Liturgy and Hymns for the Use of the Protestant Church of the United Brethren, Or Unitas Fratrum

Grant us and all our children 'Tis free mercy, we must own, (praise, And the gift of God alone.

grace,

In word and deed thy name to 4. In this vain and wretched world Yea, in each family, thy will

And purpose to fulfil.

(1043.)

are,

O LORD, who number'st all our
days,
Who guardest us in all our ways,
In whom we live, and
move, and
(est prayer ;-
Who know'st our wants, and hear-
2. Endow all parents with thy love,
And give them wisdom from above,
To educate each child for thee,
As thy redeemed property.
3. Grant us and all our children
grace,

So here on earth to run our race,
That we in heaven may meet, and
sing
Eternal praise to thee, our King.

J. Swertner.

(1044.) 865. T. 581 or 83.

PARENTS, weigh before the Lord
The importance of your state;
Learn from his most holy Word
Your whole walk to regulate,
That each to his family
May a blessed pattern be.
2. All our children are his own,
He hath bought them with his
blood,

Unto him their souls are known,
Full of sin and void of good :
Yet he saith most graciously,
"Suffer them to come to me.'
3. 'Tis by you they should be led
In the narrow way to bliss;
Grace is not inherited

As a worldly fortune is;

Children are expos'd and tried; Many are to ruin hurl'd,

Few in Jesus Christ abide; And no human prudence can Save the soul of fallen man. 5. Here's a task, may parents think, Far beyond the reach of art; But let not your courage sink,

Grace and wisdom he'll impart, Your sincere endeavours bless, Hear your prayers, and grant suc

And still in all my words maintain | Hear the parents' sighs and prayers,

The gentle dignity of love.

3. Easy to be entreated, mild,
Quickly appeas'd and reconcil'd,
A follower of my God;
A saint indeed I long to be,
And lead my faithful family
Onward in the celestial road.
4. Lord, if thou didst the wish infuse,
A vessel fitted for thy use

Into thy hands receive:
Work in me both to will and do,
And show them, how believers true,
How humbly real Christians live.
C. Wesley (ad.)
867. T. 166.

(1045.)

OUR children, gracious Lord and

God,
(mend;
With fervour we to thee com-
Thou hast redeem'd them by thy

blood;

Thy blessing on them all descend:
Kind Shepherd, take each little
lamb

Into thy faithful arms of love;
Cause them to know thy saving

name,

When for them before thee weep-
Mercy for our children we, (ing;
Gracious Lord, implore of thee.
B. La Trobe.

869.

(1047.)
T. 586.
O MAKE each family a temple,
A consecrated house to thee;
May we by word and by example
To all around us patterns be: (ing
To every husband grant that bless-
To lift up holy hands unceasing;
And to the wives give grace,
Array'd in lowliness,
Thy name to praise.

(1051.)

D. 870.

T. 167.

WHO for Israel's consolation
Here like Simeon humbly wait,
Shall behold the Lord's salvation;
Then their joy will be complete:
May we follow his example,
Trusting in God's promises,
Wait for Jesus, in his temple,

And thy redeeming grace to prove. Daily offer prayer and praise.

2. On us, their parents, grace be

stow,

(ness, (1055.)

871.

B. La Trobe.

T. 185.

That we, with care and faithful- WE with joy confess, beloved SaMay lead them thee, our Lord, to

know,
To obey thy word, and seek thy face:
Teach us the duties of our state,
To love each other heartily,
Our children so to educate (thee.
That they may love and follow
J. Swertner.
T. 83.

(1046.)

868.

IN this world, so full of snares,
Take our children in thy keeping;

solation,

2. Thou hast promis'd for our con-[But possess our souls in patience, Passing thro' this vale of tears: Wean'd thereby from things terrestrial,

That we shall not come behind In the gifts, which to thy congregation

Thou dispensest, of each kind : May we, to thy service dedicated, And to thee, like Anna, conse

Let us look for joys celestial,
Waiting for that time, when we
From all sorrow shall be free.
2. Meanwhile God the Holy Spirit
Is our pledge of joys to come,
Of the bliss we shall inherit
When above with Christ at home:
Oh, this blessed meditation
Yields us solid consolation,
That we shall, when time is o'er,
With the Lord be evermore.

XXXIX. HYMNS FOR VARIOUS OCCASIONS.

A. THE NEW YEAR.

(1061.) 873.*

T. 10.

YEAR after year commences,
And, as our life advances,
We, strength from Christ deriving,
Each year by faith are thriving.
2. As in tempestuous weather
A kind and tender mother
Her babe from harm protecteth,
And safely home conducteth :-
3. So shelters Christ our Saviour
His children by his favour,
And proves in each temptation
Their refuge and salvation.
4. Lord, grant thy benediction
To every thought and action;
On youth and age declining,
Thou Sun of grace, be shining.
5. O keep our souls and senses
Under the influences

3. Here is love divine portrayed, So that man the lines may trace; See, O man, God's love displayed In thy Saviour's marred face:

Wouldst thou praise him, :||: Be thy theme redeeming grace. 4. Bear in mind how Jesus suffer'd, He, the righteous, for the unjust; How his sinless soul he offer'd Unto God for sinful dust;

Love thus triumph'd, :||:
Mighty now to save the lost.

5. Lo, the incarnate God ascended,
Pleads the merits of his blood;
Now all enmity is ended,
Man is reconcil'd to God;

All the ruin :||:

Of his fall is now made good.

6. We shall see our Lord returning,

But hasten through this vale of

woe,

And, restless to behold thy face,
Swift to our heavenly country move,
Our everlasting home above.
3. We've no abiding city here,
But seek a city out of sight;
Thither our steady course we steer,
Aspiring to the plains of light;—
Jerusalem, the saints' abode,
Whose founder is the living God.
4. Patient the appointed race to run,
This weary world we cast behind;
From strength to strength we travel
The new Jerusalem to find: (on,
Our labour this, our only aim,
To find the new Jerusalem.

5. Through thee, who all our sins hast borne,

Then the sav'd their heads shall Freely and graciously forgiv'n, (mourning With songs to Zion we return, He will change their grief and Contending for our native heaven;

raise;

Into notes of endless praise:

As Jehovah :||:

Every tongue will him confess. 7. Sing with glad anticipation, Mortals and immortals, sing, Jesus comes with full salvation, Jesus doth his glory bring; Hallelujah, :||:

That palace of our glorious King; We find it nearer while we sing.

6. Rais'd by the breath of love (renew'd;

divine,

We urge our way, with strength The church of the first-born to join, We travel to the mount of God; With joy upon our heads arise,

Lord of lords, of kings the King. And meet our Captain in the skies.

C. Wesley.

876. (1063.) T. 14. AGAIN another fleeting year Of my short life is past; I cannot long continue here, And this may be my last. 2. Much of my dubious life is gone, Nor will return again; And swift my passing moments run, The few that yet remain.

3. Now a new scene of time begins;
Press on, my soul, to heaven;
Seek pardon of thy former sins,
By Christ it will be giv'n.
4. Devoutly yield thyself to God,
And on his grace depend;
Unwearied walk the heavenly road,
Nor doubt a happy end.

Who reigns, in light enthron'd on
high,

Ancient of never-ending days;
Who lengthens out our trial here,
And spares us yet another year.
2. Barren and wither'd, worthless
trees,

Alas! we cumber'd long the ground; La Trobe. No pleasant fruit of holiness (1064.) 877.* T. 167. On our dead souls was ever found; FAITHFUL souls their Saviour's Yet mercy stay'd our doom severe : blessing "Oh, spare them yet another year." 3. Jesus, thy interceding blood From God for us obtain'd the grace, Who mercifully hath bestow'd On us a longer time and space : Thou didst in our behalf appear, And, lo, we see another year. 4. Then dig, we pray, about our root,

Crave on each succeeding day, Asking, "Are we onward pressing? What may Jesus have to say? Are the ways of sin unpleasant?

Do we hold our Saviour fast?
Are we more like him at present,
Than we were in seasons past?"
2. Great defects are still revealed;
Short we fall of his blest aim;

Then the conscious soul is filled
With a deep, but wholesome

shame;

Earnest to improve the morrow,

We our yesterday review, While the tear of godly sorrow

Saddens, but enlivens too. 3. Jesus, for thy faithful leading, Which throughout our course we trace,

We adore thee, still proceeding

Onward in the path of grace:
While another year we enter,

Wo renew our vows of love,
All for thee resolv'd to venture;
Our benign conductor prove.
J. Schmidt.
T. 90.

878.

O Lord, break up our fallow-ground,
And henceforth let our gracious
fruit
(abound;
To thy great name's sole praise
O let us all thy praise declare,
And fruit unto perfection bear.
C. Wesley, (adl.)
(1065.) 879.
T. 166.
LORD Jesus, 'midst thy flock

appear,
Thy ransom'd congregation bless;
We meet to close another year,
Accept the thanks our hearts ex-
We are not able to record (press :
The boundless favours we have
prov'd;
(Lord,
They show that we, most gracious
'Midst our defects by thee are lov'd.
(1066.)
880.
T. 97.
WHO can rehearse, most gracious

Lord,

The mercy which thou dost afford

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