238 The Rifted Rock. "He smote the Rock.". "And that Rock was Christ." Ps. lxxviii. 20; I COR. X. 4. IN Sure and safe from all alarm; Yet my rest is all complete. In the Rifted Rock I'm resting, Sure and safe from all alarm: 2 Many a stormy sea I've traversed, Many a tempest shock have known; Lead Thou Qe. 239 "Lead me, O Lord, in Thy righteousness; my face."-Ps. v. 8. make Thy way straight before Tune-Sacred Songs and Solos, No. 239. THOUGH the way be sometimes dreary, Though the heart be sometimes weary, Though a host encamp before me, With Thy banner floating o'er me, 2 Through the valley dark and lonely, Give me then Thy presence only, When I hear the billows roaring, Then my fainting soul restoring, 3 Sins oppose and fears alarm me : Led by Thee there's nought can harm me : Let me never be confounded: 240 Shall we Meet beyond the River ? "The ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads."-ISAIAH XXXV. IO. Tune-Sacred Songs and Solos, No. 240. HALL we meet beyond the river, SHA Where the surges cease to roll ?– Sorrow ne'er shall press the soul? Shall we meet, shall we meet, Shall we meet beyond the river? 2 Shall we meet in that blest harbour, When our stormy voyage is o'er? 3 Shall we meet in yonder city, Where the towers of crystal shine?— 5 Shall we meet with many a loved one That was torn from our embrace ? Shall we listen to their voices, And behold them face to face? 241 6 Shall we meet with Christ our Saviour, And sit down upon His throne? Resting in God. "They that trust in the Lord shall be as Mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever."-Ps. cxxv. I. Tune-Sacred Songs and Solos, No. 241. INCE thy Father's arm sustains thee, SINCE Peaceful be! Peaceful be! When a chastening hand restrains thee, Know His love in full completeness Trust Him more! Trust Him more ! 2 Fearest sometimes that thy Father 3 Without murmur, uncomplaining, 242 Therefore, whatsoe'er betideth, The Pearl of Greatest Price. "The kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchantman seeking goodly pearls, who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it."-MATT. xiii. 45, 46. 243 Tune-Sacred Songs and Solos, No. 242. I'VE found the pearl of greatest price And sing I must, for Christ is mine! Christ shall my song employ ! I've found the pearl of greatest price! My heart doth sing for joy ; 2 Christ is my Prophet, Priest, and King; My Prophet full of light, My great High Priest before the throne, 3 For He indeed is Lord of lords, 4 Christ is my peace; He died for me, 5 Christ Jesus is my All in All, The Harvest is Passing. "As though God did beseech you by us, we pray you, in Christ's stead, Be ye reconciled to God."-2 COR. v. 20. Tune-Sacred Songs and Solos, No. 243. HARK, sinner, while God from on high doth entreat thee, "The harvest is passing, the summer will end." 2 How oft of thy danger and guilt He hath told thee! 3 Despised and rejected, at length He may leave thee; 4 The Saviour will call thee in judgment before Him; 244 am Sweeping through the Gate. I "The gates of it shall not be shut at all by day; for there shall be no night there."-REV. xxi. 25. Tune-Sacred Songs and Solos, No. 244. I AM now a child of God, For I'm washed in Jesus' blood; I am watching, and I'm longing while I wait, Soon on wings of love to fly To my home beyond the sky, To my welcome, as I'm sweeping througn the gate. In the blood of yonder Lamb, Washed of every stain I am; 2 Oh, the blessed Lord of light! I have loved Him with my might; Now His arms enfold and comfort while I wait. Oh, the sweetness of His rest! And I'm thinking of my sweeping through the gate. 3 I am sweeping through the gate, And the crown of life is won: Oh, I'm thinking of the city while I soaï. |