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HYMN 38. Second Part. C.M.
The Lord's day. (cont.)
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I shall be cloth'd in robes divine
And made forever blest.
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HYMN 38. Third Part. L.M.
The eternal Sabbath.
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THINE earthly sabbaths, Lord, we love;
But there's a nobler rest above:
To that our longing souls aspire,
With cheerful hope and warm desire.
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No more fatigue, no more distress,
Nor sin, nor hell shall reach the place;
Nor groans shall mingle with the songs,
Which warble from immortal tongues.
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No rude alarms of raging foes,
No cares to break the long repose;
No midnight shade, no clouded sun;
But sacred, high, eternal noon.
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O long-expected day! begin —
Dawn On these realms of woe and sin:
Fain would we leave this weary road,
And sleep in death, to rest with God.
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HYMN 39. First Part. L.M.
The fifth command.
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GREAT source of order, Maker wise!
Whose throne is high above the skies;
We praise thy name; thy laws ordain,
That order shall on earth obtain.
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Let each inferior rank revere
All such as their superiors are;
And let superiors also do
What's right by each inferior too.
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To thee may each united house,
At morn and night present its vows;
O may each family proclaim
Th honours of thy glorious name!
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HYMN 39. Second Part. C.M.
Honour to magistrates.
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ETERNAL sov'reign of the sky,
And Lord of all below;
We mortals to thy majesty
Our first obedience owe.
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Our souls adore thy throne supreme;
And bless thy providence,
For magistrates of various name,
Our glory and defence.
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Where laws and liberty combine
To make the nation bless'd;
There magistrates with lustre shine;
And states are govern'd best.
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Nations on firm foundations stand,
While virtue finds reward;
And sinners perish from the land,
By justice and the sword.
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To magistrates be honour paid,
To laws obedience shown;
But consciences and souls were made
To be the Lord's alone.
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HYMN 39. Third Part. C.M.
The anxiety of pious parents for their children.
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THO' parents may in covenant be,
And have their heav'n in view;
They are unhappy, till they see
Their children happy too.
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Their hearts with inward anguish bleed,
When all attempts prove vain,
To save their race from paths, that lead
To everlasting pain.
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They warn, indulge, correct, beseech,
While tears in torrents flow;
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