Jehovah thunder forth his law:2. But to Mount Zion we are come, The city of the living God, Jerusalem, our heavenly home, The courts by angel-legions trod, Where meet in everlasting love, The Church of the first-born above:

3. To God, the judge of quick and The perfect spirits of the just, (dead, Jesus, our great new-covenant Head, The blood of sprinkling,-from the dust,

That better things than Abel's cries, And pleads a Saviour's sacrifice. 4. O hearken to the healing voice, That speaks from heaven in tones so mild!

To-day are life and death our choice; To-day, through mercy reconcil'd, Our all to God we yet may give : Now let us hear his voice and live. J. Montgomery.

O God, on all assembled here:
Behold us with a Father's love,
While we look up with filial fear.
2. Command thy blessing, Jesus,
May we thy true disciples be. (Lord,
Speak to each heart thy mighty

3. Command thy blessing in this hour,

Spirit of truth, and fill the place With wounding and with healing power, (grace.

With quickening and confirming

4. O thon, our Maker, Saviour, One true eternal God confess'd! Guide, Whom thou hast join'd, may none divide, None dare to curse whom thou (hast bless'd.

5. With thee and these forever found, May all the souls who here unite, With harps and songs thy throne surround,

Rest in thy love, and reign in light.

627.

J. Montgomery.

T. 22.

songs

word:

628.

T. 22.

ALMIGHTY God, thy word is cast
Like seed into the ground;
Now let the dew of heaven descend,
And righteous fruits abound.
2. Let not the foe of Christ and man
This holy seed remove;
But give it root in every heart,

To bring forth fruits of love.
3. Let not the world's deceitful cares
The rising plant destroy;
But let it yield, a hundred-fold,
The fruits of peace and joy.
4. Nor let thy word, so kindly sent
To raise us to thy throne,
Return to thee, and sadly tell,
That we reject thy Son.

Accept, we pray, what is thine own, In mercy pardon, what is ours: Our praises, Lord, and prayers receive,

And to thy word a blessing give.

2. O Saviour grant, that each of us, Now met in thy bless'd presence here,

Again may meet together thus, When thou and all thy saints appear, And follow thee to heaven, our home: Ev'n so, Amen, Lord Jesus, come. J. Newton (ad.) 634. T. 585. 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: King of glory, :||: Sway thy sceptre all around. Rippon, or Burder's Coll.

4. I may not to thy courts repair,
Yet here thou surely art;
O give me here a house of prayer,
Here sabbath-joys impart.

5. To faith reveal the things un seen,

To hope, the joys untold; Let love, without a vail betweer, Thy glory now behold.

J. Montgomery

636. T. 581 or 83 SAFELY through another week God hath brought us on our way: Let us now a blessing seek On the approaching Sabbath day Day of all the week the best, Emblem of eternal rest.

2. Mercies, multiplied ench hour, Gracious Lord, our praise demand Guarded by thy mighty power, Nourish'd by thy bounteous hand. Now from worldly cares set free, May we rest this night with thee. 3. When the morn shall bid us rise May we feel thy presence near; May thy glory meet our eyes, When we in thy house appear; And may all our Sabbaths prove Foretastes of the joys above.

claim

That we may render praise.

4. And may the gospel's joyful sound,

Enforc'd by mighty grace, Awaken many sinners round, To come and fill the place.

639.

J. Newton.

T. 22. O THOU, who didst the temple fill With thy resplendent, awful train, The glory of thine Israel still, Appear in those bright robes again. 2. In us, and round about us shine, Here cause us to behold thy face; O make this tabernacle thine!

O sanctify this holy place! 3. Now send the promis'd unction down,

And all our waiting hearts inspire; Lord Jesus, make thy goings known,

Thy ministers a flame of fire. 4. Work with them, and confirm thy

word

To all who worship in this place; O pour upon us, holy Lord, Unceasing showers of saving grace. 5. So shall thy servants' hopes be crown'd,

And glory to thy name be giv'n; While this Bethesda shall be found The house of God, the gate of heaven.

Congregational H. B.

GLORIOUS things of thee spoken,

Zion, city of our God;

T. 167.

are

Fading is the worldling's pleasure, All his boasted pomp and show; Solid joy and lasting treasure None but Zion's children know.

He whose word cannot be broken,
Form'd thee for his own abode:
On the Rock of ages founded,
What can shake thy sure repose?
With salvation's walls surrounded,
Thou mayst smile at all thy foes.
2. See, the streams of living waters,
Springing from eternal love,
Well supply thy sons and daughters,
And all fear of want remove:
Who can faint while such a river
Ever flows their thirst to assuage?
Grace, which like the Lord, the giver,
Never fails from age to age.

8. Round each habitation hovering,
See the cloud and fire appear,
For a glory and a covering,
Showing that the Lord is near:
Thus deriving from their banner
Light by night and shade by day,
Safe they feed upon the manna,
Which he gives them when they

pray.

4. Blest inhabitants of Zion,
Wash'd in the Redeemer's blood!
Jesus, wlrom their souls rely on,
Makes them kings and priests toGod:
'Tis his love his people raises
In his courts to reign as kings,
And as priests, his solemn praises
Each for a thank-offering brings.
5. Saviour, if of Zion's city
I thro' grace a member am,
Let the world deride or pity,
I will glory in thy name:

HOW amiable
Thy habitations are,
Wherein assemble

Thy Christian people dear,
O Lord, -thy praises to record.
2. My heart with fervour

And inward longing pants, Thy grace and favour

To tell there with thy saints,
Boldly-the truth to testify.
3. For there thou choosest

Sweet rest diffusest
To dwell, my living Tower;

From that place evermore, Which thou-ordained hast thereto. 4. There is asserted

The new birth spiritual; Souls are converted

By thy pure gospel's call, And there in Christ's church

grafted are.

5. For this I'm longing,
To be throughout my days
Thereto belonging,

Thy holy name to praise, And thee to serve incessantly. 6. All those are blessed

That come into thine house, With awe expressed,

Which deep conviction shows, And pray and to thee homage pay.