Christian Worship Ordination Or Installation.
Lift aloud the voice of praise!
God, our Father and our Friend,
Hear the prayer and song we raise,
Weak, yet trusting, we would bend.
Lo! another servant brought
To the heritage of God;-
May he teach as Christ hath taught,
Tread the path his Saviour trod.
To the vineyard may he come
Girded with celestial might;
Skilled to draw thy children home,
Taught to give the darkened light.
Unto thee, a people bend,-
Bind us heart to heart in love;
Flock and pastor, we would tend
Ever toward our home above.