5 Lord, shower upon us from above,
The sacred gift of mutual love,
Each other's wants may we supply,
And reign together in the sky.
1 THE God of Abr'ham praise, Who reigns enthroned above,
Ancient of everlasting days,
And God of love.
2 Jehovah, great I AM,
By earth and heav'n confess'd;
I bow and bless the sacred name,-
For ever bless'd.
3 The God of Abr' ham praise,
Whose all-sufficient grace
Shall guide me all my happy days,
In all my ways.
4 He calls a worm His friend!
He calls Himself my God!
And He shall save me to the end,
Through Jesus' blood.
GIVE to the Father praise,
Give glory to the Son,
And to the Spirit of his grace,
Be equal honour done.
TO Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
The God whom we adore,
Be glory as it was, is now,
And shall be evermore.
PRAISE God from whom all blessings flow;
Praise him all creatures here below;
Praise him above, ye heav'nly host;
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
SING we to our God above,
Praise eternal as his love;
Praise him all ye heav'nly host,
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
BY angels in heav'n,
Of ev'ry degree,
And saints upon earth,
All praise be addressed;
To God in three persons,
One God ever blest,
As it hath been, now is,
And always shall be.
To God the Father's throne,
Perpetual honours raise,
Glory to God the Son,
To God the Spirit praise:
With all our powr's, eternal King,
Thy name we sing, while faith adores.
ALL glory to th' eternal Three,
Thee, Father, thee, O Son, and thee,
The Spirit, ever blest;
That glory which through ages past
Unchang'd has stood, and yet shall last
When time has sunk to rest.
SOCIAL, FAMILY, AND PRIVATE WORSHIP.
Love to the Brethren. (s. M.)
1 BLEST be the tie that binds
Our hearts in christian love;
The fellowship of kindred minds
Is like to that above.
2 Before our Father's throne
We pour our ardent pray'rs;
Our fears, our hopes, our joys are one,
Our comforts and our cares.
3 When we asunder part,
It gives us inward pain;
But we shall still be join'd in heart,
And hope to meet again.
4 This glorious hope revives
Our courage by the way;
While each in expectation lives
And longs to see the day.
United Prayer. (L. M.)
1 FEW are the hours when we can share
The comfort of united pray'r:
In Jesu's name together meet,
And put the world beneath our feet.
2 Yet, Lord, thy goodness we adore,
Which now assembles us once more;
Oh may we here thy presence find,
And serve thee with a thankful mind.
3 Teach us, though in a world of sin,
Heav'n's blest employment to begin,
To speak our great Redeemer's praise,
And love his name, and learn his ways.
4 Teach us to love as christians ought,
Nor keep one proud, or angry thought;
And when we meet, or when we part,
Oh may we still be join'd in heart!
5 Father, look down with pitying eye;
Our sins forgive, our wants supply;
Through stedfast faith, that works by love,
Prepare us for thy rest above.
1 GOD of our hope, to thee we bow,
Thou art our refuge in distress;
The husband of the widow thou,
The father of the fatherless.
2 May we thy law of love fulfil,
To bear each other's burdens here,
Suffer and do thy righteous will,
And walk in all thy faith and fear.
3 Didst thou not give thy Son to die
For our transgressions, in our stead?
And can thy goodness aught deny
To those for whom thy Son hath bled?
4 Then may our union, here begun,
Endure for ever, firm and free;
At thy right hand may we be one,
One with each other and with thee.
Jeremiah xiv, 3. (L.M.)
"CEASE thou from man," O what to thee,
Can thy poor fellow mortals be?
Are they not erring, finite, frail,
What can their utmost aid avail?
2 Their very love will prove a snare;
Then, if my heart becomes aware
Of its own danger, it will bleed,
For leaning on a broken reed.
3 Why does thy bliss so much depend
On earthly relative, or friend?
There is a Friend who changes never,
The love he gives is given for ever.
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