3 For this we wait upon thee, Lord,
For this we listen to thy word:
Descend like gentle show'rs of rain,
Nor let our souls attend in vain.

506. C. M. Needham, altered.

Short Devotions the Revival of Religion.... Matt. vi. 7, 8.

1

LORD, in thy courts we now appear,

And bow before thy throne:

Before our lips begin to move,

Our wants to thee are known.

2 Thou know'st the language of the heart, The meaning of a sigh;

Dear Father, hear our humble pray'r,
And bring thy blessings nigh.

3 Few be our words and short our pray'rs
While we together meet;
Short duties keep religion up,
And make devotion sweet.

Prayer for the Spirit's Influence.

N thy great name, O Lord, we come,
To worship at thy feet;

O 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.

4 Here let thy pow'r and grace be felt;
Thy love and mercy known;

Our icy hearts, dear Jesus, melt,
And break this flinty stone.

3 Let sinners, Lord, thy goodness prove, And saints rejoice in thee;

Let rebels be subdu'd by love,

And to the Saviour flee.

[6 This house with grace and glory fill,
This congregation bless;
Thy great salvation now reveal;
Thy glorious righteousness.]

IN

508. C. M. Radford's Col. Before Sermon....1 Cor. iii. 6, 7. 'N vain Apollo's pleasing tongue, And Paul's with strains profound, Diffuse among the list'ning throng, The gospel's glad'ning sound. 2 Jesus, the work is wholly thine, To form the heart anew; Now let thy sov'reign grace divine Each stubborn soul subdue.

1 GR

509. 7s. Hoskins.
Before Sermon....Rev. ii. 29.
RACIOUS Father, gracious Lord,
Give us ears to hear thy word,
Give us hearts to love and fear,
Give us now to find thee near.

2 Let us know and praise thee more;
Let us live on mercy's store;
Let us sing our Saviour's love,
'Till we join the saints above.
3 Then we'll praise thee and adore,
On the happy blissful shore:
Praise, with all the heav'nly host,
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

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510. 7s. Hammond.
Humble Request.... Jer. xxix. 13.
LORD, we come before thee now,
At thy feet we humbly bow;

O do not our suit disdain;

Shall we seek thee, Lord, in vain? 2 In thine own appointed way, Now we seek thee, here we stay; Lord, we cannot let thee go, 'Till a blessing thou bestow. 3 Send some message from thy word, That may joy and peace afford; Let thy spirit now impart Full salvation to each heart.

[4 Comfort those who weep and

Let the time of joy return;

mourn,

Those who are cast down, lift up;
Make them strong in faith and hope.]

2 Grant that all may seek and find
Thee a God supremely kind;
Heal the sick, the captive free,
Let us all rejoice in thee.

511. 148th. Beck's Col.

This is the House of God and the Gate of Heaven.... Gen. xxviii. 17.... Matt. xviii. 20.

1

JHAT dreadful spot is this,

WHA

And yet what pleasing place,

Sure here Jehovah is

In majesty and grace;

Here let our souls devoutly wait

'Tis God's own house, 'tis heaven's gate.

'Tis here the saints abide,

On richest dainties fed;

And Christ doth here reside,

Their Master and their Head;

His life and love he here conveys,

And owns their pray'rs, and hears their praise.

3

4

PART SECOND.

Wherever two or three,
Are met in Jesu's name,

God in the midst will be,

Nor let them meet in vain ; ..
In stately courts, or open air,
They still shall find him present there.

When in the open field,

As Jacob sleeping laid,

The Lord to him reveal'd
His

presence and his aid:

Thro' Christ, the way, the angels trod,
From God to men, and men to God..

To any time or place;

But always may be found

Among his chosen race;

Then tread his courts with holy fear,
For God himself is present here.

512. 8.7.4. Jay's Col.

Sower and the Seed....Matt. xiii. 3—23.

1 COME, thou soul-transforming Spirit,

Bless the sower and the seed:

Let each heart thy grace inherit;

Raise the weak-the hungry feed: *

From the gospel

Now supply thy people's need.

2 O may all enjoy thy blessing

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Which thy word's design'd to give!
Let us all thy love possessing,
Joyfully the truth receive:

And forever

To thy praise and glory live.

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513. 8. 7. Hart.

Before Sermon.

LESSED Lord, be thou our teacher,
Helper, counsellor, and guide:

Speak the promise thro' the preacher,
And the hearing ear provide.
2 May each state, howe'er distressing,
Yield us profit in the end-
Ev'ry ordinance a blessing,
Ev'ry providence a friend.

1

Felix trembling....Acts xxiv. 24, 23.

EE Felix, cloth'd with pomp and pow'r,
See his resplendent bride,

Attend to hear a pris'ner preach
The Saviour crucify'd.

2 He well describ'd who Jesus was,
His glories and his love;

How he obey'd, and bled below,
And reigns and pleads above.

[3 On righteousness and temperance,
The preacher reason'd well;
And full conviction, sov'reign force,
Sunk terror in his soul.

4 To strengthen the great truths he spoke,
He set the world to come
Full in their view, and boldly told,
The sinner's dreadful doom.]

5 Felix sprang up, and trembling cry'd,
"Go for this time away:
"I'll hear thee on these points again
"On some convenient day."

6 Attention to the words of life,

Tho' Felix thus adjourn:

Lord, let me make those solemn truths
My first and last concern.