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