FOR A RETREAT
mf 0 hide this self from me, that I
No more, but CHRIST in me, may live;
My vile affections crucify.
Nor let one hidden lust survive! er In all things nothing may I see, dim Nothing desire, apart from Thee p Each moment draw from earth away My heart, that lowly waits Thy call; er Speak to my inmost soul, and say,
" I am thy Love, thy God, thy All!" To feel Thy power, to hear Thy voice, To taste Thy love, be all my choice.
Amen.
Hymn 560 is also suitable.
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Processional.
" Now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is 601 not ashamed to be called their God." f* THE GOD of Abraham praise Who reigns enthroned above, Ancient of everlasting days,
And GOD of Love: JEHOVAH, Great I AM,
By earth and Heaven confest; We bow and bless the Sacred Name For ever blest.
The God of Abraham praise, At Whose supreme command From earth we rise, and seek the joys At His right Hand: dim We all on earth forsake, Its wisdom, fame, and power; fAnd Him our only Portion make, Our Shield and Tower.
p Though nature's strength decay, And earth and hell withstand, er To Canaan's bounds we urge our
way
At His command. The watery deep we pass, With JESUS in our view;
And through the howling wilderness Our way pursue.
mf The goodly land we see, With peace and plenty blest; A land of sacred liberty
p And endless rest; mf There milk and honey flow, And oil and wine abound, And trees of life for ever grow, With mercy crown'd.
f There dwells the LORD, our King, The LORD our Righteousness, Triumphant o'er the world of sin, The Prince of Peace:
OR QUIET DAY.
On Sion's sacred height His Kingdom He maintains, And glorious with His saints in light For ever reigns.
mf He keeps His own secure, He guards them by His side, Arrays in garment white and pure His spotless Bride: With streams of sacred bliss, Beneath serener skies, With all the fruits of Paradise, He still supplies.
Before the great Three- One They all exulting stand, And tell the wonders He hath done Through all their land: The listening spheres attend, And swell the growing fame: And sing, in songs which never end, The wondrous Name. rost
* The GOD Who reigns on high The great Archangels sing; dim And" Holy, Holy, Holy," cry, 1" Almighty King!
Who was, and is the same, And evermore shall be; JEHOVAH, FATHER, Great I AM, p We worship Thee.'
mfBefore the SAVIOUR's Face The ransom'd nations bow, O'erwhelm'd at His Almighty grace For ever new:
p He shows His prints of love, They kindle to a flame!
cr And sound through all the worlds above
p The slaughter'd Lamb.
The whole triumphant host Give thanks to GoD on high; " Hail! FATHER, SON, and HOLY GHOST,"
They ever cry: Hail! Abraham's GOD, and mine! ( I join the heavenly lays), ff All might and majesty are Thine, And endless praise. Amen.
Restoration of a Church.
" To give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desola602 tions thereof."
f0 JERUSALEM the blissful, Home of gladness yet untold:
Thou whose countless throngs trium
phal fill with joy thy street of gold; These verses may be omitted, if the Graven on thee, new and glorious, Hymn be thought too long. they the King's own Name behold!
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