3 His grace through all the desert flows, That grace on Zion's sacred mount 4 Mingled with all the shining band, My soul shall there adore; 239 A pillar in Thy temple fixed, WISDOM, whose unfading power To frame, in nature's earliest hour, 2 Yet didst not Thou disdain awhile 3 But in Thy Father's own abode, 4 So may our youth adore Thy name! With fostering grace the timid flame 240 WH HO shall ascend to the holy place, Who shall the boundless realms of space For the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth! 2 The servants of the Lord are they, For the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth! 3 Not to the noble, not to the strong, 4 For the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth But those who in humble and holy fear, With childlike faith and love, Have served the Lord as their Master here, Shall praise their Lord above. Hallelujah! For the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth! 5 And chiefly those who in youth to Him For the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth! 6 Shall stand in robes of purest white, The song that rests not day or night, For the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth! 241 of ORD, not for store of worldly wealth, Nor worldly joys, which brightly bloom, 2 Not to the world, nor to ourselves, We look; O give us godly fear, O make us meekly wise. 3 True Wisdom, while it gives, receives; 4 Honour and wealth are in her hand; A holy stream of life and joy 242 Y cool Siloam's shady rill BY How sweet the lily grows! How sweet the breath beneath the hill 2 Lo! such the child whose early feet 3 By cool Siloam's shady rill The rose that blooms beneath the hill 4 And soon, too soon, the wintry hour Will shake the soul with sorrow's power, 5 O Thou, whose infant feet were found Within Thy Father's shrine! Whose years, with changeless virtue crowned, Were all alike divine; 6 Dependent on Thy bounteous breath, In childhood, manhood, age, and death, 243 66 A SK, and ye surely shall receive;" Yea, Lord, we trust Thy word: We lift our voice, and we believe That we are surely heard. 2 We ask not anything that earth Thou who hast kept us from our birth 3 We ask for light, and love, and strength. All selfish snares to shun: 4 We ask that we may ask at length, 66 Thy will, not ours, be done!" We ask that to each separate heart Thy one best gift Thou wouldst impart, 5 May young and old conspire to prize, 6 O Thou, by whom we come to God, |