372 Parliament. 8.8.6. Prayer for grace for our rulers. 1 LORD God of hosts! who dost fulfil 2 Whate'er they plan, whate'er decree, Free them from sin's corrupting sway; 3 Oh! be it ever their design To make thy grace, thy glory shine, 4 When Thou in terror risest forth O'er Britain stretch thy sheltering arm; Humiliation. 373 Bowing beneath the rod. C. M. Jer. xxxi, 18. Joel ii, 12. Jonah iii, 8-10. 1 SEE, gracious God! before thy throne 2 Tremendous judgments from thy hand 3 Great God! and why is Britain spar'd, Oh! make thine awful warnings heard, 4 O turn us, turn us, mighty Lord! 5 Then, should insulting foes invade, 374 Thanksgiving. L.M. God, the Giver of victory. 2 Chron. xxxii, 8. Esth. ix, 22. Ps. xx, 7. 1 WHILE nations, fired with mutual rage, God reigns on heaven's eternal throne, 2 On horses some their hope repose; 3 The God, whom heaven and earth obey, 4 The God of battles-Thee we own; 5 Oh! when we praise, and when we pray, 375 L. M. Dedication of the heart to God. Ps. lvii, 7; lxi, 8; cxvi, 18. 1 OH! HAPPY day, that fix'd my choice On Thee, my Saviour and my God! Well may this glowing heart rejoice, And tell its raptures all abroad. 2 Oh! happy bond, that seals my vows To Him, who merits all my love! Let cheerful anthems fill his house, While to that sacred shrine I move. 3 Now rest, my long-divided heart, Fix'd on this blissful centre, rest: With ashes who would grudge to part, When call'd on angels' bread to feast. 4 High heaven, that heard the solemn vow, That vow renew'd shall daily hear, Till in life's latest hour I bow, And bless in death a bond so dear. Funerals. 376 The passing-bell. L. M. Deut. xxxii, 29. 1 Sam. xx, 3. Heb. ii, 14, 15, GG 2 Only this frail and fleeting breath 4 Then, when the solemn bell I hear, 5 Rather my spirit would rejoice, 377 Sorrowing, not as those without hope. 2 Sam. xii, 23. 1 Thess. iv, 13-17. 1 WHY do we mourn departed friends, "Tis but the voice that Jesus sends C. M. |