How little is it here we know !
How small the portion that is giv'n!
7 I'll wait with pleasure, till my Lord
Shall to his bosom call me home;
Then sweetly sound his praise abroad,
And see his face without a gloom.
1B enraptur'd obey,
EGIN my soul, th' exalted lay
And praise th' almighty name;
Lo! heav'n, and earth, and seas and skies,
In one melodious concert rise,
To swell th' inspiring theme.
2 Thou, heaven of heavens, his vast abode,
Ye clouds, proclaim your maker God;
Ye thunders, speak his power;
Lo! on the lightning's rapid wings,
In triumph, rides the King of kings
Th' astonish'd worlds adore.
3 Ye deeps, with roaring billows rise,
To join the thunder of the skies,
Praise him who bids you roll;
His praise in softer notes declare
Each whispering breeze of yielding air,
And breathe it to the soul.
4 Wake all ye soaring throng, and sing;" Ye cheerful warblers of the spring, Harmonious anthems raise ;
To him who shap'd your finer mould,
Who tip'd your glittering wings with gold,
And tun'd your voice to praise.
5 Let man by nobler passions sway'd,
The feeling heart, the reas'ning head,
In heav'nly praise employ ;
Spread the Creator's name around,
Till heav'ns wide arch repeat the sound,
The general burst of joy.
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 crown'd. -
3 Let envy, child of hell,
Be banish'd far away;
Those should in strictest friendship dwell,
Who the same Lord obey.
4 Thus will the church below
Resemble that above;
Where streams of pleasure always fow,
And every heart is love.
[ESU, Lord, we look to thee,
Let us in thy name agree;
Shew thyself the Prince of Peace;
Bid our jars for ever cease.
2 By thy reconciling love
Ev'ry stumbling block remove;
Each to each unite, endear;
Come and spread thy banner here!
3 Make us of one heart and mind;
Courteous, pitiful, and kind,
Lowly, meek in thought and word;
Altogether like our Lord.
4 Let us each for other care,
Each the other's burden bear;
To thy church the pattern give,
Shew how true believers live.
5 Free from anger and from pride,
Let us thus in God abide;
All the depths of love express,
All the heights of holiness.
FAR above yon glorious ceiling,
Of the azure vaulted sky;
Jesus sits his love revealing,
To his splendid troops on high.
2 Hosts seraphic humbly bowing,
At his footstool prostrate fall;
Saints and Angels all allowing,
God in Christ is all in all.
3 Could we leave our foolish dreaming,
Of a fancied Heaven below;
And see Jesu's glory beaming,
How our souls would long to go.
4 We should for his day be waiting,
When the full reward is giv❜n;
When the glorious work completing,
Jesus takes his church to Heav'n.
MY God, how endless is thy love!
Thy gifts are ev'ry evening new;
And morning mercies from above,
Gently distil like early dew.
2 Thou spread'st the curtains of the night,
Great guardian of my sleeping hours!
Thy sov'reign word restores the light,
And quickens all my drowsy pow'rs.
3 I yield my pow'rs to thy command,
To thee I consecrate my days;
Perpetual blessings from thine hand
Demand perpetual songs of praise.
E comes! he comes! the Judge revere;
The seventh trumpet speaks him near;
His lightnings flash, his thunders roll,
How welcome to the faithful soul!
2 From heav'n angelic voices sound,
See the almighty Jesus crown'd!
Girt with omnipotence and grace,
And glory decks the Saviour's face.
3 Descending on his azure throne,
He claims the kingdoms for his own:
The kingdoms all obey his word,
And hail him their triumphant Lord.
4 Shout all the people of the sky,
And all the saints of the most high;
Our Lord who now his right obtains,
For ever and for ever reigns.
LIFT up your heads, ye friends of Jesus,
Partners of his patience here;
Christ. to all believers precious,
Lord of lords shall soon appear,
Mark the tokens
Of his heav'nly kingdom near.
2 With what Joyful acclamation Shall the saints his banner see!
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