d 3 Ye careless ones, O hear betimes, The voice of sovereign love!

e Your youth is stained with many crimes, But mercy reigns above.

d 4 True you are young, but there's a stone
Within the youngest breast,

Or half the crimes which you have done,
Would rob you of your rest.

-5 For you the public prayer is made,

P

Oh, join the public prayer!

For you the secret tear is shed,
Oh, shed yourselves a tear.

-6 We pray that you may early prove
The Spirit's power to teach;

You cannot be too young to love
That Jesus whom we preach.

COWPER.

HYMN 166. 7s. Redeeming Love. [b]

1

Prayer for young Persons.

No Winged with faith, and pierce the skies;

TOW may fervent prayer arise,

Fervent prayer will bring us down
Gracious answers from the throne.
e 2 Shepherd of thy blood-bought sheep,
Teach the stony heart to weep;

Let the blind have eyes to see-
e See themselves-and look on thee.
-3 Let the minds of all our youth
Feel the force of sacred truth,
While the gospel call they hear,
May they learn to love and fear.

4 Show them what their ways have been; Show them the desert of sin;

e Then thy dying love reveal;
This shall melt a heart of steel.

-5 Where thou hast thy work begun,
Give new strength the race to run;
Scatter darkness, clouds, and fears,
Wipe away the mourner's tears.

-6 Bless us all, both old and young:
Call forth praise from every tongue;
Let the whole assembly prove
All thy power, and all thy love.

SELECT.

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NEWTON.

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HYMN 167. 7s. Fairfax. [b]

Prayer for Children.

RACIOUS Lord, our children see;

GRACIOUS our

But shall these, alas! remain
Subjects still of Satan's reign?

2 Israel's infants, when of old, Pharaoh threatened to withhold; d Then thy Messenger said, " No: "Let the children also go."

e 3 When the angel of the Lord,
Drawing forth his dreadful sword,
Slew with an avenging hand,
All the first-born of the land;-

o 4 Then thy people's doors he passed,
Where the bloody sign was placed :
e Hear us now upon our knees,

Plead the blood of Christ for these.

e 5 Lord, we tremble, for we know
How the fierce, malicious foe,
Wheeling round his watchful flight,
Keeps them ever in his sight.

-6 Spread thy pinions, King of kings!
Hide them safe beneath thy wings:

e Lest the ravenous birds of prey Seize and bear the brood away.

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COWPER.

HYMN 168. 8 & 7. Calvary. [b]

Surrender to infinite Love.

SACRAMENTAL.

W For my sins, upon the tree;

THEN I view my Saviour bleeding,

e O how wondrous !-how exceeding
Great his love appears to me!

e 2 Floods of deep distress and anguish,
To impede his labours, came;
--Yet they all could not extinguish
Love's eternal, burning flame.
e 3 Now redemption is completed,
Full salvation is procured:
o Death and Satan are defeated,
By the sufferings he endured.

o 4 Now the gracious Mediator,
Risen to the courts of bliss,
Claims for me, a sinful creature,
Pardon, righteousness, and peace.
-5 Sure such infinite affection

Lays the highest claims to mine;
• All my powers, without exception,
Should in fervent praises join.
-6 Jesus, fit me for thy service;
Form me for thyself alone;
e I am thy most costly purchase;
Take possession of thy own.

LEE

HYMN 169. C. M. Canterbury. [b *]

Christ's Flesh Meat indeed.

1

SACRAMENTAL. John

vi. 53-56.

HERE at thy table, Lord, we meet,

To feed on food divine;

Thy body is the bread we eat,
Thy precious blood the wine.

2 He who prepares this rich repast,
Himself comes down and dies;
And then invites us thus to feast
Upon the sacrifice.

3 Here peace and pardon sweetly flow;
Oh, what delightful food!

We eat the bread and drink the wine-
But think on nobler good.

4 The bitter torments he endured,
Upon th' accursed tree,

For me each welcome guest may say, "Twas all procured for me.

5 Sure there was never love so free-
Dear Saviour-so divine!

Well thou mayst claim that heart of me,
Which owes so much to thine.

STENNET.

HYMN 170. C. M. York. Barby. [*]

1

Welcome to the Table.

SACRAMENTAL.

HIS is the feast of heavenly wine,
And God invites to sup;

The juices of the living vine

Were pressed to fill the cup.

o 2 Oh, bless the Saviour, ye who eat, With royal dainties fed;

-Not heaven affords a costlier treat, e For JESUS is the bread!

e 3 The vile, the lost-he calls to them; "Ye trembling souls, appear!

d

"The righteous in their own esteem "Have no acceptance here.

4"Approach, ye poor, nor dare refuse "The banquet spread for you;

e Dear Saviour, this is welcome news! Then I may venture too.

-5 If guilt and sin afford a plea, And may obtain a place;

o Surely the Lord will welcome me, And I shall see his face.

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HYMN 171. L. M.

COWPER.

Gloucester. [b *1

Christ crucified. SACRAMENTAL.
THEN, on the cross, my Lord I see,
Bleeding to death for wretched me;

WH

-Satan and sin no more can move,

For I am all transformed to love.

2 His thorns and nails pierce through my heart; In every groan I bear a part;

e I view his wounds with streaming eyes,
p But see, he bows his head and dies!

-3 Come, sinners, view the Lamb of God,
a Wounded, and dead, and bathed in blood!
e Behold his side, and venture near;
-The well of endless life is here.

4 Here I forget my cares and pains;
I drink, yet still my thirst remains:
Only the fountain-head above
Can satisfy the thirst of love.

e 5 Oh that I thus could always feel!
Lord, more and more thy love reveal;
o Then my glad tongue shall loud proclaim
The grace and glory of thy Name.

o 6 Thy Name dispels my guilt and fear,
Revives my heart, and charms my ear;
Affords a balm for every wound,

d And Satan trembles at the sound

NEWTON

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HYMN 172. C. M. Barby. [b *]
Jesus hasting to suffer. SACRAMENTAL.

HE Saviour-what a noble flame

Twas kindled in his breast,

-When, hasting to Jerusalem,

He marched before the rest!

o 2 Good-will to men, and zeal for God, His every thought engross :

e He longs to be baptized with blood! He pants to reach the cross!

e 3 With all his sufferings full in view, And woes, to us unknown,

o Forth to the task his spirit flew"Twas love that urged him on.

0

e 4 Lord, we return thee-what we can!
Our hearts shall sound abroad,
Salvation, to the dying MAN,
And to the rising GOD!

g

-5 And while thy bleeding glories here Engage our wondering eyes;

We learn our lighter cross to bear,

And hasten to the skies.

COWPER.

HYMN 173. 8, 7 & 4. Helmsley. [*] It is finished. SACRAMENTAL.

e1H Sounds aloud from Calvary;

ARK! the voice of love and mercy

o See, it rends the rocks asunderShakes the earth, and veils the sky! "It is finished!"

d

e Hear the Saviour-dying-cry.
d 2 It is finished!-O what pleasure
Do these precious words afford!
Heavenly blessings, without measure,
Flow to us from Christ the Lord.
It is finished!-

d

e Saints, the dying words record.
-3 Finished-all the types and shadows
Of the ceremonial law;

d

Finished-all that God had promised;
Death and hell no more shall awe :
It is finished!

-Saints, from hence your comforts draw