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Nor shall our practice give offence
To saints, the Gentile, or the Jew.

HYMN 127. L. M. Portugal. [*]
Christ's invitation to sinners. Matt. xi, 28—30.

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OME hither, all ye weary souls, 'Ye heavy laden sinners, come; 'I'll give you rest from all your toils, 'And raise you to my heavenly home. 2 'They shall find rest, who learn of me; 'I'm of a meek and lowly mind: 'But passion rages like the sea,

'And pride is restless as the wind.

3 'Bless'd is the man, whose shoulders take 'My yoke, and bear it with delight; 'My yoke is easy to his neck,

'My grace shall make the burden light.' o 4 Jesus, we come at thy command; With faith, and hope, and humble zeal, Resign our spirits to thy hand,

To mould and guide us at thy will.

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HYMN 128. L. M. Green's. [*]

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The Apostles' Commission. Mark xvi, 15, &c. Matt. xxviii, 18, &c. 1.0, preach my Gospel,' saith the Lord; 'Bid the whole earth my grace receive: o 'He shall be sav'd, who trusts my word; e ‘He shall be damn'd, who wont believe. 2 'I'll make your great commission known; 'And ye shall prove my gospel true, 'By all the works that I have done, 'By all the wonders ye shall do.

g 3 'Go, heal the sick; go, raise the dead: ; 'Go, cast out devils in my name :

'Nor let my prophets be afraid,

"Though Greeks reproach,and Jews blaspheme. 4 'Teach all the nations my commands; 'I'm with you till the world shall end : 'All power is trusted in my hands;

'I can destroy, and I defend.'

o 5 He spake, and light shone round his head · On a bright cloud to heaven he rode:

g They to the farthest nations spread The grace of their ascended God.

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HYMN 129. L. M. Armley. [b*] Abraham offering his Son. Gen. xxii, 6, &c. AINTS, at your heavenly Father's word, Give up your comforts to the Lord; He will restore what you resign, Or grant you blessings more divine. 2 So Abra'am, with obedient hand, Led forth his son, at God's command; The wood, the fire, the knife he took His arm prepar'd the dreadful stroke. d 3 'Abra'am, forbear,' the angel cry'd, "Thy faith is known, thy love is try'd; "Thy son shall live, and in thy seed 'Shall the whole earth be bless'd indeed.' o 4 Just in the last distressing hour, The Lord displays deliv'ring power; The mount of danger is the place, Where we shall see surprising grace.

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HYMN 130. L. M. Sicilian. [b*]
Love and Hatred. Phil. ii, 2; Eph. iv, 30, &c.
OW, by the bowels of my God,

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His sharp distress, his sore complaints,
By his last groans, his dying blood,-
I charge my soul to love the saints.
-2 Clamour and wrath and war begone;
Envy and spite for ever cease;

Let bitter words no more be known,
Amongst the saints, the sons of peace.
e 3 The Spirit, like a peaceful dove,
Flies from the realms of noise and strife;
Why should we vex and grieve His love,
Who seals our souls to heavenly life?
4 Tender and kind be all our thoughts;
Through all our lives let mercy run:
So God forgives our num'rous faults,
For the dear sake of Christ, his Son.

HYMN 131. L. M. Islington. [b*]
The Pharisee and Publican. Luke xviii, 10, &c.

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EHOLD, how sinners disagree,--
The Publican and Pharisee!

o One doth his righteousness proclaim,
e The other owns his guilt and shame.
p 2 This man at humble distance stands,
And cries for grace with lifted hands;
o That boldly rises near the throne,
And talks of duties he has done.

-3 The Lord their diff'rent language knows,
And diff'rent answers he bestows:
o The humble soul with grace he crowns,
e Whilst on the proud his anger frowns.
4 Dear Father, let me never be
Join'd with the boasting Pharisee;
e I have no merits of my own,

But plead the suff'rings of thy Son.
HYMN 132. L. M. Brentford. Oporto. [*]

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Holiness and Grace. Titus ii, 10, 13.

O let our lips and lives express
The holy Gospel, we profess;
So let our works and virtues shine,
To prove the doctrine all divine.
2 Thus shall we best proclaim abroad
The honours of our Saviour God;
When the salvation reigns within,
And grace subdues the power of sin.
e 3 Our flesh and sense must be denied,-
Passion and envy, lust and pride;

o Whilst justice, temp'rance, truth and love, Our inward piety approve.

-4 Religion bears our spirits up,

While we expect that blessed hope o The bright appearance of the Lord;-And faith stands leaning on his word.

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HYMN 133. C. M. York. [*]
Love and Charity. 1 Cor. xiii, 2—7, 13.
ET Pharisees of high esteem
Their faith and zeal declare;

All their religion is a dream,

If love be wanting there.

2 Love suffers long with patient eye, Nor is provok'd in haste;

She lets the present injury die,

nd long forgets the past.

3 (Malice and rage, those fires of hell,
She quenches with her tongue;
Hopes, and believes, and thinks no ill,
Though she endures the wrong.)

4 (She ne'er desires, nor seeks to know
The scandals of the time;

Nor looks with pride on those below, Nor envies those who climb.) 5 She lays her own advantage by, To seek her neighbour's good: o So God's own Son came down to die, And bought our lives with blood.

o 6 Love is the grace, that keeps her power
In all the realms above;

There faith and hope are known no more,
But saints for ever love.

HYMN 134. L. M. Islington. Quercy. [b*]
Religion vain without Love. 1 Cor. xiii, 1, 2, 3.

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AD I the tongues of Greeks and Jews,

And nobler speech than angels use; If love be absent, I am found,

Like tinkling brass, an empty sound.
2 Were I inspir'd to preach, and tell
All that is done in heaven and hell ;
Or could my faith the world remove,
Still-I am nothing without love.
3 Should I distribute all my store,
To feed the bowels of the poor;
Or give my body to the flame,
To gain a martyr's glorious name ;-
4 If love to God, and love to men,
Be absent-all my hopes are vain:
Nor tongues, nor gifts, nor fiery zeal,
The works of love can e'er fulfil.

HYMN 135. L. M. Sicilian. Green's. [*]
Love of Christ in the Heart. Eph. iii, 16, &c.

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OME, dearest Lord, descend, and dwell,

By faith and love, in ev'ry breast;
Then shall we know, and taste, and feel,
The joys that cannot be express'd.

2 Come, fill our hearts with inward strength; Make our enlarged souls possess,

And learn the height, and breadth, and length, Of thine unmeasurable grace.

s 3 Now to the God, whose power can do More than our thoughts or wishes know; Be everlasting honours done,

By all the church-through Christ his Son.

HYMN 136. C. M. Abridge. Plymouth. [b*]
Sincerity and Hypocrisy. John iv, 24. Psalm cxxxix, 23, 24.
OD is a Spirit, just and wise;
He sees our inmost mind

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In vain to heaven we raise our cries,
And leave our souls behind.

2 Nothing but truth, before his throne,
With honour can appear:

The painted hypocrites are known,
Through the disguise they wear.
3 Their lifted eyes salute the skies,
Their bending knees the ground;
But God abhors the sacrifice,

Where not the heart is found.

e 4 Lord, search my thoughts, and try my ways, And make my soul sincere;

o Then shall I stand before thy face, And find acceptance there.

HYMN 137. L. M. Leeds. Castle-Street. [*] Salvation by Grace in Christ. 2 Tim. i, 9, 10.

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OW, to the power of God supreme
Be everlasting honours given;
He saves from hell-(we bless his name,)
He calls our wand'ring feet to Heaven.
e 2 Not for our duties, or deserts,
o But of his own abundant grace,
He works salvation in our hearts,
And forms a people for his praise.
3 'Twas his own purpose that begun
To rescue rebels, doom'd to die;
He gave us grace in Christ his Son,
Before he spread the starry sky.

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