Joyful in Thy House of Prayer, Shall Thy chosen people be; God of mercy, meet me there, While my spirit waits on Thee. | There, with strength renew'd, the saint As on eagle wings shall fly, Walk and run, and never faint, Fight and conquer,--so would I. | There, with faces Zion-ward, When transgressors ask the way To the city of the Lord, Each shall hear the watchman say:-- | 118 To the Cross direct thine eyes, Thither from destruction flee, For the gates of paradise Open stand on Calvary. | "He who bore a sinner thence, As a trophy of his death, There will pardon thine offence, There receive thy latest breath." | There, where my Redeemer died, Humbly in the dust I fall; Jesus, and Him crucified, Now shall be mine all in all. | |