1116 The dissolution of all things. JESUS, to thy dear wounds we flee; We shelter in thy side; Assured that all who trust in thee Shall evermore abide. 2 Then let the thund'ring trumpet sound; The latest lightnings glare; The mountains melt; the solid ground 3 The huge celestial bodies roll And shrivel as a parchment scroll, 4 Yet still the Lord, the Saviour reigns, 6 So be it; let this system end; 7 Thy power omnipotent assume; And when thou dost in glory come, 2 Thus fair was Zion's chosen seat, Yet fairer, and in strength complete, 3 The faithful of each clime and age 4 Fear not; though hostile bands alarm, Thy God is thy defence; And weak and powerless every arm 967 Church dedication: A blessing sup- 88-b. plicated. GOD, though countless worlds of light 2 Yet, Lord, where'er thy saints apart 3 With grateful joy, thy children rear 4 Here, Saviour, deign thy saints to meet; With peace their hearts to fill; And here, like Sharon's odours sweet, 5 Here may thy truth fresh triumphs win; Eternal Spirit, here, In many a heart now dead in sin, A living temple rear. BRAY. C. M. (87) 313 N. HERMAN. ARR. 1. Lord, in the morn-ing thou shalt hear My voice ascend - ing high: To 2 Up to the hills where Christ is gone, 3 Thou art a God before whose sight 4 Now to thy house will I resort, 50 may thy Spirit guide my feet Make every path of duty straight, 4 Worthy the Lamb for sinners slain, 5 Worthy the Lamb, on earth we sing, 6 Then hallelujah! power and praise 1036 Anniversary of an orphan asylum: 85-a. by the children. GAIN the kind revolving year A Has brought this happy day; And we in God's blest house appear 2 Our watchful guardians, robed in light, Adore the heavenly King; Ten thousand thousand seraphs bright 3 They know no want, they feel no care, Nor ever sigh as we; Sorrow and sin are strangers there, 4 If aught can there enhance their bliss, 5 With what resembling care and love 138 The water and the blood, THIS, this is He that came, By water and by blood; Jesus is our atoning Lamb,Our sanctifying God. 2 See from his wounded side The mingled current flow; The water and the blood applied Shall wash us white as snow. 3 The water cannot cleanse, Before the blood we feel, To purge the guilt of all our sins, And our forgiveness seal. 4 But both in Jesus join, Who speaks our sins forgiven, And gives the purity divine That makes us meet for heaven. 173 Intercourse between earth and 131-b. heaven. REDEEMER of mankind! Who on thy Name rely, A constant intercourse we find 4 Our way to God we trace; And, through thy Name forgiven, From step to step, from grace to grace, By thee ascend to heaven. 1081 Let me die the death of the 132-a. righteous. 0 FOR the death of those 2 Their bodies in the ground, 3 Their ransom'd spirits soar, 4 O for the death of those Who slumber in the Lord! Of earthly beauty flies; 4 Have pity on my fears; Hearken to my request; 1063 Our fathers; where are they? 134-c. OW swift the torrent rolls HOW That bears us to the sea; The tide that hurries thoughtless souls 2 Our fathers, where are they, With all they call'd their own? Their joys and griefs, and hopes and cares, And wealth and honour, gone. 3 God of our fathers, hear, Thou everlasting Friend! While we, as on life's utmost verge, Our souls to thee commend. 4 Of all the pious dead May we the footsteps trace, Till with them, in the land of light, 3 The passions to recall, And upward bid them rise; To make the scales of error fall From reason's darken'd eyes. 315 4 O change these hearts of ours, 1057 On beginning a new year. UR few revolving years, 2 A dark and cloudy day, 3 Lord, through another year 147-c. 143-b. That I have trampled on thy blood, And done despite to thee; If I begin to wake Out of my deadly sleep; Into thine arms of mercy take, And there forever keep. 2 No other right have I, Than what the world may claim; And all may to their God draw nigh, Through faith in Jesus' name: Thy death hath wrought the power For every sinful soul; That all may know the gracious hour, And be by faith made whole. 3 Thou hast for sinners died, That all might come to God; The cov'nant thou hast ratified, And seal'd it with thy blood: Thou hast obtain'd the grace That all may turn and live; And now thy offer I embrace,— Thy mercy I receive. 461 Seeking the evidence of acceptance. 130-a. LISTEN for the voice Which speaks my sins forgiven; Speak, Lord, and bid my heart rejoice In certain hope of heaven. Thy Name O may I prove, Thy Name inscribed on me; And triumph in redeeming love Through all eternity. SUFFERING SAVIOUR. C. M. (345) and did my Saviour bleed? And did my Sov'reign die? 146 Godly sorrow at the cross. ALAS! and did my Saviour bleed? 2 Was it for crimes that I have done, 3 Well might the sun in darkness hide, 4 Thus might I hide my blushing face 5 But drops of grief can ne'er repay Here, Lord, I give myself away,— 'Tis all that I can do. 4 He took the dying traitor's place, And suffer'd in his stead; For sinful man-0 wondrous grace!— For sinful man he bled. 5 O Lord, what heavenly wonders dwell In thine atoning blood! By this are sinners saved from hell, 406 Pleading His gracious name. LORD, I approach the mercy-seat, 92-b. Where thou dost answer prayer; 2 Thy promise is my only plea; 3 Bow'd down beneath a load of sin, By wars without, and fears within, 4 Be thou my shield and hiding-place; That, shelter'd near thy side, I may rejoice in Jesus' grace,— 5 O, wondrous love!-to bleed and die, |