O! now the Sun declines apace
The Holy Sabbath flies;
Come, therefore let us close the Day,
In facred Harmonies.
When O! dear Jefus, when shall I
Behold thee all ferene,
Blefs'd in perpetual Sabbath Day,
Without a Veil between.
Thy Spirit O my Father give,
To be my Guide and Friend,
To light my ways to ceafelefs Joys,
To Sabbath's without End.
Affembling ourselves together.
ET God be here, let Jefu's Love
In every Bofom, plenteous move;
Our Words to please thee, Lord prepare,!
And kindly stoop to meet us here.
Open our Hearts and purge from Sin,
Whilft thou thyfelf fhalt enter in,
While thou shalt chase our Fears away,
And teach us what to do or say.
O ne'er forfake us Lord, till we
On Sion's Mount, thall meet with thee,
Be prefent while we ftay below,
And let us only Jefus know.
When Heaven and Earth fhall pass away,
And Fire reveal the Judgment Day';
Let each in long white Garments ftand,
And meet in our own Father's Land.
HY gracious Promife, Lord we plead,
To many Generations made,
Where two or three shall join in Prayer,
Thou faidft, I alfo will be there.
In Jefu's Name we meet to day,
Thy Power amidft us now difplay,
View every Heart and kindly move
To change the Stony into Love.
What e'er thou needful fee'ft beftow,
And how to ferve Thee rightly fhew;
Infpire our Thoughts, affift our Prayer,
And humbly bow thine Ears to hear.
We all our Wants to Thee commend,
And fhall, 'till here our Warfare end,
Then with thine Hofts will we adore.
Thy Grace, O God, for evermore.
THOU an whom the Gentiles truft,
Thou only Holy, only Juft;
O tune our Souls to Praise thy Name,
Jefus unchangeable the fame.
If Angels, whilft to thee they Sing,
Wrap up their Faces in their Wing,
How fhall we finful Duft draw nigh,
The great, the awful Deity.
Glory to Thee, aufpicious Lamb,
Thou Holy Lord! thou great I am!
With all our Powers, thy Grace we blefs,
Our Joy, our Peace, and Happiness.
Live, ever glorious Jefus, live,
Worthy all Bleffings to receive,
Worthy on high, enthron'd to fit,
With every Power beneath thy Feet.
The Triumph of Faith:
Ejoice, the Lord is King,.
Your Lord and King adore,
Mortals give Thanks and Sing,
And triumph evermore :
Lift up your Heart, lift up your Voice,
Rejoice, again, I fay Rejoice.
Jefus, the Saviour reigns
The God of Truth and Love,
When he had purg'd our Stains,
He took his Seat above :
Lift up your Heart, lift up your Voice,,
Rejoice again I fay, Rejoice.
His Kingdom cannot fail,
He rules o'er Earth and Heav'n, The Keys of Death and Hell
Are to our Jefus giv❜n:
Lift up your Heart, lift up your Voice,
Rejoice again I fay, Rejoice.
Rejoice in glorious Hope,
Jefus, the Judge shall come,
And take his Servants up
To their eternal Home :
We foon fhall hear th' Arch-Angel's Voice,
The trump of God fhall found Rejoice.
OME, Lord, and help me to rejoice, In hope that I fhall hear thy Voice, Shall one Day fee my God:
Shall ceafe from Sorrow and from Strife,
Handle and taste the word of Life,
And feel the sprinkled Blood.
Let me not always make my Moan,
Or worship thee a God unknown,
But may I live to prove,
Thy People's Reft, thy Saints Delight,
The length and breadth, and depth and height,
Of all Redeeming Love.
How muft I love thee, then, O Lord,
Whenever by thy Grace reftor'd,
And tafte how good thou art : Much I fhall love, or not at all, Forgiven much, I furely fhall.
Love thee with all my Heart.
O glorious Hope of perfect Love,
It lifts me up to things above,
It bears on Eagles Wings:
It gives my ravifh'd Soul a tafte,
And makes me for fome Moments feast,
With Jefu's Priests and Kings.
Fervency in Devotion.
OME holy Spirit, heavenly Dove,
With all thy quickening Powers,
Kindle, a Flame of facred Love
In thefe cold Hearts of Ours.
Look how we grovel here below !!
Fond of these earthly Toys:
Our Souls how heavily they go
To reach Eternal Joys.
In vain we tune our formal Songs,
In vain we strive to rise :
Hofannahs languifh on our Tongues,
And our Devotion dies.
Dear Lord, and fhall we ever live
At this poor dying rate;
Our Love fo faint, fo cold to thee,
And thine to us fo great..
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