Hymn 368. P. M.
N Zion's sacred gates
Let hymns of praise begin,
Where acts of faith and love
With ceaseless beauty shine.
While God is there, while God is known,
Before his throne with songs appear.
2. His wondrous acts demand,
His wisdom and his grace,
The labours of our hands,
And transports of our praise.
Rehearse his name to ev'ry shore,
Where'er his pow'r his works proclaim.
3. The trumpet's martial voice,
The timbrel's softer sound,
The organ's solemn peal,
United praise resound,
To swell the song, with highest joy,
Let man employ his tuneful tongue..
X. PASTORAL.
Hymn 369. c. м.
REAT God, the nations of the earth.
Are by creation thine;
And in thy works by all beheld,
Thy radiant glories shine.
2. But, Lord, thy greater love has sent
Thy gospel to mankind,
Unveiling what rich stores of grace
Are treasur'd in thy mind.
3. Lord, when shall these glad tidings spread
The spacious earth around,
'Till ev'ry tribe, and ev'ry soul:
Shall hear the joyful sound?
4. O when shall Afric's sable sons
Enjoy the heav'nly word,
And vassals long-enslav'd become
The freemen of the Lord?
5. When shall th' untutor'd Heathen tribes,
A dark, bewilder'd race,
Sit down at our Immanuel's feet,
And learn and feel his grace ?
6. Haste, sov'reign mercy, and transform
Their cruelty to love;
Soften the tyger to a Lamb,
The vulture to a dove.
7. Smile, Lord, on each divine attempt
To spread the gospel's rays,
And build on sin's demolish'd throne
The temples of thy praise.
Hymn 370. L.M.
The apostles commission.
Mark. xvi. 15, &c. Matt. xxviii. 18. &c.
O, preach my gospel," saith the Lord,
"Bid the whole earth my grace receive;
" He shall be sav'd, that trusts my word;
"And he condemn'd that won't believe.
2. " I'll make your great commission known,
"And ye shall prove my gospel true,
" By all the works that I have done,
" By all the wonders ye shall do.
"Go, heal the sick, go raise the dead,
"Go, cast out devils in my name:
"Nor let my prophets be afraid,
"Tho' Greeks reproach, and Jews blaspheme.
4. " Teach all the nations my commands, " I'm with you till the world shall end;
"All pow'r is trusted in my hands,
" I can destroy, and can defend."
5. He spake, and light shone round his head,
On a bright cloud to heav'n he rode;
They to the farthest nations spread
The grace of their ascended God.
The institution of a gospel ministry from Christ.
Eph. iv. 8, 11, 12.
ATHER of mercies in
Smile on our homage, and our vows;
While with a grateful heart we share
These pledges of our Saviour's care.
2. The Saviour, when to heav'n he rose,
In splendid triumph o'er his foes
Scatter'd his gifts on men below,
And wide his royal bounties flow.
3. Hence sprung th' Apostle's, honour'd name,
Sacred beyond heroic fame;
In lowlier forms to bless our eyes,
Pastors from hence, and Teachers rise.
4. From Christ their varied gifts derive,
And fed by Christ their graces live:
While guarded by his potent hand,
'Midst all the rage of hell they stand.
5. So shall the bright succession run
Through the last courses of the sun;
While unborn churches by their care
Shall rise and flourish large and fair.
6. Jesus our Lord their hearts shall know,
The spring, whence all these blessings flow;
Pastors and people shout his praise
Through the long round of endless days..
Hymn 372. c. м.
ESUS, thou all-redeeming Lord,
Thy blessing we implore,
Open the door to preach thy word,
The great, effectual door.
2. Gather the outcasts in, and save
From sin and satan's pow'r ?
And let them now acceptance have,
And know their gracious hour.
3. Lover of souls, thou know'st to prize
What thou hast bought so dear :
Come then, and in thy people's eyes,
With all thy wounds appear!
4. Appear, as when of old confest,
The suff'ring Son of God;
And let them see thee in thy-vest
But newly dipt in blood.
5. The stony from their hearts remove,
Thou, who for all hast dy'd ;
Shew them the tokens of thy love,
Thy feet, thy hands, thy side!
6. Thy feet were nail'd to yonder tree,
To trample down their sin ;
Thy hands they all stretch'd out may see,
To take thy murd'rers in.
7. Thy side an open fountain is,
Where all may freely go,
And drink the living streams of bliss,
And wash them white as snow.
8. Ready thou art the blood t' apply,
And prove the record true;
And all thy wounds to sinners cry:
"I suffer'd this for you!"
Hymn 373. P. M.
HOU Shepherd of Israel and mine,
The joy and desire of my heart,
For closer communion I pine,
I long to reside where thou art;
The pasture I languish to find,
Where all who their shepherd obey,
Are fed, on thy bosom reclin'd,
And screen'd from the heat of the day.
2. Ah! shew me that happiest place,
That place of thy people's abode,
Where saints in an ecstacy gaze
And hang on a merciful God :
Thy love for a sinner declare,
Thy passion and death on the tree;
My spirit to Calvary bear,
To suffer and triumph with thee.
3. 'Tis there with the lambs of thy flock,
There only I covet to rest;
To lie at the foot of the rock,
Or rise to be hid in thy breast:
'Tis there I would always abide,
And never a moment depart;
Conceal'd in the cleft of thy side,
Eternally held in thy heart.
Hymn 374. s. M.
The blessedness of gospel times.
Isai. v. 2, 7, 8, 9, 10. Matt. xiii. 16, 17.
OW beauteous are their feet, Who stand on Zion's hill, Who bring salvation on their tongues, And words of peace reveal! 2. How charming 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.
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