625. T. 90.3. Command thy blessing in this NOT to the mount that burn'd with fire, To darkness, tempest, and the sound Of trumpet, waxing higher and higher, (ground, Nor voice of words that rent the While Israel heard, with trembling awe, Jehovah thunder forth his law: 2. But to Mount Zion we are come, The city of the living God, Jerusalem, our heavenly home, The courts by angel-legions trod, Where meet in everlasting love, The Church of the first-born above: 3. To God, the judge of quick and The perfect spirits of the just, (dead, Jesus, our great new-covenant Head, The blood of sprinkling,-from the dust, That better things than Abel's cries, so mild! hour, power, Spirit of truth, and fill the place With wounding and with healing (grace. With quickening and confirming 4. 0 thou, our Maker, Saviour, Guide, One true eternal God confess'd! Whom thou hast join'd, may none divide, (hast bless'd. None dare to curse whom thou 5. With thee and these forever found, May all the souls who here unite, With harps and songs thy throne surround, Rest in thy love, and reign in light. 627. J. Montgomery. T. 22. Fain would we leave this weary road | 5. Oft as the precious seed is sown, To sleep in death, and rest in God. Thy quickening grace bestow; That all, whose souls the truth re 628. Doddridge. THY presence, gracious God, afford, Prepare us to receive thy word; Now let thy voice engage our ear, And faith be mix'd with what we hear. 2. Distracting thoughts and cares ALMIGHTY God, thy word is cast To bring forth fruits of love. Accept, we pray, what is thine own, | 4. I may not to thy courts repair, In mercy pardon, what is ours: Our praises, Lord, and prayers receive, And to thy word a blessing give. 2. O Saviour grant, that each of us, Now met in thy bless'd presence here, Again may meet together thus, When thou and all thy saints appear, And follow thee to heaven, our home: Ev'n so, Amen, Lord Jesus, come. J. Newton (ad.) 634. T. 585. LORD, dismiss us with thy blessing: Fill our hearts with joy and peace; Let us each, thy love possessing, Triumph in redeeming grace: O refresh us, :||: Travelling through this wilderness. 2. Thanks we give, and adoration, For thy gospel's joyful sound; May the fruits of thy salvation In our hearts and lives abound: King of glory, :||: Sway thy sceptre all around. Rippon, or Burder's Coll. T. 14. 635. THOUSANDS, O Lord of hosts, Within thy temple meet; (to-day And tens of thousands throng to Their homage at thy feet. (pay 2. The dew lies thick on all the ground, Shall my poor fleece be dry? The manna rains from heaven Shall I of hunger die? (around, 3. Behold thy prisoner, loose my If 'tis thy gracious will; (bands, If not, contented in thy hands, Behold thy prisoner still. Yet here thou surely art; O give me here a house of prayer, Here sabbath-joys impart. 5. To faith reveal the things un seen, To hope, the joys untold; Let love, without a vail between, Thy glory now behold. J. Montgomery. 636. T. 581 or 83. SAFELY through another week God hath brought us on our way: Let us now a blessing seek On the approaching Sabbath day: Day of all the week the best, Emblem of eternal rest. 2. Mercies, multiplied each hour, Gracious Lord, our praise demand, Guarded by thy mighty power, Nourish'd by thy bounteous hand: Now from worldly cares set free, May we rest this night with thee. 3. When the morn shall bid us rise, May we feel thy presence near; May thy glory meet our eyes, When we in thy house appear; And may all our Sabbaths prove Foretastes of the joys above. 3. Here, when thy messengers pro- And pour thy blessings from above, That we may render praise. claim 639. J. Newton. T. 22. O THOU, who didst the temple fill With thy resplendent, awful train, The glory of thine Israel still, Appear in those bright robes again. 2. In us, and round about us shine, Here cause us to behold thy face; O make this tabernacle thine! O sanctify this holy place! 3. Now send the promis'd unction down, And all our waiting hearts inspire; Lord Jesus, make thy goings known, Thy ministers a flame of fire. 4. Work with them, and confirm thy word To all who worship in this place; O pour upon us, holy Lord, Unceasing showers of saving grace. 5. So shall thy servants' hopes be crown'd, And glory to thy name be giv'n; While this Bethesda shall be found The house of God, the gate of heaven. Congregational H. B. 208 XXXII. 640. THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. T. 167. GLORIOUS things of thee are spoken, Zion, city of our God; He whose word cannot be broken, Thy Christian people dear, O Lord,-thy praises to record. 2. My heart with fervour And inward longing pants, Thy grace and favour To tell there with thy saints, Grace, which like the Lord, the giver, Boldly—the truth to testify. Never fails from age to age. 3. Round each habitation hovering, 4. Blest inhabitants of Zion, 3. For there thou choosest Sweet rest diffusest To dwell, my living Tower; From that place evermore, Which thou-ordained hast thereto. 4. There is asserted The new birth spiritual; Souls are converted By thy pure gospel's call, And there in Christ's church grafted are. 5. For this I'm longing, To be throughout my days Thereto belonging, Thy holy name to praise, And thee-to serve incessantly. 6. All those are blessed That come into thine house, With awe expressed, Which deep conviction shows, And pray-and to thee homage pay.. |