THE CHURCH—DIVINE CONSTITUTION.441L. M.God is the midst of her.Psalm 46:5.Happy the church, thou sacred place,The seat of thy Creator’s grace!Thine holy courts are his abode,Thou earthly palace of our God!2Thy walls are strength, and at thy gatesA guard of heavenly warriors waits;Nor shall thy deep foundations move,Fixed on his counsels and his love.3Thy foes in vain designs engage;Against his throne in vain they rage:Like rising waves, with angry roar,That dash and die upon the shore.4God is our shield, and God our sun;Swift as the fleeting moments run,On us he sheds new beams of grace,And we reflect his brightest praise.Watts.442L. M.God is our refuge.Psalm 46:1.God is the refuge of his saints,When storms of sharp distress invade;Ere we can offer our complaints,Behold him present with his aid.2Let mountains from their seats be hurledDown to the deep, and buried there;Convulsions shake the solid world;Our faith shall never yield to fear.3Zion enjoys her monarch’s love,Secure against a threatening hour;Nor can her firm foundations move,Built on his truth, and armed with power.Watts.443C. M.A kingdom which can not be moved.Heb. 12:28.Thy kingdom, Lord, for ever stands,While earthly thrones decay;And time submits to thy commands,While ages roll away.2Thy sovereign bounty freely givesIts unexhausted store;And universal nature livesOn thy sustaining power.3Holy and just in all thy ways,Thy providence divine;In all thy works, immortal raysOf power and mercy shine.4The praise of God—delightful theme!Shall fill my heart and tongue;Let all creation bless his name,In one eternal song.Watts.444C. M.A sure foundation.Isaiah 28:16.Behold the sure foundation-stone,Which God in Zion lays,To build our heavenly hopes upon,And his eternal praise!2Chosen of God, to sinners dear,And saints adore the name;They trust their whole salvation here,Nor shall they suffer shame.3The foolish builders, scribe, and priest,Reject it with disdain;Yet on this rock the church shall rest,And envy rage in vain.4What though the gates of hell withstood,Yet must this building rise:’Tis thy own work, almighty God,And wondrous in our eyes.Watts.445C. M.Let us go into the house of the Lord.Psalm 122:1.How did my heart rejoice to hearMy friends devoutly say,“In Zion let us all appear,And keep the solemn day.”2I love her gates, I love the road:The church, adorned with grace,Stands like a palace, built for God,To show his milder face.3Up to her courts, with joys unknown,The holy tribes repair;The Son of David holds his throne,And sits in judgment there.4He hears our praises and complaints;And while his awful voiceDivides the sinners from the saints,We tremble and rejoice.5Peace be within this sacred place,And joy a constant guest!With holy gifts and heavenly grace,Be her attendants blest!6My soul shall pray for Zion still,While life or breath remains;There my best friends, my kindred, dwell,There God, my Saviour reigns.Watts.446C. M.Yet will I not forget thee.Isaiah 49:15.A mother may forgetful be,For human love is frail;But thy Creator’s love to thee,O Zion! can not fail.2No! thy dear name engraven stands,In characters of love,On thy almighty Father’s hands,And never shall remove.3Before his ever watchful eyeThy mournful state appears;And every groan, and every sigh,Divine compassion hears.4O Zion! learn to doubt no more,Be every fear suppressed;Unchanging truth, and love, and power,Dwell in thy Saviour’s breast.Mrs. Steele.447C. M.The Lord is my light and my salvation.Psalm 27:1.The Lord of glory is my light,And my salvation too;God is my strength, nor will I fearWhat all my foes can do.2One blessing, Lord, my heart desires;O, grant me my abodeAmong the churches of thy saints,The temples of my God.3There shall I offer my requests,And see thy glory still;Shall hear thy messages of love,And learn thy holy will.4When troubles rise, and storms appear,There may his children hide;God has a strong pavilion, whereHe makes my soul abide.5Now shall my head be lifted highAbove my foes around,And songs of joy and victoryWithin thy temple sound.Watts.448C. M.Fear not, little flock.Luke 12:32.There is a little, lonely fold,Whose flock one Shepherd keeps,Through summer’s heat and winter’s cold,With eye that never sleeps.2By evil beast, or burning sky,Or damp of midnight air,Not one in all that flock shall dieBeneath that Shepherd’s care.3For if, unheeding or beguiled,In danger’s path they roam,His pity follows through the wild,And guards them safely home.4O, gentle Shepherd, still beholdThy helpless charge in me;And take a wanderer to thy fold,That, trembling, turns to thee.449C. M.You are come unto Mount Zion.Heb. 12:22.Not to the terrors of the Lord,The tempest, fire, and smoke—Not to the thunder of that wordWhich God on Sinai spoke;—2But we are come to Zion hill,The city of our God,Where milder words declare his will,And spread his love abroad.3Behold the great, the glorious hostOf angels clothed in light!Behold the spirits of the just,Whose faith is turned to sight!4Behold the blest assembly there,Whose names are writ in heaven!And God, the Judge, who doth declareTheir vilest sins forgiven!5Saints here, and those in Jesus dead,But one communion make;All join in Christ, their living head,And of his grace partake.6In such society as thisMy weary soul would rest;The man that dwells where Jesus isMust be for ever blessed.Watts.450C. M.Rev. 1:20.Our Christ hath reached his heavenly seat,Through sorrows and through scars;The golden lamps are at his feet,And in his hand the stars.2O God of life, and truth, and grace,Ere nature was begun!Make welcome to our erring raceThy Spirit and thy Son.3We hail the Church, built high o’er allThe heathens’ rage and scoff;Thy providence its fenced wall,“The Lamb the light thereof.”4O, may he walk among us here,With his rebuke and love—A brightness o’er this lower sphere,A ray from worlds above!Frothingham.451C. M.His kingdom is everlasting.Danl. 7:27.O where are kings and empires now,Of old that went and came?But holy Church is praying yet,A thousand years the same.2Mark ye her holy battlements,And her foundations strong:And hear within, the solemn voice,And her unending song.3For not like kingdoms of the world,The Holy Church of God!Though earthquake shocks are rocking her,And tempests are abroad;4Unshaken as eternal hills,Unmovable she stands—A mountain that shall fill the earth,A fane unbuilt by hands.A. C. Coxe.452S. M.The Lord is great in Zion.Psalm 99:2.Great is the Lord our God,And let his praise be great;He makes his churches his abode,His most delightful seat.2These temples of his grace,How beautiful they stand!The honors of our native place,And bulwarks of our land.3In Zion God is known,A refuge in distress;How bright has his salvation shone,Through all her palaces!4When kings against her joined,And saw the Lord was there,In wild confusion of the mind,They fled with hasty fear.5Oft have our fathers told,Our eyes have often seen,How well our God secures the foldWhere his own sheep have been.6In every new distressWe’ll to his house repair;We’ll call to mind his wondrous grace,And seek deliverance there.Watts.453S. M.I love thy kingdom, Lord.I Love thy kingdom, Lord—The house of thine abode,The church our blest Redeemer savedWith his own precious blood.2I love thy Church, O God!Her walls before thee stand,Dear as the apple of thine eye,And graven on thy hand.3For her my tears shall fall,For her my prayers ascend;To her my cares and toils be given,Till toils and cares shall end.4Beyond my highest joyI prize her heavenly ways,Her sweet communion, solemn vows,Her hymns of love and praise.5Jesus, thou Friend divine,Our Saviour and our King,Thy hand from every snare and foeShall great deliverance bring.6Sure as thy truth shall last,To Zion shall be givenThe brightest glories earth can yield,And brighter bliss of heaven.Dwight.454S. M.How amiable are thy tabernacles.Psalm 84:1.How charming is the placeWhere my Redeemer GodUnvails the beauties of his face,And sheds his love abroad!2Not the fair palacesTo which the great resort,Are once to be compared with this,Where Jesus holds his court.3Here on the mercy-seat,With radiant glory crowned,Our joyful eyes behold him sit,And smile on all around.4To him their prayers and criesEach humble soul presents;He listens to their broken sighs,And grants them all their wants.5Give me, O Lord, a placeWithin thy blessed abode,Among the children of thy grace,The servants of my God.Stennett.455S. M.It shall stand for ever.Dan. 2:44.Thy kingdom, gracious Lord,Shall never pass away;Firm as thy truth it still shall stand,When earthly thrones decay.2Thy people here have found,Through many weary years,The sweet communion, joy and peace,To banish all their fears.3And now while in thy courts,Do thou our love increase;Give us the food our spirits need,And fill our hearts with peace.W. T. Moore.456S. M.The ark of God.Like Noah’s weary dove,That soared the earth around,But not a resting-place aboveThe cheerless waters found;2O cease, my wandering soul,On restless wing to roam;All the wide world, to either pole,Has not for thee a home.3Behold the ark of God,Behold the open door;Hasten to gain that dear abode,And rove, my soul, no more.4There safe thou shalt abide,There sweet shall be thy rest,And every longing satisfied,With full salvation blest.5And when the waves of ire,Again the earth shall fill,The ark shall ride the sea of fire;Then rest on Zion’s hill.Muhlenberg.457S. M.The Lord loveth the gates of Zion.Psalm 87:2.How honored is the place,Where we adoring stand!Zion, the glory of the earth,And beauty of the land.2Bulwarks of grace defendThe city where we dwell;While walls of strong salvation made,Defy th’ assaults of hell.3Lift up th’ eternal gates,The doors wide open fling;Enter, ye nations, that obeyThe statutes of our King.4Here taste unmingled joys,And live in perfect peace;You that have known Jehovah’s name,And ventured on his grace.5Trust in the Lord, ye saints;And banish all your fears,Strength in the Lord Jehovah dwells,Eternal as his years.Watts.458S. M.The joy of the whole earth.Psalm 48:2.Far as thy name is knownThe world declares thy praise;The saints, O Lord, before thy throneTheir songs of honor raise.2With joy, thy people standOn Zion’s chosen hill,Proclaim the wonders of thy hand,And counsels of thy will.3Let strangers walk aroundThe city where we dwell,Compass and view thy holy ground,And mark the building well.4How comely and how wise!How glorious to behold!Beyond the pomp that charms the eyes,And rites adorned with gold.5The God we worship nowWill guide us till we die;Will be our God while here below,And ours above the sky.Watts.459S. M.The church in the wilderness.Far down the ages now,Much of her journey done,The pilgrim church pursues her way,Until her crown be won.2The story of the pastComes up before her view:How well it seems to suit her still—Old, and yet ever new!3It is the oft-told taleOf sin and weariness—Of grace and love yet flowing downTo pardon and to bless.4No wider is the gate,No broader is the way,No smoother is the ancient path,That leads to life and day.5No sweeter is the cup,Nor less our lot of ill:’Twas tribulation ages since,’Tis tribulation still.6No slacker grows the fight,No feebler is the foe,Nor less the need of armor tried,Of shield, and spear, and bow.7Thus onward still we press,Through evil and through good—Through pain, and poverty, and want,Through peril and through blood.8Still faithful to our God,And to our Captain true,We follow where he leads the way,The kingdom in our view.Bonar.4608s & 7s.Glorious things are spoken of thee.Psalm 87:3.Glorious things of thee are spoken,Zion, city of our God!He, whose word can not be broken,Formed thee for his own abode:On the Rock of ages founded,What can shake thy sure repose?With salvation’s wall surrounded,Thou mayst smile at all thy foes.2See the streams of living waters,Springing from Eternal Love,Well supply thy sons and daughters,And all fear of drought remove:Who can faint while such a riverEver flows their thirst t’ assuage!Grace, which like the Lord, the giver,Never fails from age to age.3Round each habitation hovering,See the cloud and fire appear,For a glory and a covering,Showing that the Lord is near:Thus deriving from their bannerLight by night, and shade by day,Safe they feed upon the mannaWhich he gives them when they pray.4Blest inhabitants of Zion,Washed in the Redeemer’s blood,Jesus, whom their souls rely on,Makes them kings and priests to God:’Tis his love his people raisesWith himself to reign as kings;And, as priests, his solemn praisesEach for a thank-offering brings.5Saviour, since of Zion’s city,I through grace a member am,Let the world deride or pity,I will glory in thy name:Fading is the worldling’s treasure,All his boasted pomp and show!Solid joys and lasting pleasureNone but Zion’s children know.Newton.46110s.When the Lord shall bring again Zion.Isaiah 52:8.Restore, O Father! to our times restoreThe peace which filled thine infant Church of yore,Ere lust of power had sown the seeds of strife,And quenched the new-born charities of life.2O, never more may different judgments partFrom kindled sympathy a brother’s heart!But, linked in one, believing thousands kneel,And share with each the sacred joy they feel.3From soul to soul, quick as the sunbeam’s ray,Let concord spread one universal day;And faith by love lead all mankind to thee,Parent of peace, and Fount of harmony!4628s, 7s & 4s.Living waters.See, from Zion’s sacred mountain,Streams of living water flow;God has opened there a fountainThat supplies the world below;They are blessédWho its sovereign virtues know.2Through ten thousand channels flowing,Streams of mercy find their way:Life, and health, and joy bestowing,Waking beauty from decay.O, ye nations,Hail the long-expected day.3Gladdened by the flowing treasure,All-enriching as it goes,Lo! the desert smiles with pleasure,Buds and blossoms as the rose;Lo! the desertSings for joy where’er it flows.Kelly.46312s.The house of the Lord.You may sing of the beauty of mountain and dale,Of the silvery streamlets and flowers of the vale;But the place most delightful this earth can afford,Is the place of devotion, the house of the Lord.2You may boast of the sweetness of day’s early dawn,Of the sky’s softening graces when day is just gone;But there’s no other season or time can compare,With the hour of devotion, the season of prayer.3You may value the friendships of youth and of age,And select for your comrades the noble and sage;But the friends that most cheer me on life’s rugged road,Are the friends of my Master, the children of God.4You may talk of your prospects, of fame, or of wealth,And the hopes that oft flatter the favorites of health;But the hope of bright glory, of heavenly bliss—Take away every other, and give me but this.5Ever hail, blessed temple, abode of my Lord!I will turn to thee often, to hear from his word;I will walk to thine altar with those that I love,And rejoice in the prospects revealed from above.W. Hunter.4648s, 7s & 4s.Mount Zion, etc.Psalm 125:1.Zion stands with hills surrounded—Zion kept by power divine;All her foes shall be confounded,Though the world in arms combine:Happy Zion,What a favored lot is thine.2Every human tie may perish;Friend to friend unfaithful prove;Mothers cease their own to cherish;Heaven and earth at last remove;But no changesCan attend Jehovah’s love.3In the furnace God may prove thee,Thence to bring thee forth more bright,But can never cease to love thee;Thou art precious in his sight:God is with thee—God, thine everlasting light.Kelly.
441L. M.God is the midst of her.Psalm 46:5.Happy the church, thou sacred place,The seat of thy Creator’s grace!Thine holy courts are his abode,Thou earthly palace of our God!2Thy walls are strength, and at thy gatesA guard of heavenly warriors waits;Nor shall thy deep foundations move,Fixed on his counsels and his love.3Thy foes in vain designs engage;Against his throne in vain they rage:Like rising waves, with angry roar,That dash and die upon the shore.4God is our shield, and God our sun;Swift as the fleeting moments run,On us he sheds new beams of grace,And we reflect his brightest praise.Watts.
L. M.
God is the midst of her.Psalm 46:5.
Happy the church, thou sacred place,The seat of thy Creator’s grace!Thine holy courts are his abode,Thou earthly palace of our God!
Happy the church, thou sacred place,
The seat of thy Creator’s grace!
Thine holy courts are his abode,
Thou earthly palace of our God!
2Thy walls are strength, and at thy gatesA guard of heavenly warriors waits;Nor shall thy deep foundations move,Fixed on his counsels and his love.
2Thy walls are strength, and at thy gates
A guard of heavenly warriors waits;
Nor shall thy deep foundations move,
Fixed on his counsels and his love.
3Thy foes in vain designs engage;Against his throne in vain they rage:Like rising waves, with angry roar,That dash and die upon the shore.
3Thy foes in vain designs engage;
Against his throne in vain they rage:
Like rising waves, with angry roar,
That dash and die upon the shore.
4God is our shield, and God our sun;Swift as the fleeting moments run,On us he sheds new beams of grace,And we reflect his brightest praise.
4God is our shield, and God our sun;
Swift as the fleeting moments run,
On us he sheds new beams of grace,
And we reflect his brightest praise.
Watts.
442L. M.God is our refuge.Psalm 46:1.God is the refuge of his saints,When storms of sharp distress invade;Ere we can offer our complaints,Behold him present with his aid.2Let mountains from their seats be hurledDown to the deep, and buried there;Convulsions shake the solid world;Our faith shall never yield to fear.3Zion enjoys her monarch’s love,Secure against a threatening hour;Nor can her firm foundations move,Built on his truth, and armed with power.Watts.
L. M.
God is our refuge.Psalm 46:1.
God is the refuge of his saints,When storms of sharp distress invade;Ere we can offer our complaints,Behold him present with his aid.
God is the refuge of his saints,
When storms of sharp distress invade;
Ere we can offer our complaints,
Behold him present with his aid.
2Let mountains from their seats be hurledDown to the deep, and buried there;Convulsions shake the solid world;Our faith shall never yield to fear.
2Let mountains from their seats be hurled
Down to the deep, and buried there;
Convulsions shake the solid world;
Our faith shall never yield to fear.
3Zion enjoys her monarch’s love,Secure against a threatening hour;Nor can her firm foundations move,Built on his truth, and armed with power.
3Zion enjoys her monarch’s love,
Secure against a threatening hour;
Nor can her firm foundations move,
Built on his truth, and armed with power.
Watts.
443C. M.A kingdom which can not be moved.Heb. 12:28.Thy kingdom, Lord, for ever stands,While earthly thrones decay;And time submits to thy commands,While ages roll away.2Thy sovereign bounty freely givesIts unexhausted store;And universal nature livesOn thy sustaining power.3Holy and just in all thy ways,Thy providence divine;In all thy works, immortal raysOf power and mercy shine.4The praise of God—delightful theme!Shall fill my heart and tongue;Let all creation bless his name,In one eternal song.Watts.
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A kingdom which can not be moved.Heb. 12:28.
Thy kingdom, Lord, for ever stands,While earthly thrones decay;And time submits to thy commands,While ages roll away.
Thy kingdom, Lord, for ever stands,
While earthly thrones decay;
And time submits to thy commands,
While ages roll away.
2Thy sovereign bounty freely givesIts unexhausted store;And universal nature livesOn thy sustaining power.
2Thy sovereign bounty freely gives
Its unexhausted store;
And universal nature lives
On thy sustaining power.
3Holy and just in all thy ways,Thy providence divine;In all thy works, immortal raysOf power and mercy shine.
3Holy and just in all thy ways,
Thy providence divine;
In all thy works, immortal rays
Of power and mercy shine.
4The praise of God—delightful theme!Shall fill my heart and tongue;Let all creation bless his name,In one eternal song.
4The praise of God—delightful theme!
Shall fill my heart and tongue;
Let all creation bless his name,
In one eternal song.
Watts.
444C. M.A sure foundation.Isaiah 28:16.Behold the sure foundation-stone,Which God in Zion lays,To build our heavenly hopes upon,And his eternal praise!2Chosen of God, to sinners dear,And saints adore the name;They trust their whole salvation here,Nor shall they suffer shame.3The foolish builders, scribe, and priest,Reject it with disdain;Yet on this rock the church shall rest,And envy rage in vain.4What though the gates of hell withstood,Yet must this building rise:’Tis thy own work, almighty God,And wondrous in our eyes.Watts.
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A sure foundation.Isaiah 28:16.
Behold the sure foundation-stone,Which God in Zion lays,To build our heavenly hopes upon,And his eternal praise!
Behold the sure foundation-stone,
Which God in Zion lays,
To build our heavenly hopes upon,
And his eternal praise!
2Chosen of God, to sinners dear,And saints adore the name;They trust their whole salvation here,Nor shall they suffer shame.
2Chosen of God, to sinners dear,
And saints adore the name;
They trust their whole salvation here,
Nor shall they suffer shame.
3The foolish builders, scribe, and priest,Reject it with disdain;Yet on this rock the church shall rest,And envy rage in vain.
3The foolish builders, scribe, and priest,
Reject it with disdain;
Yet on this rock the church shall rest,
And envy rage in vain.
4What though the gates of hell withstood,Yet must this building rise:’Tis thy own work, almighty God,And wondrous in our eyes.
4What though the gates of hell withstood,
Yet must this building rise:
’Tis thy own work, almighty God,
And wondrous in our eyes.
Watts.
445C. M.Let us go into the house of the Lord.Psalm 122:1.How did my heart rejoice to hearMy friends devoutly say,“In Zion let us all appear,And keep the solemn day.”2I love her gates, I love the road:The church, adorned with grace,Stands like a palace, built for God,To show his milder face.3Up to her courts, with joys unknown,The holy tribes repair;The Son of David holds his throne,And sits in judgment there.4He hears our praises and complaints;And while his awful voiceDivides the sinners from the saints,We tremble and rejoice.5Peace be within this sacred place,And joy a constant guest!With holy gifts and heavenly grace,Be her attendants blest!6My soul shall pray for Zion still,While life or breath remains;There my best friends, my kindred, dwell,There God, my Saviour reigns.Watts.
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Let us go into the house of the Lord.Psalm 122:1.
How did my heart rejoice to hearMy friends devoutly say,“In Zion let us all appear,And keep the solemn day.”
How did my heart rejoice to hear
My friends devoutly say,
“In Zion let us all appear,
And keep the solemn day.”
2I love her gates, I love the road:The church, adorned with grace,Stands like a palace, built for God,To show his milder face.
2I love her gates, I love the road:
The church, adorned with grace,
Stands like a palace, built for God,
To show his milder face.
3Up to her courts, with joys unknown,The holy tribes repair;The Son of David holds his throne,And sits in judgment there.
3Up to her courts, with joys unknown,
The holy tribes repair;
The Son of David holds his throne,
And sits in judgment there.
4He hears our praises and complaints;And while his awful voiceDivides the sinners from the saints,We tremble and rejoice.
4He hears our praises and complaints;
And while his awful voice
Divides the sinners from the saints,
We tremble and rejoice.
5Peace be within this sacred place,And joy a constant guest!With holy gifts and heavenly grace,Be her attendants blest!
5Peace be within this sacred place,
And joy a constant guest!
With holy gifts and heavenly grace,
Be her attendants blest!
6My soul shall pray for Zion still,While life or breath remains;There my best friends, my kindred, dwell,There God, my Saviour reigns.
6My soul shall pray for Zion still,
While life or breath remains;
There my best friends, my kindred, dwell,
There God, my Saviour reigns.
Watts.
446C. M.Yet will I not forget thee.Isaiah 49:15.A mother may forgetful be,For human love is frail;But thy Creator’s love to thee,O Zion! can not fail.2No! thy dear name engraven stands,In characters of love,On thy almighty Father’s hands,And never shall remove.3Before his ever watchful eyeThy mournful state appears;And every groan, and every sigh,Divine compassion hears.4O Zion! learn to doubt no more,Be every fear suppressed;Unchanging truth, and love, and power,Dwell in thy Saviour’s breast.Mrs. Steele.
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Yet will I not forget thee.Isaiah 49:15.
A mother may forgetful be,For human love is frail;But thy Creator’s love to thee,O Zion! can not fail.
A mother may forgetful be,
For human love is frail;
But thy Creator’s love to thee,
O Zion! can not fail.
2No! thy dear name engraven stands,In characters of love,On thy almighty Father’s hands,And never shall remove.
2No! thy dear name engraven stands,
In characters of love,
On thy almighty Father’s hands,
And never shall remove.
3Before his ever watchful eyeThy mournful state appears;And every groan, and every sigh,Divine compassion hears.
3Before his ever watchful eye
Thy mournful state appears;
And every groan, and every sigh,
Divine compassion hears.
4O Zion! learn to doubt no more,Be every fear suppressed;Unchanging truth, and love, and power,Dwell in thy Saviour’s breast.
4O Zion! learn to doubt no more,
Be every fear suppressed;
Unchanging truth, and love, and power,
Dwell in thy Saviour’s breast.
Mrs. Steele.
447C. M.The Lord is my light and my salvation.Psalm 27:1.The Lord of glory is my light,And my salvation too;God is my strength, nor will I fearWhat all my foes can do.2One blessing, Lord, my heart desires;O, grant me my abodeAmong the churches of thy saints,The temples of my God.3There shall I offer my requests,And see thy glory still;Shall hear thy messages of love,And learn thy holy will.4When troubles rise, and storms appear,There may his children hide;God has a strong pavilion, whereHe makes my soul abide.5Now shall my head be lifted highAbove my foes around,And songs of joy and victoryWithin thy temple sound.Watts.
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The Lord is my light and my salvation.Psalm 27:1.
The Lord of glory is my light,And my salvation too;God is my strength, nor will I fearWhat all my foes can do.
The Lord of glory is my light,
And my salvation too;
God is my strength, nor will I fear
What all my foes can do.
2One blessing, Lord, my heart desires;O, grant me my abodeAmong the churches of thy saints,The temples of my God.
2One blessing, Lord, my heart desires;
O, grant me my abode
Among the churches of thy saints,
The temples of my God.
3There shall I offer my requests,And see thy glory still;Shall hear thy messages of love,And learn thy holy will.
3There shall I offer my requests,
And see thy glory still;
Shall hear thy messages of love,
And learn thy holy will.
4When troubles rise, and storms appear,There may his children hide;God has a strong pavilion, whereHe makes my soul abide.
4When troubles rise, and storms appear,
There may his children hide;
God has a strong pavilion, where
He makes my soul abide.
5Now shall my head be lifted highAbove my foes around,And songs of joy and victoryWithin thy temple sound.
5Now shall my head be lifted high
Above my foes around,
And songs of joy and victory
Within thy temple sound.
Watts.
448C. M.Fear not, little flock.Luke 12:32.There is a little, lonely fold,Whose flock one Shepherd keeps,Through summer’s heat and winter’s cold,With eye that never sleeps.2By evil beast, or burning sky,Or damp of midnight air,Not one in all that flock shall dieBeneath that Shepherd’s care.3For if, unheeding or beguiled,In danger’s path they roam,His pity follows through the wild,And guards them safely home.4O, gentle Shepherd, still beholdThy helpless charge in me;And take a wanderer to thy fold,That, trembling, turns to thee.
C. M.
Fear not, little flock.Luke 12:32.
There is a little, lonely fold,Whose flock one Shepherd keeps,Through summer’s heat and winter’s cold,With eye that never sleeps.
There is a little, lonely fold,
Whose flock one Shepherd keeps,
Through summer’s heat and winter’s cold,
With eye that never sleeps.
2By evil beast, or burning sky,Or damp of midnight air,Not one in all that flock shall dieBeneath that Shepherd’s care.
2By evil beast, or burning sky,
Or damp of midnight air,
Not one in all that flock shall die
Beneath that Shepherd’s care.
3For if, unheeding or beguiled,In danger’s path they roam,His pity follows through the wild,And guards them safely home.
3For if, unheeding or beguiled,
In danger’s path they roam,
His pity follows through the wild,
And guards them safely home.
4O, gentle Shepherd, still beholdThy helpless charge in me;And take a wanderer to thy fold,That, trembling, turns to thee.
4O, gentle Shepherd, still behold
Thy helpless charge in me;
And take a wanderer to thy fold,
That, trembling, turns to thee.
449C. M.You are come unto Mount Zion.Heb. 12:22.Not to the terrors of the Lord,The tempest, fire, and smoke—Not to the thunder of that wordWhich God on Sinai spoke;—2But we are come to Zion hill,The city of our God,Where milder words declare his will,And spread his love abroad.3Behold the great, the glorious hostOf angels clothed in light!Behold the spirits of the just,Whose faith is turned to sight!4Behold the blest assembly there,Whose names are writ in heaven!And God, the Judge, who doth declareTheir vilest sins forgiven!5Saints here, and those in Jesus dead,But one communion make;All join in Christ, their living head,And of his grace partake.6In such society as thisMy weary soul would rest;The man that dwells where Jesus isMust be for ever blessed.Watts.
C. M.
You are come unto Mount Zion.Heb. 12:22.
Not to the terrors of the Lord,The tempest, fire, and smoke—Not to the thunder of that wordWhich God on Sinai spoke;—
Not to the terrors of the Lord,
The tempest, fire, and smoke—
Not to the thunder of that word
Which God on Sinai spoke;—
2But we are come to Zion hill,The city of our God,Where milder words declare his will,And spread his love abroad.
2But we are come to Zion hill,
The city of our God,
Where milder words declare his will,
And spread his love abroad.
3Behold the great, the glorious hostOf angels clothed in light!Behold the spirits of the just,Whose faith is turned to sight!
3Behold the great, the glorious host
Of angels clothed in light!
Behold the spirits of the just,
Whose faith is turned to sight!
4Behold the blest assembly there,Whose names are writ in heaven!And God, the Judge, who doth declareTheir vilest sins forgiven!
4Behold the blest assembly there,
Whose names are writ in heaven!
And God, the Judge, who doth declare
Their vilest sins forgiven!
5Saints here, and those in Jesus dead,But one communion make;All join in Christ, their living head,And of his grace partake.
5Saints here, and those in Jesus dead,
But one communion make;
All join in Christ, their living head,
And of his grace partake.
6In such society as thisMy weary soul would rest;The man that dwells where Jesus isMust be for ever blessed.
6In such society as this
My weary soul would rest;
The man that dwells where Jesus is
Must be for ever blessed.
Watts.
450C. M.Rev. 1:20.Our Christ hath reached his heavenly seat,Through sorrows and through scars;The golden lamps are at his feet,And in his hand the stars.2O God of life, and truth, and grace,Ere nature was begun!Make welcome to our erring raceThy Spirit and thy Son.3We hail the Church, built high o’er allThe heathens’ rage and scoff;Thy providence its fenced wall,“The Lamb the light thereof.”4O, may he walk among us here,With his rebuke and love—A brightness o’er this lower sphere,A ray from worlds above!Frothingham.
C. M.
Rev. 1:20.
Our Christ hath reached his heavenly seat,Through sorrows and through scars;The golden lamps are at his feet,And in his hand the stars.
Our Christ hath reached his heavenly seat,
Through sorrows and through scars;
The golden lamps are at his feet,
And in his hand the stars.
2O God of life, and truth, and grace,Ere nature was begun!Make welcome to our erring raceThy Spirit and thy Son.
2O God of life, and truth, and grace,
Ere nature was begun!
Make welcome to our erring race
Thy Spirit and thy Son.
3We hail the Church, built high o’er allThe heathens’ rage and scoff;Thy providence its fenced wall,“The Lamb the light thereof.”
3We hail the Church, built high o’er all
The heathens’ rage and scoff;
Thy providence its fenced wall,
“The Lamb the light thereof.”
4O, may he walk among us here,With his rebuke and love—A brightness o’er this lower sphere,A ray from worlds above!
4O, may he walk among us here,
With his rebuke and love—
A brightness o’er this lower sphere,
A ray from worlds above!
Frothingham.
451C. M.His kingdom is everlasting.Danl. 7:27.O where are kings and empires now,Of old that went and came?But holy Church is praying yet,A thousand years the same.2Mark ye her holy battlements,And her foundations strong:And hear within, the solemn voice,And her unending song.3For not like kingdoms of the world,The Holy Church of God!Though earthquake shocks are rocking her,And tempests are abroad;4Unshaken as eternal hills,Unmovable she stands—A mountain that shall fill the earth,A fane unbuilt by hands.A. C. Coxe.
C. M.
His kingdom is everlasting.Danl. 7:27.
O where are kings and empires now,Of old that went and came?But holy Church is praying yet,A thousand years the same.
O where are kings and empires now,
Of old that went and came?
But holy Church is praying yet,
A thousand years the same.
2Mark ye her holy battlements,And her foundations strong:And hear within, the solemn voice,And her unending song.
2Mark ye her holy battlements,
And her foundations strong:
And hear within, the solemn voice,
And her unending song.
3For not like kingdoms of the world,The Holy Church of God!Though earthquake shocks are rocking her,And tempests are abroad;
3For not like kingdoms of the world,
The Holy Church of God!
Though earthquake shocks are rocking her,
And tempests are abroad;
4Unshaken as eternal hills,Unmovable she stands—A mountain that shall fill the earth,A fane unbuilt by hands.
4Unshaken as eternal hills,
Unmovable she stands—
A mountain that shall fill the earth,
A fane unbuilt by hands.
A. C. Coxe.
452S. M.The Lord is great in Zion.Psalm 99:2.Great is the Lord our God,And let his praise be great;He makes his churches his abode,His most delightful seat.2These temples of his grace,How beautiful they stand!The honors of our native place,And bulwarks of our land.3In Zion God is known,A refuge in distress;How bright has his salvation shone,Through all her palaces!4When kings against her joined,And saw the Lord was there,In wild confusion of the mind,They fled with hasty fear.5Oft have our fathers told,Our eyes have often seen,How well our God secures the foldWhere his own sheep have been.6In every new distressWe’ll to his house repair;We’ll call to mind his wondrous grace,And seek deliverance there.Watts.
S. M.
The Lord is great in Zion.Psalm 99:2.
Great is the Lord our God,And let his praise be great;He makes his churches his abode,His most delightful seat.
Great is the Lord our God,
And let his praise be great;
He makes his churches his abode,
His most delightful seat.
2These temples of his grace,How beautiful they stand!The honors of our native place,And bulwarks of our land.
2These temples of his grace,
How beautiful they stand!
The honors of our native place,
And bulwarks of our land.
3In Zion God is known,A refuge in distress;How bright has his salvation shone,Through all her palaces!
3In Zion God is known,
A refuge in distress;
How bright has his salvation shone,
Through all her palaces!
4When kings against her joined,And saw the Lord was there,In wild confusion of the mind,They fled with hasty fear.
4When kings against her joined,
And saw the Lord was there,
In wild confusion of the mind,
They fled with hasty fear.
5Oft have our fathers told,Our eyes have often seen,How well our God secures the foldWhere his own sheep have been.
5Oft have our fathers told,
Our eyes have often seen,
How well our God secures the fold
Where his own sheep have been.
6In every new distressWe’ll to his house repair;We’ll call to mind his wondrous grace,And seek deliverance there.
6In every new distress
We’ll to his house repair;
We’ll call to mind his wondrous grace,
And seek deliverance there.
Watts.
453S. M.I love thy kingdom, Lord.I Love thy kingdom, Lord—The house of thine abode,The church our blest Redeemer savedWith his own precious blood.2I love thy Church, O God!Her walls before thee stand,Dear as the apple of thine eye,And graven on thy hand.3For her my tears shall fall,For her my prayers ascend;To her my cares and toils be given,Till toils and cares shall end.4Beyond my highest joyI prize her heavenly ways,Her sweet communion, solemn vows,Her hymns of love and praise.5Jesus, thou Friend divine,Our Saviour and our King,Thy hand from every snare and foeShall great deliverance bring.6Sure as thy truth shall last,To Zion shall be givenThe brightest glories earth can yield,And brighter bliss of heaven.Dwight.
S. M.
I love thy kingdom, Lord.
I Love thy kingdom, Lord—The house of thine abode,The church our blest Redeemer savedWith his own precious blood.
I Love thy kingdom, Lord—
The house of thine abode,
The church our blest Redeemer saved
With his own precious blood.
2I love thy Church, O God!Her walls before thee stand,Dear as the apple of thine eye,And graven on thy hand.
2I love thy Church, O God!
Her walls before thee stand,
Dear as the apple of thine eye,
And graven on thy hand.
3For her my tears shall fall,For her my prayers ascend;To her my cares and toils be given,Till toils and cares shall end.
3For her my tears shall fall,
For her my prayers ascend;
To her my cares and toils be given,
Till toils and cares shall end.
4Beyond my highest joyI prize her heavenly ways,Her sweet communion, solemn vows,Her hymns of love and praise.
4Beyond my highest joy
I prize her heavenly ways,
Her sweet communion, solemn vows,
Her hymns of love and praise.
5Jesus, thou Friend divine,Our Saviour and our King,Thy hand from every snare and foeShall great deliverance bring.
5Jesus, thou Friend divine,
Our Saviour and our King,
Thy hand from every snare and foe
Shall great deliverance bring.
6Sure as thy truth shall last,To Zion shall be givenThe brightest glories earth can yield,And brighter bliss of heaven.
6Sure as thy truth shall last,
To Zion shall be given
The brightest glories earth can yield,
And brighter bliss of heaven.
Dwight.
454S. M.How amiable are thy tabernacles.Psalm 84:1.How charming is the placeWhere my Redeemer GodUnvails the beauties of his face,And sheds his love abroad!2Not the fair palacesTo which the great resort,Are once to be compared with this,Where Jesus holds his court.3Here on the mercy-seat,With radiant glory crowned,Our joyful eyes behold him sit,And smile on all around.4To him their prayers and criesEach humble soul presents;He listens to their broken sighs,And grants them all their wants.5Give me, O Lord, a placeWithin thy blessed abode,Among the children of thy grace,The servants of my God.Stennett.
S. M.
How amiable are thy tabernacles.Psalm 84:1.
How charming is the placeWhere my Redeemer GodUnvails the beauties of his face,And sheds his love abroad!
How charming is the place
Where my Redeemer God
Unvails the beauties of his face,
And sheds his love abroad!
2Not the fair palacesTo which the great resort,Are once to be compared with this,Where Jesus holds his court.
2Not the fair palaces
To which the great resort,
Are once to be compared with this,
Where Jesus holds his court.
3Here on the mercy-seat,With radiant glory crowned,Our joyful eyes behold him sit,And smile on all around.
3Here on the mercy-seat,
With radiant glory crowned,
Our joyful eyes behold him sit,
And smile on all around.
4To him their prayers and criesEach humble soul presents;He listens to their broken sighs,And grants them all their wants.
4To him their prayers and cries
Each humble soul presents;
He listens to their broken sighs,
And grants them all their wants.
5Give me, O Lord, a placeWithin thy blessed abode,Among the children of thy grace,The servants of my God.
5Give me, O Lord, a place
Within thy blessed abode,
Among the children of thy grace,
The servants of my God.
Stennett.
455S. M.It shall stand for ever.Dan. 2:44.Thy kingdom, gracious Lord,Shall never pass away;Firm as thy truth it still shall stand,When earthly thrones decay.2Thy people here have found,Through many weary years,The sweet communion, joy and peace,To banish all their fears.3And now while in thy courts,Do thou our love increase;Give us the food our spirits need,And fill our hearts with peace.W. T. Moore.
S. M.
It shall stand for ever.Dan. 2:44.
Thy kingdom, gracious Lord,Shall never pass away;Firm as thy truth it still shall stand,When earthly thrones decay.
Thy kingdom, gracious Lord,
Shall never pass away;
Firm as thy truth it still shall stand,
When earthly thrones decay.
2Thy people here have found,Through many weary years,The sweet communion, joy and peace,To banish all their fears.
2Thy people here have found,
Through many weary years,
The sweet communion, joy and peace,
To banish all their fears.
3And now while in thy courts,Do thou our love increase;Give us the food our spirits need,And fill our hearts with peace.
3And now while in thy courts,
Do thou our love increase;
Give us the food our spirits need,
And fill our hearts with peace.
W. T. Moore.
456S. M.The ark of God.Like Noah’s weary dove,That soared the earth around,But not a resting-place aboveThe cheerless waters found;2O cease, my wandering soul,On restless wing to roam;All the wide world, to either pole,Has not for thee a home.3Behold the ark of God,Behold the open door;Hasten to gain that dear abode,And rove, my soul, no more.4There safe thou shalt abide,There sweet shall be thy rest,And every longing satisfied,With full salvation blest.5And when the waves of ire,Again the earth shall fill,The ark shall ride the sea of fire;Then rest on Zion’s hill.Muhlenberg.
S. M.
The ark of God.
Like Noah’s weary dove,That soared the earth around,But not a resting-place aboveThe cheerless waters found;
Like Noah’s weary dove,
That soared the earth around,
But not a resting-place above
The cheerless waters found;
2O cease, my wandering soul,On restless wing to roam;All the wide world, to either pole,Has not for thee a home.
2O cease, my wandering soul,
On restless wing to roam;
All the wide world, to either pole,
Has not for thee a home.
3Behold the ark of God,Behold the open door;Hasten to gain that dear abode,And rove, my soul, no more.
3Behold the ark of God,
Behold the open door;
Hasten to gain that dear abode,
And rove, my soul, no more.
4There safe thou shalt abide,There sweet shall be thy rest,And every longing satisfied,With full salvation blest.
4There safe thou shalt abide,
There sweet shall be thy rest,
And every longing satisfied,
With full salvation blest.
5And when the waves of ire,Again the earth shall fill,The ark shall ride the sea of fire;Then rest on Zion’s hill.
5And when the waves of ire,
Again the earth shall fill,
The ark shall ride the sea of fire;
Then rest on Zion’s hill.
Muhlenberg.
457S. M.The Lord loveth the gates of Zion.Psalm 87:2.How honored is the place,Where we adoring stand!Zion, the glory of the earth,And beauty of the land.2Bulwarks of grace defendThe city where we dwell;While walls of strong salvation made,Defy th’ assaults of hell.3Lift up th’ eternal gates,The doors wide open fling;Enter, ye nations, that obeyThe statutes of our King.4Here taste unmingled joys,And live in perfect peace;You that have known Jehovah’s name,And ventured on his grace.5Trust in the Lord, ye saints;And banish all your fears,Strength in the Lord Jehovah dwells,Eternal as his years.Watts.
S. M.
The Lord loveth the gates of Zion.Psalm 87:2.
How honored is the place,Where we adoring stand!Zion, the glory of the earth,And beauty of the land.
How honored is the place,
Where we adoring stand!
Zion, the glory of the earth,
And beauty of the land.
2Bulwarks of grace defendThe city where we dwell;While walls of strong salvation made,Defy th’ assaults of hell.
2Bulwarks of grace defend
The city where we dwell;
While walls of strong salvation made,
Defy th’ assaults of hell.
3Lift up th’ eternal gates,The doors wide open fling;Enter, ye nations, that obeyThe statutes of our King.
3Lift up th’ eternal gates,
The doors wide open fling;
Enter, ye nations, that obey
The statutes of our King.
4Here taste unmingled joys,And live in perfect peace;You that have known Jehovah’s name,And ventured on his grace.
4Here taste unmingled joys,
And live in perfect peace;
You that have known Jehovah’s name,
And ventured on his grace.
5Trust in the Lord, ye saints;And banish all your fears,Strength in the Lord Jehovah dwells,Eternal as his years.
5Trust in the Lord, ye saints;
And banish all your fears,
Strength in the Lord Jehovah dwells,
Eternal as his years.
Watts.
458S. M.The joy of the whole earth.Psalm 48:2.Far as thy name is knownThe world declares thy praise;The saints, O Lord, before thy throneTheir songs of honor raise.2With joy, thy people standOn Zion’s chosen hill,Proclaim the wonders of thy hand,And counsels of thy will.3Let strangers walk aroundThe city where we dwell,Compass and view thy holy ground,And mark the building well.4How comely and how wise!How glorious to behold!Beyond the pomp that charms the eyes,And rites adorned with gold.5The God we worship nowWill guide us till we die;Will be our God while here below,And ours above the sky.Watts.
S. M.
The joy of the whole earth.Psalm 48:2.
Far as thy name is knownThe world declares thy praise;The saints, O Lord, before thy throneTheir songs of honor raise.
Far as thy name is known
The world declares thy praise;
The saints, O Lord, before thy throne
Their songs of honor raise.
2With joy, thy people standOn Zion’s chosen hill,Proclaim the wonders of thy hand,And counsels of thy will.
2With joy, thy people stand
On Zion’s chosen hill,
Proclaim the wonders of thy hand,
And counsels of thy will.
3Let strangers walk aroundThe city where we dwell,Compass and view thy holy ground,And mark the building well.
3Let strangers walk around
The city where we dwell,
Compass and view thy holy ground,
And mark the building well.
4How comely and how wise!How glorious to behold!Beyond the pomp that charms the eyes,And rites adorned with gold.
4How comely and how wise!
How glorious to behold!
Beyond the pomp that charms the eyes,
And rites adorned with gold.
5The God we worship nowWill guide us till we die;Will be our God while here below,And ours above the sky.
5The God we worship now
Will guide us till we die;
Will be our God while here below,
And ours above the sky.
Watts.
459S. M.The church in the wilderness.Far down the ages now,Much of her journey done,The pilgrim church pursues her way,Until her crown be won.2The story of the pastComes up before her view:How well it seems to suit her still—Old, and yet ever new!3It is the oft-told taleOf sin and weariness—Of grace and love yet flowing downTo pardon and to bless.4No wider is the gate,No broader is the way,No smoother is the ancient path,That leads to life and day.5No sweeter is the cup,Nor less our lot of ill:’Twas tribulation ages since,’Tis tribulation still.6No slacker grows the fight,No feebler is the foe,Nor less the need of armor tried,Of shield, and spear, and bow.7Thus onward still we press,Through evil and through good—Through pain, and poverty, and want,Through peril and through blood.8Still faithful to our God,And to our Captain true,We follow where he leads the way,The kingdom in our view.Bonar.
S. M.
The church in the wilderness.
Far down the ages now,Much of her journey done,The pilgrim church pursues her way,Until her crown be won.
Far down the ages now,
Much of her journey done,
The pilgrim church pursues her way,
Until her crown be won.
2The story of the pastComes up before her view:How well it seems to suit her still—Old, and yet ever new!
2The story of the past
Comes up before her view:
How well it seems to suit her still—
Old, and yet ever new!
3It is the oft-told taleOf sin and weariness—Of grace and love yet flowing downTo pardon and to bless.
3It is the oft-told tale
Of sin and weariness—
Of grace and love yet flowing down
To pardon and to bless.
4No wider is the gate,No broader is the way,No smoother is the ancient path,That leads to life and day.
4No wider is the gate,
No broader is the way,
No smoother is the ancient path,
That leads to life and day.
5No sweeter is the cup,Nor less our lot of ill:’Twas tribulation ages since,’Tis tribulation still.
5No sweeter is the cup,
Nor less our lot of ill:
’Twas tribulation ages since,
’Tis tribulation still.
6No slacker grows the fight,No feebler is the foe,Nor less the need of armor tried,Of shield, and spear, and bow.
6No slacker grows the fight,
No feebler is the foe,
Nor less the need of armor tried,
Of shield, and spear, and bow.
7Thus onward still we press,Through evil and through good—Through pain, and poverty, and want,Through peril and through blood.
7Thus onward still we press,
Through evil and through good—
Through pain, and poverty, and want,
Through peril and through blood.
8Still faithful to our God,And to our Captain true,We follow where he leads the way,The kingdom in our view.
8Still faithful to our God,
And to our Captain true,
We follow where he leads the way,
The kingdom in our view.
Bonar.
4608s & 7s.Glorious things are spoken of thee.Psalm 87:3.Glorious things of thee are spoken,Zion, city of our God!He, whose word can not be broken,Formed thee for his own abode:On the Rock of ages founded,What can shake thy sure repose?With salvation’s wall surrounded,Thou mayst smile at all thy foes.2See the streams of living waters,Springing from Eternal Love,Well supply thy sons and daughters,And all fear of drought remove:Who can faint while such a riverEver flows their thirst t’ assuage!Grace, which like the Lord, the giver,Never fails from age to age.3Round each habitation hovering,See the cloud and fire appear,For a glory and a covering,Showing that the Lord is near:Thus deriving from their bannerLight by night, and shade by day,Safe they feed upon the mannaWhich he gives them when they pray.4Blest inhabitants of Zion,Washed in the Redeemer’s blood,Jesus, whom their souls rely on,Makes them kings and priests to God:’Tis his love his people raisesWith himself to reign as kings;And, as priests, his solemn praisesEach for a thank-offering brings.5Saviour, since of Zion’s city,I through grace a member am,Let the world deride or pity,I will glory in thy name:Fading is the worldling’s treasure,All his boasted pomp and show!Solid joys and lasting pleasureNone but Zion’s children know.Newton.
8s & 7s.
Glorious things are spoken of thee.Psalm 87:3.
Glorious things of thee are spoken,Zion, city of our God!He, whose word can not be broken,Formed thee for his own abode:On the Rock of ages founded,What can shake thy sure repose?With salvation’s wall surrounded,Thou mayst smile at all thy foes.
Glorious things of thee are spoken,
Zion, city of our God!
He, whose word can not be broken,
Formed thee for his own abode:
On the Rock of ages founded,
What can shake thy sure repose?
With salvation’s wall surrounded,
Thou mayst smile at all thy foes.
2See the streams of living waters,Springing from Eternal Love,Well supply thy sons and daughters,And all fear of drought remove:Who can faint while such a riverEver flows their thirst t’ assuage!Grace, which like the Lord, the giver,Never fails from age to age.
2See the streams of living waters,
Springing from Eternal Love,
Well supply thy sons and daughters,
And all fear of drought remove:
Who can faint while such a river
Ever flows their thirst t’ assuage!
Grace, which like the Lord, the giver,
Never fails from age to age.
3Round each habitation hovering,See the cloud and fire appear,For a glory and a covering,Showing that the Lord is near:Thus deriving from their bannerLight by night, and shade by day,Safe they feed upon the mannaWhich he gives them when they pray.
3Round each habitation hovering,
See the cloud and fire appear,
For a glory and a covering,
Showing that the Lord is near:
Thus deriving from their banner
Light by night, and shade by day,
Safe they feed upon the manna
Which he gives them when they pray.
4Blest inhabitants of Zion,Washed in the Redeemer’s blood,Jesus, whom their souls rely on,Makes them kings and priests to God:’Tis his love his people raisesWith himself to reign as kings;And, as priests, his solemn praisesEach for a thank-offering brings.
4Blest inhabitants of Zion,
Washed in the Redeemer’s blood,
Jesus, whom their souls rely on,
Makes them kings and priests to God:
’Tis his love his people raises
With himself to reign as kings;
And, as priests, his solemn praises
Each for a thank-offering brings.
5Saviour, since of Zion’s city,I through grace a member am,Let the world deride or pity,I will glory in thy name:Fading is the worldling’s treasure,All his boasted pomp and show!Solid joys and lasting pleasureNone but Zion’s children know.
5Saviour, since of Zion’s city,
I through grace a member am,
Let the world deride or pity,
I will glory in thy name:
Fading is the worldling’s treasure,
All his boasted pomp and show!
Solid joys and lasting pleasure
None but Zion’s children know.
Newton.
46110s.When the Lord shall bring again Zion.Isaiah 52:8.Restore, O Father! to our times restoreThe peace which filled thine infant Church of yore,Ere lust of power had sown the seeds of strife,And quenched the new-born charities of life.2O, never more may different judgments partFrom kindled sympathy a brother’s heart!But, linked in one, believing thousands kneel,And share with each the sacred joy they feel.3From soul to soul, quick as the sunbeam’s ray,Let concord spread one universal day;And faith by love lead all mankind to thee,Parent of peace, and Fount of harmony!
10s.
When the Lord shall bring again Zion.Isaiah 52:8.
Restore, O Father! to our times restoreThe peace which filled thine infant Church of yore,Ere lust of power had sown the seeds of strife,And quenched the new-born charities of life.
Restore, O Father! to our times restore
The peace which filled thine infant Church of yore,
Ere lust of power had sown the seeds of strife,
And quenched the new-born charities of life.
2O, never more may different judgments partFrom kindled sympathy a brother’s heart!But, linked in one, believing thousands kneel,And share with each the sacred joy they feel.
2O, never more may different judgments part
From kindled sympathy a brother’s heart!
But, linked in one, believing thousands kneel,
And share with each the sacred joy they feel.
3From soul to soul, quick as the sunbeam’s ray,Let concord spread one universal day;And faith by love lead all mankind to thee,Parent of peace, and Fount of harmony!
3From soul to soul, quick as the sunbeam’s ray,
Let concord spread one universal day;
And faith by love lead all mankind to thee,
Parent of peace, and Fount of harmony!
4628s, 7s & 4s.Living waters.See, from Zion’s sacred mountain,Streams of living water flow;God has opened there a fountainThat supplies the world below;They are blessédWho its sovereign virtues know.2Through ten thousand channels flowing,Streams of mercy find their way:Life, and health, and joy bestowing,Waking beauty from decay.O, ye nations,Hail the long-expected day.3Gladdened by the flowing treasure,All-enriching as it goes,Lo! the desert smiles with pleasure,Buds and blossoms as the rose;Lo! the desertSings for joy where’er it flows.Kelly.
8s, 7s & 4s.
Living waters.
See, from Zion’s sacred mountain,Streams of living water flow;God has opened there a fountainThat supplies the world below;They are blessédWho its sovereign virtues know.
See, from Zion’s sacred mountain,
Streams of living water flow;
God has opened there a fountain
That supplies the world below;
They are blesséd
Who its sovereign virtues know.
2Through ten thousand channels flowing,Streams of mercy find their way:Life, and health, and joy bestowing,Waking beauty from decay.O, ye nations,Hail the long-expected day.
2Through ten thousand channels flowing,
Streams of mercy find their way:
Life, and health, and joy bestowing,
Waking beauty from decay.
O, ye nations,
Hail the long-expected day.
3Gladdened by the flowing treasure,All-enriching as it goes,Lo! the desert smiles with pleasure,Buds and blossoms as the rose;Lo! the desertSings for joy where’er it flows.
3Gladdened by the flowing treasure,
All-enriching as it goes,
Lo! the desert smiles with pleasure,
Buds and blossoms as the rose;
Lo! the desert
Sings for joy where’er it flows.
Kelly.
46312s.The house of the Lord.You may sing of the beauty of mountain and dale,Of the silvery streamlets and flowers of the vale;But the place most delightful this earth can afford,Is the place of devotion, the house of the Lord.2You may boast of the sweetness of day’s early dawn,Of the sky’s softening graces when day is just gone;But there’s no other season or time can compare,With the hour of devotion, the season of prayer.3You may value the friendships of youth and of age,And select for your comrades the noble and sage;But the friends that most cheer me on life’s rugged road,Are the friends of my Master, the children of God.4You may talk of your prospects, of fame, or of wealth,And the hopes that oft flatter the favorites of health;But the hope of bright glory, of heavenly bliss—Take away every other, and give me but this.5Ever hail, blessed temple, abode of my Lord!I will turn to thee often, to hear from his word;I will walk to thine altar with those that I love,And rejoice in the prospects revealed from above.W. Hunter.
12s.
The house of the Lord.
You may sing of the beauty of mountain and dale,Of the silvery streamlets and flowers of the vale;But the place most delightful this earth can afford,Is the place of devotion, the house of the Lord.
You may sing of the beauty of mountain and dale,
Of the silvery streamlets and flowers of the vale;
But the place most delightful this earth can afford,
Is the place of devotion, the house of the Lord.
2You may boast of the sweetness of day’s early dawn,Of the sky’s softening graces when day is just gone;But there’s no other season or time can compare,With the hour of devotion, the season of prayer.
2You may boast of the sweetness of day’s early dawn,
Of the sky’s softening graces when day is just gone;
But there’s no other season or time can compare,
With the hour of devotion, the season of prayer.
3You may value the friendships of youth and of age,And select for your comrades the noble and sage;But the friends that most cheer me on life’s rugged road,Are the friends of my Master, the children of God.
3You may value the friendships of youth and of age,
And select for your comrades the noble and sage;
But the friends that most cheer me on life’s rugged road,
Are the friends of my Master, the children of God.
4You may talk of your prospects, of fame, or of wealth,And the hopes that oft flatter the favorites of health;But the hope of bright glory, of heavenly bliss—Take away every other, and give me but this.
4You may talk of your prospects, of fame, or of wealth,
And the hopes that oft flatter the favorites of health;
But the hope of bright glory, of heavenly bliss—
Take away every other, and give me but this.
5Ever hail, blessed temple, abode of my Lord!I will turn to thee often, to hear from his word;I will walk to thine altar with those that I love,And rejoice in the prospects revealed from above.
5Ever hail, blessed temple, abode of my Lord!
I will turn to thee often, to hear from his word;
I will walk to thine altar with those that I love,
And rejoice in the prospects revealed from above.
W. Hunter.
4648s, 7s & 4s.Mount Zion, etc.Psalm 125:1.Zion stands with hills surrounded—Zion kept by power divine;All her foes shall be confounded,Though the world in arms combine:Happy Zion,What a favored lot is thine.2Every human tie may perish;Friend to friend unfaithful prove;Mothers cease their own to cherish;Heaven and earth at last remove;But no changesCan attend Jehovah’s love.3In the furnace God may prove thee,Thence to bring thee forth more bright,But can never cease to love thee;Thou art precious in his sight:God is with thee—God, thine everlasting light.Kelly.
8s, 7s & 4s.
Mount Zion, etc.Psalm 125:1.
Zion stands with hills surrounded—Zion kept by power divine;All her foes shall be confounded,Though the world in arms combine:Happy Zion,What a favored lot is thine.
Zion stands with hills surrounded—
Zion kept by power divine;
All her foes shall be confounded,
Though the world in arms combine:
Happy Zion,
What a favored lot is thine.
2Every human tie may perish;Friend to friend unfaithful prove;Mothers cease their own to cherish;Heaven and earth at last remove;But no changesCan attend Jehovah’s love.
2Every human tie may perish;
Friend to friend unfaithful prove;
Mothers cease their own to cherish;
Heaven and earth at last remove;
But no changes
Can attend Jehovah’s love.
3In the furnace God may prove thee,Thence to bring thee forth more bright,But can never cease to love thee;Thou art precious in his sight:God is with thee—God, thine everlasting light.
3In the furnace God may prove thee,
Thence to bring thee forth more bright,
But can never cease to love thee;
Thou art precious in his sight:
God is with thee—
God, thine everlasting light.
Kelly.
OFFICERS.465L. M.Go ye into all the world.Mark 16:15.Ye Christian heralds! go, proclaimSalvation through Immanuel’s name;To distant climes the tidings bear,And plant the rose of Sharon there.2He’ll shield you with a wall of a fire,With holy zeal your hearts inspire,Bid raging winds their fury cease,And hush the tempest into peace.3And when our labors all are o’er,Then we shall meet to part no more—Meet with the blood-bought throng, to fall,And crown our Jesus—Lord of all!Winchell’s Sel.466L. M.Go, teach all nations.Matt. 28:19.Go—messenger of peace and love!To nations plunged in shades of night;Like angels sent from fields above,Be thine to shed celestial light.2Go—to the hungry food impart;To paths of peace the wanderer guide,And lead the thirsty, panting heart,Where streams of living water glide.3Go—bid the bright and morning-starFrom Bethlehem’s plains resplendent shine,And, piercing through the gloom afar,Shed heavenly light and love divine.4From north to south, from east to west,Messiah yet shall reign supreme;His name by every tongue confessed—His praise—the universal theme.Balfour.467L. M.Pray for us.2 Thess. 3:1.Father of mercies, bow thine ear,Attentive to our earnest prayer:We plead for those who plead for thee;Successful pleaders may they be.2How great their work! how vast their charge!Do thou their anxious souls enlarge:Their best endowments are our gain;We share the blessings they obtain.3O, clothe with energy divineTheir words; and let those words be thine;To them thy sacred truth reveal;Suppress their fears, inflame their zeal.4Teach them to sow the precious seed;Teach them thy chosen flock to feed;Teach them immortal souls to gain—And thus reward their toil and pain.5Let thronging multitudes around,Hear from their lips the joyful sound,In humble strains thy grace implore,And feel thy Spirit’s living power.Beddome.468C. M.Ordination of elders or deacons.Vouchsafe, O Lord, thy presence now,Direct us in thy fear;Before thy throne we humbly bow,And offer fervent prayer.2Give us the men whom thou shalt choose,Thy house on earth to guide;Those who shall ne’er their power abuse,Or rule with haughty pride.3Inspired with wisdom from above,And with discretion blessed;Displaying meekness, temperance, love—Of every grace possessed;4These are the men we seek of thee,O God of righteousness:Such may thy servants ever be,With such thy people bless.G. B. Ide.469C. M.Ordination.With joy we own thy servant, Lord,Thy minister below,Ordained to spread thy truth abroad,That all thy name may know.2O may he now, and ever, keepHis eye intent on thee:Do thou, great Shepherd of the sheep,His bright example be.3With plenteous grace his heart prepareTo execute thy will;And give him patience, love, and care,And faithfulness and skill.4Inflame his mind with ardent zeal,Thy flock to feed and teach;And let him live, and let him feel,The truths he’s called to preach.5As showers refresh the thirsty plain,So let his labors prove:By him extend thy righteous reign—The reign of truth and love.Montgomery.470S. M.On the departure of a missionary.You messengers of Christ,His sovereign voice obey;Arise and follow where he leads—And peace attend your way.2The master whom you serveWill needful strength bestow;Depending on his promised aid,With sacred courage go.3Mountains shall sink to plains,And hell in vain oppose;The cause is God’s, and must prevailIn spite of all his foes.4Go, spread a Saviour’s fame,And tell his matchless grace,To the most guilty and depravedOf Adam’s numerous race.5We wish you, in his name,The most divine success;Assured that he who sends you forthWill your endeavors bless.Voke.471S. M.The same.Go with thy servant, Lord,His every step attend;All needful help to him afford,And bless him to the end.2Preserve him from all wrong;Stand thou at his right hand:And keep him from the slanderous tongueAnd persecuting band.3May he proclaim aloudThe wonders of thy grace;And do thou, to the listening crowd,His faithful labors bless.4Farewell, dear laborer, go;We part with thee in love;And if we meet no more below,O may we meet above.472S. M.Be ye therefore ready also.Luke 12:40.Ye servants of the Lord,Each in his office wait;With joy obey his heavenly word,And watch before his gate.2Let all your lamps be bright,And trim the golden flame;Gird up your loins, as in his sight;For awful is his name.3Watch! ’tis the Lord’s command;And while we speak, he’s near;Mark the first signal of his hand,And ready all appear.4O happy servant he,In such a posture found!He shall his Lord with rapture see,And be with honor crowned.Doddridge.473S. M. D.Math. 9:38.Lord of the harvest! hearThy needy servants’ cry;Answer our faith’s effectual prayer,And all our wants supply.On thee we humbly wait;Our wants are in thy view;The harvest truly, Lord! is great,The laborers are few.2Convert and send forth moreInto thy Church abroad;And let them speak thy word of power,As workers with their God.Give the pure gospel-word,The word of general grace;Thee let them preach, the common Lord,The Saviour of our race.3O, let them spread thy name;Their mission fully prove;Thy universal grace proclaim,Thy all-redeeming love.On all mankind, forgiven,Empower them still to call,And tell each creature under heaven,That thou hast died for all.C. Wesley.4745s & 6s.Preach the word.2 Tim. 4:2.You servants of God,Your Master proclaim,And publish abroadHis wonderful name:The name all victoriousOf Jesus extol;His kingdom is glorious,And rules over all.2Christ ruleth on high,Almighty to save:And still he is nigh—His presence we have:The great congregationHis triumph shall sing,Ascribing salvationTo Jesus our King.3Salvation to him,Who sits on the throne—Let all cry aloud,And honor the Son;Our Saviour’s praisesThe angels proclaim,They fall on their facesAnd worship the Lamb.4Him let us adore,And give him his right;All glory and power,And wisdom and might;All honor and blessingWith angels above,And thanks never ceasing,For infinite love.C. Wesley.4757s.Prayer for deacons.Son of God, our glorious Head!On us now thy blessing shed;From thy throne let mercy flowTo thy waiting flock below.2Taught by thee, with prayer sincere,We have called thy servants here,For thy needy ones to care,And thy holy feast to bear.3May the Spirit from aboveFill their hearts with faith and love;Make them humble, zealous, wise,Strife to shun, and good devise.4When their earthly work is done,When the crown of life is won,May they, with thy favor blest,Pass from labor into rest.G. B. Ide.4767s & 6s.The fields are white already to harvest.John 4:35.Ho, reapers of life’s harvest,Why stand with rusted blade,Until the night draws round thee,And day begins to fade?Why stand ye idle, waitingFor reapers more to come?The golden morn is passing,Why sit ye idle, dumb?2Thrust in your sharpened sickle,And gather in the grain:The night is fast approaching,And soon will come again.Thy Master calls for reapers;And shall he call in vain?Shall sheaves lie there ungathered,And waste upon the plain?3Come down from hill and mountain,In morning’s ruddy glow,Nor wait until the dialPoints to the noon below;And come with the strong sinew,Nor faint in heat or cold;And pause not till the eveningDraws round its wealth of gold.4Mount up the hights of wisdom,And crush each error low;Keep back no words of knowledgeThat human hearts should know;Be faithful to thy missionIn service of thy Lord;And then a golden chapletShall be thy just reward.
465L. M.Go ye into all the world.Mark 16:15.Ye Christian heralds! go, proclaimSalvation through Immanuel’s name;To distant climes the tidings bear,And plant the rose of Sharon there.2He’ll shield you with a wall of a fire,With holy zeal your hearts inspire,Bid raging winds their fury cease,And hush the tempest into peace.3And when our labors all are o’er,Then we shall meet to part no more—Meet with the blood-bought throng, to fall,And crown our Jesus—Lord of all!Winchell’s Sel.
L. M.
Go ye into all the world.Mark 16:15.
Ye Christian heralds! go, proclaimSalvation through Immanuel’s name;To distant climes the tidings bear,And plant the rose of Sharon there.
Ye Christian heralds! go, proclaim
Salvation through Immanuel’s name;
To distant climes the tidings bear,
And plant the rose of Sharon there.
2He’ll shield you with a wall of a fire,With holy zeal your hearts inspire,Bid raging winds their fury cease,And hush the tempest into peace.
2He’ll shield you with a wall of a fire,
With holy zeal your hearts inspire,
Bid raging winds their fury cease,
And hush the tempest into peace.
3And when our labors all are o’er,Then we shall meet to part no more—Meet with the blood-bought throng, to fall,And crown our Jesus—Lord of all!
3And when our labors all are o’er,
Then we shall meet to part no more—
Meet with the blood-bought throng, to fall,
And crown our Jesus—Lord of all!
Winchell’s Sel.
466L. M.Go, teach all nations.Matt. 28:19.Go—messenger of peace and love!To nations plunged in shades of night;Like angels sent from fields above,Be thine to shed celestial light.2Go—to the hungry food impart;To paths of peace the wanderer guide,And lead the thirsty, panting heart,Where streams of living water glide.3Go—bid the bright and morning-starFrom Bethlehem’s plains resplendent shine,And, piercing through the gloom afar,Shed heavenly light and love divine.4From north to south, from east to west,Messiah yet shall reign supreme;His name by every tongue confessed—His praise—the universal theme.Balfour.
L. M.
Go, teach all nations.Matt. 28:19.
Go—messenger of peace and love!To nations plunged in shades of night;Like angels sent from fields above,Be thine to shed celestial light.
Go—messenger of peace and love!
To nations plunged in shades of night;
Like angels sent from fields above,
Be thine to shed celestial light.
2Go—to the hungry food impart;To paths of peace the wanderer guide,And lead the thirsty, panting heart,Where streams of living water glide.
2Go—to the hungry food impart;
To paths of peace the wanderer guide,
And lead the thirsty, panting heart,
Where streams of living water glide.
3Go—bid the bright and morning-starFrom Bethlehem’s plains resplendent shine,And, piercing through the gloom afar,Shed heavenly light and love divine.
3Go—bid the bright and morning-star
From Bethlehem’s plains resplendent shine,
And, piercing through the gloom afar,
Shed heavenly light and love divine.
4From north to south, from east to west,Messiah yet shall reign supreme;His name by every tongue confessed—His praise—the universal theme.
4From north to south, from east to west,
Messiah yet shall reign supreme;
His name by every tongue confessed—
His praise—the universal theme.
Balfour.
467L. M.Pray for us.2 Thess. 3:1.Father of mercies, bow thine ear,Attentive to our earnest prayer:We plead for those who plead for thee;Successful pleaders may they be.2How great their work! how vast their charge!Do thou their anxious souls enlarge:Their best endowments are our gain;We share the blessings they obtain.3O, clothe with energy divineTheir words; and let those words be thine;To them thy sacred truth reveal;Suppress their fears, inflame their zeal.4Teach them to sow the precious seed;Teach them thy chosen flock to feed;Teach them immortal souls to gain—And thus reward their toil and pain.5Let thronging multitudes around,Hear from their lips the joyful sound,In humble strains thy grace implore,And feel thy Spirit’s living power.Beddome.
L. M.
Pray for us.2 Thess. 3:1.
Father of mercies, bow thine ear,Attentive to our earnest prayer:We plead for those who plead for thee;Successful pleaders may they be.
Father of mercies, bow thine ear,
Attentive to our earnest prayer:
We plead for those who plead for thee;
Successful pleaders may they be.
2How great their work! how vast their charge!Do thou their anxious souls enlarge:Their best endowments are our gain;We share the blessings they obtain.
2How great their work! how vast their charge!
Do thou their anxious souls enlarge:
Their best endowments are our gain;
We share the blessings they obtain.
3O, clothe with energy divineTheir words; and let those words be thine;To them thy sacred truth reveal;Suppress their fears, inflame their zeal.
3O, clothe with energy divine
Their words; and let those words be thine;
To them thy sacred truth reveal;
Suppress their fears, inflame their zeal.
4Teach them to sow the precious seed;Teach them thy chosen flock to feed;Teach them immortal souls to gain—And thus reward their toil and pain.
4Teach them to sow the precious seed;
Teach them thy chosen flock to feed;
Teach them immortal souls to gain—
And thus reward their toil and pain.
5Let thronging multitudes around,Hear from their lips the joyful sound,In humble strains thy grace implore,And feel thy Spirit’s living power.
5Let thronging multitudes around,
Hear from their lips the joyful sound,
In humble strains thy grace implore,
And feel thy Spirit’s living power.
Beddome.
468C. M.Ordination of elders or deacons.Vouchsafe, O Lord, thy presence now,Direct us in thy fear;Before thy throne we humbly bow,And offer fervent prayer.2Give us the men whom thou shalt choose,Thy house on earth to guide;Those who shall ne’er their power abuse,Or rule with haughty pride.3Inspired with wisdom from above,And with discretion blessed;Displaying meekness, temperance, love—Of every grace possessed;4These are the men we seek of thee,O God of righteousness:Such may thy servants ever be,With such thy people bless.G. B. Ide.
C. M.
Ordination of elders or deacons.
Vouchsafe, O Lord, thy presence now,Direct us in thy fear;Before thy throne we humbly bow,And offer fervent prayer.
Vouchsafe, O Lord, thy presence now,
Direct us in thy fear;
Before thy throne we humbly bow,
And offer fervent prayer.
2Give us the men whom thou shalt choose,Thy house on earth to guide;Those who shall ne’er their power abuse,Or rule with haughty pride.
2Give us the men whom thou shalt choose,
Thy house on earth to guide;
Those who shall ne’er their power abuse,
Or rule with haughty pride.
3Inspired with wisdom from above,And with discretion blessed;Displaying meekness, temperance, love—Of every grace possessed;
3Inspired with wisdom from above,
And with discretion blessed;
Displaying meekness, temperance, love—
Of every grace possessed;
4These are the men we seek of thee,O God of righteousness:Such may thy servants ever be,With such thy people bless.
4These are the men we seek of thee,
O God of righteousness:
Such may thy servants ever be,
With such thy people bless.
G. B. Ide.
469C. M.Ordination.With joy we own thy servant, Lord,Thy minister below,Ordained to spread thy truth abroad,That all thy name may know.2O may he now, and ever, keepHis eye intent on thee:Do thou, great Shepherd of the sheep,His bright example be.3With plenteous grace his heart prepareTo execute thy will;And give him patience, love, and care,And faithfulness and skill.4Inflame his mind with ardent zeal,Thy flock to feed and teach;And let him live, and let him feel,The truths he’s called to preach.5As showers refresh the thirsty plain,So let his labors prove:By him extend thy righteous reign—The reign of truth and love.Montgomery.
C. M.
Ordination.
With joy we own thy servant, Lord,Thy minister below,Ordained to spread thy truth abroad,That all thy name may know.
With joy we own thy servant, Lord,
Thy minister below,
Ordained to spread thy truth abroad,
That all thy name may know.
2O may he now, and ever, keepHis eye intent on thee:Do thou, great Shepherd of the sheep,His bright example be.
2O may he now, and ever, keep
His eye intent on thee:
Do thou, great Shepherd of the sheep,
His bright example be.
3With plenteous grace his heart prepareTo execute thy will;And give him patience, love, and care,And faithfulness and skill.
3With plenteous grace his heart prepare
To execute thy will;
And give him patience, love, and care,
And faithfulness and skill.
4Inflame his mind with ardent zeal,Thy flock to feed and teach;And let him live, and let him feel,The truths he’s called to preach.
4Inflame his mind with ardent zeal,
Thy flock to feed and teach;
And let him live, and let him feel,
The truths he’s called to preach.
5As showers refresh the thirsty plain,So let his labors prove:By him extend thy righteous reign—The reign of truth and love.
5As showers refresh the thirsty plain,
So let his labors prove:
By him extend thy righteous reign—
The reign of truth and love.
Montgomery.
470S. M.On the departure of a missionary.You messengers of Christ,His sovereign voice obey;Arise and follow where he leads—And peace attend your way.2The master whom you serveWill needful strength bestow;Depending on his promised aid,With sacred courage go.3Mountains shall sink to plains,And hell in vain oppose;The cause is God’s, and must prevailIn spite of all his foes.4Go, spread a Saviour’s fame,And tell his matchless grace,To the most guilty and depravedOf Adam’s numerous race.5We wish you, in his name,The most divine success;Assured that he who sends you forthWill your endeavors bless.Voke.
S. M.
On the departure of a missionary.
You messengers of Christ,His sovereign voice obey;Arise and follow where he leads—And peace attend your way.
You messengers of Christ,
His sovereign voice obey;
Arise and follow where he leads—
And peace attend your way.
2The master whom you serveWill needful strength bestow;Depending on his promised aid,With sacred courage go.
2The master whom you serve
Will needful strength bestow;
Depending on his promised aid,
With sacred courage go.
3Mountains shall sink to plains,And hell in vain oppose;The cause is God’s, and must prevailIn spite of all his foes.
3Mountains shall sink to plains,
And hell in vain oppose;
The cause is God’s, and must prevail
In spite of all his foes.
4Go, spread a Saviour’s fame,And tell his matchless grace,To the most guilty and depravedOf Adam’s numerous race.
4Go, spread a Saviour’s fame,
And tell his matchless grace,
To the most guilty and depraved
Of Adam’s numerous race.
5We wish you, in his name,The most divine success;Assured that he who sends you forthWill your endeavors bless.
5We wish you, in his name,
The most divine success;
Assured that he who sends you forth
Will your endeavors bless.
Voke.
471S. M.The same.Go with thy servant, Lord,His every step attend;All needful help to him afford,And bless him to the end.2Preserve him from all wrong;Stand thou at his right hand:And keep him from the slanderous tongueAnd persecuting band.3May he proclaim aloudThe wonders of thy grace;And do thou, to the listening crowd,His faithful labors bless.4Farewell, dear laborer, go;We part with thee in love;And if we meet no more below,O may we meet above.
S. M.
The same.
Go with thy servant, Lord,His every step attend;All needful help to him afford,And bless him to the end.
Go with thy servant, Lord,
His every step attend;
All needful help to him afford,
And bless him to the end.
2Preserve him from all wrong;Stand thou at his right hand:And keep him from the slanderous tongueAnd persecuting band.
2Preserve him from all wrong;
Stand thou at his right hand:
And keep him from the slanderous tongue
And persecuting band.
3May he proclaim aloudThe wonders of thy grace;And do thou, to the listening crowd,His faithful labors bless.
3May he proclaim aloud
The wonders of thy grace;
And do thou, to the listening crowd,
His faithful labors bless.
4Farewell, dear laborer, go;We part with thee in love;And if we meet no more below,O may we meet above.
4Farewell, dear laborer, go;
We part with thee in love;
And if we meet no more below,
O may we meet above.
472S. M.Be ye therefore ready also.Luke 12:40.Ye servants of the Lord,Each in his office wait;With joy obey his heavenly word,And watch before his gate.2Let all your lamps be bright,And trim the golden flame;Gird up your loins, as in his sight;For awful is his name.3Watch! ’tis the Lord’s command;And while we speak, he’s near;Mark the first signal of his hand,And ready all appear.4O happy servant he,In such a posture found!He shall his Lord with rapture see,And be with honor crowned.Doddridge.
S. M.
Be ye therefore ready also.Luke 12:40.
Ye servants of the Lord,Each in his office wait;With joy obey his heavenly word,And watch before his gate.
Ye servants of the Lord,
Each in his office wait;
With joy obey his heavenly word,
And watch before his gate.
2Let all your lamps be bright,And trim the golden flame;Gird up your loins, as in his sight;For awful is his name.
2Let all your lamps be bright,
And trim the golden flame;
Gird up your loins, as in his sight;
For awful is his name.
3Watch! ’tis the Lord’s command;And while we speak, he’s near;Mark the first signal of his hand,And ready all appear.
3Watch! ’tis the Lord’s command;
And while we speak, he’s near;
Mark the first signal of his hand,
And ready all appear.
4O happy servant he,In such a posture found!He shall his Lord with rapture see,And be with honor crowned.
4O happy servant he,
In such a posture found!
He shall his Lord with rapture see,
And be with honor crowned.
Doddridge.
473S. M. D.Math. 9:38.Lord of the harvest! hearThy needy servants’ cry;Answer our faith’s effectual prayer,And all our wants supply.On thee we humbly wait;Our wants are in thy view;The harvest truly, Lord! is great,The laborers are few.2Convert and send forth moreInto thy Church abroad;And let them speak thy word of power,As workers with their God.Give the pure gospel-word,The word of general grace;Thee let them preach, the common Lord,The Saviour of our race.3O, let them spread thy name;Their mission fully prove;Thy universal grace proclaim,Thy all-redeeming love.On all mankind, forgiven,Empower them still to call,And tell each creature under heaven,That thou hast died for all.C. Wesley.
S. M. D.
Math. 9:38.
Lord of the harvest! hearThy needy servants’ cry;Answer our faith’s effectual prayer,And all our wants supply.On thee we humbly wait;Our wants are in thy view;The harvest truly, Lord! is great,The laborers are few.
Lord of the harvest! hear
Thy needy servants’ cry;
Answer our faith’s effectual prayer,
And all our wants supply.
On thee we humbly wait;
Our wants are in thy view;
The harvest truly, Lord! is great,
The laborers are few.
2Convert and send forth moreInto thy Church abroad;And let them speak thy word of power,As workers with their God.Give the pure gospel-word,The word of general grace;Thee let them preach, the common Lord,The Saviour of our race.
2Convert and send forth more
Into thy Church abroad;
And let them speak thy word of power,
As workers with their God.
Give the pure gospel-word,
The word of general grace;
Thee let them preach, the common Lord,
The Saviour of our race.
3O, let them spread thy name;Their mission fully prove;Thy universal grace proclaim,Thy all-redeeming love.On all mankind, forgiven,Empower them still to call,And tell each creature under heaven,That thou hast died for all.
3O, let them spread thy name;
Their mission fully prove;
Thy universal grace proclaim,
Thy all-redeeming love.
On all mankind, forgiven,
Empower them still to call,
And tell each creature under heaven,
That thou hast died for all.
C. Wesley.
4745s & 6s.Preach the word.2 Tim. 4:2.You servants of God,Your Master proclaim,And publish abroadHis wonderful name:The name all victoriousOf Jesus extol;His kingdom is glorious,And rules over all.2Christ ruleth on high,Almighty to save:And still he is nigh—His presence we have:The great congregationHis triumph shall sing,Ascribing salvationTo Jesus our King.3Salvation to him,Who sits on the throne—Let all cry aloud,And honor the Son;Our Saviour’s praisesThe angels proclaim,They fall on their facesAnd worship the Lamb.4Him let us adore,And give him his right;All glory and power,And wisdom and might;All honor and blessingWith angels above,And thanks never ceasing,For infinite love.C. Wesley.
5s & 6s.
Preach the word.2 Tim. 4:2.
You servants of God,Your Master proclaim,And publish abroadHis wonderful name:The name all victoriousOf Jesus extol;His kingdom is glorious,And rules over all.
You servants of God,
Your Master proclaim,
And publish abroad
His wonderful name:
The name all victorious
Of Jesus extol;
His kingdom is glorious,
And rules over all.
2Christ ruleth on high,Almighty to save:And still he is nigh—His presence we have:The great congregationHis triumph shall sing,Ascribing salvationTo Jesus our King.
2Christ ruleth on high,
Almighty to save:
And still he is nigh—
His presence we have:
The great congregation
His triumph shall sing,
Ascribing salvation
To Jesus our King.
3Salvation to him,Who sits on the throne—Let all cry aloud,And honor the Son;Our Saviour’s praisesThe angels proclaim,They fall on their facesAnd worship the Lamb.
3Salvation to him,
Who sits on the throne—
Let all cry aloud,
And honor the Son;
Our Saviour’s praises
The angels proclaim,
They fall on their faces
And worship the Lamb.
4Him let us adore,And give him his right;All glory and power,And wisdom and might;All honor and blessingWith angels above,And thanks never ceasing,For infinite love.
4Him let us adore,
And give him his right;
All glory and power,
And wisdom and might;
All honor and blessing
With angels above,
And thanks never ceasing,
For infinite love.
C. Wesley.
4757s.Prayer for deacons.Son of God, our glorious Head!On us now thy blessing shed;From thy throne let mercy flowTo thy waiting flock below.2Taught by thee, with prayer sincere,We have called thy servants here,For thy needy ones to care,And thy holy feast to bear.3May the Spirit from aboveFill their hearts with faith and love;Make them humble, zealous, wise,Strife to shun, and good devise.4When their earthly work is done,When the crown of life is won,May they, with thy favor blest,Pass from labor into rest.G. B. Ide.
7s.
Prayer for deacons.
Son of God, our glorious Head!On us now thy blessing shed;From thy throne let mercy flowTo thy waiting flock below.
Son of God, our glorious Head!
On us now thy blessing shed;
From thy throne let mercy flow
To thy waiting flock below.
2Taught by thee, with prayer sincere,We have called thy servants here,For thy needy ones to care,And thy holy feast to bear.
2Taught by thee, with prayer sincere,
We have called thy servants here,
For thy needy ones to care,
And thy holy feast to bear.
3May the Spirit from aboveFill their hearts with faith and love;Make them humble, zealous, wise,Strife to shun, and good devise.
3May the Spirit from above
Fill their hearts with faith and love;
Make them humble, zealous, wise,
Strife to shun, and good devise.
4When their earthly work is done,When the crown of life is won,May they, with thy favor blest,Pass from labor into rest.
4When their earthly work is done,
When the crown of life is won,
May they, with thy favor blest,
Pass from labor into rest.
G. B. Ide.
4767s & 6s.The fields are white already to harvest.John 4:35.Ho, reapers of life’s harvest,Why stand with rusted blade,Until the night draws round thee,And day begins to fade?Why stand ye idle, waitingFor reapers more to come?The golden morn is passing,Why sit ye idle, dumb?2Thrust in your sharpened sickle,And gather in the grain:The night is fast approaching,And soon will come again.Thy Master calls for reapers;And shall he call in vain?Shall sheaves lie there ungathered,And waste upon the plain?3Come down from hill and mountain,In morning’s ruddy glow,Nor wait until the dialPoints to the noon below;And come with the strong sinew,Nor faint in heat or cold;And pause not till the eveningDraws round its wealth of gold.4Mount up the hights of wisdom,And crush each error low;Keep back no words of knowledgeThat human hearts should know;Be faithful to thy missionIn service of thy Lord;And then a golden chapletShall be thy just reward.
7s & 6s.
The fields are white already to harvest.John 4:35.
Ho, reapers of life’s harvest,Why stand with rusted blade,Until the night draws round thee,And day begins to fade?Why stand ye idle, waitingFor reapers more to come?The golden morn is passing,Why sit ye idle, dumb?
Ho, reapers of life’s harvest,
Why stand with rusted blade,
Until the night draws round thee,
And day begins to fade?
Why stand ye idle, waiting
For reapers more to come?
The golden morn is passing,
Why sit ye idle, dumb?
2Thrust in your sharpened sickle,And gather in the grain:The night is fast approaching,And soon will come again.Thy Master calls for reapers;And shall he call in vain?Shall sheaves lie there ungathered,And waste upon the plain?
2Thrust in your sharpened sickle,
And gather in the grain:
The night is fast approaching,
And soon will come again.
Thy Master calls for reapers;
And shall he call in vain?
Shall sheaves lie there ungathered,
And waste upon the plain?
3Come down from hill and mountain,In morning’s ruddy glow,Nor wait until the dialPoints to the noon below;And come with the strong sinew,Nor faint in heat or cold;And pause not till the eveningDraws round its wealth of gold.
3Come down from hill and mountain,
In morning’s ruddy glow,
Nor wait until the dial
Points to the noon below;
And come with the strong sinew,
Nor faint in heat or cold;
And pause not till the evening
Draws round its wealth of gold.
4Mount up the hights of wisdom,And crush each error low;Keep back no words of knowledgeThat human hearts should know;Be faithful to thy missionIn service of thy Lord;And then a golden chapletShall be thy just reward.
4Mount up the hights of wisdom,
And crush each error low;
Keep back no words of knowledge
That human hearts should know;
Be faithful to thy mission
In service of thy Lord;
And then a golden chaplet
Shall be thy just reward.