5 Sweet the place—exceeding sweet,
Where the saints in glory meet;
Where the Saviour's still the theme,
Where they see and sing of him.
1 BLEST be the dear, uniting love,
That will not let us part:
Our bodies may far off remove;
We still are one in heart!
2 Joined in one spirit to our Head,
Where he appoints we go;
We still in Jesus' footsteps tread,
And still his praise we show.
3 Oh may we ever walk in him,
And nothing know beside!
Nothing desire-nothing esteem,
But Jesus crucified!
4 Richly we share the Saviour's grace,
We're one in mind and heart;
Not joy, nor grief—not time, nor place,
Not life, nor death can part.
Medway. Bath.
1 THY presence, everlasting God,
Wide o'er all nature spreads abroad;
Thy watchful eyes, which cannot sleep,
In every place thy children keep.
2 While near each other we remain,
Thou dost our lives and souls sustain ;
When absent, thou dost make us share
Thy smiles, thy counsels, and thy care.
3 To thee we all our ways commit,
And seek our comforts near thy feet;
Still on our souls vouchsafe to shine,
And guard and guide us still as thine.
4 Give us, O Lord, within thy house,
Again to pay our thankful vows:
Or, if that joy no more be known,
Oh may we meet around thy throne.
S. M. St. Thomas. Paddington
1 ONCE more, before we part,
Oh bless the Saviour's name;
Let every tongue and every heart
Adore and praise the same.
2 Lord, in thy grace we came,
That blessing still impart;
We meet in Jesus' sacred name,
In Jesus' name we part.
3 Still on thy holy word
We'll live, and feed, and grow,
And still go on to know the Lord,
And practise what we know.
4 Now, Lord, before we part,
Help us to bless thy name :
Let every tongue and every heart
Adore and praise the same.
1 ETERNAL Father-God of love,
To thee our hearts we raise;
Thy all-sustaining power we prove,
And gladly sing thy praise.
2 Thine-wholly thine-oh let us be!
Our sacrifice receive;
Made, and preserved, and saved by thee,
To thee ourselves we give.
3 Come, Holy Ghost-the Saviour's love
Shed in our hearts abroad;
So shall we ever live and move,
And be, with Christ, in God.
1 COME, let us join our souls to God,
In everlasting bands;
And seize the blessings he bestows,
With eager hearts and hands.
2 Come, let us to his temple haste,
And seek his favor there;
Before his footstool humbly bow,
And offer fervent prayer.
3 Come, let us share, without delay,
The covenant of his grace;
Nor shall the years of distant life
Its memory e'er efface.
4 Oh may our rising offspring haste
To seek their fathers' God;
Nor e'er forsake the happy path
Their fathers' feet have trod.
Joining the Church of Christ.
1 YE men and angels, witness now,
Before the Lord we speak ;
To him we make our solemn vow,
A vow we dare not break,-
2 That, long as life itself shall last,
Ourselves to Christ we yield;
Nor from his cause will we depart,
Or ever quit the field.
3 We trust not in our native strength,
But on his grace rely;
May he, with our returning wants,
All needful aid supply.
4 Oh guide our doubtful feet aright,
And keep us in thy ways;
And while we turn our vows to prayers,
Turn thou our prayers to praise.
1 OH happy day, that fixed my choice
On thee, my Saviour, and my God;
Well may this glowing heart rejoice,
And tell its raptures all abroad.
2 Oh happy bond, that seals my vows
To him who merits all my love!
Let cheerful anthems fill the house,
While to his altar now I move.
3 'Tis done-the great transaction's done;
I am my Lord's, and he is mine:
He drew me, and I followed on,
Rejoiced to own the call divine.
4 Now rest-my long-divided heart—
Fixed on this blissful centre, rest―
Here have I found a nobler part,
Here heavenly pleasures fill my breast,
5 High Heaven, that hears the solemn vow. That vow renewed shall daily hear;
Till in life's latest hour I bow,
And bless in death a bond so dear.
A Welcome to Christian Fellowship.
1 COME in, thou blessed of the Lord,
Oh come in Jesus' precious name;
We welcome thee with one accord,
And trust the Saviour does the same.
2 Those joys which earth cannot afford,
We'll seek in fellowship to prove,
Joined in one spirit to our Lord,
Together bound by mutual love.
3 And while we pass this vale of tears,
We'll make our joys and sorrows known;
We'll share each other's hopes and fears,
And count a brother's cares our own.
4 Once more our welcome we repeat;
Receive assurance of our love:
Oh may we all together meet,
Around the throne of God above!
1 LET party names no more
The Christian world o'erspread:
Gentile and Jew, and bond and free,
Are one in Christ their head.
2 Among the saints on earth
Let mutual love be found;
Heirs of the same inheritance,
With mutual blessings crowned.
3 Thus will the church below
Resemble that above;
Where streams of endless pleasure flow,
And every heart is love.
1 AWAKE, our souls-away, our fears,
Let every trembling thought be gone;
Awake, and run the heavenly race,
And put a cheerful courage on.
2 True, 'tis a strait and thorny road,
And mortal spirits tire and faint;
But they forget the mighty God,
Who feeds the strength of every saint ;—
3 The mighty God, whose matchless power
Is ever new, and ever young;
And firm endures, while endless years
Their everlasting circles run.
4 From thee, the overflowing spring,
Our souls shall drink a full supply ;
While those who trust their native strength
Shall melt away-and droop-and die.
f 5 Swift as an eagle cuts the air,
We'll mount aloft to thine abode;
On wings of love our souls shall fly,
Nor tire amid the heavenly road.
" 1 AWAKE, my soul-stretch every nerve,
And press with vigor on:
A heavenly race demands thy zeal,
A bright, immortal crown.
2 'Tis God's all-animating voice
That calls thee from on high;
"Tis his own hand presents the prize
To thine aspiring eye.
3 A cloud of witnesses around
Hold thee in full survey:-
Forget the steps already trod,
And onward urge thy way.
4 Blest Saviour-introduced by thee,
Have we our race begun;
And, crowned with victory, at thy feet
We'll lay our laurels down.
Christian Warfare and Victory.
f 1 STAND up, my soul-shake off thy fears,
And gird the gospel armor on;
March to the gates of endless joy,
Where Jesus thy great Captain's gone.
2 Hell and thy sins resist thy course;
But hell and sin are vanquished foes;
Thy Jesus nailed them to the cross,
And sung the triumph when he rose.
3 Then let my soul march boldly on,
Press forward to the heavenly gate;
There peace and joy eternal reign,
And glittering robes for conquerors wait.
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