1. GLORIOUS things of thee are spoken, Zion, city of our God;

He whose word can ne'er be broken
Chose thee for his own abode.

2. Lord, thy church is still thy dwelling, Still is precious in thy sight, Judah's temple far excelling,

Beaming with the gospel's light. 3. On the Rock of Ages founded,

What can shake her sure repose?
With salvation's wall surrounded,
She can smile at all her foes.
4. See, the streams of living waters,
Springing from eternal love,
Well supply her sons and daughters,
And all fear of want remove.
5. Round her habitation hovering

See the cloud and fire appear,
For a glory and a covering,
Showing that the Lord is near.
6. Glorious things of thee are spoken,
Zion, city of our God;

He whose word can ne'er be broken
Chose thee for his own abode.

109.

1. PRAISE to thee, thou great Creator;
Praise be thine from every tongue;
Join, my soul, with every creature,
Join the universal song.

2. Father, source of all compassion,
Free, unbounded grace is thine:
Hail the God of our salvation;
Praise him for his love divine.

8. For ten thousand blessings given,
For the hope of future joy,

Sound his praise through earth and heaven,
Sound Jehovah's praise on high.

4. Joyfully on earth adore him,

Till in heaven our song we raise;
There, enraptured, fall before him,
Lost in wonder, love, and praise.

1. JESUS, I my cross have taken,
All to leave, and follow thee;
Naked, poor, despised, forsaken,
Thou, from hence, my all shalt be:
And whilst thou shalt smile upon me,
God of wisdom, love, and might,
Foes may hate and friends disown me;
Show thy face, and all is bright.

2. Man may trouble and distress me;
"Twill but drive me to thy breast:
Life with trials hard may press me;
Heaven will bring me sweeter rest:
O, 'tis not in grief to harm me,

While thy love is left to me;
O, 'twere not in joy to charm me,
Were that joy unmixed with thee.

653.

1. LOVE divine, all love excelling,
Joy of heaven, to earth come down;
Fix in us thy humble dwelling;

All thy faithful mercies crown:
Jesus, thou art all compassion;
Pure, unbounded love thou art;
Visit us with thy salvation;

Enter every trembling heart.
2. Breathe, O, breathe thy Holy Spirit
Into every troubled breast;
Let us all thy grace inherit;

Let us find thy promised rest:
Take away the love of sinning;
Take our load of guilt away;
End the work of thy beginning;
Bring us to eternal day.

3. Carry on thy new creation;

Pure and holy may we be;
Let us see our whole salvation
Perfectly secured by thee;
Change from glory into glory,

Till in heaven we take our place,
Till we cast our crowns before thee,
Lost in wonder, love, and praise.

1086.

1. TO Jesus, the crown of my hope, My soul is in haste to be gone; O, bear me, ye cherubim, up,

And waft me away to his throne. 2. My Saviour, whom, absent, I love; Whom, not having seen, I adore; Whose name is exalted above

All glory, dominion, and power,—

3. Dissolve thou these bonds that detain
My soul from her portion in thee;
O, strike off this adamant chain,
And make me eternally free.

4. When that happy era begins,

When arrayed in thy glories I shine,
Nor grieve any more, by my sins,

The bosom on which I recline,— 5. O, then shall the vail be removed,

And round me thy brightness be poured; I shall see him whom, absent, I loved, Whom, not having seen, I adored.

178.

1. THIS God is the God we adore, Our faithful, unchangeable Friend, Whose love is as large as his power, And neither knows measure nor end. 2. 'Tis Jesus, the first and the last,

Whose Spirit shall guide us safe home; We'll praise him for all that is past,

And trust him for all that's to come.

598.

1. HOW sweet on thy bosom to rest, When nature's affliction is near! The soul that can trust thee is blest; Thy smiles bring me freedom from fear. 2. The Lord has in kindness declared

That those who will trust in his name Shall in the sharp conflict be spared,

His mercy and love to proclaim.

3. This promise shall be to my soul

A messenger sent from the skies, An anchor when billows shall roll, A refuge when tempests arise. 4. O Saviour, the promise fulfill;

Its comfort impart to my mind; Then calmly I'll bow to thy will, To the cup of affliction resigned.

599.

1. O THOU, whose compassionate care Forbids my fond heart to complain, Now graciously teach me to bear The weight of affliction and pain. 2. Though cheerless my days seem to flow, Though weary and wakeful my nights, What comfort it gives me to know "Tis the hand of a Father that smites!

3. A tender physician thou art,

Who woundest in order to heal,
And comfort divine dost impart
To soften the anguish we feel.

4. O, let this correction be blest,
And answer thy gracious design;
Then grant that my soul may find rest
In comforts so healing as thine.

917.

1. FROM Greenland's icy mountains, From India's coral strand,Where Afric's sunny fountains

Roll down their golden sand,From many an ancient river, From many a palmy plain,— They call us to deliver

Their land from error's chain.

2. What though the spicy breezes
Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle,
Though every prospect pleases,
And only man is vile;
In vain with lavish kindness
The gifts of God are strown;
The heathen, in his blindness,

Bows down to wood and stone.

3. Shall we, whose souls are lighted
With wisdom from on high,
Shall we, to men benighted,
The lamp of life deny?
Salvation! O salvation!
The joyful sound proclaim,
Till earth's remotest nation

Has learned Messiah's name.

4. Waft, waft, ye winds, his story, And you, ye waters, roll, Till, like a sea of glory,

It spreads from pole to pole; Till, o'er our ransomed nature, The Lamb, for sinners slain, Redeemer, King, Creator,

In bliss returns to reign.

778.

1. "REMEMBER thy Creator"

While youth's fair spring is bright;
Before thy cares are greater,
Before comes age's night;
While yet the sun shines o'er thee,
While stars the darkness cheer,
While life is all before thee,
Thy great Creator fear.

2. "Remember thy Creator"

Ere life resigns its trust,
Ere sinks dissolving nature,
And dust returns to dust;
Before with God, who gave it,
The spirit shall appear:
He cries, who died to save it,
"Thy great Creator fear."

907.

1. WHEN shall the voice of singing
Flow joyfully along?
When hill and valley, ringing
With one triumphant song,
Proclaim the contest ended,
And Him, who once was slain,
Again to earth descended,

In righteousness to reign?

2. Then from the craggy mountains
The sacred shout shall fly,
And shady vales and fountains
Shall echo the reply:

High tower and lowly dwelling
Shall send the chorus round,
The hallelujah swelling

In one eternal sound.

194.

1. GOD is my strong salvation;
What foe have I to fear?
In darkness and temptation,
My light, my help, is near:
Though hosts encamp around me,
Firm in the fight I stand;
What terror can confound me,
With God at my right hand?
2. Place on the Lord reliance;

My soul, with courage wait;
His truth be thine affiance,

When faint and desolate;
His might thy heart shall strengthen,
His love thy joy increase;
Mercy thy days shall lengthen;
The Lord will give thee peace.