PAUSE. 4 Arise, O King of grace, arise, And enter to thy rest! Lo! thy church waits, with longing eyes, Thus to be own'd and blest. 6 Here, mighty God, accept our vows, 8 Here let him hold a lasting throne; 518. The Blessedness of Gospel Times. 1 HOW OW beauteous are their feet, 2 How charming is their voice! 3 How happy are our ears, 4 5 How blessed are our eyes Prophets and kings desir'd it long, The watchmen join their voice, 6 The Lord makes bare his arm 519. The Church the Garden of Christ. 1 Cant. iv. 12. (L. M.) WE are a garden wall'd around, A little spot inclos'd by grace, Out of the world's wide wilderness. 2 Like trees of myrrh and spice we stand, 4 Make our best spices flow abroad, 5 Let my beloved come, and taste Sweeter than honey, milk, or wine. 7" Eat of the tree of life, my friends, "The blessings that my Father sends; "Your taste shall all my dainties prove, "And drink abundance of my love. 8 Jesus, we will frequent thy board, And sing the bounties of our Lord : But the rich food on which we live, Demands more praise than tongues can give. 20. The Communion of the Saints. (L. M.) I COMP COMPANIONS of thy little flock, Oh! might we lean upon that breast, And now become those lambs carest, 3 How sweet that voice, how sweet that hand, 4 As one in heart we all rejoice, The Shepherd dy'd; Oh! 'tis his voice, 521. The same. (P. M.) EADER of faithful souls, and Guide Of all that travel to the sky, Come thou, and with us now abide, Who would alone on thee rely; On thee alone our spirits stay, While held in life's uneven way. 2 Strangers and pilgrims here below, This earth we know is not our place; And hasten through the vale of woe, And restless to behold thy face; Swift to our heavenly country move, Our everlasting home above. 3 Patient th' appointed race to run, This weary world we cast behind; From strength to strength we travel on, The new Jerusalem to find: Our labour this, our only aim, To find the new Jerusalem. 4 Rais'd by the breath of love divine, We urge our way with strength renew'd THE BLESSINGS AND INVITATIONS 22. 1B OF THE GOSPEL. A Blessed Gospel. (C. M.) LEST are the souls that hear and know Peace shall attend the path they go, 2 Their joy shall bear their spirits up, 3 The Lord, our glory and defence, 23. The Invitation of the Gospel. Isaiah lv. 1. (C. M.) 1 LET ev'ry mortal ear attend, The trumpet of the gospel sounds, 2 Ho! all ye hungry starving souls, 3 Eternal Wisdom has prepar'd And bids your longing appetite |