The sun that pours his welcome light,
The moon that makes the dark scene bright,
The guiding star, the favoring wind,
Display a good and sovereign mind.
From all the dangers of the deep!
When high the white-capped billows rise,
When tempests roar along the skies,
When foes or shoals awaken fear,
O, in thy mercy be thou near!
4 Lord of the Sea! when, safe from harm,
The sailor rests in slumbers calm,
May dreams of home his spirit cheer,
Dreams that shall never false appear;
May thoughts of friends, and peace, and thee,
His solid consolation be!
Of care and sorrow, woe and strife!
With watchful pains we steer along,
To keep the right path, shun the wrong
God grant, that, after every roam,
We gain an everlasting home!
1 WHEN restless on my bed I lie,
Still courting sleep, which still will fly,
Then shall reflection's brighter power
Illume the lone and midnight hour.
2 If hushed the breeze, and calm the tide,
Soft will the stream of memory glide;
And all the past, a gentle train,
Waked by remembrance, live again.
3 If loud the wind, the tempest high,
And darkness wraps the sullen sky,
I muse on life's tempestuous sea,
And sigh, O Lord, to come to thee.
4 Tossed on the deep and swelling wave,
O, mark my trembling soul, and save ;
Give to my mind that harbour near,
Where thou wilt chase each grief and fear.
1 O THOU who hast spread out the skies,
And measured the depths of the sea,
'Twixt heavens and ocean shall rise
Our incense of praises to thee.
2 We know that thy presence is near
While heaves our bark far from the land ;-
We ride o'er the deep without fear;-
The waters are held in thy hand.
3 Eternity comes in the sound
Of billows that never can sleep!
There 's Deity circling us round,
Omnipotence walks o'er the deep !
4 O Father, our eye is to thee,
As on for the haven we roll;
And faith in our Pilot shall be
An anchor to steady the soul.
1 HEAVE, mighty ocean, heave,
And blow thou boisterous wind,
Onward we swiftly glide, and leave
Our home and friends behind.
2 Away, away, we steer,
Upon the ocean's breast;
And dim the distant heights appear,
Like clouds along the west.
3 There is a loneliness
Upon the mighty deep;
And hurried thoughts upon us press,
As onwardly we sweep.
4 But there is hope and joy,
Wherever we may be ;
Danger nor death can e'er destroy
Our trust, O God, in thee.
5 Then wherefore should we grieve,
Or what have we to fear?
Though home and friends and life we leave,
Our God is ever near.
6 Sweep, mighty ocean, sweep;
Ye winds, blow foul or fair;
Our God is with us on the deep,
Our home is everywhere.
SOCIAL AND DOMESTIC WORSHIP.
Meeting of Christian Friends.
1 KINDRED in Christ, for his dear sake,
A hearty welcome here receive;
May we together now partake
The joys which only he can give.
2 May he by whose kind care we meet,
Send his good Spirit from above,
Make our communications sweet,
And cause our hearts to burn with love.
3 Forgotten be each worldly theme,'
When Christians meet together thus ;
We only wish to speak of him
Who lived, and died, and reigns, for us.
4 We'll talk of all he did, and said,
And suffered, for us here below,
The path he marked for us to tread,
And what he 's doing for us now.
The Joy of social Devotion.
1 O, IT is joy in one to meet
Whom one communion blends,
Council to hold in converse sweet,
And talk as Christian friends.
2 'T is joy to think the angel train,
Who 'mid heaven's temple shine,
To seek our earthly temples deign,
And in our anthems join.
3 But chief 't is joy to think that He,
To whom his church is dear,
Delights her gathered flock to see,
Her joint devotions hear.
4 Then who would choose to walk abroad,
While here such joys are given ?
"This is indeed the house of God,
And this the gate of heaven!"
1 LET us join, as God commands,
Let us join our hearts and hands ;
Help to gain our calling's hope;
Help to build each other up;
Carry on the Christian's strife;
Walk in holiness of life;
Faithfully our gifts improve
For the sake of him we love ;
2 Still forget the things behind ;
Follow Christ in heart and mind ;
Toward the mark unwearied press;
Seize the crown of righteousness.
While we walk with God in light,
God our hearts will still unite;
Dearest fellowship we prove, —
Fellowship in Jesus' love.
3 Hence may all our actions flow,
Love the proof that Christ we know ;
Mutual love the token be,
Lord, that we belong to thee;
Love, thine image, love impart ;
Stamp it on our face and heart;
Only love to us be given;
Lord, we ask no other heaven.
1 O, COME, and let th' assembly all
To serve our God unite,
And, mindful of the social call,
Partake the social rite.
2 In token of the common vow,
Be ours, with one consent,
The worship of the lowly brow,
And knees devoutly bent!
3 But chief, inflamed with heavenly fire,
Devotion's better part,
Be ours instinct with one desire,
The worship of the heart!
4 Let each, let all, their prayers above
In one oblation bend,
And God, the God of peace and love,
On all, on each descend!
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