So by our griefs to be Glory, O GOD, to Thee; Almighty TRINITY In UNITY, Glorious in Mystery, Through all Eternity, 281 [Consecration of a Burial Ground. FAITH, looking on this hallowed ground, A holy garden sees; A Paradise, where lovely flowers Will grow, and fruitful trees. Here, on this ground, a Heavenly Dew, And many here will wake and sing, Members of CHRIST their bodies were, Will, by His Resurrection, rise And they the SPIRIT'S Temples were; P The Trump shall sound, and in the clouds And every grave shall opened be, CHRIST will transform His risen Saints Called forth to meet their coming LORD, And caught up in the air, They will to Heaven be borne, and dwell With Him for ever There. O therefore bless the LORD of LIFE, Who plucked from Death his sting, And will His people, through the grave, To Joys immortal bring. LORD, give us grace to die to sin, And rise to Life renewed, Glory to FATHER; and to SON, Who died that we may live; And QUICKENING SPIRIT, Ever-Blest,- 1 MISCELLANEOUS HYMNS. [Evening. O CHRIST, our KING, give ear! And guide our footsteps lest they stray! Chorus. Have mercy on us, LORD! Have mercy on us, LORD! O ever, THREE in ONE, Have mercy on us, LORD, &c. Thy faithful Guardian send, Thy Angel, who may tend, And bring us to Thy Holy Seat! Thy Right Hand be stretched out Thy Left be round about, In every peril that we meet! Have mercy on us, LORD, &c. And, O good LORD, at last, Glory to GOD on High Be paid eternally; And laud, and majesty, and might! Of the Holy Glory, of the Everlasting FATHER Which is in Heaven, Holy and Blessed, JESUS CHRIST, our LORD! We are come unto the going down of the sun, Therefore we give thanks and glory To the FATHER, and to the SON, and to the HOLY SPIRIT of GOD. Worthy art Thou at all times to be praised by holy voices, SON of GOD that givest Life! Therefore doth the world glorify Thee. Amen. |