And try in all my words and ways, To magnify the same. 4 Dear Jesus, may thy spirit help 1 Lift up the Gospel Banner. LIFT up the Gospel banner, Wide be its folds unfurled; Display the love of Jesus 20 stay not-time is passing; Work while 'tis called to-day: Thousands of heathen perish Each hour that you delay. They die without the knowledge Of God's most holy word; Without the hopes you cherish, In Christ our gracious Lord. 3 Remember your Redeemer; Lift up his glorious banner; In Christ the Saviour's name. HYMN 181. 8. & 7. 1 GOD of grace what thanks we owe Thee! 2 How we pity souls benighted, Hastening to a hopeless grave, J 3 Oh! shall none bear hence the story 4 Father, Lord, from every nation, HYMN 182. 4 lines 8's. Heaven. 1 WE speak of the realms of the blest, And oft are its glories confess'd- 2 We speak of its pathways of gold, Of its walls deck'd with jewels so rare; Its wonders and pleasures untold, But what must it be to be there? 3 We speak of its freedom from sin, From sorrow, temptation, and care, From trials without and within, But what must it be to be there? 4 We speak of its service of love, Of the robes which the glorified wear: The church of the first-born above,But what must it be to be there? 5 Do Thou, Lord, 'midst pleasure or woe, 1 HYMN 183. L. M. Christ Knocking. BEHOLD a stranger at the door! He gently knocks, has knocked before Has waited long-is waiting still; 20 lovely attitude, He stands With melting heart and bleeding hands. 3 But will He prove a friend indeed? 4 Rise, touched with gratitude divine; 5 Admit Him, ere his anger burn; HYMN 184. 5, 6, & 9. Peace in Believing. 1 HOW happy are they Who the Saviour obey, And have laid up their treasures above! O what tongue can express The sweet comfort and peace Of a soul in its earliest love? 2 'Twas heaven below My Redeemer to know, And the angels could do nothing more, And the story repeat, 30 the rapturous height Of that holy delight, Which I felt in the life-giving blood! Of my Saviour possessed, I was perfectly blest, As if filled with the fulness of God. 4 Then, all the day long, Was my Jesus my song, And redemption through faith in his name; And salvation receive, And their song and their joy be the same. HYMN 185. C. M. Joyful Meeting. 1 HOW pleasant thus to dwell below, Of that will be joyful, joyful, joyful, To meet to part no more. 2 Yes, happy thought! when we are free In heaven we shall each other see, O! that will be joyful, &c. 3 The children who have loved the Lord Shall hail their teachers there; |