Soon shall we brighter glories view
In yonder happy skies.

3

And shall we meet in heav'n above,
Before Jehovah's face?
For ever bask in beams of love,
With all the angel race?

4

It shall be so; let us pursue
With faithfulness our way;
For nothing more have we to do,
But love, believe, obey.

5

O happy church! lift up your voice,
In songs of honour sing;

In your own Saviour God rejoice,
For he alone is King.

HYMN 329. C. M.

"TIS by thy strength the mountains stand,

God of eternal pow'r !

The sea grows calm at thy command,
And tempests cease to roar.

2

The morning light, and ev'ning shade,
Successive comforts bring ;

Thy plenteous fruits make harvest glad,
Thy flow'rs adorn the spring.

3

Seasons and times, and moons and hours, Heav'n, earth, and air, are thine ; When clouds distil in fruitful show'rs,

The Author is divine.

4

Those wand'ring cisterns in the sky,

Borne by the winds around.

With wat❜ry treasures well supply
The furrows of the ground.

5

The thirsty ridges drink their fill,
And ranks of corn appear;
Thy ways abound with blessings still,
Thy goodness crowns the year.

HYMN 330. C. M.

JESUS, our God of truth and love,
Who leads us by his hand,
Provides us palaces above,
In his most happy land.

2

There love divine, that holy flame,
Will all our powers raise,
To celebrate Jehovah's name
In higher songs of praise.

3

There science will to wisdom rise,
That wisdom be refin'd;

All heav'n conspire to make us wise,
And elevate the mind.

4

There love and wisdom fill the soul
From Jesus ever giv❜n ;
Rivers of peace and pleasure roll,
And all the man is heav'n.

5

Ye happy souls, lift up the voice,
In songs of glory sing;

In your own Saviour God rejoice,
For he alone is King.

BEHOLD! the lofty sky
Declares its Maker, God,
And all his starry works on high
Proclaim his pow'r abroad.

2

The darkness and the light Still keep their course the same; While night to day, and day to night, Divinely teach his name.

In ev'ry diff'rent land

Their gen❜ral voice is known ; They shew the wonders of his hand, And orders of his throne.

4

Ye christian lands, rejoice, Here he reveals his word; We are not left to nature's voice, To bid us know the Lord.

BEHOLD, the morning sun
Begins his glorious way;

His beams through all the nations run,
And life and light convey.

2

But where the gospel comes,

It spreads diviner light,

It calls dead sinners from their tombs, And gives the blind their sight.

3

How perfect is thy word!

And all thy judgments just ;

For ever sure thy promise, Lord,
And men securely trust.

4

My gracious God, how plain
Are thy directions giv'n!
O, may I never read in vain,
But find the path to heav'n!

HYMN 333. L. M.

SALVATION is for ever nigh,
To souls that fear and trust the Lord ;
And grace, descending from on high,
Fresh hopes of glory shall afford.

2

Mercy and truth on earth are met,

Since Christ the Lord came down from heav'n :

By his obedience, so complete,

Justice is pleas'd, and peace is giv❜n.

3

Now truth and honour shall abound,
Religion dwell on earth again,

And heav'nly influence bless the ground,
In our Redeemer's gentler reign.

4

His righteousness is gone before
To give us free access to God:

Our wand'ring feet shall stray no more,
But mark his steps, and keep the road.

HYMN 334. C. M.

My soul, how lovely is the place

To which thy God resorts! 'Tis heav'n to see his smiling face, Though in his earthly courts.

2

There the great Monarch of the skies
His saving pow'r displays;
And light breaks in upon our eyes
With kind and quick'ning rays.

3

With his rich gifts, the heav'nly Dove
Descends and fills the place,

While Christ reveals his wond'rous love,
And sheds abroad his

4.

grace.

There, mighty God, thy words declare
The secrets of thy will;

And still we seek thy mercies there,
And sing thy praises still.

HYMN 335. C. M.

Lo, what an entertaining view

Are brethren that agree!

Brethren, whose cheerful hearts pursue
The path to unity!

2

When streams of love from Christ the Spring, Descend to ev'ry soul,

And heav'nly peace, with balmy wing,

Shades and bedews the whole :

3

"Tis like the oil divinely sweet

On Aaron's rev'rend head,

The trickling drops perfum'd his feet,
And o'er his garments spread.

4

'Tis pleasant as the morning dews

That fall on Zion's hill,

Where God his mildest glory shews,

And makes his grace distil.