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of ours.

these cold hearts of ours.

2 Look, how we grovel here below,
Fond of these earthly toys;
Our souls, how heavily they go,
To reach eternal joys.

3 In vain we tune our formal songs, -
In vain we strive to rise;
Hosannas languish on our tongues,
And our devotion dies.

4 Father, and shall we ever live
At this poor dying rate;
Our love so faint, so cold to thee,
And thine to us so great?

5 Come, Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove,
With all thy quick'ning powers;
Come, shed abroad a Savior's love,
And that shall kindle ours.

1 ENTHRONED on high, Almighty Lord,
The Holy Ghost send down;
Fulfill in us thy faithful word,
And all thy mercies crown.

2 Though on our heads no tongues of fire
Their wondrous powers impart,
Grant, Savior, what we more desire,—
Thy Spirit in our heart.

3 Spirit of life, and light, and love,
Thy heavenly influence give;
Quicken our souls, our guilt remove,
That we in Christ may live.

4 To our benighted minds reveal
The glories of his grace,

And bring us where no clouds conceal The brightness of his face.

UNISON.

3 Salvation! O thou bleeding Lamb!

To thee the praise belongs: Salvation shall inspire our hearts, And dwell upon our tongues.

216. Returning to Zion with songs of praise.
1 DAUGHTER of Zion, from the dust
Exalt thy fallen head;
Again in thy Redeemer trust,—

He calls thee from the dead.

2 Awake, awake, put on thy strength,
Thy beautiful array;

The day of freedom dawns at length,-
The Lord's appointed day.

3 Rebuild thy walls, thy bounds enlarge,
And send thy heralds forth;
Say to the south, Give up thy charge!
And,-Keep not back, O north!

They come, they come: thine exiled bauds,
Where'er they rest or roam,

Have heard thy voice in distant lands,
And hasten to their home.

5 Thus, though the universe shall burn,
And God his works destroy,
With songs thy ransomed shall return,
And everlasting joy.

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The universal bond of love.

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 pilgrimag,
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.

3 'Tis he supports my mortal frame; My tongue shall speak his praise;

My sins might rouse his wrath to flame, But yet his wrath delays.

1 O God, let all my hours be thine,
Whilst I enjoy the light;

Then shall my sun in smiles decline,
And bring a peaceful night.

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The exceeding great reward.

1 THY name to me, thy nature grant!
This, only this be given !
Nothing beside my God I want;
Nothing in earth or heaven.

2 Come, O my Savior, come away;
Into my soul descend;

No longer from thy creature stay,
My Author and my End.

8 The bliss thou hast for me prepared,
No longer be delay'd:
Come, my exceeding great Reward,
For whom I first was made.

4 Come, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

And seal me thine abode ;
Let all I am in thee be lost,
Let all be lost in God.

Source of light and joy.

1 GREAT Spirit, by whose mighty power, All creatures live and move,

On us thy benediction shower;
Inspire our souls with love.

2 Hail! Source of light! arise and shine, All gloom and doubt dispel ;

Give peace and joy, for we are thine;
In us forever dwell.

3 From death to life our spirits raise,
And full redemption bring;

New tongues impart to speak the praise
Of Christ, our God and King.

4 Thine inward witness bear, unknown To all the world beside;

With joy we then shall feel and own
Our Savior glorified.

221. The Holy Spirit witnessing with ours.

1 ETERNAL Spirit! God of truth!
Our contrite hearts inspire;
Kindle a flame of heavenly love.
The pure celestial fire.

2 'Tis thine to soothe the sorrowing,
With guilt and fear oppress'd;
"Tis thine to bid the dying live,
And give the weary rest.

2 There everlasting Spring abides, And never-with'ring flowers: Death, like a narrow sea, divides

This heavenly land from ours.

3 Sweet fields beyond the swelling flood, Stand dress'd in living green;

So to the Jews old Canaan stood,
While Jordan.roll'd between.

1 Could we but climb where Moses stood, And view the landscape o'er,

2 Oh, the transporting, rapturous scene, That rises to my sight!

Sweet fields, array'd in living green, And rivers of delight.

3 There generous fruits, that never fail, On trees immortal grow;

There rock, and hill, and brook, and vale With milk and honey flow.

Should fright us from the shore.

223. The Promised Land.

1 ON JORDAN's stormy banks I stand,
And cast a wishful eye
To Canaan's fair and happy land,
Where my possessions lie.

Shines one eternal day;

There God the Son forever reigns, And scatters night away.

5 No chilling winds, or pois'nous breath, Can reach that healthful shore; Sickness and sorrow, pain and death, Are felt and fear'd no more.