The Christian Pilgrimage.
1 AND can we ask a better aid Than Jesus, in the road?
Of whom shall we be once afraid, Protected by our God?
2 Jesus, thou art our skilful Guide, In all our way to heaven; By Thee are all our wants supplied, And every mercy given.
3 The living waters constant flow, Our thirst to satisfy;
Thou givest, all the way we go, Of bread a rich supply.
4 O happy church! lift up your voice, In songs of honour sing: In your own Saviour God rejoice, For he alone is King.
1 SOON will appear a brighter sky, As homeward we go on; All fears and foes before us fly, And troubles all be gone.
2 The prospect opens, grand and new, See Salem's walls arise: Soon shall we brighter glories view In yonder happy skies.
3 And shall we meet in heaven above, Before Jehovah's face?
For ever bask in beams of love, With all the angel race?
4 It shall be so; let us pursue With faithfulness our way; For nothing more have we to do, But love, believe, obey.
5 O happy church! lift up your voice, In songs of honour sing; In your own Saviour God rejoice, For he alone is King.
Divine Providence in Air, Earth' and Sea.
1 'TIS by thy strength the mountains stand, God of eternal power!
The sea grows calm at thy command, And tempests cease to roar.
2 The morning light and evening shade, Successive comforts bring;
Thy plenteous fruits make harvest glad, Thy flowers adorn the spring.
3 Seasons and times, and moons and hours, Heaven, earth, and air are thine; When clouds distil in fruitful showers, The Author is divine.
4 Those wand'ring cisterns in the sky, Borne by the winds around, With watery treasures well supply The furrows of the ground.
5 The thirsty ridges drink their fill, And ranks of corn appear; Thy ways abound with blessings still, Thy goodness crowns the year.
The Christian's Progress.
1 JESUS, our God of truth and love, Who leads us by his hand, Provides us palaces above, In his most happy land.
2 There love divine, that holy flame, Will all our powers we raise, To celebrate Jehovah's name In higher songs of praise.
3 There science will to wisdom rise, That wisdom be refin'd;
All heaven conspire to make us wise, And elevate the mind.
4 There love and wisdom fill the soul From Jesus ever given;
Rivers of peace and pleasure roll, And all the man is heaven.
5 Ye happy souls, lift up the voice, In songs of glory sing; In your own Saviour God rejoice, For he alone is King.
The books of Nature and Scripture.
1 BEHOLD! the lofty sky
Declares its Maker, God,
And all his starry works on high Proclaim his power abroad.
2 The darkness and the light Still keep their course the same; While night to day, and day to night, Divinely teach his name.
3 In every different land Their general voice is known; They shew the wonders of his hand, And orders of his throne.
4 Ye christian lands, rejoice, Here he reveals his word; We are not left to nature's voice To bid us know the Lord.
The Lord's Day Morning.
1 BEHOLD, the morning sun
Begins his glorious way;
His beams through all the nations run And life and light convey.
2 But where the gospel comes, It spreads diviner light;
It calls dead sinners from their tombs, And gives the blind their sight.
3 How perfect is thy word! And all thy judgments just; For ever sure thy promise, Lord, And men securely trust.
4 My gracious God, how plain Are thy directions given! may I never read in vain, But find the path to heaven!
Salvation by Christ.
1 SALVATION is for ever nigh,
To souls that fear and trust the Lord; And grace descending from on high, Fresh hopes of glory shall afford.
2 Mercy and truth on earth are met,
Since Christ the Lord came down from heaven's By his obedience, so complete, Justice is pleas'd, and peace is given.
3 Now truth and honour shall abound, Religion dwell on earth again, And heavenly influence bless the ground, In our Redeemer's gentler reign.
4 His righteousness is gone before To give us free access to God: Our wandering feet shall stray no more, But mark his steps, and keep the road.
Delight in Ordinances,
1 MY soul, how lovely is the place To which thy God resorts! 'Tis heaven to see his smiling face, Though in his earthly courts.
2 There the great monarch of the skies. His saving power displays; And light breaks in upon our eyes With kind and quick'ning rays.
3 With his rich gifts the heavenly Dove Descends and fills the place,
While Christ reveals his wond'rous love, And sheds abroad his grace.
4 There, mighty God, thy words declare The secrets of thy will;
And still we seek thy mercies there, And sing thy praises still.
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