. "Great is the work," my neighbors cried, 4. The Lord can clear the darkest skies, 5. Let those who sow in sadness wait They shall confess their sheaves are great, 6. Though seed lie buried long in dust, The precious grain can ne'er be lost, WATTS. 1. How dread are Thine eternal years, By prostrate spirits day and night 2. Yet I may love Thee too, O Lord! For Thou hast stooped to ask of 1 The love of 3. No earthly father loves like Thee, No mother half so mild me, Bears and forbears, as Thou hast done 4. Only to sit and think of God— O what a joy it is! To think the thought, to breathe the name, 5. Father of Jesus! love's reward! Prostrate before Thy throne to lie, LYRA CATH. 1. Go, tune thy voice to sacred song, Go, mingle with the choral throng, 2. O! hast thou felt a Saviour's love, 3. Hast found the pearl of price unknown, 4. Sing of the Lamb that once was slain 557. Sing how He broke death's bars in twain, C. M. 1. SING, ye redeemed of the Lord, 2. A hand divine shall lead you on 558. 3. Bright garlands of immortal joy 4. March on in your Redeemer's strength; And let the prospect cheer your eye, C. M. DODDRIDGE. 1. COME, ye that love the Saviour's name, The Sovereign of your hearts proclaim, 2. Behold your King, your Saviour crowned And tell the wondering nations round, 3. When in His earthly courts we view We long to love as angels do, 4. O for the day, the glorious day! When heaven and earth shall raise, MRS. STEELE, 1. COME, let us lift our joyful eyes And smile to see our Father there, 2. Now we may bow before His feet, 3. The peaceful gates of heavenly bliss High let us raise our notes of praise, 4. To Thee, ten thousand thanks we bring, 560. And glory to the eternal King, C. M. 1. YE lands and isles of every sea, His word, like fire, prepares His way, 2. His presence sinks the proudest hills, The humble soul enjoys His smiles, WATTS. 3. The heavens His rightful power proclaim; Fill their own worshippers with shame, 4. Adoring angels at His birth Make the Redeemer known; Thus shall He come to judge the earth, 5. His foes shall tremble at the sight, His children take their unknown flight, 6. The seeds of joy and glory sown, Shall rise and spring in worlds unknown, WATTS. 1. HOSANNA to the Prince of light, 2. See how the Conqueror mounts aloft, 3. There our exalted Saviour reigns, 4. Raise your devotion, mortal tongues, Sweet be the accents of your songs 5. Bright angels, strike your loudest strings, 1. O FOR a thousand tongues to sing 2. My gracious Master and my God, WATTS. To spread through all the earth abroad, 3. Jesus! the name that calms our fears, |