Hymns for Christian Devotion - LightNovelsOnl.com
You're reading novel online at LightNovelsOnl.com. Please use the follow button to get notifications about your favorite novels and its latest chapters so you can come back anytime and won't miss anything.
356. S. M. L. H. Sigourney.
Active Piety.
1 Servants of Christ, arise, And gird you for the toil; The dew of promise from the skies Already cheers the soil.
2 Go where the sick recline, Where mourning hearts deplore; And where the sons of sorrow pine, Dispense your hallowed lore.
3 Urge, with a tender zeal, The erring child along, Where peaceful congregations kneel, And pious teachers throng.
4 Be faith, which looks above, With prayer, your constant guest, And wrap the Saviour's changeless love A mantle round your breast.
5 So shall you share the wealth, That earth may ne'er despoil, And the blest gospel's saving health Repay your arduous toil.
357. L. M. Steele.
Example of the Saviour.
1 And is the gospel peace and love?
So let our conversation be; The serpent blended with the dove, Wisdom and meek simplicity.
2 Whene'er the angry pa.s.sions rise, And tempt our thoughts or tongues to strife, On Jesus let us fix our eyes, Bright pattern of the Christian life!
3 O, how benevolent and kind!
How mild! how ready to forgive!
Be this the temper of our mind, And his the rules by which we live.
4 Dispensing good where'er he came, The labors of his life were love; If, then, we love our Saviour's name Thus let us our relation prove.
358. S. M. Doddridge.
"Again, I say--Watch!"
1 Ye servants of the Lord, Each in his office wait, Observant of his heavenly word, And watchful at his gate.
2 Let all your lamps be bright, And trim the golden flame; Gird up your loins, as in his sight, For awful is his name.
3 Watch,--'tis your Lord's command; And while we speak, he's near; Mark the first signal of his hand, And ready all appear.
4 O, happy servant he, In such a posture found!
He shall his Lord with rapture see And be with honor crowned.
359. S. M. Bulfinch.
The Use of Present Opportunities.
1 Children of light, awake, At Jesus' call arise, Forth with your leader to partake His toils, his victories.
2 Ye must not idly stand, His sacred voice who hear; Arm for the strife the feeble hand, The holy standard rear.
3 Nought doth the world afford, But toil must be the price; Wilt thou not, servant of the Lord, Then toil for paradise?
4 Awake, ye sons of light, Strive till the prize be won; Far spent already is the night; The day comes brightening on.
360. C. M. H. K. White.
The Christian's Contest, Rest, and Hope.
1 Through sorrow's night and danger's way Amid the deepening gloom, The soldiers of an injured King Are marching to the tomb.
2 Their service done, securely laid In this their last retreat, Unheeded o'er their silent dust The storms of life shall beat.
3 Yet not thus lifeless in the grave The vital spark shall lie; O'er nature's ruins it shall rise, To reach its kindred sky.
4 Then heaven's soft dew o'er every eye Shall shed its mildest rays; And the long silent dust shall wake In strains of endless praise.
361. C. M. Anonymous.
The whole Armor.
1 O, speed thee, Christian, on thy way, And to thy armor cling; With girded loins the call obey That grace and mercy bring.
2 There is a battle to be fought, An upward race to run, A crown of glory to be sought, A victory to be won.
3 O, faint not, Christian, for thy sighs Are heard before His throne; The race must come before the prize, The cross before the crown.
