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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