498 7s. Strangers and pilgrims. 1 Pet. 2:11. Children of the heavenly King, As ye journey, sweetly sing; Sing your Saviour’s worthy praise, Glorious in his works and ways. 2 Ye are traveling home to God, In the way the fathers trod: They are happy now—and ye Soon there happiness shall see. 3 Shout, ye little flock, and blest; You on Jesus’ throne shall rest: There your seat is now prepared— There your kingdom and reward. 4 Fear not, brethren, joyful stand On the borders of your land; Jesus Christ, your Father’s Son, Bids you undismayed go on. 5 Lord, submissive make us go, Gladly leaving all below; Only thou our leader be, And we still will follow thee. 499 7s. Bond of peace. Eph. 4:3. Jesus, Lord, we look to thee; Let us in thy name agree; Show thyself the Prince of Peace; Bid our jars for ever cease. 2 By thy reconciling love, Every stumbling-block remove: Each to each unite, endear; Come, and spread thy banner here. 3 Make us of one heart and mind— Courteous, pitiful and kind; Lowly, meek, in thought and word— Altogether like our Lord. 4 Let us for each other care; Each the other’s burden bear; To thy Church the pattern give; Show how true believers live. 5 Free from anger and from pride, Let us thus in God abide; All the depths of love express— All the hights of holiness. 6 Let us then with joy remove To the family above; On the wings of angels fly; Show how true believers die. 500 8s. Love is of God. 1 John 4:7. Say, whence does this union arise, Where hatred is conquered by love? It fastens our souls with such ties, That distance nor time can remove. 2 It can not in Eden be found, Nor yet in a Paradise lost; It grows on Immanuel’s ground, And Jesus’ life’s blood it has cost. 3 My friends so endeared unto me, Our souls so united in love; Where Jesus is gone we shall be, In yonder blest mansions above. 4 Why then so unwilling to part, Since there we shall soon meet again; Engraved on Immanuel’s heart, At distance we can not remain. 5 And then we shall see that bright day, And join with the angels above, Set free from our prisons of clay, United in Jesus’ kind love. 6 With Jesus we ever shall reign, And all his bright glory shall see; Then sing hallelujahs—Amen! Amen! Even so let it be! 501 8s & 7s. Receive ye one another. Rom. 15:7.