Hear us, we humbly pray,
And where the Gospel day
Sheds not its glorious ray,
Let there be light.

2 Thou, who didst come to bring, On thy redeeming wing,

Healing and sight,

Health to the sick in mind,
Sight to the inly blind,-
O now, to all mankind,
Let there be light.

3 Spirit of truth and love,
Life-giving, holy Dove,

Speed forth thy flight; Move on the waters' face, Bearing the lamp of grace; And in earth's darkest place, Let there be light.

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JES

The dissolution of all things.

ESUS, to thy dear wounds we flee;
We shelter in thy side;

Assured that all who trust in thee

Shall evermore abide.

2 Then let the thund'ring trumpet sound; The latest lightnings glare;

The mountains melt; the solid ground
Dissolve as liquid air;

3 The huge celestial bodies roll
Amidst the genʼral fire;

And shrivel as a parchment scroll,
And all in smoke expire:-

4 Yet still the Lord, the Saviour reigns,
When nature is destroy'd;
And no created thing remains
Throughout the flaming void.

5 Sublime on his eternal throne,
He speaks the almighty word:
Ilis fiat is obey'd: 'tis done;

And paradise restored.

6 So be it; let this system end;
This ruinous earth and skies;
The New Jerusalem descend,-
The new creation rise.

7 Thy power omnipotent assume;
Thy brightest majesty;

And when thou dost in glory come,
My Lord, remember me.

2 Thus fair was Zion's chosen seat,
The glory of all lands;

Yet fairer, and in strength complete,
The Christian temple stands.

3 The faithful of each clime and age
This glorious Church compose;
Built on a Rock, with idle rage
The threat'ning tempest blows.

4 Fear not; though hostile bands alarm, Thy God is thy defence;

And weak and powerless every arm
Against Omnipotence.

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plicated.

GOD, though countless worlds of light
Thy power and glory show,-
Though round thy throne, above all height,
Immortal seraphs glow,—

2 Yet, Lord, where'er thy saints apart
Are met for praise and prayer,—
Wherever sighs a contrite heart,
Thou, gracious God, art there.

3 With grateful joy, thy children rear
This temple, Lord, to thee;
Long may they sing thy praises here,
And here thy beauty see.

4 Here, Saviour, deign thy saints to meet; With peace their hearts to fill;

And here, like Sharon's odours sweet,
May grace divine distil.

5 Here may thy truth fresh triumphs win; Eternal Spirit, here,

In many a heart now dead in sin,

A living temple rear.

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N. HERMAN. ARR.

LORD, in the morning thou shalt hear
My voice ascending high:

To thee will I direct my prayer,—
To thee lift up mine eye :-

2 Up to the hills where Christ is gone,
To plead for all his saints;
Presenting, at the Father's throne,

Our songs and our complaints.

3 Thou art a God before whose sight
The wicked shall not stand;
Sinners shall ne'er be thy delight,
Nor dwell at thy right hand.

4 Now to thy house will I resort,
To taste thy mercies there;
I will frequent thy holy court,
And worship in thy fear.

5 O may thy Spirit guide my feet
In ways of righteousness;
Make every path of duty straight,
And plain before my face.

4 Worthy the Lamb for sinners slain,
Cry the redeem'd above,

Blessing and honour to obtain,
And everlasting love.

5 Worthy the Lamb, on earth we sing,
Who died our souls to save;
Henceforth, O Death, where is thy sting?
Thy victory, O Grave?

6 Then hallelujah! power and praise
To God in Christ be given;
May all who now this anthem raise,
Renew the song in heaven.

1036 Anniversary of an orphan asylum: 85–ɑ.

by the children.

AGAIN the kind revolving year
brought this happy day;

And we in God's blest house appear
Again our vows to pay.

2 Our watchful guardians, robed in light, Adore the heavenly King;

Ten thousand thousand seraphs bright
Incessant praises sing.

3 They know no want, they feel no care, Nor ever sigh as we;

Sorrow and sin are strangers there,
And all is harmony.

4 If aught can there enhance their bliss,
Or raise their raptures higher,
New joys in heaven at sights like this,
New anthems fill the choir.

5 With what resembling care and love
Both worlds for us appear;
Our friendly guardians those above,-
Our benefactors here.

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heaven.

REDEEMER of mankind!

Who on thy Name rely,

A constant intercourse we find
Open'd 'twixt earth and sky.
2 Mercy, and grace, and peace,
Descend through thee alone;
And thou dost all our services
Present before the throne.
3 On us the Father's love
Is for thy sake bestow'd;
Thou art our Advocate above,
Thou art our way to God.

4 Our way to God we trace;

And, through thy Name forgiven, From step to step, from grace to grace, By thee ascend to heaven.

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righteous.

FOR the death of those
Who slumber in the Lord!
O be like theirs my last repose,
Like theirs my last reward.

2 Their bodies in the ground,
In silent hope, may lie,
Till the last trumpet's joyful sound
Shall call them to the sky.
3 Their ransom'd spirits soar,
On wings of faith and love,
To meet the Saviour they adore,
And reign with him above.

4 O for the death of those

Who slumber in the Lord!
O be like theirs my last repose,
Like theirs my last reward.

Of earthly beauty flies;
And grief shall like a moth consume
All that delights our eyes.

Have pity on my fears;
Hearken to my request;
Turn not in silence from my tears,
But give the mourner rest.
5 O spare me yet, I pray;

Awhile my strength restore,
Ere I am summon'd hence away,
And seen on earth no more.

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OW swift the torrent rolls

HOW

That bears us to the sea;

The tide that hurries thoughtless souls
To vast eternity.

2 Our fathers, where are they,

With all they call'd their own?

Their joys and griefs, and hopes and cares, And wealth and honour, gone.

3 God of our fathers, hear,

Thou everlasting Friend!

While we, as on life's utmost verge,

Our souls to thee commend.

4 Of all the pious dead

May we the footsteps trace,
Till with them, in the land of light,
We dwell before thy face.

3 The passions to recall,

And upward bid them rise; To make the scales of error fall From reason's darken'd eyes.

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4 O change these hearts of ours,
And give them life divine;
Then shall our passions and our powers,
Almighty Lord, be thine.

1057 On beginning a new year.

OUR

JR few revolving years,
How swift they glide away;
How short the term of life
appears
When past but as a day!—
2 A dark and cloudy day,
Clouded by grief and sin;
A host of enemies without,
Distressing fears within.

3 Lord, through another year
If thou permit our stay,
With diligence may we pursue
The true and living way.

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143-b.

That I have trampled on thy blood,

And done despite to thee;

If I begin to wake

Out of my deadly sleep;

Into thine arms of mercy take,

And there forever keep.

2 No other right have I,

Than what the world may claim; And all may to their God draw nigh, Through faith in Jesus' name: Thy death hath wrought the power For every sinful soul;

That all may know the gracious hour, And be by faith made whole. 3 Thou hast for sinners died,

That all might come to God; The cov'nant thou hast ratified, And seal'd it with thy blood: Thou hast obtain'd the grace That all may turn and live; And now thy offer I embrace,— Thy mercy I receive.