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So his disciples rise, and reign

With their triumphant Head.

mp 4 The time draws nigh, when from the clouds
Christ shall with shouts descend,
And the last trumpet's awful voice
The heavens and earth shall rend.

m 5 Then they who live shall changed be,
And they who sleep shall wake;

The graves shall yield their ancient charge,
And earth's foundations shake.

f 6 The saints of God, from death set free,
With joy shall mount on high;

The heavenly hosts, with praises loud,
Shall meet them in the sky.

mf 7 Together to their Father's house
With joyful hearts they go,
And dwell for ever with the Lord,
Beyond the reach of woe.

m 8 A few short years of evil past,
We reach the happy shore,

Where death-divided friends at last
Shall meet, to part no more.

m 1 To him that loved the souls of men,
And washed us in his blood,
To royal honours raised our head,
And made us priests to God,-

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f 2 To him let every tongue be praise,
And every heart be love,

All grateful honours paid on earth,
And nobler songs above.

m 3 Behold, on flying clouds he comes!
His saints shall bless the day;

While they that pierced him sadly mourn
In anguish and dismay.

m 4 Thou art the First, and thou the Last;
Time centres all in thee,

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f The Almighty God, who was, and is,
And evermore shall be.

m 1 FATHER, whate'er of earthly bliss
Thy sovereign hand denies,
Accepted at thy throne of grace
Let this petition rise :-

mp 2 Give me a calm, a thankful heart,
From every murmur free;

The blessings of thy grace impart,
And let me live to thee.

m 3 Let the sweet hope that thou art mine
My path of life attend,

Thy presence through my journey shine
And bless its happy end.

mp 1 0 LORD, my best desire fulfil,
And help me to resign

Life, health, and comfort to thy will,
And make thy pleasure mine.

m 2 Why should I shrink at thy command,
Whose love forbids my fears,
Or tremble at the gracious hand
That wipes away my tears?

mf 3 No! rather let me freely yield
What most I prize to thee,
Who never hast a good withheld,
Or wilt withhold, from me.

m 4 Thy favour, all my journey through,
Thou art engaged to grant;

What else I want, or think I do,
"Tis better still to want.

mp 5'But, ah!' my inward spirit cries,
'Still bind me to thy sway,

Else the next cloud that veils the skies
Drives all these thoughts away.'

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mf 1 FATHER of peace, and God of love!
We own thy power to save,

That power by which our Shepherd rose
Victorious o'er the grave.

2 Him from the dead thou brought'st again,
When, by his sacred blood,
Confirmed and sealed for evermore
The eternal covenant stood.

mp 3 0 may thy Spirit seal our souls,
And mould them to thy will,

That our weak hearts no more may stray,
But keep thy precepts still;

m 4 That to perfection's sacred height
We nearer still may rise,

And all we think, and all we do,
Be pleasing in thine eyes.

m 1 0 HOLY GHOST, thy people bless,
Who long to feel thy might,
And fain would grow in holiness
As children of the light.

2 To thee we bring, who art the Lord,
Ourselves to be thy throne;

Let every thought and deed and word
Thy pure dominion own.

mp 3 Life-giving Spirit, o'er us move,
As on the formless deep;

Give life and order, light and love,
Where now is death or sleep.

mf 4 Great Gift of our ascended King,
His saving truth reveal;

Our tongues inspire his praise to sing,
Our hearts his love to feel.

5 True Wind of heaven, from south or north,
For joy or chastening, blow;

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The garden-spices shall spring forth,
If thou wilt bid them flow.

m 6 O Holy Ghost, of sevenfold might,
All graces come from thee;

Grant us to know and serve aright
One God in Persons Three.

mp 1 VAIN are the hopes the sons of men
Upon their works have built;
Their hearts by nature are unclean,
Their actions full of guilt.

2 Silent let Jew and Gentile stand,
Without one vaunting word,
And, humbled low, confess their guilt
Before heaven's righteous Lord.

3 No hope can on the law be built
Of justifying grace;

The law that shows the sinner's guilt
Condemns him to his face.

mf 4 Jesus, how glorious is thy grace!
When in thy name we trust,
Our faith receives a righteousness
That makes the sinner just.

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O MAY We stand before the Lamb,
When earth and seas are fled,

And hear the Judge pronounce our name
With blessings on our head.

f 1 BLEST be the everlasting God,

The Father of our Lord!

Be his abounding mercy praised,
His majesty adored!

m 2 When from the dead he raised his Son,

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And called him to the sky,

He gave our souls a lively hope
That they should never die.

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mf 3 To an inheritance divine

He taught our hearts to rise;

с "Tis uncorrupted, undefiled,
Unfading, in the skies.

m 4 Saints by the power of God are kept
Till the salvation come;

We walk by faith as strangers here,
But Christ shall call us home.

m 1 THE Spirit breathes upon the Word,
And brings the truth to sight;
Precepts and promises afford
A sanctifying light.

mf 2 A glory gilds the sacred page,
Majestic, like the sun;

It gives a light to every age;

It gives, but borrows none.

m 3 The Hand that gave it still supplies
The gracious light and heat;
His truths upon the nations rise;
They rise, but never set.

ƒ 4 Let everlasting thanks be thine,
For such a bright display

As makes a world of darkness shine
With beams of heavenly day.

5 My soul rejoices to pursue
The steps of him I love,
Till glory breaks upon my view
In brighter worlds above.

mf 1 BEHOLD the amazing gift of love
The Father hath bestowed

On us, the sinful sons of men,
To call us sons of God!

mp 2 Concealed as yet this honour lies,
By this dark world unknown,