And, as each morning sun shall rise,
O lead me onward to the skies!
4 And, at my life's last setting sun,—
My conflicts o'er, my labours done,—
Father, thy heavenly radiance shed,
To cheer and bless my dying bed;
And from death's gloom my spirit raise,
To see thy face and sing thy praise.
Dedication of a place of worship.
1 WHERE ancient forests widely spread,
Where bends the cataract's ocean-fall;
On the low mountains silent head,
There are thy temples, God of all !
2 Beneath the dark blue midnight arch,
Whence myriad suns pour down their rays;
Where planets trace their ceaseless march,
Father! we worship as we gaze.
3 The tombs thine altars are, for there,
When earthly loves and hopes have fled,
To thee ascends the spirit's prayer,
Thou God of the immortal dead.
4 All space is holy, for all space
Is filled by thee: but human thought
Burns clearer in some chosen place,
Where thy own words of love are taught.
5 Here be they taught: and may we know
That faith thy servants knew of old,
Which onward bears through weal or woe,
Till death the gates of heaven unfold.
6 Nor me alone; may those whose brow
Shows yet no trace of human cares,
Hereafter stand where we do now,
And raise to thee still holier prayers.
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Sunday School Hymn.
WITHIN these walls be peace: Love through our borders found; In all our little palaces
Prosperity abound.
2 God scorns not humble things:
Here, though the proud despise,
The children of the King of kings
Are training for the skies.
3 May none who thus are taught,
From glory be cast down,
But all through faith and patience brought
To an immortal crown.
To heaven's Eternal King
Who rules supreme alone,
Let all on earth their praises bring,
And worship round his throne.
To GOD, the only wise,
Our Saviour and our King,
Let all who dwell below the skies
Their grateful praises bring.
1 THY name, Almighty Lord!
Shall sound through distant lands;
Great is thy grace, and sure thy word,
Thy truth for ever stands.
Far be thine honour spread,
And long thy praise endure,
Till morning light and evening shade
Shall be exchanged no more
TO HIM who reigns in worlds of light,
The Eternal King of heaven,
Be honour, majesty, and might,
And praise and glory given.
1 To GOD, let every tongue be praise,
And every heart be love;
All grateful honours paid on earth,
And nobler songs above.
2 Thou art the first and thou the last,
Tine centres all in thee:
The Almighty God, who was, and is,
And ever more shall be!
1 PRAISE ye the Lord, who reigns above, Yet loves his courts below;
O praise him for his works of love,
And all his goodness show!
2 That God, in whom we live and move,
Let every creature sing;
All glory to their Maker give,
And homage to their King.
1 ALMIGHTY Father! Gracious Power!
Thy grateful children own
Thy boundless love, and bow before
Thine everlasting throne!
2 For ever hallowed be thy name,
All holy, good, and wise!
And may thy blessed will be done
On earth as in the skies!
1 ONE general song of praise arise
To God, whose goodness ceaseless flows;
Who dwells enthroned beyond the skies,
And life and breath on all bestows.
2 O bow to God, all ye that live!
Submissive to his holy will,
To God, eternal praises give,
And all his just commands fulfil.
LET all with humble hearts adore
The blessed, supreme, immortal Power:
To him may all our thoughts arise,
A pure and holy sacrifice.
GRATEFUL notes and numbers bring
While Jehovah's praise we sing;
Holy, holy, holy Lord!
Be thy glorious name adored.
1 HOMAGE pay to God above,
God, whose nature all is love;
In his praise your breath employ,-
Gracious Source of every joy!
2 All our hopes of life and heaven
Through thy grace alone are given;
Bliss eternal, pure, divine,—
Every gift, O God! is thine.
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