When with Zion we stand, And sing hallelujah Hallelujah to the Lamb, The Goodly Land. Far from these scenes of night Fair land!-could mortal eyes No cloud those regions know- O may the prospect fire Our hearts w th ardent love, Prepared, by grace divine, For thy bright courts on high, Now. Now I live; But if to-night? to-morrow? know I not. All unto God! To him my faithful service give, See the flower Which full of brightness in the morning shone: It doth no longer wave the stalk upon When evening comes. Sc lasts man's glory but an hour. Stand thou clear From earth. Here is thy struggle-yonder, rest. Up, up, my soul! press forward, heaver is best! Now hasten home! Let earth seem distant-heaven more near. How soon this life doth fly! How soon comes that which shall not die! Never delay To do the duty which the hour brings, For who doth know What he shall do the coming day? The next, perhaps, thou wilt not see. Father of all! So let thy warning, 'watch!' be not in vain, Let my soul hear, And daily answer to the call. But a quick step to life and thee! For the Saviour's Guidance. My faith looks up to thee, Now hear me while I pray; May thy rich grace impart As thou hast died for me, While life's dark maze I tread, From thee aside. When ends life's transient dream; Shall o'er me roll; Blest Saviour, then, in love, A ransomed soul! Safety. How are thy servants blessed, O Lord, Eternal wisdom is their guide, In foreign realms and lands remote, Through burning climes they pass unhurt, When by the dreadful tempest borne, They know thou art not slow to hear, The storm is laid-the winds retire, In midst of dangers, fears, and deaths, Our life, while thou preserv'st that life, And death, when death shall be our lot, Shall join our souls to thee. Jehovah-Jireh. THOUGH troubles assail, Yet one thing secures us, The Scripture assures us, The Lord will provide. |