And when I fain would sing them,
My spirit fails and faints,
And vainly strives to image
Th' assembly of the saints.

9 Jerusalem the glorious,

The home of the Elect,
The dear and future vision
That eager hearts expect;
E'en now by faith I see thee;
E'en here thy walls discern,
For thee my thoughts are kindled,
And strive, and pant, and yearn.

HYMN

416.

C. M.

ET me not, Thou King Eternal,
Enter hell's domain infernal

Where is grieving, where is sadness,
Where is sorrow, where is madness,
Where despair is ever sighing,
Where the worm is never dying,
Where the shameless are astounded,
Where the guilty are confounded.
2 Me may Zion welcome, saved,
Tranquil city, seat of David;
God its builder, light immortal,
Orient pearl each blazing portal,
Crystal gold its streets; the nation
Of the blest its population;
Living rock the walls that bound it,
Christ the guard that dwells around it.
3 With what joyous gratulations.
Throng thy gates the festive nations!
What the warmth of their embracing,
What the gems thy walls enchasing !

Through that city's streets are wending, Holy throngs their anthems blending; There may I, with myriads glorious, Chaunt Thy praise in psalms victorious!

ET

P. M.

How long art thou, Eternity? And yet to thee Time hastes away; Like as the war-horse to the fray, Or swift as couriers homeward go, Or ship to port, or shaft from bow. Ponder, Oman, Eternity!

2 Eternity! Eternity!

How long art thou, Eternity?
Even as on a perfect sphere,
Nor end nor outset can appear,
E'en so, Eternity, in thee,
Entrance nor exit can there be.
Ponder, O man, Eternity!

3 Eternity! Eternity!

How long art thou, Eternity!
A little bird with fretting beak
Might wear to nought the loftiest peak,
Though but each thousand years it came,
Yet leave thee then, as now, the same.
Ponder, O man, Eternity!

4 Eternity Eternity!

How long art thou, Eternity?
How terrible art thou in woe,
How blest where joys forever flow!
God's mercy shedding gladness bright,
His judgment, bitterness and night.
Ponder, O man, Eternity.

GLORIA PATRI.

N. B. The metre marks, affixed to the 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, Short, and Peculiar metres, marked C. M., L. M., S. M., P. 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 of Anapests, being five in number, marked IV. 1, IV. 2, IV. 3, &c., and may be named Four, one; Four, two, &c.

CLASS I.

C. M.

10 Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,

T

The God whom we adore,

Be glory as it was, is now,

And shall be evermore.

L. M.

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.

S. M.

To God the Father, Son,

And Spirit, glory be,

As 'twas, and is, and shall be so
To all eternity.

CLASS II.

II. 1.

ΤΟ Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
The God whom heaven's triumphant host,
And saints on earth adore;

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 heaven's triumphant host,
And suffering saints on earth adore;

Be glory as in ages past,

As now it is, and so shall last

When time itself shall be no more.

II. 3.

To God the Father, God the Son,
And God the Spirit, Three in One,
Be glory in the highest given,
By all on earth, and all in heaven,
As was through ages heretofore,
Is now, and shall be evermore.

II. 4.

To God the Father, Son,
And Spirit, ever bless'd,
Eternal Three in One,

All worship be address'd,
As heretofore

It was, is now,

And shall be so
For evermore.

II. 5.

To God the Father, and to God the Son,
To God the Holy Spirit, Three in One,
Be praise from all on earth and all in heaven,
As was, and is, and ever shall be given.

II. 6.

ETERNAL praise be given,

And songs of highest worth,
By all the hosts of heaven,
And all the saints on earth,
To God, supreme confess'd,
To Christ, His only Son,
And to the Spirit bless'd,
Eternal Three in One.

II. 7.

To Father, Son, and Spirit bless'd,
Supreme o'er earth and heaven,
Eternal Three in One confess'd,
Be highest glory given,

As was through ages heretofore,
Is now, and shall be evermore,
By all in earth and heaven.