1 BEFORE Jehovah's awful throne, 2 His sovereign power, without our aid, Made us of clay, and formed us men; And when like wandering sheep we strayed, He brought us to his fold again. 3 We are his people, we his care, Our souls and all our mortal frame: 4 We'll crowd thy gates with thankful songs; 5 Wide as the world is thy command, Vast as eternity thy love; Firm as a rock thy truth will stand, 43 When rolling years shall cease to move. C. M. 1 GREAT Shepherd of thy people, here 2 Help us with holy fear and joy 1 ALMIGHTY God, while earth and heaven 2 The early dawn of opening life 3 Now may I give myself to thee, Most gracious God, O deign to be 1 WHEN to the house of God we go, With all the saints in heaven above, 2 Our God is present with us there, And watches all our thoughts and ways O, let us humbly join in prayer, Let us sincerely sing his praise! 3 0, may we never thoughtless go, Nor lose the days our God has given! 46 But learn, by Sabbaths spent below, S. M. 1 COME, we that love the Lord, 2 The sorrows of the mind Be banished from the place: Religion never was designed To make our pleasures less.. 3 Then let our songs abound, And every tear be dry: We're marching thro' Immanuel's ground To fairer worlds on high. 1 O'ER mountain tops the mount of God In latter days shall rise Above the summits of the hills, And draw the wondering eyes. 2 To this the joyful nations round, 3 The beams that shine from Zion's hill The King who reigns in Salem's towers Shall the whole world command. 1 GLORIOUS things of thee are spoken, He whose word cannot be broken 2 See! the streams of living waters, 3 Who can faint while such a river 1 ZION, awake! thy strength renew! 1 HERE, when thy people seek thy face, And dying sinners pray to live, Hear Thou in heaven, thy dwelling-place, And, when thou hearest, O forgive! 2 Here, when thy messengers proclaim 51 When children's voices raise that song, Hosanna! let their angels sing, And heaven with earth the strain prolong. C. M. Close of Service. 1 O GOD, accept the sacred hour Which we to thee have given; 3 His true disciples may we live, From all corruption free, And humbly learn like him to give 1 THY presence, everlasting God! |