6 Up to Thy dwelling-place
Bear our frail spirits on,
Till they outstrip time's tardy pace,
And heaven on earth be won!
1 Come, ye that love the Lord,
And let your joys be known;
Join in a song with sweet accord,
And thus surround His throne.
The sorrows of the mind
Be banished from this place;
Religion never was designed
To make our pleasures less.
The mighty God is ours,
Our Father and our love;
He shall send down His heavenly powers,
To carry us above.
There shall we see His face,
And never, never sin;
There, from the rivers of His grace,
Drink endless pleasures in.
5 The men of grace have found
Glory begun below;
Celestial fruits on earthly ground
From faith and hope may grow.
Then let our songs abound,
And every tear be dry;
We're marching through Emmanuel's ground To fairer worlds on high.
1 Father divine, Thy piercing eye
Shoots through the darkest night;
In deep retirement Thou art nigh,
With heart-discerning sight.
2 There shall that piercing eye survey
My duteous homage paid,
With every morning's dawning ray,
And every evening's shade.
3 O may Thine own celestial fire
The incense still inflame,
While my warm vows to Thee aspire,
Through my Redeemer's name!
4 So shall the visits of Thy love
My soul in secret bless;
So shalt Thou deign in worlds above
Thy suppliant to confess.
1 God of my life, through all its days
My grateful powers shall sound Thy praise:
The song shall wake with opening light,
And cheer the silent hours of night.
2 When anxious cares would break my rest,
And griefs would tear my throbbing breast,
Thy tuneful praises, raised on high,
Shall check the murmur and the sigh.
3 When death o'er nature shall prevail,
And all the powers of language fail,
Joy through my swimming eyes shall break,
And mean the thanks I cannot speak.
4 But O! when that last conflict 's o'er,
And I am chained to earth no more,
With what glad accents shall I rise
To join the music of the skies!
5 The cheerful tribute will I give
Long as a deathless soul can live;
A work so sweet, a theme so high,
Demands and crowns eternity.
10 King of earth, and air, and sea!
The hungry ravens cry to Thee:
And thou hast taught us, Lord! to pray
For daily bread from day to day!
2 Thy bounteous hand with food can bless
The bleak and lonely wilderness;
Then grant Thy servants, Lord! we pray, Our daily bread from day to day.
3 And, Lord! when through the wilds we roam
That part us from our heavenly home;.
When, lost in danger, want, and woe,
Our faithless tears begin to flow;
4 Do thou Thy gracious comfort give,
By which alone the soul may live ;
And grant Thy servants, Lord! we pray,
The bread of life from day to day!
1 Father of our feeble race,
Wise, beneficent, and kind!
Spread o'er nature's ample face,
Flows Thy goodness unconfined:
Musing in the silent grove,
Or the busy walks of men,
Still we trace Thy wondrous love,
Claiming large returns again.
2 Lord! what offering shall we bring,
At Thine altars when we bow?
Hearts, the pure, unsullied spring,
Whence the kind affections flow:
Soft compassion's feeling soul,
By the melting eye expressed;
Sympathy, at whose control
Sorrow leaves the wounded breast;
3 Willing hands, to lead the blind,
Bind the wounded, feed the poor;
Love, embracing all our kind,
Charity, with liberal store.
Teach us, O thou heavenly King!
Thus to show our grateful mind,
Thus the accepted offering bring,
Love to Thee, and all mankind.
10 Father! though the anxious fear
May cloud to-morrow's doubtful way,
Nor fear nor doubt shall enter here;
All shall be Thine at least to-day.
2 We will not bring divided hearts
To worship at Thy sacred shrine;
But each unholy thought departs,
And leaves the temple wholly Thine.
3 O Father! God below, above!
Man's noblest work is praising Thee;
Thy spirit o'er our hearts shall move,
And tune them all to harmony.
1 Shine on our souls, eternal God!
With rays of beauty shine;
O let Thy favour crown our days,
And all their round be Thine.
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