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238. (Hymn 150.)

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3 See, the streams of living waters,
Springing from eternal love,
Well supply thy sons and daughters,
And all fear of want remove :

4 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?

5 Round each habitation hovering,
See the cloud and fire appear,
For a glory and a covering;
Showing that the Lord is near.

6 Saviour, if of Zion's city

I, through grace, a member am,
Let the world deride or pity,
I will glory in Thy name:

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

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"Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God." 1 LORIOUS things of thee are spoken, U Zion, city of our God; He, whose word cannot be broken, Formed thee for His own abode.

2 On the Rock of Ages founded,

What can shake thy sure repose?
With salvation's walls surrounded,
Thou mayst smile at all thy foes.

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"The laying on of the hands of the presbytery."

ORD, pour Thy Spirit from on high,

And Thine ordainèd servants bless;

Graces and gifts to each supply,

And clothe Thy priests with righteousness. 2 Within Thy temple, when they stand To teach the truth, as taught by Thee, Saviour, like stars in Thy right hand Let all Thy Church's pastors be.

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3 Wisdom, and zeal, and love impart,
Firmness with meekness from above,
To bear Thy people in their heart,
And love the souls whom Thou dost love:

4 To love, and pray, and never faint,
By day and night their guard to keep,
To warn the sinner, form the saint,

To feed Thy lambs, and tend Thy sheep.

5 So when their work is finished here,

They may in hope their charge resign!
So when their Master shall appear,
They may with crowns of glory shine!

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4 Here may we prove the power of prayer To strengthen faith and sweeten care, To teach our faint desires to rise, And bring all heaven before our eyes. 5 Lord, we are few, but Thou art near; Nor short Thine arm, nor deaf Thine ear; O rend the heavens, come quickly down, And make a thousand hearts Thine own!

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L.M. Tune-Kent, 22. "There remaineth a rest to the people of God."

1 LORD of the Sabbath, hear us pray,

In this Thy house, on this Thy day; And own as grateful sacrifice The songs which from the desert rise. 2 Thine earthly Sabbaths, Lord, we love; But there's a nobler rest above; To that our labouring souls aspire With ardent pangs of strong desire. 3 No more fatigue, no more distress; Nor sin nor hell shall reach the place; No groans to mingle with the songs Which warble from immortal tongues. 4 No rude alarms of raging foes; No cares to break the long repose; No midnight shade, no clouded sun, But sacred, high, eternal noon.

5 O long-expected day, begin!

Dawn on these realms of woe and sin!
Fain would we leave this weary road,
And sleep in death, to rest with God!

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I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day."

1 HAIL, thou bright and sacred morn,

Risen with gladness in thy beams! Light, which not of earth is born, From thy dawn in glory streams: Airs of heaven are breathed around, And each place is holy ground.

2 Great Creator! who this day

From Thy perfect work didst rest;
By the souls that own Thy sway
Hallowed be its hours and blest:

Cares of earth aside be thrown, This day given to heaven alone! 3 Saviour, who this day didst break The dark prison of the tomb, Bid my slumbering soul awake, Shine through all its sin and gloom; Let me, from my bonds set free,

Rise from sin, and live to Thee.

4 Blessed Spirit, Comforter,
Sent this day from Christ on high;
Lord, on me Thy gifts confer,
Cleanse, illumine, sanctify!
All Thine influence shed abroad;
Lead me to the truth of God.

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1SAVIOUR, bless us ere we go;
Thy word into our minds instil;

And make our lukewarm hearts to glow
With lowly love and fervent will.

Through life's long day and death's dark
night,

O gentle Jesus, be our light!

2 The day is gone, its hours have run,
And Thou hast taken count of all
The scanty triumphs grace hath won-
The broken vow, the frequent fall.

Through life's long day and death's dark
night,

O gentle Jesus, be our light!

3 Grant us, O Lord, from evil ways
True absolution and release;

And bless us, more than in past days,
With purity and inward peace.

Through life's long day and death's dark night,

O gentle Jesus, be our light!

4 Labour is sweet, for Thou hast toiled; And care is light, for Thou hast cared; Let not our works with self be soiled, Nor in unsimple ways ensnared. Through life's long day and death's dark night,

O gentle Jesus, be our light!

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