“Cofia, Arglwydd, dy ddyweddi,”
Lord, remember, we implore Thee,
And defend from every foe
Thy poor spouse that bends before Thee
Palpitating as a doe:
Be Thou unto her a Pillar
To direct her in the night,—
To illuminate and fill her
With the lustre of Thy Light.
Life is far more strange than fiction,—
But its immortality
In defiance of affliction
Magnifies its mystery.
When the winnowing commences,
Lord, enable us to stand
Purified from past offences
At the last on Thy Right Hand.
O that, as a cloud ascending
Upwards to the skies above,
We may rise, and with unending
Rapture realise Thy Love!
Three in One, The Same as ever,
God proclaims His Name to be
Alpha and Omega, never
Failing in fidelity.
HYMN VII.
“ This do in remembrance of me.” S. Luke xxii., 19.
“Nid oes gwrthddrych ar y ddaear”
Earthly treasure, heaped together
Into one enormous whole,
Were it all my own, could never
Satisfy my lonely soul.
Only Jesus Christ can fill me
With the vivifying light
Of His countenance and thrill me
With ineffable delight.
Feasting at His holy table
On the tokens of His love,
Though unworthy, I am able
To be One with Him above.
With the loss of one offending
Member I should be content
When I think of an unending
Period of punishment.
What a daily delectation
To my feeble fainting soul
Is The Fountain of Salvation
Which alone can make me whole!
Thus in calm anticipation
Of the coming of The Lord,
While I live my meditation
Is His Everlasting Word.