3 Here wisdom has prepared
A soul-reviving feast,

And bids your longing appetites
The rich provision taste.

4 Ho! ye that pant for streams,
And pine away and die,

Here you may quench your raging thirst
With springs that never dry.

5 Rivers of mercy here

In a rich ocean join;
Salvation in abundance flows,
Like floods of milk and wine.

6 The gates of Gospel grace
Stand open night and day:

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Lord! we are come to seek supplies,
And drive our wants away.

THY Word, O Lord, is gentle dew

To suffering hearts that want it;
O shed Thy heavenly balm anew,
To all Thy garden grant it.
Refreshed by Thee,

May every tree

Bud forth and blossom to Thy praise,
And bear much fruit in after days.

2 Thy Word is like a flaming sword,
A sharp and mighty arrow,

No. 53.

A wedge that cleaves the rock; that Word
Can pierce through heart and marrow;

O send it forth

O'er all the earth,

The darkened heart to cleanse and win,
And shatter all the might of sin.

3 Thy Word, a wondrous star, supplies
True guidance when we need it;
It points to Christ, it maketh wise
All simple hearts that heed it;
Let not its light

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E'er sink in night,

But still in every spirit shine,

That none may miss that light divine.

L. M.-No. 1.

THE precepts of the Word are pure,

Its promises and hopes endure;
The statutes of the Lord are right,
In keeping them is great delight.
2 The teachings of God's Word impart
His gracious counsels to the heart,
And higher principles instil,

And mould anew the heart and will.
3 Lord, Thy commands be our delight,
Thy Gospel be our saving might;
And by Thy truth on us impress
The image of Thy holiness.

4 Then will our life, in turn, conform
Unto Thy Word, as guide and norm:
And by our walk it shall appear,
That our profession is sincere.

5 Grant grace for grace to us anew,
To practice still what we hold true;
And
grant that what we hold, dear Lord,
Be the pure doctrines of Thy Word.

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L. M.-No 1.

N vain would boasting reason find

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The path to happiness and God:
Her weak directions leave the mind
Bewildered in a doubtful road.

2 Jesus, Thy words alone impart
Eternal life; on these I live;
Diviner comforts cheer my heart
Than all the powers of nature give.
3 Here let my constant feet abide;
Thou art the true, the living way:
Let Thy good Spirit be my guide
To the bright realms of endless day.
4 The various forms that men devise
To shake my faith with treach'rous art,
I scorn as vanity and lies,.

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And bind Thy gospel to my heart.

L. M.-No. 1.

WE have a sure, prophetic Word,

By inspiration of the Lord;

And though assailed on every hand,
Jehovah's Word shall ever stand.

2 By powers of Empire banned and burned,
By Pagan pride rejected, spurned,
The Word still stands the Christian's trust,
While haughty empires lie in dust.

3 Lo! what the Word in times of old
Of future days and deeds foretold,
Is all fulfilled, while ages roll,
As traced on the prophetic scroll.

4 Abiding, steadfast, firm, and sure,
The teachings of the Word endure:
Blest he who trusts this steadfast Word,
His anchor holds in Christ, the Lord.

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No. 29.

PRECIOUS Word from God in heaven,

Full of blessedness to me,

All my trust to thee is given,
And my springs all rise in thee;
I in thee find all I need,

That my soul to God can lead.

2 Gracious Spirit, Thou who showest
In the Word the Father's heart,
And all needful help bestowest,
Light and sense to me impart,
That I may the riches see

Which God's Word here offers me.

3 In its solemn contemplation

From vain cares let me be free,
And in prayerful adoration

Stay Thou all my thoughts on Thee,
That the world may not annoy
While I make Thy Word my joy.

4 What I read, help that I heed it,
What Thou sayest, let me do;
Strength to faith grant as I need it,
And remind me still anew
That the faith that counts above
Is e'er active here in love.

5 Let Thy grace sustain, protect me,

That my ways ne'er from Thee part;

Thy enlightening Word direct me;
Seal this treasure in my heart,
That my faith may steadfast prove,
Till I walk by sight above.

THE CHURCH.

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AKE, Spirit, who in times now olden

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No. 54.

Didst fire the watchmen of the Church's youth,

And them 'gainst ev'ry foe embolden,

To witness day and night th' eternal truth, Whose voices through the world are ringing still, And bringing hosts to know and do Thy will.

2 Soon may that fire from heaven be lent us, That swift from land to land its flames may leap; Soon, Lord, that priceless boon be sent us Of faithful servants, fit for Thee to reap The harvest of the soul-look down and view How great the harvest, but the lab'rers few. 3 Lord, to our earnest prayer now hearken,

The prayer we offer at Thy Son's command; For, lo! while storms around us darken,

Thy children's hearts are stirred in every land To cry for help, with fervent soul, to Thee; O hear us, Lord, and speak: "Thus let it be!"

4 O speedily that help be granted!

Send forth evangelists, in spirit strong, Armed with Thy Word, a host undaunted, Bold to attack the rule of ancient wrong,