When the proud man from his pride

486.-Universal Worship.

Stoops to seek Thy face; When the burdened brings his guilt

To Thy throne of grace: Hear then, in love, O Lord, the cry, In heaven, Thy dwelling-place on high.

When the stranger asks a home,

All his toils to end;
When the hungry craveth food,
And the poor a friend ;
When the sailor on the wave
Bows the fervent knee;
When the soldier on the field

Lifts his heart to Thee:

Hear then, in love, O Lord, the cry,
In heaven, Thy dwelling-place on high.

When the man of toil and care

In the city crowd,
When the shepherd on the moor
Names the name of God;
When the learnèd and the high

Tired of earthly fame,
Upon higher joys intent,

Name the blessed name:
Hear then, in love, O Lord, the cry,
In heaven, Thy dwelling-place on high.

When the child with grave, fresh lip,

Youth or maiden fair;
When the aged, weak and grey,
Seek Thy face in prayer ;
When the widow weeps to Thee,
Sad and lone and low;

When the orphan brings to Thee

All his orphan woe:

Hear then, in love, O Lord, the cry,

In heaven, Thy dwelling-place on high.

When creation, in her pangs,

Heaves her heavy groan;

When Thy Salem's exiled sons,

Breathe their bitter moan;

When Thy widowed, weeping Church, Looking for a home,

Sendeth up her silent sigh,

66 Come, Lord Jesus, come !" Hear then, in love, O Lord, the cry, In heaven, Thy dwelling-place on high.

DR. H. BONAR.

Though high above all praise,
Above all blessing high,

Who would not fear His holy Name,
And laud and magnify?

O for the living flame

From His own altar brought, To touch our lips, our minds inspire, And wing to heaven our thought!

There, with benign regard, Our hymns He deigns to hear; Though unrevealed to mortal sense The spirit feels Him near.

God is our strength and song, And His salvation ours; Then be His love in Christ proclaimed With all our ransomed powers.

Stand up and bless the Lord; The Lord your God adore; Stand up and bless His glorious Name, Henceforth for evermore.

JAMES MONTGOMERY.

489.-Public Worship.

JEREMIAH XXIX. 13.

IX verses out of sixteen, admirably selected, and turning a long, diffuse composition into an effective Hymn. As a specimen of what has been omitted we subjoin the last double stanza of the original :

"'Stablish, Lord, our hearts with grace, Give us an abiding peace;

Then though floods around us flow,

Though winds from all quarters blow,

Built upon Thyself the Rock,
We endure the mighty shock;
We are over and above

Conquerors through Thy matchless love." We have restored the original reading in one or two places where the hymn-books have generally altered it. Dr. Rogers gives the whole in Lyra Britannica.

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LORD! we come before Thee now,

At Thy feet we humbly bow,

O do not our suit disdain ;

Shall we seek Thee, Lord, in vain?

492.-Hosanna in the Highest ! JOHN xii. 13.

L.M. with chorus.

HOSANNA to the living Lord!

Hosanna to the incarnate Word ! To Christ, Creator, Saviour, King, Let earth, let heaven, hosanna sing. Hosanna! Lord! Hosanna in the highest.

Hosanna, Lord! Thine angels cry;
Hosanna, Lord! Thy saints reply;
Above, beneath us, and around,
The dead and living swell the sound;
Hosanna! Lord! Hosanna in the
highest.

O Saviour, with protecting care,
Return to this Thy house of prayer ;
Assembled in Thy sacred name,
Here we Thy parting promise claim.
Hosanna! Lord! Hosanna in the
highest.

But chiefest, in our cleansèd breast,
Eternal! bid Thy Spirit rest,
And make our secret soul to be
A temple pure, and worthy Thee!
Hosanna! Lord! Hosanna in the
highest.

So, in the last and dreadful day,

Yet God is present in this place,
Veiled in serener majesty ;
So full of glory, truth, and grace,
That faith alone such light can see.
Nor as He in the temple taught,

Is Christ within these walls revealed, When blind, and deaf, and dumb were brought,

Lepers, and lame,—and all were healed. Yet here, when two or three shall meet, Or thronging multitudes are found, All may sit down at Jesus' feet,

And hear and know the joyful sound.

Send forth the Seraphim, O Lord!

To touch Thy servants' lips with fire; Saviour! give them Thy faithful word; God! Holy Ghost! their hearts inspire.

JAMES MONTGOMERY.

494.-The House of Prayer.

PSALM XXVI. 8. JOMPOSED by the author for the re-opening service of the country church where he had worshipped in his early days. This fact explains some of the allusions in the Hymn. Apart from their intrinsic interest, the two Hymns-see also 380-of so celebrated a writer deserve a place in any comprehensive collection.

E

C.M.

We love the venerable house

Our fathers built to God :-
In heaven are kept their grateful vows,
Their dust endears the sod.

Here holy thoughts a light have shed
From many a radiant face,
And prayers of tender hope have spread
A perfume through the place.

And anxious hearts have pondered here
The mystery of life,

And prayed the eternal Light to clear
Their doubts, and aid their strife.

From humble tenements around
Came up the pensive train,
And in the Church a blessing found,
That filled their homes again;