O make but trial of His love,
Experience will decide,
How bless'd are they, and only they,
Who in His truth confide.
Fear Him, ye saints, and you will then
Have nothing else to fear;
Make you His service your delight,
Your wants shall be His care.
To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
The God Whom we adore,
Be glory, as it was, is now,
And shall be evermore.
HAVE mercy on us, God most high,
Who lift our hearts to Thee;
Have mercy on us, worms of earth,
Most Holy Trinity.
Most ancient of all mysteries!
Before Thy Throne we lie; Have mercy now, most merciful,
Most Holy Trinity.
When heaven and earth were yet unmade,
When time was yet unknown,
Thou, in Thy bliss and majesty,
Didst live and love alone.
How wonderful creation is,
The work that Thou didst bless; And O, what then must Thou be like, Eternal Loveliness?
Most ancient of all mysteries!
Low at Thy Throne we lie;
Have mercy now, most merciful,
Most Holy Trinity. Amen.
LEAD us, heavenly Father, lead us,
O'er the world's tempestuous sea;
Guard us, guide us, keep us, feed us,
For we have no help but Thee;
Yet possessing
Every blessing
If our God our Father be.
Saviour, breathe forgiveness o'er us, All our weakness Thou dost know; Thou didst tread this earth before us, Thou didst feel its keenest woe; Lone and dreary,
Through the desert Thou didst go.
Spirit of our God, descending,
Fill our hearts with heavenly joy;
Love with every passion blending,
Pleasure that can never cloy;
Thus provided,
Pardon'd, guided,
Nothing can our peace destroy. Amen.
WE saw Thee not when Thou didst tread,
O Saviour, this our sinful earth;
Nor heard Thy voice restore the dead,
And wake them to a second birth;
But we believe that Thou didst come,
And quit for us Thy glorious home.
We were not with the faithful few
Who stood Thy bitter cross around;
Nor heard the prayer for those who slew,
Nor felt that earthquake rock the ground;
We saw no spear-wound pierce Thy side,
Yet we believe that Thou hast died.
No angels' message met our ear
On that first glorious Easter-day,
"The Lord is risen, He is not here,
"Come see the place where Jesus lay!"
But we believe that Thou didst quell
The banded powers of death and hell.
We saw Thee not return on high,
And now, our longing sight to bless,
No ray of glory from the sky
Shines down upon our wilderness: Yet we believe that Thou art there, And seek Thee, Lord, in praise and
COME, Thou fount of every blessing,
Tune my heart to sing Thy grace;
Streams of mercy, never ceasing,
Call for songs of loudest praise.
Here I raise my Ebenezer,
Hither by Thy help I'm come;
And I hope, by Thy good pleasure,
Safely to arrive at home.
Jesus sought me when a stranger,
Wandering from the fold of God;
He, to save my soul from danger,
Interposed His precious blood.
O, to grace how great a debtor
Daily I'm constrained to be!
Let that grace, Lord, like a fetter,
Bind my wandering heart to Thee.
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it;
Prone to leave the God I love:
Here's my heart, Lord, take and seal it,
Seal it from Thy courts above. Amen.
THRICE Holy God of wondrous might,
O Trinity of love divine!
To Thee belongs unclouded light,
And everlasting joys are Thine.
Before Thy throne dark clouds abound;
About Thee shine such dazzling rays,
That angels, as they stand around,
For ever tremble as they gaze.
Father, may we Thy laws fulfil!
Blest Son, may we Thy precepts learn!
And Thou, O Spirit, guide our will;
Our feet into Thy pathway turn.
Yea, Father, may Thy will be done,
May we Thy hallowed Name adore;
Together with Thy blessed Son,
And Holy Spirit evermore.
THOUGH by sorrows overtaken,
Lord, Thy servants seem forsaken ;
Thy Almighty hand, we know,
Blendeth love with human woe.
Over earth and over ocean
Claiming sinful man's devotion,
Round the living and the dead,
Lord, Thy boundless love is shed.
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