2 8 On eagles' wings they mount, they soar Till, pas: the sphere of earth and sin, HYMN 207. C. M. Isaiah lvii. 15. THUS speaks the High and Lofty One: 2 Yet, looking down, I visit oft 3 My presence heals the wounded heart, My presence, from the bed of dust, 4 I dwell with all my humble saints. HYMN 208. II. 1. Habakkuk iii. 17-19. ALTHOUGH the vine ita fruit die 2 Though fields, in verdure once array'd, Or parch'd by scorching beam; Still in the Lord shall be my trust, My joy; for, though his frown is Just, His mercy is supreme. 3 Though from the foll the flock decay, My soul above the wreck shall rise, 4 In God my strength, howe'er distrest, My lingering soul, my tardy feet, THO HYMN 209. C. M. St. John xiv. 6. HOU art the Way, to thee alone And he who would the Father seek, 2 Thou art the Truth, thy word alone Thou only canst inform the mind 3 Thou art the Life, the rending tomb. 4 Thou art the Way, the Truth, the Life; S HYMN 211. III. 1. Ephesians v. 14-17. INNER, rouse thee from thy sleep, 4 Be not blind and foolish still; L% HYMN 212. C. M. Hebrews xii. 1, 2. O! what a cloud of witnesses Men once like us with suffering tried, 2 Let us, with zeal like theirs inspired, 3 Behold a witness nobler still, 4 He, for the Joy before him set, 5 Thither, forgetting things behind, GLORIA PATRI. N. B. The metre marks, affixed to the Psalms and Hymns, refer to a division of the Metres, founded on the nature of the verse, into four Classes, marked-I., II., III., IV. Class I. includes Common, Long, and Short metres, marked C. M., L. M., S. M. Class II. includes the other Iambic metres, eight in number, marked II. 1, II. 2, II. 3, II. 4, &c., which may be named Two, one; Two, two; Two, three, &c. Class III. includes the Trochaic metres, being five in number, marked III. 1, III. 2, III. 3, &c., which may be named Three, one; Three, two, &c.! Class IV. includes the metres consisting chiefly of triplets, being five in number, marked IV. 1, IV. 2, IV. 3, &c., and may be named Four, one; Four, two, &c. To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, The God whom earth and heaven adore, Be glory, as it was of old, Is now, and shall be evermore. CLASS II. II. 1. TO Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, Be glory as in ages past, As now it is, and so shall last When time shall be no more. II.2. To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, The God whom henveu's triumphant host, Be glory as in ages past, As now it is, and so shall last When time itself shall be no more. To God the Father, and to God the Son, II. 6. Eternal praise be given, And songs of highest worth, 44. |