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ERVANTS of God, awake
To hail this sacred day,

And in glad songs of praise

Your grateful homage pay;

Come, bless the day that God hath blest, The type of heaven's eternal rest.

2 Upon this happy morn

The Lord of life arose ;
He burst the bands of death,
And vanquished all our foes;

And now He pleads our cause above,
And reaps the fruit of all His love.

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3 All hail! triumphant Lord!
Heaven with hosannas rings,
And earth in humbler strains

Thy praise responsive sings;

Worthy the Lamb that once was slain, Through endless years to live and reign!

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RE another Sabbath's close,
Ere again we seek repose,
Lord, our song ascends to Thee,
At Thy feet we bow the knee.

2 For the mercies of the day,

For this rest upon our way,
Thanks to Thee alone be given,
Lord of earth and King of heaven.

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3 Cold our services have been,
Mingled every prayer with sin:
But Thou canst and wilt forgive;
By Thy grace alone we live.

4 Whilst this thorny path we tread,
May Thy love our footsteps lead;
When our journey here is past,
May we rest with Thee at last.

5 Let these earthly Sabbaths prove
Foretastes of our joys above;

While their steps Thy pilgrims bend
To the rest which knows no end.

OON, too soon, the sweet repose
Of this day of God will cease;
Soon this glimpse of heaven will close,
Vanish soon these hours of peace;
Soon return the toil, the strife,

All the weariness of life.

2 But the rest which yet remains

For Thy people, Lord, above,

Knows nor change, nor fears, nor pains-
Endless as their Saviour's love:

O may every Sabbath here

Bring us to that rest more near!

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SAVIOUR, bless us ere we go;
Thy word into our minds instil;
And make our lukewarm hearts to glow
With lowly love and fervent will:
Through life's long day and death's dark night,
O blessed Jesus, be our Light.

2 The day is gone, its hours have run,
And Thou hast taken count of all,
The scanty triumphs grace hath won,
The broken vow, the frequent fall:
Through life's long day and death's dark night,
O blessed Jesus, be our Light.

3 Grant us, dear Lord, from evil ways
True absolution and release;

And bless us, more than in past days,
With purity and inward peace:

Through life's long day and death's dark night,
O blessed Jesus, be our Light.

4 Do more than pardon; give us joy,
Sweet fear, and sober liberty,

And simple hearts without alloy

That only long to be like Thee:
Through life's long day and death's dark night,
O blessed Jesus, be our Light.

5 Labour is sweet, for Thou hast toiled;

And care is light, for Thou hast cared;

O never let our works be soiled

With strife, or by deceit ensnared : Through life's long day and death's dark night, O blessed Jesus, be our Light.

6 For all we love, the poor, the sad, The sinful, unto Thee we call; O let Thy mercy make us glad;

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Thou art our Saviour, and our all:

Through life's long day and death's dark night, O blessed Jesus, be our Light.

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́ESUS, where'er Thy people meet There they behold Thy mercy-seat; Where'er they seek Thee, Thou art found, And every place is hallowed ground.

2 For Thou, within no walls confined,
Inhabitest the humble mind:

Such ever bring Thee where they come,
And going take Thee to their home.

3 Great Shepherd of Thy faithful few!
Thy former mercies here renew;
Here to our waiting souls proclaim
The glories of Thy saving name.

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Now
may we prove the power of prayer,
To strengthen faith and banish care;
To teach our faint desires to rise,
And bring all heaven before our eyes.

5 Lord, we are weak, but Thou art near ;
Nor short Thine arm, nor deaf Thine ear:
O rend the heavens, Thyself make known,
And make our sinful hearts Thine own.

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OUR down Thy Spirit, gracious Lord,
On all assembled here;

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Let us receive the engrafted word,

With meekness and with fear.

2 By faith in Thee the soul receives
New life, though dead before;
And he, who in Thy name believes,
Shall live, to die no more.

3 Preserve the power of faith alive
In those that love Thy name;
For sin and Satan daily strive
To quench the sacred flame.

4 Thy grace and mercy first prevailed
From death to set us free;
And often since our life had failed,
Unless renewed by Thee.

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5 To Thee we look, to Thee we bow,
To Thee for help we call ;

Our Life and Resurrection Thou,
Our hope, our joy, our all.

N Thy presence we appear;
Lord, we love to worship here;
Here Thy faithful people meet
Thee upon Thy mercy-seat.

2 While to Thee our prayers ascend,
Let Thine ear in love attend;
Hear us when Thy Spirit pleads;
Hear, for Jesus intercedes.

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