His foes a season here
May triumph and prevail;
But, ah! the hour is near,
When all their hopes must fail; While like the sun His saints shall rise, . And shine with Him above the skies.
H! that the Lord's salvation
Were out of Zion come,
To heal His ancient nation,
To lead His outcasts home!
2 How long the holy city
Shall heathen feet profane?
Return, O Lord! in pity:
Rebuild her walls again.
3 Let fall Thy rod of terror;
Thy saving grace impart ;
Roll back the veil of error;
Release the fettered heart.
4 Let Israel, home returning,
Her lost Messiah see:
Give oil of joy for mourning,
And bind Thy Church to Thee.
HAT sinners value I resign;
W art mine:
I shall behold Thy blissful face,
And stand complete in righteousness.
2 This life's a dream, an empty show;
But the bright world to which I go
Hath joys substantial and sincere :
When shall I wake, and find me there?
3 O glorious hour! O blest abode !
I shall be near and like my God;
And flesh and sin no more control
The sacred pleasures of the soul.
4 My flesh shall slumber in the ground,
Till the last trumpet's joyful sound;
Then burst the chains with sweet surprise,
And in my Saviour's image rise.
GOD of truth and grace,
My Saviour and my Guide!
Be with me in my earthly race,
And lead me to Thy side.
Strength to the weak Thou art;
O send me health divine!
And on my feeble, sinking heart
With beams of mercy shine.
Thy way is good and just,
Thy word is tried and true:
Ye tremblers in your Saviour trust!
His arm will bear you through,
He lives! for ever blest,
My Rock and Refuge He!
He lives! to give His people rest;
He lives! to rescue me.
HE heavens declare Thy glory, Lord!
In every star Thy wisdom shines:
But when our eyes behold Thy word,
We read Thy name in fairer lines.
2 The rolling sun, the changing light,
And nights and days Thy power confess,
But the blest volume Thou hast writ
Reveals Thy justice and Thy grace.
3 Nor shall Thy spreading gospel rest,
Till through the world Thy truth has
Till Christ has all the nations blest
That see the light or feel the sun.
4 Great Sun of Righteousness! arise;
Bless the dark world with heavenly light;
Thy gospel makes the simple wise,
Thy laws are pure, Thy judgments right.
5 Thy noblest wonders here we view
In souls renewed, and sins forgiven:
Lord! cleanse my sins, my soul renew,
And make Thy word my guide to heaven!
HE Lord Himself, the mighty Lord,
Vouchsafes to be my Guide;
The Shepherd, by whose constant care
My wants are all supplied.
2 He does my wandering soul reclaim,
And, to His endless praise,
Instructs with humble zeal to walk
In His most righteous ways.
pass the gloomy vale of death,
From fear and danger free;
For there His aiding rod and staff
Defend and comfort me.
4 Since God does thus His wondrous love
Through all my life extend,
That life to Him I will devote,
And in His temple spend.
FRECT your heads, eternal gates!
Unfold to entertain
The King of Glory; see, He comes
With His celestial train!
2 Who is the King of Glory? who?
The Lord, for strength renowned:
In battle mighty, o'er His foes
Eternal victor crowned.
3 Erect your heads, ye gates! unfold
In state to entertain
The King of Glory; see, He comes
With all His shining train!
4 Who is this King of Glory ? who?
The Lord of hosts renowned :
Of glory He alone is King,
Who is with glory crowned.
MINE eyes and my desire
Are ever to the Lord;
I love to plead His promises,
And rest upon His word.
2 When shall the sovereign grace
Of my forgiving God
Restore me from those dangerous ways
My wandering feet have trod ?
3 Oh! keep my soul from death,
Nor put my hope to shame;
For I have placed my only trust
In my Redeemer's name.
4 With humble faith I wait
To see Thy face again;
Of Israel it shall ne'er be said,
"He sought the Lord in vain."
1 PLEST is the man, for ever blest,
Whose guilt is pardoned by his God; Whose sins with sorrow are confessed, And covered with his Saviour's blood.
2 Blest is the man from whom the Lord
Doth all his load of shame remove;
Who claims no merit or reward,
But rests upon his Saviour's love.
3 From guile his heart and lips are free;
His humble joy, his holy fear,
With deep repentance well agree,
And join to prove his faith sincere.
4 How glorious is that righteousness
That hides and cancels all his sins!
His ransomed soul, renewed by grace,
With beams of heavenly lustre shines.
1 LET all the l voices raise
ET all the just to God with joy
For well the righteous it becomes
To sing glad songs of praise.
2 For faithful is the word of God,
His works with truth abound;
He justice loves, and all the earth
Is with His goodness crowned.
3 By His almighty word at first,
The heavenly arch was reared,
And all the beauteous hosts of light
At His command appeared.
4 Whate'er the mighty Lord decrees
Shall stand for ever sure;
The settled purpose of His heart
To ages shall endure.
5 How happy, then, are they to whom
The Lord for God is known;
Whom He from all the world besides
Has chosen for His own!
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