O joy to live for Thee! O joy in Thee to die! O very joy of joys to see Thy Face eternally.
Lord Jesu, God and Man,
We praise Thee, and adore,
Who art, with God the Father, One,
And Spirit, evermore.—AMEN.
"Their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven."
CHILDREN'S voices high in heaven
Make sweet music round the throne;
Them the King of kings hath given
Glory lasting as His own :
Lord, it was Thy mercy free,
Suffered them to come to Thee.
We would think of them to-day,
And their everlasting song;
We would sing, as blest as they,
In the heavenly land ere long;
Lord, let us Thy children be,
Suffer us to come to Thee.
Now to come with loving mind,
Simple faith and earnest prayer,
Seeking Thy dear Cross, to find
Full and free salvation there :
Lamb of God! our Saviour be,
Suffer us to come to Thee.
Lord, we come; be Thou our Guide
Through life's dark and troubled way ;
And, when trained and sanctified,
Raise us to the perfect day :
Then in Heaven Thy words shall be,
"Suffer them to come to Me."-AMEN.
"A better country, that is, an heavenly."
EVERY morning the red sun
Rises warm and bright;
But the evening cometh on,
And the dark, cold night:
There's a bright land far away,
Where 'tis never-ending day.
Every spring the sweet young flowers
Open fresh and gay;
Till the chilly autumn hours
Wither them away :
There's a land we have not seen,
Where the trees are always green.
Little birds sing songs of praise
All the summer long ;
But in colder, shorter days
They forget their song:
There's a place where angels sing
Ceaseless praises to their King.
Christ our Lord is ever near
Those who follow Him!
But we cannot see Him here,
For our eyes are dim :
There is a most happy place,
Where men always see His face.
Who shall go to that fair land?
All who love the right;
Holy children there shall stand,
In their robes of white :
For that heaven so bright and blest,
Is our everlasting rest.—AMEN.
"He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth."
ESUS shall reign where'er the sun
Doth his successive journeys run;
His kingdom stretch from shore to shore,
Till suns shall rise and set no more.
To Him shall endless prayer be made,
And princes throng to crown His head ;
His Name, like sweet perfume, shall rise
With every morning sacrifice.
People and realms of every tongue
Dwell on His love with sweetest song,
And infant voices shall proclaim
Their early blessings on His Name.
Let every creature rise and bring
Peculiar honours to our King;
Angels descend with songs again,
And earth repeat the loud Amen.
Praise God from Whom all blessings flow;
Praise Him, all creatures here below;
Praise Him above, ye heavenly host;
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.-AMEN.
"Let there be light."
THOU, Whose almighty word
Chaos and darkness heard,
And took their flight!
Hear us, we humbly pray,
And where the Gospel day
Sheds not its glorious ray,
Let there be light!
Thou, Who didst come to bring
On Thy redeeming wing
Healing and light,-
Health to the sick in mind,
Sight to the inly blind,
O, now to all mankind
Let there be light!
Spirit of truth and love,
Life-giving, holy Dove,
Speed forth Thy flight!
Move on the water's face,
Spreading the beams of grace,
And in earth's darkest place
Let there be light!
Blessed and holy Three,
Glorious Trinity,
Wisdom, Love, Might!
Boundless as ocean's tide,
Rolling in fullest pride,
Through the world, far and wide,
Let there be light!—AMEN.
"Go ye into all the world, and preach the Gospel to
'ROM Greenland's icy mountains,
From India's coral strand,
Where Afric's sunny fountains
Roll down their golden sand,
From many an ancient river,
From many a palmy plain,
They call us to deliver
Their land from error's chair.
What though the spicy breezes
Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle,
Though every prospect pleases,
And only man is vile;
In vain with lavish kindness
The gifts of God are strown,
The heathen in his blindness
Bows down to wood and stone.
Can we, whose souls are lighted
With wisdom from on high,
Can we, to men benighted,
The lamp of life deny?
Salvation! oh, salvation!
The joyful sound proclaim,
Till each remotest nation
Has learnt Messiah's name.
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