5 Thy glory never hence depart;

Yet choose not, Lord, this house alone: Thy kingdom come to every heart,

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In every bosom fix Thy throne.

THERE is within this heart of mine
A little church, with sacred shrine,
And stained forever with the blood
Of Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God.

2 Here dwelleth God the Father, Son,
And Holy Spirit, Three in One;
He is my soul's beloved Guest,

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And grants my heart true peace and rest.

3 This little church looks poor and odd;
But being the abode of God

It has a glorious, peerless grace:
It is God's royal dwelling-place.

4 This little church, Lord, I commend
Unto Thy care, and pray: Defend
And shield it from calamity,
Dwell there now and eternally.

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LORD, in Thy kingdom there shall be

No aliens from each other,

But even as he loves himself

Each saint shall love his brother.

2 When in Thy courts below we meet
To mourn our sinful living,
And with united hearts repeat
Confession, creed, thanksgiving:

3 Make us to hear in each sweet word
Thy Holy Spirit calling

To oneness with Thy Church and Thee, That heavenly bond forestalling.

4 One Baptism and one faith have we,
One Spirit sent to win us,

One Lord, one Father, and one God,
Above, and through, and in us.

5 Never, by schism, or by sin,
May we that union sever,

Till all, to perfect stature grown,
Are one with Thee forever.

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BLEST be the tie that binds
Our hearts in Christian love;
The fellowship of kindred minds
Is like to that above.

2 Before our Father's throne

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We pour our ardent prayers;
Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one,
Our comforts and our cares.

3 We share our mutual woes;
Our mutual burdens bear;
And often for each other flows
The sympathizing tear.

4 When we asunder part,

It gives us inward pain;
But we shall still be joined in heart,
And hope to meet again.

5 This glorious hope revives

Our courage by the way;

While each in expectation lives,
And longs to see the day.

6 From sorrow, toil, and pain,
And sin we shall be free;

And perfect love and friendship reign
Through all eternity.

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THE saints on earth and those above
But one communion make;

Joined to their Lord, in bonds of love,
All of His grace partake.

2 One family we dwell in Him,
One Church above, beneath;

Though now divided by the stream,-
The narrow stream of death.

3 One army of the living God,
To His commands we bow:

Part of the host have passed the flood,
And part are crossing now.

4 Lo! thousands to their endless home
Are swiftly borne away;
And we are to the margin come,
And soon must launch as they.

5 Lord Jesus, be our constant guide,
Then, when the word is given,
Bid death's cold flood its waves divide,
And land us safe in heaven.

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GLORIOUS things of Thee are spoken,
Zion, city of our God;

He, whose word cannot be broken,
Formed thee for His own abode :

On the Rock of ages founded,

What can shake thy sure repose?

With salvation's walls surrounded,
Thou may'st smile at all thy foes.

2 See, the streams of living waters
Springing from eternal love,
Well supply thy sons and daughters,
And all fear of want remove.
Who can faint while such a river

Ever flows their thirst t' assuage? Grace, which, like the Lord, the Giver, Never fails from age to age.

3 Savior, since of Zion's city

I, through grace, a member am,
Let the world deride or pity,
I will glory in Thy name.
Fading is the worldling's pleasure,
All his boasted pomp and show;
Solid joys and lasting treasure
None but Zion's children know.

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ZION stands with hills surrounded,

Zion, kept by power divine;

All her foes shall be confounded,
Though the world in arms combine.
Happy Zion,

What a happy lot is thine!

2 Every human tie may perish;

Friend to friend unfaithful prove; Brothers cease their own to cherish; Heaven and earth at last remove:

But no changes

Can attend Jehovah's love.

3 In the furnace God may prove thee,
Thence to bring thee forth more bright,
But can never cease to love thee;
Thou art precious in His sight;
God is with thee,

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God, thine everlasting Light.

THE Church's one foundation
Is Jesus Christ, her Lord:

She is His new creation

By water and the word;

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From heav'n He came and sought her
To be His holy bride;

With His own blood He bought her,
And for her life He died.

2 Elect from every nation,

Yet one o'er all the earth,

Her charter of salvation

One Lord, one faith, one birth;
One holy name she blesses,
Partakes one holy food,
And to one hope she presses,
With every grace endued.

3 Though with a scornful wonder, Men see her sore oppressed, By schisms rent asunder,

By heresies distressed;

Yet saints their watch are keeping,
Their cry goes up, "How long?"
And soon the night of weeping
Shall be the morn of song.

4 'Mid toil and tribulation,

And tumult of her war,