4. Speak but the Reconciling Word,
The Winds fhall ceafe, the Waves fubfide,
We All fhall praise our Common LORD,
Our JESUS, and Him Crucified.
5. Giver of Peace, and Unity,
Send down Thy mild pacific Dove,
We All fhalf then in one agree,
And breathe the Spirit of Thy Love.
6. We All shall think, and speak the fame
Delightful Leffon of Thy Grace,
One Undivided CHRIST proclaim,
And jointly glory in Thy Praife.
7. O let us take a fofter Mould:
Blended and gather'd into Thee,
Under One Shepherd make One Fold,`
Where All is Love and Harmony.
8. Regard Thine own Eternal Prayer,
And fend a peaceful Answer down,
To Us Thy Father's Name declare,
Unite, and perfect us in One.
9. So fhall the World believe, and know,
That God hath fent Thee from above,
When Thon art seen in Us below,
And Every Soul displays Thy Love.
HE LORD is King, and Earth fubmits,
Howe'er impatient to His Sway,
Between the Cherubim He fits,
And makes His restless Foes obey.
All Power is to our JESUS given,
Q'er Earth's rebellious Sons He reigns,
He mildly rules the Hofts of Heaven,
And holds the Power of Hell in Chains.
3. In vain doth Satan rage his Hour,
Beyond his Chain he cannot go,
Our JESUS fhall ftir up His Power,
And foon avenge us of our Foe.
4. JESUS fhall His Great Arm reveal,
JESUS, the Woman's conquering Seed,
(Tho' now the Serpent bruise His Heel)
JESUS fhall bruife the Serpent's Head.
5. The Enemy his Tares hath sown,
But CHRIST fhall fhortly root them up,
Shall caft the dire Accufer down,
And disappoint his Children's Hope;
6. Shall ftill the proud Philiftine's Noife,
Baffle the Sons of Unbelief,
Nor long permit them to rejoice,
But turn their Triumph into Grief.
7. Come, Glorious LORD, the Rebels fpurn,
Scatter Thy Foes, Victorious King,
And Gath and Afkelon fhall mourn,
And all the Sons of GoD fhall fing,
8. Shall magnify the Sovereign Grace,
Of Him that fits upon the Throne,
And Earth, and Heaven conspire to praise
JEHOVAH, and His Conquering Son.
The LORD'S PRAYER Paraphras'd.
I. ATHER of All, whofe Powerful Voice
Call'd forth this Univerfal Frame,
Whofe Mercies over All rejoice,
Thro' endless Ages ftill the fame;
Thou by Thy Word upholdeft All;
Thy bounteous Love to All is fhew'd,
Thou hearst Thy Every Creatures Call,
And fillest every Mouth with Good.
2. In Heaven Thou reign'ft, enthron'd in Light,
Nature's Expanfe beneath Thee spread,
Earth, Air, and Sea before Thy Sight,
And Hell's deep Gloom are open laid.
Wisdom, and Might, and Love are Thine
Proftrate before Thy Face we fall,
Confefs Thy Attributes Divine,
And hail the Sovereign LORD of All.
3. Thee, Sovereign LORD, let All confefs,
That moves in Earth, br Air, or Sky,
Revere Thy Power, Thy Goodness blefs,
Tremble before Thy Piercing Eye.
All ye who owe to Him your Birth,
In Praise your every Hour employ;
JEHOVAH reigns! Be glad, O Earth,
And fhout ye Morning Stars for Joy.
4. Son of Thy Sire's Eternal Love,
Take to Thyfelf Thy mighty Power;
Let all Earth's Sons Thy Mercy prove,
Let All Thy Bleeding Grace adore.
The Triumphs of Thy Love difplay;
In every Heart reign Thou alone,
Till all Thy Foes confefs Thy Sway,
And Glory ends what Grace begun.
5. Spirit of Grace, and Health, and Power,
Fountain of Light, and Love below,
Abroad Thy healing Influence fhower,
O'er all the Nations let it flow.
Inflame our Hearts with perfect Love,
In Us the Work of Faith fulfil:
So not Heaven's Hofts fhall swifter move
Than We on Earth to do Thy Will.
6. Father, 'tis Thine each Day to yield
Thy Childrens Wants a fresh Supply,
Thou cloath'ft the Lillies of the Field,
And hearest the young Ravens cry:
On Thee we caft our Care; we live
Thro' Thee, who know'ft our every Need;
O feed us with Thy Grace, and give
Our Souls this Day the Living Bread.
7. Eternal, fpotlefs Lamb of God,
Before the World's Foundation flain,
Sprinkle us ever with Thy Blood,
O cleanfe and keep us ever clean.
To every Soul (all Praife to Thee)
Our Bowels of Compaffion move,
And all Mankind by This may fee
GOD is in Us; for GoD is LovE.
8. Giver, and LORD of Life, whose Power
And Guardian Care for All are free,
To Thee in fierce Temptation's Hour
From Sin and Satan let us flee.
Thine, LORD, we are, and Ours Thou art;
In Us be all Thy Goodness fhew'd,
Renew, enlarge, and fill our Heart,
With Peace, and Joy, and Heaven, and GOD.
9. Bleffing, and Honour, Praife, and Love,
Co-Equal, Co-Eternal Three,
In Earth below, and Heaven above,
By all Thy Works be paid to Thee.
Thrice Holy, Thine the Kingdom is,
The Power Omnipotent is Thine,
And when created Nature dies,
Thy never-ceafing Glories fhine.
THAT the Life-infufing Grace,
The pure and
The pure and perfect Peace of GoD, Might now defcend on Ifrael's Race,
The Church He purchas'd with His Blood!
2. The Souls peculiarly His own
On Them the choiceft Gifts defcend From Him that fitteth on the Throne, Antient of Days which never end.
3. He was from All Eternity,
Pure Effence, Life, and Light, and Power, He Is when Time no more shall be;
He Is, and fhall be evermore.
4. From GoD to All His Church below, From the Seven Spirits before His Throne, From JESUS let the Bleffing flow,
JESUS is GOD's Co-Equal Son.
The True, and Faithful Witness He,
The First-begotten of the Dead,
Prince of the Kings of Earth-
Be everlasting Homage paid.
6. Amazing Height of Love Divine! We praise with all Thy Hofts above Th'unutterably Great Defign,
The Mystery of Redeeming Love.
7. From Actual, and from Inbred Sin
Us Thou haft wafh'd in Thine own Blood, Thy Blood hath more than made us clean, Hath made us Kings and Priefts to GOD.
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