s 3 Thousands shall join thy pilgrim band
And, by that sacred standard led,
Press forward to Immanuel's land,
Nor fear the thorny path to tread.
4 Triumphant over every foe,

Their ransomed numbers shall move on,
To that blest world where sin and woe
Shall never mingle with their song.

HYMN 399. L. M. Angels' Hymn. [b or *] For Missionary Associations.

81 ASSEMBLED at thy great command,

Before thy face, dread King, we stand;

The voice that marshalled every star,
Has called thy people from afar.

-2 We meet through distant lands to spread
The truth for which the martyrs bled;
Along the line-to either pole-
The thunder of thy praise to roll.

3 First bow our hearts beneath thy sway;
Then give thy growing empire way,
O'er wastes of sin-o'er fields of blood-
Till all mankind shall be subdued.

4 Our prayers assist-accept our praise—
Our hopes revive-our courage raise-
Our counsels aid-and oh! impart,
The single eye-the faithful heart.

COLLYER.

HYMN 400. L. M. Duke Street. [*]
Active Benevolence in Imitation of Christ.

•1 W On wings of love, the Saviour flew,
He walked through mercy's heavenly way,
And bade the world his steps pursue.

WHEN from the glorious realms of day,

2 The blind, the lame, his power confessed; The dumb broke forth in grateful strains; He gave the wearied spirit rest,

And loosed the prisoner from his chains. -3 And shall not they whose lips resound The matchless deeds the Saviour wrought, Like him in charity abound,

And practise what his goodness taught?

-4 Ye who his grace so freely share,
Your willing aid as freely give;
Your lively faith and love declare,
And in his sacred precepts live

u 5 Honour your Saviour, speak his praise;
By acts of love his grace proclaim;
Sweet anthems to his glory raise,
And in hosannas sound his name.

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HYMN 401. L. P. M.

Palestine. [b]

Saturday Evening.

WEET is the last, the parting ray,
That ushers placid evening in ;
When with the still, expiring day,
The Sabbath's peaceful hours begin;
How grateful to the anxious breast
The sacred hours of holy rest!
-2 Hushed is the tumult of the day,
And worldly cares and business cease;
While soft the vesper breezes play,
To hymn the glad return of peace:
Delightful season! kindly given

To turn the wandering thoughts to heaven.
-3 Oft as this peaceful hour shall come,
Lord, raise my thoughts from earthly things,
And bear them to my heavenly home,

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On faith and hope's celestial wings,-
Till the last gleam of life decay,

In one eternal Sabbath-day.

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HYMN 402. P. M. Haddam. [*]

Lord's Day.

HILDREN of God, awake,
And hail this sacred day;

In loftiest songs of praise

Your grateful homage pay;

Come, bless the day that God hath blest,

The type of heaven's eternal rest.

2 On this auspicious morn

The Lord of life arose;

He burst the bars of death,

And vanquished all our foes; -And now he pleads our cause above, And reaps the fruit of all his love. 83 All hail, triumphant Lord!

Heaven with hosannas rings; And earth with humbler strains Thy praise responsive sings— "Worthy the Lamb that once was slain, Through endless years to live and reign'

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HYMN 403. L. M. Blendon. [*]
"There remaineth a Rest to the People of God."
HINE earthly Sabbaths, Lord! we love,
But there's a nobler rest above;

-Oh that we might that rest attain
From sin, from sorrow, and from pain.
s 2 In thy blest kingdom we shall be
From every mortal trouble free;
No sighs shall mingle with the songs
Resounding from immortal tongues.
p 3 No rude alarms of raging foes,
No cares to break the long repose,
No midnight shade, no clouded sun,
But sacred, high, eternal noon.
8 4 Oh long-expected day, begin!
Dawn on this world of wo and sin:
Fain would we leave this weary road,
And sleep in death, to rest in God.

Doddridge.

HYMN 404. C. M. Broomsgrove. [*]

A Hymn for the Evening of the Lord's Day.
REQUENT the day of God returns,
To shed its quickening beams;

p And yet how slow devotion burns!
How languid are its flames!

2 Accept our faint attempts to love,
Our frailties, Lord, forgive;

-We would be like thy saints above,
And praise thee while we live.

-3 Increase, O Lord, our faith and hope, And fit us to ascend,

-1

Where the assembly ne'er breaks up,

The Sabbath ne'er shall end ;

4 Where we shall breathe in heavenly air,

With heavenly lustre shine;

Before the throne of God appear,
And feast on love divine.

BROWN.

HYMN 405. 7s. Pilgrim. [*]
Sabbath Morning Prayer Meeting.
EAVENLY Spirit! may each heart
Through these sacred hours be thine;

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May we from the world depart,
Breathing after things divine.

o 2 Lead us forth with joy and peace
To thy temple, in thy ways;

e And when this sweet day shall cease,
g May its sun go down with praise !
-3 May thy ministers declare
All thy word of truth with power,
Till the sinner bend in prayer,
Conquered in that mighty hour.
4 So may we, who worship here,
Profit by thy word to-day;

And more love, and peace, and fear
Carry from thy house away.

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HYMN 406. L. M.

Stonefield. [*]

For the Blessing of Father, Son, and Spirit

COMMAND thy blessing from above,

God! on all assembled here;

Behold us with a Father's love,
While we look up with filial fear.
2 Command thy blessing, Jesus, Lord!
May we thy true disciples be:

Speak to each heart the mighty word,
Say to the weakest," Follow me.'
3 Command thy blessing in this hour,
Spirit of Truth! and fill this place
With humbling and exalting power,
With quickening and confirming grace.
4 O thou, our Maker, Saviour, Guide,
One true Eternal God confest;

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May nought in life or death divide

The saints in thy communion blest. MONTGOMERY

HYMN 407. C. M. Stephens. [* or b]

WE

TE bow before thy gracious throne, And think ourselves sincere; But show us, Lord, is every one

Thy real worshipper?

2 Is here a soul that knows thee not,
Nor feels his want of thee?

A stranger to the blood which bought
His pardon on the tree?

3 Speak with that voice which wakes the dead,
And bid the sleeper rise!

And bid his guilty conscience dread

The death that never dies.

e 4 Call forth the cry, "What must be done
"To save a wretch like me?
e" How shall a trembling sinner shun
"That endless misery?"

WESLEY'S COL.

HYMN 408. 8, 7, & 4.

Tamworth. [*]

u

After Sermon.

1LORD! dismiss us with thy blessing;

Fill our hearts with joy and peace:

Let us all, thy love possessing,
Triumph in redeeming grace!
Oh refresh us-

Travelling through this wilderness.

8 2 Thanks we give and adoration,
For thy gospel's joyful sound:
Let the fruits of thy salvation
In our hearts and lives abound:
May thy presence-

With us evermore be found.

RIPPON.

HYMN 409. L. M. Alfreton. [*]

Baptism.

1 COME, Holy Ghost, descend from high;

Baptizer of our spirits, thou!
The sacramental seal apply,
And witness with the water now.
2 Pour forth thy energy divine,
And sprinkle the atoning blood:
May Father, Son, and Spirit join,
To seal this child a child of God!

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HYMN 410. C. M. Stephens. [*]

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Baptism.

ESUS, we lift our souls to thee!
Thy Holy Spirit breathe;

And let this little infant be

Baptized into thy death.

2 Oh let thine unction on it rest,
Thy grace its soul renew;

And write within its tender breast
Thy name and nature too.

3 If thou shouldst quickly end its days,
Its place with thee prepare;

And if thou lengthen out its race,
Continue still thy care.