255 1 256 2 3 4 FATHER, in whom we live, In whom we are and move, Incarnate Deity, Let all the ransomed race Render in thanks their lives to Thee, For Thy redeeming grace. Spirit of holiness, Let all Thy saints adore Thy sacred energy, and bless Eternal triune Lord, Let all the hosts above, Let all the sons of men, record, S. M. C. Wesley. 1746. 1 COME, Thou almighty King, Father all glorious, Come and reign over us, 2 Jesus, our Lord, descend; Let Thine almighty aid 6, 4. 257 3 Come, Thou incarnate Word, Come, and Thy people bless, On us descend. 4 Come, holy Comforter, 5 To the great One in Three Hence, evermore! His sovereign Majesty Love and adore. C. Wesley. 1757. a. L.M. 1 FATHER of heaven! whose Love profound the streams of living waters, Ever flows their thirst to assuage? 4 Jehovah! Father, Spirit, Son! Thomas Cotterill. 1827. 258 THE CHURCH. PSALM 118. 1 BEHOLD the sure Foundation Stone To build our heavenly hopes upon, 2 Chosen of God, to sinners dear, They trust their whole salvation here, 3 The foolish builders, scribe and priest, C. M. Yet on this Rock the Church shall rest, 4 What though the gates of hell withstood, 'Tis Thine own work, almighty God, 2 Jesus, our Lord, descend; Watts. 1719. Let Thine almighty aid 262 1 CHURCH of the everlasting God, 2 Thy words, amid the words of earth, C. M. 3 But 'mid the wrinkled brows of earth, Horatius Bonar. 1856. a. 263 Verzage nicht, o Haüflein klein. 260 C.P.M. 8,7. 1 GLORIOUS things of Thee are spoken, He, whose word cannot be broken, What can shake thy sure repose? Ever flows their thirst to assuage? Grace which, like the Lord, the Giver, 4 Jehovah! Father, Spirit, Son! Thomas Cotterill. 1827. 258 THE CHURCH. PSALM 118. 1 BEHOLD the sure Foundation Stone To build our heavenly hopes upon, 2 Chosen of God, to sinners dear, He pours around thy head. The nations round Thy form shall view, With lustre new, Divinely crowned. 3 In honor to His Name, Reflect that sacred light, And loud that grace proclaim Which makes thy darkness bright. Pursue His praise, Till sovereign Love In worlds above Thy glory raise. 4 There, on His holy hill, While round His throne, | In nobler spheres Ten thousand stars His influence own. Doddridge. 1755. C. M. |