A Pastor's Selection of Hymns and Tunes

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ZEPHYR. L. M.

LET ev-er-last-ing glories crown Thy head, my Saviour, and my Lord ;

Thy hands have brought salvation down, And writ the bless-ings in thy word.

[H. 134. 3. Amidst temptations sharp and long,
My soul to this dear refuge flies;
Hope is my anchor, firm and strong,
While tempests blow and billows rise.

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ET everlasting glories crown
Thy head, my Saviour, and my Lord;
Thy hands have brought salvation down,
And writ the blessings in thy word.

2. In vain the trembling conscience seeks
Some solid ground to rest upon :
With long despair the spirit breaks,
Till we apply to Christ alone.

3. How well thy blessed truths agree!
How wise and holy thy commands!
Thy promises, how firm they be!
How firm our hope and comfort stands !

4. Should all the forms that men devise
Assault my faith with treacherous art,
I'll call them vanity and lies,
And bind the gospel to my heart.

2. The pains, the groans and dying strife,
Fright our approaching souls away;
Still we shrink back again to life,
Fond of our prison and our clay.

3. O! if my Lord would come and meet,
My soul would stretch her wings in haste,
Fly fearless through death's iron gate,
Nor feel the terrors as she pass'd.

4. Jesus can make a dying bed
Feel soft as downy pillows are,
While on his breast I lean my head,
And breathe my life out sweetly there.

40 ANDREA. C. M.

Melody of the Reformers.

1. BLEST morning, whose first dawning light Be - held our ris

That saw him triumph o'er the dust, And leave his last

a - bode.

5. Salvation and immortal praise

To our victorious King;

3. Lift up the everlasting gates,
The doors wide open fling;
Enter, ye nations that obey
The statutes of our King.

4. Here shall you taste unmingled joys
And live in perfect peace;
You that have known Jehovah's name,
And ventured on his grace.

5. Trust in the Lord, for ever trust, And banish all your fears: Strength in the Lord Jehovah dwells, Eternal as his years.

Sel. 101.

(Stanzas 4, 5, 6 omitted.)

[Ps. 47.

! FOR a shout of sacred joy To God, the sovereign King!

Let heaven and earth, and rocks and seas, Let every land their tongues employ,

With glad hosannas ring.

And hymns of triumph sing.

2. Jesus, our God, ascends on high;
His heavenly guards around
Attend him rising through the sky,
With trumpets' joyful sound.

3. While angels shout and praise their King,

Let mortals learn their strains; Let all the earth his honors sing; O'er all the earth he reigns.

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Fain would I sound it out so loud, That earth and heav'n should hear.

Sel. 102.

(Stanza 1 in Music.)

[H. 335. 3. Thy wonders to thy servants show,
Make thy own work complete;
Then shall our souls thy glory know,
And own thy love was great.

2. Yes, thou art precious to my soul,
My joy, my hope, my trust;
Jewels, to thee, are gaudy toys,
And gold is sordid dust.

3. All my capacious powers can wish,
In thee most richly meet;
Nor to mine eyes is light so dear,
Nor friendship half so sweet.

4. Thy grace still dwells upon my heart,
And sheds its fragrance there;
The noblest balm of all its wounds,
The cordial of its care.

5. I'll speak the honors of thy name, With my last, laboring breath; Then speechless clasp thee in mine

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Sel. 106.

BEGIN

[H. 9.

EGIN, my tongue, some heavenly theme,

And speak some boundless thing, The mighty works, or mightier name, Of our eternal King.

2. Tell of his wondrous faithfulness,
And sound his power abroad;
Sing the sweet promise of his grace,
And the performing God.

3. Proclaim "Salvation from the Lord,
For wretched, dying men;"
His hand has writ the sacred word,
With an immortal pen.

4. His very word of grace is strong,

As that which built the skies;
The voice that rolls the stars along,
Speaks all the promises.

O might I hear thy heavenly tongue But whisper, "Thou art mine!" Those gentle words should raise my song To notes almost divine.

6. How would my leaping heart rejoice, And think my heaven secure!

I trust the all-creating voice,
And faith desires no more.

Sel. 107.

(Stanzas 4-6 omitted.)

[H. 656.

JERUSALEM, my happy home,

Name ever dear to me!

When shall my labors have an end,
In joy, and peace, and thee?

2. When shall these eyes thy heavenbuilt walls

And pearly gates behold?

Thy bulwarks, with salvation strong,
And streets of shining gold?

3. O when, thou city of my God,
Shall I thy courts ascend,
Where congregations ne'er break up,
And Sabbaths have no end?

7. Jerusalem, my happy home,
My soul still pants for thee;
Then shall my labors have an end,
When I thy joys shall see.

AVON. C. M.

Scottish. 43

1. THOU, whose ten - der mercy hears Con-tri- tion's hum-ble sigh,

Whose hand, in - dul- gent, wipes the tears From sor - row's weep-ing eye.

(Stanzas 5, 6 omitted.)

[H. 121.

4. The Lord has promised good to me,
His word my hope secures;
He will my shield and portion be,
As long as life endures.

Sel. 110.

[H. 315.

(Stanzas 2, 3 omitted.) HEN any turn from Sion's way,

Methinks I hear my Saviour say,
"Wilt thou forsake me too?"

4. Beyond a doubt, I rest assured,
Thou art the Christ of God;
Who hast eternal life secured,
By promise and by blood.

AMAZING grace! how sweet the 5. No voice but thine can give me rest,

sound,

That saved a wretch like me!

I once was lost, but now am found,
Was blind, but now I see.

2. 'Twas grace that taught my heart to
And grace my fears relieved; [fear,
How precious did that grace appear,
The hour I first believed!

And bid my fears depart;

No love but thine can make me blest,
And satisfy my heart.

6. What anguish has this question stirr'd,
"And wilt thou also go?"
Dear Lord, relying on thy word,
I humbly answer-no!

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