3 Round 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.

4 Blest inhabitants of Sion,

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

Over self to reign as kings:

And as priests, his solemn praises
Each for a thank-offering brings.

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John Newton, 1779, all.

11.11.11.5

LORD of our life, and God of our

salvation,

Star of our night, and hope of every nation, Hear and receive thy Church's supplication,

Lord God Almighty.

2 See round thine ark the hungry billows

curling!

See how thy foes their banners are un

furling!

Lord, while their darts envenomed they are hurling,

Thou canst preserve us.

3 Lord, thou canst help when earthly armour

faileth;

Lord, thou canst save when deadly sin assaileth;

Lord, o'er thy rock nor death nor hell prevaileth:

Grant us thy peace, Lord!

4 Peace, in our hearts, our evil thoughts assuaging,

Peace, in thy Church, where brothers are

engaging,

Peace, when the world its busy war is waging;

Calm thy foes raging!

5 Grant us thy help till backward they are

driven;

Grant them thy truth, that they may be

forgiven;

Grant peace on earth, and after we have striven,

Peace in thy heaven. Amen.

Philip Pusey, 1840;

based on Matthäus A. von Löwenstern, 1644

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C

NITY of God, how broad and far
Outspread thy walls sublime!
The true thy chartered freemen are
Of every age and clime.

2 One holy Church, one army strong,
One stedfast high intent,

One working band, one harvest song,
One King omnipotent!

C.M

3 How purely hath thy speech come down From man's primeval youth;

How grandly hath thine empire grown
Of freedom, love, and truth!

4 How gleam thy watchfires through the night
With never-fainting ray!
How rise thy towers, serene and bright,
To meet the dawning day!

5 In vain the surge's angry shock,
In vain the drifting sands:
Unharmed upon the eternal Rock
The eternal city stands.

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Samuel Johnson, 1860

C.M.

WHERE are kings and empires now
Of old, that went and came?

But, Lord, thy Church is praying yet,
A thousand years the same.

2 We mark her goodly battlements,
And her foundations strong;
We hear within the solemn voice
Of her unending song.

3 For not like kingdoms of the world
Thy holy Church, O God,

Though earthquake shocks are threatening her,

And tempests are abroad;

4 Unshaken as eternal hills, Immovable she stands,

A mountain that shall fill the earth,

A house not made by hands.

Arthur Cleveland Coxe, 1839, cento.

472

T

L.M.

RIUMPHANT Sion, lift thy head From dust, and darkness, and the dead!

Though humbled long, awake at length, And gird thee with thy Saviour's strength.

2 Put all thy beauteous garments on,
And let thine excellence be known:
Decked in the robes of righteousness,
The world thy glories shall confess.

3 No more shall foes unclean invade,
And fill thy hallowed walls with dread;
No more shall hell's insulting host
Their victory and thy sorrows boast.

4 God from on high has heard thy prayer, His hand thy ruins shall repair:

Nor will thy watchful Monarch cease
To guard thee in eternal peace.

Philip Doddridge, 1755, alt.

473

Litany of the Church

7.7.7.6

ESUS, with thy Church abide,
Be her Saviour, Lord, and Guide,
While on earth her faith is tried:
We beseech thee, hear us.

2 Keep her life and doctrine pure,
Help her, patient to endure,
Trusting in thy promise sure:
We beseech thee, hear us.

3 May her voice be ever clear, Warning of a judgment near, Telling of a Saviour dear:

We beseech thee, hear us.

4 All her fettered powers release,
Bid our strife and envy cease,
Grant the heavenly gift of peace:
We beseech thee, hear us.

5 May she one in doctrine be, One in truth and charity, Winning all to faith in thee:

We beseech thee, hear us.

6 May she guide the poor and blind,
Seek the lost until she find,
And the broken-hearted bind:
We beseech thee, hear us.

7 Save her love from growing cold,
Make her watchmen strong and bold,
Fence her round, thy peaceful fold:
We beseech thee, hear us.

8 May her priests thy people feed,
Shepherds of the flock indeed,
Ready, where thou call'st, to lead:
We beseech thee, hear us.

9 Judge her not for work undone,
Judge her not for fields unwon,
Bless her works in thee begun:
We beseech thee, hear us.

10 All that she has lost, restore,
May her strength and zeal be more
Than in brightest days of yore:
We beseech thee, hear us.