HOLY Father, hear my cry ;

Holy Saviour, bend thine ear; Holy Spirit, come thou nigh: Father, Saviour, Spirit, hear! Father, save me from my sin; Saviour, I thy mercy crave; Gracious Spirit, make me clean: Father, Son, and Spirit, save! Father, let me taste thy love;

Saviour, fill my soul with peace; Spirit, come my heart to move: Father, Son, and Spirit, bless! Father, Son, and Spirit-thou One Jehovah, shed abroad All thy grace within me now; Be my Father and my God!

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L. M.

FATHER of heaven! whose love profound
A ransom for our souls hath found,
Before thy throne we sinners bend:
To us thy pard'ning love extend.
2 Almighty Son! incarnate Word!

Our Prophet, Priest, Redeemer, Lord!
Before thy throne we sinners bend:
To us thy saving grace extend.
} Eternal Spirit! by whose breath
The soul is raised from sin and death,
Before thy throne we sinners bend:
To us thy quick'ning power extend.
4 Jehovah! Father, Spirit, Son!
Mysterious Godhead! Three in One!
Before thy throne we sinners bend:
Grace, pardon, life, to us extend!

God of Hosts! when heaven and earth,

Out of darkness, at thy word

Issued into glorious birth,

All thy works before thee stood,
And thine eye beheld them good;
While they sung with sweet accord,
Holy, holy, holy Lord!

2 Holy, holy, holy! thee,
One Jehovah evermore,
Father, Son, and Spirit! we,

Dust and ashes, would adore:
Lightly by the world esteemed,'
From that world by thee redeemed,
Sing we here with glad accord,
Holy, holy, holy Lord!

3 Holy, holy, holy! all

Heaven's triumphant choir shall sing, While the ransomed nations fall

At the footstool of their King:
Then shall saints and seraphim,
Harps and voices, swell one hymn,
Blending in sublime accord,
Holy, holy, holy Lord!

"To Thee, great One in Three.”

1 COME, thou almighty King, Help us thy name to sing,

Help us to praise!

Father all glorious,
O'er all victorious,

Come and reign over us,

Ancient of days.

2 Jesus, our Lord, descend; From all our foes defend, Nor let us fall;

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1 Now, O God, thine own I am!

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Now I give thee back thine own:
Freedom, friends, and health, and fame,
Consecrate to thee alone:
Thine I live, thrice happy I!
Happier still if thine I die.

2 Take me, Lord, and all my powers;
Take my mind, and heart, and will;
All my goods, and all my hours,
All I know, and all I feel,
All I think, or speak, or do-
Take my soul and make it new!

3 Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,

One in Three, and Three in One,
As by the celestial host,

Let thy will on earth be done:
Praise by all to thee be given,
Glorious Lord of earth and heaven!

1 THE heavens declare thy glory, Lord; In every star thy wisdom shines; But when our eyes behold thy word, We read thy name in fairer lines, 2 The rolling sun, the changing light, And night, and day, thy power confess; But the blest volume thou hast writ, Reveals thy justice and thy grace. 3 Sun, moon, and stars convey thy praise Round the whole earth, and never stand; So when thy truth began its race,

It touched and glanced on every land. 4 Nor shall thy spreading gospel rest, Till through the world thy truth hath

1 THE starry firmament on high,
And all the glories of the sky,
Yet shine not to thy praise, O Lord,
So brightly as thy written word.

2 The hopes that holy word supplies,
Its truths divine and precepts wise,
In each a heavenly beam I see,
And every beam conducts to thee.

3 Almighty Lord, the sun shall fail,
The moon forget her nightly tale,
And deepest silence hush on high
The radiant chorus of the sky;

4 But fixed for everlasting years,
Unmoved, amid the wreck of spheres,
Thy word shall shine in cloudless day,
When heaven and earth have passed

away.

The Bible above Nature.
Psalm 19.

1 BEHOLD, the morning sun Begins his glorious way;

S. M.

His beams through all the nations run, And life and light convey.

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Delight in the Scriptures.

1 FATHER of mercies, in thy word
What endless glory shines!
Forever be thy name adored
For these celestial lines.

2 Here my Redeemer's welcome voice Spreads heavenly peace around; And life and everlasting joys

Attend the blissful sound.

3 Oh, may these heavenly pages be My ever dear delight;

And still new beauties may I sce,
And still increasing light!

4 Divine Instructor, gracious Lord,
Be thou forever near;

Teach me to love thy sacred word, And view my Saviour there.

C. M.

C. M.

1 LORD, I have made thy word my choice, My lasting heritage;

There shall my noblest powers rejoice, My warmest thoughts engage.

2 I'll read the hist'ries of thy love,

And keep thy laws in sight;
While through the promises I rove,
With ever fresh delight.

3 'Tis a broad land, of wealth unknown,
Where springs of life arise,
Seeds of immortal bliss are sown,
And hidden glory lies.

4 The best relief that mourners have;
It makes our sorrows blest;
Our fairest hope beyond the grave,
And our eternal rest.

1 CHRIST and his cross are all our theme: The myst'ries that we speak

Are scandal in the Jew's esteem,
And folly to the Greek.

2 But souls enlightened from above
With joy receive the word;

They see what wisdom, power, and love,
Shine in their dying Lord.

3 The vital savor of his name
Restores their fainting breath;
But unbelief perverts the same
To guilt, despair, and death.
4 Till God diffuse his graces down,
Like showers of heavenly rain,
In vain Apollos sows the ground,
And Paul may plant in vain.

1 HOLY Bible! book divine! Precious treasure! thou art mine: Mine to tell me whence I came; Mine to tell me what I am;

2 Mine to chide me when I rove;
Mine to show a Saviour's love;
Mine thou art to guide and guard;
Mine to punish or reward;

3 Mine to comfort in distress,
If the Holy Spirit bless;
Mine to show, by living faith,
Man can triumph over death;
4 Mine to tell of joys to come,
And the rebel sinner's doom:
Oh, thou holy book divine!
Precious treasure, thou art mine!

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