IRENAEUS. H. M. Rev. WM. HENRY HAVERGAL (1793-1870), 1849. I. CHRIST is our Corner-stone, On Him alone we build; With His true saints a lone courts of Heav'n are fill'd; On His great love our hopes we place Of present grace,and joys a-bove. The 2. He hung its starry roof on high, The broad, illimitable sky; And when its first pure praises rang, The morning stars together sang. He spread its pavement, green and bright, 4 Lord, 'tis not ours to make the sea, And curtained it with morning light. 3 The mountains in their places stood, The sea, the sky, and all was good; And earth, and sky, a house for Thee 448 AURELIA. 7.6. D. SAMUEL SEBASTIAN WESLEY (1810-1876), 1868. 1. THE Church's one Foundation, Is Jesus Christ her Lord; She is His new cre ter and the word: From Heav'n He came and sought her To be His holy Bride; With His own blood He bought her, And for her life He died. The One Foundation. EPH. ii. 20. 2 Elect from every nation, Yet one o'er all the earth, Her charter of salvation One Lord, one faith, one birth; Partakes one holy food, 3 'Mid toil and tribulation, Till with the vision glorious Her longing eyes are blest, 4 The saints their watch are keeping, O happy ones and holy! Lord, give us grace, that we Like them, the meek and lowly, On high may dwell with Thee. Rev. Samuel John Stone (1839- ), 1866. Ab. and sl. alt. DUKE STREET. L. M. JOHN HATTON ( -1793), c. 1790. 1. JE SUS shall reign wher-e'er the sun Does his successive journeys run; His kingdom stretch from shore to shore, Till moons shall wax and wane no more. 449 Christ's Dominion. Ps. lxxii. 2 To Him shall endless prayer be made, And praises throng to crown His head; His Name, like sweet perfume, shall rise With every morning sacrifice. 3 Blessings abound where'er He reigns; The prisoner leaps to lose his chains; The weary find eternal rest, And all the sons of want are blest. 4 Let every creature rise and bring Peculiar honors to our King; Angels descend with songs again, And earth repeat the loud Amen. Rev. Isaac Watts (1674-1748), 1719. Ab. and sl. alt. 450 For a Missionary Meeting. I ASSEMBLED at Thy great command, Before Thy face, dread King, we stand; ENSIGN. L. M. The voice that marshaled every star, 2 We meet, through distant lands to spread 3 Our prayers assist, accept our praise, 4 Forth with Thy chosen heralds come, Rev. William Bengo Collyer (1782-1854), 1812. Ab. JOHN BAPTISTE CALKIN (1827- ), 1872. |