2 O happy retribution!
Short toil, eternal rest;
For mortals and for sinners
A mansion with the blest!
3 There grief is turned to pleasure,
Such pleasure, as below
No human voice can utter,
No human heart can know.
4 And now we fight the battle,
But then shall wear the crown
Of full and everlasting
And passionless renown:
5 And now we watch and struggle,
And now we live in hope,
And Sion in her anguish
With Babylon must cope;
6 But He whom now we trust in
Shall then be seen and known,
And they that know and see Him
Shall have Him for their own.
7 O sweet and blessed country,
The home of God's elect!
O sweet and blessed country,
That eager hearts expect!
8 There, God our King and Portion,
In fulness of His grace,
We then shall see for ever,
And worship face to face!
HRIST is coming! let creation
From her groans and travail cease;
8.7.4.7. Let the glorious proclamation
Hope restore, and faith increase:
Come, Thou blessed Prince of Peace.
2 Earth can now but tell the story
Of Thy bitter cross and pain;
She shall yet behold Thy glory
When Thou comest back to reign:
Christ is coming!
Let each heart repeat the strain.
3 Long thine exiles have been pining,
Far from rest, and home, and Thee;
Soon, in heavenly glory shining,
Their Restorer shall they see :
Christ is coming!
Haste the joyous jubilee !
4 With that blessed hope before us,
Let no harp remain unstrung;
Let the mighty advent chorus
Onward roll in every tongue :
Christ is coming!
Come, Lord Jesus, quickly come! Macduff.
13 CHRISTIAN brethren, ere we part, and every heart
7's. One glad hymn to God should raise,
One high song of grateful praise.
2 Here we all may meet no more,
But there is a happier shore;
There, released from toil and pain,
Brethren, we shall meet again.
3 Now to God, the Three in One,
Be eternal glory done;
Raise, ye saints, the strain again,
Gladly sound the loud AMEN.
HRISTIANS, awake, salute the happy morn
Whereon the Saviour of the world
Io's. Rise to adore the mystery of love,
Which hosts of angels chanted from above:
With them the joyful tidings first begun
Of God Incarnate and the Virgin's Son.
2 Then to the watchful shepherds it was told,
Who heard th' angelic herald's voice, "Behold
I bring glad tidings of a Saviour's birth
To you and all the nations upon earth;
This day hath God fulfill'd His promised word,
This day is born a Saviour, Christ the Lord."
3 He spake and straightway the celestial choir
In hymns of joy, unknown before, conspire;
The praises of redeeming love they sang,
And heaven's whole orb with hallelujahs rang;
God's highest glory was their anthem still-
Peace upon earth, to sinful man good-will.
4 To Bethlehem straight the enlightened shepherds ran,
To see the wonders God had wrought for man :
Then to their flocks, still praising God, return,
And their glad hearts with holy rapture burn:
To all the joyful tidings they proclaim,
The first apostles of the Saviour's Name.
"OME, gracious Spirit! heavenly Dove!
With light and comfort from above :
L.M. Be Thou our Guardian, Thou our Guide;
O'er every thought and step preside.
2 The light of truth to us display,
And make us know and love Thy way:
Plant holy fear in every heart,
That we from God may ne'er depart.
3 Lead us to holiness-the road
That we must take to dwell with God:
Lead us to Christ-the living way,
Nor let us from His guidance stray.
4 Lead us to God-our final rest,
To be with Him for ever blest :
Lead us to heaven, its bliss to share-
Fulness of joy for ever there!
OME, Holy Ghost, our hearts inspire,
Let us Thine influence prove;
Source of the old prophetic fire,
Fountain of light and love.
2 Come, Holy Ghost, for moved by Thee
The prophets wrote and spoke;
Unlock the truth, Thyself the Key,
Unseal the sacred book.
3 Expand Thy wings, celestial Dove,
Brood o'er our nature's night:
On our disordered spirits move,
And let there now be light.
4 God through Himself we then shall know,
If Thou within us shine;
And sound with all Thy saints below,
The depths of love divine.
OME, let us join our cheerful songs
With angels round the throne;
C.M. Ten thousand thousand are their tongues,
But all their joys are one.
2 "Worthy the Lamb that died," they cry,
"To be exalted thus ;"
"Worthy the Lamb," our lips reply,
"For He was slain for us.
3 Jesus is worthy to receive
Honour and power divine;
And blessings more than we can give,
Be, Lord, for ever Thine.
4 Let all that dwell above the sky,
And air, and earth, and seas,
Conspire to lift Thy glories high,
And speak Thine endless praise.
5 The whole creation join in one,
To bless the sacred name
Of Him that sits upon the throne,
And to adore the Lamb.
18 C Who have obtained the prize,
'OME, let us join our friends above,
C.M. And on the eagle wings of love
To joys celestial rise.
2 Let saints below in concert sing
With those to glory gone;
For all the servants of our King,
In heaven and earth, are one.
3 One family, we dwell in Him,
One Church above, beneath;
Though now divided by the stream,
The narrow stream of death.
4 One army of the living God,
To His command we bow;
Part of the host have crossed the flood,
And part are crossing now.
5 Lord Jesus, be our constant guide;
Then, when the word is given,
Bid Jordan's narrow stream divide,
And land us safe in heaven!
'OME, my Way, my Truth, my Life!
Such a Way, as gives us breath;
7's. Such a Truth, as ends all strife;
Such a Life, as killeth death.
2 Come, my Light, my Feast, my Strength!
Such a Light, as shows a feast;
Such a Feast, as mends in length;
Such a Strength, as makes his guest.
3 Come, my Joy, my Love, my Heart!
Such a Joy, as none can move;
Such a Love, as none can part;
Such a Heart, as joys in love.
"OME, Thou Fount of every blessing, Tune my heart to sing Thy grace: 8.7. Streams of mercy, never ceasing, Call for songs of loudest praise.
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