The Lord is in his Holy Temple.
1 GOD is in his holy temple:
Thoughts of earth, be silent now,
While with reverence we assemble,
And before his presence bow!
He is with us now and ever,
When we call
upon his name,
Aiding every good endeavor,
Guiding every upward aim.
2 God is in his holy temple;
In the pure and holy mind;
In the reverent heart and simple;
In the soul from sense refined:
Then let every low emotion,
Banished far and silent be!
And our souls, in pure devotion,
Lord, be temples worthy thee!
Joyfully on earth adore him,
Till in heaven our song we raise;
There, enraptured, fall before him,
Lost in wonder, love, and praise.
1 Now, on sea and land descending,
Brings the night its peace profound;
Let our vesper hymn be blending
With the holy calm around.
Soon as dies the sunset glory,
Stars of heaven shine out above,
Telling still the ancient story,-
Their Creator's changeless love.
2 Now our wants and burdens leaving
To his care, who cares for all,
Cease we fearing, cease we grieving;
At his touch our burdens fall.
As the darkness deepens o'er us,
Lo, eternal stars arise;
Hope and Faith and Love rise glorious, Shining in the spirit's skies.
Praise to the God of All.
1 O SOURCE divine, and life of all,
The fount of being's wondrous sea!
Thy depth would every heart appall,
That saw not love supreme in thee.
2 We shrink before thy vast abyss,
Where worlds on worlds eternal brood;
We know thee truly but in this,
That thou bestowest all our good.
And so, 'mid boundless time and space
O, grant us still in thee to dwell,
And through the ceaseless web to trace
Thy presence working all things well.
4 Nor let thou life's delightful play
1 How pleasant, how divinely fair,
O Lord of Hosts, thy dwellings are!
With long desire my spirit faints
To meet th' assemblies of thy saints.
2 Blest are the souls that find a place
Within the temple of thy grace;
Where they behold thy gentler rays,
And seek thy face and learn thy praise.
3 Blest are the men whose hearts are set 3
To find the way to Zion's gate; [road
God is their strength; and through the
They lean upon their helper, God.
4 Cheerful they walk with growing strength,
Till all shall meet in heaven at length;
Till all before thy face appear,
And join in nobler worship there.
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Thy truth's transcendent vision hide;
Nor strength and gladness lead astray
From thee, our nature's only guide.
5 Bestow on every joyous thrill
Thy deeper tone of reverent awe;
Make pure thy children's erring will,
And teach their hearts to love thy law
1 THOUGH wandering in a stranger land,
Though on the waste no altar stand,
Take comfort! thou art not alone,
While Faith has marked thee for her own.
2 Wouldst thou a temple? look above, -1
The heavens stretch over all in love;
A book? for thine evangel scan
The wondrous history of man.
3 And though no organ-peal be heard,
In harmony the winds are stirred;
And there the morning stars upraise
Their ancient songs of deathless praise.
Vesper Hymn.
LORD of eternal purity,
Who dost the world with light adorn,
And paint the tracts of azure sky
With lively hues of eve and morn,-
2 Scatter our night, eternal God,
And kindle thy pure beam within;
Free us from guilt's oppressive load,
And break the deadly bonds of sin.
House of God.
1 Lo, God is here! Let us adore,
And humbly bow before his face!
Let all within us feel his power;
Let all within us seek his grace.
2 Lo, God is here! Him, day and night, United choirs of angels sing;
To him, enthroned above all height, Heaven's host their noblest homage bring.
3 Being of beings! may thy praise
Thy courts with grateful fragrance fill:
Still may we stand before thy face
Still hear and do thy sovereign will.
Sabbath Hymn to the Deity.
1 LORD of all being, 'throned afar,
Thy glory flames from sun and star;
Centre and soul of every sphere,
Yet to each loving heart how near!
2 Sun of our life, thy wakening ray
Sheds on our path the glow of day;
Star of our hope, thy softened light
Cheers the long watches of the night.
8 Our midnight is thy smile withdrawn;
Our noontide is thy gracious dawn;
Our rainbow arch, thy mercy's sign;
All, save the clouds of sin, are thine!
4 Lord of all life, below, above,
1 PRAISE waits in Zion, Lord, for thee; Thy saints adore thy holy name; Thy creatures bend th' obedient knee, And, humbly, thy protection claim. Thy hand has raised us from the dust; The breath of life thy spirit gave; Where, but in thee, can mortals rust? Who, but our God, has power to save? Still may thy children in thy word Their common trust and refuge see; O, bind us to each other, Lord,
By one great tie,-the love of thee. 4 So shall our sun of hope arise,
With brighter still and brighter ray, Till thou shalt bless our longing eyes With beams of everlasting day.
Whose light is truth, whose warmth is
Before thy ever-blazing throne
We ask no lustre of our own.
1 How charming is the place
Where the dear Son of God
Unvails the beauties of his face,
And sheds his love abroad!
2 Not the fair palaces
To which the great resort
Are once to be compared with this,
Where Jesus holds his court.
3 Here on the mercy-seat,
With radiant glory crowned,
Our joyful eyes behold him sit,
And smile on all around.
4 To him its prayers and cries
Each humble soul presents;
He listens to their broken sighs,
And grants them all their wants.
5 Give me, O Lord, a place
Within thy blessed abode, Among the children of thy grace, The servants of my God.
13 Our sun is sinking now;
Our day is almost o'er:
O Sun of Righteousness, do thou
Shine on us evermore!
1 COME to the morning prayer,-
Come, let us kneel and pray:
Prayer is the Christian pilgrim's staff,
To walk with God all day.
2 At noon, beneath the Rock
Of Ages, rest and pray:
Sweet is that shelter from the heat,
When the sun smites by day.
3 At evening, shut thy door,
Round the home altar pray;
And, finding there the house of God,
At heaven's gate close the day.
4 When midnight veils our eyes,
Oh, it is sweet to say,
I sleep, but my heart waketh, Lord,
With thee to watch and pray!
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