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Season after Trinity.

"Ye have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in My Name, He may give it you."-S. John xv. 16.

80 HOLY Jesu, in Whose Name

Thou hast bid Thy servants claim

Of the Father's love to grant
All the good they ask or want;
Trusting in Thy Name alone,
Draw we near the Father's throne.
2. Son of Man, Thy love availed
To remove what sin entailed 1;
Sharer here of man's estate,
Thou for him dost mediate.
Hear us, when to Thee we plead;
For Thy brethren intercede.

3. Son of God, to Whom of right,
Sharer of Thy Father's might,
Sole, Adorable, and True,
Empire o'er the world is due;
Hear us, when on Thee we call
For Thy blessing, Lord of all!

4. Thou hast joyful tidings brought :
Thine own arm salvation wrought.
May we follow and adore

Thee, our Saviour, more and more;
Guide us with Thy steadfast love
To Thy Home in heaven above!
5. Praise and honour without end
God the Father's Name attend;

God the Son be glorified,

Who for man's redemption died;

Equal adoration be,

Blessed Comforter, to Thee. Amen.

"And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night."-Exod. xiii. 21.

81 GUIDE us, O Thou great Redeemer,
Pilgrims through this barren land';

We are weak, but Thou art mighty,-
Still uphold us with Thy hand.
Lord of mercy,

Grant us in Thy strength to stand!

2. Open Thou the living fountain,
Whence the healing waters flow;
Let the fiery, cloudy pillar
Shine before us as we go.

Lord of mercy,

Lead us on through joy and woe!

3. On the brink of death's dark river,
Bid our fearful hearts be still;

Bear us through the swelling waters
Safely to Thy holy hill.

Lord of mercy

Now Thy gracious word fulfil! Amen.

"And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light."-Rev. xxii. 5.

82 SEAT of Light, Celestial Salem,

Vision dear, whence peace doth spring, Brighter than the heart can image, Mansion of the Highest King;

O how glorious are the praises
Which of thee the prophets sing!

2. Thou with beauteous stones and polish'd
Wondrously art rear'd on high;
Thou with precious gems and crystal
Decorated gloriously;

And with pearls thy portals glitter,
And with gold thy streets may vie.

3. There for ever and for ever
Alleluia is out-pour'd:
For unending, for unbroken

Is the feast-day of the Lord;
All is pure, and all is holy,

That within thy walls is stor❜d.

4. There no cloud nor passing vapour
Dims the brightness of the air;
Endless noon-day, glorious noon-day,
From the Sun of suns is there;
There no night brings rest from labour,
There unknown are toil and care.

5. O how glorious and resplendent,
Fragile body, shalt thou be,
When endued with so much beauty,
Full of health, and strong, and free,
Full of vigour, full of pleasure,
That shall last eternally!

6. Laud and honour to the Father,
Laud and honour to the Son,
Laud and honour to the Spirit,
Ever Three and ever One;
Consubstantial, Co-eternal,

While unending ages run. Amen.

"And He carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God."-Rev. xxi. 10.

83 JERUSALEM, my happy Home,

Name ever dear to me,

When shall my labours have an end?
Thy joys when shall I see?

2. When shall these eyes thy glorious walls, And gates of pearl behold,

Thy bulwarks with salvation strong,
And streets of purest gold?

3. Why should I shrink at pain and woe,
Or feel at death dismay,

With Canaan's goodly land in view,
And realms of endless day?

4. Jesus, my Saviour, dwells therein,
In glorious majesty;

And Him, through ev'ry stormy scene,
I onward press to see.

5. Apostles, Martyrs, Prophets, there
Shall round my Saviour stand,
And all I love in Christ below
Shall join the glorious band.

6. Jerusalem, my happy Home,

My soul still pants for thee;
Then shall my labours have an end,
When once thy joys I see. Amen.

"And her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal."-Rev. xxi. 11.

84 TO thee, O dear, dear Country,

Mine eyes their vigils keep:

For very love, beholding

Thy happy name, they weep;

The mention of thy glory,
Is unction to the breast,
And medicine in sickness,
And love, and life, and rest.
2. O one and only mansion!
O Paradise of joy!

Where tears are ever banished,
And smiles have no alloy;
Beside thy living waters

All plants are, great and small; Ezek. xlvii.
The cedar of the forest,

The hyssop of the wall.

3. With jasper glow thy bulwarks,

Thy streets with em'ralds blaze;
The sardine and the topaz

Unite in thee their rays;
Thy ageless walls are bonded
With amethyst unpriced;
The Saints build up thy fabric,
The Corner-Stone is Christ.

4. Thou hast no shore, fair ocean!
Thou hast no end, bright day!
Dear fountain of refreshment
To pilgrims far away!

Upon the Rock of Ages

Is raised thy holy tower;

Thine is the victor's laurel,

12.

And thine the golden dower. Amen.

"The throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and His servants shall serve Him."-Rev. xxii. 3.

85 JERUSALEM the golden,

With milk and honey blest!

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