A Collection of Hymns of the Children of God in All Ages, from the Beginning Till Now. In Two Parts. Designed Chiefly for the Use of the Congregations in Union with the Brethren's Church

2. Thy Ways we are going
Many years, O Lamb;
And we in fome measure
Understand thy Aim;.
Find it juft and fitting,
Never to fay No;
O make us as willing
To fay Amen! too.
3. When the holy Fathers
All thy Mind did fee,
And for thy dear People
Watched faithfully;
'Twas their fpirit's pleasure,
What the fenfes pain'd,
Fill'd their hearts with gladness,
Made them valiant.

4. With the heaviest Matters
Oftentimes opprefs'd,
Hard to be accomplish'd;
By the vain World teaz'd;
Oft they were forfaken

By the Flock they led :
Yet without all fcruple,
They their matters made.
5. Under heaviest Burdens

They walk'd ftill upright; Took them as they happen'd,

Nay, they were but light:
From their Land t'be banish'd,
Subftance all to lofe,
Yet again to venture

To build up God's House.
6. One was to the honour
Of the House's Sire:
One a chearful pfalmist

Of the Women's choir :
In things great and little,
They were all to be
A distinct Expreffion
Of Election free.

7. Thefe are ads of Heroes,
Which caufe one to start:
Do they not affect thee
Deeply, O my heart?

Safe in Jefu's love and care;
By this Fruit their Faith do prove,
They each other truly love.

2. From their being join'd in one,
In the Faith of God's own Son,
Mighty Bleffings they expect;
Nor fweet fellowship neglect.

3. None in his own wisdom trusts,
None of his attainments boasts,
Each his Brother doth esteem;
No Self-love is found in them.

4. Their delight is, when they all
With one Voice on Jefus call;
And when fitly, without ftrife,
Each his Duty does in Life.
5. Meek they are to all Mankind,
To good Offices inclin'd;
Ready, when revil'd, to blefs;
Studious of the public Peace.
6. Tender pity, love fincere
To each foul of Man they bear:
And,

And, as Chrift doth give them light, Come in our mouth, foul, fpirit,

Order all their Steps aright.

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The fecret wringing of the hand; Thou know'it our mind, how inly mov'd

To feek for Thee, and thee alone;
We'll part with ev'ry thing we lov'd,
But one,thy Congregation.
3. Here feeft thou a little Choir,
An Image of the Church above;
Plead thou its caufe before thy Sire,
Thou who partak 'it his Bofom-love;
Say, "Holy Father, come and view,
Here's the Reward of all my
Smart ;"

Plead with the Holy Spirit too,
To train us after thy own Heart.

4. Embrace us, Bridegroom! in thy

breath,

Come, Sap of life! cach Branch

187.

Das if unbeschreiblich.

"HOW

'OW we're lov'd by Jefus, None can tell that Flame;

One as little guesses,

How we grieve that Lamb":
Yet good children do it,

Who his Heart can fee,
Who from curfe deliver'd,
Ought his joy to be.
2. O our God and Master !
Now begin anew;
Hear what Moans we utter,

We nought elfe can do;
Shew thy Grace and virtue

Where we beg it much, Free us all and rescue

From our tent's Reproach.
3. Dwell within thy Temple,
(Such our Body is ;)
After the example

Of thy Bride, make this;
For thyfelf fo form it,
Glorify and bless,
As, tho' by thee warmed,
Our hearts ne'er could guess.

4. Our fo weighty Seasons
Sanctify to thee;

For thy Wounds fweet reasons,
Let us thy Praise be :
Let thy Folk experience,
Whom the City dear
Of the ranfom'd poor-ones
Hath within her here!

188.

Hier finkt, Lamm, zu deinen fuffen.

HEREA

ERE finks, O Lamb, before thy feet -Thy Crofs's Church, with blushes fill'd;

To fhed love tears the finds it meet,
And Thanks with melted mind to
yield

For all difcov'ries of thy Grace,
For all proofs of thy faithful Care :
Each Member is but duft, and has
Felt what free love and Mercy are.
2. We know the minute of that day,
When our hearts melted thro' thy
Blood:

All in our own blood there we lay,
More dead than rotten piece of wood;
Death as his flaves did us poffels,
Sin had to us a husband's claim;
Then cam'ft thou, King of grace

and peace,

Us from death's fentence to redeem.
3. Thee didft thou gently pierce our
hearts,

Thy Grace's ray set us on flame;
That ray, which warms our inner
parts,
Whene'er we clafp thy Feet,

Lamb!

4. Is there a thing can Love allure?
It is the Grace thou doft bestow:
Is there what warms the heart all
o'er ?

Then 'tis the Blood we drink of fo.
Yet Lamb! we muft fall down, 'tis
clear,

Thy Mercy's fuch an Ocean!
And what can we poor worms fay
here,

Whofe love but yesterday began?
5. One mingles with thy witnesses,
And spells out fomething as he can;
He ftands amidft the Soldier race,
And fings with the whole loving
Train,

All honour does to th' Lamb belong :)
With many tears one does him kifs,
And joins the Church's grateful fong,
The Lamb, the Lamb our Husband is.
6. This has he now for years not
few,

Since first her Being did commence,
In various Trials found moft true:
And here to doubt there's no pretence,
If one but fees with half an eye,
Because this truth is obvious foon;
When blooms the Church fo glo-
riously,

It fure must by the Lamb be done. ·
The word of Jefu's Sweat and

blood,

The word of his Nail prints fo bright,
The feeling fweet of his wounds

flood,

This is th' Election's ground and might:

'Fore this all Hell is in diftrefs; He'll the whole Crofs's church sustain; OIf Satan to the threshold prefs,

Our Heart then didst thou take and

feize,

The Blood won't let him entrance

gain.

8. A child who here has drank his fill,

For what in us had caus'd thee pain,
By Blood was overwhelm'd with eafe; Points out to others Jefu's Worth:

And we enamour'd fince remain.

10. Ye fpirits! how goes it here with Die kirche Chrili prcilet ein ge=

7. Here Summer days, there Prifons them attend;

And one who's us'd to't, this docs nought offend.

8. Mean-while his Wisdom likes t'or. dain it fo,

While grace's ftream them too has overflow'd, And made by Blood their finful nature good,

18. Vouchfaf'd them to partake the Church's light,

And of his truth to witness, giv'n them Right.

19.

Where two or three do walk, with blood baptiz'd,

That witneffes by two and two fhall A Church is feen, tho' little, not

go.

Mark vi. 7.

9. So in the grace together on we

defpis'd.

20. For Jefus there does in the midst refide,

And fees in us his Travel fatisfy'd. 21. Thus unto Grace we live, and live content,

And that we're blefs'd, each day's more evident.

22. Self holinefs to us a fable feems, We gladly leave that Babel's empty dreams.

23. To our own thoughts we die, give them all o'er ; from his Footsteps now draw

But

24.

back no more.

What outward Matters Jefus on us lays,

We feek to falt and fanctify thro' grace.

25. So we, with our whole Life and ev'ry thing,

To the great Son fome pleafing fruit can bring.

And when once each shall bring his Sheaves with joy,

26.

And

Mofes' and the Lamb's Song fills the sky;

27.

We then fhall join the other children's Theme,

Take what thou'st made of us poor finners, Lamb!

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A Collection of Hymns of the Children of God in All Ages, from the Beginning ...