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.