1. WHERE is my God? does he retire
Beyond the reach of humble sighs?
Are these weak breathings of desire
Too languid to ascend the skies?
2. He hears the breathings of desire;
The weak petition, if sincere,
Is not forbidden to aspire,
And hope to reach his gracious ear.
3. Look up, my soul, with cheerful eye;
See where the great Redeemer stands,
The glorious Advocate on high,
With precious incense in his hands. 4. He sweetens every humble groan;
He recommends each broken prayer;
Recline thy hope on him alone,
Whose power and love forbid despair.
1. HE dies!-the Friend of sinners dies; Lo! Salem's daughters weep around; A solemn darkness veils the skies;
A sudden trembling shakes the ground. 2. Ye saints, approach!—the anguish view Of him who groans beneath your load; He gives his precious life for you; he sheds his precious blood.
For you
3. Here's love and grief beyond degree;
The Lord of glory dies for men;
But, lo! what sudden joys we see !
Jesus, the dead, revives again.
4. The rising God forsakes the tomb;
Up to his Father's court he flies;
Cherubic legions guard him home,
And shout him welcome to the skies. 5. Break off your tears, ye saints, and tell How high our great Deliverer reigns ; Sing how he spoiled the hosts of hell, And led the tyrant Death in chains.
6. Say, "Live forever, glorious King,
Born to redeem, and strong to save!" Then ask, "O Death, where is thy sting? And where thy victory, boasting Grave?"
1. COME, gracious Spirit, heavenly Dove,
With light and comfort from above;
Be thou our Guardian, thou our Guide;
O'er every thought and step preside.
2. To us the light of truth display,
And make us know and choose thy way;
Plant holy fear in every heart,
That we from God may ne'er depart.
3. Lead us to holiness- the road
Which we must take to dwell with God
Lead us to Christ- the living way;
Nor let us from his pastures stray;
4. Lead us to God,- our final rest,-
To be with him forever blest;
Lead us to heaven, its bliss to share-
Fullness of joy forever there.
1. LORD, let thy goodness lead our land,
Still saved by thine almighty hand,
The tribute of its love to bring
To thee, our Saviour and our King.
2. Let every public temple raise
Triumphant songs of holy praise;
Let every peaceful, private home
A temple, Lord, to thee become.
3. Still be it our supreme delight
To walk as in thy glorious sight;
Still in thy precepts and thy fear,
Till life's last hour, to persevere.
1. AWAKE, all-conquering Arm, awake,
And Satan's mighty empire shake;
Assert the honors of thy throne,
And make this ruined world thy own.
2. Thine all-successful power display;
Convert a nation in a day;
Until the universe shall be
But one great temple, Lord, for thee.
1. BLESS, O my soul, the living God;
Call home thy thoughts, that rove abroad;
Let all the powers within me join
In work and worship so divine.
2. Bless, O my soul, the God of grace;
His favors claim thy highest praise;
Let not the wonders he hath wrought
Be lost in silence, and forgot.
3. 'Tis he, my soul, that sent his Son
To die for crimes which thou hast done :
He owns the ransom, and forgives
The hourly follies of our lives.
4. Let every land his power confess;
Let all the earth adore his grace:
My heart and tongue, with rapture, join
In work and worship so divine.
1. COME, happy souls, adore the Lamb, Who loved our race ere time began, Who veiled his Godhead in our clay, And in an humble manger lay.
2. To Jordan's stream the Spirit led,
To mark the path his saints should tread;
With joy they trace the sacred way,
To see the place where Jesus lay.
3. Baptized by John in Jordan's wave,
The Saviour left his watery grave;
Heaven owned the deed, approved the way,
And blessed the place where Jesus lay.
4. Come, all who love his precious name,
Come, tread his steps, and learn of him;
Happy beyond expression they
Who find the place where Jesus lay.
1. COME, O my soul, in sacred lays
Attempt thy great Creator's praise:
But, O, what tongue can speak his fame?
What verse can reach the lofty theme?
2. Enthroned amid the radiant spheres,
He glory, like a garment, wears;
To form a robe of light divine,
Ten thousand suns around him shine.
3. In all our Maker's grand designs,
Almighty power, with wisdom, shines;
His works, through all this wondrous frame,
Declare the glory of his name.
4. Raised on devotion's lofty wing,
Do thou, my soul, his glories sing;
And let his praise employ thy tongue
Till listening worlds shall join the song.
1. ZION, awake! thy strength renew; Put on thy robes of beauteous hue; Church of our God, arise and shine, Bright with the beams of truth divine.
2. Soon shall thy radiance stream afar; Wide as the heathen nations are; Gentiles and kings thy light shall view; All shall admire and love thee, too.
1. HAPPY the church, thou sacred place,
The seat of thy Creator's grace:
Thine holy courts are his abode,
Thou earthly palace of our God.
2. Thy walls are strength; and at thy gates
A guard of heavenly warriors waits;
Nor shall thy deep foundation move,
Fixed on his counsels and his love.
3. Thy foes in vain designs engage ;
Against thy throne in vain they rage,
Like rising waves with angry roar,
That dash and die upon the shore.
4. God is our shield, and God our sun;
Swift as the fleeting moments run,
On us he sheds new beams of grace;
And we reflect his brightest praise.
1. NOW to the power of God supreme Be everlasting honors given;
He saves from hell,-we bless his name,-
He guides our wandering feet to heaven.
2. Not for our duties or deserts,
But of his own abundant grace
He works salvation in our hearts,
And forms a people for his praise.
3. "Twas his own purpose that begun
To rescue rebels doomed to die;
He gave us grace in Christ his Son,
Before he spread the starry sky.
4. Jesus, the Lord, appears at last,
And makes his Father's counsels known,
Declares the great transaction past,
And brings immortal blessings down.
5. He dies, and, in that dreadful night,
Did all the powers of hell destroy;
He rose, and brought our heaven to light,
And took possession of the joy.
1. AND will the great, eternal God
On earth establish his abode ?
And will he, from his heavenly throne,
Avow our temples for his own?
2. We bring the tribute of our praise,
And sing that condescending grace
Which to our notes will lend an ear,
And call us, sinful mortals, near.
3. These walls we to thy honor raise;
Long may they echo with thy praise,
And thou, descending, fill the place
With choicest tokens of thy grace.
4. Here let the great Redeemer reign,
With all the graces of his train;
While power divine his words attends,
To conquer foes and cheer his friends.
5. And in the great, decisive day,
When God the nations shall survey,
May it before the world appear
That crowds were born to glory here.
1. YE nations round the earth, rejoice Before the Lord, your sovereign King; Serve him with cheerful heart and voice, With all your tongues his glory sing.
2. The Lord is God, 'tis he alone
Doth life, and breath, and being, give; We are his work, and not our own, The sheep that on his pastures live. 3. Enter his gates with songs of joy; With praises to his courts repair; And make it your divine employ
To pay your thanks and honors there.
4. The Lord is good; the Lord is kind;
Great is his grace, his mercy sure;
And all the race of man shall find
His truth from age to age endure.
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