When the troubled, seeking peace,
On Thy name shall call ;
When the sinner, seeking life,
At Thy feet shall fall:

Hear then, in love, O Lord, the cry,
In heaven Thy dwelling-place on high

2. When the worldling, sick at heart, Lifts his soul above;

When the prodigal looks back
To his Father's love;

When the proud man, in his pride,
Stoops to seek Thy face;
When the burdened brings his guilt
To Thy throne of grace :

Hear then, in love, O Lord, the cry,
In heaven Thy dwelling-place on high.

3. When the stranger asks a home,
All his toils to end;

When the hungry craveth food,
And the poor a friend;
When the sailor on the wave

Bows the suppliant knee;
When the soldier on the field

Lifts his heart to Thee:

Hear then, in love, O Lord, the cry,
In heaven Thy dwelling-place on high.

4. When the man of toil and care
In the city crowd;

When the shepherd on the moor
Names the name of God;

When the learnèd and the high,
Tired of earthly fame,

12.

Upon higher joys intent,

Name the blessèd name :

Hear then, in love, O Lord, the cry,
In heaven Thy dwelling-place on high.

5. When the child, with grave fresh lip,
Youth or maiden fair;

When the aged, weak and grey,
Seek Thy face in prayer ;
When the widow weeps to Thee,
Sad and lone and low;

When the orphan brings to Thee

All his orphan woe :

Hear then, in love, O Lord, the cry,

In heaven Thy dwelling-place on high.

1. OU

The Eternal God.

Horatius Bonar,

CM

UR God, our help in ages past,
Our hope for years to come,
Our shelter from the stormy blast,

And our eternal home:

2. Under the shadow of Thy throne
Thy saints have dwelt secure ;
Sufficient is Thine arm alone,

And our defence is sure.

3. Before the hills in order stood,
Or earth received her frame,
From everlasting Thou art God,
To endless years the same.

4. A thousand ages in Thy sight

Are like an evening gone;

Short as the watch that ends the night
Before the rising sun.

5. The busy tribes of flesh and blood,
With all their cares and fears,
Are carried downwards by the flood,
And lost in following years.

6. Time, like an ever-rolling stream,
Bears all its sons away;
They fly, forgotten, as a dream
Dies at the opening day.

7. O God, our help in ages past,

Our hope for years to come,

Be Thou our Guard while troubles last,
And our eternal home.

13.

I.

Isaac Watts.

The Rock of Ages.

7.6.7.6. D.

O GOD, the Rock of Ages,

Who evermore hast been,
What time the tempest rages,
Our dwelling-place serene;
Before Thy first creations,
O Lord, the same as now,
To endless generations,
The everlasting Thou !

2. Our years are like the shadows
On sunny hills that lie,
Or grasses in the meadows
That blossom but to die;
A sleep, a dream, a story,
By strangers quickly told,
An unremaining glory

Of things that soon are old.

14.

I.

3. O Thou, who dost not slumber,
Whose light grows never pale,
Teach us aright to number
Our years before they fail.
On us Thy mercy lighten,

On us Thy goodness rest,
And let Thy Spirit brighten

The hearts Thyself hast bless'd.

God our Refuge.

E. H. Bickersteth.

8.7.8.7.8.8.7.

LORD, Thou hast been our dwelling-place
In every generation ;

Thy people still have known Thy grace,
And blessed Thy consolation;
Through every age Thou heardst our cry;
Through every age we found Thee nigh,
Our strength and our salvation.

2. Our cleaving sins we oft have wept,
And oft Thy patience provéd ;

But still Thy faith we fast have kept,
Thy name we still have loved :
And Thou hast kept and loved us well,
Hast granted us in Thee to dwell,
Unshaken, unremovéd.

3. Lord, nothing from Thine arms of love
Shall Thine own people sever;

Our helper never will remove,

Our God will fail us never :

Thy people, Lord, have dwelt in Thee;

Our dwelling-place Thou still wilt be
For ever and for ever.

T. H. Gill.

15.

I.

Universal Praise. 8.7.8.7.6.6.6.6.7

ALL lands and peoples, all the earth,
Put off the night of sadness;

Make cheer and music and high mirth,
And praise the Lord with gladness!
Serve Him with joyful heart,
All kingdoms do their part,
And let immortal song
Before His presence throng

For ever and for ever!

2. O surely He is God alone,

The earth is mute before Him;
And He is ours, and we His own,
His people who adore Him.
We are His flock, our feet
Walk in His pastures sweet;
And, by cool brooks, the sleep
Is soft He gives His sheep
For ever and for ever!

3. O enter and His temple throng

With trumpet-tongued thanksgiving;
Praise Him in holy mirth and song,

Our Lord, the ever-living!

With incense to the skies

Our thankfulness arise;
His glory wide proclaim,

Speak good of His great name
For ever and for ever!

4. For gracious is the Lord our God,

He hears our dull complaining;

His mercy has a sure abode,

And everlasting reigning;