Hymns for Christian Devotion: Especially Adapted to the Universalist DenominationChapin, E. H. (Edwin Hubbell)
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Hymns for Christian Devotion: Especially Adapted to the Universalist Denomination
Chapin, E. H. (Edwin Hubbell)
Hymns, English; Universalist churches -- Hymns
2 See! the streams of living waters,
Springing from eternal love,
Well supply thy sons and daughters,
And all fear of want remove.
Who can faint while such a river
Ever flows their thirst t' assuage?
Grace, which, like the Lord the giver,
Never fails from age to age.
3 Round each habitation hovering,
See the cloud and fire appear!
For a glory and a covering,
Showing that the Lord is near.
Fading is the worldling's pleasure,
All his boasted pomp and show;
Solid joys and lasting treasure
None but Zion's children know.
654. S. M. Watts.
Safety of the Church.
1 How honored is the place
Where we adoring stand!--
Zion, the glory of the earth,
And beauty of the land.
2 Bulwarks of grace defend
The city where we dwell,
While walls, of strong salvation made,
Defy th' assaults of hell.
3 Lift up th' eternal gates;
The doors wide open fling;
Enter, ye nations that obey
The statutes of your King.
4 Here taste unmingled joys,
And live in perfect peace,
You that have known Jehovah's name,
And ventured on his grace.
5 Trust in the Lord, ye saints,
And banish all your fears;
Strength in the Lord Jehovah dwells,
Eternal as his years.
655. C. M. Anonymous.
The Jewish and the Christian Zion. Ps. 48.
1 With stately towers and bulwarks strong,
Unrivalled and alone,
Loved theme of many a sacred song,
God's holy city shone.
2 Thus fair was Zion's chosen seat,
The glory of all lands;
Yet fairer, and in strength complete,
The Christian temple stands.
3 The faithful of each clime and age
This glorious church compose;
Built on a rock, with idle rage
The threatening tempest blows.
4 In vain may hostile bands alarm,
For God is her defence;
How weak, how powerless is each arm,
Against Omnipotence!
656. S. M. Watts.
Gospel Order.
1 Far as thy name is known
The world declares thy praise;
Thy saints, O Lord, before thy throne,
Their songs of honor raise.
2 Let strangers walk around
The city where we dwell,
Survey with care thine holy ground,
And mark the building well,--
3 The order of thy house,
The worship of thy court,
The cheerful songs, the solemn vows,
And make a fair report.
4 How decent and how wise!
How glorious to behold!
Beyond the pomp that charms the eyes,
And rites adorned with gold.
5 The God we worship now
Will guide us till we die,--
Will be our God while here below,
And ours above the sky.
657. S. M. Dwight.
Attachment to the Church.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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