3 Bright in that happy land
Beams every eye,
Kept by a Father's hand,-
Love cannot die.
On, then, to glory run;
Be a crown and kingdom won;
And bright above the sun,
Reign, reign for aye!
ATHER of all, whose powerful voice
Called forth this universal frame;
Whose mercies over all rejoice,
Through endless ages still the same;
Wisdom, and might, and love are thine:
Prostrate before thy feet we fall;
Confess thine attributes divine;
And hail Thee sovereign Lord of all!
2 Blessing and honour, praise and love,
Co-equal, co-eternal Three,
In earth below, and heaven above,
By all thy works be paid to Thee!
Thrice holy thine the kingdom is;
The power omnipotent is thine;
And when created nature dies,
Thy glories shall for ever shine.
KNOW that my Redeemer lives:"
What comfort this sweet sentence gives!
He lives, He lives, who once was dead
He lives, my ever-living head!
2 He lives, all glory to his name!
He lives, my Jesus, still the same:
O the sweet joy this sentence gives!
I know that my Redeemer lives."
Thy will be done."
God and Father! while I stray,
M'Far from my home, in life's rough way,
O teach me from my heart to say,
2 If Thou should'st call me to resign
What most I prize, it ne'er was mine;
I only yield Thee what was thine:
"Thy will be done!"
3 Renew my will from day to day,
Blend it with thine, and take away
All that now makes it hard to say,
Thy will be done!""
4 Then, when on earth I breathe no more
The prayer, oft mixed with tears before,
I'll sing, upon a happier shore,
Thy will be done!”
Divine aid.
10 THOU, to whose all-searching sight
The darkness shineth as the light,
Search, prove my heart; it pants for Thee;
O burst these bonds, and set it free!
2 While in this darksome wild I stray,
Be Thou my light, be Thou my way;
No foes, no violence I fear,
No fraud, while Thou, my God, art near.
3 When rising floods my soul o'erflow,
When sinks my heart in waves of woe,
Jesus, thy timely aid impart,
And raise my head, and cheer my
4 If rough and thorny be the way,
My strength proportion to my day;
Till toil, and grief, and pain shall cease,
Where all is calm, and joy, and peace.
OD of mercy, God of grace,
Shew the brightness of thy face;
Shine upon us, Saviour, shine;
Fill thy church with light divine;
And thy saving health extend,
Unto earth's remotest end.
2 Let the people praise Thee, Lord!
Be by all that live adored;
Let the nations shout and sing,
Glory to their Saviour King;
At thy feet their tribute pay,
And thy holy will obey.
3 Let the people praise Thee, Lord!
Earth shall then her fruits afford;
God to man his blessing give;
Man to God devoted live;
All below, and all above,
One in joy, and light, and love.
Christ our Sacrifice.
On Jewish altars slain,
Could give the guilty conscience peace,
Or wash away the stain.
2 But Christ, the heavenly Lamb,
Takes all our sins away;
A sacrifice of nobler name,
And richer blood than they.
3 My faith would lay her hand
On that dear head of thine,
While deeply penitent I stand,
And there confess my sin.
4 My soul looks back to see
The burden Thou didst bear,
When hanging on the cursed tree,
And knows her guilt was there.
5 Believing, we rejoice
To see the curse remove;
We bless the Lamb with cheerful voice,
And sing his bleeding love.
Messiah's advent and reign.
to the world, the Lord is come!
J Let earth receive her King:
heart prepare Him room,
And heaven and nature sing!
2 Joy to the earth, the Saviour reigns!
Let men their songs employ;
While fields, and floods, rocks, hills, and plains,
Repeat the sounding joy.
3 No more let sins and sorrows grow,
Nor thorns infest the ground;
He comes to make his blessings flow
Far as the curse is found.
4 He rules the world with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The glories of his righteousness,
And wonders of his love.
HE heavens declare thy glory, Lord;
every star thy wisdom shines;
But when our eyes behold thy word,
We read thy name in fairer lines.
2 The rolling sun, the changing light,
And nights and days thy power confess; But the blessed volume Thou hast writ, Reveals thy justice and thy grace,
3 Nor shall thy spreading gospel rest,
Till through the world thy truth has run ;
Till Christ has all the nations blessed
That see the light or feel the sun.
4 Great Sun of righteousness, arise !
Bless the dark world with heavenly light:
Thy gospel makes the simple wise,
Thy laws are pure, thy judgments right.
Daily mercies.
God, how endless is thy love!
Thy gifts are every evening new ;
And morning mercies from above,
Gently distil like early dew.
2 Thou spread'st the curtains of the night,
Great guardian of my sleeping hours;
Thy sovereign word restores the light,
And quickens all my drowsy powers.
3 I yield my powers to thy command;
To Thee I consecrate my days:
Perpetual blessings from thine hand,
Demand perpetual songs of praise.
Redeeming love.
1OME, let us all unite, and raise
A cheerful song of grateful praise
To God, our God, who reigns on high,
Whose mercies are forever nigh.
2 Bring praises for our Father's love,
Who saw us from his throne above,
Blind, naked, wretched, sunk, and lost
And brought relief at boundless cost.
3 That cost, the gift of his own Son :
Oh wondrous love! the Holy One
Given freely up to death, that we,
The slaves of sin, might freemen be!
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