4. Those holy gates for ever bar 5. He keeps the Father's book of life; 1. FA HYMN 511. S. M. AR from these scenes of night, And realms of infinite delight, 2. Fair land! to mortal eyes But half its charms explore; How would our spirits long to rise, And dwell on earth no more! 3. There sickness never comes; There grief no more complains; Health triumphs in immortal bloom, And purest pleasure reigns. 4. No strife, nor envy there The sons of peace molest; 5. No cloud those regions know, 6. There's no alternate night, Nor sun's faint sickly ray; 7. Oh! may this prospect fire Our hearts with ardent love; HYMN 512. P. M. 1. ON wings of faith, mount up my soul and rise, View thine inheritance beyond the skies. Nor heart can think, nor mortal tongue can tell, What endless pleasures in those mansions dwell. Here our Redeemer lives, all bright and glorious; O'er sin and death and hell he reigns victorious. 2. No gnawing grief, no sad heart-rending pain, In that blest country can admission gain; No sorrow there, no soul-tormenting fear; For God's own hand shall wipe the falling tear. Here our Redeemer lives, &c. 3. Before the throne a crystal river glides; Immortal verdure decks its cheerful sides; Here the fair tree of life majestic rears Its blooming head, and sov'reign virtue bears. HYMN 513. c. M. 1. YE golden lamps of heav'n! farewell, 2. And thou, refulgent orb of day, My soul, which springs beyond thy sphere, 5. Ye stars are but the shining dust The pavement of those heav'nly 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 Nor the meridian sun decline 6. There all the millions of his saints Shall in one song unite, 1. And each the bliss of all shall share FROM HYMN 514. L. M. north and south, from east and west, Advance the myriads of the blest; From ev'ry clime of earth they come, And find in heav'n a common home. 2. Howe'er divided here below, One bliss, one spirit now they know; 3. On earth, according to their light, HYMN 515. c. M. 1. NOT to the terrors of the Lord, 2. But we are come to Zion's hill, Where milder words declare his will, 3. Behold th' innumerable host 5. The saints on earth, and all the dead, 6. In such society as this My weary soul would rest! The man, that dwells where Jesus is, HYMN 516. c. M. 1. COME, Lord, and warm each languid heart, Inspire each lifeless tongue; And let the joys of heav'n impart 2. Sorrow, and pain, and ev'ry care, 3. The soul, from sin for ever free, 4. There, on a throne, how dazzling bright, On all the heav'nly minds. 5. There shall the foll'wers of the Lamb And endless honours to his name 6. Lord, tune our hearts to praise and love, HYMN 517. c. M. 1. NOW let a true ambition rise, And ardour fire our breasts, To reign in worlds above the skies, 2. Behold Jehovah's royal hand 5. No more I seek for transient good, I spring to seize superior joys, 4. Ye hearts, with youthful vigour warm, Nor shall ye want the goods of earth, 1. THE HYMN 518. c. M. HERE is a land of pure delight, 2. There everlasting spring abides, 4. But tim❜rous mortals start and shrink, 5. O! could we make our doubts remove, 6. Could we but climb where Moses stood, Not Jordan's stream, nor death's cold flood, Should fright us from the shore. 1.THO HYMN 519. c. M. HOSE happy realms of joy and peace, |