Children's Evening Hymn.
1. Now condescend, almighty King,
To bless this little throng;
And kindly listen while we sing
Our pleasant evening song.
2. Brothers and sisters, hand in hand,
Our lips together move:
Oh, smile upon this little band,
Unite our hearts in love.
3. We come to own the Power divine
That watches o'er our days:
For this our feeble voices join;
To God we give the praise.
4. May we in safety sleep to-night,
From every danger free;
For, Lord, the darkness and the light
Are both alike to thee.
And when the rising sun displays
His cheering beams abroad,
Then may our grateful morning lays
Declare the love of God.
(For verse 5, begin at the double bar.)
443. Christ's Presence with the Aged. 1. ABIDE with us, for day declines, And night is drawing near;
The sun of life now dimly shines,
And soon will disappear:
But if thou wilt with us abide,
Earth's shadows well may come,
We shall have light at eventide,
To dissipate the gloom.
2. Abide with us, that we may know
More of thy wondrous love,
Ere thou shalt call us hence to go,
And dwell with thee above:
We would be wholly cleansed within,
Be searched and purified,
From every secret stain of sin,
While yet we here reside.
3. Abide with us, that we may learn
To love thee more and more;
That we fresh wonders may discern
From thine exhaustless store:
We would begin heaven's visions here
In holy, pure delight,
Before we reach that higher sphere
Where faith is lost in sight.
444. The Sabbath of the Soul.
1. O FATHER! though the anxious fear
May cloud to-morrow's way,
No fear nor doubt shall enter here,--
All shall be thine to-day.
2. A whispered word may touch the heart, 3. Thy neighbor? he who drinks the cup
And call it back to life;
A look of love bid sin depart,
And still unholy strife.
3. No act falls fruitless; none can tell
How vast its power may be;
Nor what results enfolded dwell
Within it silently.
4. Work, and despair not: bring thy mite, Nor care how small it be;
God is with all that serve the right,
The holy, true, and free.
1. WHEN all thy mercies, O my God,
My rising soul surveys,
Transported with the view, I'm lost
In wonder, love, and praise.
2. Unnumbered comforts on my soul
Thy tender care bestowed,
Before my infant heart conceived
From whom those comforts flowed.
3. When in the slippery paths of youth
With heedless steps I ran,
Thine arm, unseen, conveyed me safe,
And led me up to man.
4. Ten thousand thousand precious gifts
My daily thanks employ;
Nor is the least a cheerful heart,
That tastes those gifts with joy.
When sorrow drowns the brim; With words of high sustaining hope, Go thou, and comfort him.
4. Thy neighbor? 'tis the weary slave, Fettered in mind and limb;
He hath no hope this side the grave,
Go thou, and ransom him.
5. Thy neighbor? pass no mourner by; Perhaps thou canst redeem
A breaking heart from misery;
Go, share thy lot with him.
Prayer for strong Faith.
1. O, FOR a faith that will not shrink
Though pressed by every foe,
That will not tremble on the brink
Of any earthly woe!-
2. That will not murmur nor complain
Beneath the chastening rod,
But, in the hour of grief or pain,
Will lean upon its God;-
3. A faith that shines more bright and clear
When tempests rage without;
That, when in danger, knows no fear,
In darkness, feels no doubt;-
4. Lord, give us such a faith as this,
And then, whate'er may come,
We'll taste, e'en here, the hallowed bliss
Of an eternal home.
1. O, SPEED thee, Christian, on thy way,
And to thy armor cling;
With girded loins the call obey
That grace and mercy bring.
2. There is a battle to be fought,
An upward race to run,
A crown of glory to be sought,
A victory to be won.
3. The shield of faith repels the dart
That Satan's hand may throw;
His arrow can not reach thy heart,
If Christ control the bow.
4. The glowing lamp of prayer will light Thee on thy anxious road;
'T will keep the goal of heaven in sight, And guide thee to thy God.
5. O, faint not, Christian, for thy sighs
Are heard before his throne;
The race must come before the prize,
The cross before the crown.
450. The Ascension and Reign of Christ.
1. OH! for a shout of sacred joy
To God, the sovereign King;
Let every land their tongues employ,
And hymns of triumph sing.
2. Jesus, our God, ascends on high;
His heavenly guards around
Attend him rising through the sky,
With trumpets' joyful sound.
3. While angels shout, and praise their King
Let mortals learn their strains;
Let all the earth his honor sing;-
O'er all the earth he reigns.
4. Rehearse his praise with awe profound; | 453.
Let knowledge lead the song;
Nor mock him with a solemn sound
Upon a thoughtless tongue.
5. In Israel stood his ancient throne:-
He loved that ancient race;
But now he calls the world his own;
The heathen taste his grace.
2. See the fair way his hand hath made;
How peaceful and how plain!
The simplest traveler need not err,
Nor seek the path in vain.
3. A hand divine shall lead you on,
Through all the blissful road;
Till to the sacred mount you rise,
And see your smiling God.
4. Bright garlands of immortal joy
Shall bloom on every head;
While sorrow, sighing, and distress,
Like shadows, all are fled.
5. March on, in your Redeemer's strength; Pursue his footsteps still;
With joyful hope, still fix your eye
On Zion's heavenly hill.
1. DAUGHTER of Zion, from the dust
Exalt thy fallen head;
Again in thy Redeemer trust;
He calls thee from the dead.
2. Awake, awake; put on thy strength,
Thy beautiful array;
The day of freedom dawns at length,
The Lord's appointed day.
3. Rebuild thy walls, thy bounds enlarge,
And send thy heralds forth;
Say to the south, "Give up thy charge,"
And, "Keep not back, O north."
4. They come! they come! thine exiled
Where'er they rest or roam,
Have heard thy voice in distant lands,
And hasten to their home.
5. Thus, though the universe shall burn,
And God his works destroy,
With songs thy ransomed shall return,
And everlasting joy.
1. Go, and the Saviour's grace proclaim, Ye favored men of God!
Go, publish, through Immanuel's name,
Salvation bought with blood.
2. What, though your arduous pathway lie
Through regions dark as death?
What, though, your faith and zeal to try,
Perils beset your path?
3. Yet, with determined courage, go,
And armed with power divine;
Your God will needful strength bestow,
And on your labors shine.
4. Shrink not, though earth and hell oppose,
But plead your Master's cause;
Assured that e'en your mightiest foes
Shall bow before his cross.
454. The joyful Reign of Christ.
1. Joy to the world-the Lord is come!-
Let earth receive her King;
Let every heart prepare him room,
And heaven and nature sing.
2. Joy to the world—the Saviour reigns, Let men their songs employ;
While fields and floods-rocks, hills and plains
Repeat the sounding joy.
3. No more let sin and sorrow grow,
Nor thorns infest the ground;
He comes to make his blessings flow
Far as the curse is found.
4. He rules the world with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The glories of his righteousness,
And wonders of his love.
1. The God of love will sure indulge The flow - ing tear, the heaving sigh,
When his own chil-dren fall
a-round, When tender friends and kin-dred die.
456. Mourning with Submission.
1. THE God of love will sure indulge
The flowing tear, the heaving sigh, When his own children fall aroundWhen tender friends and kindred die. 2. Yet not one anxious, murm'ring thought, Should with our mourning passions blend;
Nor would our bleeding hearts forget
Th' almighty, ever-living Friend.
3. Beneath a numerous train of ills,
Our feeble flesh and heart may fail; Yet shall our hope in thee, our God, O'er every gloomy fear prevail. 4. Our Father God! to thee we look, Our Rock, our Portion, and our Friend; And on thy covenant love and truth
Our sinking souls shall still depend.
3. Jesus! to thee I would return,
And, at thy feet repenting, mourn;
There let me view thy pardoning love,
And never from thy sight remove.
4. Oh! let thy love, with sweet control,
Bind all the passions of my soul;
Bid every earthly charm depart,
And dwell for ever in my heart.
458. Divinity of Christ proved by his Miracles.
1. BEHOLD! the blind their sight receive;
Behold! the dead awake and live;
The dumb speak wonders, and the lame
Leap like the hart, and bless his name.
2. Thus doth th' eternal Spirit own
And seal the mission of his Son:
The Father vindicates his cause,
While he hangs bleeding on the cross.
3. He dies-the heavens in mourning stood!
He rises, and appears a God;
Behold the Lord, ascending high-
No more to bleed-no more to die!
4. Hence, and for ever, from my heart
I bid those doubts and fears depart;
And to thy hands my soul resign,
Which bear credentials so divine.
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