2 The world beheld the glorious change,
And did thy hand confess;

My tongue broke out in unknown strains,
And sung surprising grace.

3 "Great is the work," my neighbors cried, And owned thy power divine;

"Great is the work," my heart replied,
"And be the glory thine."

4 The Lord can clear the darkest skies,
Can give us day for night,

Make drops of sacred sorrow rise
To rivers of delight.

5 Let those who sow in sadness wait
Till the fair harvest come;

They shall confess their sheaves are great,
And shout the blessings home.

783.

6s & 4s.

R. PALMER.

Christ our Confidence.

1 MY faith looks up to thee,
Thou Lamb of Calvary:
Saviour divine,

Now hear me while I pray;
Take all my guilt away;
O, let me, from this day,
Be wholly thine.

2 May thy rich grace impart
Strength to my fainting heart;
My zeal inspire;

As thou hast died for me,
O, may my love to thee

Pure, warm, and changeless be –

A living fire.

3 While life's dark maze I tread,
And griefs around me spread,
Be thou my Guide;
Bid darkness turn to day,
Wipe sorrow's tears away,
Nor let me ever stray

From thee aside.

4 When ends life's transient dream,
When death's cold, sullen stream
Shall o'er me roll,

Blest Saviour, then, in love,
Fear and distress remove;
O, bear me safe above, —
A ransomed soul.

784.

C. M.

C. WESLEY.

Self-Consecration.

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, O, 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.

Devoting all to Christ.

1 ETERNAL Saviour, God of love,

Abused, insulted Friend,

O, from thy lofty throne above,
Thy saving mercy send.

2 Here lies my naked, guilty heart,
Before thy piercing eye;

To me thy healing touch impart;
O, reach me, for I die.

3 All that my future life shall know
Of love, and joy, and light,

ANON.

Shall burn for thee, and shine and glow
By thine effectual might.

4 Thus to thy claim my trembling soul
Her sweet submission brings,
And thus, while changing ages roll,
Shall rest beneath thy wings.

786.

THE CHURCH.

S. M.

WATTS.

Gospel Order.

1 FAR as thy name is known

The world declares thy praise;
Thy saints, O Lord, before thy throne,
Their songs of honor raise.

2 With joy thy people stand

On Zion's chosen hill,

Proclaim the wonders of thy hand,
And counsels of thy will.

3 Let strangers walk around
The city where we dwell,
Survey with care thine holy ground,
And mark the building well, -

4 The order of thy house,

The worship of thy court,

The cheerful songs, the solemn vows,
And make a fair report.

5 How decent, and how wise!
How glorious to behold!

Beyond the pomp that charms the eyes,
And rites adorned with gold.

6 The God we worship now
Will guide us till we die

Will be our God while here below,
And ours above the sky.

787.

C. M.

WATTS.

Christ the Foundation of his Church.

1 BEHOLD the sure foundation stone,
Which God in Zion lays,

To build our heavenly hopes upon,
And his eternal praise.

2 Chosen of God, to sinners dear,
Let saints adore the name;

They trust their whole salvation here,
Nor shall they suffer shame.

3 The foolish builders, scribe and priest,
Reject it with disdain;

Yet on this rock the church shall rest,
And envy rage in vain.

4 What though the gates of hell withstood;
Yet must this building rise:
'Tis thine own work, almighty God,
And wondrous in our eyes.

788.

S. M.

DWIGHT.

Attachment to the Church.

1 I LOVE thy kingdom, Lord,
The house of thine abode,

The church our blest Redeemer saved
With his own precious blood.

2 I love thy church, O God;

Her walls before thee stand,
Dear as the apple of thine eye,
And graven on thy hand.

3 For her my tears shall fall;

For her my prayers ascend;
To her my cares and toils be given,
Till toils and cares shall end.

4 Beyond my highest joy

I prize her heavenly ways,

Her sweet communion, solemn vows,
Her hymns of love and praise.

5 Jesus, thou Friend divine,

Our Saviour and our King,

Thy hand, from every snare and foe,
Shall great deliverance bring.

6 Sure as thy truth shall last,
To Zion shall be given

The brightest glories earth can yield,
And brighter bliss of heaven.

The general Assembly of Saints.
1 NOT to the terrors of the Lord,
The tempest, fire, and smoke;
Not to the thunder of that word
Which God on Sinai spoke ;-

2 But we are come to Zion's hill,
The city of our God,

WATTS.

Where milder words declare his will,
And spread his love abroad.
3 Behold the great, the glorious host
Of angels clothed in light;
Behold the spirits of the just,
Whose faith is turned to sight.

4 Behold the blest assembly there,
Whose names are writ in heaven,
And God, the Judge, who doth declare
Their vilest sins forgiven.

5 The saints on earth, and all the dead,
But one communion make;
All join in Christ, their living Head,
And of his grace partake.

6 In such society as this

Our weary souls would rest;

The man who dwells where Jesus is
Must be forever blest.

790.

C. M.

MONTGOMERY.

Saints on Earth and in Heaven.

1 IN one fraternal bond of love,
One fellowship of mind,

The saints below and saints above
Their bliss and glory find.

2 Here, in their house of pilgrimage,
Thy statutes are their song;
There, through one bright, eternal age,
Thy praises they prolong.

3 Lord, may our union form a part
Of that thrice happy whole,

Derive its pulse from thee, the heart,
Its life from thee, the soul.