Through storm and night;
When the wild tempests rave,
Ruler of winds and wave,
Do Thou our country save,
By Thy great might.
2 For her our prayer shall rise,
To God above the skies,
On Him we wait.
Thou who art ever nigh,
Guarding with watchful eye,
To Thee alone we cry,-
God save the State!
ET Zion in her King rejoice,
Though tyrants rage and kingdoms rise;
He utters His almighty voice;
The nations melt, the tumult dies.
2 The Lord of old for Jacob fought;
And Jacob's God is still our aid:
Behold the works His hand has wrought,
What desolations He has made!
3 From sea to sea, through all the shores,
He makes the noise of battle cease;
When from on high His thunder roars,
He awes the trembling world to peace. 4 He breaks the bow, He cuts the spear; Chariots He burns with heavenly flame : Keep silence, all the earth, and hear The sound and glory of His name. 5 "Be still, and learn that I am God; I'll be exalted o'er the lands:
I will be known and feared abroad;
But still My throne in Zion stands."
6 O Lord of Hosts! Almighty King!
While we so near Thy presence dwell,
Our faith shall sit secure, and sing
Defiance to the gates of hell..
GOD, Thy righteousness we own :
Judgment is at Thy house begun !
With humble awe Thy rod we hear,
And guilty in Thy sight appear:
We cannot in Thy judgment stand,
But sink beneath Thy mighty hand.
2 Our mouth as in the dust we lay,
And still for mercy, mercy, pray;
Unworthy to behold Thy face,
Unfaithful stewards of Thy grace,
Our sin and wickedness we own,
And deeply for acceptance groan.
3 We have not, Lord, Thy gifts improved,
But basely from Thy statutes roved,
And done Thy loving Spirit despite,
And sinned against the clearest light,
Brought back Thy agonizing pain,
And nailed Thee to Thy cross again.
4 Yet do not drive us from Thy face,
A stiff-necked and hard-hearted race;
But, O in tender mercy break
The iron sinew in our neck;
The softening power of love impart,
And melt the marble of our heart.
IGHTEOUS God! whose vengeful vials
R1 All our fears and thoughts exceed,
Big with woes and fiery trials,
Hanging, bursting o'er our head;
While Thou visitest the nations,
Thy selected people spare ;
Arm our cautioned souls with patience,
Fill our humbled hearts with prayer.
2 If Thy dreadful controversy
With all flesh is now begun,
In Thy wrath remember mercy;
Mercy first and last be shown:
Plead Thy cause with sword and fire,
Shake us till the curse remove,
Till Thou com'st, the world's Desire,
Conquering all with sovereign love.
3 Every fresh alarming token
More confirms Thy faithful word :
Nature (for its Lord hath spoken)
Must be suddenly restored :
From this national confusion,
From this ruined earth and skies,
See the times of restitution,
See the new creation rise!
4 Vanish, then, this world of shadows;
Pass the former things away :
Lord, appear! appear to glad us
With the dawn of endless day!
O conclude this mortal story,
Throw this universe aside!
Come, eternal King of glory,
Now descend, and take Thy Bride!
INNERS, the call obey,
The latest call of grace;
The day is come, the vengeful day
Of a devoted race;
Devils and men combine
To plague the faithless seed,
And vials, full of wrath Divine,
Are bursting on your head.
Enter into the Rock,
Ye trembling slaves of sin,
The Rock of your salvation, struck,
And cleft to take you in :
To shelter the distrest,
He did the cross endure;
Enter into the clefts, and rest
In Jesu's wounds secure.
Jesus, to Thee we fly,
From the devouring sword;
Our city of defence is nigh;
Our help is in the Lord.
Or, if the scourge o'erflow,
And laugh at innocence,
Thine everlasting arms, we know,
Shall be our souls' defence.
We in Thy word believe,
And on Thy promise stay;
Our life, which still to Thee we give,
Shall be to us a prey:
Our life with Thee we hide,
Above the furious blast,
And shelter'd in Thy wounds abide,
Till all the storms are past.
Believing against hope,
We hang upon Thy grace,
Through every lowering cloud look up,
And wait for happy days;
The days when all shall know
Their sins in Christ forgiven,
And walk awhile with God below,
And then fly up to heaven.
T is the Lord!-Behold His hand Outstretched with an afflictive rod! And hark! a voice goes through the land, "Be still and know that I am God."
2 Shall we, like guilty Adam, hide
In darkest shades our darker fears? For who His coming may abide ? Or who shall stand when He appears? 3 No, let us throng around His seat; let us meet Him face to face;
Prostrate our spirits at His feet,
Confess our sins, and sue for grace.
4 Who knows but God will hear our cries,
Turn swift destruction from our path,
Restrain His judgments, or chastise
In tender mercy, not in wrath?
5 He will, He will-for Jesus pleads;
Let heaven and earth His love record;
For us, for us, He intercedes;
Our help is nigh :-it is the Lord!
YREAT God of heaven and nature, rise,
And hear our loud united cries;
See Britain bow before Thy face,
Through all her coasts, and seek Thy grace. 2 No arm of flesh we make our trust;
Nor sword, nor horse, nor ships we boast;
Thine is the land, and Thine the main :
Without Thee, force and skill are vain.
3 Our guilt might draw Thy vengeance down
On every shore, on every town:
But view us, Lord, with pitying eye,
And lay Thy lifted thunder by.
4 Forgive the follies of our times,
And purge our land from all its crimes :
Reform'd and deck'd with grace divine,
Let princes, priests, and people shine.
READ Jehovah! God of nations!
From Thy temple in the skies,
Hear Thy people's supplications
Now for their deliverance rise.
Lo! with deep contrition turning,
Humbly at Thy feet we bend;
Fasting, praying, weeping, mourning,
Hear us, spare us, and defend.
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