4 To God, the Only Wise, In every age adored; Let glory from the church arise Through Jesus Christ our Lord.
736 S. M. To the only wise God, our Saviour. Jude 24;25.
To God, the Only Wise, Our Saviour and our King; Let all the saints below the skies Their humble praises bring.
2 ’Tis his almighty love, His counsel and his care, Preserve us safe from sin and death, And every hurtful snare.
3 He will present our souls, Unblemished and complete, Before the glory of his face, With joys divinely great.
4 Then all the chosen seed Shall meet around the throne, Shall bless the conduct of his grace, And make his wonders known.
5 To our Redeemer, God, Wisdom and power belong, Immortal crowns of majesty, And everlasting song.
737 S. M. God be merciful to us. Psalm 67:1.
To bless thy chosen race, In mercy, Lord, incline; And cause the brightness of thy face On all thy saints to shine;—
2 That so thy wondrous way May through the world be known: While distant lands their homage pay, And thy salvation own.
3 Let all the nations join To celebrate thy fame; And all the world, Lord, combine, To praise thy glorious name.
738 S. M. Waiting in hope.
Soon we shall meet again When all our toils are o’er, Where sin, and death, and grief, and pain, And parting are no more.
2 O, happy, happy day That calls thy exiles home; The flaming heavens shall pass away, The earth receive her doom.
3 Saviour, we wait the sound That shall our souls release, And labor that we may be found Of thee in perfect peace.
739 S. M. Absent in the flesh—present in the spirit.
And let our bodies part, To different climes repair; Still and for ever joined in heart The friends of Jesus are.
2 O let us still proceed In Jesus’ work below; And following our triumphant Head, To further conquests go.
3 O let our heart and mind, Great God, to thee ascend, That haven of repose to find, Where all our labors end;
4 Where all our toils are o’er, Our suffering and our pain: Who meet on that eternal shore Shall never part again.
740 S. M. The spread of truth.
Thy name, almighty Lord, Shall sound through distant lands: Great is thy grace, and sure thy word; Thy truth for ever stands.
2 Far be thine honor spread, And long thy praise endure, Till morning light and evening shade Shall be exchanged no more.
741 S. M. Blessedness of the pure in heart.
Blest are the pure in heart For they shall see our God; The secret of the Lord is theirs; Their soul is his abode.
2 Still to the lowly soul He doth himself impart, And for his temple and his throne Selects the pure in heart.
742 7s. peculiar. Head of the Church triumphant.
Head of the Church triumphant! We joyfully adore thee; Till thou appear, thy members here Shall sing like those in glory.
2 We lift our hearts and voices In blest anticipation, And cry aloud, and give to God The praise of our salvation.
743 7s. Psalm 117.
All ye nations, praise the Lord; All ye lands, your voices raise; Heaven and earth, with loud accord Praise the Lord, for ever praise.
2 For his truth and mercy stand, Past, and present, and to be, Like the years of his right hand, Like his own eternity.
744 7s. Supplication—with thanksgiving. Phil. 4:6.
Thanks for mercies past receive; Pardon of our sins renew; Teach us, henceforth, how to live With eternity in view.
2 Blest thy word to old and young, Grant us, Lord, thy peace and love; And, when life’s short race is run, Take us to thy house above.
745 7s, double. Guide us, Lord.
Guide us, Lord! while, hand in hand, Journing toward the better land; Foes we know are to be met, Snares the pilgrim’s path beset; Clouds upon the valley rest, Rough and dark the mountain’s breast; And our home can not be gained, Save through trials well sustained.
2 Guide us while we onward move, Linked in closest bonds of love, Striving for the holy mind, And the soul from sense refined; That when life no longer burns, And the dust to dust returns, With the strength which thou hast given, We may rise to thee and heaven.
746 7s. The God of Peace—make you perfect. Heb. 13:20.
Now may he, who from the dead Brought the Shepherd of the sheep, Jesus Christ our King and Head, All our souls in safety keep!
2 May he teach us to fulfill What is pleasing in his sight; Perfect us in all his will, And preserve us day and night.