When our responsive tongues essay
Their grateful songs to raise,
Grant that our souls may join the lay,
And rise to thee in praise.
When we disclose our wants in prayer,
May we our wills resign;
And not a thought our bosom share,
Which is not wholly thine.
Let faith each meek petition fill,
And waft it to the skies;
And teach our hearts 'tis goodness still
That grants it or denies.
Delight in divine ordinances.
LORD, how delightful 'tis to see
A whole assembly worship thee!
At once they sing, at once they pray;
They hear of heaven and learn the way.
I have been there, and still would go;
"Tis like another heaven below;
Not all that careless sinners say
Shall tempt me to forget this day.
O write upon my memory, Lord,
The texts and doctrines of thy word!
That I may break thy laws no more,
But love thee better than before.
With thoughts of Christ and things divine,
Fill up this foolish heart of mine;
That, finding pardon through his blood,
lie down, and wake with God.
For spirituality in worship.
1 FAR from our thoughts, vain world, begone; Let our religious hours alone;
Fain would our eyes our Saviour see,
We wait a visit, Lord, from thee.
2 O warm our hearts with holy fire,
And kindle there a pure desire!
Come, blessed Jesus, from above,
And feed our souls with heavenly love.
3 0 what unknown, what wondrous fare!
How sweet thine entertainments are!
Never did angels taste above
Redeeming grace and dying love.
4 Send comforts down from thy right hand,
While we pass through this barren land;
And in thy temple let us see
A glimpse of heaven, a glimpse of thee.
HYMN 58.
Prayer for a revival.
LORD, in the temples of thy grace
Thy saints behold thy smiling face;
And we have seen thy glory shine
With power and majesty divine.
Return, O Lord, our spirits cry,
Our graces droop, our comforts die;
Return, and let thy glories rise
Again to our admiring eyes.
Till fill'd with light, and joy, and love,
Thy courts below, like those above,
Triumphant hallelujahs raise,
And heaven and earth resound thy praise.
LOVE divine, all love excelling,
Joy of heaven to earth come down,
Fix in us thy humble dwelling,
All thy faithful mercies crown:
Jesus, thou art all compassion,
Pure unbounded love thou art;
Visit us with thy salvation,
Enter every trembling heart.
Come, almighty to deliver,
Let us all thy grace receive;
Suddenly return, and never,
Never more thy temples leave:
Thee we would be always blessing,
Serve thee as thy hosts above;
Pray, and praise thee without ceasing,
Glory in thy perfect love.
Finish then thy new creation;
Pure and holy may we be;
Let us see our whole salvation
Perfectly secured by thee:
Chang'd from glory into glory,
Till in heaven we take our place;
Till we cast our crowns before thee,
Lost in wonder, love, and praise.
"That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith."
COME, gracious Lord, descend and dwell
By faith and love in every breast:
Then shall we know, and taste, and feel,
The joys that cannot be express'd.
2 Come, fill our hearts with inward strength; Make our enlarged souls possess,
And learn the height, and breadth, and length
Of thine immeasurable grace.
Now to the God whose power can do
More than our thoughts or wishes know,
Be everlasting honours done,
By all the church, through Christ his Son.
"I was in the Spirit on the Lord's Day.
DESCEND from heaven, immortal Dove,
Stoop down and take us on thy wings;
And mount and bear us far above
The reach of these inferior things.
Beyond, beyond this lower sky,
Where everlasting ages roll,
Where solid pleasures never die,
And fruits immortal feast the soul.
O for a sight, a pleasing sight
Of our almighty Father's throne!
There sits our Saviour crown'd with light,
Cloth'd in a body like our own.
Adoring saints around him stand,
And thrones and powers before him fall:
The God shines gracious through the man,
And sheds his glories on them all.
When shall the day, O Lord, appear,
That we shall mount to dwell above,
And stand and bow among them there,
And view thy face, and sing thy love?
For a blessing on the means of grace.
NOW, gracious Lord, thine arm reveal,
And make thy glory known;
Now let us all thy presence feel,
And soften hearts of stone.
Help us to come before thy throne,
Pleading the Saviour's name;
For all that we can call our own,
Is vanity and shame.
From all the guilt of former sin
May mercy set us free;
And let the work we now begin,
Begin and end with thee.
THY presence, gracious God, afford;
Prepare us to receive thy word:
Now let thy voice engage our ear,
And faith be mix'd with what we hear.
Distracting thoughts and cares remove,
And fix our hearts and hopes above;
With food divine may we be fed,
And satisfied with living bread.
To each the sacred word apply,
With sovereign power and energy;
And may we, in thy faith and fear,
Reduce to practice what we hear.
Father, in us thy Son reveal:
Teach us to know and do thy will:
Thy saving power and love display;
And guide us to the realms of day.
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