3 'Tis pleasant as the morning dews That fall on Zion's hill,
Where God his mildest glory shows,
And makes his grace distil.
Hotham.] HYMN 444. 8 lines 7's.
NATHER, at thy footstool see
Draw us by thy grace alone:
Give, O give us to thy Son.
Jesus, friend of human kind,
Let us in thy name be join'd;
Each to each unite and bless,
Keep us still in perfect peace.
2 Heav'nly, all-alluring Dove,
Shed thy overshadowing love;
Love, the sealing grace impart;
Dwell within our single heart:
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
Be to us what Adam lost;
Let us in thine image rise;
Give us back our Paradise!
OLEST are the sons of peace,
Bwhose hearts and hopes are one;
Whose kind designs to serve and please Through all their actions run.
2 Blest is the pious house
Where zeal and friendship meet, Their songs of praise, their mingled vows Make their communion sweet.
3 Thus on the heav'nly hills
The saints are blest above,
Where joy like morning dew distils,
And all the air is love.
IIVER of concord, Prince of peace,
Meek, Lamb-like Son of God,
Bid our unruly passions cease,
By thy atoning blood.
2 Rebuke our rage, our passions chide,
Our stubborn wills control,
Beat down our wrath, root out our pride,
And calm our troubled soul.
3 Subdue in us the carnal mind,
Its enmity destroy,
With cords of love our spirits bind,
And melt us into joy.
4 Us into closest union draw,
And in our inward parts
Let kindness sweetly write her law,
And love command our hearts.
5 Saviour, look down with pitying eyes,
Our jarring wills control,
Let cordial, kind affections rise,
And harmonize the soul.
60 let us find the ancient way
Our wond'ring foes to move,
And force the heathen world to say,
"See how these Christians love!"
Bath Abbey.] HYMN 447. 8 lines 7's.
HRIST from whom all blessings flow,
CHRIST from all
Hear us, who thy nature share,
Who thy mystic body are,
Join us, in one Spirit join,
Let us still receive of thine:
Still for more on thee we call,
Thou who fillest all in all!
2 Move, and actuate, and guide:
Divers gifts to each divide :
Plac'd according to thy will,
Let us all our work fulfil,
Never from our office move:
Needful to each other prove:
Let us daily growth receive,
More and more in Jesus live.
3 Sweetly may we all agree,
Touch'd with softest sympathy;
Kindly for each other care;
Ev'ry member feel its share.
Many are we now and one,
We who Jesus have put on :
Names, and sects, and parties fall;
Thou, O Christ, art all in all.
Monmouth.] HYMN 448. 12 lines 8's.
UR friendship sanctify and guide,
Thy glory be our single aim!
In all our intercourse below,
Still let us in thy footsteps go,
And never meet but in thy name.
Fix on thyself our single eye;
Still let us on thyself rely,
For all the help that each conveys;
The help as from thy hand receive,
And still to thee all glory give,
All thanks, all might, all love, all praise.
2 Whate'er thou dost on one bestow,
Let each the double blessing know,
Let each the common burden bear;
In comforts and in griefs agree,
And wrestle for his friends with thee,
In all th' omnipotence of prayer.
Our mutual prayer accept and seal;
In all thy glorious self reveal;
All with the fire of love baptize :
Thy kingdom in our souls restore;
And keep till we can sin no more,
Till all in thy whole image rise.
3 Witnesses of th' all-cleansing blood,
Long may we work the works of God,
And do thy will like those above :
Together spread the Gospel sound,
And scatter peace on all around,
And joy, and happiness, and love.
True yoke-fellows, by love compell'd,
To labour in the Gospel field,
Our all let us delight to spend,
In gathering in thy lambs and sheep,
Assur'd that thou our souls wilt keep,
Wilt keep us faithful to the end.
Portugal.] HYMN 449. L. M.
THOU, our Husband, Brother, Friend,
Behold a cloud incense
The prayers of saints to heaven ascend,
Grateful, accepted sacrifice!
2 Regard our prayers for Sion's peace:
Shed in our hearts thy love abroad:
Thy gifts abundantly increase:
Enlarge and fill us all with God!
3 Before thy sheep, great Shepherd, go,
And guide into thy perfect will;
Cause us thy hallow'd Name to know,
The work of faith in us fulfil.
4 Help us to make our calling sure;
O let us all be saints indeed!
And pure as thou thyself art pure;
Conform'd in all things to our Head
5 Take the dear purchase of thy blood;
Thy blood shall wash us white as snow;
Present us sanctified to God,
And perfected in love below.
6 That blood which cleanses from all sin,
That efficacious blood apply;
And wash, and make us wholly clean,
And change, and throughly sanctify.
St. Johns.] HYMN 450. 4 8's & 2 6's.
HOME, wisdom, pow'r, and grace divine!
Come, Jesus, in thy name to join
A happy chosen band;
Who fain would prove thine utmost will,
And all thy righteous laws fulfil,
In love's benign command.
2 If pure essential love thou art,
Thy nature into every heart,
Thy loving self inspire:
Bid all our simple souls be one,
United in a bond unknown,
Baptiz'd with heavenly fire,
3 Still may we to our centre tend,
To spread thy praise our common end,
To help each other on;
Companions through the wilderness;
To share a moment's pain, and seize
An everlasting crown.
4 Jesus, our tender'd souls prepare!
Infuse the softest social care,
The warmest charity;
The bowels of our bleeding Lamb,
The virtues of thy wondrous name,
The heart that was in thee.
5 Supply what every member wants;
To found the fellowship of saints,
Thy Spirit, Lord, supply;
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