Imágenes de páginas
PDF
EPUB

24

3d P. M. 4 68 & 2 88.

Longing for the house of God.
LORD of the worlda bo

How pleasant and how fair
The dwellings of thy love,
Thine earthly temples, are;
To thine abode my heart aspires,
With warm desires to see my God.
2 O happy souls that pray

Where God appoints to hear!
O happy men that pay

Their constant service there!
They praise thee still; and happy they
That love the way to Zion's hill.

8 They go from strength to strength. Through this dark vale of tears, Till each arrives at length,

Till each in heaven appears:
O glorious seat! thou, God our King,
Shalt thither bring our willing feet.

4 The Lord his people loves;
His hand no good withholds
From those his heart approves,
From humble, contrite souls:
Thrice happy he, O God of hosts,
Whose spirit trusts alone in thee!

25

19th P. M. 664, 666-1.

Invocation of and praise to the Trinity.

COM

NOME, thou Almighty King,
Help us thy Name to sing,
Help us to praise :

Father all-glorious,

O'er all victorious,

Come, and reign over us,
Ancient of days.

26

2 Jesus, our Lord, arise,
Scatter our enemies,

And make them fall;
Let thine almighty aid
Our sure defence be made;
Our souls on thee be stay'd:
Lord, hear our call.

3 Come, thou incarnate Word,
Gird on thy mighty sword,
Our prayer attend;

Come, and thy people bless,
And give thy word success:
"Spirit of holiness,

On us descend.

4 Come, holy Comforter,
Thy sacred witness bear
In this glad hour:
Thou who Almighty art,
Now rule in every heart,
And ne'er from us depart,
Spirit of power.

5 To the great One and Three
Eternal praises be

Hence, evermore.

His sov'reign majesty
May we in glory see,
And to eternity

Love and adore.

L. M.

GREA

Joy of public worship.

YREAT God, attend, while Zion sings The joy that from thy presence springs; To spend one day with thee on earth Exceeds a thousand days of mirth.

2 Might I enjoy the meanest place
Within thy house, O God of grace;
Not tents of ease, or thrones of power,
Should tempt my feet to leave thy door.
3 God is our sun, he makes our day;
God is our shield, he guards our way
From all assaults of hell and sin,
From foes without, and foes within.

4 All needful grace will God bestow,
And crown that grace with glory too;
He gives us all things, and withholds
No real good from upright souls.

50 God our King, whose sovreign sway The glorious hosts of heaven obey, And devils at thy presence flee,

Blest is the man that trusts in thee.

27

Solemn reverence.

L. M.

ETERNAL Power, whose high abode
Becomes the grandeur of a God:
Infinite lengths, beyond the bounds
Where stars revolve their little rounds:

2 Thee while the first archangel sings,
He hides his face behind his wings:
And ranks of shining thrones around
Fall worshipping, and spread the ground.

8 Lord, what shall earth and ashes do!
We would adore our Maker too;
From sin and dust to thee we cry,
The Great, the Holy, and the High.

[ocr errors]

4 Earth, from afar, bath heard thy fame, And worms have learn'd to lisp thy name: But 01 the glories of thy mind

Leave all our soaring thoughts behind.

5 God is in heaven, and men below:
Be short our tunes; our words be few:
A solemn rev'rence checks our songs,
And praise sits silent on our tongues.

28

Living bread.

L. M.

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 remove,
And fix our hearts and hopes above;
With food divine may we be fed,
And satisfied with living bread.
3 To us the sacred word apply,
With sov' reign power and energy;
And may we, in thy faith and fear,
Reduce to practice what we hear.
4 Father, in us thy Son reveal;
Teach us to know and do thy will:
Thy saving power and love display,
And guide us to the realms of day."

29

C. M.

Invoking God's presence and blessing.
WITHIN thy house, O Lord our God,

Win majesty appear

Make this a place of thine abode,
And shed thy blessings here.

2 As we thy mercy-seat surround,
Thy Spirit, Lord, impart:
And let thy Gospel's joyful sound,
With power reach every heart.

3 Here let the blind their sight obtain;
Here give the mourner rest;

Let Jesus here triumphant reign.
Futhroned in every breast.

4 Here let the voice of sacred joy
And fervent prayer arise,

Till higher strains our tongues employ,
In bliss beyond the skies.

30

L. M

How dreadful is this place! THOU, whom all thy saints adore, We now with all thy saints agree, And bow our inmost souls before

0

Thy glorious, awful Majesty.

2 We come, great God, to seek thy face,
And for thy loving kindness wait;
And O, how dreadful is this place!

'Tis God's own house, 'tis heaven's gate 3 Tremble our hearts to find thee nigh; To thee our trembling hearts aspire: And lo! we see descend from high The pillar and the flame of fire. 4 Still let it on the' assembly stay, And all the house with glory fill: To Canaan's bounds point out the way And lead us to thy holy hill.

5 There let us all with Jesus stand,
And join the gen'ral Church above,
And take our seats at thy right hand,
And sing thine everlasting love.

31

4th P. M. 886, 886.

God's glorious presence.

THOU God of power, thou God of love,
Whose glory fills the realms above,
WLose praise archangels sing,
And veil their faces while they cry,
Thrice Holy, to their God Most High,
Thrice Holy, to their King:-

« AnteriorContinuar »