He helped us again and again,
Or where before now had we been?
3 To Jesus, who sits on the throne,
Our best hallelujahs we bring ;
To Thee it is owing alone
That we are permitted to sing :
Assist us, we pray, to lament
The sins of the year that is past;
And grant that the next may be spent,
Far more to Thy praise than the last!
1 SAINTS die, and we may gently weep;
Sweetly in Jesus' arms they sleep;
Far from this world of sin and woe,
Nor sin, nor pain, nor grief they know.
2 Death no terrific foe appears;
An angel's lovely form he wears;
A friendly messenger he proves
To every soul whom Jesus loves.
3 Death is a sleep; and O how sweet
To souls prepared its stroke to meet!
Their dying beds, their graves are blest,
For all to them is peace and rest.
A Parting Hymn.
1 As the sun's enlivening eye
Shines on every place the same,
So the Lord is always nigh
To the souls that love His name.
2 From His holy mercy-seat
Nothing can their souls confine;
Still in spirit they may meet,
Still in sweet communion join.
3 For a season called to part,
Let us then ourselves commend
To the gracious eye and heart
Of our ever-present Friend.
4 Jesus, hear our humble prayer,
Tender Shepherd of Thy sheep;
Let Thy mercy and Thy care
All our souls in safety keep.
5 In Thy strength may we be strong;
Sweeten every cross and pain;
Give us, if we live, ere long
Here to meet in peace again.
1 WHILE the dear saints of God below Are travelling through a world of woe, Oft are they called, as they can tell, Here for a time to say Farewell. 2 And yet, all glory to the Lord! Encouraged by His faithful word, We thus our sighs and tears repel, 'Tis only here we say Farewell. 3 For while we here on earth remain, We part and meet, and part again; But when we meet in heaven to dwell, We never there shall say Farewell! 413 Parting Supplication.
1 To Thee our wants are known;
From Thee are all our powers:
Accept what is Thine own
And pardon what is ours:
Our praises, Lord, and prayers receive,
And to Thy Word a blessing give.
2 O grant that each of us,
Now met before Thee here,
May meet together thus,
When Thou and Thine appear;
And follow Thee to heaven, our home!
E'en so, Amen, Lord Jesus, come.
MAY the grace of Christ our Saviour,
And the Father's boundless love,
With the Holy Spirit's favour,
Rest upon us from above!
Thus may we abide in union
With each other in the Lord;
And possess, in sweet communion,
Joys which earth cannot afford.
LORD, dismiss us with Thy blessing,
Bid us all depart in peace;
Still, on gospel manna feeding,
Pure seraphic joys increase:
Fill our hearts with consolation,
Unto Thee our voices raise ;
When we reach that blissful station,
We will give Thee nobler praise.
Above the heaven's created rounds,
A little ship was on the sea,
All children are conceived in sin,
Almighty Father, gracious Lord,.
Almighty God, in humble prayer,
Almighty God, there are no works,
Almighty God, Thy wondrous works,
Almighty God, while earth and heaven,
Almighty Maker of my frame,
Almighty Saviour, gracious Lord,
Among the deepest shades of night,
A mourning class, a vacant seat,.
And am I born to die,
And have our supplications failed,
And must we see that solemn day,
And will the Judge descend,
Angry words are lightly spoken,
Around the throne of God in heaven,
As needles point towards the pole,
A span is all that we can boast,
As parched in the barren sands,
Assembled in our school once more,
As some tall rock amidst the waves,
As teachers of the rising race,
As the early opening blooms,
As the Saviour passed along,
As the sun's enlivening eye,.
At Sinai's foot assembled,
A widowed mother lost her son,
A worldling spent each day,
Behold the Lamb of God,
Behold the morning sun,
Behold this fair and fertile globe,
Beneath the shadow of Thy cross,
Be ours the bliss in wisdom's way,
Be present at our table, Lord,
Beset with snares on every hand,
Blessings for ever on the Lamb,
Blest be the tie that binds,
Blest is the youth who sees and feels,
By the poor widow's oil and meal,
Calm the Hebrew infant slept,
Children, however young in years,
Children that with sincere desires,
Children who are gone to glory,
Children, your parents' will obey,
Children who know and fear the Lord,
Christ is merciful and mild,
Christ is the true substantial good,
Christ's matchless lustre and His worth,
Christ, the Father's Son eternal,
Christ the Lord is risen to-day,
Christ was teaching all the day,
Come, behold the midday sun,
Come, children, join the angelic throng,
Come, gracious Spirit, heavenly Dove,
Come in, thou blessed of the Lord,
Come, let us join our cheerful songs,
Come, little children, hear the Lord,
Crowns of glory, ever bright,
Day of judgment, day of wonders,
Days and years glide swiftly by,
Dear child, and dost thou feel thy sin,
Dearest Jesus, sinners' Friend,
Dear Jesus, whose servants we are,
Dear Lord, above our rising fears,
Dear Lord, bow down Thy gracious ear,
Death and the grave are doleful themes,
Death has been here, and borne away,
Death in a thousand dreadful forms,
Death is the wages due by sin,
Deep are the wounds which sin has made,
Earth is a wilderness of sand,
nquiring youth, if thou wouldst know,
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