Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book
Date: 1815
Compiler: John Thompson et al
Publisher/Printer: Looker and Wallace
First Line: Fair Zion's King we humbly own
Topic: Ordination of Deacons
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 248
Page Number: 213, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsFAIR Zion's King, we humbly own,
And hail the grace thy church enjoys
Her holy deacons are thine own,
With all the gifts thy love employs.
Up to the throne we lift our eyes,
For blessings to attend our choice;
O make them faithful, good and wise
Obedient to thy heavenly voice.
Happy in Jesus, their own Lord,
May they his sacred table spread
The table of their pastor fill,
And fill the holy poor with bread.
When pastor, saints, and poor they serve,
May their own hearts with grace
crown'd;
While patience, sympathy and love
Adorn, and thro' their lives abound.
By purest love to Christ and truth,
O may they win a good degree
Of boldness in the Christian faith,
And meet the smile of thine and thee.
And when they finish serving here,
May they with us in heav'n appear;
And sit around their Father's board,
And feast for ever with the Lord.