1 MY song shall bless the Lord of all, My praise shall climb to his abode ; Thee, Saviour, by that name I call, The great Supreme, the mighty God! 2 Without beginning or decline, Object of faith, and not of sense, Eternal ages saw him shine, He shines eternal ages hence !
3 Of all the crowns Jehovah bears, Salvation is his dearest claim,
That gracious sound well pleas'd he hears, And owns Emmanuel for his name!
Revelations v, 13. (c. M.)
1 COME, let us join our cheerful songs, With angels round the throne,
Ten thousand thousand are their tongues, But all their joys are one.
2 "Worthy the Lamb that died," they cry, "To be exalted thus:"
"Worthy the Lamb," our lips reply, "For he was slain for us.
3 Jesus is worthy to receive
Honour and power divine,
And blessings more than we can give, Be, Lord, for ever thine.
4 Let all that dwell below the sky, And air, and earth, and seas, Conspire to lift thy glories high, And speak thine endless praise.
5 The whole creation join in one, To bless the sacred name, Of him that sits upon the throne, And to adore the Lamb.
Zechariah xiii, 1. (c. M.)
1 THERE is a fountain fill'd with blood, Drawn from Immanuel's veins, And sinners, plung'd beneath that flood, Lose all their guilty stains.
2 The dying thief rejoic'd to see That fountain in his day; And there may I, as vile as he, Wash all my sins away.
3 Lord, I believe thou hast prepar'd, (Unworthy though I be,)
For me a blood-bought free reward, A golden harp for me!
4 'Tis strung, and tun'd for endless years, And form'd by power divine,
To sound in God the Father's ears, No other name but thine.
1 LORD, when we bend before thy throne, And our confessions pour, Teach us to feel the sins we own, And shun what we deplore.
2 When our responsive tongues essay, Their grateful songs to raise; Grant that our souls may join the lay, And rise to thee in praise.
3 When we disclose our wants in pray'r, May we our wills resign; And not a thought our bosom share, Which is not wholly thine.
4 Let faith each meek petition fill, And waft it to the skies;
And teach our hearts, 'tis goodness still That grants it or denies.
Psalm lxxii, 17-19. (D. L. M.)
1 BLESSED be thy name for ever, Thou, of life the guard and giver:
Thou can'st guard thy creatures sleeping, Heal the heart long broke with weeping; God of stillness and of motion, Of the desert and the ocean, Of the mountain, rock and river, Blessed be thy name for ever!
2 Thou, who slumb'rest not nor sleepest, Blest are they thou kindly keepest ; God of ev'ning's parting ray,
Of midnight's gloom and dawning day, That rises from the azure sea, Like breathings of eternity; God of life, that fadeth never, Blessed be thy name for ever!
Hebrews iv, 9. (C. M.)
1 LORD, I believe a rest remains To all thy people known;
A rest where pure enjoyment reigns, And thou art lov'd alone!
2 Celestial Spirit, make me know That I shall enter in ;
Now, Saviour, now thy power bestow, And wash me from my sin.
3 Remove this hardness from my heart, This unbelief remove;
To me the rest of faith impart, The sabbath of thy love!
4 Come, O my Saviour, come away, Into my soul descend,
No longer from thy creature stay, My Author and my End!
1 I LOVE the sacred book of God, No other can its place supply; It points me to the saints' abode ; It gives me wings, and bids me fly. 2 Sweet book! in thee my eyes discern The image of my absent Lord: From thine instructive page I learn The joys his presence will afford. 3 In thee I read my title clear,
To mansions that will ne'er decay ; My Lord, oh when will he appear, And bear his pris'ner far away?
4 Then shall I need thy light no more, For nothing shall be then conceal'd: When I have reach'd the heav'nly shore, The Lord himself will stand reveal'd.
5 But while I'm here, thou shalt supply His place, and tell me of his love; I'll read with faith's discerning eye, And get a taste of joys above!
Isaiah lxiii, 16. (c. M.)
1 OUR Father sits on yonder throne, Amidst the hosts above;
He reigns throughout the world alone, He reigns, the God of love!
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