3 While to the church they freely own HYMN 200. C. M. Burnham. * Mear, Irish, Exeter. After experiences. 3 Lord, we unite to praise thy name HYMN 201. L. M. Kelly. Portugal, Wells, Shoel. 2 Putney, Bath, Quercy, Armley. Sickness of a minister. 10THOU before whose gracious throne, We bow our suppliant spirits down, Thou know'st the anxious cares we feel, And all our trembling lips would tell. Thou only canst assuage our grief, And give our sorrowing hearts relief; In mercy then thy servant spare, Nor turn aside thy people's prayer. Avert thy desolating stroke, Nor smite the shepherd of the flock; Restore him, sinking to the grave; Stretch out thine arm,make haste to save. 4 Bound to each soul by tender ties, In every heart his image lies; Thy pitying aid, O God, impart, Nor rend him from each bleeding heart. 3 COME in, thou blessed of the Lord,5 But, if our supplications fail, Enter in Jesus' precious name; We welcome thee with one accord, And trust the Saviour does the same. 2 Thy name, tis hop'd, already stands Mark'd in the book of life above, And now to thine we join our hands, In token of fraternal love. And prayers and tears cannot prevail, Be thou his strength, be thou his stay, Support him through the gloomy way. 6 Around him may thy angels stand, Waiting the signal of thy hand; To bid his happy spirit rise, And bear him to their native skies, 3 Those joys which earth cannot afford, SH HYMN 202. L. M. Doddridge. * Bath, Quercy, Wells. Seeking direction in the choice of a pastor. HEPHERD of Israel,bend thine ear, Thy servants' groans indulgent hear; Perplex'd, distress'd, to thee we cry, And seek the guidance of thine eye. 2 Send forth, O Lord, thy truth and light, To guide our doubtful footsteps right: Our drooping hearts, O God, sustain, Nor let us seek thy face in vain. 3 Return, in ways of peace return, Nor let thy flock neglected mourn; May our bless'd eyes a shepherd see, Dear to our souls, and dear to thee. HYMN 204. L. M. All Saints, Blendon, Bath. At a choice of deacons. FAIR Sion's King, we suppliant bow, And hail the grace thy church enjoys: Her holy deacons are thine own, With all the gifts thy love employs. 2 Up to thy throne we lift our eyes, For blessings to attend our choice* Of such, whose generous, prudent zeal Shall make thy favour'd ways rejoice. 3 Happy in Jesus, their own Lord, May they his sacred table spread,The table of their pastor fill, And fill the holy poor with bread. 4 By purest love to Christ, and truth, O may they win a good degree Of boldness in the Christian faith, And meet the smile of thine and thee. LORD'S SUPPER. Lord, here we'd banish every foe, HYMN 205. L. M. Watts's Lyrics b6 Commerce no more we hold with hell Limehouse, Putney, Bath. A preparatory thought. Array'd in garments roll'd in blood, Our dearest lusts shall all depart; C. M. J. Stennett. b or 2 The Lord! the Saviour! yes, 'tis he, LORD. at thy table I behold I know him by the smiles he wears; 4 Whence flow these favours so divine? HYMN 206. L. M. Watts's Lyrics. Love on a cross and a throne. 2 The wonders of the grace; ; But most of all admire, that I I that have crucified his Son, That such a soul has room! 4" Eat,O my friends," the Saviour cries, 1 HYMN 208. C. M. Cowper. * Welcome to the table. OW let our faith grow strong, and THIS is the feast of heavenly wine 1 Now rise, And view our Lord in all his love; 3 If we behold his bleeding heart, 5 How shall vile pardon'd rebels show Y And God invites to sup; Not heaven affords a costlier treat, HYMN 209. L. M. Watts's Lyrics. Dresden, Putney, Eaton. Christ dying, rising, and reigning. 'HE dies! the Friend of sinners dies! Lo, Salem's daughters weep around; A solemn darkness veils the skies! A sudden trembling shakes the ground! Come, saints, and drop a tear or two, For him who groan'd beneath your load; He shed a thousand drops for you, A thousand drops of richer blood! 2 Here's love and grief beyond degree, The Lord of glory dies for men! But lo! what sudden joys we see! Jesus the dead revives again! The rising God forsakes the tomb! Up to his Father's courts he flies; Cherubic legions guard him home; And shout him welcome to the skies: 3 Break off your tears, ye saints, and tell How high our great Deliverer reigns; Sing how he spoil'd the hosts of hell, And led the monster, Death, in chains! Say, "Live forever, wondrous KING, "Born to redeem, and strong to save!" Then ask the monster, "Where's thy sting? "And where's thy victory, boasting grave?" HYMN 210. L.M. Watts's Sermons.bor Bath, Psalm 97, German. Christ's propitiation improved. 1LORD, didst thou send thy Son to die For such a guilty wretch as I? And shall thy mercy not impart Thy Spirit to renew my heart? 2 Lord, hast thou wash'd my garments clean, In Jesus' blood, from shame and sin? Shall I not strive with all my power That sin pollute my soul no more? 3 Shall I not bear my Father's rod, The kind corrections of my God, When Christ upon the cursed tree Sustain'd a heavier load for me? 4 Why should I dread my dying day, Since Christ hath took the curse away, And taught me with my latest breath To triumph o'er thy terrors, death? 50 rather let me wish and cry, "When shall my soul get loose, and fly "To upper worlds? When shall I see The God,the man, that died for me?" 3 6 I shall behold his glories there, ORDINATIONS. HYMN 211. L. M. Doddridge. X Newcourt, Dunstan, Luton. Institution of the gospel ministry. Fsmile on our homage and our vowe; ATHER of mercies, in thy house While with a grateful heart we share These pledges of our Saviour's care. 2 The Saviour, when to heaven he rose In splendid triumph o'er his foes, Scatter'd his gifts on men below, And wide his royal bounties flow. Hence sprung th' Apostles' honour'd Sacred beyond heroic fame: [name: In lowlier. forms to bless our eyes, Pastors from hence, and teachers rise. 4 From Christ their varied gifts derive, And fed by Christ, their graces live While, guarded by his potent hand, 'Midst all the rage of hell they stand. 5 So shall the bright succession run Through the last courses of the sun; While unborn churches by their care Shall rise and flourish, large and fair. 6 Jesus our Lord, their hearts shall know, The springs whence all these blessings flow? 1 2 Pastors and people shout his praise HYMN 212. L. M. Doddridge. * By thee inferior pastors rise, HYMN 213. L. M. Doddridge. G And, through ten thousand sons of light, Stoops to regard what mortals do. 2 Amidst the wastes of time and death, Successive pastors thou dost raise, Thy charge to keep, thy house to guide, And form a people for thy praise. 3 The heavenly natives with delight Hover around the sacred place; Nor scorn to learn from mortal tongues The wonders of redeeming grace. 4 At length, dismiss'd from feeble clay, Thy servants join th' angelic baud; [fy; With them, through distant worlds they With them, before thy presence stand. 50 glorious hope! O blest employ! Sweet lenitive of grief and care! [courts, When shall we reach those radiant And all their joy and honour share? 6 Yet while these labours we pursues Thus distant from thy heavenly throne, Give us a zeal and love like theirs, And half their heaven shail here be known. * HYMN 214. C. M. Doddridge. Christmas, Exeter, Abridge. Watching for souls. An ordination hymn. El Sion's watchmen all awake, And take th' alarm they give: Now let them, from the mouth of God, Their awful charge receive. 2 'Tis not a cause of small import The pastor's care demands; But what might fill an angel's heart, And fill'd a Saviour's hands. 3They watch for souls, for which the Lord Did heavenly bliss forego;For souls, which must forever live, In raptures, or in wo. 4 May they that Jesus, whom they preach, Their own Redeemer, see; And watch thou daily o'er their souls, That they may watch for thee. HYMN 215. 7s. Hammond. Condolence, Hotham. After the charge. W OULD you win a soul to God? Tell him of the Saviour's blood; Say, how Jesus' bowels move; Tell him of redeeming love. 2Tell him how the streams did glide Sweetly speak of sins forgiven— Wherewith Jesus makes us free; HYMN 216. C. M. Doddridge. Braintree, Irish, Charmouth. Christ's care of ministers and churches. 1 Who makes the stars to shine E bless th' eternal Source of light, And through this dark beclouded world Diffuseth rays divine. 2 We bless, the church's sovereign King, Whose golden lamps we are; Fix'd in the temples of his love,To shine with radiance fair. 3 Still be our purity preserv'd; Still fed with oil the flame; And in deep characters inscrib'd Our heavenly Master's name! 4Then, while between our ranks he walks, 1 And all our state surveys, His smiles shall with new lustre deck The people of his praise. HYMN 217. L. M. B. Francis. * Truro, Green's Hundredth, Rothwell. Ministers abounding in the work of the Lord. BE EFORE thy throne, eternal King, Thy ministers their tribute bring, Their tribute of united praise, For heavenly news and peaceful days. 2 We sing the conquests of thy sword, And publish loud thy healing word, While angels sound thy glorious name, Thy saving grace our lips proclaim. 3 Thy various service we esteem Our sweet employ, our bliss supreme: And, while we feel thy heavenly love, We burn like seraphim above. 4 Nor seraphs there can ever raise, With us, an equal song of praise: They are the noblest work of God, But we, the purchase of his blood. 5 Still in thy work would we abound; Still prune the vine,or plough the ground; Thy sheep with wholesome pasture feed, And watch them with unwearied heed. 6 Thou art our Lord, our life, our love, Our care below, our crown above: Thy praise shall be our best employ, Thy presence our eternal joy. HYMN 218. C. M. Doddridge. bor Plymouth, St. Anns. Spiritual associations registered in heaven; or God's gracious approbation of active attempts to revive religion. 1THE Lord on mortal worms looks 2 He sees the tender hearts that mourn 3 Low to the social band he bows Their names recorded are. 5"Yes (saith the Lord) the world shall know "These humble souls are mine: "These, when my jewels I produce, "Shall in full lustre shine.' MISSIONARY MEETINGS. 14 From east to west, from north to south, * HYMN 220. L. M. Voke. Prospect of success ; or, encouragement to use means. EHOLD th' expected time draw near, 1 HYMN 221. C. M. 'F That through the nations of the earth Thy word of life shall run? 2" Ask, and I give the heathen lands "For thine inheritance, "And to the world's remotest shores, "Thine empire shall advance." 3 Hast thou not said, the blinded Jews Shall their Redeemer own; While Gentiles to his standard crowd, And bow before his throne? Cambridge, Irish. The increase of the church promised and pleaded. thine exalted Son, ATHER,is not thy promise pledg'd HYMN 219. L. M. Voke. Sink in th' abyss of endless night. 3 Afric's emancipated sons Shall shout to Asia's rapt'rous song; When shall th' untutor❜d Indian tribes, 5 Are not all kingdoms, tribes,and tongues, Under th' expanse of heaven, To the dominion of thy Son, Without exemption, given? 6 From east to west, from north to south, Then be his name ador'd! Europe, with all thy millions, shout Hosannas to thy Lord! |