5. Could I command the spacious land WATTS. 1. HERE cares and angry passions cease, To spend an hour of prayer and peace 2. No sculptured wonders meet the sight, Nor storied window's gorgeous light, 3. And here are comrades in the war Who now in God's own favor share, 4. Glory to God! who deigns to bless Unfolds His wondrous promises 5. Glory to God! who deigns to hear NOEL'S COLL. 1. AGAIN the Lord of life and light Dispels the darkness of the night, 2. O what a night was that which wrapt O what a sun which broke this day 41. 3. The powers of darkness leagued in vain He shook their kingdom, when He fell, 4. And now His conquering chariot wheels Broken beneath His powerful cross, 5. This day be grateful homage paid, Let gladness dwell in every heart, 6. Ten thousand thousand voices join Which scatters blessings from its wings C. M. 1. AND now another week begins, MRS. BARBAULD. This day He rose, who bore our sins— 2. Hark, how the angels sweetly sing!-- They hail their great victorious King, 3. We'll catch the note of lofty praise; Our thankful songs with theirs we'll raise 4. Come, then, ye saints! and grateful sing Of Christ, the everlasting King- 5. Hail, mighty Saviour! Thee we hail! KELLY. 43. 1. BLEST morning, whose young dawning rays That saw Him triumph o'er the dust, 2. In the cold prison of the tomb Till the revolving skies had brought 3. Hell and the grave unite their force 4. To Thy great name, almighty Lord, 5. Salvation and immortal praise To our victorious King! Let heaven and earth, and rocks and seas, With glad hosannas ring. Doxology. C. M. To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, One God, whom we adore, Be glory as it was, is now, And shall be evermore. S. P. M. 1. How pleased and blessed was I To hear the people cry— 66 WATTS. Come, let us seek our God to-day!" Yes, with a cheerful zeal We haste to Zion's hill, And there our vows and honors pay. 2. Zion, thrice happy place, And walls of strength embrace thee round. To pray, and praise, and hear The sacred Gospel's joyful sound. 3. May peace attend thy gate, To bless the soul of every guest: A thousand blessings on him rest! 4. My tongue repeats her vows- For here my friends and kindred dwell : Makes thee his blest abode, My soul shall ever love thee well. WATTS. 1. THE Lord Jehovah reigns, And royal state maintains, His head with awful glories crowned; Begirt with sovereign might, And rays of majesty around. 2. Upheld by Thy commands, The world securely stands, And skies and stars obey Thy word; Thy throne was fixed on high Before the starry sky; Eternal is Thy kingdom, Lord! 3. In vain the noisy crowd, Like billows fierce and loud, Against Thine empire rage and roar; In vain, with angry spite, The surly nations fight, And dash like waves against the shore. 4. Let floods and nations rage, Let swelling tides assault the sky- 5. Thy promises are true; Thy grace is ever new; There fixed, Thy church shall ne'er remove; Thy saints, with holy fear, Shall in Thy courts appear, And sing Thine everlasting love. WATTS. 1. WELCOME, Sweet day of rest, 2. The King himself comes near, 3. One day, amid the place Where God, my God, hath been, 4. My willing soul would stay And sit and sing herself away 1. BEHOLD, the morning sun Begins his glorious way; His beams through all the nations run, WATTS. |