335 LOVE divine, all joys excelling,
Joy of heaven, to earth come down ;
Fix in us thy humble dwelling,
All thy faithful mercies crown ;
Jesus, thou art all compassion;
Pure, unbounded love thou art ;
Visit us with thy salvation,
Enter every trembling heart.
Finish, then, thy new creation,
Pure and spotless let us be ;
Let us see thy great salvation,
Perfectly restored in thee :
Changed from glory into glory,
Till in heaven we take our place,
Till we cast our crowns before thee,
Lost in wonder, love, and praise.
336 GOD only my salvation is,
And my strong rock is he;
He only is my sure defence,
I shall not moved be.
Ye people, place your confidence
In God, your God, alone,
And you shall see your enemies
Each one of them o'erthrown.
3370 GREATLY bless'd the people are
The joyful sound that know;
In brightness of thy face, O Lord,
They ever on shall go.
They in thy name shall all the day
Rejoice exceedingly ;
And in thy righteousness shall they
Exalted be on high.
For God is our defence; and he
To us doth safety bring :
The Holy One of Israel
Is our Almighty King.
338 MORE likely to rob than to feed,
Were ravens, who live upon prey,
But when the Lord's people have need,
His goodness will find out a way.
He lions and ravens can tame,
All creatures obey his command:
Then let me rejoice in his name,
And leave all my cares in his hand.
339 IN holy contemplation,
We sweetly now pursu
The theme of God's salvation,
And find it ever new.
Set free from present sorroW
We cheerfully can say,
E'en let the unknown morrow
Bring with it what it may;
It can bring with it nothing
But he will bear us through:
Who gives the lilies clothing,
Will clothe his people too :
Beneath the spreading heavens,
No creature but is fed;
And he who feeds the ravens,
Will give his children bread.
Though vine nor fig-tree neither
Their wonted fruit should bear,
Though all the field should wither,
Nor flocks nor herds be there;
Yet God the same abiding,
His praise shall tune my voice;
For while in him confiding,
I cannot but rejoice.
FEAR not the face of man,
But bravely serve the Lord;
Stand forth and bear thy witness well,
According to his word.
Thou art thyself a king,
Girt with majestic power,
Thy foe is but a puny thing,
A creature of an hour.
342 THE God we serve maintains his throne
Above the clouds, beyond the skies;
Through all the earth his will is done ;
He knows our groans, he hears our cries.
But the vain idols men adore
Are senseless shapes of stone or wood;
At best a mass of glittering ore,
A silver saint, or golden god.
Shine forth in all thy dreadful name!
Why should a Papist's haughty tongue
Insult us, and, to bring us shame,
Set up the gods dethroned so long?
343O THAT the fire from heaven might fall, Our sins its ready victims find,
Seize on our lusts and burn up all,
Nor leave the least remains behind!
Then would our prostrate hearts adore,
And own the Lord our righteousness;
He is the God of saving power,
The Lord Jehovah we confess.
344 SAW ye not the cloud arise,
Little as a human hand?
Now it spreads along the skies,
Hangs o'er all the thirsty land:
Lo, the promise of a shower
Drops already from above;
But the Lord will shortly pour
All the spirit of his love.
STAND up! Stand up for Jesus!
The trumpet-call obey;
Forth to the mighty conflict,
In this his glorious day;
Ye that are men, now serve him,
Against unnumber'd foes;
Your courage rise with danger,
And strength to strength oppose.
Stand up! Stand up for Jesus!
Stand in his strength alone:
The arm of flesh will fail you ;
Ye dare not trust your own:
Put on the gospel armour,
And watching unto prayer,
Where duty calls, or danger,
Be never wanting there.
Stand up! Stand up for Jesus!
The strife will not be long;
This day the noise of battle,
The next the victor's song.
To him that overcometh
A crown of life shall be ;
He with the King of Glory
Shall reign eternally.
346 REST in the Lord and keep his way,
Nor let thine anger rise,
Though providence should long delay
To punish haughty vice.
Thine innocence shall God display
And make his judgments known,
Fair as the light of dawning day,
And glorious as the noon.
347 AND lo! he vanish'd from the ground,
Destroyed by hands unseen;
Nor root, nor branch, nor leaf was found
Where all that pride had been.
But mark the man of righteousness,
His sev'ral steps attend;
True pleasure runs through all his ways,
And peaceful is his end.
348 SHALL I, for fear of feeble man,
Thy Spirit's course in me restrain?
Or, undismay'd in deed and word,
Be a true witness for my Lord?
Awed by a mortal's frown, shall I
Conceal the Word of God Most High?
How then before thee shall I dare
To stand, or how thy anger bear?
Give me thy strength, O God of power!
Then let winds blow, or thunders roar,
Thy faithful witness will I be :
'Tis fixed! I can do all through thee.
349 I SEND the joys of earth away;
Away, ye tempters of the mind;
False as the smooth deceitful sea,
And empty as the whistling wind.
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