PROMISE. 8, 7. D.

From Hymns Ancient and Modern. 1861.

911

"Igjennem Nat og Traengsel."

2 One the light of God's dear presence,
Never in its work to fail,
Which illumes the wild rough places
Of this gloomy haunted vale.
One the object of our journey,

One the faith which never tires,
One the earnest looking forward,

One the hope our God inspires.

3 One the strain which mouths of thousands Lift as from the heart of one;

One the conflict, one the peril,
One the march in God begun,
One the gladness of rejoicing

On the Resurrection shore,
With One Father o'er us shining
In His love for evermore.

4 Go we onward, pilgrim brothers,
Visit first the cross and grave,
Where the cross its shadow flingeth,
Where the boughs of cypress wave.
Then, a shaking as of earthquakes,
Then, a rending of the tomb,
Then, a scattering of all shadows,
And an end of toil and gloom.

Bernhardt Severin Ingemann. (1789-1862.)
Tr. by Rev. Sabine Baring Gould. (1834-) 1867.

I HAIL, Thou God of grace and glory,
Who Thy name hast magnified,
By redemption's wondrous story,
By the Saviour crucified;
Thanks to Thee for every blessing,

Flowing from the Fount of love;
Thanks for present good unceasing,
And for hopes of bliss above.

2 Hear us, as thus bending lowly,

Near Thy bright and burning throne, We invoke Thee, God most holy,

Through Thy well-beloved Son;
Send the baptism of Thy Spirit,
Shed the pentecostal fire;
Let us all Thy grace inherit,

Waken, crown each good desire.

3 Bind Thy people, Lord, in union,
With the sevenfold cord of love;
Breathe a spirit of communion
With the glorious hosts above;
Let Thy work be seen progressing;
Bow each heart, and bend each knee,
Till the world, Thy truth possessing,
Celebrates its jubilee.

Rev. Thomas William Aveling. (1315-) 1844

MELODY. (CHELMSFORD.)

Aaron Chapin. 1813.

1. OUR Souls, by love

earth be gun.

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"Knit together in Love." Col. ii. 2.

2 Our hearts have often burned within, And glowed with sacred fire,

While Jesus spoke, and fed and blessed, And filled th' enlarged desire.

3 The little cloud increases still,

The heavens are big with rain; We haste to catch the teeming shower, And all its moisture drain.

4 A rill, a stream, a torrent flows;
But pour a mighty flood:

O sweep the nations, shake the earth,
Till all proclaim Thee God.

3 When, free from envy, scorn, and pride, Our wishes all above,

Each can his brother's failings hide,
And show a brother's love;

4 When love, in one delightful stream,
Through every bosom flows;
When union sweet, and dear esteem,
In every action glows.

5 Love is the golden chain that binds
The happy souls above;

And he's an heir of heaven that finds
His bosom glow with love.

Rev. Joseph Swain. (1761—1796.) 1752

The Sacrament a Pledge of Heaven.
HAPPY the souls to Jesus joined,
And saved by grace alone;
Walking in all Thy ways, we find
Our heaven on earth begun.

2 The Church triumphant in Thy love,
Their mighty joys we know;
They sing the Lamb in hymns above,
And we in hymnns below.

3 Thee, in Thy glorious realm, they praise,
And bow before Thy throne;
We, in the kingdom of Thy grace:
The kingdoms are but one.

4 The holy to the holiest leads;
From hence our spirits rise;
And he that in Thy statutes treads
Shall meet Thee in the skies.

Rev. Charles Wesley. (1708-1788.) 1745

CHRISTMAS. C. M.

George Frederick Handel. (1685-1759-)

on the

To joy ce

lestial rise.

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One Church, one Army.

2 Let saints below in concert sing
With those to glory gone;
For all the servants of our King
In earth and heaven are one.
3 One family, we dwell in Him,

One Church above, beneath,
Though now divided by the stream,

The narrow stream of death.

4 One army of the living God,

To His command we bow;

Part of the host have crossed the flood, And part are crossing now.

5 E'en now to their eternal home
Some happy spirits fly;

And we are to the margin come,
And soon expect to die.

6 Dear Saviour, be our constant Guide;
Then, when the word is given,
Bid Jordan's narrow stream divide,
And land us safe in heaven.

Rev. Charles Wesley. 1759. ab. and. alt.

The Church militant learning the Church triumphant's Song.

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I SING we the song of those who stand
Around the eternal throne,

Of every kindred, clime, and land,
A multitude unknown.

2 Life's poor distinctions vanish here;
To-day, the young, the old,
Our Saviour and His flock appear
One Shepherd and one fold.

|3 Toil, trial, suffering, still await On earth the pilgrim-throng; Yet learn we, in our low estate,

The Church triumphant's song.

4 "Worthy the Lamb for sinners slain," Cry the redeemed above, "Blessing and honor to obtain,

And everlasting love."

5 "Worthy the Lamb," on earth we sing, "Who died our souls to save; Henceforth, O Death, where is thy sting? Thy victory, O Grave?"

6 Then, hallelujah, power and praise
To God in Christ be given;
May all who now this anthem raise,
Renew the strain in heaven.

I BLEST be the dear, uniting love,,
That will not let us part;
Our bodies may far off remove,,
We still are joined in heart.

2 Joined in one spirit to our Head,
Where He appoints we go,
And still in Jesus' footsteps tread,
And do His work below.

3 Partakers of the Saviour's grace,
The same in mind and heart,

Nor joy, nor grief, nor time, nor place, Nor life, nor death can part.

Rev. Charles Wesley. 1742. ab.

922

"The Dead in Christ."

2 Yea, the dead in Christ have still

Part in all our joy and ill;
Keeping all our steps in view,
Guiding them, it may be, too.

3 We, by enemies distrest,

They, in Paradise at rest;
We the captives, they the freed,
We and they are one indeed.
4 One in all we seek or shun;

One, because our Lord is One;
One in heart, and one in love:
We below, and they above.

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Rev. John Mason Neale. (1818-1866.) 1844

The Saints on Earth all one.

(Second part of the preceeding hymn.)

I THOSE whom many a land divides,
Many mountains, many tides,
Have they with each other part?
Have they fellowship in heart?
2 Each to each may be unknown,
Wide apart their lots be thrown;
Differing tongues their lips may speak,
One be strong, and one be weak:
3 Yet in sacrament and prayer
Each with other hath a share;
Hath a share in tear and sigh,
Watch, and fast, and litany.
4 With each other join they here
In affliction, doubt, and fear;
That hereafter they may be
Joined, O Lord, in bliss with Thee.

5 So with them our hearts we raise, Share their work and join their praise; Rendering worship, thanks, and love, To the Trinity above.

I 'TIS a pleasant thing to see
Brethren in the Lord agree,
Children of a God of love
Live as they shall live above,
Acting each a Christian part,
One in lip, and one in heart.

2 As the precious ointment, shed
Upon Aaron's hallowed head,
Downward through his garments stole,
Spreading odor o'er the whole;
So from our High Priest above
To His Church flows heavenly love.

3 Gently as the dews distil
Down on Zion's holy hill,
Dropping gladness where they fall,
Brightening and refreshing all;
Such is Christian union, shed
Through the members from the Head.

4 Where divine affection lives,
There the Lord His blessing gives,
There His will on earth is done;
There His heaven is half begun..
Lord, our great example prove,
Teach us all like Thee to love.

Rev. Henry Francis Lyte. (1793-1847.) 1834.