Service Book for the Use of the Church of the Disciple; Taken Principally from the Old and New Testaments (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1844 Excerpt: ... Swiftly thus our fleeting days Bear us down life's rapid stream: -Upwards, Lord, our spirits raise; All below is but a dream. 3 Thanks for mercies past receive; Pardon of our sins renew; Teach us, henceforth, how to live With eternity in view; Bless thy word to young and old, Fill us with a Saviour's love, And when life's short tale is told, May we dwell with thee above. 176 10s. M. E. Taylor. (c)It r or Xeto Year. 1 God of the changing year, whose arm of power In safety leads through danger's darkest hour, Here in thy temple bow thine creatures down, To bless thy mercy, and thy might to own. 2 Thine are the beams that cheer us on our way, And pour around the gladdening light of day; Thine is the night, and the fair orbs that shine To cheer its hours of darkness--all are thine. 3 If round our path the thorns of sorrow grew, And mortal friends were faithless, thou wert true: Did sickness shake the frame, or anguish tear The wounded spirit, thou wert present there. 4 Yet when our hearts review departed days, How vast thy mercies how remiss our praise Well may we dread thine awful eye to meet, Bend at thy throne, and worship at thy feet. 5 O lend thine ear, and lift our voice to thee; Where'er we dwell, still let thy mercy be; From year to year, still nearer to thy shrine Draw our frail hearts, and make them wholly thine. 177 L. M. DoPBRIDGE. Neto S"ear. 1 Eternal Source of every joy Well may thy praise our lips employ, While in thy temple we appear, Whose goodness crowns the circling year. 2 Wide as the wheels of nature roll, Thy hand supports the steady pole; The sun is taught by thee to rise, And darkness when to veil the skies. 3 Seasons, and months, and weeks, and days, Demand successive songs of praise; Still be the cheerful homage paid, With openin.