5 As pilgrims on their way,

Thousands these courts shall fill,
And travel on from strength to strength,
Abreast to Zion's hill.

6 May all those pilgrims meet,

When faith is changed to sight,
Where the LORD GOD Himself shall be
The temple and the light:

7 Where on the sea of glass,

The ransom'd nations sing,

And to the Lamb that once was slain
Eternal glory bring.

HYMN CCC.

On laying the Foundation Stone of a Place for Worship.

1 THIS stone to Thee in faith we lay,
We build the temple, LORD, to Thee;
Thine eye be open night and day,

To guard this house and sanctuary.

2 Here, when Thy people seek Thy face, And dying sinners pray to live,

Hear, Thou, in heaven Thy dwelling-place, And when Thou hearest, O forgive! 3 Here, when Thy messengers proclaim The blessed Gospel of Thy Son, Still, by the power of His great Name, Be mighty signs and wonders done.

4 Hosanna! to their heavenly king,

When children's voices raise that song;
Hosanna! let their angels sing,

And heaven with earth the strain prolong. 5 But will indeed JEHOVAH deign

Here to abide, no transient guest?
Here will the world's Redeemer reign,
And here the Holy Spirit rest.

6 That glory never hence depart!

Yet choose not LORD, this house alone;
Thy kingdom come to every heart,
In every bosom fix Thy throne.

HYMN CCCI.

On Opening a Place for Worship.

1 LORD of hosts, to Thee we raise
Here an house of prayer and praise;
Thou Thy people's hearts prepare,
Here to meet for praise and prayer.
2 Let the living here be fed,
With thy Word, the heavenly bread;
Here, in hope of glory bless'd,
May the dead be laid to rest.

3 Here to Thee a temple stand,
While the sea shall gird the land;
Here reveal Thy mercy sure,
While the sun and moon endure.

4 Hallelujah!-earth and sky To the joyful sound reply; Hallelujah!- hence ascend

Prayer and praise till time shall end.

HYMN CCCII.

For the Opening of an Organ.

1 THE morning stars in concert sang,

When GOD created heaven and earth;
And earth and heaven with music rang,

When angels hail'd Messiah's birth.
2 From Eden to the King of kings,
In sinless man's primeval days,
The voices of all living things,

All nature's sounds, were notes of praise.
3 When Adam by transgression fell,
Concord to dissonance was changed,
And strife the element of hell,

The young world's harmony deranged. 4 Nor ever, since His Sabbath-rest,

When the great Maker from the skies,
His finish'd works beheld and bless'd,
Have songs of glory ceased to rise.

5 Where two or three in union meet,

Or thousands throng the house of prayer,
Heart-melodies, thanksgivings sweet,
And faithful vows are offer'd there.

6 Now, with all instruments in one, All spirits tuned to one accord,

Our prayer be this," Thy will be done;" And this our anthem,-"Praise the LORD!"

HYMN CCCIII.

On the Preparation of a Burial Ground.

1 WE plan foundations for the dead,
But lay the earliest stone to Thee,
Who, as the whole Creation's Head,
Alone hast immortality.

2 For in, and through, and over all,
Extends Thy universal reign;
We know the heaven of heavens too small,
Thy power and glory to contain.

3 In Sinai's howling wilderness,

Of old Thy presence deign'd to dwell; The Tabernacle stood to bless,

And guard the tents of Israel.

4 So on this yet unpeopled plot,

Whither the living shall repair,
And thronging graves surround the spot,
To Thee shall rise an house of prayer.

5 Watch o'er this sanctuary keep,

And oh! may all who slumber here,
Redeem'd from sin in JESUS sleep,
Till He who is their life appear.

6 As in His rock-hewn sepulchre, Where man had never lain before, Thy Son once rested, we inter

Our kindred, seen on earth no more. 7 Then, at the last loud trumpet's breath, When quick and dead before Him stand, Saved from both first and second death, May these be found on His right-hand.

HYMN CCCIV.

For the Opening of a Chapel and Sunday School.

1 HALLOW'D be this humble spot,
Like the place of Jacob's bed;
GOD was there, he knew it not,
Till heaven open'd o'er his head.
2 Angels travell❜d through his dream,
Time unveil'd eternity;

Then came forth a voice from Him,
Whom no living eye can see.

3 "I am GOD,-thy father's GOD,
I will bless thee and increase,
Give the land which thou hast trod,
To thy seed, and send them peace."

4 Not in visions of the night,

GOD of Jacob! on our way,
But in noon of Gospel light,

Here Thy power and grace display.