While I am banish'd from thy house
While in the world we still remain
While on the verge of life I stand
While with ceaseless course the sun
Who are those array'd in white
Why do we mourn departing friends
Why droops my soul with guilt opprest
Why flow these torrents of distress?
Why should believers when they meet
Why should I fear the darkest hour
Why should our mourning thoughts
delight

Why should the children of a king
Why those fears? behold 'tis Jesus

With all my powers of heart and tongue
With joy we meditate the grace

With melting heart and weeping eyes
With tears of anguish I lament
Wounded head! back ploughed with
furrows

Y

Ye angels that stand round the throne

Ye careless dying sinners come

Ye dying sons of men

HYMN.

573

482

574

488

536

576 363. 2 575

481

34

577

211

322

372

578

242

Ye that thirst for solid pleasure

402

Ye virgin souls arise

579

Ye wretched, hungry, starving poor
Ye who love the cause of Zion

Ye prisoners of hope

Ye servants of God, your master pro

claim

Ye that in his courts are found

PSALMS

AND

HYMNS.

1. God the Creator of the World. L.M.

PSALM C.

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 power, without our aid, Made us of clay, and form'd 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 heav'ns 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!

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2. God the Father of his People, C.M.

Thou, O Lord, art our Father, our Redeemer: thy name is from everlasting.-ISAIAH lxiii. 16.

THE GOD, who reigns above, we call
Our Father and our Friend:
And, blessed thought! his children all
Shall see him in the end.

2 Tho' now dispers'd, the day will come, When he who made them his,

Will take them hence, and bear them home,

To "see him as he is."

3 Tho' now unknown, they soon shall be The sons of GOD confess'd:

Those, who despise them now, shall see
That they alone are blest.

4 But let his children, while on earth,
With foes and strangers mix'd,
Be mindful of their heav'nly birth;
Their thoughts on glory fix'd.

5 That they should glorify him here,
Their Father's purpose is;

And when at last he shall appear,
He will confess them his.

3. God the Father of his People. C.M.

But now, O Lord, Thou art our Father.-ISA. lxiv. 8.

OUR Father sits on yonder throne,
Amidst the hosts above:

He reigns throughout the world alone,
He reigns, the God of love.

2 He knew us, when we knew him not;
Was with us, though unseen:
His favour came to us unsought;
His love has wond'rous been.

3 He keeps us now, securely keeps,
Whatever foe assails,

With vigilance that never sleeps;
With pow'r that never fails.

4 He gives us hope that we shall be,
Ere long with him above;
The fulness of his glory see,

And celebrate his love.

5 Then let us, while we dwell below,
Obey our Father's voice;
To all his dispensations bow,
And in his name rejoice.

6 How sweet to hear him say at last!
"Ye blessed children come:

"The days of banishment are past!
"Your Father calls you home."