Health triumphs in immortal bloom, 3 No strife nor envy there The sons of peace molest ; 4 No cloud those regions know, 5 O may this prospect fire Our hearts with ardent love, HYMN 461. L. P. M. [#] Source of Consolation. 1 I'LL praise my Maker while I've breath, 2 Happy the man whose hopes rely And earth, and seas, with all their train; His truth forever stands secure : He saves the wretched, feeds the poor, And none shall find his promise vain. 3 The Lord pours eye-sight on the blind; The Lord supports the fainting mind; He sends the labouring conscience peace; He helps the stranger in distress, The widow and the fatherless, And grants the prisoner sweet release. 4 I'll praise him while he lends me breath, HYMN 462. C. M. [#] 1 HAPPY the man, whose wishes climb He looks on all the joys of time 2 He knows that all these fleeting things 3 To things unseen by mortal eyes, Directs his view; his prospects rise 4 His hopes, still fixed on joys to come, Shall flourish in immortal bloom, HYMN 463. C. M. [# or b] The Christian's Farewell. 1 YE golden lamps of heaven, farewell, 2 And thou, refulgent orb of day, 3 Ye stars are but the shining dust The pavement of those heavenly courts, 4 The Father of eternal light Shall there his beams display; Nor shall one moment's darkness mix 5 No more the drops of piercing grief No more the noon-day sun decline 6 There all the millions of his saints And each the bliss of all shall share HYMN 464. L. M. [#] Peace to the troubled Spirit. 1 SEE, from the ark, the mystic dove On flying pinions takes her way, Through distant regions prone to move, 2 Lo, she returns, and seeks her rest, And brings the olive-branch of peace; Thus are the cheerless mourners blest, The tidings all their hopes increase. 3 Thus does the spirit's witness show A source of love, a fount of grace; A Saviour's goodness makes us know, And points to God, our Righteousness. 4 Celestial messenger of joy, Speed on thy way to this sad heart; HYMN 465. H. M. [#] Sun of Heaven. 1 IN yon blest world above, 2 Its all-attracting light Forever flows the same; No darkness there, or night, No clouds, obscure the flame: 3 O, could we see this light, Joyful we'd take our flight COMMUNION. HYMN 466. L. M. [b] The Lord's Supper. 1 "Twas on that dark, eventful night, 2 Before the mournful scene began, He took the bread, and blessed, and brake; What love through all his actions ran! What wondrous words of grace he spake! 3 In memory of your dying Lord, Do this, he said, till time shall end; Meet at my table, and record The love of your departed Friend. 4 Jesus, thy feast we celebrate; We show thy death, we sing thy name, |