4 Then will he own my worthless name
Before his Father's face,
And in the new Jerusalem
Appoint my soul a place.
•924+ Christians persevering to the end.
FT in danger, oft in woe,
Onward, Christians, onward go;
Bear the toil, maintain the strife,
Strengthen'd with the bread of life.
2 Let your drooping hearts be glad;
March in heav'nly armor clad;
Fight, nor think the battle long;
Soon shall vict'ry wake your song.
3 Let not sorrow dim your eye;
Soon shall ev'ry tear be dry;
Let not fear your course impede;
Great your strength, if great your need.
4 Onward, then, to glory move;
More than conqu'rors ye shall prove;
Though oppos'd by many a foe,
Christian soldiers, onward go!
925 (893) Taking up the cross. P. M. 8s & 7s.
ESUS, I my cross have taken,
All to leave and follow thee;
Naked, poor, despis'd, forsaken,
Thou, from hence, my all shalt be;
Perish ev'ry fond ambition,
All I've sought, or hop'd, or known,
Yet how rich is my condition,
God and heav'n are still mine own!
2 Let the world despise and leave me;
They have left my Savior too;
Human hearts and looks deceive me-
Thou art not, like them, untrue;
And whilst thou shalt smile upon me,
God of wisdom, love and might,
Foes may hate and friends disown me,
Show thy face and all is bright.
HOME, let us join our souls to God,
In everlasting bands;
And seize the blessings he bestows,
With eager hearts and hands.
2 Come, let us to his temple haste,
And seek his favor there,
Before his footstool humbly bow,
And pour our fervent pray'r.
3 Come, let us seal, without delay,
The cov'nant of his grace;
Nor shall the years of distant life
Its mem'ry e'er efface.
4 Thus in our youthful days we'll haste
To seek our fathers' God,
And may we ne'er forsake the path
Their blessed feet have trod."
LORD, thy heavenly grace impart,
And fix my frail, inconstant heart;
Henceforth my chief desire shall be
To dedicate myself to thee.
2 Whate'er pursuits my time employ,
One thought shall fill my soul with joy;
That silent, secret thought shall be,
That all my hopes are fix'd on thee.
3 Thy glorious eye pervadeth space;
Thy presence, Lord, fills ev'ry place;
And, wheresoe'er my lot may be,
Still shall my spirit cleave to thee.
4 Renouncing ev'ry worldly thing,
And safe beneath thy spreading wing,
My sweetest thought henceforth shall be,
That all I want I find in thee.
FOR THE CONSECRATION OF PLACES OF
(894) On laying the corner-stone of a church. L. M. WITH humble faith and fervent zeal,
We would address thy throne, O God;
O may our breathings reach thy hill,
The city of thy blest abode.
2 Oft hast thou, Lord, been pleas'd to bow
Thine ear, and listen to our cry;
Encourag'd thus, we now presume,
O let us feel thy presence nigh.
3 We come not, Lord, to plead for wealth, Nor ask this world's vain, empty fame; But this we ask, (deny it not,)
"To build a house to thy great name."
4 We trust thy pow'r, and not our own,
The superstructure here to raise;
May love divine our efforts crown,
And thy blest name have all the praise.
5 And while we're privileg'd to rear
A place in which t' approach thy throne,
O may we know our souls are built
On Christ the true foundation-stone.
929* The house of prayer and praise.
ORD of hosts, to thee we raise
Here a house of prayer and praise;
Thou thy people's hearts prepare
Here to meet for praise and prayer.
2 Let the living here be fed
With thy word, the heavenly bread;
Here, in hope of glory blest,
May the dead be laid to rest;-
3 Here to thee a temple stand,
While the sea shall gird the land;
Here reveal thy mercy sure,
While the sun and moon endure.
4 Hallelujah!-earth and sky
To the joyful sound reply;
Hallelujah!-hence ascend
Prayer and praise till time shall end.
The Spirit's presence desired.
SPIRIT divine, attend our prayer,
And make this house thy home;
Descend with all thy gracious power;
O come, great Spirit, come.
2 Come as the light-to us reveal
Our sinfulness and woe,
And lead us in the paths of life,
Where all the righteous go.
3 Come as the fire, and purge our hearts,
Like sacrificial flame;
Let ev'ry soul an off'ring be
To our Redeemer's name.
4 Come, as a dove, and spread thy wings, The wings of peaceful love,
And let the church on earth become
Blest as the church above.
The divine blessing solicited.
O thee this temple we devote,
Our Father and our God;
Accept it thine, and seal it now
Thy Spirit's blest abode.
2 Here may the pray'r of faith ascend,
The voice of praise arise;
O may each lowly service prove
Accepted sacrifice.
3 Here may the sinner learn his guilt,
And weep before his Lord;
Here, pardon'd, sing a Savior's love,
And here his vows record.
4 Here may affliction dry the tear,
And learn to trust in God.
Convinc'd it is a Father smites,
And love that guides the rod.
5 Peace be within these sacred walls;
Prosperity be here;
Still smile upon thy people, Lord,
And evermore be near.
ceaseless course the sun
Hasted through the former year,
Many souls their race have run,
Never more to meet us here;
Fix'd in an eternal state,
They have done with all below;
We a little longer wait,
But how little, none can know.
2 As the winged arrow flies
Speedily the mark to find;
As the lightning from the skies
Darts and leaves no trace behind;
Swiftly thus our fleeting days
Bear us down life's rapid stream;
Upward, Lord, our spirits raise,
All below is but a dream.
3 Thanks for mercies past receive,
Pardon of our sins renew;
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