1 Go! 'tis thy Country's cause, 2 Go! and may God above, 3 Stand where thy fathers stood, Round thee shall twine. 4 Flag of our native land! 116 While Faith and Love combine, And at thy holy shrine Offer the brave. Flag of our fathers. 6s & 4s. 1 Here, where our fathers came Bearing the holy flame To light our days, Here, where with faith and prayer 2 Look ye, where free it waves Now pledge your heart and hand, Round this bright flag to stand, 3 God of our fathers! now Let Freedom's banner wave Mrs. H. B. Stowe. 101 9: waves in the storm, When the winds are at war, Chilling floods of distress o'er me roll. friends I have loved, From the earth are removed, And I weep o'er the graves of the dead. 3 0, what shall I do to be saved, When sickness my strength shall subdue ? Like a cloud rolls away, 4 Lord, teach us the way to be saved, I MY CROSS HAVE TAKEN. L. MASON. 103 1. Jesus, I my cross have taken, All to leave and follow thee; Naked, poor, despised, forsaken, Thou, from hence, my all shalt be. ( Perish, every fond am bition- All I've sought, or hoped, or known; Yet how rich is my condition, God and heaven are still my own. 9:# 2 Let the world despise and leave me; 3 Soul, then know thy full salvation; Think what Spirit dwells within thee: Think what Father's smiles are thine: Think that Jesus died to win thee: Child of heaven, canst thou repine? 4 Haste thee on from grace to glory, Armed by faith, and winged by prayer; Heaven's eternal day's before thee, God's own hand shall guide thee there. Soon shall close thine earthly mission, Soon shall pass thy pilgrim days; Hope shall change to glad fruitionFaith to sight, and prayer to praise. |