With all the ransomed, we shall spend A Sabbath which shall never end.

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Prayer for a Blessing on public Worship. IN thy great name, O Lord, we come, To worship at thy feet;

Oh pour thy Holy Spirit down
On all that now shall meet.

2 We come to hear Jehovah speak,
To hear the Saviour's voice:
Thy face and favor, Lord, we seek;
Now make our hearts rejoice.

3 Teach us to pray, and praise, and hear, And understand thy word;

To feel thy blissful presence near,
And trust our living Lord.

COME, O thou mighty Saviour,
We look for thine appearing;
Descend we pray,

Thy love display,

Our waiting spirits cheering.

2 Come, clothed with glorious power; Let all thy saints adore thee, And let thy word,

The Spirit's sword,

Subdue thy foes before thee.

3 May every heart with gladness, Thine offered grace receiving, Now cease from sin,

And pure within,

Have peace, in thee believing.

4 Then, when thou com'st to judgment,
On flying clouds descending,
May we rejoice,

When, at thy voice,
The solid earth is rending.

LORD, we come before thee now;
At thy feet we humbly bow;

Oh do not our suit disdain !

Shall we seek thee, Lord, in vain? 2 Lord, on thee our souls depend; In compassion now descend; Fill our hearts with thy rich grace; Tune our lips to sing thy praise.

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Answer to Prayer supplicated.

ETERNAL God of love!
Thou hast in light above,
Thy radiant throne.

As low before thee now,
In penitence I bow,
My humble prayer allow,
My worship own.

2 No gift to thee I bring;
Of me no offering

Thy law demands:

Jesus, one victim given,
The vail forever riven-
Now entered into heaven,
My High Priest stands.

3 With guilt and fear distressed,
Saviour! to thee for rest,

My spirit flies:

Smile thou, and cheer my soul;
Let grace my sins control;
When round me billows roll,
My help arise.

4 If thy right hand sustain,
My foes may rage in vain;
Triumph is mine:

Onward my soul shall press,
Strong in thy righteousness,
And every tongue confess,
The glory thine.

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Prayer for Sincerity in Worship.
LORD! when we bend before thy throne,
And our CONFESSIONS pour,
Oh may we feel the sins we own,
And hate what we deplore.

2 When we disclose our wants in PRAYER, May we our wills resign;

And not a thought our bosom share,
Which is not wholly thine.

3 And when with heart and voice we strive Our grateful hymns to raise,

Let love divine within us live,
And fill our souls with PRAISE.

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Christ ever present in his Churches.
JESUS, 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 chosen few! Thy former mercies here renew; Here to our waiting hearts proclaim The sweetness of thy saving name.

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Prayer for a Blessing on Preaching.
SAVIOUR, bless the word to all,
Quick and powerful let it prove;
Oh let sinners hear thy call,
And thy people grow in love.
2 Thine own gracious message bless,
Follow it with power divine;
Give the gospel great success,
Thine the work-the glory thine.
Saviour, bid the world rejoice,
Send, oh send thy truth abroad!
Let the nations hear thy voice,
Hear it, and return to God.

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S. M.

Sanctifying Influence of the Truth sought.

I HEAR thy word with love,

And I would fain obey;

Lord, send thy Spirit from above

To guide me, lest I stray.

2 Oh! who can ever find
The error of his ways?

Yet, with a bold, presumptuous mind,
I would not dare transgress.

3 Warn me of every sin,

Forgive my secret faults,

And cleanse this guilty soul of mine,
Whose crimes exceed my thoughts.
4 While with my heart and tongue,
I spread thy praise abroad,
Accept the worship and the song,
My Saviour, and my God.

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Delight in the Worship of the Sabbath.
SWEET is the work, O Lord,

Thy glorious name to sing;
To praise and pray-to hear thy word,
And grateful offerings bring.

2 Sweet-at the dawning light,
Thy boundless love to tell;

And when approach the shades of night,
Still on the theme to dwell.

3 Sweet-on this day of rest,

To join in heart and voice,
With those, who love and serve thee best,
And in thy name rejoice.

4 To songs of praise and joy

Be every Sabbath given,

That such may be our blest employ
Eternally in heaven.

DISMISSIONS.

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Dismission.

DISMISS us with thy blessing, Lord;
Help us to feed upon thy word;