4 Blessing and honour, praise and love,
Co-equal, co-eternal Three,

In earth below, and heaven above,
By all Thy works, be paid to Thee.
Thrice Holy, Thine the kingdom is,
The power omnipotent is Thine;
And when created nature dies,
Thy never-ceasing glories shine.

447

1

EET and right it is to sing

M In every time and place,

Glory to our heavenly King,

C. WESLEY

The God of truth and grace. Join we, then, with sweet accord, All in one thanksgiving join; Holy, holy, holy Lord,

Eternal praise be Thine.

2 Thee, the first-born sons of light,
In choral symphonies,
Praise by day, day without night,
And never, never cease;
Angels and archangels, all

Praise the mystic Three in One;
Sing, and stop, and gaze, and fall
O'erwhelm'd before Thy throne.
3 Vying with that happy choir,
Who chant Thy praise above,
We on eagles' wings aspire,-
The wings of faith and love :
Thee they sing with glory crown'd;
We extol th' atoning Lamb:
Lower if our voices sound,

Our theme is still the same.

4 Father, God, Thy love we praise,
Which gave Thy Son to die;
Jesus, full of truth and grace,
Alike we glorify;

Spirit, Comforter divine,

Praise by all to Thee be given,

Till we in full chorus join,
And earth is turn'd to heaven.

448

1

2

3

4

5

Wa

Rev. vii. 11, 12.

HILE all the angel-throng Give thanks to God on high; Let earth repeat the joyful song, And echo to the sky.

Father, in whom we live,

In whom we are and move;

The glory, power, and praise receive
Of Thine eternal love.

Incarnate Deity,

Let all the ransom'd race

Render in thanks their lives to Thee,

For Thy redeeming grace.

Thy sacred energy, and bless
Thy heart-renewing power.

Eternal, glorious Lord,
Let all the saints above,

Let all the sons of men record,
And celebrate Thy love.

449

1 Peter i. 2. L. M.

S. M.

WATTS.

1B To whose celestial source we owe

LESS'D be the Father and His love,

Rivers of endless joys above,

And rills of comfort here below.

2 Glory to Thee, great Son of God,
From whose dear wounded body rolls
A precious stream of vital blood,
Pardon and life for dying souls.

3 We give Thee, sacred Spirit, praise,
Who in our hearts of sin and woo
Mak'st living springs of grace arise,
And into boundless glory flow.

4 Thus God the Father, God the Son,
And God the Spirit we adore;
That sea of life and love unknown,
Unfathom'd depth without a shore.

450

1

G

2 Cor. xiii. 14. 7's.

OD the Father, with us be,

LUTHER

Shield us, Thou, from danger nigh;
From sin's bondage set us free,
Help us happily to die.

2 God the Saviour, with us be,

Shield us, Thou, from danger nigh;
From sin's bondage set us free,
Help us happily to die.

3 God the Spirit, with us be,

Shield us, Thou, from danger nigh;
From sin's bondage set us free,
Help us happily to die.

4 Keep us in the heavenly faith,
From all evil set us free;

Thine in life, and Thine in death,
Thine alone,-eternally.

451

1

NOW

Rev. vii. 12. 6 7's.

CONDER

OW with angels round the throne,
Cherubim and seraphim,

And the church which still is one,
Let us swell the solemn hymn-
Glory to the great I AM:
Glory to the Victim Lamb.

2 Blessing, honour, glory, might,
And dominion infinite,

To the Father of our Lord,
To the Spirit and the Word;
As it was all worlds before,
Is, and shall be evermore.

452

1

Col. i. 12-20.

PRAISE the God of all creation :

Praise the Father's boundless love; Praise the Lamb, our expiation,

Priest and King enthron'd above; Praise the Fountain of Salvation, Him by whom our spirits live: Undivided adoration

To the One Jehovah give.

8.7.

HYMNS

CONCERNING MAN.

HIS SPIRITUAL AND IMMORTAL

NATURE.

453 Gen. il. 7. C. M. SIR J. E. SMITH. ADORE, my soul, that awful Name,

To which the angels bow,
By which the worlds from nothing came,
The heaven of heavens, and thou.

2 The God who sits enthron'd above
Thy breath of life has given:
His voice in thunder, and in love,
Calls thee from earth to heaven.

3 This speck of earth is not thy home,
Nor mortal joys thine end:
Beyond the starry-spangled dome
Thy boundless views extend.

4 Why fondly pluck the withering flowers
That only deck thy tomb,

While amaranthine wreaths and bowers For thee immortal bloom?

Resign thy joys and hopes to God;

Cast flesh and sin away;

Pursue the path thy Saviour trod,
And rise to endless day.