2 Beside thy living waters

All plants are, great and small-
The cedar of the forest,

The hyssop of the wall.
Thy ageless walls are bonded
With amethyst unpriced;
The saints build up its fabric,

And the corner-stone is CHRIST.

3 Thou hast no shore, fair ocean!
Thou hast no time, bright day!
Dear fountain of refreshment
To pilgrims far away:
Upon the Rock of Ages

They raise thy holy tower;
Thine is the victor's laurel,

And thine the golden dower.

4 They stand, those halls of Zion,
Conjubilant with song,

And bright with many an angel,
And all the martyr throng:

The Prince is ever in them,

The light is aye serene,
The pastures of the blessed

Are decked in glorious sheen.

5 There is the throne of David, And there, from toil released,

The shout of them that triumph,
The song of them that feast:
And who, beneath their Leader,
Have conquered in the fight,
For ever and for ever

Are clad in robes of white.

6 Their breasts are filled with gladness, Their mouths are tuned to praise, What time, now safe for ever,

On former sins they gaze:—

The fouler was the error,
The sadder was the fall,
The ampler be the praises
Of Him who pardoned all.

7 Their one and only anthem,
The fulness of His love,
Who gives, instead of torment,
Eternal joys above:
Instead of torment, glory;

Instead of death, that life
Wherewith your happy Country,
True Israelites! is rife.

8 O happy retribution!

Short toil, eternal rest;
For mortals and for sinners,

A mansion with the blest!

Yes! God our King and Portion,
In fulness of his grace,

Shall we behold for ever,

And worship face to face!

That eager hearts expect!
Even now by faith I see thee;
Even here thy walls discern;
To thee my thoughts are kindled,
And strive, and pant, and yearn.

2 Thy loveliness oppresses

All human thought and heart:
And none, O peace, O Zion,

Can sing thee as thou art:
New mansions of new people,
Whom God's own love and light
Promote, increase, make holy,
Identify, unite.

3 The Cross is all thy splendour,
The Crucified thy praise:

His laud and benediction

Thy ransomed people raise:

Jerusalem, exulting

On that securest shore,

I hope thee, wish thee, sing thee,
And love thee evermore.
4 O sweet, and blessed Country,
Shall I ever see thy face?
O sweet and blessed Country,
Shall I ever win thy grace?
I have the hope within me,
To comfort and to bless:
And shall I see thy glory?—
O tell me, tell me, Yes!

5 Exult, O dust and ashes!
The Lord shall be thy part:
His only, his for ever,

Thou shalt be, and thou art!
Exult, O dust and ashes!

The Lord shall be thy part:

His only, his for ever,

Thou shalt be, and thou art!

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C. M.

LET God the Father, and the Son,

And Spirit be adored,

Where there are works to make Him known, Or saints to love the Lord.

C. M.

To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
The God whom we adore,

Be glory as it was, is now,
And shall be evermore.

C. M. Double.

1 THE God of mercy be adored,

Who calls our souls from death: Who saves by His redeeming word, And new-creating breath.

2 To praise the Father, and the Son,
And Spirit, all Divine,

The One in Three, and Three in One,
Let saints and angels join.