3 Sleep, sleep for ever, guilty thoughts!
Let fires of vengeance die;
And, purged from sin, may I behold
A God of purity!
1 Before Jehovah's awful throne,
Ye nations, bow with sacred joy;
Know that the Lord is God alone;
He can create, and He destroy.
2 His sovereign power, without our aid,
Made us of clay, and formed us men;
And when like wandering sheep we strayed,
He brought us to His fold again.
3 We are His people, we His care,
Our souls and all our mortal frame;
What lasting honours shall we rear,
Almighty Maker, to Thy name?
4 We'll crowd Thy gates with thankful songs;
High as the heavens our voices raise;
And earth, with her ten thousand tongues,
Shall fill Thy courts with sounding praise.
5 Wide as the world is Thy command;
Vast as eternity Thy love;
Firm as a rock Thy truth shall stand,
When rolling years shall cease to move!
Be Thy glorious named adored;
Lord! Thy mercies never fail :
Hail, celestial goodness, hail!
2 Though unworthy, Lord, thine ear!
Yet our hallelujahs hear;
Purer praise we hope to bring,
When around Thy throne we sing.
3 While on earth ordained to stay,
Guide our footsteps in Thy way;
Then on high we 'll joyful raise
Songs of everlasting praise.
4 Lord! Thy mercies never fail;
Hail, celestial goodness, hail !
Holy, holy, holy Lord!
Be Thy glorious named adored.
1 Eternal Source of light and thought!
Be all beneath Thyself forgot,
Whilst Thee, great parent-mind, we own,
In prostrate homage round Thy throne.
2 Whilst in themselves our souls survey
Of Thee some faint reflected ray,
They wondering to their Father rise;
His power how vast! His thoughts how wise!
3 O may we live before Thy face,
The willing subjects of Thy grace;
And through each path of duty move,
With filial awe, and filial love!
1 Awake, my soul, and with the sun
Thy daily stage of duty run;
Shake off dull sloth, and joyful rise
To pay thy morning sacrifice.
2 By influence of the light divine,
Let thine own light to others shine;
Reflect all heaven's propitious rays,
In ardent love and cheerful praise.
3 Lord, I my vows to Thee renew,
Disperse my sins as morning dew,
Guard my first springs of thought and will,
And with Thyself my spirit fill.
4 Direct, control, suggest, this day,
All I design to do or say;
That all my powers, with all their might,
In Thy sole glory may unite.
5 All praise to Thee, who safe hast kept,
And hast refreshed me while I slept:
Grant, Lord, when I from death shall wake,
I may of endless life partake!
1 Children of the heavenly King!
As ye journey, sweetly sing;
Sing your Maker's worthy praise,
Glorious in His works and ways
2 We are travelling home to God,
In the way the fathers trod:
They are happy now, and we
Soon their happiness shall see.
3 Fear not, brethren; lo! we stand
On the borders of our land:
Jesus, from its summit won,
Bids you undismayed go on.
4 Lord! obediently we 'll go,
Gladly leaving all below:
Only Thou our Leader be,
And we still will follow Thee.
1 Eternal Source of life and light! Supremely good and wise!
To Thee we bring our grateful vows, To Thee we lift our eyes.
2 Our dark and erring minds illume, With Truth's celestial rays; Inspire our hearts with sacred love, And tune our lips to praise.
3 Conduct us safely by Thy grace,
Through life's perplexing road;
And place us, when that journey 's o'er,
In Heaven, Thy blest abode.
1 Glory be to God on high,
God, whose glory fills the sky;
Peace on earth to man forgiven,
Man, the well-beloved of heaven!
2 Favoured mortals! raise the song;
Endless thanks to God belong :
Hearts o'erflowing with His praise,
Join the hymns your voices raise!
3 Call the tribes of beings round,
From creation's utmost bound;
Where the Godhead stands confessed,
There be solemn praise addressed.
4 Mark the wonders of His hand!
Power, no empire can withstand;
Wisdom, angels' glorious theme;
Goodness, one eternal stream.
5 Awful Being! from Thy throne
Send Thy promised blessings down:
Let Thy light, Thy truth, Thy peace,
Bid our raging passions cease!
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