Oh give me here a house of prayer, 525 1 Sabbath Evening. Montgomery. C. M. FREQUENT the day of God returns, To shed its quickening beams; 2 Accept our faint attempts to love, 3 Increase, O Lord, our faith and hope, Where the assembly ne'er breaks up, Before the throne of God appear, 5 Where we in high seraphic strains Delighted range th' ethereal plains, 526 The eternal Sabbath. Browne. 1 THINE earthly Sabbaths, Lord, we love, But there's a nobler rest above; To that our longing souls aspire Dawn on these realms of wo and sin: L. M. And sleep in death, to rest in God. Doddridge 527 SPECIAL OCCASIONS. Close of the Year. 1 WHILE, with ceaseless course, the sun Hasted through the former year, Many souls their race have run, They have done with all below; But how little-none can know. 2 As the winged arrow flies Speedily the mark to find; As the lightning from the skies Darts, and leaves no trace behind,— Bear us down life's rapid stream; 3 Thanks for mercies past receive; 78. Newton. AWAKE, ye saints, and raise your eyes, And raise your voices high; Awake, and praise that sovereign love 2 On all the wings of time it flies; Each moment brings it near; 3 Not many years their rounds shall run, Ere all its glories stand revealed C. M. 4 Ye wheels of nature, speed your course; 529 1 2 3 The New Year. COME, let us anew Our journey pursue, Roll round with the year, Doddridge. 5. 11 And never stand still till the Master appear: Let us gladly fulfill, And our talents improve, By the patience of hope, and the labor of love. Our life is a dream; Our time, as a stream, Glides swiftly away, And the fugitive moment refuses to stay: The moment is gone The millennial Year Rushes on to our view, and Eternity 's here! Oh that each, in the day Of his coming, may say, "I have fought my way through; I have finished the work which thou gav'st me to do." Oh that each from his Lord Enter into my joy, and sit down on my throne." 530 1 NOW New Year-Blessing implored. C. Wesley. OW, gracious Lord, thine arm reveal, Now let us all thy presence feel, And soften hearts of stone. 2 Help us to venture near thy throne, 3 From all the guilt of former sin 2A2 C M. And let the year we now begin, 4 Send down thy Spirit from above, 5 And when before thee we appear, May growing numbers worship here, 531 1 GE New Year:-Goodness of God. Newton. REAT God, we sing that mighty hand 3 With grateful hearts the past we own; 532 1 2 Spared another Year. THE Lord of earth and sky, Who reigns enthroned on high, Who lengthens out our trial here, Barren and withered trees, L.M. Doddridge. H. M. No fruit of holiness On our dead souls was found; Cried, "Let it still alone." Thou didst in our behalf appear, To thy great praise abound; 533 Reflections at the End of the Year. AND now, my soul, another year I cannot long continue here, 2 Much of my dubious life is gone, And swift my passing moments run, C. Wesley 3 Awake, my soul; with utmost care 4 Behold, another year begins; Set out afresh for heaven; Seek pardon for thy former sins, In Christ so freely given. 5 Devoutly yield thyself to God, And on his grace depend; C. M. |