133 HARK! the song of Jubilee, Or the fullness of the sea When it breaks upon the shore. Alleluia! for the Lord God Omnipotent shall reign; Alleluia! let the word Echo round the earth and main. Alleluia! hark! the sound From the centre to the skies Sheathed His sword; He speaks, 'tis done; And the kingdoms of this world Are the Kingdom of His Son. He shall reign from pole to pole, He shall reign, when like a scroll God in Christ, is all in all. 134 Ler the world's tempestuous sea; EAD us, heavenly Father, lead us Guard us, guide us, keep us, feed us, Every blessing, If our God our Father be. Saviour, breathe forgiveness o'er us; All our weakness Thou dost know: Thou didst tread this earth before us, Thou didst feel its keenest woe; Lone and dreary, Faint and weary, Through the desert Thou didst go. Spirit of our God, descending, Fill our hearts with heavenly joy, Nothing can our peace destroy. 135 JES ESUS calls us; o'er the tumult Day by day His sweet voice soundeth, As of old Saint Andrew heard it Turned from home, and toil, and kindred, Jesus calls us, from the worship In our joys and in our sorrows, Still He calls, 'midst cares and pleasures, Jesus calls us; by Thy mercies, Saviour, may we hear Thy call, 136 THOU, Who didst with love untold Bidding the eye of sense behold Thy wounded hands and side; Grant us, like him, with heartfelt awe And while that wondrous record now Teach us the lowlier, Lord, to bow And grant that we may never dare But, at the last, their blessing share CONVERSION OF SAINT PAUL 137 WHERE shall we find our mightiest saint, The chosen vessel of the Lord? The soul to dare and never faint, The arm to wield the conqueror's sword? Where shall we find the shepherd meek, And still the strongest with the strong? We find him where we sought him not, Love-vanquished prisoner of the Cross! O'er land and sea to all mankind He bears the flag his Master bore, Forgetting still the things behind, And reaching forth to things before; No foe to fear, no toil to grudge, Self-pledged, till death shall strike him down, And He, the Lord, the righteous Judge, Grant to His saint the martyr crown. |