At the Forming of a Church.
1 GREAT Father of mankind,
We bless that wondrous grace
Which could for Gentiles find
Within thy courts a place;
How kind the care
Our God displays, for us to raise
A house of prayer!
2 Though once estranged afar,
We now approach the throne;
For Jesus brings us near,
And makes our cause his own;
Strangers no more,
To thee we come, and find our home,
And rest secure.
3 To thee our souls we join,
And love thy sacred name;
No more our own, but thine,-
We triumph in thy claim;
Our Father, King!
Thy covenant grace our souls embrace
Thy titles sing.
4 Here in thy house we feast
On dainties all divine;
And, while such sweets we taste,
With joy our faces shine;
Incense shall rise
From flames of love, and God approve The sacrifice.
1 LORD, we adore thy wondrous grace,
Who crown'st the gospel with success;
Subjecting sinners to thy yoke,
And bringing to the fold thy flock.
2 May those who have thy truth confessed
As their own faith, and hope, and rest,
From day to day still more increase
In faith, in love, and holiness.
3 As living members may they share
The joys and griefs which others bear,
And active in their stations prove
In all the offices of love.
4 From all temptations now defend,
And keep thein steadfast to the end,
While in thy house they still improve,
Until they join the church above.
Institution of the Supper.
1 'Twas on that dark, that doleful night,
When powers of earth and hell arose
Against the Son of God's delight,
And friends betrayed him to his foes;
2 Before the mournful scene began,
He took the bread, and blessed, and brake;
What love through all his actions ran!
What wondrous words of grace he spake !
3 This is my body, broke for sin; Receive and eat the living food;'
Then took the cup, and blessed the wine:
'Tis the new covenant in my blood.'
4 'Do this,' he cried, 'till time shall end,
In memory of your dying Friend;
Meet at my table, and record
The love of your departed Lord.'
5 Jesus! thy feast we celebrate;
We show thy death, we sing thy name,
Till thou return, and we shall eat
The marriage supper of the Lamb.
'This do in Remembrance of Me.'
memory of your Friend.'-
Such was the Savior's last request.
Who all the pangs of death endured,
That we might live forever blessed.
2 Yes, we'll record thy matchless love,
Thou dearest, tenderest, best of friends!
Thy dying love the noblest praise
Of long eternity transcends.
3 'Tis pleasure more than earth can give,
Thy goodness through these veils to see;
Thy table food celestial yields,
And happy they who sit with thee.
4 But 0, what vast transporting joys
Shall fill our breast, our tongues inspire,
When, joined with the celestial train,
Our grateful souls thy love admire!
5 When these vile bodies, all refined,
Perfect and glorious as thy own,
Unwearied shall our minds obey,
And join in worship near the throne.
1 YE followers of the Prince of peace,
Who round his table draw!
Remember what his spirit was,
What his peculiar law.
2 The love which all his bosom filled
Did all his actions guide;
Inspired by love, he lived and taught;
Inspired by love, he died.
3 And do you love him? do you
Your warm affection move?
This is the proof which he demands,—
That you each other love.
Commemoration of Christ's Death.
1 THUS we commemorate the day
On which our dearest Lord was slain :
Thus we our pious homage pay,
Till he appear on earth again.
2 Come, great Redeemer, open wide
The curtains of the parting sky;
On a bright cloud in triumph ride,
And on the wind's swift pinions flv.
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