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2 He hath pour'd his precious blood;
He hath made our peace with God;
He hath overcome the grave;
Ours the souls he came to save:
In his name we now appear;
Lord, through him, receive our prayer.
3 Needful grace to all afford;
Bless the message of thy word;
Let the Holy Ghost impart
Light and peace to ev'ry heart;
Heal the sick, the captive free:
Let us all rejoice in thee.

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Genesis xxviii, 8. (c. M.)

1 O GOD of Bethel, by whose hand
Thy people still are fed;

Who, through this weary pilgrimage,
Hast all our fathers led.

2 Our vows, our pray'rs, we now present Before thy throne of grace ;

God of our fathers, be the God
Of their succeeding race.

3 Through each perplexing path of life,
Our wand'ring footsteps guide;
Give us each day our daily bread,
And raiment fit provide.

4 O spread thy cov'ring wings around,
Till all our wand'rings cease;
And at our Father's lov'd abode,
Our souls arrive in peace.

5 Such blessings from thy gracious hand, Our humble pray'rs implore;

And thou shalt be our chosen God,
And portion evermore.

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Isaiah lxiii, 4. (P. M.)

BLOW ye the trumpet, blow
The gladly solemn sound;
Let all the nations know,
To earth's remotest bound,
The year of jubilee is come;
Return, ye ransom'd sinners, home.

2 Jesus, our great High Priest,
Hath full atonement made;
Ye weary spirits, rest,

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4

Ye mournful souls, be glad,
of jubilee is come;

The year

Return, ye ransom'd sinners, home.

Extol the Lamb of God,
The sin-atoning Lamb;
Redemption by his blood

Through all the world proclaim,
The year of jubilee is come;

Return, ye ransom'd sinners, home.

Ye slaves of sin and hell,

Your liberty receive,
And safe in Jesus dwell,

And blest in Jesus live,

The year of jubilee is come;
Return, ye ransom'd sinners, home.

5

Ye who have sold for nought
Your heritage above,

Shall have it back, unbought,
The gift of Jesus' love,
The year of jubilee is come;
Return, ye ransom'd sinners, home.
6 The gospel trumpet hear,

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The news of heavenly grace;
And, sav'd from earth, appear
Before your Saviour's face,
The year of jubilee is come;
Return, ye ransom'd sinners, home.

Acts ii, 1-4. (D. S. M.)

LORD God, the Holy Ghost,
In this accepted hour,

As on the day of Pentecost,

Descend in all thy power:
We meet with one accord,
In our appointed place,
And wait the promise of our Lord,

The Spirit of all grace.

2

Like mighty rushing wind,

Upon the waves beneath,

Move with one impulse ev'ry mind,
One soul, one feeling breathe :
The young, the old, inspire
With wisdom from above;

And give us hearts and tongues of fire,
To pray, and praise, and love.

3 Spirit of light! explore,
And chase our gloom away;

With lustre shining more and more,
Unto the perfect day:

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Spirit of truth! be thou

In life and death our guide ;
Oh, Spirit of adoption, now
May we be sanctified!

Matthew x, 8. (6 L. M.)

1 CHRISTIANS, the glorious hope we know,
Which soothes the heart in ev'ry woe;
While heathens helpless, hopeless, lie,
No ray of glory meets their eye:
Oh! give to their desiring sight,
The hope that Jesus brought to light.

2 Christians, ye taste the heav'nly grace
Which cheers believers in their race;
Uncheer'd by grace, through heathen gloom,
See millions hast'ning to the tomb :
To heathen lands that grace convey,
Which trains the soul for endless day.

3 Christians, ye prize the Saviour's blood,
In which the soul is cleans'd for God;
Millions of souls in darkness dwell,
Uncleans'd from sin, expos'd to hell:
Oh! strive that heathens soon may view
That precious blood which cleanseth you.

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Isaiah xxvi, 12. (c. M.)

1 FATHER, to thee my soul I lift,
My soul on thee depends;
Convinc'd that ev'ry perfect gift
From thee alone descends.

2 Mercy and grace are thine alone,
And pow'r and wisdom too;
Without the Spirit of thy Son,
We nothing good can do.

3 We cannot speak one useful word,
One holy thought conceive,
Unless, in answer to our Lord,
Thyself the blessing give.

4 Thou, all our works in us hast wrought,
Our good is all divine;
The praise of ev'ry virtuous thought
And righteous word is thine!

5 From thee, through Jesus, we receive
The power on thee to call;

In whom we are, and move, and live :
Our God is all in all.

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2 Corinthians xiii, 14. (L. M.)

1 FATHER of heav'n! whose love profound
A ransom for our souls hath found;
Before thy throne we sinners bend,
To us thy pard'ning love extend.

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