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7. Thou dost deliver

Thy church in all distress:

Thou art our Saviour;

Whate'er may us oppress, Thro' thee-we gain the victory. 8. One day is better

Spent in the Christian church, Thy praise to utter,

Than thousands spent in search Of joy-in the broad worldly way.

9. This territory

The Lord as sun doth light, Gives grace and glory,

And sanctified delight

To all-who on his mercy call. 10. Yea, his condition

How splendid 'tis, O Lord, Whom thou admission

Dost to thy church afford, And so to heaven's kingdom too.

11. Thro' grace afford us,

Dear Lord, church-liberty, To each good purpose;

That we our days employ With care-thy holy word to hear.

Bohemian Brethren.

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LORD of the worlds above,
How pleasant and how fair
The dwellings of thy grace and love,
Thy earthly temples are!
2. To thy divine abode

My longing heart aspires,
And pants to see the living God,
With ever warm desires.

3. The sparrow for her young
With pleasure seeks a nest,
And, wandering far, the swallows
To find their wonted rest.

4. O Lord, my spirit faints
With equal love and zeal,

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Remains his church's glorious dress. 3. All self-dependence is but vain, Christ doth our corner-stone reOur rock which will unshaken main, (stay,

When heaven and earth are fled

away.

4. The Spirit which anointed Christ, By which the apostles were baptiz'd, Proceeding from the church's Head, Is given to us and makes us glad. 5. That cause shall never suffer harm

(long Which rests on Jesus' mighty arm; What man can do we need not care, No foe shall even touch a hair

6. For these our God hath number'd | 2. One wish, with holy transport

all, Without his leave not one can fall; If in the least he be so true, What will he not in greater do? 7. He is and shall remain our Lord, Our confidence is in his word; And, while our Jesus reigns above, His church will more than conqueror prove.

644.

Z.

T. 22. "As birds their infant brood protect, And spread their wings to shelter them;"

Thus saith the Lord to his elect,
"So will I guard Jerusalem."
2. And what, then, is Jerusalem,
The darling object of his care?
What is its worth in God's esteem?

Who built it? who inhabits there?
3. Jehovah founded it in blood,
The blood of his incarnate Son:
There dwell the saints, once foes
to God,

The sinners whom he calls his own.
4. Tho' foes on every side assail,
This city hath a sure defence;
Against her they shall ne'er prevail,
While guarded by Omnipotence.

warm,

(form:
My heart hath form'd and still doth
One gift I ask, that to my end
Thine hallow'd house I may attend:
There may I joyful find a safe
abode,
(my God.
There may I view the beauty of
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THE consecrated house we love,
Where God vouchsafes to place
his name;
(remove,
Nor will we, Lord, from thence
But jointly there thy praise pro-
claim,

And daily to thy courts repair,
To seek thee in the house of prayer.
2. But oh, the house of living stones
We never can neglect nor leave:
That temple which the world dis-

owns,

To that in life and death we cleave,
Thro' faith to every member join'd,
The church diffus'd thro' all man-
kind.

647.*

T. 221. THOU Monarch of all, thou Lord God of creation, (bless'd, How wonderful, and yet how Appears in the church thy wise administration, (fess'd: Of which thou art the Head con'Tis here for the needy all help abounds; (thy wounds, What peace, what bliss inhabit To keep the eye steady, fix'd on The sum is and substance, with poor contrite sinners,

645.

Cowper. T. 97. HOW sweet thy dwellings, Lord, how fair; (there;

With ardent hope, with strong

desire,

My heart, my flesh, to thee aspire;
How oft I long thy heavenly courts

and thee,

My Lord and God, the living God,

to see.

Of

all the wise maxims whereby they are winners.

2. What is it that makes us stand

fast in one spirit,

Lord Jesus, author of our faith?

What is it cements us?-'Tis only | Who partake of his salvation,

thy merit,

Thy wounds and all-atoning death: Ye heralds of mercy, with courage good (blood: Redemption proclaim now in Jesus' No heart e'er was broken by Sinai's thunder,

Trusting in his sacred word: Bless'd who, in love's bond united, To his altars are invited;

In his courts on earth they dwell, There his matchless praise to tell.

650.

T. 14.

But rocks at the message of peace OH! happy they who know the

cleave asunder.

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Lord,

With whom he deigns to dwell: He feeds and cheers them by his word,

2.

His arm supports them well.

To them, in each distressing His throne of grace is near; (hour, And when they plead his love and power,

He stands engag’d to hear.

3. He help'd his saints in ancient Who trusted in his name; (days, And we can witness, to his praise, His love is still the same.

4. Wandering in sin, our souls he found,

And bade us seek his face; Gave us to hear the gospel-sound, And taste the gospel-grace.

5. Oft in his house his glory shines Before our wondering eyes: We wish not then for golden mines, Or aught beneath the skies. 6. His presence sweetens all our

cares,

And makes our burdens light; A word from him dispels our fears, And gilds the gloom of night. 7. Lord, we expect to suffer here, Nor would we dare repine; But give us still to find thee near, And own us still for thine.

J. Newton.

651.

T. 14.

HAIL, church of Christ, bought |

with his blood!

The world I freely leave; Ye children of the living God, Me in your tents receive.

3. Gracious Lord, may we believe,
Venture all on thy free grace;
Boldly things not seen achieve,

Trusting in thy promises:
Faith thy people's strong-hold is;
Their employment daily this,
To proceed on paths unknown,

2. Bride of the Lamb, I'm one in Leaning on thy arm alone.

heart

With thee, thro' boundless grace, And I will never from thee part; This bond shall never cease. 3. Closely I'll follow Christ with I'll go thy safest road; (thee, Thy people shall my people be, And thine shall be my God. 4. And am I, Jesus, one of those Who in thy fold have place? Who, gathered round the erected Enjoy redeeming grace? (cross, 5. O yes, nor would I change my For an archangel's throne; (lot By grace I'll keep the place I've (got, Cennick.

To thee I'll live alone.

652.* T. 205.

RISE, exalt our Head and King; Praise the Lord who ever lives; Glad we are his praise to sing,

He his people's praise receives: On his powerful day they rise, Offering free-will sacrifice; His victorious triumph this, Since hell's host defeated is.

2. Ye who Jesus' death proclaim,

Service yield to him with joy; Praise with every breath his name, Grace to extol be your employ: Grace supports us every day, Leads us in the narrow way; 'Tis thro' grace alone that we Can obtain the victory.

4. Christ, thy all-atoning death
Is our life while here below;
Strengthen thou our feeble faith,
Constantly thy aid bestow:
In thy mercy we confide,
Safely to the end us guide;
Zion, if thy Head depart,
Void of life and strength thou art.

5. Lord, thy body ne'er forsake,

Ne'er thy congregation leave;
We to thee our refuge take,

Of thy fulness we receive:
Every other help be gone,
Thou art our support alone;
For on thy supreme commands
All the universe depends.

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Yet hath thy aim, most faithful Friend,

With us not fully been obtain'd.
3. What rich returns of thankful-
From us might be expected, (ness
Who, that we might show forth thy
praise,

Have been through grace elected:
But here we blush for shame,
Unworthy of the name
We bear, while of our heavenly call
As yet so very short we fall.

4. May we show forth continually,
In our whole conversation,
What we to others testify
Of thee and thy salvation:
May all men in us see
Our words and works agree;
Then shall we of redeeming love
To others a sweet savour prove.
5. But are there such among us
still,
Whose hearts thy love ne'er warmed,
Who, tho' their wretched state they
Are not thereby alarmed?
O rouse them from death's sleep,
That they may pray and weep,
And flee as sinners to thy wounds,
Where for the vilest grace abounds.

654.*

(feel,

T. 155. CHURCH of Christ, sing and rejoice, Bring the Lord thro' all thy classes, Thanks and praises, Glory, honour, might, and power, Evermore;

Since he is our Head and Saviour, And his mercy, grace, and favour

Richly doth on us bestow.

2. When we on his faithfulness, Love and mercy duly ponder, Lost in wonder,

We desire his name to praise;

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