Part 2

“Who art one God, one Lord; not one only person, but three persons in one substance. For that which we believe of the glory of the Father, the same we believe of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, without any difference or inequality. Therefore, with Angels and Archangels, and with all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify thy glorious, name; evermore praising thee, and saying, Holy, holy, holy Lord God of hosts, heaven and earth are full of thy glory: Glory be to thee, O Lord most high. Amen.”

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Weston, Printer, Crosby-row, Borough.

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[Picture: Graphic of a vase with Resurgam written on it]

A HYMN,

COMPOSED ON THE OCCASION OF THE DEATH OF

MR. JOSEPH MATTHEWS,

_Who departed this Life_, _on the_ 24t_h_ _of February_ 1827, _after a long and severe illness_.

GREAT God, we bow to thy decree, And own thy sentence right; Thy sov’reign voice has call’d away Our brother from our sight.

Dear Jesus, we believe thou art The sinner’s only friend; Nor death, nor hell shall ever part, For we on thee depend.

No more our brother’s rack’d with pain, Or hears the tempter roar: O! may thy spirit us defend, From sin and Satan’s pow’r.

O, Lord! our eyes are up to thee In this distressing hour, Thine handmaid bless, and grant that we May thy rich grace adore.

Eternal love will still provide, Though mortals die around; The Lord, at times, may seem to chide, But faithful he is found.

We will rejoice our brother’s gone To Jesu’s welcome breast; At his right hand he shall be found, Eternally to rest.

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_N.B._ _The Profits_, _arising from the sale of this Hymn_, _will be appropriated for the benefit of the Widow_, _and four young Children_.

[PRICE TWO-PENCE.]

FOOTNOTES.

{1} These three pieces are tightly bound in the British Library copy, and are preceded by _Voice of Faith in the Valley of Achor_, _Vol. II._ However, they are clearly not part of _Voice_ (which was published by R. Thomas in 1820) as two of these were published (undated) by R. Weston. John Church used R. Thomas as his printer until around 1822 (_Glory of Grace_), and used R. Weston from 1823, which puts the first two around then. The Hymn, from 1827, is the last known published work by John Church, who died in 1833.—DP.