Hymnal: Hymns, Selected and Original #637 (1828) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Hymnal Title: Hymns, Selected and Original Lyrics: 1 Now, from the altar of our hearts
Let incense flames arise;
Assist us, Lord, to offer up
Our evening sacrifice.
2 Awake, our love, awake, our joy;
Awake, our heart and tongue:
Sleep not when mercies loudly call,
Break forth into a song.
3 Minutes and mercies multiply'd
Have made up all this day;
Minutes came quick, but mercies were
More fleet and free than they.
4 New time, new favours, and new joys,
Do a new song require;
Till we shall praise thee as we would
Accept our heart's desire.
5 Lord of our time, whose hand hath set
New time upon our score;
Thee may we praise for all our time,
When time shall be no more! Topics: Evening
Now, from the altar of our hearts