On his great love

Our hopes we place
Of present grace
And joys above.

2 then with hymns of praise

These hallowed courts shall ring,

Our voices we will raise

The Three in One to sing;

And thus proclaim

In joyful song

Both loud and long

That glorious name.

3 Here, gracious God, do thou For evermore draw nigh; Accept each faithful vow,

And mark each suppliant sigh:

In copious shower

On all who pray

Each holy day

Thy blessings pour.

4 Here may we gain from heaven
The grace which we implore;
And may that grace, once given,
Be with us evermore,

Until that day

When all the blest

To endless rest

Are called away.

R

280

"Arise, O Lord, into thy resting-place."

[C. M.

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From the cxxxii. Psalm.

WITH due reverence let us all
To God's abode repair;

And prostrate at his footstool fall,
To breathe our humble prayer.

2 Arise, O Lord, and now possess
Thy constant place of rest;
Be that not only with thy ark,

But with thy presence bless'd.

3 Clothe thou thy priests with righteousness,
Make thou thy saints rejoice;

And, for thy servant David's sake,
Hear thy anointed's voice.

281

"O pray for the peace of Jerusalem; they shall [C. M. prosper that love thee."

From the cxxii. Psalm.

'TWAS a joyful sound to hear

Our tribes devoutly say,

Up, Israel! to the temple haste,
And keep your festal-day.

2 At Salem's courts we must appear,
With our assembled powers,

In strong and beauteous order ranged,
Like her united towers.

3 O ever pray for Salem's peace;
For they shall prosp'rous be,

Thou holy city of our God,

Who bear true love to thee.

4 May peace within thy sacred walls
A constant guest be found;
With plenty and prosperity
Thy palaces be crown'd.

5 For my dear brethren's sake, and friends
No less than brethren dear,

I'll pray, May peace in Salem's towers
A constant guest appear.

6 But most of all I'll seek thy good,
And ever wish thee well,
For Sion and the temple's sake,

Where God vouchsafes to dwell.

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"Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner-stone,
elect, precious."

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Six Lines,

HRIST is made the sure foundation,

CHR

Christ the head and corner-stone,
Chosen of the Lord, and precious,

Binding all the Church in one,

Holy Sion's help forever,

And her confidence alone.

2 All that dedicated city,

Dearly loved of God on high,

In exultant jubilation

Pours perpetual melody;
God the One in Three adoring
In glad hymns eternally.

3 To this temple, where we call thee,
Come, O Lord of hosts, to-day:
With thy wonted loving-kindness,
Hear thy servants as they pray;
And thy fullest benediction
Shed within its walls alway.

4 Here vouchsafe to all thy servants
What they ask of thee to gain,
What they gain from thee for ever
With the blessed to retain,
And hereafter in thy glory

283

VI. MISSIONS AND CHARITIES.

"Come over and help us."

FROM Greenland's icy mountains,

From India's coral strand,

Where Afric's sunny fountains

Roll down their golden sand;
From many an ancient river,
From many a palmy plain,
They call us to deliver

Their land from error's chain.

2 What though the spicy breezes
Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle;
Though every prospect pleases,
And only man is vile:
In vain with lavish kindness

3

The gifts of God are strewn;

The heathen in his blindness
Bows down to wood and stone.

Shall we,

whose souls are lighted
With wisdom from on high;
Shall we to men benighted

The lamp of life deny?
Salvation, O salvation,

The joyful sound proclaim,

Till each remotest nation

Has learnt Messiah's name.

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