A Blessing asked on Worship.
1 O LORD, our languid souls inspire;
For here we feel thou art!
Send down a beam of heavenly fire
To warm each waiting heart.
2 Great Shepherd of thy people, hear;
Thy presence now display!
Assembled in thy house of prayer,
O, give us hearts to pray!
3 Within these walls let holy peace,
And love, and concord dwell;
Here give the troubled conscience ease,
The wounded spirit heal.
4 The feeling heart, the melting eye,
The humbled mind bestow;
And shine upon us from on high
To make our graces grow.
5 In faith may we receive thy word,
In faith present our prayers;
And, in the presence of our Lord,
Unbosom all our cares.
77. L. M.
Worship in Spirit.
1 O LORD! where'er thy people meet,
There they behold thy mercy seat;
Where'er they seek thee thou art found,
And every place is hallowed ground.
2 For thou, within no walls confined,
Inhabitest the humble mind;
Such ever bring thee, where they come,
And going, take thee to their home.
3 Here may we prove the power of prayer
To strengthen faith and sweeten care;
To teach our faint desires to rise,
And bring all heaven before our eyes.
Divine Light and Guidance implored.
10 SOURCE of uncreated light!
By whom the worlds were raised from night, Come, visit every pious mind;
Come, pour thy joys on human kind.
2 Plenteous in grace, descend from high,
Rich in thy matchless energy;
From sin and sorrow set us free,
And make us temples worthy thee.
3 Thrice holy fount! thrice holy fire!
Our hearts with heavenly love inspire;
Make us eternal truths receive;
Aid us to live as we believe.
4 Chase from our path each noxious foe,
And peace, the fruit of love, bestow;
And, lest our feet should step astray,
Protect and guide us in our way.
79. L. M.
Praise to the Lord of Nature.
10 THOU, through all thy works adored!
Great Power Supreme! Almighty Lord!
Author of life, whose sovereign sway
Creatures of every tribe obey!
2 To thee, Most High! to thee belong
The suppliant prayer, the joyful song;
To thee will we attune our voice,
And in thy wondrous works rejoice.
3 Planets, those wandering worlds above,
Guided by thee, incessant move;
Suns, kindled by a ray divine,
In honour of their Maker shine.
4 From thee proceed heaven's varied store.
The changing wind, the fruitful shower,
The flying cloud, the coloured bow,
The moulded hail, the feathered snow.
5 Tempests obey thy mighty will;
Thine awful mandate to fulfil,
The forked lightnings dart around,
And rive the oak, and blast the ground
6 The varying seasons all are thine,
All governed by thy hand divine;
Supporting, through thy constant care,
The tribes of earth, and sea, and air.
7 To thee, of life the eternal spring,
Invisible, all-powerful King,
One chorus let all creatures raise,
One hymn of universal praise.
Divine Condescension. Ps. viii.
1 0 THOU, to whom all creatures bow, Within this earthly frame!
Through all the world, how great art thou !
How glorious is thy name!
2 When heaven, thy glorious work on high,
Employs my wondering sight;
The moon that nightly rules the sky
With stars of feebler light ;—
3 Lord, what is man, that he is blessed
With thy peculiar care !
Why on his offspring is conferred,
Of love so large a share!
4 Him next in power thou didst create
To thy celestial train;
Ordained with dignity and might
O'er all thy works to reign.
5 All, his imperial will obey :
The beast that treads the plain ;
The bird that wings its airy way;
The fish that skims the main.
60 thou, to whom all creatures bow, Within this earthly frame !
Through all the world, how great art thou '
How glorious is thy name!
10 THOU, whose power o'er moving worlds presides!
Whose voice created, and whose wisdom guides!
On darkling man, in pure effulgence shine,
And cheer the clouded mind with light divine.
2 'Tis thine alone to calm the pious breast With silent confidence, and holy rest;
From thee, great God! we spring, to thee we tend; Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
All Creatures invoked to praise God.
1 PRAISE the Lord! ye heavens adore him,
Praise him, angels in the height;
Sun and moon rejoice before him;
Praise him, all ye stars of light!
Praise the Lord, for he hath spoken;
Worlds his mighty voice obeyed;
Laws, which never can be broken,
For their guidance he hath made.
2 Praise the Lord, for he is glorious,
Never shall his promise fail;
God hath made his saints victorious,
Sin and death shall not prevail :
Praise the God of our salvation,
Hosts on high his power proclaim;
Heaven and earth, and all creation,
Praise and magnify his name!
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