T. 90. 3. Command thy blessing in this 625. NOT to the mount that burn'd with fire, To darkness, tempest, and the sound Of trumpet, waxing higher and higher, hour, Spirit of truth, and fill the place With wounding and with healing power, (grace. (ground, With quickening and confirming Nor voice of words that rent the 4. O thou, our Maker, Saviour, While Israel heard, with trembling awe, Jehovah thunder forth his law : 2. But to Mount Zion we are come, The city of the living God, Jerusalem, our heavenly home, The courts by angel-legions trod, Where meet in everlasting love, The Church of the first-born above: 3. To God, the judge of quick and The perfect spirits of the just, (dead, Jesus, our great new-covenant Head, The blood of sprinkling,—from the dust, That better things than Abel's cries, so mild! To-day are life and death our choice; To-day, through mercy reconcil'd, Our all to God we yet may give : Now let us hear his voice and live. 626. We seek instruction, pardon, peace. COMMAND thy blessing from But there's a nobler rest above; above, O God, on all assembled here: Behold us with a Father's love, While we look up with filial fear. 2. Command thy blessing, Jesus, May we thy true disciples be, (Lord, Speak to each heart thy mighty O that we might that rest attain, From sin, from sorrow, & from pain! 4. In thy blest kingdom we shall be From every mortal trouble free; No sighs shall mingle with the songs Resounding from immortal tongues. 5. O long-expected day, begin! Say to the weakest, "Follow me." Dawn on this world of woe and sin: word: Fain would we leave this weary road| 5. Oft as the precious seed is sown, To sleep in death, and rest in God. Thy quickening grace bestow; Doddridge. That all, whose souls the truth re ceive, Congregational H. B. 630. T. 90. THY presence, gracious God, afford Now let thy voice engage our ear, On what, in weakness, has been And faith be mix'd with what we sown, Thy blessing, graciousLord, bestow; 631. T. 595. 2. Let us upon his word 629. This holy seed remove; To bring forth fruits of love. The fruits of peace and joy. 632. Hart. T. 22. Yet here thou surely art; Accept, we pray, what is thine own, 4. I may not to thy courts repair, ceive, And to thy word a blessing give. 2. O Saviour grant, that each of us, Now met in thy bless'd presence here, O give me here a house of prayer, 5. To faith reveal the things un seen, To hope, the joys untold; J. Montgomery. Again may meet together thus, (902.) 634. On the approaching Sabbath day; 2. Mercies, multiplied each hour, O refresh us, :|: Travelling through this wilderness. 2. Thanks we give, and adoration, For thy gospel's joyful sound; May the fruits of thy salvation In our hearts and lives abound: King of glory, :||: Sway thy sceptre all around. Rippon, or Burder's Coll. 635. T. 14. THOUSANDS, O Lord of hosts, Within thy temple meet; (to-day And tens of thousands throng to Their homage at thy feet. (pay 2. The dew lies thick on all the We build the temple, Lord, to thee; ground, Shall my poor fleece be dry? 637. J. Newton. T. 22. Thine eye be open night and day The manna rains from heaven 2. Here, when thy people seek thy Shall I of hunger die? (around,| face, 3. Behold thy prisoner, loose my And dying sinners pray to live, Hear, thou, in heaven, thy dwelling-place, And when thou hearest, O forgive. 3. Here, when thy messengers pro- And pour thy blessings from above, claim That we may render praise. The blessed gospel of thy Son, 4. And may the gospel's joyful Still, by the power of his great sound, Enforc'd by mighty grace, 639. J. Newton. T. 22. O THOU, who didst the temple fill With thy resplendent, awful train, The glory of thine Israel still, Appear in those bright robes again. 2. In us, and round about us shine, Here cause us to behold thy face; O make this tabernacle thine! O sanctify this holy place! 3. Now send the promis'd unction down, Thy kingdom come to every heart, And all our waiting hearts inspire; 638. DEAR Shepherd of thy people, hear! thy word To all who worship in this place; O pour upon us, holy Lord, Unceasing showers of saving grace. 5. So shall thy servants' hopes be crown'd, Thy presence now display: As thou hast giv'n a place for prayer, So give us hearts to pray. 2. Within these walls let holy peace, And love, and concord dwell: Here give the troubled conscience The wounded spirit heal. (ease, 3. Show us some token of thy love, The house of God, the gate of Our fainting hope to raise; heaven. Congregational H. B.. And glory to thy name be giv'n; 208 XXXII. THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. (726.) 640. T. 167. GLORIOUS things of thee are spoken, Zion, city of our God; He whose word cannot be broken, And all fear of want remove : 3. Round each habitation hovering, pray. 4. Blest inhabitants of Zion, Fading is the worldling's pleasure, 641.* (727.) T. 69. O Lord,-thy praises to record. And inward longing pants, To tell there with thy saints, 3. For there thou choosest To dwell, my living Tower; From that place evermore, Which thou-ordained hast thereto. 4. There is asserted The new birth spiritual; By thy pure gospel's call, 5. For this I'm longing, To be throughout my days Thy holy name to praise, And thee-to serve incessantly. 6. All those are blessed That come into thine house, Which deep conviction shows, |