2 Among the saints that fill thy house, 3 How much is mercy thy delight, 4 How happy all thy servants are! How great thy grace to me! My life, which thou hast made thy care, Lord! I devote to thee. 5 Now I am thine, for ever thine, Nor shall my purpose move; "Hinder me not!"-shall be my cry, Though earth and hell oppose. 3 Through duty, and through trials too, I'll go at his command; "Hinder me not," for I am bound To my Immanuel's land. Thy hand hath loosed my bonds of pain, 2 That, long as life itself shall last, And bound me with thy love. 6 Here in thy courts I leave my vow, Ourselves to Christ we yield; Nor from his cause will we depart, Or ever quit the field. 3 We trust not in our native strength, But on his grace rely, (1164.) That, with returning wants, the Lord 4 Oh! guide our doubtful feet aright, And, while we turn our vows to prayers, Turn thou our prayers to praise. Benjamin Beddome, 1790. WOODSTOCK. 3. 2 C. M. Deodatus Dutton, Jr., 1829. How sweet, how heavenly is the sight, When those, that love the Lord, In one an - oth er's peace de - light, And SO ful - fill his word! 594. Brotherly Love. (1171.) 3 One family, we dwell in him,— 1 How sweet, how heavenly is the sight, 2 When each can feel his brother's sigh, 3 When, free from envy, scorn, and pride, Our wishes all above, Each can his brother's failings hide, 4 When love, in one delightful stream, 5 Love is the golden chain, that binds And he 's an heir of heaven that finds One church above, beneath, Though now divided by the stream, The narrow stream of death. 4 One army of the living God, To his command we bow; Part of the host have crossed the flood, And part are crossing now. 5 Ev'n now to their eternal home And we are to the margin come, 6 Dear Saviour! be our constant Guide; Then, when the word is given, Bid Jordan's narrow stream divide, Sweet the time, exceed-ing sweet, When the saints to geth-er meet, When the Saviour is the theme, When they joy to sing of him! 597 • The Sweetness of Christian Fellowship. (1174.) 3 Make us one in heart and mind, 1 SWEET the time, exceeding sweet, 2 Sing we then eternal love, Such as did the Father move; 4 Sing we, too, the Spirit's love; 5 Sweet the place, exceeding sweet, 598. George Burder, 1779, v. 4, a, Christian Union and Love. 1 JESUS, Lord! we look to thee, Let us in thy name agree; 2 By thy reconciling love, Come, and spread thy banner here. Courteous. pitiful, and kind, Lowly, meek, in thought and word, 4 Let us each for others care, 5 Let us, then, with joy remove On the wings of angels fly, 599. Charles Wesley, 1749, a. Cleaving to God's People. (1176.) 1 PEOPLE of the living God! (1175.) 3 Lonely I no longer roam, Like the cloud, the wind, the wave; James Montgomery, 1825. Love to the Brethren. 1 BLESSED be the tie, that binds Our hearts in Christian love! The fellowship of kindred minds Is like to that above. 2 Before our Father's throne, We pour our ardent prayers; (1177.) 2 Blessed is the pious house Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one, 3 We share our mutual woes; Our mutual burdens bear: And often for each other flows The sympathizing tear. 4 When we asunder part, It gives us inward pain: But we shall still be joined in heart, 5 This glorious hope revives Our courage by the way; While each in expectation lives, And longs to see the day. 6 From sorrow, toil, and pain, And perfect love and friendship reign Where zeal and friendship meet; 3 Thus, when, on Aaron's head, 4 Thus, on the heavenly hills, The saints are blessed above, 1 LET party names no more 2 Among the saints on earth, 3 Let envy, child of hell! Those should in strictest friendship dwell, (1178.) 4 Thus will the church below Whose hearts and hopes are one; Whose kind designs to serve and please Through all their actions run. Resemble that above; Where streams of endless pleasure flow, Benjamin Beddome, 1769. WARE. L. M. George Kingsley, 1838. 93 O Lord! how joyful 'tis to see The brethren join in love to thee! On thee alone their heart re - lies; Their on-ly strength thy grace sup-plies. 603. Oh! quam juvat fratres, Deus!" (1183.) 1 O LORD! how joyful 't is to see The brethren join in love to thee! On thee alone their heart relies; Their only strength thy grace supplies. 2 How sweet, within thy holy place, With one accord to sing thy grace, Besieging thine attentive ear With all the force of fervent prayer. 3 Oh! may we love the house of God, Of peace and joy the blest abode ! Oh! may no angry strife destroy That sacred peace, that holy joy! 4 The world without may rage, but we Will only cling more close to thee, With hearts to thee more wholly given, More weaned from earth, more fixed on heaven. 5 Lord! show'r upon us, from above, |