Blessings on Him that cometh in the Name of the Lord. Luke xiii. 35. TOW blessing, honour, glory, praise Now By angel hosts are sung; The saints below their voices raise And join the heav'nly throng. 2 Ador'd be he who comes to bless To shew his truth and righteousness, 3 Blessed be he who comes to reign Jerusalem is built again, And shall for ever stand. 4 No more this kingdom shall decay, No more the temple fall; Here Jesus reigns with boundless sway, The King and Lord of all. HYMN 499. P. M. The Resurrection. My life's a shade, my days My Lord is life, he'll raise PROUD. 2 4 5 Sweet truth to me, I shall arise, My peaceful grave shall keep I wake from my long sleep, My Lord his angels shall My grave shall be unbound.. I said some times with tears, What means my trembling heart, My life and I sha'n't part, HYMN 500. L. M. The Heavenly Bridegroom. Psa. xxiv. 7 to 10. COM We hail thee welcome; take thy throne, 2 Our only Lord and God thou art, Reign thou the sov'reign of the heart! 3 Enter thy church, thou Lord divine, We shout thee welcome to thy seat, 4 O happy church, thy bliss how great! Thy Husband he, and thou the bride. 5 O God, our grateful hearts rejoice, Since thou hast made our souls thy choice HYMN 501. Christian Virtues. C. M. HAPPY the man whose cautious steps Still keep the golden mean : W ose life, by wisdom's rules well form'd, 2 Not of himself he highly thinks, His modest tongue the language speaks. 3 Not in base scandal's arts he deals, With grief he sees his neighbour's faults, 4 What blessings bounteous heav'n bestows, 5 To sect or party his large soul The good he loves of ev'ry name, 6 Not on the world his heart is set, Nothing beneath the sov'reign good NEEDHAM. HYMN 502. L. M. Self-Government. THOU, whose scales the mountains weigh! Thou who canst boist'rous winds control! HYMN 503. L. M. Humility. WATTS. WHEREFORE should man, frail child of clay, Who, from the cradle to the shroud, Lives but the insect of a day- ray Follies and crimes, a countless sum, That erring, guilty creature, man! ! 5 God of my life! Father divine! HYMN 504. ENFIELD. L. M. Communing with our Hearts. RETURN, my roving heart, return, And chase these shadowy forms no more; Seek out some solitude to mourn, And thy forsaken God implore. 2 Wisdom and pleasure dwell at home; That God hath fix'd his dwelling there. DODDRIDGE. HYMN 505. P. M. The Blessings of the Pious and Charitable. THAT man is blest who stands in awe THAT Of God, and loves his sacred law : His seed on earth shall be renown'd; His house the seat of wealth shall be, An inexhausted treasury, And with successive honours crown'd. |