2 Jesus, the Lord, that fought and bled,
And conquered when He fell;
That rose, and at His chariot-wheels
Dragged all the powers of hell:

8 Jesus, our God, invites us here
To this triumphal feast,

And brings immortal blessings down
For each redeemed guest.

4 Victorious Lord! what can we pay
For favours so divine?

We would devote our hearts away
To be for ever Thine.

5 We give Thee, Lord, our highest praise,
The tribute of our tongues;

But themes so infinite as these
Exceed our noblest songs.

SPECIAL OCCASIONS.

FOUNDING AND OPENING PLACES OF

881

Will God in very deed dwell with men on, the earth ?-2 Chron. vi. 18.

THIS

1 THIS stone to Thee in faith we lay;
We build the temple, Lord, to 'T'hee:
Thine eye be open night and day,
To guard this house and sanctuary.

2 Here, when Thy people seek Thy face,
And dying sinners pray to live;

Hear Thou, in heaven, Thy dwelling-place,
And, when Thou hearest, O forgive!

3 Here, when Thy messengers proclaim
The blessed gospel of Thy Son,
Still, by the power of His great Name,
Be mighty signs and wonders done.
4 Hosanna to their heavenly King!
When children's voices raise that song,
Hosanna let their angels sing,

And heaven with earth the strain prolong.
5 But will, indeed, Jehovah deign
Here to abide,-r
-no transient guest?
Here will the world's Redeemer reign?
And here the Holy Spirit rest?

6 That glory never hence depart?
Yet choose not, Lord, this house alone;
Thy kingdom come to every heart;
In every bosom fix Thy throne.

882

1 L

C.M.

The glory of the Lord filled the house.
2 Chron. vii. 1.

IGHT up this house with glory, Lord;
Enter, and claim Thine own;

Receive the homage of our souls,

Er et Thy temple-throne.

2 We rear no altar,-Thou hast died;
We deck no priestly shrine;
What need have we of creature-aid?
The power to save is Thine.

3 We ask no bright shekinah-cloud

To glorify the place;

Give, Lord, the substance of that sign

A plenitude of grace.

4 No rushing, mighty wind, we ask;
No tongues of flame desire;

Grant us the Spirit's quickening light,
His purifying fire.

5 Light up this house with glory, Lord;---
The glory of that love

Which forms and saves a church below,
And makes a heaven above.

L.M.

COWPER.

883 Enlarge the place of thy tent.-Isa. liv. 2.

1

TESUS, where'er Thy people meet,

JESUS

There they behold Thy mercy seat: Where'er they seek Thee, Thou art found, And every place is hallowed ground.

2 For Thou, within no walls confined, Inhabitest the humble mind;

Such ever bring Thee where they come, And going, take Thee to their home. 3 Here may we prove the power of prayer To strengthen faith, and sweeten care; To teach our faint desires to rise, And bring all heaven before our eyes. 4 Behold! at Thy commanding word We stretch the curtain and the cord; Come Thou, and fill this wider space, And bless us with a large increase. 5 Lord, we are few, but Thou art near, Nor short Thine arm, nor deaf Thine ear; O rend the heavens, come quickly down, And make a thousand hearts Thine own!

L.M.

DODDRIDGE.

884 This and that man was born there.

1

A

Psa. lxxxvii. 5.

ND will the great eternal God

On earth establish His abode ?
And will He, from His radiant throne,
Avow our temples for His own?

2 We bring the tribute of our praise,
And sing that condescending grace
Which to our notes will lend an ear,
And call us sinful mortals near.

3 These walls we to Thine honour raise:
Long may they echo with Thy praise;
And Thou, descending, fill the place
With choicest tokens of Thy grace.

4 Here let the great Redeemer reign,
With all the graces of His train ;
While power divine His word attends,
To conquer foes, and cheer His friends.
5 And in the great decisive day,
When God the nations shall survey,
May it before the world appear,
Thousands were born to glory here.

885

Peace be within thy walls.-Psa. cxxii. 7.
EAR Shepherd of Thy people, hear;
Thy presence now display:

1 DEAR

As Thou hast given a place for prayer
So give us hearts to pray.

2 Within these walls let holy peace
And love and concord dwell:

Here give the troubled conscience ease;
The wounded spirit heal.

3 Show us some token of Thy love,
Our fainting hope to raise;
And pour Thy blessings from above,
That we may render praise.

4 The feeling heart, the melting eye,
The humbled mind bestow;
And shine upon us from on high,

To make our graces grow.

5 And may the gospel's joyful sound,
Enforced by mighty grace,
Awaken many sinners round,
To come and fill the place.

MEETINGS OF MINISTERS.

L.M.

W. L. ALEXANDER.

886 And the apostles and elders came together.

1

FRO

Acts xv. 6.

ROM distant corners of our land,
Behold us, Lord, before Thee stand,
Once more prepared to Thee to raise
Our humble prayer, our grateful praise.

2 Blest be the hand whose guardian power
Has kept us to this present hour;
Blest be the grace that bids us meet
Thus round the throne, in union sweet.

8 We meet to seek, in faith and zeal,
The brethren's good, the church's weal;
O whilst for Zion's cause we stand,
May Zion's King be near at hand!

4 We meet, O God, that through our land,
The churches planted by Thy hand
From error, weakness, discord free,
May bloom like gardens blest by Thee.

5 Smile on us, Lord, and through this place Diffuse the glory of Thy face;

Here to our gathered tribes be given
A brightening antepast of heaven.