Before our Father's throne
We pour united prayers;

Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one;
Our comforts and our cares.

8.

We share our mutual woes,

Our mutual burdens bear; And often for each other flows The sympathizing tear.

4.

When we at death must part,
Not like the world's, our pain;
But one in Christ, and one in heart,
We part to meet again.

5.

From sorrow, toil, and pain,
And sin, we shall be free;

And perfect love and friendship reign
Throughout eternity.

COME

HYMN 104. C. M.

OME, let us join our friends above
That have made sure the prize,

And on the eagle wings of love
To joys celestial rise.

2.

Let all the saints terrestrial sing,
With those to glory gone;
For all the servants of our King
In earth and heaven are one.

3.

One family, we dwell in him,

One Church, above, beneath; Though now divided by the stream, The narrow stream of death.

4.

One army of the living God,

To his command we bow;

Part of his host have cross'd the flood, And part are crossing now.

5.

Our spirits, too, shall quickly join,
Like theirs, with glory crown'd,
And shout to see our Captain's sign,
To hear his trumpet sound.

6.

Then, Lord of hosts, be thou our guide, And we, at thy command,

Through waves that part on either side, Shall reach the blessed land.

Lo

HYMN 105. C. M.

O! what a cloud of witnesses
Encompass us around!

Men once, like us, with suffering tried,
But now with glory crown'd.

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Let us, with zeal like theirs inspired, Strive in the Christian race;

And, freed from every weight of sin, Their holy footsteps trace.

3.

Behold a witness nobler still,
Who trod affliction's path-
Jesus, the Author, Finisher,
Rewarder of our faith:

4.

He, for the joy before him set,
And moved by pitying love,
Endured the cross, despised the shame,
And now he reigns above.

5.

Thither, forgetting things behind, Press we, to God's right hand; There, with the Saviour and his saints, Triumphantly to stand.

NOT

HYMN 106. C. M.

OT to the terrors of the Lord, The tempest, fire, and smoke: Not to the thunder of that word Which God on Sinai spoke;

2.

But we are come to Sion's hill,
The city of our God;

Where milder words declare his will,
And spread his love abroad.

3.

Behold th' innumerable host
Of angels clothed in light:
Behold the spirits of the just,
Whose faith is changed to sight.

4.

Behold the bless'd assembly there,
Whose names are writ in heaven;
Hear God, the judge of all, declare
Their sins, through Christ, forgiven.

5.

Angels, and living saints and dead,
But one communion make:
All join in Christ, their living Head,
And of his love partake.

HOLY SCRIPTURES.

HYMN 107. C. M.

ПATHER of mercies! in thy word
What endless glory shines!

For ever be thy name adored
For these celestial lines.

2.

Here the Redeemer's welcome voice
Spreads heavenly peace around;
And life and everlasting joys

Attend the blissful sound.

3.

O may these heavenly pages be
My ever dear delight;

And still new beauties may I see,
And still increasing light.

Divine Instructor, gracious Lord,
Be thou for ever near;

Teach me to love thy sacred word,
And view my Saviour there.

GOD'S

HYMN 108. C. M.

YOD'S perfect law converts the soul,
Reclaims from false desires;

With sacred wisdom his sure word
The ignorant inspires.

2.

The statutes of the Lord are just,
And bring sincere delight;

His pure commands, in search of truth,
Assist the feeblest sight.

3.

His perfect worship here is fix'd,
On sure foundations laid;
His equal laws are in the scales
Of truth and justice weigh'd;

4.

Of more esteem than golden mines,
Or gold refined with skill;

More sweet than honey, or the drops
That from the comb distill.

5.

My trusty counsellors they are,
And friendly warning give: