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HYMIsTS, 
 
 f rinciplcs 0f Jnith, 
 
 CHURCH ORDER, 
 
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 DIVINE SERVICES, 
 
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 OCCASIONAL LITURGY; 
 
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 "I will sin? with the spirit, and I will sinjwith the nnderstandinj also. I 
 will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also." 1 Cor. 
 xiT. 15. 
 
 PHILADELPHIA: 
 PUBLISHED BY J. LITCH, 
 
 127 NORTH llin STREET. 
 
 1860. 
 
INTRODUCTION. 
 
 "Messiah's Church," as a distinctive name, 
 has been adopted as expressive of our faith in 
 Jesus of Nazareth, as the Messiah in the Hebrew 
 sense of that word, a personal, visible king, of 
 David's line, to reign in Jerusalem, in the 
 resurrection state, and in the renewed earth, 
 in fulfilment of the promise made by Gabriel 
 to Mary before His birth. " Thou shalt call 
 his name Jesus. He shall be great, and shall 
 be called the Son of the Highest. And the 
 Lord God shall give unto Him the throne of 
 His father David, and He shall reign over the 
 house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom 
 there shall be no end." Luke i. 31, 32, All 
 of which we receive in its literal acceptation. 
 A Messiah who shall not fulfil this promise is 
 not our Messiah, nor the Messiah of Scripture. 
 We take this name, to give prominence to this 
 much-neglected and rejected truth. All Chris- 
 tians profess faith in the second advent of 
 Christ; but differ on the object and manner of 
 
IV JXTRODUCTIOX. 
 
 that advent. We believe it -will be personal 
 and visible, to judge the world, restore para- 
 dise, and reign. We have embodied our views 
 of the leading doctrines of Scripture, and 
 Scriptural forms of government, that we may 
 the better ''All speak the same thing and be 
 joined together in one mind," and that we may 
 give united and distinct testimony of our faith 
 on points on which we are agreed. We do 
 this, not in the character of legislators, but of 
 students of the Word, disciples of Christ, em- 
 bodying what we trust we have learned from 
 His Word of the mind of the great Lawgiver on 
 these points; while to that great constitution, 
 the charter of our rights and duties, we appeal 
 on all questions ; and to its mandates we humbly 
 bow. Whatever we there find, we will believe 
 and practise. 
 
 Our object is, to be ourselves prepared, and 
 to assist in preparing a people for the speedy 
 coming of our blessed Lord, by holding up 
 before our own minds and the minds of others 
 this great sanctifying truth. The attainment 
 of the highest standard of Christian holiness, 
 and the conversion and salvation of the greatest 
 number of sinners, is the object of our highest 
 ambition. 
 
 We have appended "Divine Services," for 
 
IXTRODUCTIOX. V 
 
 various occasions, as a guide to those -who 
 otherwise might feel embarrassed in engaging 
 in those services, and that all things may be 
 done decently and in order. 
 
 We have supplied a small collection of choice 
 Hymns to aid our devotions. We trust they 
 Avill not be unacceptable to the church. 
 
 J. LiTCH, 1 ^, 
 
 ^\ n ^,JL^,^ Committee 
 
 D. Campbell, ! . 
 
 J. T. LaNING, i' „ n- ,■ 
 
 Wm. Prideaux, j P^^^l^^<^i^on. 
 Fhiladelphia, March 1st, 1860. 
 
principles of gibine ^rut|, 
 
 BELIEVED A^D MAINTAINED BY 
 MESSIAH'S CHURCH. 
 
 THE HOLY SCRIPTURES. 
 
 The Holy Scriptures are a Divine revelation 
 of the person, character, works, purposes, pro- 
 mises, threatenings, and kws of God, in His 
 dealings and intercourse with this world ; that 
 is, this globe and its inhabitants. Holy men 
 wrote them as they were moved by the Holy 
 Spirit. In them God has spoken as He means, 
 and means as He says. His word, therefore, is 
 to be interpreted by the same laws of language 
 by which all other writings are interpreted — 
 the meaning of each part to be determined by 
 the subject and the context, in the light of 
 parallel passages. And yet, so profound are 
 these Divine writings, that it is only by the 
 assistance and illumination of the Holy Spirit 
 that their full import and richness can be 
 apprehended. It is a great and dangerous 
 error, to teach that the Bible is a mystical 
 book, and does not express its meaning in plain 
 
CHURCH ORDER. 7 
 
 terms, but leaves it to the fancy of each inter- 
 preter to put on it his own construction; thus 
 striking at the foundation of all confidence in it 
 as an infallible standard of truth and rule of 
 faith, and leaving us precisely where we should 
 be without the Bible. But, interpreting it by 
 the ordinary laws of language, the Bible is a 
 sufficient and perfect rule of faith and duty. 
 
 OF GOD. 
 
 There is but one living and true God, who is 
 a Spirit, eternal, omnipresent, omniscient, of 
 infinite wisdom, power, goodness, truth, justice, 
 and mercy. He is the Creator and Ruler of all 
 things visible and invisible. In Him we all live, 
 and move, and have our being. He is mani- 
 fested to us by the Scriptures as Father, Word, 
 and Holy Spirit. 
 
 OF JESUS CHRIST. 
 
 Jesus of Nazareth is the Christ, the king of 
 Israel, the Saviour of the world. He was be- 
 gotten of the Holy Spirit, born of Mary, a pure 
 virgin, and was therefore the only begotten Son 
 of God, the Son of man, and the seed of the 
 woman. In this man, Jesus the Christ, dwelt 
 all the fulness of the Godhead bodily, the Word 
 which was in the beginning with God, and was 
 God; hence, he was both God and man. He 
 bore our sins in His own body on the tree, and 
 by His death became the propitiation for our 
 sins, and not for ours only, but also for the 
 sins of the whole world, so that God can be 
 just, and yet the justifier of him that believeth 
 
8 MESSIAH^S CHURCH. 
 
 in Jesus. He rose from the dead, the first 
 fruits of them that slept, and was declared to 
 be the Son of God, with power according to 
 the Spirit of holiness by the resurrection from 
 the dead. After being seen of his disciples 
 forty days, He ascended to heaven, visibly and 
 bodily, and sat down on the right hand of God. 
 To them that look for Him shall He appear the 
 second time, without sin, unto salvation, and 
 will come in like manner as His disciples saw 
 Him go into heaven, 
 
 or THE HOLY GHOST. 
 
 The Holy Ghost has been sent into the world 
 by the Father, through the mediation of the 
 Son, as the inspirer of truth, the reprover of 
 sin, the awakener of the conscience, the re- 
 newer, sanctifier, and comforter of the penitent 
 and obedient believer, the witness of adoption, 
 the seal and earnest of the saint's inheritance; 
 He dwells in each child of God, and will, at the 
 glorious appearing of Jesus Christ, quicken the 
 mortal bodies of the saints into immortal life, 
 and will dwell in them eternally, constituting 
 them the children of God. 
 
 OF MAX. 
 
 God made man holy and immortal, composed 
 of a body, made of dust; a soul, the life or 
 living principle, produced by the Divine being 
 when he breathed into man's nostrils the breath 
 of life; and a spirit, the conscious principle, 
 formed within him. Mortality or death is the 
 
CHURCH ORDER. 9 
 
 fruit of sin, the penalty of the law of God, It 
 consists in a disseverance of the spiritual and 
 physical nature of man, so that the dust re- 
 turns to the earth as it was, and the spirit to 
 God who gave it. In this intermediate state, 
 between death and the resurrection, the right- 
 eous enter into peace, and are comforted; but 
 the wicked in hades, that is, the invisible 
 world, are tormented. But the righteous do 
 not receive their crowns nor inheritance till 
 after the general judgment, the second advent 
 of Christ, and the resurrection of their bodies; 
 nor do the wicked receive their punishment till 
 the same epoch. 
 
 OF THE FALL. 
 
 God created and made this world in perfec- 
 tion, for man's dominion and inheritance, and 
 made man holy and immortal, to enjoy and rule 
 it. The first act of disobedience, by our first 
 parents, brought death on the race, and the 
 curse on the world; so that man is sinful and 
 mortal, and the whole creation groaneth and 
 travaileth in pain together until now, waiting 
 for the manifestation of the sons of God; while 
 the usurper, Satan, claims the right of posses- 
 sion and dominion over all the kingdoms of the 
 world. 
 
 OF SALTATION. 
 
 Salvation is pardon, restoring the guilty to 
 the favour of God; renewal and sanctification, 
 restoring the depraved and polluted to moral 
 
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 purity and holiness ; glorification, restoring the 
 mortal and corruptible from the ruins of the 
 fall to immortality and glory. It embraces, 
 also, a deliverance of man's inheritance from 
 the curse and the dominion of Satan, and man's 
 restitution to its everlasting enjoyment. Then, 
 not before, "will salvation be complete. 
 
 OF CONDITIONS OF SALTATION. 
 
 The conditions of pardon and sanctification 
 are, repentance toward God, and faith in our 
 Lord Jesus Christ. The condition of eternal 
 salvation to the believer is, continuous faith in 
 and obedience to Christ, to the end. 
 
 OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD. 
 
 There will be a resurrection of the bodies of 
 all the race of Adam who die, both of the just 
 and the unjust. The just will be raised to 
 everlasting life at the second coming of Christ, 
 and the introduction of the millennium. The 
 unjust will be raised at the end of the millen- 
 nium, when Satan is loosed from his prison; 
 and, under his deceptive influence, they will go 
 up from the four quarters of the earth to 
 assault and attempt to overthrow Christ and His 
 saints in the New Jerusalem; then fire from 
 God, out of heaven, will come down and de- 
 vour them, and whoever is not found written 
 in the book of life, will be cast into the lake of 
 fire, which is the second death ; the joys of the 
 righteous, and sufferings of the wicked, will 
 then be eternal. The only millennium taught 
 
CHURCH ORDER. 11 
 
 in the Bible, is between the resurrection of the 
 just and the unjust, and consists in Christ's 
 personal reign with his saints, for a thousand 
 years, the Sabbath of Creation. 
 
 OF THE COXVERSIOX OF THE WORLD. 
 
 THE JEWS. 
 
 The Scriptures do not teach the conversion 
 of the greater part of our race, or the return of 
 the Jews as a nation to their own h^nd, at any 
 period previous to the coming of the Messiah. 
 The theories which have been advocated on 
 these points were unknown to the primitive 
 church. 
 
 OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD. 
 
 The kingdom of God is the glorious and ever- 
 lasting reign of Christ on the throne of David 
 in the New Jerusalem, the metropolis of the 
 new earth, with His redeemed and glorified 
 people; thus fulfilling Revelation xi. 15: "The 
 kingdoms of this world are become the king- 
 doms of our Lord and His Christ; and He shall 
 reign forever and ever." 
 
 OF THE ETERLASTIXG ABODE OF THE SAINTS. 
 
 The Scriptures speak thus, in reference to 
 the everlasting abode of the saints in a glorified 
 state. Isaiah Ixv. 17: "For behold, I create 
 new heavens and a new earth; and the former 
 shall not be remembered nor come into mind." 
 Isa. Ixv. 17: " But be ye glad and rejoice for 
 ever in that which I create." Matt. v. 5: 
 
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 "Blessedare the meek, for they shall inherit the 
 earth." 2Pet. iii. 13: "Nevertheless -we, accord- 
 ing to His promise, look for new heavens and a 
 new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness." 
 Daniel vii. 27: "And the kingdom and domi- 
 nion, and the greatness of the kingdom under 
 the whole heaven, shall be given to the people 
 of the saints of the Most High, whose kingdom 
 is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions 
 shall serve and obey Him." Rev. v. 10: "And 
 hast made us unto our God kings and priests; 
 and we shall reign on the earth." Kev. xx. 6: 
 "Blessed and holy is lie that hath part in the 
 first resurrection, on such the second death 
 hath no power, but they shall be priests of God 
 and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thou- 
 sand years." Rev. xxi. 1, u, 4: "And I saw a 
 new heaven and a new earth, for the first 
 heaven and the first earth had passed away; 
 and there was no more sea. And I heard a 
 great voice out of heaven, saying, Behold the 
 tabernacle of God is with men, and He shall 
 dwell with them, and they shall be His people, 
 and God himself shall be with them, and be 
 their God. And God shall wipe away all tears 
 from their eyes; and there shall be no more 
 death, neither sorrow nor crying, neither shall 
 there be any more pain; for the former things 
 are passed away." 
 
 OF THE TIME OF THE ADYEXT. 
 
 Though we do not fix the definite time when 
 the Son of Man shall come in His glory, yet the 
 fulfilment of the prophecies and the events in 
 
CHURCH ORDER. 13 
 
 tlie history of the church and the workl, which 
 have taken place, and are now transpiring, give 
 evidence that He is nigh, even at the door. It 
 is the duty of Christians to watch and pray 
 always, that they may be accounted worthy to 
 escape all those things that shall come to pass, 
 and to stand before tlie Son of Man. The 
 second advent of Christ, and the truths con- 
 nected with that great event, are to be taught 
 in connexion with the various truths belonging 
 to the gospel of Christ, as they present Scrip- 
 tural motives for awakening and sanctifying 
 the children of men. 
 
 OF CONVERSION. 
 
 Men are converted to God through truth as 
 an instrument, applied to their souls by the 
 power of the Holy Spirit. Without this change, 
 they are dead in trespasses and sins. Of His 
 own will begat he us with the word of truth, 
 that we should be a kind of first-fruits of His 
 creatures. 
 
 OF DUTIES OF CHRISTIANS. 
 
 Believers should love God and their fellow- 
 men, being careful to maintain good works. 
 They are to place their affections on things 
 above, not on things on tlie earth. It is their 
 duty to continue instant in prayer — to pray 
 with and instruct their families in the truth of 
 God; to be watchful. They are not to be con- 
 formed to the world; but to follow the example 
 of Christ, in meekness^ forbearance, kindness, 
 
14 Messiah's church. 
 
 and love to the souls of men, constantly im- 
 ploring the influence of the Holy Spirit, study- 
 ing the Scriptures, that they may honour and 
 obey their Master's will, and be made free by 
 the truth. As they have opportunity, they are 
 to do good to all men, especially to them that 
 are of the household of faith. In short, they 
 are to live soberly, righteously and godly in 
 this present world, looking for that blessed 
 hope, and the glorious appearing of the great 
 God, even our Saviour Jesus Christ. 
 
 OF A VISIBLE CHURCH. 
 
 A church organized according to the New 
 Testament, is composed of persons, who give 
 evidence that they believe in Christ, and show 
 their faith by their works, and who observe the 
 ordinances according to the direction of the 
 Scriptures. Each church has power to receive 
 members, to watch over them, to admonish 
 them, to dismiss them, or to put them away for 
 violations of the rules of the Gospel. 
 
 OF THE DUTY OF COXFESSIXG CHRIST. 
 
 Those who are converted to Christ should 
 confess His name before men, and, according 
 to His command and example, should be bap- 
 tized in His name. 
 
 OF THE lord's SUPPER. 
 
 The Lord's Supper is to be observed by the 
 church in its collective capacity, that His death 
 may be shown till He come. 
 
CHURCH ORDER. 15 
 
 B&SIS OF CHURCH FELLOWSHIP. 
 
 We, followers of the Lord Jesus Christ, -who 
 are looking for His speedy personal advent to 
 reign on earth, believing the Scriptures of the 
 Old and New Testaments to be a revelation 
 from God, and a perfect rule of faith and prac- 
 tice, do covenant with God and each other to 
 be governed by that rule; to meet together, 
 and exhort one another, and so much the more 
 as we see the day approaching. We promise 
 faithfulness to each other in submitting to and 
 enforcing gospel discipline. And as we believe 
 that Christ has but one church on earth, and 
 that^it is composed of all truly penitent and 
 obedient believers in him, we receive as our 
 brethren, all such as by a godly walk and love 
 for His appearing, evince those characteristics. 
 
 CHURCH OKDER. 
 
 THE MINISTRY. 
 
 The recognised ministry of the church as 
 taught in the New Testament, consists of Bi- 
 shops or Elders, Evangelists, Pastors, and 
 Teachers, whose functions are to be performed 
 by individuals as the Spirit may dispense to 
 each. His gifts, calling and qualifying them for 
 their work, and as they shall be recognised by 
 the church. Eph. iv. 11—13; Titus i. 5—9; 
 1 Tim. V. 17-19. 
 
16 Messiah's church. 
 
 In addition to the foregoing, persons giving 
 promise of gifts slioald be encouraged to exer- 
 cise and make manifest those gifts by letters of 
 commendation or license. 
 
 OFFICERS OF THE CHURCH. 
 
 1. A Secretary, to keep all records of the 
 church. 
 
 2. A Board of Trustees, -where real estate is 
 to be held. 
 
 3. Ptuling Elders or Deacons,* to assist the 
 ministers in the government of the church, and 
 especially to take charge of its finances, provide 
 for the support of the pastor, and sick and aged 
 poor. They shall be constituted by the voice 
 of the church, and after prayer, by laying 
 on of hands and blessing of the ministry. 
 Their term of service shall expire at the end 
 of one year; but after three elections by the 
 church, their office shall be permanent, during 
 good behaviour. The ordination shall not be 
 repeated when re-elected. 1 Tim. iii. 8 — 13; 
 Acts vi. 1 — 6. 
 
 SUPPLY OF THE DESK AXD CALL OF A PASTOR. 
 
 The Euling Elders or Deacons shall provide 
 temporary supplies for the Desk. But the call 
 and settlement of a pastor shall be by the voice 
 of the church, in a meeting publicly called for 
 that purpose. Incase of circuits, the call shall 
 be by the voice of the Quarterly Conference. 
 Those preferring an itinerant ministry, may 
 arrange vfith the Messianian Missionary So- 
 ciety for such supply. 
 
 * Churches can have either Ruling Elders or Deacons> 
 or both, as they deem expedient. 
 
CHURCH ORDER. 17 
 
 SUPPORT OF THE MIXISTRY. 
 
 The Lord has ordained that they who preach 
 the gospel should live of the gospel. In order, 
 to succeed in raising funds, let there be a 
 system adopted. 1 Cor. ix. chap. 
 
 1. The Deacons should inform the church at 
 the beginning of each year of the estimated 
 expenses for the year. 
 
 2. The church should direct "what course 
 shall be adopted to raise the amount; ivhether 
 by subscription or apportionment among the 
 members, or by tithes and offerings. 
 
 3. Whatever course is adopted, let the ac- 
 cornts all be closed at the end of each quarter. 
 The quarterly conference should scrupulously 
 attend to this point. 
 
 PUBLIC TTORSHIP. 
 
 Public worship shall, as far as possible, be 
 regularly maintained in every church. 1st. 
 By preaching, or 2d, when that cannot be done, 
 by reading the word, exhortation, singing, and 
 prayer, or by selecting and reading a suitable 
 discourse. 
 
 Order of exercises. Singing, reading the 
 Scripture, prayer, singing, sermon, prayer, 
 singing, benediction. 
 
 RECEPTION OF ME^IEERS. 
 
 Any person wishing to unite with the church 
 should make known their wish to a minister or 
 officer of the church, which application should 
 2 
 
18 Messiah's church. 
 
 be brought before the church or the official 
 board; and if approved, on the first suitable 
 occasion, if no objection is raised, they should 
 be publicly received. 
 
 DUTIES OF MEMBERS. 
 
 1. It is expected of all in fellowship with us 
 that they shall abstain from all those acts 
 which would exclude them from the kingdom 
 of heaven, as set forth in the Word of God. 
 Gal. V. 19—21. 
 
 2. That they shall be diligent in the per- 
 formance of all Christian duties, such as read- 
 ing the word daily, secret and family prayer, a 
 godly example before the world, such as shall 
 glorify God. Gal. v. 22—26. 
 
 3. Each member is expected, as far as prac- 
 ticable, to attend and participate in the weekly 
 prayer and conference meeting, which shall be 
 held in such locality and at such time as best 
 to suit the convenience of members. Heb. x. 
 23—25. 
 
 4. To contribute regularly to the support of 
 the gospel, according to their ability, and for 
 the support of the sick and aged poor. 
 
 6. On removal, each member should obtain 
 from the minister, or an officer of the church 
 in the minister's absence, a certificate of stand- 
 ing or dismission. 
 
 6. If any members habitually absent them- 
 selves from the means of grace without reason- 
 able excuse, it shall be the duty of the minister 
 or deacons to visit and labour with them, and 
 (iiadeavour to reclaim them to duty. If after 
 
CHURCH ORDER. 
 
 19 
 
 faithful bibour, they shall still persist in neg- 
 lect, they shall be subject to exclusion from 
 the cliurcli for such neglect. Pleb. xii. 12 — 17. 
 
 DISCIPLINir. 
 
 1. In any case when a brother has trespassed 
 against another, the rule given by Christ, 
 Matth. xviii. 15 — 17, shall be i^trictly observed. 
 
 2. In case of public transgression and immo- 
 rality, such as profanity, drunkenness, sorcery, 
 covetousness, Ike, tlie church should inquire 
 into the alleged offence, and if the charge is 
 well founded, and the offender does not give 
 evidence of repentance by confession and repa- 
 ration, he should be put away after due investi- 
 gation, that he may not prove a stumbling- 
 block to the world and grief to the church, 
 
 3. If complaint is made of injustice, such 
 complainant shall have right of appeal to a 
 council of the official board of the nearest 
 church of our order, or in case of a circuit, to 
 the quarterly conference of the circuit, except 
 such as absent themselves from trial before the 
 church. 
 
 CARE OF CniLDREX AND YOUTH. 
 
 1. Let all parents and ministers take a 
 special interest in the moral and religious 
 training of the youth of our congiegations, and 
 
 I encourage the daily study of God's word, 
 
 2. Wherever a few children can be collected, 
 let a Sabbath-school and Bible class be esta- 
 blished and provided with believing teachers. 
 
20 Messiah's church. 
 
 3. The superintendent of such school shall 
 be a member of the quarterly conference, and 
 report ^yhen required the state and wants of 
 the school. 
 
 4. Each church should report the state of 
 the Sabbath-school to the Annual Conference. 
 
 MOXTHLY MEETING OF THE CHURCH. 
 
 There shall bs a monthly meeting of the 
 church for general Christian conference, expe- 
 rience, prayer, and business. 
 
 QUARTERLY CONFERENCE. 
 
 There shall be held a quarterly Conference 
 of all the official members of the church or pas- 
 toral charge, consisting of the Pastor, Licensed 
 and ordained Ministers, Exhorters, Ruling El- 
 ders, Deacons, Trustees, Secretary of the church 
 and Sabbath-School Superintendents, for the 
 purpose of mutual conference on the interests of 
 the Church; to license such persons as they, 
 after due examination and inquiry, think pro- 
 per to preach the gospel, and officiate as ex- 
 horters; and to examine into the character and 
 qualifications of candidates for ordination, and 
 decide Tvhether they shall be recommended for 
 ordination to tlie work of the ministry. Also 
 to discuss and decide such other subjects as 
 may be deemed of importance to the general 
 interests of the church. Special meetings of 
 the Quarterly Conference may be called by the 
 Pastor, or any two members of said conference. 
 
CHURCH ORDER. 21 
 
 QUESTIONS FOR QUARTERLY CONFERENCE. 
 
 1. What is the state of the church or 
 churches ? 
 
 2. Are the means of grace ftiithfully at- 
 tended ? 
 
 3. Is the Sabbath-School cause sustained? 
 
 4. Has the support of the Pastor been raised ? 
 
 5. "What has been done for missions and 
 tracts ? 
 
 6. Are there any appeals to be considered? 
 
 7. Are there any licenses to be granted? 
 
 8. Are tliere any to be recommended for 
 ordination? 
 
 ANNUAL CONFERENCES. 
 
 There shall be an Annual Conference held in 
 such locality as to accommodate the churches 
 •who may be embraced in it; to be composed of 
 one delegate from each church, with all Pastors 
 and ordained ministers, Evangelists and Mis- 
 sionaries, within the bounds of the conference. 
 The conference shall examine into the moral 
 and ministerial character of each ordained 
 minister; elect for ordination such Licentiates 
 as are recommended by the several quarterly 
 conferences, if, in their judgment, after due 
 examination, they are suitable persons; try 
 charges of immoral or disorderly conduct made 
 against ordained ministers; take a general over- 
 sight of the Sabbath-School, Bible, Tract, and 
 Missionary cause ; hear reports from the 
 churches, and consider such other subjects as 
 
22 Messiah's church. 
 
 may relate to the general interest of the 
 churches, and shall appoint a committee to 
 prepare a course of study for young ministers, 
 and to examine them on those studies. 
 
 ORDER OF BUSINESS FOR ANNUAL CONFE- 
 RENCES. 
 
 Each annual conference shall elect its own 
 officers, -who shall hold over till new ones are 
 elected. 
 
 1. Reading the word, singing and prayer at 
 the opening of each session. 2. Appointment 
 of committees. 3. Choice of officers. 4. Re- 
 ports from churches. 5. Reports from Sabbath 
 Schools. G. Examination of character of mi- 
 nisters. 7. Election for ordination. 8. Mis- 
 sionary Society's Report. 9. Special business. 
 10. Time and place of next conference. 
 
CHURCH ORDER. 23 
 
 MARRIAGE CEREMONY 
 
 Dearly Beloved: — We have here met in the 
 presence of Almighty God and these witnesses, 
 to join together this man and woman in the holy- 
 bonds of Wedlock. This is an institution ap- 
 pointed by the Lord in the days of man's inno- 
 cency, and ought not to be taken in hand hastily 
 and unadvisedly, but prudently and in the fear 
 of God. x\.nd we may hope that all who thus 
 come together, being joined not only in hand 
 but also in heart, will secure to themselves great 
 happiness, and have God's blessing resting upon 
 them. Wherefore, I beseech all present, who 
 may know any just cause why this man and 
 woman may not be thus joined, now to speak; 
 or forever hereafter to keep silence. 
 
 JVo objection being made, the Minister shall say 
 to the Man, 
 
 Do you, Sir, take this woman to be your law- 
 ful and wedded wife, to live together according 
 to God's holy ordinance of Matrimony; and, ab- 
 staining from all others, will you cleave only 
 unto her, in sickness and in health, in wealth 
 and adversity, as long as you both shall live? 
 If so, say Yes. 
 
24 Messiah's church. 
 
 Then shall he say to the Wojnan, 
 
 And do you take this man to be your lawful 
 and wedded husband, to live together according 
 to God's holy ordinance of Matrimony; and, ab- 
 staining from all otliers, will you cleave only 
 unto him, in sickness and in health, in wealth 
 and adversity, as long as you both shall live? 
 If so, say Yes. 
 
 [/^^ cases where it is desired to use a ring, let 
 the Minister now say to the Man, 
 
 "What pledge do you give that you will per- 
 form these your vows? 
 
 The Man shoivs the ring, and the Minister says 
 to the Woman, 
 
 Do you receive this ring in token of the same 
 on your part? 
 
 Then the Man (the Minister guiding his hand) 
 shall place the ring on the fourth finger of her left 
 hand.^ 
 
 Then shall the Minister cause them to take each 
 otiierby the right hand, and laying his upon theirs, 
 shall say. 
 
 Forasmuch as you have thus plighted your 
 faith each to the other, saying that you take 
 each other to be man and wife, I pronounce you 
 man and wife, in the name of the Father, Son, 
 and Holy Spirit. And what God has joined to- 
 gether, let no man put asunder. 
 
CHURCH ORDER. ZD 
 
 Let US Pray. 
 
 Lord God most merciful, Thou hast heard 
 these promises of Thy servant and handmaid to 
 each other: mercifully condescend to unite their 
 hearts and lives by all the grace and true affec- 
 tion of a happy marriage. May their love never 
 know change, or doubt, or decay. Replenish 
 them -with Thy Holy Spirit, that they may 
 piously live together according to Thy divine 
 will. ^Liy they be blessed in each other, and 
 both in the knowledge of Christ, Thy Son, and 
 may they at last enter Thy blessed Kingdom: 
 through Jesus Christ our Redeemer. Amen. 
 
 May the Lord lift up His countenance upon 
 you, and give you peace! And may the bless- 
 ing of Almighty God, Father, Son, and Holy 
 Spirit, be upon you, for evermore. Amen. 
 
 DEDICATION OF CHILDREN. 
 We believe that the Sacrifice of Christ avails 
 for children, as well as for adults; and that He 
 who received the little ones who were brought 
 to Him in the days of His public ministry, is 
 still pleased to receive all those who are solemnly 
 presented to Him by prayer in faith. Vsq re- 
 gard it as the duty of all persons having children 
 committed to their care, early to dedicate them 
 to Christ, by prayer and the blessing of His 
 
26 Messiah's church. 
 
 ministers; believing that sucli acts of piety ■will 
 be approved in heaven, and sanctified to the 
 good of the children and those who present them. 
 
 This act- of Dedication is not to be looked 
 upon as taking the place of Christian Baptism, 
 ■which is an ordinance designed for such as have 
 repented of their sins and believe in Christ; 
 and which should be promptly attended to by 
 every believer, -whether he "was dedicated to 
 Christ in childhood or not. 
 
 There should be kept in every church, a re- 
 cord of the names of those who, by the hands 
 of the minister, have been dedicated to Christ; 
 and all such children should be regarded as pe- 
 culiarly under the watchful care of the church. 
 As soon as they are old enough to comprehend 
 the simpler truths of the Bible, they should be 
 formed into classes, and regularly taught by the 
 Pastor or some other one appointed for that 
 service; and their early conversion and union 
 •with the church, should be earnestly prayed for 
 and confidently expected. 
 
 In case of the death of the natural guardians 
 of such children, they should be taken under 
 the care of the church, ■who, by its Pastor and 
 Officers, should carefully watch over all their 
 interests, both temporal and spiritual. 
 
 The Minister coming into the altar, shall call 
 
CHURCH ORDER. 27 
 
 upon those who desire to present their children to 
 God to corne forward, and when all have taken 
 their places, shall use the following 
 
 IXVOCATIOX. 
 
 Almighty God, our Heavenly Father, we 
 meekly beseech Thee, in Thy tender mercy, to 
 look upon us, and be present with us and bless 
 us in this solemn ceremony. Graciously regard 
 Thy g(%rvants who bring to Thee the little ones 
 committed to their hands, and mercifully accept 
 their offering. JIake them duly sensible of the 
 great responsibilities that rest upon them. Give 
 them a holy and lasting sense of their depend- 
 ence upon Thee for Thy blessing. Make them 
 to see that henceforth they stand in a new re- 
 lation to Thee and to their children; and do 
 Thou so abundantly add Thy grace that they 
 may not only understand their duty, but may 
 so discharge it that at the last they may, with 
 their children, stand before Thee and render 
 their account with joy: through our Lord Jesus 
 Christ. Amen. 
 
 Then the Minister may read the following : 
 The curse of the Lord is in the house of the 
 wicked; but He blesseth the habitation of the 
 just. Train up a child in the way he should 
 go; and when he is old, he will not depart from 
 it. 
 
28 Messiah's church. 
 
 And TTfinnah vowed a vow, and said, Lord 
 of hosts, if Thou wilt indeed look on the afiaiction 
 of Thine handmaid, and remember me, and not 
 forget Thine handmaid, but wilt give unto Thine 
 handmaid a man-child, then I will give him 
 unto the Lord all the days of his life. And 
 the LoBD remembered Hannah, and she bare a 
 son, and called his name Samuel. And when 
 she had weaned him, she brought him to the 
 house of the Lord in Shiloh, and the chira was 
 young. And they slew a bullock, and brought 
 the child to Eli. And she said, my lord, I 
 am the woman that stood by thee here, praying 
 to the Lord. For this child I prayed; and the 
 Lord hath given me the petition which I asked 
 of Him: therefore, also, I have lent him to the 
 Lord; as long as he liveth, he shall be lent to 
 the Lord. 
 
 And Jesus took a child and set him in the 
 midst of them: and when he had taken him in 
 his arms, He said unto them: Except ye be con- 
 verted and become as little children, je shall 
 not enter into the kingdom of heaven: whoso- 
 ever, therefore, shall humble himself as this 
 little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom 
 of heaven. Whosoever shall receive one of such 
 children in my name, receiveth me; and whoso- 
 ever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him 
 
CHURCH ORDER. 29 
 
 that sent me. And whosoever shall ofFend one 
 of these little ones that believe in me, it were 
 better for hina that a millstone were hanged 
 about his neck, and he were cast into the sea. 
 
 And they brought young children unto Him 
 that He should touch them and pray ; and His 
 disciples rebuked those that brought them. But 
 when Jesus saw it, He was much displeased, 
 and called them unto Him and said unto them ; 
 Suffer the little children to come unto me, and 
 forbid them not; for of such is the kingdom of 
 God. Yerily I say unto you, whosoever shall 
 not receive the kingdom of God as a litttle child, 
 he shall not enter therein. And He took them 
 up in His arms, put His hands upon them and 
 blessed them. 
 
 Then let the Minister say to those xcho bring the 
 little children, 
 Dearly Beloved, ye have heard in these 
 words of Holy Writ, how God promises His 
 blessing to the families of such as love Him ; 
 how in ancient times little children were dedi- 
 cated to Him, and how our Lord Jesus Christ 
 blamed those who would have kept them from 
 Him. 
 
 How great is God's mercy, and how great is 
 the duty that now is before you! It is no small 
 mercy for this child to be accepted of God, 
 
30 Messiah's church. 
 
 througli the blood of our Loi'd Jesus Christ, and 
 to have vouchsafed unto him God's protection 
 and provision, the means and Spirit of grace, 
 and the renewed pardon of sin upon repentance. 
 The duty on your part, is, first, to see that you 
 yourselves are partakers of the faith and cove- 
 nant of Christ, and ever remain steadfast in the 
 same. And then, that you be diligent and care- 
 ful to nurture and instruct your children in the 
 true knowledge and fear of God; keeping them 
 from the influence of the ungodly; cimmanding 
 them after you, as did Abraham, that they may 
 keep tne way of the Lord; being careful that, 
 through lack of knowledge, they do not turn 
 away from him. And do you see to it most re- 
 ligiously, that they are taught to flee from and 
 abhor all unbelief, superstition and idolatry; 
 and rest for salvation upon the righteousness of 
 Christ alone; praying ever for liglit and help 
 from on high, that in the great day of Christ's 
 coming, you may, with all your little ones, re- 
 joice to see Him, saying. Behold I and the chil- 
 dren whom God hath given me. 
 
 Then the 3Imister shall take the child i)ito his 
 arms; or, if it is of sufficient age^ he shall require 
 it to kneel, and say to those who present it, 
 
 Name this child. 
 
 And then naming if after them, he shall lay his 
 hands upon it, and say, 
 
CHURCH ORDER. 31 
 
 Receiving thee at the hands of thy guardians, 
 I solemnly dedicate thee to God, and bless thee, 
 in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. 
 The Lord bless thee and keep thee. The Lord 
 make His face to shine upon thee, and be gra- 
 cious unto thee. The Lord lift up His counte- 
 nance upon thee, and give thee peace! 
 
 Then shall the Minister say, 
 
 Let us Pray. 
 
 Almighty and most merciful God. our Hea- 
 venly lather, we thank Thee that Thou dost 
 suffer little children to come unto Thee, and 
 that Thou dost ordain praise out of the mouths 
 of babes and sucklings. Almighty Father, since 
 it hath pleased Thee, of Thine infinite mercy, 
 to promise that Thou wilt be a God unto us and 
 to our children: we pray Thee to confirm this 
 grace unto the child now solemnly dedicated to 
 Thy service by the imposition of our hands. 
 And even as he is offered and consecrated unto 
 Thee, so wilt Thou receive hiyn into Thy holy 
 protection, declaring Thyself to be his God and 
 Saviour, forgiving him the original sin whereof 
 the whole race of Adam is guilty; and sanctify- 
 ing him by Thy Holy Spirit: that when he shall 
 come to years of discretion, he may know and 
 worship Thee as his only God, and glorify Thee 
 throughout all his life. 
 
32 MESSIAHS CHURCH. 
 
 And, Lord, we humbly beseech Thee to 
 abundantly bless those who thus bring their 
 little ones to Thee. Teash them their duty to 
 their children, and enable them to train them 
 up in the waj' they should go, that when they 
 are old they may not depart from it. And do 
 Thou, Lord, incline the hearts of the children 
 to fulfil their duties to their parents. Make 
 every child to feel its obligations to keep its 
 father's commandment, and forsake not the law 
 of its mother. 
 
 Shepherd of Israel, rebuke the unbelief of 
 Thy Church respecting the conversion of chil- 
 dren, even as Thou didst rebuke Thy disciples 
 when they would have hindered such from 
 coming to Thee. Let none despise these little 
 ones; for Thou hast warned us that their angels 
 do always behold the face of their Father in 
 heaven. 
 
 Hear us in these our requests, God, most 
 merciful, and grant us an answer in peace, for 
 the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord; at whose 
 speedy appearing in the clouds of heaven, may 
 all who are thus dedicated to Thee, be foun:! ia 
 His glorious likeness, and be partakers of t!ie 
 heavenly inheritance of Thy saints, world with- 
 out end. Amen. 
 
CHURCn ORDER. 
 
 BURIAL SERVICE, 
 
 When approaching {he grave, and ivhile the 
 body is heing committed to the earth, let the minis- 
 ter repeat one or more of the following sentences, 
 as may he convenient. 
 
 Man that is born of a woman, is of few days, 
 and full of trouble. He cometh forth as a 
 flower, and is cut down: he fleetli also as a 
 shadow, and continueth not. 
 
 All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness 
 thereof is as the flower of the field. They are 
 like grass which groweth up. In the morning 
 it flourisheth, and groweth up: in the evening 
 it is cut down and withereth. 
 
 "We brought nothing into this world, and it is 
 certain we can carry nothing out. Naked came 
 I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I 
 return thither ; the Lord gave and the Lord 
 taketh away, blessed be the name of the Lord. 
 Then shall the minister say, 
 
 Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God, 
 in His all-wise providence, to take out of this 
 clayey tabernacle the soul that inhabited it, we 
 therefore commit the decaying remains to their 
 kindred element; earth to earth, dust to dust, 
 3 
 
34 Messiah's church. 
 
 ashes to ashes ; looking for a resurrection 
 through our Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge 
 the quick and the dead; and by whose power 
 the earth and the sea shall give up the dead 
 which are in them, and every m;in be rewarded 
 according to the deeds done in the body. 
 Blessed and holy is he that hatli part in the 
 first resurrection: on such the second death hath 
 no power, but they shall be priests of God and 
 of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand 
 years. 
 
 If it be deerned expedient that an Address should 
 be delivered, let it he introduced here. 
 Let us pray. 
 
 blessed God, the Father of mercies and 
 Author of all consolation, we beseech Thee to 
 look down upon us in pity and compassion. It 
 hath pleased Thee to call away another of our 
 fellow mortals, and thus Thou dost again assure 
 us that we too must die. Loud, regard in 
 tender mercy those who are especially aflflicted 
 by this dispensation of Thy providence. Pour 
 into their wounded hearts the consolation of 
 Thy blessed Gospel, and help them ere the hour 
 of their great change shall come to be joined 
 unto Christ, who hath brouglit immortality and 
 eternal life to light, and who alone can take 
 away the sting of Death. 
 
CHURCH ORDER. 35 
 
 merciful God, the Father of our Lord Jesus 
 Christ; ia whom whosoever be'ieveth shall live, 
 though he die; we meekly be.'«eech Thee teach 
 us the frailty of life and .no certainty of death, 
 and while space is given us may we make our 
 calling and election sure. Raise us, we beg 
 Thee, from the death of sin unto the life oi 
 righteousness; that when we depart this life we 
 may rest in Christ; and at the last day be found 
 acceptable in Thy sight, and through Ilim who 
 only hath immortality have our portion in the 
 new earth, where tears shall bo wipea from off 
 all faces, and where there shall be no more 
 death. Grant this, we beseech Thee, merciful 
 Father, through Jesus Christ, our Mediator and 
 Eedet-mer. Amen. 
 
 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the 
 love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy 
 Ghost, be with us all evermore. Amen. 
 
 ADMINISTRATION' OF BAPTISM. 
 
 Lessons to be read from Scripture. Matt. iii. 
 7 — 17, or. Acts ii. 37 — 42, or, Rom. vi. 1 — 11. 
 
 The minister shall then address the person or 
 persons to be baptized as follows: — 
 
 Dearly Beloved: You have ccme here to 
 make confession of your faith in Jesus Christ ; 
 and that you being baptized into His death, may 
 
36 Messiah's church. 
 
 be also in the likeness of His resurrection, living 
 henceforth a new and spiritual life, by the in- 
 dwelling of His Holy Spirit, and may thus be 
 assured of salvation with His people, as He 
 has promised those who believe and are bap- 
 tized. These, on His part, God will most sure- 
 ly bestow, for the sake of His Son, our Lord 
 Jesus Christ; wherefore, it is my duty in the 
 presence of God, and before this congregation, 
 to demand of you that you do make that con- 
 fession of unfeigned faith, out of a pure con- 
 science, which Almighty God shall accept and 
 answer, by vouchsafing His holy baptism. I 
 demand, therefore. 
 
 Do you believe that man is of his own nature 
 corrupt and evil, and is guilty before God, and 
 obnoxious to His judgments? And do you 
 earnestly desire to be delivered from this guilt? 
 
 Ans. Such is my faith, and such is my desire. 
 
 Are you persuaded of the mercy of God 
 through Jesus Christ, that He willeth not that 
 any should perish, but hath sent His Son to 
 redeem the world ; that Jesus Christ hath died 
 for our sins, the just for the unjust; and that 
 He hath ordained this ordinance of baptism as 
 sign of our renunciation of, and death to sin, and 
 faith in, and union with, Christ by His Holy 
 Spiiit? 
 
CnURCn ORDER. d< 
 
 Ans. All this I believe. 
 
 Do you renounce and abhor the devil, and all 
 his works, and all evil spirits; the world, and 
 all its glory and vanities, and all sinful desires 
 of the flesh; so that you will not follow nor be 
 led by them? 
 
 Ans. I renounce and abhor them all. 
 
 Do you believe in God the Father Almighty, 
 maker of heaven and earth? 
 
 And in Jesus Christ. His only begotten Son, 
 our Lord? And that He was conceived by the 
 Holy Ghost; born of the Virgin Mary ; that He 
 suflfered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, 
 dead, and buried; that He went down into 
 Hades, and also did rise again the third day; 
 that He ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the 
 right hand of God the Father Almighty; and 
 from thence shall come again to judge the quick 
 and dead? 
 
 And do you believe in the Holy Ghost; the 
 holy Catholic Church; the communion of saints; 
 the remission of sins; the resurrection of the 
 body, and the life everlasting? 
 
 Ans. All this I steadfastly believe. 
 
 "Wilt .thou be baptized in this faith? 
 
 Ans. This is my desire. 
 
 Do you unfeignedly submit yourself wholly to 
 the will of Christ, and will you obediently keep 
 
38 Messiah's church. 
 
 God's holy will and commandments, and walk in 
 the same all the ('ays of your life? 
 
 Ads. I do submit myself, and will obey. 
 Let us pray. 
 
 Almighty and everlasting God, who, of thy 
 great mercy, didst save Noah and his family in 
 the ark from perishing by water, and also didst 
 lead the children of Israel, Thy people, through 
 the Red Sea, under the cloud, figuring thereby 
 Thy holy baptism,- and by the baptism of Thy 
 -well-beloved Son .Jesus Christ, in the river Jor- 
 dan, didst leave us an example; We beseech 
 Thee for Thine infinite compassion, mercifully 
 look upon Thy servant before Thee, now to be 
 baptized, and grant unto him that he may be 
 washed from all his sins; and that being de- 
 livered from Thy wrath, and sanctified by Thy 
 Spirit, he may evermore abide in Thy mistical 
 body; and being steadfast in faith, joyful in 
 hope, and rooted in charity, he may so pass the 
 •waves of this troublesome world, that he may 
 come at last to the laud of everlasting life, 
 there to reign with Thee in that new earth 
 wherein dwelleth righteousness, world without 
 end, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 Grant, Most Merciful God, that the Old 
 Adam in thy servant may be so buried, that the 
 new man may be raised up in him. Grant that 
 
CHURCH ORDER. 39 
 
 all carnal affections may die in him, and that 
 all tilings belonging to the spirit may live and 
 grow in hirn. Grant that he may have power 
 and strength to have victory, and triumph 
 against the Devil, the World, and the Flesh. 
 Wilt Thou at this time detect and expel all the 
 power and wickedness of Satan from body, soul, 
 and spirit, and deliver hira from that wicked 
 enemy, and forever preserve him from his inva- 
 sions ; and do Thou cleanse and sanctify him in 
 his inward being; clothe him with the garment 
 of salvation; and thus preparing him for Thy 
 sacred presence, take up Thy abode in him for- 
 ever, for the sake of Jesus Christ. Amen. 
 
 The minister shall then baptize him, saying, 
 In obedience to the command of the great head 
 of the church, I baptize you, my Brother, (or 
 sister) into the name of the Father, and of the 
 Son, and of the Holy Gho^t. Amen. 
 
 Then laying his hands on the head of the baptized, 
 he shall say, — We receive you into the congre- 
 gation of Christ's flock, and do bless you in the 
 name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the 
 Holy Spirit. And be thou blest and kept unto 
 everlasting life. Amen. 
 
 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love 
 of God, our heavenly Father, and the fellowship 
 of the Holy Ghost, rest upon and abide with 
 you forever. Amen. 
 
40 
 
 MESSIAH S CHURCH. 
 
 CELEBRATIOX OF THE LORD'S SUPPER. 
 
 The reading of the Scriptures appropriate 
 for the occasion. 
 
 THE COXFESSIOX. 
 
 Almiglity God, our Heavenly Father, Trho 
 adruittest Thy people unto such wonderful com- 
 munion, that, partaking by a Divine mystery of 
 the body and blood of Thy dear Son, they should 
 dwell in Him and He in them; We unworthy 
 sinners, approaching to Thy presence, and be- 
 holding Thy Divine glory, do abhor ourselves, 
 and repent in dust and ashes. We have sinned, 
 we have sinned, we have grievously sinned 
 against Thee, in thought, in word, and in deed, 
 provoking most justly Thy wrath and indigna- 
 tion against us. We have broken our past vows ; 
 we have dishonoured Thy holy name, and pro- 
 faned Thy holy sanctuary. 
 
 Yet now, most merciful Father, have mercy 
 upon us; for the sake of Jesus Christ, forgive 
 us all our sins ; deliver us by the inspiration of 
 Thy Holy Spirit, from all uncleanness, in spirit 
 and in flesh ; and give unto us heartily to forgive 
 others as we beseech Thee to forgive us, and to 
 serve Thee henceforth in newness of life, to the 
 
CHURCH ORDER. 41 
 
 glory of Tliy holy Name, through Jesus Christ, 
 our Lord. Amen. 
 
 Thus saith the Lord: 
 
 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just 
 to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all 
 unrighteousness. 
 
 Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord 
 shall be saved. 
 
 Almighty God, who by the blood of Thy dear 
 Son, hast consecrated unto us a new and living 
 way into the holiest of all; grant unto us, we 
 beseech Thee, the assm-ance of Thy mercy, and 
 sanctify us by Thy heavenly grace; that we, 
 approaching unto Thee with pure heart and un- 
 defiled conscience, may offer unto Thee an offer- 
 ing in righteousness, and duly celebrate these 
 holy mysteries, to the glory of Thy name, 
 through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 THE apostles' CREED — The peopU folloicing. 
 
 I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker 
 of Heaven and Earth; 
 
 And in Jesus Christ, His only Son our Lord, 
 Who was conceived by the Holy Gho^t, Born of 
 the Virgin Mary, Suffered under Pontius Pilate, 
 Was crucified, dead and buried. He descended 
 into Hades; The third day He rose again from 
 the dead; He ascended into Heaven, And sitteth 
 on the right hand of God the Father xA.lmighty ; 
 
42 Messiah's church. 
 
 From thence He shall come to judge the quick 
 and the dead. 
 
 I believe in the Holy Ghost; The Holy Ca- 
 tholic Church; the Communion of Saints: The 
 Forgiveness of Sins; The Resurrection of the 
 Body, And the Life Everlasting. Amen. 
 
 To he read while the offerings for the poor are 
 heing made. 
 
 Honour the Lord with thy suhstance, and 
 ■with the first fruits of all thine increase: so 
 shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy 
 presses shall burst out with new wine. 
 
 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, 
 and prove me n w herewith, and see if I will not 
 open to you the windows of heaven, saith the 
 Lord of Hosts, and pour you out a blessing, 
 that there shall not be room to receive it. 
 
 To do good and distribute, forget not ; for 
 with such sacrifices God is well pleased. 
 
 PRATER AND THANKSGIVING. 
 
 Almighty and most merciful Father, we are 
 unworthy to off"er unto Thee any sacrifice; yet, 
 we beseech Thee, accept this our duty and 
 service, who desire to honour Thee, to worship 
 and adore Thy Majesty, and to acknowledge 
 Thee to be our God, and oui'selves Thy servants? 
 as we are most bound. And here we do present 
 
CHURCH ORDER. 43 
 
 to Thee ourselves, our souls, and bodies; and 
 •dedicate ourselves unto Thy service, renewing 
 our vows, engaging henceforth to obey Thy 
 commandments, to seek Thy will, and to do the 
 things that please Thee. 
 
 God, Thou knowest our frailty ; have mercy 
 upon us, and fulfil our vows in us. Send down 
 Thy Holy Spirit upon us. and let the flesh, and 
 all its aflFections and lusts, be destroyed in us, 
 as by a consuming fire ; that we may henceforth 
 yield ourselves to Thee a living sacrifice, holy 
 and acceptable, which is our reasonable service. 
 Hear us Heavenly Father, for the sake of Jesus 
 Christ, Thy Son, to whom with Thee, and the 
 Holy Ghost, one God, be all honour and glory, 
 •world without end. Amen. 
 
 It is meet, right, and our bounden duty, that 
 we should at all times, and in all places, give 
 thanks unto Thee Lord, Father Almighty, 
 Eternal God, who together with Thine only be- 
 gotten Son and the Holy Ghost, art One God, 
 AND One Lord. 
 
 For Thou didst create all things: Thou gavest 
 unto us life and being. Thy providence has 
 provided for and preserved us. By Thy bless- 
 ing, we and all things living are nourished; and 
 Thou hast replenished us with Thy goodness. 
 
 For all Thy bounties, we give Thee thanks. 
 
44 Messiah's church. 
 
 But, chieflv, that Thou hast ransomed us from 
 death eternal, and given us the joyful hope of 
 everlasting life, through Jesus Christ, Our Lord. 
 
 "We bless Thee for His incarnation; for His 
 life on earth; for His precious sufferings and 
 death upon the cross ; for His resurrection from 
 the dead; and for His glorious ascension to Thy 
 right hand. 
 
 We bless Thee for giving the Holy Ghost; for 
 all the ordinances of Thy church ; for the com- 
 munion of all saints in these holy mysteries 
 ■which we now celebrate. We bless Thee for the 
 hope of everlasting life, and of the glory which 
 shall be brought unto us at the coming and in 
 the kingdom of Thy dear Son. 
 
 Thee, Mighty God, Heavenly King, we mag- 
 nify and praise. We worship and adore Thy 
 glorious name, the name of the Father, and of 
 the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, joining with all 
 the heavenly hosts before Thy throne, and sing- 
 ing unto Thee, 
 
 Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Sabaoth; 
 heaven and earth are full of Thy glory. Ho- 
 sanna in the highest. 
 
 THE lord's TRAYER. 
 
 Our Father, which art in heaven, &c. 
 The consecration of the bread and wine. 
 
CHURCH ORDER. 45 
 
 Look upon us, Lord, and bless and sanctify 
 tliis bread and this cup. 
 
 In the name of the Father, and of the Son, 
 and of the Holy Ghost, we bless this bread and 
 this cup; and beseech Thee, heavenly Father, 
 to send down Thy Holy Spirit, and make them 
 unto us the body and blood of Thy Son Jesus 
 Christ, who in the same night in which he was 
 betrayed, took bread, [here take the bread] and 
 after He had given thanks, He brake it, [here 
 break the bread] and said. Take, eat, this is my 
 body, which is broken for you; this do in re- 
 membrance of me. 
 
 In like manner, He also took the cup, [here 
 take the cup in hand] after He had supped, 
 saying, This cup is the New Testament in my 
 blood ; this do ye, as often as ye do it, in remem- 
 brance of me. Amen. 
 
 "\Ye do not presume to come to this Thy table, 
 Lord, trusting in our own righteousness, but 
 in Thy manifold and great mercies. "We are 
 not worthy to so much as to gather up the 
 crumbs under Thy table ; but Thou art the 
 same Lord whose property it is always to have 
 mercy. Grant unto us, therefore, gracious 
 Lord, so to eat the flesh of Thy dear Son, and 
 to drink His blood, that our sinful bodies may 
 be made clean by His body, and our souls washed 
 
46 Messiah's church. 
 
 through His most precious blood, that we may 
 evermore dwell in Him and He in us; and that 
 we may receive of Thy mercy, health, both of 
 soul and body, in the communion of the mystical 
 body of Thy Christ. Amen. 
 
 The celebrant, with the other ministers, elders, 
 and deacons present, shaU first receive the bread 
 and wine, and then de'iver it to the people. In 
 delivering the bread, it shall be said. The body 
 OF OUR Lord Jesus Christ, given for thee. 
 In delivering the cup, it shall be said, The blood 
 OF our Lord Jesus Christ, shed for thee. 
 
 The service sh-.ill close with a suitable hymn. 
 1/ straitened for time, the celebrant moy omit such 
 parts of the services as he thinks proper, except the 
 prayer a?id thanksgiving, and consecraUon. 
 
 ORDIXATIOX OF RULING ELDERS AND DEACONS. 
 
 Whenever the church shall have duly elected 
 any person or persons to the office of ruling 
 Elder or Deacon, at a suitable time they shall 
 be set before the minister of the congregation 
 for ordination to the office. Their names having 
 been read aloud, the minister shall say to the 
 people: — 
 
 Brethren, if any of you know any crime or 
 impediment in any of these persons presented 
 to be ordained Elders or Deacons, fur Avhich he 
 
CnURCn ORDER. 4/ 
 
 ought not to be admitted to tliat office, let him 
 now make it known. 
 
 [If objection is made, the minister shall cease 
 till the accused be found clear.] 
 
 The following collect and epistle shall be read. 
 
 Almighty God, who hast appointed in thy 
 church divers instrumentalities for its edifica- 
 tion, and directed by thine apos'le that Elders 
 should be ordained in every city, and directed 
 them to feed Thy flock and rule well; and who 
 didst by Thy servants in the beginning of Thy 
 church in Jerusalem, direct Thy congregation 
 to choose out seven men, among whom was Thy 
 martyr Stephen, to serve Thy church, who by 
 the prayer and laying on of the hands of Thy 
 ministers, the apostles, were set apart for their 
 work; mercifully behold these Thy servants 
 whom Thy church have now selected for a like 
 work; replenish them with Thj truth, and fill 
 them with faith and the Holy Spirit, so that 
 they may adorn Thy doctrine by word and in- 
 nocency of life. May they f lithfully fulfil the 
 office whereunto they are called, to Thy glory 
 and the edificition of Thy church, through Jesus 
 Christ our Lord, Amen. 
 
 The EpisUe, 1 Tim. iii. 8—13. 
 Likewise must the Deacons be grave, not 
 double-tongued, not given to much wine, not 
 
48 Messiah's church. 
 
 greedy of filthy lucre ; holding the mystery of 
 the faith in a pure conscience. And let these 
 also first be proved ; then let them use the office 
 of a Deacon, being found blameless. Even so 
 must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, 
 faithful in all things. Let the Deacons be the 
 husband of one wife, ruling their children and 
 their own houses well. For they that have used 
 the office of a Deacon well, purchase to them- 
 selves a good degree, and great boldness in the 
 faith, which is in Christ Jesus. 
 
 Ij ruling Elders arc to be ordained, read for 
 The Epistle, Titus i. 4—9. 
 
 To Titus, mine own son, after the common 
 faith; grace, mercy, and peace, from God the 
 Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour. 
 For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou 
 shouldst set in order the things that are want- 
 ing, and ordain Elders in every city, as I had 
 appointed thee; if any be blameless, the hus- 
 band of one wife, having faithful children, not 
 accused of riot, or unruly. For a bishop must 
 be blameless, as the steward of God ; not self- 
 ■willed, not soon angry, not given to wine, no 
 striker, not given to filthy lucre, but a lover of 
 hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, 
 holy, temperate; holding fast the faithful word 
 as he hath been taught, that he may be able by 
 
CHURCH ORDER. 49 
 
 sound doctrine, both to exhort and convince the 
 gainsayers. 
 
 The officiating minister shall then say, — 
 
 Beloved Brethren, you have heard from God's 
 most holy and blessed word, the character, 
 duties, and responsibilities of those called to the 
 office to which our Lord, by the voice of his 
 church, has called you. Wherefore, in order 
 that the congregation here present may know 
 your minds in this matter, you will plainly 
 answer to the following questions. 
 
 Q. Do you heartily and unfeignedly believe 
 the canonical books of the Old and Xew Testa- 
 ment? 
 
 A. I do believe them. 
 
 Q. Will you diligently study and enforce the 
 same, on those whom you are appointed to serve, 
 and also strive to conform your own life and 
 conversation to the rule given in that word, both 
 as it respects your private life and official cha- 
 racter ? 
 
 A. I will endeavour so to do, the Lord being 
 my helper. 
 
 Q. Do you trust that you are inwardly moved 
 by the Holy Spirit to take upon you the office of 
 Deacon (or ruling Elder) in the church of our 
 Lord Jesus, the Messiah, for the edifying of His 
 body, and the glory of God ? 
 4 
 
50 Messiah's church. 
 
 A. I trust so. 
 
 The officiating minister shall then lay his 
 hands on the head of each candidate (the can- 
 didate kneeling) and say, 
 
 Take thou authority to exercise the office of a 
 Deacon (or ruling Elder) in the church, in the 
 name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the 
 Holy Spirit. Amen. 
 
 Let us pray. 
 
 Almighty God, giver of every good and per- 
 fect gift, who of Thy great mercy hast by Thy 
 Spirit and the voice of Thy church, called these 
 Thy servants to serve Thee in the holy and im- 
 portant office of Deacons (or Elders) in Thy 
 church, vouchsafe to accept and sanction their 
 consecration to this work by our hands and 
 ministry ; make them, we beseech Thee, modest, 
 humble, teachable, and constant in their minis- 
 trations, that having always the testimony of a 
 good conscience, and continuing ever strong in 
 the Lord, they may so behave themselves in 
 this their office as that being proved they may 
 purchase to themselves a good degree, and great 
 boldness in the faith, through Jesus Christ our 
 Lord. Amen. 
 
 The blessing of Almighty God, the Father, 
 the Son, and the Holy Spirit, be among you and 
 remain with you always. Amen. 
 
CHURCH ORDER. 51 
 
 ORDIXATIOX OF MINISTERS. 
 
 The candidates elected to ordination for the 
 work of the Gospel ministry, being presented to 
 the officiating minister, the name of each candi- 
 date shall be read aloud. This done, the Mi- 
 nister shall say. 
 
 Brethren, we propose, this day, to ordain the 
 person (or persons) now presented to us, to the 
 Gospel mini.-^try. After due examination, we 
 find nothing why they are not truly called to 
 this great and holy work, and are not fit per- 
 sons for the same. But if any of you do know 
 any crime or impediment in any of them why 
 he ought not to be received into this holy mi- 
 nistry, let him now come forth and show it. 
 
 [If any impediment be objected to any one 
 the minister shall cease from ordaining him till 
 he shall be cleared.] 
 
 THE COLLECT. 
 
 Almighty and everlasting God, Thou hast or- 
 dained diverse functions of ministry in Thy 
 Church, and by Thy Holy Spirit called and 
 qualified Thy servants to fill the same: merci- 
 fully regard these Thy servants called to be mi- 
 nisters of Thy word, and replenish them with. 
 Thy truth and adorn them with holiness of life, 
 
52 MESSIAH'S CHURCn. 
 
 that tliey may serve Thee faithfully and honor- 
 ably in their office, to the glory of Thy most 
 excellent name, and edification of Thy Church; 
 through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 THE EPISTLE. — Epliesiaus iv. 7 — 13. 
 Unto every one of us is given grace according 
 to the measure of the gift of Christ. Where- 
 fore, he saith, when he ascended up on high, he 
 led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. 
 (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he 
 also descended first, into. the lower parts of the 
 earth ? He that descended, is the same also that 
 ascended up far above all heavens, that he might 
 fill all things.) And he gave some apostles; 
 and some prophets; and some evangelists: and 
 pastors and teachers; for the perfecting of the 
 saints, for the work of the ministry; for the 
 edifying of the body of Christ, till we all come 
 in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge 
 of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the 
 measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ. 
 
 ADDRESS. 
 
 "When our Lord Jesus Christ ascended up on 
 high, led captivity captive, and received gifts 
 for men, He gave some apostles ; some prophets ; 
 some evangelists; and some pastors and teachers; 
 for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of 
 
CHURCn ORDER. 53 
 
 the ministry, for the edifying of the body of 
 Christ. Hence, the Gospel ministry is not of 
 man, but the gift and appointment of our Lord 
 Jesus Christ. Nor are we to understand that 
 these various functions imply a different grade 
 of ministry, but rather peculiar gifts bestowed 
 on different individuals of the same order, to 
 meet the wants of the Church. An apostle was 
 one who had personally seen Jesus Christ and 
 received his mission directly from the Head of 
 the Church; as saith Paul: "Am I not an 
 Apostle? Have I not seen Jesus Christ?" And 
 the Gospel he preached, "Was not of man, nor 
 by man, but 'received' by revelation of Jesus 
 Christ." And yet the apostles numbered them- 
 selves with the elders, which was the office of 
 all the ministers of the word. Thus Peter de- 
 clares: "The elders which are among you I ex- 
 hort, who am also an elder." So likewise, also, 
 were all the elders overseers, or bishops, as ex- 
 pressed by Paul, when he called together the 
 elders of the Church of Ephesus, and declared 
 to them that the Holy Spirit had made them 
 overseers, [episkopoi) or bishops of the flock of 
 God. The prophets were favored with the di- 
 rect inspiration of the Holy Spirit, and spoke 
 with the authority of God what was given them, 
 while the evangelists, pastors or teachers, were 
 
54 Messiah's church. 
 
 directed to ''Preach the Word." But in office 
 and dignity, they were all elders or bishops, 
 overseers of the flock of God, each to exercise 
 the peculiar gift bestowed on him to accomplish 
 the common end. But each were autliorized as 
 fully as the other, to preach the gospel, admi- 
 nister the sacraments, exercise discipline, and 
 ordain others to the same office. 
 
 Of how great importance and dignity is the 
 office of this holy ministry! — To be watchmen, 
 messengers of the Lord of hosts, ambassadors 
 of the King of kings, stewards of God's mys- 
 teries, shepherds of Christ's flock, workers to- 
 gether with God in saving souls, and preparing 
 a people for the Lord Jesus at His appearing 
 and Kingdom. "Wherefore, it is needful that 
 those to whose care so great and valuable a 
 treasure is committed, and of whom so great and 
 important duties are required, should be abun- 
 dantly endowed with the gifts and graces of the 
 Spirit, to enable them to successfully accomplish 
 their work; and that they should labor in fast- 
 ing and prayer, with much earnest and careful 
 study, to show themselves approved unto God, 
 workmen that need not be ashamed, rightly di- 
 viding the word of truth. For so divine a work 
 must needs require divine aid for its perform- 
 ance. 
 
CHrRCH ORDER. 55 
 
 And that you may have before you, and fully 
 impressed on your mind, the important duties 
 of this holy ofl&ce, listen to the words of Paul 
 and Peter in their 
 
 APOSTOLIC CHARGES. 
 
 "Take heed, therefore, unto yourselves, and 
 to all the flock over the which the Holy Ghost 
 hath made you overseers, to feed the Church of 
 God, which he hath purchased with his own 
 blood." "I charge thee, therefore, before God 
 and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the 
 quick and the dead at his appearing and king- 
 dom; preach the word ; be instant in season and 
 out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all 
 long-suffering and doctrine. For the time will 
 come when they will not endure sound doctrine; 
 but after their own lusts shall they heap to 
 themselves teachers, having itching ears, and 
 they shall turn away their ears from the truth, 
 and shall be turned to fables. But watch thou 
 in all things, endure aflflictions, do the work of 
 an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry." 
 "The elders which are among you I exhort, 
 who am also an elder, and a witness of the suf- 
 ferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the 
 glory that shall be revealed : feed the flock of 
 God which is among you, taking the oversight 
 
56 Messiah's church. 
 
 thereof, not by constraint, but ■willingly; not for 
 filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; neither as 
 being lords over God's heritage, but being en- 
 samples to the flock. And when the chief shep- 
 herd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of 
 glory that fadeth not away." 
 
 We have good hope that long before this, you 
 have well pondered these things in your heart, 
 and have fully determined, by the grace of God, 
 to give yourself wholly to this office, and direct 
 all your cares, labors and studies, to accomplish 
 the ends of the Christian ministry. 
 
 And now, that the congregation here present, 
 may understand your determination in this 
 matter, and that your solemn promise may the 
 more move and constrain you to a faithful per- 
 formance of your duties, you shall answer 
 plainly to these things which we now, in the 
 name of God and His Church, shall demand of 
 you. 
 
 QUESTIOXS. 
 
 Do you trust that you are inwardly moved by 
 the Holy Spirit to take upon you the office and 
 work of the Christian ministry, for the glory of 
 God and the edification of his Church? I trust 
 so. 
 
 Do you believe the Scriptures of the Old and 
 New Testaments to be the word of God, the 
 only rule of faith and practice? / do so believe. 
 
CHURCH ORDER. 57 
 
 Do you sincerely receive and adopt the Prin- 
 ciples of Divine Truth as held and put forth by 
 Messiah's Church, as containing the system of 
 doctrine taught in the Holy Scriptures?- I do 
 thus receive them. 
 
 Do you approve of the government and disci- 
 pline of Messiah's Church? I do. 
 
 Do you promise subjection to your brethren 
 in the Lord in your ecclesiastical capacity? / 
 will be thus subject, the Lord being my helper. 
 
 Have you been induced, as far as you know 
 your own heart, to seek the office of the Holy 
 Ministry from love to God and a sincere desire 
 to promote His glory in the Gospel of his Son? 
 / trust I have been thus moved. 
 
 Do you promise to be zealous and faithful in 
 maintaining the truths of the Gospel, peace and 
 purity of the Church? / will, the Lord being my 
 helper. 
 
 Do you engage to be faithful and diligent in 
 the exercise of all private and personal duties, 
 ■which become you as a Christian and a Minis- 
 ter of the Gospel ; as well as in all public and 
 relative duties of your office: endeavoring to 
 walk with exemplary piety before the flock and 
 the world, adorning the profession of the Gospel 
 by your godly conversation? / will do so, the 
 Lord being my helper. 
 
58 Messiah's church. 
 
 Are you willing to take upon you the duties 
 of this great and holy ministry, and to faithfully 
 discharge its duties in the sphere in which the 
 Lord, in his providence, shall call you to act 
 your part, as He shall give you strength? / 
 will, the Lord being my helper. 
 
 Then shall the presiding Minister sag. 
 
 Let us Pray. 
 
 Almighty God, our Heavenly Father, -who 
 hast, at the intercession of Thy well-beloved 
 Son, through the operation of the Holy Spirit, 
 dispensed gifts to men; and for the perfecting 
 of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for 
 the edifying of the body of Christ, hast given 
 apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and 
 teachers, look in tender mercy upon Thy ser- 
 vants who this day appear before Thee to con- 
 secrate themselves to Thy work in the ministry 
 of the Gospel, whereunto we trust Thou hast 
 called them; and grant unto them abundantly 
 the gifts and graces of Thy Holy Spirit to qualify 
 them for their great and important work of la- 
 boring for the salvation of mankind. For this 
 great gift of the Christian ministry, for the call 
 of Thy servants here present to partake of this 
 ministry, as well as for all the blessings of the 
 Gospel, we praise Thee, we worship Thee, we 
 magnify Thy most excellent and glorious name. 
 
CHURCH ORDER. 69 
 
 And grant, most merciful God, that through 
 the ministrations of Thy servants, in these last 
 days, so indicative of the speedy consummation 
 of the great work of redemption by the glorious 
 appearing of the Son of Man to receive and 
 establish his everlasting kingdom and dominion 
 under the whole heaven, a multitude of souls 
 may become savingly acquainted with Thee, and 
 be prepared, through grace, to reign with Him 
 in the glory of that kingdom. And grant, unto 
 these Thy servants, grace to endure hardness 
 as good soldiers of Jesus Christ, that they may 
 act faithfully their part as heralds of the Gos- 
 pel of the kingdom, and that, thus speedily, all 
 nations may hear the joyful tidings and the end 
 of Satan's reign and Zion's sorrow be accom- 
 plished; and when the chief Shepherd shall ap- 
 pear, may they, with all Thy faithful ministers, 
 receive a crown of life which fadeth not away; 
 through Thy well-beloved Son, Jesus Christ, to 
 whom, with Thee and the Holy Spirit, be end- 
 less praise. Ajmii. 
 
 The Ministers present shall then lay their hands 
 severally on the heads of the candidates, (the candi- 
 dates kneeling) and the officiating 3Iinister shall 
 say, 
 
 The Lord pour upon thee the Holy Spirit, for 
 the office and work of a minister in His Church, 
 
60 Messiah's church. 
 
 now committed unto thee by the imposition of 
 our hands. And be thou a faithful dispenser of 
 the word of God, and of His Holy Ordinances; 
 in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and 
 of the Holy Spirit. Amen. 
 
 Then shall be delivered to each candidate, the 
 Bible, saying, 
 
 Take thou authority to preach the word of 
 God and administer the Ordinances of His house. 
 
 One of the Ministers, appointed for this purpose, 
 shall give the right hand of fellowship to the or- 
 dained. 
 
 Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be 
 Thy name, Thy kingdom come, thy will be done 
 on earth as it is in heaven: Give us this day our 
 daily bread; forgive us our trespasses as we for- 
 give those who trespass against us; lead us not 
 into temptation, but deliver us from evil; for 
 Thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, 
 forever and ever. Amen. 
 
 The peace of God which passeth all under- 
 standing, keep your hearts and minds in the 
 knowledge and love of God, and of his Son, 
 Jesus Christ our Lord ; and the blessing of God 
 Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy 
 Spirit, be among you and remain with you al- 
 ways. Amen. 
 
DEVOTIONAL HYMNS. 
 
 ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED. 
 
 1 C. M. 
 
 ALAS! and did my Saviour bleed, 
 And did my Sovereign die? 
 Would he devote that sacred head 
 For such a worm as I? 
 
 2 Was it for crimes that I have done, 
 He groan'd upon the tree ? 
 
 Amazing pity! grace unknown! 
 And love beyond degree! 
 
 3 Well might the sun in darkness hide, 
 And shut his glories in ; 
 
 When Christ, the mighty Maker, died 
 For man the creature's sin! 
 
 4 Thus might I hide my blushing face, 
 While his dear cross appears: 
 
 Dissolve my heart in thankfulness, 
 And melt mine eyes to tears, 
 
 5 But drops of grief can ne'er repay 
 The debt of love I owe: 
 
 Here, Lord, I give myself away, 
 'Tis all that I can do. 
 
62 DEVOTIOXAL HYMNS. 
 
 2 C. M. 
 
 ALL hail the power of Jesus' name! 
 Let angels prostrate fall; 
 Bring forth the royal diadem, 
 And crown him Lord of all. 
 
 2 Ye chosen seed of Israel's race, 
 A remnant weak and small I 
 
 Hail him who saves you by his grace, 
 And crown him Lord of all. 
 
 3 Ye Gentile sinners, ne'er forget 
 The wormwood and the gall; 
 
 Go, spread your trophies at his feet, 
 And crown him Lord of all. 
 
 4 May we with heaven's rejoicing throng 
 Before his presence fall, 
 
 Join in the everlasting song, 
 And crown him Lord of all ! 
 
 O C. M. 
 
 AM I a soldier of the cross, 
 A follower of the Lamb? 
 And shall I fear to own his cause, 
 Or blush to speak his name ? 
 
 2 Shall I be carried to the skies 
 On flowery bed- of ease? 
 
 "While others fought to win the prize, 
 And sailed through bloody seas. 
 
 3 Are there no foes for me to face, 
 Must I not stem the flood? 
 
 Is this vain world a friend to grace. 
 To help me on to God? 
 
DEYOTIOXAL HY.MNS. G3 
 
 4 Sure I must fight if I would reign, 
 Increase my courage, Lord! 
 
 I'll bear the toil, endure the pain, 
 Supported by thy word. 
 
 5 Thy saints in all this glorious war 
 Shall conquer though they die; 
 
 They see the triumph from afar, 
 By faith they bring it nigh. 
 
 6 When that illustrious day shall rise, 
 And all thy armies shine 
 
 In robes of victory through the skies, 
 The glory shall be thine. 
 
 4 S. M. 
 
 AND are we yet alive, 
 And see each other's face ? 
 Glory and praise to Jesus give, 
 
 For his redeeming grace. 
 Preserved by power divine 
 
 To full salvation here, 
 Again in .Jesus' praise we join. 
 And in his sight appear. 
 
 2 What troubles have we seen ! 
 
 What conflicts have we pass'd ! 
 Fightings without, and fears within, 
 
 Since we assembled last! 
 But out of all the Lord 
 
 Hath brought us by his love; 
 And still he doth his help afford. 
 
 And hides our life above. 
 
64 DEYOTIOXAL HYMNS. 
 
 5 L. p. M. 
 
 AND can it be that I should gain 
 An int'rest in the Saviour's blood? 
 Died he for me, "who caused his pain? 
 For me, who him to death pursued? 
 Amazing love! how can it be, 
 That thou, my Lord, shouldst die for me? 
 
 2 'Tis myst'ry all — th' Immortal dies ! 
 Who can explore his strange design? 
 
 In vain the first-born seraph tries 
 
 To sound the depths of love divine ; 
 'Tis mercy all ! let earth adore : 
 Let angel minds inquire no more. 
 
 3 He left his Father's throne above; 
 (So free, so infinite his grace I) 
 
 Emptied himself of all but love, 
 
 And bled for Adam's helpless race: 
 'Tis mercy all, immense and free, 
 For, my God, it found out me I 
 
 6 . C. M. 
 
 ]S'D must I be to judgment brought, 
 
 A 
 
 And answer in that day 
 For every vain and idle thought, 
 xVnd every word I say ? 
 
 2 Yes, every secret of my heart 
 Shall shortly be made known, 
 
 And I receive my just desert 
 For all that I have done. 
 
 3 How careful then ought I to live ; 
 With what religious fear; 
 
DEVOTIONAL nY3INS. 
 
 Who such a strict account must give 
 For my behaviour here. 
 
 4 Thou awful Judge of quick and dead, 
 The watcliful power bestow; 
 
 So shall I to my ways take heed, — 
 To all I speak or do. 
 
 5 If now thou standest at the door, 
 
 let me feel tke'j aear; 
 
 And make my peace with God, before 
 
 1 at thy bar appear. 
 
 8 8s, 7s, 4s. 
 
 ANGE.L&n;3w are hov'ring round us, 
 Unperceiv'd they mix the throng, 
 Wond'ring at the love that crowu'd us, 
 
 Glad to join the holy song: 
 Hallelujah! Hallelujah! 
 
 Love ami praise to Christ belong! 
 
 2 Now I see with joy and wonder, 
 Whence the gracious spring arose; 
 
 Angel minds are lost to ponder, 
 Dying love's mysterious cause; 
 
 Yet the ble-sing. Yet the blessing, 
 Down to all, to me it flows! 
 
 3 This bath set me all on fire ; 
 Strongly glows the flame of love; 
 
 Higher mounts my soul, and higher, 
 Struggles for its swift remove ; 
 
 Then I'll praise him, Then I'll praise him, 
 In a nobler strain above I 
 
 5 
 
66 DETOTIOXAL HYMNS. 
 
 9 S. M. 
 
 ANGELS our mfircli oppose, 
 Who still in strength excel, — 
 Our secret, sworn, eternal foes, 
 
 Countless, invisible; 
 From thrones of glory driven. 
 
 By flaming vengeance hurl'd, 
 Thej' throng the air, and darken heaven, 
 And rule this lower world. 
 
 2 But shall believers fear? 
 
 But shall believers fly? 
 Or see th.e bloody cross appear, 
 
 And all their powers defy? 
 By all hell's 'ho'^t withstood, 
 
 We all hell's host overthrow; 
 And, conquering them through Jesus' blood, 
 
 We on to conquer go. 
 
 10 H. JI. 
 
 ARISE, my soul, arisel 
 Shake off thy guilty fears :; 
 The bleeding sacrifice 
 
 In my behalf appears; 
 Before the throne my Saviour stands; 
 My name is written on his hands. 
 
 2 He ever lives above. 
 
 For me to intercede ; 
 His all-redeeming love, 
 
 His precious blood to plead ; 
 His blood atoned for all our race, 
 And sprinkles now the throne of grace. 
 
DEVOTIONAL HYMN'S. 67 
 
 3 The bleeding wounds he bears, '^ 
 Received on Calvary, 
 
 They pour effectual prayers. 
 
 They strongly speak tV.r me. 
 Forgive him, forgive, tliey cry, 
 Nor let that ransomed si::ner die! 
 
 4 The Father hears him pray, 
 His dear anointed One ; 
 
 He cannot turn away 
 
 The presence of his Son : 
 His Spirit answers to the blood, 
 And tells me I am born of God. 
 
 5 To God I'm reconciled: 
 His pardoning voice I hear; 
 
 He owns me for his child; 
 
 I can no longer fear ; 
 "With confidence I now draw nigh, 
 And Father, Abba, Father, cry. 
 
 P. M. 
 
 11 
 
 AS I view the last sands of old time sink away, 
 grant me. dear Saviour, this boon: 
 That I never, never may from thy smiles go 
 Xor share the impenitent's doom. [astray, 
 
 CHOBUS. 
 
 Roll on, then, old time, while I sigh for the land, 
 Through this dark, gloomy region of pain, 
 
 For fair Beuiah's land, and the pure spotless 
 band, 
 Where the King in his be?uty shall reign. 
 
 2 Pilgrim, Laste on thy way, for the sun's gliding 
 down; 
 Escape for thy life, while there's room; 
 
&8 DEVOTIOXAL HYMNSr 
 
 See dark clouds gath'ring round, mantling earth 
 ■with a froTvn, 
 And wide spreads the thick'ning gloom. 
 
 3 Pilgrim, hark, on each breeze as it comes from 
 
 afar, 
 How the low mutt'ring thunders break round I 
 From the dim distant shore rings the clarion of 
 
 war, 
 Haste thee on I soon thelast trump shall sound I 
 
 4 Pilgrim, lift up thj head, soon the kingdom 
 
 will cc'me. 
 And the saints then in glory appear; 
 In their fair Eden home, with their King ever 
 And his hand wipe away every tear, [roam, 
 
 12 C. M. 
 
 ATTEND, earth: God doth declare 
 His uncontrolled decree; 
 "Thou art my 8on. this day, my heir, 
 Have i begotten thee. 
 
 2 "Upon my holy Zion's hill 
 My King I thee ordain; 
 
 And though thy foes dispute my will, 
 Thou shalt furever reign. 
 
 3 "Ask, and receive tliy full demands; 
 Thine shall the heathen be; 
 
 The utmost limit of the lands 
 Shall be possessed by thee." 
 
»EVOTIONAL HYMNS. 0» 
 
 lo C. M. 
 
 ATTEND, and mark the solemn fast 
 Wliich to the Lord is dear; 
 Disdain the false, unhallowed mask 
 Which vain dissemblers wear. 
 
 2 Do I delight in sorrow's dress? 
 Saith lie who reigns above; 
 
 The hanging head and rueful look, 
 Will they attract my love? 
 
 3 Let such as feel oppression's load 
 Thy tender pity share; 
 
 And let the helpless, homeless poor 
 Be thy peculiar care. 
 
 4 Go, bid the hungry orphan be 
 With thy abundance blessed ; 
 
 Invite the wanderer to thy gate, 
 And spread the couch of rest. 
 
 5 Let him who pines with piercing cold 
 By thee be warmed and clad; 
 
 Be thine the blissful task to make 
 The downcast mourner glad. 
 
 6 Then, bright as morning, shall come forth, 
 In peace and joy, thy days; 
 
 And glory from the Lord above 
 Shall shine on all thy ways. 
 
 14 C. M. 
 
 AUTHOR of faith, eternal Word, 
 Whose Spirit breathes the active flame; 
 Faith, like its finisher and Lord, 
 To-day, as yesterday, the same: — 
 
70 DEVOTIONAL HYMNS. 
 
 2 To thee our humble hearts aspire, 
 And ask the gift unspeakable; ] 
 
 Increase in us the kindled fire, 
 In us the work of faith fulfil. 
 
 3 By faith we know thee strong to save: 
 (Save us, a present Saviour thou:) 
 
 Whate'er we hope, by faith we have; 
 Future and past, subsisting now. 
 
 4 To him that in thy Name believes. 
 Eternal life with thee is given; 
 
 Into himself he all receives, — 
 
 Pardon, and holiness, and heaven. 
 
 5 The things unknown to feeble sense, 
 Unseen by reason's glinim'ring ray, 
 
 With strong commanding evidence. 
 Their heavenly origin display. 
 
 6 Faith lends its realizing light; 
 
 The clouds disperse, the shadows fly; 
 Th' Invisible appears in sight, 
 And God is seen by mortal eye. 
 
 15 83. 
 
 AWAY with our sorrow and fear; 
 We soon shall recover our home; 
 The city of saints shall appear; 
 The day of eternity come. 
 
 2 Our mourning is all at an end, 
 
 When, raised by the life-giving word. 
 
 We see the new city descend. 
 
 Adorned as a bride for her Lord. 
 
DEVOTIONAL HYMNS. 71 
 
 3 By faith we already behold 
 That lovely Jerusalem here; 
 
 Her wall::! are of jasper and gold, 
 As crystal her buildings are clear. 
 
 4 The saints in God's presence receive 
 Their great and eternal reward; 
 
 With .Jesus forever they live. 
 
 And reigu on the earth with their Lord. 
 
 16 L. M. 
 
 BEFORE Jehovah's awful throne, 
 Ye nations bow, with sacred joy ; 
 Know that the Lord is God alone ; 
 He can create, and he destroy. 
 
 2 His sovereign power, without our aid. 
 Made us of clay, and formed us men ; 
 
 And when like wandering sheep we strayed, 
 He brought us to his fold again. 
 
 3 We'll crowd thy gates with thankful songs ; 
 High as the heavens our voices raise ; 
 
 And earth with her ten thousand tongues 
 Shall fill thy courts 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. 
 
 17 CM. 
 
 BEHOLD what condescending love 
 Jesus on earth displays I — 
 To babes and sucklings he extends 
 The riches of his grace. 
 
72 DEVOTIONAL HYMNS. 
 
 2 He still the ancient promise keeps, 
 To our forefathers given ; 
 
 Young children in his arms he takes, 
 And calls them heirs of heaven. 
 
 3 Forbid them not. whom .Jesus calls, 
 Xor dare the claim resist. 
 
 Since his own lips to us declare 
 Of such will heaven consist. 
 
 4 "With flowing tears, and thankful hearts, 
 We give them up to thee ; 
 
 Eeceive them, Lord, into thine arms; 
 Thine may they ever be. 
 
 ,18 CM. 
 
 BEHOLD the Saviour of mankind 
 Nail'd to the shameful tree ; 
 How vast the love that him inclined 
 To bleed and die for thee ! 
 
 2 Hark! how he groans, while nature shakes. 
 And earth's strong pillars bends : 
 
 The temple's veil in sunder breaks, — 
 The solid marbles rends. 
 
 3 'Tis doner the precious ransom's paid! 
 Receive my soul ! he cries : 
 
 See where he bows his sacred head; 
 He bows his head, and dies. 
 
 4 But soon he'll break death's envious chain, 
 And in full glory shine : 
 
 Lamb of God, was ever pnin, 
 Was ever love, like thine ? 
 
DEVOTIONAL HYilXS. / ^ 
 
 19 S.M. 
 
 BLEST be the tie that binds 
 Our hearts in Christian love; 
 The fellowship of kindred minds 
 Is like to that above. 
 
 2 Before our Father's throne, 
 We pour our ardent prayers; 
 
 Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one, — 
 Our comforts and our cares. 
 
 3 We share our mutual woes; 
 Our mutual burdens bear; 
 
 And often for each other flows 
 The sympathizing tear. 
 
 4 When we asunder part, 
 It gives us inward pain: 
 
 But we shall still be join'd in heart, 
 And hope to meet again. 
 
 20 H. M. 
 
 BLOW, ye the trumpet, blow 
 The gladly-solemn sound; 
 Let all the nations know, 
 To earth's remotest bound, 
 The year of jubilee is come; 
 Eeturn, ye ransom'd sinners, home. 
 
 2 Jesus, our great High Priest, 
 
 Hath full atonement made: 
 Ye weary spirits, rest; 
 
 Ye mournful souls be glad: 
 The year of jubilee is come; 
 Return, ye ransom'd sinners, home. 
 
74 DEVOTIONAL HYMXS. 
 
 3 Extol the Lamb of God,— 
 
 The all-atoning Lamb; 
 Redemption in his blood 
 
 Throughout the world proclaim; 
 The year of jubilee is come; 
 Return, ye ransom'd sinners, home. 
 
 6 The gospel trumpet hear, — 
 
 The news of heavenly grace; 
 And, saved from earth, appear 
 Before your Saviour's face: 
 The year of jubilee is come; 
 Return, ye ransom'd sinners, home. 
 
 21 
 
 BRETHREN, while we sojourn here. 
 Fight we must, but should not fear; 
 Foes we have, but we've a Friend, 
 One that loves us to the end: 
 Forward, then, with courage go, 
 Long we shall not dwell below; 
 Soon the joyful news will come, 
 "Child, your Father calls, Come home." 
 
 2 In the way a thousand snares 
 
 Lie to take us unawares; 
 
 Satan, with malicious art, 
 
 Watches each unguarded heart: 
 
 But from Satan's malice free, 
 
 Saints shall soon in glory be; 
 
 Soon the joyful news will come, 
 
 "Child, your Father calls, Come home." 
 
DEVOTIONAL HYMNS. 
 
 22 P. M. 
 
 Y faith I see my Saviour dying, 
 
 B 
 
 On the tree, on the tree; 
 To every nation he is crying, 
 
 Look to me, look to me; 
 He bids the guilty now draw near, 
 Eepent, believe, dismiss your fear 
 Hark! hark I what precious words I hear, 
 
 Mercy's free, mercy's free. 
 
 2 Did Christ, when I was sin pursuing, 
 
 Pity me, pity me? 
 And did he snatch my soul from ruin, 
 
 Can it be, can it be? 
 Oh yes! he did salvation bring. 
 He is my Prophet, Priest and King, 
 And now my happy soul can sing, 
 
 Mercy's free, mercy's free, 
 
 23 7s. 
 
 CHILDEEX of the heavenly King! 
 As ye journey, sweetly sing; 
 Sing your Saviour's worthy praise, 
 Glorious in his works and ways. 
 
 CHORUS. 
 
 Victory! victory! 
 When we've gained the victory; 
 how happy we shall be, 
 When we've gained the victory. 
 
 2 Ye are travelling home to God, 
 In the way the fathers trod; 
 They are happy now, and ye 
 Soon their happiness shall see. 
 
76 DEVOTIONAL HYMNS. 
 
 3. Shout, ye little flock, and blest; 
 You on Jesus' throne shall rest; 
 There, your seat is now prepared, — 
 There, your kingdom and reward. 
 
 4 Fear not, brethren, joyful stand 
 On the borders of your land; 
 Jesus Christ, your Father's Son, 
 Bids you undismayed go on. 
 
 24 7s. 
 
 CHRISTIANS, brethren, ere we part, 
 Every voice and every heart 
 Join, and to our Father raise 
 One last hymn of grateful praise. 
 
 2 Though we here should meet no more, 
 Yet there is a brighter shore: 
 There, released from toil and pain, 
 There we all may meet again. 
 
 25 P.M. 
 
 CillRISTIAX, the -warfare will now soon be 
 ; do not fear, do not fear I [o'er; 
 
 Soon thou wilt rest where thy foes come no 
 Be of good cheer, of good cheer! [more; 
 
 What though the night be so dreary and long? 
 "What though thy foes are unwearied and strong? 
 Soon thou shalt join in the conqueror's song: 
 Be of good cheer, of good cheer! 
 
 2 What though the billows of life darkly roll? 
 
 do not fear, do not fear ! 
 Friends all forsake thee, and cares press thy 
 
 Be of good cheer, of good cheer! [soul? 
 
DETOTIOXAL HYMNS. I t 
 
 Christian, remomber that Christ loves thee still 
 Only be faithful in doing his will ; 
 Soon thou wilt stand with him on Zion's hill: 
 Be of good cheer, of good cheer! 
 
 26 P.M. 
 
 CO^IE and reign ; come and reign, 
 Jesus on thy throne ; 
 And, 0, it fills my heart with joy 
 To know we're almost home. 
 Here I drop the falling tear, 
 
 As pilgrim-like 1 roam, 
 An exile from my Father's house; 
 But soon he'll call me home. 
 
 2 Here amid life's changing scenes, 
 My cup of grief runs o'er ; 
 
 But there Til share unmingled bliss 
 On Canaan's happy shore, 
 
 3 Here I grieve the friends I love, 
 And they in turn grieve me; 
 
 But 0, my Father, grant me grace, 
 That I may not grieve thee. 
 
 4 Here disease invades our frames, 
 We wither, droop, and die; 
 
 But there eternal youth shall bloom, 
 And bright shall beam each eye. 
 
 5 Here we meet and part again. 
 As round and round we roam ; 
 
 But there we'll meet and part no more. 
 And sweetly rest at home. 
 
78 DEVOTIONAL HYMNS. 
 
 27 7s. 
 
 C^OME, Desire of nations, come! 
 ; Hasten, Lord, the general doom! 
 Hear the Spirit and the Bride; 
 Come, and take us to thy side. 
 
 2 Thou, who hast our place prepared, 
 jMake us meet for our reward ; 
 
 Then with all thy saints descend; 
 Then our earthly trials end. 
 
 3 Mindful of thy chosen race, 
 Shorten these vindictive days ; 
 Who for full redemption groan; 
 Hear us now, and save thine own. 
 
 4 Xow destroy the Man of sin; 
 Kow thine ancient flock bring in; 
 Filled with righteousness divine, 
 Claim a ransomed world for thine. 
 
 5 Plant thy heavenly kingdom here; 
 Glorious in thy saints appear ; 
 Speak the sacred number sealed, 
 Speak the mystery revealed. 
 
 6 Take to thee thy royal power; 
 Ileign, when sin shall be no more ; 
 Eeign, when death no more shall be ; 
 Ileign to all eternity. 
 
 28 c. JL 
 
 CiOME, Holy Ghost, our hearts inspire; 
 ; Let us thine influence prove; — 
 Source of the old prophetic fire; 
 Fountain of life and love. 
 
DEVOTIOXAL HYMNS. 
 
 2 Come, Holy Ghost, for moved by thee 
 The prophets wrote and spoke: 
 
 Unlock the truth, thyself the key; 
 Unseal the sacred book. 
 
 3 Expand thy wings. Celestial Dove; 
 Brood o'er our nature's night; 
 
 On our disorder'd spirits move, 
 And let there now be light, 
 
 4 God, through himself, we then shall know, 
 If thou within us shine; 
 
 And sound, with all thy saints below, 
 The depths of love divine. 
 
 29 c. M. 
 
 COME, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove, 
 With all thy quick'ning powers; 
 Kindle a flame of sacred love 
 In these cold hearts of ours. 
 
 2 Look bow we grovel here below, 
 Fond of these earthly toys ; 
 
 Our souls, how heaviljr they go, 
 To reach et-ernal joys. 
 
 3 In vain we tun« our formal songs, — 
 In vain we strive to rise ; 
 
 Hosannas languish on our tongues, 
 And our devotion dies. 
 
 4 Father, and shall we ever live 
 At this poor dying rate: 
 
 Our love so faint, so cold to thee, 
 And thine to us so great? 
 
80 DEYOTIOXAL HYMNS. 
 
 5 Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove, 
 "With all thy quick'ning powers; 
 
 Come, shed abi-oad a Saviour's love, 
 And that shall kindle ours. 
 
 30 P.M. 
 
 COME, let us anew our journey pursue, 
 Roll round with the year, 
 And never stand still till the Master appear. 
 His adorable -will let us gladly fulfil, 
 
 And our talents improve, 
 By the patience of hope, and the labour of love. 
 
 2 Our life is a dream; our time as a stream, 
 
 Glides swiftly away, 
 And the fugitive moment refuses to stay. 
 The arrow is flown, — the moment is gone ; 
 
 The millennial year 
 Rushes on to our view, and eternity's here. 
 
 3 that each, in the day of His coming, may 
 
 1 have fought my -way through ; [say, — 
 T have finished the woi"k thou didst give me to do. 
 that each from his Lord may receive the glad 
 
 Well and faithfully done ! [word, — 
 
 Enter into my joy, and sit down on my throne. 
 
 Oi CM. 
 
 COME, let us join our cheerful songs 
 With angels round the throne; 
 Ten thousand thousand are their tongues. 
 But all their joys are one. 
 
 2 Worthy the Lamb that died, they cry, 
 To be exalted thus: 
 
DEVOTIONAL HYMNS. 81 
 
 Worthy the Lamb, our hearts reply, 
 For he was slain for us. 
 
 8 Jesus is worthy to receive 
 
 Honour and power diviue ; 
 An(J blessings more than we can give, 
 
 Be, Lord, forever thine. 
 
 4 The whole creation join in one, 
 
 To bless the sacred Name 
 Of Him that sits upon the throne. 
 
 And to adore the Lamb. 
 
 32 c. M. 
 
 COME, let us use the grace divine, 
 And all, with one accord. 
 In a perpetual cov'nant join 
 
 Ourselves to Christ the Lord; — 
 
 2 Give up ourselves, through Jesus' power, 
 His name to glorify ; 
 
 And promise, in this sacred hour, 
 For God to live and die. 
 
 3 The cov'nant we this moment make 
 Be ever kept in mind; 
 
 We will no more our God forsake. 
 Or cast his words behind. 
 
 4 We never will throw off his fear, 
 
 Who hears our solemn vow ; 
 And if thou art well pleased to hear,. 
 Come down, and meet us now. 
 
 6 
 
82 DEVOTIONAL HYMNS. 
 
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 O O 7s. 
 
 C^0:MING Saviour, now in faith, 
 I We remember still thy death ; 
 Thou wast broken, thou hast died. 
 For us thou wast crucified. 
 
 2 "While in faith we drink the wine. 
 Of thy blood we see the sign ; 
 Wash us pure from every stain, 
 Thou that comest soon to reign. 
 
 3 Lord, we thus remember thee ; 
 But we long thy face to see, 
 Long to reach our heavenly home ; 
 "Come, Lord Jesus, quickly come!" 
 
 4 Quickly thou thyself wilt come ; 
 Thou wilt raise us to thy throne, 
 And thy glories here display 
 Through the never-ending day. 
 
 o4 C. M. 
 
 COME, Saviour, let thy tokens prove, 
 Fitted by heavenly art, 
 As channels to convey thy love, 
 To every faithful heart. 
 
 2 The living bread, sent down from heaven, 
 In us vouchsafe to be ; 
 
 Thy flesh for all the world is given, 
 And all may live by thee. 
 
 3 Now, Lord, on us thy flesh bestow. 
 And let us drink thy blood, 
 
 Till all our souls are filled, below, 
 With all the life of God. 
 
DEYOTIOXAL HYMNS. 83 
 
 4 Determined nothing else to know 
 
 But Jesus crucified, 
 We will not from our Jesus go, 
 
 Or leave his wounded side. 
 
 35 CM. 
 
 GOME, trembling sinner, in whose breast 
 A thousand thoughts revolve; 
 Come, with your guilt and fear oppressed, 
 And make this last resolve: 
 
 2 I'll go to Jesus, though my sin 
 Hath like a mountain rose; 
 
 I know his courts, I'll enter in, 
 Whatever may oppose. 
 
 3 Perhaps he will admit my plea, 
 Perhaps will hear my prayer; 
 
 But if I perish, I will pray. 
 And perish only there. 
 
 4 I can but perish if I go ; 
 I am resolved to try ; 
 
 For if I stay away, I know 
 
 1 must forever die. 
 
 36 S.i^I. v^.^ 
 
 CiOME, we that love the Lord, ;\ 
 
 J And let our joys be known; 
 Join in a song with sweet accord. 
 And thus surround the throne. 
 
 2 The sorrows of the mind 
 Be banished from the place; 
 
 Keligion never wns designed 
 To make our pleasures less. 
 
84 DEVOTIONAL HYMXS. 
 
 3 The men of grace have found 
 
 Glory begun below; 
 Celestial fruits on earthly ground, 
 
 From faith and hope may grow. 
 
 5 There we shall see his face, 
 
 And never, never sin; 
 There, from the rivers of his grace, 
 
 Drink endless pleasures in. 
 
 *J i 8s. 7s. 4s. 
 
 COME, ye sinners, poor and needy, 
 Weak and wounded, sick and sore; 
 Jesus ready stands to save you, 
 Full of mercy, love, and power. 
 
 He is able, 
 He is willing: doubt no more. 
 
 2 Ho! ye needy, come and welcome, 
 God's free bounty glorify ; 
 
 True belief, and true repentance. 
 Every grace that brings us nigh. 
 
 AVithout money, 
 Come to Jesus Christ, and buy. 
 
 3 Let not conscience make you linger, 
 Nor of fitness fondly dream! 
 
 All the fitness he requireth 
 Is to feel your need of him. 
 
 This he gives you, 
 'Tis the Spirit's rising beam. 
 
 4 Come, ye weary, heavy-laden. 
 Lost and ruined by the fall. 
 
 If you tarry till you're better, 
 You will never come at all. 
 
 Not the righteous. 
 Sinners, Jesus came to call. 
 
DEVOTIONAL HYMNS. 85 
 
 5 Lo! the incarnate God, ascended, 
 
 Pleads the merit of his blood, 
 Venture on him, venture wholly, 
 
 Let no other trust intrude; 
 None but Jesus 
 
 Can do helpless sinners good. 
 
 38 H.M. 
 
 COME, ye who love the Lord, 
 And feel his quick'ning power, 
 Unite with one accord, 
 
 His goodness to adore; 
 To heaven and earth aloud proclaim 
 Your great Redeemer's glorious name! 
 
 2 He left his throne above, 
 His glory laid aside, 
 
 Came down on wings of love, 
 
 And wept, and bled, and died: 
 The pangs he bore, what tongue can tell. 
 To save our souls from death and hell? 
 
 3 He burst the grave ; he rose 
 Victorious from the dead; 
 
 And thence his vanquished foes 
 
 In glorious triumph led: 
 Up through the heavens the Conq'ror rode 
 Triumphant to the throne of God. 
 
 4 He soon again will come, 
 His chariot will not stay, 
 
 To take his children home 
 
 To realms of endless day: 
 We there shall see him face to face, 
 And sing the triumphs of his grace. 
 
) DEYOTIOXAL HTilNS. 
 
 39 s. M. 
 
 COME, sinners, to the gospel feast; 
 Let every soul be Jesus' guest: 
 Ye need not one be left behind, 
 For God hath bidden all mankind. 
 
 2 Sent by my Lord, on you I call; 
 The invitation is to all: — 
 
 Come all the world I come, sinner, thou! 
 All things in Christ are ready now. 
 
 3 Come, all ye souls by sin oppress'd, 
 Ye restless wand'rers after rest; 
 
 Ye poor, and maim'd, and halt, and blind, 
 In Chi'ist a hearty welcome find. 
 
 4 My message as from God receive; 
 Ye all may come to Christ and live: 
 
 let his love your hearts constrain, 
 Nor suffer him to die in vain. 
 
 40 CM. 
 
 COME, my God, the promise seal, 
 This mountain, sin, remove; 
 Now in my waiting soul reveal 
 The virtue of thy love. 
 
 2 I want thy life, thy purity, 
 Thy righteousness, brought in: 
 
 1 ask, desire, and trust in thee 
 
 To be redeem'd from sin. 
 
 3 For this, as taught by thee, I pray, 
 My inbred sin cast out: 
 
 Thou wilt, in me, thy power display; • 
 I can no longer doubt. 
 
DEYOTIOXAL IIYMXS. 
 
 4 Let anger, sloth, desire, and pride, 
 This moment be subdued; 
 
 Be cast into the crimson tide 
 Of my Redeemer's blood. 
 
 5 'Tis done; thou dost this moment save— 
 With full salvation bless; 
 
 Eedemption through thy blood I have, 
 And spotless love and peace. 
 
 41 L.P.M. 
 
 CO^IE, thou Traveller unknown, 
 AVhom still I hold, but cannot see; 
 My company before is gone, 
 
 And I am left alone -with thee: 
 With thee all night I mean to stay, 
 And wrestle till the break of day. 
 
 2 I need not tell thee who I am; 
 My sin and misery declare; 
 
 Thyself hast call'd me by my name; 
 
 Look on thy hands, and read it there: 
 But who, I ask thee, who art thou? 
 Tell me thy name, and tell me now. 
 
 3 In vain thou strugglest to get free; 
 I never will unloose my hold: 
 
 Art thou the Man that died for me? 
 
 The secret of thy love unfold: 
 Wrestling, I will not let thee go, 
 Till I thy name, thy nature know. 
 
 42 ^ s.M. 
 
 COME, sound his praise abroad, 
 And hymns of glory sing : 
 Jehovah is the sov'reign God, 
 The universal king, 
 
88 DEVOTIONAL HYMNS. 
 
 2 He form'd the deeps unknown ; 
 He gave the seas their bound; 
 
 The wafry worlds are all his cwn, 
 And all the solid ground. 
 
 3 Come, worship at his throne, 
 Come, bow before the Lord; 
 
 We are his works, and not our own, 
 He form'd us by his word. 
 
 4 To-day attend his voice, 
 Nor dare provoke his rod; 
 
 Come, like the people of his choice, 
 And own your gracious God. 
 
 43 L.M. 
 
 COME, tune, ye saints, your noblest strains, 
 Your dying, risen Lord to sing; 
 And echo, to the heavenly plains, 
 The triumphs of your Saviour King. 
 
 2 In songs of grateful rapture tell 
 How he subdued your potent foes; 
 
 Subdued the powers of death and hell, 
 And, dying, finished all your woes. 
 
 3 Then to his glorious throne on high 
 Returned, while hymning angels round, 
 
 Through the bright arches of the sky. 
 The Lord, the conquering Lord, resound. 
 
 4 Almighty love! victorious power I 
 Not angel tongues can e'er display 
 
 The wonders of that dreadful hour — 
 The joys of that illustrious day. 
 
DEVOTIONAL HYMNS. 89 
 
 5 Dear Saviour, let thy wondrous grace 
 Fill every heart, and every tongue; 
 
 Till the full glories of thy face 
 Inspire a sweeter, nobler song. 
 
 44 7s. 
 
 DEPTH of mercy! can there be 
 Mercy still reserved for me? 
 Can my God his wrath forbear? 
 Me, the chief of sinners, spare? 
 
 2 I have long withstood his grace; 
 Long provoked him to his face ; 
 Would not hearken to his calls; 
 Grieved him by a thousand falls. 
 
 3 Now incline me to repent; 
 Let me now my sins lament; 
 Now my soul revolt deplore, 
 Weep, believe, and sin no more. 
 
 4 Kindled his relentings are; 
 Me he now delights to spare; 
 Cries, How shall I give thee up? — 
 Lets the lifted thunder drop. 
 
 5 There for me the Saviour stands; 
 Shows his wounds, and spreads his hands; 
 God is love! I know, I feel; 
 
 Jesus weeps, and loves me still. 
 
 45 H.M. 
 
 DOWN from the willow-bough 
 My slumbering harp I'll take, 
 And bid its silent strings 
 
 To heavenly themes awake: 
 How peaceful should its breathings be, 
 Diar Saviour, when I sing of thee ! 
 
90 DEVOTIONAL HTMXS. 
 
 2 Love, Love on earth appears; 
 The wretched throng his way ; 
 
 He beareth all their griefs, 
 
 And wipes their tears away; 
 How soft and sweet the strain should be 
 "Whene'er I sing of Calvary ! 
 
 3 <*I die for thee," he said, 
 Behold the cross arise; 
 
 And lo, he bows his head, 
 
 He bows his head and dies! 
 Soft, soft, my harp, thy breathings be! 
 Here let me weep on Calvary. 
 
 46 L. M. 
 
 ETERNAL Power, whose high abode 
 Becomes the grandeur of a God: 
 Infinite lengths, beyond the bounds 
 Where stars revolve their little rounds: 
 
 2 Thee while the first archangel sings, 
 He hides his face behind his wings: 
 And ranks of shining thrones around 
 Fall worshipping, and spread the ground. 
 
 o Lord, what shall earth and ashes do? 
 We would adore our Maker too; 
 From sin and dust to thee we cry, 
 The Great, the Holy, and the High. '^ 
 
 4 Earth, from afar, hath heard thy fame, 
 And worms have learn'd to lisp thy name; 
 But 0! the glories of thy mind 
 Leave all our soaring thoughts behind. 
 
DEVOTIONAL HYMNS. 91 
 
 5 God is in heaven, and men below: 
 Be short our tunes; our words be few: 
 A solemn rev'rence check our songs. 
 And praise sits silent on our tongues. 
 
 47 L. M. 
 
 AR from my thoughts, vain world, begone, 
 
 F 
 
 Let my religious hours alone: 
 
 From flesh and sense I would be free, 
 
 And hold communion, Lord, with thee. 
 
 2 My heart grows warm with holy fire, 
 And kindles with a pure desire 
 To see thy grace, to taste thy love, 
 And feel thy influence from above. 
 
 48 c. M. 
 
 FATHER, how wide thy glory shines, 
 How high thy wonders rise! 
 Known through the earth by thousand signs, 
 Bj thousands through the skies. 
 
 2 Those mighty orbs proclaim thy power; 
 
 Their motions speak thy skill: 
 And on the wings of every hour 
 
 We read thy patience still. 
 
 8 Part of thy Name divinely stands, 
 
 On all thy creatures writ; 
 They show the labour of thy hands, 
 
 Or impress of thy feet: 
 
 4 But when we view thy strange design 
 
 To save rebellious worms, 
 "Where vengeance and compassion join 
 
 In their divinest forms : 
 
92 DEYOTIOXAL HYMNS. 
 
 5 Here the whole Deity is known, 
 Nor dares a creature guess 
 
 Which of the glories brighter shone, 
 The justice or the grace. 
 
 49 7s 
 
 FATHER, Son, and Holy Ghost, 
 One in Three, and Three in One, 
 As by the celestial host, 
 
 Let thy will on earth be done; 
 Praise by all to thee be given, 
 Glorious Lord of earth and heaven. 
 
 2 If so poor a worm as I 
 May to thy great glory live, 
 
 All my actions sanctify. 
 
 All my words and thoughts receive; 
 Claim me for thy service, claim 
 All I have, and all I am. 
 
 3 Take my soul and body's powers; 
 Take my mera'ry, mind, and will; 
 
 All my goods, and all my hours; 
 
 All I know, and all I feel; 
 All I think, or speak, or do; 
 Take my heart, but make it new. 
 
 50 S. M. 
 
 ^ ^ T7( OR ever with the Lord ! " 
 J] Amen, so let it be; 
 Life for the dead is in that word, 
 
 'Tis immortality. 
 Here in the body pent, 
 
DEVOTIONAL HYMNS. 93 
 
 Absent from Ilim I roam; 
 Yet nightly pitch my moving tent 
 
 A day's march nearer home, 
 Nearer home, nearer home, 
 A day's march nearer home. 
 
 2 My father's house on high, 
 
 Home of my soul, how near 
 At times, to faith's aspiring eye, 
 
 Thy golden gates appear! 
 Ah, then my spirit faints, 
 
 To reach the land I love; 
 The bright inheritance of saints, 
 
 Jerusalem above. 
 
 51 L. M. 
 
 FROM every stormy wind that blows, 
 From every swelling tide of woes, 
 There is a calm, a sure retreat, 
 'Tis found beneath the mercy-seat. 
 
 2 There is a place where Jesus sheds 
 The oil of gladness on our heads; 
 
 A place of all on earth most sweet; 
 It is the blood-bought mercy-seat. 
 
 3 There is a scene where spirits blend. 
 Where friend holds fellowship with friend; 
 Though sundered far, by faith they meet 
 Around one common mercy-seat. 
 
 4 There, there, on eagle's wings we soar, 
 And sin and sense molest no more; 
 
 And heaven comes down our souls to greet. 
 And glory crowns the mercy-seat. 
 
94 DEYOTIONAL HYMNS. 
 
 52 c. M. 
 
 FROM vrhence doth this union arise, 
 That hatred is conquered by love? 
 It fastens our souls in such ties 
 
 That nature and time can't remove. 
 
 2 It cannot in Eden be found, 
 Nor yet in a paradise lost; 
 
 It grows on Immanuel's ground, 
 And Jesus' dear blood it did cost. 
 
 3 Why then so unwilling to part, 
 Since we shall ere long meet again? 
 
 Engraved on Immanuel's heart, 
 At distance we cannot remain. 
 
 4 And when we shall see the bright day, 
 When .Jesus descends from above, 
 
 And angels his glory display, 
 We then to his kingdom remove. 
 
 5 With .Jesus we ever shall reign, 
 And all his rich glory shall see; 
 
 Then sing Hallelujah, Amen! 
 Amen, even so let it be! 
 
 53 L. M. 
 
 FROM all that dwell below the skies, 
 Let the Creator's praise arise; 
 Let the Redeemer's name be sung, 
 Through 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. 
 
DEVOTIOXAL HYMXS. 95 
 
 3 Your lofty themef, ye mortals, bring; 
 In songs of praise divinely sing; 
 
 The great salvation loud proclaim, 
 And shout for joy the Saviour's name. 
 
 4 In every land begin the song; 
 To every land the strains belong: 
 In cheerful sounds all voices rai:^e, 
 And fill the world with loudest praise. 
 
 54 L. M. 
 
 Go, preach the gospel, saith the Lord; 
 Bid the whole world my grace receive; 
 He shall be saved who trusts my word, 
 And he condemned who won't believe. 
 
 2 I'll make your great commission known; 
 And ye shall prove my gospel true, 
 
 By all the works that I have done, 
 By all the wonders ye shall do. 
 
 3 Teach all the nations my commands; 
 I'm with you till the world shall end; 
 
 All power is trusted in my hands; 
 I can destroy, and I defend. 
 
 55 L. M. 
 
 GREAT God, indulge my humble claim; 
 Be thou my hope, my joy, my rest; 
 The glories that compose thy name 
 Stand all engaged to make me blest. 
 
 2 Thou great and good, thou just and wise, 
 Thou art my Father and my God; 
 
 And I am thine by sacred ties, — 
 
 Thy son, thy servant bought with blood. 
 
96 DEVOTIONAL HYMNS. 
 
 3 With heart and eyes, and lifted hands, 
 For thee I long, to thee I look; 
 
 As travellers in thirsty lands 
 
 Pant fur the cooling water-brook. 
 
 4 I'll lift my hands, I'll raise my voice, 
 While I have breath to pray or praise: 
 
 This work shall make my heart rejoice, 
 ^nd fill the remnant of my days. 
 
 56 s. M. 
 
 r^ REAT God, now condescend 
 Ijr To bless our rising race; 
 Soon may their willing spirits bend, 
 The subjects of thy grace. 
 
 2 what a pure delight 
 Their happiness to see; 
 
 Our warmest wishes all unite, 
 To lead their souls to thee. 
 
 3 Now bless, thou God of love, 
 This ordinance divine; 
 
 Send thy good Spirit from above. 
 And make these children thine. 
 
 57 L. M. 
 
 ni REAT God of nations, now to thee 
 \3f Our hymn of gratitude we raise; 
 With humble heart, and bending knee, 
 We otfer thee our song of praise. 
 
 2 Thy Xame we bless, almighty God, 
 For all the kindness thou hast shown 
 
 To this fair land the pilgrims trod, — 
 This laud we fondly call our own. 
 
DEYOTIOXAL HYMNS. 97 
 
 3 Here freedom spreads her banner wide, 
 And casts her soft and hallow'd ray; 
 
 Here thou our fathers' steps didst guide 
 In safety through their dang'rous ■way. 
 
 4 We praise thee that the gospel's light 
 Through all our land its radiance sheds; 
 
 Dispels the shades of error's night, 
 
 And heavenly blessings round us spreads, 
 
 5 Great God, preserve us in thy fear; 
 In danger still our guardian be; 
 
 0, spread thy truth's bright precepts here; 
 Let all the people worship thee. 
 
 58 C. M. 
 
 HAKK! from the tombs a doleful sound; 
 My ears, attend the cry: — 
 Ye living men, come view the ground 
 Where you must shortly lie. 
 
 2 Princes, this clay must be your bed, 
 In spite of all your towers; 
 
 The tall, the wise, the reverend head, 
 Shall lie as low as ours. 
 
 3 Great God! is this our certain doom, 
 And are we still secure? 
 
 Still walking downward to the tomb, 
 And yet prepared no more? 
 
 4 Grant us the power of quick'ning grace, 
 To fit our souls to fly; 
 
 Then when we drop this dying flesh, 
 We'll ri;e above the sky. 
 
 7 
 
98 DEVOTIONAL HYMNS. 
 
 59 8s, 4s. 
 
 HAEKI how the Gospel trumpet sounds I 
 Through all the world the echo bounds, 
 And Jesus, by redeeming blood, 
 Is bringing sinners back to God: 
 And guides them safely by his word 
 To endless day. 
 
 2 Hail! all-victorious, conqu'ring Lord! 
 Be thou by all thy works adnr'd, 
 
 "Who undertook for sinful man, 
 And brought salvation through thy name, 
 That we with thee may ever reign 
 In endless day. 
 
 3 Fight on, ye conqu'ring souls, fight on! 
 And when the conquest you have won. 
 Then palms of vict'ry you shall bear, 
 And in his kingdom have a share; 
 
 And crowns of glory ever wear 
 In exidless day, 
 
 60 p. M. 
 
 HARK, ten thousand harps and voices 
 Sound the notes of praise above; 
 Jesus reigns, and heaven rejoices; 
 
 Jesus reigns, the God of love: 
 See, he sits on yonder throne; 
 Jesus rules the world alone. 
 
 Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, Amen! 
 
 2 Jesus, hail, whose glory brightens 
 All above, and gives it worth; 
 
 Lord of life, thy smile enlightens, 
 
 Cheers and charms thy saints on earth ; 
 
DEVOTION'AL HYMXS. 99 
 
 When we think of love like thine, 
 Lord, we own it love divine. 
 
 Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, Amen! 
 
 61 73. 
 
 HARK! the song of jubilee, 
 Loud as mighty thunders roar, 
 Or the fulness of the sea 
 
 When it breaks upon the shore. 
 
 2 Hallelujah! for the Lord 
 God Omnipotent shall reign; 
 
 Hallelujah! let the word 
 
 Echo round the earth and main. 
 
 3 See Jehovah's banner furled, 
 Sheathed his sword, he speaks, 'tis done, 
 
 And the kingdoms of this world 
 Are the kiugdoms of his Son. 
 
 4 He shall reign from pole to pole, 
 With illimitable sway: 
 
 He shall reign when like a scroll 
 Yonder heavens shall pass away. 
 
 62 P. jr. 
 
 ASTE, my dull soul, arise, 
 
 H 
 
 Shake otf thy care; 
 Press to thy native skies, 
 
 Mighty in prayer. 
 Christ, he has gooe before. 
 Count all thy sufferings o'er, 
 He all thy burdens bore — 
 
 Jesus is there. 
 
100 DEYOTIOXAL HYMNS. 
 
 2 Souls for the marrlige feast 
 Robed and prepared ; 
 
 Holy must be such guests: 
 
 Jesus is there! 
 Saints, wear your victory palms, 
 Chant your celestial psalms; 
 Bride of the Lamb, thy charms 
 
 0, let me wear! 
 
 3 Heaven's bliss is perfect, pure, 
 Jesus is there! 
 
 Heaven's bliss is ever sure, 
 
 Thou art its heir. 
 What makes its joys complete? 
 "What makes its hymns so sweet? 
 There we our friends will greet: 
 
 Jesus is there! 
 
 63 7s, 6s. 
 
 HAIL to the Lord's anointed, 
 Great Davids greater Son, 
 Hail in the time appointed, 
 
 His reign on earth begun! 
 He comes to break oppression, 
 
 To set the captive free; 
 To take away transgression, 
 And rule in equity. 
 
 2 He comes with succour speedy 
 
 To those who suffer wrong; 
 To help the poor and needy, 
 
 And bid the weak be strong; 
 To give them songs for sighing, 
 
 Their darkness turn to light, . 
 "Whose souls, condemned and dying, 
 
 Were precious in his sight. 
 
DEVOTIONAL HYMNS. 101 
 
 64 S. M. 
 
 HOW beauteous nre their feet, 
 Who stand on Zion's hill; 
 That bring salvation on their tongues, 
 And words of peace reveal I 
 
 2 How charming is their voice, 
 So sweet the tidings are; 
 
 "Zion, behold thy Saviour King; 
 He reigns and triumphs here!" 
 
 3 How happy are our ears, 
 That hear the joyful sound. 
 
 Which kings and prophets waited for, 
 And sought, but never found I 
 
 4 How blessed are our eyes. 
 That see this heavenly light; 
 
 Prophets and kings desir'd it long, 
 But died without the sight ! 
 
 65 C. M. 
 
 HOW calmly wakes the hallowed dawn I 
 How tranquil earth's repose I 
 Meet emblem of the Sabbath moru 
 When, early, Jesus rose. 
 
 2 How fair, along the rippling wave, 
 The radiant light is cast I 
 
 A symbol of the mystic grave 
 
 Through which the Saviour passed. 
 
 3 Around this scene of sacred love 
 The peace of heaven is shed; 
 
 So came the Spirit, like a dove, 
 To rest on Jesus' head. 
 
102 DEVOTIONAL HTMXS. 
 
 4 Lord, meet us in this path of thine; 
 
 We come thy right to seal; 
 Move o'er the wat'^rs, Dove divine, 
 
 And all thy grace reveal. ^ 
 
 66 8s, 6s. 
 
 HOW htippy are the little flock, 
 Who, sate beneath their guardian Rock, 
 In all commotions rest! 
 When war's and tumult's waves run high, 
 Unmoved above the storm they lie, 
 And lodge in Jesus' breast. 
 
 2 Such happiness, Lord, have we, 
 By mercj" gathered in to thee 
 
 Before the floods descend; 
 And, while the bursting cloud comes down, 
 We mark the vengefiil day begun, 
 
 And calmly wait the end. 
 
 o The plague, and dearth, and din of war, 
 Our Saviour's swift approach declare. 
 
 And bid our hearts arise; 
 Earth's basis shook confirms our hope; 
 Its cities' fall but lifts us up 
 
 To meet thee in the skies. 
 
 4 Thy tokens we with joy confess; 
 
 The war proclaims thee Prince of Peace; 
 
 The earthquake speaks tliy power; 
 The famine all thy fulness brings; 
 The plague presents thy healing wings 
 
 And nature's final hour. 
 
DEVOTIONAL HYMXS. 103 
 
 5 Whatever ills the world befall 
 A pledge of endless good we call, 
 
 A sign of Jesus near; 
 His chariot will not long delay; 
 We hear the rumbling wheels, and pray, 
 
 '•Triumphant Lord, appear 1" 
 
 67 p. M 
 
 How happy are they 
 Who their Saviour obey, 
 And have laid up their treasure above! 
 Tongue cannot express 
 The sweet comfort and peace 
 Of a soul in its earliest love. 
 
 2 That comfort was mine 
 When the favour divine 
 
 I first found in the blood of the Lamb; 
 
 When my heart it believed, 
 
 W^hat a joy I veceived, 
 What a heaven in Jesus' name! 
 
 3 'Twas a heaven below 
 My Redeemer to know, 
 
 And the angels could do nothing more 
 
 Thau to fall at his feet. 
 
 And the story repeat, 
 And the lover of sinners adore. 
 
 4 Jesus all the day long 
 W^as my joy and my song; 
 
 that all his salvation might see! 
 He hath loved me, I cried. 
 He hath suffered and died, 
 
 To redeem even rebels like me. 
 
104 DEVOTIONAL HYMNS. 
 
 6 the rapturous height 
 
 Of that holy delight 
 Which I felt in the life-giving blood! 
 
 Of my Saviour possessed, 
 
 I was perfectly blest, 
 As if filled with the fulness of God. 
 
 68 C. M. 
 
 HOW happy every child of grace, 
 Who knows his sins forgiven! 
 This earth, he cries, is not my place — 
 
 I seek my rest in heaven ; 
 A country far from mortal sight; 
 
 Yet, 0, by faith I see 
 The land of rest, the saint's delight, 
 The heaven prepared for me! 
 
 2 0, what a blessed hope is ours! 
 
 While here on earth we stay, 
 We more than taste the heavenly powers, 
 
 And antedate that day; 
 We feel the resurrection near, 
 
 Our life in Christ concealed. 
 And with his glorious presence here 
 
 Our earthen vessels filled. 
 
 69 P. M. 
 
 HOW precious is the name! brethren sing, 
 brethren sing, 
 How precious is the name! brethren sing. 
 How precious is the name 
 Of Christ, our Paschal Lamb, 
 Who bore our sin and shame on the tree, on th 
 Who bore our sin and shame on the tree! [tree! 
 
 i 
 
DEVOTIONAL HTMNS. 105 
 
 2 I've given all for Christ, he's my all, he's my 
 I've given all for Christ, he's my all; [all; 
 
 I've given all for Christ, 
 
 And my spirit cannot rest, 
 Unless he's in my breast, reigning there, reign- 
 ing there; 
 Unless he's in my breast reigning there. 
 
 3 Ilis easy yoke I'll bear, -with delight, "with de- 
 His easy yoke I'll bear, with delight; [light j 
 
 His easy yoke I'll bear. 
 
 And his cross I -will not fear; 
 His name I will declare, evermore, evermore; 
 His name I will declare evermore. 
 
 70 p. M. 
 
 How swiftly the years of onr pilgrimage fly, 
 As days, months and years roll silently by; 
 Our days are soon numbered, and death sounds 
 our knell. 
 We scarce know our friends, till we bid them 
 farewell. 
 
 2 The righteous and itnrighteous all move along 
 , In crowds to the grave, both the old and the 
 
 young; 
 The good rise to heaven, the bad sink to hell, 
 They take on its verge an eternal farewell. 
 
 3 Oh God! are mankind hastening on to the 
 
 tomb? 
 Must hard-hearted sinners soon meet their 
 just doom? 
 Save! Save! great Redeemer, oh break the sad 
 spell: 
 Forgive and prepare them to bid earth fare- 
 well. 
 
106 DEVOTIONAL HYMNS. 
 
 4 To you fellow Christians, I turn with delight, 
 The grave cannot harm you, your prospects 
 are bright ! 
 Be faithful and humble, temptations repel, 
 You'll soon leave the world with a cheerful 
 farewell. 
 
 71 8s. 
 
 HOW tedious and tasteless the hours, 
 When Jei-us no longer I see! 
 Sweet prospect-, sweet birds, and sweet flowers. 
 
 Have all lost their sweetness to me; 
 The midsummer sun shines but dim, 
 
 The fields strive in vain to look gay; 
 But when I am happy in him, 
 December 's as pleasant as May. 
 
 2 His name yields the richest perfume, 
 And sweeter than music his voice; 
 
 His presence disperses my gloom, 
 And makes ail within me rejoice. 
 
 Content with beludding his face. 
 My all to his pleasure resigned, 
 
 No changes of season or place 
 
 Would make any change in my mind. 
 
 3 Dear Lord, if indeed I am thine. 
 If thou art my sun and my song. 
 
 Say, why do I languish and pine? 
 
 And why are my winters so long? 
 0, drive these dark clouds from my sky I 
 
 Thy soul-cheering presence restore; 
 And bid me rejoice in thee nigh; 
 
 Then winter and clouds are no more. 
 
DEVOTIONAL HYilXS. 107 
 
 72 7s, ns. 
 
 How long, Lord, our Saviour, 
 AVilt thou reiunin away? 
 Our hearts are growing weary 
 
 Of thy so long delay; 
 0, when ^hall come the moment 
 When, brighter far than morn, 
 The sunshine of thy glory 
 Shall on the people dawn? 
 
 2 How long, gracious Master, 
 
 Wilt thou thy household leave? 
 So long hast thou now tarried, 
 
 Few thy return believe. 
 Immersed in sloth and folly. 
 
 Thy servants, Lord, we see; 
 And few of us stand ready 
 
 With joy to welcome thee. 
 
 8 How long, heavenly Bridegroom! 
 
 How long wilt thou delay? 
 And yet how few are grieving 
 
 That thou dost absent stay! 
 Thy very bride her portion 
 
 And calling hath forgot, 
 And seeks for ease and glory 
 
 Where thou, her Lord, art not, 
 
 4 0, wake thy slumb'ring virgins! 
 
 Send forth the solemn cry, 
 Let all thy saints repeat it, 
 
 "The Bridegroom draweth nigh!" 
 May all our lamps be burning, 
 
 Our loins well girded be. 
 Each longing heart preparing 
 
 With joy thy face to see. 
 
73 
 
 108 DEVOTIONAL HYMNS. 
 
 CM. 
 '^ T COME." the great Redeemer cries, 
 
 J. " To do thy will, Lord!" 
 At Jordan's flood, behold, he seals 
 The sure prophetic word. 
 
 2 "Thus it becomes us to fulfil 
 All righteousness," he said; 
 
 He spake obedient, and beneath 
 The yielding -wave -was laid. 
 
 3 Hark! a glad voice: the Father speaks 
 From heaven's exalted height : 
 
 "This is my Son, my -well-beloved, 
 My joy, my chief delight." 
 
 74 L. P. M. 
 
 I CALL the world's Redeemer mine; 
 He lives who died for me, I know, — 
 "Who bought my soul with blood divine: 
 
 Jesus shall re-appear below, — 
 Stand in that dreadful day unknown, 
 And fix on earth his heavenly throne. 
 
 2 Then the last judgment-day shall come. 
 And though the worms this skin devour, 
 
 The Judge shall call me from the tomb, 
 
 Shall bid the greedy grave restore, 
 And raise this individual me, 
 God in the flesh, my God, to see. 
 
 3 In this identic body, I, 
 
 With eyes of flesh refined, restored, 
 Shall see that self-same Saviour nigh, 
 
 See for myself my smiling Lord; 
 See with ineffable dcjight, 
 Nor faint to bear the glorious sight. 
 
DETOTIONAL HYMNS. 109 
 
 75 c. M. 
 
 I KNOW that my Redeemer lives, 
 And ever prays for me: 
 A token of his love he gives, — 
 A pledge of liberty. 
 
 2 I find hira lifting up my head; 
 He brings salvation near; 
 
 His presence makes me free indeed. 
 And he will soon appear. 
 
 3 He -wills that I should holy be! 
 "\Vhat can -withstand his -will? 
 
 The counsel of his grace in me 
 He surely shall fulfil. 
 
 4 .Jesus, I hang upon thy word; 
 I steadfastly believe 
 
 Thou wilt return, and claim me. Lord, 
 And to thyself receive. 
 
 76 P.M. 
 
 I'M glad salvation's free, 
 And without price or cost; 
 For had it beea for me to buy, 
 My soul must have been lost. 
 
 CHORUS. ; 
 
 I'm glad salvation's free — 
 I'm glad salvation's free — 
 Salvation's free for you and me, 
 I'm glad salvation's free. 
 
 2 In this cold world below, 
 
 AVith none to care for me; 
 A pilgrim lone, without a home, — 
 
 I'm glad salvation's free. 
 
110 DEYOTIOXAL HYMX?. 
 
 3 Once I was blind and lost, 
 
 Of sin and sorrow full; 
 But now I'm saved thro' Jesus' blood, — 
 
 I feel it in my soul. 
 
 77 P.M. 
 
 I'M a pilgrim and I'm a stranger; 
 I can tarry, I can tarry but a night; 
 Do not detain me, for I am going 
 To where the fountains are ever flowing. 
 
 2 There the glory is ever shining; 
 
 0, my longing heart, my longing heart is there; 
 Here in this country so dark and dreary, 
 I long have wandered forlorn and weary, 
 I'm a pilgrim, and I'm a stranger, &c. 
 
 3 Farewell, dreary earth, by sin so blighted; ■ 
 In immortal beauty soon you'll be arrayed; i 
 He who has formed thee, will soon restore thee! 
 And then thy dread curse shall never more be: 
 
 I'm a pilgrim, and I'm a stranger, [night. 
 Till thy rest shall end the weary pilgrim's 
 
 78 p. M. 
 
 I'M a lonely trav'ler here. 
 Weary, opprest; 
 But my journey's end is near; 
 
 Soun I shall rest. 
 Dark and dreary is the way, 
 
 Toiling I've come; 
 Ask me not with you to stay, — 
 Yonder's my home. 
 
DEVOTIONAL HYMNS. Ill 
 
 2 I'm a weary trav'lcr here, 
 
 I must go on; 
 For my journey's end is near ; 
 
 I must be gone. 
 Brighter joys than eartli can give 
 
 Win me away; 
 Pleasures that forever live, — 
 
 I cannot stay. 
 
 3 I'm a trav'ler to a land 
 
 Where all is fair; 
 Where is seen no broken band; 
 
 All, all are there. 
 "Where no tear shall ever fall, 
 
 Nor heart be sad; 
 "Where the glory is for all, 
 
 And all are glad. 
 
 79 L. M. 
 
 I'.M not ashamed to own my Lord, 
 "Who lives by angels now adored; 
 That Jesus who once died for me, 
 "Who bore my sins in agony. 
 
 2 I'm not ashamed to own his laws, 
 Nor to defend his noble cau-e; 
 
 The way he's gone is lined with blood; 
 may I tread the steps he trod! 
 
 3 I'm not ashamed his name to bear, 
 "With those who his disciples were; 
 Christian, sweet name! its worth I view, 
 may I wear the nature too! 
 
 4 I'm not ashamed to bear my cross. 
 For which I count all things but dross; 
 
112 DEVOTIONAL HYMNS. 
 
 Whate'er I'm bid to do or say, 
 "When Christ commands, I -will obey. 
 
 5 I'm not ashamed to be despised 
 By those who ne'er religion prized; 
 Nor will I prove to Christ untrue, 
 For all that men can say or do. 
 
 6 This world's vain honors will I shun, 
 The narrow way to life I'll run; 
 
 That this at last my boast may be, 
 My Saviour's not ashamed of me. 
 
 80 c. M. 
 
 IN hope of an immortal crown 
 I now the cross sustain, 
 And gladly wander up and down, 
 And smile at toil and pain: 
 
 1 suffer on my threescore years, 
 Till my Deliv'rer come, 
 
 And wipe away his servant's tears, 
 And take his exile home. 
 
 2 what hath Jpsus bought for me! 
 Before my ravish'd eyes 
 
 E-ivers of life divine I see, 
 
 And trees of Paradise: 
 I see the blessed saints in light 
 
 Who taste the pleasures tliere; 
 They all are robed in spotless white, 
 
 And conqu'ring palms they bear. 
 
 3 what are all my suff'rings here, 
 If, Lord, thou count me meet 
 
 "With that enraptured host t' appear, 
 And worship at thy feet!' 
 
DEVOTIONAL HYMNS. Il3 
 
 Give joy or grief, give ease or pain, 
 
 Take life or friends away, 
 But let me find them all again 
 
 In that eternal day. 
 
 81 S. M. 
 
 IX expectation sweet, 
 "We'll wait, and sing, and pray, 
 Till Christ's triumphal car we meet, 
 And see an endless day. 
 
 2 He comes, the Conq'ror comes; 
 
 Death falls beneath his sword; 
 The joyful pris'ners burst the tombs, 
 
 And rise to meet their Lord. 
 
 82 8s. 
 
 I NOW am so blessed with bis love, 
 I covet not earth's greatest store; 
 He visits me oft from above — 
 
 I have him, I want nothing more: 
 Kesigned to his pleasure I'd live, 
 
 Till time's latest circle shall roll, 
 His utmost salvation receive, 
 
 For, oh! he spoke peace to my soul. 
 
 2 Ye angels who wait while I sing. 
 
 And patiently hear my glad song, 
 Come, bear me to Jesus, my King, 
 
 To join with the heavenly throng. 
 'Tis there I'll eternally feast 
 
 On joys that enrapture the whole; 
 All heaven would welcome the guest. 
 
 Since Jesus spoke peace to my soul. 
 
114 DEYOTIOXAL HYMNS. 
 
 83 L.M. 
 
 I THIRST, thou wounded Lamb of God, 
 To wash rae in thy cleansing blood; 
 To dwell within thy wounds; then pain 
 Is sweet, and life or death is gain. 
 
 2 Take ray poor heart, and let it be 
 Forever closed to all but thee: 
 Seal thou my breast, and let me wear 
 That pledge of love forever there. 
 
 8 How can it be, thou heavenly King, 
 That thou shouldst us to glory bring; 
 IVIake slaves the partners of thy throne, 
 Deck'd with a never-fading crown? 
 
 4 Hence our hearts melt, our eyes o'erflow, 
 Our words are lost, nor will we know, 
 Nor will we think of aught beside, — 
 My Lord, my Love, is crucified. 
 
 84 c. M. 
 
 I LOVE to steal awhile away 
 From every cumb'ring care, 
 And spend the hours of setting day 
 In humble, grateful prayer. 
 
 2 I love in solitude to shed 
 ^ The penitential tear, 
 
 And all his promises to plead 
 Where none but God can hear. 
 
 3 I love to think on mercies past. 
 And future good implore, — 
 
 And all my cares and sorrows cast 
 On Him whom I adore. 
 
 I 
 
DEVOTIONAL HYMNS. 115 
 
 85 7S. 
 
 IN the sun, and moon, and stars. 
 Signs and wonders there shall be; 
 Earth shall quake with inward wars, 
 Nations with perplexitj', 
 
 2 Soon shall ocean's hoarj-- deep. 
 Tossed with stronger tempests rise; 
 
 Darker storms the mountains sweep, 
 Fiercer lightnings rend the skies. 
 
 3 Evil thoughts shall shake the proud, 
 Racking doubt and restless fear; 
 
 And, amid the thunder- cloud. 
 Shall the Judge of men appear. 
 
 4 But, though from that awful face 
 Heaven shall fade and earth shall flj, 
 
 Fear not ye, his chosen race; 
 Your redemption draweth nigh. 
 
 86 H. M. 
 
 JESUS, accept the praise 
 That to thy Name belongs; 
 Matter of all our lays, 
 Subject of all our songs; 
 Through thee we now together came, 
 And part exulting in thy Name. 
 
 2 In flesh we part awhile. 
 But still in spirit joined, 
 T' embrace the happy toil 
 Thou hast to each assign'd; 
 And while we do thy blessed will, 
 We bear our heaven about us still. 
 
116 DEYOTIOXAL HYMNS. 
 
 3 let US thus go on 
 
 In all thy pleasant -ways, 
 And, arm'd with patience, run 
 AYith joy the' appointed race: 
 Keep us and every seeking soul, 
 Till all attain the heavenly goal. 
 
 87 P.M. 
 
 JESUS died on Calv'ry's mountain, 
 Long time ago, 
 And salvation's rolling fountain 
 Xow freely flows. 
 
 2 Once his voice in tones of pity 
 
 Melted in wo, 
 And he wept o'er Judah's city 
 Long time ago. 
 
 3 On his head the dews of midnight 
 
 Fell, long ago; 
 Now a crown of dazzling sunlight 
 Sits on his brow. 
 
 4 Jesus died, yet lives forever, 
 
 No more to die; 
 Bleeding Jesus, blessed Saviour, 
 Now sits on high. 
 
 5 Now in heaven he's interceding 
 
 For dying men, 
 Soon he'll finish all his pleading, 
 And come again. 
 
 6 Budding fig-trees tell that summer 
 
 Dawns o'er the land; 
 Signs portend that Jesus' coming 
 Is near at hand. 
 
DEVOTIONAL nVJINS. 11' 
 
 7 When he comes, a voice from heaven 
 Shall pierce the tomb: 
 
 *'Come, ye blessed of my Father, 
 Children, come home." 
 
 88 P.M. 
 
 TESUS, faithful to his word, 
 fj Shall with a shout descend; 
 All heaven's host their glorious Lord 
 
 Shall joyfully attend. 
 Christ shall come with dreadful noise. 
 
 Lightnings swift and thunders loud ; 
 With the great archangel's voice, 
 
 And with the trump of God, 
 
 2 First the dead in Christ shall rise; 
 
 Then we that yet remain 
 Shall be caught up to the skies, 
 
 And see our Lord again. 
 We shall meet him in the air, 
 
 All caught up to heaven shall be; 
 Find, and love, and praise him there. 
 
 From death forever free" 
 
 89 CM. 
 
 JESUS hath died that I might live, 
 Might live to God alone ; 
 In him eternal life receive, 
 And be in spirit one. 
 
 2 Saviour, I thank thee for the grace, 
 
 The gift unspeakable; 
 And wait with arms of faith t' embrace, 
 
 And all thy love to feel. 
 
118 DEVOTIONAL HYMNS. 
 
 3 My soul breaks out in strong desire 
 The perfect bliss to prove; 
 
 Mj longing heart is all on fire 
 To be dissolved in love. 
 
 4 Give me thyself: from every boast, 
 From every wish set free ; 
 
 Let all I am in thee be lost, 
 But give thyself to me. 
 
 90 8s 
 
 JESUS, I my cross have taken, 
 All to leave, and follow thee: 
 Kaked, poor, despised, forsaken. 
 
 Thou, from hence, my all shalt be; 
 Perish every fond ambition, 
 
 All I've sought, or hoped, or known! 
 Yet how rich is my condition, 
 
 God and heaven are still my own! 
 
 2 Let the world despise and leave me; 
 
 They have left my Saviour, too; 
 Human hearts and looks deceive me. 
 
 Thou art not, like them, untrue; 
 0, while thou dost smile upon me, 
 
 God of wi-dom. love, and might! 
 Foes may hate, and friends disown me, 
 
 Show thy face, and all is bright. 
 
 91 7, 
 
 JESUS, lover of my soul! 
 Let me to thy bosom fly, 
 \Vhile the billows near me roll, 
 While the tempest still is high; 
 
DEVOTIONAL HYMN'S. 119 
 
 Hide me, my Saviour, hide ' 
 Till the storm of life be past! 
 
 Safe into the haven guide; 
 01 receive my soal at last. 
 
 2 Other refuge have I none, — 
 
 Hangs my helpless soul on thee: 
 Leave, ah I leave me not alone; 
 
 Still support and comfort me: 
 All my trust on thee is stayed; 
 
 All my help from thee I bring: 
 Cover my defenceless head 
 
 With the shadow of thy wing. 
 
 92 L.M. 
 
 JESUS, my all, to heaven is gone, 
 He whom I fix my hopes upon; 
 His track I see, and I'll pursue 
 The narrow way, till him I view. 
 
 2 The way the holy prophets went, 
 The road that leads from banishment, 
 The King's highway of holiness, 
 
 I'll go, for all his paths are peace. 
 
 3 This is the way I long have sought, 
 And mourned because I found it not; 
 My grief, my burden long has been 
 Because I could not cease from sin. 
 
 4 The more I strove against its power, 
 I sinued and stumbled but the more; 
 Till late I heard my Saviour say, 
 "Come hither, soul: I am the way." 
 
 5 Lo, glad I come; and thou, blest Lamb, 
 Wilt take me to thee as I am; 
 
120 DETOTIOXAL HYMNS. 
 
 Nothing but sin I thee can give, 
 Nothing but love shall I receive. 
 
 6 Then will I tell to sinners round 
 What a dear Saviour I have found; 
 I'll point to thy redeeming blood, 
 And say, "Behold the way to God." 
 
 93 P.M. 
 
 JESUS our Saviour says, I will appear; 
 Have you faith? 
 My trumpet is sounding majestic and clear; 
 Have you faith? 
 The faithful alone I come to see, 
 And they shall live and reign with me: 
 Only have faith I only have faith ! only have faithi 
 
 2 Prophets have spoken, their words are ful- 
 
 Have you faith? [filled; 
 
 My word is established, your anguish is stilled; 
 
 Have you faith ? 
 
 The plan of salvation the faith's eye will see, 
 
 And live forever and reign with me; 
 
 Only have faith ! only have faith ! only have faith! 
 
 3 Though I should tarry be not dismayed ; 
 
 Have you faith? 
 The judgment is coming o'er all, I have said; 
 Have you faith? 
 The doubt to the bondage, the faith to the 
 To live forever and reign with me; [free, 
 
 Only have faith I only have faith! only have faith! 
 
 94 c. M. 
 
 JESUS, the Name high over all, 
 In hell, or earth, or sky : 
 
DEVOTIONAL HTMXS. 121 
 
 Angels and men before it fall, 
 And devils fear and fly. 
 
 2 Jesus, the Name to sinners dear, — 
 The Nnme to sinners given; 
 
 It scatters all their guilty fear; 
 It turns their hell to heaven. 
 
 3 Jesus the pris'ner's fetters breaks, 
 And bruises Satan's head; 
 
 Power into strengthless souls he speaks, 
 And life into the dead. 
 
 4 that the world might taste and see 
 The riches of his grace; 
 
 The arms of love that compass me, 
 Would all mankind embrace. 
 
 5 His only righteousness I show, — 
 His saving truth proclaim: 
 
 'Tis all my business here below, 
 To cry, — Behold the Lamb! 
 
 6 Happy, if with my latest breatli 
 I may but gasp his name; 
 
 Preach him to all, and cry in death, 
 Behold, behold the Lamb! 
 
 95 
 
 JESUS, thine all-victorious love 
 Shed in my heart abroad: 
 Then shall my feet no longer rove. 
 Hooted and fixed in God. 
 
 2 that in me the sacred fire 
 Might now begin to glow; 
 
 Burn up the dross of base desire. 
 And make the mountains flow. 
 
 CM. 
 
122 DEVOTIONAL HTMXS. 
 
 3 O that it now from heaven might fall, 
 And all my sins consume: 
 
 Come, Holy Ghost, for thee I call; 
 Spirit of burning, come. 
 
 4 Refining fire, go through my heart; 
 Illuminate my soul; 
 
 Scatter thy life through every part, 
 And sanctify the whole. 
 
 96 L. M. 
 
 JESUS shall reign where'er the sun 
 Does his successive journeys run; 
 His kingdom spread from shore to shore, 
 Till moons shall wax and wane no more. 
 
 2 To him shall endless prayer be made. 
 And endless praises crown his head; 
 His Name like sweet perfume shall rise 
 With every morning sacrifice. 
 
 3 People and realms cf every tongue 
 Dwell on his love with sweetest song, 
 And infant voices shall proclaim 
 Their early blessings on his Name. 
 
 97 P.M. 
 
 JUST as thou art, — without one trace 
 Of love, or joy, or inward grace, 
 Or meetness for the heavenly place, 
 guilty sinner, come! 
 
 2 Thy sins I bore on Calvary's tree; 
 The stripes thy due were laid on me, 
 That peace and pardon might be free, — 
 wretched sinner, come! 
 
DEVOTIONAL HYMNS. 123 
 
 3 Come, leave thy burden at the cross; 
 Count all thy gains but empty dross: 
 My grace repays all earthly loss, — 
 
 needy sinner, come! 
 
 4 Come, hithor bring thy boding fears, 
 Thy aching heart, thy bursting tears; 
 'Tis mercy's voice salutes thine ears, — 
 
 trembling sinner, come ! 
 
 98 P.M. 
 
 JUST as I am, without one plea 
 But that thy blood was shed for me, 
 And that thou bidd'st me come to thee, 
 Lamb of God, I come! 
 
 2 Just as I am, and waiting not 
 To rid my soul of one dark blot. 
 To thee, whose blood can cleanse each spot, 
 Lamb of God, I come! 
 
 8 Just as I am, though tossed about 
 With many a conflict, many a doubt, 
 With fears within and wars without, 
 Lamb of God, I come! 
 
 4 Just as I am, poor, wretched, blind. 
 Sight, riches, healing of the mind, 
 Yea, all I need, in thee to find, 
 
 Lamb of God, 1 come! 
 
 99 CM. 
 
 JERUSALEM, ray happy home, 
 (), how I long for thee I 
 When will my sorrows have an end? 
 Thy joys when shall I see? 
 
124 DEVOTIOXAL HTirXS. 
 
 2 Thy walls are all of precious stones, 
 Most glorious to behold; 
 
 Thy gates are richly set with pearl, 
 Thy streets are paved with gold. 
 
 3 Thy gardens and thy pleasant walks 
 My study long have been; 
 
 Such dazzling views bv human sight 
 Have never yet been seen. 
 
 4 If such thy holy city, Lord, 
 Why should we linger here, 
 
 Still cleaving to this vile abode, 
 Nor wish thee to appear? 
 
 100 L. M. 
 
 JESUS, thy blood and righteousness, 
 My beauty are, my glorious dress: 
 'Midst flaming worlds, in these array'd, 
 With joy shall I lift up my head. 
 
 2 Bold shall I stand in thy great day. 
 For who aught to my charge shall lay? 
 Fullj' absolved through these I am, — 
 From sin and fear, from guilt and shame. 
 
 3 The holy, meek, unspotted Lamb, 
 Who from the Father's bosom came, — 
 Who died for me, e'en me, t' atone, — 
 Now for my Lord and God I own. 
 
 4 Lord, I believe thy precious blood, — 
 Which, at the mercy-seat of God, 
 Forever doth for sinners plead, — 
 
 For me, e'en for my soul, was shed. 
 
DEVOTIONAL HYMNS. 125 
 
 5 Lord, I believe were sinners m ore 
 Than sands upon the ocean shore, 
 Thou hast for all a ransom paid, 
 For all a full atonement made. 
 
 L. M. 
 
 101 
 
 JESUS, thou everlasting King, 
 Accept the tribute which we bring; 
 Accept thy well-deserved renown, 
 Aud wear our praises as thy crown. 
 
 2 Let every act of worship be 
 Like our espousals, Lord, to thee: 
 Like the blest hour, when from above 
 We first received the pledge of love. 
 
 3 The gladness of that happy day, 
 may it ever, ever stay: 
 
 Nor let our faith forsake its hold. 
 Nor hope decline, nor love grow cold. 
 
 4 Let every moment, as it flies, 
 Increase thy praise, improve our joys, 
 Till we are raised to sing thy Name, 
 At the great supper of the Lamb. 
 
 102 c. M. 
 
 LET every mortal ear attend, 
 And every heart rejoice; 
 The trumpet of the gospel sounds 
 "With an inviting vuice. 
 
 2 Hoi all ye hungry, starving souls, 
 
 That feed upon the wind. 
 And vainly strive with earthly toys 
 
 To fill an empty mind: — 
 
126 DEVOTIONAL HTMXS. 
 
 3 Eternal Wisdom hath prepared 
 A soul-reviving feast, 
 
 And bids your longing appetites 
 The rich provision taste. 
 
 4 Ho! ye that pant for living streams, 
 
 And pine away and die, 
 Here you may quench your raging thirst 
 From springs that never dry. 
 
 6 Eivers of love and mercy here 
 
 In a rich ocean join; 
 Salvation in abundance flows, 
 
 Like floods of milk and wine. 
 
 6 The happy gates of gospel grace 
 Stand open night and day: 
 
 Lord, we are come to seek supplies, 
 And drive our wants away. 
 
 103 c. M. 
 
 LET Zion's watchmen all awake, 
 And take th' alarm they give: 
 Now let them from the mouth of God 
 Their awful charge receive. 
 
 2 'Tis not a cause of small import 
 The pastor's care demands; 
 
 It occupies the Saviour's heart, 
 Employs angelic bands. 
 
 3 They watch for souls, for which the Lord 
 Did heavenly bli-s forego; 
 
 For souls which by his grace may live, 
 Or perish in their wo. 
 
DEVOTIONAL HYMNS. 127 
 
 4 May they that Jesus whom they preach 
 
 Their own Redeemer see; 
 And watch thou daily for their souls, 
 
 That they may watch for thee. 
 
 104 P. M. 
 
 LIFT up your heads, Immanuel's friends, 
 And taste the pleasure Jesus sends; 
 Let nothing cause you to delay, 
 But hasten on the good old way. 
 
 CHORUS. 
 
 And I'll sing hallelujah, 
 
 And glory be to God on high; 
 
 And I'll sing hallelujah. 
 
 There's glory be.iming through the sky. 
 
 2. Our conflicts here though great they be, 
 Shall not prevent our victory; 
 
 If we but watch, and strive, and pray. 
 Like soldiers in the good old way. 
 
 3. Oh good old way ! how sweet thou art, 
 May none of us from thee depart; 
 
 But may our actions always say, 
 We're marching in the good old way. 
 
 105 P. M. 
 
 LOW down in this beautiful valley, 
 Where love crowns the meek and the lowly, 
 Where no storms of envy or folly. 
 May roll on their billows in vain. 
 
128 DEYOTIOXAL HYMNS. 
 
 This low vale is far from contention, 
 "Where no soul can dream of dissension, 
 No dark wiles of evil invention, 
 Can find out this region of peace, 
 
 2 The low soul in humble subjection, 
 Shall here find unshaken protection, 
 And soft gales of cheering reflection, 
 
 A mind soothed from sorrow nnd pain. 
 there, there, the Lord will deliver, 
 And souls drink of that beautiful river. 
 Where peace flows for ever and ever, 
 
 Where love and joy will ever increase. 
 
 3 There, there, in yonder bright glory. 
 We'll sing, shout, and tell the glad story. 
 When we've parsed cold Jordan quite over, 
 
 We'll ying hallelujah to God and the Lamb. 
 Yes, there, there, the Lord will deliver, 
 And souls drink of that beautiful river, 
 Where peace flows for ever and ever, 
 
 Where love and joy will ever increase. 
 
 106 8s. 7s. 4s. 
 
 LO, he comes, with clouds descending, 
 Once for favored sinners slain ! 
 Thousand, thousand saints attending, 
 Swell the triumph of his train. 
 
 Hallelujah! 
 Jesus comes on earth to reign! 
 
 2 When the solemn trump has sounded, 
 Heaven and earth shall flee away, 
 
 All who hate him must, confounded, 
 Hear the summons of that day: 
 
 Come to judgment! 
 Come to judgment, come away! 
 
DEVOTIOXAL HYMXS. 129 
 
 3 Yea, amen; let all aglore thee, 
 High on thine eternal throne! 
 
 Saviour, take the power and glory, 
 Make thy righteous sentence known. 
 
 come quickly — 
 Claim the kingdom for thine own I 
 
 107 83. 7s. 4s. 
 
 LOOK, ye saints, the sight is glorious! 
 See the "Man of Sorrows" now; 
 From the fight returned victorious, 
 Every knee to him shall bow. 
 
 Crown him, crown him I 
 Crowns become the Victor's brow I 
 
 2 Crown the Saviour, angels crown him I 
 Rich the trophies .Jesus brings; 
 
 In the seat of power enthrone him, 
 While the vault of heaven rings. 
 
 Crown him, crown him! 
 Crown the Saviour "King of kings!" 
 
 108 CM. 
 
 LO, what a glorious sight appears 
 To our believing eyes! 
 The earth and seas are passed away. 
 And the old rolling skies ! 
 
 2 From the third heaven, where God resides, 
 
 That holy, happy place. 
 The Xew Jerusalem comes down, 
 
 Adorned with shining grace. 
 
 •1 Attending angels shout for joy, 
 And the bright armies sins;: 
 
130 DEYOTIOXAL HYMNS. 
 
 "Mortals, behold the sacred seat 
 Of 3^our descending King I 
 
 •i The God of glory down to men 
 
 Removes his blest abode; 
 Men are the objects of his love, 
 
 And he their gracious God. 
 
 •J His own soft hand shall wipe the tears 
 
 From every weeping eye; 
 And pains, and groans, and griefs, and fears, 
 
 And death itself, shall die." 
 
 G How bright the vision I 0, how long 
 
 Shall this glad hour delay! 
 Fly swifter raund, ye wheels of time, 
 
 And bring the welcome day ! 
 
 109 CM. 
 
 LOFvD, in the morning thou shalt hear 
 My voice ascending liigh; 
 To thee will I direct my prayer; 
 To thee lift up mine eye: 
 
 2 Up to the hills where Christ is gone 
 To plead for all his saints. 
 
 Presenting at his Father's throne 
 Our songs and our complaints. 
 
 3 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. 
 
 4 But to thy house will I resort, 
 To taste thy mercies there; 
 
 I will frequent thy holy court, 
 And worship in thy fear. 
 
DEVOTIONAL IIYMXS. 131 
 
 110 L. M. 
 
 LORD, let til 3' presence now attend 
 Him whom we to thy gi-ace commend; 
 Mor let him as a pilgrim rove, 
 Without the conduct of thy love. 
 
 2 Thy promise stands upon record 
 
 To be with those who preach thy word; 
 Ee with him, Lord, the work is thine* 
 Support him with thy strength divine. 
 
 3 Inflame his zeal, enlarge his heart, 
 Courage and utterance impart; 
 
 His love be ardent, pure his aim, 
 The great salvation be his theme. 
 
 4 'While thronging multitudes around 
 Hear from his lips the joyful sound. 
 Thy power impart, thy gospel bless, 
 And crown his labors with success. 
 
 5 may his eyes with joy behold 
 Thy grace, as in the days of old! 
 May sinners tremble at thy word, 
 Believe and turn unto the Lord. 
 
 Ill [Peculiar.] 8s, 7s. 
 
 ^AEK that pilgrim lowly bending 
 At the shrine of prayer, ascending 
 Praise and sighs together blending 
 
 From his lips in mournful strain ; 
 Glowing with sincere contrition. 
 And with childlike, blest submission, 
 Ever riseth this petition: 
 
 "Jesus, come, come to reign!" 
 
132 DEVOTIONAL HT.AIXS. 
 
 2 List again: the low earth sigheth, 
 And the blood of martyrs crietli 
 From its bosom, where there lieth 
 
 iSlillious upon millions slain; 
 "Lord, how long," ere, thy word given. 
 All the wicked shall be driven 
 From the earth by bolts of heaven? 
 
 *' Jesus, come, come to reign 1" 
 
 3 Kingdoms now are reeling, falling, 
 2sations lie in wo appalling, 
 
 On their sages vainly calling 
 All these wonders to explain; 
 
 "While the slain around are lying, 
 
 God's own little flock are sighing. 
 
 And in secret places crying, 
 
 "Jesus, come, come to reign!" 
 
 112 P. 
 
 M. 
 
 MUST ,^ 
 And 
 
 all the world go free? 
 ^o; there's a cross for every one. 
 
 And there's a cross for me. 
 Yes, there's a cross on Calvary, 
 Through which by faith the crown I see; 
 To me 'tis pardon bringing; 
 O, that's the cross for me ! 
 
 2 How faithful does the Saviour prove 
 To those who serve him here! 
 
 They now may taste his perfect love, 
 And joy to hail him near. 
 
 Yes, perfect love will dry the tear, 
 
 And cast out all tormenting fear, 
 Which round my heart is clinging; 
 0, that'd the love for me! 
 
DEVOTIONAL HYMN'S. L: 
 
 o We'll bear the consecrated cross, 
 Till from the cross we're free, 
 
 And then go home to wear the crown, 
 For there's a crown for me. 
 
 Yes, there's a crown in heaven above, 
 
 The purchase of my Saviour's love, 
 For me at His appearing; 
 0, that's the crown for me! 
 
 113 c.isi. 
 
 11 /FT drowsy powers, why sleep ye so? 
 j3X Awake, my sluggish soul; 
 Nothing has half thy work to do, 
 Yet nothing's half so dull. 
 
 2 Go to the ants: for one poor graii 
 See how they toil and strive I 
 
 Yet we, who have a heaven t' obtain, 
 How negligent we live! 
 
 3 We. for whose sake all nature stands. 
 And stars their courses move; 
 
 We, for whose guard the angel bands 
 Come flying from above; 
 
 4 We, for whom God the Son came down, 
 And labored for our good; 
 
 How careless to secure that crown 
 He purchased with His blood! 
 
 114 
 
 8s, 7s 
 
 "1 /r Y days are gliding swiftly bj'-, 
 lli_ And I, a pilgrim stranger, 
 Would not detain them as they fly, 
 Those hours of toil and danger. 
 
13-1 DEVOTIONAL KYMNS. 
 
 2 We'll gird our loins, my brethren dear, 
 Our heavenly home discerning; 
 
 Our absent Lord has left us word, 
 Let every lamp be burning. 
 
 3 Should coming days be cold and dark, 
 We need not cease our singing; 
 
 That perfect rest naught can molest, 
 Where golden harps are ringing. 
 
 4 Let sorrow's rudest tempest blow, 
 Each chord on earth to sever; 
 
 Our King says come, and there's our home, 
 Forever, forever I 
 
 CHORUS. 
 
 For 01 we stand on .Jordan's strand. 
 
 Our friends are passing over. 
 And just "before, the shining shore 
 
 We may almost discover. 
 
 115 P.M. 
 
 MY faith looks up to thee, 
 Thou Lamb of Calvary, 
 Saviour divine! 
 Now hear me while I pray, 
 Take all my guilt away, 
 let me from this day 
 Be wholly thine. 
 
 2 ]May thy rich grace impart 
 Strength to my fainting heart; 
 
 My zeal inspire: 
 As thou hast died for me, 
 may my love to thee, 
 Pure, warm, and changeless be, 
 
 A livins: fire. 
 
DEVOTIOXAL HYMNS. 13o 
 
 110 P.M. 
 
 MY soul's fall of glory, inspiring my tongue : 
 Could I meet vrith angels I'd sing them a 
 soug; 
 I'd sing of my Jesus, and tell of his charms. 
 And beg them to bear me to his loving arms. 
 
 2 Methinks they're descending to hear -what I 
 
 sing; [king: 
 
 Well pleased to hear mortals while praising their 
 
 angels! angels I my soul's in a flame, 
 
 1 faint in sweet raptures at Jesus' name. 
 
 o Jesus I Jesus! thou balm of my soul, 
 'Twas thou, my dear Jesus, that made my heart 
 
 whole: 
 Oh ! bring me to view thee, thou glorious king : 
 lu legioui of glory thy praises to sing. 
 
 117 C.M. 
 
 MORTALS, awake, with angels join, 
 And chant the solemn lay : 
 Joy, love, and gratitude combine, 
 To hail th' auspicious day. 
 
 2 In heaven the rapt'rous song began, 
 And sweet seraphic fire 
 
 Tlirough all the shining legions ran, 
 And strung and tuned the lyre. 
 
 3 Swift through tbe vast expanse it flew, 
 And loud the echo roU'd; 
 
 The theme, the song, the joy, was new, — 
 'Twas more than heaven could hold. 
 
136 DEVOTIOXAL HYAIXS. 
 
 4 Down tlirougli the portals of the sky 
 
 Th' impetuous torrent ran: 
 And angels flew, with eager joy, 
 
 To bear the news to man. 
 
 o With joy the chorus we repeat, — 
 
 Glory to God on high I 
 Good-will and peace are now complete — 
 
 Jesus was born lo die. 
 
 6 Hail, Prince of life, forever hail! 
 
 Redeemer, Brother, Friend! 
 Though earth, and time, and life shall fail, 
 
 Thy praise shall never end. 
 
 118 CM. 
 
 ]\/TY soul is happy when I hear 
 -^'J- The Saviour is so nigh : 
 
 1 long to see his sign appear 
 
 Upon the op'ning sky. 
 
 2 I love to wait, and watch, and pray, 
 And trust his living word, 
 
 And feel the coming of that day 
 Xo longer is deferred, 
 
 3 I do rejoice that life was given 
 In these last days to me. 
 
 That deathless I may rise to heaven, 
 And my Redeemer see. 
 
 4 Then, waiting brethren, let us sing; 
 He will not tarry long; 
 
 And fill with love the hours that bring 
 The glory of our song. 
 
DEYOTIOXAL HYJIXS. 
 
 5 Yes, he will come, no longer fear, 
 Though earth and hell assail; 
 
 His word attests the moment near, 
 And that can never fail. 
 
 119 CM. 
 
 nVf OW from the altar of our hearts 
 XN Let flames of love arise ; 
 Assist us, Lord, to offer up 
 Our evening sacrifice. 
 
 2 Minutes and mercies multiplied 
 Have made up all this day ; 
 
 Minutes came quick, but mercies were 
 More swift, more free than they, 
 
 3 New time, new favors, and new joys, 
 Do a new song require; 
 
 Till we shall praise thee as we would, 
 Accept our hearts' desire. 
 
 4 In every joy that crowns my days. 
 In every pain I bear, 
 
 My heart shall find delight in praise, 
 Or seek relief in prayer. 
 
 120 8s, Gs. 
 
 COULD we speak the matchless worth, 
 a 0, could we sound the glories forth, 
 Which in our Saviour shine? 
 We'd soar and touch the heavenly strings, 
 And vie with Gabriel, while he sings, 
 In notes almost divine. 
 
133 DEVOTIOXAL HYMNS. 
 
 2 We'd sing the characters he bears, 
 And all the forms of love he wears, 
 
 Exalted on his throne; 
 In loftiest songs of sweetest praise 
 "We would to everlasting days 
 
 Make all his glories known. 
 
 121 C. M 
 
 OFOR a faith that will not shrink. 
 Though pressed by many a foe ; 
 That will not tremble on the brink 
 Of poverty or wo; 
 
 2 That will n-t murmur nor complain 
 
 Beneath the chast'ning rod; 
 But in the hour of grief or pain 
 
 Can lean upon its God. 
 
 •3 A faith that shines more bright and clear 
 When tempests rage without; 
 
 That when in danger knows no fear, 
 In darkness feels no doubt. 
 
 4 Lord, give me such a faith as this, 
 And then, whate'er may come, 
 
 I'll taste e'en here the hallowed bliss 
 Of an eternal home. 
 
 122 CM. 
 
 OFOR a heart to praise my God; 
 A heart from sin set free; 
 A heart that's sprinkled with the blood 
 So freely shed for me; 
 
 2 An humble, lowly, contrite heart, 
 Believing, true, and clean, 
 
 I 
 
DEVOTIONAL HYMNS. 139 
 
 V.'iiica neither life nor death can part 
 From him that dwells within; 
 
 o A heart in every thought renewed, 
 
 And filled with love divine ; 
 Perfect, and right, and pure, and good; 
 
 A copy, Lord, of thine! 
 
 4 Thy nature, gracious Lord, impart; 
 
 Come quickly frorft above ; 
 "Write thy new name upon my heart, 
 
 Thy new best name of love. 
 
 100 
 -O C. M. 
 
 OFOR a thousand tongues to sing 
 My great Redeemer's praise, — 
 The glories of my God and King, 
 The triumphs of His grace I 
 
 2 My gracious Master and my God, 
 
 Assist me to proclaim, 
 To spread through all the earth, abroad 
 
 The honors of thy name. 
 
 Jesus! the name that calms our fears, 
 That bids our sorrows cease; 
 
 'Tis music in the sinner's ears; 
 'Tis life, and health, and peace, 
 
 4 Look unto him, ye nations; own 
 
 Your God, ye fallen race; 
 Look, and be saved through faith alone, 
 
 Be justified by grace. 
 
140 DEVOTIOXAL HYilXS. 
 
 124 L.M. 
 
 HAPPY day that fixed my choice 
 On thee, my Saviour and my God! 
 Well may this glowing heart rejoice, 
 And tell its raptures all abroad. 
 Happy day, happy day, 
 When Jesus washed my sins awa^-; 
 He taught me how to watch and pray, 
 And live rejoicing every day. 
 
 2 Oh! happy bond that seals my vows 
 To him who merits all my love, 
 
 Let cheerful anthems fill his house, 
 While to that sacred shrine I move. 
 
 S 'Tis done, the great transaction's done: 
 
 1 am my Lord's, and he is mine; 
 He drew me, and I followed ou. 
 
 Charmed to confess the voice divine. 
 
 125 H.M. 
 
 HAPPY, happy day, 
 That calls thy exiles home; 
 The heavens shall pass away. 
 The earth receive its doom: 
 Earth we shall view, and heaven, destroy'd, 
 And shout above the fiery void. 
 
 2 According to his word. 
 His oath, to sinners given, 
 
 We look to see restored 
 
 The ruin'd earth and heaven; 
 In a world his truth to prove, 
 A world of righteousness and love. 
 
DEYOTIOXAL HTMXS. 141 
 
 o Then let us -svait the sound 
 
 That shall our souls release, 
 And labor to be found 
 Of II im in spotless peace: 
 In perfect holiness renew'd, 
 Adorn'd "with Christ, and meet for God. 
 
 126 CM. 
 
 JOYFUL sound of gospel grace, 
 Christ shall in me appear ; 
 I, even I, shall see his face, — 
 I shall be holy here. 
 
 2 The glorious crov,n of righteousness 
 To me reach'd out I view : 
 
 Couqu'ror through him, I soon shall seize, 
 And wear it as my due. 
 
 3 The promised land, from Pisgah's top, 
 I now exult to see: 
 
 ^ly hope is full, (0 glorious hope I) 
 Of immortality. 
 
 4 With me, I know, I feel, thou art; 
 Cut this cannot suffice, 
 
 Unless thou plantest in my heart 
 A constant paradise. 
 
 5 My earth thou wat'rest from on high_. 
 But make it all a pool: 
 
 Spring up, V^'ell, I ever cry; 
 Spring up within my soul. 
 
 127 8s, 6s. 
 
 OLOVE divine, how sweet thou art! 
 "When shall I find my willing heart 
 All taken up by thee ? 
 
142 DEVOTIOXAL ITTMXS. 
 
 1 thirst, I faint, I die to prove 
 Tbe greatness of redeeming love, — 
 
 The love of Christ to me. 
 
 2 Stronger his love than death or hell; 
 Its riches are unsearchable: 
 
 The first-born sons of light 
 Desire in vain its depths to see; 
 They cannot reach the mysterj', 
 
 The length, the breadth, the height. 
 
 128 c. M. 
 
 ON Jordan's stormy banks I stand, 
 And cast a wishful eye 
 To Canaan's fair and happy land, 
 
 Where my possessions lie. ^ 
 
 2 O, the transporting, rapt'rous scene 
 That rises to my sight! 
 
 Sweet fields arrayed in living green, 
 And rivers of delight. 
 
 3 There gen'rous fruits, that never fail, 
 On trees immortal grow; 
 
 There rock, and hill, and brook, and vale, 
 With milk and honey flow. 
 
 4 O'er all those wide-extended plains 
 Shines one eternal day ; 
 
 There God the Son forever reigns, 
 And scatters night away. 
 
 5 No chilling winds, nor pois'uous breath 
 Can reach that healthful shore,- 
 
 Sickness and sorrow, pain and death, 
 Are felt and feared no more. 
 
DEVOTIOXAL HYMNS. 143 
 
 129 P.M. 
 
 ON the liigli cliffs of Jordan -with pleasure 1 
 stand, 
 And Tiew in perspective the fair promised land : 
 The land -where the ransomed with sieging shall 
 
 come, 
 And enter the kingdom prepared as their home. 
 
 2 There rivers most graceful eternally g'idc, 
 And groves rich with verdure grow up by their 
 
 side; 
 There spirits made perfect forever hecom.e > 
 Immortal and beauteous, in glory, their home. 
 
 3 'Tis there all the nations redeemed by the 
 
 Lamb 
 In circles most lovely his praises proclaim : 
 Through tempests, and sorrow, and perils they 
 
 come, 
 To enter those mansions prepared as their home. 
 
 4 Those pleasures of glory, 0. when shall I share, 
 And crowns of ce'estial felicity wear; 
 
 And range o'er those landscapes, exempt from 
 
 a sigh ; 
 The home of our fathers, now specially nigh! 
 
 130 " L.JI. 
 
 ON Tabor's top the Saviour stands ; 
 His altered face resplendent shines, 
 And while he elevates his hands, 
 Lo, glory marks its gentle lines! 
 
 2 Two heavenly forms descend to wait 
 Upon their suffering Prince below; 
 
 But while they worship at his feet, 
 They talk of fast approaching wo. 
 
144 DEVOTIOXAL HYMXS. 
 
 3 Amid the lustre of the scene. 
 To Calvary he turns his ejes. 
 
 Ami. with submission all serene. 
 He marks the future tempest rise. 
 
 4 Then let us climb the mount of prayer. 
 Where all his beaming glories shine. 
 
 And, gazing on his brightness there. 
 Our woes forget in joys divine. 
 
 131 L. M. 
 
 THOU, whom all thy saints adore. 
 
 
 
 We now with all thy saints ttgree. 
 And bow our inmost souls before 
 Thy glorious, awful Majesty. 
 
 2 We come, great God, to seek thy face. 
 And for thy loving-kindness wait; 
 
 And 0, how dreadful is this place I 
 
 'lis God's own house, 'tis heaven's gate. 
 
 3 Tremble, our hearts, to find thee nigh; 
 To thee our trembling hearts aspire: 
 
 And lol we see descend from high 
 The pillar and the flame of fire. 
 
 4 Still let it on th' assembly stay. 
 And all the house with glory fill: 
 
 To Canaan's bounds point out the way. 
 And lead us to thy holy hill. 
 
 5 There let us all with Jesus stand, 
 And join the gen'ral Church above. 
 
 And take our seats at thy right hand, 
 And sing thine everlasting love. 
 
DEVOTIONAL HY3IXS. 145 
 
 132 L. M. 
 
 Til AT my load of sin were goue; 
 that I could at last submit 
 At Jesus' feet to lay it down — 
 To lay my soul at Jesus' feet. 
 
 2 Rest for my soul I long to find: 
 Saviour of all, if mine thou art, 
 
 Give me thy meek and lowly mind, 
 And stamp thine image on my heart. 
 
 3 Break off the yoke of inbred sin, 
 And fully set my spirit free ; 
 
 I cannot rest till pure within, — 
 Till I am wholly lost in thee. 
 
 4 Fain would I learn of thee, my God; 
 Thy light and easy burden prove; 
 
 The cross all stain'd with hallow'd blood, 
 The labor of thy dying love. 
 
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 00 8s. 7s. 
 
 OTHOU God of my salvation, 
 My Redeemer from all sin ; 
 Mov'd by thy divine compassion, 
 AYho hast died my heart to win, 
 
 1 will praise thee, I will praise thee, 
 Where shall I thy praise begin? 
 
 2 Though unseen, I love the Saviour; 
 He hath brought salvation near; 
 
 Manifests his pard'ning favor; 
 
 And when Jesus doth appear, 
 Soul and body, soul and body, 
 
 Shall his glorious image bear. 
 10 
 
148 DEYOTIOXAL HYIINS. 
 
 3 "While the angel choirs are crying, 
 
 Glory to the Great I AM! 
 I with them "will still be vying, 
 
 Glory! glory to the Lamb! 
 how precious, how precious, 
 
 Is the sound of Jesus' name! 
 
 134 H. M. 
 
 OTHE amazing change! 
 A world created new! 
 My thoughts with transport range, 
 
 The lovely scene to view: 
 Thee, Lord divine, in all I trace; 
 The work is thine — thine be the praise. 
 
 2 "Where pointed brambles grew, 
 Entwined with horrid thorn, 
 
 G'^j flowers, forever new, 
 
 The painted fields adorn; 
 The lily there, and blushing rose. 
 In union fair their sweets disclose. 
 
 3 The tyrants of the plain 
 Their savage chase give o'er; 
 
 Xo more they rend the slain, 
 
 They thirst for blood no more; 
 "But infant hands fierce tigers lead, 
 And lions with the oxen feed. 
 
 4 0, when, almighty Lord, 
 Shall these glad scenes arise 
 
 To verify thy word. 
 
 And bless our wond'ring eyes; 
 That earth, with all her tongues, may raise 
 United songs of ardent praise? 
 
DETOTIOXAL HYMXS. 147 
 
 135 c. M. 
 
 O'TIS delight without alloy, 
 Jesus, to hear thy name : 
 My spirit leaps with inward joy; 
 I feel the sacred flame. 
 
 2 My passions hold a pleasing reign, 
 "When love inspires my breast, — 
 
 Love, the divinest of the train, 
 The sov'reign of the rest. 
 
 3 This is the grace must live and sing, 
 "When faith and hope shall cease, 
 
 And sound from every joyful string 
 Through all the realms of bliss. 
 
 4 Swift I ascend the heavenly place. 
 And hasten to my home; 
 
 I leap to meet thy kind embrace; 
 I come, Lord, I come. 
 
 5 Sink down, ye separating hills; 
 Let sin and death remove; 
 
 'Tis love that drives my chariot wheels, 
 And death must yield to love. 
 
 136 P.M. 
 
 OUPt bondage it will end by and by, when he 
 comes; 
 Our bondage it will end when he comes; 
 And, from Egypt's yoke set free, 
 Hail the glorious jubilee; [comes; 
 
 And to glory we'll return by and by. when he 
 And to glor}- we'll return when he comes. 
 
0' 
 
 148 DETOTIOXAL HYMNS. 
 
 2 Our Deliverer he -will come, by and by; 
 And our sorrows have an end 
 
 When our Saviour shall descend, [comes ; 
 
 And glory crown the day, by and by, when he 
 And glory crown the day when he comes. 
 
 3 Though our enemies are strong, we'll go on. 
 Though our hearts do sometimes fear; 
 
 Lo, Israel's God is near, [go on. 
 
 And the fiery pillar moves; we'll go on, we'll 
 And the fiery pillar moves; we'll go on. 
 
 137 P. M. 
 
 iUE Father, who in heaven art, 
 Hallowed be thy name; 
 Thy kingdom come; thy will be done 
 
 In heaven and earth the same. 
 
 Come, my Saviour! 0, my Saviour I 
 Come and bless thy people now, 
 While at thy feet we humbly bow ; 
 come and save us now! 
 -Then will we sing, our suflF'rings o'er. 
 And praise thee evermore. 
 
 2 Give us this day our daily bread; 
 Our trespasses forgive ; 
 
 As we forgive our fellow-men, 
 May we thy grace receive. 
 
 3 And in temptation leave us not; 
 From evil us defend: 
 
 For thine, Lord, the kingdom is, 
 Forever, without end. 
 
 4 Thine is the power, Lord, to bring 
 The kingdom down to men; 
 
 Thine is the glory evermore, 
 And kingdom without end. 
 
DEYOTIOXAL HTMXS. 149 
 
 5 In that glad clay shall all thy saints 
 
 A joyful tribute brincr. 
 Of praise and power, of joy and song, 
 
 To their exalted Kiu";. 
 
 lo8 7s. Gs. 
 
 OWHEX shall I see Jesus, 
 And in his kingdom dwell; 
 Partake in rest eternal, 
 
 Its songs triumphant swell? 
 When shall I be delivered 
 
 From this vain world of sin, 
 And. with my blessed Jesus. 
 Drink endless pleasures in? 
 
 2 Our eyes shall then, with rapture, 
 
 The Saviour's face behold; 
 Our feet, no more diverted, 
 
 Shall walk the streets of gold; 
 Our ears shall hear with transport 
 
 The hosts celestial sing; 
 Our tongues shall chant the glory 
 
 Of our immortal King, 
 
 139 P.M. 
 
 SINNER, come, without delay, 
 And seek a home in glory ! 
 The Lord is calling you to-day. 
 He pleads fur you in glory. 
 glory ! glory ! 
 There's power in Jesus' dying love 
 To bring you home to glory. 
 
150 DEVOTIONAL HYilXS. 
 
 2 turn and live, to you he cries, 
 And you shall share my glory ! 
 
 But. if my mercy you despise, 
 You cannot see my glory. 
 
 3 Repent, and give him now your heart; 
 He is the Lord of glory; 
 
 Confess his name, secure a part 
 When he shall come in glory. 
 
 4 Now is your time; no more delay, 
 
 For soon he'll come in glory; 
 When, shut without, in vain you'll pray: 
 You've lost all hope of glory. 
 
 5 do not madly slight his grace, 
 And lose the crown of glory ; 
 
 But now. before you leave this place, 
 Begin the race for glory. 
 
 140 7s. 
 
 PALMS of glory, raiment bright, 
 Crowns that never fade away, 
 Gird and deck the saints in light ; 
 
 Priests, and kings, and conquerors, they. 
 
 2 Yet the conquerors bring their palms 
 To the Lamb amid the throne; 
 
 And proclaim, in joyful psalms, 
 Victory through his cross alone. 
 
 3 Kings for harps their crowns resign, 
 Crying, as they strike the chords — 
 
 "Take the kingdom; it is thine, 
 King of kings, and Lord of lords.'* 
 
DEYOTIOXAL HYAIXS. 151 
 
 141 C. M. 
 
 PLUNGED in a gulf of dark despair, 
 "NVe wretched sinners lay, 
 "Without one cheerful beam of hope, 
 Or spark of glimm'nng day. 
 
 2 "With pitying eyes, the Prince of grace 
 Beheld our helpless grief; 
 
 He saw, and — ■ 0, amazing level — ■ 
 He flew to our relief. 
 
 3 Down from the shining seats above 
 With joyful haste he lied; 
 
 Entered the grave in mortal flesh, 
 And dwelt among the dead. 
 
 4 0, for this love, let rocks and hills 
 Their lasting silence break. 
 
 And all harmonious human tongues 
 The Saviour's praises speak! 
 
 5 Angels, assist our mighty joys; 
 Strike all your harps of gold; 
 
 But when you raise your highest notes, 
 His love caji ne'er be t&ld. 
 
 142 L.M. 
 
 PRAISE God, from whom all blessings flow; 
 Praise him, all creatures here below; 
 Praise him above, ye heavenly host; 
 Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 
 
152 DEVOTIOXAL HYMNS. 
 
 143 P.M. 
 
 T>EMEMBER, sinful youth, you must die, 
 
 J\) you must die. 
 
 Kemember, sinful youth, you must die; 
 
 Remember, sinful youth, 
 
 Who hate the ways of truth. 
 
 And in your folly boast, you must die, you, &c., 
 
 And in your folly boast, you must die. 
 
 'To the great judgment-day, you are bound, 
 
 you are bound 
 - (the great judgment-day, you are bound; 
 ^ (the great judgment-day, 
 Vour thoughts be what they may, 
 i hough you do go astray, you are bound, 
 
 you are bound. 
 Though you do go astray, you are bound. 
 
 144 6s. 8s. 
 
 RE.JOICE, the Lord is King; 
 Your Lord and King adore; 
 Mortals, give thanks and sing, 
 And triumph evermore; 
 Lift up your hearts, lift up your voice ; 
 Rejoice, again I say, rejoice. 
 
 2 .Jesus, the Saviour, reigns. 
 The God of truth and love; 
 
 "When he had purged our stains, 
 He took his seat above; 
 Lift up your hearts, lift up your voice ; 
 Rejoice, again I say, rejoice. 
 
 3 Rejoice in glorious hope, 
 Jesus the Judge shall come, 
 
DEVOTIONAL HY3INS. 15-! 
 
 And take his servants up 
 To their eternal home; 
 We soon shall hear th' archangel's voice; 
 The trump of God shall sound, — Eejoicel 
 
 145 L.M. 
 
 RETURN, my soul, enjoy thy rest ; 
 Improve the day thy God hath blest: 
 Another six days' work is done; 
 Another Sabbath is begun. 
 
 2 O that our thoughts and thanks may rise, 
 As grateful incense to the skies; 
 
 And draw from Christ that sweet repose, 
 Which none but he that feels it knows. 
 
 3 This heavenly calm within the breast, 
 Is the dear pledge of glorious rest, 
 "Which for the Church of God remains, 
 The end of cares, the end of pains. 
 
 4 In holy duties, let the day, 
 In holy comforts, pass away ; 
 
 How sweet, a Sabbath thus to spend. 
 In hope of one that ne'er shall end. 
 
 146 8s. 7s. 
 
 RIGHTEOUS God! whose vengeful vials 
 All our fears and thoughts exceed, 
 Big with woes and fiery trials, 
 
 Hanging bursting o'er our head; 
 While thou visitest the nations 
 
 Thy selected people spare; 
 Arm our cautioned souls with patience, 
 Fill our humbled hearts with prayer. 
 
154 DEVOTIONAL HYMNS. 
 
 2 If thy dreadful controversy 
 With all flesh is now begun, 
 
 In thy wrath remember mercy ; 
 
 Mercy first and last be shown. 
 Plead thy cause with sword and fire; 
 
 Shake us till the curse remove; 
 Till thou com'st, the saints' desire. 
 
 Crotvuing them with perfect love. 
 
 3 Every fresh alarming token 
 More confirms the faithful word ; 
 
 Nature, for its Lord hath spoken, 
 Must he suddenly restored. 
 
 From this national confusion. 
 
 From this ruined earth and skies. 
 
 See the times of restitution. 
 See the new creation rise! 
 
 147 :s. 
 
 ROCK of ages, cleft for me, 
 Let me hide myself in thee; 
 Let the water and the blood, 
 From thy side, a healing flood, 
 Be of sin the double cure, 
 Save from wrath, and make me pure. 
 
 2 Should my tears forever flow, 
 Should my zeal no languor know, 
 These for sin could not atone; 
 Thou must save, and thou alone; 
 In my hand no price I bring; 
 Simply to thy cross I cling. 
 
 S While I draw this fleeting breath, 
 AYhen mine eyelids close in death, 
 "When I rise to worlds unknown. 
 
DEVOTIOXAL HYMNS. 155 
 
 .And behold thee on thy throne, — 
 Rock of ages, cleft for me, 
 Let me hide mj-self iu thee. 
 
 148 8s. Gs. 
 
 SALEM'S great King, Jesus by name, 
 In ancient time to Jordan came, 
 All righteousness to fill ; 
 'Twas there the ancient Baptist stood 
 Whose name was John, a man of God, 
 To do his Master's will. 
 
 2 Down in old Jordan's rolling stream. 
 The Baptist led the holy Lamb, 
 
 And there did him baptize; 
 Jehovah saw his darling Son, 
 And was well pleased with what he'd done. 
 
 And owned him from the skies. 
 
 3 This is my Son, Jehovah cries; 
 On him to rest the Spii'it flies : 
 
 children, hear ye him! 
 Hark ! 'tis his voice ; behold he cries. 
 Repent, believe, and be baptized, 
 
 And wash away your sin! 
 
 4 Come, children, come; his voice obey; 
 Salem's bright King has marked the way. 
 
 And has a crown prepared ; 
 then arise and give consent, 
 "Walk in the way that Jesus went, 
 
 And have the great reward! 
 
156 DEVOTIONAL HYMNS. 
 
 149 r.jr. 
 
 SAW ye my Saviour? saw ye my Saviour? 
 Savy ye ray Saviour and God? 
 Oh, he died on Calvary, 
 To atone for you and me. 
 And to purchase our pardon with blood. 
 
 2 He was extended, he was extended, 
 Painfully nailed to the cross ; 
 
 There he bowed his head and died. 
 
 There my Lord was crucified. 
 To atone for a world that was lost. 
 
 o Jesus hung bleeding. Jesus hung bleeding. 
 Three dreadful hours in pain ; 
 
 And the solid rocks were rent. 
 
 Through creation's vast extent. 
 When the Jews crucified the Lamb. 
 
 4 Hail, mighty Saviour! hail, mighty Saviour, 
 Prince and the Author of peace. 
 
 Soon he burst the bands of death, 
 
 And triumphant, from the earth, 
 lie ascended to mansions of bliss. 
 
 150 c. M. 
 
 SALVATION! oh, the joyful sound. 
 Glad tidings to our ears; 
 A sovereign balm for every wound, 
 A cordial for our fears. 
 
 2 Salvation! let the eclio fly 
 
 The spacious earth around; 
 While all the armies of the sky 
 
 Conspire to raise the sound. 
 
' DEVOTIOXAL HYMNS. 157 
 
 3 Salvation! O thou bleeding Lamb, 
 
 To thee the praise belongs: 
 Salvation shall inspire our hearts, 
 
 And dwell upon our tongues. 
 
 151 C. M. 
 
 SAY, brothers, will you meet us 
 On Canaan's happy shore? 
 ' Bj' the grace of God we'll meet you 
 
 Where parting is no more. 
 2 Jesus lives and reigns forever 
 
 On Canaan's happy shore I 
 Glory, glory, hallelujah, 
 Forever, evermore! 
 
 1-52 ■ c. M. 
 
 OEE Israel's gentle Shepherd stands 
 )^ With all-engaging charms: 
 Hark, how he calls the tender lambs, 
 And folds them in his arms. 
 
 2 Permit them to approach, he cries, 
 Nor scorn their humble name; 
 
 For 'twas to bless such souls as these 
 The Lord of angels came. 
 
 3 We bring them. Lord, in thankful hands, 
 And yield them up to thee ; 
 
 Joyful that we ourselves are thine, 
 Thine let our offspring be. 
 
 153 8s. 
 
 Q<AVIOUR, haste; our souls are waiting 
 
 )0 For the long expected day, 
 
 When, new heavens and earth creating, 
 
 Thou shalt banish grief away; 
 All the sorrow 
 
 Caused by sin and Satan's sway. 
 
158 DEVOTIOXAL HYIIXS. 
 
 2 Haste, O hasten thine appearing ! 
 
 Take thy mourning people home ; 
 'Tis this hope our spirits cheering, 
 
 While we in the desert roam, 
 Makes thy people 
 
 Strangers here till thou dost come. 
 
 '^ Lord, how long shall the creation 
 Groan and travail, sore in pain; 
 
 Waiting for its sure salvation. 
 When thou shalt in glory reign, 
 
 And, like Eden, 
 This sad earth shall bloom again? 
 
 15-i L. M. 
 
 SHOW pity, Lord, O Lord, forgive: 
 Let a repenting rebel live. 
 Art not thy mercies large and free ? 
 May not a sinner trust in thee? 
 
 2 My crimes are great, but don't surpass 
 The power and glory of thy grace; 
 Great God, thy nature hath no bound, — 
 So let thy pard'ning love be found. 
 
 3 O wash my soul from every sin, 
 And make my guilty conscience clean; 
 Here on my heart the burden lies, 
 And past oifences pain my eyes. 
 
 4 My lips with shame my sins confess, 
 Against thy law, against thy grace; 
 Lord, should thy judgments grow severe, 
 I am condemned, but thou art clear. 
 
DEVOTIONAL HYMNS. 
 
 159 
 
 S' 
 
 5 Yet save a trembling sinner, Lord, 
 Whose hope, still hov'ring round thy word, 
 Would light on some sweet promise there; — 
 Some sure support against despair. 
 
 155 p. M. 
 
 INNER, go ; will you go 
 To the highlands of heaven? 
 Where the storms never blow, 
 
 And the long summer's given ; 
 Where the bright, blooming flowers 
 
 Are their odors emitting; 
 
 And the leaves of the bowers 
 
 [n the breezes are flitting. 
 
 2 Where the rich golden fruit, 
 Is in bright clusters pending. 
 
 And the deep-laden boughs 
 
 Of Life's fair tree, are bending. 
 
 And where Life's crystal stream, 
 Is unceasingly flowing, 
 
 And the verdure is green. 
 And eternally growing. 
 
 3 Where the saints robed in white — 
 Cleansed in Life's flowing fountain; 
 
 Shining beauteous and bright. 
 They inhabit the mountain. 
 
 Where no sin nor dismay, 
 Neither trouble nor sorrow. 
 
 Will be felt for a day, 
 
 Nor be feared for the morrow. 
 
 4 He's prepared thee a home — 
 Sinner, canst thou believe it? 
 
 And invites thee to come. 
 Sinner, wilt thou receive it? 
 
<s. 
 
 160 DEVOTIONAL HYMNS. 
 
 Oh come, sinner, come, 
 For the tide is receding ; 
 
 And the Saviour will soon, 
 And forever, cease pleading 
 
 156 
 
 SINNERS, turn; why will ye die? 
 God, your Maker, asks you why? 
 God, who did your being give. 
 Made you with himself to live; 
 He the fatal cause demands ; 
 Asks the work of his own hands, — 
 "Why, ye thankless creatures, why 
 Will ye cross his love^ and die? 
 
 2 Sinners, turn; why will ye die? 
 God, your Saviour, asks you why? 
 He, who did your souls retrieve. 
 Died himself, that ye might live. 
 Will ye let him die in vain? 
 Crucify your Lord again ? 
 Why, ye ransom'd sinners, why 
 Will ye slight his grace, and die ? 
 
 157 7s. 
 
 SON of God, thy people's shield, 
 Must we still thine absence mourn ! 
 Let thy promise be fulfilled; 
 
 Thou hast said, "I will return." 
 Gracious Master, soon appear, 
 
 Quickly bring thy morning light; 
 Then will cease the constant tear, 
 Hope be turned to joyful sight. 
 
DEVOTIONAL IIYMXS. 101 
 
 2 As a woman counts the days 
 
 Till her absent Lord she see, 
 Lono^s and watches, weeps and prays, 
 
 So the church must long for thee. 
 Come, that we may see thee nigh, 
 
 Then the sheep shall feed in peace, 
 Hush forever trouble's sigh. 
 
 Sin and sorrow's triumph cease. 
 
 158 c. M. 
 
 SIXCE Jesus freely did appear. 
 To grace a marriage feast, 
 Lord ! we ask thy presence here ; 
 Be thou our glorious guest. 
 
 2 Upon thy servants. Lord, look down. 
 Who now have joined their hands ; 
 
 Their union with thy favor crown. 
 And bless their nuptial bands. 
 
 3 With gifts of grace their hearts endow — 
 Of all rich dowries best; 
 
 Their substance bless, and peace bestow, 
 To sweeten all the rest. 
 
 4 In purest love their souls unite. 
 That they with Christian care 
 
 May make domestic burdens light. 
 By taking each a share. 
 
 5 True helpers may they prove indeed. 
 In prayer, and faith, and hope ; 
 
 And see with joy a godly seed. 
 To build their household up. 
 
 6 That love which Jesus Christ displays 
 Towards the church, his bride. 
 
 Be this, Lord, through all their days 
 Their pattern and their guide. 
 11 
 
162 DEYOTIOXAL HYMNS. 
 
 159 s. M. 
 
 SOLDIERS of Christ, arise, 
 And put your armour on. 
 Strong in the strength which God supplies 
 
 Through his eternal Son ; 
 Strong in the Lord of hosts, 
 And in his mighty power, 
 Who in the strength of Jesus trusts, 
 Is more than conqueror. 
 
 2 Stand then in his great might. 
 
 With all his strength endued ; 
 But take, to arm you for the light, 
 
 The panoply of God : 
 That having all things done, 
 
 And all your conflicts past, 
 Ye may o'crcome, through Christ alone. 
 
 And stand entire at last. 
 
 160 L. M. 
 
 ^TAR of our hope. He'll soon appear, 
 (O The last loud trumpet speaks him near; 
 Hail him all saints, from pole to pole, — 
 How welcome to the faithful soul ! 
 
 2 From heaven angelic voices sound. 
 Behold the Lord of glory crowned. 
 Arrayed in majesty divine. 
 
 And in his highest glory shine. 
 
 3 The grave yields up its precious trust, 
 Which long has slumber'd in the dust; 
 Resplendent forms ascending fair, 
 
 To meet the Saviour in the air. 
 
DEVOTIONAL nVMXS. 163 
 
 4 Descending with his azure throne, 
 Ho claims the Kingdom for his own ; 
 The saints rejoice, they shout, they sing 
 And hail him their triumphant King. 
 
 IGl L.M. 
 
 STAY, thou insulted Spirit, stay, 
 Though I have done thee such despite; 
 Xor cast the sinner quite away, 
 Nor take thine everlasting flight. 
 
 2 Though I have steel'd my stubborn heart, 
 And shaken off my guilty fears; 
 
 And vex'd, and urged thee to depart, 
 For many long rebellious years: 
 
 3 Though I have most unfaithful been. 
 Of all who e'er thy grace received; 
 
 Ten thousand times thy goodness seen; 
 Ten thousand times thy goodness grieved: 
 
 4 Yet, 0! the chief of sinners spare, 
 In honor of ray great High Priest; 
 
 Xor in thy righteous anger swear 
 T' exclude me from thy people's rest. 
 
 162 'i,.M. 
 
 SWEET is the work, my God, my King, 
 To praise thy name, give thanks, and sing; 
 To show thy love by morning light, 
 And talk of all thy truth at night. 
 
 2 Sweet is the day cf sacred rest; 
 No mortal care:J shall fill my breast; 
 O, may my heart in tune be found, 
 Like David's harp cf solemn sound! 
 
164 DEVOTIONAL UYMXS. 
 
 3 Mj heart shall triumph in the Lord, 
 And bless his works, and bless his word: 
 His works of grace, how bright Ihey shine! 
 How deep his counsels, how divine ! 
 
 4 And I shall share a glorious part, 
 When grace hath well refined my heart. 
 And fresh supplies of joy are shed, 
 Like holy oil, to cheer my head. 
 
 5 Then I shall see, and hear, and know, 
 All I desired or wished below. 
 
 And every power find sweet employ 
 In that eternal world of joy. 
 
 163 c. M. 
 
 THAT awful day will surely come, 
 Th' appointed hour makes haste, 
 When I must stand before my Judge, 
 And pass the solemn test. 
 
 2 Jesus, thou source of all my joys, 
 Thou ruler of my heart, 
 
 How could I bear to hear thy voice. 
 Pronounce the sound, "Depart!" 
 
 3 The thunder of that awful word 
 Would so torment my ear, 
 
 'Twould tear my soul asunder. Lord, 
 With most tormenting fear. 
 
 4 wretched state of deep despair, 
 To see my God remove, 
 
 And fix my doleful station where 
 1 must not taste his love ! 
 
DEVOTIONAL UYMXS. 165 
 
 164 CM. 
 
 THE Lord of Sabbath let us praise, 
 In concert with the blest, 
 Who, joyful in harmonious lays, 
 Employ an endless rest. 
 
 2 Thus, Lord, while we remember thee, 
 We blest and pious grow ; 
 
 By hymns of praise we learn to be 
 Triumphant here below. 
 
 3 On this glad day a brighter scene 
 Of glory was display'd. 
 
 By the eternal Word, than when 
 This universe was made. 
 
 4 He rises, who mankind has bought, 
 With grief and pain extreme : 
 
 'Twas great to speak the world from naught; 
 'Twas greater to redeem. 
 
 165 p. M. 
 
 THE groaning earth is too dark and drear 
 For the saints' eternal home ; 
 But the city from heaven will soon be here ; 
 We know that the moment is drawing near 
 
 When she in her glory shall come. 
 Her gates of pearl we soon shall see, 
 
 And her music we soon shall hear ; 
 Joyous and bright our home shall be, 
 And we'll walk in the shadow of life's fair 
 
 With our Saviour forever near. [tree, 
 
 2 We'll gladly exchange a world like this, 
 
 Where death triumphant reigns, 
 For a beautiful home in that land of bliss 
 Where all is happiness, joy and peace, 
 And nothing can enter that pains. 
 
1G8 DEVOTIONAL HYMNS-. 
 
 There is no more sorrow and no more night, 
 
 For the darkness shall pass away, 
 The crucified Lamb is its glorious light, 
 And the saints shall walk with him in white 
 In the happy, endless day. 
 
 166 r. M. 
 
 THE God of Ahrah'm praise, 
 Who reigns enthroned above : 
 Ancient of everlasting days. 
 
 And God of love : 
 JEHOVAH, GREAT I AM ! 
 By earth and heaven confess'dj 
 
 1 bow and bless the sacred Name, 
 
 Forever blest. 
 
 2 The God of Abrah'm praise, 
 At whose supreme command 
 
 From earth I rise, and seek the joys 
 
 At his right hand : 
 I all on earth forsake, 
 
 Its wisdom, fame, and power; 
 And him my only portion make, 
 
 My shield and tower. 
 
 3 The God of Abrah'm praise, 
 Whose all-sufficient grace 
 
 Shall guide me all my happy days 
 
 In all his ways : 
 He calls a worm his friend: 
 
 He calls himself my God! 
 And he shall save me to the end^ 
 
 Through Jesus' blood.. 
 
DEVOTIOXAL HYMNS. 
 
 167 P.M. 
 
 THE last lovely morning, 
 All blooming and fair, 
 Is fast onward fleeting, 
 And soon will appear; 
 
 CHORUS. 
 
 "While the mighty trump sounds, 
 
 "Come, come away!" 
 O, let us be ready 
 
 To hail the glad day. 
 
 2 And when that bright morning 
 lu splendor shall dawn, 
 
 Our tears will be ended, 
 Our sorrows all gone; 
 
 3 The Bridegroom from glory 
 To earth shall descend; 
 
 Ten thousand bright angels 
 Around him attend; 
 
 4 The graves will be opened, 
 -The dead will arise, 
 
 And with the Redeemer 
 Mount up to the skies. 
 
 168 
 
 THE morning flowers display their sweets, 
 And gay their silken leaves unfold, 
 As careless of the noontide heats, 
 As fearless of the evening cold. 
 
 2 Nipt by the winds' untimely blast, 
 Parched by the sun's directer ray. 
 
 The momentary glories waste. 
 The short-lived beauties die away. 
 
 L. M. 
 
1G8 DEVOTIONAL HYMXS. ' 
 
 3 So blooms the human face divine, 
 When youth its pride of beaut)' shows; 
 
 Fairer than spring the colors shine, 
 And sweeter than the virgin rose. 
 
 4 But worn by slowly rolling years, 
 Or broke by sickness in a day, 
 
 The fading glory disappears, 
 
 The short-lived beauties die away. 
 
 5 Yet these, new rising from the tomb, 
 With lustre brighter far shall shine. 
 
 Revive with ever-during bloom, 
 Safe from diseases and decline. 
 
 169 CM. 
 
 THERE is a fountain filled with blood, 
 Drawn from Immanuel's veins; 
 And sinners, plunged beneath that flood, 
 Lose all their guilty stains. 
 
 2 The dying thief rejoiced to see 
 That fountain in his day ; 
 
 And there may I, though vile as he. 
 Wash all my sins away. 
 
 3 Dear dying Lamb, thy precious blood 
 Shall never lose its power. 
 
 Till all the ransomed church of God 
 Be saved, to sin no more. 
 
 4 Then in a nobler, sweeter song, 
 I'll sing thy power to save, 
 
 When this poor lisping, stammering tongue 
 Is ransomed from the grave. 
 
■ DEYOTIONAL HYMNS. 169 
 
 170 P. M. 
 
 THERE is a world to come, 
 Happy and pure; 
 That is the Christian's home, 
 
 Long to endure. 
 O, 'tis a world of light I 
 No more death, nor wo, nor night; 
 Faith views it with delight, 
 Knowing 'tis sure. 
 
 2 There Christ will ever reign 
 All-glorious King! 
 
 There music's rapt'rous strain 
 
 Ever will ring; 
 Saints who in ages by 
 Suffered, and were called to die, 
 There in sweet harmony 
 
 Anthems will sing. 
 
 3 There is our paradise, 
 Eden restored; 
 
 All beauteous in their eyes, 
 
 Who love the Lord; 
 Wastes that are now so drear. 
 Like the rose shall blossom there. 
 And be a garden fair: 
 
 Thus saith the word. 
 
 171 
 
 THERE is a happy land. 
 Far, far away — 
 Where saints in glory stand. 
 Bright, bright as day. 
 
 P. M. 
 
170 DEYOTIOXAL HYMNS. 
 
 Oh, how they sweetly sing, 
 Worthy is our Saviour King; 
 Loud let his praises ring 
 For evermore. 
 
 2 Come to this happy land. 
 
 Come, come away; 
 Why will ye doubting stand? 
 
 Why still delay ? 
 Oh, we shall happy be, 
 When, from sin and sorrow free, 
 Lord, we shall live with thee, 
 
 Blest evermore. 
 
 3 Bright, in that happy land, 
 
 Beams every eye ; 
 Kept by a Father's hand, 
 
 Love cannot die. 
 Oh, then to glory run ; 
 Be a crown and kingdom won ; 
 And bright above the sun. 
 
 Reign evermore. 
 
 172 P. M. 
 
 THERE is a land, a better land than this — 
 There's my home, there's my home; 
 A land of pure, unbounded, perfect bliss — 
 
 There's my home, there's my home. 
 A captive on this desert shore, 
 
 1 long to count my exile o'er. 
 
 And be where sorrows come no more: 
 There's my home, there's my home. 
 
 2 Far, far I am from my own happy shore — 
 I -would go, I would go; 
 
 But yet my days of exile are not o'er — 
 I would go, I would go; 
 
* DEVOTIONAL KYMNS. 171- 
 
 I would not stay though earth were mine; 
 Though all its treasures for me shine, 
 A captive here, I still should pine: 
 
 1 would go, I would go. 
 
 3 Bright visions of that blissful land appear — 
 There's my home, there's my home. 
 
 How long a pilgrim must I wander here? 
 There's my home, there's my home; 
 
 O, tell me that I soon shall be 
 
 With all the ransomed exiles free 
 
 There in that land I long to see ! 
 There's my home, there's my home. 
 
 173 c.Yi. 
 
 THIS book is all that's left me now, 
 Tears will unbidden start, 
 With fait' ring heart and throbbing brow, 
 
 I press it to my heart. 
 My mother's hand this Bible clasped; 
 
 She, dying, gave it me. 
 
 For many generations past. 
 
 Here is our family tree. 
 
 2 Ah ! well do I remember those 
 Whose names these records bear; 
 
 Who round the hearth-stone used to close. 
 
 After the evening prayer. 
 And tell of what those pages said, 
 
 In terms my heart would thrill ! 
 Though they are with the silent dead, 
 
 Here are they living still. 
 
 3 My father read this holy book 
 To brothers, sisters dear; 
 
 How calm was my poor mother's look, 
 Who loved God's word to hear. 
 
172 DEYOTIOXAL HYMXS. 
 
 Her angel face, — I see it yet ! 
 
 What thronging memories come I 
 Again that little group is met, 
 
 Within the walls of home. 
 
 4 Thou truest friend man ever knew, 
 
 Thy constancy I've tried ; 
 Where all were false I found thee true, 
 
 My counsellor and guide. 
 The mines of earth no treasures give, 
 
 That could this volume buy: 
 In teaching me the way to live. 
 
 It taujrht me how to die. 
 
 S. M. 
 
 174 
 
 THOU Judge of quick and dead. 
 Before whose awful bar, 
 With holy joy or guilty dread, 
 
 We all must soon appear; 
 Our souls by grace prepare 
 For that tremendous day, 
 And fill us now with watchful care. 
 And stir us up to pray. 
 
 2 To pray and wait the hour, 
 
 That awful hour unknown, 
 When, robed in majesty and power, 
 
 Thou shalt from heaven come down: 
 TA' immortal Son of man. 
 
 To judge the human race, 
 With all the Father's dazzling train. 
 
 With all thy glorious grace. 
 
DEVOTIONAL HYMNS. 1" 
 
 175 c. M. 
 
 I^HY life I read, my gracious Lord, 
 With transport all divine ; 
 Thine image trace in every word, 
 Thy love in every line. 
 
 2 Methinlvs I see a thousand charms 
 Spread o'er thy lovely face, 
 
 While infants in thy tender arms 
 Receive the smiling grace. 
 
 3 I take these little lambs, said he, 
 And lay them in my breast; 
 
 Protection they shall find in me, 
 In me be ever blest. 
 
 4 His words the happy parents hear, 
 And shout, with joys divine, — 
 
 O Saviour, all we have and are 
 Shall be forever thine. 
 
 176 P. M. 
 
 TO-DAY the Saviour calls, 
 Ye wanderers, come! 
 O, ye benighted souls, 
 Why longer roam? 
 
 2 To-day the Saviour calls! 
 For refuge fly; 
 
 The storm of vengeance falls, 
 Ruin is nigh. 
 
 3 To-day the Saviour calls! 
 O, listen now! 
 
 Within these sacred walls 
 To Jesus bow. 
 
174 DEVOTIONAL HYMNS. 
 
 4 The Spirit calls to-day ! 
 
 Yield to his power; 
 O, grieve him not away! 
 
 'Tis mercy's hour. 
 
 177 p. M. 
 
 "PIS the last call of mercy 
 
 -■- That lingers for thee; 
 O, sinner, receive it! 
 
 To Jesus now flee. 
 He often has called thee, 
 
 But thou hast refused; 
 His offered salvation 
 
 And love is abused. 
 
 2 If thou slightest this warning, 
 
 Now offered at last. 
 Thine will be the sad mourning: 
 
 "The harvest is past, 
 Salvation I've slighted, 
 
 The summer is o'er. 
 And now there is pardon. 
 
 Sweet pardon, no more." 
 
 178 7s, 6s. 
 
 THE glorious day is coming, 
 The hour is rolling on. 
 Its radiant light is beaming, 
 
 Resplendent as the sun ; 
 In yon bright*clouds of heaven 
 
 The Saviour will appear, 
 And gather all his chosen 
 To meet him in the air. 
 
DEVOTIOXAL HYMNS. 175 
 
 2 Then fire, from God descending, 
 Shall sweep this wide earth o'er, 
 
 And nations, loud lamenting, 
 
 Shall sink to rise no more. 
 Though tears with groans arc blended, 
 
 Yet still in vain they cry, 
 The day of hope is ended: 
 
 The sinner now must die. 
 
 3 But saints shall be victorious. 
 And joy to meet the Lord; 
 
 An earth more bright and glorious 
 
 Is promised in his word. 
 Our God himself, there reigning, 
 
 Shall wipe all tears away; 
 Xo clouds or night remaining, 
 
 But one eternal day. 
 
 4 O, Christian, wake from sleeping, 
 And let your works abound; 
 
 Be watching, praying, weeping, 
 For soon the trump will sound ! 
 
 O, sinner, hear the warning: 
 To Jesus quickly fly; 
 
 Then you on that blest morning 
 ]May meet him in the sky ! 
 
 1T9 7s. 6s. 
 
 THE clouds at length are breaking; 
 The dawn will soon appear. 
 And signs there's no mistaking. 
 
 Proclaim Messiah near. 
 Awake, awake from sleeping, 
 
 Attend the midnight cry ; 
 Ye'saints, refrain from weeping, 
 Your great Deliv'rer 's nigh. 
 
176 DEVOTIONAL HYMXS. 
 
 2 The morning light is beaming: 
 The day-star shines on high ; 
 
 Christ's heralds are proclaiming 
 
 His coming in the sky ; 
 And earth's eventful story 
 
 A few short months may tell ; 
 The righteous rise to glory, 
 
 The wicked sink to hell. 
 
 3 Great Author of compassion, 
 Redeemer, Saviour, Friend, 
 
 0; send to every nation 
 The knowledge of its end ! 
 
 Fly, fly on wings of morning. 
 Ye who the truth can tell. 
 
 And sound the awful warning, 
 To rescue souls from hell ! 
 
 ISO p. M. 
 
 THE God of harvest praise; 
 In loud thanksgiving rai&e 
 Hand, heart, and voice; 
 The valleys smile and sing, 
 Forests and mountains ring. 
 The plains their tribute, bring, 
 The streams rejoice. • 
 
 2 Yea, bless his holy Name, 
 And purest thanks proclaim 
 
 Through all the earth; 
 To glory in your lot 
 Is duty, — but be not 
 God's benefits forgot, 
 
 Amid your mirth. 
 
DEVOTIONAL IIYMXS. 17 
 
 3 The God of harvest praise ; 
 Hands, hearts, and voices, raise, 
 
 With sweet accord ; 
 From tield to garner throng, 
 Bearing your sheaves along, 
 And in your harvest song 
 
 Bless ye the Lord. 
 
 181 CM. 
 
 THERE is a land of pure delight, 
 Where saints immortal reign ; 
 Infinite day excludes the night, 
 And pleasures banish pain. 
 
 2 There everlasting spring abides, 
 And never- with' ring flowers : 
 
 Death, like a narrow sea, divides 
 This heavenly land from ours.. 
 
 3 Sweet fields beyond the swelling flood 
 Stand dress'd in living green; 
 
 So to the Jews old Canaan stood, 
 While Jordan roll'd between. 
 
 4 Could we but climb where Moses stood, 
 And view the landscape o'er. 
 
 Not Jordan's stream, nor death's cold flood, 
 Should fright us from the shore. 
 
 182 L. M. 
 
 THUS far the Lord hath led me on,— 
 Thus far his power prolongs my days ; 
 And every evening shall make known 
 Some fresh memorial of his grace. 
 12 
 
178 
 
 DEYOTIOXAL HYMNS. 
 
 2 Much of my time has run to waste, 
 And I, perhaps, am near my home : 
 
 But he forgives my follies past, 
 
 And gives me strength for days to come. 
 
 3 I lay my body down to sleep ; 
 Peace is the pillow for my head ; 
 
 "While well-appointed angels keep 
 
 Their watchful stations round my bed. 
 
 4 Thus, when the night of death shall come. 
 My flesh shall rest beneath the ground, 
 
 And wait thy voice to rouse my tomb, 
 With sweet salvation in the sound. 
 
 183 L. M. 
 
 THY kingdom come; thus, day by day, 
 We lift our hands to God and pray 5 
 But who has ever duly weighed 
 The meaning of the words he said? 
 
 2 Thy kingdom come ; O day of joy, 
 "When praise shall every tongue employ; 
 "When hate, and strife, and war shall cease. 
 And man with man shall be at peace ! 
 
 3 Jesus shall reign on Zion's hill, 
 And all the earth with glory fill ; 
 His word shall Paradise restore. 
 And sin and death afflict no more. 
 
 4 Then bears and wolves, no longer wild, 
 Obey the leading of a child ; 
 
 The lions with the oxen eat. 
 
 And dust shall be the serpent's meat. 
 
DEVOTIOXAL HYMNS. 179 
 
 184 r.M. 
 
 VAIN, delusive world, adieu, 
 With all of creature good ; 
 Only Jesus I pursue, 
 
 ^Yho bought me with his blood. 
 All thy pleasures I forego, 
 
 I trample on thy wealth and pride ; 
 Only Jesus will I know, 
 And Jesus crucified. 
 
 2 Other knowledge I disdain; 
 
 'Tis all but vanity ; 
 Christ, the Lamb of God, was slain ; 
 
 He tasted death for me. 
 Me to save from endless wo 
 
 The sin-atoning victim died; 
 Only Jesus will I know. 
 
 And Jesus crucified. 
 
 185 
 
 TAKE the song of Jubilee ; 
 
 w 
 
 Let it echo o'er the sea; 
 Now is come the promised hour; 
 Jesus reigns with sovereign power. 
 
 2 All the nations join and sing. 
 Praise your Saviour, praise your King, 
 Let it sound from shore to shore, 
 
 '^' Jesus reigns for evermore !" 
 
 3 Hark ! the desert lands rejoice ; 
 And the islands join their voice ; 
 Joy] the whole creation sings: 
 
 *•' Jesus is the Kin? of kinoes!" 
 
180 DEVOTIONAL HYMNS. 
 
 186 s.M. 
 
 "\17ELC0ME, sweet day of rest, 
 
 y V That saw the Lord arise ; 
 AVelcome to this reviving breast, 
 And these rejoicing eyes ! 
 
 2 The King himself comes near, 
 And feasts his saints to-day ; 
 
 Here we may sit, and see him here. 
 And love, and praise, and pray. 
 
 3 One day in such a place, 
 Where thou, my God, art seen, 
 
 Is sweeter than ten thousand days 
 Of pleasurable sin. 
 
 4 My willing soul would stay 
 In such a frame as this, 
 
 And sit and sing herself away 
 To everlasting bliss. 
 
 187 CM. 
 
 WITNESS, ye men and angels; no^i 
 Before the Lord we speak; 
 To him we make a solemn vow, 
 A vow we dare not break. 
 
 2 That, long as life itself shall last. 
 Ourselves to Christ we yield; 
 
 Nor from his cause will we depart, 
 Or ever quit the field. 
 
 3 We trust not in our native strength. 
 But on his grace rely. 
 
 That, with returning wants, the Lord 
 Will all our need supply. 
 
DEVOTIONAL UYMN'S. 181 
 
 18S p. ]^I. 
 
 "\T7EARY pilgrim, why this sadness ? 
 
 '' ' Why 'mid sorrow's scenes decline? 
 The '•' trial strange" brings joy and gladness; 
 For all things shall yet be thine; 
 O, yes, all things shall yet be thine I 
 
 2 Earth anew, with robe of glory, 
 Shall rejoice in hill and vale; 
 
 And sweetest harpings tell the story 
 Of the love that could not fail ; 
 O, yes, the love that could not fail ! 
 
 3 Thou shalt range the fields of pleasure, 
 Where joy's gushing songs arise ; 
 
 Thou shalt have all thy well-stored treasure 
 In the New Earth, Paradise ! 
 Yes, in the New Earth, Paradise I 
 
 1S9 S.M. 
 
 "VyyE lift our hearts to thee, 
 
 * ' Thou Day-Star from on high ! 
 The sun itself is but thy shade. 
 Yet cheers both earth and sky. 
 
 2 0, let thy rising beams 
 Dispel the shades of night; 
 
 And let the glories of thy love 
 Come like the morning light ! 
 
 3 How beaut'ous nature now ! 
 How dark and sad before ! 
 
 ^Yith joy we view the pleasing change, 
 And nature's God adore. 
 
182 DEVOTIONAL HYMNS. 
 
 4 May we this life improve 
 
 To mourn for errors past; 
 And live this short revolving day 
 
 As if it were our last. 
 
 190 P.M. 
 
 "TTTE'E-E travelling home to heaven above, 
 \ V Will you go? Will you goi 
 To sing the Saviour's dying love, 
 Will you go? Will you go? 
 And millions more are on the road. 
 Millions have reached that blest abode. 
 Anointed kings and priests to God, 
 Will you go? Will you go? 
 
 2 We're going to see the bleeding Lamb, &.c. 
 In rapturous strains to praise his name, &c. 
 The crown of life we there shall wear. 
 The conqueror's palms our hands shall bear, 
 And all the joys of heaven we'll share, &c. 
 
 3 We're going to join the heavenly choir, &c. 
 To raise our voice, and tune the lyre, &c. 
 There saints and angels gladly sing, 
 Hosanna to their God and King, 
 
 And make the heavenly arches ring, &c. 
 
 4 Ye weary, heavy-laden, come, &c. 
 
 In the blest house there still is room, &c. 
 
 The Lord is waiting to receive. 
 
 If thou wilt on him now believe. 
 
 Thy troubled conscience he'll relieve, &c. 
 
 5 The way to heaven is straight and plain, &c. 
 Repent, believe, be born again, &c. 
 
 The Saviour cries aloud to thee, 
 "Take up thy cross, and follow me, 
 And thou shalt my salvation see," Ike. 
 
DEVOTIONAL HYMNS. 183 
 
 191 p. M. 
 
 WE'RE going home, we've had visions 
 bright 
 Of that holy land, that world of light, 
 "Where the long dark night of time is past, 
 And the morn of eternity's come at last ; 
 ■\Vhere the weary saint no more shall roam. 
 But dwell in a sunny, peaceful home ; 
 Where the brow with celestial gems is crowned, 
 And waves of bliss are dashing round. 
 
 O that beautiful world! O that beautiful 
 world ! 
 
 2 We're going home, we soon shall be 
 Where the sky is clear and the soil is free, 
 Where the victor's song floats o'er the plain, 
 And the seraph's anthems blend with its 
 
 strain, 
 Where the sun rolls down its brilliant flood. 
 And beams on a world that is fair and good. 
 And stars, that dimmed at nature's doom, 
 Will sparkle and dance o'er the new earth's 
 
 bloom. 
 that beautiful home! that beautiful 
 
 home ! 
 
 3 Where the tears and sighs which here were 
 
 given 
 Are exchanged forthegladsome song of heaven, 
 Where the beauteous forms which sing and 
 
 shine 
 Are guarded well by a hand divine. 
 Pure love's banner and friendship's wand 
 
18-1 DEVOTIONAL HTIIXS. 
 
 Are waving above that princely band, 
 And the glory of God, like a molten sea, 
 Will bathe that immortal company. 
 
 O that beautiful home ! O that beautiful 
 home! 
 
 4 Mid the ransomed throng, mid the sea of 
 
 bliss. 
 Mid the holy city's gorgeousness, 
 Mid the verdant plains, mid angels' cheer, 
 Mid the flowers that never of winter wear; 
 Where the conqueror's song, as it sounds afar. 
 Is wafted on the ambrosial air; 
 Through endless years we then shall prove 
 The depths of a Saviour's matchless love. 
 O that beautiful world! O that beautiful 
 
 world ! 
 
 192 P, M. 
 
 WE have heard from the bright, the better 
 land; 
 We have heard, and our hearts are glad ; 
 For we were a lonely pilgrim band, 
 
 And weary, and worn, and sad. 
 They tell us the pilgrims ever dwell there, 
 
 ISTo longer are homeless ones; 
 We know that the goodly land is fair; 
 Life's river of water there runs, 
 
 2 They say green fields are waving there, 
 
 And they never a blight shall know; 
 That desert wilds are blooming fair, 
 
 And roses of Sharon grow ; , 
 
 And lovely birds in bowers green 
 
 Their melody ever repeat; 
 Their warblings mingle, in every scene, 
 
 With harpings of seraphs so sweet. 
 
DEYOTIOXAL HTMNS. 185 
 
 3 We have heard of the robe, the palm, the 
 
 And the silvery band in white; [crown. 
 
 The city of gems in a high renown, 
 
 Illumined with heavenly light; 
 The King is seen in his beauty fair. 
 
 The joy and the light of the laud; 
 A little while, and we hope to be there, 
 
 To join with that glorious band. 
 
 193 P.M. 
 
 "ITTHEX for eternal worlds we steer, 
 * V And seas are calm and skies are clear, 
 And faith in lively exercise, 
 And distant hills of Canaan rise: 
 The soul for joy then claps her wings, 
 And loud her lovely sonnet sings, 
 I'm going home. 
 
 2 With cheerful hope her eyes explore, 
 Each landmark on the distant shore; 
 The trees of life, the pastures green. 
 The golden streets, the crystal stream: 
 Again for joy she claps her wings. 
 And loud her lovely sonnet sings, 
 
 I'm almost home. 
 
 3 The nearer still she draws to land. 
 More eagjgr all her powers expand; 
 AVith steady helm, and full bent sail. 
 Her anchor drops within the veil; 
 Again for joy she claps her wings. 
 And her celestial sonnet sings, 
 
 I'm safe at home. 
 
18G DEYOTIOXAL HYMNS. 
 
 194 P.M. 
 
 WHEN shall we meet again, 
 Meet ne'er to sever? 
 When will peace wreath her chain 
 
 Round us forever? 
 Our hearts will ne'er repose, 
 Safe from each blast that blows, 
 In this dark vale of woes, 
 
 Never, no, never. 
 2 When shall love freely flow, 
 
 Pure as life's river? 
 ■fWhen shall sweet friendship glow 
 ;' Changeless forever? 
 Where joys celestial thrill. 
 Where bliss each heart shall fill, 
 And fears of parting chill. 
 Never, no, never. 
 
 195 ,> L.P.M. 
 
 WHO came from Heav'n to ransom me ? 
 Jesus, who died upon the tree. 
 
 CHORUS. 
 
 Oh! who's like Jesus? He died on the tree- 
 He died for you, He died for me ; 
 He died to set poor sinners free : 
 Oh ! who's like Jesus? He died on the tree. 
 
 2 Why did He come from heav'n above? 
 He came because His name was Love. 
 
 3 And did He die, the Son of God? 
 Yes, on the Cross He shed His blood. 
 
 4 Why did my Lord and Saviour bleed? 
 That we from evil might be freed. 
 
 5 Christ is the weary sinner's home : 
 Oh, let us come ! Oh, let us come ! 
 
DEYOTIOXAL IIYMXS. 18' 
 
 195 ^ L. M. 
 
 WHEN I survey the wondrous cross, 
 On -wliicli the Prince of glory died, 
 ^ly richest gain I count but loss, 
 And pour contempt on all my pride. 
 
 2 Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast, 
 Save in the death of Christ, my God; 
 
 All the vain things that charm me most, 
 I sacrifice them to thy blood. 
 
 3 See from his head, his hands, his feet, 
 Sorrow and love flow n.ingled down! 
 
 Did e'er such love and sorrow meet, 
 Or thorns compose so rich a crown? 
 
 4 Were the whole realm of nature mine, 
 That were a present far too small; 
 
 Love so amazing, so divine. 
 
 Demands my soul, my life, my all. 
 
 196 I,. M. 
 
 WHEN strangers stand and hear me tell 
 What beauties in my Saviour dwell, 
 Where he is gone they fain would know, 
 That they may seek and love him too. 
 
 2 may my spirit daily rise 
 
 On wings of faith above the skies. 
 Till I shall make my last remove. 
 To dwell forever with my love! 
 
 3 In paradise, within the gates, 
 A higher entertainment waits; 
 Fruits new and old laid up in store; 
 There we shall feed, but want no more. 
 
188 DEVOTIOXAL HYMXS. 
 
 197 
 
 p. M. 
 
 A\ 
 
 THO are these in bright array 
 This innumerable throng, 
 
 Round the altar night and day 
 
 Tuning their triumphant song? 
 "Worthy is the Lamb once slain, 
 
 Blessing, honor, glory, power, 
 "Wisdom, riches, to obtain: 
 
 New dominion every hour. 
 2 These through fiery trials trod; 
 
 These from great affliction came; 
 Now before the throne of God, 
 
 Sealed with his eternal Xame: 
 Clad in raiment pure and white, 
 
 Victor palms in every hand, 
 Through their great Redeemer's might, 
 
 More than conquerors they stand. 
 
 198 P. M. 
 
 WHEX the King of kings comes, 
 When the Lord of lords comes, 
 "We shall have a joyful day 
 
 When the King of kings comes; 
 Great Babylon is broken down, 
 And kingdoms once of great renown, 
 And saints now suflF'ring wear the crown 
 
 When the King of kings comes. 
 2 When the trump of God calb, 
 When the last of foes falls, 
 We shall have a joyful daj^ 
 
 When the King of kings comes ; 
 then the saints, raised from the dead. 
 Are w^ith the living gathered, 
 And all made like their glorious Head, 
 
 When the King of kings comes. 
 
DEVOTIOXAL HTJIXS. 189 
 
 3 When the foe's distress comes, 
 When the churcli's 'Test" comes; 
 We shall have a joyful day 
 
 When the King of kings comes: 
 And then the new Jerusalem, 
 Surpas.-ing all reports of fame, 
 Shines, worthy of its Maker's name, 
 
 When the King of kings comes. 
 
 199 P.M. 
 
 WORTHY, worthy is the Lamb, 
 Worthy, worthy is the Lamb, 
 W' orthy, worthy is the Lamb, 
 That was slain! 
 Glory, hallelujah! 
 Praise him, hallelujah! 
 Glory, hallelujah to the Lamb! 
 
 2 S«ns of morning, sing his praise 
 In the noblest strains you raise; 
 Man's redemption claims your lays; 
 Praise the Lamb ! 
 Glory, hallelujah, &c. 
 
 S Christ has come in very deed. 
 Born to bruise the serpent's head; 
 Sing the woman's conq'ring seed; 
 Praise the Lamb ! 
 Glory, hallelujah, &c. 
 
 4 See, in sad Gethsemane, 
 See, on tragic Calvary, 
 Sinner, see his love to thee; 
 Praise the Lamb! 
 Glory, hallelujah, &c. 
 
190 DEVOTIOXAL HYMXS. 
 
 200 „.M. 
 
 YE virgin souls, arise; 
 With all the dead, awake; 
 Unto salvation wise. 
 
 Oil in your vessels take : 
 Upstarting at the midnight cry — 
 Behold the heavenly Bridegroom uighl 
 
 2 He comes, he comes, to call 
 The nations to his bar, 
 
 And take to glory all 
 Who mete for gloi'y are: 
 'Make ready for your full reward; 
 Go forth with joy to meet your Lord. 
 
 3 Go meet him in the sky, 
 Your everlasting Friend; 
 
 Your Head to glorify, 
 
 With all his saints ascend : 
 Ye pure in heart, obtain the grace 
 To see, without a v^il, his face. 
 
 4 The everlasting doors 
 
 Shall soon the saints receive, 
 With seraphs, thrones, and powers, 
 
 In glorious joy to live; 
 Far from a world of grief and sin, 
 With God eternally shut in. 
 
 201 P.M. 
 
 YE who rose to meet the Lord, 
 Ventured on his faithful word; 
 Faint not now, for your reward 
 Will be quickly given. 
 
DEVOTIOXAL HYMNS. 191 
 
 Faint not! always watch and pray; 
 Jesus will no more dela^'; 
 Even now 'tis dawn of day; 
 
 Day-star beams from heaven. 
 
 2 Would ye to the end endure? 
 Keep the wedding garment pure; 
 Claim ye still the promise sure, 
 
 Faithful is the Lord ! 
 Let your lamps be burning bright; 
 In God's word is beaming light; 
 Live by .faith, and not by sight; 
 
 Crowns are your reward. 
 
 102 L. p. 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, 
 And tell me if thy name be Love. 
 
 2 'Tis Love! 'tis Love! thou diedst for me; 
 
 I hear thy whisper in my heart; 
 The morning breiks, the sha'^ows flee; 
 
 Pure, universal Love thou art: 
 To me, to all, thy bowels move, — 
 Thy nature and thy name is Love. 
 
 8 My prayer hath power with God; the grace 
 
 Unspeakable I now receive; 
 Through faith I see thee face to face; 
 
 1 see thee face to face, and live! 
 In vain I have not wept and strove; 
 Thy nature and thy name is Love. 
 
CONTENTS. 
 
 PAGE. 
 
 Principles of Faith. (i 
 
 Basis of Church-Fellowship, 15 
 
 Church Order, 15 
 
 Marriage Ceremony, 23 
 
 Dedication of Children, 25 
 
 Baptism 35 
 
 The Lord's Supper, 40 
 
 Funeral Service 38 
 
 Ordination of Ruling Elders and Deacons,... 4(i 
 
 Ordination of Ministers, 51 
 
 HYMNS FOR VARIOUS OCCASIONS- 
 
 THE FIGURES REFER TO THE NUMBER OF THE HYMN. 
 
 Marriage, 158. 
 
 Dedication of Children, 17, 5G, 152, 175. 
 Baptismal Service, 65, 73, 79, 148. 
 The Lord's Supper, 1, 18, 33, 34, 87. 
 Funeral Service, 58, 70, 160, 183. 
 Ordination of Ministers, 54, 94, 103, 110. 
 Family Devotion, 109, 119, 189. 
 Covenant with God, 32, 49, 69. 124, 187. 
 The Sabbath, 145, 162, 164, 186. 
 
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