87.-8.7.4. Lord, to whom shall we go? SAVIOUR! needs the world no longer Of thy mercy and thy might? Mighty Lord, so high above us, Darksome grave and heavenly throne ? Who so gentle to the sinners As the soul that never fell? Who so strong to make us winners Of the height He won so well? Alway victor! Make thine own invincible! From the cross hath gone the glory? Leave, O leave not Earth forlorn! Unarrayed in thy divineness, Souls and worlds are incomplete; Groweth not thy smile more sweet? Yesterday doth tribute render Hast Thou given thine all away? Endless Lover! never, never Wilt thou cease to save and shine; Come and make them more divine! 88.-L.M. To know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge. O LOVE Divine that passeth thought! For us the Lord forsook that throne; Those deeps of grace our thoughts that drown, The more of his dear love we learn Joy! joy! that we may ne'er explore Our task, our song, below, above! Blest lore, we ne'er may wholly learn! 89.-8.7. Render to Cæsar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. LORD! thy gracious voice hath spoken, Christ's command or Cæsar's sway! Yet each holier soul desireth Powers and thrones more glorious here- We would spend where we can love; Jesus! come and be our Cæsar! Sovereign here, as Lord above. Low before thy kingdom's splendour, 90.-S. M. Thy kingdom come! COME, kingdom of our God, Over our spirits first Extend thy healing reign; There raise and quench the sacred thirst That never pains again. Come, kingdom of our God! And make the broad earth thine; Stretch o'er her lands and isles the rod That flowers with grace divine. Soon may all tribes be blest With fruit from life's glad tree; And in its shade like brothers rest, Sons of one family. Come, kingdom of our God! And raise thy glorious throne In worlds by the undying trod, Where God shall bless his own. |