + The prospects of the tomb. + +3 There is a voice, a cheering voice, + That lifts the soul above, + Dispels the painful, anxious doubt, + And whispers, "God is love." + +4 That voice, aloud from Calvary's height, + Proclaims the soul forgiven; + That star is revelation's light; + That hope, the hope of heaven. + + + + +381. C. M. Drennan. + +Law of Love. + + +1 All nature feels attractive power, + A strong, embracing force; + The drops that sparkle in the shower, + The planets in their course. + +2 Thus, in the universe of mind, + Is felt the law of love; + The charity both strong and kind, + For all that live and move. + +3 In this fine sympathetic chain + All creatures bear a part; + Their every pleasure, every pain, + Linked to the feeling heart. + +4 More perfect bond, the Christian plan + Attaches soul to soul; + Our neighbor is the suffering man, + Though at the farthest pole. + +5 To earth below, from heaven above, + The faith in Christ professed, + More clearly shows that God is love, + And whom he loves is blessed. + + + + +382. C. M. Doddridge. + +The Same. + + +1 O, may our sympathizing breasts + The generous pleasure know, + Kindly to share in others' joy, + And weep for others' woe! + +2 Where'er the helpless sons of grief + In low distress are laid, + Soft be our hearts their pains to feel, + And swift our hands to aid. + +3 O, be the law of love fulfilled + In every act and thought, + Each angry passion far removed, + Each selfish view forgot! + +4 Be thou, my heart, dilated wide + With this kind, social grace, + And, in one grasp of fervent love, + All earth and heaven embrace. + + + + +383. C. M. Watts. + +Love to God. + + +1 Happy the heart where graces reign, + Where love inspires the breast: + Love is the brightest of the train, + And strengthens all the rest. + +2 Knowledge--alas! 'tis all in vain, + And all in vain our fear; + Our stubborn sins will fight and reign, + If love be absent there. + +3 This is the grace that lives and sings, + When faith and hope shall cease; + 'Tis this shall strike our joyful strings + In realms of endless peace. + +4 Before we quite forsake our clay, + Or leave this dark abode, + The wings of love bear us away + To see our gracious God. + + + + +384. L. M. Browne. + +Love to all Mankind. + + +1 O God, my Father, and my King, + Of all I have, or hope, the spring! + Send down thy spirit from above, + And fill my heart with heavenly love. + +2 May I from every act abstain, + That hurts or gives another pain: + And bear a sympathizing part, + Whene'er I meet a wounded heart. + +3 And let my neighbor's prosperous state + A mutual joy in me create; + His virtuous triumph let me join; + His peace and happiness be mine. + +4 And though my neighbor's hate I prove, + Still let me vanquish hate with love; + And every secret wish suppress, + That would abridge his happiness. + +5 Let love through all my conduct shine, + An image fair, though faint, of thine! + Thus let me his disciple prove, + Who came to manifest thy love. + + + + +385. C. M. Roscoe. + +The Two Commandments. + + +1 This is the first and great command-- + To love thy God above; + And this the second--as thyself + Thy neighbor thou shalt love. + +2 Who is my neighbor? He who wants + The help which thou canst give; + And both the law and prophets say, + This do, and thou shalt live. + + + + +386. C. M. Watts. + +Christ's Love to Enemies our Example. + + +1 God of our mercy and our praise, + Thy glory is our song; + We'll speak the honors of thy grace + With a rejoicing tongue. + +2 When Christ among the sons of men + In humble form was found, + With cruel slanders, false and vain, + They compassed him around. + +3 Their miseries his compassion moved, + Their peace he still pursued; + They rendered hatred for his love, + And evil for his good. + +4 Their malice raged without a cause; + Yet, with his dying breath, + He prayed for murderers on his cross, + And blest his foes in death. + +5 O, may his conduct, all divine, + To us a model prove: + Like his, O God, our hearts incline + Our enemies to love. + + + + +387. C. M. Christian Psalmist. + +Faith, Hope and Charity. + + +1 Faith, hope, and love, now dwell on earth, + And earth by them is blest; + But faith and hope must yield to love, + Of all the graces best. + +2 Hope shall to full fruition rise, + And faith be sight above; + These are the means, but this the end, + For saints forever love. + + + + +388. L. M. Montgomery. + +The Christian Graces. + + +1 Faith, hope, and charity, these three, + Yet is the greatest charity; + Father of lights, these gifts impart + To mine and every human heart. + +2 Faith, that in prayer can never fail, + Hope, that o'er doubting must prevail, + And charity, whose name above + Is God's own name, for God is love. + +3 The morning star is lost in light, + Faith vanishes at perfect sight, + The rainbow passes with the storm + And hope with sorrow's fading form. + +4 But charity, serene, sublime, + Beyond the reach of death and time, + Like the blue sky's all-bounding space, + Holds heaven and earth in its embrace. + + + + +389. C. M. Watts. + +A Living and a Dead Faith. + + +1 Mistaken souls! that dream of heaven, + And make their empty boast + Of inward joys, and sins forgiven, + While they are slaves to lust. + +2 Vain are our fancies, airy flights, + If faith be cold and dead; + None but a living power unites + To Christ the living head. + +3 'T is faith that purifies the heart; + 'T is faith that works by love; + That bids all sinful joys depart, + And lifts the thoughts above. + +4 This faith shall every fear control + By its celestial power, + With holy triumph fill the soul + In death's approaching hour. + + + + +390. L. M. Scott. + +"Two men went up into the temple to pray." + + +1 The uplifted eye, and bended knee, + Are but vain homage, Lord, to thee; + In vain our lips thy praise prolong, + The heart a stranger to the song. + +2 The pure, the humble, contrite mind, + Sincere, and to thy will resigned, + To thee a nobler offering yields, + Than Sheba's groves, or Sharon's fields. + +3 Love God and man--this great command, + Doth on eternal pillars stand; + This did thine ancient prophets teach, + And this thy Well-Belovéd preach. + + + + +391. H. M. Montgomery. + +Brotherly Love. Ps. 133. + + +1 How beautiful the sight + Of brethren who agree + In friendship to unite, + And bonds of charity! + 'T is like the precious ointment shed + O'er all his robes from Aaron's head. + +2 'Tis like the dews that fill + The cups of Hermon's flowers; + Or Zion's fruitful hill, + Bright with the drops of showers; + When mingling odors breathe around, + And glory rests on all the ground. + +3 For there the Lord commands + Blessings, a boundless store, + From his unsparing hands, + Yea, life for evermore. + Thrice happy they who meet above + To spend eternity in love! + + + + +392. 7s. M. C. Wesley. + +The Harmony of Love. + + +1 Lord! subdue our selfish will; + Each to each our tempers suit, + By thy modulating skill, + Heart to heart, as lute to lute. + +2 Sweetly on our spirits move; + Gently touch the trembling strings: + Make the harmony of love, + Music for the King of kings! + + + + +393. S. M. Watts. + +The Bond of Peace. + + +1 Blest are the sons of peace, + Whose hearts and hopes are one; + Whose kind designs to serve and please + Through all their actions run. + +2 Blest is the pious house + Where zeal and friendship meet; + Their songs of praise, their mingled vows, + Make their communion sweet. + +3 Thus on the heavenly hills + The saints are blest above, + Where joy like morning dew distils, + And all the air is love. + + + + +394. C. M. Montgomery. + +"The unity of the spirit in the bond of peace." + + +1 The glorious universe around, + The heavens with all their train, + Sun, moon, and stars, are firmly bound + In one mysterious chain. + +2 The earth, the ocean, and the sky, + To form one world agree, + Where all that walk, or swim, or fly, + Compose one family. + +3 In one fraternal bond of love, + One fellowship of mind, + The saints below and saints above + Their bliss and glory find. + +4 Here in their house of pilgrimage, + Thy statutes are their song; + There, through one bright, eternal age, + Thy praises they prolong. + + + + +395. C. M. C. Wesley. + +The Church on Earth and in Heaven, One. + + +1 The saints on earth and those above + But one communion make: + Joined to their Lord in bonds of love, + All of his grace partake. + +2 One family, we dwell in him; + One church above, beneath; + Though now divided by the stream, + The swelling stream of death. + +3 One army of the living God,-- + To his command we bow; + Part of the host have crossed the flood, + And part are crossing now. + +4 O God, be thou our constant guide! + And when the word is given, + Sustain us o'er the fearful tide, + And bring us safe to heaven. + + + + +396. S. M. Beddome. + +Christian Unity. + + +1 Let party names no more + The Christian world o'erspread; + Gentile and Jew, and bond and free, + Are one in Christ their head. + +2 Among the saints on earth + Let mutual love be found; + Heirs of the same inheritance, + With mutual blessings crowned. + +3 Let envy and ill-will + Be banished far away; + Those should in holy friendship dwell, + Who the same Lord obey. + +4 Thus will the church below + Resemble that above; + Where streams of pleasure always flow, + And every heart is love. + + + + +397. L. M. Barbauld. + +Christian Friendship. + + +1 How blest the sacred tie that binds + In union sweet according minds! + How swift the heavenly course they run, + Whose hearts, and faith, and hopes are one! + +2 To each the soul of each how dear! + What jealous love, what holy fear! + How doth the generous flame within + Refine from earth, and cleanse from sin! + +3 Their streaming eyes together flow + For human guilt and mortal woe; + Their ardent prayers together rise + Like mingling flames in sacrifice. + +4 Together shall they seek the place + Where God reveals his awful face: + How high, how strong, their raptures swell + There's none but kindred souls can tell. + + + + +398. L. M. Anonymous. + +Charitable Judgment. + + +1 Omniscient God, 'tis thine to know + The springs whence wrong opinions flow; + To judge from principles within, + When frailty errs, and when we sin. + +2 Who with another's eye can read, + Or worship by another's creed? + Revering thy command alone, + We humbly seek and use our own. + +3 If wrong, forgive; accept, if right, + Whilst faithful, we obey our light, + And judging none, are zealous still + To follow, as to learn, thy will. + +4 When shall our happy eyes behold + Thy people, fashioned in thy mould? + And charity our kindred prove + Derived from thee, O God of love? + + + + +399. L. M. Watts. + +The Same. + + +1 Not different food, nor different dress, + Compose the kingdom of our Lord; + But peace, and joy, and righteousness, + Faith, and obedience to his word. + +2 When weaker Christians we despise, + We do the gospel mighty wrong; + For God, the gracious and the wise, + Receives the feeble with the strong. + +3 Let pride and wrath be banished hence, + Meekness and love our souls pursue, + Nor shall our practice give offence + To saints, the Gentile or the Jew. + + + + +400. S. M. Scott. + +Private Judgment and Accountability. + + +1 Imposture shrinks from light, + And dreads the curious eye; + But sacred truths the test invite, + They bid us search and try. + +2 With understanding blest, + Created to be free, + Our faith on man we dare not rest, + Subject to none but thee. + +3 Lord, give the light we need; + With soundest knowledge fill; + From noxious error guard our creed, + From prejudice our will. + +4 The truth thou shalt impart, + May we with firmness own; + Abhorring each evasive art, + And fearing thee alone. + + + + +401. C. M. Newton. + +True Zeal. + + +1 Zeal is that pure and heavenly flame + The fire of love supplies; + Whilst that which often bears the name, + Is self but in disguise. + +2 True zeal is merciful and mild, + Can pity and forbear; + The false is headstrong, fierce and wild, + And breathes revenge and war. + +3 While zeal for truth the Christian warms, + He knows the worth of peace; + But self contends for names and forms, + Its party to increase. + +4 Zeal has attained its highest aim, + Its end is satisfied, + If sinners love the Saviour's name,-- + Nor seeks it aught beside. + +5 This idol self, O Lord, dethrone, + And from our hearts remove; + And let no zeal by us be shown + But that which springs from love. + + + + +402. C. M. Needham. + +Moderation. + + +1 Happy the man whose cautious steps + Still keep the golden mean; + Whose life by wisdom's rules well formed, + Declares a conscience clean. + +2 To sect or party his large soul + Disdains to be confined; + The good he loves of every name, + And prays for all mankind. + +3 His business is to keep his heart; + Each passion to control; + Nobly ambitious well to rule + The empire of his soul. + +4 Not on the world his heart is set, + His treasure is above; + Nothing beneath the sovereign good + Can claim his highest love. + + + + +403. L. M. Sir H. Wotton. + +The Independent and Happy Man. + + +1 How happy is he born or taught, + Who serveth not another's will; + Whose armor is his honest thought, + And simple truth his highest skill; + +2 Whose passions not his masters are; + Whose soul is still prepared for death; + Not tied unto the world with care + Of prince's ear or vulgar breath; + +3 Who God doth late and early pray + More of his grace than goods to lend, + And walks with man from day to day, + As with a brother and a friend. + +4 This man is freed from servile bands + Of hope to rise, or fear to fall; + Lord of himself, though not of lands, + And having nothing, yet hath all. + + + + +404. C. M. Logan. + +Wisdom. + + +1 O happy is the man, who hears + Instruction's warning voice; + And who celestial wisdom makes + His early, only choice. + +2 Her treasures are of more esteem + Than east or west unfold; + And her rewards more precious are + Than all their mines of gold. + +3 In her right hand she holds to view + A length of happy days; + Riches with splendid honors joined, + Her left hand full displays. + +4 She guides the young with innocence + In pleasure's path to tread; + A crown of glory she bestows + Upon the hoary head. + +5 According as her labors rise, + So her rewards increase; + Her ways are ways of pleasantness, + And all her paths are peace. + + + + +405. C. M. Campbell's Coll. + +"They shall walk and not faint." + + +1 Mere human power shall fast decay, + And youthful vigor cease; + But they who wait upon the Lord + In strength shall still increase. + +2 They with unwearied feet shall tread + The path of life divine, + With growing ardor onward move, + With growing brightness shine. + +3 On eagles' wings they mount, they soar; + Their wings are faith and love; + Till, past the cloudy regions here, + They rise to heaven above. + + + + +406. C. M. Watts. + +Hidden Life of the Christian. + + +1 O happy soul that lives on high, + While men lie grovelling here! + His hopes are fixed above the sky, + And faith forbids his fear. + +2 His conscience knows no secret stings, + While grace and joy combine + To form a life whose holy springs + Are hidden and divine. + +3 He waits in secret on his God; + His God in secret sees; + Let earth be all in arms abroad, + He dwells in heavenly peace. + +4 His pleasures rise from things unseen, + Beyond this world and time; + Where neither eyes nor ears have been, + Nor thoughts of mortals climb. + +5 He wants no pomp nor royal throne + To raise his honors here; + Content and pleased to live unknown, + Till Christ, his life, appear. + + + + +407. 8s. M. C. Wesley. + +"That they also may be one in us." + + +1 Lord, from whom all blessings flow, + Perfecting the church below! + Steadfast may we cleave to thee; + Love the mystic union be. + Join our faithful spirits, join + Each to each, and all to thine: + Lead us through the paths of peace, + On to perfect holiness. + +2 Sweetly may we all agree, + Touched with softest sympathy: + There is neither bond nor free, + Great nor servile, Lord, in thee; + Love, like death, hath all destroyed + Rendered all distinctions void! + Names, and sects, and parties fall: + Thou, O Christ, art all in all! + + + + +408. S. M. Steele. + +Religion a Support in Life. + + +1 Religion can assuage + The tempest of the soul; + And every fear shall lose its rage + At her divine control. + +2 Through life's bewildered way, + Her hand unerring leads; + And o'er the path her heavenly ray + A cheering lustre sheds. + +3 When reason, tired and blind, + Sinks helpless and afraid, + Thou blest supporter of the mind, + How powerful is thine aid! + +4 O, let us feel thy power, + And find thy sweet relief, + To brighten every gloomy hour + And soften every grief. + + + + +409. C. M. Tate & Brady. + +The Righteous and the Wicked. + + +1 How blest is he, who ne'er consents + By ill advice to walk; + Nor stands in sinners' ways, nor sits + Where men profanely talk: + +2 But makes the perfect law of God + His business and delight; + Devoutly reads therein by day, + And meditates by night. + +3 Like some fair tree, which, fed by streams, + With timely fruit does bend, + He still shall flourish, and success + All his designs attend. + +4 Ungodly men, and their attempts, + No lasting root shall find; + Untimely blasted, and dispersed + Like chaff before the wind. + + + + +410. C. M. Exeter Coll. + +The Influence of Habitual Piety. + + +1 Blest is the man who fears the Lord! + His well established mind, + In every varying scene of life, + Shall true composure find. + +2 Oft through the deep and stormy sea + The heavenly footsteps lie; + But on a glorious world beyond + His faith can fix its eye. + +3 Though dark his present prospects be, + And sorrows round him dwell, + Yet hope can whisper to his soul, + That all shall issue well. + +4 Full in the presence of his God, + Through every scene he goes; + And, fearing him, no other fear + His steadfast bosom knows. + + + + +411. C. M. Proud. + +The Happiness of a Christian. + + +1 When true religion gains a place, + And lives within the mind, + The sensual life subdued by grace, + And all the soul refined: + +2 The desert blooms in living green, + Where thorns and briers grew; + The barren waste is fruitful seen, + And all the prospect new. + +3 O happy Christian, richly blessed! + What floods of pleasure roll! + By God and man he stands confessed, + In dignity of soul. + +4 Substantial, pure, his every joy: + His Maker is his friend; + The noblest business his employ, + And happiness his end. + + + + +412. 7s. & 8s. M. Bowring. + +"He that walketh uprightly, walketh surely." + + +1 He who walks in virtue's way, + Firm and fearless, walketh surely; + Diligent, while yet 'tis day, + On he speeds, and speeds securely. + +2 Flowers of peace beneath him grow, + Suns of pleasure brighten o'er him; + Memory's joys behind him go, + Hope's sweet angels fly before him. + +3 Thus he moves from stage to stage, + Smiles of earth and heaven attending; + Softly sinking down in age, + And at last to death descending. + +4 Cradled in its quiet deep, + Calm as summer's loveliest even, + He shall sleep the hallowed sleep; + Sleep that is o'erwatched by Heaven. + + + + +413. C. M. Burns. + +The Happiness of the Righteous. + + +1 The man, in life wherever placed, + Hath happiness in store, + Who walks not in the wicked's way, + Nor learns their guilty lore: + +2 Nor from the seat of scornful pride + Casts forth his eyes abroad, + But with humility and awe, + Still walks before his God. + +3 That man shall flourish like the trees + Which by the streamlets grow; + The fruitful top is spread on high, + And firm the root below. + +4 But he whose blossom buds in guilt + Shall to the ground be cast, + And, like the rootless stubble, tossed + Before the sweeping blast. + + + + +414. L. M. Keble. + +"Not that thou wouldst take them out of the world, but keep them from its +evil." + + +1 Sweet is the bliss of souls serene, + When they have sworn and steadfast mean, + Counting the cost, in all t' espy + Their God, in all themselves deny. + +2 O could we learn that sacrifice, + What lights would all around us rise! + How would our hearts with wisdom talk, + Along life's dullest, dreariest walk! + +3 We need not bid, for cloistered cell, + Our neighbor and our work farewell, + Nor strive to wind ourselves too high + For sinful man beneath the sky: + +4 The trivial round, the common task, + Would furnish all we ought to ask; + Room to deny ourselves; a road + To bring us, daily, nearer God. + + + + +415. 7s. & 6s. M. Cowper. + +Joy and Peace in Believing. + + +1 Sometimes a light surprises + The Christian while he sings: + It is the Lord, who rises + With healing in his wings: + When comforts are declining, + He grants the soul again + A season of clear shining, + To cheer it after rain. + +2 In holy contemplation, + We sweetly then pursue + The theme of God's salvation, + And find it ever new: + Set free from present sorrow, + We cheerfully can say, + "E'en let the unknown morrow + Bring with it what it may." + +3 It can bring with it nothing, + But he will bear us through: + Who gives the lilies clothing, + Will clothe his people too: + Beneath the spreading heavens, + No creature but is fed; + And he who feeds the ravens, + Will give his children bread. + +4 Though vine, nor fig tree neither, + Its wonted fruit should bear; + Though all the field should wither, + Nor flocks, nor herds be there: + Yet God the same abiding, + His praise shall tune my voice; + For while in him confiding, + I cannot but rejoice. + + + + +416. S. M. Anonymous. + +For a Right Spirit. + + +1 I want a sober mind, + A self-renouncing will, + That tramples down and casts behind + The baits of pleasing ill; + A soul inured to pain, + To hardship, grief and loss, + Bold to take up, firm to sustain + The consecrated cross. + +2 I want a godly fear, + A quick-discerning eye, + That looks to thee when sin is near, + And sees the tempter fly; + A spirit still prepared, + And armed with jealous care, + Forever standing on its guard, + And watching unto prayer. + +3 I want a true regard, + A single, steady aim, + Unmoved by threatening or reward, + To thee and thy great name; + A zealous, just concern + For thine immortal praise; + A pure desire that all may learn + And glorify thy grace. + + + + +417. S. M. Watts. + +Heavenly Joy on Earth. + + +1 Come, ye that love the Lord, + And let your joys be known; + Join in a song with sweet accord, + And thus surround the throne. + +2 The sorrows of the mind + Be banished from the place! + Religion never was designed + To make our pleasures less. + +3 The men of grace have found + Glory begun below; + Celestial fruits on earthly ground + From faith and hope may grow. + +4 The hill of Sion yields + A thousand sacred sweets, + Before we reach the heavenly fields, + Or walk the golden streets. + +5 Then let our songs abound, + And every tear be dry; + We're marching through Immanuel's ground, + To fairer worlds on high. + + + + +418. S. M. Miss Fletcher. + +Where is Heaven? + + +1 Our heaven is everywhere, + If we but love the Lord, + Unswerving tread the narrow way, + And ever shun the broad. + +2 'T is where the trusting heart + Bows meekly to its grief, + Still looking up with earnest faith + For comfort and relief. + +3 Where guileless infancy + In happiness doth dwell, + And where the aged one can say + "He hath done all things well." + +4 Wherever truth abides + Sweet peace is ever there; + If we but love and serve the Lord, + Our heaven is everywhere. + + + + +419. 8s. & 7s. M. J. G. Adams. + +Heaven Here. + + +1 Heaven is here; its hymns of gladness + Cheer the true believer's way, + In this world where sin and sadness + Often change to night our day. + +2 Heaven is here; where misery lightened + Of its heavy load is seen, + Where the face of sorrow brightened + By the deed of love hath been: + +3 Where the bound, the poor, despairing + Are set free, supplied and blest; + Where, in others' anguish sharing, + We can find our surest rest. + +4 Where we heed the voice of duty + Rather than man's praise, or rod; + This is heaven,--its peace, its beauty, + Radiant with the smile of God. + + + + +420. L. M. 6l. Mrs. Case. + +God's Kingdom Here. + + +1 Oh, where, our Saviour! sweeps the line + That marks thy kingdom's holy reign? + Is it where northern meteors shine + Or gilds the cross the southern main? + Where breaks the dawn o'er spicy lands? + Or twilight sleeps on desert sands? + +2 Is it where sunny skies grow dim + With smoke of heathen sacrifice? + Or where, in costly domes, the hymn + Is taught on incense clouds to rise? + Nay, nay, thy blessed word has shown + Thy kingdom is the heart alone! + +3 That solemn world, whose bounds between + Life's mysteries of birth and death, + Are filled with warring hosts unseen, + Beings of power, though not of breath-- + The spirit realm, where'er it be, + Is the dominion swayed by thee. + +4 Wild, phantom shapes of gloom and fear, + Roam dimly through the haunted spot, + And earth holds not a land so drear + As the sad heart that owns thee not, + Where sorrows wound and pleasures pall, + And death's dread shadow darkens all. + +5 But lift thy sceptre there, its bowers + Shall be serene and sweet and fair, + And, as in time's primeval hours, + The holy ones shall gather there, + And heaven's own peace the soul o'erflow, + E'en while it lingers here below. + + + + +421. 7s. M. Beaumont. + +The Heaven Within. + + +1 As earth's pageant passes by, + Let reflection turn thine eye + Inward, and observe thy breast; + There alone dwells solid rest. + +2 That's a close immured tower, + Which can mock all hostile power; + To thyself a tenant be, + And inhabit safe and free. + +3 Say not that this house is small, + Girt up in a narrow wall; + In a cleanly, sober mind, + Heaven itself full room doth find. + +4 The infinite Creator can + Dwell in it; and may not man? + Here, content, make thy abode + With thyself and with thy God. + + + + +DEVOUT EXERCISES. + + + + +422. C. M. H. M. Williams. + +Habitual Devotion. + + +1 While thee I seek, protecting Power! + Be my vain wishes stilled; + And may this consecrated hour + With better hopes be filled. + +2 Thy love the power of thought bestowed; + To thee my thoughts would soar; + Thy mercy o'er my life has flowed-- + That mercy I adore! + +3 In each event of life, how clear + Thy ruling hand I see! + Each blessing to my soul more dear, + Because conferred by thee. + +4 In every joy that crowns my days, + In every pain I bear, + My heart shall find delight in praise, + Or seek relief in prayer. + +5 When gladness wings my favored hour, + Thy love my thoughts shall fill; + Resigned, when storms of sorrow lower, + My soul shall meet thy will. + +6 My lifted eye, without a tear, + The gathering storm shall see; + My steadfast heart shall know no fear;-- + That heart shall rest on thee! + + + + +423. L. M. Bowring. + +Perpetual Praise. + + +1 When, wakened by thy voice of power, + The hour of morning beams in light, + My voice shall sing that morning hour, + And thee, who mad'st that hour so bright. + +2 The morning strengthens into noon; + Earth's fairest beauties shine more fair; + And noon and morning shall attune + My grateful heart to praise and prayer. + +3 When 'neath the evening western gate + The sun's retiring rays are hid, + My joy shall be to meditate, + E'en as the pious patriarch did. + +4 As twilight wears a darker hue, + And gathering night creation dims, + The twilight and the midnight, too, + Shall have their harmonies and hymns. + +5 So shall sweet thoughts, and thoughts sublime, + My constant inspirations be; + And every shifting scene of time + Reflect, my God, a light from thee. + + + + +424. C. M. Mrs. Brown. + +Secret Prayer. + + +1 I love to steal awhile away + From every cumbering care, + And spend the hours of setting day + In humble, grateful prayer. + +2 I love to think on mercies past, + And future good implore, + And all my cares and sorrows cast + On him whom I adore. + +3 I love by faith to take a view + Of brighter scenes in heaven; + The prospect doth my strength renew, + While here by tempests driven. + +4 Thus, when life's toilsome day is o'er, + May its departing ray + Be calm as this impressive hour, + And lead to endless day. + + + + +425. S. M. C. Wesley. + +Prayer for Self-Consecration. + + +1 O God, my strength, my hope, + On thee I cast my care, + With humble confidence look up, + And know thou hearest prayer. + +2 O, for a godly fear, + A quick-discerning eye, + That looks to thee when sin is near, + And sees the tempter fly!-- + +3 A spirit still prepared, + And armed with jealous care, + Forever standing on its guard, + And watching unto prayer! + +4 Lord, let me still abide, + Nor from my hope remove, + Till thou my patient spirit guide + To better worlds above. + + + + +426. L. M. Moore. + +Breathings of Grace. + + +1 Like morning, when her early breeze + Breaks up the surface of the seas, + That, in their furrows, dark with night, + Her hand may sow the seeds of light; + +2 Thy grace can send its breathings o'er + The spirit, dark and lost before; + And freshening all its depths, prepare + For truth divine to enter there! + +3 Till David touched his sacred lyre, + In silence lay the unbreathing wire; + But when he swept its chords along, + E'en angels stooped to hear the song. + +4 So sleeps the soul, till thou, O Lord, + Shall deign to touch its lifeless chord; + Till, waked by thee, its breath shall rise + In music worthy of the skies. + + + + +427. S. M. Cowper. + +Dependence on God. + + +1 To keep the lamp alive, + With oil we fill the bowl; + 'T is water makes the willow thrive, + And grace that feeds the soul. + +2 The Lord's unsparing hand + Supplies the living stream; + It is not at our own command, + But still derived from him. + +3 Man's wisdom is to seek + His strength in God alone; + And e'en an angel would be weak, + Who trusted in his own. + +4 Retreat beneath his wings, + And in his grace confide; + This more exalts the King of kings + Than all your works beside. + +5 In God is all our store, + Grace issues from his throne; + Whoever says, "I want no more," + Confesses he has none. + + + + +428. 7s. M. 6l. Montgomery. + +The Soul panting for God. + + +1 As the hart, with eager looks, + Panteth for the water-brooks, + So my soul, athirst for thee, + Pants the living God to see; + When, O when, with filial fear, + Lord, shall I to thee draw near? + +2 Why art thou cast down, my soul? + God, thy God, shall make thee whole: + Why art thou disquieted? + God shall lift thy fallen head, + And his countenance benign + Be the saving health of thine. + + + + +429. L. M. Henry Moore. + +Wisdom and Virtue sought from God. + + +1 Supreme and universal Light! + Fountain of reason! Judge of right! + Parent of good! whose blessings flow + On all above, and all below: + +2 Assist us, Lord, to act, to be, + What nature and thy laws decree; + Worthy that intellectual flame, + Which from thy breathing spirit came! + +3 May our expanded souls disclaim + The narrow view, the selfish aim; + But with a Christian zeal embrace + Whate'er is friendly to our race. + +4 O Father, grace and virtue grant! + No more we wish, no more we want: + To know, to serve thee, and to love, + Is peace below,--is bliss above. + + + + +430. C. M. Merrick. + +Holy Resignation. + + +1 Author of good, to thee we turn: + Thine ever wakeful eye + Alone can all our wants discern, + Thy hand alone supply. + +2 O, let thy love within us dwell, + Thy fear our footsteps guide; + That love shall vainer loves expel, + That fear all fears beside. + +3 And, O, by error's force subdued, + Since oft, with stubborn will, + We blindly shun the latent good, + And grasp the specious ill,-- + +4 Not what we wish, but what we want, + Let mercy still supply: + The good we ask not; Father, grant; + The ill we ask, deny. + + + + +431. L. M. 6l. C. Wesley. + +Prayer for the Comforter. + + +1 I want the spirit of power within, + Of love, and of a healthful mind; + Of power to conquer every sin, + Of love to God and all mankind; + Of health that pain and death defies, + Most vigorous when the body dies. + +2 O that the Comforter would come, + Nor visit as a transient guest, + But fix in me his constant home, + And keep possession of my breast; + And make my soul his loved abode, + The temple of indwelling God! + + + + +432. L. M. Cotton. + +A Peaceful Conscience. + + +1 While some in folly's pleasures roll, + And court the joys that hurt the soul, + Be mine that silent, calm repast, + A conscience peaceful to the last. + +2 With this companion in the shade, + My soul no more shall be dismayed; + But fearless meet life's dreariest gloom, + And the pale monarch of the tomb. + +3 Amidst the various scenes of ills, + Each blow some kind design fulfils; + And can I murmur at my God, + While love supreme directs the rod? + +4 His hand will smooth my rugged way, + And lead me to the realms of day; + To milder skies, and brighter plains, + Where everlasting pleasure reigns. + + + + +433. L. M. Watts. + +Self-knowledge, and Abstraction from Earth. + + +1 My God, permit me not to be + A stranger to myself and thee: + Amidst a thousand thoughts I rove, + Forgetful of my highest love. + +2 Why should my passions mix with earth, + And thus debase my heavenly birth? + Why should I cleave to things below, + And let my God, my Saviour go? + +3 Call me away from flesh and sense; + Thy sovereign word can draw me thence: + I would obey the voice divine, + And all inferior joys resign. + +4 Be earth, with all her scenes, withdrawn, + Let noise and vanity be gone: + In secret silence of the mind, + My heaven, and there my God, I find. + + + + +434. 7s. & 6s. M. Anonymous. + +Rising towards Heaven. + + +1 Rise, my soul, and stretch thy wings, + Thy better portion trace; + Rise from transitory things, + Towards heaven, thy native place: + Sun, and moon, and stars decay, + Time shall soon this earth remove; + Rise, my soul, and haste away + To seats prepared above. + +2 Rivers to the ocean run, + Nor stay in all their course; + Fire ascending seeks the sun,-- + Both speed them to their source: + So a soul that's born of God + Pants to view his glorious face, + Upward tends to his abode, + To rest in his embrace. + + + + +435. L. P. M. Anonymous. + +Christ Desired. + + +1 Come, O thou universal good! + Balm of the wounded conscience, come! + The hungry, dying spirit's food; + The weary, wand'ring pilgrim's home; + Haven to take the shipwrecked in, + My everlasting rest from sin! + +2 Come, O my comfort and delight! + My strength and health, and shield, and sun + My boast, my confidence, and might, + My joy, my glory, and my crown; + My gospel-hope, my calling's prize, + My tree of life, my paradise. + + + + +436. C. M. Newton. + +"Unto you who believe he is precious." + + +1 How sweet the name of Jesus sounds + In a believer's ear! + It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds, + And drives away his fear. + +2 It makes the wounded spirit whole, + It calms the troubled breast; + 'T is manna to the hungry soul, + And, to the weary, rest. + +3 Weak is the effort of my heart, + And cold my warmest thought, + But when I see thee as thou art, + I'll praise thee as I ought. + +4 Till then I would thy love proclaim, + With every fleeting breath; + And may the music of thy name + Refresh my soul in death. + + + + +437. 11s. M. Mrs. Hale. + +The Lord's Prayer. + + +1 Our Father in heaven, we hallow thy name! + May thy kingdom holy on earth be the same! + O give to us daily our portion of bread; + It is from thy bounty that all must be fed. + +2 Forgive our transgressions, and teach us to know + That humble compassion which pardons each foe: + Keep us from temptation, from weakness and sin, + And thine be the glory forever--Amen. + + + + +438. C. M. T. Whittemore. + +The Same. + + +1 Our Father, who in heaven art, + All hallowed be thy name: + Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, + On earth, in heaven the same. + +2 Give us this day our daily bread, + Our debts, O Lord, forgive, + As we forgive our enemies + And thus obedient live. + +3 Into temptation lead us not, + From evil keep us clean; + Thine is the kingdom, glory, power + Forevermore, Amen. + + + + +439. S. M. Montgomery. + +The Same. + + +1 Our heavenly Father, hear + The prayer we offer now:-- + Thy name be hallowed far and near, + To thee all nations bow. + +2 Thy kingdom come; thy will + On earth be done in love, + As saints and seraphim fulfil + Thy perfect law above. + +3 Our daily bread supply, + While by thy word we live; + The guilt of our iniquity + Forgive, as we forgive. + +4 From dark temptation's power + Our feeble hearts defend; + Deliver in the evil hour, + And guide us to the end. + +5 Thine, then, forever be + Glory and power divine; + The sceptre, throne, and majesty + Of heaven and earth are thine. + + + + +440. C. M. Anonymous. + +The Lord's Prayer. + + +1 O Thou, enthroned in worlds above, + Our Father and our Friend! + Lo, at the footstool of thy love, + Thy children humbly bend. + +2 All reverence to thy name be given; + Thy kingdom wide displayed; + And, as thy will is done in heaven, + Be it on earth obeyed. + +3 Our table may thy bounty spread, + From thine exhaustless store, + From day to day with daily bread,-- + Nor would we ask for more. + +4 That pardon we to others give, + Do thou to us extend; + From all temptation, Lord, relieve; + From every ill defend. + +5 And now to thee belong, Most High, + The kingdom, glory, power, + Through the broad earth and spacious sky, + Both now and evermore. + + + + +441. 10s. M. Dr. Johnson. + +From Boethius. + +Seeking God. + + +1 O Thou, whose power o'er moving worlds presides, + Whose voice created, and whose wisdom guides, + On darkling man in pure effulgence shine, + And cheer his clouded mind with light divine. + +2 'T is thine alone to calm the pious breast + With silent confidence and holy rest; + From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend; + Path, Motive, Guide, Original, and End. + + + + +442. S. M. Watts. + +Abba, Father. + + +1 Behold, what wondrous grace + The Father has bestowed + On sinners of a mortal race, + To call them sons of God! + +2 Nor doth it yet appear + How great we must be made; + But when we see our Saviour here, + We shall be like our Head. + +3 A hope so much divine + May trials well endure; + May purify our souls from sin, + As Christ, the Lord, is pure. + +4 We would no longer lie + Like slaves beneath the throne; + Our faith shall Abba, Father, cry, + And thou the kindred own. + + + + +443. L. M. Mrs. Steele. + +The Christian's Resolve. + + +1 Ah wretched souls, who strive in vain, + Slaves to the world, and slaves to sin! + A nobler toil may I sustain, + A nobler satisfaction win. + +2 May I resolve, with all my heart, + With all my powers, to serve the Lord; + Nor from his precepts e'er depart, + Whose service is a rich reward. + +3 Be this the purpose of my soul, + My solemn, my determined choice, + To yield to his supreme control, + And in his kind commands rejoice. + +4 O may I never faint nor tire, + Nor, wandering, leave his sacred ways; + Great God! accept my soul's desire, + And give me strength to live thy praise. + + + + +444. L. M. Browne. + +"Giving thanks to God in all things." + + +1 Great God! my joyful thanks to thee + Shall, like thy gifts, continual be: + In constant streams thy bounty flows, + Nor end nor intermission knows. + +2 Thy kindness all my comforts gives; + My numerous wants thy hand relieves; + Nor can I ever, Lord, be poor, + Who live on thy exhaustless store. + +3 If what I wish thy will denies, + It is that thou art good and wise; + Afflictions, which may make me mourn, + Thou canst, thou dost, to blessings turn. + +4 Deep, Lord, upon my thankful breast, + Let all thy favors be imprest; + And though withdrawn thy gifts should be + In all things I'll give thanks to thee. + + + + +445. C. M. Doddridge. + +"Now are we sons of God." + + +1 How rich thy favors, God of grace! + How various, how divine! + Full as the ocean they are poured, + And bright as heaven they shine. + +2 He to eternal glory calls, + And leads the wondrous way + To his own palace where he reigns + In uncreated day. + +3 Jesus, the herald of his love, + Displays the radiant prize, + A crown of never-ending bliss, + To our admiring eyes. + +4 The songs of everlasting years + That mercy shall attend, + Which leads, through sufferings of an hour, + To joys that never end. + + + + +446. C. M. H. H. Milman. + +Praying for Divine Help. + + +1 O Help us, Lord! each hour of need + Thy heavenly succor give; + Help us in thought, and word, and deed, + Each hour on earth we live. + +2 O help us, when our spirits bleed, + With contrite anguish sore, + And when our hearts are cold and dead, + O help us, Lord, the more. + +3 O help us through the prayer of faith + More firmly to believe; + For still the more the servant hath, + The more shall he receive. + +4 O help us, Father! from on high; + We know no help but thee; + O! help us so to live and die, + As thine in heaven to be. + + + + +447. C. H. M. Anonymous. + +Come, let us Pray. + + +1 Come, let us pray: 'tis sweet to feel + That God himself is near; + That, while we at his footstool kneel, + His mercy deigns to hear: + Though sorrows cloud life's dreary way, + This is our solace--let us pray. + +2 Come, let us pray: the burning brow, + The heart oppressed with care, + And all the woes that throng us now, + Will be relieved by prayer: + Our God will chase our griefs away; + O, glorious thought!--come, let us pray. + +3 Come, let us pray: the mercy-seat + Invites the fervent prayer. + Our Heavenly Father waits to greet + The contrite spirit there: + O, loiter not, nor longer stay + From him who loves us; let us pray. + + + + +448. L. M. Sir Walter Scott. + +Imploring the constant Presence of God. + + +1 When Israel of the Lord beloved, + Out from the land of bondage came, + Her father's God before her moved, + An awful guide in smoke and flame. + +2 By day, along th' astonished lands, + The cloudy pillar glided slow; + By night, Arabia's crimsoned sands + Returned the fiery column's glow. + +3 Thus, present still, though now unseen, + When brightly shines the prosperous day, + Be thoughts of thee a cloudy screen, + To temper the deceitful ray! + +4 And O, when gathers on our path, + In shade and storm, the frequent night, + Be thou, long-suffering, slow to wrath, + A burning and a shining light! + + + + +449. C. M. C. Wesley. + +Watchfulness. + + +1 I want a principle within + Of jealous, godly fear; + A sensibility of sin, + A pain to find it near. + +2 I want the first approach to feel + Of pride, or fond desire; + To catch the wandering of my will, + And quench the kindling fire. + +3 From thee that I no more may part, + No more thy goodness grieve, + The filial awe, the fleshly heart, + The tender conscience give. + +4 Quick as the apple of the eye, + O God, my conscience make! + Awake my soul when sin is nigh, + And keep it still awake. + + + + +450. C. M. Smart. + +For Prudence and Wisdom. + + +1 Father of light! conduct my feet + Through life's dark, dangerous road; + Let each advancing step still bring + Me nearer to my God. + +2 Let heaven-eyed prudence be my guide; + And, when I go astray, + Recall my feet from folly's path + To wisdom's better way. + +3 Teach me in every various scene + To keep my end in sight; + And while I tread life's mazy track, + Let wisdom guide me right. + +4 That heavenly wisdom from above + Abundantly impart; + And let it guard, and guide, and warm, + And penetrate my heart: + +5 Till it shall lead me to thyself, + Fountain of bliss and love! + And all my darkness be dispersed + In endless light above. + + + + +451. C. M. Moore. + +Heaven Desired. + + +1 The bird let loose in Eastern skies, + Returning fondly home, + Ne'er stoops to earth her wing, nor flies + Where idle warblers roam. + +2 But high she shoots through air and light-- + Above all low delay, + Where nothing earthly bounds her flight, + Nor shadow dims her way. + +3 So grant me, God, from every snare + Of sinful passion free, + Aloft through faith's serener air + To hold my course to thee. + +4 No sin to cloud, no lure to stay + My soul, as home she springs; + Thy sunshine on her joyful way, + Thy freedom on her wings. + + + + +452. L. M. Stowell. + +The Mercy-seat. + + +1 From every stormy wind that blows, + From every swelling tide of woes, + There is a calm, a sure retreat; + 'Tis found before the mercy-seat. + +2 There is a place were Jesus sheds + The oil of gladness on our heads,-- + A place of all on earth most sweet; + It is the heavenly mercy-seat. + +3 There is a scene where spirits blend, + Where friend holds fellowship with friend; + Though sundered far, by faith they meet + Around one common mercy-seat. + +4 There, there, on eagle wings we soar, + And sin and sense molest no more; + And heaven comes down our souls to greet, + And glory crowns the mercy-seat. + + + + +453. C. M. Steele. + +Thirsting after God. + + +1 When fainting in the sultry waste, + And parched with thirst extreme, + The weary pilgrim longs to taste + The cool, refreshing stream. + +2 So longs the weary, fainting mind, + Oppressed with sins and woes, + Some soul-reviving spring to find, + Whence heavenly comfort flows. + +3 O, may I thirst for thee, my God, + With ardent, strong desire; + And still, through all this desert road, + To taste thy grace aspire. + +4 Then shall my prayer to thee ascend, + A grateful sacrifice; + My mourning voice thou wilt attend, + And grant me full supplies. + + + + +454. 7s. M. Newton. + +Self-Distrust. + + +1 'T is a point I long to know,-- + Oft it causes anxious thought,-- + Do I love the Lord, or no? + Am I his, or am I not? + +2 If I love, why am I thus? + Why this dull and lifeless frame? + Hardly, sure, can they be worse, + Who have never heard his name. + +3 If I pray, or hear, or read, + Sin is mixed with all I do; + You that love the Lord indeed, + Tell me, is it thus with you? + +4 Yet I mourn my stubborn will, + Find my sin a grief and thrall; + Should I grieve for what I feel, + If I did not love at all? + +5 Father, let me love thee more, + If I love at all, I pray; + If I have not loved before, + Help me to begin to-day. + + + + +455. L. M. Doddridge. + +Choosing the Better Part. + + +1 Beset with snares on every hand, + In life's uncertain path I stand: + Father divine! diffuse thy light, + To guide my doubtful footsteps right. + +2 Engage this roving, treacherous heart, + Wisely to choose the better part; + To scorn the trifles of a day, + For joys that none can take away. + +3 Then let the wildest storms arise, + Let tempests mingle earth with skies, + No fatal shipwreck shall I fear, + But all my treasures with me bear. + +4 If thou, my Saviour, still be nigh, + Cheerful I live, and joyful die; + Secure, when mortal comforts flee, + To find ten thousand worlds in thee. + + + + +456. C. M. Watts. + +Sincerity and Hypocrisy. + + +1 God is a spirit just and wise, + He sees our inmost mind; + In vain to heaven we raise our cries, + And leave our souls behind. + +2 Nothing but truth before his throne + With honor can appear; + The painted hypocrites are known + Through the disguise they wear. + +3 Their lifted eyes salute the skies, + Their bending knees the ground; + But God abhors the sacrifice + Where not the heart is found. + +4 Lord, search my thoughts, and try my ways, + And make my soul sincere; + Then shall I stand before thy face, + And find acceptance there. + + + + +457. C. P. M. Wesley's Coll. + +True Wisdom. + + +1 Be it my only wisdom here, + To serve the Lord with filial fear, + With loving gratitude; + Superior sense may I display, + By shunning every evil way, + And walking in the good. + +2 O may I still from sin depart! + A wise and understanding heart, + Father, to me be given! + And let me through thy Spirit know + To glorify my God below, + And find my way to heaven. + + + + +458. L. M. 6l. Merrick. + +For the Understanding and Influence of God's Word. + + +1 While here as wandering sheep we stray, + Teach us, O teach us, Lord, thy way! + Dispose our hearts, with willing awe, + To love thy word, to keep thy law; + That, by thy guiding precepts led, + Our feet the paths of truth may tread. + +2 Great Source of light to all below! + Teach us thy holy will to know: + Teach us to read thy word aright, + And make it our supreme delight; + That, purged from vain desires, our mind + In thee its only good may find. + +3 Maker, instructer, judge of all, + O hear us when on thee we call! + To us, all-bounteous Lord, dispense + Thy grace, and guiding influence! + Preserve us in thy holy ways, + And teach our hearts to speak thy praise! + + + + +459. C. M. Montgomery. + +Solomon's Prayer for Wisdom. + + +1 Almighty God! in humble prayer + To thee our souls we lift; + Do thou our waiting minds prepare + For thy most needful gift. + +2 We ask not golden streams of wealth + Along our path to flow; + We ask not undecaying health, + Nor length of years below. + +3 We ask not honors, which an hour + May bring and take away; + We ask not pleasure, pomp, and power, + Lest we should go astray. + +4 We ask for wisdom;--Lord, impart + The knowledge how to live; + A wise and understanding heart + To all before thee give. + +5 The young remember thee in youth, + Before the evil days! + The old be guided by thy truth + In wisdom's pleasant ways! + + + + +460. C. M. Cowper. + +Walking with God. + + +1 O, for a closer walk with God! + A calm and heavenly frame! + A light to shine upon the road + That leads me to the Lamb! + +2 What peaceful hours I once enjoyed! + How sweet their memory still! + But now I find an aching void + The world can never fill. + +3 Return, O holy Dove, return, + Sweet messenger of rest; + I hate the sins that made thee mourn, + And drove thee from my breast. + +4 The dearest idol I have known, + Whate'er that idol be, + Help me to tear it from thy throne, + And worship only thee. + + + + +461. C. M. Doddridge. + +For Freedom from Secret Sin. + + +1 Searcher of hearts! before thy face + I all my soul display; + And, conscious of its innate arts, + Entreat thy strict survey. + +2 If, lurking in its inmost folds, + I any sin conceal, + O, let a ray of light divine + The secret guile reveal. + +3 If tinctured with that odious gall + Unknowing I remain, + Let grace, like a pure silver stream, + Wash out the hateful stain. + +4 If, in these fatal fetters bound, + A wretched slave I lie, + Smite off my chains, and wake my soul + To light and liberty. + +5 To humble penitence and prayer + Be gentle pity given; + Speak ample pardon to my heart, + And seal its claim to heaven. + + + + +462. S. M. Grünbeck. + +Self-abandonment to God. + + +1 Lord! bring me to resign + My doubting heart to thee; + And, whether cheerful or distressed, + Thine, thine alone to be. + +2 My only aim be this,-- + Thy purpose to fulfil, + In thee rejoice with all my strength, + And do thy holy will. + +3 Lord! thy all-seeing eye + Keeps watch with sleepless care: + Thy great compassion never fails; + Thou hear'st my needy prayer. + +4 So will I firmly trust, + That thou wilt guide me still, + And guard me safe throughout the way + That leads to Zion's hill. + + + + +463. C. M. Cowper. + +Religious Retirement. + + +1 Far from the world, O Lord! I flee, + From strife and tumult far; + From scenes, where sin is waging still + Its most successful war. + +2 The calm retreat, the silent shade, + With prayer and praise agree; + And seem, by thy sweet bounty, made + For those who follow thee. + +3 There, if thy spirit touch the soul, + And grace her mean abode; + O with what peace, and joy, and love, + She communes with her God. + +4 There, like the nightingale, she pours + Her solitary lays; + Nor asks a witness of her song, + Nor thirsts for human praise. + +5 Author and Guardian of my life, + Sweet Source of light divine, + And all harmonious names in one, + My Father--thou art mine! + + + + +464. C. M. J. J. Gurney. + +Silent Worship. + + +1 Let deepest silence all around + Its peaceful shelter spread; + So shall the living word abound, + The word that wakes the dead. + +2 How sweet to wait upon the Lord + In stillness and in prayer! + What though no preacher speak the word + A minister is there: + +3 He knows to bend the heart of steel, + He bows the loftiest soul; + O'er all we think and all we feel, + How matchless his control! + +4 And, O, how precious is his love + In tender mercy given; + It whispers of the blest above, + And stays the soul on heaven. + +5 From mind to mind, in streams of joy, + The holy influence spreads; + 'T is peace, 'tis praise without alloy, + For God that influence sheds. + +6 To thee, O God, we still will pray, + And praise thee as before; + For this thy glorious gospel-day, + Teach us to praise thee more. + + + + +465. L. M. 6l. Bowring. + +"Help thou my unbelief." + + +1 If listening, as I listen still, + O God! to thine instructive word, + In spite of all my spirit's will, + Some whispering voice of doubt is heard,-- + That voice spontaneous from the soul, + Which nought can check and nought control; + +2 If when most earnestly I pray + For light, for aid, for strength from thee, + Some struggling thoughts will force their way, + And break my soul's serenity;-- + If reason, thy best gift, will hold + The sceptre only half controlled:-- + +3 Help and forgive! heaven's alphabet + Hath many a word of mystery; + I read not all thy record yet, + Though perseveringly I try; + But teach me, Lord! and none shall be + More prompt, more pleased to learn of thee. + + + + +466. S. M. Herbert. + +Doing all to the Glory of God. + + +1 Teach me, my God and King, + In all things thee to see; + And what I do in anything, + To do it as for thee! + +2 To scorn the senses' sway, + While still to thee I tend; + In all I do be thou the way,-- + In all be thou the end. + +3 All may of thee partake: + Nothing so small can be, + But draws, when acted for thy sake, + Greatness and worth from thee. + +4 If done beneath thy laws, + Even servile labors shine; + Hallowed is toil, if this the cause, + The meanest work divine. + + + + +467. 8s. 7s. & 4s. M. Oliver. + +God the Pilgrim's Guide and Strength. + + +1 Guide me, O thou great Jehovah, + Pilgrim through this mortal land: + I am weak, but thou art mighty; + Hold me with thy powerful hand: + Bread of heaven, + Feed me till I want no more. + +2 Open now the crystal fountain, + Whence the healing streams do flow; + Let the fiery, cloudy pillar + Lead me all my journey through: + Strong Deliverer, + Be thou still my strength and shield. + +3 When I tread the verge of Jordan, + Bid my anxious fears subside; + Bear me through the swelling current; + Land me safe on Canaan's side: + Songs of praises + I will ever give to thee. + + + + +468. C. M. Wreford. + +Prayer for Faith. + + +1 Lord! I believe; thy power I own, + Thy word I would obey; + I wander comfortless, and lone, + When from thy truth I stray. + +2 Lord! I believe; but gloomy fears + Sometimes bedim my sight; + I look to thee with prayers and tears, + And cry for strength and light. + +3 Lord! I believe; but oft, I know, + My faith is cold and weak; + Strengthen my weakness, and bestow + The confidence I seek! + +4 Yes, I believe; and only thou + Canst give my soul relief; + Lord! to thy truth my spirit bow, + Help thou my unbelief! + + + + +469. S. M. Watts. + +Safety in God. + + +1 When overwhelmed with grief, + My heart within me dies; + Helpless and far from all relief, + To heaven I lift mine eyes. + +2 O lead me to the rock + That's high above my head; + And make the covert of thy wings + My shelter and my shade. + +3 Within thy presence, Lord, + I ever would abide; + Thou art the tower of my defence, + The refuge where I hide. + + + + +470. C. M. Montgomery. + +Prayer for Grace in Trial. + + +1 Father of all our mercies, thou + In whom we move and live, + Hear us in heaven, thy dwelling, now, + And answer, and forgive. + +2 When, harassed by ten thousand foes, + Our helplessness we feel, + O, give the weary soul repose, + The wounded spirit heal. + +3 When dire temptations gather round + And threaten or allure, + By storm or calm, in thee be found + A refuge strong and sure. + +4 When age advances, may we grow + In faith, in hope, and love, + And walk in holiness below + To holiness above. + +5 When earthly joys and cares depart, + Desire and envy cease, + Be thou the portion of our heart,-- + In thee may we have peace. + + + + +471. L. M. Roscoe. + +The Solace of Faith. + + +1 When human hopes and joys depart, + I give thee, Lord, a contrite heart; + And on my weary spirit steal + The thoughts that pass all earthly weal. + +2 I cast above my tearful eyes, + And muse upon the starry skies; + And think that He who governs there + Still keeps me in his guardian care. + +3 I gaze upon the opening flower, + Just moistened with the evening shower; + And bless the love which made it bloom, + To chase away my transient gloom. + +4 I think, whene'er this mortal frame + Returns again to whence it came, + My soul shall wing its happy flight + To regions of eternal light. + + + + +472. C. M. Wesleyan. + +For Purity of Heart. + + +1 O, for a heart to praise my God, + A heart from sin set free; + A heart that always feels how good, + Thou, Lord, hast been to me. + +2 O for a humble, contrite heart, + Believing, true, and clean, + Which neither life nor death can part + From him who dwells within;-- + +3 A heart in every thought renewed, + And full of love divine, + Perfect, and right, and pure and good, + Conformed, O Lord, to thine. + +4 Thy temper, gracious Lord, impart; + Come quickly from above; + O, write thy name upon my heart, + Thy name, O God, is Love. + + + + +473. L. M. Bowring. + +God's sustaining Presence. + + +1 Father and friend, thy light, thy love + Beaming through all thy works we see; + Thy glory gilds the heavens above, + And all the earth is full of thee. + +2 Thy voice we hear, thy presence feel, + Whilst thou, too pure for mortal sight, + Involved in clouds, invisible, + Reignest the Lord of life and light. + +3 We know not in what hallowed part + Of the wide heavens thy throne may be; + But this we know,--that where thou art, + Strength, wisdom, goodness, dwell with thee. + +4 Thy children shall not faint nor fear, + Sustained by this delightful thought,-- + Since thou, their God, art everywhere, + They cannot be where thou art not. + + + + +474. S. M. Episcopal Coll. + +Ark of Safety. + + +1 O, cease, my wandering soul, + On restless wing to roam; + All this wide world, to either pole, + Has not for thee a home. + +2 Behold the ark of God; + Behold the open door; + O, haste to gain that dear abode, + And rove, my soul, no more. + +3 There, safe thou shalt abide, + There, sweet shall be thy rest, + And every longing satisfied, + With full salvation blest. + + + + +475. C. M. Watts. + +"O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes." + + +1 O that the Lord would guide my ways + To keep his statutes still! + O that my God would grant me grace + To know and do his will! + +2 O send thy Spirit down to write + Thy law upon my heart! + Nor let my tongue indulge deceit, + Nor act the liar's part. + +3 Order my footsteps by thy word, + And make my heart sincere; + Let sin have no dominion, Lord, + But keep my conscience clear. + +4 Make me to walk in thy commands,-- + 'Tis a delightful road; + Nor let my head, or heart, or hands, + Offend against my God. + + + + +476. C. M. T. Humphries. + +"Lord, remember me." + + +1 O thou, from whom all goodness flows, + I lift my soul to thee; + In all my sorrows, conflicts, woes, + Good Lord, remember me. + +2 When on my aching, burdened heart + My sins lie heavily, + Thy pardon grant, new peace impart: + Good Lord, remember me. + +3 When trials sore obstruct my way, + And ills I cannot flee, + O let my strength be as my day: + Good Lord, remember me. + +4 And when before thy throne I stand, + And lift my soul to thee, + Then, with the saints at thy right hand, + Good Lord, remember me! + + + + +477. L. M. Merrick. + +Prayer for Divine Guidance. + + +1 Teach me, O teach me, Lord! thy way; + So, to my life's remotest day, + By thy unerring precepts led, + My willing feet its paths shall tread. + +2 Informed by thee, with sacred awe, + My heart shall meditate thy law; + And with celestial wisdom filled, + To thee its full obedience yield. + +3 Give me to know thy will aright,-- + Thy will, my glory and delight.-- + That, raised above the world, my mind + In thee its highest good may find. + +4 O turn from vanity mine eye; + To me thy quickening strength supply; + And with thy promised mercy cheer + A heart devoted to thy fear. + + + + +478. 7s. M. C. Wesley. + +The Repose of Faith. + + +1 Happy soul, that safe from harm + Rests within his Shepherd's arm! + Who his quiet shall molest? + Who shall violate his rest? + +2 Seek, O Lord, thy wandering sheep; + Bring me back, and lead, and keep; + Take on thee my every care; + Bear me, on thy bosom bear. + +3 Let me know thy gracious voice; + More and more in thee rejoice; + More and more of thee receive; + Ever in thy spirit live:-- + +4 Live, till all thy love I know, + Perfect in my Lord below; + Gladly then from earth remove, + Gathered to the fold above. + + + + +479. C. M. C. Wesley. + +A Rest Remaineth. + + +1 Lord! we believe a rest remains + To all thy people known; + A rest where pure enjoyment reigns;-- + For thou art served alone:-- + +2 A rest where all our souls desire + Is fixed on things above; + Where fear, and sin, and grief expire, + Cast out by perfect love. + +3 O that we now that rest might know, + Believe and enter in! + Thou Holiest! now the power bestow, + And let us cease from sin. + +4 Remove this hardness from our heart, + This unbelief remove: + The rest of perfect faith impart, + The sabbath of thy love. + + + + +480. L. M. Anonymous. + +Angels from Heaven Strengthening Him. + + +1 Lord! in thy garden agony, + No light seemed on thy soul to break, + No form of seraph lingered nigh, + Nor yet the voice of comfort spake; + +2 Till, by thine own triumphant word, + The victory over, ill was won; + Till the sweet, mournful cry was heard, + "Thy will, O God, not mine, be done!" + +3 Lord, bring these precious moments back, + When, fainting, against sin we strain; + Or in thy counsels fail to track + Aught but the present grief and pain. + +4 In weakness, help us to contend; + In darkness, yield to God our will; + And true hearts, faithful to the end, + Cheer by thine holy angels still! + + + + +481. C. M. Steele. + +Filial Submission. + + +1 And can my heart aspire so high, + To say, "My Father," God? + Lord, at thy feet, I fain would lie, + And learn to kiss the rod. + +2 I would submit to all thy will, + For thou art good and wise; + Let each rebellious thought be still, + Nor one faint murmur rise. + +3 Thy love can cheer the darkest gloom, + And bid me wait serene, + Till hopes and joys immortal bloom, + And brighten all the scene. + +4 "My Father, God," permit my heart + To plead her humble claim, + And ask the bliss those words impart, + In my Redeemer's name. + + + + +482. C. M. Pope. + +Universal Prayer. + + +1 Father of all! in every age, + In every clime, adored, + By saint, by savage, and by sage, + Jehovah, Jove, or Lord!-- + +2 Save me alike from foolish pride, + Or impious discontent + At aught thy wisdom has denied, + Or aught thy goodness lent. + +3 This day be bread and peace my lot: + All else beneath the sun + Thou knowest if best bestowed or not + And let thy will be done. + +4 Yet not to earth's contracted span + Thy goodness let me bound, + Or think thee Lord alone of man, + When thousand worlds are round. + +5 To thee whose temple is all space, + Whose altar, earth, sea, skies, + One chorus let all beings raise, + All nature's incense rise. + + + + +483. C. M. Pope. + +The Same. + + +1 Father of all, whose cares extend + To earth's remotest shore, + Through every age let praise ascend, + And every clime adore. + +2 Mean though I am, not wholly so, + Since quickened by thy breath; + Lord, lead me wheresoe'er I go, + Through this day's life or death. + +3 Teach me to feel another's woe, + To hide the fault I see; + That mercy I to others show, + That mercy show to me. + +4 If I am right, thy grace impart + Still in the right to stay; + If I am wrong, O teach my heart + To find that better way. + +5 What conscience dictates to be done, + Or warns me not to do, + This teach me more than hell to shun, + That more than heaven pursue. + + + + +484. 7s. M. Methodist Coll. + +Seeking God. + + +1 Light of Life, Seraphic Fire, + Love Divine, thyself impart; + Every fainting soul inspire; + Shine in every drooping heart! + Every mournful sinner cheer; + Scatter all our guilty gloom; + Love of God, appear, appear! + To thy human temples come. + +2 Come, in this accepted hour; + Bring thy heavenly kingdom in! + Fill us with thy glorious power, + Rooting out the seeds of sin: + Nothing more can we require, + We will covet nothing less; + Be thou all our heart's desire, + Be our heaven--in holiness. + + + + +485. C. M. Percy Chapel Coll. + +"Thy Will be done." + + +1 Father, I know thy ways are just, + Although to me unknown; + O, grant me grace thy love to trust, + And cry, "Thy will be done." + +2 If thou shouldst hedge with thorns my path; + Should wealth and friends be gone; + Still with a firm and lively faith, + I'll cry, "Thy will be done." + +3 Although thy steps I cannot trace, + Thy sovereign right I'll own; + And, as instructed by thy grace; + I'll cry, "Thy will be done." + +4 'Tis sweet thus passively to lie + Before thy gracious throne, + Concerning everything to cry, + "My Father's will be done." + + + + +486. C. M. Doddridge. + +Confidence in God. + + +1 My God! the covenant of thy love + Abides forever sure; + And in thy matchless grace I feel + My happiness secure. + +2 What though my house be not with thee + As nature could desire? + To nobler joys than nature gives + Thy servants all aspire. + +3 Since thou, the everlasting God, + My Father art become; + Jesus my Guardian and my Friend, + And heaven my final home: + +4 I welcome all thy sovereign will, + For all that will is love; + And when I know not what thou dost, + I wait the light above. + +5 Thy covenant the last accent claims + Of this poor faltering tongue; + And that shall the first notes employ + Of my celestial song. + + + + +487. L. M. Henry Moore. + +Prayer for Religious Principle. + + +1 Amidst a world of hopes and fears, + A wild of cares, and toils, and tears, + Where foes alarm and dangers threat, + And pleasures kill, and glories cheat: + +2 Shed down, O Lord! a heavenly ray, + To guide me in the doubtful way; + And o'er me hold thy shield of power, + To guard me in the dangerous hour. + +3 Teach me the flattering paths to shun, + In which the thoughtless many run, + Who for a shade the substance miss, + And grasp their ruin in their bliss. + +4 May never pleasure, wealth or pride, + Allure my wandering soul aside; + But through this maze of mortal ill, + Safe lead me to thy heavenly hill. + + + + +488. L. M. Christian Psalmist. + +Prayer for Divine Help. + + +1 Be with me, Lord, where'er I go; + Teach me what thou wouldst have me do; + Show me my weakness,--let me see + I have my power, my all from thee. + +2 Enrich me always with thy love; + My kind protection ever prove; + Thy signet put upon my breast, + And let thy spirit on me rest. + +3 Assist and teach me how to pray; + Incline my nature to obey; + What thou abhorr'st that let me flee, + And only love what pleases thee. + +4 O may I never do my will, + But thine, and only thine, fulfil; + Let all my time and all my ways + Be spent and ended to thy praise. + + + + +489. C. M. Anonymous. + +Prayer for the Christian Temper. + + +1 Almighty Maker! Lord of all! + Of life the only spring! + Creator of unnumbered worlds! + Supreme, Eternal King! + +2 Drive from the confines of my heart + Impenitence and pride; + Nor let me, in forbidden paths, + With thoughtless sinners glide. + +3 Let not despair nor fell revenge + Be to my bosom known: + Oh! give me tears for others' woes, + And patience for my own. + +4 Feed me with necessary food; + I ask not wealth or fame; + Give me an eye to see thy will, + A heart to bless thy name. + +5 May still my days serenely pass, + Without remorse or care; + And growing holiness my soul + For life's last hour prepare. + + + + +490. S. M. Methodist Coll. + +For Holiness. + + +1 The thing my God doth hate + That I no more may do, + Thy creature, Lord, again create, + And all my soul renew; + Abhor the thing unclean, + And, sanctified by love divine, + Forever cease from sin. + +2 That blessed law of thine, + Father, to me impart; + The Spirit's law of life divine, + O write it in my heart! + Implant it deep within, + Whence it may ne'er remove, + The law of liberty from sin, + The perfect law of love. + +3 Thy nature be my law, + Thy spotless sanctity, + And sweetly every moment draw + My happy soul to thee. + Soul of my soul remain! + Who didst for all fulfil, + In me, O Lord, fulfil again + My heavenly Father's will. + + + + +491. C. M. Wesley's Coll. + +"Thy Kingdom Come." + + +1 Father of me and all mankind, + And all the hosts above, + Let every understanding mind + Unite to praise thy love. + +2 Thy kingdom come, with power and grace + To every heart of man; + Thy peace, and joy, and righteousness, + In all our bosoms reign. + +3 The righteousness that never ends, + But makes an end of sin; + The joy that human thought transcends, + Into our souls bring in. + +4 The kingdom of established peace, + Which can no more remove; + The perfect powers of godliness, + Th' omnipotence of love. + + + + +492. S. M. Watts. + +Seeking God. + + +1 My God, permit my tongue + This joy, to call thee mine; + And let my early cries prevail + To taste thy love divine. + +2 My thirsty, fainting soul + Thy mercy does implore; + Not travellers in desert lands + Can pant for water more. + +3 For life, without thy love, + No relish can afford; + No joy can be compared to this, + To serve and please the Lord. + +4 Since thou hast been my help, + To thee my spirit flies, + And on thy watchful providence + My cheerful hope relies. + + + + +493. L. M. Montgomery. + +"O God, my soul thirsteth for thee." + + +1 O God! thou art my God alone; + Early to thee my soul shall cry, + A pilgrim in a land unknown, + A thirsty land, whose springs are dry. + +2 Yet through this rough and thorny maze, + I follow hard on thee, my God; + Thine hand unseen upholds my ways; + I lean upon thy staff and rod. + +3 Thee, in the watches of the night, + When I remember on my bed, + Thy presence makes the darkness light; + Thy guardian wings are round my head. + +4 Better than life itself thy love, + Dearer than all beside to me; + For whom have I in heaven above, + Or what on earth, compared with thee? + + + + +494. C. M. Doddridge. + +The Knowledge of God. + + +1 Shine forth, Eternal Source of light! + And make thy glories known; + Fill our enlarged, adoring sight + With lustre all thine own. + +2 Vain are the charms, and faint the rays + The brightest creatures boast; + And all their grandeur and their praise + Is in thy presence lost. + +3 To know the Author of our frame + Is our sublimest skill; + True science is to read thy name, + True life to obey thy will. + +4 For this I long, for this I pray, + And following on pursue, + Till visions of eternal day + Fix and complete the view. + + + + +495. L. M. 6l. Addison. + +God our Shepherd. + + +1 The Lord my pasture shall prepare, + And feed me with a shepherd's care; + His presence shall my wants supply, + And guard me with a watchful eye; + My noonday walks he shall attend, + And all my midnight hours defend. + +2 When in the sultry glebe I faint, + Or on the thirsty mountains pant, + To fertile vales and dewy meads + My weary, wandering steps he leads, + Where peaceful rivers, soft and slow, + Amid the verdant landscape flow. + +3 Though in the paths of death I tread, + With gloomy horrors overspread, + My steadfast heart shall fear no ill, + For thou, O Lord, art with me still. + Thy friendly staff shall give me aid, + And guide me through the dreadful shade. + +4 Though, in a bare and rugged way, + Through devious, lonely wilds I stray, + Thy bounty shall my pains beguile,-- + The barren wilderness shall smile, + With sudden greens and herbage crowned + And streams shall murmur all around. + + + + +496. S. M. Patrick + +The Fatherly Love of God. + + +1 God, who is just and kind, + Will those who err instruct, + And to the paths of righteousness + Their wandering steps conduct. + +2 The humble soul he guides, + Teaches the meek his way, + Kindness and truth he shows to all + Who his just laws obey. + +3 Give me the tender heart + That mixes fear with love, + And lead me through whatever path + Thy wisdom shall approve. + +4 Oh! ever keep my soul + From error, shame and guilt; + Nor suffer the fair hope to fail, + Which on thy truth is built. + + + + +497. L. M. J. F. Oberlin. + +Clinging to God. + + +1 O Lord, thy heavenly grace impart, + And fix my frail, inconstant heart: + Henceforth my chief desire shall be + To dedicate myself to thee. + +2 Whate'er pursuits my time employ, + One thought shall fill my soul with joy: + That silent, secret thought shall be, + That all my hopes are fixed on thee. + +3 Thy glorious eye pervadeth space; + Thy presence, Lord, fills every place; + And wheresoe'er my lot may be, + Still shall my spirit cleave to thee. + +4 Renouncing every earthly thing, + And safe beneath thy spreading wing, + My sweetest thought henceforth shall be, + That all I want I find in thee. + + + + +498. C. M. Watts. + +God our Refuge and Hope. + + +1 God, my supporter and my hope, + My help forever near; + Thine arm of mercy held me up, + When sinking in despair. + +2 Thy counsels, Lord, shall guide my feet + Through this dark wilderness; + Thine hand conduct me near thy seat, + To dwell before thy face. + +3 What if the springs of life were broke, + And flesh and heart should faint? + God is my soul's eternal rock, + The strength of every saint. + +4 Behold the sinners, that remove + Far from thy presence, die; + Not all the idol gods they love + Can save them when they cry. + +5 But to draw near to thee, my God, + Shall be my sweet employ; + My tongue shall sound thy works abroad, + And tell the world my joy. + + + + +499. C. M. Montgomery. + +For Grateful Submission. + + +1 One prayer I have,--all prayers in one,-- + When I am wholly thine; + "Thy will, my God, thy will be done, + And let that will be mine." + +2 All-wise, almighty, and all-good, + In thee I firmly trust; + Thy ways, unknown or understood, + Are merciful and just. + +3 May I remember that to thee + Whate'er I have I owe; + And back in gratitude from me + May all thy bounties flow. + +4 Thy gifts are only then enjoyed, + When used as talents lent; + Those talents only well employed, + When in thy service spent. + +5 And though thy wisdom takes away, + Shall I arraign thy will? + No, let me bless thy name, and say, + "The Lord is gracious still." + + + + +500. L. M. Montgomery. + +The Soul Returning to God. + + +1 Return, my soul, unto thy rest, + From vain pursuits and maddening cares, + From lonely woes that wring thy breast, + The world's allurements, toils and snares. + +2 Return unto thy rest, my soul, + From all the wanderings of thy thought; + From sickness unto death made whole; + Safe through a thousand perils brought. + +3 Then to thy rest, my soul return, + From passions every hour at strife; + Sin's works, and ways, and wages spurn, + Lay hold upon eternal life. + +4 God is thy rest;--with heart inclined + To keep his word, that word believe; + Christ is thy rest;--with lowly mind, + His light and easy yoke receive. + + + + +501. C. M. Watts. + +Invocation of the Divine Spirit. + + +1 Come, holy Spirit, heavenly Dove, + With all thy quickening powers, + Kindle a flame of sacred love + In these cold hearts of ours. + +2 In vain we tune our formal songs, + In vain we strive to rise; + Hosannas languish on our tongues, + And our devotion dies. + +3 Dear Lord! and shall we ever live + At this poor dying rate? + Our love so faint, so cold to thee, + And thine to us so great? + +4 Come, holy Spirit, heavenly Dove, + With all thy quickening powers, + Come, shed abroad a Saviour's love, + And that shall kindle ours. + + + + +502. C. M. Beddome. + +For Inward Truth. + + +1 Am I an Israelite indeed. + Without a false disguise? + Have I renounced my sins, and left + My refuges of lies? + +2 Say, does my heart unchanged remain, + Or is it formed anew? + What is the rule by which I walk, + The object I pursue? + +3 Cause me, O God of truth and grace, + My real state to know; + If I am wrong, O set me right! + If right, preserve me so! + + + + +503. C. M. Methodist Coll. + +Seeking God. + + +1 Talk with us, Lord, thyself reveal, + While here o'er earth we rove; + Speak to our hearts, and let us feel + The kindling of thy love. + +2 With thee conversing, we forget + All time, and toil, and care; + Labor is rest, and pain is sweet, + If thou, my God, art here. + +3 Here, then, my God, vouchsafe to stay, + And bid my heart rejoice; + My bounding heart shall own thy sway, + And echo to thy voice. + + + + +504. L. M. Grigg. + +Not Ashamed of Christ. + + +1 Jesus! and shall it ever be! + A mortal man ashamed of thee; + Ashamed of thee, whom angels praise, + Whose glories shine through endless days! + +2 Ashamed of Jesus! just as soon + Let midnight be ashamed of noon; + 'Tis midnight with my soul, till he, + Bright morning star, bid darkness flee. + +3 Ashamed of Jesus! yes I may, + When I've no guilt to wash away, + No tear to wipe--no good to crave, + No fears to quell--no soul to save. + +4 Till then--nor is my boasting vain-- + Till then, I boast a Saviour slain; + And oh! may this my glory be, + That Christ is not ashamed of me. + + + + +505. 7s. M. C. Wesley. + +The Simplicity of Christ. + + +1 Lord! that I may learn of thee, + Give me true simplicity; + Wean my soul, and keep it low, + Willing thee alone to know. + +2 Of my boasted wisdom spoiled, + Docile, helpless as a child; + Only seeing in thy light, + Only walking in thy might. + +3 Then infuse the living grace, + Truthful soul of righteousness; + Knowledge, love divine, impart,-- + Life eternal to my heart. + + + + +506. 7s. M. Newton. + +Docility and Trust. + + +1 Quiet, Lord, my froward heart, + Make me teachable and mild; + Upright, simple, free from art, + Make me as a weanéd child; + From distrust and envy free, + Pleased with all that pleaseth thee. + +2 What thou shalt to-day provide, + Let me as a child receive; + What to-morrow may betide, + Calmly to thy wisdom leave: + 'Tis enough that thou wilt care; + Why should I the burden bear? + +3 As a little child relies + On a care beyond his own; + Knows he's neither strong nor wise + Fears to stir a step alone; + Let me thus with thee abide, + As my Father, Guard, and Guide. + + + + +507. L. M. Beard's Coll. + +God's Care our Comfort. + + +1 Oh! sweet it is to know, to feel, + In all our gloom, our wanderings here, + No night of sorrow can conceal + Man from thy notice, from thy care. + +2 When disciplined by long distress, + And led through paths of fear and woe, + Say, dost thou love thy children less? + No! ever-gracious Father, no! + +3 No distance can outreach thine eye, + No night obscure thy endless day: + Be this my comfort when I sigh, + Be this my safeguard when I stray. + + + + +508. S. M. Mme. Guion. + +The Water of Life. + + +1 The fountain in its source + No drought of summer fears; + The farther it pursues its course, + The nobler it appears. + +2 But shallow cisterns yield + A scanty, short supply; + The morning sees them amply filled, + At evening they are dry. + +3 The cisterns I forsake, + O fount of bliss, for thee! + My thirst with living waters slake, + And drink eternity. + + + + +509. C. M. Rippon's Coll. + +Peace with God. + + +1 Father! whate'er of earthly bliss + Thy sovereign will denies, + Accepted at thy throne of grace, + Let this petition rise:-- + +2 "Give me a calm, a thankful heart, + From every murmur free; + The blessings of thy grace impart, + And make me live to thee. + +3 "Let the sweet hope that thou art mine + My life and death attend; + Thy presence through my journey shine, + And crown my journey's end." + + + + +510. S. M. Christian Psalmist. + +The Way of God with the Spirit. + + +1 'Tis God the spirit leads + In paths before unknown: + The work to be performed is ours; + The strength is all his own. + +2 Assisted by his grace, + We still pursue our way; + And hope at last to reach the prize, + Secure in endless day. + +3 'Tis he that works to will; + 'Tis he that works to do; + His is the power by which we act, + His be the glory too. + + + + +511. L. M. 6l. Christian Psalmist. + +Foretaste of Heaven. + + +1 What must it be to dwell above, + At God's right hand, where Jesus reigns, + Since the sweet earnest of his love + O'erwhelms us on these earthly plains! + No heart can think, no tongue explain, + What bliss it is with Christ to reign. + +2 When sin no more obstructs our sight, + When sorrow pains our hearts no more, + How shall we view the Prince of Light + And all his works of grace explore! + What heights and depths of love divine + Will there through endless ages shine! + +3 This is the heaven I long to know; + For this, with patience, I would wait, + Till, weaned from earth, and all below, + I mount to my celestial seat, + And wave my palm, and wear my crown, + And, with the elders, cast them down. + + + + +512. C. M. Doddridge. + +Jesus precious to them that believe. + + +1 Jesus, I love thy charming name; + 'Tis music to my ear; + Fain would I sound it out so loud + That earth and heaven might hear. + +2 Whate'er my noblest powers can wish + In thee doth richly meet; + No light unto my eyes so dear, + No friendship half so sweet. + +3 Thy grace shall dwell upon my heart, + And shed its fragrance there,-- + The noblest balm of all its wounds, + The cordial of its care. + +4 I'll speak the honors of thy name + With my expiring breath, + And, dying, clasp thee in my arms, + The antidote of death. + + + + +513. C. M. Watts. + +The Hope of Heaven. + + +1 When I can read my title clear + To mansions in the skies, + I bid farewell to every fear, + And wipe my weeping eyes. + +2 Let cares like a wild deluge come, + And storms of sorrow fall, + May I but safely reach my home, + My God, my heaven, my all! + +3 There shall I bathe my weary soul + In seas of heavenly rest, + And not a wave of trouble roll + Across my peaceful breast. + + + + +LIFE, DEATH AND FUTURITY. + + + + +514. C. M. Watts. + +"From everlasting to everlasting, thou art God." + + +1 Our God, our help in ages past, + Our hope for years to come, + Our shelter from the stormy blast, + And our eternal home; + +2 Before the hills in order stood, + Or earth received her frame, + From everlasting thou art God, + To endless years the same. + +3 A thousand ages, in thy sight, + Are like an evening gone; + Short as the watch that ends the night, + Before the rising sun. + +4 Time, like an ever-rolling stream, + Bears all its sons away; + They fly forgotten, as a dream + Dies at the opening day. + + + + +515. L. M. Cowper. + +The Providence of Life. + + +1 Almighty King! whose wondrous hand + Supports the weight of sea and land, + Whose grace is such a boundless store, + No heart shall break that sighs for more! + +2 Thy providence supplies my food, + And 'tis thy blessing makes it good: + My soul is nourished by thy word; + Let soul and body praise the Lord. + +3 My streams of outward comfort came + From him who built this earthly frame; + Whate'er I want his bounty gives, + By whom my soul forever lives. + +4 Either his hand preserves from pain, + Or, if I feel it, heals again; + From strife and sorrow shields my breast, + Or overrules them for the best. + + + + +516. 7s. M. 6l. Bowring. + +The Pilgrimage of Life. + + +1 Lead us with thy gentle sway, + As a willing child is led; + Speed us on our forward way, + As a pilgrim, Lord, is sped, + Who with prayers and helps divine + Seeks a consecrated shrine. + +2 We are pilgrims, and our goal + Is that distant land whose bourn + Is the haven of the soul; + Where the mourners cease to mourn, + Where the Saviour's hand will dry + Every tear from every eye. + +3 Lead us thither! thou dost know + All the way; but wanderers we + Often miss our path below, + And stretch out our hands to thee; + Guide us,--save us,--and prepare + Our appointed mansion there! + + + + +517. C. M. Montgomery. + +"Looking for another country, that is an heavenly." + + +1 While through this changing world we roam, + From infancy to age, + Heaven is the Christian pilgrim's home, + His rest at every stage. + +2 Thither his raptured thought ascends, + Eternal joys to share; + There his adoring spirit bends, + While here he kneels in prayer. + +3 Oh! there may we our treasure place, + There let our hearts be found; + That still, where sin abounded, grace + May more and more abound. + +4 Henceforth our conversation be + With Christ before the throne; + Ere long, we eye to eye shall see, + And know as we are known. + + + + +518. L. M. Doddridge. + +Redeeming the Time. + + +1 God of eternity! from thee + Did infant time its being draw; + Moments and days, and months, and years, + Revolve by thine unvaried law. + +2 Silent and swift they glide away; + Steady and strong the current flows, + Lost in eternity's wide sea, + The boundless gulf from whence it rose. + +3 With it the thoughtless sons of men + Before the rapid stream are borne + On to their everlasting home, + Whence not one soul can e'er return. + +4 Great Source of wisdom! teach our hearts + To know the price of every hour, + That time may bear us on to joys + Beyond its measure and its power. + + + + +519. C. H. M. J. Taylor. + +What is your Life? + + +1 O, what is life?--'tis like a flower + That blossoms and is gone; + It flourishes its little hour, + With all its beauty on: + Death comes, and, like a wintry day, + It cuts the lovely flower away. + +2 O, what is life?--'tis like the bow + That glistens in the sky: + We love to see its colors glow; + But, while we look, they die: + Life fails as soon:--to-day 'tis here; + To-morrow it may disappear. + +3 Lord, what is life?--if spent with thee + In humble praise and prayer, + How long or short our life may be, + We feel no anxious care: + Though life depart, our joys shall last + When life and all its joys are past. + + + + +520. L. M. Bowring. + +Our Times are in thy Hand. + + +1 Our times are in thy hand, and thou + Wilt guide our footsteps at thy will: + Lord, to thy purposes we bow, + Do thou thy purposes fulfil! + +2 Life's mighty waters roll along, + Thy spirit guides them as they roll; + And waves on waves impetuous throng + At thy command, at thy control. + +3 Lord, we, thy children, look to thee, + And with an humble, prostrate will, + Find in thine all-sufficiency + A claim to love and serve thee still. + + + + +521. S. M. Edmeston. + +"Why sayest thou--my way is hid from the Lord?" + + +1 Along my earthly way, + How many clouds are spread! + Darkness, with scarce one cheerful ray, + Seems gathering o'er my head. + +2 Yet, Father, thou art love: + O hide not from my view! + But when I look, in prayer, above, + Appear in mercy through! + +3 My pathway is not hid; + Thou knowest all my need; + And I would do as Israel did,-- + Follow where thou wilt lead. + +4 Lead me, and then my feet + Shall never, never stray; + But safely I shall reach the seat + Of happiness and day. + +5 And O from that bright throne, + I shall look back, and see,-- + The path I went, and that alone, + Was the right path for me. + + + + +522. C. M. Needham. + +The Dead speaking to the Living. + + +1 Rise, O my soul! pursue the path + By ancient worthies trod; + Aspiring, view those holy men + Who lived and walked with God. + +2 Though dead, they speak in reason's ear, + And in example live; + Their faith, and hope, and mighty deeds, + Still fresh instruction give. + +3 Confiding in his heavenly strength, + They conquered every foe; + To his almighty power and grace + Their crowns of life they owe. + +4 Lord, may I ever keep in view + The patterns thou hast given; + And never wander from the road + That led them safe to heaven. + + + + +523. C. M. Barbauld. + +The Pilgrimage of Life. + + +1 Our country is Immanuel's ground; + We seek that promised soil; + The songs of Zion cheer our hearts, + While strangers here we toil. + +2 Oft do our eyes with joy o'erflow, + And oft are bathed in tears; + Yet naught but heaven our hopes can raise, + And naught but sin our fears. + +3 We tread the path our Master trod: + We bear the cross he bore; + And every thorn that wounds our feet, + His temples pierced before. + +4 Our powers are oft dissolved away + In ecstasies of love; + And while our bodies wander here, + Our souls are fixed above. + +5 We purge our mortal dross away, + Refining as we run; + But while we die to earth and sense, + Our heaven is here begun. + + + + +524. C. M. Watts. + +"We are fearfully and wonderfully made." + + +1 Let others boast how strong they be, + Nor death nor danger fear; + But we'll confess, O Lord, to thee, + What feeble things we are. + +2 Fresh as the grass our bodies stand, + And flourish bright and gay; + A blasting wind sweeps o'er the land, + And fades the grass away. + +3 Our life contains a thousand springs, + And fails if one be gone; + Strange! that a harp of thousand strings + Should keep in tune so long. + +4 But 'tis our God supports our frame, + The God who built us first; + Salvation to the Almighty Name + That reared us from the dust! + + + + +525. C. M. Doddridge. + +"Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven." + + +1 These mortal joys, how soon they fade! + How swift they pass away! + The dying flower reclines its head, + The beauty of a day. + +2 Soon are those earthly treasures lost, + We fondly call our own; + Scarce the possession can we boast, + When straight we find them gone. + +3 But there are joys which cannot die, + With God laid up in store; + Treasures beyond the changing sky, + More bright than golden ore. + +4 The seeds which piety and love + Have scattered here below, + In the fair, fertile fields above + To ample harvests grow. + + + + +526. L. M. Newton. + +Lightning in the Night. + + +1 A glance from heaven, with sweet effect, + Sometimes my pensive spirit cheers: + But ere I can my thoughts collect, + As suddenly it disappears. + +2 So lightning in the gloom of night + Affords a momentary day; + Disclosing objects full in sight, + Which, soon as seen, are snatched away. + +3 The lightning's flash did not create + The opening prospect it revealed; + But only showed the real state + Of what the darkness had concealed. + +4 Just so, we by a glimpse discern + The glorious things within the veil; + That, when in darkness, we may learn + To live by faith, till light prevail. + + + + +527. C. M. J. Newton. + +The Changes of Life. + + +1 The evils that beset our path, + Who can prevent or cure? + We stand upon the brink of death + When most we seem secure. + +2 If we to-day sweet peace possess, + It soon may be withdrawn; + Some change may plunge us in distress + Before to-morrow's dawn. + +3 Disease and pain invade our health, + And find an easy prey; + And oft, when least expected, wealth + Takes wings and flies away. + +4 The gourds from which we look for fruit. + Produce us often pain; + A worm unseen attacks the root, + And all our hopes are vain. + +5 Since sin has filled the earth with woe, + And creatures fade and die; + Lord, wean our hearts from things below, + And fix our hopes on high! + + + + +528. S. M. Doddridge. + +"The Fathers, where are they?" + + +1 How swift the torrent rolls, + That bears us to the sea! + The tide that bears our thoughtless souls + To vast eternity! + +2 Our fathers, where are they, + With all they called their own? + Their joys, and griefs, and hopes and cares, + And wealth and honor gone. + +3 God of our fathers, hear, + Thou everlasting Friend! + While we, as on life's utmost verge, + Our souls to thee commend. + +4 Of all the pious dead + May we the footsteps trace, + Till with them, in the land of light, + We dwell before thy face. + + + + +529. L. M. J. Roscoe. + +The Close of Life. + + +1 My Father! when around me spread + I see the shadows of the tomb, + And life's bright visions droop and fade, + And darkness veils my future doom; + +2 O, in that anguished hour I turn + With a still trusting heart to thee, + And holy thoughts still shine and burn + Amid that cold, sad destiny. + +3 The stars of heaven are shining on, + Though these frail eyes are dim with tears; + The hopes of earth indeed are gone; + But are not ours the immortal years? + +4 Father! forgive the heart that clings + Thus trembling to the joys of time; + And bid my soul on angel wings + Ascend into a purer clime. + + + + +530. L. M. Doddridge. + +To God pertain the issues of Life and Death. + + +1 Sovereign of life! before thine eye, + Lo! mortal men by thousands die: + One glance from thee at once brings down + The proudest brow that wears a crown. + +2 Banished at once from human sight + To the dark grave's mysterious night, + Imprisoned in that dusty bed, + We hide our solitary head. + +3 Yet if my Father's faithful hand + Conduct me through this gloomy land, + My soul with pleasure shall obey, + And follow where he leads the way. + +4 The friendly band again shall meet, + Again exchange the welcome sweet; + The dear familiar features trace, + And still renew the fond embrace. + + + + +531. C. M. Heber. + +Universal Warning of Death. + + +1 Beneath our feet and o'er our head + Is equal warning given: + Beneath us lie the countless dead, + Above us is the heaven! + +2 Their names are graven on the stone, + Their bones are in the clay; + And ere another day is done, + Ourselves may be as they. + +3 Our eyes have seen the rosy light + Of youth's soft cheek decay, + And fate descend in sudden night + On manhood's middle day. + +4 Our eyes have seen the steps of age + Halt feebly towards the tomb; + And yet shall earth our hearts engage, + And dreams of days to come? + +5 Death rides on every passing breeze, + He lurks in every flower; + Each season has its own disease, + Its peril every hour. + + + + +532. L. M. J. Taylor. + +The Shortness of Life. + + +1 Like shadows gliding o'er the plain, + Or clouds that roll successive on, + Man's busy generations pass, + And while we gaze their forms are gone. + +2 "He lived,--he died;" behold the sum, + The abstract of the historian's page! + Alike, in God's all-seeing eye, + The infant's day, the patriarch's age. + +3 O Father! in whose mighty hand + The boundless years and ages lie; + Teach us thy boon of life to prize, + And use the moments as they fly; + +4 To crowd the narrow span of life + With wise designs and virtuous deeds; + And bid us wake from death's dark night, + To share the glory that succeeds. + + + + +533. C. M. Collyer. + +Prayer for Support in Death. + + +1 When, bending o'er the brink of life, + My trembling soul shall stand, + And wait to pass death's awful flood, + Great God, at thy command;-- + +2 Thou Source of life and joy supreme, + Whose arm alone can save, + Dispel the darkness that surrounds + The entrance to the grave. + +3 Lay thy supporting, gentle hand + Beneath my sinking head, + And let a beam of light divine + Illume my dying bed. + + + + +534. L. M. Watts. + +Christ's Presence makes Death easy. + + +1 Why should we start and fear to die! + What timorous worms we mortals are! + Death is the gate of endless joy, + And yet we dread to enter there. + +2 The pains, the groans, and dying strife, + Fright our approaching souls away; + Still we shrink back again to life, + Fond of our prison and our clay. + +3 O! if my Lord would come and meet, + My soul should stretch her wings in haste, + Fly fearless through death's iron gate, + Nor feel the terrors as she past. + +4 Jesus can make a dying bed + Feel soft as downy pillows are, + While on his breast I lean my head, + And breathe my life out sweetly there. + + + + +535. L. M. Anonymous. + +Deliverance from the Fear of Death. + + +1 O God of love! with cheering ray, + Gild our expiring hour of day; + Thy love, through each revolving year, + Has wiped away affliction's tear. + +2 Free us from death's terrific gloom, + And all the fear which shrouds the tomb; + Heighten our joys, support our head, + Before we sink among the dead. + +3 May death conclude our toils and tears! + May death destroy our sins and fears! + May death, through Jesus, be our friend! + May death be life, when life shall end! + +4 Crown our last moment with thy power-- + The latest in our latest hour; + Till to the raptured heights we soar, + Where fears and death are known no more. + + + + +536. L. M. R. Hill. + +Prayer for the dying Christian. + + +1 Gently, my Father, let me down + To slumber in the arms of death: + I rest my soul on thee alone, + E'en till my last expiring breath. + +2 Soon will the storms of life be o'er, + And I shall enter endless rest: + There I shall live to sin no more, + And bless thy name forever blest. + +3 Bid me possess sweet peace within; + Let childlike patience keep my heart; + Then shall I feel my heaven begin, + Before my spirit hence depart. + + + + +537. C. M. Anonymous. + +"Yea, though I walk through the valley of the Shadow of Death, I will +fear no evil, for thou art with me." Ps. 23. + + +1 Thou must go forth alone, my soul! + Thou must go forth alone, + To other scenes, to other worlds, + That mortal hath not known. + Thou must go forth alone, my soul,-- + To tread the narrow vale; + But He, whose word is sure, hath said + His comforts shall not fail. + +2 Thou must go forth alone, my soul, + Along the darksome way; + Where the bright sun has never shed + His warm and gladsome ray. + And yet the Sun of Righteousness + Shall rise amidst the gloom, + And scatter from thy trembling gaze + The shadows of the tomb. + +3 Thou must go forth alone, my soul! + To meet thy God above: + But shrink not--He hath said, my soul, + He is a God of love. + His rod and staff shall comfort thee + Across the dreary road, + Till thou shalt join the blessed ones + In heaven's serene abode. + + + + +538. 7s. & 4s. M. Mrs. Gilbert. + +Prayer for Support in Death. + + +1 When the vale of death appears, + Faint and cold this mortal clay, + O, my Father, soothe my fears, + Light me through the gloomy way; + Break the shadows, + Usher in eternal day;-- + +2 Upward from this dying state + Bid my waiting soul aspire; + Open thou the crystal gate; + To thy praise attune my lyre: + Then, triumphant, + I will join th' immortal choir. + + + + +539. C. M. Anonymous. + +The Happy Death. + + +1 Lord, must we die? O let us die + Trusting in thee alone! + Our living testimony given, + Then leave our dying one. + +2 If we must die, O let us die + In peace with all mankind, + And change these fleeting joys below + For pleasures all refined. + +3 If we must die,--as die we must,-- + Let some kind seraph come, + And bear us on his friendly wing + To our celestial home! + +4 Of Canaan's land, from Pisgah's top, + May we but have a view! + Though Jordan should o'erflow its banks, + We'll boldly venture through. + + + + +540. L. M. Montgomery. + +The Hour of Death, and Entrance on Immortality. + + +1 O God unseen--but not unknown! + Thine eye is ever fixed on me; + I dwell beneath thy secret throne, + Encompassed by thy deity. + +2 The moment comes when strength must fail, + When, health and hope and comfort flown, + I must go down into the vale + And shade of death, with thee alone: + +3 Alone with thee;--in that dread strife + Uphold me through mine agony, + And gently be this dying life + Exchanged for immortality. + +4 Then, when th' unbodied spirit lands + Where flesh and blood have never trod, + And in the unveiled presence stands + Of thee, my Saviour and my God: + +5 Be mine eternal portion this, + Since thou wert always here with me, + That I may view thy face in bliss, + And be for evermore with thee. + + + + +541. L. M. Doddridge. + +Meditation on Death. + + +1 Behold the path which mortals tread, + Down to the regions of the dead! + Nor will the fleeting moments stay, + Nor can we measure back our day. + +2 Our kindred and our friends are gone; + Know, O my soul! this doom my own; + Feeble as theirs my mortal frame, + The same my way, my home the same. + +3 Awake, my soul, thy way prepare, + And lose in this each mortal care; + With steady feet that path be trod, + Which, through the grave, conducts to God. + +4 Father! to thee my all I trust; + And if thou call me down to dust, + I know thy voice, I bless thy hand, + And die in peace at thy command. + + + + +542. 7s. M. Pope. + +The Dying Christian to his Soul! + + +1 Vital spark of heavenly flame! + Quit, O quit this mortal frame! + Trembling, hoping, lingering, flying, + O the pain, the bliss of dying! + Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, + And let me languish into life! + +2 Hark! they whisper! angels say, + "Sister spirit, come away!" + What is this absorbs me quite, + Steals my senses, shuts my sight, + Drowns my spirits, draws my breath? + Tell me, my soul, can this be death? + +3 The world recedes!--it disappears! + Heaven opens on my eyes!--my ears + With sounds seraphic ring: + Lend, lend your wings! I mount, I fly! + O grave! where is thy victory? + O death! where is thy sting? + + + + +543. L. M. Mrs. Barbauld. + +Death of the Righteous. + + +1 Sweet is the scene when virtue dies! + When sinks a righteous soul to rest; + How mildly beam the closing eyes, + How gently heaves th' expiring breast! + +2 So fades a summer cloud away, + So sinks the gale when storms are o'er, + So gently shuts the eye of day, + So dies a wave along the shore. + +3 Farewell, conflicting hopes and fears, + Where lights and shades alternate dwell; + How bright th' unchanging morn appears! + Farewell, inconstant world, farewell! + +4 Life's duty done, as sinks the clay, + Light from its load the spirit flies; + While heaven and earth combine to say, + "How blessed the righteous when he dies!" + + + + +544. C. M. Peabody. + +The Christian's Death. + + +1 Behold the western evening light! + It melts in deeper gloom; + So calm the righteous sink away, + Descending to the tomb. + The winds breathe low--the yellow leaf + Scarce whispers from the tree! + So gently flows the parting breath, + When good men cease to be. + +2 How beautiful, on all the hills, + The crimson light is shed! + 'Tis like the peace the dying gives + To mourners round his bed. + How mildly on the wandering cloud + The sunset beam is cast! + So sweet the memory left behind, + When loved ones breathe their last. + +3 And lo! above the dews of night + The vesper star appears! + So faith lights up the mourner's heart, + Whose eyes are dim with tears. + Night falls, but soon the morning light + Its glories shall restore; + And thus the eyes that sleep in death + Shall wake, to close no more. + + + + +545. 7s. M. Anonymous. + +Dirge. + + +1 Clay to clay, and dust to dust! + Let them mingle--for they must! + Give to earth the earthly clod, + For the spirit's fled to God. + +2 Never more shall midnight's damp + Darken round this mortal lamp; + Never more shall noon-day's glance + Search this mortal countenance. + +3 Deep the pit, and cold the bed, + Where the spoils of death are laid; + Stiff the curtains, chill the gloom, + Of man's melancholy tomb. + +4 Look aloft! The spirit's risen-- + Death cannot the soul imprison; + 'Tis in heaven that spirits dwell, + Glorious, though invisible. + + + + +546. L. M. Watts. + +The Same. + + +1 Unveil thy bosom, faithful tomb! + Take this new treasure to thy trust, + And give these sacred relics room + To seek a slumber in thy dust. + +2 Nor pain, nor grief, nor anxious fear, + Invade thy bounds; no mortal woes + Can reach the peaceful sleeper here, + While angels watch the soft repose. + +3 So Jesus slept; God's dying Son + Passed through the grave, and blessed the bed; + Then rest, dear saint, till from his throne + The morning break, and pierce the shade. + +4 Break from his throne, illustrious morn! + Attend, O earth, his sovereign word! + Restore thy trust! the glorious form + Shall then arise to meet the Lord. + + + + +547. C. M. Watts. + +"Blessed are the dead, who die in the Lord." + + +1 Hear what the voice from heaven proclaims, + For all the pious dead; + Sweet is the savor of their names, + And soft their sleeping bed. + +2 They die in Jesus, and are blessed; + How kind their slumbers are! + From sufferings and from sin released, + And freed from every snare. + +3 Far from this world of toil and strife, + They're present with the Lord! + The labors of their mortal life + End in a large reward. + + + + +548. 7s. M. Wesley's Coll. + +"Blessed are the dead, that die in the Lord." + + +1 Hark! a voice divides the sky! + Happy are the faithful dead, + In the Lord who sweetly die! + They from all their toils are freed. + +2 Ready for their glorious crown,-- + Sorrows past and sins forgiven,-- + Here they lay their burthen down, + Hallowed and made meet for heaven. + +3 Yes! the Christian's course is run; + Ended is the glorious strife; + Fought the fight, the work is done; + Death is swallowed up in life. + +4 When from flesh the spirit freed + Hastens homeward to return, + Mortals cry, "A man is dead!" + Angels sing, "A child is born!" + + + + +549. L. M. Mrs. Mackay. + +"Asleep in Christ." + + +1 Asleep in Jesus! blessed sleep! + From which none ever wakes to weep; + A calm and undisturbed repose, + Unbroken by the dread of foes. + +2 Asleep in Jesus! peaceful rest! + Whose waking is supremely blest; + No fear, no woes shall dim that hour, + Which manifests the Saviour's power! + +3 Asleep in Jesus! time nor space + Debars this precious hiding place; + On Indian plains, or Lapland's snows, + Believers find the same repose. + +4 Asleep in Jesus! far from thee + Thy kindred and their graves may be; + But thine is still a blesséd sleep, + From which none ever wakes to weep. + + + + +550. C. M. 8l. Anonymous. + +The Resurrection. + + +1 All nature dies and lives again: + The flowers that paint the field, + The trees that crown the mountain's brow, + And boughs and blossoms yield,-- + Resign the honors of their form + At winter's stormy blast, + And leave the naked, leafless plain + A desolated waste. + +2 Yet, soon reviving, plants and flowers + Anew shall deck the plain; + The woods shall hear the voice of spring, + And flourish green again. + So, to the dreary grave consigned, + Man sleeps in death's dark gloom, + Until th' eternal morning wake + The slumbers of the tomb. + +3 O may the grave become to me + The bed of peaceful rest, + Whence I shall gladly rise at length, + And mingle with the blessed! + Cheered by this hope, with patient mind + I'll wait Heaven's high decree, + Till the appointed period come + When death shall set me free. + + + + +551. C. M. Sir J. E. Smith. + +The Changes of Nature Types of Immortality. + + +1 As twilight's gradual veil is spread + Across the evening sky; + So man's bright hours decline in shade, + And mortal comforts die. + +2 The bloom of spring, the summer rose, + In vain pale winter brave; + Nor youth, nor age, nor wisdom knows + A ransom from the grave. + +3 But morning dawns and spring revives, + And genial hours return; + So man's immortal soul survives, + And scorns the mouldering urn. + +4 When this vain scene no longer charms, + Or swiftly fades away, + He sinks into a Father's arms, + Nor dreads the coming day. + + + + +552. Peculiar M. H. Ware, Jr. + +Resurrection of Christ. + + +1 Lift your glad voices in triumph on high, + For Jesus hath risen, and man cannot die: + Vain were the terrors that gathered around him, + And short the dominion of death and the grave; + He burst from the fetters of darkness that bound him + Resplendent in glory, to live and to save: + Loud was the chorus of angels on high,-- + The Saviour hath risen, and man shall not die. + +2 Glory to God in full anthems of joy, + The being he gave us death cannot destroy: + Sad were the life we must part with to-morrow, + If tears were our birthright, and death were our end; + But Jesus hath cheered the dark valley of sorrow, + And bade us, immortal, to heaven ascend: + Lift, then, your voices in triumph on high, + For Jesus hath risen, and man shall not die. + + + + +553. 7s. M. Cudworth. + +The Same. + + +1 Christ, the Lord, is risen to-day, + Sons of men and angels say; + Raise your songs of triumph high: + Sing, ye heavens, and, earth, reply. + +2 Love's redeeming work is done, + Fought the fight, the battle won; + Lo our Sun's eclipse is o'er; + Lo! he sets in blood no more. + +3 Vain the stone, the watch, the seal; + Christ hath burst the gates of hell; + Death in vain forbids his rise; + Christ hath opened paradise. + +4 Soar we now where Christ hath led, + Following our exalted Head: + Made like him, like him we rise; + Ours the cross, the grave, the skies. + + + + +554. C. M. Sir J. E. Smith. + +Nature Transitory--the Soul Immortal. + + +1 See lovely nature raise her head, + In various graces dressed; + Her lucid robe by ocean spread, + Her verdant, flowery vest. + +2 How glorious are those orbs of light, + In all their bright array, + That gem the ebon brow of night, + Or pour the blaze of day! + +3 One gem of purest ray, divine, + Alone disclaims her power; + Still brighter shall its glories shine, + When hers are seen no more. + +4 Her pageants pass, nor leave a trace + The soul no change shall fear; + The God of nature and of grace + Has stamped his image there. + + + + +555. C. M. Watts. + +A Prospect of Heaven. + + +1 There is a land of pure delight, + Where saints immortal reign; + Eternal day excludes the night, + And pleasures banish pain. + +2 There everlasting spring abides, + And never-withering flowers: + Death, like a narrow sea, divides + This heavenly land from ours. + +3 Sweet fields beyond the swelling flood + Stand dressed in living green: + So to the Jews old Canaan stood, + And Jordan rolled between. + +4 O could we make our doubts remove,-- + Those gloomy doubts that rise,-- + And see the Canaan that we love + With unbeclouded eyes. + +5 Could we but climb where Moses stood, + And view the landscape o'er,-- + Not Jordan's stream, nor death's cold flood, + Should fright us from the shore. + + + + +556. S. M. Stennett. + +Surpassing Glories of Eternity. + + +1 How various and how new + Are thy compassions, Lord! + Each morning shall thy mercies show,-- + Each night thy truth record. + +2 Thy goodness, like the sun, + Dawned on our early days, + Ere infant reason had begun + To form our lips to praise. + +3 But we expect a day + Still brighter far than this, + When death shall bear our souls away + To realms of light and bliss. + +4 Nor shall that radiant day, + So joyfully begun, + In evening shadows die away + Beneath the setting sun. + +5 How various and how new + Are thy compassions, Lord! + Eternity thy love shall show, + And all thy truth record. + + + + +557. 8s. & 6s. M. W. B. Tappan. + +Heaven Anticipated. + + +1 There is an hour of peaceful rest + To mourning wanderers given; + There is a joy for souls distressed, + A balm for every wounded breast; + 'Tis found alone in heaven. + +2 There is a home for weary souls, + By sins and sorrows driven, + When tossed on life's tempestuous shoals, + Where storms arise, and ocean rolls, + And all is drear--'tis heaven. + +3 There faith lifts up the tearless eye, + The heart no longer riven,-- + And views the tempest passing by, + Sees evening shadows quickly fly, + And all serene in heaven. + +4 There fragrant flowers immortal bloom, + And joys supreme are given; + There rays divine disperse the gloom; + Beyond the dark and narrow tomb + Appears the dawn of heaven. + + + + +558. C. M. Christian Psalmist. + +The Society of Heaven. + + +1 Jerusalem! my glorious home! + Name ever dear to me! + When shall my labors have an end + In joy, and peace and thee? + When shall these eyes thy heaven-built walls + And pearly gates behold? + Thy bulwarks with salvation strong, + And streets of shining gold. + +2 There happier bowers than Eden's bloom, + Nor sin nor sorrow know: + Blest seats! through rude and stormy scenes + I onward press to you. + Why should I shrink at pain and woe? + Or feel at death dismay? + I've Canaan's goodly land in view, + And realms of endless day. + +3 Apostles, martyrs, prophets, there, + Around my Saviour stand; + And soon my friends in Christ below + Will join the glorious band. + Jerusalem! my glorious home! + My soul still pants for thee; + Then shall my labors have an end, + When I thy joys shall see. + + + + +559. S. M. Mrs. Steele. + +Heaven. + + +1 Far from these scenes of night + Unbounded glories rise, + And realms of infinite delight, + Unknown to mortal eyes. + +2 No cloud those regions know, + Forever bright and fair; + For sin, the source of mortal woe, + Can never enter there. + +3 There night is never known, + Nor sun's faint, sickly ray; + But glory from th' eternal throne + Spreads everlasting day. + +4 O may this prospect fire + Our hearts with ardent love! + And lively faith and strong desire + Bear every thought above. + + + + +560. L. M. Anonymous. + +The World to Come. + + +1 There is a world we have not seen, + That wasting time can ne'er destroy, + Where mortal footstep hath not been, + Nor ear hath caught its sounds of joy. + +2 That world to come! and O how blest!-- + Fairer than prophets ever told; + And never did an angel-guest + One half its blessedness unfold. + +3 It is all holy and serene,-- + The land of glory and repose; + And there, to dim the radiant scene, + No tear of sorrow ever flows. + +4 It is not fanned by summer gale; + 'Tis not refreshed by vernal showers; + It never needs the moon-beam pale, + For there are known no evening hours. + +5 There forms unseen by mortal eye, + Too glorious for our sight to bear, + Are walking with their God on high, + And waiting our arrival there. + + + + +561. C. M. H. Ballou. + +Heavenly Zion. + + +1 Behold, on Zion's heavenly shore, + A pure and countless band, + Whose conflicts and whose toils are o'er, + In glorious order stand. + +2 From earth's remotest bounds they came, + From tribulations great, + And, through the victories of the Lamb, + Have reached the heavenly state. + +3 Hunger and thirst they know no more, + From burning heats refreshed; + The Lamb shall feed them from his store, + And give them endless rest. + +4 God all their tears shall wipe away, + And they his wonders tell, + While in his temple they shall stay, + And God with them shall dwell. + + + + +562. 7s. M. Raffles. + +The Saints in Glory. + + +1 High, in yonder realms of light, + Dwell the raptured saints above, + Far beyond our feeble sight, + Happy in Immanuel's love. + +2 Happy spirits, ye are fled + Where no grief can entrance find, + Lulled to rest the aching head, + Soothed the anguish of the mind. + +3 'Mid the chorus of the skies, + 'Mid the angelic lyres above + Hark! their songs melodious rise,-- + Songs of praise to Jesus' love. + + + + +563. S. M. R. Palmer. + +Heavenly Rest. + + +1 And is there, Lord, a rest, + For weary souls designed, + Where not a care shall stir the breast, + Or sorrow entrance find? + +2 Is there a blissful home, + Where kindred minds shall meet, + And live and love, nor ever roam + From that serene retreat? + +3 Forever blesséd they, + Whose joyful feet shall stand, + While endless ages waste away, + Amid that glorious land. + +4 My soul would thither tend, + While toilsome years are given; + Then let me, gracious God, ascend + To sweet repose in heaven. + + + + +564. L. M. Anonymous. + +The Better Land. + + +1 There is a land mine eye hath seen, + In visions of enraptured thought + So bright that all which spreads between + Is with its radiant glory fraught;-- + +2 A land upon whose blissful shore + There rests no shadow, falls no stain; + There those who meet shall part no more, + And those long parted meet again. + +3 Its skies are not like earthly skies, + With varying hues of shade and light; + It hath no need of suns to rise, + To dissipate the gloom of night. + +4 There sweeps no desolating wind + Across that calm, serene abode; + The wanderer there a home may find, + Within the paradise of God. + + + + +565. C. H. M. Sacred Lyrics. + +The Everlasting Bliss of Heaven. + + +1 Heaven is the land where troubles cease, + Where toils and tears are o'er;-- + The blissful clime of rest and peace, + Where cares distract no more; + And not the shadow of distress + Dims its unsullied blessedness. + +2 Heaven is the dwelling-place of joy, + The home of light and love, + Where faith and hope in rapture die, + And ransomed souls above + Enjoy, before th' eternal throne, + Bliss everlasting and unknown. + + + + +MOURNING AND CONSOLATION. + + + + +566. L. M. Bryant. + +"Blessed are they that mourn." + + +1 Deem not that they are blessed alone, + Whose days a peaceful tenor keep; + The God, who loves our race, has shown + A blessing for the eyes that weep. + +2 The light of smiles shall fill again + The lids that overflow with tears, + And weary hours of woe and pain + Are earnests of serener years. + +3 O, there are days of sunny rest + For every dark and troubled night! + Grief may abide, an evening guest, + But joy shall come with early light. + +4 And thou, who o'er thy friend's low bier + Sheddest the bitter drops like rain, + Hope that a brighter, happier sphere + Will give him to thy arms again. + +5 For God hath marked each anguished day, + And numbered every secret tear; + And heaven's long age of bliss shall pay + For all his children suffer here. + + + + +567. 12s. & 11s. M. Heber. + +Farewell to a Friend Departed. + + +1 Thou art gone to the grave; but we will not deplore thee; + Though sorrows and darkness encompass the tomb; + The Saviour has passed through its portals before thee; + And the lamp of his love is thy guide through the gloom. + +2 Thou art gone to the grave; we no longer behold thee, + Nor tread the rough paths of the world by thy side: + But the wide arms of mercy are spread to enfold thee, + And sinners may hope, since the Saviour hath died. + +3 Thou art gone to the grave; and, its mansion forsaking, + Perchance thy weak spirit in doubt lingered long; + But the sunshine of heaven beamed bright on thy waking, + And the sound thou didst hear was the seraphim's song. + +4 Thou art gone to the grave; but we will not deplore thee; + Since God was thy Refuge, thy Guardian, thy Guide; + He gave thee, he took thee, and he will restore thee; + And death has no sting, since the Saviour hath died. + + + + +568. C. M. Barbauld. + +The Mourner's Thoughts of Heaven. + + +1 Not for the pious dead we weep; + Their sorrows now are o'er; + The sea is calm, the tempest past, + On that eternal shore. + +2 O, might some dream of visioned bliss, + Some trance of rapture, show + Where, on the bosom of their God, + They rest from human woe! + +3 Thence may their pure devotion's flame + On us, on us descend; + To us their strong aspiring hopes, + Their faith, their fervors lend. + +4 Let these our shadowy path illume, + And teach the chastened mind + To welcome all that's left of good, + To all that's lost resigned. + + + + +569. L. M. Norton. + +Blessedness of the Pious Dead. + + +1 O, stay thy tears; for they are blest, + Whose days are past, whose toil is done: + Here midnight care disturbs our rest; + Here sorrow dims the noonday sun. + +2 How blest are they whose transient years + Pass like an evening meteor's flight! + Not dark with guilt, nor dim with tears; + Whose course is short, unclouded, bright. + +3 O, cheerless were our lengthened way; + But Heaven's own light dispels the gloom, + Streams downward from eternal day, + And casts a glory round the tomb. + +4 O, stay thy tears: the blest above + Have hailed a spirit's heavenly birth, + And sung a song of joy and love; + Then why should anguish reign on earth? + + + + +570. S. M. Mrs. Sigourney. + +"Weep for yourselves, and for your children." + + +1 We mourn for those who toil, + The slave who ploughs the main, + Or him who hopeless tills the soil + Beneath the stripe and chain: + For those who, in the race, + O'erwearied and unblest, + A host of restless phantoms chase;-- + Why mourn for those who rest? + +2 We mourn for those who sin? + Bound in the tempter's snare, + Whom syren pleasure beckons in + To prisons of despair; + Whose hearts, by passions torn, + Are wrecked on folly's shore;-- + But why in sorrow should we mourn + For those who sin no more? + +3 We mourn for those who weep; + Whom stern afflictions bend + With anguish o'er the lowly sleep + Of lover or of friend: + But they to whom the sway + Of pain and grief is o'er, + Whose tears our God hath wiped away, + O mourn for them no more! + + + + +571. L. M. W. J. Loring. + +"Weep not for me!" + + +1 Why weep for those, frail child of woe, + Who've fled and left thee mourning here? + Triumphant o'er their latest foe, + They glory in a brighter sphere. + +2 Weep not for them;--beside thee now + Perhaps they watch with guardian care, + And witness tears that idly flow + O'er those who bliss of angels share. + +3 Or round their Father's throne, above, + With raptured voice his praise they sing; + Or on his messages of love, + They journey with unwearied wing. + +4 Weep, weep no more; their voices raise + The song of triumph high to God; + And wouldst thou join their song of praise, + Walk humbly in the path they trod. + + + + +572. S. H. M. Montgomery. + +Friends die, but to live again. + + +1 Friend after friend departs; + Who hath not lost a friend? + There is no union here of hearts, + That finds not here an end. + Were this frail world our only rest, + Living or dying, none were blest. + +2 There is a world above, + Where parting is unknown,-- + A whole eternity of love + And blessedness alone; + And faith beholds the dying here, + Translated to that happier sphere. + +3 Thus, star by star declines + Till all are passed away, + As morning high and higher shines + To pure and perfect day. + Nor sink those stars in empty night-- + They hide themselves in heaven's own light. + + + + +573. C. M. Anonymous. + +Hope of Reunion above. + + +1 When floating on life's troubled sea, + By storms and tempests driven, + Hope, with her radiant finger, points + To brighter scenes in heaven. + +2 She bids the storms of life to cease, + The troubled breast be calm; + And in the wounded heart she pours + Religion's healing balm. + +3 Her hallowed influence cheers life's hours + Of sadness and of gloom; + She guides us through this vale of tears, + To joys beyond the tomb. + +4 She bids the anguished heart rejoice: + Though earthly ties are riven, + We still may hope to meet again + In yonder peaceful heaven. + + + + +574. C. M. Watts. + +Comfort under Bereavements. + + +1 Why do we mourn departed friends, + Or shake at death's alarms? + 'Tis but the voice that Jesus sends + To call them to his arms. + +2 Why should we tremble to convey + Their bodies to the tomb? + There the dear flesh of Jesus lay, + And left a long perfume. + +3 The graves of all his saints he blest, + And softened every bed: + Where should the dying members rest, + But with their dying Head? + + + + +575. 11s. & 10s. M. Spiritual Songs. + +Invitation to the Mercy-seat. + + +1 Come, ye disconsolate, where'er ye languish; + Come, at the mercy-seat fervently kneel: + Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish; + Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal. + +2 Joy of the desolate, light of the straying, + Hope of the penitent, fadeless and pure, + Here speaks the Comforter, tenderly saying, + Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot cure. + + + + +576. 7s. M. J. H. Bancroft. + +The Christian's Burial. + + +1 Brother, though from yonder sky + Cometh neither voice nor cry, + Yet we know for thee to-day + Every pain hath passed away. + +2 Not for thee shall tears be given, + Child of God and heir of heaven; + For he gave thee sweet release; + Thine the Christian's death of peace. + +3 Well we know thy living faith + Had the power to conquer death; + As a living rose may bloom + By the border of the tomb. + +4 While we weep as Jesus wept, + Thou shall sleep as Jesus slept: + With thy Saviour thou shalt rest, + Crowned, and glorified and blest. + + + + +577. C. M. Anonymous. + +Peaceful Death of the Righteous. + + +1 I looked upon the righteous man, + And saw his parting breath, + Without a struggle or a sigh, + Serenely yield to death: + There was no anguish on his brow, + Nor terror in his eye; + The spoiler aimed a fatal dart, + But lost the victory. + +2 I looked upon the righteous man, + And heard the holy prayer + Which rose above that breathless form, + To soothe the mourners' care, + And felt how precious was the gift + He to his loved ones gave,-- + The stainless memory of the just, + The wealth beyond the grave. + +3 I looked upon the righteous man; + And all our earthly trust + Of pleasure, vanity, or pride, + Seemed lighter than the dust, + Compared with his celestial gain,-- + A home above the sky: + O, grant us, Lord, his life to live, + That we like him may die. + + + + +578. L. M. Fergus. + +At a Funeral. + + +1 Farewell! what power of words can tell + The sorrows of a last farewell, + When, standing by the mournful bier, + We mingle with our prayers a tear! + +2 When memory tells of days gone by, + Of blighted hope and vanished joy: + Bright hopes that withered like a flower, + Cut down and faded in an hour. + +3 Give forth thy chime, thou solemn bell, + Thou grave, unfold thy marble cell; + Oh earth! receive upon thy breast + The weary trav'ller to his rest. + +4 Oh God, extend thy arms of love, + A spirit seeketh thee above! + Ye heav'nly palaces unclose, + Receive the weary to repose! + + + + +579. C. M. L. H. Sigourney. + +Burial of a Friend. + + +1 As, bowed by sudden storms, the rose + Sinks on the garden's breast, + Down to the grave our brother goes, + In silence there to rest. + +2 No more with us his tuneful voice + The hymn of praise shall swell; + No more his cheerful heart rejoice + When peals the Sabbath bell. + +3 Yet, if, in yonder cloudless sphere + Amid a sinless throng, + He utters in his Saviour's ear + The everlasting song,-- + +4 No more we'll mourn the absent friend, + But lift our earnest prayer, + And daily every effort bend + To rise and join him there. + + + + +580. C. M. Houghton. + +The Re-union of Friends after Death. + + +1 Blest be the hour when friends shall meet, + Shall meet to part no more, + And with celestial welcome greet, + On an immortal shore. + +2 Sweet hope, deep cherished, not in vain, + Now art thou richly crowned! + All that was dead revives again; + All that was lost is found! + +3 The parent eyes his long-lost child; + Brothers on brothers gaze: + The tear of resignation mild + Is changed to joy and praise. + +4 And while remembrance, lingering still, + Draws joy from sorrowing hours; + New prospects rise, new pleasures fill + The soul's capacious powers. + +5 Their Father fans their generous flame, + And looks complacent down; + The smile that owns their filial claim + Is their immortal crown. + + + + +581. L. M. Anonymous. + +"Not lost, but gone before." + + +1 Say, why should friendship grieve for those + Who safe arrive on Canaan's shore? + Released from all their hurtful foes, + They are not lost--but gone before. + +2 How many painful days on earth + Their fainting spirits numbered o'er! + Now they enjoy a heavenly birth; + They are not lost--but gone before. + +3 Dear is the spot where Christians sleep, + And sweet the strain which angels pour; + O why should we in anguish weep? + They are not lost--but gone before. + + + + +582. L. M. Epis. Coll. + +Death of an Infant. + + +1 As the sweet flower that scents the morn, + But withers in the rising day, + Thus lovely was this infant's dawn, + Thus swiftly fled its life away. + +2 It died ere its expanding soul + Had ever burnt with wrong desires, + Had ever spurned at Heaven's control, + Or ever quenched its sacred fires. + +3 Yet the sad hour that took the boy + Perhaps has spared a heavier doom,-- + Snatched him from scenes of guilty joy, + Or from the pangs of ills to come. + +4 He died to sin; he died to care; + But for a moment felt the rod; + Then, rising on the viewless air, + Spread his light wings, and soared to God. + + + + +583. L. M. Steele. + +The Same. + + +1 So fades the lovely, blooming flower, + Frail, smiling solace of an hour; + So soon our transient comforts fly, + And pleasure only blooms to die. + +2 Is there no kind, no healing art, + To soothe the anguish of the heart? + Spirit of grace, be ever nigh: + Thy comforts are not made to die. + +3 Let gentle patience smile on pain, + Till dying hope revives again; + Hope wipes the tear from sorrow's eye, + And faith points upward to the sky. + + + + +584. C. M. Steele. + +Death of a Child. + + +1 Life is a span,--a fleeting hour: + How soon the vapor flies! + Man is a tender, transient flower, + That e'en in blooming dies. + +2 The once-loved form, now cold and dead, + Each mournful thought employs; + And nature weeps, her comforts fled, + And withered all her joys. + +3 Hope looks beyond the bounds of time, + When what we now deplore + Shall rise in full, immortal prime, + And bloom to fade no more. + +4 Cease, then, fond nature, cease thy tears; + Thy Saviour dwells on high; + There everlasting spring appears; + There joy shall never die. + + + + +585. 7s. & 6s. M. Anonymous. + +Children in Heaven. + + +1 In the broad fields of heaven,-- + In the immortal bowers, + By life's clear river dwelling, + Amid undying flowers,-- + There hosts of beauteous spirits, + Fair children of the earth, + Linked in bright bands celestial, + Sing of their human birth. + +2 They sing of earth and heaven,-- + Divinest voices rise + To God, their gracious Father, + Who called them to the skies: + They all are there,--in heaven,-- + Safe, safe, and sweetly blest; + No cloud of sin can shadow + Their bright and holy rest. + + + + +586. S. M. Wilson. + +Death of a Young Girl. + + +1 What though the stream be dead, + Its banks all still and dry! + It murmurs o'er a lovelier bed, + In air-groves of the sky. + +2 What though our bird of light + Lie mute with plumage dim; + In heaven I see her glancing bright, + I hear her angel hymn. + +3 True that our beauteous doe + Hath left her still retreat, + But purer now in heavenly snow, + She lies at Jesus' feet. + +4 O star! untimely set! + Why should we weep for thee! + Thy bright and dewy coronet + Is rising o'er the sea. + + + + +587. 7s. M. Anonymous. + +Dirge for an Infant. + + +1 Lay her gently in the dust; + Grievous task, but oh! ye must! + Hear the sentence, "earth to earth, + Spirit to immortal birth;" + Youthful, gentle, undefiled, + Angels nurture now the child! + +2 Upward soaring, like the dove, + Bearing with her chains of love; + Not to draw her spirit back, + But to smooth her upward track: + Her, the youngest of thy fold, + Angels watch with love untold! + +3 With the Rock of Ages trust, + That which was enshrined in dust; + Robed in ever-spotless white, + In an atmosphere of light, + By the never-failing springs + Rests she now her weary wings. + + + + +588. C. M. H. Bacon. + +Death of a Child. + + +1 Thou gavest, and we yield to thee, + God of the human heart! + For bitter though grief's cup may be, + Thou givest but our part. + +2 O, thou canst bid our grief be stilled, + Yet not rebuke our tears; + How large a place his presence filled! + How vacant it appears! + +3 We mourn the sunshine of his smile, + The tendrils of his love; + Oh, was he loved too well the while + Ere he was called above? + +4 Our chastened spirits bow in prayer, + And blend all prayers in one,-- + Give us the hope to meet him there, + When life's full task is done. + + + + +589. C. M. Mrs. Hemans. + +Death of the Young. + + +1 Calm on the bosom of thy God, + Young spirit, rest thee now! + E'en while with us thy footsteps trod + His seal was on thy brow. + +2 Dust, to its narrow house beneath! + Soul, to its place on high! + They that have seen thy look in death, + No more may fear to die. + +3 Lone are the paths, and sad the bowers, + Whence thy meek smile is gone; + But O, a brighter home than ours, + In heaven is now thine own. + + + + +590. 8s. & 7s. M. S. F. Smith. + +Death of a Young Girl. + + +1 Sister, thou wast mild and lovely, + Gentle as the summer breeze, + Pleasant as the air of evening, + When it floats among the trees. + +2 Peaceful be thy silent slumber-- + Peaceful in the grave so low: + Thou no more wilt join our number; + Thou no more our songs shalt know. + +3 Dearest sister, thou hast left us; + Here thy loss we deeply feel; + But 'tis God that hath bereft us: + He can all our sorrows heal. + +4 Yet again we hope to meet thee, + When the day of life is fled, + Then in heaven with joy to greet thee, + Where no farewell tear is shed. + + + + +591. 8s. & 7s. M. Bap. Memorial. + +Burial of a Christian Brother. + + +1 Brother, rest from sin and sorrow; + Death is o'er and life is won; + On thy slumber dawns no morrow: + Rest; thine earthly race is run. + +2 Brother, wake; the night is waning; + Endless day is round thee poured; + Enter thou the rest remaining + For the people of the Lord. + +3 Brother, wake; for he who loved thee,-- + He who died that thou mightst live,-- + He who graciously approved thee,-- + Waits thy crown of joy to give. + +4 Fare thee well; though woe is blending + With the tones of earthly love, + Triumph high and joy unending + Wait thee in the realms above. + + + + +592. 10s. M. Montgomery. + +Death of a Christian in his prime. + + +1 Go to the grave in all thy glorious prime, + In full activity of zeal and power; + A Christian cannot die before his time, + The Lord's appointment is the servant's hour. + +2 Go to the grave; at noon from labor cease; + Rest on thy sheaves, thy harvest task is done; + Come from the heat of battle and in peace, + Soldier, go home; with thee the fight is won. + +3 Go to the grave, for there thy Saviour lay + In death's embraces, ere he rose on high; + And all the ransomed, by that narrow way, + Pass to eternal life beyond the sky. + +4 Go to the grave:--no, take thy seat above; + Be thy pure spirit present with the Lord, + Where thou for faith and hope hast perfect love, + And open vision for the written word. + + + + +593. S. M. Montgomery. + +On the Death of an aged Christian. + +"I have fought a good fight; I have finished my course." + + +1 Servant of God, well done! + Rest from thy loved employ: + The battle fought, the victory won, + Enter thy Master's joy. + The voice at midnight came, + He started up to hear; + A mortal arrow pierced his frame-- + He fell, but felt no fear. + +2 Tranquil amidst alarms, + It found him on the field, + A veteran slumbering on his arms, + Beneath his red-cross shield + His spirit, with a bound, + Burst its encumbering clay; + His tent, at sunrise, on the ground, + A darkened ruin lay. + +3 The pains of death are past, + Labor and sorrow cease, + And, life's long warfare closed at last, + His soul is found in peace. + Soldier of Christ! well done! + Praise be thy new employ; + And while eternal ages run, + Rest in thy Saviour's joy. + + + + +594. C. M. Dale. + +Death of a Christian. + + +1 Dear as thou wert, and justly dear, + We will not weep for thee: + One thought shall check the starting tear + It is, that thou art free. + +2 And thus shall faith's consoling power + The tears of love restrain: + O, who that saw thy parting hour + Could wish thee here again! + +3 Triumphant in thy closing eye + The hope of glory shone; + Joy breathed in thy expiring sigh, + To think the race was run. + +4 The passing spirit gently fled, + Sustained by grace divine; + O, may such grace on us be shed, + And make our end like thine. + + + + +595. L. M. Fawcett. + +Death of Parents. + + +1 The God of mercy will indulge + The flowing tear, the heaving sigh, + When honored parents fall around, + When friends beloved and kindred die. + +2 Yet not one anxious, murmuring thought + Should with our mourning passions blend; + Nor should our bleeding hearts forget + Their mighty, ever-living Friend. + +3 Parent, Protector, Guardian, Guide, + Thou art each tender name in one; + On thee we cast our every care, + And comfort seek from thee alone. + +4 To thee, our Father, would we look, + Our Rock, our Portion, and our Friend, + And on thy gracious love and truth + With humble, steadfast hope depend. + + + + +596. 7s. M. H. S. Washburn. + +The Pastor's Funeral. + + +1 Father, gathered round the bier, + Aid thy weeping children here; + All our stricken hearts deplore + Loss of him we meet no more. + +2 Tender are the rites we pay, + Pastor, o'er thy sleeping clay; + We, who late the welcome gave, + Must we bear thee to thy grave? + +3 Earth, unto thy faithful trust, + We commit this precious dust, + There, by pain no more oppressed, + Brother, thou wilt sweetly rest. + +4 Glorious will that morning break, + When the dead in Christ shall wake; + Joy and grief our bosoms swell, + Brother, pastor, guide, farewell. + + + + +597. P. M. Anonymous. + +Death of a Minister. + + +1 On Zion's holy walls + Is quenched a beacon-light, + In vain the watchman calls-- + "Sentry! what of the night?" + No answering voice is here, + Say--does the soldier sleep? + O yes--upon the bier, + His watch no more to keep. + +2 Still is that heaven-touched tongue, + Pulseless the throbbing breast; + That voice with music strung, + Forever put to rest. + To rest? A living thought, + Undimmed, unquenched, he soars + An essence, spirit-wrought, + Of yon immortal shores. + +3 Peace to thee, man of God! + Thine earthly toils are o'er, + The thorny path is trod, + The Shepherd trod before,-- + Full well he kept his word-- + "I'm with thee to the end; + Fear not! I am the Lord, + Thy never-failing friend!" + +4 We weave no dirge for thee, + It should not call a tear + To know that thou art free; + Thy home--it was not here! + Joy to thee, man of God! + Thy heaven-course is begun, + Unshrinking, thou has trod + Death's vale,--thy race is run. + + + + +598. 8s. & 7s. M. L. H. Sigourney. + +The Same. + + +1 Pastor, thou art from us taken + In the glory of thy years, + As the oak, by tempests shaken, + Falls ere time its verdure sears. + +2 Pale and cold we see thee lying + In God's temple, once so dear, + And the mourner's bitter sighing + Falls unheeded on thine ear. + +3 All thy love and zeal, to lead us + Where immortal fountains flow, + And on living bread to feed us, + In our fond remembrance glow. + +4 May the conquering faith, that cheered thee + When thy foot on Jordan pressed, + Guide our spirits while we leave thee + In the tomb that Jesus blessed. + + + + +599. C. M. Doddridge. + +The Same. + + +1 What though the arm of conquering death + Does God's own house invade; + What though our teacher and our friend + Is numbered with the dead;-- + +2 Though earthly shepherds dwell in dust, + The aged and the young; + The watchful eye in darkness closed, + And dumb th' instructive tongue? + +3 Th' eternal Shepherd still survives, + His teaching to impart: + Lord, be our Leader and our Guide, + And rule and keep our heart. + +4 Yes, while the dear Redeemer lives, + We have a boundless store, + And shall be fed with what he gives, + Who lives for evermore. + + + + +600. 7s. & 6s. M. C. Wesley. + +Adieu to a Departed Christian Friend. + + +1 Farewell, thou once a mortal, + Our poor, afflicted friend; + Go, pass the heavenly portal, + To God, thy glorious end. + +2 The Author of thy being + Hath summoned thee away; + And faith is lost in seeing, + And night in endless day. + +3 With those that went before thee, + The saints of ancient days, + Who shine in sacred story, + Thy soul hath found its place. + +4 No loss of friends shall grieve thee; + That--we alone must bear; + They cannot, cannot leave thee, + Thy kind companions there. + +5 From all thy care and sorrow + Thou art escaped to-day; + And we shall mount to-morrow, + And soar to thee away. + + + + +601. 7s. M. C. Wesley. + +The Christian's Death. + + +1 Lo! the prisoner is released, + Lightened of his fleshly load; + Where the weary are at rest, + He is gathered unto God: + Lo! the pain of life is past, + And his warfare now is o'er; + Death and hell behind are cast, + Grief and suffering are no more, + +2 Yes! the Christian's course is run, + Ended is the glorious strife; + Fought the fight, the crown is won, + Death is swallowed up of life; + Borne by angels on their wings, + Far from earth his spirit flies + To the Lord he loved, and sings + Triumphing in paradise. + +3 Join we then with one accord + In the new and joyful song; + Absent from our glorious Lord + We shall not continue long: + We shall quit the house of clay, + Better joys with him to share; + We shall see the realms of day, + We shall meet our brethren there. + + + + +602. C. M. Knowles. + +The Mourner Comforted. + + +1 O, weep not for the joys that fade + Like evening lights away, + For hopes that, like the stars decayed, + Have left thy mortal day; + The clouds of sorrow will depart, + And brilliant skies be given; + For bliss awaits the holy heart, + Amid the bowers of heaven. + +2 O weep not for the friends that pass + Into the lonely grave, + As breezes sweep the withered grass + Along the restless wave; + For though thy pleasures may depart, + And mournful days be given; + Yet bliss awaits the holy heart, + When friends rejoin in heaven. + + + + +603. C. M. Wilson. + +Consolations in Bereavement. + + +1 The air of death breathes through our souls, + The dead all round us lie; + By day and night the death-bell tolls, + And says, "Prepare to die!" + +2 The loving ones we loved the best, + Like music all are gone; + And the wan moonlight bathes in rest, + Their monumental stone. + +3 But not when the death-prayer is said, + The life of life departs: + The body in the grave is laid, + Its beauty in our hearts. + +4 This frame, O God, this feeble breath, + Thy hand may soon destroy; + We think of thee, and feel in death + A deep and awful joy. + +5 Dim is the light of vanished years + In glory yet to come; + O idle grief! O foolish tears! + When Jesus calls us home. + + + + +604. S. M. Ch. Psalmody. + +The Peaceful Death of the Righteous. + + +1 O, for the death of those + Who slumber in the Lord! + O, be like theirs my last repose, + Like theirs my last reward! + +2 Their ransomed spirits soar, + On wings of faith and love, + To meet the Saviour they adore, + And reign with him above. + +3 With us their names shall live + Through long-succeeding years, + Embalmed with all our hearts can give,-- + Our praises and our tears. + + + + +605. L. M. 6l. Sarah F. Adams. + +"And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre." + + +1 The mourners came at break of day + Unto the garden-sepulchre; + With darkened hearts to weep and pray, + For him, the loved one buried there. + What radiant light dispels the gloom? + An angel sits beside the tomb. + +2 Then mourn we not beloved dead, + E'en while we come to weep and pray; + The happy spirit far hath fled. + To brighter realms of endless day; + Immortal hope dispels the gloom! + An angel sits beside the tomb. + + + + +SUBMISSION AND RELIANCE. + + + + +606. C. M. Anonymous. + +"Trust ye in the Lord." + + +1 When grief and anguish press me down, + And hope and comfort flee, + I cling, O Father, to thy throne, + And stay my heart on thee. + +2 When clouds of dark temptation rise, + And pour their wrath on me, + To thee for aid I turn my eyes, + And fix my trust on thee. + +3 When death invades my peaceful home, + The sundered ties shall be + A closer bond in time to come, + To bind my heart to thee. + +4 Lord,--"Not my will but thine be done!" + My soul from fear set free, + Her faith shall anchor at thy throne, + And trust alone in thee. + + + + +607. L. M. Doddridge. + +Weeping Seed-Time and Joyful Harvest. Ps. 126. + + +1 The darkened sky, how thick it lowers! + Troubled with storms, and big with showers, + No cheerful gleam of light appears, + And nature pours forth all her tears. + +2 But seeds of ecstasy unknown + Are in these watered furrows sown: + See the green blades, how thick they rise, + And with fresh verdure bless our eyes! + +3 In secret foldings they contain + Unnumbered ears of golden grain: + And heaven shall pour its beams around, + Till the ripe harvest load the ground. + +4 Then shall the trembling mourner come + And bind his sheaves and bear them home; + The voice long broke with sighs shall sing, + Till heaven with hallelujahs ring. + + + + +608. L. M. 6l. Grant. + +"He is able to save unto the uttermost." + + +1 When vexing thoughts within me rise, + And, sore dismayed, my spirit dies; + Yet he who once vouchsafed to bear + The sick'ning anguish of despair, + Shall sweetly soothe, shall gently dry, + The throbbing heart, the streaming eye. + +2 When, mourning, o'er some stone I bend, + Which covers all that was a friend, + And from his voice, his hand, his smile, + Divides me for a little while; + Thou, Saviour, mark'st the tears I shed, + For thou didst weep o'er Lazarus dead. + +3 And oh, when I have safely past + Through every conflict but the last, + Still, still unchanging, watch beside + My painful bed--for thou hast died; + Then point to realms of cloudless day, + And wipe the latest tear away. + + + + +609. C. M. Cotton. + +God, the Refuge of the Afflicted. + + +1 Affliction is a stormy deep, + Where wave resounds to wave; + Though o'er our heads the billows roll, + We know the Lord can save. + +2 When darkness and when sorrows rose, + And pressed on every side, + The Lord hath still sustained our steps, + And still hath been our Guide. + +3 Perhaps, before the morning dawn, + He will restore our peace; + For he who bade the tempest roar, + Can bid the tempest cease. + +4 Here will we rest, here build our hopes, + Nor murmur at his rod; + He's more to us than all the world, + Our Health, our Life, our God. + + + + +610. L. M. Miss Dodd. + +"Thy will be done." + + +1 My Father, grant thy presence nigh + To bear aloft my sinking soul, + When sorrow o'er my pathway here + In widely whelming waves doth roll. + O, teach mine else unguarded heart, + The clouds of gloomy doubt to shun, + To bow unto thy chastening hand, + And meekly say "Thy will be done." + +2 Though dark to us thy ways may seem, + Thy needful chastisements severe; + Thou dost not willingly afflict, + Nor grieve thy erring children here. + O, teach my heart to lean on thee, + To faith and resignation won, + To see thy love in all its ways, + And humbly say, "Thy will be done." + + + + +611. 7s. M. Anonymous. + +Holy Contentment. + + +1 Lord, my times are in thy hand: + All my fondest hopes have planned + To thy wisdom I resign, + And would make thy purpose mine. + +2 Thou my daily task shalt give; + Day by day to thee I live: + So shall added years fulfil + Not my own, my Father's will. + +3 Fond ambition, whisper not; + Happy is my humble lot: + Anxious, busy cares, away; + I'm provided for to-day. + +4 O, to live exempt from care, + By the energy of prayer, + Strong in faith, with mind subdued, + Yet elate with gratitude! + + + + +612. L. M. 6l. Anonymous. + +Invocation of our Father's Presence. + + +1 O Father,--draw us after thee! + So shall we run and never tire; + Thy presence still our comfort be, + Our hope, our joy, our sole desire; + Thy Spirit grant;--for neither fear + Nor sin can come, while that is here. + +2 From all eternity, with love + Unchangeable, thou hast us viewed; + Before these beating hearts did move, + Thy tender mercies us pursued: + Ever with us may they abide, + And close us in on every side. + +3 In suffering be thy love our peace; + In weakness be thy love our power; + And when the storms of life shall cease, + O God! in that important hour, + In death as life be thou our guide, + And bear us through death's whelming tide. + + + + +613. C. M. Heginbotham. + +Praising God in all Changes. + + +1 Father of mercies, God of love, + My Father and my God! + I'll sing the honors of thy name; + And spread thy praise abroad. + +2 In every period of my life, + Thy thoughts of love appear; + Thy mercies gild each transient scene, + And crown each lengthening year. + +3 In all these mercies may my soul + A father's bounty see: + Nor let the gifts thy grace bestows + Estrange my heart from thee. + +4 Then will I close my eyes in death, + Free from distressing fear; + For death itself is life, my God, + If thou art with me there. + + + + +614. 7s. M. Cowper. + +Welcome, Cross. + + +1 'Tis my happiness below + Not to live without the cross, + But the Saviour's power to know, + Sanctifying every loss: + Trials must and will befall; + But with humble faith to see + Love inscribed upon them all,-- + This is happiness to me. + +2 God in Israel sows the seeds + Of affliction, pain and toil: + These spring up and choke the weeds + Which would else o'erspread the soil: + Trials make the promise sweet; + Trials give new life to prayer; + Trials bring me to his feet, + Lay me low, and keep me there. + + + + +615. L. M. Anonymous. + +"Thy will be done." + + +1 When called, O Lord, to mourn the doom + Of one affection held most dear,-- + While o'er the closing, silent tomb, + The bleeding heart distils the tear,-- + Though love its tribute sure will pay, + And early streams of solace shun, + Still, still the humble soul would say, + In lowly dust, "Thy will be done." + +2 Whate'er, O Lord, thou hast designed + To bring my soul to thee in trust, + If miseries or afflictions kind,-- + For all thy dealings, Lord, are just,-- + Take all, but grant, in goodness free, + That love which ne'er thy stroke should shun; + Support this heart and strengthen me + To say in faith, "Thy will be done." + + + + +616. C. M. Doddridge. + +"My times are in thy hand." + + +1 To Thee, my God, my days are known; + My soul enjoys the thought; + My actions all before thy face, + Nor are my faults forgot. + +2 Each secret breath devotion vents + Is vocal to thine ear; + And all my walks of daily life + Before thine eye appear. + +3 Each golden hour of beaming light + Is gilded by thy rays; + And dark affliction's midnight gloom + A present God surveys. + +4 Full in thy view through life I pass, + And in thy view I die; + And when each mortal bond is broke, + Shall find my God is nigh. + + + + +617. C. M. Tate & Brady. + +Praising God through all Changes. + + +1 Through all the changing scenes of life, + In trouble and in joy, + The praises of my God shall still + My heart and tongue employ. + +2 Of his deliverance I will boast, + Till all who are distressed + From my example comfort take, + And charm their griefs to rest. + +3 The hosts of God encamp around + The dwellings of the just; + Deliverance he affords to all + Who in his succor trust. + +4 O make but trial of his love! + Experience will decide + How blest they are, and only they, + Who in his truth confide. + + + + +618. S. M. Watts. + +Trusting in God. + + +1 From early dawning light + Till evening shades arise, + For thy salvation, Lord, I wait, + With ever-longing eyes. + +2 Remember all thy grace, + And lead me in thy truth; + Forgive the sins of riper days, + And follies of my youth. + +3 The Lord is just and kind; + The meek shall learn his ways, + And every humble sinner find + The blessings of his grace. + + + + +619. C. M. Cowper. + +Resignation and Trust. + + +1 O Lord, my best desire fulfil, + And help me to resign + Life, health and comfort to thy will, + And make thy pleasure mine. + +2 Why should I shrink at thy command, + Whose love forbids my fears? + Or tremble at thy gracious hand + That wipes away my tears? + +3 No! let me rather freely yield + What most I prize, to thee; + Who never hast a good withheld, + Or wilt withhold from me. + +4 But ah! my inmost spirit cries, + Still bind me to thy sway; + Else the next cloud that veils the skies, + Drives all these thoughts away. + + + + +620. L. M. Bowring. + +The Same. + + +1 On light-beams breaking from above, + The eternal course of mercy runs; + And by ten thousand cords of love + Our heavenly Father guides his sons. + +2 Amidst affliction's thickest host, + And sorrow's darkest, mightiest band, + The heavenly cord is drawn the most, + And most is felt the heavenly hand. + +3 Oh, be it mine to feel, to see + Through earth's perplexed and varying road, + The cords that link us, God, to thee, + And draw us to thine own abode. + + + + +621. L. M. Norton. + +Trust and Submission. + + +1 My God, I thank thee! may no thought + E'er deem thy chastisements severe; + But may this heart, by sorrow taught, + Calm each wild wish, each idle fear. + +2 Thy mercy bids all nature bloom; + The sun shines bright, and man is gay; + Thine equal mercy spreads the gloom, + That darkens o'er his little day. + +3 Full many a throb of grief and pain + Thy frail and erring child must know: + But not one prayer is breathed in vain, + Nor does one tear unheeded flow. + +4 Thy various messengers employ; + Thy purposes of love fulfil; + And 'mid the wreck of human joy, + Let kneeling faith adore thy will. + + + + +622. C. M. Watts. + +Confidence in God. + + +1 Soon as I heard my Father say, + "Ye children, seek my grace," + My heart replied without delay, + "I'll seek my Father's face." + +2 Let not thy face be hid from me, + Nor frown my soul away; + God of my life, I fly to thee + In each distressing day. + +3 Should friends and kindred, near and dear, + Leave me to want, or die, + My God will make my life his care, + And all my need supply. + +4 Wait on the Lord, ye trembling saints + And keep your courage up; + He'll raise your spirit when it faints, + And far exceed your hope. + + + + +623. C. M. + +Comforts of Religion. + + +1 When gloomy thoughts and boding fears + The trembling heart invade, + And all the face of nature wears + A universal shade,-- + +2 Religion's dictates can assuage + The tempest of the soul; + And every fear shall cease to rage, + At her divine control. + +3 When feeble reason, tired and blind, + Sinks helpless and afraid, + This blest supporter of the mind + Affords a powerful aid. + +4 O may our hearts confess her power, + And find a sweet relief, + To brighten every gloomy hour, + And soften every grief! + + + + +624. L. M. Tate & Brady. + +Confidence in the Divine Care. + + +1 No change of times shall ever shock + My firm affection, Lord, to thee; + For thou hast always been a rock, + A fortress and defence to me. + +2 Thou my Deliverer art, my God; + My trust is in thy mighty power; + Thou art my shield from foes abroad, + At home my safeguard and my tower. + +3 To heaven I made my mournful prayer, + To God addressed my humble moan, + Who graciously inclined his ear, + And heard me from his lofty throne. + +4 Who, then, deserves to be adored, + But God, on whom my hopes depend? + Or who, except the mighty Lord, + Can with resistless power defend? + + + + +625. C. P. M. Cotton. + +Contentment and Resignation. + + +1 If solid happiness we prize, + Within our breasts the jewel lies; + Nor need we roam abroad: + The world has little to bestow; + From pious hearts our joys must flow, + Hearts that delight in God. + +2 To be resigned, when ills betide, + Patient, when favors are denied, + And pleased with favors given; + This is the wise, the virtuous part; + This is that incense of the heart, + Whose fragrance reaches heaven. + +3 Thus through life's changing scenes we'll go, + Its checkered paths of joy and woe, + With holy care we'll tread: + Quit its vain scenes without a tear, + Without a trouble or a fear, + And mingle with the dead. + + + + +626. C. M. Aveling. + +Fear not. + + +1 Whene'er the clouds of sorrow roll, + And trials whelm the mind,-- + When, faint with grief, thy wearied soul + No joys on earth can find,-- + Then lift thy voice to God on high, + Dry up the trembling tear, + And hush the low complaining sigh: + Fear not; thy God is near. + +2 When dark temptations spread their snares + And earth with charms allures, + And when thy soul, oppressed with fears, + The world's assault endures, + Then let thy Father's friendly voice + Thy fainting spirit cheer, + And bid thy trembling heart rejoice: + Fear not; thy God is near. + +3 And when the final hour shall come, + That calls thee to thy rest, + To dwell within thy heavenly home, + A welcome, joyful guest, + Be calm; though Jordan's waves may roll, + No ills shall meet thee there; + Angels shall whisper to thy soul, + Fear not; thy God is near. + + + + +627. C. M. Doddridge. + +Trust in the Presence and Help of God. + + +1 And art thou with us, gracious Lord, + To dissipate our fear? + Dost thou proclaim thyself our God, + Our God forever near? + +2 Doth thy right hand, which formed the earth, + And bears up all the skies, + Stretch from on high its friendly aid, + When dangers round us rise? + +3 On this support our souls shall lean, + And banish every care; + The gloomy vale of death will smile, + If God be with us there. + +4 While we his gracious succor prove, + 'Midst all our various ways, + The darkest shades, through which we pass, + Shall echo with his praise. + + + + +628. L. M. Beddome. + +Submission. + + +1 Wait, O my soul, thy Maker's will! + Tumultuous passions, all be still! + Nor let one murmuring thought arise; + His ways are just, his counsels wise. + +2 He in the thickest darkness dwells, + Performs his work,--the cause conceals; + But though his methods are unknown, + Judgment and truth support his throne. + +3 In heaven, and earth, and air, and seas, + He executes his firm decrees; + And by his saints it stands confessed + That what he does is ever best. + + + + +629. C. M. Burder's Coll. + +Rejoicing in Adversity. + + +1 What though no flowers the fig-tree clothe + Though vines their fruit deny, + The labor of the olive fail, + And fields no meat supply;-- + +2 Though from the fold, with sad surprise, + My flock cut off I see; + Though famine reign in empty stalls, + Where herds were wont to be;-- + +3 Yet in the Lord will I be glad, + And glory in his love; + In him I'll joy, who will the God + Of my salvation prove. + +4 God is the treasure of my soul, + The source of lasting joy-- + A joy which want shall not impair, + Nor death itself destroy. + + + + +630. C. M. Anonymous. + +"Blessed are they that mourn." + + +1 In trouble and in grief, O God, + Thy smile hath cheered my way; + And joy hath budded from each thorn + That round my footsteps lay. + +2 The hours of pain have yielded good, + Which prosperous days refused; + As herbs, though scentless when entire, + Spread fragrance when they're bruised. + +3 The oak strikes deeper as its boughs + By furious blasts are driven; + So life's vicissitudes the more + Have fixed my heart in heaven. + +4 All-gracious Lord! whate'er my lot + In other times may be, + I'll welcome still the heaviest grief, + That brings me near to thee. + + + + +631. L. M. Bowring. + +God Merciful in Affliction. + + +1 Mysterious are the ways of God, + And fear and blindness oft repine; + We murmur 'neath his chastening rod, + Because we read not his design. + +2 Impending clouds his love has spread + O'er this low vale where mortals dwell; + And oft we mourn his spirit fled, + When adverse tempests round us swell. + +3 But in those storms that sometimes roll, + Our mortal dwellings dark above, + Whose threatening shades dismay the soul, + Dwells the bright presence of his love. + +4 We cannot see him--not a ray + Of all his glory there appears, + And oft we thread our darkened way, + Trembling with anxious doubts and fears. + +5 Yet faith still looks beyond the gloom, + While hope's bright star illumes our night; + Pilgrims of earth! though dark the tomb, + It leads to scenes of bliss and light. + + + + +632. C. M. Moore. + +"He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds." + + +1 O Thou who driest the mourner's tear, + How dark this world would be, + If, when deceived and wounded here, + We could not fly to thee! + +2 But thou wilt heal that broken heart, + Which like the plants that throw + Their fragrance from the wounded part, + Breathes sweetness out of woe. + +3 When joy no longer soothes or cheers, + And e'en the hope that threw + A moment's sparkle o'er our tears + Is dimmed and vanished too; + +4 O, who would bear life's stormy doom, + Did not thy wing of love + Come, brightly wafting through the gloom + Our peace-branch from above? + +5 Then sorrow touched by thee grows bright, + With more than rapture's ray; + The darkness shows us worlds of light + We never saw by day. + + + + +633. C. M. Drummond. + +"God is our refuge and strength; a very present help in trouble." + + +1 Bereft of all, when hopeless care + Would sink us to the tomb, + O what can save us from despair? + What dissipate the gloom? + +2 No balm that earthly plants distil + Can soothe the mourner's smart; + No mortal hand with lenient skill + Bind up the broken heart. + +3 But One alone, who reigns above, + Our woe to peace can turn, + And light the lamp of joy and love + That long has ceased to burn. + +4 Then, O my soul, to that One flee, + To God thy woes reveal; + His eye alone thy wounds can see, + His hand alone can heal. + + + + +634. L. M. Montgomery. + +The Same. + + +1 God is our refuge and defence, + In trouble our unfailing aid; + Secure in his omnipotence, + What foe can make our soul afraid? + +2 Yea, though the earth's foundations rock, + And mountains down the gulf be hurled, + His people smile amid the shock, + They look beyond this transient world. + +3 There is a river pure and bright, + Whose streams make glad the heavenly plains, + Where, in eternity of light, + The city of our God remains. + +4 Built by the word of his command, + With his unclouded presence blessed, + Firm as his throne the bulwarks stand; + There is our home, our hope, our rest. + + + + +635. C. M. Anonymous. + +Trust amid the Severities of God. + + +1 Thou Power supreme, whose mighty scheme + These woes of mine fulfil, + Here, firm, I rest; they must be best, + Because they are thy will. + +2 Then all I want,--O do thou grant + This one request of mine,-- + Since to enjoy thou dost deny, + Assist me to resign. + + + + +RELIGIOUS EXULTATION. + + + + +636. 7s. & 6s. M. Montgomery. + +Confidence in God. Ps. 27. + + +1 God is my strong salvation; + What foe have I to fear? + In darkness and temptation + My Light, my Help, is near. + Though hosts encamp around me, + Firm to the fight I stand; + What terror can confound me + With God at my right hand? + +2 Place on the Lord reliance; + My soul, with courage wait; + His truth be thine affiance, + When faint and desolate; + His might thine heart shall strengthen; + His love thy joy increase; + Mercy thy days shall lengthen; + The Lord will give thee peace. + + + + +637. S. M. Moravian. + +Reliance on God. + + +1 Give to the winds thy fears; + Hope and be undismayed; + God hears thy sighs, God counts thy tears; + God shall lift up thy head. + +2 Through waves, through clouds and storms, + He gently clears thy way; + Wait thou his time, so shall the night + Soon end in joyous day. + +3 He everywhere hath rule, + And all things serve his might; + His every act pure blessing is, + His path unsullied light. + +4 Thou seest our weakness, Lord, + Our hearts are known to thee: + O, lift thou up the sinking hand, + Confirm the feeble knee! + +5 Let us, in life or death, + Boldly thy truth declare; + And publish, with our latest breath, + Thy love and guardian care. + + + + +638. L. M. Doddridge. + +Praising God in Life and in Death. + + +1 God of my life! through all its days + My grateful powers shall sound thy praise; + The song shall wake with opening light, + And warble to the silent night. + +2 When anxious cares would break my rest, + And griefs would tear my throbbing breast, + Thy tuneful praises, raised on high, + Shall check the murmur and the sigh. + +3 But, O, when that last conflict's o'er, + And I am chained to flesh no more; + With what glad accents shall I rise + To join the music of the skies! + +4 Soon shall I learn the exalted strains + Which echo o'er the heavenly plains; + And emulate, with joy unknown, + The glowing seraphs round thy throne. + + + + +639. H. M. Doddridge. + +Faithfulness of God's Promise. + + +1 The promises I sing, + Which sovereign love hath spoke; + Nor will the eternal King + His words of grace revoke; + They stand secure, + And steadfast still; + Not Zion's hill + Abides so sure. + +2 The mountains melt away, + When once the Judge appears, + And sun and moon decay, + That measure mortal years; + But still the same, + In radiant lines, + The promise shines, + Through all the flame. + + + + +640. C. M. Watts. + +Salvation. + + +1 Salvation! O, the joyful sound! + 'Tis pleasure to our ears, + A sovereign balm for every wound, + A cordial for our fears. + +2 Buried in sorrow and in sin, + At death's dark door we lay; + But we arise, by grace divine, + To see a heavenly day. + +3 Salvation! let the echo fly + The spacious earth around, + While all the armies of the sky + Conspire to raise the sound. + + + + +641. 8s. & 7s. M. Dublin Coll. + +Praise from Earth and Heaven. + + +1 Praise the Lord! ye heavens adore him; + Praise him, angels in the height; + Sun and moon rejoice before him; + Praise him, all ye stars of light! + Praise the Lord, for he hath spoken; + Worlds his mighty voice obeyed; + Laws which never can be broken, + For their guidance he hath made. + +2 Praise the Lord! for he is glorious, + Never shall his promise fail; + God hath made his saints victorious, + Sin and death shall not prevail: + Praise the God of our salvation, + Hosts on high his power proclaim; + Heaven and earth, and all creation, + Praise and magnify his name! + + + + +642. C. M. Watts. + +Experience of God's Grace. + + +1 When God revealed his gracious name, + And changed my mournful state, + My rapture seemed a pleasing dream, + The grace appeared so great. + +2 The world beheld the glorious change, + And did thy hand confess; + My tongue broke out in unknown strains, + And sung surprising grace. + +3 The Lord can clear the darkest skies, + Can give us day for night; + Make drops of sacred sorrow rise + To rivers of delight. + +4 Let those, who sow in sadness, wait + Till the fair harvest come; + They shall confess their sheaves are great, + And shout the blessings home. + + + + +643. C. M. Beddome. + +Fear not. + + +1 Ye trembling souls, dismiss your fears; + Be mercy all your theme; + For mercy like a river flows, + In one perpetual stream. + +2 Fear not the powers of earth and hell; + God will those powers restrain; + His arm will all their rage repel, + And make their efforts vain. + +3 Fear not the want of outward good; + For his he will provide, + Grant them supplies of daily food, + And give them heaven beside. + +4 Fear not that he will e'er forsake, + Or leave his work undone; + He's faithful to his promises, + And faithful to his Son. + + + + +644. C. M. Heginbotham. + +Rejoicing in God, our Father. + + +1 Come, shout aloud the Father's grace, + And sing the Saviour's love; + Soon shall you join the glorious theme, + In loftier strains above. + +2 God, the eternal, mighty God, + To dearer names descends; + Calls us his treasure and his joy, + His children and his friends. + +3 My Father, God! and may these lips + Pronounce a name so dear? + Not thus could heaven's sweet harmony + Delight my listening ear. + +4 Thanks to my God for every gift + His bounteous hands bestow; + And thanks eternal for that love + Whence all these comforts flow. + + + + +645. C. M. Watts. + +The Same. + + +1 The Lord of Glory is my Light, + And my Salvation too: + God is my strength, nor will I fear + What all my foes can do. + +2 One privilege my heart desires-- + Oh grant me an abode + Among the churches of thy saints, + The temples of my God! + +3 There shall I offer my requests, + And see thy beauty still; + Shall hear thy messages of love, + And there inquire thy will. + +4 When troubles rise and storms appear, + There may his children hide: + God has a strong pavilion, where + He makes my soul abide. + +5 Now shall my head be lifted high + Above my foes around, + And songs of joy and victory + Within thy temple sound. + + + + +646. 7s. & 6s. M. Anonymous. + +The Same. + + +1 To Thee, my God and Saviour, + My soul exulting sings; + Rejoicing in thy favor, + Almighty King of kings! + I'll celebrate thy glory + With all thy saints above. + And tell the joyful story + Of thy redeeming love. + +2 Soon as the morn with roses + Bedecks the dewy east, + And when the sun reposes + Upon the ocean's breast; + My voice in supplication, + My Saviour, thou shalt hear: + O grant me thy salvation, + And to my soul draw near. + +3 Thy gracious love possessing + In all my pilgrim road, + My soul shall feel thy blessing + In thy divine abode. + There bowing down before thee, + My every conflict o'er, + My spirit shall adore thee, + Forever, evermore. + + + + +647. P. M. Warren St. Coll. + +Triumph. + + +1 Daughter of Zion, awake from thy sadness! + Awake! for thy foes shall oppress thee no more; + Bright o'er thy hills dawns the day-star of gladness, + Arise! for the night of thy sorrow is o'er. + +2 Strong were thy foes, but the arm that subdued them + And scattered their legions was mightier far; + They fled like the chaff from the scourge that pursued them, + Vain were their steeds and their chariots of war. + +3 Daughter of Zion, the power that hath saved thee + Extolled with the harp and the timbrel should be; + Shout! for the foe is destroyed that enslaved thee; + Th' oppressor is vanquished, and Zion is free. + + + + +648. C. M. J. Q. Adams. + +Psalm 23. + + +1 My Shepherd is the Lord on high; + His hand supplies me still; + In pastures green he makes me lie, + Beside the rippling rill: + He cheers my soul, relieves my woes, + His glory to display; + The paths of righteousness he shows, + And leads me in his way. + +2 Though walking through death's dismal shade, + No evil will I fear; + Thy rod, thy staff shall lend me aid, + For thou art ever near: + For me a table thou dost spread + In presence of my foes; + With oil thou dost anoint my head; + By thee my cup o'erflows. + +3 Thy goodness and thy mercy sure + Shall bless me all my days; + And I, with lips sincere and pure, + Will celebrate thy praise: + Yes, in the temple of the Lord + Forever I will dwell; + To after time thy name record, + And of thy glory tell. + + + + +649. 8s. & 7s. M. Bowring. + +The Cross of Christ. + + +1 In the cross of Christ I glory, + Towering o'er the wrecks of time; + All the light of sacred story + Gathers round its head sublime. + +2 When the woes of life o'ertake me, + Hopes deceive, and fears annoy, + Never shall the cross forsake me; + Lo! it glows with peace and joy. + +3 When the sun of bliss is beaming + Light and love upon my way, + From the cross the radiance streaming + Adds more lustre to the day. + +4 Bane and blessing, pain and pleasure, + By the cross are sanctified; + Peace is there that knows no measure, + Joys that through all time abide. + + + + +650. L. M. Wesley's Coll. + +Glorying in Christ. + + +1 Let not the wise their wisdom boast; + The mighty glory in his might; + The rich in flattering riches trust, + Which take their everlasting flight. + +2 The rush of numerous years bears down + The most gigantic strength of man; + And where is all his wisdom gone, + When dust he turns to dust again? + +3 The Lord, my righteousness, I praise, + I triumph in the love divine, + The wisdom, wealth, and strength of grace + In Christ through endless ages mine. + + + + +651. C. M. Doddridge. + +The Way to the Heavenly City. + + +1 Sing, ye redeemed of the Lord, + Your great Deliverer sing; + Pilgrims, for Zion's city bound, + Be joyful in your King. + +2 A hand divine shall lead you on + Through all the blissful road, + Till to the sacred mount you rise, + And see your Father, God. + +3 There garlands of immortal joy + Shall bloom on every head, + While sorrow, sighing, and distress, + Like shadows all are fled. + +4 March on in your Redeemer's strength, + Pursue his footsteps still, + And let the prospect cheer your eye + While laboring up the hill. + + + + +652. S. M. Doddridge. + +Grace first and last in Salvation. + + +1 Grace! 'tis a charming sound! + Harmonious to the ear! + Heaven with the echo shall resound, + And all the earth shall hear. + +2 Grace first contrived the way + To save rebellious man; + And all the steps that grace display + Which drew the wondrous plan. + +3 Grace led my roving feet + To tread the heavenly road; + And new supplies each hour I meet + While pressing on to God. + +4 Grace taught my soul to pray, + And made my eyes o'erflow; + 'Twas grace that kept me to this day, + And will not let me go. + +5 Grace all the work shall crown, + Through everlasting days; + It lays in heaven the topmost stone, + And well deserves the praise. + + + + +THE CHURCH, AND ORDINANCES. + + + + +653. 8s. & 7s. M. J. Newton. + +"Glorious things spoken of Zion." + + +1 Glorious things of thee are spoken, + Zion, city of our God! + He whose word cannot be broken + Formed thee for his own abode. + On the Rock of Ages founded, + What can shake thy sure repose? + With salvation's walls surrounded, + Thou mayst smile at all thy foes. + +2 See! the streams of living waters, + Springing from eternal love, + Well supply thy sons and daughters, + And all fear of want remove. + Who can faint while such a river + Ever flows their thirst t' assuage? + Grace, which, like the Lord the giver, + Never fails from age to age. + +3 Round each habitation hovering, + See the cloud and fire appear! + For a glory and a covering, + Showing that the Lord is near. + Fading is the worldling's pleasure, + All his boasted pomp and show; + Solid joys and lasting treasure + None but Zion's children know. + + + + +654. S. M. Watts. + +Safety of the Church. + + +1 How honored is the place + Where we adoring stand!-- + Zion, the glory of the earth, + And beauty of the land. + +2 Bulwarks of grace defend + The city where we dwell, + While walls, of strong salvation made, + Defy th' assaults of hell. + +3 Lift up th' eternal gates; + The doors wide open fling; + Enter, ye nations that obey + The statutes of your King. + +4 Here taste unmingled joys, + And live in perfect peace, + You that have known Jehovah's name, + And ventured on his grace. + +5 Trust in the Lord, ye saints, + And banish all your fears; + Strength in the Lord Jehovah dwells, + Eternal as his years. + + + + +655. C. M. Anonymous. + +The Jewish and the Christian Zion. Ps. 48. + + +1 With stately towers and bulwarks strong, + Unrivalled and alone, + Loved theme of many a sacred song, + God's holy city shone. + +2 Thus fair was Zion's chosen seat, + The glory of all lands; + Yet fairer, and in strength complete, + The Christian temple stands. + +3 The faithful of each clime and age + This glorious church compose; + Built on a rock, with idle rage + The threatening tempest blows. + +4 In vain may hostile bands alarm, + For God is her defence; + How weak, how powerless is each arm, + Against Omnipotence! + + + + +656. S. M. Watts. + +Gospel Order. + + +1 Far as thy name is known + The world declares thy praise; + Thy saints, O Lord, before thy throne, + Their songs of honor raise. + +2 Let strangers walk around + The city where we dwell, + Survey with care thine holy ground, + And mark the building well,-- + +3 The order of thy house, + The worship of thy court, + The cheerful songs, the solemn vows, + And make a fair report. + +4 How decent and how wise! + How glorious to behold! + Beyond the pomp that charms the eyes, + And rites adorned with gold. + +5 The God we worship now + Will guide us till we die,-- + Will be our God while here below, + And ours above the sky. + + + + +657. S. M. Dwight. + +Attachment to the Church. + + +1 I love thy church, O God; + Her walls before thee stand, + Dear as the apple of thine eye, + And graven on thy hand. + +2 For her my tears shall fall; + For her my prayers ascend; + To her my cares and toils be given, + Till toils and cares shall end. + +3 Beyond my highest joy + I prize her heavenly ways, + Her sweet communion, solemn vows, + Her hymns of love and praise. + +4 Father and Friend divine, + Our Saviour and our King, + Thy hand, from every snare and foe, + Shall great deliverance bring. + +5 Sure as thy truth shall last, + To Zion shall be given + The brightest glories earth can yield, + And brighter bliss of heaven. + + + + +658. C. M. S. F. Smith. + +Christian Fellowship. + + +1 Planted in Christ, the living vine, + This day with one accord, + Ourselves, with humble faith and joy, + We yield to thee, O Lord. + +2 Joined in one body may we be: + One inward life partake; + One be our heart; one heavenly hope + In every bosom wake. + +3 In prayer, in effort, tears, and toils, + One Wisdom be our guide; + Taught by one Spirit from above, + In thee may we abide. + +4 Around this feeble, trusting band + Thy sheltering pinions spread, + Nor let the storms of trial beat + Too fiercely on our head. + +5 Then, when, among the saints in light, + Our joyful spirits shine, + Shall anthems of immortal praise, + O Lamb of God, be thine. + + + + +659. S. M. Fawcett. + +Christian Fellowship. + + +1 Blest be the tie that binds + Our hearts in Christian love; + The fellowship of kindred minds + Is like to that above. + +2 Before our Father's throne + We pour our ardent prayers; + Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one, + Our comforts and our cares. + +3 We share our mutual woes, + Our mutual burdens bear; + And often for each other flows + The sympathizing tear. + +4 From sorrow, toil, and sin, + Soon shall we all be free, + And perfect love and friendship reign + Through all eternity. + + + + +660. 7s. M. Montgomery. + +Joined to God's People. + + +1 People of the living God, + I have sought the world around, + Paths of sin and sorrow trod, + Peace and comfort nowhere found. + +2 Now to you my spirit turns,-- + Turns, a fugitive unblest; + Brethren, where your altar burns, + O, receive me into rest. + +3 Lonely I no longer roam, + Like the cloud, the wind, the wave; + Where you dwell shall be my home, + Where you die shall be my grave. + + + + +661. L. M. Anonymous. + +On Receiving Members. + + +1 Lord, we adore thy wondrous grace, + Who crown'st the gospel with success; + Subjecting sinners to thy yoke, + And bringing to the fold thy flock. + +2 May those who have thy truth confessed + As their own faith, and hope, and rest, + From day to day still more increase + In faith, in love, and holiness. + +3 As living members, may they share + The joys and griefs which others bear, + And active in their stations prove + In all the offices of love. + +4 From all temptations now defend, + And keep them steadfast to the end, + While in thy house they still improve, + Until they join the church above. + + + + +662. L. M. Kelly. + +A Welcome to Christian Fellowship. + + +1 Come in, thou blesséd of the Lord, + O, come in Jesus' precious name; + We welcome thee with one accord, + And trust the Saviour does the same. + +2 Those joys which earth cannot afford, + We'll seek in fellowship to prove, + Joined in one spirit to our Lord, + Together bound by mutual love. + +3 And while we pass this vale of tears, + We'll make our joys and sorrows known; + We'll share each other's hopes and fears, + And count a brother's care our own. + +4 Once more our welcome we repeat; + Receive assurance of our love: + O, may we all together meet + Around the throne of God above! + + + + +663. C. M. Montgomery. + +A Welcome to Fellowship. + + +1 Approach thou blesséd of the Lord; + Stranger nor foe art thou: + We welcome thee with warm accord, + Our friend, our brother, now. + +2 The hand of fellowship, the heart + Of love, we offer thee: + Leaving the world, thou dost but part + From lies and vanity. + +3 The cup of blessing which we bless, + The heavenly bread we break, + Our Saviour's blood and righteousness,-- + Freely with us partake. + + + + +664. L. M. Doddridge. + +On Joining the Church. + + +1 O, happy day, that fixed my choice + On thee, my Saviour and my Lord! + Well may this glowing heart rejoice, + And tell its raptures all abroad! + +2 O, happy bond, that seals my vows + To Him who merits all my love! + Let cheerful anthems fill the house, + While to his altar now I move. + +3 Now rest, my long-divided heart; + Fixed on this blissful centre, rest; + Here have I found a nobler part; + Here heavenly pleasures fill my breast. + +4 High Heaven, that hears the solemn vow, + That vow renewed shall daily hear; + Till in life's latest hour I bow, + And bless in death a bond so dear. + + + + +665. C. M. Doddridge. + +Dedication of Children to God and Christ. + + +1 See Israel's gentle Shepherd stand, + With all-engaging charms; + Hark! how he calls the tender lambs, + And folds them in his arms! + +2 "Permit them to approach," he cries, + "Nor scorn their humble name; + For 'twas to bless such souls as these, + The Lord of angels came." + +3 We bring them, Lord, in thankful hands, + And yield them up to thee; + Joyful that we ourselves are thine, + Thine let our offspring be. + +4 Ye little flock, with pleasure hear; + Ye children, seek his face, + And fly with transport to receive + The blessings of his grace. + +5 If orphans they are left behind, + God's guardian care we trust; + That care shall heal our bleeding hearts, + If weeping o'er their dust. + + + + +666. C. M. Stennett. + +Infants, living or dying, in the Arms of Christ. + + +1 Thy life I read, my dearest Lord, + With transport all-divine; + Thine image trace in every word, + Thy love in every line. + +2 With joy, I see a thousand charms + Spread o'er thy lovely face; + While infants in thy tender arms + Receive the smiling grace. + +3 "I take these little lambs," said he, + "And lay them on my breast; + Protection they shall find in me,-- + In me be ever blest. + +4 "Death may the bands of life unloose, + But can't dissolve my love; + Millions of infant souls compose + The family above." + +5 His words, ye happy parents, hear, + And shout, with joys divine, + "Dear Saviour! all we have and are + Shall be forever thine." + + + + +667. L. M. W. Boston Coll. + +Dedication of Children. + + +1 This child we dedicate to thee, + O God of grace and purity; + Shield it from sin and threatening wrong, + And let thy love its life prolong. + +2 O, may thy Spirit gently draw + Its willing soul to keep thy law; + May virtue, piety and truth + Dawn even with its dawning youth. + +3 Grant that, with true and faithful heart, + We too may act the Christian's part, + Cheered by each promise thou hast given, + And laboring for the prize in heaven. + + + + +668. 8s. & 7s. M. Anonymous. + +Children commended to Christ. + + +1 Saviour, who thy flock art feeding + With the shepherd's kindest care, + All the feeble gently leading, + While the lambs thy bosom share,-- + +2 Now, these little ones receiving, + Fold them in thy gracious arm; + There, we know--thy word believing,-- + Only there, secure from harm. + +3 Never, from thy pasture roving, + Let them be the lion's prey; + Let thy tenderness, so loving, + Keep them all life's dangerous way. + +4 Then within thy fold eternal + Let them find a resting-place; + Feed in pastures ever vernal, + Drink the rivers of thy grace. + + + + +669. S. M. Doddridge. + +Christ calling Children to Himself. + + +1 The Saviour gently calls + Our children to his breast; + He folds them in his gracious arms; + Himself declares them blest. + +2 "Let them approach," he cries, + "Nor scorn their humble claim; + The heirs of heaven are such as these,-- + For such as these I came." + +3 Gladly we bring them, Lord, + Devoting them to thee: + Imploring, that, as we are thine, + Thine may our offspring be. + + + + +670. 7s. M. Bowring. + +Infant Baptism. + + +1 Drop the limpid waters now + On the infant's sinless brow; + Dedicate the unfolding gem + Unto Him, who blessed the stem. + +2 Let our aspirations be + Innocent as infancy; + Pure the prayers that force their way, + As the child for whom we pray. + +3 In the Christian garden we + Plant another Christian tree; + Be its blossoms and its fruit + Worthy of the Christian root. + +4 To that garden now we bring + Waters from the living spring; + Bless the tree, the waters bless, + Holy One! with holiness. + +5 When life's harvests all are past, + Oh, transplant the tree at last, + To the fields where flower and tree + Blossom through eternity. + + + + +671. C. M. Doddridge. + +Hymn for Baptism. + + +1 Baptized into our Saviour's death, + Our souls to sin must die; + With Christ our Lord we live anew, + With Christ ascend on high. + +2 There, by his Father's side he sits, + Enthroned divinely fair, + Yet owns himself our Brother still, + And our Forerunner there. + +3 Rise from these earthly trifles, rise + On wings of faith and love; + Above our choicest treasure lies,-- + And be our hearts above. + +4 But earth and sin will draw us down, + When we attempt to fly; + Lord, send thy strong, attractive power + To fix our souls on high. + + + + +672. S. M. L. H. Sigourney. + +Baptism. + + +1 Saviour, thy law we love, + Thy pure example bless, + And with a firm, unwavering zeal, + Would in thy footsteps press. + +2 Not to the fiery pains + By which the martyrs bled; + Not to the scourge, the thorn, the cross, + Our favored feet are led;-- + +3 But, at this peaceful tide, + Assembled in thy fear, + The homage of obedient hearts + We humbly offer here. + + + + +673. C. M. Jas. Newton. + +After Baptism. + + +1 Let plenteous grace descend on those, + Who, hoping in thy word, + This day have solemnly declared + That Jesus is their Lord. + +2 With cheerful feet may they advance, + And run the Christian race, + And, through the troubles of the way, + Find all-sufficient grace. + +3 Lord, plant us all into thy death, + That we thy life may prove,-- + Partakers of thy cross beneath, + And of thy crown above. + + + + +674. L. M. Doddridge. + +The Same. + + +1 'Tis done; the great transaction's done; + I am my Lord's, and he is mine: + He drew me, and I followed on, + Rejoiced to own the call divine. + +2 Now rest, my long divided heart; + Fixed on this blissful centre, rest: + Here have I found a nobler part; + Here heavenly pleasures fill my breast. + +3 High heaven, that hears the solemn vow, + That vow renewed shall daily hear, + Till in life's latest hour I bow, + And bless in death a bond so dear. + + + + +675. C. M. Pratt's Coll. + +Before Communion. + + +1 Prepare us, Lord, to view thy cross, + Who all our griefs hast borne; + To look on thee, whom we have pierced,-- + To look on thee, and mourn. + +2 While thus we mourn we would rejoice; + And, as thy cross we see, + Let each exclaim in faith and hope, + "The Saviour died for me!" + + + + +676. C. M. E. Taylor. + +Proper Dispositions for the Communion. + + +1 O here, if ever, God of love! + Let strife and hatred cease; + And every thought harmonious move, + And every heart be peace. + +2 Not here, where met to think on him, + Whose latest thoughts were ours, + Shall mortal passions come to dim + The prayer devotion pours. + +3 No, gracious Master, not in vain + Thy life of love hath been; + The peace thou gav'st may yet remain, + Though thou no more art seen. + +4 "Thy kingdom come;" we watch, we wait, + To hear thy cheering call; + When heaven shall ope its glorious gate. + And God be all in all. + + + + +677. L. M. Watts. + +Institution of the Lord's Supper. + + +1 'Twas on that dark, that doleful night, + When all the powers of darkness rose + Against the Son of God's delight, + And friends betrayed him to his foes: + +2 Before the mournful scene began, + He took the bread, and blessed, and brake: + What love through all his actions ran! + What wondrous words of grace he spake! + +3 "This is my body broke for sin; + Receive and eat the living food:" + Then took the cup and blessed the wine,-- + "'Tis the new covenant in my blood." + +4 "Do this," he said, "till time shall end, + In memory of your dying Friend; + Meet at my table, and record + The love of your departed Lord." + +5 Jesus! thy feast we celebrate; + We show thy death, we sing thy name, + Till thou return, and we shall eat + The marriage supper of the Lamb. + + + + +678. L. M. Dublin Coll. + +"This do in remembrance of me." + + +1 "Eat, drink, in memory of your Friend!" + Such was our Master's last request; + Who all the pangs of death endured, + That we might live forever blest. + +2 Yes, we'll record thy matchless love, + Thou dearest, tenderest, best of friends! + Thy dying love the noblest praise + Our hearts can offer thee transcends. + +3 'Tis pleasure more than earth can give + Thy goodness through these veils to see, + Thy table food celestial yields, + And happy they who sit with thee. + + + + +679. 7s. M. Bowring. + +A Communion Hymn. + + +1 Not with terror do we meet + At the board by Jesus spread; + Not in mystery drink and eat + Of the Saviour's wine and bread. + +2 'Tis his memory we record, + 'Tis his virtues we proclaim; + Grateful to our honored Lord, + Here we bless his sacred name. + +3 Yes, we will remember thee, + Friend and Saviour; and thy feast + Of all services shall be + Holiest and welcomest. + + + + +680. 10s. M. Beard's Coll. + +"And all that believed were together." Acts 4:44. + + +1 Restore, O Father! to our times restore + The peace which filled thine infant church of yore; + Ere lust of power had sown the seeds of strife, + And quenched the new-born charities of life. + +2 O never more may differing judgments part + From kindly sympathy a brother's heart; + But linked in one, believing thousands kneel, + And share with each the sacred joy they feel. + +3 From soul to soul, quick as the sunbeam's ray, + Let concord spread one universal day; + And faith, by love lead all mankind to thee, + Parent of peace, and fount of harmony! + + + + +681. 7s. M. Pratt's Coll. + +Spiritual Nourishment. + + +1 Bread of heaven! on thee we feed, + For thy flesh is meat indeed; + Ever let our souls be fed + With this true and living bread! + +2 Vine of heaven! thy blood supplies + This blest cup of sacrifice; + Lord, thy wounds our healing give; + To thy cross we look and live. + +3 Day by day with strength supplied, + Through the life of him who died; + Lord of Life! oh, let us be + Rooted, grafted, built on thee! + + + + +682. S. M. Furness. + +A Communion Hymn. + + +1 Here, in the broken bread, + Here, in the cup we take, + His body and his blood behold, + Who suffered for our sake. + +2 O Thou, who didst allow + Thy Son to suffer thus, + Father, what more couldst thou have done + Than thou hast done for us? + +3 We are persuaded now + That nothing can divide + Thy children from thy boundless love, + Displayed in him who died;-- + +4 Who died to make us sure + Of mercy, truth and peace, + And from the power and pains of sin + To bring a full release. + + + + +683. C. M. Dale. + +Christ Blessing the Bread. + + +1 Behold, amid his little flock, + The Saviour stands serene, + Unawed by suffering yet to be, + Unchanged by what hath been. + +2 Still beams the light of love undimmed + In that benignant eye, + Nor, save his own prophetic word, + Aught speaks him soon to die. + +3 He pours within the votive cup + The rich blood of the vine, + And "Drink ye all the hallowed draught," + He cries, "This blood is mine." + +4 He breaks the bread; then clasps his hands, + And lifts his eyes in prayer, + Receive ye this and view by faith + My body symbolled there. + + + + +684. C. M. Anonymous. + +Christ's Law of Love. + + +1 Ye followers of the Prince of peace, + Who round his table draw! + Remember what his spirit was, + What his peculiar law. + +2 The love which all his bosom filled + Did all his actions guide; + Inspired by love, he lived and taught; + Inspired by love, he died. + +3 And do you love him? do you feel + Your warm affection move? + This is the proof which he demands,-- + That you each other love. + + + + +685. S. M. Paradise St. Coll. + +The Saviour Commemorated. + + +1 Jesus, the Friend of man. + Invites us to his board: + The welcome summons we obey, + And own our gracious Lord. + +2 Here we survey that love + Which spoke in every breath, + Which crowned each action of his life, + And triumphed in his death. + +3 Then let our powers unite, + His sacred name to raise; + Let grateful joy fill every mind, + And every voice be praise. + +4 And while we share the gifts + Which from his gospel flow, + O, may our hearts to all mankind + With warm affection glow. + + + + +686. S. M. Doddridge. + +Communion with God and Christ. + + +1 Our heavenly Father calls, + And Christ invites us near; + With both my friendship shall be sweet, + And my communion dear. + +2 God pities all my griefs; + He pardons every day; + Almighty to protect my soul, + And wise to guide my way. + +3 Jesus, my living Head, + I bless thy faithful care; + My Advocate before the throne, + And my Forerunner there. + +4 Here fix my roving heart; + Here wait my warmest love, + Till the communion be complete, + In nobler scenes above. + + + + +687. 8s. & 7s. M. Anonymous. + +The Eucharist. + + +1 As in solemn congregation + We attend upon thy house, + For the sweet commemoration + And renewal of our vows; + Let thy favor, with us resting, + Consecrate the bread and wine; + May we, of thy goodness tasting, + All be filled with love divine! + +2 Jesus gave the sacred token + Of his passion, wine and bread, + Symbols of his body broken, + And his blood for sinners shed. + To the rite we come, confessing + Free redemption, grace unbought; + His be every name of blessing, + For his love, surpassing thought! + +3 May thy counsels, King of glory! + Grateful awe and rapture move, + As we meditate the story + Of the Saviour's dying love; + Hear us, Lord, of thee entreating + Strength to walk in Jesus' ways! + God of light, shine on our meeting! + God of grace, accept our praise! + + + + +688. C. M. Doddridge. + +Room at the Lord's Table. + + +1 Millions of souls, in glory now, + Were fed and feasted here; + And millions more, still on the way, + Around the board appear. + +2 Yet is his house and heart so large + That millions more may come; + Nor could the whole assembled world + O'erfill the spacious room. + +3 All things are ready; come away, + Nor weak excuses frame; + Crowd to your places at the feast, + And bless the Founder's name. + + + + +689. S. M. Furnesy. + +A Communion Hymn. + + +1 O, for a prophet's fire, + O, for an angel's tongue, + To speak the mighty love of Him + Who on the cross was hung. + +2 In vain our hearts attempt, + In language meet, to tell + How through a thousand sorrows burned + That flame unquenchable. + +3 Yet would we praise that love, + Beyond expression dear: + Come, gather round this table, then, + And celebrate it here. + + + + +690. C. M. Montgomery. + +"This do in remembrance of me." + + +1 According to thy gracious word, + In meek humility, + This will I do, my dying Lord, + I will remember thee. + +2 Thy body broken for my sake, + My bread from heaven shall be; + Thy testamental cup I take, + And thus remember thee. + +3 When to the cross I turn mine eyes, + And rest on Calvary, + O Lamb of God, my sacrifice! + I must remember thee. + +4 Remember thee, and all thy pains, + And all thy love to me; + Yea, while a breath, a pulse remains, + Will I remember thee. + + + + +691. C. M. Noel. + +"We love him because he first loved us." + + +1 If human kindness meets return, + And owns the grateful tie; + If tender thoughts within us burn + To feel that friends are nigh; + +2 O, shall not warmer accents tell + The gratitude we owe + To Him who died, our fears to quell, + And save from death and woe? + +3 While yet in anguish he surveyed + Those pangs he would not flee, + What love his latest words displayed; + "Meet, and remember me." + +4 Remember thee! thy death, thy shame, + Our sinful hearts to share! + O, memory, leave no other name + But his, recorded there. + + + + +692. S. M. Watts. + +"Whosoever will, let him come!" + + +1 Jesus invites his friends + To meet around his board, + And join in blest communion here + With him their gracious Lord. + +2 For us he gave his life; + For us he gave his blood; + To save from sin our thankless race, + And bring them back to God. + +3 Our heavenly Father calls + Christ and his members one; + We the young children of his grace, + And he the elder Son. + +4 Let all our souls unite + A grateful song to raise; + Pleasure and love fill every mind, + And every voice be praise. + + + + +693. L. M. Watts. + +A View of the Cross. + + +1 When I survey the wondrous cross + On which the Prince of glory died, + My richest gain I count but loss, + And pour contempt on all my pride. + +2 Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast, + Save in the death of Christ, my Lord; + All the vain things that charm me most, + I sacrifice them to his blood. + +3 See from his head, his hands, his feet, + Sorrow and love flow mingled down! + Did e'er such love and sorrow meet? + Or thorns compose so rich a crown? + +4 Were the whole realm of nature mine, + That were a present far too small; + Love so amazing, so divine, + Demands my soul, my life, my all. + + + + +694. C. M. Lutheran Coll. + +Close of Communion Service. + + +1 Pity the nations, O our God, + Constrain the earth to come; + Send thy victorious word abroad, + And bring the strangers home. + +2 We long to see thy churches full, + That all thy faithful race + May with one voice, and heart, and soul, + Sing thy redeeming grace. + + + + +695. 8s. & 7s. M. Anonymous. + +The Same. + + +1 From the table now retiring, + Which for us the Lord hath spread, + May our souls, refreshment finding, + Grow in all things like our Head. + +2 His example by beholding, + May our lives his image bear; + Him our Lord and Master calling, + His commands may we revere. + +3 Love to God and man displaying, + Walking steadfast in his way,-- + Joy attend us in believing! + Peace from God, through endless day! + + + + +DEDICATIONS; ORDINATIONS; INSTALLATIONS. + + + + +696. L. M. Montgomery. + +On Laying the Corner-stone of a Church. + + +1 This stone to thee in faith we lay,-- + We build the temple, Lord, to thee, + Thine eye be open night and day, + To guard this house from error free. + +2 Here, when thy people seek thy face, + And dying sinners pray to live, + Hear thou, in heaven thy dwelling-place, + And when thou hearest, Lord, forgive. + +3 Here, when thy messengers proclaim + The blesséd gospel of thy Son, + Still by the power of his great name + Be mighty signs and wonders done. + +4 When children's voices raise the song, + Hosanna! to their Heavenly King, + Let heaven with earth the strain prolong; + Hosanna! let the angels sing. + +5 Thy glory never hence depart; + Yet choose not, Lord, this house alone; + Thy kingdom come to every heart; + In every bosom fix thy throne. + + + + +697. L. M. Willis. + +Dedication Hymn. + + +1 The perfect world by Adam trod, + Was the first temple,--built by God; + His fiat laid the corner-stone, + And heaved its pillars, one by one. + +2 He hung its starry roof on high,-- + The broad, illimitable sky; + He spread its pavement, green and bright + And curtained it with morning light. + +3 The mountains in their places stood,-- + The sea, the sky,--and "all was good;" + And when its first pure praises rang, + The "morning stars together sang." + +4 Lord! 'tis not ours to make the sea, + And earth and sky a house for thee; + But in thy sight our offering stands, + A humbler temple, "made with hands." + + + + +698. L. M. Pierpont. + +The Same. + + +1 O, bow thine ear, Eternal One! + On thee our heart adoring calls; + To thee the followers of thy Son + Have raised and now devote these walls. + +2 Here let thy holy days be kept; + And be this place to worship given, + Like that bright spot where Jacob slept, + The house of God, the gate of heaven. + +3 Here may thine honor dwell; and here, + As incense, let thy children's prayer, + From contrite hearts and lips sincere, + Rise on the still and holy air. + +4 Here be thy praise devoutly sung; + Here let thy truth beam forth to save, + As when, of old, thy spirit hung, + On wings of light, o'er Jordan's wave. + +5 And when the lips, that with thy name + Are vocal now, to dust shall turn, + On others may devotion's flame + Be kindled here, and purely burn! + + + + +699. 7s. M. E. H. Chapin. + +The Same. + + +1 Father, lo! we consecrate + Unto thee this house and shrine, + Oh! may Jesus visit here, + As he did in Palestine. + Here may blind eyes see his light, + Deaf ears hear his accents sweet, + And we, like those groups of old, + Sit and linger at his feet. + +2 And to learn of faith and love, + Strong in sorrow, pain and loss, + May we come and find them here, + In the garden, on the cross. + Like the spices that enfold + Him we love in rich perfume, + May our thoughts embalm him here, + While he slumbers in the tomb. + +3 When we watch by shrouded hopes, + Weeping at death's marble door, + May the angels meet us here-- + Lo! your Christ has gone before! + And while we stand "looking up," + In our faith and wonder lost, + Here send down thy Spirit's power, + Like the tongues of Pentecost. + + + + +700. L. M. Sir J. E. Smith. + +God's Temple in the Heart. + + +1 Who shall a temple build for him, + Who fills the heaven of heavens alone? + Who shall exalt his glorious name, + Fixed in his everlasting throne? + +2 Yet many a lowly fane shall rise, + Which God himself will not disdain: + He will accept the sacrifice; + Nor shall the offering e'er be vain. + +3 No gorgeous dome, nor boastful vow, + Can e'er find favor in his sight: + The humble votary, meek and low,-- + The holy soul, are his delight. + +4 On these his grace and mercy rest, + Nor from their shrines will he depart: + His temple is the righteous breast; + His altar is the pious heart. + + + + +701. H. M. O. A. Skinner. + +Dedication Hymn. + + +1 Thou Fount of love and grace, + Whose throne is fixed on high, + Unveil thy smiling face, + And to our souls draw nigh; + And let our prayers and praise arise, + Like grateful incense to the skies. + +2 This house to thee we give-- + Thine may it ever be-- + Here bid the sinner live, + Here set the captive free, + Here let thy word its beams display + And safely guide to endless day. + +3 Here may the stricken heart + By truth be cheered and blessed, + And here thy grace impart, + To all by grief oppressed-- + And streams of peace and plenty flow, + To all who seek thy joy to know. + +4 Long may these walls resound + With thy salvation, Lord, + And grace to all abound, + Who hear thy holy word-- + And youth and age their offerings raise. + In songs of ardent, cheerful praise. + + + + +702. L. M. J. G. Adams. + +Dedication of a Country Church. + + +1 On this fair spot where nature pays + From hill, and vale, and flower, and tree, + In morning beams, in evening rays, + Its homage, God of all, to thee;-- + +2 Thy children meet to dedicate + This temple to thy gracious name; + Our hearts and songs to elevate,-- + Thy grace and glory to proclaim. + +3 Descend--and with thy spirit bless + The offering; may it ever be + Sacred to truth and righteousness, + From error's dread dominion free. + +4 Here let the standard of thy word + Be raised and held by gospel hands; + Hither bring hearts with one accord, + To learn and do thy great commands. + +5 And when we leave these courts below, + To join the hosts in praise above, + May others here rejoice to know + Thy boundless, everlasting love. + + + + +703. C. M. Bryant. + +Dedication Hymn. + + +1 O Thou, whose own vast temple stands, + Built over earth and sea, + Accept the walls that human hands + Have raised to worship thee. + +2 Lord, from thine inmost glory send, + Within these courts to bide, + The peace that dwelleth, without end, + Serenely by thy side. + +3 May erring minds that worship here + Be taught the better way, + And they who mourn, and they who fear, + Be strengthened as they pray! + +4 May faith grow firm, and love grow warm, + And pure devotion rise, + While round these hallowed walls the storm + Of earth-born passion dies! + + + + +704. L. M. Watts. + +A House for God. + + +1 Where shall we go to seek and find + A habitation for our God? + A dwelling for th' Eternal Mind + Among the sons of flesh and blood? + +2 The God of Jacob chose the hill + Of Zion for his ancient rest; + And Zion is his dwelling still; + His church is with his presence blest. + +3 Here will he meet the hungry poor, + And fill their souls with living bread; + Here sinners, waiting at his door, + With sweet provision shall be fed. + +4 "Here will I fix my gracious throne, + And reign forever," saith the Lord; + "Here shall my power and love be known, + And blessings shall attend my word." + + + + +705. H. M. Francis. + +Prayer for God's Presence and Blessing. + + +1 Great King of glory, come, + And with thy favor crown + This temple as thy home, + This people as thine own: + Beneath this roof, O deign to show + How God can dwell with men below. + +2 Here may thine ears attend + Our interceding cries, + And grateful praise ascend, + Like incense to the skies: + Here may thy word melodious sound, + And spread celestial joys around. + +3 Here may our unborn sons + And daughters sound thy praise, + And shine, like polished stones, + Through long-succeeding days: + Here, Lord, display thy saving power, + While temples stand and men adore. + +4 Here may the listening throng + Imbibe thy truth and love; + Here Christians join the song + Of seraphim above; + Till all, who humbly seek thy face, + Rejoice in thy abounding grace. + + + + +706. L. M. E. H. Chapin. + +The Same. + + +1 Our Father God! not face to face + May mortal sense commune with thee, + Nor lift the curtains of that place + Where dwells thy secret Majesty. + Yet whereso'er our spirits bend + In rev'rent faith and humble prayer, + Thy promised blessing will descend, + And we shall find thy spirit there. + +2 Lord! be the spot where now we meet, + An open gateway into heaven; + Here may we sit at Jesus' feet, + And feel our deepest sins forgiven. + Here may desponding care look up; + And sorrow lay its burden down, + Or learn, of him, to drink the cup, + To bear the cross, and win the crown. + +3 Here may the sick and wandering soul, + To truth still blind, to sin a slave, + Find better than Bethesda's pool, + Or than Siloam's healing wave. + And may we learn, while here apart + From the world's passion and its strife + That thy true shrine's a loving heart, + And thy best praise a holy life! + + + + +707. L. M. Pierpont. + +Ordination Hymn. + + +1 O Thou, who art above all height! + Our God, our Father, and our Friend! + Beneath thy throne of love and light, + Let thine adoring children bend. + +2 We kneel in praise, that here is set + A vine that by thy culture grew; + We kneel in prayer, that thou wouldst wet + Its opening leaves with heavenly dew. + +3 Since thy young servant now hath given + Himself, his powers, his hopes, his youth + To the great cause of truth and heaven, + Be thou his guide, O God of truth! + +4 Here may his doctrines drop like rain, + His speech like Hermon's dew distil, + Till green fields smile, and golden grain, + Ripe for the harvest, waits thy will. + +5 And when he sinks in death,--by care, + Or pain, or toil, or years oppressed,-- + O God! remember then our prayer, + And take his spirit to thy rest. + + + + +708. 8s. & 6s. M. S. F. Smith. + +Benefits of the Ministry. + + +1 Blest is the hour when cares depart, + And earthly scenes are far,-- + When tears of woe forget to start, + And gently dawns upon the heart + Devotion's holy star. + +2 Blest is the place where angels bend + To hear our worship rise, + Where kindred thoughts their musings blend, + And all the soul's affections tend + Beyond the veiling skies. + +3 Blest are the hallowed vows that bind + Man to his work of love,-- + Bind him to cheer the humble mind, + Console the weeping, lead the blind, + And guide to joys above. + +4 Sweet shall the song of glory swell, + Spirit divine to thee, + When they whose work is finished well, + In thy own courts of rest shall dwell, + Blest through eternity. + + + + +709. L. M. H. Ware, Jr. + +Ordination or Installation. + + +1 O Thou, who on thy chosen Son + Didst send thy Spirit like a dove, + To mark the long expected one, + And seal the messenger of love; + +2 And when the heralds of his name + Went forth his glorious truth to spread, + Didst send it down in tongues of flame + To hallow each devoted head; + +3 So, Lord, thy servant now inspire + With holy unction from above; + Give him the tongue of living fire, + Give him the temper of the dove. + +4 Lord, hear thy suppliant church to-day; + Accept our work, our souls possess, + 'Tis ours to labor, watch, and pray; + Be thine to cheer, sustain, and bless. + + + + +710. C. M. E. H. Chapin. + +Ordination Hymn. + + +1 O Thou, who didst ordain the Word, + And its strong heralds send, + We draw the holy veil of prayer, + And in thy presence bend. + To this young warrior of the cross, + Who takes his station here, + Be thou a teacher and a guide, + And be thy Spirit near. + +2 A pure disciple, let him tread + The ways his Master trod-- + Giving the weary spirits rest, + Leading the lost to God-- + Stooping to lend the sufferer aid, + Crushed sorrow's wail to hear, + To bind the widow's broken heart, + And dry the orphan's tear. + +3 For war with error, make him strong, + And sin, the soul's dark foe-- + But let him humbly seek for truth, + Where'er its waters flow. + And when, O Father, at the grave + He lays his armor down, + Give him the victor's glistening robe, + The palm-wreath and the crown. + + + + +711. L. M. Montgomery. + +A Pastor Welcomed. + + +1 We bid thee welcome in the name + Of Jesus, our exalted Head: + Come as a servant; so he came; + And we receive thee in his stead. + +2 Come as an angel, hence to guide + A band of pilgrims on their way; + That, safely walking at thy side, + We never fail, nor faint, nor stray. + +3 Come as a teacher sent from God, + Charged his whole counsel to declare; + Lift o'er our ranks the prophet's rod, + While we uphold thy hands with prayer. + +4 Come as a messenger of peace, + Filled with the Spirit, fired with love; + Live to behold our large increase, + And die to meet us all above. + + + + +712. 8s. & 7s. M. J. G. Adams. + +Charge to a Pastor. + + +1 Herald of the Lord's salvation, + Watchful in thy station stand; + Heed the heavenly proclamation, + Heed the Master's great command. + Mark old error's gathering forces + Compassing our Zion round; + Know in truth thine own resources, + Give the trumpet's certain sound! + +2 Christ proclaim in the new station, + Herald, now assigned to thee; + That the waiting congregation + God's salvation here may see. + Christ proclaim--no line abating + Of the counsel of the Lord; + From no promise deviating; + From no precept; "preach the word." + +3 Then, God's blessing resting o'er thee, + And his truth, by night, by day, + Cloud and pillar bright before thee, + Shall make glad thy gospel way; + Till thy work well done, the greeting + Of the Master will be given; + Till we rise to that one meeting-- + Pastor--people--all--in heaven! + + + + +713. 7s. M. E. Peabody. + +Ordination or Installation. + + +1 Lift aloud the voice of praise! + God, our Father and our Friend, + Hear the prayer and song we raise, + Weak, yet trusting, we would bend. + +2 Lo! another servant brought + To the heritage of God;-- + May he teach as Christ hath taught, + Tread the path his Saviour trod. + +3 To the vineyard may he come + Girded with celestial might; + Skilled to draw thy children home, + Taught to give the darkened light. + +4 Unto thee, a people bend,-- + Bind us heart to heart in love; + Flock and pastor, we would tend + Ever toward our home above. + + + + +714. H. M. Mrs. Case. + +The Same. + + +1 Lord! on thy Zion's wall + A faithful watchman stands, + And hears the solemn call + Of anxious, waiting bands, + Who seek along the waning night + For heralds of thy coming light. + +2 Oh, may he never sleep + Upon his weary post, + Nor shrink, though round him sweep + The storm's embattled host; + But, whatsoe'er the night may be, + Stand firm in duty and in thee! + +3 And let his visioned eye + Rest on the truth sublime, + That sin and woe shall fly + Before advancing time, + Till in thine own eternal day + The latest tear hath passed away. + +4 And when his watch is done, + Oh, let unclouded light, + From heaven's all glorious sun + Gleam on his closing sight:-- + That all who see his death, shall know + His spirit walked with thee below. + + + + +715. 6s. & 4s. M. J. G. Adams. + +The Same. + + +1 Sovereign of worlds above! + From thy blest throne of love, + To us appear; + Help, as we raise to thee, + Prayers of humility, + Praises of spirits free; + And wilt thou hear. + +2 Be thy rich blessing shed + On thy young servant's head, + In this bright hour, + Who at thine altar stands, + With trusting heart and hands, + Waiting thy true commands,-- + Seeking thy power. + +3 Grant him thy wisdom, Lord, + And with thy mighty word + Armed may he be; + Faithful in teaching here, + Moved by thy holy fear,-- + May his great charge be dear, + Father, to thee. + +4 And when, his toilings ceased, + To heaven, from earth released, + Thou bid him come; + Then, where no sin-cloud lowers, + Be his glad theme and ours, + Love's high redeeming powers, + Man's endless home! + + + + +716. 8s. 7s. & 4s. M. L. C. Browne. + +The Same. + + +1 As the evening shadows gather + O'er us, from thy holy hill + May thy blessing, righteous Father, + Like the evening dew distil; + And thy presence + Every heart with rapture fill! + +2 While in summer's warmth and beauty, + We our brother set apart + To the pastor's solemn duty, + May thy spirit warm his heart; + Without measure, + Wisdom, strength and love impart. + +3 To perform the sacred function + As thy servant we ordain, + Father, may the holy unction + Fall on him, like summer rain! + Make him fertile, + Bearing fruit like golden grain. + +4 In the path of duty guide him, + Firm in virtue may he stand; + And from storm and peril, hide him + In the hollow of thy hand; + Keep his footsteps + Till he tread the better land. + +5 When at last his toils are over, + Summer ended, autumn near, + May he and his flock, like clover + Ripened for the scythe, appear; + And when falling, + Guardian angels linger near. + + + + +717. 8s. 7s. & 4s. M. E. H. Chapin. + +The Same. + + +1 Father! at this altar bending, + Set our hearts from world-thoughts free; + Prayer and praise their incense blending, + May our rites accepted be: + Father, hear us, + Gently draw our souls to thee. + +2 Deign to smile upon this union + Of a pastor and a flock; + Sweet and blest be their communion: + May he sacred truths unlock-- + And this people + Plant their feet on Christ the Rock. + +3 Be his life a living sermon, + Be his thoughts one ceaseless prayer: + Like the dews that fell on Hermon, + Making green the foliage there, + May his teachings + Drop on souls beneath his care. + +4 Here may Sin repent its straying, + Here may Grief forget to weep, + Here may Hope its light displaying, + And blest Faith, their vigils keep, + And the dying + Pass from hence in Christ to sleep. + +5 When _his_ heart shall cease its motion, + All its toils and conflicts o'er; + When _they_ for an unseen ocean, + One by one, shall leave the shore; + Pastor, people, there--in heaven, + May they meet to part no more. + + + + +718. C. M. H. Bacon. + +The Same. + + +1 Not for the prophet tongue of fire, + Nor voice of trumpet tone, + We lift our prayer, Immortal Sire, + For him before thy throne. + +2 We ask for wisdom's gifts and grace, + The heart alive to love, + The earnest zeal to save our race, + All selfish aims above. + +3 Lord, bless him now! By holy rite, + We consecrate to thee! + Make to his eye the chief delight + Christ's prospering work to see. + +4 Bold let him be for truth and man, + For God and righteousness! + Free let him speak the gospel plan, + And the whole truth confess. + +5 Be cloud and fire about his way, + Till Canaan's land is trod! + Then o'er his grave thy church shall say, + He led us to our God! + + + + +ASSOCIATIONS, CONVENTIONS, AND MISSIONARY MEETINGS. + + + + +719. C. M. Doddridge. + +For a Meeting of Ministers. + + +1 Let Zion's watchmen all awake, + And take the alarm they give: + Now let them, from the mouth of God, + Their solemn charge receive. + +2 'Tis not a cause of small import + The pastor's care demands; + But what might fill an angel's heart, + And filled a Saviour's hands. + +3 May they, that Jesus whom they preach, + Their own Redeemer see; + And watch thou daily o'er their souls, + That they may watch for thee. + + + + +720. 8s. & 7s. M. Anonymous. + +Burden and Conflict of the Ministry. + + +1 Onward, Christian, though the region + Where thou art be drear and lone; + God hath set a guardian legion + Very near thee,--press thou on! + +2 By the thorn-wood, and none other, + Is the mount of vision won; + Tread it without shrinking, brother! + Jesus trod it,--press thou on! + +3 By thy trustful, calm endeavor, + Guiding, cheering, like the sun, + Earth-bound hearts thou shalt deliver + O, for their sake, press thou on! + +4 Be this world the wiser, stronger, + For thy life of pain and peace; + While it needs thee, O, no longer + Pray thou for thy quick release. + +5 Pray thou, Christian, daily, rather, + That thou be a faithful son; + By the prayer of Jesus,--"Father, + Not my will, but thine, be done!" + + + + +721. L. M. A. Balfour. + +Ministers Charged and Encouraged. + + +1 Go, messengers of peace and love, + To people plunged in shades of night; + Like angels sent from fields above, + Be yours to shed celestial light. + +2 Go to the hungry,--food impart; + To paths of peace the wanderer guide; + And lead the thirsty panting heart + Where streams of living water glide. + +3 O faint not in the day of toil, + When harvest waits the reaper's hand; + Go, gather in the glorious spoil, + And joyous in his presence stand. + +4 Thy love a rich reward shall find + From him who sits enthroned on high; + For they who turn the erring mind + Shall shine like stars above the sky. + + + + +722. S. M. Wesleyan. + +Call to Labor in God's Vineyard. + + +1 The vineyard of the Lord + Before his laborers lies; + And, lo! we see the vast reward + Which waits us in the skies. + +2 O let us then proceed + In God's great work below, + And following our triumphant Head, + To further conquests go. + +3 And let our heart and mind + Continually ascend, + That haven of repose to find, + Where all our labors end. + +4 What honor to behold, + In that sublime abode, + The patriarchs and prophets old, + And all the men of God! + +5 Then spend our days beneath, + Toiling in cheerful hope; + And fearless pass the vale of death, + And gain the mountain top. + + + + +723. L. M. Episcopal Coll. + +For Laborers in God's Harvest. + + +1 O Spirit of the living God, + In all thy plenitude of grace, + Where'er the foot of man hath trod, + Descend on our degenerate race! + +2 Give tongues of fire and hearts of love, + To preach the reconciling word; + Give power and unction from above, + Where'er the joyful sound is heard. + +3 Be darkness, at thy coming, light; + Confusion, order, in thy path; + Souls without strength inspire with might; + Bid mercy triumph over wrath. + +4 Convert the nations; far and nigh + The triumphs of the cross record; + The name of Jesus glorify, + Till every people call him Lord. + + + + +724. 7s. M. Byrant. + +A Blessing invoked on Christian Teachers. + + +1 Mighty One, before whose face, + Wisdom had her glorious seat, + When the orbs that people space + Sprang to birth beneath thy feet; + +2 Source of truth, whose rays alone + Light the mighty world of mind; + God of love, who from thy throne + Kindly watchest all mankind; + +3 Shed on those, who in thy name + Teach the way of truth and right, + Shed that love's undying flame, + Shed that wisdom's guiding light. + + + + +725. L. M. H. Ballou. + +At an Annual Convention. + + +1 Dear Lord, behold thy servants, here, + From various parts together meet, + To tell their labors through the year, + And lay the harvest at thy feet. + +2 The reapers cry, "Thy fields are white, + All ready to be gathered in, + And harvests wave in changing light, + Far as the eye can trace the scene." + +3 Lord, bless us while we here remain; + With holy love our bosoms fill; + O may thy doctrine drop like rain, + And like the silent dew distil. + +4 While we attend thy churches' care + O grant us wisdom from above; + With prudent thought and humble prayer, + May we fulfil the works of love. + + + + +726. L. M. Hymns of Zion. + +The Same. + + +1 Brethren, beloved for Jesus' sake, + A hearty welcome here receive; + May we together now partake + The joys which he alone can give. + +2 May he by whose kind care we meet, + Send his good Spirit from above, + Make our communion pure and sweet, + And cause our hearts to burn with love. + +3 Forgotten be each worldly theme, + When thus we meet, to pray and praise; + We but desire to speak of him, + And of his holy word and ways. + +4 Thus as the moments pass away, + We'll love, and wonder and adore; + Then hasten on, the glorious day, + When we shall meet to part no more. + + + + +727. C. M. Hymns of Zion. + +The Same. + + +1 Joined in a union firm and strong, + No foe our ranks can break; + To victory we press along, + And glorious warfare make. + Our fervent prayers shall still prevail + Against a host of sins; + And angels every Christian hail + Whose love a conquest wins. + +2 Then let our ranks, more closely joined, + With shield and buckler stand; + A kingdom we at last shall find, + The promised spirit-land. + Let all with harmony of voice, + In lofty praises join; + Let every soul in Christ rejoice, + With rapture all divine. + +3 The kindling flame begins to glow, + Each heart grows warm with love; + And we enjoy on earth below, + The bliss of heaven above! + O thus forever may we feel, + And evermore display + Devotion's pure and holy zeal, + In Zion's chosen way. + + + + +728. 7s. & 6s. M. J. G. Adams. + +The Same. + + +1 Our Father--ever living! + Once more thy children come, + In joy and true thanksgiving, + To this their gospel home. + United--from dissension + Kept by thy goodness free-- + Again in glad Convention + Our vows we pay to thee. + +2 The Past! Its ways are beaming + With thy sure mercies, Lord-- + Thy truth and grace redeeming, + Sent o'er the earth abroad, + The hoary shrines of error + Have cast aside; and free + From darkness, doubt, and terror + Its children come to thee. + +3 The Present! Loudly sounding, + Its cheering tones are heard; + Be our full hearts abounding + In its strong Hope and Word! + Be strength and wisdom, Father! + Bestowing what we need, + Truth's harvest-sheaves to gather-- + Christ's kingdom here to speed. + +4 The Future! Indications + Of mightier works are there:-- + Truth's promised revelations; + Thine arm of power made bare; + From sin's dread reign exemption: + Man's life in Christ, divine; + The erring world's redemption; + The glory, Father, thine! + + + + +729. C. M. Mrs. Sawyer. + +The Same. + + +1 We gather in the name of God, + And, bowing down the head, + We stretch our waiting hands abroad, + And humbly ask for aid: + For aid, when o'er the spirit's day, + Thick clouds of darkness rest, + That we may chase the gloom away, + And light the darkened breast. + +2 For strength to lead the poor, the weak + Who tread the vale of years,-- + For pity's hand to dry the cheek + Where sorrow sits in tears; + For hope, the beautiful and bright, + That whispers, "Ne'er despond!" + For faith, that through the darkest night + Still sees a star beyond. + +3 Bold heralds of the cross, O God, + Undaunted send us forth; + Salvation be our rallying word,-- + Our field, the boundless earth; + Love on our lips, and in our soul, + Our labors never done; + O Sovereign Helper! till the goal + By all at last be won. + + + + +730. 7s. M. H. K. White. + +Closing Hymn at an Association. + + +1 Christians! brethren! ere we part, + Every voice and every heart + Join, and to our Father raise + One last hymn of grateful praise. + +2 Though we here should meet no more, + Yet there is a brighter shore; + There, released from toil and pain, + There we all may meet again. + +3 Now to him who reigns in heaven + Be eternal glory given; + Grateful for thy love divine, + O may all our hearts be thine! + + + + +731. C. M. Sutton. + +The Same. + + +1 Hail, sweetest, dearest tie that binds + Our glowing hearts in one; + Hail, sacred hope, that tunes our minds + To sing what God hath done. + It is the hope, the blissful hope, + Which gospel grace hath given; + The hope, when days and years are past, + We all shall meet in heaven. + +2 From eastern shores, from northern lands, + From western hill and plain, + From southern climes, the brother-bands + May hope to meet again; + It is the hope, the blissful hope, + Which love divine hath given: + The hope, when life and time are o'er, + We all shall meet in heaven. + +3 No hope deferred, no parting sigh, + That blessed meeting knows; + There friendship beams from every eye, + And hope immortal grows. + It is the hope, the precious hope, + Which boundless grace hath given: + The hope, when time shall be no more, + We all shall meet in heaven. + + + + +732. C. M. W. Ward. + +Prayer for the Success of the Gospel. + + +1 Great God, the nations of the earth + Are by creation thine; + And in thy works, by all beheld, + Thy radiant glories shine. + +2 But, Lord, thy greater love has sent + Thy gospel to mankind, + Unveiling what rich stores of grace + Are treasured in thy mind. + +3 O, when shall these glad tidings spread + The spacious earth around, + Till every tribe and every soul + Shall hear the joyful sound? + +4 Smile, Lord, on each divine attempt + To spread the gospel's rays, + And build on sin's demolished throne + The temples of thy praise. + + + + +733. 7s. & 6s. M. Heber. + +Missionary Hymn. + + +1 From Greenland's icy mountains, + From India's coral strand,-- + Where Afric's sunny fountains + Roll down their golden sand,-- + From many an ancient river, + From many a palmy plain,-- + They call us to deliver + Their land from error's chain. + +2 What though the spicy breezes + Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle; + Though every prospect pleases, + And only man is vile; + In vain with lavish kindness + The gifts of God are strown; + The heathen in his blindness + Bows down to wood and stone. + +3 Shall we, whose souls are lighted + By wisdom from on high, + Shall we to men benighted + The lamp of life deny? + Salvation! O, salvation! + The joyful sound proclaim, + Till each remotest nation + Has learnt Messiah's name. + + + + +734. 7s. M. Pratt's Coll. + +The Same. + + +1 Go! ye messengers of God, + Like the beams of morning, fly; + Take the wonder-working rod, + Wave the Banner-Cross on high! + Where th' lofty minaret + Gleams along the morning skies, + Wave it till the crescent set, + And the "Star of Jacob" rise. + +2 Go! to many a tropic isle, + In the bosom of the deep; + Where the skies forever smile, + And th' oppressed forever weep! + O'er the negro's night of care + Pour the living light of heaven; + Chase away the fiend despair, + Bid him hope to be forgiven! + +3 When the golden gates of day + Open on the palmy east, + Wide the bleeding cross display, + Spread the gospel's richest feast: + Circumnavigate the ball, + Visit every soil and sea; + Preach the Cross of Christ to all-- + Jesus' love is full and free! + + + + +735. C. M. S. W. Livermore. + +The Western Churches. + + +1 Our pilgrim brethren dwelling far,-- + O God of truth and love, + Light thou their path with thine own star, + Bright beaming from above. + +2 Wide as their mighty rivers flow, + Let thine own truth extend; + Where prairies spread and forests grow, + O Lord, thy gospel send. + +3 Then will a mighty nation own + A union firm and strong;-- + The sceptre of th' eternal throne + Shall rule its councils long. + + + + +736. C. P. M. Episcopal Coll. + +On Western Missions. + + +1 When, Lord, to this our western land, + Led by thy providential hand, + Our wandering fathers came, + Their ancient homes, their friends in youth + Sent forth the heralds of thy truth, + To keep them in thy name. + +2 Then, through our solitary coast, + The desert features soon were lost; + Thy temples there arose; + Our shores, as culture made them fair, + Were hallowed by thy rites, by prayer, + And blossomed as the rose. + +3 And O, may we repay this debt + To regions solitary yet + Within our spreading land! + There brethren, from our common home, + Still westward, like our fathers, roam, + Still guided by thy hand. + +4 Father, we own this debt of love; + O, shed thy Spirit from above, + To move each Christian breast, + Till heralds shall thy truth proclaim, + And temples rise, to fix thy name, + Through all our boundless West! + + + + +737. L. M. Winchell's Sel. + +Missionaries Encouraged. + + +1 Ye Christian heralds,--go, proclaim + Salvation in Immanuel's name: + To distant climes the tidings bear, + And plant the rose of Sharon there. + +2 He'll shield you with a wall of fire, + With holy zeal your hearts inspire, + Bid raging winds their fury cease, + And calm the savage breast to peace. + +3 And when our labors all are o'er, + Then shall we meet to part no more,-- + Meet, with the ransomed throng to fail, + And crown the Saviour Lord of all. + + + + +EARLY RELIGIOUS CULTURE. + + + + +738. 7s. M. Campbell's Coll. + +Prayer for Children. + + +1 God of mercy, hear our prayer + For the children thou hast given; + Let them all thy blessings share-- + Grace on earth and bliss in heaven. + +2 In the morning of their days + May their hearts be drawn to thee; + Let them learn to lisp thy praise + In their earliest infancy. + +3 When we see their passions rise, + Sinful habits unsubdued, + Then to thee we lift our eyes, + That their hearts may be renewed. + +4 For this mercy, Lord, we cry; + Bend thine ever-gracious ear; + While on thee our souls rely, + Hear our prayer--in mercy hear. + + + + +739. C. M. Bp. Heber. + +Early Religion. + + +1 By cool Siloam's shady rill + How sweet the lily grows! + How sweet the breath beneath the hill + Of Sharon's dewy rose! + +2 Lo, such the child whose early feet + The paths of peace have trod; + Whose secret heart, with influence sweet, + Is upward drawn to God! + +3 By cool Siloam's shady rill + The lily must decay; + The rose that blooms beneath the hill + Must shortly fade away. + +4 And soon, too soon, the wintry hour + Of man's maturer age + Will shake the soul with sorrow's power, + And stormy passion's rage! + +5 O Thou, who giv'st us life and breath, + We seek thy grace alone, + In childhood, manhood, age, and death; + To keep us still thine own! + + + + +740. 7s. & 6s. M. S. F. Smith. + +"Remember thy Creator." + + +1 "Remember thy Creator" + While youth's fair spring is bright, + Before thy cares are greater, + Before comes age's night; + While yet the sun shines o'er thee, + While stars the darkness cheer, + While life is all before thee, + Thy great Creator fear. + + + + +741. C. M. Watts. + +Early Piety. + + +1 When children give their hearts to God, + 'Tis pleasing in his eyes; + A flower, when offered in the bud, + Is no vain sacrifice. + +2 It saves us from a thousand snares + To mind religion young; + Grace will preserve our following years, + And make our virtues strong. + +3 To thee, Almighty God, to thee + May we our hearts resign; + 'Twill please us to look back and see, + That our whole lives were thine. + + + + +742. C. M. Gibbons. + +The Same. + + +1 In the soft season of thy youth, + In Nature's smiling bloom, + Ere age arrive, and trembling wait + Its summons to the tomb; + +2 Remember thy Creator, God; + For him thy powers employ; + Make him thy fear, thy love, thy hope, + Thy confidence, thy joy. + +3 He shall defend and guide thy course + Through life's uncertain sea, + Till thou art landed on the shore + Of blessed eternity. + +4 Then seek the Lord betimes, and choose + The path of heavenly truth: + The earth affords no lovelier sight + Than a religious youth. + + + + +743. L. M. Landon. + +Permanence of Early Religious Impressions. + + +1 While yet the youthful spirit bears + The image of its God within, + And uneffaced that beauty wears + So soon to be destroyed by sin;-- + +2 Then is the time for faith and love + To take in charge their precious care, + Teach the young eye to look above, + Teach the young knee to bend in prayer. + +3 The world will come with care and crime, + And tempt too many a heart astray; + Still the seed sown in early time + Will not be wholly cast away. + +4 The infant prayer, the infant hymn, + Within the darkened soul will rise, + When age's weary eye is dim, + And the grave's shadow round us lies. + +5 Lord, grant our hearts be so inclined, + Thy work to seek, thy will to do; + And while we teach the youthful mind, + Our own be taught thy lessons too. + + + + +744. C. M. Watts. + +Importance of the Bible to the Young. + + +1 How shall the young secure their hearts, + And guard their lives, from sin? + Thy word the choicest rules imparts + To keep the conscience clean. + +2 'Tis, like the sun, a heavenly light, + That guides us all the day, + And, through the dangers of the night, + A lamp to lead our way. + +3 Thy precepts make us truly wise; + We hate the sinner's road: + We hate our own vain thoughts that rise, + But love thy law, O God! + +4 Thy word is everlasting truth: + How pure is every page! + That holy book shall guide our youth, + And well support our age. + + + + +745. S. M. Anonymous. + +Youth and the Spring-time. + + +1 Sweet is the time of spring, + When nature's charms appear; + The birds with ceaseless pleasure sing, + And hail the opening year: + But sweeter far the spring + Of wisdom and of grace, + When children bless and praise their King, + Who loves the youthful race. + +2 Sweet is the dawn of day, + When light just streaks the sky; + When shades and darkness pass away, + And morning's beams are nigh: + But sweeter far the dawn + Of piety in youth; + When doubt and darkness are withdrawn, + Before the light of truth. + +3 Sweet is the early dew, + Which gilds the mountain tops, + And decks each plant and flower we view, + With pearly, glittering drops; + But sweeter far the scene + On Zion's holy hill, + When there the dew of youth is seen + Its freshness to distil. + + + + +746. C. M. Episcopal Coll. + +"Remember thy Creator." + + +1 In the glad morn of life, when youth + With generous ardor glows, + And shines in all the fairest charms + That beauty can disclose; + +2 Deep on thy soul,--before its powers + Are yet by vice enslaved,-- + Be thy Creator's lofty name + And character engraved. + +3 For soon the shades of grief may cloud + The sunshine of thy days; + And cares and toils, an endless round, + Encompass all thy ways. + +4 True wisdom, early sought and gained, + In age will give thee rest; + O then, improve the morn of life, + To make its evening blest! + + + + +747. 8s. & 7s. M. R. Streeter. + +Children's Prayer. + + +1 God of mercy and of wisdom, + Hear thy children's lisping cry; + Let thy presence, Lord, be with them, + Teaching lessons from on high. + +2 Here, beneath thy wing, we seat us, + Up to heaven for wisdom look; + Lord, in mercy deign to meet us,-- + Meet us in thy sacred book. + +3 Since thy truth doth gild its pages, + May that truth, Lord, make us free; + On the Rock of endless ages + Let our faith established be. + +4 To our faith we'll add the graces, + Virtue, knowledge, patience, love; + When on earth we leave our places, + Raise us all to seats above. + + + + +748. 7s. M. Grey. + +Sabbath School Hymn. + + +1 Suppliant, lo! thy children bend, + Father, for thy blessing now; + Thou canst teach us, guide, defend,-- + We are weak, almighty thou. + +2 With the peace thy word imparts, + Be the taught and teacher blest; + In their lives and on their hearts, + Father, be thy laws imprest. + +3 Pour into each longing mind + Light and knowledge from above: + Charity for all mankind-- + Trusting faith, enduring love. + + + + +749. 8s. & 7s. M. Anonymous. + +Opening of the School. + + +1 We have met in peace together + In this house of God again; + Constant friends have led us hither, + Here to chant the solemn strain, + Here to breathe our adoration, + Here the Saviour's praise to sing: + May the Spirit of salvation + Come with healing in his wing. + +2 We have met, and Time is flying; + We shall part, and still his wing, + Sweeping o'er the dead and dying, + Will the changeful seasons bring: + Let us, while our hearts are lightest, + In our fresh and early years, + Turn to Him whose smile is brightest, + And whose grace will calm our fears. + +3 He will aid us, should existence + With its sorrows sting the breast; + Gleaming in the onward distance, + Faith will mark the land of rest: + There, 'midst day-beams round him playing, + We our Father's face shall see, + And shall hear him gently saying, + "Little children, come to me." + + + + +750. C. M. William Cutter. + +Youthful Example. + + +1 What if the little rain should say, + So small a drop as I + Can ne'er refresh these thirsty fields, + I'll tarry in the sky? + +2 What if a shining beam of noon + Should in its fountain stay, + Because its feeble light alone + Cannot create a day? + +3 Doth not each rain-drop help to form + The cool, refreshing shower, + And every ray of light to warm + And beautify the flower? + +4 Go thou, and strive to do thy share-- + One talent,--less than thine,-- + Improved with steady zeal and care, + Would gain rewards divine. + + + + +751. L. M. Montgomery. + +Sabbath School Anniversary. + + +1 From year to year in love we meet; + From year to year in peace we part; + The tongues of children uttering sweet + The thrilling joy of every heart. + +2 But time rolls on; and, year by year, + We change, grow up, or pass away; + Not twice the same assembly here + Have hailed the children's festal day. + +3 Death, ere another year, may strike + Some in our number marked to fall: + Be young and old prepared alike; + The warning is to each, to all. + +4 Oft broke, our failing ranks renew; + Send teachers, children, in our place, + More humble, docile, faithful, true, + More like thy Son, from race to race. + + + + +752. L. M. Anonymous. + +For the Close of a Sabbath School. + + +1 Father, once more let grateful praise + And humble prayer to thee ascend; + Thou Guide and Guardian of our ways, + Our early and our only Friend. + +2 Since every day and hour that's gone + Has been with mercy richly crowned, + Mercy, we know, shall still flow on, + Forever sure as time rolls round. + +3 Hear then the parting prayers we pour, + And bind our hearts in love alone; + And if we meet on earth no more, + May we at last surround thy throne. + + + + +753. 6s. & 4s. M. J. G. Adams. + +Sabbath School Anniversary. + + +1 Creation's sovereign Lord! + Be thy glad name adored + Through earth and sky! + Hear, as in youthful days + To thee we humbly raise + Songs of our grateful praise, + Holy and high! + +2 Thanks for thy light so free, + Causing our eyes to see + Thy truth and grace; + Love, that dispels our fear, + Mercy, to sinners dear, + Life, dying souls to cheer, + For all our race. + +3 Thanks, that on hearts like ours + Thy loving kindness showers + Knowledge divine; + O let its influence be + Fruitful in works for thee, + Causing in purity + Our lives to shine. + +4 Bless this our childhood band, + And let us ever stand + Truthful and strong; + Christians in deed and love, + Such as thou wilt approve, + Till we in worlds above + Thy praise prolong! + + + + +754. 7s. & 6s. M. S. S. Choir. + +The Same. + + +1 When, his salvation bringing, + To Zion Jesus came, + The children all stood singing + Hosanna to his name. + Nor did their zeal offend him, + But, as he rode along, + He bade them still attend him, + And smiled to hear their song. + +2 And since the Lord retaineth + His love for children still, + Though now as king he reigneth + On Zion's heavenly hill, + We'll flock around his banner, + Who sits upon the throne; + And cry aloud, "Hosanna + To David's royal Son." + +3 For should we fail proclaiming + Our great Redeemer's praise, + The stones, our silence shaming, + Might well hosanna raise. + But shall we only render + The tribute of our words? + No! while our hearts are tender, + They, too, shall be the Lord's. + + + + +755. 7s. & 6s. M. Boston S. S. H. Book. + +Anniversary of Independence. + + +1 We come with joy and gladness + To breathe our songs of praise, + Nor let one note of sadness + Be mingled in our lays; + For 'tis a hallowed story, + This theme of freedom's birth: + Our fathers' deeds of glory + Are echoed round the earth. + +2 The sound is waxing stronger, + And thrones and nations hear-- + Proud men shall rule no longer, + For God the Lord is near: + And he will crush oppression, + And raise the humble mind, + And give the earth's possession + Among the good and kind. + +3 And then shall sink the mountains + Where pride and power are crowned, + And peace, like gentle fountains, + Shall shed its pureness round. + O God! we would adore thee, + And in thy shadow rest; + Our fathers bowed before thee, + And trusted and were blest. + + + + +756. 8s. & 7s. M. Horne. + +Autumn Warnings. + + +1 See the leaves around us falling, + Dry and withered, to the ground; + Thus to thoughtless mortals calling, + In a sad and solemn sound:-- + +2 "Youth, on length of days presuming, + Who the paths of pleasure tread,-- + View us, late in beauty blooming, + Numbered now among the dead. + +3 "What though yet no losses grieve you, + Gay with health and many a grace, + Let not cloudless skies deceive you: + Summer gives to autumn place." + +4 On the tree of life eternal, + Let our highest hopes be staid: + This alone, forever vernal, + Bears a leaf that shall not fade. + + + + +757. C. M. Anonymous. + +Death of a Teacher. + + +1 Farewell, dear friend! a long farewell! + For we shall meet no more + Till we are raised with thee to dwell + On Zion's happy shore. + +2 Our friend and brother, lo! is dead! + The cold and lifeless clay + Has made in dust its silent bed, + And there it must decay. + +3 Farewell, dear friend, again farewell,-- + Soon we shall rise to thee; + And when we meet, no tongue can tell + How great our joys shall be. + +4 No more we'll mourn thee, parted friend, + But lift our ardent prayer, + And every thought and effort bend + To rise and join thee there. + + + + +758. 12s. & 11s. M. Anonymous. + +The Same. + + +1 Though lost to our sight, we may not deplore thee, + The clear light of faith shall illumine thy road; + All through the dark valley shall angels watch o'er thee, + And guide thee in peace to the home of thy God. + +2 Thy heart, while on earth, in his praises delighted, + Thy voice ever spoke of his fatherly love; + And now, by life's shadows no longer benighted, + Thou wilt love him and praise him in heaven above. + +3 And there may we meet when life shall be ended, + All tears wiped away, and all errors forgiven, + And there may our prayers together be blended + In the sweet song of praise to our Master in heaven. + + + + +759. L. M. S. S. Choir. + +Death of a Scholar. + + +1 We come our Sabbath hymn to raise, + Our earnest, humble prayer to pour; + One voice is hushed, its notes of praise + Shall mingle here with ours no more. + +2 The lips are still, the eye is dim, + That brightly beamed with joy and love; + The spirit, it hath gone to Him + Who freely gave it from above. + +3 We will not weep, for Jesus said, + "Let little children to me come;" + But pray that our young hearts be led + To seek our everlasting home. + + + + +760. C. M. Boston S. S. H. Book. + +The Same. + + +1 Death has been here, and borne away + A brother from our side: + Just in the morning of his day, + As young as we he died. + +2 We cannot tell who next may fall + Beneath thy chastening rod; + One must be first, but let us all + Prepare to meet our God. + +3 May each attend with willing feet + The means of knowledge here; + And wait around thy mercy seat, + With hope as well as fear. + +4 Lord, to thy wisdom and thy care + May we resign our days; + Content to live and serve thee here, + Or die and sing thy praise. + + + + +761. 8s. & 7s. M. R. C. Waterston. + +On the Death of a Female Scholar. + + +1 One sweet flower has drooped and faded, + One sweet infant's voice has fled, + One fair brow the grave has shaded, + One dear school-mate now is dead. + +2 But we feel no thought of sadness, + For our friend is happy now; + She has knelt in soul-felt gladness, + Where the blessed angels bow. + +3 She has gone to heaven before us, + But she turns and waves her hand, + Pointing to the glories o'er us, + In that happy spirit-land. + +4 God, our Father, watch above us, + Keep us all from danger free; + Do thou guard, and guide, and love us, + Till like her we go to thee. + + + + +762. C. M. Anonymous. + +A Child's Prayer. + + +1 Lord, teach a little child to pray, + And, O, accept my prayer; + Thou canst hear all the words I say, + For thou art everywhere. + +2 A little sparrow cannot fall + Unnoticed, Lord, by thee; + And though I am so young and small, + Thou dost take care of me. + +3 Teach me to do whate'er is right, + And, when I sin, forgive; + And make it still my chief delight + To serve thee while I live. + + + + +763. L. M. S. S. H. Book. + +God--Our Father. + + +1 Great God! and wilt thou condescend + To be my Father and my Friend? + I but a child, and thou so high, + The Lord of earth and air and sky! + +2 Art thou my Father?--Let me be + A meek, obedient child to thee; + And try, in every deed and thought, + To serve and please thee as I ought. + +3 Art thou my Father?--I'll depend + Upon the care of such a friend; + And only wish to do and be + Whatever seemeth good to thee. + +4 Art thou my Father?--Then, at last, + When all my days on earth are past, + Send down and take me, in thy love, + To be thy better child above. + + + + +PHILANTHROPIC SUBJECTS. + + + + +764. 7s. M. J. Taylor. + +Acceptable Offering. + + +1 Father of our feeble race, + Wise, beneficent, and kind! + Spread o'er nature's ample face, + Flows thy goodness unconfined. + Musing in the silent grove, + Or the busy walks of men, + Still we trace thy wondrous love, + Claiming large returns again. + +2 Lord, what offering shall we bring, + At thine altars when we bow? + Hearts, the pure unsullied spring + Whence the kind affections flow; + Soft compassion's feeling soul, + By the melting eye expressed; + Sympathy, at whose control + Sorrow leaves the wounded breast; + +3 Willing hands to lead the blind, + Bind the wounded, feed the poor; + Love, embracing all our kind; + Charity, with liberal store:-- + Teach us, O thou heavenly King, + Thus to show our grateful mind, + Thus the accepted offering bring, + Love to thee and all mankind. + + + + +765. C. M. Watts. + +Kindness to the Poor. + + +1 How blest is he who fears the Lord, + And follows his commands, + Who lends the poor without reward, + Or gives with liberal hands. + +2 As pity dwells within his breast + To all the sons of need, + So God shall answer his request + With blessings on his seed. + +3 In times of danger and distress, + Some beams of light shall shine, + To show the world his righteousness, + And give him peace divine. + +4 His works of piety and love + Remain before the Lord; + Sweet peace on earth, and joys above, + Shall be his sure reward. + + + + +766. C. M. H. Martineau. + +All Men are equal. + + +1 All men are equal in their birth, + Heirs of the earth and skies; + All men are equal when that earth + Fades from their dying eyes. + +2 God meets the throngs who pay their vows + In courts that hands have made, + And hears the worshipper who bows + Beneath the plantain shade. + +3 'Tis man alone who difference sees, + And speaks of high and low, + And worships those, and tramples these, + While the same path they go. + +4 O, let man hasten to restore + To all their rights of love; + In power and wealth exult no more; + In wisdom lowly move. + +5 Ye great, renounce your earth-born pride, + Ye low, your shame and fear: + Live, as ye worship, side by side; + Your brotherhood revere. + + + + +767. C. M. Lutheran Coll. + +Charity. + + +1 Go to the pillow of disease, + Where night gives no repose, + And on the cheek where sickness preys, + Bid health to plant the rose. + +2 Go where the friendless stranger lies; + To perish is his doom: + Snatch from the grave his closing eyes. + And bring his blessing home. + +3 Thus what our Heavenly Father gave + Shall we as freely give; + Thus copy him who lived to save, + And died that we might live. + + + + +768. C. M. Mrs. Barbauld. + +"Ye are the Salt of the Earth." + + +1 Salt of the earth! ye virtuous few + Who season human kind; + Light of the world! whose cheering ray + Illumes the realms of mind. + +2 Where misery spreads her deepest shade + Your strong compassion glows; + From your blest lips the balm proceeds + That softens human woes. + +3 Yours is the large expansive thought, + The high heroic deed; + Exile and chains to you are dear, + To you 'tis sweet to bleed. + +4 Proceed! your race of glory run, + Your virtuous toils endure; + You come commissioned from on high, + And your reward is sure. + + + + +769. L. M. Watts. + +All Things vain without Love. + + +1 Had I the tongues of Greeks and Jews, + And nobler speech than angels use, + If love be absent, I am found + Like tinkling brass, an empty sound. + +2 Were I inspired to preach and tell + All that is done in heaven and hell; + Or could my faith the world remove, + Still I am nothing without love. + +3 Should I distribute all my store + To feed the cravings of the poor; + Or give my body to the flame + To gain a martyr's glorious name; + +4 If love to God and love to men + Be absent, all my hopes are vain: + Nor tongues, nor gifts, nor fiery zeal, + The works of love can e'er fulfil. + + + + +770. C. M. Mrs. Sigourney. + +The Sower and the Seed. + + +1 All hail! ye servants of the Lord! + On mercy's mission bound; + Who, like the sower of the word, + Strew precious gifts around. + +2 What though your seed 'mid thorns be sown, + Where tares and brambles thrive, + Still One is able, One alone, + To save its germ alive. + +3 Ye fear, what falls on stony earth + Will mock your prayerful toil; + But sometimes plants of holiest birth + Bear fruit in sterile soil. + +4 The seed that by the way-side fell, + Perchance you counted dead; + Yet birds, that sing in heaven, may tell, + They on its sweetness fed. + +5 And some a hundred fold shall bear, + To glorify the Lord; + How blessed, then, will be your care! + How glorious your reward! + + + + +771. 8s. & 7s. M. Hastings. + +The Sower and his Sheaves. + + +1 He, that goeth forth with weeping, + Bearing still the precious seed, + Never tiring, never sleeping, + Soon shall see his toil succeed: + Showers of rain will fall from heaven, + Then the cheering sun will shine, + So shall plenteous fruit be given, + Through an influence all divine. + +2 Sow thy seed, be never weary, + Let not fear thy mind employ; + Though the prospect be most dreary, + Thou may'st reap the fruits of joy: + Lo! the scene of verdure bright'ning, + See the rising grain appear; + Look again! the fields are whit'ning, + Harvest-time is surely near. + + + + +772. S. M. Montgomery. + +Active Effort to do Good. + + +1 Sow in the morn thy seed; + At eve hold not thy hand; + To doubt and fear give thou no heed; + Broadcast it o'er the land;-- + +2 And duly shall appear, + In verdure, beauty, strength, + The tender blade, the stalk, the ear, + And the full corn at length. + +3 Thou canst not toil in vain; + Cold, heat, and moist, and dry, + Shall foster and mature the grain + For garners in the sky. + + + + +773. L. M. Drummond. + +Faith without Works is Dead. + + +1 As body when the soul has fled, + As barren trees, decayed and dead, + Is faith; a hopeless, lifeless thing, + If not of righteous deeds the spring. + +2 One cup of healing oil and wine, + One tear-drop shed on mercy's shrine, + Is thrice more grateful, Lord, to thee, + Than lifted eye or bended knee. + + + + +774. C. P. M. Blacklock. + +Christian Beneficence. + + +1 Hail, love divine! joys ever new, + While thy kind dictates we pursue, + Our souls delighted share, + Too high for sordid minds to know, + Who on themselves alone bestow + Their wishes and their care. + +2 By thee inspired, the generous breast, + In blessing others only blest, + With kindness large and free, + Delights the widow's tears to stay, + To teach the blind their smoothest way, + And aid the feeble knee. + +3 O God, with sympathetic care, + In others' joys and griefs to share, + Do thou our hearts incline; + Each low, each selfish wish control, + Warm with benevolence the soul, + And make us wholly thine. + + + + +775. C. M. Watts. + +Liberality Rewarded. Ps. 112. + + +1 Happy is he that fears the Lord, + And follows his commands; + Who lends the poor without reward, + Or gives with liberal hands. + +2 As pity dwells within his breast + To all the sons of need, + So God shall answer his request + With blessings on his seed. + +3 No evil tidings shall surprise + His well-established mind; + His soul to God, his refuge, flies, + And leaves his fears behind. + +4 In times of general distress, + Some beams of light shall shine + To show the world his righteousness, + And give him peace divine. + + + + +776. C. M. Watts. + +Love and Charity. + + +1 Let Pharisees of high esteem + Their faith and zeal declare,-- + All their religion is a dream, + If love be wanting there. + +2 Love suffers long with patient eye, + Nor is provoked in haste; + She lets the present injury die, + And long forgets the past. + +3 Malice and rage, those fires of hell, + She quenches with her tongue; + Hopes and believes, and thinks no ill, + Though she endures the wrong. + +4 Love is the grace that keeps her power + In all the realms above; + There faith and hope are known no more, + But saints forever love. + + + + +777. L. M. E. H. Chapin. + +Anniversary of a Charitable Association. + + +1 When long the soul had slept in chains, + And man to man was stern and cold; + When love and worship were but strains + That swept the gifted chords of old-- + By shady mount and peaceful lake, + meek and lowly stranger came, + The weary drank the words he spake, + The poor and feeble blessed his name. + +2 No shrine he reared in porch or grove, + No vested priests around him stood-- + He went about to teach, and prove + The lofty work of doing good. + Said he, to those who with him trod, + "Would ye be my disciples? Then + Evince your ardent love for God + By the kind deeds ye do for men." + +3 He went where frenzy held its rule, + Where sickness breathed its spell of pain; + By famed Bethesda's mystic pool; + And by the darkened gate of Nain. + He soothed the mourner's troubled breast, + He raised the contrite, sinner's head, + And on the loved ones' lowly rest, + The light of better life he shed. + +4 Father, the spirit Jesus knew, + We humbly ask of thee to-night, + That we may be disciples too + Of him whose way was love and light. + Bright be the places where we tread + Amid earth's suffering and its poor, + Till we shall come where tears are shed + And broken sighs are heard no more. + + + + +778. C. M. W. Croswell. + +Imitation of Christ's Kindness. + + +1 Lord, lead the way the Saviour went + By lane and cell obscure, + And let our treasures still be spent, + Like his, upon the poor. + +2 Like him, through scenes of deep distress, + Who bore the world's sad weight, + We, in their gloomy loneliness, + Would seek the desolate. + +3 For thou hast placed us side by side + In this wide world of ill; + And that thy followers may be tried, + The poor are with us still. + +4 Small are the offerings we can make; + Yet thou hast taught us, Lord, + If given for the Saviour's sake, + They lose not their reward. + + + + +779. C. M. Peabody. + +For a Charitable Occasion. + + +1 Who is thy neighbor? he whom thou + Hast power to aid or bless; + Whose aching heart or burning brow + Thy soothing hand may press. + +2 Thy neighbor? 'tis the fainting poor, + Whose eye with want is dim; + O enter thou his humble door, + With aid and peace for him. + +3 Thy neighbor? he who drinks the cup + When sorrow drowns the brim; + With words of high sustaining hope, + Go thou and comfort him. + +4 Thy neighbor? 'tis the weary slave, + Fettered in mind and limb; + He hath no hope this side the grave; + Go thou, and ransom him. + +5 Thy neighbor? pass no mourner by; + Perhaps thou canst redeem + A breaking heart from misery; + Go, share thy lot with him. + + + + +780. L. M. Pratt's Coll. + +The Blessedness of considering the Poor. Ps. 41:1-3. + + +1 Blest who with generous pity glows, + Who learns to feel another's woes; + Bows to the poor man's wants his ear, + And wipes the helpless orphan's tear! + In every want, in every woe, + Himself thy pity, Lord, shall know. + +2 Thy love his life shall guard, thy hand + Give to his lot the chosen land; + Nor leave him, in the troubled day, + To unrelenting foes a prey. + In sickness thou shall raise his head, + And make with tenderest care his bed. + + + + +781. L. M. J. G. Adams. + +For a Charitable Meeting. + + +1 God of the poor! whose listening ear + Is sought by want's imploring cry,-- + Whose bounty and whose grace are near, + Thy needy children to supply:-- + +2 To whom with more acceptance rise + The words of mercy's voice divine, + Than pompous rites, or sacrifice + Of flocks and herds, of oil and wine. + +3 Where'er the poor our aid demand, + Teach us with ready steps to move, + Give us the zealous heart and hand + To do the work of Christian love;-- + +4 The downcast spirit to revive, + The fainting heart with joy to bless; + To bid the solitary live-- + The widow and the fatherless. + +5 Thus will we thank thee that thy grace + Inclined our feet in paths to go + Where shines that brightness of thy face, + Which the obedient only know. + + + + +782. L. M. Ch. Psalmody. + +Care of Widows and Orphans. + + +1 Thou God of hope, to thee we bow; + Thou art our refuge in distress; + The husband of the widow thou, + The father of the fatherless. + +2 The poor are thy peculiar care; + To them thy promises are sure: + Thy gifts the poor in spirit share; + O, may we always thus be poor. + +3 May we thy law of love fulfil, + To bear each other's burdens here, + Endure and do thy righteous will, + And walk in all thy faith and fear. + +4 Thou God of hope, to thee we bow; + Thou art our refuge in distress; + The husband of the widow thou, + The father of the fatherless. + + + + +783. L. M. Pratt's Coll. + +For a Charitable Occasion. + + +1 Help us, O Lord! thy yoke to wear, + Delighting in thy perfect will; + Each other's burdens learn to bear, + And thus thy law of love fulfil. + +2 Who sparingly his seed bestows, + He sparingly shall also reap; + But whoso plentifully sows, + The plenteous sheaves his hands shall heap. + +3 Teach us, with glad and cheerful hearts, + As thou hast blessed our various store, + From our abundance to impart + A liberal portion to the poor. + +4 To thee our all devoted be, + In whom we breathe, and move, and live: + Freely we have received from thee; + Freely may we rejoice to give. + + + + +784. 7s. & 6s. M. J. G. Adams. + +The Same. + + +1 How blest, amid all blessing + This changing world bestows, + That soul in truth possessing + Pity for others' woes; + Ready to move and lighten + The load affliction bears-- + Want's face with joy to brighten, + In deed, as with its prayers. + +2 Thus Christ, the Friend and Servant + Of man, depressed and poor-- + With ready soul and fervent-- + With patience to endure-- + Lived, labored without measure + In mercy's holy name, + God's will his highest pleasure, + Our good his only fame. + +3 And those who in his spirit + Would seek to live and move, + His virtue must inherit, + And labor in his love; + Labor where poor, forsaken, + And lowly, sufferers lie; + In faith and hope unshaken; + Celestial ministry! + +4 God of all times and stations! + Teach us this lesson true,-- + Proclaim it to all nations + In life and power anew,-- + That high above all praises-- + All prayers--is that unfeigned, + Glad offering Mercy raises, + By living deeds sustained! + + + + +785. C. M. Boden. + +Kindness to the Afflicted. + + +1 What shall we render, bounteous Lord, + For all the grace we see? + The goodness feeble man can yield + Extendeth not to thee. + +2 To scenes of woe, to beds of pain, + We'll cheerfully repair, + And, with the gifts thy hand bestows, + Relieve the sufferers there. + +3 The widow's heart shall sing for joy; + The orphan shall be glad; + And hungering souls we'll gladly point + To Christ, the living bread. + +4 Thus what our heavenly Father gave + Shall we as freely give; + Thus copy him who lived to save, + And died that we might live. + + + + +786. L. M. Miss Woodman. + +Prayer for a Beneficent Spirit. + + +1 God guard the poor! We may not see + The deepest sorrows of the soul; + These are laid open, Lord, to thee, + And subject to thy wise control. + +2 Make us thy messengers to shed + Within the home of want and woe, + The blessings of thy bounty, spread + So freely on thy world below. + +3 Let us go forth with joyful hand + To strengthen, comfort and relieve; + Then in thy presence may we stand, + And hope thy blessing to receive. + + + + +787. L. M. Montgomery. + +For a Public Hospital or Asylum. + + +1 When, like a stranger on our sphere, + The lowly Jesus wandered here, + Where'er he went, affliction fled. + And sickness reared her fainting head. + +2 Demoniac madness, dark and wild, + In his inspiring presence smiled; + The storm of horror ceased to roll, + And reason lightened through the soul. + +3 Through paths of loving-kindness led, + Where Jesus triumphed, we would tread; + To all, with willing hands, dispense + The crumbs of our benevolence. + +4 Here the whole family of woe + Shall friends, and home, and comfort know; + The blasted form and shipwrecked mind + Shall here a tranquil haven find. + +5 And Thou, dread Power, whose sovereign breath + Is health or sickness, life or death, + This favored mansion deign to bless; + The cause is thine--send thou success! + + + + +788. L. M. Mrs. Nichols. + +Anniversary of an Orphan Asylum. + + +1 Our Father! we may lisp that name, + When lowly at thy feet we bow; + Thy little children lightly blame, + For thou'rt our only parent now! + +2 We are a stricken, humble band, + With hearts that thrill to words of love, + And cling confiding to the hand + That points us to a home above. + +3 Though 'mong the lowly of the earth, + Contented with our homely fare, + How cheerful was the orphan's hearth + Before cold Death had entered there + +4 No mother's voice soothes us to rest-- + No father's smile our vision greets: + Yet we've a home in every breast + That with a tender feeling beats. + +5 And thou hast raised us many a friend, + Not bound by ties of kindred blood; + Then let our hearts in prayer ascend + To thee, our Father--Saviour--God! + + + + +789. L. M. Mrs. Sigourney. + +For a Temperance Anniversary. + + +1 We praise thee, if one rescued soul, + While the past year prolonged its flight, + Turned, shuddering, from the poisonous bowl, + To health, and liberty, and light. + +2 We praise thee, if one clouded home, + Where broken hearts despairing pined, + Beheld the sire and husband come + Erect and in his perfect mind. + +3 No more a weeping wife to mock, + Till all her hopes in anguish end; + No more the trembling child to shock, + And sink the father in the fiend. + +4 Still give us grace, almighty King! + Unwavering at our posts to stand, + Till grateful to thy shrine we bring + The tribute of a ransomed land. + + + + +790. S. M. M. W. Hale. + +The Same. + + +1 Praise for the glorious light, + Which crowns this joyous day; + Whose beams dispel the shades of night, + And wake our grateful lay! + +2 Praise for the mighty band, + Redeemed from error's chain, + Whose echoing voices, through our land, + Join our triumphant strain! + +3 Ours is no conquest gained + Upon the tented field; + Nor hath the flowing life-blood stained + The victor's helm and shield. + +4 But the strong might of love, + And truth's all-pleading voice, + As angels bending from above, + Have made our hearts rejoice. + +5 Lord! upward to thy throne + Th' imploring voice we raise; + The might, the strength, are thine alone! + Thine be our loftiest praise. + + + + +791. L. M. Anonymous. + +Temperance Hymn. + + +1 God of our fathers, 'tis thy hand + Hath turned the tide of death away, + That rolled in madness o'er the land, + And filled thy people with dismay. + +2 Thy voice awaked us from our dream: + Thy spirit taught our hearts to feel; + 'Twas thy own light, whose radiant beam + Came down our duty to reveal. + +3 Almighty Parent, still in thee + Our spirits trust for strength divine; + Gird us with heaven's own energy, + And o'er our paths let wisdom shine. + +4 The work of man's destruction stay; + The tide of fire still backward press; + Drive each delusive mist away, + And every humble effort bless. + + + + +792. 7s. M. P. H. Sweetser. + +The Same. + + +1 Hark! the voice of choral song + Floats upon the breeze along, + Chanting clear, in solemn lays,-- + "Man redeemed--to God the praise!" + +2 Angels, strike the golden lyre! + Mortals, catch the heavenly fire! + Thousands ransomed from the grave, + Millions yet our pledge shall save! + +3 Save from sin's destructive breath, + Save from sorrow, shame and death-- + From intemperance and strife, + Save the husband, children, wife! + +4 Courage! let no heart despair-- + Mighty is the truth we bear! + Forward then, baptized in love, + Led by wisdom from above! + + + + +793. L. M. Sargent. + +The Same. + + +1 Slavery and death the cup contains; + Dash to the earth the poisoned bowl! + Softer than silk are iron chains + Compared with those that chafe the soul. + +2 Hosannas, Lord, to thee we sing, + Whose power the giant fiend obeys. + What countless thousands tribute bring, + For happier homes and brighter days! + +3 Thou wilt not break the bruised reed, + Nor leave the broken heart unbound: + The wife regains a husband freed! + The orphan clasps a father found! + +4 Spare, Lord, the thoughtless; guide the blind, + Till man no more shall deem it just + To live, by forging chains to bind + His weaker brother in the dust. + + + + +794. 8s. & 7s. M. Pierpont. + +Morning Hymn for Family Worship. + + +1 Pillows, wet with tears of anguish, + Couches, pressed in sleepless woe, + Where the sons of Belial languish, + Father, may we never know! + +2 For, the maddening cup shall never + To our thirsting lips be pressed, + But, our draft shall be, forever, + The cold water thou hast blessed. + +3 This shall give us strength to labor, + This, make all our stores increase; + This, with thee and with our neighbor, + Bind us in the bonds of peace. + +4 For the lake, the well, the river, + Water-brook and crystal spring, + Do we now, to thee, the Giver, + Thanks, our daily tribute, bring. + + + + +795. L. M. Logan. + +God's Blessing Implored on the Temperance Cause. + + +1 For all who love thee and thy cause, + O Lord, thy blessing we implore; + Who fear thy name, obey thy laws, + From this to earth's remotest shore. + +2 O grant, that, freed from low desire, + And filled with joy, and love, and fear, + Each breast may glow with holy fire, + While seeking heaven, to serve thee here. + +3 Pity, O God, the heedless wretch, + Who staggers to a dreadful grave; + Thy arm of love around him stretch, + And show that thou art strong to save. + +4 Breathe upon those who scorn our cause, + Thy cause, O Lord, for thou hast blest; + Show them he honors most thy laws + Who loves his God and neighbor best. + + + + +796. L. M. Mrs. Sigourney. + +The Upas Tree. + + +1 There sprang a tree of deadly name: + Its poisonous breath, its baleful dew + Scorched the green earth like lava-flame, + And every plant of mercy slew. + +2 From clime to clime its branches spread + Their fearful fruits of sin and woe; + The prince of darkness loved its shade, + And toiled its fiery seeds to sow. + +3 Faith poured her prayer at midnight hour; + The hand of zeal at noon-day wrought; + An armor of celestial power + The children of the cross besought. + +4 Behold the axe its pride doth wound; + Through its cleft boughs the sun doth shine; + Its blasted blossoms strew the ground: + Give glory to the arm divine. + +5 And still Jehovah's aid implore, + From isle to isle, from sea to sea, + From peopled earth's remotest shore, + To root that deadly Upas Tree. + + + + +797. 7s. & 6s. M. J. G. Adams. + +Dedication of a Temperance Hall. + + +1 'Mid homes and shrines forsaken + Of joy and peace divine, + Faint hearts new strength have taken, + A light is seen to shine! + Its beaming revelations + Are shed in mercy far; + A guide to all the nations-- + The glorious Temperance star! + +2 Hushed be that wail of sadness, + Life, life has come again; + Awake the song of gladness, + Swell high the choral strain! + The lost returns from straying + In sin's destructive way; + That curse is turned to praying, + That night to blissful day! + +3 God of this day! Our Father! + In humble praise to thee, + Within these walls we gather-- + The spared, the blest, the free; + To hail thy grace far-sounding-- + Our Temple dedicate + To hope and life abounding + In Man regenerate! + +4 Rest thou within it ever, + As o'er the ark of old; + And here, O may we never + In our great strife wax cold. + Nerve every arm and spirit + For each successful blow, + Till Temperance shall inherit + All temples here below! + + + + +798. 6s. & 4s. M. Pierpont. + +Prayer for the Abolition of Slavery. + + +1 With thy pure dews and rains, + Wash out, O God! the stains + From Afric's shore; + And while her palm trees bud, + Let not her children's blood, + With her broad Niger's flood, + Be mingled more. + +2 Quench, righteous God! the thirst, + That Congo's sons hath cursed-- + The thirst for gold; + Shall not thy thunders speak, + Where Mammon's altars reek, + Where maids and matrons shriek, + Bound, bleeding, sold? + +3 Hear'st thou, O God! those chains, + That clank on Freedom's plains, + By Christians wrought? + Those who these chains have worn, + Christians from home have torn, + Christians have hither borne, + Christians have bought! + +4 Lord! wilt thou not, at last, + From thine own image cast + Away all cords, + Save those of love, which brings + Man, from his long wand'rings, + Back--to the King of kings,-- + The Lord of lords? + + + + +799. L. M. Mrs. Chapman. + +For Faithfulness in the Cause of Human Freedom. + + +1 O God of freedom! hear us pray + For steadfast hearts to toil as one; + Till thy pure law hath boundless sway-- + Thy will in heaven and earth be done. + +2 A piercing voice of grief and wrong + Goes upward from the groaning earth; + Most true and holy Lord! how long?-- + In majesty and might come forth. + +3 Yet, Lord! remembering mercy too, + Behold th' oppressor in his sin; + Make all his actions just and true, + Renew his wayward heart within. + + + + +800. L. M. Anonymous. + +Prayer for Zeal and Love. + + +1 O Lord! whose forming hand one blood + To all the tribes and nations gave, + And giv'st to all their daily food, + Look down in pity on the slave! + +2 Fetters and chains and stripes remove, + Deliv'rance to the captives give; + And pour the tide of light and love + Upon their souls, and bid them live. + +3 Oh! kindle in our hearts a flame + Of zeal, thy holy will to do; + And bid each one, who loves thy name, + Love all his bleeding brethren too. + +4 Through all thy temples, let the stain + Of prejudice each bosom flee; + And, hand in hand, let Afric's train, + With Europe's children, worship thee. + + + + +801. 8s. & 7s. M. Mrs. Livermore. + +Prayer for the Slave. + + +1 Father, who of old descended + From thy throne above the sky, + And thine Israel's rights defended, + Hear the bondman's anguished cry! + +2 Hear how Ethiopia crieth, + Kneeling on the blood-stained sod; + And how sable Afric' sigheth, + Lifting up her hands to God! + +3 From the grasp of strong oppression, + From the tyrant's rusting chain, + And from slavery's deep depression, + With its life-long hours of pain; + +4 From our country's wide savannas, + Let the cry come up to thee, + Let the prayers become hosannas-- + Father, set thy children free! + + + + +802. 7s. M. Mrs. Follen. + +That God Would hear the Cries of the Slave. + + +1 Lord! deliver; thou canst save; + Save from evil, Mighty God! + Hear--oh! hear the kneeling slave, + Break--oh! break th' oppressor's rod. + +2 May the captive's pleading fill + All the earth, and all the sky; + Every other voice be still, + While he pleads with God on high. + +3 He, whose ear is everywhere, + Who doth silent sorrow see, + Will regard the captive's prayer, + Will from bondage set him free. + +4 From the tyranny within, + Save thy children, Lord! we pray; + Chains of iron, chains of sin, + Cast forever, cast away. + +5 Love to man, and love to God, + Are the weapons of our war; + These can break the oppressor's rod-- + Burst the bonds that we abhor. + + + + +803. L. M. J. G. Whittier. + +For a Liberty Meeting on the Fourth of July. + + +1 O Thou! whose presence went before + Our fathers in their weary way, + As with thy chosen moved of yore + The fire by night--the cloud by day! + +2 When, from each temple of the free, + A nation's song ascends to heaven, + Most Holy Father! unto thee, + May not our humble prayer be given,-- + +3 For those to whom this day can bring, + Not, as to us, the joyful thrill;-- + For those, who, under freedom's wing, + Are bound in slavery's fetters still:-- + +4 And grant, O Father! that the time + Of Earth's deliverance may be near, + When every land, and tongue, and clime, + The message of thy love shall hear. + +5 When smitten, as with fire from heaven, + The captive's chain shall sink in dust, + And to his fettered soul be given + The glorious freedom of the just. + + + + +804. L. M. Miss Weston. + +"'Tis good to be merciful." + + +1 'Tis good to weep and mourn for those, + Crushed down by Slavery's iron hand, + And feel, while numbering o'er their woes, + Strength for the just and true to stand. + +2 'Tis good and true to say to those, + Who claim a right in human kind, + "Mercy and Justice are your foes, + And they shall certain triumph find." + +3 'Tis good--'tis blessed, to say to all, + "Arise, to help the wretched slave, + Upon your God for courage call, + And in his strength go forth and save." + +4 Lord! this is what we seek to do; + Grant us thy grace to do it well; + Help us thy glory to pursue, + And of thy promises to tell. + + + + +805. P. M. H. Ware, Jr. + +The Progress of Freedom. + + +1 Oppression shall not always reign; + There comes a brighter day; + When freedom, burst from every chain, + Shall have triumphant way. + Then right shall over might prevail, + And truth, like hero armed in mail, + The hosts of tyrant wrong assail, + And hold eternal sway. + +2 What voice shall bid the progress stay + Of truth's victorious car? + What arm arrest the growing day, + Or quench the solar star? + What reckless soul, though stout and strong, + Shall dare bring back the ancient wrong, + Oppression's guilty night prolong, + And freedom's morning bar? + +3 The hour of triumph comes apace, + The fated, promised hour, + When earth upon a ransomed race + Her bounteous gifts shall shower. + Ring, Liberty, thy glorious bell! + Bid high thy sacred banner swell! + Let trump on trump the triumph tell + Of Heaven's redeeming power. + + + + +806. 6s. & 10s. M. Milton, Gardner, and Dwight. + +Peace. + + +1 No war nor battle's sound + Was heard the earth around,-- + No hostile chiefs to furious combat ran; + But peaceful was the night + In which the Prince of Light + His reign of peace upon the earth began. + +2 No conqueror's sword he bore, + Nor warlike armor wore, + Nor haughty passions roused to contest wild; + In peace and love he came, + And gentle was the reign, + Which o'er the earth he spread by influence mild. + +3 Unwilling kings obeyed, + And sheathed the battle blade, + And called their bloody legions from the field; + In silent awe they wait, + And close the warrior's gate, + Nor know to whom their homage thus they yield. + +4 The peaceful conqueror goes, + And triumphs o'er his foes, + His weapons drawn from armories above; + Behold the vanquished sit + Submissive at his feet, + And strife and hate are changed to peace and love. + + + + +807. 6s. & 4s. M. E. Davis. + +For an Anniversary Meeting of the Friends of Peace. + + +1 Not with the flashing steel-- + Not with the cannon's peal, + Or stir of drum, + But in the bonds of love; + Our white flag floats above, + Her emblem is the dove, + 'Tis thus we come. + +2 The laws of Christian light, + These are our weapons bright, + Our mighty shield; + Christ is our leader high, + And the broad plains which lie + Beneath the blesséd sky, + Our battle field. + +3 On, then, in God's great name, + Let each pure spirit's flame + Burn bright and clear: + Stand firmly in your lot, + Cry ye aloud, "Doubt not," + Be every fear forgot, + Christ leads us here. + +4 So shall Earth's distant lands + In happy, holy bands, + One brotherhood, + Together rise and sing, + And joyful offerings bring, + And Heaven's Eternal King + Pronounce it _good_. + + + + +808. C. M. Gibbons. + +Prayer for Universal Peace. + + +1 Lord, send thy word, and let it run, + Armed with thy Spirit's power; + Ten thousand shall confess its sway, + And bless the saving hour. + +2 Beneath the influence of thy grace + The barren wastes shall rise, + With sudden greens and fruits arrayed, + A blooming paradise. + +3 True holiness shall strike its root + In each regenerate heart, + Shall in a growth divine arise, + And heavenly fruits impart. + +4 Peace, with her olives crowned, shall stretch + Her wings from shore to shore; + No trump shall rouse the rage of war, + Nor murderous cannon roar. + +5 Lord, for those days we wait;--those days + Are in thy word foretold; + Fly swifter, sun and stars, and bring + This promised age of gold! + + + + +809. C. M. Anonymous. + +The Gospel of Peace. + + +1 Joy to the earth! the Prince of Peace + His banner has unfurled; + Let strife, and sin, and error cease, + And joy pervade the world! + +2 Praise ye the Lord! for truth and grace + His word and life display; + Let every soul his love embrace, + And own its gentle sway. + +3 Peace on the earth, good will to men, + Embraced the Gospel plan; + Let that sweet strain be heard again, + Which angel-tones began. + +4 Joy to the isles and lands afar, + Messiah reigns above; + Let every eye behold the star, + The star of light and love. + + + + +810. C. M. Mrs. Livermore. + +Peace. + + +1 No warlike sounds awoke the night, + Announcing Jesus' birth, + But angels borne on wings of light, + Who chanted "Peace to earth!" + +2 Not in the warrior's armor mailed + Was Christ the Saviour found; + Not striving, when by wrath assailed + Not with the laurel crowned. + +3 But meek and lowly was his life, + The gentle Prince of Peace, + Whose law condemns the hostile strife, + And bids dissensions cease. + +4 Then let the war-cry ne'er be rung + Beneath the smiling sky, + Nor to the clouds the banner flung + That tells of victory. + +5 But let the blissful period haste, + When, hushed the cannon's roar, + The sword shall cease mankind to waste, + And war shall be no more. + + + + +811. C. M. Anonymous. + +Prospect of Universal Peace. + + +1 O'er mountain tops, the mount of God, + In latter days, shall rise + Above the summits of the hills, + And draw the wondering eyes. + +2 The beams that shine from Zion's hill + Shall lighten every land; + The King who reigns in Salem's towers + Shall the whole world command. + +3 Nor war shall rage, nor hostile strife + Disturb those happy years; + To ploughshares men shall beat their swords, + To pruning-hooks their spears. + +4 No longer host, encountering host, + Shall crowds of slain deplore; + They'll lay the martial trumpet by, + And study war no more. + + + + +812. 7s. M. Lewins Mead Coll. + +The Blessings of Peace. + + +1 Peace! the welcome sound proclaim, + Dwell with rapture on the theme; + Loud, still louder, swell the strain: + Peace on earth, good will to men. + +2 Breezes! whispering soft and low, + Gently murmur as ye blow, + Breathe the sweet celestial strain, + Peace on earth, good will to men. + +3 Ocean's billows! far and wide + Rolling in majestic pride: + Loud still louder, swell the strain, + Peace on earth, good will to men. + +4 Christians! who these blessings feel, + And in adoration kneel; + Loud, still louder, swell the strain, + Praise to God, good will to men. + + + + +813. 8s. 7s. & 6s. M. Miss Fletcher. + +Compassion for the Sinning. + + +1 Think gently of the erring! + Lord, let us not forget, + However darkly stained by sin, + He is our brother yet. + Heir of the same inheritance! + Child of the self-same God! + He hath but stumbled in the path, + We have in weakness trod. + +2 Speak gently to him, brother; + Thou yet mayst lead him back, + With holy words, and tones of love, + From misery's thorny track. + Forget not thou hast often sinned, + And sinful yet must be: + Deal gently with the erring one, + As God hath dealt with thee. + + + + +814. 10s. M. Anonymous. + +The Same. + + +1 Breathe thoughts of pity o'er a brother's fall, + But dwell not with stern anger on his fault; + The grace of God alone holds thee, holds all; + Were that withdrawn, thou, too, wouldst swerve and halt. + +2 Send back the wand'rer to the Saviour's fold; + That were an action worthy of a saint; + But not in malice let the crime be told, + Nor publish to the world the evil taint. + +3 The Saviour suffers when his children slide; + Then is his holy name by men blasphemed + And he afresh is mocked and crucified, + Even by those his bitter death redeemed. + +4 Rebuke the sin, and yet in love rebuke; + Feel as one member in another's pain; + Win back the soul that his fair path forsook, + And mighty and rejoicing is thy gain! + + + + +815. L. M. Mrs. Livermore. + +Reclaiming Power of Love. + + +1 Jesus, what precept is like thine, + "Forgive, as ye would be forgiven!" + If heeded, O what power divine + Would then transform our earth to heaven. + +2 Not by the harsh or scornful word, + Should we our brother seek to gain, + Not by the prison or the sword, + The shackle, or the clanking chain. + +3 But from our spirits there must flow + A love that will his wrong outweigh; + Our lips must only blessings know, + And wrath and sin shall die away. + +4 'Twas heaven that formed the holy plan + To bring the wanderer back by love; + Thus let us win our brother, man, + And imitate thee, God above! + + + + +816. L. M. Miss Fletcher. + +For the Prisoner. + + +1 Father! we pray for those who dwell + Within the prison's gloomy cell! + For those whose souls are bending low + Beneath the weight of guilt and woe. + +2 Thy love hath kept our thorny way + And saved us from sin's iron sway; + Our brethren in a weaker hour + Have yielded to temptation's power. + +3 Teach us with humble hearts to feel, + How darkly on our brows the seal + Of guilt might now perchance be set, + Had we the same temptation met. + +4 Then while the error we would shun, + We still would aid the erring one + To turn from sin's unpitying sway, + To virtue's fair and pleasant way. + + + + +817. L. M. Miss Edgarton. + +The Same. + + +1 Oh shut not out sweet Pity's ray + From souls now clouded o'er by sin; + Touch their deep springs, and let the day + Of Christian love flow freely in. + +2 Send them kind missions, though their feet + No more again the world may tread; + Some pulse of better life may beat + In hearts that seem unmoved and dead. + +3 'Tis just that they should bear the pain + Of keen remorse and guilty shame; + But scorn may drive to crime again-- + 'Tis only love that can reclaim. + + + + +818. S. M. Miss Fletcher. + +The Same. + + +1 We come to thee, O God, + With hushed and solemn strain; + We come to plead for those who lie + Bound with the prisoner's chain. + +2 O, give them contrite hearts, + To feel their fearful sin, + And give to us a patient faith + Those erring ones to win. + +3 Give us to love thy law, + The paths of vice to shun, + But never harshly dare to spurn + The suffering sinful one. + + + + +819. S. M. Miss Martineau, alt. + +The Coming of Christ in Power. + + +1 Lord Jesus, come; for here + Our path through wilds is laid! + We watch as for the day-spring near, + Amid the breaking shade. + +2 Lord Jesus, come; for hosts + Meet on the battle plain: + The patriot mourns, the tyrant boasts, + And tears are shed like rain. + +3 Lord Jesus, come; for chains + Are still upon the slave; + Bind up his wounds, relieve his pains, + The pining bondman save. + +4 Hark! herald voices near, + Lead on thy happier day: + Come, Lord, and our hosannas hear; + We wait to strew thy way. + +5 Come, as in days of old, + With words of grace and power; + Gather us all within thy fold, + And let us stray no more. + + + + +820. C. M. R. Nicoll. + +Honor all Men. + + +1 I may not scorn the meanest thing + That on the earth doth crawl; + The slave who would not burst his chain, + The tyrant in his hall. + +2 The vile oppressor who hath made + The widowed mother mourn, + Though worthless, soulless he may stand, + I cannot, dare not scorn. + +3 The darkest night that shrouds the sky, + Of beauty hath a share: + The blackest heart hath sighs to tell + That God still lingers there. + + + + +821. C. M. Whittier. + +The Call of Truth. + + +1 Oh! not alone with outward sign, + Of fear, or voice from heaven, + The message of a truth divine, + The call of God, is given; + Awakening in the human heart, + Love for the true and right, + Zeal for the Christian's better part, + Strength for the Christian's fight. + +2 Though heralded by nought of fear, + Or outward sign or show; + Though only to the inward ear + It whisper soft and low; + Though dropping as the manna fell, + Unseen, yet from above, + Holy and gentle, heed it well: + The call to truth and love. + + + + +822. C. M. Lond. Inquirer. + +Encouragement to Christian Effort. + + +1 Scorn not the slightest word or deed, + Nor deem it void of power; + There's fruit in each wind-wafted seed, + Waiting its natal hour. + +2 A whispered word may touch the heart, + And call it back to life; + A look of love bid sin depart, + And still unholy strife. + +3 No act falls fruitless; none can tell + How vast its power may be; + Nor what results enfolded dwell + Within it silently. + +4 Work and despair not: bring thy mite, + Nor care how small it be; + God is with all that serve the right, + The holy, true, and free. + + + + +823. S. M. Enfield. + +Forgiveness. + + +1 I hear the voice of woe! + I hear a brother's sigh! + Then let my heart with pity flow, + With tears of love, my eye. + +2 I hear the thirsty cry! + The hungry beg for bread! + Then let my spring its stream supply, + My hand its bounty shed. + +3 The debtor humbly sues, + Who would, but cannot pay; + And shall I lenity refuse, + Who need it every day? + +4 And shall not wrath relent, + Touched by that humble strain, + My brother crying, "I repent, + Nor will offend again?" + +5 How else, on soaring wing, + Can hope bear high my prayer, + Up to thy throne, my God, my King, + To plead for pardon there? + + + + +824. 7s. M. Milman. + +"And he arose and rebuked the winds and sea." + + +1 Lord! thou didst arise and say, + To the troubled waters, "Peace," + And the tempest died away, + Down they sank, the foaming seas; + And a calm and heaving sleep + Spread o'er all the glassy deep, + All the azure lake serene + Like another heaven was seen! + +2 Lord! thy gracious word repeat + To the billows of the proud! + Quell the tyrant's martial heat, + Quell the fierce and changing crowd! + Then the earth shall find repose, + From oppressions, and from woes; + And another heaven appear + On our world of darkness here! + + + + +SEAMEN'S HYMNS. + + + + +825. L. M. C. Wesley. + +"They that go down to the sea in ships." + + +1 Lord of the wide extended main! + Whose power the winds and seas controls, + Whose hand doth earth and heaven sustain, + Whose spirit leads believing souls; + +2 Throughout the deep thy footsteps shine; + We own thy way is in the sea, + O'erawed by majesty divine, + And lost in thine immensity! + +3 Infinite God! thy greatness spanned + These heavens, and meted out the skies; + Lo' in the hollow of thy hand + The measured waters sink and rise. + +4 Thee to perfection who can tell? + Earth and her sons beneath thee lie, + Lighter than dust within thy scale, + And less than nothing in thine eye. + + + + +826. L. M. Watts. + +The Seaman's Song. + + +1 Would you behold the works of God, + His wonders in the world abroad? + With hardy mariners survey + The unknown regions of the sea. + +2 They leave their native shores behind, + And seize the favor of the wind; + Till God command, and tempests rise, + That heave the ocean to the skies. + +3 When land is far, and death is nigh, + Bereaved of hope, to God they cry: + His mercy hears their loud address, + And sends salvation in distress. + +4 He bids the winds their wrath assuage, + And stormy tempests cease to rage; + The grateful band their fears give o'er + And hail with joy their native shore. + +5 O, may the sons of men record + The wondrous goodness of the Lord; + Let them their purest offerings bring, + And in the church his glory sing. + + + + +827. C. M. Mrs. Hemans. + +"These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep." + + +1 Oh God! thy name they well may praise, + Who to the deep go down, + And trace the wonders of thy ways, + Where rocks and billows frown. + +2 For many a fair majestic sight + Hath met their wandering eyes, + Beneath the streaming northern light + Or blaze of Indian skies. + +3 If glorious be that awful deep, + No human power can bind, + What then art thou, who bid'st it keep + Within its bounds confined! + +4 Let heaven and earth in praise unite, + Eternal praise to thee, + Whose word can rouse the tempest's might, + Or still the raging sea! + + + + +828. L. M. 6l. Anonymous. + +The Mariner's Hymn. + + +1 Lord of the sea!--thy potent sway + Old ocean's wildest waves obey; + The gale that whistles through the shrouds, + The storm that drives the frighted clouds,-- + If but thy whisper order peace, + How soon their rude commotions cease! + +2 Lord of the sea!--the seaman keep + From all dangers of the deep! + When high the white-capped billows rise, + When tempests roar along the skies, + When foes or shoals awaken fear,-- + O, in thy mercy be thou near. + +3 Lord of the sea!--a sea is life + Of care and sorrow, woe and strife! + With watchful pains we steer along, + To keep the right path, shun the wrong: + God grant, that, when we cease to roam, + We gain an everlasting home! + + + + +829. 7s. M. Mrs. Sigourney. + +The Same. + + +1 When the parting bosom bleeds, + When our native shore recedes, + When the wild and faithless main + Takes us to her trust again, + Father! view a sailor's woe-- + Guide us wheresoe'er we go. + +2 When the lonely watch we keep, + Silent on the mighty deep, + While the boisterous surges hoarse + Bear us daily on our course, + Eye that never slumbers! shed + Holy influence on our head. + +3 When the Sabbath's peaceful ray, + O'er the ocean's breast doth play, + Though no throngs assemble there, + No sweet church-bell warns to prayer, + Spirit! let thy presence be + Sabbath to the unresting sea. + +4 When in foreign lands we roam, + Far from kindred, far from home, + Stranger-eyes our conduct view, + Heathen-bands our steps pursue, + Let our conversation be + Fitting those who follow thee. + +5 Should pale death, with arrow dread, + Make the ocean-cave our bed, + Though no eye of love might see + Where that shrouded grave shall be-- + God! who hear'st the surges roll, + Deign to save the sailor's soul. + + + + +830. C. M. Madan's Coll. + +Thanksgiving for Deliverance in a Storm. + + +1 Our little bark, on boisterous seas, + By cruel tempests tossed, + Without one cheerful beam of hope, + Expecting to be lost,-- + +2 We to the Lord, in humble prayer, + Breathed out our sad distress; + Though feeble, yet with contrite hearts, + We begged return of peace. + +3 Then ceased the stormy winds to blow; + The surges ceased to roll; + And soon again a placid sea + Spoke comfort to the soul. + +4 O, may our grateful, trembling hearts + Their hallelujahs sing + To him who hath our lives preserved,-- + Our Father and our King. + + + + +831. 8s. M. H. F. Gould. + +Hymn at Sea. + + +1 O Thou who hast spread out the skies, + And measured the depths of the sea, + 'Twixt heavens and ocean shall rise + Our incense of praises to thee. + +2 We know that thy presence is near + While heaves our bark far from the land;-- + We ride o'er the deep without fear;-- + The waters are held in thy hand. + +3 Eternity comes in the sound + Of billows that never can sleep! + There's Deity circling us round,-- + Omnipotence walks o'er the deep! + +4 O Father, our eye is to thee, + As on for the haven we roll; + And faith in our Pilot shall be + An anchor to steady the soul. + + + + +832. L. M. Cowper. + +Temptation compared to a Storm. + + +1 The billows swell; the winds are high; + Clouds overcast my wintry sky: + Out of the depths to thee I call; + My fears are great, my strength is small. + +2 O Lord, the pilot's part perform, + And guide and guard me through the storm; + Defend me from each threatening ill; + Control the waves: say, "Peace! be still." + + + + +833. L. M. L. H. Signourney. + +Prayer at Sea. + + +1 Prayer may be sweet in cottage homes, + Where sire and child devoutly kneel, + While through the open casement nigh + The vernal blossoms fragrant steal. + +2 Prayer may be sweet in stately halls, + Where heart with kindred heart is blent, + And upward to th' eternal throne + The hymn of praise melodious sent. + +3 But he who fain would know how warm + The soul's appeal to God may be, + From friends and native land should turn, + A wanderer on the faithless sea;-- + +4 Should hear its deep, imploring tone + Rise heavenward o'er the foaming surge, + When billows toss the fragile bark, + And fearful blasts the conflict urge. + +5 Naught, naught appears but sea and sky; + No refuge where the foot may flee: + How will he cast, O Rock divine, + The anchor of his soul on thee! + + + + +834. C. M. Anonymous. + +The Sailor's Grave. + + +1 Not in the church-yard shall he sleep, + Amid the silent gloom,-- + His home was on the mighty deep, + And there shall be his tomb. + +2 He loved his own bright, deep blue sea, + O'er it he loved to roam; + And now his winding sheet shall be + That same bright ocean's foam. + +3 No village bell shall toll for him + Its mournful, solemn dirge; + The winds shall chant a requiem + To him beneath the surge. + +4 For him, break not the grassy turf, + Nor turn the dewy sod; + His dust shall rest beneath the surf, + His spirit with its God. + + + + +835. C. M. Select Hymns. + +Prayer for Seamen. + + +1 We come, O Lord, before thy throne, + And, with united pleas, + We meet and pray for those who roam + Far off upon the seas. + +2 O, may the Holy Spirit bow + The sailor's heart to thee, + Till tears of deep repentance flow + Like rain-drops in the sea. + +3 Then may a Saviour's dying love + Pour peace into his breast, + And waft him to the port above + Of everlasting rest. + + + + +NATIONAL HYMNS. + + + + +836. 6s. & 4s. M. S. F. Smith. + +National Hymn. + + +1 My country 'tis of thee, + Sweet land of liberty, + Of thee I sing; + Land where my fathers died, + Land of the pilgrim's pride, + From every mountain side + Let freedom ring. + +2 My native country, thee-- + Land of the noble, free-- + Thy name--I love; + I love thy rocks and rills, + Thy woods and templed hills; + My heart with rapture thrills + Like that above. + +3 Let music swell the breeze, + And ring from all the trees + Sweet freedom's song: + Let mortal tongues awake; + Let all that breathe, partake; + Let rocks their silence break,-- + The sound prolong. + +4 Our fathers' God, to thee, + Author of liberty, + To thee we sing: + Long may our land be bright + With freedom's holy light; + Protect us by thy might, + Great God, our King. + + + + +837. C. M. Wreford. + +Prayer for our Country. + + +1 Lord, while for all mankind we pray, + Of every clime and coast, + O, hear us for our native land,-- + The land we love the most. + +2 O guard our shores from every foe, + With peace our borders bless, + With prosperous times our cities crown, + Our fields with plenteousness. + +3 Unite us in the sacred love + Of knowledge, truth, and thee; + And let our hills and valleys shout + The songs of liberty. + +4 Here may religion pure and mild + Smile on our Sabbath hours; + And piety and virtue bless + The home of us and ours. + +5 Lord of the nations, thus to thee + Our country we commend; + Be thou her refuge and her trust, + Her everlasting friend. + + + + +838. L. M. 6l. H. Ware, Jr. + +The God of our Fathers. + + +1 Like Israel's hosts to exile driven, + Across the flood the pilgrims fled; + Their hands bore up the ark of Heaven, + And Heaven their trusting footsteps led, + Till on these savage shores they trod, + And won the wilderness for God. + +2 Then, where their weary ark found rest, + Another Zion proudly grew; + In more than Judah's glory dressed, + With light that Israel never knew. + From sea to sea her empire spread, + Her temple Heaven, and Christ her head. + +3 Then let the grateful church, to-day + Its ancient rite with gladness keep; + And still our fathers' God display + His kindness, though the fathers sleep. + O, bless, as thou hast blessed the past, + While earth, and time, and heaven shall last. + + + + +839. C. M. Watts. + +"Thou shall teach them to thy children." + + +1 Let children hear the mighty deeds + Which God performed of old: + Which in our younger years we saw, + And which our fathers told. + +2 He bids us make his glories known-- + His works of power and grace; + And we'll convey his wonders down + To every rising race. + +3 Our lips shall tell them to our sons, + And they again to theirs; + That generations yet unborn + May teach them to their heirs. + +4 Thus shall they learn, in God alone + Their hope securely stands; + That they may ne'er forget his works, + But practise his commands. + + + + +840. L. M. Flint. + +"We have a goodly heritage." + + +1 In pleasant lands have fallen the lines + That bound our goodly heritage, + And safe beneath our sheltering vines + Our youth is blest, and soothed our age. + +2 What thanks, O God, to thee are due, + That thou didst plant our fathers here; + And watch and guard them as they grew, + A vineyard, to the planter dear. + +3 The toils they bore, our ease have wrought; + They sowed in tears--in joy we reap; + The birthright they so dearly bought + We'll guard, till we with them shall sleep. + +4 Thy kindness to our fathers shown + In weal and woe through all the past, + Their grateful sons, O God, shall own + While here their name and race shall last. + + + + +841. L. M. Presbyterian Coll. + +God Acknowledged in National Blessings. + + +1 Great God of nations, now to thee + Our hymn of gratitude we raise; + With humble heart and bending knee, + We offer thee our song of praise. + +2 Here freedom spreads her banner wide, + And casts her soft and hallowed ray; + Here thou our fathers' steps didst guide + In safety through their dangerous way. + +3 We praise thee that the gospel's light + Through all our land its radiance sheds, + Dispels the shades of error's night, + And heavenly blessings round us spreads. + +4 Great God, preserve us in thy fear; + In dangers still our guardian be; + O, spread thy truth's bright precepts here, + Let all the people worship thee. + + + + +842. L. M. Roscoe. + +Remembrance of our Fathers. + + +1 Great God! beneath whose piercing eye + The world's extended kingdoms lie; + Whose favoring smile upholds them all, + Whose anger smites them, and they fall; + +2 We bow before thy heavenly throne; + Thy power we see, thy goodness own; + But, cherished by thy milder voice, + Our bosoms tremble and rejoice. + +3 Thy kindness to our fathers shown, + Their children's children long shall own; + To thee with grateful hearts shall raise + Their tribute of exulting praise. + +4 Our God, our Guardian, and our Friend! + Oh still thy sheltering arm extend; + Preserved by thee for ages past, + For ages may thy kindness last. + + + + +843. C. M. C. Sprague. + +The Pilgrims. + + +1 Our fathers, Lord, to seek a spot + Where they might kneel to thee, + Their own fair heritage forgot, + And braved an unknown sea. + +2 Here found their pilgrim souls repose + Where long the heathen roved; + And here their humble anthems rose + To bless the Power they loved. + +3 They sleep in dust,--but where they trod, + A feeble, fainting band, + Glad millions catch the strain, O God, + And sound it through the land. + + + + +844. 8s. & 7s. M. Pierpont. + +Anniversary Hymn. + + +1 God of mercy, do thou never + From our offering turn away, + But command a blessing ever + On the memory of this day. + +2 Light and peace do thou ordain it; + O'er it be no shadow flung, + Let no deadly darkness stain it, + And no clouds be o'er it hung. + +3 May the song this people raises, + And its vows to thee addressed, + Mingle with the prayers and praises, + That thou hearest from the blest. + +4 When the lips are cold that sing thee, + And the hearts that love thee dust, + Father, then our souls shall bring thee + Holier love and firmer trust. + + + + +845. C. M. Aspland's Coll. + +The Virtuous Love of Country. + + +1 Parent of all, omnipotent! + In heaven and earth below! + Through all creation's vast extent + Whose streams of goodness flow: + +2 Teach me to know from whence I rose, + And unto what designed; + No private aims may I propose, + That injure human kind. + +3 To hear my country's lawful voice + May my best thoughts incline; + 'Tis reason's law, 'tis virtue's choice, + 'Tis nature's call, and thine. + +4 Me from fair freedom's sacred cause + May nothing e'er divide; + Nor grandeur, gold, nor vain applause, + Nor friendship false, misguide. + +5 To duty, honor, virtue true, + In all my country's weal, + Let me my public walk pursue: + So, God, thy favor deal. + + + + +846. 6s. & 4s. M. S. F. Smith. + +Anniversary Hymn. + + +1 Auspicious morning, hail! + Voices from hill and vale + Thy welcome sing: + Joy on thy dawning breaks; + Each heart that joy partakes, + While cheerful music wakes, + Its praise to bring. + +2 Long o'er our native hills, + Long by our shaded rills, + May freedom rest; + Long may our shores have peace, + Our flag grace every breeze, + Our ships the distant seas, + From east to west. + +3 Peace on this day abide, + From morn till even-tide; + Wake tuneful song; + Melodious accents raise; + Let every heart, with praise, + Bring high and grateful lays, + Rich, full, and strong. + + + + +847. 6s. & 4s. M. J. G. Adams. + +The Same. + + +1 Loud raise the notes of joy; + Freemen, your songs employ, + As well ye may;-- + Let your full hearts go out + In the exulting shout, + And with your praise devout, + Greet this glad day! + +2 Children of lisping tongue, + Those whose full hearts are young + Lift up the song! + Manhood and hoary age, + Let naught your joy assuage, + In the high theme engage, + Praises prolong! + +3 God of our fathers' land! + Long may our temples stand + Sacred to thee! + Let thy bright light divine + On all the people shine, + Make us forever thine, + From sin set free! + + + + +848. L. P. M. Kippis. + +National Praise and Prayer. + + +1 With grateful hearts with joyful tongues, + To God we raise united songs; + His power and mercy we proclaim: + Through every age, O, may we own + Jehovah here has fixed his throne, + And triumph in his mighty name. + +2 Long as the moon her course shall run, + Or men behold the circling sun, + Lord, in our land support thy reign; + Crown her just counsels with success, + With truth and peace her borders bless, + And all thy sacred rights maintain. + + + + +849. 6s. & 4s. M. Anonymous. + +Prayer for our Country. + + +1 God bless our native land, + Firm may she ever stand + Through storm and night; + When the wild tempests rave, + Ruler of winds and wave, + Do thou our country save, + By thy great might. + +2 For her our prayer shall rise + To God above the skies; + On him we wait; + Thou who hast heard each sigh, + Watching each weeping eye, + Be thou forever nigh;-- + God save the state. + + + + +850. 7s. & 6s. M. Christian Ballads. + +Our Country. + + + Now pray we for our country, + Pray that it long may be + The holy and the happy, + And the gloriously free! + Who blesseth her is blesséd! + So peace be in her walls; + And joy in all her villages, + Her cottages and halls. + + + + +THE SEASONS, ANNUAL OCCASIONS, ETC. + + + + +851. L. M. Heginbotham. + +The God of the Seasons. + + +1 Great God! let all our tuneful powers + Awake and sing thy mighty name; + Thy hand rolls on our circling hours, + The hand from which our being came. + +2 Seasons and moons revolving round + In beauteous order speak thy praise; + And years with smiling mercy crowned, + To thee successive honors raise. + +3 Each changing season on our souls + Its sweetest, kindest influence sheds; + And every period, as it rolls, + Showers countless blessings on our heads. + +4 Our lives, our health, our friends, we owe + All to thy vast unbounded love; + Ten thousand precious gifts below, + And hope of nobler joys above. + + + + +852. L. M. Enfield's Sel. + +The Goodness of God in the Seasons. + + +1 Great God! at whose all-powerful call + At first arose this beauteous frame, + By thee the seasons change, and all + The changing seasons speak thy name. + +2 Thy bounty bids the infant year, + From winter storms recovered, rise; + When thousand grateful scenes appear, + Fresh opening to our wondering eyes. + +3 O, how delightful 'tis to see + The earth in vernal beauty dressed! + While in each herb, and flower, and tree, + Thy bright perfections shine confessed! + +4 Indulgent God! from every part, + Thy plenteous blessings largely flow; + We see,--we taste;--let every heart + With grateful love and duty glow. + + + + +853. C. M. Watts. + +Seasons. + + +1 With songs and honors sounding loud, + Address the Lord on high; + O'er all the heavens he spreads his cloud, + And waters veil the sky. + +2 He sends his showers of blessings down, + To cheer the plains below; + He makes the grass the mountains crown, + And corn in valleys grow. + +3 His steady councils change the face + Of each declining year; + He bids the sun cut short his race, + And wintry days appear. + +4 On us his providence has shone, + With gentle, smiling rays; + O, may our lips and lives make known + His goodness and his praise. + + + + +854. H. M. J. Taylor. + +Providence acknowledged in the Seasons. + + +1 Rejoice! the Lord is King: + Your Lord and King adore; + Mortals! give thanks and sing, + And triumph evermore: + Lift up your hearts, lift up your voice; + Rejoice, in sacred lays rejoice. + +2 His wintry north winds blow, + Loud tempests rush amain; + Yet his thick showers of snow + Defend the infant grain: + Lift up your hearts, lift up your voice; + Rejoice, in sacred lays rejoice. + +3 He wakes the genial spring, + Perfumes the balmy air; + The vales their tribute bring, + The promise of the year: + Lift up your hearts, lift up your voice + Rejoice, in sacred lays rejoice. + +4 He leads the circling year; + His flocks the hills adorn; + He fills the golden ear, + And loads the field with corn; + O happy mortals! raise your voice; + Rejoice, in sacred lays rejoice. + + + + +855. 7s. M. Barbauld. + +The Seasons. + + +1 Praise to God, immortal praise, + For the love that crowns our days! + Bounteous Source of every joy, + Let thy praise our tongues employ. + +2 All that Spring, with bounteous hand, + Scatters o'er the smiling land,-- + All that liberal Autumn pours + From her rich o'erflowing stores,-- + +3 These to that dear Source we owe + Whence our sweetest comforts flow; + These, through all my happy days, + Claim my cheerful songs of praise. + +4 Lord, to thee my soul should raise + Grateful, never-ending praise, + And, when every blessing's flown, + Love thee for thyself alone. + + + + +856. L. M. Doddridge. + +The Same. + + +1 Eternal Source of every joy! + Well may thy praise our lips employ, + While in thy temple we appear, + To hail thee Sovereign of the year. + +2 Wide as the wheels of nature roll, + Thy hand supports and guides the whole; + By thee the sun is taught to rise, + And darkness when to veil the skies. + +3 The flowery spring, at thy command, + Perfumes the air and paints the land; + The summer suns with vigor shine, + To raise the corn and cheer the vine. + +4 Thy hand, in autumn, richly pours + Through all our coasts redundant stores; + And winters, softened by thy care, + No more the face of horror wear. + +5 Seasons, and months, and weeks, and days, + Demand successive songs of praise; + And be the grateful homage paid, + With morning light and evening shade. + + + + +857. L. M. Watts. + +The Goodness of God in the Seasons. Ps. 65. + + +1 At God's command, the morning ray + Smiles in the east, and leads the day; + He guides the sun's declining wheels + Over the tops of western hills. + +2 Seasons and times obey his voice; + The evening and the morn rejoice + To see the earth made soft with showers, + Laden with fruit, and dressed in flowers. + +3 The desert grows a fruitful field; + Abundant food the valleys yield; + The valleys shout with cheerful voice, + And neighboring hills repeat their joys. + +4 Thy works pronounce thy power divine; + O'er every field thy glories shine; + Through every month thy gifts appear: + Great God! thy goodness crowns the year. + + + + +858. C. M. Fergus. + +The Promises of the Year. + + +1 The year begins with promises + Of joyful days to come, + Of Sabbath bells, of times of prayer, + Of thoughts on heaven, our home: + +2 Of seed-time, with its gentle winds, + Soft dews and healthful showers, + And streamlets gushing from the hills, + And birds and opening flowers: + +3 Of summer, with its warbling choir + Amid the balmy leaves; + Of autumn, with its fragrant herbs + And fruits and bending sheaves: + +4 Of countless mercies from our God, + Who rules the changeful years, + Both here and in the world of love, + Beyond the heavenly spheres. + + + + +859. S. M. Watts. + +Blessings of Spring. + + +1 Good is the heavenly King, + Who makes the earth his care, + Visits the pastures every spring, + And bids the grass appear. + +2 Like rivers raised on high, + The clouds, at thy command, + Pour out their blessings from the sky, + To cheer the thirsty land. + +3 The hills, on every side, + Rejoice at falling showers: + The meadows, dressed in all their pride, + Perfume the air with flowers. + +4 The ridges drink their fill, + And ranks of corn appear; + Thy ways abound with blessings still, + Thy goodness crowns the year. + + + + +860. C. M. + +Spring. + + +1 When verdure clothes the fertile vale, + And blossoms deck the spray, + And fragrance breathes in every gale, + How sweet the vernal day! + +2 Hark! how the feathered warblers sing! + 'Tis nature's cheerful voice; + Soft music hails the lovely spring, + And woods and fields rejoice. + +3 O God of nature and of grace, + Thy heavenly gifts impart; + Then shall my meditation trace + Spring blooming in my heart. + +4 Inspired to praise, I then shall join + Glad nature's cheerful song, + And love and gratitude divine + Attune my joyful tongue. + + + + +861. C. M. Peabody. + +Spring. + + +1 When brighter suns and milder skies + Proclaim the opening year, + What various sounds of joy arise! + What prospects bright appear! + +2 Earth and her thousand voices give + Their thousand notes of praise; + And all, that by his mercy live, + To God their offering raise. + +3 The streams, all beautiful and bright, + Reflect the morning sky; + And there, with music in his flight, + The wild bird soars on high. + +4 Thus, like the morning, calm and clear, + That saw the Saviour rise, + The spring of heaven's eternal year + Shall dawn on earth and skies. + +5 No winter there, no shades of night, + Obscure those mansions blest, + Where, in the happy fields of light, + The weary are at rest. + + + + +862. L. M. Fergus. + +Spring-Time. + + +1 The spring, the joyous spring is come + With lovely flowers of early bloom; + The warbling birds, on every tree, + Fill all the air with melody. + +2 Once more, unsealed, the fountains run, + Sparkling, beneath a brighter sun; + Green leaves and tender herbs arise, + Cheered by the glow of warmer skies. + +3 Oh Lord, the changes of the year + At thy Almighty word appear; + And all the seasons, as they roll, + Declare thy name from pole to pole. + +4 Spring showers, descending from above, + Bear down glad tidings of thy love, + And every blossom on the tree + Bespeaks our gratitude to thee. + + + + +863. S. M. Anonymous. + +Summer. + + +1 Great God, at thy command, + Seasons in order rise: + Thy power and love in concert reign + Through earth, and seas, and skies. + +2 How balmy is the air! + How warm the sun's bright beams! + While, to refresh the ground, the rains + Descend in gentle streams. + +3 With grateful praise we own + Thy providential hand, + While grass, and herbs, and waving corn, + Adorn and bless the land. + +4 But greater still the gift + Of thy belovéd Son; + By him forgiveness, peace, and joy, + Through endless ages run. + + + + +864. C. M. T. Richardson. + +"The Hymn of Summer." + + +1 How glad the tone when summer's sun + Wreathes the gay world with flowers, + And trees bend down with golden fruit, + And birds are in the bowers! + +2 The moon sends silent music down + Upon each earthly thing; + And always, since creation's dawn, + The stars together sing. + +3 Shall man remain in silence, then, + While all beneath the skies + The chorus joins? no, let us sing, + And while our voices rise, + +4 O, let our lives, great God, breathe forth + A constant melody; + And every action be a tone + In that sweet hymn to thee! + + + + +865. 7s. & 6s. M. Brit. Magazine. + +Autumn. + + +1 The leaves, around me falling, + Are preaching of decay; + The hollow winds are calling, + "Come, pilgrim, come away:" + The day, in night declining, + Says I must, too, decline; + The year its bloom resigning, + Its lot foreshadows mine. + +2 The light my path surrounding, + The loves to which I cling, + The hopes within me bounding, + The joys that round me wing,-- + All, all, like stars at even, + Just gleam and shoot away, + Pass on before to heaven, + And chide at my delay. + +3 The friends gone there before me + Are calling from on high, + And happy angels o'er me + Tempt sweetly to the sky: + "Why wait," they say, "and wither, + 'Mid scenes of death and sin? + O, rise to glory, hither, + And find true life begin." + + + + +866. C. M. Watts. + +Winter. + + +1 The hoary frost, the fleecy snow, + Descend, and clothe the ground; + The liquid streams forbear to flow, + In icy fetters bound. + +2 When, from his dreadful stores on high, + God pours the sounding hail, + The man that does his power defy + Shall find his courage fail. + +3 God sends his word and melts the snow; + The fields no longer mourn; + He calls the warmer gales to blow, + And bids the spring return. + +4 The changing wind, the flying cloud, + Obey his mighty word; + With songs and honors sounding loud, + Praise ye the sovereign Lord. + + + + +867. H. M. Freeman. + +The Same. + + +1 Lord of the worlds below! + On earth thy glories shine; + The changing seasons show + Thy skill and power divine. + The rolling years + Are full of thee; + In all we see + A God appears. + +2 In winter, awful thou! + With storms around thee cast; + The leafless forests bow + Beneath thy northern blast. + While tempests lower, + To thee, dread King, + We homage bring, + And own thy power. + + + + +868. L. M. H. Ballou. + +The Acceptable Fast. + + +1 This is the fast the Lord doth choose; + Each heavy burden to undo, + The bands of wickedness to loose, + And bid the captive freely go. + +2 Let every vile and sinful yoke + Of servile bondage and of fear, + By mercy, love and truth be broke; + And from each eye wipe every tear. + +3 Yes, to the hungry deal thy bread; + Bring to thine house the outcast poor; + There let the fainting soul be fed, + Nor spurn the needy from thy door. + +4 And when thou seest the naked, spare + The raiment that his wants demand; + Since all mankind thy kindred are, + To all thy charity expand. + +5 Thus did the Saviour of our race: + Himself, the Bread of Life, he gave; + He clothed us with his righteousness, + And broke the fetters from the slave. + + + + +869. C. M. S. Streeter. + +Humiliation and Prayer. + + +1 Here in thy temple, Lord, we meet, + And bow before thy throne; + Abased and guilty, at thy feet + We seek thy grace alone. + +2 Our sins rise up in dread array, + And fill our hearts with fear; + Our trembling spirits melt away, + But find no helper near. + +3 O, send thy pity from on high + With pardon all-divine; + Bring now thy gracious spirit nigh, + And make us wholly thine. + +4 We humbly mourn our follies past, + Each guilty path deplore; + Resolved, while feeble life shall last, + To tread those paths no more. + + + + +870. C. M. Anonymous. + +The Same. + + +1 Now let our prayers ascend to thee, + Thou great and holy One; + Above the world raise thou our hearts; + In us, thy will be done. + +2 O, let us feel how frail we are, + How much we need thy grace; + O, strengthen, Lord, our fainting souls, + While here we seek thy face. + +3 Our sins, alas! before thee rise; + Thou knowest all our guilt; + Let not our faith, our hope, our trust, + On earthly things be built. + +4 Forgive our sins, thy spirit grant, + Let love our souls refine, + And heavenly peace and holy hope + Assure that we are thine. + + + + +871. S. M. Drummond. + +"Is it such a fast that I have chosen?" + + +1 "Is this a fast for me?"-- + Thus saith the Lord our God;-- + "A day for man to vex his soul, + And feel affliction's rod?-- + +2 "Like bulrush low to bow + His sorrow-stricken head, + With sackcloth for his inner vest, + And ashes round him spread? + +3 "Shall day like this have power + To stay th' avenging hand, + Efface transgression, or avert + My judgments from the land? + +4 "No; is not this alone + The sacred fast I choose,-- + Oppression's yoke be burst in twain, + The bands of guilt unloose?-- + +5 "To nakedness and want + Your food and raiment deal, + To dwell your kindred race among, + And all their sufferings heal? + +6 "Then, like the morning ray, + Shall spring your health and light; + Before you, righteousness shall shine, + Behind, my glory bright!" + + + + +872. L. M. Dyer. + +Public Humiliation. + + +1 Great Maker of unnumbered worlds, + And whom unnumbered worlds adore,-- + Whose goodness all thy creatures share, + While nature trembles at thy power,-- + +2 Thine is the hand that moves the spheres, + That wakes the wind, and lifts the sea; + And man, who moves the lord of earth, + Acts but the part assigned by thee. + +3 While suppliant crowds implore thine aid, + To thee we raise the humble cry; + Thine altar is the contrite heart, + Thine incense the repentant sigh. + +4 O may our land, in this her hour, + Confess thy hand, and bless the rod, + By penitence make thee her friend, + And find in thee a guardian God. + + + + +873. C. M. Rippon's Coll. + +Public Supplication. + + +1 When Abrah'm, full of sacred awe, + Before Jehovah stood, + And, with an humble, fervent prayer, + For guilty Sodom sued,-- + +2 With what success, what wondrous grace, + Was his petition crowned! + The Lord would spare, if in this place + Ten righteous men were found. + +3 And could a single pious soul + So rich a boon obtain? + Great God, and shall a nation cry, + And plead with thee in vain? + +4 Are not the righteous dear to thee + Now, as in ancient times? + Or does this sinful land exceed + Gomorrah in her crimes? + +5 Still we are thine; we bear thy name; + Here yet is thine abode: + Long has thy presence blessed our land: + Forsake us not, O God. + + + + +874. C. M. Rippon's Coll. + +Judgments for National Sins Deprecated. + + +1 Almighty Lord, before thy throne + Thy mourning people bend; + 'Tis on thy pardoning grace alone + Our dying hopes depend. + +2 Dark judgments, from thy heavy hand, + Thy dreadful power display; + Yet mercy spares our guilty land, + And still we live to pray. + +3 How changed, alas! are truths divine, + For error, guilt, and shame! + What impious numbers, bold in sin, + Disgrace the Christian name! + +4 O, turn us, turn us, mighty Lord; + Convert us by thy grace; + Then shall our hearts obey thy word, + And see again thy face. + +5 Then, should oppressing foes invade, + We will not yield to fear, + Secure of all-sufficient aid, + When thou, O God, art near. + + + + +875. L. M. Aikin. + +In time of War. + + +1 While sounds of war are heard around, + And death and ruin strow the ground, + To thee we look, on thee we call, + The Parent and the Lord of all. + +2 Thou, who hast stamped on human kind + The image of a heaven-born mind, + And in a Father's wide embrace + Hast cherished all the kindred race,-- + +3 Great God, whose powerful hand can bind + The raging waves, the furious wind, + O, bid the human tempest cease, + And hush the maddening world to peace. + +4 With reverence may each hostile land + Hear and obey that high command, + Thy Son's blest errand from above,-- + "My creatures, live in mutual love!" + + + + +876. 6s. & 4s. M. Montgomery. + +Thanksgiving Hymn. + + +1 The God of harvest praise; + In loud thanksgivings raise + Hand, heart, and voice; + The valleys smile and sing, + Forests and mountains ring, + The plains their tribute bring, + The streams rejoice. + +2 Yea, bless his holy name, + And purest thanks proclaim + Through all the earth; + To glory in your lot + Is duty,--but be not + God's benefits forgot, + Amidst your mirth. + +3 The God of harvest praise; + Hands, hearts, and voices raise, + With sweet accord; + From field to garner throng, + Bearing your sheaves along, + And in your harvest song + Bless ye the Lord. + + + + +877. C. M. Christian Psalmist. + +The Same. + + +1 Fountain of mercy, God of love, + How rich thy bounties are! + The rolling seasons, as they move, + Proclaim thy constant care. + +2 When in the bosom of the earth + The sower hid the grain, + Thy goodness marked its secret birth, + And sent the early rain. + +3 The spring's sweet influence, Lord, was thine + The plants in beauty grew; + Thou gav'st refulgent suns to shine, + And mild, refreshing dew. + +4 These various mercies from above + Matured the swelling grain; + A kindly harvest crowns thy love, + And plenty fills the plain. + +5 We own and bless thy gracious sway; + Thy hand all nature hails; + Seed-time nor harvest, night nor day, + Summer nor winter, fails. + + + + +878. L. M. Anonymous. + +The Same. + + +1 Great God! as seasons disappear, + And changes mark the rolling year, + Thy favor still has crowned our days, + And we would celebrate thy praise. + +2 The harvest song we would repeat; + "Thou givest us the finest wheat;" + "The joy of harvest" we have known; + The praise, O Lord! is all thine own. + +3 Our tables spread, our garners stored, + O give us hearts to bless thee, Lord! + Forbid it, Source of light and love, + That hearts and lives should barren prove. + +4 Another harvest comes apace; + Ripen our spirits by thy grace, + That we may calmly meet the blow + The sickle gives to lay us low. + +5 That so, when angel reapers come + To gather sheaves to thy blest home, + Our spirits may be borne on high + To thy safe garner in the sky. + + + + +879. L. M. Brettell. + +Harvest Home. + + +1 The last full wain has come,--has come! + And brought the golden harvest home: + The labors of the year are done: + Accept our thanks, all-bounteous One! + +2 For the green spring, her herbs and flowers, + For the warm summer's blooming bowers, + For all the fruits that flush the boughs, + When russet autumn decks her brows; + +3 For the bright sun, whose fervid ray + Ripens the corn, and cheers the day; + For the round moon, whose yellow light + Gilds the long labors of the night; + +4 For the rich sea of shining grain, + That spreads its waves o'er hill and plain, + For the cool breeze, whose light wings fan + The weary, sun-burnt husbandman; + +5 For the soft herbage of the soil, + For ruddy health, the child of toil; + For all the good the year displays, + Accept, O God, our grateful praise. + + + + +880. 8s. & 7s. M. Crosse. + +The Sacrifice of Thanksgiving. + + +1 Lord of heaven, and earth, and ocean, + Hear us from thy bright abode, + While our hearts, with true devotion, + Own their great and gracious God. + +2 Health and every needful blessing + Are thy bounteous gifts alone; + Comforts undeserved possessing, + Here we bend before thy throne. + +3 Thee, with humble adoration, + Lord, we praise for mercies past; + Still to this most favored nation + May those mercies ever last. + + + + +881. 7s. M. Sacred Lyrics. + +Thanksgiving. + + +1 Swell the anthem, raise the song; + Praises to our God belong; + Saints and angels, join to sing + Praises to the Heavenly King. + +2 Blessings from his liberal hand + Flow around this happy land: + Kept by him, no foes annoy; + Peace and freedom we enjoy. + +3 Here, beneath a virtuous sway, + May we cheerfully obey,-- + Never feel oppression's rod,-- + Ever own and worship God. + +4 Hark! the voice of nature sings + Praises to the King of kings; + Let us join the choral song, + And the grateful notes prolong. + + + + +882. 7s. M. Ev. Magazine. + +"Thou crownest the year with goodness." + + +1 Praise on thee, in Zion's gates, + Daily, O Jehovah! waits; + Unto thee, O God! belong + Grateful words and holy song. + +2 Thou the hope and refuge art + Of remotest lands apart, + Distant isles and tribes unknown, + 'Mid the ocean-waste, and lone. + +3 Thou dost visit earth, and rain + Blessings on the thirsty plain, + From the copious founts on high, + From the rivers of the sky. + +4 Thus the clouds thy power confess, + And thy paths drop fruitfulness: + And the voice of song and mirth + Rises from the tribes of earth. + + + + +883. L. M. Presbyterian Coll. + +Goodness of God Celebrated. + + +1 Join, every tongue, to praise the Lord; + All nature rests upon his word; + Mercy and truth his courts maintain, + And own his universal reign. + +2 Seasons and times obey his voice; + The evening and the morn rejoice + To see the earth made soft with showers, + Enriched with fruit, and dressed in flowers. + +3 Thy works pronounce thy power divine; + In all the earth thy glories shine; + Through every month thy gifts appear; + Great God, thy goodness crowns the year. + + + + +884. L. M. L. H. Sigourney. + +Harvest. + + +1 God of the year! with songs of praise + And hearts of love, we come to bless + Thy bounteous hand, for thou hast shed + Thy manna o'er our wilderness. + +2 In early spring-time thou didst fling + O'er earth its robe of blossoming; + And its sweet treasures, day by day, + Rose quickening in thy blessed ray. + +3 God of the seasons! thou hast blest + The land with sunlight and with showers, + And plenty o'er its bosom smiles + To crown the sweet autumnal hours. + +4 Praise,--praise to thee! Our hearts expand + To view these blessings of thy hand, + And on the incense-breath of love + Ascend to their bright home above. + + + + +885. L. P. M. Kippis. + +Thanksgiving for National Prosperity. + + +1 How rich thy gifts, Almighty King! + From thee our public blessings spring; + Th' extended trade, the fruitful skies, + The treasures liberty bestows, + Th' eternal joys the gospel shows,-- + All from thy boundless goodness rise. + +2 Here commerce spreads the wealthy store, + Which pours from every foreign shore; + Science and art their charms display; + Religion teaches us to raise + Our voices to our Maker's praise, + As truth and conscience point the way. + +3 With grateful hearts, with joyful tongues, + To God we raise united songs; + His power and mercy we proclaim; + This land through every age shall own, + Jehovah here has fixed his throne, + And triumph in his mighty name. + +4 Long as the moon her course shall run, + Or man behold the circling sun, + O, still may God amidst us reign; + Crown our just counsels with success, + With peace and joy our borders bless, + And all our sacred rights maintain. + + + + +886. L. M. Doddridge. + +New Year's Day. + + +1 Great God, we sing that mighty hand, + By which, supported still, we stand: + The opening year thy mercy shows; + Let mercy crown it till it close. + +2 By day, by night, at home, abroad, + Still we are guarded by our God; + By his incessant bounty fed, + By his unerring counsel led. + +3 With grateful hearts the past we own: + The future, all to us unknown, + We to thy guardian care commit, + And peaceful leave before thy feet, + +4 In scenes exalted or depressed, + Be thou our joy, and thou our rest: + Thy goodness all our hopes shall raise, + Adored through all our changing days. + +5 When death shall interrupt these songs, + And seal in silence mortal tongues, + Our Helper, God, in whom we trust, + In better worlds our souls shall boast. + + + + +887. C. M. Doddridge. + +Reflections for a New Year. + + +1 Remark, my soul, the narrow bounds + Of the revolving year; + How swift the weeks complete their rounds! + How short the months appear! + +2 Yet like an idle tale we pass + The swift advancing year; + And study artful ways t' increase + The speed of its career. + +3 Waken, O God, my trifling heart, + Its great concerns to see; + That I may act the Christian part, + And give the year to thee. + +4 Thus shall their course more grateful roll, + If future years arise; + Or this shall bear my peaceful soul + To joy that never dies. + + + + +888. 7s. M. Newton. + +New Year's Day. + + +1 While, with ceaseless course, the sun + Hasted through the former year, + Many souls their race have run, + Never more to meet us here: + Fixed in an eternal state, + They have done with all below: + We a little longer wait, + But how little none can know. + +2 As the wingéd arrow flies, + Speedily the mark to find; + As the lightning from the skies + Darts and leaves no trace behind;-- + Swiftly thus our fleeting days + Bear us down life's rapid stream: + Upward, Lord, our spirits raise; + All below is but a dream. + +3 Thanks for mercies past receive; + Pardon of our sins renew; + Teach us, henceforth, how to live, + With eternity in view; + Bless thy word to old and young; + Fill us with a Saviour's love; + When our life's short race is run, + May we dwell with thee above. + + + + +889. L. M. Doddridge. + +The Same. + + +1 My helper, God, I bless his name; + The same his power, his grace the same; + The tokens of his friendly care + Open, and crown, and close, the year. + +2 I 'midst ten thousand dangers stand, + Supported by his guardian hand, + And see, when I survey my ways, + Ten thousand monuments of praise. + +3 Thus far his arm hath led me on; + Thus far I make his mercy known; + And, while I tread this mortal land, + New mercies shall new songs demand. + + + + +890. C. M. Heginbotham. + +New Year. Providential Goodness. + + +1 God of our lives, thy various praise + Our voices shall resound: + Thy hand directs our fleeting days, + And brings the seasons round. + +2 To thee shall grateful songs arise, + Our Father and our Friend, + Whose constant mercies from the skies + In genial streams descend. + +3 In every scene of life, thy care, + In every age, we see; + And constant as thy favors are, + So let our praises be. + +4 Still may thy love, in every scene, + In every age, appear; + And let the same compassion deign + To bless the opening year. + +5 If mercy smile, let mercy bring + Our wandering souls to God: + In our affliction we shall sing, + If thou wilt bless the rod. + + + + +891. L. M. John Fawcett. + +"He holdeth our soul in life." + + +1 O God, my helper, ever near! + Crown with thy smile the present year; + Preserve me by thy favor still, + And fit me for thy sacred will. + +2 My safety, each succeeding hour, + Depends on thy supporting power: + Accept my thanks for mercies past, + And be my guard, while life shall last. + +3 My moments move with wingéd haste, + Nor know I which shall be the last: + Danger and death are ever nigh, + And I this year perhaps may die. + +4 Prepare me for the trying day; + Then call my willing soul away: + I'll quit the world at thy command, + And trust my spirit to thy hand. + + + + +892. C. M. Newton. + +New Year. Prayer for a Blessing. + + +1 Now, gracious Lord, thine arm reveal, + And make thy glory known; + Now let us all thy presence feel, + And soften hearts of stone. + +2 From all the guilt of former sin + May mercy set us free; + And let the year we now begin, + Begin and end with thee. + +3 Send down thy spirit from above, + That saints may love thee more, + And sinners now may learn to love, + Who never loved before. + +4 And when before thee we appear, + In our eternal home, + May growing numbers worship here, + And praise thee in our room. + + + + +893. C. M. Bp. Middleton. + +Self-Examination. New Year. + + +1 As o'er the past my memory strays, + Why heaves the secret sigh? + 'Tis that I mourn departed days, + Still unprepared to die. + +2 The world, and worldly things beloved, + My anxious thoughts employed; + And time unhallowed, unimproved, + Presents a fearful void. + +3 Yet, Holy Father! wild despair + Chase from my laboring breast; + Thy grace it is which prompts the prayer. + That grace can do the rest. + +4 My life's brief remnant all be thine; + And when thy sure decree + Bids me this fleeting breath resign, + O speed my soul to thee! + + + + +894. 7s. M. Newton. + +Invocation. New Year. + + +1 Bless, O Lord, each opening year + To the souls assembling here: + Clothe thy word with power divine, + Make us willing to be thine. + +2 Where thou hast thy work begun, + Give new strength the race to run; + Scatter darkness, doubts, and fears, + Wipe away the mourners' tears. + +3 Bless us all, both old and young; + Call forth praise from every tongue: + Let our whole assembly prove + All thy power and all thy love! + + + + +895. C. M. Browne. + +The Closing Year. + + +1 And now, my soul, another year + Of my short life is past: + I cannot long continue here; + And this may be my last. + +2 Part of my doubtful life is gone, + Nor will return again; + And swift my fleeting moments run-- + The few which yet remain! + +3 Awake, my soul! with all thy care + Thy true condition learn; + What are thy hopes--how sure, how fair, + And what thy great concern? + +4 Now a new space of life begins, + Set out afresh for heaven; + Seek pardon for thy former sins, + Through Christ, so freely given. + +5 Devoutly yield thyself to God, + And on his grace depend; + With zeal pursue the heavenly road, + Nor doubt a happy end. + + + + +896. 7s. M. Anonymous. + +The Same. + + +1 Time by moments steals away, + First the hour and then the day; + Small the daily loss appears, + Yet it soon amounts to years. + +2 Thus another year is flown; + Now it is no more our own, + If it brought or promised good, + Than the years before the flood. + +3 But may none of us forget + It has left us much in debt; + Who can tell the vast amount + Placed to every one's account! + +4 Favors, from the Lord received, + Sins, that have his spirit grieved, + Marked by an unerring hand, + In his book recorded stand. + +5 If we see another year, + May thy blessing meet us here: + Sun of righteousness, arise, + Warm our hearts and bless our eyes. + + + + +897. C. M. Watts. + +The Same. + + +1 Time! what an empty vapor 'tis! + And days, how swift they are! + Swift as an Indian arrow flies, + Or like a shooting star. + +2 The present moments just appear, + Then slide away in haste; + That we can never say, they're here; + But only say, they're past. + +3 Our life is ever on the wing, + And death is ever nigh; + The moment when our lives begin + We all begin to die. + +4 Yet, mighty God! our fleeting days + Thy lasting favors share; + Yet, with the bounties of thy grace, + Thou load'st the rolling year. + +5 'Tis sovereign mercy finds us food, + And we are clothed with love; + While grace stands pointing out the road + Which leads our souls above. + + + + +898. L. M. Watts. + +God eternal, and Man mortal. Ps. 90. + + +1 Through every age, eternal God, + Thou art our rest, our safe abode! + High was thy throne ere heaven was made, + Or earth thy humble footstool laid. + +2 Long hadst thou reigned ere time began, + Or dust was fashioned into man; + And long thy kingdom shall endure, + When earth and time shall be no more. + +3 A thousand of our years amount + Scarce to a day in thine account; + Like yesterday's departed light, + Or the last watch of ending night. + +4 Death, like an overflowing stream, + Sweeps us away; our life's a dream, + An empty tale, a morning flower + Cut down and withered in an hour. + + + + +899. L. M. Doddridge. + +The Closing Year. + + +1 God of our life! thy constant care + With blessings crowns each opening year: + These lives so frail thy love prolongs; + Be this the burden of our songs. + +2 How many precious souls are fled + To the vast regions of the dead, + Since, from this day, the changing sun + Through his last yearly course has run! + +3 We yet survive, but who can say, + Or through the year, or month, or day, + We shall retain this vital breath, + Secure from all the shafts of death? + +4 We hold our lives from thee alone, + On earth, or in the worlds unknown; + To thee our spirits we resign, + Make them and own them all as thine. + +5 Great Source of wisdom, teach my heart + To know the price of every hour, + That time may bear me on to joys + Beyond its measure and its power. + + + + +900. C. M. + +The Same. + + +1 Mark how the swift-winged minutes fly, + And hours still hasten on! + How swift the circling months run round! + How soon the year is gone! + +2 How is our debt of love increased + To that sustaining Power, + Who hath upheld our feeble frame, + And blest each rolling hour. + +3 For all thy favors, O our God, + Thy goodness we adore; + Thou hast our cup with blessings filled, + And made that cup run o'er. + +4 What shall befall in future life, + We would not, Lord, inquire: + To be prepared for all thy will. + Be this our chief desire. + + + + +901. 8s. & 7s. M. Estlin. + +Reliance for the Future. + + +1 Gracious Source of every blessing! + Guard our breasts from anxious fears; + May we still thy love possessing, + Sink into the vale of years. + +2 All our hopes on thee reclining, + Peace companion of our way; + May our sun, in smiles declining, + Rise in everlasting day. + + + + +SOCIAL AND DOMESTIC WORSHIP. + + + + +902. C. M. Ancient Hymns. + +The Joy of Social Worship. + + +1 How good and pleasant is the sight, + How great the bliss they share, + When Christ's assembled flock unite + In acts of social prayer! + God thither, with paternal care, + His face benignant bends; + And Jesus, by his spirit there, + On faithful hearts descends. + +2 To such, by hallowed lips expressed, + His grace confirms his word, + As once Cornelius' house it blest, + From holy Peter heard: + On prayer and praise, in faith preferred, + His heavenly dew is shed; + And he to all, who come prepared, + Dispenses heavenly bread. + +3 To God, adored in ages past, + Enthroned in majesty,-- + To God, whose worship aye shall last + Throughout eternity,-- + To thee, Great God, we bend the knee, + And in the Holy Ghost, + Through Christ, all glory give to thee, + With all thy heavenly host. + + + + +903. C. M. Ancient Hymns. + +The Joy of Social Devotion. + + +1 O, it is joy in one to meet + Whom one communion blends, + Council to hold in converse sweet, + And talk as Christian friends. + +2 'Tis joy to think the angel train, + Who 'mid heaven's temple shine, + To seek our earthly temples deign, + And in our anthems join. + +3 But chief, 'tis joy to think that He, + To whom his church is dear, + Delights her gathered flock to see, + Her joint devotions hear. + +4 Then who would choose to walk abroad, + While here such joys are given? + "This is indeed the house of God, + And this the gate of heaven!" + + + + +904. 7s. M. Anonymous. + +For a Prayer Meeting. + + +1 Father, hear us when we pray, + Look in mercy from above; + Turn not, Lord, thy face away, + Hear, and grant thy pardoning love. + +2 In the name of Christ we come, + Asking grace and seeking peace, + Raise our hearts to heaven, our home, + And from worldly cares release. + +3 Pure and holy may we be, + Far removed all vain desire; + From all hate and envy free, + Let our souls to thee aspire. + +4 While we love the Saviour's name, + And his words with zeal obey, + His sweet promise we may claim;-- + "He will meet us when we pray." + + + + +905. 7s. M. Methodist Coll. + +Call to Social Worship. + + +1 Let us join, as God commands, + Let us join our hearts and hands, + Help to gain our calling's hope; + Help to build each other up; + Carry on the Christian's strife; + Walk in holiness of life; + Faithfully our gifts improve + For the sake of him we love;-- + +2 Still forget the things behind; + Follow Christ in heart and mind; + Toward the mark unwearied press; + Seize the crown of righteousness, + While we walk with God in light, + God our hearts will still unite; + Dearest fellowship we prove-- + Fellowship in Jesus, love. + +3 Still, O Lord, our faith increase; + Cleanse from all unrighteousness: + Thee th' unholy cannot see: + Make, O make us meet for thee: + Every vile affection kill; + Root out every seed of ill; + Utterly abolish sin; + Write thy law of love within. + + + + +906. C. M. Ancient Hymns. + +Call to Social Worship. + + +1 O, come, and let th' assembly all + To serve our God unite, + And, mindful of the social call, + Partake the social rite. + +2 In token of the common vow, + Be ours, with one consent, + The worship of the lowly brow, + And knees devoutly bent! + +3 But chief, inflamed with heavenly fire, + Devotion's better part, + Be ours instinct with one desire, + The worship of the heart! + +4 Let each, let all, their prayers above, + In one oblation bend, + And God, the God of peace and love, + On all, on each descend! + + + + +907. C. M. Methodist Coll. + +Call to Worship. + + +1 Father, united by thy grace, + And each to each endeared + With confidence we seek thy face, + And know our prayer is heard. + +2 Still let us own our common Lord, + And bear his easy yoke, + A band of love, a three-fold cord + Which never can be broke. + +3 Make us into one spirit drink; + Baptize into one name; + And let us always kindly think, + And sweetly speak the same. + +4 Touched by the loadstone of thy love, + Let all our hearts agree; + And ever towards each other move, + And ever move towards thee. + + + + +908. 7s. M. Wesley's Coll. + +For Brotherly Love. + + +1 God of love, we look to thee; + Let us in thy Son agree; + Show to us the Prince of Peace; + Bid our jars forever cease. + By thy reconciling love, + Every stumbling-block remove; + Each to each unite, endear; + Come, and spread thy banner here. + +2 Make us of one heart and mind, + Courteous, pitiful, and kind; + Lowly, meek, in thought and word, + Altogether like our Lord. + Let us for each other care; + Each the other's burden bear; + To thy church the pattern give; + Show how true believers live. + +3 Free from anger and from pride, + Let us thus in God abide; + All the depths of love express, + All the heights of holiness. + Let us, then, with joy remove + To the family above; + On the wings of angels fly; + Show how true believers die. + + + + +909. L. M. Newton. + +Meeting of Christian Friends. + + +1 Kindred in Christ, for his dear sake, + A hearty welcome here receive; + May we together now partake + The joys which only he can give. + +2 May he by whose kind care we meet, + Send his good Spirit from above, + Make our communications sweet, + And cause our hearts to burn with love. + +3 Forgotten be each worldly theme, + When Christians meet together thus; + We only wish to speak of him + Who lived, and died, and reigns, for us. + +4 We'll talk of all he did, and said, + And suffered, for us here below, + The path he marked for us to tread, + And what he's doing for us now. + + + + +910. L. M. Cowper. + +For Social Worship. + + +1 Our God, where'er thy people meet, + There they behold thy mercy-seat; + Where'er they seek thee, thou art found, + And every place is hallowed ground. + +2 For thou, within no walls confined, + Inhabitest the humble mind; + Such ever bring thee where they come, + And, going, take thee to their home. + +3 Here may we prove the power of prayer + To strengthen faith, and sweeten care; + To teach our faint desires to rise, + And bring all heaven before our eyes. + +4 Lord, we are few, but thou art near; + Nor short thine arm, nor deaf thine ear: + O, rend the heavens, comes quickly down, + And make a thousand hearts thine own! + + + + +911. L. M. Ancient Hymns. + +Commendatory of Christian Union. + + +1 Blest with unearthly bliss were they + Who saw the church's infant day, + And strove their Christian part to bear, + By sign and spirit joined with her. + +2 The truth, which Christ's apostles taught, + Then ruled each faithful convert's thought; + Each aimed in unity to keep + Unrent th' apostles' fellowship. + +3 The bread, with rites harmonious broke, + The union of all hearts bespoke; + And prayer, with lips united prayed, + The union of all minds displayed. + +4 O thus that Christians still would live, + And thus delightful witness give, + How well the debt of love they know, + To Christ and to his church they owe! + + + + +912. 6s. & 8s. M. Methodist Coll. + +For Union. + + +1 Thou God of truth and love, + We seek thy perfect way, + Ready thy choice t' approve, + Thy providence t' obey; + Enter into thy wise design, + And sweetly lose our will in thine. + +2 Why hast thou cast our lot + In the same age and place? + And why together brought + To see each other's face? + To join with softest sympathy, + And mix our friendly souls in thee? + +3 Didst thou not make us one, + That we might one remain, + Together travel on, + And bear each other's pain; + Till all thy utmost goodness prove + And rise renewed in perfect love? + + + + +913. 7s. M. Methodist Coll. + +For Union of Heart. + + +1 God, from whom all blessings flow, + Perfecting the saints below, + Hear us, who thy nature share, + Who thy loving children are. + Join us, in one spirit join, + Let us still receive of thine: + Still for more on thee we call, + Thou who fillest all in all! + +2 Closer knit us to our Head; + Nourish us, in Christ, and feed; + Let us daily growth receive, + More and more in Jesus live. + Move, and actuate, and guide; + Divers gifts to each divide: + Placed according to thy will, + Let us all our work fulfil; + +3 Sweetly may we all agree, + Touched with softest sympathy; + Kindly for each other care; + Every member feel its share. + Love, like death, hath all destroyed, + Rendered our distinctions void! + Names, and sects, and parties fall: + Thou, O God, art all in all! + + + + +914. C. M. Milton. + +The Blessedness of the Devout. + + +1 How lovely are thy dwellings, Lord, + From noise and trouble free; + How beautiful the sweet accord + Of souls that pray to thee. + +2 Lord God of hosts, that reign'st on high, + They are the truly blest, + Who only will on thee rely, + In thee alone will rest. + +3 They pass refreshed the thirsty vale, + The dry and barren ground, + As through a fruitful, watery dale, + Where springs and showers abound. + +4 They journey on from strength to strength, + With joy and gladsome cheer, + Till all before our God at length. + In Zion do appear. + +5 For God, the Lord, both sun and shield, + Gives grace and glory bright; + No good from him shall be withheld + Whose ways are just and right. + + + + +915. C. M. Wesley's Coll. + +For Mutual Edification. + + +1 Help us to help each other, Lord, + Each other's cross to bear! + Let each his friendly aid afford, + And feel his brother's care. + +2 Help us to build each other up; + Our little stock improve; + Increase our faith, confirm our hope, + And perfect us in love. + +3 Up into thee, our living Head, + Let us in all things grow, + Till thou hast made us free indeed, + And spotless here below. + + + + +916. 7s. M. Methodist Coll. + +Invocation. + + +1 Father, at thy footstool see + Those who now are one in thee: + Draw us by thy grace alone; + Give, O give us to thy Son. + +2 Jesus, friend of human kind, + Let us in thy name be joined; + Each to each unite and bless; + Keep us still in perfect peace. + +3 Heavenly, all-alluring Dove, + Shed thy overshadowing love; + Love, the sealing grace impart; + Dwell within our single heart. + + + + +917. C. M. Anonymous. + +The Love of the Brethren. + + +1 A holy air is breathing round, + A savor from above; + Be every soul from sense unbound, + Be every spirit love. + +2 O God, unite us heart to heart, + In sympathy divine, + That we be never drawn apart, + And love nor thee nor thine. + +3 But, by the cross of Jesus taught, + And all thy gracious word, + Be nearer to each other brought, + And nearer to our Lord. + + + + +918. C. M. Watts. + +Christian Union. + + +1 Lo! what an entertaining sight + Those friendly brethren prove, + Whose cheerful hearts in bands unite + Of harmony and love! + +2 Where streams of bliss from Christ, the spring, + Descend to every soul, + And heavenly peace, with balmy wing, + Shades and bedews the whole. + +3 'Tis pleasant as the morning dews + That fall on Zion's hill, + Where God his mildest glory shows, + And makes his grace distil. + + + + +919. S. M. Sacred Lyrics. + +Morning Prayer Meeting. + + +1 How sweet the melting lay, + Which breaks upon the ear, + When, at the hour of rising day, + Christians unite in prayer! + +2 The breezes waft their cries + Up to Jehovah's throne; + He listens to their humble sighs, + And sends his blessings down. + +3 So Jesus rose to pray + Before the morning light,-- + Once on the chilling mount did stay, + And wrestle all the night. + +4 Glory to God on high, + Who sends his blessings down + To rescue souls condemned to die, + And make his people one. + + + + +920. C. M. Ancient Hymns. + +Social Evening Worship. + + +1 O, 'Tis a scene the heart to move, + When, at the close of day, + Whom God unites in Christian love + Unite their thanks to pay. + +2 What though the number be but small; + Whenever two or three + Join on the Saviour's name to call, + There in the midst is he. + +3 When faithful and repentant hearts + His heavenly grace ensue, + His grace, intreated, he imparts + To many or to few. + +4 O, come, then, and, with joint accord, + In social worship meet; + And, mindful of the Saviour's word, + The Saviour's boon intreat. + + + + +921. 7s. M. Newton. + +Parting Hymn. + + +1 For a season called to part, + Let us then ourselves commend + To the gracious eye and heart + Of our ever-present Friend. + +2 Father, hear our humble prayer! + Tender shepherd of thy sheep, + Let thy mercy and thy care + All our souls in safety keep. + +3 In thy strength may we be strong; + Sweeten every cross and pain; + Give us, if we live, ere long, + Here to meet in peace again. + + + + +922. C. M. Methodist Coll. + +The Same. + + +1 Through thee we now together came, + In singleness of heart; + We met, O, Jesus, in thy name, + And in thy name we part. + +2 We part in body, not in mind; + Our minds continue one; + And, each to each in Jesus joined, + We hand in hand go on. + +3 Present we still in spirit are, + And intimately nigh, + While on the wings of faith and prayer + We each to other fly. + +4 Our life is hid with Christ in God; + Our life shall soon appear, + And shed his glory all abroad + In all his members here. + + + + +923. L. M. Doddridge. + +The Christian Farewell. + + +1 Thy presence, everlasting God! + Wide o'er all nature spreads abroad: + Thy watchful eyes, which cannot sleep, + In every place thy children keep. + +2 While near each other we remain, + Thou dost our lives and souls sustain; + When sep'rate, happy if we share + Thy smiles, thy counsels, and thy care. + +3 To thee we all our ways commit, + And seek our comforts near thy feet; + Still on our souls vouchsafe to shine, + And guard and guide us still as thine. + +4 Give us in thy belovéd house, + Again to pay our grateful vows; + Or, if that joy no more be known, + Give us to meet around thy throne. + + + + +924. 8s. & 7s. M. C. Wesley. + +Domestic Worship. + + +1 Peace be to this habitation; + Peace to all that dwell therein; + Peace, the earnest of salvation; + Peace, the fruit of pardoned sin; + Peace, that speaks the heavenly Giver; + Peace, to worldly minds unknown; + Peace divine, that lasts forever; + Peace, that comes from God alone. + +2 Jesus, Prince of Peace, be near us; + Fix in all our hearts thy home; + With thy gracious presence cheer us; + Let thy sacred kingdom come; + Raise to heaven our expectation, + Give our favored souls to prove + Glorious and complete salvation, + In the realms of bliss above. + + + + +925. L. M. Doddridge & Merrick. + +The Same. Ps. 128. + + +1 Blest is the man who fears the Lord, + And walks by his unerring word; + Comfort and peace his days attend, + And God will ever prove his friend. + +2 To him who condescends to dwell + With saints in their obscurest cell, + Be our domestic altars raised, + And daily let his name be praised. + +3 To him may each assembled house + Present their night and morning vows; + And children of the rising race + Be taught his precepts and his grace. + +4 When nature droops, our aged eyes + Shall see our children's children rise; + Till pleased and thankful we remove, + And join the family above. + + + + +926. L. M. Scott. + +Family Religion. + + +1 Where'er the Lord shall build my house, + An altar to his name I'll raise; + There, morn and evening, shall ascend + The sacrifice of prayer and praise. + +2 With duteous mind, the social band + Shall search the records of thy law; + There learn thy will, and humbly bow + With filial reverence and awe. + +3 Here may he fix his sacred seat, + And spread the banner of his love; + Till, ripened for a happier state, + We meet the family above. + + + + +927. L. M. 6l. Methodist Coll. + +Religion at Home. + + +1 When quiet in my house I sit + Thy book be my companion still; + My joy thy sayings to repeat, + Talk o'er the records of thy will, + And search the oracles divine, + Till every heart-felt word be mine. + +2 O may the gracious words divine + Mingled with all my converse be: + So will the Lord his follower join, + And walk and talk himself with me; + So shall my heart his presence prove + And burn with everlasting love. + +3 Oft as I lay me down to rest, + O, may the reconciling word + Sweetly compose my weary breast, + While, trusting in my gracious Lord, + I sink in peaceful dreams away, + And visions of eternal day! + +4 Rising to sing my Father's praise, + Thee may I publish all day long; + And let thy precious word of grace + Flow from my heart and fill my tongue; + Fill all my life with purest love, + And join me to the church above. + + + + +928. S. M. Watts. + +Family Affection from Religious Principles. + + +1 How pleasing, Lord! to see, + How pure is the delight, + When mutual love, and love to thee, + A family unite! + +2 From these celestial springs + Such streams of comfort flow, + As no increase of riches brings, + Nor honors can bestow. + +3 No bliss can equal theirs, + Where such affections meet; + While mingled praise and mingled prayers + Make their communion sweet. + +4 'Tis the same pleasure fills + The breast in worlds above; + Where joy like morning dew distils, + And all the air is love. + + + + +929. C. M. Taylor's Coll. + +The Family Altar. + + +1 Great God! where'er we pitch our tent, + Let us an altar raise, + And there, with humble frame, present + Our sacrifice of praise. + +2 To thee we give our health and strength, + While health and strength shall last, + For future mercies humbly trust, + Nor e'er forget the past. + + + + +930. C. M. Barry Cornwall. + +For a Sick Child. + + +1 Send down thy wingéd angel; God! + Amidst this night so wild, + And bid him come where now we watch, + And breathe upon our child! + +2 It lies upon its pillow, pale, + And moans within its sleep, + Or wakeneth with a patient smile, + And striveth not to weep! + +3 How gentle and how good a child + It is, we know too well; + And dearer to its parents' hearts + Than our weak words can tell. + +4 We love,--we watch throughout the night, + To aid, where need may be; + We hope,--and have despaired at times; + But now we turn to thee! + +5 Send down thy sweet-souled angel, God! + Amidst the darkness wild, + And bid him soothe our souls to-night, + And heal our gentle child! + + + + +931. C. M. Heber. + +In Times of Domestic Distress. + + +1 O God, that madest earth and sky! + The darkness and the day! + Give ear to this thy family, + And help us when we pray! + For wide the waves of bitterness + Around our vessel roar, + And heavy grows the pilot's heart + To view the rocky shore! + +2 The cross our Master bore for us, + For him we fain would bear, + But mortal strength to weakness turns, + And courage to despair! + Then mercy on our failings, Lord! + Our sinking faith renew! + And when thy sorrows visit us, + O send thy patience too. + + + + +932. C. M. Doddridge. + +Sickness and Recovery. + + +1 My God, thy service well demands + The remnant of my days; + Why was this fleeting breath renewed, + But to renew thy praise? + +2 Thine arms of everlasting love + Did this weak frame sustain, + When life was hovering o'er the grave, + And nature sunk with pain. + +3 I calmly bowed my fainting head + On thy dear, faithful breast, + And waited for my Father's call + To his eternal rest. + +4 Back from the borders of the grave, + At thy command, I come; + Nor will I ask a speedier flight + To my celestial home. + +5 Where thou appointest mine abode + There would I choose to be; + For in thy presence death is life, + And earth is heaven with thee. + + + + +933. C. M. H. K. White. + +A Family Evening Prayer. + + +1 O Lord, another day is flown, + And we, a lonely band, + Are met once more before thy throne, + To bless thy fostering hand. + +2 And wilt thou lend a listening ear + To praises low as ours! + Thou wilt; for thou dost love to hear + The song which meekness pours. + +3 O, let thy grace perform its part, + And let contention cease; + And shed abroad in every heart + Thine everlasting peace. + +4 Thus chastened, cleansed, entirely thine, + A flock by Jesus led, + The Sun of holiness shall shine + In glory on our head. + +5 And thou wilt turn our wandering feet, + And thou wilt bless our way, + Till worlds shall fade, and faith shall greet + The dawn of lasting day. + + + + +934. L. M. S. S. Cutting. + +Family Hymn. Evening. + + +1 Father, we bless the gentle care + That watches o'er us day by day, + That guards us from the tempter's snare, + And guides us in the heavenward way:-- + We bless thee for the tender love, + That mingles all our hearts in one,-- + The music of the soul;--above + 'Tis purer spirits' unison. + +2 Father, 'tis evening's solemn hour, + And cast we now our cares on thee; + Darkly the storm may round us lower,-- + Peace is within,--Christ makes us free,-- + And when life's toil and joy are o'er, + And evening gathers on its sky, + Our circle broke,--we sing no more,-- + O, may we meet and sing on high. + + + + +MORNING AND EVENING HYMNS. + + + + +935. L. M. Keble. + +Morning Hymn. + + +1 Oh! timely happy, timely wise. + Hearts that with rising morn arise! + Eyes that the beam celestial view, + Which evermore makes all things new! + +2 New every morning is the love + Our wakening and uprising prove; + Through sleep and darkness safely brought, + Restored to life, and power, and thought. + +3 New mercies, each returning day, + Hover around us while we pray; + New perils past, new sins forgiven, + New thoughts of God, new hopes of heaven. + +4 If, on our daily course, our mind + Be set to hallow all we find, + New treasures still, of countless price, + God will provide for sacrifice. + +5 Old friends, old scenes, will lovelier be, + As more of heaven in each we see; + Some softening gleams of love and prayer, + Shall dawn on every cross and care. + + + + +936. L. M. Bishop Kenn. + +Morning Resolutions. + + +1 Awake, my soul! and with the sun + Thy daily stage of duty run; + Shake off dull sloth, and joyful rise + To pay thy morning sacrifice. + +2 Wake, and lift up thyself, my heart, + And with the angels bear thy part, + Who all night long unwearied sing + High praises to th' eternal King. + +3 In conversation be sincere; + Keep conscience, as the noontide, clear; + Think how the all-seeing God thy ways + And all thy secret thoughts surveys. + +4 Lord, I my vows to thee renew; + Scatter my sins like morning dew; + Guard my first springs of thought and will + And with thyself my spirit fill. + +5 Direct, control, suggest, this day, + All I design, or do, or say, + That all my powers, with all their might, + In thy sole glory may unite. + + + + +937. C. M. Montgomery. + +Acknowledging God's Hand. Morning. + + +1 What secret hand, at morning light, + Softly unseals mine eye, + Draws back the curtain of the night, + And opens earth and sky; + +2 'Tis thine, my God,--the same that kept + My resting hours from harm; + No ill came nigh me, for I slept + Beneath th' Almighty's arm. + +3 'Tis thine, my daily bread that brings, + Like manna scattered round, + And clothes me, as the lily springs + In beauty from the ground. + +4 In death's dark valley though I stray + 'Twould there my steps attend, + Guide with the staff my lonely way, + And with the rod defend. + +5 May that sure hand uphold me still + Through life's uncertain race, + To bring me to thy holy hill, + And to thy dwelling-place. + + + + +938. 7s. M. Episcopal Coll. + +Morning Hymn. + + +1 Now, the shades of night are gone; + Now the morning light comes on; + Lord, may we be thine to-day, + Drive the shades of sin away. + +2 Fill our souls with heavenly light, + Banish doubt, and clear our sight; + In thy service, Lord, to-day, + May we stand, and watch and pray. + +3 Keep our haughty passions bound; + Save us from our foes around; + Going out and coming in, + Keep us safe from every sin. + +4 When our work of life is past, + O, receive us then at last; + Night and sin will be no more, + When we reach the heavenly shore. + + + + +939. L. M. Watts. + +The Same. + + +1 God of the morning, at whose voice + The cheerful sun makes haste to rise, + And like a giant doth rejoice + To run his journey through the skies. + +2 From the fair chambers of the east, + The circuit of his race begins, + And, without weariness or rest, + Round the whole earth he flies and shines. + +3 O, like the sun may I fulfil + The appointed duties of the day, + With ready mind and active will + March on and keep my heavenly way. + +4 Lord, thy commands are clean and pure, + Enlightening our beclouded eyes, + Thy threatenings just, thy promise sure, + Thy gospel makes the simple wise. + + + + +940. C. M. Mrs. Steele. + +The Same. + + +1 Lord of my life! O may thy praise + Employ my noblest powers, + Whose goodness lengthens out my days. + And fills the circling hours! + +2 Preserved by thy almighty arm, + I passed the shades of night, + Serene and safe from every harm, + And see returning light. + +3 While many spend the night in sighs + And restless pains and woes, + In gentle sleep I close my eyes + And undisturbed repose. + +4 When sleep death's semblance o'er me spread, + And I unconscious lay, + Thy watchful care was round my bed, + To guard my feeble clay. + +5 O let the same almighty care + My waking hours attend; + From every danger, every snare, + My heedless steps defend. + + + + +941. L. M. Watts. + +Morning or Evening Hymn. + + +1 My God, how endless is thy love! + Thy gifts are every evening new; + And morning mercies, from above, + Gently distil like early dew. + +2 Thou spread'st the curtains of the night, + Great Guardian of my sleeping hours; + Thy sovereign word restores the light, + And quickens all my drowsy powers. + +3 I yield my powers to thy command; + To thee I consecrate my days; + Perpetual blessings from thine hand + Demand perpetual songs of praise. + + + + +942. 8s. & 7s. M. Edmeston. + +Confidence in God's Protection. + + +1 Father, breathe an evening blessing + Ere repose our spirits seal; + Sin and want we come confessing; + Thou canst save and thou canst heal. + +2 Though destruction walk around us, + Though the arrows past us fly, + Angel guards from thee surround us; + We are safe, if thou art nigh. + +3 Though the night be dark and dreary, + Darkness cannot hide from thee; + Thou art he who, never weary, + Watchest where thy people be. + +4 Should swift death this night o'ertake us, + And command us to the tomb, + May the morn in heaven awake us, + Clad in bright, eternal bloom. + + + + +943. 7s. M. Bowring. + +Morning or Evening.--All from God. + + +1 Father! thy paternal care + Has my guardian been, my guide! + Every hallowed wish and prayer + Has thy hand of love supplied; + Thine is every thought of bliss, + Left by hours and days gone by; + Every hope thy offspring is, + Beaming from futurity. + +2 Every sun of splendid ray; + Every moon that shines serene; + Every morn that welcomes day; + Every evening's twilight scene, + Every hour which wisdom brings; + Every incense at thy shrine; + These--and all life's holiest things, + And its fairest--all are thine. + +3 And for all, my hymns shall rise + Daily to thy gracious throne: + Thither let my asking eyes + Turn unwearied--righteous One! + Through life's strange vicissitude + There reposing all my care, + Trusting still through ill and good, + Fixed and cheered and counselled there. + + + + +944. 7s. & 6s. M. Sacred Songs. + +Reflections at Sunset. + + +1 The mellow eve is gliding + Serenely down the west; + So, every care subsiding, + My soul would sink to rest. + +2 The woodland hum is ringing + The daylight's gentle close; + May angels round me singing, + Thus hymn my last repose. + +3 The evening star has lighted + Her crystal lamp on high; + So, when in death benighted, + May hope illume the sky. + +4 In golden splendor dawning, + The morrow's light shall break; + O, on the last bright morning + May I in glory wake. + + + + +945. L. M. Watts. + +Evening Hymn. + + +1 Thus far the Lord has led me on, + Thus far his power prolongs my days! + And every evening shall make known + Some fresh memorial of his grace. + +2 Much of my time has run to waste, + And I, perhaps, am near my home; + But he forgives my follies past, + He gives me strength for days to come. + +3 I lay my body down to sleep; + Peace is the pillow for my head: + While well appointed angels keep + Their watchful stations round my bed. + +4 Faith in his name forbids my fear: + O, may thy presence ne'er depart! + And in the morning make me hear + Thy love and kindness in my heart. + +5 And when the night of death shall come, + Still may I trust almighty love,-- + The love which triumphs o'er the tomb, + And leads to perfect bliss above. + + + + +946. L. M. Kenn. + +Trusting God. Evening Hymn. + + +1 Glory to thee, my God, this night, + For all the blessings of the light: + Keep me, O, keep me, King of kings, + Beneath the shadow of thy wings. + +2 Forgive me, Lord, through thy dear Son + The ills which I this day have done; + That with the world, myself, and thee, + I, ere I sleep, at peace may be. + +3 O, may my soul on thee repose, + And with sweet sleep mine eyelids close! + Sleep that shall me more vigorous make + To serve my God when I awake. + +4 Be thou my Guardian while I sleep; + Thy watchful station near me keep; + My heart with love celestial fill, + And guard me from th' approach of ill. + +5 Lord, let my heart forever share + The bliss of thy paternal care: + 'Tis heaven on earth, 'tis heaven above, + To see thy face and sing thy love. + + + + +947. C. M. Anonymous. + +Evening Hymn. + + +1 Indulgent God, whose bounteous care + O'er all thy works is shown, + O let my grateful praise and prayer + Ascend before thy throne! + +2 What mercies has this day bestowed! + How largely hast thou blest! + My cup with plenty overflowed, + With cheerfulness my breast. + +3 Now may sweet slumbers close my eyes, + From pain and sickness free; + And let my waking thoughts arise + To meditate on thee. + +4 So bless each future day and night, + Till life's fond scene is o'er; + At length, to realms of endless light + Enraptured let me soar. + + + + +948. L. M. Keble. + +"Abide with us, for it is towards evening, and the day is far spent." + + +1 'Tis gone, that bright and orbéd blaze, + Fast fading from our wistful gaze; + Yon mantling cloud has hid from sight + The last faint pulse of quivering light. + +2 Sun of my soul! thou Saviour dear, + It is not night if thou be near: + Oh may no earth-born cloud arise + To hide thee from thy servant's eyes. + +3 When the soft dews of kindly sleep + My wearied eyelids gently steep, + Be my last thought now sweet to rest + Forever on my Saviour's breast. + +4 Abide with me from morn till eve, + For without thee I cannot live; + Abide with me when night is nigh, + For without thee I dare not die. + + + + +949. 7s. M. Doddridge. + +Evening Hymn. + + +1 Interval of grateful shade, + Welcome to my weary head! + Welcome slumbers to mine eyes, + Tired with glaring vanities! + +2 My great Master still allows + Needful periods of repose: + By my heavenly Father blest, + Thus I give my powers to rest. + +3 Heavenly Father, gracious name! + Night and day his love the same! + Far be each suspicious thought, + Every anxious care forgot! + +4 Thou, my ever-bounteous God, + Crown'st my days with various good; + Thy kind eye which cannot sleep, + My defenceless hours shall keep. + +5 Blest vicissitude to me! + Day and night I'm still with thee; + Guarded thus I sink to rest, + Lodged within my Father's breast + + + + +950. S. M. Curtis' Coll. + +Flight of Time. + + +1 Another day is past, + The hours forever fled, + And time is bearing us away + To mingle with the dead. + +2 Our minds in perfect peace + Our Father's care shall keep, + We yield to gentle slumber now, + For thou canst never sleep. + +3 How blesséd, Lord, are they + On thee securely stayed! + Nor shall they be in life alarmed, + Nor be in death dismayed. + + + + +951. S. M. Anonymous. + +Evening Hymn. + + +1 The day is past and gone; + The evening shades appear; + O, may we all remember well + The night of death draws near! + +2 We lay our garments by, + Upon our beds to rest; + So death shall soon disrobe us all + Of what is here possessed. + +3 Lord, keep us safe this night, + Secure from all our fears; + May angels guard us, while we sleep, + Till morning light appears! + + + + +952. 8s. & 7s. M. (Peculiar.) Kelly. + +An Evening Offering. + + +1 Through the day thy love hath spared us, + Now we lay us down to rest; + Through the silent watches guard us, + Let no foe our peace molest; + Father, thou our guardian be, + Sweet it is to trust in thee. + +2 Pilgrims here on earth, and strangers, + Dwelling in the midst of foes,-- + Us and ours preserve from dangers, + In thine arms let us repose, + And, when life's short day is past, + Rest with thee in heaven at last. + + + + +953. 7s. M. Missionary Mag. + +Evening Hymn. + + +1 Lord of glory! King of power! + In this lone and silent hour, + While the shades of darkness rise, + And the eve is on the skies, + By thy blessing, as the dews, + Which yon shaded skies diffuse, + Bid our feverish passions cease; + Calm us with thy promised peace. + +2 Wheresoe'er the brow of pain + Seeks oblivion's balm in vain, + Or the form of watchful grief + Knows not of the night's relief, + There thy pity, softening power, + There the spirit's calm restore; + Till each tongue, from murmuring free, + Wakes the hymn of praise to thee. + + + + +954. P. M. Bp. Heber. + +Evening Aspiration. + + + God, that madest earth and heaven, + Darkness and light,-- + Who the day for toil hast given, + For rest the night,-- + May thine angel guards defend us, + Slumber sweet thy mercy send us, + Holy dreams and hopes attend us, + This livelong night. + + + + +955. 7s. M. Anonymous. + +Evening Hymn. Ps. 141:2. + + +1 Softly now the light of day + Fades upon my sight away; + Free from care, from labor free, + Lord, I will commune with thee. + +2 Thou, whose all-pervading eye + Nought escapes, without, within: + Pardon each infirmity, + Open fault and secret sin. + +3 Soon, for me, the light of day + Shall forever pass away; + Then from sin and sorrow free, + Take me, Lord, to dwell with thee. + + + + +956. L. M. Kenn. + +Midnight. + + +1 My God, I now from sleep awake; + The sole possession of me take; + From midnight terrors me secure, + And guard my heart from thoughts impure. + +2 Blest angels, while we silent lie, + You hallelujahs sing on high; + You joyful hymn the Ever-blest, + Before the throne, and never rest. + +3 I with your choir celestial join, + In offering up a hymn divine; + With you in heaven I hope to dwell, + And bid the night and world farewell. + +4 Blest Jesus, thou, on heaven intent, + Whole nights hast in devotion spent; + But I, frail creature, soon am tired, + And all my zeal is soon expired. + +5 Shine on me, Lord, new life impart, + Fresh ardors kindle in my heart: + One ray of thy all-quickening light + Dispels the sloth and clouds of night. + + + + +957. S. M. Conder. + +Saturday Evening. + + +1 The hours of evening close; + Its lengthened shadows, drawn + O'er scenes of earth, invite repose, + And wait the Sabbath dawn. + +2 So let its calm prevail + O'er forms of outward care; + Nor thought for "many things" assail + The still retreat of prayer. + +3 Our guardian Shepherd near + His watchful eye will keep; + And, safe from violence and fear, + Will fold his flock to sleep. + +4 So may a holier light + Than earth's our spirits rouse, + And call us, strengthened by his might, + To pay the Lord our vows. + + + + +958. L. M. 6l. Anonymous. + +The Same. + + +1 Sweet to the soul the parting ray, + That ushers placid evening in, + When with the still, expiring day, + The Sabbath's peaceful hours begin; + How grateful to the anxious breast, + The sacred hours of holy rest. + +2 Hushed is the tumult of this day, + And worldly cares and business cease; + While soft the vesper breezes play, + To hymn the glad return of peace. + O season blest! O moment given + To turn the vagrant thoughts to heaven. + +3 Oft as this hallowed hour shall come, + O raise my thoughts from earthly things, + And bear them to my heavenly home, + On living faith's immortal wings-- + Till the last gleam of life decay, + In one eternal Sabbath day. + + + + +959. L. M. Cunningham. + +Sabbath Morning. + + +1 Dear is the hallowed morn to me, + When Sabbath bells awake the day, + And, by their sacred minstrelsy, + Call me from earthly cares away. + +2 And dear to me the wingéd hour, + Spent in thy hallowed courts, O Lord! + To feel devotion's soothing power, + And catch the manna of thy word. + +3 And dear to me the loud Amen, + Which echoes through the blest abode, + Which swells and sinks, and swells again, + Dies on the walls, but lives to God. + +4 Oft when the world, with iron hands, + Has bound me in its six days' chain, + This bursts them, like the strong man's bands, + And lets my spirit loose again. + +5 Go, man of pleasure, strike thy lyre, + Of broken Sabbaths sing the charms; + Ours be the prophet's car of fire + That bears us to a Father's arms. + + + + +960. L. M. Anonymous. + +Sabbath Evening. + + +1 There is a time when moments flow + More happily than all beside; + It is, of all the times below, + A Sabbath of the eventide. + +2 O then the setting sun shines fair, + And all below, and all above, + The various forms of Nature, wear + One universal garb of love. + +3 And then the peace that Jesus brought + The life of grace eternal beams, + And we, by his example taught, + Improve the life his love redeems. + +4 Delightful scene! a world at rest; + A God all love; no grief, no fear; + A heavenly hope, a peaceful breast, + A smile, unsullied by a tear. + + + + +MISCELLANEOUS. + + + + +961. L. M. Edwards. + +Sabbath Hymn with Nature. + + +1 King of the world! I worship thee: + Lord of the mind! the Sabbath's thine:-- + A contrite heart, a bended knee, + To-day shall be my corn, my wine. + A choral song for sacrifice + Will mount as fire, and heavenward own + The green-leaved earth, through joys and sighs + A satellite round Mercy's throne. + +2 The moon comes up to wake the dew, + And hang a star on every leaf; + The sun can take a rainbow hue, + To kiss away the meadow's grief; + The wave will lay its buoyance by, + To let the cloud take anchor there; + Earth, through her flowers, salutes the sky; + The sky meets earth in balmy air. + +3 And I was born to see and say + How beauty beams, without, within: + From the fly, made to gild a day, + To my own soul, outliving sin. + Even now I feel thy cherubim + Have come to me from thee, All-wise!-- + Then, Silence, thou shalt be my hymn, + And thought, my only sacrifice. + + + + +962. C. M. Herbert. + +The Soul's Beauty Unfading. + + +1 Sweet day! so cool, so calm, so bright, + Bridal of earth and sky, + The dew shall weep thy fall to-night, + For thou, alas! must die. + +2 Sweet rose! in air whose odors wave, + And color charms the eye, + Thy root is ever in its grave, + And thou, alas! must die. + +3 Sweet spring! of days and roses made, + Whose charms for beauty vie, + Thy days depart, thy roses fade; + Thou too, alas! must die. + +4 Only a sweet and holy soul + Hath tints that never fly; + While flowers decay, and seasons roll, + This lives, and cannot die. + + + + +963. L. M. Bowring. + +Evening Hymn with Nature. + + +1 To Thee, my God! to thee I bring + The evening's grateful offering; + From thee, the source of joy above, + Flow everlasting streams of love; + And all the rays of light that shine, + And bless creation, Lord! are thine. + +2 The morn, when stepping down the hills-- + The noon, which all creation fills + With glory; evening's placid fall, + The twilight and the raven pall + Of midnight; all alike proclaim + Thy great, thine all impressive name. + +3 And from the little worm, whose light + Shines palely through the shades of night, + Up to the sparkling stars that run + Their evening rounds--or glorious sun, + Rolling his car to twilight's rest-- + All, all in thee is bright and blest. + +4 And over all--above, below, + We see thee--ever-present thou! + In every wandering rill that flows, + In every gentle breeze that blows; + In every rising, setting sun, + We trace thee--own thee--holy One! + +5 Yes! in the mid-day's fervid beams, + And in the midnight's shadowy dreams, + In action and repose, we see, + We recognize and worship thee; + To thee our worthiest songs would give, + And in thee die, and to thee live. + + + + +964. 7s. M. B. Barton. + +"He shall be like a tree planted in the rivers of water." + + +1 Blessed state! and happy he + Who is like that planted tree; + Living waters lave his root, + Bends his bough with golden fruit. + +2 When the seedling from its bed + First lifts up its timid head, + Ministry of thine must give. + All on which its life can live. + +3 Showers from thee must bid it thrive, + Breath of thine must oft revive; + Light from thee its bloom supplies,-- + Left by thee it fades and dies. + +4 Thine, O Lord! the power and praise + Which a sight like this displays; + Power of thine must plant it there, + Praise of thee it should declare. + + + + +965. 11s. M. (Peculiar.) F. Osgood. + +"Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with +praise." + + +1 Approach not the altar + With gloom in thy soul; + Nor let thy feet falter, + From terror's control! + God loves not the sadness + Of fear and mistrust; + Oh serve him with gladness-- + The Gentle, the Just! + +2 His bounty is tender, + His being is love, + His smile fills with splendor, + The blue arch above. + Confiding, believing, + Oh! enter always, + "His courts with thanksgiving-- + His portals with praise!" + +3 Nor come to the temple + With pride in thy mien; + But lowly and simple, + In courage serene. + Bring meekly, before him, + The faith of a child: + Bow down and adore him, + With heart undefiled. + + + + +966. L. M. Miss Carey. + +Light and Darkness. + + +1 Our Father, when beside the tomb + We mourn the unconscious dead below, + Thy angels come amid the gloom, + With solace for our doubt and woe. + And looking through the shades of death + To that bright land where none can die, + How clearly then the eye of faith + Beholds the portals of the sky! + +2 And they whose lives serenely even + In pleasure's flowery way have kept, + Have never known the love of heaven, + As they whose souls have mourned and wept! + For stricken by the hand of woe, + The soul must seek a Father's love, + And they who weep can only know + What healing balm is found above! + +3 And one repentant hour of tears, + Of sweet communion and of prayer, + Is worth a thousand, thousand years + Where pleasure's thoughtless children are! + And O, if ever man below + Draws nearer to the eternal throne, + 'Tis when his soul, subdued by woe, + Seeks refuge with its God above! + + + + +967. L. M. Sir J. E. Smith. + +"It is I, be not afraid." + + +1 When Power Divine, in mortal form, + Hushed with a word the raging storm, + In soothing accents Jesus said, + "Lo, it is I!--be not afraid." + +2 So, when in silence nature sleeps, + And his lone watch the mourner keeps, + One thought, shall every pang remove-- + Trust, feeble man, thy Maker's love. + +3 Blessed be the voice that breathes from heaven, + To every heart in sunder riven, + When love, and joy, and hope are fled, + "Lo it is I!--be not afraid." + + + + +968. L. M. Bowring. + +Joy after Sorrow. + + +1 As, when the deluge-waves were gone, + Hills, plains, and vales in freshness burst, + And nature's earliest rainbow shone + On scenes more lovely than the first, + +2 Loosed from the ark, a heavenly dove, + The promise-branch of olive bore,-- + Pledge of returning peace and love + That beamed more brightly than before:-- + +3 So when affliction's waters glide + From the enfranchised soul away, + More peaceful, pure, and sanctified, + The soul emerges into day. + +4 And then, as with the olive bough + The heavenly dove of old drew near, + Some gentle words of truth will flow, + In holy music on the ear. + +5 O'er all the transient things of time, + The oblivious foot of years hath trod; + But all that's sacred and sublime + Stands steadfast as the truth of God. + + + + +969. 7s. M. Bowring. + +Pious Worship. + + +1 In thy courts let peace be found, + Be thy temple full of love; + There we tread on holy ground, + All serene, around, above. + +2 While the knee in prayer is bent, + While with praise the heart o'erflows, + Tranquillize the turbulent! + Give the weary one repose! + +3 Be the place for worship meet, + Meet the worship for the place; + Contemplation's best retreat, + Shrine of guilelessness and grace! + +4 As an infant knows its home, + Lord! may we thy temples know; + Thither for instruction come-- + Thence by thee instructed go. + + + + +970. L. M. Cunningham. + +An Ancient Church. + + +1 Long be our fathers' temple ours, + Far hence the time in which it falls; + A thousand spirits watch its bowers, + A cloud of angels guard its walls. + +2 And be their shield by us possessed; + Lord, rear around the blest abode, + The buttress of a holy breast, + The rampart of a present God. + + + + +971. C. M. Anonymous. + +The Widow's Prayer. + + +1 Though faint and sick, and worn away + With poverty and woe, + My widowed feet are doomed to stray + 'Mid thorny paths below. + +2 Be thou, O Lord, my Father still, + My confidence and guide: + I know that perfect is thy will, + Whate'er that will decide. + +3 I know the soul that trusts in thee + Thou never wilt forsake; + And though a bruiséd reed I be, + That reed thou wilt not break. + +4 Then keep me, Lord, where'er I go, + Support me on my way, + Though, worn with poverty and woe, + My widowed footsteps stray. + +5 To give my weakness strength, O God, + Thy staff shall yet avail; + And though thou chasten with thy rod, + That staff shall never fail. + + + + +972. C. M. Anonymous. + +The Orphan's Hymn. + + +1 Where shall the child of sorrow find + A place for calm repose? + Thou, Father of the fatherless, + Pity the orphan's woes! + +2 What friend have I in heaven or earth, + What friend to trust but thee? + My father's dead--my mother's dead; + My God, remember me! + +3 Thy gracious promise now fulfil, + And bid my trouble cease; + In thee the fatherless shall find + Pure mercy, grace and peace. + +4 I've not a secret care or pain, + But he that secret knows; + Thou, Father of the fatherless, + Pity the orphan's woes! + + + + +973. 7s. M. Bowring. + +"The rich and poor meet together." + + +1 Come the rich and come the poor, + To the Christian temple door; + Let their mingled prayers ascend + To the universal Friend. + +2 Here the rich and poor may claim + Common ancestry and name; + Claim a common heritage, + In the gospel's promise page. + +3 Of the same materials wrought; + By the same instructor taught; + Walking in life's common way; + Tending to the same decay. + +4 Rich and poor at last shall meet + At the heavenly mercy seat; + Where the name of rich and poor + Never shall be uttered more. + + + + +974. L. M. Bowring. + +Temptation. + + +1 Oh, what a struggle wakes within, + When in the spirit's solitude, + The tempting, treacherous thoughts of sin, + In all their luring smiles intrude! + +2 'Tis then, my Father! then I feel + My nature's weakness, and, oppressed, + Like a poor trembling child I steal + To thee, for safety, and for rest. + +3 Beneath thy shadow let me live! + Be thou my Friend--my Father be! + I bend in trust--I pray! forgive + The erring child that flies to thee! + + + + +975. L. M. Anonymous. + +The Faithful Minister. + + +1 "Let there be light!"--When from on high, + O God, that first commandment came, + Forth leaped the sun; and earth and sky + Lay in his light, and felt his flame. + +2 "Let there be light!"--The light of grace + And truth, a darkling world to bless, + Came with thy word, when on our race + Broke forth the Sun of Righteousness. + +3 Light of our souls! how strong it grows: + That sun, how wide his beams he flings, + As up the glorious sky he goes, + With light and healing in his wings! + +4 Give us that light! O God, 'tis given! + Hope sees it open heaven's wide halls + To those who for the truth have striven; + And Faith walks firmly where it falls. + +5 Churches no more, in cold eclipse, + Mourn the withholding of its rays; + It gilds their gates, and on the lips + Of every faithful preacher plays. + + + + +976. P. M. Moore. + +Fall of Israel. + + +1 Fallen is thy throne, O Israel!-- + Silence is on all thy plains,-- + Thy dwellings all lie desolate,-- + Thy children weep in chains. + Where are the dews that fed thee + On Ethan's barren shore? + That fire from heaven that led thee + Now lights thy path no more! + +2 Lord, thou didst love Jerusalem! + Once she was all thy own! + Her love thy fairest heritage, + Her power thy glory's throne; + Till evil came and blighted + Thy long-loved olive tree, + And Salem's shrines were lighted + For other gods than thee. + +3 Then sunk the star of Solyma, + Then passed her glory's day, + Like heath that in the wilderness + The wild wind whirls away. + Silent and waste her bowers, + Where once the mighty trod; + And sunk those guilty towers, + Where Baal reigned as God. + + + + +977. L. M. Anonymous. + +Remonstrance with the Jews. + + +1 Why on the bending willows hung, + Israel! still sleeps thy tuneful string?-- + Still mute remains thy sullen tongue, + And Zion's song denies to sing? + +2 Awake! thy sweetest raptures raise; + Let harp and voice unite their strains + Thy promised King his sceptre sways; + Jesus, thine own Messiah, reigns! + +3 No taunting foes the song require: + No strangers mock thy captive chain: + But friends provoke the silent lyre, + And brethren ask the holy strain. + +4 Nor fear thy Salem's hills to wrong, + If other lands thy triumph share: + A heavenly city claims thy song; + A brighter Salem rises there. + +5 By foreign streams no longer roam; + Nor, weeping, think of Jordan's flood: + In every clime behold a home, + In every temple see thy God. + + + + +978. 8s. & 7s. M. Cowper. + +The Glory of the Redeemed. + + +1 Hear what God the Lord hath spoken, + "O my people, faint and few, + Comfortless, afflicted, broken, + Fair abodes I build for you; + Thorns of heart-felt tribulation + Shall no more perplex your ways; + Ye shall name your walls, Salvation, + And your gates shall all be praise. + +2 "There, like streams that feed the garden, + Pleasures without end shall flow; + For the Lord, your faith rewarding, + All his bounty shall bestow; + Still, in undisturbed possession, + Peace and righteousness shall reign: + Never shall you feel oppression, + Hear the voice of war again. + +3 "Ye no more your suns descending, + Waning moons no more shall see; + But, your griefs forever ending, + Find eternal noon in me; + God shall rise, and shining o'er you, + Change to day the gloom of night; + He, the Lord, shall be your glory, + God, your everlasting light." + + + + +979. C. M. Ancient Hymns. + +The Noble Army of Martyrs. + + +1 The triumphs of the martyred saints + The joyous lay demand; + The heart delights in song to dwell + On that victorious band-- + Those whom the senseless world abhorred, + Who cast the world aside, + Deeming it worthless, for the sake + Of Christ, their Lord and Guide. + +2 For him they braved the tyrant's rage, + The scourge's cruel smart; + The wild beast's fang their bodies tore, + But vanquished not the heart; + Like lambs before the sword they fell, + Nor cry nor plaint expressed; + For patience kept the conscious mind + And armed the fearless breast. + +3 What tongue can tell the crown prepared + The martyr's brow to grace? + His shining robe, his joys unknown, + Before thy glorious face? + Vouchsafe us, Lord, if such thy will. + Clear skies and seasons calm; + If not, the martyr's cross to bear, + And win the martyr's palm. + + + + +980. 6s. M. Luther. + +The Death of Martyrs. + + +1 Flung to the heedless winds, + Or on the waters cast, + Their ashes shall be watched, + And gathered at the last: + And from that scattered dust, + Around us and abroad, + Shall spring a plenteous seed + Of witnesses for God. + +2 The Father hath received + Their latest living breath; + Yet vain is Satan's boast + Of victory in their death: + Still, still, though dead, they speak, + And trumpet-tongued proclaim + To many a wakening land + The one availing name. + + + + +981. S. M. Ancient Hymns. + +Thanks for all Saints. + + +1 For all thy saints, O God, + Who strove in Christ to live, + Who followed him, obeyed, adored, + Our grateful hymn receive. + +2 For all thy saints, O God, + Accept our thankful cry, + Who counted Christ their great reward, + And strove in him to die. + +3 They all, in life and death, + With him, their Lord in view, + Learned from thy Holy Spirit's breath + To suffer and to do. + +4 For this thy name we bless, + And humbly beg that we + May follow them in holiness, + And live and die in thee. + + + + +982. 7s. & 6s. M. (Peculiar.) Meth. Coll. + +Quiet Religion. + + +1 Open, Lord, my inward ear, + And bid my heart rejoice; + Bid my quiet spirit hear + The comfort of thy voice; + Never in the whirlwind found, + Or where earthquakes rock the place + Still and silent is the sound, + The whisper of thy grace. + +2 From the world of sin, and noise, + And hurry, I withdraw; + For the small and inward voice + I wait with humble awe; + Silent I am now and still, + Dare not in thy presence move; + To my waiting soul reveal + The secret of thy love. + + + + +983. L. M. 8l. H. Ballou, 2d. + +"A Hiding-place from the Wind," &c. + + +1 When dread misfortune's tempests rise, + And roar through all the darkened skies, + Where shall the anxious pilgrim gain + A shelter from the wind and rain? + Within the covert of thy grace, + O Lord, there is a hiding-place, + Where, unconcerned, we hear the sound, + Though storm and tempest rage around. + +2 When, wandering o'er the desert bare + Of burning sands and sultry air, + We've sought the cheerless region through, + But found no stream to meet our view,-- + 'Tis then, the rivers of thy love, + Descending from thy throne above, + Supply our wants, and soothe our pain, + And raise our fainting souls again. + +3 When in a weary land we tire, + And our exhausted powers expire, + With toil, and care, and heat oppressed, + Where shall our languid spirits rest? + O, who could bear the blasting ray, + And all the burden of the day, + Did not a Rock in Zion stand, + O'ershading all this weary land! + + + + +984. C. M. H. Ware. + +On Opening an Organ. + + +1 All nature's works his praise declare + To whom they all belong; + There is a voice in every star, + In every breeze a song. + Sweet music fills the world abroad + With strains of love and power; + The stormy sea sings praise to God-- + The thunder and the shower. + +2 To God the tribes of ocean cry, + And birds upon the wing; + To God, the powers that dwell on high + Their tuneful tribute bring. + Like them let man the throne surround, + With them loud chorus raise, + While instruments of loftiest sound + Assist his feeble praise. + +3 Great God! to thee we consecrate + Our voices and our skill; + We bid the pealing organ wait + To speak alone thy will. + Oh, teach its rich and swelling notes + To lift our souls on high; + And while the music round us floats, + Let earth-born passion die. + + + + +985. C. M. L. H. Sigourney. + +Marriage Hymn. + + +1 Not for the summer's hour alone, + When skies resplendent shine, + And youth and pleasure fill the throne, + Our hearts and hands we join; + +2 But for those stern and wintry days + Of sorrow, pain, and fear, + When Heaven's wise discipline doth make + Our earthly journey drear;-- + +3 Not for this span of life alone, + Which like a blast doth fly, + And as the transient flowers of grass, + Just blossom, droop, and die;-- + +4 But for a being without end + This vow of love we take; + Grant us, O God, one home at last, + For thy great mercy's sake. + + + + +986. 7s. & 6s. M. Heber. + +The Same. + + +1 When on her Maker's bosom + The new-born earth was laid, + And nature's opening blossom + Its fairest bloom displayed; + When all with fruits and flowers, + The laughing soil was dressed, + And Eden's fragrant bowers + Received their human guest,-- + +2 No sin his face defiling, + The heir of nature stood, + And God, benignly smiling, + Beheld that all was good. + Yet in that hour of blessing + A single want was known,-- + A wish the heart distressing,-- + For Adam was alone. + +3 O God of pure affection, + By men and saints adored, + O, give us thy protection + Around this nuptial board. + May thy rich bounties ever + To wedded love be shown, + And no rude hand dissever + Whom thou hast linked in one. + + + + +987. L. M. C. Sprague. + +For the Blessing of Schools. + + +1 O Thou, at whose dread name we bend, + To whom our purest vows we pay, + God over all, in love descend, + And bless the labors of this day. + +2 Our fathers here, a pilgrim band, + Fixed the proud empire of the free; + Art moved in gladness o'er the land, + And Faith her altars reared to thee. + +3 Here, too, to guard, through every age, + The sacred rights their valor won, + They bade instruction spread her page, + And send down truth from sire to son. + +4 Here still, through all succeeding time, + Their stores may truth and learning bring + And still the anthem-note sublime + To thee from children's children sing. + + + + +988. L. M. J. G. Adams. + +Dedication of a School-house. + + +1 God of our fathers! from whose hand + Came all our lights and blessings down,-- + Who this devoted, favored land + Dost with thy choicest mercy crown! + +2 To Learning and to Knowledge reared-- + We dedicate with prayer and praise + This edifice, to thee, revered + Above all gods, through endless days! + +3 Accept the offering--deign to dwell + With thy confiding children here; + The shades of Ignorance dispel,-- + In Truth's omnipotence appear! + +4 Here through successive years may come + The youthful mind--fair Wisdom's guest; + Long be this house Instruction's home, + When those who reared it sink to rest. + + + + +989. 6s. & 4s. M. J. G. Adams. + +The Same. + + +1 Raise the adoring song! + Praises to God belong, + In this glad hour! + He who from worlds on high, + Spreads over earth and sky + Proofs of his majesty, + Goodness and power! + +2 Praise, that Instruction's voice + Bids the young heart rejoice + In this fair land; + Praise, that the humblest mind + Wisdom's true light may find, + Ground on which all inclined + Freely may stand. + +3 Source of all holiness! + With thy rich favor bless + This house of thine; + Here be true knowledge sought, + Here purest wisdom taught, + Wisdom with Freedom fraught, + Freedom divine! + + + + +990. C. M. P. H. Sweetser. + +The Same. + + +1 Let monumental pillars rise + In majesty sublime-- + Their granite columns shall decay + Before the touch of time. + +2 But mind, enlightened and refined, + Shall live beyond the sky, + And heavenly sciences explore, + When time itself shall die! + +3 A nobler monument we raise + Than costly marble pile-- + A beacon light to lead the way + From ignorance and guile. + +4 This house, with prayer, O God, we give + To truth's supreme control; + To virtue and progressive thought, + The riches of the soul. + + + + +991. L. M. Anonymous. + +The River of Life. + + +1 There is a pure and peaceful wave, + That issues from the throne of love, + Whose waters gladden as they lave + The bright and heavenly courts above. + +2 In living streams behold that tide + Through Christ the rock profusely burst; + And in his word, behold supplied + The fount for which our spirits thirst. + +3 The pilgrim faint, who seems to sink + Beneath the sultry sky of time, + May here repose, and freely drink + The waters of that better clime. + +4 And every soul may here partake + The blessings of the fount above; + And none who drink will e'er forsake + The crystal stream of boundless love. + + + + +992. 8s. & 7s. M. Anonymous. + +The Soldier of the Cross. + + +1 Soldier, to the contest pressing, + Onward, let thy watchword be; + God upon thee pours his blessing; + What though man derideth thee! + +2 Onward, though the fagot's burning + By thy pathway's only light; + Onward, death and danger spurning; + Onward in the path of right! + +3 God, for all thy wants providing, + Armor trusty hath for thee; + Gird thyself, in him confiding, + With the goodly panoply: + +4 Righteousness thy breast defending, + And thy feet with justice shod: + Onward; with the foe contending, + Wield thy sword, the word of God. + +5 Thine the helmet of salvation, + Faith thy mighty shield shall be; + And let prayer and supplication, + Lance and glorious falchion be; + +6 Onward then, with bold contending, + In the path the martyrs trod: + God to thee his strength is lending; + Onward, in the strength of God. + + + + +993. C. M. Anonymous. + +On Occasion of a Destructive Fire. + + +1 Eternal God, our humbled souls + Before thy presence bow; + With all thy wasting magazines, + How terrible art thou! + +2 The flames thy messengers become, + And their destruction pour, + And that which we in strength had reared + Lies mouldered in an hour. + +3 Within our pleasant places, Lord, + Destruction rears its head, + And blackened walls and smoking heaps + Along our streets are spread. + +4 Lord, in this hour we come to thee, + With awe adore thy name; + Yet bless the hand of guardian love, + That snatched us from the flame. + + + + +994. C. M. E. H. Chapin. + +During or after a Great Storm. + + +1 Amid surrounding gloom and waste, + From nature's face we flee; + And in our fear and wonder haste + O nature's life, to thee! + Thy ways are in the mighty deep; + In tempests as they blow; + In floods that o'er our treasures sweep; + The lightning; and the snow. + +2 Though earth upon its axis reels, + And heaven is veiled in wrath; + Not one of nature's million wheels + Breaks its appointed path; + Fixed in thy grasp, the sources meet + Of beauty and of awe; + In storm or calm, all pulses beat + True to the central law. + +3 Thou art that law, whose will thus done + In seeming wreck and blight, + Sends the calm planets round the sun, + And pours the moon's soft light. + We trust thy love; thou best dost know + The universal peace; + How long the stormy force should blow, + And when the flood should cease. + +4 And though around our path some form + Of mystery ever lies, + And life is like the calm and storm + That checker earth and skies, + Through all its mingling joy and dread, + Permit us, Holy One, + By faith to see the golden thread + Of thy great purpose run. + + + + +995. C. M. Addison. + +The Traveller's Hymn. + + +1 How are thy servants blest, O Lord! + How sure is their defence! + Eternal wisdom is their guide, + Their help omnipotence. + +2 In foreign realms, and lands remote, + Supported by thy care, + They pass unhurt through burning climes, + And breathe in tainted air. + +3 Thy mercy sweetens every soil, + Makes every region please; + The hoary, frozen hills it warms, + And smooths the boisterous seas. + +4 In midst of dangers, fears, and death, + Thy goodness I'll adore, + And praise thee for thy mercies past, + And humbly hope for more. + + + + +996. L. M. H. Bacon. + +Influence of Christian Woman. Matt. 26:13. + + +1 "Where'er my Gospel is proclaimed, + Through the long ages yet to be, + There shall this deed of love be named + Which she this hour hath done for me." + +2 Lord, while our eyes on Mary rest, + And see the precious perfume poured, + With thrilling power our thoughts invest + The sacred record of thy word. + +3 We bring to God, in thy dear name, + The tribute of our grateful praise. + For many a deed, unknown to fame, + Where woman her true homage pays. + +4 The wife, the mother, sister, friend,-- + All holy may her influence be! + The sweetness of her kindness blend + With Temperance, Truth, and Charity. + +5 Oh not a work is wrought in vain + Where love like Mary's fills the heart; + Memorials of that love remain, + A sacred influence to impart. + + + + +997. 8s. & 7s. M. J. G. Adams. + +"She hath done what she could." Mark 14:8. + + +1 Bless, O bless, Almighty Father, + Woman's mission with our race,-- + Her fond strivings here to gather + Fruits of thy redeeming grace. + +2 Though her way be not where honor + Wins the gazing world's acclaim, + Yet we bless thee that upon her + Rests the power of Jesus' name. + +3 In that name, O Father, strengthen + Her full heart and ready hands; + May her efforts serve to lengthen + Christian love's encircling bands. + +4 Where the mourning and the needy + And the suffering faint and die, + Be her presence sure and speedy, + Mercy's blessings to supply. + +5 Where old error's words are spoken, + Be truth's witness by her given, + Till, the spell of bondage broken, + Earth redeemed resembles heaven. + + + + +998. C. M. Barton. + +"Walk in the Light." + + +1 Walk in the light! so shalt thou know + That fellowship of love, + His Spirit only can bestow, + Who reigns in light above. + +2 Walk in the light! and thou shalt own + Thy darkness passed away, + Because that light hath on thee shone + In which is perfect day. + +3 Walk in the light! and e'en the tomb + No fearful shade shall wear; + Glory shall chase away its gloom, + For Christ hath conquered there! + +4 Walk in the light! and thine shall be + A path, though thorny,--bright: + For God, by grace, shall dwell in thee, + And God himself is light! + + + + +999. L. M. Anonymous. + +The Cause of Humanity Hopeful. + + +1 The past is dark with sin and shame, + The future dim with doubt and fear; + But, Father, yet we praise thy name, + Whose guardian love is always near! + +2 For man has striven ages long + With faltering steps to come to thee, + And in each purpose high and strong + The influence of thy grace could see. + +3 He could not breathe an earnest prayer + But thou wert kinder than he dreamed, + As age by age brought hopes more fair, + And nearer still thy kingdom seemed. + +4 But never rose within his breast, + A trust so calm and deep as now; + Shall not the weary find a rest? + Father! Preserver! answer thou! + +5 'Tis dark around, 'tis dark above, + But through the shadow streams the sun; + We cannot doubt thy certain love, + And man's great aim shall yet be won! + + + + +1000. 8s. & 7s. M. Montgomery. + +Joyful Hope. + + +1 Know, my soul, thy full salvation; + Rise o'er sin, and fear, and care; + Joy to find, in every station, + Something still to do, or bear. + Think what spirit dwells within thee; + Think what Father's smiles are thine; + Think what Jesus did to win thee;-- + Child of heaven! canst thou repine? + +2 Haste thee on from grace to glory, + Armed with faith, and winged with prayer; + Heaven's eternal day's before thee, + God's own hand shall guide thee there: + Soon shall cease thine earthly mission, + Soon shall pass thy pilgrim days; + Hope shall change to glad fruition, + Faith to sight, and prayer to praise. + + + + +1001. S. M. Wesleyan. + +For a Holy Heart. + + +1 Great Source of life and light, + Thy heavenly grace impart, + And by thy holy spirit write + Thy law upon my heart. + My soul would cleave to thee; + Let nought my purpose move; + O, let my faith more steadfast be, + And more intense my love! + +2 Long as my trials last, + Long as the cross I bear, + O, let my soul on thee be cast + In confidence and prayer! + Conduct me to the shore + Of everlasting peace, + Where storm and tempest rise no more, + Where sin and sorrow cease. + + + + +1002. 8s. & 7s. M. Waterston. + +"As for the truth, it endureth and is always strong." + + +1 Theories, which thousands cherish, + Pass like clouds that sweep the sky; + Creeds and dogmas all may perish; + Truth herself can never die. + +2 From the glorious heavens above her, + She has shed her beams abroad, + That the souls who truly love her, + May become the sons of God. + +3 Worldlings blindly may refuse her, + Close their eyes and call it night; + Learned scoffers may abuse her, + But they cannot quench her light! + +4 Thrones may totter, empires crumble, + All their glories cease to be; + While she, Christ-like, crowns the humble, + And from bondage sets them free. + +5 God himself will e'er defend her + From the fury of her foe, + Till she, in her native splendor, + Sits enthroned o'er all below. + + + + +1003. 7s. M. 6l. Anonymous. + +Active Benevolence. + + +1 In the morning sow thy seed, + Nor at eve withhold thy hand; + Who can tell which may succeed, + Or if both alike shall stand, + And a glorious harvest bear, + To reward the sower's care? + +2 Sow it 'mid the haunts of vice-- + Scenes of infamy and crime; + Suddenly, may Paradise + Burst, as in the northern clime + Spring, with all its verdant race, + Starts from Winter's cold embrace. + +3 Sow it with unsparing hand; + 'Tis the kingdom's precious seed, + 'Tis the Master's great command, + And his grace shall crown the deed; + He hath said, the precious grain + Never shall be sown in vain. + + + + +1004. H. M. J. G. Adams. + +Death of a Magistrate or Public Man. + + +1 Death moves with victor's tread + In our high places, Lord! + The honorable dead + We mourn with one accord; + Our souls, oppressed, before thee bow, + Heed thou the prayer, accept the vow. + +2 While thus we feel the rod + Of thine afflictive love, + Teach us, our fathers' God, + Thy justice to approve. + Though all thy ways we cannot trace, + May we not doubt thy guardian grace. + +3 O keep us in thy hand, + A chosen race for thee; + And make our own loved land + The true home of the free; + Where sin shall cease, and righteousness + Forever dwell, forever bless. + + + + +1005. C. M. Mrs. Sigourney. + +True Prayer. + + +1 The Lord is on his holy throne, + He sits in kingly state; + Let those who for his favors seek, + In humble silence wait. + +2 True prayer is not th' imposing sound + That clamorous lips repeat; + But the deep silence of a soul + That clasps Jehovah's feet. + + + + +DOXOLOGIES. + + + + +1006. H. M. + +Doxology. + + + Glory to God on high! + Forever bless his name; + Let earth, and seas, and sky + His wondrous love proclaim; + To him be praise + And glory given + By all on earth, + And all in heaven. + + + + +1007. 7s. M. + +The Same. + + + Praise to God! immortal praise + From the heavens, the earth, the seas! + All in one vast chorus join, + To extol the name divine! + + + + +1008. L. M. + +The Same. + + + Praise God, from whom all blessings flow! + Praise him, all creatures here below! + Praise him, above, ye heavenly throng! + Praise God, our Father, in your song! + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Hymns for Christian Devotion, by +J.G. Adams and E.H. 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