Imágenes de páginas
PDF
EPUB

II.

PRAISE we our God! our voices raise,
The Lord of hosts, our God, to praise!
To Him, by Whom our lips unclose,
The tongue its richest homage owes.
Who, 'mid glad anthems pealing high,
Would wait in lifeless silence by ?
When worship claims the Song of praise
No Psalms and Hymns melodious raise ?
Rise, rise, and act the angels' part,
In gesture, voice, and holy heart;
Who loud their Hallelujahs sing,
With crowns cast off and folded wing.
O may we here our homage pay,
Like angels in the realms of day;
That we in future worlds may hymn
God's praises with the Cherubim!
Praise Him, adored in ages past;
Praise Him, Whose praise shall ever last :
Praise Him amid His heavenly host;
Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost.

[90]

The Twenty-first Sunday after Trinity.

I.

GOD moves in a mysterious way
His wonders to perform;

He plants His footsteps in the sea,
And rides upon the storm.

K

Deep in unfathomable mines
Of never-failing skill,

He treasures up His bright designs,
And works His sovereign will.

Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take,
The clouds ye so much dread
Are big with mercy, and shall break
In blessings on your head.

Judge not the Lord by feeble sense,
But trust Him for His grace;
Behind a frowning providence
He hides a smiling face.

His purposes will ripen fast,
Unfolding every hour;

The bud may have a bitter taste,
But sweet will be the flower.

Blind unbelief is sure to err,
And scan His work in vain ;
God is His own Interpreter,
And He will make it plain.

To God the Father, God the Son,
And God the Holy Ghost,

All honour by the Church be done,

And by the heavenly host.

[91]

II.

The hymn, Thou knowest, Lord, used for the Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity, will serve for the second hymn.

[ocr errors]

The Twenty-second Sunday after Trinity.

1.

JUBES, ET IN PRÆCEPS AQUIS.

HERE hast Thou, Lord, Thy children set,

To dwell in one abode;
May they be here together met
In holy brotherhood.

A brotherhood of exiles here,
But to His house above
Are gathered by a Father's care,

Who learn a brother's love.

Who hurt their neighbour with ill tongue,
Or arts of evil leaven,
Thou puttest far from Angels' song,
And palaces of Heaven.

Lo! earth herself in agony,

The wicked scarce sustains,

And yearns in travail to be free
From dark corruption's chains.

And we, too, in our spirits groan,
And full adoption wait;
We with the earnest of the Son,
E'en now predestinate.

Be endless praise, and aye

remain

To God, both One and Three,

From Whom, in lowly hearts doth reign
Fraternal charity.

[92]

II.

O PRAY we for the Church's weal,
Though earth and hell oppose,
Of good the token and the seal,
Which God on man bestows.

Pray we, her guides may never cease
To rule with holy sway;

Her people still in love and peace
And loyalty obey!

Pray we, that he who round her lurks
With craft and subtle wile,

May not, to aid his hostile works,
The heart of man beguile.

Pray we,

dissension may in vain

With unbelief combine,

By open force her towers to gain,
Or sap with secret mine.

Pray we, that no injurious foe
Or rash mistaken friend,
Without, may plot her overthrow,
Within, her union rend.

Pray we, that no opprobrious spot,
Home-bred, or brought from far,
The pureness of her faith may blot,
Her holy worship mar.

O Thou Whose love in man's distress
Thy Church for refuge gave;

Do Thou the Church, Thy household bless,

And for Thy glory save!

[93]

The Twenty-third Sunday after Trinity.

I.

The hymn, O Lord, whate'er belongs to Thee, used for the Tenth Sunday after Trinity, will serve for the first hymn.

II.

SUDORE SAT.

PAUL, thou hast drained thy Master's cup,
His bitter woes adored,

And by thy sufferings hast filled up
The suffering of thy Lord.

Not only on thy body borne

Thy Master's mark impressed,
But He within thy spirit worn
Himself doth manifest.

So, holy Paul, thou liv'st no more,
Art dead with Him That died;
But in thy bosom evermore

Doth live the Crucified.

Lord! in Paul's teaching, while we may,

Still let us more abide,

And follow him on Thy blest way,
The follower and the guide.

Grant this, O Thou in Spirit One,

Thrice Holy, One and Three,

And ever be to Thee alone

All praise eternally.

[94]

« AnteriorContinuar »