PEACE BE TO THIS HOUSE.
Consolation-Vienna2-Trinita.
1 Peace be to this habitation!
Peace to all that dwell therein;
Peace, the earnest of salvation;
Peace, the fruit of pardoned sin;
Peace, that speaks the heavenly Giver;
Peace to worldly minds unknown;
Peace divine, that lasts for ever;
Peace that comes from God alone.
2 Prince of peace! be present near us;
Fix in all our hearts thy home;
With thy gracious presence cheer us;
Let thy sacred kingdom come.
Raise to heaven our expectation:
Give our favoured souls to prove
Glorious and complete salvation,
In the realms of bliss above.
Kent2-Hungary-Doversdale.
1 Happy the home when God is there,
And love fills every breast;
Where one their wish, and one their prayer,
And one their heavenly rest.
2 Happy the home where Jesus' name
Is sweet to every ear;
Where children early lisp his fame,
And parents hold him dear.
3 Happy the home where prayer is heard,
And praise is wont to rise;
Where parents love the sacred Word,
And live but for the skies.
4 Lord, let us in our homes agree,
This blessed peace to gain;
Unite our hearts in love to thee,
And love to all will reign.
PIOUS FRIENDSHIP.
Old 134th-Plymouth-Harwood.
1 Blest are the sons of peace,
Whose hearts and hopes are one: Whose kind designs to serve and please, Through all their actions run.
2 Blest is the pious house
Where zeal and friendship meet; Their songs of praise, their mingled vows, Make their communion sweet.
3 Thus, on the heavenly hills,
The saints are blest above,
Where joy like morning dew distils,
And all the air is love.
Stettin-St. Chad-St. Gregory.
1 Thou sovereign Lord of earth and skies,
Supremely good, supremely wise!
Fix thou the place of our abode;
But may we still live near to God.
2 Where'er our dwelling shall be found,
We will thy throne of grace surround;
An altar to thy name will raise,
With sacrifice of prayer and praise.
3 With faith and with devotion, Lord!
Teach us each day to hear thy word.
Grant us thy light to learn thy will,
And strength our duties to fulfil.
4 Our circle with thy presence bless:
Keep out each root of bitterness.
And may, to each, the last remove
Be to the mansions of thy love.
1 Hail! blessed communion of love-
Communion of saints with their Head,
United by grace from above,
And here by his providence led.
Our God, by whose hand we are brought
From homes in our loved fatherland,
Our God, by whose grace we are taught,
Thyself be our home in this land.
2 Some, wearied and worn in the way,
Scarce hoping a place of relief;
And some who had long gone astray,
Here find we a respite from grief.
A time to recover our strength,
To serve thee a little below,
Till, ended our labours, at length,
Thy service in heaven we know.
3 Till then, we will echo the strain,
O'er mountain and valley and shore,
All glory to him that was slain,
And liveth and loves evermore!
His banner we set up alone,
His truth and his laws to defend,
His foes to account as our own,
His people and cause to befriend.
PARTING.
Forton-Halle-Kiel.
1 For a season called to part,
Let us now our souls commend
To the gracious eye and heart
Of our ever-present Friend.
2 Jesus, hear our humble prayer;
Tender Shepherd of thy sheep,
Let thy mercy and thy care
All our souls in safety keep.
3 In thy strength may we be strong;
Sweeten every cross and pain;
Spare us, that we may, ere long,
Meet and worship thee again.
THE GOD OF LOVE AND PEACE BE
Romberg-Shirland-Reading.
1 Each other we have owned,
And dwelt in peace and love;
And now, though called awhile to part,
We hope to meet above.
2 Adieu! ye friends beloved,
We bid you kind farewell;
And bless you now, in Jesus' name,
Where'er you hence may dwell.
3 The mercy of the Lord,
Attend the way you go;
His faithfulness and truth direct,
And bring you safely through.
4 Keep near your gracious Lord,
Let prayer and faith abound;
And when he gathers all his flock,
May we with them be found.
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