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Sacred may each moment be,
Spent in solemn worship here:
May our incense rise to thee,
Songs of praise, the voice of prayer.
2. Here are we richly fed,
Refresh'd and comforted;
Nourish'd with celestial food,
Bless'd with streams from thee, the
We with humble gratitude (Rock;
Praise thee, Shepherd of thy flock.
3. O grant us new displays
Of glory and of grace;
Touch our lips with hallow'd flame,
While, to sinners far and near,
Of salvation in thy name
Joyfully we witness bear.

4. O give us that good part,
A pure and holy heart;
Every needful gift bestow,
Faith, and hope, and charity;
That while dwelling here below,
We may pleasure yield to thee.

5. Thou Lamb of God once slain,
Thy people's strength remain;
O preserve us in thy love,
Us in thy pavilion hide;
Ne'er thy hand from us remove,
Be in life and death our Guide.

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OUR souls with inmost shame
Address thy holy name:
Jesus, in our midst appear
Present to each waiting soul,
Every contrite sinner cheer, (whole.
Breathe thy Spirit through the
2. We sinners humbly crave
Thy presence here to have,
In this place to find thee true
To thy promises of grace,
Still to own the gather'd few,
Giving them thy life and peace.

3. From thy majestic throne
In mercy, Lord, look down;
View the souls athirst for thee,
Turn to them thy cheering face;
Each adores with bended knee
Thee, O Jesus, for thy grace.

Kendall H. B.

679. T. 185. GRACIOUS Lord, our Shepherd

and salvation,

In thy presence we appear; (tion, Own us as thy flock and congregaLet us feel that thou art near: May we all enjoy thy love and favour, (viour, And obey thee as our Head and SaWho, by thy most precious blood, Mad'st us, sinners, heirs of God. 2. Lord, receive the thanks and adoration,

Which to thee we humbly pay,

For our calling and predestination, | With awe adore his saving name:
Blessed Saviour, on this day; His cross and wounds are of sal-
Give us grace to walk as thine
anointed,

(pointed; In the path thou hast for us apWe devote most heartily Soul and body unto thee.

3. Chosen flock, thy faithful Shepherd follow,

Who laid down his life for thee; All thy days unto his service hallow, Each his true disciple be: Evermore rejoice to do his pleasure, Be the fulness of his grace thy treasure;

Should success thy labour crown, Give the praise to him alone.

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HEAD of thy congregation,
Kind Shepherd, gracious Lord,
Look on us with compassion,

Met here with one accord;
Accept our thanks and praises
For all thy love and care,
Which we in various cases
Repeatedly did share.

2. Our lips would gladly mention Thy patience, love, and grace, Our hearts with due attention

The loving-kindness trace,
Which under thy protection
'Midst trials we have prov'd;
Thy fatherly correction

Shows us that we're belov'd.

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(believe; The lasting source for sinners who Come then, and grace for grace freely from him receive.

2. His mercy claims our highest praise,

'Tis by his grace we were elected: Freed from the world's deceitful ways,

And to his flock on earth collected: His faithful heart we know, and search it still;

May thousands more believe, and do his holy will.

3. Ourselves, dear Lord, we now

to thee

Resign anew with soul and body;
As thy redeemed property
Accept of us, tho' poor and needy;
Out of the mouths of sucklings
perfect praise,

And magnify in us thy name and saving grace.

4. O let thy love our hearts constrain,

That, in one covenant united,
The bond of peace we may main-
tain,

And be to mutual love incited:
To God and to the Lamb be glory
giv'n (saints in heaven.
By sinners here below, and by the

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T. 167.

684. SAVIOUR, visit thy plantation, Grant us, Lord, a gracious rain; All will come to desolation, Unless thou return again: Keep no longer at a distance, Smile upon us from on high; Lest, for want of thine assistance, Every plant should droop and die. 2. Surely once thy garden flourish'd, Every plant look'd fresh and green, Then thy word our spirits nourish'd; Happy seasons we have seen: But a drought has since succeeded, And a sad decline we see; Lord, thy help is greatly needed, Help can only come from thee. 3. Let our mutual love be fervent, Make us prevalent in prayer; Let each one, esteem'd thy servant, Shun the world's bewitching snare;

Break the tempter's fatal power, Turn the stony heart to flesh: And begin from this good hour To revive thy work afresh.

685.

J. Newton.

T. 22. WHERE two or three, with sweet accord,

Obedient to their sovereign Lord, Meet to recount his acts of grace, And offer solemn prayer and praise: 2. "There," saith the Saviour, "I will be,

Amidst this little company;
To them I will unveil my face,
And shed my glories round the
place."

3. We meet at thy command, O

Lord, Relying on thy faithful word; Now send thy Spirit from above, And fill our hearts with heavenly love.

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BEFORE thy throne we now ap(tion; Head of thy ransom'd congregaUnto our songs of praise give ear, Ánd listen to our supplication: Hear from the heavens, thy lofty dwelling-place,

And when thou hear'st, forgive thy

people's trespasses.

2. In heaven and earth who is like thee?

Maintain'st thy cause most gloriThou keepest covenant for ever, ously, (favour: And to thy servants showest In That thou the church's Head and us, O Lord, thy word be verified, Shepherd wilt abide.

3. Thine eyes be open on this house,
This temple unto thee devoted:
O consecrate it for thy use,

Thy glory be by us promoted:
And since thou chosest us, and

didst ordain

That we should fruit produce, O may our fruit remain.

4. Now to the Lamb upon the throne, (bought us, Who by his precious blood hath That he might claim us as his own, And to his fold in mercy brought us, All praise and honour evermore

pertain : (thereto, Amen. Let all who love his name, reply

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LET not your heart be faint,
MY PEACE I GIVE TO YOU:
Such peace, as reason never plann'd,
As worldlings never knew.
2. 'Tis not the stilly calm,

That bodes a tempest nigh,
Or lures the heedless mariner,
Where rocks and quicksands lie.
3. It is not nature's sleep,

The stupor of the soul, (hand,
That knows not God, nor owns his
Tho' wide his thunders roll.

4. 'Tis not the sleep of death,

Low in the darksome grave, Where the worm spreads its couch and feeds,

No hand put forth to save.

5. It speaks a ransom'd world,
A Father reconcil'd,
A sinner to a saint transform'd,
A rebel to a child.

6. It tells of joys to come,

It soothes the troubled breast, It shines, a star amid the storm,

The harbinger of rest.

7. Then murmur not, nor mourn,
My people faint and few, (shake,
Though earth to its foundation
MY PEACE I LEAVE WITH YOU.
J. A. La Trobe.
T. 230.

692.

FROM thy holy habitation,
O God of grace and consolation,

Behold us, met before thy throne;
Saviour, to believers precious,
With sanctified delights refresh us,
And us, as thine, in mercy own:
We humbly cry to thee,
Send now prosperity;
Let thy beauty

On us appear,-establish here
Our work, the work of praise and
prayer.

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