1. NOR eye hath seen, nor ear hath heard,
Nor sense nor reason known,
What joys the Father has prepared
For those that love the Son.

2. But the good Spirit of the Lord
Reveals a heaven to come;
The beams of glory in his word
Allure and guide us home.

3. Pure are the joys above the sky,
And all the region peace;
No wanton lips, nor envious eye,
Can see or taste the bliss.

4. Those holy gates forever bar

Pollution, sin, and shame:
None shall obtain admittance there,
But followers of the Lamb.

5. He keeps the Father's book of life;
There all their names are found;
The hypocrite in vain shall strive
To tread the heavenly ground.

A Harvest Hymn.

[Hy. 642.

1. To praise the ever-bounteous Lord,
My soul, wake all thy powers:
He calls, and at his voice come forth
The smiling harvest hours.

2. His covenant with the earth he keeps;
My tongue, his goodness sing;
Summer and winter know their time,
His harvest crowns the spring.

3. Well pleased the laborers behold
The waving yellow crop;

With joy they bear the sheaves away,
And sow again in hope.

4. Thus teach me, gracious God, to sow
The seeds of righteousness:
Smile on my soul, and with thy beams
The ripening harvest bless.

669.

Morning and Evening.

1. HOSANNA, with a cheerful sound, To God's upholding hand;

2.

[Hy. 682.

Ten thousand snares attend us round,
And yet secure we stand.

That was a most amazing power,
That raised us with a word;
And every day, and every hour,
We lean upon the Lord.

3. The evening rests our weary head,
And angels guard the room;
We wake, and we admire the bed,
That was not made our tomb.

4. God is our sun, whose daily light
Our joy and safety brings:
Our feeble flesh lies safe at night
Beneath his shady wings.

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1. HE, who on earth as man was known,
And bore our sins and pains,
Now, seated on th' eternal throne,
The God of glory reigns.

2. His hands the wheels of nature guide
With an unerring skill;

And countless worlds, extended wide,
Obey his sovereign will.

3. While harps unnumbered sound his praise In yonder world above,

His saints on earth admire his ways,
And glory in his love.

4. When troubles, like a burning sun,
Beat heavy on their head;
To this almighty rock they run,
And find a pleasing shade.

5. How glorious he-how happy they,
In such a glorious friend!

Whose love secures them all the way,
And crowns them at the end.

671. Covenant with Abraham.

[Hy. 538.

1. How large the promise, how divine,

To Abra'm and his seed!

"I'll be a God to thee and thine,
Supplying all their need."

2. The words of his extensive love
From age to age endure;
The angel of the covenant proves,
And seals the blessing sure.

3. Jesus the ancient faith confirms, To our great fathers given;

4.

He takes young children to his arms, And calls them heirs of heaven.

Our God, how faithful are his ways! His love endures the same;

Nor from the promise of his grace, Blots out the children's name.

1. How deep and tranquil is the joy Which thou hast kindly given

4. Sweet in the confidence of faith,
To trust his firm decrees;
Sweet to lie passive in his hands,
And know no will but his.

5. If such the sweetness of the streams, What must the fountain be,

Where saints and angels draw their bliss Immediately from thee?

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676.

To those who seek the presence, Lord,
And tread the path to heaven.

2. "T is in the silence of the shade

My sober thoughts begin,
And earth's illusive charms appear
But vanity and sin.

3. "T is here the troubled springs of life
Are calmed to sweetest rest;
The stillness of this hour expels
The tumult of my breast.

4. Far, far above all mortal things
I walk with God alone;

And while he names celestial joys,
I call them all my own.

5. Then let the noisy world pursue
The trifles of a day,-
Mine be the silent, secret joys
That never fade away.

Evening Hymn.

[Hy. 694.

1. DREAD Sovereign, let my evening song
Like holy incense rise;
Assist the offerings of my tongue
To reach the lofty skies.

2. Through all the dangers of the day
Thy hand was still my guard,
And still to drive my wants away
Thy mercy stood prepared.

3. Perpetual blessings from above
Encompass me around,

But Oh, how few returns of love
Hath my Creator found!

4. What have I done for him that died
To save my wretched soul?
How are my follies multiplied,
Fast as the minutes roll!

5. Lord, with this guilty heart of mine,
To thy dear cross I flee,

And to thy grace my soul resign,
To be renewed by thee.

Sprinkled afresh with pardoning blood,

lay me down to rest,

As in th' embraces of my God,
Or on my Saviour's breast.

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1. ABOVE these heavens' created rounds,
Thy mercies, Lord, extend;

Thy truth out-lives the narrow bounds,
Where time and nature end.

2. Safety to man thy goodness brings,
Nor overlooks the beast;
Beneath the shadow of thy wings
Thy children choose to rest.

3. From thee, when creature-streams run low,

And mortal comforts die,

Perpetual springs of life shall flow,
And raise our pleasures high.

4. Though all created light decay,
And death close up our eyes,
Thy presence makes eternal day,
Where clouds can never rise.

3. The swelling floods tumultuous rise-
The angry tempests roar,
Lift their proud billows to the skies,
And lash the trembling shore.

4. The Lord, the mighty God on high,
Controls the raging seas;

He speaks and noise and tempests fly;
The waves sink down in peace.

5. Thy sovereign laws are ever sure;
Eternal truth is thine;

And, Lord, thy people should be pure,
And in thine image shine.

679.

Resurrection of Christ.

1. AGAIN the Lord of life and light Awakes the kindling ray, Unseals the eyelids of the morn, And pours increasing day.

[Hy. 36.

2. O what a night was that which wrapt A guilty world in gloom!

O what a sun, which broke this day.
Triumphant from the tomb!

3. The powers of darkness leagued in vain, To bind our Lord in death;

He shook their kingdom when he fell,
By his expiring breath.

1. THE Lord, our God, is full of might,
The winds obey his will;

He speaks, and, in his heavenly height,
The rolling sun stands still.

2. Rebel, ye waves, and o'er the land
With threatening aspect roar;
The Lord uplifts his awful hand,
And chains you to the shore.

3. Howl, winds of night, your force combine; Without his high behest,

Ye shall not, in the mountain-pine,
Disturb the sparrow's nest.

4. His voice sublime is heard afar,

In distant peals it dies;

He yokes the whirlwind to his car,
And sweeps the howling skies.

5. Ye nations, bend-in reverence bend;
Ye monarchs, wait his nod,
And bid the choral song ascend
To celebrate your God.

1. AMID the splendors of thy state,
My God, thy love appears,
With the soft radiance of the moon
Among a thousand stars.

2. Sinai, in clouds, and smoke and fire,
Thunders thy dreadful name;
But Zion sings, in melting notes,

The honors of the Lamb.

3. In all thy doctrines and commands,
Thy counsels and designs-

In every work thy hands have framed,
Thy love supremely shines.

4. Angels and men the news proclaim
Through earth and heaven above,-
The joyful and transporting news,
That God, the Lord, is love.

O may his love-immortal flame-
Tune every heart and tongue.

2. For us he left his throne on high,
Left the bright realms of bliss,
And came on earth to bleed and die-
Was ever love like this?

3. Dear Lord, while we adoring pay
Our humble thanks to thee,

May every heart with rapture say,

The Saviour died for me."

4. O may the sweet, the blissful theme
Fill every heart and tongue,
Till strangers love thy charming name,
And join the sacred song.