O refresh us! Travelling thro' this wilderness. In our hearts and lives abound: With us evermore be found! 3 So, whene'er the signal's given Rise, and reign in endless day! 390 C. M. Bath Chapel 26. Brighton 208. Sanctification and Growth, Heb. xiii. 20, 21. 1 NOW may the GoD of peace and love, Restor❜d the Shepherd of the sheep, 2 Thro' the rich merits of that blood To make th' eternal cov'nant sure 4 For the great Mediator's sake, With glory let his name be crown'd 391 L. M. Islington 40. Lebanon 79. Which only the believer feels, de 392 8.7. Welsh 210. Jewin Street 222. May the Grace, &c. 2 Cor. xiii. 14. MAY the grace of CHRIST our Saviour, And the FATHER's boundless love, With the HOLY SPIRIT's favour, Thus may we abide in union With each other and the LORD And possess, in sweet communion, Joys which earth cannot afford. NEWTON. The six DoxOLOGIES which followed Hymn 392 are now placed, with several others, at the end of the Hymns; but their old, with their present, numbers are so given in the Index of First Lines, as to prevent any mistake by the Transposition. MEETING AND PARTING.* 393 (1st P.) S.M. Finsbury 155. Salem New 199. 1 HOW oft we joyful meet, 2 Then separate with pain; Soon we shall part-no more on earth Ever to meet again. O may we meet above, Our Saviour to adore, Where we shall know, as we are known, 393 (2d P.) L. M. Claybury 310. Pearce 269. 1 WH WHILE pilgrims, Lord, we yet remain, Let prayer and praise our lives employ, 394 L. M. Wareham 117. Finsbury 283. 1 COME, Christian brethren, ere we part Raise, raise, ye saints, the sound again, 395 L. M. Mark's 65. New Sabbath 122. 1 ON Meeting and Parting. NCE more in peace we meet again, 2 Then let us meet, and praise, and pray, Referring to the death of several eminent Ministers, and other Christians; and particularly to the decease of that MAN OF GOD, DR. RYLAND, on May 25th, 1825, in the 73d year of his age. Within the veil our anchor cast, And hope to meet in heaven at last. 3 There may we not each other miss, But meet and mingle into bliss; And raptur'd endless praise renew TO FATHER, SON, and SPIRIT too. 396 L. M. Eaton 291. Bampton 275. Parting of Christian Friends. 1 LORD, if we meet on earth no more, 2 But if we longer here remain, May each with growing faith and love 397 8.7. Northamp. Chapel 126. Tabernacle 239. The last solemn Parting. The Believer dying. 1 HAPPY soul! thy days are ended, Go, by angel guards attended, 2 Waiting to receive thy spirit, Reaches out the crown of love. First sung at the close of the Baptist Missionary Meeting in London, at White Row, 1817, THE WORLD. 98 L.M. Portugal 97. Green's Hundred 89. The Vanity of earthly Things. 1 WHAT are possessions, fame, and power, 5 When with the pangs of death we strive, when we need it most? 6 When at th' Almighty's awful bar, To hear our final doom we stand, Can they incline the Judge to spare, Or wrest the vengeance from his hand? 7 Can they protect us from despair, From the dark reign of death and hell, Crown us with bliss, and throne us where The just, in joys immortal, dwell? 8 Sinners, your idols we despise, If these reliefs they cannot grant ; Why should we such delusions. prize, And pine in everlasting want? BLACK MORE. |