CHRIST is made the sure foundation, Christ the head and corner-stone, Chosen of the Lord and precious, Binding all the church in one, Holy Zion's help for ever,

And her confidence alone.

2 All that dedicated city, Dearly loved of God on high, In exultant jubilation

Pours perpetual melody, God the One in Three adoring In glad hymns eternally.

3 To this temple where we call thee, Come, O Lord of hosts, to-day: With thy wonted loving-kindness Hear thy servants as they pray, And thy fullest benediction

Shed within its walls alway.

4 Here vouchsafe to all thy servants What they ask of thee to gain, What they gain from thee for ever

With the blesséd to retain,
And hereafter in thy glory
Evermore with thee to reign.
5 Glory be to God the Father,
Glory be to God the Son,
Glory be to God the Spirit,
Everlasting Three in One:
Thee let heaven and earth adore,

Now, henceforth, and evermore.

John M. Neale, tr.

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Zion above.

BLESSED city, heavenly Salem,
Peaceful vision dim descried;
Built of living stones elected,
Built for ever to abide;
Angel-circled, as the virgins

For the Bridegroom deck the bride.

2 Newly bright from heaven descending, Robed in bridal raiment meet, Ready for the heavenly marriage,

Forth she comes her Lord to greet;
Glorious shine her golden bulwarks;
Shines the golden-pavéd street.

3 Radiant gleam her pearly portals,
Widely flung each ample door,
Where in marriage garments glistening
They are entering evermore,
Who the bitter cross embracing

Christ's reproach in this world bore.

4 All her halls a royal priesthood
Fills with music gloriously,
Praise of God from saintly voices
Ringing out melodiously,
Heralding with endless joyance

God the One in persons Three.

5 Visit, Lord, this earthly temple Where thy presence we implore, Here receive the rising incense

From the hearts that thee adore, Sprinkle here thy benedictions, Dews of healing evermore.

E. W. Benson, tr.

qual.

BELMONT. C. M.

S. WEBBE.

the end;

As thou for us didst stoop so low,
Warmed by love's holy flame,
So let our deeds of kindness flow
To all that bear thy name.

4 One blesséd fellowship of love,
Thy living church should stand,
Till, faultless, she at last above

Shall shine at thy right hand.

5 Oh, glorious day, when she, the Bride,
With her dear Lord appears!
Then, robed in beauty at his side,
She shall forget her tears!

Ray Palmer.

They whom God makes his kings and priests Are poor in human eyes.

3 But the chief Shepherd comes at length; Their feeble days are o'er,

No more a handful in the earth,

A little flock no more.

4 Then entering the eternal halls,
In robes of victory,

That mighty multitude shall keep
The joyous jubilee.

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1 John 4:21.

Horatius Bonar.

How SWEET, how heavenly is the sight,
When those who love the Lord
In one another's peace delight,
And so fulfill his word!

2 When each can feel his brother's sigh, And with him bear a part!

When sorrow flows from every eye,
And joy from heart to heart!

3 When, free from envy, scorn, and pride, Our wishes all above,

Each can his brother's failings hide,

And show a brother's love!

4 Let love, in one delightful stream,
Through every bosom flow;
And union sweet, and dear esteem
In every action glow.

5 Love is the golden chain that binds
The happy souls above;

And he's an heir of heaven who finds
His bosom glow with love.

Joseph Swain.

UNA. C. M. D.

E. J. HOPKINS.

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"One Family."
LET saints below in concert sing

With those to glory gone;
For all the servants of our King
In earth and heaven are one.
One family-we dwell in him-
One church above, beneath,
Though now divided by the stream,

The narrow stream of death;—

2 One army of the living God,

To his command we bow;

Part of the host have crossed the flood, And part are crossing now.

Ev'n now to their eternal home

Some happy spirits fly;

And we are to the margin come,
And soon expect to die.

3 Ev'n now by faith, we join our hands, With those that went before,

And greet the ransomed, blessed bands
Upon the eternal shore.

Lord Jesus! be our constant guide:
And, when the word is given,

Bid death's cold flood its waves divide,
And land us safe in heaven.

Nor to the terrors of the Lord,
The tempest, fire, and smoke;
Not to the thunder of that word
Which God on Sinai spoke;-
But we are come to Zion's hill,
The city of our God;
Where milder words declare his will,
And speak his love abroad.

2 Behold the innumerable host
Of angels clothed in light;
Behold the spirits of the just,
Whose faith is turned to sight!
Behold the blest assembly there,
Whose names are writ in heaven!
And God, the Judge of all, declare
Their vilest sins forgiven.

3 The saints on earth, and all the dead, But one communion make;

All join in Christ, their living Head,
And of his grace partake.

In such society as this

My weary soul would rest;

The man that dwells where Jesus is,
Must be for ever blest.

EVAN. C. M.

Charles Wesley.

Isaac Watts.

W. H. HAVERGAL.

DEAR Saviour! we are thine,

By everlasting bands;

Our hearts, our souls, we would resign Entirely to thy hands.

2 To thee we still would cleave

With ever-growing zeal;

If millions tempt us Christ to leave,
Oh, let them ne'er prevail!

3 Thy Spirit shall unite

Our souls to thee, our Head; Shall form in us thine image bright, And teach thy paths to tread.

4 Death may our souls divide

From these abodes of clay;

But love shall keep us near thy side
Through all the gloomy way.

5 Since Christ and we are one,

Why should we doubt or fear?

If he in heaven has fixed his throne
He'll fix his members there.

Fast knit, O Lord, to thee, Around us bind the bond of peace, The Spirit's unity.

2 One God and Father ours,

One Christ his gift of love,
One Spirit shed in living showers,
One home prepared above.

3 To one glad hope we cling,

Through Jesus' life and death; One theme of saving grace we sing, And ours one common faith.

4 Then grant us, Lord, one mind, One will in all our ways,

One heart to thine own truth inclined, One mouth to speak thy praise.

Anon.

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BLEST are the sons of peace,

Whose hearts and hopes are one; Whose kind designs to serve and please Through all their actions run.

2 Thus on the heavenly hills
The saints are blest above,

Where joy like morning dew distills,
And all the air is love.

940 "Hold us, that we may not fall."
O CHRIST, the eternal Light
Of every sun and sphere!
Illumine thou our mortal night,
And keep our spirits clear.

2 Let nothing evil smite

Nor enemy invade,

And let us stainless be, and white, By nothing base betrayed.

3 Guard thou the hearts of all, But chiefly of thine own; And hold us that we may not fall, Through thy great might alone! 4 That so our souls may sing,

When favoring light they see, And every vow a tribute bring To God in Trinity!

S. W. Duffield, tr.