And hasten on the glorious day,
When we shall meet-to part no more.
HYMN 336. L. M. [482]
THY presence, everlasting God,
Wide o'er all nature spreads abroad;
The watchful eyes, which cannot sleep,
In every place thy children keep.
2 While near each other we remain,
Thou dost our lives and souls sustain;
When absent, thou dost make us share
Thy smiles, thy counsels and thy care.
3 To thee we all our ways commit,
And seek our comforts near thy feet;
Still on our souls vouchsafe to shine,
And guard and guide us still as thine.
4 Give us, O Lord, within thy house,
Again to pay our thankful vows:
Or, if that joy no more be known,
O may we meet around thy throne.
HYMN 337. C. M. [482]
YE men and angels, witness now,
Before the Lord we speak ;
To him we make our solemn vow,—
A vow we dare not break,-
2 That long as life itself shall last,
Ourselves to Christ we yield;
Nor from his cause will we depart
Or ever quit the field.
3 We trust not in our native strength,
But on his grace rely;
May he, with our returning wants,
All needful aid supply.
4 O guide our doubtful feet aright,
And keep us in thy ways;
And while we turn our vows to prayers,
Turn thou our prayers to praise.
HYMN 338. L. M. [483]
O HAPPY day, that fixed my choice
On thee, my Saviour and my God;
Well may this glowing heart rejoice,
And tell its raptures all abroad.
2 O happy bond that seals my vows
To him who merits all my love!
Let cheerful anthems fill the house,
While to his altar now I move.
3 'Tis done the great transaction's done;
I am my Lord's, and he is mine:
He drew me and I followed on,
Rejoiced to own the call divine.
4 Now rest, my long divided heart;
Fixed on this blissful centre rest:
Here have I found a nobler part,
Here heavenly pleasures fill my breast.
5 High Heaven that hears the solemn vow, That vow renewed shall daily hear;
Till in life's latest hour I bow,
And bless in death a bond so dear.
HYMN 339. L. M. [484]
COME in, thou blessed of the Lord,
O come in Jesus' precious name;
We welcome thee with one accord,
And trust the Saviour does the same.
2 Those joys which earth cannot afford,
We'll seek in fellowship to prove,
Joined in one spirit to our Lord,
Together bound by mutual love.
3 And while we pass this vale of tears,
We'll make our joys and sorrows known;
We'll share each others' hopes and fears,
And count a brother's cares our own.
5 Once more our welcome we repeat;
Receive assurance of our love;
O may we all together meet,
Around the throne of God above!
HYMN 340. C. M. [481]
HOW sweet, how heavenly is the sight,
When those that love the Lord,
In one another's peace delight,
And thus fulfil his word!
2 When each can feel his brother's sigh,
And with him bear a part;
When sorrow flows from eye to eye,
And joy from heart to heart!
3 When free from envy, scorn and pride; Our wishes all above,
Each can his brother's failings hide,
And show a brother's love!
4 When love in one delightful stream,
Through every bosom flows;
And union sweet, and dear esteem,
In every action glows!
5 Love is the golden chain that binds
The happy souls above;
And he's an heir of heaven, that finds
His bosom glow with love.
HYMN 341. S. M.
SAVIOUR of sinful men,
Thy goodness we proclaim,
Which brings us here to meet again,
And triumph in thy name:
Thy mighty name hath been
Our safeguard and our tower:
Hath sav'd us from the world and sin, And all th' accuser's power.
2 Jesus take all the praise,
That still on earth we live ;
Unspotted in so foul a place,
And innocently grieve:
We shall from Sodom flee,
When perfected in love;
And haste to better company
Who wait for us above.
3 0 what a mighty change
Shall Jesus' suff'rers know!
While o'er the happy plains they range, Incapable of wo!
No ill-requited love
Shall there our spirits wound;
No base ingratitude above,
Nor sin in heaven is found.
HYMN 342. 7s.
GOD of love that hear'st the prayer,
Kindly for thy people care;
Who on thee alone depend,
Love us, save us to the end.
2 Save us, in the prosperous hour,
From the flattering Tempter's power,
From his unsuspected wiles,
From the world's pernicious smiles.
3 Cut off our dependence vain
On the help of feeble man;
Every arm of flesh remove;
Stay us on thy only love!
4 Men of worldly, low design,
Let not these thy people join;
Poison our simplicity;
Drag us from our trust in thee.
5 Save us from the great and wise,
Till they sink in their own eyes,
Tamely to thy yoke submit,
Lay their honors at thy feet.
6 Never let the world break in;
Fix a mighty gulf between;
Keep us little and unknown,
Prised and loved by God alone.
HYMN 343. L. M. ~ [479]
HOW blest the sacred tie that binds
In sweet communion kindred minds!
How swift the heavenly course they run,
Whose hearts, whose faith, whose hopes are one!
2 To each the soul of each how dear!
What tender love! what holy fear!
How does the generous flame within
Refine, from earth, and cleanse from sin!
3 Their streaming eyes together flow,
For human guilt and human wo;
Their ardent prayers together rise,
Like mingling flames in sacrifice.
4 Together oft they seek the place,
Where God reveals his smiling face:
How high, how strong their raptures swell,
There's none but kindred souls can tell.
COME let us ascend, my companion and friend,
To a taste of the banquet above;
If thy heart be as mine, if for Jesus it pine,
Come up into the chariot of love.
2 Who in Jesus confide, we are bold to out-ride The storms of affliction beneath;
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