3 O see, with what insatiate rage
Thy sons their impious battle wage;
How spreads destruction like a flood,
And brothers shed their brothers' blood.
4 See guilty passions spring to birth,
And deeds of hell deform the earth;
While righteousness and justice mourn,
And love and pity droop forlorn.
5 Great God, whose powerful hand can bind
The raging waves, the furious wind!
O bid the human tempest cease,
And hush the maddening world to peace.
6 With reverence may each hostile land Hear and obey that high command, Thy Son's blest errand from above,
My creatures, live in mutual love."
1 From foes that would the land devour;
From guilty pride, and lust of power;
From wild sedition's lawless hour;
From yoke of slavery;
From blinded zeal by faction led;
From giddy change by fancy bred;
From poisonous error's serpent head,
Good Lord, preserve us free!
2 Defend, O God! with guardian hand, The laws and ruler of our land;
And grant Thy Church the grace to stand
In faith and unity!
The Spirit's help of Thee we crave,
That he whom Thou didst send to save
May, at his second coming, have
A people one with Thee!
1 All hearts to Thee are open here;
All our desires are known;
And we are that which we appear,
To Thee, good Lord, alone.
2 No eye of man can penetrate,
Another's secret mind;
Nor well discern his own estate,
Naked, and poor, and blind.
3 The entrance of Thy word gives light;
Let it so shine within,
That each may tremble at the sight
Of his unbosomed sin.
4 With godly sorrow make him grieve,
Till hope spring out of grief,
And cry with tears, "Lord, I believe,
Help, Thou, mine unbelief."
5 As sinners to Thy house we came :
As saints may we depart,
In humbler, holier, happier frame
Of soul, and mind, and heart.
1 O God! by whom the seed is given, By whom the harvest blest;
Whose word, like manna showered from heaven,
Is planted in our breast;
2 Preserve it from the passing feet,
And plunderers of the air,
The sultry sun's intenser heat,
And weeds of worldly care.
3 Though buried deep, or thinly strewn,
Do Thou Thy grace supply:
The hope in earthly furrows sown
Shall ripen in the sky.
1 Thy presence, everlasting God,
Wide o'er all nature spreads abroad;
Those watchful eyes which cannot sleep
In every place Thy children keep.
2 While near each other we remain,
Thou dost our lives and souls sustain;
When absent, happy if we share
Thy smile, Thy counsel, and Thy care.
3 To Thee we all our ways commit,
And seek our comforts near Thy feet;
Still on our souls vouchsafe to shine,
And guard and guide us still as Thine.
4 Give us in Thy beloved house
Again to pay our grateful vows;
Or, if that joy no more be known,
Give us to meet around Thy throne.
1 To Thee, the Lord Almighty,
Our noblest praise we give,
Who all things hast created,
And blessest all that live:
2 Whose goodness, never-failing
Through countless ages gone,
For ever, and for ever,
Shall still keep shining on.
1 Almighty God! Thy word is cast
Like seed into the ground;
Now let the dew of heaven descend,
And righteous fruits abound!
2 Let not the tempting foes of man
This holy seed remove;
But give it root in every heart,
To bring forth fruits of love!
3 Let not the world's deceitful cares
The rising plant destroy;
But let it yield a hundred-fold,
The fruits of peace and joy.
4 Oft as the precious seed is sown,
Thy quickening grace bestow;
That all whose souls the Truth receive,
Its saving power may know.
1 Peace be to this congregation:
Peace to every soul therein:
Peace, the earnest of salvation,
Peace, the fruit of pardoned sin:
Peace that speaks its heavenly Giver;
Peace to worldly minds unknown;
Peace divine, that lasts for ever;
Peace, that comes from God alone.
2 God of peace! be present near us!
Fix in all our hearts Thy home!
With Thy gracious presence cheer us!
Let Thy blessed kingdom come!
Raise to Heaven our expectation,
Give our favoured souls to prove
Glorious and complete salvation,
In the realms of bliss above!
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