2 While thy glorious Name is sung, Touch our lips, unloose our tongue, That our joyful souls may bless Thee, the Lord our Righteousness.
3 While the prayers of saints ascend,
God of love! to ours attend;
Hear us, for thy Spirit pleads;
Hear, for Jesus intercedes.
4 While thy word is read, with awe
May we tremble at thy law,
Till thy gospel's wondrous love
Every doubt and fear remove.
5 While thy ministers proclaim Peace and pardon through thy Name, In their voices may we own
Jesus speaking from his throne.
6[From thine house when we return,
May our hearts within us burn;
And at evening let us say:-
We have walk'd with God to-day.]
John iv, 23. 1 Cor. xiv, 15.
1 LORD! when we bend before thy throne, And our confessions pour,
Teach us to feel the sins we own,
And shun what we deplore:
Our broken spirits pitying see;
True penitence impart;
Then let a healing ray from Thee
Beam hope upon the heart.
2[When our responsive tongues essay
Their grateful hymns to raise,
Grant that our souls may join the lay,
And rise to Thee in praise:
Then on thy glories while we dwell,
Thy mercies we'll review;
Till love divine transported tell,
Our God's our Father too.]
3 When we disclose our wants in pray'r,
May we our wills resign;
And not a thought our bosoms share,
That is not wholly thine:
Let faith each weak petition fill,
And waft it to the skies;
And teach our hearts, 'tis goodness still
That grants it, or denies.
Praising God in concert with the angels.
Isa. vi, 1-3. 2 Cor. iii, 14, 18.
1 THOU God of power and God of love,
Whose glory fills the realms above,
Whose praise archangels sing,
And veil their faces, while they cry,
Thrice holy! to their God Most High,
Thrice holy! to their King!
2 Thee as our God we too would claim,
And bless the Saviour's precious name,
Through whom this grace is giv'n;
Who bore the curse to sinners due,
Who form'd our ruin'd souls anew,
And makes us heirs of heav'n.
3 The veil that hides thy glory rend,
And here in saving power descend,
And fix thy blest abode;
Here to each heart Thyself reveal,
And all who enter cause to feel
The presence of our God.
Prayer for the Spirit's quickening presence.
John xi, 25, 26. James i, 21.
1 POUR down thy Spirit, gracious Lord!
On all assembled here;
Let us receive th' engrafted word
With meekness and with fear.
2 By faith in Thee the soul receives
New life, though dead before;
And he, who in thy name believes,
Shall live to die no more.
3 Preserve the power of faith alive
In those who love thy Name;
For sin and Satan daily strive
To quench the sacred flame.
4 Thy grace and mercy first prevail'd
From death to set us free;
And often since our life had fail'd,
Unless renew'd by Thee.
5 To Thee we look, to Thee we bow,
To Thee for help we call;
Our Life and Resurrection Thou,
Our Hope, our Joy, our All!
Waiting upon God in his house.
Ps. xxvi, 8; xxvii, 4; lxxxiv, 1.
1 LORD of hosts! how lovely fair,
E'en on earth, thy temples are!
Here thy waiting people see
Much of heaven, and much of Thee.
2 From thy gracious presence flows
Bliss, that softens all our woes;
While thy Spirit's holy fire
Warms our hearts with pure desire.
3 Here we supplicate thy throne;
Here Thou mak'st thy glories known;
Here we learn thy righteous ways,
Taste thy love, and sing thy praise.
4 Thus with sacred songs of joy
We our happy lives employ;
Love, and long to love Thee more,
Till from earth to heaven we soar.
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