2 He hung its starry roof on highThe broad illimitable sky; He spread its pavement, green and bright, 3 The mountains in their places stood- 4 Lord! 't is not ours to make the sea On opening a Place for Social Worship. 1 OUR God, where'er thy people meet, There they behold thy mercy-seat; Where'er they seek thee, thou art found, And every place is hallowed ground. 2 For thou, within no walls confined, Such ever bring thee where they come, 3 Here may we prove the power of prayer, 5 Lord, we are few, but thou art near; 534. L. M. FROTHINGHAM. Ordination of a Minister. 1 O GOD, whose presence glows in all Within, around us, and above! Thy word we bless, thy name we call, Whose word is Truth, whose name is Love. 2 That truth be with the heart believed Of all who seek this sacred place; With power proclaimed, in peace received- And give thy word full course at length 5 Send down its angel to our side- 415 535. L. M. PIERPONT. Ordination Hymn. 1 0 THOU, who art above all height! 2 We kneel in praise, that here is set We kneel in prayer that thou wouldst wet Its opening leaves with heavenly dew. 3 Since thy young servant now hath given 4 Here may his doctrines drop like rain, 5 And when he sinks in death-by care, 536. C. M. DODDRIDGE. For a Meeting of Ministers. 1 LET Zion's watchmen all awake, And take the alarm they give; 2 'Tis not a cause of small import But what might fill an angel's heart, 3 All to the great tribunal haste, And shouldst thou strictly mark our faults, 4 May they, that Jesus whom they preach, Their own Redeemer see; And watch thou daily o'er their souls, For a Charitable Occasion. 10 How can they look up to heaven, Who never soothed the poor man's 2 The dread Omnipotence of heaven. Yet still the mercy of our God pang, 3 And Christ was still the bealing friend 4 May we with humble effort take And thence the active lesson learn 5 But chiefly be the labor ours 6 To graft the virtues, ere the bud 538 P. M. WESLEY'S COL. For a New Year. 1 COME, let us anew our journey pursue, Roll round with the year, And never stand still till the Master appear! 2 His adorable will let us gladly fulfil, And our talents improve, By the patience of hope, and the labor of love. 3 Our life is a dream, our time as a stream Glides swiftly away; And the fugitive moment refuses to stay. 4 The arrow is flown, the moment is gone; The millennial year Rushes on to our view, and eternity's here. 5 O that each in the day of his coming may say, "I have fought my way through; I have finished the work thou didst give me to do." 6 0 that each from his Lord may receive the glad word "Well and faithfully done! Enter into my joy, and sit down on my throne." |