The wond'rous glories of his name
How wide they spread! how bright they shine! 4 Infinite wisdom! boundless power ! Unchanging faithfulness and love! Here let me trust, while I adore, Nor from my refuge e'er remove.
Rejoicing in the Hope set before us. Jam. v. 11. Ps. cxxxi. 3. Hab.
OW let our voices join
To form a sacred
song; Ye pilgrims, in Jehovah's ways, With music pass along.
2 How straight the path appears, How open and how fair!
No lurking gins t'entrap our feet;
No fierce destroyer there.
But flowers of paradise
In rich profusion spring;
The Sun of glory gilds the path,
And dear companions sing.
4 See Salem's golden spires
In beauteous prospect rise;
And brighter crowns than mortals wear,
Which sparkle through the skies.
All honour to his name,
Who marks the shining way;
To him, who lead the wanderers on
To realms of endless day.
HYMN 92. Sevens Metre.
Praise. Ps. vii. 17. xiii. 6. cxxxv. 3. HILDREN of the heavenly King, As we journey, sweetly sing; Sing your Saviour's worthy praise, Glorious in his works and ways!
2 Ye are travelling home to God,
In the ways the Fathers trod;
They are happy now, and ye
Soon their happiness shall see.
3 O, ye banish'd seed, be glad!
Christ our Advocate is made!
Us to save, our flesh assumes,
Brother to our souls becomes.
4 Shout, ye little flock, and bless'd,
You on Jesus' throne shall rest :
There your seat is now prepar'd,
There your kingdom and reward.
5 Fear not, brethren, joyful stand-
On the borders of your land:
Jesus Christ, your Father's son,
Bids you, undismay'd, go on.
6 Lord, obediently we go,
Gladly leaving all below;
Only thou our leader be,
And we still will follow thee.
Christ precious to them that believe. Gal. iv. 26. Rom. x. 11. 1 Pet. i1.7.
ESUS! I love thy charming name ;
'Tis music to mine ear;
Fain would I sound it out so loud,
That earth and heaven might hear.
2 Yes, thou art precious to my soul;
My transport and my trust;
Jewels to thee are gaudy toys,
And gold is sordid dust.
3 All my capacious powers can wish,
In thee doth richly meet;
Nor to mine eyes is light so dear,
Nor friendship half so sweet.
4 Thy grace shall dwell upon my heart,
And shed its fragrance there ;
The noblest balm of all its wounds,
The cordial of its care.
5 I'll speak the honours of thy name
With my last, labouring breath;
And, dying, clasp thee in my arms,
The antidote of death.
Eights and Sevens Metre.
Praise. Ps. xliv. 8. lxvii, 7. cxxxvi. 1-4.
IGHTY God! while angels bless thee,
May an infant lisp thy name?
Lord of men, as well as angels,
Thou art every creature's theme. Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Amen.
2 Lord of every land and nation,
Ancient of eternal days!
Sounded through the wide creation
Be thy just and awful praise.
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Amen.
3 For the grandeur of thy nature,
Grand beyond a seraph's thought ; For created works of power,
Works with skill and wisdom wrought, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Amen.
4 For thy providence, that governs
Through thine empire's wide domain;
Wings an angel, guides a sparrow,
Blessed be thy gentle reign.
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Amen.
5 But thy rich, thy free redemption,
Dark through brightness all along ;
Thought is poor, and poor expression,
Who dare sing that awful song?
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Amen.
6 Brightness of the Father's glory,
Shall thy praise unutter'd lie?
Fly, my tongue, such guilty silence !
Sing the Lord, who came to die.
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Amen. ROBINSON. HYMN 95. L. M.
Thanksgiving. Ps. xxv. 8. ciii. 8-10. cxlv. 14, 15.
E sons of men, with joy record
The various wonders of the Lord;
And let his power and goodness sound
Through all your tribes, the earth around.
2 Let the high heavens your songs invite,
Those spacious fields of brilliant light,
Where sun, and moon, and planets roll,
And stars, that glow from pole to pole.
3 Sing, earth, in verdant robes array'd,
Its herbs and flowers, its fruits and shade :
Peopled with life of various forms,
Of fish, and fowl, and beasts, and worms.
4 View the broad sea's majestic plains,
And think how wide its Maker reigns;
That band remotest nations joins,
And on each wave his goodness shines.
5 But, O! that brighter world above,
Where lives and reigns incarnate love
God's only Son, in flesh array'd,
For man a bleeding victim made.
6 Thither, my soul, with rapture soar ;
There, in the land of praise, adore ;
The theme demands an angel's lay,
Demands an everlasting day.
HYMN 96. C. M.
Matt. v. 42. Prov. xi. 25. 1 Cor. xvi. 14.
NATHER of mercies! send thy grace
All powerful 'from above,
To form, in our obedient souls,
The image of thy love
2 O, may our sympathizing breasts
That gen'rous pleasure know,
Kindly to share in others' joy,
And weep for others' wo!
3 When the most helpless sons of grief
In low distress are laid,
Soft be our hearts their pains to feel,
And swift our hands to aid.
4 So Jesus look'd on dying man,
When thron'd above the skies; And midst the embraces of his God, He felt compassion rise.
5 On wings of love the Saviour flew,
To raise us from the ground;
And shed the riches of his blood,
A balm for ev'ry wound.
HYMN 97. C. M.
At the Dedication of Children. 1 Cor. vii. 14. Matt. xix. 13, 14, 15
EE Israel's gentle Shepherd stand
With all engaging charms!
Hark, how he calls the tender lambs,
And folds them in his arms!
2 "Permit them to approach," he cries,
"Nor scorn their humble name;
For 'twas to bless such souls as these,
The Lord of angels came."
3 We bring them, Lord, in thankful hands,
And yield them up to thee;
Joyful that we ourselves are thine,-
Thine let our offspring be.
4 Ye little flock, with pleasure hear;
Ye children, seek his face;
And fly with transport to receive
The blessings of his grace.
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