e 4 When we asunder part,
It gives us inward pain;
-But we shall still be join'd in heart,
And hope to meet again.
• 5 This glorious hope revives
Our courage by the way;
While each in expectation lives,
And longs to see the day.
6 From sorrow, toil, and pain,
And sin we shall be free;
g And perfect love and friendship reign,
Through all eternity.
HYMN 196. C. M. Hymn 2d. St. Ann's. [*]
A Marriage Hymn.
INCE Jesus freely did appear
To grace a marriage feast,
Dear Lord, we ask thy presence here,
To make a wedding guest.
2 Upon the bridal pair look down,
Who now have plighted hands;
Their union with thy favour crown,
And bless the nuptial bands.
-3 With gifts of grace their hearts endow,
Of all rich dowries best;
Their substance bless and peace bestow,
To sweeten all the rest.
e 4 In purest love their souls unite,
That they with christian care,
May make domestic burthens light,
By taking mutual share.
-5 As Isaac and Rebecca gave
A pattern chaste and kind;
So may this married couple live,
And die in friendship join'd.
6 And when that solemn hour shall come,
And life's short space be o'er;
o May they in triumph reach that home,
Where they shall part no more.
HYMN 1977. 8 & 7. Sicilian. [*]
A Marriage Hymn.
HOME, thou condescending Jesus!
Thou hast blest a marriage feast ;
Come, and with thy presence bless us,
Deign to be an honour'd guest.
2 Once at Cana's happy village,
Thou didst heavenly joy impart;
Though unseen, may thy blest image
Be inscrib'd on ev'ry heart.)
e 3 Lord, we come to ask thy blessing
On the happy pair to rest;
May thy goodness, never ceasing,
Make them now and ever blest.
4 Thou can'st change the course of nature,
Turning water into wine;
e But we ask a greater favour-
May they be forever thine.
-5 Thine by cov'nant and adoption,
Thine by free and sov'reign grace;
May they, in each word and action,
Do thy will and speak thy praise.
6 Gracious Lord, from thy free bounty,
Fill their basket and their store;
Give them, with their health and plenty
Hearts thy goodness to adore.
e 7 Often from their happy dwelling,
May the voice of prayer ascend,
For thy mercies still increasing,
To their best, their kindest FRIEND.
-8 Through this life's tempestuous ocean,
Storms are thick and dangers nigh;
O may constant pure devotion,
Guide them safe to realms on high. e 9 When by death's cold hand divided, Which dissolves the tenderest ties;
-By thy grace again united,
May they in thy image rise.
10 Come, thou condescending Jesus, Fill our hearts with songs of praise; Come and with thy presence bless us,
Make us subjects of thy grace. CODMAN'S COL.
HYMN 198. L. M. Green's. [*]
A Family Hymn.
ATHER of men, thy care we bless,
Which co was our families with peace,
From thee they sprung, and by thy hand
Their root and branches are sustain'd.
e 2 To God, most worthy to be prais'd,
Be our domestic altars rais'd;
Who, Lord of Heaven, scorns not to dwell
With saints in their obscurest cell.
-3 To thee may each united House,
Morning and night, present its vows;
Our servants here, and rising race,
Be taught thy precepts, and thy grace.
o 4 O may each future age proclaim
The honours of thy glorious name;
g While pleased, and thankful, we remove
To join the family above.
HYMN 199. L. M. Portugal. [*]
A Morning Hymn.
AWAKE, my soul, and with the sun,
Thy daily stage of duty run;
Shake off dull sloth, and early rise,
To pay thy morning sacrifice.
e 2 Lord, I my vows to thee renew!
Scatter my sins like morning dew;
Guard my first springs of thought and will,
And with thyself my spirit fill.
-3 Direct, control, suggest, this day,
All I design, or do, or say;
That all my powers, with all their might,
In thy sole glory may unite.
o 4 Praise God from whom all blessings flow;.
Praise him all creatures here below:
Praise him above, angelic host ;-
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
HYMN 200. 7s. Pleyel's. [*]
A Morning Hymn.
OW the shades of night are gone;
Now the morning light is come;
Lord, may we be thine to-day,
Drive the shades of sin away.
2 Fill our souls with heavenly light,
Banish doubt, and cleanse our sight;
In thy service, Lord, to-day,
Help us labour, help us pray.
3 Keep our haughty passions bound; Save us from our foes around;
Going out, and coming in,
Keep us safe from every sin.
4 When our work of life is past, O receive us then at last!
o Night of sin will be no more,
When we reach the heavenly shore. HART. COL. HYMN 201. L. M. Worship. Sicilian. [*] An Evening Hymn.
G for all the blessings of the light;
LORY to thee, my God, this night,
Keep me, O keep me, King of kings,
Beneath thine own Almighty wings.
2 Forgive me, Lord, for thy dear Son,
The ill that I this day have done;
That with the world, myself and thee,
I, ere I sleep, at peace may be.
3 Teach me to live, that I may dread
The grave as little as my bed:
Teach me to die, that so I may,
Rise, glorious, at the awful day.
4 O let my soul on thee repose,
And may sweet sleep my eyelids close:
Sleep that shall me more vigorous make,
To serve my God, when I awake.
5 If in the night I sleepless lie,
My soul with heavenly thoughts supply;
Let no ill dreams disturb my rest;
No powers of darkness me molest.
6 Praise God from whence all blessings flow;
Praise him all creatures here below;
Praise him above ye heavenly host,
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
HYMN 202. 8s. Bethany. [*]
An Evening Hymn.
NSPIRER and Hearer of Prayer,
Thou Feeder and Guardian of thine;
My all to thy covenant care,
I, sleeping or waking, resign.
o 2 If thou art my shield and my sun,
The night is no darkness to me;
And fast as my moments roll on,
They bring me but nearer to thee.
e 3 A sov'reign Protector I have,
Unseen, yet forever at hand;
Unchangeably faithful to save,
Almighty to rule and command.
-4 From evil secure, and its dread;
I rest, if my Saviour be nigh;
And songs his kind presence indeed,
Shall in the night season supply.
o 5 His smiles and his conforts abound,
His grace as the dew shall descend;
o And wells of salvation surround,
The soul he delights to defend.
HYMN 203. C. M. Barby. [*]
A Hymn for Morning or Evening.
N thee, each morning, O my God,
My waking thoughts attend;
In whom are founded all my hopes,
In whom my wishes end.
e 2 My soul in pleasing wonder lost,
Thy boundless love surveys;
--And fir'd with grateful zeal, prepares
The sacrifice of praise.
e 3 When evening slumbers press my eyes,
With thy protection blest;
b In peace and safety I commit
My weary limbs to rest.
o 4 My spirit in thy hands secure,
Fears no approaching ill;
For whether waking, or asleep,
Thou, Lord, art with me still.
o 5 Then will I daily to the world
Thy wondrous acts proclaim;
Whilst all with me shall praise and sing,
And bless the Sacred Name.
e 6 At morn, at noon, at night I'll still
Thy growing work pursue;
s And thee alone will praise, to whom Eternal praise is due.
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