Where will the growing numbers end,
The numbers of thy grace?

2 Thou art our everlasting trust,
Thy goodness we adore;
And till we shall return to dust,
We'll praise thee more and more.

3 Our feet shall travel all the length
Of the celestial road;

And march with courage in thy strength,
To see our Father, God.

438

1

OUR

PSALM Xxiii.

UR Shepherd will supply our need,
Jehovah is his name;

In pastures fresh he makes us feed,
Beside the living stream.

2 He brings our wandering spirits back,
When we forsake his ways;
And leads us, for his mercy's sake,
In paths of truth and grace.

C. M.

3 When we walk through the shades of death, He still shall be our stay;

His presence shall support our faith,
And drive our fears away.

439

ISAIAH ix. 6. MATTHEW i. 23. JOHN i. 1-3.
HEBREWS i. 2, 3.

1 OUR

L. M.

UR songs shall bless the Lord of all,
Our prayers shall climb to his abode :

Jesus to thee for help we call

As the Supreme, Almighty God.

2 Without beginning or decline, Object of faith, and not of sense; Eternal ages saw him shine;

He shines eternal ages hence.

3 Ere the blue heavens were stretched abroad In the beginning was the Word;

With God he was; and he was God,
Eternally to be adored.

4 'Tis by his power all things were made
By him supported all things stand;
He is the whole creation's head,
And angels fly at his command.

5 Our souls shall bless the Lord of all,
Our prayers shall climb to his abode;
Jesus to thee for help we call
As the Supreme, Almighty God.

440

1

PSALM XXXi. 15.

UR times are in thy hand,

OUR

O God we wish them there; We yield ouselves to thy command, And trust thy loving care,

S. M.

2

Our times are in thy hand,

And must well ordered be;

For by thy wisdom they are planned,
And are controlled by thee.

3

Our times are in thy hand,

Why should we doubt or fear?

Our Father may our faults withstand,
But pities every tear.

4

Our times are in thy hand,

5

We want no better guide;

Thou who hast all our weakness scanned,

Wilt for our wants providc.

Our times are in thy hand,
Thou lead'st us safely on;

And till we reach the promised land,
Thy holy will be done.

441

1

OUR

JOB i. 21. PSALM XXXI. 15.

UR times of sorrow and of joy
Great God are in thy hand;

Our sweetest comforts come from thee,
And go at thy command.

C. M.

2 If thou shouldst take what thou hast sent,
Yet would we not repine;
Though they are for our comfort lent,
They are entirely thine.

3 Nor would we ever love thee less,
Though all the world were gone;
But seek enduring happiness,

In thee, and thee alone.

4 Here pain our best delights attends,
'Tis honey mixed with gall;

Midst changing scenes and dying friends
Be thou our all in all.

442

C. M.

PSALM CXXX.

1 UT of the depths of sin and woe,
To thee O God we pray;

Thy all-sufficient grace bestow,
Ťake all our guilt away.

2 Should'st thou with thine all-seeing eye
And thy almighty hand,
Mark and avenge iniquity,
Jehovah, who could stand.

3 But there is pardon full and free,
Since Christ our sins did bear,
That sinners reconciled to thee,
Might love, obey, and fear.
4 We wait thy help and mercy Lord,
With earnest longing wait;
For we rely upon thy word,
And know thy love is great.

5 If travellers in night's stormy hour,
Long for the dawn of day,
No less we long to see thy power:
That power to save display.

6 In God let all believers trust,
Whate'er their dangers seem;
For he is good, as well as just,
And mighty to redeem.

7 He pardons sinners through his Son,
He rescues the enslaved;

And all who trust to Christ alone,
Shall by his grace be saved.

443 1 PASCH

1 CORINTHIANS V. 7.

ASCHAL Lamb, by God appointed;
All our sins on thee were laid;

By almighty love anointed,

Thou hast full atonement made.

2 Every sin may be forgiven

Through the virtue of thy blood;
Opened now the gate of heaven,
Peace is made for man with God.
3 Jesus, hail, abashed before thee,
Seraphs bright their faces hide;
All the heavenly hosts adore thee,
Seated at thy Father's side.

4 Glory, honor, power, and blessing,
Thou art worthy to receive;
Praises, then, and love unceasing,
May we all for ever give.

444

PSALM XVI. 10, 11.

8.7.

8. 7. 4.

1 PILGRIMS here on earth, and strangers With our weary load we bend:

Oh, how sweet, 'mid toils and dangers,
Still to have a heavenly Friend!
Christ has suffered;

And to sufferers, grace will send.

2 To the shameful cross they nailed him, And that cross became his throne: