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as thine own: Beneath this roof, O deign to show How God can dwell with men below.

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866 Dedication of a hall of science.

2 His mountains lift their solemn forms,
To watch in silence o'er the land;
The rolling ocean, rocked with storms,
Sleeps in the hollow of his hand.

3 Beyond the heavens he sits alone,
The universe obeys his nod;
The lightning-rifts disclose his throne,
And thunders voice the name of

God.

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1. We rear not a temple, like Ju-dah's of old, Whose portals were marble, whose vaultings were gold;

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the soul.

3 O Father, come in! but not in the cloud Which filled the bright courts where thy chosen ones bowed;

But come in that Spirit of glory and grace, Which beams on the soul and illumines the

race.

4 O come in the power of thy life-giving word, And reveal to each heart its Redeemer and

Lord;

Till faith bring the peace to the penitent given,

And love fill the air with the fragrance cf heaven.

5 The pomp of Moriah has long passed away,

And soon shall our frailer erection decay; But the souls that are builded in worship and love

And Messiah the King who shall pray for Shall be temples to God, everlasting above.

Henry Ware, Jr.

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1 O THOU, whose own vast temple stands, Built over earth and sea,

Accept the walls that human hands

Have raised to worship thee!

2 Lord, from thine inmost glory send,
Within these courts to bide,
The peace that dwelleth without end,
Serenely by thy side!

3 May erring minds that worship here
Be taught the better way;

And they who mourn, and they who fear, Be strengthened as they pray.

4 May faith grow firm, and love grow warm, And pure devotion rise,

While round these hallowed walls the storm Of earthborn passion dies.

870

William C. Bryant.

Blessings entreated.

10 GOD, though countless worlds of light Thy power and glory show,

Though round thy throne, above all height,
Immortal seraphs glow,-

Yet, Lord, where'er thy saints apart
Are met for praise and prayer,
Wherever sighs a contrite heart,
Thou, gracious God, art there.

3 With grateful joy, thy children rear
This temple, Lord, to thee;
Long may they sing thy praises here,
And here thy beauty see.

4 Here, Saviour, deign thy saints to meet; With peace their hearts to fill;

And here, like Sharon's odors sweet, May grace divine distill.

5 Here may thy truth fresh triumphs win;

Eternal Spirit, here,

In many a heart now dead in sin.
A living temple rear.

J. D. Knowles.

[S. M. Tune, St. Thomas. Page 186]

871 The honor and safety of a nation.

1 GREAT is the Lord our God,
And let his praise be great;
He makes his churches his abode,
His most delightful seat.

2 These temples of his grace,
How beautiful they stand!
The honors of our native place,
And bulwarks of our land.

3 In Zion God is known,
A refuge in distress;

How bright has his salvation shone
Through all her palaces!

4 In every new distress

We'll to his house repair;

We'll think upon his wondrous grace, And seek deliverance there.

Doxology.

Isaac Watts.

To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,

The God whom we adore. Be glory, as it was, is now, And shall be evermore. Tate and Brady.

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Jesus, Thou hast bought us,thine we are, Blessed Jesus, Blessed Jesus, Thou hast bought us,thine we are.

872 For the Shepherd's care.

1 SAVIOUR, like a shepherd lead us,
Much we need thy tenderest care;
In thy pleasant pastures feed us,
For our use thy folds prepare:
Blessed Jesus,

Thou hast bought us, thine we are.
2 We are thine, do thou befriend us,
Be the guardian of our way;
Keep thy flock, from sin defend us,
Seek us when we go astray:
Blessed Jesus,

Hear, O hear us, when we pray.
3 Thou hast promised to receive us,
Poor and sinful though we be;
Thou hast mercy to relieve us,

Grace to cleanse, and power to free:
Blessed Jesus,

We will early turn to thee.
4 Early let us seek thy favor,
Early let us do thy will;
Blessed Lord and only Saviour,
With thy love our bosoms fill:
Blessed Jesus,

Thou hast loved us, love us still.
Dorothy A. Thrupp.
For early piety.

873

1 GOD has said, "Forever blessed
Those who seek me in their youth;
They shall find the path of wisdom,
And the narrow way of truth:"
Guide us, Saviour,
In the narrow way of truth.

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875

The Christian child.

1 By cool Siloam's shady rill

How sweet the lily grows!

How sweet the breath, beneath the hill,
Of Sharon's dewy rose!

2 Lo! such the child whose early feet
The paths of peace have trod;
Whose secret heart, with influence sweet,
Is upward drawn to God.

3 By cool Siloam's shady rill
The lily must decay;

The rose that blooms beneath the hill
Must shortly fade away.

4 And soon, too soon, the wintry hour
Of man's maturer age

Will shake the soul with sorrow's power, And stormy passion's rage.

5 O Thou, whose infant feet were found Within thy Father's shrine, Whose years, with changeless virtue crowned,

Were all alike divine;

6 Dependent on thy bounteous breath, We seek thy grace alone,

In childhood, manhood, age, and death, To keep us still thine own.

876

Reginald Heber.

Children praising Christ.

1 COME, Christian children, come, and raise Your voice with one accord;

Come, sing in joyful songs of praise
The glories of your Lord.

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877 Blessedness of instructing the young.

1 Delightful work! young souls to win,

And turn the rising race From the deceitful paths of sin,

To seek redeeming grace.

2 Children our kind protection claim;
And God will well approve
When infants learn to lisp his name,
And their Redeemer love.

3 Be ours the bliss, in wisdom's way To guide untutored youth,

And show the mind which went astray The Way, the Life, the Truth.

4 Almighty God, thine influence shed, To aid this blest design;

The honors of thy name be spread,
And all the glory thine.

Joseph Straphan.

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