Let heaven re-joice, let earth be glad, And praise sur-round

(See also ELLERS and PAX DEI, No. 74)

2 O we would bless Thee for Thy ceaseless care,
And all Thy works from day to day declare:
Is not our life with hourly mercies crowned?
Does not Thine arm encircle us around?

3 Alas, unworthy of Thy boundless love,
Too oft with careless feet from Thee we rove;
But now, encouraged by Thy voice, we come,
Returning sinners to a Father's home.

4 0 by that Name in whom all fulness dwells,
O by that love which every love excels,
O by that blood so freely shed for sin,
Open blest mercy's gate, and take us in.

Lady Lucy E. G. Whitmore, 1824: verse 3, line

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MAIDSTONE 7.7.7.7.D.

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Walter B. Gilbert, 1862

OFB

1 Pleasant are Thy courts a-bove, In the land of light and love;

For the brightness of Thy face, For Thy ful-ness, God of grace.

2

AMEN.

(See also ST. GEORGE'S, WINDSOR, No. 323)

2 Happy birds that sing and fly
Round Thy altars, O Most High!
Happier souls that find a rest
In a heavenly Father's breast!
Like the wandering dove, that found
No repose on earth around,
They can to their ark repair,
And enjoy it ever there.

3 Happy souls! their praises flow
Even in this vale of woe;
Waters in the desert rise,
Manna feeds them from the skies:

On they go from strength to strength,
Till they reach Thy throne at length;
At Thy feet adoring fall,

Who hast led them safe through all.

4 Lord, be mine this prize to win;
Guide me through a world of sin;
Keep me by Thy saving grace;
Give me at Thy side a place.
Sun and Shield alike Thou art;
Guide and guard my erring heart:
Grace and glory flow from Thee;
Shower, O shower them, Lord, on me.
Psalm lxxxiv. Rev. Henry F. Lyte, 1834

1. To Thy tem- ple I re-pair; Lord, I love to wor - ship there, When with-in the

veil I meet Christ be-fore the mercy seat, Christ be-fore the mer-cy-seat. A - MEN.

1. O God of hosts, the mighty Lord, How love - ly

Where Thou, enthroned in glory, show'st The bright-ness of Thy face.