1027

JOHANN RUDOLF

Show thyself the Prince of peace;

gree;

821, 457, 720.

2 By thy reconciling love

Every stumbling-block remove;
Each to each unite, endear;

Come, and spread thy banner here.
3 Make us of one heart and mind,
Courteous, pitiful, and kind,
Lowly, meek, in thought and word
Altogether like our Lord.

4 Let us for each other care,

Each the other's burden bear;
To thy Church the pattern give,
Show how true believers live.

5 Free from anger and from pride,
Let us thus in God abide;
May our daily life express
Constant love and holiness.
6 Let us then with joy remove
To the family above;

On the wings of angels fly
To our mansions in the sky.

Charles Wesley.

1 WHILE we walk with God in light,
God our hearts doth still unite;
Dearest fellowship we prove,
Fellowship in Jesus' love:

2 Sweetly each, with each combined,
In the bonds of duty joined,
Feels the cleansing blood applied,
Daily feels that Christ hath died.

3 Still, O Lord, our faith increase;
Cleanse from all unrighteousness;
Thee the unholy cannot see,
Make, O make us meet for thee;
4 Every vile affection kill,
Root out every seed of ill,
Utterly abolish sin,

Write thy law of love within.

5 Hence may all our actions flow,
Love the proof that Christ we know ;
Mutual love the token be,
Lord, that we belong to thee:

6 Love, thine image, love impart,
Stamp it now on every heart;
Only love to us be given;

Love, the crowning grace of heaven.
Charles Wesley.

1032

CHARLES BURNEY.

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2"I'll make your great commission known,
And shall
ye prove my gospel true
By all the works that I have done,
By all the wonders ye shall do.
3"Teach all the nations my commands;

I'm with you till the world shall end;
All power is vested in my hands;
I can destroy, and I defend."

4 He spake, and light shone round his head;
On a bright cloud to heaven he rode;
They to the farthest nations spread
The grace of their ascended Lord.

Isaac Watts.

1 FATHER of mercies, bow thine ear,

Attentive to our earnest prayer:
We plead for those who plead for thee;
Successful pleaders may they be.

2 O clothe their words with power divine,
And let those words be ever thine;
To them thy sacred truth reveal,
Suppress their fear, inflame their zeal.
3 Teach them to sow the precious seed;
Teach them thy chosen flock to feed;
Teach them the souls of men to gain;
Nor let them labor, Lord, in vain.
4 Let thronging multitudes around
Hear from their lips the joyful sound,
In humble strains thy grace implore,
And feel thy Spirit's living power.
Benjamin Beddome.

1034

301, 316, 343,

1 SAVIOUR of men, thy searching eye Doth all mine inmost thoughts descry; Doth aught on earth my wishes raise, Or the world's pleasures, or its praise?

3

2 The love of Christ doth me constrain
To seek the wandering souls of men;
With crics, entreaties, tears, to save,-
To snatch them from the open grave.
For this let men revile my name;
No cross I shun, I fear no shame :
All hail, reproach, and welcome pain:
Only thy terrors, Lord, restrain.
4 My life, my blood, I here present,
If for thy truth they may be spent ;
Fulfill thy sovereign counsel, Lord;
Thy will be done, thy name adored.
Johann J. Winkler.

136, 365, 47.

1035 1 YE Christian heralds! go, proclaim Salvation through Immanuel's name; To distant climes the tidings bear, And plant the Rose of Sharon there. 2 He'll shield you with a wall of fire, With flaming zeal your breast inspire, Bid raging winds their fury cease, And hush the tempest into peace. 3 And when our labors all are o'er, Then we shall meet to part no more,Meet with the blood-bought throng, to fall, And crown our Jesus-Lord of all!

Anon

1036

F. E. BELDEN.

2 Men die in darkness at your side Without a hope to cheer the tomb: Take up the torch and wave it wideThe torch that lights time's thickest gloom.

3 Toil on, faint not, keep watch, and pray! Be wise the erring soul to win, Go forth into the world's highway, Compel the wanderer to come in. 4 Go, labor on your hands are weak, Your knees are faint, your soul cast down; Yet falter not; the prize you seek Is near, a kingdom and a crown!

Horatius Bonar.

1 HOLD up thy light, O child of grace! Be not afraid to let it shine

On all around, but rather fear

To hide this precious light divine.

2 Hold up thy light! Thou canst not tell, However feeble be its ray,

But some poor soul may catch its beam,

And by it find the narrow way.

3 Hold up thy light with steady hand,

Though it be faint! Who does not know,
Where darkness reigns, how far and clear
Even a little light will show?

4 Hold up thy light! 'Tis God's command,
And till with thee time cease to roll,
His voice thou canst not disobey
But at the peril of thy soul.

Anon.

1038

108, 365, 19.

1 O LORD, how full of sweet content
Our years of pilgrimage are spent!
Where'er we dwell, we dwell with thee,
At home, abroad, on land or sea.

2 To us remains nor place nor time:
Our country is in every clime:
We can be calm and free from care
On any shore, since God is there.

3 While place we seek, or place we shun,
The soul finds happiness in none;
But with our God to guide our way,
'Tis equal joy to go or stay.

William Cowper.

2 How charming is their voice,
So sweet the tidings are:
"Zion, behold thy Saviour King;
He reigns and triumphs here!"

3 How happy are our ears,

That hear the joyful sound
Which kings and prophets waited for,
And sought, but never found!

4 How blessed are our eyes,

That see this heavenly light;
Prophets and kings desired it long,
But died without the sight!

5 The watchmen join their voice,
And tuneful notes employ;
Jerusalem breaks forth in songs,
And deserts learn the joy.

Isaac Watts,

Still ever joined as one in heart
The friends of Jesus are.

20 let us still proceed

In Jesus' work below;

And, following our triumphant Head,
To further conquests go.

3 The vineyard of the Lord
Before his laborers lies,

And lo! we see the vast reward

Which waits us in the skies.

1 LORD of the harvest, hear
Thy needy servants' cry;
Answer our faith's effectual prayer,
And all our wants supply.

2 On thee we humbly wait;

Our wants are in thy view;
The harvest, truly, Lord, is great,
The laborers are few.

3 Convert and send forth more,

To spread thy truth abroad;
And let them speak thy word of power,
As workers with their God.
40 let them spread thy name,

Their mission fully prove;
Thy universal grace proclaim,
Thine all redeeming love.

Charles Wesley.