To ev'ry sinner show What need he hath of thee, And then most pow'rfully Convince each human heart,
5 Whene'er we to mankind proclaim | 3 O Lord, before us go; Thy dying love and precious name, Support thy servants' weakness, Lord, By thy blest Spirit, grace and word. 6 Lord of the harvest! lab'rers send, Who willing are their lives to spend, In scorching heat and chilling cold, To bring the heathen to thy fold.
7 When all our labor here is o'er, And when our light shall burn no more, When our endeavors have an end, Then let our souls to thee ascend.
That thou our Saviour art. 4 O let thy strength and might Subdue the en❜my's spite: Our weakness well thou know'st, But that we trust thy word, Of nothing we can boast And know, thou art our Lord! 5 Let our beginnings be Aided, O Lord, by thee; The things which purpos'd are Help us to bring to bear; Forgive whate'er is wrong, Midst weakness make us strong,
6 Our weak endeavors bless, And crown them with success. Thou Workman great and wise! Who shall thy work despise? A tool that's us'd by thee Can wonders do, we see.
We see with joy the work of God in-12
LORD, at thy feet asham'd we sink, When on thy wondrous grace we think, Which now so strikingly appears ; Lost in amaze we melt in tears. 2 The gospel in these blessed days, Throughout the earth its beams displays;
Nations, that never heard of thee, Thy great salvation shout to see, 3 That mystery from ages seal'd God, by his Spirit, hath reveal'd, That heav'nly thrones and pow'rs might know
God's wisdom by the church below.
4 Tho' hated, tho' despis'd and mean, Yet while we on thy mercy lean, Let nations rage, let devils roar, We will confess thee evermore. 673.* T. 121.
YE people of the Lord, Be still, and trust his word, Bring your supplications Fore him with one accord, That many heathen nations May his word receive, And in him believe. :||:
O might we clearly trace, In these blest times of grace, 'Mongst the brethren's people In each a willingness
To be the Lord's disciple, To spend life and blood In the cause of God. :||:
674.* T. 206. LET the world hear! :||: God's Son and Heir, Who to us came,
And bore :: our sin and shame, Who liv'd a among his own :||: Unknown,
Despis'd and mean,-and then was slain,
The ransom HE :||: For all the world and me. :||:
2 Hereby we stand, :||: With life in hand, Us help afford
To bear :||: this witness, Lord; That thousands may embrace :||: Thy grace;
We will diffuse the gospel-news In ev'ry land; :||: The Lord will by us stand. :||:
675.* T. 583.
O LORD, command us what we are to do,
Where thou wilt call us we desire to go, To break thro' roads we else could Because thy orders do imply success,
XXXIII. Hymns for Festival Days and solemn Meetings.
LORD Christ, reveal thy holy face, And send the Spirit of thy grace, To fill our hearts with fervent zeal, To learn thy truth, and do thy will. 2 Lord, lead us in thy holy ways, And teach our lips to tell thy praise: Revive our hope, our faith increase, To taste the sweetness of thy grace. 3 Till we with angels join to sing Eternal praise to thee, our King; Till we behold thy face most bright, In joy and everlasting light.
4 To God the Father, and the Son, And Holy Spirit, Three in One, Be honor, praise and glory giv'n By all on earth, and all in heav'n.
SLAUGHTER'D Lamb, Immanuel, Who hast gained our salvation, By thy passion,
Ah! we give thee thanks and praise For thy grace;
Grant, that we may all inherit The anointing of thy Spirit, Which instructs us what to do.
2 Let thy spirit, which is truth, Raise our grov'ling thoughts to heaven, Us enliven;
Thus adorn'd and beautify'd As thy bride,
May our walk and conversation Be a striking demonstration ·
That thou dwell'st and walk'st in us.
3 Lord, for grace we thee intreat, Grace, the anchor firm and stable Of the feeble;
Grace, whereon we must depend To the end;
Grace, the sinner's consolation, Sure support in each temptation, Confidence in life and death.
4 God with us, we vow to thee Due allegiance now and ever; Gracious Saviour,
We to serve thee ready stand, Take the hand,
As a pledge and declaration Of the grateful heart's sensation, Which thy dying love excites.
685. T. 583.
LORD JESUS, in thy presence we are blest,
And thou art even now our wish'd-for Guest;
Without thee all our meetings would be cold,
And soon become a custom dead and old.
2 Thou canst alone to us true life impart,
Canst comfort, bless and cheer each needy heart:
We are assembled here before thy face To take out of thy fulness grace for grace.
3 Lord Jesus, be for evermore ador'd, We thee confess our Master, Head and Lord;
Thy faithfulness each day and hour we prove, Grant us to live for thee, constrain'd by love,
686.* T. 161. CHOSEN souls, who now assemble Under Christ's protecting care; Tho' you're weak, your foes must trem- If by him you guarded are. [ble, Of his goodness-bear ye witness: Know ye not your high vocation, As the Lord's own congregation? 2 To his name give thanks and praises, Him with deepest awe adore; May his people in all places
Join t'exalt him evermore; Christ, our Saviour,-be for ever Of your building the Foundation, And the God of your salvation. 3 Hernhut,* * the Most High's own structure,
Built upon the grace of God, May thy walls be without fracture, Sprinkled be thy gates with blood; God's election and protection Founded and maintain our union, Christ's the ground of our communion. 4 May this place exist no longer
Than, Lord Jesus, thy own hand, Uncontroll'd, rules in its border,
And be love our sacred band. May we by thee-be found worthy, As a good salt to be used, That some fruit may be produced.
* The first congregation of the renewed church of the United Brethren.
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