When creatures to time bid adieu, Each part shall appear in its place, And live to eternity too,
Where Jesus unveileth his face.]
3 The arm, and the eye, and the breast,
Or members less comely to sight:
Shall ever be honour'd and blest,
In glory's ineffable light:
No schism can ever take place;
'Tis built and supported by God;
A temple of infinite grace;
A mansion of immortal love.
The Sabbath.-Heb. iv. 10.
THE Sabbath was a day of rest;
The day the Lord Jehovah blest;
A lively type of Christ:
The labouring poor may venture here;
The guilty banish all their fear,
And lean on Jesus' breast.
2 When foes without, and foes within,
Wrath, law, and Satan, guilt and sin,
The child of God molest;
Fatigued with sin, distress'd with fear,
He enters into Christ, and there
He finds a settled rest.
3 Jesus is Zion's only rest,
Thrice happy is the man, and blest,
That into him believes;
His six days' toil is finish'd then;
His slavish fear for ever gone;
By faith in Christ he lives.
And oft a Father's rod
Fills them with deep distress;
Yet in the Lord they firm abide,
United to him as his bride.
[What if their lust rebel,
And threaten to devour;
To plunge their souls to hell,
In some unguarded hour;
Their standing fast is in the Lord,
And they his faithfulness record.]
The Lord will guard them well,
Nor shall they ever be
A prey to death and hell,
For Christ has made them free:
He bought them with his own heart's blood, And he will bring them home to God.
The Church the Body of Christ.-1 Cor. xii. 27.
THE body, the church, ever stood,
In Christ their mysterious Head;
To save them, he shed his own blood,
And they from his fulness are fed:
A body united indeed;
Cemented together by love;
And richly supplied from its Head,
With blessings from heaven above.
2 [Each joint is the care of the Lord,
And he will preserve it from hell;
His aid and his influence afford,
And so supply each member well.
When creatures to time bid adieu, Each part shall appear in its place, And live to eternity too,
Where Jesus unveileth his face.]
3 The arm, and the eye, and the breast,
Or members less comely to sight:
Shall ever be honour'd and blest,
In glory's ineffable light:
No schism can ever take place;
"Tis built and supported by God;
A temple of infinite grace;
A mansion of immortal love.
The Sabbath.-Heb. iv. 10.
THE Sabbath was a day of rest;
The day the Lord Jehovah blest;
A lively type of Christ:
The labouring poor may venture here;
The guilty banish all their fear,
And lean on Jesus' breast.
2 When foes without, and foes within,
Wrath, law, and Satan, guilt and sin,
The child of God molest;
Fatigued with sin, distress'd with fear,
He enters into Christ, and there
He finds a settled rest.
3 Jesus is Zion's only rest,
Thrice happy is the man, and blest,
That into him believes;
His six days' toil is finish'd then;
His slavish fear for ever gone;
By faith in Christ he lives.
4 [A precious resting-place indeed;
Whatever weary pilgrims need
Is richly treasured here:
Here sinners may commune with God,
And drink full draughts of heavenly love,
Nor death nor danger fear.]
5 O may I ever rest in him,
And never, never stray again,
Nor after strangers roam:
Dear Jesus, fix my roving heart,
Nor ever let me from thee start,
Till thou shalt take me home.
Christ, the Believer's Rest.-Isa. xi. 10.
JESUS, thou art our only rest
From sin, and guilt, and fears;
We love to lean upon thy breast,
And on thee cast our cares.
2 With anxious care and painful thought,
We toil'd and toil'd again;
True holiness was what we sought,
But this we sought in vain.
3 Stripp'd naked, and exposed to shame,
We loud for mercy cried;
The Lord gave faith to eye the Lamb,
And fasten in his side.
4 The works of nature, bad or good,
Availed nothing here;
Faith view'd the Saviour's precious blood, And banish'd guilt and fear.
Let our needs be what they may,
Teach us how and what to pray.
4 Jesus, deign to bless us thus,
And to glory in thy cross;
Then, though men and devils roar,
We will ever thee adore
Desiring to honour the Lord.-Ps. xxv. 5.
JESUS, mighty God and Saviour,
Lead me forth by thy right hand,
And be it my fix'd endeavour,
To obey thy sweet command;
Let me never
At a trifling distance stand.
2 Guide, O guide me by thy Spirit;
Leave me not to walk alone;
And by faith may I inherit
The eternal Three-in-One;
And with boldness,
Make thy matchless wonders known.
3 May my soul be sweetly filled,
With the treasures of my God;
And my tongue be rightly skilled.
To proclaim thy truth abroad:
And with pleasure,
God's eternal love record.
Prayer for the Presence and Blessing of Christ.-Exod xxxiii. 15.
ONCE more, dear God of grace,
Thy earthly courts we tread;
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