So shall we all thy love receive,
Together to thy glory live,
And to thy glory die.
Gorham.] HYMN 451. 4 8's & 2 6's.
SAVIOUR, cast a gracious smile!
Our gloomy guilt, and selfish guile,
And shy distrust remove;
The true simplicity impart,
To fashion every passive heart,
And mould it into love.
2 Our naked hearts to thee we raise;
What'er obstructs the work of grace,
For ever drive it hence:
Exert thy all-subduing pow'r,
And each regenerate soul restore
To child-like innocence.
3 Soon as in thee we gain a part,
Our spirit purg'd from nature's art
Appears, by grace forgiv'n;
We then pursue our sole design,
To lose our melting will in thine,
And want no other heav'n.
4 O that we now the power might feel,
To do on earth thy blessed will,
As angels do above!
In thee, the Life, the Truth, the Way,
To walk, and perfectly obey
Thy sweet constraining love!
5 Jesus, fulfil our one desire,
And spread the spark of living fire
Through every hallow'd breast;
Bless with divine conformity,
And give us now to find in thee
Our everlasting rest.
Farnworth.] HYMN 452. S. M.
LEST be the tie that binds
Our hearts in Christian love;
The fellowship of kindred minds
Is like to that above.
Before our Father's throne,
We pour our ardent pray'rs ;
Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one,
Our comforts and our cares.
We share our mutual woes;
Our mutual burdens bear;
And often for each other flows
The sympathizing tear.
When we asunder part,
It gives us inward pain,
But we shall still be join'd in heart,
And hope to meet again.
This glorious hope revives
While each in expectation lives,
And longs to see the day.
From sorrow, toil, and pain,
And sin, we shall be free;
And perfect love and friendship reign
Through all eternity.
Hotham.] HYMN 453. 8's & 7's.
HFollowers of thy holiness,
OLY Lamb, who thee confess,
Thee they ever keep in view,
Ever ask, "What shall we do?"
Govern'd by thy only will,
All thy words we would fulfil,
Would in all thy footsteps go,
Walk, as Jesus walk'd below.
While thou didst on earth appear,
Servant to thy servants here,
Mindful of thy place above,
All thy life was pray'r and love.
Such our whole employment be,
Works of faith and charity;
Works of love on man bestow'd,
Secret intercourse with God.
3 Early in the temple meet,
Let us still our Saviour greet;
Nightly to the mount repair;
Join our praying Pattern there.
There by wrestling faith obtain
Power to work for God again;
Power his image to retrieve,
Power like thee, our Lord, to live.
4 Vessels, instruments of grace,
Pass we thus our happy days,
Twixt the mount and multitude,
Doing or receiving good :
Glad to pray and labour on,
Till our earthly course is run:
Till we on the sacred tree,
Bow the head and die like thee..
Wells.] HYMN 454. L. M.
1 ESUS, thy wand'ring sheep behold! See, Lord, with yearning bowels, see,
Poor souls that cannot find the fold,
2 Lost are they now and scatter'd wide,
In pain, and weariness, and want:
With no kind Shepherd near, to guide
The sick, and spiritless, and faint,
3 Thou, only thou, the kind and good,
And sheep-redeeming Shepherd art;
Collect thy flock, and give them food
And pastors after thine own heart.
4 Give the pure word of gen'ral grace,
And great shall be the preachers' crowd;
Preachers who all the sinful race,
Point to the all-atoning blood.
5 Open their mouth, and utt'rance give,
Give them a trumpet voice to call
A world who all may turn and live,
Through faith in Him who died for all.
In every messenger reveal
The grace they preach divinely free;
That each may by thy Spirit tell,
"He died for all who died for me."
7 A double portion from above,
Of that all-quick'ning Spirit impart;
Shed forth thy universal love
In every faithful pastor's heart.
8 Thine only glory let them seek,
O let their hearts with love o'erflow!
Let them believe, and therefore speak,
And spread thy mercy's praise below.
Thatcher.] HYMN 455. S. M.
ORD of the harvest, hear
Thy needy servants' cry;
Answer our faith's effectual prayer,
And all our wants supply.
2 On thee we humbly wait,
Our wants are in thy view;
The harvest, truly, Lord, is great,
The labourers are few.
Convert, and send forth more
Into thy church abroad,
And let them speak thy word of power,
As workers with their God.
Give the pure Gospel-word,
The word of gen'ral grace;
Then let them preach the common Lord,
Saviour of human race.
O let them spread thy name,
Their mission fully prove;
Thy universal grace proclaim,
Thine all-redeeming love!
Ashford.] HYMN 456. S. M.
OW beauteous are their feet,
Who stand on Zion's hill;
That bring salvation on their tongues,
And words of peace reveal!
How charming is their voice,
So sweet the tidings are;
"Zion, behold thy Saviour King;
He reigns and triumphs here!"
3 How happy are our ears,
That hear the joyful sound,
Which kings and prophets waited for
And sought, but never found!
How blessed are our eyes,
That see this heavenly light; Prophets and kings desir'd it long, But died without the sight!
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