Methodist Hymnal - 1889 Edition
200 - 299

200 =  1Os & 11s.

1        MY Father, my God, I long for thy love, O shed it abroad; Send Christ from above! My heart ever fainting, He only can cheer, And all things are wanting, Till Jesus is here.

2        O when shall my tongue Be filled with thy praise! While all the day long I publish thy grace, Thy honour and glory To sinners forth show, Till sinners adore thee, And own thou art true.

3        Thy strength and thy power I now can proclaim, Preserved every hour Through Jesus's name; For thou art still by me, And holdest my hand; No ill can come nigh me, By faith while I stand.

4        My God is my guide; Thy mercies abound, On every side They compass me round; Thou sav'st me from sickness, From sin dost retrieve, And strengthen my weakness, And bid me believe.

5        Thou holdest my soul In spiritual life, My foes dost control, And quiet their strife; Thou rulest my passion, My pride and self-will, To see thy salvation, Thou bidd'st me "Stand still!"

6        I stand, and admire Thine outstretched arm, I walk through the fire, And suffer no harm; Assaulted by evil, I scorn to submit, The world and the devil Fall under my feet.

7        I wrestle not now, But trample on sin, For with me art thou, And shalt be within; While stronger and stronger In Jesus's power, I go on to conquer, Till sin is no more.

201 =  6-8s.

1        AND can it be, that I should gain An interest in the Saviour's blood`? Died he for me, who caused his pain? For me, who him to death pursued? Amazing love! how can it be That thou, my God, shouldst die for me?

2        'Tis mystery all! The Immortal dies! Who can explore his strange design? In vain the first-born seraph tries To sound the depths of love divine! 'Tis mercy all! let earth adore, Let angel-minds inquire no more.

3        He left his Father's throne above, (So free, so infinite his grace!) Emptied himself of all but love, And bled for Adam's helpless race: 'Tis mercy all, immense and free, For, O my God, it found out me!

4        Long my imprisoned spirit lay Fast bound in sin and nature's night; Thine eye diffused a quickening ray, I woke, the dungeon flamed with light; My chains fell off, my heart was free, I rose, went forth, and followed thee.

5        No condemnation now I dread, Jesus, and all in him, is mine! Alive in him, my living Head, And clothed in righteousness divine, Bold I approach the eternal throne, And claim the crown, through Christ my own.

202 =  4-6s & 2-8s.

1        ARISE, my soul, arise, Shake off thy guilty fears; The bleeding sacrifice In my behalf appears; Before the throne thy Surety stands; My name is written on his hands.

2        He ever lives above, For me to intercede, His all-redeeming love, His precious blood, to plead: His blood atoned for all our race, And sprinkles now the throne of grace.

3        Five bleeding wounds he bears, Received on Calvary; They pour effectual prayers, They strongly speak for me: "Forgive him, O forgive," they cry? "Nor let that ransomed sinner die!"

4        The Father hears him pray, His dear Anointed One; He cannot turn away The presence of his Son: His Spirit answers to the blood, And tells me I am born of God.

5        My God is reconciled, His pardoning voice I hear, He owns me for his child, I can no longer fear, With confidence I now draw nigh, And, Father, Abba, Father, cry!

203 =  L.M.

1        GLORY to God, whose sovereign grace Hath animated senseless stones; Called us to stand before his face, And raised us into Abraham's sons!

2        The people that in darkness lay, In sin and error's deadly shade, Have seen a glorious gospel day, In Jesu's lovely face displayed.

3        Thou only, Lord, the work hast done, And bared thine arm in all our sight; Hast made the reprobates thine own, And claimed the outcasts as thy right.

4        Thy single arm, almighty Lord, To us the great salvation brought, Thy Word, thy all-creating Word, That spake at first the world from nought.

5        For this the saints lift up their voice, And ceaseless praise to thee is given; For this the hosts above rejoice, We raise the happiness of heaven.

6        For this, no longer sons of night, To thee our thankful hearts we give; To thee, who call'dst us into light, To thee we die, to thee we live.

7        Suffice that for the season past Hell's horrid language filled our tongues, We all thy words behind us cast, And lewdly sang the drunkard's songs.

8        But, O the power of grace divine! In hymns we now our voices raise, Loudly in strange hosannas join, And blasphemies are turned to praise!

204 =  8s & 6s. "I will sing with the Spirit" &c. 1 Corinthians xiv.15. 1

1 JESUS, thou soul of all our joys, For whom we now lift up our voice, And all our strength exert; Vouchsafe the grace we humbly claim, Compose into a thankful frame, And tune thy people's heart.

2        While in the heavenly work we join, Thy glory be our whole design, Thy glory, not our own: Still let us keep our end in view, And still the pleasing task pursue, To please our God alone.

3        The secret pride, the subtle sin, O let it never more steal in, To offend thy glorious eyes, To desecrate our hallowed strain, And make our solemn service vain, And mar our sacrifice!

4        To magnify thy awful name, To spread the honours of the Lamb, Let us our voices raise; Our souls' and bodies' powers unite, Regardless of our own delight, And dead to human praise.

5        Still let us on our guard be found, And watch against the power of sound With sacred jealousy; Lest haply sense should damp our zeal, And music's charms bewitch and steal Our hearts away from thee.

6        That hurrying strife far oft remove, That noisy burst of selfish love, Which swells the formal song; The joy from out our hearts arise, And speak and sparkle in our eyes, And vibrate on our tongue.

7        Thee let us praise, our common Lord, And sweetly join with one accord Thy goodness to proclaim: Jesus, thyself in us reveal, And all our faculties shall feel Thy harmonizing name.

8        With calmly-reverential joy, O let us all our lives employ In setting forth thy love; And raise in death our triumph higher, And sing with all the heavenly choir, That endless song above!

205 =  5 5 12.

1         MY God, I am thine, What a comfort divine, What a blessing to know that my Jesus is mine!

2        In the heavenly Lamb Thrice happy I am, And my heart it doth dance at the sound of his name.

3        True pleasures abound In the rapturous sound; And whoever hath found it hath paradise found:

4        My Jesus to know, And feel his blood flow, 'Tis life everlasting, 'tis heaven below.

5        Yet onward I haste To the heavenly feast: That, that is the fulness; but this is the taste!

6        And this I shall prove, Till with joy I remove To the heaven of heavens in Jesus's love.

206 =  6-8s.

1        WHAT am I, O thou glorious God! And what my father's house to thee, That thou such mercies hast bestowed On me, the chief of sinners, me! I take the blessing from above, And wonder at thy boundless love.

2        Me in my blood thy love passed by, And stopped, my ruin to retrieve; Wept o'er my soul thy pitying eye, Thy bowels yearned, and sounded "Live!" Dying, I heard the welcome sound, And pardon in thy mercy found.

3        Honour, and might, and thanks, and praise, I render to my pardoning God, Extol the riches of thy grace, And spread thy saving name abroad, That only name to sinners given, Which lifts poor dying worms to heaven.

4        Jesus, I bless thy gracious power, And all within me shouts thy name; Thy name let every soul adore, Thy power let every tongue proclaim; Thy grace let every sinner know, And find with me their heaven below.

207 =  8-7s.

1        JESUS is our common Lord, He our loving Saviour is; By his death to life restored, Misery we exchange for bliss; Bliss to carnal minds unknown, O 'tis more than tongue can tell! Only to believers shown, Glorious and unspeakable.

2        Christ, our Brother and our Friend, Shows us his eternal love; Never shall our triumphs end, Till we take our seats above. Let us walk with him in white, For our bridal day prepare, For our partnership in light, For our glorious meeting there.

208 =  C.M. Revelation iii. 20.

1        COME, let us, who in Christ believe, Our common Saviour praise, To him with joyful voices give The glory of his grace.

2        He now stands knocking at the door Of every sinner's heart; The worst need keep him out no more, Or force him to depart.

3        Through grace we hearken to thy voice, Yield to be saved from sin; In sure and certain hope rejoice, That thou wilt enter in.

4        Come quickly in, thou heavenly guest, Nor ever hence remove; But sup with us, and let the feast Be everlasting love.

209 =  6-8s.

1        THOU hidden source of calm repose, Thou all-sufficient Love Divine, My help and refuge from my foes, Secure I am, if thou art mine; And lo! from sin, and grief; and shame, I hide me, Jesus, in thy name.

2        Thy mighty name salvation is, And keeps my happy soul above; Comfort it brings, and power, and peace, And joy, and everlasting love; To me, with thy dear name, are given Pardon, and holiness, and heaven.

3        Jesu, my all in all thou art; My rest in toil, my ease in pain, The medicine of my broken heart, In war my peace, in loss my gain, My smile beneath the tyrant's frown, In shame my glory and my crown:

4        In want my plentiful supply, In weakness my almighty power, In bonds my perfect liberty, My light in Satan's darkest hour, In grief my joy unspeakable, My life in death, my heaven in hell.

210 =  6-8s.

1        THEE will I love, my strength, my tower, Thee will I love, my joy, my crown, Thee will I love with all my power, In all thy works, and thee alone; Thee will I love, till the pure fire Fill my whole soul with chaste desire.

2        Ah, why did I so late thee know, Thee, lovelier than the sons of men! Ah, why did I no sooner go To thee, the only ease in pain! Ashamed, I sigh, and inly mourn, That I so late to thee did turn.

3        In darkness willingly I strayed, I sought thee, yet from thee I roved; Far wide my wandering thoughts were spread, Thy creatures more than thee I loved; And now if more at length I see, 'Tis through thy light and comes from thee.

4        I thank thee, uncreated Sun, That thy bright beams on me have shined; I thank thee, who hast overthrown My foes, and healed my wounded mind; I thank thee, whose enlivening voice Bids my freed heart in thee rejoice.

5        Uphold me in the doubtful race, Nor suffer me again to stray; Strengthen my feet with steady pace Still to press forward in thy way; My soul and flesh, O Lord of might, Fill, satiate, with thy heavenly light.

6        Give to mine eyes refreshing tears, Give to my heart chaste, hallowed fires, Give to my soul, with filial fears, The love that all heaven's host inspires; That all my powers, with all their might, In thy sole glory may unite.

7        Thee will I love, my joy, my crown, Thee will I love, my Lord, my God; Thee will I love, beneath thy frown, Or smile, thy sceptre, or thy rod; What though my flesh and heart decay? Thee shall I love in endless day!

211 =  10s & 11s.

1        LET all men rejoice, By Jesus restored! We lift up our voice, And call him our Lord; His joy is to bless us, And free us from thrall, From all that oppress us He rescues us all.

2        Him Prophet, and King, And Priest we proclaim, We triumph and sing Of Jesus's name; Poor idiots he teaches To show forth his praise, And tell of the riches Of Jesus's grace.

3        No matter how dull The scholar whom he Takes into his school, And gives him to see; A wonderful fashion Of teaching he hath, And wise to salvation He makes us through faith.

4        The wayfaring men Though fools, shall not stray, His method so plain, So easy his way; The simplest believer His promise may prove, And drink of the river Of Jesus's love.

5        Poor outcasts of men, Whose souls were despised, And left with disdain, By Jesus are prized; His gracious creation In us he makes known, And brings us salvation, And calls us his own.

212 =  10s & 11s.

1        MY brethren beloved, Your calling ye see; In Jesus approved, No goodness have we, No riches or merit, No wisdom or might, But all things inherit Through Jesus's right.

2        Yet not many wise His summons obey, And great ones despise So vulgar a way, And strong ones will never Their helplessness own, Or stoop to find favour Through mercy alone.

3        And therefore our God The outcasts hath chose, His righteousness showed To heathens like us; When wise ones rejected His offers of grace, His goodness elected The foolish and base.

4        To baffle the wise, And noble, and strong, He bade us arise, An impotent throng; Poor ignorant wretches, We gladly embrace A Prophet who teaches Salvation by grace.

5        The things that were not, His mercy bids live; His mercy unbought We freely receive; His gracious compassion We thankfully prove, And all our salvation Ascribe to his love.

213 =  C.M.

1        MY God, the spring of all my joys, The life of my delights, The glory of my brightest days, And comfort of my nights!

2        In darkest shades, if thou appear, My dawning is begun; Thou art my souls bright morning star, And thou my rising sun.

3        The opening heavens around me shine With beams of sacred bliss, If Jesus shows his mercy mine, And whispers I am his.

4        My soul would leave this heavy clay At that transporting word; Run up with joy the shining way, To see and praise my Lord.

5        Fearless of hell and ghastly death, I'd break through every foe, The wings of love, and arms of faith, Would bear me conqueror through.

214 =  C.M.

1        TALK with us, Lord, thyself reveal, While here o'er earth we rove; Speak to our hearts, and let us feel The kindling of thy love.

2        With thee conversing, we forget All time, and toil, and care; Labour is rest, and pain is sweet, If thou, my God, art here.

3        Here then, my God, vouchsafe to stay, And bid my heart rejoice; My bounding heart shall own thy sway, And echo to thy voice.

4        Thou callest me to seek thy face; 'Tis all I wish to seek; To attend the whispers of thy grace, And hear thee only speak.

5        Let this my every hour employ, Till I thy glory see; Enter into my Master's joy, And find my heaven in thee.

215 =  7s & 6s.

1        GLORIOUS Saviour of my soul, I lift it up to thee; Thou hast made the sinner whole, Hast set the captive free; Thou my debt of death hast paid, Thou hast raised me from my fall, Thou hast full atonement made; My Saviour died for all.

2        What could my Redeemer move To leave his Father's breast? Pity drew him from above, And would not let him rest; Swift to succour sinking man, Sinking into endless woe, Jesus to our rescue ran, And God appeared below.

3        God, in this dark vale of tears, A man of griefs was seen; Here for three and thirty years He dwelt with sinful men. Did they know the Deity? Did they own him, who he was? See the friend of sinners, see! He hangs on yonder cross!

4        Yet thy wrath I cannot fear, Thou gentle, bleeding Lamb! By thy judgment I am clear, Healed by thy stripes I am; Thou for me a curse wast made, That I might in thee be blest; Thou hast my full ransom paid, And in thy wounds I rest.

216 =  C.M.

1        INFINITE, unexhausted Love! Jesus and love are one! If still to me thy bowels move, They are restrained to none.

2        What shall I do my God to love? My loving God to praise? The length, and breadth, and height to prove And depth of sovereign grace?

3        Thy sovereign grace to all extends, Immense and unconfined; From age to age it never ends; It reaches all mankind.

4        Throughout the world its breadth is known, Wide as infinity; So wide, it never passed by one, Or it had passed by me.

5        My trespass was grown up to heaven; But far above the skies, In Christ abundantly forgiven, I see thy mercies rise.

6        The depth of all-redeeming love What angel-tongue can tell? O may I to the utmost prove The gift unspeakable!

7        Deeper than hell, it plucked me thence; Deeper than inbred sin, Jesus's love my heart shall cleanse When Jesus enters in.

8        Come quickly, gracious Lord, and take Possession of thine own; My longing heart vouchsafe to make Thine everlasting throne!

9        Assert thy claim, maintain thy right, Come quickly from above; And sink me to perfection's height, The depth of humble love.

217 =  C.M.

1        JESUS, to thee I now can fly, On whom my help is laid: Oppressed by sins, I lift my eye, And see the shadows fade.

2        Believing on my Lord, I find A sure and present aid: On thee alone my constant mind Is every moment stayed.

3        Whate'er in me seems wise, or good, Or strong, I here disclaim: I wash my garments in the blood Of the atoning Lamb.

4        Jesus, my Strength, my Life, my Rest, On thee will I depend, Till summoned to the marriage-feast, When faith in sight shall end.

218 =  8-7s.

1        SEE how great a flame aspires, Kindled by a spark of grace! Jesu's love the nations fires, Sets the kingdoms on a blaze; To bring fire on earth he came, Kindled in some hearts it is, O that all might catch the flame, All partake the glorious bliss!

2        When he first the work begun, Small and feeble was his day; Now the word doth swiftly run, Now it wins its widening way; More and more it spreads and grows, Ever mighty to prevail, Sin's strong-holds it now o'erthrows, Shakes the trembling gates of hell.

3        Sons of God, your Saviour praise! He the door hath opened wide; He hath given the word of grace, Jesu's word is glorified; Jesus, mighty to redeem, He alone the work hath wrought; Worthy is the work of him, Him who spake a world from nought.

4        Saw ye not the cloud arise, Little as a human hand? Now it spreads along the skies, Hangs o'er all the thirsty land; Lo! the promise of a shower Drops already from above; But the Lord will shortly pour All the Spirit of his love!

219 =  5 5 5 11, 5 5 5 11.

1        ALL thanks be to God, Who scatters abroad, Throughout every place, By the least of his servants, his savour of grace! Who the victory gave, The praise let him have, For the work he hath done: All honour and glory to Jesus alone!

2        Our conquering Lord Hath prospered his word, Hath made it prevail, And mightily shaken the kingdom of hell. His arm he hath bared, And a people prepared His glory to show, And witness the power of his passion below.

3        He hath opened a door To the penitent poor, And rescued from sin, And admitted the harlots and publicans in 7 They have heard the glad sound, They have liberty found Through the blood of the Lamb, And plentiful pardon in Jesus's name.

4        And shall we not sing Our Saviour and King? Thy witnesses, we With rapture ascribe our salvation to thee. Thou, Jesus, hast blessed, And believers increased, Who thankfully own We are freely forgiven through mercy alone.

5        His Spirit revives His work in our lives, His wonders of grace, So mightily wrought in the primitive days. O that all men might know His tokens below, Our Saviour confess, And embrace the glad tidings of pardon and peace!

6        Thou Saviour of all, Effectually call The sinners that stray; And, O let a nation be born in a day! Thy sign let them see, And flow unto thee For the oil and the wine, For the blissful assurance of favour divine.

7        Our heathenish land Beneath thy command In mercy receive, And make us a pattern to all that believe: Then, then let it spread, Thy knowledge and dread, Till the earth is o'erflowed, And the universe filled with the glory of God.

220 =  8s.

1         ALL glory to God in the sky, And peace upon earth be restored! O Jesus, exalted on high, Appear our omnipotent Lord! Who, meanly in Bethlehem born, Didst stoop to redeem a lost race, Once more to thy creatures return, And reign in thy kingdom of grace.

2        When thou in our flesh didst appear, All nature acknowledged thy birth; Arose the acceptable year, And heaven was opened on earth: Receiving its Lord from above, The world was united to bless The giver of concord and love, The Prince and the author of peace.

3        O wouldst thou again be made known! Again in thy Spirit descend, And set up in each of thine own A kingdom that never shall end. Thou only art able to bless, And make the glad nations obey, And bid the dire enmity cease, And bow the whole world to thy sway.

4        Come then to thy servants again, Who long thy appearing to know, Thy quiet and peaceable reign In mercy establish below; All sorrow before thee shall fly, And anger and hatred be o'er, And envy and malice shall die, And discord afflict us no more

5        No horrid alarum of war Shall break our eternal repose, No sound of the trumpet is there, Where Jesus's Spirit o'erflows; Appeased by the charms of thy grace, We all shall in amity join, And kindly each other embrace, And love with a passion like thine.

221 =  7s & 6s.

1        MEET and right it is to sing, In every time and place, Glory to our heavenly King, 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'erwhelmed 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 crowned, We extol the slaughtered Lamb; Lower if our voices sound, Our subject is 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 turned to heaven.

222 =  8s & 6s.

1        HOW happy, gracious Lord! are we Divinely drawn to follow thee, Whose hours divided are Betwixt the mount and multitude; Our day is spent in doing good, Our night in praise and prayer.

2        With us no melancholy void, No period lingers unemployed, Or unimproved, below; Our weariness of life is gone, Who live to serve our God alone, And only thee to know.

3        The winter's night and summer's day Glide imperceptibly away, Too short to sing thy praise; Too few we find the happy hours, And haste to join those heavenly powers, In everlasting lays.

4        With all who chant thy name on high? And, "Holy, Holy, Holy," cry, A bright harmonious throng, We long thy praises to repeat, And, restless, sing around thy seat The new, eternal song.

223 =  6-8s. Psalm cxiv.

1        WHEN Israel out of Egypt came, And left the proud oppressor's land, Supported by the great I AM, Safe in the hollow of his hand, The Lord in Israel reigned alone, And Judah was his favourite throne.

2        The sea beheld his power, and fled, Disparted by the wondrous rod; Jordan ran backward to its head, And Sinai felt the incumbent God; The mountains skipped like frighted rams, The hills leaped after them as lambs!

3        What ailed thee, O thou trembling sea? What horror turned the river back? Was nature's God displeased with thee? And why should hills or mountains shake? Ye mountains huge, that skipped like rams Ye hills, that leaped as frighted lambs!

4        Earth! tremble on, with all thy sons, In presence of thy awful Lord, Whose power inverted nature owns, Her only law his sovereign word: He shakes the centre with his nod, And heaven bows down to Jacob's God.

5        Creation, varied by his hand, The omnipotent Jehovah knows; The sea is turned to solid land, The rock into a fountain flows; And all things, as they change, proclaim The Lord eternally the same.

224 =  6-8s. 2nd metre. Psalm cxlvi.

1        I'LL praise my Maker while I've breath, And when my voice is lost in death, Praise shall employ my nobler powers; My days of praise shall ne'er be past, While life, and thought, and being last, Or immortality endures.

2        Happy the man whose hopes rely On Israel's God: he made the sky, And earth, and seas, with all their train; His truth for ever stands secure, He saves the opprest, he feeds the poor, And none shall find his promise vain.

3        The Lord pours eye-sight on the blind; The Lord supports the fainting mind; He sends the labouring conscience peace; He helps the stranger in distress, The widow, and the fatherless, And grants the prisoner sweet release.

4        I'll praise him while he lends me breath, And when my voice is lost in death, Praise shall employ my nobler powers; My days of praise shall ne'er be past, While life, and thought, and being last, Or immortality endures.

225 =  L.M. Psalm cxlvi.

1        PRAISE ye the Lord! 'tis good to raise Your hearts and voices in his praise: His nature and his works invite To make this duty our delight.

2        He formed the stars, those heavenly flames, He counts their numbers, calls their names, His wisdom's vast, and knows no bound, A deep where all our thoughts are drowned.

3        Sing to the Lord; exalt him high, Who spreads his clouds along the sky, There he prepares the fruitful rain, Nor lets the drops descend in vain.

4        He makes the grass the hills adorn, And clothes the smiling fields with corn; The beasts with food his hands supply, And the young ravens when they cry.

5        What is the creature's skill or force? The sprightly man, or warlike horse? The piercing wit, the active limb? All are too mean delights for him.

6        But saints are lovely in his sight, He views his children with delight; He sees their hope, he knows their fear, And looks and loves his image there.

226 =  C.M.

1        ETERNAL Wisdom! Thee we praise, Thee the creation sings, With thy loved name, rocks, hills, and seas, And heaven's high palace rings.

2        Thy hand, how wide it spreads the sky! How glorious to behold! Tinged with a blue of heavenly dye, And starred with sparkling gold.

3        There thou hast bid the globes of light Their endless circles run; There the pale planet rules the night, The day obeys the sun.

4        If down I turn my wondering eyes On clouds and storms below, Those under-regions of the skies Thy numerous glories show.

5        The noisy winds stand ready there Thy orders to obey; With sounding wings they sweep the air, To make thy chariot way.

6        There, like a trumpet loud and strong, Thy thunder shakes our coast, While the red lightnings wave along, The banners of thy host.

7        On the thin air, without a prop, Hang fruitful showers around; At thy command they sink, and drop Their fatness on the ground.

8        Lo! here thy wondrous skill arrays The earth in cheerful green; A thousand herbs thy art displays, A thousand flowers between.

9        There, the rough mountains of the deep Obey thy strong command, Thy breath can raise the billows steep, Or sink them to the sand.

10        Thy glories blaze all nature round, And strike the wondering sight Through skies, and seas, and solid ground, With terror and delight.

11        Infinite strength and equal skill Shine through thy works abroad. Our souls with vast amazement fill. And speak the builder God.

12        But the mild glories of thy grace Our softer passions move; Pity divine in Jesu's face We see, adore, and love.

227 =  8s.

1        HOW do thy mercies close me round! For ever be thy name adored! I blush in all things to abound; The servant is above his Lord!

2        Inured to poverty and pain, A suffering life my Master led; The Son of God, the Son of man, He had not where to lay his head.

3        But lo! a place he hath prepared For me, whom watchful angels keep; Yea, he himself becomes my guard, He smooths my bed, and gives me sleep.

4        Jesus protects; my fears, be gone! What can the Rock of ages move? Safe in thy arms I lay me down, Thy everlasting arms of love.

5        While thou art intimately nigh, Who, who shall violate my rest? Sin, earth, and hell I now defy; I lean upon my Saviour's breast.

6        I rest beneath the Almighty's shade, My griefs expire, my troubles cease: Thou, Lord, on whom my soul is stayed, Wilt keep me still in perfect peace.

7        Me for thine own thou lov'st to take, In time and in eternity; Thou never, never wilt forsake A helpless worm that trusts in thee.

228 =  8s. Canticles i. 7.

1        THOU Shepherd of Israel, and mine, The joy and desire of my heart, For closer communion I pine, I long to reside where thou art: The pasture I languish to find There all, who their Shepherd obey. Are fed, on thy bosom reclined, And screened from the heat of the day.

2        Ah! show me that happiest place, The place of thy people's abode, Where saints in an ecstasy gaze, And hang on a crucified God; Thy love for a sinner declare, Thy passion and death on the tree; My spirit to Calvary bear, To suffer and triumph with thee.

3        'Tis there, with the lambs of thy flock, There only, I covet to rest, To lie at the foot of the rock, Or rise to be hid in thy breast; 'Tis there I would always abide, And never a moment depart, Concealed in the cleft of thy side, Eternally held in thy heart.

229 =  4-6s & 2-8s. A Birthday Hymn.

1        GOD of my life, to thee My cheerful soul I raise! Thy goodness bade me be, And still prolongs my days; I see my natal hour return, And bless the day that I was born.

2        A clod of living earth, I glorify thy name, From whom alone my birth, And all my blessings, came, Creating and preserving grace Let all that is within me praise.

3        Long as I live beneath, To thee O let me live! To thee my every breath In thanks and praises give. Whate'er I have, whate'er I am, Shall magnify my Maker's name.

4        My soul and all its powers Thine, wholly thine, shall be; All, all my happy hours I consecrate to thee; Me to thine image now restore, And I shall praise thee evermore.

5        I wait thy will to do, As angels do in heaven; In Christ a creature new, Most graciously forgiven, I wait thy perfect will to prove, All sanctified by spotless love.

6        Then, when the work is done, The work of faith with power, Receive thy favoured son, In death's triumphant hour; Like Moses to thyself convey, And kiss my raptured soul away.

230 =  6-8s.

1        FOUNTAIN of life and all my joy, Jesus, thy mercies I embrace; The breath thou giv'st, for thee employ, And wait to taste thy perfect grace; No more forsaken and forlorn, I bless the day that I was born.

2        Preserved through faith by power divine, A miracle of grace I stand! I prove the strength of Jesus mine! Jesus, upheld by thy right hand, Though in my flesh I feel the thorn, I bless the day that I was born.

3        Weary of life, through inbred sin, I was, but now defy its power; When as a flood the foe comes in, My soul is more than conqueror; I tread him down with holy scorn, And bless the day that I was born.

4        Come, Lord, and make me pure within, And let me now be filled with God! Live to declare I'm saved from sin: And if I seal the truth with blood, My soul, from out the body torn, Shall bless the day that I was born.

231 =  5 5 9, 5 5 9.

1        AWAY with our fears! The glad morning appears When an heir of salvation was born! From Jehovah I came, For his glory I am, And to him I with singing return.

2        Thee, Jesus, alone, The fountain I own Of my life and felicity here; And cheerfully sing My Redeemer and King, Till his sign in the heavens appear.

3        With thanks I rejoice In thy fatherly choice Of my state and condition below; If of parents I came Who honoured thy name, 'Twas thy wisdom appointed it so.

4        I sing of thy grace, From my earliest days Ever near to allure and defend; Hitherto thou hast been My preserver from sin, And I trust thou wilt save to the end.

5        O the infinite cares, And temptations, and snares, Thy hand hath conducted me through! O the blessings bestowed By a bountiful God, And the mercies eternally new!

6        What a mercy is this, What a heaven of bliss, How unspeakably happy am I! Gathered into the fold, With thy people enrolled, With thy people to live and to die!

7        O the goodness of God, Employing a clod His tribute of glory to raise! His standard to bear, And with triumph declare His unspeakable riches of grace.

8        O the fathomless love, That has deigned to approve And prosper the work of my hands! With my pastoral crook I went over the brook, And, behold, I am spread into bands!

9        Who, I ask in amaze, Hath begotten me these? And inquire from what quarter they came? My full heart it replies, They are born from the skies, And gives glory to God and the Lamb.

10        All honour and praise To the Father of grace, To the Spirit, and Son, I return! The business pursue He hath made me to do, And rejoice that I ever was born.

11        In a rapture of joy My life I employ, The God of my life to proclaim; 'Tis worth living for this, To administer bliss And salvation in Jesus's name.

12        My remnant of days I spend in his praise, Who died the whole world to redeem: Be they many or few, My days are his due, And they all are devoted to him.

232 =  4-6s & 2-8s.

1        YOUNG men and maidens, raise Your tuneful voices high; Old men and children, praise The Lord of earth and sky; Him Three in One, and One in Three, Extol to all eternity.

2        The universal King Let all the world proclaim; Let every creature sing His attributes and name! Him Three in One, and One in Three, Extol to all eternity.

3        In his great name alone All excellencies meet, Who sits upon the throne, And shall for ever sit: Him Three in One, and One in Three, Extol to all eternity.

4        Glory to God belongs, Glory to God be given, Above the noblest songs Of all in earth or heaven! Him Three in One, and One in Three, Extol to all eternity.

233 =  8-7s.

1         HAPPY man whom God doth aid! God our souls and bodies made; God on us, in gracious showers, Blessings every moment pours; Compasses with angel-bands, Bids them bear us in their hands; Parents, friends, 'twas God bestowed, Life, and all, descend from God.

2        He this flowery carpet spread, Made the earth on which we tread; God refreshes in the air, Covers with the clothes we wear, Feeds us with the food we eat, Cheers us by his light and heat, Makes his sun on us to shine; All our blessings are divine!

3        Give him then, and ever give, Thanks for all that we receive! Man we for his kindness love, How much more our God above? Worthy thou, our heavenly Lord, To be honoured and adored; God of all-creating grace, Take the everlasting praise!

234 =  L.M.

1        LET all that breathe Jehovah praise, Almighty, all-creating Lord! Let earth and heaven his power confess, Brought out of nothing by his word.

2        He spake the word, and it was done, The universe his word obeyed; His Word is his eternal Son, And Christ the whole creation made.

3        Jesus, the Lord and God most high, Maker of all mankind and me, Me thou hast made to glorify, To know, and love, and live to thee.

4        Wherefore to thee my heart I give, (But thou must first bestow the power) And if for thee on earth I live, Thee I shall soon in heaven adore.

235 =  L.M. The Lord's Prayer.

1        FATHER of all! whose powerful voice Called forth this universal frame; Whose mercies over all rejoice, Through endless ages still the same; Thou by thy word upholdest all; Thy bounteous love to all is showed, Thou hear'st thy every creature's call, And fillest every mouth with good.

2        In heaven thou reign'st enthroned in light Nature's expanse beneath thee spread, Earth, air, and sea, before thy sight, And hell's deep gloom, are open laid; Wisdom, and might, and love are thine; Prostrate before thy face we fall, Confess thine attributes divine, And hail the sovereign Lord of all.

3        Thee, sovereign Lord, let all confess That moves in earth, or air, or sky, Revere thy power, thy goodness bless, Tremble before thy piercing eye; All ye who owe to him your birth, In praise your every hour employ: Jehovah reigns! be glad, O earth! And shout, ye morning stars, for joy!

236 =  L.M. SECOND PART

1        SON of thy Sire's eternal love, Take to thyself thy mighty power, Let all earth's sons thy mercy prove, Let all thy bleeding grace adore; The triumphs of thy love display, In every heart reign thou alone, Till all thy foes confess thy sway, And glory ends what grace begun.

2        Spirit of grace, and health, and power, Fountain of light and love below, Abroad thy healing influence shower, O'er all the nations let it flow; Inflame our hearts with perfect love. In us the work of faith fulfil; So not heaven's host shall swifter move Than we on earth, to do thy will.

3        Father, 'tis thine each day to yield Thy children's wants a fresh supply, Thou cloth'st the lilies of the field, And hearest the young ravens cry: On thee we cast our care; we live Through thee, who know'st our every need; O feed us with thy grace, and give Our souls this day the living bread!

237 =  L.M. THIRD PART

1        ETERNAL, spotless Lamb of God, Before the world's foundation slain, Sprinkle us ever with thy blood, O cleanse, and keep us ever clean! To every soul (all praise to thee!) Our bowels of compassion move; And all mankind by this may see God is in us; for God is love.

2        Giver and Lord of life, whose power And guardian care for all are free, To thee, in fierce temptation's hour, From sin and Satan let us flee; Thine, Lord, we are, and ours thou art, In us be all thy goodness showed; Renew, enlarge, and fill our heart With peace, and joy, and heaven, and God.

3        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.

238 =  8-7s.

1         MEET and right it is to praise God, the giver of all grace, God, whose mercies are bestowed On the evil and the good; He prevents his creatures' call, Kind and merciful to all; Makes his sun on sinners rise, Showers his blessings from the skies.

2        Least of all thy creatures, we Daily thy salvation see; As by heavenly manna fed, Through a world of dangers led; Through a wilderness of cares; Through ten thousand thousand snares, More than now our hearts conceive, More than we could know, and live!

3        Here, as in the lion's den, Undevoured we still remain; Pass secure the watery flood, Hanging on the arm of God; Here we raise our voices higher, Shout in the refiner's fire, Clap our hands amidst the flame, Glory give to Jesu's name.

4        Jesu's name in Satan's hour Stands our adamantine tower; Jesus doth his own defend, Love, and save us to the end. Love shall make us persevere Till our conquering Lord appear, Bear us to our thrones above, Crown us with his heavenly love.

239 =  C.M.

1         HAIL! Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, One God, in Persons Three! Of Thee we make our joyful boast, Our songs we make of Thee.

2        Thou neither canst be felt nor seen; Thou art a Spirit pure; Thou from eternity hast been, And always shalt endure.

3        Present alike in every place, Thy Godhead we adore; Beyond the bounds of time and space, Thou dwell'st for evermore.

4        In wisdom infinite thou art, Thine eye doth all things see; And every thought of every heart Is fully known to thee.

5        Whate'er thou wilt, in earth below Thou dost, in heaven above: But chiefly we rejoice to know The almighty God of love.

6        Thou lov'st whate'er thy hands have made, Thy goodness we rehearse, In shining characters displayed Throughout our universe.

7        Mercy, with love and endless grace, O'er all thy works doth reign; But mostly thou delight'st to bless Thy favourite creature, man.

8        Wherefore, let every creature give To thee the praise designed, But, chiefly, Lord, the thanks receive, The hearts of all mankind.

240 =  L.M. The Attributes of God.

1        O GOD, thou bottomless abyss! Thee to perfection who can know? O height immense! What words suffice Thy countless attributes to show? Unfathomable depths thou art; O plunge me in thy mercy's sea! Void of true wisdom is my heart; With love embrace and cover me: While thee, all-infinite, I set By faith before my ravished eye, My weakness bends beneath the weight; O'erpowered I sink, I faint, I die.

2        Eternity thy fountain was, Which, like thee, no beginning knew; Thou wast ere time began his race, Ere glowed with stars the ethereal blue. Greatness unspeakable is thine, Greatness, whose undiminished ray, When short-lived worlds are lost, shall shine, When earth and heaven are fled away. Unchangeable, all-perfect Lord, Essential life's unbounded sea, What lives and moves, lives by thy word; It lives, and moves, and is from thee.

3        Thy parent-hand, thy forming skill, Firm fixed this universal chain; Else empty, barren darkness still Had held his unmolested reign. Whate'er in earth, or sea, or sky, Or shuns or meets the wandering thought, Escapes or strikes the searching eye, By thee was to perfection brought. High is thy power above all height, Whate'er thy will decrees is done; Thy wisdom, equal to thy might, Only to thee, O God, is known!

4        Heaven's glory is thy awful throne, Yet earth partakes thy gracious sway: Vain man! thy wisdom folly own, Lost is thy reason's feeble ray. What our dim eye could never see, Is plain and naked to thy sight; What thickest darkness veils, to thee Shines clearly as the morning light. In light thou dwell'st; light that no shade, No variation, ever knew; Heaven, earth, and hell, stand all displayed, And open to thy piercing view.

241 =  L.M. SECOND PART.

1        THOU, true and only God, lead'st forth The immortal armies of the sky; Thou laugh'st to scorn the gods of earth, Thou thunderest, and amazed they fly. With downcast eye the angelic choir Appear before thy awful face; Trembling they strike the golden lyre, And through heaven's vault resound thy praise, In earth, in heaven, in all thou art; The conscious creature feels thy nod, Whose forming hand on every part Impressed the image of its God.

2        Thine, Lord, is wisdom, thine alone; Justice and truth before thee stand; Yet, nearer to thy sacred throne, Mercy withholds thy lifted hand. Each evening shows thy tender love, Each rising morn thy plenteous grace Thy wakened wrath doth slowly move, Thy willing mercy flies apace. To thy benign indulgent care, Father, this light, this breath we owe; And all we have, and all we are, From thee, great Source of being, flow.

3        Parent of good, thy bounteous hand Incessant blessings down distils, And all in air, or sea, or land, With plenteous food and gladness fills. All things in thee live, move, and are, Thy power infused doth all sustain; Even those thy daily favours share Who thankless spurn thy easy reign. Thy sun thou bidd'st his genial ray Alike on all impartial pour; To all, who hate or bless thy sway, Thou bidd'st descend the fruitful shower.

4        Yet, while at length who scorned thy might Shall feel thee a consuming fire, How sweet the joys, the crown how bright, Of those who to thy love aspire! All creatures, praise the eternal name! Ye hosts that to his court belong, Cherubic choirs, seraphic flames, Awake the everlasting song! Thrice Holy! thine the kingdom is, The power omnipotent is thine, And when created nature dies, Thy never-ceasing glories shine.

242 =  7s & 6s. The same subject.

1        GLORIOUS God, accept a heart That pants to sing thy praise: Thou without beginning art, And without end of days; Thou, a Spirit invisible, Dost to none thy fulness show; None thy majesty can tell, Or all thy Godhead know.

2        All thine attributes we own, Thy wisdom, power, and might; Happy in thyself alone, In goodness infinite, Thou thy goodness hast displayed, On thine every work imprest; Lov'st whate'er thy hands have made, But man thou lov'st the best.

3        Willing thou that all should know Thy saving truth, and live, Dost to each or bliss or woe With strictest justice give; Thou with perfect righteousness Renderest every man his due, Faithful in thy promises, And in thy threatenings too.

4        Thou art merciful to all Who truly turn to thee, Hear me then for pardon call, And show thy grace to me; Me, through mercy reconciled, Me, for Jesu's sake forgiven, Me receive, thy favoured child, To sing thy praise in heaven.

243 =  7s & 6s. The same subject.

1        THOU, my God, art good and wise, And infinite in power, Thee let all in earth and skies Continually adore! Give me thy converting grace, That I may obedient prove, Serve my Maker all my days, And my Redeemer love.

2        For my life, and clothes, and food, And every comfort here, Thee, my most indulgent God, I thank with heart sincere; For the blessings numberless Which thou hast already given, For my smallest spark of grace, And for my hope of heaven.

3        Gracious God, my sins forgive, And thy good Spirit impart; Then I shall in thee believe With all my loving heart; Always unto Jesus look, Him in heavenly glory see, Who my cause hath undertook, And ever prays for me.

4        Grace, in answer to his prayer, And every grace bestow, That I may with zealous care Perform thy will below; Rooted in humility, Still in every state resigned, Plant, almighty Lord, in me A meek and lowly mind.

5        Poor and vile in my own eyes, With self-abasing shame Still I would myself despise, And magnify thy name; Thee let every creature bless, Praise to God alone be given, God alone deserves the praise Of all in earth and heaven.

244 =  7s & 6s. The same subject.

1         THOU, the great, eternal Lord, Art high above our thought! Worthy to be feared, adored, By all thy hands have wrought; None can with thyself compare; Thy glory fills both earth and sky; We, and all thy creatures, are As nothing in thine eye.

2        Of thy great unbounded power To thee the praise we give, Infinitely great, and more Than heart can e'er conceive; When thou wilt to work proceed, Thy purpose firm none can withstand, Frustrate the determined deed, Or stay the almighty hand.

3        Thou, O God, art wise alone! Thy counsel doth excel; Wonderful thy works we own, Thy ways unsearchable; Who can sound the mystery, Thy judgments' deep abyss explain? Thine, whose eyes in darkness see, And search the heart of man.

245 =  7s & 6s. The same subject.

1GOOD thou art, and good thou dost, Thy mercies reach to all, Chiefly those who on thee trust, And for thy mercy call; New they every morning are; As fathers when their children cry, Us thou dost in pity spare, And all our wants supply.

2        Mercy o'er thy works presides; Thy providence displayed Still preserves, and still provide For all thy hands have made; Keeps with most distinguished care The man who on thy love depends; Watches every numbered hair, And all his steps attends.

3        Who can sound the depths unknown Of thy redeeming grace? Grace that gave thine only Son To save a ruined race! Millions of transgressors poor Thou hast for Jesu's sake forgiven, Made them of thy favour sure, And snatched from hell to heaven.

4        Millions more thou ready art To save, and to forgive; Every soul and every heart Of man thou wouldst receive: Father, now accept of mine, Which now, through Christ, I offer thee; Tell me now, in love divine, That thou hast pardoned me!

246 =  L.M. Psalm cxvi. 8.

1        MY soul, through my Redeemer's care, Saved from the second death I feel, My eyes from tears of dark despair, My feet from falling into hell.

2        Wherefore to him my feet shall run, My eyes on his perfections gaze, My soul shall live for God alone, And all within me shout his praise.

247 =  L.M. 1 Samuel ii. 2.

1         HOLY as thou, O Lord, is none! Thy holiness is all thy own; A drop of that unbounded sea Is ours, a drop derived from thee.

2        And when thy purity we share, Thy only glory we declare; And humbled into nothing own, Holy and pure is God alone.

3        Sole, self-existing God and Lord, By all thy heavenly hosts adored, Let all on earth bow down to thee, And own thy peerless majesty;

4        Thy power unparalleled confess, Established on the rock of peace; The rock that never shall remove, The rock of pure, almighty love.

248 =  C.M. 1 Chronicles xxix. 10 - 13.

1         BLEST be our everlasting Lord, Our Father, God, and King! Thy sovereign goodness we record, Thy glorious power we sing.

2        By thee the victory is given; The majesty divine, And strength, and might, and earth, and heaven, And all therein, are thine.

3        The kingdom, Lord, is thine alone, Who dost thy right maintain, And, high on thine eternal throne, O'er men and angels reign.

4        Riches, as seemeth good to thee, Thou dost, and honour, give; And kings their power and dignity Out of thy hand receive.

5        Thou hast on us the grace bestowed Thy greatness to proclaim; And therefore now we thank our God, And praise thy glorious name.

6        Thy glorious name and nature's powers Thou dost to us make known; And all the Deity is ours, Through thy incarnate Son.

249 =  C.M. Exodus xxxiv. 5, 6.

1         GREAT God! to me the sight afford To him of old allowed; And let my faith behold its Lord Descending in a cloud.

2        In that revealing Spirit come down, Thine attributes proclaim, And to my inmost soul make known The glories of thy name.

3        Jehovah, Christ, I thee adore, Who gav'st my soul to be! Fountain of being, and of power, And great in majesty.

4        The Lord, the mighty God, thou art; But let me rather prove That name in-spoken to my heart, That favourite name of Love.

5        Merciful God, thyself proclaim In this polluted breast; Mercy is thy distinguished name, Which suits a sinner best.

6        Our misery doth for pity call, Our sin implores thy grace; An and thou art merciful to all Our lost, apostate race.

250 =  C.M. SECOND PART

1        THY ceaseless, unexhausted love, Unmerited and free, Delights our evil to remove, And help our misery.

2        Thou waitest to be gracious still; Thou dost with sinners bear, That, saved, we may thy goodness feel, And all thy grace declare.

3        Thy goodness and thy truth to me, To every soul, abound, A vast, unfathomable sea, Where all our thoughts are drowned.

4        Its streams the whole creation reach, So plenteous is the store, Enough for all, enough for each, Enough for evermore.

5        Faithful, O Lord, thy mercies are, A rock that cannot move! A thousand promises declare Thy constancy of love.

6        Throughout the universe it reigns, Unalterably sure; And while the truth of God remains, The goodness must endure.

251 =  C.M. Luke xi. 2.

1        FATHER of me, and all mankind, And all the hosts above, Let every understanding mind Unite to praise thy love;

2        To know thy nature, and thy name, One God in Persons Three; And glorify the great I AM, Through all eternity.

3        Thy kingdom come, with power and grace, To every heart of man; Thy peace, and joy, and righteousness In all our bosoms reign.

4        The righteousness that never ends, But makes an end of sin; The joy that human thought transcends, Into our souls bring in;

5        The kingdom of established peace, Which can no more remove; The perfect power of godliness, The omnipotence of love.

252 =  C.M. Numbers vi. 24 - 26.

1         COME, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, One God in Persons Three, Bring back the heavenly blessing, lost By all mankind and me.

2        Thy favour, and thy nature too, To me, to all restore; Forgive, and after God renew, And keep us evermore.

3        Eternal Sun of righteousness, Display thy beams divine, And cause the glories of thy face Upon my heart to shine.

4        Light in thy light O may I see, Thy grace and mercy prove, Revived, and cheered, and blessed by thee, The God of pardoning love!

5        Lift up thy countenance serene, And let thy happy child Behold, without a cloud between, The Godhead reconciled.

6        That all-comprising peace bestow On me, through grace forgiven, The joys of holiness below, And then the joys of heaven.

253 =  S.M.

1        FATHER, in whom we live, In whom we are, and move, The glory, power, and praise receive Of thy creating love. Let all the angel-throng Give thanks to God on high; While earth repeats the joyful song, And echoes to the sky.

2        Incarnate Deity, Let all the ransomed race Render in thanks their lives to thee, For thy redeeming grace. The grace to sinners showed Ye heavenly choirs proclaim, And cry, "Salvation to our God, Salvation to the Lamb!"

3        Spirit of Holiness, Let all thy saints adore Thy sacred energy, and bless Thine heart-renewing power. Not angel-tongues can tell Thy love's ecstatic height, The glorious joy unspeakable, The beatific sight.

4        Eternal, Triune Lord! Let all the hosts above, Let all the sons of men, record And dwell upon thy love. When heaven and earth are fled Before thy glorious face, Sing all the saints thy love hath made Thine everlasting praise!

254 =  L.M. Philippians i. 10; Peter iii. 12.

1        THE day of Christ, the day of God, We humbly hope with joy to see, Washed in the sanctifying blood Of an expiring Deity, Who did for us his life resign; There is no other God but one; For all the plenitude divine Resides in the eternal Son.

2        Spotless, sincere, without offence, O may we to his day remain, Who trust the blood of God to cleanse Our souls from every sinful stain. Lord, we believe the promise sure; The purchased Comforter impart, Apply thy blood to make us pure, To keep us pure in life and heart.

3        Then let us see that day supreme, When none thy Godhead shall deny, Thy sovereign Majesty blaspheme, Or count thee less than the most High: When all Who on their God believe, Who here thy last appearing love, Shall thy consummate joy receive, And see thy glorious face above.

255 =  6-8s.

1        SPIRIT of truth, essential God, Who didst thy ancient saints inspire, Shed in their hearts thy love abroad, And touch their hallowed lips with fire; Our God from all eternity, World without end we worship thee!

2        Still we believe, almighty Lord, Whose presence fills both earth and heaven, The meaning of the written word Is by thy inspiration given; Thou only dost thyself explain The secret mind of God to man.

3        Come, then, divine Interpreter, The scriptures to our hearts apply; And, taught by thee, we God revere, Him in Three Persons magnify; In each the Triune God adore, Who was, and is for evermore.

256 =  C.M.

1        HAIL! Father, Son, and Spirit great, Before the birth of time Enthroned in everlasting state, JEHOVAH, ELOHIM!

2        A mystical plurality We in the Godhead own, Adoring One in Persons Three, And Three in nature One.

3        From thee our being we receive, The creatures of thy grace; And, raised out of the earth, we live To sing our Maker's praise.

4        Thy powerful, wise, and loving mind Did our creation plan; And all the glorious Persons joined To form thy favourite, man.

5        Again thou did'st, in council met, Thy ruined work restore, Established in our first estate, To forfeit it no more.

6        And when we rise in love renewed, Our souls resemble thee, An image of the Triune God, To all eternity.

257 =  7s. "Glory be to God on high" &c. (Communion Service.)

1        GLORY be to God on high, God whose glory fills the skies; Peace on earth to man forgiven, Man, the well-beloved of heaven.

2        Sovereign Father, heavenly King, Thee we now presume to sing; Glad, thine attributes confess, Glorious all, and numberless.

3        Hail, by all thy works adored! Hail, the everlasting Lord! Thee with thankful hearts we prove God of power, and God of love.

4        Christ our Lord and God we own, Christ, the Father's only Son, Lamb of God for sinners slain, Saviour of offending man.

5        Bow thine ear, in mercy bow, Hear, the world's atonement, thou! Jesus, in thy name we pray, Take, O take our sins away!

6        Powerful advocate with God, Justify us by thy blood; Bow thine ear, in mercy bow, Hear, the world's atonement, thou!

7        Hear, for thou, O Christ, alone Art with God the Father one, One the Holy Ghost with thee, One supreme, eternal THREE.

258 =  C.M. Numbers vi. 24 - 26.

1        JEHOVAH, God the Father, bless, And thy own work defend! With mercy's outstretched arms embrace And keep us to the end! Preserve the creatures of thy love, By providential care Conducted to the realms above, To sing thy goodness there.

2        Jehovah, God the Son, reveal The brightness of thy face; And all thy pardoned people fill With plenitude of grace! Shine forth with all the Deity, Which dwells in thee alone; And lift us up thy face to see On thy eternal throne.

3        Jehovah, God the Spirit, shine, Father and Son to show! With bliss ineffable, divine, Our ravished hearts o'erflow. Sure earnest of that happiness Which human hope transcends, Be thou our everlasting peace, When grace in glory ends!

259 =  C.M.

1        HAIL! holy, holy, holy Lord! Whom One in Three we know; By all thy heavenly host adored, By all thy church below.

2        One undivided Trinity With triumph we proclaim; Thy universe is full of thee, And speaks thy glorious name.

3        Thee, Holy Father, we confess, Thee, Holy Son, adore, Thee, Spirit of truth and holiness, We worship evermore.

4        The incommunicable right, Almighty God! receive, Which angel-choirs, and saints in light, And saints embodied give.

5        Three Persons equally divine We magnify and love; And both the choirs ere long shall join, To sing thy praise above.

6        Hail! holy, holy, holy Lord, (Our heavenly song shall be) Supreme, essential One, adored In co-eternal Three!

260 =  8-7.

1        HOLY, holy, holy Lord, God the father, and the Word. God the Comforter, receive Blessings more than we can give! Mixed with those beyond the sky, Chanters to the Lord most high, We our hearts and voices raise, Echoing thy eternal praise.

2        One, inexplicably Three, Three, in simplest Unity, God, incline thy gracious ear, Us, thy lisping creatures, hear! Thee while man, the earth-born, sings, Angels shrink within their wings, Prostrate seraphim above Breathe unutterable love.

3        Happy they who never rest, With thy heavenly presence blest! They the heights of glory see, Sound the depths of Deity! Fain with them our souls would vie, Sink as low, and mount as high; Fall o'erwhelmed with love, or soar, Shout, or silently adore!

261 =  6-8s.

1        COME, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, Whom one all-perfect God we own, Restorer of thine image lost, Thy various offices make known; Display, our fallen souls to raise, Thy whole economy of grace.

2        Jehovah in Three Persons, come, And draw, and sprinkle us, and seal Poor, guilty, dying worms, in whom Thou dost eternal life reveal; The knowledge of thyself bestow, And all thy glorious goodness show.

3        Soon as our pardoned hearts believe That thou art pure, essential love, The proof we in ourselves receive Of the three witnesses above; Sure, as the saints around thy throne, That Father, Word, and Spirit, are one.

4        O that we now, in love renewed, Might blameless in thy sight appear: Wake we in thy similitude, Stamped with the Triune character; Flesh, spirit, soul, to thee resign, And live and die entirely thine!

262 =  C.M.

1        A THOUSAND oracles divine Their common beams unite, That sinners may with angels join To worship God aright; To praise a Trinity adored By all the hosts above, And one thrice-holy God and Lord Through endless ages love.

2        Triumphant host! they never cease To laud and magnify The Triune God of holiness, Whose glory fills the sky; Whose glory to this earth extends, When God himself imparts, And the whole Trinity descends Into our faithful hearts.

3        By faith the upper choir we meet, And challenge them to sing Jehovah on his shining seat, Our Maker and our King. But God made flesh is wholly ours, And asks our nobler strain; The Father of celestial powers, The friend of earth-born man!