4 5 6 OPENING SERVICES AND ANNIVERSARIES. Grant, Lord, with this new house New life within, new power without, And if our joy to-day Be touched with secret pain, And thoughts of missing faces blend O let the eye of faith That heavenly temple see, Where, amidst holier, vaster throngs, They ever worship Thee. 148th. F. W. GOADBY. 1876. 1249 This is...the house of God.-Gen. 28. 17. 1 KING of glory, come, And with Thy favour crown This temple as Thy dome, This people as Thy own: Beneath this roof, O deign to show, How God can dwell with man below. 2 Here may Thine ears attend 3 Our interceding cries, And grateful praise ascend All fragrant to the skies: Here may Thy word melodious sound And spread celestial joys around. Here may the attentive throng Of seraphim above, And willing crowds surround Thy board, 4 Here, may our unborn sons BENJAMIN FRANCIS. 1774. DOMESTIC WORSHIP. C. M. 1250 Shew piety at home.—1 Tim. 5. 4. 1 HAPI [APPY the home when God is there, Where one their wish and one their prayer, 2 Happy the home where Jesus' name Where children early lisp His fame, 3 Happy the home where prayer is heard, 4 Lord! let us in our homes agree MARRIAGE. 7.6. 1251 And God blessed them.—Gen. 1. 28. That earliest wedding-day, The primal marriage blessing, 2 Still in the pure espousal Of Christian man and maid, The Holy Three are with us, The threefold grace is said; 3 For dower of blessèd children, For love and faith's sweet sake, For high mysterious union Which naught on earth may break. 4 Be present, awful Father, 5 Be present, gracious Saviour, 6 Be present, Holiest Spirit, 7 O spread Thy pure wings o'er them, 8 To cast their crowns before Thee, Till to the home of gladness With Christ's own Bride they rise. J. KEBLE. 1857. 1252 1 0 7.6. He that dwelleth in love, dwelleth in God. LOVE Divine and golden, To Thee the world beholden The blesser and the blest! The world lies down in rest. 2 O Love Divine and tender, That through our homes doth move, Thy blessedness are blest. 3 God bless these hands united! God bless these hearts made one! May they through life go on; J. S. B. MONSELL. 1875. 2 3 4 5 Before the setting of the sun, To Thee we yield our powers; For watchful is our foe; And sin is strong, and death is near, Another day of hope! For Thou art with us still; And Thine Almighty strength can cope Another day of grace To help us on our way! One step towards the resting-place The eternal Sabbath-day. C.M. J. ELLERTON. 1870. 1254 The things which are not seen are eternal. 1 2 Cor. 4. 18. HE roseate hues of early dawn, The crimson of the sunset sky, O for the Sun of Righteousness, 2 The highest hopes we cherish here, |