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And reach the heavenly land. 4 Our old companions in distress We haste again to see, And eager long for our release And full felicity : Miscellaneous Hymns. 665 Even now by faith we join our hands With those that went before ; And greet the blood-besprinkled bands On the eternal shore. 5 Our spirits too shall quickly join, Like theirs with glory crown'd, And shout to see our Captain's sign, To hear his trumpet sound. O that we now might grasp our Guide ! O that the word were given ! Come, Lord of hosts, the waves divide, And land us all in heaven ! HYMN 736. l. m. On opening a Place of TVorship. 1 /^ RE AT God, thy watchful care we bless, ^J Which guards these sacred courts in peace Nor dare tumultuous foes invade To fill thy worshippers with dread. 2 These walls we to thy honour raise, Long may they echo to thy praise ! And thou, descending, fill the place With choicest tokens of thy grace. 3 And in the great decisive day, When God the nations shall survey, May it before the world appear, That crowds were born to glory here. OOO Miscellaneous Hymns. HYMN 737. Ts §• 6's. On laying the Foundation of a Chapel. 1 HHHOU, who hast in Sion laid -1 The true Foundation-stone, And with those a covenant made, Who build on that alone : Hear us, Architect divine ! Great builder of thy church below ; Now upon thy servants shine, Who seek thy praise to show. 2 Earth is thine ; her thousand hills Thy mighty hand sustains ; Heaven thy awful presence fills ; O'er all thy glory reigns : Yet the place of old prepared, By regal David's favour' d son, Thy peculiar blessing shared, And stood thy chosen throne. 3 We, like Jesse's son, would raise A temple to the Lord ; Sound throughout its courts His praise, His saving name record ; Dedicate a house to Him, Who, once in mortal weakness shrined, Sorrow'd, suffer'd, to redeem, To rescue all mankind. 4 Father, Son, and Spirit, send The consecrating flame ; Now in majesty descend, Inscribe the living name; That great name by which we live, Now write on this accepted stone; Us into thy hands receive, Our temple make thv throne. Miscellaneous Hymns. 667 HYMN 738. l. m