267.

HUMMEL, p. 8.

The City of God.

CITY of God, how broad and far
Outspread thy walls sublime!
The true thy chartered freemen are,
Of every age and clime.

One holy Church, one army strong,
One steadfast high intent,
One working band, one harvest-song,
One King Omnipotent!

How purely hath thy speech come down
From man's primeval youth!
How grandly hath thine empire grown
Of Freedom, Love, and Truth!

How gleam thy watchfires through the night,
With never-fainting ray!

How rise thy towers, serene and bright,
To meet the dawning day!

In vain the surge's angry shock,
In vain the drifting_sands;

Unharmed, upon the Eternal Rock,
The Eternal City stands.

268.

HUMMEL. p. 8.

The Church Universal.

ONE holy Church of God appears
Through every age and race,
Unwasted by the lapse of years,
Unchanged by changing place.

From oldest time, on farthest shores,
Beneath the pine or palm,
One Unseen Presence she adores,
With silence or with psalm.

Her priests are all God's faithful sons,
To serve the world raised up;
The pure in heart her baptized ones,
Love, her communion-cup.

The truth is her prophetic gift,
The soul her sacred page;

And feet on mercy's errands swift
Do make her pilgrimage.

O living Church! thine errand speed;
Fulfil thy task sublime;

With bread of life earth's hunger feed;
Redeem the evil time!

269.

PARKER, p. 18.

The Unity of the Spirit.

ETERNAL Ruler of the ceaseless round
Of circling planets singing on their way,
Guide of the nations from the night profound
Into the glory of the perfect day,
Rule in our hearts that we may ever be
Guided and strengthened and upheld by thee!
We would be one in hatred of all wrong,
One in our love of all things sweet and fair,
One with the joy that breaketh into song,
One with the grief that trembles into prayer,
One in the power that makes thy children
free

To follow truth, and thus to follow thee!

270.

MORNINGTON, p. 54.

The Truth endureth and is strong.

GREAT is the earth, O God! But mightier still is Truth; As thou endurest, so it stands Strong in eternal youth.

High is the pure, blue heaven;
Truth is more pure and high;
All angels bless its righteousness,
All men repeat the cry.

Unerring moves the sun,
But Truth is surer yet;

The nations, quickened in its course,
Shall die ere Truth be set.

Transient are human works, Imperfect, human thought; We perish in unrighteousness, If Truth inspire us not.

271.

OLD HUNDREDTH, p. 17.
Church Anniversary.

ETERNAL One, the living God,
Whom changing years unchanged reveal,
With thee their way our fathers trod;
The hand they held, in ours we feel!

The same our trust, the same our need,
In sorrow's stress, in duty's hour;
We keep their faith, if not their creed,
That faith the fount of all our power!

HYMN

206 For all thy saints, O God

31 Forget not the dead.

Abide with me, fast falls the eventide.
Again as evening's shadow falls
Ah, why should bitter tears be shed
A kind loving Father we have
Alas for him who lives in vain
Alas the outer emptiness

All around us fair with flowers
All people that on earth do dwell
Almighty God, in humble prayer
Another fleeting day is gone

As pants the hart for cooling streams
As the sun's enlivening eye
A voice by Jordan's shore.

A voice upon the midnight air
Awake, my soul, lift up thine eyes
Awake, my soul, stretch every nerve
Awake, our souls, away, our fears
A wondrous star, our pioneer

Bear on, my soul, the bitter cross
Beneath the shadow of the cross
Be thou, O God, by night, by day
Blest are the pure in heart
Burst thy shackles, drop thy clay
By cool Siloam's shady rill

Child, amidst the flowers at play
City of God, how broad and far

Come, brothers, let us go
Come, deck our feast to-day

239 For mercies past we praise thee, Lord
173 From all that dwell below the skies.
126 From heart to heart, from creed to creed
103 From heaven above to earth I come
140

36 Gently the shades of night descend
128 Give forth thine earnest cry
166

Glory to thee, my God, this night
100 God bless our native land

181 God comes with succor ready.
244 God giveth quietness at last

247

God is in his holy temple

231 God is love, his mercy brightens

110

God is my strong salvation

230

God of the earnest heart

Lord, thou wouldst have us like to thee
Lord, we thank thee for the pleasure
Lord, what offering shall we bring
Lo, the earth again is risen
Love divine, all love excelling
Love for all, and can it be.

Mid the fears which sometimes start
Mourn for the thousands slain
My conscience be my crown
My God, in life's most doubtful hour
My God, I thank thee, may no thought
My God, my Father, blissful name.
My God, my strength, my hope.
My heart is resting, O my God
My Shepherd is the living Lord
Must I be carried to the skies

HYMN

116 O God, whose presence glows in all
229 Oh, a hidden life, we cry

O height that doth all height excel

184 Oh, ever on our earthly path.

Oh, he whom Jesus loved has truly spoken
88 Oh, how far are we below him
66 Oh, know ye not that ye

141

Oh, sometimes gleams upon our sight
193 Oh, still in accents sweet and strong
194 Oh, who before the righteous God

28 Oh, worship the Lord all glorious above
272 O Life, that maketh all things new.
170 O living Will, that shalt endure
153 O my Father, nevermore
232 One holy church of God appears
167 One Lord there is all lords above
236 On mightier wing, in loftier flight
145 Oh, not alone in sorrow's plight.
261 Onward, onward, though the region
258 O Source divine, and Life of all.
202 O thou almighty Will
86 O thou, in all thy might so far
O thou Lord of heaven above
72 O Thou lover of my soul
262 O thou that hearest prayer
117 O thou, who hast thy children taught
113 O Toiler of the lily

238 O Truth of God, in glory crowned

57 Our Father, we thank thee for sleep
115 Our God, our God, thou shinest here
112 Out of every clime and nation
63 Out of the dark the circling sphere

157 Peace, peace on earth, the heart of man for ever 264
107 Pledge of our glorious home afar
234 Pluck the rose while blooming
162 Praise the Lord, ye heavens adore him
185 Praise to God, immortal praise
191 Prayer is the soul's sincere desire
209

240 Quiet, Lord, my froward heart

192

6 Rejoice, believer, in the Lord
23 Return, my soul, unto thy rest.
37 Rise, my soul, and stretch thy wings

213 See the Lord, thy Keeper, stand
265 See the morning sunbeams
237 Sing to the Lord, and loud proclaim
33 Softly now the light of day

248

171

70

260

96

84

109

222

195

196

172

22

161

92 Soldiers of God, arise

137

10 So let our lips and lives express

124

43 Spirit of peace and health and power
123 Sunlight of the heavenly day
106 Supreme and universal Light.

21

183

132

O everlasting Light

O Father eye, that hath so truly watched

O Father, when the softened heart

O God, how happy should we be

O God, I thank thee for each sight.

O God, in thine autumnal skies.

O God, in whom we live and move

O God, our help in ages past.

O God, that madest earth and sky

The sweet June days are come again
The wild flower drinks the morning dew.
The world may change from old to new
Thirsting for a living spring.

HYMN

79 Thou workest still, eternal God.
19 Thrice blest is he to whom is given
74 Thy blessing, Holy One
54 Thy goodness, Lord, our souls confess
208 Thy seamless robe conceals thee not
245 'Tis winter now,
the fallen snow
251 To-day, beneath thy chastening eye
91 To-day, we would renew the quest
209 To light that shines in stars and souls.
101 To thine eternal arms, O God

228

25 Unite, my roving thoughts, unite
275 Up to the throne of God is borne
227

197 We are living, we are dwelling
27 We know no life, divided.
61 We stand unto our God how near
121 We the seekers, the beginners
224 We walk amid thy beauty forth.
225 What is this that stirs within

Tho' hearts brood o'er the past, our eyes
Tho' I speak with angel tongues
Thou art, O God, the life and light
Thou divine and peaceful Guest.
Thou Grace divine, encircling all
Thou great and sacred Lord of all
Thou hidden love of God, whose height
Thou hidden Source of calm repose
Thou Lord of hosts, whose guiding hand
Thou Lord, who rear'st the mountain's height
Thou Lord, whose never-changing might
Thou Power and Peace, in whom we find
Thou who, immutable and one
Thou whose glad summer yields.

249 When across the inward thought
68 While thee I seek, protecting Power
47 While the stars unnumbered roll
34 Within thy circling arms I lie