HYMNS

FOR

PUBLIC AND PRIVATE WORSHIP.

INTRODUCTION OF PUBLIC WORSHIP.

1.

S. M. E. TAYLOR.

Invitation to the House of God.

1 COME to the house of prayer,

O thou afflicted, come;

The God of peace shall meet thee there;
He makes that house his home.

2 Come to the house of praise,
Ye who are happy now;
In sweet accord your voices raise,
In kindred homage bow.

3 Ye aged, hither come,

For ye have felt his love;

Soon shall your trembling tongues be dumb, Your lips forget to move.

4 Ye young, before his throne,

Come, bow; your voices raise;

Let not your hearts his praise disown,
Who gives the power to praise.

5 Thou, whose benignant eye
In mercy looks on all;

Who see'st the tear of misery,
And hear'st the mourner's call;-

6 Up to thy dwelling-place
Bear our frail spirits on,

Till they outstrip time's tardy pace,
And heaven on earth be won.

The Rich and Poor meet together.

1 COME the rich, and come the poor,
To the Christian temple-door;
Let their mingled prayers ascend
To the Universal Friend.

2 Here the rich and poor may claim
Common ancestry and name;
Claim a common heritage
In the gospel's promise page.

3 Of the same materials wrought;
By the same Instructor taught;
Walking in life's common way;
Tending to the same decay;

4 Rich and poor at last shall meet
At the heavenly mercy-seat,
Where the name of rich and poor
Never shall be uttered more.

Engagedness in Devotion.

1 LORD, before thy presence come, Bow we down with holy fear; Call our erring footsteps home, Let us feel that thou art near.