Still when danger shall betide us,
Be Thy warning whisper heard;
Keep us at Thy feet, and guide us
By Thy Spirit and Thy Word!
4 Let Thy favour and Thy blessing
Crown the year we now begin;
Let us all, Thy strength possessing,
Grow in grace, and vanquish sin.
Storms are round us, hearts are quailing,
Signs in heaven and earth and sea;
But, when heaven and earth are failing,
Saviour! we will trust in Thee! Amen.
94 "And now, Lord, what is my hope? truly my hope is even in Thee."
1 THE year is gone beyond recall,
With all its hopes and fears,
With all its bright and gladd'ning smiles,
With all its mourners' tears.
2 Thy thankful people praise Thee, Lord,
For countless gifts received,
And pray for grace to keep the faith
Which saints of old believed.
3 To Thee we come, O gracious Lord,
The new-born year to bless;
Defend our land from pestilence,
Give peace and plenteousness.
4 Forgive this nation's many sins,
The growth of vice restrain,
And help us all with sin to strive,
And crowns of life to gain.
5 From evil deeds that stain the past
We now desire to flee,
And pray that future years may all
Be spent, good Lord, for Thee.
6 O Father, let Thy watchful eye
Still look on us in love,
That we may praise Thee, year by year,
As angels do above.
7 All glory to the Father be,
All glory to the Son,
All glory, Holy Ghost, to Thee,
While endless ages run.
Circumcision-Name of Jesus.
"Made of a woman, made under the law."
1 LORD of mercy and of might,
Of mankind the Life and Light,
Maker, Teacher infinite,
Jesus, hear and save!
2 Strong Creator! Saviour mild !
Humbled to a mortal child,
Captive, beaten, bound, reviled,
Jesus, hear and save!
3 Throned above celestial things,
Borne aloft on angels' wings,
Lord of lords, and King of kings,
Jesus, hear and save!
4 Soon to come to earth again,
Judge of angels and of men,
Hear us now and hear us then,
Jesus, hear and save!
96 "Putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ."
1 0 FOR a heart to praise my God,
A heart from sin set free;
A heart that's cleansed by the blood,
So freely shed for me.
2 A heart resigned, submissive, meek,
My dear Redeemer's throne;
Where only Christ is heard to speak,
Where Jesus reigns alone.
3 An humble, lowly, contrite heart,
Believing, true, and clean;
Which neither life nor death can part
From Him that dwells within.
4 A heart in every thought renewed,
And full of love divine,
Perfect and right, and pure and good,
An image, Lord, of Thine.
5 Thy nature, gracious Lord, impart;
Come quickly from above;
Write Thy new Name upon my heart,
Thy new,
best Name of Love.
"Thou shalt call His Name Jesus."
1 How sweet the Name of JESUS sounds
In a believer's ear!
It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds,
And drives away his fear.
2 It makes the wounded spirit whole,
And calms the troubled breast;
'Tis manna to the hungry soul,
And to the weary rest.
3 Dear Name! the rock on which I build,
My shield and hiding-place,
My never-failing treasury, filled
With boundless stores of grace.
4 Jesus, my Saviour, Shepherd, Friend,
My Prophet, Priest, and King,
My Lord, my Life, my Way, my End,
Accept the praise I bring.
5 Weak is the effort of my heart,
And cold my warmest thought;
But when I see Thee as Thou art,
I'll praise Thee as I ought.
6 Till then I would Thy love proclaim
With every fleeting breath;
And may the music of Thy Name
Refresh my soul in death! Amen.
98 "And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, His Name was called Jesus."
1 THERE is a Name I love to hear,
I love to sing its worth;
It sounds like music in mine ear,
The sweetest Name on earth.
2 It tells me of a Saviour's love,
Who died to set me free;
It tells me of His precious blood,
The sinner's perfect plea.
3 It tells me of a Father's smile
Beaming upon His child:
It cheers me through this "little while,"
Through desert waste and wild.
4 JESUS, the Name I love so well,
The Name I love to hear:
No saint on earth its worth can tell,
No heart conceive how dear.
5 This Name shall shed its fragrance still
Along this thorny road,
Shall sweetly smooth the rugged hill
That leads me up to God.
6 And there with all the blood-bought throng, From sin and sorrow free,
I'll sing the new eternal song
Of Jesus' love to me.
99 'A Name which is above every name."
1 To the Name of our salvation
Laud and honour let us pay;
Which for many a generation
Hid in God's foreknowledge lay,
But with holy exultation
We may sing aloud to-day.
2 JESUS is the Name we treasure;
Name beyond what words can tell;
Name of gladness, Name of pleasure,
Ear and heart delighting well;
Name of sweetness passing measure,
Saving us from sin and hell.
3 'Tis the Name for adoration,
Name for songs of victory,
Name for holy meditation
In this vale of misery,
Name for joyful veneration
By the citizens on high.
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