THE eternal gates lift up their heads,
The doors are open'd wide,

The King of Glory is gone up

Unto his Father's side,

Thou art gone in before us, Lord,
Thou hast prepared a place,
That we may be where now Thou art,
And look upon thy face.

And ever on our earthly path
A gleam of glory lies,

A light still breaks behind the cloud
That veils Thee from our eyes.

Lift up our hearts, lift up our minds,

And let thy grace be given,

That while we linger yet below

Our treasure be in heaven.

That, where Thou art at God's right hand,
Our hope, our love may be:
Dwell in us now, that we may dwell

For evermore in Thee.

Lo! the heaven its Lord receives!

Hallelujah!

Yet He loves the earth He leaves;
Though returning to his throne,
Still He calls mankind his own.

Hallelujah!

Hallelujah!

Hallelujah!

AFTER ASCENSION DAY.

64.

P.M.

THE Lord of Might, from Sinai's brow,
Gave forth his voice of thunder;
And Israel lay on earth below,
Outstretch'd in fear and wonder.
Beneath his feet was pitchy night,
And at his left hand and his right
The rocks were rent asunder.

The Lord of Love, on Calvary,

A meek and suffering Stranger,
Upraised to heaven his languid eye,
In nature's hour of danger.

For us He bore the weight of woe,
For us He gave his blood to flow,
And met his Father's anger.

The Lord of Love, the Lord of Might,
The King of all created,

Shall back return to claim his right,

On clouds of glory seated;

With trumpet-sound and angel-song,

And hallelujahs loud and long,

O'er death and hell defeated.

65.

SALVATION! O the joyful sound
'Tis pleasure to our ears;

A sovereign balm for every wound,
A cordial for our fears.

Buried in sorrow and in sin,
At hell's dark door we lay;
But we arise by grace Divine
To see a heavenly day.
Salvation! let the echo fly

The spacious earth around,
While all the armies of the sky
Conspire to raise the sound.

66.

WE saw Thee not when Thou didst tread,
In mortal guise, this sinful earth,
Nor heard thy voice restore the dead,

And wake them to a second birth:
But we believe that Thou didst come,
And leave for us thy glorious home.
We were not with Thee on the wave,
When Thou the stormy sea didst bind,
Nor saw the health thy blessing gave

To lame and sick, to deaf and blind:
But we believe the Fount of light
Could give the darken'd eyeball sight.

We did not mark the chosen few,

P.M.

P.M.

When Thou didst through the clouds ascend, First lift to heaven their wondering view,

Then to the earth all prostrate bend:

But we believe that mortal eyes

Beheld that journey to the skies.

And now that Thou dost reign on high, And thence thy faithful people bless, No ray of glory from the sky

Doth shine upon our wilderness: Yet we believe that Thou art there, And sing thy praise, and lift our prayer.

THOUGH nature's strength decay,
And earth and hell withstand,
To Canaan's bounds I urge my way
At God's command;

The watery deep I pass,

With JESUS in my view,

And through the howling wilderness
My way pursue.

The goodly land I see

With peace and plenty blest;
The land of sacred liberty,

And endless rest.

There dwells the Lord our King,
The Lord our Righteousness;
Triumphant o'er the world and sin,
The Prince of Peace.

His whole triumphant host
Give thanks to God on high;
Hail, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,

They ever cry!

Hail, Abraham's God and mine!

I join the heavenly lays;

All might and majesty are thine,
And endless praise.

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68.

COME, let us join our cheerful songs
With angels round the throne;

C.M.

Ten thousand thousand are their tongues,
But all their joys are one.

"Worthy the Lamb that died!" they cry, "To be exalted thus:"

"Worthy the Lamb!" our lips reply;
"For He was slain for us.' ""

JESUS is worthy to receive
Honour and power divine;

And blessings, more than we can give,
Be, Lord, for ever thine.

The whole creation join in one,
To bless the sacred name
Of Him that sits upon the throne,
And to adore the Lamb.

WHITSUNTIDE.

69.

COME, gracious Spirit, heavenly Dove,
With light and comfort from above;
Be Thou our guardian, Thou our guide,
O'er every thought and step preside.

The light of truth to us display,
And make us know and love thy way;
Plant holy fear in every heart,
That we from God may ne'er depart.

L.M.