Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion Part 100

Your downcast eyes and hands lift up; Doubt not, nor cry "O G.o.d, how long?"

Hope to the end, in patience hope!

O never from your faith remove; Ye cannot fail, for G.o.d is love!

3 Lord, we have faith; we wait the hour Which to the earth Thy kingdom brings; When Thou, in love, and joy, and power, Shalt come and make us priests and kings: When man shall be indeed Thy son, And Thy pure will on earth be done.

594. C. M. Anonymous.

He Maketh All Things New.

1 Almighty Spirit, now behold A world by sin destroyed!

Creative spirit, as of old Move on the formless void!

2 Give Thou the word--the healing sound Shall quell the deadly strife, And earth again, like Eden crowned, Bring forth the tree of life.

3 If sang the morning stars for joy When nature rose to view, What strains shall angel harps employ, When Thou shalt all renew!

595. C. M. Anonymous.

The Morning.

1 We wait in faith, in prayer we wait, Until the happy hour When G.o.d shall ope the morning gate, By His almighty power.

2 We wait in faith, and turn our face To where the day-light springs; Till He shall come earth's gloom to chase, With healing on His wings.

3 And even now, amid the gray, The East is brightening fast, And kindling to that perfect day Which never shall be past.

4 We wait in faith, we wait in prayer, Till that blest day shall s.h.i.+ne, When earth shall fruits of Eden bear, And all, O G.o.d, be Thine!

5 O, guide us till our night is done!

Until, from sh.o.r.e to sh.o.r.e, Thou, Lord, our everlasting sun, Art s.h.i.+ning evermore!

596. 7 & 6s. M. Montgomery.

Lo! He Cometh.

1 G.o.d comes, with succor speedy, To those who suffer wrong; To help the poor and needy, And bid the weak be strong; He comes to break oppression, And set the captive free, To take away transgression, And rule in equity.

2 He shall come down, as showers Upon the thirsty earth; And joy and hope, like flowers, Spring in His path to birth.

Before Him, on the mountains, Shall Peace, the herald, go, And Righteousness, in fountains, From hill to valley flow.

3 To Him shall prayer unceasing, And daily vows, ascend; His kingdom still increasing, A kingdom without end.

The tide of time shall never His covenant remove; His name shall stand forever; His great, best name of Love.

597. C. M. Doddridge.

The Holy Way.

1 Sing, ye redeemed of the Lord, Your great deliverer sing; Pilgrims, for Zion's city bound, Be joyful in your King.

2 See the fair way His hand hath raised, How holy and how plain!

Nor shall the simplest travellers err, Nor ask the trace in vain.

3 No ravening lion shall destroy, Nor lurking serpent wound; Pleasure and safety, peace and praise, Through all the path are found.

4 A hand divine shall lead you on Through all the blissful road, Till to the sacred mount you rise, And see your smiling G.o.d.

5 There, garlands of immortal joy Shall bloom on every head; While sorrow, sighing, and distress, Like shadows all are fled.

598. 7s. M. Anonymous.

The Prophet's Vision.

1 Faint the earth, and parched with drought, Make the waters, Lord, gush out!

Streams of love our thirst to bless, Starting in the wilderness.

Long we wait Thy peace to know: Father, bid the waters flow, Make the thirsty land a pool, Make man's suffering spirit whole.

2 Hark! the wastes have found a voice; Loneliest deserts now rejoice, When the Lord His presence shows, Lo, they blossom like the rose; See! this barren earth of ours Buds and puts forth fruits and flowers, Flowers of Eden, fruits of peace, Love and Joy and Righteousness!

599. L. M. *J. Wesley.

Thy Will Be Done on Earth as in Heaven.

1 Spirit of peace and love and power, Fountain of life and light below, Abroad Thy healing influence shower, O'er all the nations let it flow.

Inspire our hearts with perfect love; In all the work of faith fulfil; So not heaven's host shall swifter move, Than we on earth, to do Thy will.