CHURCH HYMNAL

INTRODUCTION HYMN

HYMN C.H. I – “In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.” - MATT. xxviii.
19.

1. IN the Name of GOD the FATHER,

In the Name of GOD the SON,
In the Name of GOD the SPIRIT,
ONE in THREE, and THREE in ONE.

2. In the Name which highest Angels

Speak not ere they veil their face,
Crying “Holy, Holy, Holy,”
Come we to this sacred place.

3. Here shall highest praise be offered,

Here shall meekest prayers be poured;
Here, with body, soul, and spirit,
GOD Incarnate be adored.

4. Holy JESUS, for Thy coming

May Thy Love our hearts prepare;
Thine we fain would have them wholly,
Enter, LORD, and tarry there. Amen.

HYMN C.H. II

1. GOD is a SPIRIT: they, who worship Him,

In spirit and in truth must bow the knee:
O Thou, Who dwellest ‘mid the Cherubim,
Draw nigh to us while we draw nigh to Thee. Amen.

HYMN C.H. III – “The inspiration of the Almighty giveth…understanding.”- JOB xxxii. 8.

1. LORD GOD, inspire our minds

To worship now,
As we in humble faith
Before Thee bow:
With Thy bright Flame, make pure
The heart’s recess;
Our service, LORD, accept,-
Accept, and bless.

2. LORD GOD, Thy Pastors fill

With zeal and love,
As when Thy SPIRIT came
From CHRIST above;
Teach them the Faith He taught
 For none but He
Can teach them, LORD, to win
The world for Thee.

3. LORD GOD, inspire our Choirs

In heart and voice;
And thus their songs shall make
Thy saints rejoice;
Help them to lead Thy flock,
And while they sing,
To lift their praise to Thee,
Our GOD and King.

4. LORD GOD, inspire the Church

As in her youth,
CHRIST was the Way, and He
The Life, the Truth:
When work on earth shall cease,
Thy Holy Love
Shall ever still inspire
The Church above. Amen.

HYMN C.H IV – “Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in Thy sight,
O Lord, my Strength and my Redeemer.” – PSALMS xix. 14.

1. LORD, receive us with Thy blessing,

Make us feel Thy Presence now;
Help us, as we kneel confessing,
With our heads, our hearts to bow.

2. Teach us by Thy Word to know Thee,

Cause our lips true Hymns to raise;
Show us all the debt we owe Thee,
Fill our hearts with love and praise. Amen.

HYMN C.H. V – “Lord, teach us to pray.” – LUKE xi. 1.

1. HOLY LORD, our hearts prepare

For the solemn work of prayer;
Grant that when we bend the knee,
All our thoughts may turn to Thee,
And Thy Presence may be found,
Breathing peace and joy around.

2. LORD, when we approach Thy Throne,

Make Thy power and glory known;
Thus may we be taught to call
Humbly on the LORD of all,
And with reverence and fear
At Thy footstool to appear.

3. Teach us, as we breathe our woes,

 On Thy promise to repose,
All Thy tender love to trace
In the SAVIOUR’S work of grace,
And with confidence depend
On our gracious GOD and Friend. Amen.

HYMN C.H. VI – “Where two or three are gathered together in My Name, there am I in the midst of
them.”- MATT. xviii. 20.

1. JESUS, we Thy promise claim,

We are gathered in Thy Name:
In the midst do Thou appear,
Manifest Thy Presence here.

2. Sanctify us, LORD, and bless;

Breathe Thy SPIRIT, give Thy peace;
Come, and dwell within each heart,
Light, and life, and joy impart.

3. Make us all in Thee complete,

Make us all for glory meet;
Meet t’appear before Thy sight,
Partners with the Saints in light. Amen.

HYMN C.H. VII – “Where two or three are gathered … in My Name, there am I.”- MATT. xviii. 20

1. THOU, in Whose Name the two or three

Are met to-day to meet with Thee,
Fulfil to us Thine own sure Word,
And be Thou here Thyself, O LORD.

2. To-day, our week, but now begun,

Already half its course hath run;
To Thee are known its toils and cares,
To Thee its trials and its snares.

3. Thou by Whose grace alone we live,

Our oft-repeated sins forgive;
Be Thou our counsel, strength, and stay,
Through all the perils of our way.

4. Give thankful hearts Thy gifts to share;

Give steadfast wills Thy cross to bear;
And when life’s working days are past
Give rest with all Thy Saints at last. Amen.

HYMN C.H. VII(a) – “O Lord, Thou hast searched me out, and known me.”- PSALM cxxxix. 1

1. THOU LORD by strictest search hast known

My rising up and lying down;
My secret thoughts are known to Thee,
Known long before conceived by me.
2. Thine Eye my bed and path surveys,
My public haunts and private ways:
Thou knowest what my lips would vent,
My yet unuttered words’ intent.

3. Surrounded by Thy power I stand,

On every side I find Thy Hand:
O skill, for human reach too high!
Too dazzling bright for mortal eye!

4. Search, try, O GOD, my thoughts and heart,

If mischief lurks in any part;
Correct me where I go astray,
And guide me in Thy perfect way. Amen.

HYMN C.H. VIII – “If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and
follow Me” – LUKE ix. 23.

1. O JESU, crucified for man,

O LAMB, all glorious on Thy Throne,
Teach Thou our wondering souls to scan
The mystery of Thy Love unknown.

2. We pray Thee, grant us strength to take

Our daily cross, whate’er it be,
And gladly, for Thine own dear sake,
In paths of pain to follow Thee.

3. As on our daily way we go,

Through light or shade, in clam or strife,
Oh! May we bear Thy marks below
In conquered sin and chastened life.

4. And week by week this day we ask

That holy memories of Thy Cross
May sanctify each common task,
And turn to gain each earthly loss.

5. Grant us, dear LORD, our cross to bear

Till at Thy Feet we lay it down;
Win through Thy Blood our pardon there
And through the Cross attain the Crown. Amen.

HYMN C.H. IX – “And that day was the preparation, and the Sabbath drew on.”- LUKE xxiii. 54.

1. ANOTHER week has passed away,

With all its busy cares;
And now before Thy Holy Day,
With its glad praise and prayers,
We rest awhile life’s weary oar,
And think of the Eternal Shore.
2. How many dangers we have passed,
Directed, LORD, by Thee,
While others on the rocks were cast
In life’s deceitful sea;
We bless Thee as we rest our oar,
And look for the Eternal Shore.

3. Whene’er we drifted from the track,

Unpiloted by Thee,
Thou didst in mercy call us back,
And still the stormy sea;
For this we bless Thee more and more,
And long for the Eternal Shore.

4. Fresh pardoned through the Crucified,

Thy mercy we entreat,
To guide us to the further side,
And there Thy servants meet:
O JESUS, guide us safely o’er,
And meet us on the Eternal Shore. Amen.

HYMN C.H. X – Introit

LEAD me, LORD, lead in Thy righteousness, make Thy way plain before my face:
For it is Thou, LORD, only, that makes me dwell in safety.

HYMN C.H. XI – “The Lord is my light and my salvation.”- PSALM xxvii. 1

LORD, keep us safe this night,

Secure from all our fears;
May Angels guard us while we sleep,
Till morning light appear. Amen.

HYMN C.H xii – “The Lord Himself is thy keeper; the Lord is thy defence.” – PSALM cxxi. 5.
1. GREAT GOD, Who knowest each man’s need,
Bless Thou our watch, and guard our sleep;
Forgive our sins of thought and deed,
And in Thy Peace Thy servants keep.

2. We thank Thee for the day that’s done,

We trust Thee for the days to be;
Thy Love we learn in CHRIST Thy SON
O may we all His Glory see! Amen

HYMN C.H. XII(a)

GRANT us Thy Peace, O GOD of Peace and Love,
Who dwellest in the shining worlds above:
Grant us with Thee for ever to abide,
Where is no night nor falling eventide.
Till that Day-break and earth’s dark shadows cease,
 O GOD of Peace and Love, grant us Thy Peace. Amen.

HYMN C.H. XII (No.1)

WITH Thy Benediction
Falling on our ear,
Pray we now, Most Holy,
Be Thou ever near;
Near u s ‘mid the shadows
Of the coming night;
Near us when the morning
Breaks in golden light. Amen.

HYMN C.H. XIII (No.2)

JESU, we pray Thee, our Guardian be,
Keep us this night from all danger free!
Fold us to rest in Thine Arms of love,
Lead us through life to our Home above. Amen.

HYMN C.H. XIII (No.3)

NOW the night is falling,

FATHER, be Thou nigh
In Thy Tender keeping
May we safely lie,
Till the morning sunbeams
Hail another day,
Then, O FATHER, guide us
On our pilgrim way. Amen.

HYMN C.H XIV

PART in peace: CHRIST’S life was peace;
Let us live our life in Him.
Part in peace: CHRIST’S death was peace;
Let us die our death in Him.

Part in peace: CHRIST promise gave

Of a life beyond the grave,
Where all mortal partings cease;
Brethren, sisters, part in peace. Amen.

HYMN XV

LORD, let mercy now attend us,

As we leave Thy holy place:
And from evil still defend us,
While we run our Heavenward race-
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Till in bliss we see Thy Face. Amen.

HYMN C.H. xvi – “The Lord of peace Himself give you peace.” – II THESS. iii. 16.
1. LORD! Dismiss us with Thy blessing,
Fill our hearts with joy and peace;
Let us each, Thy Love possessing,
Triumph in redeeming grace: Oh, refresh us,
Travelling through this wilderness.

2. Thanks we give, and adoration,

For Thy Gospel’s joyful sound;
May the fruits of Thy Salvation
In our hearts and lives abound, Ever faithful
To the truth may we be found.

3. So whene’er the signal’s given,

Us from earth to call away,
Borne on Angels’ wings to Heaven,
Glad the summons to obey, May we ever
Reign with CHRIST in endless day. Amen.

HYMN C.H XVII – “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion
of the Holy Ghost.” – 2 COR. xiii. 14.

1. MAY the grace of CHRIST our SAVIOUR,

And the FATHER’S boundless love,
With the HOLY SPIRIT’S favour,
Rest upon us from above!

2. Thus may we abide in union,

With each other and the LORD,
And possess, in sweet communion,
Joys which earth cannot afford. Amen.

HYMN CH XVIII –

GLORY, honour, praise, and power

Be unto the LAMB for ever;
JESUS CHRIST is our Redeemer,
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Hallelujah! Praise the Lord. Amen.

HYMN XIX

1. WORSHIP, honour, glory, blessing,

LORD, we offer unto Thee;
Young and old, Thy praise confessing,
In glad homage bend the knee.

2. As the Saints in Heaven adore Thee,

We would bow before Thy Throne;
 As Thine Angels serve before Thee,
So on earth Thy will be done! Amen.

HYMN XX

PRAISE GOD, from Whom all blessings flow;

Praise Him, all creatures here below;
Praise Him above, ye Heavenly Host;
Praise FATHER, SON, and HOLY GHOST. Amen.

HYMN XXI – “Praise Him, all ye people. For His merciful kindness is great toward us.” - PSALM
cxvii. 1, 2.

1. FROM all that dwell below the skies

Let the Creator’s praise arise;
Let the Redeemer’s Name be sung
Through every land, by every tongue.

2. Eternal are Thy mercies, LORD;

Eternal truth attends Thy Word;
Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore
Till suns shall rise and set no more. Amen.

HYMN XXII

TO Him Who sits upon the Throne,

The GOD Whom we adore,
Be glory to the LAMB once slain,
And SPIRIT evermore! Amen.

HYMN CH XXIII – “Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up
spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God, by Jesus Christ.” – I PET. ii. 5

1. ACCEPT, O LORD, our ALMS, though small;

Unworthy sacrifice;
They represent our worthless all,
Yet pleasing in Thine Eyes.

2. Accept this BREAD; our bodies break;

From every lust and sin;
A Living Sacrifice to make,
The souls of men to win.

3. Accept this WINE; our lives outpour,

For blood doth mean the life,
In holy warfare, strong and sure,
With sin in deadly strife.

4. Accept our PLEA; the Sacrifice

 Once broken and outpoured,
We here show forth, with thankful hearts,
Till He shall come adored. Amen.

HYMN XXIV – “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord of Hosts, the whole earth is full of His glory.” - ISA.
vi. 3.

LORD, Thy Glory fills the Heaven,

Earth is with its fullness stored;
Unto Thee be glory given,
Holy, Holy, Holy LORD!
Here Thy glorious Name confessing,
We adopt Thy Angels’ cry,
Holy, Holy, Holy, blessing
Thee, the LORD of Hosts most High! Amen.

HYMN CH XXV
HOLY, Holy, Holy, LORD GOD of Hosts;
Heaven and earth are full of Thy Glory;
Glory be to Thee, O LORD most High. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 1 – “I myself will awake right early.” – PSALM lvii. 9.

1. AWAKE, my soul, and with the sun

Thy daily stage of duty run,
Shake off dull sloth and early rise,
To pay thy morning sacrifice.

2. Redeem thy mis-spent moment past,

And live this day as if thy last;
Improve thy talents with due care,
For the great day thyself prepare.

3. Let all thy converse be sincere,

Thy conscience as the noon-day clear,
For GOD’S all-seeing eye surveys,
Thy secret thoughts, and words and ways.

4. Wake and lift up thyself, my heart,

And with the angels bear thy part,
Who day and night unwearied sing
High praise to the eternal King.

5. I wake, I wake! Ye heavenly choir,

May your devotion me inspire,
That I, like you, my life may spend,
Like you, m ay on my GOD attend.
6. Praise GOD, from Whom all blessings flow!
Praise Him, all creatures here below!
Praise Him above, ye heavenly host!
Praise FATHER, SON, and HOLY GHOST! Amen.

HYMN C.H 2 – “I will praise Thy mercy betimes in the morning.” – PSALM lix. 16

1. ALL praise to Thee, Who safe hast kept,

And hast refreshed me while I slept;
Grant, LORD, when I from death awake,
I may of endless Light partake.

2. 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.

3. Direct, control, suggest this day

All I design, or do, or say;
That all my powers, with all their might,
In Thy sole glory may unite.

4. Praise GOD, from Whom all blessings flow!

Praise Him, all creatures here below!
Praise Him above, ye heavenly host!
Praise FATHER, SON, and HOLY GHOST! Amen.

HYMN C.H 3 – “Unto you that fear My Name, shall the Sun of Righteousness arise.” – MAL. Iv.
2.

1. CHRIST, Whose glory fills the skies,

CHRIST, the true, the only Light,
Sun of Righteousness, arise,
Triumph o’er the shades of night;
Dayspring from on high, be near;
Daystar, in my heart appear.

2. Dark and cheerless is the morn

Unaccompanied by Thee;
Joyless is the day’s return,
Till Thy mercy’s beams I see;
Till Thy inward light imparts,
Glad my eyes, and warm my heart.

3. Visit, then, this soul of mine,

Pierce the gloom of sin and grief!
Fill me, Radiancy Divine,
Scatter all my unbelief;
 More and more Thyself display,
Shining to the perfect day. Amen.

HYMN CH 4 – “Hold Thou me up, and I shall be safe.” - PSALM cxix. 117

1. AT Thy feet, O CHRIST, we lay

Thine own gift of this new day;
Doubt of what it holds in store
Makes us crave Thine aid the more;
Lest it prove a time of loss,
Mark it, SAVIOUR, with Thy Cross.

2. If it flow on calm and bright,

Be Thyself our chief delight;
If it bring unknown distress,
Good is all that Thou canst bless;
Only, while its hours begin,
Pray we, keep them clear of sin.

3. We in part our weakness know,

And in part discern our foe;
Well for us, before Thine eyes
All our danger open lies;
Turn not from us, while we plead
Thy compassions, and our need.

4. Fain would we Thy word embrace,

Live each moment on Thy grace,
All ourselves to Thee consign,
Fold up all our wills in Thine,
Think, and speak, and do, and be
Simply that which pleases Thee.

5. Hear us, LORD, and that right soon,

Hear, and grant the choicest boon
That Thy love can e’er impart,-
Loyal singleness of heart;
So shall this and all our days,
CHRIST our GOD, show forth Thy praise. Amen.

HYMN CH 5 – “His compassions fail not, they are new every morning.” – LAM. Iii. 22, 23.

1. NEW every morning is the love

Our wakening and uprising prove,
Through sleep and darkness safely brought,
Restored to life, and power, and thought.

2. New mercies, each returning day,

 Hover around us while we pray;
New perils past, new sins forgiven,
New thoughts of GOD, new hopes of heaven.

3. If on our daily course our mind

Be set to hallow all we find,
New treasures still, of countless price,
GOD will provide for sacrifice.

4. The trivial round, the common task,

Will furnish all we ought to ask;
Room to deny ourselves,- a road
To bring us daily nearer GOD.

5. Only, O LORD, in Thy dear love

Fit us for perfect rest above;
And help us, this and every day,
To live more nearly as we pray. Amen.

HYMN C.H 6 – “Early in the morning will I direct my prayer unto Thee, and will look up.”-
PSALM v.3

1. NOW that the daylight fills the sky,

We lift our hearts to GOD on high,
That He, in all we do or say,
Would keep us from harm to-day.

2. O LORD, restrain our tongues from strife,

From wrath and anger shield our life;
And guard with watchful care our eyes
From earth’s absorbing vanities.

3. O may our inmost hearts be pure,

From thoughts of folly kept secure,
And all our powers devoted be
To deeds of love, for love of Thee.

4. So we, when this day’s work is o’er

And shades of night return once more,
Our path of trial safely trod,
Shall give the glory of our GOD.

5. All praise to GOD the FATHER be,

All praise, Eternal SON, to Thee,
Whom with the SPIRIT, we adore,
One GOD alone, for evermore. Amen.

HYMN CH 7 “My voice shalt Thou hear in the morning, O Lord.”- PSALM v. 3

1. TO Thee, O LORD, with dawning light,

 My thankful voice I raise,
Thy mighty power to celebrate,
Thy holy Name to praise.

2. Grant me, O GOD, Thy quickening grace

Through this and every day,
That, guided and upheld by Thee,
My feet may never sray.

3. Increase my faith, increase my hope,

Increase my zeal and love,
And fix my heart’s affections all
On CHRIST, and things above.

4. And when, life’s labour o’er, I sink

To slumber in the grave,
In death’s dark vale, be Thou my Trust,
To succour and to save.

5. That so, through Him Who bled and died,

And rose again for me,
“The grave, and gate of death,” may prove
A passage home to Thee. Amen.

HYMN CH 8 – “When I awake, I am still with Thee.”- PSALM cxxxix. 18.

1. STILL with Thee, O my GOD,

I would desire to be;
By day, by night, at home, abroad,
I would be still with Thee:

2. With Thee when dawn comes in

And calls me back to care;
Each day returning to begin
With Thee, my GOD, in prayer;

3. With Thee amid the crowd

That Throngs the busy mart,
To hear Thy voice, where Time’s is loud,
Speak softly to my heart;

4. With Thee when day is done,

And evening calms the mind:
The setting as the rising sun
With Thee my heart would find.

5. With Thee when darkness brings

The signal of repose;
Calm in the shadow of Thy wings
Mine eyelids I would close.

6. With Thee, in Thee, by faith,

 Abiding I would be:
By day, by night, in life, in death,
I would be still with Thee. Amen.

HYMN CH 9 – “Whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.”- I COR. X. 31. “Do all in the name of the
Lord Jesus.” – COL. iii. 17.

1. MY FATHER, for another night

Of quiet sleep and rest,
For all the joy of morning light,
Thy Holy Name be blest.

2. Now, with the new-born day, I give

Myself anew to Thee,
That as Thou willest I may live,
And what Thou willest be.

3. Whate’er I do, things great or small,

Whate’er I speak or frame,
Thy glory may I seek in all,
Do all in JESUS’ Name.

4. My FATHER, for His sake, I pray,

Thy child accept and bless;
And lead me by Thy grace to-day
In paths of righteousness. Amen.

HYMN CH 10 – “Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray.” – PSALM lv. 17

1. COME to the morning prayer,

Come, let us kneel and pray;
Prayer is the Christian pilgrim’s staff,
To walk with GOD all day.

2. At noon beneath the Rock

Of Ages rest and pray;
Sweet is the shadow from the heat,
When the sun smites by day.

3. At eve shut to the door,

Round the home-altar pray,
And finding there the house of GOD,
At heaven’s gate close the day.

4. When midnight seals our eyes,

Let each in spirit say,-
I sleep, but my heart waketh, LORD,
With Thee to watch and pray. Amen.

HYMN CH 11 – “The hour of prayer.”- ACTS iii. 1

1. MY GOD, is any hour so sweet,
From blush of morn to evening star,
As that which calls me to Thy Feet,
The hour of prayer?

2. Blest is that tranquil hour of morn,

And blest that hour of solemn eve,
When, on the wings of prayer up-borne,
The world I leave;

3. For then a Dayspring shines on me,

Brighter than morn’s ether glow,
And richer dews descend from Thee
Than earth can know.

4. Then is my strength by Thee renewed;

Then are my sins by Thee forgiven;
Then dost Thou cheer my solitude
With hope of Heaven.

5. No words can tell what sweet relief

There for my every want I find,
What strength for warfare, balm for grief,
What peace of mind.

6. Hushed is each doubt, gone every fear;

My spirit seems in Heaven to stay
And e’en the penitential tear
Is wiped away.

7. LORD, till I reach yon blissful shore,

No privilege so dear shall be,
As thus my inmost soul to pour
In prayer to Thee. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 12 – “When wilt Thou come unto me?”- PSALM ci. 2.

1. COME to me, Lord, when first I wake,

As the faint lights of morning break;
Bid purest thoughts within me rise,
Like crystal dew-drops to the skies.

2. Come to me in the sultry noon,

Or earth’s low communing will soon
Of Thy dear Face, eclipse the light,
And change my fairest day to night.

3. Come to me in the evening shade,

And, if my heart from Thee hath strayed,
Oh bring it back, and from afar
Smile on me like Thine evening star.
4. Come to me in the midnight hour,
When sleep withholds its balmy power;
Let my lone spirit find her rest,
Like John, upon my SAVIOUR’S breast.

5. Come to me through life’s varied way,

And when its pulses cease to play,
Then, SAVIOUR, bid me come to Thee,
That where Thou art, Thy child may be. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 13 “He that followeth Me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.”
– JOHN viii. 12

1. O JESU, LORD of heavenly grace,

Thou Brightness of Thy FATHER’S Face,
Thou Fountain of eternal light,
Whose beams disperse the shades of night;

2. Send, Holy Sun of heavenly love,

Perpetual radiance from above;
And to our inmost hearts convey
The HOLY SPIRIT’S cloudless ray.

3. May faith, deep-rooted in the soul,

Subdue our flesh, our minds control;
May guile depart, and discord cease,
And all within be joy and peace.

4. Oh, hallowed be the approaching day;

Let meekness be our morning ray,
And faithful love our noon-day light,
And hope our sunset, calm and bright.

5. O CHRIST, with each returning morn,

Thine Image to our hearts is borne;
O may we ever clearly see
Our SAVIOUR, and our GOD, in Thee. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 14 – “Do all in the name of the Lord Jesus.”- COL. iii. 17.

1. BEHOLD us, LORD, a little space

From daily tasks set free,
And met within Thy holy place
To rest awhile with Thee.

2. Around us rolls the ceaseless tide

Of business, toil, and care;
And scarcely can we turn aside
For one brief hour of prayer.
3. Yet these are not the only walls
Wherein Thou may’st be sought;
On homeliest work Thy blessing falls,
In truth and patience wrought.

4. Thine are the loom, the forge, the mart,

The wealth of land and sea;
The worlds of science and of art,
Revealed and ruled by Thee.

5. Then let us prove our heavenly birth

In all we do and know;
And claim the kingdom of the earth
For Thee, and not Thy foe.

6. Work shall be prayer, if all be wrought

As Thou wouldst have it done;
And prayer, by Thee inspired and taught,
Itself with work be one. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 15 – “Every day will I bless Thee, and I will praise Thy Name for ever and ever.”-
PSALM cxiv. 2

1. GLORY to Thee, my GOD, this day,

For all the mercies on my way;
Glory to Thee for strength renewed,
For every thought by Thee imbued.

2. Be near me, LORD, when I am weak,

Be near, and let me hear Thee speak;
Restrain me, LORD, when I am strong,
For Thy Name’s sake bear me along.

3. Hold Thou my hands, that they may move

In work which Thou wouldst have me love;
Keep Thou my feet, cause them to run
In paths wherein Thy will is done.

4. Supply my need, be Thou my store,

My treasure, and my boundless lore;
Teach me to use Thy gifts, Thy grace,
And ever see Thy Holy Face.

5. Shine on me, LORD, that I may shine,

And walk with Thee in Light Divine;
Thy blessed cleansing be on me,
That all I do for CHRIST may be.

6. No longer mine, but Thine to talk,

Or act, or think; so let me walk
From day to day, my GOD, with Thee,
 That “CHRIST be magnified in me.” Amen.

HYMN C.H. 16 “When I awake, I am still with Thee.” – PSALM cxxxix. 18.

1. MY GOD, how endless is Thy love;

Thy gifts are every evening new;
And morning mercies from above
Gently distil, like early dew.

2. Thou spread’st the curtains of the night,

Great Guardian of my sleeping hours;
Thy sovereign word restores the light,
And quickens all my slumbering powers.

3. I yield my powers to Thy command,

To Thee I consecrate my days;
Perpetual blessings from Thine hand
Demand perpetual songs of praise. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 17 “I will go forth in the strength of the Lord God.” - PSALM lxxi. 16

1. FORTH in Thy Name O LORD, we go,

Our daily labour to pursue;
Thee, only Thee, resolved to know,
In all we think, or speak, or do.

2. The task Thy wisdom hath assigned,

Oh, let us cheerfully fulfil;
In all our works Thy Presence find,
And prove Thy good and perfect Will.

3. Thee may we set at our right hand,

Whose eyes our inmost substance see;
And labour on at Thy command,
And offer all our works to Thee.

4. Give us to bear Thy easy yoke,

And every moment watch and pray;
And still to things eternal look,
And hasten to Thy glorious day.

5. For Thee delightfully employ

Whate’er Thy bounteous grace hath given;
And run our course with even joy,
And closely walk with Thee to Heaven. Amen

HYMN C.H. 18 – “In all places where I record My Name, I will come unto thee, and I will bless
Thee.” – EXOD. xx. 24
1. JESUS, where’er Thy people meet,
There they behold Thy Mercy-seat;
Where’er they seek Thee, Thou art found,
And every place is hallowed ground.

2. For Thou, within no walls confined,

Inhabitest the humble mind:
Such ever bring Thee where they come,
And going, take Thee to their home.

3. Great Shepherd of Thy chosen few,

Thy former mercies here renew,
Here to our waiting hearts proclaim
The sweetness of Thy saving Name.

4. Here may we prove the power of prayer,

To strengthen faith, and banish care;
To teach our faint desires to rise,
And bring all Heaven before our eyes.

5. LORD, we are few, but Thou art near,

Nor short Thine arm, nor deaf Thine ear;
O rend the heavens, come quickly down,
And make a thousand hearts Thine own! Amen.

HYMN C.H. 19 In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning
you.” – I THESS. v. 18

1. WHEN morning glids the skies,

My heart awaking cries,
May JESUS CHRIST be praised!
Alike at work and prayer
To JESUS I repair;
May JESUS CHRIST be praised!

2. Whene’er the sweet church-bell

Peals over hill and dell,
May JESUS CHRIST be praised!
Oh! Hark to what it sings,
As joyously it rings,
May JESUS CHRIST be praised!

3. Does sadness fill my mind?

A solace here I find,
May JESUS CHRIST be praised!
Or fades my earthly bliss?
My comfort still is this,
 May JESUS CHRIST be praised!

4. The night becomes as day

When from the heart we say,
May JESUS CHRIST be praised!
The powers of darkness fear
When this sweet chant they hear,-
May JESUS CHRIST be praised!

5. To GOD, the WORD, on high

The host of angels cry,-
May JESUS CHRIST be praised!
Let mortals, too, upraise
Their voice in hymns of praise:
May JESUS CHRIST be praised!

6. Let earth’s wide circle round

In joyful notes resound,
May JESUS CHRIST be praised!
Let air and sea and sky,
From depth to height, reply,
May JESUS CHRIST be praised!

7. In Heaven’s eternal bliss

The loveliest strain is this,
May JESUS CHRIST be praised!
This song of sacred joy,
It never seems to cloy,
May JESUS CHRIST be praised!

8. Be this, while life is mine,

My canticle Divine,
May JESUS CHRIST be praised!
Be this the eternal song
Through all the ages on,
May JESUS CHRIST be praised! Amen.

HYMN C.H. 20 “My voice shalt Thou hear in the morning, O Lord.” – PSALM v. 3

1. JESUS, Sun of Righteousness,

Brightest beam of Love Divine,
With the early morning rays
Do Thou on our darkness shine,
And dispel with purest light
All our night.

2. As, on drooping herb and flower,

Falls the soft, refreshing dew,
 Let Thy SPIRIT’S grace and power,
All our weary souls renew;
Showers of blessing over all
Softly fall.

3. Like the sun’s reviving ray,

May Thy love with tender glow
All our coldness melt away,
Warm and cheer us forth to go;
Gladly serve Thee, and obey
All the day.

4. Oh! Our only Hope and Guide,

Never leave us nor forsake;
Keep us ever at Thy side,
Till the eternal morning break;
Moving on to Zion’s hill,
Homeward still.

5. Lead us all our days and year

In Thy straight and narrow way;
Lead us through the vale of tears
To the Land of perfect day,
Where Thy people, fully blest,
Safely rest. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 21 “I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day.” - REV. i. 10

1. LIGHT of Light! Enlighten me,

Now anew the day is dawning;
Sun of grace! The shadows flee,
Brighten Thou my Sabbath morning;
With Thy joyous sunshine blest,
Happy is my day of rest.

2. Fount of all our joy and peace,

To Thy living waters lead me;
Thou from earth my soul release,
And with grace and mercy feed me;
Bless Thy Word, that it may prove
Rich in fruits that Thou dost love.

3. Let me with my heart to-day,

“Holy, Holy, Holy,” singing,
Rapt awhile from earth away,
All my soul to Thee upspringing,
Have a foretaste inly given
How they worship Thee in Heaven.
4. Rest in me, and I in Thee,
Build a paradise within me;
Oh! Reveal Thyself to me,
Blessed Love! Who died to win me;
Fed from Thine exhausting urn,
Pure and bright my lamp shall burn.

5. Hence, all care, all vanity,

For the day to GOD is holy;
Come, Thou glorious Majesty,
Deign to fill this template lowly;
Nought to-day my soul shall move,
Simply resting in Thy love. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 22 “I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go unto the house of the Lord.” –
PSALM cxxii. 1

1. ALLELUIA! Fairest morning,

Fairer than our words can say;
Down we lay the heavy burden
Of life’s toil and care to-day;
While this morn of joy and love
Brings fresh vigour from above.

2. Sunday! Full of holy glory,

Sweetest rest-day for the soul;
Light, upon a world of darkness
From thy blessed moments, roll!
Holy, happy, Heavenly day,
Thou canst charm our grief away.

3. Now we taste our FATHER’S goodness

Falling like the morning dew,
While of pastures even fairer,
We would take a distant view;
Where our Shepherd’s flock we see,
Where our dwelling soon shall be.

4. In the gladness of His worship

We will seek our joy to-day;
It is then we learn the fullness
Of the grace for which we pray,
When the Word of life is given
Like the SAVIOUR’S Voice from Heaven.

5. Let the day with Thee be ended,

As with Thee it has begun;
 And Thy blessing, LORD, be granted,
Till earth’s days and weeks are done;
That at last Thy servants may
Keep th’eternal Sabbath-day. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 23 “This is the day which the Lord hath made: we will rejoice and be glad in it.” -
PSALM cxviii. 24

1. O DAY of rest and gladness,

O day of joy and light,
O balm of care and sadness,
Most beautiful, most bright;
On thee, the high and lowly,
Through ages joined in tune,
Sing Holy, Holy, Holy,
To GOD the great Triune.

2. On thee, at the Creation,

The light first had its birth;
On thee, for our salvation,
CHRIST rose from depths of earth;
On thee our LORD victorious
The SPIRIT sent from Heaven;
And thus on thee most glorious
A triple light was given.

3. Thou art a port protected

From storms that round us rise;
A garden intersected
With streams of Paradise;
Thou art a cooling fountain
In life’s dry dreary sand:
From thee, like Pisgah’s mountain
We view our Promised Land.

4. To-day on weary nations

The heavenly manna falls;
To holy convocations
The silver trumpet calls,
Where Gospel-light is glowing
With pure and radiant beams,
And living water flowing
With soul-refreshing streams.

5. May we, new graces gaining

From this our day of rest,
Attain the rest remaining
To spirits of the blest;
And there, our voice upraising,
To FATHER, and to SON,
And HOLY GHOST, be praising
 The blessed THREE IN ONE. Amen

HYMN C.H. 24- “Quicken us, and we will call upon Thy Name.” - PSALM lxxx. 18
1. THIS is the Day of Light!
Let there be light to-day!
O Dayspring, rise upon our night,
And chase its gloom away.

2. This is the Day of Rest

Our failing strength renew;
On weary brain and troubled breast
Shed Thou Thy freshening dew.

3. This is the Day of Peace

Thy Peace our spirits fill,
Bid Thou the blasts of discord cease,
The waves of strife be still.

4. This is the Day of Prayer;

Let earth to Heaven draw near,
Lift up our hearts to seek Thee there,
Come down to meet us here.

5. This is the First of days,

Send forth Thy quickening breath,
And wake dead souls to love and praise,
O Vanquisher of death! Amen.

HYMN CH 25 – “I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day.”- REV. i. 10

1. HAIL, thou bright and sacred morn,

Risen with gladness in thy beams!
Light, which not of earth is born,
From thy dawn in glory streams;
Air of Heaven is breathed around,
And each place is holy ground.

2. Great CREATOR, Who this day

From Thy perfect work didst rest,
By the souls that own Thy sway
Hallowed be its hours and blest;
Cares of earth aside be thrown,
This day given to Heaven alone.

3. SAVIOUR, Who this day didst break

The dark prison of the tomb,
Bid my slumbering soul awake,
Shine through all its sin and gloom;
Let me, from my bonds set free,
Rise from sin, and live to Thee.
4. Blessed SPIRIT, COMFORTER,
Sent this day from CHRIST on high,
LORD, on me Thy gifts confer,
Cleanse, illumine, sanctify;
All Thine influence shed abroad;
Lead me to the truth of God. Amen.

HYMN CH 26 – “The rest of the holy Sabbath.” – EXOD. xvi. 23

1. HAIL, sacred day of earthly rest,

From toil and trouble free!
Hail, quiet spirit, bringing peace
And joy to me!

2. A holy stillness, breathing calm

On all the world around,
Uplifts my soul, O GOD, to Thee,
Where rest is found.

3. No sound of jarring strife is heard,

As weekly labours cease,
No voice but those that sweetly sing,
Sweet songs of peace.

4. On all I think or say or do

A ray of light Divine
Is shed, O GOD, this day by Thee,
For it is Thine.

5. All earthly things appear to fade

As, rising high and higher,
The yearning voices strive to join
The Heavenly choir.

6. Accept, O GOD, my hymn of praise

That Thou this day hast given,
Sweet foretaste of that endless day
Of rest in Heaven. Amen.

HYMN CH 27 – “In Thy Light shall we see light.” – PSALM xxxvi. 9

1. SON of GOD, Eternal WORD,
Glorious Dayspring, CHRIST the LORD,
Shine upon us with Thy rays,
While we celebrate Thy praise.

2. When in sin and death we lay,

Thou didst wake us into Day;
 Thou in human nature born
Wast to us a glorious Morn.

3. When Thou didst arise from death,

We were quickened by Thy Breath,
We arose with Thee our Head,-
First Begotten from the dead.

4. Look on all with pitying eye

Who in heathen darkness lie;
Scatter, LORD, their shades of night,
Dawn upon them with Thy light.

5. Send to us the HOLY GHOST,

Give the Light of Pentecost;
That we may for ever bless
Thee, the Sun of Righteousness.

6. Keep us safe from harm and sin,

Foes around us, and within;
May we know Thee ever nigh,
Ever walk as in Thine eye.

7. Lead us onward, LORD, we pray,

To the pure and perfect Day,
Where we may the Glory see
Of the Blessed TRINITY.

8. Glory to the FATHER be,

Glory, Light of Light, to Thee;
With the FATHER and the SON,
Praise the SPIRIT, THREE IN ONE. Amen.

Hymn – C.H. 28 “The Lord’s day.” – REV. i. 10.

1. THIS Day at Thy creating Word,

First o’er the earth, the light was poured;
O LORD, this day upon us shine,
And fill our souls with Light Divine.

2. This Day the LORD, for sinners slain,

In might victorious, rose again:
O JESU, may we raised be
From death of sin to life in Thee.

3. This Day the HOLY SPIRIT came

With fiery tongues of cloven flame:
O SPIRIT, fill our hearts this day
With grace to hear, and grace to pray.
4. O Day of light, and life, and grace!
From earthly toils sweet resting-place;
Thy hallowed hours, best gift of Love,
Give we again to GOD above.

5. All praise to GOD the FATHER be,

All praise, Eternal SON, to Thee,
Whom with the SPIRIT we adore
For ever and for evermore. Amen.

Hymn – C.H. 29 “Thou, Lord, hast made me glad through Thy work.” – PSALM xcii. 4.

1. SWEET is the work, my GOD my KING,

To praise Thy Name, give thanks, and sing,
To show Thy love by morning light
And talk of all Thy truth at night.

2. Sweet is the Day of sacred rest;

No mortal cares shall seize my breast;
O may my heart in tune be found,
Like David’s harp of solemn sound.

3. My heart shall triumph in my LORD,

And bless His works, and bless His Word;
Thy works of grace, how bright they shine!
How deep Thy counsels, how Divine!

4. And I shall share a glorious part,

When grace hath well refined my heart;
And fresh supplies of joy are shed,
Like holy oil, to cheer my head.

5. Then shall I see, and hear, and know,

All I desired or wished below;
And every power find sweet employ
In that eternal world of joy. Amen.

Hymn – C.H. 30 “One day in Thy courts is better than a thousand.” – PSALM lxxxiv. 10

1. OH, happy feet that tread

Thine earthly courts, O LORD!
There Heavenly light is shed;
There Thine own peace is poured.

2. Oh, happy knees that press

Thy temple’s lowly floor,
While contrite hearts confess,
 And pardoning grace implore.

3. Oh, happy ears that hear

With glad and simple faith
The message ringing clear-
“Thy sins GOD pardoneth.”

4. Oh, happy tongues that sing

With burning praise on fire,
Here faintly echoing
The bright celestial choir!

5. Oh, happy souls that rise

In childlike trust to Thee,
With hallowed sacrifice
Of prayer and litany.

6. Oh, happy eyes that light

With brave and holy pride
The one Faith to recite,
For which the martyrs died.

7. Oh, happier still who low

At Thy blest Banquet kneel;
With trembling rapture glow,
And there Thy Presence feel.

8. But happiest, happiest far,

To Heaven’s fair courts to soar,
And, where all glories are,
To praise Thee evermore! Amen.

Hymn – C.H. 31 “This is the day which the Lord hath made, we will rejoice and be glad in it.”-
PSALM cxviii. 24

1. THIS is the day the LORD hath made,

He calls the hours His own;
Let Heaven rejoice, let earth be glad,
And praise surrounds His Throne.

2. To-day He rose and left the dead,

And Satan’s empire fell:
To-day the saints His triumphs spread,
And all His wonders tell.

3. Hosanna to the anointed King,

To David’s Holy Son!
Help us, O LORD! Descend and bring
Salvation from Thy Throne.
4. Bless’d be the LORD, Who comes to men
With messages of grace;
Who comes, in GOD His Father’s Name,
To save our sinful race.

5. Hosanna in the highest strains

The Church on earth can raise;
The highest Heavens, in which He reigns,
Shall give Him nobler praise. Amen.

Hymn – C.H. 32 “A day in Thy courts is better than a thousand.” – PSALM lxxxiv. 10

1. WELCOME, sweet Day of rest

That saw the LORD arise;
Welcome to this reviving breast,
And these rejoicing eyes.

2. The King Himself comes near,

And feasts His saints to-day,
Here may we stay, and see Him here,
And love, and praise, and pray.

3. One day of prayer and praise

His sacred courts within,
Is sweeter than ten thousand days
In pleasure’s path of sin.

4. My willing soul would stay

In such a frame as this;
And wait to hail the brighter day
Of everlasting bliss. Amen

Hymn – C.H. 33 “Let the peace of God rule in your hearts… and be ye thankful.” – COL. iii. 15.

1. NOW that our Holy Day is done,

Our day so blest and bright,
LORD, through the grace of Thy dear SON,
Vouchsafe us rest to-night.

2. Put thoughts of worldly strife aside,

Let love and faith increase;
Grant us, on this calm eventide,
Thine own best gift of peace.

3. Faint echoes of our sacred songs

Shall haunt each weary brain,
Even in sleep the heart prolongs
Our holy Sabbath strain.
4. And in our busy waking hours,
O FATHER, still we pray,
Let music from immortal bowers
Lighten the toils of day.

5. Send down through all the strifes of time

Some undertone of love,
A message from Thy sinless clime
Of perfect bliss above.

6. Such songs shall help us to endure

The world’s discordant strife,
And keep our spirits calm and pure
Amid the cares of life.

7. Until this earthly conflict cease,

LORD, let us faithful be;
Him Thou wilt keep in perfect peace
Whose mind is stayed on Thee. Amen.

HYMN CH. 34 “The Lord be with you.” – RUTH ii. 4.

1. THE LORD be with us as we bend

His blessing to receive;
His gift of peace upon us send,
Before His courts we leave.

2. The LORD be with us as we walk

Along our homeward road;
In silent thought, or friendly talk,
Our hearts be still with GOD.

3. The LORD be with us till the night

Shall close the day of rest;
Be He of every heart the Light,
Of every home the Guest.

4. The LORD be with us still, we pray,

His nightly watch to keep;
Crown with His peace His own blest day,
And guard His people’s sleep. Amen.

HYMN CH. 35 “Lord, I have loved the habitation of Thy House, and the place where Thine honour
dwelleth.” – PSALM xxvi. 8

1. AND now this Holy Day

Is drawing to an end,
 Once more to Thee, O LORD,
Our thanks and prayers we send.

2. We thank Thee for Thy Day,

Foretaste and type of Heaven;
Sweet day of holy peace-
“The best of all the seven.”

3. We thank Thee for this Rest

From earthly care and strife;
We thank Thee for this help,
To higher, holier life.

4. We thank Thee for Thy House,

It is Thy palace-gate,
Where Thou, upon Thy throne
Of mercy, still dost wait.

5. We thank Thee for Thy Word-

Thy Gospel’s joyful sound;
Oh! May its holy fruits
Within our hearts abound.

6. We thank Thee for the Feast

Wherein our souls are fed,
Where Thou Thyself dost give
The True, the Living Bread.

7. And now we go to rest,

But first we humbly pray-
Father, forgive our sins,
E’en of this holy day.

8. Through JESUS, let the past

Be blotted from Thy sight;
And let us all now sleep
At peace with Thee this night.

9. LORD, lead us on, we pray,

Our low affections raise;
Oh! Help us here to join
In Heaven’s eternal praise.

10. And bring us safe at last

To that celestial shore,
Where we, with all Thy saints,
Shall praise Thee evermore. Amen.
HYMN CH. 36 “Let all those that seek Thee rejoice and be glad in Thee.”- PSALM xl. 16

1. OUR Day of Praise is done,

The evening shadows fall;
But pass not from us with the sun,
True Light that lightenest all!

2. Around the Throne on high,

Where night can never be,
The white-robed harpers of the sky
Bring ceaseless hymns to Thee.

3. Too faint our anthems here,

Too soon of praise we tire:
But, oh, the strains how full and clear
Of that eternal choir!

4. Yet, LORD, to Thy dear will

If Thou attune the heart,
We in Thine Angels’ music still
May bear our lower part.

5. ‘Tis Thine each soul to calm,

Each wayward thought reclaim,
And make our life a daily psalm
Of glory to Thy Name.

6. A little while, and then

Shall come the glorious end;
And songs of Angels and of men
In perfect praise shall blend. Amen.

HYMN CH. 37 “The Lord will bless His people with peace.”- PSALM xxix. 11

1. SAVIOUR, again to Thy dear Name we raise

With one accord our parting hymn of praise;
We stand to bless Thee ere our worship cease
Then, lowly kneeling, wait Thy word of peace.

2. Grant us Thy peace upon our homeward way;

With Thee began, with Thee shall end the day;
Guard Thou the lips from sin, the hearts from shame,
That in this House have called upon Thy Name.

3. Grant us Thy peace, LORD, through the coming night,

Turn Thou for us its darkness into light;
From harm and danger keep Thy children free,
For dark and light are both alike to Thee.

4. Grant us Thy peace throughout our earthly life,

Our balm in sorrow, and our stay in strife;
Then, when Thy Voice shall bid our conflict cease,
 Call us, O LORD, to Thine eternal peace. Amen.

HYMN CH. 38 “Jesus died and rose again, even so, them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring
with Him.” – I THESS. iv. 14.

1. AS now the sun’s declining rays

At eventide descend,
E’en so our years are sinking down
To their appointed end.

2. LORD, on the Cross Thine arms were stretched

To draw Thy people nigh;
Oh, grant us then that Cross to love,
And in those arms to die!

3. To GOD the FATHER, GOD the SON,

And GOD the HOLY GHOST,
All glory be from saints on earth,
And from the angel host. Amen.

HYMN CH. 39 “From the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same My Name shall
be great among the Gentiles.”- MAL. i. 11.

1. THE day Thou gavest, LORD, is ended,

The darkness falls at Thy behest;
To Thee our morning hymns ascended,
Thy praise shall sanctify our rest.

2. We thank Thee that Thy Church unsleeping,

While earth rolls onward into light,
Through all the world her watch is keeping,
And rests not now by day or night.

3. As o’er each continent and island

The dawn leads on another day,
The voice of prayer is never silent,
Nor dies the strain of praise away.

4. The sun that bids us rest, is waking

Our brethren ‘neath the western sky,
And hour by hour, fresh lips are making
Thy wondrous doings heard on high.

5. So be it, LORD! Thy Throne shall never,

Like earth’s proud empires, pass away!
Thy Kingdom stands and grows for ever,
Till all Thy creatures own Thy sway. Amen.

HYMN CH. 40 “Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.” – REV.
iv. 8
1. DAY is dying in the west,
Heaven is touching earth with rest,
Wait and worship while the night
Sets her evening lamps alight
Through all the sky.
Holy, Holy, Holy LORD,
GOD of Hosts, Eternal WORD,
Heaven and earth are full of Thee,
Heaven and earth are praising Thee,
O LORD, most High!

2. LORD of Life, beneath the dome

Of the universe Thy home,
Gather us, who seek Thy Face,
To the fold of Thy embrace;
For Thou art night.
Holy, Holy, Holy LORD,
GOD of Hosts, Eternal WORD,
Heaven and earth are full of Thee,
Heaven and earth are praising Thee,
O LORD, most High!

3. While the deepening shadows fall,

Heart of love, enfolding all,
Through the glory and the grace
Of the stars that veil Thy Face,
Our hearts ascend.
Holy, Holy, Holy LORD,
GOD of Hosts, Eternal WORD,
Heaven and earth are full of Thee,
Heaven and earth are praising Thee,
O LORD, most High!

4. When for ever from our sight

Pass the stars, the day, the night,
LORD of Angels, on our eyes
Let Eternal Morn arise,
And shadows end.
Holy, Holy, Holy LORD,
GOD of Hosts, Eternal WORD,
Heaven and earth are full of Thee,
Heaven and earth are praising Thee,
O LORD, most High! Amen.

HYMN CH 41 “Let the lifting up of my hands be an evening sacrifice.”- PSALM cxli. 2

1. ERE another Sabbath close,

 Ere again we seek repose,
LORD, our song ascends to Thee,
At Thy feet we bow the knee.

2. For the mercies of the day,

For this rest upon our way,
Thanks to Thee alone be given,
LORD and King of earth and Heaven.

3. Cold our services have been;

Prayers and praises stained with sin;
But Thou canst and wilt forgive;
By Thy grace alone we live.

4. Whilst this thorny path we tread,

May Thy love our footsteps lead:
When our journey here is past,
May we rest with Thee at last.

5. May our earthly Sabbaths prove

Foretastes of our joys above;
While our pilgrim steps we bend
To the rest which knows no end. Amen.

HYMN CH 42 “Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and He shall sustain thee.” – PSALM lv. 22

1. AND now the wants are told, that brought

Thy children to Thy knee;
Here lingering still, we ask for nought,
But simply worship Thee.

2. The hope of Heaven’s eternal days

Absorbs not all the heart
That gives Thee glory, love, and praise,
For being what THOU art.

3. For Thou art GOD, the One, the Same,

O’er all things high and bright;
And round us , when we speak Thy Name,
There spreads a heaven of light.

4. Oh wondrous peace, in thought to dwell

On excellence Divine;
To know that nought in man can tell
How fair Thy beauties shine!

5. O Thou, above all blessing blest,

O’er thanks exalted far,
Thy very greatness is a rest
To weaklings as we are;

6. For when we feel the praise of Thee,

 A task beyond our powers,
We say, “A perfect GOD is He,
And He is fully ours.” Amen.

HYMN CH 43 “He shall give His angels charge over thee.” – PSALM xci. 11

1. INSPIRER and Hearer of prayer,

Thou Shepherd and Guardian of Thine,
My all to thy covenant care
I, sleeping and waking, resign.

2. If Thou art my Shield and my Sun,

The night is no darkness to me,
And, fast as my moments roll on,
They bring me but nearer to Thee.

3. Thy ministering spirits descend

To watch while Thy saints are asleep!
By day and by night they attend
The heirs of salvation to keep.

4. Thy worship no interval knows,

Their fervour is still on the wing;
And, while they protect my repose,
They chant to the praise of my King.

5. I too, at the season ordained,

Their chorus for ever shall join:
And love, and adore, without end,
Their faithful Creator, and mine. Amen.

Hymn – C.H. 44 - “Abide with us, for it is toward evening.” – LUKE xxiv.29

1. ABIDE with me; fast falls the eventide;

The darkness deepens; LORD, with me abide;
When other helpers fail, and comforts flee,
Help of the helpless, O abide with me.

2. Swift to its close ebbs out life’s little day;

Earth’s joys grow dim, its glories pass away;
Change and decay in all around I see:
O Thou, Who changest not, abide with me.

3. I need Thy presence every passing hour;

What but Thy grace can foil the tempter’s power?
Who like Thyself my guide and stay can be?
Through cloud and sunshine,
LORD, abide with me.

4. I fear no foe with Thee at hand to bless;

 Ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness;
Where is death’s sting? Where, grave, they victory?
I triumph still, if Thou abide with me.

5. Hold Thou Thy Cross before my closing eyes,

Shine through the gloom, and point me to the skies;
Heaven’s morning breaks, and earth’s vain shadows flee;
In life, in death, O LORD, abide with me. Amen.

HYMN CH 45 “And there shall be no night there.” – REV. xxii. 5

1. THE radiant morn hath passed away,

And spent too soon her golden store;
The shadows of departing day
Creep on once more.

2. Our life is but an autumn sun,

Its glorious noon how quickly past;
Lead us, O CHRIST, our life-work done,
Safe home at last.

3. Oh! By Thy soul-inspiring grace,

Uplift our hearts to realms on high;
Help us to look to that bright place
Beyond the sky;-

4. Where light, and life, and joy, and peace

In undivided empire reign,
And thronging Angels never cease
Their deathless strain;-

5. Where saints are clothed in spotless white,

And evening shadows never fall;
Where Thou, Eternal Light of Light,
Art LORD of all. Amen.

HYMN C.H 46 - “I will both lay me down in peace and sleep, for Thou, Lord, only makest me
dwell in safety.” – PSALM iv. 8

1. GLORY to Thee, my GOD, this night,

For all the blessings of the light;
Keep me, oh, keep me, King of kings,
Beneath Thine own Almighty wings.

2. Forgive me, LORD, for Thy dear SON,

The ill that I this day have done;
That with the world, myself, and Thee,
I, ere I sleep, at peace may be.

3. Teach me to live, that I may dread

 The grave as little as my bed;
Teach me to die, that so I may
Rise glorious at the awful day.

4. Oh, may my soul on Thee repose,

And with sweet sleep mine eyelids close;
Sleep that may me more vigorous make
To serve my GOD when I awake.

5. When in the night I sleepless lie,

My soul with Heavenly thoughts supply;
Let no ill dreams disturb my rest,
No powers of darkness me molest.

6. Praise GOD, from Whom all blessings flow,

Praise Him, all creatures here below,
Praise Him above, ye Heavenly Host,
Praise FATHER, SON, and HOLY GHOST. Amen.

HYMN CH 47 “The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear Him.” – PSALM xxxiv. 7

1. GOD, Who madest earth and heaven,

Darkness and light;
Who the day for toil hast given,
For rest the night;
May Thine Angel guards defend us,
Slumber-sweet Thy mercy send us,
Holy dreams and hopes attend us,
This livelong night.

2. Guard us waking, guard us sleeping,

And, when we die,
May we in Thy mighty keeping
All peaceful lie;
When the last dread call shall wake us,
Do not Thou, our GOD, forsake us,
But to reign in glory take us
With Thee on high.

3. GOD of love, and grace and glory,

Whom now we bless;
TRINITY, most High! Most Holy!
Thee we confess.
Ever in the new creation,
May we sing Thy great salvation,
And with joyful adoration
Our praise address. Amen.

HYMN CH 48 “HE that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.” – PSALM cxxi. 4
1. SAVIOUR, breathe an evening blessing,
Ere repose our spirits seal;
Sin and want we come confessing,
Thou canst save, and Thou canst heal.

2. Though destruction walk around us,

Though the arrow past us fly,
Angel-guards from Thee surround us;
We are safe, if Thou art nigh.

3. Though the night be dark and dreary,

Darkness cannot hide from Thee,
Thou art He Who, never weary,
Watchest where Thy people be.

4. Should swift death this night o’ertake us

And our couch become our tomb,
May the morn in Heaven awake us,
Clad in light and deathless bloom.

5. FATHER, to Thy holy keeping

Humbly we ourselves resign;
SAVIOUR, Who hast slept our sleeping,
Make our slumbers pure as Thine;

6. Blessed SPIRIT, brooding o’er us,

Chase the darkness of our night;
Till the perfect Day before us
Breaks in everlasting light. Amen.

HYMN C.H 49 – “Abide with us.” – LUKE xxiv. 29

1. SUN of my soul, Thou SAVIOUR dear,

It is not night if Thou be near;
Oh may no earth-born cloud arise
To hide Thee from Thy servant’s eyes.

2. When the soft dews of kindly sleep

My wearied eyelids gently steep,
Be my last thought, how sweet to rest
For ever on my SAVIOUR’S breast.

3. Abide with me from morn till eve,

For without Thee I cannot live;
Abide with me when night is nigh,
For without Thee I dare not die.

4. If some poor wandering child of Thine

Have spurned to-day the voice Divine,
Now; LORD, the gracious work begin;
 Let him no more lie down in sin.

5. Watch by the sick, enrich the poor

With blessings from Thy boundless store;
Be every mourner’s sleep tonight,
Like infant’s slumbers, pure and light.

6. Come near and bless us when we wake,

Ere through the world our way we take;
Till in the ocean of Thy love
We lose ourselves in Heaven above. Amen.

HYMN CH 50 – “The Lord is my light.” – PSALM xxvii. 1.

1. SWEET SAVIOUR, bless us ere we go;

Thy Word into our minds instil;
And make our lukewarm hearts to glow
With lowly love and fervent will.
Through life’s long day and death’s dark night,
O gentle JESUS, be our Light.

2. The day is gone, its hours have run,

And Thou hast taken count of all,
The scanty triumphs grace hath won,
The broken vow, the frequent fall.
Through life’s long day and death’s dark night,
O gentle JESUS, be our Light.

3. Grant us, dear LORD, from evil ways

True absolution and release;
And bless us, more than in past days,
With purity and inward peace.
Through life’s long day and death’s dark night
O gentle JESUS, be our Light.

4. Do more than pardon; give us joy,

Sweet fear, and sober liberty,
And simple hearts without alloy
That only long to be like Thee.
Through life’s long day and death’s dark night
O gentle JESUS, be our Light.

5. Labour is sweet, for Thou hast toiled;

And care is light, for Thou hast cared;
Ah! Never let our works be soiled
With strife, or by deceit ensnared.
Through life’s long day and death’s dark night
O gentle JESUS, be our Light.
6. For all we love, the poor, the sad,
The sinful, unto Thee we call;
O let Thy mercy make us glad:
Thou art our JESUS, and our All.
Through life’s long day and death’s dark night
O gentle JESUS, be our Light. Amen.

HYMN CH 51 – “Let the lifting up of my hands be an evening sacrifice.” – PSALM cxli. 2

1. THE sun is sinking fast,

The daylight dies;
Let love awake, and pay
Her evening sacrifice.

2. As CHRIST upon the Cross

His Head inclined,
And to His FATHER’S Hands
His parting Soul resigned.

3. So now herself, my soul

Would wholly give
Into His sacred charge,
In Whom all spirits live.

4. So now beneath His eye

Would calmly rest,
Without a wish or thought
Abiding in the breast;

5. Save that His Will be done

Whate’er betide;
Dead to herself, and dead
In Him to all beside.

6. Thus would I live; yet now

Not I, but He
In all His power and love
Henceforth alive in me.

7. One Sacred TRINITY!

One LORD Divine!
May I be ever His,
And He for ever mine. Amen.

HYMN CH 52 – “The Lord Himself is thy keeper.” – PSALM cxxi. 5.

1. THROUGH the day Thy love has spared us,

 Now we lay us down to rest;
Through the silent watches guard us;
Let no foe our peace molest;
JESUS, Thou our Guardian be;
Sweet it is to trust in Thee.

2. Pilgrims here on earth, and strangers,

Dwelling in the midst of foes;
Us and ours preserve from dangers;
In Thine Arms may we repose;
And, when life’s short day is past,
Rest with Thee in Heaven at last. Amen.

HYMN CH 53 – “Every morning to thank and praise the Lord, and likewise at even.”- I CHRON.
xxiii. 30

1. THE sun declines; o’er land and sea

Creeps on the night;
The twinkling stars come one by one
To shed their light;
With Thee there is no darkness, LORD;
With us abide,
And ‘neath Thy wings we rest secure
This eventide.

2. Forgive the wrong this day we’ve done,

Or thought, or said;
Each moment with its good or ill
To Thee has fled;
O FATHER, in Thy mercy great
Will we confide;
Thy benediction now bestow
This eventide

3. And when with morning light we rise,

Kept by Thy care,
We’ll lift to Thee, with grateful hearts,
Our morning prayer.
Be Thou through life our Strength and Stay,
Our Guard and Guide
To that dear home where there will be
No eventide. Amen.

Hymn – C.H. 54 - “The Lord will lighten my darkness.” – 2 SAM. xxii. 29.

1. LIGHTEN our darkness, gracious LORD;

When fades the light of eventide,
Beneath Thy mercy’s watch and ward,
Through hours of rest, may we abide.
2. Lighten our darkness, gracious LORD;
When doubt and fear the day obscure,
The light of faith to us afford,
From sins of darkness keep us pure.

3. Lighten our darkness, gracious LORD;

When falls the gloom of sorrow’s night,
Then, LORD, our wills with Thine accord,
Our trust and confidence keep bright.

4. Lighten our darkness, gracious LORD;

‘Mid death’s deep darkness be our stay;
Sleeping in Thee, our strength restored,
May we awake to light of day. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 55 – “The things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are
eternal.” – II COR. Iv. 18

1. THE roseate hues of early dawn

The brightness of the day,
The crimson of the sunset sky,
How fast they fade away!
Oh, for the pearly gates of Heaven,
Oh, for the golden floor,
Oh, for the Sun of Righteousness
That setteth nevermore!

2. O’er the dull ocean broods the night,

And all the strand is dark,
Save where a line of broken foam
Lies at low water mark.
Oh! For the Land that needs no night,
Where never night shall be;
Oh! For the quiet Home in Heaven,
Where there is no more sea.

3. The highest hopes we cherish here,

How fast they tire and faint,
How many a spot defiles the robe
That wraps an earthly saint!
Oh, for a heart that never sins,
Oh, for a soul washed white,
Oh, for a voice to praise our KING,
Nor weary day or night.

4. Here faith is ours, and Heavenly hope,

And grace to lead us higher;
But there are perfectness, and peace,
 Beyond our best desire.
Oh! By Thy love, and anguish, LORD,
Oh! By Thy life laid down,
Grant that we fall not from Thy grace,
Nor cast away our crown. Amen.

HYMN CH 56 – “When the even was come, they brought unto Him many that were possessed with
devils: and He cast out the spirits with His word, and healed all that were sick.” - MATT. viii. 16.

1. AT even, ere the sun was set,

The sick, O LORD, around Thee lay;
Oh, in what divers pains they met!
Oh, with what joy they went away!

2. Once more ‘tis eventide, and we,

Oppressed with various ills, draw near;
What if Thy form we cannot see?
We know and feel that Thou art here.

3. O SAVIOUR CHRIST, our woes dispel;

For some are sick, and some are sad,
And some have never loved Thee well,
And some have lost the love they had;

4. And some are pressed with worldly care;

And some are tried with sinful doubt;
And some such grievous passions tear
That only Thou canst cast them out;

5. And some have found the world is vain,

Yet from the world they break not free;
And some have friends who give them pain,
Yet have not sought a friend in Thee.

6. And none, O LORD, have perfect rest,

For none are wholly free from sin;
And they who fain would serve Thee best
Are conscious most of wrong within.

7. O SAVIOUR CHRIST, Thou too art Man;

Thou hast been troubled, tempted, tried;
Thy kind, but searching glance, can scan
The very wounds that shame would hide;

8. Thy touch has still its ancient power;

No word from Thee can fruitless fall;
Hear, in this solemn evening hour,
And in Thy mercy heal us all. Amen.

HYMN C.H 57 – “Thou, Lord, only, makest me dwell in safety.”- PSALM iv. 8
1. THE day is past and over;
All thanks, O LORD, to Thee;
I pray Thee now that sinless
The hours of dark may be;
O JESU, keep me in Thy sight,
And guard me through the coming night.

2. The joys of day are over;

I lift my heart to Thee,
And ask Thee that offenceless
The hours of dark may be;
O JESU, keep me in Thy sight,
And guard me through the coming night.

3. The toils of day are over;

I raise the hymn to Thee,
And ask that free from peril
The hours of dark may be:
O JESU, keep me in Thy sight,
And guard me through the coming night.

4. Be Thou my soul’s preserver,

For Thou alone dost know
How many are the perils
Through which I have to go:
O loving JESU, hear my call,
And guard and save me from them all. Amen.

HYMN CH 58 – “At evening time it shall be light.”- ZECH. xiv. 7

1. HOLY FATHER, cheer our way

With Thy love’s perpetual ray;
Grant us every closing day
Light at Evening-time.

2. Holy SAVIOUR, calm our fears,

When earth’s brightness disappears:
Grant us in our later years
Light at Evening-time.

3. Holy SPIRIT, be Thou nigh,

When in mortal pains we lie;
Grant us, as we come to die,
Light at Evening-time.

4. Holy, Blessed TRINITY!

Darkness is not dark to Thee:
Those Thou keepest always see
Light at Evening-time. Amen.

HYMN CH 59 – “Thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.” – PROV. iiii.24
1. NOW the day is over,
Night is drawing nigh;
Shadows of the evening
Steal across the sky.

2. Now the darkness gathers,

Stars begin to peep;
Birds, and beasts, and flowers
Soon will be asleep.

3. JESU, give the weary

Calm and sweet repose:
With Thy tenderest blessing
May mine eyelids close.

4. Grant to little children

Visions bright of Thee;
Guard the sailors tossing
On the deep blue sea.

5. Comfort every sufferer

Watching late in pain;
Those who plan some evil
From their sin restrain.

6. Through the long night-watches

May Thine Angels spread
Their white wings above me,
Watching round my bed.

7. When the morning wakens,

Then may I arise
Pure, and fresh, and sinless
In Thy Holy Eyes.

8. Glory to the FATHER,

Glory to the SON,
And to Thee, Blest SPIRIT,
Whilst all ages run. Amen.

HYMN CH 60 – “The Lord was my stay.”- 2 SAM. xxii. 19.

1. O STRENGTH and Stay upholding all creation,

Who ever dost Thyself unmoved abide,
Yet day by day the light in due gradation
From hour to hour through all its changes guide;

2. Grant to life’s day a calm unclouded ending,

An eve untouched by shadows of decay,
Thy brightness of a holy death-bed blending
With dawning glories of the Eternal Day.
3. Hear us, O FATHER, gracious and forgiving,
Through JESUS CHRIST, Thy co-eternal WORD;
Who, with the HOLY GHOST, by all things living,
Now and to endless ages art adored. Amen.

HYMN CH 61 – “The darkness and the light are both alike to Thee.” – PSALM cxxxix. 12

1. THE day is gently sinking to a close,

Fainter and yet more faint the sunlight glows;
O Brightness of Thy FATHER’S glory, Thou
Eternal LIGHT of LIGHT, be with us now;
Where Thou art present, darkness cannot be,
Midnight is glorious noon, O LORD, with Thee.

2. Our changeful lives are ebbing to an end,

Onward to darkness and to death we tend;
O Conqueror of the grave, be Thou our Guide,
Be Thou our Light in death’s dark eventide;
Then, in our mortal hour will be no gloom,
No sting in death, no terror in the tomb.

3. Thou, Who in darkness walking didst appear

Upon the waves, and Thy disciples cheer,
Come, LORD, in lonesome days, when storms assail,
And earthly hopes and human succours fail,
When all is dark, may we behold Thee nigh,
And hear Thy Voice, “Fear not, for it is I.”

4. The weary world is mouldering to decay,

Its glories wane, its pageants fade away;
In that last sunset, when the stars shall fall,
May we arise, awakened by Thy call,
With Thee, O LORD, for ever to abide
In that blest Day, which has no eventide! Amen.

HYMN CH 62 – “In Him was life; and the life was the light of men.” – JOHN i. 4

1. HAIL, gladdening Light, of His pure glory poured

Who is the Immortal FATHER, Heavenly, Blest,
Holiest of Holies, JESUS CHRIST, our LORD!

2. Now we are come to the sun’s hour of rest,

The lights of evening round us shine,
We hymn the FATHER, SON, and HOLY SPIRIT Divine.

3. Worthiest art Thou at all times to be sung

With undefiled tongue,
SON of our GOD, Giver of life, alone;
Therefore in all the world, Thy glories, LORD, they own. Amen.

HYMN CH 63 – “I will lay me down in peace and take my rest.”- PSALM iv. 9
1. HEAR our prayer, O Heavenly FATHER,
Ere we lay us down to sleep;
Bid Thine Angels, pure and holy,
Round our bed their vigils keep.

2. Heavy though our sins, Thy mercy

Far outweighs them every one;
Down before the Cross we cast them,
Trusting in Thy help alone.

3. Keep us through this night of peril

Safe beneath its sheltering shade;
Take us to Thy rest, we pray Thee,
When our pilgrimage is made.

4. None can measure out Thy patience

By the span of human thought;
None can bound the tender mercies
Which Thy Holy SON has bought.

5. Pardon all our past transgressions,

Give us strength for days to come;
Guide and guard us with Thy blessing
Till Thine Angels bear us home.

6. Honour, glory, might, dominion

To the FATHER and the SON,
With the Everlasting SPIRIT,
While eternal ages run. Amen.

HYMN CH 64 – “With my soul have I desired Thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek
Thee early.” – ISA. xxvi. 9.

1. NOW GOD be with us, for the night is closing,

The light and darkness are of His disposing;
And ‘neath His shadow here to rest we yield us,
For He will shield us.

2. Let evil thoughts and spirits flee before us,

Till morning cometh, watch, O FATHER, o’er us;
In soul and body, Thou from harm defend us,
Thine Angels send us.

3. Let holy thoughts be ours when sleep o’ertakes us,

Our earliest thoughts be Thine when morning wakes us;
All sick and mourners, we to Thee commend them,
Do Thou befriend them.

4. We have no refuge, none on earth to aid us

But Thee, O FATHER, who Thine own hast made us;
Keep us in life, forgive our sins, deliver
Us now and ever.
5. Praise be to Thee through JESUS our salvation,
GOD, THREE IN ONE, the RULER of creation,
High throned, o’er all Thine eye of mercy casting,
LORD Everlasting. Amen.

HYMN CH 65 – “Hide me under the shadow of Thy wings.”- PSALM xvii. 8

1. THE shadows of the evening hours

Fall from the darkening sky;
Upon the fragrance of the flowers
The dews of evening life:
Before Thy Throne, O LORD of Heaven,
We kneel at close of day;
Look on Thy children from on high,
And hear us while we pray.

2. The sorrows of Thy servants, LORD,

O do not Thou despise,
But let the incense of our prayers
Before Thy mercy rise:
The brightness of the coming night
Upon the darkness rolls;
With hopes of future glory chase
The shadows on our souls.

3. Slowly the rays of daylight fade;

So fade within our heart
The hopes in earthly love and joy,
That one by one depart:
Slowly the bright stars, one by one,
Within the heavens shine;
Give us, O LORD, fresh hopes in Heaven,
And trust in things divine.

4. Let peace, O LORD, Thy peace, O GOD,

Upon our souls descend;
From midnight fears and perils, Thou
Our trembling hearts defend:
Give us a respite from our toil,
Calm and subdue our woes;
Through the long day we labour, LORD,
O give us now repose. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 66 - “Who loved me, and gave Himself for me.” – GAL. ii. 20
1. “REMEMBER Me: show forth My death
Until Mine Advent be”:
So, of His Holy Feast, He saith,
Who gave Himself for me.

2. I will not tremble nor delay,

 Unworthy though I be:
He will not send my soul away
Who gave Himself for me.

3. For there, when sorrows come to prove

Where my true joy should be,
Most sweet the comfort of His love
Who gave Himself for me.

4. There too, in calm of holy rest,

My weary head shall be,
As if it lay upon His Breast,
Who gave Himself for me.

5. There seem I ever nearest Home,

Most sure of bliss to be,
When in His glory He shall come,
Who gave Himself for me.

6. Oh! that I ever may abide

Where only life can be
Still close and closer to His Side,
Who gave Himself for me. Amen.

HYMN CH 67 – “Behold, the Bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet Him.”- MATT. xxv. 6.

1. REJOICE, all ye believers,

And let your lights appear:
The evening is advancing,
And darker night is near;
The Bridegroom is arising,
And soon He draweth nigh:
Up! Pray and watch, and wrestle,
At midnight comes the cry.

2. See that your lamps are burning,

Replenish them with oil,
And wait for your salvation,
The end of earthly toil.
The watchers on the mountain
Proclaim the Bridegroom near;
Go, meet Him as He cometh,
With Hallelujahs clear.

3. Ye wise and holy virgins,

Now raise your voices higher,
Until in songs triumphant
They meet the Angel choir,
The marriage-feast is waiting,
The gates wide open stand;
 Up! Up! Ye heirs of glory,
The Bridegroom is at hand!

4. Ye saints, who here in patience

Your cross and sufferings bore,
Shall live and reign for ever.
When sorrow is no more.
Around the Throne of glory,
The LAMB ye shall behold,
In triumph cast before Him
Your diadems of gold.

5. Our Hope and Expectation,

O JESUS! Now appear:
Arise, thou Son, so longed for,
O’er this benighted sphere!
With hearts and hands uplifted,
We plead, O LORD, to see
The day of earth’s redemption
That brings us unto Thee. Amen.

HYMN CH 68 – “Now it is high time to awake out of sleep.”- ROM. Xiii. 11

1. HARK! A thrilling voice is sounding,

“CHRIST is nigh,” it seems to say;
“Cast away the dreams of darkness,
O ye children of the day!”

2. Wakened by the solemn warning,

Let the earth-bound soul arise:
CHRIST, her Sun, all ill dispelling,
Shines upon the morning skies.

3. Lo! The LAMB, so long expected,

Comes with pardon down from Heaven!
Let us haste, with tears of sorrow,
One and all to be forgiven;

4. That, when next He comes with glory,

And the world is wrapped in fear,
With His mercy He may shield us,
And with words of love draw near.

5. Honour, glory, might, and blessing

To the FATHER and the SON,
With the Everlasting SPIRIT,
While eternal ages run. Amen.

HYMN CH 69 – “A little while, and ye shall see me.”- JOHN xvi. 16

1. “A LITTLE while,”- our LORD shall come,

And we shall wander here no more;
 He’ll take us to our FATHER’S Home,
Where He for us has gone before.

2. “A little while,”- He’ll come again;

Let us the precious hours redeem!
Our only grief to give Him pain,
Our joy to serve and follow Him.

3. “A little while,”- ‘twill soon be past;

Why should we shun the needful cross?
Oh, let us in His footsteps haste,
Counting for Him all else but loss.

4. “A little while,” – come, Saviour, come!

For Thee Thy Church has tarried long;
Take Thy poor wearied pilgrims home,
To sing the new eternal song. Amen.

HYMN – C.H. 70- “Be patient therefore; brethren, unto the coming of the Lord.”- JAS. v. 7.
1. CHRIST is coming, let creation From her groans and travail cease:
Let the glorious proclamation
Hope restore and faith increase:
CHRIST is coming!
Come, Thou Blessed Prince of Peace.

2. Earth can now but tell the story

Of Thy bitter Cross and pain;
She shall yet behold Thy glory,
When Thou comest back to reign:
CHRIST is coming!
Let each heart repeat the strain.

3. Long Thine exiles have been pining,

Far from rest, and home, and Thee;
But, in heavenly vestures shining,
They their loving LORD shall see:
CHRIST is coming!
Haste the joyous jubilee.

4. With that blessed hope before us,

Let no harp remain unstrung;
Let the mighty advent chorus
Onward roll from tongue to tongue:
“CHRIST is coming!
Come, LORD JESUS, quickly come!” Amen.

HYMN – C.H. 71 – “Behold, He cometh with clouds, and every eye shall see Him; and they also
which pierced Him.”- REV. i. 7.
1. LO! He comes with clouds descending,
 Once for favoured sinners slain;
Thousand thousand saints attending,
Swell the triumph of His train;
Alleluia!
JESUS comes, and comes to reign.

2. Every eye shall now behold Him

Robed in dreadful majesty;
They who set at naught and sold Him,
Pierced and nailed Him to the tree,
Deeply wailing,
Shall the true MESSIAH see.

3. Now redemption, long expected,

See, in solemn pomp appear!
All His saints, by man rejected,
Rise to meet Him in the air:
Alleluia!
See the Day of GOD appear.

4. Yea, Amen! Let all adore Thee,

High on Thine eternal Throne:
SAVIOUR, take Thy power and glory,
Claim the kingdoms for Thine own:
Oh, come quickly!
Alleluia! Come, LORD, come. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 72 - “Behold! The Lord cometh, with ten thousands of His saints.”- JUDE, 14

1. LOOK, ye saints, the sight is glorious!

See the Man of Sorrows now,
From the fight returned victorious,
Every knee to Him shall bow:
Crown Him! Crown Him!
Crowns become the Victor’s brow.

2. Crown the SAVIOUR! Angels, crown Him!

Rich the trophies JESUS brings;
In the seat of power enthrone Him,
While the vault of Heaven rings:
Crown Him! Crown Him!
Crown the Saviour “KING OF KINGS!”

3. Sinners in derision crowned Him,

Mocking thus the SAVIOUR’S claim,
Saints and Angels crowd around Him,
Own His title, praise His name:
 Crown Him! Crown Him!
Spread abroad the Victor’s fame!

4. Hark! Those bursts of acclamation,

Hark! Those loud triumphant chords,
JESUS takes the highest station:
Oh, what joy the sight affords!
Crown Him! Crown Him!
“KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS!” Amen.

HYMN CH 73 – “Then cometh the end.”- I COR. Xv. 24

1. GREAT GOD, what do I see and hear!

The end of things created!
The Judge of mankind doth appear,
On clouds of glory seated:
The trumpet sounds, the graves restore
The dead which they contained before:
Prepare, my soul, to meet Him.

2. The dead in CHRIST shall first arise,

At the last trumpet’s sounding:
Caught up to meet Him in the skies,
With joy their LORD surrounding.
No gloomy fears their souls dismay,
His Presence sheds eternal day
On those prepared to meet Him.

3. But sinners filled with guilty fears,

Behold His wrath prevailing;
In woe they rise, and find their tears
And sighs are unavailing:
The day of grace is past and gone,
Trembling they stand before the throne,
All unprepared to meet Him.

4. Great GOD, what do I see and hear!

The end of things created!
The Judge of mankind doth appear;
On clouds of glory seated:
Beneath His Cross I view the day
When Heaven and earth shall pass away,
And thus prepare to meet Him. Amen.

HYMN CH 74 – “The Lord of Hosts is His Name, and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel.”- ISA. liv. 5

1. THE LORD of Might from Sinai’s brow

Gave forth His voice of thunder;
And Israel lay on earth below,
Outstretched in fear and wonder;
Beneath His feet was darkest night,
 And at His left Hand and His right
The rocks were rent asunder.

2. The LORD of Love on Calvary,

A meek and suffering Stranger,
Upraised to Heaven His languid eye
In nature’s hour of danger:
For us He bore the weight of woe,
For us He gave His blood to flow,
And met His FATHER’S anger.

3. The LORD of Love, the LORD of Might,

The KING of all created,
Shall back return to claim His right,
On clouds of glory seated;
With trumpet-sound and Angel-song,
And Alleluias loud and long,
O’er death and hell defeated. Amen.

HYMN CH 75 – “Then shall I know even also as I am known.” – I COR. xiii. 12

1. WHEN this passing world is done,

When has sunk yon glaring sun,
When we stand with CHRIST in light,
All our finished life in sight:
Then, LORD, shall I fully know-
Not till then- how much I owe.

2. When I stand before the Throne,

Dressed in beauty not my own,
When I see Thee as Thou art,
Love Thee with unsinning heart,
Then, LORD, shall I fully know-
Not till then-how much I owe.

3. When the praise of Heaven I hear,

Loud as thunders to the ear,
Loud as many waters’ noise,
Sweet as harp’s melodious voice,
Then, LORD, shall I fully know-
Not till then -how much I owe.

4. E’en on earth, as through a glass,

Darkly, let Thy Glory pass;
Make forgiveness feel so sweet,
Make Thy SPIRIT’S help so meet;
E’en on earth, LORD, make me know
Something of how much I owe.

5. Chosen, not for good in me,

Wakened up from wrath to flee,
Hidden in the SAVIOUR’S Side,
 By the SPIRIT sanctified;
Teach me, LORD, on earth to show,
By my love, how much I owe! Amen.

HYMN – C.H. 76 - “WHEN YE PRAY, SAY… THY KINGDOM COME.” – LUKE XI. 2.
1. THY kingdom come! From year to year
Thy waiting Church uplifts her prayer-
They in whose hearts Thy grace has wrought,
Breathe forth the cry Thy lips have taught,-
Thy kingdom come! Let every knee
Bow down, and own Thy Majesty.

2. Where once beneath wrath’s gathering cloud

Thy sacred Head in anguish bowed,-
Where Thou didst bear Thy Cross in pain,
Come, LORD, in glorious might to reign!
Rejoice, O earth, and hail your King!
Ye morning stars together sing!

3. Thy kingdom come! from day to day

Thy loyal Church shall ever pray,
And wait the hour, in joyful hope,
When Angel hands shall bear us up,
Thy bliss to share, Thy glory see,
And reign for evermore with Thee. Amen.

HYMN CH 77 – “As often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do show the Lord’s death till
He come.” – I COR. Xi. 26

1. BY CHRIST redeemed, in CHRIST restored,

We keep the memory adored,
And show the Death of our dear LORD
Until He come.

2. His Body, broken in our stead,

We “take and eat,” – the Living Bread;”
And thus, by faith, our souls are fed
Until He come.

3. His fearful drops of agony,

His Life-Blood, shed on Calvary;
The Wine shews forth the Mystery
Until He come.

4. And thus that dark betrayal night

With the last Advent we unite
By one bright chain of loving rite,
Until He come.
5. Until the trump of GOD be heard,
Until the ancient graves be stirred,
And with the great commanding word,
The LORD shall come.

6. Oh, Blessed Hope! With this elate,

Let not our hearts be desolate,
But, strong in faith and patience, wait
Until He come! Amen

HYMN CH 78 – “The Redeemer shall come to Zion.” – ISA. lix. 20

1. O COME, O come, EMMANUEL,

And ransom captive Israel,
That mourns in lonely exile here,
Until the SON of GOD appear.
Rejoice! Rejoice! EMMANUEL
Shall come to thee, O Israel.

2. O come, Thou Rod of Jesse, free

Thine own from Satan’s tyranny;
From depths of hell Thy people save,
And give them victory o’er the grave.
Rejoice! Rejoice! EMMANUEL
Shall come to thee, O Israel.

3. O come, Thou Day-spring, come and cheer

Our spirits by Thine Advent here;
Disperse the gloomy clouds of night,
And death’s dark shadows put to flight.
Rejoice! Rejoice! EMMANUEL
Shall come to thee, O Israel.

4. O come, Thou Key of David, come,

And open wide our heavenly home;
Make safe the way that leads on high,
And close the path to misery.
Rejoice! Rejoice! EMMANUEL
Shall come to thee, O Israel.

5. O come, O come, Thou LORD of Might,

Who to Thy tribes, on Sina’s height,
In ancient times didst give the law
In cloud, and majesty, and awe.
Rejoice! Rejoice! EMMANUEL
Shall come to thee, O Israel. Amen
HYMN CH 78(a) – “The Redeemer shall come to Zion.” – ISA. lix. 20

1. COME, O IMMANUEL, come,

And set Thine Israel free:
In exile from our home,
We long and sigh for Thee:
O SAVIOUR, come, on earth to dwell,
Tho, “GOD with us,” IMMANUEL!

2. Come, Rod of Jesse’s stem;

From sin and from the grave
Thy people to redeem,
From Satan’s grasp to save:
The wily tempter’s power to quell
Come dwell with us, IMMANUEL!

3. O come, Thou orient Light,

Thou Day-star from on high;
Shine through the mists of night,
And bring the morning nigh:
The gloomy shades of death dispel,
And dwell with us, IMMANUEL!

4. Come, armed with David’s key;

To Thee alone ‘tis given
To open wide and free
The portals of the Heaven,
And close the gates of death and hell,
Thou, “GOD with us,” IMMANUEL!

5. Come, LORD, in Majesty,

As once on Sinai’s brow;
Yet lay Thy terrors by,
And come in mercy now;
All-glorious, yet in love as well,
Come, dwell with us, IMMANUEL! Amen

HYMN CH 79 – Even so, come, Lord Jesus.”- REV. xxii. 20.

1. THE Church has waited long

Her absent LORD to see;
And still in loneliness she waits,
A friendless stranger she.
Age after age has gone,
Sun after sun has set,
And still, of her dear LORD bereft,
She weeps, a mourner yet.
Come then, LORD JESUS, come!
2. Saint after saint on earth
Has lived, and loved, and died;
And as they left us one by one,
We laid them side by side.
We laid them down to sleep,
But not in hope forlorn-
We laid them but to slumber there
Till the last glorious morn,
Come then, LORD JESUS, come!

3. The serpent’s brood increase,

The powers of hell grow bold,
The conflict thickens, faith is low,
And love is waxing cold.
How long, O LORD our GOD,
Holy, and true, and good,
Wilt Thou not judge Thy suffering Church,
Her sighs, her tears, and blood?
Come then, LORD JESUS, come!

4. We long to hear Thy voice,

To see Thee Face to Face,
To share Thy crown and glory then,
As now we share Thy grace.
Come, LORD, and wipe away
The curse, the sin, the stain,
And make this blighted world of ours
Thine own fair world again.
Come then, LORD JESUS, come! Amen

HYMN CH 80 – “That we through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.” – ROM. Xv. 4

1. THERE is a Land of Promise,

Which drinks the rain of Heaven,
By everlasting charter
To Zion’s pilgrims given;
But travellers to glory
May walk therein at will,
And with its flowers and fruitage
Their longing souls fulfil.

2. There is a Feast of gladness

By Royal bounty spread,
The new Wine of the kingdom,
The true and Living Bread,
And whoso thirsts and hungers
Is there a bidden guest;
There grief forgets her weeping,
The weary are at rest.

3. There is a Harp of music,

By GOD’S own fingers strung,
 With sweeter songs enwoven
Than flow from angel’s tongue;
And all who mourn may listen
To those soft healing strains,
Until the heavenly harpings
Have chased their bosom’s pains.

4. There is a Blessed Vision,

GOD’S own Apocalypse,
Whose far-off joys and splendours
All dreams of man eclipse:
Jerusalem the holy
Lit from the sapphire Throne,
Its pearls and gold and crystal,
Faith claims them for her own.

5. That Fatherland of Promise,

That banquet of delight,
That more than mortal music,
That vision infinite,-
What are they but the dowry
GOD to His Church has given,
In giving her as heir-loom
The oracles of Heaven?

6. Man, like the grass of morning,

Droops ere the evening hour,
His goodliness and beauty
Fade as a fading flower:
But who may shake the pillars
Of GOD’S unchanging Word?
Amen: Himself hath spoken:
Amen: thus saith the LORD. Amen.

HYMN CH 81 – “Blessed is He that cometh in the Name of the Lord.” – MATT. xxiii. 39.

1. HARK, the glad sound! The SAVIOUR comes,-

The SAVIOUR promised long;
Let every heart prepare a throne,
And every voice a song.

2. He comes, the prisoners to release

In Satan’s bondage held;
The gates of brass before Him burst,
The iron fetters yield.

3. He comes, the broken heart to bind,

The wounded soul to cure,
And with the treasures of His grace
To enrich the humble poor.

4. Our glad hosannas, Prince of Peace,

 Thy welcome shall proclaim;
And Heaven’s eternal arches ring
With Thy beloved Name. Amen.

HYMN CH 82 – “To give light to them that sit in darkness.” – LUKE i. 79

1. LIGHT of those whose dreary dwelling

Borders on the shades of death!
Rise on us, Thyself revealing,
Rise and chase the clouds beneath.

2. Thou of life and light Creator!

In our deepest darkness rise;
Scatter all the night of nature;
Pour the Day upon our eyes.

3. Still we wait for Thine appearing,

Life and joy Thy beams impart;
Chasing all our fears, and cheering,
Every meek and contrite heart.

4. By Thine all-sufficient merit,

Every burdened soul release;
By the leading of Thy SPIRIT,
Guide us to Thy perfect peace. Amen

HYMN CH 83 – “Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” – PSALM cxix. 105

1. LORD, Thy Word abideth,

And our footsteps guideth;
Who its truth believeth
Light and joy receiveth.

2. When our foes are near us,

Then Thy Word doth cheer us,
Word of consolation,
Message of salvation.

3. When the storms are o’er us,

And dark clouds before us,
Then its light directeth,
And our way protecteth.

4. Who can tell the pleasure,

Who recount the treasure,
By Thy Word imparted
To the simple-hearted?

5. Word of mercy, giving

Succour to the living;
Word of life, supplying
Comfort to the dying!
6. Oh, that we discerning
Its most holy learning,
LORD, may love and fear Thee,
Evermore be near Thee! Amen.

HYMN CH 84 – “Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.” – PSALM cxix. 54

1. FATHER of mercies, in Thy Word

What endless glory shines!
For ever be Thy Name adored
For these celestial lines.

2. Here the REDEEMER’S welcome Voice

Spreads Heavenly peace around;
And life and everlasting joys
Attend the blissful sound.

3. Here springs of consolation rise

To cheer the fainting mind:
And thirsty souls receive supplies,
And sweet refreshment find.

4. Oh, may these Heavenly pages be

Our ever dear delight!
And still new beauties may we see,
And still increasing light.

5. Divine Instructor, gracious LORD,

Be Thou for ever near;
Teach us to love Thy sacred Word,
And view our SAVIOUR there! Amen.

HYMN C.H. 85 – “The entrance of Thy words giveth light.” – PSALM cxix. 130

1. THE SPIRIT breathes upon the Word,

And brings the truth to sight:
Precepts and promises afford
A sanctifying light.

2. A glory gilds the sacred page,

Majestic, like the sun;
It gives a light to every age;-
It gives, but borrows none.

3. The Hand that gave it still supplies

The gracious light and heat;
His truths upon the nations rise;-
They rise, but never set.
 4. Let everlasting thanks be Thine,
For such a bright display
As makes a world of darkness shine
With beams of Heavenly day.

5. My soul rejoices to pursue

The steps of Him I love,
Till glory breaks upon my view,
In brighter worlds above. Amen.

HYMN CH 86 – “Return, O Lord, how long?”- PSALM xc. 13

1. COME, LORD, and tarry not;

Bring the long-looked-for day!
Oh! Why these years of waiting here,
These ages of delay?

2. Come, for Thy Saints still wait;

Daily ascends their sigh;
The Spirit and the Bride say, “Come!”
Dost Thou not hear the cry?

3. Come, for Thine Israel mourns,

An exile from Thy fold;
O call to mind Thy faithful word,
And bless them as of old!

4. Come in Thy glorious might,

Come with the iron rod,
Scattering Thy foes before Thy Face,
Most mighty SON of GOD!

5. Come, and make all things new,

Build up this ruined earth;
Restore our faded Paradise,
Creation’s second birth.

6. Come, and begin Thy Reign

Of everlasting peace;
Come, take the kingdom to Thyself,
Great King of Righteousness! Amen.

HYMN CH 87 – “Surely I come quickly, Amen. Even so come, Lord Jesus.” – REV. xxii. 20

1. THOU art coming, O my SAVIOUR,

Thou art coming, O my King,
In Thy beauty all-resplendent,
In Thy glory all-transcendent;
Well may we rejoice and sing;
Coming:- in the opening east
Herald brightness slowly swells;
 Coming:- O my glorious Priest,
Hear we not Thy golden bells?

2. Thou art coming, Thou art coming;

We shall meet Thee on Thy way;
We shall see Thee, we shall know Thee,
We shall bless Thee, we shall show Thee
All our hearts could never say;
What an anthem that will be,
Music rapturously sweet,
Pouring out our love to Thee
At Thine own all-glorious Feet.

3. Thou art coming; at Thy Table

We are witnesses for this;
While remembering hearts Thou meetest
In communion clearest, sweetest,
Earnest of our coming bliss,
Showing not Thy Death alone,
And Thy love exceeding great,
But Thy coming, and Thy Throne,
All for which we long and wait.

4. Thou art coming; we are waiting

With a hope that cannot fail,
Asking not the day or hour,
Resting on Thy Word of power,
Anchored safe within the veil.
Time appointed may be long,
But the vision must be sure;
Certainty shall make us strong,
Joyful patience can endure.

5. O the joy to see Thee reigning,

Thee, my own beloved LORD!
Every tongue Thy Name confessing,
Worship, honour, glory, blessing,
Brought to Thee with one accord,-
Thee, my Master, and my Friend,
Vindicated and enthroned,
Unto earth’s remotest end
Glorified, adored, and owned! Amen.

HYMN CH 88 – “Now it is high time to awake out of sleep.” – ROM. Xiii. 11.

1. HARK! ‘tis the watchman’s cry,

Wake, brethren, wake!
JESUS Himself is nigh;
Wake, brethren, wake!
Sleep is for sons of night;
Ye are children of the light;
Yours is the glory bright;
 Wake, brethren, wake!

2. Call to each wakening band,

Watch, brethren, watch!
Clear is our LORD’S command,
Watch, brethren, watch!
Be ye as men that wait
Always at their Master’s gate,
E’en though He tarry late;
Watch, brethren, watch!

3. Heed we the Steward’s call,

Work, brethren, work!
There’s room enough for all;
Work, brethren, work!
This vineyard of the LORD
Constant labour will afford;
He will your work reward;
Work, brethren, work!

4. Hear we the Shepherd’s Voice,

Pray, brethren, pray!
Would ye His heart rejoice,
Pray, brethren, pray!
Sin calls for ceaseless fear,
Weakness needs the Strong One near,
Long as ye struggle here,
Pray, brethren, pray!

5. Sound now the final chord

Praise, brethren, praise!
Thrice Holy is the LORD,
Praise, brethren, praise!
What more befits the tongues
Soon to join the Angels’ songs?
Whilst Heaven the note prolongs,
Praise, brethren, praise! Amen

HYMN CH 89 – “Waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.” – I COR. i. 7.

1. GREAT KING of kings, why dost Thou stay?

Why tarriest Thou upon Thy way?
Why lingers the expected Day?
Thy Kingdom come!

2. Sin has prevailed on earth too long;

Ages of evil, pain, and wrong,
Have marred the meditated son:
Thy Kingdom come!

3. Life in its fullness is with Thee,

Life in its holy liberty;
 From death and chains this world set free:
Thy Kingdom come!

4. Unloved, unworshipped, slighted now,

When shall each knee before Thee bow,
Of things above and things below?
Thy Kingdom come!

5. Earth is still waiting for the Day

When old things shall have passed away,
And all be clad in new array:
Thy Kingdom come!

6. O King of Glory, King of Peace,

Bid all these storms and tumults cease,
Bring in Thy reign of righteousness:
Thy Kingdom come!

7. Peace, gentle peace, is on its way,

And holy love this earth to sway;
Hasten, O LORD, that glorious Day:
Thy Kingdom come!

8. O, bid Thy blessed Gospel go

Forth to each child of sin and woe,
That all Thy wondrous grace may know:
Thy Kingdom come! Amen.

HYMN CH 90 – “The day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night.” – 2 PET. Iii. 10.

1. THAT Day of wrath, that dreadful Day,

When Heaven and earth shall pass away;
What power shall be the sinner’s stay?
How shall he meet that dreadful Day?

2. When shriveling, like a parched scroll,

The flaming heavens together roll;
When louder yet, and yet more dread,
The trumpet sounds that wakes the dead.

3. Oh, on that Day, that wrathful Day,

When man to judgment wakes from clay;
Be Thou, O CHRIST, the sinner’s stay,
When Heaven and earth shall pass away. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 91 – “The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make
His paths straight.” – MATT. iii. 3.

1. ON Jordan’s bank, the Baptist’s cry

Announces that the LORD is night;
 Awake, and hearken, for he brings
Glad tidings of the King of kings.

2. Then cleansed be every breast from sin;

Make straight the way for GOD within;
Prepare we in our hearts a home,
Where such a mighty Guest may come.

3. For Thou art our Salvation, LORD,

Our Refuge and our great Reward;
Without Thy grace we waste away,
Like flowers that wither and decay.

4. To heal the sick, stretch out Thine Hand,

And bid the fallen sinner stand;
Shine forth, and let Thy Light restore
Earth’s own true loveliness once more.

5. All praise, Eternal SON, to Thee,

Whose Advent doth Thy people free;
Whom, with the FATHER we adore,
And HOLY GHOST for evermore. Amen.

HYMN CH 92 – “Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah?” – ISA.
lxiii. 1.

1. WHO is this that comes from Edom,

All His raiment stained with blood,
To the slave proclaiming freedom,
Bringing and bestowing good,
Glorious in the garb He wears,
Glorious in the spoils He bears?

2. ‘Tis the SAVIOUR, now victorious,

Travelling onward in His might;
‘Tis the SAVIOUR, O how glorious
To His people is the sight!
JESUS now is strong to save,
Mighty to redeem the slave.

3. Why that blood His raiment staining?

‘Tis the blood of many slain:
Of His foes there’s none remaining-
None the contest to maintain;
Fallen they are, no more to rise;
All their glory prostrate lies.

4. This the SAVIOUR has effected

 By His mighty arm alone;
See, the throne for Him erected,
‘Tis an everlasting Throne;
‘Tis the great reward He gains,
Glorious fruit of all His pains.

5. Mighty Victor, reign for ever;

Wear the Crown so dearly won;
Never shall Thy people, never
Cease to sing what Thou hast done.
Thou hast fought Thy people’s foes;
Thou wilt heal Thy people’s woes. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 93 – “Sing unto the Lord; for He hath done excellent things: this is known in all the
earth.” – ISA. xii. 5

1. O KING of Glory, GOD of Grace,

Age after age is telling
Thy mercy to a fallen race,
The LORD with mankind dwelling,
Thou didst of old send forth Thy Word,
Pardon and Peace revealing:
From slumber waked our fathers heard,
And sought the nation’s healing.

2. To every land the Word has gone,

“CHRIST comes, go forth to greet Him”;
Where darkness dwelt the light has shone,
“Prepare, O earth, to meet Him.”
Break, Afric, break thine age-long chains,
Proud Islam’s bondage spurning:
Sing, India, sing, o’er all thy plains
Sorrow to joy is turning.

3. Land of the rising sun, arise,

Thy better day is dawning,
From shore to shore the message flies,
That hails earth’s brighter morning.
Kinsmen afar responsive sing,
Pass on the Gospel story;
Sing, comrade band, “Make JESUS King,”-
The LORD comes back in glory!
Amen.

HYMN C.H. 94 – “Ye do shew the Lord’s death, till He come.” – I COR. xi. 26

1. “TILL He come”-Oh, let the words

Linger on the trembling chords;
 Let the little while between
In their golden light be seen;
Let us think how Heaven and home
Lie beyond that “Till He come.”

2. When the weary ones we love

Enter on their rest above,
Seems the earth so poor and vast,
All our life-joy overcast?
Hush! Be every murmur dumb:
It is only till He come.

3. Clouds and conflicts round us press:

Would we have one sorrow less?
All the sharpness of the Cross,
All that tells the world is loss,
Death, and darkness, and tomb,
Only whisper “Till He come.”

4. See, the Feast of Love is spread,

Drink the Wine, and break the Bread:
Sweet memorials – till the LORD
Call us round His Heavenly Board;
Some from earth, from glory some,
Severed only, till He come. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 95 – “I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.” – JOHN xiv. 18.
1. JESUS came, the heavens adoring,
Came with peace from realms on high;
JESUS came for man’s redemption,
Lowly came on earth to die;
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Came in deep humility.

2. JESUS comes again in mercy,

When our hearts are bowed with care;
JESUS comes again in answer
To an earnest, heartfelt prayer;
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Comes to save us from despair

3. JESUS comes to hearts rejoicing,

Bringing news of sins forgiven;
JESUS comes in sounds of gladness,
Leading souls redeemed to Heaven;
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Now the gate of death is riven.
4. JESUS comes in joy and sorrow,
Shares alike our hopes and fears;
JESUS comes, whate’er befalls us,
Glads our hearts, and dries our tears;
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Cheering e’en our falling years.

5. JESUS comes on clouds triumphant,

When the heavens shall pass away;
JESUS comes again in glory:-
Let us then our homage pay,
Hallelujah! Ever singing,
Till the dawn of endless day. Amen

HYMN CH 96 – “Let the God of my salvation be exalted.” – PSALM xviii. 46

1. COME, ye faithful, raise the anthem,

Cleave the skies with shouts of praise;
Sing to Him Who found the ransom,
Ancient of eternal days,
GOD of GOD, the WORD Incarnate,
Whom the Heaven of Heaven obeys.

2. Ere He raised the lofty mountains,

Formed the seas, or built the sky,
Love, eternal, free, and boundless,
Moved the LORD of Life to die,
Fore-ordained the Prince of princes
For the throne of Calvary.

3. There, for us and our Redemption,

See Him all His Life-Blood pour,
There He wins our full Salvation,
Dies that we may die no more;
Then, arising, lives for ever,
Reigning where He was before.

4. Yet this earth He still remember,

Still by Him the flock are fed;
Yea, He gives them Food immortal,
Gives Himself, the Living Bread;
Leads them where the precious Fountain
From the smitten Rock is shed.

5. Trust Him then, ye fainting pilgrims;

Who shall pluck you from His Hand?
Pledged He stands for your Salvation,
Pledged to give the Promised Land;
 Where among the ransomed nations
Ye around His Throne shall stand. Amen.

HYMN CH 97 – “When these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads, for
your redemption draweth nigh.” – LUKE xxi. 28

1. WHEN all around are troubled,

And dangers gather near;
When wars and woes are rumoured
And hearts fail men for fear;
When from “distress of nations”
We lift our eyes on high;
How welcome is the promise-
“Redemption draweth nigh!”

2. When lawlessness aboundeth,

And many leave CHRIST’S fold;
When faith and hope are waning,
And love is waxing cold;
When, for His Name’s sake hated,
We look to Him, and sigh;
How gracious is the promise-
“Redemption draweth nigh!”

3. When good and faithful servants

Go forth to preach the Word;
When far throughout all nations
The Gospel sound is heard:
When sick, and weak, and lonely,
In heathen lands they lie;
How wondrous is the promise-
“Redemption draweth nigh!”

4. When crushing tribulation

Makes life a bitter cup;
When heart and flesh are failing
While struggling to keep up;
When from this house of bondage,
The soul would homeward fly;
How precious is the promise-
“Redemption draweth nigh!”

5. When baffled skill announces

The solemn hour of death;
When each dread anxious moment
But brings a feebler breath;
When all things earthly vanish
Before the closing eye;
 How glorious is the promise-
“Redemption draweth nigh!” Amen

HYMN C.H. 98 – “Unto them that look for Him shall He appear the second time, without sin, unto
salvation.” – HEB. ix. 28.
1. JESUS, Thy Church with longing eyes
For Thy expected coming waits;
When will the promised light arise,
And glory beam from Zion’s gates?

2. E’en now, when tempests round us fall

And wintry clouds o’ercast the sky,
Thy words with pleasure we recall,
And deem that our redemption’s nigh.

3. Come, gracious LORD, our hearts renew,

Our foes repel, our wrongs redress,
Man’s rooted enmity subdue,
And crown Thy Gospel with success.

4. O come, and reign o’er every land;

Let Satan from his throne be hurled;
All nations bow to Thy command,
And grace revive a dying world.

5. Yes, Thou wilt speedily appear!

The smitten earth already reels;
And not far off we seem to hear
The thunder of Thy chariot wheels.

6. Teach us in watchfulness and prayer

To wait for the appointed hour;
And fit us by Thy grace to share
The triumphs of Thy conquering power. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 99 – “Of the increase of His government and peace there shall be no end.” – ISA. Ix.
7.
1. THY Kingdom come, O GOD;
Thy rule, O CHRIST, begin;
Break with Thine iron rod
The tyrannies of sin.

2. Where is Thy reign of peace,

And purity, and love?
When shall all hatred cease,
As in the realms above?
3. When comes the promised time
That war shall be no more,
And lust, oppression, crime,
Shall flee Thy face before?

4. We pray Thee, LORD, arise,

And come in Thy great might;
Revive our longing eyes,
Which languish for Thy sight.

5. Men scorn Thy sacred Name,

And wolves devour Thy fold;
By many deeds of shame
We learn that love grows cold.

6. O’er heathen lands afar

Thick darkness broodeth yet;
Arise, O Morning Star,
Arise, and never set. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 100 (Part 1) – “O! be joyful in the Lord, all ye lands.” – PSALM c.

1. ALL people that on earth do dwell,

Sing to the LORD with cheerful voice:
Him serve with fear, His praise forth tell,
Come ye before Him and rejoice.

2. The LORD ye know is GOD indeed,

Without our aid He did us make;
We are His flock, He doth us feed,
And for His sheep He doth us take.

3. Oh, enter then His gates with praise,

Approach with joy His courts unto;
Praise, laud, and bless His Name always,
For it is seemly so to do.

4. For why? The LORD our GOD is good,

His mercy is for ever sure;
His truth at all times firmly stood,
And shall from age to age endure.

5. To FATHER, SON and HOLY GHOST,

The GOD Whom Heaven and earth adore,
Be glory as it was of old,
Is now, and shall be evermore. Amen.
HYMN C.H. 100 (Part II) – “O! be joyful in the Lord, all ye lands.” – PSALM c.

1. WITH one consent let all the earth

To GOD their cheerful voices raise;
Glad homage pay with awful mirth,
And sing before Him songs of praise.

2. The LORD ye know is GOD alone,

From Whom both we and all proceed;
We, whom He chooses for His own,
The flock that He vouchsafes to feed.

3. Oh, enter then His temple gate,

Thence to His courts devoutly press,
And still y our grateful hymns repeat,
And still His Name with praises bless.

4. For He’s the LORD, supremely good,

His mercy is for ever sure:
His truth, which always firmly stood,
To endless ages shall endure.

5. Praise GOD, from Whom all blessings flow!

Praise Him, all creatures here below!
Praise Him above, ye Heavenly Host!
Praise FATHER, SON, and HOLY GHOST. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 100 (Part III) – “O! be joyful in the Lord, all ye lands.” – PSALM c.

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’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.

4. 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. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 101 - “Wherefore God also hath highly exalted Him, and given Him a Name which is
above every name: that in the Name of Jesus every knee shall bow: PHIL. ii. 9, 10

1. IN the Name of JESUS

Every knee shall bow,
Every tongue confess Him
King of glory now;
Tis the FATHER’S pleasure
We should call Him LORD,
Who from the. beginning
Was the Mighty WORD.

2. At His voice creation

Sprang at once to sight,
All the Angel faces,
All the hosts of light;
Thrones and Dominations,
Stars upon their way,
All the heavenly Orders,
In their great array.

3. Humbled for a season,

To receive a Name
from the lips of sinners
Unto whom He came;
faithfully He bore it
Spotless to the last,
Brought it back victorious,
When from death He passed:

4. Bore it up triumphant,
With its human light,
Through all ranks of creatures,
To the central height;
To the Throne of GODHEAD,
To the FATHER'S breast,
Filled it with the glory
Of that perfect rest

5. Name Him, brothers, name Him,

With love as strong as death,
Out with awe and wonder,
And with bated breath;
He is GOD the SAVIOUR,
He is CHRIST the LORD,
 Ever to be worshipped,
Trusted, and adored.

6. In your hearts enthrone Him;

There let Him subdue
All that is not holy,
All that is not true:
Crown Him as your Captain
In temptation's hour;
Let His Will enfold you
In its light and power.

7. Brothers, this Lord JESUS

Shall return again,
With His FATHER'S glory,
With His Angel train;
For all wreaths of empire
Meet upon His Brow,
And our hearts confess Him
King of Glory now. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 102 – “Lord, save me.” – MATT. xiv. 30.

1. LORD of mercy and of might,
Of mankind the life and light,
Maker, Teacher, Infinite,
JESUS, hear and save!

2. Who, when sin’s tremendous doom

Gave creation to the tomb,
Didst not scorn the Virgin’s womb,
JESUS, hear and save!

3. Mighty Monarch! SAVIOUR mild!

Humbled to a mortal child,
Captive, beaten, bound, reviled,
JESUS, hear and save!

4. Throned above celestial things,

Borne aloft on Angels’ wings,
LORD of lords, and KING of kings,
JESUS, hear and save!

5. Soon to come to earth again,

Judge of Angels and of men,
Hear us now, and hear us then,
JESUS, hear and save! Amen.
HYMN C.H. 103 – “And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host
praising God.”- LUKE ii. 13.

1. IT came upon the midnight clear,

That glorious song of old,
From Angels bending near the earth
To touch their harps of gold:
Peace on the earth, good-will to men
From Heaven’s all-gracious KING:-
The world in solemn stillness lay
To hear the Angels sing.

2. Still through the cloven skies they come

With peaceful wings unfurled:
And still their Heavenly music floats
O’er all the weary world:
Above its sad and lowly plains
They bend on hovering wing,
And ever, o’er its Babel sounds,
The blessed Angels sing.

3. O ye, beneath life’s crushing load

Whose forms are bending low,
Who toil along the climbing way
With painful steps and slow;
Look now, for glad and golden hours
Come swiftly on the wing:
Oh, rest beside the weary road,
And hear the Angels sing.

4. For lo, the days are hastening on,

By prophets seen of old,
When with the ever-circling years
Shall come the time foretold,
When the new Heaven and earth shall own
The PRINCE of PEACE their KING,
And the whole world send back the song
Which now the Angels sing. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 104 – “There were … shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by
night.” – LUKE ii. 8

1. WHILE shepherds watched their flocks by night,

All seated on the ground,
The Angel of the LORD came down,
And glory shone around.

2. “Fear not,” said he (for mighty dread

 Had seized their troubled mind),
“Glad tidings of great joy I bring
To you and all mankind.

3. “To you in Bethlehem, this day,

Is born, of David’s line
A SAVIOUR, Who is CHRIST the LORD-
And this shall be the sign.

4. “The Heavenly Babe you there shall find

To human view displayed,
All meanly wrapt in swathing bands,
And in a manger laid.”

5. Thus spake the Seraph, and forthwith

Appeared a shining throng
Of Angels, praising GOD, and thus
Addressed their joyful song:-

6. “All glory be to God on high,

And to the earth be peace:
Good-will henceforth from Heaven to men,
Begin and never cease.” Amen.

HYMN C.H. 105 – “Let all the angels of God worship Him.” – HEB. i. 6

1. ANGELS, from the realms of glory,

Wing your flight o’er all the earth;
Ye who sang creation’s story,
Now proclaim MESSIAH’S birth:
Come and worship,
Worship CHRIST, the new-born King.

2. Shepherds, in the field abiding,

Watching o’er your flocks by night,
GOD with man is now residing;
Yonder shines the Infant Light:
Come and worship,
Worship CHRIST, the new-born King.

3. Sages, leave your contemplations,

Brighter visions beam afar;
Seek the great Desire of nations,
Ye have seen His natal star;
Come and worship,
Worship CHRIST, the new-born King.

4. Saints, before the altar bending,

 Watching long in hope and fear;
Suddenly the LORD, descending,
In His temple shall appear.
Come and worship;
Worship CHRIST, the new-born King. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 106 – “Behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy.” – LUKE ii. 10
1. CHRISTIANS, awake, salute the happy morn
Whereon the SAVIOUR of mankind was born;
Rise to adore the mystery of love,
Which hosts of Angels chanted from above;
With them the joyful tidings first begun
Of GOD Incarnate and the Virgin’s Son.

2. Then to the watchful shepherds it was told,

Who heard the Angelic herald’s voice: “Behold,
I bring good tidings of a SAVIOUR’S birth
To you and all the nations upon earth;
This day hath GOD fulfilled His promised word,
This day is born a SAVIOUR, CHRIST the LORD.”

3. He spake; and straightway the celestial choir

In hymns of joy, unknown before, conspire:
The praises of redeeming love they sang,
And heaven’s whole orb with Alleluia’s rang;
GOD’S highest glory was their anthem still,
Peace upon earth, and unto men good will.

4. To Bethlehem straight the enlightened shepherds ran,

To see the wonder GOD had wrought for man:
And found, with Joseph and the Blessed Maid,
Her Son, the SAVIOUR in a manger laid;
Then to their flocks, still praising GOD, return,
And their glad hearts with holy rapture burn.

5. Oh! May we keep and ponder in our mind

GOD’S wondrous love in saving lost mankind;
Trace we the Babe, Who hath retrieved our loss,
From His poor manger to His bitter Cross;
Tread in His steps, assisted by His grace,
Till man’s first heavenly state again takes place.

6. Then may we hope, the Angelic hosts among,

To sing, redeemed, a glad triumphal song;
He that was born upon this joyful day
Around us all His glory shall display;
Saved by His love, incessant we shall sing
 Eternal praise to Heaven’s Almighty King. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 107 – “Unto you is born this day, in the city of David, a Saviour, which is Christ the
Lord.”- LUKE ii. 11
1. HARK! The herald-angels sing
“Glory to the new-born King,
Peace on earth, and mercy mild,
GOD and sinners reconciled!”
Joyful, all ye nations, rise,
Join the triumph of the skies;
With the Angelic host proclaim
“CHRIST is born in Bethlehem.”
Hark! The herald-angels sing
Glory to the new-born King.

2. CHRIST, by highest Heaven adored,

CHRIST, the Everlasting LORD,
Late in time behold Him come,
Offspring of a Virgin’s womb.
Veiled in flesh the Godhead see!
Hail the Incarnate Deity!
Pleased as Man with man to dwell,
JESUS, our Emmanuel!
Hark! The herald-angels sing
Glory to the new-born King.

3. Hail the Heaven-born Prince of Peace!

Hail the Sun of Righteousness!
Light and life to all He brings,
Risen with healing in His wings.
Mild, He lays His glory by,
Born that man no more may die,
Born to raise the sons of earth,
Born to give them second birth.
Hark! The herald-angels sing
Glory to the new-born King.

HYMN C.H. 108 – “Let us now go even unto Bethlehem.” – LUKE ii. 15
1. O COME, all ye faithful;
Joyful and triumphant;
O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem;
Come and behold Him,
Born the King of Angels:
O come, let us adore Him,
CHRIST the LORD.

2. GOD of GOD,
Light of Light,
 Lo! He abhors not the Virgin’s womb;
Very GOD,
Begotten, not created;
O come, let us adore Him,
CHRIST the LORD.

3. Sing, choirs of Angels,

Sing in exultation,
Sing, all ye powers of Heaven above:
“Glory to GOD
In the highest”;
O come, let us adore Him,
CHRIST the LORD.

4. Yea, LORD, we greet Thee,

*Born this happy morning;
JESU, to Thee be glory given;
WORD of the FATHER,
In our flesh appearing:
O come, let us adore Him,
CHRIST the LORD. Amen

HYMN C.H. 109 – “Let all the angels of God worship Him.” – HEB. i. 6.
1. HARK! What mean those holy voices,
Sweetly sounding through the skies?
Lo! The Angelic host rejoices;
Heavenly Alleluias rise!
Listen to the wondrous story,
Which they chant in hymns of joy;
“Glory in the highest, glory!
Glory be to GOD most High!”

2. “Peace on earth, good will from Heaven.”

Reaching far as man is found;
Souls redeemed, and sins forgiven;
Loud our golden harps shall sound.
“CHRIST is born, the great Anointed”;
Heaven and earth His praises sing.
Welcome Him Whom GOD appointed
For your Prophet, Priest, and King.

3. Hasten, mortals, to adore Him;

Learn His Name and taste His joy;
Till in Heaven ye sing before Him,
“Glory be to GOD most High!”
Let us learn the wondrous story
Of our great Redeemer’s birth;
Spread the brightness of His glory,
 Till it cover all the earth. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 110 – “Though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor.” – II COR. viii. 9

1. THOU didst leave Thy Throne and Thy kingly crown.

When Thou camest to earth for me;
But in Bethlehem’s home there was found no room
For Thy holy Nativity.
O come to my heart, LORD JESUS!
There is room in my heart for Thee.

2. Heaven’s arches rang when the Angels sang,

Proclaiming Thy Royal degree;
But of lowly birth cam’st Thou, LORD, on earth,
And in great humility.
O come to my heart, LORD JESUS!
There is room in my heart for Thee.

3. The foxes found rest, and the birds their nest

In the shade of the forest tree;
But Thy couch was the sod, O Thou SON of GOD,
In the deserts of Galilee.
O come to my heart, LORD JESUS!
There is room in my heart for Thee.

4. Thou camest, O LORD, with the living Word

That should set Thy people free;
But with mocking scorn, and with crown of thorn
They bore Thee to Calvary.
O come to my heart, LORD JESUS!
There is room in my heart for Thee.

5. When Heaven’s arches shall ring, and her choirs shall sing
At thy coming to victory.
Let Thy Voice call me home, saying, “Yet there is room-
There is room at My side of thee!”
And my heart shall rejoice, LORD JESUS,
When Thou comest and callest for me. Amen.

HYMN – C.H. 111- “And when He was come into Jerusalem all the city was moved, saying, Who is
this?” – MATT. xxi.10
1. WHO is this, so weak and helpless,-
Child of lowly Hebrew maid,-
Rudely in a stable sheltered,
Coldly in a manger laid?
‘Tis the LORD of all creation,
Who is this wondrous path hath trod;
He is GOD from everlasting,
 And to everlasting GOD.

2. Who is this – a Man of Sorrows,

Walking sadly life’s hard way,
Homeless, weary, sighing, weeping
Over sin and Satan’s sway?
‘Tis our GOD, our glorious SAVIOUR,
Who above the starry sky
Now for us a place prepareth,
Where no tear can dim the eye.

3. Who is this- behold Him shedding

Drops of Blood upon the ground?
Who is this- despised, rejected,
Mocked, insulted, beaten, bound?
‘Tis our GOD, Who gifts and graces
On His Church now poureth down;
Who shall smite in righteous judgment
All His foes beneath His Throne.

4. Who is this that hangeth dying,

While the rude world scoffs and scorns;
Numbered with the malefactors,
Torn with nails and crowned with thorns?
‘Tis the GOD Who ever liveth
‘Mid the shining ones on high,
In the glorious golden city
Reigning everlastingly! Amen.

HYMN C.H. 112 – “Emmanuel!... God with us.” – MATT. i. 23

1. O LITTLE town of Bethlehem,
How still we see thee lie!
Above thy deep and dreamless sleep
The silent stars go by:
Yet in thy dark streets shineth
The everlasting Light;
The hopes and fears of all the years
Are met in thee to-night.

2. For CHRIST is born of Mary;

And, gathered all above,
While mortals sleep, the Angels keep
Their watch of wondering love.
O morning stars, together
Proclaim the holy birth
And praises sing to GOD the King
And Peace to men on earth.
3. How silently, how silently
The wondrous gift is given!
So GOD imparts to human hearts
The blessings of His Heaven.
No ear may His coming;
But in this world of sin,
Where meek souls will receive Him still,
The dear CHRIST enters in.

4. O Holy Child of Bethlehem

Descend to us, we pray
Cast out our sin and enter in
Be born to us to-day
We hear the Christmas Angels
The great glad tidings tell;
O come to us, abide with us
Our LORD Immanuel. Amen

HYMN C.H. 113 – “They shall call His Name Emmanuel.” – MATT. i. 23

1. JOY fills our inmost heart to-day.

The Royal Child is born:
And Angel-hosts in glad array
His Advent keep this morn.
Rejoice, rejoice! The Incarnate WORD
Has come on earth to dwell;
No sweeter sound than this is heard-
Emmanuel!

2. Low at the cradle Throne we bend,

We wonder and adore;
And feel no bliss can ours transcend,
No joy was sweet before.
Rejoice, rejoice! The Incarnate WORD
Has come on earth to dwell;
No sweeter sound than this is heard-
Emmanuel!

3. For us the world must lose its charms

Before the manger-shrine,
When, folded in Thy Mother’s arms,
We see Thee, Babe Divine.
Rejoice, rejoice! The Incarnate WORD
Has come on earth to dwell;
No sweeter sound than this is heard-
Emmanuel!
4. Thou Light of uncreated Light,
Shine on us, Holy Child:
That we may keep Thy Birthday bright,
With service undefiled.
Rejoice, rejoice! The Incarnate WORD
Has come on earth to dwell;
No sweeter sound than this is heard-
Emmanuel! Amen

HYMN CH 114 – “Head over all things to the Church.” – EPH. i. 22

1. HEAD of the Church triumphant!

We joyfully adore Thee;
Till Thou appear, Thy members here
Shall sing like those in glory:
We lift our hearts and voices
With blest anticipation,
And cry aloud, and give to GOD
The praise of our salvation.

2. While in affliction’s furnace,

And passing through the fire,
Thy love we praise, in grateful lays
Which ever brings us higher;
We clap our hands, exulting
In Thine Almighty favour:
The Love Divine, that made us Thine,
Shall keep us Thine for ever.

3. Thou dost conduct Thy people

Through dread and fierce temptation;
Nor will we fear, while Thou art near,
The fire of tribulation;
The world, with sin and Satan
In vain our march opposes,
By Thee we shall break through them all,
And sing the Song of Moses.

4. By faith we see the glory

To which Thou shalt restore us:
The world despise, for that high prize
Which Thou hast set before us;
And, if Thou count us worthy,
We each, with dying Stephen,
Shall see Thee stand, at GOD’S right hand,
To call us up to Heaven. Amen.

HYMN CH 115 – “Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life.”- I TIM. vi. 12.
1. THE SON of GOD goes forth to war,
A Kingly crown to gain;
His blood-red banner streams afar!
Who follows in His train?

2. Who best can drink his cup of woe,

Triumphant over pain,
Who patient bears his cross below,
He follows in His train.

3. The Martyr first, whose eagle eye

Could pierce beyond the grave;
Who saw his Master in the sky,
And called on Him to save.

4. Like Him, with pardon on his tongue

In midst of mortal pain,
He prayed for them that did the wrong;
Who follows in his train?

5. A glorious band, the chosen few

On whom the SPIRIT came,
Twelve valiant Saints, their hope they knew,
And mocked the cross and flame.

6. They met the tyrant’s brandished steel,

The lion’s gory mane,
They bowed their necks, the death to feel;
Who follows in their train?

7. A noble army, men and boys,

The matron and the maid,
Around the SAVIOUR’S Throne rejoice
In robes of light arrayed.

8. They climbed the steep ascent of Heaven

Through peril, toil, and pain;
O GOD, to us may grace be given
To follow in their train. Amen

HYMN CH 116 – “Now there was leaning on Jesus’ bosom one of His disciples, whom Jesus loved.”-
JOHN xiii. 23

1. O LIGHT of Light, whose glory is to dwell,

Effulgent GOD, with GOD invisible:

2. O Life of Life, whose fountain unexplored

Flows where Archangel’s wing hath never soared:

3. O Love of Love, whose uncreated rest

Is the fruition of Thy FATHER’S Breast:
4. O Ligh, whose dayspring, dawning from on high,
Shone in Thy loved Apostle’s heart and e ye:

5. O Life, whose quickening SPIRIT breathed the word

Of Heavenly wisdom in his accents heard:

6. O Love, whose bosom, in its woes serene,

Suffered his love and sorrow there to lean:

7. O Life, Light, Love, unchanging evermore,

Upon Thy Church Thy grace and glory pour:

8. Until, beyond all storms of earthly strife,

She gains the Light of everlasting Life. Amen.

HYMN CH 117 – “I John, who also am your brother and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and
patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the Word of God, and for the testimony of
Jesus Christ.” – REV. i. 9.

1. IN exile for the faith

Of His Incarnate LORD,
With eagle gaze beyond the stars,
His soul in vision soared:

2. There saw in glory Him

Who liveth, and was dead,
There Judah’s Lion, and the Lamb
That for our ransom bled:

3. There of the Kingdom learned

The mysteries sublime;
How, sown in Martyr’s blood, the faith
Should spread from clime to clime.

4. There heard through highest Heaven

The Alleluia sound,
The loud Amen that ever rolls
The Eternal Throne around.

5. LORD, give us grace, like him,

In Thee to live and die;
To spurn the fleeting things of earth,
And seek for joys on high.

6. JESU, our risen LORD,

We praise Thee and adore,
Who art with GOD the FATHER One
And SPIRIT evermore. Amen.

HYMN CH 118 – “Thy children shall come again.”- JER. xxxi. 17

1. GLORY to Thee, O LORD,
Who, from this world of sin,
By the fierce monarch’s ruthless sword
Those precious ones didst win.

2. Glory to Thee, O LORD;

For now, all grief unknown,
They wait in patience their reward,
The martyr’s Heavenly crown.

3. Baptized in their own blood,

Earth’s untried perils o’er,
They passed unconsciously the flood,
And safely gained the shore.

4. Glory to Thee, for all

The ransomed infant band,
Who since that hour have heard Thy call,
And reached the quiet land.

5. Oh that our hearts within,

Like theirs, were pure and bright;
Oh that, as free from wilful sin,
We shrank not from Thy sight!

6. LORD, help us every hour

Thy cleansing grace to claim;
In life, to glorify Thy power,
In death’s to praise Thy Name. Amen.

HYMN CH 119 – “He that is faithful in that which is least, is faithful also in much.” – LUKE xvi. 10.

1. WE are but little children wake,

Nor born in any high estate:
What can we do for JESUS’ sake
Who is so high and good and great?

2. We know the Holy Innocents

Laid down for Him their infant life,
And Martyrs brave and patient Saints
Have stood for Him in fire and strife.

3. We wear the cross they wore of old,

Our lips have learned like vows to make;
We need not die; we cannot fight;
What may we do for JESUS’ sake?

4. Oh, day by day, each Christian child

Has much to do, without, within;
A death to die for JESUS’ sake,
A weary war to wage with sin.
5. When deep within our swelling hearts
The thoughts of pride and anger rise,
When bitter words are on our tongues,
And tears of passion in our eyes;

6. Then we may stay the angry blow,

Then we may check the hasty word,
Give gentle answers back again,
And fight a battle for our LORD.

7. With smiles of peace, and looks of love,

Light in our dwellings we may make,
Bid kind good-humour brighten there,
And still do all for JESUS’ sake.

8. There’s not a child so small and weak

But has his little cross to take,
His little work of love and praise
That he may do for JESUS’ sake. Amen

HYMN CH 120 – “A Name which is above every name.”- PHIL. Ii. 9

1. TO the Name of our Salvation

Laud and honour let us pay;
Which for many a generation
Hid in GOD’S foreknowledge lay;
But, with holy exultation,
We may sing aloud to-day.

2. JESUS is the Name we treasure:

Name beyond what words can tell;
Name of gladness, Name of pleasure,
Ear and heart delighting well;
Name of sweetness, passing measure,
Saving us from sin and hell.

3. ‘Tis the Name for adoration,

Name for songs of victory;
Name for holy meditation,
In this vale of misery;
Name for joyful veneration,
By the citizens on high.

4. ‘Tis the Name that, whoso preacheth,

Speaks like music to the ear;
Who in prayer this Name beseecheth,
Sweetest comfort findeth near;
Who its perfect wisdom reacheth
Heavenly joy possesseth here.

5. JESUS is the Name exalted

Over every other name;
 In this Name, whene’er assaulted,
We can put our foes to shame;
Strength to them who else had halted,
Eyes to blind, and feet to lame.

6. Therefore, we in love adoring,

This most blessed Name revere:
Holy JESU, Thee imploring
So to write it in us here,
That, hereafter heavenward soaring,
We may sing with Angels there. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 121 – “The Day-spring from on high hath visited us.” – LUKE i. 78
1. KING, MESSIAH, long expected,
Thou art come unto Thine own!
Promised Seed of the elected
Heir foretold of David’s throne!
Long for Thee they watched and hearkened-
King and Patriarch, Priest and Seer;
Faith waxed cold, and hope was darkened!
When man looked not – Thou wert here.

2. In the time and place appointed,

When the ordered years had sped,
Came the Prince, the true Anointed
To His Throne, the manger-bed:
There the Infant-King, fulfilling
All things for His people’s sake,
Learned to-day obedience willing,
Deigned the Covenant-seal to take.

3. Surely in that hour of wonder

Faithful Abraham, in his rest,
Saw the shadows part asunder,
Saw Thy dawning, and was blest!
Surely then the gracious vision
Through Thine unseen kingdoms thrilled;
And in JESU’S Circumcision
Ages saw their hope fulfilled!

4. So this day with new thanksgiving,

Shall Thy faithful seed draw near;
So, ‘mid prayers for holier living,
Praise shall deck our opening year;
Praise, because our feast-day sees us
Built on Thee, the Corner Stone:
And the might Name of JESUS
Binds to-day the world in one. Amen.
HYMN CH 122 – “Thou shalt call His Name Jesus, for He shall save His people from their sins.” –
MATT. i. 21

1. JESUS! Name of wondrous love!

Name all other names above!
Unto which must every knee
Bow in deep humility.

2. JESUS! Name of priceless worth

To the fallen sons of earth
For the promise that it gave-
“JESUS shall His people save.”

3. JESUS! Name of mercy mild,

Given to the Holy Child,
When the cup of human woe
First He tasted here below.

4. JESUS! Only Name that’s given

Under all the mighty Heaven,
Whereby man, to sin enslaved,
Bursts his fetters, and is saved.

5. JESUS! Name of wondrous love!

Human Name of GOD above!
Pleading only this, we flee
Helpless, O our GOD, to Thee.

6. JESUS! Praise to Thee be given,

With the FATHER high in Heaven;
HOLY SPIRIT, praise to Thee
Now and through eternity. Amen.

HYMN CH 123 – “God sent forth His Son… made under the law, to redeem them.” – GAL. iv. 4,
5.

1. O WORD Incarnate, full of grace,

The LORD of earth and Heaven,
Thy boundless love we humbly trace
Whose life for us was given.

2. We bless Thee for the saving Name

This day embraced by Thee,
And sealed with suffering and shame
Our souls from guilt to free.

3. How shall we praise Thee, Holy Child,

For love so great as Thine,
 And gifts confirmed by seals more mild
Of blessings all Divine?

4. Oh, may we through its shadowing veils

Thy law’s deep wonders see,
And where our mortal vision fails,
Rest evermore on Thee.

5. All carnal lust and vain desire

From us, dear LORD, remove;
And fill our hearts with holy fire,
The fire of heavenly love.

6. From strength to strength, from grace to grace

Oh, lead us onward still,
Till cleansed and pure before Thy Face,
We stand on Zion’s hill. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 124 – “Are not my days few?”- JOB. X. 20

1. WHILE, with ceaseless course the sun

Hasted through the former year,
Many souls their race have run,
Never more to meet us here.

2. Fixed in an eternal state,

They have done with all below;
We a little longer wait,
But how little none can know.

3. As the winged arrow flies

Speedily the mark to find,
As the lightning from the skies,
Darts, and leaves no trace behind;

4. Swiftly thus our fleeting days

Bear us down life’s rapid stream!
Upwards, LORD, our spirits raise;
All below is but a dream.

5. Thanks for mercies past receive;

Pardon for our sins renew;
Teach us henceforth how to live
With Eternity in view.

6. Bless Thy WORD to young and old;

Fill us with the SAVIOUR’S love;
And, when life’s short tale is told,
 May we dwell with Thee above. Amen

HYMN CH 125 – “When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return.”
– JOB xvi. 22

1. A FEW more years shall roll,

A few more seasons come,
And we shall be with those that rest
Asleep within the tomb:
Then, O my LORD, prepare
My soul for that great Day;
O wash me in Thy precious Blood,
And take my sins away.

2. A few more suns shall set

O’er these dark hills of time,
And we shall be where suns are not,
A far serener clime:
Then, O my LORD, prepare
My soul for that bright Day;
O wash me in Thy precious Blood,
And take my sins away.

3. A few more storms shall beat

On this wild rocky shore,
And we shall be where tempests cease,
And surges swell no more:
Then, O my LORD, prepare
My soul for that calm Day;
O wash me in Thy precious Blood,
And take my sins away.

4. A few more struggles here,

A few more partings o’er,
A few more toils, a few more tears,
And we shall weep no more:
Then, O my LORD, prepare
My soul for that blest Day;
O wash me in Thy precious Blood,
And take my sins away.

5. ‘Tis but a little while

And He shall come again,
Who died that we might live,- Who lives
That we with Hiim may reign:
Then, O my LORD, prepare
My soul for that glad Day;
O wash me in Thy precious Blood,
 And take my sins away. Amen.

HYMN CH 126 – “We bring our years to an end, as it were a tale that is told.”- PSALM xc. 9.

1. AND now, my soul, another year

Of thy short life is past;
I cannot long continue here,
And this may be my last.

2. Much of my dubious life is gone,

Nor will return again:
And swift my passing moments run,-
The few that still remain.

3. Awake, my soul; with utmost care

Thy true condition learn;
What are thy hopes, how sure, how fair?
And what thy chief concern?

4. Now a new scene of time begins,

Set our afresh for Heaven;
Seek pardon for thy former sins,
In CHRIST so freely given.

5. Devoutly yield thyself to GOD,

And to His care commend;
And still pursue the Heavenly road,
Nor doubt a happy end! Amen.

HYMN CH 127 – “So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.” -
PSALM xc. 12.

1. FOR Thy mercy and Thy grace,

Constant through another year,
Hear our song of thankfulness,
JESU, our Redeemer, hear.

2. Dark the future; let Thy light

Guide us, Bright and Morning Star;
Fierce our foes, and hard the fight;
Arm us, SAVIOUR, for the war.

3. In our weakness and distress,

Rock of Strength, be Thou our Stay;
In the pathless wilderness
Be our true and living Way.

4. Who of us death’s awful road

In the coming year shall tread,
 With Thy rod and staff, O GOD,
Comfort Thou his dying bed.

5. Keep us faithful, keep us pure,

Keep us evermore Thine own,
Help, oh help us to endure,
Fit us for the promised crown.

6. So within Thy palace gate

We shall praise, on golden strings,
Thee, the only Potentate,
LORD of lords, and KING of kings. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 128 – “Lord, Thou hast been our refuge from one generation to another.”- PSALM
xc. 1.

1. O GOD, our Help in ages past,

Our Hope for years to come,
Our Shelter from the stormy blast,
And our Eternal Home;

2. Beneath the shadow of Thy Throne

Thy Saints have dwelt secure;
Sufficient is Thine Arm alone,
And our defence is sure.

3. Before the hills in order stood,

Or earth received her frame,
From everlasting Thou art GOD,
To endless years the Same.

4. A thousand ages in Thy sight

Are like an evening gone;
Short as the watch that ends the night
Before the rising sun.

5. Time, like an ever-rolling stream,

Bears all its sons away;
They fly forgotten, as a dream
Dies at the opening day.

6. O GOD, our Help in ages past,

Our Hope for years to come;
Be Thou our Guard while life shall last,
And our Eternal Home! Amen.

HYMN CH 129 – “And now, Lord, what is my hope; truly my hope is even in Thee.” – PSALM
xxxix. 8.
1. THE year is gone beyond recall,
With all its hopes and fears,
With all its bright and gladdening smiles,
With all its mourners’ tears.

2. Thy thankful people praise Thee, LORD,

For countless gifts received,
And pray for grace to keep the Faith
Which saints of old belived.

3. To Thee we come, O gracious LORD,

The new-born year to bless;
Defend our land from pestilence,
Give peace and plenteousness;

4. Forgive this nation’s many sins,

The growth of vice restrain;
And help us all with sin to strive,
The “Crown of Life” to gain.

5. From evil deeds that stain the past

We now desire to flee;
And pray that future years may all
Be spent, good LORD, for Thee.

6. O FATHER, let Thy watchful Eye

Still look on us in love,
That we may praise Thee, year by year,
As Angels do above.

7. All glory to the FATHER be,

All glory to the SON,
All glory, HOLY GHOST, to Thee,
While endless ages run. Amen.

HYMN CH 130 – “What is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then
vanisheth away.” – JAMES iv. 14.

1. DAYS and moments quickly flying

Blend the living with the dead;
Soon will you and I be lying
Each within our narrow bed.

2. Soon our souls to GOD Who gave them

Will have sped their rapid flight;
Able now by grace to save them,
Oh, that while we can we might!
3. JESU, infinite Redeemer,
Maker of this mighty frame,
Teach, O teach us to remember
What we are, and whence we came:-

4. Whence we came, and whither wending;

Soon we must through darkness go,
To inherit bliss unending,
Or eternity of woe.

5. Life passeth soon: Death draweth near:

Keep us, good LORD, Till thou appear,-
With Thee to live, With Thee to die,
With Thee to reign through eternity. Amen

HYMN C.H. 131 – “Thou art the same, and Thy years shall have no end.” – PSALM cii. 27

1. O GOD, the Rock of Ages,

Who evermore hast been,
What time the tempest rages,
Our dwelling-place serene:
Before Thy first creations,
O LORD, the same as now,
To endless generations
The Everlasting Thou!

2. Our years are like the shadows

On sunny hills that lie,
Or grasses in the meadows
That blossom but to die:
A sleep, a dream, a story
By strangers quickly told,
An unremaining glory
Of things that soon are old.

3. O Thou, who canst not slumber,

Whose light grows never pale.
Teach us aright to number
Our years before they fail.
On us Thy mercy lighten,
On us Thy goodness rest,
And let Thy Spirit brighten
The hearts Thyself hast blessed.

4. LORD, crown our faith’s endeavour

With beauty and with grace,
Till, clothed in light for ever,
We see Thee Face to face:
 A joy no language measures;
A fountain brimming o’er;
An endless flow of pleasure;
An ocean without shore. Amen.

HYMN CH 132 – “This God is our God, for ever and ever.” – PSALM xlviii. 14

1. HERE life is a shadow, and soon will be o’er,

The place that now knows us will know us no more;
But o’er the dark rive, true life shall extend,
For ever and ever, and world without end.

2. The joys of this life, and the griefs we bewail,

Are light, and soon ended, soon told is the tale;
But those joys for ever and ever remain,
And sorrow shall never disturb us again.

3. O merciful SAVIOUR, we look for the Day

When Thou to Thy presence shall call us away,
For ever and ever from labour to rest,
For ever to join in the songs of the blest.

4. And oh! In Thy Kingdom, what joy it will be,

For ever and ever Thy Glory to see,
For ever and ever our voices to raise,
In loud Alleluias of jubilant praise.

5. To Him that redeemed us from death and the grave,

Who shed His own Blood ruined sinners to save,
Be honour and praise, adoration and love,
For ever and ever, in glory above. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 133 – “My times are in Thy hand.” – PSALM xxxi. 15
1. My times are in Thy Hand,
My GOD, I wish them there;
My life, my friends, my soul I leave
Entirely to Thy care.

2. My times are in Thy Hand,

Whatever they may be,
Pleasing or painful, dark or bright,
As best may seem to Thee.

3. My times are in Thy Hand,

Why should I doubt or fear?
A FATHER’S Hand will never cause
His child a needless tear.
 4. My times are in Thy Hand,
JESUS the crucified;
The Hand my cruel sins had pierced
Is now my guard and guide.

5. My times are in Thy Hand;

I’ll always trust in Thee,
And after death at Thy right Hand
I shall for ever be. Amen

HYMN C.H. 134 – “They go from strength to strength.” – PSALM lxxxiv. 7.

1. FROM glory unto glory! Be this our joyous song,

As on the King’s own highway, we bravely march along!
From glory unto glory! O word of stirring cheer,
As dawns the solemn brightness of another glad New Year.

2. From glory unto glory! What great things He hath done,

What wonders He hath shown us, what triumphs He hath won!
From glory unto glory! What mighty blessings crown
The lives for which our LORD hath laid His own so freely down!

3. The fulness of His blessing encompasseth our way;

The fulness of His promises crowns every brightening day;
The fulness of His glory is beaming from above,
While more and more we learn to know the fulness of His love.

4. And closer yet and closer the golden bonds shall be,
Uniting all who love the LORD in pure sincerity;
And wider yet and wider the glory still shall glow,
As more and more are taught of GOD that mighty Love to know.

5. O let our adoration for all that He hath done,

Peal our beyond the stars of GOD, while voice and life are one;
And let our consecration be real, deep, and true;
Oh, even now our hearts shall bow, and joyful vows renew.

6. Now onward, ever onward, from strength to strength we go,

While grace for grace abundantly shall from His fullness flow,
To glory’s full fruition, from glory’s foretaste here,
Until His very presence crown our happiest New Year. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 135 – “The Lord hath been mindful of us: HE will bless us.”- PSALM cxv. 12.
1. AT Thy feet, our GOD and FATHER,
Who hast blessed us all our days,
We with grateful hearts would gather,
To begin the year with praise,-
Praise for light so brightly shining
 On our steps from Heaven above,
Praise for mercies daily twining
Round us golden cords of love.

2. JESUS, for Thy love most tender,

On the Cross for sinners shown,
We would praise Thee, and surrender
All our hearts to be Thine own
With so blest a Friend provided,
We upon our way would go,
Sure of being safely guided,
Guarded well from every foe.

3. Every day will be the brighter

When Thy gracious Face we see.
Every burden will be lighter
When we know it comes from Thee.
Spread Thy love’s broad banner o’er us
Give us strength to serve and wait
Till the glory breaks before us,
Through the city’s open gate. Amen

HYMN C.H. 136 – “He hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.”- HEB. xiii. 5.
1. STANDING at the portal
Of the opening year,
Words of comfort meet us,
Hushing every fear,
Spoken through the silence
By our FATHER’S voice
Tender, strong, and faithful,
Making us rejoice.
Onward, then, and fear not,
Children of the day,
For His Word shall never,
Never pass away.

2. “I, the LORD, am with thee,

Be thou not afraid;
I will help and strengthen,
Be thou not dismayed;
Yea, I will uphold thee
With My own right hand;
Thou art called and chosen
In My sight to stand.”
Onward, then, and fear not,
Children of the day,
For His Word shall never,
Never pass away.
3. For the year before us,
Oh, what rich supplies!
For the poor and needy
Living streams shall rise;
For the sad and sinful
Shall His grace abound,
For the faint and feeble
Perfect strength be found.
Onward, then, and fear not,
Children of the day,
For His Word shall never,
Never pass away.

4. He will never fail us,

He will not forsake;
His eternal covenant
He will never break.
Resting on His promise,
What have we to fear?
GOD is all-sufficient
For the coming year.
Onward, then, and fear not, Children of the day,
For His Word shall never,
Never pass away.

HYMN – C.H. 137 - “That God in all things may be glorified. – 1 PET. iv. 11

1. FATHER, let me dedicate

All this year to Thee,
In whatever worldly state
Thou wilt have me be:
Not from sorrow, pain, or care,
Freedom dare I claim;
This alone shall be my prayer,
“Glorify Thy Name.”

2. Can a child presume to choose

Where or how to live?
Can a FATHER’S love refuse
All the best to give?
More Thou givest every day
Than the best can claim,
Nor withholdest aught that may
“Glorify Thy Name.”

3. If in mercy Thou wilt spare

Joys that yet are mine;
 If on life, serene and fair,
Brighter rays may shine;
Let my glad heart, while it sings,
Thee in all proclaim,
And, whate’er the future brings,
“Glorify Thy Name.”

4. If Thou callest to the cross,

And its shadow come,
Turning all my gain to loss,
Shrouding heart and home;
Let me think how Thy dear SON
To His glory came,
And in deepest woe pray on,
“Glorify Thy Name.” Amen

HYMN CH 138 – “When they saw the star they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.”- MATT. ii. 10

1. AS with gladness men of old

Did the guiding star behold;
As with joy they hailed its light,
Leading onward, beaming bright;
So, most gracious LORD, may we
Evermore be led to Thee.

2. As with joyful steps they sped,

SAVIOUR, to Thy lowly bed,
There to bend the knee before
Thee Whom Heaven and earth adore;
So may we with willing feet
Ever seek Thy mercy-seat.

3. As they offered gifts most rare

At that manger rude and bare;
So may we with holy joy,
Pure and free from sin’s alloy,
All our costly treasures bring,
CHRIST! To Theee our heavenly King.

4. Holy JESUS, every day

Keep us in the narrow way;
And, when earthly things are past,
Bring our ransomed souls at last
Where they need no star to guide,
Where no clouds Thy glory hide.

5. In the heavenly country bright

Need they no created light:
Thou its Light, its Joy, its Crown,
Thou its Sun which goes not down;
 There for ever may we sing
Alleluias to our King. Amen.

HYMN CH 139 – “The star which they saw in the east went before them.” – MATT. ii. 9

1. O THOU Who by a star didst guide

The wise men on their way,
Until it came and stood beside
The place where JESUS lay;

2. Although by stars Thou dost not lead

Thy servants now below,
Thy HOLY SPIRIT, when they need,
Will show them how to go.

3. As yet we know Thee but in part;

But still we trust Thy Word,
That blessed are the pure in heart,
For they shall see the LORD.

4. O SAVIOUR, give us then Thy grace

To make us pure in heart,
That we may see Thee Face to face
Hereafter as Thou art. Amen.

HYMN CH 140 – “The people which sat in darkness saw a great Light.”- MATT. iv. 16.

1. THE people that in darkness sat

A glorious light have seen;
The Light has shined on them who long
In shades of death have been.

2. To hail Thee, Sun of Righteousness,

The gathering nations come;
They joy as when the reapers bear
Their harvest treasures home.

3. For unto us a Child is born,

To us a SON is given,
And on His Shoulder ever rests
All power in earth and Heaven.

4. His Name shall be the Prince of Peace,

For evermore adored,
The Wonderful, the Counsellor,
The Great, and Mighty LORD.

5. His righteous government and power

Shall over all extend;
On judgment and on justice based,
His reign shall have no end.
6. LORD JESU, reign in us we pray,
And make us Thine alone,
Who with the FATHER ever art
And HOLY SPIRIT One. Amen.

HYMN CH 141 – “We have seen His star in the east, and are come to worship Him.”- MATT. ii. 2.

1. BRIGHTEST and best of the sons of the morning,

Dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine aid;
Star of the East, the horizon adorning,
Guide where our infant REDEEMER is laid.

2. Cold on His cradle the dew-drops are shining,

Low lies His head with the beasts of the stall;
Angels adore Him in slumber reclining,
Maker and Monarch and SAVIOUR of all.

3. Say, shall we yield Him, in costly devotion,

Odours of Edom, and offerings divine,
Gems of the mountain, and pearls of the ocean,
Myrrh from the forest or gold from the mine?

4. Vainly we offer each ample oblation,

Vainly with gifts would His favour secure;
Richer by far is the heart’s adoration,
Dearer to GOD are the prayers of the poor.

5. Brightest and best of the sons of the morning,

Dawn on our darkness and lend us thine aid,
Star of the East, the horizon adorning,
Guide where our infant REDEEMER is laid. Amen.

HYMN CH 142 – “And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as He is pure.”- I
JOHN iii. 3.

1. SONGS of thankfulness and praise,

JESU, LORD, to Thee we raise,
Manifested by the star
To the Sages from afar;
Branch of royal David’s stem,
In Thy Birth at Bethlehem;
Anthems be to Thee addressed
GOD in Man made manifest!

2. Manifest at Jordan’s stream,

Prophet, Priest, and King supreme;
And at Cana, Wedding-guest,
In Thy Godhead manifest;
Manifest in power Divine,
Changing water into wine;
Anthems be to Thee addressed
GOD in Man made manifest!
3. Manifest in making whole
Palsied limbs and fainting soul;
Manifest in valiant fight,
Quelling all the devil’s might;
Manifest in gracious will,
Ever bringing good from ill;
Anthems be to Thee addressed,
GOD in Man made manifest!

4. Sun and moon shall darkened be,

Stars shall fall, the heavens shall flee:
CHRIST will then like lightning shine,
All will see His glorious sign;
All will then the trumpet hear;
All will see the Judge appear;
Thou by all wilt be confessed,
GOD in Man made manifest!

5. Grant us grace to see Thee, LORD,

Present in Thy holy Word;
May we imitate Thee now,
And be pure, as pure art Thou;
That we like to Thee may be
At Thy great Epiphany;
And may praise Thee, ever blest,
GOD in Man made manifest! Amen.

HYMN CH 143 – “We have seen His star in the east, and are come to worship Him.”- MATT. ii. 2

1. FROM the Eastern mountains

Pressing on they come,
Wise men in their wisdom
To His humble home;
Stirred by deep devotion,
Hasting from afar,
Ever journeying onward,
Guided by a Star.
Light of Life that shineth
Ere the worlds began,
Draw Thou near, and lighten
Every heart of man.

2. There their LORD and SAVIOUR

Meek and lowly lay,
Wondrous Light that led them
Onward on their way;
Ever now to lighten
Nations from afar,
As they journey homeward
 By that guiding Star.
Light of Life that shineth
Ere the worlds began,
Draw Thou near, and lighten
Every heart of man.

3. Thou Who in a manger

Once hast lowly lain,
Who dost now in glory
O’er all kingdoms reign,
Gather in the heathen,
Who in lands afar,
Ne’er have seen the brightness
Of Thy guiding Star.
Light of Life that shineth
Ere the worlds began,
Draw Thou near, and lighten
Every heart of man.

4. Gather in the outcasts,

All who’ve gone astray,
Throw Thy radiance o’er them,
Guide them on the way;
Those who never knew Thee,
Those who’ve wandered far,
Guide them by the brightness
Of Thy guiding Star.
Light of Life that shineth
Ere the worlds began,
Draw Thou near, and lighten
Every heart of man.

5. Onward through the darkness

Of the lonely night,
Shining still before them
With Thy kindly Light;
Guide them, Jew and Gentile,
Homeward from afar,
Young and old together,
By Thy guiding Star:
Light of Life that shineth
Ere the worlds began,
Draw Thou near, and lighten
Every heart of man.

6. Until every nation,

Whether bond or free,
‘Neath Thy starlit banner,
 JESU, follows Thee;
O’er the distant mountains
To that Heavenly home,
Where nor sin nor sorrow
Evermore shall come.
Light of Life that shineth
Ere the worlds began,
Draw Thou near, and lighten
Every heart of man. Amen.

HYMN CH 144 – “And thou, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, art not the least among the princes
of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule My people Israel.”- MATT. ii. 6.

1. EARTH has many a noble city;

Bethlehem, thou dost all excel:
Out of thee the LORD from Heaven
Came to rule His Israel.

2. Fairer than the sun at morning

Was the star that told His birth,
To the world its GOD announcing
Seen in fleshly form on earth.

3. Eastern sages at His cradle

Makes oblations rich and rare;
See them give, in deep devotion,
Gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.

4. Sacred gifts of mystic meaning:

Incense doth their GOD disclose,
Gold the King of kings proclaimeth,
Myrrh His sepulchre foreshows.

5. JESU, Whom the Gentiles worshipped

At Thy glad Epiphany,
Unto Thee, with GOD the FATHER,
And the SPIRIT, glory be. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 145(pts 1&II of PSALM 84) – “How amiable are Thy tabernacles, O Lord of
hosts!”- PSALM lxxxiv. 1
1. O GOD of Hosts, the mighty LORD,
How lovely is the place
Where Thou, enthroned in glory, show’st
The brightness of Thy Face!

2. My longing soul faints with desire

To view Thy blest abode;
My panting heart and flesh cry out
For Thee, the living GOD.
3. O LORD of Hosts, my KING and GOD,
How highly blest are they
Who in Thy temple always dwell,
And there Thy praise display!

4. For in Thy courts one single day

‘Tis better to attend,
Than, LORD, in any place besides
A thousand days to spend.

5. For GOD, Who is our Sun and Shield,

Will grace and glory give;
And no good thing will He withhold
From them that justly live.

6. Thou GOD, Whom heavenly Hosts obey,

How highly blest is he,
Whose hope and trust, securely placed,
Is still reposed on Thee!

7. To FATHER, SON, and HOLY GHOST,

The GOD Whom we adore,
Be glory, as it was, is now,
And shall be evermore. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 145(pts III of PSALM 84) – “How amiable are Thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts!”-
PSALM lxxxiv. 1

1. LORD of the worlds above,

How pleasant, and how fair,
The dwellings of Thy love,
Thine earthly temples are!
To Thine abode
My heart aspires,
With warm desires,
To see my GOD.

2. Oh, happy souls that pray

Where GOD appoints to hear;
Oh, happy men that pay
Their constant service there;
They praise Thee still,
And happy they
That love the way
To Zion’s hill.

3. They go from strength to strength

Through this dark vale of tears
 Till each arrives at length,
Till each in Heaven appears;
Oh, glorious seat!
When GOD, our KING,
Shall thither bring
Our willing feet!

4. GOD is our Sun and Shield,

Our Light and our Defence;
With gifts His hands are filled,
We draw our blessings thence.
Thrice happy he,
O GOD of Hosts,
Whose spirit trusts,
Alone in Thee. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 146 - A light to lighten the Gentiles” – LUKE ii.32.

1. HAIL! Thou source of every blessing,

Sovereign FATHER of mankind!
Gentiles now, Thy grace possessing,
In Thy courts admission find.
Grateful now we fall before Thee,
In Thy Church obtain a place;
Now by faith behold Thy glory,
Praise Thy truth, adore Thy grace.

2. Once far off, but now invited,

We approach Thy sacred Throne;
In Thy covenant united,
Reconciled, redeemed, made one.
Now revealed to eastern sages,
See the star of mercy shine!
Mystery hid in former ages,
Mystery great of love Divine.

3. Hail! Thou all-inviting SAVIOUR;

Gentiles now their offerings bring;
In Thy temples seek Thy favour,
JESUS CHRIST, our LORD and KING.
May we, body, soul, and spirit,
Live devoted to Thy praise,
Glorious realms of bliss inherit,
Grateful anthems ever raise. Amen

HYMN C.H. 147 – “The Lord Whom ye seek shall suddenly come to his temple.” – MAL. iii. 1
1. WITHIN the FATHER’S house
 The SON hath found His home;
And to His temple suddenly
The LORD of Life hath come.

2. The doctors of the law

Gaze on the wondrous Child,
And marvel at His gracious words
Of wisdom undefiled.

3. Yet not to them is given

The mighty truth to know,-
To lift the fleshly veil which hides
Incarnate GOD below.

4. The secret of the LORD

Escapes each human eye;
And faithful pondering hearts await
The full Epiphany.

5. LORD, visit Thou our souls,

And teach us by Thy grace
Each dim revealing of Thyself
With loving awe to trace;

6. Till from our darkened sight

The cloud shall pass away,
And on the cleansed soul shall burst
The everlasting Day;

7. Till we behold Thy Face,

And know, as we are known,
Thee, FATHER, SON, and HOLY GHOST,
Co-equal Three in One. Amen.

HYMN CH 148 – “There shall come a Star out of Jacob.”- NUM. xxiv. 17.

1. SONS of men, behold from far,

Hail the long-expected Star!
Jacob’s Star that glids the night,
Guides bewildered nature right.

2. Mild He shines on all beneath,

Piercing through the shades of death;
Scattering error’s wide-spread night,
Kindling darkness into light.

3. Nations all, far off and near,

Haste to see your GOD appear;
Haste, for Him your hearts prepare;
 Meet Him manifested there.

4. There behold the Day-spring rise,

Pouring light on mortal eyes;
See Him chase the shades away,
Shining to the perfect Day.

5. Sing, ye morning stars, again!

GOD descends on earth to reign;
Deigns for man His life to employ;
Shout, ye sons of GOD, for joy!

6. Glory to the Heavenly King,

Glory all ye Angels sing,
Glory to the FATHER, SON,
And blest SPIRIT, THREE IN ONE. Amen.

HYMN CH 149 – “The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? – PSALM xxvii. 1.

1. ETERNAL Beam of Light Divine,

Fountain of unexhausted love,
In Whom the FATHER’S glories shine
Through earth beneath and Heaven above!

2. JESUS, the weary wanderer’s Rest,

Give me Thy easy yoke to bear;
With steadfast patience arm my breast,
With spotless love and lowly fear.

3. Thankful I take the cup from Thee,

Prepared and mingled by Thy skill,-
Though bitter to that taste it be,
Powerful the wounded soul to heal.

4. Be Thou, O Rock of Ages, nigh;

So shall each murmuring thought be gone,
And grief and fear and care shall fly
As clouds before the midday sun.

5. Speak to my warring passions peace;

Say to my trembling heart, “Be still”:
Thy power my strength and fortress is,
For all things serve Thy sovereign will.

6. O death, where is thy sting? Where now

Thy boasted victory, O grave?
Who shall contend with God, or who
Can hurt whom GOD delights to save? Amen.

HYMN C.H. 150 - “Jesus … manifested forth His glory; and His disciples believed on Him.” –
JOHN ii. 11
1. ALL praise to Thee, O LORD,
Who by Thy mighty power
Didst manifest Thy glory forth
In Cana’s marriage hour.

2. Thou speakest: it is done:

Obedient to Thy Word,
The water reddening into wine
Proclaims the present LORD.

3. Blest were the eyes which saw

That wondrous mystery,
The great beginning of Thy works,
That kindled faith in Thee.

4. And blessed they who know

Thine unseen Presence true,
When in the kingdom of Thy grace
Thou makest all things new.

5. For by Thy loving Hand

Thy people still are fed;
Thou art the Cup of Blessing LORD,
And Thou the Heavenly Bread.

6. O may that grace be ours,

In Thee for aye to live,
And drink of those refreshing streams
Which Thou alone canst give!

7. So, led from strength to strength,

Grant us, O LORD, to see
The Marriage-Supper of the LAMB,
The great Epiphany. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 151 – “The love of Christ, which passeth knowledge.” – EPH. iii. 19.

1. O LOVE, how deep! How broad! How high!

It fills the heart with ecstasy,
That GOD, the SON of GOD, should take
Our mortal form, for mortals’ sake.

2. He sent no Angel to our race,

Of higher or of lower place,
But wore the robe of human frame
Himself, and to this lost world came.

3. For us He was baptised, and bore

 His holy fast, and hungered sore,
For us temptation sharp He knew;
For us the tempter overthrew.

4. For us He prayed, for us He taught,

For us His daily works He wrought,
By words, and signs, and actions, thus
Still seeking not Himself, but us.

5. For us to wicked me betrayed,

Scourged, mocked, in purple robe arrayed,
He bore the shameful Cross, and death;
For us at length gave up His breath.

6. For us He rose from death again,

For us He went on high to reign,
For us He sent His SPIRIT here
To guide, to strengthen, and to cheer.

7. To Him Whose boundless love has won

Salvation for us through His SON,
To GOD the FATHER, glory be
Both now and through eternity. Amen

HYMN C.H. 152 - “I heard a great voice of much people in heaven saying, Alleluia.”-----Rev. xix.
1.

1. SING Alleluia forth in duteous praise,

Ye citizens of Heaven: O sweetly raise
An endless Alleluia!

2. Ye Powers who stand before the Eternal Light,

In hymning choirs re-echo to the height
An endless Alleluia!

3. The Holy City shall take up your strain,

And with glad songs resounding wake again
An endless Alleluia!

4. In blissful antiphons ye thus rejoice

To render to the LORD with thankful voice
An endless Alleluia!

5. Ye who have gained at length your palms in bliss,

Victorious ones, your chants shall still be this-
An endless Alleluia!

6. There, in one grand acclaim for ever ring

 The strains which tell the honour of your King-
An endless Alleluia!

7. This is sweet rest for weary ones brought back:

This is glad food and drink which ne’er shall lack:
An endless Alleluia!

8. While Thee, by Whom were all things made, we praise

For ever, and tell out in sweetest lays
An endless Alleluia!

9. Almighty CHRIST, to Thee our voices sing

Glory for evermore; to Thee we bring
An endless Alleluia! Amen.

HYMN CH 153 – “He will be our Guide even unto death.”- PSALM xlvii. 14

1. GUIDE us, O Thou great JEHOVAH!

Pilgrims through this barren land;
We are weak, but Thou art mighty;
Hold us with Thy powerful Hand;
Bread of Heaven,
Feed us till we want no more.

2. Open Thou the crystal fountain,

Whence the healing stream doth flow;
Let the fiery, cloudy pillar,
Lead us all our journey through;
Strong Deliverer,
Be Thou still our Strength and Shield.

3. When we tread the verge of Jordan,

Bid our anxious fears subside;
Lead us through the parted river,
Land us safe on Canaan’s side:
Songs of Praises
We will ever give to Thee! Amen

HYMN CH 154 – “Hosanna in the highest.”- MARK xi. 10- “Save now, I beseech Thee, O Lord.” –
PSALM cxviii. 25.

1. HOSANNA to the living LORD!

Hosanna to the Incarnate WORD!
To CHRIST, Creator, Saviour, King,
Let earth, let Heaven, Hosanna sing;
Hosanna in the highest!

2. Hosanna, LORD! Thine Angels cry:

Hosanna, LORD! Thy saints reply;
 Above, beneath us, and around,
The dead and living swell the sound;
Hosanna in the highest!

3. O SAVIOUR, with protecting care

Return to this Thy house of prayer;
Where we, assembled in Thy Name,
The promise of Thy Presence claim;
Hosanna in the highest!

4. But, chiefest, in our cleansed breast,

ETERNAL! Bid Thy SPIRIT rest:
And make our secret soul to be
A temple pure and worthy Thee,
Hosanna in the highest!

5. So in the last and dreadful day,

When earth and Heaven shall melt away,
Thy lock, redeemed from sinful stain,
Shall swell the sound of praise again;
Hosanna in the highest! Amen.

HYMN C.H 155 – “Thy Name is as ointment poured forth.” – SONG OF SOL. i. 3.

1. HOW sweet the Name of JESUS sounds

In a believer’s ear!
It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds,
And drives away his fear.

2. It makes the wounded spirit whole,

And calms the troubled breast;
‘Tis manna to the hungry soul,
And to the weary rest.

3. Dear Name! the rock on which I build

My shield and hiding-place;
My never-failing treasury, filled
With boundless stores of grace.

4. JESUS! My SAVIOUR, Shepherd, Friend,

My Prophet, Priest, and King,
My LORD, my Life, my Way, my End,
Accept the praise I bring.

5. Weak is the effort of my heart,

And cold my warmest thought;
But when I see Thee as Thou art,
I’ll praise Thee as I ought.
6. Till then I would Thy love proclaim
With every fleeting breath;
And may the music of Thy Name
Refresh my soul in death. Amen.

HYMN C.H 156 – “The Life was manifested, and we have seen it.” – I JOHN i. 2

1. SON of Man, to Thee I cry;

By the Holy Mystery
Of Thy dwelling here on earth,
By Thy pure and Holy birth,-
LORD, Thy Presence let me see,
Manifest Thyself to me.

2. LAMB of GOD, to Thee I cry;

By Thy bitter agony,
By Thy pangs to us unknown,
By Thy spirit’s parting groan,-
LORD, Thy presence let me see,
Manifest Thyself to me.

3. PRINCE of Life, to Thee I cry;

By Thy glorious majesty,
By Thy triumph o’er the grave,
Meek to suffer, strong to save,-
LORD, Thy presence let me see,
Manifest Thyself to me.

4. LORD of glory, GOD most high,

Man exalted to the sky,
With Thy love my bosom fill;
Prompt me to perform Thy will;
Then Thy glory I shall see,
Thou wilt bring me home to Thee. Amen.

HYMN CH 157 – “I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude,… clothed with white robes, and palms in
their hands.” – REV. vii. 9

1. HOW bright these glorious spirits shine!

Whence all their white array?
How came they to the blissful seats
Of everlasting day?

2. Lo! These are they from sufferings great

Who came to realms of light:
And in the Blood of CHRIST have washed
Those robes that shine so bright.
3. Now with triumphal palms they stand
Before the Throne on high,
And serve the GOD they love amidst
The glories of the sky.

4. His Presence fills each heart with joy,

Tunes every mouth to sing;
By day, by night, the sacred courts
With glad Hosannas ring.

5. Hunger and thirst are felt no more,

Nor sun with scorching ray;
GOD is their Sun, Whose cheering beams
Diffuse eternal day.

6. The LAMB, Which dwells amidst the Throne

Shall o’er them still preside,
Feed them with nourishment Divine,
And all their footsteps guide.

7. In pastures green He’ll lead His flock,

Where living streams appear;
And GOD he LORD from every eye
Shall wipe off every tear.

8. To Him Who sits upon the Throne,

The GOD Whom we adore,
And to the LAMB that once was slain,
Be glory evermore! Amen.

HYMN CH 158 – “The city of my God, which is new Jerusalem.”- REV. iii. 12

1. JERUSALEM, my happy home

Name ever dear to me!
When shall my labours have an end
In joy, and peace, and thee?

2. When shall these eyes thy heaven-built walls

And gates of pearl behold?
Thy bulwarks with salvation strong,
And streets of shining gold?

3. Why should I shrink at pain and woe,

Or feel at death dismay?
I’ve Canaan’s goodly land in view,
And realms of endless day.

4. Apostles, martyrs, prophets, there

Around my SAVIOUR stand:
 And all I love in CHRIST below
Will join the glorious band.

5. Jerusalem, my happy home!

My soul still pants for thee:
When shall my labours have an end,
Thy joys when shall I see?

6. O CHRIST, do Thou my soul prepare

For that bright home of love;
That I may see Thee and adore,
With all Thy Saints above. Amen.

HYMN CH 159 (PART 1) – “Unto you… which believe He is precious.” – I PET. ii. 7

1. JESU, the very thought of Thee

With sweetness fills the breast;
But sweeter far Thy face to see,
And in Thy Presence rest.

2. No voice can sing, no heart can frame,

Nor can the memory find
A sweeter sound than JESUS’ Name,
The SAVIOUR of mankind.

3. O Hope of every contrite heart,

O joy of all the meek,
To those who fall, how kind Thou art,
How good to those who seek!

4. But what to those who find? Ah! This

Nor-tongue, nor pen can show;
The love of JESUS, what it is
None but His loved ones know.

5. JESU, our only Joy be Thou,

As Thou our Prize wilt be;
In Thee be all our glory now,
And through eternity! Amen.

HYMN CH 159 (PART II) “I will extol Thee, my God, O King; and I will bless Thy Name for ever and
ever.”- PSALM cxlv. 1.

1. O JESU, King most wonderful,

Thou Conqueror renowned,
Thou sweetness most ineffable,
In Whom all joys are found!

2. When once Thou visitest the heart

Then truth begins to shine,
Then earthly vanities depart,
Then kindles love Divine.
3. O JESU, Light of all below,
Thou Fount of living fire,
Surpassing all the joys we know,
And all we can desire;

4. JESU, may all confess Thy Name,

Thy wondrous love adore:
And, seeking Thee, themselves inflame
To seek Thee more and more.

5. Thee, JESU, may our voices bless,

Thee may we love alone:
And ever in our lives express
The image of Thine own. Amen.

HYMN CH 160 – “Behold, bless ye the Lord, all ye servants of the Lord.”- PSALM cxxxiv. 1.

1. YE servants of GOD,
Your Master proclaim,
And publish abroad
His wonderful Name;
The Name all-victorious
Of JESUS extol;
His kingdom is glorious,
And rules over all.

2. GOD ruleth on high,

Almighty to save;
And still He is nigh,
His presence we have;
The great congregation
His triumph shall sing,
Ascribing salvation
To JESUS our King.

3. Salvation to GOD
Who sits on the throne,
Let all cry aloud
And honour the Son.
The praises of JESUS
The Angels proclaim,
Fall down on their faces
And worship the LAMB.

4. Then let us adore

And give Him His right;
All glory and power,
All wisdom and might,
All honour and blessing,
With Angels above;
And thanks never ceasing,
 And infinite love. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 161 – “Let everything that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord.” –
PSALM cl. 6

1. O PRAISE ye the LORD!

Praise Him in the height;
Rejoice in His Word,
Ye Angels of light;
Ye Heavens, adore Him
By Whom ye were made,
And worship before Him,
In brightness arrayed.

2. O praise ye the LORD!

Praise Him upon earth,
In tuneful accord,
Ye sons of new birth;
Praise Him Who hath brought you
His grace from above,
Praise Him Who hath taught you
To sing of His love.

3. O praise ye the LORD,

All things that give sound;
Each jubilant chord,
Re-echo around;
Loud organs, His glory
Forth tell in deep tone,
And sweet harp, the story
Of what He hath done.

4. O praise ye the LORD!

Thanksgiving and song
To Him be outpoured
All ages along:
For love in creation,
For Heaven restored,
For grace of salvation
O praise ye the LORD! Amen.

HYMN C.H 162 – “Our citizenship is in heaven.” – PHIL. Iii. 20 (R.V)

1. JERUSALEM on high
My song and city is
My home whene’er I die,
The centre of my bliss;
O happy place!
 When shall I be,
My GOD, with Thee,
To see Thy Face?

2. There dwells my LORD, my King,

Judged here unfit to live;
There Angels to Him sing,
And lowly homage give:
O happy place!
When shall I be,
My GOD, with Thee,
To see Thy Face?

3. The Patriarchs of old

There from their travels cease;
The Prophets there behold
Their longed-for Prince of Peace;
O happy place!
When shall I be,
My GOD, with Thee,
To see Thy Face?

4. The LAMB’S Apostles there

I might with joy behold;
The harpers I might hear
Harping on harps of gold:
O happy place!
When shall I be,
My GOD, with Thee,
To see Thy Face?

5. The bleeding Martyrs, they

Within those courts are found,
Clothed in pure array,
Their scars with glory crowned:
O happy place!
When shall I be,
My GOD, with Thee,
To see Thy Face?

6. Ah! Woe is me! That I

In Kedar’s tents here stay:
No place like that on high;
LORD, thither guide my way!
O happy place!
When shall I be,
My GOD, with Thee,
To see Thy Face? Amen.
HYMN CH. 163 – “The Lord shall be thine everlasting Light, and the days of thy mourning shall
be ended.”- ISA. lx. 20

1. LIGHT of the lonely pilgrim’s heart,

Star of the coming day,
Arise, and with Thy morning beams
Chase all our fears away.

2. Come, blessed LORD, let every shore

And answering island sing
The praises of Thy royal Name,
And own Thee as their King.

3. Bid the whole earth, responsive now

To the bright world above,
Break forth in rapturous strains of joy
In memory of Thy love.

4. LORD GOD, Thy fair creation groans

The air, the earth, the sea,
In unison, with all our hearts,
And calls aloud for Thee.

5. Thine was the Cross, with all its fruits

Of grace and peace Divine;
Be Thine the Crown of glory now,
The palm of victory Thine. Amen.

HYMN C.H 164 – “Abide in Me, and I in you.” - JOHN xv. 4.

1. O HOLY SAVIOUR, Friend unseen,

Since on Thine arm Thou bid’st us lean,
Help us throughout life’s varying scene,
By faith to cling to Thee.

2. Blest with this fellowship Divine,

Take what Thou wilt, shall we repine?
When, as the branches to the vine,
Our souls may cling to Thee.

3. Without a murmur we dismiss

Our former dreams of earthly bliss;
Our joy, our consolation this,
Each hour to cling to Thee.

4. Though faith and hope may oft be tried,

We ask not, need not aught beside:
How safe, how calm, how satisfied
The souls that cling to Thee!
5. They fear not Satan, nor the grave,
They know Thee near and strong to save,
Nor dread to cross e’en death’s dark wave,
Because they cling to Thee.

6. Blest be our lot, whate’er befall,

What can disturb, or who appal?
While, as our Strength, our Rock, our All,
SAVIOUR, we cling to Thee. Amen.

HYMN CH. 165 – “I will restore health unto thee, I will heal thee of thy wounds.” – JER. xxx. 17.

1. HEAL me, O my SAVIOUR, heal!

Heal me as I suppliant kneel;
Heal me, and my pardon seal.

2. Fresh the wounds that sin hath made;

Hear the prayers I oft have prayed,
And in mercy send me aid.

3. Helpless, none can help me now:

Cheerless, none can cheer but Thou;
Suppliant, LORD, to Thee I bow.

4. Thou the true Physician art;

Thou, O CHRIST, canst health impart,
Binding up the bleeding heart.

5. Other comforters are gone;

Thou canst heal, and Thou alone,
Thou for all my sin atone.

6. Heal me, then, my SAVIOUR, heal!

Heal me, as I suppliant kneel;
To Thy mercy I appeal. Amen.

HYMN CH. 166 – “O Lord, Thou hast searched me out, and known me.” – PSALM cxxxix. 1

1. O THOU to Whose all-searching sight

The darkness shineth as the light,
Search, prove my heart; it pants for Thee;
Oh, burst these bonds, and set it free!

2. Wash out its stains, refine its dross,

Nail my affections to the Cross;
Hallow each thought; let all within
Be clean as Thou, my LORD, art clean.

3. If in this darksome wild I stray,

Be Thou my Light, be Thou my Way;
No foes, no violence I fear,
No harm, while Thou, my GOD, art near.
4. SAVIOUR, where’er Thy steps I see,
Dauntless, untired, I follow Thee;
Oh, let Thy Hand support me still,
And lead me to Thy Holy Hill!

5. If rough and thorny be my way,

My strength proportion to my day;
Till toil and grief and pain shall cease,
Where all is calm and joy and peace. Amen.

HYMN CH. 167 – “The good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the
wicked one.” – MATT. xiii. 38

1. NOT by Thy mighty Hand,

Thy wondrous works alone,
But by the marvels of Thy Word,
Thy glory, CHRIST, is known.

2. Forth from the eternal gates,

Thine everlasting Home,
To sow the seed of truth below,
Thou didst vouchsafe to come.

3. And still from age to age

Thou gracious LORD, hast been
The Bearer froth of goodly seed,
The Sower still unseen.

4. And Thou wilt come again,

To reap what Thou hast sown;
The Sower and the Reaper Thou,
The Gatherer of Thine own.

5. Watch, LORD, Thy harvest-field

With Thine unsleeping eye,
The children of the kingdom keep
To Thy Epiphany;-

6. So, when in Thy great Day

The tares shall severed be,
May we be gathered in Thy barn
With all Thy saints to Thee.

7. All praise to Thee, O LORD,

Now by Thy Word made known!
All praise to Thee, to be revealed
Upon the judgement Throne!. Amen.

HYMN CH. 168 – “We have not an High Priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our
infirmities.- HEB. Iv. 15
1. WHEN gathering clouds around I view,
And days are dark, and friends are few,
On Him I lean, Who, not in vain,
Experienced every human pain;
He sees my wants, allays my fears,
And counts and treasures up my tears.

2. If aught should tempt my soul to stray

From heavenly wisdom’s narrow way,-
To fly the good I would pursue,
Or do the sin I would not do,-
Still He, Who felt temptation’s power,
Shall guard me in that dangerous hour.

3. And Oh! When I have safely passed

Through every conflict but the last,
Still, LORD, unchanging, watch beside
My dying bed,- for Thou hast died;
Then point to realms of cloudless day,
And wipe the latest tear away.

HYMN C.H. 169 – “What shall I render unto the Lord for all His benefits toward me?” – PSALM
cxvi. 12

1. WHEN all Thy mercies, O my GOD

My rising soul surveys,-
Transported with the view, I’m lost
In wonder, love, and praise.

2. Oh, how shall words, with equal warmth,

The gratitude declare,
That glows within my ravished heart:
But Thou canst read it there.

3. Unnumbered comforts to my soul

Thy tender care bestowed,
Before my infant heart conceived
From Whom those comforts flowed.

4. When worn with sickness, oft hast Thou

With health renewed my face;
And when in sins and sorrows sunk,
Revived my soul with grace.

5. Ten thousand thousand precious gifts

My daily thanks employ;
Nor is the least a cheerful heart,
That tastes those gifts with joy.
6. Through every period of my life,
Thy goodness I’ll pursue,
And after death, in distant worlds,
The glorious theme renew.

7. Through all eternity to Thee

A joyful song I’ll raise;
But oh! Eternity’s too short
To utter all Thy praise. Amen.

HYMN C.H 170 - “I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord.” –
PSALM cxxii. 1.

1. TO Thy temple we repair,

LORD, we love to worship there,
Where within the veil we meet
CHRIST before the mercy-seat.

2. While Thy glorious praise 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 we hearken to Thy law,

Fill our souls with humble awe,
Till Thy gospel to us be
Life and immortality.

5. From Thy house when we return,

May our hearts within us burn;
And at evening may we say,
“We have walked with GOD to-day.” Amen.

HYMN C.H. 171 – “Blessed are those servants, whom the Lord, when He cometh, shall find
watching.”- LUKE xii. 37

1. YE servants of the LORD,

Each in his office wait,
Observant of His heavenly Word
And watchful at His gate.

2. Let all your lamps be bright,

 And trim the golden flame;
Gird up your loins as in His sight,
For awful is His Name

3. Watch! ‘tis your LORD’S command

And while we speak, He’s near;
Mark the first signal of His Hand,
And ready all appear.

4. Oh, happy servant he

In such a posture found!
He shall his LORD with rapture see,
And be with honour crowned.

5. CHRIST shall the banquet spread

With His own royal Hand
And raise that faithful servant’s head
Amid the angelic band.

6. To GOD the FATHER, SON,

And SPIRIT, ever blessed,
The ONE in THREE, the THREE in ONE,
Be endless praise addressed. Amen.

HYMN CH. 172 – “How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good
tidings, that publisheth peace.” – ISA. lii. 7.

1. HOW beauteous are their feet,

Who stand on Zion’s hill,
Who bring salvation on their tongues,
And words of peace reveal!

2. How welcome is their voice,

How sweet the tidings are!
Zion, behold thy SAVIOUR King;
He reigns and triumphs here.

3. How happy are our ears

That hear this joyful sound,
Which kings and prophets waited for,
And sought, but never found.

4. How blessed are our eyes

That see this heavenly light!
Prophets and kings desired it long
But died without the sight.

5. The watchmen join their voice,

 And tuneful notes employ;
Jerusalem breaks forth in songs,
And deserts learn the joy.

6. The LORD makes bare His arm,

Through all the earth abroad:
Let every nation now behold
Their SAVIOUR and their GOD. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 173 – “He… saith, Surely I come quickly; Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.” – REV.
xxii. 20

1. O QUICKLY come, dread Judge of all;

For, awful though Thine Advent be
All shadows from the truth will fall,
And falsehood die, in sight of Thee;
O quickly come: for doubt and fear
Like clouds dissolve when Thou art near.

2. O quickly come, great King of all;

Reign all around us, and within;
Let sin no more our souls enthrall,
Let pain and sorrow die with sin;
O quickly come: for Thou alone
Canst make Thy scattered people one.

3. O quickly come, true Life of all;

For death is mighty all around,
On every home his shadows fall,
On every heart his mark is found:
O quickly come: for grief and pain
Can never cloud Thy glorious reign.

4. O quickly come, sure Light of all;

For gloomy night broods o’er our way;
And weakly souls begin to fall
With weary watching for the day;
O quickly come; for round Thy Throne
No eye is blind, no night is known. Amen.

HYMN CH 174 – “Go ye into all the world, and preach the Gospel to every creature.” - MARK
xvi. 15

1. FROM Greenland’s icy mountains,

From India’s coral strand,
Where Afric’s sunny fountains
Roll down their golden sand:
From many an ancient river,
 From many a palmy plain,
They call us to deliver
Their land from error’s chain.

2. What though the spicy breezes

Blow soft o’er Ceylon’s isle;
Though every prospect pleases,
And only man is vile;
In vain, with lavish kindness,
The gifts of GOD are strown,
The heathen, in his blindness,
Bows down to wood and stone!

3. Can we, whose souls are lighted

With wisdom from on high,
Can we to men benighted
The lamp of life deny?
Salvation, oh, salvation!
The joyful sound proclaim,
Till each remotest nation
Has learnt MESSIAH’S Name.

4. Waft, waft, ye winds, His story;

And you, ye waters, roll;
Till, like a sea of glory,
It spreads from pole to pole;
Till o’er our ransomed nature,
The LAMB for sinners slain,
Redeemer, King, Creator,
In bliss returns to reign. Amen.

HYMN CH 175 – “All kings shall fall down before Him; all nations shall do Him service.” –
PSALM lxxii. 11

1. HAIL to the LORD’S Anointed,

Great David’s greater SON!
Hail, in the time appointed,
His reign on earth begun!
He comes to break oppression,
To set the captive free;
To take away transgression,
And rule in equity.

2. He comes with succor speedy

To those who suffer wrong;
To help the poor and needy,
And bid the weak be strong;
To give them songs for sighing,
 Their darkness turn to light,
Whose souls, condemned and dying,
Were precious in His sight.

3. He shall come down like showers

Upon the fruitful earth;
And joy and hope, like flowers,
Spring in His path to birth:
Before Him on the mountains
Shall peace, the herald, go,
And righteousness, in fountains,
From hill to valley flow.

4. Kings shall fall down before Him,

And gold and incense bring;
All nations shall adore Him,
His praise all people sing:
For He shall have dominion
O’er river, sea, and shore,
Far as the eagle’s pinion,
Or dove’s light wing, can soar.

5. O’er every foe victorious,

He on His throne shall rest;
From age to age more glorious,
All-blessing and all-blest.
The tide of time shall never
His covenant remove,
His Name shall stand for ever;
His changeless Name of Love.

6. To GOD, our Heavenly FATHER,

To GOD, His Blessed SON,
To GOD, the HOLY SPIRIT,
Be praise and honour done.
From all His ransomed people,
From choirs of saints above,
From angel hosts for ever,
Be glory, praise, and love. Amen.

HYMN CH. 176 – “He shall reign for ever and ever.”- REV. xi. 15.

1. HARK! The song of Jubilee,

Loud as mighty thunders roar,
Or the fullness of the sea,
When it breaks upon the shore:
Alleluia! For the LORD
GOD Omnipotent shall reign:
 Alleluia! Let the word
Echo round the earth and main.

2. Alleluia! Hark, the sound,

From the depths unto the skies,
Wakes above, beneath, around,
All creation’s harmonies;
See JEHOVAH’S banners furled,
Sheathed His sword: He speaks, ‘tis done,
And the kingdoms of this world
Are the kingdoms of His SON.

3. He shall reign from pole to pole

With illimitable sway:
He shall reign, when like a scroll
Yonder heavens have passed away.
Then the end: beneath His rod
Man’s last enemy shall fall:
Alleluia! CHRIST in GOD,
GOD in CHRIST, is All in all. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 177 – Of His Kingdom there shall be no end.”- LUKE i.33

1. JESUS shall reign where’er the sun

Doth his successive journeys run:
His Kingdom stretch from shore to shore,
Till moons shall wax and wane no more.

2. To Him shall endless prayer be made,

And princes throng to crown His Head;
His Name like sweet perfume shall rise
With every morning sacrifice.

3. People and realms of every tongue

Dwell on His love with sweetest song;
And infant voices shall proclaim
Their early blessings on His Name.

4. Blessings abound where’er He reigns;

The prisoner leaps to lose his chains;
The weary find eternal rest,
And all the sons of want are blest.

5. Let every creature rise and bring

Peculiar honours to our King,
Angels descend with songs again,
And earth repeat the loud. Amen.

HYMN CH 178 – “I will pour out My Spirit upon all flesh.” – JOEL ii. 28
1. O SPIRIT of the Living GOD,
In all the fullness of Thy grace,
Where’er the foot of man hath trod
Descend upon our fallen race.

2. Give tongues of fire and hearts of love,

To preach the reconciling Word;
Give power and unction from above,
Whene’er the joyful sound is heard.

3. Be darkness, at Thy coming, light;

Confusion, order in Thy path;
Souls without strength, inspire with might;
Bid mercy triumph over wrath.

4. O Spirit of the LORD, prepare

All the whole earth her GOD to meet;
Breathe Thou abroad like morning air,
Till hearts of stone begin to beat.

5. Baptize the nations; far and high

The triumphs of the Cross record;
The Name of JESUS glorify,
Till every kindred call Him LORD. Amen.

HYMN CH 179 – “And God said, Let there be light; and there was light.”- GEN. i. 3
1. THOU Whose Almighty Word
Chaos and darkness heard,
And took their flight;
Hear us, we humbly pray,
And, where the Gospel-day
Sheds not its glorious ray,
Let there be light.

2. Thou Who didst come to bring

On Thy redeeming wing
Healing and sight;
Health to the sick in mind,
Sight to the inly blind,
O now, to all mankind
Let there be light.

3. SPIRIT of truth and love,

Life-giver, from above,
Speed from Thy flight;
Move on the waters’ face,
Bearing the lamp of grace,
And in earth’s darkest place
Let there be light.
4. Holy and Blessed THREE,
Glorious TRINITY,
Wisdom, Love, Might;
Boundless as ocean’s tide,
Rolling in fullest pride,
Through the world, far and wide,
Let there be light. Amen.

HYMN CH 180 – “Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion!” – PSALM xiv. 7.

1. OH! That the LORD’S salvation

Were out of Zion come,
To heal His ancient nation,
To lead His outcasts home!

2. How long the Holy City

Shall heathen feet profane?
Return, O LORD, in pity;
Rebuild her walls again.

3. Let fall Thy rod of terror,

Thy saving grace impart;
Roll back the veil of error,
Release the fettered heart.

4. Let Israel, home returning,

Her lost MESSIAH see;
Give oil of joy for mourning,
And bind Thy Church to Thee. Amen.

HYMN CH 181 – “God be merciful unto us, and bless us, and shew us the light of His countenance.”-
PSALM lxvii. 1.

1. TO bless thy chosen race,

In mercy, LORD, incline;
And cause the brightness of Thy Face
On all Thy saints to shine.

2. That so Thy wondrous way

May through the world be known,
Whilst distant lands their tribute pay,
And Thy salvation own.

3. Let differing nations join

To celebrate Thy fame;
Let all the world, O LORD, combine
To praise Thy glorious Name.

4. O let them shout and sing

With joy and pious mirth;
For Thou, the righteous Judge and King,
 Shalt govern all the earth. Amen.

HYMN CH 182 – “O Israel, thou shaltl not be forgotten of Me.” – ISA. xliv. 21 (PART I)

1. FORGOTTEN! No; that cannot be,

All other names may pass away;
But thine, My Israel, shall remain
In everlasting memory.

2. Forgotten! No; that cannot be,

Inscribed upon My palms thou art,
The name I gave in days of old
Is graven still upon My heart.

3. Forgotten! No; that cannot be,

Beloved of Thy GOD art thou;
His crown for ever on thy head,
His Name for ever on thy brow.

4. Forgotten! No; that cannot be!

He, Who upon thee named His Name,
Assures thee of eternal love,
A love for evermore the same. Amen.

HYMN CH 182 – “O Israel, thou shaltl not be forgotten of Me.” – ISA. xliv. 21 (PART II)

1. FORGOTTEN! No; that cannot be;

The oath of Him Who cannot be
Is on thy city and tiny land,
An oath to all eternity.

2. Forgotten! No; that cannot be

The grace of ages deep and broad
Is grace without decay, the grace,
O Israel, of the LORD thy GOD.

3. Forgotten! No; that cannot be;

Sun, moon, and stars may cease to shine,
But thou shalt be remembered still,
For thou art His, and He is thine.

4. Forgotten of the LORD thy GOD!

No, Israel, no; that cannot be:
He chose thee in the days of old,
And still His favour rests on thee. Amen.

Hymn – C.H. 183 “Awake, awake! Put on strength, O arm of the Lord”. – ISA. li.9.

1. ARM of the LORD! Awake, awake!

Put on Thy strength, the nations shake;
And let the world, adoring, see,
 Triumphs of mercy wrought by Thee.

2. Say to the heathen, from Thy throne,

“I am JEHOVAH, GOD alone!”
Thy voice their idols shall confound,
And cast their altars to the ground.

3. Let Zion’s time of favour come;

Oh, bring the tribes of Israel home:
And let our wondering eyes behold
Gentiles and Jews in JESUS’ fold!

4. Almighty GOD! Thy grace proclaim

In every clime, of every name;
Let adverse powers before Thee fall,
And crown the SAVIOUR LORD of all. Amen.

HYMN CH. 184 – “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem… how often; would I have gathered thy children
together… and ye would not.” – MATT. xxiii. 37

1. JERUSALEM! Jerusalem!
Enthroned once on high;
Thou favoured home of GOD on earth,
Thou Heaven below the sky;
Now brought to bondage with thy sons,
A curse and grief to see;
Jerusalem! Jerusalem!
Our tears shall flow for thee.

2. Oh! Hadst thou known thy day of grace,

And flocked beneath the wing
Of Him Who called thee lovingly,
Thine own anointed King;
Then had the tribes of all the world
Gone up thy pomp to see,
And glory dwelt within thy gates,
And all thy sons been free!

3. Where once the praises of thy GOD,

From Zion’s temple rose,
Thy children tremble at the rod,
And crouch beneath their foes;
Thou sittest lonely on the ground,
No longer great or free,
Jerusalem! Jerusalem!
Our tears shall flow for thee.

4. Jerusalem! Jerusalem!
 Until thou turn again,
And seek with penitence of heart
The Lamb thy sons have slain;
Till to the SAVIOUR of mankind,
Thou humbly bow the knee,
Jerusalem! Jerusalem!
Our tears shall flow for thee. Amen

HYMN CH 185 – “The glory of all lands.”- EZEK. Xx. 6.

1. THERE is a land of pure delight,

Where saints immortal reign:
Eternal day excludes the night,
And pleasures banish pain.

2. There everlasting spring abides,

And never-withering flowers;
Death, like a narrow sea, divides
That heavenly land from ours.

3. Sweet fields beyond the swelling flood

Stand dressed in living green;
E’en so to Israel Canan stood
While Jordan rolled between.

4. But timorous mortals start and shrink

To cross the narrow sea,
And linger shivering on the brink,
And fear to launch away.

5. Oh, could we make our doubts remove,-

Those gloomy doubts that rise,-
And see the Canaan that we love
With unbeclouded eyes!

6. Could we but climb where Moses stood,

And view the landscape o’er,
Not Jordan’s stream, nor death’s cold flood,
Should fright us from the shore. Amen.

HYMN CH 186 – “There shall be a fountain opened… for sin and uncleanness.” – ZECH. xiii. 1.

1. THERE is a fountain filled with Blood

Drawn from Immanuel’s veins;
And sinners, plunged beneath that flood,
Lose all their guilty stains.

2. The dying thief rejoiced to see

That fountain in his day;
And there may I, though vile as he,
Wash all my sins away.
3. Dear dying LAMB, Thy precious Blood
Shall never lose its power,
Till all the ransomed Church of GOD
Be saved, to sin no more.

4. E’er since, by faith I saw the stream

Thy flowin wounds supply,
Redeeming love has been my theme,
And shall be till I die.

5. Then, in a nobler, sweeter song,

I’ll sing Thy power to save,
When this poor lisping, stammering tongue
Lies silent in the grave.

6. LORD, I believe Thou hast prepared,

Unworthy though I be,
For me a Blood-bought free reward,
A golden harp for me;

7. ‘Tis strung and tuned for endless years,

And formed, by power Divine,
To sound in GOD the FATHER’S ears
No other Name but Thine. Amen.

HYMN CH 187 – “There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.” – HEB. Iv. 9.

1. OH, what their joy and their glory must be,

Those endless Sabbaths the blessed ones see;
Crowns for the valiant, to weary ones rest;
GOD shall be All, and in all ever Blest.

2. What are the Monarch, His Court, and His Throne?

What are the peace and the joy that they own?
Oh that the blest ones, who in it have share,
All that they feel could as fully declare!

3. Truly, Jerusalem name we that shore,

Vision of peace, that brings joy evermore;
Wish and fulfilment can severed be ne’er,
Nor the thing prayed for come short of the prayer.

4. There, where no troubles distraction can bring,

We the sweet anthems of Sion shall sing,
While for Thy grace, LORD, their voices of praise
Thy blessed people eternally raise.

5. There dawns no Sabbath, no Sabbath is o’er,

Those Sabbath-keepers have one evermore;
One and unending is that triumph-song
Which to the Angels and us shall belong.
6. Now in the meanwhile, with hearts raised on high,
We for that country must yearn and must sigh;
Seeking Jerusalem, dear native land,
Through our long exile on Babyon’s strand.

7. Low before Him with our praises we fall,

Of Whom, and in Whom, and through Whom are all:
Of Whom, the FATHER; and in Whom, the SON;
Through Whom, the SPIRIT, with Them ever ONE. Amen.

HYMN CH 188 – “And again they said, Alleluia.”- REV. xix. 3.

1. ALLELUIA, song of sweetness,

Voice of joy that cannot die;
Alleluia is the anthem
Ever dear to choirs on high;
In the house of GOD abiding
Thus they sing eternally.

2. Alleluia, thou resoundest,

True Jerusalem and free;
Alleluia, joyful Mother,
All thy children sing with thee;
But by Babylon’s sad waters
Mourning exiles now are we.

3. Alleluia may not always

Be our song while here below;
Alleluia, our transgressions
Make us for a while forego;
For the solemn time is coming
When our tears for sin must flow.

4. Therefore in our hymns we pray Thee,

Grant us, Blessed TRINITY,
At the last to keep Thine Easter
In our Home beyond the sky,
There to Thee for ever singing
Alleluia joyfully. Amen.

HYMN CH 189 – “O Lord, how manifold are Thy works.”- PSALM civ. 24

1. THERE is a book, who runs may read,

Which heavenly truth imparts;
And all the lore its scholars need,
Pure eyes and Christian hearts.

2. The works of GOD above, below,

Within us and around,
Are pages in that book, to show
How GOD Himself is found.
3. The glorious sky, embracing all,
Is like the Maker’s love;
Wherewith encompassed, great and small
In peace and order move.

4. The moon above, the Church below,

A wondrous race they run;
But all their radiance, all their glow,
Each borrows of its Sun.

*5. The SAVIOUR lends the light and heat

That crown His holy hill;
The Saints, like stars, around His seat
Perform their courses still.

*6. The dew of heaven is like Thy grace

It steals in silence down;
But, where it lights, the favoured place
By richest fruits is known.

7. One Name above all glorious names,

With its ten thousand tongues
The everlasting sea proclaims,
Echoing Angelic songs.

8. Thou, Who hast given me eyes to see

And love this sight so fair,
Give me a heart to find out Thee,
And read Thee everywhere. Amen.

HYMN CH 190 – “I am the Bread of Life: he that cometh to Me shall never hunger; and he that believeth
on Me shall never thirst.” – JOHN vi. 35.

1. ONE CHRIST we feed upon, one Living CHRIST,

Who once was dead, but lives for ever now;
One is the Cup of Blessing which we bless,
True symbol of the Blood which from the Cross did flow.

2. My Life, my everlasting Life art Thou,

My health, my joy, my strength I owe to Thee;
Because Thou livest, I shall also live,
And where Thou art in glory, there I too shall be.

3. Thou with us, and Thou in us,- this is life;

All that the FATHER is, in Thee we see
O CHRIST of GOD, what art Thou not to us,
And what of wealth is there we may not find in Thee!

4. Great All in all, Eternal WORD made flesh,

Alpha and Omega, creation’s King;
The Church’s Head, the Church’s Bridegroom too,
 Thee, blessed SAVIOUR, Thee, we celebrate and sing.

5. O CHRIST, we praise Thee for Thy glory great,

But for Thy death of love we praise Thee most;
We praise Thee, SON of the Eternal GOD,
We praise the FATHER, too, we praise the HOLY GHOST. Amen.

HYMN CH 191 – “All Thy works praise Thee, O Lord.” – PSALM cxlv. 10

1. THE strain upraise of joy and praise,

Alleluia!
To the glory of their King
Shall the ransomed people sin
Alleluia!

2. And the choirs that dwell on high

Shall re-echo through the sky,
Alleluia!

3. Ye, through the fields of Paradise that roam,

Ye blessed ones, repeat through that bright Home,
Alleluia!

4. Ye planets glittering on your heavenly way,

Ye shining constellations, join and say,
Alleluia!

5. Ye clouds that onward sweep,

Ye winds on pinions light,
Ye thunders echoing loud and deep,
Ye lightnings wildly bright,
In sweet consent unite your
Alleluia!

6. Ye floods and ocean billows,

Ye storms and winter snow,
Ye days of cloudless beauty,
Hoar-frost and summer glow,
Ye groves that wave in spring,
And glorious forests, sing
Alleluia!

7. First let the birds, with painted plumage gay,

Exalt their great Creator’s praise, and say
Alleluia!

8. Then let the beasts of earth, with varying strain,

Join in creation’s hymn, and cry again
Alleluia!

9. Here let the mountains thunder forth sonorous

There let the valleys sing in gentler chorus
 Alleluia!

10. Thou jubilant abyss of ocean, cry

Alleluia!
Ye tracts of earth and continents reply,
Alleluia!

11. To GOD, Who all creation made,

The frequently hymn be duly paid;
Alleluia!

12. This is the strain, the eternal strain, the LORD of all things loves:
Alleluia!
This is the song, the heavenly song, that CHRIST Himself approves:
Alleluia!

13. Wherefore we sing, both heart and voice awakening,

Alleluia!
And children’s voices echo, answer making,
Alleluia!

14. Now from all men be out-poured,

Alleluia to the LORD;
With Alleluia evermore,
The SON and SPIRIT we adore.

15. Praise be done to the THREE in ONE,

Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Amen

HYMN CH 192 – “The morning stars song together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy.” –
JOB xxxviii. 7.
1. SONGS of praise the Angels sang,
Heaven with Alleluias rang,
When Jehovah’s work begun,
When He spake and it was done.

2. Songs of praise awoke the morn

When the Prince of Peace was born
Songs of praise arose when He
Captive led captivity.

3. Heaven and earth must pass away;

Songs of praise shall crown that day;
GOD will make new heavens and earth,
Songs of praise shall hail their birth.

4. And shall man alone be dumb,

Till that glorious kingdom come?
No; the Church delights to raise
Psalms and hymns, and songs of praise.
5. Saints below, with heart and voice
Still in songs of praise rejoice:
Learning here, by faith and love,
Songs of praise to sing above.

6. Borne upon their latest breath,

Songs of praise shall conquer death;
Then, amidst eternal joy,
Songs of praise their powers employ.

7. Praise the Name of GOD most High;

Praise Him, all below the sky;
Praise Him, all ye heavenly host,
FATHER, SON, and HOLY GHOST. Amen.

HYMN CH 193 – “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.”- GEN. i. 1

1. GIVE to our GOD immortal praise,

Mercy and truth are all His ways:
Wonders of grace to GOD belong,
Repeat His mercies in your song.

2. He built the earth, He spread the sky;

And fixed the starry lights on high;
Wonders of grace to GOD belong,
Repeat His mercies in your song.

3. He sent His SON with power to save

From guilt, and darkness, and the grave:
Wonders of grace to GOD belong,
Repeat His mercies in your song.

4. Through this vain world He guides our feet,

And leads us to His heavenly seat;
Wonders of grace to GOD belong,
Repeat His mercies in your song.

5. Praise GOD, from Whom all blessings flow,

Praise Him, all creatures here below!
Praise Him above, ye heavenly host!
Praise FATHER, SON and HOLY GHOST! Amen.

HYMN CH 194 – “By the word of the Lord were the heavens made.”- PSALM xxxiii. 6.

1. PRAISE the LORD! Ye heavens, adore Him;

Praise Him, Angels, in the height;
Sun and moon, rejoice before Him;
Praise Him, all ye stars and light.
2. Praise the LORD! For He hath spoken,
Worlds His mighty voice obeyed;
Laws, which never shall be broken,
For their guidance hath He made.

3. Praise the LORD! For He is glorious;

Never shall His promise fail;
GOD will make His saints victorious,
Sin and death shall not prevail.

4. Praise the GOD of our salvation:

Hosts on high, His power proclaim;
Heaven and earth, and all creation,
Laud and magnify His Name.

5. Worship, honour, glory, blessing,

LORD, we offer unto Thee;
Young and old Thy praise expressing,
In glad homage bend the knee.

6. All the Saints in Heaven adore Thee,

We would bow before Thy Throne;
As Thine Angels serve before Thee,
So on earth Thy will be done. Amen.

HYMN CH 195 – “The heavens declare the glory of God.”- PSALM xix. 1.

1. THE heavens declare Thy glory,

The firmament Thy power,
Day unto day the story
Repeats from hour to hour;
Night unto night replying,
Proclaims in every land,
O LORD, with voice undying
The wonders of Thy Hand.

2. The sun with royal splendour

Goes forth to chant Thy praise,
Stars, moonbeams soft and tender,
Their gentle anthems raise;
O’er every tribe and nation
That music strange is poured,-
The song of all creation
To Thee, creation’s LORD!

3. How perfect, just and holy

The precepts Thou hast given!
Still making wise the lowly,
They lift the thoughts to Heaven;
How pure, how soul-restoring,
Thy Gospel’s heavenly ray;
A brighter radiance pouring;
 That noon of brightest day.

4. All Heaven on high rejoices

To do its Maker’s will,
The stars with solemn voices
Resound Thy praises still;
So let my whole behaviour,
Thoughts, words, and actions be,
O LORD, my Strength and SAVIOUR,
One ceaseless song to Thee! Amen.

HYMN CH 196 – “O praise the Lord of Heaven. Praise Him in the height.” – PSALM cxlviii. 1.

1. YE boundless realms of joy,

Exalt your Maker’s fame,
His praise your song employ
Above the starry frame;
Your voices raise,
Ye Cherubim
And Seraphim,
To sing His praise.

2. Thou moon that rul’st the night,

And sun that guid’st the day;
Ye glittering stars of light,
To Him your homage pay;
His praise declare,
Ye heavens above,
And clouds that move
In liquid air.

3. Let them adore the LORD,

And praise His Holy Name,
By Whose Almighty Word
They all from nothing came;
And all shall last,
From changes free,
His firm decree
Stands ever fast.

4. To GOD the FATHER, SON,

And SPIRIT ever bless’d,
Eternal THREE in ONE,
All worship be address’d:
Let ceaseless praise
To GOD be given,
By all on earth
And all in Heaven. Amen

HYMN CH 197 – “To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with Me in My Throne, even as I also
overcame…” – REV. iii. 21.
1. TO him that overcometh on earthly battlefields,
We give the crown of valour, we scorn the man who yields;
Loud rings the shout of triumph, fair shines the laurel wreath,
We bring the robe of victory, we lay the sword in sheath.

2. There is a sterner battle against a fiercer foe;

Our Leader fought it for us, and laid the rebels low;
More glorious than laurels the crown of thorns He wore,
He captive led captivity, He lives to die no more.

3. To him that overcometh a crown of life is given,

The glory of GOD’S children, the perfect rest of Heaven
The morning star for jewel, a robe of purest white,
And CHRIST our LORD will own him His follower in the fight.

4. “To him that overcometh,” earth’s battle-cry shall be,-

Our song of fullest triumph, our shout of victory;
To Him Who for us conquered, by Whom we overcame,
Be endless praise and blessing, all wisdom, power and fame. Amen.

HYMN CH 198 – “Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith.” – HEB. X. 22

1. HERE, O my LORD, I see Thee Face to face;

Here faith can touch and handle things unseen;
Here would I grasp with firmer hand Thy grace,
And all my weariness upon Thee lean.

2. Here would I feed upon the Bread of GOD;

Here drink with Thee the royal Wine of Heaven;
Here would I lay aside each earthly load,
Here taste afresh the calm of sin forgiven.

3. I have no help but Thine; nor do I need

Another arm save Thine to lean upon;
It is enough, my LORD, enough indeed;
My strength is in Thy might, Thy might alone.

4. Mine is the sin, but Thine the Righteousness;

Mine is the guilt, but Thine the cleansing Blood;
Here is my robe, my refuge, and my peace-
Thy Blood, Thy Righteousness, O LORD, my GOD!

5. Feast after feast thus comes and passes by,

Yet passing, points to the glad Feast above;
Giving sweet foretastes of the festal joy,
The LAMB’S great bridal-feast of bliss and love. Amen.

HYMN CH 199 – “The seed is the word of God.”- LUKE viii. 11

1. ALMIGHTY GOD, Thy Word is cast

Like seed into the ground:
Now let the dew of Heaven descend,
 And righteous fruits abound.

2. Let not the foe of CHRIST and man

This holy seed remove:
But give it root in every heart,
To bring forth fruits of love.

3. Let not the world’s deceitful cares

The rising plant destroy;
But let it yield a hundredfold
The fruits of peace and joy.

4. Oft as the precious seed is sown,

Thy quickening grace bestow;
That all whose souls the truth receive,
Its saving power may know. Amen.

HYMN CH 200 – “I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it
shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.” – GEN. iii. 15.

1. PRAISE to the Holiest in the height,

And in the depth be praise;
In all His words most wonderful,
Most sure in all His ways.

2. O loving wisdom of our GOD!

When all was sin and shame,
A second Adam to the fight
And to the rescue came.

3. O wisest love! That flesh and blood,

Which did in Adam fail,
Should strive afresh against the foe,
Should strive and should prevail.

4. And that a higher gift than grace

Should flesh and blood refine,
GOD’S presence, and His very Self,
And Essence all-Divine.

5. O generous love! That He, Who smote

In Man for man the foe,
The double agony in Man
For man should undergo;

6. And in the garden secretly,

And on the Cross on high,
Should teach His brethren, and inspire
To suffer and to die.

7. PRAISE to the Holiest in the height,

And in the depth be praise;
 In all His words most wonderful,
Most sure in all His ways. Amen

HYMN CH 201 – “As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after Thee, O God.” –
PSALM xlii. 1.

1. AS pants the hart for cooling streams

When heated in the chase,
So longs my soul, O GOD, for Thee,
And Thy refreshing grace.

2. Why restless, why cast down, my soul?

Trust GOD, Who will employ
His aid for thee, and change these sighs
To thankful hymns of joy.

3. For Thee, my GOD, the living GOD,

My thirsty soul doth pine;
Oh, when shall I behold Thy face,
Thou Majesty Divine?

4. Why restless, why cast down, my soul?

Hope still, and thou shalt sing
The praise of Him Who is thy GOD,
Thy health’s eternal spring. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 202 – “The Lord is my Shepherd.”- PSALM xxiii. 1

1. THE King of love my Shepherd is,

Whose goodness faileth never;
I nothing lack if I am His
And He is mine for ever.

2. Where streams of living water flow

My ransomed soul He leadeth
And, where the verdant pastures grow,
With food celestial feedeth.

3. Perverse and foolish oft I strayed

But yet in love He sought me,
And on His Shoulder gently laid,
And home, rejoicing, brought me.

4. In death’s dark vale I fear no ill

With Thee, dear LORD, beside me;
Thy rod and staff my comfort still,
Thy Cross before to guide me.

5. Thou spread’st a Table in my sight;

Thy Unction grace bestoweth;
 And oh, what transport of delight
From Thy pure Chalice floweth!

6. And so through all the length of days

Thy goodness faileth never;
Good Shepherd, may I sing Thy praise
Within Thy house for ever. Amen.

HYMN CH 203 – “Now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is
charity.”- I COR. Xiii. 13.

1. O HOLY SPIRIT, Whom our Master sent

Rich with all treasures from the throne above,
We pray Thee, for Thy gift most excellent,
Thy greatest, Thine unfailing gift of Love.

2. ‘Tis not for us with one commanding word

To heal the sick, or chase the hosts of hell,
In tongues unknown to make Thy mysteries heard,
Or things of GOD with lips inspired to tell.

3. Those sight are past; the written word is ours;

And Satan trembles at the might of prayer.
The shield of faith can quell the evil powers,
And hope’s bright helmet save us from despair.

4. These yet aside; but we would covet still

One gift, exalted faith and hope above:
Grant us the new commandment to fulfil,
And e’en as JESUS loved us, so to love.

5. Grant us to follow His long-suffering path,

Joying in truth, yet helping them that fall,
To think no evil, give no place to wrath,
But bear, believe, endure, and hope for all.

6. So when at length we know as we are known

And all the shadows are for ever past,
He, Who is Love, may see in us His own,
And all in Him be perfect love at last. Amen.

HYMN CH 204 – “Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.” – EPH. Iv. 3.

1. O LORD, Who taught to us on earth

This lesson from above,
That all our works are nothing worth,
Unless they spring from love;
Send down Thy Spirit from on high,
And pour in all our hearts
That precious gift of charity,
Which peace and joy imparts.
2. The healing balm, the holy oil,
Which calms the waves of strife;
The drop which sweetens every toil,
The breath of our new life.
Without this blessed bond of peace
GOD counts the living dead;
O Heavenly FATHER, grant us this
Through CHRIST, the living Head.

3. Heal our divisions, banish hate

From lips that should speak peace;
Let jealousy and strife abate,
And only love increase.
Thus shall we to our sacred name
Our title clearly prove,
While e’en our enemies exclaim,
“See how these Christians love!” Amen.

HYMN CH 205 – “That they all may be one; as Thou, Father, art in Me and I in Thee, that they also may
be one in us.” – JOHN xvii. 21

1. LORD JESUS, are we one with Thee?

O height, O depth of love!
Thou one with us on Calvary.
We one with Thee above.

2. Such was Thy grace that, for our sake,

Thou didst from Heaven come down,
With us of flesh and blood partake,
In all our misery one.

3. Our sins, our guilt, in love Divine

Confessed and borne by Thee,
The gall, the curse, the wrath were Thine,
To set Thy members free.

4. Ascended now, in glory bright,

Head of the Church Thou art;
Nor life, nor death, nor depth, nor height,
Thy saints and Thee can part.

5. O teach us, LORD, to know and own

This wondrous mystery,
That Thou in Heaven, with us art one,
And we are one with Thee.

6. Soon, soon shall come that glorious day

When, seated on Thy throne,
Thou shalt to wondering worlds display
That Thou with us art one. Amen.
HYMN CH 206 – “I have gone astray like a sheep that is lost; seek Thy servant.”- PSALM cxix. 176.

1. WE have not known Thee as we ought,

Nor learned Thy wisdom, grace, and power;
The things of earth have filled our thought,
And trifles of the passing hour.
LORD, give us light Thy truth to see,
And make us wise in knowing Thee.

2. We have not feared Thee as we ought,

Nor bowed beneath Thine awful eye,
Nor guarded deed, and word, and thought,
Remembering that GOD was nigh.
LORD, give us faith to know Thee near,
And grant the grace of holy fear.

3. We have not loved Thee as we ought,

Nor cared that we are loved by Thee;
Thy presence we have coldly sought,
And feebly longed Thy Face to see.
LORD, give a pure and loving heart
To feel and own the love Thou art.

4. We have not served Thee as we ought,

Alas! The duties left undone,-
The work with little fervour wrought,-
The battles lost, or scarcely won!
LORD, give the zeal, and give the might,
For Thee to toil, for Thee to fight.

5. When shall we know Thee as we ought,

And fear, and love, and serve aright!
When shall we out of trial brought
Be perfect in the land of light!
LORD, may we day by day prepare
To see Thy Face, and serve Thee there. Amen.

HYMN CH 207 – “For Thy Name’s sake lead me and guide me.”- PSALM xxxi. 3.

1. LORD, to Thee alone we turn,

To Thy Cross for safety fly;
There, s penitents, to learn
How to live and how to die.
Sinful, on our knees we fall;
Hear us, as for help we plead;
Here us when on Thee we call;
Aid us in our time of need.

2. In the midst of sin and strife,

In the depths of mortal woe,
Teach us, LORD, to live a life
Meet for sojourners below.
 Though the road be oft-time,
Though the feet in weakness stray;
Lead us, SAVIOUR, as the Ark
Led Thy chosen on their way.

3. Weak and weary and alone

When the vale of death we tread,
Then be all Thy mercy shown,
Then be all Thy love displayed.
Guard us in that darksome hour,
Lead us to the land of rest;
Where, secure from Satan’s power,
We may life upon Thy breast. Amen.

HYMN CH 208 – “This commandment have we from Him, that He who loveth God love his brother also.”-
I JOHN iv. 21

1. LORD, may Thy love – so strong and free,

So patient, so Divine-
Constrain our hearts with love to Thee;
A perfect love like THine.

2. As Thou hast loved us, so, O LORD,

May we each other love;
Watchful, by every deed and word,
Our steadfastness to prove.

3. Should evil thoughts within us rise-

Anger, or spite, or shame-
Help us to lift to Thee our eyes,
And fear Thy Holy Name.

4. Thy Name is Love: expand our hearts,

Restrain our wayward wills,
Till every selfish aim departs,
Till love our nature fills;

5. Till, radiant on the Heavenly shore,

Beyond earth’s changeful days,
We learn to love Thee evermore,
Thee evermore to praise. Amen.

HYMN CH 209 – “This do in remembrance of Me.”- LUKE xxii. 19.

1. ACCORDING to Thy gracious Word,

In meek humility,
This will I do, my dying LORD,
I will remember Thee.

2. Thy Body, broken for my sake,

My Bread from Heaven shall be;
Thy Cup of blessing I will take,
 And thus remember Thee.

3. Can I Gethsemane forget?

Or there Thy conflict see,
Thine agony and bloody sweat
And not remember Thee?

4. When to the Cross I turn mine eyes,

And rest on Calvary,
O LAMB of GOD, my Sacrifice,
I must remember Thee,-

5. Remember Thee, and all Thy pains

And all Thy love to me;
Yea, while a breath, a pulse remains,
Will I remember Thee.

6. And when these failing lips grow dumb,

And mind and memory flee,
When Thou shalt in Thy kingdom come
JESU, remember me. Amen.

HYMN CH 210 – “For My Flesh is meat indeed, and My Blood is drink indeed.”- JOHN vi. 55

1. BREAD of Heaven, on Thee we feed,

For Thy Flesh is meat indeed;
Ever may our souls be fed
With this true and living Bread;
Day by day with strength supplied,
Through the life of Him Who died.

2. Vine of Heaven, Thy Blood supplies

This blest Cup of Sacrifice;
LORD, Thy Wounds our healing give,
To Thy Cross we look and live;
JESUS, may we ever be
Rooted, grafted, built on Thee. Amen.

HYMN CH 211 – “I am the Bread of Life.”- JOHN vi. 35.

1. BREAD of the world! In mercy broken;

Wine of the soul! In mercy shed;
By Whom the words of Life were spoken,
And in Whose Death our sins are dead-

2. Look on the heart by sorrow broken,

Look on the tears by sinners shed;
And be Thy Feast to us the token
That by Thy grace our souls are fed. Amen.
HYMN C.H. 212 – “Lord, I am not worthy that Thou shouldest come under my roof.” – MATT.
viii. 8.

1. I AM not worthy, Holy LORD,

That Thou shouldst come to me;
Speak but the Word; one gracious Word
Can set the sinner free.

2. I am not worthy, cold and bare

The lodging of my soul;
How canst Thou deign to enter there?
LORD, speak and make me whole.

3. I am not worthy; yet, my GOD,

How can I say Thee nay,
Thee, Who didst give Thy Flesh and Blood
My ransom-price to pay?

4. O come! In this sweet morning hour,

Feed me with Food Divine;
And fill with all Thy love and power
This worthless heart of mine. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 213 – “The Memorial of Thine abundant kindness shall be shewed.” – PSALM cxlv.
7
1. LORD, enthroned in Heavenly splendour,
First begotten from the dead
Thou alone our strong Defender,
Liftest up Thy people’s head.
Alleluia,
JESU, True and Living Bread!

2. Prince of Life, for us Thou livest,

By Thy Body souls are healed;
Prince of Peace, Thy Peace Thou givest,
By Thy Blood is Pardon sealed.
Alleluia,
Word of GOD, in Flesh revealed.

3. Paschal LAMB! Thine Offering, finished,

Once for all when Thou wast slain,
In its fulness undiminished
Shall for evermore remain,
Alleluia,
Cleansing souls from every stain.

4. Thou shalt dwell in us, preserving

Weak and sinful souls from wrong,
 Hearts to perseverance nerving
Though the battle-strife be long;
Alleluia,
Thou art Holy, Thou art Strong.

5. Great High Priest of our Profession,

Through the Veil Thou enteredst in:
By Thy mighty Intercession,
Grace and Mercy Thou canst win.
Alleluia,
Only Sacrifice for sin.

6. Life-imparting Heavenly Manna,

Stricken Rock, withstreaming Side,
Heaven and Earth, with loud Hosanna,
Worship Thee, the LAMB Who died,
Alleluia,
Risen, Ascended, Glorified! Amen.

HYMN CH 214 – “Rend your heart and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God.” –
JOEL. Ii. 13
1. ONCE more the solemn season calls
A holy fast to keep;
And now within the temple walls
Let priest and people weep.

2. But vain all outward sign of grief,

And vain the form of prayer,
Unless the heart implore relief,
And penitence be there.

3. In sorrow true then let us pray

To our offended GOD,
From us to turn His wrath away,
And stay the uplifted rod.

4. O GOD, our Judge and FATHER, deign

To spare the bruised reed;
We pray for time to turn again,
For grace to turn indeed.

5. Blest THREE in ONE, to Thee we bow;

Vouchsafe us, in Thy Love,
To gather from these fasts below
Immortal fruit above. Amen.

HYMN CH 215 – “Have mercy upon me, O God, after Thy great goodness.”- PSALM li. 1.
1. HAVE mercy, LORD, on me!
As Thou wert ever kind,
Let me, oppressed with loads of guilt,
Thy wonted mercy find.

2. Wash off my guilty stains,

And cleanse me from my sin;
For I confess my faults, and see
How great my guilt has been.

3. The joy Thy favour gives

Let me again obtain,
And Thy free SPIRIT’S firm support
My fainting soul sustain.

4. Blot out my crying sins,

Nor me in anger view;
Create in me a heart that’s clean.
An upright mind renew. Amen.

HYMN CH 216 – “Out of the depths have I cried unto Thee, O Lord,” – PSALM cxxx. 1.

1. FROM lowest depths of woe

To GOD I sent my cry;
LORD, hear my supplicating voice,
And graciously reply.

2. My soul with patience waits

For Thee, the living LORD;
My hopes are on Thy promise built,
Thy never-failing Word.

3. Let Israel trust in GOD,

No bounds His mercy knows;
The plenteous source and spring from whence
Eternal succour flows.

4. Whose friendly streams to us

Supplies in want convey;
A healing spring, a spring to cleanse,
And wash our guilt away. Amen.

HYMN CH 217 – “Have mercy on us, O Lord, Thou Son of David.” – MATT. xx. 30

1. SAVIOUR, when in dust to Thee,

Low we bow the adoring knee;
When, repentant, to the skies
Scarce we lift our weeping eyes;
Oh! By all Thy pains and woe
Suffered once for man below,
Bending from Thy Throne on high:
Hear our solemn Litany!
2. By Thy helpless infant years,
By Thy life of want and tears,
By Thy days of sore distress
In the savage wilderness;
By the dread mysterious hour
Of the insulting tempter’s power;
Turn, O turn a favouring eye;
Hear our solemn Litany!

3. By Thine hour of dread and fear;

By Thine agony of prayer;
By the cross, the nail, the thorn,
Piercing spear, and torturing scorn;
By the gloom that veiled the skies
O’er the dreadful Sacrifice;
Listen to our humble cry;
Hear our solemn Litany!

4. By Thy deep expiring groan;

By the sealed sepulchral stone;
By the vault whose dark abode
Held in vain the rising GOD.
Oh, from earth to Heaven restored,
Mighty, re-ascended LORD,
Listen, listen to the cry
Of our solemn Litany! Amen

HYMN CH 218 – “Enter not into judgment with Thy servant, for in Thy sight shall no man living be
justified.” – PSALM cxliii. 2.

1. O LORD, turn not Thy Face from me,

Who lie in woeful state,
Lamenting all my sinful life
Before Thy mercy-gate;

2. A gate that opens wide to those

That do lament their sin;
Shut not that gate against me, LORD,
But let me enter in.

3. And call me not to strict account,

How I have sojourned here;
For then my guilty conscience knows
How vile I shall appear.

4. O LORD! I need not to repeat

The comfort I would have;
Thou knowest, LORD, before I ask
The blessing I do crave.

5. Mercy, good LORD, mercy, I ask,

 This is the total sum;
For mercy, LORD, is all my suit,
LORD, let Thy mercy come! Amen.

HYMN CH 219 – “And Jesus… was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, being forty days tempted of the
devil.”- LUKE iv. 1, 2.

1. FORTY days and forty nights

Thou wast fasting in the wild;
Forty days and forty nights
Tempted still, yet undefiled.

2. Sunbeams scorching all the day;

Chilly dew-drops nightly shed;
Prowling beasts about Thy way;
Stones Thy pillow; earth Thy bed.

3. Shall not we Thy sorrow share,

Learn Thy discipline of pain,
Strive, like Thee, through fast and prayer
Strength for after time to gain?

4. And if Satan, vexing sore,

Flesh or spirit should assail,
Thou, his Vanquisher before,
Wilt not suffer us to fail.

5. So shall we have peace divine;

Holier gladness ours shall be;
Round us, too, shall Angels shine,
Such as ministered to Thee.

6. Keep, oh! Keep us SAVIOUR dear,

Ever constant by Thy side;
That with Thee we may appear
At the eternal Eastertide. Amen.

HYMN CH 220 – “I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely.” – HOS. xiv. 4.

1. WEARY of wandering from my GOD,

And now made willing to return,
I hear, and bow me to the rod,
For Thee, not without hope, I mourn;
I have an Advocate above,
A Friend before the Throne of Love.

2. O JESU, full of truth and grace,

More full of grace than I of sin,
Yet once again I seek Thy Face,
Open Thine Arms, and take me in,
And freely my backslidings heal,
And love the faithless sinner still.
3. Thou knowest the way to bring me back,
My fallen spirit to restore:
Oh! For Thy truth and mercy’s sake
Forgive and bid me sin no more;
The ruins of my soul repair,
And make my heart a house of prayer.

4. Ah! Give me, LORD, the tender heart

That trembles at the approach of sin;
A godly fear of sin impart,
Implant, and root it deep within;
That I may dread Thy gracious power,
And never dare offend Thee more. Amen.

HYMN CH 221 – “Come, and let us return unto the Lord.” – HOS. vi. 1.

1. COME, let us to the LORD our GOD

With contrite hearts return;
Our GOD is gracious, nor will leave
The desolate to mourn.

2. Long hath the night of sorrow reigned,

The dawn shall bring us light;
GOD shall appear, and we shall rise
With gladness in His sight.

3. Our hearts, if GOD we seek to know,

Shall know Him, and rejoice;
His coming like the morn shall be,
Like morning songs His Voice.

4. As dew upon the tender herb

Diffusing fragrance round;
As showers that usher in the spring,
And cheer the thirsty ground:

5. So shall His presence bless our souls,

And shed a joyful light;
That hallowed morn shall chase away
The sorrows of the night. Amen.

HYMN CH 222 - “Search me, O God, and know my heart.”------- PSALM cxxxix. 23.

1. SEARCH me, O GOD, my actions try,

And let my life appear,
As seen by Thine all-searching Eye,
To mine, my ways make clear.

2. Search all my sense, and know my heart,

Who only canst make known;
And let the deep, the hidden part
 To me be fully shown.

3. Throw light into the darkened cells,

Where passion reigns within;
Quicken my conscience till it feels
The loathsomeness of sin.

4. Search all my thoughts, the secret springs,

The motives that control;
The chambers where polluted things
Hold empire o’er the soul.

5. Search, till Thy fiery glance has cast

Its holy light through all,
And I by grace am brought at last
Before Thy Face to fall.

6. Thus prostrate I shall learn of Thee,

What now I feebly prove,
That GOD alone in CHRIST can be
Unutterable love! Amen.

HYMN CH 223 - “Lord, I cry unto Thee; make haste unto me.”------ PSALM cxli. 1.

1. LORD, in this Thy mercy’s day,

Ere it pass for aye away,
On our knees we fall and pray.

2. Holy JESU, grant us tears,

Fill us with heart-searching fears,
Ere that awful doom appears.

3. LORD, on us Thy SPIRIT pour,

Kneeling lowly at Thy door,
Ere it close for evermore.

4. By Thy night of agony,

By Thy supplicating cry,
By Thy willingness to die.

5. By Thy tears of bitter woe,

For Jerusalem below,
Let us not Thy love forego.

6. Grant us ‘neath Thy wings a place,

Lest we lose this day of grace
Ere we shall behold Thy Face. Amen.

HYMN CH 224 – “Lord, teach us to pray.” – LUKE xi. 1.

1. LORD, teach us how to pray aright,
With reverence and with fear;
Though dust and ashes in Thy sight,
We may, we must, draw near.

2. We perish if we cease from prayer;

Oh, grant us power to pray!
And when to meet Thee we prepare,
LORD, meet us by the way.

3. Burdened with guilt, convinced of sin,

In weakness, want, and woe,
Fightings without, and fears within,
LORD, whither shall we go?

4. GOD of all grace, we come to Thee,

With broken, contrite heart;
Give what Thine eye delights to see,
Truth in the inward part:

5. Faith in the only Sacrifice

That can for sin atone;
To cast our hopes, to fix our eyes,
On CHRIST, on CHRIST alone;

6. Patience to watch, and wait, and weep,

Though mercy long delay;
Courage our fainting souls to keep,
And trust Thee though Thou slay.

7. Give these, and then Thy Will be done;

Thus, strengthened with all might,
We, through Thy SPIRIT and Thy SON,
Shall pray, and pray aright. Amen.

HYMN CH 225 – “A broken and a contrite heart, O God, Thou wilt not despise.” – PSALM li. 17

1. LORD, when we bend before Thy throne,

And our confessions pour,
Teach us to feel the sins we own,
And hate what we deplore.

2. Our broken spirits pitying see,

True penitence impart:
Then let a kindling glance from Thee
Beam hope upon the heart.

3. When we disclose our wants in prayer,

 May we our wills resign;
And not a thought our bosoms share,
Which is not wholly Thine.

4. May faith each weak petition fill

And waft it to the skies,
And teach our hearts ‘tis goodness still
That grants it or denies. Amen.

HYMN CH 226 – “Behold, I stand at the door, and knock.” – REV. iii. 20.

1. BEHOLD Me standing at the door,

And hear Me pleading evermore,
O weary heart, oppressed with sin,
May I come in? may I come in?

2. I bore the cruel thorns for thee,

I waited long and patiently:
Say, weary heart, oppressed with sin,
May I come in? may I come in?

3. I would not plead with thee in vain;

Remember all My grief and pain,
I died to ransom thee from sin;
May I come in? may I come in?

4. I bring thee joy from Heaven above,

I bring thee pardon, peace, and love:
Say, weary heart, oppressed with sin,
May I come in? may I come in? Amen.

HYMN CH 227 - “The blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin.”---- 1 JOHN i. 7.

1. I LAY my sin on JESUS,

The spotless LAMB of GOD,
He bears them all, and frees us
From the accursed load.
I bring my guilt to JESUS,
To wash my crimson stains
While in His Blood most precious,
Till not a spot remains.

2. I lay my wants on JESUS;

All fulness dwells in Him:
He heals all my diseases,
He doth my soul redeem.
I lay my griefs on JESUS,
My burdens and my cares;
 He from them all releases,
He all my sorrows shares.

3. I rest my soul on JESUS;

This weary soul of mine;
His right Hand me embraces;
I on His Breast recline.
I love the Name of JESUS,
EMMANUEL, CHRIST, the LORD;
Like fragrance on the breezes,
His Name abroad is poured.

4. I long to be like JESUS,

Meek, loving, lowly, mild;
I long to be like JESUS,
The FATHER’S HOLY CHILD.
I long to be with JESUS,
Amid the heavenly throng,
To sing with saints His praises,
To learn the Angels’ song. Amen.

HYMN CH 228 - Our Father which art in heaven.” – MATT. vi. 9.

1. FATHER, again in JESUS’ Name we meet,

And bow in penitence beneath Thy feet;
Again to Thee our feeble voices raise,
To sue for mercy, and to sing Thy praise.

2. LORD, we would bless Thee for Thy ceaseless care,

And all Thy Love from day to day declare:
Is not our life with hourly mercies crowned?
Does not Thine Arm encircle us around?

3. Alas! Unworthy of Thy boundless Love,

Too oft with careless feet from Thee we rove;
But now, encouraged by Thy Voice, we come,
Returning sinners, to a FATHER’S home.

4. Oh, by that Name in Whom all fulness dwells!

Oh, by that Love which every love excels!
Oh, by that Blood so freely shed for sin!
Open blest mercy’s gate, and take us in. Amen.

HYMN CH 229 – “A broken and contrite heart, O God, shalt Thou not despise.”- PSALM li. 17

1. A BROKEN heart, my GOD, my King,

Is all the sacrifice I bring;
The GOD of grace will ne’er despise
 A broken heart for sacrifice.

2. My soul lies humbled in the dust,

And owns Thy dreadful sentence just;
Look down, O LORD, with pitying eye
And save the soul condemned to die.

3. Then will I teach the world Thy ways;

Sinners shall learn Thy sovereign grace;
I’ll lead them to my SAVIOUR’S Blood,
And they shall praise a pardoning GOD.

4. Oh, may Thy love inspire my tongue!

Salvation shall be all my song;
And all my powers shall join to bless
The Lord, my strength and righteousness. Amen.

HYMN CH 230 - “ And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead.” – REV. i. 17

1. O GOD, enshrined in dazzling light

Above the highest sphere,
My soul is filled with awe to feel
That Thou art present here.

2. Thine Eye is as a lamp of fire,

And in its searching flame
I see myself, all stained with sin,
And bow my head with shame.

3. But, O my GOD, Thy SON hath died!

And from the dust I rise,
And from myself and all my sin
To Thee I lift mine eyes.

4. My sins are dark, but over all

Thy burning Love I see;
And all my soul is full of praise,
And worships only Thee. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 231 - “Fear not, I will help thee.” – ISA. xli.13.

1. O HELP us, LORD, each hour of need

Thy Heavenly succour give:
Help us in thought, and word, and deed,
Each hour on earth we live.

2. O help us when our spirits bleed

With contrite anguish sore;
And when our hearts are cold and dead,
 O help us, LORD, the more.

3. O help us through the prayer of faith

More firmly to believe:
For still the more Thy servant hath,
The more shall he receive.

4. O help us, JESU, from on high;

We know no help but Thee;
O help us so to live and die
As Thine in Heaven to be. Amen

HYMN CH 232 - “Who is this?... I that speak in righteousness mighty to save.” – ISA. lxiii. 1.

1. THE KING of GLORY standeth

Beside that heart of sin;
His mighty Voice commandeth
The raging waves within;
The floods of deepest anguish
Roll backward at His Will,
As o’er the storm ariseth
His mandate, “Peace, be still.”

2. At times, with sudden glory,

He speaks, and all is done;
Without one stroke of battle
The victory is won;
While we, with joy beholding,
Can scarce believe it true
That our great King and SAVIOUR
Doth form such hearts anew.

3. He comes in blood-stained garments,

Upon His brow a crown;
The gates of brass fly open,
The iron bands drop down;
From off the fettered captive
The chains of Satan fall,
While angels shout triumphant
That CHRIST is LORD of all.

4. But sometimes, in the stillness,

He gently draweth near,
And whispers words of welcome
Into the sinner’s ear;
With anxious Heart He waiteth
The answer to His cry,-
The oft-repeated question,
 “O, wherefore wilt thou die?”

5. O CHRIST, Thy love is mighty;

Long-suffered is Thy grace;
And glorious is the splendour
That beneath from Thy Face.
Our hearts up-leap in gladness
When we behold that love,
As we go singing onward,
To dwell with Thee above. Amen.

HYMN CH 233 – “To know the love of Christ… that ye might be filled with all the fullness of
God.” – EPH. iii. 19

1. O LOVE, that wilt not let me go,

I rest my weary soul in Thee:
I give Thee back the life I owe,
That in Thine ocean depths its flow
May richer, fuller be.

2. O Light, that followest all my way,

I yield my flickering torch to Thee:
My heart restores its borrowed ray,
That in Thy sunshine’s blaze its day
May brighter, fairer be.

3. O Joy, that sleekest me thorugh pain,

I cannot close my heart to Thee:
I trace the rainbow through the rain,
And feel the promise is not vain
That morn shall tearless be.

4. O Cross, that liftest up my head,

I dare not ask to fly from Thee:
I lay in dust life’s glory dead,
And from the ground there blossoms red
Life that shall endless be. Amen.

HYMN CH 234 – “The mercy seat… where I will meet with Thee.”- EXOD. xxx. 6.

1. APPROACH, my soul, the mercy-seat,

Where JESUS answers prayer:
There humbly fall before His feet,
For none can perish there.

2. Thy promise is my only plea;

With this I venture nigh;
Thou callest burdened souls to Thee,
And such, O LORD, am I.
3. Bowed down beneath a load of sin,
By Satan sorely pressed,
By war without, and fears within,
I come to Thee for rest.

4. Be Thou my Shield and Hiding-place,

That, sheltered near Thy side,
I may my fierce accuser face,
And tell him Thou hast died.

5. O wondrous Love! To bleed and die,

To bear the Cross and shame,
That guilty sinners, such as I,
Might plead Thy gracious Name! Amen

HYMN CH 235 – “Unto you therefore which believe He is precious.”- I PET. ii. 7

1. I NEED Thee, precious JESU,

For I am full of sin;
My soul is dark and guilty,
My heart is dead within;
I need the cleansing fountain,
Where I can always flee,
The Blood of CHRIST most precious,
The sinner’s perfect plea.

2. I need Thee, precious JESU,

For I am very poor;
A stranger and a pilgrim,
I have no earthly store;
I need the love of JESUS
To cheer me on my way,
To guide my doubting footsteps,
To be my Strength and Stay.

3. I need Thee, precious JESU,

I need a friend like Thee,-
A friend to soothe and pity,
A friend to care for me:
I need the heart of JESUS
To feel each anxious care,
To tell my every trouble,
And all my sorrows share.

4. I need Thee, precious JESU,

I need Thee, day by day,
To fill me with Thy fulness,
To lead me on my way;
I need Thy HOLY SPIRIT
To teach me what I am,
To show me more of JESUS,
 To point me to the LAMB.

5. I need Thee, precious JESU,

And hope to see Thee soon
Encircled with the rainbow,
And seated on Thy Throne;
There, with Thy Blood-bought children,
My joy shall ever be
To sing Thy praises, JESU,
To gaze, my LORD, on Thee. Amen

HYMN CH 236 - “Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of
salvation?” – HEB. i. 14.

1. THEY come, GOD’S messengers of love,-

They come from realms of peace above;
From homes of never-fading light,
From blissful mansions ever bright.

2. They come to watch around us here,

To soothe our sorrow, calm our fear:
Ye heavenly Guides, flee not away,
GOD willeth you with us to stay.

3. But chiefly at its journey’s end

‘Tis yours the spirit to befriend;
And whisper to the faithful heart,
“O Christian soul, in peace depart.”

4. Blest JESU, Thou Whose groans and tears

Have sanctified frail nature’s fears!
When to the earth in sorrow weighed,
Thou didst not scorn Thine Angel’s aid:

5. An Angel guard to us supply,

When on the bed of death we lie;
And by Thine own Almighty power
O shield us in the last dread hour.

6. To GOD the FATHER, GOD the SON,

And GOD the SPIRIT, THREE in ONE;
From all above, and all below,
Let joyful praise unceasing flow. Amen.

HYMN CH 237 “Watch and pray.”- MATT. xxvi. 41

1. “CHRISTIAN! Seek not yet repose,”

Hear thy guardian Angel say;
Thou art in the midst of foes;
“Watch and pray.”
2. Principalities and powers,
Mustering their unseen array,
Wait for thy unguarded hours:
“Watch and pray.”

3. Gird thy heavenly armour on,

Wear it ever night and day;
Ambushed lies the evil one;
“Watch and pray.”

4. Hear the victors who o’ercame;

Still they mark each warrior’s way!
All with one sweet voice exclaim,
“Watch and pray.”

5. Hear, above all, hear thy LORD,

Him thou lovest to obey;
Hide within thy heart His Word,
“Watch and pray.”

6. Watch, as if on that alone

Hung the issues of the day;
Pray, that help may be sent down;
“Watch and pray.” Amen.

HYMN CH 238 – “In Whom we have redemption through His Blood, the forgiveness of sins.” – EPH. i. 7

1. WEARY of earth, and laden with my sin,

I look at Heaven and long to enter in!
But there no evil thing may find a home:
And yet I hear a Voice that bids me, “Come”.

2. So vile I am, how dare I hope to stand

In the pure glory of that Holy Land?
Before the whiteness of that Throne appear?
Yet there are Hands stretched out to draw me near.

3. It is the Voice of JESUS that I hear,

His are the Hands stretched out to draw me near,
And His the Blood that can for all atone,
And set me faultless there before the Throne.

4. ‘Twas He who found me on the deathly wild,

And made me heir of Heaven, the FATHER’S child,
And day by day, whereby my soul may live,
Gives me His grace of pardon, and will give.

5. O Great Absolver, grant my soul may wear

The lowliest garb of penitence and prayer,
That in the FATHER’S courts my glorious dress
May be the garment of Thy Righteousness.
6. Yea, Thou wilt answer for me, Righteous LORD;
Thine all the merits, mine the great reward!
Thine the sharp thorns, and mine the golden crown;
Mine the life won, and Thine the life laid down!

7. Naught can I bring, dear LORD, for all I owe;

Yet let my full heart what it can bestow;
Like Mary’s gift, let my devotion prove,
Forgiven greatly, how I greatly love. Amen.

HYMN CH 239 – “Whom resist, steadfast in the faith.” – I PET. v. 9.

1. CHRISTIAN! dost thou see them

On the holy ground,
How the hosts of darkness
Compass thee around?
Christian, up and smite them,
Counting gain but loss;
Smite them by the merit
Of the holy Cross.

2. Christian! dost thou feel them,

How they work within,
Striving tempting, luring,
Goading unto sin?
Christian, never tremble;
Never be down-cast;
Gird thee for the conflict,
Watch, and pray, and fast.

3. Christian! dost thou hear them,

How they speak thee fair?
“Quit thy weary vigil,
Cease from watch and prayer;”
Christian, answer boldly.
“While I breathe I pray!”
Peace shall follow battle,
Night shall end in day.

4. “Well I know thy trouble,

O My servant true;
Thou art very weary,
I was weary too:
But that toil shall make thee
One day all Mine own;
And the end of sorrow
Shall be near My Throne!” Amen.

HYMN CH 240 – “ Oh that I were as in months past.’’– Job xxix. 2

1. OH! For a closer walk with GOD,

A calm and heavenly frame;
 A light to shine upon the road
That leads me to the Lamb!

2. Where is the blessedness I knew

When first I saw the LORD?
Where is the soul–refreshing view
Of JESUS and His Word?

3. What peaceful hours I once enjoyed!

How sweet their memory still!
But they have left an aching void
The world can never fill.

4. Return, O Holy Dove, return,

Sweet messenger of rest;
I hate the sins that made Thee mourn,
And drove Thee from, my breast.

5. The dearest idol I have known,

Whate’er that idol be,
Help me to tear it from Thy Throne,
And worship only Thee.

6. So shall my walk be close with GOD,

Calm and serene my frame:
So purer light shall mark the road
That leads me to the LAMB. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 241 – “Create in me a clean heart, O God.”- PSALM li. 10

1. OH! for a heart to praise my GOD,

A heart from sin set free:
A heart that’s sprinkled with the Blood
So freely shed for me!

2. A heart resigned, submissive, meek,

My great Redeemer’s throne;
Where only CHRIST is heard to speak,
Where JESUS reigns alone.

3. A humble, lowly, contrite heart,

Believing, true, and clean,
Which neither life nor death can part
From Him that dwells with.

4. A heart in every thought renewed,

And full of love Divine,
Perfect, and right, and pure, and good,
A copy, LORD, of Thine.
5. Thy nature, gracious LORD, impart:
Come quickly from above;
Write Thy new Name upon my heart,
Thy new best Name of Love. Amen.

HYMN CH 242 - Whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after Me, cannot be My disciple.”-
LUKE xiv. 27.

1. HOW shall I follow Him I serve?

How shall I copy Him I love,
Nor from those blessed footsteps swerve
Which lead me to His seat above?

2. Privations, sorrows, bitter scorn,

The life of toil, the mean abode,
The faithless kiss, the crown of thorn,-
Are these the consecrated road?

3. ‘Twas thus He suffered, though a Son,

Foreknowing, choosing, feeling all,
Until the perfect work was done,
And drunk the bitter cup of gall.

4. LORD, should my path through suffering lie,

Forbid it I should e’er repine;
Still let me turn to Calvary,
Nor heed my griefs, remember Thine.

5. To faint, to grieve, to die for me

Thou camest, not Thyself to please!
And, dear as earthly comforts be,
Shall I not love Thee more than these?

6. Yes! I would count them all but loss,

That I may follow after Thee;
Flesh shrinks and trembles at the cross,
But Thou canst give the victory. Amen.

HYMN CH 243 – “If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and
follow Me.” – MATT. xvi. 24

1. TAKE up thy cross, the SAVIOUR said,

If thou wouldst My discipline be;
Take up thy cross with willing heart,
And humbly follow after Me.

2. Take up thy cross; let not its weight

Fill thy weak soul with vain alarm;
 His strength shall bear thy spirit up,
And brace thy heart, and nerve thine arm.

3. Take up thy cross, nor heed the shame,

Nor let thy foolish pride rebel;
Thy LORD for thee the Cross endured,
To save thy soul from death and hell.

4. Take up thy cross, then, in His strength,

And calmly every danger brave;
‘Twill guide thee to a better home;
And lead to victory o’er the grave.

5. Take up thy cross, and follow CHRIST,

Nor think till death to lay it down;
For only he who bears the cross
May hope to wear the glorious crown. Amen

HYMN CH 244 – “Come ye… without money, and without price.”- ISA. lv. 1

1. JUST as I am---without one plea,

But that Thy Blood was shed for me,
And that Thou bidd’st me come to Thee,
O LAMB of GOD, I come.

2. Just as I am---and waiting not

To rid my soul of one dark blot,-
To Thee, whose Blood can cleanse each spot,
O LAMB of GOD, I come.

3. Just as I am---though tosses about

With many a conflict, many a doubt,
With fears within and wars without,-
O LAMB of GOD I come.

4. Just as I am---poor, wretched, blind,-

Sight, riches, healing of the mind,
Yea, all I need, in Thee to find,
O LAMB of GOD I come.

5. Just as I am---Thou wilt receive,

Wilt welcome, pardon, cleanse, relieve:
Because Thy promise I believe,
O LAMB of GOD I come.

6. Just as I am---Thy Love unknown

Has broken every barrier down;
Now to be Thine, yea, Thine alone,-
O LAMB of GOD I come.
7. Just as I am--of that free Love
The breadth, length, depth, and height to prove,
Here for a season, then above-
O LAMB of GOD I come. Amen.

HYMN C.H 245 – “Out of the deep have I called unto Thee, O Lord.” – PSALM cxxx. 1.

1. OUT of the deep I call

To thee, O Lord, to Thee;
Before Thy Throne of grace I fall;
Be merciful to me.

2. Out of the deep I cry,

The woeful deep of sin,
Of evil done in days gone by,
Of evil now within.

3. Out of the deep of fear,

And dread of coming shame,
From morning watch till night is near
I plead the Precious Name.

4. LORD, there is mercy now

As ever was, with Thee;
Before Thy Throne of grace I bow;
Be merciful to me. Amen

HYMN CH 246 – “To-day if ye will hear His voice.” – PSALM xcv. 7.

1. TO-DAY Thy mercy calls us

To wash away our sin,
However great our trespass,
Whatever we have been;
However long from mercy
Our hearts have turned away,
Thy Blood, O CHRIST, can cleanse us,
And make us white to-day.

2. To-day Thy gate is open,

And all who enter in
Shall find a FATHER’S welcome,
And pardon for their sin.
The past shall be forgotten,
A present joy be given,
A future grace be promised,
A glorious crown in Heaven.

3. To-day our FATHER calls us,

His HOLY SPIRIT waits;
His blessed Angels gather
Around the Heavenly gates.
No question will be asked us
 How often we have come;
Although we oft have wandered
It is our FATHER’S Home!

4. Oh, all embracing mercy!

Oh, ever open Door!
What should we do without Thee
When heart and eye run o’er?
When all things seem against us,
To drive us to despair,
We know one Gate is open,
One Ear will hear our prayer. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 247 – “Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if any man hear My voice, and open the door, I
will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with Me.” – REV. iii. 20.

1. O JESU, Thou art standing

Outside the fast-closed door,
In lowly patience waiting
To pass the threshold o’er;
Shame on us, Christian brothers,
His Name and sign who bear,
O shame, thrice shame upon us
To keep Him standing there!

2. O JESU, Thou art knocking;

And lo! that Hand is scarred,
And thorns Thy Brow encircle,
And tears Thy Face have marred:
O love that passeth knowledge
So patiently to wait!
O sin that hath no equal
So fast to bar the gate!

3. O JESU, Thou are pleading

In accents meek and low,
“I died for you, My children,
And will ye treat Me so?”
O LORD, with shame and sorrow
We open now the door:
Dear SAVIOUR, enter, enter,
And leave us never more. Amen.

HYMN CH 248 – “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me.” –
GAL. ii. 20.

1. OH, the bitter shame and sorrow

That a time could ever be,
When I let the SAVIOUR’S pity
Plead in vain, and proudly answered,
“All of self, and none of Thee.”
2. Yet He found me; I beheld Him
Bleeding on the accursed Tree,
Heard Him pray: “Forgive them, FATHER”;
And my wistful heart said faintly,
“Some of self, and some of Thee.”

3. Day by day His tender mercy,

Healing, helping, full and free,
Sweet and strong, and ah! So patient,
Brought me lower, while I whispered,
“Less of self, and more of Thee.”

4. Higher than the highest Heaven,

Deeper than the deepest sea,
LORD, Thy love at last hath conquered;
Grant me now my supplication,
“None of self, and all of Thee.” Amen

HYMN CH 249 – “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us
from all unrighteousness.” – I JOHN i. 9.

1. NO! not despairingly

Come I to Thee;
No! not distrustingly
Bend I the knee
Sin hath gone over me,
Yet is this still my plea,
“JESUS hath died.”

2. Ah! Mine iniquity

Crimson has been,
Infinite, infinite,
Sin upon sin;
Sin of not loving Thee,
Sin of not trusting Thee,
Infinite sin.

3. LORD, I confess to Thee

Sadly my sin;
All I am tell I Thee,
All I have been.
Purge Thou my sin away;
Wash Thou my soul this day;
LORD,, make me clean.

4. Faithful and just art Thou,

Forgiving all;
Low at Thy pierced Feet,
SAVIOUR, I fall:
LORD, let the cleansing Blood,
Pass o’er my soul.
5. Then all is peace and light
This soul within;
Thus shall I walk with Thee,
The loved Unseen,
Leaning on Thee, my GOD,
Guided along the road,
Nothing between. Amen

HYMN C.H 250 – “We love Him, because He first loved us.” – I JOHN iv. 19

1. MY GOD, I love Thee, not because

I hope for Heaven thereby,
Nor yet because who love Thee not
May die eternally.

2. Thou, O my SAVIOUR, Thou didst me

Upon the Cross embrace;
For me didst bear the nails and spear,
And manifold disgrace.

3. And griefs and torments numberless,

And sweat of agony;
Yea, death itself; and all for me
Who was Thine enemy.

4. Then why, O Blessed JESU CHRIST,

Should I not love Thee well?
Not for the hope of winning Heaven,
Nor of escaping hell;

5. Not with the hope of gaining aught,

Not seeking a reward;
But as Thyself hast loved me,
O ever-loving LORD.

6. So would I love Thee, dearest LORD,

And in Thy praise will sing;
Solely because Thou art my GOD,
And my eternal King. Amen.

Hymn – C.H. 251 - “The Lord will bless His people with peace.” – PSALM xxix. 11.

1. DEAR LORD and FATHER of mankind,

Forgive our foolish ways;
Reclothe us in our rightful mind;
In purer lives Thy service find,
In deeper reverence, praise.

2. In simple trust like theirs who heard,

Beside the Syrian sea,
The gracious calling of the LORD,
 Let us, like them, without a word
Rise up and follow Thee.

3. O Sabbath rest by Galilee!

O calm of hills above,
Where JESUS knelt to share with Thee
The silence of eternity,
Interpreted by love!

4. With that deep hush subduing all

Our words and works that drown
The tender whisper of Thy call
As noiseless let Thy blessing fall
As fell Thy manna down.

5. Drop Thy still dews of quietness,

Till all our striving cease;
Take from our souls the strain and stress,
And let our ordered lives confess
The beauty of Thy peace.

6. Breathe through the heats of our desire

Thy coolness and Thy balm;
Let sense be dumb, let flesh retire;
Speak through the earthquake, wind and fire,
O still small voice of calm! Amen.

HYMN CH 252 – “He healeth the broken in heart.” – PSALM cxlvii. 3.

1. WHEN, wounded sore, the stricken soul

Lies bleeding and unbound,
One only Hand, a pierced Hand,
Can salve the sinner’s wound.

2. When sorrow swells the laden breast,

And tears of anguish flow,
One only Heart, a broken Heart,
Can feel the sinner’s woe.

3. When penitential grief has wept

Over some foul dark spot,
One only Stream, a stream of Blood,
Can wash away the blot.

4. ‘Tis JESUS’ Blood that washes white,

His Hand that brings relief,
His Heart that’s touched with all our joys,
And feels for all our grief.
5. Lift up Thy bleeding Hand, O LORD;
Unseal that cleansing Tide:
We have no shelter from our sin
But in Thy wounded Side. Amen.

HYMN CH 253 – “God be merciful to me, a sinner.”- LUKE xviii. 13

1. SINFUL, sighing to be blest;

Bound, and longing to be free!
Weary, waiting for my rest,-
GOD be merciful to me!

2. Goodness I have none to plead,

Sinfulness in all I see;
I can only bring my need;
GOD be merciful to me!

3. Broken heart and downcast eyes

Dare not lift themselves to Thee!
Yet Thou canst interpret sighs:
GOD be merciful to me!

4. From this sinful heart of mine

To Thy bosom I would flee;
I am not my own, but Thine;
GOD be merciful to me!

5. There is One beside the Throne,

And my only hope and plea
Are in Him, and Him alone:
GOD be merciful to me!

6. He my cause will undertake,

My Interpreter will be;
He’s my all; and for His sake
GOD be merciful to me! Amen.

HYMN CH 254 – “Even every one that is called by My Name; for I have created him for My Glory.” – ISA.
xliii. 7.

1. JESUS, Thou art standing pleading,

Calling me to rest;
Shall I, yielding, hearken to Thee,
And be blest?

2. Thou hast formed me for Thy glory,

For Thine Own delight;
Can I still withhold, LORD; from Thee,
This Thy right?
3. Oh, this heart is weary, restless,
Bound by many a chain,
Gainst which heart and will, though striving,
Strive in vain.

4. LORD, I yield: no more withstanding

Thine all-loving will,
Take me, Master, break me, make me,
Cleanse, and fill.

5. Take my will: ‘tis Thine henceforth, LORD,

Lead me by Thy way;
Let my words and actions please Thee,
Day by day.

6. Oh, the joy of full surrender,

Keeping from Thee nought,
As I yield, my heart is finding
Peace long sought. Amen.

HYMN CH 255 – “Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength.”-
ISA. xxvi. 4.

1. I AM trusting Thee, LORD JESUS,

Trusting only Thee;
Trusting Thee for full salvation,
Great and free.

2. I am trusting Thee for pardon,

At Thy Feet I bow;
For Thy great and tender mercy,
Trusting now.

3. I am trusting Thee for cleansing,

In the crimson flood;
Trusting Thee to make me holy
By Thy Blood.

4. I am trusting Thee to guide me,

Thou alone shalt lead;
Every day and hour supplying
All my need.

5. I am trusting Thee for power,

Thine can never fail;
Words which Thou Thyself shalt give me
Must prevail.

6. I am trusting Thee, LORD JESUS,

Never let me fall;
I am trusting Thee for ever,
And for all. Amen.
HYMN CH 256 – “Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of
witnesses… let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus.” – HEB. xii.
i. 2

1. ART thou weary, art thou languid,

Art thou sore distrest?
“Come to Me” – saith One – “and coming,
Be at rest!”

2. Hath He marks to lead me to Him,

If He be my Guide?
“In His feet and Hands are wound-prints,
And His Side.”

3. Hath He diadem as Monarch,

That His Brow adorns?
“Yea, a crown, in very surety,
But of thorns!”

4. If I find Him, if I follow,

What His guerdon here?
“Many a sorrow, many a labour,
Many a tear.”

5. If I still hold closely to Him,

What hath He at last?
“Sorrow vanquished, labour ended, Jordan past.”

6. If I ask Him to receive me,

Will He say me nay?
“Not till earth, and not till Heaven Pass away.”

7. Finding, following, keeping, struggling,

Is He sure to bless?
“Saints, Apostles, Prophets, Martyrs, Answer, Yes.”
Amen.

HYMN CH 257 – “Your life is hid with Christ in God.”- COL. iii. 3.

1. O LAMB of GOD, still keep me

Close to Thy pierced Side;
‘Tis only there in safety
And peace I can abide.

2. What foes and snares surround me,

What lusts and fears within!
The grace that sought and found me
Alone can keep me clean.
3. ‘Tis only in Thee hiding,
I feel myself secure;
Only in Thee abiding,
The conflict can endure.

4. Thine Arm the victory gaineth

O’er every hateful foe;
Thy love my heart sustaineth
In all its cares and woe.

5. Soon shall my eyes behold Thee

With rapture Face to face;
One half hath not been told me
Of all Thy power and grace.

6. Thy beauty, LORD, and glory,

The wonders of Thy Love,
Shall be the endless story
Of all Thy Saints above. Amen.

HYMN CH 258 – “Ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of
your souls.”- I PET. ii. 25.

1. I WAS a wandering sheep,

I did not love the fold;
I did not love my Shepherd’s voice,
I would not be controlled.
I was a wayward child,
I did not love my Home;
I did not love my FATHER’S Voice,
I loved afar to roam.

2. The Shepherd sought His sheep,

The FATHER sought His child;
They followed me o’er vale and hill,
O’er deserts waste and wild:
They found me nigh to death,
Famished, and faint, and lone;
They bound me with the bands of love;
They saved the wandering one!

3. They spoke in tender love,

They raised my drooping head:
They gently closed my bleeding wounds,
My fainting soul they fed.
They washed my guilt away,
They made me clean and fair;
They brought me to my home in peace-
The long-sought wanderer!

4. JESUS my Shepherd is,

 ‘Twas He that loved my soul,
‘Twas He that washed me in His Blood,
‘Twas He that made me whole.
‘Twas He that sought the lost,
That found the wandering sheep.
‘Twas He that brought me to the fold,
‘Tis He that still doth keep.

5. I was a wandering sheep,

I would not be controlled;
But now I love my Shepherd’s voice,
I love, I love the fold!
I was a wayward child,
I once preferred to roam;
But now I love my FATHER’S voice,
I love, I love His Home! Amen.

HYMN C.H. 259 – “He shall make an atonement for the holy place.” – LEV. xvi. 16

1. NOT for our sins alone

Thy mercy, LORD, we sue;
Let fall Thy pitying glance
On our devotions too,-
What we have done for Thee,
And what we think to do.

2. The holiest hours we spend

In prayer upon our knees;-
The times when most we deem
Our songs of praise will please;-
Thou Searcher of all hearts,
Forgiveness pour on these.

3. And all the gifts we bring,

And all the vows we make,
And all the acts of love
We plan for Thy dear sake,
Into Thy pardoning thought,
O GOD of mercy, take.

4. Bow down Thine ear and hear,

Open Thine eyes and see!
Our very love is shame,
And we must come to Thee,
To make it, of Thy grace,
What Thou would'st have it be. Amen

HYMN CH 260 – “Out of the depths have I cried unto Thee, O Lord; Lord, hear my voice.” -
PSALM cxxx. 1, 2.
1. EMPTY I come, O GOD, to Thee,
Burdened with sin, oh! rescue me;
Hear Thou my soul’s deep cry to Thee,
Through JESUS CHRIST.

2. Hungry, I come, for none but Thou,

SAVIOUR and Friend, can’st help me now;
Wash me from sin; to Thee I bow,
LORD JESUS CHRIST.

3. Shattered and bruised, my soul unclad,

Look on me, LORD, so lost and sad;
Pardon and peace alone make glad,
LORD JESUS CHRIST.

4. LORD, I believe! though sick from sin,

Open the Door, oh! let me in;
Grant to me now new life within,
LORD JESUS CHRIST.

5. Cover me, LORD, with garments white,

Keep them for me all pure and bright,
Show me Thyself, unveil my sight,
LORD JESUS CHRIST.

6. LORD, I am Thine! who could repay

Such wondrous Love? Yet with me stay;
Teach me to walk with Thee each day,
LORD JESUS CHRIST.

7. “Till the Day break, and shadows flee,”

SPIRIT of CHRIST! dwell Thou in me:
So, may my life bring praise to Thee,
O LORD my GOD! Amen.

HYMN CH 261 – “My God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ
Jesus.” - PHIL. Iv. 19

1. JESUS, my Strength, my Hope,

On Thee I cast my care;
With humble confidence look up,
And know Thou hearest prayer.
Give me on Thee to wait
Till I can all things do;-
On Thee, Almighty to create,
Almighty to renew.

2. I want a godly fear,

A quick, discerning eye,
That looks to Thee when sin is near,
 And sees the tempter fly:
A spirit still prepared,
And armed with jealous care,
For ever standing on its guard,
And watching unto prayer.

3. I want a heart to pray,--

To pray and never cease,-
Never to murmur at Thy stay,
Or wish my sufferings less:
This blessing, above all,
Always to pray, I want,
Out of the deep on Thee to call,
And never, never faint.

4. I rest upon Thy Word,

Thy promise is for me;
My succour and salvation, LORD,
Shall surely come from Thee.
But let me still abide,
Nor from my hope remove
Till Thou my patient spirit guide
Into Thy perfect love. Amen.

HYMN CH 262 – “I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not.”- LUKE xxii. 32

1. IN the hour of trial,

JESU, pray for me,
Lest by base denial
I depart from Thee;-
When Thou seest me waver,
With a look recall,
Nor, for fear or favour,
Suffer me to fall.

2. With its witching pleasures

Would this vain world charm,
Or its sordid treasures
Spread to work me harm,-
Bring to my remembrance
Sad Gethsemane,
Or, in darker semblance
Cross-crowned Calvary.

3. If with sore affliction

Thou in love chastise,
Pour Thy benediction
On the sacrifice;
Then, upon Thine altar
Freely offered up,
 Though the flesh may falter,
Faith shall drink the cup.

4. When in dust and ashes

To the grave I sink,
While Heaven’s glory flashes
O’er the shelving brink,
On Thy truth relying
Through that mortal strife,
LORD, receive me, dying,
To eternal life. Amen.

HYMN CH 263 – “Come unto Me, all ye that labour and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.”-
MATT. xi. 28

1. “COME unto Me, ye weary,

And I will give you rest.”
O blessed Voice of JESUS,
Which comes to hearts opprest!
It tells of benediction,
Of pardon, grace, and peace,
Of joy that hath no ending,
Of love which cannot cease.

2. “Come unto Me, ye wanderers,

And I will give you light.”
O loving Voice of JESUS,
Which comes to cheer the night!
Our hearts were filled with sadness,
And we had lost our way,
But morning brings us gladness,
And songs the break of day.

3. “Come unto Me, ye fainting,

And I will give you life.”
O cheering Voice of JESUS,
Which comes to end our strife!
The foe is stern and eager,
The fight is fierce and long:
But Thou hast made us might,
And stronger than the strong.

4. “And whosoever cometh,

I will not cast him out.”
O welcome Voice of JESUS,
Which drives away our doubt!
Which calls us- very sinners,
Unworthy though we be
Of love so free and boundless-
To come, dear LORD, to Thee! Amen.

HYMN CH 264 – “Him that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast out.”- JOHN vi. 37.
1. I HEARD the Voice of JESUS say,
“Come unto Me and rest:
Lay down, thou weary one, lay down
Thy head upon My breast”:
I came to JESUS as I was,
Weary and worn, and sad;
I found in Him a resting-place,
And He has made me glad.

2. I heard the Voice of JESUS say,

“Behold I freely give
The living water, thirsty one,
Stoop down, and drink, and live”:
I came to JESUS, and I drank
Of that life-giving stream;
My thirst was quenched, my soul revived,
And now I live in Him.

3. I heard the Voice of JESUS say,

“I am this dark world’s Light;
Look unto Me, thy morn shall rise,
And all thy day be bright
I looked to JESUS, and I found
In Him my Star, my Sun;
And in that Light of life I’ll walk
Till travelling days are done. Amen.

HYMN CH 265 – “It is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.”- HEB. X.
4.

1. NOT all the blood of beasts,

On Jewish altars slain,
Could give the guilty conscience peace,
Or wash away the stain.

2. But CHRIST, the Heavenly LAMB,

Takes all our sins away;
A sacrifice of nobler name,
And richer blood than they.

3. My faith would lay her hand

On that dear Head of Thine,
While like a penitent I stand,
And there confess my sin.

4. My soul looks back to see

The burdens Thou didst bear
When hanging on the cursed Tree,
And hopes her guilt was there.

5. Believing, we rejoice
 To see the curse remove;
We bless the LAMB with cheerful voice,
And sing His dying love. Amen.

HYMN CH 266 – “Lord, remember me.”- LUKE xxiii. 42.

1. O THOU, from Whom all goodness flows,

I lift my heart to Thee;
In all my sorrows, conflicts, woes,
Good LORD, remember me.

2. When, on my aching, burdened heart,

My sins lie heavily,
Thy pardon grant, Thy peace impart;
Good LORD, remember me.

3. When trials sore obstruct my way,

And ills I cannot flee,
Oh, let my strength be as my day;
Good LORD, remember me.

4. If for Thy sake, upon my name

Shame and reproaches be;
All hail reproach, and welcome shame!
Good LORD, remember me.

5. If worn with pain, disease, and grief

This feeble frame should be;
Grant patience, rest, and kind relief;
Good LORD, remember me.

6. When, in the solemn hour of death,

I wait Thy just decree,
Be this the prayer of my last breath,-
Good LORD, remember me.

7. And when before Thy Throne I stand,

And lift my soul to Thee,
Then, with the Saints at Thy right hand,
Good LORD, remember me. Amen.

HYMN CH 267 – “I will feed My flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord God.” –
EZEK. xxxiv. 15.

1. SOULS of men! Why will ye scatter

Like a crowd of frightened sheep?
Foolish hearts! Why will ye wander
From a love so true and deep?
 Was there ever kindest shepherd
Half so gentle, half so sweet,
As the SAVIOUR Who would have us
Come and gather round His Feet?

2. There’s wideness in GOD’s mercy

Like the wideness of the sea;
There’s a kindness in His justice
Which is more than liberty,
There’s no place where earth’s deep sorrows
Are more felt than up in Heaven;
There’s no place where earth’s great failings
Have such kindly judgment given.

3. There is welcome for the sinner,

And more graces for the good;
There is mercy with the SAVIOUR;
There is healing in His Blood.
There is plentiful redemption
In the Blood that has been shed;
There is joy for all the members
In the sorrows of the Head.

4. But we make His Love too narrow,

By false limits of our own;
And we magnify His strictness,
With a zeal He will not own.
For the Love of GOD is broader
Than the measures of man’s mind,
And the Heart of the Eternal
Is most wonderfully kind.

5. Pining souls! Come nearer JESUS;

And O come, not doubting thus,
But with faith that trusts more bravely
His great tenderness for us.
If our love were but more simple,
We should take Him at His Word,
And our lives would be all sunshine
In the sweetness of our LORD. Amen.

HYMN CH 268 – “I have loved thee with an everlasting love.”- JER. xxxi. 3.

1. O SAVIOUR, I have naught to plead

In earth beneath or Heaven above,
But just my own exceeding need,
And Thy exceeding love.
2. The need will soon be past and gone,-
Exceeding great, but quickly o’er;-
The love unbought is all Thine own,
And lasts for evermore. Amen.

HYMN CH 269 – “Behold, I stand at the door, and knock; if any man hear My voice, and open the door, I
will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with Me.” – REV. iii. 20.

1. HUSH, my soul, what Voice is pleading?

Thou canst feel its silent power;
Who is this that speaks so gently
In this solemn evening hour?
“Stay, poor sinner; life is fleeting,
And thy soul is dark within;
Wilt thou wait till outer darkness
Close in gloom thy life of sin?”

2. Hark! It is a Voice of sweetness,

Tenderly it speaks, and true!
Dark and sad, yet strangely yearning
For a peace I never knew,-
Half inclined to stay and listen,-
Half inclined to go away,-
Still I linger, for it whispers,
“Harden not thy heart to-day!”

3. What is this that steals upon me?

Can it be that at my side,
In His own mysterious Presence,
Stands the wondrous Crucified?
“Why, poor sinner, wilt thou linger?
I am waiting to forgive;
See the meaning of those woundprints;
I have died, that thou mayest live!”

4. Hush, my soul! It is Thy SAVIOUR!

And He seeks His lost one now!
He is waiting; flee not from Him,
Venture near, before Him bow;
Tell thy sins; He will forgive thee;
And He will not love thee less;
For the human Heart of JESUS
Overflows with tenderness. Amen.

HYMN –C.H. 270 - “There shall be showers of blessing.” – EZEK. xxxiv. 26.

1. LORD, I hear of showers of blessing

Thou art scattering, full and free;
Showers, the thirsty land refreshing;
Let some droppings fall on me –
Even me.
2. Pass me not, O gracious FATHER!
Sinful thought my heart may be;
Thou might’st leave me, but the rather
Let Thy mercy light on me, -
Even me.

3. Pass me not, O tender SAVIOUR!

Let me love Thee – cling to Thee;
I am longing for Thy favour;
When Thou comest, call for me, -
Even me.

4. Pass me not, O mighty SPIRIT!

Thou canst make the blind to see;
Witnesser of JESUS’ merit,
Speak the word of power to me, -
Even me.

5. Have I long in sin been sleeping, -

Long been slighting, grieving Thee?
Has the world my heart been keeping?
Oh! Forgive and rescue me, -
Even me.

6. Love of GOD, so pure and changeless;

Blood of CHRIST, so rich and free;
Grace of GOD, so strong and boundless;
Magnify them all in me. – Even me.

7. Pass me not; but, pardon bringing,

Bind my heart, O LORD, to Thee,
All my heart to Thee is springing;
Blessing others, oh! Bless me, -
Even me. Amen

HYMN CH 271 – “Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time
of love.” – EZEK. Xvi. 8.

1. MY GOD, My FATHER! Dost Thou call

Thy long-lost wandering child to Thee?
And canst Thou, wilt Thou, pardon all!-
I come, I come; LORD, save Thou me!

2. O JESUS! Art Thou passing by

With all Thy goodness, grace, and power?
And dost Thou hear my broken cry?
I come, I come, in mercy’s hour.
3. O HOLY SPIRIT! is it Thou,
My tenderest Friend, refused too long?
And art Thou pleading, striving now?-
I come, I come, make weakness strong.

4. Yes, LORD, I come; Thy heart of love

Is moving, kindling, drawing mine;
I cast me at Thy feet to prove
The bliss, the heaven of being Thine. Amen.

HYMN CH 272 – “Come unto Me, all ye that labour and are heavy-laden, and I will give you
rest.”- MATT. xi. 28

1. LORD, to Whom the heavy-laden

Came in troublous days of yore;
Man and woman, youth and maiden,
Here our sins we could deplore.
Every fault to Thee is clearer
Than the clouds that fleck the sky;
But no angel song is dearer
Than the contrite sinner’s cry.

2. Here we leave our load of error,

Cast on Thee our heaviest care;
Here confess our haunting terror,
Lest Thy righteous wrath we bear.
Bend our wills, and make us humble;
Cleanse our unbelief and pride:
Pardon every guilty stumble;
Keep us near Thy pierced Side.

3. Though our manifold transgression

Vex Thine eyes, in mercy spare;
Let the Spirit’s intercession
Reach Thine Ear, and mould our prayer;
Teach us what to ask, and seeking,
Grant us all we long to find;
Hush our hearts to hear, and speaking,
Make us tread Thy path designed.

4. Mid the din of war and passion,

Guide the issue of the strife;
Crown the right, and duly fashion
From the chaos ordered life,
So, with songs of triumph sounding,
From our knees in faith we rise;
Every hostile power confounding,
Which Thy way of Truth defies. Amen.
HYMN CH 273 – “Turn Thou us unto Thee, O Lord, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.”-
LAM. V. 21

1. AWAKE, O LORD, as in the time of old!

Come, HOLY SPIRIT, in Thy power and might;
For lack of Thee our hearts are strangely cold,
Our minds but blindly groping towards the light.

2. Doubts are abroad: make Thou these doubts to cease!

Fears are within; set Thou these fears at rest!
Strife is among us: melt that strife to peace!
Change marches onward: may all change be blest!

3. Make us to be what we profess to be;

Let prayer be prayer, and praise be heart-felt praise;
From unreality, O set us free,
And let our words be echoed by our ways.

4. Turn us, good LORD, and so shall we be turned;

Let every passion grieving Thee be stilled;
Then shall our race be won, our guerdon earned,
Our Master looked on, and our joy fulfilled. Amen.

HYMN CH 274 – “God save the King.” – I SAM. x. 24

1. GOD save our gracious Queen,

God save the Queen!
Send her victorious,
Happy and glorious,
Long to reign over us,
GOD save the Queen!

2. O LORD our GOD, arise,

Scatter her enemies,
And make them fall:
Confound their politics,
Frustrate their knavish tricks,
On Thee our hopes we fix,
GOD save us all.

3. Thy choicest gifts in store

On her be pleased to pour!
Long may she reign!
May she defend our laws,
And ever give us cause
To sing with heart and voice
GOD save the Queen! Amen.

FOR THE EMPIRE

O LORD our GOD, arise,

Scatter her enemies,
And make them fall:
And let our Empire be
United, loyal, free,
True to herself and Thee,
GOD save us all.

HYMN CH 275 – “Blessed is the Nation whose God is the Lord.” – PSALM xxxiii. 12.

1. ETERNAL GOD, Whose rule on high

Controls the legions of the sky,
And guides the human will;
We pray Thee guard our native land,
Our Empire shelter with Thine Hand,
And keep us safe from ill.

2. Inspire the Sovereign of this Realm,

And guide those standing at the helm,
Who steer the ship of State;
Direct and prosper all they do,
Preserve them faithful, upright, true,
As watchmen at the gate.

3. May Britain still defend the right,

And mercy triumph over might,
In warfare as in peace;
Let truth and happiness abound,
Wisdom and justice e’er be found,
And honour never cease.

4. So shall our land, while kept by Thee-

Our Island home – be safe and free;
No foeman seize our shore.
We humbly offer this our prayer,
On Thee we cast our country’s care:
LORD, guide us evermore! Amen.

HYMN CH 276 – “Give the king Thy judgments, O God.”—PSALM lxxii. 1.

1. LORD of Might, our land’s Defender,

GOD of Hosts, our Strength and Stay,
Thanks and praise to Thee we render
For Thy mercies day by day;
While our prayer to Thee we bring-
Guard our land and shield our King!

2. LORD of Joy, we stand confessing,

Wealth and honour come from Thee;
Pour upon us of Thy blessing,
May we all Thy mercy see;
But should grief its shadow fling,
Guard our land and shield our King!
3. LORD of Peace, by land and ocean
 Bind our world-wide realms in one,
May they all with true devotion
Gather round our ancient throne;
While each heart this prayer shall bring,
Guard our land and shield our King!

4. LORD of Lords, the GOD of Heaven,

On our King Thy blessings shower,
May Thy strength to him be given.
Guide and guard him by Thy power;
Then where deathless triumphs ring,
In Thy kingdom crown our King! Amen.

HYMN CH 277 – “Honour all men, Love the Brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the King.” – I PET. ii. 17

1. OH King of Kings, Whose reign of old

Hath been from everlasting,
Before Whose Throne their crowns of gold
The white robed Saints are casting:
While all the shining courts on high
With Angel songs are ringing,
Oh let Thy children venture nigh,
Their lowly homage bringing.

2. For every heart, made glad by Thee

With thankful praise is swelling;
And every tongue, with joy set free,
Its happy theme is telling.
Thou hast been mindful of THine own,
And lo! we come confessing-
‘Tis Thou hast dowered fair England’s throne
With countless years of blessing.

3. Lead on, O LORD, Thy people still-

New grace and wisdom giving-
To larger love, and purer will,
And nobler heights of living.
And, while of all Thy love below
They chant the gracious story,
Oh teach them first Thy CHRIST to know,
And magnify His glory. Amen.

HYMN CH 278 – “O Lord, correct me, but with judgment; not in Thine anger.”- JER. x. 24

1. GREAT KING of nations, hear our prayer,

While at Thy Feet we fall,
And humbly, with united cry,
To Thee for mercy call;
The guilt is ours, the grace is Thine;
O turn us not away,
But hear us from Thy lofty Throne,
And help us when we pray.
2. Our fathers’ sins were manifold
And ours no less, we own;
Yet wondrously from age to age
Thy goodness hath been shown;
When dangers, like a stormy sea,
Beset our country round,
To Thee we looked, to Thee we cried
And help in Thee was found.

3. With one consent we meekly bow

Beneath Thy chastening Hand,
And, pouring forth confession meet,
Mourn with our mourning land;
With pitying eye behold our need,
As thus we lift our prayer,
“Correct us with Thy judgments, LORD,
Then let Thy mercy spare.” Amen.

HYMN CH 279 – “Behold, we are before Thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before Thee because
of this.” – EZRA ix. 15.

1. LORD! Light the lamp of prayer within each heart,

We know not what to pray for as we ought;
The times are dark, and friends are wide apart,
And GOD and CHRIST seem far to souls untaught.

2. Wherefore this groping darkness in our land?

Where news of Thy Redemption great and free,
Long since hath come; when Grace at Thy command,
Flows deep and full for all, as doth the sea?

3. LORD, open now the eyes, so blind or dim,

Of those who sit in darkness and in fear;
Unlock the ears of all still deaf to Him
Whose Voice of Love is calling far and near.

4. Remember, LORD, Thy promise great and wide,

That on “all flesh,” Thy SPIRIT shall be poured;
We cry to Thee, Great King, unloose the tide,
Awake the dead, return Thyself, O LORD.

5. Pour out repentance on our native Land;

Light up the minds of all who rule and teach.
That Truth, again, may spring on every hand,
And men of grace may stand within the breach.

6. Arise, O LORD, and stay the stream of doubt,

Spare us, Good LORD, and bring us back to GOD;
Turn hence our foes, that throng within, without,
Thy Standard raise, O CHRIST,
Thou LAMB of GOD! Amen.
HYMN CH 280 – “Lord, Thou hast been favourable unto Thy land.”- PSALM lxxxv. 1.

1. TO Thee, our GOD, we fly

For mercy and for grace;
Oh! Hear our lowly cry,
And hide not Thou Thy Face.
O LORD, stretch forth Thy mighty Hand,
And guard and bless our Fatherland.

2. Arise, O LORD of Hosts!

Be jealous for Thy Name,
And drive from out our coasts
The sins that put to shame,
O LORD, stretch forth Thy mighty Hand,
And guard and bless our Fatherland.

3. Thy best gifts from on high

In rich abundance pour,
That we may magnify,
And praise Thee more and more.
O LORD, stretch forth Thy mighty Hand,
And guard and bless our Fatherland.

4. The powers ordained by Thee

With Heavenly wisdom bless,
May they Thy servants be,
And rule in righteousness.
O LORD, stretch forth Thy mighty Hand,
And guard and bless our Fatherland.

5. The Church of Thy dear SON

Inflame with love’s pure fire;
Bind her once more in one,
And life and truth inspire.
O LORD, stretch forth Thy mighty Hand,
And guard and bless our Fatherland.

6. The pastors of Thy fold

With grace and power endue,
That faithful, pure, and bold,
They may be pastors true.
O LORD, stretch forth Thy mighty Hand,
And guard and bless our Fatherland.

7. Oh! Let us love Thy house,

And sanctify Thy day,
Bring unto The our vows,
And loyal homage pay.
O LORD, stretch forth Thy mighty Hand,
And guard and bless our Fatherland.
8. Give peace, LORD, in our time;
Oh! Let no foe draw nigh,
Nor lawless deed of crime
Insult Thy Majesty.
O LORD, stretch forth Thy mighty Hand,
And guard and bless our Fatherland.

9. Though vile and worthless, still

Thy people, LORD, are we;
And for our GOD we will
None other have but Thee.
O LORD, stretch forth Thy mighty Hand,
And guard and bless our Fatherland.

HYMN CH 281 – “Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which
thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but teach them thy sons, and
thy sons’ sons.”- DEUT. iv. 9

1. GOD of our fathers, known of old,

LORD of our far-flung battle line,
Beneath Whose awful Hand we hold
Dominion over palm and pine,
LORD GOD of Hosts, be with us yet,
Lest we forget – lest we forget!

2. The tumult and the shouting dies-

The captains and the kings depart,-
Still stands Thine ancient Sacrifice,
An humble and a contrite heart.
LORD GOD of Hosts, be with us yet,
Lest we forget – lest we forget!

3. Far-called our navies melt away,-

On dune and headland sinks the fire,-
Lo, all our pomp of yesterday
Is one with Nineveh and Tyre!
Judge of the Nations, spare us yet,
Lest we forget – lest we forget!

4. If, drunk with sight of power, we loose

Wild tongues that have not Thee in awe,-
Such boasting as the Gentiles use,
Or, lesser breeds without the Law,-
LORD GOD of Hosts, be with us yet,
Lest we forget – lest we forget!

5. For heathen heart that puts her trust

In reeking tube and iron shared,-
All valiant dust that builds on dust,
And guarding calls not Thee to guard,-
For frantic boast and foolish word,
Thy mercy on Thy people, LORD! Amen
HYMN CH 282 – “O remember not against us former iniquities; let Thy tender mercies speedily prevent
us; for we are brought very low.” – PSALM lxxix. 8.

1. O THOU, Who by Thy word of power

The world upholdest still,
O hear, as in this solemn hour
We kneel to learn Thy will,
Our sins confess, and seek Thy grace,
By which alone we live,
Hear Thou from Heaven, Thy dwelling-place,
And, when Thou hearest, forgive.
Stretch out for us Thy mighty Hand,
And save and bless our Fatherland.

2. Our ears have heard, our fathers told

The great things Thou hast wrought;
How they through Thee, in days of old,
For faith and freedom fought:
For faith and freedom sternly strove,
Until their day was done:
O grant their children worthy prove
To keep what they have won,
Stretch out for us Thy mighty Hand,
And save and bless our Fatherland.

3. The seed once sown, with blood and tears,

In Britain’s fruitful field,
Has prospered through a thousand years,
A hundredfold to yield:
Are we to see it idly lost
Or squandered all in vain?
The glorious harvest that has cost
Such sacrifice to gain!
Stretch out for us Thy mighty Hand,
And save and bless our Fatherland.

4. Root out the sins that pour disgrace

Upon the Christian name,
That sap the manhood of the race,
And fill the land with shame.
Expel the greed, the lust, the strife,
And of all sins the chief
That drains the springs of spirit-life,
A heart of unbelief.
Stretch out for us Thy mighty Hand,
And save and bless our Fatherland.

5. When from our grievous sins, O GOD,

Which hide Thee from our view,
We turn beneath Thy chastening rod,
And for Thy pardon sue,
 O when we come to seek the grace,
By which alone we live,
Hear Thou from Heaven, Thy dwelling-place,
And, when Thou hearest, forgive.
Stretch out for us Thy mighty Hand,
And save and bless our Fatherland. Amen.

HYMN CH 283 – “When we cried unto the Lord God of our fathers, the Lord heard our voice, and looked
on our affliction.”- DEUT. xxvi. 7

1. GOD of our fathers, at Whose call

We now before Thy footstool fall,
Whose grace hath made our Empire strong,
Through love of right, and hate of wrong;
In this dark hour we plead with Thee
For Britain’s cause on land and sea.

2. Not for the lust of war we fight,

But for the triumph of the right;
The strife we hate is on us thrust,
Our aims are pure, our cause is just;
So, strong in faith, we plead with Thee
For Britain’s cause on land and sea.

3. Asleep beneath Thine ample dome

With many a tender dream of home;
Or charging in the dust and glare,
With war-bolts hurtling through the air:
In this dark hour we plead with Thee
For Britain’s sons on land and sea.

4. If wounded in the dreadful fray,

Be Thou their comfort and their stay;
If dying, may they, in their pain
Behold the LAMB for sinners slain;
In this dark hour we plead with Thee
For Britain’s sons on land and sea.

5. And soon, O blessed Prince of Peace,

Bring in the days when war shall cease,
And men as brothers shall unite,
To fill the world with love and light;
Meanwhile, O LORD, we plead with Thee
For Britain’s cause on land and sea. Amen.

HYMN CH 284 – “Spare Thy people, O Lord, and give not Thine heritage to reproach.”- JOEL ii. 17.

1. LORD, while afar our brothers fight,

Thy Church united lifts her praye;
Be Thou their shield by day and night;
Guide, guard, and help them everywhere;
O GOD of battles, hear our cry,
 And in their danger be Thou nigh.

2. For those who, wounded in the fray,

Are lingering still on beds of pain,
Who to their loved ones far away
May nevermore return again,
O GOD of pity, hear our cry,
And in their anguish be Thou nigh.

3. For wives and mothers sore distressed,

For all who wait in silent fear,
For homes bereaved which gave their best,
For hearts now desolate and drear,
O GOD of comfort, hear our cry,
And in the darkest hour draw nigh.

4. Spare us, good LORD! If just the strife,

Yet still from guilt we are not free;
Forgive our blind and careless life,
Our oft forgetfulness of Thee.
O GOD of mercy, hear our cry,
And to our contrite souls draw nigh.

5. We bow beneath the chastening rod,

To us the sin and shame belong;
But Thou art righteous, Thou art GOD,
And right shall triumph over wrong.
In Thee we trust, to Thee we cry;
LORD, now and ever be Thou nigh. Amen.

HYMN CH 285 – “The Lord hear thee in the day of trouble; the Name of the God of Jacob defend thee.”-
PSALM xx. 1.

1. O LORD our Banner, GOD of might,

Who wast with Joshua in the fight,
And Moses on the hill,
Be with Thy servants far away,
Their shield by night, their guide by day,
To succour them from ill.

2. For husband, brother, son, and sire,

We raise up hands that never tire
On this our mount of prayer;
Thou knowest, we but dimly guess,
The day’s long toil, the night’s distress,
And all they do and bear.

3. The battle’s issue hangs on Thee;

In Thy firm Hand the scales we see
Of mortal loss and gain:
And tidings carried swift as thought
‘Twixt land and land to Thee are nought
 But Thine own will made plain.

4. Giver of strength, Oh! Bless and aid

Thy servants ‘gainst the foe arrayed;
Go forth with them to fight!
Protect them, both by land and sea,
Thy SPIRIT grant, of unity,
Of counsel, and of might.

5. Watch o’er the wounded in the field,

And, where the sick and dying yield
Their souls, do Thou be nigh!
Give peace within the heart distressed,
And peace on earth, and, last and best,
Thy peace beyond the sky. Amen.

HYMN CH 286 – “If ye will not be reformed by Me… I will bring a sword upon you that shall avenge the
quarrel of My Covenant.”- LEV. xxvi. 23, 25

1. GOD the All-terrible! KING, Who ordainest

Thunders Thy clarions, the lightnings Thy sword;
Show forth Thy pity on high where Thou reignest;
Give to us peace in our time, O LORD!

2. GOD the Almighty One! Wisely ordaining,

Judgments unsearchable, famine and sword;
Over the tumult of war Thou art reigning;
Give to us peace in our time, O LORD!

3. GOD the All-merciful! Earth hath forsaken

Thy ways of blessedness, slighted Thy Word;
Bid not Thy wrath in its terrors awaken;
Give to us peace in our time, O LORD!

4. GOD the All-righteous One! Man hath defied Thee;

Yet to eternity standeth Thy Word;
Falsehood and wrong shall not tarry beside Thee;
Give to us peace in our time, O LORD!

5. GOD the All-pitiful! Is it not crying-

Blood of the guiltless like water outpoured?
Look on the anguish, the sorrow, the sighing;
Give to us peace in our time, O LORD!

6. GOD the All-wise! By the fire of Thy chastening

Earth shall to freedom and truth be restored;
Through the thick darkness Thy Kingdom is hastening;
Thou wilt give peace in Thy time, O LORD!

7. So shall Thy children, with thankful devotion,

Praise Him Who saved them from peril and sword,
Singing in chorus from ocean to ocean,
 Peace to the nations, and praise to the LORD. Amen

HYMN CH 287 – “Let God arise and let His enemies be scattered; let them also that hate Him, flee before
Him.” – PSALM lxviii. 1.

1. LET GOD arise to lead forth those

Who march to war!
Let GOD arise, and all His foes
Be scattered far!

2. So Israel prayed, and Thou, O LORD,

Wast with him then;
Be with us now, who draw the sword
For war again.

3. Grant Thou our soldiers courage high

When foes are near,
To strive, to suffer, or to die
Untouched by fear.

4. Grant strength to those who mourn to-day

Their loved ones lost;
Yea, those who give their best, nor stay
To count the cost.

5. Fight Thou for us, that we may fill

Thy courts with praise;
Then teach us mercy, teach us still
The fallen to raise.

6. Yet more and more, as ages run,

Bid warfare cease,
And give to all beneath the sun
Love, Freedom, Peace. Amen.

HYMN CH 288 – “The Lord shall give His people the blessing of peace.” – PSALM xxix. 10.

1. O GOD of Love, O KING of peace,

Make wars throughout the world to cease;
The wrath of sinful man restrain,
Give peace, O GOD, give peace again.

2. Remember, LORD, Thy works of old,

The wonders that our fathers told,
Remember not our sin’s dark stain,
Give peace, O GOD, give peace again.

3. Whom shall we trust but Thee, O LORD?

Where rest, but on Thy faithful word?
None ever called on Thee in vain,
Give peace, O GOD, give peace again.
4. Where Saints and Angels dwell above,
All hearts are knit in holy love:
O bind us in that heavenly chain.
Give peace, O GOD, give peace again. Amen.

HYMN CH 289 – “Sing unto the Lord, for He hath triumphed gloriously.”- EXOD. xv. 1.

1. PRAISE the LORD! To-day we raise

Hymns of thankfulness and praise,
After sorrow’s night forlorn
Brightly breaks a joyful morn.
For our soldiers’ duty done,
For our triumph nobly won,
Lift your hearts with one accord,
Lift your hearts, and praise the LORD!

2. For the souls with high intent

From our worldwide Empire sent,
Fearless, faithful, tender, true,
Strong to suffer, strong to do,
All their powers with all their might
Spending freely for the right,
Lift your hearts with one accord,
Lift your hearts, and praise the LORD!

3. GOD can give, and GOD alone,

From the seed in hatred sown
Harvest time of fair increase,
Freedom, brotherhood, and peace,
For the joy that springs from tears,
For the hope of coming years,
Lift your hearts with one accord,
Lift your hearts, and praise the LORD!

4. O’er the earth from pole to pole,

Far as ocean’s billows roll,
One with us in heart and voice,
All our kin to-day rejoice.
For the love that links in one
All our kin beneath the sun,
Lift your hearts with one accord,
Lift your hearts, and praise the LORD! Amen

HYMN CH 290 – “If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.”- ROM. Xii. 18.

1. GREAT Ruler of the nations,

Thou LORD of mortal life,
Whose ageless will moves forward
Through stress, and storm and strife;
Though not in fire and earthquake
And mighty tempests’ roar,
Thou speak’st in still small accents
 When thunders crash no more.

2. When storms of war were rolling

We bowed our heads in dust,
With penitence and sorrow,
With humbleness and trust.
We felt Thy judgments near us,
To Thee we made our prayer,
Ourselves and ours commending
In patience to Thy care.

3. And now the clouds are lifting,

The darkness rolls apart,
The tender light is dawning
Of peace within the heart:
We see the homes around us
By many a sorrow torn,
But that soft Voice of comfort
Cries “Blest are they that mourn.”

4. Yea, blest are the departed

Who in the LORD repose-
All brethren in CHRIST JESUS,
And friends who once were foes.
They rest from all their labours,
From famine, hardships, pain,
Till GOD’S last trumpet, sounding,
Shall bid them rise again.

5. Oh grant us, LORD, the blessing

Of those who make for peace;
Be wisdom ours and mercy,
As days and years increase;
Through Him that overcometh,
And sits enthroned above,
Crowned with the crown of triumph
For victories of love. Amen.

HYMN CH 291 – “Who can express the noble acts of the Lord, or shew forth all His praise?”- PSALM
cvi. 2.

1. GOD of our fathers, unto Thee

Our fathers cried in danger’s hour,
And then Thou gavest them to see
The acts of Thine Almighty power,
They cried to Thee, and Thou didst hear;
They called on Thee, and Thou didst save;
And we, their sons, to-day draw near
Thy Name to praise, Thy help to crave,
Lord God of Hosts, uplift Thine hand,
Protect and bless our Fatherland.
2. Thine is the Majesty, O LORD,
And Thine dominion over all;
When Thou commandest, at Thy Word
Great kings and nations rise or fall,
For eastern realms, for western coasts,
For islands washed by every sea,
The praise be given, O GOD of Hosts,
Not unto us, but unto Thee.
Lord God of Hosts, uplift Thine hand,
Protect and bless our Fatherland.

3. If, in Thy grace, Thou should’st allow

Our fame to wax, through coming days,
Still grant us humbly, then as now,
Thy help to crave, Thy Name to praise.
Not all alike in speech, or birth.
Alike we bow, before Thy Throne;
One Fatherland, throughout the earth,
Our FATHER’S noble acts we own.
Lord God of Hosts, uplift Thine hand,
Protect and bless our Fatherland. Amen.

HYMN CH 292 – “We would see Jesus.” - JOHN xii. 21.

1. TELL me the old, old story

Of unseen things above
Of JESUS and His glory,
Of JESUS and His love.

2. Tell me the story simply,

As to a little child;
For I am weak and weary,
And helpless, and defiled.

3. Tell me the story slowly,

That I may take it in,-
That wonderful redemption,
GOD’S remedy for sin.

4. Tell me the story often,

For I forget so soon;
The early dew of morning
Has passed away at noon.

5. Tell me the story softly,

With earnest tones and grave;
Remember, I’m the sinner
Whom JESUS came to save.

6. Tell me the story always,

If you would really be,
 In any time of trouble,
A comforter to me.

7. Tell me the same old story

When you have cause to fear
That this world’s empty glory
Is costing me too dear.

8. Yes, and when that world’s glory

Is dawning on my soul,
Tell me the old, old story,
“CHRIST JESUS makes thee whole.” Amen.

HYMN CH 293 – “We preach Christ crucified.”- I COR. i. 23

1. NOW, LORD, to every heart make known

The power of JESUS’ Cross alone;
Open the doors of mercy wide,
Lead us to JESUS crucified.

2. Oh, never be the words in vain,

Which testify a SAVIOUR slain;
But may they, by Thy grace applied,
Lead us to JESUS crucified.

3. Teach us our wretched state to know,

As lost in sin, and guilt, and woe;
To cast away all hope beside,
And cling to JESUS crucified

4. Teach us to live to Him alone;

And after death, before Thy Throne
May we in Thy blest courts abide,
And sing a SAVIOUR crucified. Amen.

HYMN CH 294 – “Behold the Lamb of God.”- JOHN i. 36.

1. LAMB of GOD, Whose dying love

We now recall to mind
Send the answer from above,
And let us mercy find;
Think on us who think on Thee,
And every struggling soul release;
Oh, remember Calvary,
And bid us go in peace.

2. By Thine agonizing pain

And bloody sweat, we pray,
By Thy dying love to man,
Take all our sins away;
Burst our bonds and set us free,
From all iniquity release,
 Oh, remember Calvary,
And bid us go in peace.

3. Let Thy Blood, by faith applied,

The sinner’s pardon seal;
Speak us freely justified,
And all our sickness heal;
By Thy Passion on the Tree,
Let all our griefs and troubles cease;
Oh, remember Calvary,
And bid us go in peace.

4. LORD, we would not hence depart

Till Thou our wants relieve,
Write forgiveness on our heart,
And Thine own likeness give,
Still our souls shall cry to Thee,
Till perfected in holiness,
Oh, remember Calvary,
And bid us go in peace. Amen.

HYMN CH 295 - “Thou art a place a place to tide me in.” – PSALM xxxii.8

1. JESU, grant me this, I pray,

Ever in Thy Heart to stay;
Let me evermore abide
Hidden in Thy wounded Side.

2. If the evil one prepare,

Or the world, a tempting snare,
I am safe, when I abide
In Thy Heart and wounded Side.

3. If the flesh, more dangerous still,

Tempt my soul to deeds of ill,
Nought I fear when I abide
In Thy Heart and wounded Side.

4. Death will come one day to me;

JESU, cast me not from Thee:
Dying, let me still abide
In Thy Heart and wounded Side. Amen

HYMN CH 296 – “Behold, Thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass.” – MATT.
xxi. 5.
1. RIDE on! Ride on in majesty!
Hark! All the tribes Hosanna cry.
O SAVIOUR meek, pursue Thy road,
 With palms and scattered garments strewed.

2. Ride on! Ride on in majesty!

In lowly pomp ride on to die:
O CHRIST, Thy triumphs now begin
O’er captive death and conquered sin.

3. Ride on! Ride on in majesty!

The Angel-armies of the sky
Look down with sad and wondering eyes
To see the approaching Sacrifice.

4. Ride on! Ride on in majesty!

The last and fiercest strife is nigh:
The FATHER on His sapphire Throne
Awaits His own Anointed SON.

5. Ride on! Ride on in majesty!

In lowly pomp ride on to die.
Bow Thy meek Head in mortal pain,
Then take, O GOD, Thy power and reign. Amen.

HYMN CH 297 – “Hosanna to the Son of David” - MATT. xxi. 9

1. ALL glory, laud, and honour

To Thee, REDEEMER, KING!
To Whom the lips of children
Made sweet Hosannas ring.

2. Thou art the King of Israel,

Thou David’s Royal Son,
Who in the LORD’S Name comest,
The King and Blessed One,
ALL glory, laud, and honour
To Thee, REDEEMER, KING!
To Whom the lips of children
Made sweet Hosannas ring.

3. The company of Angels

Are praising Thee on high,
And mortal men, and all things
Created make reply.
ALL glory, laud, and honour
To Thee, REDEEMER, KING!
To Whom the lips of children
Made sweet Hosannas ring.

4. The people of the Hebrews

 With palms before Thee went,
Our praise and prayer and anthems
Before Thee we present.
ALL glory, laud, and honour
To Thee, REDEEMER, KING!
To Whom the lips of children
Made sweet Hosannas ring.

5. To Thee before Thy Passion,

They sang their hymns of praise;
To Thee in glory reigning
Our melody we raise.
ALL glory, laud, and honour
To Thee, REDEEMER, KING!
To Whom the lips of children
Made sweet Hosannas ring.

6. Thou didst accept their praises;

Accept the prayers we bring,
Who in all good delightest,
Thou good and gracious King.
ALL glory, laud, and honour
To Thee, REDEEMER, KING!
To Whom the lips of children
Made sweet Hosannas ring.

HYMN CH 298 – “The precious blood of Christ.” - I PET. i. 19.

1. GLORY be to JESUS,
Who, in bitter pains,
Poured for me the Life-blood
From His sacred veins.

2. Grace and life eternal

In that Blood I find;
Blest be His compassion
Infinitely kind.

3. Blest through endless ages

Be the precious stream,
Which from death eternal
Did the world redeem.

4. Abel’s blood for vengeance

Pleaded to the skies;
But the Blood of JESUS
For our pardon cries.
5. Oft as it is sprinkled
On our guilty hearts,
Satan in confusion
Terror-struck departs:

6. Oft as earth exulting

Wafts its praise on high,
Angel-hosts rejoicing
Make their glad reply.

7. Lift ye then your voices;

Swell the mighty flood;
Louder still and louder.
Praise the LAMB of GOD. Amen.

HYMN CH 299 – “Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example.”- I PET. ii. 21

1. GO to dark Gethsemane,
Ye that feel the Tempter’s power;
Your REDEEMER’S conflict see,
Watch with Him one bitter hour;
Turn not from His griefs away,
Learn of JESUS CHRIST to pray.

2. Follow to the judgment-hall,

View the LORD of life arraigned;
Oh, the wormwood and the gall!
Oh, the pangs His soul sustained!
Shun not suffering, shame, or loss;
Learn of Him to bear the cross.

3. Calvary’s mournful mountain climb,

There, adoring at His Feet,
Mark that miracle of time,
GOD’S own Sacrifice complete;
“It is finished!” – hear the cry;
Learn of JESUS CHRIST to die. Amen

HYMN CH 300 – “Who, when He was reviled, reviled not again; when He suffered, He threatened not.”- I
PET. ii. 23

1. WHAT grace, O LORD, and beauty shone

Around Thy steps below!
What patient love was seen in all
Thy life and death of woe!

2. For ever on Thy burdened Heart

A weight of sorrow hung,
Yet no ungentle, murmuring word
Escaped Thy silent tongue.
3. Thy foes might hate, despise, revile,
Thy friends unfaithful prove;
Unwearied in forgiveness still
Thy Heart could only love.

4. O give us hearts to love like Thee,

Like Thee, O LORD, to grieve
Far more for others’ sin than all
The wrongs that we receive.

5. One with Thyself, may every eye

In us, Thy brethren, see
That gentleness and grace that spring
From union, LORD, with Thee. Amen.

HYMN CH 301 – “I looked for some to have pity on Me, but there was no man; neither found I any to
comfort Me.” – PSALM lxix. 21

1. I SEE the crowd in Pilate’s hall,

Their furious cries I hear;
Their shouts of “Crucify!” appal,
Their curses fill mine ear,
And of that shouting multitude,
I feel that I am one,
And in that din of voices rude,
I recognize my own.

2. I see the scourgers rend the Flesh

Of GOD’S Beloved SON;
And, as they smite, I feel afresh
That I, of them, am one:
Around the Cross, the throng I see
That mock the Suffere’s groan:
Yet still my voice, it seems to be,
As if I mocked alone.

3. ‘Twas I that shed the sacred Blood,

I nailed Him to the Tree:
I crucified the CHRIST of GOD,
I joined the mockery,
Yet not the less, that Blood avails
To cleanse me from my sin,
And, not the less, that Cross prevails
To give me peace within. Amen

HYMN CH 302 – “Jesus, turning unto them said… Weep not for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your
children.”- LUKE xxiii.

1. WEEP not for Him Who onward bears

His Cross to Calvary;
He does not ask man’s pitying tears,
Who wills for man to die.
2. The awful sorrow of His Face,
The bowing of His Frame,
Come not from torture or disgrace;
He fears not Cross or shame.

3. There is a deeper pang of grief,

An agony unknown,
In which His Love finds no relief:
He bears it all alone.

4. He thinks of all for whom His Life

Of lowliness and pain,
And weariness and care and strife,
Will be, alas! In vain.

5. He sees the souls for whom he dies

Yet clinging to their sin,
And heirs of mansions in the skies
Who will not enter in.

6. Ah! This, my SAVIOUR, was the shame

That bowed Thy Head so low!
These were the wounds that racked Thy Frame,
And made Thy Tears to flow.

7. Oh! May I in Thy sorrow share,

And mourn that sins of mine
Should ever wound with grief or care
That loving Heart of Thine. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 303 - “Ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold… but with
the precious Blood of Christ.”- I PET. i. 18 “Unto you therefore which believe He is precious.”- I
PET. ii. 7
1. I COULD not do without Thee,
O SAVIOUR of the lost,
Whose precious Blood redeemed me
At such tremendous cost:
Thy righteousness, Thy pardon,
Thy precious Blood must be
My only hope and comfort,
My glory and my plea.

2. I could not do without Thee,

I cannot stand alone,
I have no strength or goodness,
No wisdom of my own;
But Thou, beloved SAVIOUR,
Art all in all to me,
And weakness will be power
 If leaning hard on Thee.

3. I could not do without Thee,

For oh, the way is long,
And I am often weary,
And sigh replaces song;
How could I do without Thee?
I do not know the way;
Thou knowest, and Thou leadest,
And wilt not let me stray.

4. I could not do without Thee,

O JESUS, SAVIOUR dear;
E’en when my eyes are holden
I know that Thou art near:
How dreary and how lonely
This changeful life would be
Without the sweet communion,
The secret rest with Thee.

5. I could not do without Thee;

No other friend can read
The spirit’s strange deep longings,
Interpreting its need;
No human heart could enter
Each dim recess of mine,
And soothe, and hush, and calm it.

6. I could not do without Thee;

For years are fleeting fast,
And soon in solemn loneness
The river must be passed;
But Thou wilt never leave me;
And though the waves roll high,
I know Thou wilt be near me,
And whisper, “It is I.” Amen.

HYMN CH 304 - “And they shall scourge Him and put Him to death: and the third day He rise
again. And they understood none of these things.”- Luke xviii.33,34.

1. O TEACH me what it meaneth-

That Cross uplifted high,
With One – the Man of Sorrows –
Condemned to bleed and die!
O teach me what it cost Thee
To make a sinner whole;
And teach me , SAVIOUR, teach me
The value of a soul!
2. O teach me what it meaneth –
That sacred crimson tide-
The blood and water flowing
From Thine own wounded Side.
Teach me that if none other
Had sinned, but I alone,
Yet still, Thy Blood, O JESU,
Thine only, must atone.

3. O teach me what it meaneth –

Thy love beyond compare,
The love that reacheth deeper
Than depths of self-despair!
Yea, teach me , till there gloweth
In this cold heart of mine
Some feeble, pale reflection
Of that pure love of Thine.

4. O teach me what it meaneth

For I am full of sin;
And grace alone can reach me,
And love alone can win.
O teach me, for I need Thee–
I have no hope beside,-
The chief of all the sinners
For whom the SAVIOUR died!

5. O teach me what it meaneth,

The “rest” which Thou dost give
To all the “heavy laden”
Who look to Thee and live.
Because I am a rebel
Thy pardon I receive:
Because Thou dost command me,
I can, I do believe!

6. O infinite REDEEMER!
I bring no other plea
Because Thou dost invite me
I cast myself on Thee.
Because Thou dost accept me
I love and I adore;
Because Thy Love constraineth ,
I praise Thee evermore! Amen.
HYMN CH 305 – “He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the
chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and with His stripes we are healed.”- ISA. liii. 5

1. O CHRIST, what burdens bowed Thy Head!

Our load was laid on Thee;
Thou stoodest in the sinner’s stead,
Didst bear all ill for me.
A Victim led, Thy Blood was shed;
Now there’s no load for me.

2. JEHOVAH lifted up His rod;

O CHRIST, it fell on Thee!
Thou wast sore stricken of Thy GOD;
There’s not one stroke for me.
Thy tears, Thy Blood, beneath it flowed;
Thy bruising healeth me.

3. The tempest’s awful voice was heard;

O CHRIST, it broke on Thee!
Thy open bosom was my ward,
It braved the storm for me.
Thy Form was scarred, Thy Visage marred;
Now cloudless peace for me.

4. The Holy One did hide His Face-

O CHRIST, ‘twas hid from Thee!
Dumb darkness wrapt Thy Soul a space-
The darkness due to me.
But now that Face of radiant grace
Shines forth in light on me.

5. For me, LORD JESUS, Thou hast died,

And I have died in Thee;
Thou’rt risen-my bands are all untied,
And now Thou liv’st in me:
When purified, made white, and tried,
Thy Glory then for me. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 306 – Look unto Me, and be ye saved… for I am God.” – ISA. xlv. 22

1. MY faith looks up to Thee,

Thou LAMB of Calvary,
SAVIOUR Divine;
Now hear me while I pray;
Take all my guilt away,
O let me from this day
Be wholly Thine

2. May Thy rich grace impart

Strength to my fainting heart,
My zeal inspire;
 As Thou hast died for me,
O may my love to Thee
Pure warm, and changeless be,
A living fire.

3. While life’s dark maze I tread,

And griefs around me spread,
Be Thou my Guide;
Bid darkness turn to day,
Wipe sorrow’s tears away,
Nor let me ever stray
From Thee aside.

4. When ends life’s transient dream,

When death’s cold, sullen stream
Shall o’er me roll,
Blest SAVIOUR, then, in love,
Fear and distrust remove;
O bear me safe above,
A ransomed soul. Amen.

HYMN CH 307 – “Unto you therefore which believe He is precious.”- I PET. ii.7

1. SWEET the moments, rich in blessing,

Which before the Cross I spend;
Life, and health, and peace possessing,
From the sinner’s dying Friend.

2. Here I rest, for ever viewing

Mercy poured in streams of Blood;
Precious drops, my soul bedewing,
Plead and claim my peace with GOD.

3. Truly blessed is this station,

Low before His Cross to lie:
While I see Divine compassion
Beaming in His languid Eye.

4. Here I find my Hope of Heaven,

While upon the Lamb I gaze;
Loving much, and much forgiven,
Let my heart o’erflow in praise.

5. LORD, in ceaseless contemplation

Fix my thankful heart on Thee;
Till I taste Thy full Salvation,
And Thine unveiled glory see. Amen.

HYMN CH 308 – “And all His acquaintance, and the women that followed Him from Galilee, stood afar
off, beholding these things.” – LUKE xxiii. 49
1. LORD JESU, when we stand afar
And gaze upon Thy holy Cross,
In love of Thee and scorn of self,
Oh, may we count the world as loss!

2. When we behold Thy bleeding wounds,

And the rough way that Thou hast trod,
Make us to hate the load of sin
That lay so heavy on our GOD.

3. O HOLY LORD, uplifted high,

With outstretched Arms in mortal woe,
Embracing in Thy wondrous love
The sinful world that lies below:-

4. Give us an ever-living faith

To gaze beyond the things we see:
And in the mystery of Thy Death
Draw us and all men unto Thee. Amen.

HYMN CH 309 – “We, being many, are one bread and one body, for we are all partakers of that one
bread.” – I COR. x. 17

1. O HOLY JESU, Prince of Peace!

Thy peace be with us gathering round Thy Board,
Where the sweet Presence of an unseen LORD
Waits to be gracious, charged with full release
To every heavy-laden soul
Which here remembers Thee.

2. Once more, as in that upper room,

Thou Who didst love Thine own unto the end,
Thou Whose dear Voice to every sorrowing friend
Spoke the great promise through the deepening gloom
Thou biddst us, Master of the Feast,
To-day remember Thee.

3. And e’en as in our hands we take

This broken Bread, this precious Cup of love,
Thy dying Testament, which from above
Thou deigns ever new and fresh to make
A Fount of grace and life to all;
We do remember Thee!

4. When stung by thoughts of sin and shame,

We scarce can dare to meet our FATHER’S look,
Through these Thy signs we know that not rebuke
But pardoning love is ours, as in Thy Name
We now present ourselves, and here
O CHRIST, remember Thee!
5. Ours is the bond of love divine,
Which knits us each to all, and all to each,
That love whose ever-lengthening chords can reach
From the white choir around Thy Heavenly shrine
To those who come in faith to-day
Here to remember Thee.

6. Thy banquet over, as we go

Strong in the strength of this celestial meat,
To tread the path of life with firmer feet,
To work the works which Thou hast bid us do,
Abide with us, O LORD, that still
We may remember Thee! Amen.

HYMN CH 310 - “he was wounded for our transgression, he was bruised for our iniquities” – ISA.
Liii. 5.
1. O SACRED Head! Sore wounded
With grief and shame weighed down;
O Kingly Head! Surrounded
With thorns, Thine only crown;
Once reigning in the highest
In light and majesty,
Here mocked and scorned, Thou diest,
And here I worship Thee.

2. Thy grief and bitter Passion

Were all for sinners gain;
Mine- mine was the transgression,
But Thine the cruel pain;
Lo! Here I fall, my SAVIOUR,
Turn not from me Thy Face,
But look on me with favour,
Vouchsafe to me Thy grace.

3. What language can I borrow

To praise Thee, Heavenly Friend,
For this Thy dying sorrow,
Thy love that hath no end?
LORD, make me Thine forever!
Oh! may I faithful be!
And let me never- never
Outlive my love to thee

4. Be near when I am dying:

Oh! Show Thy Cross to me:
And for my succour flying,
Come, LORD, and set me free.
These eyes, new faith receiving,
From Thee shall never move;
 For he who dies believing
Dies safely in Thy love. Amen

HYMN CH 311 – I. “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.”-------- LUKE xxiii. 34.

1. “FORGIVE them O My FATHER;

They know not what they do!”
The SAVIOUR spake in anguish,
As the sharp nails went through.

2. No pained reproaches gave He

To them that shed His Blood,
But prayer and tenderest pity,
Large as the Love of GOD.

3. For me was that compassion,

For me that tender care;
I need His wide forgiveness
As much as any there.

4. It was my price and hardness

That hung Him on the Tree;
Those cruel nails, O SAVIOUR,
Were driven in by me.

5. And often I have slighted

Thy gentle Voice that chid;
Forgive me too, LORD JESUS:
I know not what I did.

6. O depth of sweet compassion!

O Love Divine and true!
Save Thou the souls that slight Thee,
And know not what they do. Amen.

HYMN CH 312 – “Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.”- LUKE xxiii. 34

1. BOUND upon the accursed Tree,

Faint and bleeding, who is He?
By the Eyes so pale and dim,
Streaming Blood and writhing limb.
By the flesh with scourges torn,
By the crown of twisted thorn,
By the side so deeply pierced,
By the baffled burning thirst,
By the drooping death-dewed brow,
SON of Man, ‘tis Thou, ‘tis Thou!

2. Bound upon the accursed Tree,

 Dread and awful, who is He?
By the sun at noonday pale,
Shivering rocks, and rending veil,
Earth that trembles at His doom,
Saints in light who burst their tomb,
Eden promised ere He died
To the felon at His side,
LORD, our suppliant knees we bow;
SON of GOD, ‘tis Thou, ‘tis Thou!

3. Bound upon the accursed Tree,

Sad and dying, who is He?
By the last and bitter cry,
By the mortal agony,
By the lifeless Body, laid
In the chamber of the dead,
By the mourners, come to weep
Where the bones of JESUS sleep,
Crucified, we know Thee now;
SON of Man, ‘tis Thou, ‘tis Thou!

4. Bound upon the accursed Tree,

Dread and awful, who is He?
By the prayer for them that slew,
“LORD they know not what they do.”
By the spoiled and empty grave,
By the souls He died to save,
By the conquest He hath won,
By the Saints before His Throne,
By the rainbow found His Brow,
SON of GOD, ‘tis Thou, ‘tis Thou! Amen.

HYMN CH 313 – THE SEVEN WORDS – II “The Second Word. “TODAY SHALL THOU BE
WITH ME IN PARADISE.” ------ Luke 23:42.

1. “LORD, when Thy Kingdom comes, remember me:”

Thus spake the dying lips to dying Ears;
O faith, which in that darkest hour could see.
The promised glory of the far-off years!

2. No kingly sign declares that glory now,

No ray of hope lights up that awful hour;
A thorny crown surrounds the bleeding Brow,
The Hands are stretched in weakness, not in power.

3. Yet hear the Word the dying SAVIOUR saith,

“Thou too shalt rest in Paradise to-day;”
O Words of love to answer words of faith!
O Words of hope for those who live to pray!
4. LORD, when with dying lips my prayer is said,
Grant that in faith Thy kingdom I may see;
And, thinking on Thy Cross and bleeding Head,
May breathe my parting words,
“Remember me.”

5. Remember me, but not my shame or sin;

Thy cleansing Blood hath washed them all away,
Thy precious Death for me did pardon win;
Thy Blood redeemed me in that awful day.

6. Remember me: yet how canst Thou forget

What pain and anguish I have caused to Thee,
The Cross, the Agony, the Bloody Sweat,
And all the sorrow Thou didst bear for me?

7. Remember me; and, ere I pass away,

Speak Thou the assuring Word that sets us free,
And make Thy promise to my heart, “To-day
Thou too shall rest in Paradise with Me.” Amen.

HYMN C. H. 314 – “Now there stood by the Cross of Jesus, His Mother….. He saith unto His
Mother, Woman, behold thy son! Then saith He to the disciple, Behold thy Mother!”- JOHN xix. 25,
26, 27.

1. NEAR the Cross was Mary weeping,

There her mournful station keeping,
Gazing on her dying SON;
There with speechless grief oppressed,
Anguish-stricken, and distressed:
Through her soul the sword had gone.

2. Who upon that Sufferer gazing,

Bowed in sorrow so amazing,
Would not with His Mother mourn?
‘Twas our sins brought Him from Heaven;
These the cruel nails had driven:
All His griefs for us were borne.

3. When no eye its pity gave us,

When there was no arm to save us,
He His love and power displayed:
By His stripes He wrought our healing,
By His Death, our life revealing,
He for us the ransom paid.

4. JESU, may Thy love constrain us

That from sin we may refrain us;
In Thy griefs may deeply grieve;
Thee our best affections giving,
 To Thy glory ever living,
May we in Thy glory live. Amen.

HYMN CH 315 – “Now there stood by the Cross of Jesus, His Mother.” – JOHN xix. 25

1. BENEATH the Cross of JESUS

I fain would take my stand-
The shadow of a mighty rock,
Within a weary land;
A home within the wilderness,
A rest upon the way,
From the burning of the noontide heat.
And the burden of the day.

2. O safe and happy shelter!

O refuge tried and sweet!
O trysting-place, where Heaven’s love
And Heaven’s justice meet!
As to the holy Patriarch
That wondrous dream was given,
So seems my SAVIOUR’S Cross to me
A ladder up to Heaven.

3. There lies beneath its shadow,

But on the further side,
The darkness of an awful grave
That gapes both deep and wide;
And there between us stands the Cross,
Two arms outstretched to save,
Like a watchman set to guard the way
From that eternal grave.

4. Upon that Cross of JESUS

Mine eye at times can see
The very dying Form of One,
Who suffered there for me;
And from my smitten heart, with tears,
Two wonders I confess,
The wonders of His glorious Love
And my own worthlessness.

5. I take, O Cross, Thy shadow

For my abiding place;
I ask no other sunshine than
The sunshine of His Face;
Content to let the world go by,
And count its gain but loss;
My sinful self, my only shame,
My glory all the Cross. Amen.

HYMN C. H. 316 - THE SEVEN WORDS “Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, My God, My
God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?” --------MATT. xxvii. 46.
1. THRONED upon the awful Tree,
King of grief, I watch with Thee;
Darkness veils Thine anguished Face;
None its lines of woe can trace;
None can tell what pangs unknown
Hold Thee silent and alone,-

2. Silent through those three dread hours,

Wrestling with the evil powers,
Left alone with human sin,
Gloom around Thee and within,
Till the appointed time is nigh,
Till the LAMB of GOD may die.

3. Hark that cry that peals aloud

Upward through the whelming cloud!
Thou, the FATHER’S only SON,
Thou, His own Anointed One,
Thou dost ask Him – can it be?
“Why hast Thou forsaken Me?”

4. LORD, should fear and anguish roll

Darkly o’er my sinful soul,
Thou, Who once wast thus bereft
That Thine own might ne’er be left,
Teach me by that bitter cry
In the gloom to know Thee nigh. Amen.

HYMN CH 317 – SEVEN WORDS – V. – “I thirst.” – JOHN xix. 28

1. His are the thousand sparkling rills,

That from a thousand fountains burst,
And fill with music all the hills:
And yet He saith, “I thirst.”

2. All fiery pangs on battlefields,

On fever beds where sick men toss,
Are in that human cry He yields
To anguish on the Cross.

3. But more than pains that racked Him then

Was the deep longing thirst Divine,
That thirsted for the souls of men:
Dear LORD! and one was mine.

4. O Love most patient, give me grace;

Make all my soul athirst for Thee:
 That parch’d dry Lip, that fading Face,
That thirst, were all for me. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 318 – SEVEN WORDS VI “He said, It is finished.” – JOHN xix. 30

1. O PERFECT life of love!

All, all is finished now,-
All that He left His Throne above
To do for us below.

2. No work is left undone

Of all the FATHER willed;
His toil, His sorrows, one by one,
The Scriptures have fulfilled.

3. No pain that we can share

But He has felt its smart;
All forms of human grief and care
Have pierced that tender Heart.

4. And on His thorn-crowned Head,

And on His sinless Soul,
Our sins in all their guilt were laid
That He might make us whole.

5. In perfect love He dies;

For me He dies, for me:
O all-atoning Sacrifice,
I cling by faith to Thee.

6. In every time of need,

Before the judgment-throne,
Thy work, O LAMB of GOD, I’ll plead,
Thy merits, not my own.

7. Yet work, O LORD, in me,

As Thou for me hast wrought;
And let my love the answer be
To grace Thy love has brought. Amen.

HYMN CH 319 – “It is finished.”- JOHN xix. 30.

1. HARK! the voice of love and mercy

Sounds aloud from Calvary;
See, it rends the rocks asunder!
Shakes the earth and veils the sky.
“It is finished!”
Hear the dying SAVIOUR cry.
2. “It is finished!” Oh, what pleasure
Do the wondrous words afford!
Heavenly blessings without measure
Flow to us through CHRIST the LORD.
“it is finished!”
Saints the dying words record.

3. Finished all the types and shadows

Of the ceremonial law,
Finished what our GOD had promised;
Death and hell no more shall awe.
“It is finished!”
Saints, from hence your comfort draw.

4. Tune your harps anew, ye Seraphs;

Strike them to Emmanuel’s Name;
All on earth and alt in Heaven
Join the triumph to proclaim,
“It is finished!”
Glory to the bleeding LAMB. Amen.

HYMN CH 320 – THE SEVEN WORDS – VII – “Father, into Thy hands I commend My spirit.” – LUKE
xxiii. 40

1. AND now, beloved LORD, Thy Soul resigning

Into Thy FATHER’S Arms with conscious will,
Calmly, with reverend grace, Thy Head inclining,
The throbbing Brow and labouring Breast grow still.

2. Freely Thy life Thou yieldest, meekly bending

Even to the last beneath our sorrows’ load,
Yet strong in death, in perfect peace commending
Thy Spirit to Thy FATHER and Thy GOD.

3. My SAVIOUR, in mine hour of mortal anguish,

When earth grows dim, and round me falls the night,
O breathe Thy peace, as flesh and spirit languish;
At that dread eventide, let there be light.

4. To Thy dear Cross turn Thou my eyes in dying;

Lay but my fainting head upon Thy Breast;
Those outstretched Arms receive my latest sighing;
And then, oh! Then, Thine everlasting Rest! Amen.

HYMN CH 321 – “Who loved me, and gave Himself for me.” – GAL. ii. 20

1. O DARK and dreary day

When JESUS died to pay
Sin’s awful penalty;
The sun kept back his light
To hide that mournful sight
 When JESUS died for me.

2. Oh! Who can tell those pangs

As on the Cross He hangs,
My dearest LORD for me?
For me He dies that death,
For me He yields His Breath,
My sinful soul to free.

3. And as He bows His Head,

Have I no tears to shed,
When I look back and see
Those loving Arms spread wide
To draw me to His Side,
My ransom thus to be?

4. O JESU, may Thy Love

My strength and succour prove,
That I to Thee may live.
Thou gavest all for me,
May I devote to Thee
What little I can give. Amen.

HYMN CH 322 – “Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.”- JOHN i. 29.

1. BEHOLD the LAMB of GOD!

O Thou for sinners slain,
Let it not be in vain
That Thou hast died;
Thee for my SAVIOUR let me take;
My only refuge let me make
Thy pierced Side.

2. Behold the LAMB of GOD!

Into the sacred flood
Of Thy most precious Blood
My soul I cast:
Wash me, and make me clean within,
And keep me pure from every sin.
Till life be past.

3. Behold the LAMB of GOD!

All hail, Incarnate WORD,
Thou everlasting LORD,
SAVIOUR most blest!
Fill us with love that never faints,
Grant us, with all Thy blessed Saints,
Eternal rest.

4. Behold the LAMB of GOD!

Worthy is He alone,
That sitteth on the Throne
 Of GOD above:
One with the Ancient of all days,
One with the Comforter in praise,
All Light and Love. Amen.

HYMN CH 323 – “When they were come to a place which is called Calvary, there they crucified
Him.” – LUKE xxiii. 33.

1. THERE is a green hill far away,

Without a city wall,
Where the dear LORD was crucified
Who died to save us all.

2. We may not know, we cannot tell

What pains He had to bear;
But we believe it was for us
He hung and suffered there.

3. He died that we might be forgiven,

He died to make us good,
That we might go at last to Heaven,
Saved by His precious Blood.

4. There was no other good enough

To pay the price of sin;
He only could unlock the gate
Of Heaven, and let us in.

5. Oh, dearly, dearly, has He loved,

And we must love Him too,
And trust in His redeeming Blood,
And try His works to do. Amen.

HYMN CH 324 - “They crucified Him.” ------ MATT. xxvii. 35.

1. O COME and mourn with me awhile;

O come ye to the SAVIOUR’S side;
O come, together let us mourn;
JESUS, our LORD, is crucified.

2. Have we no tears to shed for Him,

While soldiers scoff, and Jews deride?
Ah! Look how patiently he hangs:
JESUS, our LORD, is crucified.

3. See how His Hands and Feet are nailed:

His Throat with parching thirst is dried:
His failing Eyes are dimmed with Blood;
 JESUS, our LORD, is crucified.

4. Seven times He spake, seven Words of Love;

And three long hours His silence cried
For mercy on the souls of men;
JESUS, our LORD, is crucified.

5. Come, let us stand beneath His Cross:

And look upon His pierced Side,
There learn to count all things but loss;
JESUS, our LORD, is crucified.

6. A broken heart, a fount of tears,

Ask, and they will not be denied;
LORD JESUS, may we love and weep,
Since Thou for us wast crucified. Amen.

HYMN CH 325 - “God forbid that I should glory, save in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.”----
GAL. vi. 14.

1. WE sing the praise of Him Who died,

Of Him Who died upon the Cross;
The sinner’s hope let men deride,
For this we count the world but loss.

2. Inscribed upon the Cross we see,

In shining letters, “GOD is Love”;
He bears our sins upon the Tree,
He brings us mercy from above.

3. The Cross! It takes our guilt away;

It holds the fainting spirit up:
It cheers with hope the gloomy day,
And sweetens every bitter cup.

4. It makes the coward spirit brave,

And nerves the feeble arm for fight;
It takes its terror from the grave,
And gilds the bed of death with light.

5. The balm of life, the cure of woe,

The measure and the pledge of love,
The sinner’s refuge here below,
The Angel’s theme in Heaven above. Amen.

HYMN CH 326 - “God forbid that I should glory, save in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
----GAL. vi. 14.
1. WHEN I survey the wondrous Cross
On which the Prince of Glory died,
My richest gain I count but loss,
And pour contempt on all my pride.

2. Forbid it, LORD, that I should boast,

Save in the Cross of CHRIST my GOD;
All the vain things that charm me most,
I sacrifice them to His Blood.

3. See, from His Head, His Hands, His Feet,

Sorrow and love flow mingled down;
Did e’er such love and sorrow meet?
Or thorns compose so rich a Crown?

4. Were the whole realm of nature mine,

That were an offering far too small;
Love so amazing, so Divine,
Demands my soul, my life, my all. Amen.

HYMN CH 327 – “Now… there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulcher… There laid
they Jesus.”- JOHN xix. 41, 42.

1. RESTING from His Work to-day

In the tomb the SAVIOUR lay;
Still He slept, from head to feet
Shrouded in the winding-sheet,
Lying in the rock alone,
Hidden by the sealed stone.

2. Late at even there was seen

Watching long the Magdalene;
Early, ere the break of day,
Sorrowful she took her way
To the holy garden glade,
Where her buried LORD was laid.

3. So with Thee, till life shall end,

I would solemn vigil spend;
Let me hew Thee, LORD, a shrine
In this rocky heart of mine,
Where in pure embalmed cell
None but Thou may ever dwell.

4.. Myrrh and spices will I bring,

True affection’s offering;
Close the door from sight and sound
Of the busy world around;
And in patient watch remain
Till my LORD appear again. Amen
HYMN CH 328 – “And the women also… beheld the sepulchre, and how His Body was laid.” – LUKE
xxiii. 55

1. WEEPING as they go their way

Their dear LORD in earth to lay
Late at even- who are they?

2. These are they who watched to see

Where He hung in agony,
Dying on the accursed Tree.

3. All is over – fought the fight;

Heaviness is for the night,
Joy comes with the morning light.

4. Leave we in the grave with Him

Sins that sham and doubts that dim,
If our souls would rise with Him.

5. Glory to the LORD, Who gave

His pure Body to the grave,
Us from sin and death to save. Amen.

HYMN CH 329 – “Now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the first-fruits of them that slept.”- I
COR. xv. 20.

1. COME see the place where JESUS lay,

And here Angelic watchers say-
“He lives, Who once was slain;
Why seek the living ‘midst the dead?
Remember how the SAVIOUR said
That He would rise again.”

2. O joyful sound! O glorious hour,

When by His own Almighty power
He rose, and left the grave!
Now let our songs His triumph tell,
Who burst the bands of death and hell,
And ever lives to save.

3. The First-begotten of the dead,

For us He rose, our glorious Head,
Immortal life to bring:
What though the saints like Him shall die,
They share their Leader’s victory,
And triumph with their King.

4. No more they tremble at the grave,

For JESUS will their spirits save,
And raise their slumbering dust:
O risen LORD, in Thee we live,
 To Thee our ransomed souls we give,
To Thee our bodies trust. Amen.

HYMN CH 330 – “I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with Thy likeness.”- PSALM xvii. 15.

1. ON the Resurrection morning

Soul and body meet again;
No more sorrow, no more weeping,
No more pain!

2. Here awhile they must be parted,

And the flesh its Sabbath keep,
Waiting in a holy stillness,
Wrapt in sleep.

3. For a space the tired Body

Lies with feet toward the dawn;
Till there breaks the last and brightest
Easter morn.

4. But the soul in contemplation

Utters earnest prayer and strong,
Bursting at the Resurrection
Into song.

5. Soul and body reunited

Thenceforth nothing shall divide,
Waking up in CHRIST’S own likeness,
Satisfied.

6. Oh! The beauty, Oh! The gladness

Of that Resurrection day,
Which shall not through endless ages
Pass away!

7. On that happy Easter morning

All the graves their dead restore;
Father, sister, child, and mother,
Meet once more.

8. To that brightest of all meetings

Bring us, JESU CHRIST, at last;
To Thy Cross, through death and judgment,
Holding fast. Amen.

HYMN CH 330a – “And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the
sun; for the LORD GOD giveth them light.” – REV. xxii. 5.

1. WHERE the Light for ever shineth,

Where no storm ariseth more,
There the SAVIOUR meets His loved ones
 On the shore.

2. They nor thirst, no suffer hunger

All their tears are wiped away,
Night has past, and they have entered
Endless day.

3. Surely He, the mighty Worker,

He Who slumbers not, nor sleeps,
Leaveth not in useless silence
Those He keeps.

4. They who bravely toiled amongst us

We believe are working still,
Where no disappointment hinders,
No self-will.

5. Lo! From earth’s imperfect labour

He hath called them to His Feet,
There to work where, free from failure,
Work is sweet.

6. We can spare them, loving SAVIOUR,

For we know Thou guardest well
Those who now with all the ransomed
Sinless dwell.

7. Grant that we with them Thy loved ones,

Whom by faith we still can see,
May when life’s great morning dawneth
Follow Thee. Amen.

HYMN CH 331 – “I am He that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen;
and have the keys of hell and of death.”- REV. i. 18

1. “WELCOME, happy morning!” age to age shall say;

Hell to-day is vanquished; Heaven is won to-day;
Lo! the Dead is living, GOD for evermore,
Him, their true Creator, all His Works adore;
“Welcome, happy morning!” age to age shall say.

2. Earth with joy confesses, clothing her for Spring,

All good gifts return with her returning KING:
Bloom in every meadow, leaves on every bough,
Speak His Sorrows ended, hail His Triumph now;
Hell to-day is vanquished; Heaven is won to-day!

3. Maker and Redeemer, Life and Health of all,

Thou from Heaven beholding human nature’s fall.
 Of the FATHER’S GODHEAD true and only Son,
Manhood to deliver, manhood didst put on;
“Welcome, happy morning!” age to age shall say.

4. Thou, of Life the Author, death didst undergo,

Tread the path of darkness, saving strength to show;
Come then, True and Faithful, now fulfil Thy Word;
‘Tis Thine own Third Morning! Rise, O buried LORD!
Hell to-day is vanquished; Heaven is won to-day!

5. Loose the souls long prisoned, bound with Satan’s chain;

All that now is fallen, raise to life again;
Show Thy Face in brightness, bid the nations see:
Bring again our daylight: day returns with Thee!
“Welcome, happy morning!” age to age shall say.

6. Multitudes unnumbered, saved from Death’s domain,

Follow on in Freedom Him, Who broke their chain;
He, their mighty Leader, bears beyond the stars,
These the countless trophies of His glorious wars!
Hell to-day is vanquished; Heaven is won to-day! Amen

HYMN CH 332 – “Death is swallowed up in victory.”- I COR. xv. 54.

1. THE LORD of ages rends the tomb:

Sing out the Song of Triumph, sing!
JESUS reverses death’s dark doom:
Proclaim the mighty Victor King!
The powers of darkness yield the palm,
The storm gives place to perfect calm;
Sound forth the joyful Easter psalm,
JESUS is King!

2. In vain the watch, the seal, the stone,

Death may not hold the LORD of Life;
He rises from the grave, alone,
Victorious in the last dread strife.
Loud Alleluias let us raise-
Glad Alleluias, sweetest praise,
And celebrate through all our days
The LORD of Life.

3. CHRIST shares, and thus defeated death,

Endured the Cross, secured the Crown;
In gracious words He spent His Breath,
And purchased life for all His own.
Sing out the Song of Triumph, sing!
Ring out the bells of gladness, ring!
The LORD of glory is our King;
Vanquished is death!

4. Triumphant LORD! in Thy great Love

 Raise us from death, transgression, woe!
Grant us to seek the things above,
Thy Life to live, Thyself to know;
Thus may we learn the glad new song,
Chant Alleluias loud and long,
Praising, with all the ransomed throng,
The King of Love! Amen.

HYMN CH 333 – “Now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the first-fruits of them that
slept.”- I COR. Xv. 20

1. CHRIST is risen! CHRIST is risen!

He hath burst His bonds in twain!
CHRIST is risen! CHRIST is risen!
Cry of gladness! Soar again.
For our gain He suffered loss
By Divine decree;
He hath died upon the Cross,
But our GOD is He.
CHRIST is risen! CHRIST is risen!
He hath burst His bonds in twain;
CHRIST is risen! CHRIST is risen!
Earth and Heaven prolong the strain!

2. See the chains of death are broken;

Earth below and Heaven above
Joy in each amazing token
Of His rising, LORD of Love;
He for evermore shall reign
By the FATHER’S side.
Till He comes to earth again,
Comes to claim His Bride.
CHRIST is risen! CHRIST is risen!
He hath burst His bonds in twain;
CHRIST is risen! CHRIST is risen!
Earth and Heaven prolong the strain!

3. Glorious Angels downward thronging

Hail the LORD of all the skies;
Heaven, with joy and holy longing
For the WORD Incarnate, cries,
CHRIST is risen! Earth, rejoice!
Gleam, ye starry train!
All creation find a voice;
He o’er all shall reign.”
CHRIST is risen! CHRIST is risen!
He hath burst His bonds in twain;
CHRIST is risen! CHRIST is risen!
O’er the universe to reign. Amen.
HYMN CH 334 – “And as they went to tell His disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail.”-
MATT. xxviii. 9.

1. THE Day of Resurrection!

Earth, tell it out abroad;
The Passover of gladness,
The Passover of GOD!
From death to Life Eternal,
From earth unto the sky,
Our CHRIST hath brought us over
With hymns of victory.

2. Our hearts be pure from evil,

That we may see aright
The LORD in rays eternal
Of resurrection-light;
And, listening to His accents,
May hear, so calm and plain,
His own “All hail” and, hearing
May raise the Victor-strain.

3. Now let the heavens be joyful;

Let earth her song begin;
The round world keep high triumph,
And all that is therein;
Invisible and visible,
Their notes let all things blend,
For CHRIST the LORD hath risen,
Our joy that hath no end. Amen.

HYMN CH 335 – “The Lord is risen.”- LUKE xxiv. 34

1. ALLELUIA! Alleluia!
Hearts to Heaven and voices raise;
Sing to GOD a hymn of gladness,
Sing to GOD a hymn of praise.
He, Who on the Cross a Victim,
For the world’s salvation bled,
JESUS CHRIST, the King of Glory,
Now is risen from the dead.

2. CHRIST is risen, CHRIST the first-fruits

OF the holy harvest field;
Which will all its full abundance
At His Second Coming yield;
Then the golden ears of harvest
Will their heads before Him wave,
Ripened by His glorious sunshine
From the furrows of the grave.

3. CHRIST is risen, we are risen!

Shed upon us Heavenly grace,
 Rain, and dew, and gleams of glory
From the brightness of Thy Face;
That we, LORD, with hearts in Heaven,
Here on earth may fruitful be,
And by Angels’ hands be gathered,
And be ever safe with Thee.

4. Alleluia! Alleluia!
Glory be to GOD on high,
To the FATHER and the SAVIOUR,
Who has gained the victory;
Glory to the Holy Spirit,
Fount of love and sanctity;
Alleluia! Alleluia!
To the TRIUNE MAJESTY. Amen.

HYMN CH 336 – “Sing ye to the Lord; for He hath triumphed gloriously.” – EXOD. xv. 21

1. AT the LAMB’S high feast we sing

Praise to our victorious King,
Who hath washed us in the tide
Flowing from His pierced Side;
Praise we Him Whose Love Divine
Gives His Sacred Blood for wine,
Gives His Body for the feast,
CHRIST the Victim, CHRIST the Priest.

2. Where the Paschal Blood is poured,

Death’s dark angel sheathes his sword;
Israel’s hosts triumphant go
Through the wave that drowns the foe.
Praise we CHRIST, Whose Blood was shed,
Paschal Victim, Paschal Bread!
With sincerity and love
Eat we Manna from above.

3. Mighty Victim from the sky,

Hell’s fierce powers beneath Thee lie;
Thou hast conquered in the fight,
Thou hast brought us life and light.
Now no more can death appal,
Now no more the grave enthral;
Thou hast opened Paradise,
And in Thee Thy Saints shall rise.

4. Easter triumph, Easter joy,

Sin alone can this destroy;
From sin’s power do Thou set free
Souls new-born, O LORD, in Thee.
Hymns of glory and of praise,
Risen LORD, to Thee we raise;
HOLY FATHER, praise to Thee,
 With the SPIRIT ever be. Amen.

HYMN CH 337 – “Alleluia! For the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth.” – REV. xix. 6.

1. CHRIST the LORD is risen again;

CHRIST hath broken every chain;
Hark! Angelic voices cry,
Singing evermore on high.
Alleluia!
2. He Who gave for us His life,
Who for us endured the strife,
Is our Paschal LAMB to-day:
We too sing for joy, and say
Alleluia!

3. He, Who bore all pain and loss

Comfortless upon the Cross,
Lives in glory now on high,
Pleads for us, and hears our cry:
Alleluia!

4. He, Who slumbered in the grave,

Is exalted now to save:
Now through Christendom it rings
That the LAMB is King of kings
Alleluia!

5. Now He bids us tell abroad

How the lost may be restored,
How the penitent forgiven,
How we too may enter Heaven.
Alleluia!

6. Thou, our Paschal LAMB indeed,

CHRIST, Thy ransomed people feed:
Take our sins and guilt away,
Let us sing by night and day
Alleluia! Amen.

HYMN CH 338 – “He is risen.”- MARK xvi. 6.

1. CHRIST, the LORD, is risen to-day,

Sons of men and Angels say;
Raise your songs and triumphs high;
Sing, ye Heavens, and earth reply.
Love’s redeeming work is done,
Fought the fight, the battle won;
Lo! Our Sun’s eclipse is o’er;
Lo! He sets in blood no more.

2. Vain the stone, the watch, the seal;

CHRIST hath burst the gates of hell;
 Death in vain forbids His rise;
CHRIST hath opened Paradise.
Lives again our glorious King!
Where, O death! Is now thy sting?
Once He died, our souls to save;
Where thy victory, O grave?

3. Soar we now where CHRIST hath led,

Following our exalted Head;
Made like Him, like Him we rise;
Ours the cross, the grave, the skies.
Hail the LORD of earth and Heaven,
Praise to Thee by both be given,
Thee we greet triumphant now,
Hail the Resurrection Thou! Amen.

HYMN CH 339 - “I am the Resurrection and the Life.” --- JOHN xi. 25

1. ALL hail, Thou Resurrection!

All hail, Thou Life and Light!
All hail, Thou Self Perfection,
Sole source of grace and might!
Thy Church, O CHRIST, now greets Thee,
Uprising from the grave;
And every eye that meets Thee
Beholds Thee strong to save.

2. All hail, beloved JESUS!

For Thou alone art He
Whose death from sin can free us,
Whose life brings liberty.
Hence, let our faith embrace Thee
With warmest hand and eye,
And then, delight to trace Thee,
Ascending up on high.

3. O SAVIOUR, come in glory

To raise Thy holy dead,
And end redemption’s story,
With crowns upon Thy Head,
Then robed in white before Thee,
Without one stain or tear
Shall all Thy Saints adore Thee,
‘Midst wonder, love, and fear! Amen.

HYMN CH 340 – “He is risen, as He said.”- MATT. xxviii. 6.

1. HE is risen! He is risen!
Tell it with a joyful voice;
 He hath burst His three days’ prison,
Let the whole wide earth rejoice;
Death is conquered, man is free,
CHRIST hath won the Victory.

2. Come, with high and holy gladness

Chant out LORD’S triumphal lay:
Not one touch of twilight sadness
Dims yon glorious morning ray
Breaking o’er the purple east:
Brighter far our Easter Feast.

3. He is risen, He is risen;
He hath opened Heaven’s gate:
We are free from sin’s dark prison,
Risen to a holier state.
Soon a brighter Easter beam
On our longing eyes shall stream.

4. TRIUNE GOD, let all adore Thee,

Saints on earth and Saints in Heaven!
Every creature bow before Thee,
Who hast all their being given;
Who by grace doth us restore:
Praise to Thee for evermore! Amen.

HYMN CH 341 – “He is not here, but is risen.” – LUKE xxiv. 6

1. JESUS CHRIST is risen to-day

Alleluia!
Our triumphant holy day:
Alleluia!
Who did once upon the Cross,
Alleluia!
Suffer to redeem our loss.
Alleluia!

2. Hymns of praise, then, let us sing,

Alleluia!
Unto CHRIST, our Heavenly King;
Alleluia!
Who endured the Cross and grave,
Alleluia!
Sinners to redeem and save,
Alleluia!

3. But the pains which He endured,

Alleluia!
Our salvation have procured;
Alleluia!
Now above the sky He’s King,
Alleluia!
 Where the Angels ever sing,
Alleluia!

4. Sing we to our GOD above,

Alleluia!
Praise, eternal as His love,
Alleluia!
Praise Him, all ye Heavenly Host,
Alleluia!
FATHER, SON, and HOLY GHOST.
Alleluia! Amen.

HYMN CH 342 – “Now is Christ risen from the dead.” – I COR. xv. 20.

1. THE Happy Morn is come;

Triumphant o’er the grave,
The SAVIOUR leaves the tomb,
Omnipotent to save:
Captivity is captive led,
For JESUS liveth, Who was dead.

2. Who now accuseth them

For whom their Surety died?
Who shall their souls condemn
Whom GOD hath justified?
Captivity is captive led,
For JESUS liveth, Who was dead.

3. Christ hath the ransom paid;

The glorious work is done;
On Him our help is laid-
By Him our victory won.
Captivity is captive led,
For JESUS liveth, Who was dead.

4. To GOD the FATHER, SON,

And SPIRIT of all grace,
Eternal THREE in ONE,
Be everlasting praise.
Captivity is captive led,
For JESUS liveth, Who was dead. Amen.

HYMN CH 343 – “O sing unto the Lord a new song, for He hath done marvellous things.” -
PSALM xcviii. 1.

1. ALLELUIA! ALLELUIA! ALLELUIA!

The strife is o’er, the battle done,
The triumph of the LORD is won;
Oh! let the song of praise be sung—
Alleluia!
2. The powers of death have done their worst,
And JESUS hath His foes dispersed;
Let shouts of praise and joy outburst–
Alleluia!

3. He brake the bonds of death and hell,

The bars from Heaven’s high portals fell;
Let songs of praise His Triumphs tell—
Alleluia

4. On that third morn He rose again,

Glorious in Majesty to reign;
Oh! let us swell the joyful strain,—
Alleluia!

5. LORD, by the stripes which wounded Thee,

From death’s dread sting Thy servants free;
That we may live and sing to Thee—
Alleluia! Amen

HYMN C.H. 344 - “Death is swallowed up in victory.” – I COR. Xv. 54

1. JESUS lives! Thy terrors now
Can, O Death, no more appal us;
JESUS lives! By this we know
Thou, O Grave, canst not enthral us.
Alleluia!

2. JESUS lives! Henceforth is death

But the gate of life immortal;
This shall calm our trembling breath
When we pass its gloomy portal.
Alleluia!

3. JESUS lives! For us He died;

Then, alone to JESUS living,
Pure in heart may we abide,
Glory to our SAVIOUR giving.
Alleluia!

4. JESUS lives! Our hearts know well

Nought from us His love shall sever;
Life, nor death, nor powers of hell
Tear us from His keeping ever.
Alleluia!

5. JESUS lives! To Him the Throne

Over all the world is given:
May we go where HE is gone,
 Rest and reign with Him in Heaven.
Alleluia! Amen.

HYMN CH 345 – “And, behold, there was a great earthquake; for the Angel of the Lord descended
from Heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door.”- MATT. xxviii. 2.

1. ON wings of living light,

At earliest dawn of day,
Came down the Angel bright,
And rolled the stone away.
Your voices raise, with one accord,
To bless and praise your risen LORD.

2. The keepers, watching near,

At that dread sight and sound,
Fell down with sudden fear,
Like dead men to the ground.
Your voices raise, with one accord,
To bless and praise your risen LORD.

3. Then rose from death’s dark gloom,

Unseen by mortal eye,
Triumphant o’er the tomb,
The LORD of earth and sky.
Your voices raise, with one accord,
To bless and praise your risen LORD.

4. Ye children of the light,

Arise with Him, arise;
See how the Daystar bright
Is burning in the skies!
Your voices raise, with one accord,
To bless and praise your risen LORD.

5. Leave in the grave beneath

The old things passed away;
Buried with Him in death,
O live with Him to-day.
Your voices raise, with one accord,
To bless and praise your risen LORD.

6. We sing Thee, LORD Divine,

With all our hearts and powers;
For we are ever Thine,
And Thou art ever ours.
Your voices raise, with one accord,
To bless and praise your risen LORD. Amen.

HYMN CH 346 – “Upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the
sepulchre,… and they found the stone rolled away.”- LUKE xxiv. 1, 2.
1. BLEST Morning whose first dawning rays
Beheld the Son of GOD
Arise triumphant from the grave,
And leave His dark abode!

2. Wrapt in the silence of the tomb

The great Redeemer lay,
Till the revolving skies had brought
The third, the appointed day.

3. Hell and the grave combined their force

To hold our LORD in vain;
Sudden the Conqueror arose
And burst their feeble chain.

4. To Thy great Name, ALMIGHTY LORD,

We sacred honours pay,
And loud Hosannas shall proclaim
The triumphs of the day.

5. Salvation and immortal praise

To our victorious King!
Let Heaven and earth, and rocks and seas,
With glad Hosannas ring.

6. To FATHER, SON and HOLY GHOST,

The GOD Whom we adore,
Be glory, as it was, and is,
And shall be evermore. Amen.

Hymn –C.H. 347 - “I know that my Redeemer liveth.” – JOB xix.25.

1. I KNOW that my Redeemer lives:

What comfort this sweet sentence gives!
He lives, He lives, Who once was dead!
He lives, my everlasting Head.

2. He lives, triumphant from the grave,

He lives, eternally to save,
He lives, all glorious in the sky,
He lives, exalted there on high.

3. He lives to bless me with His love,

And still He pleads for me above;
He lives to raise me from the grave,
And me eternally to save.

4. He lives within my heart to dwell,

And save me from the power of hell;
To comfort me whene’er I faint,
 And soothe my heaviest complaint.

5. He lives my mansion to prepare;

And He will bring me safely there;
He lives, all glory to His Name!
JESUS unchangeably the same! Amen.

HYMN CH 348 – “Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you; as My Father hath sent Me,
even so send I you.”- JOHN xx. 21

1. JESUS! Stand among us

In Thy risen power,
Let this time of worship
Be a hallowed hour.

2. Breathe the HOLY SPIRIT

Into every heart,
Bid the fears and sorrows
From each soul depart.

3. Thus, with quickened footsteps,

We pursue our way,
Watching for the dawning
Of th’ Eternal Day! Amen

HYMN C.H. 349 – “I in them, and Thou in Me, that they may be made perfect in one.”- JOHN
xvii. 23

1. JESU, gentlest SAVIOUR!

GOD of might and power!
Thou Thyself art dwelling
In Thy saints each hour.

2. Nature cannot hold Thee,

Heaven is all too strait
For Thine endless glory
And Thy royal state.

3. Out beyond the shining

Of the farthest star,
Thou art ever stretching
Infinitely far.

4. Yet the hearts of children

Hold what worlds cannot,
And the GOD of wonders
Loves the lowly spot.

5. JESU, gentlest SAVIOUR!

 Be Thou in us now;
Fill us with Thy goodness,
Till our hearts o’erflow.

6. Multiply our graces,

Chiefly love and fear,
And, dear LORD! the chiefest,
Grace to persevere. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 350 – There remaineth … a rest to the people of God.” – HEB. iv. 9
1. MY LORD, my Life, was crucified,
He all the pains did bear;
But in the sweetness of His rest
He makes His servants share.

2. How sweetly rest Thy Saints above

Which in Thy Bosom lie!
Thy Church below doth rest in hope
Of that felicity.

3. Welcome and dear unto my soul

Are these sweet Feasts of love;
But what a Sabbath shall I keep
When I shall rest above!

4. I bless Thy wise and wondrous love,

Which binds us to be free,
Which makes us leave our earthly snares
That we may come to Thee.

5. I come, I wait, I hear, I pray;

Thy Footsteps, LORD, I trace;
I sing to think this is the way
Unto my SAVIOUR’S Face.

6. Blest Day of GOD, most calm, most bright,

The first and best of days,
The labourer’s rest, the saint’s delight,
A day of mirth and praise! Amen.

HYMN CH 351 – “And on His Head were many crowns.”-REV. xix. 12.

1. CROWN Him with many crowns,

The LAMB upon His Throne;
Hark! How the Heavenly anthem drowns
All music but its own;
Awake, my soul, and sing
Of Him Who died for thee,
 And hail Him as thy matchless King
Through all eternity.

2. Crown Him the Virgin’s Son!

The GOD incarnate born,
Whose conquering Arm those trophies won
Which now His Brow adorn.
The SAVIOUR long foretold,
The Branch of Jesse’s stem,
The Eternal Shepherd of His fold,
The Babe of Bethlehem!

3. Crown Him the LORD of Life,

Who triumphed o’er the grave,
And rose victorious in the strife
For those He came to save;
His glories now we sing,
Who died and rose on high;
Who died- eternal life to bring,
And lives, that death may die.

4. Crown Him the LORD of Peace!

Whose power a sceptre sways
From pole to pole, that wars may cease,
And all be love and praise.
His reign shall know no end;
And round His pierced Feet
The thousand tones of earth shall blend,
In concord ever sweet.

5. Crown Him the LORD of Heaven,

Enthroned in worlds above;
Crown Him the King, to Whom is given
The wondrous name of Love;
Crown Him with many crowns
As thrones before Him fall;
Crown Him, ye kings, with many crowns,
For He is King of all.

6. Crown Him the LORD of years,

The Potentate of time,
Creator of the rolling spheres,
Ineffably Sublime;
All hail, Redeemer, hail!
For Thou hast died for me;
Thy praise shall never, never fail
Throughout eternity. Amen

HYMN CH 352 – “So shall we ever be with the Lord.”- I THESS. Iv. 17

1. “FOR ever with the LORD!”

Amen; so let it be;
 Life from the dead is in that word
‘Tis immortality
Here in the body pent,
Absent from Him I roam,
Yet nightly pitch my moving tent
A day’s march nearer Home.

2. My FATHER’S House on high,

Home of my soul, how near
At times, to faith’s far-seeing eye
Thy golden gates appear!
Ah! Then my spirit faints
To reach the land I love,
The bright inheritance of Saints,
Jerusalem above.

3. All that I am, have been,

All that I yet may be,
He sees at once, as He hath seen,
And shall for ever see.
How can I meet His eyes?
Mine on the Cross I cast,
And own my life a SAVIOUR’S prize,
Mercy, from first to last.

4. “For ever with the LORD!”

Father, if ‘tis Thy will,
The promise of that faithful word,
E’en here to me fulfil.
Be Thou at my right hand,
Then can I never fail;
Uphold Thou me, and I shall stand,
Fight, and I must prevail.

5. So when my latest breath

Shall rend the veil in twain,
By death I shall escape from death,
And Life Eternal gain.
That resurrection-word,
That shout of victory;
Once more, “For ever with the LORD!”
Amen, so let it be! Amen.

HYMN CH 353 – “Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? This that is
glorious in His apparel, travelling in the greatness of His strength?” – ISA. lxiii. 1.

1. TO Thee and to Thy CHRIST, O GOD,

We sing-we ever sing;
For He the lonely winepress trod,
Our cup of joy to bring.
His glorious Arm the strife maintained,
He marched in might from far;
 His robes were with the vintage stained,
Red with the wine of war.

2. To Thee and to Thy CHRIST, O GOD,

We sing-we ever sing;
For He invaded Death’s abode,
And robbed him of his sting.
The house of dust enthrals no more,
For He, the Strong to save,
Himself doth guard that silent door,
Great Keeper of the grave.

3. To Thee and to THY CHRIST, O GOD.

We sing-we ever sing;
For He hath crushed beneath His rod
The world’s proud rebel king.
He plunged in His imperial strength
To gulfs of darkness down;
He brought His trophy up at length,
The foiled usurper’s crown.

4. To Thee and to Thy CHRIST, O GOD,

We sing-we ever sing;
For He redeemed us with His Blood
From every evil thing.
Thy saving strength His Arm upbore,
The Arm that set us free;
Glory, O GOD, for evermore
Be to Thy CHRIST and Thee. Amen.

HYMN CH 354 – “Blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.”- JOHN xx. 29

1. WE saw Thee not when Thou didst come

To this poor world of sin and death.
Nor e’er beheld Thy cottage home
In that despised Nazareth;
But we believe Thy footsteps trod
Its streets and plains, Thou SON of GOD.

2. We did not see Thee lifted high

Amid that wild and savage crew,
Nor heard Thy meek imploring cry,
“Forgive, they know not what they do”;
Yet we believe the deed was done,
Which shook the earth and veiled the sun.

3. We stood not by the empty tomb

Where late Thy sacred Body lay,
Nor sat within that upper room,
Nor met Thee in the open way;
But we believe that Angels said,
“Why seek the living with the dead?”
4. We did not mark the chosen few,
When Thou didst through the clouds ascend,
First lift to Heaven their wondering view,
Then to the earth all prostrate bend;
Yet we believe that mortal eyes
Beheld that journey to the skies.

5. And now that Thou dost reign on high,

And thence Thy waiting people bless,
No ray of glory from the sky
Doth shine upon our wilderness:
But we believe Thy faithful Word.
And trust in our Redeeming LORD. Amen.

HYMN CH 355 – “Thou shalt call His Name Jesus; for He shall save His people from their sins.” –
MATT. i. 21.

1. CONQUERING kings their titles take

From the foes they captive make:
JESUS, by a nobler deed,
From the thousands he hath freed.

2. Yes, none other Name is given

Unto mortals under Heaven,
Which can make the dead arise,
And exalt them to the skies.

3. That which CHRIST so hardly wrought,

That which He so dearly bought,
That Salvation, mortals, say,
Will ye madly cast away?

4. Rather gladly for that Name

Bear the cross, endure the shame;
Joyfully for Him to die
Is not death, but victory.

5. JESU, Who dost condescend

To be called the sinner’s Friend,
Hear us, as to Thee we pray,
Glorying in Thy Name to-day.

6. Glory to the FATHER be,

Glory, risen LORD, to Thee,
Glory to the HOLY GHOST,
From the Saints and Heavenly Host. Amen

HYMN C.H. 356 (Pt.1) - “The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want.” – PSALM xxiii

1. THE LORD’S my Shepherd, I’ll not want,

 He makes me down to lie
In pastures green; He leadeth me
The quiet waters by.

2. My soul He doth restore again;

And me to walk doth make
Within the paths of righteousness,
E’en for His own Name’s sake.

3. Yea, though I walk through death’s dark vale,

Yet will I fear none ill;
For Thou art with me; and Thy rod
And staff me comfort still.

4. My table Thou hast furnished

In presence of my foes;
My head Thou dost with oil anoint
And my cup overflows.

5. Goodness and mercy all my life

Shall surely follow me;
And in GOD’S House for evermore
My dwelling-place shall be.
Amen

HYMN C.H. 356 (Pt.II) - “The Lord is my Shepherd, therefore shall I lack nothing.” – PSALM
xxiii. 1

1. MY Shepherd is the Living LORD,

Nothing therefore I need;
In pastures fair, near pleasant streams,
He setteth me to feed.

2. He shall convert and glad my soul,

And bring my mind in frame
To walk in paths of righteousness
For His most holy Name.

3. Yea, though I walk the vale of death,

Yet will I fear no ill:
Thy rod and staff will comfort me,
And Thou art with me still.

4. Through all my life, Thy favour is

Thus freely showed to me,
And in Thy house for evermore
My dwelling-place shall be. Amen.
HYMN C.H. 356 (Pt.III) - “He shall feed me in a green pasture.” – PSALM xxiii. 2.

1. THE LORD my pasture shall prepare,

And feed me with a shepherd’s care;
His presence shall my wants supply,
And guard me with a watchful eye;
My noonday walks He shall attend,
And all my midnight hours defend.

2. When in the sultry glebe I faint,

Or on the thirsty mountain pant,
To fertile vales, and dewy meads,
My weary, wandering steps He leads,
Where peaceful rivers, soft and slow,
Amid the verdant landscape flow.

3. Though in the paths of death I tread,

With gloomy horrors overspread,
My steadfast heart shall fear no ill,
For Thou, O LORD, art with me still;
Thy rod and staff shall give me aid,
And guide me through the dreadful shade. Amen.

HYMN CH 357 – “If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and
follow Me. – MATT. xvi. 24

1. JESUS, I my cross have taken,

All to leave, and follow Thee:
Destitute, despised, forsaken,
Thou from hence my All shalt be!
Perish every fond ambition,
All I’ve sought, or hoped, or known;
Yet how rich is my condition!
GOD and Heaven are still my own!

2. Man may trouble and distress me,

‘Twill but drive me to Thy breast;
Life with trials, hard may press me,
Heaven will bring me sweeter rest!
Oh! ‘tis not in grief to harm me
While Thy love is left to me!
Oh!’twere not in joy to charm me,
Were that joy unmixed with Thee!

3. Take, my soul, thy full Salvation,

Rise o’er sin and fear and care;
Joy to find in every station,
Something still to do or bear,
 Think what SPIRIT dwells within Thee!
What a FATHER’S smile is thine!
What a SAVIOUR died to win thee!
Child of Heaven, shouldst thou repine?

4. Haste then on from grace to glory,

Armed by faith, and winged by prayer;
Heaven’s Eternal Day’s before thee,
GOD’S own Hand shall guide thee there!
Soon shall close thy earthly mission,
Swift shall pass thy pilgrim days,
Hope soon change to glad fruition,
Faith to sight, and prayer to praise. Amen.

HYMN CH 358 – “He that overcometh shall inherit all things.”- REV. xxi. 7.

1. THOSE eternal bowers man hath never trod,

Those unfading flowers round the Throne of God:
Who may hope to gain them after weary fight?
Who at length attain them, clad in robes of white?

2. He who wakes from slumber at the SPIRIT’S voice,

Daring here to number things unseen his choice:
He who casts his burden down at JESUS’ Cross,-
CHRIST’S reproach his guerdon, all beside but loss.

3. He who gladly barters all on earthly ground;

He who, like the Martyrs, says “I will be crowned”
He whose one oblation is a life of love,
Knit in GOD’S salvation to the blest above.

4. Shame upon you, legions of the Heavenly King,

Citizens of regions past imaging!
What, with pipe and tabor dream away the light,
When He calls to labour and faith’s arduous fight?

5. JESU, LORD of Glory, as we breast the tide,

Whisper Thou the story of the other side;
Where the Saints are casting crowns before Thy Feet,
Safe for everlasting, in Thyself complete. Amen.

HYMN CH 359 – “They sing the song of Moses… and… of the Lamb.”- REV. xv. 3.

1. AWAKE, and sing the song

Of Moses and the LAMB!
Wake every heart, and every tongue,
To praise the SAVIOUR’S Name!

2. Sing of His dying Love,

Sing of His rising Power;
Sing how He intercedes above,
 For us whose sins he bore.

3. Sing on your Heavenly way;

Ye ransomed sinners, sing;
Sing on, rejoicing every day
In CHRIST, the Eternal King.

4. Soon shall we hear Him say,

“Ye blessed children, come!”
Soon will He call us hence away,
And take His wanderers home.

5. There shall our raptured tongue,

His endless praise proclaim;
And sweeter voices swell the song
Of Moses and the LAMB! Amen.

Hymn – C.H. 360 - “A Man shall be as an hiding place from the wind and a covert from the
tempest.” – ISA. xxxii.2

1. JESU, Lover of my soul,

Let me to Thy Bosom fly,
While the gathering waters roll,
While the tempest still is high!
Hide me, O my SAVIOUR! Hide,
Till the storm of life is past;
Safe into the haven guide,
O receive my soul at last!

2. Other refuge have I none,

Hangs my helpless soul on Thee:
Leave, ah! Leave me not alone,
Still support and comfort me:
All my trust on Thee is stayed,
All my help from Thee I bring!
Cover my defenceless head
With the shadow of Thy wing.

3. Thou, O CHRIST, art all I want;

More than all in Thee I find;
Raise the fallen, cheer the faint,
Heal the sick, and lead the blind;
Just and Holy is Thy Name,
I am all unrighteousness;
False and full of sin I am,
Thou art full of truth and grace.

4. Plenteous grace with Thee is found,

Grace to cover all my sin;
 Let the healing streams abound,
Make and keep me pure within:
Thou of Life the Fountain art,
Freely let me take of Thee;
Spring Thou up within my heart,
Rise to all eternity. Amen.

HYMN CH 361 – “The redeemed of the Lord shall return and come with singing unto Zion.”- ISA.
li. 11.

1. HARK! hark; my soul; Angelic songs are swelling

O’er earth’s green fields and ocean’s wave-beat shore:
How sweet the truth those blessed strains are telling
Of that new life when sin shall be no more!
Angels of JESUS, Angels of light,
Singing to welcome the pilgrims of the night.

2. Onward we go, for still we hear them singing,

“Come weary souls, for JESUS bids you come.”
And, through the dark its echoes sweetly ringing,
The music of the Gospel leads us home.
Angels of JESUS, Angels of light,
Singing to welcome the pilgrims of the night.

3. Far, far away, like bells at evening pealing,

The Voice of JESUS sounds o’er land and sea;
And laden souls, by thousands meekly stealing,
Kind Shepherd, turn their weary steps to Thee.
Angels of JESUS, Angels of light,
Singing to welcome the pilgrims of the night.

4. Rest comes at length, though life be long and dreary,

The day must dawn, and darksome night be past;
Faith’s journey ends in welcome to the weary,
And Heaven, the heart’s true home, will come at last.
Angels of JESUS, Angels of light,
Singing to welcome the pilgrims of the night.

5. Angels! Sing on: your faithful watches keeping,

Sing us sweet fragments of the songs above;
Till morning’s joy shall end the night of weeping,
And life’s long shadows break in cloudless love,
Angels of JESUS, Angels of light,
Singing to welcome the pilgrims of the night. Amen.

HYMN CH 362 – “We see Jesus, Who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death,
crowned with glory and honour.”- HEB. ii. 9.

1. CROWNS of glory, ever bright,

Rest upon the Victor’s Head:
Crowns of glory are His right,
 His “Who liveth and was dead.”

2. JESUS fought and won the day;

Such a day was never fought;
Well His people now may say,
See what GOD, our GOD, has wrought!

3. He subdued the powers of hell;

In the fight He stood alone;
All His foes before Him fell,
By His single Arm o’erthrown.

4. They have fallen to rise no more:

Final is the foe’s defeat:
JESUS triumphed by His power,
And His triumph is complete.

5. His the fight, the arduous toil;

His the honours of the day;
His the glory and the spoil;
JESUS bears them all away!

6. Now proclaim His deeds afar;

Fill the world with His renown;
His alone the Victor’s ear;
His the Everlasting Crown! Amen.

HYMN CH 363 – “The everlasting Father, the Prince of peace.” – ISA. ix. 6.

1. TO CHRIST, the Prince of peace,

And SON of GOD most high,
The FATHER of the world to come,
We lift our joyful cry.

2. Deep in His Heart for us

The wound of love He bore,
That love which He enkindles still
In hearts that Him adore.

3. O JESU, Victim Blest,

What else but love Divine
Could Thee constrain to open thus
That sacred Heart of Thine?

4. O wondrous Fount of love,

O Well of waters free,
O heavenly Flame, refining Fire,
O burning Charity!

5. Hide us in Thy dear Heart,

JESU, our SAVIOUR Blest,
So shall we find Thy plenteous grace,
 And Heaven’s eternal rest. Amen.

HYMN CH 364 – “And God did rest the seventh day from all His works. There remaineth therefore a rest
to the people of God.”- HEB. iv. 4, 9.

1. AS Thou didst rest, O FATHER, o’er nature’s finished birth,

As Thou didst in Thy work rejoice, and belss the new-born earth,
So give us now that Sabbath rest, which makes Thy children free-
Free for the work of love to man, of thankfulness to Thee.

2. But in Thy worship, FATHER, Oh, lift our souls above,

By holy word, by prayer and hymn, by Eucharistic love;
Till e’en the dull cold work of earth, the earth which CHRIST hath trod,
Shall be itself a silent prayer to raise us up to GOD.

3. So lead us on to Heaven, where, in Thy Presence blest

The wicked cease from troubling, and the weary are at rest,
Where faith is lost in vision, where love hath no alloy,
And through eternity there flows the deepening stream of joy.

4. To Thee, Who giv’st us freedom, our FATHER and our King;

To Thee, the risen LORD of Life, our ransomed spirits sing;
Thou fill’st the Chruch in earth and Heaven, O HOLY GHOST;- to Thee
In warfare’s toil, in victory’s rest, Eternal Glory be. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 365 – “And all Mine are Thine, and Thine are Mine, and I am glorified in them.” –
JOHN xvii. 10

1. LORD, we are Thine: in Thee we live,

Supported by Thy tender care;
Thou dost each hourly mercy give;
Thine earth we tread, we breathe Thine air:
Raiment and food Thy Hands supply,
Thy sun's bright rays around us shine;
Guarded by Thine all-seeing Eye-
We own that we are wholly Thine.

2. LORD, we are Thine: bought by Thy Blood,

Once the poor guilty slaves of sin;
But Thou hast brought us nigh to GOD,
And made Thy SPIRIT dwell within.
Thou hast our sinful wanderings borne,
With love and patience all Divine;
As brands then from the burning torn,
We own that we are wholly Thine.

3. LORD, we are Thine: Thy claims we own,

Ourselves to Thee we wholly give;
Reign Thou within our hearts alone,
And let us to Thy glory live.
 Here let us each Thy mind display,
In all Thy gracious image shine,
And haste that long-expected day
When Thou shalt own us wholly Thine. Amen.

HYMN CH 366 – “O how amiable are Thy dwellings, Thou Lord of Hosts! – PSALM lxxxiv. 1.

1. PLEASANT are Thy courts above,

In the land of light and love;
Pleasant are Thy courts below,
In this land of sin and woe,
Oh, my spirit longs and faints
For the converse of Thy saints,
For the brightness of Thy Face,
For Thy fulness, GOD of Grace.

2. Happy birds that sing and fly

Round Thy altars, O Most High!
Happier souls that find a rest
In a Heavenly FATHER’S Breast!
Like the wandering dove that found
No repose on earth around,
They can to their ark repair,
And enjoy it ever there.

3. Happy souls! Their praises flow

Even in this vale of woe;
Waters in the desert rise:
Manna feeds them from the skies;
On they go from strength to strength,
Till they reach Thy Throne at length,
At Thy Feet adoring fall,
Who hast led them safe through all.

4. LORD, be mine this prize to win,

Guide me through a world of sin,
Keep me by Thy saving grace,
Give me at Thy Side a place.
Sun and Shield alike Thou art,
Guide and guard my erring heart:
Grace and glory flow from Thee:
Shower, O shower them, LORD, on me! Amen

HYMN CH 367 – “Whom having not seen, love.” – I PET. i. 8.

1. O SAVIOUR, precious SAVIOUR,

Whom yet unseen we love,
O Name of might and favour,
 All other names above:
We worship Thee, we bless Thee,
To Thee alone we sing;
We praise Thee, and confess Thee
Our holy LORD and King!

2. O Bringer of Salvation,
Who wondrously hast wrought,
Thyself the revelation
Of love beyond our thought:
We worship Thee, we bless Thee,
To Thee alone we sing;
We praise Thee, and confess Thee
Our gracious LORD and King!

3. In Thee all fullness dwelleth,

All grace and power Divine;
The glory that excelleth,
O SON of GOD, is Thine:
We worship Thee, we bless Thee,
To Thee alone we sing;
We praise Thee, and confess Thee
Our glorious LORD and King!

4. O grant the consummation

Of this our song above,
In endless adoration,
And everlasting love:
Then shall we praise and bless Thee,
Where perfect praises ring,
And evermore confess Thee
Our SAVIOUR and our King! Amen.

HYMN CH 368 – “Sing unto the Lord a new song, for He hath done marvellous things.” – PSALM
xcviii. 1.

1. SING, ye faithful, sing with gladness;

Wake your noblest, sweetest strain;
With the praises of your SAVIOUR
Let His House resound again;
Him let all your music honour,
And your songs exalt His reign.

2. Sing how He came forth from Heaven,

Bowed Himself to Bethlehem’s cave,
Stooped to wear the servant’s vesture,
Bore the pain, the Cross, the grave,
Passed within the gates of darkness,
 Thence His banished ones to save.

3. So He tasted death for all men,

He of all mankind the Head;
Sinless One among the sinful,
Prince of Life among the dead;
So He wrought the full redemption
And the captor captive led.

4. Now on high, yet ever with us,

From His FATHER’S Throne the SON
Rules and guides the world He ransomed
Till the appointed work be done;
Till He see, renewed and perfect,
All things gathered into one.

5. Day of promised restitution!

Fruit of all His sorrows past!
When the Crown of His dominions
He before the Throne shall cast,
And throughout the wide creation
GOD be All in all at last. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 369 – “Whom have I in heaven but Thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire in
comparison of Thee.” – PSALM lxxiii. 24.

1. JESU, my LORD, my GOD, my All!

Hear me, Blest SAVIOUR, when I call!
Hear me, and from Thy dwelling-place
Pour down the riches of Thy grace.
JESU, my LORD, I Thee adore;
O make me love Thee more and more.

2. JESU, too late I Thee have sought,

How can I love Thee as I ought?
And how extol Thy matchless fame,
The glorious beauty of Thy Name?
JESU, my LORD, I Thee adore;
O make me love Thee more and more.

3. JESU, what didst Thou find in me,

That Thou hast dealt so lovingly?
How great the joy that Thou hast brought,
So far exceeding hope or thought!
JESU, my LORD, I Thee adore;
O make me love Thee more and more.

4. JESU, of Thee shall be my song,

 To Thee my heart and soul belong;
All that I am or have is Thine;
And Thou, Blest SAVIOUR, Thou art mine.
JESU, my LORD, I Thee adore;
O make me love Thee more and more. Amen.

HYMN CH 370 – “And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.”- REV. vii. 17.

1. LO! round the Throne at GOD’S right hand

The saints, in countless myriads, stand;
Of every tongue redeemed to GOD,
Arrayed in garments washed in Blood.

2. Through tribulation great they came;

They bore the cross, despised the shame;
From all their labours now they rest,
In GOD’S eternal glory blest.

3. Hunger and thirst they feel no more;

Nor sin, nor pain, nor death deplore:
The tears are wiped from every eye,
And sorrow yields to endless joy.

4. They see their SAVIOUR Face to face,

And sing the triumphs of His grace;
Him day and night they ceaseless praise;
To Him their loud Hosannas raise:

5. “Worthy the LAMB for sinners slain,

Through endless years to live and reign,
Thou hast redeemed us by Thy Blood.
And make us kings and priests to GOD.” Amen.

HYMN C.H. 371 – “Bless the Lord, O my soul, O Lord my God, Thou art very great; Thou art
clothed with honour and majesty.” – PSALM civ. 1

1. O WORSHIP the King, all-glorious above,

O gratefully sing His power and His love,
Our Shield and Defender, the Ancient of Days,
Pavilioned in splendour, and girded with praise.

2. O tell of His might, O sing of His grace,

Whose robe is the light, Whose canopy space,
His chariots of wrath the deep thunder-clouds form,
And dark is His path on the wings of the storm.

3. The earth with its store of wonders untold,

ALMIGHTY, Thy power hath founded of old,
Hath stablished it fast by a changeless decree,
And round it hath cast, like a mantle, the sea.
4. Thy bountiful care what tongue can recite?
It breathes in the air; it shines in the light;
It streams from the hills; it descends to the plain,
And sweetly distils in the dew and the rain.

5. Frail children of dust, and feeble as frail,

In Thee do we trust, nor find Thee to fail;
Thy mercies how tender, how firm to the end,
Our Maker, Defender, Redeemer, and Friend!

6. O measureless Might, ineffable Love,

While Angels delight to hymn Thee above,
Thy ransomed creation, though feeble their lays,
With true adoration shall sing to Thy praise. Amen.

HYMN CH 372 – “He raised Him from the dead, and set Him at His own right hand.” – EPH. i.
20.

1. HARK! Ten thousand voices sounding

Far and wide throughout the sky,
‘Tis the voice of joy abounding,
JESUS lives, no more to die!

2. JESUS lives, His conflict over,

Lives to claim His great reward;
Angels round the Victor hover,
Crowding to behold their LORD.

3. Yonder Throne for Him erected

Now becomes the Victor’s seat:
Lo, the Man on earth rejected,
Angels worship at His Feet!

4. All the powers of Heaven adore Him,

All obey His sovereign word;
Day and night they cry before Him,
“Holy, Holy, Holy LORD!” Amen.

HYMN C.H. 373 – “Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on Thee.”- ISA.
xxvi. 3

1. LEAD us, Heavenly FATHER, lead us

O’er the world’s tempestuous sea;
Guide us, guard us, keep us, feed us,
For we have no help but Thee;
Yet possessing every blessing,
If our GOD our FATHER be.
2. SAVIOUR, breathe forgiveness o’er us;
All our weakness Thou dost know;
Thou didst tread this earth before us,
Thou didst feel its keenest woe:
Lone and dreary, faint and weary,
Through the desert Thou didst go.

3. SPIRIT of our GOD, descending,

Fill our hearts with Heavenly joy,
Love with every passion blending,
Pleasure that can never cloy;
Thus provided, pardoned, guided,
Nothing can our peace destroy. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 374 – “O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is good, for His mercy endureth for ever.”
– PSALM cxxxvi. 1

1. LET us with a gladsome mind

Praise the LORD, for He is kind;
For His mercies aye endure,
Ever faithful, ever sure!

2. Let us blaze His Name abroad,

For of gods He is the GOD;
For His mercies aye endure,
Ever faithful, ever sure!

3. He with all commanding might

Filled the new-made world with light;
For His mercies aye endure,
Ever faithful, ever sure!

4. Caused the golden tressed sun

All day long his course to run;
For His mercies aye endure,
Ever faithful, ever sure!

5. And the moon to shine by night,

Among her spangled sisters bright;
For His mercies aye endure,
Ever faithful, ever sure!

6. All things living He doth feed,

His full Hand supplies their need;
For His mercies aye endure,
Ever faithful, ever sure!
7. Let us therefore warble forth
His high Majesty and worth;
For His mercies aye endure,
Ever faithful, ever sure! Amen

HYMN C.H. 374a –

1. LET us with a gladsome mind

Praise the LORD, for He is kind;
For His mercies aye endure,
Ever faithful, ever sure!

2. Let us blaze His Name abroad,

For of gods He is the GOD;
For His mercies aye endure,
Ever faithful, ever sure!

3. Who, by His all-commanding might,

Did fill the new-made world with light;
For His mercies aye endure,
Ever faithful, ever sure!

4. And caused the golden tressed sun

All the day long his course to run;
For His mercies aye endure,
Ever faithful, ever sure!

5. The horned moon to shine by night,

Amongst her spangled sisters bright;
For His mercies aye endure,
Ever faithful, ever sure!

6. All things living creatures He doth feed,

And with full Hand supplies their need;
For His mercies aye endure,
Ever faithful, ever sure!

7. Let us therefore warble forth

His mighty Majesty and worth;
For His mercies aye endure,
Ever faithful, ever sure! Amen

HYMN CH 375 – “The Lord is in this place.”- GEN. xxviii. 16

1. LO, GOD is here! Let us adore,

And own how dreadful is this place;
Let all within us feel His power,
And silent bow before His Face.
 Who knows His power, His grace who prove,
Serve Him with awe, with reverence love.

2. Lo, GOD is here! Him day and night

Th’ united choirs of Angels sing;
To Him, enthroned above all height,
Heaven’s host their noblest praises bring;
Disdain not, LORD! our meaner song,
Who praise Thee with a stammering tongue.

3. ALMIGHTY LORD, may this our praise

Thy courts with grateful fragrance fill;
Still hear and do Thy sovereign will;
To Thee may all our thoughts arise,
Ceaseless, accepted sacrifice. Amen.

HYMN CH 376 – “The eyes of all wait upon Thee, O Lord; and Thou givest them their meat in due
season.”- PSALM cxlv. 15

1. LORD, in Thy Name Thy servants plead,

And Thou hast sworn to hear;
Thine is the harvest, Thine the seed,
The fresh and fading year.

2. Our hope, when Autumn winds blew wild,

We trusted, LORD, with Thee:
And still, now Spring has on us smiled,
We wait on Thy decree.

3. The former and the latter rain,

The Summer sun and air,
The green ear, and the golden grain,
All Thine, are ours by prayer.

4. Thine too by right, and ours by grace,

The wondrous growth unseen,
The hopes that soothe, the fears that brace,
The love that shines serene

5. So grant the precious things brought forth

By sun and moon below,
That Thee in Thy new Heaven and earth
We never may forego.

6. To FATHER, SON, and HOLY GHOST,

The GOD Whom we adore,
Be glory, as it was, is now,
And shall be evermore. Amen.

HYMN CH 377 – “Thou hast prepared the light and the sun…. Thou hast made summer and winter.”-
PSALM lxxiv. 16, 17.
1. SUMMER suns are glowing
Over land and sea;
Happy light is flowing,
Bountiful and free.
Every thing rejoices
In the mellow rays;
All earth’s thousand voices
Swell the psalm of praise.

2. GOD’S free mercy streameth

Over all the world,
And His Banner gleameth,
Everywhere unfurled.
Broad and deep and glorious,
As the Heaven above,
Shines in might victorious
His Eternal Love.

3. LORD, upon our blindness

Thy pure radiance pour;
For Thy loving-kindness
Make us love Thee more:
And, when clouds are drifting
Dark across our sky,
Then, the veil uplifting,
FATHER, be Thou nigh.

4. We will never doubt Thee,

Though Thou veil Thy light;
Life is dark without Thee;
Death with Thee is bright.
Light of Light! Shine o’er us
On our pilgrim way;
Go Thou still before us
To the endless day. Amen.

HYMN CH 378 – “While the earth remaineth, seed-time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and
winter, and day and night shall not cease.”- GEN. viii. 22.

1. O THRONED, O Crowned with all renown,

Since Thou the earth hast trod,
Thou reignest, and by Thee come down
Henceforth the gifts of GOD.
By Thee the suns of space, that burn
Unspent, their watches hold;
The hosts that turn, and still return,
Are swayed, and poised, and rolled.

2. The powers of earth, for all her ills,

An endless treasure yield;
The precious things of ancient hills,
Forest, and fruitful field.
 Thine is the health, and Thine the wealth
That in our halls abound;
And Thine the beauty and the joy
With which the years are crowned.

3. And as, when ebbed the Flood, our sires

Kneeled on the mountain sod;
While o’er the new world’s altar fires
Shone out the Bow of GOD:
And sweetly fell the peaceful spell,
Word that shall aye avail;
“Summer and winter shall not cease,
Seed-time nor harvest fail”;

4. Thus in their change let frost and heat

And winds and dews be given;
All fostering power, all influence sweet
Breathe from the bounteous heaven
Attemper fair with gentle air
The sunshine and the rain,
That kindly earth, with timely birth,
May yield her fruits again;

5. That we may feed Thy poor aright,

And, gathering round Thy Throne,
Here, in the holy Angels’ sight,
Repay Thee of Thine own.
For so our sires in olden time
Spared neither gold nor gear,
Nor precious wood nor hewen stone,
Thy sacred shrines to rear.

6. For there, to give the second birth

In mysteries and signs,
The Face of CHRIST o’er all the earth
On kneeling myriads shines.
And if so fair beyond compare
Thy earthly houses be;
In how great grace shall we Thy Face
In Thine own Palace see! Amen.

HYMN CH 379 – “And a cloud received Him out of their sight.”- ACTS i. 9.

1. HAIL the day that sees Him rise, Alleluia!

To His Throne above the skies; Alleluia!
CHRIST, the LAMB for sinners given, Alleluia!
Enters now the highest Heaven. Alleluia!

2. There for Him high triumph waits; Alleluia!

Lift your heads, eternal gates; Alleluia!
He hath conquered death and sin, Alleluia!
Take the KING of GLORY in. Alleluia!
3. Lo! the Heaven its LORD receives, Alleluia!
Yet He loves the earth He leaves; Alleluia!
Though returning to His Throne, Alleluia!
Still He calls mankind His own. Alleluia!

4. See! He lifts His hands above: Alleluia!

See! He shows the prints of love; Alleluia!
Hark! His gracious Lips bestow Alleluia!
Blessings on His Church below. Alleluia!

5. Still for us He intercedes, Alleluia!

His prevailing Death He pleads, Alleluia!
Near Himself prepares our place, Alleluia!
He the First-fruits of our race. Alleluia!

6. LORD though parted from our sight, Alleluia!

Far above the starry height, Alleluia!
Grant our hearts may thither rise, Alleluia!
Seeking Thee above the skies. Alleluia! Amen.

HYMN CH 380 – “Let all the angels of God worship Him.”- HEB. i. 6.

1. HAIL, Thou once-despised JESUS!

Hail, Thou Galilean King!
Thou didst suffer to release us;
Thou didst free salvation bring:
Hail, Thou agonizing SAVIOUR,
Bearer of our sin and shame!
By The merits we find favour;
Life is given through Thy Name.

2. Paschal LAMB, by GOD appointed,

All our sins on Thee were laid:
By Almighty love anointed,
Thou hast full atonement made:
All Thy people are forgiven
Through the virtue of Thy Blood:
Opened is the gate of Heaven:
Peace is made ‘twixt man and GOD.

3. JESU, hail! Enthroned in glory,

There for ever to abide;
All the heavenly host adore Thee,
Seated at Thy FATHER’S side.
There for sinners Thou art pleading;
There Thou dost our place prepare,
Ever for us interceding,
Till in glory we appear.

4. Worship, honour, power, and blessing,

Thou art worthy to receive:
 Loudest praises, without ceasing,
Meet it is for us to give;
Help, ye bright Angelic Spirits;
Bring your sweetest, noblest lays;
Help to sing our SAVIOUR’S merits,
Help to chant EMMANUEL’S praise. Amen.

HYMN CH 381 – “Who is gone into Heaven.”- I PET. iii. 22

1. THOU art gone up on high,

To mansions in the skies;
And round Thy Throne unceasingly
The songs of praise arise;
But we are lingering here,
With sin and care oppressed;
LORD, send Thy promised Comforter,
And lead us to our rest.

2. Thou art gone up on high;

But Thou didst first come down,
Through earth’s most bitter misery
To pass unto Thy Crown;
And girt with griefs and fears
Our onward course must be:
But only let this path of tears
Lead us at last to Thee.

3. Thou art gone up on high;

But Thou shalt come again,
With all the bright ones of the sky
Attendant in Thy train.
LORD, by Thy saving power
So make us live and die,
That we may stand in that dread hour
At Thy right Hand on high. Amen.

HYMN CH 382 – “Rejoice in the Lord always: and, again I say, Rejoice.”- PHIL. Iv. 4.

1. REJOICE, the LORD is King,

Your LORD and King adore;
Mortals, give thanks and sing,
And triumph evermore:
Lift up your heart, lift up your voice:
Rejoice, again I say, rejoice.

2. JESUS, the SAVIOUR, reigns,

The GOD of truth and love:
When He had purged our stains,
He took His seat above:
Lift up your heart, lift up your voice;
Rejoice, again I say, rejoice.
3. His Kingdom cannot fail;
He rules o’er earth and Heaven;
The keys of death and hell
Are to our JESUS given:
Lift up your heart, lift up your voice;
Rejoice, again I say, rejoice.

4. He sits at GOD’S right hand

Till all His foes submit,
And bow to His command,
And fall beneath His feet:
Lift up your heart, lift up your voice;
Rejoice, again I say, rejoice. Amen

HYMN CH 383 – “We have a great High Priest that is passed into the heavens.” – HEB. iv. 14.

1. WHERE high the Heavenly temple stands,

The house of GOD not made with hands,
A great High Priest our nature wears
The Guardian of mankind appears.

2. He, Who for men their Surety stood,

And poured on earth His precious Blood,
Pursues in Heaven His mighty plan,
The SAVIOUR and the Friend of man.

3. Though now ascended up on high,

He bends on earth a Brother’s eye;
Partaker of the human name,
He knows the frailty of our frame.

4. Our Fellow-Sufferer yet retains

A fellow-feeling of our pains;
And still remembers in the skies
His Tears, His Agonies, and Cries.

5. In every pang that rends the heart

The Man of Sorrows had a part;
He sympathizes with our grief,
And to the sufferer sends relief.

6. With boldness therefore at the Throne

Let us make all our sorrows known;
And ask the aid of Heavenly power
To help us in the evil hour. Amen.

HYMN CH 384 – “Thou hast ascended on high, Thou hast led captivity captive.”- PSALM lxviii. 18
1. PRAISE the LORD; sing Hallelujah!
Lo! the victory won;
Strife and conflict now are ended,
And the triumph is begun.
Bring the sacrifice of praises,
Our Deliverer to greet;
Come with joyful adoration,
Welcome Him with honour meet.

2. We have seen His toil and anguish,

We have watched Him in the hour
When, unpitied and forsaken,
He endured the tyrant’s power;
Now we see Him crowned with glory,
And we know ourselves set free:
He hath rent our bonds asunder,
Captive led captivity.

3. Mighty One, we bow before Thee,

And we own Thee LORD of all;
JESUS, SAVIOUR, we adore Thee;
At Thy Cross we meekly fall.
Help us, in this time of waiting,
In Thy strength to follow Thee,
That, partakers in Thy warfare,
We may share Thy victory.

4. Hallelujah! CHRIST is risen,

And He lives to die no more;
To His Hand the keys are given,
Open is the prison-door.
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Now our triumph is begun;
Death and hell are spoiled for ever
And the victory is won. Amen.

HYMN CH 385 – “And it came to pass, while He blessed them, He was parted from them, and carried up
into Heaven.” – LUKE xxiv. 51.

1. SEE the Conqueror mounts in triumph,

See the King in royal state
Riding on the clouds His chariot
To His Heavenly palace gate;
Hark! the choirs of Angel voices
Joyful Alleluias sing,
And the portals high are lifted
To receive their Heavenly King.

2. Who is this that comes in glory,

With the trump of jubilee?
LORD of battles, GOD of armies,
He has gained the victory;
 He Who on the Cross did suffer,
He Who from the grave arose,
He has vanquished sin and Satan,
He by death has spoiled His foes.

3. While He raised His Hands in blessing,

He was parted from His friends;
While their eager eyes behold Him,
He upon the clouds ascends;
He Who walked with GOD, and pleased Him,
Preaching truth and doom to come,
He, our Enoch, is translated
To His everlasting Home.

4. Now our Heavenly Aaron enters,

With His Blood, within the veil;
Joshua now is come to Canaan,
And the kings before Him quail;
Now He plants the tribes of Israel
In their promised resting place;
Now our great Elijah offers
Double portion of His grace.

5. Thou hast raised our human nature

On the clouds to GOD’S right Hand;
There we sit in Heavenly places,
There with Thee in glory stand;
JESUS reigns, adored by Angels;
MAN with GOD is on the Throne;
Mighty LORD, in Thine Ascension
We by faith behold our own. Amen.

HYMN CH 386 – “If I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you.” – JOHN xvi. 7.

1. HOLY GHOST, Illuminator,

Shed Thy beams upon our eyes,
Help us to look up with Stephen,
And to see, beyond the skies.
Where the SON of MAN in glory
Standing is at GOD’S right Hand,
Beckoning on His martyr army,
Succouring His faithful band;

2. See Him, Who is gone before us

Heavenly mansions to prepare,
See Him, Who is ever pleading
For us with prevailing prayer;
See Him, Who with sound of trumpet
And with His Angelic train,
Summoning the world to judgment,
On the clouds will come again.
3. Raise us up from earth to Heaven,
Give us wings of faith and love,
Gales of holy aspirations
Wafting us to realms above;
That, with hearts and minds uplifted,
We with CHRIST our LORD may dwell,
Where He sits enthroned in glory
In His Heavenly Citadel.

4. So at last, when He appeareth,

We from out our graves may spring,
With our youth renewed like eagles,
Flocking round our Heavenly King,
Caught up on the clouds of Heaven,
And may meet Him in the air,
Rise to realms where He is reigning,
And may reign for ever there.

5. Glory be to GOD the FATHER;

Glory be to GOD the SON,
Dying, risen, ascending for us,
Who the Heavenly Realm has won;
Glory to the HOLY SPIRIT,
To ONE GOD in Persons THREE,
Glory both in earth and Heaven,
Glory, endless glory be. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 387 – “Alleluia; salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our
God.” – REV. xix. 1

1. ALLELUIA! Sing to JESUS!

His the Sceptre, His the Throne;
Alleluia! His the Triumph
His the Victory alone;
Hark! The songs of peaceful Zion,
Thunder like a mighty flood,
“JESUS out of every nation,
Hath redeemed us by His Blood!”

2. Alleluia! Not as orphans

Are we left in sorrow now;
Alleluia! He is near us
Faith believes, nor questions how.
Though the cloud from sight received Him
When the forty days were o’er,
Shall our hearts forget His promise-
“I am with you evermore”?

3. Alleluia! Bread of Heaven,

Thou on earth our Food, our Stay;
 Alleluia! Here the sinful
Flee to Thee from day to day.
Intercessor, Friend of sinners,
Earth’s Redeemer, plead for me,
Where the songs of all the sinless
Sweep across the crystal sea.

4. Alleluia! Sing to JESUS!

His the Sceptre, His the Throne;
Alleluia! His the Triumph
His the Victory alone;
Hark! The songs of peaceful Zion,
Thunder like a mighty flood,
“JESUS out of every nation,
Hath redeemed us by His Blood!” Amen

HYMN CH 388 – “When He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the
Majesty on high.”- HEB. i. 3.

1. CHRIST, above all glory seated!

King triumphant, strong to save!
Dying, Thou hast Death defeated,
Buried, Thou hast spoiled the grave.

2. Thou art gone, where now is given,

What no mortal might could gain,
On the Eternal Throne of Heaven
In Thy FATHER’S power to reign.

3. There Thy kingdoms all adore Thee,

Heaven above and earth below;
While the depths of hell before Thee
Trembling and defeated bow.

4. We, O LORD, with hearts adoring,

Follow Thee beyond the sky;
Hear our prayers, Thy grace imploring,
Lift our souls to Thee on high!

5. So when Thou again in glory

On the clouds of Heaven shalt shine,
We Thy flock may stand before Thee,
Owned for evermore as Thine.

6. Hail! All hail! In Thee confiding,

JESU, Thee shall all adore,
In Thy FATHER’S might abiding
With One SPIRIT evermore! Amen.

HYMN CH 389 – “If we suffer, we shall also reign with Him.”- 2 TIM. ii. 12.
1. THE Head that once was crowned with thorns
Is crowned with glory now;
A royal diadem adorns
The mighty Victor’s Brow.

2. The highest place that Heaven affords

Is His, is His by right,
The KING of Kings, and LORD of Lords,
And Heaven’s eternal Light.

3. The Joy of all who dwell above;

The Joy of all below,
To whom He manifests His love
And grants His Name to know.

4. To them the Cross, with all its shame,

With all its grace, is given;
Their name an everlasting name,
Their joy the joy of Heaven.

5. They suffer with their LORD below,

They reign with Him above;
Their profit and their joy to know.
The mystery of His Love.

6. The Cross He bore is life and health,

Though shame and death to Him;
His people’s hope, His people’s wealth,
Their everlasting theme. Amen.

HYMN CH 390 – “Lift up your heads, O ye gates… and the King of Glory shall come in.” – PSALM xxiv.
7.

1. THE golden gates are lifted up,

The doors are opened wide;
The KING of GLORY is gone in
Unto His FATHER’S side.

2. Thou art gone up before us, LORD,

To make for us a place,
That we may be where now Thou art,
And see Thee Face to face.

3. And ever on our earthly path

A gleam of glory lies;
A light still breaks behind the cloud
That veiled Thee from our eyes.

4. Lift up our hearts, lift up our minds;

Let Thy dear grace be given,
That, while we wander here below,
 Our treasure be in Heaven.

5. That where Thou art, at GOD’S right Hand,

Our hope, our love may be;
Dwell Thou in us, that we may dwell
For evermore in Thee. Amen.

HYMN CH 391 – “Thou hast ascended on high, Thou hast led captivity captive.”- PSALM lxviii. 18

1. O CHRIST, Thou hast ascended

Triumphantly on high,
By cherub guards attended,
And armies of the sky;
Let earth tell forth the story,-
Our very flesh and bone,
Emmanuel, in glory,
Ascends His FATHER’S Throne.

2. Heaven’s gates unfold above Thee;

But canst Thou, LORD, forget
The little band who love Thee,
And gaze from Olivet?
Nay, on Thy breast engraven
Thou bearest every name,
Our Priest in earth and Heaven,
Eternally the same.

3. There, there Thou standest pleading

The virtue of Thy Blood;
For sinners interceding
Our Advocate with GOD;
And every changeful fashion
Of our brief joys and cares
Finds thought in Thy compassion
And echo in Thy prayers.

4. Oh, for the priceless merit

Of Thy redeeming Cross,
Vouchsafe Thy Sevenfold SPIRIT,
And turn to gain our loss;
Till we, by strong endeavour,
In heart and mind ascend,
And dwell with Thee for ever
In glories without end. Amen.

HYMN CH 392 – “Who is this King of Glory? The Lord of Hosts, He is the King of Glory>” – PSALM
xxiv. 10.

1. GOLDEN harps are sounding,

Angel voices sing,
Pearly gates are opened,-
Opened for the King;
 CHRIST, the KING of GLORY,
JESUS, King of Love,
Is gone up in triumph
To His Throne above.
All His work is ended,
Joyfully we sing,
JESUS hath ascended,
Glory to our King!

2. He Who came to save us,

He Who bled and died,
Now is crowned with glory
At His FATHER’S Side.
Never more to suffer,
Never more to die;
JESUS, KING of GLORY
Has gone up on high.
All His work is ended,
Joyfully we sing,
JESUS hath ascended,
Glory to our King!

3. Praying for His children,

In that blessed place,
Calling them to glory,
Sending them His grace;
His bright Home preparing,
Faithful ones, for you;
JESUS ever liveth,
Ever loveth too.
All His work is ended,
Joyfully we sing,
JESUS hath ascended,
Glory to our King! Amen.

HYMN CH 393 – “He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight.”- ACTS i. 9.

1. HE is gone – cloud of light

Has received Him from our sight!
High in Heaven, where eye of men
Follows not, nor Angel’s ken;
Through the veils of time and space,
Passed into the Holiest place;
All the toil, the sorrow done,
All the battle fought and won.

2. He is gone – towards their goal

World and Church must onward roll;
Far behind we leave the past;
Forward are our glances cast;
Still His words before us range
Through the ages, as they change;
 Wheresoe’er the truth shall lead,
He will give whate’er we need.

3. He is gone – but we once more

Shall behold Him as before;
In the Heaven of heavens the same
As on earth He went and came.
In the many mansions there
Place for us He will prepare:
In that world unseen, unknown,
He and we may yet be one.

4. He is gone – but, not in vain,

Wait until He comes again;
He is risen, He is not here;
Far above this earthly sphere,
Evermore in heart and mind
There our peace in Him we find;
To our own Eternal Friend,
Thitherward let us ascend. Amen.

HYMN CH 394 – “Ye have an unction from the Holy One.”- I JOHN ii. 20.

1. WE pray Thee, Heavenly FATHER,

To hear us in Thy love,
And pour upon Thy children
The Unction from above;
That so in love abiding,
From all defilement free,
We may in pureness offer
Our Eucharist to Thee.

2. Be Thou our Guide and Helper,

O JESU CHRIST, we pray;
So may we well approach Thee,
If Thou wilt be the Way.
Thou, very Truth, hast promised
To help us in our strife;
Food of the weary pilgrim,
Eternal Source of Life.

3. And Thou, Creator SPIRIT,

Look on us, we are Thine;
Renew in us Thy graces,
Upon our darkness shine;
That with Thy Benediction
Upon our souls outpoured,
We may receive in gladness
The Body of the LORD.

4. O TRINITY Eternal!
 O UNITY most high!
On Thee alone relying,
Thy servants would draw nigh.
Unworthy in our weakness,
On Thee our hope is stayed,
And blest by Thy forgiveness
We will not be afraid. Amen.

HYMN CH 395 – “Through Him we have access by One Spirit unto the Father.”- EPH. ii. 18.

1. O HOLY FATHER, Who in tender love

Didst give Thine only SON for us to die,
The while He pleads at Thy right hand above,
We in One SPIRIT now with faith draw nigh,
And, as we eat this Bread and drink this Wine,
Plead His once offered sacrifice Divine.

2. We are not worthy to be called Thy sons,

Nor gather up the fragments of Thy Feast;
Yet look on us, Thy sorrowing contrite ones,
On us in Him our Advocate and Priest.
Whose robe is fringed with mercy’s golden bells,
Whose breastplate fathomless compassion tells.

3. O hear us, for Thou always hearest Him;

Behold us sprinkled with His precious Blood;
And from between the shadowing Cherubim
Shine forth, and grant us in this Heavenly Food
Foretastes of coming glory, and meanwhile
A FATHER’S blessing, and a FATHER’S smile.

4. Nor only, FATHER, in Thy Presence here

Low at Thy Footstool for ourselves we pray
But for the loved ones to our hearts most near
At home or toiling in far lands away;
O guard them, guide them, comfort and befriend,
And keep them Thine unfaltering to the end.

5. And, FATHER, ere we leave Thy Mercy-Throne,

Bound by these sacred pledges, yet most free,
We give our hearts, and not our hearts alone,
But all we are and all we have to Thee;
Glad free-will offerings all our pilgrim days,
Hereafter an eternity of praise. Amen.

HYMN CH 396 – “The Comforter, Which is the Holy Ghost.” – JOHN xiv. 26.

1. COME, HOLY GHOST, our souls inspire,

And lighten with celestial fire;
Thou the anointing SPIRIT art,
Who dost Thy sevenfold gifts impart.
2. Thy blessed Unction from above
Is comfort life, and fire of love;
Enable with perpetual light
The dullness of our blinded sight;

3. Anoint and cheer our soiled face

With the abundance of Thy grace;
Keep far our foes, give peace at home;
Where Thou art Guide no ill can come.

4. Teach us to know the FATHER, SON,

And THEE, of Both, to be but ONE;
That through the ages all along
This may be our endless song,
Praise to Thy eternal merit.
FATHER, SON, and HOLY SPIRIT. Amen.

HYMN CH 397 – “The promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many
as the Lord our God shall call.”- ACTS ii. 39

1. SPIRIT of Mercy, Truth, and Love,

O shed Thine influence from above,
And still from age to age convey
The wonders of this sacred day.

2. In every clime, by every tongue,

Be GOD’S surpassing glory sung;
Let all the listening earth be taught
The acts our great Redeemer wrought.

3. Unfailing Comfort! Heavenly Guide!

Still o’er Thy favoured Church preside:
Still let mankind Thy blessings prove;
Spirit of Mercy, Truth, and Love. Amen.

HYMN CH 398 (PART 1) – “Unto Him that loveth us, and loosed us from our sins by His blood… to Him
be the glory and the dominion for ever and ever.” - REV. i. 5. (R.V)

1. TO Him Who for our sins was slain,

To Him, for all His dying pain,
Sing we Alleluia!

2. To Him, the LAMB our Sacrifice,

Who gave His Soul our Ransom-price,
Sing we Alleluia!

3. To Him Who died that we might die

To sin, and live with Him on high,
Sing we Alleluia!

4. To Him Who rose that we might rise,

And reign with Him beyond the skies,
 Sing we Alleluia!

5. To Him Who now for us doth plead,

And helpeth us in all our need,
Sing we Alleluia!

6. To Him Who doth prepare on high

Our Home in immortality
Sing we Alleluia!

7. To Him be glory evermore!

Ye Heavenly hosts, your LORD adore:
Sing we Alleluia!

8. To FATHER, SON, and HOLY GHOST

ONE GOD most High, our joy and boast,
Sing we Alleluia! Amen.

HYMN CH 398 (PART II) – “That Holy Spirit of promise, which is the earnest of our inheritance.”- EPH.
i. 13, 14.

1. TO Thee, O Comforter Divine,

For all Thy grace and power benign,
Sing we Alleluia!

2. To Thee, Whose faithful love had place

In GOD’S great Covenant of grace,
Sing we Alleluia!

3. To Thee, Whose faithful Voice doth win

The wandering from the ways of sin,
Sing we Alleluia!

4. To Thee, Whose faithful power doth heal,

Enlighten, sanctify, and seal,
Sing we Alleluia!

5. To Thee, Whose faithful truth is shown

By every promise made our own,
Sing we Alleluia!

6. To Thee, our Teacher and our Friend,

Our faithful Leader to the end,
Sing we Alleluia!

7. To Thee, by JESUS CHRIST sent down,

Of all His gifts the sum and crown,
Sing we Alleluia!

8. To Thee, Who art with GOD the SON,

And GOD the FATHER ever ONE,
Sing we Alleluia! Amen.
HYMN CH 399 – “He shall give you another Comforter.”- JOHN xiv. 16.

1. OUR blest Redeemer, ere He breathed

His tender last farewell,
A Guide, a Comforter bequeathed
With us to dwell.

2. He came sweet influence to impart,

A gracious, willing Guest,
While He can find one humble heart
Wherein to rest.

3. And His that gentle Voice we hear,

Soft as the breath of even,
That checks each thought, and calms each fear,
And speaks of Heaven.

4. And every virtue we possess,

And every victory won,
And every thought of holiness,
Are His alone.

5. Spirit of purity and grace,

Our weakness, pitying, see;
O make our hearts Thy dwelling-place,
And meet for Thee. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 400 – “And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind.”-
ACTS ii. 2

1. WHEN GOD of old came down from Heaven,

In power and wrath He came;
Before His Feet the clouds were riven
Half darkness and half flame:

2. But when He came the second time

He came in power and love;
Softer than gale at morning prime
Hovered His Holy Dove.

3. The fires that rushed on Sinai down,

In sudden torrents dread,
Now gently light, a glorious crown,
On every sainted head.

4. And as on Israel’s awe-struk ear

The voice exceeding loud,
The triumph that Angels quake to hear,
Thrilled from the deep, dark cloud.
5. So, when the SPIRIT of our GOD
Came down His flock to find,
A voice from Heaven was heard abroad,
A rushing, mighty wind.

6. It fills the Church of GOD; it fills

The sinful world around;
Only in stubborn hearts and wills
No place for it is found.

7. Come, LORD come Wisdom, Love, and Power,

Open our ears to hear;
Let us not miss the accepted hour;
Save, LORD, by love or fear. Amen

HYMN C.H. 401 – “The glory of the Lord filled the house of God.” – 2 CHRON. V 14

1. SPIRIT Divine, attend our prayers

And make this house Thy home;
Descend with all Thy gracious powers
O come, Great SPIRIT come.

2. Come as the Light: to us reveal

Our emptiness and woe:
And lead us in those paths of life
Where all the righteous go.

3. Come as the Fire, and purge our hearts,

Like sacrificial flame ;
Let our whole soul an offering be,
To our Redeemer’s Name.

4. Come as the Dew, and sweetly bless

This consecrated hour;
May barrenness rejoice to own
Thy fertilizing power.

5. Come as the Dove, and spread Thy wings,

The wings of perfect love;
And let Thy Church on earth become
Bless’d as the Church above.

6. SPIRIT Divine, attend our prayers

Make a lost world Thy home;
Descend with all Thy gracious powers,
O come, Great SPIRIT, come. Amen
HYMN CH 402 – “As many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.”- ROM. Viii.
14.

1. COME, gracious SPIRIT, Heavenly Dove,

With light and comfort from above:
Be Thou our Guardian, Thou our Guide!
O’er every thought and step preside.

2. The light of truth to us display,

And make us know and choose Thy way:
Plant holy fear in every heart,
That we from GOD may ne’er depart.

3. Lead us to CHRIST, the living Way,

Nor let us from His pastures stray;
Lead us to holiness, the road
That we must take to dwell with GOD.

4. Lead us to GOD – our final rest,

To be with Him for ever blest:
Lead us to Heaven, its bliss to share-
Fulness of joy for ever there! Amen.

HYMN 403 – “Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?”- I
COR. iii. 16.

1. SPIRIT of GOD, that moved of old

Upon the waters’ darkened face,
Come, when our faithless hearts are cold,
And stir them with an inward grace.

2. Thou that art power and peace combined,

All highest strength, all purest love,
The rushing of the mighty wind,
The brooding of the gentle Dove.

3. Come, give us still Thy powerful aid,

And urge us on, and make us Thine;
Nor leave the hearts that once were made
Fit temples for Thy Grace Divine:

4. Nor let us quench Thy Sevenfold Light;

But still with softest breathings stir
Our wayward souls, and lead us right,
O HOLY GHOST, the Comforter. Amen.

HYMN CH 404 – “He will reprove the world of sin.”- JOHN xvi. 8.

1. COME, HOLY SPIRIT, come,

Let Thy bright beams arise;
Dispel the sorrow from our minds,
The darkness from our eyes.
2. Convince us all of sin;
Then lead to JESUS’ Blood,
And to our wondering view reveal
The secret Love of GOD.

3. Revive our drooping faith,

Our doubts and fears remove;
And kindle in our breasts the flame
Of never-dying love.

3. ‘Tis Thine to cleanse the heart,

To sanctify the soul,
To pour fresh life in every part,
And new create the whole.

5. Dwell Thou within our hearts,

Our minds from bondage free;
Then we shall know, and praise, and love
The FATHER, SON, and THEE. Amen.

HYMN CH 405 (VERSION 1) – “Thou sendest forth Thy Spirit, they are created; and Thou renewest the
face of the earth.” – PSALM civ. 30.

1. COME, Thou HOLY SPIRIT, come;

And from Thy celestial home
Shed a ray of light Divine;
Come, Thou FATHER of the poor,
Come, Thou source of all our store,
Come, within our bosoms shine:

2. Thou of Comforters the best,

Thou the soul’s most welcome Guest,
Sweet refreshment here below;
In our labour rest most sweet,
Grateful coolness in the heat,
Solace in the midst of woe.

3. O most Blessed Light Divine,

Shine within these hearts of Thine,
And our inmost being fill:
Where Thou art not, man hath nought
Nothing good in deed or thought,
Nothing free from taint of ill.

4. Heal our wounds: our strength renew;

On our dryness pour Thy dew;
Wash the stains of guilt away;
Bend the stubborn heart and will:
Melt the frozen, warm the chill;
Guide the steps that go astray.
5. On the faithful, who adore
And confess Thee, evermore
In Thy Sevenfold gifts descend;
Give them virtue’s sure reward,
Give them Thy Salvation, LORD
Give them joys that never end. Amen.

HYMN CH 405 (VERSION II) – “Thou sendest forth Thy Spirit, they are created;” – PSALM civ. 30.

1. COME, Thou Holy PARACLETE,

And from Thy celestial seat
Send Thy light and brilliancy.

2. FATHER of the poor, draw near;

Giver of all gifts, be here:
Come, the soul’s true radiancy.

3. Come, of Comforters the best,

Of the soul the sweetest Guest,
Come in toil refreshingly.

4. Thou, in labour rest most sweet,

Thou art shadow from the heat,
Comfort in adversity.

5. O Thou Light, most pure and blest,

Shine within the inmost breast
Of Thy faithful company.

6. Where Thou art not, man hath nought;

Every holy deed and though
Comes from Thy Divinity.

7. What is soiled, make Thou pure;

What is wounded, work its cure;
What is parched, fructify.

8. Fill Thy faithful, who confide

In Thy power to guard and guide,
With Thy Sevenfold Mystery.

9. Here Thy grace and virtue send:

Grant Salvation to the end,
And in Heaven felicity. Amen.

HYMN CH 406 “And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.” – I
COR. xiii. 13.

1. GRACIOUS SPIRIT, HOLY GHOST,

Taught by Thee, we covet most
Of Thy gifts at Pentecost,
Holy, Heavenly Love.
2. Faith, that mountains could remove,
Tongues of earth, or Heaven above,
Knowledge – all things – empty prove,
Without Heavenly Love.

3. Though I as a martyr bleed,

Give my goods the poor to feed,
All is vain, if love I need;
Therefore, give me Love.

4. Love is kind, and suffers long;

Love is meek, and thinks no wrong;
Love than death itself more strong;
Therefore, give us Love.

5. Prophecy will fade away,

Melting in the light of day;
Love will ever with us stay;
Therefore, give us Love.

6. Faith will vanish into sight;

Hope be emptied in delight;
Love in Heaven will shine more bright;
Therefore, give us Love.

7. Faith and Hope and Love we see

Joining hand in hand agree;
But the greatest of the three,
And the best, is Love.

8. From the overshadowing

Of Thy gold and silver wing
Shed on us, who to Thee sing,
Holy, Heavenly Love. Amen.

HYMN CH 407 - “The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost.”- JOHN xiv. 26.

1. COME to our poor nature’s night

With Thy blessed inward light,
HOLY GHOST, the Infinite,
Comforter Divine!

2. We are sinful, cleanse us, LORD;

Sick and faint, - Thy strength afford;
Lost, until by Thee restored,
Comforter Divine!

3. Orphan are our souls and poor;

Give us, from Thy Heavenly store,
Faith, love, joy, for evermore,
Comforter Divine!
4. Like the dew, Thy peace distil;
Guide, subdue our wayward will,
Things of CHRIST unfolding still,
Comforter Divine!

5. Gentle, awful, holy Guest,

Make Thy Temple in each breast;
Holiest! There find Thy rest!
Comforter Divine!

6. In us, for us, intercede,

And with voiceless groaning plead
Our unutterable need,
Comforter Divine!

7. In us “Abba, FATHER,” cry,

Earnest of our bliss on high,
Seal of immortality,
Comforter Divine!

8. Search for us the depths of GOD,

Bear us up the starry road
To the height of Thine abode,
Comforter Divine! Amen.

HYMN CH 408 – “They were all filled with the Holy Ghost.” – ACTS ii. 4.

1. LORD GOD, the HOLY GHOST,

In this accepted hour,
As on the day of Pentecost,
Descend in all Thy power:
We meet with one accord
In our appointed place,
And wait the promise of our LORD,
The SPIRIT of all grace.

2. Like mighty rushing wind

Upon the waves beneath,
Move with one impulse every mind,
One soul, one feeling, breathe;
The young, the old, inspire
With wisdom from above;
And give us hearts and tongues of fire
To pray, and praise, and love.

3. SPIRIT of light, explore

And chase our gloom away,
With lustre shining more and more
Unto the perfect day;
SPIRIT of truth, be Thou
In life and death our Guide;
 O SPIRIT of adoption, now
May we be sanctified. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 409 –“When He is come, He will convince the world of sin and of righteousness, and
of judgement.” – JOHN xvi. 8.

1. DRAW, HOLY SPIRIT, NEARER

And in our hearts abide;
Oh! make our judgment clearer,
Our minds inform and guide.
Oh! come, Thou great Renewer
Touch heart and lip with fire:
Make every bosom truer,
Our aims and objects higher.

2. Oh! come. Thou true Consoler.

Thou Fire. that warms the cold,
The haughty breast's Controller.
Oh! come. and make us bold;
On all sides danger threatens,
LORD, to our succour come.
And arm us with the weapons
Of early Christendom.

3. Hard unbelief and folly,

The truth of GOD deny:
Oh! arm us, LORD most Holy,
With weapons from on high,
With faith that never falters,
Unmoved by fear or praise,
With love that never alters,
And hope in darkest days.

4. Give power to those who witness

And preach Thy Holy Word,
That all may taste its sweetness,
And rally round the LORD.
Be this our preparation,
A heart and tongue of fire,
That this our proclamation
May speed as we desire. Amen.

HYMN CH 410 – “Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the
spices thereof may flow out.”- SONG OF SOL. Iv. 16

1. O HOLY GHOST, Thy people bless

Who long to feel Thy might,
And fain would grow in holiness
 As children of the light.

2. To Thee we bring, who art the LORD,

Ourselves to be Thy Throne;
Let every thought, and deed, and word
Thy pure dominion own.

3. Life-giving SPIRIT, o’er us move,

As on the formless deep;
Give life and order, light and love,
Where now is death or sleep.

4. Great Gift of our ascended King,

His saving truth reveal;
Our tongues inspire His praise to sing,
Our hearts His love to feel.

5. True Wind of Heaven, from south or north

For joy or chastening, blow;
The garden-spices shall spring forth
If Thou wilt bid them flow.

6. O HOLY GHOST, of Sevenfold might,

All graces come from Thee;
Grant us to know and serve aright
ONE GOD in Persons THREE. Amen.

HYMN CH 411 – “How much more shall the Blood of Christ, who through the Eternal Spirit
offered Himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the Living
God.” – HEB. ix. 14.

1. O FATHER, Who hast given Thine Only SON

To ransom the whole world from Satan’s thrall,
For all the perfect sacrifice of One,
And life, through One who died, made free for all;
Oh, hear us now, while we Thy children plead
Thy boundless mercy and our brethren’s need.

2. O SAVIOUR, dost Thou bid the weary come

And lean their weariness upon Thy breast,
Not only the sick souls of Christendom,
But all who crave and have not found Thy rest?
Hear Thou our prayer in this Memorial Feast,
Who art for all the Offering and the Priest.

3. O SPIRIT of the living GOD, by Whom

The spirits of all flesh alone can live
Souls cry to Thee in anguish through the gloom:
 LORD, when Thou hearest their dumb cry, forgive;
And draw them to the wounded Feet and Side
Of Him Who lives for all, for all Who died.

4. O FATHER, SAVIOUR, Comforter Divine,

All hearts are open to Thy searching glance;
Lift up on this our darkened world of sin
The light and glory of Thy countenance,
Till Love its final victory hath won,
And, as in Heaven, on earth Thy will be done. Amen.

HYMN CH 412 – “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord of Hosts.”- ISA. vi. 3.

1. O HOLY! Holy FATHER,

O CHRIST ascended high,
O pure celestial SPIRIT,
Eternal TRINITY!
We, with Thy countless Seraphs,
We, with Thy Saints in light,
Bow down with adoration,
And praise Thee day and night.

2. One life pervades Thy ransomed,

Within the golden gate,
And those who still are pilgrims,
And for their glory wait.
The precious Blood of JESUS
Is now within the veil-
Yonder Thy saints behold it,
We too by it prevail.

3. O wondrous, living union!

The saints are one with Tee,
Thou Fountain of their being,
Mysterious TRINITY!
No power on earth – or Satan
Can separate CHRIST’S sheep,
For which He gave the Ransom,
And which He’s pledged to keep.

4. Then teach us, LORD, to worship

With loving hearts to-day,
And whilst we sing Thy praises,
And learn in faith to pray,
Help us to feel our union
With all who know Thy Name,
And glory in JEHOVAH,
Unchangeably the same. Amen.
HYMN CH 413 – “Now unto the King Eternal, Immortal, Invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory
for ever and ever! Amen” – I TIM. i. 17.

1. THOU, LORD, art GOD alone,

Veiling Thy burning Throne
From mortal sight;
Yet Thou our FATHER art,
From Whose all-pitying Heart
Nor life nor death can part,
Nor depth nor height.

2. We praise Thee HOLY ONE,

The FATHER’S only SON,
His Image bright:
Our Prophet, Priest, and King,
Who dost redemption bring,
Thy matchless grace we sing,
Thy saving might.

3. We praise Thee, Heavenly Guest,

Thou great and last bequest
Of love to man;
O Blessed PARACLETE,
Guide Thou our pilgrim feet,
Till glory shall complete
What grace began.

4. We praise Thee, FATHER, SON,

And SPIRIT, THREE in ONE,
GOD of all grace;
Angels and Cherubim,
With flaming Seraphim,
Thy Name, thrice Holy, hymn
With veiled face. Amen

HYMN CH 414 – “His name is JAH; and exalt ye before Him.” – PSALM lxvii. 4 (R.V).

1. SOUND aloud Jehovah’s praises:

Tell abroad the awful Name;
Heaven the ceaseless anthem raises,
Let the earth her GOD proclaim,-
GOD, the hope of every nation,
GOD, the source of consolation,
Holy, Blessed TRINITY!

2. This the Name from ancient ages

Hidden in its dazzling light;
This the Name that kings and sages
Prayed and strove to know aright,
Through GOD’S wondrous Incarnation
Now revealed the world’s Salvation,
 Ever Blessed TRINITY.

3. Into this great Name and Holy

We all tribes and tongues baptize;
Thu the Highest owns the lowly,
Homeward, heavenward bids them rise,
Gathers them from every nation,
Bids them join in adoration
Of the Blessed TRINITY!

4. In this Name the heart rejoices,

Pouring forth its secret prayer;
In this Name we lift our voices,
And our common faith declare,
Offering praise and supplication,
And the thankful life’s oblation,
To the Blessed TRINITY!

5. Still Thy Name o’er earth and ocean

Shall be carried, “GOD is Love,”
Whispered by the heart’s devotion,
Echoed by the choirs above,
Hallowed through all worlds for ever,
LORD, of Life the only Giver,
Blessed, glorious TRINITY! Amen

HYMN CH 415 – “In the Name of the Father and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.”- MATT. xxviii. 19.

1. FATHER of Heaven, Whose Love profound

A ransom for our souls hath found,
Before Thy Throne we sinners bend;
To us Thy pardoning love extend.

2. Almighty SON, Incarnate WORD,

Our Prophet, Priest, Redeemer, LORD,
Before Thy Throne we sinners bend:
To us Thy saving grace extend.

3. Eternal SPIRIT, by Whose Breath

The soul is raised from sin and death,
Before Thy Throne we sinners bend;
To us Thy quickening power extend.

4. JEHOVAH, - FATHER, SPIRIT, SON,-

Mysterious Godhead! THREE in ONE!
Before Thy Throne we sinners bend;
Grace, pardon, life to us extend. Amen.

HYMN CH 416 – “Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty.”- REV. iv. 8.

1. HOLY, Holy, Holy! LORD GOD ALMIGHTY!

Early in the morning our song shall rise to Thee;
 Holy, Holy, Holy! Merciful and Mighty,
GOD in Three Persons, Blessed TRINITY!

2. Holy, Holy, Holy! All the Saints adore Thee,

Casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea;
Cherubim and Seraphim, falling down before Thee,
Which wert, and art, and evermore shalt be.

3. Holy, Holy, Holy! Though the darkness hide Thee,

Though the eye of sinful man Thy glory may not see;
Only Thou art Holy; there is none beside Thee,
Perfect in power, in love, and purity.

4. Holy, Holy, Holy! LORD GOD ALMIGHTY!

All Thy works shall praise Thy Name, in earth, and sky, and sea;
Holy, Holy, Holy! Merciful and Mighty,
GOD, in Three Persons, Blessed TRINITY! Amen.

HYMN CH 417 “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the LORD of Hosts.” – ISA. vi. 3.

1. HOLY, Holy, Holy, LORD

GOD of Hosts, Eternal King,
By the heavens and earth adored;
Angels and Archangels sing,
Chanting everlastingly
To the Blessed TRINITY.

2. Since by Thee were all things made,

And in Thee do all things live,
Be to Thee all honour paid,
Praise to Thee let all things give,
Singing everlastingly
To the Blessed TRINITY.

3. Thousands, tens of thousands, stand,

Spirits blest, before Thy Throne,
Speeding thence at Thy Command,
And when Thy command is done,
Singing everlastingly
To the Blessed TRINITY.

4. Cherubim and Seraphim

Veil their faces with their wings;
Eyes of Angels are too dim
To behold the KING of Kings,
While they sing eternally
To the Blessed TRINITY.

5. Alleluia! LORD, to Thee,

FATHER, SON, and HOLY GHOST,
THREE in ONE, and ONE in THREE,
Join we with the Heavenly Host,
 Singing everlastingly
To the Blessed TRINITY. Amen

HYMN CH 418 – “Unto Him be glory in the Church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without
end, Amen.” – EPH. iii. 21.

1. FROM age to age Thy Church on earth,

Great FATHER, claims Thy Blessing;
As ceaselessly Thy matchless worth
Her sons go forth confessing:
And though she knows that countless foes
Watch daily for her halting,
Yet by Thy will she prospers still,
Thy glorious Name exalting.

2. O SAVIOUR CHRIST, whose Arm alone

Hath wrought our full Salvation:
Whose Love and power protect Thine own
In every place and station;
Thy percious Name is e’er the same
For all who come believing;
Oh! Grant us grace to seek Thy Face,
Thy riches still receiving.

3. Eternal SPIRIT, Heavenly Dove,

Thou LORD of life and Healing;
Our secret springs of action move,
The LOVE of CHRIST revealing;
That so each day, whene’er we pray,
Thy unction shall possess us;
And make us know, while here below,
How richly Thou canst bless us.

4. Omnipotent, Divinest Three!

Supreme, Eternal, Glorious!
From every yoke of thraldom free,
Oh, make Thy saints victorious!
Wile throned on high, be ever nigh,
Thy grace to us extending;
Through changeful days, oh, may our praise
With Angels’ songs be blending. Amen.

HYMN CH 419 – “God is the Lord Who hath showed us light.”- PSALM cxviii. 27.

1. THREE in ONE, and ONE in THREE,

Ruler of the earth and sea,
Hear us, while we lift to Thee
Holy chant and psalm.

2. Light of lights! With morning shine;

Lift on us Thy Light Divine:
And let charity benign
 Breathe on us her balm.

3. Light of lights! When falls the even,

Let it close on sin forgiven;
Fold us in the peace of Heaven,
Shed a holy calm.

4. THREE in ONE, and ONE in THREE,

Dimly here we worship Thee;
With the Saints hereafter we
Hope to bear the palm. Amen.

HYMN CH 420 – “One cried unto another, and said, Holy, Holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth
is full of His glory.”- ISA. vi. 3

1. ROUND the LORD in glory seated,

Cherubim and Seraphim
Filled His temple, and repeated
Each to each the alternate hymn:
“LORD, Thy glory fills the Heaven;
Earth is with its fullness stored;
Unto Thee be glory given,
Holy, holy, holy, LORD!”

2. Heaven is still with glory ringing:

Earth takes up the Angels’ cry,
“Holy, holy, holy,” singing,
“LORD of Hosts, the LORD most High!
LORD, Thy glory fills the Heaven;
Earth is with its fullness stored;
Unto Thee be glory given,
Holy, holy, holy LORD!”

3. With His Seraph train before Him,

With His holy Church below,
Thus unite we to adore Him,
Bid we thus our anthem flow:
“LORD, Thy glory fills the Heaven;
Earth is with its fullness stored;
Unto Thee be glory given,
Holy, holy, holy LORD!”

4. Thus Thy glorious Name confessing,

We adopt Thy Angels’ cry,
“Holy, holy, holy”; blessing
Thee, the LORD of HOSTS most high.
LORD, Thy glory fills the Heaven,
Earth is with Thy fullness stored;
Unto Thee be glory given,
Holy, holy, holy LORD!” Amen

HYMN CH 421 – “We are labourers together with God.”- I COR. iii. 9.
1. “FOR CHRIST to learn – for CHRIST to teach”-
O LORD, may this our watchword be!
What nobler destiny for each,
Than thus to live and work for Thee!

2. “For CHRIST to learn – for CHRIST to teach”-

His Cross in view, His Word in hand,
Up, fellow-soldiers, mount the breach,
Be true to Church and Fatherland!

3. “For CHRIST to learn – for CHRIST to teach”-

For childhood’s holy cause to fight,
This be our task – not idle speech-
Not vain delay – fast comes the night!

4. “For CHRIST to learn – for CHRIST to teach”-

To strive – nor lay our armour down”
Be this our warfare till we reach
The victor’s goal, and win the crown! Amen.

HYMN CH 422 – “He gave some, Apostles… and some, Pastors and Teachers, for the perfecting of the
Saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the Body of Christ.” – EPH. iv. 11, 12.

1. O THOU Who makest souls to shine

With light from brighter worlds above;
And droppest glistening dew Divine
On all who seek a SAVIOUR’S love.

2. Do Thou Thy benediction give

On all who teach, on all who learn,
That all Thy Church may holier live,
And every lamp more brightly burn.

3. Give those that teach pure hearts and wise,

Faith, hope, and love, all warmed by prayer:
Themselves first training for the skies,
They best will raise their people there.

4. Give those that learn the willing ear,

The spirit meek, the guileless mind;
Such gifts will make the lowliest here
Far better than a kingdom find.

5. Oh! Bless the shepherd; bless the sheep;

That guide and guided both be one;
One, in the faithful watch they keep,
Until this hurrying life be done.

6. If thus, good LORD, Thy grace be given,

Our glory meets us ere we die;
Before we upward pass to Heaven
 We taste our immortality. Amen.

HYMN CH 423 – “Let Thy priests be clothed with righteousness.”- PSALM cxxxii. 9.

1. LORD, pour Thy SPIRIT from on high,

And Thine ordained servants bless;
Graces and gifts to each supply,
“And clothe Thy priests with righteousness.”

2. Within Thy temple when they stand,

To teach the truth as taught by Thee,
SAVIOUR, like stars in Thy right Hand,
Let all Thy Church’s pastors be.

3. Wisdom, and zeal, and faith impart,

Firmness with meekness, from above,
To bear Thy people on their heart,
And love the souls whom Thou dost love.

4. To watch and pray, and never faint,

By day and night their guard to keep,
To warn the sinner, cheer the saint,
Nourish Thy lambs, and feed Thy sheep.

5. Then, when their work is finished here,

In humble hope their charge resign;
When the Chief Shepherd shall appear,
O GOD, may they and we be Thine. Amen.

HYMN CH 424 – “God be merciful unto us, and bless us.”- PSALM lxvii. 1.

1. LORD, cause Thy Face on us to shine;

Give us Thy peace, and seal us Thine,
Teach us to prize the means of grace,
And love Thy earthly dwelling-place;
May we in truth our sins confess,
Worship the LORD in holiness,
And all Thy power and glory see,
Within Thy hallowed sanctuary.

2. Bless all whose voice salvation brings,

Who minister in holy things:
Our bishops, priests, and deacons bless:
Clothe them with zeal and righteousness.
Let many in the judgment day,
Turned from the error of their way,
Their hope, their joy, their crown appear;
Save those who preach and those who hear.

3. O King of Salem, Prince of Peace,

Bid strife among Thy subjects cease:
One is our Faith, and One our LORD:
 One body, SPIRIT, hope, reward;
One GOD and FATHER of us all,
On Whom Thy Church and people call:
Oh, may we one communion be,
One with each other, one in Thee. Amen.

HYMN CH 425 – “Feed My Lambs.”- JOHN xxi. 15

1. SHINE Thou upon us, LORD,

True Light of men, to-day,
And through the written Word
Thy very Self display,
That so from hearts which burn
With gazing on Thy Face,
Thy little ones may learn
The wonders of Thy grace.

2. Breathe Thou upon us, LORD,

Thy SPIRIT’S living flame,
That so with one accord
Our lips may tell Thy Name.
Give Thou the hearing ear,
Fix Thou the wandering thought,
That those we teach may hear
The great things Thou hast wrought.

3. Speak Thou for us, O LORD,

In all we say of Thee,
According to Thy Word
Let all our teaching be,
That so Thy lambs may know
Their own true Shepherd’s Voice,
Where’er He leads them go,
And in His love rejoice.

4. Live Thou within us, LORD;

Thy Mind and Will be ours;
Be Thou beloved, adored,
And served with all our powers,
That so our lives may teach
Thy children what Thou art,
And plead, by more than speech,
For Thee with every heart. Amen.

HYMN CH 426 – “He ordained twelve, that they should be with Him, and that He might send them forth to
preach.” – MARK iii. 14

1. WE pray Thee, JESUS, Who didst first

The sacred band ordain,
In order due and holy life
Thy Church sustain.
2. We pray Thee, JESUS, with Thy gifts
Thy chosen servants bless,
With doctrine incorrupt and pure
And righteousness.

3. We pray Thee, JESUS, that their course

May still be clothed with power,
With miracles of love and strength,
Meet for the hour.

4. O HOLY GHOST, Anointer, come,

Pastor and people fill,
Till all the happy tribes of earth
Shall do His will.

5. Then to the FATHER and the SON,

And HOLY GHOST her praise
One living, undivided Church
Shall ever raise. Amen.

HYMN CH 427 – “Brethren, pray for us.” – I THESS. V. 25

1. BOW down Thine ear, Almighty LORD,

And hear Thy Church’s suppliant cry,
For all who preach Thy saving Word,
And wait upon Thy ministry.

2. In mercy, FATHER, now give heed,

And pour Thy quickening SPIRIT’S Breath
On those whom Thou hast called to feed
Thy flock redeemed by JESUS’ death.

3. O SAVIOUR, from Thy pierced Hand

Shed o’er them all Thy gifts Divine;
That those who in Thy presence stand
May do Thy will with love like Thine.

4. Blest SPIRIT, in their hearts abide,

And give them grace to watch and pray;
That as they seek Thy flock to guide,
Themselves may keep the narrow way.

5. O GOD, Thy strength and mercy send

To shield them in their strife with sin;
Grant them, enduring to the end,
The Crown of Life at last to win. Amen.

HYMN CH 428 – “He shall feed His flock like a shepherd.”- ISA. xl. 11

1. GRACIOUS SAVIOUR, gentle Shepherd,

Little ones are dear to Thee:
Gathered with Thine Arms, and carried
 In Thy Bosom may they be
Safely kept, divinely tended,
From all want and danger free.

2. Tender Shepherd, never leave them

From Thy fold to go astray,
By Thy look of love directed.
May they walk the narrow way;
Thus direct them, and protect them,
Lest they fall an easy prey.

3. Cleanse their hearts from sinful folly

In the stream Thy love supplied,-
Mingle streams of Blood and Water,
Flowing from Thy wounded Side:
And to heavenly pastures lead them,
Where Thine own still waters glide.

4. Let Thy Holy Word instruct them:

Fill their minds with Heavenly light:
Let Thy love and grace constrain them
To approve whate’er is right,
Take Thine easy yoke and wear it,-
They shall find Thy burden light.

5. Taught to lisp the holy praises,

Which on earth Thy children sing,
Both with lips and hearts unfeigned,
May they their thank-offerings bring;
Then with all the Saints in glory
Join to praise their LORD and King. Amen.

HYMN CH 429 – “A good soldier of Jesus Christ.”2 TIM. ii. 3.

1. IN token that thou shalt not fear

CHRIST Crucified to own,
We print the Cross upon thy brow,
And stamp thee His alone;

2. In token that thou shalt not blush

To glory in His Name,
We blazon here upon thy front
His glory and His shame;

3. In token that thou shalt not flinch

CHRIST’S conflict to maintain,
But ‘neath His Banner manfully
Firm at thy post remain;

4. In token that thou too shalt tread

The path He travelled by;
Endure the cross, despise the shame,
 And sit thee down on High;

5. Thus outwardly and visibly

We seal thee for His own;
And may the brow that wears His Cross
Hereafter share His Crown. Amen.

HYMN CH 430 – “They brought young children to Him.”- MARK x. 13.

1. A LITTLE child the SAVIOUR came,

The mighty God was still His Name,
And Angels worshipped as He lay
The seeming infant of a day.

2. He Who, a little child, began

The Life Divine to show to man,
Proclaims from Heaven the message free,
“Let little children come to Me.”

3. We bring them, LORD, and with the sign

Of sprinkled water, name them Thine:
Their souls with saving grace endow,
Baptize them with Thy SPIRIT now.

4. O give Thine Angels charge, good LORD,

Them safely in Thy way to guard;
Thy blessing on their lives command,
And write their names upon Thy Hand.

5. O Thou Who by an infant’s tongue

Dost hear Thy perfect glory sung,
May these, with all the Heavenly Host,
Praise FATHER, SON, and HOLY GHOST. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 431 - “ The Spirit Himself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of
God.”--------- Rom. Viii. 16 (R.V.).

1. HEAR, Holy FATHER, from Thy secret Throne,

Bless Thou Thy child; we seal him for Thine own.

2. SAVIOUR and Shepherd, hear us as we pray,

Safe in Thy arms enfold this lamb to-day.

3. Pure as the stream that laves the tender brow,

Blest SPIRIT, keep him ever pure as now.

4. GOD of our life and of the Life to be,

Guide him and guard him till he sleep in Thee.

5. Strong in the faith that, whatso’er betide,

 Rests in the Bosom of the Crucified.

6. Glad in the hope that, in the daily stress,

Breathes through the soul the might of holiness.

7. Save and enrich him with Thy grace, to be

Loving, and loved, and consecrate to Thee.
Amen.

HYMN CH 432 – “Baptizing them into the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy
Ghost.” – MATT. xxviii. 19 (RV)

1. O FATHER, bless the children

Brought hither to Thy gate;
Lift up their fallen nature,
Restore their lost estate;
Renew Thine Image in them,
And own them, by this sign,
Thy very sons and daughters,
New born of birth Divine.

2. O JESU LORD, receive them;

Thy loving Arms of old
Were opened wide to welcome
The children to Thy fold;
Let these, baptized, and dying,
Then rising from the dead,
Henceforth be living members
Of Thee, their living Head.

3. O HOLY SPIRIT, keep them;

Dwell with them to the last,
Till all the fight is ended,
And all the storms are past.
Renew the gift baptismal,
From strength to strength, till each
The troublous waves o’ercoming,
The Land of Life shall reach.

4. O FATHER, SON, and SPIRIT,

O Wisdom, Love, and Power,
In this accepted hour!
We name upon the children
The Threefold Name Divine;
Receive them, cleanse them, own them,
And keep them ever Thine. Amen.

HYMN CH 433 – “Thy Holy Child Jesus, Whom Thou hast anointed.”- ACTS iv. 27.
1. LORD JESU CHRIST, our LORD most dear,
As Thou wast once an Infant here,
So give this child of Thine, we pray,
Thy grace and blessing day by day.
O HOLY JESU, LORD Divine,
We pray Thee guard this child of Thine.

2. As in Thy Heavenly Kingdom, LORD,

All things obey Thy sacred Word,
Do Thou Thy mighty succour give
And shield this child by morn and even.
O HOLY JESU, LORD Divine,
We pray Thee guard this child of Thine.

3. Their watch let Angels round him keep

Where’er he be, awake, asleep;
Thy holy Cross now let him bear,
That he Thy Crown with Saints may wear.
O HOLY JESU, LORD Divine,
We pray Thee guard this child of Thine.

HYMN CH 434 – “The promise is unto you, and to your children.” ACTS ii. 39

1. O FATHER, Thou Who hast created all

In wisest love we pray,
Look on this babe, who at Thy gracious call
Is entering on life’s way:
Bend o’er him in Thy tenderness,
Thine image on his soul impress;
O FATHER, hear!

2. O SON of GOD, Who diedst for us, behold!

We bring our child to Thee;
Thou tender Shepherd, take him to Thy fold,
Thine own for aye to be;
Defend him through this earthly strife,
And lead him on the path of life,
O SON of GOD!

3. O HOLY GHOST, who breedest o’er the wave

Descend upon this child;
Give him undying life, his spirit lave
With waters undefiled;
Grant him, while yet a babe, to be
A child of GOD, a home for Thee,
O HOLY GHOST!

4. O TRIUNE GOD, what Thou command’st is done;

We speak, but Thine the might;
This child hath scarce yet seen our earthly sun,
Yet pour on him Thy light,
 In faith and hope, in joy and love,
Thou Sun of all below, above,
O TRIUNE GOD! Amen.

HYMN C.H. 435 – “Arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the Name of the
Lord.”- ACTS xxii. 16.

1. STAND, soldier of the Cross,

Thy high allegiance claim,
And vow to hold the world but loss
For Thy Redeemer’s Name.

2. Arise, and be baptized,

And wash thy sins away:
Thy league with God be solemnized,
Thy Faith avouched to-day.

3. Our Heavenly country now,

Our LORD and Master, thine,
Receive imprinted on thy brow
His Passion’s awful Sign.

4. No more thine own, but CHRIST’S,-

With all the Saints of old,
Apostles, Seers, Evangelists,
And Martyr throngs enrolled,-

5. In GOD’S whole armour strong,

Front hell’s embattled powers:
The warfare may be sharp and long,
The Victory must be ours.

6. Oh, bright the conqueror’s Crown,

The Song of triumph sweet,
When faith casts every trophy down
At our great Captain’s Feet. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 436 – “It is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones
should perish.” – MATT. xviii. 14

1. FATHER, our children keep;

We know not what is coming on the earth;
Beneath the shadow of Thy Heavenly Wing
O keep them, keep them, Thou
Who gav’st them birth

2. FATHER, draw nearer us:

Draw firmer round us Thy protecting Arm;
O clasp our children closer to Thy Side,
Uninjured in the day of earth’s alarm.
3. Them in Thy chambers hide;
O hide them and preserve them calm and safe,
When sin abounds and error flows abroad,
And Satan tempts, and human passions chafe.

4. O keep them undefiled,

Unspotted from a tempting world of sin,
That, clothed in white, through the bright city gates,
They may with us in triumph enter in. Amen

Hymn: CH 437 – “With my whole heart have I sought Thee: O let me not wander from Thy
commandments.” - PSALM cxix. 10.

1. MY GOD, accept my heart this day,

And make it always Thine,
That I from Thee no more may stray,
No more from Thee decline.

2. Before the Cross of Him Who died,

Behold I prostrate fall;
Let every sin be crucified,
And CHRIST be All in all.

3. Anoint me with Thy Heavenly grace,

And seal me for Thine own;
That I may see Thy glorious Face,
And Worship near Thy Throne.

4. Let every thought, and work, and word

To Thee be ever given:
Then life shall be Thy service, LORD.
And death the gate of Heaven.

5. Grant this, O FATHER, through Thy SON,

And through the SPIRIT Blest,
Who art with Them for ever ONE,
Eternally confest. Amen.

Hymn: CH 438 – “I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the Name of the Lord.”- PSALM
cxvi. 13

1. 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 His House,
While to that sacred shrine 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,
Charmed to confess the Voice Divine.

4. Now rest, my long-divided heart;

Fixed on this blissful centre rest:
Oh! who with earth would grudge to part,
When called with Angels to be blest?

5. High Heaven, that heard 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. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 439 – “I am Thine, save me.”- PSALM cxix. 94

1. LORD, shall Thy children come to Thee?

A boon of love Divine to seek;
Brought to Thine Arms in infancy,
Ere heart could feel, or tongue could speak,
Thy children pray for grace, that they
May come themselves to Thee to-day.

2. LORD, shall we come?- and come again

Oft as we see Thy Table spread,
And, tokens of Thy dying pain,
The Wine poured out, the broken Bread;
Bless, bless, O LORD, Thy children’s prayer,
That they may come and find Thee there.

3. LORD, let us come! And not alone,

At holy time, or solemn rite,
But every hour till life be flown,
Through weal or woe, in gloom or light-
Come to Thy Throne of grace, that we
In faith, hope, love, confirmed may be.

4. LORD, let us come, come yet again;

Thy children ask one blessing more;
To come, not now alone, but then,
When life, and death, and time are o’er,
Then, then to come, O LORD, and be
Confirmed in Heaven, confirmed by Thee. Amen.
HYMN CH 440 – “I am Thine, save me.”- PSALM cxix. 94.

1. THINE for ever! Thine for ever!

May Thy Face upon us shine.
Help, oh, help our weak endeavour,
LORD, to be for ever Thine.

2. Thine for ever! Thine for ever!

Thine for ever may we be,
May no sin nor sorrow sever
Us from union, LORD, with Thee.

3. Thine for ever! Thine for ever!

Armed with faith, and strong in Thee,
Ever fighting, fainting never,
May we march to victory!

4. Daily in the grace increasing

Of Thy SPIRIT, more and more,
Watching, praying without ceasing,
May we reach the Heavenly shore.

5. Hard the conflict; but what glory

Is revealed to our eyes
While we read the Heavenly story
Of our home beyond the skies.

6. “Thine for ever,” we are singing

Here on earth; and while we sing,
Voices in our ears are ringing,
Hymns of Angels to our King.

7. Thine for ever! Thine for ever!

Let Thy Face upon us shine.
Help, oh, help our weak endeavour,
LORD, to be for ever Thine..

8. Glory be to GOD the FATHER,

Glory be to GOD the SON,
Glory to the HOLY SPIRIT,
Glory to the THREE in ONE. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 441 – “If any man serve Me, let him follow Me; and where I am, there shall also My
servant be.”- JOHN xii. 26.

1. O JESUS, I have promised

To serve Thee to the end;
Be Thou for ever near me,
My Master and my Friend;
I shall not fear the battle
 If Thou art by my side,
Nor wander from the pathway
If Thou wilt be my Guide.

2. Oh! Let me feel Thee near me –

The world is ever near;
I see the sights that dazzle,
The tempting sounds I hear;
My foes are ever near me,
Around me and within;
But, JESUS, draw Thou nearer,
And shield my soul from sin.

3. Oh! Let me hear Thee speaking

In accents clear and still,
Above the storms of passion,
The murmurs of self-will.
Oh, speak! To reassure me,
To hasten or control;
Oh! Speak, and make me listen.
Thou Guardian of my soul.

4. Oh! Let me see Thy features,

The look that once could make
So many a true disciple
Leave all things for Thy sake.
The look that beamed on Peter,
When he Thy Name denied;
The look that draws Thy lovers
Close to Thy pierced Side.

5. O JESUS, Thou hast promised

To all who follow Thee,
That where thou art in glory,
There shall Thy servant be;
And, JESUS, I have promised
To serve Thee to the end;
Oh! Give me grace to follow
My Master and my Friend.

6. Oh! Let me see Thy footmarks,

And in them plant mine own;
My hope to follow duly
Is in Thy strength alone.
Oh! Guide me, call me, draw me,
Uphold me to the end.
And then in Heaven receive me,
My SAVIOUR and my FRIEND! Amen.
HYMN CH 442 – “They prayed for Them that they might receive the Holy Ghost.”- ACTS viii. 15.

1. O GRACIOUS FATHER, at Thy Feet I bow,

Grant me Thy promised SPIRIT’S filling now.

2. While I surrender all myself to Thee,

Henceforth “Not I,” but CHRIST to live in me.

3. CHRIST all for me – His Grace – His righteousness-

His cleansing Blood, as I my sins confess.

4. His Presence here, to satisfy my need,

While on the Throne He lives to intercede.

5. As on Thy Word for pardon I believe,

So now, by faith, Thy SPIRIT I receive.

6. Thine is the Gift, the “taking” shall be mine,

And thus I “take” Him for my life Divine.

7. Yea, LORD, “the” exceeding greatness of Thy power

Shall keep me every moment, every hour.

8. And I may come again, and claim, and take,

Till, with Thy likeness satisfied, I wake.

9. Keep filling, LORD, till “rivers overflow”-

Till all “the riches of Thy grace,” I know.

10. Till Heaven has dawned, and chased away earth’s night,
And Grace has let to Glory, faith to sight. Amen.

HYMN CH 443 – “They took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.” – ACTS iv. 13.

1. O CHRIST, our GOD, Who with Thine own hast been,

Our spirits cleave to Thee, the Friend unseen.

2. Vouchsafe that all who on Thy bounty feed

May heed Thy Love, and prize Thy gifts indeed.

3. Make every heart that is Thy dwelling place

A watered garden filled with fruits of grace.

4. Each holly purpose help us to fulfil;

Increase our faith to feed upon Thee still.

5. Illuminate our minds, that we may see

In all around us holy signs of Thee.

6. Incline our wills, and make them all Thine own,

That we may cling to Thee, and Thee alone.
7. And may such witness in our lives appear,
That all may know Thou hast been with us here.

8. O grant us peace, that by Thy peace possessed,

Thy life within us we may manifest.

9. So shall we pass our days in holy fear,

In joyful consciousness that Thou art near.

10. So shalt Thou be for ever, loving LORD,

Our Shield and our exceeding great Reward. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 444 – “I will love him and will manifest Myself to him.” – JOHN xiv. 21

1. JESU, to Thy Table led,

Now let every heart be fed
With the True and Living Bread.

2. While in penitence we kneel,

Thy sweet Presence let us feel,
All Thy wondrous Love reveal.

3. While on Thy dear Cross we gaze,

Mourning o’er our sinful ways,
Turn our sadness into praise.

4. When we taste the mystic Wine,

Of Thine out-poured Blood the sign,
Fill our hearts with Love Divine.

5. Draw us to Thy wounded Side,

Whence there flowed the healing tide;
There our sins and sorrows hide.

6. From the bonds of sin release,

Cold and wavering faith increase,
LAMB of GOD, grant us Thy peace.

7. Lead us by Thy pierced Hand,

Till around Thy Throne we stand,
In the bright and better land. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 445 – “This Man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.” – LUKE xv. 2

1. NOT worthy, LORD, to gather up the crumbs

With trembling hand that from Thy table fall,
A weary heaven-laden sinner comes,
To plead Thy promise and obey Thy call.
2. I am not worthy to be thought Thy child,
Nor sit the last and lowest at Thy Board,
Too long a wanderer and too oft beguiled,-
I only ask one reconciling word.

3. I hear Thy Voice: Thou bidst me come and rest,

I come, I kneel, I clasp Thy pierced Feet;
Thou bidd’st me take my place, -a welcome guest
Among Thy saints, and of Thy banquet eat,

4. My praise can only breathe itself in prayer,

My prayer can only lose itself in Thee,
Dwell Thou for ever in my heart, and there
LORD, let me sup with Thee, sup Thou with me. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 446 – “Show me a token for good.”- PSALM lxxxvi. 17

1. O GOD, unseen, yet ever near,

Thy Presence may we feel;
And, thus inspired with holy fear,
Before Thy Table kneel.

2. Here may Thy faithful people know

The blessings of Thy love;
The streams that through the desert flow,
The Manna from above.

3. We come, obedient to Thy Word,

To feast on Heavenly Food:
Our meat, the Body of the LORD:
Our drink, His precious Blood.

4. Thus may we all Thy Words obey,

For we, O GOD, are Thine:
And go rejoicing on our way,
Renewed with strength Divine.
Amen.

HYMN C.H. 447 – “He that cometh to Me shall never hunger; and he that believeth in Me shall
never thirst.” – JOHN vi. 35

1. JESUS, Thou Joy of loving hearts,

Thou Fount of life, Thou Light of men!
From the best bliss that earth imparts
We turn unfilled to Thee again.
2. Thy Truth unchanged hath ever stood;
Thou savest those that on Thee call;
To them that seek Thee Thou art good;
To them that find Thee. All in all.

3. We taste Thee, O Thou Living Bread,

And long to feast upon Thee still;
We drink of Thee, the Fountain-head,
And thirst our souls from Thee to fill.

4. Our restless spirits yearn for Thee,

Where’er our changeful lot is cast;
Glad; when Thy gracious smile we see,
Blest, when our faith can hold Thee fast.

5. O JESU, ever with us stay;

Make all our moments calm and bright;
Chase the dark night of sin away;
Shed o’er the world Thy holy light. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 448 (pt.i) - “He took bread, and blessed it, and gave to them. And their eyes were
opened, and they knew Him.” - LUKE xxiv. 30, 31.

1. BE still, my soul! For GOD is near;

The great High Priest is with thee now!
The LORD of Life Himself is here,
Before Whose Face the Angels bow.

2. To make thy heart His lowly throne,

Thy SAVIOUR GOD in love draws nigh;
He gives Himself unto His own,
For whom He once came down to die.

3. He pleads before the Mercy-seat

He pleads with GOD; He pleads for thee;
He gives thee Bread from Heaven to eat-
His Flesh and Blood in mystery.

4. I come, O LORD!- for Thou dost call-

To blend my pleading prayer with Thine;
To Thee I give myself- my all,
And feed on Thee, and make Thee mine. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 448 (pt.ii) - “The Blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.”
– HEB. Xii. 24.
1. O BODY bruised for my sake,
And dying on the awful Tree!
 That I from death new life should take.
And live engrafted into Thee.

2. O Living Bread! Who once didst die.

And lay Thee down in rocky tomb,
Within my heart for ever lie,
And shed Thy brightness o’er its gloom.

3. O precious Blood! So freely shed,

The pledge of pardon from above;
Speak to my heart, so cold and dead,
And wake it into life and love.

4. Speak better things than Abel’s blood–

My ransom paid, my sins forgiven!
My soul restored to peace with GOD,
My place prepared for me in Heaven.

5. O sacred Food! O cleansing Stream!

Fill all my soul with Love Divine;
O Thou, Who didst my life redeem,
Come to my heart, and make it Thine! Amen.

HYMN C.H. 449 – “Come, for all things are now ready.” – LUKE xiv. 17.
1. MY GOD, and is Thy Table spread?
And doth Thy Cup with love o’erflow?
Thither be all Thy children led,
And let them all its sweetness know.

2. Hail, sacred Feast, which JESUS makes,

Rich banquet of His flesh and Blood!
Thrice happy he who here partakes
That sacred Stream, that Heavenly Food!

3. Oh; let Thy Table honoured be,

And furnished well with joyful guests:
And may each soul Salvation see,
That here its sacred pledges tastes.

4. Let crowds approach with hearts prepared,

With hearts inflamed let all attend;
Nor, when we leave our FATHER’S Board,
The pleasure or the profit end.

5. Revive Thy dying Churches, LORD,

And bid our drooping graces live;
And more, that energy afford
 A SAVIOUR’S Blood alone can give. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 450 -The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the Blood of
Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion, of the Body of Christ.” – I COR. x. 16

1. DRAW nigh and take the Body of the LORD,

And drink the holy Blood for your outpoured.

2. Saved by His Body, hallowed by His Blood,

With souls refreshed we render thanks to GOD.

3. Salvation’s Giver, CHRIST, the only SON,

By His dear Cross and Blood the victory won.

4. Offered was He for greatest and for least,

Himself the Victim, and Himself the Priest.

5. Victims were offered by the law of old,

Which in a type celestial mysteries told.

6. He, Ransomer from death, and Light from shade,

Now gives His Holy grace His saints to aid.

7. Approach ye then with faithful hearts sincere,

And take the pledges of Salvation here.

8. He, that in this world rules, His saints and shields,

To all believers life eternal yields.

9. With Heavenly Bread makes them that hunger whole,

Gives Living Waters to the thirsting soul.

10. ALPHA and OMEGA, to Whom shall bow

All nations at the Doom, is with us now. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 451 – “I will feed My flock.” – EZEK. xxxiv. 15

1. O KING of mercy, from Thy Throne on high
Look down in love, and hear our humble cry.

2. Thou tender Shepherd of the Blood-bought sheep,

Thy feeble wandering flock in safety keep.

3. O gentle SAVIOUR, by Thy Death we live;

To contrite sinners Life Eternal give.

4. Thou art the Bread of Heaven, on Thee we feed;

Be near to help our souls in time of need.
5. Thou art the mourner’s Stay, the sinner’s Friend,
Sweet Fount of joy and blessings without end.

6. O come and cheer us with Thy Heavenly grace,

Reveal the brightness of Thy glorious Face.

7. In cooling cloud by day, in fire by night,

Be near our steps, and make our darkness light.

8. Go where we go, abide where we abide,

In life, in death, our Comfort, Strength, and Guide.

9. O Lead us daily with Thine Eye of love,

And bring us safely to our Home above. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 452 – “That they all may be one.” – JOHN xvii. 21

1. THOU, Who at Thy first Eucharist didst pray

That all Thy Church might be for ever one,
Grant us at every Eucharist to say
With longing heart and soul “Thy will be done.”
Oh, may we all one Bread, one Body be,
Through this blest Sacrament of Unity.

2. For all Thy Church, O LORD, we intercede;

Make Thou our sad divisions soon to cease;
Draw us the nearer each to each, we plead,
By drawing all to Thee, O Prince of Peace;
Thus may we all one Bread, one Body be,
Through this blest Sacrament of Unity.

3. We pray Thee too for wanderers from Thy Fold;

O bring them back, Good Shepherd of the sheep,
Back to the Faith which Saints believed of old,
Back to the Church which still that Faith doth keep;
Soon may we all one Bread, one Body be,
Through this blest Sacrament of Unity

4. So, LORD, at length when Sacraments shall cease,

May we be one with all Thy Church above,
One with Thy Saints in one unbroken peace,
One with Thy Saints in one unbounded love;
More blessed still, in peace and love to be,
One with the TRINITY in Unity. Amen.
HYMN C.H. 453 – “For by one offering He hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.” –
HEB. x. 14.

1. AND now, O FATHER, mindful of the love

That bought us, once for all, on Calvary’s Tree,
And having with us Him that pleads above,
We here present, we here spread forth to Thee
That only Offering perfect in Thine eyes,
The one true pure, immortal Sacrifice.

2. Look, FATHER, look on His Anointed Face,

And only look on us as found in Him;
Look not on our misusings of Thy grace,
Our prayer so languid, and our faith so dim:
For lo! Between our sins and their reward
We set the Passion of Thy SON our LORD.

3. And then for those, our dearest and our best,

By this prevailing Presence we appeal;
O fold them closer to Thy mercy’s breast,
O do Thine utmost for their souls’ true weal:
From tainting mischief keep them white and clear,
And crown Thy gifts with strength to persevere.

4. And so we come: O draw us to Thy Feet,

Most patient SAVIOUR, Who canst love us still;
And by this Food, so awful and so sweet,
Deliver us from every touch of ill:
In Thine own service make us glad and free,
And grant us never more to part with Thee. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 454 – “The Lord’s Table.” – I COR. x. 21

1. AUTHOR of Life Divine,

Who hast a Table spread,
Furnished with mystic Wine
And everlasting Bread,
Preserve the life Thyself hast given,
And feed and train us up for Heaven.

2. Our needy souls sustain

With fresh supplies of love,
Till all Thy life we gain,
And all Thy fullness prove,
And, strengthened by Thy perfect grace,
Behold without a veil Thy Face. Amen
HYMN C.H. 455 – “The bread that I will give is My flesh, which I will give for the life of the
world.” – JOHN vi. 51.

1. I HUNGER and I thirst;

JESU, my Manna be;
Ye living Waters, burst
Out of the Rock for me.

2. Thou bruised and broken Bread,

My life-long wants supply;
As living souls are fed,
Oh, feed me, or I die.

3. Thou True Life-giving Vine,

Let me Thy sweetness prove;
Renew my life with Thine,
Refresh my soul with love.

4. Rough paths my feet have trod,

Since first their course began;
Feed me, Thou Bread of GOD;
Help me, Thou SON of GOD.

5. For still the desert lies

My thirsting soul before;
O Living Waters, rise
Within me evermore. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 456 – “My Flesh is meat indeed, and My Blood is drink indeed.”- JOHN vi. 55. “The
words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.”- JOHN vi. 63

1. IN the quiet consecration

Of this glad Communion hour,
Here we rest in Thee, LORD JESUS,
Taste Thy love, and touch Thy power.

2. All the service, all the sorrow,

Laid in silence at Thy Feet,
All life’s questions, all its burdens,
Earth ties dear, and friendship sweet.

3. Here to learn through hallowed symbol

What Thy grace for all can be,
By that wonderful indwelling –
Thou in us, and we in Thee.

4. Thou – “The Living Bread from Heaven.”

Thou – Whose “Blood is drink indeed.”
 Here “by faith and with thanksgiving
In our hearts” on Thee we feed.

5. By Thy Death for sin atoning,

By Thy Resurrection Life,
Hold us fast in blessed union,
Gird us, nerve us for the strife.

6. While afar in solemn radiance

Shines the Eucharist to come –
After conflict, toil and testing
Thy great Feast of love and Home.
Amen.

HYMN CH 457 – “The Lord thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.”
– DEUT. xx. 1.

1. FROM Egypt lately come,

Where death and darkness reign,
We seek our new, our better home,
Where we our rest shall gain.
Hallelujah!
We are on our way to GOD.

2. To Canaan’s sacred bound

We haste with songs of joy,
Where peace and liberty are found,
And sweets that never cloy.
Hallelujah!
We are on our way to GOD.

3. There sin and sorrow cease,

And every conflict’s o’er;
There we shall dwell in endless peace,
And never hunger more.
Hallelujah!
We are on our way to GOD.

4. There, in celestial strains,

Enraptured myriads sing;
There love in every bosom reigns,
For GOD Himself is King.
Hallelujah!
We are on our way to GOD.

5. Soon may we join the throng,

And all their pleasures share:
And sing the everlasting song,
 With all the ransomed there.
Hallelujah!
We are on our way to GOD. Amen.

HYMN CH 458 – “They took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.”- ACTS iv. 13

1. MY GOD, my FATHER, let me rest

In the calm sun-glow of Thy Face,
Until Thy love in me expressed
Draws others to Thy Throne of grace.

2. O JESU, Master, let me hold

Such secret fellowship with Thee,
That others, careless once and cold,
Won to my LORD and theirs may be.

3. Eternal SPIRIT, Heavenly Dove,

The Light of Life to me impart,
Till fire descending from above
Burns on and on from heart to heart.

4. O FATHER, SON, and HOLY GHOST,

Still, still may love to love respond;
And teach me, when I love Thee most,
Depths all unfathomed lie beyond. Amen.

HYMN CH 459 – “Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him.”- JOB xiii. 15.

1. LORD, when earthly comforts flee,

Let me find my all in Thee.
Then, though foes awhile prevail,
Though the vine and fig-tree fail,
Still to Thee, my GOD, I raise
Grateful songs of love and praise,
Though Thou hide Thy glorious Face,
All is goodness – all is grace.

2. Though my FATHER casts me down

And upon me seems to frown,
Yet if thus He breaks my pride,
Draws me nearer to His side,
Still to Him my soul shall raise
Grateful songs of love and praise;
Though He hide His glorious Face,
All is goodness – all is grace.

3. Though He bids the tempest roar,

Though He clouds my prospect o’er,
Takes my sheltering gourd away,
Bids my fondest hopes decay;
Still to Him my soul shall raise
 Grateful songs of love and praise;
Though He hide His glorious Face,
All is goodness – all is grace.

4. LORD, when this short life is past,

Take me to Thy Rest at last;
Every sorrow there shall cease,
Lost in love, and joy, and peace;
There to Thee, my GOD, I’ll raise
Ceaseless songs of love and praise;
There behold Thy glorious Face,
All Thy goodness – all Thy grace. Amen.

HYMN CH 460 – “Perfect love casteth out fear.” – I JOHN iv. 18.

1. O LOVE that casts out fear,

O Love that casts out sin,
Tarry no more without,
But come and dwell within.

2. True Sunlight of the soul,

Surround me as I go;
So shall my way be safe,
My feet no straying know.

3. Great Love of GOD, come in;

Wellspring of Heavenly peace,
Thou Living Water, come,
Spring up, and never cease.

4. Love of the Living GOD,

Of FATHER, and of SON,
Love of the HOLY GHOST,
Fill Thou each needy one. Amen.

HYMN CH 461 – “Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.”- MATT. viii. 17.

1. O THOU, through suffering perfect made,

On Whom the bitter Cross was laid,
In hours of sickness, grief, and pain
No sufferer turns to Thee in vain.

2. The halt, the maimed, the sick, the blind

Sought not in vain Thy tendance kind:
Now in Thy poor Thyself we see,
And minister through them to Thee.

3. O loving SAVIOUR, Thou canst cure

The pains and woes Thou didst endure;
For all who need, Physician great,
Thy healing balm we supplicate.
4. But O, far more, let each keep pain
And hour of woe be Heavenly gain,
Each stroke of Thy chastising rod
Bring back the wanderer nearer GOD.

5. O heal the bruised heart within;

O save our souls, all sick with sin;
Give life and health in bounteous store,
That we may praise Thee evermore. Amen.

HYMN CH 462 – “Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these My brethren, ye have done it
unto Me.”- MATT. xxv. 40.

1. FOUNTAIN of good, to own Thy love

Our thankful hearts incline;
What can we render, LORD, to Thee,
When all the worlds are Thine?

2. But Thou hast needy brethren here,

Partakers of Thy grace,
Whose names Thou wilt Thyself confess
Before the FATHER’S Face.

3. And in their accents of distress

Thy pleading Voice is heard:
In them Thou mayst be clothed and fed,
And visited and cheered.

4. Thy Face with reverence and with love

We in Thy poor would see;
O may we minister to them
And in them, LORD, to Thee. Amen.

HYMN CH 463 – “The whole family in heaven and earth.” – EPH. iii. 15.

1. THE saints on earth and those above

But one communion make;
Joined to their LORD in bonds of love,
All of His grace partake.

2. One family we dwell in Him;

One Church, above, beneath:
Though now divided by the stream,
The narrow stream of death.

3. One army of the living GOD,

To His command we bow;
Part of His host have crossed the flood,
And part are crossing now.

4. Lo! thousands to their endless home

Are swiftly borne away:
 And we are to the margin come,
And soon must launch as they.

5. LORD JESU, be our constant Guide:

Then, when the word is given,
Bid death’s cold flood its waves divide,
And land us safe in Heaven. Amen.

HYMN CH 464 – “Glorious things are spoken of thee, O City of God.” – PSALM lxxxvii. 3.

1. GLORIOUS things of thee are spoken,

Zion, city of our GOD!
He, Whose WORD cannot be broken,
Formed thee for His own abode:
On the Rock of ages founded,
What can shake thy sure repose?
With salvation’s walls surrounded,
Thou may’st smile at all thy foes.

2. See! The streams of living waters,

Springing from eternal love,
Well supply Thy sons and daughters,
And all fear of want remove:
Who can faint while such a river
Ever flows their thirst to assuage?
Grace, which, like the LORD, the Giver,
Never fails from age to age.

3. Round each habitation hovering,

See the cloud and fire appear,
For a glory and a covering-
Showing that the LORD is near.
Thus they march, the pillar leading,
Light by night, and shade by day,
Daily on the Manna feeding,
Which He gives them when they pray.

4. SAVIOUR, if of Zion’s city,

I, through grace, a member am,
Let the world deride or pity,
I will glory in Thy Name:
Fading is the world’s vain pleasure,
All its boasted pomp and show;
Solid joys and lasting treasure,
None but Zion’s children know. Amen.

HYMN CH 465 – “The love of Christ… passeth knowledge.”- EPH. iii. 19.

1. O LOVE, Who formedst me to wear

The image of Thy GODHEAD here;
Who soughtest me with tender care
Through all my wanderings wild and drear;
 O LOVE, I give myself to Thee,
Thine ever, only Thine to be.

2. O LOVE, who once in time wast slain,

Pierced through and through with bitter woe:
O LOVE, Who wrestling thus didst gain
That we eternal joy mighty know;
O LOVE, I give myself to Thee,
Thine ever, only Thine to be.

3. O LOVE, Who lovest me for aye,

Who for my soul dost ever plead;
O LOVE, Who didst my ransom pay,
Whose power sufficeth in my stead;
O LOVE, I give myself to Thee,
Thine eer, only Thine to be.

4. O LOVE, Whose Voice shalt bid me rise

From out this dying life of ours:
O LOVE, Whose HAND, o’er yonder skies
Shalt set me in the fadeless bowers:
O LOVE, I give myself to Thee,
Thine ever, only Thine to be. Amen.

HYMN CH 466 – “There I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy-seat/”-
EXOD. xxv. 22

1. FROM every stormy wind that blows,

From every swelling tide of woes,
There is a calm, a sure retreat;
‘Tis found beneath the Mercy-seat.

2. There is a place where JESUS sheds

The oil of gladness on our heads;
A place than all beside more sweet;
It is the blood-stained Mercy-seat.

3. There is a spot where spirits blend,

And friend holds fellowship with friend;
Though sundered far, by faith they meet
Around one common Mercy-seat.

4. Ah, whither could we flee for aid,

When tempted, desolate, dismayed?
Or how the hosts of hell defeat,
Had suffering saints no Mercy-seat?

5. There, there on eagle wing we soar,

And time and sense seem all no more,
And Heaven comes down our souls to greet,
And glory crowns the Mercy-seat. Amen.
HYMN CH 467 – “Unto you that fear My Name shall the Son of Righteousness arise with healing in His
wings.” – MAL. Iv. 2.

1. O BLESSED Sun, whose splendour

Dispels the shades of night,
O JESU, my defender,
My soul’s supreme delight!
All day I hear resounding
A Voice with silver tone,
Which speaks of grace abounding
Through GOD’s Eternal SON.

2. To win this precious treasure

And matchless pearl I would
Give honour, wealth, and pleasure,
And every earthly good;
I gladly would surrender
The dearest thing which might
Obscure my Sun’s bright splendour,
And rob me of His light.

3. There is no life divided,

O LORD of Life, from Thee,
In Thee is life provided
For all mankind and me:
There is no death, O JESUS,
For those who live in Thee;
Thy death it is which frees us
From death eternally.

4. I fear no tribulation,
Since, whatsoe’er it be,
It makes no separation
Between my LORD and me;
If Thou, my GOD and Teacher,
Vouchsafe to be my own,
Though poor I shall be richer
Than monarch on his throne.

5. LORD, with this truth impress me,

And write it on my heart,
To comfort, cheer, and bless me,
That Thou my SAVIOUR art;
Without Thy love to guide me,
I should be wholly lost,
The floods would quickly hide me,
On life’s wide ocean tossed.

6. If while on earth I wander,

My heart is light and blest,
Ah! What shall I be yonder
In perfect peace and rest?
 Oh, blessed thought in dying!
We go to meet the LORD,
Where there shall be no sighing
A kingdom our reward. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 468 – “Thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteh eternity; whose name is Holy:
I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit.” – ISA. lvii.
15

1. MY GOD, how wonderful Thou art,

Thy Majesty how bright;
How beautiful Thy Mercy-seat,
In depths of burning light.

2. How wonderful, how beautiful,

The sight of Thee must be,
Thine endless wisdom, boundless power,
And awful purity!

3. Oh! How I fear Thee, Living GOD,

With deepest, tenderest fears,
And worship Thee with trembling hope,
And penitential tears.

4. Yet I may love Thee, too, O LORD,

Almighty as Thou art,
For Thou hast stooped to ask of me
The love of my poor heart.

5. Oh, then this worse than worthless heart

In pity deign to take,
And make it love Thee for Thyself,
And for Thy glory’s sake.

6. No earthly father loves like Thee,

No mother, e’er so mild,
Bears and forbears as Thou hast done
With me, Thy sinful child.

7. Only to sit and think of GOD,

Oh, what a joy it is
To think the thought, to breathe the Name;
Earth has no higher bliss.

8. FATHER of JESUS, love’s reward,

What rapture will it be,
Prostrate before Thy Throne to lie,
And gaze and gaze on Thee. Amen.
HYMN CH 469 – “Being confident of the very thing, that He which hath begun a good work in you
will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.”- PHIL. i. 6.

1. SAVIOUR, Blessed SAVIOUR, listen while we sing;

Hearts and voices raising praises to our King,
All we have to offer, all we hope to be,
Body, soul, and spirit, all we yield to Thee.

2. Farther, ever farther, from Thy wounded Side,

Heedlessly we wandered, wandered far and wide;
Till Thou cam’st in mercy, seeking young and old,
Lovingly to bear them, SAVIOUR, to Thy fold.

3. Nearer, ever nearer, CHRIST, we draw to Thee,

Deep in adoration bending low the knee,
Thou, for our redemption, cam’st on earth to die;
Thou, that we might follow, hast gone up on high.

4. Great, and ever greater, are Thy mercies here;

True and everlasting are the glories there;
Where no pain nor sorrow, toil nor care, is known;
Where the Angel legions circle round Thy Throne.

5. Clearer still, and clearer, dawns the light from Heaven,

In our sadness bringing news of sin forgiven.
Life has lost its shadows, pure the light within:
Thou hast shed Thy radiance on a world of sin.

6. Brighter still, and brighter, glows the western sun,

Shedding all its gladness o’er our work that’s done;
Time will soon be over, toil and sorrow past,
May we, Blessed SAVIOUR, find a rest at last.

7. Onward, ever onward, journeying o’er the road

Worn by Saints before us, journeying on to GOD;
Leaving all behind us, may we hasten on,
Backward never looking till the prize is won.

8. Higher then, and higher, bear the ransomed soul,

Earthly toils forgotten, SAVIOUR, to its goal:
Where, in joys unthought of, Saints with Angels sing,
Never weary raising praises to their King. Amen.

HYMN CH 470 – “Our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep.”- HEB. xiii. 20

1. JESU, Heavenly Shepherd! Thou dost ever keep,

Never weary waiting, watches o’er Thy sheep;
Often we have wandered, often wander now,
Who can lead us homeward, JESU! Who but Thou?

2. All we are Thou knowest, all we e’er have been,

 Every deed Thou seest, every thought within:
From the deed that darkens, keep us, JESUS, keep
From the thought that staineth, Shepherd of the sheep!

3. Oft we heard Thee calling, “Wanderers, follow me.”

Wheresoe’er Thou leadest, LORD, we follow Thee;
Though the way be toilsome, though the path be steep,
Thou wilt safely guide us, Shepherd of the sheep!

4. Wheresoe’er we wander, whatsoe’er betide,

Lead us, Heavenly Shepherd, homeward by Thy side;
Ever Thou be near us, from all evil keep,
Guide us, guard us, cheer us, Shepherd of the sheep!

5. When the storm is beating round, without, within,

Calling to remembrance sorrow, shame, or sin;
As in vain we clamber up the mountain-steep,
Then be Thou our Refuge, Shepherd of the sheep!

6. Where the wolf is watching, where the waste is wide,

Cling we, Heavenly Shepherd, closer to Thy side;
Faint with fear and friendless when we fain would weep,
Dry the tear that’s falling, Shepherd of the sheep!

7. If the day be closing, cheerless in the west,

O’er some lonely outcast, JESU ever Blest!
From the distant mountains, ere he sink to sleep,
Gather in the wanderer, Shepherd of the sheep!

8. Mountain, dale and river, there shall be our Home,

Pastured there for ever, where no ill can come;
Where nor sin nor sorrow e’er shall cause to weep,
Folded there together, Shepherd with His sheep. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 471 – “And he went on his way rejoicing.” – ACTS viii. 39.
1. ON our way rejoicing
As we homeward move,
Hearken to our praises,
O Thou GOD of love!
Is there grief or sadness?
Thine it cannot be!
Is our sky beclouded?
Clouds are not from thee!
On our way rejoicing
As we homeward move,
Hearken to our praises,
O Thou GOD of love!

2. If with honest-hearted
 Love for GOD and man,
Day by day Thou find us
Doing what we can:
Thou Who giv’st the seed-time,
Wilt give large increase,
Crown the head with blessings,
Fill the heart with peace.
On our way rejoicing
As we homeward move,
Hearken to our praises,
O Thou GOD of love!

3. On our way rejoicing

Gladly let us go;
Conquering is our Leader,
Vanquished is our foe!
CHRIST without, our safety,
CHRIST within, our joy
Who, if we be faithful,
Can our hope destroy?
On our way rejoicing
As we homeward move,
Hearken to our praises,
O Thou GOD of love!

4. Unto GOD the FATHER

Joyful songs we sing,
Unto GOD the SAVIOUR
Thankful hearts we bring,
Unto GOD the SPIRIT
Bow we and adore,
On our way rejoicing
Now and evermore!
On our way rejoicing
As we homeward move,
Hearken to our praises,
O Thou GOD of love! Amen

HYMN CH 472 – “Fight the good fight of faith; lay hold on Eternal Life.”- I TIM. vi. 12.

1. FIGHT the good fight with all thy might,

CHRIST is thy Strength, and CHRIST thy Right;
Lay hold on life, and it shall be
Thy joy and crown eternally.

2. Run the straight race through GOD’S good grace,

Lift up thine eyes, and seek His Face;
Life with its way before us lies,
CHRIST is the path, and CHRIST the prize.
3. Cast care aside, lean on thy Guide;
His boundless mercy will provide;
Trust, and thy trusting soul shall prove
CHRIST is its Life, and CHRIST its Love.

4. Faint not, nor fear, His Arms are near,

He changeth not, and thou art dear;
Only believe, and thou shalt see
That CHRIST is All in all to thee. Amen.

HYMN CH 473 – “Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power be unto Him that sitteth upon the Throne,
and unto the Lamb, for ever and ever.” – REV. v. 13.

1. O GOD OF GOD! O LIGHT OF LIGHT!

Thou PRINCE OF PEACE, Thou KING OF KINGS;
To Thee, where Angels know no night,
The hymn of praise for ever rings;
To Him Who sits upon the Throne,
The LAMB once slain for sinful men,
Laud, honour, might, to Him alone,
Glory and praise! Amen, Amen!

2. His life of truth, His deeds of love,

His death of pain ‘mid hate and scorn;
These are all past, and now above
He reigns our King! Once crowned with thorn.
“Lift up your heads, ye heavenly gates,”
So sang His Hosts, unheard by men;
“Lift up your hearts,” for you He waits;
“We lift them up,” Amen, Amen!

3. Nations afar, in ignorance deep;

Isles of the sea, where darkness lay;
These hear His Voice, they wake from sleep,
And throng with joy the upward way.
They cry with us, “Send forth Thy Light,
O LAMB, once slain for sinful men;
Burst Satan’s bonds, O GOD of Might,
Set all men free!” Amen, Amen!

4. Sing to the LORD a glorious song,

Sing to His Name, His Love forth tell;
Sing on, Heaven’s Hosts, His praise prolong,
Sing ye who now on earth do dwell;
Worthy the LAMB, for sinners slain;
From Angels praise, and thanks from men;
Worthy the LAMB, enthroned to reign,
Glory and power, Amen, Amen!

HYMN CH 474 – “We… shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air.” –
I THESS. iv. 17.
1. TEN thousand times ten thousand,
In sparkling raiment bright,
The armies of the ransomed Saints
Throng up the steeps of light;
‘Tis finished! All is finished,
Their fight with death and sin;
Fling open wide the golden gates,
And let the victors in.

2. What rush of Hallelujahs

Fills all the earth and sky!
What ringing of a thousand harps
Bespeaks the triumph nigh!
O day, for which creation
And all its tribes were made!
O joy, for all its former woes
A thousand-fold repaid!

3. Oh! Then what raptured greetings

On Canaan’s happy shore,
What knitting severed friendships up,
Where partings are no more!
Then eyes with joy shall sparkle
That brimmed with tears of late;
Orphans no longer fatherless,
Nor widows desolate.

4. Bring near Thy great Salvation,

Thou LAMB for sinners slain;
Fill up the roll of Thine elect,
Then take Thy power and reign;
Appear, Desire of nations,-
Thine exiles long for hom;
Show in the heavens Thy promised sign;
Thou Prince and Saviour, come. Amen.

HYMN CH 475 (PART 1) – “The nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it.” – REV. xxi.
24.

1. THE world is very evil,

The times are waxing late,
Be sober and keep vigil,
The Judge is at the gate;
The Judge Who comes in mercy,
The Judge Who comes with might,
Who comes to and the evil,
Who comes to crown the right.

2. Arise, arise, good Christian,

Let right to wrong succeed;
Let penitential sorrow
 To Heavenly gladness lead,
To light that has no evening,
That knows no moon nor sun,
The light so new and golden,
The light that is but one.

3. O Home of fadeless splendour,

Of flowers that bear no thorn,
Where they shall dwell as children
Who here as exiles mourn;
‘Midst power that knows no limit,
Where knowledge has no bound,
The Beatific Vision
Shall glad the Saints around.

4. O happy, holy portion,

Refection for the blest,
True vision of true beauty,
True cure of the distrest!
Reach forward to that glory,
Press onward to that light,
And strive by hope to grasp it,
Till faith be lost in sight.

5. O sweet and blessed country,

The Home of GOD’S elect!
O sweet and blessed country
That eager hearts expect!
JESU, in mercy bring us
To that dear land of rest;
Who art, with GOD the FATHER
And SPIRIT, ever Blest. Amen.

HYMN CH 475 (PART II) – “We… look for new heavens and a new earth wherein dwelleth
righteousness.” – 2 PET. iii. 13.

1. BRIEF life is here our portion,

Brief sorrow, short-lived care;
The life that knows no ending,
The tearless life, is there.

2. O happy retribution!
Short toil, eternal rest!
For mortals and for sinners
A mansion with the blest!

3. There grief is turned to pleasure,

Such pleasure as below
No human voice can utter,
No human heart can know.

4. And after earthly evil,

 And after this world’s night,
And after storm and whirlwind,
Is calm, and joy, and light.

5. And now we fight the battle,

But then shall wear the crown
Of full and everlasting
And passionless renown.

6. But He Whom now we trust in

Shall then be seen and known;
And they that know and see Him,
Shall have Him for their own.

7. The morning shall awaken,

The shadows pass away,
And each true-hearted servant
Shall shine as doth the day.

8. There GOD, our King and Portion,

In fullness of His grace,
Shall we behold for ever,
And worship Face to face.

9. O sweet and blessed country,

The Home of GOD’S elect!
O sweet and blessed country
That eager hearts expect!
10. JESU, in mercy bring us
To that dear land of rest;
Who art, with GOD the FATHER
And SPIRIT, ever Blest. Amen.

HYMN CH 475 (PART III) – “The street of the city was pure gold.” – REV. xxi. 21.

1. FOR thee, O dear, dear Country,

Mine eyes their vigils keep;
For very love, beholding
Thy happy name, they weep,
The mention of thy glory
Is unction to the breast,
And medicine in sickness,
And love, and life, and rest.

2. O one, O only mansion,

O Paradise of joy,
Where tears are ever banished,
And smiles have no alloy;
The LAMB is all thy splendour,
The Crucified thy praise;
His laud and benediction
Thy ransomed people raise.
3. With jasper glow thy bulwarks,
Thy streets with emeralds blaze;
The sardius and the topaz
Unite in thee their rays;
Thine ageless walls are bonded
With amethyst unpriced;
The Saints build up its fabric,
And the Corner-stone is CHRIST.

4. Thou hast no shore, fair ocean;

Thou hast no time, bright day;
Dear fountain of refreshment
To pilgrims far away.
Upon the Rock of Ages
They raise thy holy tower;
Thine is the victor’s laurel,
And thine the golden dower.

5. O sweet and blessed country,

The Home of GOD’S elect!
O sweet and blessed country
That eager hearts expect!
JESU, in mercy bring us
To that dear land of rest;
Who art, with GOD the FATHER
And SPIRIT, ever blest. Amen.

HYMN CH 475 (PART IV) – “That great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
having the glory of God.”- REV. xxi. 10, 11

1. JERUSALEM the golden,

With milk and honey blessed
Beneath thy contemplation
Sink heart and voice oppressed.
I know not, oh, I know not,
What joys await us there,
What radiancy of glory,
What light beyond compare.

2. They stand, those halls of Sion,

All jubilant with song,
And bright with many an Angel,
And all the Martyr throng;
The Prince is ever in them,
The daylight is serene;
The pastures of the blessed
Are decked in glorious sheen.

3. There is the throne of David,

And there, from care released,
The shout of them that triumph,
 The song of them that feast,
And they who, with their Leader,
Have conquered in the fight,
For ever and for ever
Are clad in robes of white.

4. O sweet and blessed country,

The Home of GOD’S elect!
O sweet and blessed country,
That eager hearts expect!
JESU, in mercy bring us
To that dear land of rest;
Who art, with GOD the FATHER
And SPIRIT, ever Blest. Amen.

HYMN CH 476 – “The whole family in heaven and earth.”- EPH. iii. 15

1. ONCE more with chastened joy,

In fellowship we meet;
We still are on life’s stormy sea,
They tread the golden street.

2. JESUS, we bless the grace

That folds them to Thy Breast,
While we are in the thickest fight,
They in Thy Presence rest.

3. Faint are our notes of praise

To Thee our SAVIOUR, King;
They cause the crystal walls of Heaven
With perfect songs to ring.

4. And yet a living bond

Unites us all to Thee,
And binds all hearts in Heaven and earth
Of Thy great family.

5. By that Fount of blessing,

Thy dear love expressing,
All my aching sadness
Turn Thou into gladness.

6. LORD, in mercy guide me,

Be Thou e’er beside me;
In Thy ways direct me,
‘Neath Thy wings protect me. Amen

HYMN CH 477 – “And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto Me.” – JOHN xii. 32.

1. JESU, meek and lowly,

SAVIOUR, pure and holy,
On Thy love relying,
 Hear me humbly crying.

2. Prince of life, and power,

My salvation’s tower,
On the Cross I view Thee
Calling sinners to Thee.

3. There, behold me gazing

At the sight amazing;
Bending low before Thee,
Helpless I adore Thee.

4. By Thy red wounds streaming,

With Thy Life-blood gleaming,
Blood for sinners flowing,
Pardon free bestowing:

5. By that Fount of blessing,

Thy dear love expressing,
All my aching sadness
Turn Thou into gladness.

6. LORD, in mercy guide me,

Be Thou e’er beside me;
In Thy ways direct me,
‘Neath Thy wings protect me. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 478 – “What shall I render unto the Lord for all His benefits toward me?” – PSALM
cxvi. 12

1. SAVIOUR, Thy dying love

Thou gavest me,
Nor should I aught withhold,
Dear LORD, from Thee;
In love my soul would bow,
My heart fulfil its vow,
Some offering bring Thee now,
Something for Thee.

2. At the blest Mercy-seat,

Pleading for me,
My feeble faith looks up,
JESUS, to Thee:
Help me the cross to bear,
Thy wondrous love declare,
Some song to raise, or prayer,
Something for Thee.

3. Give me a faithful heart,

Likeness to Thee.
 That each departing day,
Henceforth, may see
Some work of love begun,
Some deed of kindness done,
Some wanderer sought and won,
Something for Thee.

4. All that I am and have-

Thy gifts so free-
In joy, in grief, through life,
Dear LORD, for Thee!
And when Thy Face I see,
My ransomed soul shall be,
Through all Eternity,
Something for Thee. Amen.

HYMN CH 479 – “They forsook all, and followed Him.” – LUKE v. 11.

1. JESUS, still lead on,

Till our rest be won!
And, although the way be cheerless,
We will follow, calm and fearless;
Guide us by Thy Hand
To our Fatherland.

2. If the way be drear,

If the foe be near,
Let not faithless fears o’ertake us,
Let not faith and hope forsake us,
For, through many a foe,
To our Home we go.

3. When we seek relief

From a long-felt grief-
When oppressed by new temptations,
LORD, increase and perfect patience:
Show us that bright shore
Where we weep no more!

4. JESUS, still lead on,

Till our rest be won!
Heavenly Leader, still direct us,
Still support, console, protect us,
Till we safely stand
In our Fatherland. Amen.

HYMN CH 480 - “Verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer
tribulation.”- I THESS. Iii. 4
1. FAR down the ages now,
Her journey well-nigh done,
The pilgrim Church pursues her way,
And longs to reach her crown.

2. No wider is the gate,

No broader is the way,
No smoother is the ancient path
That leads to light and day.

3. No feebler is the foe,

No slacker grows the fight,
Nor less the need of armour tried,
Of shield and helmet bright.

4. Thus onward still we press,

Through evil and through good,
Through pain, or poverty, or want,
Through peril or through blood.

5. Still faithful to our GOD,

And to our Captain true,
We follow where He leads the way,
The Kingdom still in view. Amen.

HYMN C.H 481 - “And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the
way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light.” ----- Exod. xiii. 21

1. THROUGH the night of doubt and sorrow

Onward goes the pilgrim band,
Singing songs of expectation,
Marching to the Promised Land.

2. Clear before us through the darkness

Gleams and burns the guiding Light:
Brother clasps the hand of brother,
Stepping fearless through the night.

3. One the Light of GOD’S own Presence,

O’er His ransomed people shed,
Chasing far the gloom and terror,
Brightening all the path we tread;

4. One the object of our journey,

One the Faith which never tires,
One the earnest looking forward,
One the Hope our GOD inspires.

5. One the strain that lips of thousands

 Lift as from the heart of one;
One the conflict, one the peril,
One the march in GOD begun:

6. One the gladness of rejoicing

On the far eternal shore,
Where the One Almighty FATHER
Reigns in love for evermore.

7. Onward therefore, pilgrim brothers,

Onward, with the Cross our aids!
Bear its shame, and fight its battle,
Till we rest beneath its shade!

8. Soon shall come the great awaking;

Soon the rending of the tomb;
Then, the scattering of all shadows,
And the end of toil and gloom! Amen.

HYMN CH 482 – “The Angel… sware… that there should be time no longer.” – REV. x. 5, 6.

1. WHEN the day of toil is done,

When the race of life is run,
FATHER, grant Thy wearied one
Rest for evermore!

2. When the strife of sin is stilled,

When the foe within is killed,
Be Thy gracious word fulfilled-
Peace for evermore!

3. When the darkness melts away,

At the breaking of Thy Day,
Bid us hail the cheering ray;-
Light for evermore!

4. When the heart by sorrow tried

Feels at length its throbs subside,
Bring us, where all tears are dried,
Joy for evermore!

5. When for vanished days we yearn,

Days that never can return,
Teach us in Thy love to learn
Love for evermore!

6. When the breath of life is flown,

When the grave must claim its own,
 LORD of Life! be ours Thy Crown-
Life for evermore! Amen.

HYMN CH 483 – “In whom, though now ye see Him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy
unspeakable.”- I PET. i. 8.

1. IMMORTAL Love, for ever full,

For ever flowing free,
For ever shared, for ever whole,
A never ebbing sea;

2. Our outward lips confess the Name

All other names above;
Love only knoweth whence it came,
And comprehendeth love.

3. We may not climb the heavenly steeps

To bring the LORD CHRIST down;
In vain we search the lowest deeps,
For Him no depths can drown.

4. But warm, sweet, tender, even yet

A present help is He;
And faith has still its Olivet,
And love its Galilee.

5. The healing of His seamless dress

Is by our beds of pain:
We touch Him in life’s throng and press,
And we are whole again.

6. Through Him the first fond prayers are said

Our lips of childhood frame,
The last low whispers of our dead
Are burdened with His Name. Amen.

HYMN CH 484 – “Thy footsteps are not known.” – PSALM lxxvii. 19

1. GOD moves in a mysterious way

His wonders to perform;
He plants His footsteps in the sea,
And rides upon the storm.

2. Deep in unfathomable mines

Of never-failing skill,
He treasures up His bright designs
And works His sovereign Will.

3. Ye fearful saints fresh courage take;

The clouds ye so much dread
 Are big with mercy, and shall break
In blessings on your head.

4. Judge not the LORD by feeble sense,

But trust Him for His grace:
Behind a frowning providence
He hides a smiling face.

5. His purposes will ripen fast,

Unfolding every hour:
The bud may have a bitter taste,
But sweet will be the flower.

6. Blind unbelief is sure to err,

And scan His work in vain;
GOD is His own interpreter,
And He will make it plan. Amen.

HYMN CH 485 “By Him… let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually.”- HEB. xiii. 15.

1. FOR the beauty of the earth,

For the beauty of the skies,
For the love which from our birth
Over and around us lies,
CHRIST, our GOD, to Thee we raise
This our sacrifice of praise.

2. For the beauty of each hour

Of the day and of the night,
Hill and vale, and tree and flower,
Sun and moon and stars of light,
CHRIST, our GOD, to Thee we raise
This our sacrifice of praise.

3. For the joy of ear and eye,

For the heart and mind’s delight,
For the mystic harmony
Linking sense to sound and sight,
CHRIST, our GOD, to Thee we raise
This our sacrifice of praise.

4. For the joy of human love,

Brother, sister, parent, child,
Friends on earth and friends above,
For all gentle thoughts and mild,
CHRIST, our GOD, to Thee we raise
This our sacrifice of praise.

5. For each perfect gift of Thine

To our race so freely given,
 Graces human and Divine,
Flowers of earth and buds of Heaven,
CHRIST, our GOD, to Thee we raise
This our sacrifice of praise. Amen.

HYMN CH 486 –“So run that ye may obtain.”- I COR. ix. 24

1. BREAST the wave, Christian,

When it is strongest;
Watch for day, Christian,
When night is longest;
Onward and onward still,
Be Thine endeavour:
The Rest that remaineth
Will be for ever.

2. Fight the fight, Christian,

JESUS is o’er thee;
Run the race, Christian,
Heaven is before thee;
He who hath promised
Faltereth never;
The love of Thy SAVIOUR
Flows on for ever.

3. Lift thine eye, Christian,

Just as it closet;
Raise thy heart, Christian,
Ere it reposeth:
Thee from the love of CHRIST
Nothing shall sever:
Mount, when thy work is done,
Praise Him for ever! Amen.

HYMN CH 487 – “These are they which follow the Lamb, whithersoever He goeth.”- REV. xiv. 4.

1. A PILGRIM through this lonely world,

The Blessed SAVIOUR passed;
A mourner all His life was He,
A dying LAMB at last.

2. That tender Heart, that felt for all,

For all its Life-blood gave;
It found on earth no resting-place,
Save only in the grave.

3. Such was our LORD – and shall we fear

The cross, with all its scorn?
Or love a faithless evil world,
That wreathed His Brow with thorn!

4. No! facing all its frowns or smiles,

 Like Him obedient still,
We homeward press through storm or calm
To Zion’s blessed hill.

5. Dead to the world with Him Who died

To win our hearts, our love,
We, risen with our risen Head,
In spirit dwell above. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 488 – “The night cometh, when no man can work.” – JOHN ix. 4. (PART I)
1. WORK, for the night is coming!
Work through the morning hours;
Work while the dew is sparkling;
Work ‘mid springing flowers;
Work, while the day grows brighter,
Under the glowing sun;
Work, for the night is coming,
When man’s work is done.

2. Work, for the night is coming!

Work through the sunny noon;
Fill the bright hours with labour;
Rest comes sure and soon.
Give to each flying minute
Something to keep in store;
Work, for the night is coming,
When man works no more.

3. Work, for the night is coming!

Under the sunset skies,
While their bright tints are glowing,
Work, for daylight flies.
Work till the last beam fadeth,
Fadeth to shine no more;
Work while the night is darkening,
Which man’s work is o’er. Amen.

HYMN 488 “The night is far spent, the Day is at hand.” – ROM. xiii. 12. (PART II)

1. WORK, for the Day is coming!

Day in the Word foretold,
When, ‘mid the scenes triumphant,
Longed for by saints of old,
He, Who on earth a Stranger
Traversed its paths of pain,
JESUS, the Prince, the SAVIOUR,
Comes evermore to reign.
2. Work, for the Day is coming!
Darkness will soon be gone;
Then o’er the night of weeping
Day without end shall dawn.
What now we sow in sadness
Then shall we reap in joy;
Hope will be changed to gladness,
Praise be our blest employ.

3. Work, for the Day is coming!

Made for the saints of light;
Off with the garments dreary,
On with the armour bright.
Soon will the strife be ended,
Soon all our toils below;
Not to the dark we’re tending,
But to the Day we go.

4. Work, for the LORD is coming!

Children of light are we;
From JESUS’ bright appearing
Powers of darkness flee.
Out of the mist, at His bidding,
Souls like the dew are born;
O’er all the East are spreading
Tints of the rosy Morn. Amen.

HYMN CH 489 – “Thine eyes shall see the King in His beauty; they shall behold the land that is
very far off.”- ISA. xxiii. 17.

1. THE sands of time are sinking;

The dawn of Heaven breaks;
The summer morn I’ve sighed for,
The fair sweet morn awakes,
Dark, dark hath been the midnight,
But dayspring is at hand,
And glory, glory dwelleth
In IMMANUEL’S land.

2. O CHRIST! He is the Fountain,

The deep, sweet well of love;
The streams on earth I’ve tasted
More deep I’ll drink above;
There, to an ocean fullness,
His mercy doth expand,
And glory, glory dwelleth
In IMMANUEL’S land.

3. O, I am my Beloved’s,
 And my Beloved is mine;
He brings a poor vile sinner
Into His house of wine.
I stand upon His merit;
I know no other stand,
Not e’en where glory dwelleth
In IMMANUEL’S land.

4. The bride eyes not her garment,

But her dear bridegroom’s face;
I will not gaze at glory,
But on my King of grace,-
Not at the crown He giveth,
But on His pierced Hand;
The LAMB is all the glory
In IMMANUEL’S land.

5. With mercy and with judgment

My web of time He wove,
And aye the dews of sorrow
Were lustred by His love;
I’ll bless the hand that guided
I’ll bless the heart that planned,
When throned where glory dwelleth
In IMMANUEL’S land.

6. I’ve wrestled on towards Heaven,

‘Gainst storm and wind and tide;
Now, like a weary traveller
That leaneth on his guide,
Amid the shades of evening,
While sinks life’s lingering sand,
I hail the glory dawning
In IMMANUEL’S land. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 490 - “My Spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.” – LUKE i. 47

1. OH, for a thousand tongues to sing

My great Redeemer’s praise,
The glories of my GOD and King,
The triumphs of His grace!

2. My gracious Master and my God,

Assist me to proclaim,
To spread through all the earth abroad
The honours of Thy Name.

3. JESUS! The Name that charms our fears,

That bids our sorrows cease,
‘Tis music in the sinner’s ears,
 ‘Tis life, and health, and peace.

4. He breaks the power of cancelled sin,

He sets the prisoner free;
His Blood can make the foulest clean.
His Blood availed for me.

5. He speaks, and, listening to His Voice,

New life the dead receive;
The mournful broken hearts rejoice,
The humble poor believe.

6. Hear Him, ye deaf; His praise, ye dumb,

Your loosened tongues employ;
Ye blind, behold your SAVIOUR come;
And leap, ye lame, for joy!

7. Glory to GOD, and praise, and love

Be ever, ever given
By Saints below, and Saints above,
The Church in earth and Heaven.
Amen.

HYMN CH 491 – “Beloved, let us love one another; for love is of God.” - I JOHN iv. 7.

1. BELOVED, let us love: love is of GOD;

In GOD alone hath love its true abode.

2. Beloved, let us love: for they who love,

They only, are His sons, born from above.

3. Beloved, let us love is rest,

And he who loveth not abides unblest.

4. Beloved, let us love: for love is light,

And he who loveth not dwelleth in night.

5. Beloved, let us love: for only thus

Shall we behold that GOD Who loveth us. Amen.

HYMN CH 492 - “And they shall be Mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up My
jewels.” ---- MAL. iii. 17.

1. THINE for ever! GOD of Love,

Hear us from Thy Throne above;
Thine for ever may we be
Here and in eternity.
2. Thine for ever! LORD of life,
Shield us through our earthly strife,
Thou the Life, the Truth, the Way,
Guide us to the realms of day.

3. Thine for ever! Oh, how blest

They who find in Thee their rest!
SAVIOUR, Guardian, Heavenly Friend,
Oh! defend us to the end!

4. Thine for ever! Shepherd, keep

These Thy frail and trembling sheep;
Safe alone beneath Thy care.
Let us all Thy goodness share.

5. Thine for ever! Thou our Guide.

All our wants by Thee supplied,
All our sins by Thee forgiven,
Lead us, LORD, from earth to Heaven. Amen.

HYMN CH 493 – “Lovest thou Me?”- JOHN xxi. 15.

1. HARK! my soul, it is the LORD;

‘Tis thy SAVIOUR – hear His Word;
JESUS speaks, and speaks to thee:
“Say, poor sinner, lov’st thou Me?

2. “I delivered thee when bound,

And, when bleeding, healed thy wound;
Sought thee wandering, set thee right,
Turned thy darkness into light.

3. “Can a woman’s tender care

Cease toward the child she bare?
Yes, she may forgetful be,
Yet will I remember thee.

4. “Mine is an unchanging Love,

Higher than the heights above,
Deeper than the depths beneath,
Free and faithful, strong as death.

5. “Thou shalt see My Glory soon,

When the work of grace is done:
Partner of my Throne shalt be,
Say, poor sinner, lov’st thou Me?”

6. Lord, it is my chief complaint

That my love is weak and faint;
Yet I love Thee, and adore-
 Oh! For grace to love Thee more! Amen

HYMN CH 494 – “Speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward.”- EXOD. xiv. 15

1. OFT in danger, oft in woe,

Onward, Christians, onward go;
Fight the fight, maintain the strife,
Strengthened with the Bread of Life!

2. Onward Christians, onward go,

Join the war, and face the foe:
Will ye flee in danger’s hour?
Know ye not your Captain’s power!

3. Let not sorrow dim your eye,

Soon shall every tear be dry;
Let not fears your course impede,
Great your strength, if great your need.

4. Let your drooping hearts be glad;

March in Heavenly armour clad;
Fight, nor think the battle long,
Soon shall victory tune your song.

5. Onward then in battle move,

More than conquerors ye shall prove;
Though opposed by many a foe,
Christian soldiers, onward go!

6. Hymns of glory and of praise,

FATHER, unto Thee we raise:
HOLY JESUS, praise to Thee
With the SPIRIT ever be. Amen.

HYMN CH 495 – “Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.”- LUKE x.
42

1. O LOVE Divine, how sweet Thou art!

When shall I find my willing heart
All taken up by Thee?
I long, I thirst, I faint to prove
The greatness of Redeeming Love,
The love of CHRIST to me!

2. Stronger His Love than death or hell;

Its riches are unsearchable;
The first-born sons of light
Desire in vain its depths to see;
They cannot reach the mystery,
The length, and breadth, and height.
3. GOD only knows the Love of GOD;
Oh, that it now were shed abroad
In this poor stony heart!
For love I sigh, for love I pine;
This only portion, LORD, be mine,
Be mine this better part.

4. For ever would I take my seat

With Mary at the Master’s feet;
Be this my happy choice;
My only care, delight, and bliss,
My joy, my heaven on earth, be this,
To hear the Bridegroom’s Voice. Amen.

HYMN CH 496 – “I will love Thee, O Lord, my strength.”- PSALM xviii. 1

1. THEE will I love, my Strength, my Tower;

Thee will I love, my Joy, my Crown;
Thee will I love, with all my power,
In all Thy works, and Thee alone;
Thee will I love, till the pure fire
Fills my whole soul with strong desire.

2. I thank Thee, uncreated Sun,

That Thy bright beams on me have shined;
I thank Thee, Who hast overthrown
My foes, and healed my wounded mind;
I thank Thee, LORD, Whose quickening Voice
Bids my freed heart in Thee rejoice.

3. Uphold me in the arduous race,

Nor suffer me again to stray;
Strengthen my feet with steady pace
Still to press forward in Thy way;
My soul and flesh, O LORD of Might,
Transfigure with Thy Heavenly light.

4. Thee will I love, my Joy, my Crown,

Thee will I love, my LORD, my GOD;
Thee will I love, beneath Thy frown
Or smile, Thy sceptre or Thy rod;
What though my flesh and heart decay?
Thee shall I love in endless day. Amen.

HYMN CH 497 – “With my soul have I desired Thee.”- ISA. xxvi. 9.

1. MORE love to Thee, O CHRIST,

More love to Thee!
Hear Thou the prayer I make
On bended knee;
This is my earnest plea,
 “More love, O CHRIST, to Thee,
More love to Thee!

2. Once earthly joy I craved,

Sought peace and rest;
Now Thee alone I seek;
Give what is best;
This all my prayer shall be,
“More love, O CHRIST, to Thee,
More love to Thee!”

3. Let sorrow do its work;

Send grief and pain;
Sweet are Thy messengers,
Sweet their refrain,
When they can sing with me,
“More love, O CHRIST, to Thee,
More love to Thee!”

4. Then shall my latest breath

Whisper Thy praise,
This be the parting cry
My heart shall raise;
This still its prayer shall be,
“More love, O CHRIST, to Thee,
More love to Thee!” Amen.

HYMN C.H. 498 – “On His head were many crowns.”- REV. xix. 12.

1. ALL hail the power of JESUS’ Name;

Let Angels prostrate fall;
Bring forth the royal diadem
And crown Him LORD of all.

2. Crown Him, ye Martyrs of your GOD,

Who from His Altar call;
Extol the Stem of Jesse’s Rod,
And crown Him LORD of all.

3. Ye seed of Israel’s chosen race,

Ye ransomed from the fall,
Hail Him Who saves you by His grace,
And crown Him LORD of all.

4. Hail Him, ye heirs of David’s line,

Whom David LORD did call;
The GOD incarnate, Man Divine,
And crown Him LORD of all!

5. Sinners, whose love can ne’er forget,

 The wormwood and the gall,
Go, spread your trophies at His Feet,
And crown Him LORD of all.

6. Let every kindred, every tribe,

On this terrestrial ball,
To Him all Majesty ascribe,
And crown Him LORD of all.

7. Oh, that, with yonder sacred throng,

We at His Feet may fall,
There join the everlasting Song,
And crown Him LORD of all. Amen.

HYMN CH 499 – “Return unto thy Rest, O my soul.”- PSALM cxvi. 7. (PART I)

1. LET me come closer to Thee, JESUS,

Oh! Closer day by day,
I need the shelter of Thy Presence
Along life’s stormy way.

2. Let me lean harder on Thee, JESUS,

I cannot walk alone;
And yet I long to trace Thy Footprints,
And in them place my own.

3. Let me leave always with Thee, JESUS,

The cares that vex my life,
And from Thee, Fount of Strength and Comfort,
Gain calmness in the strife.

4. For purity and light, O JESUS,

My spirit looks above,
And seeks from Thee Heaven’s sweetest blessing,
The vision of Thy Love.

5. Thou will of GOD – the will of JESUS,

For me the truest, best;
Be my one aim to do it ever,
For this – ah! This is rest. Amen.

(PART II)

6. I long to keep Thy Presence, JESUS,

Throned in my heart as King,
And seek in loyal love Thy guidance
Henceforth in everything.

7. Enfold my will in Thine, LORD JESUS,

And make Thine understood;
So shall I know the rest of service
 The joy of doing good.

8. And if Thou call me to experience

The gain of worldly loss;
Then let me learn the strength of patience
Beneath Thy sacred Cross.

9. Shine on my path, O risen JESUS,

From brighter worlds above,
And let me feel throughout life’s journey
The sunshine of Thy Love. Amen.

HYMN CH 500 – “Thou shall call His Name Jesus: for He shall save his people from their sins.”- MATT.
i. 21.

1. THERE is a Name I love to hear;

I love to speak its worth;
It sounds like music in mine ear,
The sweetest Name on earth.

2. It tells me of a SAVIOUR’S Love,

Who died to set me free;
It tells me of His precious Blood,
The sinner’s perfect plea.

3. It tells me what my FATHER hath

In store for every day,
And, though I tread a darksome path,
Yields sunshine all the way.

4. It tells of One Whose loving Heart

Can feel my deepest woe,
Who in my sorrow bears a part
That none can bear below.

5. JESUS! The Name I love so well,

The Name I love to hear;
No saint on earth its worth can tell,
No heart conceive how dear.

6. This Name shall shed its fragrance still

Along this thorny road,
Shall sweetly smooth the rugged hill
That leads me up to God.

7. LORD, grant me, with Thy Blood-bought throng,

From sin and sorrow free,
To sing the new eternal song
Of JESUS’S Love to me. Amen.

HYMN CH 501 – “This is my Beloved, and this is my Friend.”- SONG OF SOL. v. 16

1. REST of the weary,
Joy of the sad,
Hope of the dreary,
Light of the glad;
Home of the stranger,
Strength to the end,
Refuge from danger,
SAVIOUR and Friend!

2. Pillow where, lying,

Love rests its head,
Peace of the dying,
Life of the dead;
Path of the lowly,
Prize at the end,
Breath of the holy,
SAVIOUR and Friend!

3. When my feet stumble,

I’ll to Thee cry,
Crown of the humble,
Cross of the high;
When my steps wander,
Over me bend
Truer and fonder,
SAVIOUR and Friend!

4. Ever confessing
Thee, I will raise
Unto Thee blessing,
Glory, and praise:
All my endeavour,
World without end,
Thine to be ever,
SAVIOUR and Friend! Amen

HYMN C.H. 502 – “Thanks be unto God, which always leadeth us in triumph in Christ.” – 2 COR.
ii.14 (R.V.)
1. MAKE me a captive, LORD,
And then I shall be free;
Force me to render up my sword,
And I shall conqueror be.
I sink in life’s alarms
When by myself I stand;
Imprison me within Thine Arms,
And strong shall be my hand.

2. My heart is weak and poor

Until it master find;
It has no spring of action sure,-
It varies with the wind;
 It cannot freely move
Till Thou hast wrought its chain;
Enslave it with Thy matchless Love,
And deathless it shall reign.

3. My power is faint and low

Till I have learned to serve;
it wants the needed fire to glow,
It wants the breeze to nerve;
It cannot drive the world
Until itself be driven;
Its flag can only be unfurled
When Thou shalt breathe from Heaven.

4. My will is not my own

Till Thou hast made it Thine;
If it would reach the monarch’s throne
It must its crown resign;
It only stands unbent
Amid the clashing strife,
When on Thy Bosom it has learnt,
And found in Thee its Life. Amen.

HYMN CH 503 – “When the burnt-offering began, the song of the Lord began also.”- 2 CHRON.
xxix. 27. “A living sacrifice.” – ROM. Xii. 1 “A new song.” – PSALM xl. 3.

1. IN the cleansed Temple,

On the festal day,
When the whole burnt-offering
On the altar lay,-
Then the priestly trumpets
Echoed loud and long,
Then ten thousand voices
Sang the LORD’S own Song.

2. When this lost world’s SAVIOUR

Left His FATHER’S Home,
Offered His burnt-offering,
Saying, “Lo, I come,”-
Then the wondering shepherds
Heard the Angel-throng
Give GOD highest glory
In their glad new Song.

3. When the Body, purchased

With CHRIST’S Ransom-price,
Is to GOD presented,
Living sacrifice,
Then the tide of gladness
Rises high and strong;
 Then the heart rejoicing
Sings the glad new Song.

4. When from dawn to sunset

CHRIST shall worshipped be,
And the same pure offering
Every place shall see,
When again He cometh
Who has tarried long,-
Then shall peal the welcome
Of the glad new Song.

5. Grant us, Blessed Master,

So to yield to Thee
Body, soul, and spirit,
Our burnt-offering free-
That in Thine own Temple
With the white-robed throng,
We may join for ever
In the glad new Song. Amen.

HYMN CH 504 – “He giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not.”- JAS. i. 5.

1. COME, my soul, thy suit prepare;

JESUS loves to answer prayer;
He Himself has bid thee pray,
Therefore will not say thee nay.

2. Thou art coming to a King;

Large petitions with thee bring;
For His grace and power are such,
None can ever ask too much.

3. With my burden I begin:

LORD, remove this load of sin;
Let Thy Blood, for sinners spilt,
Set my conscience free from guilt.

4. LORD, I come to Thee for rest;

Take possession of my breast;
There Thy Blood-bought right maintain,
And without a rival reign.

5. While I am a pilgrim here,

Let Thy love my spirit cheer;
As my Guide, my Guard, my Friend,
Lead me to my journey’s end.

6. Show me what I have to do;

Every hour my strength renew;
Let me live a life of faith;
Let me die Thy people’s death. Amen.
HYMN CH 505 – “Ask what I shall give thee.” – I KINGS iii. 5.

1. AND dost Thou say, “Ask what thou wilt?”

LORD, I would seize the golden hour;
I pray to be released from guilt,
And freed from sin and Satan’s power.

2. More of Thy Presence, LORD, impart,

More of Thine Image let me bear;
Erect Thy Throne within my heart,
And reign without a rival there.

3. Give me to read my pardon sealed,

And from Thy joy to draw my strength,
To have Thy boundless Love revealed,
Its height, and depth, its breadth, and length.

4. Grant these requests, I ask no more,

But to Thy care the rest resign;
Living or dying, rich or poor,
All shall be well if Thou art mine. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 506 – “Teach me to do Thy will, for Thou art my God.” – PSALM cxliii. 10.

1. I WORSHIP thee, sweet Will of GOD,

And all Thy ways adore,
And every day I live I seem
To love Thee more and more.

2. I have no cares, O blessed Will,

For all my cares are Thine:
I live in triumph, LORD, for Thou
Hast made Thy triumphs mine.

3. Man’s weakness, waiting upon GOD,

Its end can never miss;
For men on earth no work can do
More angel-like than this.

4. He always wins who sides with GOD:

To him no chance is lost;
GOD’S Will is sweetest to him when
It triumphs at his cost.

5. I’ll that He blesses is our good,

And unblest good is ill;
And all is right that seems most wrong,
If it be His sweet Will. Amen.
HYMN C.H. 507 – “As many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of GOd” – ROM.
viii.14.

1. SPIRIT of Holiness, do Thou

Dwell in this soul of mine:
Possess my heart and make me know
A sanctity Divine.

2. Spirit of Truth, Thy Word reveal,

Its treasures open wide;
Lead me to see my FATHER’S Will,
And in that Will abide.

3. Spirit of JESUS, glorify

The Master’s Name in me;
Whether I live or if I die,
Let CHRIST exalted be.

4. Spirit of Love, Thy best of gifts

Upon Thy servant pour;
Love, which another’s burden lifts,
And serves GOD every hour. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 508 – “That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith.” – EPH. iii. 17

1. LOVE Divine, all love excelling,

Joy of Heaven, to earth come down,
Fix in us Thy humble dwelling,
All Thy faithful mercies crown.

2. JESU, Thou art all compassion,

Pure unbounded Love Thou art;
Visit us with Thy Salvation,
Enter every trembling heart.

3. Come, Almighty to deliver,

Let us all Thy grace receive;
Suddenly return, and never,
Never more Thy temples leave.

4. Thee we would be always blessing,

Serve Thee as Thy Hosts above;
Pray and praise Thee, without ceasing,
Glory in Thy perfect love.

5. Finish then Thy new Creation,

Pure and spotless let us be;
 Let us see Thy great Salvation,
Perfectly restored in Thee.

6. Changed from glory into glory,

Till in Heaven we take our place;
Till we cast our crowns before Thee,
Lost in wonder, love, and praise. Amen.

HYMN CH 509 – “I am the light of the world: he that followeth Me shall not walk in darkness, but
shall have the light of life.” – JOHN viii. 12.

1. LEAD, kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom,

Lead Thou me on;
The night is dark, and I am far from home;
Lead Thou me on.
Keep Thou my feet; I do not ask to see
The distant scene; one step enough for me.

2. I was not ever thus, nor prayed that Thou

SHouldst lead me on;
I loved to choose and see my path; but now
Lead Thou me on.
I loved the garish day, and, spite of fears,
Pride ruled my will: remember not past years.

3. So long Thy power hath blest me, sure it still

Will lead me on
O’er moor and fen, o’er crag and torrent, till
The night is gone.
And with the morn those Angel-faces smile,
Which I have loved long since and lost awhile. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 510 – “Praise the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits.” – PSALM ciii. 2
1. PRAISE my soul, the King of Heaven,
To His Feet thy tribute bring;
Ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven,
Evermore His praises sing,
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Praise the Everlasting King.

2. Praise Him for His grace and favour

To our fathers in distress;
Praise Him, still the same for ever,
Slow to chide, and swift to bless.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Glorious in His faithfulness.

3. Father-like, He tends and spares us,

 Well our feeble frame he knows;
In His Hands He gently bears us,
Rescues us from all our foes;
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Widely yet His mercy flows.

4. Angels in the height adore Him!

Ye behold Him Face to face:
Saints triumphant, bow before Him,
Gathered in from every race:
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Praise, with us, the GOD of grace. Amen.

HYMN CH 511 – “The ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs.”- ISA.
xxxv. 10

1. CHILDREN of the Heavenly King,

As ye journey, sweetly sing;
Sing your SAVIOUR’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. Lift your eyes, ye sons of light;
Sion’s city is in sight;
There our endless home shall be;
There our LORD we soon shall see.

4. Fear not, brethren, joyful stand

On the borders of your land;
JESUS CHRIST, your FATHER’S SON,
Bids you undismayed go on.

5. LORD, obediently we go,

Gladly leaving all below;
Only Thou our Leader be,
And we still will follow Thee.
6. Now in faith, and hope, and love,
We will join the Choirs above,
Praising, with the Heavenly Hosts,
FATHER, SON and HOLY GHOST. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 512 - “The Lord our God be with us as He was with our fathers.” – 1 KINGS viii. 57.

1. O GOD of Bethel, by Whose Hand

 Thy people still are fed,
Who through this weary pilgrimage,
Hast all our fathers led:

2. Our vows, our prayers, we now present

Before Thy Throne of grace;
GOD of our fathers, be the God
Of their succeeding race.

3. Through each perplexing path of life

Our wandering footsteps guide;
Give us each day our daily bread,
And raiment fit provide.

4. O Spread Thy covering wings around;

Till all our wandering cease,
And at our FATHER’S loved abode
Our souls arrive in peace.

5. Such blessings from Thy gracious Hand

Our humble prayers implore;
And Thou shalt be our chosen God,
And portion evermore. Amen.

HYMN CH 513 – “My soul thirseth for Thee, my flesh also longeth after Thee; in a barren and dry
land, where no water is.”- PSALM lxiii. 2.

1. FAR from my Heavenly Home,

Far from my Father’s breast,
Fainting I cry, “Blest SPIRIT, come,
And speed me to my rest.”

2. My spirit homeward turns,

And fain would thither flee;
My heart, O Sion, droops and yearns,
When I remember thee.

3. To thee, to thee, I press,

A dark and toilsome road;
When shall I pass the wilderness,
And reach the Saints’ abode?

4. GOD of my life, be near,

On Thee my hopes I cast,
Oh! Guide me through the desert here,
And bring me Home at last. Amen.

HYMN CH 514 – “Lead me in Thy truth, and teach me.”- PSALM xxv. 5.

1. LEAD us, O FATHER, in the paths of Peace!

 Without Thy guiding Hand, we go astray,
And doubts appal, and sorrows still increase;
Lead us through CHRIST, the true and living Way.

2. Lead us, O FATHER, in the paths of Truth:

Unhelped by Thee, in error’s maze we grope,
While passion stains and folly dims our youth,
And age comes on uncheered by faith or hope.

3. Lead us, O FATHER, in the paths of Right:

Blindly we stumble, when we walk alone
Involved in shadows of a darkening night;
Only with Thee we journey safely on.

4. Lead us, O FATHER, to Thy Heavenly Rest,

However rough and steep the pathway be,
Through joy or sorrow, as Thou deemest best,
Until our lives are perfected in Thee. Amen.

HYMN CH 515 – “There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God.”- PSALM xlvi. 4.

1. THERE is an ancient River,

Whose streams descend in light,
From never-failing fountains,
Beyond all earthly sight;
Stran through all the ages,
And wheresoe’er it flowed,
Up rose the Holy City,
The LORD’S elect abode.

2. The River still is flowing,

But now with fuller stream;
And still the light is falling,
But now with brighter beam:
Of old the Song of Moses
Soared as it swept along,
But now the Name of JESUS
Is made its sweetest song.

3. Its radiance lights us onward,

Its chanting waters cheer;
Blest is the eye beholding,
Blest is the hearing ear;
For as the earth-clouds darken,
The glory clearer grows,
And gladder for life’s tumult,
The stream of music flows.

4. GOD’S River! The One SPIRIT,

Grace of the mystic Seven!
Drink, Church of CHRIST, these waters,
Thine earnest here of Heaven;
 So joy, and peace, and pleasure,
Shall feed thy life within,
So power without shall guard thee,
Against the world of sin.

5. O Beautiful, the River!

We wait upon Thy shore,
In bliss of expectation
Abiding evermore,
Till at some holy even
We pass upon Thy breast,
From foretaste unto fullness,
From waiting unto rest. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 516 – “That Rock was Christ.” – I COR. x. 4.

1. ROCK of ages! Cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in Thee;
Let the water and the Blood,
From Thy riven Side which flowed,
Be of Sin the double cure,
Cleanse me from its guilt and powers.

2. Not the labours of my hands

Can fulfil Thy law’s demands;
Could my zeal no respite know,
Could my tears for ever flow,
All for sin could not atone,
Thou must save, and Thou alone.

3. Nothing in my hand I bring;

Simply to Thy Cross I cling;
Naked, come to Thee for dress;
Helpless, look to Thee for grace;
Vile, I to the fountain fly;
Wash me, SAVIOUR! Or I die.

4. While I draw this fleeting breath,

When mine eyelids close in death.
When I soar through tracts unknown,
See Thee on Thy Judgment Throne,
Rock of ages! Cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in Thee. Amen.

HYMN CH 517 – “He hath made every thing beautiful in its time: also He hath set eternity in their
heart.”- ECCLES. iii. 11 (R.V)

1. MY GOD, I thank Thee, Who hast made

The earth so bright,
So full of splendour and of joy,
 Beauty and light;
So many glorious things are here,
Noble and right.

2. I thank Thee, too, that Thou hast made

Joy to abound,
So many gentle thoughts and deeds
Circling us round;
That in the darkest spot of earth
Some love is found.

3. I thank Thee more, that all our joy

Is touched with pain,
That shadows fall on brightest hours,
That thorns remain;
So that earth’s bliss may be our guide,
And not our chain.

4. For Thou, Who knowest, LORD, how soon

Our weak heart clings,
Has given us joys, tender and true,
Yet all with wings,
So that we see, gleaming on high,
Diviner things.

5. I thank Thee, LORD, that Thou hast kept

The best in store:
We have enough, yet not too much
To long for more,-
A yearning for a deeper peace
Not known before.

6. I thank Thee, LORD, that here our souls,

Though amply blest,
Can never find, although they seek,
A perfect rest,
Nor ever shall, until they lean
On JESUS’ Breast. Amen.

HYMN C. H. 518 –“Followers of … the Lord.” I THESS. i.6.

1. O LORD and Master of us all,

Whate’er our name or sign,
We own Thy sway, we hear Thy call,
We test our lives by Thine.

2. Thou judgest us: Thy purity

Doth all our lusts condemn;
The Love that draws us nearer Thee
Is hot with wrath to them.
 3. Our thoughts lie open to Thy sight;
And naked to Thy glance
Our secret sins are, in the light
Of Thy pure countenance.

4. Yet, weak and blinded though we be,

Thou dost our service own;
We bring our varying gifts to Thee,
And Thou rejectest none.

5. Apart from Thee all gain is loss,

All labour vainly done;
The solemn shadow of Thy Cross
Is better than the sun.

6. Our Friend, our Brother, and our LORD,

What may Thy service be?
Nor name, nor form, nor ritual word,
But simply following Thee.

7. We faintly hear; we dimly see;

In differing phrase we pray;
But, dim or clear, we own in Thee
The Light, the Truth, the Way.
Amen.

HYMN CH 519 – “Not my will, but Thine be done.”- LUKE xxii. 4.

1. MY GOD, my FATHER, while I stray,

Far from my home, in life’s rough way,
O teach me from my heart to say,
“Thy Will be done.”

2. Though dark my path, and sad my lot,

Let me be still, and murmur not,
Or breathe the prayer divinely taught,
“Thy will be done.”

3. What though in lonely grief I sigh

For friends beloved, no longer nigh;
Submissive still would I reply,
“Thy Will be done.”

4. If Thou shouldst call me to resign

What most I prize, it ne’er was mine;
I only yield Thee what is THine;
“Thy Will be done.”

5. Let but my fainting heart be blest

With Thy sweet SPIRIT for its Guest,
 My GOD, to Thee I leave the rest:
“Thy Will be done.”

6. Renew my will from day to day,

Blend it with Thine, and take away
All that now makes it hard to say,
“Thy Will be done.”

7. Then, when on earth I breathe no more

The prayer, oft mixed with tears before,
I’ll sing, upon a happier shore,
“Thy Will be done.” Amen.

HYMN CH 520 – “There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.”- HEB. iv. 9.

1. O PARADISE! O Paradise!
Who doth not crave for rest?
Who would not seek the happy land
Where they that loved are blest?
Where loyal hearts and true
Stand ever in the light,
All rapture through and through,
In GOD’S most holy sight.

2. O Paradise! O Paradise!
The world is growing old;
Who would not be at rest and free
Where love is never cold?
Where loyal hearts and true
Stand ever in the light,
All rapture through and through,
In GOD’S most holy sight.

3. O Paradise! O Paradise!
‘Tis weary waiting here;
I long to be where JESUS is,
To feel, to see Him near;
Where loyal hearts and true
Stand ever in the light,
All rapture through and through,
In GOD’S most holy sight.

4. O Paradise! O Paradise!
I want to sin no more,
I want to be as pure on earth
As on Thy spotless shore;
Where loyal hearts and true
Stand ever in the light,
All rapture through and through,
In GOD’S most holy sight.

5. O Paradise! O Paradise!
 I greatly long to see
The special place my dearest LORD
In love prepares for me;
Where loyal hearts and true
Stand ever in the light,
All rapture through and through,
In GOD’S most holy sight.

6. LORD JESU, KING of Paradise,

O keep me in Thy love,
And bring me to that happy land
Of peace, and joy, and love:
Where loyal hearts and true
Stand ever in the light,
All rapture through and through,
In GOD’S most holy sight. Amen.

HYMN CH 521 – “Lord, I have loved the habitation of Thy house: and the place where Thine
honour dwelleth.” – PSALM xxvi. 8.

1. WE love the place, O GOD,

Wherein Thine honour dwells;
The joy of Thine abode
All earthly joy excels.

2. We love the House of prayer,

Wherein Thy servants meet,
And Thou, O LORD, art there
Thy chosen flock to greet.

3. We love the Rite of Grace,

For there, the Holy Dove
Broods on the water’s face,
With effluence from above.

4. We love Thy Holy Feast;

Oh! What on earth so dear;
Thy Saints, yea e’en the least,-
There find Thy Presence near.

5. We love the Word of life,

The Word that tells of peace,
Of comfort in the strife,
And joys that never cease.

6. We love to sing below

For mercies freely given,
But, oh, we long to know
The triumph-song of Heaven.
7. LORD JESUS, give us grace
On earth to love Thee more,
In Heaven to see Thy Face,
And with Thy Saints adore. Amen.

HYMN CH 522 – “Men ought always to pray, and not to faint.”- LUKE xviii. 1.

1. PRAY, always pray; the HOLY SPIRIT pleads

Within thee all thy daily, hourly needs.

2.. Pray, always pray; beneath sin’s heaviest load

Prayer sees the Blood from JESUS’ Side that flowed.

3. Pray, always pray; though weary, faint and lone,

Prayer nestles by the FATHER’S sheltering Throne.

4. Pray, always pray, amid the world’s turmoil

Prayer keeps the heart at rest, and nerves for toil.

5. Pray, always pray; if joys thy pathway throng,

Prayer strikes the harp, and sings the Angels’ song.

6. Pray, always pray; if loved ones pass the veil,

Prayer drinks with them of springs that cannot fail.

7. All earthly things with earth shall fade away;

Prayer grasps eternity: pray, always pray. Amen.

HYMN CH 523 – “Christ is All, and in all.”- COL. iii. 11.

1. GOD the FATHER’S only SON,

And with Him in glory ONE,
ONE in wisdom, ONE in might,
Absolute and Infinite:
JESU! I belive in Thee,
Thou art LORD and GOD to me.

2. Preacher of eternal peace,

CHRIST Anointed to release,
Unto sinners, chained before,
Setting wide the dungeon door:
JESU! I believe in Thee,
CHRIST, the Prophet sent to me.

3. Low in sad Gethsemane,

High on dreadful Calvary,
In the Garden, on the Cross,
Making good our utter loss:
JESU, I believe in Thee,
Priest and Sacrifice for me.
4. Ruler of Thy ransomed race,
And Protector by Thy grace,
Leader in the way we wend,
And Rewarder at the end:
JESU! I believe in Thee,
CHRIST, the King of kings to me.

5. Light, revealed through clouds of pain,

That the blind might see again;
Love, content in death to lie,
That the dead might never die:
JESU! I believe in Thee,
Light, and Love, and Life to me.

6. All that I am fain to know,

While I watch and wait below;
All that I would find above,
All of everlasting love:
JESU! I believe in Thee,
Thou art All in all to me. Amen.

HYMN CH 524 – “The Lord is that Spirit.”- 2 COR. iii. 17.

1. GOD the Spirit, we adore Thee,

In the TRINAL GODHEAD ONE,
ONE in love, in power, and glory,
With the FATHER and the SON;
Prayer and praise to Thee we bring,
Our devotion’s offering.

2. Holy Fount of Inspiration,

By Whose gift the great of old
Spake the word of Revelation,
Marvellous and manifold;
Grant to us who see and hear,
Reverence of eye and ear.

3. Priceless Gift of CHRIST for ever,

Righteousness, and Peace, and Joy,
Which the evil world that never
Can receive, cannot destroy;
Shall the Church or faint or fear,
While the COMFORTER is near?

4. Author of our new creation,

Giver of the second birth,
May Thy ceaseless renovation
Cleanse our souls from stains of earth;
And our bodies ever be
Holy Temples meet for Thee.
5. When we wander, LORD, direct us,
Keep us in the Master’s way,
Let Thy strong, swift sword protect us,
Warring in the evil day;
PARACLETE for every need,
Come to strengthen and to lead!

6. Come, Thy glorious gifts providing,

Foretaste of the future now,
Bring that sweet sense of abiding
Thou canst give, and only Thou.
One in Thee, we shall be one
With the FATHER and the SON. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 525 – “O sing unto the Lord a new song: sing unto the Lord, all the earth.”- PSALM
xcvi. 1.

1. SING to the LORD a joyful song,

Lift up your hearts, your voices raise,
To us His gracious gifts belong,
To Him our Songs of love and praise.
For He is LORD of Heaven and earth,
Whom Angels serve and Saints adore.-
The FATHER, SON, and HOLY GHOST
To Whom be praise for evermore.

2. For life and love, for rest and food,

For daily help and nightly care,
Sing to the LORD, for He is good,
And praise His Name, for it is fair.
For He is LORD of Heaven and earth,
Whom Angels serve and Saints adore.-
The FATHER, SON, and HOLY GHOST
To Whom be praise for evermore.

3 For strength to those who on Him wait,

His truth to prove, His will to do.
Praise ye our GOD, for He is great.
Trust in His Name, for it is true.
For He is LORD of Heaven and earth,
Whom Angels serve and Saints adore.-
The FATHER, SON, and HOLY GHOST
To Whom be praise for evermore.

4 For joys untold that from above

Cheer those who love His sweet employ,
Sing to our God, for He is Love,
Exalt His Name, for it is joy.
For He is LORD of Heaven and earth,
 Whom Angels serve and Saints adore.-
The FATHER, SON, and HOLY GHOST
To Whom be praise for evermore.

5. For life below, With all its bliss,

And for that Life, more pure and high,
That inner life, which over this
Shall ever shine, and never die;
Sing to the LORD of Heaven and earth,
Whom Angels serve and Saints adore.-
The FATHER, SON, and HOLY GHOST
To Whom be praise for evermore. Amen

HYMN CH 526 – “O look Thou upon me, and be merciful unto me.”- PSALM cxix. 132

1. LORD JESUS, think on me,

And purge away my sin;
From earth-born passions set me free,
And make me pure within.

2. LORD JESUS, think on me,

With many a care oppressed;
Let me Thy loving servant be,
And taste Thy promised rest.

3. LORD JESUS, think on me

Nor let me go astray;
Through darkness and perplexity
Point Thou the Heavenly way.

4. LORD JESUS, think on me,

When beats the tempest high:
When on doth rush the enemy,
O SAVIOUR, be Thou nigh.

5. LORD JESUS, think on me,

That, when the flood is past,
I may the Eternal brightness see,
And share Thy joy at last.

6. LORD JESUS, think on me,

That I may sing above
To FATHER, HOLY GHOST, and Thee,
The songs of praise and love. Amen.

HYMN CH 527 – “The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me.” – PSALM cxxxviii. 8.

1. ROLL in, most Holy Tide,

And wash away my sin,
It floweth from Thy wounded Side,
LORD, make me clean within.
2. Roll in, Blest Tide of Grace,
O HOLY SPIRIT, come;
Perfect Thy Work, CHRIST’S image trace,
Prepare me for Thy Home.

3. Roll in, most precious Tide,

O’erflow and fill my soul!
Thy Presence great, doth walk beside
Thy saints, to keep them whole.

4. Roll in, O Tide of Love,

Thou Sunshine of my heart,
Unfold Thy secrets from above,
Nor from my soul depart.

5. And when the rising tide,

Doth bear my soul to Thee,
LORD JESUS, call me to Thy Side,
Thy Blessed Face to see. Amen.

HYMN CH 528 – “Put thou thy trust in the Lord, and be doing good; dwell in the land, and verily thou
shalt be fed.”- PSALM xxxvii. 3.

1. PUT thou thy trust in GOD,

In duty’s path go on;
Walk in His strength with faith and hope,
So shall thy work be done.

2. Commit thy ways to Him,

Thy works into His Hands,
And rest on His unchanging Word,
Who Heaven and earth commands.

3. Though days and years roll on,

His Covenant shall endure;
Though clouds and darkness hide His Face,
The promised grace is sure.

4. Through waves, and clouds, and storms,

His power will clear thy way;
Wait thou His time; the darkest night
Shall end in brightest day.

5. Thou seest our weakness, LORD,

Our hearts are known to Thee;
O lift Thou up the sinking head,
Confirm the feeble knee.

6. Let us in life, in death,

Thy steadfast truth declare,
And publish with our latest breath
 Thy love and guardian care. Amen

HYMN CH 529 – “Let all the people praise Thee.”- PSALM lxvii. 3.

1. GOD of mercy, GOD of grace,

Show the brightness of Thy Face:
Shine upon us, SAVIOUR, shine,
Fill Thy Church with Light Divine;
And Thy saving health extend
Unto earth’s remotest end.

2. Let the people praise Thee, LORD;

Be by all that live adored:
Let the nations shout and sing
Glory to their SAVIOUR King;
At Thy Feet their tribute pay,
And Thy holy Will obey.

3. Let the people praise Thee, LORD;

Earth shall then her fruits afford;
GOD to man His blessing give,
Man to GOD devoted live;
All below, and all above,
One in joy, and light, and love. Amen.

HYMN CH 530 – “Thou art my house of defence, and my castle.”- PSALM lxxi. 2.

1. MY Hiding-place, my Refuge, Tower,

And Shield, art Thou, O LORD;
I firmly anchor all my hopes
On Thy unerring Word.

2. Engraved as in eternal brass,

The mighty promise shines!
Nor can the powers of darkness raze
Those everlasting lines.

3. The sacred Word of grace is strong

As that which built the skies:
The Voice which rolls the stars along,
Spake all the promises.

4. My Hiding-place, my Refuge, Tower,

And Shield, art Thou, O LORD;
I firmly anchor all my hopes
On Thy unerring Word. Amen.

HYMN CH 531 – “We shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.”- I JOHN iii. 2.

1. LET me be with Thee where Thou art,

My SAVIOUR, my Eternal Rest!
Then, only, will this longing heart
 Be fully and for ever blest!

2. Let me be with Thee where Thou art,

Thine unveiled glory to behold;
Then, only, will this wandering heart
Cease to be faithless, treacherous, cold.

3. Let me be with Thee where Thou art,

Where spotless Saints Thy Name adore
Then, only, will this sinful heart
Be evil and defiled no more.

4. Let me be with Thee where Thou art,

Where none can die, where none remove,
Where life, nor death, my soul can part
From Thy blest Presence and Thy Love! Amen.

HYMN CH 532 – “So great a cloud of witnesses.”- HEB. xii. 1.

1. GIVE us the wings of faith to rise

Within the veil, and see
The Saints above, how great their joys,
How bright their glories be.

2. Once they were mourning here below,

And wet their couch with tears;
They wrestled hard, as we do now,
With sins, and doubts, and fears.

3. We ask them whence their victory came;

They with united breath,
Ascribe the conquest to the LAMB,
Their triumph to His Death.

4. They marked the Footsteps that He trod,

His zeal inspired their breast;
And, following their Incarnate GOD,
Possess the promised rest.

5. Our glorious Leader claims our praise

For His own pattern given;
While the great cloud of witnesses
Show the same path to Heaven. Amen.

HYMN CH 533 – “There is none other name under Heaven given among men, whereby we must be
saved.”- ACTS iv. 12

1. COME to me, JESUS CHRIST,

Enter this heart of mine;
Expel the sin that lingers there,
And make me wholly Thine.
2. Come to me JESUS CHRIST;
I open wide the door;
Sup Thou with me, and I with Thee,
Henceforth, for evermore.

3. Come to me, JESUS CHRIST,

When sorrowing for my sin;
One drip of Thine all-cleansing Blood
Shall give me peace within.

4. Come to me, JESUS CHRIST,

When fierce temptations roll
Their billows o’er my sinking head:-
Strengthen my struggling soul.

5. Come to me, JESUS CHRIST,

When those, that love me, die;
And tell this bruised, this bleeding heart,
I have a Friend on high.

6. Come to me, JESUS CHRIST,

On that Eternal shore,
Where I shall see Thee as Thou art,
And sin shall be no more. Amen.

HYMN CH 534 – “Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He
saved us.”- TITUS iii. 5.

1. NOT what these hands have done

Can save this guilty soul;
Not what this toiling flesh has borne
Can make my spirit whole.

2. Not what I feel or do

Can give me peace with GOD;
Not all my prayers and sighs and tears
Can bear my awful load.

3. Thy Work, alone, O CHRIST,

Can ease this weight of sin:
Thy Blood alone, O LAMB of GOD,
Can give me peace within.

4. Thy Love to me, O GOD,

Not mine, O LORD, to Thee,
Can rid me of this dark unrest,
And set my spirit free.

5. Thy Grace alone, O GOD,

To me can pardon speak:
Thy power alone, O SON of GOD,
Can this sore bondage break.
6. I bless the CHRIST of GOD;
I rest on Love Divine;
And, with unfaltering lip and heart,
I call this SAVIOUR mine. Amen.

HYMN CH 535 – “I heard the voice of harpers, harping with their harps.”- REV. xiv. 2.

1. I HEARD a sound of voices

Around the great white Throne,
With harpers harping on their harps
To Him Who sat thereon;
“Salvation, glory, honour,”
I heard the song arise,
As through the courts of Heaven it rolled
In wondrous harmonies.

2. From every clime and kindred,

And nations from afar,-
As serried ranks returning home
In triumph from a war;
I heard the Saints upraising,
The myriad hosts among,
In praise of Him Who died, and lives,
Their one glad triumph-song.

3. I saw the Holy City,

The new Jerusalem,
Come down from Heaven a Bride adorned
With jewelled diadem:
The flood of crystal waters
Flowed down the golden street;
And nations brought their honours there,
And laid them at her feet.

4. And there no sun was needed,

Nor moon to shine by night,
GOD’S glory did enlighten all,
The LAMB Himself the Light:
And there His servants serve Him
And, life’s long battle o’er,
Enthroned with Him, their SAVIOUR, KING,
They reign for evermore.

5. O great and glorious vision!-

The LAMB upon His Throne-
O wondrous sight for man to see
The SAVIOUR with His own!
To drink the Living Waters,
And stand upon the shore,
Where neither sorrow, sin, nor death,
Shall ever enter more.
6. O LAMB of GOD, Who reignest!
Thou Bright and Morning Star,
Whose glory lightens that new earth
Which now we see from far;
O worthy Judge Eternal!
When Thou dost bid us come,
Then open wide the gates of pearl,
And call Thy servants Home. Amen.

HYMN CH 536 – “And there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any
more pain: for the former things are passed away.”- REV. xxi. 4.

1. THERE is no night in Heaven;

In that blest world above
Work never can bring weariness,
For work itself is love.

2. There is no grief in Heaven:

For life is one glad day;
And tears are of those former things
Which all have passed away.

3. There is no sin in Heaven;

Behold that blessed throng-
All holy is their spotless robe,
All holy is their song!

4. There is no death in Heaven;

For they who gain that shore
Have won their immortality,
And they can die no more.

5. LORD JESU, be our Guide;

Oh, lead us safely on,
Till night and grief and sin and death
Are past, and Heaven is won! Amen.

HYMN C.H. 537 – “Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live.” – EZEK.
xxxvii. 5.

1. BREATHE on me, Breath of GOD,

Fill me with life anew
That I may love what Thou dost love,
And do what Thou wouldst do.

2. Breathe on me, Breath of GOD,

Until my heart is pure
Until my will is one with Thine
To do and to endure.
3. Breathe on me, Breath of GOD,
Till I am wholly Thine
Until this earthly part of me,
Glows with Thy fire divine.

4. Breathe on me, Breath of GOD,

So shall I never die
But live with Thee the perfect life,
Of Thine Eternity. Amen

HYMN CH 538 – “What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man… which shall know
every man his own plague and his own sorrow… Then hear Thou from Heaven Thy dwelling-place,
and forgive.”- 2 CHRON. vi. 29, 30 (R.V.)

1. WHEN the weary, seeking rest

To Thy goodness flee;
When the heavy-laden cast,
All their load on Thee;
When the troubled, seeking peace,
On Thy Name shall call;
When the sinner, seeking life,
At Thy Feet shall fall:
Hear then in Love, O LORD, the cry,
In Heaven, Thy dwelling-place on high.

2. When the worldling, sick at heart,

Lifts his soul above;
When the prodigal looks back
To His Father’s love;
When the proud man from his pride
Stoops to seek Thy Face;
When the burdened brings his guilt
To Thy Throne of grace:
Hear then in love, O LORD, the cry,
In Heaven, Thy dwelling-place on high.

3. When the stranger asks a home,

All his toils to end;
When the hungry craveth food,
And the poor a friend;
When the sailor on the wave
Bows the fervent knee;
When the soldier on the field
Lifts his heart to Thee;
Hear then in love, O LORD, the cry,
In Heaven, Thy dwelling-place on high.

4. When the man of toil and care,

In the city crowd:
When the shepherd on the moor
Names the Name of GOD;
 When the learned and the high,
Tired of earthly fame,
Upon higher joys intent,
Name the Blessed Name:
Hear then in love, O LORD, the cry,
In Heaven, Thy dwelling-place on high.

5. When the child, with grave fresh lip,

Youth, or maiden fair;
When the aged, weak and grey,
Seek Thy Face in prayer;
When the widow weeps to Thee,
Sad and lone and low;
When the orphan brings to Thee
All his orphan brings to Thee
All his orphan woe:
Hear then in love, O LORD, the cry,
In Heaven, Thy dwelling-place on high.

6. When creation in her pangs,

Heaves her heavy groan;
When Thy Salem’s exiled sons
Breathe their bitter moan;
When Thy waiting, weeping Church,
Looking for a home,
Sendeth up her frequent sigh,
Come, LORD JESUS, come!
Hear then in love, O LORD, the cry,
In Heaven, Thy dwelling-place on high. Amen.

HYMN –C.H. 539 – “I know that it shall be well with them that fear God.” – ECCLES. viii. 12.

1. THROUGH the love of GOD our SAVIOUR,

All will be well;
Free and changeless is His favour,
All, all is well;
Precious is the Blood that healed us;
Perfect is the Grace that sealed us;
Strong the Hand stretched out to shield us;
All must be well.

2. Though we pass through tribulation,

All will be well;
Ours is such a full Salvation,
All, all is well.
Happy, still in GOD confiding,
Fruitful, if in CHRIST abiding;
Holy, through the SPIRIT’S guiding;
All must be well.
3. We expect a bright to-morrow,
All will be well;
Faith can sing through days of sorrow,
All, all is well.
On our FATHER’S love relying,
JESUS every need supplying,
Or in living, or in dying,
All must be well.

4. GOD of love and grace and glory,

Whom now we bless,
TRINITY! Most high, most holy,
Thee we confess!
Ever in the new creation
May we sing Thy great Salvation,
And with joyful adoration
Our praise address! Amen.

HYMN CH 540 – “Whom having not seen, ye love.”- I PET. i. 8.

1. JESU, these eyes have never seen

That radiant form of Thine:
The veil of sense hangs dark between
Thy blessed Face and mine.

2. I see Thee not, I hear Thee not,

Yet art Thou oft with me;
And earth hath ne’er so dear a spot
As where I meet with Thee.

3. Like some bright dream that comes unsought

When slumbers o’er me roll,
Thine image ever fills my thought,
And charms my ravished soul.

4. Yet, though I have not seen, and still

Must rest in faith alone,
I love Thee, dearest LORD, and will,
Unseen, but not unknown.

5. When death these mortal eyes shall seal,

And still this throbbing heart,
The rending veil shall Thee reveal
All glorious as Thou art. Amen.

HYMN CH 541 – “And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.”- LUKE xvii. 5.

1. OH, for a faith that will not shrink

Though pressed by many a foe;
That will not tremble on the brink
 Of poverty or woe;-

2. That will not murmur nor complain

Beneath the chastening rod,
But, in the hour of grief or pain,
Can lean upon its GOD,-

3. A faith that shines more bright and clear

When tempests rage without;
That when in danger knows no fear,
In darkness feels no doubt,-

4. A faith that keeps the narrow way

Till life’s last spark is fled,
And with a pure and heavenly ray
Lights up a dying bed.

5. LORD, give me such a faith as this,

And then, whate’er may come,
I taste e’en now the hallowed bliss
Of an Eternal Home. Amen.

HYMN CH 542 – “Let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.”-
GAL. vi. 9.

1. GO, labour on: spend and be spent;

Thy joy to do the FATHER’S Will;
It is the way the Master went;
Should not the servant tread it still?

2. Go labour on: ‘tis not for nought;

Thy earthly loss is heavenly gain;
Men heed thee, love thee, praise thee not;
The Master praises; what are men?

3. Go, labour: your hands are weak,

Your knees are faint, your soul cast down;
Yet falter not; the prize you seek
Is near,- a Kingdom and a Crown.

4. Go, labour on while it is day:

The world’s dark night is hastening on;
Speed, speed thy work; cast sloth away;
It is not thus that souls are won.

5. Men die in darkness at your side,

Without a hope to cheer the tomb,
Take up the torch and wave it wide,
The torch that lights time’s thickest gloom.

6. Toil on, faint not, keep watch and pray;

Be wise the erring soul to win;
 Go forth into the world’s highway,
Compel the wanderer to come in.

7. Toil on, and in thy toil rejoice;

For toil comes rest, for exile home;
Soon shalt thou hear the Bridegroom’s Voice,
The midnight peal, “Behold, I come!” Amen.

HYMN CH 543 – “I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.”- EXOD. iv. 12.

1. LORD, speak to me, that I may speak

In living echoes of Thy tone;
As Thou hast sought, so let me seek
Thy erring children lost and lone.

2. O lead me, LORD, that I may lead

The wandering and the wavering feet,
O feed me, LORD, that I may feed
Thy hungering ones with manna sweet.

3. O strengthen me, that while I stand

Firm on the Rock, and strong in Thee,
I may stretch out a loving hand
To wrestlers with the troubled sea.

4. O teach me, LORD, that I may teach

The precious things Thou dost impart;
And wing my words, that they may reach
The hidden depths of many a hear.

5. O give THine own sweet rest to me,

That I may speak with soothing power
A word in season, as from Thee,
To weary ones in needful hour.

6. O fill me with Thy fullness, LORD,

Until my very heart o’erflow
In kindling thought and glowing word,
Thy love to tell, Thy praise to show.

7. O use me, LORD, use even me,

Just as Thou wilt, and when, and where,
Until Thy Blessed Face I see,
Thy rest, Thy joy, Thy glory share. Amen.

HYMN CH 544 – “Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these My brethren, ye have done it
unto Me.” – MATT. xxv. 40.

1. LORD of Glory, Who hast bought us

With Thy Life-blood as the price,
Never grudging for the lost ones
That tremendous Sacrifice,
 And with that hast freely given
Blessings, countless as the sand,
To the unthankful and the evil
With Thine own unsparing Hand.

2. Grant us hearts, dear LORD, to yield Thee

Gladly, freely of Thine own;
With the sunshine of Thy goodness
Melt our thankless hearts of stone;
Till our cold and selfish natures,
Warmed by Thee, at length believe
That more happy and more blessed
‘Tis to give than to receive.

3. Wondrous honour hast Thou given

To our humblest charity
In Thine own mysterious sentence,
“Ye have done it unto Me.”
Cant it be, O gracious Master,
Thou dost deign for alms to sue,
Saying by Thy poor and needy,
“Give as I have given to you?”

4. Yes: the sorrow and the suffering,

Which on every hand we see,
Channels are for tithes and offerings
Due by solemn right to Thee;
Right of which we may not rob Thee,
Debt we may not choose but pay,
Lest that Face of love and pity
Turn from us another day.

5. LORD of Glory, Who hast bought us

With Thy Life-blood as the price,
Never grudging for the lost ones
That tremendous Sacrifice,
Give us faith, to trust Thee boldly
Hope to stay our souls on Thee;
But, O best of all Thy graces,
Give us Thine own charity. Amen

HYMN CH 545 – “My heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.” – PSALM lxxxiv. 2.

1. NEARER, my GOD, to Thee,

Nearer to Thee,
E’en though it be a cross
That raiseth me;
Still all my song shall be,
Nearer, my GOD, to Thee,
Nearer to Thee.
2. Though, like a wanderer,
The sun gone down,
Darkness comes over me,
My rest, a stone;
Yet in my dreams I’d be
Nearer, my GOD, to Thee,
Nearer to Thee.

3. There let the way appear

Steps unto Heaven,
All that Thou sendest me,
In mercy given,
Angels to beckon me
Nearer, my GOD, to Thee,
Nearer to Thee.

4. Then with my waking thoughts

Bright with Thy praise,
Out of my stony griefs
Bethel I’ll raise;
So, by my woes to be
Nearer, my GOD, to Thee,
Nearer to Thee.

5. Or, if on joyful wing

Cleaving the sky,
Sun, moon, and stars forgot,
Upwards, I fly,
Still all my song shall be,
Nearer, my GOD, to Thee,
Nearer to Thee. Amen

HYMN CH 546 – “Let us run with patience the race that is set before us.” – HEB. xii. 1.

1. AWAKE, my soul! Stretch every nerve,

And press with vigour on;
A heavenly race demands thy zeal,
And an immortal crown.

2. A cloud of witnesses around

Hold thee in full survey;
Forget the steps already trod,
And onward urge thy way.

3. ‘Tis GOD’S all-animating Voice

That calls thee from on high;
‘Tis His own Hand presents the prize
To thine aspiring eye.
4. Then wake, my soul! Stretch every nerve,
And press with vigour on;
A heavenly race demands thy zeal,
And an immortal crown. Amen

HYMN CH 547 – “Be ye… followers of God, as dear children.” – EPH. v. 1.

1. QUIET, LORD, my forward heart;

Make me teachable and mild,
Upright, simple, free from art;
Make me as a weaned child,
From distrust and envy free,
Pleased with all that pleases Thee.

2. What Thou shalt to-day provide,

Let me as a child receive,
What to-morrow may betide,
Calmly to Thy wisdom leave:
‘Tis enough that Thou wilt care;
Why should I the burden bear?

3. As a little child relies

On a care beyond its own,
Knows it’s neither strong nor wise,
Fears to stir a step alone,-
Let me thus with Thee abide,
As my FATHER, Guard, and Guide.

4. Thus preserved from Satan’s wiles,

Safe from dangers, free from fears,
May I live upon Thy smiles,
Till the promised hour appears,
When the sons of GOD shall prove
All their FATHER’S boundless Love. Amen.

HYMN CH 548 – “Thine eyes shall see the King in His beauty; they shall behold the land that is
very far off.” – ISA. xxxiii. 17.

1. IN Heavenly Love abiding,

No change my heart shall fear;
And safe is such confiding,
For nothing changes here.
The storm may roar around me,
My heart may low be laid;
But GOD is round about me:
And can I be dismayed?
2. Wherever He may guide me,
No want shall turn me back;
My Shepherd is beside me,
And nothing can I lack:
His wisdom ever waketh,
His sight is never dim;
He knows the way He taketh,
And I will walk with Him.

3. Green pastures are before me,

Which yet I have not seen;
Bright skies will soon be o’er me,
Where the dark clouds have been;
My hope I cannot measure,
My path to Life is free;
My SAVIOUR hath my treasure,
And He will walk with me. Amen.

HYMN CH 549 – If we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship one with another,
and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin.”- I JOHN i. 7.

1. WALK in the light: so shalt thou know

That fellowship of love
His SPIRIT only can bestow,
Who reigns in light above.

2. Walk in the light: and sin, abhorred,

Shall ne’er defile again;
The Blood of JESUS CHRIST thy LORD
Shall cleanse from every stain.

3. Walk in the light: and thou shalt find

Thy heart made truly His
Who dwells in cloudless light enshrined,
In Whom no darkness is.

4. Walk in the light: and thou shalt own,

Thy darkness passed away,
Because that light hath on thee shone,
In which is perfect day.

5. Walk in the light: and e’en the tomb

No fearful shade shall wear;
Glory shall chase away its gloom,
For CHRIST hath conquered there.

6. Walk in the light: and thine shall be

A path, though thorny, bright;
For GOD, by grace shall dwell in thee,
 And GOD Himself is Light. Amen.

HYMN CH 550 – “Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on Thee.”- ISA. xxvi. 3.

1. PEACE, perfect peace, in this dark world of sin?

The Blood of JESUS whispers peace within.

2. Peace, perfect peace, by thronging duties pressed?

To do the will of JESUS, this is rest.

3. Peace, perfect peace, with sorrows surging round?

On JESUS Bosom nought but calm is found.

4. Peace, perfect peace, with loved ones far away?

In JESUS’ keeping we are safe and they.

5. Peace, perfect peace, our future all unknown?

JESUS we know, and He is on the Throne.

6. Peace, perfect peace, death shadowing us and ours?

JESUS has vanquished death and all its powers.

7. It is enough: earth’s struggles soon shall cease,

And JESUS call us to Heaven’s perfect peace. Amen.

HYMN CH 551 – “He shall be… as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after
rain.”- 2 SAM. xxiii. 4.

1. SOMETIMES a light surprises

The Christian while he sings;
It is the LORD Who rises
With healing in His wings.
When comforts are declining,
He grants the soul again
A season of clear shining,
To cheer it, after rain.

2. In holy contemplation
We sweetly then pursue
The theme of GOD’S salvation,
And find it ever new.
Set free from present sorrow,
We cheerfully can say,
E’en let th’ unknown to-morrow
Bring with it what it may.

3. It can bring with it nothing

But He will bear us through;
Who gives the lilies clothing,
Will clothe His people too;
Beneath the spreading heavens,
No creature but is fed;
 And He, who feeds the ravens,
Will give His children bread.

4. Though vine nor fig-tree neither

Their wonted fruit should bear,
Though all the fields should wither,
Nor flocks, nor herds be there;
Yet GOD the same abiding,
His praise shall tune my voice;
For, while in Him confiding,
I cannot but rejoice! Amen.

HYMN C.H. 552 - “O clap your hands together, all ye people: O sing unto God with the voice of
melody.”---- Psalm xivii. 1.
1. NOW thank we all our GOD,
With heart, and hand, and voices,
Who wondrous things hath done,
In Whom His world rejoices;
Who from our mother’s arms
Hath blessed us on our way
With countless gifts of love,
And still is ours to-day.

2. O may this bounteous GOD

Through all our life be near us,
With ever joyful hearts
And blessed peace to cheer us;
And keep us in His grace,
And guide us when perplexed,
And free us from all ills
In this world and the next.

3. All praise and thanks to GOD

The FATHER now be given,
The SON, and HOLY GHOST,
Supreme in highest Heaven,
The ONE ETERNAL GOD,
Whom earth and Heaven adore,
For thus it was, is now,
And shall be evermore. Amen.

HYMN CH. 553 – “Freely ye have received, freely give.”- MATT. x. 8

1. O LORD of Heaven and earth and sea,

To Thee all praise and glory be;
How shall we show our love to Thee,
Giver of all?

2. The golden sunshine, vernal air,

 Sweet flowers and fruits, Thy love declare:
Where harvest ripen, Thou art there,
Giver of all!

3. For peaceful homes and healthful days,

For all the blessings earth displays,
We owe Thee thankfulness and praise.
Giver of all!

4. Thou didst not spare Thine only SON,

But gav'st Him for a world undone,
And freely with that Blessed ONE,
Thou givest all!

5. Thou giv'st the Holy SPIRIT'S dower,

Spirit of life, and love, and power.
And dost His sevenfold graces shower
Upon us all.

6. For souls redeemed, for sins forgiven,

For means of grace, and hopes of Heaven,
FATHER, what can to Thee be given,
Who givest all?

7. We lose what on ourselves we spend,

We have as treasure without end.
Whatever, LORD, to Thee we lend.
Who givest all!

8. To Thee, from Whom we all derive

Our life, our gifts, our power to give,
Oh, may we ever with Thee live,
Giver of all! Amen.

HYMN CH 554 – “The Church of God, which He hath purchased with His own Blood.”- ACTS xx.
28

1. THE Church’s one foundation

Is JESUS CHRIST her LORD:
She is His new creation
By water and the Word:
From Heaven He came and sought her
To be His holy Bride,
With His own Blood He bought her,
And for her life He died.

2. Elect from every nation,

Yet one o’er all the earth,
Her charter of salvation
 One LORD, one Faith, one Birth;
One Holy Name she blesses,
Partakes one Holy Food,
And to one hope she presses
With every grace endued.

3. Though with a scornful wonder

Men see her sore opprest,
By schisms rent asunder,
By heresies distrest;
Yet Saints their watch are keeping
Their cry goes up, “How long?”
And soon the night of weeping
Shall be the morn of song.

4. ‘Mid toil and tribulation,

And tumult of her war,
She waits the consummation
Of peace for evermore;
Till with the vision glorious
Her longing eyes are blest,
And the great Church victorious
Shall be the Church at rest.

5. Yet she on earth hath union

With GOD the THREE in ONE,
And mystic sweet communion
With those whose rest is won.
Oh, happy ones and holy!
LORD, give us grace that we
Like them, the meek and lowly,
On high may dwell with Thee! Amen.

HYMN C.H. 555 – “Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness; and all these things
shall be added unto you.” – MATT. vi. 33

1. SEEK ye first, not earthly pleasure,

Fading joy and failing treasure,
But the love that knows no measure
Seek ye first.

2. Seek ye first, not earth’s aspirings,

Ceaseless longings, vain desirings,
But your precious soul’s requirings
Seek ye first.

3. Seek ye first GOD’S peace and blessing;

Ye have all if this possessing,
Come, your need and sin confessing,
Seek Him first.
4. Seek Him first; then when forgiven,
Pardoned, made an heir of Heaven,
Let your life to Him be given;
Seek this first.

5. Seek this first-Be pure and holy;

Like the Master, meek and lowly;
Yielded to His service wholly,
Seek this first.

6. Seek the coming of His Kingdom,

Seek the souls around, to win them,
Seek to JESUS CHRIST to bring them;
Seek this first.

7. Seek this first, His promise trying,

It is sure-all need supplying-
Heavenly things, on Him relying,
Seek ye first. Amen.

HYMN CH 556 – “They shall prosper that love Thee.”- PSALM cxxii. 6.

1. I LOVE Thy Kingdom, LORD,

The house of Thine abode,
The Church our Blest Redeemer saved
With His own precious Blood.

2. I love Thy Church, O GOD;

Her walls before Thee stand,
Dear as the apple of Thine Eye,
And graven on Thy Hand.

3. For her my tears shall fall,

For her my prayers ascend,
To her my cares and toils be given,
Till toils and cares shall end.

4. Beyond my highest joy

I prize her Heavenly ways,
Her sweet communion, solemn vows,
Her hymns of love and praise.

5. JESUS, Thou Friend Divine,

Our SAVIOUR, and our KING,
Thy Hand from every snare and foe
Shall great deliverance bring.

6. Sure as Thy truth shall last,

To Zion shall be given
 The brightest glories earth can yield,
And brighter bliss of Heaven. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 557 - “Behold we have forsaken all , and followed Thee: what shall we have
therefore?- MATT. xix. 27

1. O HAPPY band of pilgrims,

If onward, ye will tread
With JESUS as your Fellow,
To JESUS as your Head!

2. Oh, happy, if ye labour

As JESUS did for men:
Oh, happy, if ye hunger
As JESUS hungered then

3. The faith by which ye see Him,

The Hope in which ye yearn,
The Love that through all troubles
To Him alone will turn:

4. What are they but his Heralds,

To lead you to His sight?
What are they save the effluence
Of uncreated Light?

5. The trials that beset you,

The sorrow you endure,
The manifold temptations
That death alone can cure:

6. What are they but His jewels

Of right celestial worth?
What are they but ladder
Set up to Heaven on earth?

7. The Cross that JESUS carried

He carried as your due;
The Crown that JESUS weareth
He weareth it if for you

8. O happy band of pilgrims,

Look upward to the skies,
Where such a light affliction
Shall win you such a prize. Amen

HYMN CH 558 – “Casting all your care upon Him; for He careth for you.”- I PET. v. 7.
1. O LORD, how happy should we be
If we would cast our care on Thee,
If we from self would rest;
And feel at heart that ONE above,
In perfect wisdom, perfect love,
Is working for the best.

2. How far from this our daily life,

How oft disturbed by anxious strife,
By sudden wild alarms;
Oh, would we but relinquish all
Our earthly props, and simply fall
On Thy Almighty Arms!

3. Could we but kneel, and cast our load,

E’en while we pray, upon our GOD,
Then rise with lightened cheer;
Sure that the FATHER, Who is nigh
To still the famished raven’s cry,
Will hear, in that we fear.

4. We cannot trust Him as we should!

So chafes weak nature’s restless mood
To cast its peace away;
But birds and flowerets round us preach
All, all the present evil teach
Sufficient for the day.

5. LORD, make these faithless hearts of ours

Such lessons learn from birds and flowers;
Make them from self to cease;
Leave all things to a FATHER’S WILL,
And tast, before Him lying still,
E’en in affliction, peace. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 559 - “What shall I render unto the Lord for all His benefits toward me?”- PSALM
cxvi. 12

1. THY Life was given for me!

Thy Blood, O LORD, was shed
That I might ransomed be,
And quickened from the dead.
Thy Life was given for me:-
What have I given for Thee?

2. Long years were spent for me

In weariness and woe,
That through eternity
Thy glory I might know,
Long years were spent for me:-
 Have I spent one for Thee?

3. Thy FATHER'S Home of light,

Thy rainbow-circled Throne,
Were left for earthly night,
For wanderings sad and lone,
Yea, all was left for me:-
Have I left aught for Thee?

4. Thou, LORD, hast borne for me

More than my tongue can tell
Of bitterest agony,
To rescue me from hell.
Thou sufferedst all for me:-
What have I borne for Thee?

5. And Thou hast brought to me

Down from Thy Home above
Salvation full and free,
Thy pardon and Thy love.
Great gifts Thou broughtest me:-
What have I brought to Thee?

6. Oh, let my life be given,

My years for Thee be spent;
World-fetters all be riven,
And joy with suffering blent;
To Thee my all I bring,
My SAVIOUR and my King! Amen.

HYMN C.H 560 “Be strong and of a good courage… for the Lord thy God, He it is that doth go
with thee.” – DEUT. xxxi.6

1. ONWARD, Christian soldiers,

Marching as to war,
With the Cross of JESUS
Going on before.
CHRIST the Royal Master
Leads against the foe,
Forward into battle,
See, His banners go,
Onward, Christian soldiers,
Marching as to war,
With the Cross of JESUS
Going on before.

2. At the Name of JESUS

Satan’s host doth flee;
 On, then, Christian soldiers,
On to victory.
Hell’s foundations quiver
At the shout of praise;
Brothers, lift your voices,
Loud your anthems raise.
Onward, Christian soldiers,
Marching as to war,
With the Cross of JESUS
Going on before.

3. Like a mighty army

Moves the Church of GOD;
Brothers, we are treading
Where the Saints have trod;
We are not divided,
All one body we,
One in hope, and doctrine,
One in charity.
Onward, Christian soldiers,
Marching as to war,
With the Cross of JESUS
Going on before.

4. Crowns and thrones may perish,

Kingdoms rise and wane,
But the Church of JESUS
Constant will remain;
Gates of hell can never
‘Gainst that Church prevail;
We have CHRIST’S own promise,
And that cannot fail.
Onward, Christian soldiers,
Marching as to war,
With the Cross of JESUS
Going on before.

5. Onward, then, ye people,

Join our happy throng,
Blend with ours your voices
In the triumph-song;
Glory, laud and honour
Unto CHRIST the King,
This through countless ages
Men and Angels sing.
Onward, Christian soldiers,
Marching as to war,
With the Cross of JESUS
 Going on before. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 561 “Worthy is the Lamb that was slain”. – REV. v.12

1. COME, let us join our cheerful songs

With Angels round the Throne;
Ten Thousand thousand are their tongues,
But all their joys are one.

2. “Worthy the LAMB that died,” they cry,

“To be exalted thus”:
“Worthy the Lamb,” our hearts reply,
“For He was slain for us.”

3. JESUS is worthy to receive

Honour and power Divine:
And blessings more than we can give,
Be, LORD, for ever Thine.

4. Let all creation join in one,

To bless the sacred Name
Of Him that sits upon the Throne,
And to adore the LAMB.
Amen.

HYMN CH 562 – “Thou hast given a Banner to them that fear Thee, that it may be displayed,
because of the truth.”- PSALM lx. 4.

1. FLING out the Banner! Let it float

Skyward and seaward, high and wide;
The sun shall light its shining folds,
The Cross on which the SAVIOUR died.

2. Fling out the Banner! Angles bend

In anxious silence o’er the Sign;
And vainly seek to comprehend
The wonders of the Love Divine.

3. Fling out the Banner! Heathen lands

Shall see from far the glorious sight,
And nations, crowding to be born,
Baptize their spirits in its light.

4. Fling out the Banner! Sin-sick souls

That sink and perish in the strife,
Shall touch in faith its radiant hem,
And spring immortal into life.

5. Fling out the Banner! Let it float

Skyward and seaward, high and wide
 Our glory, only in the Cross;
Our only hope, the Crucified!

6. Fling out the Banner! Wide and high,

Seaward and skyward, let it shine:
Nor skill, nor might, nor merit ours;
We conquer only in that Sign. Amen.

HYMN CH 563 – “God forbid that I should glory, save in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.”- GAL. vi.
14.

1. IN the Cross of CHRIST I glory,

Towering o’er the wrecks of time;
All the light of sacred story
Gathers round its head sublime.

2. When the woes of life o’ertake me

Hopes deceive, and fears annoy,
Never shall the Cross forsake me:
Lo! it glows with peace and joy.

3. When the sun of bliss is beaming

Light and love upon my way,
From the Cross the radiance streaming
Adds more lustre to the day.

4. Bane and blessing, pain and pleasure,

By the Cross are sanctified;
Peace is there that knows no measure,
Joys that through all time abide.

5. In the Cross of CHRIST I glory,

Towering o’er the wrecks of time;
All the light of sacred story
Gathers round its head sublime. Amen.

HYMN CH 564 – “Because Thou hast kept the word of My patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of
temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.”- REV. iii. 10

1. LORD of our life, and GOD of our Salvation,

Star of our night, and Hope of every nation,
Hear and receive Thy Church’s supplication,
LORD GOD Almighty.

2. See round Thine ark the hungry billows curling,

See how Thy foes their banners are unfurling;
LORD, while their darts envenomed they are hurling,
Thou canst preserve us.

3. LORD, Thou canst help where earthly armour faileth,

LORD, Thou canst save when deadly sin assaileth,
LORD, o’er Thy Rock nor death nor hell prevaileth;
 Grant us Thy peace, LORD!

4. Peace in our hearts, our evil thoughts assuaging,

Peace in Thy Church, where brothers are engaging
Peace, when the world its busy war is waging;
Calm Thy foes’ raging.

5. Grant us Thy help till backward they are driven,

Grant them Thy truth, that they may be forgiven,
Grant peace on earth, and, after we have striven,
Peace in Thy Heaven. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 565 – “Stir into flame.” - II TIM. i.6

1. STIR me, Oh! Stir me, LORD, I care not how,

But stir my heart in passion for the world!
Stir me to give, to go – but most to pray;
Stir, t ill the blood-red Banner be unfurled
O’er lands that still in heathen darkness lie,
O’er deserts where no Cross is lifted high.

2. Stir me, Oh! Stir me, LORD, till all my heart

Is filled with strong compassion for these souls;
Till thy compelling Word drives me to pray;
Till Thy constraining Love reach to the poles,
Far North and South, in burning deep desire,
Till East and West are caught in Love’s great fire.

3. Stir me, oh! Stir me, LORD, till prayer is pain-

Till prayer is joy – till prayer turns into praise!
Stir me, till heart and will and mind – yea, all
Is wholly Thine to use through all the days,
Stir, till I learn to pray exceedingly,
Stir, till I learn to wait expectantly.

4. Stir me, oh! Stir me, LORD, Thy Heart was stirred
By love’s intensest fire, till Thou didst give
Thine only SON, Thy best-beloved ONE,
E’en to the dreadful Cross, that I might live.
Stir me to give myself so back to Thee,
That Thou canst give Thyself again through me.

5. Stir me, oh! Stir me, LORD, for I can see

Thy glorious Triumph-day begin to break!
The dawn already gilds the Eastern sky;
Oh! Church of CHRIST, arise! Awake! Awake!
Oh, stir us, LORD, as heralds of that day,
For night is past – our King is on His way! Amen.
HYMN C.H. 566 “He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord.” – PROV. xix. 17.

1. WE give Thee but Thine own,

Whate’er the gift may be;
All that we have is Thine alone,
A trust, O LORD, from Thee.

2. May we Thy bounties thus

As stewards true receive,
And gladly, as Thou blessed us,
To Thee our first-fruits give.

3. Oh! Hearts are bruised and dead;

And homes are bare and cold;
And lambs, for whom the shepherd bled
Are straying from the fold

4. To comfort and to bless,

To find a balm for woe,
To tend the lone and fatherless,
Is Angels’ work below.

5. The captive to release,

To GOD the lost to bring,
To teach the way of life and peace,-
It is a Christ-like thing.

6. And we believe Thy Word,

Though dim our faith may be,-
Whate’er for Thine we do, O LORD,
We do it unto Thee. Amen.

HYMN CH 567 – “Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love; therefore with loving-kindness
have I drawn thee.”- JER. xxxi. 3.

1. LOVED with Everlasting Love,

Led by grace that Love to know;
SPIRIT, breathing from above,
Thou hast taught me it is so!
Oh, this full and perfect peace!
Oh, this transport all Divine!
In a Love which cannot cease,
I am His, and He is mine.

2. Heaven above is softer blue,

Earth around is sweeter green!
Something lives in every hue
Christless eyes have never seen:
Birds with gladder songs o’erflow,
 Flowers with deeper beauties shine,
Since I know, as now I know,
I am His, and He is mine.

3. Things that once were wild alarms

Cannot now disturb my rest;
Closed in Everlasting Arms,
Pillowed on the loving Breast.
Oh! To lie for ever here,
Doubt and care and self resign,
While He whispers in my ear-
I am His, and He is mine.

4. His for ever, only His;

Who the LORD and me shall part!
Ah, with what a rest of bliss
CHRIST can fill the loving heart!
Heaven and earth may fade and flee,
First-born light in gloom decline;
But, while GOD and I shall be,
I am His, and He is mine. Amen.

HYMN CH 568 – “Grace, Mercy, and Peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.”- 2 JOHN
3.

1. O GRACE of GOD, most Holy,

Come down and dwell in me,
To sanctify me wholly,
That I may lowly be;
The Grace that filled Thee, JESUS,
Is what I ask from Thee,
The Grace that worketh in us,
Thy Life, so strong and free.

2. Yea, Mercy, too, far reaching!

I daily ask Thee now,
To grant that Holy Cleansing,
To make me pure as Thou:
That out-poured Blood of JESUS
Must ever dearer be
To those who found it precious,
When Thou didst set them free.

3. Thou hast “made Peace,” O JESUS,

Between our souls and GOD;
“Thou hast redeemed,” and freed us
From Sin, by Thine own Blooed;
Yet, as I stand in battle,
With foes without, within,
Thy Peace, without a ruffle,
I pray may now flow in.
4. For Peace, O Blessed Master,
Is promised too from Thee;
Cast down the sins that hinder
The tide of peace in me;
Chase out all fret and anger,
And send Thy Holy Peace
To guard my soul in danger,
Lest foes within increase.

5. “Grace, Mercy, Peace,” unceasing,

Glad praise to God uplift,
For such a TRIUNE blessing
Sent down as Love’s free gift:
The FATHER’S Mercy, take it,
And Peace, through “His dear SON,”
And Grace, “His HOLY SPIRIT,”
ETERNAL, THREE in ONE. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 569 – “I have given you an example that ye should do as I have done to you.” –
JOHN xiii. 15.

1. LORD, as to Thy dear Cross we flee,

And plead to be forgiven,
So let thy life our pattern be,
And form our souls for Heaven.

2. Help us, through good report and ill,

Our daily cross to bear,
Like Thee, to do our FATHER’S Will,
Our brethren’s griefs to share.

3. Let grace our selfishness expel!

Our earthliness refine,
And kindness in our bosoms dwell,
As free and true as Thine.

4. If joy shall at Thy bidding fly,

And grief’s dark day come on,
We, in our turn, would meekly cry,
“FATHER, Thy Will be done.”

5. Should friends misjudge, or foes defame,

Or brethren faithless prove,
Then, like Thine own, be all our aim
To conquer them by love.

6. Kept peaceful in the midst of strife,

Forgiving and forgiven,
O may we lead the pilgrim’s life,
 And follow Thee to Heaven. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 570 - “Changed into the same image from glory to glory.” – II COR. iii. 18.

1. O SAVIOUR, may we never rest

Till Thou art formed within,
Till Thou hast calmed our troubled breast,
And crushed the power of sin.

2. O may we gaze upon Thy Cross,

Until the wondrous sight
Makes earthly treasures seem but dross,
And earthly sorrows light:

3. Until, released from carnal ties,

Our spirit upward springs,
And sees true peace above the skies,
True joy in Heavenly things.

4. There as we gaze, may we become

United, LORD to Thee
And, in a fairer, happier home,
Thy perfect beauty see. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 571 – “Not as I will, but as Thou wilt.” – MATT. xxvi. 39.
1. THY way; not mine O LORD,
However dark it be:
Lead me by Thine own Hand,
Choose out the path for me.

2. Smooth let it be or rough,

It will be still the best;
Winding or straight, it leads
Right onward to Thy rest.

3. I dare not choose my lot;

I would not, if I might;
Choose Thou for me, my God;
So shall I walk aright.

4. The kingdom that I seek

Is Thine: so let the way
That leads to it be Thine,
Else I must surely stray.

5. Take Thou my cup, and it

With joy or sorrow fill,
As best to Thee may seem;
 Choose Thou my good and ill.

6. Choose Thou for me my friends,

My sickness or my health;
Choose Thou my cares for me,
My poverty or wealth.

7. Not mine, not mine the choice

In things or great or small;
Be Thou my Guide, my Strength,
My Wisdom, and my all. Amen.

HYMN CH 572 – “That they all may be one.”- JOHN xvii. 21.

1. FATHER of all, from land and sea

The nations sing, “Thine, LORD are we,
Countless in number, but in Thee
May we be one.”

2. O SON of GOD, Whose love so free

For men did make Thee Man to be,
United to our GOD in Thee
May we be one.

3. Thou, LORD, didst once for all atone;

Thee may both Jew and Gentile own
Of their two walls the Corner-Stone,
Making them one.

4. In Thee we are GOD’S Israel,

Thou art the world’s EMMANUEL,
In Thee the Saints for ever dwell,
Millions, but one.

5. Thou art the Fountain of all good,

Cleansing with Thy most precious Blood,
And feeding us with Angels’ Food,
Making us one.

6. Join high and low, join young and old,

In love that never waxes cold;
Under one Shepherd, in one Fold,
Make us all one.

7. O SPIRIT BLEST, Who from above

Cam’st gently gliding like a dove,
Calm all our strife, give faith and love;
O make us one.

8. O TRINITY in UNITY,
ONE only GOD, in PERSONS THREE,
 Dwell ever in our hearts; like Thee
May we be one.

9. So, when the world shall pass away,

May we awake with joy and say,
“Now in the bliss of endless day
We all are one.” Amen.

HYMN CH 573 – “Thou art near, O Lord.” – PSALM cxix. 151

1. WHEN the world is brightest,

And our hearts are lightest,
Blessed Jesu, hear us!
Let Thy Hand be near us!

2. When Life’s scene is shaded,

All its bright hopes faded,
Blessed JESU, hear us!
Light of Heaven, be near us!

3. When with blessing sated

Or by praise elated,
Blessed JESU, hear us!
Let Thy Cross be near us!

4. When the night of sorrow

Makes us dread to-morrow,
Blessed JESU, hear us!
Light of Heaven, be near us!

5. When our foes surround us,

When our sins have bound us,
Blessed JESU, hear us!
Let Thy help be near us!

6. When our hearts are grieving,

O’er the grave bereaving,
Blessed JESU, hear us!
Light of Heaven, be near us!

7. When in sickness lying,

Dark with fear of dying,
Blessed JESU, hear us!
Let Thy help be near us!

8. When life, slowing waning,

Shows but Heaven remaining,
Blessed JESU, hear us!
Light of all, be near us! Amen.

HYMN CH 574 – “Thy sun shall no more go down… for the Lord shall be thine everlasting light.”- ISA. lx.
20
1. LIGHT of the world! For ever, ever shining,
There is no change in Thee;
True Light of Life, all joy and health enshrining,
Thou canst not fade nor flee.

2. Thou hast arisen, but Thou descendest never;

To-day shines as the past;
All that Thou wast, Thou art, and shalt be ever,
Brightness from first to last.

3. Night visits not Thy sky, nor storm, nor sadness;

Day fills up all its blue,-
Unfailing beauty, and unfaltering gladness,
And love for ever new.

4. Light of the World! Undimming and unsetting,

O shine each mist away;
Banish the fear, the falsehood, and the fretting;
Be our unchanging Day. Amen.

HYMN CH 575 – “Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall
find rest unto your souls.”- MATT. xi. 29.

1. MY SAVIOUR, Thou hast offered rest;

Oh! Give it, then, to me;
The rest of ceasing from myself,
To find my all in Thee.

2. This cruel self, oh, how it strives

And works within my breast,
To come between Thee and my soul
And keep me back from rest.

3. How many subtle forms it takes

Of seeming verity,
As if it were not safe to rest
And venture all on Thee.

4. O LORD, I seek a holy rest,

A victory over sin;
I seek that Thou alone shouldst reign
O’er all without, within.

5. In Thy strong Hand I lay me down,

So shall the work be done:
For who can work so wondrously
As the ALMIGHTY ONE?

6. Work on, then, LORD, till on my soul

Eternal light shall break,
And, in Thy likeness perfected,
 I “satisfied” shall wake. Amen.

Hymn – C.H. 576 – “Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.” – MATT. v. 8.

1. BLEST are the pure in heart,

For they shall see their GOD:
The secret of the LORD is theirs;
Their soul is CHRIST’S abode

2. The LORD, Who left the Heavens

Our life and peace to bring,
And dwelt in lowliness with men,
Their Pattern and their King;

3. Still to the lowly soul

He doth Himself impart,
And for His dwelling and His Throne
Chooseth the pure in heart.

4. LORD, we Thy Presence seek;

May ours this blessing be;
Give us a pure and lowly heart,
A temple meet for Thee. Amen.

HYMN C.H 577 – “Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.”- MATT. vi. 13
1. BE Thou our Guardian and our Guide,
And hear us when we call:
Let not our slippery footsteps slide,
And hold us lest we fall.

2. The world, the flesh, and Satan dwell

Around the path we tread:
O save us from the snares of hell,
Thou Quickener of the dead.

3. And if we tempted are to sin,

And outward things are strong,
Do Thou, O LORD, keep watch within,
And save our souls from wrong.

4. Still let us ever watch and pray,

And feel that we are frail:
That if the Tempter cross our way,
Yet he may not prevail. Amen.

Hymn – C.H. 578 “I am the Way, the Truth and the Life”. – JOHN xiv.6.

1. THOU art the Way – to Thee alone

From sin and death we flee;
 And he who would the FATHER seek,
Must seek Him, LORD, by Thee.

2. Thou art the Truth – Thy Word alone

True wisdom can impart;
Thou only canst inform the mind,
And purify the heart.

3. Thou art the Life – the rending tomb

Proclaims Thy conquering Arm;
And those, who put their trust in Thee,
Nor death nor hell shall harm.

4. Thou art the Way, the Truth, the Life;

Grant us that Way to know,
That Truth to keep, that Life to win,
Whose joys eternal flow. Amen.

Hymn C.H. – 579 - “I will bless the Lord at all times”- Psalm xxxxiv. 1.

1. THROUGH all the changing scenes of life,

In trouble and in joy,
The praises of my GOD shall still
My heart and tongue employ.

2. O magnify the LORD with me,

With me exalt His Name;
When in distress to Him I called,
He to my rescue came.

3. The Hosts of GOD encamp around

The dwellings of the just;
Deliverance He affords to all
Who on His succor trust.

4. O make but trial of His love.

Experience will decide
How blessed they are, and only they,
Who in His truth confide.

5. Fear Him, ye saints; and you will then

Have nothing else to fear;
Make you His service delight,
Your wants shall be His care.

HYMN CH 580 – “There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.”- HEB. iv. 9.
1. THERE is a Blessed Home
Beyond this land of woe,
Where trials never come,
Nor tears of sorrow flow;
Where faith is lost in sight,
And patient hope is crowned,
And everlasting light
Its glory throws around.

2. There is a land of peace,

Good Angels know it well;
Glad songs that never cease
Within its portals swell;
Around its glorious Throne
Ten thousand Saints adore
CHRIST, with the FATHER ONE,
And SPIRIT evermore.

3. Oh! joy all joys beyond,

To see the LAMB Who died,
And count each sacred Wound
In Hands, and Feet, and Side;
To give to Him the praise
Of every triumph won,
And sing through endless days
The great things He hath done.

4. Look up, ye saints of GOD,

Nor fear to tread below
The path your SAVIOUR trod
Of daily toil and woe;
Wait but a little while
In uncomplaining love,
His own most gracious smile
Shall welcome you above. Amen.

HYMN CH 581 – “They brought unto Him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases… and He
healed them.”- MATT. iv. 24.

1. THOU to Whom the sick and dying

Ever came, nor came in vain,
Still with healing words replying
To the wearied cry of pain;
Hear us, JESU, as we meet,
Suppliants at Thy mercy-seat.

2. Still the weary, sick, and dying,

Need a brother’s, sister’s care;
On Thy higher help relying,
May we now their burden share;
Bringing all our offerings meet,
Suppliants at Thy mercy-seat.
3. May each child of Thine be willing,
Willing both in hand and heart,
All the law of love fulfilling,
Ever comfort to impart;
Ever bringing offerings meet,
Suppliant to Thy mercy-seat.

4. So may sickness, sin, and sadness

To Thy healing power yield:
Till the sick and sad, in gladness,-
Rescued, ransomed, cleansed, healed,
One in Thee together meet,
Pardoned, at Thy judgment-seat. Amen.

HYMN CH 582 – “Our Father, which art in Heaven.”- MATT. vi. 9.

1. FATHER of all, to Thee

With loving hearts we pray,
Through Him, in mercy-given,
The Life, the Truth, the Way;
From Heaven Thy Throne, in mercy shed
Thy blessings on each bended head.

2. FATHER of all, to Thee,

Our contrite hearts we raise,
Unstrung by sin and pain,
Long voiceless in Thy praise;
Breathe Thou the silent chords along,
Until they tremble into song.

3. FATHER of all, to Thee

We breathe unuttered fears,
Deep-hidden in our souls,
That have no voice but tears;
Take Thou our hand, and through the wild
Lead gently on each trustful child.

4. FATHER of all, may we

In praise our tongues employ,
When gladness fills the soul
With deep and hallowed joy;
In storm and calm give us to see
The path of peace which leads to Thee. Amen.

Hymn – C.H. 583 “Be filled with the Spirit.” – EPH. v.18

1. THERE is a Pentecostal Breath,

The SPIRIT’S gracious dower;
And souls, upraised from sin and death,
Are quickened by His power;
 Oh, to be filled with Life Divine;
Oh, to be clothed with might;
Oh, to reflect my LORD, and shine
As shine the Saints in light!

2. There is a pure baptismal Fire,

A sacrificial flame,
Which doth the inmost soul inspire
With love of JESUS’S Name;
Oh, to be purged from sin’s vile taint;
Oh, to be tried as gold;
Oh, to be drawn by love’s constraint,
To blessings manifold!

3. There is an Unction from on high,

The holy oil of joy,
Which all our need can satisfy,
Which naught can e’er destroy;
We praise Thee, LORD, for this great Gift
In such abundant flow
As doth both heart and mind uplift
The truth of GOD to know.

4. The HOLY SPIRIT, like a dove,

Comes in His gentle grace,
Diffusing peace from Heaven above
On troubled heart and face;
Oh, to be kept so calm and still,
‘Mid sorrows surging round
That faith and hope my heart may fill,
And charity abound.

5. There is a Seal, both strong and sure,

Which marks the immortal heir;
And they who have it shall endure
Through every toil and care;
We hail the SPIRIT’S inward Voice,
Earnest of perfect rest;
Which makes the trusting soul rejoice,
As those whom GOD hath blest. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 584 - Present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God.” ---- ROM.
xii. 1.

1. TAKE my life, and let it be

Consecrated, LORD, to Thee;
Take my moments and my days,
Let them flow in ceaseless praise.
2. Take my hands, and let them move
At the impulse of Thy love;
Take my feet, and let them be
Swift and beautiful for Thee.

3. Take my voice, and let me sing

Always, only, for my King;
Take my lips, and let them be
Filled with messages from Thee.

4. Take my silver and my gold,

Not a mite would I withhold;
Take my intellect, and use
Every power as Thou shalt choose.

5. Take my will, and make it Thine;

It shall be no longer mine;
Take my heart: it is Thine own;
It shall be Thy royal throne.

6. Take my love; my LORD, I pour

At Thy Feet its treasure-store;
Take myself, and I will be
Ever, only, all, for Thee! Amen.

HYMN CH 585 – “I am the Lord: I change not.”- MAL. Iii. 6

1. CHANGE is our portion here;

Soon fades the summer sky,
The landscape droops in autumn sear,
And spring flowers bloom to die:
But faithful is JEHOVAH’S Word,
“I will be with thee,” saith the LORD.

2. Change is our portion here;

Along the Heavenly road,
In faith and hope and holy fear,
In love towards our GOD;
How often we distrust the Word-
“I will be with thee,” saith the LORD.

3. Change is our portion here;

Yet midst our changing lot,
Midst withering flowers and tempests drear,
There is that changes not.
Unchangeable JEHOVAH’S Word,
“I will be with thee,” saith the LORD.

4. Changeless, the way of peace,

 Changeless, EMMANUEL’S Name,
Changeless, the covenant of grace,
Eternally the same;
“I change not,” is a FATHER’S Word,
“And I am with thee,” saith the LORD. Amen.

HYMN CH 586 – “I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.”- PSALM cxxi. 1.

1. UNTO the hills around do I lift up

My longing eyes,
Oh! Whence for me shall my salvation come,
From whence arise?
From GOD the LORD doth come my certain aid,
From GOD the LORD, Who Heaven and earth hath made.

2. He will not suffer that thy foot be moved:

Safe shalt thou be,
No careless slumber shall His eyelids close,
Who keepeth thee.
Behold our GOD, the LORD, He slumbereth ne’er,
Who keepeth Israel in His Holy care.

3. JEHOVAH is Himself thy keeper true,

Thy changeless shade.
JEHOVAH thy defence on thy right hand
Himself hath made.
And thee no sun by day shall ever smite;
No moon shall harm thee in the silent night.

4. From every evil shall He keep thy soul,

From every sin;
JEHOVAH shall preserve thy going out,
Thy coming in.
Above thee watching, He, Whom we adore,
Shall keep thee henceforth, yea, for evermore. Amen.

HYMN CH 587 – “That the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in Him,
according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.”- 2 THESS. i. 12

1. THOU Whose Name is called JESUS,

Risen LORD of life and power,
Oh, it is so sweet to trust Thee
Every day and every hour!
Of Thy wondrous grace I sing,
SAVIOUR, Counsellor, and King.

2. Thou canst keep my feet from falling,-

Even my poor wayward feet,-
Thou Who dost present me faultless,
In Thy righteousness complete:
JESUS, LORD, in knowing Thee,
Oh, what strength and victory!
3. All the sin in me, my SAVIOUR,
Thou canst conquer and subdue;
With Thy sanctifying power
Permeate my spirit through;
Let Thy government increase,
Risen, crowned PRINCE of PEACE.

4. Thou canst keep me upward looking,

Ever upward in Thy Face;
Thou canst make me stand upholden
By the greatness of Thy grace;
Every promise of Thy Word,
Now I claim from Thee, dear LORD.

5. Oh! What joy to trust Thee, JESUS,

Mighty Victor o’er the grave,
And to learn amid earth’s shadows
Thine unceasing power to save!
Only those who prove Thee know
What the grace Thou dost bestow.

6. Make my life a bright outshining

Of Thy life, that all may see
Thine own resurrection power
Mightily put forth in me;
Ever let my heart become
Yet more consciously Thy home. Amen

HYMN C.H. 588 - “Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles
of the devil.” – EPH. vi. 11

1. SOLDIERS of CHRIST, arise,

And put your armour on,
Strong in the strength which GOD supplies
Through His Eternal SON.

2. Strong in the LORD of Hosts,

And in His mighty power:
Who in the strength of JESUS trusts
Is more than conqueror.

3. Stand, then, in His great might,

With all His strength endued;
And take, to arm you for the fight,
The panoply of GOD

4. From strength to strength go on;

Wrestle, and fight, and pray;
Tread all the powers of darkness down,
 And win the well-fought day,-

5. That, having all things done,

And all your conflicts past,
Ye may o’ercome through CHRIST alone,
And stand complete at last.

HYMN C.H. 589 - “Quit you like men, be strong.” – I COR. xvi. 13.

1. STAND up!-stand up for JESUS!

Ye soldiers of the Cross;
Lift high His royal banner,
It must not suffer loss.
From victory unto victory
His army He shall lead,
Till every foe is vanquished,
And CHRIST is LORD indeed.

2. Stand up!-stand up for JESUS!

The solemn watchword hear;
If while ye sleep He suffers,
Awake with shame and fear;
Where’er ye meet with evil,
Within you or without,
Charge for the GOD of battles,
And put the foe to rout.

3. Stand up!-stand up for JESUS!

The trumpet call obey;
Forth to the mighty conflict
In this His glorious day.
Ye that are men now serve Him
Against unnumbered foes;
Let courage rise with danger,
And strength to strength oppose.

4. Stand up!-stand up for JESUS!

Stand in His strength alone;
The arm of flesh will fail you,
Ye dare not trust your own.
Put on the Gospel armour,
And, watching unto prayer,
When duty calls, or danger,
Be never wanting there!

5. Stand up!-stand up for JESUS!

The strife will not be long;
This day the noise of battle,
 The next the victor’s song.
To him that overcometh
A crown of life shall be;
He with the KING of GLORY
Shall reign eternally. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 590 – “”And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel… upon his heart…
for a memorial before the Lord continually.” – EXOD. xxviii. 29
“He (Christ) ever liveth to make intercession for them.” – HEB. vii. 25

1. O KING of Glory, hear my humble cry,

Shine Thou upon me from Thy Throne on high.

2. Shed Thou, O LORD, Thy Love within my heart,

That Thou and I, O CHRIST, may never part.

3. May GOD the HOLY SPIRIT dwell in me,

That all my life a true outshining be.

4. LORD, write Thy Holy Word upon my mind,

That in Thy Truth my feet the path may find.

5. Go Thou before me, lest my footsteps stray,

Light up the track of Thy most holy Way.

6. Speak Thou to me in accents clear and strong,

Lest Satan’s wiles should lure my soul along.

7. Be Thou my reward, keep me from the Foe,

Lead me in paths wherein the righteous go.

8. And where Thou goest will I go with Thee,

Only, O LORD, hide not Thy Face from me.

9. Lo! Marshaled is the foe and fierce the strife,

O Heavenly Captain, lead me on to life,-

10. That life that has no ending, where Thou art!

And bear my name, O LORD upon Thine Heart. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 591 – “ “Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the Word of the Lord may have
free course, and be glorified.”------ 2 Thess. iii. 1

1. O WORD of GOD Incarnate,

O Wisdom from on high,
O Truth unchanged, unchanging
O Light of our dark sky;
We praise Thee for the radiance
 That from the hallowed page,
A lantern to our footsteps,
Shines on from age to age.

2. The Church from her dear Master

Received the gift Divine,
And still that light she lifteth
O’er all the earth to shine,
It is the golden casket
Where gems of truth are stored;
It is the heaven-drawn picture
Of CHRIST, the Living WORD.

3. It floateth like a banner

Before GOD’S host unfurled;
It shineth like a beacon
Above the darkling world;
It is the chart and compass
That o’er life’s surging sea,
‘Mid mists and rocks and quick-sands,
Still guides, O CHRIST, to Thee.

4. Oh! Make Thy Church, dear SAVIOUR,

A lamp of purest gold,
To bear before the nations,
Thy true Light, as of old;
Oh! Teach Thy wandering pilgrims
By this their path to trace,
Till, clouds and darkness ended,
They see Thee Face to face. Amen.

HYMN CH 592 – “The peace of God which passeth all understanding.”- PHIL. iv. 7.
“My peace I give unto you.”- JOHN xiv. 27.

1. LIKE a river, glorious

Is GOD’S perfect peace,
Over all victorious
In its bright increase;
Perfect, yet it floweth
Fuller every day,-
Perfect, yet it growth
Deeper all the way.
Stayed upon JEHOVAH,
Hearts are fully blest;
Finding, as He promised,
Perfect peace and rest.

2. Hidden in the hollow

Of His Blessed Hand,
 Never foe can follow,
Never traitor stand;
Not a surge of worry,
Not a shade of care,
Not a blast of hurry,
Touch the spirit there.
Stayed upon JEHOVAH,
Hearts are fully blest;
Finding, as He promised,
Perfect peace and rest.

3. Every joy or trial

Falleth from above,
Traced upon our dial
By the Sun of Love.
We may trust Him fully
All for us to do;
They who trust Him wholly
Find Him wholly true.
Stayed upon JEHOVAH,
Hearts are fully blest;
Finding, as He promised,
Perfect peace and rest.

HYMN C.H. 593 - “I will say of the Lord, He is my Refuge and my Fortress”. PSALM xci. 2

1. THERE is a safe and secret place,

Beneath the wings Divine,
Reserved for all the heirs of grace,
Oh! Be that Refuge mine.

2. The least and feeblest there may bide

Uninjured and unawed;
While thousands fall on every side,
He rests secure with GOD

3. The Angels watch him on his way,

And aid with friendly arm;
And Satan, roaring for his prey,
May hate, but cannot harm.

4. He feeds in pastures large and fair

Of love and truth Divine;
O child of GOD! O glory’s heir!
How rich a lot is thine!

5. A hand, Almighty to defend,

An ear for every call;
An honoured life, a peaceful end,
And Heaven to crown it all. Amen.
HYMN CH 594 – “He which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the Day of Jesus
Christ.” – PHIL. i. 6.

1. THE Voice of GOD’S Creation found me

Perplexed midst hope and fear,
For though His sunshine flashed around me,
His storms at times drew near;
And I said-
Oh! That I knew where He abideth!
For doubts beset our lot,
And lo! His glorious Face He hideth,
And men perceive it not!

2. The Voice of GOD’S Protection told me

He loveth all He made;
I seemed to feel His Arms enfold me,
And yet was half afraid:
And I said,-
Oh! That I knew where I might find Him!
His Eye would guide me right:
He leaveth countless tracks behind Him,
Yet passeth out of sight.

3. The Voice of Conscience sounded nearer,

It stirred my inmost breast;
But though its tones were firmer, clearer,
‘Twas not the voice of rest:
And I said-
Oh! That I knew if He forgiveth!
My soul is faint within,
Because in grievous fear it liveth
Of wages due to sin.

4. It was the Voice of Revelation

That met my utmost need;
The wondrous message of salvation
Was joy and peace indeed;
And I said-
Oh! How I love the sacred pages
From which such tidings flow,
As monarchs, patriarchs, poets, sages,
Have longed in vain to know!

5. For now is life a lucid story,

And death a rest in Him,
And all is bathed in light and glory
That once was dark and dim:
 And I said-
O Thou Who dost my soul deliver,
And all its hopes uplift;
Give me a tongue to praise the Giver,
A heart to prize the gift. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 595 – “Who is on the Lord’s side?”- EXOD. xxxii. 26.
1. WHO is on the LORD’S side?
Who will serve the King?
Who will be His helpers,
Other lives to bring?
Who will leave the world’s side?
Who will face the foe?
Who is on the LORD’S side?
Who for Him will go?
By Thy call of mercy,
By Thy grace Divine,
We are on the LORD’S side,
SAVIOUR, we are Thine!

2. Not for weight of glory,

Not for crown and palm,
Enter we the army,
Raise the warrior-psalm;
But for love that claimeth
Lives for whom He died,
He whom JESUS nameth
Must be on His side.
By Thy love constraining,
By Thy grace Divine,
We are on the LORD’S side,
SAVIOUR, we are Thine!

3. JESUS, Thou hast bought us,

Not with gold or gem,
But with Thine own Life-blood,
For Thy Diadem.
With Thy blessing filling,
Each who comes to Thee,
Thou hast made us willing,
Thou hast made us free.
By Thy grand Redemption,
By Thy grace Divine,
We are on the LORD’S side,
SAVIOUR, we are Thine!

4. Fierce may be the conflict,

Strong may be the foe,
 But the King’s own army
None can overthrow;
Round His standard ranging,
Victory is secure,
For His truth unchanging
Makes the triumph sure.
MASTER, Thou wilt keep us,
By Thy grace Divine,
Always on the LORD’S side,
SAVIOUR, always Thine! Amen

HYMN CH 596 – “The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in Him.”- LAM. Iii.
24

1. MY heart is resting, O my GOD,

I will give thanks and sing;
My heart is at the secret source
Of every precious thing.
Now the frail vessel Thou hast made
No hand but Thine shall fill;
The waters of the earth have failed,
And I am thirsty still.

2. I thirst for springs of Heavenly Life,

And here all day they rise;
I seek the treasure of Thy Love,
And close at hand it lies;
And a New Song is in my mouth,
To long-loved music set:
Glory to Thee for all the grace
I have not tasted yet;

3. Glory to Thee for strength withheld,

For want and weakness known,
For fear that sends me to Thyself
For what is most my own,
I have a heritage of joy,
That yet I must not see;
The Hand that bled to make it mine
Is keeping it for me.

4. My heart is resting, O my GOD,

My heart is in Thy care;
I hear the voice of joy and health
Resounding everywhere.
“Thou art my portion, saith my soul,”
Ten thousand voices say,
The music of their glad Amen
Will never die away. Amen.

HYMN CH 597 – “Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the Heavens.”- LAM. Iii. 41.
1. “LIFT up your hearts”! We lift them, LORD, to Thee;
Here at Thy Feet none other may we see:
“Lift up your hearts!” E’en so, with one accord,
We lift them up, we lift them to the LORD.

2. Above the level of the former years,

The mire of sin, the slough of guilty fears,
The mist of doubt, the blight of love’s decay,
O LORD of Light, lift all our hearts to-day!

3. Above the swamps of subterfuge and shame,

The deeds, the thoughts, that honour may not name,
The halting tongue, that dares not tell the whole,
O LORD of Truth, lift every Christian soul!

4. Above the storms that vex this lower state,

Pride, jealousy and envy, rage and hate,
And cold mistrust, that holds e’en friends apart,
O LORD of Love, lift every brother’s heart!

5. Then, as the trumpet-call, in after years,

“Lilft up your hearts!” rings pealings in our ears,
Still shall those hearts respond, with full accord,
“We lift them up, we lift them to the LORD!” Amen.

HYMN CH 598 – “My Beloved is mine, and I am His.”- SONG OF SOL. ii. 16.

1. LONG did I toil, and knew no earthly rest;

Far did I rove, and found no certain home;
At last I sought them in His sheltering Breast,
Who opes His Arms, and bids the weary come:
With Him I found a home, a rest Divine;
And I, since then, am His, and He is mine.

2. The good I have is from His stores supplied;

The ill is only what He deems the best;
He for my Friend, I’m rich with nought beside;
And poor without Him, though of all possessed:
Changes may come; I take, or I resign;
Content while I am His, and He is mine.

3. He stays me falling, lifts me up when down,

Reclaims me wandering, guards from every foe;
Plants on my worthless brow the victor’s crown,
Which, in return, before His Feet I throw,
Grieved that I cannot better grace His shrine,
Who deigns to own me His, as He is mine.

4. While here, alas! I know but half His love,

But half discern Him, and but half adore;
But when I meet Him in the realms above,
 I hope to love Him better, praise Him more,
And feel, and tell, amid the Choir Divine,
How fully I am His, and He is mine! Amen.

HYMN CH 599 – “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”JOHN
xv. 13.
“This is my Beloved, and this is my Friend.”- SONG OF SOL. v. 16

1. I’VE found a Friend; Oh! Such a friend,

He loved me ere I knew Him;
He drew me with the cords of love,
And thus He bound me to Him;
And round my heart still closely twine
Those ties which nought can sever;
For I am His, and He is mine,
For ever and for ever.

2. I’ve found a Friend; Oh! Such a Friend,

He bled, He died to save me;
And not alone the gift of life,
But His own Self He gave me;
Nought that I have my own I call,
I hold it for the Giver;
My heart, my strength, my life, my all
Are His, and His for ever.

3. I’ve found a Friend; Oh! Such a Friend,

All power to Him is given,
To guard me on my onward course,
And bring me safe to Heaven.
The eternal glories gleam afar,
To nerve my faint endeavour;
So now to watch, to work, to war,
And then to rest for ever.

4. I’ve found a Friend; Oh! Such a Friend,

So kind, and true, and tender;
So wise a Counsellor and Guide,
So mighty a Defender.
From Him Who loves me now so well
What power my soul shall sever?
Shall life or death, shall earth or hell?
No, I am His for ever. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 600 – “Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the Lord will do great things.” –
JOEL ii. 21
1. REJOICE, O land, in GOD thy might,
His Will obey, Him serve aright;
For thee the Saints uplift their voice;
Fear not, O land, in GOD rejoice.
2. Glad shalt thou be, with blessings crowned,
With joy and peace thou shalt abound;
Yea, love with thee shall make his home
Until thou see GOD’s Kingdom come.

3. He shall forgive thy sins untold:

Remember thou His love of old;
Walk in His way, His Word adore,
And keep His truth for evermore. Amen.

HYMN CH 601 – “The land which Thou gavest unto our fathers.”- 2 CHRON. vi. 31

1. LORD, while for all mankind we pray,

Of every clime and coast,
O hear us for our native land,
The land we love the most.

2. Our fathers’ sepulchres are here,

And here our kindred dwell,
Our children too; how should we love
Another land so well?

3. O guard our shores from every foe;

With peace our borders bless;
With prosperous times our cities crown,
Our fields with plenteousness.

4. Unite us in the sacred love

Of knowledge, truth, and Thee;
And let our hills and valleys shout
The songs of liberty.

5. LORD of the nations, thus to Thee

Our country we commend;
Be Thou her Refuge and her Trust,
Her everlasting Friend. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 602 – “Let the people praise Thee, O God; yea, let all the people praise Thee.” –
PSALM lxvii. 3

1. PRAISE to our GOD! Whose bounteous Hand

Prepared of old our glorious land;
A garden fenced with silver sea,
A people prosperous, strong, and free!

2. Praise to our GOD! Through all our past

His mighty Arm hath held us fast,
Till wars and perils, toils and tears,
 Have brought the rich and peaceful years.

3. Praise to our GOD! The vine He set

Within our coasts is fruitful yet:
On many a shore her seedlings grow;
‘Neath many a sun her clusters glow.

4. Praise to our GOD! His power alone

Can keep unmoved our ancient throne,
Sustained by counsels wise and just,
And guarded by a people’s trust.

5. Praise to our GOD! Though chastenings stern

Our evil dross should thoroughly burn,
His rod and staff, from age to age,
Shall rule and guide His heritage. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 603 - “Happy is that people, whose God is the Lord.” – PSALM cxliv. 15.

1. FROM ocean unto ocean

Our land shall own Thee LORD,
And filled with true devotion,
Obey Thy sovereign Word.
Our prairies and our mountains,
Forest and fertile field,
Our rivers, lakes, and fountains
To Thee shall tribute yield.

2. O CHRIST, for Thine own glory,

And for our Empire’s weal,
We humbly plead before Thee,
Thyself in us reveal;
And may we know, LORD JESUS,
The touch of Thy dear Hand,
And, healed of our diseases,
The tempter’s power withstand.

3. Where error smites with blindness

Enslaves and leads astray,
Do Thou in loving-kindness
Proclaim Thy Gospel day,
Till all the tribes and races
That dwell in this fair land,
Adorned with Christian graces,
Within Thy courts shall stand.

4. Our SAVIOUR King, defend us,

And guide where we should go;
 Forth with Thy message send us,
Thy Love and Light to show,
Till, fired with true devotion
Enkindled by Thy Word,
From ocean unto ocean
Our land shall own Thee LORD. Amen.

HYMN CH 604 – “With one accord in prayer and supplication.”- ACTS i. 14.

1. O LORD! “with one accord,”

We gather round Thy Throne,
To hear Thy Holy Word,
To worship Thee alone.
Now send from Heaven the HOLY GHOST,
Be this another Pentecost!

2. We have no strength to meet

The storms that round us lower;
Keep Thou our trembling feet,
In every trying hour;
More than victorious shall we be
If girded with Thy panoply.

3. Where is the mighty wind,

That shook the holy place,
That gladdened every mind,
And brightened every face,
And where the cloven tongues of flame
That marked each follower of the LAMB?

4. There is no change in Thee,

LORD GOD the HOLY GHOST,
Thy glorious Majesty,
Is as at Pentecost.
Oh! May our loosened tongues proclaim,
That Thou, our GOD, art still the same!

5. And may that living wave,

That issues from on high,
Whose golden waters lave,
Thy Throne eternally,
Flow down in power to us to-day,
And none shall go unblessed away! Amen.

HYMN CH 605 “I will makek them and the places round about My hill a blessing;… there shall be showers
of blessing.”- EZEK. xxxiv. 26.

1. LORD, Thy ransomed Church is waking

Out of slumber far and near,
Knowing that the morn is breaking
When the Bridegroom shall appear;
 Waking up to claim the treasure
With Thy precious Life-Blood bought,
And to trust in fuller measure
All Thy wondrous Death hath wrought.

2. Praise for these glad showers of blessing,

Earnests of the latter rain;
Praise for grateful hearts confessing
Thou hast quickened us again;
That Thy Gospel’s priceless treasure
Now is borne from land to land,
And that all the FATHER’S pleasure
Prospers in Thy pierced Hand.

3. Praise to Thee for saved ones yearning

O’er the lost and wandering throng;
Praise for voices daily yearning
To upraise the glad New Song.
Praise to Thee for sick ones hasting
Now to touch Thy garment’s hem;
Praise for souls believing, tasting
All Thy love has won for them.

4. Set on fire our heart’s devotion

With the love of Thy dear Name;
Till o’er every land and ocean
Lips and lives Thy Cross proclaim;
Fix our eyes on Thy returning,
Keeping watch till Thou shalt come;
Loins well girt, lamps brightly burning,
Then, LORD, take Thy servants home. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 606 – “The Lord is my Rock, and my Fortress, and my Deliverer… the Horn of my
salvation, and my High Tower.” – PSALM xviii. 2

1. WHY should I fear the darkest hour,

Or tremble at the tempter’s power?
JESUS vouchsafes to be my Tower.

2. When earthly comforts fade and die,

Though others weep, yet why should I?
JESUS still lives, and still is nigh.

3. I know not what may soon betide,

Or how my wants shall be supplied;
But JESUS knows, and will provide.

4. Though sin would fill me with distress,

The Throne of grace I dare address,
For JESUS is my Righteousness.
5. Against me earth and hell combine,
But on my side is power Divine:
JESUS is All, and He is mine. Amen.

HYMN CH 607 – “And confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.”- HEB. xi. 13.

1. I AM a stranger here,
Heaven is my Home;
Earth is a desert drear,
Heaven is my Home;
Danger and sorrow stand
Round me on every hand;
Heaven is my Fatherland,
Heaven is my Home.

2. What though the tempest rage,

Heaven is my Home;
Short is my pilgrimage,
Heaven is my Home;
And time’s wild wintry blast
Soon will be overpassed;
I shall reach Home at last,
Heaven is my Home.

3. There at my SAVIOUR’S side-

Heaven is my Home-
I shall be glorified,
Heaven is my Home;
There are the good and blest,
Those I love most and best;
And there I too shall rest,
Heaven is my Home.

4. Therefore I murmur not,

Heaven is my Home;
Whate’er my earthly lot,
Heaven is my Home;
And I shall surely stand
There at my LORD’S right Hand;
Heaven is my Fatherland,
Heaven is my Home. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 608 – “He was lost, and is found.” – LUKE xv. 32

1. REDEEMED, restored, forgiven,

Through JESUS’ precious Blood,
Heirs of His home in Heaven,
O praise our pardoning GOD!
Praise Him in tuneful measures,
Who gave His SON to die;
 Praise Him Whose sevenfold treasures
Enrich and sanctify!

2. Once on the dreary mountain

We wandered far and wide,
Far from the cleansing Fountain,
Far from the pierced Side;
But JESUS sought and found us,
And washed our guilt away;
With cords of love He bound us
To be His own for aye.

3. Dear Master, Thine the glory

Of each recovered soul;
Ah! Who can tell the story
Of love that made us whole?
Not ours, not ours the merit;
Be Thine alone the praise,
And ours a thankful spirit
To serve Thee all our days.

4. Now keep us, HOLY SAVIOUR,

In Thy true love and fear;
And grant us of Thy favour
The grace to persevere;
Till, in Thy new creation,
Earth’s time-long travail o’er,
We find our full salvation,
And praise Thee evermore. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 609 – “Continue ye in My love.” – JOHN xv. 9

1. TO Thee, O dear, dear SAVIOUR,

My spirit turns for rest;
My peace is in Thy favour,
My pillow on Thy breast;
Though all the world deceive me
I know that I am Thine,
And Thou wilt never leave me
O Blessed SAVIOUR mine.

2. In Thee my trust abideth,

On Thee my hope relies,
O Thou Whose love provideth
For all beneath the skies,
O Thou Whose mercy found me,
From bondage set me free,
And then for ever bound me
 With threefold cords to Thee.

3. My grief is in the dullness

With which this sluggish heart
Doth open to the fullness
Of all Thou wouldst impart;
My joy is in Thy beauty
Of holiness Divine,
My comfort in the duty
That binds my life in Thine.

4. Alas! That I should ever

Have failed in love to Thee
The only One Who never
Forgot or slighted me.
Oh, for a heart to love Thee
More truly as I ought,
And nothing place above Thee
In deed or word or thought!

5. Oh, for that choicest blessing

Of living in Thy love,
And thus on earth possessing
The peace of Heaven above!
Oh, for the bliss that by it
The soul securely knows,
The holy calm and quiet
Of faith’s serene repose! Amen

HYMN CH 610 – “My soul shall make her boast in the Lord.”- PSALM xxxiv. 2.

1. JESUS! And shall it ever be,

A mortal man ashamed of Thee,
Ashamed of Thee, Whom Angels praise,
Whose glories shine through endless days?

2. ‘Tis midnight with my soul till He,

Bright Morning Star, bids darkness flee.
He sheds the beams of Light Divine
O’er this benighted soul of mine.

3. Ashamed of JESUS, that dear Friend

On Whom my hopes of Heaven depend!
No! when I blush, be this my shame,
That I no more revere His Name.

4. Ashamed of JESUS! yes, I may

When I’ve no guilt to wash away;
No tear to wipe, no good to crave,
 No fears to quell, no soul to save,

5. Till then – nor is my boasting vain-

Till then I boast a SAVIOUR slain;
And oh, may this my glory be,
That CHRIST is not ashamed of me! Amen.

HYMN C.H. 611 – “To me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.” – PHIL. i. 21.

1. LORD, it belongs not to my care,

Whether I die or live;
To love and serve Thee is my share,
And this Thy grace must give.

2. If life be long, I will be glad,

That I may long obey;
If short – yet why should I be sad
To soar to endless day?

3. CHRIST leads me through no darker rooms

Than He went through before;
He that unto GOD’S Kingdom comes
Must enter by this door.

4. Come, LORD, when grace hath made me meet

Thy Blessed Face to see;
For if Thy work on earth be sweet,
What will Thy glory be?

5. Then I shall end my sad complaints,

And weary, sinful days,
And join with the triumphant Saints
That sing JEHOVAH’S praise.

6. My knowledge of that life is small,

The eye of faith is dim;
But ‘tis enough that CHRIST knows all,
And I shall be with Him. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 612 – “I am the Lord that healeth thee.” – EXOD. xv. 26

1. HEAL us, EMMANUEL! Hear our prayer;

We wait to feel Thy touch:
Deep-wounded souls to Thee repair,
And, SAVIOUR, we are such.

2. Our faith is feeble, we confess

We faintly trust Thy Word;
 But wilt Thou pity us the less?
Be that far from Thee, LORD!

3. Remember him who once applied

With trembling for relief;
“LORD, I believe,” with tears he cried,
“Oh! Help my unbelief!”

4. She, too, who touched Thee in the press,

And healing virtue stole,
Was answered, “Daughter, go in peace,
Thy faith hath made thee whole.”

5. Concealed amid the gathering throng,

She would have shunned Thy view;
And if her faith was firm and strong,
Had strong misgivings too.

6. Like her, with hopes and fears, we come

To touch Thee, if we may;
Oh! Send us not despairing home,
Send none unhealed away! Amen

HYMN CH 613 – If any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the
righteous.”- I JOHN ii. 1.

1. O THOU, the contrite sinners’ Friend,

Who, loving, lov’st them to the end,
On this alone my hopes depend,
That Thou wilt plead for me!

2. When, weary in the Christian race,

Far off appears my resting-place,
And, fainting, I mistrust Thy grace,
Then, SAVIOUR, plead for me!

3. When I have erred, and gone astray

Afar from Thine and wisdom’s way,
And see no glimmering, guiding ray,
Still, SAVIOUR, plead for me!

4. When Satan, by my sins made bold,

Strives from Thy Cross to loose my hold,
Then with Thy pitying Arms enfold,
And plead, O plead for me!

5. And when my dying hour draws near,

Darkened with anguish, guilt, and fear,
Then to my fainting sight appear,
Pleading in Heaven for me!
6. When the full light of Heavenly day
Reveals my sins in dread array,
Say Thou hast washed them all away:
O say Thou plead’st for me! Amen

HYMN C.H. 614 – “Let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon. For other foundation can
no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.” – I COR. iii. 10, 11.

1. MY hope is built on nothing less

Than JESUS’ Blood and Righteousness;
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
But wholly lean on JESUS’S Name.
On CHRIST, the solid Rock, I stand
All other ground is sinking sand.

2. When darkness seems to veil His Face

I rest on His unchanging grace;
In every high and stormy gale
My anchor holds within the vail.
On CHRIST, the solid Rock, I stand
All other ground is sinking sand.

3. His Oath, His Covenant, and Blood,

Support me in the ‘whelming flood;
When all around my soul gives way,
He then is all my hope and stay.
On CHRIST, the solid Rock, I stand
All other ground is sinking sand.

4. And when I hear the trumpet sound,

Oh, may I then in Him be found,
Clothed in His Righteousness alone,
Faultless to stand before His Throne.
On CHRIST, the solid Rock, I stand
All other ground is sinking sand. Amen

HYMN C.H. 615 – “He hath covered me with the robe of righteousness.”- ISA. lxi. 10

1. JESUS, Thy Blood and Righteousness

My beauty are, my glorious dress:
‘Midst flaming worlds, in these arrayed,
With joy shall I lift up my head.

2. When from the dust of death I rise

To claim my mansion in the skies,
E’en then shall this be all my plea,
“JESUS hath lived and died for me.”
3. Bold shall I stand in Thy great Day,
For who aught to my charge can lay?
Fully, through Thee, absolved I am
From sin and fear, from guilt and shame.

4. JESUS, be endless praise to Thee

Whose boundless mercy hath for me,-
For me a full Atonement made,
An everlasting Ransom paid.

5. Oh, let the dead now hear Thy Voice!

Bid, LORD, Thy banished ones rejoice!
Their beauty this, their glorious dress,
JESUS, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. Amen.

HYMN CH 616 – “I am the Bread of Life; he that cometh to Me shall never hunger; and he that
believeth on Me shall never thirst.”- JOHN vi. 35

1. BREAK Thou the Bread of Life,

Dear LORD, to me,
As Thou didst break the loaves
Beside the sea:
Beyond the sacred page
I seek Thee, LORD;
My spirit pants for Thee,
O Living WORD!

2. Thou art the Bread of Life,

O LORD, to me,
Thy Holy Word the Truth
That saveth me:
Give me to eat and live
With Thee above;
Teach me to love Thy Truth,
For Thou art Love.

3. Oh send Thy Spirit, LORD,

Now unto me,
That He may touch my eyes,
And make me see:
Show me the Truth concealed
Within Thy Word,
And in Thy Book revealed
To see the LORD.

4. Bless Thou the Truth, dear LORD,

To me- to me-
As Thou didst bless the bread
By Galilee:
 Then shall all bondage cease,
All fetters fall,
And I shall find my peace,
My All in All! Amen.

HYMN CH 617 – “This is His Name whereby He shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.”-
JER. xxiii. 6.

1. BRETHREN, let us join to bless

CHRIST, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS!
Let our praise to Him be given,
High at GOD’S Right Hand in Heaven.

2. SON of GOD! to Thee we bow!

Thou art LORD, and only Thou;
Thou the Blessed Virgin’s Seed,
Glory of Thy Church, and Heart.

3. Thee the Angels ceaseless sing,

Thee we praise, our Priest and King:
Worthy is Thy Name of praise,
Full of glory, full of grace!

4. Thou hast the glad tidings brought

Of Salvation by Thee wrought;
Wrought to set Thy people free,
Wrought to bring our souls to Thee!

5. May we follow and adore

Thee, our SAVIOUR, more and more;
Guide and bless us with Thy love,
Till we join Thy Saints above. Amen

HYMN C.H. 618 – “Who let His people through the wilderness; for His mercy endureth for ever.”
– PSALM cxxxvi. 16
1. O PRAISE our Great and Gracious LORD,
And call upon His Name;
To strains of joy tune every chord,
His mighty acts proclaim;
Tell how He led His chosen race
To Canaan’s promised land;
Tell how His covenant of grace
Unchanged shall ever stand.

2. He gave the shadowing cloud by day,

The moving fire by night;
To guide His Israel on their way,
He made their darkness light;
And have not we a sure Retreat,
 A SAVIOUR ever nigh,
The same clear Light to guide our feet,
The Day-spring from on high?

3. We too have Manna from above,

The Bread that came from Heaven;
To us the same kind Hand of Love
Hath Living Waters given;
A Rock we have, from whence the spring
In rich abundance flows;
That Rock is CHRIST, our Priest, our King,
Who life and health bestows.

4. Oh, may we prize this blessed Food,

And trust our Heavenly Guide;
So shall we find death’s fearful flood
Serene as Jordan’s side;
And safely reach that happy shore,
The land of peace and rest,
Where Angels worship and adore
In GOD’S own Presence blest. Amen.

HYMN CH 619 – “Whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.”- MIC. V. 2.

1. O EVERLASTING Light,
Giver of dawn and day,
Dispeller of the ancient night
In which Creation lay;

2. O Everlasting Health,
From which all healing springs,
Our Bliss, our Treasure, and our Wealth,
To Thee our spirit clings!

3. O Everlasting Truth,
Truest of all that’s true,
Sure Guide of erring age and youth,
Lead us, and teach us too!

4. O Everlasting Strength,
Uphold us in the way;
Bring us, in spite of foes, at length
To joy, and light, and day!

5. O Everlasting Love,
Wellspring of grace and peace;
Pour down thy fullness from above,
Bid doubt and trouble cease. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 620 – “Speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward.” – EXOD. xiv. 15.
1. FORWARD!, be our watchword,
Steps and voices joined,
Seek the things before us,
Not a look behind,
Burns the fiery pillar,
At our army’s head
Who shall dream of shrinking,
By our Captain led?
Forward through the desert
Through the toil and fight,
Jordan flows before us,
Sion beams with light!

2. Forward, when in childhood

Buds the infant mind;
All through youth and manhood,
Not a thought behind;
Speed through realms of nature,
Climb the steps of grace;
Faint not, till in glory
Gleams our FATHER’S Face.
Forward, all the life-time,
Climb from height to height:
Till the head be hoary,
Till the eve be light.

3. Forward, flock of JESUS

Salt of all the earth;
Till each yearning purpose
Spring to glorious birth:
Sick, they ask for healing,
Blind, they grope for day;
Pour upon the nations
Wisdom’s loving ray.
Forward out of error,
Leave behind the night;
Forward, through the darkness,
Forward into Light.

4. Glories upon glories,

Hath our GOD prepared,
By the souls that love Him,
One day to be shared:
Eye hath not beheld them,
Ear hath never heard,
Nor of these have uttered,
 Thought or speech a word:
Forward, marching eastward,
Where the Heaven is bright,
Till the veil be lifted,
Till our faith be sight!

5. Far o’er yon horizon,

Rise the City towers,
Where our GOD abideth,
That fair Home is ours:
Flash the streets with jasper,
Shine the gates with gold,
Flows the gladdening river,
Shedding joys untold:
Thither, onward thither,
In the Spirit’s might,
Pilgrims to your country,
Forward, into Light!

6. To the Eternal FATHER,

Loudest anthems raise:
To the SON and SPIRIT
Echo songs of praise:
To the LORD of Glory
Blessed THREE in ONE
Be by men and Angels
Endless honour done.
Weak are earthly praises,
Dull the songs of night
Forward, into triumph,
Forward into Light! Amen.

HYMN C.H. 621 – “In Whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of
your salvation.” - EPH. i. 13
1. JESUS, I will trust Thee,
Trust Thee with my soul;
Guilty, lost, and helpless,
Thou canst make me whole.
There is none in Heaven
Or on earth like Thee:
Thou hast died for sinners,
Therefore, LORD, for me.

2. JESUS, I may trust Thee,

Name of matchless worth
Spoken by the Angel,
At Thy wondrous birth;
Written, and for ever,
 On Thy Cross of shame,
Sinners read and worship,
Trusting in that Name.

3. JESUS, I must trust Thee,

Pondering Thy ways,
Full of love and mercy
All Thine earthly days.
Sinners gathered round Thee,
Lepers sought Thy Face –
None too vile or loathsome
For a SAVIOUR’S grace.

4. JESUS, I can trust Thee,

Trust Thy written Word,
Though Thy voice of pity
I have never heard.
When Thy Spirit teacheth,
To my taste how sweet!
Only may I hearken,
Sitting at Thy Feet.

5. JESUS, I do trust Thee,

Trust without a doubt;
“Whosoever cometh,
Thou wilt not cast out.”
Faithful is Thy promise,
Precious is Thy Blood-
These my soul’s salvation,
Thou my SAVIOUR GOD!
Amen.

HYMN CH 622 – “I will arise and go to my father.”- LUKE xv. 18.

1. TAKE me, O my FATHER, take me!

Take me, save me, through Thy SON;
That which Thou wouldst have me, make me;
Let Thy will in me be done.

2. Long from Thee my footsteps straying,

Thorny proved the way I trod;
Weary come I now, and praying,
“Take me to Thy Love, my GOD.”

3. Fruitless years with grief recalling,

Humbly I confess my sin,
At Thy Feet, O FATHER, falling;
To Thy household take me in.
4. Freely now to Thee I proffer
This relenting heart of mine;
Freely life and soul I offer,
Gift unworthy love like Thine.

5. Once the world’s Redeemer, dying,

Bore our sins upon the Tree;
On that Sacrifice relying,
Now I look in hope to Thee.

6. FATHER, take me! all forgiving,

Fold me to Thy loving breast;
In Thy love for ever living,
I must be for ever blest! Amen.

HYMN C.H. 623 – “O Lord, revive Thy work in the midst of the years.” - HAB. iii. 2

1. REVIVE Thy work, O LORD!

Thy mighty Arm make bare;
Speak with the Voice that wakes the dead,
And make Thy people hear.
Revive Thy work, O LORD!
Disturb this sleep of death,
Quicken the smouldering embers, now,
By Thine Almighty Breath.

2. Revive Thy work O LORD!

Create soul-thirst for Thee,
And hungering for the Bread of Life
Oh, may our spirits be.
Revive Thy work, O LORD!
Exalt the SAVIOUR’S Name;
And, by the HOLY GHOST, our love
For Thee, and Thine, inflame.

3. Revive Thy work, O LORD!

Give power unto Thy Word
Grant that Thy blessed Gospel may
In living faith be heard.
Revive Thy work, O LORD!
And give refreshing showers;
The glory shall be all Thine own
The blessing, LORD, be ours. Amen

HYMN C.H. 624 – “In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand.” –
ECCLES. xi. 6.

1. SOW in the morn thy seed,

At eve hold not thine hand;
 To doubt and fear give thou no heed,
Broad-cast it o’er the land.

2. Thou know’st not which may thrive,

The late or early sown;
Grace keeps the precious germ alive,
When and wherever strewn.

3. And daily shall appear,

In verdure, beauty, strength,
The tender blade, the stalk, the ear,
And the full corn at length.

4. Thou canst not toil in vain;

Cold, heat, and moist, and dry
Shall foster and mature the grain
For garners in the sky.

5. Thence, when the glorious end,

The Day of GOD is come,
The Angel-reapers shall descend,
And Heaven cry, Harvest-home. Amen.

HYMN CH 625 – “Turn us again, O God, and cause Thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.” -
PSALM lxxx. 3.

1. BOWED low in supplication,

We come, O LORD, to Thee;
Thy grace alone can save us;
To Thee alone we flee.

2. We come for this our parish (or nation),

Thy mercy to implore;
On Church, and homes, and people,
O LORD, Thy blessing pour.

3. Blot out our sins, O FATHER;

Forgive the guilty past;
Loose from their chains the captives
Whom Satan holdeth fast.

4. Wake up the slumbering conscience

To listen to Thy call;
The weak and wavering strengthen,
And raise up them that fall.

5. Our crying sin drive from us

With Thy chastising rod,
That we may be a people
Fearing and loving GOD.
6. Oh, be Thy House, LORD, hallowed,
And hallowed be Thy Day;
Let sin-stained souls find pardon,
And learn to love and pray.

7. With Heavenly Food supported,

Oh, be they firm and strong
To follow all things holy,
To flee from all things wrong.

8. LORD, banish strife and variance;

Knit sundered hearts in one;
And bind us all together
In love to Thy dear SON. Amen.

HYMN CH 626 – “And they also shall overcome that are with Him, called and chosen and faithful.” _
REV. xvii. 14 (R.V)

1. O MASTER! When Thou callest,

No voice may say Thee nay;
For blest are they that follow
Where Thou dost lead the way:
In freshest prime of morning,
Or fullest glow of noon,
The note of heavenly warning
Can never come too soon.

2. O Master! Where Thou callest,

No foot may shrink in fear;
For they who trust Thee wholly
Shall find Thee ever near:
And chamber still and lonely,
Or busy harvest field,
Where Thou, LORD, rulest only,
Shall precious produce yield.

3. O Master! Whom Thou callest,

No heart may dare refuse;
‘Tis honour, highest honour,
When Thou dost deign to use
Our brightest and our fairest,
Our dearest,- all are Thine;
Thou Whoh for each one carest,
We hail Thy love’s design.

4. They who go forth to serve Thee,

We too, who serve at home,
May watch and pray together
Until Thy Kingdom come:
In Thee for aye united,
Our song of hope we raise,
 Till that blest shore is sighted
Where all shall turn to praise! Amen.

HYMN CH 627 – “The love of Christ constraineth us.” – 2 COR. v. 14

1. THE love of CHRIST constraineth;

O let the watchword ring
Till all the world adoring
To JESUS’ feet it bring.
Till North and South the kingdoms
Shall own His glorious sway,
And East and West the nations
Rejoice to see His Day.

2. The love of CHRIST constraineth;

At home, abroad, where’er
By sea or shore abiding,
His Name and sign we bear.
We ask not that our service
Or great or small may be,
If only Thou wilt own it,
Dear LORD, as unto Thee.

3. The love of CHRIST constraineth;

And we who trust His Word,
Who know and feel its power
To gladder service stirred,
Shall neither faint nor falter,
Though dark the night and long,
And weak our hands that labour;
His strength shall make us strong.

4. The love of CHRIST constraineth;

Then let us work and pray,
And watch the glad appearing
Of that triumphant Day,
When FATHER, SON, and SPIRIT,
By every tongue confessed,
All earth His broad dominion
In His dear love shall rest. Amen.

HYMN CH 628 – “Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature.” – MARK xvi. 15.
(VERSION I)

1. CHRIST for the world we sing!

The world to CHRIST we bring
With loving zeal;
The poor, and them that mourn,
The faint and overborne,
Sin-sick and sorrow-worn,
Whom CHRIST doth heal.
2. CHRIST for the world we sing!
The world to CHRIST we bring
With fervent prayer;
The wayward and the lost,
By restless passions tossed,
Redeemed at countless cost
From dark despair.

3. CHRIST for the world we sing!

The world to CHRIST we bring
With one accord;
With us the work to share,
With us reproach to dare,
With us the cross to bear
For CHRIST our LORD.

4. CHRIST for the world we sing!

The world to CHRIST we bring
With joyful song;
The new-born souls, whose days,
Reclaimed from error’s ways,
Inspired with hope and praise,
To CHRIST belong. Amen.

HYMN CH 628 – “And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the Lord
of Hosts.” – MAL. Iii. 12. (VERSION II)

1. NIGERIA for CHRIST we sing!

Our land to CHRIST we bring
With loving zeal;
The poor and them that mourn
The faint and overborne,
Sin-sick and sorrow-worn,
That He may heal.

2. Nigeria for CHRIST we sing!

Our land to CHRIST we bring
With fervent prayer:
Spotless and pure and free,
As her own guardian sea,
May she for ever be
Under His care.

3. Nigeria for CHRIST we sing!

Our land to CHRIST we bring
With one accord:
Call us, Thy work to share,
With Thee, the burden bear,
For Thee, reproaches dare,
O CHRIST our LORD! Amen.
HYMN CH 629 – “The Lord watch between me and thee, when we are absent from one another.”- GEN.
xxxi. 49.

1. BROTHER calls to brother

O’er the tossing main,-
Britons, far from Britain,
Turn to her again:-
From the tangled forests-
From the lonely lands-
From the smiling corn-fields-
Brothers stretch their hands.

2. For the Font of cleansing-

For the House of prayer-
For the Praise and Worship,
Which the faithful share-
For the Holy Table
Spread as CHRIST commands-
For these priceless blessings
Brothers stretch their hands.

3. To the dear old Homeland,

Still the loved and best-
To the friends far distant,
Privileged and blest-
To the town or village,
Where the old Church stands,
Where their heart still lingers-
Brothers stretch their hands.

4. As we look and listen,

Draws another nigh,-
‘Tis the voice of JESUS
Crying in their cry,-
His dear Feet are standing
On those far-off strands,-
With their hands of pleading
Stretch the pierced Hands.

5. For those souls so needy-

Precious, LORD, to Thee-
Send we prayers and off’rings
Far across the seas,-
Reaching thus our brothers
In the distant lands,
We, within the Homeland,
Clasp the outstretched hands. Amen.

HYMN CH 630 – “Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the Jubliee to sound… And ye shall hallow the
fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout the land:… it shall be a Jubilee unto you.” – LEV. xxv. 9, 10
“For My sake and the Gospel’s”- MARK viii. 35.
1. “FOR My sake and the Gospel’s, go
And tell Redemption’s story;”
His heralds answer, “Be it so,
And Thine, LORD, all the glory!”
They preach His Birth, His Life, His Cross,
The love of His Atonement
For Whom they count the world but loss,
His Easter, His Enthronement.

2. Hark, hark, the trump of Jubilee

Proclaims to every nation,
From pole to pole, by land and sea,
Glad tidings of salvation:
As nearer draws the day of doom,
While still the battle rages,
The Heavenly Dayspring through the gloom
Breaks on the night of ages.

3. Still on and on the anthems spread

Of Hallelujah voices,
In concert with the holy Dead
The warrior Church rejoices;
Their snow-white robes are washed in Blood,
Their golden harps are ringing;
Earth and the Paradise of GOD
One Triumph-song are singing.

4. He comes, Whose Advent Trumpet drowns,

The last of Time’s evangels,
EMMANUEL crowned with many crowns,
The LORD of Saints and Angels;
O Life, Light, Love, the great I AM,
TRIUNE, Who changest never,
The Throne of GOD and of the LAMB
Is Thine, and Thine for ever! Amen.

HYMN C.H. 631 – “The earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the
waters cover the sea.” – HAB. ii. 14

1. GOD is working His purpose out, as year succeeds to year;

God is working His purpose out, and the time is drawing near,-
Nearer and nearer draws the time, the time that shall surely be,
When the earth shall be filled with the Glory of GOD, as the waters cover the sea.

2. From utmost East to utmost West, where’er man’s foot hath trod,
By the mouth of many messengers goes forth the Voice of GOD;
Give ear to Me, ye continents,- ye isles, give ear to Me,
That the earth may be filled with the Glory of GOD, as the waters cover the sea.

3. What can we do to work GOD’S work, to prosper and increase

The brotherhood of all mankind,- the reign of the Prince of Peace?
 What can we do to hasten the time,- the time that shall surely be,
When the earth shall be filled with the Glory of GOD, as the waters cover the sea?

4. March we forth in the strength of GOD, with the Banner of CHRIST unfurled,
That the light of the glorious Gospel of Truth may shine throughout the world,
Fight we the fight with sorrow and sin, to set their captives free,
That the earth may be filled with the Glory of GOD, as the waters cover the sea.

5. All we can do is nothing worth, unless GOD blesses the deed,

Vainly we hope for the harvesttide, till GOD gives life to the seed;
Yet nearer and nearer draws the time,- the time that shall surely be,
When the earth shall be filled with the Glory of GOD, as the waters cover the sea. Amen.

HYMN CH 632 “The voice of a great multitude,…. saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent
reigneth.” – REV. xix. 6.

1. HARK, creation’s Alleluia,

Rising from a thousand shores,
Vibrates sweet as Angel voices,
Loud as many waters, roars,-
“Blessing, glory, power, salvation
To our GOD upon the Throne,
FATHER, SON, and HOLY SPIRIT,
Infinite, supreme, alone.

2. On and on, from dawn to sunset,

Borne on every changeful wind,
From the myriad-minded peoples
Of the hoary climes of Ind,
From the ransomed sons of Afric,
From old Sinim’s crowded lands,
From the freeborn wanderers roaming
Araby’s unconquered sands.

3. From the coasts of ice to regions

Where perpetual summer smiles,
From the sunny-hearted children
Of the far Pacific isles,
From the numbers without number
Of rejoicing Christendom,
From the watchers for His Advent
Who will soon to Zion come;

4. Gathering strength from every nation,

Every kindred, tribe, and tongue,
Hark! that glorious tide of song
Floods the valleys with its music,
Echoes from the lasting hills,
 Onward, upward, till the Temple
Of the Living GOD it fills.

5. Hark! it mingles with the raptures of the armies of the sky,

Who have passed through tribulation
Into perfect rest on high,
Clothed in robes of spotless beauty,
Palms of triumph in their hand,
Harping on their harps Hosannas,
As before His Face they stand:

6. “Glory unto Him Who loved us,

Him Who washed us with His Blood,
Kings and priests henceforth for ever
To our FATHER and our GOD.
Alleluia! Saints and Angels,
Raise your loudest, loftiest strains;
Alleluia! hell is vanquished:
GOD the LORD ALMIGHTY reigns.” Amen

HYMN CH 633 – “I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto
salvation to everyone that believeth.”- ROM. i. 16.

1. HARK, hark, my soul! The Voice of JESUS calling

O’er land and sea, in accents as of yore:
With healing balm His graciouis words are falling
On hearts by sin’s dark blight made sick and sore.
Gospel of JESUS, Gospel of Light,
Sent forth to scatter the shadows of the night.

2. Pass on, pass on, the message of Salvation,

O ye who know a SAVIOUR’S quickening power;
To distant lands, in tongues of every nation,
Proclaim His dying Love from hour to hour.
Gospel of JESUS, Gospel of Light,
Sent forth to scatter the shadows of the night.

3. Do not delay, to every creature bringing

The glorious invitation of your LORD;
While furthest shores exultingly are ringing,
With echoes of His own Life-giving Word.
Gospel of JESUS, Gospel of Light,
Sent forth to scatter the shadows of the night.

4. Cease not, henceforth, to distant regions bearing

The tidings sent by CHRIST our LORD and KING,
The mightiest victory of the ages sharing,
That He the trophies of His Cross may win.
Gospel of JESUS, Gospel of Light,
Sent forth to scatter the shadows of the night.
5. Then, when all earth has heard the message glorious,
With Saints and Angels He Himself shall come,
With trumpet sound, in power, to reign victorious,
And make with men His everlasting home.
Gospel of JESUS, Gospel of Light,
Sent forth to scatter the shadows of the night. Amen.

HYMN CH 634 – “This Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right
hand of God: from henceforth expecting till His enemies be made His footstool.” HEB. x. 12, 13

*1. HE expecteth, He expecteth!

Down the stream of time,
Still the words come softly ringing
Like a chime.

2. Ofttimes faints, now waxing louder,

As the hour draws near,
When the KING, in all His glory,
Shall appear.

3. He is waiting with long patience

For His crowning Day,
For that Kingdom which shall never
Pass away.

4. And till every tribe and nation

Bow before His Throne,
He expecteth loyal service
From His own.

5. He expecteth – but He heareth

Still the bitter cry
From earth’s millions,- “Come and help us,
For we die.”

6. He expecteth – doth He see us

Busy here and there,
Heedless of those pleading accents
Of despair?

7. Shall we- dare we disappoint Him?

Brethren, let us rise,
He Who died for us is watching
From the skies;

8. Watching till His Royal Banner

Floateth far and wide,
Till He seeth of His travail
Satisfied! Amen.
HYMN CH 635 “There stood a man of Macedonia… saying, Come over… and help us… Immediately we
endeavoured to go… assuredly gathering that the Lord had called us for to preach the Gospel unto them.” –
ACTS xvi, 9, 10

1. HE stood upon th shore

Of Graecia’s heathen land,
“Come over to our help” his cry,
Outstretched his pleading hand;
The Saint, who dreaming lay,
Woke at that word of woe,
To preach the Gospel of his LORD,
Who bade him rise and go.

2. He stands upon the shore

Of Afric’s land of night,
From out the darkness and the gloom,
He cries aloud for light;
The Crescent rises fast,
The Cross shines faint and low,-
O LORD, Thy Church lies dreaming still!
When will she rise and go?

3. He stands upon the shore

Of wakening Eastern lands
From off the limbs in bondage held
He casts his loosened bands;
But freedom from his sin
He waits in vain to know;-
O LORD, Thy Church lies dreaming still!
When will she rise and go?

4. He stands upon the shore

Where Arctic rigours reign,
He seeks in trackless waste and wild
The path of life to gain;
He looks for some to guide,
Amid the ice and snow;-
O LORD, Thy Church lies dreaming still!
When will she rise and go?

5. He stands upon the shore

Of many a sunny isle,
Where Nature’s fairest gifts are marred
By sin and passion vile;
His need is love and peace,
The SPIRIT’S gifts, to know;-
O LORD, Thy Church lies dreaming still!
When will she rise and go?

6. LORD, bid Thy Church awake,-

Awake from dreams of Thee,-
To know Thy Voice, and see Thy Hands
 Outstretched beyond the sea;
Teach her Thy Call to hear,
To Thee her love to show,
And where they wait Thy Word of Life,
LORD, bid her rise and go! Amen

HYMN CH 636 –“From the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same My Name shall be great
among the Gentiles.” – MAL. i. 11

1. I HEAR ten thousand voices singing

Their praises to the LORD on high;
Far distant shores and hills are ringing
With anthems of their nations’ joy,-
“Praise ye the LORD! for He has given,
To lands in darkness, now His Light;
As morning rays light up the Heaven,
His Word has chased away our night.”

2. On China’s shores I hear His praises

From lips that once kissed idol stones;
Soon as His Banner He upraises,
The SPIRIT moves the breathless bones,-
“Speed, speed Thy Word o’er land and ocean;
The LORD in triumph has gone forth;
The nations hear with strange emotion,
From East to West, from South to North.

3. The song has sounded o’er the waters,

And India’s plains re-echo joy;
Beneath the moon sit India’s daughters,
Soft singing, as the wheel they ply-
“Thanks” to Thee, LORD! for hopes of glory,
For peace on earth to us revealed;
Our cherished idols fell before Thee,
Thy SPIRIT has our pardon sealed.

4. On Afric’s sunny shore glad voices

Wake up the morn of Jubilee:
The Negro, once a slave, rejoices,
Who’s freed by CHRIST, is doubly free,-
“Sing, brother, sing! Yet many a nation
Shall hear the Voice of GOD and live:
E’en we are heralds of Salvation;
The Word He gave we’ll freely give.”

5. Fair are New Zealand’s wooded mountains,

Deep glens, blue lakes, and dizzy steeps;
But sweeter than the murmuring fountains
Rises the song from holy lips,-
“By Blood did JESUS come to save us,
So deeply stained with brothers’ blood;
Our hearts we’ll give to Him Who gave us
 Deliverance from the fiery flood.”

6. O’er prairies wild the song is spreading,

Where once the war-cry sounded loud
But now the evening sun is shedding
His rays upon a praying crowd-
“LORD of all worlds, ETERNAL SPIRIT!
Thy light upon our darkness shed;
For Thy dear Love, for JESUS’ merit,
From joyful hearts be worship paid.”

7. Hark! hark! a louder sound is booming

O’er Heaven and earth, o’er land and sea,
The Angel’s trump proclaims His coming,
Our day of endless Jubilee,-
“Hail to Thee, LORD! Thy people praise Thee,
In every land Thy Nae we sing;
On Heaven’s Eternal Throne upraise Thee,
Take Thou Thy power, Thou glorious King.” Amen.

HYMN CH 637 – “Sing unto the Lord, all the earth.”- PSALM xcvi. 1.

1. LET the song go round the earth-

JESUS CHRIST is LORD!
Sound His praises, tell His worth,
Be His Name adored;
Every clime and every tongue
Join the grand, the glorious song!

2. Let the song go round the earth!

From the eastern sea,
Where the daylight has its birth,
Glad, and bright, and free;
China’s millions join the strains,
Waft them on to India’s plains.

3. Let the song go round the earth!

Lands where Islam’s sway
Darkly broods o’er home and hearth,
Cast their bonds away!
Let His praise from Afric’s shore
Rise and swell her wide lands o’er!

4. Let the song go round the earth!

Where the summer smiles;
Let the notes of holy mirth
Break from distant isles!
Inland forests, dark and dim,
Snow-bound coasts give back the hymn.

5. Let the song go round the earth-

JESUS CHRIST is King!
 With the story of His worth
Let the whole world ring!
Him creation all adore
Evermore and evermore! Amen

HYMN CH 638 – “The armies which were in Heaven followed Him” - REV. xix. 14

1. LIFT up your heads, ye gates of brass,

Ye bars of iron, yield,
And let the KING of GLORY pass,
The Cross is in the field.

2. That Banner, brighter than the star

That leads the train of night,
Shines on the march, and guides from far
His servants to the fight.

3. A holy war those servants wage;

In that mysterious strife
The powers of Heaven and hell engage
For more than death or life.

4. Ye armies of the Living GOD,

Ye warriors of CHRIST’S host,
Where hallowed footsteps never trod,
Take your appointed post.

5. Though few and small and weak your bands,

Strong in your Captain’s strength
Go to the conquest of all lands;
All must be His at length.

6. The spoils at His victorious Feet

You shall rejoice to lay,
And lay yourselves, as trophies meet,
In His great Judgment day.

7. Then fear not, faint not, halt not now,

In JESU’S Name be strong!
To Him shall every creature bow,
And sing the triumph-song:-

8. Uplifted are the gates of brass,

The bars of iron yield;
Behold the KING of GLORY pass;
The Cross hath won the field! Amen.

HYMN CH 639 – “Look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.”- JOHN iv. 35

1. LORD, her watch Thy Church is keeping;

When shall earth Thy rule obey?
When shall end the night of weeping,
 When shall break the promised day?
See the whitening harvest languish,
Waiting still the labourers’ toil;
Was it vain, Thy SON’S deep anguish?
Shall the strong retain the spoil?

2. Tidings, sent to every creature

Millions yet have never heard;
Can they hear without a preacher?
LORD ALMIGHTY, give the Word.
Give the Word; in every nation
Let the Gospel-trumpet sound,
Witnessing a world’s salvation
To the earth’s remotest bound.

3. Then the end: Thy Church completed,

All Thy chosen gathered in,
With their KING in glory seated,
Satan bound, and banished sin:
Gone for ever, parting, weeping,
Hunger, sorrow, death, and pain;-
Lo! her watch Thy Church is keeping,
Come, LORD JESUS, come to reign. Amen.

HYMN CH 640 – So shall He sprinkle many nations.”- ISA. lii. 15

1. SAVIOUR, sprinkle many nations,

Fruitful let Thy sorrows be;
By Thy pains and consolations
Draw the Gentiles unto Thee,
Of Thy Cross the wondrous story;
Be it to the nations told,
Let them see Thee in Thy glory,
And Thy mercy manifold.

2. Far and wide, though all unknowing,

Pants for Thee each mortal breast,
Human tears for Thee are flowing,
Human hearts in Thee would rest;
Thirsting, as for dews of even,
As the new-mown grass for rain,
Thee they seek, as GOD of Heaven,
Thee, as Man, for sinners slain.

3. SAVIOUR, lo! the isles are waiting,

Stretched the hand, and strained the sight,
For Thy SPIRIT new creating,
Love’s pure flame and wisdom’s light;
Give the Word, and of the preacher
Speed the foot and touch the tongue,
Till on earth, by every creature,
Glory to the LAMB be sung. Amen.
HYMN CH 641 – “Lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.” – MATT. xxviii. 20.

1. SPEED Thy servants, SAVIOUR, speed them:

Thou art LORD of winds and waves;
They were bound, but Thou hast freed them;
Now they go to free the slaves;
Be Thou with them:
‘Tis Thine Arm alone that saves.

2. Friends and home and all forsaking,

LORD, they go at Thy command;
As their stay Thy promise taking,
While they traverse sea and land:
Oh, be with them!
Lead them safely by the hand.

3. When they think of home, now dearer

Than it ever seemed before,
Bring the promised glory nearer,
Let them see that peaceful shore,
Where Thy people
Rest from toil, and weep no more.

4. Where no fruit appears to cheer them,

And they seem to toil in vain,
Then in mercy, LORD, draw near them,
Then their sinking hopes sustain,
Thus supported,
Let their zeal revive again.

5. In the midst of opposition

Let them trust, O LORD, in Thee;
When success attends their mission
Let Thy servants humbler be:
Never leave them,
Till Thy Face in Heaven they see;

6. There to reap in joy for ever,

Fruit that grows from seed here sown;
There to be with Him, Who never
Ceases to preserve His own,
And with triumph
Sing a SAVIOUR’S grace alone. Amen.

HYMN CH 642 “The Voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the
goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field: The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our
God shall stand for ever.”- ISA. xl. 6, 8.

1. THE Voice says, Cry! What shall we cry?

“All flesh is grass, and like its flower
Its glories droop, its pleasures die,
 Its joys but last one fleeting hour.”

2. The Voice says, Cry! A piteous cry!

And are there none to help and save?
Have all that live beneath the sky
No other prospect but a grave?

3. The Voice says, Cry! Yet glorious cry!

The Word of GOD can never fall,
And tells how JESUS, throned on high,
Holds out Eternal Life to all.

4. The Voice says, Cry! Who needs the cry?

O brother men! Who needs it not?
By countless millions, far and nigh,
Unheard, despised, or else forgot.

5. The Voice says, Cry! What stops the cry?

Our greed of wealth, our love of ease,
Our lack of earnest will to try
Our race to save, our GOD to please.

6. The Voice says, Cry! O let us cry!

Though standing on death’s awful brink
Men feast, they jest, they sell, they buy,
And cannot see and will not think.

7. The Voice says, Cry! LORD, we would cry,

But of Thy goodness teach us how;
For fast the hours of mercy fly,
And if we cry it must be now! Amen.

HYMN CH 643 – “Come over into Macedonia, and help us.”- ACTS xvi. 9.

1. THROUGH midnight gloom from Macedon

The cry of myriads as of one,
The voiceful silence of despair,
Is eloquent in awful prayer,
The soul’s exceeding bitter cry
“Come o’er and help us, or we die.”

2. How mournfully it echoes on!

For half the earth is Macedon:
These brethren to thei brethren call,
And by the Love which loved them all,
And by the whole world’s Life they cry,
“O ye that live, behold we die”!

3. By other sounds the world is won

Than that which wails from Macedon;
The roar of gain is round it rolled,
Or men unto themselves are sold,
 And cannot list the alien cry,
“O hear and help us, lest we die!”

4. Yet with that cry from Macedon

The very car of CHRIST rolls on;
“I come; who would abide My day
In yonder wilds prepare My way;
My Voice is crying in their cry;
Help ye the dying, lest ye die.”

5. JESU, for men of Man the Son,

Yea, Thine the cry from Macedon;
O by the kingdom and the power
And glory of Thine Advent hour,
Wake heart and will to hear their cry;
Help us to help them, lest we die! Amen.

HYMN CH 644 – “Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the Jubilee to sound.”- LEV. xxv. 9.

1. O BROTHERS, lift your voices,

Triumphant songs to raise,
Till Heaven on high rejoices,
And earth is filled with praise.
Ten thousand hearts are bounding
With holy hopes and free;
The Gospel-trump is sounding,
The trump of Jubilee.

2. O Christian brothers, glorious

Shall be the conflict’s close:
The Cross hath been victorious,
And shall be o’er its foes.
Faith is our battle-token:
Our Leader all controls;
Our trophies, fetters broken;
Our captives, ransomed souls.

3. Not unto us – LORD JESUS,

To Thee all praise be due;
Whose Blood-bought mercy frees us,
Has freed our brethren too.
Not unto us, - in glory
The Angels catch the strain,
And cast their crowns before Thee
Exultingly again.

4. Great GOD of our Salvation,

Thy Presence we adore:
Praise, glory, adoration,
Be Thine for evermore.
Still on in conflict pressing,
On Thee Thy people call,
 Thee KING of Kings confessing,
Thee crowning LORD of All. Amen.

HYMN CH 645 – “They joy before Thee according to the joy in harvest.”- ISA. ix. 3.

1. LORD of the harvest! It is right and meet

That we should lay our first-fruits at Thy Feet,
With joyful Alleluia.

2. Sweet is the soul’s thanksgiving after prayer;

Sweet is the worship that with Heaven we share,
Who sing the Alleluia.

3. Lowly we prayed, and Thou didst hear on high-

Didst lift our hearts and change our suppliant cry,
To festal Alleluia.

4. So sing we now in tune with that great song,

That all the age of ages shall prolong,
The endless Alleluia.

5. To Thee, O LORD of Harvest, Who hast heard,

And to Thy white-robed reapers given the word,
We sing our Alleluia.

6. O CHRIST, Who in the wide world’s ghostly sea

Hast bid the net be cast anew, to Thee
We sing our Alleluia.

7. To Thee, Eternal SPIRIT, Who again

Hast moved with life upon the slumberous main,
We sing our Alleluia.

8. Yea, West and East the companies go forth:

“We come!” is sounding to the South and North;:
To GOD sing Alleluia.

9. The fishermen of JESUS far away

Seek in new waters an immortal prey:
To CHRIST sing Alleluia.

10. The HOLY DOVE is brooding o’er the deep,

And careless hearts are waking out of sleep;
To Him sing Alleluia.

11. Yea, for sweet hope new-born- blest work begun-

Sing Alleluia to the THREE in ONE,
Adoring Alleluia.

12. Glory to GOD! the Church in patience cries;

Glory to GOD! the Church at rest replies,
With endless Alleluia! Amen.
HYMN CH 646 – “He… now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed.”- GAL. i. 23

1. LORD, a SAVIOUR’S love displaying,

Shew the heathen lands Thy way!
Thousands still like sheep are straying
In the dark and cloudy day.

2. Shades of death are gathering o’er them,

LORD, they perish from Thy sight:
Let Thine angel go before them;
Bring the Gentiles to Thy light.

3. Fetch them home from every nation,

From the islands of the sea;
By the Word of Thy salvation
Call the wanderers back to Thee.

4. Thou their pasture hast provided,

Grant the blessing long foretold;
Let Thy sheep, Divinely guided,
Find at last the one true fold.

5. Honour, glory, virtue, merit,

Blest Redeemer, be to Thee,
Who with FATHER and with SPIRIT
Art one GOD eternally. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 647 (1) – “He saith unto them, Follow Me. And they straightway left their nets, and
followed Him.” – MATT. iv. 19, 20.

1. JESUS calls us, o’er the tumult

Of our life’s wild restless sea;
Day by day His sweet Voice soundeth,
Saying, “Christian, follow Me.”

2. As of old, Apostles heard it

By the Galilean lake,
Turned from home, and toil, and kindred,
Leaving all for His dear sake.

3. JESUS calls us, from the worship

Of the vain world’s golden store;
From each idol that would keep us,
Saying, “Christian, love Me more.”

4. In our joys, and in our sorrows,

Days of toil, and hours of ease;
Still He calls, in cares and pleasures,
“Christian, love me more than these.”
5. JESUS calls us: by Thy mercies,
SAVIOUR, may we hear Thy call,
Give our hearts to Thine obedience
Serve and love Thee best of all. Amen.

HYMN CH 647 “One of the two which… followed Him was Andrew.”- JOHN i. 40 (VERSION II)

1. JESUS calls us, o’er the tumult

Of our life’s wild restless sea;
Day by day His sweet Voice soundeth,
Saying, “Christian, follow Me.”

2. As, of old, Saint Andrew heard it

By the Galilean lake,
Turned from home, and toil, and kindred,
Leaving all for His dear sake.

3. JESUS calls us, from the worship

Of the vain world’s golden store;
From each idol that would keep us,
Saying, “Christian, love Me more.”

4. In our joys, and in our sorrows,

Days of toil and hours of ease;
Still he calls, in cares and pleasures,
“Christian, love Me more than these.”

5. JESUS calls us: by Thy mercies,

SAVIOUR, may we hear Thy call,
Give our hearts to Thine obedience,
Serve and love Thee best of all. Amen.

HYMN CH 648 – “My Lord and my God.”- JOHN xx. 28

1. WE walk by faith, and not by sight;

No gracious words we hear
From Him Who spake as man ne’er spake,
But we believe Him near.

2. We may not touch His Hands and Side,

Nor follow where He trod;
But in His promise we rejoice,
And cry, “My LORD and GOD!”

3. Help then, O LORD, our unbelief;

And may our faith abound,
To call on Thee when Thou art near,
And seek where Thou art found:

4. That, when our life of faith is done,

 In realms of clearer light,
We may behold Thee as Thou art,
With full and endless sight. Amen.

HYMN CH 649 – “He which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he
destroyed.”- GAL. i. 23

1. WE sing the glorious conquest

Before Damascus’ gate,
When Saul, the Church’s spoiler,
Came breathing threats and hate;
The ravening wolf rushed forward
Full early to the prey;
But lo! the Shepherd met him,
And bound him fast to-day.

2. Oh, glory most excelling

That smote across his path!
Oh, light that pierced and blinded
The zealot in his wrath!
Oh, voice that spake within him
The calm reproving word!
Oh, love that sought and held him
The bondman of his LORD!

3. O Wisdom, ordering all things

In order strong and sweet,
What nobler spoil was ever
Cast at the Victor’s feet?
What wiser master-builder
E’er wrought at Thine employ
Than he, till now so furious
Thy building to destroy?

4. LORD, teach Thy Church the lesson,

Still in her darkest hour
Of weakness and of danger
To trust Thy hidden power:
Thy Grace by ways mysterious
The wrath of man can bind,
And in Thy boldest foeman
Thy chosen Saint can find. Amen.

HYMN CH 650 – “And when the days of her purification, according to the law of Moses, were
accomplished, they brought Him to Jerusalem, to present Him to the Lord.”- LUKE ii. 22.

1. IN His temple now behold Him,

See the long-expected LORD!
Ancient prophets had foretold Him;
GOD hath now fulfilled His word,
Now to praise Him His redeemed
Shall break forth with one accord.
2. In the arms of her who bore Him,
Virgin pure, behold Him lie,
While His aged saints adore Him,
Ere in perfect faith they die:
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Lo, the Incarnate GOD most High!

3. JESU, by Thy presentation,

Thou, Who didst for us endure,
Make us see Thy great Salvation,
Seal us with Thy promise sure;
And present us in Thy glory
To Thy FATHER cleansed and pure.

4. Prince and Author of Salvation,

By Thy boundless love our theme!
JESU, praise to Thee be given
By the world Thou didst redeem,
With the FATHER and the SPIRIT,
LORD of Majesty supreme! Amen

HYMN CH 651 – “He was numbered with the eleven apostles.”- ACTS i. 26.

1. PRAISE to the Heavenly Wisdom

Who knows the hearts of all-
The saintly life’s beginnings,
The traitor’s secret fall;
Our own ascended Master,
Who heard His Church’s cry,
Made known His guiding presence,
And ruled her from on high.

2. Elect in His foreknowledge,

To fill the lost one’s place;
He formed His chosen vessel
By hidden gifts of grace,
Then, by the lot’s disposing,
He lifted up the poor,
And set him with the Princes
On high for evermore.

3. For on the golden breastplate

Of our High Priest above,
Twelve are the stones that glisten
As throbs that Heart of Love;
And twelve the fair foundations
Of Salem’s jasper wall;
And twelve the thrones predestined
Within her judgment-hall.

4. No mystic gem is lacking

 In that Divine array;
No empty throne shall darken
The glory of that day;
For lo! on Twelve the SPIRIT,
The FATHER’S Promise, came!
And Twelve went forth together
To preach the saving Name.

5. Still guide Thy Church, Chief Shepherd,

Her losses still renew;
Be Thy dread keys entrusted
To faithful hands and true;
Apostles of Thy choosing
May all her rulers be,
That each with joy may render
His last account to Thee! Amen.

HYMN CH 652 – “Behold a Virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a Son, and they shall call His
Name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.”- MATT. i. 23.

1. O PRAISE ye the LORD,

Ye nations, rejoice,
Pour forth adoration
On this blessed morn;
An Angel to MARY
Hath raised his voice,
Declaring salvation,
For CHRIST shall be born.

2. The LORD hath fulfilled

His wonderful sign-
The sign He declared
Of old should be done;
A Virgin conceiving
By power Divine
Shall bear, as the SAVIOUR
Of Israel, a SON.

3. Then raise your glad voices,

Ye nations and lands;
Pour forth adoration,
Ye kindreds of earth;
The floods clap their hands,
And GOD’S great Creation
Sing praise at His Birth. Amen.

HYMN CH 653 – “Out of weakness were made strong.”- HEB. xi. 34

1. WE praise Thy grace, O SAVIOUR,

That beareth with us long,
And ever out of weakness
Thy servants maketh strong.
2. The Saint, who left his comrades,
And turned back from the fight,
Behold at last victorious
In Thy prevailing might!

3. From Thee, LORD, came the courage

Once more to front the host:
Thy strength, most mighty SAVIOUR,
In weakness shineth most.

4. Thy Love Thy Saint hath numbered

Among the blessed Four,
And all the world rejoiceth
To learn his Gospel-lore.

5. O LORD, our human weakness

With pitying eye behold;
Uplift the fainting spirit,
And make the coward bold.

6. O JESU, glorious Victor

O’er all the hosts of sin,
In us, Thy strength make perfect,
In us, the victory win. Amen.

HYMN CH 654 – “The face of a lion on the right side.”- EZEK. i. 10.

1. FROM out the cloud of amber light,

Borne on the whirlwind from the north,
Four living creatures winged and bright
Before the Prophet’s eye came forth.

2. The voice of GOD was in the Four

Beneath that awful crystal mist,
And every wondrous form they wore
Foreshadowed an Evangelist.

3. The lion-faced, he told abroad

The strength of love, the strength of faith;
He showed the Almighty SON of GODD,
The Man Divine Who won by death.

4. O Lion of the Royal Tribe,

Strong SON of GOD, and strong to save,
All power and honour we ascribed
To Thee Who only makest brave.

5. For strength to love, for will to speak,

For fiery crowns by Martyrs won,
For suffering patience, strong and meek,
We praise Thee, LORD, and Thee alone. Amen.
HYMN CH 655 – “Philip saith unto Him, Lord, shew us the Father and it sufficeth us.”- JOHN xiv. 3.
“James, a servant of God.”- JAS. i. 1.

1. THERE is one Way, and only one,

Out of our gloom, and sin, and care,
To that far land where shines no sun
Because the Face of GOD is there.

2. There is one Truth, the Truth of GOD,

That CHRIST came down from Heaven to show,
One Life that His redeeming Blood
Has won for all His saints below.

3. The lore from Philip once concealed,

We know its fullness now in CHRIST;
In Him the FATHER is revealed,
And all our longing is sufficed.

4. And still unwavering faith holds sure

The words that James wrote sternly down;
Except we labour and endure,
We cannot win the Heavenly crown.

5. O Way Divine, through gloom and strife,

Bring us Thy FATHER’S Face to see;
O Heavenly Truth, O precious Life,
At last, at last, we rest in Thee. Amen.

HYMN CH 656 – “Joses, who by the Apostles was surnamed Barnabas, which is being interpreted, the son
of consolation.”- ACTS iv. 36.

1. O SON of GOD, our Captain of Salvation,

Thyself by suffering schooled to human grief,
We bless Thee for Thy sons of consolation,
Who follow in the steps of Thee their Chief.

2. Those whom Thy SPIRIT’S dread vocation severs

To lead the vanguard of Thy conquering host;
Whose toilsome years are spent in brave endeavours
To bear Thy saving Name from coast to coast;

3. Those whose bright faith makes feeble hearts grow stronger,

And sends fresh warriors to the great campaign,
Bids the lone convert feel estranged no longer,
And wins the sundered to be one again;

4. And all true helpers, patient, kind, and skilful,

Who shed Thy light across our darkened earth,
Counsel the doubting, and restrain the wilful,
Soothe the sick bed, and share the children’s mirth.
5. Such was Thy Levite, strong in self-oblation
To cast his all at Thine Apostle’s feet;
He whose new name, through every Christian nation,
From age to age our thankful strains repeat.

6. Thus, LORD, Thy Barnabas in memory keeping,

Still be Thy Church’s watchword, “Comfort ye”;
Till in our FATHER’S House shall end our weeping,
And all our wants be satisfied in Thee. Amen.

HYMN CH 657 – “The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make His
paths straight.”- MATT. iii. 3.

1. WHO shall be the last great seer

That the world goes forth to hear?
What shall be His warning cry,
When the Day of Doom draws nigh?
Whence shall come the magic power
That in Man’s supremest hour
Smooths the rough and rugged road
For the highway of our GOD/

2. Few and short the words he speaks;

Plain and straight the goal he seeks;
Round his path shall never shine
Festal pomp or wondrous sign;
Lonely course and hopeless fight,
Rising doubt and dwindling light,
Such the lot of him whose name
Burns with more than prophet’s flame.

3. “Change the heart and soul and mind,

Dark for bright and hard for kind:
Wash you clean from stains of earth,
Leap into a second birth;
People, soldier, scribe, and priest,
Each from thrall of self released,
Live a life sincere and true,
For your KING is close in view.”

4. Thus appeared the Heaven-sent man,

Foremost in the battle’s van
Herald of an unseen Light,
Martyr for the simple right.
May we learn, on this his day,
That in duty’s homely way
Bravely, firmly, humbly trod,
Man can best prepare for GOD. Amen.

HYMN CH 658 – “Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the Living God.”-
MATT. xvi. 16.
1. “THOU ar the CHRIST, O LORD,
The SON of GOD most high!”
For ever be adored
That Name in earth and sky,
In which, though mortal strength may fail,
The Saints of GOD at last prevail!

2. Oh, surely he was blest

With blessedness unpriced,
Who, taught of GOD, confessed
The GODHEAD in the CHRIST!
For of Thy Church, LORD, Thou didst own
Thy Saint a true foundation-stone.

3. Thrice was he put to shame,

Thrice did the dauntless fall;
But, oh, that look that came
From out the judgment-hall!
It pierced and broke the spell-bound heart,
And foiled the tempter’s sifting art.

4. Thrice fallen, thrice restored!

The bitter lesson learnt,
That heart for Thee, O LORD,
With triple ardour burnt.
The cross he took he laid not down
Until grasped the Martyr’s crown.

5. Oh, bright triumphant faith!

Oh, courage void of fears!
Oh, love most strong in death!
Oh, penitential tears!
By these, LORD, keep us lest we fall,
And make us go where Thou shalt call. Amen.

HYMN CH 659 – “Upon this rock I will build My Church>”- MATT. xvi. 18.

1. O ROCK of ages, One Foundation,

On which the living Church doth rest,-
The Church, whose walls are strong Salvation,
Whose gates are Praise, Thy Name be bless’d.

2. SON of the living GOD, oh, call us

Once and again to follow Thee;
And gives us strength, whate’er befall us,
Thy true disciples still to be.

3. When fears appal, and faith is failing,

Make Thy Voice heard o’er wind and wave,
And in Thy perfect Love prevailing
Put forth Thine Hand to help and save.
4. And if our coward hearts deny Thee,
In inmost thought, in deed, or word,
Let not our hardness still defy Thee,
But with a look subdue us, LORD.

5. Oh, strengthen Thou our weak endeavour

Thee in Thy sheep to serve and tend,
To give ourselves to Thee for ever,
And find Thee with us to the end. Amen.

HYMN CH 660 – “He killed James, the brother of John, with the sword.”- ACTS xii. 2.

1. FOR all Thy Saints, a noble throng,

Who fell by fire and sword,
Who soon were called, or waited long,
We praise Thy Name, O LORD:

2. For him who left his father’s side,

Nor lingered by the shore,
When, softer than the weltering tide,
Thy summons glided o’er;

3. Who stood beside the maiden dead,

Who climbed the mount with Thee,
And saw the glory round Thy Head,
One of thy chosen Three;

4. Who knelt beneath the olive shade,

Who drank thy cup of pain,
And passed from Herod’s flashing blade
To see Thy Face again.

5. LORD, give us grace, and give us love,

Like him to leave behind
Earth’s cares and joys, and look above
With true and earnest mind.

6. So shall we learn to drink Thy cup,

So meek and firm be found,
When Thou shalt come to take us up
Where Thine elect are crowned. Amen.

HYMN CH 661 – “Master, it is good for us to be here.” – MARK ix. 5.

1. O MASTER, it is good to be
High on the mountain here with Thee;
Where stand revealed to mortal gaze
The two great Saints of other days,
Who once received on HOreb’s height
The Eternal Laws of truth and right;
Or caught the still small whisper higher
Than storm, than earthquake, or than fire.
2. O Master, it is good to be
With Thee, and with Thy faithful three;
Here, where The Apostle’s heart of rock
Is nerved against temptation’s schok;
Here, where the Son of Thunder learns
The thought that breathes, and word that burns;
Here, where on eagle’s wings we move
With Him whose last best creed is Love.

3. O Master, it is good to be
Entranced, enwrapt, alone with Thee;
Watching the glistering raiment glow,
Whiter than Hermon’s whitest snow,
The human lineaments that shine
Irradiant with a Light Divine;
Till we too change from grace to grace
Gazing on that transfigured Face.

4. O Master, it is good to be
Here on the holy mount with Thee;
When darkling in the depths of night,
When dazzled with excess of light,
We bow before the Heavenly Voice,
That bids bewildered souls rejoice,
Though love wax cold, and faith be dim,
“This is My SON! O hear ye Him.” Amen.

HYMN CH 662 – “A voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is My beloved Son: hear Him.”- MARK ix.
7.

1. WITH trembling awe the chosen three

The holy mount ascended,
Where, wrapped in blissful ecstasy,
They saw the Vision splendid-
Their LORD arrayed in living light,
And on His left hand and His right
By glorious Saints attended.

2. O Vision bright, too bright to tell,

The joys of Heaven unveiling!
How precious on those hearts it fell,
When earthly hopes were failing;
When, Saints no more on either side,
Between the thieves the SAVIOUR died,
‘Mid hate, and scorn, and railing!

3. Grant us, dear LORD, some vision brief

Of future triumph telling,
Gilding with hope our night of grief,
Our clouds of tear dispelling.
If the dim foretaste was so bright,
 O what shall be the dazzling light
Of Thy eternal dwelling! Amen.

HYMN CH 663 – “He was transfigured before them.”- MATT. xvii. 2

1. WELL worth the long ascent,

Up to the lonely height,-
Where JESUS led His chosen three
To share that wondrous night.

2. There – where the glory streamed

From that Beloved Face,
There – where the bright, enfolding cloud
Wrapt Him in Heaven’s embrace.

3. While Prophet Saints of old

Held converse with their LORD,
And through the silent, fleeting hours
Earth slept, while Heaven adored.

4. Until the moment came

When all the light grew dim,
And in the dark they felt His touch
And were alone with Him.

5. CHRIST, let not our tired eyes,

Sleep-weighted, fail to see,
When up some steep ascent by night
Thou bidd’st us follow Thee.

6. Never for nought Thy call;

Some vision new and sweet
Will surely prove well worth it all-
Long toil and weary feet.

7. Blessed the ears that hear,

Blessed the eyes that see,
Blessed the cloud that wraps us round,
And shows us more of Thee. Amen.

HYMN CH 664 – “The Lord knoweth them that are His.” – 2 TIM. ii. 19.

1. KING of Saints, to Whom the number

Of Thy starry host is known,
Many a name, by man forgotten,
Lives for ever round Thy Throne;

2. Lights, which earth-born mists have darkened,

There, are shining full and clear,
Princes in the court of Heaven,
Nameless, unremembered here.
3. In the roll of Thine Apostles
One there stands, Bartholomew,
He for whom to-day we offer,
Year by year, our praises due;

4. How he toiled for Thee and suffered

None on earth can now record;
All his saintly life is hidden
In the knowledge of his LORD.

5. Was it he, beneath the fig-tree

Seen of Thee, and guileless found;
He who saw the good he longed for
Rise from Nazareth’s barren ground?

6. He who met his risen Master

On the shore of Galilee;
He to whom the Word was spoken,
“Greater things thou yet shall see”?

7. None can tell us; all is written

In the LAMB’S great book of life,
All the faith, and prayer, and patience,
All the toiling, and the strife.

8. There, are told Thy hidden treasures;

Number us, O LORD, with them,
When Thou makest up the jewels
Of Thy living Diadem. Amen.

HYMN CH 665 – “Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven.” – MATT. vi. 20.

1. DEAR LORD, on this Thy servant’s day,

Who left for Thee the gold and mart,
Who heard Thee whisper, “Come away,”
And followed with a single heart.

2. Give us, amid earth’s weary moil,

And wealth for which men cark and care,
‘Midst fortune’s pride, and need’s wild toil,
And broken hearts in purple rare.

3. Give us Thy grace to rise above

The glare of this world’s smelting fires;
Let GOD’S great love put out the love
Of gold, and gain, and low desires.

4. Still sweetly rings the Gospel strain

Of golden store that knows not rust:
The love of CHRIST is more than gain,
And heavenly crowns than yellow dust. Amen.
HYMN CH 666 – “Rise, He calleth thee.”- MARK. X. 49

1. BEHOLD, the Master passeth by!

Oh, seest thou not His pleading Eye?
With low sad Voice He calleth thee-
“Leave this vain world, and follow Me.”

2. O soul, bowed down with harrowing care,

Hast thou no thought for Heaven to spare?
From earthly toils lift up thine eye;-
Behold, the Master passeth by!

3. One heard Him calling long ago,

And straightway left all things below,
Counting his earthly gain as loss
For JESUS and His blessed Cross.

4. That “Follow Me” his faithful ear

Seemed every day afresh to hear:
Its echoes stirred his spirit still,
And fired his hope and nerved his will.

5. GOD gently calls us every day:

Why should we then our bliss delay?
He calls to Heaven and endless light:
Why should we love the drear night?

6. Praise, LORD, to Thee for Matthew’s call,

At which he rose and left his all:
Thou, LORD, e’en now art calling me,-
I will leave all, and follow Thee. Amen.

HYMN CH 667 – “And all the Angels stood round about the throne…and fell before the throne on their
faces, and worshipped God.” – REV. vii. 11.

1. FATHER, before Thy Throne of light

The guardian Angels bend,
And ever in Thy Presence bright
Their psalms adoring blend;
And casting down each golden crown
Beside the crystal sea,
With voice and lyre, in happy choir
Hymn glory, LORD, to Thee.

2. And as the rainbow lustre falls,

Athwart their glowing wings,
While Seraph unto Seraph calls
And each Thy goodness sings;
So may we feel, as low we kneel
To pray Thee for Thy grace,
That Thou art here, for all who fear
The brightness of Thy Face.
3. Here, where the Angels see us come
To worship day by day,
Teach us to seek our Heavenly Home,
And serve Thee e’en as they;
With them to raise our notes of praise,
With them Thy love to own,
That childhood’s flower and manhood’s power
Be Thine, and Thine alone. Amen.

HYMN CH 668 – “Thou hast created all things, and for Thy pleasure they are and were created.”- REV.
iv. 11.

1. ANGEL-voices ever singing

Round Thy Throne of light,
Angel-harps, for ever ringing,
Rest not day nor night;
Thousands only live to bless Thee,
And confess Thee,
LORD of might!

2. Thou, Who art beyond the farthest

Mortal eye can scan,
Can it be that thou regardest
Sons of sinful man?
Can we know that Thou art near us,
And wilt hear us?
Yea! We can!

3. Yea! We know that Thou rejoices

O’er each work of Thine;
Thou didst ears and hands, and voices,
For Thy praise design;
Craftsman’s art and music’s measure
For Thy pleasure
All combine.

4. In Thy House, great GOD, we offer

Of Thine own to Thee,
And for Thine acceptance proffer
All unworthily,
Hearts, and minds, and hands, and voices
In our choicest
Psalmody.

5. Honour, Glory, Might, and Merit,

Thine shall ever be,
FATHER, SON, and HOLY SPIRIT,
Blessed TRINITY!
Of the best that Thou hast given,
Earth and Heaven
Render Thee! Amen.
HYMN CH 669 – “The morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy.” – JOB
xxxviii. 7.

1. STARS of the morning, so gloriously bright,

Filled with celestial resplendence and light;
These that, where night never followeth day,
Praise the Thrice-Holy ONE, ever and aye.

2. These are Thy ministers, these dost Thou own,

LORD GOD of Sabaoth, nearest Thy Throne:
These are Thy messengers, these dost Thou send,
Help of the helpless ones! Man to defend.

3. Then, when the earth was first poised in mid-space,-

Then, when the planets first sped on their race-
Then, when were ended the six day’s employ,-
Then all the Sons of GOD shouted for joy.

4. These keep the guard amidst Salem’s dear bowers,

Thrones, Principalities, Virtues, and Powers:
Where, with the Living Ones, mystical Four,
Cherubim, Seraphim, bow and adore.

5. Still let them succour us; still let them fight,

LORD of Angelic Hosts, battling for right!
Till, where their anthems they ceaselessly pour,
We, with the Angels, may bow and adore! Amen.

HYMN CH 670 – “Luke, the beloved physician.”- COL. iv. 14

1. O THOU, by Whom the healing art

To Luke of old was given,
Look now upon Thy suffering flock,
And train our souls for Heaven.

2. May all the pastors of Thy Church

Our souls’ physicians be,
And every ill we suffer here,
Bring near our hearts to Thee.

3. But, above all, O gracious LORD,

In every pang we feel,
Thyself our great Physician prove,
Thyself vouchsafe to heal.

4. No medicine like Thy precious Blood,

No cordial like Thy Grace,
Our sins can cleanse, our souls restore,
And cheer our drooping face.

5. JESUS, apply those healing streams,

 Those cordial balms to me;
And let my burdened, fainting soul,
Find life and health in Thee. Amen.

HYMN CH 671 – “He called unto Him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two; and gave
them power over unclean spirits.”- MARK vi. 7.

1. THOU Who sentest Thine Apostles

Two and two before Thy Face,
Partners in the night of toiling,
Heirs together of Thy grace,
Throned at length, their labours ended,
Each in his appointed place;

2. Praise to Thee for those Thy champions

Whom our hymns to-day proclaim;
One, whose zeal by Thee enlightened
Burned anew with nobler flame;
One, the kinsman of Thy Childhood,
Brought at last to know Thy Name.

3. Praise to Thee! Thy fire within them

Spake in love, and wrought in power;
Seen in mighty signs and wonders
In Thy Church’s morning hour;
Heard in tones of sternest warning
When the storms began to lower.

4. Once again those storms are breaking,

Hearts are failing, love grows cold;
Faith is darkened, sin abounding,
Grievous wolves assail Thy fold:
Save us, LORD, our One Salvation,
Save the Faith revealed of old.

5. Call the erring by the pity,

Warn the tempted by Thy fear,
Keep us true to Thine allegiance,
Counting life itself less dear;
Standing firmer, holding faster,
As we see the end draw near.

6. Till, with holy Jude and Simon

And the thousand faithful more,
We, the good confession witnessed,
And the lifelong conflict o’er,
On the sea of fire and crystal
Stand, and wonder, and adore.

7. GOD the FATHER, great and wondrous

In Thy works, to Thee be praise;
KING of Saints, to Thee be glory,
 Just and true in all Thy ways;
Praise to Thee, from Both proceeding,
HOLY GHOST, through endless days. Amen.

HYMN CH 672 – “Be… followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.”- HEB. vi.
12.

1. FOR all Thy Saints, O LORD

Who strove in Thee to live,
Who followed Thee, obeyed, adored,
Our grateful hymn receive.

2. For all Thy Saints, O LORD,

Accept our thankful cry;
Who counted Thee their great reward,
And strove in Thee to die.

3. They all in life and death,

With Thee their LORD in view,
Learned from Thy HOLY SPIRIT’S Breath
To suffer and to do.

4. For this Thy Name we bless,

And humbly pray, that we
May follow them in holiness,
And live and die in Thee. Amen.

HYMN CH 673 – “That they may rest from their labours.”- REV. xiv. 13

1. THE Saints of GOD! their conflict past,

And life’s long battle won at last,
No more they need the shield or sword,
They cast them down before their LORD:
O happy Saints! For ever blest,
At JESUS’ feet how safe your rest!

2. The saints of GOD! their wanderings done,

No more their weary course they run,
No more they faint, no more they fall,
No foes oppress, no fears appal;
O happy saints! For ever blest,
In that dear home how sweet your rest!

3. The Saints of GOD! life’s voyage o’er,

Safe landed on that blissful shore,
No stormy tempests how they dread,
No roaring billows lift their head:
O happy Saints! For ever blest,
In that calm haven of your rest!

4. The Saints of GOD their vigil keep

While yet their mortal bodies sleep,
 Till from the dust they too shall rise
And soar triumphant to the skies;
O happy Saints! Rejoice and sing;
He quickly comes, your LORD and King.

5. O GOD of Saints, to Thee we cry;

O SAVIOUR, plead for us on high;
O HOLY GHOST, our Guide and Friend,
Grant us Thy grace till life shall end;
That with all Saints our rest may be
In that bright Paradise with Thee. Amen.

HYMN CH 674 – “Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve Him day and night in His
temple.”- REV. vii. 15

1. WHO are these like stars appearing,

These before GOD’S Throne who stand?
Each a golden crown is wearing,
Who are all this glorious band?
Alleluia, hark! they sing,
Praising loud their Heavenly King.

2. Who are these in dazzling brightness,

Clothed in GOD’S own righteousness;
These, whose robes of purest whiteness
Shall their lustre still possess,
Still untouched by time’s rude hand-
Whence come all this glorious band?

3. These are they who have contended

For their SAVIOUR’S honour long,
Wrestling on till life was ended,
Following not the sinful throng:
These, who well the fight sustained,
Triumph through the LAMB have gained.

4. These are they whose hearts were riven

Sore with woe and anguish tried,
Who in prayer full oft have striven
With the GOD they glorified;
Now, their painful conflict o’er,
GOD has bid them weep no more.

5. These, the ALMIGHTY contemplating,

Did as priests before Him stand,
Soul and body always waiting
Day and night at His command:
Now in GOD’S most Holy Place
Blest they stand before His Face. Amen.

HYMN CH 675 – “I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and
kindreds, and people, and tongues.”- REV. vii. 9
1. HARK! the sound of holy voices, chanting at the crystal sea,
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! LORD, to Thee.
Multitudes which none can number, like the stars in glory stand,
Clothed in white apparel, holding palms of victory in their hand.

2. patriarch, and holy Prophet, who prepared the way of CHRIST,

King, Apostle, Saint, Confessor, Martyr, and Evangelist.
Saintly Maiden, godly Matron, Widows who have watched to prayer,
Joined in holy concert, singing to the LORD of all,- are there.

3. They have come from tribulation, they have washed their robes in Blood,
Washed them in the Blood of JESUS; tried they were, and firm they stood;
Mocked, imprisoned, stoned, tormented, sawn asunder, slain with sword,
They have conquered death and Satan by the might of CHRIST the LORD.

4. Marching with Thy Cross, their Banner, they have triumphed, following
Thee, the Captain of Salvation, Thee, their SAVIOUR and their KING:
Gladly, LORD, with Thee they suffered, gladly, LORD, with Thee, they died;
And by death, to Life Immortal, they were born, and glorified.

5. Now they reign in Heavenly glory, now they walk in golden light,
Now they drink, as from a river, holy bliss and infinite;
Love and peace they taste for ever, and all truth and knowledge see
In the Beatific Vision of the Blessed TRINITY.

6. GOD of GOD, the One-begotten, LIGHT of LIGHT, Emmanuel!

In Whose Body joined together, all the Saints for ever dwell;
Pour upon us of Thy fullness, that we may for evermore
GOD the FATHER, GOD the SON, and GOD the HOLY GHOST, adore. Amen.

HYMN CH 676 – “I am glorified in them.”- JOHN xvii. 10.

1. FOR all the Saints who from their labours rest,

Who Thee by faith before the world confessed,
Thy Name, O JESU, be for ever blest.
Alleluia!

2. Thou wast their Rock, their Fortress, and their Might;

Thou, LORD, their Captain, in the well-fought fight;
Thou, in the darkness drear, their one true Light.
Alleluia!

3. Oh! May Thy soldiers, faithful, true and bold,

Fight as the Saints who nobly fought of old,
And win, with them, the victor’s crown of gold.
Alleluia!

4. Oh! Blest communion! fellowship divine!

We feebly struggle, they in glory shine;
Yet all are one in Thee, for all are THine.
Alleluia!
5. And when the strife is fierce, the warfare long,
Steals on the ear the distant triumph-song,
And hearts are brave again, and arms are strong.
Alleluia!

6. The golden evening brightens in the west:

Soon, soon to faithful warriors cometh rest;
Sweet is the calm of Paradise the blest.
Alleluia!

7. But lo! there breaks a yet more glorious day;

The Saints triumphant rise in bright array;
The KING of GLORY passes on His way.
Alleluia!

8. From earth’s wide bounds, from ocean’s farthest coast,

Through gates of pearl streams in the countless host,
Singing to FATHER, SON, and HOLY GHOST-
Alleluia! Amen.

HYMN CH 677 – “Great and marvellous are Thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are Thy ways,
Thou King of Saints.”- REV. xv. 3.

1. FROM all Thy Saints in warfare, for all Thy Saints at rest,
To Thee, O Blessed JESU, all praises be addressed.
Thou, LORD, didst win the battle that they might conquerors be;
Their crowns of living glory are lit with rays from Thee.

SPECIAL VERSE (varying with the Day)

I. ST ANDREW

Praise, LORD, for Thine Apostle, the first to welcome Thee,

The first to lead his brother the very CHRIST to see.
With hearts for Thee made ready, watch we throughout the year,
Forward to lead our brethren to own Thine Advent near.

II. ST. THOMAS

All praise for Thine Apostle, whose short-lived doubtings prove

Thy perfect twofold Nature, the fullness of Thy Love.
On all who wait Thy coming shed forth Thy peace, O LORD;
And grant us faith to know Thee, true Man, true GOD, adored.

III. ST STEPHEN

Praise for the first of Martyrs, who saw Thee ready stand,
To aid in midst of torment, to plead at GOD’S right Hand.
Share we with Him, if summoned by death our LORD to own,
On earth the faithful witness, in Heaven the martyr-crown.
IV. ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST

Praise for the loved Disciple, exile on Patmos’s shore:

Praise for the faithful record he to Thy Godhead bore.
Praise for the mystic vision, through him to us revealed;
May we, in patience waiting, with Thine elect be sealed.

V. THE INNOCENTS’ DAY

Praise for Thine Infant Martyrs, by Thee with tenderest love

Called early from the warfare to share the rest above.
O Rachel, cease thy weeping; they rest from pains and cares:
LORD, grant us hearts as guileless, and crowns as bright as theirs.

VI. THE CONVERSION OF ST. PAUL

Praise for the light from Heaven, praise for the Voice of awe,
Praise for the glorious vision the persecutor saw.
Thee, LORD, for his Conversion, we glorify to-day:
So lighten all our darkness with Thy true SPIRIT’S ray.

VII. ST. MATTHIAS

LORD, Thine abiding Presence directs the wondrous choice;

For one, in place of Judas, the faithful now rejoice;
Thy Church from false apostles for evermore defend,
And, by Thy parting promise, be with her to the end.

VIII. ST. MARK

For him, O LORD, we praise Thee, the weak by grace made strong,
Whose labours and whose Gospel enrich our triumph-song.
May we in all our weakness find strength from Thee supplied,
And all, as fruitful branches, in Thee, the Vine, abide.

IX. ST. PHILIP AND ST. JAMES

All praise for Thine Apostle, blest guide to Greek and Jew,
And him surnamed Thy brother; keep us Thy brethren true.
And grant the grace to know Thee, the Way, the Truth, the Life;
To wrestle with temptations till victors in the strife.

X. ST. BARNABAS

The SON of Consolation, moved by Thy law of love,

Forsaking earthly treasures, sought riches from above.
As earth now teems with increase, let gifts of grace descend,
That Thy true consolations may through the world extend.

XI. ST. JOHN BAPTIST

We praise Thee for the Baptist, Forerunner of the Word,

Our true Elias, making a highway for the LORD.
Of prophets last and greatest, he saw Thy dawning ray,
Make us the rather blessed, who love Thy glorious Day.

XII. ST. PETER

Praise for Thy great Apostle, the eager and the bold;
Thrice falling, yet repentant, thrice charged to feed Thy fold.
LORD, make Thy pastors faithful, to guard their flocks from ill:
And grant them dauntless courage, with humble earnest will.

XIII. ST. JAMES

For Him, O LORD, we praise Thee, who, slain by Herod’s sword,

Drank of Thy cup of suffering, fulfilling thus Thy word.
Curb we all vain impatience to read Thy veiled decree;
And count it joy to suffer, if so brought nearer Thee.

XIV. ST. BARTHOLOMEW

All praise for Thine Apostle, the faithful, pure and true,
Whom, underneath the fig-tree, Thine Eye all-seeing knew;
Like him may we be guileless, true Israelites indeed,
That Thine abiding Presence our longing souls may feed.

XV. ST. MATTHEW

Praise, LORD, for him whose Gospel Thy human life declared,
Who, worldly gains forsaking, Thy path of suffering shared.
From all unrighteous mammon, Oh! Give us hearts set free,
That we, whate’er our calling, may rise and follow Thee.

XVI. ST. LUKE

For that beloved Physician, all praise, whose Gospel shows

The Healer of the nations, the Sharer of our woes.
Thy wine and oil, O SAVIOUR, on bruised hearts deign to pour,
And with Thy SPIRIT’S Unction anoint us evermore.

XVII. ST. SIMON AND ST. JUDE

Praise, LORD, for Thine Apostles, who sealed their faith to-day:
One love, one zeal impelled them to tread the sacred way.
May we with zeal as earnest, the faith of CHRIST maintain,
And, bound in love as brethren, at length Thy rest attain.

GENERAL ENDING

Apostles, Prophets, Martyrs, and all the sacred throng,

Who were the spotless raiment, who raise the ceaseless song:
For these, passed on before us, SAVIOUR, we Thee adore,
And, walking in their footsteps, would serve Thee more and more.
Then praise we GOD the FATHER, and praise we GOD the SON,
And GOD the HOLY SPIRIT, Eternal THREE in ONE;
Till all the ransomed number, fall down before The Throne,
And honour, power, and glory, ascribe to GOD alone. Amen.

HYMN CH 678 – “There was given unto Him much incense, that he should offer it with prayers of all
saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.” – REV. viii. 3.

1. HOLY Off’rings rich and rare,

Offerings of praise and prayer,
Purer life and purpose high,
Clasped hands, uplifted eye,
Lowly acts of adoration
To the GOD of our salvation-
On His altar laid we leave them:
CHRIST, present them; GOD receive them.

2. Promises in sorrow made,

Left, alas, too long unpaid;
Fervent wishes, earnest thought,
Never into action wrought-
Long withheld, we now restore them,
On Thy holy altar pour them:
There in trembling faith to leave them
CHRIST, present them; GOD, receive them.

3. Brither joys and tenderer tears,

Fonder faith, more faithful fears,
Lowlier penitence for sin,
More of CHRIST our souls within;
Love which, when its life was newer,
Burnt within us, deeper, truer-
Lost too long, while we deplore them,
JESUS, plead for: GOD restore them.

4. Beamings of a FATHER’S Face,

Overflowing gifts of grace,
More of that deep consciousness
Of a changeless will to bless,
Which bestows the best assurance
Of Eternal Love’s endurance-
Lost too often, we deplore them;
JESUS, plead for; GOD, restore them.

5. Homage of each humble heart

Ere we from Thy House depart
Worship, fervent, deep and high,
Adoration, ecstasy;
All that childlike love can render
Of devotion true and tender-
On Thine altar laid we leave them:
 CHRIST, present them; GOD, receive them.

6. To the FATHER, and the SON,

And the SPIRIT, THREE in ONE,
Though our mortal weakness raise
Offerings of imperfect praise,
Yet with hearts bowed down most lowly,
Crying, HOLY, HOLY, HOLY,
On Thine altar laid we leave them:
CHRIST, present them; GOD receive them. Amen.

HYMN C.H 679 – “Ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold.”- I PET. i. 18

1. OH, bring to the LORD your tribute of praise,

The Guard of our life, the Guide of our ways,
The King of creation, He sits on His Throne:
The gold and the silver He claims as His own.

2. What’er we possess, all comes from His Love,

His gifts from beneath, His gifts from above,
He gave us our treasures, the corn, oil and wine,
The pearl of the ocean, the gem of the mine.

3. But high above all He gave us His SON,

To die in our stead, for sin to atone.
No mine’s golden treasure, no pearl of the sea,
From thraldom redeemed us!- His Blood set us free!

4. The Source of all good, He needs not our aid;

The world and its wealth before Him are laid.
The beasts of the forest acknowledges His claim;
The fowls of the mountains, He knows them by name.

5. Then what can we give, with nought to bestow

But what to His goodness and bounty we owe?
His Cross and His sorrows, He calls us to bear,
The wants of His people, He bids us to share.

6. Then yield to the LORD the gifts of His Hand,

‘Tis His to dispense, and His to command,
To His poor and needy your treasures impart,
And give to your SAVIOUR the love of your heart. Amen.

HYMN CH 680 – “Their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.”- ROM.
x. 18.

1. DISPOSER Supreme,
And Judge of the earth,
Who choosest for Thine
The weak and the poor;
To frail earthen vessels
And things of no worth
 Entrusting Thy riches
Which aye shall endure

2. Those vessels soon fail,

Though full of Thy light,
And at Thy decree
Are broken and gone;
Thence brightly appeareth
Thy truth in its might,
As through the clouds riven
The lightnings have shone.

3. Like clouds are they borne

To do Thy great Will,
And swift as the winds
About the world go;
The WORD with His wisdom
Their spirits doth fill,
They thunder, they lighten,
The waters o’erflow.

4. Their sound goeth forth,

“CHRIST JESUS the LORD:”
Then Satan doth fear,
His citadels fall:
As when the dread trumpets
Went forth at Thy Word,
And one long blast shattered
The Canaanite’s wall.

5. O loud be their trump,

And stirring their sound,
To rouse us, O LORD,
From slumber of sin!
The lights Thou hast kindled
In darkness around,
O may they illumine
Our spirits within!

6. All honour and praise,

Dominion and might,
To GOD, THREE in ONE,
Eternally be,
Who round us hath shed
His own marvellous light,
And called us from darkness
His glory to see. Amen.

HYMN CH 681 – “The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob,… this is My Name for
ever, and this is My memorial into all generations.”- EXOD. iii. 15. (PART I)

1. THE GOD of Abraham praise

 Who reigns enthroned above,
Ancient of everlasting days,
And GOD of Love:
JEHOVAH, Great I AM,
By earth and Heaven confest;
We bow and bless the Sacred Name
For ever blest.

2. The GOD of Abraham praise,

At Whose supreme command
From earth we rise, and seek the joys
At His right Hand:
We all on earth forsake,
Its wisdom, fame, and power;
And Him our only Portion make,
Our Shield and Tower.

3. He keeps His own secure,

He guards them by His side,
Arrays in garment white and pure
His spotless Bride;
With streams of sacred bliss,
Beneath serener skies,
With all the fruits of Paradise,
He still supplies.

4. The GOD Who reigns on high

The great Archangels sing;
And “HOLY, HOLY, HOLY,” cry
“Almighty KING!
Who was, and is the same,
And evermore shall be;
JEHOVAH, FATHER, Great I AM,
We worship Thee.

(PART II)

5. Though nature’s strength decay,

And earth and hell withstand,
To Canaan’s bounds we urge our way
At His command.
The watery deep we pass,
With JESUS in our view;
And through the howling wilderness
Our way pursue.

6. The goodly land we see,

With peace and plenty blest;
A land of sacred liberty
And endless rest;
There, milk and honey flow,
And oil and wine abound,
 And trees of life for ever grow,
With mercy crowned.

7. There dwells the LORD, our King,

The LORD our RIGHTEOUSNESS,
Triumphant o’er the world of sin,
The PRINCE of PEACE:
On Sion’s sacred height
His Kingdom He maintains,
And glorious with His Saints in light
For ever reigns.

8. Before the SAVIOUR’S Face

The ransomed nations bow,
O’erwhelmed at His Almighty Grace
For ever new;
He shows His prints of love,-
They kindle to a flame,
And sound through all the worlds above
“Worthy the LAMB.”

DOXOLOGY FOR PARTS I AND II

9. The whole triumphant Host

Give thanks to GOD on high;
“Hail! FATHER, SON, and HOLY GHOST,”
They ever cry:
Hail! Abraham’s GOD, and mine!
(I join the Heavenly lays),
All Might and Majesty are Thine,
And endless praise. Amen.

HYMN CH 682 – “That they all may be one: as Thou, Father, art in Me, and I in Thee, that they also may
be one in Us: that the world may believe that Thou hast sent Me.”- JOHN xvii. 21.

1. JESUS, Thou hast willed it

That Thy Church should be
One in faith and spirit,
Ever one in Thee.
We the cross are bearing,
Once on JESUS laid;
We the prayer are praying
That our Master prayed.
JESUS, Thou hast willed it,
That Thy Church should be
One in faith and spirit
Ever one in Thee.

2. Though the time be distant,

Still we watch and pray,
E’en though faint and weary,
Waiting for the day;
 When the Church uniting,
In one host shall fight,
‘Gainst the power of darkness
In the LORD’S own might.
JESUS, Thou hast willed it,
That Thy Church should be
One in faith and spirit
Ever one in Thee.

3. Thou, our Heavenly Master,

Bid contentions cease;
Thou, true Prince of Salem,
Give Thy children peace,-
Peace from GOD the FATHER,
Peace from GOD the SON,
Peace from GOD the SPIRIT,
From the THREE in ONE.
JESUS, Thou hast willed it,
That Thy Church should be
One in faith and spirit
Ever one in Thee.

4. When the fight is over,

When the strife is done,
When the world is vanquished
By the Church made one;
East and West together,
Joining hand in hand,
Lead Thy people onward
To the pleasant land.
JESUS, Thou hast willed it,
That Thy Church should be
One in faith and spirit
Ever one in Thee.

5. Praise we GOD the FATHER,

Praise the SON Who died,
Praise Him Who doth ever
In the Church abide;
Praise through endless ages,
In that Heaven be done,
Where the THREE bear record,
And the THREE are ONE.
JESUS, Thou hast willed it,
That Thy Church should be
One in faith and spirit
Ever one in Thee. Amen

HYMN CH 683 – “Young men and maidens, old men and children, praise the Name of the Lord.”-
PSALM cxlviii. 12.
1. REJOICE, ye pure in heart,
Rejoice, give thanks and sing;
Your festal banner wave on high,
The Cross of CHRIST your KING.

2. Bright youth and snow-crowned age,

Strong men and maidens meek,
Raise high your free exulting song,
GOD’S wondrous praises speak.

3. With all the Angel choirs,

With all the saints on earth,
Pour out the strains of joy and bliss,
True rapture, noblest mirth.

4. Your clear Hosannas raise,

And Alleluias loud,
Whilst answering echoes upward float,
Like wreaths of incense cloud.

5. With voice as full and strong

As ocean’s surging praise,
Send forth the hymns our fathers loved,
The psalms of ancient days.

6. Yes, on, through life’s long path,

Still chanting as ye go.
From youth to age, by night and day,
In gladness and in woe.

7. Still lift your standard high,

Still march in firm array,
As warriors through the darkness toil
Till dawns the golden day.

8. At last the march shall end,

The wearied ones shall rest,
The pilgrims find their FATHER’S house,
Jerusalem the blest.

9. Then on, ye pure in heart,

Rejoice, give thanks, and sing;
Your festal banner wave on high,
The Cross of CHRIST your King.

10. Praise Him Who reigns on high,

The LORD Whom we adore;
Praise FATHER, SON, and HOLY GHOST,
One GOD for evermore. Amen.

HYMN CH 684 – “The Cross of Christ.”- PHIL. iii. 18.

1. LIFT high the Cross! The Love of CHRIST proclaim,
Till all the world repeats His sacred Name.
Lift high the Cross! The Love of CHRIST proclaim,
Till all the world repeats His sacred Name.

2. Come, brethren, follow where His banner flies,

Blest is the heart that bleeds, the soul that sighs.
Lift high the Cross! The Love of CHRIST proclaim,
Till all the world repeats His sacred Name.

3. With CHRIST we die, His death our life secures,

For he shall live who to the end endures.
Lift high the Cross! The Love of CHRIST proclaim,
Till all the world repeats His sacred Name.

4. Who bears, prepares:- in suff’ring for His sake

We from the bitter Cross our comfort take.
Lift high the Cross! The Love of CHRIST proclaim,
Till all the world repeats His sacred Name.

5. At home, abroad, Salvation’s sign we raise,

While wondering nations learn our song of praise.
Lift high the Cross! The Love of CHRIST proclaim,
Till all the world repeats His sacred Name.

6. Till in all lands, in ev’ry diff’rent tongue,

High praises to the Crucified are sung.
Lift high the Cross! The Love of CHRIST proclaim,
Till all the world repeats His sacred Name.

7. Blest be the day that gleams through shades of night,

Lo! myriads flock to worship in the light.
Lift high the Cross! The Love of CHRIST proclaim,
Till all the world repeats His sacred Name.

8. Sacred by the strain, the powers of darkness flee,

And CHRIST is LORD, His Death is victory.
Lift high the Cross! The Love of CHRIST proclaim,
Till all the world repeats His sacred Name.

9. Armed with the Cross we fight the arduous fight,

And vanquish Satan’s wiles by JESUS’ might.
Lift high the Cross! The Love of CHRIST proclaim,
Till all the world repeats His sacred Name.

10. So as we move together towards the end,

Faith, Hope, and Charity divinely blend,
Lift high the Cross! The Love of CHRIST proclaim,
Till all the world repeats His sacred Name.

11. Where throned in Glory sits the Crucified,

 With Whom is endless life because He died.
Lift high the Cross! The Love of CHRIST proclaim,
Till all the world repeats His sacred Name.

12. Then shall our song of triumph ever be,

Praise to the LORD, Who wrought that victory.
Lift high the Cross! The Love of CHRIST proclaim,
Till all the world repeats His sacred Name. Amen.

HYMN CH 685 – “To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now
and ever. Amen.”- JUDE 25.

1. ALLEULIA! ALLELUIA! ALLELUIA!

O sons and daughters, let us sing!
The King of Heaven, the glorious King,
O’er death to-day rose triumphing.
Alleluia!

2. That Easter morn, at break of day,

The faithful women went their way
To seek the tomb where JESUS lay.
Alleluia!

3. An Angel clad in white they see,

Who sat, and spake unto the three,
“Your LORD doth go to Galilee.”
Alleluia!

4. That night the Apostles met in fear;

Amidst them came their LORD most dear,
And said, “My peace be on all here.”
Alleluia!

5. When Thomas first the tidings heard,

How they had seen the risen LORD,
He doubted the disciples’ word.
Alleluia!

6. “My pierced Side, O Thomas, see;

My Hands, My Feet I show to Thee;
Not faithless, but believing be.”
Alleluia!

7. No longer Thomas then denied;

He saw the Feet, the Hands, the Side;
“Thou art my LORD and GOD,” he cried.
Alleluia!

8. How blest are they who have not seen,

And yet whose faith hath constant been,
For they Eternal Life shall win.
Alleluia!
9. On this most holy Day of days,
To GOD your hearts and voices raise
In laud, and jubilee, and praise.
Alleluia! Amen.

HYMN CH 686 – “The Victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” – I COR. xv. 57 (PART I)

1. HAIL! Festal Day! To endless ages known,

When CHRIST, o’er death victorious, gained His Throne.
Hail! Festal Day! To endless ages known,
When CHRIST, o’er death victorious, gained His Throne.

2. Now with the LORD of new and heavenly birth,

His gifts return to grace the springing earth.
Hail! Festal Day! To endless ages known,
When CHRIST, o’er death victorious, gained His Throne.

3. He reigns supreme, Who died the death of shame;

And all created things adore His Name.
Hail! Festal Day! To endless ages known,
When CHRIST, o’er death victorious, gained His Throne.

4. Fulfil Thy promise, KING of Love, we pray,

The third morn brightens; rise, and come away.
Hail! Festal Day! To endless ages known,
When CHRIST, o’er death victorious, gained His Throne.

5. No mould’ring tomb shall hold Thee in respose;

No stone the Ransom of the world enclose.
Hail! Festal Day! To endless ages known,
When CHRIST, o’er death victorious, gained His Throne.

6. Who holdest all things in Thy hallowed Hand,

No rocky barrier can before Thee stand.
Hail! Festal Day! To endless ages known,
When CHRIST, o’er death victorious, gained His Throne.

7. Cast off the grave-clothes; let them there remain;

Come forth to us, our All, our only gain.
Hail! Festal Day! To endless ages known,
When CHRIST, o’er death victorious, gained His Throne.

8. Creator, Fount of Life, Thou know’st the grave;

And thence returning, Thou art strong to save.
Hail! Festal Day! To endless ages known,
When CHRIST, o’er death victorious, gained His Throne.

9. LIGHT of the world! show us Thy Face once more,

 The day that died with Thee, to-day restore.
Hail! Festal Day! To endless ages known,
When CHRIST, o’er death victorious, gained His Throne.

10. A countless people, from death’s bondage freed,

Own Thee Redeemer, following Thy lead.
Hail! Festal Day! To endless ages known,
When CHRIST, o’er death victorious, gained His Throne.

11. The shades of death are pierc’d, his laws undone,

And trembling chaos flees the rising sun.
Hail! Festal Day! To endless ages known,
When CHRIST, o’er death victorious, gained His Throne. Amen.

HYMN CH 686 –“It is the Lord strong and mighty, even the Lord mighty in battle.”- PSALM xxiv. 8.
(PART II)

1. HAIL! Festal Day! To endless ages known;

When GOD ascended to His starry Throne.
HAIL! Festal Day! To endless ages known;
When GOD ascended to His starry Throne.

2. Now with the LORD of new and heavenly birth,

His gifts return to grace the springing earth.
HAIL! Festal Day! To endless ages known;
When GOD ascended to His starry Throne.

3. Now glows the year with painted flowers’ array,

And warmer light unbars the gates of day.
HAIL! Festal Day! To endless ages known;
When GOD ascended to His starry Throne.

4. Now CHRIST from gloomy Hell comes triumphing;

And field and grove with flower and leafage spring.
HAIL! Festal Day! To endless ages known;
When GOD ascended to His starry Throne.

5. The reign of Death o’er-thrown, He mounts on high;

Sent forth with joyous praise from sea and sky.
HAIL! Festal Day! To endless ages known;
When GOD ascended to His starry Throne.

6. Loose now the captives, loose the prison door,

The fallen from the deep to light restore.
HAIL! Festal Day! To endless ages known;
When GOD ascended to His starry Throne.

7. A countless people from death’s bondage freed,

Own Thee Redeemer, following Thy lead.
HAIL! Festal Day! To endless ages known;
When GOD ascended to His starry Throne.
8. Stainless, and strong, and in Thine Arms sustained,
Bear them to GOD, an offspring purely gained.
HAIL! Festal Day! To endless ages known;
When GOD ascended to His starry Throne.

9. One wreath be Thine, that of Thy labour comes,

And one, that of Thy ransomed people blooms.
HAIL! Festal Day! To endless ages known;
When GOD ascended to His starry Throne.

10. Creator, and Redeemer! CHRIST our Light!

The ONE-Begotten of the FATHER’S Might.
HAIL! Festal Day! To endless ages known;
When GOD ascended to His starry Throne.

11. Co-equal, co-eternal, Thou to Whom

The Kingdom of the world decreed shall come.
HAIL! Festal Day! To endless ages known;
When GOD ascended to His starry Throne.

12. Thou, looking on our race in darkness laid,

To rescue man, Thyself true Man wast made.
HAIL! Festal Day! To endless ages known;
When GOD ascended to His starry Throne. Amen.

HYMN CH 686 “The Day of Pentecost.” – ACTS ii. 1. (PART III)

1. HAIL! Festal Day! Through ev’ry age Divine,

When GOD’S fair grace from Heav’n on earth did shine:
Hail! Festal Day! Through ev’ry age Divine,
When GOD’S fair grace from Heav’n on earth did shine:
Hail! Festal Day! Divine.

2. Lo! GOD the SPIRIT to the Apostles’ hearts

This day in form of fire Himself imparts
Hail! Festal Day! Through ev’ry age Divine,
When GOD’S fair grace from Heav’n on earth did shine:
Hail! Festal Day! Divine.

3. Forth from the FATHER bearing mystic powers,

On human hearts new strength He richly showers.
Hail! Festal Day! Through ev’ry age Divine,
When GOD’S fair grace from Heav’n on earth did shine:
Hail! Festal Day! Divine.

4. Now cease they not, to all on earth who dwell,

GOD’S wondrous works in divers tongues to tell.
Hail! Festal Day! Through ev’ry age Divine,
When GOD’S fair grace from Heav’n on earth did shine:
Hail! Festal Day! Divine.
5. Hail! Breath of Life! Hail! Holy Fount of Light!
Life Giver! Fire of radiance ever bright!
Hail! Festal Day! Through ev’ry age Divine,
When GOD’S fair grace from Heav’n on earth did shine:
Hail! Festal Day! Divine.

6. Thou Good all good containing, Peace Divine!

Fill with Thy sweetness all these hearts of Thine.
Hail! Festal Day! Through ev’ry age Divine,
When GOD’S fair grace from Heav’n on earth did shine:
Hail! Festal Day! Divine.

7. Who fillest all things, earth, and sky, and sea,

Cleanse Thou and guard us, bid us live to Thee.
Hail! Festal Day! Through ev’ry age Divine,
When GOD’S fair grace from Heav’n on earth did shine:
Hail! Festal Day! Divine.

8. Bid Heavenly wisdom all our thoughts employ

A hidden foretaste of cherubic joy.
Hail! Festal Day! Through ev’ry age Divine,
When GOD’S fair grace from Heav’n on earth did shine:
Hail! Festal Day! Divine.

9. On lips their living coal bid Seraphs lay,

That hearts with Thy pure Love may burn always.
Hail! Festal Day! Through ev’ry age Divine,
When GOD’S fair grace from Heav’n on earth did shine:
Hail! Festal Day! Divine. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 687 – “Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits.” – PSALM ciii. 2.

1. REJOICE to-day with one accord,

Sing out with exultation;
Rejoice and praise our mighty LORD,
Whose Arm hath brought salvation;
His works of love proclaim
The greatness of His Name;
For He is GOD alone
Who hath His mercy shown;
Let all His saints adore Him!

2. When in distress to Him we cried,

He heard our sad complaining;
Oh, trust in Him, whate’er betide,
His love is all-sustaining;
Triumphant songs of praise
To Him our hearts shall raise,
Now every voice shall say,
“O praise our GOD always:;”
 Let all His saints adore Him!

3. Rejoice to-day with one accord,

Sing out with exultation;
Rejoice and praise our mighty LORD
Whose Arm hath brought salvation;
His works of love proclaim
The greatness of His Name;
For He is GOD alone,
Who hath His mercy shown;
Let all His saints adore Him!. Amen.

HYMN CH 688 – “Render to Ceasar the things that are Caesar’s and to God the things that are
God’s.”- MARK xii. 17.

1. UNFURL the Empire’s Standard, and sing aloud to-day,

One great glad song of triumph that echoes far away,
“For GOD, for King, for Country,” we pledge ourselves to be,
True servants of our Empire in strength and unity.

2. As citizens and patriots, let all in concord stand,

Uphold by noble living the honour of their land,
“For GOD, for King, for Country,” thus prove themselves to be,
True servants of our Empire, in faith and purity.

3. To think, to bear, to labour, to welcome duty’s call,

May each by self-surender learn fellowship with all,
“For GOD, for King, for Country,” strive ever so to be,
True servants of our Empire, in love and sympathy.

4. The Empire’s Red Cross Standard unfurled aloft to-day,

Bids every loyal subject, to work, to watch, to pray,
“For God, for King, for Country,” that future ages see
The servants of our Empire, heirs of eternity. Amen.

HYMN – C.H 689 – “Thou shalt keep … the feast of harvest.” – EXOD. Xxiii. 15, 16.

1. Come, ye thankful people, come

Raise the song of Harvest home!
All is safely gathered in,
Ere the winter storms begin:
God, our Maker, doth provide
For our wants to be supplied
Come to GOD’s own Temple, come,
Raise the song of Harvest-home.

2. All the world is GOD’s own field,

Fruit unto His praise to yield;
Wheat and tares together sown,
 Unto joy or sorrow grown:
First the blade, and then the ear,
Then the full corn shall appear:
LORD of Harvest, grant that we
Wholesome grain and pure may be.

3. For the LORD our GOD shall come,

And shall take His harvest Home:
From His field shall in that day
All offences purge away:
Give His Angels charge at last
In the fire the tares to cast;
But the fruitful ears to store
In His garner evermore.

4. Even so, LORD, quickly come

To Thy final Harvest-home;
Gather Thou Thy people in,
Free from sorrow, free from sin;
There, for ever purified,
In Thy presence to abide:-
Come, with all Thine Angels, come;
Raise the glorious Harvest-home! Amen

HYMN C.H. 690 – “They joy before Thee according to the joy in harvest.” – ISA. ix. 3.

1. OH! the joy, the joy of Harvest,

When the golden sheaves abound,
And the year and all creation
With the Love of GOD is crowned.
‘Tis a joy that, care dispelling,
Makes our hearts with gladness ring,
As the valleys, all around us
Thick with corn, do laugh and sing.

2. Oh! the joy, the joy of Harvest,

When the labourers of the LORD
Tell of “good corn” growing freely
On the barren wastes abroad.
‘Tis a joy that springs from victory
After battles fought and won,
After Empires, long resisting,
Own the Kingdom of GOD’S SON.

3. Oh! the joy, the joy of Harvest,

When the Angel-reapers come,
And the Saints from every nation
Know the joy of “Harvest-home”.
 ‘Tis a joy of joys the greatest,
Joy of parted ones restored:
Joy that heart hath ne’er conceived
Is the vision of the LORD.

4. Oh! the joy, the joy of Harvest,

Lo! Our joy breaks forth in praise:
Glory to the SON and SPIRIT
With the Ancient of All Days.
Praised and blest be GOD Almighty
For th’ Eternal Harvest-store;
Praised on earth, then praised in Heaven,
In His Presence evermore. Amen.

HYMN CH 691 – “The eyes of all wait upon Thee, O Lord, and Thou givest them their meat in due
season.”- PSALM cxlv. 15.

1. WE plough the fields, and scatter

The good seed on the land,
But it is fed and watered
By GOD’S Almighty Hand;
He sends the snow in winter,
The warmth to swell the grain,
The breezes, and the sunshine,
And soft refreshing rain.
All good gifts around us
Are sent from Heaven above,
Then thank the LORD, O thank the LORD,
For all His love.

2. He only is the Maker

Of all things near and far;
He paints the wayside flower,
He lights the evening star;
The winds and waves obey Him,
By Him the birds are fed;
Much more to us, His children,
He gives our daily bread.
All good gifts around us
Are sent from Heaven above,
Then thank the LORD, O thank the LORD,
For all His love.

3. We thank Thee then, O FATHER,

For all things bright and good,
The seed-time and the harvest,
Our life, our health, our food;
Accept the gifts we offer
For all Thy love imparts,
And, what Thou mos desirest,
Our humble, thankful hearts.
 All good gifts around us
Are sent from Heaven above,
Then thank the LORD, O thank the LORD,
For all His love. Amen

HYMN C.H. 692 – “He reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.”- JER. v. 24.

1. LORD of the Harvest, once again

We thank Thee for the ripened grain,
For crops safe carried, sent to cheer
Thy servants through another year.
For all sweet holy thoughts supplied
By seed-time, and by harvest-tide.

2. The bare dry grain, in autumn sown,

Its robe of vernal green puts on;
Glad from its wintry grave it springs,
Fresh garnished by the KING of kings:
So, LORD, to those that sleep in Thee,
Shall new and glorious bodies be.

3. Nor vainly of Thy Word we ask

A lesson from the reaper’s task;
So shall Thine Angels issue forth:
The tares be burnt; the just of earth,
To wind and storm exposed no more,
Be gathered to their FATHER’S store.

4. Daily, O Lord, our prayers be said,

As Thou hast taught, for daily b read;
But not alone our bodies feed,
Supply our fainting spirits’ need;
O Bread of Life, from day to day,
Be Thou our Comfort, Food, and Stay.

5. To GOD the FATHER, GOD the SON,

And GOD the SPIRIT, THREE in ONE,
Be honour, praise, and glory given,
By all in earth and all in Heaven,
As was through ages heretofore,
Is now, and shall be evermore. Amen.

HYMN CH 693 – “Behold, a sower went forth to sow.”- MATT. xiii. 3.

1. THE sower went forth sowing,

The seed in secret slept
Through weeks of faith and patience,
Till out the green blade crept;
And warmed by golden sunshine,
 And fed by silver rain,
At last the fields were whitened
To harvest once again.
O praise the Heavenly Sower,
Who gave the fruitful seed
And watched and watered duly,
And ripened for our need.

2. Behold! the Heavenly Sower

Goes forth with better seed,
The Word of sure Salvation,
With Feet and Hands that bleed;
Here is His Church ‘tis scattered,
Our spirits are the soil;
Then let an ample fruitage
Repay His pain and toil.
Oh, beauteous is the harvest
Wherein all goodness thrives,
And this the true thanksgiving,
The first-fruits of our lives.

3. Within a hallowed acre

He sows yet other grain,
When peaceful earth receiveth
The dead He died to gain;
For though the growth be hidden,
We know that they shall rise;
Yea, even now they ripen
In sunny Paradise.
O summer land of harvest,
O fields for ever white
With souls that wear CHRIST’S raiment,
With crowns of golden light!

4. One day the Heavenly Sower

Shall reap where He hath sown,
And come again rejoicing,
And with Him bring His own;
And then the fan of judgment
Shall winnow from His floor
The chaff into the furnace
That flameth evermore.
O holy, awful Reaper,
Have mercy in the day
Thou puttest in Thy sickle,
And cast us not away. Amen.

HYMN CH 694 – “Thou crownest the year with Thy goodness, and Thy clouds drop fatness.” – PSALM
lxv. 12.

1. TO Thee, O LORD, our hearts we raise

In hymns of adoration,
 To thee bring sacrifice of praise
With shouts of exultation;
Bright robes of gold the fields adorn,
The hills with joy are ringing.
The valleys stand so thick with corn,
That even they are singing.

2. And now, on this our festal day,

Thy bounteous Hand confessing,
Before Thee thankfully we lay
The first-fruits of Thy blessing.
By Thee the souls of men are fed
With gifts of grace supermall,
Thou, Who dost give us earthly bread,
Give us the Bread Eternal.

3. We bear the burden of the day,

And often toil seems dreary;
But labour ends with sunset ray,
And rest comes for the weary;
May we, the Angel-reaping o’er,
Stand at the last accepted,
CHRIST’S golden sheaves for evermore
To garners bright elected.

4. Oh, blessed is that land of GOD,

Where Saints abide for ever;
Where golden fields spread far and broad,
Where flows the crystal river:
The strains of all its holy throng
With ours to-day are blending;
Thrice blessed is that harvest-song
Which never hath an ending. Amen.

HYMN CH 695 – “Who giveth food to all flesh; for His mercy endureth for ever.”- PSALM cxxxvi.
25

1. PRAISE, O praise our GOD and KING!

Hymns of adoration sing:
For His mercies still endure
Ever faithful, ever sure

2. Praise Him that He made the Sun

Day by day his course to run;
For His mercies still endure
Ever faithful, ever sure.

3. And the silver Moon by night,

Shining with her gentle light;
For His mercies still endure
 Ever faithful, ever sure.

4. Praise Him that He gave the rain

To mature the swelling grain;
For His mercies still endure
Ever faithful, ever sure.

5. And hath bid the fruitful field,

Crops of precious increase yield;
For His mercies still endure
Ever faithful, ever sure.

6. Praise Him for our harvest-store,

He hath filled the garner-floor;
For His mercies still endure
Ever faithful, ever sure.

7. And for richer Food than this,

Pledge of everlasting bliss;
For His mercies still endure
Ever faithful, ever sure.
Glory to our bounteous KING!
Glory let creation sing!
Glory to the FATHER, SON,
And blest SPIRIT, THREE in ONE. Amen.

HYMN C.H. 696 – “While the earth remaineth, seed time and harvest… shall not cease.” – GEN.
viii. 22.

1. ONCE more the sheaves are gathered,

Once more the garners stored,
Thy promise faithful ever-
Be Thy great Name adored,
Our Harvest-tide oblation
Each year, O GOD, we bring,
To Thee be praise and glory,
Our FATHER, LORD, and KING.

2. The eyes of all Thy creatures

Have waited once again
On Thee, Who ever sendest
The sunshine and the rain.
Our Harvest-tide oblation
Each year, O GOD, we bring,
To Thee be praise and glory,
Our FATHER, LORD, and KING.

3. While for Thy constant mercies

 Our lips do sing Thy praise,
Our souls to Heavenly blessings,
We pray Thee, LORD, to raise.
Our Harvest-tide oblation
Each year, O GOD, we bring,
To Thee be praise and glory,
Our FATHER, LORD, and KING.

4. Of souls the priceless harvest

Thou, GOD, alone canst bless:
Send many forth to labour,
And crown them with success.
Our Harvest-tide oblation
Each year, O GOD, we bring,
To Thee be praise and glory,
Our FATHER, LORD, and KING.

5. And when the Angel reapers

Shall gather in Thy store,
Then may we in Thy garner
Be safe for evermore.
Our Harvest-tide oblation
Each year, O GOD, we bring,
To Thee be praise and glory,
Our FATHER, LORD, and KING.

HYMN CH 697 – “He hath done all things well.”- MARK vii. 37.

1. WHAT our FATHER does is well;

Blessed truth His children tell!
Though he send, for plenty, want,
Though the harvest-store be scant,
Yet we rest upon His love,
Seeking better things above.

2. What our FATHER does is well;

Shall the wilful heart rebel?
If a blessing He withhold
In the field, or in the fold,
Is it not Himself to be
All our store eternally.

3. What our FATHER does is well;

Though He sadden hill and dell,
Upward yet our praises rise
For the strength His Word supplies;
He has called us sons of GOD,
Can we murmur at His rod?

4. What our FATHER does is well:

 May the thought within us dwell;
Though nor milk nor honey flow
In our barren Canaan now,
GOD can save us in our need,
GOD can bless us, GOD can feed.

5. Therefore unto Him we raise

Hymns of glory, songs of praise;
To the FATHER, and the SON,
And the SPIRIT, THREE in ONE,
Honour, might, and glory be,
Now, and through eternity. Amen.

HYMN CH 698 – “Ye are all one in Christ Jesus.”- GAL. iii. 28.

1. ETERNAL Ruler of the ceaseless round

Of circling planets singing on their way;
Guide of the nations from the night profound
Into the glory of the perfect day;
Rule in our hearts, that we may ever be
Guided, and strengthened, and upheld by Thee.

2. We are of Thee, the children of Thy love,

The brothers of Thy well-beloved Son;
Descend, O Holy Spirit! like a dove
Into our hearts, that we may be as one;
As one with Thee to Whom we ever tend,
As one with Him, our Brother and our Friend.

3. Oh, make us one in hatred of all wrong,

One in our love of all things sweet and fair,
One with the joy that breaketh into song,
One with the grief that trembles into prayer;
One in the power that makes Thy children free
To follow Truth, and thus to follow Thee.

4. Oh, clothe us with Thy Heavenly armour, LORD,

Thy trusty shield, thy sword of Love Divine;
Our inspiration be Thy constant Word;
We ask no victories that are not Thine.
Give or withhold, let pain or pleasure be,
Enough to know that we are serving THee. Amen.

HYMN CH 699 – “That they all may be one.”- JOHN xvii. 21.

1. O HOLY GHOST, Thou GOD of peace,

Pity Thy Church now rent in twain,
Bid wrath, and strife, and variance cease,
And let us all be one again.

2. One with our brethren here in love,

And one with Saints that are at rest;
 And one with Angel-Hosts above,
And one with GOD, for ever blest.

3. Oh, make on earth all Churches one,

One with the blessed gone before,
All knit in sweet communion,
To love Thee, worship, and adore.

4. For ONE the LORD on Whom we call;

The SPIRIT ONE which He hath given,
ONE GOD and FATHER of us all,
One Faith on earth, one Hope in Heaven. Amen.

HYMN CH 700 – “The Lord hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.”- PSALM cxxvi. 3.

1. O THOU, before Whose Presence

Nought evil may come in,
Yet who dost look in mercy
Down on this world of sin;
O give us noble purpose
To set the sin-bound free,
And CHRIST-like tender pity
To seek the lost for Thee.

2. Fierce is our subtle foeman;

The forces to his hand
With woes that none can number
Despoil the pleasant land;
All they who war against them,
In strife so keen and long,
Must in their SAVIOUR’S armour
Be stronger than the strong.

3. So hast Thou wrought among us

The great things that we see!
For things that are we thank Thee,
And for the things to be :
For bright Hope is is uplifting
Faint hands and feeble knees,
To strive beneath Thy blessing
For greater things than these.

4. Lead on, O Love and Mercy,

O Purity and Power!
Lead on till Peace Eternal
Shall close this battle-hour:
Till all who prayed and struggled
To set their brethren free,
In triumph meet to praise Thee,
Most HOLY TRINITY. Amen.
HYMN CH 701 – “In all places where I record My Name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.”-
EXOD. xx. 24.

1. GREAT Shepherd of Thy people, hear;

Thy Presence now display;
As Thou hast given a place for prayer,
So give us hearts to pray.

2. Show us some token of Thy love,

Our fainting hope to raise;
And pour Thy blessings from above,
That we may render praise.

3. Within these walls let holy peace

And love and concord dwell;
Here give the troubled conscience ease,
The wounded spirit heal.

4. The hearing ear, the seeing eye,

The contrite heart bestow;
And shine upon us from on high,
That we in grace may grow.

5. May we in faith receive Thy Word,

In faith present our prayers,
And in the presence of our LORD
Unbosom all our cares. Amen.

HYMN CH 702 – “Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone.”- ISA. xxviii. 16

1. CHRIST is our Corner-stone,

On Him alone we build;
With His true Saints alone
The courts of Heaven are filled;
On his great Love
Our hopes we place
Of present grace
And joys above.

2. Oh, then with hymns of praise

These hallowed courts shall ring;
Our voices we will raise
The THREE in ONE to sing;
And thus proclaim
In joyful song
Both loud and long
That glorious Name.

3. Here, gracious GOD, do Thou

For evermore draw nigh;
Accept each faithful vow,
And mark each suppliant sigh;
 In copious shower
On all who pray,
Each holy day
Thy blessings pour.

4. Here may we gain from Heaven

The grace which we implore;
And may that grace, once given,
Be with us evermore;
Until that day
When all the blest
To endless rest
Are called away. Amen.

HYMN CH 703 – “I, John, saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven,
prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.”- REV. xxi. 2 (PART I)

1. BLESSED city, Heavenly Salem,

Vision dear of peace and love,
Who of living stones art builded
In the height of Heaven above;
And, with Angel-hosts encircled,
As a bride to earth dost move;

2. From celestial realms descending,

Bridal glory round thee shed,
Meet for Him, Whose love espoused thee,
To thy LORD shalt thou be led;
All thy streets, and all thy bulwarks
Of pure gold are fashioned.

3. Bright thy gates of pearl are shining,

They are open evermore;
And by virtue of His merits
Thither faithful souls may soar,
Who for CHRIST’S dear Name in this world
Pain and tribulation bore.

4. Many a blow and biting sculpture

Polished well those stones elect,
In their places now compacted
By the Heavenly Architect,
Who therewith hath willed for ever
That His palace should be decked. Amen.

HYMN CH 703 – “Other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Christ Jesus.”- I COR. iii.
11 (PART II)

1. CHRIST is made the sure Foundation,

CHRIST the Head and Cornerstone,
Chosen of the LORD, and precious,
Binding all the Church in one,
 Holy Sion’s help for ever
And her confidence alone.

2. All that dedicated City,

Dearly loved of GOD on high,
In exultant jubilation
Pours perpetual melody,
GOD the ONE in THREE adoring
In glad hymns eternally.

3. To this Temple, where we call Thee,

Come, O LORD of Hosts, to-day:
With Thy wonted loving-kindness
Hear Thy people as they pray;
And Thy fullest benediction
Shed within its walls always.

4. Here vouchsafe to all Thy servants

What they ask of Thee to gain,
What they gain from Thee for ever
With the Blessed to retain,
And hereafter in Thy glory
Evermore with THee to reign.

Praise and honour to the FATHER,

Praise and honour to the SON,
Praise and honour to the SPIRIT,
Ever THREE and ever ONE,
ONE in Might, and ONE in Glory,
While Eternal Ages run. Amen.

HYMN CH 704 – “We are the servants of the God of Heaven and earth, and build the house that was
builded these many years ago.”- EZRA v. 11.

1. LIFT the strain of high thanksgiving,

Tread with songs the hallowed way,
Praise our fathers’ GOD for mercies
New to us their sons to-day!
Here they built for Him a dwelling,
Served Him here in ages past,
Fixed it for His sure possession,
Holy ground, while time shall last.

2. When the years had wrought their changes,

He, our own unchanging GOD,
Thought on this His habitation,
Looked on His decayed abode;
Heard our prayers, and helped our counsels,
Blessed the silver and the gold,
Till once more His House is standing
Firm and stately as of old.
3. Entering then Thy gates with praises,
LORD, be ours Thine Israel’s prayer;-
“Rise into Thy place of resting,
Show Thy promised Presence there!”
Let the gracious word be spoken
Here, as once on Sion’s height,
“This shall be My rest for ever,
This My dwelling of delight.”

4. Fill this latter house with glory

Greater than the former knew;
Clothe with righteousness its Priesthood,
Guide its Choir to reverence true;
Let Thy Holy One’s anointing
Here its sevenfold blessing shed;
Spread for us the heavenly Banquet,
Satisfy Thy poor with Bread.

5. Praise to Thee, Almighty FATHER!

Praise to Thee, Eternal SON!
Praise to Thee, all-quickening SPIRIT!
Ever-blessed THREE in ONE!
Threefold Power and Grace and Wisdom;
Moulding out of sinful clay
Living stones for that true Temple
Which shall never know decay. Amen

HYMN CH 705 – “Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise.”- PSALM c. 4

1. ENTER with thanksgiving,

Tread the aisles with song,
GOD’S own habitation,
Beautiful and strong,
His Whose Temple Palace
Is the sapphire light,
Wrought with changing glories,
Crimson, gold and white.
Enter it with praises,
Fill its walls with song,
GOD’S dear habitation,
Ordered fair and strong.

2. Enter very humbly,

In an undertone
Every heart confessing
Failings of its own:
Wasted hours of worship.
Words of peace and life
Lots, or left unheeded
For the worldly strife,
Enter it with praises,
Fill its walls with song,
 GOD’S dear habitation,
Ordered fair and strong.

3. Enter in with yearnings,

Longings deep and high
After prayer more perfect
Than in days gone by
After clearer vision
Of the SAVIOUR’S Face.
More of His felt Presence,
In the House of Grace.
Enter it with praises,
Fill its walls with song,
GOD’S dear habitation,
Ordered fair and strong.

4. Enter with a purpose,

Resolute and true,
Of more reverent homage,
Rendering honour due;
Of more earnest using
Of the gifts divine,
Strong to nerve and nourish,
Spirit’s Food and Wine.
Enter it with praises,
Fill its walls with song,
GOD’S dear habitation,
Ordered fair and strong.

5. Enter all as brethren,

Members each of each;
One in a communion
Closer than of speech;
Meeting many another
Unseen worshipper
Of the SAVIOUR-Brother,
FATHER, Comforter.
Enter it with praises,
Fill its walls with song,
GOD’S dear habitation,
Ordered fair and strong.

6. LAMB of GOD the FATHER,

By Thy SPIRIT strong,
Sanctify our service,
Sacrament and Song;
For, though Seraph-voices
Hymn Thee loud and well,
Thou dost deign inhabit
Praise of Israel.
Enter it with praises,
Fill its walls with song,
 GOD’S dear habitation,
Ordered fair and strong. Amen.

HYMN CH 706 –

1. BROTHERS, we are marching onward, in the pathway trod of old,

Brothers, we are looking upward unto glory yet untold;
Saints of old, inspire our voices; as we hear each wondrous name,
In their Faith the Church rejoices, let us emulate their fame.
Marching onward, looking upward,
Faithless never, forward ever,
In the pathway trod of old.

2. Through the lands their words are sounding, like the music of a stream,
While their songs are yet resounding, CHRIST the LORD is still our theme;
In His Name their psalms they chanted, cheering others on their way,
In His Name we sing undaunted, mid the trials of to-day.
Marching onward, looking upward,
Faithless never, forward ever,
In the pathway trod of old.

3. Clearly down the ages pealing, now in tones both loud and long,
Now in softer notes appealing, floats the echo of their song;
Hark! their joyful hymns are ringing; trumpet, harp, and lute unite;
We our worship thus are bringing, praising GOD with all our might.
Marching onward, looking upward,
Faithless never, forward ever,
In the pathway trod of old.

4. Young and old of every nation, rallied round the Holy Cross,
Fighting for the world’s salvation, counting all but CHRIST as loss;
True their watchword ever keeping – “Heaven our Home, and CHRIST our LORD!”
We, like them, must move unsleeping, with our hand upon our sword.
Marching onward, looking upward,
Faithless never, forward ever,
In the pathway trod of old.

5. On their course CHRIST left them never, Bread of Life He gave for Meat,
Strengthen, LORD, our true endeavour, help us from Thy Mercy-seat;
Trustful Saints, on Him relying; praising, praying, on they went;
Still, in this our life undying, plead we in His Sacrament.
Marching onward, looking upward,
Faithless never, forward ever,
In the pathway trod of old.

6. Faith and hope their journey guiding, Love their law and CHRIST their Light,
Peace and joy they found abiding in the land of glory bright;
Saintly songs on high are blending, in the Home of peace and love,
Soon with them may we be bending, victors, at the Throne above,
Marching onward, looking upward,
Faithless never, forward ever,
In the pathway trod of old.
7. Wake! Ye sons of men, from slumber; rise, ye idlers, from your ease;
Join the throng which none can number, seeking ever CHRIST to please;
Lamps be lighted, armour gleaming, CHRIST the Captain leads the way,
In the sky His Banner streaming, darkest night shall end in day!
Marching onward, looking upward,
Faithless never, forward ever,
In the pathway trod of old. Amen.

HYMN CH 707 – “Listen, O Isles, unto me, and hearken, ye people from far;… in the shadow of His Hand
hath He hid me, and made me a polished shaft.”- ISA. xlix. 1, 2.

1. BULWARK of a mighty nation,

See the Church of England stand,
Founded on the Rock of ages,
Hope, and glory of our land.
See her stand, a holy temple,
Bounded with the bond of love,
Living bond that ever bindeth
Human souls to GOD above.

2. See her plead for all her children

Kneeling at their SAVIOUR’S Throne,
Sign the Cross upon their foreheads,
Mark, and seal them for His own.
See her, - witness of the SPIRIT,-
Bid them search the Book that sheds
Rays of light upon the living,
Hope upon their dying beds.

3. See her, as a loving mother,

Guard them with a mother’s love,
Ever pointing with her finger
To their FATHER’S Home above.
Hers the voice that cheers them forward,
Fainting o’er the world-worn track,
Hers when from the path they wander,
First to call the wanderers back.

4. Nursing-mother of our freedom,

Sowing truth from door to door,
Watching o’er the young and aged,
Church alike of rich and poor,
Shield her, LORD, from every evil,
Strife within, and foes without,
Give her strength to wage the warfare
Faith must ever wage with doubt.

5. May Thy Heavenly grace be with her,

Guide, support her by the way,
As she leads her children homeward
Through the mists that cloud the day;-
 Till the living sea of crystal
Bursts upon their wondering sight,
And the songs of thronging Angels
Greet them in the realms of light. Amen.

HYMN CH 708 – “There is one body, and one Spirit,… one Lord, one faith, one baptism.”- EPH. iv. 4. 5.

1. THY Hand, O GOD, has guided

Thy flock from age to age;
The wondrous tale is written,
Full clear, on every page;
Our fathers owned Thy goodness,
And we their deeds record;
And both of this bear witness,
One Church, one Faith, one LORD.

2. Thy heralds brought glad tidings

To greatest, as to least;
They bade men rise, and hasten
To share the great King’s feast;
And this was all their teaching,
In every deed and word,
To all alike proclaiming,
One Church, one Faith, one LORD.

3. When shadows thick were falling,

And all seemed sunk in night,
Thou, LORD, didst send Thy servants,
Thy chosen sons of light.
On them and on Thy people
Thy plenteous Grace was poured
And this was still their message,
One Church, one Faith, one LORD.

4. Through many a day of darkness,

Through many a scene of strife,
The faithful few fought bravely,
To guard the Nation’s life.
Their Gospel of redemption,
Sin pardoned, man restored,
Was all in this enfolded,
One Church, one Faith, one LORD.

5. And we, shall we be faithless?

Shall hearts fail, hands hang down?
Shall we evade the conflict,
And cast away our crown?
Not so: in GOD’S deep counsels
Some better thing is stored;
We will maintain, unflinching,
One Church, one Faith, one LORD.
6. Thy Mercy will not fail us,
Nor leave Thy work undone:
With Thy right Hand to help us
The Victory shall be won,
And then by men and angels,
Thy Name shall be adored,
And this shall be their anthem,
“One Church, one Faith, one LORD”. Amen

HYMN CH 709 – “The fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.”- JOB
xxviii. 28 (PART I)

1. LORD, behold us with Thy blessing

Once again assembled here;
Onward be our footsteps pressing,
In Thy love, and faith, and fear;
Still protect us
By Thy Presence ever near.

2. For Thy mercy we adore Thee,

For this rest upon our way;
LORD, again we bow before Thee,
Speed our labours day by day
Mind and spirit
With Thy choicest gifts array.

3. Keep the spell of home affection

Still alive in every heart;
May its power, with mild direction,
Draw our love from self apart,
Till Thy children
Feel that Thou their FATHER art.

4. Break temptation’s fatal power,

Shielding all with guardian care,
Safe in every careless hour,
Safe from sloth and sensual share;
Thou, our SAVIOUR,
Still our failing strength repair. Amen.

(PART II)

1. LORD, dismiss us with Thy blessing,

Thanks for mercies past receive;
Pardon all, their faults confessing;
Time that’s lost may all retrieve;
May Thy children
Ne’er again Thy SPIRIT grieve.

2. Bless Thou all our days of leisure,

Help us selfish lures to flee;
Sanctify our every pleasure,
 Pure and blameless may it be;
May our gladness
Draw us evermore to Thee.

3. By Thy kindly influence cherish

All the good we here have gained;
May all taint of evil perish
By Thy mightier power restrained;
Seek we ever
Knowledge pure and love unfeigned.

4. Let Thy Father-hand be shielding

All who here shall meet no more;
May their seed-time past be yielding
Year by year a richer store;
Those returning,
Make more faithful than before. Amen.

HYMN CH 710 – “Stand fast in one spirit,… striving together for the faith of the Gospel.”- PHIL. i. 27

1. THE call to arms is sounding,

The foeman muster strong,
While Saints beneath the Altar
Are crying, “LORD, how long?”
The living and the loving,
CHRIST’S royal Standard raise,
And marching on to conflict
Shout forth their Captain’s praise.

2. No time for self-indulgence,

For resting by the way;
Repose will come at even,
But toil is for the day:
Work, like the blessed JESUS,
Who from His earliest youth
Would do His FATHER’S business
And witness for the truth.

3. For the one Faith, the true Faith,

The Faith which cannot fail,
For the one Church, the true Church,
‘Gainst which no foes prevail;
Made one with GOD Incarnate,
We in His might must win
The glory of self-conquest,
Of victory over sin.

4. Behold! upon Mount Sion

A glorious people stand,
A crown on every forehead,
A palm in every hand;
Lo! these are they who boldly
 The Name of CHRIST confessed,
And now triumphant praise Him,
In Heaven’s unresting Rest.

5. O JESU! Who art waiting

Thy faithful ones to crown,
Vouchsafe to bless our conflict,
Our loving service own;
Come in each heart for ever
As King adored to reign,
Till we with Saints triumphant
Uplift the victor strain. Amen.

HYMN CH 711 – “Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I ssend, and who will go for us?
Then said I, Here am I; send me.”- ISA. vi. 8

1. LORD of life, Prophetic SPIRIT,

In sweet measure evermore
To the holy children dealing
Each his gift from Thy rich store;
Bless Thy family, adoring
As in Israel’s schools of yore.

2. GOD and FATHER of all Spirits,

Whose dread call young Joshua knew,
Forty days in darkness waiting
With Thy servant good and true,
Thence to wage Thy war descending,
Own us, LORD, Thy champions too.

3. One Thy Light, the Temple filling,

Holy, Holy, Holy, Three:
Meanest men and brightest Angels
Wait alike the word from Thee;
Highest musings, lowliest worship,
Must their preparation be.

4. Here are we, REDEEMER, send us!

But because Thy work is fire,
And our lips, unclean and earthly,
Breathe no breath of high desire;
Send Thy Seraph from the Altar
Veiled, but in his bright attire.

5. Cause him, LORD, to fly full swifly

With the mystic coal in hand,
Sin-consuming, soul-transforming
(Faith and love will understand);
Touch our lips, Thou awful Mercy,
With Thine own keen healing brand.

6. Thou didst come that fire to kindle;

 Fain would we Thy torches prove,
Far and wide Thy beacons lighting
With the undying spark of love:
Only feed our flame, we pray Thee,
With Thy breathings from above. Amen.

HYMN CH 712 – “This Voice which came from Heaven we heard, when we were with Him in the Holy
Mount.” – 2 PET. i. 18.

1. UPON the Holy Mount they stood

That wondrous awful night;
They saw, and knew that it was good
To see that vision bright.
No Man of Sorrows stands there now,
But, keen as lightning-flame,
The streams of Heavenly radiance flow
From that transfigured Frame.

2. Beneath that Mount another scene

They saw, when morning smiled:
A father, torn with anguish keen,
Sought mercy for his child.
No more the blaze of glistering light
Enwraps the Form Divine,
But tender love and healing might
Around Him softly shine.

3. He came from hours of rapture high

To care for human woe:
So Angels from GOD’S Presence fly
To succour men below.
O JESU, be our life like Thine;-
Blest labour, doubly blest
By communing with things Divine
Upon the mountain’s crest.

4. LORD, we would pass from hours of prayer,

That lift our souls above,
To go where want and sorrow are with lowly deeds of love.
Let no self-will within us lurk,,
Nor faithless sloth be there;
But prayer give life to all our work,
And work crown all our prayer. Amen.

HYMN CH 713 – “Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that He will send forth labourers into His
harves.>”- MATT. ix. 38

1. LORD of the living harvest

That whitens o’er the plain,
Where Angels soon shall gather
Their sheaves of golden grain:
Accept these hands to labour,
 These hearts to trust and love,
And deign with them to hasten
Thy kingdom from above.

2. As labourers in Thy vineyard

Still faithful may we be,
Content to bear the burden
Of weary days for Thee;
We ask no other wages,
When Thou shalt call us home,
But to have shared the travail
Which makes Thy kingdom come.

3. Come down, Thou HOLY SPIRIT,

And fill our souls with light,
Clothe us in spotless raiment,
In vesture clean and white;
Within Thy sacred temple
Be with us, where we stand,
And sanctify Thy people,
Throughout this happy land.

4. Be with us, GOD the FATHER!

Be with us, GOD the SON!
And GOD the HOLY SPIRIT!
O Blessed THREE in ONE!
Make us a royal priesthood,
Thee rightly to adore,
And fill us with Thy fullness
Both now and evermore. Amen.

HYMN CHG. 714 – “Go work to-day in My vineyard.” – MATT. xxi. 28

1. COME, labour on!

Who dares stand idle on the harvest plain
While all around him waves the golden grain,
And to each servant does the Master say
“Go, work to-day.

2. Come, labour on,

Claim the high calling Angels cannot share-
To young and old the Gospel-gladness bear:
Redeem the time; its hours too swiftly fly,
The night draws nigh.

3. Come, labour on.

The labourers are few, the field is wide.
New stations must be filled and blanks supplied;
From voices distant far, or near at home,
The call is, “Come.”
4. Come, labour on.
The enemy is watching night and day,
To sow the tares, to snatch the seed away;
While we in sleep our duty have forgot,
He slumbered not.

5. Come, labour on!

Away with gloomy doubt and faithless fear
No arm so weak but may do service here:
By feeblest agents can our GOD fulfill
His righteous Will.

6. Come, labour on!

No time for rest, till glows the western sky
While the long shadows o’er our pathway lie,
And a glad sound comes with the setting sun-
‘Servants, well done.’ Amen

HYMN CH 715 – “Take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of
God.”- EPH. vi. 17.

1. SOLDIERS of the Cross, arise!

Gird you with your armour bright:
Mighty are your enemies,
Hard the battle ye must fight.

2. O’er a faithless fallen world

Raise your banner in the sky:
Let it float there, wide unfurled;
Bear it onward; lift it high.

3. ‘Mid the homes of want and woe,

Strangers to the Living Word,
Let the SAVIOUR’S herald go,
Let the voice of hope be heard.

4. Where the shadows deepest lie,

Carry truth’s unsullied ray;
Where are crimes of blackest dye,
There the saving sign display.

5. To the weary and the worn

Tell of realms where sorrows cease;
To the outcast and forlorn
Speak of mercy and of peace.

6. Guard the helpless; seek the strayed;

Comfort troubles; banish grief:
In the might of GOD arrayed,
 Scatter sin and unbelief.

7. Be the banner still unfurled,

Still unsheathed the SPIRIT’S sword,
Till the kingdoms of the world
Are the Kingdom of the LORD. Amen.

HYMN CH 716 – “Now are they many members, yet but one body.”- I COR. xii. 20.

1. HOW blessed, from the bonds of sin

And earthly fetters free,
In singleness of heart and aim,
Thy servants, LORD, to be!
The hardest toil to undertake
With joy at Thy command,
The meanest office to receive
With meekness at Thy Hand.

2. With willing heart and longing eyes

To watch before Thy gate,
Ready to run the weary race,
To bear the heavy weight:
No voice of thunder to expect,
But follow calm and still,
For love can easily divine
The One Beloved’s Will.

3. Thus may we serve Thee, gracious LORD;

Thus ever Thine alone,
Our souls and bodies given to Thee,
The purchase Thou hast won;
Through evil or through good report
Still keeping by Thy side,
By life or death, in this poor flesh
Let CHRIST be magnified!

4. How happily the working days

In this dear service fly!
How rapidly the closing hour,
The time of rest, draws nigh;
When all the faithful gather home,
A joyful company;
And ever where the Master is
Shall His blest servants be. Amen.

HYMN CH 717 – “Thou rules the raging of the sea; when the waves thereof arise, Thou stillest them.”-
PSALM lxxxix. 9.

1. GREAT Ruler of the land and sea,

Almighty GOD, we come to Thee,
Able to succour and to save
From perils of the wind and wave.
 Keep by Thy mighty Hand, oh! Keep
The dwellers on the homeless deep.

2. Soothe the rough ocean’s troubled face,

And bid the hurricane give place
To the soft breeze, that wafts the barque
Safely alike through light and dark.
Keep by Thy mighty Hand, oh! Keep
The dwellers on the homeless deep.

3. In storm or battle, with Thine Arm

Shield Thou the mariner from harm,-
From foes without, from ills within,
From deeds and words and thoughts of sin.
Keep by Thy mighty Hand, oh! Keep
The dwellers on the homeless deep.

4. O SON of GOD, in days of ill,

Say to each sorrow, “Peace, be still!”
In hours of weakness be Thou nigh,
Heal Thou the sickness, hear the cry.
Keep by Thy mighty Hand, oh! Keep
The dwellers on the homeless deep.

5. Good Pilot of the awful main,

Let us not plead Thy love in vain;
JESUS, draw near with kindly aid,
Say, “It is I, be not afraid.”
Keep by Thy mighty Hand, oh! Keep
The dwellers on the homeless deep. Amen.

HYMN CH 718 – “Even the winds and the sea obey Him.”- MATT. viii. 27

1. ETERNAL FATHER, strong to save,

Whose Arm doth bind the restless wave,
Who bidd’st the mighty ocean deep
Its own appointed limits keep;
Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee
For those in peril on the sea.

2. O CHRIST, Whose Voice the waters heard

And hushed their raging at Thy word,
Who walkedst on the foaming deep,
And calm amidst its rage didst sleep;
Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee
For those in peril on the sea.

3. O HOLY SPIRIT, Who didst brood

Upon the waters dark and rude,
And bid their angry tumult cease,
And gavest light, and life, and peace;
Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee
 For those in peril on the sea.

4. O TRINITY of love and power,

Our brethren shield in danger’s hour;
From rock and tempest, fire and foe,
Protect them wheresoe’er they go;
Thus evermore shall rise to Thee
Glad hymns of praise from land and sea. Amen

HYMN CH 719 – “O God of our salvation, who art the confidence… of them that are afar off upon the
sea.”- PSALM lxv. 5.

1. ALMIGHTY FATHER, hear our cry,

As o’er the trackless deep we roam;
Be Thou our haven always nigh,
On homeless waters Thou our home.

2. O JESUS, SAVIOUR, at Whose Voice

The tempest sank to perfect rest,
Bid Thou the mourner’s heart rejoice,
And cleanse and calm the troubled breast.

3. O HOLY GHOST, beneath Whose Power

The ocean woke to life and light,
Command Thy blessing in this hour,
Thy fostering warmth, Thy quickening might.

4. Great GOD, TRIUNE JEHOVAH, Thee

We love, we worship, we adore;
Our Refuge on time’s changeful sea,
Our Joy on Heaven’s eternal shore. Amen.

HYMN CH 720 – “The wind and the sea obey Him.”- MARK iv. 41

1. O LORD, be with us when we sail

Upon the lonely deep,
Our Guard when on the silent deck
The midnight watch we keep.

2. We need not fear, though all around,

‘Mid rising winds we hear
The multitude of waters surge;
For Thou, O GOD, art near.

3. If duty calls from threatened strife

To guard our native shore,
And shot and shell are answering fast
The booming cannon’s roar,

4. Be Thou the mainguard of our host

Till war and danger cease:
Defend the right, put up the sword,
 And through the world make peace.

5. So when the fiercer storms arise

From man’s unbridled will,
Be Thou, LORD, present in our hearts
To whisper, “Peace, be still.”

6. Across this troubled tide of life

Thyself our Pilot be,
Until we reach that better land,
The land that knows no sea.

7. To Thee, the FATHER, Thee, the SON,

Whom land and sea adore;
Thee, SPIRIT, moving on the deep,
Be praise for evermore. Amen.

HYMN CH 721 – “The Lord… forsaketh not His saints; they are preserved for ever.”- PSALM xxxvii. 28

1. HOW are Thy servants blest, O LORD!

How sure is their defence!
Eternal Wisdom is their guide,
Their help, Omnipotence.

2. In foreign realms and lands remote,

Supported by Thy care
Through burning climes they pass unhurt,
And breathe in tainted air.

3. From all their griefs and dangers, LORD,

Thy mercy sets them free,
While in the confidence of prayer
Their souls take hold on Thee.

4. When by the dreadful tempest borne

High on the broken wave,
They know Thou art not slow to hear,
Nor impotent to save.

5. The storm is laid, the winds retire,

Obedient to Thy Will:
The sea, that roars at Thy command,
At Thy command is still.

6. In midst of dangers, fears, and deaths,

Thy goodness we adore:
We praise Thee for Thy mercies past,
And humbly hope for more.

7. Our life, while Thou preservest life,

A sacrifice shall be;
And death, when death shall be our lot,
 Shall join our souls to Thee. Amen.

HYMN CH 722 – “And He arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the
wind ceased, and there was a great calm.” – MARK iv. 39.

1. FIERCE raged the tempest o’er the deep,

Watch did Thine anxious servants keep,
But Thou wast wrapt in guileless sleep,
Calm and still.

2. “Save, LORD, we perish,” was their cry,

“Oh, save us in our agony”!
Thy Word above the storm rose high,
“Peace, be still.”

3. The wild winds hushed: the angry deep

Sank, like a little child, to sleep;
The sullen billows ceased to leap
At Thy Will.

4. So, when our life is clouded o’er

And storm-clouds drift us from the shore,
Say-lest we sink to rise no more-
“Peace, be still.” Amen.

HYMN CH 723 – “Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid.”- MATT. xiv. 27.

1. FIERCE was the wild billow,

Dark was the night;
Oars laboured heavily,
Foam glimmered white:
Trembled the mariners:
Peril was high:
Then said the GOD of GOD,-
“Peace: it is I!”

2. Ridge of the mountain-wave,

Lower thy crest:
Wail of Euroclydon,
Be thou at rest:
Sorrow can never be.
Darkness must fly,
Where saith the LIGHT of LIGHT,-
“Peace: it is I!”

3. JESU, Deliverer!
Come Thou to me;
Soothe Thou my voyaging
Over life’s sea:
Thou, when the storm of death
Roars sweeping by,
Whisper, O TRUTH of TRUTH,-
 “Peace: it is I!” Amen.

HYMN CH 724 – “The Lord watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.”- GEN.
xxxi. 49.

1. HOLY FATHER, in Thy Mercy

Hear our anxious prayer;
Keep our loved ones, in their absence,
‘Neath Thy care.

2. JESUS, SAVIOUR, let Thy Presence

Be their Light and Guide;
Keep, O keep them, in their weakness,
At Thy Side.

3. When in sorrow, when in danger,

When in loneliness,
In Thy love look down and comfort
Their distress.

4. May the joy of Thy Salvation

Be their strength and stay;
May they love and may they praise Thee
Day by day.

5. HOLY SPIRIT, let Thy teaching

Sanctify their life;
Send Thy grace, that they may conquer
In the strife.

6. FATHER, SON, and HOLY SPIRIT,

GOD the ONE in THREE
Bless them, guide them, save them, keep them
Near to Thee. Amen.

HYMN CH 725 – “The Hand of our God was upon us, and He delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and
of such as lay in wait by the way.”- EZRA viii. 31

1. FATHER, Who art alone

Our Helper and our Stay,
O hear us, as we plead
For loved ones far away;
And shield with Thine Almighty Hand
Our wanderers by sea and land.

2. For Thou, our FATHER GOD,

Art present everywhere,
And bendest low Thine Ear
To catch the faintest prayer;
Waiting rich blessings to bestow
On all Thy children here below.
3. O compass with Thy love
The daily path they tread;
And may Thy light and truth
Upon their hearts be shed,
That, one in all things with Thy Will,
Heaven’s peace and joy their souls may fill.

4. Guard them from every harm

When dangers shall assail,
And teach them that Thy power
Can never, never fail;
We cannot with our loved ones be,
But trust them FATHER, unto Thee.

5. We all are travellers here

Along life’s varied road,
Meeting and parting oft
Till we shall mount to GOD,-
At home at last, with those we love,
Within the Fatherland above. Amen.

HYMN CH 726 – “The Lord of peace Himself give you peace always by all means.”- 2 THESS. Iii. 16

1. WITH the sweet word of peace

We bid our brethren go;
Peace as a river to increase,
And ceaseless flow.

2. With the calm word of prayer

We earnestly commend
Our brethren to Thy watchful care,
Eternal Friend!

3. With the dear word of love

We give our brief farewell;
Our love below, and Thine above,
With them shall dwell.

4. With the strong word of faith

We stay ourselves on THee,
That Thou, O LORD, in life and death,
Their help shalt be;

5. Then the bright word of hope

Shall on our parting gleam,
And tell of joys beyond the scope
Of earth-born dream.

6. Farewell! In hope and love,

In faith and peace and prayer;
Till He Whose Home is ours above,
 Unite us there! Amen.

HYMN CH 727 – “As dying, and behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; as sorrowful, yet always
rejoicing.”- 2 COR. vi. 9, 10. “In all time of our tribulation, Good Lord, deliver us.”- (From the Litany)

1. SHELTER us, LORD! for the blast is strong,

Shelter us, LORD! for the way is long;
Cover us, LORD! for the night is cold,
Hush us to rest, in Thine Arms enfold.

2. There can we rest, without fear of ill,

There find new strength, for the waves are still;
Under Thy Blood, we are cleansed from sin,
Light evermore! Thy deep peace within.

3. Succour us, LORD! for the way is steep,

Succour us, LORD! for the tide is deep;
Strengthen us, LORD! in the path of pain,
JESUS! Draw nigh, and our souls sustain.

4. Praise be to Thee for Thy Heavenly Grace,

Poured forth on us from Thy Holy Place;
Glory to Thee for Thy wondrous Love
Shining on us from our LORD above.

5. Shelter us, LORD! from the fiery blast,

Shelter us, LORD! till this life is past;
Cover us, LORD! when the night is cold,
Hush us to rest, in Thine Arms enfold. Amen.

HYMN CH 728 – “Our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and
eternal weight of glory.”- 2 COR. iv. 17.

1. O LET him whose sorrow

No relief can find,
Trust in GOD, and borrow
Ease for heart and mind.

2. Where the mourner weeping

Sheds the secret tear,
GOD His watch is keeping,
Though none else be near.

3. GOD will never leave thee,

All thy wants He knows,
Feels the pains that grieve thee,
Sees thy cares and woes.

4. When in grief we languish,

He will dry the tear,
Who His children’s anguish
Soothes with succour near.
5. All our woe and sadness,
In this world below,
Balance not the gladness
We in heaven shall know.

6. Raise thine eyes to Heaven

When thy spirits quail,
When, by tempests driven,
Heart and courage fail.

7. JESUS, Holy SAVIOUR,

In the realms above
Crown us with Thy favour,
Fill us with Thy love. Amen.

HYMN CH 729 – “They see Jesus walking on the sea… and they were afraid. But He saith unto them, it is
I; be not afraid.”- JOHN vi. 19, 20.

1. WHEN the dark waves round us roll,

And we look in vain for aid,
Speak, LORD, to the trembling soul,-
“It is I; be not afraid.”

2. When we dimly trace Thy Form

In mysterious clouds arrayed,
May we hear, amidst the storm,-
“It is I; be not afraid.”

3. When our brightest hopes depart,

When our fairest visions fade,
Whisper to the fainting heart,-
“It is I; be not afraid.”

4. When we weep beside the beir

Where some well-loved form is laid,
Oh, may then the mourner hear,
“It is I; be not afraid.”

5. When with wearing, hopeless pain,

Sinks the spirit, sore dismayed,
Breathe Thou then the comfort-strain,-
“It is I; be not afraid.”

6. When we feel the end is near,

Passing into death’s dark shade,
May the Voice be strong and clear,-
“It is I; be not afraid.” Amen.

HYMN CH 730 – “A Man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief.”- ISA. liii. 3.

1. WHEN our heads are bowed with woe,

 When our bitter tears o’erflow,
When we mourn the lost, the dear,
JESU, MAN of Sorrows, hear!

2. Thou our throbbing flesh hast worn,

Thou our mortal griefs hast borne,
Thou hast shed the human tear,
JESU, MAN of Sorrows, hear!

3. When the heart is sad within

With the thought of all its sin,
When the spirit shrinks with fear,
JESU, MAN of Sorrows, hear!

4. Thou the shame, the grief, hast known

Though the sins were not Thine own,
Thou hast deigned our load to bear,
JESU, MAN of Sorrows, hear!

5. When the solemn death-bell tolls

For our own departing souls,
When our final doom is near,
JESU, MAN of Sorrows, hear!

6. Thou hast bowed the dying Head,

Thou the Blood of Life hast shed,
Thou hast filled a mortal bier,
JESU, MAN of Sorrows, hear! Amen.

HYMN CH 731 – “And Jesus said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest
awhile.”- MARK. Vi. 31.

1. COME ye yourselves apart and rest awhile,

Weary, I know it, of the press and throng,
Wipe from your brow the sweat and dust of toil,
And in My quiet Strength again be strong.

2. Come ye aside from all the world holds dear,

For converse which the world has never known,
Alone with Me and with My FATHER here,
With Me and with My FATHER not alone.

3. Come, tell Me all that ye had said and done,

Your victories and failures, hopes and fears.
I know how hardly souls are wooed and won:
My choicest wreaths are always wet with tears.

4. Come ye and rest: the journey is too great,

And ye will faint beside the way and sink;
The Bread of Life is here for you to eat,
And here for you the Wine of Love to drink.
5. Then, fresh from converse with your LORD, return
And work till daylight softens into even:
The brief hours are not lost in which ye learn
More of your MASTER and His Rest in Heaven. Amen.

HYMN CH 732 – “I love my Master… I will not go out free.”- EXOD. xxi. 5.

1. MY-glorious Victor, Prince Divine,

Clasp these, surrendered hands in Thine;
At length my will is all Thine own,
Glad vassal of a SAVIOUR’S Throne.

2. My Master, lead me to Thy door:

Pierce this now willing ear once more:
Thy bonds are freedom; let me stay
With Thee, to toil, endure, obey.

3. Yes, ear, and hand, and thought and will,

Use all in Thy dear slavery still;
Self’s weary liberties I cast
Beneath Thy feet; there keep them fast.

4. Tread them still down, and then I know

These hands shall with Thy gifts o’erflow;
And pierced ears shall hear the tone
Which tells me Thou and I are one. Amen.

HYMN CH 733 – “I am crucified with Christ, nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me.”- GAL.
ii. 20.

1. THOU hidden love of GOD, whose height,

Whose depth unfathomed, no man knows:
I see from far Thy beauteous light,
Inly I sigh for Thy repse;
My heart is pained, nor can it be
At rest, till it finds rest in Thee.

2. ‘Tis mercy all, that Thou hast brought

My mind to seek her peace in Thee;
Yet, while I seek but find Thee not,
No peace my wandering soul shall see;
O when shall all my wanderings end,
And all my steps to Thee-ward tend?

3. Is there a thing beneath the sun

That strives with Thee my heart to share?
Ah, tear it thence, and reign alone,
The LORD of every motion there!
Then shall my heart from earth be free,
When it hath found repose in THee.

4. O hide this self from me, that I

 No more, but CHRIST in me, may live;
My vile affections crucify,
Nor let one hidden lust survive!
In all things nothing may I see,
Nothing desire, apart from Thee.

5. Each moment draw from earth away

My heart, that lowly waits Thy call;
Speak to my inmost soul, and say,
“I am thy Love, thy GOD, thy All!”
To feel Thy power, to hear Thy Voice,
To taste Thy love, be all my choice. Amen.

HYMN CH 734 – “In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and confidence shall be your
strength.”- ISA. xxx. 15.

1. WITH weary feet and saddened heart,

From toil and care we flee,
And come, O dearest LORD, apart
To rest awhile with Thee.

2. The courts of Heaven were lost to view,

The world had come between;
But here the veil is rent in two;
We see the things unseen.

3. Our sins, in Thy pure light descried,

Stand out in dread array;
But here in Love’s absolving tide
Their guilt is washed away.

4. With strife of tongues distraught and worn

Our troublous way we trod;
But cast ourselves, this holy morn,
Into the peace of GOD.

5. And oh! What depth of joy, as thus

We bend the trembling knee,
To know that Thou art one with us,
And we are one with Thee. Amen.

HYMN CH 735 – “I am Thine, save me.” – PSALM cxix. 94

1. LOW at Thy feet I lie,

O Blessed SAVIOUR mine,
Comfort me or I die,
Oh! Save me, I am Thine;
THine by the gift of life,
Thine by the grace of love,
Oh! Save me through this strife
Till I am THine above.
2. My soul is sick from sin,
Fears compass it about,
Oh! Cleanse me from within,
And guard me from without;
To me Thy truth impart,
To me THine ear incline,
Oh! Take me to Thine heart,
My SAVIOUR! I am Thine.

3. With Thee, in watch and prayer,

My life’s best hours I’d spend,
If only I might share
Thy sorrows, dearest Friend;
For oh! The bitter pain,
When any sin of mine
That blood-washed heart doth stain,
Which should be purely Thine.

4. I shall not die but live,

And all Thy love declare,
So bountiful to give,
So merciful to spare;
My broken heart I rest,
My weary head recline,
My SAVIOUR! On Thy breast,
And whisper, “I am Thine.”Amen.

HYMN CH 736 – “None of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might
finish my course with joy.”- ACTS xx. 24.

1. WHO fathoms the Eternal Thought?

Who talks of scheme and plan?
The LORD is GOD! He needeth not
The poor device of man.

2. And in the maddening maze of things,

When tossed by storm and flood,
To one fixed ground my spirit clings:
I know that GOD is good!

3. I long for household voices gone,

For vanished smiles I long;
But GOD hath led my dear ones on,
And He can do no wrong.

4. I know not what the future hath of marvel or surprise,

Assured alone that, life and death,
His mercy underlies.

5. And if my heart and flesh are weak

To bear an untried pain,
The bruised reed He will not break,
 But strengthen and sustain.

6. No offering of my own I have,

Nor works my faith to prove;
I can but give the gifts He gave,
And plead His Love for love.

7. And so beside the silent sea

I wait the muffled oar;
No harm from Him can come to me
On ocean or on shore.

8. I know not where His islands lift

Their fronded palms in air;
I only know I cannot drift
Beyond His love and care.

9. And Thou, O LORD, by Whom are seen

Thy creatures as they be,
Forgive me, if too close I lean
My human heart on thee! Amen.

HYMN CH 737 – “Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away?”- JOHN vi. 67.

1. WILL Ye also go away-

Ye disciples of My choice?
Called and led along “The Way,”
Will ye cease to heed m y Voice?
LORD, to whom shall we now go?
Having so far with Thee trod,
More of Thee we long to know,
Thou- the HOLY ONE of GOD!

2. Will ye also go away-

Ye companions of My heart?
Loved and taught “the Truth” alway,
Will ye now from Me depart?
LORD, to whom shall we now go?
For Thy words have been our food,
And for Thee our hearts do glow.
Thou – th’ Incarnate SON of GOD!

3. Will ye also go away-

Ye partakers of My grace?
With “the Life” which I convey,
Will ye fail to seek My Face?
LORD, to whom shall we now go?
For Thou art the soul’s abode,
And Eternal Life doth flow
From th’ Eernal SON of GOD!

4. Will ye also go away-

 Fellow-workers with the LORD?
Blessed and trained to watch and pray,
And to teach the living Word!
LORD, to whom else can we go?
Thou can’st break sin’s iron rod,
And the gifts of Heaven bestow,
Thou,l the CHRIST, the SON of GOD!

5. LORD, we must not go away-

Save as witnesses for Thee;
That by word and deed we may
Spread Thy Name o’er land and sea!
We must call Thy people home,
And Thy Mission they must see;
For they cannot truly come
To the FATHER, but by Thee! Amen.

HYMN CH 738 – “Jesus said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find.”-
JOHN xxi. 6.

1. LORD, the night hangs darkly!

LORD, the sea is chill!
Yet we go a-fishing
At Thy gracious will;
Thankful for the mission
Thou didst give us, when
Thou didst make us fishers
Of souls of men.

2. MASTER, hear Thy fishers

In the world’s wide sea
Lift their cry, beseeching
Light and power from Thee;
Still the stormy waters,
Guide us where to cast,
Bring the souls, and make us
Wise to hold them fast.

3. When we cannot see Thee,

Let there come once more
Clear and sweet remembrance
Of Thy call of yore;
Then shall hands be strengthened
Hearts, no longer faint,
Burn with glorious longing,
Under love’s constraint.

4. Toiling in the darkness,

Little can we take;
Yet the nets are lowered,
SAVIOUR, for Thy sake;
Oh, that we might hear Thee
 Calling from the shore,
Now, and in the morning
Of the Evermore.

5. Now,- to cheer and hearten,

And to give success,
For the toil all fruitless,
But that Thou wilt bless;
Then,- to bid us join Thee,
Where the warmth and rest
And the feast are ready,
With Thyself – the Best. Amen.

HYMN CH 739 – “He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.”- 2 SAM. xxiii. 3.

1. SPIRIT of GOD! Who, ‘midst a dark creation

Diffusing life, upon the waters went;
Rest thou upon the Rulers of our nation,
GOD bless our Parliament!

2. Spirit of Wisdom! Grant a plenteous measure

Of that true wisdom, which from Heaven is sent,
Which prizes truth above all earthly treasure;
GOD bless our Parliament!

3. Spirit of Understanding! Teach us plainly

What things provoke a righteous discontent,
Lest, blind to sorest needs, we labour vainly;
GOD bless our Parliament!

4. Spirit of Counsel! Let not weak excuses

Beguile our judgment, whom the nation sent
To right old wrongs, and banish all abuses;
GOD bless our Parliament!

5. Spirit of Might! Let speech bear fruit in action,

Speedy and bold, and strong with just intent,
Strike dumb the lips, and faint the heart of faction,
GOD bless our Parliament!

6. Spirit of knowledge! Sins in darkness hiding,

Long unreproved, with deadly perils blent,
Bring forth to light, the Nation’s conscience guiding,
GOD bless our Parliament!

7. Spirit of Godly Fear! Make Thou Thy dwelling

In every heart on Britain’s welfare bent;
Then shall thought, word, and deed, Thy praise be telling,
GOD bless our Parliament! Amen.

HYMN CH 740 –“God, even our own God, shall give us His blessing.”- PSALM lxvii. 6.
1. GRACIOUS LORD, on these Thy servants
Pour the fullness of Thy love;
On the threshold of their journey
Let them al its sweetness prove.
Hold their footsteps, that they slip not,
Neither faint nor fall away;
Be to them a Guide and Guardian,
And their ever-present Stay.

2. Keep the chain of love that binds them

Ever bright and free from stain,
Help them in the day of battle,
That the Crown of Life they gain.
Grant them, LORD, that Love all perfect,
Casting every fear away,
Give them Peace that passeth knowledge,
Growing deeper, day by day.

3. Heavenly FATHER, grant Thy Blessing,

Greatest and most precious gift,
Let it rest on them for ever,
From their lives all shadows lift;
And when earthly joys are over,
Grant them Thine Eternal Rest,
In the SAVIOUR’S Arms enfold them,
Ever safe, and ever blest. Amen.

HYMN CH 741 – “Jesus was called, and His disciples to the marriage.”- JOHN ii. 2

1. HOW welcome was the call,

And sweet the festal lay,
When JESUS deigned in Cana’s hall
To bless the marriage day!

2. And happy was the Bride,

And glad the Bridegroom’s heart,
For He Who tarried at their side
Bade grief and ill depart.

3. His gracious power Divine

The water vessels knew;
And plenteous was the mystic wine
The wondering servants drew.

4. O LORD of Life and Love,

Come Thou again to-day;
And bring a blessing from above
That ne’er shall pass away.

5. O bless, as erst of old,

The Bridegroom and the Bride;
Bless with the holier stream that flowed
 Forth from Thy pierced Side. Amen.

HYMN CH 742 – “And God blessed them.” – GEN. i. 28

1. THE Voice that breathed o’er Eden,

That earliest wedding day,
The primal marriage blessing,
It hath not passed away.

2. Still in the pure espousal

Of Christian man and maid,
The HOLY THREE are with us,
The threefold grace is said.

3. For dower of blessed children,

For love and faith’s sweet sake,
For high mysterious union
Which nought on earth may break.

4. Be present, HOLY FATHER,

To give away this bride,
As Eve Thou gav’st to Adam
Out of his pierced side.

5. Be present, Holy JESUS,

To join their loving hands,
As Thou didst bind two natures
In Thine Eternal bands.

6. Be present, HOLY SPIRIT,

To bless them as they kneel,
As Thou, for CHRIST, the Bridegroom,
The Heavenly spouse dost seal.

7. O spread Thy pure wing o’er them,

Thy overshadowing love,
While one in Thee for ever
They seek Thy rest above:

8. Till to the home of gladness

With CHRIST’S own Bride they rise,
And cast their crowns before THee
In perfect sacrifice. Amen.

HYMN CH 743 – “The Lord do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.”- RUTH i. 17

1. O PERFECT Love, all human thought transcending,

Lowly we kneel in prayer before Thy Throne,
That theirs may be the love which knows no ending,
Whom Thou for evermore dost join in one.

2. O perfect Life, be Thou their full assurance

 Of tender charity and steadfast faith,
Of patient hope, and quiet brave endurance,
With childlike trust that fears nor pain nor death.

3. Grant them the joy which brightens earthly sorrow,

Grant them the peace which calms all earthly strife;
And to life’s day the glorious un-known morrow
That dawns upon Eternal Love and Life. Amen.

HYMN CH 744 – “Except the Lord build the house, their labour is but lost that built it.”- PSALM cxxvii.1

1. O FATHER all creating,

Whose wisdom, love, and power,
First bound two lives together
In Eden’s primal hour,
To-day, to these Thy children
Thine earliest gifts renew,-
A home by Thee made happy,
A love by Thee kept true.

2. O SAVIOUR, Guest most bounteous

Of old in Galilee,
Vouchsafe to-day Thy Presence
With these who call on Thee;
Their store of earthly gladness
Transform to Heavenly wine,
And teach them in the tasting,
To know the gift is Thine.

3. O SPIRIT of the FATHER,

Breathe on them from above,
So mighty in Thy pureness,
So tender in Thy love;
That guarded by Thy Presence,
From sin and strife kept free,
Their lives may own Thy guidance,
Their hearts be ruled by Thee.

4. Except Thou build it, FATHER,

The house is built in vain;
Except Thou, SAVIOUR, bless it,
The joy will turn to pain;
But nought can break the marriage
Of hearts in THee made one,
And love Thy SPIRIT hallows
Is endless love begun. Amen.

HYMN CH 745 – “Until the day break, and the shadows flee away.”- SONG OF SOL. ii. 17.

1. SLEEP on, beloved, sleep, and take thy rest;

Lay down thy head upon thy SAVIOUR’S Breast;
We love thee well, but JESUS loves thee best;
 Good night!

2. Calm is thy slumber as an infant’s sleep;

But thou shalt wake no more to toil and weep;
Thine is a perfect rest, secure and deep:
Good night!

3. Until the shadows from this earth are cast,

Until He gathers in His sheaves at last
Until the twilight gloom is overpassed,
Good night!

4. Until the LORD’S new glory floods the skies,

Until the loved in JESUS shall arise,
And He shall come, but not in lowly guise.
Good night!

5. Until, made beautiful by Love Divine,

Thou in the likeness of thy LORD shalt shine,
And He shall bring that golden crown of thine,
Good night!

6. Only “Good night!” beloved, not “Farewell!”

A little while and all His Saints shall dwell
In hallowed union, indivisible:
Good night!

7. Until we meet again before His Throne,

Clothed in the spotless robe He gives His own,
Until we know even as we are known,
Good night! Amen.

HYMN CH 746 – “Them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him.”- I THESS. Iv. 14.

1. ASLEEP in JESUS! Blessed sleep,

From which none ever wakes to weep,
A calm and undisturbed repose
Unbroken by the last of foes.

2. Asleep in JESUS! Oh, how sweet

To be for such a slumber meet,
With holy confidence to sing
That death hath lost its venomed sting.

3. Asleep in JESUS! Peaceful rest,

Whose waking is supremely blest!
No fear, no woe to dim the hour
That manifests the SAVIOUR’S power.

4. Asleep in JESUS! LORD for me,

May such a blessed refuge be!
Safe in Thy Bosom may I lie,
 Waiting the summons from on high. Amen

HYMN CH 747 – “Sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.”- I THESS. Iv. 13.

1. THOU art gone to the grave! but we will not deplore Thee,
Though sorrows and darkness encompass the tomb;
Thy SAVIOUR has passed through its portal before thee,
And the lamp of His love is thy guide through the gloom.

2. Thou art gone to the grave! we no longer behold thee,

Nor tread the rough paths of the world by thy side;
But the wide arms of mercy are spread to enfold thee,
And sinners may die, for the
Sinless has died.

3. Thou art gone to the grave! and, its mansion forsaking,

Perchance thy weak spirit in fear lingered long;
But the mild rays of Paradise beamed on thy walking,
And the sound which thou heardst was the Seraphim’s song!

4. Thou art gone to the grave! but we will not deplore thee,
Whose GOD was thy Ransom, thy Guardian and Guide;
He gave thee, He took thee, and He will restore thee,
And death has no sting, for the SAVIOUR has died. Amen.

HYMN CH 748 – “I will come again, and receive you unto Myself.”- JOHN xiv. 3.

1. CHRIST will gather in His own

To the place where He is gone,
Where their heart and treasure lie,
Where our life is hid on high.

2. Day by day the Voice saith, “Come,

Enter thine Eternal Home”:
Asking not if we can spare
This dear soul it summons there.

3. Had He asked us, well we know

We should cry, “Oh! Spare this blow!”
Yea, with streaming tears should pray,
“LORD, we love him, let him stay.”

4. But the LORD doth naught amiss,

And, since He hath ordered this,
We have naught to do, but still
Rest in silence on His Will.

5. Many a heart no longer here,

Ah! Was all too inly dear!
Yet, O Love, ‘tis Thou dost call,
Thou wilt be our All in all. Amen.
HYMN CH 749 – “He is not a God of the dead, but of the living; for all live unto Him.”- LUKE xx. 38.

1. GOD of the living, in Whose eyes

Unveiled Thy whole creation lies;
All souls are Thine; we must not say
That those are dead who pass away:
From this our world of flesh set free,
We know them living unto Thee.

2. Not spilt like water on the ground,

Not wrapped in dreamless sleep profound,
Not wandering in unknown despair
Beyond Thy Voice, Thine Arm, Thy care!
Not left to lie like fallen tree,-
Not dead, but living unto Thee.

3. Thy Word is true, Thy Will is just;

To Thee we leave them, LORD, in trust;
And bless Thee for the Love which gave
Thy SON to fill a human grave,
That none might fear that world to see
Where all are living unto Thee.

4. O Breather into man of breath!

O Holder of the keys of death!
O Giver of the life within!
Save us from death, the death of sin;
That body, soul, and spirit be
For ever living unto Thee! Amen.

HYMN CH 750 – “Them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him.”- I THESS. Iv. 14

1. SLEEP thy last sleep,

Free from care and sorrow,
Rest where none weep,
Till the Eternal morrow;
Though dark waves roll
O’er the silent river,
Thy fainting soul
JESUS can deliver.

2. Life’s dream is past,

All its sin, its sadness,
Brightly at last
Dawns a day of gladness
Under thy sod,
Earth, receive our treasure,
To rest in GOD,
Waiting all His pleasure.

3. Though we may mourn

Those in life the dearest,
 They shall return,
CHRIST, when Thou appearest!
Soon shall Thy Voice
Comfort those now weeping,
Bidding rejoice
All in JESUS sleeping. Amen.

HYMN CH 751 – “Unto the God of gods appeareth every one of them in SIon.”- PSALM lxxxiv. 7.

1. THEY are gathering homeward from every land,

One by one,
As their weary feet touch the shining strand,
One by one,
Their brows are enclosed in a golden crown,
Their travel-stained garments are all laid down,
And clothed in white raiment, they rest in the mead
Where the LAMB loveth His chosen to lead
One by one.

2. Before they rest they pass through the strife,

One by one
Through the waters of death they enter Life,
One by one,
To some are the floods of the river still,
As they ford their way to the Heavenly hill:
To others the waves run fiercely and wild;
Yet all reach the Home of the undefiled,
One by one.

3. JESUS, REDEEMER, we look to Thee,

One by one,
We lift up our voices tremblingly,
One by one
The waves of the river are dark and cold,
We know not the spot where our feet may hold:
Thou Who didsst pass through in deep midnight,
Strengthen us, send us the staff and the light,
One by one.

4. Plant Thou Thy Feet beside as we tread,

One by one.
On Thee let us lean each drooping head,
One by one
Let but Thy strong Arm around us be twined,
We shall cast our cares and fears to the wind,
SAVIOUR, REDEEMER, with Thee full in view,
Trustfully, peacefully, shall we pass through,
One by one. Amen.

HYMN CH 752 – “Father, into Thy hands I commend My spirit.”- LUKE xxiii. 46

1. NOW the labourer’s task is o’er;

 Now the battle-day is past;
Now upon the farther shore
Lands the voyager at last.
FATHER, in Thy gracious keeping
Leave we now Thy servant sleeping.

2. There the tears of earth are dried:

There its hidden things are clear;
There the work of life is tried
By a juster Judge than here.
FATHER, in Thy gracious keeping
Leave we now Thy servant sleeping.

3. There the Angels bear on high

Many a strayed and wounded lamb,
Peacefully at last to lie
In the breast of Abraham.
FATHER, in Thy gracious keeping
Leave we now Thy servant sleeping.

4. There the sinful souls, that turn

To the Cross their dying eyes,
All the Love of CHRIST shall learn
At His Feet in Paradise.
FATHER, in Thy gracious keeping
Leave we now Thy servant sleeping.

5. There no more the powers of hell

Can prevail to mar their peace;
CHRIST the LORD shall guard them well,
He Who died for their release.
FATHER, in Thy gracious keeping
Leave we now Thy servant sleeping.

*6. Earth to earth, and dust to dust”;

Calmly now the words we say;
Leaving him to sleep in trust,
Till the Resurrection-day,
FATHER, in Thy gracious keeping
Leave we now Thy servant sleeping. Amen.

HYMN CH 753 – “Cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned.”- ISA. xl.
2

1. SAFE home, safe home in port!

Rent cordage, shattered deck,
Torn sails, provisions short,
And only not a wreck;
But oh! The joy upon the shore
To tell our voyage-perils o’er!

2. The prize, the prize secure!

 The athlete nearly fell;
Bare all he could endure,
And bare not always well;
But he may smile at troubles gone
Who sets the victor-garland on.

3. No more the foe can harm;

No more of leaguered camp,
And cry of night alarm,
And need of ready lamp;
And yet how nearly had he failed-
How nearly had that foe prevailed!

4. The lamb is in the fold,

In perfect safety penned;
The lion once had hold,
And thought to make an end;
But One came by with wounded Side,
And for the sheep the Shepherd died.

5. The exile is at home!

O nights and days of tears,
O longings not to roam,
O sins and doubts and fears:
What matters now grief’s darkest day?
The King has wiped those tears away. Amen.

HYMN CH 754 – “They rest from their labours.”- REV. xiv. 13

1. ANOTHER gone Home! Where there is no weeping,

Where tears are dried and hearts are ever glad,
Where friends long parted have a glorious meeting,
“With CHRIST” for ever, - who then could be sad?
Alleluia!

2. Another at rest! after earth’s wild billows

Have spent their force against GOD’S own in vain;
For sheltered safely in green pastured meadows,
His children find, “by water still,” “no pain”
Alleluia!

3. “Where is thy sting, O death?” they now are crying,

Where is Thy boasted victory, O grave?
“For sin is past and gone,” we hear them singing,
“Through JESUS’ death and risen power to save”.
Alleluia!

4. Glory to Thee, O LORD, for those now sleeping,

Who loved us when on earth, who love us still;
Who, were they nigh, would bid us still our weeping,
For they are praising GOD on Zion’s hill.
Alleluia!
5. Only a brief span! Our short life is fleeting,
We shall be garnered soon with those we love;
E’er we can measure years, how swiftly passing,
LORD, make us meet to dwell with Thee above.
Alleluia!

6. So be it, LORD! and as we watch the dawning,

May we work on with joy to soothe the sad;
To tell them CHRIST returneth in the Morning,
With those we love- His own- to make us glad.
Alleluia! Amen.

HYMN CH 755 – “Is it well with the child? And she answered, It is well.”- 2 KINGS iv. 26.

1. SAFELY, safely gathered in

No more sorrow, no more sin,
No more childish griefs or fears,
No more sadness, no more tears;
For the life, so young and fair,
Now hath passed from earthly care:
GOD Himself the soul will keep,
Giving His beloved sleep.

2. Safely, safely gathered in,

Free from sorrow, free from sin,
Passed beyond all grief and pain,
Death, for thee, is truest gain:
For our loss we must not weep,
Nor our loved one long to keep
From the home of rest and peace,
Where all sin and sorrow cease.

3. Safely, safely gathered in,

No more sorrow, no more sin,
GOD has saved from weary strife,
In its dawn, this young, fresh life,
Which awaits us now above,
Resting in the SAVIOUR’S love.
JESU, grant that we may meet
There, adoring at Thy Feet. Amen.

HYMN CH 756 – “And Jesus called a little child unto Him.”- MATT. xviii. 2.

1. TENDER Shepherd, Thou hast stilled

Now Thy little lamb’s brief weeping;
Ah, how peaceful, pure and mild,
In Thy loving Arms ‘tis sleeping;
And no sigh of anguish sore
Heaves that little bosom more.

2. In a world of pain and care,

 LORD, thou wouldst no longer leave it:
To Thy meadows bright and fair
Lovingly Thou dost receive it;
Clothed in robes of spotless white
Now it dwells with Thee in light.

3. Ah, LORD JESU, grant that we

There may live where it is living,
And the blissful pastures see
That its Heavenly food are giving;
Lost awhile our treasured love,
Gained for ever, safe above. Amen.

HYMN CH 757 – “When Thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee.”- ISA. xliii. 2.

1. SUNSET and evening star,

And one clear call for me!
And may there be no moaning of the bar,
When I put out to sea,
But such a tide as moving seems asleep,
Too full for sound and foam,
When that which drew from out the boundless deep
Turns again home.

2. Twilight and evening bell,

And after that the dark!
And may there be no sadness of farewell
When I embark:
For, though from out our bourne of time and place
The flood may bear me far,
I hope to see my Pilot face to face
When I have crost the bar. Amen.

HYMN CH 758 – “For I am with thee, to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the Lord.”- JER. xv. 20.

1. JESUS, LORD of life and Glory,

Bend from Heaven Thy gracious ear;
While our waiting souls adore Thee,
Friend of helpless sinners, hear;
By Thy mercy,
O deliver us, good LORD!

2. Taught by Thine unerring SPIRIT,

Boldly we draw nigh to GOD;
Only in Thy spotless merit,
Only through Thy precious Blood;
By Thy mercy,
O deliver us, good LORD!

3. From the depths of nature’s blindness,

From the hardening power of sin,
From all malice and unkindness,
 From the pride that lurks within,
By Thy mercy,
O deliver us, good LORD!

4. When temptation sorely presses,

In the day of Satan’s power,
In our times of deep distresses,
In each dark and trying hour,
By Thy mercy,
O deliver us, good LORD!

5. When the world around is smiling,

In the time of wealth and ease,
Earthly joys our hearts beguiling,
In the day of health and peace,
By Thy mercy,
O deliver us, good LORD!

6. In the weary hours of sickness,

In the times of grief and pain,
When we feel our mortal weakness,
When all human help is vain,
By Thy mercy,
O deliver us, good LORD!

7. In the solemn hour of dying,

In the awful judgment day,
May our souls, on Thee relying,
Find Thee still our Rock and Stay;
By Thy mercy,
O deliver us, good LORD! Amen.

HYMN CH 759 – “I am the Light of the world; he that followeth Me shall not walk in the darkness, but
shall have the light of life.”- JOHN viii. 12.

1. LIGHT, that from the dark abyss

Madest all things, none amiss,
To share Thy beauty, share Thy bliss,
Come to us: come.

2. Light that dost o’er all things reign,

Light that dost all life maintain;
O Light, that dost create again,
Come to us: come.

3. Light of men, that left the skies,

Light that looked through human eyes,
And died in darkness as man dies,
Come to us: come.

4. Light that stooped to rise and raise,

Soared to GOD above our gaze,
 And still art with us all the days,
Come to us: come.

5. Light that makest manifest,

Beautifiest, hallowest,
Light in Thy joyous strength at rest,
Come to us: come.

6. Leave us not to say we see,

While we shut our eyes to Thee,
Who knockest very patiently:
Enter, and cone.

7. All our good is Thine alone:

All our evil is our own;
Oh, drive it from before Thy Throne,-
Come to us: come.

8. Works of darkness put away:

With Thy harness us array
To walk in light and wait for day,
And Thee to come.

9. We have done great wrong to Thee;

Yet we do belong to Thee;
Oh, make our life one song to Thee,
Come to us: come.

10. Come in all the Majesty

Of thy great humility;
Come, the whole world cries out to THee,
Come to us: come. Amen.

HYMN CH 760 – “Let Thy loving Spirit lead me forth into the land of righteousness.”- PSALM cxliii. 10.

1. GRACIOUS SPIRIT, hear our prayer,

Fain would we our hearts prepare
For Thy pure indwelling there-
Guide us, Thou – Most Holy!

2. While Thy servants seek Thy Face,

Dower each soul with quickening grace,
Till our thronging care give place
To Thy calm – Most Holy!

3. Purify from taint of ill;

Sanctify each wayward will;
Glorify – inspire – fulfil
All our hopes – Most Holy!

4. Purge our earthliness away,

Draw us upward day by day,
 Till each thought proclaims Thy sway;
Rule in us – Most Holy!

5. Leave us not to counsels vain,

School us e’en through chast’ning pain,
So we may at length attain
To Thy truth – Most Holy!

6. Hush each jarring note to peace,

Bid our rending discords cease,
Raise us al, through Love’s increase,
Nearer Thee – Most Holy!

7. Fire our souls with Joy Divine,

Through illumined spirits shine:
Thine we would be – only Thine,
Thine for aye! Most Holy! Amen.

HYMN CH 760(a) – “When He is come, He will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of
judgment.”- JOHN xvi. 8.

1. HOLY GHOST! Great Gift of grace,

Great Restorer of our race,
Make my soul Thy dwelling-place;
Holy SPIRIT, hear me!

2. Be my Guide from day to day,

Lest when tempted I should stray,
From the holy narrow way;
Holy SPIRIT, warn me!

3. Light of Heaven! Softly shine

Into this poor heart of mine;
Make and keep me always Thine;
Holy SPIRIT, lead me!

4. When my frequent falls distress,

And I seem to love Thee less,
Raise me from my sinfulness;
Holy SPIRIT, save me.

5. Quicken what the world would kill;

Gently bend my stubborn will,
And Thy purposes fulfil;
Holy SPIRIT, guide me!

6. Come, Blest SPIRIT! Heavenly Dove,

Dearest pledge of JESUS’ Love,
Fix my trust on Him above;
Holyl SPIRIT, help me!

7. Breathe Thy sweetness o’er my heart;

 Bid each vexing care depart;
Make me tender as Thou art;
Holy SPIRIT, bless me.

8. Keep me humble, that in me

Thou my Guide and Strength may’st be;
Give me light and purity;
Holy SPIRIT, keep me! Amen.

HYMN CH 761 – “I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and Thou forgavest the iniquity of
my sin.”- PSALM xxxii.5.

(PART 1) INVOCATION VERSE

GOD the FATHER, GOD the SON,

GOD the SPIRIT, THREE in ONE,
Hear us from Thy Heavenly Throne,
Spare us, HOLY TRINITY.

1. FATHER, hear Thy children’s call:

Humbly at Thy Feet we fall,
Prodigals, confessing all:
We beseech Thee, hear us.

2. CHRIST, beneath Thy Cross we blame

All our life of sin and shame,
Penitent, we breathe Thy Name:
We beseech Thee, hear us.

3. Holy SPIRIT, grieved and tried,

Oft forgotten and defied,
Now we mourn our stubborn pride;
We beseech Thee, hear us.

4. Love, that caused us first to be,

Love, that bled upon the Tree,
Love, that draws us lovingly:
We beseech Thee, hear us.

5. We Thy call have disobeyed,

Have neglected, and delayed,
Into paths of sin have strayed:
We beseech Thee, hear us.

6. Sick, we come to Thee for cure,

Guilty, seek Thy mercy sure,
Evil, come to be made pure:
We beseech Thee, hear us.

7. Blind, we pray that we may see,

Bound, we pray to be made free,
Stained, we pray for sanctity:
 We beseech Thee, hear us.

8. Thou, Who hear’st each contrite sigh,

Bidding sinful souls draw nigh,
Willing not that one should die:
We beseech Thee, hear us.

(PART II)

9. By the gracious saving call

Spoken tenderly to all
Who have shared man’s guilt and fall:
We beseech Thee, hear us.

10. By the nature JESUS wore,

By the Stripes and Death he bore,
By His Life for evermore:
We beseech Thee, hear us.

11. By the love that longs to bless,

Pitying our sore distress,
Leading us to holiness:
We beseech Thee, hear us.

12. By the love so calm and strong,

Patient still to suffer wrong,
And our day of grace prolong:
We beseech Thee, hear us.

13. By the love that speaks within,

Calling us to flee from sin,
And the joy of goodness win:
We beseech Thee, hear us.

14. By the gifts that show Thee near,

By the stripes of love we fear,
Warning us Thy Voice to hear;
We beseech Thee, hear us.

15. By the love that bids Thee spare,

By the Heaven Thou dost prepare,
By Thy promises to prayer:
We beseech Thee, hear us.

16. Teach us what Thy love has borne

That, with loving sorrow torn,
Truly contrite we may mourn:
We beseech Thee, hear us.

(PART III)

17. Gifts of light and grace bestow,

 Help us to resist the foe,
Fearing what indeed is woe:
We beseech Thee, hear us.

18. Let not sin within us reign,

May we never give Thee pain;
JESU, wash away our stain:
We beseech Thee, hear us.

19. May we to all evil die,

Fleshly longings crucify,
Fix our hearts and thoughts on high:
We beseech Thee, hear us.

20. Grant us faith to know Thee near,

Hail Thy grace, Thy judgment fear,
And through trial persevere:
We beseech Thee, hear us.

21. Grant us hope from earth to rise,

And to strain with eager eyes
Towards the promised Heavenly prize:
We beseech Thee, hear us.

22. Grant us love Thy Love to own,

Love to live for Thee alone,
And the power of grace make known:
We beseech Thee, hear us.

23. All our weak endeavours bless,

As we ever onward press,
Till we perfect holiness:
We beseech Thee, hear us.

24. Lead us daily nearer Thee,

Till at last Thy Face we see,
Crowned with Thine own purity:
We beseech Thee, hear us. Amen

HYMN CH 762 – “Who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed.”- ACTS x. 38 (PART
1)
INVOCATION VERSE
GOD the FATHER, GOD the SON,
GOD the SPIRIT, THREE in ONE,
Hear us from Thy Heavenly Throne,
Spare us, HOLY TRINITY.

1. JESU, dwelling here below,

Teaching man his GOD to know,
One with all our toil and woe:
Hear us, Holy JESU.
2. LAMB of GOD, revealed to save,
Thou to Whom by Jordan’s wave
John the Baptist witness gave:
Hear us, Holy JESU.

3. Driven by Divine command

Far into the lonely land,
Satan’s onset to withstand:
Hear us, Holy JESU.

4. Faithful to Thy FATHER’S Will,

Firm its purpose to fulfil,
Sorely tried, yet holy still:
Hear us, Holy JESU.

5. Bringing sin-bound souls release,

Bidding doubt and tears to cease,
Giving pardon, light, and peace:
Hear us, Holy JESU.

6. Bidding children come to Thee,

Guiding meek souls tenderly,
Hating all hypocrisy:
Hear us, Holy JESU. Amen

(PART II)

7. As a King in triumph borne,

Yet in heart with anguish torn,
For Thy city doomed to mourn:
Hear us, Holy JESU.

8. Scorned and hated and unknown

By the world, and by Thine own
Doubted, fled from, left alone:
Hear us, Holy JESU.

9. For our life content to die,

Calm among the crowds who cry
“Crucify Him, crucify”;
Hear us, Holy JESU.

10. Pierced by nail and spear and thorn

Loaded with Thy creature’s scorn,
Yet by might of love upborne:
Hear us, Holy JESU.

11. Raised from death, no more to die,

Hailed with songs of victory,
And in triumph throned on high:
Hear us, Holy JESU. Amen.
(PART III)

12. By Thy feeble childhood’s tears,

By Thy growing manhood’s fears,
By the grief of all thy years:
Hear us, Holy JESU.

13. By Thy thoughts of holiness,

By Thy words of gentleness,
By Thy deeds to help and bless:
Hear us, Holy JESU.

14. By Thy shame and agony

Borne upon the cursed Tree,-
Woes our evil laid on THee:
Hear us, Holy JESU.

15. By Thy heart so calm and brave,

By Thy firm resolve to save,
By Thy triumph o’er the grave:
Hear us, Holy JESU.

16. By Thy going up on high,

By Thy promise to be nigh,
Hearing when Thy people cry:
Hear us, Holy JESU.

17. By the Name in which we pray,

By the love that bids us say
God “Our FATHER” day by day:
Hear us, Holy JESU.

18. JESU, make us Thine indeed,

In Thy paths Thy people lead.
In Thy pastures make us feed;
Hear us, Holy JESU.

(PART IV)

19. When the clouds of sorrow lower,

When we dread the tempter’s power,
In the awful dying hour:
Hear us, Holy JESU.

20. Be Thou near us, LORD, we pray

Turn our darkness into day.
Help us on our Heavenward way:
Hear us, Holy JESU.

21. All our hope we rest on Thee,

Strength and peace and comfort be,
Light and life and purity:
 Hear us, Holy JESU.

22. All that we have lost restore,

Change and form us evermore
In Thy presence to adore:
Hear us, Holy JESU.

23. There at last made wholly Thine,

May we in Thy likeness shine,
Clothed with righteousness Divine:
Hear us, Holy JESU. Amen.

HYMN CH 763 – “We have an Advocate with the Father.”- I JOHN ii. 1.

(PART 1) INVOCATION VERSE

GOD the FATHER, GOD the SON,

GOD the SPIRIT, THREE in ONE,
Hear us from Thy Heavenly Throne:
Save, Holy TRINITY.

1. JESU, Life of those who die,

Advocate with GOD on high,
Hope of Immortality:
Hear us, Holy JESU.

2. Thou, Whose Death to mortals gave

Power to triumph o’er the grave;
Living now from death to save:
Hear us, Holy JESU.

3. Thou, before Whose Great White Throne

All transgression must be shown;
Pleading now for us Thine own:
Hear us, Holy JESU.

4. Thou, whose Death was borne that we,

From the power of Satan free,
Might not die eternally:
Hear us, Holy JESU.

5. Thou, Who dost a place prepare,

That in Heavenly Mansions fair
Sinners may Thy glory share:
Hear us, Holy JESU. Amen.

(PART II) “The last enemy that shall be destroyed is Death.” – I COR. xv. 26

6. WE are dying day by day,

Soon from earth we pass away!
LORD of Life, to Thee we pray:
Hear us, Holy JESU.
7. Ere we hear the Angel’s call,
And the shadows round us fall,
Be our SAVIOUR, be our All:
Hear us, Holy JESU.

8. Wean our hearts from things below,

Make us all Thy Love to know,
Guard us from our ghostly foe:
Hear us, Holy JESU.

9. Shelter us with Angel’s wing,

To our souls Thy pardon bring;
So shall death have lost its sting:
Hear us, Holy JESU.

10. In the gloom Thy light provide,

Safely through the valley guide;
Thee we trust, for Thou hast died!
Hear us, Holy JESU. Amen

(PART III) “We must all appear before the judgment-seal of Christ.”- 2 COR. v. 10.

11. WHEN Thy summons we obey,

On the dreadful Judgment Day,
Let not fear our souls, dismay:
Hear us, Holy JESU.

12. While the lost in terror fly,

May we see with joyful eye
Our Redemption drawing nigh:
Hear us, Holy JESU.

13. May we see Thee on Thy Throne,

As the SAVIOUR we have known,
And have followed as our own:
Hear us, Holy JESU.

14. May we, then, among the blest,

Who Thy Name on earth confessed,
Hear Thee calling us to rest:
Hear us, Holy JESU.

(PART IV) “This is the second death.” – REV. xx. 14.

15. FROM the awful place of doom,

Where in rayless outer gloom
Dead souls lie as in a tomb:
Save us, Holy JESU.

16. From the black, the dull despair

Ruined men and angels share;
 From the dread companions there:
Save us, Holy JESU.

17. From the unknown agonies

Of the soul that helpless lies,
From the worm that never dies:
Save us, Holy JESU.

18. From the lusts that none can tame,

From the fierce mysterious flame,
From the everlasting shame:
Save us, Holy JESU. Amen.

(PART V) – “There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.”- JOB iii. 17.

19. WHERE Thy saints in glory reign,

Free from sorrow, free from pain,
Pure from every guilty stain:
Bring us, Holy JESU.

20. Where the captives find release,

Where all foes from troubling cease,
Where the weary rest in peace,
Bring us, Holy JESU.

21. Where the pleasures never cloy,

Where in Angels’ holy joy
Thy redeemed their powers employ:
Bring us, Holy JESU.

22. Where in wondrous light are shown

All Thy dealings with Thine own,
Who shall know as they are known:
Bring us, Holy JESU.

23. Where, with loved ones gone before,

We may love Thee, and adore
In Thy Presence evermore:
Bring us, Holy JESU. Amen.

HYMN CH 764 - “FATHER, FORGIVE THEM, FOR THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THEY DO.”---
----- Luke 23:34.

1. JESU, in Thy dying woes,

Even while Thy Life-blood flows,
Craving pardon for Thy Foes:
Hear us, Holy JESU.

2. SAVIOUR, for our pardon sue,

When our sins Thy pangs renew,
For we know not what we do:
 Hear us, Holy JESU.

3. Oh! may we, who mercy need,

Be like Thee in heart and deed,
When with wrong our spirits bleed:
Hear us, Holy JESU.

II. “TODAY SHALL THOU BE WITH ME IN PARADISE.”------ Luke 23:42.

4. JESU, pitying the sighs

Of the thief who near Thee dies,
Promising him Paradise:
Hear us, Holy JESU.

5. May we in our guilt and shame

Still Thy love and mercy claim,
Calling humbly on Thy Name:
Hear us, Holy JESU.

6. Oh! Remember us who pine,

Looking from our cross to Thine:
Cheer our souls with hope Divine:
Hear us, Holy JESU.

III. “WOMAN, BEHOLD THY SON.” ….”BEHOLD THY MOTHER.”------John 19:26-27.

7. JESU, loving to the end

Her whose heart Thy sorrows rend,
And Thy dearest human friend:
Hear us, Holy JESU.

8. May we in Thy sorrows share,

For Thy sake all peril dare,
Ever know Thy tender care:
Hear us, Holy JESU.

9. May we all Thy loved ones be,-

All one holy family,
Loving for the love of Thee:
Hear us, Holy JESU.

IV. “MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAST THOU FORSAKEN ME?” – Matt. xxvii. 46.

10. JESU, ‘whelmed in fears unknown,

With our evil left alone,
While no light from Heaven is shown:
Hear us, Holy JESU.
11. When we seem in vain to pray,
And our hope seems far away,
In the darkness be our Stay:
Hear us, Holy JESU.

12. Though no Father seem to hear,

Though no light our spirits cheer,
May we know that GOD is near:
Hear us, Holy JESU.

V. “I THIRST.” ---John 19:28

13. JESU, in Thy thirst and pain,

While Thy wounds Thy Life-blood drain,
Thirsting more our love to gain:
Hear us, Holy JESU.

14. Thirst for us in mercy still;

All Thy holy work fulfill;
Satisfy Thy loving Will:
Hear us, Holy JESU.

15. May we thirst Thy love to know;

Lead us in our sin and woe
Where the healing waters flow;
Hear us, Holy JESU.

VI. “IT IS FINISHED.” ---John 19:30

16. JESU,-all our ransom paid,

All Thy FATHER’S Will obeyed,-
By Thy sufferings perfect made:
Hear us, Holy JESU.

17. Save us in our soul’s distress,

Be our help to cheer and bless,
While we grow in holiness:
Hear us, Holy JESU.

18. Brighten all our Heavenward way,

With an ever holier ray,
Till we pass to perfect day:
Hear us, Holy JESU.

VII. “FATHER, INTO THY HANDS I COMMEND MY SPIRIT.” ---Luke 23:46

19. JESU,-all Thy labour vast,

All Thy woe and conflict past,-
 Yielding up Thy soul at last:
Hear us, Holy JESU.

20. When the death-shades round us lower,

Guard us from the Tempter’s power,
Keep us in that trial hour:
Hear us, Holy JESU.

21. May Thy Life and Death supply

Grace to live, and grace to die,
Grace to reach the Home on high:
Hear us, Holy JESU. Amen.

HYMN CH 765 – “As many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.”- ROM. Viii.
14.

(PART I)

1. SPIRIT Blest, Who art adored

With the FATHER and the WORD,
ONE Eternal GOD and LORD:
Hear us, HOLY SPIRIT.

2. Holy SPIRIT, Heavenly Dove,

Dew descending from above,
Breath of life, and Fire of love:
Hear us, HOLY SPIRIT.

3. Source of strength and knowledge clear,

Wisdom, godliness sincere,
Understanding, counsel, fear:
Hear us, HOLY SPIRIT.

4. Source of meekness, love, and peace,

Patience, pureness, faith’s increase,
Hope and joy that cannot cease:
Hear us, HOLY SPIRIT.

5. SPIRIT guiding us aright,

SPIRIT making darkness light,
SPIRIT of restless might:
Hear us, HOLY SPIRIT.

6. Thou, by Whom the Virgin bore

Him, Whom Heaven and earth adore,
Sent our nature to restore:
Hear us, HOLY SPIRIT.

(PART II)

7. Thou, Whom JESUS from His Throne

 Gave to cheer and help His own,
That they might not be alone:
Hear us, HOLY SPIRIT.

8. Thou, Whose grace the Church doth fill,

Showing her GOD’S perfect Will,
Making JESUS present still:
Hear us, HOLY SPIRIT.

9. Coming with Thy power to save,

Moving on Baptismal wave,
Raising us from sin’s dark grave:
Hear us, HOLY SPIRIT.

10. All Thy Seven-fold gifts bestow,

Gifts of wisdom GOD to know,
Gifts of strength to meet the foe:
Hear us, HOLY SPIRIT.

11. All our evil passions kill,

Bend aright our stubborn will,
Though we grieve Thee, patient still:
Hear us, HOLY SPIRIT.

(PART III)

12. Come, to raise us when we fall,

And, when snares our souls enthral,
Lead us back with gentle call:
Hear us, HOLY SPIRIT.

13. Come to strengthen all the weak,

Give Thy courage to the meek,
Teach our faltering tongues to speak:
Hear us, HOLY SPIRIT.

14. Come, to aid the souls who yearn

More of truth Divine to learn,
And with deeper love to burn:
Hear us, HOLY SPIRIT.

15. Keep us in the narrow way,

Warn us when we go astray,
Plead within us when we pray:
Hear us, HOLY SPIRIT.

16. Holy, loving, as Thou art,

Come, and live within our heart,
Nevermore from us depart:
Hear us, HOLY SPIRIT. Amen.

HYMN CH 766 – (I) THE QUESTION

1. IN His own raiment clad-
With His Blood dyed;
Women walk sorrowing
By His Side.

2. Heavy that Cross to Him-

Weary the weight-
One who will help Him waits
At the gate.

3. See! They are travelling

On the same road-
Simon is sharing with
Him the load.

4. Oh, whither wandering,

Bear they that Tree?
He Who first carries it-
Who is He?

(II) THE ANSWER

5. Follow to Calvary-
Tread where He trod-
He Who for ever was
SON of GOD.

6. You who would love Him, stand,

Gaze at His Face:
Tarry awhile on your
Earthly race.

7. As the swift moments fly

Through the blest week,
Hear the great Story the
Cross will teach.

8. Is there no beauty to
“You who pass by”
In that lone Figure which
Marks the sky?

III. THE STORY OF THE CROSS

9. On the Cross lifted up

Thy Face I scan-
Bearing that Cross for me,
SON of Man.

10. Thorns form Thy Diadem,

 Rough wood Thy Throne-
For me Thy Blood is shed-
Me alone.

11. No pillow under Thee

To rest Thy Head-
Only the splintered Cross
Is Thy bed.

12. Nails pierce Thy Hands and Feet,

Thy Side the spear;
No voice is nigh to say
Help is near.

13. Shadows of midnight fall,

Though it is day-
Thy friends and kinsfolk stand
Far away.

14. Loud is Thy bitter cry;

Sunk on Thy Breast
Hangeth Thy bleeding Head
Without rest.

15. Loud scoffs the dying thief,

Who mocks at Thee-
Can it, my SAVIOUR, be
All for me?

16. Gazing afar from Thee,

Silent and lone,
Stand those few weepers Thou
Call’st Thine own.

17. I see Thy Title, LORD,

Inscribed above-
“JESUS of Nazareth,”
King of Love!

18. What, O my SAVIOUR!

Here didst Thou see,
Which made Thee suffer and
Die for me?

IV. THE APPEAL FROM THE CROSS

19. Child of My grief and pain

Watched by My Love-
 I came to call thee to
Realms above.

20. I saw thee wandering

Far off from Me:
In Love I seek for thee-
Do not flee.

21. For thee My Blood I shed-

For thee alone:
I came to purchase thee-
For Mine own.

22. Weep not for My grief,

Child of My Love-
Strive to be with Me in
Heaven above.

V. OUR CRY TO JESUS

23. Oh, I will follow Thee,

Star of my soul,
Through the deep shades of life
To the goal.

24. Yea, let Thy Cross be borne

Each day by me-
Mind not how heavy if
But with Thee.

25. LORD, if Thou only wilt

Make me Thine own,
Give no companion save
Thee alone.

26. Grant me, each day of life

To stand by Thee:
With Thee, when Morning breaks,
Ever to be. Amen.

HYMN CH 766(a) – “They shall look upon Him whom they pierced.”- JOHN xix. 37.

PART 1 – THE GARDEN

1. WRESTLING in agony, wrestling alone;

Weary for human love, finding none:

2. While over Olivet sleeps the moonlight,

 Whose is that broken prayer troubling night?

3. What are those drops of Blood falling like rain,

Wrung from that Heart of Thine, Man of pain?

4. Anguish unspeakable writ on Thy Brow,-

Suppliant Sufferer, who art Thou?

PART II – THE WAY OF SORROWS

1. Hark, in thy bosom’s depths speaks He to thee,

“Child of My dying Love, follow Me.

2. Shall I not drink the cup My FATHER gave?

Drink it, when drinking it thee will save?

3. Buffeted, spitted on, loaded with scorns,

Smitten, scourged, purple-robed, crowned with thorns:

4. Onward to Golgotha; there I must die:

All for the love of thee: it is I”.

PART III – THE SEVEN WORDS UPON THE CROSS

1. Nailed to the bitter wood; never a groan:

Bearing our guilt and sin, not His own.

2. Sun of my soul, canst Thou suffer eclipse?

What words are those from Thy quivering Lips?

3. “FATHER, forgive them,” the Crucified prays:

And Him the Father hears, hears always.

4. Listen, the dying thief for mercy sighs:-

Calmly He promises Paradise.

5. Standing beside His Cross, kinsfolk, and friend,

Mary and Magdalene wait the end:

6. Two of them henceforth are mother and son,

Broken hearts by His word bound as one.

7. Darkness wraps earth and sky: night at midday:

Moments like centuries pass away.

8. Hark, through the gloom is heard one dreadful cry,

“Thou hast forsaken Me, FATHER, why?”

9. Oh that abandonment! Oh death accursed!

What means that plaint of woe, that “I thirst”?

10. Hark, “It is finished.” Thy warfare is done;

 Death and hell grappled with: victory won.

11. “FATHER, receive My Soul,”His latest Breath,

JESUS, the LORD of Life, sleeps in death.

PART IV – THE APPEAL

1. “Child of My agonies, bought with My Blood,

Ransomed from Satan’s thrall, saved for GOD;

2. Come to Me, weary one, come to My Breast;

Here in My bleeding Wounds hide and rest,

3. Come to My FATHER’S feet, come without fear:-

I am thy Advocate, always near.

4. Drink of the Spirit’s grace, all things are thine:

I am thy heritage, thou art Mine.”

PART V. – THE RESPONSE

1. “Yea, LORD, I give myself wholly to Thee;

Only Thy priceless Love give Thou me.

2. All I have, all I am, body and soul,

Nothing refuse, I Thee; take the whole.

3. Only abide with me, LORD, to the end;

JESUS, EMMANUEL, SAVIOUR, FRIEND.

4. And when Thy time is come, let me adore

Thee in Thy Home of light evermore.” Amen.

HYMN CH 767 – “To revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.”- ISA.
lvii. 15.

(PART I)

1. HOLY SAVIOUR, hear me: on Thy Name I call;

Bring Thy mercy near me, be my Life, my All:
I had none to save me, nothing of my own,
Till Thy promise gave me hope in THee alone.

2. I am lost without Thee, sin’s unhappy slave,

May I never doubt Thee, JESU, strong to save;
May I see Thee bleeding on the shameful Tree,
And in Glory pleading what Thou didst for me.

3. All my past misdoing, teach me to confess,

When for mercy suing, to Thy Cross I press:
See me humbly kneeling; Thou canst make me whole,
Bring Thy strength and healing to my weary soul.
4. Cleanse the evil, staining life and thought and heart;
Leave no spot remaining in my inmost part:
May I see Thee bending o’er me from above,
And the SPIRIT sending with Thy gifts of love.

5. May I bow before Thee, with a holy fear,

And in love adore Thee, as my SAVIOUR dear,
In each sore temptation, turn my heart to Thee,
Be my strong Salvation, Sun and Shield to me.

6. Be my strength in weakness, be my peace in strife:

Come with Thine own meekness, quieting my life:
When I faint in sorrow, bring Thy comfort near;
When I dread the morrow, come with hope to cheer.

(PART II)

7. Faithful Shepherd, feed me in the pastures green;

Faithful Shepherd, lead me where Thy steps are seen:
Hold me fast and guide me in the narrow way,
So with Thee beside me I shall never stray.

8. Daily bring me nearer to the Heavenly shore;

May Thy love grow dearer, may I love Thee more:
Hallow every pleasure, sanctify my pain,
Be Thyself my treasure, though none else I gain.

9. Give me joy or sadness: this be all my care

That eternal gladness, I with Thee may share.
Day by day prepare me, as Thou seest best;
Then let Angels bear me to Thy promised Rest.

10. When the world is failing from my mortal sight,

Lift the shadows veiling worlds more pure and bright:
When the world for ever is no more to me,
Bring me where I never shall depart from Thee.

11. Oh, the joy of winning this reward at last;

All my dread of sinning, all my mourning passed!
By Thy Cross and Dying, JESU, hear my prayer,
Daily grace supplying, bring me safely there. Amen.

HYMN CH 768 – “As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” – JOSHUA xxiv. 15

1. BELIEVING fathers oft have told

What things by GOD were done,
When faithful men in days of old
Their lifelong battle won;
And now when GOD calls us to life,
And Satan tempts each man,
We choose our side in the mortal strife
 To fight as best we can,-
Like brothers true, of one accord,
To hold one Faith and serve one LORD.

2. Our King has come to claim His own,

Has paid the debt we owe,
Himself has fought the fight alone,
In straits we cannot know.
Amid the world’s confused noise,
Where we but darkly see,
The CHRIST appeals, with sweet, clear Voice,
“My brothers, follow Me,”-
Like brothers true, of one accord,
To hold one Faith, to serve one LORD.

3. His Church our shelter, He our Guide,

Our strength His healing Cross,
We range ourselves upon His side,
Where none can suffer loss.
We’re safe behind our SAVIOUR’S shield;
He makes us heirs of Heaven;
We claim upon the embattled field
The victory CHRIST has given,-
Like brothers true, of one accord,
To hold one Faith and serve one LORD.

4. And yet, O CHRIST, our SAVIOUR-King,

Unless Thou keep us Thine,
Our faith will soon dry at the spring,
Our love will shrink and pine.
So by Thy SPIRIT mould us, LORD;
Inspire our hearts to pray;
Our hungry souls feed with Thy Word,
Teach all our Guild to say,
“True brothers we, of one accord,
We hold one Faith, we serve one LORD.”

5. We fain would do our Master’s part,

And help our fellow-men,
Would cheer some lonely brother’s heart,
Some lost one bring again;
Would serve the Church abroad, at home,
With hearts from self set free,
Striving to make Thy Kingdom come,-
O GOD, so may it be.
That, brothers true, with one accord,
We hold the Faith and serve the LORD! Amen

HYMN CH 769 – “Do all in the Name of the Lord Jesus.” – COL. iii. 17.

1. SONS of Labour, dear to JESUS,

To your homes and work again!
 Go with brave hearts back to duty,
Face the peril, bear the pain;
Be your dwellings ne’er so lowly,
Yet remember by your bed
That the SON of GOD most Holy
Had not where to lay His Head.

2. Sons of Labour, pray to JESUS:

Oh, how JESUS prayed for you,
In the moonlight, on the mountain
Where the shimmering olives grew!
When you rise up at the dawning,
Ere to toil you wend your way,
Pray, as He prayed, in the morning.
Long before the break of day.

3. Sons of Labour, be like JESUS

Undefiled, chaste, and pure,
And, though Satan tempt you sorely,
By His grace you shall endure,
Husband, father, son, and brother,
Be ye gentle, just, and true,
Be ye kind to one another.
As the LORD is kind to you.

4. Sons of Labour, go to JESUS

In your sorrow, shame, and loss
He is nearest, you are dearest,
When you bravely bear His Cross:
Go to Him Who died to save you,
And is still the sinner’s Friend;
And the great love which forgave you
Will forgive you to the end.

5. Sons of Labour, live for JESUS:

Be your work your worship too;
In His Name, and to His glory,
Do whate’er you find to do,
Till this night of sin and sorrow
Be for ever overpassed,
And we see the golden morrow,
Home with JESUS, home at last. Amen.

HYMN CH 770 – “Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.” –I COR. xvi. 13.

1. COURAGE, brother! Do not stumble,

Though thy path be dark as night;
There’s star to guide the humble:
Trust in GOD, and do the right.

2. Let the road be rough and dreary,

 And its end far out of sight,
Foot it bravely; strong or weary,
Trust in GOD, and do the right.

3. Perish policy and cunning,

Perish all that fears the light!
Whether losing, whether winning,
Trust in GOD, and do the right.

4. Trust no party, sect, or faction;

Trust no leaders in the fight,
But in every word and action
Trust in GOD, and do the right.

5. Trust no lovely forms of passion,-

Fiends might look like Angels bright;
Trust no custom, school, or fashion:
Trust in GOD, and do the right.

6. Some will hate thee, some will love thee,

Some will flatter, some will slight;
Cease from man, and look above thee:
Trust in GOD, and do the right.

7. Simple rule, and safest guiding,

Inward peace, and inward might,
Star upon our path abiding,-
Trust in GOD, and do the right.

8. Courage, brother! Do not stumble

Though thy path be dark as night;
There’s a star to guide the humble:
Trust in GOD, and do the right. Amen.

HYMN CH 771 – “Neither be partaker of other men’s sins; keep thyself pure.”- 1 TIM. v. 22
1. KEEP thyself pure! GOD calls you for His glory,
From sinful lusts and thoughts impure to flee;
And in your life to live the wondrous story,
“The power of CHRIST Who died has made me free.”
Glory for JESUS! This is my aim-
Never by word or deed to soil my SAVIOUR’S Name.

2. Keep thyself pure! Thy members now no longer

Serving the will of him who seeks to slay:
Living in CHRIST, thy purity grows stronger,
Till in His Kingdom He alone holds sway.
Glory for JESUS! This is my aim-
Never by word or deed to soil my SAVIOUR’S Name.
3. Keep thyself pure! “But can I in my weakness
Conquer desires that gain so firm a hold?”
Coming to CHRIST in humble, lowly meekness,
Weakness is strength, His power can make thee bold.
Glory for JESUS! This is my aim-
Never by word or deed to soil my SAVIOUR’S Name.

4. Keep thyself pure! Life’s dream now quickly changes;

No longer slave to every evil thing,
Before my eyes this noble vision ranges,
“My life in CHRIST brings glory to my KING.”
Glory for JESUS! This is my aim-
Never by word or deed to soil my SAVIOUR’S Name. Amen

HYMN CH 772 – “Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?”-
I COR. iii. 16.

1. TEMPLE of GOD’S HOLY SPIRIT,

Not my own, this human frame,
Purchased by my SAVIOUR’S merit
For the glory of His Name-
Not my own-
For the glory of His Name.

2. Temple of GOD’S HOLY SPIRIT,

Temple builded for my GOD,
Not for self and flesh to mar it,
Spotless keep His fair abode-
Not my own-
Spotless keep His fair abode.

3. SAVIOUR, give me of Thy SPIRIT,

Holiness I crave from Thee;
Thine own beauty, let me wear it,
Clothe me in Thy purity-
Not my own-
Clothe me in Thy purity. Amen.

HYMN CH 773 – “Keep thyself pure.”- 1 TIM. v. 22.

1. KEEP thyself pure! CHRIST’S soldier, hear,

Through life’s loud strife the call rings clear.
Thy Captain speaks: His Word obey:
So shall thy strength be as thy day.

2. Keep thyself pure! When lusts assail,

When flesh is strong and spirit frail,
Fight on- a fadeless crown thy meed-
Thy body as thy captive lead.

3. Keep thyself pure! Thrice blessed he

 Whose heart from taint of sin is free.
His feet shall stand where Saints have trod:
He with rapt eyes shall see his GOD.

4. Keep thyself pure! For He Who died,

Himself for thy sake sanctified.
Then hear Him speaking from the skies,
And victor o’er temptation rise.

5. O HOLY SPIRIT, keep us pure,

Grant us Thy strength when sins allure;
Our bodies are Thy temple, LORD;
Be Thou in thought and act adored. Amen.

HYMN C. H. 774 – “Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.” – GAL. vi. 2

1. MAIDENS, CHRIST is waiting for you,

Waiting long and patiently;
For your hearts’ true love and service,
Following Him obediently.
Say to Him, O Friend and SAVIOUR,
Humbly we obey Thy call:
Gladly make our full surrender
To Thyself, as LORD of all.

2. Take us now, O blessed JESUS,

Cleanse and keep us every hour;
As we follow in Thy footsteps,
Save us from the Tempter’s power.
Thou art coming; make us ready
For the presence of our King:
Keep our lamps for ever burning,
With fresh oil from Thine own Spring.

3. There are doors of lowly service,

Thou prepares for Thine own;
Where we may, as Friendly Maidens,
Make the Love of JESUS known.
There are wrestlers in the flood-tide
Of this world’s wild restless wave;
Let us, filled with love and pity,
Seek the helpless ones to save.

4. LORD, we come, endue us daily

With Thy SPIRIT’S grace and power;
Give us strength to battle bravely,
In life’s short and fleeting hour.
Praise to Thee for our dear Union,
Praise to Thee for joy and friends,
 Praise to Thee for daily mercies
Great and sure, until life ends! Amen.

HYMN CH 775 – “Let your heart… be perfect with the Lord our God.” – I KINGS viii. 61.

1. TRUE-HEARTED, whole-hearted, faithful, and loyal,

KING of our lives, by Thy grace we will be!
Under Thy Standard exalted and royal,
Strong in Thy strength, we will battle for Thee.
Peal out the watchword, and silence it never,
Song of our spirits rejoicing and free:
“True-hearted, whole-hearted, now and for ever,
King of our lives, by Thy grace we will be!”

2. True-hearted, whole-hearted! Fullest allegiance

Yielding henceforth to our glorious King,
Valiant endeavour, and loving obedience,
Freely and joyously now would we bring.

3. True-hearted! SAVIOUR, Thou knowest our story;

Weak are the hearts that we lay at Thy Feet,
Sinful and treacherous; yet, for Thy glory,
Heal them and cleanse them from sin and deceit.

4. Whole-hearted! SAVIOUR, beloved and glorious,

Take Thy great power and reign Thou alone
Over our wills and affections victorious,
Freely surrendered, and wholly Thine own. Amen.

HYMN CH 776 – “As many as touched Him were made whole.” – MARK vi. 56.

1. THINE arm, O LORD, in days of old

Was strong to heal, and save;
It triumphed o’er disease and death,
O’er darkness and the grave.
To Thee they went, the blind, the dumb,
The palsied and the lame,
The leper with his tainted life,
The sick with fevered frame.

2. And lo! Thy touch brought life and health,

Gave speech and strength and sight;
And youth renewed and frenzy calmed
Owned Thee, the LORD of Light.
And now, O LORD, be near to bless,
Almighty as of yore.
In crowded street, by restless couch,
As by Gennesareth’s shore.
3. Though love and might no longer heal
By touch, or word, or look,
Though they who do Thy work must read
Thy laws in Nature’s book;
Yet come to heal the sick man’s soul,
Come, cleanse the sinful taint:
Give joy and peace where all is strife,
And strength where all is faint.

4. Be Thou our great Deliverer still,

Thou LORD of life and death;
Restore and quicken, soothe and bless,
With Thine Almighty Breath,
To hands that work and eyes that see
Give wisdom’s heavenly lore,
That whole and sick, and weak and strong,
May praise Thee evermore. Amen.

HYMN CH 777 – “Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.”- I COR. i. 24. “God is Love.”-
I JOHN iv. 16.

1. GOD is Love: His mercy brightens

All the path in which we rove:
Bliss He wakes and woe He lightens;
GOD is Wisdom, GOD is Love.

2. Death and change are busy ever;

Man decays, and ages move;
But His mercy waneth never;
GOD is Wisdom, GOD is Love.

3. E’en the hour that darkest seemeth

Will His changeless goodness prove;
From the mist His brightness streameth;
GOD is Wisdom, God is Love.

4. He with earthly cares entwineth

Hope and comfort from above;
Everywhere His glory shineth;
GOD is Wisdom, God is Love. Amen.

HYMN CH 778 – “O Lord, how manifold are Thy works! In wisdom hast Thou made them all; the earth is
full of Thy riches.”- PSALM civ. 24.

1. WE thank Thee, LORD, for this fair earth,

The glittering sky, the silver sea;
For all their beauty, all their worth,
Their light and glory, come from Thee:
2. From Thee the flowers that clothe the ground,
The trees that wave their arms above,
The hills that gird our dwellings round,
As Thou dost gird Thine own with love.

3. Yet teach us still how far more fair,

More glorious, FATHER, in Thy sight,
Is one pure deed, one holy prayer,
One heart that owns Thy SPIRIT’S might.

4. So while we gaze with thoughtful eye

On all the gifts Thy love has given,
Help us in Thee to live and die,
By Thee to rise from earth to Heaven. Amen.

HYMN CH 779 – “Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow;… Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass
of the field,… shall He not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith.”- MATT. vi. 28-30.

1. BLESSED LORD, Whose tender care

Beautifies this world of ours,
So that round us everywhere
Bloom the bright and fragrant flowers;
To Thy Holy Name wer raise
Heartfelt praise.

2. Thou, Whose gifts are ever new,

Sendest gracious rain and dew;
So on each of us, dear LORD,
Let Thy SPIRIT be outpoured;
Thus shall we bear fruit to Thee,
Ceaselessly.

3. As on opening bud and flower,

Streams the glad reviving ray;
So, LORD, shine with genial power
On us, in us, every day:
Cheer each downcast heart and face
With Thy grace.

4. Oh, for wisdom so to read

Precious truths from flower and weed-
So to study nature’s lore-
FATHER, as to trust Thee more!
E’en the lilies frail and fair
Need Thy care.

5. By the grace of CHRIST forgiven,

Consecrated unto Thee,
Train us day by day for Heaven,
As Thou trainest herb and tree,
Till we reach the blest abode
Of our GOD.
6. These bright flowers which Thou hast made
In Thy House our hands have laid;
May the sick, the sad, the lone,
When they see them, meekly own-
GOD can all our ills remove;
“GOD is Love!” Amen.

HYMN CH 780 – “Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly.”- 1 CHRON. xxix. 9

1. HERE, LORD, we offer Thee all that is fairest,

Bloom from the garden and flowers from the field,
Gifts for the stricken ones, knowing Thou carest
More for the love than the wealth that we yield.

2. Speak, LORD, by these to the sick and the dying;

Speak to their hearts with a message of peace;
Comfort the sad, who in weakness are lying;
Grant the departing a gentle release.

3. Raise, LORD, to health again those who have sickened,

Fair be their lives as the roses in bloom;
Give of Thy grace to the souls Thou hast quickened,
Gladness for sorrow and brightness for gloom.

4. We, LORD, like flowers, must bloom and must wither;

We, like these blossoms, must fade and must die;
Gather us, LORD, to Thy bosom for ever,
Grant us a place in Thy House in the sky. Amen.

HYMN CH 780(a) – “That our sons may grow up as the young plants: and that our daughters may be as
the polished corners of the temple.”- PSALM cxliv. 12

1. LORD of life and King of glory,

Who didst deign a child to be,
Cradled on a mother’s bosom,
Throned upon a mother’s knee:
For the children Thou hast given
We must answer unto THee.

2. Since the day the blessed Mother

Thee, the world’s Redeemer, bore,
Thou hast crowned us with an honour
Women never knew before;
And that we may bear it meetly
We must seek Thine aid the more.

3. Grant us, then, pure hearts and patient,

That in all we do or say
Little souls our deeds may copy,
And be never led astray;
Little feet our steps may follow
 In a safe and narrow way.

4. When our growing sons and daughters,

Look on life with eager eyes,
Grant us then a deeper insight
And new powers of sacrifice:
Hope to trust them, faith to guide them,
Love that nothing good denies.

5. May we keep our holy calling

Stainless in its fair renown,
That when all the work is over
And we lay the burden down,
Then the children Thou hast given
Still may be our joy and crown. Amen.

HYMN CH 780(b) – “I am the bright and morning Star. – REV. xxii. 16.

1. STAR of peace to wanderers weary,

Bright the beams that smile on me;
Cheer the pilot’s vision dreary,
Far, far at sea.

2. Star of hope, gleam on the billow;

Bless the soul that sighs for Thee;
Bless the sailor’s lonely pillow,
Far, far at sea.

3. Star of faith, when winds are mocking

All his toil, he flies to Thee:
Save him on the billows rocking,
Far, far at sea.

4. Star Divine, O safely guide him;

Bring the wanderer home to Thee;
Sore temptations long have tried him,
Far, far at sea. Amen.

HYMN CH 781 – “We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work Thou didst in
their days, in the times of old.”- PSALM xliv. 1.

1. GREAT GOD of Hosts, our ears have heard,

Our fathers oft have told,
What wonders Thou hast done for them,
Thy glorious deeds of old.

2. Not by their might was safety wrought,

Nor victory by their sword;
But Thou didst guard the chosen race
Who Thy great Name adored.

3. Great GOD of Hosts! their GOD and ours;

 Our only LORD and KING;
Let Thy right Arm which fought for them
To us salvation bring.

4. To Thee the glory we’ll ascribe,

By whom the conquest came,
And, in triumphant songs of praise,
Will celebrate Thy Name. Amen.

HYMN CH 782 – “Say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us together, and deliver us from the
nations, to give thanks upon Thy Holy Name, and to triumph in Thy praise.”- I CHRON. xvi. 35 (RV)

1. HOW shall we, our voices lifting,

“Praise the LORD!” in glad acclaim;
Show forth all Thy wondrous working
For the honour of Thy Name;
Alleluia! Alleluia!
All Thy matchless grace proclaim.

2. After long and weary warfare,

Came a Nation’s call to prayer;
Then, Thy Hand, outstretched to conquer,
Turned the foemen to despair,
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Thus we now thy Triumph share.

3. East and West, alike obtaining

Victory through Thy Might alone;
God of Love, Triune JEHOVAH,
Thee we praise, and Thee we own.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Thine the Kingdom, Thine the Throne!

4. Soon shall come the Time expected,

All the earth shall own Thy sway;
Nations, once who Thee rejected,
Join to praise Thee on That Day;
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Lo! the KING is on His Way.

5. CHRIST, the LORD of Glory reigning,

Victor on the Mount of GOD,
All the Hosts on High acclaiming
Heaven’s KING, and Zion’s LORD.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Praise the LAMB! with one accord. Amen.

HYMN CH 783 – “Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the Dayspring from on high, hath
visited us,… to guide our feet into the way of peace.”- LUKE i. 78, 79

1. THOU Who our Arms hast strengthened

In the long struggle passed,
 Thou Who our days hast lengthened,
And brought us through at last,
Hear, in the hour of our release,
And guide us in the way of Peace.

2. Not unto us the glory,

To Thee all praise be given!
Grand is the conflict’s story,
But victory is from Heaven.
Oh, Thou Who makest wars to cease,
Now guide us in the way of Peace.

3. Great is the task before us,

Yet full of solemn joy,
Now, with Thy Blessing o’er us,
To heal and not destroy,
And should perplexities increase,
Still guide us in the way of Peace.

4. And oh! By all the Sorrow,

By all that we have lost,
Grant LORD, a better Morrow
May make it worth the cost.
From chains of sin and self release
And bring us to Thy way of Peace.

5. And – where the cloud of anguish

Broods dark o’er many a home,
Where hearts in secret languish,
LORD JESUS, wilt Thou come?
Reveal Thyself, bid conflict cease,
And bring Thy gift of “perfect Peace.”- Amen.

HYMN CH 784 – “Watchman, what of the night? Return, come.”- ISA. xxi. 11. 12

1. FOR all who watch to-night-

By land, or sea, or air,
O FATHER, may they know that Thou
Art with them, “even there.”

2. For all who weep to-night-

The hearts that cannot rest-
Reveal Thy Love- that wondrous Love
Which gave for us Thy Best.

3. For all who wake to-night-

Love’s tender watch to keep,
Watcher Divine, Thyself draw nigh
Thou Who dost never sleep.

4. For all who fear to-night,

Whate’er the dread may be,
 We ask for them the perfect peace
Of hearts that rest in Thee.

5. Our own beloved to-night-

O FATHER, keep, and where
Our love and succour cannot reach,
Now bless them through our prayer.

6. And – all who pray to-night-

Thy wrestling Hosts, O LORD,
Make weakness strong, let them prevail,
According to Thy word. Amen.

HYMN CH 785 “We have strong consolation who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the Hope set before
us.”- HEB. vi. 18.
“The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by Him.”- DEUT. xxxiii. 12

1.. COME what may – that Refuge standeth,

Blessed they who shelter there!
Those who find a waiting SAVIOUR
Need not fear a world’s despair.

2. Come what may – what he permitteth

Though it hurts us, never harms,
We may fall, but underneath us
Are the Everlasting Arms.

*3. Come what may – if shot or shrapnel

Should His fiery chariot prove,
‘Tis but seeing Him the sooner
Whom though now unseen we love.

4. Come what may – through mists of sorrow

Should earth’s dearest joys grow dim,
So He passed through grief to glory,
So we grow more like to Him.

5. Come what may – we fearless follow

Where His Feet have passed before,
For the hearts in Him abiding
All is well for evermore. Amen.

HYMN CH 786 – “The King of kings, and Lord of lords; Who only hath immortality, dwelling in light
unapproachable; Whom no man hath seen, nor can see.”- I TIM. vi. 15, 16.

1. ETERNAL Light! Eternal Light!

How pure the soul must be
When, placed within Thy searching sight,
It shrinks not, but with calm delight
Can live, and look on Thee!

2. The Spirits that surround Thy Throne

 May bear the burning bliss;
But that is surely theirs alone,
Since they have never, never known
A fallen world like this.

3. O how shall I, whose native sphere

Is dark, whose mind is dim,
Before the Ineffable appear,
And on my naked spirit bear
That uncreated beam?

4. There is a way for man to rise

To that sublime abode,-
An Offering and a Sacrifice,
A HOLY SPIRIT’S energies,
An Advocate with GOD:

5. These, these prepare us for the sight

Of holiness above;
The sons of ignorance and night
May dwell in the Eternal Light,
Through the Eternal Love. Amen.

HYMN CH 787 – “O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?” – I COR. xv. 55

1. YE choirs of new Jerusalem,

Your sweetest notes employ,
The Paschal victory to hymn
In strains of holy joy.

2. For Judah’s Lion bursts His chains,

Crushing the serpent’s head;
And cries aloud through death’s domains
To wake the imprisoned dead.

3. Devouring depths of hell their prey

At His command restore;
His ransomed hosts pursue their way
Where JESUS goes before.

4. Triumphant in His Glory now

TO Him all power is given;
To Him in one communion bow
All saints in earth and Heaven.

5. While we, His soldiers, praise our King,

His mercy we implore,
Within His palace bright to bring
And keep us evermore.

6. All glory to the FATHER be,

All glory to the SON,
 All glory, HOLY GHOST, to Thee,
While endless ages run. Alleluia! Amen.

HYMN CH 788 – “Who is this King of Glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle.”-
PSALM xxiv. 8.

1. MINE eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the LORD;
He is treading out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored;
He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword;
His Truth is marching on.

2. I have seen Him in the watch-fires of a hundred circling camps;

They have builded Him an altar in the evening dews and damps;
I have read His righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps;
His Day is marching on.

3. I have read a fiery gospel, writ in burnished rows of steel;

“As ye deal with My contemners, so with you My grace shall deal”;
Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with His heel,
Since GOD is marching on.

4. He has sounded forth His trumpet that shall never call retreat,
He is sifting out the hearts of men before His Judgment-seat;
Oh, be swift, my soul, to answer Him; be jubilant, my feet;
Our GOD is marching on.

5. In the beauty of the lilies CHRIST was born across the sea,
With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me;
As he died to make men holy, let us die to make men free!
While GOD is marching on.

6. He is coming like the glory of the morning on the wave;

He is wisdom to the mighty, He is succour to the brave.
So the world shall be His footstool and the soul of time His slave;
Our GOD is marching on. Amen.

HYMN CH 789 – “Come,… O Breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.”- EZEK. xxxvii. 9.

1. WIND of the SPIRIT, blow,

Announce the Heavenly Spring;
And bid our backward graces grow
In beauty for our King.
The fallow wastes control,
The cankered years restore,
And from our barrenness of soul
Win flower and fruit once more.

2. Fire of the SPIRIT, burn,

Upon our slackness seize,
And make Thy slothful Church discern
The penalties of ease.
Search out and make an end
 Of apathy and sin,
O, cleansing fire of GOD, descend
And burn the dross within.

3. Sword of the SPIRIT, wake

Against long-cherished wrong,
Where seas of hate and envy break,
Arm of the LORD, be strong!
Strike with the truth that saves
The nations War-possessed;
Earth cannot bear the load of graves
Laid on her tender breast.

4. Come, SPIRIT of the LORD,

With pure life-giving breath;
And by the burning or the sword
Retrieve a world from death.
Spread thy bright wings once more
O’er lives enchained and dumb,
To rouse, to quicken and restore,
Almighty SPIRIT, come! Amen.

HYMN CH 790 – “Unto Him that loved us, and washed us front our sins in His own Blood,…. to Him be
glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.” - REV. i. 5, 6.

1. LET us love, and sing, and wonder;

Let us praise the SAVIOUR’S Name!
He has hushed the Law’s loud thunder,
He has quenched Mount Sinai’s flame;
He has washed us with His Blood,
He has brought us nigh to GOD.

2. Let us love the LORD Who bought us,

Dying for our rebel race;
Called us by His Word and taught us
By the Spirit of His Grace,
He has washed us with His Blood,
He presents our souls to GOD.

3. Let us sing, though fierce temptation

Threaten hard to bear us down;
For the LORD, our strong Salvation,
Holds in view the Conqueror’s crown.
He who washed us with His Blood
Soon will bring us home to GOD.

4. Let us praise, and join the chorus

Of the Saints enthroned on high;
Here, they trusted Him before uus;
Now their praises fill the sky;-
“Thou hast washed us with Thy Blood!
Thou art worthy, LAMB of GOD.” Amen.
HYMN CH 791 – “God was manifest in the flesh.”- I TIM. iii. 16.

1. OF the FATHER’S Love begotten

Ere the worlds began to be,
He is Alpha and Omega,
He the Source, the Ending He,
Of the things that are, that have been,
And that future years shall see,
Evermore and evermore!

*2. At His Word the worlds were framed;

He commanded; it was done:
Heaven and earth and depths of ocean
In their threefold order one:
All that grows beneath the shining
Of the moon and burning sun,
Evermore and evermore!

*3. He is found in human fashion,

Death and sorrow here to know,
That the race of Adam’s children,
Doomed by Law to endless woe,
May not henceforth die and perish
In the dreadful gulf below,
Evermore and evermore!

4. O that Birth for ever blessed!

When the Virgin, full of grace,
By the HOLY GHOST conceiving,
Bare the SAVIOUR of our race;
And the BABE, the world’s REDEEMER,
First revealed His sacred Face,
Evermore and evermore!

5. This is He Whom Seers in old time

Chanted of with one accord;
Whom the voices of the Prophets
Promised in their faithful word:
Now he shines, the long-expected:
Let creation praise its LORD,
Evermore and evermore!

6. O ye heights of Heaven, adore Him;

Angel-hosts His praises sing!
All dominions, bow before Him,
And extol our GOD and KING;
Let no tongue on earth be silent,
Every voice in concert ring,
Evermore and evermore!

*7. Righteous Judge of souls departed!

 Righteous KING of them that live!
On the FATHER’S Throne exalted
None in might with Thee may strive:
Who at last in vengeance coming
Sinners from Thy Face shalt drive,
Evermore and evermore!

8. Thee let old me, Thee let young men,

Thee let boys in chorus sing;
Matrons, virgins, little maidens,
With glad voices answering;
Let their guileless songs re-echo,
And the heart its praises bring
Evermore and evermore!

9. CHRIST! to Thee, with GOD the FATHER,

And, O HOLY GHOST, to Thee!
Hymn, and chant, and high thanksgiving,
And unwearied praises be,
Honour, glory, and dominion,
And eternal victory,
Evermore and evermore! Amen.

HYMN CH 792 – “Day unto day uttereth speech.” – PSALM xix. 2.

1. THE spacious firmament on high,

With all the blue ethereal sky,
And spangled heavens, a shining frame
Their Great Original proclaim.
The unwearied sun, from day to day,
Does His Creator’s power display,
And publishes to every land
The work of an Almighty Hand.

2. Soon as the evening shades prevail,

The moon takes upo the wondrous tale,
And nightly to the listening earth
Repeats the story of her birth;
While all the stars that round her burn,
And all the planets in their turn,
Confirm the tidings, as they roll,
And spread the truth from pole to pole.

3. What though in solemn silence all

Move round the dark terrestrial ball;
What though no real voice or sound
Amid their radiant orbs be found;
In reason’s ear they all rejoice,
And utter forth a glorious voice;
For ever singing as they shine,
“The Hand that made us is Divine.” Amen.
HYMN CH 793 – “The everlasting God… fainteth not, neither is weary.” – ISA xl. 28

1. THERE is an Eye that never sleeps

Beneath the wing of night;
There is an Ear that never shuts,
When sink the beams of light:

2. There is an Arm that never tires,

When human strength gives way;
There is a Love that never fails,
When earthly loves decay.

3. That Eye is fix’d on Seraph throngs;

That Arm upholds the sky;
That Ear is fill’d with Angel songs;
That Love is throned on High.

4. But there’s a power, which man can wield,

When mortal aid is vain,
That Eye, that Arm, that Love, to reach,
That listening Ear to gain.

5. That power is prayer, which soars on high

Through JESUS to the Throne,
And moves the Hand, which moves the world,
To bring Salvation down. Amen.

HYMN CH 794 – “Thou shalt not be afraid for any terror by night.”- PSALM xci. 5.

1. BEFORE the ending of the day,

Creator of the world, we pray
That Thou with wonted love wouldst keep
Thy watch around us while we sleep.

2. O let no evil dreams be near,

Nor phantoms of the night appear;
Our ghostly enemy restrain,
Lest aught of sin our bodies stain.

3. Almighty FATHER, hear our cry

Through JESUS CHRIST our LORD most High,
Who, with the HOLY GHOST and Thee,
Doth live and reign eternally. Amen.

HYMN CH 795 – “Bow down Thine ear, O Lord, hear me: for I am poor and needy.”- PSALM lxxxvi. 1.

1. I NEED Thee every hour,

Most gracious LORD;
No tender voice like Thine
Can peace afford.
2. I need Thee every hour;
Stay Thou near by;
Temptations lose their power
When Thou art nigh.

3. I need Thee every hour,

In joy or pain;
Come quickly and abide,
Or life is vain.

4. I need Thee every hour;

Teach me Thy Will,
And Thy rich promises
In me fulfil.

5. I need Thee every hour,

Most HOLY ONE!
O make me THine indeed,
Thou Blessed SON! Amen.

HYMN CH 796 – “Wilt Thou not revive us again, that Thy people may rejoice in Thee.”- PSALM lxxxv.6.

1. ALMIGHTY GOD, Whose only SON

O’er sin and death the triumph won,
And ever lives to intercede
For souls who Thy sweet mercy need;

2. In His dear Name to Thee we pray

For all who err and go astray,
For sinners, whereso’er they be,
Who do not serve and honour Thee.

3. There are who never yet have heard

The tidings of Thy blessed Word,
But still in heathen darkness dwell,
Without one thought of heaven or hell;

4. And some within Thy sacred fold

To holy things are dead and cold,
And waste the precious hours of life
In selfish ease, or toil, or strife;

5. And many a quicken’d soul within

There lurks the secret love of sin,
A wayward will, or anxious fears,
Or lingering taint of bygone years.

6. O give repentance true and deep

To all Thy lost and wandering sheep,
And kindle in their hearts the fire
Of holy love and pure desire.
7. That so from Angel-hosts above
May rise a sweeter song of love,
And we, with all the Blest, adore
Thy Name, O GOD, for evermore. Amen.

HYMN CH 797 – “The Master is come, and calleth for thee.” – JOHN xi. 28.

1. THE Master comes! He calls for thee,-

Go forth at His Almighty Word,
Obedient to His last command,
And tell to those who never heard,
Who sit in deepest shades of night,
That CHRIST has come to give them light!

2. The Master calls! Arise and go;

How blest His messenger to be!
He, Who hath given thee liberty,
Now bids thee set the captives free!
Proclaim His mighty power to save,
Who for the world His Life-blood gave.

3. The Master calls! Shall not thy heart

In warm responsive love reply,
“LORD, here am I; send me, send me,
Thy willing slave, - to live or die.
An instrument unfit indeed,
Yet Thou wilt give me what I need!”

4. And if Thou canst not go, yet bring

An offering of a willing heart;
Then, though thou tarriest at hom,
Thy GOD shall give thee too thy part;
The messengers of peace upbear
In ceaseless and prevailing prayer.

5. Short is the time for service true,

For soon shall dawn that glorious Day,
Whe, all the harvest gathered in,
Each faithful heart shall hear Him say,-
“My child, well done! Your toil is o’er-
Enter My joy for evermore!” Amen.

HYMN CH 798 – “The brother, whose praise is in the gospel.”- 2 COR. viii. 18.

1. WHAT thanks and praise to Thee we owe,

O Priest and Sacrifice Divine,
For Thy dear Saint through whom we know
So many a gracious Word of Thine;

2. Whom Thou didst choose to tell the tale

Of all Thy manhood’s toils and tears,
 And for a moment lift the veil
That hides Thy Boyhood’s spotless years.

3. How many a soul with guilt oppressed

Has learned to hear the joyful sound
In that sweet tale of sin confessed,
The FATHER’S Love, the lost and found!

4. How many a child of sin and shame

Has refuge found from guilty fears
Through her, who to the SAVIOUR came
With costly ointments and with tears!

5. What countless worshippers have sung

In lowly fane or lofty choir,
The song that loosed the silent tongue
Of him who was the Baptist’s sire!

6. And still the Church through all her days

Uplifts the strains that never cease,
The Blessed Virgin’s hymn of praise
The aged Simeon’s words of peace.

7. O happy Saint! Whose sacred page,

So rich in words of truth and love,
Pours on the Church from age to age
This healing unction from above;

8. The witness of the SAVIOUR’S life,

The great Apostle’s chosen friend
Through weary years of toil and strife,
And still found faithful to the end.

9. So grant us, LORD, like him to live,

Beloved by man, approved by Thee,
Till Thou at last the summons give,
And we, with him, Thy Face shall see. Amen.

HYMN CH 799 – “I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the
glory which shall be revealed in us.”- ROM. Viii. 18.

1. OH, what, if we are CHRIST’S,

Is earthly shame or loss?
Bright shall the crown of glory be
When we have borne the cross.

2. Keen was the trial once,

Bitter the cup of woe,
When martyred saints, baptized in blood,
CHRIST’S sufferings shared below:

3. Bright is their glory now,

 Boundless their joy above,
Where on the bosom of their GOD,
They rest in perfect love.

4. Lord, may that grace be ours,

Like them in faith to bear
All that of sorrow, grief or pain
May be our portion here;

5. Enough if Thou at last

The word of blessing give
And let us rest beneath Thy feet,
Where Saints and Angels live.

6. All glory, LORD, to Thee,

Whom Heaven and earth adore;
To FATHER, SON and HOLY GHOST,
ONE GOD for evermore. Amen.

HYMN CH 800 – “My spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.”- LUKE i. 47.

1. O MY SAVIOUR, hear me;

Draw me close to Thee;
Thou hast paid my ransom,
Thou hast died for me;
Now, by simple faith I claim
Pardon through Thy gracious Name;
Thou, my Ark of safety,
Let me fly to THee.

2. O my SAVIOUR, bless me-

Bless me while I pray;
Grant Thy peace to help me,
Take my fear away;
I believe Thy promise, LORD;
I will trust Thy Holy Word;
Thou my soul’s Redeemer,
Bless me while I pray.

3. O my SAVIOUR, love me;

Make me all Thine own;
Leave me not to wander
In this world alone.
Bless my way with Light Divine;
Let Thy glory round me shine;
Thou my Rock, my Refuge,
Make me all Thine own.

4. O my SAVIOUR, guard me,

Keep me evermore;
Bless me, love me, guide me,
Till my work is o’er;
 May I then with glad surprise
Chant Thy praise beyond the skies,
There with Thee my SAVIOUR,
Dwell for evermore. Amen.

HYMN CH 801 – “Lord, to whom shall we go? Thou hast the words of eternal life.- JOHN vi. 68.

1. LORD, to whom except to Thee

Shall our wandering spirits go;
Thee Whom it is light to see
And Eternal Life to know?
Awful is that Life of Thine
Which the SPIRIT’S Breath inspires;
And the Food must be Divine
Which each new-born soul desires.

2. Israel on the Heavenly seed

Fed and died in days of yore;
But the souls, that on Thee feed,
Never thirst nor hunger more.
LORD, to whom except to Thee
Shall we go when ills betide?
Who except Thyself can be
Hope and help and strength and guide?

3. Who can cleanse the soul from sin,

Hear the prayer, and seal the vow?
Who can fill the void within,
Blessed SAVIOUR, who but Thou?
Therefore evermore I’ll give
Laud and praise, my GOD, to Thee;
Evermore in THee I live,
Evermore live Thou in me. Amen.

HYMN CH 802 – “Take ye heed, watch and pray; for ye know not when the time is.”- MARK xiii. 33

1. THOU Judge of quick and dead,

Before Whose bar severe
With holy joy, or guilty dread,
We all shall soon appear;

2. Our weakened souls prepare

For that tremendous day,
And fill us now with watchful care,
And stir us up to pray:

3. To pray, and wait the hour,

The awful hour unknown,
When, robed in majesty and power
Thou shalt from Heaven come down.

4. Th’ immortal SON of MAN,

 To judge the human race,
With all thy FATHER’S dazzling train,
With all Thy glorious grace.

5. To sober earthly joys,

To quicken holy fears,
For ever let th’Archangel’s voice
Be sounding in our ears;

6. The solemn midnight cry,

“Ye dead, the Judge is come!
Arise, and meet Him in the sky,
And meet your instant doom!”

7. Oh! May we thus be found

Obedient to His Word,
Attentive to the trumpet’s sound,
And looking for our LORD.

8. Oh! May we thus insure

Our lot among the Blest,
And watch, a moment, to secure
An everlasting rest. Amen.

HYMN CH 803 – “Lord, remember me.”- LUKE xxiii. 42

1. O THOU, from Whom all goodness flows:

I lift my heart to Thee;
In all my sorrows, conflicts, woes,
Dear LORD, remember me.

2. When on my aching, burdened heart

My sins lie heavily,
Thy pardon grant, new peace impart,
In love remember me.

3. When trials sore obstruct my way,

And ills I cannot flee,
O let my strength be as my day,
For good remember me.

4. If, on my face, for Thy dear Name

Shame and reproaches be,
All hail reproach, and welcome shame,
If Thou remember me.

5. When worn with pain, disease, and grief,

This feeble body see,
Grant patience, rest, and kind relief:
Hear, and remember me.

6. And on! When in the hour of death

 I wait Thy just decree,
Be this the prayer of my last breath,
Dear LORD, remember me. Amen.

HYMN CH 804 – “Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with perfect heart they
offered willingly to the Lord.” – I CHRON. xxix. 9.

1. GREAT GOD, to Thee our hearts we raise

In joyful adoration:
With Saints above we hymn Thy praise
In notes of exultation:
They, round Thy Throne, a shining throng,
Stand, Thy dread might confessing:
We at Thy Feet pour forth our song,
And humbly seek Thy Blessing.

2. To Thy great glory, LORD, we place

Within Thy shrine most holy,
These hallowed gifts, Thy courts to grace,
With thankful hearts and lowly.
Accept, we pray, these works of love,
And seal them Thine for ever:
Thy gracious Unction from Above
Pour Thou on gifts and giver.

3. Fountain of good, and GOD of love,

Giver of light supernal;
Of all Thy gifts from Heaven above.
Grant us the Life Eternal.
And when within this shrine we kneel,
Our sacred Master meeting,
Oh, may our hearts His Presence feel,
And joy in Heavenly greeting.

4. GOD of our fathers, Thee we hail,

ONE GOD, from everlasting,
While Saints their crowns, within the veil
Before Thy throne are casting.
On us and ours, O LORd, we pray,
In joy and in affliction,
Shed forth Thy SPIRIT, day by day,
In hallowing Benediction. Amen.

HYMN CH 805 – “My God, my strength, in whom I will trust.”- PSALM xviii. 2.

1. WHO trusts in GOD, a strong abode

In Heaven and Earth possesses;
Who looks in love to CHRIST above
No fear his heart oppresses.
In Thee alone, dear LORD, we own
Sweet hope and consolation;
Our shield from foes, our balm for woes,
 Our great and sure Salvation!

2. Though Satan’s wrath beset our path,

And worldly scorn assail us,
While Thou art near we will not fear,
Thy strength shall never fail us.
Thy rod and staff shall keep us safe,
And guide our steps for ever;
Nor shades of death, nor hell beneath,
Our souls from Thee shall sever.

3. In all the strife of mortal life

Our feet shall stand securely;
Temptation’s hour shall lose its power,
For Thou shalt guard us surely.
O GOD, renew, with Heavenly dew,
Our body, soul, and spirit,
Until we stand at Thy right hand,
Through JESUS’ saving merit. Amen.

HYMN CH 806 – “What are these, which are arrayed in white robes, and whence come they?”- REV. vii.
13.

1. WHAT are these in bright array?

Wondrous, great, and countless throng,
Round the altar night and day,
Hymning one triumphant song?
“Worthy is the Lamb once slain,
Blessing, honour, glory, power,
Wisdom, riches, to obtain,
New dominion every hour.”

2. These through fiery trials trod,

These from great affliction came;
Now before the throne of God,
Sealed with His Almighty Name;
Clad in raiment, pure and white,
Victor-palms in every hand,
Through their dear Redeemer’s might,
More than conquerors they stand.

3. Hunger, thirst, disease unknown,

On immortal fruits they feed;
These the Lamb amidst the throne
Shall to living fountains lead;
Joy and gladness banish sighs,
Perfect love dispels all fears,
And for ever from their eyes
God shall wipe away the tears. Amen.

HYMN CH 807 - “Worthy is the Lamb that was slain.” – REV. v. 12.
1. “WORTHY of all adoration
Is the LAMB that once was slain”
Cry, in raptured exultation,
His redeemed from every nation;
Angel myriads join the strain,
Sounding from their sinless strings
Glory to the KING of Kings;
Harping with their harps of gold,
Praise which never can be told.

2. Hallelujahs full and swelling

Rise around His Throne of might,
All our highest laud excelling,
Holy and Immortal, dwelling
In the unapproached light;
He is worthy to receive
All that Heaven and earth can give,
Blessing, honour, glory, might,
All are His by glorious right.

3. As the sound of many waters

Let the full Amen arise!
HALLELUJAH! Ceasing never,
Sounding through the great “For Ever,”
Linking all its harmonies.
Through eternities of bliss,
LORD, our rapture shall be this:
And our endless life shall be
One AMEN of praise to THEE! Amen.

HYMN CS 1 – “Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings Thou hast perfected praise.”- MATT. xxi.
16.

1. ABOVE the clear blue sky,

In Heaven’s bright abode,
The Angel host on high
Sing praises to their GOD:
Alleluia!
They love to sing
To GOD their King,
“Alleluia!”

2. But GOD from infant tongues

On earth receiveth praise;
We then our cheerful songs
In sweet accord will raise:
Alleluia!
We too will sing
To GOD our King,
“Alleluia!”

3. O Blessed LORD, Thy Truth

 To us – Thy babes impart,
And teach us in our youth
To know Thee as Thou art.
Alleluia!
Then shall we sing,
To GOD our King,
“Alleluia!”

4. O may Thy holy Word

Spread all the world around;
And all with one accord
Uplift the joyful sound,
Alleluia!
All then shall sing
To GOD their King,
“Alleluia!” Amen.

HYMN CS 2 – “I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord.”- PSALM cxxii. 1

1. AGAIN the morn of gladness,

The morn of light, is here,
And earth itself looks fairers,
And Heaven itself more near;
The bells, like Angel-voices,
Speak peace to every breast;
And all the land lies quiet
To keep the Day of rest.
“Glory be to JESUS!”
Let all His children say;
He rose again, He rose again,
On this glad Day!

2. Again, O loving SAVIOUR,

The children of Thy grace
Prepare themselves to seek Thee
Within Thy chosen place.
Our song shall rise to greet Thee,
If Thou our hearts wilt raise;
If Thou our lips wilt open,
Our mouth shall show Thy praise.
“Glory be to JESUS!”
Let all His children say;
He rose again, He rose again,
On this glad Day!

3. The shining choir of Angels

That rest not day or night,
The crowned and palm-decked Martyrs,
The Saints arrayed in white,
The happy lambs of JESUS
In pastures fair above,-
These all adore and praise Him
 Whom we too praise and love.
“Glory be to JESUS!”
Let all His children say;
He rose again, He rose again,
On this glad Day!

4. The Church on earth rejoices

To join with these to-day;
In every tongue and nation
She calls her sons to pray;
Across the Northern snow-fields,
Beneath the Indian palms,
She makes the same pure offering,
And sings the same sweet psalms.
“Glory be to JESUS!”
Let all His children say;
He rose again, He rose again,
On this glad Day!

5. Tell out, sweet bells, His praises!

Sing, children, sing His Name!
Still louder and still further
His mighty deeds proclaim,
Till all whom He redeemed
Shall own Him LORD and King.
Till every knee shall worship,
And every tongue shall sing.
“Glory be to JESUS!”
Let all His children say;
He rose again, He rose again,
On this glad Day! Amen

HYMN CS 3 – “Thou hast created all things.”- REV. iv. 11.

1. ALL things bright and beautiful,

All creatures great and small,
All things wise and wonderful,
The LORD GOD made them all.

2. Each little flower that opens,

Each little bird that sings,
He made their glowing colours,
He made their tiny wings,
All things bright and beautiful,
All creatures great and small,
All things wise and wonderful,
The LORD GOD made them all.

3. The rich man in his castle,

The poor man at his gate,
GOD made them, high or lowly,
And ordered their estate.
 All things bright and beautiful,
All creatures great and small,
All things wise and wonderful,
The LORD GOD made them all.

4. The purple-headed mountain

The river running by,
The sunset and the morning,
That brightens up the sky;-
All things bright and beautiful,
All creatures great and small,
All things wise and wonderful,
The LORD GOD made them all.

5. The cold wind in the winter,

The pleasant summer sun,
The ripe fruits in the garden,
He made them every one;
All things bright and beautiful,
All creatures great and small,
All things wise and wonderful,
The LORD GOD made them all.

6. The tall trees in the greenwood,

The meadows where we play,
The rushes by the water,
We gather every day;-
All things bright and beautiful,
All creatures great and small,
All things wise and wonderful,
The LORD GOD made them all.

7. He gave us eyes to see them,

And lips that we might tell
How great is GOD Almighty,
Who has made all things well.
All things bright and beautiful,
All creatures great and small,
All things wise and wonderful,
The LORD GOD made them all. Amen.

HYMN CS 4 – “He shall give His angels charge over thee.”- PSALM xci. 11

1. AROUND the Throne of GOD a band

Of glorious Angels ever stand;
Bright things they see, sweet harps they hold,
And on their heads are crowns of gold.

2. Some wait around Him, ready still

To sing His praise and do His Will;
And some, when He commands them, go
To guard His servants here below.
3. LORD, give Thy Angels every day
Command to guard us on our way,
And bid them every evening keep
Their watch around us while we sleep.

4. So shall no wicked thing draw near,

To do us harm or cause us fear;
And we shall dwell, when life is past,
With Angels round Thy Throne at last. Amen.

HYMN CS 5 – “These are they which… have washed their robes, and made them white in the Blood of the
Lamb.”- REV. vii. 14.

1. AROUND the Throne of GOD in Heaven

Thousands of children stand,
Children whose sins are all forgiven,
A holy, happy band;
Singing glory, glory, glory!

2. What brought them to that world above,

That Heaven so bright and fair,
Where all is peace and joy and love-
How came those children there?
Singing glory, glory, glory!

3. Because the SAVIOUR shed His Blood

To wash away their sin;
Bathed in that pure and precious flood,
Behold them white and clean,
Singing glory, glory, glory!

4. On earth they sought their SAVIOUR’S grace,

On earth they loved His Name;
So now they see His blessed Face,
And stand before the LAMB;
Singing glory, glory, glory! Amen

HYMN CS 6 – “When they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified Him.”-
LUKE xxiii. 33.

1. BEYOND the Holy City wall

They set the cruel Cross on high,
Where the dear LORD, who saved us all,
Did hang in pain, and bleed, and die.

2. The Hands that touched the blind to sight,

That gave the sick man strength anew,
That raised the dead to life and light,
Were pierced and wounded through and through.

3. The Feet that walked the stormy sea,

 That ever turned at sorrow’s prayer,
By sharp nails fastened to the Tree,
Hung torn and hurt and bleeding there.

4. Since GOD’S own SON must suffer thus,

Our souls from Satan’s grasp to win,
Since only He could ransom us,
Oh, what a fearful thing is sin!

5. How can we yield to Satan’s power,

And let our sinful passions reign,
When hearing of that awful hour,
And thinking of our SAVIOUR’S pain!

6. O, by Thy griefs that dreadful day,

Dear LORD, and by Thy precious Blood,
Wash all our guilty stains away,
And make Thy sinful children good. Amen.

HYMN CS 7 – “His Banner over me was Love.”- SONG OF SOL. ii.4

1. BRIGHTLY gleams our banner,

Pointing to the sky,
Waving on CHRIST’S soldiers
To their home on high!
Marching through the desert,
Gladly thus we pray,
Still, with hearts united,
Singing on our way,-
Brightly gleams our banner,
Pointing to the sky,
Waving on CHRIST’S soldiers
To their home on high!

2. JESU, LORD and Master,

At Thy sacred Feet,
Here with hearts rejoicing,
See Thy children meet.
Often have we left Thee,
Often gone astray;
Keep us, mighty SAVIOUR,
In the narrow way.
Brightly gleams our banner,
Pointing to the sky,
Waving on CHRIST’S soldiers
To their home on high!

3. Pattern of our childhood,

Once Thyself a Child,
Make our childhood holy,
Pure and meek and mild.
In the hour of danger
 Whither can we flee,
Save to Thee, dear SAVIOUR,
Only unto Thee?
Brightly gleams our banner,
Pointing to the sky,
Waving on CHRIST’S soldiers
To their home on high!

4. All our days direct us

In the way we go;
Crown us still victorious
Over every foe:
Bid Thine Angels shield us
When the storm-clouds lower;
Pardon Thou, and save us
In the last dread hour.
Brightly gleams our banner,
Pointing to the sky,
Waving on CHRIST’S soldiers
To their home on high!

5. Then with Saints and Angels

May we join above,
Offering prayers and praises
At Thy Throne of love,
When the march is over,
Then comes rest and peace,
JESUS in His beauty!
Songs that never cease!
Brightly gleams our banner,
Pointing to the sky,
Waving on CHRIST’S soldiers
To their home on high! Amen.

HYMN CS 8 - “Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings Thou hast perfected praise.”-
MATT. xxi. 16.

1. CHILDREN of Jerusalem
Sang the praise of JESUS’ Name:
Children of these later days
Join to sing the SAVIOUR’S praise.
Hark, while children’s voices sing,
Loud Hosannas to our KING.

2. We are taught to love the LORD,

We are taught to read His Word;
We are taught the way to Heaven:
Praise for all to GOD be given.
 Hark, while children’s voices sing,
Loud Hosannas to our KING.

3. Parents, teachers, old and young,

All unite to swell the song;
Higher and yet higher rise,
Till Hosannas reach the skies.
Hark, while children’s voices sing,
Loud Hosannas to our KING.

HYMN C.S 9 – “He took them up in His arms, put His hands upon them, and blessed
them.”- MARK x. 16

1. CHRIST, Who once amongst us

As a Child did dwell,
Is the children’s SAVIOUR,
And He loves us well;
If we keep our promise
Made Him at the Font,
He will be our Shepherd,
And we shall not want.

2. There it was they laid us

In those tender Arms,
Where the lambs are carried
Safe from all alarms;
If we trust His promise,
He will let us rest
In His Arms for ever,
Leaning on His Breast.

3. Though we may not see Him

For a little while,
We shall know He holds us,
Often feel His smile;
Death will be to slumber
In that sweet embrace,
And we shall awaken
To behold His Face.

4. He will be our Shepherd

After as before,
By still Heavenly waters
 Lead us evermore,
Make us lie in pastures
Beautiful and green,
Where none thirst or hunger,
And no tears are seen.

5. JESUS, our good Shepherd,

Laying down Thy life,
Lest Thy sheep should perish
In the cruel strife,
Help us to remember
All Thy love and care,
Trust in Thee, and love Thee
Always, everywhere.

HYMN CS 10 – “I have set the Lord always before me.”- PSALM xvi. 8.
1. CHRISTIAN children, Advent bids you
Meet your LORD upon His way;
Watch! For now the night is waning,
Soon will dawn the endless day.

2. Christian children, JESUS bids you

Daily pray “Thy Kingdom come”!
Watch! And wait for His appearing
Till He come to take you Home.

3. Christian children, He anoints you

With His SPIRIT from above;
See then that your lamps be burning
With the fire of faith and love.

4. Christian children, when we think not

We shall hear the awful cry,
“Go ye forth to meet the Bridegroom”;
Haste, for JESUS draweth nigh!

5. Christian children, they shall meet Him,

Faithful children of the light;
They whose lamps are trimmed and burning,
And their garments pure and white.

6. Oh, how blest to fall before Him!

Oh, how blest His praise to sing!
Love Him, serve Him, and adore Him,
In the City of our King! Amen.

HYMN CH CS 11 – “Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children; let them praise the Name of the
Lord.- PSALM cxlviii. 12, 13.
1. COME, praise your LORD and SAVIOUR
In strains of holy mirth;
Give thanks to Him, O children,
Who lived a Child on earth.
He loved the little children,
And called them to His side
His loving Arms embraced them,
And for their sake He died.
Boys only.

2. O JESU, we would praise Thee

With songs of holy joy;
For Thou on earth didst sojourn
A pure and spotless Boy.
Make us like Thee, obedient,
Like Thee from sin-stains free,
Like Thee in GOD’S own temple,
In lowly home like Thee.
Girls only.

3. O JESU, we too praise Thee,

The lowly Maiden’s SON,
In Thee all gentlest graces
Are gathered into one.
O give that best adornment
That Christian maid can wear,
The meek and quiet spirit
Which shone in Thee so fair!
All

4. O LORD, with voices blended

We sing our songs of praise;
Be Thou the Light and Pattern
Of all our childhood’s days;
And lead us ever onward,
That while we stay below,
We may, like Thee, O JESU,
In grace and wisdom grow. Amen.

HYMN CH CS 12 – “Suffer the little children to come unto Me.”- MARK x. 14.

1. COME to the SAVIOUR, make no delay;

Here in His word He hath shown us the way;
Here in our midst He’s standing to-day,
Tenderly saying, Come!
Joyful, joyful will the meeting be,
When from sin our hearts are pure and free;
And we shall gather, SAVIOUR, with Thee,
In our Eternal Home.

2. “Suffer the children” – oh! Hear His Voice,

 Let every heart leap forth and rejoice,
And let us freely make Him our choice;
Do not delay, but come.
Joyful, joyful will the meeting be,
When from sin our hearts are pure and free;
And we shall gather, SAVIOUR, with Thee,
In our Eternal Home.

3. Think once again, He’s with us to-day;

Heed now His blest command and obey;
Hear now His accents tenderly say,
“Will you, My children, come?”
Joyful, joyful will the meeting be,
When from sin our hearts are pure and free;
And we shall gather, SAVIOUR, with Thee,
In our Eternal Home. Amen

HYMN CS 13 – “I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for His Name’s
sake”.- I JOHN ii. 12

1. COME to JESUS, little one,

Come to JESUS now;
Humbly at His gracious Throne
In submission bow.

2. At His Feet confess your sin,

Seek forgiveness there;
For His Blood can make you clean-
He will hear your prayer.

3. Seek His Face without delay,

Give Him now your heart;
Tarry not, but, while you may,
Choose the better part.

4. Come to JESUS, little one,

Come to JESUS now;
Humbly at His gracious Throne
In submission bow. Amen.

HYMN CS 14 – “Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.”- PSALM cxlix. 2.

1. COME, ye children, praise the SAVIOUR!

He regards you from above;
Praise Him for His great Salvation!
Praise Him for His precious Love!
Sweet Hosannas to the Name of JESUS sing!

2. When He left His Throne in glory,

When HE lived with mortals here,
Little children sang His praises,
And it pleased His gracious Ear.
 Sweet Hosannas to the Name of JESUS sing!

3. When the anxious mothers round Him

With their tender infants pressed;
He with open Arms received them,
And the little ones He blessed.
Sweet Hosannas to the Name of JESUS sing!

4. Up in yonder spirit regions,

Angels sound the chorus high;
Twice then thousand times ten thousand
Sound His praises through the sky.
Sweet Hosannas to the Name of JESUS sing!

5. Come, ye children, praise the SAVIOUR!

Praise Him, your undying Friend;
Praise Him, till in Heaven you meet Him,
There to praise Him without end.
Sweet Hosannas to the Name of JESUS sing! Amen

HYMN C.S 15 – “My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not.”- I JOHN
ii. 1.

1. DO no sinful action;
Speak no angry word;
Ye belong to JESUS,
Children of the LORD.

2. CHRIST is kind and gentle,

CHRIST is pure and true;
And His little children
Must be holy, too.

3. There’s a wicked spirit

Watching round you still,
And he tries to tempt you
To all harm and ill.

4. But ye must not hear him,

Though ’tis hard for you
To resist the evil
And the good to do.

5. CHRIST is your own Master;

He is good and true,
And His little children
Must be holy, too. Amen
HYMN C.S 16 – “Thine eyes shall see the King in His beauty: they shall behold the land
that is very far off.” – ISA. xxxiii. 17.
1. EVERY morning the red sun
Rises warm and bright;
But the evening cometh on,
And the dark, cold night.
There’s a bright land far away,
Where ’tis never-ending day.

2. Every spring the sweet young flowers

Open bright and gay,
Till the chilly autumn hours
Wither them away.
There’s a land we have not seen,
Where the trees are always green.

3. Little birds sing songs of praise

All the summer long,
But in colder, shorter days
They forget their song.
There’s a place where Angels sing
Ceaseless praises to their King.

4. CHRIST our Lord is ever near

Those who follow Him;
But we cannot see Him here,
For our eyes are dim;
There, in that most happy place,
We shall always see His Face.

5. Who shall go to that bright land?

All who do the right:
Holy children there shall stand
In their robes of white;
For that Heaven, so bright and blest,
Is our everlasting rest. Amen

HYMN CS 17 – “The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the
Lord thy God.”- EXOD. xxxiv. 26
1. FAIR waved the golden corn
In Canaan’s pleasant land,
When full of joy, some shining morn,
Went forth the reaper band.
2. To GOD, so good and great,
Their cheerful thanks they pour,
Then carry to His temple-gate
The choicest of their store.

3. For thus the holy word,

Spoken by Moses, ran:
“The first ripe ears are for the LORD,
The rest He gives to man.”

4. Like Israel, LORD, we give

Our earliest fruits to Thee,
And pray, that long as we shall live,
We may Thy children be.

5. Thine is our youthful prime,

And life and all its powers;
Be with us in the morning time,
And bless our evening hours.

6. In wisdom let us grow,

As years and strength are given,
That we may serve Thy Church below,
And join Thy Saints in Heaven. Amen.

HYMN CS 18 – “The Lord is my Shepherd.” – PSALM xxiii. 1

1. FAITHFUL Shepherd, feed me

In the pastures green;
Faithful Shepherd, lead me
Where Thy steps are seen.

2. Hold me fast and guide me

In the narrow way.
So, with Thee beside me,
I shall never stray.

3. Daily bring me nearer

To the Heavenly shore;
May Thy love grow dearer,
May I love Thee more.

4. Hallow every pleasure,

Sanctify my pain;
Be Thyself my treasure
Though none else I gain.

5. Give me joy or sadness,

This be all my care,
That Eternal gladness
I with Thee may share.
6. Day by day prepare me,
As Thou seest best,
Then let Angels beat me
To Thy promised rest. Amen.

HYMN C.S. 19 – “Jesus called a little child unto Him, and set him in the midst of them.” –
MATT. xviii. 2
1. GENTLE JESUS, meek and mild,
Look upon a little child;
Pity my simplicity,
Suffer me to come to Thee.

2. Fain I would to Thee be brought-

Gracious LORD, forbid it not;
In the kingdom of Thy grace
Give a little child a place.

3. Put Thy Hands upon my head,

Let me in Thine Arms be stayed;
Let me lean upon Thy Breast,
Lull me, lull me, LORD, to rest.

4. Meek and lowly may I be,

Thou art all humility;
Let me to my elders bow,
Subject to Thy parents, Thou.

5. I shall then shew forth Thy praise,

Serve Thee all my happy days;
Grant the world may always see
CHRIST, the holy Child, in me.

6. Hold me fast in Thine embrace,

Let me see Thy smiling Face,
Give me, LORD, Thy Blessing, give;
Plead for me, and I shall live. Amen.

HYMN C.S 20 – Thou compassest my path and my lying down and art acquainted with all
my ways.”PSALM cxxxix.3
1. GOD is always near me,
Hearing what I say;
Knowing all my thoughts and deeds,
All my work and play.

2. GOD is always near me;

 In the darkest night,
He can see me just the same
As by mid-day light.

3. GOD is always near me,

Though so young and small;
Not a look, or word, or thought,
But GOD knows it all. Amen

HYMN CS 21 – “Thou God seest me.”- GEN. xvi. 13.

1. GOD is in Heave. Can He hear

A little prayer like mine?
Yes, that He can: I need not fear,
He’ll listen unto mine.

2. GOD is in Heaven. Can He see

When I am doing wrong?
Yes, that He can; He looks at me
All day and all night long.

3. GOD is in Heaven. Would He know

If I should tell a lie?
Yes; though I said it very low
He’d hear it in the sky.

4. GOD is in Heaven. Does He care

Or is He good to me?
Yes; all I have to eat or wear,
‘Tis GOD that gives it me.

5. GOD is in Heaven. May I pray

To go there when I die?
Yes; love Him, seek Him, and one day
He’ll call me to the sky. Amen.

HYMN CS 22 – “O let the nations be glad and sing for joy.”- PSALM lxvii. 4.

1. GOD of Heaven, hear our singing;

Only little ones are we,
Yet, a great petition bringing,
FATHER, now we come to Thee.

2. Let Thy Kingdom come, we pray Thee;

Let the world in Thee find rest;
Let all know Thee, and obey Thee,
Loving, praising, blessing, blest.

3. Let the sweet and joyful story

Of the SAVIOUR’S wondrous love
 Wake on earth a song of glory,
Like the Angels’ song above.

4. FATHER, send the glorious hour,

Every heart be Thine alone,
For the Kingdom, and the Power,
And the Glory are Thine own. Amen.

HYMN CS 23 – “My Father, Thou art the guide of my youth.”- JER. iii. 4.

1. GREAT GOD! and wilt Thou condescend

To be my FATHER and my Friend?
I, a poor child, and Thou so high,
The LORD of earth and air and sky.

2. Art Thou my FATHER? Canst Thou bear

To hear my poor imperfect prayer?
Or wilt Thou listen to the praise
That such a little one can raise?

3. Art Thou my FATHER? Let me be

A meek obedient child to Thee,
And try, in word and deed and thought,
To serve and please Thee as I ought.

4. Art Thou my FATHER? I’ll depend

Upon the care of such a Friend,
And only wish to do and be
Whatever seemeth good to Thee.

5. Art Thou my FATHER? Then at last,

When all my days on earth are past,
Send down and take me in Thy love
To be Thy better child above. Amen.

HYMN C.S 24 - “Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children.” – EPH. v. 1.

1. HEAVENLY Father, send Thy blessing
On Thy children gathered here,
May they all, Thy Name confessing,
Be to Thee for ever dear;
May they be, like Joseph, loving,
Dutiful, and chaste, and pure;
And their faith, like David, proving
Steadfast unto death endure.

2. Holy SAVIOUR, Who in meekness

Didst vouchsafe a Child to be,
Guide their steps, and help their weakness,
Bless and make them like to Thee;
 Bear Thy lambs, when they are weary,
In Thine Arms and at Thy Breast;
Through life’s desert, dry and dreary,
Bring them to Thy Heavenly rest.

3. Spread Thy golden pinions o’er them,

HOLY SPIRIT, from above,
Guide them, lead them, go before them,
Give them peace, and joy, and love;
Thy true temples, HOLY SPIRIT,
May they with Thy glory shine,
And immortal bliss inherit,
And for evermore be Thine.

HYMN CS 25 – “The streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets
thereof.”- ZECH. viii. 5
1. HERE we suffer grief and pain,
Here we meet to part again;
In Heaven we part no more.
Oh, that will be joyful!
Joyful, joyful, joyful!
Oh, that will be joyful!
When we meet to part no more.

2. All who love the LORD below,

When they die to Heaven will go,
And sing with Saints above.
Oh, that will be joyful!
Joyful, joyful, joyful!
Oh, that will be joyful!
When we meet to part no more.

3. Little children will be there

Who have sought the LORD by prayer,
From every Sunday school.
Oh, that will be joyful!
Joyful, joyful, joyful!
Oh, that will be joyful!
When we meet to part no more.

4. Teachers, too, will meet above,

Pastors, parents, whom we love,
Shall meet to part no more.
Oh, that will be joyful!
Joyful, joyful, joyful!
Oh, that will be joyful!
When we meet to part no more.
5. Oh, how happy we shall be!
For our SAVIOUR we shall see
Exalted on His Throne.
Oh, that will be joyful!
Joyful, joyful, joyful!
Oh, that will be joyful!
When we meet to part no more.

6. There we all shall sing for joy,

And Eternity employ
In praising CHRIST the LORD.
Oh, that will be joyful!
Joyful, joyful, joyful!
Oh, that will be joyful!
When we meet to part no more. Amen.

HYMN CS 26 – “Thy Words were found, and I did eat them; and Thy Word was unto me the joy and
rejoicing of mine heart; for I am called by Thy name, O Lord God of Hosts.” JER. xv. 16

1. HOLY Bible, Book Divine,

Precious Treasure, thou art mine!
Mine, to tell me whence I came,
Mine, to teach me what I am.

2. Mine, to chide me when I rove,

Mine, to show a SAVIOUR’S love,
Mine art thou to guide my feet,
Mine, to judge, condemn, acquit.

3. Mine, to comfort in distress

If the HOLY SPIRIT bless;
Mine, to show, by living faith,
How to triumph over death.

4. Mine, to tell of joys to come,

Mine, to show the sinner’s doom;
Holy Bible, Book Divine,
Precious Treasure, thou art mine! Amen

HYMN CS 27 – “The children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David.”- MATT.
xxi. 15.

1. HOSANNA, loud Hosanna,

The little children sang;
Through pillared court and temple
The joyful anthem rang;
To JESUS, Who had blessed them,
Close folded to His Breast,
The children sang their praises,
The simplest and the best.

2. From Olivet they followed,

 Mid an exultant crowd,
The victor palm-branch waving,
And chanting clear and loud;
Bright Angels joined the chorus,
Beyond the cloudless sky,-
“Hosanna in the Highest!
Glory to GOD on High!”

3. Fair leaves of silvery olive

They strewed upon the ground,
While Salem’s circling mountains
Echoed the joyful sound;
The LORD of men and Angels
Rode on in lowly state,
Nor scorned that little children
Should on His bidding wait.

4. “Hosanna in the Highest!”

That ancient song we sing,
For CHRIST is our Redeemer,
The LORD of Heaven our King.
Oh, may we ever praise Him
With heart and life and voice,
And in His blissful Presence
Eternally rejoice. Amen.

HYMN CS 28 – “Speak, Lord; for Thy servant heareth.”- I SAM. iii. 9.

1. HUSHED was the evening hymn,

The temple courts were dark,
The lamp was burning dim
Before the sacred ark,
When suddenly a Voice Divine
Rang through the silence of the shrine.

2. The old man, meek and mild,

The priest of Israel, slept;
His watch the Temple-child,
The little Levite, kept;
And what from Eli’s sense was sealed
The LORD to Hannah’s son revealed.

3. O give me Samuel’s ear,

The open ear, O LORD,
Alive and quick to hear
Each whisper of Thy Word,-
Like him to answer at Thy call,
And to obey Thee first of all.

4. O give me Samuel’s heart,

A lowly heart, that waits
Where in Thy house Thou art,
 Or watches at Thy gates;
By day and night, a heart that still
Moves at the breathing of Thy Will.

5. O give me Samuel’s mind,

A sweet unmurmuring faith,
Obedient and resigned
To Thee in life and death;
That I may read with childlike eyes
Truths that are hidden from the wise. Amen.

HYMN C.S 29 - “Unto us a Child is born.”- ISA. ix. 6.

1. I LOVE to hear the story
Which Angel-voices tell,
How once the KING of GLORY
Came down on earth to dwell.
I am both weak and sinful;
But this I surely know,
The LORD came down to save me,
Because He loved me so.
I love to hear the story
Which Angel-voices tell,
How once the KING of GLORY
Came down on earth to dwell.

2. I’m glad my Blessed SAVIOUR

Was once a Child like me,
To show how pure and holy
His little ones might be;
And, if I try to follow
His footsteps here below,
He never will forget me,
Because He loves me so.
I love to hear the story
Which Angel-voices tell,
How once the KING of GLORY
Came down on earth to dwell.

3. To sing His love and mercy

My sweetest songs I’ll raise;
And, though I cannot see Him,
I know He hears my praise;
For He has surely promised
That even I may go
To sing among His angels,
Because He loves me so.
 I love to hear the story
Which Angel-voices tell,
How once the KING of GLORY
Came down on earth to dwell.

HYMN C.S 30 – “He took them up in His arms, put His hands upon them, and blessed
them.” – MARK x. 16.
1. I THINK, when I read that sweet story of old,
When JESUS was here among men,
How He called little children as lambs to His fold;
I should like to have been with Him then.

2. I wish that His hands had been placed on my head,

That His Arms had been thrown around me,
And that I might have seen His kind look when He said,
“Let the little ones come unto Me.”

3. Yet still to His footstool in prayer I may go;

And ask for a share in His love,
And if I now earnestly seek Him below,
I shall see Him and hear Him above.

4. In that beautiful place He has gone to prepare

For all who are washed and forgiven;
And many dear children are gathering there,
“For of such is the kingdom of Heaven.”

5. But thousands and thousands who wander and fall,

Never hear of that Heavenly Home;
I should like them to know there is room for them all,
And that JESUS has bid them to come.

6. I long for the joy of that glorious time,

The sweetest and brightest and best,
When the dear little children of every clime
Shall crowd to His Arms and be blest. Amen

HYMN CS 31 – “Leaving us an example, that ye should follow His steps.”- I PET. ii. 21.

1. I WANT to be like JESUS,

So lowly and so meek,
For no one marked an angry word
That ever heard Him speak.

2. I want to be like JESUS,

So frequently in prayer;
 Alone upon the mountain-top,
He met His FATHER there.

3. I want to be like JESUS:

I never, never find
That He, though persecuted, was
To any one unkind.

4. I want to be like JESUS,

Engaged in doing good,
So that of me it may be said,
“She hath done what she could.

5. But oh, I’m not like JESUS,

As anyone may see;
Then, gentle SAVIOUR, send Thy Grace,
And make me like to Thee. Amen.

HYMN CS 32 – “Jesus called a little child unto Him.”- MATT. xviii. 2

1. IF I come to JESUS,
He will make me glad;
He will give me pleasure
When my heart is sad.
If I come to JESUS,
Happy shall I be;
He is gently calling
Little ones like me.

2. If I come to JESUS,
He will hear my prayer;
He will love me dearly,
He my sins did bear.
If I come to JESUS,
Happy shall I be;
He is gently calling
Little ones like me.

3. If I come to JESUS
He will take my hand,
He will gently lead me
To a better land.
If I come to JESUS,
Happy shall I be;
He is gently calling
Little ones like me.

4. There, with happy children,

Robed in snowy white,
I shall see my SAVIOUR
In that world so bright.
If I come to JESUS,
 Happy shall I be;
He is gently calling
Little ones like me. Amen.

HYMN CS 33 – “We are strangers before Thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers.”- I CHRON. xxix.
15.

1. I’M a little pilgrim,

And a stranger here;
Though this world is pleasant,
Sin is always near.

2. Mine’s a better country,

Where there is no sin,
Where the tones of sorrow
Never enter in.

3. But a little pilgrim

Must have garments clean,
If he’d wear the white robes,
And with CHRIST be seen.

4. JESUS, cleanse and save me,

Teach me to obey;
HOLY SPIRIT, guide me
On my Heavenly way.

5. I’m a little pilgrim,

And a stranger here,
But my home in Heaven
Cometh ever near. Amen.

HYMN CS 34 – “Behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you
is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.” LUKE 10, 11.

1. IN the field with their flocks abiding,

They lay on the dewy ground,
And glimmering under the starlight
The sheep lay white around,
When the light of the LORD streamed o’er them,
And, lo! from the Heaven above
An Angel leaned from the glory,
And sang his Song of love;
He sang, that first sweet Christmas,
The Song that shall never cease,-
“Glory to GOD in the highest,
On earth good-will and peace!”

2. “To you in the city of David

A SAVIOUR is born to-day.”
And suddenly a host of the Heavenly Ones
Flashed forth to join the lay.
 O never hath sweeter message
Thrilled home to the souls of men;
And the Heavens themselves had never heard
A gladder choir till then;
For they sang that Christmas carol
That never on earth shall cease,-
“Glory to GOD in the highest,
On earth good-will and peace!”

3. And the shepherds came to the manger,

And gazed on the Holy Child;
And calmly over that cradle rude
The Virgin Mother smiled;
And the sky, in the starlit silence,
Seemed full of the Angel lay,-
“To you in the city of David
A SAVIOUR is born to-day
Oh, they sang- and I wean that never
The carol on earth shall cease-
“Glory to GOD in the highest,
On earth good-will and peace!” Amen

HYMN CS 35 – “Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer.”- PSALM lxi. 1.

1. JESUS, high in glory,

Lend a listening ear;
When we bow before Thee,
Children’s praises hear.

2. Though Thou art so Holy,

Heaven’s Almighty King,
Thou wilt stoop to listen
When Thy praise we sing.

3. We are little children,

Weak and apt to stray;
SAVIOUR, guide and keep us
In the Heavenly way.

4. Save us, LORD, from sinning;

Watch us day by day;
Help us now to love Thee;
Take our sins away.

5. Then, when Thou shalt call us

To our Heavenly Home,
We will gladly answer,
“SAVIOUR, LORD, we come.” Amen.
HYMN C.S. 36 – “Be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long.” – PROV. xxiii. 17

1. JESUS, Holy, undefiled,

Listen to a little child;
Thou hast sent the glorious light,
Chasing far the silent night;

2. Thou hast sent the sun to shine,

O’er this glorious world of Thine;
Warmth to give, and pleasant glow,
On each tender flower below.

3. Now the little birds arise,

Chirping gaily in the skies;
Thee their tiny voices praise,
In the early songs they raise.

4. Thou, by Whom the birds are fed,

Give to me my daily bread;
And Thy HOLY SPIRIT give,
Without Whom I cannot live.

5. Make me, LORD, obedient, mild,

As becomes a little child;
All day long, in every way,
Teach me what to do and say.

6. Make me, LORD, in work and play,

Thine more truly every day;
And, when Thou at last shalt come,
Take me to Thy Heavenly Home. Amen.

HYMN CS 37 – “He shall feed His flock like a Shepherd; He shall gather the lambs with
His arm, and carry them in His bosom.” – ISA. xl. 11

1. JESUS is our Shepherd,

Wiping every tear,
Folded in His Bosom,
What have we to fear?
Only let us follow
Whither He doth lead,
To the thirsty desert,
Or the dewy mead.
2. JESUS is our Shepherd;
Well we know His Voice;
How its gentlest whisper
Makes our heart rejoice;
Even when He chideth,
Tender is His tone:
None but He shall guide us;
We are His alone.

3. JESUS is our Shepherd;

For the sheep He bled;
Every lamb is sprinkled
With the Blood He shed;
Then on each He setteth
His own secret sign-
“They that have My SPIRIT,
These,” saith He, “are Mine”.

4. JESUS is our Shepherd;

With His goodness now,
And His tender mercy,
He doth us endow.
Let us sing His praises
With a gladsome heart,
Till in Heaven we meet Him,
Never more to part! Amen.

HYMN C.S. 38 - “I will trust, and not be afraid.” – ISA. xii. 2.

1. JESUS loves me! This I know,

For the Bible tells me so;
Little ones to Him belong;
They are weak, but He is strong.
Yes, JESUS loves me-
Yes, JESUS loves me!
The Bible tells me so.

2. JESUS loves me! He Who died

Heaven’s gate to open wide;
He will wash away my sin,
Let His little child come in.
Yes, JESUS loves me-
Yes, JESUS loves me!
 The Bible tells me so.

3. JESUS loves me! He will stay

Close beside me all the way,
Then His little child will take
Up to Heaven, for His dear sake.
Yes, JESUS loves me-
Yes, JESUS loves me!
The Bible tells me so.

HYMN CS 39 – “Lord, save us.”- MATT. viii. 25

1. JESU, meek and gentle,
SON of GOD most High,
Pitying, loving SAVIOUR,
Hear Thy children’s cry.

2. Pardon our offences,

Loose our captive chains,
Break down every idol
Which our soul detains.

3. Give us holy freedom,

Fill our hearts with love;
Draw us, Holy JESUS!
To the realms above.

4. Lead us on our journey,

Be Thyself the Way
Through terrestrial darkness
To celestial day.

5. JESU, meek and gentle,

SON of GOD most High,
Pitying, loving SAVIOUR,
Hear Thy children’s cry. Amen.

HYMN C.S. 40 – “I will lay me down in peace, and sleep: for Thou, Lord, only makest me
dwell in safety.” – PSALM iv. 8.

1. JESUS, tender Shepherd, hear me;

Bless Thy little lamb to-night;
Through the darkness be Thou near me;
Keep me safe till morning light.

2. All this day Thy Hand has led me,

And I thank Thee for Thy care;
Thou hast clothed me, warmed and fed me,
 Listen to my evening prayer.

3. Let my sins be all forgiven;

Bless the friends I love so well;
Take me, when I die, to Heaven,
Happy there with Thee to dwell. Amen

HYMN CS 41 – “Who went about doing good.”- ACTS x. 38.

1. JESUS, Who lived above the sky,

Came down to be a Man and die;
And in the Bible we may see,
How very good He used to be.

2. He went about – He was so kind-

To cure poor people who were blind;
And many who were sick and lame,
He pitied them and did the same.

3. And more than that, He told them, too,

The things that GOD would have them do;
And was so gentle and so mild,
He would have listened to a child.

4. But such a cruel death He died!

He was hung up and crucified!
And those kind Hands that did such good,
They nailed them to a Cross of wood.

5. And so He died!- and this is why

He came to be a Man and die;
The Bible says He came from Heaven
That we might have our sins forgiven.

6. He know how wicked man had been,

And knew that GOD must punish sin;
So, out of pity, JESUS said
He’d bear the punishment instead. Amen.

HYMN CS 42 – “Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.”- JOHN i. 29

1. LAMB of GOD, I look to Thee,

Thou shalt my example be;
Thou art gentle, meek, and mild;
Thou wast once a little Child.

2. Fain I would be as Thou art;

Give me Thy obedient heart;
Thou art pitiful and kind;
Let me have Thy loving mind.
3. Let me, above all, fulfil
GOD my Heavenly FATHER’S Will;
Never His good SPIRIT grieve,
Only to His glory live.

4. Loving JESUS, gentle LAMB,

In Thy gracious Hands I am;
Make me, SAVIOUR, what Thou art;
Live Thyself within my heart. Amen.

HYMN CS 43 – “Thou good servant… faithful in a very little.” – LUKE xix. 17.

1. LITTLE drops of water,

Little grains of sand,
Make the mighty ocean
And the pleasant land.

2. SO the little moments,

Humble though they be,
Make the mighty ages
Of Eternity.

3. So our little errors

Lead the soul away
From the path of virtue,
Far in sin to stray.

4. Little deeds of kindness,

Little words of love,
Help to make earth happy
Like the Heaven above. Amen.

HYMN CS 44 – “Who giveth us richly all things to enjoy.” – I TIM. vi. 17.

1. LORD, I would own Thy tender care,

And all Thy love to me;
The food I eat, the clothes I wear,
Are all bestowed by Thee.

2. ‘Tis Thou preservest me from death

And dangers every hour;
I cannot draw another breath
Unless Thou give me power.

3. Kind angels guard me every night,

As round my bed they stay;
Nor am I absent from Thy sight
In darkness or by day.

4. My health, and friends, and parents dear,

To me by GOD are given;
I have not any blessing here
 But what is sent from Heaven.

5. Such goodness, LORD, and constant care,

A child can ne’er repay;
But may it be my daily prayer
To love Thee and obey. Amen.

HYMN CS 45 – “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; and I give unto them
eternal life.”- JOHN x. 27, 28

1. LOVING Shepherd of Thy sheep,

Keep Thy lamb, in safety keep;
Nothing can Thy power withstand,
None can pluck me from Thy Hand.

2. Bought with Blood, and bought for Thee,

Thine, and only Thine, I’d be,
Holy, harmless, humble, mild;
JESUS CHRIST’s obedient child.

3. Loving SAVIOUR, Thou didst give

THine own Life that we might live,
And the Hands outstretched to bless
Bear the cruel nail’s impress.

4. I would praise THee every day,

Gladly all Thy Will obey,
Like Thy Blessed Ones above
Happy in Thy precious Love.

5. Loving Shepherd, ever near,

Teach Thy lamb Thy Voice to hear,
Suffer not my steps to stray
From the straight and narrow way.

6. Where Thou leadest I would go,

Walking in Thy steps below,
Till before my FATHER’S Throne
I shall know as I am known. Amen.

HYMN CS 46 – “Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.”- REV. ii. 10.

1. MY LORD, in glory reigning,

Upon the glassy sea,
By angel-hosts surrounded,
Is thinking still of me.
My heart for joy is dancing,
My lamp I trim and clear,
The Bridegroom bids me enter,
If I but persevere.

2. My LORD a land is ruling,

 The land of pure delight,
Whence hate and night are banished,
And all is love and light.
What though my lot be lowly,
What though my way be drear;
‘Tis mine, ‘tis mine, that Kingdom,
If I but persevere.

3. My LORD a home is building,

A mansion passing fair,
Of pearl and gold all burnished,
Of jewels costly, rare;
A home where nothing lacketh,
Away with doubt and fear!
‘Tis mine, ‘tis mine, that mansion,
If I but persevere.

4. My LORD a song is teaching

The Angel-choirs on high;
They strike their harps and cymbals,
And sound the psaltery;
A song to greet the wanderer,
To Heaven’s gate drawing near,
‘Tis mine, ‘tis mine, the welcome,
If I but persevere. Amen.

HYMN CS 47 – “When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid; yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep
shall be sweet.”- PROV. iii. 24.

1. NOW the day is over,

Night is drawing nigh;
Shadows of the evening
Steal across the sky.

2. Now the darkness gathers,

Stars begin to peep;
Birds, and beasts, and flowers
Soon will be asleep.

3. JESU, give the weary

Calm and sweet repose:
With Thy tenderest blessing
May mine eyelids close.

4. Grant to little children

Visions bright of Thee;
Guard the sailors tossing
On the deep blue sea.

5. Comfort every sufferer

Watching late in pain;
Those who plan some evil
 From their sin restrain.

6. Through the long night-watches

May Thine Angels spread
Their white wings above me,
Watching round my bed.

7. When the morning wakens,

Then may I arise
Pure, and fresh, and sinless
In Thy Holy Eyes.

8. Glory to the FATHER,

Glory to the SON,
And to Thee, Blest SPIRIT,
Whilst all ages run. Amen.

HYMN CS 48 – “Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might.”- ECCLES. ix. 10.

1. OH, what can little hands do

To please the KING of Heaven?
The little hands some work may try
To help the poor in misery:
Such grace to mine be given!

2. Oh, what can little lips do

To please the KING of Heaven?
The little lips can praise and pray,
And gentle words of kindness say:
Such grace to mine be given!

3. Oh, what can little eyes do

To please the KING of Heaven?
The little eyes can upward look,
Can learn to read GOD’S holy Book:
Such grace to mine be given!

4. Oh, what can little hearts do

To please the KING of Heaven?
Our hearts, if GOD His SPIRIT send,
Can love their Maker, SAVIOUR, Friend:
Such grace to mine be given! Amen.

HYMN C.S. 49 – “Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.” –
LUKE ii. 52

1. ONCE in royal David’s city

Stood a lowly cattle-shed,
Where a Mother laid her Baby
In a manger for His bed.
Mary was that Mother mild,
 JESUS CHRIST her little Child.

2. He came down to earth from Heaven

Who is GOD and LORD of all,
And His shelter was a stable,
And His cradle was a stall.
With the poor, and mean, and lowly,
Lived on earth our SAVIOUR Holy.

3. And through all His wondrous childhood

He would honour and obey
Love, and watch the lowly Maiden
In whose gentle arms He lay.
Christian children all must be
Mild, obedient, good as He.

4. For He is our childhood’s pattern:

Day by day like us He grew;
He was little, weak, and helpless;
Tears and smiles like us He knew;
And He feeleth for our sadness,
And He shareth in our gladness.

5. And our eyes at last shall see Him

Through His own redeeming Love;
For that Child so dear and gentle
Is our LORD in Heaven above;
And He leads His children on
To the place where He is gone.

6. Not in that poor lowly stable,

With the oxen standing by
We shall see Him,- but in Heaven
Set at GOD’S Right Hand on High,
When, like stars, His children crowned,
All in white shall wait around. Amen.

HYMN CH CS 50 – “There is a Friend that sticketh closer than a brother.” – PROV. xviii. 24

1. ONE there is above all others,

Oh, how He loves!
His is love beyond a brother’s,
Oh, how He loves!
Earthly friends may fail or leave us,
One day soothe, the next day grieve us,
But this Friend will ne’er deceive us,
Oh, how He loves!

2. ‘Tis Eternal Life to know Him,

 Oh, how He loves!
Think, O think how much we owe Him,
Oh, how He loves!
With His precious Blood HE bought us,
In the wilderness He sought us,
To His fold He safely brought us,
Oh, how He loves!

3. We have found a friend in JESUS,

Oh, how He loves!
‘Tis His great delight to bless us,
Oh, how He loves!
How our hearts delight to hear Him:
Bid us dwell in safety near Him;
Why should we distrust or fear Him,
Oh, how He loves!

4. Through His Name we are forgiven,

Oh, how He loves!
Backward shall our foes be driven,
Oh, how He loves!
Best of blessings He’ll provide us,
Nought but good shall e’er betide us,
Safe to Glory He will guide us,
Oh, how He loves! Amen.

HYMN CH CS 51- “He will save,… He will rest in His love, He will joy over thee with singing.”- ZEPH.
Iii. 17.

1. SAFE in the Arms of JESUS,

Safe on His gentle Breast,
There by His Love o’ershaded,
Sweetly my soul shall rest.
Hark! ‘tis the voice of Angels,
Borne in a song to me,
Over the fields of glory,
Over the crystal sea!
Safe in the Arms of JESUS,
Safe on His gentle Breast,
There by His Love o’ershaded,
Sweetly my soul shall rest.

2. Safe in the Arms of JESUS,

Safe from corroding care,
Safe from the world’s temptations,
Sin cannot harm me there,-
Free from the blight of sorrow,
Free from my doubts and fears,
Only a few more trials,
Only a few more tears.
Safe in the Arms of JESUS,
Safe on His gentle Breast,
 There by His Love o’ershaded,
Sweetly my soul shall rest.

3. JESUS, my heart’s dear refuge,

JESUS has died for me;
Firm on the Rock of Ages
Ever my trust shall be.
Here let me waith with patience,
Wait till the night is o’er,
Wait till I see the morning
Break on the golden shore.
Safe in the Arms of JESUS,
Safe on His gentle Breast,
There by His Love o’ershaded,
Sweetly my soul shall rest. Amen.

HYMN CH CS 52 – “For Thy Name’s sake lead me, and guide me.”- PSALM xxxi. 3.

1. SAVIOUR, like a shepherd lead us,

Much we need Thy tender care;
In Thy pleasant pastures feed us;
For our use Thy folds prepare:
Blessed JESUS!
Thou hast bought us, Thine we are.

2. We are Thine: do Thou befriend us;

Be the Guardian of our way;
Keep from ill; from sin defend us;
Seek us when we go astray:
Blessed JESUS!
Hear us children, when we pray.

3. Thou hast promised to receive us,

Poor and sinful though we be;
Thou hast mercy to relieve us,
Grace to cleanse, and power to free:
Blessed JESUS!
Early let us turn to Thee.

4. Early let us seek Thy favour

Early let us do Thy Will;
Blessed LORD and only SAVIOUR,
With Thyself our bosoms fill:
Blessed JESUS!
Thou hast loved us, love us still. Amen.

HYMN CH 53 – “He shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne
of God and of the Lamb.”- REV. xxii. 1.

1. SHALL we gather at the river,

Where bright Angel-feet have trod;
With its crystal tide for ever
 Flowing from the Throne of GOD?
Yes, we’ll gather at the river,
The beautiful, the beautiful river;
Gather with the Saints at the river,
That flows from the Throne of GOD.

2. On the margin of the river,

Guided by our Shepherd King,
We will walk and worship ever,
His dear Footsteps following.
Yes, we’ll gather at the river,
The beautiful, the beautiful river;
Gather with the Saints at the river,
That flows from the Throne of GOD.

3. There beside the tranquil river,

Mirror of the SAVIOUR’S Face,
Happy hearts, no more to sever,
Sing of glory and of grace.
Yes, we’ll gather at the river,
The beautiful, the beautiful river;
Gather with the Saints at the river,
That flows from the Throne of GOD.

4. Ere we reach the shining river,

Lay we every burden down;
JESU, here from sin deliver
Those whom there Thy grace will crown.
Yes, we’ll gather at the river,
The beautiful, the beautiful river;
Gather with the Saints at the river,
That flows from the Throne of GOD. Amen

HYMN CH 54 – “Thou, O Lord, art our Father, our Redeemer.”- ISA. lxiii. 16.

1. THE hours of day are over;

The evening calls us home;
Once more to Thee, O FATHER,
With thankful hearts we come;
For all Thy countless blessings
We praise Thy Holy Name,
And own Thy Love unchanging,
Through days and years the same.

2. For life, and health, and shelter

From harm throughout the day,
The kindness of our teachers,
The gladness of our play;
For all the dear affection
Of parents, brothers, friends,
To Him our thanks we render
Who these and all things sends.
3. But these, O LORD, can show us
Thy goodness but in part;
Thy Love would lead us onward
To know Thee as Thou art:
Thy SON came down from Heaven
To take away our sin;
Thy SPIRIT dwells among us
To make us clean within.

4. For this, O LORD, we bless Thee,

For this we thank Thee most,-
The cleansing of the sinful,
The savin of the lost;
The Teacher ever present,
The Friend for ever nigh,
The Home prepared by JESUS
For us above the sky.

5. LORD, gather all Thy children

To meet Thee there at last,
When earthly tasks are ended,
And earthly days are past;
With all our dear ones round us,
In that Eternal Home
Where death no more shall part us,
And night shall never come. Amen.

HYMN CS 55 – “I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the Lord sustained me.”- PSALM iii. 5.

1. THE moning bright,

With rosy light,
He waked me up from sleep;
FATHER, I own
Thy love alone
Thy little one doth keep.

2. All through the day,

I humbly pray,
Be Thou my Guard and Guide;
My sins forgive,
And let me live,
Blest JESUS, near Thy Side.

3. O make Thy rest

Within my breast,
Great SPIRIT of all grace;
Make me like Thee,
Then shall I be
Prepared to see Thy Face. Amen.
HYMN CS 56 – “And who then is willing to consecrate his service this day unto the Lord?”- 1 CHRON.
xxix. 5.

1. THE wise may bring their learning,

The rich may bring their gold;
And some may bring their greatness,
And glories new and old;
We too would bring our treasures
To offer to the KING:
We have no wealth nor wisdom;
What shall we children bring?

2. We’ll bring Him hearts that love Him,

We’ll bring Him thankful praise,
And young souls meekly striving
To walk in holy ways.
And these shall be the treasures
We offer to the KING,
And these are gifts that even
The poorest child may bring.

3. We’ll bring the little duties

We have to do each day,
We’ll try our best to please Him
At home, at school, at play
And better are these treasures
To offer to our KING,
Than richest gifts without them,-
Yet these a child may bring. Amen.

HYMN CS 57 – “He goeth before them, and the sheep follow Him: for they know His voice.”- JOHN x. 4.

1. THE world looks very beautiful,

And full of joy to me;
The sun shines out in glory
On everything I see:
I know I shall be happy
While in the world I stay,
For I will follow JESUS-
All the way.

2. I’m but a little pilgrim;

My journey’s just begun;
They say I’ll meet with sorrow
Before my journey’s done:
The world is full of trouble,
And trials took, - they say;
But I will follow JESUS-
All the way.

3. Then, like a little pilgrim,

Whatever I may meet,
 I’ll take it – joy or sorrow-
And lay at JESUS’ feet:
He’ll comfort me in trouble,
He’ll wipe my tears away;
With joy I’ll follow JESUS-
All the way.

HYMN C.S. 58 – “Unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given.” – ISA. ix. 6.
1. THERE came a little Child to earth
Long ago;
And the angels of GOD proclaimed His Birth,
High and low.
Out in the night, so calm and still,
Their song was heard;
For they knew that the Child on Bethlehem’s hill
Was CHRIST the LORD.

2. Far away, in the goodly land

Fair and bright;
Children with crowns of glory stand,
Robed in white,-
In white more pure than the spotless snow;
And their tongues unite
In the psalm which the Angels sang long ago
On that still night.

3. They sing how the LORD of that world so fair,

A Child was born;
And, that they might a crown of glory wear,
Wore a crown of thorn;
And in mortal weakness, in want and pain,
Came forth to die,
That the children of earth might in glory reign
With Him on High.

4. He has put on His Kingly apparel now

In that goodly land;
And He leads to where fountains of waters flow
That chosen band,
And for evermore, in their robes most fair
And undefiled,
Those ransomed children His praise declare,
Who was once a Child. Amen
HYMN CS 59 – “There shall in no wise enter into it anything that defileth… but they which
are written in the Lamb’s book of life.”- REV. xxi. 27.
1. THERE is a city bright;
Closed are its gates to sin;
Nought that defileth,
Nought that defileth
Can ever inter in.

2. SAVIOUR, I come to Thee;

O LAMB of GOD, I pray,
Cleanse me and save me,
Cleanse me and save me,
Wash all my sins away.

3. LORD, make me, from this hour,

Thy loving child to be,
Kept by Thy power,
Kept by Thy power,
From all that grieveth Thee,-

4. Till, in the snow-white dress

Of Thy redeemed, I stand
Faultless and stainless,
Faultless and stainless,
Safe in that happy land. Amen.

HYMN CS 60 – “We are journeying unto the place of which the Lord said, I will give it you: come thou
with us, and we will do thee good.” – NUM. x. 29.

1. THERE is a happy land,

Far, far away,
Where Saints in glory stand,
Bright, bright as day:
Oh, how they sweetly sing,
Worthy is our SAVIOUR King!
Loud let His praises ring,-
Praise, praise for aye!

2. Come to this happy land,

Come, come away:
Why will ye doubting stand?
Why still delay?
Oh, we shall happy be,
When from sin and sorrow free,
LORD, we shall live with Thee,
Blest, blest for aye!

3. Bright in that happy land

Beams every eye;
Kept by a FATHER’S Hand,
Love cannot die.
 On then to glory run,
Be a Crown and Kingdom won;
And bright above the sun
Reign, reign for aye! Amen.

HYMN CS 61 – “The place…. called Calvary there they crucified Him.” – LUKE xxiii. 33.

1. THERE is a green hill far away,

Outside a city wall,
Where the dear LORD was crucified,
Who died to save us all.

2. We may not know, we cannot tell

What pains He had to bear;
But we believe it was for us
He hung and suffered there.

3. He died that we might be forgiven,

He died to make us good,
That we might go at last to Heaven,
Saved by His precious blood.

4. There was no other good enough

To pay the price of sin;
He only could unlock the gate
Of Heaven and let us sin.

5. Oh, dearly, dearly, has He loved,

And we must love Him too,
And trust in His redeeming Blood,
And try His works to do. Amen.

HYMN C.S. 62 – “Jesus… took a child, and set him by Him.” – LUKE ix. 47.

1. THERE’S a Friend for little children

Above the bright blue sky,
A Friend Who never changes,
Whose love can never die;
Our earthly friends may fail us,
And change with changing years,
This Friend is always worthy
Of that dear Name He bears.

2. There’s a rest for little children

Above the bright blue sky,
Who love the Blessèd SAVIOUR,
And “Abba, FATHER,” cry;
A rest from every trouble,
From sin and sorrow free,
 Where every little pilgrim
Shall rest eternally.

3. There’s a home for little children

Above the bright blue sky,
Where JESUS reigns in glory,
A home of peace and joy;
No home on earth is like it,
Nor can with it compare;
For everyone is happy
Nor could be happier there.

4. There’s a crown for little children

Above the bright blue sky,
And all who look for JESUS
Shall wear it by and by;
A crown of brightest glory,
Which He will then bestow
On those who found His favour
And loved His Name below.

5. There’s a song for little children

Above the bright blue sky,
A song that will not weary,
Though sung continually;
A song which even Angels
Can never, never sing;
They know not CHRIST as SAVIOUR,
But worship Him as KING.

6. There’s a robe for little children

Above the bright blue sky,
And a harp of sweetest music,
And palms of victory.
All, all above is treasured,
And found in CHRIST alone:
LORD, grant Thy little children
To know Thee as their own. Amen

HYMN C.S 63 – “They saw the young Child with Mary His Mother… and worshipped Him;
and … they presented unto Him gifts.- MATT. ii. 11

1. WAKEN! Christian children!

 Up and let us sing,
With glad voice, the praises
Of our new-born King.
Up! ’tis meet to welcome
With a joyous lay
CHRIST, the KING of GLORY,
Born for us today.
Come, nor fear to seek Him,
Children though we be;
Once He said of children,
“Let them come to Me.”
Waken! Christian children!
Up and let us sing,
With glad voice, the praises
Of our new-born King.

2. In a manger lowly
Sleeps the Heavenly Child;
O’er Him fondly bendeth
Mary, Mother mild.
Far above that stable,
Up in Heaven so high,
One bright star outshineth,
Watching silently.
Fear not then to enter,
Though we cannot bring
Gold, or myrrh, or incense
Fitting for a King.
Waken! Christian children!
Up and let us sing,
With glad voice, the praises
Of our new-born King.

3. Gifts He asketh richer,

Offerings costlier still,
Yet may Christian children
Bring them if they will.
Brighter than all jewels
Shines the modest eye;
Best of gifts, He loveth
Infant purity.
Haste we then to welcome
With a joyous lay
CHRIST, the KING of GLORY,
 Born for us to-day.
Waken! Christian children!
Up and let us sing,
With glad voice, the praises
Of our new-born King. Amen

HYMN C.S 64 – “Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and
whether it be right.”- PROV. xx. 11

1. WE are but little children weak,

Nor born in any high estate;
What can we do for JESUS’ sake,
Who is so High and Good and Great?

2. Oh day by day each Christian child

Has much to do, without, within;
A death to die for JESUS’ sake,
A weary war to wage with sin.

3. When deep within our swelling hearts

The thoughts of pride and anger rise,
When bitter words are on our tongues,
And tears of passion in our eyes;

4. Then we may stay the angry blow,

Then we may check the hasty word,
Give gentle answers back again,
And fight a battle for our LORD.

5. With smiles of peace, and looks of love,

Light in our dwellings we may make;
Bid kind good humour brighten there,
And still do all for JESUS’ sake.

6. There’s not a child so small and weak

But has his little cross to take,
His little work of love and praise,
That he may do for JESUS’ sake. Amen

HYMN CS 65 – “Those that seek Me early shall find Me.” – PROV. viii. 17.

1. WE are little children, very young indeed,

But the SAVIOUR’S promise each of us may plead.
If we seek Him early, if we come to-day,
We can be His little friends, He has said we may.
2. Little friends of JESUS, what a happy thought!
What a precious promise in the Bible taught!
If we seek Him early, if we come to-day,
We can be His little friends, He has said we may.

3. Little friends of JESUS, walking by His side,

With His Arm around us, every step to guide,
If we seek Him early, if we come to-day,
We can be His little friends, He has said we may.

4. We must love Him dearly, with a constant love,

Then we’ll go and see Him, in our Home above.
If we seek Him early, if we come to-day,
We can be His little friends, He has said we may. Amen

HYMN CH CS 66- “Be telling of His salvation from day to day.” - PSALM xcvi. 2
1. WE have heard the joyful, sound:
JESUS saves!
Spread the tidings all around:
JESUS saves!
Bear the news to every land,
Climb the steeps and cross the waves;
Onward!- ‘tis our LORD’S command:
JESUS saves!

2. Waft it on the rolling tide:

JESUS saves!
Tell to sinners far and wide;
JESUS saves!
Sing, ye islands of the sea,
Echo back, ye ocean caves;
Earth shall keep her jubilee:
JESUS saves!

3. Sing above the battle strife,

JESUS saves!
By His death and endless life:
JESUS saves!
Sing it softly through the gloom,
When the heart for mercy craves;
Sing in triumph o’er the tomb,-
JESUS saves!

4. Give the winds a mighty voice:

JESUS saves!
Let the nations now rejoice:
 JESUS saves!
Shout salvation full and free,
Highest hills and deepest caves;
This our song of victory,-
JESUS saves! Amen.

HYMN CS 67 – “The fields… are white already to harvest. And he that reapeth receiveth wages,
and gathereth fruit unto life eternal.” – JOHN iv. 35, 36.

1. THE fields are all white,

And the reapers are few;
We children are willing,
But what can we do
To work for our LORD in His harvest?

2. Our hands are so small,

And our words are so weak,
We cannot teach others;
How then shall we seek
To work for our LORDin His harvest?

3. We’ll work by our prayers,

By the gifts we can bring,
By small self-denials;
The least little thing
May work for our LORD in His harvest.

4. Until, by and by,

As the years pass, at length
We too may be reapers,
And go forth in strength
To work for our LORD in His harvest. Amen.

HYMN C.S 68 “They shall be Mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up My
jewels.” – MAL. Iii. 17.

1. WHEN He cometh, when He cometh

To make up His jewels,
All His jewels, precious jewels,
His loved and His own.
Like the stars of the morning,
His bright Crown adorning,
They shall shine in their beauty,
Bright gems for His Crown.

2. He will gather, He will gather

The gems for His kingdom;
 All the pure ones, all the bright ones,
His loved and His own.
Like the stars of the morning,
His bright Crown adorning,
They shall shine in their beauty,
Bright gems for His Crown.

3. Little children, little children,

Who love their Redeemer,
Are the jewels, precious jewels,
His loved and His own.
Like the stars of the morning,
His bright Crown adorning,
They shall shine in their beauty,
Bright gems for His Crown.

HYMN CS 69 – “Now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly.” - HEB. xi. 16.

1. WE speak of the realms of the Blest,

Of that country so bright and so fair;
And oft are its glories confessed:
But what must it be to be there?

2. We speak of its pathways of gold,

Of its walls decked with jewels most rare.
Its wonders and pleasures untold:
But what must it be to be there?

3. We speak of its freedom from sin,

From sorrow, temptation, and care,
From trials without and within:
But what must it be to be there?

4. We speak of its anthems of praise,

With which we can never compare
The sweetest on earth we can raise:
But what must it be to be there?

5. We speak of its service of love,

Of the robes which the glorified wear,
The Church of the First-born above;
But what must it be to be there?

6. Do Thou, LORD, ‘midst pleasure or woe,

Still for Heaven our spirits prepare:
And shortly we also shall know
And feel what it is to be there. Amen.
HYMN C.S 70 - “My song shall be always of the loving-kindness of the Lord.” – PSALM
lxxxix. 1.

1. COME, sing with holy gladness,

High Alleluias sing,
Uplift your loud Hosannas
To JESUS, LORD and King;
Sing, boys, in joyful chorus
Your hymn of praise to-day,
And sing, ye gentle maidens,
Your sweet responsive lay.

2. ’Tis good for boys and maidens

Sweet hymns to CHRIST to sing,
’Tis meet that children’s voices
Should praise the children’s King;
For JESUS is salvation,
And glory, grace and rest;
To babe, and boy, and maiden
The one Redeemer Blest.

3. O boys, be strong in JESUS,

To toil for Him is gain,
And JESUS wrought with Joseph
With chisel, saw, and plane;
O maidens, live for JESUS,
Who was a maiden’s Son;
Be patient, pure and gentle,
And perfect grace begun.

4. Soon in the golden city

The boys and girls shall play,
And through the dazzling mansions
Rejoice in endless day;
O CHRIST, prepare Thy children
With that triumphant throng
To pass the burnished portals,
And sing th’ eternal song. Amen.

HYMN CS 71 – “Lord, I will follow Thee whithersoeer Thou goest.”- LUKE ix. 57.
1. JUST as I am, Thine own to be,
Friend of the young, Who lovest me,
To consecrate myself to Thee,
O JESUS CHRIST, - I come.
2. In the glad morning of my day,
My life to give, my vows to pay,
With no reserve, and no delay,
With all my heart I come.

3. I would live ever in the light,

I would work ever for the right,
I would serve Thee with all my might,
Therefore to Thee I come.

4. Just as I am, young, strong, and free,

To be the best that I can be,
For truth, and righteousness, and Thee,-
LORD of my life, - I come.

5. With many dreams of fame and gold,

Success and joy to make me bold,
But dearer still my faith to hold,
For my whole life, I come.

6. And for Thy sake to win renown,

And then to take the victor’s crown,
And at Thy feet to cast it down,
O Master, LORD, - I come. Amen.

HYMN CS 72 – “With one mind striving together… and in nothing terrified by your adversaries.” PHIL. i.
27, 28.

1. WE are soldiers of CHRIST, Who is mighty to save,

And His Banner the Cross is unfurled;
We are pledged to be faithful and steadfast and brave
Against Satan, the flesh, and the world.

2. We are brothers and comrades, we stand side by side,

And our faith and our hope are the same:
And we think of the Cross on which Jesus has died,
When we bear the reproach of His Name.

3. At the front we were marked with the Cross on our brow,

Of our grace and our calling the sign:
And the weakest is strong to be true to his vow,
For the armour we wear is Divine.

4. We will watch ready armed if the Tempter draw near,

If he come with a frown or a smile:
We will heed not his threats, nor his flatteries hear,
Nor be taken by storm or by wile.

5. We will master the flesh, and its longings restrain,

We will not be the bond-slaves of sin,
The pure SPIRIT of GOD in our nature shall reign,
 And our spirits their freedom shall win.

6. For the world’s love we live not, its hate we defy,

And we will not be led by the throng:
We’ll be true to ourselves, to our FATHER on High,
And the bright world to which we belong.

7. Now let each cheer his comrade, let hearts beat as one,
While we follow where CHRIST leads the way;
‘Twere dishonour to yield, or the battle to shun,
We will fight, and will watch, and will pray.

8. Though the warfare be weary, the trials be sore,

In the might of our GOD we will stand;
Oh! What joy to be crowned and be pure evermore,
In the peace of our own Fatherland. Amen.

HYMN CS 73 – “Hold up my goings in Thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.”- PSALM xvii. 5.

1. CHILDHOOD’S years are passo’er us;

Soon our school-days will be done:
Cares and sorrows lie before us,
Hidden dangers, snares unknown.

2. Oh, may He Who, meek and lowly,

Trod Himself this vale of woe,
Make us His, and make us holy,
Guard and guide us while we go.

3. Hark! it is the SAVIOUR calling,

“Come ye children, follow Me!”
JESUS, keep our feet from falling;
Teach us all to follow Thee.

4. Soon we part – it may be never,

Never here to meet again;
Oh, to meet in Heaven for ever!
Oh, the Crown of Life to gain! Amen.

HYMN C.S 74 – “I must work the works of Him that sent me.” – JOHN ix. 4

1. A CHARGE to keep I have;

A GOD to glorify;
A never-dying soul to save,
A rest to gain on high.

2. From youth to hoary age

My calling to fulfil;
Oh, may it all my powers engage,
To do my Master’s will.
3. Arm me with jealous care,
As in Thy sight to live;
And now Thy servant, LORD, prepare
A strict account to give.

4. Help me to watch and pray

And still on Thee rely;
Oh! let me not my trust betray
But press to realms on high. Amen

HYMN CS 75 – “The Lord is faithful, Who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.” 2 THESS.
Iii. 3

1. YIELD not to temptation, for yielding is sin;

Each victory will help you some other to win;
Fight manfully onward; dark passions subdue;
Look ever to JESUS,- He will carry you through.
Ask the SAVIOUR to help you,
Comfort, strengthen, and keep you;
He is willing to aid you,
He will carry you through.

2. Shun evil companions; bad language disdain;

GOD’S Name hold in reverence, nor take it in vain;
Be thoughtful and earnest, kind-hearted and true;
Look ever to JESUS, - He will carry you through.
Ask the SAVIOUR to help you,
Comfort, strengthen, and keep you;
He is willing to aid you,
He will carry you through.

3. To him that o’ercometh GOD giveth a crown:

Through faith we shall conquer, though often cast down;
He Who is our SAVIOUR, our strength will renew;
Look ever to JESUS,- He will carry you through.
Ask the SAVIOUR to help you,
Comfort, strengthen, and keep you;
He is willing to aid you,
He will carry you through. Amen.

HYMN CS 76 – “And they shall be Mine, saith the Lord of Hosts, in that day when I make up My
jewels.” – MAL. Iii. 17.

1. THINE for ever! GOD of Love,

Hear us from Thy Throne above;
Thine for ever may we be,
Here and in eternity.
2. Thine for ever! LORD of Life,
Shield us through our earthly strife,
Thou the Life, the Truth, the Way,
Guide us to the realms of day.

3. Thine for ever! Oh, how blest

They who find in THee their rest!
SAVIOUR, Guardian, Heavenly Friend,
Oh, defend us to the end!

4. Thine for ever! Shepherd, keep

These Thy frail and trembling sheep;
Safe alone beneath Thy care,
Let us all Thy goodness share.

5. Thine for ever! Thou our Guide,

All our wants by Thee supplied,
All our sins by Thee forgiven,
Lead us, LORD, from earth to Heaven. Amen.

HYMN CS 77 – “Followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.”- HEB.
vi. 12.

1. THE SON of GOD goes forth to war,

A Kingly crown to gain;
His blood-red banner streams afar!
Who follows in His train?
Who best can drink his cup of woe,
Triumphant over pain,
Who patient bears his cross below,
He follows in His train.

2. The Martyr first, whose eagle eye

Could pierce beyond the grave;
Who saw his Master in the sky,
And called on Him to save.
Like Him, with pardon on his tongue,
In midst of mortal pain,
He prayed for them that did the wrong:
Who follows in his train?

3. A glorious band, the chosen few

On whom the SPIRIT came,
Twelve valiant Saints, their hope they knew,
And mocked the cross and flame.
They met the tyrant’s brandished steel,
The lion’s gory mane;
They bowed their mocks, the death to feel:
Who follows in their train?
4. A noble army, men and boys,
The matron and the maid,
Around the SAVIOUR’S Throne rejoice,
In robes of light arrayed.
They climbed the steep ascent of Heaven
Through peril, toil, and pain;
O GOD, to us may grace be given
To follow in their train. Amen.

HYMN CS 78 – “That Rock was Christ.”- I COR. x. 4.

1. ROCK of ages! Cleft for me,

Let me hide myself in Thee;
Let the water and the Blood,
From Thy riven Side which flowed,
Be of Sin the double cure,
Cleanse me from its guilt and powers.

2. Not the labours of my hands

Can fulfil Thy law’s demands;
Could my zeal no respite know,
Could my tears for ever flow,
All for sin could not atone,
Thou must save, and Thou alone.

3. Nothing in my hand I bring;

Simply to Thy Cross I cling;
Naked, come to Thee for dress;
Helpless, look to Thee for grace;
Vile, I to the fountain fly;
Wash me, SAVIOUR! Or I die.

4. While I draw this fleeting breath,

When mine eyelids close in death.
When I soar through tracts unknown,
See Thee on Thy Judgment Throne,
Rock of ages! Cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in Thee. Amen.

HYMN CS 79 – “I am He that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen;
and have the keys of hell and of death.”- REV. i. 18.

1. “WELCOME, happy morning!” age to age shall say;

He to-day is vanquished, Heave is won to-day!
Lo, The Dead is living, GOD for evermore!
Him, their true Creator, all His works adore!
“Welcome, happy morning!” age to age shall say;
Hell to-day is vanquished,
Heaven is won to-day!
2. Earth with joy confesses, clothing her for spring,
All good gifts return with her returning King;
Bloom in every meadow, leaves on every bough,
Speak His sorrows ended, hail His triumph now.
“Welcome, happy morning!” age to age shall say;
Hell to-day is vanquished,
Heaven is won to-day!

3. Months in due succession, days of lengthening light,

Hours and passing moments praise Thee in their flight;
Brightness of the morning, sky, and fields, and sea,
Vanquisher of darkness, bring their praise to Thee.
“Welcome, happy morning!” age to age shall say;
Hell to-day is vanquished,
Heaven is won to-day!

4. Maker and Redeemer, Life and Health of all,

Thou from Heaven beholding human nature’s fall,
Of the Eternal FATHER true and only SON,
Manhood to deliver, manhood didst put on.
“Welcome, happy morning!” age to age shall say;
Hell to-day is vanquished,
Heaven is won to-day!

5. Thou, of life the Author, death didst undergo,

Tread the path of darkness, saving strength to show;
Come then, True and Faithful, now fulfil Thy word;
‘Tis Thine own Third Morning; rise, O buried LORD!
“Welcome, happy morning!” age to age shall say;
Hell to-day is vanquished,
Heaven is won to-day!

6. Loose the souls long prisoned, bound with Satan’s chain;

All that now is fallen raise to life again;
Show Thy Face in brightness, bid the nations see;
Bring again our daylight: day returns with Thee.
“Welcome, happy morning!” age to age shall say;
Hell to-day is vanquished,
Heaven is won to-day! Amen.

HYMN CS 80 – “Thou hast holden me by my right hand. Thou shalt guide me with Thy counsel.” –
PSALM lxxiii. 23, 24.

1. JESUS, Blessed SAVIOUR,

Help us now to raise
Songs of glad thanksgiving,
Songs of holy praise.
Oh, how kind and gracious
Thou hast always been!
Oh, how many blessings
Every day has seen!
 JESUS, Blessed SAVIOUR,
Now our praises hear,
For Thy grace and favour
Crowning all the year.

2. JESUS, Holy SAVIOUR,

Only Thou canst tell
How we often stumbled,
How we often fell!
All our sins, (so many!)
SAVIOUR, Thou dost know,
In Thy Blood most precious
Wash us white as snow.
JESUS, Blessed SAVIOUR,
Keep us in Thy fear,
Let Thy grace and favour
Pardon all the year.

3. JESUS, loving SAVIOUR,

Only Thou dost know
All that may befall us
As we onward go;
So, we humbly pray Thee,
Take us by the hand,
Lead us ever upward
To the Better Land.
JESUS, Blessed SAVIOUR,
Keep us ever near,
Let Thy grace and favour
Shield us all the year.

4. JESUS, precious SAVIOUR,

Make us all Thine own,
Make us Thine for ever,
Make us Thine alone.
Let each day, each moment
Of this glad New Year,
Be for JESUS only,
JESUS, SAVIOUR dear.
Then, O blessed SAVIOUR,
Never need we fear:
For Thy grace and favour
Crown our bright New Year. Amen.

HYMN CS 81 – “If Thy people go out to battle against their enemy… and shall pray unto the Lord:… Then
hear Thou in Heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.” – 1 KINGS viii. 44,
45.

1. FATHER, bless our soldiers,

Guard them by Thy Hand,
Help them through all dangers,
Strong in Thee to stand.
2. Guard our watchful sailors
On the restless sea,
Thou, Who never sleepest,
Keep them safe with Thee.

3. JESU, bless the wounded,

Comfort all their pain,
Safely bring the prisoners
To their home again.

4. Pardon all the dying,

Fold them to Thy Breast,
Grant to every mourner
Comfort, peace, and rest.

5. Those who fight against us,

Teach us to forgive,
Help us, as Thy children,
Pure and true to live.

6. Soon, we pray Thee, FATHER,

Make all war to cease,
Grant us, in Thy mercy,
True and lasting peace. Amen.

HYMN CS 82 – “The Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.”- LUKE xix. 10.

1. COME, Thou long-expected JESUS,

Born to set Thy people free;
From our fears and sins release us,
Let us find our rest in Thee.
Israel’s strength and consolation,
Hope of all the earth Thou art;
Dear Desire of every nation,
Joy of every longing heart.

2. Born Thy people to deliver,

Born a Child, and yet a King;
Born to reign in us for ever,
Now Thy gracious Kingdom bring.
By Thine own Eternal SPIRIT,
Rule in all our hearts alone;
Thine all-sufficient merit,
Raise us to Thy glorious Throne.

3. Alleluia to the FATHER,

Alleluia to the SON,
Alleluia to the SPIRIT,
ONE in THREE, and THREE in ONE.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
To our gracious GOD and King!
 Alleluia! Alleluia!
Alleluia! Let us sing. Amen.

HYMN CS 83 – “The exceeding riches of His grace.” – EPH. ii. 7.

1. COME, Thou Fount of every blessing,

Tune my heart to sing Thy Grace;
Streams of mercy, never ceasing,
Call for ceaseless songs of praise.
JESUS sought me, when a stranger,
Wandering from the fold of GOD;
He, to rescue me from danger,
Freely shed His precious Blood.

2. Oh, to Grace how great a debtor

Daily I’m constrained to be;
Let that Grace break every fetter
That withholds my heart from Thee.
Prone to wander, LORD, I feel it;
Prone to leave the GOD I love;
SAVIOUR, take my heart and seal it,
Seal it for Thy courts above. Amen.

HYMN CS 84 – “A virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His Name Emmanuel.”- ISA. vii.
14

1. O SAVIOUR, Who in love didst take

A human body, for our sake;
To share with us the griefs of life,
Its watchings, weariness, and strife;
All that belongs to man, but sin,
Thou didst this day Thyself begin.

2. SAVIOUR of infants, Thou didst rest,

Helpless, upon Thy Mother’s breast;
SAVIOUR of children, Thou didst play,
And grow beside her, day by day,
All human life to soothe and save,
Up from the cradle to the grave.

3. SAVIOUR, low as Thou didst bend

From Heaven to be the sinner’s friend,
So high our nature life with Thine,
Till human things become Divine,
And Thy eternal Love once more
GOD’S Image to the soul restore.

4. And when we cling too close to earth,

Forgetful of our Heavenly birth,
And for the love of its poor dross,
Despise Thy Crown or shun Thy Cross,
Oh, let this festal day reprove
 Such wrong to Thine incarnate love. Amen.

HYMN CS 85 – “The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former.”- HAG. ii. 9.

1. BEHOLD a humble train

The Courts of GOD draw near;
A Virgin Mother with her Babe
Before the LORD appear.

2. O wondrous blessed sight!

To faithful eyes made known,
That lowly Babe- the Mighty GOD,
The PRINCE of PEACE, they own.

3. And now this temple shines

With glory far more bright
Than e’er the former temple saw,
E’en at its greatest height.

4. The cloud indeed was there,

The symbol of the LORD:
But here the LORD Himself appears
The True, INCARNATE WORD.

5. Blest SAVIOUR, come once more

With power and grace Divine;
Our hearts Thy living temples make
Wholly, and ever Thine. Amen.

HYMN CS 86 – “The love of Christ, which passeth knowledge.” – EPH. iii. 19.

1. TELL me the old, old story

Of unseen things above,
Of JESUS and His glory,
Of JESUS and His love.
Tell me the story simply,
As to a little child,
For I am weak and weary,
And helpless and defiled.
Tell me the old, old story,
Tell me the old, old story,
Tell me the old, old story,
Of JESUS and His love.

2. Tell me the story slowly,

That I may take it in,-
That wonderful Redemption,
GOD’S remedy for sin.
Tell me the story often,
For I forget so soon;
The early dew of morning
Has passed away at noon.
 Tell me the old, old story,
Tell me the old, old story,
Tell me the old, old story,
Of JESUS and His love.

3. Tell me the story softly,

With earnest tones and grave;
Remember I’m the sinner
Whom JESUS came to save.
Tell me the story always,
If you wouldl really be,
In any time of trouble,
A comforter to me.
Tell me the old, old story,
Tell me the old, old story,
Tell me the old, old story,
Of JESUS and His love.

4. Tell me the same old story,

When you have cause to fear
That this world’s empty glory
Is costing me too dear,
Yes, and when that world’s glory
Is dawning on my soul,
Tell me the old, old story,
“CHRIST JESUS makes thee whole.”
Tell me the old, old story,
Tell me the old, old story,
Tell me the old, old story,
Of JESUS and His love. Amen.

HYMN C.S 87 – “We love Him, because He first loved us.” 1 JOHN iv. 19.

1. IT is a thing most wonderful,

Almost too wonderful to be,
That GOD’S own SON should come from Heaven,
And die to save a child like me.

2. And yet I know that it is true;

He came to this poor world below,
And wept, and toiled, and mourned, and died,
Only because He loved us so.

3. I cannot tell how He could love

A child so weak and full of sin;
His love must be most wonderful,
If He could die my love to win.

4. I sometimes think about the Cross,

 And shut my eyes and try to see
The cruel nails and crown of thorns,
And JESUS crucified for me.

5. But, even could I see Him die,

I could but see a little part
Of that great Love, which, like a fire,
Is always burning in His Heart.

6. It is most wonderful to know

His Love for me so free and sure;
But ’tis more wonderful to see
My love for Him so faint and poor.

7. And yet I want to love Thee, LORD;

O, light the flame within my heart,
And I will love Thee more and more,
Until I see Thee as Thou art. Amen

HYMN CS 88 “He will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry.” - ISA. xxx. 19.
(PART I)

1. JESU, from Thy Throne on High,

Far above the bright blue sky,
Look on us with loving eye:
Hear us, Holy JESU,

2. Little children need not fear,

When they know that Thou art near;
Thou dost love us, SAVIOUR dear:
Hear us, Holy JESU.

3. Little lambs may come to Thee;

Thou wilt fold us tenderly,
And our careful Shepherd be:
Hear us, Holy JESU.

4. Little hearts may love Thee well,

Little lips Thy love may tell,
Little hymns Thy praises swell:
Hear us, Holy JESU.

5. Little lives may be divine,

Little deeds of love may shine,
Little ones be wholly Thine:
Hear us, Holy JESU.

6. JESU, once an Infant small,

Cradled in the oxen’s stall,
 Though the GOD and LORD of all:
Hear us, Holy JESU.

7. Once a Child so good and fair,

Feeling want, and toil, and care,
All that we may have to bear:
Hear us, Holy JESU.

8. JESU, Thou dost love us still,

And it is Thy Holy Will
That we should be safe from ill:
Hear us, Holy JESU.

(PART II)

9. Be Thou with us every day,

In our work and in our play,
When we learn and when we pray:
Hear us, Holy JESU.

10. When we lie asleep at night,

Ever may Thy Angels bright
Keep us safe till morning’s light
Hear us, Holy JESU.

11. Make us brave without a fear,

Make us happy, full of cheer,
Sure that Thou art always near;
Hear us, Holy JESU.

12. May we prize our Christian name,

May we guard it free from blame,
Fearing all that causes shame:
Hear us, Holy JESU.

13. May we grow, from day to day,

Glad to learn each holy way,
Ever ready to obey:
Hear us, Holy JESU.

14. May we ever try to be

From our sinful tempers free,
Pure and gentle, LORD, like Thee.
Hear us, Holy JESU.

15. May our thoughts be undefiled,

May our words be true and mild,
Make us each a holy child:
Hear us, Holy JESU.

16. JESU, SON of GOD Most High,

Who didst in a manger lie,
 Who upon the Cross didst die:
Hear us, Holy JESU.

17. JESU, from Thy Heavenly Throne,

Watching o’er each little one,
Till our life on earth is done:
Hear us, Holy JESU.

18. JESU, Whom we hope to see

Calling us in Heaven to be
Happy evermore with Thee,
Hear us, Holy JESU. Amen.

HYMN CS 89 – “Deliver us from evil.” – MATT. vi. 13.

1. HEAVENLY FATHER, from Thy Throne

Look in love and pity down,
As we kneel our faults to own;
FATHER, LORD, deliver us.

2. JESU SAVIOUR, undefiled,

Born for us a helpless Child,
Make us humble, meek and mild;
SON of GOD, deliver us.

3. Blessed SPIRIT, Holy Dove,

From Thy Home in Heaven above,
Come and fill our hearts with love;
HOLY GHOST, deliver us.

4. Heavenly FATHER, SPIRIT, SON,

Glorious GODHEAD, THREE in ONE,
Thou canst hear, and Thou alone;
THREE in ONE, deliver us.

5. By Thy great and tender Love

Thou didst once for sinners prove,
Love which brought THee from above;
JESU, LORD, deliver us.

6. When the evil spirits throng,

Whispering words and thoughts of wrong,
Let our prayer be all along,
JESU, LORD, deliver us.

7. When they tempt our feet to stray

From Thy pure and perfect way,
Teach us from our hearts to say,
JESU, LORD, deliver us.

8. When the summons all must own

Calls us each to pass alone
 Out into the world unkown,
JESU, LORD, deliver us.

9. When Thy Voice shall bid us rise,

When we meet Thee in the skies,
By Thy perfect Sacrifice,
JESU, LORD, deliver us. Amen.

HYMN CS 90 – “All things were made by Him.”- JOHN i. 3.

1. OH! The flowers of summer,

Flowers of every hue,
Take each one as coming
Straight from GOD to you
Telling wondrous secrets
Of His power and love,
Wearing still the brightness
Of the Home above.
Oh! The flowers of summer,
Angel-like are they;
Listen to the message
Which they bring to-day.

2. Just as earth’s creation

Showed the might of GOD,
So does every floweret
Springing from the sod.
He, Who guides the star-world,
Curbs the ocean’s power,
With the same Hand painteth
Every leaf and flower.
Oh! The flowers of summer,
Angel-like are they;
Listen to the message
Which they bring to-day.

3. Touch these sweet flowers gently,

So divinely dressed,
They are, in earth’s language
Thoughts of God expressed.
Thoughts of Heavenly glory-
Sweetness, purity-
Must not He Who framed them
Wholly lovely be?
Oh! The flowers of summer,
Angel-like are they;
Listen to the message
Which they bring to-day.

4. Praise Him then with singing,

Tell His Love abroad:
Be the whole earth ringing
 With the Name of GOD.
Lakes and hills be telling
Sunset skies and flowers,
Something of the beauty
Of this GOD of ours.
Oh! The flowers of summer,
Angel-like are they;
Listen to the message
Which they bring to-day. Amen.

HYMN CS 91 – “Neither shall there be any more pain”- REV. xxi. 4.

1. WE children, LORD, have come

Into Thy courts to-day,
Bringing Thee flowers from school and home,
Glad with our offerings gay.
Not for ourselves we bring
This growth of sun and rain,
But for Thy children suffering
Dark hours on beds of pain.

2. Here is the deep red rose,

Emblem of Martyr’s love;
Here, too, are lilies white like those
Who walk with CHRIST above.
Sweet are they all, O LORD,
And sweet to give our best:
But sweeter still Thy promised word
To give the sufferers rest.

3. Fair are these earthly flowers,

Varied their bright array,
Short is their term of sunny hours,
Brief is their summer day.
So must we too appear,
As in Thy light we stand,
So short, so brief our sojourn here,
So close the unknown land.

4. Happy the child who grows,

Healthy, and good, and wise,
Free as the meadow flower that blows
Under the open skies.
Blessed are also ye
Who higher still can reach,
Learning through patient sympathy
The lessons pain can teach. Amen.

HYMN CS 92 – “For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.”- ROM. Viii. 14.

1. HOLY SPIRIT, hear us;

Help us while we sing;
 Breathe into the music
Of the praise we bring.

2. HOLY SPIRIT, prompt us

When we kneel to pray;
Nearer come, and teach us
What we ought to say.

3. HOLY SPIRIT, shine Thou

On the Book we read;
Gild its holy pages
With the light we need.

4. HOLY SPIRIT, give us

Each a lowly mind;
Make us more like JESUS,
Gentle, pure, and king.

5. HOLY SPIRIT, brighten

Little deeds of toil;
And our playful pastimes
Let no folly spoil.

6. HOLY SPIRIT, keep us

Safe from sins which lie
Hidden by some pleasure
From our youthful eye.

7. HOLY SPIRIT, help us

Daily, by Thy might,
What is wrong to conquer,
And to choose the right. Amen.

HYMN CS 93 – “They forsook all, and followed Him.”- LUKE v. 11.

1. JESUS, still lead on,

Till our rest be won!
And, although the way be cheerless,
We will follow, calm and fearless:
Guide us by Thy Hand
To our Fatherland.

2. If the way be drear,

If the foe be near,
Let not faithless fears o’ertake us,
Let not faith and hope forsake us,
For, through many a foe,
To our Home we go.

3. When we seek relief

From a long-felt grief,-
When oppressed by new temptations,
 LORD, increased and perfect patience
Show us that bright shore
Where we weep no more!

4. JESUS, still lead on,

Till our rest be won!
Heavenly Leader, still direct us,
Still support, console, protect us,
Till we safely stand
In our Fatherland. Amen.

HYMN CS 94 – THE VOW

1. LAND of our Birth, we pledge to thee

Our love and toil in the years to be,
When we are grown and take our place
As men and women with our race.

THE PRAYER

2. FATHER in Heaven, Who lovest all,

Oh, help Thy children when they call;
That they may build from age to age
An undefiled heritage.

3. Teach us to bear the yoke in youth,

With steadfastness and careful truth;
That, in our time, Thy Grace may give
The Truth whereby the Nations live.

4. Teach us to rule ourselves alway,

Controlled and cleanly night and day;
That we may bring, if need arise,
No maimed or worthless sacrifice.

5. Teach us to look in all our ends,

On Thee for Judge, and not our friends;
That we, with Thee, may walk uncowed
By fear or favour of the crowd.

6. Teach us the strength that cannot seek,

By deed or thought, to hurt the weak;
That, under Thee, we may possess
Man’s strength to comfort man’s distress.

7. Teach us delight in simple things,

And mirth that has no bitter springs;
Forgiveness free of evil done,
And love to all men ‘neath the sun.

THE VOW
8. Land of our Birth, our Faith, our pride,
For whose dear sake our fathers died;
O Motherland, we pledge to thee,
Head, heart, and hand thro’ the years to be.

HYMN CS 95 – “Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle.”
PSALM xxiv. 8.

1. MINE eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the LORD:
He is treading out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored;
He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword;
His Truth is marching one.

2. I have seen Him in the watch-fires of a hundred circling camps;

They have builded Him an altar in the evening dews and damps;
I have read His righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps;
His Day is marching on.

3. I have read a fiery gospel, writ in burnished rows of steel;

“As ye deal with My contemners, so with you My grace shall deal”;
Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with His heel,
Since GOD is marching on.

4. He has sounded forth His trumpet that shall never call retreat;
He is sifting out the hearts of men before His Judgment-seat;
Oh, be swift, my soul, to answer Him; be jubilant, my feet;
Our GOD is marching on.

5. In the beauty of the lilies CHRIST was born across the sea,
With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me;
As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free!
While GOD is marching on.

6. He is coming like the glory of the morning on the wave;

He is wisdom to the mighty, He is succour to the brave;
So the world shall be His footstool and the soul of time His slave;
Our GOD is marching on. Amen

HYMN CS 96 – “God is faithful, Who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with
the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.” - I COR. x. 13.

1. SOLDIER, go! Thy vow is spoken,

Counting earthly gain but loss,
Thou henceforth must bear the token
Of the Cross.

2. Strengthened with the sevenfold blessing

Of the SPIRIT here outpoured,
Thou must dare to live confessing
CHRIST thy LORD.

3. Trust in Him; though sore temptation

 Oft thy fainting heart assail,
Yet the Prince of thy Salvation
Shall prevail.

4. Faithful in His service ever

Fight, nor fear the battle’s tide;
Hosts of hell can harm thee never
At His side.

5. He, His mighty Arm extending,

Still hath power from sin to save,
Though thy warfare hath no ending
But the grave.

6. Then when over death victorious

Thou shalt lay thine armour down,
With the Saints in Heaven glorious
Take the Crown. Amen.

HYMN CS 97 – “Who loved me, and gave Himself for me.” – GAL. ii. 20.

1. THE SON of GOD, in mighty love,

Came down to Bethlehem for me;
Forsook His Throne of light above,
An infant upon earth to be.

2. In love, the FATHER’S sinless Child

Sojourned at Nazareth for me;
With sinners dwelt the Undefiled,
The Holy One in Galilee.

3. JESUS, Whom Angel-hosts adore,

Became a Man of griefs for me;
In love, though rich, becoming poor,
That I, through Him, enriched might be.

4. Though LORD of all above, below,

He went to Kedron’s vale for me;
He drank the bitter cup of woe
And wept in dark Gethsemane.

5. The ever-blessed SON of GOD

Went up to Calvary for me;
There paid my debt, there bore my load,
In His own Body on the tree.

6. JESUS, Whose dwelling is the skies,

Went down into the grave for me;
And overcame my enemies,
And won the glorious victory.

7. ‘Tis finished all; the veil is rent,

 The welcome sure, the access free;
Now may we leave our banishment,
O FATHER, to return to Thee. Amen.

HYMN CS 98 – “Pray without ceasing.”- 1 THESS. V. 17.

1. GO, when the morning shineth;

Go, when the noon is bright:
Go, when the eve declineth;
Go, in the hush of night;
Go with pure mind and feeling,
Fling earthly cares away,
And in thy chamber kneeling
Do thou in secret pray.

2. Remember all who love thee,

All who are loved by thee;
Pray too for those who hate thee,
If any such there be:
Then for thyself in meekness,
A blessing humbly claim,
And link with each petition
Thy great Redeemer’s Name.

3. Or if ‘tis here denied thee

In solitude to pray,
Should holy thoughts come o’er thee,
When friends are round thy way,
E’en then the silent pleading
Of thy spirit raised above
Will reach His Throne of glory,
Who is mercy, truth, and love.

4. Oh, not a joy or blessing

With this can we compare;
The power that He has given us
To pour our souls in prayer;
Where’er thou pin’st in sadness,
Before His footstool fall,
And remember in thy gladness
His Grace Who gives thee all. Amen.

HYMN CS 99 – “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above.”- JAS. i. 17.

1. WE thank Thee, O our FATHER,

For all Thy loving care;
We thank Thee that Thou mad’st the world
So very bright and fair.
We thank Thee for the sunshine,
And for the pleasant showers;
And we thank Thee, O our FATHER,
We thank Thee for the flowers.
2. Out in the sunny meadows,
And in the woodlands cool;
And under every hedgerow,
And by each reedy pool,
And on the lonely moorland,
And by the broad highway;
All pure, and fresh, and stainless,
They spring up every day.

3. And in the dusty city,

Where busy crowds pass by;
And where the tall dark houses
Stand up and hide the sky,
And where through lanes and alleys
No pleasant breezes blow,
E’en there, O GOD, our FATHER,
Thou mak’st the flowers grow.

4. And whether in the city

Or in the fields they dwell,
Always the same sweet message
The sweet young flowers tell.
For they are all so wonderful,
They show Thy power abroad:
And they are all so beautiful,
They tell Thy love, O GOD. Amen

HYMN CS 100 – “He shall grow as the lily.” – HOS. xiv. 5.

1. BY cool Siloam’s shady rill

How sweet the lily grows!
How sweet the breath beneath the hill
Of Sharon’s dewy rose!

2. Lo, such the child whose early feet

The paths of peace have trod;
Whose secret heart with influence sweet
Is upward drawn to GOD.

3. By cool Siloam’s shady rill

The lily must decay;
The rose, that blooms beneath the hill,
Must shortly fade away.

4. O Thou, Whose infant Feet were found

Within Thy FATHER’S shrine,
Whose years, with changeless virtue crowned,
Were all alike Divine:

5. Dependent on Thy bounteous breath,

 We seek Thy Grace alone,
In childhood, manhood, age, and death
To keep us still Thine own. Amen

HYMN CH C.S 101 – “A man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief.”---- ISA. liii. 3.

1. “MAN of Sorrows!” what a name

For the SON of GOD, Who came
Ruined sinners to reclaim!
Hallelujah! What a SAVIOUR!

2. Bearing shame and scoffing rude,

In my place condemned He stood:
Sealed my pardon with His blood;
Hallelujah! What a SAVIOUR!

3. Guilty, vile and helpless we;

Spotless LAMB of GOD was He:
“Full Atonement.”-can it be?
Hallelujah! What a SAVIOUR!

4. “Lifted up” was He to die,

“It is finished,” was His cry:
Now in Heaven exalted high:
Hallelujah! What a SAVIOUR!

5. When He comes, our glorious King,

All His ransomed home to bring
Then anew this song we’ll sing:
“Hallelujah! What a SAVIOUR!” Amen.

HYMN CS 102 – “He that is not with Me is against Me.” – MATT. xii. 30.

1. WHO is on the LORD’S side?

Who will serve the King?
Who will be His helpers,
Other lives to bring?
Who will leave the world’s side?
Who will face the foe?
Who is on the LORD’S side?
Who for Him will go?
By Thy call of mercy,
By Thy grace Divine,
We are on the LORD’S side,
SAVIOUR, we are Thine!

2. Not for weight of glory,

Not for crown and palm,
 Enter we the army,
Raise the warrior-psalm;
But for love that claimeth
Lives for whom He died,
He whom JESUS nameth
Must be on His side.
By Thy love constraining,
By Thy grace Divine,
We are on the LORD’S side,
SAVIOUR, we are Thine!

3. JESUS, Thou hast bought us,

Not with gold or gem,
But with Thine own Life-blood,
For Thy Diadem.
With Thy blessing filling,
Each who comes to Thee,
Thou hast made us willing,
Thou hast made us free.
By Thy grand Redemption,
By Thy grace Divine,
We are on the LORD’S side,
SAVIOUR, we are Thine!

4. Fierce may be the conflict,

Strong may be the foe,
But the King’s own army
None can overthrow;
Round His standard ranging,
Victory is secure,
For His truth unchanging
Makes the triumph sure.
MASTER, Thou wilt keep us,
By Thy grace Divine,
Always on the LORD’S side,
SAVIOUR, always Thine! Amen
 SS & S 112
1. How sweet the name of Jesus sounds
In a believer’s ear;
It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds
And drives away his fear.

2. It makes the wounded spirit whole,

And calms the troubled breast;
‘Tis manna to the hungry soul,
And to the weary rest.

3. Dear Name, the Rock on which I build,

My Shield and Hiding place,
My never-failing Treasury, filled,
With boundless stores of grace.

4. Jesus, my Shepherd, Saviour, Friend,

My prophet, Priest, and King,
My lord, my Life, my way, my End,
Accept the praise I bring.

SS&S 297
1. Abide with me, fast falls the eventide
The Darkness deepens, Lord, with me abide
When other helpers fail, and comforts flee,
Help of the helpless, oh, abide with me!

2. Swift to its close ebbs out life’s little day;

Earth’s joys grow dim, its glories pass away
Change and decay in all around I see;
O Thou, who changest not, abide with me!

3. Come not in terrors, as the King of kings;

But kind and good, with healing in Thy wings;
Tears for all woes, a heart for every plea;
Come, Friend of sinners, thus abide with me.

4. I need Thy presence every passing hour;

What but Thy grace can foil the tempter’s power?
Who like Thyself my guide and stay can be?
Through cloud and sunshine, oh, abide with me!

5. I fear no foe, with Thee at hand to bless:

Ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness:
Where is death’s sting? Where, grave, thy victory?
I triumph still, if Thou abide with me.

6. Be Thou Thyself before my closing eyes;

 Shine through the gloom, and point me to the skies;
Heaven’s morning breaks, and earth’s vain shadows flee;
In life, in death, O Lord, abide with me!

Hymn: A & M 372.

1. Immortal, invisible, God only wise,
In light inaccessible hid from our eyes,
Most blessed, most glorious, the Ancient of Days,
Almighty, victorious, thy great name we praise.

2. Unresting, unhasting, and silent as light,

Nor wanting, nor wasting, thou rulest in might;
Thy justice like mountains high soaring above,
Thy clouds, which fountains of goodness and love.

3. To all life thou givest, to both great and small;

In all life thou livest, the true life of all;
We blossom and flourish as leaves on the tree,
And wither and perish; but naught changeth thee.

4. Great Father of glory, pure Father of light;

Thine angels adore thee, all veiling their sight,
All laud we would render help us to see-
‘Tis only the splendour of light hideth thee.

HYMN - “IT PAYS TO SERVE JESUS.

1. It pays to serve Jesus: I speak from my heart,

He'll always be with us, if we do our part;
There's naught in this wide world can pleasure afford,
There's peace and contentment in serving the Lord.

I'll love Him far better than in days of yore,

I'll serve Him more truly than ever before,
I’ll do as He bids me whatever the cost,
I'll be a true soldier.- I'll die at my post.

2. And oft when I'm tempted to turn from the track,

I think of my Saviour,- my mind wanders back,
To the place where they nailed Him on Calvary's tree-
I hear a voice saying, 'I Suffered for thee'.

3. A place I remember where I was set free,

Was where I found pardon,- a heaven to me
 There Jesus spoke sweetly to my weary soul,
My sins were forgiven, He made my heart whole.

4. How rich is the blessing the world cannot give,

I'm satisfied fully for Jesus to live,
Tho’ friends may forsake me and trials arise,
I'm trusting in Jesus, His love never dies.

5.There's no one like Jesus can cheer me today,

His love and His kindness can ne'ernde away
In winter, in summer, in sunshine and rain
His love and affection are always the same.

6.Will you have this blessing that Jesus bestow

A free, full salvation from sin bitter throes?
O come to the Saviour, to Calvary free,
The fountain is opened, is flowing for thee

SS&S 789

1. MUST I go- and empty-handed?

Thus my dear Redeemer meet?
Not one day of service give Him,
Lay no trophy at His feet?

“Must I go-and empty-handed?”

Must I meet my Saviour so?
Not one soul with which to greet Him?
Must I empty-handed go?

2. Not at death I shrink or falter,

For my Saviour saves me now;
But to meet Him empty-handed,
Thought of that now clouds my brow.

3. Oh, the years of sinning wasted,

Could I but recall them now,
I would give them to my Saviour,
To His will I’d gladly bow.

4. Up, ye saints, arouse, be earnest!

Up and work while yet ‘tis day;
Ere the night of death o’ertake you,
Strive for souls while yet you may.

SS&S 798

1. FADING away like the stars of the morning,

 Losing their light in the glorious sun,
Thus would we pass from the earth and its toiling,
Only remembered by what we have done.

Only remembered, only remembered

Only remembered by what we have done;
Thus would we pass from the earth and its toiling,
Only remembered by what we have done.

2. Shall we be missed, though by others succeeded,

Reaping the fields we in springtime have sown?
Yes, but the sowers must pass from their labours,
Ever remembered by what they have done.

3. Only the truth that in life we have spoken,

Only the seed that on earth we have sown;
These shall pass onward when we are forgotten,
Fruits of the harvest and what we have done.

4. Oh, when the Saviour shall make up His jewels,

When the bright crowns of rejoicing are won,
Then shall His weary and faithful disciples,
All be remembered by what they have done.

Hymn– C.N.H 950

1. BE glad in the Lord, and rejoice,

All ye that are upright in heart;
And ye that have made Him your choice,
Bid sadness and sorrow depart.

Rejoice, rejoice,
Be glad in the Lord and rejoice,
Rejoice, rejoice,
Be glad in the Lord and rejoice.

2. Be joyful for He is the Lord

On earth and in heaven supreme
He fashions and rules by His Word,
The “Mighty” and “Strong” to redeem.

3. What though in the conflict and night

Your enemies almost prevail,
God’s armies just hid from your sight,
Are more than the foes that assail.

4. Though darkness surround you by day

Your stay by the night is o’er cast,
 Let nothing your spirit dismay,
But trust till the danger is past.

5. Be glad in the joy and rejoice,

His praises proclaiming in songs;
With harp, and with organ and voice,
The loud alleluias prolong. Amen.

HYMN SS&S 983 - (When the trumpet of the Lord shall sound)

1. WHEN the trumpet of the Lord shall sound, and time shall be no more,
And the morning breaks, eternal, bright, and fair;
When the saved of earth shall gather over on the other shore,
And the roll is called up yonder, I’ll be there.

REFRAIN
When the roll ... is called up yon --- der,
When the roll ... is called up yon --- der,
When the roll ... is called up yonder,
When the roll is called up yonder, I’ll be there.

2. On that bright and cloudless morning, when the dead in Christ shall rise,
And the glory of His resurrection share;
When His chosen ones shall gather to their home beyond the skies,
And the roll is called up yonder, I’ll be there.

3. Let me labour for the Master from the dawn till setting sun,
Let me talk of all His wondrous love and care;
Then, when all of life is over, and my work on earth is done,
And the roll is called up yonder, I’ll be there.

HYMN – TO GOD BE THE GLORY

1. To God be the glory! Great things He hath done:

So loved He the world that He gave us His Son;
Who yielded His life an atonement for sin,
And opened the Life-gate that all may go in.

Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord! Let the earth hear His voice!
Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord! Let the people rejoice!
Oh, come to the Father, through Jesus the Son;
And give Him the glory – great things He hath done!

2. O perfect redemption, the purchase of blood,

To every believer the promise of God:
The vilest offender who truly believes,
That moment from Jesus a pardon receives.
 3. Great things He hath taught us, great things He hath done,
And great our rejoicing through Jesus the Son;
But purer, and higher, and greater will be
Our wonder, our transport, when Jesus we see.

HYMN CNH 458: STANDING ON THE PROMISES OF CHRIST MY KING

1. Standing on the promises of Christ my King,

Through eternal ages let His praises ring,
Glory in the highest, I will shout and sing,
Standing on the promises of God.

REFRAIN

Standing, standing,
Standing on the promises of God my Saviour;
Standing, standing,
I'm standing on the promises of God.

2. Standing on the promises of Christ the Lord,

Bound to Him eternally by love's strong cord,
By the living word of God I shall prevail
Standing on the promises of God.

3. Standing on the promises I cannot fall,

Listening every moment to the Spirit's call
Resting in my Savior as my all in all,
Standing on the promises of God.

Hymn – SS&S 529 (HYMN CNH 954)

1. DOWN in the valley with my Saviour I would go,

Where the flowers are blooming and the sweet waters flow;
Everywhere He leads me I would follow, follow on,
Walking in His footsteps till the crown be won.

Refrain: Follow! Follow! I would follow Jesus!

Anywhere, everywhere, I would follow on!
Follow! Follow! I would follow Jesus!
Everywhere He leads me I would follow on.

2. Down in the valley with my Saviour I would go,

Where the storms are sweeping and the dark waters flow;
With His hand to lead me I will never, never fear;
Dangers cannot fright me if my Lord is near,

3. Down in the valley, or upon the mountain steep,

Close beside my Saviour, would my soul ever keep;
 He will lead me safely, in the path that He has trod,
Up to where they gather on the hills of God. Amen

HYMN CNHB 835 (SS&S 319) – WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS

1. WHAT a Friend we have in Jesus,

All our sins and grief to bear!
What a privilege to carry
Everything to God in prayer!
Oh, what peace we often forfeit,
Oh, what needless pain we bear-
All because we do not carry
Everything to God in prayer!

2. Have we trials and temptations?

Is there trouble anywhere?
We should never be discouraged;
Take it to the Lord in prayer.
Can we find a Friend so faithful,
Who will all our sorrows share?
Jesus knows our every weakness-
Take it to the Lord in prayer!

3. Are we weak and heavy-laden,

Cumbered with a load of care?
Precious Saviour, still our refuge-
Take it to the Lord in prayer.
Do your friends despise, forsake you?
Take it to the Lord in prayer;
In His arms He’ll take and shield you,
You will find a solace there. Amen

SS&S 795
1. Do you fear the foe will in the conflict win?
Is it dark without you, darker still within?
Clear the darkened windows, open wide the door,
Let the blessed sunshine in.

Let the blessed sunshine in,…

Let the blessed sunshine in,…
Clear the darkened windows, open wide the door
Let the blessed sunshine in.

2. Does your faith grow fainter in the cause you love?

Are your prayers unanswered from the throne above?
Clear the darkened windows, open wide the door,
Let the blessed sunshine in.
3. Would you go rejoicing on the upward way,
Knowing naught of darkness – dwelling in the day?
Clear the darkened windows, open wide the door,
Let the blessed sunshine in.

SS&S 1045
1. FADE, fade, each earthly joy; Jesus is mine!
Break every tender tie; Jesus is mine!
Dark is the wilderness, earth has no resting-place,
Jesus alone can bless, Jesus is mine!

2. Tempt not my soul away; Jesus is mine!

Here would I ever stay; Jesus is mine!
Perishing things of clay, born but for one brief day,
Pass from my heart away! Jesus is mine

3. Farewell, ye dreams of night; Jesus is mine!

Lost in this dawning light; Jesus is mine!
All that my soul has tried left but a dismal void,
Jesus has satisfied; Jesus is mine!

4. Farewell, mortality; Jesus is mine!

Welcome, eternity; Jesus is mine!
Welcome, O loved and blest; welcome, sweet scenes of rest;
Welcome, my Saviour’s breast; Jesus is mine!

SS&S 901
1. WHEN peace, like a river, attendeth my way,
When sorrows, like sea-billows roll;
Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to know,
“It is well, it is well with my soul.”

It is well … with my soul,…

It is well, it is well with my soul.

2. Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,

Let this blest assurance control,
That Christ hath regarded my helpless estate,
And hath shed His own blood for my soul.

3. My sin – oh, the bliss of this glorious thought!

My sin- not in part, but the whole,
Is nailed to His cross; and I bear it no more;
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!

4. For me, be it Christ, be it Christ hence to live!

If Jordan above me shall roll,
 No pang shall be mine, for in death as in life
Thou wilt whisper Thy peace to my soul.

5. But, Lord, ‘tis for Thee, for Thy coming, we wait;

The sky, not the grave, is our goal:
Oh, trump of the Angel! Oh, voice of the Lord!
Blessed hope! Blessed rest of my soul!

SS&S 524
1. GUIDE me, O Thou great Jehovah,
Pilgrim through this barren land;
I am weak, but Thou art mighty;
Hold me with Thy powerful hand;
Bread of Heaven,
Feed me till I want no more.

2. Open now the crystal fountain,

Whence the healing waters flow;
Let the fiery, cloudy pillar,
Lead me all my journey through;
Strong Deliverer,
Be Thou still my strength and shield.

3. When I tread the verge of Jordan,

Bid my anxious fears subside;
Bear me through the swelling current,
Land me safe on Canaan’s side:
Songs of Praises
I will ever give to Thee!

SS&S 621
1. I GAVE My life for thee;
My precious blood I shed,
That thou might’st ransomed be,
And quickened from the dead.
I gave My life for the;
What hast thou given for Me?

2. “I spent long years for thee

In weariness and woe,
That an eternity
Of joy thou mightiest know.
I spent long years for thee:
Hast thou spent one for Me?

3. “My Father’s home of light,

My rainbow-circled throne,
I left for earthly night,
 For wanderings sad and lone
I left it all for thee:
Hast thou left aught for Me?

4. “I suffered much for thee-

More than thy tongue can tell,
Of bitterest agony-
To rescue thee from hell.
I suffered much for thee:
What canst thou bear for Me?

5. “And I have brought to thee,

Down from My home above.
Salvation full and free,
My pardon and My love.
Great gifts I brought to thee;
What hast thou brought to Me?”

6. Oh, let thy life be given,

Thy years for Him be spent;
World-fetters all be riven,
And joy with suffering blent.
Bring thou thy worthless all:
Follow thy Saviour’s call.

SS&S 298
1. GOD be with you till we meet again!
By His counsels guide, uphold you,
With His sheep securely fold you;
God be with you till we meet again!

Till we meet!... Till we meet!...

Till we meet at Jesus’ feet;…
Till we meet!... Till we meet!...
God be with you till we meet again!

2. God be with you till we meet again!

‘Neath His wings securely hide you,
Daily manna still provide you;
God be with till we meet again!

3. God be with you till we meet again!

When life’s perils thick confound you,
Put His loving arms around you;
God be with till we meet again!

4. God be with you till we meet again!

Keep love’s banner floating o’er you,
 Smite death’s threatening wave before you;
God be with till we meet again!

Hymn – SS&S 381

1. ONCE again the Gospel message
From the Saviour you have heard;
Will you heed the invitation?
Will you turn and seek the Lord?

Refrain:
Come believing!... come believing!...
Come to Jesus ! look and live!...
Come believing!... come believing!...
Come to Jesus ! look and live!

2. Many summers you have wasted,

Ripened harvests you have seen;
Winter snows by spring have melted,
Yet you linger in your sin.

3. Jesus for your choice is waiting;

Tarry not; at once decide!
While the Spirit now is striving,
Yield, and seek the Saviour’s side.

4. Cease of fitness to be thinking;

Do not longer try to feel;
It is trusting, and not feeling,
That will give the Spirit’s seal

5. Let your will to God be given,

Trust in Christ’s atoning blood;
Look to Jesus now in heaven,
Rest on His unchanging word.

HYMN: THE FIRST NOEL

1. The firs Noel the angel did say-

Was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay:
In fields where they lay a keeping their sheep-
On a cold winters night that was so deep.
Noel! Noel! Noel! – Born is the King of Israel.

2. They looked up and saw a star-

Shining in the east beyond them far:
And to the earth it gave great light
And so it continued both day and night.
Noel! Noel! Noel! – Born is the King of Israel.
3. And by the light of that same star-
Three wise men came from the country far;
To seek for a King was their intent,
And to follow the star wherever it went.
Noel! Noel! Noel! – Born is the King of Israel.

4. Then entered in those wise men three,

Fell reverently upon their knee,
And offered there in his presence
Their gold and myrrh and frankincense.
Noel! Noel! Noel! – Born is the King of Israel.

5. Then let us all with one accord-

Sing praises to our heavenly Lord,
That hath made heaven and earth of nought,
And with his blood mankind has bought.
Noel! Noel! Noel! – Born is the King of Israel.

HYMN – JOY TO THE WORLD

1. Joy to the world! The Lord is come;

Let earth receive her King;
Let every heart prepare Him room,
And heaven and nature sing (Repeat)

2. Joy to the earth! The Saviour reigns;

Let men their songs employ;
While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains
Repeat the sounding joy (Repeat)

3. No more let sins and sorrows grow,

Nor thorns infest the ground;
He comes to make His blessing flow
Far as the curse is found, (Repeat)

4. He rules the world with truth and grace,

And makes the nations prove
The glories of His righteousness,
And wonders of His love. (Repeat.)

HYMN: A&M 382

PRAISE TO THE LORD, THE ALMIGHTY, THE KING OF CREATION;

1. PRAISE to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation;

O my soul, praise him, for he is thy health and salvation:
All ye who hear,
Now to his temple draw near,
 Joining in glad adoration.

2. Praise to the Lord, who o’er all things so wondrously reigneth,

Shieldeth thee gently from harm, or when fainting sustaineth:
Hast thou not seen
How thy heart’s wishes have been
Granted in what he ordaineth?

3. Praise to the Lord, who doth prosper thy work and defend thee;
Surely his goodness and mercy shall daily attend thee:
Ponder anew
What the Almighty can do,
If to the end he befriend thee.

4. Praise to the Lord! O let all that is in me adore!

All that hath life and breath, come now with praises before him!
Let theAmen
Sound from his people again:
Gladly for ay we adore him.

HYMN CNH 450 – I HAVE A MESSAGE FROM THE LORD

1. I’ve a message from the Lord, Alleluia

The message unto you I’ll give
‘Tis recorded in His word, Alleluia,
‘Tis only that you “look and live.”

Refrain: “Look and live” my brother live,

Look to Jesus now and live,
Tis recorded in His Word, Alleluia.
It is only that you “look and live”.

2. I’ve a message full of love, Alleluia.

A message O! my friend, for you.
‘Tis a message from above, Alleluia.
Jesus said it and I know ‘tis true.

3. Life is offered unto you, Alleluia,

Eternal life your soul shall have.
If you’ll only look to Him, Alleluia.
Look to Jesus, who alone can save. Amen.

HYMN CNH 462 – WHAT CAN WASH AWAY….?

1. What can wash away my stain?

Nothing but the blood of Jesus
What can make me whole again?
Nothing but the blood of Jesus
 Oh, precious is the flow
That makes me white as snow
No other fount I know,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus

2. For my cleansing this I see

Nothing but the blood of Jesus,
For my pardon this my plea-
Nothing but the blood of Jesus,

3. Nothing can for sin atone

Nothing but the blood of Jesus,
Nought of good that I have done
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

4. This is all my hope and peace,

Nothing but the blood of Jesus,
He is all my righteousness
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

5. Now by this I overcome

Nothing but the blood of Jesus,
Now by this I’ll reach my home
Nothing but the blood of Jesus. Amen.

HYMN SS&S 607 - I AM THINE O LORD

1. I am Thine, O Lord, I have heard Thy voice,

And it told Thy love to me;
But I long to rise in the arms of faith
And be closer drawn to Thee.

Draw me near----er, nearer, blessed Lord

To the cross where Thou hast died;
Draw me nearer, nearer, nearer blessed Lord
To Thy precious, bleeding side.

2. Consecrate me now, to Thy service, Lord

By the power of grace divine;
Let my soul look up with a steadfast hope
And my will be lost in Thine.

3. Oh, the pure delight of a single hour

That before Thy throne I spend,
When I kneel in prayer, and with Thee, my God,
I commune as friend with friend.
4. There are depths of love that I cannot know
Till I cross the narrow sea;
There are heights of joy that I may not reach,
Till I rest in peace with Thee.

HYMN – CNH 575

1. We have a gospel to proclaim

Good news for men in all the earth
The gospel of a Saviour’s name
We sing His glory, tell His worth.

2. Tell of His birth at Bethlehem,

Not in a royal house or hall,
But in a stable dark and dim,
The Word made flesh, a light for all.

3. Tell of His death at Calvary

Hated by those He came to save,
In lonely suffering on the Cross,
For all He loved His life He gave.

4. Tell of that glorious Easter morn,

Empty the tomb, for He was free;
He broke the power of death and hell,
That we might share His victory

5. Tell of His reign at God’s right hand

Jesus is Lord, of all the earth.
He sends His Spirit on His Church
To live for Him, the Lamb who died.

6. Now we rejoice to name Him King

By all creation, glorified.
This gospel-message we proclaim,
We sing His glory, tell His worth. Amen.

HYMN CNH 178 - I KNOW A FOUNT

1. I know a fount where sins are washed away

I know a place where nights are turned to day,
Burdens are lifted, blind eyes made to see,
There’s wonder working power,
In the blood of Calvary.

Refrain: Lead me to trust in Jesus’ cleansing blood,

Lead me to trust within the will of God,
Lead me to take the cross
 And tread the road
Which You have planned for me

2. I know of One Who shed His blood for me,

This gives me peace to all eternity,
I have a Hope which none can take away,
‘Tis a sure and living Hope,
He will come for me one day.

HYMN CNH 271 – LORD THE LIGHT OF YOUR LOVE IS SHINING

1. Lord, the light of Your love is shining

In the midst of the darkness shining
Jesus, Light of the World shine upon us
Set us free by the truth You now bring us
Shine on us, shine on us.

Shine, Jesus shine,

Fill this land with the Father’s glory.
Blaze, Spirit blaze, set our hearts on fire,
Flow, river flow, flood the nations with grace and mercy,
Sent forth Your word, Lord, and let there be light.

2. Lord, we come to Your awesome presence

From the shadows into Your radiance
By the blood we may enter Your brightness
Search us, try us, consume all our darkness
Shine on us, shine on us.

3. As we gaze on Your Kingly brightness

So our faces display Your kindness
Ever changing from glory to glory
Mirrored here may our lives tell Your story,
Shine on us, shine on us.

Hymn – CNH. 464

1. Whosoever heareth, shout, shout the sound

Spread the blessed tidings all the world around,
Tell the joyful news wherever man is found
Whosoever will may come.

Whosoever will, whosoever will

Send the proclamation over vale and hill
‘Tis a loving Father calls the wandering home,
Whosoever will may come.
2. Whosoever cometh, need not delay
Now the door is open, enter while you may,
Jesus is the Truth, the only Living Way
Whosoever will may come.

3. Whosoever will’ the promise is secure

Whosoever will’, forever must endure,
Whosoever will’, ‘tis life forever more
Whosoever will may come.

HYMN CNHB 78 PRAISE HIM, PRAISE HIM

1. Praise Him, praise Him,

Jesus our Blessed Redeemer
Sing, O earth, His wonderful love proclaim
Hail Him, hail Him, highest archangels in glory,
Strength and honour, give to His holy name,
Like a Shepherd, Jesus will guard His children
In His arms He carries them all day long
O you saints that dwell in the mountains of Zion
Praise Him, praise Him, every in joyful song.

2. Praise Him, praise Him,

Jesus our Blessed Redeemer
For our sins He suffered and bled and died,
He, our Rock, our Hope of eternal salvation,
Hail Him, hail Him, Jesus the Crucified,
Loving Saviour, meekly enduring sorrow,
Crowned with thorns that cruelly pierced His brow
Once for us rejected, despised and forsaken,
Prince of Glory, ever triumphant now.

3. Praise Him, praise Him,

Jesus our Blessed Redeemer
Heavenly portals loud with hosannas ring.
Jesus, Saviour, shall reign for ever and ever,
Crown Him, crown Him, Prophet and Priest and King.
Death is vanquished, tell it with joys, you faithful,
Where is now your victory boasting grave,
Jesus lives, no longer your portals are cheerless
Jesus lives, the mighty and strong to save.

HYMN A&M 406 (CNH 664 – LORD ACCEPT THE ALMS)

1. LORD, accept the alms we offer,

Tokens of our love to thee;
Out of grateful hearts we render
This our act of charity;
Even though full well we know
All we have to thee we owe.

2. Use them, Father, to thy glory

Teach us fully how to give,
For his sake who leaving heaven
Gave us all that we might live:
All we have could not suffice
To repay his Sacrifice.
3. Now the priest upon the altar
Doth present the bread and wine
To become, in wondrous manner,
For our souls the food divine:
Soul and body by thee fed,
Praise we give for daily bread.

4. With our alms and our oblations

Take, O Lord, our prayers of love:
Make thy Church in fullest concord
Serve as one, below, above;
And in fellowship complete
Reach at last thy mercy-seat.

HYMN CNHB 554 – JESUS, WITH THY CHURCH ABIDE

1. Jesus with Thy Church abide

Be her Saviour, Lord and Guide
While on earth her faith is tried,
We beseech Thee, hear us Lord.
Judge her not for work undone
Judge her not for field unseen
Bless her works in Thee begun,
We beseech Thee, hear us Lord.

2. May her voice be ever clear,

Warning of a judgment near
Telling of a Saviour dear,
We beseech Thee, hear us Lord.
May her lamp of truth be bright
Bid her bear aloft its light
Through the realms of heathen night
We beseech Thee, hear us Lord.

3. May she one in doctrine be,

One in truth and charity
Winning all to faith in Thee
We beseech Thee, hear us Lord.
May she holy triumphs win
Overthrow the hosts of sin
Gather all the nations in,
We beseech Thee, hear us Lord.

4. May she guide the poor and blind

Seek the lost until she find,
And the broken-hearted bind
We beseech Thee, hear us Lord.
 May she thus all glorious be,
Spotless and from wrinkle free,
Pure, bright, and worthy of Thee,
We beseech Thee, hear us Lord. Amen.

HYMN CNHB 442 – FAITH OF OUR FATHERS

1. Faith of our fathers! Living still

In spite of dungeon, fire, and sword;
O how our hearts beat high with joy
Whene’er we hear that glorious word!

Refrain: Faith of our fathers, holy faith!

We will be true to thee till death.

2. Faith of our father! We will strive

To win all nations unto thee;
And through the truth that comes from God
Mankind shall then be truly free.

3. Faith of our fathers! We will love

Both friend and foe in all our strife;
And preach thee too, as love knows how
By kindly words and virtuous life. Amen.

HYMN CNHB 292 – LORD, I HEAR OF SHOWERS

1. LORD, I hear of showers of blessing

Thou art scattering, full and free;
Showers, the thirsty land refreshing;
Let some drops now fall on me
Even me, even me.
Let some drops now fall on me.

2. Pass me not, O gracious FATHER!

Sinful though my heart may be;
Thou might leave me, but the rather
Let Thy mercy light on me,
Even me, even
Let Thy mercy light on me

3. Pass me not, O mighty SPIRIT!

Thou canst make the blind to see
Witness of the Saviour’s merit,
Speak the word of power to me
Even me, even me
Speak the word of power to me.
4. Pass me not, O tender SAVIOUR!
Let me love Thee and cling to Thee;
I am longing for Thy favour;
When Thou call, O call on me,
Even me, even me
When Thou call, O call on me

5. Love of God so pure and changeless;

Blood of CHRIST so rich, so free;
Grace of GOD, so strong and boundless;
Magnify it all in me.
Even me, even me
Magnify it all in me. Amen

HYMN – C.N.H. 189

1. Great is thy faithfulness, O God my father
There is no shadow of turning with Thee;
Thou changes not Thy compassions, they fail not;
As Thou hast been Thou forever will be

Great is thy faithfulness!

Great is thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see,
All I have needed Thy hand hath provided
Great is thy faithfulness, Lord unto me

2. Summer and winter, and spring time and harvest

Sun, moon and star in their courses above
Join with all nature, in manifold witness
To Thy great faithfulness, mercy and love

3. Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth

Thy own dear presence to cheer and to guide
Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow,
Blessings all mine, with ten thousands beside!

HYMN SS&S 379 - HAVE YOU BEEN TO JESUS FOR THE CLEANSING POWER

1. HAVE you been to Jesus for the cleansing power?

Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Are you fully trusting in His grace this hour?
Are you washed in the blood OF the Lamb?

REFRAIN:
Are you washed ….. In the blood, …
In the soul-cleansing blood of the Lamb?......
Are your garments spotless? Are they white as snow?
Are you wash in the blood of the lamb

2. Are you walking daily by the Saviour’s side?

 Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Do you rest each moment in the Crucified
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?

3. When the Bridegroom cometh will your robes be white?

Pure and white in the blood of the Lamb?
Will your soul be ready for the mansions bright,
And be washed in the blood of the Lamb?

4. Lay aside the garments that are stained with sin,

And be washed in the blood of the Lamb!
There’s a fountain flowing for the soul unclean-
Oh, be washed in the blood of the Lamb! Amen

HYMN CNH 24 – LET ALL THE WORLD

1. Let all the world, in every corner sing,

My God and King,
The heavens are not too high,
His praises may there fly,
The earth is not too low,
His praises there may grow,
Let all the world, in every corner sing,
My God and King.

2. Let all the world in every corner sing

My God and King,
The Church with psalms must shout,
No door can keep them out,
But, above all the heart,
Must bear the longest part,
Let all the world in every corner sing
My God and King.

3. Let all the world, in every corner sing,

My God and King,
Let tongues tell the story
By shouting His glory
Let His praises resound
Where His people abound
Let all the world, in every corner sing,
My God and King.

4. Let all the world, in every corner sing,

My God and King,
All those that have been saved
This call must be obeyed
Praise one eternal King
With angels we shall sing
Let all the world, in every corner sing,
My God and King. Amen.

HYMN CNH 664 – LORD ACCEPT THE ALMS

1. Lord, accept the alms we offer
Tokens of our love to Thee,
Out of grateful hearts we render
 This our act of charity.
Even though full well we know,
All we have to Thee we owe.

2. Use them, Father to Thy glory,

Teach us fully how to give.
For His sake who leaving heaven,
Give His all that we might live
All we have could not suffice
To repay His sacrifice.

3. Now the Priest upon the altar,

Does present the bread and wine,
To become, in wondrous manner
For our souls the food divine.
Soul and body by Thee fed,
Praise we give for daily bread.

4. With our alms and our oblations

Take, O Lord, our prayers of love
Make Thy Church in fullest concord
Serve as one, below, above,
And in fellowship complete,
Reach at last Thy mercy-seat. Amen

HYMN CNH 498 – THE SON OF GOD GOES FORTH

1. The Son of God, goes forth to war

A kingly crown to gain.
His blood-red banner streams afar
Who follows in His train?
Who best can drink his cup of woe
Triumphant over pain,
Who patient bears his cross below
He follows in the train.

2. The martyr first, whose eagle eye

Could pierce beyond the grave,
Who saw his Master in the sky
And called on Him to save.
Like him, with pardon on his tongue
In midst of mortal pain
He prayed for them that did the wrong
Who follows in his train?

3. A glorious band, the chosen few,

On whom the Spirit came,
Twelve valiant saints, their hope they knew,
 And mocked the cross and flame,
They met the tyrant’s brandished steel
The lion’s gory mane.
They bowed their necks, the death to feel,
Who follows in their train?

4. A noble army, men and boys,

The matron and the maid
Around the Saviour’s throne rejoice
In robes of light arrayed.
They climbed the steep ascent of heaven,
Through peril, toil and pain
O God, to us may grace be given
To follow in their train. Amen.

HYMN CNH 896 – COME TO THE SAVIOUR

1. Come to the Saviour, make no delay

In His Word He has shown us the way
Here in our midst He’s standing today
Tenderly saying ‘Come’

Joyful, joyful, will the meeting be

When from sin our hearts are pure and free
And we shall gather, Saviour, with Thee
In our eternal home.

2. ‘Suffer the children’- oh!, hear His voice

Let every heart leap forth and rejoice,
And let us freely make Him our choice
Do not delay, but come.

3. Think once again, He’s with us today

Heed His blessed command and obey
Hear now His accents tenderly say,
Will you, My children come’.

Hymn CNH. 757 – GOD, GIVE US CHRISTIAN HOMES

(i) God, give us Christian homes

Homes where the Bible is loved and taught
Homes where the Master’s will is sought
Homes crowned with beauty Your love has wrought
God, give us Christian homes.
God, give us Christian homes.
(ii) God, give us Christian homes
Homes where the father is true and strong
Homes that are free from the blight of wrong
Homes that are joyous with love and strong.
God, give us Christian homes.
God, give us Christian homes.

(iii) God, give us Christian homes.

Home where the mother in queenly quest
Strives to show others Your ways is best
Homes where the Lord is an honoured guest
God, give us Christian homes.
God, give us Christian homes.

(iv) God, give us Christian homes.

Homes where the children are led to know
Christ in His beauty who loves them so
Homes where the altar fires burn and glow
God, give us Christian homes.
God, give us Christian homes.

HYMN SS&S 1082

i) THERE’S a call comes ringing o’er the restless wave,
“Send the light,… send the light!”…
There are souls to rescue, there are souls to save,
“Send the light,… send the light!”…

Refrain:

Send the light,… the blessed gospel light!

Let it shine from shore to shore!
Send the light,… the blessed gospel light!
Let it shine for evermore!

ii) We have heard the Macedonian call to-day,

“Send the light,… send the light!”…
 And our grateful offerings at the cross we lay,
“Send the light,… send the light!”…

3. May the grace of Jesus unto all abound,

“Send the light,… send the light!”…
And a Christlike spirit everywhere be found,
“Send the light,… send the light!”…

4. Let us not grow weary in the work of love,

“Send the light,… send the light!”…
While we gather jewels for our crown above,
“Send the light,… send the light!”…

HYMN CNH. 296

1. O dearest Lord, Thy sacred head

With thorns was pierced for me;
O pour Thy blessings on my head
That I may think of Thee.

2. O dearest Lord, thy sacred hands

With nails were pierced for me;
O shed Thy blessings on my hands
That they may work for Thee.

3. O dearest Lord, Thy sacred feet

With nails were pierced for me;
O pour Thy blessings on my feet
That they may follow Thee.

4. O dearest Lord, Thy sacred heart

With spear was pierced for me;
O pour Thy Spirit in my heart
That I may live for Thee. Amen.

Hymn CNH 423

1. JESUS shall reign where’er the sun
Does his successive journeys run:
His Kingdom stretch from shore to shore,
Till moon shall wax and wane no more.

2. Blessings abound where’er He reigns;

 The prisoner leaps to lose his chains;
The weary find eternal rest,
And all the sons of want are blessed.

3. To Him shall endless prayer be made,

And princes throng to crown His Head;
His Name like sweet perfume shall rise
With every morning sacrifice.

4. People and realms of every tongue

Dwell on His love with sweetest song;
And infant voices shall proclaim
Their early blessings on His Name.

5. Let every creature rise and bring

Peculiar honours to our King,
Angels descend with songs again,
And earth repeat the loud.

6. Praise God from Whom all blessings flow,

Praise Him all creatures here below,
Praise Him above ye heavenly host,
Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. “Amen”.

Hymn CNH. 631

1. Rise up, O men of God!
Have done with lesser things;
Give heart and soul and mind and strength
To serve the King of kings.
2. Rise up, O men of God!
The Church for you does wait,
Her strength unequal to her task;
Rise up and make her great.

3. Rise up, O men of God!

His kingdom tarries long;
Bring in the day of brotherhood
And end the night of wrong.

4. Lift high the cross of Christ,

Tread where His feet have trod;
As envoys of the Son of man,
Rise up, O men of God! Amen.

Hymn: CNH 354 HE IS RISEN, HE IS RISEN

1. He is risen, He is risen
Tell it with a joyful voice
He has burst His three days’ prison
Let the whole wide earth rejoice,
Death is conquered, man is free
Christ has won the victory.

2. Come, you sad and fearful hearted

With glad smile and radiant brow
Lent’s long shadows have departed,
All His woes are over now
And the Passion that He bore
Sin and pain can vex no more

3. Come, with high and holy hymning

Chant our Lord’s triumphant lay;
Not one darksome cloud is dimming
Yonder glorious morning ray
Breaking on the purple east
Brighter far our Easter-feast. Amen.

HYMN CNH 362

1. Low in the grave He lay,
Jesus, my Saviour
Waiting the coming day, Jesus, my Lord.

Up from the grave He arose,

With a mighty triumph o’er His foes,
He arose the Victor from the dark domain
And He lives for ever with His saints to reign
He arose, He arose,
Alleluia, Christ arose.

2. Vainly they watch His bed,

Jesus, my Saviour
Vainly they seal the dead Jesus, my Lord.

3. Death cannot keep His prey,

Jesus, my Saviour
He tore the bars away, Jesus, my Lord.
HYMN CNH 370 –

1. ALLELUIA! ALLELUIA! ALLELUIA!

The strife is o’er, the battle done,
Now is the Victor’s triumph won;
Now let the song of joy be sung,
Alleluia!

2. Death’s mightiest powers have done their worst,

But JESUS has His foes dispersed;
Let shouts of praise and joy outburst,
Alleluia!

3. On that third morn He rose again,

Glorious in Majesty to reign;
O let us swell the joyful strain,
Alleluia!

4. He broke the age-bound chains of hell,

The bars from Heaven’s high portals fell;
That we may live, and sing to Thee.
Alleluia

5. LORD, by the stripes which wounded Thee,

From death’s dread sting Thine servants free;
Let hymns of joy His triumph tell,
Alleluia! Amen

HYMN SS&S 692

1. TRUST on, trust on, believer!
Though long the conflict be,
Thou yet shalt prove victorious;
Thy God shall fight for thee.

Trust on!... Trust on!..

Though dark the night and drear:
Trust on!... Trust on!..
The morning dawn is near.

2. Trust on! the danger presses,

Temptation strong is near;
Over life’s dangerous rapids
He shall thy passage steer.

3. The Lord is strong to save us,

He is a faithful friend:
Trust on, trust on, believer!
 Oh, trust Him to the end!

SS&S 198: THE COMFORTER HAS COME

1. OH, spread the tidings round, wherever man is found,

Wherever human hearts and human woes abound;
Let every Christian tongue proclaim the joyful sound:
The Comforter has come!

The Comforter has come, the Comforter has come!

The Holy Ghost from heaven, the Father’s promise given;
Oh, spread the tidings round, wherever man is found:
The Comforter has come!

2. The long, long night is past, the morning breaks at last;

And hushed the dreadful wail and fury of the blast,
As o’er the golden hills the day advances fast:
The Comforter has come!

3. The mighty King of kings, with healing in His wings,

To every captive soul a full deliverance brings;
And through the vacant cells the song of triumph rings:
The Comforter has come!

4. Oh, boundless love divine! How shall this tongue of mine

To wondering mortals tell the matchless grace divine-
That I may with Him dwell, and in His image shine!-
The Comforter has come!

5. Oh, let the echoes fly above the vaulted sky,

And all the saints above to all below reply
In strains of endless love, the song that ne’er will die:
The Comforter has come!

SS&S 642 (TRUST AND OBEY)

1. WHEN we walk with the Lord

In the light of His Word,
What a glory He sheds on our way!
While we do His good will,
He abides with us still,
And with all who will trust and obey.

Trust and obey, for there’s no other way

To be happy in Jesus but to trust and obey.

2. Not a shadow can rise

Not a cloud in the skies,
 But His smile quickly drives it away;
Not a doubt nor a fear,
Not a sigh nor a tear,
Can abide while we trust and obey.

3. Not a burden we bear,

Not a sorrow we share,
But our toil He doth richly repay;
Not a grief nor a loss,
Not a frown nor a cross,
But is blest if we trust and obey.

4. But we never can prove

The delights of His love,
Until all on the altar we lay;
For the favour He shows,
And the joy He bestows,
Are for them who will trust and obey.

5. Then in fellowship sweet

We will sit at His feet,
Or we’ll walk by His side in the way;
What He says we will do,
Where He sends we will go,
Never fear, only trust and obey.

SS&S 904 – THERE’S NOT A FRIEND LIKE THE LOWLY JESUS

1. THERE’S not a friend like the lowly Jesus,

No, not one! No, not one!
None else could heal all our soul’s diseases,
No, not one! No, not one!

Jesus knows all about our struggles,

He will guide till the day is done;
There’s not a friend like the lowly Jesus,
No, not one! No, not one!

2. No friend like Him is so high and holy,

No, not one! No, not one!
And yet no friend is so meek and lowly,
No, not one! No, not one!

3. There’s not an hour that He is not near us,

No, not one! No, not one!
No night so dark but His love can cheer us,
No, not one! No, not one!
4. Did ever saint find this Friend forsake him?
No, not one! No, not one!
Or sinner find that He would not take him?
No, not one! No, not one!

5. Was e’er a gift like the Saviour given?

No, not one! No, not one!
Will He refuse us a home in heaven?
No, not one! No, not one!