26 1. Jesus, SHIRLAND. S. M. (147) STANLEY. we look to thee, Thy promised pres ence claim; Thou 35 Claiming the promise. JESUS, we look to thee, Thy promised presence claim; Thou in the midst of us shalt be, Assembled in thy name: 2 Thy name salvation is, Which here we come to prove: Thy name is life, and health, and peace, And everlasting love. 3 Not in the name of pride Or selfishness we meet; From nature's paths we turn aside, 5 Present we know thou art, Now, Lord, let every bounding heart O may thy quick'ning voice 260 Infant baptism: A blessing on the 131-b. ordinance. REAT God, now condescend Gro bless our rising race; Soon may their willing spirits bend, Thy wonders how diffused abroad, Throughout cre - ation's frame! 9 67 His name is glorious. ALMIGHTY Maker, God, How glorious is thy Name; Thy wonders how disffused abroad, 2 In native white and red The rose and lily stand, And, free from pride, their beauties spread, To show thy skilful hand. 3 The lark mounts up the sky, With unambitious song; And bears her Maker's praise on high, 4 Fain would I rise and sing Fain would my heart adore my King, 5 Let joy and worship spend 4 Thou, who dost fill the heart With love to all our race,Blest Comforter! to us impart Thine all-sufficient grace. 555 OUR UR heavenly Father, hear 2 Thy kingdom come; thy will 3 Our daily bread supply 4 From dark temptation's power, 5 Thine shall forever be 6 Thus humbly taught to pray Through him we come to thee, and say,-All for his sake be done. 647 I Evening.-Solitude. LOVE to steal awhile away And spend the hours of setting day 2 I love in solitude to shed The penitential tear, Where none but God can hear. 4 I love by faith to take a view 5 Thus, when life's toilsome day is o'er, May its departing ray Be calm as this impressive hour, 622 Family Devotion: Peace, love, and 81-b. unity. LORD, another day has flown, Are met once more before thy throne, 2 Thy heavenly grace to each impart; 3 Our souls, obedient to thy sway, Let peace and love conclude the day, And hail the morning light. Is there a thing too hard for thee, 2 Who, who shall in thy presence stand, 3 Sworn to destroy, let earth assail; 4 Lo! to the hills I lift mine eye; Thy favourite Jesus' name. 5 Salvation in that name is found, A medicine for every wound,— The heavenly Canaan. 2 There everlasting spring abides, 3 Sweet fields beyond the swelling flood So to the Jews old Canaan stood, While Jordan roll'd between. 4 Could we but climb where Moses stood, And view the landscape o'er, Not Jordan's stream, nor death's cold flood, Should fright us from the shore. Till heavenly rapture tune my voice To spread thy praise abroad. 294 Sufficiency and freeness of the Gospel. 0 WHAT amazing words of grace 2 Poor, sinful, thirsty, fainting souls, 3 Come, then, with all your wants and wounds Your every burden bring: Here love, unchanging love, abounds,— 4 Whoever will-O gracious word!- 5 Millions of sinners, vile as you, The only wise God. HOU, the eternal Lord, TH Art high above our thought; And worthy to be fear'd, adored, By all thy hands have wrought: None can with thee compare, Thy glory fills the sky; And all created beings are As nothing in thine eye. 2 Of thine unbounded power, To thee the praise we give; Omnipotently great, and more Than heart can e'er conceive: Whene'er thou wilt proceed, Thy work can none withstand, Or frustrate thy determined deed, Or stay the' Almighty's hand. 3 Thou, Lord, art wise alone; Thy counsel doth excel; Most wonderful thy works we own, Thy ways unsearchable : Who knows the mystery, The judgments can explain,Of Him whose eyes in darkness see, And search the heart of man? 815 The signature of God's love. 127-a. LORD, in thy hand I lie, And wait thy will to prove; Then kindle in my soul a fire 2 O plant in me thy mind; O fix in me thy home; So shall I cry to all mankind,Come to the waters, come. Jesus is full of grace; To all his bowels move; Behold in me, ye fallen race, That God is only love. 989 The Redeemer's triumphant reign. 131-b. THOU whom we adore, Assume thine own almighty power, 2 Where all thy laws are spurn'd, And where the ruin'd world has mourn'd, The heathen claim for thine; And there the endless reign begin 3 A gracious Saviour, thou Wilt all thy creatures bless; And every knee to thee shall bow, Now be thy grace reveal'd; And with the knowledge of the Lord, |