THE eternal gates lift up their heads, The King of Glory is gone up Unto his Father's side, Thou art gone in before us, Lord, And ever on our earthly path A light still breaks behind the cloud Lift up our hearts, lift up our minds, And let thy grace be given, That while we linger yet below Our treasure be in heaven. That, where Thou art at God's right hand, For evermore in Thee. Lo! the heaven its Lord receives! Hallelujah! Yet He loves the earth He leaves; Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! AFTER ASCENSION DAY. 64. P.M. THE Lord of Might, from Sinai's brow, The Lord of Love, on Calvary, A meek and suffering Stranger, For us He bore the weight of woe, The Lord of Love, the Lord of Might, Shall back return to claim his right, On clouds of glory seated; With trumpet-sound and angel-song, And hallelujahs loud and long, O'er death and hell defeated. 65. SALVATION! O the joyful sound A sovereign balm for every wound, Buried in sorrow and in sin, The spacious earth around, 66. WE saw Thee not when Thou didst tread, And wake them to a second birth: To lame and sick, to deaf and blind: We did not mark the chosen few, P.M. P.M. When Thou didst through the clouds ascend, First lift to heaven their wondering view, Then to the earth all prostrate bend: But we believe that mortal eyes Beheld that journey to the skies. And now that Thou dost reign on high, And thence thy faithful people bless, No ray of glory from the sky Doth shine upon our wilderness: Yet we believe that Thou art there, And sing thy praise, and lift our prayer. THOUGH nature's strength decay, The watery deep I pass, With JESUS in my view, And through the howling wilderness The goodly land I see With peace and plenty blest; And endless rest. There dwells the Lord our King, His whole triumphant host They ever cry! Hail, Abraham's God and mine! I join the heavenly lays; All might and majesty are thine, E 68. COME, let us join our cheerful songs C.M. Ten thousand thousand are their tongues, "Worthy the Lamb that died!" they cry, "To be exalted thus:" "Worthy the Lamb!" our lips reply; JESUS is worthy to receive And blessings, more than we can give, The whole creation join in one, WHITSUNTIDE. 69. COME, gracious Spirit, heavenly Dove, The light of truth to us display, L.M. |