In weal or woe, in joy or care,
Thy portion shall be ours.
Christians their mutual burdens bear;
They lend their mutual powers.
Come with us; we will do thee good,
As GOD to us hath done.
Stand but in Him, as those have stood,
Whose faith the victory won.
And when, by turns, we pass away,
As star by star grows dim,
May each, translated into day,
Be lost and found in Him.
MEETING OF CHRIST'S MINISTERS.
POUR out Thy Spirit from on high;
LORD, Thine assembled servants bless;
Graces and gifts to each supply,
And clothe Thy priests with righteousness.
Within Thy temple, where we stand
To teach the truth, as taught by Thee,
Saviour, like stars in Thy right hand
The angels of the Churches be.
Wisdom and zeal and faith impart,
Firmness with meekness from above,
To bear Thy people on our heart,
And love the souls whom Thou dost love;
To watch and pray, and never faint:
By day and night strict guard to keep;
To warn the sinner, cheer the saint,
Nourish Thy lambs, and feed Thy sheep.
Then, when our work is finished here,
In humble hope our charge resign.
When the Chief Shepherd shall appear,
O GOD, may they and we be Thine.
Thus to the LORD I raised my cry:
He heard me from His holy III;
At His command the waves rolled by;
He beckoned, and the winds were still.
I laid me down and slept;-I woke;
Thou, LORD! my spirit didst sustain;
Bright from the east the morning broke,
Thy comforts rose on me again.
I will not fear, though arméd throngs
Compass my steps in all their wrath;
Salvation to the LORD belongs;
His presence guards His people's path.
O LORD our King, how excellent
Thy name on earth is known!
Thy glory in the firmament,
How wonderfully shown!
Yet are the humble dear to Thee;
Thy praises are confessed
By infants lisping on the knee,
And sucklings at the breast.
When I behold the heavens on high,
The work of Thy right hand,
The moon and stars amid the sky,
Thy lights in every land;
LORD, what is man, that Thou shouldst deign
On him to set Thy love,
Give him on earth awhile to reign,
Then fill a throne above?
O LORD, how excellent Thy name!
How manifold Thy ways!
Let time Thy saving truth proclaim,
Eternity, Thy praise.
GOD is my strong salvation,
What foe have I to fear?
In darkness and temptation,
My light, my help is near.
Though hosts encamp around me,
Firm to the fight I stand:
What terror can confound me,
With GOD at my right hand?
Place on the LORD reliance;
My soul, with courage wait;
His truth be thine affiance,
When faint and desolate.
His might thy heart shall strengthen,
His love thy joy increase;
Mercy thy days shall lengthen ;
The LORD will give thee peace.
JUDGE me, LORD, in righteousness,
Plead for me in my distress:
Good and merciful Thou art;
Bind this bleeding, broken heart;
Cast me not despairing hence,
Be Thy love my confidence.
Send Thy light and truth to guide
Me, too prone to turn aside,
On Thy holy hill to rest,
In Thy tabernacle blest;
There, to GOD, my chiefest joy,
Praise shall all my powers employ.
Why, my soul, art thou dismayed?
Why of earth or hell afraid?
Trust in GOD;-disdain to yield,
While o'er thee He casts His shield,
And His countenance divine
Sheds the light of heaven on thine.
O GOD, Thou art my GOD alone:
Early to Thee my soul shall cry;
A pilgrim in a land unknown,
A thirsty land whose springs are dry.
Oh that it were as it hath been,
When, praying in the holy place,
Thy power and glory I have seen,
And marked the footsteps of Thy grace!
Yet through this rough and thorny maze
I follow hard on Thee, my GOD:
Thy hand, unseen, upholds my ways;
I safely tread where Thou hast trod.
Thee, in the watches of the night,
When I remember on my bed,
Thy presence makes the darkness light ;
Thy guardian wings are round my head.
Better than life itself, Thy love,
Dearer than all beside to me;
For whom have I in heaven above,
Or what on earth, compared with Thee?
Praise with my heart, my mind, my voice,
For all thy mercy I will give;
My soul shall still in GOD rejoice;
My tongue shall bless Thee while I live.
PSALM LXXII.
HAIL to the LORD'S Anointed!
Great David's greater Son!
Hail, in the time appointed,
His reign on earth begun!
He comes to break oppression,
To set the captive free;
To take away transgression,
And rule in equity.
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