Let Him perform His pleasure;
The needful help thou shalt obtain,
Thee and His word He will sustain,
· Through Christ, His own dear Treasure.

3 As God is God, and true his word,
Fierce Satan and his hellish herd,
The world and all their powers,
Shall reap but shame beneath His rod:
God is with us, and we with God:
The vict'ry must be ours.

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No. 56.

CHRIST, Thou the Champion of the band who own Thy cross, O make Thy succor quickly known: The schemes of those who long our blood have sought

Bring Thou to naught.

2 Do Thou Thyself for us, Thy children, fight,
Withstand the devil, quell his rage and might,
Whate'er assails Thy members left below
Do Thou o'erthrow.

3 And give us peace; peace in the Church and school,
Peace to the powers who o'er our country rule,
Peace to the conscience, peace within the heart,
Do Thou impart.

4 So shall Thy goodness here be still adored,
Thou Guardian of Thy little flock, dear Lord,
And heaven and earth through all eternity
Shall worship Thee.

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No. 57.

LORD, in Thy kingdom there shall be

No aliens from each other,

But even as he loves himself

Each saint shall love his brother.

2 When in Thy courts below we meet
To mourn our sinful living,
And with united hearts repeat
Confession, creed, thanksgiving:

3 Make us to hear, in each sweet word,
Thy Holy Spirit calling

To oneness with Thy Church and Thee,
That heavenly bond forestalling.

4 One baptism and one faith have we,
One Spirit sent to win us,

One Lord, one Father, and one God,
Above, and through, and in us.

5 Never by schism, or by sin,

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May we that union sever,
Till all, to perfect stature grown,
Are one with Thee forever.

C. M.-No. 2.

THE saints on earth and those above

But one communion make;

Joined to their Lord, in bonds of love,
All of His grace partake.

2 One family, we dwell in Him,

One church above, beneath;

Though now divided by the stream,
The narrow stream of death.

3 One army of the living God,

To His commands we bow;

Part of the host have passed the flood,
And part are crossing now.

4 Lo! thousands to their endless home
Are swiftly borne away;
And we are to the margin come,
And soon must launch as they.

5 Lord Jesus! be our constant guide!
Then when the word is given,
Bid death's cold flood its waves divide,
And land us safe in heaven.

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S. M.-No. 3.

REAT is the Lord our God,

GRE

And let His praise be great;
He makes the church His own abode,

His most delightful seat.

2 In Zion God is known,

A refuge in distress:

How bright has His salvation shone
Through all her palaces!

3 When kings against her joined,
And saw the Lord was there,
In wild confusion of the mind,
They fled with hasty fear.

4 Oft have our fathers told,

Our eyes have often seen,

How well our God secures the fold

Where His own sheep have been.

5 In ev'ry new distress

We'll to His house repair;

We'll call to mind His wondrous grace,
And seek deliv'rance there.

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CATECHETICAL INSTRUCTION.

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C. M.-No. 2.

ET Children hear the mighty deeds
Which God performed of old,
Which in our younger years we saw,
And which our fathers told.

2 He bids us make His glories known,
His works of power and grace,
And will convey His wonders down,
Through every rising race.

3 Our lips shall tell them to our sons,
And they again to theirs,
That generations yet unborn
May teach them to their heirs.

4 Thus learn they that in God alone
Their hope securely stands;

And may they ne'er forget His works,
But practice His commands.

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L. M.-No. 1.

God, may we e'er pure retain
The catechismal doctrine plain,
As Luther taught the heavenly truth
In simple style to tender youth,

2 That we Thy holy law may know
And mourn our sin and all its woe,
And yet believe in Father, Son,
And Holy Spirit, Three in one.

3 That we may on our Father call,
Who can and will give help to all,
And, washed with water by the Word,
Walk ever worthy of our Lord.

4 That if one fall, he rise again,
And hasten pardon to obtain,
Receive the sacrament in faith,
Amen. Lord, grant a happy death.

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THE DECALOGUE.

IAT men a godly life might live,

THAT

No. 58.

God did these Ten Commandments give

By His true servant Moses, high

Upon the Mount of Sinai.

Kyrie eleison.*

2 I am Thy God and Lord alone,
No other God beside me own ;
Put thy whole confidence in Me,
And love me in sincerity.

Kyrie eleison.

3 By idle word and speech profane
Take not My holy name in vain;
And praise not aught as good and true
But what God doth both say and do.
Kyrie eleison.

*O Lord, have mercy.