3 Go to the grave, for there thy Saviour lay
In death's embraces, ere he rose on high;
And all the ransomed, by that narrow way,
Pass to eternal life beyond the sky.

4 Go to the grave:-no, take thy seat above;
Be thy pure spirit present with the Lord,
Where thou for faith and hope hast perfect love,
And open vision for the written word.

On the Death of an aged Minister.
1 SERVANT of God, well done!
Rest from thy loved employ ;
The battle fought, the victory won,
Enter thy Master's joy.

2 The voice of midnight came,
He started up to hear;
A mortal arrow pierced his frame—
He fell, but felt no fear.

3 Tranquil amidst alarms,
It found him on the field,
A veteran slumbering on his arms,
Beneath his red-cross shield.

4 The pains of death are past;
Labour and sorrow cease;
And, life's long warfare closed at last,
His soul is found in peace.

5 Soldier of Christ, well done!
Praise be thy new employ;

And while eternal ages run,
Rest in thy Saviour's joy.

560.

7s M.

ANONYMOUS.

Funeral Hymn.

1 CLAY to clay, and dust to dust!
Let them mingle--for they must!
Give to earth the earthly clod,
For the spirit's fled to God.

2 Never more shall midnight's damp
Darken round this mortal lamp;
Never more shall noonday's glance
Search this mortal countenance.

3 Deep the pit, and cold the bed, Where the spoils of death are laid : Stiff the curtains, chill the gloom, Of man's melancholy tomb.

4 Look aloft! The spirit's risen-
Death cannot the soul imprison:
"T is in heaven that spirits dwell,
Glorious, though invisible.

5 Thither let us turn our view ;
Peace is there, and comfort too:
There shall those we love be found,
Tracing joy's eternal round.

DOXOLOGIES.

I. Common Metre.

To thee, whose temple is all space;
Whose altar, earth, sea, skies;
One chorus let all beings raise;
All nature's incense rise.

II. Long Metre.

BE thou, O God, exalted high;
And, as thy glory fills the sky,
So let it be on earth displayed;
Till thou art here, as there, obeyed.

III. Short Metre.

To God the only wise,
Our Saviour and our King,

Let all who dwell below the skies,
Their grateful praises sing.

IV. Hallelujah Metre.

Now to the King of Heaven
Your cheerful voices raise;
To him be glory given,
Power, majesty and praise.
Wide as he reigns,
His name be sung,
By every tongue,
In endless strains.

V. Seven Syllable Metre.
ALL who vital breath enjoy,
In God's praise that breath employ;
And in one great chorus join,
Praise, O praise the name divine.

VI. Eleven Syllable Metre.

COME, let us adore Him, come, bow at his feet; O give him theory, the praise that is ineet; Let joyful hosannas unceasing arise,

And join the all chorus that gladdens the skies.

[It was thought unnecessary to give Doxologies in any other than the above simple metres. An easy transition may be made from other metres into one of these. The Long metre Doxology may be sung with a hymn in Long metre Six lines; the Seven syllable metre Doxology may be sung with a hymn in Eight and Seven syllable metre ; and so on, according to the taste and discretion of the Minister or Choir.]

ANTHEMS,

AND OTHER PIECES OCCASIONALLY SUNG IN

CHURCHES.

I.

THE Lord is in his holy temple; let all the earth keep silence before him.

II.

HOLY, holy Lord, God of hosts, who art, who wast, and art to come, heaven and earth are full of the majesty of thy great glory.

...Holy, holy Lord, God of hosts! we worship thee, we praise thy name, and glorify thee; we praise thy holy name for evermore.

III.

LIFT up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors; and the king of glory shall come in. Who is the king of glory? The Lord, strong and mighty, mighty in battle. The Lord of hosts, he is the king of glory.

IV.

PRAISE the Lord, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion. Praise him all ye angels, praise him all his hosts. Praise him sun and moon, praise him stars and light. O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness, and declare the wonders that he doth for the children of men. Hallelujah. Amen.