43.

7s M.

The Same.

KELLEY.

1 SAVIOR, bless thy word to all;
Quick and powerful let it prove;
O may sinners hear thy call;
Let thy people grow in love.
2 Thine own gracious message bless;
Follow it with power divine;
Give the gospel full success ;-
Thine the work, the glory thine.
3 Savior, bid the world rejoice;
Send, O send thy truth abroad;
Let the nations hear thy voice-
Hear it, and return to God.

44.

C. M.

MONTGOMERY.

Hearing and keeping the Word.

1 AGAIN our ears have heard the voice
At which the dead shall live:

O may the sound our hearts rejoice,
And strength immortal give."

2 And have we heard the word with joy?
And have we felt its power?

To keep it be our blest employ
Till life's extremest hour.

45.

L. M.

ANONYMOUS

Dismission.

1 DISMISS us with thy blessing, Lord;
Help us to feed upon thy word;
All that has been amiss forgive,
And let thy truth within us live.

2 Though we are guilty, thou art good:
Cleanse all our works in Jesus' blood;
Give every burdened soul release,
And bid us all depart in peace.

46.

7s M.

The Same.

ANONYMOUS.

1 THANKS for mercies, Lord, receive;
Pardon of our sins renew;

Teach us henceforth how to live
With eternity in view.

2 Bless thy word to old and young;
Grant us, Lord, thy peace and love;
And, when life's short race is run,
Take us to thy house above.

47.

8s 7s & 4s M.

ANONYMOUS.

The Same.

1 LORD, dismiss us with thy blessing; Fill our hearts with joy and peace; Let us each, thy love possessing, Triumph in redeeming grace; refresh us,

Travelling through this wilderness.

2 Thanks we give and adoration
For thy gospel's joyful sound;
May the fruits of thy salvation
In our hearts and lives abound;
May thy presence

Evermore with us be found.

48.

8s 7s & 4s M.

*KELLEY.

The Same.

1 GOD of our salvation, hear us;
Bless, O bless us, ere we go;
When we join the world be near us,
Lest we cold and careless grow;
Savior, keep us -
Keep us safe from every foe.

2 As our steps are drawing nearer
To our everlasting home,

May our view of heaven grow clearer,
Hopes more bright of joys to come;
And when dying

May thy presence cheer the gloom.

49.

7s M.

The Same.

COWPER.

1 Now may he who from the dead
Brought the Shepherd of the sheep,
Jesus Christ, our king and head,
All our souls in safety keep.
2 May he teach us to fulfil
What is pleasing in his sight;
Perfect us in all his will,

And preserve us day and night.

50.

H. M.

The Same.

COWPER

1 To thee our wants are known;
From thee are all our powers;

Accept what is thine own,
And pardon what is ours.

Our praises, Lord, and prayers receive, And to thy word a blessing give.

2 O grant that each of us,

Now met before thee here,
May meet together thus

When thou and thine appear

And follow thee to heaven, our home: Even so, amen-Lord Jesus, come. 64

GENERAL PRAISE.

51.

L. M.

Unceasing Praise.

DODDRIDGE.

1 GOD of my life, through all its days
My grateful tongue shall sound thy praise;
The song shall wake with dawning light,
And warble to the silent night.

2 When anxious cares would break my rest,
And grief would tear my throbbing breast,
Thy tuneful praises, raised on high,
Shall check the murmur and the sigh.

3 When death o'er nature shall prevail,
And all my powers of language fail,
Joy through my swimming eyes shall break,
And mean those thanks I cannot speak.

4 But when the final conflict 's o'er,
My spirit chained to flesh no more,
With what glad accents shall I rise
To join the music of the skies!

5 Soon shall I learn th' exalted strains
Which echo o'er the heavenly plains,
And emulate, with joy unknown,
The glowing seraphs round thy throne.