3 Let the minds of all our youth Feel the force of sacred truth: While the gospel call they hear, May they learn to love and fear!
4 Where thou hast that work begun, Give new strength the race to run; Scatter darkness, doubts, and fears, Wipe away the mourner's tears.
5 Bless us all, both old and young ; Call forth praise from ev'ry tongue; Let the whole assembly prove All thy pow'r, and all thy love!
1 SPIRIT of mercy, truth, and love, Oh shed thine influence from above! And still from age to age convey The wonders of this sacred day.
2 In every clime, by every tongue, Be God's amazing glory sung; Let all the list'ning earth be taught The wonders by our Saviour wrought. 3 Unfailing comfort! heav'nly guide! Still o'er thy favour'd church preside; Still let mankind thy blessings prove, Spirit of mercy, truth, and love.
1 CHRIST, the Lord, is ris'n to-day, Sons of men and angels say:
Raise your joys and triumphs high, Sing, ye heav'ns, and earth reply. 2 Love's redeeming work is done; Fought the fight, the battle won; Lo, our sun's eclipse is o'er ; Lo, he sets in blood no more. 3 Lives again our glorious King, Where, O death, is now thy sting? Once he died, our souls to save, Where thy victory, O grave?
4 Hail the Lord of earth and heav'n, Praise to thee by both be giv'n; Thee we greet triumphant now, Hail the resurrection, thou!
James iv, 14. (S. M.)
TO-MORROW, Lord, is thine, Lodg'd in thy sov'reign hand; And if its sun arise and shine, It shines by thy command.
The present moment flies, And bears our life away; Oh! may thy servants, truly wise, Improve each passing day.
3 Since on each winged hour Eternity is hung,
Awaken, by thy mighty power, The aged and the young.
One thing demands our care; Be that one thing pursu'd, Lest, now despis'd, we never hear Thy pard'ning voice renew'd.
Teach us thy name to fear;
And cry in every careless ear, Prepare to meet thy God!"
Psalm cxxxix, 23-24. (L. M.)
1 O THOU, to whose all searching sight, The darkness shineth as the light,
Search, prove my heart, it pants for thee, O burst these bonds and set it free. 2 Wash out its stains, refine its dross, Nail my affections to the cross; Hallow each thought, let all within Be clean, as thou, O Lord, art clean. 3 Saviour! where'er thy steps I see, Dauntless, untir'd, I follow thee! O let thy hand support me still, And lead me to thy holy hill.
4 If rough and thorny be the way, My strength proportion to my day, Till toil, and grief, and pain shall cease, Where all is calm, and joy, and peace!
Micah iv, 1-2. (c. M.)
1 BEHOLD the mountain of the Lord, In latter day shall rise,
Shall tower above the meaner hills, And draw the wond'ring eyes.
2 To this the joyful nations round All tribes and tongues shall flow; "Ascend the hill of God," they say, "And to his temple go."
3 No strife shall vex Messiah's reign, Or mar the peaceful years;
To plough-shares shall they beat their swords, To pruning-hooks their spears.
4 Come, then, oh come from ev'ry land, To worship at his shrine;
And walking in the light of God, With holy beauty shine.
1 Chronicles xxix, 14. (c. M.)
1 LORD, when our off'rings we present, Before thy gracious throne,
We but return what thou hast lent, And give thee "of thine own."
2 Ourselves, our all, to thee we owe, To us thou'rt ever kind:
And while we of thy gifts bestow, Give thou the willing mind.
3 The pow'r and willingness to give, Alike proceed from thee;
Debtors we are, and while we live, Debtors shall ever be.
4 O Lord, our contributions bless, For their appointed end, And crown, with happiest success, The cause that we befriend.
Hebrews xiii, 14. (L. M.)
1 "WE'VE no abiding city here;" This may distress the worldling's mind; But should not cost the saint a tear, Who hopes a better rest to find.
2 "We've no abiding city here;" Sad truth, were this to be our home; But let this thought our spirits cheer, "We seek a city yet to come."
3 "We've no abiding city here;" Then let us live as pilgrims do; Let not the world our rest appear, But let us haste from all below.
4 "We've no abiding city here;" We seek a city out of sight; Zion its name, the Lord is there, It shines with everlasting light.
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