SUNDAYS AFTER TRINITY: O happy, if ye labour!
As Jesus did for men:) Oh happy, if ye hunger
As Jesus hunger'd then! The cross that Jesus carried He carried as your due: The crown that Jesus weareth He weareth it for you. The faith by which ye see Him, The hope in which ye yearn, The love that through all troubles To Him alone will turn, What are they but His heralds To lead you to His sight? What are they save the effluence Of Uncreated Light? The trials that beset you, The sorrows ye endure, The manifold temptations That death alone can cure, What are they but His jewels
Of right celestial worth? What are they but a ladder Set up to heaven on earth f 0 happy band of pilgrims,
Look upward to the skies, Where such a light affliction Shall win you such a prize.
WARFARE AND PILGRIMAGE.
Though sin would fill me with distress, The throne of grace I dare address, For Jesus is my righteousness.
Amen.
361 OFT in danger, oft in woe,[ go: Onward, Christians, onward Fight the fight, maintain the strife, Strengthen'd with the bread of life. Onward, Christians, onward go, Join the war, and face the foe: Will ye flee in danger's hour? Know ye not your Captain's power? Let your drooping hearts be glad: March in heavenly armour clad: Fight, nor think the battle long, Victory soon shall tune your song. Let not sorrow dim your eye, Soon shall every tear be dry; Let not fears your course impede, Great your strength, if great your need.
Onward then in battle move, More than conquerors ye shall prove; Though opposed by many a foe, Christian soldiers, onward go. Amen.
362 WHY should I fear the darkest
hour,
Or tremble at the tempter's power? Jesus vouchsafes to be my tower. Though hot the fight, why quit the Why must I either fly or yield,[ field? Since Jesus is my mighty shield? I know not what may soon betide, Or how my wants shall be supplied; But Jesus knows, and will provide.
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Though faint my prayers, and cold my love,
My steadfast hope shall not remove, While Jesus intercedes above.
Against me earth and hell combine; But on my side is power divine; Jesus is all, and He is mine. Amen.
363 LEAD us, heavenly Father
lead us
O'er the world's tempestuous sea; Guard us, guide us, keep us, feed us, For we have no help but Thee; Yet possessing Every blessing,
If our God our Father be. Saviour, breathe forgiveness o'er us;
All our weakness Thou dost know; Thou didst tread this earth before us Thou didst feel its keenest woe: Lone and dreary, Faint and weary, Through the desert Thou didst go. Spirit of our God, descending,
Fill our hearts with heavenly joy; Love with every passion blending, Pleasure that can never cloy: Thus provided,
Pardon'd, guided, Nothing can our peace destroy. Amen.
364 WHY those fears?-Behold,
' tis Jesus
Holds the helm and guides the ship: Spread the sails, and catch the breezes Sent to waft us through the deep, To the regions
Where the mourners cease to weep. Though the shore we hope to land on Only by report is known, Yet we freely all abandon, Led by that report alone; And with Jesus
Through the trackless deep move on. Led by that, we brave the ocean; Led by that, the storms defy; Calm amidst tumultuous motion, Knowing that our Lord is nigh:
Waves obey Him,
And the storms before Him fly.
Oh what pleasures there await us:
There the tempests cease to roar; There it is that those who hate us
Can molest our peace no more:
On that tranquil happy shore. Amen. 365 WE'VE no abiding city here:
This may distress the worldling's mind;
But should not cost the saint a tear, Who hopes a better rest to find.