GFP.' / m V\ JUN i0'1921 Division Section / HYMNS A JUN 101921 THE CHURCH OF CHRIST. EDITED BY w Rev. FREDERIC H. HEDGE, D.D., Ri:v. FREDERIC D. HUNTINGTON. SIXTH THOUSAND. BOSTON: CROSBY, NICHOLS, AND COMPANY, 111 "Washington Steeet. 1857. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1853, by Crosby, Kicholb, and Coupant, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachuflettfl. cakibridoe; metcalf and compant, siereotiters and frintebs. INDEX OE SUBJECTS, I. SANCTUARY. HYIUIft] I. Ofexing of Seevice, 1-50 U. Close of Service, 51-79 m. Dedication 80-84 IV. Sabbath, 85-93 II. GOD. I. Adokation, 94-119 n. God's Presence, Power, aistj Wisdom, . . , 120-135 m. God's Love, 136-148 IV. God's Forgiveness, 149-156 V. God's Help and Protection, .... 157-184 VI. God in Nature, 185 - 205 III. THE WORD. The "Word, 206-222 IV. CHRIST. I. Advent and Nativity, 223-247 n. Events in Christ's Ministry, 248-266 in. Offices to the Soul, 267-313 IV. The Cross, .314-327 IV INDEX OF SUBJECTS. V. THE SPIRIT. QUICK£NEB, SaHCTIFIEE, AND COMFOKTER, . . 328-361 VI. THE CHURCH. I. Ordination and Installation, .... 352-357 II. Baptism, 358-365 m. Communion at the Lord's Supper, . . . 366-401 IV. Family. — Morning and Evening, .... 402-431 V. Thanksgiving, 432-444 VI. Fast, 445-454 Vn. The Nation, 455-465 Vm. Brotherhood, 466-500 IX. S0CLA.L Worship, 501-518 X. The Future Church, 519-540 VII. THE HEART I. Penitence, n. Eenewal, in. Prater, IV. Aspiration, . V. Consecration, VT. Gentleness and vn. Gratitude, Vni. Confidence and Joy, . IX. Faith and Submission, X. Consolation, Humility, 541 - 562 563-568 569-581 582 - 600 601-630 631 - 642 643-645 646 - 655 656 - 692 693-710 VIII. LIFE. I. Early Religion, 711-715 n. Choice, 716-718 m. Action, 719-752 VI. Passage of Time, 753-761 INDEX OF SUBJECTS. IX. DEATH. I. DyxNG OF Child EEN, 762-767 n. Dylno of the Believee, 768-772 HL FuNEEE^VL, 773-786 X. IMMORTALITY. I. JCDGMENT 787-789 n. The Dead, . . . . , . . . .790-807 m. Heaven, 808-831 XI. THE YEAR. The Yeae, 832-834 XII. SUPPLEMENT. New and Old, 835 Easter Hyicm, 836 Progress, 837 The Silent Land, 838 On-ward, 889 " StUl with Thee," 840 At Sea, 841 The Cahn of the Soul, 842 " Domine ne in Furore," 843 " In Te, Domine, confido," 844 Liberty of Prophesying, 845 Ministering Spirits, 846 "Why thus longiDg?" 847 Voyage of Life, 848 " Miserere, Domine ! " . 849 Action for the Future, 850 The Alpine Shepherd, 851 Luther's Psahn, 852 True Rest, 853 ^ INDEX OF SUBJECTS. The Clioice, Pilgrim Ode, . . * . * ^It City of God, ^'"^ The Father's Hand, . ^^^ The Future Life, ... ^" Creation, ' ' ^^^ Hear our Prayer, . . ^^^ Charity, ^^^ CaU to Action, . .'.'.'.*. . * ' * " ^" Be thou ready, .... • • • • - Death and Judgment, " The Lord gave the Word," . . . . , . ' ' ^ ' ^g. The Last Judgment, The Judge of Nations, Prayer for all Men, , . .'.".'.'.' * ' ggg Christmas, A Supplication, ^ ' * ' * „., " God speed the Pvight !" . g'^ Noonday HjTun, . . . .".".*.'.'.'.". 872 ^1 INDEX TO FIRST LINES. Abba, Father, liear thy child Abide Mrith me ! Fast falls the eventide. Lyte. A charge to keep I have. C Wesley. . Again the Lord of life and light. Barbauld. . Again the Sunday mom. Lyra Cath. A glory gilds the sacred page. Cowper. . Ah ■wretched souls, ■who strive in vain. Mrs. Steele. Alas ! ho'w poor and Uttle -worth. Alas the outer emptiness ! T. H. Gill. A little child, in buhush ark. W. J. Fox. All before us Ues the "way. Emerson. . AH conviction should be vahant. Machay. All earthly charms, ho-wever dear. H. Ifoore. . AH, from the sun's uprise. Sajidys. All men are equal in their birth. IF. Ifartineau. All nature feels attractive po^wer. Drennan. . All po-werful, self-existent God. Walker^s Col. . AU-seeing God! 'tis thine to kno^w. Scott. All ye nations, praise the Lord. Montg. Almighty God, thy ■word is cast. Chr. Psalmist. Almighty Lord, before thy throne. Rippoii's Col. Almighty One ! I bend in dust before thee. Bowring. Am I a soldier of the cross. Waits Amidst a -world of hopes and fears. II. Moore. A mighty fortress is our God. Luther, tr. F. II. Hedge. And is the Gospel peace and love ? Mrs. Steele. 509 420 723 91 89 211 716 758 619 510 652 845 810 109 487 671 134 473 11 79 446 110 744 181 852 638 Vlll INDEX TO FIRST LINES Angel, roll the rock away ! Scott. Angels, from the realms of glory. Montg. An offering to the shrine of power. R. Nicliol. . Another hand is beckoning us. Whitiier. Another six days' work is done. Stennet. . Another year is swallowed by the sea. U. Elliott. Answer me, burning stars of night. Hemans. Ai-k of the Covenant ! not that. Breviary. Armies of God ! in union. Lijra Cath. Arm of the Lord, awake ! awake ! Shrvbsole. Around Bethesda's healing wave. Barton. As body when the soul has fled. Drummond. As, down in the sunless retreats of the ocean. Moore. As earth's pageant passes by. Beaumont. As eveiy day thy mercy spares. Chr. Psalmist. As Jesus sought his wandering sheep. Lyra Cath. Asleep in Jesus ! blessed sleep ! 3frs. Mackay. . A soldier's course, from battles won. Gisborne. Assist us, Lord, to act, to be. H. 3Iooi-e. As the hart, with eager looks. Montg. As the sun's enlivening eye. J. Newton. As the sweet flower that scents the morn. Episc. Col. At anchor laid, remote from home. Rijypon's Col. A thousand years have fleeted. Germ. tr. Cox. A trusting heart, a yearning eye. Lyra Cath. Author of good ! we rest on thee. Mernch. . A voice upon the midnight air Awake, my soul ! and with the sun. Kemi. . Awake, my soul 1 lift up thine eyes. Barbauld. . Awake, my soul ! stretch every nerve. Doddridge. Awake, our souls ! away, our fears I Watts. Away, ye ceaseless doubts and feai-s- H. F. Lyte. Back to the world we 've faithless turned. Keble aWd. Baptized into our Saviour's death. Doddridge. Before Jehovah's awful throne. Watts. Bcgm, my soul, the exalted lay. Ogilrie. Behold, night's shadows fade. Breviary. . . . Behold the amuziu"' sidit. Watts INDEX TO FIRST LINES. IX Beliold, tlio morning sun. Waits Behold tho Prince of Peace ! NeedJiam. . Behold, the servant of the Lord Behold the sun, how bright. Afoore. Behold tho western evening light! 11'. B. 0. Pcabodij. Behold what wontkous grace. Walts. Beneath the shadow of the cross. . . . • Beneath thine hammer, Lord, I lie. F. II. Hedge. . Beset with snares on every hand. Doddridge. . Be thou, 0 God, by night, by day. Chapel Hymns. Be thou ready, fellow-mortal. BartoVs Col. Be with me. Lord, where'er I go. Chr. Psalmist. . Beyond, beyond the boundless sea. Conder. Blessed be thy name for ever 1 Hogg. Bless, 0 Lord, each opening year. Newton. Blest ai-e the humble souls that see. Watts. . Blest are the pure in heart. Keble Blest are the sons of peace. Watts. Blest be the everlasting God. Watts. Blest day of God ! most calm, most bright. Codman's Col. Blest hour, when virtuous friends shall meet. Liverpool Blest Instructor, from thy ways. Merrick. Blest is the hour when cares depart Blest is the man who fears the Lord ! Exeter Col. . Blest Spirit ! source of grace divine ! Doddridge. Bread of heaven ! on thee we feed. Fratt's Col. Bread of the world, in mercy broken. Heher. Brightest and best of the sons of the morning. Heher. Bright were the mornings first impearled. Lyra Cath. Brother, rest from sin and sorrow ! Bap. Mem^ria. Brother, thou art gone before us. Milman. But who shall see the glorious day. 3Ioore. . By cool Siloam's shady rill. Heher. . . . . By snfierings only can we know. Mde, Guyon. Call them from the dead. W. J. Fox. Calm on the bosom of thy God. Hemans. Calm on the listening ear of night. F. H. Sea7's. Cease, ye mourners, cease to languish. Collyer. Col. X INDEX TO FIRST LINES Centre of our hopes thou art. Wesleyan. . Cheek grow pale, but heart be vigorous ! Jiliss Bremer. Cheer up, desponding soul. Lip-a Calk. Christ hath arisen ! Goethe, ir. F. II. Uedge. Christ leads me thi-ough no darker rooms. B. Baxter, Christ the Lord is risen to-day. Cudworth. Christ, whose glory fills the skies. C. Wesley. Come, blessed Spirit, Source of light. Beddome. Come, Holy Spirit, come ! Eart. Come, Jesus, come ! return again. Heber. Come, kingdom of our God. Johns. . Come, let us who in Christ beheve. Come, now, ye wanderers, to your God. Come, 0 Creator Spirit blest ! Lyra Cath. Come, 0 thou universal good ! . . . Come, said Jesus' sacred voice. Barbauld. Come the rich, and come the poor. Bowring. Come, thou Ahnighty King Come, thou long-expected Saviour. Madan''s Col Come, thou soul-transforming Spirit. Jay. Come to the house of prayer. £. Taylor. . Come to the mormng prayer Come, ye disconsolate, where'er ye languish. Moore Come, ye sinners, poor and needy. Methodist Col. . Come, ye thankful people, come. Alford. . Could we but hear all nature's voice. Sterling. Cross, reproach, and tribulation. Moravian. Dark the faith of days of yore. Coleridge alt'd. . Dark was the night, and cold the ground. Eaweis. Daughter of sadness, from the dust. Montg. . Daughter of Zion, awake from thy sadness. Day by day the manna fell. Conder. Dear as thou wast, and justly dear. Dale. Dear, beauteous Death, the jewel of the just ! Vaughan. Dear Lord, may this communion prove. Lyra Cath. Dear Lord, no other prayer I foim. Lyra Cath. Dear Lord, prepare our souls and train. Lyra Cath. Deem not that they are blest alone. Bryant. . INDEX TO FIRST LINES. XI Deepen the wound thy bands have made. C Wesletj. Defend the poor and desolate. Milton Depart awhile, each thought of care. Li/ra Cath. Down the dark future, through long generations. Longfellow. Earth has a joy unknown in heaven. JTillhouse. Earth has nothing sweet or fair. Germ. tr. Cox. Eat, diink, in memory of your Friend. Dublin Col. Ere mountains reared their forms sublime, ^p. of Ps. Eternal and immortal King. Doddridge. Eternal God, Almighty cause. Browne. Eternal Source of life and light. Cappers Sel. Eternal "Wisdom, thee we pi-aise. Watts. . Eternity! Eternity! Germ. tr. C. F. Coxe. . Everlasting ! changing never ! T. H. Gill. Every bird that upward springs. Neale. Every day hath toil and trouble. Bailey. . Every human tie may perish. Kelley. Faith of our fathers ! living still. Lyra Cath. Fare thee weU, thou fondly cherished. Moir alt'd. Farewell ! what power of words can teU ? Fergiis. Far from mortal cares retreating. J. Taylor. . Far from these scenes of night. Mrs. Steele. Far from the world, 0 Lord ! I flee. Cowper. . Father, adored in worlds above. Pope's Col Father, bless thy word to all. Kelly. Father divine, this deadening power conti-ol. Tucherman. Father, glory be to thee. GasJcell. .... Father, I know that aU my life. S. School Gazette. . Father, I know thy ways are just. Percy Chap. Col. Father, my lifted eye. Wesleyan Father of all, in every age. Pope Father of light, conduct my feet. Smart. . Father of lights, by whom each day. Vesper Serv. Father of lights, we sing thy name. Doddridge. Father of me and all mankind. Wesleijan. Father of mercies ! God of love ! ffeginbotham. . Father of mercies ! in thy word. Mrs. Steele, b Xll INDEX TO FIRST LINES Father of mercies ! send thy grace. Doddridge. Father, 0, hear me now ! Ann W. Hall. Father, on me the grace bestow. Weshyan. Father, source of every blessing. Ejnsc. Col. . Father, there is no change to live with thee. Very. Father, they who thee receive. Weslcyan. Father, thy paternal care. Bowring. . Father, thy will, not mine, be done ! Father, to us, thy cliildren, humbly kneeUng. J. I Fatlier, united by thy grace. Ifetliodist Col. . Father, we know no sun but thee ! Lyra Cath. Father, whate'er of earthly bliss. Mrs. Steele. Father, when in dust to thee. Spiritual Songs. . Father, who in the ohve shade. Hemans. Feeble, helpless, how shall I. Furness. Flung to the heedless winds. Jjuther. For all thy gifts we praise thee. Lord. J. F. Clarice. For ever with the Lord. Montg. Forgive us for thy mercy's sake. Wesleyan. Forth from the dark and stormy sky. Eeher, Forth to the land of promise bound. For thy dear mercy's sake^ 0 Lord. Friend after friend departs. Montg. From all that dwell below the skies. From foes that would the land devour. Heber. . From Greenland's icy mountains. Heber. From profoundest depths of tribulation. Burleigh. From the recesses of a lowly spirit. Bowring. From the table now retuing. Exeter Col. . Full of mercy, full of love. Bp. Taylor. Alford, Lyra Cath. Waits. . Clarke. Gently, Lord, 0, gently lead us. . . Gethsemane can I forget? Montg. . Give me the wings of faith to rise. Watts. Give to the winds thy fears. Moravian. Give us ourselves and thee to know. Wesleyan. Glorious in thy saints appear. Salisb. Col. Glorious things of thee are spoken. J. Newton. Glory be to God on high ! J. Taylor. INDEX TO FIRST LINES. XIU Glory of thy Father's face ! Alford. . Glory to God ! whose witucss-train. Moravian. Glory to thee, my God, this night. Kenn. . Glory to thee, whose powerful word. C. Wiisle7j. God bless our native laud ! God comes, with succor speedy. 3foiitr/. God, in the Gospel of liis Son. Watts. God, in the high and holy place. Montg. God is a spirit just and wise. Watts. God is love ; his mercy brightens. Bowring. . God is my strong salvation. Montg. . God is our refuge and defence. Luther. . God moves in a mysterious way. Cowper. God, nam^d Love, whose fount thou art. Mrs. Browning. God of eternity ! from thee. Doddridge. God of mercy, do thou never. Pierjiont. God of the changing year, whose arm of power. E. Tayhr God of the morning, at whose voice. Watts. . God of the mountain, God of the storm. God of the rolling orbs above. W. B. 0. Peabodij. God of the rolling year ! to thee. God shall bless thy going out. Wesley. . God's law demands one Uving faith. C. A. Briggs. God, that madest earth and heaven. Beber. . God, to correct a guilty world. Jervis. God, who is just and kind. Patrick. God wounds the heart, and he makes whole. Watts. Gone are those great and good. Pierjiont. Gone is the hollow, murky night. Breviary. Go to dark Gethsemane. Montg. Go to the grave in aU thy glorious prime. 3fontg, Go to thy rest, fair child ! .... Gracious Spirit ! Love divine ! StocTcer. Great Former of this various frame ! Doddridge. Great Framer of unnumbered worlds ! Dyer. Great God ! in vain man's naiTOw view. Kippis. Great God ! my Father and my Friend. Exeter Col. Great God! the followers of thy Son. H. Ware. Great God! we sing thy mighty hand. Doddridge XIV INDEX TO FIRST LINES. Great Ruler of all nature's frame. Guide me, 0 thou great Jehovah. Doddndge 127 Oliver 101 Had I, dear Lord, no pleasure found. Lyra Cath 575 Had I the tongues of Greeks and Jews. Waits. .... 474 Hark, my soul, it is the Lord 308 Hark, the glad sound ! the Saviour comes. Doddridje. . . . 243 Hark ! what mean those holy voices. Cawood. .... 230 Hast thou, 'midst life's empty noises. Whittier 729 Hast thou wasted all the powers. J. F. Clarke 545 Hath not thy heaii; within thee burned. Bulfinch 330 Hath the unmortal sph'it freedom. Machay 588 Have mercy on me, 0 my God ! Ifontj 445 Head of the Church triumphant 305 Health of the weak, to make them strong ! Lyra Cath. . . . 338 Hear, Father, hear our prayer ! 8G0 Hear what God the Lord hath spoken. Conner. .... 523 Heaven and earth, and sea and air. Germ. tr. Cox. . . . 189 Heaven is a place of rest from sin. Montg. 822 Heavenly Father, gi-acious name ! Doddndge 418 Heavenly Father, to whose eye. Conder 076 Heralds of creation ! ciy. Ifontg 108 Here holy thoughts a hght have shed. 45 Here, in the broken bread. Furness 884 He sendeth sun, he sendeth shower 091 He that is down need fear no fall. Bunyan 632 High in the heavens, eternal God ! Watts. 118 Holy, holy, holy Lord! Salisb. Col 112 Holy Spirit ! Lord of hght ! Lyra Cath 341 Hope, though slow she be, and late. Beaumont. . . . 050 How beauteous were the marks divine. A. C. Coxe. . . 295 How blest is man, 0 God ! Cowper 563 How blest the righteous when he dies ! Barhauld. .... 770 How blest thy creature is, 0 God ! Cowper 278 How cheering the thought, that the spu'its in bhss. Cunningham alt'd. 794 How glorious is the hour. Bulfinch 566 How good and pleasant is the sight. Ancient Hymns. . . . 501 How happy are the new-bom race. 3fde. Giiyon 616 How happy is he born or taught. Sir H. Wotton 734 INDEX TO FIRST LINES. XV How high Thou art! our songs can O'mi. Mrs. Browning. . . 144 How long shall dreams of earthly bhss. Doddridge 555 How, Lord, shall vows of ours be sweet ? T. IT. Gill. ... 1 How often, as we beat along. Allen C. Spooner. .... 848 How perfect is thy word. Walts 207 How rich the blessings, 0 my God. J. Boscoe 648 How shall I know thee in the sphere wliich keeps. Bryant. . . 858 How shall the young secure thek hearts. Walts 711 How sweetly flowed the Gospel's sound. Boioring. . . . 268 How swift, alas ! the moments fly. /. Q. Adams 760 Hush the loud cannon's roar. Jolins 467 I ask not now for gold to gild. Whiliier 690 I cannot always trace the way 686 I cannot call affliction sweet. Montg 660 If aU our hopes and all our feai's. Boiiyring 644 I feel within a want. Furness. 587 If human kindness meets return. Noel. 385 I know that my IJedecmer Uves 310 I love my God, but with no love of mine. 3fde. Guyon. . . . 100 I may not scorn the meanest thing. Nicliol. 484 Imposture shrinks from hght. Scott 218 In all my vast concerns with thee. Watts 133 In Israel's fane, by silent night. Cawood. 714 In lowhest confidence we wait. Merivale 168 In mercy. Lord, remember me. Moravian. 416 In pleasant lands have fallen the lines. Flint. .... 458 In the broad fields of heaven 763 In the cross of Christ I glory. Bowiing. 318 In the sun, and moon, and stars. Ueber 866 In thy name, 0 Lord, assembling. Kelley 16 Into the Snent Land ! Von SaUs, tr. Longfdbw 838 I sing of God, the mighty source. Smart 122 I smg the mighty power of God. Watts 205 Is it not strange, the darkest hour. KehU alVd. .... 321 Is there a lone and dreaiy hour. Mrs. Gilman. .... 700 Is this a fast for me ? Dnimmond. 449 It is the one true light. E. Taylor 214 I want a principle within. C. WesUy 623 6*- XVI INDEX TO FIRST LINES. I want a true regard. Wesleyan I want the spirit of power within. C. Weskij. . I worship tliee, sweet Will of God ! Lijra Calh. I would not hve alway ; I ask not to stay. Episcopal Col. Jehovah God ! tliy gracious power. Tliomson. , Jenisalem ! my happy home ! Chr. Psalmist. Jesus, and can it ever be. Gregg. Jesus has lived ! and we would bring. IV. R. Alger. Jesus, I fain would find. Wesleyan. Jesus, I my cross have taken. L/ijra Cath. Jesus hves ! no longer now. Germ. tr. Cox. . Jesus, lover of my soul. Wesleyan. Jesus shall reign whei'e'er the sun. Watts. Jesus, the very thought of thee. St. Bernard. . Jesus, thine all-victorious love. Wesley. Jesus, thou source of cahn repose. Urwich's Col- Jesus, we look to thee. Wesleyan Jesus, we thy promise claim. Wesley. Jews were wrought to cruel madness. W. J. Fox. John was the prophet of the Lord. Watts. Join us, in one spirit join. Ifethodist Col. Keep silence, all created things. Watts. King of mercy, King of love. Vauglian. Know, my soul, thy fuU salvation. Grant. Laborers of Christ, arise. Mrs. Sigourney. Lamp of our feet ! whereby we trace. Barton. Lamp of our feet ! whose hallowed beam. Leader of Israel's host, and guide. Wesleyan. Let all the heathen writers join. Watts. Let Him, to whom we now belong. 2Ieiliodist Col. Let me not, thou King eternal. HiUebert, tr. Brools. Let one loud song of praise arise. Moscoe. . Let plenteous grace descend on those. J. Newton. " Let there be Ught ! " — 'When from on high. Let us for each other care. Methodist Col. Let us join, as God commands. Methodist. INDEX TO FIRST LINES Let us, ■with a gladsome niiiul. Milton. . Life is onward, — use it. Dial. .... Life is the time to serve the Lord. Watls alt'd. Lift aloud the voice of praise. £. Pcabodij. Lift not thou the wailing voice. Ueber. . Lift up your hearts 1 Yes, I will Uft. Lyra Caih. Lift your glad voices in triumph on high. II. Ware. Light of life, seraphic fire 1 Wesleyan. Light of the soul, 0 Saviour blest ! I/Tp'a Cath. Light of those whose dreary dwelling. Tqplculy. Like Israel's host to exile diiven. H. Ware. . Like morning, when her early breeze. Moore. . Like shadows gUding o'er tlie plain. J. Taylor. Lo, God is here ! Let us adore. Sallsb. Col. Long as the darkening cloud abode. Richards. Long have I seemed to serve thee, Lord. Methodist Col. Long plunged in soitow, I resign. 3Ide. Guyon. Loosed from my God, and far removed. Moravian. Lord, before thy presence come. J. Taylor. . Lord, deliver; thou canst save. Mrs. Follen. Lord, dismiss us with thy blessing. Toplady's Col. Lord, from thy blessed throne. Nidhol. Lord, from whom all blessings flow. C. Wesley. Lord, have mercy when we pray. Milman. Lord, I beUeve a rest remains. Wesleyan. Lord, I beUeve ; thy power I own. Wreford. Lord, if thou thy grace impart. Madari's Col. Lord, in the morning thou shalt hear. Waits. . Lord, in this sacred hour. Buljinch. Lord, in thy garden agony Lord, it is not life to Uve. Toj)lady. Lord Jesus, come ! for here. lEss 3fa/riineau aWd. Lord, lead the way the Saviour went. CrossweU. . Lord, may the spirit of this feast. Lord of eternal tnath and might. Lyra Cath. . Lord of nature. Source of light. Calaniy. . Lord of the harvest, God of gi'ace. Chr. Psalmist. Lord of the worlds above. Wails. Lord, teach us how to pray aright. Montg. xvu XVUl INDEX TO FIRST LINES. Lord, that I may learn of thee. Methodist Col. Lord, thou ai-t good: all nature shows. Browne. Lord, thou didst arise and say. 3Elman. Lord, thou hast searched and seen me through. Watts. Lord, thou wouldst have us like to thee. T. II. Gill. Lord, thy glory fills the heaven. Ancient Hi/mns. Lord, we sit and cry to thee. 3Iilman. . Lord, what offeiing shall we bring. J. Taylor. . Lord, when thine ancient people cried. C. Sewall. Lord, whom winds and seas obey. C. Wesley. . Lord, with fervor I would praise thee. Ejnsc. Col. Lo ! the day of rest dechneth. C. Bobbins. Lo ! the seal of death is breakuig. Ifiss. Mag. Love divine, aU love excelling. Wesleyan. . Lo ! when the Spirit of our God. Keble. Lowly and solemn be. Eemans Make channels for the streams of love. Trench. Man's life is the holy land. G. Dawson. . Mark the soft-faUing snow. Doddridge. May the grace of Christ, our Saviour. Newton. Meek and lowly, pure and holy Meek hearts are by sweet manna fed. Men of thought ! be up, and stirring. MacTcay. . Men, whose boast it is, that ye. J. R. Lowell. Mere human powers shall fast decay. Scotch Paraph. Messiah Lord, who, wont to dwell. Heher. Mighty One, before whose face. Bryant. . Mistaken souls, that dream of heaven. Watts. Morning breaks upon the tomb. Collyer. . Mortal, the angels say. My country, 't is of thee. S. F. Smith. My dear Redeemer, and my Lord. Waits. My faith looks up to thee. Bay Palmer. My Father bids me come. Wesley alVd. . My feet are worn and weary with the march. My God, accept my heart this day. Lyra Caih. My God, all natm-e owns thy sway. Miss Williams. My God, how endless is thy love. Waits. INDEX TO FIRST LINES. XIX My God, how wonderful thou art. Lyra Cath. My God, I now appear before thee. Germ. tr. Iliss Cox My God, I thank thee ! may no thought. Norton. . lly God, my Father, while I stray. My God, my ilajesty divuie ! T. H. GiU. My God, my strength, my hope. Wesleyan. My God, thy boundless love I praise. II. 3foore. . My heart hes dead ; and no increase. Herbert. . My Helper, God ! I bless thy name ! Doddridge. , My soul before thee prostrate hes. Ricliter. Lly soul, be on thy guard. Heath My soul, what hast thou done for God ? Lyra Cath. My spirit longeth for Thee. Lyra Cath. . Nature with eternal youth. Waterston. Nay, tell us not of dangers dire. Lamar. Nearer, my God, to thee. S. F. Adams. New bom, I bless the waking hour. Eawkesworth Nor eye hath seen, nor ear hath heard. Watts. Not in vain I poured my suppUcation. Burleigh. Not to the terrors of the Lord. Watts. Now doth the sun ascend the sky. Lyra Cath. Now gird your patient loins again. Crosswell. Now, host with host assembling. K H. Ghapin Now may he who from the dead. CoiC!j}er. Now morning lifts her dewy veil. Breviary. Now rest, my long-divided heart ! Doddridge. Now that the sun is beaming bright. Ambrose. Now to Heaven our prayers ascending. Now, when the dusky shades of night, retreating. Now with creation's early song. Lyra Cath. 0, arm me with the mind. Wesleyan. 0 backward-looking son of time ! Wldttier. 0, bless the Lord, my soul ! Watts alt'd. 0 blest Creator of the hght. Lyra Cath. 0, bow thine ear. Eternal One ! Pterpont. 0, cease, my wandering soul. Episc. Col. . 0, come, and dwell in me. C. Wesley. XX INDEX TO FIRST LINES 0, come not with thy tears alone. Breviary. . 0, could we speak the matchless worth. Medley. 0 day to which the seas and sky. Lyra Cath. 0, draw me, Father, after thee. Moravian, O'er mountain tops, the mount of God. . O'er silent field and lonely lawn. Goethe. . O'er the dark wave of Galilee. Mussel. O'er the gloomy hills of darkness. P. Williams. 0 faLrcst-bom of Love and Light. TVldttier. . 0 Father, fuU of tnith and grace. Wesleyan. 0 Father, though the anxious fear. Barbauld. Of old, 0 God, thine own right hand. Monig. . 0 for a closer walk Avith God. Coiqter. . 0 for that tenderness of heart. C. Wesley. 0 gift of gifts ! 0 grace of faith ! Lyra Cath. . 0 God, accept the sacred hour. S. Gilman. 0 God, beneath thy guiding hand. . 0 God, by whom the seed is given. Heber. 0 God of freedom ! hear us pray. 3Trs. Chapman. 0 God, the Lord of place and time. Breviary. . 0 God, thou sovereign Lord of all. Wesley. . 0 God, thy children gathered here. 0 God, we praise thee, and confess. Patrick. 0 God, whose dread and dazzling brow. Bryant. 0 God, whose presence glows in aU. Frotldngham. 0 God, whose thunder shakes the sky. Chatterton. 0, guard our shores from every foe. Wrefoi'd. 0 hallowed memories of the past. S. F. Adams. 0, help us. Lord! each hour of need. Milman. 0, here, if ever, God of love. E. Tayhr. 0 holy Father, just and true. Whittier. 0 human heart ! thou hast a song. S. F. Adams. 0, hush, great God ! the sounds of war. Gaskell. 0 Israel, to thy tents repair. Kelley. . 0 Jesus, Lord of aU below. St. Bernard. 0,joy! to feel our Saviour's love. Lyra Cath. . 0, lead me to the Eock. Watts. 0 Lord, encouraged by thy gi-ace. Steele. . 0 Lord, my best desires fulfil. Cotvpcr. . INDEX TO FIRST LINES. XXI 0 Lord of life, and truth, and j^-ace. Frothinglwm 0 Lord, thy heavenly grace impart. Oherlin. 0 Love Divine! lay on me burdens, if thou wilt. F. D. Uantirtgton. 0 lovely Voices of the skj-. Ilcmans. 0 Love, of pure and heavenly birth! Mde. Ginjoii. 0 Love! 0 true and fadeless hght ! Breviary. . On earth was darkness spread. One prayer I have, all prayers in one. Montg. . One thing first and only knowing. Germ. ir. Cox. 0, not alone with outward sign. Whittier. 0, not for these alone I pray. E. Taylor. 0, not when the death-prayer is said. Wihon. . On the dewy breath of even. Martineau's Col. On the first Christian Sabbath eve. Montg. On the mountain's top appearing. Kellcy. On the night of that last supper. Breviary. On thy Church, 0 Power Divine. Sp. ofPs. Onward speed thy conquering fiight. S. F. S/yiith. Open, Lord, my inward ear. Wesleyan. . Oppression shall not always reign. IT. Ware. 0 pure Reformers ! not in vain. Whittier. 0 sacred Head, now wounded. Germ. 0, say not, think not, heavenly notes. Keble. 0, see how Jesus trusts himself. Lyra Cath. 0 Source of uncreated light ! Dryden. . 0, speed thee, Christian, on thy way. . 0 spirit of the hving God. Episc. Col. 0 that my heart was right with thee. Toplady. . 0 the hour when this material. Conder. 0 Thou, at whose dread name we bend. C Sprague. 0 Thou, from whom all goodness flows. T. Humphreys. 0 thou great Friend to all the sons of men. T. Parlcer. 0 thou great Spirit ! who along. Martineau^s Col. 0 thou holy God ! come down. Metliodist Col. . 0 Thou, in whose eternal name. F. D. Huntington. 0 Thou, that once on Horeb stood. F. D. Huntington. 0 Thou, to whom, in ancient time. Pierpont. 0 Thou, to whose all-searching sight. Moravian. O Thou true life of all that live. I/yra Cath. . 78 COl 870 22.3 590 609 264 682 568 3G 370 777 430 517 532 376 533 525 329 480 468 395 713 287 350 742 527 598 817 461 182 296 76 431 357 187 15 174 421 xxu INDEX TO FIRST LINES. Dr O Tliou, who art above all height. Pierpont. 0 Thou who driest the mourner's tear. Moore. 0 Thou, who hast at thy commaud. Mrs. Cotterill. O Thou who hcarest prayer 0 Thou, whom norther time nor space. Ileber. . 0 Thou, whose own vast temple stands. Bryant. . 0 Thou, whose power o'er moving worlds presides. 0 Thou, whose presence went before. Wldttier. 0, timely happy, timely wise. Keble. Our blest Redeemer, ere he breathed. Sp. ofPs. . Our children thou dost claim. Salisb. Col. Our fathers, where are they. Doddridge. Our God! our God! thou shinest here. T. E. GUI. Our God, our help in ages past. Watts. Our hearts, by dying love subdued. R. Palmer. Our heaven is everywhere. 3fiss Fletcher. Our Heavenly Father calls. Doddridge. Our Heavenly Father, hear. Montg. 0, what is man, great Maker of mankind. Sir J. Daisies 0, when the hours of life are past. W. B. 0. Peabody. 0, when the tide of graces set. lyyra Caih. 0, where are kings and empu-es now. A. C. Coxe. 0, where shall rest be found. Montg. 0, why should friendship gi'ieve for those. 0, wondi'ous depth of.grace divine Johnson. Partners of a glorious hope. Wesleijan. Peace, troubled soul ! whose plaintive moan. . People of the hving God. Montg. Pilgrim, burdened with thy sin. Crabbe. Pity the nations, 0 our God. Z/iUheran Col. Planted in Christ, the living Vine. S. F. Smith. Pour, blessed Gospel, glorious news for man. Ashicorth. Praise the Lord ! ye heavens, adore him. Dublin Cd. Praise to God, immortal praise. Bariauld. Praise to the Lord of boundless might. Doddridge. Praise ye the Lord, immortal choirs. Watts. Prayer is the soul's sincere desire. Montg. Prayer is the spirit of our God. Beddome aWd. . Pope. INDEX TO FIRST LINES. Prayor is to God tho soul's siiro way. Wesley. Prayer makes tho darkened cloud withdraw. Cowjier. Quiet, Lord, my froward heart. Newton. Restore, 0 Father, to our times restore. Beard's Col. Return, my soul, rmto thy rest. Monig. . Ketam, 0 wanderer, now return. Colbjer. Eido on, ride on in majesty. Ifdman. Else, crowned with light, imperial Salem, rise Rise, my soul, and stretch thy wings. Rock of Ages, cleft for me. Tojplady. Safely through another week. Chr. Psalmist. . Saviouj ftnd dearest friend Saviour, now receive him. Hemans alVd. . Saviour of the sm-sick soul. Wesleyan. . Saviour, source of every blessing. Say not the law divine. Barton aWd. Scorn not the sUghtest word or deed. London Inq. Searcher of.hearts, before thy face. Doddridge. Searcher of hearts, to thee are known. Monig. . See, from on high, a light divine. Exeter Col. " See how he loved ! " exclaimed the Jews. Baclie. See Israel's Shepherd stand. Watts. Self-love no grace in sorrow sees. Mde. Guyon. Servant of God, well done ! Montg. 6he loved her Saviour, and to him. Chr. Mirror. Shepherd of tender youth Shine forth. Eternal Source of light ! Doddridge. Show pity. Lord ! 0 Lord, forgive. Watts. Sing we the song of those who stand. Montg. . Sinners, turn! why wiU ye die? Meilwdist Col. Sister, thou wast mild and lovely. S. F. Smith. Sleep, sleep to-day, toi-menting cares. Barbauld. . Slowly, by God's hand unfurled. Furness. Softly now the light of day Soldiers of Christ, arise. C. Wesley. . So let our lips and lives express. Watts. xxm 572 . 578 661 » . 536 24 . 544 252 . 524 582 . 311 . 14 307 . 767 300 . 312 348 . 747 151 . 126 248 . 294 361 . 323 781 . 617 715 . 115 149 . 13 554 . 771 86 , 428 427 . 725 721 xxiv INDEX TO FIRST LINES. Sometimes a light surprises. Cowper. Sons of men, behold from far Sons of renowned sires ! Jolin Davis. Soon wiU our fleeting hours be past. Kippis. S<^ul, couldst thou -while on earth remaining. Tersteegen. Source of light and life divine. St. Gregory. . Sovereign and transformi[ng Grace. F. H. Hedge. Sovereign of worlds ! display thj' power. Sow in the mom thy seed. 3fontg. Speak gently, — it is better far Spirit of Charity ! dispense. MJe. Gurjon. Spirit of God, immortal Love ! Tennyson. Spu-it of God ! thy churches wait. S. F. Smith. Spring up, my soul, with ardent flight. Doddridge. Still, 0 Lord, our faith increase. Wesleyan. Still, stiU with Thee, when pui-ple morning breaketh. 3Irs Sweet day, so cool, sc calm, so bright. Herbert alVd. Sweet is the pleasure. J. S. Dwight. Sweet the moments, rich in blessing. Lyra Caih. Swift years, but teach me how to bear. Chr. Exam. Take my heart, 0 Father, take it. W. Boston Col. Teach me, my God and King. Chr. Psalmist. . Teach me, 0, teach me. Lord, thy way. Merrick. Tell me not, in mournful numbers. Longfellow. That day of wrath, that dreadful day. Sir TV. Scott. That stream of Truth — a silver thread. J. Hichardson. The billows swell, the winds are high. Cowjper. The bird let loose in Eastern skies. 3foore. The bird that soars on highest wing. Montg. The breaking waves dashed high. Hemans. The Christian warrior, see him stand. Montg. The darkened sky, how thick it lowers. Doddridge The da^7T^ is sprinkling m the east. Lyra Cath. The day approacheth, 0 my soul. Doddridge. . The dead are hke the stars by day. Barton. . The energies too stem for murth. Lord Morjyeth. The fiery steed and flaming car. Judkins. The fountain in its source. Mde. Guyon. H.B. Stowe. INDEX TO FIRST LINES The future hides in it. Goethe tr. Carhjle. The glories of our birth and stnt«. Shirley alt'd. The God of glory -walks his round. Heber. The God of har\'est pi-aise. ZIontg. The God who reigns alone. Drummond. The great Apostle, called by grace. Alford. The green earth sends its incense up. Whittier. The heaven of heavens cannot contain. Drennan The heavens declare thy glory, Lord. Watts. The kings of old have shrine and tomb. Hcmans. The law by Jloses came. Watts. . • . The laws of Chi-istian light. E. Davis. The Lord descended from above. Sternhold. . The Lord gave the word, 't was the word of his tnith The Lord, — how tender is his love ! Darwin. The Lord my pasture shall prepare. Addison. The Lord my shepherd is. Watts. The Lord our God is clothed with might. H. K. White. The Lord receives his highest praise. Cowjper. The Lord will come, the earth shall quake. Heber. The morning dawns upon the place. 2Iontg. . The mourners came, at break of day. S. F. Adams The offerings to thy thi-one which rise. Bowring. The patriarch's dove, on weary wing. Froihingham The perfect world by Adam trod. N. P. Willis. The praying spirit breathe. Methodist Col. The race that long in darkness pined. Chr. Psalmist. There is a book, who runs may read. Keble. There is a calm for those who weep. Montg. . There is a glorious world on high. Mrs. Steele. There is a land of pure dehght. Watts. . There is an hour of peaceful rest. W. B. Tappan. There is a state, unknown, unseen. J. Taylor. There is a world, and, 0, how blest ! . The sage his cup of hemlock quaffed. W. J. Fox. The saints on earth and those above. C. Wesley. The Saviour gently calls. Doddridge. The Saviour, — what a noble flame. Coieper. The spacious firmament on high. Addison. XXV Frothinghan JLXVl INDEX TO FIRST LINES. The Spirit, in our hearts. Ejnsc. Col . . . , The Spirit moved upon the waves. Fergxis. . The starry firmament on high. Sir R. Grant. . The sun is still for over sounding. Goeilie, tr. F. H. Iledf/e The swift-decUning day. Doddridge The thing my God doth hate. Methodist Col. The triumphs of the martyred saints. Ancient Ilijmns. The turf shall be my fragrant shi-ine. Moore. The wandering star and fleeting mnd. Bedcbme. The waters of Bethesda's pool. Barton. . The winds were howling o'er the deep. Eeher. The wondering sages trace from far. Germ. Ir. Cox. The Word, descending from above. Breviary. . The world may change from old to new. S. F. Adams. The world throws wide its brazen gates. J. Weiss, . They who on the Lord rely. Sp. of Ps. . Thine earthly Sabbaths, Lord, we love. Doddridge. . Think gently of the erring. F. Fletcher. This child we dedicate to thee. W. Boston Col. This freezing heart, 0 Lord 1 this will. Lyra Caih. This is the first and great command. Roscoe. This life 's a dream, an empty show. Watts. This stone to thee in faith we lay. Montg. Thou art gone to the grave, but we will not deplore thee Thou art, 0 God, the life and light. 3Ioore. Thou art the Way, and he who sighs. Thou biddest. Lord, thy sons be bold. T. E. Gill. . Thou hidden love of God, whose height. Moravian. Thou hidden source of cahn repose. C. Wesley. Thou, infinite in love. Mrs. Miles Thou, Lord, by mortal eyes unseen. Mason. Thou, Lord, who rear'st the mountain's height. Sterling Thou must be born again. Johns Thou must go forth alone, my soul ! . . . Thou, 0 my Jesus, thou didst me. F. Xavier. . Thou, Saviour, who thyself didst give. Alford. Thou, who canst guide the wandering star. Dawson's Col. Thou who didst stoop below. Mrs. Miles. Thou who dwell'st cutlu"oned above. Sandys. Ileber. INDEX TO FIRST LINES. xxvu Thon, whose almighty word. Marriott. . Thou, who, upon the eternal throne. Jujig Stilling. . Thrice happy souls, who, bom from heaven. Doddridge Through all the various shifting scene. Through thee we now together came. Methodist Col. Thus far on life's perplexing path. Montg. Thus far the Lord has led me on. Watts, Thy bounteous hand -with food can bless. Eeber. Thy happy ones a strain begin. T. H. GiU. . Thy home is vdih. the humble, Lord ! Lyra CctQi. Thy name, Almighty Lord. Watts. Thy name be hallowed evermore. Moravian. . Thy path, like most by mortals trod. Barton. Thy throne eternal ages stood. Watts. Thy ways, 0 Lord, with wise design. Thy will be done ! Li devious way. Bowring. . Thy win be done ! I will not fear. J. Roscoe. Times without number have I prayed. Cowper. 'T is by the faith of joys to come. Watts. 'T is finished! so the Saviour cried. Stennett. . 'T is God the spirit leads. Chr. Psalmist. 'T is gone, that bright and orbfid blaze. Kehle. . 'T is my happiness below. Cowper. 'T is not the skill of human art. Mde. Gvyon. . 'T is not Thy chastening hand I fear. To Him who children blest. J. F. Clarke. To keep the lamp aUve. Cowper To prayer ! for the day that God hath blest. E. Ware. To thee, my God, my days are known. Doddridge. To thee, 0 God in heaven. J. F. Clarice. To thee, 0 God, we homage pay. Doddridge. To the haven of thy breast. Wesley. To weary hearts, to mourning homes. Ger. tr. Whittier. True Sun ! upon our souls arise. Lyra Cath. Try us, 0 God, and search the ground. Methodist Col. 'T was in the East, the mystic East. F. H. Hedge. . 'T was the day when God's Anointed. F. H. Hedge. Types of eternal rest, fair buds of bliss. Vaughan alVd. 226 184 160 172 515 163 417 504 654 631 63 67 657 104 128 684 685 561 669 260 180 425 320 606 155 364 672 574 130 863 297 176 658 406 516 234 259 85 XXVUl INDEX TO FIRST LINES. Unchangeable, all-perfect Lord ! Lange. Unheard the dews around me fall Unite, my roving thoughts, unite. Doddndge. Unseen, yet not uufelt ! — if any thought. J. F. Clarice. Unveil thy bosom, faithful tomb ! Watts. Unworthy to be called thy son. Furness. . Upon the Gospel's sacred page. Bowring. Up to the throne of God is borne. Wordswoi-th. . Vital spark of heavenly flame. Pope. Wake the song of jubilee "Wake ! the welcome day appeareth. Germ. tr. Cox. Walk in the hght ! so shalt thou know. Bartcm. "Watchman, tell us of the night. Bownng. Weak and UTesolute is man. Coiqper. We ask not. Lord, thy cloven flame. Jleher. . We bid thee welcome in the name. Montg. We bless thee for this sacred day. Mrs. Gilman. We bow before thy gx-acio\is throne. Methodist Col. We come not with a costly store. Crosswell. We come, our hearts with gladness glowing. Germ We meditate the day. Frothingham. Were not the sinful Mary's tears. Moore. . We tread the path our Master trod. Barbauld. AVhat is this ? and whither, whence. Furness. . "What must it be to dwell above. Chr. Psalmist. "What shall we render, bounteous Lord. Boden. "What though the stream be dead. Wilson. . "What would we give to our beloved? ZIrs. Browning. "When adverse winds and waves arise. 3Irs. Sigourney. "When all thy mercies, 0 my God. Addison. When, as returns this solemn day. Barhauld. When before thy tin-one we kneel. Boiming. "When darkness long has veiled my mind. Cotpper. When, driven by oppression's rod. W. P. Lunt. "When God, of old, came down from heaven. Kehle. "When I can read my title clear. Watts. When I can ti-ust my all with God. Conder. . . tr. Cox. INDEX TO FIRST LINES. XXIX WTicn Israel, of the Lord beloved. Sir TV. Scott. AMicn I survey the -wondrous cross. Walls. . "^Micn Jesus' friend had ceased to be. Mrs. Browning. ^V^len Jordan hushed his vratcrs still. Campbell. When long the soul had slcjit in chains. E. H. Chnpin, When, marshalled on the nightly plain. If. K. White. AMicn my life-bark, richly freighted, n. S. T. . AVlien, my Saviour, shall I be. WesUyan. When on my ear your loss was knelled. Mrs. Lowell. When on the midnight of the East. Dawson's Col. . ■\Mien Power Divine, in mortal fonn. Sir J. E. Smith. When shall the voice of singing ■^Mien shall thy love consti-ain. Wesley. TiTien shall we meet again ? Select Hymns. . AMien winds are raging o'er the upper ocean. 3frs. IT. B. "WTiere ancient forests -nidely spread. Norton. "WTiere'er the Lord shall build my house. Scott. WTierefore should man, frail child of clay. Enjield. WTiere is the tree the prophet threw ? Eemans. ^Miere the mourner weeping. Germ. tr. Cox. . "While shepherds watched their flocks by night. PatricJc While thee I seek, protecting Power. 3fiss Williams, WTiile to lips with praise that glow. Pierpont. . While, with ceaseless course, the sun. J. Newton. . WTiither, 0, whither should I fly. Wesley. Who is thy neighbor ? He whom thou. W. B. 0. Peahody. Why come not spmts from the realms of glory ? . "WTiy do we mourn departing friends. Waits alt'd. Why do we waste in trifling cares. Doddridge. Why slumbereth, Lord, each promised sign? . Why, thou never-setting Light. Russian. . Why thus longing, thus for ever sighing. H. Winshw Why weep for those, fi-ail child of woe. W. J. Loring. WUt Thou not visit me ? Very With grateful hearts, with joyful tongues. Kippis. . With sacred joy we lift our eyes. Jeitis. With silence only as their benediction. WJiittier. Word by God the Father sent. Germ. tr. Cox. Word of the ever-living God ! Barton. Stowe. 169 319 254 2S5 488 224 857 286 851 371 705 528 615 827 842 84 409 63G 699 710 231 21 401 832 157 489 846 783 717 448 675 847 802 333 438 34 694 221 206 XXX INDEX TO FIRST LINES. Work, — and tlion wilt bless tlie day. C. A. Dana. Workman of God ! 0, lose not heart. Lyra Cath. Ye Christian heralds ! go, proclaim. WinclieVs Scl. Ye followers of the Prince of Peace. Beddome. Ye golden lamps of heaven, farewell ! Doddridge. Ye hear how kindly he invites. Breviary. Ye humble souls, that seek the Lord. Doddridge. Ye servants of the Lord. Doddridge. Yield to me now, for I am weak. Wesleyan. Zion's true, glorious God ! on thee. Vaughan. . 727 752 854 S67 808 379 263 724 143 I. SANCTUARY. OPENING OF SERVICE. (p. 3.) II. CLOSE OF SERVICE. (p. 36.) III. DEDICATION. (d. 50.) ' ly. SABBATH. (p. 54.) OPENING OF SERVICE. 1. L. M. 1 How, Lord, shall vows of ours be sweet ? O, how should soTils immortal meet ? How lose themselves in heaven awhile ? How win thine own eternal smile ? 2 Come beautiful, as souls should be ! Come beautiful for God to see ! Come holy-fair, come heavenly-bright, And give the All-seeing Eye delight ! 3 Ye loving, of large souls and free. Whose hours run on forgivingly, You chief the God of Love will hear, — Your own the incessant Pardoner ! 4 Yet better songs, ye holy, raise ! More nobly live ; more gladly praise ! Till beauteous round the heavenly throne Ye worship best the Holy One. SANCTUARY. 2. C. M. 1 Now mornincr lifts her dewy veil, With new-born blessings crowned • O, haste we, then, her light to hail, ' in com-ts of holy ground ! 2 Bi^ Christ, triumphant o'er the grave, Shines more divinely bright ; O, sing we, then, his power to save, And walk we in his light ! 3 Still, as the morning rays return. To fancy it is given In distant vision to discern The radiant domes of heaven. 4 But now that our Eternal Sun Hath shed his beams abroad, Li him we see the Holy One, And mount at once to God 3. C. M. 1 Now that the sun is beaming bright, Implore we, bending low. That He, the Uncreated Light, May guide us as we go. 2 No sinful word, nor deed of wrong. Nor thoughts that idly rove. But simple truth be on our tongue, And in our hearts be love. OPENING OF SEUVICE. 3 And while the hours in order flow. O Christ, securely fence Our gates beleaguered by tlie foe, — The gate of every sense. And grant that to tliine honor, Lord, Our daily toil may tend ; That we begin it at thy word, And in thy favor end. 4. C. M. 1 Lord, in the morning thou shalt hear My voice ascending liigh ; To thee will I dnect my prayer. To thee lift up mine eye. 2 Thou art a God, before whose sight The wicked shall not stand : Sinners shall ne'er be thy delight. Nor dwell at thy right hand. 3 But to thy house w"ill I resort. To taste thy mercies there ; I will frequent thme holy court, And worship in thy fear. 4 The men who love and fear thy name Shall see their hopes fulfilled ; The mighty God will compass them With favor, as a shield. SANCTUARY. 5. 7, 4, & 6s. M. 1 Armies of God ! in union With us, through one communion, Pour forth sweet prayers : Our souls in love embrace Ai-ound the Saviour's face,' And ask his special grace ' To soothe our cares. 2 Offer those golden vials Of odors, for our trials. Before the throne : Till God the Father smile On us, though we were vile, Now counted without guile. Through Christ alone ! 3 Then raise the song of gladness, io dissipate our sadness : Along this vale of tears We wend oiu- weary way Up towards the realms of day. And watch, and wait, and pray Constant in fears ! ' 4 Head of the hosts in glory I We joyfully adore thee. Thy Church on earth below, Blending with those on high, Where thi'ough the azmc Scy Thy saints in ecstasy For ever glow I OPENING OF SERVICE. 6. L. M. 1 Dear Lord, no other prayer I form But for devotion pure and warm. May warm devotion fill my soul ; May love for thee each thought control. 2 May piety increase ; and prayer Mine every thought, word, action, share ; The gift of love my sole request, Thou, God of love ! wilt grant the rest. 3 Weak praise ^vere mine. Do thou inspire My soul with love and living fire. O, may this cold and lowly breast Be warmed by thee, its God. its guest ! 7. L. M. 1 Zion's true, glorious God ! on thee Praise waits in aU humility. All flesh shaU unto thee repair, To thee, O God that hearest prayer ! 2 But sinful words and works still spread, And overrun my heart and head ; Transgressions make me foul each day ; O, purge them, purge them all away ' 3 Happy is he whom thou wdlt choose To serve thee in thy blessed house ' Who in thy holy temple dwells. And, filled with joy, thy goodness tells ' SANCTUARY. 8. 7s. M. 1 Sovereign and transforming Grace ! Wc invoke thy quickening power ; Reign the spirit of tliis place, Bless the purpose of this hour. 2 Holy and creative Light ! We invoke thy kindling ray ; Dawn upon our spirits' night, Turn our darkness into day. 3 To the anxious soul impart Hope all other hopes above. Stir the dull and hardened heart With a longing and a love. 4 Give the struggling peace for strife, Give the doubting light for gloom, Speed the living into life. Warn the dying of their doom. 5 Work in "all, in all renew, Day by day, the life divine ; All our wills to thee subdue, All our hearts to thee incline. 9. 9 & 8s. M. 1 My God, I now appear before thee, And wait thy every sign to see ; How can I know or how adore thee, Except thy spirit breatlie in me ? OPENING OF SERVICE. 2 If thou, of grace the sole dispenser, jNIe bless not, how can I rejoice ? • Unless thy incense fill my censer, How raise in prayer to thee my voice ? o How can my harp give forth its sweetness Unless thy finger sweep the string ? How can I know thy truth's completeness Without thy sun's enlightening ? 4 Thy Sabbath grant, life's work-day ended, The spirit's and the body's rest, The spu'it by its Father tended. The body on its Mother's breast. 10. 7s. M. 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 laieels ! 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. SANCTUARY. 11. 7s. M. 1 All ye nations, praise the Lord ; All ye lands, your voices raise ; Heaven and earth, with loud accord, Praise the Lord, for ever 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 liis love ; Praise him from the depths beneath ; Praise him in the heights above ; Praise your Maker, all that breathe ! 12. 7s. M. 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, angels' glorious theme ; Goodness, one eternal stream. OPENING OF SERVICE. Awful Being ! from thy throne Send thy promised blessings down: Let thy light, thy truth, thy peace, Bid our raging passions cease. 13. CM. 1 Sing we the song of those who stand Around the eternal throne, Of every Idndred, clime, and land, A multitude unknown. 2 Life's poor distinctions vanish here ; To-day the young, the old, Our Saviour and his flock appear One Shepherd and one fold. 8 Toil, trial, suffering, still await On earth the pilgrim's throng, Yet learn we in our low estate The Church Triumphant's song. 4 Worthy the Lamb for sinners slain. Cry the redeemed above, Blessing and honor to obtain. And everlasting love ! 5 Worthy the Lamb, on earth we smg, Who died our souls to save ! Henceforth, O Death ! where is thy sting ! Thy victory, O Grave ! SANCTUARY. 14. 7s. M. Safely through another Aveek God has brought us on our way Let us now a blessing seek, Waiting in thy courts to-day, Day of all the week the best. Emblem of eternal rest. 15. L. M. 1 O Thou, to whom, in ancient time. The lyre of Hebrew bards was strung, Wliom 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 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. 12 OPENING OF SERVICE. 16. 8, 7, & 4s. M. 1 In thy name, O Lord, assembling, We, tliy people, now draw near ; Teach us to rejoice with trembling; Speak, and let thy servants hear, — Hear wdth meekness, — Hear thy word with godly fear. 2 While our days on earth are lengthened, May we give them, Lord, to thee ; Cheered by hope, and daily strengthened, We would run, nor weary be, TiU thy glory, _ Without clouds, in heaven we see. 3 There, in worship purer, sweeter. All thy people shall adore, Tasting of enjoyment greater Than they could conceive before, — Full enjoyment, — Holy bliss, for evermore. 17. 7s. M. 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 ; SANCTUARY. 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 shaU be uttered more. 18. L. M. 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 om- side, — Send in its calm upon the breast ; For we would know no other guide, And we can need no other rest. OPENING OF SERVICE. 19. L. M. 1 O, BOW thine ear, Eternal One! On thee our heart adoring calls ; To thee, the followers of thy Son Bend low within these sacred walls. 2 Here let thy holy days be kept, And be this place to worship given, Lilve that bright spot where Jacob slept, - The house of God, the gate of heaven. 3 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. 4 And when the lips, that with thy name Are vocal now, to dust shall turn. In others may devotion's flame Be Idndled here, and purely burn. 20. a M. 1 The offerings to thy throne which rise, Of mingled praise and prayer. Are but a worthless sacrifice. Unless the heart be there. 2 Upon thine all-discerning ear Let no vain words intrude ; SANCTUARY. No tribute but the vow sincere, — The tribute of the good. 3 My offerings will indeed be blest, H sanctified by thee ; K thy pure spirit touch my breast With its own purity. 4 O, may that spnit warm my heart To piety and love, And to life's lowly vale impart Some rays from heaven above ! 21. CM. 1 While thee I seek, protecting Power ! Be my vain wishes stUled ; And may this consecrated hour With better hopes be filled. 2 Thy love the powers of thought bestowed ; To thee my thoughts would soar ; Thy mercy o'er my life has flowed, That mercy I adore ! 8 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, Li every pain I bear. My heart shall find delight in praise. Or seek relief in prayer. OPENING OF SERVICE. 5 Wlien 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. 22. CM. 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. Now to our souls bring in. 4 The kingdom of established peace, Which can no more remove ; The perfect powers of godliness, The omnipotence of love. 17 SANCTUARY. 23. 7s. M. Light of life, seraphic fire I Love divine, thyself impart : Every fainting soul inspire ; Enter every drooping heart : Every mournful sinner cheer, Scatter all our guilty gloom ; Father ! in thy grace appear, To thy human temples come. Come, in this accepted hour. Bring thy heavenly Idngdom 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 aU our heart's desire. All our joy, and all our peace.- 24. L. M. 1 Return, my soul, unto thy rest, From vain pm-suits and maddening cares ; From lonely woes that wring thy breast, The world's allurements, toils, and snares. 2 Retm-n unto thy rest, my soul, From all the wanderings of thy thought ; From siclmess unto death made whole ; Safe through a thousand perils brought. OPENING OF SERVICE. 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; ^\dth heart inclined To keep Ms word, that word believe , Christ is thy rest ; with lowly mind, His light and easy yoke receive. 25. L. M. 1 Father ! adored in worlds above, Thy glorious name be hallowed still ; Thy Idngdom come with power and love, And earth, like heaven, obey thy will. 2 Lord ! make our daily wants thy care ; Forgive the sins wliich we forsake ; And, as we in thy kindness share, Let fellow-men of oiu's partake. 3 Evils beset us every hour ; Thy Idnd protection we implore ; Thine is the Idngdom, thine the power, Be thine the glory evermore ! 26. L. M. 1 Lo, God is here ! Let us adore, And humbly bow before his face ; Let all wdthin us feel his power. Let all witliin us seek his grace. SANCTUARY. 2 Lo, God is here I Ilim, day and iiight, United choirs of angels sing: To him, enthroned above all height, Heaven's host their noblest homage bring. 3 Being of beings ! may our praise Thy com^s with grateful fragrance fill : Still may we stand before thy face, Still hear and do thy sovereign will. 27. S. M. 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 yom* voices raise, In Idndred homage bow. } Ye aged, hither come. For ye have felt liis love : Soon shall your trembling tongues be dumb, Your lips forget to move. t Ye young, before his throne, Come, bow ; your voices raise ; Let not your hearts his praise disown, Who gives the power to praise. 00 OPENING OF SERVICE. 5 Thou, whose benignant eye Li mercy looks on all,, — Who seest 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. 28. 8 & 7s. M. 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, unbomided love thou art ; Visit us with thy salvation, Enter every longing heart. 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. 31 SANCTUARY. 29. H. M. 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 ! &> 30. KM. Forth from the dark and stormy sky, Lord, to tliine altar's shade we Hy ; Forth from the world, its hope and fear, Father, we seek thy shelter here : Weary and weak, thy grace we pray; Tm-n not, O Lord, thy guests away. OPENING OF SERVICE. 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. 31. 8 & 7s. M. 1 Far from, mortal cares retreating, Sordid hopes and fond desires, Here, our willing footsteps meeting, Every heart to heaven aspkes. From the Fount of glory beaming, Light celestial cheers our eyes ; Mercy from above proclaiming. Peace and pardon from the skies. 2 Every stain of guilt abhorring, Firm and bold in virtue's cause. Still thy providence adoring. Faithful subjects to thy laws, Lord ! with favor stiU attend us, Bless us with thy wondrous love ; Thou, our sun and shield, defend us ; All our hope is from above. 32. c. M. 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. SANCTUARY. 2 We will not bring divided hearts To worship at thy shrine ; But each unworthy thought departs, And leaves this temple thine. 33. s. M. 1 Lord, in this sacred hour Within thy courts we bend, And bless thy love, and own thy power, Our Father and our Friend. 2 But thou art not alone In courts by mortals trod ; Nor only is the day thine own When man draws near to God. 3 Thy temple is the arch Of yon unmeasured sky ; Thy Sabbath, the stupendous march Of grand eternity. 4 Lord, may that holier day Dawn on thy servants' sight ; And purer worship may we pay In heaven's unclouded light. 34. c. M. 1 With sacred joy we lift our eyes To those bright realms above, — That glorious temple in the sides Where dwells eternal love. OPENING OF SERVICE. 2 Before the awful throne we bow Of heaven's Almighty Iving : Here we present the solemn vow, And hymns of praise we sing. 3 Thee we adore, and. Lord, to thee Our filial duty pay ; Thy service, unconstrained and free, Conducts to endless day. 4 While in thy house of prayer we kneel, With trust and holy fear. Thy mercy and thy truth reveal. And lend a gracious ear. 35. 7s. M. Lord, what offering shall we bring. At thine altars when we bow ? Hearts, the pure unsullied spring, Wlience the land affections flow ; Soft compassion's feeling soul, By the melting eye expressed ; Sympathy, at whose control Sorrow leaves the wounded breast Willing hands to lead the blind, Bind the wounded, feed the poor ; Love, embracing aU our kind ; Charity, with liberal store : — Teach us, O thou Heavenly Iving, Thus to show our grateful mind. Thus the accepted offering bring. Love to thee and all mankind. SANCTUARY. 36. c. M. O, 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. Though heralded by naught 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 loye. 37. L. M. 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 I " — 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. OPENING OF SERVICE. 3 Lisfht of our souls I how stronsr it otows : That sun, how wide his beams he flings, As up the glorious sky he goes With light and healing in his wings I 4 Give us that light ! O God, 't is given I Hope sees it open heaven's wide halls To those who for the ti-uth have striven ; And Faith walks firmly where it falls. 38. lOs. M. 1 O Thou, whose power o'er moving worlds pre- sides, Wliose voice created, and whose wisdom guides I On darlding man in pure effulgence shine. And cheer the clouded mind with light divine. 2 'T is tliine 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. 39. L. M. When, as returns tliis solemn day, Man comes to meet his Maker, God, What rites, what honors, shall he pay ? How spread his Sovereign's praise abroad '^ SANCTUARY. 2 From marble domes, and gilded spires, Shall cm-ling clouds of incense rise ? And gems, and gold, and garlands deck The costly pomp of sacrifice ? 8 Vain, sinful man I creation's Lord Thy golden offerings well may spare , But give thy heart, and thou shalt find Here dwells a God who heareth prayer. 40. c. M. 1 O God ! whose dread and dazzling brow Love never yet forsook, On those who seek thy presence now, In deep compassion look. 2 For many a frail and erring heart Is in thy holy sight. And feet too willing to depart From the plain way of right. 3 Yet pleased the humble prayer to hear, And kind to all that live. Thou, when thou seest the contrite tear, Art ready to forgive. 4 Lord I aid us with thy heavenly grace Our truest bliss to find ; Nor sternly judge our erring race. So feeble, and so blind. 28 OPENING OF SERVICE. 41. 11 & lOs. M. Father, to us, thy children, humbly kneeling, Conscious of weakness, ignorance, sin, and shame, Give such a force of holy thought and feeling That we may live to glorify thy name ; — That we may conquer base desire and passion. That we may rise from selfish thought and will, O'ercome the world's allurement, threat, and fash- ion, Wallc humbly, gently, leaning on thee still. Let all thy goodness by our minds be seen. Let all thy mercy on our souls be sealed ; Lord, if thou wilt, thy power can make us clean, O, speak the word! Thy servants shall be healed. 42. L. M. Great God I the followers of thy Son, We bow before thy mercy-seat. To worship thee, the Holy One, And pour our wishes at thy feet. J O, grant thy blessing here to-day ! O, give thy people joy and peace ' The tokens of thy love display. And favor that shall never cease. SANCTUARY. 3 We seek the truth which Jesus brought ; His path of light we long to tread ; Here be his holy doctrines taught, And here their purest influence shed. 4 May faith, and hope, and love abound ; Our sins and errors be forgiven ; And we, firom day to day, be found Children of God and heirs of heaven. 43. 6 & 4s. M. 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-gTacious 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 I Thy sovereign majesty May we in glory see. And to eternity Love and adore. 80 OPENING OF SERVICE. 44. L. M. 1 Before Jehovah's a^^'ful tlu'one, Ye nations, bow with sacred joy ; Know that the Lord is God alone ; He can create, and he destroy. 2 We are his people, we his care. Our souls and aU our mortal frame ; WTiat lasting honors shall we rear, Almighty ]\Iaker, to thy name ? 8 "VVe '11 crowd thy gates with thankful songs ; BQgh as the heavens our voices raise ; And earth, wdth her ten thousand tongues, Shall fill thy comls with sounding praise. 4 Wide as the world is thy command. Vast as eternity thy love ; Firm as a rock thy truth must stand. When rolling years shall cease to move. 45. c. M. 1 Here holy thoughts a light have shed From many a radiant face. And prayers of tender hope have spread A perfume tlirough the place. 2 And anxious hearts have pondered here The mystery of life, And prayed the Eternal Spirit clear Their doubts and aid their stiife. SANCTUARY. 3 From humble tenements around Came up the pensive train, And in the Church a blessing found, Which filled their homes again. 4 For faith, and peace, and mighty love. That from the Godhead flow. Showed them the life of heaven above Springs from the life below. 46. 11 & 5s. 1 From the recesses of a lowly spirit. Our humble prayer ascends ; O Father ! hear it, Upsoaring on the wings of awe and meekness ; Forgive its weakness ! 2 We see thy hand ; it leads us, it supports us : We hear thy voice ; it counsels and it courts us And then we turn away ; and still thy kindness Forgives our blindness. 3 O, how long-suffering, Lord! but thou delightest To win with love the wandering; thou invitesi, By smiles of mercy, not by frowns or terrors, Man from his errors. 4 Father and Saviour ! plant within each bosom The seeds of holiness, and bid them blossom In fragrance and in beauty bright and vernal, And spring eternal. OPENING OF SERVICE. Then place them in thine everlasting gardens, "Where angels walk, and seraphs are the wardens ; Where every llower escaped tlnrough death's dark portal, Becomes immortal. 47. C. M. 1 For thy dear mercy's sake, O Lord, Receive the pra.yers we pom*, And purify our hearts to taste Thy goodness more and more. 2 Our flesh, our hearts, our spirits. Lord, In thy clear fire refine ; Brealc doAvn the self-indulgent will ; Gird us with strength divine. 3 So may all we, who here are met This hour thy name to bless. One day, in our eternal home. Thine endless joys possess. 48. L. M. 1 Dear Lord ! prepare our souls and train Our hearts in thoughts of love to pray ; Teach us to know our sms, and gain New triumphs o'er ourselves each day. 2 How oft our thoughts, in idle chase. On vanity and sin run wild, 33 SANCTUARY. Our best resolves, in varying phase, Beguiling come, or go beguiled ! 3 Caught by a glittering bait, we fall Sin's easy, weak, and thoughtless jirey ; While, all unheeded, virtue's call Beckons in vain another way. 4 Dear Lord, thou hast full often said, There is a path, — one only way ; O, come, then, quickly to our aid, And teach us how and what to pray ! 49. c. M. 1 God is a spirit just and wise. He sees our inmost mind ; In vain to heaven we raise om* 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. OPENING OF SERVICE. 50. 7s. M. 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 naught, is less than naught ; Thou, our God, art all in all. 3 Weak, imperfect creatures, we In this vale of darkness dwell; Yet presume to look to thee, 'jVIidst thy light ineffable. 4 O, receive the praise that dares Seek thy heaven-exalted throne ; Bless our offerings, hear our prayers, Infinite and Holy One ! 35 CLOSE OF SERYICE. 51. 8&7s. M. 1 May the grace of Christ, our Saviour, And the Father's boundless love, With the Holy Spnit's favor, Rest upon us from above. 2 Thus may we abide in union With each other and the Lord, And possess, in sweet communion, Joys which earth cannot afford. 52. L M. My God ! how endless is thy love ! Thy gifts are every evening new ; And morning mercies fi.-om above Gently distil, lilce early dew. 3f5 CLOSE OF SERVICE. 2 I yield my powers to thy command ; To thee I consecrate my days ; Perpetual blessings from thy hand Demand perpetual songs of praise. 53. L. M. 1 From all that dwell below the skies Let the Creator's praise arise ; Let the Redeemer's name be sung, Tlirough every land, by every tongue. 2 Eternal are thy mercies. Lord ; Eternal truth attends thy word ; Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore, Till suns shall rise and set no more. 54. 8, 7, & 4s. M. 1 Ijord! dismiss us with thy blessing, Hope and comfort from above ; Let us each, thy peace possessing, Triumph in redeeming love : Still support us While in duty's path we move. 2 Thanks we give, and adoration, For the Gospel's joyful sound; May the fruits of thy salvation In our hearts and lives abound ; May thy presence With us evermore be found. SANCTUARY. 55. 7s. M. 1 Father! glory be to thee, Source of all the good we see ! Glory for the blessed light Rising on the ancient night ! 2 Glory for the hopes that come, Streaming through the dreary tomb ! Glory for the counsel given, Guiding us in peace to heaven I 56. CM. 1 O w^oNDROus depth of grace divine, My soul would fain adore : Dear Father, let me call thee mine, And I will ask no more. 2 By thee in all things richly blest, Low at thy feet I fall ; Thou art my Hope, my Life, my Rest, My Father, and my all ! 57. 7s. M. Father, bless thy word to all ; Quick and powerful let it prove : O, may sinners hear thy call ! Let thy people grow in Jove. CLOSE OF SERVICE. 2 Thine owzi gracious message bless ; Follow it with power divine ; Give the Gospel great success ; Thine the work, the glory thine. 3 Father, bid the world rejoice ; Send, O, send thy truth abroad : Let the nations hear thy voice, — Hear it, and return to God. 58. 8 & 7s. M. 1 Lord of nature, Source of light, , Li pity view thy world below ; Guide our erring footsteps right. Through these scenes of guilt and woe. 2 Grant thy spirit ; by thy kindness Let our errors be forgiven ; Heal our sins, dispel our blindness. Then conduct us safe to heaven. 59. 8, 7, & 4s. M. Come, thou soul-transforming Spirit I 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. SANCTUARY. O, may all enjoy the blessing Which thy word 's designed to give ! Let us all, thy love possessing, Joyfully the truth receive, And for ever To thy praise and glory live. 60. CM. 1 O God, by whom the seed is given. By whom the harvest blest ; Whose word, lilie 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 I 3 Though buried deep, or thinly strown, Do thou thy grace supply : The hope in earthly fmTows sown Shall ripen in the sky. 61. 8&7s. M. Lo ! the day of rest declineth, Gather fast the shades of night ; May the Sun that ever shineth Fill our souls with heavenly light. 40 CLOSE OF SERVICE. 2 Wliilc, tliine ear of love addressing. Thus our parting hymn we sing, Father, give thine evening blessing ; Fold us safe beneath thy wing. 62. CM. 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 ^vhom 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 vh'tue still improve, Till each receive the glorious crown Of never-fadiiiff love. 63. s. M. 1 Thy name, Almighty Lord, Shall sound through distant lands ; Great is thy grace, and sure thy word ; Thy truth for ever stands. 2 Far be thine honor spread. And long thy praise endure. Till morning light and evening shade Shall be exchanged no more. SANCTUARY. 64. 7s. M. 1 Glorious in thy saints appear ; Plant thy heavenly Idngdom here ; Light and life to all impart ; Shine on each believing: heart ; — 'C5 And, in every grace complete, Make us. Lord, for glory meet ; Till we stand before thy sight. Partners with the saints in light. 65. 7s. M. 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. CLOSE OF SERVICE. 66. S. M. 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. I Still to the lowly soul He doth liimself impart, Aiid for his temple and his throne Chooseth the pure in heart. 67. L. M. 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 oread, 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 Giver thou. 68. L. M. 1 Arm of the Lord, awake ! awake ! Put on thy strength, the nations shake , Now let the world, adoring see Triumphs of mercy wrought by thee. SANCTUARY. Almighty God, thy grace proclaim Through every clime of every name ; Let adverse powers before thee fall, And crown the Saviour Lord of all. 69. 8 & 7s. M. 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. See I 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 thkst to assuage, — Grace, which, liice the Lord, the giver. Never fails from age to age ? Round each habitation hovering, See the cloud and fire appear, For a glory and a covering. Showing that the Lord is near I Fading is the worldling's pleasure, All Ms boasted pomp and show ; Solid joys and lasting treasure None but Zion's children know. CLOSE OF SERVICE. 70. c. M. 1 The heaven of heavens cannot contain The universal Lord ; Yet he in humble hearts wiU 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, tlirough worlds unknown ; Who seek the mercies of our God Are ever near his throne. 71. 7s. M. Lord, it is not life to live, K thy presence thou deny ; Lord, if thou thy presence give, 'T is no longer death to die. Source and Giver of repose. Singly from thy smile it flows ; Peace and happiness are thine ; Mine they are, if thou art mine. 72. CM. Lord of the harvest, God of grace, Send down thy heavenly rain ; SANCTUARY. In vain we plant without thine aid, And Water too in vain. 2 May no vain thoughts, those birds of prey, Defraud us of our gain ; Nor anxious cares, those baleful thorns, Choke up the precious grain. 3 Ne'er may our hearts be like the rock, Where but the blade can spring, Which, scorched with heat, becomes by noon A dead, a useless thing. 4 But may our hearts, like fertile soil, Receive the heavenly word ; So shall our fair and ripened fruits Their hundred fold afford. 73. P. M. 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 kindi'ed thoughts their musings blend. And all the soul's affections tend Beyond the veiling sides. 3 Blest are the hallowed vows that bind Man to his work by love, — 48 CLOSE OP SERVICE. Bind him to cheer the humble mind, Console the weeping, lead the blind. And guide to joys above. 74. 7 & 6s. M. God shall bless thy going out, Shall bless thy coming in ; Kindly comjDass thee about, Till thou art saved from sin : Lean upon thy Father's breast ; 'T is he thy spirit keeps : Rest in him, securely rest ; Thy Guardian never sleeps, 75. c. M. 1 There is a world, — and, O, how blest ! Fairer than prophets told ; And never did an angel guest One half its peace unfold. 2 Look not abroad, with roving mind, To seek that fair abode ; It comes where'er the lowly find The perfect peace of God. 76. c. M. O THOU great Spmt! who along The waters first did move, And straight fi-om warring chaos sprung Light, harmony, and love ; SANCTUARY. Upon our waiting spirits brood, Bid all their discord cease, And breathe upon the ti'oubled soul Thy last, best gift of peace ! 77. 7s. M. 1 Now may he who fi-om the dead Brought the Shepherd of the sheep, Jesus Christ, our King and Head, All our souls in safety keep. 2 May he teach us to fulfil What is pleasing in his sight ; Perfect us in all Ms will, And preserve us day and night. 78. c. M. 1 O Lord of life, and truth, and grace, Ere nature was begun I Make welcome to our erring race Thy Spirit and thy Son. 2 We hail the Church, built high o'er aU The heathens' rage and scoff; Thy Providence its fenced wall, — " The Lamb the light thereof." 3 Thy Clurist hath reached his heavenly seat, Through sorrows and tln*ough scars ; The golden lamps are at liis feet. And in his liand the stars. CLOSE OF SERVICE. 4 O, may he wallc among us here, With Ms rebulvc and love, — A brightness o'er this lower sphere, A ray from worlds above ! 79. C. M. 1 Almighty God, thy word is cast Lilce seed into the ground ; Now let the dew of heaven descend, And righteous fruits abound. 2 Let not the foe of Clnrist and man This holy seed remove ; But give it root in every heart, To bring forth fruits of love. 3 Nor let thy word, so kindly sent To raise us to thy throne, Return to thee, and sadly teU That we reject thy Son. 4 Oft as the precious seed is sown, Thy quickening grace bestow, That all whose souls the truth receive Its saving power may know. 49 DEDICATION. 80. L. M. 1 This stone to thee in faith we lay, — We build the temple, Lord, to thee, Thine eye be open night and day, To keep tliis house from error free. 2 Here, when thy people seek thy face. And dying sinners pray to live, Hear thou, in heaven, thy dweUing-place, And when thou hearest. Lord, forgive. 3 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. 4 Thy glory never hence depart ! Yet choose not, Lordj this house alone ; Thy kingdom come to every heart ; In every bosom fix thy throne. 50 DEDICATION. 81. C. M. 1 O Tiiou, whose own vast temple stands Built over earth and sea, Aecept the walls that human hands Have raised to worship thee. 2 Lord, from thine inmost glory send, "VVitliin 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 I 4 May faith grow firm, and love grow warm, And pm-e devotion rise, While round these hallowed walls the storrn Of earth-born passion dies ! 82. c. M. 1 The patriarch's dove, on weary wing. One leaf of olive found. Within the narrow ark to bring. When all the earth was drowned. 2 The dove of God, in happier hour, O'er Jordan's sweeter wave, In symbol showed the Spirit's power, That all the earth would save. SANCTUARY. 3 O Lord ! to this oiir sacred rite Such gracious tokens grant, As make thy temples, where they light. Thine arks of covenant. 4 And still on life's baptizing tide, Or sorrow's bitter sea, Descending peace be multiplied, And hallow hearts to thee ! 83. L. M. 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 fnst pm*e praises rang, The " morning stars together sang." 4 Lord, 't is not ovu-s to make the sea And earth and sky a house for thee ; But in thy sight our oflering stands, An humbler temple, " made with hands." 52 DEDICATION. 84. L. M. 1 Where ancient forests widely spread, Wliere bends the cataract's ocean-fall ; On the lone mountain's silent head, There are thy temples, God of all ! 2 All space is holy, for aR space Is filled by thee ; — but human thought Burns clearer in some chosen place, "VVliere thine own words of love are taught. 3 Here be they taught ; and may we know That faith thy servants knew of old, Which onward bears, through weal or woe, Till death the gates of heaven unfold. 4 Nor we alone ; may those whose brow Shows yet no trace of human cares, Hereafter stand where we do now. And raise to thee still holier prayers. 53 SABBATH. 85. lOs. M. 1 Types of eternal rest, — fair buds of bliss, In heavenly flowers expanding week by week, — The next world's gladness imaged forth in this, — Days of whose worth the Christian's heart can speak. 2 Foretastes of heaven on earth, — pledges of joy Surpassing fancy's flights and fiction's story, — The preludes of a feast that cannot cloy. And the bright out-courts of immortal glory. 3 Eternity in time, — the steps by which We climb to future ages, — lamps that light Man through liis darker days, and thought enrich. Yielding redemption for the week's dull flight. 4 Wakeners of prayer in man, — his resting bowers As on he journeys in the narrow way, Where, Eden-Uke, Jehovah's waDdng hours Are waited for, as in the cool of day. SABBATH. Days fixed by God for intercourse with dust, To raise our thoughts and purify our powers,- Periods appointed to renew our trust, — A gleam of glory after sLx days' showers. 86. CM. 1 Sleep, sleep to-day, tormenting cares, Of earth and folly born ; Ye shall not dim the light that streams From this celestial morn. 2 To-morrow will be time enough To feel your harsh control ; Ye shall not violate this day. The Sabbath of the soul. 3 Sleep, sleep for ever, guilty thoughts ; Let fires of vengeance die ; And, purged from sin, may I behold A God of purity ! 87. CM. 1 Lord, I believe a rest remains, To all thy people known ; A rest where pure enjoyment reigns. And thou art loved alone ; — 2 A rest, where all our soul's desire Is fixed on things above ; Where fear, and sin, and grief expire, Cast out by perfect love. 55 SANCTUARY. 3 O that I now the rest might know, Believe and enter in I Now, Father, now the power bestow, And let me cease from sin ! 4 Remove aU hardness from my heart. All unbelief remove ; To me the rest of faith impart. The Sabbath of thy love. 88. L. M. 1 Another six days' work is done, Another Sabbath is begun ; Return, my soul, enjoy thy rest ; Improve the day that God has 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 witliin the breast Is the dear pledge of glorious rest. Which for the Church of God remains, The end of cares, the end of pains. 89. s. M. 1 Again the Sunday morn Calls us to prayer and praise ; Waking our hearts to gratitude With its enlivening rays. SABBATH. 2 But Christ yet brighter shone, Quenching the morning beam ; When ti-iumphing from death he rose, And raised us up with Mm. 3 When first the Word sprang forth, Li majesty arrayed. And bathed in streams of purest light. What power was there displayed ! 4 But O what love ! — when Christ, For our transgressions slain, Was by the Eternal Father raised. For us, to life again. 90, L. M. 1 We bless thee for this sacred day. Thou who hast every blessing given, Wliich sends the dreams of earth away, And yields a glimpse of opening heaven. 2 Rich day of holy, thoughtful rest ! ' May we improve thy calm repose. And, in God's service truly blest. Forget the world, its joys, its 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 crew. SANCTUARY. 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. 91. C. M. 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. 92. 7s. M. 1 Morning breaks upon the tomb ! Jesus dissipates its gloom ! Day of triumph through the skies, See the glorious Saviour rise ! SABBATH. 2 Mortals, dry your flowing tears ; Cease 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 Lo ! the rising sun appears. Shedding radiance o'er the spheres ; Lo ! returning beams of light Chase the terrors of the night. 93. c. M. 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. 59 SANCTUARY. This day I must to God appear ; For, Lord, the day is thine ; Help me to spend it in thy fear, Aiid thus to make it mine. CO II. GOD. I ADORATION. (p. G3.) II. GOD'S PRESENCE, POWER. AND WISDOM. (p. 81.) III. GOD'S LOVE. (p. 92.) IV. GOD'S FORGIVENESS. (p. 102.) V. GOD'S HELP AND PROTECTION. (p. 107.) VI. GOD IN NATURE. (p. 125.) 6 61 ADOHATION. 94. s. M. 1 O, BLESS the Lord, my soul . Let all witliin me join, And aid my tongue to bless his name, Whose favors are divine. 2 O, bless the Lord, my soul ! Nor let his mercies lie Forgotten in unthankfulness, And without praises die. 3 'T is he forgives thy sms, 'T is he relieves thy pain, 'T is he that heals thy sicknesses. And makes thee strong again. 4 He crowns thy life with love, He rescues from the grave. And he from everlasting death Hath sovereign power to save. 63 GOD. 95. c. M. 1 Father of mercies ! God of love ! My Father and my God I I '11 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 passing year. 3 In all thy mercies, may my soul A Father's bounty see ; Nor let the gifts thy grace bestows Estrange my heart from thee. 4 Teach me, in times of deep distress. To own thy hand, O God ! And in submissive silence bear The lessons of thy rod. 5 Through every period of my life. Each bright, each clouded scene, Give me a meek and humble mind, Still equal and serene. 6 Then may I close my eyes in death, Redeemed from anxious fear ; For death itself, my God, is life. If thou be with me there. 64 ADORATION. 96. CM. 1 ]My God ! how wonderful thou art, Thy majesty how bright ! Plow glorious thy mercy-seat, In depths of burning light ! 2 Yet I may love thee too, O Lord ! Almighty as thou art, For thou hast stooped to ask of me The love of my poor heart. 3 No eartlily father loves like thee, No mother half so mild Bears and forbears, as thou hast done, With me, thy sinful child. 4 My God ! how wonderful thou art, Thou everlasting Friend ! On thee I stay my trusting heart Till faith in vision end. 97. L. M. 1 Praise to the Lord of boundless might, With uncreated glories bright ! His presence gilds the worlds above. The unchanging Source of light and love. 2 Shine, mighty God ! with vigor shine On this benighted heart of mine ; And let thy glories stand revealed, As in the Saviour's face beheld. GOD. 3 My soul, revived by heaven-born day, Thy radiant image shall display, While all my faculties unite To praise the Lord, who gives me light. 98. L. M. 1 Father of all ! in every age, In every clime, adored, By saint, by savage, or by sage. The universal Lord I 2 Thou great First Cause ! least understood, Who all my sense confined To know but this, — that thou art good, And that myself am blind ; — 3 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. 4 If I am right, thy grace impart Still in the right to stay ; K I am wrong, O, teach my heart To find that better way. 5 To thee, whose temple is all space. Whose altar earth, sea, sides, One chorus let all being raise, All nature's incense rise. 66 ADORATION. 99. L. M. 1 O Thou, whom neither time nor space Can circle in, unseen, unknown, Nor faith in boldest flight can trace Save through thy Spirit and thy Son, — 2 Be ours, O ICing of mercy I still To feel thy presence from above, And in thy word, and in thy will. To hear thy voice, and know thy love. 3 Great First and Last I thy blessing give ! And grant us faith, thy gift alone. To love and praise thee while we live. And do whate'er thou wouldst have done. 4 And when the toils of life are done. And nature waits thy dread decree, To find our rest beneath thy throne, And look, in humble hope, to thee. 100. 10 & 6s. M. I LOVE my God, but with no love of mine, For I have none to give ; I love thee. Lord ; but all the love is thine, For by thy life I live. I am as nothing, and rejoice to be Emptied, and lost, and swallowed up in thee. 67 GOD Thou, Lord, alone, art all thy cliildren need, And there is none beside ; From thee the streams of blessedness proceed In thee the blest abide, — Fountain of life, and all-abounding grace. Our source, our centre, and our dwelling-place. 101. CM. 1 Keep silence, all created things. And wait your Maker's nod ; My soul exulteth while she sings The glories of our God. 2 Life, death, and hell, and worlds unknown, Hang on his firm decree, He sits on no precarious throne, Nor borrows leave to be. 3 His mighty word bade ancient Night Her empire vast resign. And lo ! unnumbered worlds of light In fields of azure shine. 4 His wisdom with resistless sway Guides the eternal frame ; With wonder, let all beings pay Their homage to his name. 102. KM. 1 Eternal God, almighty cause Of earth, and seas, and worlds unknown ; ADORATION. All things are subject to thy laws ; All things depend on thee alone. 2 Thy glorious being singly stands, Of all within itself possessed : Controlled by none are thy commands ; Thou in thyself alone art blessed. 3 Worship to thee alone belongs ; "Worship to thee alone we give ; Thine be our hearts, and tliine our songs. And to thy glory may we live. 4 Lord, spread thy name through heathen lands , Their idol deities detlu'one ; Subdue the world to thy commands, And reign, as thou art, God alone. 103. c. M. 1 The Lord descended from above, And bowed the heavens most liigh ; 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, For evermore shall reisrn. GOD. 104. C. M. 1 TiiY throne eternal ages stood, Ere earth or heaven was made ; Thou art the ever-living God, Were all the nations dead. 2 Eternity, with all its years. Stands present to thy view ; To thee, there 's nothing old appears, Great God ! there 's nothing new. 3 Our lives through varying scenes are drawn, And vexed with trifling cares. While thine eternal thought moves on Thine undisturbed affairs. 4 Great God ! how infinite art thou ! How fraU and weak are we ! Let the whole race of creatures bow, And homage pay to thee. 105. L. M. Unchangeable, aU-perfect Lord! Essential life's unbounded sea ! What lives and moves, lives by thy word ; It lives, and moves, and is, from thee ! Whate'er in earth, or sea, or sky, Or shuns, or meets, the wandering thought, Escapes, or strikes, the searching eye. By thee was to existence brought. 70 ADORATION. Thine, Lord, is holiness, alone : Justice and truth before thee stand : Yet, nearer to thy sacred throne, Love ever dwells at thy right hand. And to thy love and ceaseless care, Father I tliis light, this breath, we owe ; And all we have, and all we are. From thee, great Source of Life I doth flow. 106. 8 & 7s. M. 1 " Lord, thy glory fills the heaven ; Earth is with its fulness stored ; Unto thee be glory given. Holy, holy, holy Lord!" Heaven is still with anthems ringing ; Earth takes up the angels' cry, " Holy, holy, holy," singing, " Lord of hosts, thou Lord most high ! '* 2 Ever thus in God's high praises. Brethren, let our tongues unite, Whilst our thoughts his greatness raises, And our love his gifts excite. With his seraph train before him, With Ms holy Church below. Thus unite we to adore him. Bid we thus our anthem flow : — 3 " Lord, thy glory fiUs the heaven ; Earth is with its fulness stored ; Unto thee be glory given, Holy, holy, holy Lord! 71 GOD. Thus thy glorious name confessing, We adopt the angels' cry, Holy, holy, holy, — blessing Thee, the Lord our God most higli. 107. L. M. 1 Thou, Lord, who rear'st the mountain's height, And mak'st the cliffs with sunshine bright, O, grant that we may own thy hand No less in every grain of sand ! 2 With forests huge, of dateless time, Thy will has hung each peak sublime ; But withered leaves beneath the tree Have tongues that tell as loud of thee. 3 Teach us that not a leaf can grow, Till life from thee within it flow ; That not a grain of dust can be, O Fount of being ! save by thee ; — 4 That every human word and deed. Each flash of feeling, will, or creed. Hath solemn meaning from above. Begun and ended all in love. 108. 7s. M. Heralds of creation! cry, — Praise the Lord, the Lord most high ! Heaven and earth ! obey the call ; Praise the Lord, the Lord of all. ADORATION. 2 Praise him, all ye hosts above ; Spirits perfected in love ! Sun and moon I yom- voices raise ; Sing, ye stars I yonr Maker's praise. 3 Earth I from all lliy depths below Ocean's hallelujahs flow; Lightning, vapor, wind, and storm, Hail and snow I his will perform. 4 High above all height his throne ; Excellent his name alone ; Him let all his works confess ! Him let all his children bless ! 109. H. M. 1 All, from the sun's uprise Unto his setting rays. Resound in jubilees The great Creator's praise. Him serve alone ; In triumph bring Your gifts, and sing Before his throne ! 2 Man drew from man liis birth ; But God his noble frame (Built of the niddy earth) Filled wdth celestial flame. His sons we are, By him are led, Preserved and fed With tender care. GOD. 3 Then 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 Is ever sm-e. 110. 11 & 6s. M. 1 Almighty One! I bend in dust before thee; Even so veiled cherubs bend ; In calm and still devotion I adore thee, AU-wise, all-present Friend ! Thou to the earth its emerald robes hast given. Or curtained it in snow ; And the bright sun, and the soft moon in heaven, Before thy presence bow. 2 Thou Power sublime ! whose throne is firmly seated On stars and glowing suns ; O, could I praise thee, — could my soul, elated. Waft thee seraphic tones, — Had I the lyres of angels, — could I bring thee An offering worthy thee, — In what bright notes of glory would I sing thee. Blest notes of ecstasy ! 3 Eternity ! Eternity I how solemn, How terrible the sound ! Here, leaning on thy promises, — a column Of strength, — may I be found, ADORATION. O, let my heart be ever thine, while beating, As when 't will cease to beat ! Be thou my portion, till that awful meeting When I my God shall greet! 111. L. M. 1 Great God I in vain man's narrow view Attempts to look thy natm'e tlu'ough ; Our laboring powers with reverence own Thy glories never can be known. 2 Not the high seraph's mighty thought, Wlio 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 ! 112. 7s. M. 1 Holy, holy, holy Lord! Be thy glorious name adored ; Lord ! thy mercies never fail ; Hail, celestial goodness, hail ! 75 GOD. 2 Though unworthy, Lord, thine car. Deign our humble songs to hear ; Purer praise we hope to bring, Wlien 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. 113. 7s. M. 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 ; 8 Caused the golden-tressed sun All day long his course to run ; And the moon to shine by night, 'Mongst her spangled sisters bright. ADORATION. All his creatures he doth feed ; His full hand supplies their need ; Let us, therefore, warble forth His high majesty and worth. 114. C. M. 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 serapliim. Continually do cry. 3 O holy, holy, holy Lord, "Whom heavenly hosts obey ! The world is wdth the glory filled Of thy majestic sway. 4 The apostles' glorious company, And prophets, crowned with light, With all the martyrs' noble host. Thy constant praise recite. 5 The holy Chm'ch throughout the world, O Lord ! confesses thee. That thou eternal Father art, Of boundless majesty. 77 GOD. 115. C. M. 1 Shine forth, Eternal Source of li<.ht' And make thy glories known; ^ AX??,' f»^arged, adoring sight With lustre aU thine own. 2 Vain are the charms and faint the rays The brightest creatures boast : ^ Is in tr ^'"^T ""^ *h^i^- praise is m thy presence lost. 3 To know the Author of our frame IS our sublimest s\u\[ • True science is to read thy name, irue life to obey thy will. 4 For this I long, for this I pray, And following on pursue, liU visions of eternal day Fix and complete the view. 116. L. M. 1 Let one loud song of praise arise Whn ^ 7i ^^^^""T §^ood«ess ceaseless flows • Who dwells enthroned above the sides ' And life and breath on aU bestows. 2 Let all of good this bosom fires io urn, sole good, give praises due- Let al the ti-uth liimself inspires ' Unite to sing him ordy true. ADORATION. 3 In ardent adoration joined, Obedient to thy holy will, Let all our faculties combined Thy just commands, O God! fulfil. 4 O, may the solemn breatliing sound, Lilvc ijicense, rise before thy throne, Where thou, whose glory knows no bound, Great Cause of all tilings, dwell'st alone. 117. L. M. 1 Lift up your hearts ! Yes, I will lift My heart and soul, dear Lord, to thee, Who every good and perfect gift Vouchsaf 'st so lavishly and free. 2 All that is best from thee comes down On us, with rich and ample store, Thy bounteous hands our wishes crown With good, increasing more and more. 3 Then, while I live, with ardent eye Let me look up to thee, and learn. From blessings here, to look on high. And purer blessings there discern ! 4 All thou hast given is thine, then take Me, thine own gift, for all thine own, And teach me every day to make New vows of love to thee alone ! 79 GOD. 118. L. M. 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 For ever firm thy justice stands, As mountains their foundations keep ; Wise are the wonders of thy hands ; Thy judgments are a mighty deep. 3 Life, lilce 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. 119. CM. 1 Eternal Som-ce of life and light I Supremely good and wise ! To thee we bring our grateful vows, To thee lift up om- 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. 80 GOD'S PHESENCE, POWER, AND WISDOM. 120. 6s. M. 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 aU on earth below, The exhaustless Source of love, The great Creator, loiow. 3 He formed the livuig flame. He gave the reasoning mind , Then only he may claim The worship of manldnd. 4 So taught his only Son, Blest messenger of grace ! The Eternal is but one. No second holds his place. GOD. 121. C. M. 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 ! 122. c. P. M. 1 I SING of God, the mighty source Of all things, the stupendous force On which aU things depend ; From whose right arm, beneath whose eyes, All period, power, and enterprise Commence, and reign, and end. 2 The world, the clustering spheres, he made, The glorious light, the soothing shade ; Dale, plain, and grove and hill ; S2 GOD S PRESENCE, POWER, AND WISDOM. The multitudinous abyss, Where nature joys in secret bliss, And wisdom hides her skill. Tell them, I am, Jehovah said To Moses, whUe earth heard in dread, And, smitten to the heart, At once above, beneath, around. All nature, without voice or sound. Replied, O Lord, Thou art ! 123. L. M. 1 God wounds the heart, and he makes whole ; He calms the tempest of the soul : When he shuts up in long despair. Who can remove the heavy bar ? 2 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. 3 These are a portion of Ms ways : But who shall dare describe his face ? Who can endure his light, or stand To hear the thunders of his hand ? 124. KM. 1 Great Former of this various frame Our souls adore thine awful name ; 83 GOD. And bow, and tremble, while we praise The Ancient of eternal days. 2 Our days a transient period run, And change with every circling sun ; And, in the fomest state we boast, A moth can crush us into dust. 3 But let the creatures fall around ; Let death consign us to the gi'ound ; >Let the last general flame arise. And melt the arches of the skies ; 4 Calm as the summer's ocean, we Can all the wreck of nature see. While grace secures us an abode, Unshaken as the throne of God. 125. L. M. 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 My thoughts, before they are my own, Are to my God distinctly known ; He knows the words I mean to speak. Ere from my opening lips they break. 3 Within thy circling ])owcr I stand ; On every side I find thy hand : Awake, asleep, at home, abroad, I am surrounded still with God god's presence, power, and wisdom. 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. 126. L. M. Searcher of hearts, to thee are known The inmost secrets of my breast ; At home, abroad, in crowds, alone. Thou mark'st my rising and my rest, — My thoughts far off, through every maze, Source, stream, and issue, — all my ways. How from thy presence should I go, Or whither from thy sph-it flee, Since all above, around, below, Exist in thine immensity ? If up to heaven I take my way, I meet thee in eternal day ; — K in the grave I make my bed, With worms and dust, lo ! thou art there ; If, on the wings of morning sped, Beyond the ocean I repair, I feel thine all-controlling will. And thy right hand upholds me still. Search me, O God ! and know my heart ; Try me, my secret soul sm-vey ; And warn thy servant to depart From every false and evil way : So shall thy truth my guidance be To life and immortality. GOD. 127. c. M. 1 Great Ruler of all nature's frame, We own thy power divine ; We hear thy breath in every storm, For all the winds are thine. 2 Wide as they sweep their sounding way, They work thy sovereign will ; And, awed by thy majestic voice. Confusion shall be still. 3 Thy mercy tempers every blast To those who seek thy face. And mingles with the tempest's roar The whispers of thy grace. 4 Those gentle whispers let me hear, Till all the tumult cease, And gales of paradise shall lull My weary soul to peace. 128. L. M. 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 My favored soul shall meekly learn To lay her reason at thy throne ; Too weak thy secrets to discern, I '11 trust thee for my guide alone. P6 god's presence, power, and wisdom. 129. c. M. 1 God, in the high and holy place. Looks down upon the spheres ; Yet in his providence and grace To every eye appears. 2 He bow^s the heavens ; the mountains stand, A highway for our God : He wallvs aniidst the desert-land ; 'T is Eden w^here he trod. 3 The forests in his stfength rejoice ; Hark ! on the evening breeze, As once of old, the Lord God's voice Is heard among the trees. 4 K God hath made this w^orld so fair, Where sin and death abound. How beautiful beyond compare Will Paradise be found ! 130. c. M. 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 breathes Is vocal to thine ear ; And all m^y walks of daily life Before thine eye appear. GOD. 3 Each golden hour of beaming light Is gilded by thy rays ; And dark aflliction'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. 131. C. M. 1 Eternal Wisdom ! thee we praise ; Thee the creation sings ; With thy great name, rocks, hills, and seas, And heaven's high palace, rings. 2 Thy hand, how wide it spread the sky ! How glorious to behold ! Tinged with a blue of heavenly dye, And starred with sparkling gold ! 3 The noisy winds stand ready there Thy orders to obey ; With sounding wings they sweep the air, To make thy chariot way. 4 There, like a trumpet loud and strong, Thy thunder shakes our coast, While the red lightnings Avave along, — The banners of thine host. 5 The rolling mountains of the deep Observe thy strong command ; 88 god's presence, power, and wisdom. Thy breath can raise the billows steep, Or sink them to the sand. 6 Infinite strength and equal skill Shine tlurough the worlds abroad, Our souls with vast amazement fill, Aud speak the builder, God. 132. L. M. 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 w^e at length with thee may live. Where life and bliss shall never end. 133. c. M. 1 In all my vast concerns with thee, In vain my soul would try 8* 89 GOD. 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 wondi-ous 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, Secm-ed by sovereign love. 134. L. M. 1 ALL-powerful, self-existent God, Who all creation dost sustain I 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. uo god's presence, power, and wisdom. 3 Fountain of being ! Source of good ! Immvitable thou dost remain I Nor can the shadow of a change Obscure the glories of thy reign. 4 Earth may with all her powers dissolve. K such the great Creator's will ; But thou for ever art the same, I AM is thy memorial still. 135. CM. Beyond, beyond the boundless sea. Above that dome of sky, Farther than thought itself can flee, Thy dwelluig is on liigh ; Yet dear the a^^'ful thought to me, That thou, my God, art nigh. "We hear thy voice, when thunders roll Tlu-ough the wide fields of air ; The waves obey thy dread conti-ol ; Yet still thou art not there. Where shall I find Mm, O my soul. Who yet is everywhere ? O, not in circling depth or height. But in the conscious breast. Present to faith, though veiled from sight, There does his spuit rest. O, come, thou Presence Infinite, And make thy creatm^e blest ! 91 GOD'S LOYE. 136. c. M. 1 O GIFT of gifts! O grace of faith! My God ! how can it be That thou, who hast discerning love, Shouldst give that gift to me ? 2 How many hearts thou mightst have had More innocent than mine ! How many souls more worthy far Of that sweet touch of thine ! 3 Ah, Grace ! into unlilceliest hearts It is thy boast to come. The glory of thy light to find In darkest spots a home. 4 The crowd of cares, the weightiest cross, Seem trifles less than light, — Earth looks so little and so low When faith shines full and bright. GODS LOVE. O, happy, happy that I am I K thou canst be, O Faith I The treasure that thou art in life, What wilt thou be in death ? 137. 8 & 7s. M. 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 Ms brightness streameth God is wisdom, God is love. 4 He with earthly cares entwineth Hope and comfort from above ; Every^'-here his glory shineth : God is wisdom, God is love. 138. c. M. 1 Lord ! thou art good : all nature shows Its mighty Author land ; Thy bounty through creation flows. Full, free, and unconfined. GOD. 2 The whole, and every part, proclaims Thine infinite good-Avill ; 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 My admiration let it raise I My best affections move ! Employ my tongue in songs of praise. And fill my heart with love ! 139. 7s. M. 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. 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. 94 god's love. And for all, my hymns shall rise Daily to thy gracious tlirone : Thither let my asking eyes Turn unwearied, — righteous One! Througli life's sti-ange vicissitude, There reposing all my care ; Trusting stiU, tlu-ough lU and good, Fixed, and cheered, and counselled there. 140. 8 & 7s. M. Father, source of every blessing. Tune my heart to grateful lays ; Streams of mercy, never ceasing, Call for ceaseless songs of praise. Teach me some melodious measm'e Sung by raptured saints above ; Fill my soul with sacred pleasure, While I sing redeeming love. Thou didst seek me when a stranger, Wandering from the fold above ; Thou, to save my soul from danger. Didst redeem me with thy love. 4 By thy hand restored, defended. Safe through life thus far I 've come Safe, O Lord, when life is ended, Brmg me to my heavenly home. Q GOD. 141. 8, 7, &4s. M. 1 Every human tie may perish ; Friend to friend unfaithful prove ; Mothers cease their own to cherish ; Heaven and earth at last remove ; But no changes Can avert the Father's love. 2 In the furnace God may prove thee, Thence to bring thee forth more bright ; But can never cease to love thee ; Thou art precious in his sight : God is with thee, — God, thine everlasting light. 142. c. P. M. My God, thy boundless love I praise ; How bright, on high, its glories blaze, How sweetly bloom below ! It streams from thine eternal throne ; Through heaven its joys for ever run, And o'er the earth they flow. 'T is love that paints the pm-ple morn, And bids the clouds, in air upborne, Their genial drops distil : In every vernal beam it glows, And breathes in every gale that blows, And olides in everv rill. I GOD S LOVE. Then let the love that makes me blest With cheerful praise inspire my breast, And ardent gratitude ; And all my tlioughts and passions tend To thee, my Father and my Friend, My soul's eternal good. 143. 8s. M. Yield to me now, for I am weak. But confident in self-despair ; Speak to my heart, in blessings speak ; Be conquered by my instant prayer : Speak, or thou never hence shalt move, Ajid tell me if thy name be Love. 'T is Love I 't is Love I thou diedst for me ; I hear thy wliisper in my heart ; The morning breaks, the shadows flee ; Pure, universal Love thou art : To me, to all, thy mercies move, Thy nature and thy name is Love. INIy prayer hath power with God : the grace Unspeakable I now receive ; Tlu-ough faith I see thee face to face ; I see thee face to face, and live I In vain I have not wept and strove ; Thy nature and thy name is Love. 97 GOD. 144. L. M. 1 How high Thou art ! our songs can own No music Thou couldst stoop to hear ; But still the Son's expiring groan Is vocal in the Father's ear. 2 How pm-e Thou art ! our hands are dyed With curses, red with murder's hue ; But He hath stretched His hands to liide The sins that pierced them from thy view. 3 How strong Thou art ! we tremble lest The thunders of thine arm be moved ; But He is lying on thy breast, And thou must clasp thy Best-beloved I 4 How kind Thou art ! Thou didst not choose To joy in HQm for ever so ; But that embrace thou wouldst not lose For vengeance, didst for love forego ! 5 High God, and pm-e, and strong, and kind ! The low, the foul, the feeble, spare I Thy brightness in His face we find, — Behold our darkness only there I 145. L. M. 1 What would we give to our beloved ? The hero's heart to be unmoved, — The poet's star-tuned harj) to sweep. GODS LOVE. The senate's shout to patriot vows, — The monarch's crown to light the brows ? " He givcth his beloved sleep." " Sleep soft, beloved ! " we sometimes say, But have no power to charm away Sad dreams that tlu-ough the eyelids creep ; But never doleful dream again Shall break theu- happy slumber, when " He giveth his beloved sleep." O earth, so full of dreary noise ! O men, with wailing in your voice ! O delved gold, the wailer's heap ! 0 strife, O curse, that o'er it fall I God makes a silence through you all, And giveth his beloved sleep ! Yea ! men may wonder while they scan, — A living, thinking, feeling man In such a rest his heart to keep ! But angels say, — and through the word, 1 ween, their blessed smile is heard, — " He giveth his beloved sleep." 146. L. M. The Lord my pasture shall prepare And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply And guard me ^\dth a watchful eye : My noonday walks he shall attend. And all my midnight hours defend. 99 GOD. 2 When in the sultry glebe I faint, Or on the thirsty mountain 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 gloom and terror overspread. My steadfast heart shall know no ill. For thou, O Lord, art with me still ; Thy friendly crook shall give me aid And guide me in the fearful shade. 147. S. M. 1 The Lord my shepherd is, I shall be well supplied : Since he is mine, and I am liis. What can I want beside ? 2 He leads me to the place Where heavenly pasture grows. Where living waters gently pass. And full salvation flows. 3 K e'er I go astray. He doth my soul reclaim. And guides me in his own right way, For his most holy name. 4 While he affords his aid I cannot yield to fear ; Tho' I should walk thro' death's dark shade. My Shepherd 's with me there. GODS LOVE. 148. c. M. 1 "When all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys. Transported with the view, I 'm lost Li wonder, love, and praise. 2 Unnumbered comforts on my soul Thy tender care bestowed. Before my infant heart conceived From whom those comforts flowed. 3 When worn with sickness, oft hast thou "With health renewed my face ; And, when in sin and sorrow sunk. Revived my soul with grace. 4 Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart. That tastes those gifts with joy. 9* 101 GOD'S FORGIVENESS. 149. L.M. 1 Show pity, Lord! O Lord, forgive; Let a repenting sinner live : Are not thy mercies large and free ? May not the contrite ti-ust in thee ? ts A broken heart, my God ! my Kin Is all the offering I can bring ; The God of grace will ne'er despise A broken heart for sacrifice. 150. L. M. Forgive us for thy mercy's sake, Our multitude of sins forgive I 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. 102 GOD'^S FORGIVENESS. 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 sin be slain, And not one evil thought remain. 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. But in thy glorious image shine. Thy people, and for ever thine. 151. C. M. 1 Searcher of hearts, before thy face I all my soul display ; And, conscious of its innate arts. Entreat thy strict sm-vey. 2 If, Im'king in its inmost folds, I any sin conceal, O, let a ray of light divine The secret ffuile reveal. 3 If tinctm-ed with that odious gall Unkno"\,ving I remain, Let grace, like a pure silver stream. Wash out the hateful stain. 4 To humble penitence and prayer Be gentle pity given ; Speak ample pardon to my heart, And grant an inward heaven. 103 GOD. 152. 7s. M. 1 Blest Instructor, from thy ways Who can teU how oft he strays'^ Purge me from the guilt that lies Wrapt withm my heart's disguise. 2 Let my tongue, from error free, bpeak the words approved by thee; lo thme all-observing eyes Let om- thoughts accepted rise. ^ Y^\^ ^^'""^ *^y "^^e adore, AJid thy heaUng grace implore, Blest Redeemer! bow thine ear: C^od, my strength! propitious hear. 153. 7s. M. 1 Father, when in dust to thee Low we bow the adoring knee ; When, repentant, to the skies Scarce we lift our streaming eyes ; O, by aU the pain and woe Suffered by thy Son below. Bending from thy throne on high, ±iear our solemn litany. 2 By his birth and early years By his human griefs and fe^s, ^y his fasting and distress In the lonely wilderness, god's forgiveness. By his victory in the hour Of the subtle tempter's power ; Father, look with pitying eye ; Hear om solemn litany. 3 By his hour of dark despair, By his agony of prayer, By his pm-ple robe of scorn, By his wounds and crown of thorn, By his cross, his pangs and cries, By his perfect sacrifice ; Father, look with pitying eye ; Hear om* solemn litany. 154. L. M. 1 Earth has a joy unknown in heaven, The new-born peace of sin forgiven ! Tears of such pure and deep delight. Ye angels ! never dimmed your sight. 2 Ye saw, of old, on chaos rise The beauteous pillars of the sides : Ye know where morn, exulting, springs. And evening folds her drooping wings. 3 Bright heralds of the Eternal Will, Abroad his eiTands ye fulfil ; Or, throned in floods of beamy day, Symphonious in his presence play. 4 But I amid your choirs shall sliine. And all your knowledge will be mine : Ye on your harps must lean to hear A secret chord that mine will bear. 105 GOD. 155. L. M. 1 'T IS not Thy chastening hand I fear, For that is love and mercy still ; I know to Thee thy child is dear, Howe'er I wander from thy will ; I fear not that Thou shouldst depart. Only that I should close my heart ; Thy love hath ever flowed to me, But I am cold and false to thee. 2 O, give me then an earnest heart. Another's woes more prompt to feel. And let my wounds more keenly smart, K but another's I may heal ; Be it through want, or woe, or pain, But draw me to thyself again. And let me feel my sins forgiven ; I dwell with Thee, and thus in heaven. 156. c. M. 1 Could we but hear all nature's voice, From glo'U'Avorm up to sun, 'T would speak in one concordant sound, Thy will, O God, be done ! 2 But hark ! a sadder, mightier prayer. From all men's hearts that live : Thy will be done in earth and heaven, And thou my sins forgive ! 106 GOD'S HELP AND PJaOTECTION. 157. L. M. 1 Whither, O, whither should I fly, But to my lovmg Father's breast ; Secure witliin thine arms to lie. And safe beneath thy wings to rest ! 2 In all my ways thy hand I own, Thy ruling providence I see : Assist me still my com-se to run. And still direct my paths to thee. 3 I have no sldll the snare to shun, But thou, O God, my wisdom art ; I ever into ruin run ; But thou art gi'eater than my heart. 4 Foolish, and impotent, and blind. Lead me a way I have not known ; Bring me where I my heaven may find, The heaven of loving thee alone, GOD. 158. s. M. 1 GoDj who is just and kind, Will those who err instruct, And in 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 mingles fear with love ; And lead me through whatever path Thy wisdom shall approve. 4 O, ever keep my soul From error, shame, and guilt ! Nor suffer the fair hope to fail, Which on thy truth is built. 159. L. M. 1 Be with me, Lord, where'er I go ; Teach me what thou wouldst have me do Suggest whate'er I think or say ; Direct me in thy narrow way. 2 Prevent me lest I harbor pride. Lest I in mine own strength confide ; Show me my weakness, let me see I have my power, my all from thee. god's help and protection. 3 Enrich me always with thy love ; My Icind protection ever prove ', Thy signet put upon my breast, And let thy Spirit on me rest. 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. 160. CM. 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, wliile the world our hands employs, Our hearts be thine alone. 3 As different scenes of life arise. Our grateful hearts would be With thee, amidst the social band, Li solitude with thee. 4 In solid, pure delights lilce these. Let all our days be past ; Nor shall we then impatient wish. Nor shall we fear the last. 109 GOD. 161. 8, 7, & 4s. M. 1 Guide me, O thou great Jehovah, Pilgrim through this barren 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. 162. L. M. 1 My Helper, God ! I bless thy name ! The same thy power, thy grace the same The tokens of thy friendly care Open, and crown, and close the year. 2 Amidst ten thousand deaths I stand, Supported by thy guardian hand ; god's help and protection. And see, when I survey my ways, Ten thousand monuments of praise. 3 Thus far thine arm hatli led me on ; Thus far I malce thy mercy known ; And, while I tread tliis desert land. New blessings shall new songs demand. 163. L. M. Thus far on life's perplexing path, Thus far thou. Lord, our steps hast led, Snatched from the world's pursuing wrath, Unharmed though floods o'erhung our head . Like ransomed Israel on the shore. Here then we pause, look back, adore. Strangers and pilgrims here below, LiJve all our fathers, in their day, "We to the land of promise go, Lord, by tliine own appointed way : Still guide, illumine, cheer our flight, Li cloud by day, in fire by night. When we have numbered all our years. And stand at length on Jordan's brink, Though the flesh fail with mortal fears, O, let not then the spirit sink ; But strong in faith, and hope, and love, Plunge through the stream, to rise above I 111 G01». 164. L. M. 1 O God, the Lord of place and time, Who orderest all things prudently ; Brightening with beams the opening prime, And glowing in the mid-day sky ; 2 Quench thou the fires of hate and strife, The wasting fever of the heart. From perils guard our feeble life. And to our souls thy peace impart. 165. L. M. 1 Thou, who canst guide the wandering star Tlnrough trackless realms of ether's space, Who calm'st the elemental war, Whose hand from pole to pole I trace, — 2 In wisdom Thou hast placed me here. Thou, when thou wilt, canst take me hence ; Ah ! while I tread this earthly sphere, Extend to me thy wide defence. 3 To thee, my God, to thee I call ! Whatever weal or woe betide. By thy command I rise or fall. In thy protection I confide. 4 K, when this dust 's to dust restored. My soul shall float on airy wing, How shall thy glorious name adored Inspire her feeble voice to sing ! god's help and protection. 166. 8, 6, & 10s. M. 1 God is our refuge and defence, Our shield his dread omnipotence. Earth may beneath us shrink, The ancient mountains hoar Down in the deep tide sink, — Let the wild deluge roar I Jehovah is our refuge and defence I I There is a river calm and pure. Whose streams refresh and well secure The dwelling-place of God. Blest city, fair and bright. His favored saints' abode, Where the Lord reigns in light, — No foe can shake his strong foundations sure. J God is our refuge and our shield. What then can make us fear or yield ? Wars at his bidding cease. He breaks the bow and spear, He reigns in truth and peace ; Let all adore and fear Our God and Saviour, Israel's help and shield ! 167. c. M. 1 My God! my Majesty divine! My very presence bright I Thou life, thou love, thou joy of mine My soul's own Infinite ! 10* 113 GOP 2 Art thou not mine ? for my poor sake, X»ost thou not wondi-ously f Dost not thou of thy glory take lo give it unto me? 3 Ai^ not my sins the witnesses 1 hat thou art not at home ? rvl "°* "'y penitence express Ihat thou again wilt come? 4 And when I sorely strove with sin, Wast thou not strong for me ' U, did we not together win That precious victory ? 5 Waits not my soul, for thee to show Ihe work it must fulfil ? Ai-t thou not hidden in my woe ? And there how gracious still ! 6 When fulness of delight is mine, stands not thy glory by And helps each happy hour to shine With wondi-ous radiancy? ^ ^^r^i^ 9"^^ °^ '^"^^' eternal be Ihe fulness of thy grace ' O, stiU be pleased to shine in me ' Keep, keep thy dwelling-place ' 1 168. c. M. In lowliest confidence we wait For thine appointed day; n4 I GOD S HELP AND PROTECTION. " Thy kingdom come ! thy will be done This only let us pray. 2 Forgive us, Father, O, forgive Our still increasing debt Of sin, as we forgiveness grant To those who us forget. 3 When stormy passion o'er the brink Our tossmg souls would urge, O, lead us not within the gulf Of that o'erwhelming sm-ge ! 4 But from the power of sin and death, The soul's worst enemy. Deliver us, — tliou who alone Canst set the prisoner free. 169. L. M. 1 When Israel, of the Lord beloved. Out from the land of bondage came, Her fathers' God before her moved. An awful guide, in smoke and flame. 2 By day, along the 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 ! GOD. 4 And, O, when gathers on our path, Ro^'hn t ^""^ i""'""^ *^^" ^^q^'^^t night, Be thou, long-suffering, slow to wrath? A burnmg and a shining light. 170. L. M. 1 Leader of Israel's host, and guide Of aU who seek the land above, Beneath thy shadow we abide, The cloud of thy protecting love ; Oui- sti-ength thy grace, our rSe thy\vord, Our end the glory of the Lord. ' 2 By thine unerring spirit led, w t'n^^ '''^* ^" *^^ desert stray; We shaU not full direction need. Nor miss our providential way : As far from danger as from fear. While love, almighty love, is near. 171. CM. 1 Father of light! conduct my feet Through Hfe's dark, dangerous road; J^et each advancing step still brin<^ Me nearer to my God. I Let heaven-eyed prudence be my guide • And when I go astray, ' RecaU my feet from folly's paths, To wisdom's better way. god's help and protection. 3 That heavenly wisdom from above Abundantly impart; And let it guard, and guide, and warm, And penetrate my heart, 4 Till it shall lead me to thyself, Fountaiii of bliss and love ! And all my darkness be dispersed Li endless light above. 172. L. M. 1 Through all the various sliifting scene Of life's mistaken ill or good, Thy hand, O God! conducts unseen The beautiful vicissitude. 2 Thou givest, with paternal care, Howe'er unjustly we complain, To all, their necessary share Of joy and sorrow, health and pain. 3 All things on earth, and all in heaven, On thine eternal will depend ; And all for greater good were given, Would man pursue the appointed end. 4 Be this my care ! — to all beside Indifferent let my wishes be ; Passion be calm, and dumb be pride, And 4xed my soul, great God ! on thee. 117 GOD, 173. CM. 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 stm the more the servant hath, The more he shall receive. 4 O, help us. Father ! from on high ; We know no help but thee ; ^ O, help us so to live and die. As tliine in heaven to be. 1 174. L. M. O Thou, to whose all-searching sight The darkness shineth as the light. Search, prove my heart, it pants for thee ; O, burst its bonds, and set it free J If in this maze of life I stray, Be thou my guide, be thou my way ; No foes, no violence I fear, No harm, while thou, my God, art near 118 GOD S HELP AND PROTECTION. 3 K rising floods my soul o'erflow, Or sinks my heart in waves of woe, O God, thy timely aid impart. And raise my head, and cheer my heart. 4 K rough and thorny be my way, My sti-ength proportion to my day ; Till toil, and grief, and pain shall cease. And all is calm, and joy, and peace. 175. s. M. 1 I WANT a true regard, A single, steady aim. Unmoved by tlireatening or reward, To thee and thy great name. 2 Swift to my rescue come ; Thine own this moment seize ; Gather my wandering spirit home. And keep in perfect peace. 3 Long as our trials last. Long as the cross we bear, O, let our souls on thee be cast In never-ceasing prayer ! 176. 7 & 6s. M. 1 To the haven of thy breast, O God of love, I fly! Be my refuge and my rest. Whene'er the storm is high. GOD. 2 In the day of my distress, Thou hast my succor been ; In my horn* of helplessness, Restraining me from sin. 3 First and last, in me perform The work thou hast begun : Be my shelter from the storm, My shadow from the sun. 4 O, how swiftly dost thou move, In every trial hour ! Still protect me with thy love. And shield me with thy power. 177. S.M. O, LEAD me to the Rock That 's high above my head, And make the covert of thy wings My shelter and my shade. 5 Within thy presence, Lord, For ever I '11 abide ; Thou art the tower of my defence. The refuse where I hide. 178. CM. Author of good! we rest on thee; Thine ever watchful eye Alone our real wants can see, Thy hand alone supply. god's help and protection. 2 O, let thy fear within us dwell, Thy love our footsteps guide ! That love shall valuer loves expel ; That fear all fears beside. 3 And since, by passion's force subdued. Too 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, unasked, O Father! grant, The ill, though asked, deny. 179. 7s. M. 1 They who on the Lord rely Safely dwell, though danger 's nigh ; Lo, his sheltering wings are spread O'er each faithful servant's head. 2 When they wake, or when they sleep, Angel guards their vigils keep ; Death and danger may be near, Faith and love have naught to fear. 180. S. M. 'T IS God the spuit leads In paths before unknown : The work to be performed is ours ; The strength is all his own. GOD. I Assisted by his grace, We still pursue our way ; And hope at last to reach the prize, Secure in endless day. J 'T is he that works to will, 'T is he that works to do ; He is the power by which we act, His be the glory too. 181. L. M. 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 hoiu*. 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 pleasm*e, wealth, or pride Allure my wandering soul aside ; But through this maze of mortal ill, Safe lead me to thy heavenly hill. 123 god's help and protection. 182. C. M. 1 O Thou, from whom all goodness flows, I lift my soul to thee ; Til 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 When in the solemn hour of death I wait thy just decree. Be this the prayer of my last breath. Good Lord, remember me. 183. L. M. 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 pUot's part perform. And guard and guide me tlu-ough the storm Defend me from each tlu'eatening ill ; Control the waves ; say, " Peace I be still ! " 123 GOD. 3 Amidst the roaring of the sea, My soul still hangs her hope on thee ; Thy constant love, thy faithful care. Is aU that saves me from despair. 4 Though tempest-tost and half a wreck, My Saviour through the floods I seek ; Let neither winds nor stormy main Force back my shattered bark again. 184. L. M. 1 Thou, who, upon the eternal throne. Dost weigh the fates of all below, And ever wear'st the radiant crown Of worlds unnumbered round thy brow ; Thy wisdom formed the plan sublime Of what man's future course shall be ; The path didst show which I must climb To reach my final destiny. 2 Till then, let power divine protect. And heavenly peace my spmt cheer, My footsteps here below direct. Till I before thy face appear. The present seed I now shall sow To ripen for eternity ; O, let it to perfection grow, Then take thy pilgrim home to thee. IS4 GOD IN NATURE. 185. 7s. M. 1 Nature with eternal youth Ever bursts upon thy sight, All her works are types of truth I JNIm-ors of celestial light ! ^2 But the soul, when veiled in sin, And eclipsed with fear and doubt, From the darkened world within Throws its shade on that without ; o Wliile to those who, pure in heart, For the truth then- powers employ, She will constant good impart. And diffuse perpetual joy. 4 K the mind would nature see. Let her cherish vh*tue more ; Goodness bears the golden key That unlocks her palace door ! GOD. 186. L. M. 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. 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 floWt For hearts grow holier as they trace The beauty of the world below. 187. L. M. O Thou, that once on Horeb stood Revealed witliin the bm-ning tree. To-day, as well, in each green wood, Be seen by hearts that yearn for thee. Each shining leaf is bright with God, Each bough a prophet's " budding rod," Each by tliy flaming sun illumed. Yet each, like Horeb's, unconsumed. 126 GOD IN NATURE. O Thou, whose hand poured Jordan's stream, Whose angel-dove hung o'er its wave, To hallow with a heavenly gleam The Son whose love a world would save ; — Bring from the waters at our side Some whisper, gentle as their tide, Saying, like Christ on Galilee, — That holier lake, — Peace, Peace to thee ! We pray, O Lord, who touched the mount, We pray through Him who stilled the sea, — May every outward sight a fount Of inward life and courage be. The radiant bush, the white-winged dove. The fiire of faith, the peace of love. Uplift our souls, and urge them on To take the cross, to wear the crown. 188. 8, 6, & 4s. M. 1 Sweet day ! so cool, so calm, so bright. Bridal of earth and sky ; The dew shall weep thy fall to-night, For thou must die ! 2 Sweet rose ! in air w^hose odors wave, And color charms the eye ; Thy root is ever in its grave, And thou must die ! 3 Sweet spring ! of days and roses made. Whose charms for beauty vie ; Thy days depart, thy roses fade, For thou must die I SOD. 4 Only a sweet and holy soul ■ Hath tints that never fly ; While flowers decay, and seasons roll, It cannot die. 189. 7s. M. 1 Heaven and earth, and sea and air, God's eternal praise declare ; Up, my soul ! awake and raise Grateful hymns and songs of praise. 2 See the sun, with glorious ray. Pierce the clouds at opening day ; Moon and stars, in splendor bright. Praise their God through silent night. 3 See how earth, with beauty decked, Tells a heavenly ArcMtect ; Woods and fields, with lowing kine, Show their Maker all divine. 4 See the birds, how, pair by pair. Swift they cleave the yielding an- ; Thunder, lightning, storm, and wind, God doth at his will unbind. 5 See the billows tumbling o'er, Chafing with incessant roar ; Hear them, as they sink and swell, Loud their Maker's praises tell. 6 Through the world, great God, I trace Wonders of thy power and grace : Write more deeply on my heart What I am, and what thou art. GOD IN NATURE. 190. 9 & 8s. M. 1 The sun is still for ever sounding With brother spheres liis rival song, As on Ms destined journey bounding, With thunder step he speeds along. 2 And fleetly, thought surpassing, fleetly The earth's green pomp is spinning round ; Where Paradise alternates sweetly With night terrific and profound. 3 There foams the sea, its broad wave beating Against the tall cliff"'s rocky base, And rock and sea away are fleeting In everlasting spheral chase. 4 And storms with rival fury heaving From land to sea, from sea to land. Still, as they rave, a chain are weaving Of deepest efficacy grand. 5 There burning desolation blazes. Precursor of the thunder's way. But, Lord, thy servants own with praises The milder movement of thy day. 6 The sight gives angels strength, though greater Than angels' utmost thought sublime ; And all thy wondrous works. Creator, Are glorious as in Eden's prime ! 1S9 GOD. 191. CM. 1 Unheard the dews around me fall, And heavenly influence shed ; And, silent on tliis earthly ball, Celestial footsteps tread. 2 Niglit reigns, in silence, o'er the pole, And spreads her gems unheard ; Her lessons penetrate the soul, Yet borrow not a word. 3 Noiseless the sun emits his fire, And pours his golden streams ; And silently the shades retire Before his rising beams. 4 O, gi-ant my soul an ear to hear Thy deep and silent voice ; To bend in lowly, filial fear. And in thy love rejoice. 1 192. c. M. Praise ye the Lord, immortal choirs, That fill the worlds above ; Praise him who formed you of his fires. And feeds you with his love. Shine to his praise, ye crystal sides, The floor of his abode ; Or veil in shade your thousand eyes. Before your brighter God. 130 GOD IN NATURE. 3 Shout to the Lord, yc surging seas, In your eternal roar ; Let wave to wave resound his praise, And shore reply to shore. 4 Wave your tall heads, ye lofty pines, To Him that bids you grow ; Sweet clusters, bend the fruitful vines On every thankful bough. 5 Thus while the meaner creatures sing, Ye mortals, take the sound ; Echo the glories of your King Throusrh all the earth around. 193. CM. 1 The green earth sends its incense up. From every mountain shrine. From every flower and dewy cup, That greeteth the sunshine. 2 The clouds weep o'er the fallen world, E'en as repentant love. Ere, to the blessed breeze unfurled, They fade in light above. 3 The sky is as a temple's arch ; The blue and wavy air Is glorious with the spirit-march Of messengers of prayer. 131 GOD. The gentle moon, the Idndling sun, The many stars, are given, As shrines to bm'n earth's incense on. The altar-fires of heaven. 194. L. M. 1 Father of lights ! we sing thy name, Who Idndlest up the lamp of day ; Wide as he spreads his golden flame, His beams thy power and love display. 2 Fountain of good ! from thee proceed The copious drops of genial rain. Which o'er the hill, and through the mead, Revive the grass, and swell the grain. 3 O, let not our forgetful hearts O'erlook the tokens of thy care ; But what thy liberal hand imparts. Still own in praise, still ask in prayer. 4 So shall our suns more grateful shine. And showers in sweeter drops shall fall. When all our hearts and lives are tliine. And thou, O God ! enjoyed in all. 195. 8s. M. 1 Blessed be thy name for ever. Thou of life the Guard and Giver ! Thou canst guard thy creatures sleeping, Heal the heart long broke with weeping : 132 GOD IN NATURE. God of stillness and of motion, Of the desert and the ocean, Of the mountain, rock, and river, Blessed be thy name for ever ! Thou who slumberest not, nor sleepest, Blest are they thou Idndly 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 for ever ! 196. L. M. The turf shall be my fragrant slu*ine ; My temple. Lord, that arch of thine. My censer's breath the mountain airs. And silent thoughts my only prayers. My choir shall be the moonlit waves, When murmuring homeward to their caves. Or when the stillness of the sea E'en more than music breathes of thee. I '11 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 't is bliss to look, Shall be my pure and shining book. Where I can read, in words of flame, The glories of thy wondrous name. GOD. There 's nothing bright, above, below. From flowers that bloom, to stars that glow, But in its light my soul can see Some featui'e of thy Deity. There 's nothing dark, below, above. But in its gloom I trace thy love. And meeldy wait that moment when Thy touch shall turn all bright again. 197. c. M. 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, Distm'b 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 celebrnte our God. GOD IN NATURE. 198. L. M. 1 Tiiou art, O God, the life and light Of all tliis wondrous world we see ; Its glow by day, its smile by night, Aie but reflections caught fi.-om thee ; Where'er we turn, thy glories shine, And all things fair and bright are tliine. 2 When day, with farewell beam, delays Among the opening clouds of even, And we can almost tliink we gaze, Tlirough 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, LUce some dark, beauteous bird, whose plume Is sparlding with unnumbered eyes, — That sacred gloom, those fires divine. So grand, so countless. Lord, are tliine. 4 When youthful spring around us breathes. Thy spirit warms her fragrant sigh ; And every flower that summer wreathes Is born beneath thy Idndling eye : Where'er we turn, thy glories shine. And all things fair and bright are thine. 135 GOi/. 199. CM. ^ '"^ wf • ? ? ^°''''' '^^'° ^^^"« n^^^y read, Which heavenly truth imparts ; And aU the lore its scholars need l^ure eyes and Christian hearts. 2 The works of God, above, below, Within us and around. Are pages in that book, to show How God himself is found. 3 The glorious sky, embracing aU, Is like the Father's love • Wherewith encompassed, ^eat and small in peace and order move. 4 Two worlds are om-s : 't is only sin -borbids us to descry The mystic heaven and earth within, -Plain as the earth and sky. 5 Thou who hast given me eyes to see And love this sight so fair. Give me a heart to find out thee, And read thee everjrvvhere. 200. c. P.M. L Begin, my soul, the exalted lay • l^et each enraptured thought obey, And praise the Almighty's name GOD IN NATURE. Lo, heaven and earth, and seas and skies, In one melodious concert rise To swell the 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 A\dngs In triumph rides the King of kings : The astonished worlds adore. 3 Ye deeps, with roaring billows rise To join the thmiders of the sides, — Praise Him who bids you roll. His praise in softer notes declare, Each whispering breeze of yielding air. And breathe it to the soul. X 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. 201. 7s. M. i 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, — 12 * 137 GOD. All that liberal Autumn pours From her rich, o'erflowing stores, — 3 These to thee, our God, we owe, Source whence all our comforts flow ! And for these, in happy days. We will pay our grateful praise. 4 Grateful, never-ending praise, Lord, to thee my soul shall raise ; And, when every blessing 's flown, Love thee for thyself alone. 202. L. M. My God ! aU nature owns thy sway ; Thou giv'st the night and thou the day : "When all thy loved creation wakes, When morning, rich in lustre, breaks, And bathes in dew the opening flower, To thee we owe her fragrant hour ; And when she pours her choral song. Her melodies to thee belong. Or when, in paler tints arrayed, The evening slowly spreads her shade, That soothing shade, that grateful gloom, Can, more than day's enlivening bloom. Still every fond and vain desire. And calmer, purer thoughts inspire ; From earth the longing spirit free, And lead the softened heart to thee. GOD IN NATURE. As o'er thy work the seasons roll, And soothe, with change of bliss, the soul, O, never may their smiling train Pass o'er the human sense in vain ! But, oft as on their charms we gaze. Attune the wondering soul to praise ; And be the joys that most we prize The joys that from thy favor rise ! 203. 8 & 7s. M. 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 I 2 Praise the Lord, for he hath spoken ; Worlds his mighty voice obeyed ; Laws which never can be broken For their guidance he hath made. 3 Praise the Lord, for he is glorious ; Never shall his promise fail ; God hath made his saints victorious, Sin and death shaU not prevail. <, 4 Praise the God of our salvation. Hosts on high his power proclaim ; Heaven and earth, and aU creation, Praise and magnify his name ! 139 GOD. 204. L. M. 1 The spacious firmament on high, With all the blue, ethereal sky, And spangled heavens, a shining frame, Their great Original proclaim. The unwearied sun, firom 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 ; For ever singing, as they sliine, " The hand that made us is divine." 205. c. M. 1 I SING the mighty power of God, That made the mountains rise ; GOD IN NATURE. That spread the flowing seas abroad, Aiid built tlie lofty skies. 2 1 sing the wisdom that ordained The sun to rule the day ; The moou shines full at liis 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 Lord, how thy wonders are displayed, Where'er I turn mine eye ; K I survey the ground I tread, Or gaze upon the sky ! 5 There 's not a plant or flower below, But makes thy glories known ; And clouds arise, and tempests blow, By order from thy throne. 6 Creatures, as numerous as they be, Are subject to thy care ; There 's not a place where we can flee. But God is present there. 141 III. THE WORD. 143 THE WORD 206. CM. 1 Word of the ever-living God! "Will of his glorious Son ! Without thee how could earth be trod, Or heaven itself be won ? 2 Yet, to unfold thy hidden worth, Thy mysteries to reveal, That Spirit which first gave thee forth Thy volume must unseal ! 3 And we, if we aright would learn The wisdom it imparts, Must to its heavenly teaching turn With simple, childlike hearts ! 207. s. M. 1 How perfect is thy word, And all thy judgments just ! For ever sure thy promise. Lord, And men securely trust. 13 145 THE WORD. I My gracious God, how plain Are thy dh'cctions given ! O, may I never read in vain, But find the path to heaven. J I hear thy word with love. And I would fain obey ; Send thy good Sphit from above, To guide me, lest I stray. I While with my heart and tongue I spread thy praise abroad ; Accept the worship and the song, My Father and my God. 208. L. M. 1 The heavens declare thy glory. Lord ! In every star thy wisdom sliines ; But when our eyes behold thy word, We read thy name in fairer lines. 2 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. 3 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. THE WORD. 4 Thy richest mercy here we view, Li souls renewed, and sins forgiven ; Lord ! cleanse our sins, our souls renew, And make thy word our guide to heaven 209. L.M. 1 Teach me, O, teach me, Lord I 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, wdth celestial wisdom filled. To thee its full obedience yield. 3 Give me to know thy words aright, Thy words, my soul's supreme delight ; That, purged from thirst of gold, my mind In them its better wealth 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. 210. L. M. 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. THE WORD. 2 On mightier wing, in loftier flight, From year to year does knowledge soar, And, as it soars, the Gospel light Adds to its influence more and more. 3 Truth, strengthened by the strength of thought, Pours inexhaustible supplies. Whence sagest teachers may be taught, And wisdom's self become more wise. 4 More glorious still as centuries roll. New regions blest, new powers unfurled, Expanding with the expanding soul. Its waters shall o'erflow the world ; — 5 Flow to restore, but not destroy ; As when the cloudless lamp of day Poiu-s out its floods of light and joy. And sweeps each lingering mist away. 211. CM. 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, 148 THE WORD. As makes a world of darkness shine With beams of heavenly day. 4 My soul rejoices to pursue The steps of BQm I love, Till glory break upon my view In brighter worlds above. 212. L. M. Lamp of our feet I whose hallowed beam Deep in our hearts its dwelling hath, How welcome is the cheermg gleam Thou sheddest o'er om* lowly path ! Light of our way I whose rays are flung Li mercy o'er our pilgrim road. How blessed, its dark shades among. The star that guides us to our God. 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 church-yard stone. Lamp of our feet ! which day by day Are passing to the quiet tomb, K on it fall thy peaceful ray, Our last low dwelling hath no gloom. 13* 149 THE WORD. How beautiful their calm repose ^uru^ ^^^°"^ *^^^ blessed hope is given, Whose pilgrimage on earth is closed By the unfolding gates of heaven ! 213. CM. 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. 8 Oin- faith, and love, and every grace Fall far below thy word ; ' But perfect truth and righteousness Dwell only with the Lord. 214. s. M. 1 It is the one true light. When other lamps grow dim, 'T will never burn less purely bri