7 For thine's the power, the kingdom thine, All glory's due to thee: Thine from eternity they were, 1 And thine shall ever be. HYMN 134. L. M. Armley. [b*] Exhortation to Prayer. HAT various hindrances we meet, Yet who, that knows the worth of prayer, 2 Prayer makes the dark'ned cloud withdraw ; 3 Restraining prayer, we cease to fight; Prayer makes the Christian's armour bright; And Satan trembles when he sees The weakest saint upon his knees. e 4 While Moses stood with arms spread wide, 5 Have you no words? Ah, think again ; 6 Were half the breath thus vainly spent, 1 I HYMN 135. 7s. Fairfax. [*] Power of Prayer. Acts xii, 5-12. Cowper. He who taught their hearts to pray, 1 Newton. HYMN 136. C. M. Bangor. [b] SE Public Fast. Joel i, 14. EE, gracious Lord, before thy throne 'Tis on thy sovereign grace alone, Our humble hopes depend. e 2 Tremendous judgments, from thy hand, Yet mercy spares this guilty land, p 3 How chang'd, alas! are truths divine, -4 O turn us, turn us, mighty Lord, Then shall our hearts obey thy word, o Secure of never-failing aid, 1 When God, our God, is near. HYMN 137. C. M. Wantage. [b] Public Fast. Gen. xviii, 23-32. Steele. WHEN Abrah'm, full of sacred awe, Before Jehovah stood; And with a humble, fervent prayer, For guilty Sodom su'd: 2 With what success, what wondrous grace Was his petition crown'd! The Lord would spare, if in that place Ten righteous men were found. 3 And could a single holy soul Great God, and shall a nation pray, o 4 Still we are thine--we bear thy name; Here yet is thine abode; o Long has thy presence bless'd our landForsake us not, O God! e e 1 HYMN 138. L. M. Worship. [b] Public Fast. Ezek. ix, 4—6. Scott. RIGHTEOUS God, thou judge supreme, p And though such wonders grace has done, e 4 Justly might this polluted land Prove all the vengeance of thy hand; a And, bath'd in heaven, thy sword might come, To drink our blood and seal our doom. e 5 Yet hast thou not a remnant here, With these we join our humble prayer; e 1 HYMN 139. L. M. Psalm 97th. [b] Fast. God's Controversy. Mic. vi, 1-3. L ISTEN, ye hills; ye mountains, hear; Jehovah vindicates his laws; Trembling in silence at his bar, Thou earth, attend thy Maker's cause. e 3 Eternal Judge, the action cease; Our lips are seal'd in conscious shame; b 'Tis ours in sackcloth to confess, -And thine, the sentence to proclaim. 4 Ten thousand witnesses arise; Thy mercies and our crimes appear More than the stars that deck the skies, And all our dreadful guilt declare. e 5 How shall we come before thy face, And in thine awful presence bow? What off'rings can secure thy grace, Or calm the terrours of thy brow? e 6 Thousands of rams in vain might bleed; Rivers of oil might blaze in vain; Or the first-born's devoted head With horrid gore thine altar stain. -7 But thy own Lamb, all-gracious God, Whom impious sinners dar'd to slay! o Has sovereign virtue in his blood To purge the nation's guilt away. -8 With humble faith to that we fly; With that may we be sprinkled o'er; Trembling no more in dust we lie, And dread thy hand and bar no more. Doddridge. HYMN 140. L. M. Weldon. [*] Thanksgiving: Seasons crowned with Goodness. Ps. lxv, 11. 1 ETERNAL Source of every joy! Well may thy praise our lips employ, While in thy temple we appear, To hail thee Sovereign of the year. 5 Seasons, and months, and weeks, and days, Where days and years revolve no more. Rippon's Col. e 1 HYMN 141. L. M. Green's. [*] A Dedication of a house for Worship. Ps. lxxxvii, 5. -3 Our Father's watchful care we bless, That crowds were born to glory here! Doddridge. 1 HYMN 142. H. M. Allerton. [*] Dedication of a House for Worship. N sweet exalted strains, IN The King of glory praise; O'er heaven and earth he reigns, |