o 2 As the winged arrow flies g 3 Thanks for mercies past receive; From this moment may we live Bless the word to young and old: May we dwell with thee above. NEWTON. HYMN 435. P. M. Amesbury. [* or b] o 1 Roll round with the year, OME, let us anew our journey pursue, And never stand still, till the Master appear. 2 His adorable will let us gladly fulfil, And our talents improve, By the patience of hope, and the labour of love. -3 Our life is a dream; our time, as a stream, Glides swiftly away; And the fugitive moment refuses to stay. Rushes on to our view, and eternity's here. s 50 that each in the day of his coming may say, "I have fought my way through; I have finished the work thou didst give me to do." 60 that each, from his Lord, may receive the glad word, "Well and faithfully done; "Enter into my joy, and sit down on my throne." e 1 HYMN 436. S. M. Norwalk. Reflections on the State of our Fathers. HOW Which bears us to the sea! The tide which hurries thoughtless souls [b] 2 Our fathers, where are they, With all they called their own? Their joys and griefs, and hopes and cares, 3 But joy or grief succeeds Beyond our mortal thought, e 4 There, where the fathers lie -5 God of our fathers, hear, While we, as on life's utmost verge, Our souls to thee commend. 6 Of all the pious dead May we the footsteps trace, 8 Till with them, in the land of light, We dwell before thy face. ALEXANDER'S COL. Dresden. [b or *] HYMN 437. L. M. Dresden. The Knell. FT as the bell, with solemn toll, Let each from every trifle fly, And ask, "Am I prepared to die?" e 2 Soon, leaving all I love below, 3 O could I bear to hear him say, 4 Saviour! O help me now to see 5 Then when the solemn bell I hear, 86 Rather my spirit would rejoice, NEWTON. HYMN 438. C. M. Funeral Hymn. [b] A Thought of Eternity. THEN, rising from the bed of death, I see my Maker face to face, O, how shall I appear? -2 If yet, while pardon may be found, My heart with inward horror shrinks, g 3 When thou, O Lord, shalt stand disclosed In majesty severe, And sit in judgment on my soul, O, how shall I appear? 1 HYMN 439. S. M. ADDISON. Olmutz. [*] W1 from my grave shall rise, AKED by the trumpet's sound, And see the Judge with glory crowned, p 2 Who can resolve the doubt, That tears my anxious breast? 4 Show me the way to shun That when thou comest on thy throne, I may with joy appear. HYMN 440. C. M. WESLEY'S COL. Dundee. [*] Heaven. 1 FAR from these narrow scenes of night Unbounded glories rise, And realms of infinite delight, Unknown to mortal eyes. -2 Fair distant land! could mortal eyes But half its charms explore, 3 No cloud those blissful regions know, For sin, the source of mortal wo, s 4 Oh may the heavenly prospect fire Till wings of faith and strong desire 5 Prepare us, Lord! by grace divine, STEELE HYMN 441. Lanesboro'. [b or *] P1 THERE is an hour of peaceful rest, P There is a joy for souls distrest, 3 There, faith lifts up her cheerful eye, 4 There, fragrant flowers, immortal, bloom, There, rays divine disperse the gloom : Beyond the confines of the tomb 1 HYMN 442. C. M. UNION COL. Tolland. [*] The Heavenly Jerusalem. Rev. xxi, 22. JER When shall my labours have an end, 2 When shall these eyes thy heaven-built walls Thy bulwarks, with salvation strong, 3 O when, thou city of my God, Where congregations ne'er break up, 4 There happier bowers than Eden's bloom, Blest seats! through rude and stormy scenes 5 Why should I shrink at pain and wo? 6 Apostles, martyrs, prophets, there, 7 Jerusalem! my happy home! Then shall my labours have an end, u l I C. WESLEY. HYMN 443. 8s. Goshen. [*] Earnest Desire of Heaven. LONG to behold him arrayed p I languish and sigh to be there, SELECT. 22 |