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OLET thy love our hearts constrain,
Jesus, thou God of love;
The bond of peace let us maintain;
All discord far remove.
2. Us into closest union draw,

And in our inward parts
Write thou indelibly thy law;
Let love pervade our hearts.
Who would not now pursue the

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In mutual love and perfect peace;
In harmony with fervent zeal
Serve thee, and do thy holy will.
3. Lord, grant us a forgiving mind,
To patience and to peace inclin'd,
That we may with each other bear;
To cherish love be all our care.
4. Tender compassion may we show,
Share in each other's weal and woe,
Rejoice with those that do rejoice, 4.
And with the weeping sympathize.
5. At all times may we ready be,
Yea, even in deep poverty,
The wants of others to relieve,
And soothe and comfort them that
grieve.

6. And be it our concern, to seek
In nothing to offend the weak,
To bear with their infirmities,
And others, not ourselves to please.
7. Grant us in meekness to reclaim,
Those who have been in aught to
blame,

Mindful that we, as well as they,
Are liable from thee to stray.
8. May we, tho' gifts be manifold,
As members of one body, hold
One doctrine, and be ever led
By thee, our Master, Lord, and
Head.

way,

Where Jesus' footsteps shine?
Who would not own the pleasing
Of charity divine? (sway
United firmly by thy grace,
We shall thy followers prove:
The frowning world must then con-
fess;

"See how these Christians love."

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CHERISH us with kindest care,
Jesus, we thy brethren are,
Of thy flesh and of thy bone;
To the end, O love thine own.
2. As our Head us move and guide,
Divers gifts to each divide:
Plac'd according to thy will,
Let us all thy mind fulfil.
3. Sweetly may we all agree,
Useful to each other be;

Each the other's burden bear,
In his weal and woe take share.
4. If one member honour'd be,
All rejoice most heartily;

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FLOCK of Jesus, be united,
Covenant with him anew;
By his love divine excited,

3. More hard to bear the look un- Praise and serve him as 'tis due:

kind,

The word that causeth pain, Where nature's closest ties should And love alone obtain. (bind, 4. Most hard, when brethren in the By selfish passions borne, (Lord, Aid the rude world, by glance or word,

To wreathe the crown of thorn.

5. Yet when I think what patient

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My Lord extends to me,
Shall I not with my brother bear,
And that right lovingly?

O that nothing whatsoever
May relax this blessed tie;
In thy love, most gracious Saviour,
Grant us all stability.

2. With love's ardour to be fired,
Let us with each other vie;
So that, should it be required,
For the brethren we could die:
O what boundless love did Jesus
May his holy pattern teach us,
To his enemies display!
How love ought to bear the sway.
3. O that we, his steps to follow,
'Midst affliction, scorn, and spite,
Did each other more excite:
And his sacred name to hallow,
Every one stir up his brother
To keep Jesus still in view,
Thus encouraging each other
T. 11. His example to pursue.

6. O yes-what wrong to me is
By brother, friend, or foe, (done,
I leave it in thine hand alone,

And 'neath thine hand lie low.
J. A. Latrobe.

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JESUS, we look up to thee,
Let us in thy name agree;
Thou who art the Prince of peace,
Bid contention ever cease.

4. Then the souls he joined together
Will, according to his prayer,
Be accepted of his Father,
And his kind protection share:

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HOW sweet, how heavenly is the sight,

When those who love the Lord, In one another's peace delight, And so fulfil his word!

GRANT, Lord, that with thy direc-2.

tion:

"Love each other," we comply, Aiming with unfeigned affection Thy love to exemplify:

Let our mutual love be glowing;
Thus will all men plainly see,
That we, as on one stem growing,
Living branches are in thee.

2. 0 that such may be our union,
As thine with the Father is,
And not one of our communion
E'er forsake the path of bliss:
May our light 'fore men

brightness,

From thy light reflected, shine; Thus the world will bear us witness, That we, Lord, are truly thine.

When each can feel his brother's sigh,

And with him bear a part; When sorrow flows from eye to eye, And joy from heart to heart; 3. When free from envy, scorn, and Our wishes all above, (pride, Each can a brother's failings hide, And show a brother's love; 4. When love, in one delightful stream,

Through every bosom flows; When union sweet, and fond esteem,

In every action glows.

Love is the golden chain, tha binds

The happy souls above;

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And cordial friendship feel.

BLEST is the tie that binds

And he's an heir of heaven that His spirit fill'd with love. (finds

Together in heart's unity,

Our hearts in christian love;

2. Lord Jesus, in that very night, The fellowship of kindred minds

Ere thou didst bleed and die, Thou didst with thy disciples urge Love's ever-sacred tie.

3. Remind thy little flock, too apt Among themselves to jar, That all thy members' unity Was ev'n thy dying care. 4. May we this testament fulfil, One mind and spirit be, And love with unremitting zeal Each other fervently.

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Is like to that above.

2. Before our Father's throne

We pour our ardent prayers; Our fears, our hopes, our aims are

one,

Our comforts and our cares. 3. We share our mutual woes; Our mutual burdens bear; And often for each other flows The sympathizing tear.

4. From sorrow, toil, and pain, And sin, we shall be free; And perfect love and friendship reign

Through all eternity.

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2. Is this our high calling, harmonious to dwell, (praises to tell, And thus in sweet concert Christ's In peace and blest union our moments to spend,

Fawcett. And live in communion with Christ as our friend?

T. 165.

JESUS, grant me to inherit,
Strengthen'd by thy aiding grace,
Thro' the guidance of thy Spirit,
All the fruits of righteousness:
Grant me true humility,

Faith and zeal to live for thee;
To mankind O make me gracious,
To my friends and foes propitious.
2. Give me grace in all conditions
Firmly to adhere to thee;
And, 'midst all the exhibitions
Of thy boundless love to me,
To let my poor neighbour share
In my plenty and my prayer:
By thy love to me imparted
Make me always tender-hearted.

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3. O yes, having found in the Lord our delight, (by night; He is our chief object by day and This knits us together, no longer we roam, (is our home. We all have one Father, and heaven

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T. 159. WHEN brethren dwell in unity In Jesus' ransom'd fold, Join'd by love's ever sacred tie, 'Tis pleasant to behold: (scends, Like dew his grace on them deYea, his rich blessing he commands Upon their going out to rest; Their coming in is blest.

2. We tread on consecrated ground, For 't is his own abode,

The sparrow here a nest hath found,
Thine altars, O Lord God:
Blest they who to his courts repair,
To seek him in his house of prayer;
To such he will himself reveal,
His praises they shall tell.

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XXIV. FOLLOWING JESUS, AND BEARING HIS REPROACH.

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T. 230.4. Blessed are the meek in spirit,
They shall, saith Christ, the earth

JESUS, Lord most great and glorious,

Reward and crown of the victorious,
Restorer of lost paradise;
We appear with supplication,
Before thee, God of our salvation,
And send to thee our fervent cries:
O Lord our righteousness,

'Tis thy delight to bless;
We desire it,

inherit;

sation,

(here; Their life is hid with him while Yet as heirs of Christ's salvation, In heaven they have their conver(there: Their treasure and their hearts are And as the Lamb of God Life's path with meekness trod, His disciples

His steps pursue,-and as 't is due,

Come then, for we-belong to thee, Show in their conduct meekness too. And bless us inexpressibly.

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They find abundant consolation,
Since Jesus first that path did tread;
He prevailed while he suffer'd,
And now to us that cup is offer'd,
By which himself was perfected:
We cannot hope for joy

On earth without alloy,

Here is weeping;

5. Blessed, who without cessation Hunger and thirst for that salvation, Which flows from Christ's pure righteousness;

They are fill'd and satisfied,
With richest dainties are supplied,
Who long and pant for saving grace:
Christ's body and his blood
Prove their life-giving food;
Thereby nourish'd,

(bear

From year to year-they thrive and Fruits that to him well-pleasing are.

6. All the merciful are blessed; For they, when in their turn distressed,

Shall mercy find most certainly:
Water to the poor afforded
Is as an act of love recorded,
And is rewarded generously:
Who to the indigent
Doth prove beneficent,
He is blessed;

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But woe to them-who scorn the For God remembers not their name.

At the Lamb's feast-is perfect rest, 7. All the pure in heart are blessed;

This is a vale of tears at best.

Of joys unspeakable possessed,

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