124. 1 UR praises, Lord, to thee ascend, All creatures should thy praise resound, 20 let the mercies we partake, 3 Now pour thy choicest blessings down, May love constrain each tender heart, 4 Our praises, Lord, to thee ascend, All creatures should thy praise resound, K Hallelujah, &c. 125. The same. (P. M.) 1 L Choicest gifts on man bestows; O! our Jesus now ascended, Human grief is now befriended, Healer, He, of all our woes! 2 See the children round him thronging, May we share your happiness! 3 Though we cannot now assemble We with you will shout his praise. 4 Thankful friends, you us selected, In our great Redeemer's praise. 5 Then our happy souls shall greet you, Come, ye blessed of the Lord! 126. The same. (P. M.) 1T O God, our praises first belong, Whose mercy like a river flows; His merey claims our sweetest song, 2 We'll praise our God, that we are brought 40 may success their labours crown, ORDINATIONS, &c. 127. After a Charge at an Ordination. (C.M.) ET Zion's watchmen all awake, 1 LET And take th' alarm they give; Now let them from the mouth of God, Their solemn charge receive. 2 Tis not a cause of small import, 3 They watch for souls, for which the Lord 4 All to the great tribunal haste, 5 May they that Jesus, whom they preach, Their own Redeemer see; And watch thou daily o'er their souls, 128. Prayer for Ministers. (C. M.) 1 YHIEF Shepherd of thy chosen sheep, From death and sin set free; May ev'ry under shepherd keep, 2 With plenteous grace their hearts prepare, To execute thy will: Compassion, patience, love, and care, 3 Inflame their minds with holy zeal, And let them live, and let them feel, 1 129. For the Ordination of a Minister. (L. M.) 1 G REAT Lord of angels, we adore The grace that builds thy courts below; And through ten thousand sons of light, Stoops to regard what mortals do. 2 Amidst the wastes of time and death, 3 The heavenly natives with delight, 4 At length, dismiss'd from feeble clay, 50 glorious hope! O blest employ ! 6 Yet while these labours we pursue, Thus distant from thy heavenly throne, Give us a zeal and love like theirs, And half their heaven shall here be known. |