6 Then gave he gems of hope to shine Around this goblet's brim: Then dropp'd a pearl into this wine,- HYMN XI. L. M. 1 OUR Father! we approach thy board As children, that would be forgiven; Rememb❜ring him, thy Son, who pour'd His blood, to seal our hope of heaven. 2 O God, our Saviour! while we thus Remember him who made us free, Who agonized and died for us, Our grateful hearts would rise to thee. 3 In him, whose bursting heart the cloud 4 O listen to our fervent prayer; HYMN XII. L. M. 1 His hour had come !—and darkness roll'd Across the ocean's heaving waves: Earth shook ;-the dead came forth, and told The secrets of their shuddering graves. 2 His hour had come! and forth there strode 3 Archangels rode the winds :—and through Yon vault, that swells to endless day, And rolls in everlasting blue, They bore his spotless soul away. 4 The wreathed thorns no longer press His reverend head: but, rob'd in light, And thron'd in power, he sits to bless The observers of this sacred rite. HYMN XIII. C. M. 1 ART thou unhappy ?-in thy grief And are thy joys but few and brief? 2 The blooms of friendship death will blight: 3 When flatteries soothe, and hopes allure, 4 When foes assail, or friends betray, Father, forgive them :" be thy prayer. 5 Remember Jesus: how he bore Affliction's weight, temptation's power: Remember Jesus' life: and more :Remember Jesus' dying hour. HYMN XIV. S. M. God glorified in the death of his Son. 1 "On the dreadful moments roll When my foes attain the power; Deep distress o'erwhelms my soul, Father, save me from this hour! 2 "Save me, for the cross appears; 3 "Save me- -But I plead in vain, 4 "Thou art just, and I obey; Father, glorify thy name."Thus to God did Jesus pray; Then a voice in thunder came: 5 "God has glory in his Son, When his precious blood is shed; Glory in the conquest won, When he rises from the dead." HYMN XV. L.M. The earthquake at the death of Jesus. 1 "My God, the mighty work is done; Loud from the cross the Saviour cries, 2 The temple shudders at the sound; 3 And nature sympathizing feels, HYMN XVI. L. M. 1 THY majesty, O God, appears |