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Children.

2 O what a privilege is this,
That we obtain'd so rich a grace!
We're taught the path to endless day-
We're taught to read, to sing, and pray.

Chorus.

3 To God let highest praise be giv'n;
Hark! how the echo sounds from heav'n:
Come, let us with the angels join-
Glory to God, good will to men.
Congregation.

4 Lord, thou hast said, in sacred page,
That children are thy heritage:
Accept them, bless them with thy grace,
Till they above behold thy face.

Children.

5 Let blessings in abundance flow
On all around us here below ;
May we our benefactors meet,
Around Jehovah's blissful seat.
Chorus.

To God let highest praise be giv’n;
Hark! how, &c.

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1 ONCE more we keep the sacred day,
That saw the Saviour rise;

Once more we tune our infant song
To him that rules the skies.

Girls.

2 What numbers vainly spend these hours, That are to Jesus due;

Children and parents, how they live!
And how they perish too!

Boys.

3 But we, a happier few, are taught The ways of heav'nly truth ;

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We hail once, more the plan of love,
That pities wand'ring youth.

Girls.

4 Our foolish hearts are prone to err;
Too oft we find it so;

O may the God of grace forgive,
And better hearts bestow.

Boys.

3 Teach us the way, while here we learn
To read thy holy word;

Bless all the kind instructions giv❜n,
And make us thine, O Lord.

Both.

6 Praise to our God, and thanks to those
Who thus the poor befriend;
While the rich benefit, we reap,
On them the blessing send.

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Hymn 146. S. M.
Sunday School.

Boys.

LORD, in the days of youth,

May we in grace improve;

And learn the word of sacred truth,

The Saviour's dying love!

Girls.

Our moments haste away,
With ev'ry heaving breath;
And swiftly hastens on the day,
When we must sink in death.

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3 While some are never taught
The way of God with care;
We bless the Lord that we are brought
To this thine house of pray?r.

Girls.

4 Lord, give us ears to hear,

And hearts to understand;

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In trouble may we find thee near—
A Saviour close at hand!

Boys.

Through life's dark, rugged road,
Thus far we're kept by thee:
May heav'n at last be our abode,
Thy glory there to see.

Girls.

6 Blest be our God who lives,
And reigns with boundless sway;
Richly our benefactor gives:
We'll praise him all the day.

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Both.

Beyond the azure sky,

We'll praise thee more and more ;
And through a long eternity,

A God in Christ adore.

Hymn 147.

Hal. Amen.

L. M.

Exemplary Deportment.

1 BEHOLD the sons and heirs of God,
So dearly bought with Jesus' blood!
Are they not born to heavenly joys?
And shall they stoop to earthly toys?
2 Can laughter feed th' immortal mind?
Were spirits of celestial kind

Made for a jest, for sport, for play, To wear out time and waste the day? 3 Doth vain discourse or empty mirth Well suit the honours of their birth? Shall they be fond of gay attire, Which children love, which fools admire?

4 What if we wear the richest vest?

Insects and birds are better drest;
This flesh, with all its gaudy forms,
Must drop to dust and feed the worms.

5 Lord, raise our hearts and passions high,
Touch our vain souls with sacred fire,
Then with a heav'n-directed eye,
We'll pass these glitt'ring trifles by.
6 We'll look on all the toys below,
With such disdain as angels do;
And wait the call that bids us rise,
To mansions promis'd in the skies.

Hymn 148. L. M.
Uncharitable Judgment.

1 ALL-SEEING God, 'tis thine to know
The springs whence wrong opinions flow;
To judge from principles within,
When frailty errs, and when we sin.
2 Who among men, high Lord of all,
Thy servants to his bar may call?
Decide of heresy, and shake
A brother o'er the flaming lake?
3 Who with another's eye, can read?
Or worship by another's creed?
Believing thy command alone,
We humbly seek and use our own.
4 If wrong, forgive; accept, if right,
Whilst faithful we obey our light;
And, cens'ring none, are zealous still
To follow as to learn thy will.
5 When shall our happy eyes behold
Thy people fashion'd in thy mould?
And charity our lineage prove,
Deriv'd from thee, O God of love?

Hymn 149. L.M.

Christian Fellowship. Acts ii. 42.

1 YE diff'rent sects, who all declare, Lo, here is Christ, or Christ is there!"

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Your stronger proofs divinely give, And shew me where the christians live? 2 Your claim, alas! ye cannot prove; Ye want the genuine mark of love: Thou, only thou, thine own canst know, For sure thou hast a church below. 3 Scatter'd o'er all the earth they lie, Till thou callest them with thine eye! Draw by the music of thy name, And charm into a beauteous flame. 4 For this the pleading Spirit groans, And cries in all thy banish'd ones; Love, greatest of thy gifts, impart, And make us of one mind and heart. 5 Join ev'ry soul that looks to thee, In bonds of perfect charity: Now, Lord, thy glorious fulness give, And all in all for ever live.

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Hymn 150. S. M.

Love to the Brethren.

BLESS'D be the tie that binds
Our hearts in christian love;
The fellowship of kindred minds
Is like to that above.

Before our fathers throne

We pour our ardent prayers;

Our fears, our hopes, our arms, are one,
Our comforts and our cares.

We share our mutual woes,
Our mutual burdens bear;

And often for each other flows
The sympathizing tear.

When we asunder part,
It gives us inward pain;

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