58. For the Consecration or Opening of a Church or Chapel.

(L. M.)

1 AND wilt Thou, O Eternal God,
On earth establish Thine abode ?
Then look propitious from Thy throne,
And take this temple for Thine own.
2 These walls we to Thine honour raise
Long may they echo to Thy praise!
And Thou, descending, fill the place
With the rich tokens of Thy grace.
3 Here may our great REDEEMER reign,
With all the graces of His train ;
While pow'r divine His word attends,
To conquer foes and cheer His friends.
4 And in the last decisive day,
When God the nations shall survey,
May it before the world appear,
Thousands were train'd for glory here.

59. For the Ember Weeks, or a Visitation. (L. M.)
1 FATHER of Mercies! bow Thine ear,
Attentive to our earnest pray'r;
We plead for those who plead for Thee,
Successful pleaders may they be.

2 How great their work! how vast their charge!
Do Thou their anxious souls enlarge;
To them Thy sacred truth reveal;
Suppress their fear, inflame their zeal.
3 Teach them to sow the precious seed,
Teach them Thy chosen flock to feed;
Teach them immortal souls to gain,
Souls that will well reward their pain.

5 Let thronging multitudes around
Hear from their lips the joyful sound;
In humble strains Thy grace implore,
And feel Thy renovating pow'r!

6 Let sinners break their massy chains,
And sorrowing hearts forget their pains;
Let light through distant realms be spread,
And Zion rear her drooping head.

60. For the Induction of a Clergyman to a Living, Lectureship, or Preachership. (L. M.)

"We exhort you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye have in remembrance into how high a dignity, and to how weighty an office and charge ye are called : That is to say, to be MESSENGERS, WATCHMEN, and STEWARDS of the Lord; to TEACH and to premonish; to FEED and provide for the Lord's Family; to seek for Christ's SHEEP that are dispersed abroad, that they may be saved through Christ for ever.". ORDINATION SERVICE.

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1 WE bid thee welcome in the name Of JESUS, our exalted head: Come as a SERVANT, SO HE came,

And we receive thee in His stead.

2 Come as a SHEPHERD:-WATCH, and keep This fold from error and from sin : Nourish the lambs and FEED the SHEEP; The wounded heal, the lost bring in.

4 Come as a TEACHER sent by God,

Charg'd His whole counsel to declare; Lift o'er our ranks the prophet's rod, While we uphold thy hands with pray'r.

* See Exod. xvii. 11, 12.

5 Come as a MESSENGER of peace,
Fill'd with the Spirit, fir'd with love;
Live to behold our large increase,
And, dying, meet us all above.

XV. FOR FUNERALS.

61. The shortness of time, and the frailty of man.
PSAL. XXXIX. (L. M.)

1 ALMIGHTY Maker of my frame,
Teach me the measure of my days;
Teach me to know how frail I am,
And spend the remnant to Thy praise.

2 My days are shorter than a span,
A little point my life appears:
How frail at best is dying man!

How vain are all his hopes and fears!

3 Vain his ambition, noise, and show!

Vain are the cares which rack his mind! He heaps up treasures mix'd with woe, And dies and leaves them all behind.

4 O be a nobler portion mine!

Saviour! I bow before Thy throne;
Earth's fleeting treasures I resign,
And fix my hope on Thee alone.

62. For the Funeral of a young Person.
ISA. xl. 7, 8. (C. M.)

1 THE morning flowers display their sweets, And gay their varied leaves unfold; Unfaded by the noon-day heats,

Nor wither'd by the ev'ning cold.

2 Nipp'd by the wind's unkindly blast,
Or broke by tempests in a day,
Their momentary glories waste,
Their short-liv'd beauties fade away.

3. So blooms the human face divine,
When youth its pride of beauty shows;
Fairer than spring the colours shine,
And brighter than the op'ning rose: :

4 But, worn by slowly-rolling years, Or broke by sickness in a day, Its fading glory disappears,

Its short-liv'd beauties fade away.

5 Yet these, new rising from the tomb, Through Jesu's grace shall brighter shine; Revive with ever-during bloom,

Safe from diseases and decline.

6 Let sickness blast, - let death devour, Since heav'n shall recompense our pains: Perish the grass! and fade the flower! Since firm the word of God remains.

63. The Christian's prospect in life and death.
PSALM XVII. (L. M.)

1 GOD of our life! our souls defend,
On Thee our stedfast hopes depend:
Thee, LORD, we bless, our faithful guide,
Whose counsels o'er our life preside.

2 This life's a dream, an empty show;
But the bright world to which we go
Hath joys substantial and sincere:
When shall we wake and find Thee there?
3 Our flesh shall slumber in the ground,
Till the last trumpet's joyful sound;
Then burst its chains with sweet surprise,
And in our Saviour's image rise.

4 O glorious hour! O blest abode !
We shall be near and like our God!
And flesh and sin no more control
The sacred pleasures of the soul.

64. Anticipation of Judgment. (L. M.)

"In the hour of death, and in the day of judgment, Good Lord, deliver us.

- LITANY.

1 My God! when nature's frame shall sink
And totter on destruction's brink,
Be Thou my portion and my cup,
And bear my fainting spirits up.

2 'Twas THOU, that form'd'st me first from clay,
And led'st me through life's devious way;
Then take, O God! my parting breath,
Support me in the HOUR OF DEath.