3 Thy teachings make us know
The mysteries of thy love,
The vanity of things below,
The joy of things above.

4 While through this maze we stray,
O spread thy beams abroad;
Point out the dangers of the way,
And guide our steps to God.

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11th P. M. 76, 76, 77, 76, Seeking His power and grace.

ATHER of our dying Lord, Remember us for good; O fulfil his faithful word, And hear his speaking blood. Give us that for which he prays: Father, glorify thy Son; Show his truth, and power, and grace, And send the promise down.

2 True and faithful Witness, thou,
O Christ, the Spirit give;
Hast thou not received him now,

That we might now receive? Art thou not the living Head?

Life to all thy limbs impart; Shed thy love, thy Spirit shed,

In every waiting heart.

3 Holy Ghost, the Comforter,
The gift of Jesus, come;
Glow our hearts to find thee near,
And swell to make thee room;
Present with us thee we feel;

Come, O come, and in us be;
With us, in us, live and dwell,
To all eternity.

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i 1st P. M. 6 lines 88 Let there be light.

celestial

And, brooding o'er our nature's night,
Call forth the ray of heavenly love,
And let there in our souls be light;
Illuminate the dark abyss
With glorious beams of endless bliss.
2 Let there be light, again command,

And light there in our hearts shall be;
We then, through faith, shall understand
Thy great mysterious majesty;
And, by the shining of thy grace,
Behold in Christ thy glorious face.

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His quickening power. YOME, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove, With all thy quick'ning powers; Kindle a flame of sacred love

In these cold hearts of ours.

2 Look how we grovel here below,
Fond of these earthly toys;
Our souls, how heavily they go,
To reach eternal joys.

C. M.

3 In vain we tune our formal songs,In vain we strive to rise;

Hosannas languish on our tongues,
And our devotion dies.

4 Father, and shall we ever live
At this poor dying rate;
Our love so faint, so cold to thee,
And thine to us so great?

5 Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove,
With all thy quick'ning powers;
Come, shed abroad a Saviour's love,
And that shall kindle ours.

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The Son glorified.

FATHER, glorify thy Son;
Answer his all-powerful prayer;
Send that Intercessor down;

6th P. M. 6 lines 7s.

Send that other Comforter,
Whom, believingly, we claim,-
Whom we ask in Jesus' name.
2 Wilt thou not the promise seal,
Good and faithful as thou art,-
Send the Comforter to dwell

Every moment in our heart?
Yes, thou must the grace bestow;
Truth hath said it shall be so.

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C. M.

Life, light, and love.

ENTHRONED on high, Almighty Lord,

The Holy Ghost send Fulfil in us thy faithful word, And all thy mercies crown.

2 Though on our heads no tongues of fire
Their wondrous powers impart,
Grant, Saviour, what we more desire,-
Thy Spirit in our heart.

Spirit of life, and light, and love,
Thy heavenly influence give;
Quicken our souls, our guilt remove,
That we in Christ may live.
4 To our benighted minds reveal
The glories of his grace,
And bring us where no clouds conceal
The brightness of his face.

5 His love within us shed abroad,—
Life's ever-springing well;

Till God in us, and we in God,
In love eternal dwell.

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The day of Pentecost.
ORD God, the Holy Ghost!

S. M.

As on the day of Pentecost,
Descend in all thy power.
2 We meet with one accord
In our appointed place,
And wait the promise of our Lord,—
The Spirit of all grace.

3 Like mighty rushing wind
Upon the waves beneath,
Move with one impulse every mind;
One soul, one feeling breathe.

4 The young, the old, inspire
With wisdom from above;
And give us hearts and tongues of fire,
To pray, and praise, and love.

5 Spirit of light, explore,
And chase our gloom away,-
With lustre shining more and more,
Unto the perfect day.

6 Spirit of truth, be thou
In life and death, our guide;
O Spirit of adoption, now
May we be sanctified.

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grace and power.

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The plenitude of His SPIRIT of the living God, In all thy plenitude of grace, Where'er the foot of man hath trod, Descend on our apostate race. 2 Give tongues of fire, and hearts of love, To preach the reconciling word; Give power and unction from above, Where'er the joyful sound is heard,

L. M.

3 Be darkness, at thy coming, light; Confusion-order, in thy path; Souls without strength, inspire with might; Bid mercy triumph over wrath. 4 Baptize the nations; far and nigh The triumphs of the cross record; The name of Jesus glorify,

Till every kindred call him Lord. 196

L. M.

Peace, love, purity.

HEN first the Spirit left the throne,
He took the semblance of a dove;
A symbol chosen to make known
His peace, and purity, and love.
2 When next, at Pentecost, he came,
He stood confess'd to mortal sight
Within the cloven tongue of flame,-

The type of freedom, guidance, light. 3 Vouchsafe, celestial Dove, thy peace, That we at perfect peace may be; Within our hearts thy love increase,Within our thoughts, thy purity. 4 O Light divine! direct our feet, Which long in error's paths have trod; Our prison'd souls with freedom greet, Convince of sin, and lead to God.

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9th P. M. 87, 87.

HOL

The Source of consolation.
OLY Ghost! dispel our sadness;
Pierce the clouds of nature's night;
Come, thou Source of joy and gladness,
Breathe thy life, and spread thy light.
2 Hear, O hear our supplication,
Blessed Spirit! God of peace!
Rest upon this congregation

With the fulness of thy grace.