3 'Tis he that works to will, HYMN 211. III. 1. SINNER, rouse thee from thy sleep, 2 Wake from sleep, arise from death, 3 Leave thy folly, cease from crime, 4 Be not blind and foolish still; HYMN 212. C. M. Hebrews xii. 1, 2. O! what a cloud of witnesses Lo Encompass us around; Men once like us with suffering tried, 2 Let us, with zeal like theirs inspired, 3 Behold a witness nobler still, 4 He, for the joy before him set, 5 Thither, forgetting things behind, GLORIA PATRI. N. B. The metre marks, affixed to the Psalms and Hymns, refer to a division of the metres, founded on the nature of the verse, into four classes, marked-I., II., III., IV. CLASS I. includes Common, Long, and Short metres, marked C. M., L. M., S. M. CLASS II. includes the other Iambic metres, eight in number, marked 11. 1, II. 2, II. 3, II. 4, &c., which may be named Two, one; Two, two; Two, three, &c. CLASS III. includes the Trochaic metres, being five in number, marked, III. 1, III. 2, III. 3, &c., which may be named Three, one; Three, two, &c. CLASS IV. includes the metres consisting chiefly of triplets, being five in number, marked IV. 1, ÏV. 2, IV. 3, &c., and may be named Four, one; Four, two, &c. CLASS I. C. M. TO Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, Be glory, as it was, is now, L. M. To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, The God whom earth and heaven adore, Be glory, as it was of old, Is now, and shall be evermore S. M. To God the Father, Son, As 'twas, and is, and shall be so CLASS II. II. 1. TO Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, The God whom heaven's triumphant host And saints on earth adore, Be glory as in ages past, As now it is, and so shall last When time shall be no more. II. 2. To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, The God whom heaven's triumphant host, And suffering saints on earth adore; Be glory as in ages past, As now it is, and so shall last When time itself shall be no more. II. 3. To God the Father, God the Son, II. 4. To God the Father, Son, All worship be address'd, It was, is now, II. 5. To God the Father, and to God the Son, II. 6. ETERNAL praise be given, II. 7. To Father, Son, and Spirit bless'd, As was through ages heretofore, II. 8. By all on earth and all in heaven, To God the Father, God the Son, Ere time had yet its course begun: CLASS III. ITOLY Father, Holy Son, Holy Spirit, Three in One! Glory, as of old, to thee, III. 2. PRAISE the Name of God most high, PRAISE the Father, earth and heaven, III. 4. To the Father, throned in heaven, Still is worshipp'd, still shall be. |