e 5 Comfort those who weep and mourn;
Let the time of joy return;

Those who are cast down, lift up,
Make them strong in faith and hope.

-6 Grant that all may seek, and find
Thee a God supremely kind:

Heal the sick, the captive free;
Let us all rejoice in thee.

RIPPON.

HYMN 127. 8 & 7. Love divine. [*]

Love divine."

I LOVE divine, all love excelling

Joy of heaven, to earth come down!

Fix in us thy humble dwelling :

All thy faithful mercies crown.

e Jesus, thou art all compassion! Pure, unbounded love, thou art! o Visit us with thy salvation,

Enter every trembling heart.

a 2 Breathe, O breathe, thy loving Spirit Into every troubled breast!

e Let us all in thee inherit,

Let us find thy promised rest. -Take away the power of sinning, Alpha and Omega be;

o End of faith, as its beginning, Set our hearts at liberty.

-3 Come, alınighty to deliver, Let us all thy life receive! Suddenly return-and never

e

Never more thy temples leave! -Then we should be always blessing, Serve thee as thy hosts above;

o Pray, and praise thee without ceasing,
Glory in thy precious love.

-4 Finish then thy new creation;
Pure, unspotted may we be;
Let us see thy great salvation,
Perfectly restored by thee:

g Changed from glory unto glory,

Till in heaven we take our place;

e Till we cast our crowns before thee,

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Lost in wonder, love, and praise! MADAN'S COL.

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HYMN 128. C. M.

Reading. [b*]

Seed in different Grounds. Matt. xiii. 3.
E sons of earth, prepare the plough,

Y Break up your fallow ground:

The sower is gone forth to sow,

And scatter blessings round.
2 The seed that finds a stony soil,
Shoots forth a hasty blade;
But ill repays the sower's toil,

Soon withered, scorched, and dead.
3 The thorny ground is sure to balk
All hopes of harvest there;
We find a tall and sickly stalk,
But not the fruitful ear.

4 The beaten path and highway side
Receive the trust in vain;

The watchful birds the prey divide,
And pick up all the grain.

o 5 But where the Lord of grace and power
Has blessed the happy field;

How plenteous is the golden store,
The deep-wrought furrows yield!

e 6 Father of mercies, we have need
Of thy preparing grace;

-Let the same hand that gives the seed,
Provide a fruitful place.

HYMN 129.

COWPER.

Close of Worship.

'DISMISS us with thy blessing, Lord;

Help us to feed upon thy word;

All that has been amiss, forgive,

And let thy truth within us live.

2 Though we are guilty, thou art good;

Wash all our works in Jesus' blood;
Give every fettered soul release,

And bid us all depart in peace.

HART.

HYMN 130. L. M. Portugal. [*]

Close of Worship.

HE peace which God alone reveals,
And by his word of grace imparts,

Which only the believer feels,

Direct, and keep, and cheer our hearts

2 And may the holy Three in One,
The Father, Word, and Comforter,
Pour an abundant blessing down
On every soul assembled here.

NEWTON.

HYMN 131. C. M. Hymn 2d. [*]
Close of Worship.

1 OW may the God of peace and love,
Who from th imprisoned grave

Restored the Shepherd of the sheep,
Omnipotent to save:-

2 Through the rich merits of that blood,
Which he on Calvary spilt,

To make th' eternal covenant sure,
On which our hopes are built ;-

3 Perfect our souls in every grace,
To accomplish all his will;
And all that's pleasing in his sight,
Inspire us to fulfill!

4 For the great Mediator's sake
We every blessing pray;

g With glory let his name be crowned, Through heaven's eternal day.

GIBBONS.

HYMN 132. II. M. Allerton. [* b]

Jubilee.

• 1B The gladly solemn sound

LOW ye the trumpet, blow.

Let all the nations know,

To earth's remotest bound:

o The year of jubilee is come,

Return, ye ransomed sinners, home!

2 Exalt the Lamb of God,

The sin-atoning Lamb;
Redemption by his blood,
Through all the world proclaim:
The year, &c.

3 Ye who have sold for nought,

The heritage above,

Come take it back unbought,
The gift of Jesus' love :
The year, &c.

4 Ye slaves of sin and hell,
Your liberty receive ;
And safe in Jesus dwell,
And blest in Jesus live:
The year, &c.

5 The gospel trumpet hear,
The news of pardoning grace;
Ye happy souls, draw near,
Behold your Saviour's face:
The year, &c.

6 Jesus, our great high priest,
Has full atonement made;
Ye weary spirits, rest;

Ye mourning souls, be glad :

8 The year of jubilee is come,

Return, ye ransomed sinners, home!

TOPLADY.

HYMN 133. C. M. Zion. Hymn 2d. [* b]

The Lord's Prayer,

ATHER of all, we bow to thee,

1 FA

Who dwell'st in heaven adored;

But present still through all thy works,
The universal Lord,

2 Forever hallowed be thy name,
By all below the skies;

And may thy kingdom still advance,
Till grace to glory rise.

3 Thy glorious purpose, Lord, fulfill;
Let all thy glory see;

And, as in heaven thy will is done,
On earth so let it be.

4 Our wants with every morning grow,
With food these wants supply;

And on our souls the BREAD bestow
To eat-and never die!

5 Our sins before thee we confess;
O may they be forgiven!

As we to others mercy show,
We mercy beg of heaven.

6 Still let thy grace our life direct;
From evil guard our way:

And in temptation's fatal path
Permit us not to stray.

7 For thine's the power, the kingdom thine,

All glory's due to thee:

Thine from eternity they were,
And thine shall ever be.

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HYMN 134. L. M. Armley. [b*]
Exhortation to Prayer.

THAT various hind'rances we meet,

W in coming to a mercy seat!

Yet who that knows the worth of prayer,
But wishes to be often there?

2 Prayer makes the darkened cloud withdraw ;
Prayer climbs the ladder Jacob saw ;
Gives exercise to faith and love,
Brings every blessing from above.

3 Restraining prayer, we cease to fight;
Prayer makes the Christian's armour bright;
And Satan trembles when he sees

The weakest saint upon his knees.

e 4 While Moses stood with arms spread wide,
Success was found on Israel's side;
But when through weariness they failed,
That moment Amalek prevailed.

5 Have you no words? Ah, think again;
Words flow apace when you complain,
And fill a fellow-creature's ear

With the sad tale of all your care.

6 Were half the breath thus vainly spent, To heaven in supplication sent,

Your cheerful song would oftener be,

"Hear what the Lord hath done for me." COWPER.

HYMN 135. 7s. Fairfax. [*]

Power of Prayer. Acts xii. 5-12.
N themselves as weak as worms,

I How can poor believers stand,

When temptations, foes, and storms,
Press them close on every hand?
2 Weak indeed they feel they are,
But they know the throne of grace;
And the God, who answers prayer,
Helps them when they seek his face.
3 Though the Lord awhile delay,
Succour they at length obtain;