A mortal arrow pierced his frame:
He fell, but felt no fear.
2 At midnight came the cry,
To meet thy God prepare:
He woke, and caught his Captain's eye;
Then, strong in faith and prayer,—
His spirit with a bound
Burst its encumbering clay:
His tent, at sunrise, on the ground
A darken'd ruin lay.
3 The pains of death are past,
Labour and sorrow cease;
And, life's long warfare closed at last,
His soul is found in peace.
Soldier of Christ, well done:
Praise be thy new employ ;
And, while eternal ages run,
Rest in thy Saviour's joy.
"RECEIVE AND COMFORT US, WHO ARE GRIEVED AND
WEARIED WITH THE BURDEN OF OUR SINS.
Let them say, Spare thy people, O [THREE 78
Lord; and give not thine heri-
tage to reproach.—Joel ii. 17.
1 LORD, in this thy mercy's day,
Ere the time shall pass away,
On our knees we fall and pray.
2 Holy Jesu, grant us tears,
Fill us with heart-searching fears,
Ere the hour of doom appears.
3 Lord, on us thy Spirit pour,
Kneeling lowly at thy door,
Ere it close for evermore.
4. By thy night of agony,
By thy supplicating cry,
By thy willingness to die,
5 By thy tears of bitter woe,
For Jerusalem below,
Let us not thy love forego.
o Judge and Saviour of our race,
When we see thee face to face,
Grant us 'neath thy wings a place.
7 On thy love we rest alone,
And that love will then be known
By the pardon'd round thy throne.
Out of the depths have I cried unto
thee, O Lord.-Ps. cxxx. 1.
1 THOU who didst on Calvary bleed,
Thou who dost for sinners plead,
Help me in my time of need;
Jesu, hear my cry.
2 In my darkness and my grief,
With my heart of unbelief,
I, who am of sinners chief,
Lift to thee mine eye.
3 Foes without and fears within,
With no plea thy grace to win,
But that thou canst save from sin,
To thy cross I fly.
4 Others, long in fetters bound,
There deliverance sought and found
Heard the voice of mercy sound,
Surely so may I.
5 There on thee I cast my care,
There to thee I raise my prayer,
Jesu, save me from despair,
Save me, or I die.
6 When the storms of trial lower,
When I feel temptation's power,
In the last and darkest hour,
Jesu, be thou nigh."
“VENITE, EXULTEMUS DOMINO."
Serve the Lord with gladness.
Ps. c. 2.
1 ALL people that on earth do dwell,
Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice:
Him serve with fear, his praise forth tell,
Come ye before him and rejoice.
2 The Lord, ye know, is God indeed;
Without our aid he did us make:
We are his flock, he doth us feed;
And for his sheep he doth us take.
3 0 enter then his gates with praise,
Approach with joy his courts unto:
Praise, laud, and bless his name always;
For it is seemly so to do.
4 For why? The Lord our God is good;
His mercy is for ever sure;
His truth at all times firmly stood;
And shall from age to age endure."
491 Let us make a joyful noise to the rock of [L.M. our salvation, &c.—Ps. xcv. 1-7.
1 O COME, loud anthems let us sing,
Loud thanks to our almighty King,
And high our grateful voices raise,
As our Salvation's rock we praise.
2 Into his presence let us haste
To thank him for his favours past;
To him address, in joyful songs,
The praise that to his name belongs.
3 For God the Lord, enthroned in state,
Is with unrivall'd glory great;
The depths of earth are in his hand,
Her secret wealth at his command.
4 O let us to his courts repair,
And bow with adoration there;
Low on our knees with reverence fall,
And on the Lord our Maker call.
492 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from ever. [LM,
lasting to everlasting.-Ps. cvi. 48.
10 RENDER thanks to God above,
The fountain of eternal love,
Whose mercy firm through ages past
Has stood, and shall for ever last.
2 Who can his mighty deeds express,
Not only vast, but numberless ?
What mortal eloquence can raise
His tribute of immortal praise ?
3 Happy are they, and only they,
Who from his judgments fear to stray,
Who know and love his perfect will,
And all his righteous laws fulfil.
4 Extend to me that favour, Lord,
Thou to thy chosen dost afford;
When thou return'st to set them free,
Let thy salvation visit me.a
493 O praise ye the Lord, all ye nations.
1 FROM all that dwell below the skies,
Let the Creator's praise arise;
Let the Redeemer's name be sung
Through every land, by every tongue.
2 Eternal are thy mercies, Lord,
Eternal truth attends thy word:
Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore,
Till suns shall rise and set no more."
And again they said, Alleluia.
1 SING Alleluia forth in duteous praise,
O citizens of heaven: in sweet notes raise
An endless Alleluia !
2 Ye next who stand before the eternal light,
In hymning choirs re-echo to the height
An endless Alleluia !
3 The holy city shall take up your strain,
And with glad songs resounding wake again
An endless Alleluia!
4 In blissful answering strains ye thus rejoice
To render to the Lord with thankful voice
An endless Alleluia !
5 Ye who have gain'd at length your palms in bliss,
Victorious ones, your chant shall still be this— An endless Alleluia!
6 There, in one grand acclaim for ever ring The strains which tell the honour of your King
7 This is the rest for weary ones brought back: This is the food and drink which none shall lack:
8 While thee, by whom were all things made, we praise
For ever, and tell out in sweetest lays
An endless Alleluia !
9 Almighty Christ, to thee our voices sing Glory for evermore: to thee we bring
An endless Alleluia!
495 While I live will I praise the Lord.
1 I'LL praise my Maker with my breath,
And when my voice is lost in death,
Praise shall employ my nobler powers:
My days of praise shall ne'er be past,
While life and thought and being last,
Or immortality endures.
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