TWENTIETH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY.
1 THE LORD of SABBATH let us praise,
In concert with the blest;
Who, joyful, in harmonious lays
Employ an endless rest.
2 On this glad day a brighter scene
Of glory was display'd,
By GoD, the eternal WORD, than when
The universe was made.
3 Alone the dreadful race He ran;
The path of suff'ring trod:
He died and suffer'd as a man,
He rises as the GOD.
4 He rises, who our pardon bought
With grief and pain extreme;
'Twas great to speak the world from nought, 'Twas greater to redeem.
5 In psalms and hymns His love proclaim,
With melody of voice;
Present your off'rings in His name,
And in His truth rejoice.
6 A blest eternity we hope
With Him in heav'n to spend:
Where congregations ne'er break up,
And Sabbaths never end.
Psalm cv. cxvi. exlviii.
TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
That the LORD would guide my ways
To keep His statutes still!
O that my GOD would grant me grace
To know and do His will.
2 O send Thy SPIRIT down to write
Thy Law upon my
Nor let my tongue indulge deceit
Nor act a faithless part.
3 From vanity turn off my eyes,
Let no corrupt design,
Nor covetous desire arise
Within this soul of mine.
4 Order my footsteps by Thy word,
And make my heart sincere ;
Let sin have no dominion, LORD,
But keep my conscience clear.
5 My soul hath gone too far astray,
My feet too often slip:
Yet let me not forget Thy way,
Restore Thy wand'ring sheep.
6 Make me to walk in Thy commands,
Tis a delightful road;
Nor let my head, or heart, or hands,
Offend against my God.
Psalm xxxix. c. 2nd. Metre cvi.
1 THY presence gracious GoD, afford,
Prepare us to receive Thy word;
Now let Thy voice engage our ear,
And faith be mixt with what we hear :
Thus, LORD, Thy waiting servants bless,
And crown Thy Gospel with success.
2 Distracting thoughts and cares remove,
And fix our hearts and hopes above;
With food divine may we be fed,
And satisfied with living bread:
Thus, LORD, Thy waiting servants bless,
And crown Thy Gospel with success.
3 To us Thy sacred word apply
With sov'reign pow'r and energy:
And may we, in Thy faith and fear
Reduce to practice what we hear:
Thus, LORD, Thy waiting servants bless,
And crown Thy Gospel with success.
4 FATHER in us Thy Son reveal;
Teach us to know and do Thy will:
Thy saving pow'r and love display,
And guide us to the realms of day:
Thus, LORD, Thy waiting servants bless,
And crown Thy Gospel with success.
Psalm cxv. cvii, cxlvi.
TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
PSALM CXXIV.
Phil. iii. 20, 21.
1 ETERNAL LORD of truth and love,
Thine holy influence succour brings;
O raise and fix our hearts above
The reach of these inferior things.
20 for a sight, a pleasing sight
Of our Almighty FATHER'S throne!
There sits our SAVIOUR Crown'd with light,
Cloath'd in a body like our own.
3 Adoring saints arround Him stand,
And thrones and pow'rs before Him fall,
The GOD shines gracious thro' the man,
And sheds sweet glories on them all.
4 Set our affections, LORD, above,
Our conversation be in heav'n;
There bliss resides, and perfect love,
There shall eternal life be giv'n;
5 There shall these mould'ring forms revive,
And like His glorious body rise;
And, fashion'd like to Him, shall live
For ever perfect in the skies.
6 When shall the day, O LORD, appear,
That saints shall mount to dwell above,
And in Thy presence worship there,
And view Thy face, and sing Thy love.
Psalm xci, cvii, cxlviii.
TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER
1 HAIL, divine, Eternal SPIRIT!
Bless the sower and the seed:
Let each heart Thy grace inherit,
Raise the weak, the hungry feed;
From the gospel,
Now supply Thy people's need.
20 may all enjoy the blessing!
Which Thy word's design'd to give :
O may all Thy love possessing,
Joyfully the truth receive;
And for ever,
To Thy praise and glory live.
3 Thanks we give and adoration,
For Thy gospel's joyful sound;
May the fruits of Thy salvation
In our hearts and lives abound!
May Thy presence
With us evermore be found!
4 So, whene'er the signal's given,
Us from earth to call away;
Borne on angel's wings to heaven,
Glad the summons to obey,
Reign with CHRIST, in endless day,
Psalm cviii, cxi. cxlix.
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