Furnish us all with light and powers

To walk in Wisdom's ways; So shall the benefit be ours,

And Thou shalt have the praise.

91.

THY promise, Lord, and Thy command,
Have brought us here to-day:
And now we humbly waiting stand
To hear what Thou wilt say.

Meet us, we pray, with words of peace,
And fill our hearts with love;
That from our follies we may cease,
And henceforth faithful prove.

92.

HUNGRY, and faint, and poor,
Behold us, Lord, again
Assembled at Thy mercy's door,
Thy bounty to obtain.

Thy Word invites us nigh,

Or we must starve indeed;
For we no money have to buy,
No righteousness to plead.

The food our spirits want

Thy hand alone can give:

Oh, hear the prayer of faith, and grant
That we may eat and live!

93. PSALM cvi. 4, 5.

REMEMBER us, we pray Thee, Lord,

With those who love Thy gracious name; And to our souls that good afford

Thy promise has prepared for them.

To us Thy great salvation show,
Give us a taste of love divine,
That we Thy people's joy may know,
And in their holy triumph join.

94.

Nor to Sinai's dreadful blaze,*
But to Zion's throne of grace,
By a way mark'd out with blood,
Sinners now approach to God.

Not to hear the fiery law,
But with humble joy to draw
Water, by that well supplied†
Jesus open'd when He died.

Lord, there are no streams but Thine
Can assuage a thirst like mine;
'Tis a thirst Thyself didst give,
Let me therefore drink and live.

* Heb. xii. 18-24.

† Isa. xii. 3.

95.

OFTEN Thy public means of grace,
Thy thirsty people's watering-place,
The archers have beset; *

Attack'd them in Thy house of prayer,
To prison dragg'd, or to the bar,
When thus together met.

But we from such assaults are freed,
Can pray and sing, and hear and read,
And meet and part in peace:
May we our privileges prize;
In their improvement make us wise,
And bless us with increase!

Unless Thy presence Thou afford,
Unless Thy blessing clothe the Word,
In vain our liberty!

What would it profit to maintain
A name for life should we remain
Formal and dead to Thee?

* Judges v. 11.

AFTER SERMON.

96. DEUT. xxxiii. 26-29.

WITH Israel's God who can compare?
Or who like Israel happy are?
O people saved by the Lord,

He is thy shield and great reward.

Upheld by everlasting arms,

Thou art secured from foes and harms; In vain their plots, and false their boasts, Our refuge is the Lord of Hosts.

97. HABAKKUK iii. 17, 18.

JESUS is mine! I'm now prepared

To meet with what I thought most hard! Yes, let the winds of trouble blow,

And comforts melt away like snow.

No blasted trees, or failing crops,
Can hinder my eternal hopes :

Though creatures change, the Lord's the

same;

Then let me triumph in His Name.

98.

WE seek a rest beyond the skies,

In everlasting day;

Through floods and flames the passage lies,

But Jesus guards the way.

The swelling flood and raging flame
Hear and obey His word;
Then let us triumph in His Name:
Our Saviour is the Lord.

99. DEUT. xxxii. 9, 10.

THE saints Emmanuel's portion are,
Redeem'd by price, reclaim'd by power;
His special choice, and tender care,
Owns them and guards them every hour.
He finds them in a barren land,

Beset with sins, and fears, and woes; He leads and guides them by His hand, And bears them safe from all their foes.

100. HEBREWS xiii. 20-22.

Now may He who from the dead
Brought the Shepherd of the sheep,
Jesus Christ, our King and Head,
All our souls in safety keep!

May He teach us to fulfil

What is pleasing in His sight; Perfect us in all His will,

And preserve us day and night!

To that dear Redeemer's praise,
Who the covenant seal'd with blood,
Let our hearts and voices raise

Loud thanksgivings to our God.