9. But the third day's dawning come,
Lo! the Saviour leaves the tomb!
Re-ascends his native sky,

Where he lives no more to die..
10 On his cross he builds his throne,
Whence he makes his glories known,
Sends his Spirit down to give

Dying sinners grace to live. D. TURNER.

348 L. M. Rowles 73.

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Eaton 291.

Magdalene 214.

The Sabbath begun. :

ANOTHER six days' work is done,

Sabbath is begun;

Return, my soul, enjoy the rest,

Improve the day thy God hath bless'd.

2 Come, bless the Lord, whose love assigns So sweet a rest to wearied minds; Provides an antepast of heaven,

And gives this day the food of seven.
3 0 that our thoughts and thanks may rise,
As grateful incense to the skies;

And draw from heaven that sweet repose
Which none, but he that feels it, knows.
4 This heavenly calm, within the breast,
Is the dear pledge of glorious rest,
Which for the church of God remains,
The end of cares, the end of pains.

5 With joy, great God, thy works we view,
In various scenes, both old and new;
With praise we think on mercies past;
With hope, we future pleasures taste.
6 In holy duties, let the day

In holy pleasures pass away;
How sweet a Sabbath thus to spend,
In hope of one that ne'er shall end!

J. STENNETT.

349 148th. Carter Lane 141. Dartmouth 46.

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A Hymn for Lord's Day Morning.

AWAKE, our drowsy souls,

Shake off each slothful band;

The wonders of this day

Our noblest songs demand: Auspicious morn! thy blissful rays Bright seraphs hail in songs of praise. 2 At thy approaching dawn,

3

Reluctant Death resign'd

The glorious Prince of Life,
In dark domains confin'd;
Th' angelic host around him bends,

And 'midst their shouts THE GOD ascends.

All hail, triumphant Lord!

Heaven with hosannas rings;

While earth, in humbler strains,
Thy praise responsive sings;
Worthy art thou, who once wast slain,
Thro' endless years to live and reign.
4. Gird on, great God, thy sword,
Ascend thy conquering car,
While justice, truth, and love,
Maintain the glorious war:
Victorious thou, thy foes shalt tread,
And sin and hell in triumph lead.

5

Make bare thy potent arm,
And wing th' unerring dart,'
With salutary pangs,

To each rebellious heart:

Then dying souls for life shall sue,

Numerous as drops of morning dew.

350 C. M. Salem 139. New York 33. A Hymn for the Evening of the Lord's Day.

FREQUENT the day of God returns
To shed its quick'ning beams;

And yet how slow devotion burns;
How languid are its flames!
2 Accept our faint attempts to love,
Our frailties, Lord, forgive;
We would be like thy saints above,
And praise thee while we live.

3 Increase, O Lord, our faith and hope,
And fit us to ascend,

Where the assembly ne'er breaks up,
The Sabbath ne'er shall end;

4 Where we shall breathe in heavenly air,
With heavenly lustre shine;
Before the throne of God appear,
And feast on love divine;

5 Where we, in high seraphic strains,
Shall all our powers employ;

Delighted range th' ethereal plains,
And take our fill of joy.

B

351 (1st P.) C. M.Brighton 208. Prov.College 10.

Lord's Day Evening.

1 WHEN, O dear Jesus, when shall I
Behold thee all serene;

Blest in perpetual Sabbath-day,
Without a veil between ?

2 Assist me, while I wander here,
Amidst a world of cares;

Incline my heart to pray with love,
And then accept my prayers.
3 [Release my soul from every chain,
No more hell's captive led;

And pardon a repenting child,

For whom the Saviour bled.

4 Spare me, my God, O spare the soul
That gives itself to thee;

Take all that I possess below,
And give thyself to me.]

5 Thy Spirit, O my Father, give
To be my guide and friend,

To light my path to ceaseless joys,
To Sabbaths without end.

CENNICK.

351 (2d P.) L. M. Portugal 97. New Sab. 122.

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L

ORD, how delightful 'tis to see.
A whole assembly worship thee!
At once they sing, at once they pray!
They hear of heaven and learn the way.
2 I have been there, and still would go;
"Tis like a little heaven below:
Not all that hell or sin can say
Shall tempt me to forget this day.
3 0 write upon my memory, Lord,
The text and doctrine of thy word;
That I may break thy laws no more,
But love thee better than before.

4 With thoughts of Christ, and things divine,
Fill this foolish heart of mine;
up

That, hoping pardon through his blood,

I may

lie down and wake with God. DR. WATTS.

351 (3d P.) S. M. Whitefield's 168. Broderip's 253.

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2

3

Serious Recollections on the Evening of Lord's Day.
THE light of Sabbath eve

Is fading fast away;

What pleasing record will it leave
To crown the closing day?

Is it a Sabbath spent

Fruitless, and vain, and void?

Or have these precious moments lent

Been sacredly employ'd?

How dreadful and how drear,
In yon dark world of pain,
Will Sabbath seasons lost appear,
That cannot come again?

A

4

God of these blissful hours,

Oh! may we never dare

To waste, in worldly thoughts of ours,

These sacred days of prayer! EDMESTON.

351 (4th P.) 7s. 6 lines. Deptford 124. Turín 244.

Returning from Worship to spend the Lord's Day Evening

alone.*

1 LORD, I've met thy saints to-day, Where they join'd to praise and pray;

And have listen'd to thy word,

Gladly of my Saviour heard!
Still I pant thy face to see;
Wilt thou now retire with me?
2 Come, thou dear Immanuel, come,
Make my heart thy constant home,
Let me now thine influence feel,
Here thy richest love reveal:
Fain would I commune with thee;
Dearest Lord, retire with me.

3 May the savour of thy word,
Joy in solitude afford;

Seal its truths upon my heart,
Let me ne'er from thee depart:
Lord, content I cannot be,
Till thou dost retire with me.

4 Stay, thou heavenly lover, stay,
Drive each earthly thought away;
Fix my soul on things divine;
May I be for ever thine!

Thus on earth may I be blest,
Till I rise to endless rest.

352 L. M. Gloucester 12. Lebanon 79.

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The Eternal Sabbath, Heb. iv. 9.

HINE earthly Sabbaths, Lord, we love,
But there's a nobler rest above;

To that our labouring souls aspire,
With ardent pangs of strong desire.

• See Hymn 329,