3 Cleanse their hearts from sinful folly In the stream Thy love supplied, Mingled stream of blood and water Flowing from Thy wounded side; And to heavenly pastures lead them, Where Thine own still waters glide. 4 Let Thy holy Word instruct them; Let them prove Thy burden light. 5 Taught to lisp Thy holy praises Which on earth Thy children sing, Both with lips and hearts, unfeignèd, Glad thank-offerings may they bring; Then with all the saints in glory 448 Join to praise their Lord and King. SHEPHERD of tender youth, 2 Thou art our holy Lord, O all-subduing Word, Healer of strife: 6,6,4,6,6,6,4 Thou didst Thyself abase, And give us life, 3 Thou art the great High Priest; And in our mortal pain 4 Ever be near our side, Our Shepherd and our Guide, 5 So now, and till we die, Let all the holy throng 449 8,7,8,7, SAVIOR, who Thy flock art feeding With the Shepherd's kindest care, All the feeble gently leading, While the lambs Thy bosom share. 2 Now, these little ones receiving, 3 Never, from Thy pasture roving, Let them be the Lion's prey; Let Thy tenderness, so loving, Keep them through life's dangerous way. 4 Then within Thy fold eternal CHURCH 450 L. M O LORD of hosts, whose glory fills 2 Grant that all we, who here to-day May be in very deed Thine own, 3 The heads that guide endue with skill, The hands that work preserve from ill, That we, who these foundations lay, May raise the topstone in its day. 4 But now and ever, Lord, protect Be Thou in them, and they in Thee, 451 8,7 81 IN the Name which earth and heaven Ever worship, praise, and fear, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, Shall a house be builded here: Here with prayer its deep foundations, 2 Here as in their due succession Stone on stone the workmen place, Strong and living stones, are bound. 3 Fair shall be Thine earthly temple :: 4 Yet with truer, nobler beauty, Lord, we pray, this house adorn, Where Thy Bride, Thy Church redeemed, Robes her for her marriage morn; Clothed in garments of salvation, Rich with gems of heavenly grace, Spouse of Christ, arrayed and waiting Till she may behold His face. 5 Here in due and solemn order May her ceaseless prayer arise; Here may strains of holy gladness Lift her heart above the skies; Here the word of life be spoken; Here the child of God be sealed; Here the Bread of Heaven be broken, 6 Praise to Thee, O Master-Builder, 452 BEHOLD the sure Foundation-stone To build our heavenly hopes upon, C. M. 2 Chosen of God, to sinners dear, 3 The foolish builders, scribe and priest, Reject it with disdain; Yet on this Rock the Church shall rest And envy rage in vain. 4 What though the gates of hell withstood, Yet must this building rise: "Tis Thine own work, Almighty God, And wondrous in our eyes. 453 6,6,6,6,8,8 (H. M.) CHRIST is our Corner-stone, On Him alone we build: With His true saints alone The courts of heav'n are filled; |