You, with finer sense endued,
Creatures capable of God,
Noblest of his creatures, why,
Why will ye forever die?
3 You, whom he ordained to be
Transcripts of the Deity;
You, whom he in life doth hold;
You, for whom his son was sold;
You, on whom he still doth wait,
Whom he would again create;
Made by him, and purchased, why,
Why will ye forever die?
1 BROTHER, hast thou wandered far
From thy father's happy home?
With thyself and God at war?
Turn thee, brother, homeward come!
2 Hast thou wasted all the powers
God for noble uses gave?
Squandered life's most golden hours?
Turn thee, brother, God can save!
3 Is a mighty famine now
In thy heart and in thy soul?
Discontent upon thy brow?
-Turn thee, God will make thee whole!
4 Fall before him on the ground,
Pour thy sorrow in his ear,
Seek him, while he may be found,
Call upon him, while he 's near.
1 THROUGH thee we now together came,
In singleness of heart;
We met, O, Jesus, in thy name,
And in thy name we part.
2 We part in body, not in mind;
Our minds continue one;
And, each to each in Jesus joined,
We hand in hand go on.
3 Subsists as in us all one soul,
No power can make us twain:
And mountains rise, and oceans roll,
To sever us in vain.
4 Present we still in spirit are,
And intimately nigh,
While on the wings of faith and prayer
We each to other fly.
5 Our life is hid with Christ in God;
Our life shall soon appear,
And shed his glory all abroad
In all his members here.
1 As the sun's enlivening eye
Shines on every place the same;
So the Lord is always nigh
To the souls that love his name.
2 When they move at duty's call,
He is with them by the way;
He is ever with them all,
Those who go, and those who stay.
3 From his holy mercy-seat
Nothing can their souls confine;
Still in spirit they may meet,
And in sweet communion join.
4 For a season called to part,
Let us then ourselves commend
To the gracious eye and heart
Of our ever-present Friend.
5 Father, hear our humble prayer!
Tender shepherd of thy sheep,
Let thy mercy and thy care
All our souls in safety keep.
6 In thy strength may we be strong;
Sweeten every cross and pain;
Give us, if we live, ere long,
Here to meet in peace again.
1 CHRISTIANS, brethren, ere we part,
Every voice and every heart
Join, and to our Father raise
One last hymn of grateful praise.
2 Though we here should meet no more,
Yet there is a brighter shore;
There, released from toil and pain,
There, we all may meet again.
3 Now to Him who reigns in heaven
Be eternal glory given !
Grateful for thy love divine,
Oh, may all our hearts be thine!
Close of a Prayer Meeting.
1 0, 'Tis sweet to mingle, where
Christians meet for social prayer:
O, 'tis sweet, with them to raise
Songs of holy joy and praise;
Then how blest that state must be,
When they meet eternally.
2 Father, let these meetings prove
Scenes of fervent Christian love;
While we worship in this place
May we go from grace to grace,
Till we, each in his degree,
Fit for endless glory be.
1 PEACE be to this habitation;
Peace to all that dwell therein;
Peace, the earnest of salvation;
Peace, the fruit of pardoned sin;
Peace, that speaks the heavenly Giver;
Peace, to worldly minds unknown;
Peace divine, that lasts forever;
Peace, that comes from God alone.
2 Jesus, Prince of Peace, be near us;
Fix in all our hearts thy home;
With thy gracious presence cheer us;
Let thy sacred kingdom come;
Raise to heaven our expectation,
Give our favored souls to prove
Glorious and complete salvation,
In the realms of bliss above.
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