0 may we ever walk in Him,
And nothing know beside;
Nothing desire, nothing esteem,
But Jesus crucified.
Closer and closer let us cleave
To His beloved embrace;
Expect His fulness to receive,
And grace to answer grace.
5 Partakers of the Saviour's grace,
The same in mind and heart,
Nor joy, nor grief, nor time, nor place,
Nor life, nor death can part.
I BLEST be the tie that binds
Our hearts in Christian love!
The fellowship of kindred minds
Is like to that above.
2 Before our Father's throne
We pour our ardent prayers;
Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one,
Our comforts and our cares.
3 We share our mutual woes,
Our mutual burdens bear;
And often for each other flows
The sympathising tear.
4 When we asunder part,
It gives us inward pain;
But we shall still be joined in heart,
And hope to meet again.
5 This glorious hope revives
Our courage by the way;
While each in expectation lives,
And longs to see the day.
6 From sorrow, toil, and pain,
And sin we shall be free;
And perfect love and friendship reign
Through all eternity.
I COME, let us join our friends above,
Who have obtained the prize,
And on the eagle wings of love
To joy celestial rise.
2 Let saints below in concert sing
With those to glory gone;
For all the servants of our King
In heaven and earth are one.
3 One family, we dwell in Him ;
One Church above, beneath;
Though now divided by the stream-
The narrow stream-of death.
of the living God,
To His command we bow;
Part of the host have crossed the flood,
And part are crossing now.
5 E'en now to their eternal home
Some happy spirits fly;
And we are to the margin come,
And soon expect to die.
6 O Saviour, be our constant Guide;
Then, when the word is given,
Bid Jordan's narrow stream divide,
And land us safe in heaven.
I FATHER of mercies, send Thy grace,
All-powerful, from above,
To form in our obedient souls
The image of Thy love.
2 O may our sympathising breasts
That generous pleasure know
Kindly to share in others' joy,
And weep for others' woe.
When poor and helpless sons of grief
In deep distress are laid,
Soft be our hearts their pains to feel
And swift our hands to aid.
4 On wings of love the Saviour flew
To raise us from the ground,
And made the richest of His blood
A balm for every wound.
I FROM whence doth this union arise,
That hatred is conquered by love?
It fastens our souls in such ties
As distance and time can't remove.
2 It cannot in Eden be found,
Nor yet in a Paradise lost;
It grows on Immanuel's ground,
And Jesus' dear blood it did cost.
3 My brethren are dear unto me,
Our hearts all united in love;
Where Jesus is gone we shall be,
In yonder blest mansions above.
4 Why, then, so unwilling to part,
Since there we shall all meet again?
Engraved on Immanuel's heart,
At a distance we cannot remain.
5 With Jesus we ever shall reign,
And all His bright glories shall see,
Singing, Hallelujah! amen!
Amen! even so let it be.
I HAD I the tongues of Greeks and Jews,
And nobler speech than angels use,
If love be absent, I am found,
Like tinkling brass, an empty sound.
2 Were I inspired to preach and tell
All that is done in heaven and hell,—
Or could
faith the world remove,—
Still I am nothing without love.
Should I distribute all my store
To feed the hungry, clothe the poor,—
Or give my body to the flame,
To gain a martyr's glorious name,
If love to God and love to men
Be absent, all my hopes are vain ;
Nor tongues, nor gifts, nor fiery zeal,
The work of love can e'er fulfil.
I How blest the sacred tie that binds,
In sweet communion, kindred minds!
How swift the heavenly course they run,
Whose heart, whose faith, whose hopes, are one! 2 To each the soul of each how dear!
What tender love, what holy fear!
How doth the generous flame within
Refine from earth, and cleanse from sin !
3 Their streaming tears together flow,
For human guilt and human woe;
Their ardent prayers united rise,
Like mingling flames in sacrifice.
4 Nor shall the glowing flame expire,
When dimly burns frail nature's fire;
Then shall they meet in realms above,
A heaven of joy, a heaven of love.
I How sweet, how heavenly is the sight,
When those who love the Lord,
In one another's peace delight,
And so fulfil His word!
2 When each can feel his brother's sigh,
And with him bear a part;
When sorrow flows from eye to eye,
And joy from heart to heart:
3 When free from envy, scorn, and pride,
Our wishes all above,-
Each can his brother's failings hide,
And show a brother's love:
4 Love is the golden chain that binds
The happy souls above;
And he's an heir of heaven that finds
His bosom glow with love.
I O LORD, Thou art my Lord,
My portion and delight;
All other lords I now reject,
And cast them from my sight.
2 Thy sovereign right I own,
Thy glorious power confess;
Thy law shall ever rule my heart,
While I adore Thy grace.
3 Too long my feet have strayed
In sin's forbidden way;
But since Thou hast my soul reclaimed,
To Thee my vows I'll pay.
4 My soul to Jesus joined,
By faith and hope and love,
Now seeks to dwell among Thy saints,
And rest with them above.
5 Accept, O Lord, my heart,
To Thee myself I give ;
Nor suffer me from hence to stray,
Or cause Thy saints to grieve.
THE CHRISTIAN LIFE: SECURITY.
I A DEBTOR to mercy alone,
Of covenant mercy I sing;
Nor fear, with Thy righteousness on,
My person and offering to bring;
The terrors of law, and of God,
With me can have nothing to do;
My Saviour's obedience and blood
Hide all my transgressions from view.
2 The work which His goodness began,
The arm of His strength will complete ;
His promise is yea, and amen,
And never was forfeited yet;
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