1. COME, blessed Spirit, source of light,
Whose power and grace are unconfined,
Dispel the gloomy shades of night,
The thicker darkness of the mind.
2. To mine illumined eyes display
The glorious truth Thy Word reveals;
Cause me to run the heavenly way,
The book unfold, and loose the seals.
3. Thine inward teachings make me know
The myst❜ries of redeeming love,
The emptiness of things below,
The excellence of things above.
4. While through this dubious maze I stray,
Spread, like the sun, Thy beams abroad,
To show the dangers of the way,
And guide my feeble steps to God.
1. AWAKE, my heart, with joy record
The triumphs of Thy glorious Lord :
My tongue, divinely guided, sing
Messiah's praise, -th' eternal King!
2. Ride on and conquer, mighty Lord!
Direct the arrows of Thy Word;
Thy foes subdue, Thy conquests spread;
Let mercy's triumph crown Thy head.
3. Thy throne, O God, shall ever last,
Ages to come, from ages past;
And all the willing nations bless
The sceptre of Thy righteousness.
4. Thou lovest truth, Thou Holy One!
Grace, mercy, peace, adorn Thy throne
And God, Thy God, hath largely shed
The oil of gladness o'er Thy head.
1. ALL people that on earth do dwell,
Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice;
Him serve with fear, His praise forth tell;
Come ye before Him and rejoice.
2. The Lord, ye know, is God indeed;
Without our aid He did us make;
We are His flock, He doth us feed,
And for His sheep He doth us take. 3. O enter then His gates with praise,
Approach with joy His courts unto;
Praise, laud, and bless His name always,
For it is seemly so to do.
4. For why? the Lord, our God, is good;
His mercy is for ever sure;
His truth at all times firmly stood,
And shall from age to age endure.
1. BEFORE Jehovah's awful throne,
Ye nations, bow with sacred joy;
Know that the Lord is God alone,
He can create, and He destroy.
2. His sov'reign pow'r, without our aid,
Made us of clay, and formed us men ;
And when like wand'ring sheep we stray'd,
He brought us to His fold again.
3. We'll crowd Thy gates with thankful songs,
High as the heavens our voices raise;
And earth, with her ten thousand tongues,
Shall fill Thy courts with sounding praise.
4. Wide as the world is Thy command;
Vast as eternity Thy love;
Firm as a rock Thy truth shall stand,
When rolling years shall cease to move.
1. GOD of my life, to Thee I call,
Afflicted at Thy feet I fall :
When the great waterfloods prevail
Leave not my trembling heart to fail!
2. Friend of the friendless and the faint,
Where should I lodge my deep complaint?
Where but with Thee, whose open door
Invites the helpless and the poor?
3. Did ever mourner plead with Thee,
And Thou refuse that mourner's plea ?
Does not the word still fix'd remain,
That none shall seek Thy face in vain?
4. That were a grief I could not bear,
Didst Thou not hear and answer prayer;
But a prayer-hearing, answering God,
Supports me under every load.
5. Fair is the lot that's cast for me;
I have an Advocate with Thee:
They whom the world caresses most
Have no such privilege to boast.
6. Poor though I am, despised, forgot,
Yet God, my God, forgets me not;
And he is safe, and must succeed,
For whom the Lord vouchsafes to plead.
1. O ISRAEL'S Shepherd, Joseph's Guide,
Our pray'rs to Thee vouchsafe to hear;
Thou that didst on the cherubs ride,
Again in solemn state appear.
2. To Thee, O God of Hosts, we pray;
Thy wonted goodness, Lord, renew;
From heav'n, Thy throne, Thy church survey,
And her sad state with pity view.
3. Behold the vineyard made by Thee,
Which Thy right hand did guard so long;
And keep that branch from danger free,
Which for Thyself Thou mad'st so strong.
4. Turn us again, O Lord; do Thou
The brightness of Thy face display;
And all the ills we suffer now,
Like scatter'd clouds shall pass away.
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