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S. M.

Claiming the promise.

JESUS, we look to thee,

promised presence claim;

Thou in the midst of us shalt be,
Assembled in thy name:

2 Thy name salvation is,

Which here we come to prove:
Thy name is life, and health, and peace,
And everlasting love.

3 Not in the name of pride

Or selfishness we meet;
From nature's paths we turn aside,
And worldly thoughts forget.

4 We meet the grace to take,

Which thou hast freely given;
We meet on earth for thy dear sake,
That we may meet in heaven.

5 Present we know thou art,
But O, thyself reveal!

Now, Lord, let every bounding heart
The mighty comfort feel.

60 may thy quick'ning voice
The death of sin remove;

And bid our inmost souls rejoice,
In hope of perfect love.

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1st P. M. 6 lines 88.

God is in this place.

LO! God is here! let us adore,

And own how dreadful is this place;
Let all within us feel his power,

And silent bow before his face;

Who know his power, his

grace who prove,

Serve him with awe, with rev'rence love.

2 Lo! God is here! him day and night
United choirs of angels sing:
To him, enthroned above all height,

Heaven's host their noblest praises bring: Disdain not, Lord, our meaner song, Who praise thee with a stamm'ring tongue. Being of beings! may our praise Thy courts with grateful fragrance fill; Still may we stand before thy face, Still hear and do thy sov'reign will; To thee may all our thoughts arise, Ceaseless, accepted sacrifice.

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The presence and grace of Jesus.

S. M.

THOU who art the Light
Of all thy saints below,
That we may worship thee aright,
Thy sov'reign grace bestow.

2 Our rising world obey'd

Thy Godhead's high command;
And all the heavenly host are sway'd
By thy creating hand.

3 Yet all things made anew

To wond'ring mortals seem,
When the Eternal Word we view
Descending to redeem.

4 O, be thou present now,

And make thy mercy known,
While at thy footstool, Lord, we bow,
And our Deliv'rer own.

5 Then shall we live to thee,

And honour this thy day;
Thine own devoted servants be,
And never from thee stray.

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ONCE

A blessing on the word.

C. M.

NCE more we come before our God;
Once more his blessing ask:
O may not duty seem a load,
Nor worship prove a task.

2 Father, thy quick'ning Spirit send
From heaven, in Jesus' name,
And bid our waiting minds attend,
And put our souls in frame.

3 May we receive the word we hear,
Each in an honest heart;

And keep the precious treasure there,
And never with it part.

4 To seek thee, all our hearts dispose;
To each thy blessings suit;

And let the seed thy servant sows,
Produce abundant fruit.

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God's service delightful.

C. M.

W which God has call'd his own;
ITH joy we hail the sacred day,
With joy the summons we obey,
To worship at his throne.

2 Thy chosen temple, Lord, how fair!
As here thy servants throng
To breathe the humble, fervent prayer,
And pour the grateful song.

8 Spirit of grace! O deign to dwell
Within thy Church below;

Make her in holiness excel,
With pure devotion glow.

4 Let peace within her walls be found→→
Let all her sons unite,

To spread with holy zeal around,

Her clear and shining light.

Great God, we hail the sacred day
Which thou hast call'd thine own;
With joy the summons we obey,
To worship at thy throne.

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5th P. M.

God's glorious perfections celebrated.

GLORY be to God on high,

God, whose glory fills the sky;
Peace on earth to man forgiven,
Man, the well-beloved of Heaven.
2 Sov'reign Father, heavenly King,
Thee we now presume to sing;
Glad thine attributes confess,
Glorious all, and numberless.
3 Hail, by all thy works adored!
Hail, the everlasting Lord!

Thee with thankful hearts we prove,
God of power, and God of love.

4 Christ our Lord and God we own,
Christ, the Father's only Son;
Lamb of God for sinners slain,
Saviour of offending man.

lines 78.

5 Jesus, in thy name we pray,
Take, O take our sins away;
Bow thine ear, in mercy bow,
Hear, the world's atonement, Thou!
6 Hear, for thou, O Christ, alone,
Art with thy great Father one;
One the Holy Ghost with thee;
One supreme eternal Three.

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5th P. M. 4 lines 78.

Humble adoration.

HEAVENLY Father, sov'reign Lord,
thy glorious Name adored.

Lord, thy mercies never fail;
Hail, celestial Goodness, hail!

2 Though unworthy of thine ear,
Deign our humble songs to hear;
Purer praise we hope to bring,
When around thy throne we sing.
3 While on earth ordain'd to stay,
Guide our footsteps in thy way,
Till we come to dwell with thee,
Till we all thy glory see.

4 Then, with angel-harps again,
We will wake a nobler strain;
There, in joyful songs of praise,
Our triumphant voices raise.

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The fulness of God.

BEING of beings, God of love,

C. M.

To thee our hearts we raise;
Thy all-sustaining power we prove,
And gladly sing thy praise.

2 Thine, wholly thine, we pant to be;
Our sacrifice receive:

Made, and preserved, and saved by thee,
To thee ourselves we give.

3 Heavenward our every wish aspires,
For all thy mercy's store;
The sole return thy love requires,
Is that we ask for more.

4 For more we ask; we open then
Our hearts to' embrace thy will;
Turn, and revive us, Lord, again;
With all thy fulness fill.

5 Come, Holy Ghost, the Saviour's love
Shed in our hearts abroad;

So shall we ever live, and move,
And be, with Christ in God.