Hymns for Christian Devotion Part 114

4 Remember thee, and all thy pains, And all thy love to me; Yea, while a breath, a pulse remains, Will I remember thee.

691. C. M. Noel.

"We love him because he first loved us."

1 If human kindness meets return, And owns the grateful tie; If tender thoughts within us burn To feel that friends are nigh;

2 O, shall not warmer accents tell The grat.i.tude we owe To Him who died, our fears to quell, And save from death and woe?

3 While yet in anguish he surveyed Those pangs he would not flee, What love his latest words displayed; "Meet, and remember me."

4 Remember thee! thy death, thy shame, Our sinful hearts to share!

O, memory, leave no other name But his, recorded there.

692. S. M. Watts.

"Whosoever will, let him come!"

1 Jesus invites his friends To meet around his board, And join in blest communion here With him their gracious Lord.

2 For us he gave his life; For us he gave his blood; To save from sin our thankless race, And bring them back to G.o.d.

3 Our heavenly Father calls Christ and his members one; We the young children of his grace, And he the elder Son.

4 Let all our souls unite A grateful song to raise; Pleasure and love fill every mind, And every voice be praise.

693. L. M. Watts.

A View of the Cross.

1 When I survey the wondrous cross On which the Prince of glory died, My richest gain I count but loss, And pour contempt on all my pride.

2 Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast, Save in the death of Christ, my Lord; All the vain things that charm me most, I sacrifice them to his blood.

3 See from his head, his hands, his feet, Sorrow and love flow mingled down!

Did e'er such love and sorrow meet?

Or thorns compose so rich a crown?

4 Were the whole realm of nature mine, That were a present far too small; Love so amazing, so divine, Demands my soul, my life, my all.

694. C. M. Lutheran Coll.

Close of Communion Service.

1 Pity the nations, O our G.o.d, Constrain the earth to come; Send thy victorious word abroad, And bring the strangers home.

2 We long to see thy churches full, That all thy faithful race May with one voice, and heart, and soul, Sing thy redeeming grace.

695. 8s. & 7s. M. Anonymous.

The Same.

1 From the table now retiring, Which for us the Lord hath spread, May our souls, refreshment finding, Grow in all things like our Head.

2 His example by beholding, May our lives his image bear; Him our Lord and Master calling, His commands may we revere.

3 Love to G.o.d and man displaying, Walking steadfast in his way,-- Joy attend us in believing!

Peace from G.o.d, through endless day!

DEDICATIONS; ORDINATIONS; INSTALLATIONS.

696. L. M. Montgomery.

On Laying the Corner-stone of a Church.

1 This stone to thee in faith we lay,-- We build the temple, Lord, to thee, Thine eye be open night and day, To guard this house from error free.

2 Here, when thy people seek thy face, And dying sinners pray to live, Hear thou, in heaven thy dwelling-place, And when thou hearest, Lord, forgive.

3 Here, when thy messengers proclaim The blessed gospel of thy Son, Still by the power of his great name Be mighty signs and wonders done.