696. C. M. 1. SWEET is the prayer whose holy stream In earnest pleading flows: Devotion dwells upon the theme, And warm and warmer glows. 2. Faith grasps the blessing she desires, 3. But sweeter far the still small voice, When God hath made the heart rejoice, 4. Nor accents flow, nor words ascend; 697. C. M. 1. THE bud will soon become a flower, Then seize, O youth, the present hour, 2. Do thy best always-do it now- 3. The sun and rain will ripen fast 4. And soon the harvest of thy toil, Or o'er thy wild neglected soil, JONES VERY. 221 698. C. M. 1. Thou art my hiding-place, O Lord, 2. I have no argument beside And 't is enough-the Saviour died, 3. When storms of fierce temptation beat, And furious foes assail, My refuge is the mercy-seat, DOXOLOGY. C. M. 1. HAVE mercy on us, God Most High! Have mercy upon me, Have mercy on us worms of earth, 2. Most ancient of all mysteries! OLIVET. 6s & 4s. Spiritual Songs. 1. My faith looks up to Thee, Thou Lamb of Calvary, Saviour divine: Now hear me while I pray; Take all my guilt away; O let me from this day Be wholly Thine. ་་་་་ 700. 6s & 4s. When spear, and shield, and crown, 3. By Him who bowed to take MRS. SIGOURNEY. 702. 6s & 4s. 1. COME, all ye saints of God; Wide through the earth abroad Spread Jesus' fame; Tell what His love has done; Trust in His name alone; Shout to His lofty throne, "Worthy the Lamb." 2. Hence, gloomy doubts and fears! Dry up your mournful tears; Swell the glad theme; 3. Hark! how the choirs above, There, too, may we be found, Repeat the fifth line of each verse. PRATT'S COLL 1. Hail, sweetest, dear - est tie that binds Our glowing hearts one; 00 Hail, 80 cred hope that tunes our minds To har - mo ny • di vine. 703. C. M. 1. HAIL, Sweetest, dearest tie, that binds Hail, sacred hope! that tunes our minds 2. What though the northern wintry blast 3. No lingering look, no parting sigh,. 4. O sacred hope! O blissful hope! Which Jesus' grace has given- 704. C. M. 1. LET saints below in concert sing 2. One family, we dwell in Him, SUTTON. One church above, beneath, 3. One army of the living God, To his command we bow; Part of the host have crossed the flood, 4. Some to their everlasting home 1. NOT to the terrors of the Lord, The tempest, fire, and smoke,— 2. But we are come to Sion's hill, Where milder words declare His will, And spread His love abroad. 3. Behold the innumerable host Of angels clothed in light! Behold the spirits of the just, Whose faith is turned to sight! 4. Behold the blest assembly there, Whose names are writ in heaven! 5. The saints on earth and all the dead 6. In such society as this My weary soul would rest; The man that dwells where Jesus is, WATTS. TURNER. C. M. 4 4-0 1. Our souls, by love to-ge-ther knit, Ce-ment-ed, mixed in one. G. MAXIM. One One hope, one heart, one hope, one heart, one mind, one voice, One hope, one heart, one mind, one voice, 'Tis heaven on [earth be gun, One hope, one heart, one mind, one voice, 'Tis heaven on 1. OUR souls, by love together knit, Cemented, mixed in one, One hope, one heart, one mind, one voice,| 2. Our hearts have often burned within, 3. The little cloud increases still, The heavens are big with rain; 4. A rill, a stream, a torrent flows! But pour a mighty flood; O sweep the nations, shake the earth, 'Till all proclaim Thee, God! 5. And when Thou mak'st Thy jewels up, 6. May we, a little band of love, We sinners, saved by grace, From glory unto glory changed, Behold Thee face to face. 707. C. M. P MILLER 1. BLESS'D be the dear, uniting love, 2. Joined in one Spirit to our head, 3. Partakers of the Saviour's grace, 4. But let us hasten to the day Which shall our flesh restore, C. WESLEY. 708. C. M. 1. THE glorious universe around, The heavens with all their train, 2. The earth, the ocean, and the sky, 3. In one fraternal bond of love, The saints below and saints above 4. Here in their house of pilgrimage, There, through one bright, eternal age, 709. C. M. 1. O, IT is joy in one to meet MONTGOMERY. Whom one communion blends, 2. 'Tis joy to think the angel train, Who 'mid heaven's temple shine, 3. But chief 't is joy to think that He, 4. Then who would choose to walk abroad, While here such joys are given? "This is indeed the house of God, ANCIENT HYMNS. 710. C. M. 1. How sweet and heav'nly is the sight, 2. When each can feel his brother's sigh, 3. When love in one delightful stream 4. Love is the golden chain that binds The happy souls above; And he 's an heir of heav'n that finds SWAIN. 711. C. M. 1. WHAT poor despised company Who walk in yonder narrow way, 2. Ah, those are of a royal line, 3. But some of them seem poor, distressed, And lacking daily bread; Ah! they're of boundless wealth possessed, With hidden manna fed. 4. But why keep they that narrow road, 5. Why must they shun the pleasant path, 712. C. M. 1. How happy every child of grace, Who knows His sins forgiven! This earth, He cries, is not my place, I seek my home in heaven. 2. A country far from mortal sight, The land of rest, the saints' delight, 3. O, what a blessed hope is ours! We more than taste the heavenly powers, 4. We feel the resurrection near, Our life in Christ concealed, And with His glorious presence here 5. O, would He all of heaven bestow! 6. On Him with rapture then I'll gaze, C. WESLEY. |