3 "Enter our hearts, Redeemer bless'd, Enter, thou ever honour'd guest;

Enter, and make our hearts thine own,” Thy house, thy temple, and thy throne. 4 And stay, not only for a night,

To bless us with a transient sight;

But with us dwell, through time, and then
In heaven for evermore.Amen.

405 (1st P.) C.M. Great Milton 212. Exeter 4

Asking the Way to Sion, Jer. i. 5.

1 ENQUIRE, ye pilgrims, for the way

That leads to Sion's hill,
And thither set your steady face,
With a determin'd will.

2 Invite the strangers all around
Your pious march to join:
And spread the sentiments you feel
Of faith and love divine.

30 come, and to his temple haste,.
And seek his favour there;
Before his footstool humbly bow,
And pour your fervent prayer!
4 O come, and join yourself to GoD
In everlasting bands;

Accept the blessings he bestows,
With thankful hearts and hands.

DR. DODDRIDGE.

405 (2dP.) C. M. Braintree 25. Great Milton 212.

The High Way to Zion, Isaiah xxxv. 8, 9, 10,
1 SING, ye redeemed of the LORD,
Your great Deliv❜rer sing

Pilgrims for Zion's city bound,
Be joyful in your King.

2 See the fair way his hand hath rais'd ;
How holy and how plain!

Nor shall the simplest travellers err,!"
Nor ask the track in vain.si, but

3 No ravening lion shall destroy,
Nor lurking serpent wound;
Pleasure and safety, peace and praise,
Thro' all the path are found.

4 A hand divine shall lead you on
Thro' all the blissful road;
Till to the sacred mount you rise,
And see your smiling GOD.
5 There garlands of immortal joy
Shall bloom on every head;

While sorrow, sighing, and distress,
V Like shadows, all are fled.

6 March, then, in your Redeemer's strength;
Pursue his footsteps still;"
And let the prospect cheer your hearts,
While lab'ring up the hill.

406 148th. Swithin's 44. Darwell's 82.

At the forming of a Church.

Isai. lvi. 6, 7. Matt. xxi, 13. and Eph. ii. 18, 19.

1 GREAT Father of mankind!

We bless that wond'rous 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 Tho' once estrang'd 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 cov❜nant 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.

5 May all the nations throng.

DR. DODDRIDGE.

Derby 169. P

The Institution of a Gospel Ministry from Christ,
Eph. iv. 8, 11, 12.

1 FATHER of mercies! in thy house
Smile on our homage and our vows
While with a grateful heart we share
These pledges of our Saviour's care.
2 The Saviour, when to heaven he rose
In splendid triumph o'er his foes,
Scatter'd his gifts on men below,
And wide his royal bounties flow.

3 Hence sprung th' Apostles' honour'd name
Sacred beyond heroic fame":"

In lowlier forms to bless our eyes,
Pastors from hence, and teachers rise

4 From CHRIST their varied gifts derive, And fed by CHRIST their graces live: While, guarded by his potent hand, 'Midst all the rage of hell they stand, So shall the bright succession run Thro' the last courses of the sun; While unborn churches by their care Shall rise and flourish large and fair, 6 JESUS our LORD, their hearts shall know The spring whence all these blessings flow; Pastors and people shout his praise

Thro' the long round of endless days.

408

DR. DODDRIDGE.

L. M. Wareham 117.

On sending a Member into the Work of the Ministry.Isaiah's Obedience to the heavenly Vision, Isa, vi. 8.

1 OUR God ascends his lofty throne, Array'd in majesty unknown;

His lustre all the temple fills,

And spreads o'er all th' ethereal hills: 2 The holy, holy, holy LORD,

By all the Seraphim ador'd,

And, while they stand beneath his seat,
They veil their faces and their feet,
3 LORD! how can sinful lips proclaim
The honour of so great a name!
O for thine altar's glowing coal
To touch his lips, to fire his soul!
4 Then if a messenger thou ask,
A labourer for the hardest task,
Thro' all his weakness and his fear,
Love shall reply, Thy servant's here.'
5 Nor let his willing soul complain,
Tho' every effort seem in vain; ‹
It ample recompense shall be

But to have wrought, O God, for thee.

• If sung on any other occasion, his, in the three last Verses, may be exchanged for 'my.'

527

409 L. M. Paul's 246. Rippon's 188.
Seeking Direction in the Choice of a Pastor.

1 SHEPHERD of Israel, bend thine ear,
Thy servants' groans indulgent hear
Perplex'd, distress'd to thee we cry,
And seek the guidance of thine eye.
2 Send forth, O LORD, thy truth and light
To guide our doubtful footsteps right:
Our drooping hearts, O God, sustain,
Nor let us seek thy face in vain.
3 Return, in ways of peace return,
Nor let thy flock neglected mourn!
May our bless'd eyes a shepherd see,
Dear to our souls, and dear to thee!

410

C. M. Abridge 201.

DR. DODDRIDGE.

Bedford 91.

Watching for Souls, An Ordination Hymn, Heb. xiii, 17,

1 LET Sion's watchmen all awake,
And take th' alarm they give;

Now let them, from the mouth of GOD,"
Their awful charge receive.

2 "Tis not a cause of small import

The pastor's care demands;

But what might fill an angel's heart,
And fill'd a Saviour's hands.

3 They watch for souls, for which the LORD
Did heavenly bliss forego;
For souls which must for ever live,
In raptures, or in woe.

4 All to the great tribunal haste,

Th' account to render there;

And shouldst thou strictly mark our faults,
LORD, where should we appear?

5 May they, that JESUS whom they preach,
Their own Redeemer see;

And watch thou daily o'er their souls,
That they may watch for thee, DODDRIDGE.