3 But now the ways of Zion mourn,
Her gates neglected and forlorn :
Our life and energy are fled,
And many numbered with the dead.
4 We need defence from all our foes:
We need relief from all our woes.
If earth and hell should yet assail,
Let neither earth nor hell prevail.
5 Near to each other and to Thee,
Lord! bring us all in unity.
Oh, pour Thy Spirit from on high,
And all our numerous wants supply.
"There shall be showers of blessing."
Ezek. xxxiv. 26. P. M.
1 WE are, Lord! a vineyard planted
By Thy sovereign power and love.
Let Thy people's prayer be granted,—
Showers of blessing from above:
Hear, Oh hear us when we pray:
Keep Thy vineyard night and day.
2 Drooping plants revive and nourish;
Let them thrive beneath Thy hand:
Let the weak grow strong and flourish,
Blooming fair at Thy command:
Let the fruitful yield Thee more,
Laden with a richer store.
3 Further, Lord! be Thou entreated:
Plant the barren waste around.
Let Thy work be thus completed,
And no fruitless spot be found.
Let the earth a vineyard be,
Consecrated, Lord! to Thee.
197. "And the Lord added to the church daily such as
should be saved." Acts ii. 47.
(On the admission of Members.)
1 JESUS! Thy sovereign grace we bless, That crowns Thy Gospel with success; Subjecting rebels to Thy throne,
And gathering to Thy fold Thine own.
2 Those who have now Thy truth confessed,
As their own faith, and hope, and rest,
We, in Thy name, with joy embrace,
As fellow-heirs of heavenly grace.
3 As living members, may they share
The joys and griefs which others bear;
And active in their stations prove,
In all the offices of love.
4 From all temptations them defend,
And keep them steadfast to the end;
Ever abiding in Thy love,
Until they join the church above.
198. "Leave there thy gift before the altar." Matt. v. 24.
1 IN vain with angry hearts we dare
Nigh to Thine altar move,
Since neither sacrifice nor prayer
Atones for want of love.
2 Oh, may we each with each agree,
Through Thy uniting grace:
Our gift shall then accepted be,
Our life be love and praise.
"Grant you to be like-minded one towards another.” Rom. xv. 5. 7's.
1 JESUS, Lord! we look to Thee:
Let us in Thy name agree.
Shew Thyself the Prince of peace:
Bid all strife for ever cease.
2 Make us of one heart and mind,
Courteous, pitiful, and kind;
Lowly, meek in thought and word;
Altogether like our Lord.
3 Let us for each other care;
Each another's burden bear;
To Thy church the pattern give;
Shew how true believers live.
4 Let us then with joy remove
To Thy family above,
And with faith and comfort high,
Prove how true believers die.
200. "Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye
separate, saith the Lord." 2 Cor. vi. 17. 7's.
I LORD! behold us, few and weak :
Humbly at Thy feet we fall.
See, we come Thy face to seek:
Deign, oh deign to hear our call.
2 When we lay in sin and death,
Thou didst pass and bid us live.
Thou didst give Thy people faith :
Thou didst all our sin forgive.
3 Jesus! Thou didst shed Thy blood:
On this Rock our hope we raise.
Thou hast brought us near to God:
Thine the work, and Thine the praise.
4 'Tis Thy will that we should be
Separate from all around.
Let our will with Thine agree:
Let Thy people thus be found.
5 Teach us, Lord! to walk with Thee:
Teach us to adorn Thy cause.
Let us live in unity,
Hating pride and self-applause.
6 Let us bear each other's load;
Faithful to each other prove;
Till we gain the saints' abode;
Till we take our place above.
7 There to see without a cloud;
There with zeal untired to sing;
Mix with heaven's triumphant crowd,
And for ever praise our King.
201. "Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love.”
1 THE God of truth His church has blessed, And loved with an eternal love :
Hence we are drawn to Christ, our rest, And from His grace shall ne'er remove.
2 This love, in every trying hour,
Saviour! shall cheer the trembling saint. Oh, draw us with increasing power, That we may run, and never faint.
3 Here would we dwell while others rove:
Here we are safe from all alarms.
Our hope is everlasting love;
Our rest, the everlasting arms.
"I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter." John xiv. 16.
1 FATHER of our dying Lord!
Remember us for good.
Oh, fulfil His faithful word
And hear His speaking blood.
Give us that for which He prays.
Father! glorify Thy Son.
Shew His truth, and power, and grace,
And send the promise down.
2 True and faithful Witness, Thou,
O Christ! the Spirit give.
Hast Thou not received Him now,
That we might Him receive?
Art Thou not our living Head?
To Thy members life impart :
Shed Thy love, Thy Spirit shed,
In every waiting heart.
3 Holy Ghost, the Comforter,
The gift of Jesus, come!
Grant us now to find Thee near,
And make our hearts Thy home.
Let us Thy blest influence feel.'
Come, oh come, and in us be:
With us, in us, live and dwell
To all eternity.
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