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HYMN 421. S. M. Olmutz.

For Sunday Schools.
WITHIN these walls be peace,

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W Love through our borders found;

In all our little palaces

Prosperity abound.

2 God scorns not humble things; Here, though the proud despise, g The children of the King of kings Are training for the skies.

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3 May none who thus are taught,
From glory be cast down,

But all through faith and patience brought
To an immortal crown.

MONTGOMERY

HYMN 422. C. M. Lanesboro'. [*]

g1 THER

For Sunday Schools.

HERE is a glorious world of light,
Above the starry sky;

Where saints departed, clothed in white,
Adore the Lord most high.

2 And hark! amid the sacred songs
Those heavenly voices raise,

Ten thousand, thousand infant tongues
Unite and perfect praise.

-3 Those are the hymns that we shall know,
If Jesus we obey:

That is the place where we shall go,

If found in wisdom's way.

4 This is the joy we ought to seek,
And make our chief concern;

For this we come, from week to week,
To read, and hear, and learn.

p 5 Soon will our earthly race be run,
Our mortal frame decay;

Children and teachers, one by one,
Must droop, and pass away.

e 6 Great God! impress the serious thought,

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This day, on every breast;

That both the teachers and the taught

May enter to thy rest.

HYMN 423. S. M.

JANE TAYLOR

Shirland. [*]

For Sunday Schools.

COME, let our songs resound
Within these peaceful walls ·

-The light of knowledge shines around,
And e'en on us it falls.

2 Through God our Father's care,
Though we deserved it not,
Our lives in pleasant places are,
And goodly is our lot.

3 This cheerful morning sun,
That lights our happy plains,
Shines, ere its daily course is run,
Where heathen darkness reigns.
-4 He sees the savage wild
Some idol's help implore;
He sees the untaught Indian child
His painted gods adore.

5 Lord, let thy light, we pray,

On them-on us arise:
For we are foolish, blind as they,
Till Jesus make us wise.

6 We learn thy blessed will,

We read thy holy word,

Then may we thy commands fulfill,

Which others never heard.

JANE TAYLOR

HYMN 424. C. M. Dundee. [*]
What is Prayer?

1 PRAYER is the soul's sincere desire

Uttered, or unexpressed;

The motion of a hidden fire
That trembles in the breast,

2 Prayer is the burden of a sigh,
The falling of a tear;

The upward glancing of an eye,
When none but God is near.

3 Prayer is the simplest form of speech
That infant lips can try;

Prayer, the sublimest strains that reach
The Majesty on high.

4 Prayer is the Christian's vital breath,
The Christian's native air;

His watchword at the gates of death;
He enters heaven with prayer.

5 Prayer is the contrite sinner's voice,
Returning from his ways;

u While angels in their songs rejoice, And cry, "Behold, he prays!"

MONTGOMERY

HYMN 425. C. M. Dedham. [b or *]

Retirement and Meditation.

P1 FAR from the world, O Lord, I flee,

From strife and tumult

From scenes where Satan wages still
His most successful war.

2 The calm retreat, the silent shade,
With prayer and praise agree;
And seem by thy sweet bounty made
For those who follow thee.

3 There, if thy Spirit touch the soul,
And grace her mean abode,

Oh, with what peace, and joy, and love,
She communes with her God!

-4 Author and Guardian of my life,
Sweet source of light divine,
And (all harmonious names in one)
My Saviour, thou art mine.

s 5 What thanks I owe thee, and what love,

A boundless, endless store,

Shall echo through the realms above
When time shall be no more.

COWPER.

HYMN 426. L. M. Nazareth. [* or b] "Where two or three are met in my name, there am I." Matt. xviii, 20.

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HOW sweet to leave the world awhile,

And seek the presence of our Lord!

Dear Saviour, on thy people smile,
And come according to thy word.

2 From busy scenes we now retreat,
That we may here converse with thee:
Ah, Lord, behold us at thy feet!
Let this the "gate of heaven" be.
3" Chief of ten thousand," now appear,
That we by faith may see thy face !
Oh speak, that we thy voice may hear,
And let thy presence fill this place.

KELLY.

HYMN 427. 7s. Mt. Calvary. [*]
The Close of a Meeting for Prayer.
'tis sweet to mingle where

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Christians meet for social prayer,

If 'tis sweet with them to raise

g Songs of holy joy and praise.—

-O how sweet that state must be
Where they meet eternally!

2 Saviour, may these meetings prove
Preparations for above;

While we worship in this place,
May we go from grace to grace;
Till we each, in his degree,
Fit for endless glory be.

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HYMN 428. L. M.
Wells. [*]
On the Appointment of a Minister.
bid thee welcome in the name
Of Jesus, our Exalted Head;
Come as a servant; so he came;
And we receive thee in his stead.
2 Come as a shepherd: guard and keep
This fold from hell, and earth, and sin;
Nourish the lambs, and feed the sheep,
The wounded heal, the lost bring in.
3 Come as an angel, hence to guide
A band of pilgrims on their way;
That, safely walking at thy side,
We fail not, faint not, turn nor stray.
4 Come as a teacher sent from God,
Charged his whole counsel to declare :
Lift o'er our ranks the prophet's rod,
While we uphold thy hands with prayer.
85 Come as a messenger of peace,
Filled with the Spirit, fired with love :
Live to behold our large increase,
And die to meet us all above.

HYMN 429. C. M. St. Ann's. [*]
Ministers watching for Souls.

ET Zion's watchmen all awake,

•LAnd take th' alarm they give:

g Now let them from the mouth of God Their awful charge receive.

-2 'Tis not a cause of small import
The pastor's care demands;

But what might fill an angel's heart,
And filled a Saviour's hands.

3 They watch for souls, for which the Lord
Did heavenly bliss forego;

For souls, which must forever live

In happiness or wo.

4 May they that Jesus whom they preach
Their own Redeemer see!

And watch thou daily o'er their souls,
That they may watch for thee.

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HYMN 430. 8 & 7. Sicilian Hymn. [b]

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For a Revival.

SAVIOUR, visit thy plantation; Grant us, Lord, a gracious rain! All will come to desolation,

Unless thou return again.

s 2 Keep no longer at a distance;
Shine upon us from on high,
Lest, for want of thine assistance,
Every plant should droop and die.
-3 Let our mutual love be fervent,
Make us prevalent in prayers;
Let each one esteemed thy servant
Shun the world's bewitching snares.
4 Break the tempter's fatal power;
Turn the stony heart to flesh;
And begin from this good hour
To revive thy work afresh.

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HYMN 431. 7s.

NEWTON

Hotham. [*]

IGHT of life, seraphic fire,
Love divine, thyself impart;

Every fainting soul inspire:
Shine in every drooping heart:
Every mournful sinner cheer,
Scatter all our guilty gloom:
Son of God, appear! appear!
To thy human temples come.
2 Come in this accepted hour;
Bring thy heavenly kingdom in :
Fill us with thy glorious power,
Take away the love of sin :
Nothing more can we require,
We will covet nothing less;
Be thou all our hearts desire,
All our joy, and all our peace.

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C. WESLEY.

HYMN 432. 7s. Evening Hymn. [b]

Evening Hymn.

SAY
AVIOUR, breathe an evening blessing

Ere repose our spirits seal :

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