CONFIRMATION. 289 Deut. xxvi. 16, 17. 1 Chron. xvi. 14, 15, Happy day, that fix'd my choice On Thee, my SAVIOUR, and my God! 2 O happy bond, that seals my vows 'Tis done; the great transaction's done! Deign gracious LORD, to make me T'hine! Help me, thro' grace, to follow on, Glad to confess Thy voice divine. 4 Here rest my oft divided heart, Fix'd on Thy GoD, Thy SAVIOUR rest! Who with the world would grieve to part, When call'd on angels' food to feast? 5 High heav'n, that heard the solemn vow, That vow renew'd shall daily hear; "Till in life's latest hour I bow, And bless in death a bond so dear. 6 LORD, in Thy holy Church encrease 1 TATHER of All, Thy care we bless, Which crowns' our families with peace; From Thee they spring, and by Thy hand, They have been, and are still sustain'd. 2 To God, most worthy to be prais'd, Be our domestic altars rais'd; Who, LORD of heav'n, scorns not to dwell With saints in their obscurest cell. 3 To Thee may each united house, Morning and night, present its vows; Our families and rising race Be taught Thy precepts, and Thy grace. 4 O may each future age proclaim FUNERAL HYMNS. 1 291 L. M. LEST are the dead, in CHRIST who sleep, O faithful SAVIOUR, Thou wilt come, 2 They rest from toil, the SPIRIT saith; 3 LORD, when our spirits we resign, 4 This life's a dream, an empty show; may 5 O glorious hour! O blest abode ! Saints shall be near and like their God, 6 Their flesh shall slumber in the ground, 1 Thess. iv. 14. S. M. 1 HE spirits of the just, 'THE Confin'd in bodies groan: "Till death consigns the corpse to dust, And then the conflict's done. 2 JESUS, who died to save, The LAMB for sinners slain, Perfum'd the chambers of the grave And made ev'n death our gain. 2 Why fear we then to trust 4" Forbear my friends, to weep, 5 This message then receive, Be active here for GoD; believe; Or Sisters. 1 OF Psalm xxxix. 4. FT as the bell, with solemn toll, Speaks the departure of a soul, Let each one ask himself, "Am I Prepar'd, should I be call'd to die?" 2 LORD JESUS! help me now to flee, 3 Then when the solemn bell I hear, 4 Rather, my spirit would rejoice, L.M. And long, and wish, to hear Thy voice; 5 Prepare me, LORD, for thine abode ; Vide Psalm xc. |