7 Direct, control, suggest, this day, Praise God, from whom all blessings Praise him, all creatures here below; Praise him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost! 21 1 O TIMELY happy, timely wise, Hearts that with rising morn arise! Eyes that the beam celestial view, Which evermore makes all things new! 2 New every morning is the love Our wakening and uprising prove, Restored to life and power and heaven. 4 If, on our daily course, our mind 5 The trivial round, the common task, 6 Seek we no more: content with these, 7 Only, O Lord, in thy dear love, 22 1 ALL praise to thee, my God, this night, For all the blessings of the light; Keep me, O keep me, King of kings, Beneath thy own almighty wings. 2 Forgive me, Lord, for thy dear Son, The ill that I this day have done; 3 4 That with the world, myself, and thee The grave as little as my bed; O may my soul on thee repose, And may sweet sleep mine eyelids close, Sleep that may me more vigorous make To serve my God when I awake. 5 When in the night I sleepless lie, Let no ill dreams disturb my rest, Praise him, all creatures here below; 23 1 SUN of my soul, thou Saviour dear! 2 When the soft dews of kindly sleep 3 Abide with me from morn till eve, 4 If some poor wandering child of thine 5 Watch by the sick; enrich the poor With blessings from thy boundless store; Be every mourner's sleep to-night, Like infant's slumbers, pure and light. 6 Come near and bless us when we wake, Ere through the world our way we Till in the ocean of thy love [take, We lose ourselves in heaven above. Where e but with thee, whose open door vites the helpless and the poor? Crossed all the fair designs I schemed, Blasted my gourds, and laid me low. 6'Lord, why is this?' I trembling cried; Wilt thou pursue thy worm to death?' "Tis in this way,' the Lord replied, 'I answer prayer for grace and faith. 7'These inward trials I employ From self and pride to set thee free, And break thy schemes of earthly joy, That thou may'st seek thy all in me.' Did ever mourner plead with thee, Does not the word still fixed remain, That were a grief I could not bear, Fair is the lot that's cast for me! 25 I ASKED the Lord that I might grow As almost drove me to despair. I hoped that, in some favoured hour, The hidden evils of my heart, Yea, more, with his own hand he seemed Intent to aggravate my woe, 1 O COME and mourn with me awhile! 2 Have we no tears to shed for him, Ah! look how patiently he hangs: 3 Seven times he spoke, seven words of And all three hours his silence cried 4 O break, O break, hard heart of mine! 5 A broken heart, a fount of tears, 6 O love of God! O sin of man! In this dread act your strength is And victory remains with love: [tried, Jesus, our Lord, is crucified! The Free Church Hymn Book 3 Go, labour on; your hands are weak, Your knees are faint, your soul cast down; Yet falter not; the prize you seek Is near, a kingdom and a crown. 4 Go, labour on while it is day; [on; The world's dark night is hastening Speed, speed thy work; cast sloth away; It is not thus that souls are won. 5 Men die in darkness at your side, Without a hope to cheer the tomb; Take up the torch and wave it wide, The torch that lights time's thickest gloom. 6 Toil on, faint not, keep watch, and pray; Be wise the erring soul to win; Go forth into the world's highway, Compel the wanderer to come in. 7 Toil on, and in thy toil rejoice; For toil comes rest, for exile home; Soon shalt thou hear the Bridegroom's voice, The midnight peal, 'Behold, I come!' 28 1 Gop hath two families of love, 2 The holy Church on earth must fight And yet the two are only one. 3 For they who loved their Saviour here, And died in God's true faith and fear, Have joined the glorious Church on high, And live and reign beyond the sky. 4 We thank thee, Saviour, for the grace By which they reached that blessed place, By which they dwell in endless day, 5 In thee, with all thy saints, they rest, And never more can be distressed; teach us so to live that we ay follow them, as they did thee; self, and tr 6 To think on all the lay be. Until thou callest usay dread To see thee as thou a ed; Before thy throne, as may 29 1 LORD, speak to me, that I elids In living echoes of thy to As thou hast sought, so let nous Thy erring children lost and 2 O lead me, Lord, that I may lead The wandering and the waver feet; O feed me, Lord, that I may feed Thy hungering ones with mar sweet. 3 O strengthen me, that, while I star Firm on the rock, and strong in th I may stretch out a loving hand To wrestlers with the troubled se 4 O teach me, Lord, that I may teach The precious things thou dost in part; [rea And wing my words, that they m The hidden depths of many a hear 5 O give thine own sweet rest to me, That I may speak with soothi A word in season, as from thee, [pow To weary ones in needful hour. 6 O fill me with thy fulness, Lord, Until my very heart o'erflow In kindling thought and glowing wor Thy love to tell, thy praise to sho 7 O use me, Lord, use even me, Just as thou wilt, and when, a Until thy blessed face I see, [wher Thy rest, thy joy, thy glory shar 30 1 FROM every stormy wind that blows From every swelling tide of woes, There is a calm, a sure retreat; "Tis found beneath the mercy-seat. 2 There is a place where Jesus sheds The oil of gladness on our heads, A place than all beside more sweet It is the blood-stained mercy-seat. 3 There is a spot where spirits blend, And friend holds fellowship wi friend; and lov bow do no Though sundered far, by faith they 2 Once more 'tis eventide, and we, meet Around one common mercy-seat. 4 Ah! whither could we flee for aid, When tempted, desolate, dismayed, Or how the hosts of hell defeat, Had suffering saints no mercy-seat? 5 There, there on eagle wing we soar, And time and sense seem all no more, And heaven comes down our souls to greet, lead And glory crowns the mercy-seat. O may my hand forget her skill, feed My tongue be silent, cold, and still, This bounding heart forget to beat, If I forget the mercy-seat! waver mar powe Asleep in Jesus! peaceful rest, ir. vor hov ar er re ご Whose waking is supremely blest; No fear, no woe shall dim that hour That manifests the Saviour's power. 4 Asleep in Jesus! O for me May such a blissful refuge be! Debars this precious hiding-place; 6 Asleep in Jesus! far from thee 1 AT even, ere the sun was set, The sick, O Lord, around thee lay; O in what divers pains they met! O with what joy they went away! Oppressed with various ills, draw What if thy form we cannot see, [near; We know and feel that thou art here. 3 O Saviour Christ, our woes dispel: For some are sick, and some are sad, And some have never loved thee well, And some have lost the love they had, 4 And some are pressed with worldly care, And some are tried with sinful doubt, And some such grievous passions tear That only thou canst cast them out; 5 And some have found the world is vain, Yet from the world they break not free; [pain, And some have friends who give them Yet have not sought a friend in thee; 6 And none, O Lord, have perfect rest, For none are wholly free from sin; And they who fain would serve thee best Are conscious most of wrong within 7 O Saviour Christ, thou too art Man; Thou hast been troubled, tempted tried: Thy kind but searching glance can scan The very wounds that shame would hide; 8 Thy touch has still its ancient power; No word from thee can fruitless fall: Hear in this solemn evening hour, And in thy mercy heal us all. 33 1 WHERE high the heavenly temple stands, The house of God not made with hands, A great High Priest our nature wears, The Guardian of mankind appears. 2 He, who for men their Surety stood, And poured on earth his precious blood, Pursues in heaven his mighty plan, The Saviour and the Friend of man. 3 Though now ascended up on high, He bends on earth a brother's eye; Partaker of the human name, He knows the frailty of our frame. 4 Our fellow-sufferer yet retains A fellow-feeling of our pains, 6 With boldness, therefore, at the throne 34 1 TAKE up thy cross, the Saviour said, 2 Take up thy cross; let not its weight Fill thy weak spirit with alarm; His strength shall bear thy spirit up, And brace thy heart, and nerve thine arm. 3 Take up thy cross, nor heed the shame, Nor let thy foolish pride rebel; Thy Lord for thee the cross endured, To save thy soul from death and hell. 4 Take up thy cross then in his strength, And calmly every danger brave; "Twill guide thee to a better home, And lead to victory o'er the grave. 5 Take up thy cross, and follow Christ, Nor think till death to lay it down; For only he who bears the cross May hope to wear the glorious crown. 35 1 'TWAS on that night when doomed to know The eager rage of every foe, That night in which he was betrayed, The Saviour of the world took bread, 2 And, after thanks and glory given To him that rules in earth and heaven, That symbol of his flesh he broke, And thus to all his followers spoke : 3 My broken body thus I give For you, for all; take, eat, and live; 4 Then in his hands the cup he raised, And God anew he thanked and praised; While kindness in his bosom glowed, And from his lips salvation flowed. 5'My blood I thus pour forth,' he cries, "To cleanse the soul in sin that lies; In this the covenant is sealed, And Heaven's eternal grace revealed. 6'With love to man this cup is fraught; Let all partake the sacred draught; Through latest ages let it pour In memory of my dying hour.' 36 1 BEHOLD a Stranger at the door! 2 3 O lovely attitude! he stands Admit him, for the human breast 4 Admit him, ere his anger burn, Lest he depart, and ne'er return; Admit him, or the hour's at hand When at his door denied you'll stand. 5 Yet know, nor of the terms complain, If Jesus comes, he comes to reign,To reign, and with no partial sway; Thoughts must be slain that disobey. 6 Sovereign of souls! thou Prince of Peace! O may thy gentle reign increase; Throw wide the door, each willing mind; And be his empire all mankind. 37 1 LORD of the Sabbath, hear our vows, |