Thy streets are laid with beaten gold, 8 Thy walls are made of precious stone, 9 Thy gardens and thy pleasant walks Such dazzling views by human sight 10 If heaven be thus so glorious, Lord, 11 Reach down, O Lord, thine arm of grace, And cause me to ascend Where congregations ne'er break up, 12 Jesus, my Lord, to glory's gone, And all my brethren here below, 13 My friends, I bid you all adieu, I leave you in God's care: 14 When we've been there ten thousand years, We've no less days to sing God's praise, 477 TIME AND ETERNITY. DEATH AND RESURRECTION. God's Presence in Death. L. M. 1 O GOD, unseen, but not unknown, Thine eye is ever fixed on me; I dwell beneath thy secret throne, 2 The moment comes, when strength shall fail, I must go down into the vale And shade of death with thee alone. 3 Alone with thee!-in that dread strife Uphold me through mine agony, And gently be this dying life Exchanged for immortality. 4 Then, when the unbodied spirit lands Where flesh and blood have never trod, And in the unveiled presence stands, Of thee, my Saviour and my God;5 Be mine eternal portion this,— Since thou wert always here with me, 478 God's Presence in Death. 1 WHEN bending o'er the brink of life 2 0 thou great Source of joy supreme, 3 Lay thy supporting, gentle hand 479 "O Death, where is thy sting!" 1 WHAT is it for a saint to die, That we the thought should fear? C. M. C. M. "Tis but to pass the heavenly sky, And leave pollution here. 2 True, Jordan's stream is wondrous deep, But He that guards us while we sleep, 3 A parting world, a gaping tomb, Are thorny paths to heaven, our home, 4 Eternal glory just before, And Jesus waiting there: A heavenly gale to waft us o'er- 480 L. M. "I have fought a good Fight." 2 Tim. iv. 6-8. 1 THE hour of my departure's come, 2 The race appointed I have run, 3 Not in mine innocence I trust; I bow before thee in the dust, 4 I leave the world without a tear, 481 "Having a Desire to Depart." 1 To Jesus, the crown of my hope, My soul is in haste to be gone; O, bear me, ye cherubim, up, And waft me away to his throne. 2 My Saviour, whom absent I love; Whom, not having seen, I adore; Whose name is exalted above All glory, dominion, and power;-3 Dissolve thou these bands that detain My soul from her portion in thee, O, strike off this adamant chain, And make me eternally free. 8s. |