8 So when earthly temples shall be all dissolved in the dust,
We may at the Resurrection rise in glory with the just,
When the heavenly city, shining and adornèd as a bride
For her husband, with Thy presence shall, O Lord, be glorified;
9 When that holy city, gleaming with its jewels, pearls and gold,
Shall descend, and in its portals all the risen saints enfold;
May we in its light eternal sing with all the heavenly host,
Glory be to God the Father, to the Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.

(CHURCH RESTORATION.)

311 "We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded

these many years ago."-Ezra v. II.

I JESU! where'er Thy people meet,
There they behold Thy mercy-seat;

Where'er they seek Thee, Thou art found,
And every place is hallowed ground.

2 For Thou, within no walls confined,

Inhabitest the humble mind;

Such ever bring Thee where they come,
And, going, take Thee to their home.

3 Yet everywhere Thou guid'st Thine own
To raise for Thee an earthly throne;
And where Thy name Thou dost record,
There Thou wilt come and bless them, Lord!

4 Great Shepherd of Thy chosen few,
Thy former mercies here renew;
And here to wayward hearts proclaim
The sweetness of Thy saving Name!

5 Here may we prove the might of prayer
To strengthen faith and sweeten care,

cres. To teach our faint desires to rise,
ƒ And bring all heaven before our eyes!

6 Behold, obedient to Thy word,

We stretch the curtain and the cord;
f Come, with Thy glory fill the place;
f Let all around be light and grace! Amen.

A - men.

WINCHESTER OLD.

C.M.

George KirbyE, 1592.

(OPENING OF A MISSION ROOM.)

313 "Where two or three are gathered together in My Name, there am I in the midst

of them."-St. Matt. xviii. 20.

I GREAT Shepherd of Thy people, hear!
Thy presence now display:

As Thou hast given a place for prayer,
So give us hearts to pray.

2 Within these walls let holy peace,
And love and concord dwell:

Here give the troubled conscience ease,
The wounded spirit heal.

3 May we in faith receive Thy word,
In faith present our prayers;
And in the presence of our Lord
Unbosom all our cares.

4 The hearing ear, the seeing eye,
The contrite heart bestow;
And shine upon us from on high,
That we in grace may grow. Amen.

d.

Amen.

314

N.B.-The chord enclosed in brackets to be omitted in second verse.

(ANNIVERSARY OF DEDICATION.)

Glory and honour are in His presence; strength and gladness are in His place."-1 Chron. xvi. 27.

FI HOLY, Holy, Holy, to Thee our vows we pay,

With Eucharist and canticle, on this our festal day: For Thee, O Lord Almighty, high praise in Sion waits;

Glad city of the King most high, lift up, lift up thy gates!

Holy, Holy, Holy, to Thee our vows we pay, With Eucharist and canticle, on this our festal day! 2 Thyself the Master Builder, oh! build us up in Thee, A temple pure and beautiful, where Thou wilt deign to be,

Precious, elect, compacted, Thyself the Corner-stone, And full of love and graces sweet which Thou dost give alone.

For Thee, O Lord Almighty, high praise in Sion
waits,

Glad city of the King most high, lift up, lift up thy
gates!

BLESSED City, Heavenly Salem (338).
CHRIST is our Corner-stone (344).
Lo, God is here, let us adore (415).
LORD of the worlds above (423).

3 O Comforter most blessed, Thou source of Life and Light,

4

The Bride to-day is glorious in raiment fair and white;
Bring back the sheep that wander, raise up the souls
that fall,

Give joy for tears to penitents, and robes of praise to all!
Holy, Holy, Holy, to Thee our vows we pay,

With Eucharist and canticle, on this our festal day!
Vouchsafe us, Lord, hereafter, to see Thee face to face,
In peaceful glad Jerusalem, thrice holy happy place;
When Sacrament and Temple shall never more be
known,

When Thou art Temple, Sacrifice, and Priest upon the throne!

For Thee, O Lord Almighty, high praise in Sion waits,

Glad city of the King most high, lift up, lift up thy gates! Amen.

Also the following:

Oн, happy feet that tread (469).

PLEASANT are Thy courts above (483).
We love the place, O God (540).

ST. PHILIP.

8.8.8.8; 8.8.

Α

men.

Amen

315

"I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers.”—Gen. xlix. 29.

PIO THOU in whom Thy saints repos?,
When life's brief conflict finds its cose:
Behold us met before Thy face
To hallow this their resting-place:
Safe are the souls whom Thou dost keep;
And safely here their dust shall sleep.

2 Thou knowest, Lord, for Thou hast wept
Beside the tomb where Lazarus slept,
What tears must flow, what hearts must bleed,
When here we sow the precious seed;
Thou still rememb'rest on Thy Throne
Thy garden grave and sealed stone.

3 Bid then Thy hosts encamp around
This chosen spot of holy ground:

Here let calm Hope with Memory dwell,

BRIEF life is here our portion
GOD hath two familics of love

And Faith of heavenly comfort tell:
No thought of ill, no footstep rude
Profane the sacred solitude.

4 Here when Thy mourners shall repair
In lonely grief and trembling prayer,
Lift Thou sad hearts and streaming eyes
To those fair glades of Paradise,
Where safe within the guarded gate
Thy ransomed souls in patience wait.

M 5 And when the Valley, thick with corn,
Shall laugh to see Thy Harvest Morn,
Here may the Angel-reapers find
Full many a sheaf for Thee to bind,
And in Thy golden garner store

Our fruit of tears for evermore. Amen.