[Hymn, in] The Diversified Ministry of an Unchanging Gospel A sermon delivered at the installation of the Rev. E. E. Hale over the South Congregational Church, Boston |
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HYMN.
“How beautiful,” saith he of old,
“The steps of him that bringeth peace,
And publishes the sacred word,
That bids earth's weary conflicts cease!”
“The steps of him that bringeth peace,
And publishes the sacred word,
That bids earth's weary conflicts cease!”
The herald of an golden age,
Brighter than fabling poets told,
The mysteries of coming good
Before his vision are unrolled.
Brighter than fabling poets told,
The mysteries of coming good
Before his vision are unrolled.
'T is his to feel that mystic breath,
That solemn impulse of the time,
By which the Spirit of our Lord
Rolls on his purposes sublime.
That solemn impulse of the time,
By which the Spirit of our Lord
Rolls on his purposes sublime.
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'T is his each true and rightful cause
With dauntless purpose to embrace;
And, when the brave and noble strive,
Be ever foremost in the race.
With dauntless purpose to embrace;
And, when the brave and noble strive,
Be ever foremost in the race.
'T is his in high, heroic zeal
To string and train the youthful mind,
And bid them see, in Christ our Lord,
The good and beautiful combined;—
To string and train the youthful mind,
And bid them see, in Christ our Lord,
The good and beautiful combined;—
To rend each veil, to spurn each lie,
By which God's loveliness is marred;
To break each bond and bolt and bar,
By which His holy truth is barred;—
By which God's loveliness is marred;
To break each bond and bolt and bar,
By which His holy truth is barred;—
Yet with a tender, patient care
To lead the erring and the weak;
And, in the language of the skies,
To bid the stammering tongue to speak.
To lead the erring and the weak;
And, in the language of the skies,
To bid the stammering tongue to speak.
As Jesus, Lord and Brother, walked
The ways by sinning mortals trod,—
The link between mankind and heaven,
The Son of Mary and of God,—
The ways by sinning mortals trod,—
The link between mankind and heaven,
The Son of Mary and of God,—
So in his spirit stand thou fast;
Walking with God, yet walk with men;
The brother, teacher, friend, and guide,
By whom they come to God again;—
Walking with God, yet walk with men;
The brother, teacher, friend, and guide,
By whom they come to God again;—
That, when with them thou stand'st at last
Before the seat of Mary's Son,
Thou mayst with joy repeat his word,
“Of those thou gavest lost I none.”
Before the seat of Mary's Son,
Thou mayst with joy repeat his word,
“Of those thou gavest lost I none.”
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