And perfect love and friendship reign Through all eternity.

598

Rev. John Fawcett (1739-1817), 1772.

Cross and Crown.

I O WHAT, if we are Christ's,
Is earthly shame or loss?

Bright shall the crown of glory be,
When we have borne the cross.

2 Keen was the trial once,

Bitter the cup of woe,

When martyred saints, baptized in blood, Christ's sufferings shared below.

3 Bright is their glory now,
Boundless their joy above,

Where, on the bosom of their God,
They rest in perfect love.

4 Lord, may that grace be ours,

Like them in faith to bear
All that of sorrow, grief, or pain
May be our portion here.

Rev. Sir Henry Williams Baker (1821-1877), 1852. Ab.

LOWELL MASON (1792-1872), 1832.

2 I love Thy church, O God:

Her walls before Thee stand, Dear as the apple of Thine eye, And graven on Thy hand.

3 For her my tears shall fall,

For her my prayers ascend;

To her my cares and toils be given, Till toils and cares shall end.

4 Beyond my highest joy

I prize her heavenly ways,

Her sweet communion, solemn vows,
Her hymns of love and praise.

5 Jesus, Thou Friend divine,

Our Saviour and our King,

Thy hand from every snare and foe Shall great deliverance bring.

6 Sure as Thy truth shall last, To Zion shall be given

BADEA. S. M.

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The brightest glories earth can yield, And brighter bliss of Heaven.

Rev. Timothy Dwight (1752-1817), 1800. Ab.

The Saints of the Lord.

I FOR all Thy saints, O Lord,

Who strove in Thee to live,

Who followed Thee, obeyed, adored, Our grateful hymn receive.

2 For all Thy saints, O Lord, Accept our thankful cry,

Who counted Thee their great reward, And strove in Thee to die.

3 They all in life and death,

With Thee, their Lord in view, Learned from Thy Holy Spirit's breath To suffer and to do.

4 For this Thy Name we bless,
And humbly pray that we
May follow them in holiness,
And live and die in Thee.

Bp. Richard Mant (1776-1848), 1837. Ab.

German Melody.

By redemption's wondrous story,

By the Saviour crucified;
Thanks to Thee for every blessing,
Flowing from the Fount of love;
Thanks for present good unceasing,
And for hopes of bliss above.

2 Hear us, as thus bending lowly,
Near Thy bright and burning throne,
We invoke Thee, God most holy,
Through Thy well-belovéd Son;
Send the baptism of Thy Spirit,
Shed the pentecostal fire;
Let us all Thy grace inherit,

Waken, crown each good desire.

3 Bind Thy people, Lord, in union,
With the sevenfold cord of love;
Breathe a spirit of communion
With the glorious hosts above;
Let Thy work be seen progressing;

Bow each heart, and bend each knee, Till the world, Thy truth possessing, Celebrates its jubilee.

Rev. Thomas William Aveling (1815

), 1844