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HYMN CCXXIX. C. M.

NOME, let us use the grace divine,
And all with one accord,

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In a perpetual cov'nant join

Ourselves to Chrift the Lord.

2 Give up ourselves thro' Jefu's pow'r,
His name to glorify;

And promise in this facred hour,
For God to live and die.

3 The cov'nant we this moment make,
Be ever kept in mind;
We will no more our God forsake,
Or caft his words behind.

4 We never will throw of his fear,
Who hears our folemn vow;
And if thou art well-pleas'd to hear,
Come down and meet us now!

5 Thee, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
Let all our hearts receive;
Prefent with the celeftial hoft,
The peaceful answer give.

6 To each the cov'nant blood apply,
Which takes our fins away,
And register our names on high,
And keep us to that day.

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HYMN CCXXX. L. M.

Admitting a Member.

ROTHER in Chrift, and well-belov'd

Bro Jefus and his fervants dear,

Enter, and fhew thyfelf approv'd;
Enter, and find that God is here.

2 'Scap'd from the world, redeem'd from fin, By fiends purfu'd, by men abhorr'd, Come in, poor fugitive, come in,

And fhare the portion of thy Lord.

3 Welcome from earth!-lo, the right-hand
Of fellowship to thee we give !
With open arms and hearts we ftand,
And thee in Jefu's name receive.

4 Say, is thy heart refolv'd as ours?
Then let it burn with facred love:
'Then let it taste the heav'nly pow'rs,
Partaker of the joys above.

5 Jefus, attend, thyself reveal!

Are we not met in thy great name?
Thee in the midst we wait to feel,
We wait to catch the spreading flame.
6 Thou God, that answereft by fire,
The spirit of burning now impart;
And let the flames of pure defire
Rife from the altar of each heart.

7 Truly our fellowship below,

With thee and with the Father is ;
In thee eternal life we know,

And heav'n's unutterable bliss.
8 In part we only know thee here,
But wait thy coming from above;
And we shall then behold thee near,
And then shall all be loft in love.

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HYMN CCXXXI.
Vifiting a Friend.

EACE be on this house bestow'd,
Peace on all that here reside;

Let the unknown peace of God
With the man of peace abide !
Let the Spirit now come down:
Let the bleffing now take place:
Son of peace receive thy crown,
Fulness of the gospel-grace.

2 Chrift, my mafter, and my Lord,
Let me thy forerunner be
O be mindful of thy word,
Vifit them, and visit me!
To this house and all herein,
Now let thy falvation come!
Save our fouls from inbred fin!
Make us thine eternal home!

3 Let us never, never reft,

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Till the promise is fulfill'd:
Till we are of thee poffefs'd,
Pardon'd, fanctify'd, and feal'd;
Till we all, in love renew'd,
Find the pearl that Adam loft,
Temples of the living God,
Father, Son, and Holy Ghoft!

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HYMN CCXXXII.

XCEPT the Lord conduct the plan,
The beft concerted fchemes are vain,
And never can fucceed;

We spend our wretched ftrength for nought;
But if our works in thee are wrought,
They fhall be bleft indeed.

2 Lord, if thou didst, thyfelf, inspire Our fouls with this intense defire

Thy goodness to proclaim;
Thy glory if we now intend,
O let our deed begin and end
Complete in Jefu's name!

3 In Jefu's name behold we meet;
Far from an evil world retreat,
And all its frantic ways;
One only thing refolv'd to know,
And fquare our useful lives below,
By reafon and by grace.

4 Not in the tombs we pine to dwell,
Nor in the dark monaftic cell,
By vows and grates confin'd:
Freely to all ourselves we give;
Conftrain'd by Jefu's love to live
The fervants of mankind.

5 Now, Jefus, now thy love impart,
To govern each devoted heart,
And fit us for thy will!
Deep founded on the truth of grace
Build up thy rising church, and place
The city on the hill.

O let our love and faith abound!
O let our lives to all around!
With pureft luftre shine!
That all around our works may fee,
And give the glory, Lord, to thee,
The heav'nly light divine!

HYMN CCXXXIII.

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Who lead us with reproach and fames

As fervants of the Lord moft high,
As zealous for his glorious name,
We ought in all his paths to move,
With holy fear and humble love.

2 That wisdom, Lord, on us bestow,
From ev'ry evil to depart,
Toftop the mouth of ev'ry foe:

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While upright both in life and heart,
The proof of godly fear we give,
And fhew them how the chriftians live.

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HYMN CCXXXIV.

LL thanks to the Lamb, who gives us to

meet:

His love we proclaim, his praises repeat:
We own him our Jefus, continually near,
To pardon and blefs us, and perfect us here.

2 In him we have peace, in him we have pow'r, Preferv'd by his grace throughout the dark hour:

In all our temptation, he keeps us to prove His utmost falvation, his fulness of love.

3 Pronounce the glad word, and bid us be free; Ah! haft thou not, Lord, a bleffing for me? The peace thou haft giv'n, this moment impart,

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And open thy heav'n, O Love, in my heart!

HYMN CCXXXV. C. M.

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EE, Jefus, thy difciples, fee; The promis'd bleffing give! Met in thy name, we look to thee, Expecting to receive.

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