CCCLII. CHRIST'S Care of Ministers and Churches.

WE bless th' eternal Source of Light,
Who makes the Stars to shine;
And, thro' this dark beclouded World,
Diffuseth Rays divine.

We bless the Churches sov'reign King,
Whose golden Lamps we are;
Fix'd in the Temples of his Love
To shine with Radiance fair.

Still be our Purity preserv'd;
Still fed with Oil the Flame;
And in deep Characters inscrib'd
Our heav'nly Master's Name.

Then, while between our Ranks he walks
And all our State surveys,
His Smiles shall with new Lustre deck
The People of his Praise.