3 Never, from thy pasture roving,

Let them be the lion's prey;
Let thy tenderness, so loving,

Keep them all life's dangerous way: 4 Then, within thy fold eternal,

Let them find a resting place;
Feed in pastures ever vernal,

Drink the rivers of thy grace. 318

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pro To Him who children blest,

1 And suffered them to come;'
To him who took them to his breast,

We bring these children home. 2 To thee, O God, whose face

Their angels still behold, We bring them, praying that thy grace

May keep, thine arms enfold. 3 And as this water falls

On each unconscious brow,
Thy Holy Spirit grant, O Lord,

To make them pure as thou!

319 L. M.

THIS child we dedicate to thee,
I O God of grace and purity!
Shield it from sin, and pain, and wrong,

And let thy love its life prolong. 2 O may thy Spirit gently draw

Its willing soul to keep thy law;
May virtue, piety, and truth,
Dawn even with its dawning youth.

3 We, too, before thy gracious sight,

Once shared the blest baptismal rite,

With love, and thanks, and praises now 4 Grant that with true and faithful hear We still may act the Christian's part, Cheered by each promise thou hast given, And labouring for the prize in heaven.

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GRACIOUS Lord, as thou hast bidden,
U At thy feet we humbly bend;
May our prayers arise to heaven,
May thy blessing now descend;

For thy blessing,

Lo! we all unite to pray.
2. Pour thy Spirit on these infants,

Sanctify them from the womb;
Let thy gracious arm surround them
In their journey to the tomb;

Then victorious

Raise them to thy heavenly throne. 3 Make their parents wise, to train them

In the nurture of the Lord;
And beyond these mortal regions
Let them share thy blessed reward:

May their households *** Find in heaven a lasting home! 321 . L. M. DEAR Saviour, if these lambs should

From thy secure inclosure's bound,

stray

And, lured by worldly joys away, I

Among the thoughtless crowd be found; 2 Remember still that they are thine, IS

That thy dear sacred name they bear; Think that the seal of love divine,to I

The sign of covenant grace they wear. 3. In all their erring, sinful years, feel & boo let them ne'er forgotten be; Remember all the prayers and tears

Which made them consecrate to thee. 4 And when these lips no more can pray,

These eyes can weep for them no more, Turn thou their feet from folly's way;

The wanderers to thy fold restore.

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| ORD, assist us by thy grace a
U To instruct our infant race; )
Grant us wisdom from above,

Fill us with a Saviour's love.
2 May we teach them day by day.

In the house, and by the way,
When they rise, and when they rest,

Till thy truth shall make them blest.
3 Gracious Saviour, hear our prayer,

We commit them to thy care;
Be their shepherd and their guide,
Bring them to thy bleeding side.

Let them all thy blessings share; ! Grace on earth, and bliss in heaven. 2 In the morning of their days : May their hearts be drawn to thee; Let them learn to lisp thy praise

In their earliest infancy. 3 Cleanse their souls from every stain,

Through the Saviour's precious blood; Let them all be born again,

And be reconciled to God. 4 For this mercy, Lord, we cry; • Bend thine ever-gracious ear; While on thee our souls rely, Hear our prayer, in mercy, hear.

THE LORD'S SUPPER.

THE LORDS OU 324 8s & 7s. On the night of that last supper,

Seated with his chosen band, Christ, as food to all his brethren,

Gives himself with his own hand. 2 He, as man with man conversing,

Staid, the seeds of truth to sow;
Then he closed, in solemn order,

Wondrously, his life of woe.
3 Lo! o'er ancient forms departing,

Newer rites of grace prevail; Faith for all defects supplying,

Where the feeble senses fail. 4 To the everlasting Father,

Through the Son who reigns on high, Be salvation, honour, blessing,

Might, and endless majesty.

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TF human kindness meets return,
| And owns the grateful tie;
If tender thoughts within us burn,

To feel a friend is nigh;
2 0, shall not warmer accents tell

The gratitude we owe
To him who died, our fears to quell,

And save from death and woe ? ; 3 While yet in anguish he surveyed i

Those pangs he would not flee, What love his latest words displayed,

“Meet and remember me!” 4 Remember thee! thy death, thy shame,

Our sinful hearts to share!
O memory, leave no other name

But his recorded there!

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ACCORDING to thy gracious word,
A In meek humility,
This will we do, thou dying Lord, if

We will remember thee.
2 Thy body, broken for our sake,

Our bread from heaven shall be:
Thy testamental cup we take,

And thus remember thee. 3 Gethsemane can we forget?

Or there thy copflict see,
Thine agony and bloody sweat,

And not remember thee?