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T. 90. 3. Command thy blessing in this

625. NOT to the mount that burn'd with

fire,

To darkness, tempest, and the sound Of trumpet, waxing higher and higher,

hour,

Spirit of truth, and fill the place With wounding and with healing

power,

(grace.

(ground, With quickening and confirming Nor voice of words that rent the 4. O thou, our Maker, Saviour,

While Israel heard, with trembling

awe,

Jehovah thunder forth his law :

2. But to Mount Zion we are come, The city of the living God, Jerusalem, our heavenly home, The courts by angel-legions trod, Where meet in everlasting love, The Church of the first-born above:

3. To God, the judge of quick and The perfect spirits of the just, (dead, Jesus, our great new-covenant Head, The blood of sprinkling,—from the dust,

That better things than Abel's cries,
And pleads a Saviour's sacrifice.
4. O hearken to the healing voice,
That speaks from heaven in tones

so mild!

To-day are life and death our choice; To-day, through mercy reconcil'd, Our all to God we yet may give : Now let us hear his voice and live.

626.

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We seek instruction, pardon, peace.
J. Montgomery. 3. Thine earthly Sabbaths, Lord,
T. 22.
we love;

COMMAND thy blessing from But there's a nobler rest above;

above,

O God, on all assembled here: Behold us with a Father's love, While we look up with filial fear. 2. Command thy blessing, Jesus, May we thy true disciples be, (Lord, Speak to each heart thy mighty

O that we might that rest attain, From sin, from sorrow, & from pain! 4. In thy blest kingdom we shall be From every mortal trouble free; No sighs shall mingle with the

songs

Resounding from immortal tongues. 5. O long-expected day, begin! Say to the weakest, "Follow me." Dawn on this world of woe and sin:

word:

Fain would we leave this weary road| 5. Oft as the precious seed is sown, To sleep in death, and rest in God. Thy quickening grace bestow; Doddridge. That all, whose souls the truth re

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ceive,
Its saving power may know.

Congregational H. B.

630.

T. 90.

THY presence, gracious God, afford
Prepare us to receive thy word;

Now let thy voice engage our ear, On what, in weakness, has been And faith be mix'd with what we

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sown,

Thy blessing, graciousLord, bestow;
The power is thine, yea thine alone,
To make it spring and fruitful grow:
Do thou the plenteous harvest raise,
And thou alone shalt have the praise.
J. Newton (ad.)

631.

T. 595.
ONCE more, before we part,
Bless the Redeemer's name ;
Let every tongue and every heart
Praise and adore the same.

2. Let us upon his word
Still live, and feed, and grow;
Fawcett. Let us go on to know the Lord,
And practice what we know.

629.
T. 14.
ALMIGHTY God, thy word is cast
Like seed into the ground;
Now let the dew of heaven descend,
And righteous fruits abound.
2. Let not the foe of Christ and man

This holy seed remove;
But give it root in every heart,

To bring forth fruits of love.
3. Let not the world's deceitful cares
The rising plant destroy;
But let it yield, a hundred-fold,

The fruits of peace and joy.
4. Nor let thy word, so kindly sent
To raise us to thy throne,
Return to thee, and sadly tell,
That we reject thy Son.

632.

Hart. T. 22.

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Yet here thou surely art;

Accept, we pray, what is thine own, 4. I may not to thy courts repair,
In mercy pardon, what is ours:
Our praises, Lord, and prayers re-

ceive,

And to thy word a blessing give. 2. O Saviour grant, that each of us, Now met in thy bless'd presence here,

O give me here a house of prayer,
Here sabbath-joys impart.

5. To faith reveal the things un

seen,

To hope, the joys untold;
Let love, without a vail between,
Thy glory now behold.

J. Montgomery.

Again may meet together thus,
When thou & all thy saints appear,
And follow thee to heaven,our home:
636. T. 581 or 83.
Ev'n so, Amen, Lord Jesus, come.
J. Newton (ad.) SAFELY through another week
God hath brought us on our way:
T. 585. Let us now a blessing seek

(902.) 634.
LORD,dismiss us with thy blessing;
Fill our hearts with joy and peace;
Let us each, thy love possessing,
Triumph in redeeming grace:

On the approaching Sabbath day;
Day of all the week the best,
Emblem of eternal rest.

2. Mercies, multiplied each hour,
Gracious Lord, our praise demand,
Guarded by thy mighty power,
Nourish'd by thy bounteous hand:
Now from worldly cares set free,
May we rest this night with thee.
3. When the morn shall bid us rise,
May we feel thy presence near;
May thy glory meet our eyes,
When we in thy house appear;
And may all our Sabbaths prove
Foretastes of the joys above.

O refresh us, :|: Travelling through this wilderness. 2. Thanks we give, and adoration, For thy gospel's joyful sound; May the fruits of thy salvation In our hearts and lives abound: King of glory, :||: Sway thy sceptre all around. Rippon, or Burder's Coll. 635. T. 14. THOUSANDS, O Lord of hosts, Within thy temple meet; (to-day And tens of thousands throng to Their homage at thy feet. (pay 2. The dew lies thick on all the We build the temple, Lord, to thee; ground,

Shall my poor fleece be dry?

637.

J. Newton.

T. 22.
THIS stone to thee in faith we lay,

Thine eye be open night and day
To guard this house and sanctuary.

The manna rains from heaven 2. Here, when thy people seek thy Shall I of hunger die? (around,| face,

3. Behold thy prisoner, loose my
If 'tis thy gracious will; (bands,
If not, contented in thy hands,
Behold thy prisoner still.

And dying sinners pray to live, Hear, thou, in heaven, thy dwelling-place,

And when thou hearest, O forgive.

3. Here, when thy messengers pro- And pour thy blessings from above, claim That we may render praise. The blessed gospel of thy Son, 4. And may the gospel's joyful Still, by the power of his great

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sound,

Enforc'd by mighty grace,
Awaken many sinners round,
To come and fill the place.

639.

J. Newton.

T. 22. O THOU, who didst the temple fill With thy resplendent, awful train, The glory of thine Israel still, Appear in those bright robes again. 2. In us, and round about us shine, Here cause us to behold thy face; O make this tabernacle thine! O sanctify this holy place! 3. Now send the promis'd unction down,

Thy kingdom come to every heart, And all our waiting hearts inspire;
In every bosom fix thy throne. Lord Jesus, make thy goings.
J. Montgomery. known,
T. 14. Thy ministers a flame of fire.
4. Work with them, and confirm

638. DEAR Shepherd of thy people,

hear!

thy word

To all who worship in this place; O pour upon us, holy Lord, Unceasing showers of saving grace. 5. So shall thy servants' hopes be crown'd,

Thy presence now display: As thou hast giv'n a place for prayer, So give us hearts to pray. 2. Within these walls let holy peace, And love, and concord dwell: Here give the troubled conscience The wounded spirit heal. (ease, 3. Show us some token of thy love, The house of God, the gate of Our fainting hope to raise; heaven. Congregational H. B..

And glory to thy name be giv'n;
While this Bethesda shall be found

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XXXII. THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH.

(726.) 640.

T. 167. GLORIOUS things of thee are spoken,

Zion, city of our God;

He whose word cannot be broken,
Form'd thee for his own abode :
On the Rock of ages founded,
What can shake thy sure repose?
With salvation's walls surrounded,|
Thou mayst 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 their thirst to 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:
Thus deriving from their banner
Light by night and shade by day,
Safe they feed upon the manna,
Which he gives them when they

pray.

4. Blest inhabitants of Zion,
Wash'd in the Redeemer's blood!
Jesus, whom their souls rely on,
Makes them kings and priests toGod:
'Tis his love his people raises
In his courts to reign as kings,
And as priests, his solemn praises
Each for a thank-offering brings.
5. Saviour, if of Zion's city
I thro' grace a member am,
Let the world deride or pity,
I will glory in thy name :

Fading is the worldling's pleasure,
All his boasted pomp and show;
Solid joy and lasting treasure
None but Zion's children know.
J. Newton.

641.*

(727.)
HOW amiable
Thy habitations are,
Wherein assemble

T. 69.

O Lord,-thy praises to record.
Thy Christian people dear,
2. My heart with fervour

And inward longing pants,
Thy grace and favour

To tell there with thy saints,
Boldly-the truth to testify.

3. For there thou choosest

To dwell, my living Tower;
Sweet rest diffusest

From that place evermore, Which thou-ordained hast thereto. 4. There is asserted

The new birth spiritual;
Souls are converted

By thy pure gospel's call,
And there - in Christ's church
grafted are.

5. For this I'm longing,

To be throughout my days
Thereto belonging,

Thy holy name to praise, And thee-to serve incessantly. 6. All those are blessed

That come into thine house,
With awe expressed,

Which deep conviction shows,
| And pray—and to thee homage
pay.

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