1. LORD, before thy throne we bend;
Lord, to thee our eyes ascend:
Servants to our Master true,
Lo! we yield the homage due:
Children, to our Sire we fly,
Abba, Father, hear our cry!

2. To the dust our knees we bow,
We are weak, but mighty thou:
Sore distressed, yet suppliant still,
We await thy holy will;

Bound to earth and rooted here,
Till our Saviour God appear.

3. From the heavens, thy dwelling-place,
Shed, O shed, thy pardoning grace:
Turn to save us-none below
Pause to hear our silent woe;
Pleased or sad, a thoughtless throng,
Still they gaze, and pass along.

4. Leave us not beneath the power
Of temptation's darkest hour:
Swift to seal their captives' doom,
See our foes exulting come!
Jesus, Saviour, yet be nigh,
Lord of life and victory!

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[Hy. 555.

1. MANY centuries have fled
Since our Saviour broke the bread,
And this sacred feast ordained,
Ever by his church retained:
Those his body who discern,
Thus shall meet till his return,.

2. Through the churches' long eclipse,
When, from priest or pastor's lips,
Truth divine was never heard,—
Mid the famine of the word,
Still these symbols witness gave
To his love who died to save.

3. All who bear the Saviour's name,
Here their common faith proclaim;
Though diverse in tongue or rite,
Here, one body we unite;
Breaking thus one mystic bread,
Members of one common head.

4. Come, the blesséd emblems share,
Which the Saviour's death declare;
Come, on truth immortal feed;
For his flesh is meat indeed:
Saviour! witness with the sign,
That our ransomed souls are thine

1. Go to dark Gethsemane,

Ye that feel the tempter's power,
Your Redeemer's conflict see,

Watch with him one bitter hour;
Turn not from his griefs away,
Learn of Jesus Christ to pray.

2. Follow to the judgment-hall;

View the Lord of life arraigned;
O the wormwood and the gall!

O the pangs his soul sustained!
Shun not suffering, shame, or loss;
Learn of him to bear the cross.

8. Calvary's mournful mountain climb;
There, adoring at his feet,
Mark that miracle of time,
God's own sacrifice complete:
"It is finished,"-hear him cry;
Learn of Jesus Christ to die.

4. Early hasten to the tomb,

Where they laid his breathless clay;
All is solitude and gloom,-
Who hath taken him away?

Christ is risen;-he meets our eyes;
Saviour, teach us so to rise.

The Saviour's Invitation.

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1. FROM the cross uplifted high,
Where the Saviour deigns to die,
What melodious sounds we hear,
Bursting on the ravished ear!-
"Love's redeeming work is done-
Come and welcome, sinner, come !

2. "Sprinkled now with blood the throne-
Why beneath thy burdens groan?
On my piercéd body laid,
Justice owns the ransom paid-
Bow the knee, and kiss the Son-
Come and welcome, sinner, come !

3. "Spread for thee, the festal board
See with richest bounty stored;
To thy Father's bosom pressed,
Thou shalt be a child confessed,
Never from his house to roam;
Come and welcome, sinner, come !

4. "Soon the days of life shall end-
Lo, I come-your Saviour, Friend!
Safe your spirit to convey
To the realms of endless day,
Up to my eternal home-

Come and welcome, sinner, come?"

Rock of

thee:

Let the wa - ter

1. Rock of Ages! cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in thee;
Let the water and the blood,
From thy wounded side that flowed,
Be of sin the perfect cure;

Save me, Lord, and make me pure.

2. Should my tears forever flow,

Should my zeal no languor know,
This for sin could ne'er atone;
Thou must save, and thou alone;
In my hand no price I bring,
Simply to thy cross I cling.

8. While I draw this fleeting breath,
When mine eye-lids close in death,
When I rise to worlds unknown,
And behold thee on thy throne,
Rock of Ages! cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in thee.

1. QUIET, Lord, my froward heart, Make me teachable and mild, Upright, simple, free from art,

Make me as a weaned child: From distrust and envy free, Pleased with all that pleases thee. 2. What thou shalt to-day provide, Let me as a child receive; What to-morrow may betide, Calmly to thy wisdom leave: "T is enough that thou wilt care,Why should I the burden bear?

3. As a little child relies

On a care beyond his own;
Knows he's neither strong nor wise.
Fears to stir a step alone;
Let me thus with thee abide,
As my Father, Guard, and Guide.

of light!

1. PRAISE the Lord! ye heavens, adore him,
Praise him, angels in the height;
Sun and moon, rejoice before him;
Praise him, all ye stars of light!

2. Praise the Lord-for he hath spoken;
Worlds his mighty voice obeyed;
Laws which never shall be broken,

For their guidance he hath made.

3. Praise the Lord-for he is glorious;
Never shall his promise fail;
God hath made his saints victorious,
Sin and death shall not prevail.

4. Praise the God of our salvation,
Hosts on high his power proclaim;
Heaven and earth, and all creation,
Laud and magnify his name!

Riches come of thee and honor,
Power and might to thee belong;
Thine it is to make us prosper,

Only thine to make us strong.
4. Lord, to thee, thou God of mercy,
Hymns of gratitude we raise;
To thy name, forever glorious,
Ever we address our praise!

1. HARK! what mean those holy voices,
Sweetly sounding through the skies!
Lo! th' angelic host rejoices;
Heavenly hallelujahs rise.

2. Listen to the wondrous story,

Which they chant in hymns of joy :"Glory in the highest, glory! Glory be to God most high!

3. "Peace on earth, good-will from heaven,
Reaching far as man is found;
Souls redeemed, and sins forgiven;-
Loud our golden harps shall sound.
4. "Christ is born, the great Anointed;
Heaven and earth his praises sing!
O receive whom God appointed,
For your Prophet, Priest and King!
5. "Hasten, mortals, to adore him;

Learn his name and taste his joy;
Till in heaven ye sing before him,-
Glory be to God most high!"

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1042. 1. Lo! the Lord Jehovah liveth! He's my rock, I bless his name: He, my God, salvation giveth; All ye lands, exalt his fame.

2. O'er his enemies exalted,

See the great Redeemer rise! Though by powers of hell assaulted, God supports him to the skies. 3. God, Messiah's cause maintaining,

Shall his righteous throne extend: O'er the world the Saviour reigning, Earth shall at his footstool bend.

1. GLORIOUS things of thee are spoken,
Zion, city of our God;
He, whose word cannot be broken,
Formed thee for his own abode.

On the rock of ages founded

What can shake thy sure repose!
With salvation's walls surrounded.
Thou may'st smile at all thy foes.
2. See, the streams of living waters,
Springing from eternal love,
Well supply thy sons and daughters,
And all fear of want remove:

Who can faint while such a river
Ever flows thy thirst t' assuage!
Grace, which, like the Lord, the giver,
Never fails from age to age.

3. Round each habitation hovering,
See the cloud and fire appear!
For a glory and a covering,
Showing that the Lord is near;—
He who gives them daily manna,

He who listens when they cry,-
Let him hear the loud hosanna
Rising to his throne on high.