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.
2 He shall come down like showers Upon the fruitful earth; And love, joy, hope, like flowers, Spring in His path to birth: Before Him on the mountains Shall peace the herald go; And righteousness in fountains From hill to valley flow.
3 Kings shall fall down before Him, And gold and incense bring; All nations shall adore Him, His praise all people sing; For He shall have dominion O'er river, sea, and shore, Far as the eagle's pinion, Or dove's light wing can soar.
4 For Him shall prayer unceasing, And daily vows ascend;
His kingdom still increasing, A kingdom without end.
The mountain-dews shall nourish A seed in weakness shown,
Whose fruit shall spread and flourish, And shake like Lebanon.
5 O'er every foe victorious, He on His throne shall rest, From age to age more glorious, All-blessing and all-blest : The tide of time shall never His covenant remove;
His name shall stand for ever; That name to us is-Love.
Earth Renewed.
GOD of mercy, God of grace,
Show the brightness of Thy face; Shine upon us, Saviour, shine, Fill Thy church with light divine; And Thy saving health extend Unto earth's remotest end.
2 Let the people praise Thee, Lord, Earth shall then her fruits afford; God to man His blessing give, Man to God devoted live; All below and all above, One in joy and light and love.
66 Strangers and Pilgrims." WE'VE no abiding city here,"
Sad truth, were this to be our home; But let the thought our spirits cheer, "We seek a city yet to come."
2 "We've no abiding city here," Then let us live as pilgrims do ; Let not the world our rest appear, But let us haste from all below. 3 "We've no abiding city here," We seek a city out of sight, Zion its name, the Lord is there, It shines with everlasting light. 4 O! sweet abode of peace and love, Where pilgrims freed from toil are blest! Had I the pinions of the dove,
I'd fly to thee, and be at rest.
5 But hush, my soul, nor dare repine! The time my God appoints is best: While here, to do His will be mine; And His to fix my time of rest.
269. The Issues of Life and Death. O WHERE shall rest be found, Rest for the weary soul?
'Twere vain the ocean depths to sound, Or pierce to either pole:
2 The world can never give
The bliss for which we sigh;
'Tis not the whole of life, to live,- Nor all of death, to die. 3 Beyond this vale of tears There is a life above,
Unmeasured by the flight of years; And all that life is love.
4 There is a death, whose pangs Outlast the fleeting breath; O what a weight of horror hangs Around the "second death!' 5 Lord God of truth and grace! Teach us that death to shun, Lest we be banished from Thy face, And evermore undone.
6 Here would we end our quest: Alone are found in Thee
The life of perfect love,-the rest Of immortality.
The Christian's Evening.
BEHOLD the western evening light, It melts in deeper gloom!
So calm the righteous sink away, Descending to the tomb.
2 The winds breathe low, the yellow leaf Scarce whispers from the tree!
So gently flows the parting breath, When good men cease to be.
3 How beautiful on all the hills The crimson light is shed! 'Tis like the peace the dying gives To mourners round his bed.
4 How mildly on the wandering cloud The sunset beam is cast!
So sweet the memory left behind, When loved ones breathe their last. 5 And lo! above the dews of night The vesper star appears!
So faith lights up the mourner's heart, Whose eyes are dim with tears.
6 Night falls, but soon the morning light Its glories shall restore;
And thus the eyes that sleep in death Shall wake, to close no more.
271. The Departure of Friends.
FRIEND after friend departs;
Who hath not lost a friend? There is no union here of hearts, That finds not here an end:
Were this frail world our only rest, Living or dying, none were blest. 2 Beyond the flight of time, Beyond this vale of death, There surely is some blessed clime Where life is not a breath, Nor life's affections transient fire, Whose sparks fly upwards to expire.
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