With harps and songs thy throne surround, Rest in thy love and reign in light.

471.

For the gift of the Holy Spirit.

1 POWER from on high, O God, impart,
Power in thy gospel to believe,
Power to surrender our whole heart,
Power all thy mercy to receive.

2 The word to us in vain were given,
We hear, we read, we learn in vain ;
In vain thy Son came down from heaven,
If Thou "the Spirit's might" restrain.

3 Here be his sacred influence felt

With searching, cleansing, quickening force,
Till souls of mill-stone hardness melt,
And flow like waters from their source.

4 Convinced and humbled in the dust
Beneath the burden of our guilt,
We own thy law's dread sentence just,
But plead the blood of pardon spilt.
5 Thy Spirit witness with that blood,
And Christ our Saviour glorify,
While we, as children born of God,
With rapture, "Abba! Father!" cry.

472.

After divine service.

1 AGAIN our ears have heard the voice,
At which the dead shall live;
O may the sound our hearts rejoice,
And strength immortal give!

2 And have we heard the word with joy?
And have we felt its power?

To keep it be our bless'd employ
Till life's extremest hour.

473.

On leaving the House of God.

1 THY word, Almighty Lord,
Where'er it enters in,

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3

Is sharper than a two-edged sword
To slay the man of sin.

Thy word is power and life;
It bids confusion cease,

And changes envy, hatred, strife,
To love, and joy, and peace.

Then let our hearts obey

The gospel's glorious sound,

And all its fruits, from day to day,

Be in us and abound.

474.

On laying the foundation stone of a place for worship.

1 THIS stone to Thee in faith we lay,
We build the temple, Lord, to Thee;
Thine eye be open night and day
To guard this house and sanctuary.

2 Here, when thy people seek thy face,
And dying sinners pray to live,

Hear, Thou, in heaven, thy dwelling-place,
And when Thou hearest, O forgive!

3 Here, when thy messengers proclaim
The blessed gospel of thy Son,

Still by the power of his great name
Be mighty signs and wonders done.

4 Hosanna! to their heavenly king,
When children's voices raise that song;
Hosanna! let their angels sing,

And heaven with earth the strain prolong.

5 But will indeed Jehovah deign
Here to abide, no transient guest?

Here will the world's Redeemer reign,

And here the Holy Spirit rest?

6 That glory never hence depart!

Yet choose not, Lord, this house alone;
Thy kingdom come to every heart,
In every bosom fix thy throne.

475.

On opening a place for worship.

1 LORD of Hosts, to Thee we raise
Here an house of prayer and praise;
Thou thy people's hearts prepare
Here to meet for praise and prayer.

2 Let the living here be fed
With thy word, the heavenly bread;
Here, in hope of glory bless'd,
May the dead be laid to rest.

3 Here to Thee a temple stand,
While the sea shall gird the land;
Here reveal thy mercy sure,
While the sun and moon endure.

4 Hallelujah!-earth and sky
To the joyful sound reply;
Hallelujah!-hence ascend
Prayer and praise till time shall end.

476.

The unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

1 THE glorious universe around,

The heavens with all their train, Sun, moon, and stars, are firmly bound In one mysterious chain.

2 The earth, the ocean, and the sky
To form one world agree,

Where all that walk, or swim, or fly,
Compose one family.

3 God in creation thus displays

His wisdom and his might,

While all his works with all his ways
Harmoniously unite.

4 In one fraternal bond of love,
One fellowship of mind,

The saints below and saints above
Their bliss and glory find.

5 Here, in their house of pilgrimage,
Thy statutes are their song;
There, through one bright, eternal age,
Thy praises they prolong.

6 Lord, may our union form a part
Of that thrice happy whole,
Derive its pulse from Thee the Heart,
Its life from Thee the Soul.

477.

For grace to surrender all to Christ.

1 JESUS, our best beloved Friend,
Draw out our souls in pure desire;
Jesus, in love to us descend,
Baptize us with thy Spirit's fire.

2 On thy Redeeming name we call,
Poor and unworthy though we be :
Pardon and sanctify us all;

Let each thy full salvation see.

3 Our souls and bodies we resign,
To fear and follow thy commands;
O take our hearts-our hearts are thine,
Accept the service of our hands.

4 Firm, faithful, watching unto prayer,
May we thy blessed will obey;
Toil in thy vineyard here, and bear
The heat and burden of the day.

5 Yet, Lord, for us a resting-place,
In heaven, at thy right hand, prepare;
And till we see Thee face to face,
Be all our conversation there.

478.

The good Shepherd and his flock.

1 GREEN pastures and clear streams, Freedom, and quiet rest,

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3

Christ's flock enjoy, beneath his beams,
Or in his shadow, blest.

The mountain and the vale,

Forest and field, they range;

The morning dew, the evening gale,
Bring health in every change.

Secure amidst alarms,

From violence or snares,

The lambs He gathers in his arms,

And in his bosom bears.

4

The wounded and the weak,

He comforts, heals, and binds;

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The lost He came from heaven to seek,
And saves them when He finds.

Through wilds of brier and thorn,
In darkness if they stray,

They wander not like waifs forlorn,
Their Shepherd is their way.

Should storms of trouble blow,
Warn'd of the coming shock,

They to the Rock of Ages go,

Their Shepherd is their rock.
Let earth and hell oppose,

Let Satan take the field;

Quench'd are the darts of all their foes,
Their Shepherd is their Shield.

Death may assail, but Death

Is vanquish'd in the strife;

Their moment of departing breath,
Begins eternal life.

Conflicts and trials done,

His glory they behold,

Where Jesus and his flock are one,

One Shepherd, and one fold.