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6 Divine instructer, gracious Lord,
Be thou for ever near;

Teach us to love thy sacred word,
And view our Saviour there.

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S. M. SCOTT.

Searching the Scriptures.
IMPOSTURE shrinks from light,
And dreads the curious eye:
But sacred truths the test invite,
They bid us search and try.
O may we still maintain

A meek, inquiring mind;

Assured we shall not search in vain, But hidden treasures find.

With understanding blest,

Created to be free,

Our faith on man we dare not rest,
Subject to none but thee.

4 Lord, give the light we need;
With soundest knowledge fill;
From noxious error guard our creed,
From prejudice our will.

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The truth thou shalt impart,
May we with firmness own;
Abhorring each evasive art,
And fearing thee alone.

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Light and glory of the Word.

1 WHAT glory gilds the sacred page, Majestic, like the sun :

It gives a light to every age;

It gives-but borrows none.

2 The power that gave it, still supplies
The gracious light and heat:
Its truths upon the nations rise;
They rise-but never set.

3 Let everlasting thanks be thine
For such a bright display,

As makes a world of darkness shine
With beams of heavenly day.

4 Our soul rejoices to pursue
The steps of him we love,
Till glory breaks upon our view
In brighter worlds above.

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C. M. CHRISTIAN PSALMIST.
The seed of the Word.

1 LORD of the harvest, God of grace,
Send down thy heavenly rain:
In vain we plant without thine aid,
And water too in vain.

2 May no vain thoughts, those birds of prey, Defraud us of our gain;

Nor anxious cares, those baleful thorns,
Choke up the precious grain.

3 Ne'er may our hearts be like the rock,
Where but the blade can spring,

Which, scorched with heat, becomes by noon A dead, a useless thing.

4 Let not the joys thy gospel gives
A transient rapture prove;

Nor may the world by smiles and frowns
Our faith and hope remove.

5 But may our hearts, like fertile soil,
Receive the heavenly word

So shall our fair and ripened fruits
Their hundred fold afford.

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C. M. WINCHELL'S COLL.
The Bible the Light of the World.
1 HOW precious is the book divine,
By inspiration given!

Bright as a lamp its doctrines shine,
To guide our souls to heaven.

2 It sweetly cheers our drooping hearts,
In this dark vale of tears;
Life, light, and joy it still imparts,
And quells our rising fears.

3 This lamp, through all the tedious night
Of life, shall guide our way;

Till we behold the clearer light
Of an eternal day.

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P. M. GEO. BURDER'S COLL.

The Bible suited to the wants of Mankind.
1 HOW precious, Lord, thy sacred word!
What light and joy those leaves afford
To souls in deep distress!

Thy precepts guide our doubtful way,
Thy fear forbids our feet to stray,
Thy promise leads to rest.

2 Thy threatenings wake our slumbering eyes,
And warn us where our danger lies;
But 'tis thy gospel, Lord,

That makes the guilty conscience clean,
Converts the soul, and conquers sin,
And gives a free reward.

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1 OPPRESSED with guilt, and full of fears, We come to thee, our Lord;

While not a ray of hope appears,
But in thy holy word.

2 The volume of our Father's grace
Does all our grief dispel;
Here we behold our Saviour's face,
And learn to do his will.

3 Here living water freely flows,
To cleanse us from our sin;
"Tis here the tree of knowledge grows,
Nor danger dwells therein.

4 Oh! may thy counsels, mighty God,
Our roving feet command;
Nor we forsake the happy road,
That leads to thy right hand.

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L. M. MAXWELL'S COLL.
Delight in the Scriptures.

1 WE love the sacred book of God;
No other can its place supply:
It points us to the saints' abode,
And lifts our joyful thoughts on high.

2 Blest book! in thee our eyes discern
The image of our absent Lord:

From thine instructive page we learn
The joys his presence will afford.

3 But while we're here, thou shalt supply
His place, and tell us of his love:
We'll read with faith's discerning eye,
And thus partake of joys above.
72. C. M. EPISCOPAL COLL.

1 GREAT God! with wonder and with praise,
On all thy works we look;
But still thy wisdom, power, and grace,
Shine brightest in thy book.

2 Here are our choicest treasures hid;
Here our best comfort lies;
Here our desires are satisfied,
And here our hopes arise.

3 Lord, make us understand thy law;
Show what our faults have been;
And from thy gospel let us draw
Pardon for all our sin.

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L. M.

HEGINBOTHAM.

1 NOW let our souls, eternal King!
To thee their grateful tribute bring:
Our knees with humble homage bow;
Our tongues perform each solemn vow.
2 All nature sings thy boundless love,
In worlds below-and worlds above:
But in thy blessed word we trace,
Diviner wonders of thy grace.

3 There what delightful truths we read!
There we behold the Saviour bleed:
His name salutes each listening ear,
Revives each heart, and checks our fear.

4 There Jesus bids our sorrows cease,
And gives each labouring conscience peace;
Raises our grateful passions high,

And points to mansions in the sky.

5 For love like this, oh let our song, Through endless years, thy praise prolong; Let distant climes thy name adore,

Till time and nature are no more.

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C. M. C. WESLEY.

Heavenly Bread.

1 WHAT is the chaff, the word of man,
When set against the wheat?
Can it a dying soul sustain,

Like that immortal meat?

2 Thy word, O God, with heavenly bread The children doth supply;

And those who by thy word are fed,
Their souls shall never die.

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C. M. EXETER COLL.

Supplication for a Blessing on the Word. 1 THY gracious aid, great God, impart, To give thy word success; Write all its precepts on the heart, And deep its truths impress.

2 O speed our progress in the way That leads to joys on high,

Where knowledge grows without decay, And love shall never die..

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GOSPEL AND SALVATION.

L. M. WATTS.

Object of Christ's Advent. 1 NOT to condemn the sons of men, Did Christ, the Son of God, appear; No weapons in his hands are seen, No flaming sword, nor thunder there. 2 Such was the pity of our God,

He loved the race of man so well,
He sent his Son to bear our load

Of sins, and save our souls from hell.
3 Sinners, believe the Saviour's word;
Trust in his mighty name, and live;
A thousand joys his lips afford,
His hands a thousand blessings give.

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L. M. BEDDOME.

Excellency of the Gospel.

1 GOD, in the gospel of his Son,

Makes his eternal counsels known:

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