1 ENQUIRE, ye pilgrims, for the way
That leads to Zion's hill;
And thither set your steady face,
With a determin'd will.
2 Invite the strangers all around,
Your pious march to join ;
And spread the sentiments you feel
Of faith and love divine.
3 Come, let us to his temple haste,
And seek his favour there;
Before his footstool humbly bow,
And pour out fervent pray'r.
4 Come, let us join our souls to God, In everlasting bands:
And seize the blessings he bestows
With eager hearts and hands.
5 Come, let us seal, without delay,
The cov'nant of his grace;
Nor shall the years of distant life
Its memory efface.
6 Thus may our rising offspring haste To seek their fathers' God;
Nor e'er forsake the happy path,
Their youthful feet have trod.
1 Lo, God is here! let us adore,
And humbly bow before his face :
Let all within us feel his power,
Let all within us seek his grace.
2 Lo, God is here! him day and night
Th' united choirs of angels sing:
To him, enthron'd above all height,
Heav'n's host their noblest homage bring.
3 Being of beings! may our praise
Thy courts with grateful fragrance fill:
Still may we stand before thy face,
Still hear and do thy sov'reign will.
4 Sovereign of all, below, above!
Man's noblest work is serving thee;
Thy spirit o'er our hearts shall move,
And tune them to all harmony.
The Christian sabbath.
1 AGAIN our weekly labours end,
And we religion's call attend:
Improve, my soul, the sacred rest,
And learn forever to be blest.
2 This day may our devotions rise
To heav'n a grateful sacrifice;
May heav'n that peace divine bestow,
Which none but they who feel it know !
3 This holy calm within the breast,
Prepares for that eternal rest,
Which for the sons of God remains,
The end of cares, and toils, and pains.
4 ln sacred duties, let the day,
In sacred pleasures pass away:
How sweet this day of rest to spend
In hope of that which ne'er shall end!
5 Fruitful in grace and comfort too,
To life's last period let us shew
That none, who love thy house, will find
A God unfaithful or unkind.
The sabbath of the soul.
10 FATHER, tho' the anxious fear
May cloud to-morrow's way;
Nor fear, nor doubt, shall enter here,
All shall be thine to-day.
2 We will not bring divided hearts
To worship at thy shrine;
But each unworthy thought departs,
And leaves this temple thine.
3 Then sleep to-day, tormenting cares,
Of earth and folly born!
Ye shall not dim the light that streams
From this celestial morn.
4 To-morrow will be time enough
To feel your harsh control;
Ye shall not violate this day,
The sabbath of the soul.
5 Sleep, sleep, forever, guilty thoughts!
Let fires of vengeance die ;
And, purg'd from sin, may we behold
A God of purity!
The sacrifice of the heart.
1 WHEN, as returns this solemn day,
Man comes to meet his Maker, God, What rights, what honours shall he pay? How spread his sov'reign's praise abroad? 2 From marble domes and gilded spires Shall curling clouds of incense rise? And gems, and gold, and garlands deck The costly pomp of sacrifice?
3 Vain, sinful man! creation's lord,
Thy golden off'rings well may spare: But give thy heart, and thou shalt find, Here dwells a God who heareth prayer.
4 O grant us in this awful hour
From earth and sin's allurements free, To feel thy love, to own thy power, And raise each raptur'd thought to thee.
Homage and devotion.
1 WITH sacred joy we lift our eyes
To those bright realms above,
That glorious temple in the skies
Where dwells eternal love.
2 Before the awful throne we bow
Of heaven's almighty King:
Here we present the solemn vow,
And hymns of praise we sing.
3 Thee we adore; and, Lord! to thee
Our filial duty pay:
Thy service, unconstrain'd and free,
Conducts to endless day.
4 While in thy house of prayer we kneel With trust and holy fear,
Thy mercy and thy truth reveal,
And lend a gracious ear.
5 With fervour teach our hearts to pray,
And tune our lips to sing;
Nor from thy presence cast away
The sacrifice we bring.
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1 GRACIOUS Father! mighty Lord!
Be thy glorious name ador'd ;
Lord, thy mercies never fail;
Hail, celestial goodness, hail !
2 Tho' unworthy, Lord, thine ear,
Our humble hallelujahs hear;
Purer praise we hope to bring,
When around thy throne we sing.
3 While on earth ordain'd to stay,
Guide our footsteps in thy way,
Till we come to reign with thee,
And all thy glorious greatness see.
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