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A COUuECTiON 
 
 HYMNS. 
 
 AISTD 
 
 A LITURGY, 
 
 FOR THE VSB OF 
 
 BVAjYGBLIOAL lutheraj^ chxjrches^ 
 
 TO WHICH ARE ADDED 
 
 PRAYERS 
 
 M)R FAMILIES AJVD IJSTDIVIDUAhS^ 
 
 PUBLISHED BT ORDER 
 OP THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN SYNOD 
 OP THE STATE OF NEW- YORK. 
 
 J will pray with the spirit, arid Iivillpray with the iinddf'^ 
 stanaiiig also. I-will sing idth the spint, and I will sing 
 with the understanding also," 1 Coh. x iv. 1 & ^ 
 
 germantown: 
 
 PRINTED BY M. BILIMEYEU 
 
mSTHtCT OF PEJVJSrSYLVAmA, To -mi : 
 
 1****1 BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the serentli 
 |L. S.| day of July, in the thirty ninth year of the Inde- 
 ****** pendence of the United States of America, A. D. 
 1814, Geor&e &c Daistiel Billmeyer, of the said District, 
 have deposited in this office the Title of a Book the right 
 whereof they claim as Proprietors, in the words following, 
 to wit ; 
 
 " A Collection of Hymns, and a Liturgy , for the use of 
 Evangelical lattheran Churches; to ivJdch are added 
 prayers for Families and Indivfiduals. Published by or- 
 der of tfie Fvangelical lAitheran Syngd of the State of 
 JVeW' York, " " Iivill pray -axith the spirit, and Iwillpray 
 •with the understanding also, IivilL sing ivith the spirit, 
 and I-ivill 3i?ig with the understanding also J''' 1 C or.xi y. 1 5. 
 In conformity to the Act of the Congi'ess of the United 
 States, intituled, " An Act for the encouragement of Learn- 
 ing, by securing the copies 6f Maps, Charts and Books, to 
 the Avithors and Proprietors of such copies during the 
 times therein mentioned."— And also to the Act, entitled, 
 "An Act supplementary to an Act, entitled "An Act for 
 the Encouragement of Learning, by securing the copies of 
 Maps, Charts, and Books, to the Authors and Proprietors 
 of such copies during the times therein mentioned," and ex- 
 tending the benefits thereof to the Arts of designing, en- 
 ^raying, and etching historical and other prints." 
 
 D. CALDWELL, 
 Clerk of the District of Pmnsylvania, 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 JL HE singing of hymns is justly considered k dc« 
 lightful and important part of public worship. It was in uso 
 even among the ancient heathens. Moses introduced it, 
 divine command, into his religious institution; and Da- 
 vid raised it to high perfection by his poetical talents and. 
 musical skill. Our blessed Saviour has recommended this 
 pious exercise to his followers by his own practice ; and 
 St. Paul exhorts us to " teach and admonish one another 
 in spiritual spngs, singing with grace in our hearts to the 
 Lord." No act of social religion is either more pleasing 
 in itself, or more happily adapted to cherish the love oi 
 God and man, than that which is enforced by these high 
 authorities. 
 
 The Lutheran church in Germany is distinguished for 
 its attachment to sacred music, and is possessed of, per- 
 haps, the best and most numerous collections of hymns ex- 
 tant in the Christian world. From this source, our con- 
 greg-ations in the United States have derived abundant sup- 
 plies. The prevalence of the English language, however, 
 makes it necessary for many members of our communion 
 to conduct their public worship, altogether, or in part, in 
 that language, and of course to provide for them a compi^ 
 lation of English hymns. This has indeed been already 
 attempted by several individuals. But as the selections, 
 published by them, evidently admit of great improvement^ 
 another was ordered to be prepared by a committee ap- 
 pointed for that purpose by the Lutheran Synod of the 
 State of New-York, convened at Rhinebeck in September, 
 A. U. 1812 ; and, in compliance with this order, the fol- 
 lowing work is printed. It is not pretended to be as i>er- 
 fect as could be wished, nor are all its parts of equal value. 
 But the materials, of which it is composed, have been cho- 
 sen with no little care and consideration ; a large number 
 of Hymn-books of various denominations has been consult- 
 ed ; and it is hoped, that it Avill receive in a good degree 
 the approbation of those for whom it is intended, and be* 
 come a means of promoting their edification. 
 
 The same committee was charged with the preparation 
 of a new and enlarged Liturgy for our churches. Forms 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 of prayer, with necessary directions and addi*esses tb iitfh^ 
 gregations, are, accordingly, presented in this volume, 
 proper to be employed in divine service generally^ in the 
 a'drainisti^tion of the sacraments, and in the celebration of 
 other solemn rites customary amongst us. But the Use of 
 these forms is left entirely to the discretion of congrega- 
 tions and ministers, the Synod having no design to make 
 them binding upon any in connection with us, but judging 
 that the leaders of the devotions of their brethren should 
 be at perfect liberty to address the throne of grace in their 
 own words. It will, perhaps, be found most expedient, 
 that such forms and the free or precomposed prayers of 
 ministers should be used alternately. At all events, the 
 Liturgy will, we trust, prove serviceable to young clergy- 
 men, to vacant churches, and to persons remote from 
 Christian temples and desiring to Mnite together in the 
 adoration of the Most High. 
 
 Along with devotional exercises for congregations, it has 
 been thought proper to publish others for families and in- 
 dividuals, adapted to a variety of situations, relations, and 
 characters. Some of these, as well as several parts of the 
 Liturgy, have been translated from the German ; others 
 have been taken from English authors and collections ; and 
 a considerable degree of treedom has been used in select- 
 ing and framing them. We commend this part of the 
 "Work particularly to the attention of our brethren in their 
 domestic and private worship ; believing, that it breathes 
 a spirit of pure Christian piety and lave ; and hoping, that 
 it will assist in instructing the young and uninformed hov 
 to pray, in comforting the distressed, in awakening a sense 
 of religion in the careless, and in quickening the faith, hope, 
 and charity of upright believers in the Lord Jesus Christ* 
 
 To the whole of this book, as far as it agrees with his 
 tinith in scripture, may it please Almighty God to give hW 
 blessing, and make it instrumental in glorifying his name. 
 
 FREDERICK H, QUITMAJV, D. JD, 
 President of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod oj" 
 the State of JVeiv-York, 
 
 AUGUSTUS WACKERUAOBK. 
 
 S^tr^ary^ P, 
 
A COLLECTION 
 
 OF 
 
 HYMNS 
 
 EVAJ^GBLICAL LUTHERAJ\r CUURCHBS, ^ 
 
ORDER AJsTD SUBJECTS OF THE ffYMJSTS, 
 
 Page. 
 
 I. PRAISE and Thanksgiving, - - i 
 
 II. Character and Perfections of God, - - 19 
 
 III. Works of God in nature, - - 
 
 IV. Divine Providence and Government, - 44 
 
 V. Mission and Nativity of Christ, . - - 58 
 
 VI. Office and Mediation of Christ, - - 65 
 
 VII. Exampk^, of Christ, - - . 79 
 
 VIII. Sufferings and Death of Christ, - 82 
 
 IX. Resurrection and Glory of Christ, - - 94 
 
 X. Kingdom and Church of Christ, - 105 
 
 XI. The Influence of God's Holy Spirit, - 111 
 
 XII. The Scriptures, - - - 118 
 
 XIII. Supplication for the divine favour and assistance,124 
 
 XIV. The Danger and Misery of Sin, - 133 
 
 XV. Repentance and Conversion, - - 141 
 
 XVI. The Joy and Happiness of true Christians 151 
 
 XVII. The Christian Character and Life, in general, 160 
 XVin. Faith, - . - - 170 
 
 XIX. Duties of Piety, - ^ - 176 
 
 XX. Personal Duties, - - - 187 
 
 XXI. Social Duties, - - - - 193 
 
 XXII. Public Worship, ... 206 
 
 XXIII. Baptism, - ^ - - 217 
 
 XXIV. The Lord's Supper, - - - 219 
 
 XXV. Particular Occasions and Circumstances, 225 
 
 1. JMorning^ - - - 225 
 
 2. Evening, - - - - - 228 
 
 3. JSTe^V'Year^ - - - . 230 
 
 4. Public andJVational Blessings and Afflictions, 232 
 6. For a Congregation, - - - 241 
 
 6. Sickness and Recovery, - - 245 
 
 7. 071 the Death of Relatives or Friends, - 250 
 
 8. For the Young and Old, - - 254 
 XXVL The Troubles of Life, - - - 257 
 
 XXVII. Death, - - . - 266 
 
 XXVIII. Resurrection, - - - - 279 
 
 XXIX. Judgment and End of the World, - 282 
 
 XXX. Heaven, 287 
 
1. 
 
 PRAISE & THANKSGIVING, 
 
 HYMN 1. L. M. 
 
 1. TlEFORE Jehovah's a^-fal throne, 
 J-J Ye nations bow with sacred joy : 
 Know that the Lord is God alone ; 
 
 He can create, and he destroy. 
 
 2. His sov'reign pow'rj without our aid. 
 
 Made us of clay, and form'd us men ; 
 And, when like wand 'ring sheep we stray 'd, 
 He brought us to his fold again. 
 
 3. We are his people, we his care. 
 
 Our souls and all our mortal frame : 
 What lasting honours shall we rear. 
 Almighty Maker, to thy name ? 
 
 4. We'll crowd thy gates with thankful songs 5 
 
 High as the heav'ns our voices raise ; 
 And earth with her ten thousand tongues. 
 Shall fill thy courts with sounding pra^se^ 
 
 5. Wide as the world is thy command 3 
 
 Vast as eternity thy love ; 
 Firm as a rock thy truth must stand, 
 When rolling years shall cease to move, 
 
 HYMN S. L. M. 
 
 t. IV/TY God, my Life, thy various praise 
 Shall fill the remnant of my days 5 
 Thy grace employ my thankful tongue. 
 Till death improve the grateful song, 
 2. The wings of ev'ry hom^ shall bear 
 Some thankful tribute to thine ear 5 
 And ev'ry setting sun shall see 
 New works of duty done for thee* 
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PRAISE AND 
 
 3. But who can speak thy w ondrous deeds t 
 Thy greatness all our thoughts exceeds. 
 Vast and unsearchable thy ways. 
 
 Vast and unceasing be thy praise. 
 
 4. Let endless honours crown thy head 
 Let ev'ry age thy praises spread ; 
 While we with cheerful songs approve 
 The condescension of thy love.^ 
 
 HYMN 3 CM. 
 
 1. "yE humble souls approach your God 
 
 With songs of sacred praise ; 
 For he is good, immensely good, 
 And kind are all his ways. 
 
 2. All nature owns his guardian care : 
 
 In him we live and move : 
 But nobler benefits declare 
 The wonders of his love, 
 
 5. He gave his Son, his only Son, 
 
 To ransom rebel worms. 
 'Tis here he makes his goodness known 
 In its diviner forms. 
 
 4. To this dear refuge, Lord, we come ; 
 
 'Tis here our hope relies ; 
 A sale defence, a peaceful home, 
 When storms of trouble rise. 
 
 5. Thine eye beholds with kind regard 
 
 The souls who trust in thee ; 
 Their humble hope thou wilt reward 
 With bliss divinely free. 
 
 6. Great God, to thy almighty love 
 
 What honours shall we raise } 
 Not all the raptur'd songs above 
 Can render equal praise. 
 
 HYMN 4 c. M. 
 
 i, T ORD, when our raptur'd thought surveys 
 Creation's beauties o'er ; 
 AU nature joins to teach thy praise. 
 And bidi^ our souls adore. 
 
THANKSGIVING. 
 
 2. Where'er we turn our gazing eyes. 
 
 Thy radiant footsteps shine ; 
 Ten thousand pleasing wonders rise. 
 And speak their source divine. 
 
 3. The living tribes of countless forms 
 
 In earth and sea and air, 
 The meanest flies, tlie smallest worms. 
 Almighty pow'r declare. 
 4fc Thy wisdom, pow'r, and goodness, Lord^ 
 , ^ In all thy works appear : 
 And, O ! let man th^ praise record, 
 Man, thy distinguish 'd care ! 
 
 5. From thee the breath of life he drew ; 
 
 That breath thy pow'r maintains ; 
 Thy tender mercy, ever new, 
 His brittle frame sustains. 
 
 6. Yet nobler favo\u*s claim his praise, 
 
 Of reason's light posses^'d. 
 By revelation's brightest rays 
 Still more divinely bless'd. 
 
 7. On us tliy providence has shone 
 
 With gentle, smiling rays ; 
 O may our lips and lives make known 
 Thy goodness and thy praise ! 
 
 HYMN 5. L. M. 
 
 1. lYE to oiu- God immortal praise ? 
 Mercy and truth are all his wajjj. 
 
 Wonders of grace to God belong : 
 
 Repeat his mercies in your song. 
 ^. Give to the Lord of lords renown. 
 
 The King of kings with glory crown. 
 
 His mercies ever shall endure. 
 
 When lords and kings are known no more. 
 
 3. He built the earth, he spread the sky. 
 And fix'd the starry lights on high. 
 Wonders of grace to God belong ; 
 Repeat his mercies in your song. 
 
 4. He fills the sun with morning light ; 
 He bids the moon direct the night. 
 
PRAISE AND 
 
 His mercies ever shall endure, 
 
 When suns and moons shall shine no moi-e. • 
 
 5. He sent his Son with pow'r to save 
 From guilt, and darkness, and the grave. 
 Wonders of grace to God belong : 
 Repeat his mercies in your song. 
 
 6. Through this vain world he guides our feet. 
 And leads us to his heav'nly seat. 
 
 His mercies ever shall endure, 
 
 Wlien this vain world shall be no more. 
 
 HYMN 6. L. M. 
 
 1. "pROM all that dwell below the skies, 
 ^ Let the Creator's praise arise ; 
 Let the Redeemer's name be sung 
 Through ev'ry land, by ev'ry tongue. 
 
 2. Eternal ai'e thy mercies, Lord, 
 Eternal truth attends thy word. 
 
 Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore. 
 Till suns shall rise and set no more. 
 
 HYMN 7 p. M. f 
 
 1. IT'LL praise my Maker, whilst I've breatS i 
 
 And when my voice is lost in death, 
 Praise shall employ my nobler pow'rs. 
 My days of praise shall ne'er be past 
 Whilst life and thought and being last. 
 Or immortality endures. 
 
 2. Happy the man, whose hopes rely 
 On Israel's God, who made the sky. 
 
 And earth, and seas, with all their train. 
 His truth for ever stands secure ; 
 He saves th' oppress'd, he feeds the poor; 
 
 And none shall find his promise vain. 
 
 3. The Lord pours eyesight on the blind ; 
 The Lord supports Uie fainting mind ; 
 
 He sends the lab'rin,^ conscience peace 5 
 He helps the sti^anger m distress, 
 The widow and the fatherless, 
 
 And grants the pris'ner sweet release. 
 
THANKSGIVING. 
 
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 4. I'll praise him, while he lends me breath ; 
 And, when my voice is lost in death. 
 
 Praise shall employ my nobler pow'rs. 
 My days of praise shall ne'er be past, 
 WTiilst life and thought and being last. 
 
 Or immortality endures. 
 
 And let all his saints in full concert join : 
 With voices united the anthem prolong, 
 
 And shew forth his praises with music divine. 
 
 2. Let praise to the Lord, who made ub, ascend ; 
 
 Let each grateful heart be glad in its king. 
 The God, whom we worship, our songs will attend. 
 And view with complacence the ofF'ring we bring. 
 
 3. Be joyful, ye saints, sustain'd by his might. 
 
 And let your glad songs awake with each mom : 
 For those who obey him, are still his delight ; 
 His hand with salvation the meek will adorn, 
 
 4. Then praise ye the Lord ! prepare a glad song ; 
 
 And let all his saints in full concert join: 
 With voices united the anthem prolong. 
 And shew forth his praises with music divine. 
 
 1. your Creator God, 
 A Yoiu* great Preserver, raise, 
 
 Ye creatures of his Kftnd, 
 Your highest notes of praise. 
 
 Let ev'ry voice 
 Proclaim his pow'r. 
 His name adore. 
 
 And loud rejoice. 
 
 2. Thou source of light and heat, 
 
 Bright sov'reign of the day. 
 Dispensing blessings round, 
 With all diffusive ray ; 
 
 From, mom to night, 
 With ev'ry beam, 
 Kecord his name, 
 
 Wlio made thee bright 
 
 HYMN 9. p. M. 
 
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PRAISE AND 
 
 3. Fair regent of the night, 
 
 With all thy starry train^ 
 Which rise in silent hosts, 
 To gild the azure plain 5 
 
 With countless rays 
 Declare his name, 
 Prolong the theme, 
 
 Reflect his praise. 
 
 4. Let all the creatures join 
 
 To celebrate his name, 
 And all their various pow'rs 
 Assist th' exalted theme. 
 
 Let nature raise 
 From ev'ry tongue 
 A gen'ral song 
 
 Of grateful praise. 
 
 5. But oh ! from human tongues 
 
 Should nobler praises flow | 
 And ev'ry tharikml heart 
 With warm devotion glow. 
 
 Your voices raise, 
 Ye highly blest 
 Above the rest ; 
 
 Declare his praise. 
 
 HYMN 10. p. M. 
 
 1. p LORY be to God on high, 
 
 God, whose glory fills the sky ; 
 Peace on earth to man forgiv'n, 
 Man, the well-belov'd of heav'n. 
 Glor}' be to God on high, 
 God, whose glory fills the sky. 
 
 2. Favour'd mortals, raise the song ; 
 Endless thanks to God belong ; 
 Hearts o'ei'flowing with his praise. 
 Join the hymns your voices raise : 
 
 Glory be &;c, 
 
 3. Call the tribes of beings round, 
 From creation's utmost bound ; 
 WTiere the Godhead shines confessed. 
 There be solemn praise address'd; 
 
 Glory be 
 
THANKSGIVING. 
 
 4. Mark the wonders of his hand i 
 Pow'r, no empu'e can withstand ; 
 Wisdom, angels' glorious theme ; 
 Goodness, one eternal stream : 
 
 Glory be &c. 
 
 5. Awful being ! from thy tlirone 
 Send thy promis'd blessings down. 
 Let thy light, thy truth, thy peace. 
 Bid our raging passions cease : 
 
 Glory be &c. 
 
 HYMN 11. s. M. 
 
 1. /^OME, sound his praise abroad, 
 ^ And hymns of glory sing ! 
 Jehovah is the sov'reign God, 
 
 The universal King. 
 
 2. He form 'd the deeps unknown ; 
 
 He gave the seas their bound ; 
 The wat'ry worlds are all his own, 
 And all the solid giwnd. 
 
 3. Come, worship at his throne ; 
 
 Gome, bow before the Lord. 
 We are his works and not our own ; 
 He form'd us by his word. 
 
 4. To day attend his voice, 
 
 Nor dare provoke his rod ; 
 Come, like die people of his choice^ 
 And own your gracious God I 
 
 HYMN 13. p. M. 
 
 Ip TJOLY, holy, holy Lord ! 
 
 Be thy glorious name ador'd. 
 Lord, thy mercies never fail : 
 Hail, celestial Goodness, hail, 
 
 2. Though unworthy. Lord, thine ear. 
 Deign our humble songs to hear. 
 Purer praise we hope to bring, 
 W^hen around thy Arone we sing, 
 
 3. Thei'e no tongue shall silent be 5 
 All shall join in harmony ; 
 
PRAISE AND 
 
 That through heav'ns capacious round 
 Pi*aise to thee may ever sound. 
 4. Lord, thy mercies never fail : 
 Hail, celestial Goodness, hail ! v 
 Holy, holy, holy Lord ! 
 Be thy glorious name ador'd. 
 
 HYMN 18 p. M. 
 
 1. T>EGIN, my soul, th' exalted lay j 
 J-^ Let each enraptur'd thought obey, 
 
 And pi-aise th' almighty name. 
 Let heav'n and earth, and seas and skies. 
 In one harmonious concert rise, 
 
 To swell the glorious theme. 
 
 2. Ye angels, catch the joyful sound, 
 WTiile all th' adoring throngs around 
 
 His wondrous mercy sing. 
 Let all who fill the realms above, 
 Awake the tuneful soul of love, 
 
 And touch the sweetest string. 
 
 3. Thou heav'n of heav'ns, his vast abode. 
 Ye clouds, proclaim your Maker, God ; 
 
 Ye thunders, speak his pow'r. 
 Lo ! on the lightning's gleamy wmg. 
 In triumph rides th' eternal King ; 
 
 Th' astonish'd worlds adore. 
 
 4. Ye deeps, whose roaring billows rise 
 To join the thunders of the skies, 
 
 Praise him who bids you roll. 
 His praise in softer notes declare, 
 Each whisp'ring breeze of yielding air, 
 
 And breathe it to the soul. 
 
 5. Wake, all ye fe?\ther'd throngs, and sing; 
 Ye cheerful warblers of the spring, 
 
 Harmonious anthems raise 
 To him, who shap'd your finer mould, 
 Who tipp'd your glitt'ring wings with gold. 
 
 And tun 'd your voice to praise. 
 
 6. Let man, by nobler passions sway'd. 
 The feeling heart, the judging head, 
 
 In heav'nly praise employ ; 
 
THANKSGIVING. 
 
 Spread the Creator's name around. 
 Till heav'ns extended arch rebound 
 The gen'ral burst of joy. 
 
 HYMN 14- c./M. 
 
 1. TNDULGENT Father ! how divine, 
 
 J- How bright thy bounties are ! 
 Through nature's ample round they shi»e, 
 Thy goodness to declare. 
 
 2. But in the nobler work of grace. 
 
 What sweeter mercy smiles 
 In my benign Redeemer's face. 
 
 And ev'ry fear beguiles ! 
 S. Such wonders, Lord, while I survey, 
 
 To thee my thanks shall rise, 
 When morning ushers in the day. 
 
 Or ev'ning veils the skies. 
 
 4. When glimm'ring life resigns its flame. 
 
 Thy praise shall tune my breath. 
 The sweet remembrance of thy name 
 Shall gild the shades of death. 
 
 5. But, oh ! how blest my song shall rise, 
 
 When free'd from feeble clay. 
 And all thy glories meet mine eyes 
 In one eternal day. 
 
 6. Not seraphs, who surround thy name 
 
 Through yon ethereal plains, 
 Shall glow with a diviner flame, 
 Or raise sublimer strains. 
 
 HYMN 15 p. M. 
 
 1. p LORY be to God on high, 
 
 God, whose glory fills the sky ! 
 Lift your voice, ye people all. 
 Praise the God, on whom ye call. 
 
 2. God, his sov'reign sway maintains ; 
 King o'er all the earth he reigns. 
 All to him lift up their eye ; 
 
 He does ev'ry want supply. 
 
 3. Sons of earth, the triumph join, 
 Praise him with tlie host divine. 
 
PRAISE AND 
 Emulate tlie heav'nly pow'rs ; 
 Their all-gracious God is ours. 
 
 4. Happy, who his laws obey ! 
 Them he rules with mildest sway. 
 Pure and holy hearts alone 
 
 He hath chosen for his own. 
 
 5. Him, whose joy is to restore, 
 Him let all our hearts adore ; 
 Earth and heav'n repeat the cry. 
 Glory be to God on high ! 
 
 HYMN 16 L. M. 
 
 i. TTIGH in the heav'ns, eternal God ! 
 Thy goodness in full glory shines. 
 Thy truth shall break through ev'iy cloud. 
 That veils and darkens thy designs. 
 ^. For er\'er firm thy justice stands, 
 
 As mountains theii- foundations keep. 
 - Wise Sive the wonders of thy hands ; 
 Thy judgments are a mighty deep. 
 
 3. Tliy providence is kind and large ; 
 
 Both man and beast thy bounty share ; 
 The whole creation is thy charge ; 
 But saints are thy peculiar care, 
 
 4. My God I how excellent thy grace, 
 
 Whence all our hope and comfort springs 
 The sons of Adam in disti'ess, 
 Fly to the shadow of thy wings. 
 
 5. From the provisions of thy house. 
 
 We shall be fed with sweet repast, 
 There mercy like a river flows, 
 And brings salvation to our taste. 
 
 6. Life, like a fountain rich and free, 
 
 Springs from the presence of the Lord ; 
 And in his light our souls shall see 
 The glories promis'd in his word. 
 
 HYMN 17. c M. 
 
 1. T ONG as I live, Pll bless thy naiae^ 
 G od of eternjil love I 
 
THANKSGIVING. l^ 
 My work and joy shall be the same. 
 In the bright world above. 
 
 2. Great is the Lord, his pow'r unknown. 
 
 And let his praise be great : 
 I'll sing the honours of thy throne, 
 Thy works of grace repeat. 
 
 3. Thy grace shall dwell upon my tongue. 
 
 And while my lips rejoice. 
 The men that hear my sacred song 
 Shall join their cheerful voice. 
 
 4. Fathers to sons shall teach thy name, 
 
 And children learn thy ways ; 
 Ages to come thy truth proclaim. 
 And nations sound thy praise. 
 
 5. Thy glorious deeds of ancient date, 
 
 Shall through the world be knoM n : 
 Thine arm of pow'r, thy heav'nly state, 
 
 With public splendoiu* shown. 
 6. 1'he world is manag'd by thy hands, 
 
 Thy saints are rul'd by love ; 
 And tliine eternal kingdom stands, 
 
 Tho' rocks and hills remove. 
 
 HYMN 18 p. M. 
 
 1. "VrE works of God ! on him alone, 
 
 A His footstool earth, high heav'n his throne, 
 / Be all your praise be stow 'd. 
 His hand the beauteous fabric made, 
 His eye the finish 'd work survey 'd, 
 And saw that all was good, 
 
 2. Ye sons of men ! his praise display, 
 Who stamp 'd his image on yoiu* clay, 
 
 And gave it pow'r to move. 
 Where'er ye go, where'er ye dwell, 
 From age to age successive tell 
 
 The wonders of his love. 
 
 3. Ye spirits of the jus't and good ! 
 Who, panting for tliat blest abode, 
 
 To heav'ns" bright mansions soar : 
 O let your songs his praise display, 
 
PRAISE AND 
 Till nature's self shall waste away, 
 And time shall be no moi^. 
 4. Praise him, ye meek and humble train 
 Who shall those heav'nly joys obtain, 
 
 Prepar'd for souls sincere. 
 Now praise him till you take yoiu' way 
 To regions of eternsJ day, 
 To dwell for ever there. 
 
 HYMN 19. p. M. 
 
 1. "\/rY soul, praise the Lord, 
 ■^■^ Speak good of his name I 
 His mercies record, 
 
 His bounties proclaim. 
 To God, their Creator, 
 
 Let all creatures raise 
 The song of thanksgiving. 
 
 The chorus of praise ! 
 
 2. Though, hid from man's sight, 
 
 God sits on his throne, 
 Yet here by his w^orks 
 
 Their Author is known. 
 The world shines a mirror. 
 
 Its Maker to show ; 
 And heav'n views its image 
 
 Reflected belojv. 
 
 3. By knowledge supreme. 
 
 By wisdom divine, 
 God governs this earth 
 
 With gmcious design. 
 O'er beast, bird, and msect. 
 
 His providence reigns. 
 Whose will first created. 
 
 Whose love still sustains. 
 
 4. And man, his last work. 
 
 With reason endu'd, 
 "yVho, falling through sin. 
 
 By grace is renew 'd :— • 
 To God, his Creator, 
 
 Let man ever raise 
 The song of thanksgiving, 
 
 The chorus of praise ! 
 
THANKSGIVING. 
 
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 HYMN 20^ p. M. 
 
 1. 'T^HOU pow'r supreme, by whose command we live ! 
 
 The grateful tribute of our praise receive : 
 To thy indulgence we our being owe, 
 And all the joys which from that being flow, 
 
 2. Thy skill our elemental clay refin'd, 
 And all its various parts in order join'd : 
 With perfect symmetry compos'd the whole. 
 And stamp 'd thy sacred image on the soul : 
 
 3. A soul, susceptible of endless joy, 
 
 Whose frame nor force, nor tune shall e'er destroy 5 
 -'Which shall survive, though nature claim our breath. 
 And bid defiance to the darts of death. 
 
 4. How shall our hearts their grateful sense reveal. 
 When all the energy of words must fail ? 
 
 . O may its influence in our lives appear, 
 f And ev'ry action prove our thanks sincere. 
 
 1. IVf Y Maker and my King ! 
 -^'A Xo thee my all I owe. 
 
 Thy sov'reign bounty is the spring, 
 From whence my blessings flow, 
 
 2. Thou ever good and kind ! 
 
 A thousand reasons move, 
 A thousand obligations bind 
 My heart to grateful love. 
 
 3. The creature of thy hand. 
 
 On thee alone I live. 
 My God, thy benefits demand . 
 More praise than tongue can give, 
 
 4. O what can I impart, 
 
 When all was thine before ? 
 Thy love demands a thankful heart 1 
 The gift, alas ! how poor ! 
 
 5. Shall I withhold thy due ? 
 
 And shall my passions rove ? 
 Lord, make me to thy service true. 
 And fill me with thy love. 
 
 HYMN 21. s. M. 
 
 B* 
 
PRAISE AND 
 6. O let thy grace inspire 
 
 My soul "vv ith strengtli divine ; 
 Let all my pow'rs to thee aspii'e. 
 And all mv days be thine. 
 
 HYMN 22 s. M. 
 
 1. f\ BLESS the Lord, my soul ! 
 
 Let all >* itliin me join, 
 And aid my tongue to bless his name, 
 \Miose favours are divine. 
 
 2. O bless the Lord, ray soul ! 
 
 Nor let his mercies lie 
 Forgotten in unthankfulness, 
 And without praises die. 
 
 3. 'Tis he foi'gives thy sins ; 
 
 'Tis he relieves thy pain ; 
 'Tis he tliat heals thy sicknesses, 
 And gives thee strength again, 
 
 4. He crowns thy life with love. 
 
 When rescu'd from the grave ; 
 He, that redeemed o\u' souls from deatli. 
 Hath boundless pow'r to save. 
 
 5. He fills the poor with good ; 
 
 He gives the suff 'rers rest. 
 The Lord hatli justice for the proud, 
 And mercy for th' oppressed. 
 
 6. His wondrous works and ways 
 
 He made by Moses known ; 
 But sent the world his truth and grace 
 By his beloved Son. 
 
 HYMN 23. L. M. 
 
 GREAT source of life our souls confess 
 T'he various riches of thy grae^ ; 
 Crown'd with thy mercy, we rejoice, 
 And in thy pniise exalt our \oic<^ 
 By thee the \'aidt of heav'n was spread : 
 By thee the earth's foundations laid ; 
 And all tlie scenes of man's abode 
 Pro^hiira a wise ajid gracious God. 
 
THANKSGIAING. 
 
 3. Thy quick'ning hand restores oar breath. 
 When trembling on the verge of death : 
 Gently it wipes away our teai'S, 
 
 And lengthens life to future years. 
 
 4. Our lives are sacred to the Lord, 
 Kindled by him, by him restor'd ; 
 And, while our hours renew their race, 
 May sin no more these houi^s disgrace ! 
 
 5. So when, at length, by thee we're led 
 Through unknown regions of the dead. 
 With hope triumphant may we move 
 To scenes of nobler life above. 
 
 HYMN 24. L. M. 
 
 1. TN glad amazement, Lord, I stand. 
 
 Amidst the bounties of thy hand. 
 ^How numberless those bounties ai'e f 
 How rich, how various, and how fair ! 
 
 2. But O ! what poor returns I make ! 
 What lifeless thanks I pay thee back ! 
 Lord ! I confess with hmuble shame. 
 My offerings scarce deserve the name. 
 
 3. Fain would my lab'rmg heart devise 
 To bring some nobler sacrifice. 
 
 It sinks beneath the mighty load : 
 What shall I render to my God ? 
 
 4. To him I consecrate my praise, 
 And vow the remnant of my days. 
 Yet, what, at best, can I pretend, 
 W^oi-tliy such gifts from such a friend ? 
 
 5» In deep abasement, Lord, I see. 
 My emptyness and poverty. 
 Enrich my soul with grace divine, 
 And make me worthier to be thine, 
 
 6. Give me at length an angel's tongue, 
 That heaV'n may echo with my song. 
 The theme too great for time shall be 
 The joy of long eternity. 
 
PRAISE AND 
 HYMN 25. s. M. 
 
 Thy glories round the earth are spread, 
 And o'er tlie heav'ns they shine, 
 
 2. When to thy works above 
 
 I raise my wond'ring eyes. 
 And see the moon thy hands have formM 
 In all her splendour rise : 
 
 3. When I sui'vey the stars, 
 
 That fill the vaulted sky ;■— 
 Lord, what is man, that he should stand 
 In thy regard so high ? 
 
 4. Or what the son of man. 
 
 That he should be thy care, 
 And in the bounties of thy grape 
 Possess so large a share ? 
 
 5. Tho' offspring of the dust, 
 
 (How vast the debt we owe !) 
 Next to thine angels are we placed. 
 And Lords of all below. 
 
 6. Appointed for our use, 
 
 The subject beasts obey. 
 And birds that cut the air with wings, 
 And fish that cleave tlie sea. 
 
 7. How rich thy favours are ! 
 
 How wondrous are thy ways ! 
 Of dust and worms thy pow'r can frame, 
 A monument of praise. 
 
 HYMN 26. C M. 
 
 1. A LMIGHTY Father ! Gracious Lord 
 
 Kind Guardian of my da,ys ! 
 Thy mercies let my heart record 
 In songs of grateful praise. 
 
 2. In life's first dawn, my tender frame 
 
 Was thy indulgent care, 
 Long ere I could pronounce thy name. 
 Or breathe the infant pray'r. 
 
 3. When reason with my stature erew. 
 
 How weak her brightest ray f 
 
THANKSGIVING. 
 How little of my God I knew ! 
 How apt from thee to stray ! 
 
 4. Around my path what dangers rose ! 
 
 What snares o'erspread my road I 
 No pow'r could guard me from my foes. 
 But my Preserver, God. 
 
 5. When life hung trembling on a breath, 
 
 'Twas thy unceasing love 
 That sav'd me from impending death. 
 And bade my fears remove. 
 
 6. Lord, though this mortal frame decays. 
 
 And earthly comfort flies ; 
 Complete the wonders of thy grace. 
 And raise me to the skies. 
 
 7. Then shall my joyful pow'rs unite 
 
 In more exalted lays, 
 yAnd join the happy sons of light 
 * In everlasting praise. 
 
 HYMN 27. c. M. 
 
 V "V/fY God, what blessings round me shone. 
 Where'er I turn'd mine eye ! 
 How many pass'd almost unknown, 
 Or unregarded by ! 
 
 2. Each rolling year new favours brought 
 
 From thy exhaustless store. 
 But, ah ! in vain my lab 'ring thought 
 Would count thy mercies o'er : 
 
 3. While sweet reflection, thro' my days. 
 
 Thy bounteous hand would trace ; 
 Still dearer blessings claim my praise. 
 The blessings of thy grace. 
 
 4. Yes, I adore thee, gracious Lord ! 
 
 For favours more divine ; 
 That I have known thy sacred word. 
 Where all thy glories shine. 
 
 5. My highest praise, alas, how poor 
 
 How cold my warmest love ! 
 My Father ! teach me to adore 
 As angels do above. 
 B 3 
 
PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING. 
 HYMN 28 c. M. 
 
 1. XjrrHEN all thy mercies, O my God ! 
 
 My rising soul surveys: 
 Transported with the view, I'm lost 
 In wonder, love, and praise. 
 
 2. O how shall words with equal warmth 
 
 The gratitude declare. 
 That glows within my ravish 'd heart ! 
 But thou canst read it there. 
 
 3. Thy providence my life sustain'd. 
 
 And all my wants redressed. 
 When in the silent womh I lay 
 Or hung upon the breast. 
 
 4. To all my weak complaints and cries 
 
 Thy mercy lent an ear, 
 Ere yet my feeble thoughts had learet 
 To form themselves m pray'r. 
 
 5. Unnumber'd comforts on my soul 
 
 Thy tender care bestov/'d 
 Before my infant heart conceiv'd 
 From whom those comforts fiow'd. 
 
 6. When in the slipp'ry paths of youth, 
 
 W^ith heedless steps, I ran ; 
 Thine arm, unseen, convey'd me safe. 
 And led me up to man, 
 
 7. Through hidden dangers, toils and deaths, 
 
 It gently clear'd my way ; 
 And tlu'ough the pleasing snares of vice, 
 More to be fear'd than they. 
 
 8. When worn with sickness, oft hast thou 
 
 With health renew 'd my face ; 
 And, when in sins and sorrows sunk, 
 Reviv'd my soul with grace, 
 
 9. Thy bounteous hand with worldly bliss, 
 
 Hath made my cup run o'er, 
 And in a kind and faithful friend 
 Hath doubled all my store. 
 1.0. Ten thousand thousand precious gifu 
 Mj daily thanks employ ; 
 
CHARACTER AND PERFECTIONS &c. 
 Nor is the least a cheerful heart 
 Which tastes those gifts with joy. 
 
 11. Through ev'ry period of my life 
 Thy goodness I'll pursue ; 
 
 And, after death, in distant worlds. 
 The glorious theme renew. 
 
 12. When nature fails, and day and night 
 
 Divide thy works no more ; 
 My ever grateful heart, O Lord ! 
 Thy mercy shall adore. 
 
 ISrThrousjh all eternity to thee 
 A joyful song I'll raise 
 But oh ! eternity's too short 
 To utter all thy praise ! 
 
 II. 
 
 CHARACTER & PERFECTIONS, 
 OF GOD. 
 
 HYMN 29. L M. 
 
 God incomprehensible. 
 
 1. RE AT God, in vain man's narrow view 
 Attempts to look thy nature through. 
 
 Our lab 'ring pow'rs with rev'rence own, 
 Thy glories never can be known. 
 
 2. Not the high seraph's mighty thouglit, 
 Who countless years his God has sought. 
 Such wondrous height or depth can find. 
 Or fully tmce thy boundless mind, 
 
 3- Yet, Lord, thy kindness deigns to show 
 Enough for mortal men to know 
 Wliile wisdom, goodness, pow'r divine 
 Thro' all thy works and conduct shine, 
 
 4. O ! May our souls with rapture trace 
 Thy works of nature and of grace. 
 Explore thy sacred truth, and still 
 Press on to know ai^d do thy will ? 
 
CHARACTER AND 
 
 HYMN §0 L. M. 
 
 TJie Majesty of God, 
 
 1. weak inhabitants of clay. 
 Ye trifling insects of a day, 
 
 Low in your native dust bow down ^ 
 Before th' Eternal's awful throne. 
 
 2. Let Lebanon her Cedar's bring. 
 To blaze before the sov'reign king ; 
 And all the beasts that on it feed, 
 As victims at its altar bleed. 
 
 3. Loud let ten thousand trumpets sound. 
 And call remotest nations round. 
 Assembled on the crow ded plains, 
 Princes and people, kings and swains. 
 
 4. Join'd with the living, let the dead. 
 Rising, the face of eailh o'erspread ; 
 And, while his praise unites their tongueSj 
 Let angels echo back the songs. 
 
 6. The drop that from the bucket falls. 
 The dust that hangs upon the scales. 
 Is more to sky and earth, and sea, 
 Than all this pomp, great God \ to thee. 
 
 HYMN 81 L. M. 
 
 LVE sons of men in sacred lays. 
 
 Attempt the great Creator^s praise : 
 But who an equal song can frame ? 
 What verse can reach the lofty theme ? 
 
 2. He sits enthron'd amidst the spheres. 
 And glory like a garment wears ; 
 
 While boundless. wisdom, pow'r and grace. 
 Command our awe, transcend our praise. 
 
 3. Before his throne a shining band 
 Of Cherubs and of seraphs stand ; 
 Ethereal spirits, who in flight 
 Outstrip the rapid speed of light. 
 
 4. To God all nature owes its birth, 
 
 He fonn'd this pond'rous globe of earth. 
 He rais'd the glorious arch on high, 
 \m\ measui^'d out the azure sky. 
 
PERFECTIONS OF GOD. 
 
 p. In all our Maker's grand designs. 
 Omnipotence with wisdom shines. 
 His works, tlirougli all this wondrous frame^ 
 Bear the great impress of his name. 
 
 6. Rais'd on devotion's lofty wing. 
 Let us his high perfections sing : 
 O let his praise employ our tongue, 
 Whilst list'ning worlds applaud the song-f 
 
 HYMN 82. c. M. 
 
 God eternal and unchangeable, 
 
 1. /^REAT God, how infinite art thou ! 
 ^J* How frail and weak are we ! 
 
 Let the whole race of creatures bow. 
 And pay their praise to thee. 
 
 2. Thy throne eternal ages stood, 
 
 /Ere earth or heav'n was made 5 
 Thou art the ever-living God, 
 Were all the nations dead. 
 
 0. Nature and time all open lie 
 
 To thine immense survey. 
 From the formation of the sky. 
 To tlie last awful day. 
 
 4. Eternity, with all its yeai's, 
 
 Stands present to tliy view. 
 To thee there's nothing old appeal's 5 
 Great God ! tliere's nothing new. 
 
 5. Our lives thro' various scenes are drawn. 
 
 And vex'd with triflittig cares ; 
 While thine etei'nal thought moves oji 
 Thine undisturh'd affairs. 
 
 6. Great God, how infinite art thou ! 
 
 How frail and weak are we ! 
 Let the whole race of creatures bow, 
 And pay their praise to thee. 
 
 HYMN §8. L. M. 
 
 1. A LL-POW'RFUL, self-existent God, 
 
 Who all creation dost sustain ! 
 Thou wast, and art, and art to come 5 
 And everlasting is thy reign. 
 
CHARACTER AND 
 
 2. Fix*d and eternal as thy days, 
 Each glorious attribute divine, 
 Thro' ages infinite, shall still 
 With undiminish'd lustre shine. 
 S. Fountain of being, source of good ! 
 Immutable dost thou remain ; 
 Nor can the shadow of a change 
 Obscure the glories of thy reign. 
 
 4. Nature her order shall reverse. 
 
 Revolving seasons cease their round ; 
 Nor spring appear witli blooming pride. 
 Nor autumn be with plenty crown'd: 
 
 5. Yon shining orbs forget theu' coui'se ; 
 
 The sun Iiis destin'd patli forsake ; 
 And burning desolation mark 
 
 Anxid the world his wand'ring track : 
 
 6. Earth may with all her pow'rs dissolve. 
 
 If such the gi'eat Creator's will : 
 But thou for ever ait the same. 
 "I am" is thy memorial still. 
 
 HYMN §4 L. M. 
 
 God almighty. 
 
 1. IVE to the Lord, ye sons of fame, 
 
 Give to the Lord renown and powV j 
 Ascribe due honours to his name. 
 And his eternal might adore. 
 
 2. The Lord proclaims his pow'r aloud. 
 
 O'er the vast ocean and the land ; 
 His voice divides the wat'ry cloud. 
 And lightnings blaze at his command. 
 
 3. He speaks, and howling tempests rise, 
 
 And lay the forrcst bear aroimd ; 
 The fiercest beasts, with piteous cries, 
 ; Confess the terror of the sound. 
 4b His thunders rend the vaulted skies, 
 And palaces and temples shake. 
 The mountains tremble at the noise, 
 The valleys roar, the deserts quake. 
 5. The Lord sits sov'reign o'er the flood ; 
 Tkp Thund'rer reigns for ever King ; 
 
PERFECTIONS OF GOD. 
 
 33 
 
 But makes his church his blest abode. 
 
 Where we his awful glories sing. 
 6. We see no ten'ors in his name, 
 
 But in our God, a Father find. 
 The voice, that shakes all nature's frame. 
 
 Speaks comfort to the pious mind. 
 
 HYMN S5. c. M. 
 
 1. A LMIGHTY God, thy pow'rful word 
 
 From nothing all things brought ; 
 Earth, seas, and skies, by thee their Lord, ^ 
 With skill divine were wrought. 
 
 2. Thy pleasure heav'nly hosts fulfil ; 
 
 For thee each planet rolls ; 
 Earth, sun, and stars perform thy will ; 
 Thy nod the world controls* 
 
 3. Thou over all art Lord supreme ; 
 
 All else from thee derive. 
 Ko being can dispute thy claim. 
 Or independent live. 
 
 4. To thee, our Lord, we therefore bow ; 
 
 To thee, our all resign. 
 Entire to thee ourselves we vow. 
 For we are wholly thine. 
 
 HYMN g6 CM. 
 
 1. 'nnWAS God who hurl'd the rolling spheres, 
 
 A And stretch'd the boundless skies ; 
 Who form'd the plan of endless years. 
 And bade the ages rise. 
 
 2. From everlasting is his might, 
 
 Immense and unconfin'd ; 
 He pierces through the realms of light, 
 And rides upon the wind. 
 
 3. He darts along the burning skies ; 
 
 Loud thunders round him roar ; 
 All heav'n attends him, as he flies ; 
 All hell proclaims his pow'r. 
 
 4. He scatters nations with his breath ; 
 
 The scatter'd nations fly ; 
 
24 CHARACTER AND 
 
 Blue pestilence and wasting death 
 Confess the Godhead nigh. 
 5. Ye worlds, with ev'ry living thing. 
 Fulfil his high command ; 
 Moitals, pay homage to your King, 
 And own his ruling hand. 
 
 HYMN 87. L. M. 
 
 God omnipresent and omniscient. 
 
 1. T ORD, thou hast search'd and seen me throng 
 -Li Thine eye commands, with piercing view. 
 My rising and my resting hours. 
 
 My heart and flesh, with all their pow'rs. 
 
 2. Could I so false, so faithless prove. 
 To quit thy service and thy love ; 
 Where, Lord, could I thy presence shun. 
 Or from thy di'eadful glory run ? 
 
 3. If, mounted on a morning ray, 
 I fly beyond the western sea ; 
 
 Thy swifter hand would first arrive, 
 And tliere arrest thy fugitive. 
 
 4. Or should I tvj to shun thy sight 
 Beneatli the spreading veil of night : 
 One glance ofthine, one piercing ray 
 Would kindle darkness into day. 
 
 5. The veil of night is no disguise. 
 
 No screen from thy all-searching eyes. 
 Thy hand can seize thy foes as soon 
 Through midnight shades, as blazing noon^ 
 5, 0 may these thoughts possess my breast. 
 Where'er I rove, where'er I rest \ 
 Nor let my weaker passions dare 
 Consent to sin, for God is there. 
 
 HYMN S8. c. M. 
 
 1 . T ORD, all I am is known to thee i 
 -Li In vain my soul would try 
 To shun thy presence, or to flee 
 The notice of thine eye. 
 % Thy all-surrounding sight surveys 
 Jjfy rising and my rest, 
 
ratil^ECTlOJ^S OF (iOD. 
 My public walks, my private Avay3, 
 And secrets of my breast, 
 d. My thoughts lie open to thee, Lordj 
 Before tliey're form'd within ; 
 And ere my lips projiounce the word. 
 Thou know'st the sense I mean. 
 
 4. O wondrous knowledge, deep and high ! 
 
 Where can a creature hide p 
 Within thy circling arms I lie, 
 Beset on ev'ry side. 
 
 5. So let thy grace siuround me still, 
 
 And like a bulwark i^rove, 
 To guard my soul from ev'ry ill, 
 Secur'd by sovereign love, 
 
 HYMN 89. s. M. 
 
 J. li/f Y heart and ways, O God I 
 
 By thee are search 'd and seen ; 
 My outward acts thine eye observes. 
 My secret thoughts within. 
 2, No spot the realms of space. 
 
 Whence thou art absent, know. 
 In heav'n thou reign'st a glorious King, 
 A righteous Judge below. 
 S. Lord ! if within my heai't 
 
 Thou aught should *st disapprove .* 
 The secret evil bring to light, 
 And by thy g)^ace remove, 
 i. If e'er I've been perverse 
 Or foolish in thy view : 
 Recall my steps to thy commands. 
 And form my life anew. 
 
 HYMN 40. c. M. 
 
 1. nnO thee, my God ! my days are known 
 
 -■- My soul enjoyg the thought. 
 IMy actions all before thee lie. 
 Nor are my wants forgot. 
 
 2. Each secret wish devotion breathe5* 
 
 fs vocal to thine ear : 
 
CHARACTER AND 
 
 AvA all my walks of daily life ' 
 Before ^ine eye appear. 
 
 3. The vacant hour, the active scene, 
 
 Thy mercy shall appro va; 
 And ev'ry pang of sympathy, 
 And ev'ry cai'^ of love. 
 
 4. Each golden hour of beaming light 
 
 Is gilded by thy rays ; 
 And daik affliction's midnight gloom 
 A present God sm'veys. 
 
 5. Full in thy vieAV diro' life I pass, 
 
 And in thy view I die. 
 Lord ! when all mortal bonds shall break,. 
 May I still find thee nigh ! 
 
 HYMN 41. c. M. 
 
 God^s Wisdom, 
 i . OONGS of immortal praise belong 
 To my almighty God : 
 He hath my li^ait, and he my tongue, 
 To spread his name abroad. 
 2. How great the works his hand hatli wrought 
 How glorious in our sight ! 
 And men in ev'ry age have sought 
 His wonders with delight. 
 
 iJ. How most exact is nature's frame * 
 How wise til' eternal mind ! 
 His counsels never change the scheme^ 
 That his first tiioughts design'd. 
 
 4. When he redeem'd the sons of men. 
 
 He fix'd his cov'nant sure : 
 The orders, that his lips pronounce^ 
 
 To endless years endure. 
 >. Nature, and time, and earth, and skies. 
 
 Thy heav'nly skill proclaim. 
 \\Tiat shall we do to m§.ke us wise. 
 
 But learn to read thy name ? 
 
 5, To fear thy pow'r, to trust thy grace. 
 
 Is our divinest skill ; 
 And he's the wisest of om* race, 
 Who best obeys tliy will. 
 
PERFECTIONS OF GOD. 
 
 HYMN 42. 0. M. 
 
 J, XTTHEN I with curious eves survey 
 ' » My complicated frame, 
 I read on ev'ry part inscrib'd 
 My great Creator's name. 
 
 2. With nicest art, in secret, God 
 
 Did ev'ry member write ; 
 And, when the model was complete^ 
 My eyes beheld the light. 
 
 3. He bade the purple flood of life 
 
 In circling streams to flow ; 
 And sent the genial heat around 
 Through ev'iy part to glow. 
 
 4. Why was my body form'd erect. 
 
 Whilst brutes bow down to earth ? 
 33iit that my soul should letu-n to know^ 
 And claim it's nobler bu'tli. 
 
 5. Author of life ! my tongue shall sing 
 
 The wonders of my Irame. 
 Long as I breathe, and think and speak. 
 I'll praise thy glorious name. 
 
 HYMN 4S c. M. 
 
 God hohj mid ju^t. 
 
 1. TTOLY and rev'rend is the name 
 J^A Of oiu' eternal King. 
 Thrice holy. Lord ! the angels cry 
 
 Thrice holy, let us sing. 
 
 2. Holy is he in all his works, 
 
 And saints are liis delight ; 
 But sinners and their wicked ways 
 Are hateful in liis sight. 
 
 3. The deepest rev'rence, homage, love. 
 
 Pay, O my soul, to God ; 
 Lift with thy hands a holy heart 
 To his sublime abode. 
 
 4. Thou, righteous God : preserve niiiid 
 
 From all pollution free ; 
 Thine image form witliin my hi^^y 
 That I thy face may ^ee. ^ ' ' 
 
CHARACTER AND 
 
 HYMN 44 c. M. 
 
 1. rZJ-OD is a spirit, just and wise 5 
 
 He sees our inmost mind. 
 In vain to heav'n ^ve raise our cries. 
 And leave our souls behind. 
 
 2. Nothing but truth before his throne 
 
 "With honoiu* can appear. 
 The painted hypocrites are known 
 Through the disguise they wear. 
 
 3. Their lifted eyes salute the skies. 
 
 Their bended knees the ground j 
 But God abhors the sacrifice, 
 Where not the heart is found. 
 
 4. Lord ! search my thouglits, and try my way 
 
 And make my soul sincere : 
 Then shall I stand before thy face, 
 And find acceptance there. 
 
 HYMN 45. L. M. 
 
 1. T>RAISE ye the Lord ! 'tis good to raise 
 A Our hearts and voices in his praise : 
 His nature and liis works invite 
 
 To make this duty our delight. 
 
 2. He loves the meek, rewards the just. 
 Humbles the wicked in the dust. 
 Melts and subdues the stubborn son\ 
 And makes the broken spirit whole. 
 
 3. His saints are precious in his sight ; 
 He views his children with delight ; 
 
 He sees their hope, he knows their feai\ 
 Approves and loves his image there. 
 
 HYMN 46. c. M. 
 
 1. TX7ITH eye impaitial, heav'ns high King 
 
 Surveys each human ti'ibe ; 
 No earthly pomp his eyes can charm. 
 Nor wealth his favour bribe. 
 
 2, The rich and poor, of equal clay, 
 
 His pow'rful hand did fi^me i 
 
PERFECTIONS OF GOD. 
 All souls are his, and him alike 
 Their common Parent claim. 
 2, Ye sons of men of high degi'ee, 
 Ycur ^reat Superior own ; 
 Praise him for all his gifts, and pay 
 Your homage at his throne. 
 
 4. Trust in the Lord, ye humble poor. 
 
 And banish ev'ry fear : 
 The God you serve will ne'er forsake 
 The man of heart sincere. 
 
 HYMN 47. L. M. 
 
 1. V\7HAT eyes like thine, eternal Sire, 
 
 Through sin's obscurest depths inquire 
 What judge, like thee, on virtue's foes 
 The needful vengeance can impose ? 
 
 2. >The meek observer of thy laws 
 To thee commits his injur 'd cause : 
 In tliee each anxious fear resign'd, 
 The fatherless a father find. 
 
 5. Thine is the throne ; beneath thy reign. 
 Immortal King, the tribes profane. 
 Behold their dreams of conquest o'er, 
 And vanish to be'seen no more. 
 
 4. 'Tis thine the orphan's cheek to dry^ 
 The guiltless suff 'rer's cause to try, 
 To rein each earth-born tyrant's will. 
 And bid the sons of pride be still, 
 
 HYMN 48- L. M. 
 
 1. npHOU suit'st, O Lord, thy righteous ways 
 
 To various paths of human kind : 
 They, who for mercy merit praise, 
 With thee shall wondrous mercy find. 
 
 2. Such, as perversely choose to go. 
 
 Shall meet with due returns from thee : 
 Thou to the just wilt justice show ; 
 The pure thy pvirity shall see. 
 
 3. For seeds are sown of glorious light, 
 
 A future harvest for Sie just ; 
 C 2 
 
CHARACTER AND 
 
 And gladness for the heart that's right, 
 To recompence its pious trust- 
 4, Rejoice, ye righteous in the Lord ; 
 5lemorials of his holiness 
 
 peep in vour faithful breasts recoil, 
 Aiid with your thankful tongues confess, 
 
 HYMN 49. L. .V. 
 
 1. npiIE heart, dejected, sighs to know, 
 J- Why vice triumphant reigns Ijelow ; 
 
 WTiy saints have fall'n in er'ry age. 
 
 The victims of tyrannic I'age. 
 £. Fast roll successive years away ; 
 
 Fast hastens on th* important day. 
 
 When to th' astonish'd world's surprise, 
 
 God's high tribunal shall arise. 
 
 3. Hark, *tis the trumpet's piercing sound ; 
 The rising dead assemble roimd ; 
 
 In close procession, see, they come. 
 Each to receive his final doom. 
 
 4. Lo ! there, a vile, degen'rate race ; 
 Pale terror sits on ev'r>' face : 
 Here, on Ehe right, a joyful band. 
 The sons of sim'riDg \-irtue stand. 
 
 5. The sentence pass'd, lo ! these prise 
 To bliss and glory in the skies : 
 
 WTiile tliose, who once stood high in fame 
 Sink to contempt, remorse, and shame. 
 
 6. Thus shall God's government appear 
 Without a shade, divinely fair ; 
 
 And blushing doubts, with joy, confess, 
 The Lord's a God of righteousness. 
 
 HYMN 50 p. 
 
 God faithful. 
 \. nnHE promises I sing, 
 
 \Miich love supreme hath spoke j 
 Nor will th' eternal King 
 His vo;xls of grace revoke. 
 
PERFECTIONS OF GOD. 
 
 They stand secure 
 Arid steadfast still ; 
 Not Sion's hill 
 Abides so sure. 
 ^. The mountains melt away. 
 
 When once the Judge appears ; 
 And sun and moon decay, 
 That measure mortal years : 
 But still the same. 
 In radiant lines, 
 His promise shines 
 Through all the flame. 
 3, Their harmony shall sound 
 Thro' my attentive ears, 
 W|ien thunders cleave the ground. 
 And dissipate the spheres, 
 ^ Midst all the shock 
 
 Of that dread scene, 
 I'll stand serene. 
 Thy word my rock. 
 
 HYMN 51 c. M. 
 
 God benevolent and merdfuL 
 
 1. nnHY ceaseless, unexhausted love, 
 
 Unmerited and free, 
 Delights our evil to remove, 
 And help our miseiy. 
 
 2. Thou waitest to be gracious still ; 
 
 Thou dost with sinners bear; 
 That, sav'd, we may thy goodness feel, 
 And all thy gi-ace declare. 
 
 3. Thy goodness and thy truth, to me. 
 
 To ev'ry soul abound ; 
 A vast, unfathomable sea, 
 Where all our thoughts are drownM. 
 
 4. Its streams the whole creation reach. 
 
 So plenteous is the store ; 
 Enough for all, enough for each. 
 Enough for evermore. 
 
 5. Faitliful, O Lord, thy mercies are; 
 
 A rock, which cannot raovQ ; 
 
CHARACTER AND 
 
 A thousand promises declare 
 
 Thy constancy of love. 
 6. Throughout the universe it reigns, 
 
 Unalterably sure ; 
 And while the truth of God remains, 
 
 His goodness must endure. 
 
 HYMN 52. p. M. 
 
 1. TV/TY God, thy boundless love I praise ; 
 
 How bright on high its glories blaze ! 
 
 How sweetly bloom below ! 
 It streams from thy eternal throne ; 
 Through heav'n its joys for ever run, 
 
 And o'er the earth they flow. 
 
 2. 'Tis love that paints the purple morn. 
 And bids the clouds in air upborne, 
 
 Their genial drops distil ; 
 Iq ev'r}- vernal beam it glows. 
 And breathes in ev'ry gale that blows. 
 
 And glides in ev'ry rill. 
 3-. It robes in cheerful green the ground, 
 And pours its flow'ry beauties round, 
 
 Whose sweets perfimie the gale ; 
 Its bounties richly spread tlie plain. 
 The blushing fruit, the golden grain, 
 
 And smile on ev'ry vale. 
 
 4. But in thy gospel see it shine 
 With grace and glories more divine, 
 
 Prockdming sins forgiv'n. 
 There faith, bright cherub, points tlie way 
 To realms of everlasting day, 
 
 And opens all her heav'n. 
 
 5. Then let the love, that makes me blest, 
 With cheerful praise inspire my breast. 
 
 And ardent gratitude ; 
 And all my thoughts and passions tend 
 To thee, my Father and my Friend, 
 
 My soul's eternal good. 
 
 HYMN 58. L. M. 
 
 1. npRlUMPHANT, Lord ! thy goodness velgm 
 A Thro' all the wide celestial plains ; 
 
PERFECTIONS OF GOD. 
 And its full streams redundant flow 
 Down to th' abodes of men below. 
 
 2. Tliro' nature's works thy glories shine } 
 The cares of providence are tliine ; 
 And thou hast rais'd within our frame 
 A fairer temple to thy name. 
 
 3. O give to ev'iy human heart, 
 
 To taste and feel how good thou art ; 
 With grateful love and rev'rend fear, 
 To know how blest thy children are. 
 
 4. Let nature burst into a song : 
 
 Ye echoing hills, the notes prolong ! 
 Earth, seas, and stars, your anthems raise. 
 All vocal with your Maker's praise ! 
 
 5. Join, O my soul ! the gen'ral song j 
 Tp thee its sweetest notes belong. 
 Blest above all by love divine, 
 
 To praise is eminently thine. 
 
 HYMN 54. c. M. 
 
 1. ^WEET is the mem'ry of thy gi'ace, 
 '''^ O God, my heav'nly King ! 
 
 Let age to age thy righteousness 
 In sounds of glory sing. 
 
 2. God reigns on high, but not confines 
 
 His goodness to the skies. 
 Through the whole earth his bounty shines. 
 And ev'ry want supplies. 
 
 3. With longing eyes, thy creatures wait 
 
 On thee for daily food ; 
 Thy lib'ral hand provides their meat, 
 And fills their mouths w ith good, 
 
 4. How kind are thy compassions, Lord ! 
 
 How slow thine anger moves ! 
 But sQon he sends his pard'ning wordj 
 To cheer the souls he loves. 
 
 5. Creatures, with all their endless race. 
 
 Thy pow'r and praise proclaim ; 
 But saints, who taste thy richer gr^lce, 
 Delight to bless thy name, 
 
CHARACTER AND 
 HYMN 55 c. M. 
 
 y. f^UR souls with pleasing wonder riey 
 The bounties of thy grace ; 
 How much bestow 'd, how much reserv'dj, 
 For those that seek thy face. 
 2, Thy lib'ral hand with worldly bliss 
 Oft makes their cap run o'er ; 
 And in the cov'nant of thy love 
 They find diviner store. 
 
 3o Here mercy hides their num'rous sins ; 
 Here grace their souls renews ; 
 Here hope, and love, and joy, and peace 
 Their heav'nly beams diffuse. 
 
 4. But oh ! what treasui'es yet unknown 
 
 Are lodg'd in worlds to come ! 
 If these th' enjoyments of the way. 
 How happy is their home ! 
 
 5. And what shall mortal worms reply ? 
 
 Or how such goodness own ? 
 But 'tis our joy, that. Lord, to thee 
 
 Thy servants' hearts are known. 
 £. Since time's too short, all-gracious Godf, 
 
 To utter half thy praise ; 
 Loud, to the honour of thy name. 
 
 Eternal hynms we'll raise. 
 
 HYMN 56 s. M. 
 
 1 . 1VTY soul, repeat his praise, 
 
 A^Vhose mercies are so great ; 
 Whose anger is so slow to rise. 
 So ready to abate. 
 
 2. God will not always chide ; 
 
 And, when his wi*ath is felt, 
 His strokes are fewer than our crimes, 
 And lighter than oiu* guilt. 
 
 3. High as the heav'ns are rais'd 
 
 Above the ground we tread, 
 So far the riches of his grace 
 Our highest tlwughts exaeed. 
 
PERFECTIONS OF GOD. 
 'i. His grace subdues our sins ; 
 And his forgiving love, 
 Far as the east is from the wcst^ 
 Doth all our guilt remove. 
 5* The pity of the Lord 
 
 To those who fear his name. 
 Is such as tender p£ii;ents feel 5 
 He knows our feeble frame. 
 
 6, Our days are as the grass. 
 
 Or like the morning fiow'r ! 
 If one sharp blast sweep o'er the field, 
 It withers in an hour. 
 
 7. But thy compassions. Lord, 
 
 To endless years endure ; 
 And children's children ever find 
 Thy words of promise sure. 
 
 HYMN 57. c. M. 
 
 L f \ THOU, the wretched's sure retreat, 
 ^ Who dost our cares control, 
 And with the cheeiful smile of peace. 
 Revive the fainting soul ! 
 
 2. Did ever thy propitious ear f 
 
 The humble plea disdain ? 
 Or when did plaintive mis'rj*' sigh. 
 Or supplicate in vaui ? 
 
 3. Opprest with grief and shame, dissoli^d 
 
 In penitential tears. 
 Thy goodness calms our anxious doubts^ 
 And dissipates our fears. 
 
 4. New life frorfi thy refreshing grace 
 
 Our sinking hearts receive ; 
 Thy gentlest, best-lov'd attribute^ 
 To pity and forgive* 
 
 5. From that blest somxe, propitious hop^ 
 
 Appears serenely blight. 
 And sheds her soft and cheering beam 
 O'er sorrow's dismal night. 
 
 6. Our hearts adore thy mercy. Lord, 
 
 And bless the friendly ray, 
 
CHARACTER AND PERFECTIONS &€. 
 
 Wliicli ushers in the smilmg morn 
 Of everlasting day. 
 
 HYMN 58. L. M. 
 
 1. TTP to the Lord, who reigns on high, 
 ^ And views the nations from afar. 
 Let everlasting praises fly. 
 
 And tell how large his bounties are. 
 
 2. He overmles all mortal tilings, 
 
 And manages our mean aftairs ; 
 On humble souls tlie King of kings 
 
 Bestows his counsels and his cares. 
 S. Our soiTOws and our tears we pour 
 
 Into the bosom of our God ; 
 He hears us in the mournful hour, 
 
 And helps to bear the heavy load. 
 
 4. In vain might lofty princes try 
 
 Such condescension to perform ; 
 For worms were never rais'd so high. 
 Above their meanest fellow-worm. 
 
 5. O could our thankful hearts devise 
 
 A tribute equal to thy grace ; 
 To the third heav'n our songs should rise, 
 And teach the golden harps thy praise. 
 
 HYMN 59. o. M. 
 
 1. T ET ev'ry tongue thy goodness speak, 
 
 Thou sov'reign Lord of all : 
 Thy strength 'ning hands uphold the weak. 
 And raise the poor that fall. 
 
 2. When sorrow bows the spirit down, 
 
 Or vu'tue lies distressed 
 Beneath some proud oppressor's frown, 
 Thou giv'st the mourner rest. 
 
 3. Thou know'st the pain thy servants feel 3 
 
 Thou hear'st thy children cry ; 
 And, theii' best Avishes to fulfil. 
 Thy grace is ever nigh. 
 
 4. Thy mercy never shall remove 
 
 Yvom men of heart sincere i 
 
WOiRKS OP GOD &c. 
 Th-ou sav'st the souls, whose humble love 
 Is join'd with holy fear. 
 5. My lips shall dwell upon thy praise. 
 And spread thy fame abroad. 
 Let all the sons of Adam raise 
 The honoui's of their God, 
 
 HYMN 60. s. M. 
 
 5. iRACE) 'tis a charming sound ! 
 Harmonious to tlie ear ! 
 Heav'n with the echo shall resound. 
 And all tlie earth shall hear. 
 2. Grace first contriv'd a way 
 To save rebellious man ; 
 And all the steps that grace display. 
 Which drew the wondrous plan, 
 .3. Grrace leads my roving feet 
 To tread the heav'nly road ; 
 And new supplies each hour I meef , 
 While pressing on to God, 
 4, Grace all the work shall crown, 
 Through everlasting days ; 
 It lays in heav'n the topmost stone, 
 And well deserves the praise. 
 
 III. 
 
 WORKS OF GOD IN NATURE. 
 
 HYMN 61. L. M. 
 
 1. ^"pHE spacious firmament on high. 
 
 With all the blue ediereal sky, 
 And spangled heav'ns, a shining frame, 
 I'heii' great original proclaim. 
 
 2, Th' unwearied sun from day to day. 
 Does his Creator's pow'r display, 
 And publishes to ev'ry land 
 
 The Avork of an almighty hand. 
 
WORKS OF GOI> 
 
 3. Soon as the ev'ning shades prevail. 
 The moon takes up the wondrous tale. 
 And nightly to the list'ning earth 
 Repeats the story of her birth : 
 
 4. Whilst all tlie stars that round her bum. 
 And all the planets in their turn, 
 Confirm the tidings as they l oll. 
 
 And spread the truth from pole to pole, 
 
 5. WTiat though in solemn silence all 
 Move round the dark terrestrial ball p 
 %\liat tho' nor real voice nor sound 
 Amidst their radiant orbs be found ? 
 
 C. In reason's ear they all rejoice. 
 And utter forth a glorious voice. 
 For ever singing, as they shine — 
 The hand th^t made us is divine. 
 
 HYMN 62. L. M. 
 
 j . npHERE is a God. all nature speaks, 
 
 -»- Through earth, and air, and seas, and skies-. 
 See, fi'om the clouds his gloiy breaks. 
 When the fir st beams of morning rise. 
 'J. The rising sun, serenely bright, 
 
 O'er the wide world's extended frame. 
 Inscribes in characters of light 
 
 His mighty Maker's glorious natne, 
 
 3. Diffusing life his influence spreads. 
 
 And health and plenty smile aroimd j 
 And fruitful fields, and verdant meads. 
 Are with a thousand blessings crown'd. 
 
 4. Almighty Goodness, Pow'r di\-ine, 
 
 The fields and verdant meads display ; 
 And bless the hand, which made them shine 
 With various charms profusely gay. 
 
 5. For man and beast, here daily food 
 
 In wide diffusive plenty grows ; 
 And there for drink, the crystal flood 
 In stream:? swe -t winding gently flows. 
 
 6. By cooling streams and soft'ning show'r,?. 
 
 I'he vegetable race are fed ; 
 
IN NATURE. 
 
 And trees, and plants, arid herbs, and flow'rs, 
 Theii' Maker's bounty smiling spread. 
 
 HYMN 68. c. M. 
 
 1. TTAIL, great Creator, wise and good I 
 
 To thee oiu' songs we raise. 
 Nature, thro' all her various scenes, 
 Invites us to thy praise. 
 
 2. At morning, noon, and ev'nin^ mild, 
 
 Fresh wonders strike our view ; 
 And while we gaze, our hearts exult, 
 With tran spoils ever new. 
 
 3. Thy glory beams in ev'ry star, 
 
 Wliich gilds the gloom of night ; 
 And decks the smiling face of morn 
 With rays of cheerml light. 
 4 Tlie lofty hill, the humble lawn. 
 With countless beauties shine ; 
 The silent grove, the awful shade, 
 Proclaim thy pow'r divine. 
 
 5. Great nature's God ! still may Uiese scenes 
 
 Our serious hours engage ! 
 Still may our grateful hearts consult 
 Thy works' instructive page ! 
 
 6. And while in all thy wondrous works, 
 
 Thy varied love we see ; 
 Still may the contemplation lead 
 Our hearts, O God, to thee ! 
 
 HYMN 64 c. M. 
 
 1. sing th' almighty pow'r of God, 
 Who bade the mountains rise, 
 
 Who spread the flowing seas abi'Oad, 
 And built the lofty skies. 
 
 2. We sing the wisdom that ordain'd 
 
 The sun to rule the day ; 
 The moon shines full at his command. 
 And all the stars obey. 
 
 3. We sing the goodness of the Lord, 
 
 AVho fills tiie earth with food j 
 
WORKS OF GOD 
 
 Who form'd his creatures by a word. 
 And tlien pronoutic'd them good. 
 
 4. Lord, how thy wonders are display 'd^ 
 
 Where'er we tum our eyes ; 
 Whether we view the ground we treads 
 Or gaze upon the skies ! 
 
 5. There's not a plant nor flow'r below. 
 
 But makes thy glories known ; 
 And clouds arise, and tempests blow. 
 By order from thy throne. 
 
 6. Creation, vast as it may be, 
 
 Is subject to thy will. 
 There's not a place, where we can flee^ 
 But God is with us still. 
 
 7. On him each moment we depend ; 
 
 If he withdraw, we die. 
 Oh may we ne'er that God oifend, 
 Who is for ever nigh ! 
 
 HYMN 66. L. M. 
 
 1. T ET the high heav'ns your songs invite j 
 Those spacious fields of brilliant lightj, 
 Where sun, and moon, and planets roll. 
 And stars that glow from pole to pole. 
 
 Q. Sing earth in verdant robes array'd, 
 Its herbs and flow'rs, its fruits and shade , 
 Peopled with life of various forms. 
 Offish, and fowl, and beasts, and worms. 
 
 3. View the broad sea's majestic plains, 
 And think how Avide its Maker reigns. 
 That band remotest nations joins ; 
 And on each wave his goodness shines. 
 
 4. But O ! that brighter world above, 
 Wliere lives and reigns incarnate love ! 
 God's only son, in flesh array'd, 
 
 I^r man a bleeding victim made I 
 
 5. iliither, my soul, with rapture soai^; 
 There in the land of praise adore ! 
 The theme demands an angel's lay, 
 Detnauds an everlasting day. 
 
IN NATURE. 
 
 HYMN 66. L. M. 
 
 1. "pTERNA^L source of ev'ry joy ! 
 
 Well may thy praise our lips employ, 
 While in thy temple we appear, 
 Whose goodness crowns the cii'cling yelir. 
 
 2. The flow'ry spring, at thy command, 
 Perfumes the air, and paints the land ; 
 The summer-rays with vigour shine. 
 To raise the corn and cheer the vine. 
 
 3. Thy hand, in autumn, richly pours 
 Through all our coasts redundant stores ; 
 And wmters, soften'd by thy care, 
 
 No more a face of horror wear. 
 
 4. Seasons, and months, and weeks, and days, 
 Demand successive songs of praise. 
 
 Still be the cheerful homage paid, 
 With morning light, and ev'nmg shade. 
 
 5. Here in thy house let incense rise, 
 And circling sabbaths bless our eyes ; 
 'Till to those lofty heights we soar, 
 AVhere days and years revolve no more. 
 
 HYMN 67. c. M. 
 
 1. VITTTH songs and honoiu*s sounding loud, 
 
 ^ ^ Address the Lord on hi^h t 
 Over the heav'ns he spreads his cloud. 
 And waters veil the ssy. 
 
 2. He sends his show'rs of blessings down, 
 
 To cheer the plains below ; 
 He makes the gi\iss the mountains crown. 
 And corn in valleys grow. 
 
 3. He gives the grazing ox his meat ; 
 
 He hears the ravens ciy ; 
 But man, who tastes his finest wheat. 
 Should raise his honours high. 
 
 4. His steady counsels change the face 
 
 Of the declining year ; 
 He bids the sun cut short his race. 
 And wintry days appear. 
 
WORKS OP GOD 
 
 5. His hoary frost, his fleecy snow, 
 
 Descend and -clothe the ground j 
 The liquid streams forbear to flow, 
 In icy fetters bound. 
 
 6. He sends his word, and melts the snoAv,^ 
 
 The fields no longer mourn. 
 He calls the warmer gales to blow, 
 
 And bids the spring return, 
 f . The changing wind, the flying cloud, 
 
 Obey his mighty word. 
 With songs and honours sounding loudj 
 
 Praise ye the sovereign Lord. 
 
 HYMN 68. c. M. 
 
 1. YIjrHILE beauty clothes the fertile vale, 
 
 ' ^ And blossoms on the spray. 
 And fragrance breathes in ev'ry gale, 
 How sweet the vernal day ! 
 
 2. How kind the influence of the skies ! 
 
 Soft show'rs with blessings fraught. 
 Bid verdure, beauty, fragrance rise, 
 And fix the roving thought. 
 
 3. O let my wond'ring heart confess, 
 
 With gratitude and love. 
 The boimteous hand that deigns to bless 
 The garden, field, and groove. 
 
 4. That bounteous hand my thoughts adore^ 
 
 Beyond expression kind. 
 Hath sweeter, nobler gifts in store. 
 To bless the craving mind. 
 
 5. Inspired to praise, I then shall join 
 
 Glad nature's cheerful song ; 
 And love and gratitude divine 
 Attu^ie my joyful tongue. 
 
 HYMN 69. L. M. 
 
 1. npHE Wsing morn, the closing day, 
 
 J- Repeat thy praise with grateful voice j 
 Both in their turns thy pow'r display, 
 Ajid, laden Avith thy gifts_, rejoic-t?. 
 
IN NATURE, 
 i^. Eai^tli's wide-extended varying scenes, 
 All smiling round, thy bounty show. 
 From seas or clouds, full magazines. 
 Thy rich diffusive blessings flow. 
 
 3. Now earth receives the precious seed, 
 
 Which thy indulgent hand prepares ; 
 And nourishes the future bread. 
 And answers all the sower's cares. 
 
 4. Thy sweet refreshing show'rs attend 
 
 And through the ridges gently flow, 
 Soft on the springing corn descend ; 
 And thy kind blessing makes it grow. 
 
 5. Thy goodness crowns the circling year j 
 
 Thy paths drop fatness all around ; 
 Ev'n baiTen wilds thy praise declare. 
 And echoing hills return the sound. 
 
 6. Here, spreading flocks adorn the plain ; 
 
 There plenty ev'ry charm displays. 
 Thy bounty clothes each lovely scene 5 
 And joyful nature shouts thy praise. 
 
 HYMN 70. L. M. 
 
 1. REAT God, at whose all-pow'rful rail 
 At first arose this beauteous frame I 
 By thee the seasons change, and all 
 The changing seasons speak thy name. 
 '2, Thy bounty bids the infant year, 
 
 From winter storms recover'd, rise 5 
 When thousand grateful scenes appear, 
 Fresh op'ning to our wond'ring eyes. 
 
 3. O how delightful 'tis to see 
 
 The earth in vernal beauty drest ! 
 "V^Tiile in each herb, and flow'r, and tree, 
 
 Thy blooming glories shine confest ! 
 i. Aloft, full beaming, reigns the sun, 
 
 And light and genial heat conveys ; 
 And, while he leads the seasons on. 
 
 From thee derives his quickning rays, 
 5. Around us, in the teeming field^ 
 
 Stands the rich grain or purpled \ ine,. 
 
DIVINE PROVIDENCE 
 At thy command they rise, to yield 
 
 The strengtli'ning bread or cheering wine. 
 6. Indulgent God ! from evVy part 
 
 Thy plenteous blessings largely flow. 
 We see ; we taste ; — let er'ry heai't 
 ^ With grateful love and duty glow. 
 
 IV. 
 
 DIVINE PROVIDENCE AND 
 GOVERNMENT. 
 
 HYMN 71. c. M. 
 
 1. T ET the whole race of creatures lie 
 
 Abas'd before the Lord ! 
 Whate'er his pow'rful hand has form'd. 
 He governs with a word. 
 
 2. Ten thousand ages ere the skies 
 
 Were into motion brought, 
 Ail the long years and worlds to come 
 Stood present to his thought. 
 
 3. There's not a spari'ow or a worm 
 
 O'erlook'd in his decrees. 
 He raises monarchs to a throne, 
 Or sinks with equal ease, 
 
 4. If light attend the course I go, 
 
 'Tis he provides the rays ; 
 iVid 'tis his hand that hides the sun, 
 If darkness cloud my days. 
 
 5. Trusting his wisdom and his love, 
 
 I would not wish to know, 
 What in the book of his decrees 
 Awaits me here below. 
 
 6. Be this alone my fervent pray'r : 
 
 Whate'er my lot shall be, 
 Or joys, or sorrows, may they form 
 My soul for heav'n and thee I 
 
AND GOVERNMENT. 
 
 HYMN 72. CM. 
 
 1. npHE Lord, how fearful is his name ! 
 
 How wide is his command ! 
 Nature, with all her moving frame, 
 Rests on his mighty hand. 
 
 2. Immortal glory forms his throne, 
 
 And light his awful robe, 
 Whilst, with a smile or with a frown, 
 He manages the globe. 
 
 3. Adoring angels round him fall, 
 
 In all their shining forms. 
 His sov'reign eye looks thro' them all, 
 And pities mortal worms. 
 
 4. His bowels to our worthless race 
 
 In sweet compassion move ; 
 He clothes his looks with softest grace, 
 And takes his title, love. 
 
 5. Now, let the Lord for ever reign, 
 
 And sway us as he will. 
 Sick, or in health, in ease, or pain. 
 We are his fav'rites still. 
 
 6. No more shall peevish passion rise ; 
 
 The tongue no more complain. 
 'Tis sov'reign love that lends our joys, 
 And love resumes again. 
 
 _ HYMN 7§. p. M. 
 
 1. VE subjects of the Lord, proclaim 
 
 J- The royal honoui's of his name. 
 
 "Jehovah reigns," be all your song. 
 'Tis he, thy God, O Zion ! reigns. 
 Prepare thy most harmonious stiniins, 
 Glad hallelujahs to prolong. 
 
 2. Ye princes, boast no more your croAvn, 
 But lay the glitt'ring ti'iile down 
 
 In lowly honour at his feet. 
 A span your narrow empire bounds : 
 He reigns bey ond created rounds. 
 In self-sufficient glory great. 
 5. Tremble, ye pageants of a day, 
 Form'd, like your slaves, of brittle clay ; 
 
4S DIVINE PROVIDENCE 
 
 Down to the dust your sceptree bend. 
 To everlasting years he reigns. 
 And undiminish'd rule maintains. 
 
 When kings, and suns, and time shall end. 
 4. So shall his favour'd Zion live ; 
 In vain confed'rate nations strive 
 
 Her sacred turrets to destroy: 
 Her sov'reign sits enthron'd above ; 
 And endless pow'r and endless love 
 
 Insure her safety and her joy. - 
 
 HYMN 74. p. M. 
 
 I. HP HE Lord of glory, reigns supremely great, 
 
 And o'er heav'ns arches builds his royal seat. 
 Thro' worlds unknown his sov'reign sway extends. 
 Nor space, nor time, his boundless empire ends. 
 His eye beholds th' affairs of ev'ry nation. 
 And reads each thought thro' his immense creation. 
 
 % Lightnings and storms his mighty word obey. 
 And planets roll, where he has mark'd their way, 
 Unnumber'd cherubs veil 'd before him stand, 
 And at Ids signal all their wings expand, 
 His praise skives harmony to all their voices. 
 And ev'ry heart tliro' the full choir rejoices. 
 
 o. Rebellious mortals, cease your tumults vain. 
 Nor longer such unequal war maintain, 
 luet clay with fellow-clay in combat strive : 
 But dread to brave the pow'r, by which you live. 
 With contrite hearts fall prostrate, and adore him ; 
 For, if he frown, ye perish all before him. 
 
 HYMN 76. L. M. 
 
 1. /GREATEST of beings, source of life, 
 vX Sov'reign of air, and earth, and sea ! 
 All nature feels thy pow'r ; but man 
 
 A grateful tribute pays to thee. 
 
 2. Subject to wants, to thee he looks, 
 
 And from thy goodness seeks supplies ; 
 And, when oppress'd witli guilt, he mourns^ 
 Thy mercy lifts him to the skies. 
 
 3. Children, whose little minds, unform'd, 
 
 Ne'er rais'd a tender thought to heav'n ; 
 
AND GOVERNMENT. 
 
 And men, whom reason lifts to God, 
 Tho' oft by passion downward driT'n; 
 
 4. Those, too, who bend with age and care. 
 
 And faint and tremble near the tomb, 
 Who, sick'ning at the present scenes. 
 Sigh for that better state to come:— 
 
 5. All, great Creator ! all are thine: 
 
 All feel thy providential care ; 
 And, thro' each varying scene of life. 
 Alike thy constant pity share. 
 
 6. And, whether grief oppress the heart. 
 
 Or whether joy elate the breast, 
 Or life still keep its little course, 
 Or death invite the heart to rest: — 
 
 7. All are thy messengers, and all 
 
 Thy sacred pleasure, Lord, obey ! 
 And all are training man to dwell 
 Nearer to bliss, and nearer thee. 
 
 ' * Under thy mild and gentle reign ? 
 Who does a weight of duty share, 
 More than his aids and pow'rs can bear ? 
 
 2. With dilf' ring climes, and diff 'ring lands. 
 With fertile plains and barren sands, 
 Thy hand hath fram'd this earthly round, 
 And set each nation in its bound. 
 
 3. So various thy celestial ray 
 
 Here sheds a full, there fainter day. 
 The God of all, unkind to none. 
 To all \l\e path of life hath shown, 
 
 4. Large is tlie bounty of his hand : 
 He will a large return demand. 
 
 Haste tlien, my soul ! thy work pursue,^ 
 And keep the heav'nly prize in view. 
 
 HHRfJUGII all the various shifting sceue. 
 Of life's nustakeu ill or good, 
 
 ! can complain. 
 
 HYMN 77. L. M. 
 
DIVINE PROVIDENCE 
 
 Thy hand, O God, conducts, unseen » 
 
 The beautiful vicissitude. 
 ^. Thou givest with paternal care, 
 
 Howe'er unjustly we complain, 
 To all their necessary share 
 
 Of joy and sorrow, health and pain. 
 
 3. Trust we to youth, or friends, or powV ? 
 
 Fix we on this terrestrial ball ? 
 When most secui-e, the coming hour. 
 If thou see fit, may blast them all. 
 
 4. Thy pow'rful consolations cheer ; 
 
 Thy smiles suppress the deep-fetch'd si 
 Thy hand can diy the trickling tear. 
 That secret wets the widow's eye. 
 
 5. All things on earth, and all in heav'ii 
 
 On thy eternal will depend ; 
 And all for greater good were giv'n, 
 Would man pm'sue th' appointed emL 
 
 6. Be this my care : — To all beside, 
 
 Indilf' rent let my wishes be. 
 Passion be calm, abas'd be pride, 
 
 And fix'd my soul, great God ! on thee, 
 
 HYMN 78. c. M. 
 
 1. OD moves in a mysterious way, 
 
 His wonders to perform. 
 He plants his footsteps in the sea, 
 And rides upon the storm. 
 
 2. Deep in unfathomable mines 
 
 Of never-failing skill. 
 He treasures up his bright designs. 
 And works his sov'reign will. 
 
 3. Ye fearful saints ! fresh courage take : 
 
 The clouds ye so much dread 
 Are big with mercy, and will break 
 In blessings on your head. 
 
 4. Judge not the Lord by feeble sen?c. 
 
 But trust him for his grace ; 
 Behind a smiling providence, 
 He hides a smiling face. 
 
AND GOVERNMENT. 
 Ills purposes will ripen fast, 
 
 Unfolding ev'ry hour. 
 The bud may have a bitter taste. 
 But sweet will be the flow'r. 
 G- Blind unbelief is sure to err, 
 And scan his work in vain. 
 God is his own interpreter. 
 And he will make it plain. 
 
 HYMN 79. L. M. 
 
 1. TrAST are thy works, almighty Lord f 
 ^ All nature rests upon thy word. 
 
 Thy glories in the heav'ns we see ; 
 
 The spacious eartJi is full of thee. 
 9. The various tribes of creatures stand. 
 
 Waiting tlieir portion from thy hand ; 
 
 And, while they take theii* diff'rent food^ 
 
 Hieir cheerful looks pronounce thee good. 
 
 3. Whene'er tl.y face is hid, they mourn, 
 And dying, to their dust return ; 
 
 Both man and beast their souls resign ; % 
 Life, breath, and spirit, all are thine. 
 
 4. Yet thou canst breatlie on dust again. 
 And fill the world with beasts and men. 
 A word of thy creating breath 
 Repairs the wastes of time and death. 
 
 5. The eartli stands trembling at thy sti'okcj 
 And at thy touch the mountains smoke. 
 Yet humble souls may see thy face. 
 And tell their wants to sov 'reign grace. 
 
 fi. In thee my hopes and wishes meet. 
 And make my meditations sweet. 
 I to my God, my heav'nly King, 
 Immortal hallelujahs sing. 
 
 HYMN 80. L. M. 
 
 ^* l^-^-^-^T Ruler of the earth and skies ! 
 ^* A word of thine almighty breath 
 Can sink the world, or bid it rise. 
 Thy smile is life, thv frown is deutlL 
 
BIVINE PROVIDENCE 
 
 2. Wlien angry nations rush to arms, 
 
 And rage, and noise, and tumult reign. 
 And w ar resounds its dire alarms, 
 And slaughter dyes the hostile plain : 
 
 3. Thy sovereign eye looks calmly down, 
 
 And marks their course, and bounds their pow 
 Thy law the angry nations own. 
 
 And noise and war are heard no more. 
 
 4. Then peace retui-ns with balmy wing. 
 
 Sweet peace ! witli her what blessings fled I 
 Glad plenty laughs, the vallies sing. 
 Reviving" commerce lifts her head. 
 
 5. To thee we pay our grateful songs : 
 
 Thy kind protection still implore. 
 O may our hearts, and lives, and tongues. 
 Confess thy goodness, and adore ! 
 
 HYMN 81. L. M. 
 
 1, OD is the refuge of his saints, 
 
 When storms of deep distress invade. 
 Ere we can offer our complaints, 
 • Behold him present with his aid. 
 5. Let mountains from their seats be hiirl'd 
 Down to the deep, and buried there ; 
 Convulsions shake the solid world : 
 Our faith shall never yield to fear. 
 3. Loud may the troubled ocean roar : 
 In sacred peace our souls abide ; 
 While ev'ry nation, ev'ry shore 
 
 Trembles and dreads the swelling tide, 
 -i. 'Midst storms and tempests. Lord ! thy woret 
 Does ev'ry rising fear contmL 
 Sweet peace tliy promises aftbrd, 
 And well sustain the fainting souJ, 
 
 HYMN 82. s. M. 
 
 1. IVE to the winds thy fears ; 
 Hope, and be undismay'd : 
 God hears thy sighs, and counts thy tears,. 
 God shall lift up thy head. 
 % Through waves and clouds and storms,^ 
 He gently clears thy way : 
 
AND GOVERNMENT. 
 Wait thou his time, so shall this night 
 Soon end in joyous day. 
 
 3. What though thou rulest not ; 
 
 Yet heav'n, and earth, and hell 
 Proclaim, God sitteth on the tlii-one, 
 And ruleth all things well. 
 
 4. Thine everlasting tinith, 
 
 Father, thy ceaseless love, 
 Sees all thy children's wants, and knows 
 What best for each will prove. 
 
 5. And whatsoe'er thou will'st. 
 
 Thou dost, O King of kings ; 
 What thine unerring wisdom chose. 
 Thy pow'r to being brings. 
 
 6. Thou seest our weakness. Lord ; 
 
 Our hearts are known to thee. 
 O lift tliou up the sinking head. 
 Confirm the feeble knee. 
 
 7. Let us in life, and death. 
 
 Thy steadfast truth declare ; 
 And publish with our latest breath, 
 Thy love and guardian care. 
 
 HYMN 8S. L. M. 
 
 1. ^VfOT from relentless fate's dark womb. 
 Or. from the dust, our troubles come. 
 No fickle chance presides o'er grief. 
 To cause the pain, or send relief. 
 
 3. Look up, and see, ye sorrowing saints ! 
 The cause and cm'e of yoiir complaints. 
 Know, 'tis your heav'nly Father's will : 
 Bid ev'ry murmur then be still. 
 
 3. He sees, we need the painful yoke 5 
 Yet love directs his heaviest stroke. 
 He takes no pleasure in our smart, 
 But wounds to heal and cheer the he^t. 
 
 4. Blest trials those that cleanse from sin. 
 And make the soul all pure within. 
 Wean the fond mind from earthly toys^ 
 To seek and taste celestial joys ! 
 
DIVINE PROVIDENCE 
 HYMN 84. c. M. 
 
 1. npO calm the sorrows of the mind. 
 
 Our heav'nly Friend is nigh, 
 To wipe the anxious tear that starts 
 Or trembles in the eye. 
 
 2. Thou canst, when an^ish rends the he^ 
 
 The secret woe control ; ^ 
 The inward malady canst heal, 
 The sickness of the soul. 
 
 3. Thou canst reprfess tlie rising sigh ; 
 
 Canst sooth each mortal care ; 
 And ev'ry deep and heart-felt groan 
 Is M afted to thine ear. 
 
 4. Thy gracious eye is watchful still ; 
 
 Thy potent arm can save 
 From threat 'ning danger and disease, 
 And the devouring grave. 
 
 5. When, pale and languid all the frame. 
 
 The ruthless hand of pain 
 Arrests the feeble pow'rs of life. 
 The help of man is vain. 
 
 6. 'Tis thou, great God ! alone canst chee^ 
 
 The progress of disease ; 
 And sickness, aw'd by pow'r divine. 
 The high command obeys. 
 
 7. Eternal source of life, and health. 
 
 And ev'ry bliss we feel ! 
 In sorrow and in joy, to thee 
 Our grateful hearts appeal. 
 
 HYMN 85. s. M. 
 
 1. aURE there's a righteous God, 
 Nor is religion vain ; 
 Tho' men of vice may boast aloud, 
 And virtuous men complain. 
 2. 1 sav/ the wicked rise, 
 
 And felt my heart repine. 
 While haughty fools, witli scornful eyes, 
 In robes of honour shine. 
 
AND GOVERN^fENT. 
 
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 3. Their impious tongues blaspheme 
 
 The everlasting God ; 
 Their malice blasts the good man's name. 
 And spreads their lies abroad. 
 
 4. The tumults of my thought 
 
 Help me in deep suspense, 
 'Till to thy house my feet were brought. 
 To learn thy justice thence. 
 
 5. Thy word, with light and pow'r. 
 
 Did my mistakes amend ; 
 I view'd the sinners' life before. 
 But here I learnt tlieir end. 
 
 6. Lord, at thy feet I bow ; 
 
 My thoughts no more repine. 
 I call my God my portion now. 
 And all my pow'rs are thine. 
 
 HYMN 86. c. iif. 
 
 1. T ET others boast how strong they be, 
 -Li Nor death nor danger fear ; 
 While we confess, O Lord, to thee. 
 
 What feeble tilings we are. 
 
 2. Fresh as tlie grass our bodies stand. 
 
 And flourish bright and gay : 
 A blasting wind sweeps o'er the land, 
 And fades the grass away. 
 
 3. Our life contains a thousand springs, 
 
 And dies if one be gone* 
 Sti'ange ! that a harp , of thousand strings 
 Should keep in tune so long. 
 
 4. But 'tis our God supports our frame. 
 
 The God that form'd us first. 
 Salvation to th' almighty name. 
 That rear'd us from the dust. 
 $. While Ave have breath, or life, or tongues^ 
 Our Maker we'll adore. 
 His spirit moves our heaving lungs. 
 Or they would breathe no more. 
 
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DIVINE PROVIDENCE 
 HYMN 87. p. M. 
 
 1. TTPWARD I lift mine eyes, 
 ^ From God is all my aid ; 
 The God who Imilt the skies, 
 
 And earth's foundations laid. 
 
 God is the tow'r. 
 To which I fly : ^ 
 His ^ace is nigh 
 
 In ev'ry hour. 
 
 2. My feet shall never slide 
 
 Or fall in fatal snares ; 
 Since God, my guard and guide, 
 Defends me from my fears. 
 Those wakeful eyes, 
 That never sleep, 
 His children keep, 
 When dangers rise. 
 8. No buniing heats by day. 
 Nor blasts of ev'ning air, 
 Sliall take my health away. 
 If God be with me there. 
 Thou art my sun, 
 And thou my shade, 
 To guard my head 
 • By night or noon. 
 jt. Hast thou not giv'n thy word. 
 To save my soul from death ^ 
 And I can trust the Lord, 
 To keep my moital breath. 
 I'll go and come. 
 Nor fear to die. 
 Till from on high 
 He call me home, 
 
 HYMN 88. L. M. 
 
 t . '^T^HEY, that have made their refuge God, 
 A Shall find a most secure abode ; 
 Shall walk all day beneath his sliade, 
 And there at night shall rest their head. 
 
 (i. If burning beams of noon conspire 
 To dart a pestilential fire : 
 
AND GOVERNMENT. 
 God is their life ; his wings £ire spread, 
 To shield them 'midst ten thousand dead. 
 3» If vapours with malignant breath 
 Rise thick, and scatter midnight death : 
 Still they are safe ; the poison 'd air 
 Again gi*ows pure, if God be there. 
 
 4. But if the fire, or plague, or sword. 
 Receive commission from the Lord, 
 To strike his saints among the rest : 
 Their very pains and deaths are blest. 
 
 5. The sword, the pestilence, or fire, 
 Shall but fulfil their best desire ; 
 From sins and sori'ows set them free. 
 And bring thy children, Lord ! to thee. 
 
 ' hymn 89. c. M. 
 
 t, \ ND art thou with us, gracious Lord, 
 - To dissipate our fear ? 
 Dost thou proclaim thyself our God, 
 
 Our God for ever near ? 
 il: Doth thy right hand, which form'd the eartji;, 
 
 And bears up all the skies, 
 Stretch from on high its friendly aid, 
 
 When dangers round us rise ? 
 And wilt thou lead our weary souls 
 
 To that delightful scene. 
 Where rivers of salvation flow 
 
 Through pastures ever green ? 
 i. On thy support oiu* souls shall lean^ 
 
 And banish ev'iy care ; 
 The gloomy vale of death will smile, 
 
 If God be with us there. 
 5. While we his gracious succour prove, 
 
 'Midst all our various ways. 
 The darkest shades, thro' which we pass, 
 
 Shall echo with his praise. 
 
 HYMN 90. r. m. 
 
 1. npHE Lord my pasture shall prepare. 
 
 And feed me with a shepherd's cai^e > 
 His presence shall my ^'7iints supply , 
 
DtVINE PROVIDENCE 
 And guard me with a watchful eye ; 
 My noon^day walks he shall attend, 
 And all my midnight hours defend, 
 
 2. When on the sultry glebe I faint, 
 Or on the thirsty mountain pant ; 
 To fertile vales and dewy meads 
 My weaiy Avand'ring steps he leads. 
 Where peaceful rivers, soft and slow. 
 Amid the verdant landscape flow. 
 
 3. Though in a bare and rugged way. 
 Through devious lonely wilds I stray ; 
 Thy bounty shall my pains beguile, 
 The barren wilderness shall smije, 
 With sudden greens and herbage crown'd; 
 And streams shall murmur all around. 
 
 4. Though in the paths of death I tread. 
 With gloomy horrors overspread ; 
 My steadfast heart .shall fear no ill, 
 For thou, O Lord, art with me still ; 
 Thy friendly crook shall give me aid, 
 And guide me through the dreadful shade. 
 
 HYMN 91. c. M. 
 
 1. Q<HINE on our souls, eternal God ! 
 ^ With rays of mercy shine : 
 
 O let thy favour oi'own our days. 
 And their whole course be thine. 
 
 2. Did we not raise our hands to tliee, 
 
 Our hands might toil in vain : 
 Small joy success itself could give, 
 
 If thou thy love restrain. 
 i). 'Tis ours' the furrows to prepare. 
 
 And sow the precious gi-ain ; 
 'Tis thine, to give the jsnn and air. 
 
 And to conmiand the rain. 
 
 4. W ith thee let ev'r)'^ week begin, 
 
 With thee each day be spent, 
 For thee each fleeting hour improvM^ 
 Since each by thee is lent. 
 
 5. Thus cheer us thro' this toilsome road, 
 
 'Till all our Ijibours cease ; 
 
AND GOVERNMEM'. 
 And thus prepare our weary souls 
 For everlasting peace. 
 
 HYMN 92. c. ii. 
 
 Ill travdliiig, 
 
 1. TTOW ai-e thy serv^ants blest, O Loi^ I 
 How sure is theii' defence ! 
 Eternal wisdom is tiieir guide, 
 Their help omnipotence. 
 fL In foreign realms and lands remote, 
 Supported by thy care, 
 They pass imhurt thi-o' burning climes. 
 And breathe in tainted air. 
 5, Thy mercy sweetens ev'ry soil. 
 Makes ev'ry region please. 
 The hoary frozen hills it warms. 
 And smootlis the boist'rous seas. 
 
 4. Tho' by the dreadful tempest toss'd, 
 
 High on the broken wave, 
 They know thou art not slow to hear, 
 Nor impotent to save. 
 
 5. The storm is laid, the winds retire. 
 
 Obedient to thy will ; 
 The sea, that roars at thy command, 
 At thy command is still. 
 
 6. From all my griefs and sti'aits, O Lord ! 
 
 Thy mei*cy sets me free ; 
 Wliilst in the confidence of pray'r 
 ]\fy heai^t takes hold on thee. 
 
 7. In midst of dangers, fears, and deaths, 
 
 Thy goodness I'll adore ; 
 And praise thee for thy mercies past, 
 x\nd humbl}^ hope for more. 
 
 8. My life, while thou preserv'st my life. 
 
 Thy sacrifice shall be ; ^ 
 And, oh ! may deatli, when death shall com^^ 
 Unite my soul to thee I 
 
MISSION AND XATmrV 
 HYMN 98. c. v. 
 
 Jn a thunder-Storm, 
 1. T ET coward g:uilt, with pallid fear, 
 -Li To slieltTing caverns tiy ; 
 And justly dread the vcng^t iil fate. 
 
 Which thunders throuj^h the sky r 
 Protected by that hand, whose law 
 
 The threat'ning: storms obey. 
 Intrepid virtue smiles seciu'e. 
 As in the blaze of day. 
 
 5. In the thick cloud's tremendous gloom. 
 
 The lightning's horrid glare, 
 It views the same all-gracious pow'r 
 
 AVhich breathes the vernal air. 
 •i. Through natiu-e's ever-varying scene, 
 
 By dilf Vent ways pui'su'd. 
 The one eternal end of heav'n 
 
 Is universal good. 
 
 6. "WTien, through creation's vast expanse^ 
 
 The last dread thunders roll, 
 Untune the concord of the spheres. 
 
 And shake the guilty soul : 
 ^. Unmov'd may we the final storm 
 
 Of jarring worlds survey, 
 That ubhers in the tranquil morn 
 
 Of an eternal day. 
 
 Y. 
 
 MISSION AND NATIVITY 
 OF CHRIST 
 
 HYMN^i. c. .V. 
 
 1. XT ARK, the glad sound, the Saviour come*. 
 The Saviom* promis'd long ! 
 Let ev'ry heart pre])are a thi-one, 
 And ev-rj" voic-e a song. 
 5. On him the spirit larrely pourVi, 
 Exerts his sacr^ed ffre ; 
 
OP cttiiis r. 
 
 Wisdom, and might, ahd zeal, and love. 
 
 His holy breast inspire. 
 S. He comes the pris'ners to release. 
 
 In Satan's bondage held : 
 The gates of brass before him burst, 
 
 The iron fetters yield. 
 He comes, from thickest films of vice 
 
 To clear the mental ray ; 
 And on the eyes, oppressed with night. 
 
 To pour celestial day. 
 5. He comes, the broken heart to bind. 
 
 The bleeding soul to cure. 
 And, with the treasures of his grace, 
 
 T 'enrich the humble poor. 
 
 0. Our glad hosannahs, Prince of peace ! 
 
 Thy welcome shall proclaim ; 
 And heav'ns eternal arches ring. 
 With thy beloved name. 
 
 HYMN 95. s. M. 
 
 1. T) AISE your triumphant songs, 
 -"tv To an immortal tune, 
 
 Let tJie wide earth resound the deeds 
 
 Celestial grace has done. 
 % Hing, how eternal love 
 
 Its chief beloved chose, 
 And bade him raise our wretched race 
 
 From tlieir abyss of woes. 
 
 3. His hand no thimder bears ; 
 
 No terror clothes his brow ; 
 No bolts to drive our guilty souls 
 To fiercer flames below. 
 
 4. 'Twas mercy fiU'd the throne. 
 
 No wrath stood frowning by. 
 When Christ was sent with pardon dowu 
 To rebels doom'd to die. 
 
 5. Now sinners, diy your tears ; 
 
 Let hopeless sorroAV cease ; 
 Bow to the sceptre of his lovt % 
 And take the offer'd peace. 
 
SnSSION AND NATIVITY 
 
 HYMN 96. c. M. 
 
 1. Judah's plains as shepherds sat, 
 Watcliing theh' flocks by night, 
 
 The angel of the Lord appear 'd. 
 Clad in celestial light. 
 
 2. Awe-strnck the vision they regard, 
 
 Appall'd. with trembling fear ; 
 When thus a cherub-voice divine 
 Breath'd sweetly on their ear. 
 
 5. "Shepherds of Jadah ! cease your fears. 
 
 And calm yoiu* troubled mind ; 
 Glad tidings of great joy I bring 
 
 1 o you and all mankind, 
 i. This day almighty love fulfils 
 
 Its great eternal word ; 
 This day is bom in Bethlehem 
 
 A Saviour, Christ the Lord. 
 0, There shall you find the heav'nly babe 
 
 In humblest weeds array'd ; 
 All meanly wrapp'd in swaddling clothes^ 
 
 And in a manger laid." 
 
 6. He ceas'd, and sudden all around 
 
 Appear'd a mdiant throng 
 Of angels, praising God, and thus 
 Warbling their choral song: 
 
 7. "Glory to Go(l, from whom on high 
 
 All-gracious mercies flow ! 
 Who sends his heav'n-descended peace 
 To dwell with man below." 
 
 1. XyARK ! what celestial notes. 
 -^-^ What melody we hear .' 
 Soft on llie morn it floats, 
 And fills the ravish'd ear. 
 The tuneful shell, 
 The golden lyre. 
 And vocal choir 
 Tlje concert swell. 
 
 HYMN 97. p. M. 
 
OF CHRIST. 
 5^. Th* angelick hosts descend. 
 With harmony divine : 
 See how from heav'n they bend, 
 And in full chorus join. 
 Fear not, say they. 
 Great joy we bring: 
 Jesus, your King, 
 Is born to day. 
 3^ He comes from error's night 
 Your wand 'ring feet to save | 
 To realms of bliss and light 
 He lifts jr'ou from the grave. 
 This glorious morn, 
 (Let all attend !) 
 Your matchless friend, 
 Your Saviour's born. 
 4. Glory to God on high ! 
 
 Ye mortals, spread the sound, 
 And let your raptures fly 
 To earth's remotest bound : 
 For peace on earth, 
 Froin God in heav'n, 
 To man is giv'n. 
 At Jesus' birth. 
 
 HYMN 68. c. M. 
 
 1. TTIGH let us swell our tuneful notes, 
 
 And join th' angelick tlirong ; 
 For angels no such love have known, 
 T' awake a cheerful song. 
 
 2. Good will to guilty men is shewn, 
 
 And peace on earth is giv'u ; 
 For lo ! th' incarnate Saviour comes, 
 With messages from heav'n. 
 
 3. Justice and grace, with sweet accord. 
 
 His rising beams adorn : 
 Let heav'n and earth hi concert join: 
 Now such a child is born. 
 
 4. Glory to God, in highest strains, 
 
 Iti highest worlds be paid ! 
 
6^^ MISSION AND NATIVITY 
 
 His glory by our lips proclaim'd. 
 And by our lives display 'd ! 
 5. When shall we reach those blissful realms. 
 Where Christ exalted reigns. 
 And learn of the celestial choir 
 Their own immortal strains ? 
 
 HYMN 99 c. u. 
 
 1. TOY to the world ; the Lord is come ! 
 «^ Let earth receive her King. 
 
 Let ev'iy heart prepare him room. 
 And heav'n and nature sing. 
 
 2. Joy to the earth ; the Saviour reigns ! 
 
 Let men their songs employ ; 
 AVhile fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains^, 
 Repeat the sounding joy. 
 
 3. No more let sins and sorix)ws grow. 
 
 Nor thorns infest the ground. 
 . ..He comes to make his blessings flow 
 Far as the curse is found. 
 
 4. He rules the world with truth and grace. 
 
 And makes the nations prove 
 The glories of his righteousness. 
 And wonders of his love. 
 
 HYMN 100. L. M. 
 
 1. TirrELCOME the hope of Israel's race. 
 
 The messenger of tmth and grace ! 
 Your hearts in righteousness prepare ; 
 Behold your wish'd redemption near ! 
 
 2. See glory bursting from the skies, 
 O'er Jurfah's land effldgent rise ; 
 And fix amidst her coasts its seat, 
 Where justice, truth, and mercy meet : 
 
 3. While faith and hope, their oftspring dear. 
 Attendant on tJieir steps appear; 
 
 And join'd in friendly compact move, 
 Bless'd with philantropy and love. 
 
 4. Truth in thy lands, O earth ! shall spring 5 
 And righteousness, her healing iving 
 
OF CHRIST. 
 
 Expanding, downward cast her eye ; 
 While heav'ns great Monarch, from on hi 
 5. The heathen gloom shall chase away. 
 And usher in a glorious day ; 
 And from his own propitious will 
 The promised grace to man fulfil. 
 
 HYMN 101. L. M. 
 
 1. "pRAISE ye the Lord, who reigns above 
 -t^ Fix'd on his throne of truth and love : 
 Behold the finger of his pow'r; 
 Contemplate, wonder, and adore. 
 
 2. When man, debas'd and guilty man, 
 From crime to crime with madness ran: 
 Well might his arm its thunders launch. 
 And blast th' ungrateful, root and branch. 
 
 S. But clemency with justice strove. 
 To save the people of his love. 
 "Go, my beloved Son I" he cried, 
 "Be thou Uieir Saviour, thou their gaide.' 
 
 4. The eastern star with glory streams ; 
 It comes, with healing on its beams. 
 Dark mists of eiTor fleet away, 
 And Judah hails the rising day. 
 
 5. His sacred memory we bless, 
 Whose holy gospel we profess ; 
 And praise that great almighty name, 
 From whom such light and favour came, 
 
 HYMN 102. L. M. 
 
 1. nnO those who fear and trust the Lord, 
 
 His mercy stands, for ever sure. 
 From age to age his promise lives, 
 And the performance is secure. 
 
 2. He spake to Abr'am and his seed : 
 
 " In tliee shall all the world be bless'd 
 The mem'ry of that ancient word 
 Lay long in his eternal breast. 
 
 3. But now no more shall Israel wait ; 
 
 No more the Gentiles lie foi'lorn. 
 Lo ! the desire of nations comes ; 
 Behold ! the promis'd seed is bom. 
 
MISSION AND NATIVITY S?e 
 
 HYMN 108. p. M. 
 
 1. O ONS of Adam ! join to raise 
 
 Songs of gratitude and praise. 
 Emulate the choirs above ^ 
 Celebrate eternal love. 
 
 2. Endless ages saw the scheme ; 
 Endless ages sang the theme : 
 Man, in God's own image made, 
 Honour, glory on his head. 
 
 3. Raptur'd, all the sons of light 
 Haird the moment, mercy-bright. 
 When to Jesus, Lord from heav'n, 
 Thus the glorious charge was giv'n ? 
 
 4. "Go, proclaim Jehovah's grace ; 
 Pear destroy, and guilt efrace ; 
 Conquer death, unbar the grave : 
 Lo ! they work-— 4;he world to save." 
 
 $. Speak your pleasures, happy race. 
 Objects of your Father's grace ! 
 All the family of earth 
 Glory in your Saviour^s birth ! 
 
 HYMN 104 p. M. 
 
 1. IVE thanks to God most high, 
 The universal Lord, 
 The sov'rei^n King of kings ; 
 And be his grace ador'oll 
 His pow'r and grace 
 Are still the same ; 
 And let his name 
 Have endless praise. 
 5. He saw tlie nations lie 
 All perishing in sin. 
 And pitied the sad state 
 The iniin'd world was iq. 
 Thy mercy, Lord, 
 Shall still endure ; 
 And ever sure 
 Abides thy word. 
 3. He sent his only Son 
 
 To us from our woe, 
 
OFFICE AND MEDIATXON kc. 
 
 From Satan, sin, and death, 
 And ev'ry hurtful foe. 
 His pow'r and grace 
 Are still the same ; 
 And let his name 
 Have endless praise. 
 4. Give thanks aloud to God, 
 To God the heav'nly King ; 
 And let the spacious earth 
 His works and glories sing. 
 Thy mercy, Lord, 
 Shall still endure ; 
 And ever sure 
 Abides thy word. 
 
 VI. 
 
 OFFICE AND MEDIATION 
 OF CHRIST. 
 
 HYMN 105. L. M. 
 
 1. TMMORTAL God ! on thee we call, 
 
 The great Original of all. 
 From thee we are, to thee we tend. 
 Our sure support, om' glorious end. 
 
 2. We praise that wise, that wondrous grace. 
 That pitied our revolted race, 
 
 And Jesus, our victorious head, 
 The captain of salvation made. 
 
 3. He, thine eternal love decreed. 
 Should many sons to glory lead t 
 And sinful worms to him are giv'ii, 
 A colony to people heav'n. 
 
 4. Jesus for us (O gracious name !) 
 Encountered agony and shame ; 
 .Tesus, the glorious and the great, 
 Was by dire suff 'rings made complete, 
 
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OFFICE AND MEDIATION 
 
 5. A scene of wonders here we see, 
 Worthy thy Son, and worthy thee ; 
 And, while this tiieme employs our tongueSj 
 All heav'n unites its sweetest songs. 
 
 HYMN 106. L. M. 
 
 1. nph' eternal Soy'reign from on high, 
 
 -= Cast on the sons of men his eye, 
 To see, if any understood, 
 And fear'd, and lov'd their Maker, €rod. 
 
 2. But all were so degen'rate grown> 
 None the true God had fully known ; 
 Both Jew and Gentile long had been 
 By lust enslav'd, and dead in sin. 
 
 3- Both gone from wisdom's path astray, 
 Pursu'd the errors of their way. 
 With dismal superstition blind ; 
 And causeless terrors fill'd their mind. 
 
 4. Who, gracious God ! to sinners' eyes 
 Coiild bid the wish'd salvation rise ? 
 Thy Son did light and truth display, 
 And tui-n their darkness into day. 
 
 5. No flesh shall boast of righteousness, 
 But guilty shall themselves confesjs ? 
 And, when they hear thy pard'ning voice, 
 In thy salvation shall rejoice. 
 
 HYMN 107. L. M. 
 
 1. "OEHOLD, the blind then- sight receive ! 
 
 Behold, the dead awake and live ! 
 The dumb speak wonders, and the lame 
 Leap like the hart, and bless his name. 
 
 2. Thus doth th' eternal Spirit own 
 And seal the mission of the Son; 
 The Father vindicates his cause, 
 While he hangs bleeding on the cross. 
 
 3. He dies ; the heav'ns in mourning stools 
 He rises, and appears a God. 
 
 Behold the Lord ascending high, 
 ivo jfTidre. to blecd^ no more to die. 
 
OF CHRIST. 
 4. Hence, and for ever, from my heart 
 I bid my doubts and fears depart ; 
 And to those hands my soul resign, 
 Which beai' credentials so divine. 
 
 HYMN 108. L.M. 
 
 1. TTTHAT works of wisdom, pow'r and love^ 
 
 ^ ^ Do Jesus' high commission prove I 
 Attest his heav'n-derived claim, 
 And glorify his Father's name ! 
 
 2. On eyes that never saw the day. 
 He pours the bright celestial ray ; 
 And deafen'd ears, by him unbound. 
 Catch all the harmony of sound. 
 
 3. Lameness takes up its bed, and goes 
 Rejoicing in the strength that flows 
 Through ev'ry nerve ; and free from pain, 
 Pours forth to God the grateful strain. 
 
 4. The shatter'd mind his word restores, 
 • And tunes afresh the mental pow'rs ; 
 
 The dead revive, to life return, 
 And bid affection cease to mom-n. 
 
 5. Canst thou, my soul, these wonders trace. 
 And not admire Jehovah's grace ? 
 Canst thou behold thy Saviour's pow'r, 
 And not believe, obev, adore ? 
 
 HYMN 109. L. M. 
 
 1. npO thee, 0 God ! we homage pay, 
 
 Source of the light that rules the day ! 
 Who, while he gilds all nature's frame, 
 Reflects thy rays, and speaks thy name. 
 
 Q. In louder strains we sing that grace, 
 Which gives the sun of righteousness. 
 Whose nobler light salvation brings. 
 And scatters healing from his wings. 
 
 3. Still on our hearts may Jesus shine 
 With beams of light and love divine I 
 Quicjten'd by him, our souls shall live, 
 ,\nd, chc^r'd by him, shall gro^ and thrive. 
 
OFFICE AND MEDIATION 
 
 4. O may his glories stand confess'd, 
 From nortii to south, from east to west; 
 Successful may his gospel run, 
 
 Wide as the circuit of the sun. 
 
 5. When shall that radiant scene arise, 
 AVhen, fix'd on high, in purer skies, 
 Christ all his lustre shall display 
 
 On all his saints through endless day ! 
 
 HYMN 110. L. M. 
 
 1. npHOU, Lord, by mortal eyes unseen, 
 
 And by thy offspring here unknown, 
 To manifest thyself to men, 
 
 Hast set thine image in thy Son. 
 
 2. As the bright sun's meridian blaze 
 
 O'erwhelms and pains our feeble sight, 
 But cheers us with his softer rays, 
 When shining with reflected light ; 
 
 3. So in thy Son, thy pow'r divine, 
 
 Thy wisdom, justice, truth and love. 
 With mild and pleasing lustre shine. 
 Reflected fi'om thy throne above. 
 
 4. Though Jews, who granted not his claim, 
 
 Contemptuous turn'd away their face ; 
 Yet those, who trusted in his name. 
 Beheld in him thy truth and grace. 
 
 5. O thou ! at whose almighty word 
 
 Fair light at first from darkness shone, 
 Teach us to know our glorious Lord, 
 And trace the Father in the Son. 
 
 6. While we thine image, here display 'd. 
 
 With love and admiration view ; 
 Form us in likeness to our head, 
 That we may bear thy image too. 
 
 HYMN 111. s. M. 
 
 1. TTOW beauteous are their feet, 
 AVho stand on Zion's hill ! 
 Who bring salvation on their tongueSj, 
 And words of peace reveal. 
 
OF CHRIST. 
 
 2. How charming is their voice ! 
 
 How sweet the tidings are ! 
 **Zion, behohi thy Saviour King ; 
 " He reigns and triumphs here." 
 
 3. How happy are our ears, 
 
 That hear this joyful sound, 
 Which kings and pi ophets waited for. 
 And sought, but never found ! 
 
 4. How blessed are our eyes, 
 
 That see this heav'nly light ! 
 Prophets and kings desir'd it long. 
 But died without the sight. 
 
 5. The watchmen join their voice, 
 
 And tuneful notes employ ; 
 Jerusalem breaks forth in songs. 
 And deserts learn the joy. 
 
 6. The Lord makes bare his arm 
 
 Thro' all the earth abroad ; 
 Let ev'ry nation now behold 
 Their Saviour and their God, 
 
 HYMN 112. s.M. 
 
 1. "OEHOLD, the Prince of peace ! 
 ^ The chosen of the Lord, 
 God's well-beloved Son, fulfils 
 
 The sure prophetic word. 
 
 2. No royal pomp adorns 
 
 This King of righteousness : 
 Meekness and patience, truth and love. 
 Compose his princely dress. 
 
 3. Jesus, thou light of men ! 
 
 Thy doctrine life imparts, 
 O may we feel its quick 'ning pow'r 
 To warm and glad our hearts I 
 
 4. Cheer'd by its beams, our souls 
 
 Shall run the heav'nly way. 
 The path which Christ unwearied trod, 
 Will lead to endless day. 
 
 HYMN 118. L. M. 
 
 h XT^W to the Lord a noble song ! 
 -•-^ Awake my soul, a'^rake my tongue. 
 
OFFICE AND MEDIATIOjST 
 Hosannah to th' eternal name. 
 And all his boundless love proclaim. 
 
 2. See where it shines in Jesus* face. 
 The brightest image of his grace ! 
 God, in the person of his Son, 
 Has all his noblest works outdone. 
 
 3. The spacious earth and spreading flood 
 Proclaim the wise and powerful God ; 
 And thy rich glories, from afar. 
 Sparkle in ev'ry rolling star. 
 
 4. But in thy Son a glory shines, 
 Drawn out in far superior lines ; 
 The lustre of redeeming grace 
 Outshines the beams of natm^e's face. 
 
 5. Grace ! 'tis a sweet, a charming theme ; 
 My thoughts rejoice at Jesus' name. 
 Ye angels, dwell upon the sound ! 
 
 Ye heav'ns, reflect it to the ground ! 
 
 6. O may I reach that happy place. 
 Where he unveils lus lovely face ! 
 Where all his saints from death restor'd, 
 Shall be forever with the Lord. 
 
 HYMN 114. p. M. 
 
 1. TOIN all the glorious names 
 «^ Of wisdom, love, and pow 'r, 
 That ever mortals knew. 
 
 That angels ever bore : 
 All are too mean 
 
 To speak his worth ; 
 Too mean to set 
 
 My Saviour forth. 
 
 2. But O what gentle terms. 
 
 What condescending vrays, 
 Doth our Redeemer use, 
 To teach his heav'nly grace I 
 Mine eyes with joy 
 And wonder see. 
 What forms of love 
 He bears for me. 
 
OF CHRIST. 71 
 
 iJ. Array'd in mortal flesh, 
 He like an angel stands, 
 And holds the promises 
 And pardons in his hands ; 
 Commission'd from 
 
 His Father's throne, 
 To make his grace 
 To mortals known. 
 4. Great Prophet of my God ! 
 
 My tongue would bless thy name. 
 By thee the joyful news 
 Of our salvation came : 
 The joyful news 
 Of sin forgiv'n, 
 Of hell subdu'd, 
 And peace with heav'n. 
 
 HYMN 115. p. M. 
 
 1. Tl/^ITH ecstacy of joy 
 
 Extol his glorious name. 
 Who rear'd the spacious earth. 
 And rais'd our mortal frame. 
 He built the church. 
 
 Who spread the sky : 
 Shout and exalt 
 His honours high. 
 
 2. Sec the foundation laid 
 
 By pow'r and love divine ; 
 Jesus, his first born Son, 
 How bright his glories shine ! 
 Low he descends, 
 In dust he lies. 
 That from his tomb 
 A church might rise. 
 
 3. But he for ever lives. 
 
 Nor for himself alone ; 
 Each saint new life derives 
 From him, the living stonco 
 His influence spreads 
 
 Through ev'ry soul. 
 And in oiie house 
 Unites the whole. 
 
OFFICE AND MEDIATION 
 
 4, To him with joy we move ; 
 In him cemented stand ; 
 The living temple grows, 
 And owns the founder's hand^. 
 That structure, Lord, 
 
 Still higher raise. 
 Louder to sound 
 Its huilder's praise. 
 
 HYMN 116. p. M. 
 
 1. XllTE sing the wise, the graciou*> plan, 
 
 Which God devis'd, ere time began: 
 At length disclos'd in all its light ; 
 We bless the wondrous birth of love, 
 Which beams around us from above, 
 With grace so free and hope so bright. 
 
 2. Here has the wise eternal mind 
 
 In Christ, their common head, conjoin'd 
 
 Gentiles and Jews, and eartJi and heav'n. 
 Through him, from the ^reat Father's throne, 
 Kivers of bliss come rolling down, 
 And endless peace and life are giv'n. 
 
 3. No more the awful cherubs guard 
 The tree of life with flaming sword. 
 
 To drive afar man's trembling race. 
 At Salem's pearly gates they stand. 
 And smiling wait, a friendly band. 
 
 To welcome strangers to the place, 
 
 4. While we expect that glorious sight. 
 Love shall our hearts with theirs unite, 
 
 And ardent hope our bosoms raise. 
 From earth's low cottages of clay, 
 To those resplendent realms of day, 
 
 We'll try to send the sounding praise. 
 
 HYMN 117. c. M. 
 
 1. O ALVATION, O the joyful sound I 
 
 'Tis music to our ears ; 
 A sov'reign balm for ev'ry woundj 
 A cordial for our fears. 
 
 2. Buried in sorrow and in sin. 
 
 At hell's dark door we lay s 
 
OP CHRIST* 
 But we arise by grace divinei, 
 To see a heav'nly day. 
 S, Salvation ! let the echo fly 
 The spacious earth around 5 
 While all the armies of the sky 
 Conspire to raise the sound. 
 
 CHORtrs. 
 
 Glory, honour, praise, and powferj 
 Be unto the Lamb for ever ! 
 Jesus Christ is our Redeemer ! 
 Hftlleliyah ! praise the Lord ! 
 
 HYMN 118. L. M. 
 
 1. A LL-glorious God^what hymns of praise 
 
 Shall our transported voices raise ? 
 What ardent love and zeal are due, 
 While heav'n stands Open to our view ! 
 
 2. Once we were fall'n, and O how low ! 
 Just on the brink of hopeless woe ! 
 When Jesus, from the realms above. 
 Borne on the wings of boundless love, 
 
 5. Scatter'd the shades of death and nighty 
 And spread around his heav'nly light. 
 By him what wondrous grace is shovm 
 To souls impoV'rish'd and undone ! 
 
 4 Far, far beyond these mortal shores, 
 A bright inheritance is ours ; 
 Where saints in light our coming wait. 
 To share their holy happy state. 
 
 HYMN 119. p. M. 
 
 1. 1^C)W I have found the ground whereife 
 Sure my soul's anchor may remain s 
 The love of God forgiving sin, 
 Through Jesus crucified and slain. 
 His mercy shall unshaken stay. 
 When heav'n and earth have pass'd awaya 
 
 5* Father I thine everlasting grace 
 Our scanty thought surpasses far 5 
 Thine heart still melts with tenderness^ 
 Thine 44rms of love still open are 5 
 G* 
 
OFFICE AND IVIEDIATION 
 
 And Jesus' blood, through earth and skies, 
 Mercy, free, boundless mercy, cries. 
 
 3. Tho' waves and storms go o'er my head, 
 Tho' strength and health and friends be gone 
 Tho' joys be wither'd all and dead, 
 
 Tho' ev'iy comfort be withdrawn : 
 On this my steadfast soul relies, 
 Father, thy mercy never dies. 
 
 4. Fix'd on this ground will I remain, 
 Tho' my heart fail and strength decay o 
 This anchor shall my soul sustain, 
 When earth's foundations melt away. 
 Mercy's full pow'r I then shall prove. 
 Lov'd with an everlasting love. 
 
 HYMN 120. p. M. 
 
 1 . /^NE there is, above all others, 
 
 " Well deserves the name of friend ; 
 His is love beyond a brother's. 
 
 Costly, free, and knows no end. 
 They who his salvation prove, 
 Find it everlasting love. 
 
 2. Which of all our friends, to save us. 
 
 Could or would have shed his blood ? 
 But this Saviour died to have us 
 
 Reconcil'd in him to God. 
 It was boundless love, to bleed : 
 Jesus is a friend indeed. 
 
 3. When he liv'd on earth abased. 
 
 Friend of sinners, was his name^ 
 Now, above all glory raised. 
 
 He rejoices in the same. 
 Still he calls them brethren, friends, 
 And to all theb wants attends. 
 
 4. Oh ! for grace our hearts to soften ! 
 
 Teach us. Lord, at length to love. 
 We, alas ! forget too often. 
 
 What a friend we have above. 
 When to heav'n our souls are broughl^r 
 We will love thee as we ought. 
 
OF CHRIST, 
 
 HYMN 121. p. M. 
 
 1. VrOW begin the heav'nly theme, 
 
 Sing aloud in Jesus' name ! 
 Ye, who his salvation prove, 
 Triumph in redeeming love. 
 
 2. Ye, vrho see the Father's grace, 
 Beaming in the Saviour's -face. 
 As to heav'n ye onward move. 
 Triumph in redeeming love. 
 
 3. Mourning souls ! dry up your tears; 
 Banish all your guilty fears. 
 
 See your guilt and care remove, 
 Cancell'd by redeeming love, 
 4 Ye, alas ! who long have been 
 Willing slaves of death and sin ! 
 Now from hliss no longer rove ; 
 Stop, and taste redeeming love. 
 
 5. Christ subdu'd th' infernal pow'rs ; 
 His tremendous foes, and our's. 
 From tht t cursed empire drove, 
 Mighty in redeeming love. 
 
 6. Hither then your music bring ; 
 Strike aloud the joyful string. 
 Mortals ! join the host above. 
 Join to praise redeeming love. 
 
 HYMN 122. p. M. 
 
 1. /^OME, said Jesus' sacred voice, 
 
 ^ Come, and make my paths yoiu' choice : 
 I will guide you to 3^ our home ! 
 Weary pilgrim, hither come ! 
 
 2. Thou, who, houseless, sole, forlorn. 
 Long hast borne the proud world's scorn, 
 Long hast roam'd the barren waste : 
 Weary pilgrim, hither haste ! 
 
 3. Ye, who, toss'd on beds of pain, 
 Seek for ease, but seek in vain : 
 
 Ye, whose swoU'n and sleepless eyes 
 Watch to see the moniing rise ; 
 
OFFICE AI^D MEDIATION 
 4, Ye, by fiercer an^sh torn, 
 
 Guilt J in strong remorse, who mourn s 
 
 Here repose your heavy care : 
 
 Conscience wounded who can bear? 
 ^. Sinner, come ! for e is found 
 
 Balm that flows for ev'rj' wound ; 
 
 Peace that ever shall endure 5 
 
 Rest eternal, sacred, sure. 
 
 HYMN 128. s. M, 
 
 I. T ET ev'ry ear attend. 
 
 And ev'ry heart rejoice ; 
 The trumpet of the gospel sounds, 
 With an inviting voice. 
 ^. Ho f all ye starving souls, 
 That feed upon the wind. 
 And vainly strive with earthly toys^ 
 To fill an empty mind s 
 
 3. Here wisdom has prepar'd 
 
 A soul-i-reviving feast. 
 And bids your longing appetites 
 The rich provision taste. 
 
 4. Ho ! ye that pant for streams. 
 
 And pine away and die : 
 Here you may quench your raging thirstjj 
 With springs that never dry. 
 
 5. Rivers of mercj here 
 
 In a rich ocean join : 
 Salvation in abundance flows. 
 Like floods of mUk ^nd wine, 
 
 6. The gates of gospel grace 
 
 Stand open night and day ; 
 Lord ! we ai^e come to seek supplies. 
 And drivQ our wants away. 
 
 HYMN 12* L. M. 
 
 l,*-|^OME hither, all ye weary souls ! 
 ^ Ye heavy laden sinners ! come : 
 m give you rest from all your toils, 
 4t^d raise yoju to my heav'nly home.'- 
 
OF CHRIST. 
 
 2. "They shall find rest, that learn of mc ; 
 
 I'm of a meek and lowly mind: 
 But passion rages like the sea, 
 And pride is i^estless as the wmd," 
 
 3. "Bless'd is the m^in, whose shoulders take 
 
 My yoke, and bear it with delight ! 
 My yoke is easy to his neck ; 
 My grace shall make the burden light." 
 
 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. 
 
 HYMN 126. L. M. 
 
 1. /^OME, weary souls, with sin disti'est, 
 ^ Come, and accept the promis'd rest ; 
 The Saviour's gracious call obey. 
 
 And cast your gloomy fears away. 
 
 2. Oppress'd with guilt, a painful load, 
 O come, and spread your woes abroad. 
 Divine compassion, mighty love 
 
 Will all the painful load remove. 
 
 3. Here mercy's boundless ocean flows, 
 
 To cleanse your guilt and heal your woes ; 
 Pardon, and life, and endless peace ; 
 How rich the gift ! how free the grace ! 
 
 4. Lord, we accept, with thankful heart, 
 The hope thy gracious words imparts 
 We come with trembling, yet rejoice^ 
 And bless thy kind inviting voice. 
 
 HYMN 126. CM. 
 
 1. '"in HE Saviour calls ; let ev'ry ear 
 
 Attend the heav'nly sound. 
 Ye doubting souls ! dismiss your fear ; 
 Hope smiles reviving round. 
 
 2. For ev'ry thirsty longing heart. 
 
 Here streams of bounty flow ; 
 And life, and health, and bliss impart , 
 To banish mortal woe, 
 G 2 
 
OFFICE AND MEDIATION 
 
 3. Here springs of sacred pleasure rise, 
 
 To ease your ev'iy psun : 
 Immortal fountain ! lull supplies I 
 Nor shall you thirst in vam. 
 
 4. Ye sinners ! come, 'tis mercy's voice. 
 
 The gracious call obey. 
 Mercy invites to heav'nly joys • 
 And can you yet delay ? 
 
 5. Dear Saviour ! draw reluctant hearts ; 
 
 To thee let sinners fly ; 
 And take the bliss thy love imparts^ 
 And drink, and never die. 
 
 HYMN 127. c, M. 
 
 1. npHE Kin^ of heav'n his table spread 
 
 And dainties crown the board. 
 Not all the boasted joys of earth 
 Could such delight afford. 
 
 2. Pardon and peace to dying men, 
 
 And endless life are ^iv'n ; 
 And the rich blood, which Jesus shed^ 
 To raise the soul to heav'n. 
 
 3. Ye hungry poor Jlwho long have stray '4 
 
 In sin's dark mazes, come ; 
 Come from the hedges and highways, 
 And grace will find you room. 
 
 4. Thousands of souls, in glory now, 
 
 Were fed and feasted here ; 
 And thousands more, still on the way» 
 Around the board appear. 
 
 5. Yet is his house and heai^t so large, 
 
 That thousands more may come ; 
 Nor could the wide assembling world 
 O'erfiU the spacious room. 
 ^. AH things are ready : enter in, 
 Nor weak excuses frame. 
 Come, take your places at the feast^ 
 And bless the founder's name , 
 
EXAMPLE OF CHRIST. 79 
 
 VII. 
 
 EXAMPLE OF CHRIST. 
 
 HYMN 128. c.^-M, 
 
 4. "X/f^ <lear Redecii;ier,and my Lord ! 
 I read my duty in thy word : 
 But in thy life the law appears, 
 Drawn out in living characters. 
 
 2. Such was thy truth, and such thy zeal, 
 Such def 'rence to thy Father's will, 
 Thy love and meekness so divine, 
 
 I would transcribe and make them mine. 
 
 3. Cold mountains and the midnight air 
 Witness'd the fervour of thy pray'r : 
 The desert thy temptations knew. 
 Thy conflict and thy vict'ry too ! 
 
 4. Be thou my pattern ; let me bear 
 More of thy gracious image here. 
 Then God the Judge shall own my name 
 Among the foU'wers of the Lamb. 
 
 HYMN 129. L. M. 
 
 1. A ND is the gospel peace and lo%:e ? 
 Such let our conversation be ; 
 The serpent blended with the dove, 
 Wisdom and meek simplicity. 
 2!^. Whene'er the angry passions rise, 
 
 And tempt our thoughts or tongues to strife, 
 On Jesus let us fix our eyes. 
 Bright pattern of the Christian life. 
 3. 0 how benevolent and kind ! 
 
 How mild ! how ready to forgive i 
 Be this the temper of our mind. 
 
 And these the iniles by which we live, 
 4'. To do his heav'nly Father's will, 
 Was his employment and delight : 
 Humility and holy zeal 
 Shone thro' his life divinely bright. 
 
EXAMPLE OF CHRIST. 
 
 5. Dispensing good where'er he came^ 
 The labours of his life were love. 
 If then we love the Saviour's name. 
 Let his divine example move ! 
 
 HYMN 180. c. M. 
 
 1. "DEHOLD, where in a mox'tal form 
 
 Appears each grace divine ! 
 The virtues, all in Jesus met, 
 With mildest radiance shine. 
 
 2. To spread the rays of heav*nly light. 
 
 To give the raom^ner joy, 
 To preach glad tidings to the poor, 
 Was his divine employ. 
 
 3. Lowly in heart, to all his friends 
 
 A friend and servant found. 
 He wash'd their feet, he wip'd their tears, 
 And heal'd each bleeding womid. 
 
 4. 'Midst keen reproach and cruel scorn. 
 
 Patient and meek he stood; 
 His foes, ungrateful, sought his life ; 
 He laboured for their good. 
 
 5. To God he left his righteous cause,^ 
 
 And still his task pm-su'd ; 
 While humble pray'r and holy faith 
 His fainting strength renew'd. 
 
 6. In the last hours of deep distress. 
 
 Before his Father's throne, 
 With soul resign'd he bow'd, and said, 
 "Thy will, not mine, be done ! " 
 
 7. Be Christ our pattern and our guide ! 
 
 His image may we bear ! 
 O may we tread his holy steps. 
 His joy and glory share ! 
 
 HYMN 181. L. M. 
 
 1. T\7"HEN Jesus dwelt in mortal clay, 
 
 ' ' W hat were his works from day to day. 
 But miracles of pow'r and grace. 
 Which spread salvation thro' oiu' race?- 
 
EXAMPLE OF CHRIST. 
 
 2. Teach us, O Lord ! to keep in view 
 Thy pattern, and thy steps pursue. 
 Let alms bestow'd, let kindness done 
 Be witness'd by each rolling sun. 
 
 3. That man may last, but never lives, 
 Who much receives, but nothing gives, 
 Whom none can love, whom none can thank. 
 Creation's blot, creation's blanks 
 
 4. But he, who marks from day to day 
 In gen'rous acts his radiant way. 
 Treads the same path his Saviour trod. 
 The path to glory and to God. 
 
 HYMN 182. c. M. 
 
 1. 05) of my mercy and my praise ! 
 
 Thy glory is my song ; 
 Though sinners speak against thy grace 
 With a blaspheming tongue. 
 
 2. When in the form of mortal man 
 
 Thy Son on earth was found, 
 With cruel slanders, false and vain. 
 They compass'd him around. 
 
 3. Their mis'ries his compassion mov'd ; 
 
 Their peace he still pursu'd : 
 They rendered hatred for his love, 
 
 And evil for his good. ^ 
 
 4. Their malice rag'd without a cause ; 
 
 Yet with kis dying breath 
 He pray'd for murd'rers on his cross^ 
 
 And bless'd his foes in death. 
 5, 0 may his conduct, all-divine. 
 
 To me a model prove ! 
 Like hiSj^O God ! my heart incline 
 
 My enemies to love. 
 
 HYMN m L. M. 
 
 I.^PATHER divine," the Saviour cried, 
 While horrors press'd on ev'ry side. 
 And prostrate on the ground he lay, 
 ^'Remove this bitter cup away." 
 
SUFFERINGS AND DEATH 
 
 2. "But if these pangs must still be borne, 
 And stripes, and wounds, and cruel scorn^ 
 I bow my soul before thy throne, 
 
 And say, Thy will, not mine, be done." 
 
 3. Thus our submissive souls would bow, 
 And, taught by Jesus, lie as low. 
 
 Our hearts, and not oui' lips alone. 
 Would say, "Thy will, not our's be done." 
 
 4. Then, though like him in dust we lie, 
 We'll view the blissful moment nigh. 
 Which, from our portion in his pains, 
 Calls to the joy in which he reigns. 
 
 VIII. 
 
 SUFFERINGS AND DEATH 
 OF CHRIST. 
 
 HYMN 184. s. M. 
 
 1. A UTHOR of life and bliss ! 
 
 Thy goodness I adore. 
 O give me strength to speak thy praise, 
 And grace to love thee more I 
 
 2. First for this world, so fair, 
 
 My daily thanks shall rise ; 
 For ev'iy comfort, ev'ry joy, 
 Thy bounteous hand supplies. 
 
 3. But yet a nobler cause 
 
 Demands my warmest love. 
 Can words describe the wond'rous gift 
 Descending from above ? 
 
 4. The Saviour dwelt on eailh ; 
 
 He died, that we might live ; 
 Endur'd the sorrows of the cross. 
 Immortal hope to give. 
 
 5. Ah who can tell the scorn. 
 
 The dear Redeemer bore ? 
 
OF CHRIST. 
 
 Or who describe the mental grief. 
 Which his blest bosom tore ? 
 
 6. Low in the grave he lay, 
 
 While darkness veil'd the skies. 
 But lo ! — ^iie bursts the bands of death ; 
 To glory see him rise ! 
 
 7. Father ! this work is thine ; 
 
 For us tliou gav'st thy Son. 
 O may we all devoted be 
 And live to thee alone ! 
 
 HYMN 185. c. M. 
 
 1. ""VTOW, in the hour of deep distress. 
 
 My God, support thy Son. 
 When horrors dark my soul oppress, 
 O leave me not alone !" 
 
 2. Thus did our suffering Saviour pray. 
 
 With mighty cries and tears. 
 God heard him in that dreadful day, 
 And chas'd away his fears. 
 
 3. Great was the vict'ry of his death : 
 
 His throne exalted stands ; 
 And all the nations of the earth 
 Shall bow to his commands. \ 
 
 4. The meek and humble souls shall see 
 
 His table richly spread ; 
 And all, that seek the Lord, shall be 
 With joys immortal fed ! 
 
 HYMN m. L. M. 
 
 1. /^OME, let our mournful songs record 
 ^ The dyin^' sorrows of our Lord. 
 When he expir'd in shame and blood, 
 Like one forsaken of his God. 
 
 2. The Jews beheld him thus forlorn, 
 
 And shook their heads, and laugh 'd in scorn 
 "He rescu'd others from the grave ; 
 Now let him try himself to save." 
 
 5. O hardened people ! cruel priests ! 
 
 How they stood round like savage beasts ! 
 
SUFFERINGS AND DEATH 
 
 Like lions gaping to devour, 
 
 When God had left him in their pow'r ! 
 
 4. They wound his head, his hands, his fectj 
 'Till streams of blood each other meet ; 
 By lot his garments they divide, 
 
 And mock the pangs in which he died. 
 
 5. But, gi^acious God ! thy pow'r and love 
 Have made his death a blessing prove. 
 Tho' once upon the cross he bled, 
 Immortal honours crown his head. 
 
 6. Thro' Christ thy Son our guilt forgive, 
 And let the mourning sinner live ! 
 The Lord will hear us in his name ; 
 Nor shall our hope be turn'd to shame. 
 
 HYJVIN 187. L. M. 
 
 1. 'npWAS for our sake, eternal God, 
 A Thy Son sustain'd that heavy load 
 Of base reproach and sore disgrace, 
 And shame defil'd his sacred face. 
 
 ^. The Jews, his brethren and his kin, 
 Abus'd him when he check'd their sin ; 
 While he fulfill 'd thy holy laws. 
 They hate him, but without a cause. 
 
 3. Zeal for the temple of his God 
 Consmn'd his life, expos'd his blood ; 
 Reproaches at thy glory thrown 
 
 He felt, and moum'd them as his own. 
 
 4. His friends forsook, his foll'wers fled. 
 While foes and arms surround his head« 
 They nail him to the shameful tree ; 
 There hung my Lord, who died for me, 
 
 5. But God his Father heard his cry ; 
 Rais'd from the dead, he reigns on high ; 
 The nations learn his righteousness. 
 And humble sinners taste his grace. 
 
 HYMN lg8 CM. 
 
 1. npHE Saviour, what a noble flame 
 Was kindl'd in his breast, 
 When, hasting to Jerusalem, 
 He march'd before the rest i 
 
OF CHRIST. 
 
 3. Good-will to men and zeal for God 
 His ev'ry thought engross ; 
 He longs to be baptiz'd with blood 5 
 He pants to reach his cross. 
 
 3. With all his sufF'rings full in view. 
 
 And woes to us unknown. 
 Forth to the task his spirit flew ; 
 'Twas love tliat urg'd him on. 
 
 4. Lord ! we return thee what we can. 
 
 Our hearts shall sound abroad 
 Salvation to the dying man. 
 And to the rising God ! 
 
 5. And while thy bleeding glories hciM.^ 
 
 Engage our wond'ring eyes ; 
 We learn our lighter cross to bear. 
 And hasten to the skies. 
 
 HYMN 189. s. M. 
 
 1. TOEHOLD th' amazing sight, 
 Jl' The Saviour lifted high ! 
 Behold the Son of God's delight 
 
 Expire in agony [ 
 
 2. For whom, for whom, my heart. 
 
 Were all these sorrows borne ? 
 Why did he feel that piercing smart, 
 And meet that various scorn ? 
 
 3. For love of ns he bled, 
 
 And all in torture di. d ; 
 'Twas love that bow'd his fainting head-, 
 And op'd his gushing side. 
 
 4. In sympathy of love 
 
 Let all the earth combine ; 
 And, drawn by cords so gentle, prove 
 The energy divme. 
 
 5. In him our hearts unite. 
 
 Nor share his griefs alone ; 
 But from his cross pursue their flight 
 To his triumphant tlirone. 
 
SUFFERIXGS AND DEATH 
 HYMN 140. c. M. 
 
 1, /^OME, let us lift our voices high, 
 ^ Hi^^h as our joys arise ; 
 And join the songs above the sky, 
 Where pleasure never dies. 
 "2. Jesus, the Lord that fought and bled, 
 How kind his smiles appear I 
 WTiat melting, soothing words he says 
 To ev'ry humble ear ! 
 3."For you, the objects of my Ipve, 
 " It was for you I died. 
 "Behold my hands, behold my feet, 
 "And look into my side. 
 . 4."These are the wounds for you I bore, 
 "The tokens of my pains, 
 " When I was sent to free your souls 
 " IVom misery and chains." 
 (r. We give thee. Lord, our highest praise 
 For goodness so divine. 
 O may we ever feel thy grace, 
 And die to ev'ry sin I 
 
 HYMN 141. p. M. 
 
 1. XT ARK ! the voice of love and mercy 
 -■-1- Sounds aloud from Calvary ; 
 Rending rocks the work attesting, 
 
 Shaking earth and veiled sky. 
 "Itisfinish'd!" 
 
 Was the dying Saviour's cry. 
 
 2. O the life, the peace, the pleasure, 
 
 Which these charming words afford ! 
 Heav'nly blessings without measure 
 
 Flow to us through Christ the Lord. 
 "It is finish'd"! 
 
 Let our joyful words record. 
 S. Tune your harps anew, ye seraphs I 
 
 Sound aloud Immanuel's name. 
 All creation swell the chorus, 
 
 Dwell on this delightful theme : 
 "Itisfinish'd!" 
 
 Glory to the worthy Lamb ! 
 
OF CHRISr. 
 
 HYMN 142. L. M. 
 
 1. '^'rr^IS fmsh'dV'^so the Saviour criect, 
 
 And meekly bow'd his head and died. 
 'Tis finish'd — ^j es, the race is run, 
 The battle fought, the vict'ry won. 
 
 2. * T/s Jimsh\l ! — all that heav'n decreed^ 
 
 And all the ancient prophets said. 
 Is now fidfiU'd, as was designed, 
 In thee the Saviour of mankind. 
 
 3. ^Tis finish'* d !•— Aaron now no more 
 
 Must stain his robes with purple gore. 
 The sacred veil is rent in twain, 
 And Jewish rites no more remain. 
 
 4. ^Tis Jimsh^dl — man is reconcil'd 
 
 To God, and pow'rs of darkness spoil'd. 
 Peace, love, and happiness again 
 Return and dwell with sin ful men. 
 
 5. 'Tis fifdsh^dl'-Aet the joyful sound 
 
 Be heard thro' all the nations round. 
 ^Tis finish'd l-Aet the echo fly 
 Thro' heav'n and hell, thro' earth and sky 
 
 HYMN 148 c. M. 
 
 1. ^OMEflet us join our cheerful songs 
 ^ With angels round the throne. 
 
 Ten thousand thousand are their tongues, 
 But all their joys are one. 
 
 2. "Worthy the Lamb that died," they cry, 
 
 " To be exalted thus. 
 *'* Worthy the Lamb," our lips reply, 
 For he was slain for us. 
 
 3. Jesus is worthy to receive 
 
 Honour and pow'r divine ; 
 And blessings, more than we can give. 
 Be, Lord] for ever thine. 
 
 4. Let all that dwell above the sky, 
 
 And au-, and earth, and seas. 
 Conspire to lilt thy glories high. 
 And speak tliine endless praise ! 
 
SUFFERINGS AND DEATH 
 HYMN 144. s. M. 
 
 1. TTOSANNAH to the Son 
 AX Of David and of God, 
 
 Who brought the news of pardon down, . 
 And seal'd it with his blood ! ♦ 
 
 2. To Christ, th' anointed King, 
 
 Be endless blessings giv'n ! 
 Let the whole earth his glory sing, 
 Who made our peace with heav'n. 
 
 HYMN 145. L. M. 
 
 1. "^SV^ORTHY is he, that once was slain, 
 
 The Prince of peace that groan'd and died 
 Worthy to rise, and live, and reign, 
 At his almighty Father's side. 
 
 2. Pow'r and dominion are his due. 
 
 Who stood condemn'd at Pilate's bar. 
 Wisdom belongs to Jesus too, 
 
 Though he was charg'd with madness here. 
 
 3. Honour immortal must be paid. 
 
 Instead of scandal and of scorn ; 
 While glory shines about his head, 
 And a bright crown without a thorn. 
 
 4. Blessings for ever on the Lamb, 
 
 Whose blood speaks peace to wretched men. 
 Let angels sound his sacred name ; 
 And ev'iy creature say. Amen. 
 
 HYMN 146. o. 31, 
 
 1. A ND are we now brought near to Godj 
 
 W^ho once at distance stood ? 
 And, to effect this glorious change. 
 Did Jesus shed his blood ? 
 
 2. O for a song of ardent praise. 
 
 To bear our souls above ! 
 What should allay our lively hope, 
 Or damp our flaming loVe ? 
 
 3. Then let us join the heav'nly choirs. 
 
 To praise our heav'nly King. 
 O may that grace which he has shown. 
 Inspire us while we sing 
 
OF CHRIST. 
 
 4. Glory to God in highest strains, 
 And to the earth be peace ! 
 Good-will from heav'n to men is come. 
 And let it never cease ! 
 
 HYMN 147. c. M. 
 
 1. "DEHOLD the Saviour of mankind 
 
 Nail'd to the shameful tree. 
 How vast the love that him inclin'd 
 To bleed and die for thee ! 
 •2. Hark, how he groans I while nature shakes. 
 And earth's strong pillars bend ! 
 The temple's veil in simder breaks, 
 The solid marbles bend, 
 
 3. 'Tis done ! the precious ransom's paid ; 
 
 "Receive my: soul !" he cries; 
 See where he bows his sacred head ! 
 He bows his head and dies ! 
 
 4. But soon he'll break death's envious chaiuj 
 
 And in full glory shine. 
 O Lamb of God ! was ever pain, 
 Was ever love like thine ! 
 
 HYMN 148 c. M. 
 
 t. A LAS ! and did my Saviour bleed. 
 And did my Sov'reign die ? 
 Would he devote that sacred head 
 For such a worm as I ? 
 
 2. Well might the sun in darkness hide. 
 
 And shut his glories in,. 
 When Christ, the mighty Saviour, died. 
 For man, the creature's sin ! 
 
 3. Thus might I hide my blushing face, 
 
 While his dear cross appears ; 
 Dissolve my heart in thankfulness, 
 And melt my eyes to tears. 
 
 4. But drops of grief can ne'er repay 
 
 The debt of love I owe. 
 Here, Lord, I give myself away : 
 'Tis all that I can do, 
 H 2 
 
SUFFERINGS AND DEATH 
 HYMN 149. p. M. 
 
 1. AH! see him writhe, and bleed, and die I 
 
 Give thanks, my soul, and offer praise. 
 See Christ with God's command comply, 
 
 And execute his work of grace. 
 He bows his head upon the tree. 
 To save, to bless, to comfort me. 
 
 2. Great God ! the cov'nant now is seal'd ; 
 
 The arduous work of love is done. 
 Thy mercy fully stands reveal 'd. 
 
 For thou hast given us thy Son. 
 What gift can ever be denied 
 To those for whonj the Saviour died ? 
 
 3. My soul upon tliy word relies. 
 
 Thy gracious message glad receiv^es ; 
 Assured by such a sacrifice, 
 
 In all thy promises believes. 
 Ko gloomy fears my peace molest. 
 Since Jesus bled to give me rest. 
 
 4. Assist me. Lord, to keep his cross 
 
 For ever present to my heart ; 
 Like him, to count all things but loss, 
 
 That from thy service me would part ; 
 In virtue's cause to persevere, 
 And only love what he held dear. 
 
 5. Like Jesus, may I bear, resign 'd, 
 
 The ills of life, the wrongs of foes; 
 In hope that I may mercy find, 
 
 Forgive the authors of my woes; 
 To reach my goal, on thorns proceed, 
 From all complaints and murmurs freed. 
 
 6. Like Jesus, may I ev'n in death 
 
 Enraptur'd say, " my Father, Friend ; '^ 
 Confide in thee, and yield my breath, 
 
 Assur'd that with him I'll ascend 
 To mansions of celestial joy. 
 And pleasures which shall never cloy. 
 
 7. Eternal glory, praise, to thee, 
 
 Who sit'st supreme upon the throne I 
 Salvation, honour, blessings be 
 
OF CHRIST. 
 
 For feTer given to tlie Son ! 
 In heav'n more worthy thanks shall rise 
 For his vast love and sacrifice. 
 
 HYMN ISO. L. M. 
 
 !. VrOW let ns raise our cheerful strains. 
 And join the blissful choir above. 
 There our exalted Saviour reigns. 
 
 And there they sing his wondrous love, 
 
 2. Jesus, who once upon the tree 
 
 In agonizing pains expir'd, 
 To save us rebels,- — ^yes, 'tis he ! 
 How bright, how lovely, how admir'd ! 
 
 3. Jesus, who died that we might live. 
 
 And rise to his own heav'nly place : 
 O what returns can mortals give 
 
 For such immeasurable grace ! 
 -i. Were universal nature our's. 
 
 And art Avith all her boasted store ; 
 Nature and art, with all their pow'rs. 
 
 Would still confess the off'rer poor. 
 S. Yet,tho' for bounty so divine 
 
 We ne'er can equal honoui's raise : 
 Jesus ! may all our hearts be thine, 
 
 And all our tongues proclaim thy praise, 
 
 HYMN 151. c. M. 
 
 1. "DEHOLD the bleeding Lamb of God, 
 
 The spotless sacrifice ! 
 By hands of barb'rous sinners seiz'd, 
 Nail'd to the cross he dies. 
 
 2. Blest Jesus, whence this streaming blood ? 
 
 And whence this foul disgrace p 
 Whence all these pointed thorns tl*at renjf 
 Thy amiable face I 
 
 3. "I sanctify myself, (he cries) 
 
 "That thou raay'st holy be. 
 "Come, trace my life ; come, view my death, 
 "And learn to copy me." 
 i. Dear Lord, we pant for holiness. 
 And ev'ry sin we mouTQ : 
 
SUFFERINGS AND DEATH 
 
 To the bright path of thy commands 
 
 Our wand'ring footsteps turn. 
 5, Not more sincerely would we wish 
 
 To climb the heav'nly hill. 
 Than here Avith all our utmost pow'r 
 
 Thy model to fulfil. 
 
 HYMN 152. s. M. 
 
 1. A ND shall we still be slaves, 
 
 And in our fetters lie, 
 When summon 'd by a voice divine 
 T' assert our liberty ^ 
 
 2. Did the great Saviour bleed, 
 
 Our freedom to obtain ? 
 And shall we trample on his blood, 
 And glory in our chain ? 
 
 3. Shall we go on to sin, 
 
 Because thy grace abounds ; 
 Or crucify the Lord again 
 And open all his wounds ? 
 
 4. Forbid it, mighty God ! 
 
 Nor let it e'er be said, 
 That those, for whom thy Son has died, 
 In vice are lost and dead. 
 
 5. The man, that durst despise 
 
 The law that Moses brought. 
 Behold ! how terribly he dies 
 For his presumptuous fault. 
 
 6. But sorer vengeance falls 
 
 On that rebellious race. 
 Who hate to liear when Jesus calls. 
 And dare resist his grace. 
 
 HYMN 158. L. M. 
 
 1. "VrOW be that sacrifice sui'vey'd, 
 
 AVhich for our souls the Saviour made, 
 A\Tiile love to sinners fir'd his heart. 
 And conquer'd all the killing smart. 
 
 2. Blest Jesus, while thy grace I sing, 
 What grateful tribute shall I bring, 
 
OF CHRIST. 
 
 Thtit eiutli and heav'n and all may s^e 
 My love to him, who died for me ? 
 
 3. That off' ring, Lord, thy word hath taught ; 
 Nor be thy new command forgot. 
 That, if their Master's death ean move, 
 Thy servants should each other love. 
 
 L When on thy cross I fix mine eye. 
 Let ev'ry savage passion die ; 
 And may I ever ready be 
 To serve, forgive, and love like thee. 
 
 HYMN 154. L. M. 
 
 L "VTOW let my soul with transport rise, 
 -»-^ And range thro' earth and mount the skies. 
 And view each various form of good. 
 Where angels hold their high abode. 
 
 '2. Hath not the bounteous King of heav'n 
 His chief belov'd already giv'n ? 
 And what shall mercy hold too good 
 For sinners ransom'd with his blood ? 
 
 3. My soul, with fearless faith embrace 
 The sacred eov'nant of his grace ; 
 With joyful hope, obedient, wait 
 The issues of a love so great 
 
 HYMN 155. c. M. 
 
 1. XT ARK ! 'tis our heav'nly Leader's voice, 
 JLl From the bright realms above ; 
 Amidst the war's tumultuous rage, 
 
 A voice of pow'r and love, 
 
 2. " Maintain tlie fight, my faithful band, 
 
 " Nor fear the mortal blow ; 
 " He, that in such a warfare dies, 
 " Shall speedy vict'ry know. 
 
 3. " I have my days of combat seen, 
 
 " And in the dust was laid : 
 " But now I sit upon my throne, 
 And glory crowns my head. 
 
 4. "This throne, this glory shall be your's 5 
 
 "My hands the crown shall give 5 
 
RESURRECTION AND 
 
 "And vou the blest reward shall share, 
 "While God himself shall live." 
 
 5. Lord ! 'tis enough ; our souls are fir'd 
 
 With courage and with love, 
 Vain are th' assaults of earth and hell j 
 Our hopes ai'e fix'd above. 
 
 6. We'll trace the footsteps thou hast drawn 
 
 To triumph and renown ; 
 Nor shun thy combat and thy cross, 
 May we but share thy crown. 
 
 1. npHE God, who once to Israel s^oke 
 
 J- From Sinai's top in fire and smoke, 
 
 In gentler strains of gospel grace. 
 Invites us now to seek his face. 
 
 2. He wears no terrors on his brow ; 
 He speaks in love from Zion now. 
 It is the voice of Jesus' blood, 
 That calls us wand'rers back to God, 
 
 3. Hai'k ! how from Calvary it sounds. 
 From the Redeemer's bleeding wounds : 
 " Pardon and grace I freely give.; 
 
 Then, siimer, look to me, and live." 
 
 4. WTiat other arguments can move 
 
 The heart, that slights a Saviour's love ? 
 O may that heavenly pow'r be felt, 
 And cause the stony heart to melt 
 
 RESURRECnON A]VD GLORY 
 OF CHRIST. 
 
 HYMN 157. L. M. 
 
 1. TTE dies, the friend of sinners dies ! 
 
 Lo ! Salem's daughters weep around. 
 A solemn darkness veils the skies ; 
 A sudden trembling shakes the ground. 
 
 HYMN 156. L. M. 
 
 IX. 
 
GLORY OF CHRIST. 
 
 a. Here's love and grief beyond degree: 
 The Lord of glory dies for man ! 
 But lo ! what sudden joys we see ! 
 Jesus, the dead, revives again. 
 S, The rising God forsakes the tomb : 
 In vain the tomb forbids his rise. 
 Cherubic legions guard him home, 
 And shout him welcome to the skies. 
 
 4. Break off your tears, ye saints and tell. 
 
 How high our great Deliv'rer reigns. 
 Sing, how he spoil 'd the hosts of hell, 
 And led the monster, death, in chains. 
 
 5. Say : " Live for ever, wondrous King ! 
 
 "Born to redeem, and strong to save ! " 
 Then ask the monster : " where's thy sting ! 
 "And where's thy vict'ry, boasting grave ? 
 
 HYMN 158. c. M. 
 
 1 . "VTE humble souls, that seek the Lord, 
 
 A Chase all your fears away ; 
 And bow with pleasure down to see 
 The place where Jesus lay. 
 
 2. Thus low the Lord of life was brought ! 
 
 Such wonders love can do ! 
 Thus cold in death that bosom lay. 
 Which throbb'd and bled for you ! 
 5. A moment give a loose to grief; 
 Let grateiul sorrows rise ; 
 And wash the bloody stains away 
 With torrents from your eyes. 
 
 4. Then dry y9ur teai*s, and tune your songs ; 
 
 The Saviour lives again ! 
 Not all the bolts and bars of death 
 The Conq'ror could detain. 
 
 5. High o'er th' angelick bands he reai's 
 
 His once dishonour'd head ; 
 And thro' unnumber'd years he reigns, 
 • Who dwelt among the dead. 
 
 6. With joy like his, shall ev'ry saint 
 
 His empty tomb survey ; 
 
RESURRECTION AND 
 
 And rise with his ascending Lord 
 Thro' all his shining way. 
 
 1, r^HRIST, the Lord, is ris'n to day, 
 ^ Sons of men and angels say. 
 Raise your joys and triumphs high ; 
 Sing, ye lieav'ns, and earth reply. 
 
 2. Love's redeeming work is done ; 
 Fought the fight, the battle won* 
 
 . Lo ! our sun's eclipse is o'er. 
 Lo ! he sets in blood no more. 
 
 3. Vain the stone, the watch, the seal ! 
 Christ has burst the gates of hell. 
 Death in vain forbids his rise ; 
 Christ has open'd Paradise. 
 
 4, Lives again our glorious King: 
 Where, O death, is now thy sting ? 
 Dying once, he all doth save: 
 Where thy victory, O grave ? 
 
 1. A XGEL, roll the rock away : 
 
 Death, yield up thy mighty prey, 
 See, he rises from the tomb. 
 Glowing in immortal bloom. 
 ^. 'Tis the Saviour ! angels raise 
 Fame's eternal trump of praise. 
 Let tlie world's remotest bound 
 Hear the joy- inspiring sound, 
 
 3. Hail ! victorious Jesus, hail ! 
 On thy cloud of glory sail 
 
 In long triimiph through the sky, 
 Up to waiting worlds on high. 
 
 4. Heav'n displays her portals wide; 
 Glorious hero ! thi'o' them ride. 
 King of glory ! mount thy throne, 
 Thy great Father's and thine own, 
 
 5. Hosts of heav'n, seraphic fires ! 
 Raptur'd, sweep your soundifig lyreis. 
 
 HYMN 159. p. M. 
 
 HYMN 160. p. M. 
 
 Hallelujah! 
 
GLORY OF CHRIST. 
 Sons of men ! in humbler strain 
 Sing your mighty Saviour's reign. 
 6. Ev'ry note with wonder swell ; 
 Sin o'erthrown, and captiv'd hell ! 
 Where is now, O death ! thy sting ? 
 NVhere thy terrors, vanquish'd King ? 
 
 HYMN 161. s. Jif. 
 
 3 . qEE what a living stone 
 ^ The builders did refuse ! 
 
 Yet God hath built his church thereon. 
 
 In spite of envious Jews. 
 2. The work, O Lord, is thine, 
 
 And wondrous in our eyes : 
 This day declares it all divine. 
 
 This day did Jesus rise* 
 5. Since he hath left the grave, 
 
 His promises are true ; 
 And each exalted hope he gave, 
 
 Confirm'd of heav'n we view, 
 
 4. Hosannah to the King 
 
 Of David's royal blood I 
 Bless him, ye saints ; he comes to bring 
 Salvation from your God. 
 
 5. O come the happy hour^ 
 
 When all the world shall own 
 Thy Son, O God, declar'd with pow'r, 
 And worship at thy throne ! 
 
 6. We bless thy holy word. 
 
 Which all this grace displays ; 
 And offer on thine altar, Lord! 
 Our sacrifice of praise. 
 
 HYMN 162. p. M. 
 
 1. VES , the Redeemer rose ; 
 A The Saviour left the dead^ 
 And o'er our hellish foes 
 High rais'd his conq'ring he£id» 
 
 In wild dismay 
 The guards around 
 Fall to the ground, 
 And sink away. 
 I* 
 
RESURRECTION AND 
 2. Lo ! the angeliek bands 
 In full assembly meet, 
 To wait his high commands. 
 And worship at his feel. 
 
 Joyful tliey come, 
 And wing theii' way 
 From realms of day 
 To Jesus' tomb. 
 $, Then back to heav'n they fly; 
 The joyful news to bear. 
 Hark ! as they soar on high,. 
 What music fills the air I 
 
 Their anthems say : 
 "Jesus, who bled, 
 «Hath left the dead; 
 " He rose to-day." 
 4% Ye mortals catch the sound, 
 Redeem'd by him from hell ; 
 And send the echo round 
 
 The globe on wbieh you dwell. 
 
 With Christ we rise, 
 With Cbrist we reign, 
 And empires gain 
 Beyond the skies. 
 
 HYMN 16S. c. M. 
 
 i; . ■jpATHER of Jesus Christ, my Lord , 
 My Savioiu*, and my Head ! 
 I trust in thee, whose pow'rful word 
 Hath rais'd him from the dead. 
 % Eternal life to all mankind 
 Thou hast in Jesus giv'n ; 
 And all who seek, thro' him, shall find 
 
 The happiness of heav'n. 
 Obedient faith, that waits on thee. 
 
 Thou never wilt reprove j 
 But thou wilt form thy Son in me- 
 And perfect me in love. 
 4. To thee the glory of thy pow'r* 
 And faitbfuJness I give. 
 I shall in Christ, at that glad hour 
 And Christ in me shall live^ 
 
GLORY OF CHRIST. 
 
 HYMN 164. s. M. 
 
 1. -nLESS'D be th' eternal God, 
 JL> The Father of our Lord ! 
 Be his abounding mercy prais'd. 
 
 His majesty ador'd. 
 
 2. From death he rais'd his Son, 
 
 And call'd him to the sky ; 
 And gave our souls a lively hope. 
 That they should never die. 
 
 3. What though his will requires, 
 
 That we should see the dust : 
 Since Christ our pledge and pattern, rose. 
 So all his foU'wers must. 
 
 4. There's an inheritance 
 
 Reserved against that day ; 
 'Tis uncorrupted, undefiPd, 
 And cannot fade away. 
 
 HYMN 166. L. M. 
 
 1. TTOSANNAH ! let us join to sing, 
 
 The glories of our rising King ; 
 Recount his victories, and tell. 
 How Jesus triumph 'd when he fell. 
 
 2. Soon as the morning's earliest ray 
 Brings on the third, tli' appointed da} 
 Behold the angel cleave the skies, 
 Roll back the stone, and Jesus rise, 
 
 3. Ye tx'ibes of Adam, i^aise the song, 
 And bid angelick harps prolong 
 The triumphs of that day of grace. 
 Which seal'd salvation to our race. 
 
 ■I, Salvation ! joy-inspiring theme ! 
 Best gift of him who reigns supreme ; 
 Sweet balm of ev'iy human woe. 
 And source of boundless joy belo w. 
 
 5. Salvation ! sons of men record 
 The glories of your rising Lord. 
 The triumphs of the Saviour tell, 
 WTio died, and conquer 'd when he felL 
 
m RESURRECTION AND 
 
 HYMN 166. L. M. 
 
 1. TJ EJOICE, ye shining worlds on high j 
 
 Behold the King of glory nigh ! 
 Who can this King of glory be ? 
 The mighty Lord, the Saviour's he. 
 
 2. Ye heav'nly gates, your leaves display. 
 To make tfie Lord, the Saviour, way. 
 Laden with spoils from earth and hell, 
 The Conq'ror comes, with God to dwell. 
 
 3. Rais'd from the dead, he goes before. 
 He opens heav'n's eternal door. 
 
 To give his saints a blest abode. 
 Near theii' Redeemer and their God. 
 
 HYMN 167. CM. 
 
 1. TN r^iptures let our hearts ascend. 
 
 Our heav'nly seats to view, 
 And grateful trace that shining path 
 Our rising Saviour drew, 
 
 2. " Up to my Father and my God, 
 
 "I go (the Conq'ror cries) 
 " Up to your Father and your God, 
 " My brethren, lift your eyes." 
 
 3. And doth the Lord of glory c^l 
 
 Such worms his brethren dear ? 
 And doth he point to heav'n's high throne. 
 And shew oui' Father there ? 
 
 4. And doth he teach my feeble tongue 
 
 That tuneM sound, " my God 
 And breathe his spirit on my heart 
 To shed his grace abroad ? 
 
 5. O world, produce a good like this. 
 
 And thou shalt have my love, 
 'Till then, my Father claims it all. 
 And Christ who dwells above. 
 
 HYMN 168. c. 31. 
 
 1. T>EACE, all ye sorrows of the heart. 
 And all my tears be dry : 
 That Christian's courage ne'er can sink. 
 Who views his Lord on high. 
 
GLORY OF CHRIST. 101 
 
 2, "I live for ever, (Jesus saith) 
 
 And you with me shall live ; 
 Receive with pleasure ev'ry pledge 
 My pow'r and love can give. 
 
 3. "Fair mansions in my Father's hou^e 
 
 For all his children wait ; 
 And I, your elder brother, go 
 To open wide the gate. 
 
 4i. " United in eternal love, 
 
 My foU'wers shall remain ; 
 And with rejoicing hearts shall share 
 The honoui's of my reign." 
 5. Yes, Lord, thy gracious words we hearj 
 And cordial joys they bring. 
 Frail nature may extort a groan, 
 But faith thy name shall sing. 
 
 HYMN 169. r. m. 
 
 1, TESUS, our triumphant Head, 
 Ris'n victorious from the dead. 
 
 To the realms of glory's gone, 
 
 To ascend his rightful throne. 
 3. Cherubs on the Conq'ror gaze. 
 
 Seraphs glow with brighter blaze $ 
 
 Each bright order of the sky 
 
 Hails him, as he passes by. 
 
 3. Heav'n its King congratulates. 
 Opens wide her golden gates. 
 Angels songs of vict'ry bring ; 
 All the blissful regions ring. 
 
 4. Sinners, join tiie heav'nly pow'rs; 
 For redemption all is ours. 
 Humble penitents shall prove 
 Blood-bought pardon, dying love. 
 
 5. Hail, thou dear, thou worthy Lord ! 
 Holy Lamb ! incarnate word ! 
 Hail, thou sufF'ring Son of God ! 
 Take the trophies of thy blood. 
 
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RESURRECTION AND 
 
 HYMN 170. c. M. 
 
 1. ^T^HE Lord of life, with glory crown'd 
 
 J- On heav'ns exalted throne, 
 Forgets not those, for whom on earth 
 He heav'd his dying gi'oan. 
 3, His greatness now no tongue of man 
 Or seraph bright can tell : 
 Yet still the chief of all his joys, 
 That souls are sav'd from hell. 
 
 3. For this he taught, and toil'd, and bled ; 
 
 For this his life was giv'n ; 
 For this he fought, and vanqulsh'd death ; 
 For this he reigns in heav'n. 
 
 4, Join, all ye saints beneath the sky. 
 
 Your grateful praise to give ; 
 Sing loud hosannahs to his name, 
 With wl^om you too shall live. 
 
 1. "^STl^HERE high the heav'nly temple stands 
 ^ » The house of God not made with hands 
 
 A great Highpriest our nature wears, 
 
 The guardian of our souls appears. 
 52. His race for ever is complete. 
 
 For ever undisturb'd his seat; 
 
 Myriads of angels round him fly. 
 
 And sing his well-gain'd victory, 
 
 3. The Saviour and the Friend of man 
 Pursues in heav'n his gracious plan ; 
 And, though ascended up on high, 
 He bends on earth a brothcr^s eye. 
 
 4. Kaise, raise, my soul, thy raptur'd sight, 
 With sacred wonder and delight; 
 
 At God's right hand thy Saviour see, 
 Enter'd within tlie veil for thee. 
 §, With filial boldness, at the throne, 
 Make all thy cares and soitows known 5 
 And ask the aids of heav'nly pow 'r, 
 'Jo help thee in (he evil hour. 
 
 HYMN 171. L. M. 
 
GLORY OF CHRIST, 
 
 HYMN 172. p. M. 
 
 1, 13 EJOICE, the Lord is King ; 
 -IV Your God and King adore. 
 Mortals, give thanks and sing, 
 
 And triumph evermore ! 
 Lift up your hearts, lift up your voice, 
 Rejoice aloud, ye saints, rejoice. 
 
 2. Rejoice, the Saviour reigns ; 
 
 He reigns in truth and love. 
 When he had wash'd our stains. 
 
 He took his seat above. 
 Lift up your hearts &c. 
 
 3. His kingdom cannot fail ; 
 
 He rules o'er earth and heav'n 5 
 The keys of death and hell 
 
 Are to our Jesus giv'n. 
 Lift up &C. 
 
 4. He all his foes shall quell. 
 
 Shall all our sins destroy ; 
 And ev'ry bosom swell 
 
 With pure seraphic joy. 
 Lift up &c. 
 
 5. Rejoice in glorious hope : 
 
 Jesus, the Judge, shall come , 
 And take his servants up 
 
 To their eternal home. 
 We soon shall hear th' archangel's voice 
 The trump of God shall sound, rejoice i 
 
 HYMN 17S. c. M. 
 
 1. f \ the delights, the heav'niy joys, 
 ^ The glories of the place, 
 
 Where Jesus sheds the brightest beams 
 Of his o'erflowing grace ! 
 
 2. Princes to his imperial name 
 
 Bend their bright sceptres down ; 
 Dominions, thrones, and pow'rs rejoice. 
 To see him wear the crown. 
 
 3. Archangels sound his lofty praise, 
 
 Thro' ev'ry heav'niy street ; 
 
RESURRECTION AND GI.ORY &c. 
 
 And lay their highest honours down, 
 Submissive, at his feet. 
 
 4. While angels shout and praise their King, 
 
 Let mortals learn their strains. 
 Let all the earth his honours sing ; 
 O'er all the earth he reigns. 
 
 5. Now to the Lamb that once was slain. 
 
 Be endless blessings paid 5 
 Salvation, gloiy, joy, remain 
 For ever on thy head ! 
 
 6. Thou hast redeem'd our souls with blood, 
 
 Hast set the pris'ners free, 
 Hast made us kings and priests to God, 
 And we shall reign with thee. 
 
 HYMN 174. p. M. 
 
 1. T O ! he comes, from heav'n descending, 
 -Li Sent to judge both quick and dead. 
 'Midst ten thousand saints and angels. 
 
 See our great exalted Head. 
 
 Hallelujah I 
 Welcome, welcome, Son of God ! 
 
 2. Full of awful expectation. 
 
 All before the Judge appear. 
 Truth and justice go before him ; 
 
 Now t^e joyful sentence hear. 
 
 Hallelujah .» 
 Welcome, welcome. Judge divine ! 
 
 3. "Come, ye blessed of my Father; 
 
 Enter into life and joy. 
 Banish all your fear and sorrow ; 
 
 Endless praise be your employ." 
 
 Hallelujah I 
 Welcome, welcome to the skies ! 
 
 4. Now at once they rise to glojy ; 
 
 Jesus brings them to the King. 
 There, with all the hosts of heaven. 
 
 They eternal anthems sing. 
 
 HallelojaU 
 Boundless glory to the Lamb ! 
 
KINGDOM AND CHURCH &c. 10 
 
 X. 
 
 KINGDOM AND CHURCH 
 OF CHRIST. 
 
 HYMN 176. L. M. 
 
 Effusion of the Spirit on the day of Pentecost, 
 1. /^REAT was the day, the joy was great, 
 When the divine disciples met ; 
 
 While on their heads the spirit came, 
 
 And sat like tongues of cloven flame. 
 % What gifts, what miracles he gave ! 
 
 And pow'r to kill, and pow'r to save ! 
 
 Fumish*d their tongues with wondrous words j 
 
 Instead of shields, and spears, and swords. 
 S. Nations, the learned and the rude. 
 
 Were by these heav'nly arms subdu'd. 
 
 The heathens saw thy glory. Lord ! 
 
 And, wond'rmg, bless'd thy gracious word. 
 4, Come the great day, the glorious hour. 
 
 When all shall feel thy saving pow'r, 
 
 And the whole race oi man confess 
 
 The beauty of thy holiness ! 
 
 HYMN 176. s. M, 
 
 1. ly/TAKER, and sovereign Lord 
 
 Of heav'n, and earth, and seas .' 
 Thy providence confirms thy woi'd, 
 And answers thy decrees. 
 % Why did the Gentiles rage, 
 And Jews, with one accord. 
 Bend all their counsels to destroy 
 Th' anointed of the Lord ? 
 3. Rulers and kings agree 
 To form a vain design ; 
 Against the Lord their powVs unite. 
 
 Against his Christ they join. 
 The Lor4 derides their rage, 
 And will support his throne. 
 
KINGDOM AND CHURCH 
 
 He, that hath rais'd him from tlio dead. 
 Hath o\^n'd him for his Son. 
 5. He asks, and God hestows 
 A large inheritance. 
 Far as the earth's remotest ends, 
 V His kingdom shall advance. 
 
 HYMN 177. L. M. 
 
 1. TESUS shall reign, where'er the sun 
 *' Does his successive journies run ; 
 
 His Kingdom stretch from shore to shore. 
 Till moons shall wax and wane no more. 
 
 2. People and realms of ev'ry tongue 
 Dwell on his love with grateful song ; 
 And with united hearts proclaim, 
 That grace and truth by Jesus came. 
 
 3. Blessings abound where'er he reigns ; 
 The prisoner leaps to lose his chains ; 
 The weary find eternal rest, 
 
 And all the sons of waiU are blest, 
 
 4. Where he displays his healing pow'r. 
 The sting of death is known no more. 
 In him the sons of Adam boast 
 More blessings, than their father lost, 
 
 HYMN 178 L. M, 
 
 1. npHUS God, th' eternal Father, spake 
 
 -■- To Christ his Son : "Ascend and sit 
 " At my right hand, 'till I shall make 
 " Thy foes submissive at thy feet. 
 
 2. " From Zion shall thy word proceed ; 
 
 "Thy word, the sceptre in thy hand, 
 " Shall make the hearts of rebels bleed, 
 "And bow their wills to thy command. 
 
 3. "That day shall show thy pow'r is great, 
 
 " When saints shall flock with willing minds, 
 " And sinners crowd thy temple gate, 
 " Where holiness in beauty shines.'"* 
 
 4. O blessed pow'r ! O glorious day ! 
 
 Wh»t a large vict'ry shall ensue ! 
 
OF CHRIST. 
 
 And converts, who thy grace obey. 
 Exceed the drops of morning dew. 
 
 HYMN 179. L. M. 
 
 1. RE AT God ! whose universal sway 
 
 The known and unknown w orlds obey ; 
 Extend the kingdom of thy Son, 
 'Till ev'ry land his laws shall own. 
 
 2. They form to righteousness the mind. 
 To all that's candid, gentle, kind ; 
 Inspire with love the human breast. 
 And stormy passions sooth to rest. 
 
 3. As gentle rain on parching ground. 
 His gospel sheds its influence round ; 
 Its grace on fainting souls distils. 
 Like heav'nly dew on thirsty hills. 
 
 4. The heathen lands that lie beneath 
 The shades of darkness and of death, 
 Revive at its first dawning light. 
 And deserts blossom at the sight. 
 
 5. The saints shall flourish in his days, 
 Dress'd in tlie robes of joy and praise ; 
 Peace, like a river, from his throne. 
 Shall flow to nations yet unknown. 
 
 HYMN 180. c. M. 
 
 1. f^REAT God ! the nations of the e^rth 
 
 Are by creation tjiine ; 
 And in thy works, by all beheld. 
 Thy radiant glories shine. 
 
 2. But, Lord, thy greater love has sent 
 
 Thy gospel to mankind, 
 Unveiling what rich stores of grace 
 Are treasur'd in thy mind. 
 
 3. Lord ! when shall these glad tidings spread 
 
 The spacious earth around, 
 'Till ev'ry tribe, and ev'ry soul 
 Shall hear the joyful sound ? 
 
 4. O when shall Afric's sable sons 
 
 Enjoy the heav'nly word, 
 And vassals long-en slav'd become 
 The freemen of the Lord ? 
 
308 KINGDOM AND CHURCH 
 
 5. When shall th' untutor*d heathen tribes, 
 
 A dark bewilder'd race, 
 Sit down at our Immanuel's feet, 
 And learn and feel his grace ? 
 
 6. Haste, sov'reign mercy, and transform 
 
 Then* cruelty to love ; 
 Soften the tiger to a lamb. 
 The vulture to a dove. 
 
 7. Smile, Lord, on each divine attempt 
 
 To spread the gospel's rays ; 
 And build on sin's demolish'd throne. 
 The temples of thy praise. 
 
 HYMN 181. s. M, 
 
 1. rj.REAT God ! arise and shine, 
 VT With beams of heav'nly light ; 
 From this dark world of sin dispel 
 
 The long and doleful night. 
 
 2. No more may idols share 
 
 The honours due to thee : 
 May ev'ry nation know thy name. 
 And thy salvation see. 
 
 3. No more may malice dare 
 
 To lift her iron rod ; 
 No longer shed the blood of saints. 
 And plead a zeal for God. 
 
 4. With its own native light. 
 
 Lord, may thy gospel shine : 
 May error fly like noxious mists 
 Before this light divine. 
 
 5. Whilst truth her charms reveals. 
 
 May love each breast insph'e ; 
 Nor one base passion ever mix. 
 To quench this sacred fire. 
 
 HYMN 182. p. M, 
 
 Isaiah Ix. 1. 
 1. f \ Zion, tune thy voice, 
 
 And raise thy hands on high ; 
 Tell all the earth thy joys. 
 And boast salvation nigh. 
 
OP CHRtST. 
 Cheeiful in God^ 
 Arise aad shine, 
 While rays divine 
 Stream all abroad. 
 5. He gUds thy mourning f^oe 
 
 With beams that cannot fade| 
 His all-resplendent grace 
 He sheds upon thy head^ 
 
 The nations round 
 Thy form shall vie-vr. 
 With lustre new 
 
 Divinely crown'd, 
 honour to his name. 
 Reflect that sacred light ; 
 And loud that grace proclaim, 
 Which makes thy darkness bri|*ht. 
 
 Pursue his praise, 
 'Till sovereign love 
 In worlds above 
 The glory raise. 
 4. There on his holy hill, 
 A brighter sun shall rise, 
 And wim his radiance fill 
 Those fairer, purer skies % 
 While round his throne 
 Ten thousand stars 
 In nobler spheres 
 His influence own. 
 
 HYMN 188. p. M. 
 
 Isaiah xli. IS, 19. 
 1. A MAZING, beauteous change ! 
 A world created new ! 
 Our thoughts with trahsport range, 
 The lovely scene to view- 
 In all we trace. 
 Father divine, 
 The work is thine ; 
 Be thine the praise ! 
 2» See crystal fountains play 
 Amidst the burnins: sands ' 
 
KINGDOM AND CHURCH 
 The river's winding way 
 
 Shines through the thirsty lands I 
 
 New grass is seen, 
 And o'er the meads 
 Its carpet spreads 
 Of living green. 
 
 3. Where pointed brambles greWy 
 
 Entwin'd with horrid thorn. 
 Gay flow'rs, for ever new, 
 Th' enamell'd fields adorn. 
 
 The blushing rose. 
 And lily there. 
 In union fair 
 
 Their sweets disclose. 
 
 4. Where the bleafc mountain stood> 
 
 All bare and disarray'd. 
 See the wide-branching wood. 
 Diffuse its grateful shade ! 
 
 Tall cedars nod, 
 And oaks and pinesj 
 And elms and vines 
 Confess the God. 
 
 5. The tjT^ttts of the plain 
 
 Their savage chase give o'er ; 
 No more they rend the slain, 
 And thirst for blood no more 
 
 But infant hands 
 Fierce tigers stroke,. 
 And lions yoke 
 
 In fiow'ry bands. 
 
 6. O when, almighty Lord, 
 
 Shall these glad scenes arise, 
 To verify thy word. 
 And bless our wond'ring eyes ? 
 
 That earth may raise, 
 With all her tongues, 
 United songs 
 
 Of ardent praise. 
 
THE INFLUENCE OF &c. Ill 
 
 XI. 
 
 THE INFLUENCE OF GOD'S 
 HOLY SPIRIT. 
 
 HYMN 184 L. M. 
 
 1. f^OME, gracious Spirit, heav'nly dove, 
 ^ With light and comfort from above. 
 Be thou our guardian, thou our guide ; 
 O'er ev 'ry thought and step preside. 
 
 2. Conduct us safe, cT3nduct us far 
 J'roih ev'ry sin and hurtful snare ; 
 Lead to thy word that rules must give, 
 And teach us lessons how to live. 
 
 3. The light of truth to us display, 
 That we may know and love tKy way 5 
 Plant holy fear in ev^ty heart, 
 
 That we from thee may ne'er depart. 
 
 4. Lead us to righteousness, the road 
 That we must take, to dwell with God; 
 Lead us to heav'n, the seat of bliss, 
 Where ^pleasure in perfection is^ 
 
 HYMN 185 c. M. 
 
 1. /~10ME, holy Spirit, heav'nly dove, 
 ^ With all thy quick 'niug pow'rs ; 
 Kindle a flame of sacred love 
 In these cold hearts of ours. 
 a. See, how we grovel here below, 
 Fond of these earthly toys ! 
 Our souls, how heavily they go, 
 To reach eternal joys ! 
 3- Dear Lord ! and shall we always live 
 At this poor, dying rate ? 
 Our love so cold, so faint to thee, 
 And thine to us so great ? 
 4. Come, holy Spirit, heav'nly dove, 
 With all thy quick'ning pow'rs. 
 Come, shed abroad a Saviour's love. 
 And that shall kindle oar's. 
 
THE INFLIIBNCE OF 
 HYMN 186. s. M. 
 
 1. rpHINE influence, Lord! is felt 
 -■- TJiTough nature's ample round. 
 In heav'n, on earth, thro' air and skies ^ 
 Thine energy is found. 
 i2. Let others, swell'd with pride, 
 Of wisdom make their boasts : 
 Our wisdom and our strength must come 
 From thee, the Lord of hosts. 
 3,. Father ! thy Spirit grant. 
 
 To guide' our doubtful way. 
 Thy truth shall seatter ev'ry cloud. 
 And make a glorious day. 
 4. Supported by thy grace. 
 
 We'll do and bear thy will* 
 That grace shall make each burden lights 
 And ev'ry murmur still. 
 ^, Cheer 'd by thy smiles, we'll tread 
 The gloomy path of death ; 
 And, with the hope of endless bliss. 
 Resign to thee our breath. 
 
 HYMN 187 p. w. 
 
 1. "VTARK the soft-falling snow 
 -i-^A And the descending rain ^ 
 To heav'n, from whence it fellj^ 
 It turns not back again ; 
 
 But waters earth 
 Through ev'ry pore. 
 And calls forth all 
 Her secret store. 
 3. Array'd in beauteous green. 
 The hills and valleys shine ; 
 And man and beast are fed 
 Byprovidence divine. 
 
 Tne harvest bows 
 Its golden ears, 
 The copious seed 
 Of future yearsJ 
 
GOD'S HOLY/SPIRrr. 
 
 US 
 
 3. "Sp," saith the God of grace, 
 tc jyjy gospel shall descend, 
 " Almighty to effect 
 *'The purpose I intend. 
 
 " Millions of souls 
 "Shall feel its pow'r, 
 " And bear it down 
 To millions more." 
 
 1. npO God the only wise, 
 
 Our Saviour and our Kin^, 
 Let all the saints below the skiea 
 Theii" humble praises bring. 
 % 'Tis his almighty love, 
 
 His counsel and his care, 
 Preserves us safe from sin and death , 
 And ev'ry hurtful snare. 
 
 3. He will present our souls 
 
 Unblemish'd and complete, 
 Before the glory of his face. 
 With joys divinely great. 
 
 4. Then all his faithful sons 
 
 Shall meet around the throne. 
 Shall bless the conduct of his grace, 
 And make his wonders known. 
 
 5. To our Redeemer, God, 
 
 Wisdom and pow'r belongs, 
 Immortal crowns of majesty. 
 And everlasting songs. 
 
 HoAv little art thou known 
 By all the judgments of thy rod, 
 And blessings of thy throne ! 
 2. How cold and feeble is my love ! 
 How negligent my fear ! 
 How low my hope of joys above ? 
 How few affections thete ! 
 
 HYMN 188. s. M, 
 
 K 3 
 
THE WPLUENCB OF 
 I Great God ! thy gracious aid impart^ 
 To give thy word success. 
 Write thy salvation in my heart, 
 That I may learn thy grace. 
 4. Shew m^y forgetful feet the way 
 That leads to joys on high. 
 There knowledge grows without decay 
 And love shall never die. 
 
 HYMN 190. C M. 
 
 1. "pOR ever blessed be the Lord, 
 ^ My Saviour and my shield ! 
 He sends his Spirit with his word. 
 To arm me for the field. 
 3. When all my foes their force unitiB, 
 He makes my soul his care ; 
 Instructs me in the heav'aly fight. 
 And guards me thro' the war. 
 3. A friend and helper so divine 
 My fainting hope shall raise. 
 He makes the glorious victVy mine. 
 And his shall be the praise, 
 
 HYMN 191. c. M. 
 
 1. A RE not thy mercies sov'reign still. 
 And thou a faithful God ? 
 Wilt thou not gi^ant me wai^mer zeal^ 
 To run the heav'nly road ? 
 2. 1 nCed the influence of thy grace. 
 To speed me in thy way ; 
 Lest I should loiter in my race. 
 Or turn my feet astray. 
 
 3, Does not my heart thy precepts love. 
 
 And long to see thy face ? 
 And yet how slow ray spu'its move, 
 Without enlivening grac^ ! 
 
 4. Then shall J love thy gospel more, 
 
 And ne'er forget thy word, 
 ^V^hen I have felt its quick'ning powV^ 
 Tq draw n^e near the hiord* , 
 
GOD'S HOLY SPIRIT. 
 
 HYMN 192. p. M. 
 
 t INTERNAL Spirit, source of light^t 
 J-^ Enliv'ning, consecrating fire, 
 Descend, and with celestial heat, 
 
 Our dull, our fro2;en hearts inspire 3 
 Our souls refine, our dross consume ! 
 Come, condescending Spirit, come ! 
 
 2. In our cold breasts O strike a spark 
 
 Of that pure flame which seraphs feel ; • 
 ^for let us wander in the dark. 
 
 Or lie benumb 'd and stupid still. 
 Come, vivifying Spirit, come ! 
 And make our hearts thy constant homr. 
 
 3. Let pure devotion's fervours rise I 
 
 Let ev'ry pious passion glow ! 
 O let the raptures of the skies 
 
 Kindle in our cold hearts below. 
 Come, purifying Spirit, come. 
 And make our souls thy constant home J 
 
 HYMN 198. s. M. 
 
 1. /^OD, who is just and kind. 
 
 Will those who err instruct. 
 And to the paths of righteousntfss 
 Their wand'ring steps conduct. 
 
 2. The humble soul he guides. 
 
 Teaches the meek his way ; 
 Kindness and truth he shows to all. 
 Who him in truth obey. 
 
 3. Give me the tender heart, 
 
 That mixes fear with love ; 
 And lead me thro' whatever path 
 Thy wisdom shall approve, 
 
 4. 0 ever keep my soul 
 
 From error, shame, and guilt ; 
 jSfor suffer the fair hope to fail, 
 Which on thy truth is built 
 
 HYMN 194. L. M. 
 
 4,T>RAISE to the Lord of boundless mightf 
 ^ With uncreated glorias bright ! 
 
rm INFLUENCE OF 
 
 His presence gilds the worlds above, 
 Th' unchanging source of life and lore, 
 
 2. "Let there be light," Jehovah said ; 
 And light o'er all the earth was spread. 
 Nature airay'd in charms unknown, 
 Gay with its new-born lustre, shone. 
 
 3. He sees the mind, when lost it lies 
 In shades of ignorance and vice ; 
 And darts from heav'n a vivid ray, 
 And changes midnight into day. 
 
 4. Shine, mighty God, with vigoui' shine 
 On this benighted heart of mine ; 
 There be thy brighter beams reveal'd, 
 As in the Saviour's face beheld. 
 
 5. Thine ima^^e, on my soul impress'd. 
 In radiant lines shall stand confess'd ; 
 While all my faculties unite 
 
 To jjraise the Lord who gives me light. 
 
 HYMN 195. L. M. 
 
 1. OURE the blest Comforter is nigh, 
 ^ 'Tis he sustains my fainting heart ; 
 Else would my hope for ever die. 
 
 And ev'ry cheering ray depart. 
 
 2. When some kind promise glads my soulj 
 
 Do I not find his healing voice 
 The tempest of my fears control, 
 ■ And bid my drooping pow'rs rejoice ? 
 
 3. What less than thine almighty word 
 
 Can raise my heart from earth and dust. 
 And bid me cleave to thee, my Lord, 
 My life, my treasm'e, and my trust ? 
 
 4. And Avhen my cheerful hope can say, 
 
 "I love my God and taste his gi'ace 
 Lord, is it not thy blissful ray, 
 
 Which brings this dawn of sacred peace 
 
 5. Let thy kind Spirit in my heart 
 
 For ever dwell, O God of love ; 
 And light and heav'nly peace impart. 
 Sweet earnest of the joys above. 
 
GOD'S HOLY SPIRIT. 
 HYMN 196. L. M. 
 
 1. A MIDST a world of hopes and fears, 
 -Cx A world of cares, and toils, and tears, 
 Where foes alarm, and dangers thi'eat. 
 And pleasures kill, and glories cheat : 
 
 2. Send down, O Lord ! a heav'nly ray 
 To guide me in the doubtful way; 
 And o'er me hold thy shield of powV, 
 To guard me in the dang'rous hour. 
 
 3. Teach me the flatt'ring paths to shun. 
 In which the thoughtless many run. 
 Who for a shade the substance miss. 
 And grasp their ruin in their bliss. 
 
 4. May never pleasure, wealth, or pride. 
 Allure my wand 'ring soul aside 5 
 
 But thro' this maze of mortal ill. 
 Safe lead me to thy heav'nly hill. 
 
 HYMN 197. L. M. 
 
 1. qpEACH me, O teach me, Lord ! thy way 
 A That, to my life's remotest day. 
 
 By thy unerring precepts led. 
 
 My feet thy heav'nly paths may tread, 
 
 2, Inform 'd by thee, with sacred awe 
 My heart shall meditate thy law ; 
 And, with celestial wisdom fiU'd, 
 To thee a pure obedience yield. 
 
 5. Give me to know thy will aright. 
 Thy will, my glory and delight ; 
 That, rais'd above the world, my miiKl 
 In thee its highest good may find. 
 
 4, O turn from vanity mine eye ; 
 
 To me thy quick'ning strength supply ; 
 And with thy promis'd mercy cheer 
 A heart devoted to thy fear. " 
 
 HYMN 198. c. M. 
 
 1, r\ that the Lord would guide my ways^ 
 ^ To keep his statutes still I 
 O that my God would grant me grace^ 
 To know and do his will ! 
 
lis THE SCRIPTURES. 
 
 2. Order my footsteps by thy word. 
 
 And make my heart sincere ; 
 Let sill have no dominion. Lord, 
 But keep my conscience clear. 
 
 3. Assist my soul, too apt to stray, 
 
 A stricter watch to keep ; 
 And, should I e'er foi'get thy way, 
 Restore thy wand'ring sheep. 
 
 4. Make me to walk in thy commands ; 
 
 'Tis a delightful road : 
 Js or let my head, or heart, or hands. 
 Offend against my God. 
 
 XII. 
 
 THE SCRIPTURES. 
 HYMN 199. s. M. 
 
 1. T>EHOLD ! the morning sun 
 
 Begins his glorious way : 
 His beams through all the nations run. 
 And life and light convey. 
 
 2. But where the gospel comes, 
 
 It spreads diviner light ; 
 It calls dead sinners from their tombs., 
 And gives the blind their sight. 
 
 3. How perfect is thy word ! 
 
 And all thy judgments just ! 
 For ever sure thy promise, Lord, 
 And men securely ti'ust. 
 
 4. My gracious God ! how plain 
 
 Are thy directions giv'n ! 
 O may I never read in vain, 
 But find tlie path to heav'n ! 
 
 HYMN 200. p. M. 
 
 1. T love the volumes of thy word: 
 
 J' What light and joy those leaves afford 
 To souls benighted and distrest J 
 
TME SCRIPTURES. 
 
 119 
 
 Thy precepts guide my doubtful way ; 
 Thy fear forbids my feet to stray ; 
 Thy promise leads my heart to rest. 
 
 2. From the discov'ries of thy law. 
 The perfect rules of life I draw ; 
 
 These are my study and delight : 
 Not honey so invites the taste. 
 Nor gold that hath the furnace past 
 
 Appears so pleasing to the sight. 
 
 3. Thy threat 'nings wake my slumb'ring eyes. 
 And warn me where my danger lies ; 
 
 But 'tis thy blessed gospel, Lord, 
 That makes my guilty conscience clean. 
 Converts my soul, subdues my sin. 
 
 And gives a free, but large reward. 
 
 4. Who knows the errors of his thoughts ? 
 My God ! forgive my secret faults, 
 
 And from presumptuous sins restrain. 
 Accept my poor attempts of praise. 
 That I have read thy book of grace 
 
 And book of nature not in vain. 
 
 HYMN 201. s. M. 
 
 1. TIEHOLD ! the lofty sky 
 
 Declares its Maker God ; 
 And all his starry works on high 
 Proclaim his pow'r abroad. 
 
 2. The darkness and the light 
 
 Still keep their course the same ; 
 While night to day and day to night. 
 Divinely teach his name. 
 
 3. Ye Christian lands rejoice ; 
 
 Here he reveals his word : 
 We are not left to nature's voice, 
 To bid us know the Lord. 
 
 4. His statutes and commands 
 
 Are set before our eyes ; 
 He puts his gospel in our hands. 
 Where our salvation lies. 
 
 5. His laws are just and pure, 
 
 His truth without deceit. 
 
120 THE SCRIPTURES. 
 
 His promises for ever sure, 
 
 And his rewards are great. 
 6. While of thy works I sing, 
 
 Thy glory to proclaim ; 
 Accept the praise, my God, my King, 
 
 In my Redeemer's name, 
 
 HYMN 202. c. m. 
 
 1. T ET all the heathen writers join. 
 
 To form one perfect book : 
 Great God ! if once compar'd with thine; 
 How mean their writings look ! 
 
 2. Not the most perfect rules they gave 
 
 Could shew one sm forgiv'n, 
 ^or lead a step beyond the grave: 
 
 But thine conduct to heav'n. 
 S» Lord, I have made thy word my choice^ 
 
 My lasting heritage ; 
 There shall my noblest pow'rs rejoiee, 
 
 My warmest thoughts engage. 
 4. 1*11 read the hist'ries of thy love, 
 
 And keep thy laws in sight. 
 While through thy promises I rove 
 
 With ever fresh delight. 
 ,1. 'Tis a broad land of wealth unknown, 
 
 Where springs of life arise, 
 Seeds of immortal bliss are sown. 
 
 And hidden glory lies. 
 
 HYMN 203. c. m. 
 
 t. T ET av'rice borne from shore to shore, 
 -L^ Her fav'rite God pursue : 
 Thy word, O Lord, we value more 
 Than India or Peru. 
 
 3. Here mines of knowledge, love, and joy, 
 
 Are open'd to our sight ; 
 The pm'cst gold without alloy, 
 ■ And gems divinely bright. 
 ^. The counsels of redeeming grace 
 These sacred leaves unfold ; 
 
THE SCRIPTURES. 
 
 And here the Saviour's lovely face 
 
 Onr raptur'd eyes behold. 
 Here light descending from above. 
 
 Directs our doubtful feet ; 
 Here promises of heav'nly love 
 
 Our ardent wishes meet. 
 
 5. Our num'rous griefs are here redrest. 
 
 And all our wants supplied : 
 Nought we can ask to make us blest 
 Is in this book denied. 
 
 6. For these inestimable gains. 
 
 That so enrich the mind, 
 O may we search with eager pains^ 
 Assured that we shall find I 
 
 HYMN 204 m. 
 
 1. l^ATHER of mercies, in thy word 
 What endless glory shines ! 
 For ever be thy name ador'd 
 
 For these celestial lines. 
 Here may the wretched sons of want 
 
 Exhaustless riches find ; 
 Riches, above what earth can grant. 
 And lasting as the mind. 
 
 o. Here the fair ti'ee of knowledge grows. 
 
 And yields a free repast ; 
 Siiblimer sweets than nature knows 
 
 Invite tlie longing taste. 
 \. Here the Redeemer's welcome voice 
 
 Spreads heav'nly peace around ; 
 And life and everlasting joys 
 
 Attend the blissful sound. 
 O may these heav'nly pages be 
 
 My ever dear delight ; 
 And still new beauties may I see. 
 
 And still increasing light ! 
 ft. Divine Instructor, gracious Lord ! 
 
 Be thou for ever near ; 
 T^atth me to love tJiy sacred wot(I., 
 
 And view my Saviour there. 
 
122 
 
 THE SCRIPTURES, 
 
 HYMN 205. L. M. 
 
 1. "pAR hence, each superstition vain, 
 ^ Wild offspring of the human brain ! 
 The truths, that fill thy hallow'd page, 
 
 My happier choice, great God ! engage. 
 
 2. O ever faithful to thy word. 
 
 Do thou thy vital strength afford ; 
 Thy help impart, eternal Sire ! 
 
 Nor let my hope in shame expire. 
 S. Sustain'd by thy almighty aid, 
 
 What danger shall my soul invade ' 
 Nop error's cloud, nor arts of sin 
 
 My soul from thy obedience win. 
 
 HYMN 206. c. m. 
 
 1. TTOW precious is tl\e hook divine, 
 -■-1. By inspiration giv'n ! 
 
 Bright as a lamp its doctrines shine. 
 To guide our souls to heav'n. 
 
 2. It sweetly cheers our drooping hearts 
 
 In this dark vale of tears ; 
 Xiife, light, and joy, it still imparts", 
 And quells our rising fears. 
 
 3. This lamp, tlirou^h all the tediou? n'v^h^. 
 
 Of life, shall guide our way, 
 'Till we behold a clearer light 
 Of an eternal day* 
 
 HYMN 207. c. M. 
 
 K VITHAT glory gilds the sacred pa»^, 
 ▼ ▼ Majestic like the smi ! 
 It gives a light to ev'ry age ; 
 It gives, but borrows none, 
 
 2. The hand, that c^ave it, still suppiier 
 
 His gracious light and heat. 
 His truths upon the nations v'l^c : 
 They rise, but never set. 
 
 3. - Let everlasting thanks be thuu- 
 
 Ff)t' snch a bright disjsijiy. 
 
THE SCRIPTURES. 
 As makes a world of darkness shiiie 
 With beams of heav'nly day. 
 
 4. My soul rejoices to pursue 
 
 The paths of trutli and love, 
 ^ill glory breaks upon my view 
 In brighter worlds above. 
 
 HYMN 208. c. M. 
 
 1. T ADEN with guilt, and full of fears 
 J-^ I to thee, my Lord ; 
 
 And not a ray of hope appears. 
 But in thy written word. 
 
 2, The volume of rriy Father's grac6 
 
 Does all my grief assuage ; 
 Here I behold my Saviour's face 
 Almost in ev'ry page. 
 
 5. This is the field, where hidden lies 
 
 The pearl of price unknown ; 
 That merchant is divinely wise, 
 Who makes the pearl his own. 
 
 4. This is the Judge, that ends the strife, 
 
 Wliere wit and reason fail ; 
 My guide. to everlasting life. 
 Through all this gloomy vale. 
 
 5. O may thy counsels, mighty God ' 
 
 My roving feet command ; 
 Nor I forsake the happy road. 
 That leads to thy right hand I 
 
 HYMN 209. L. M. 
 
 1. OD, in the gospel of his Son 
 
 Makes his eternal counsels knowa : 
 'Tis here his richest mercy shines. 
 And truth is drawn in fairest lines. 
 
 2. W^jsdom its dictates here imparts. 
 
 To form our minds, to cheer our hearts ; 
 Its influence makes the sinner live. 
 It bids the drooping saint revive. 
 [\ Our raging passions it controls, 
 And comfort yields to contrite souls *, 
 
m SUPPLICATION FOR THE 
 
 It brings a better ^vorid in view, 
 And gttides us all our journey through. 
 4. May this blest volume ever lie 
 
 Close to my heart, and near my eye ; 
 'Till life's last hour my soul engage, 
 And be my chosen heritage ! 
 
 HYMN 210. L. M. 
 
 1. 'npWAS by an order from the Lord, 
 
 J- The ancient prophets ^poke his word j 
 His spirit did their tongues inspire. 
 And warm'd their hearts with heav'nly fu'e. 
 
 2. The works and wonders, which they v/rought. 
 Confirm 'd the messages they brought. 
 
 The prophet's pen succeeds, his breatli, 
 To save the holy words from death. 
 
 3. Great God ! mine eyes with pleasure look 
 On the dear volume of thy book ; 
 There my Redeemer's face I see, 
 
 And read his name who died for mc. 
 
 4. Let the false raptures of the mind 
 Be lost, and vanish in the wind. 
 Here I can fix my hope secure : 
 This is thy word, and must endure. 
 
 XIII. 
 
 SUPPLIGATION FOR TllK DIVINE 
 FAVOUR AND ASSISTANCE. 
 
 HYMN 211. c. M. 
 
 X. pATHER of all ! eternal mind! 
 -T Immensely good and great ! 
 Thy children, form'd and bless'd by thee. 
 Approach thy heav'nly seat. 
 2. Thy name in hallow'd strains be sung : 
 We join the solemn praise ; 
 To thy ^eat name, with heart and tongue, 
 Our cheerful homage raise. 
 
DIVINE FAVOUR &c. 125 
 
 a. Thy mild, thy v ise, and righteous reign, 
 Let cv'ry being own : 
 And in oui- minds, thy Avork divine. 
 Erect thy gracious throne. 
 
 4. As angels in the heavenly worlds 
 
 Thy bless'd commands fulfil ; 
 So may thy creatures here below 
 Perform thy holy will. 
 
 5. On thee we day by day depend: 
 
 Our daily wants supply ; 
 With truth and virtue feed our soids: 
 That they may never die. 
 
 0. Extend thy grace to ev'iy fault ; 
 
 O ! let thy love forgive. 
 Teach us divine forgiveness too. 
 Nor let resentments live. 
 
 7. Where tempting snares bestrew the way. 
 
 Permit us not to tread ; 
 Or turn all real evil far 
 From our unguarded head. 
 
 8. Thy sacred name we would adore 
 
 With cheerful humble mind ; 
 And praise thy goodness, pow'r and truth. 
 Eternal, unconfin'd ! 
 
 HYMN 213. c. M. 
 
 1. A UTHOR of good ! we rest on thee : 
 
 Thine ever- watchful eye 
 Alone om' real wants can see. 
 Thy li<and alone supply. 
 
 2. Oh ! let thy pow'r within us dwell, 
 
 Thy love our footsteps guide ! 
 That love shall vainer loves expel, 
 That fear all fears beside. 
 
 3. And since, by passion's force subdu't^, 
 
 Too oft, with stubborn will. 
 We blindly shun the latent good^ 
 And grasp the specious ill : 
 
 4. Not what we wish, but what we want. 
 
 l.ct mercv still suppiv ; 
 " I. 2 
 
SUPPLICATION Foil THE 
 The good, unaskM, let mercy grant. 
 The ill, though ask'd, deny. 
 
 HYMN 213. c. M. 
 
 1. God of Jacob, by whose band 
 " Thy people still are fed ; 
 Who, through his weary pilgrimage v 
 
 Hast all our fathers led ! 
 
 2. To thee our humble vows we raise* 
 
 To thee address our pray'r ; 
 And in thy kind and faithful breast 
 Deposit all our care. 
 
 3. Through each perplexing path of life 
 
 Our wandering footsteps guide ; 
 Give us by 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 I 
 
 5. To thee, as to our cov'nant-God, 
 
 We'll our whole selves resign ; 
 And thankful own, that all we are. 
 And all we have is thine. 
 
 HYMN 214 c. M. 
 
 1. inATHER of all ! whose cares extend 
 ^ To earth's remotest shore: 
 Through ev'ry age let praise ascend, 
 And ev'ry clime adore. 
 % If I am right, thy grace i npart, 
 Still in the right to stay ; 
 Jjf I am wrong, O teach my heart, 
 To find that better way ! 
 3« What conscience dictates to be done, 
 Or warns me not to do : 
 This, teach me more tlian hell to shun ; 
 That, more than heav'n pursue. 
 4. Save me alike from foolish pride, 
 Or impious <?iscontent 
 
DIVINE FAVOUli he. 
 
 At aught thy wisdom has deny'd, 
 Or aught thy goodness lent. 
 
 5. Let not this we6k unknowing hand 
 
 Presome thy bolts to throw. 
 And deal damnation round the land 
 On each I judge thy foe. 
 
 6. Teach me to feel another's woe, 
 
 To hide the fault I see. 
 That mercy I to others show. 
 That mercy show to me. 
 
 7. This day be bread and peace my lot : 
 
 AH else beneath the suh. 
 Thou kttow'st if best besto^v'd or not 
 
 And let thy will be done. 
 t. To thee, whose temple is all space ; 
 
 Whose altar, earth, sea, skies : 
 One chorus let all beings raise. 
 
 All nature's iiteense rise ! 
 
 HYMN 215. s. i^f. 
 
 h \ LMIGHTY Lord of alt f 
 Of life the csnly spring f 
 Creator of unnumber'd worlds I 
 Supreme, eternal King I 
 ^» Preserve me from deceit^ 
 Impenitence and pride j 
 Nor let me in forbidden pathfj, 
 With thoughtless sinners, glide. 
 3» What thine unerring eye 
 Sees for thy creature fit : 
 I'll bless the good, and to the il* 
 
 Contentedly submit. 
 With pleasure let me view 
 
 The prosp'rous and the great ; 
 Malignant envy let me fly, 
 And odious selfconceit. 
 $, Let no despair, revenge. 
 Be to my bosom known : 
 Oh ! give me tears for others' woesj 
 And patience for my own. 
 
12S SUPPLICATION FOU THE 
 
 6, Feed me with needful food : 
 
 I ask not ^A^ealth or fame. 
 Give me an eye to see thy will, 
 A heart to bless thy name. 
 
 7. Still let my days be past 
 
 Without remorse or care ; 
 And growing holiness my soul 
 For life's last hour prepare I 
 
 HYMN 216 CM. 
 
 1. -pATHER of mercies ! God of love f 
 
 My father and my God ! 
 I'll sing the honours of thy name, 
 And spread thy praise abro^id. 
 
 2. In ev'ry period of my life, 
 
 Thy thoughts of love appear: 
 Thy mercies gild the transient scene, 
 And crown each passing year. 
 
 3. In all these mercies may my soul 
 
 A Father's bounty see ; 
 Nor let the gifts thy grace bestows, 
 Estrange my heart from thee. 
 
 4. Teach me, in times of deep distress- 
 
 To own thy hand, O God ! 
 And in submissive silence hear 
 The lessons of thy rod. 
 
 5. Through ev'ry changing state of life. 
 
 Each bright, each clouded scene, 
 Give me a meek and humble mind. 
 
 Still equal and serene. 
 S. Then may I close my eyes in deatli. 
 
 Free from all anxious fear : 
 For death itself is life, my God I 
 
 If thou art with me there. 
 
 >, nnO thee, O God ! my pray'r ascends. 
 
 A But not for golden stores ; 
 Nor covet I the brightest gems 
 On the rich eastern shores — 
 
 HYMN 317. c. M. 
 
DIVINE FAVOUR, ke. 
 2. Nor that deluding empty joy 
 Men call a mighty name, 
 Nor greatness with its pride and state, 
 My restless thoughts inflame 
 S. Nor pleasure's fascinating charms 
 My fond desires allure : 
 But nobler things than these, from thee. 
 My Avishes would secure. 
 
 4. The faith and hope of joys to ccme 
 
 My best affections move ; 
 Thy light, thy favour, and thy smiies> 
 Thine everlasting love. 
 
 5. These are the blessings I desire : 
 
 Lord, be tliese blessings mine * 
 And all the glories of the world 
 I cheerfully resign. 
 
 HYMN 218. c. M. 
 
 1. A/TY God, my portion, and my love f 
 -^^^ My everlasting all I 
 
 I've none but thee in heavhi above. 
 Or on this earthly ball. 
 
 2. In vain the bright meridian sun 
 
 Scatters his feeble light : 
 Thy brighter beams create my noon ; 
 
 If thou withdraw, 'tis night. 
 S. And while upon my I'estless ^>cd, 
 
 Amongfst the shades I roll j 
 If God his light around me shed^ 
 
 'Tis moriung with my soul. 
 
 4. To thee I owe my wealth and frieuds;^ 
 
 And health, and safe abode. 
 Thanks to thy name for meaner things ; 
 But they are not my God. 
 
 5. If I possess'd the spacious eai-th. 
 
 And call'd the stars my own : 
 Without thy mercy and thy love^ 
 I were a wretch undone. 
 
 6. Let others stretch their arms like se^^. 
 
 And grasp in all the sliore ; 
 
ioO SUPPLICATION FOR THE^^ 
 
 Grant me to see th)- blissful face, 
 And I desire na more ! 
 
 HYMN 219. c. M. 
 
 1. OD, my supporter and my hope, 
 My help lor ever near ! 
 Thine arm of mercy holds me up, 
 And saves m.e from despair. 
 iJ. Thy counsels, Lord I shall guide my feet 
 Through this dark -w ilderness ; 
 Thy hand conduct me near thy seat, 
 To dwell before thy face. 
 '3. What if the springs of life were broke. 
 And flesh and heart should faint ? 
 God is my soul's eternal rock. 
 The sU'ength of ev'iy saint. 
 4. Behold, the sinners, that remove 
 Far from thy presence, die : 
 Not all the idol-gods they love 
 Can save them when they cr}'. 
 5» But to draw near to thee, my God ! 
 Shall be my sweet employ. 
 My tongue shall sound thy works abroad. 
 And tell the world rny joy. 
 
 HYMN 220. L. M. 
 
 .1. RE AT God, indulge my humble claim : 
 ^J'^ Be thou my hope, my joy, my rest ' 
 The glories, that compose thy name. 
 
 Stand all engag'd to make me blest. 
 Thou great and good, thou just and wise, 
 
 Thou art my Father and my God ! 
 And I am thine by sacred ties. 
 
 Thy child and servant, bought with blood . 
 
 3. With heart and eyes and liftetl hands, 
 
 For thee I long, for thee I look, 
 As travellers in thirsty lands 
 
 Pant for the cooling water-brook. 
 
 4. Ev'n life itself, without thy love, 
 
 No lasting pleasure ean afford; 
 
DIVINE FAVOUR, &c. 
 Yea, 'twould a tiresome bui-den provcy 
 If I were banish'd from thee, Lord. 
 5. 1*11 lift my hands, I'll raise my voice, 
 While I have breath to pray or praise. 
 This work shall make my heart rejoice, 
 Throughout the remnant of my days. 
 
 HYMN 221. L. M. 
 
 1. r\ thou, to whose all-searching sight, 
 " The darkness shineth as the light I 
 Search, prove my heai-t ; it pants for thee 
 O burst these bonds, and set it free. 
 
 \>. Wash out its stains, refine its dross ; 
 Nail my affections to the cross ; 
 Hallow each thought ; let all within 
 Be clean, as thou, my Lord, art clean. 
 
 3. If in this darksome wild I stray, 
 Be thou my light, be thou my way. 
 No foes, no violence I fear, 
 
 No fraud, while thou, my God, art near. 
 
 4. When rising floods my soul o'erfloAv, 
 When sinks my heart in waves of woe ; 
 Saviour, thy timely aid impart. 
 
 And raise my head, and cheer my heai t. 
 
 5. If rough and thorny be the way. 
 My strength proportion to my day ; 
 'Till toil, and grief, and pain shall cease*, 
 V/here all is calm And joy and peace. 
 
 HYMN 222. l. m. 
 
 1. T>ESET with snares on evVy hand, 
 ^ In life's uncertain path I stand : 
 Father divine ! diffuse thy light, 
 To guide my doubtful footsteps right. 
 
 ii. Engage this frail, this wav'ring heart. 
 Wisely to choose the better part ; 
 To scorn the trifles of a day, 
 For joys that never fade away. 
 
 3, Then let the wildest storms arise ; 
 Let tempests mingle earth and skies ; 
 
J32 SUPPUCATION FOR THE DIVINE &e. 
 No fatal shipwreck shall I fear, 
 But all my treasures with me bear. 
 4. If thou, my Father ! still be nigh. 
 Cheerful I live, and joyful die; 
 Secure, when mortal comforts flee. 
 To find ten thousand worlds in thee. 
 
 HYMN 228. c. 
 
 .1. TV/fY Cod, the visits of thy face 
 ■^■^ Afford superior joy 
 To all the fiatt'ring- world can give.. 
 Or mortal hopes employ. 
 t2. But clouds and darkness intervene. 
 My brightest joys decline ; 
 And earth's ga^ trifles oft ensnare 
 This wand'rmg heart of mine. 
 .1. Lord, guide this wand'ring heart to tbce ; 
 Unsatisfied I stray ; 
 l^reak through the shades of sense and sin 
 With thy enliv'ning ray. 
 
 4. O let thy beams resplendent shine. 
 
 And ev'ry cloud remove ; 
 Transform my pow'rs, and fit my soul 
 For happier scenes above. 
 
 5. Lord, raise my faith, my hope, my heart 
 
 To those transporting joys ; 
 Then shall I scorn each little snare, 
 Which this vain world employs. 
 
 6. Then, though I sink in death's cold sleep. 
 
 To life I shall awake ; 
 And, in the likeness of my God, 
 Of heav'nly bliss partake. 
 
 HYMN 224. i- m. 
 
 1. TN vain my roving thoughts would finti 
 A portion worthy of the mind: 
 On earth my soul can never rest, 
 For eartli can never make me blest. 
 
 ^. Can lasting happiness be found, 
 Where seasons roll their li^^sfv round. 
 
^HE DANGER AND MISERY &c. 
 
 1 
 
 And days and hours with rapid flight 
 Sweep cares and pleasures out of sight ? 
 S. Arisd, my thoughts ! my heart arise ! 
 Leave this vain world, and seek the skies : 
 There joys for evermore shall last, 
 When seasons, days, and hours are past. 
 
 4. Thy mercy, Lord, to me impart t 
 
 O raise my thoughtless, wand'riiig, heart 
 To pleasures perfect and sublime, 
 Unmeasiu-'d by the wings of time* 
 
 5. Let those bright worlds of endless joy 
 My thoughts, my hopes, my cares employ 
 No more, ye restless passions, roam : 
 God is my bliss, and heav'n my home. 
 
 XIV. 
 
 THE DANGER AND MISERY 
 OF SIN. 
 
 1 
 
 HYMN 225. l. m. 
 
 lyrAN has a soul of vast desires ; 
 
 He bm'ns within with restless fires. 
 Tost to and fro, his passions fly 
 From vanity to vanity. 
 2. In vaiti on earth we hope to And 
 Some solid good to fill the mind ; 
 We try new pleasures, but we feel 
 The inward thirst and tormeiit still. 
 V?. So, when a raging fever burns. 
 We shift from side ty side bj turns ; 
 And 'tis a poor relief we gain. 
 To changt: the plai e, but "keep tlie pain 
 4. Great God ! subdue this vicious thirst, 
 This love to vanity and dust ; 
 Cure the vile fever of the mind. 
 And feed our souls wilb iovc, refin'cL , 
 
•I3i 
 
 THE DANGER AN0 
 
 HYMN 226 c. m, 
 
 1. X^ HEN m the light of fluth divine 
 
 ^ ^ We look on things below ; 
 Honour, and gold, and sensual jor, 
 
 How vain and dang'rous too I 
 Honour's a puff of noisy breath : 
 
 Yet men expose their blood, 
 And venture everlasting death, 
 To gain that airy good. 
 
 S. Whilst others starve the nobler mind. 
 And feed on shining dust, 
 They sacrifice eternal bliss 
 To mean and sordid lust. 
 4!, The pleasiu'es, which allure our sense 
 Are dang'rous snares to souls : 
 There's but a drop of flatt'ring sweet. 
 And dash'd with bitter bowls. 
 5. God is my all-sufficient good, 
 My portion and my choice ; 
 In him my vast desires are fill'd, 
 And all my pow'rs rejoice. 
 
 HYMN 227. c. m. 
 
 1. aiNNERS ! the voice of God regard 
 
 'Tis mercy speaks to-day ; 
 He calls you by his gracious word 
 From sin's destructive way. 
 
 2. Like the rough sea that cannot rest. 
 
 You live devoid of peace ; 
 A thousand stings within your breast 
 Deprive your souls of ease. 
 
 3. Your way is dark, and leads to hell : 
 
 Why wnll you persevere ? 
 Can you in frightful torments dwell, 
 Shut up in black despair ? 
 
 4. Bow to the sceptre of his word, 
 
 Renouncing ev'ry sin ; 
 Submit to him your sov'reign Lord, 
 Aud leani his will divine. 
 
MISERY OF SIN. 135 
 HYMN 228. l. m. 
 
 1. "II^hV will ye lavish out your years 
 
 ' Amidst a thousand trifling cares P 
 While j in the various ran^e of tliought, 
 The one thing needful is torgot. 
 
 2. Why will ye chase the fleeting wind. 
 And famish an immortal mind ; 
 While angels w:ith regret look down. 
 To see you spurn a heav'nly crown ? 
 
 3. Th'eterniJ (3 od calls from ahove. 
 And Jesus pleads his dying love ; 
 Awaken'd consciettce gives you pain : 
 And shall they join their pleas in vain f 
 
 4. Not so your dying eyes shall view 
 Tiiose objects,* which ye now pursue. 
 Not so shall heav'n and hell appear. 
 When the decisive hour is near. 
 
 5. Almighty God ! thine aid impart, 
 ^ To fix conviction on the heait. 
 
 Thy pow'r can clear the dai'kest eyes. 
 And make the haughtiest seorner wise. 
 
 HYMN 229. c. m. 
 
 1. TTOW long shall dreams of creature-bliss 
 
 Our flatt 'ring hopes emplo}'-, 
 And mock our fond deluded eyes 
 With visionary joy ? 
 
 2. How wretched they, that leave the Loi^ 
 
 And from his word withdraw. 
 That lose his gospel from their sight 
 And wander from his law ! 
 
 3. O thou eternal spring of good. 
 
 Whence living waters flow ! 
 Let not our thirsty erring souls 
 
 To broken cisterns go. 
 4 Like characters inscrib'd in dust, 
 
 Are sinners borne away ; 
 And all the trcasui'es ^hey can boastj 
 
 The portion of a day. 
 
136 
 
 THE DANGER AND 
 
 HYMN 280. c. m. 
 
 1 . T^HO shall against the Lord prevail ? 
 
 ' ^ Or who presume to say, 
 " That righteous law, which God proclaini8_, 
 " I dare to disobey ?" 
 
 2. Ten thousand actions ev'ry where 
 
 The impious language speak : • 
 Yet pow'r omnipotent stands by, 
 Nor do its thunders break. 
 
 3. But O ! the dreadful day draws near. 
 
 When God's avenging hand 
 Shall shew, if feeble mortals' breath. 
 Or God's own word shall stand. 
 
 4. ^ly soul, with revVence prostrate fall. 
 
 Before the voice divine ; 
 And all thine int'rest and thy pow'rs 
 To his command resign. 
 
 5. Let the vain sons of Belial boast, 
 
 Theii' tongues and thoughts are frc^ ; 
 My noblest liberty I own, 
 \Mien subject most to thee. 
 
 HYMN 281. L. M. 
 
 1. A RISE, my tend'rest thoughts, arise ; 
 
 To torrents melt my streaming eyes ; 
 And thou, my heart, with anguish feel 
 Those evils which thou canst not heal. 
 
 "2. See human nature simk in shame ; 
 See scandals pour'd on Jesus' name ; 
 The Father wounded through the Son ; 
 The world abus'd, the soul undone. 
 
 3. My God 1 1 feel the mournful s^ene ; 
 My bowels yearn o'er dying men ; 
 And fain my pity would reclaim. 
 And snatch the firebrands from the flame. 
 
 4'. But feeble my compassion proves. 
 And can but weep, where most it loves. 
 Thy own all-saving arm employ. 
 And turn these drops of grief to joy. 
 
MISERY OF Sm. 
 
 HYMN m c. M. 
 
 1. tNDULGENT God ! with pitying eye 
 X The sons of men survey. 
 
 Alas ! how thoughtless mortals sport 
 In sin's destructive way ! 
 
 2. Ten thousand dangers lurk around. 
 
 To bear them to the tomb : 
 Each passing hour may place them where 
 Repentance cannot come. 
 
 3. Reclaim, O Lord ! their wand 'ring minds^ 
 
 Amus'd by airy dreams ; 
 That heav'nly wisdom may dispel 
 Their visionary schemes. 
 4 Guide and direct them by thy wctt'd, 
 Their dang'rous state to see ; 
 That they may seek and find the path, 
 That leads to heav'n and thee. 
 
 HYMN m s. M. 
 
 Evil effects of neglected education* 
 .1. -OEHOLD, O Israel's God ! 
 
 From thine exalted throne. 
 And view the dang'rous state of those 
 Thou call'st to be thy own. 
 
 2. The children of thy flock. 
 
 By early cov'nant thine. 
 See, how they pour their bleeding souls, 
 On ev'ry idol's shrine ! 
 
 3. To indolence and pride 
 
 What piteous victims made ! 
 Crush'd in their parent's fond embrace, 
 
 And by their love betray'd. 
 By pleasure's polish 'd dart 
 
 What numbers here are slain ! 
 What numbers there for slaughter bound 
 
 In Mammon's golden chain ! 
 5. O let thine arm awake 
 
 And dash the Idols down : 
 O call the captives of their pow'r. 
 
 Thy treasure and thy crown, 
 M 2 
 
THE DANGER AND 
 
 6. Thee let the fathers own. 
 And thee the sons adore ; 
 Join'd to the Lord by solemu vows^ 
 To be forgot no more ! 
 
 HYMN 284 s. m. 
 
 1, npHE man is ever blest, 
 
 A Who shuns the sinner's ways \ 
 Amongst their councils never stjinds. 
 Nor takes the scomers place ; 
 
 2. But makes the law of Gad 
 
 His study and delight, 
 Amidst the labours of the day, 
 
 And watches of the night. 
 '6. He like a tree shall thrive, 
 
 With waters near the root ; 
 Fresh as the leaf his name shall live j 
 
 His worlds are heav'nly fruit. 
 
 4. Not so th' ungodly race, 
 
 They no such blessings find ; 
 Their hopes shall flee Ijlce empty chaff 
 Before the driving wind* 
 
 5. How will they bear to stand 
 
 Before that judgment-seat. 
 Where all the saints at Cljrist's right hand 
 In full assembly meet ? 
 
 6. He knows and he approves 
 
 The way the righteous go : 
 But sinners and their works shall meet 
 A dreadful overthrow. 
 
 HYMN 285. c m, 
 
 1. /^H ! how my fears the dangers movC; 
 " That virtue's path inclose ! 
 While I the wise pursuit approve, 
 Alas, what toils oppose ! 
 fl. For see ! ah see ! while yet her ways 
 With doubtful step I tread, 
 A hostile world its terrors raise, 
 Its snares deli^sivc spread. 
 
MISERY OF SIN. 
 
 3. Oh ! how shall I, >vith heart prepar'd. 
 
 Those terrors learn to meet ; 
 How, from the thousand snares, to guartl 
 And to restrain my feet ? 
 
 4. But, why art thou cast down, my soul ? 
 
 Say why, distrustful still, 
 Thy thoughts with vain impatience roll 
 O'er scenes of future ill ! 
 
 5. Let faith suppress each rising fear, 
 
 Each anxious doubt exclude : 
 Thy Maker's will hath plac'd thee h^re. 
 Thy Maker wise and good. 
 
 6. He to thy ev'ry trial knows 
 
 Its just restraints to give : 
 Attentive to behold thy woes. 
 And faithful to relieve. 
 
 7. Tho*'griefs unnumber'd throng thee round. 
 
 Still in thy God confide ; 
 Whose finger marks the seas their bound, 
 And curbs the rolling tide. 
 
 HYMN 286. l. m. 
 
 j . A WAKE, my soul ! lift up thine eyes ; 
 See where thy foes against thee rise 
 In long array, a num'rous host ; 
 Awake, my soul ! or thou art lost. 
 
 2. Here giant danger threat'ning stands, 
 Must'ring his paleten'ific bands ; 
 There pleasure's silken banners spread. 
 And wUling souls are captive led. 
 
 3. See where rebellious passions rage. 
 And fierce desires and lusts engage ; 
 The meanest foe of all the train 
 
 Has thousands and ten thousands slain. 
 
 4. Thou tread'st upon enchanted gi'ound ; 
 Perils and snares beset thee round : 
 Beware of all, guard ev'ry part. 
 
 But most, the traitor in thy heart. 
 ^. Come then, my soul ! now learn to wield, 
 The weight of thine immortad shield ; 
 
m THE DANGER AND MISERY &c. 
 
 * Put on the armour from above 
 
 Of heav'nly truth and heav'nly love. 
 6. The terror and the charm repel, 
 And pow'rs of earth, and pow'rs of hell. 
 Thy Lord and Captain triumph'd here : 
 Why should his faithful followers fear ? 
 
 HYMN 287. o. m. 
 
 1. T ORD, when iniquities abound, 
 
 And growing crimes appear ; 
 We view the deluge rising round. 
 With sorrow and with fear. 
 
 2. Yet, when its waves most fiercely beat. 
 
 And spread destruction wide ; 
 Thy spirit can a standard raise 
 To stem the roaring tide. 
 
 3. May thy triumphant arm awake, 
 
 Thy sacred cause to plead ; 
 And let the multitude confess, 
 That thou art God indeed. 
 
 4. O let thy grace dispose their hearts, 
 
 To bow before thy hand ; 
 And let their stubborn necks be bent, 
 To own thy just command. 
 
 5. Our feeble souls do thou support ; 
 
 In us thy pow'r display : 
 And multitudes shall strive in vain 
 To draw us from thy M^ay. 
 
 HYMN 2§8. c. M. 
 
 1. npHE Lord into his vineyard comes, 
 
 Our various fruit to see ; 
 His eye, more piercing than the light. 
 Examines ev'ry tree. 
 
 2. Tremble ye sinners, at his frown. 
 
 If barren still ye stand ; 
 And fear that keenly-wounding axe. 
 Which arms his awful hand. 
 
 3. Lord, we adore thy sparing love, 
 
 Thy long-e:^pecting grace ; 
 
IIEPBNTANCE AND CONVERSION. 141 
 Else had we low in ruin fall'n, 
 And known no more our place. 
 4. Succeeding years thy patience waits ; 
 Nor let It wait in vain : 
 But form in us abundant fruit, 
 And still this fruit maintain. 
 
 HYMN 289. l. m. 
 
 1. Tl AXSE, thoughtless sinner, raise thine eye ; 
 -t*' Behold God's balance lifted high: 
 There shall his justice be display'd. 
 And there thy hope and life be weigh'd. 
 See in one scale his perfect law ; 
 Mark with what force its precepts draw : 
 Would'st thou the awful test sustain. 
 Thy works how light ! thy thoughts how vain ! 
 
 3. Great God ! exert thy pow'r to save ; 
 Deep on the heart this truth engrave ; 
 Disperse the mist from sinners' eyes. 
 And make the wretched triflers wise. 
 
 4. O let them seize the present day. 
 Nor risk salvation by delay ; 
 
 And, Avhile they tremble, let them flee. 
 And find their help, their life, in thee. 
 
 ^ XV. 
 HEPENTANCE & CONVERSION. 
 
 HYMN 240. L. M. 
 
 1. C HEW pity. Lord j O Lord, forgive ! 
 ^ Let a repenting sinner live. 
 
 Are not thy mercies large and free ? 
 May not the contrite trust in thee ? 
 
 2. With shame my numerous sins I trace 
 Against thy law, against thy grace ; 
 
 And, though my pray'r thou shouldst not liW? 
 My doom is just, and tliou art clear. 
 
REPEN rANCE AND CONVERSION. 
 
 3. Yet save a penitent, O Lord ! 
 
 Wjiose hope, still hov'ring round thy word, 
 Seeks for some pi'ecious promise there. 
 Some sure support against despair. 
 
 4. My sins are ^eat, but don't surpass 
 The riches of eternal grace. 
 
 Great God ! thy nature hath no bound: 
 So let thy pard'ning love be found. 
 
 5. O wash my soul from ev'ry stain. 
 Nor let the guilt I mourn remain. 
 Give me to liear thy pard'ning voice, 
 And bid my bleeding heart rejoice. 
 
 6. Then shall thy love inspire my tongue ; 
 Salvation shall be all my song ; 
 
 And ev'ry pow'r shall join to bless 
 
 The Lord, my strength and righteousness. 
 
 HYMN 241. L. M. 
 
 1. r\ thou that hear'st when sinners cry ! 
 " though all my crimes before thee lie, 
 Behold them not witli angry look, 
 
 But blot their mem'ry from thy book, 
 
 2. Create my natui'e pure within. 
 And form my soul averse to sin : 
 Let thy good Spirit ne'er depart, 
 Nor hide thy presence from my heart 
 
 3. 1 cannot live without thy light. 
 
 Cast out and banish 'd from thy sight \ 
 Thy holy joys, O God, restore, 
 And guard me that I fall no more. 
 
 4. A broken heart, my God, my King, 
 Is all the sacrifice I bring : 
 
 The God of grace will ne'er despise 
 A broken heart for sacrifice. 
 
 5. My soul lies humbled in the dust, 
 And owns thy dreadful sentence just: 
 Look down, O Lord, with pitying eye, 
 And save the soul condemn'd to die. 
 
 HYMN 242. l. m, 
 
 L /^PPRESS'D with guilt, or gi'ief, or care, 
 " Great God I thy humble suppliants hear 
 
ilEPBNTANCE AND CONVERSION. 
 Though sunk, we ne'er can sink so low, 
 But thou canst iiear the voice of woe. 
 *2, Should'st thou against each evil deed 
 In strict severity proceed : 
 By i^nerit, witliout mercy, tried. 
 None could be cleared and justified. 
 
 3. But thou forgiveness dost proclaim, 
 That men may turn and fear thy name. 
 To thy riol\ grace, O Lord ! we fly, 
 And on thy promises rely. 
 
 4, Ye contrite hearts, who guilt deplore I 
 Come, seek his face, and sin no more. 
 Then shall ye know that God is kind. 
 And full redemption with him find. 
 
 HYMN 248. c. m. 
 
 1. XyirHEN rising from the bed of death? 
 
 O'erwhelm'd with guilt and fear, 
 I see n^y Maker face to face, 
 O how shall I appear ! 
 
 2. If yet, while pardon may be found. 
 
 And mercy may be sought. 
 My heart with inward hoiTor shrinkSj 
 And trembles at the thought 
 
 3. When thou, O Lord .' shalt stand disolos'd 
 
 III majesty severe, 
 And sit m judgment on my soul, 
 O how shall I appear ! 
 
 4. But there's forgiveness, Lord, with thee j 
 
 Thy natui'e is benign. 
 Thy pard'ning mercy I implore ; 
 For mercy. Lord, is thine. 
 
 5. O let thy boundless mercy shine 
 
 On my benighted soul ! 
 Correct my passions, mend my heart, 
 And all my fears conti'ol. 
 
 6. And may I taste thy richer gi'ace 
 
 In that decisive hour, 
 When Christ to judgment shall descend. 
 And time shall be no more. 
 
144 REPENTANCE AND CONVERSION^ 
 
 HYMN 244. c. m. 
 
 1. T>ERPETUAL source of light and grace ! 
 
 We hail thy sacred name. 
 Through ev'ry year's revolving round, 
 Thy goodness is the same. 
 
 2. Inconstant service we repay, 
 
 And treach'rous vows renew, 
 False as the morning's scatt'ring cloud. 
 And transient as the dew. 
 
 3. Low at thy feet our guilt we mbUm, 
 
 And loud implore thy grace, 
 To bear oui' feeble footsteps on 
 In all thy righteous ways. 
 
 4. Arm'd with this energy divine, 
 
 Our souls shall constant prove, 
 And with increasing transport press 
 On to thy coui-ts above. 
 
 5. So, by thy pow'r, the morning sun 
 
 Pursues his radiant way, 
 Brightens each moment in his race,. 
 And shines to perfect day. 
 
 HYMN 246. p. m. 
 
 1. OD of mercy ! God of grace ! 
 
 Hear our sad repentant songs. 
 O restore thy suppliant race, 
 
 Thou to whom our praise belongs ; 
 
 2. Deep regret for follies past, 
 
 Talents wasted, time mispent; 
 Hearts debas'd by worldly cai'es, 
 Thankless for the blessings lent ; 
 
 3. Foolish fears and fond desires, 
 
 Vain regrets for things as vain 
 Lips too seldom taught to praise, 
 Oft to murmur and complain. 
 
 4. These, and ev'rj^ secret fault, 
 
 Fill'd with gi'ief and shame we ov. n 
 Humbled at thy feet we lie, 
 
 Seeking pardon fi'om thy llirono. 
 
REPENTANCE AND CONV^RSIOK. 1 ^- 
 5. God of mercy ! God of grace ! 
 Hear our sad repentant songs. 
 O restore diy suppliant race, 
 Thou, to whom our praise belongs ' 
 
 HYMN 246. p. 3/. 
 
 t. "DLEST Instructor ! from thy wayrj, 
 
 -C^ Who can tell, how oft he strays ' 
 
 Save from error's growth my mind • 
 
 Leave not, Lord, one root behind. 
 % Cleanse me from the guilt, that lies 
 
 Wrapt within my heart's disguise ^ 
 
 Let me thence, by thee renew 'd. 
 
 Each presumptuous sin exclude. 
 
 3. Let my tongue, from error free, 
 Speak the words approv'd by thee ; 
 To thy all -observing ey^s 
 
 Let my thoughts accepted rise. 
 
 4. So my lot shall ne'er be joinM 
 With the men^ whose impious mind,, 
 Fearless of thy just command, 
 Braves the vengeance of thy hand, 
 
 5. While I thus thy name adore. 
 And thy healing grace implore, 
 Blest Redeemer, bow' thine ear ! 
 God, my strength, propitious hear 
 
 HYMN 247. c. m. 
 
 1. f \ Thou, whose tender mercy hears 
 ^ Contrition's humble sigh ; 
 Whose hand, indulgent, wipes the teave 
 
 From sorrow's weeping eye ! 
 
 2. See ! low before thy throne of grac.^ 
 
 A wretched wand'rer mourn. 
 Hast thou not bid me seek thy face ? 
 Hast thou not said, return p 
 
 3. Absent from thee, my guide^ my light ' 
 
 Without one cheering ray ; 
 Through dangers, fears, and ?yloomy ni^ih 
 How desolate my ^V9^- ' 
 
i REPENTANCE AND CONVERSION 
 4. O shine on this benighted heart, 
 With beams of mercy shine ; 
 And let thy healing voice impart 
 A taste of joys divine. 
 5o Thy presence only can bestow 
 Delights, which never cloy. 
 Be this my solace here below. 
 And my eternal joy ! 
 
 HYMN 248. c. m. 
 
 1. npHE Lord, how kind are all his ways, 
 
 When most they seem severe ! 
 He frowns, and scourges, and rebukes. 
 That we may learn his fear. 
 
 2. With thorns he fences up our path. 
 
 And builds a wall aroimd. 
 To guard us from the death that lurk? 
 In sin's forbidden ground. 
 
 3. Return, ye wand'ring souls, return? 
 
 And seek his tender breast ; 
 Gall back the mem'ry of the days, 
 When there you foimd your rest, 
 
 4. Behold, O Lord ! we fly to thee, 
 
 Tho' blushes veil our face ; 
 Constrain 'd our last retreat to seek 
 In thy much injur'd grace. 
 
 HYMN 249. s. m, 
 
 t. O EARCHER of hearts ! to thee 
 I all my soul display ; 
 And, conscious of its innate arts, 
 Intreat thy strict survey. 
 
 2. If, lurking in its folds, 
 
 I any sin conceal : 
 O let a ray of light divine 
 The secret guile reveal ! 
 
 3. If, in these fetters bound, 
 
 A wretched slave I lie : 
 vSmite off my chains, ^nd w^ake my soul 
 To light and liberty I 
 
REPENTANCE AND CONVERSION. 
 
 4, To penitence and pray 'r 
 Be gentle pity giv'n ; 
 Speak ample pardon to my hearty 
 And seal its claim to heav'n. 
 
 HYMN 350. L. M. 
 
 I . f \ turn, great Ruler of the skies, 
 ^ Turn from my sins thy searching eyes ! 
 My mind from ev'ry fear release, 
 And sooth my troubled thoughts to peace. 
 
 % Prompt is thy pow'r, when ills invade, 
 The weak and contrite soul to aid ; 
 Then let thy clemency divine 
 Conspicuous in my pardon shine. 
 
 3. O let the fulness of thy grace 
 Each error Gf my life efface !— 
 But thy decrees, almighty Sire I 
 Integrity of heart require. 
 
 4. Give me a will to tliiue subdu'd, 
 
 A conscience pure, a soul renew 'd ; 
 Nor let me, wrapp'd in endless gloom. 
 An outcast from thy presence roam. 
 
 5. The heart, that, taught its guUt to know. 
 Repentant heaves with inward woe, 
 Shall find its pray'rs, its groans, its sighs. 
 To thee in full acceptance rise. 
 
 HYMN 251. L. M. 
 
 1. T ORD ! we have wander'd from thy way, 
 
 Like foolish sheep have gone astray ; 
 Our pleasant pastures we have left. 
 And of their guard our souls bereft. 
 
 2. Expos'd to want, expos'd to harm, 
 Far from our gentle shepherd's arm ; 
 Nor will, these fatal wand'rings cease, 
 'Till thou reveal the paths ot peace. 
 
 3. O seek thy thoughtless servants. Lord ! 
 Nor let us quite forget thy word. 
 
 Our erring souls do thou restore, 
 And kc^p us, that we stray no more. 
 
14 S BEPENTANCB AND CONVERSION. 
 
 HYMN m s. M. 
 
 1. A TTEND, my soul, with awe. 
 
 The dictates of thy God ; 
 Silent and trembling hear the voice 
 Of his appointed ro^ 
 
 2. Now let me search my ways, 
 
 And prostrate seek his face; 
 Conscious of guilt, hefore his thjronc 
 In dust my soul abase.' 
 
 3. O teach me what's unknown, 
 
 And all my crimes forgive. 
 Those crimes I would no more repeat. 
 But to thy honour live. 
 
 4. My sorrows plainly sho^j 
 
 That all on earth is v^. 
 In God my wounded heart confides. 
 True i-est and bliss to gain. 
 
 HYMN 2^. o. M. 
 
 1. ^WEET is the friendly voice which speak" 
 
 The words of life and peace ; 
 Which bids the upright he^t rejoice, 
 And sin and sorrow cease. 
 
 2. Thou, Lord ! in mercy wilt regard 
 
 The humble and sincere ; 
 Thou wilt with gracious eye behold 
 The penitential tear. 
 
 3. Thou canst restrain wild passion's sway? 
 
 The pow'r office control. 
 Restore bright reason's ray divine. 
 And puriiy the soul. 
 
 4. O God ! from error turn my feet. 
 
 That I no more may stray; 
 And guide my steps direct and safe 
 In virtue's peaceful way. 
 
 5. Let me no more, with wilful mind. 
 
 Thy righteous laws offend. 
 Then shdl 1 know nor guilt nor fear> 
 If thou be stjil my friend. 
 
REPENTANCE AND CONVERSION. 
 HYMN 264. s, m, 
 
 , blessed souls are they, 
 Whose sins are cover'd o'er ! 
 Divinely blest, to whom the Lord 
 Imputes their guilt no more ! 
 i3. They mourn theix* follies past. 
 
 And keep their hearts with care 5 
 Their lips and lives without deceit, 
 Shall prove their faith sincere. 
 3. Let sinners learn to pray ; 
 
 Let saints keep near the throne. 
 Our help in time of deep distress. 
 Is found in God alone. 
 
 HYMN 255. d m. 
 
 The joy of conversion from sin. 
 
 1. TXTHEN God reveaPd his gracious name. 
 
 And chang'd my mournful state. 
 My rapture seem'd a pleasing dream. 
 The grace appear'd so great. 
 
 2. The world beheld the glorious change. 
 
 And did thy hand confess ; 
 My tongue broke out in unknown strains. 
 And sung surprising grace, 
 
 3. " Great is the work," my neighbours cried. 
 
 And own'd thy pow'r divine ; 
 " Great is the work," my heart replied, 
 "And he the glory thine." 
 
 i. The Lord can clear the darkest skies, 
 Gan give us day for night ; 
 Make drops of sacred sorrow rise 
 To rivers of delight. 
 5. Let those, that sow in sadness, wait, 
 'Till the fair harvest come 5 
 They shall confess their sheaves are great, 
 And shout the blessings home. 
 
 HYMN 256. s. m. 
 
 L TTOW various and how new 
 
 Are thy compassions. Lord ! 
 TSi 2 
 
i^O EEPENTA,NGB AND GONVpRSIOK. 
 
 Each morning shall thy mercies sheWj 
 Each night thy love record. 
 
 2. Thy goodness, like the sun, 
 
 Dawn'd on our early days. 
 Ere infant reason had begun 
 To form our lips to praise. 
 
 3. Each object we; beheld 
 
 Gave pleasure to our eyeis ; 
 And nature all our senses held 
 In bands of sweet surprise. 
 
 4. But pleasures more refin'd 
 
 Awaited that blest day. 
 When liglit arose upon our mind 
 To chase our sins away. 
 
 5. How various and how new 
 
 Are thy compassions. Lord ! 
 Eternity thy truth shall shew, 
 And all thy love record. 
 
 HYMN 257.. s. M. 
 
 Thanhsgivlng' for deliverance from the power of 
 I. nr^HE trav'iler lost in night, 
 
 Breathes many a longing sigh. 
 And marks the welcome dawn of light 
 With rapture in liis eye. 
 3. Thus sweet the dawn of day 
 Lost weary sinners find, 
 W^hen mercy with reviving ray 
 Beams o'er tlie fainting mkid. 
 3. To slaves opprest with chains, 
 How kind, how dear the friend. 
 Whose gen'rous hand relieves their pains. 
 And bids their sorrows end I 
 4', Thus dear that friend divine. 
 Who rescues captive souls, 
 Unbinds the galling chains of sin;, 
 And all its pow'r cjantrols, 
 z\ My God \ to gospel light 
 My dawn of hone I eve j 
 
TMB JOV AND HAPPINESS &c. 151 
 
 Once, wand'ring in the shades of night. 
 And sunk in hopeless woe. 
 6. Thy hand redeemed the slave. 
 And set the prisoner free. 
 Bp all I am, and all I have, 
 Devoted, Lord, to thee ! 
 
 XVI. 
 
 THE JOY AND HAPPINESS OF 
 TRUE CHRISTIANS. 
 
 HYMN 258. s. m. 
 
 1. i^OME, ye that love the Lord, 
 ^ And let your joys be known ; 
 Join in a song with sweet accord. 
 Whilst ye surround the throne, 
 ^. Let those refuse to sing, 
 
 Who never knew our God : 
 But servants of the heav'nly King 
 May speak their joys abroad. 
 
 3. The God, who rules on high, 
 
 Who all the earth surveys. 
 Who rides upon the stormy sky. 
 And calms the roaring seas : 
 
 4. This awful God is ours, 
 
 Our Father and our love ; 
 He will send down his heav'nly pow'rs, 
 To caiTy us above. 
 5*. There we shall see his face, 
 And never, never sin ! 
 There, from the rivers of his grace, 
 Drink endless pleasures in. 
 t>. Yea, and before we rise 
 To that immortal state, 
 The thoughts of such amazing bliss 
 Should constant joys create. 
 
iS2 THE JOY AND HAPPINESS 
 
 7. The men of gi^ace have found 
 
 Glory begun below. 
 Celestial fruit on earthly ground 
 From faitli and hope may grow, 
 
 8. Then let our songs abound, 
 
 And ev'ry tear be dry : 
 We're maixihing through Tmmanuel's ground 
 To fairer worlds on high. 
 
 HYMN 259. s. m. 
 
 X. "VTOW let our voices join 
 To form a sacred song ; 
 Ye pilgrims in Jehovah's ways. 
 With music pass along. 
 
 2. How straight the path appears ! 
 
 How open and how fair ! 
 No lurking snares t' entrap our feet ; 
 No fierce destroyer there. 
 
 3. But fiow'rs of Paradise 
 
 In rieh profusion spring ; 
 The sun of glory gilds the path, 
 And dear companions sing. 
 
 4. See Salem's golden spires 
 
 In beauteous prospect rise ; 
 And brighter crowns than mortals wear. 
 Which sparkle tlirough the skies. 
 
 5. All honour to his name, 
 
 Who marks tlie shining way 5 
 To him, who leads the wand'rers on 
 To realms of endless day. 
 
 HYMN 260 c. m. 
 
 1. XTE trembling souls ! dismiss your fears ; 
 ^ Be mercy all your theme ; 
 Mercy, which like a river flows 
 In one continued stream. 
 ^, Feai' not the pow'rs of earth and hell • 
 God will these pow'rs restrain ; 
 His mighty arm their rage repel. 
 And make their efforts va'm. 
 
OF TRUE CHRISTIANS. 
 
 3. Fear not the want of outward good : 
 
 He will for his provide, 
 Grant them supplies of daily food, 
 And give them heav'n beside. 
 
 4. Fear not, that he will e'er forsake, 
 
 Or leave his work undone : 
 He's faithful to his promises. 
 And faithful to his Son. 
 
 5. Fear not the terrors of the gi'ave. 
 
 Nor death's tremendous sting : 
 He will from endless wrath preserve. 
 To endless glory bring. 
 
 6. You in his wisdom, pow'r, and grace. 
 
 May confidently trust: 
 His wisdom guides, his pow'r protects. 
 His grace rewards the just. 
 
 HYMN 261. c. M. 
 
 I bid farewell to ev'ry fear, 
 And wipe my weeping eyes. 
 
 2, Should earth against my soul engage^ 
 And hellish darts be hurl'd : 
 Then I can smile at Satan's rage. 
 And face a frowning world. 
 2. Let cares like a wild deluge come. 
 And storms of sorrow fall : 
 May I but safely reach my home. 
 My God, my heav'n, my all ! 
 4. There shall I bathe my weary soul 
 In seas of heav'nly rest; 
 And not a wave of trouble roll 
 Across my peaceful breast. 
 
 HYMN 262 l. m. 
 
 1. ^OT all the nobles of the earth, 
 
 -»-^ Who boast the honoup of their birth. 
 
 Such real dignity can claim, 
 
 As those ^vho bear the Christian name. 
 
154 THE JOY AND HAPPINESS 
 
 % To them the privilege is giv*n, 
 To be the sons and heirs of heav'n ; 
 Sons of the God who reigns on high. 
 And heirs of joy beyond the sky. 
 
 3. His will he makes them early know. 
 And teaches their young feet to go ; 
 Whispers instruction to their minds. 
 And on their hearts his precepts binds. 
 
 4. Their daily wants his hands supply ; 
 Their steps he guards with watchful eye ; 
 Leads them from earth to heav'n above, 
 And crowns them with eternal love. 
 
 5. If I've the honour, Lord ! to be 
 One of this num'rous family: 
 On me the gracious gift bestow. 
 To call thee Abba, Father, too. 
 
 Q\ So may my conduct ever prove 
 My filial piety and love ! 
 Whilst all my brethren clearly trace 
 Their Father's likeness on my face. 
 
 HYMN 268. G. M. 
 
 r. "pORSAKE, my soul ! the tents of sin : 
 How false her joys appear ! 
 Noise and confusion dwell within ; 
 Peace is a stranger there. 
 
 2. The men, who keep the laws of God, 
 
 His choicest blessings? shai-e ; 
 Or, if he lifts his chast'ning rod, 
 'Tis with a Father's care. 
 
 3. His mighty pow'r shall guard the just . . ■ 
 
 His wisdom jjoint their way ; 
 His eye shall watch their sleeping dust ; 
 His hand revive their clay. 
 
 4. Begin, ye saints, the joyful task ; 
 
 His praise employ your tongue ; 
 And soon eternity will ask 
 A more exalted song. 
 
 HYMN 264. cm. 
 
 1. "^XrlTH transport, Lord ! we view the page^ 
 * ^ Where all tliy mei-ciea shine ; 
 
OF TRUE CHRISTIAN^, 
 And joy to tell the rising ag*e. 
 What boundless grace is thine. 
 
 2. The world, with all its shifting schemes, 
 
 Time, with its fleeting hours, 
 Life, with its gay and flatt'ring dreams. 
 Its hopes and fears, is ours. 
 
 3. Death, also, at our Father's word, 
 
 Lays all its terrors by ; 
 Gently divides the silver cord, 
 
 And calls us to tlie sky. 
 ,4. Fain would oiu* hearts a tribute briHg; 
 
 Before our Father's throne ; 
 fc A tribute worthy of our King, 
 
 Whose meixies are unknown. 
 
 HYMN 265. c. m. 
 
 1. happy soul that lives on high ! 
 While men lie grov'ling here. 
 His hopes are fix'd above the sky, 
 And faith forbids his fear. 
 % His conscience knows no secret stings 5 
 11 While grace and joy combine 
 To form a life, whose holy springs 
 Are hidden and divine. 
 
 3. He waits in secret on his God , 
 
 His God in secret sees. 
 Let earth be all in arms abroad. 
 He dwells in heav'nly peace. 
 
 4. His pleasures rise from things miseeix. 
 
 Beyond this world and time. 
 Where neither eyes nor ears have been; 
 Nor thoughts of mortals climb. 
 
 5. He looks to heav'ns eternal hill, 
 
 To meet that glorious day, 
 Wlien Christ his promise sj lall fulfil 
 And call his soul away. 
 
 HYMN 266. l. h. 
 
 t. TV^H^^ some in folly's pleasui*es roll, 
 
 And court the joys which hurt the sQul 3 
 Be mine that silent calm repast, 
 A peaceful conscience to the last : 
 
56 THE JOY AND HAPPINESS 
 
 2. That tree which bears immortal fruit, 
 Without a canker at the root ; 
 
 That friend, who never fails the just, 
 When other friends desert their trust* 
 
 3. With this companion in the shade. 
 My soul no more shall be dismay'd ; 
 But fearless meet the midnight gloom, 
 And the pale monarch of the tomb. 
 
 4. Though heav'n afflict, I'll not repine ; 
 The noblest comforts still are mine : 
 Comforts, which over death prevail. 
 And journey with me through the vale. 
 
 0. The Lord will smooth my rugged "wray. 
 And lead me to the realms of day. 
 
 To milder skies and brighter plains. 
 Where everlasting pleasure reigns. 
 
 HYMN 267. c. m. 
 
 1. f \ happiness, thou pleasing dream ! 
 " Where is thy substance found ? 
 Sougfht through the varying scenes, in vain, 
 
 Of earth's capacious round. 
 
 2. Religion's sacred lamp alone 
 
 Unerring points the way, 
 Where happmess for ever shines 
 With unpolluted ray. 
 
 HYMN 268. s. M. 
 
 1. ^^T^HEN gloomy thoughts and fears 
 
 ^ » The trembling heart invade j 
 And all the face of nature wears 
 An universal shade : 
 
 2, Religion can assuage 
 
 The tempest of the so\ll ; 
 And evVy fear shall lose its rage 
 At her divine control. 
 
 5. Through life's bewildered w^y. 
 
 Her haml unerring leads ; 
 And o'er the path her heav'nly ray 
 A ch€>ering lusti'e sheds. 
 
OF TRUE CHRISTIANS, 
 
 1. "When reason, lir'd and blind. 
 
 Sinks helpless and afraid ; 
 llxou blest supporter of the mind, 
 How pow'rful is thine aid f 
 5. O let me feel thy pow'r, 
 And find thy sweet relief, 
 1 To brighten ev'ry gloomy hour, 
 ^, And soften ev'ry grief. 
 
 |, HYMN 269. t. m. 
 
 TT^W blest the man, how more than blest. 
 Whose heart no guilty thoughts employ 
 • rod's endless sunshine fills his breast, 
 I And conscience whispers peace and joy. 
 ^2. Pure rectitude's unerring way 
 ' His heav'n-conducted steps pursue ; 
 Whiie crowds in guilt and error stray, 
 Uiistain'd his soul, and bright his view, 
 a. By God's almighty arm sustain'd, 
 True virtue soon or late shall rise ; 
 i Knjoy her conquest, nobly gain'd, 
 'f- And share the triumph of the skies, 
 ;|4{» But fools, to sacred wisdom blind. 
 Who vice's tempting call obey, 
 'itV. A different fate shall quickly find, 
 * To ev'ry storm an easy prey. 
 
 HYMN 270. L. ill. 
 
 '^pHERE is a glorious world on high, 
 .jrV -■- Resplendent with eternal day ; 
 Faith views the blissful prospect nigh, 
 Wliile God's own word reveals the "Way, 
 
 2. Tliere shall the fav'rites of the Lord 
 
 With never-fading lustre shine. 
 Surprising honour ! vast reward ! 
 Conferr'd on man by love divine, 
 
 3. How blest are those, how truly wise. 
 
 Who learn and keep the sacred road ! 
 Happy the men, whom heav'n eJnploys 
 To turn rebellious hearts to God 5 
 
THE JOY AND HAPPINESS 
 
 4. To will them from the fatal Avay, 
 
 Where erring folly thoughtless roves j 
 And that blest righteousness display, 
 Which Jesus taught and God approves. 
 
 5. The shining firmament shall fade, 
 
 And sparkling stars resign their light : 
 But these sliall know nor change nor shade. 
 For ever fair, for ever bright. 
 
 6. On wings of faith and strong desire, 
 
 O may our spirits daily rise ; 
 And reach at last the shining choir, 
 In the bright mansions of the skies ! 
 
 HYMN 271. p. M. 
 
 I. A LL earthly charms, however dear, 
 
 Howe'er they please the eye or ear. 
 Will quickly fade and fly. 
 Of earthly glory faint the blaze. 
 And soon the transitor\" rays 
 In endless darkness die. 
 t2\ The nobler beauties of the just 
 Shall never moulder in the dust. 
 
 Or know a sad decay ; 
 Their honours time and death defy, 
 And round the throne of heav'n on higi) 
 Beam everlasting day. 
 
 HYMN 272. l. m. 
 
 l\ XTE humble souls, complain no more ; 
 A Let faith survey your future store. 
 
 How happy, how divinely blest, 
 
 The sacred words of truth attest. 
 2', When conscious grief laments sincere. 
 
 And pours the penitential tear ; 
 
 Hope points to your dejected eyes 
 
 A bright reversion in the skies, 
 3. In vain tlie sons of wealth and pride 
 
 Despise your lot, your hopes deride ; 
 
 In vain they boast' their little stores ; 
 
 Trifles are theirs, a kingilom yours : 
 
OF TRUE CHRISTIANS. 
 
 4. A kingdom of immense delight, 
 Where health and peace and joy unite; 
 Where undeclining pleasures rise, 
 And ev'ry wish hath full supplies : 
 
 5. A kingdom wliich can ne'er decay. 
 Though time sweep earthly thrones away. 
 The state, which pow'r and truth sustain, 
 Unmov'd for ever must remain. 
 
 6. Great God ! to thee we breathe our pray'r 
 If thou confirm our int'rest there. 
 Enroll 'd among thy happy poor, 
 
 Our largest wishes ask no more. 
 
 HYMN 278. c. m. 
 
 t. TTOW happy is the man, who hears 
 -O- Instruction's warning voice ; 
 And who celestial wisdom makes 
 His early, only, choice ! 
 i. Wisdom has treasures greater far^ 
 Than east or west unfold ; 
 And her rewards more precious are 
 Than is the gain of gold. 
 3. In her right hand she holds to view 
 A length of happy yeajrs ; 
 And in her left the prize of fame 
 And honour bright appears. 
 4» She guides the young with innocence^ 
 In pleasures path to tread : 
 A crown of glory she bestows 
 Upon the hoary head. 
 5. According as her labours rise. 
 So her rewards increase ; 
 Her ways are ways of pleasantness. 
 And all her paths are peace. 
 
550 THE CHRISTIAN CHARACTER 
 
 XVII. 
 
 THE CHRISTIAN CHARACTER 
 AND LIFE, IN GENERAL. ^ 
 
 HYMN 274. l. m. 
 
 1. O O let our lips and lives express 
 The holy gospel we profess ; 
 So let our works and virtues shincj 
 To prove the doctrine all divine ! 
 
 2c Thus shall we best proclaim abroad 
 The honours of our Saviour God, 
 When the salvation reigns, within. 
 And grace subdues the pow'r of sin; 
 
 3. Our flesh and sense must be deny'd, 
 Passion and envy, lust and pride ; 
 Wliilst justice, temp 'ranee, truth, and love 
 Our inward piety approve. 
 
 'L Religion bears our spirits up, 
 \Vhiist we expect that blessed hope. 
 The bright appearance of the Lord, 
 And faith stands leaning on his word. 
 
 HYMN 275. c. m. 
 
 1 . T want a principle within 
 A Of jealous godly fear, 
 A dread and hatred of all sin, 
 A pain to feel it near. 
 '2. That I from thee no more may pai^t, 
 No more thy goodness grieve : 
 The filial awe, the loving heart, 
 The tender conscience give ; 
 
 3. A heart resign 'd, submissive, meek. 
 
 My great Redeemer's throne. 
 Where only Christ is heard to speak. 
 Where Jesus reigns alone. 
 
 4. Quick as the apple of an eye, 
 
 O God ! my conscience make ; 
 Awake my soul when sin is nigh. 
 And keep it still awake. 
 
AND LIFE, IN GENERAL. Ui 
 
 5. If to the right or left I stray, 
 
 That moment, Lord, reprove ; 
 And let me moui'n, and weep, and praj. 
 For having griev'd thy love ! 
 
 6. O ! may the least omission pain 
 
 My well-instructed soul ; 
 TJhat I may find that grace again, 
 Which makes the wounded whole, 
 
 HYMN 276 l. m. 
 
 1. "VITHAT strange perplexities arise ! 
 
 What anxious fears and jealousies ! 
 What crowds in doubtful light appear ! 
 How few, alas, approved and clear ! 
 
 2. And what am I ?— -My soul, awake. 
 And an impartial sui'vey take. 
 
 Does no dark sign, no ground of fear, 
 In practice or in heart appear ? 
 
 3. What image does my spirit bear ? 
 Is Jesus foriTQi'd and living tliere ? 
 Say, do his lineaments divine 
 
 In thought, and word, and action shine ^ 
 
 4. Searcher of hearts, O search me still ; 
 The secrets of my soul reveal ; 
 
 My fears remove ; let me appear 
 
 To God and my own conscience clear I 
 
 HYMN 277. l. m. 
 
 L Tl/'HO shall ascend thy heav'nly place. 
 
 Great God, and dwell before thy face f 
 The man, who loves religion now, 
 And humbly walks witli God below; 
 
 2, Whose hands are pure, whose heart is cleaij^ 
 Whose lips still speak the thing they mean^ 
 No slanders dwell upon his tongue ; 
 
 He hates to do his neiglibour wrong, 
 
 3. He will not trust an ill report, 
 Nor vent it to his neighbour's hurt ; 
 Sinners Qf state he can despise, 
 But saints are honour 'd in his eves. 
 
 O 2 
 
THE CHRISTIAN CHARACTER 
 
 4. Firm to his word he ever stood. 
 And always makes his promise good : 
 Nor wijl he change the thing he swears. 
 Whatever pain or loss he bears. 
 
 5. He never deals in bribing gold. 
 
 And mourns tliat justice should be sold. 
 If others vex and grind the poor, 
 Sweet charity attends liis door. 
 
 6. He loves his enemies, and prays 
 For those who curse him to his face ; 
 And doth to all men still the same. 
 That he could hope or wish from them. 
 
 7. Yet, when his holiest works are done, 
 His soul depends on grace alone. 
 This is the man thy face shall see. 
 And dwell for ever, Lord with thee. 
 
 HYMN 278. fc. m. 
 
 1. RE AT God ! whose all-pervading eye 
 
 Sees ev'ry passion of my soul ! 
 When sunk too low, or rais'd too high. 
 Teach me those passions to controL 
 
 2. Temper the fervours of my frame 5 
 
 Be charity their constant spring; 
 And O, let no unhallow'd flame 
 
 Pollute the offerings I bring, 
 5. Let peace with piety unite, 
 
 To mend the bias of my will ; 
 While hope and heav'n-ey'd faith excite. 
 
 And wisdom regulates my zeal : 
 4. That wisdom, Avhich to meekness turns 5 
 
 Wisdom descending from above ; 
 And let my zeal, whene'er it burns^ 
 
 Be kindled by the fire of love. 
 
 HYMN 279. l. m. 
 
 i. O UPRExVIE and universal light ! 
 ^ Fountain of reason ! Judge of right I 
 Without whose kind, dii'ecting ray, 
 lu everiastiE^ night we s^ray^ ; 
 
AND LIFE, IN GENERAJ . m 
 U. Assist us, Lord, to act, to be. 
 What all tliy sacred laws decree ; 
 Worthy that intellectual fiarae, 
 Which from thy breathing spirit came- 
 
 3. No slaves to profit, shame, or fear, 
 O may our steadfast bosoms bear 
 The stamp of heav'n, an honest heart. 
 Above the mean disguise of art I . 
 
 ^. May our expanded souls disclaim 
 
 The narrow view, the selfish aim; 
 
 But with a Christian zeal embmce 
 
 Whatever is friendly to our race. 
 5. O Father ! grace and virtue grant^ 
 
 No more we wish, no more we waitt. 
 
 To know, to serve thee, and to love. 
 
 Is peace below, is bliss above. 
 
 HYMN 280. L. M. 
 
 1. nnH^ uplifted eye, and bended knee. 
 
 Are but vain homage, Lord I to thce> 
 In vain our lips thy pi-aise prolong. 
 The heart a stranger to the song. 
 
 2. Can rites, and forms, and flaming zeal 
 The breaches of thy precepts heal ? 
 Or fasts and penance reconcile 
 
 Thy justice, and obtain thy smile ? 
 3- The pure, the humble, contrite mind, 
 Sincere, and to thy will resign'd. 
 To thee a nobler ofPring yields, 
 Than Sheba's groves, or Sharon's fields. 
 
 4. Love God and man : — ^this gr^eat commaud 
 Doth on eternal pillars stand. 
 
 This did thine ancient prophets teach. 
 This did the great Messiah preach. 
 
 HYMN 281. L. M. 
 
 t. XX AD I the tongues of Greeks and Jewi^^ 
 -■^ And nobler speech than angels use j 
 If love be absent, I am found. 
 Like tinklbg brass, aa empty sound. 
 
164 THE CHRISTIAN CHARACTER 
 2. Were I inspir'd to preach and tell 
 All that is done in heav'n and hell. 
 Or could my faith the world remove. 
 Still I am nothing without love. 
 Q, Should T distribute all my store. 
 To feed the bowels of tlie poor ; 
 Or give my body to the flame, 
 To gain a martyr's glorious name : 
 ,4. If love to God, and love to tnen 
 Be absent, all my hopes are vain ; 
 Nor tongues, nor gifts, nor fiery zeal 
 The work of love can e'er fulfil. 
 
 HYMN 282. c. m. 
 
 1. npHOU art my portion, O my God ! 
 Soon as I know thy way, 
 My heart makes haste t' obey thy word. 
 And suffers no delay. 
 2. 1 choose the path of heav'nly truth. 
 And glory in my choice ; 
 Not all the riches of the earth 
 Could make me so rejoice. 
 S. The testimonies of thy grace 
 I set before mine eyes ; 
 Thence I derive my daily strength, 
 And there my comfort lies. 
 
 4. Whene'er I winder from thy path, 
 
 I think upon my ways ; 
 Then turn my feet to thy commands. 
 And U'ust thy pard'ning grace. 
 
 5. I^ow I am thine, for ever thine : 
 
 O save thy servant, Lord ! 
 Thou art my shield, my hiding place ; 
 My hope is in thy word. 
 
 6. Thou hast inclin'd this heart of mine 
 
 Thy statutes to fulfil ; 
 And thus, 'till mortal life shall end^ 
 Would I perform thy will. 
 
 HYMN 288. c. m. 
 
 I , 'II/'HILST sinners, who presimie t© ht^i\ 
 The Christian's sacred name.. 
 
AND LIFE, .IN GENERAL, 
 I'lu'ow up the reins to ev'ry lust, 
 And glory in tlieir shame : 
 L\ Ye saints, preserv'd in Christ and cali'd, 
 Detest their impious ways, 
 And on the basis of your faith 
 An heav'nly temple raise. 
 2. Upon tlie Spirit's promis'd aid 
 Depend from day to day ; 
 And, whilst he breathes his quick'ning grace^ 
 Adore, and praise, and pray. 
 
 4. Preserve unquench'd your love to God, 
 
 And let the flame arise, 
 And higher and still higher blaze, 
 'Till it ascends the skies^ 
 
 5. With a transporting joy expect 
 
 The grace your Lord shall give, 
 When all his saints shall from his hands 
 Their crowns of life receive, 
 
 HYMN 284 c. m. 
 
 L TILEST are the undeai'd in heart. 
 Whose w.scys are right and clean ; 
 Who never from thy law depart, 
 But fly from ev'ry sin. 
 % Blest are the men that keep thy word. 
 And practise thy commands ; 
 Witli their whole heart they seek the Lord^ 
 And serve thee with their hands. 
 S. Great is their peace, who love thy law ; 
 How firm their souls abide ! 
 Nor can a bold temptation draw 
 Their steady feet aside, 
 "i. Then shall my heart have inward joy, 
 And keep my face from shame. 
 When all thy statutes I obey. 
 And honour all thy name. 
 
 HYMN 285. l. m. 
 
 "DLESS'D are the humble souls, who see 
 -M I'heir ignorance and poveJrt^ : 
 
166 THE CHRISTIAN CHARACTER 
 Treasures of grace to them are giv'n, 
 And crowns of joy laid up in heav'n. 
 Bless'd are the men of broken heart, 
 "Who mourn for sin with inward smart ; 
 For them divine compassion flows, 
 A healing balm for all their woes. 
 
 3. Bless'd ai'e the meek, who stand afar 
 From rage and passion, noise and wai* : 
 God will secure their peaceful state. 
 And plead their cause against the great. 
 
 4. Bless'd are the souls, who thu-st for gi*ace, 
 Hunger and long for righteousness : 
 They shall be well supplied and fed 
 With living sti'earas and living bread. 
 
 5. Bless'd are the men, whose hearts still move * 
 And melt with sympathy and love ; 
 
 They shall themselves from God obtain 
 Like sympathy and love again. 
 Q, Bless'd are the pure, whose hearts are clean 
 From the defiling pow'r of sin : 
 With endless pleasure they shall see 
 A God of spotless purity. 
 
 7. Bless'd are the men of peaceful life. 
 Who quench the coals of growing strife : 
 They shall be call'd the heirs of bliss. 
 The sons of God, the God of peace. 
 
 8. Bless'd are the sufF'rers who partake 
 Of pain and shame for Jesus' sake : 
 Their souls shall U*iumph in the Lord, 
 Glory and joy are their reward. 
 
 HYMN 286. l. m. 
 
 !. Tr\OST thou mv worjthless name record, 
 Free of thy koly city. Lord ? 
 
 Am I, a sinner, call'd to share 
 
 The precious privileges there ? 
 2. Art thou my King, my Father sty I'd ? 
 
 Am I thy ser\ant and "thy child ? 
 
 Whilst wretched millions draw their breath 
 
 in lands of i^noranoe and death. 
 
AND LIFE, IN GENERAL. 
 ^. Shall I receive this grace in vain ? 
 Shall I ray great vocation stain ? 
 Away, ye w orks in darkness wrought ! 
 Aw ay each sensual, wanton thought I 
 
 4. My soul, I charge thee to excel 
 lu thinking right and acting well. 
 Deep let thy searching pow'rs engage, 
 Unbiass'd in tlie sacred page. 
 
 5. Strong, and more strong, thy passions rulfe. 
 Advancing still in virtue's school ; 
 Contending still, with noble strife, 
 
 '['o imitate thy Saviour's life. 
 
 1 . A H wretched souls, who strive in vain. 
 Slaves to the world, and slaves to sin ! 
 V nobler toil may I sustain, 
 A nobler satisfaction win. 
 'i. 1 would resolve with all my heart, 
 
 With all my pow'rs to serve the Lord; 
 Nor from his precepts e'er depart, 
 Whose service is a rich reward. 
 'y. O be his service all my joy ! 
 
 Around let ray example shine ; 
 "Till others love the blest employ. 
 And join in labours so divine. 
 
 4. Be this the purpose of my soul. 
 
 My solemn, my determin'd choice, 
 • To yield to his supreme control, 
 And in his kind commands rejoice. 
 
 5. O may I never faint nor tire, 
 
 Nor wander from thy sacred "vf ays. 
 6^reat God ! accept my soul's desire. 
 And give me strength to live thy praise. 
 
 I. A WAKE, our souls ! away our fears ! 
 
 Let ev'ry trembling thought be gdrtp. 
 Awake, and run the heav'nly race, 
 And put a cheerful courage oh. 
 
 HYMN 287. l. m. 
 
 HYMN 288 l. m. 
 
168 THE CHUISTIAX CHARACTEK 
 
 3. True, 'tis a strait and thorny road, 
 And moi'tal spirits tire and faint ; 
 But they forget the mighty Gcd, 
 
 Who strength imparts to ev'ry saiiit : 
 3, The mighty God, whose matchless po^v'r 
 Is ever new and ever young, 
 And firm endures, while endless years 
 Their everlasting circles run. 
 
 1. Swift as an eagle cuts the aii*, 
 
 We'll mount aloft to thine abode ; 
 On wings of love our souls shall fly. 
 Nor tire amidst the heav'nly roacK 
 
 HYMN 289. c. m. 
 
 %, A WAKE my soul ] stretch ev'iy nciT*^. 
 And press with vigour on : 
 A heav'nly i*ace demands thy zeal. 
 And an immortal crown. 
 
 2. A .cloud of witnesses around 
 
 Hold thee in full survey : 
 J'orget the steps already trod. 
 And onward urge thy Avay. 
 
 3. 'Tis God's all-animating voice, 
 
 That calls thee from on high ; 
 'Tis his own hand presents the prize 
 To thine aspiring eye; 
 
 4. That prize, with peerless glories bright, 
 
 Which shall new lustre boast, 
 When victor's croAvns and monarchs' gerA* 
 Shall blend in common dust, 
 
 HYMN 290. c. m. 
 
 1 , r\UR country is Immanuel's grouiiu ? 
 - vJ' We seek that promis'd soil : 
 The songs of Zion cheer oar hearts. 
 While strangers here we toil. 
 J. Oft do our cye."^ with joy o'erflow, 
 And oft are bath'd in tears : 
 Yet nought but heav'n our hopes con raif*?'. 
 And nought but sin, our fears. 
 
AND him, IN C^ENERAL. 
 
 3. The flot»^'rs, that spring along the road^ 
 
 We scarcely stoop to pluck ; 
 We walk O'er beds of shining ore. 
 Nor waste one anxious look. 
 
 4. We tread the path our Master trod ; 
 
 We bear tlie cross he bore ; 
 And ev'ry thorn that wounds our feetj 
 ^ Hh temples pierc'd befoi*e. 
 
 5. Our pow'rs are oft dissolv'd away 
 
 In ecstaeies of love ; 
 And, while our bodies wander hercj 
 Our souls are fix'd above. 
 G. We purge our mortal dross awayj, 
 Refining as we run ; 
 But, while we die to earth and sense^ 
 Our heav'n is here begun* 
 
 HYMN 291. L. M. 
 
 1. T ET sorrow, Lord, my bosom fill, 
 
 W hen impious men transgress thy will 
 Teach me to mourn, when lips profane 
 Take thy tremendous name in vain* 
 
 2. With indignation may I treat 
 The works of malice and deceit ; 
 And ever from their friendship flee, 
 Who dare to scorn thy laws and thee, 
 
 3. Doth secret mischief lurk within ? 
 Do I indulge some unknown sin ? 
 O turn my feet whene'er I stray. 
 And lead me in thy perfect way, 
 
 HYMN 292. s. m, 
 
 1. VE servants of the Lord, 
 
 A Each in his office wait, 
 Observant of his heav'nly wdrd,. 
 And watchful at his gate. 
 
 2. Let all yoiu' lamps be bright, 
 
 And trim the golden flame, 
 Gh-d up your loins, as in his sight. 
 For awful is his npme. 
 
170 
 
 FAITH. 
 
 3. Watch ! 'tis your Lord's command; 
 
 And while we speak, he's near, 
 ^lark the first signal ot-his hand, 
 And ready all appear. 
 
 4. O happy servant he, 
 
 In such a posture found ! 
 He shall his Lord with rapture see, 
 And be with honoiu* crown'd. 
 
 HYMN 29S. L. M. 
 
 1. A SSIST us, Lord, thy name to praise. 
 
 For this rich gospel of thy grace ; 
 And, that our hearts may love it more, 
 Teach them to feel its vital pow'r. 
 
 2. With joy may we our course pursue, 
 And keep the crown of life in view ; 
 That crown, which in one hour repays 
 The labom- of ten thousand days. 
 
 3. Should bonds or death obsti'uct oiu* way. 
 L^nmov'd their terrors we'll survey ; 
 And the last horn' improve for thee, 
 The last of life or liberty. 
 
 4. Welcome those bonds, which may unite 
 Our souls to their supreme delight ! 
 Welcome tiiat death, whose painful strife 
 Be^irs us to Christ, our better life. 
 
 XVIII. 
 FAITH. 
 
 HYMN 294. c. m. 
 
 1. T^AITH adds new charms to eai'thly bliss 
 And saves me from its snares ; 
 Its aid in ev'iy duty brings. 
 And softens all my cares ; 
 '2. Extinguishes the thiret of sin, 
 And lights the sacred fire 
 Gf love to God and heav'nly thing?. 
 And feeds the pure desh-e. 
 
FAITH. m 
 
 3. The wounded conscience knows its pow'r 
 
 The healing balm to give ; 
 That balm the saddest heart \m cheer. 
 And make the dying live. 
 
 4. Wide it unveils celestial worlds, 
 
 Where deathless pleasures reign ; 
 And bids me seek my portion there, 
 Nor bids me seek in vain, 
 
 5. Shews me the precious promise seaPd 
 
 With the Redeemer's blood ; 
 And helps my feeble hope to reat 
 Upon a faithful God. 
 
 6. There, there unshaken would I rest, 
 
 'Till this vile body dies ; 
 And then on Faith's triumphant wings 
 At once to glory rise. 
 
 HYMN 295. l. m. 
 
 1. 'n['^IS by the faith of joys to come. 
 
 We \^lk through deserts dark as night ; 
 'Till we arrive at heav'n our home, 
 Faith is our guide, and faith our light, 
 
 2. The want of sight she well supplies ; 
 
 She makes the pearly gates appear : 
 Far into distant worlds she pries, 
 And brings eternal glories near. 
 
 3. Cheerful we tread the desert througli. 
 
 While faith inspires a heav'nly ray 5 
 Though lions roar, and tempests blow, 
 And rocks and dangers fill the way, 
 
 4. So Abrah'm, by divine command, 
 
 Left his own house to walk with God. 
 His faith beheld the promised land. 
 And fir'd his zeal along the road, - 
 
 HYMN 296. l. m. 
 
 1, T> Y various maxims, forms, and rules, 
 ^ That pass for wisdom in the schools. 
 I strove my passions to restrain ; 
 But all my efforts prov'd in vain. 
 
2 FAITH, 
 
 2. But since the Saviour I have knowa. 
 My rales are all reduc'd to one 
 To keep my Lord, by faith, in view. 
 This strength supplies and motives too. 
 
 3. 1 see him lead a suff'ring life. 
 Patient amidst ireproach and strife ; 
 And from this pattern eoui'age take 
 To bear and suffer for his sake. 
 
 4. Upon the cross I see him bleed. 
 And by the sight from fear am freed. 
 This sight destroys the life of sin. 
 And quickens heav'nly life vi^ithin. 
 
 5. To look to Jesus as he rose. 
 Confirms my hope, disarms my foeSo 
 The world I shame and overcome. 
 By pointing to my Saviour's tomb- 
 
 6. 1 see him look with pity down. 
 
 And hold in view the conq'ror's crowji. 
 If press'd M ith griefs and cares before. 
 My soul revives, and asks no more. 
 
 7. By faith I see the hour at hand. 
 When in his presence I shall stand. 
 Then it will be my endless bliss. 
 To see him \^h,ere aud as he is. 
 
 HYMN 297 l m. 
 
 1. T ORD, dost thou shew a corner stone. 
 
 For us to build our hopes upon. 
 That the fair edifice may rise 
 Sublime in light beyond the skies ? 
 
 2. Thy people long this stone have try'd, 
 And all the pow'rs of hell defy'd. 
 Floods of temptation beat in vain ; 
 "Well doth this rock the house sustain. 
 
 3. Wlien storms and tempests round prevail, 
 Whirlwind and thunder, fire and hail ; 
 'Tis here our trembling souls shall hide. 
 And here securely they abide. 
 
 HYMN 298. l. m. 
 
 1, TN vain would boasting reason find 
 A The path to happiness and God i 
 
FAItH. 
 
 Her weak directions leave the mind 
 Bewilder 'd in a doubtful road. 
 
 2. Jesus, thy words alone impart 
 
 Eternal life ; on these I live ; 
 Diviner comforts cheer my heart. 
 Than all the powers of nature give. 
 
 3. Here let my constant feet abide ; 
 
 Thou art the true, the living way t 
 Let thy good spirit be my guide 
 
 To the bright realms of endless day. 
 4'. The various forms that men devise, 
 
 To shake my faith with treach'rous art, 
 I scorn as vanity and lies. 
 
 And bind thy gospel to my heart. 
 
 HYMN 299. l. m, 
 
 1. TESUS ! and shall it ever be, 
 
 " A mortal man asham'd of thee ! 
 Asham'd of thee, whom angels praise. 
 Whose glory shines thro' endless days. 
 
 2. Asham'd of JestJt, that dear friend, 
 On w^hom my hopes of heav'n depend ; 
 No ; when I blush, be this my shame. 
 That I no more revere his name. 
 
 3. Asham'd of Jesus ! yes, I may, ^ 
 When I've no guilt to wash aAyay, 
 
 No tears to wipe, no good to crave, 
 No fears to quell, no soul to save. 
 <|w His institutions will I prize ; 
 Take up the cross, the shame despise ; 
 Dare to defend his noble cause. 
 And yield obedience to his laws. 
 
 HYMN 800. L. 
 
 L CHALL I forsake that heav'nly Friend, 
 ^ On whom my noblest hopes depend ? 
 Forbid it that my wand'ring heart 
 From thee, my Savioui*, should ^epavt ! 
 
 '2. First let the wheels of life stand still> 
 Ere I forget thy gracious will ; 
 
174 FAITH. 
 
 Ere^I submit to guilty shame. 
 And bring- dishonour on thy name. 
 
 3. Faithful to thee, and to thy laws, 
 Witli zeal I would maintain thy cause. 
 The cause of truth and righteousness, 
 'Midst trial, sufF'ring, and distress. 
 
 4. If e'er I'm call'd t' encounter death 
 For thee, may I resign my breath ; 
 And reap at last the bright reward, 
 ^¥hich waits the servants of the Lord. 
 
 HYMN gOl L. M. 
 
 1. TTTHAT mean these jealousies and fearSj 
 
 As if my Lord were loth to save ? 
 Or lov'd to see us steep'd in tears, 
 And sink with sojrrow to tlie grave ? 
 
 2. Does he want slaves to grace his throne ? 
 
 Or crush them with an iron rod ? 
 Is he refreshed to hear us groan ^ 
 Is he a tyrant, or a God ? 
 
 3. Not all th' iniquities thou'st wrought 
 
 So much his tender bov. els grieve. 
 As this unkind injurious thought,— 
 That he's unwilling to forgive. 
 
 HYMN g02 I- M. 
 
 1. "07 HEN darkness long has veil'd my mind, 
 And smiling day once more appears ; 
 Then, my Creator ! then, I find 
 The folly of my doubts and fears. 
 3. Straight I upbraid my wand 'ring heart, 
 And blush that I should ever be 
 Thus prone to act so base a part, 
 
 Or hai'bour one hard thought of thee. 
 3. O let me then be fully taught, 
 
 What I am still so slow to learn, 
 That God is love, and changes not, 
 Nor knows the shadow of a turn. 
 
 HYMN 808. L. M. 
 
 i. O [NG tQ tiie Lord, who loud proclaims 
 ^ His variou"? and his wing names. 
 
FAITH. 
 
 O may they not be heard alone. 
 But by our sure experience known. 
 S. Awake, our noblest pow'rs, to bless 
 The God of Abra'm, the God of peace j 
 Now by a dearer title known, 
 Father and God of Christ his Son. 
 
 3. Through ev'ry age his gracious ear 
 Is open to his servants' pray'r ; 
 !^^o^ can one humble soul complain, 
 That it hath sought its God in vain. 
 
 4. What unbelieving heart shall dare 
 In whispers to suggest a fear, 
 While still he owns his anciept name. 
 The same his pow'r, his love the same ? 
 
 5. To thee our souls in faith arise, 
 To thee we lift expecting eyes, 
 And boldly through the desert tread; 
 
 For God will guard, where God shall lead. 
 
 1. TTAPPY the man, whose wishes climb 
 To mansions in the skies ! 
 He looks on all the joys of time * 
 With undesu'ing eyes. 
 S. In Vain soft pleasure spreads her charms^ 
 And throws her silken chain j 
 And wealth and fame invite his arms. 
 And tempt his ear in vain. 
 
 3. He knows, that all these glitt'ring things 
 Must yield to sure decay ; 
 And sees on time's extended wings 
 How swift they flee away ! 
 ^. To things unseen by m(ortal eyes, 
 A beam of sacred light 
 Directs his view ; his prospects rise 
 All permanent an(| bright. 
 p. His hopes are fix'd on joys to come : 
 Those blissful scenes on high 
 Shall flourish in immortal bloom, 
 
 Whf n time, and nature die. / 
 
 HYMN 804. o. M. 
 
DUTIES OP PIETY. 
 
 HYMN §05. c. M. 
 
 1. "Jl/TISTAKEN souls, that dream of heav'n, 
 
 And make their empty boast 
 Of inward joys and sins forgiv'n. 
 While they are slaves to lust ! 
 
 2. Vain are our fancies, airy flights, 
 
 If faith be cold and dead ; 
 None but a living pow'r unites 
 To Christ the livmg Head :— 
 
 3. A faith that changes all the heart ; 
 
 A faith that works by love ; 
 Tliat bids all sinful joys depart. 
 And lifts the thoughts above. 
 
 4. Faith must obey our Fatlier's wiljj 
 
 As well as trust his grace : 
 A pard'ning God requires us still 
 To perfect holiness. 
 
 XIX. 
 
 DUTIES OF PIETY. 
 
 HYMN 806. L. M. 
 
 1. "PATERNAL God, almighty cause 
 
 ^ Of earth, and seas, and worlds unknown 
 All things are subject to thy laws; 
 All tilings depend on thee alone, 
 
 2. Thy glorious being singly stands. 
 
 Of all within itself possest ; 
 By none control'd in thy commands. 
 
 And in thyself completely blest. 
 To thee alone ourselves we owe ; 
 
 Let heav'n and earth due homage pay ; 
 All other gods we disavow, 
 
 Deny theii" claims, renounce their sway. 
 4f. In thee, O Lord, our hope shall rest, 
 
 Fountsdii of peace and joy aud love ! 
 
DUTIES OF PIETY. 
 
 Thy favour only makes us blest ; 
 Without thee all would nothing pro\ e. 
 
 5. Worship to thee alone belongs ; 
 
 Worship to thee alone we give ; 
 Thine be our hearts and tliine our songs, 
 And to thy glory we would live. 
 
 6. Spread thy gre&t name through heathen lands 5 
 
 Their idol-deities dethrone ; 
 Subdue the world to thy commands, 
 And reign as thou art, God alone. 
 
 HYMN §07. L. M. 
 
 |h. /"^REAT God ! thy peerless excellence 
 Let all created natiu-es own : 
 Deep on our minds impress the sense 
 Of glories which are thine alone. 
 
 2. Let these our admiration raise, 
 
 And fill us with religious awe ; 
 Tune all our hearts and tongues to praise, 
 And bend us to thy holy law. 
 
 3, Pure may we be, averse to sin, 
 
 Just, holy, merciful, and true : 
 And let thine image, form'd within, / 
 Shine out in all we speak and do. 
 
 HYMN 808. c. m. 
 
 1. "VTY soul before thy Maker bow ; 
 His wondrous works admire, 
 'Till rev'rence and religious a^ve^ 
 Thine inmost thoughts inspire. 
 3, With humble trust dismiss thy cares, 
 A nd on his love depend ; 
 Leave him to manage thine affaix-s. 
 To him thyself commend. 
 3. Let high esteem affection raise ; 
 Devotion warm thy breast ; 
 Let thankful love excite thy prfiise; 
 In him alone be blest. 
 4* To him jJiy solemn homage pay ; 
 His constant aid implore ; 
 
DUTIES OF PIETY. 
 
 Give thanks for mercies ev'ry day, 
 
 And thus prepare for more. 
 5. Without reserve to him submit ; 
 
 All his commands fulfil ; 
 Acknowledge all his actions fit, 
 
 Nor e'er oppose his will. 
 
 HYMN 809. L. M. 
 
 1. INTERNAL and immortal King ! 
 
 Thy peerless splendours none can bear ; 
 But darkness veils seraphic eyes 5 
 When God with all his glory's there. 
 
 2. Yet faith can pierce the awful gloom. 
 
 The great Invisible can see : 
 And with its tremblings mingle joy, 
 In fix'd regards, great God ! to thee. 
 
 3. Then ev'ry tempting form of sin, 
 
 Aw'd by thy presence, disappears; 
 And all the glowing raptur'd soul 
 The likeness, it contemplates, wearsr. 
 
 4. O ever conscious to my heart ! 
 
 Witness to its supreme desii'e ; 
 Behold it presses on to thee, 
 
 For it hath caught the heav'nly fire* 
 3. This one petition would I urge : 
 
 To bear thee ever in my sight ! 
 In life, in death, in worlds unknown, \ 
 
 My only portion and delight. 
 
 HYMN 810. c. M. 
 
 J . npHRICE Happy souls, w^ho, bom of heav'n, 
 Wliilst yet they sojourn here, 
 Humbly begin their days with God, 
 And spend them in his fear ? 
 
 2. So may our eyes with holy zeal 
 
 Prevent the dawning day, 
 And turn the sacred pages o'er, 
 And praise thy name and pray. 
 
 3, 'Midst hourly cares may love present 
 
 Its incense to thy throne ; 
 
DUTIES OF PIETY. 
 Afttl while the world our hands employs^, 
 Our hearts be thine alone ! 
 
 4. As sanctify'd to noblest ends, 
 
 Be each refreshment sought ; 
 And by each various providence 
 Some wise instruction brought. 
 
 5. When to laborious duties cali'd. 
 
 Or by temptations try'd; 
 We'll seek the shelter of thy wings. 
 And in thy strength confide. 
 
 6. As diff 'rent scenes of life arise, 
 
 Our grateful hearts would be 
 With thee amidst the social band, 
 In solitude with thee. 
 
 7. At night we lean our weary heads 
 
 On thy paternal breast ; 
 And safely folded in thine arms. 
 Resign our pow'rs to rest. 
 
 8. In solid pure delights, like these. 
 
 Let all my days be past; 
 Nor shall I then impatient wish, 
 Nor shall I fear the last. 
 
 HYMN 811. c. M. 
 
 1. "YITHILE thee I seek, protecting Pow'r 
 
 Be my vain wishes still 'd ; 
 And may this consecrated hour 
 With better hopes be fill'd. I 
 
 2. Thy lote the pow'rs of thought bestow 'd 
 
 To thee my thoughts would soar. 
 Thy mercy o'er my life has fiow'd : 
 
 That mercy I adore. 
 S. In each event of life, how cleai- 
 
 Thy ruling hand I see ! 
 Each blessing to my soul more dear, 
 
 Because bestow 'd by thee. 
 4, InevVy joy that crowns my days. 
 
 In ev'ry pain I bear. 
 My heart shall find delight in prai3e, 
 
 Or seek relief in pray V, 
 
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 DUTIES OF PIETV. 
 
 5. T\1icn gladness wings my favour'd houi% 
 
 Thy love my thoughts shall fill : 
 Resign 'd, when storms of sorrow Iowt, 
 My soul shall meet thy will. 
 
 6. My lifted eye, without a tear, 
 
 The low'ring storm sliall see ; 
 My steadfast heart shall know no fear : 
 That heart will rest on thee ! 
 
 HYMN 812. L. 
 
 1. (T^UR Father, thron'd above the sky, 
 
 To thee our empty hands M^e -spread ; 
 Thy children at thy footstool lie, 
 And ask thy blessings on their head. 
 
 ^. With cheerful hope, and filial fear. 
 In that august and precious name, 
 By thee ordain'd, we now draw near, 
 And would the promis'd blessing claim. 
 
 3. Does not an earthly parent hear 
 
 The cravings of his famish'd son ? 
 Will he reject the filial pray'r. 
 
 Or mock him with a cake of stone ? 
 
 4. Our heav'nly Father, how much more 
 
 Will thy divine compassion rise ; 
 And open thy unbounded store. 
 To satisfy thy children's cries ? 
 
 5. Yes, we will ask, and seek, and press 
 
 For gracious audience at thy seat* 
 Still hoping, Avaiting for success. 
 If persevering to entreat. 
 
 6. For Jesus in his faithful word 
 
 The upright supplicant has blest 
 And all thy saints with one accord 
 The prevalence of pray*r attest. 
 
 HYMN §13. c. M. 
 
 1. TTAPPY the heart, where graces reign, 
 J--^ Where love inspires the brea§t : 
 Love is the brightest of the train. 
 And siren gthcns all the reU. 
 
DUTIES OP PIETY. 
 
 % Knowledge, alas ! 'tis all in vain, 
 
 And all in vain our fear : 
 Our stubborn sins will fight and reign. 
 
 If love be absent there. 
 3, 'Tis love tliat makes our cheerful feet 
 
 In swift obedience move. 
 The devils know, and tremble too ^ 
 
 But devils do not love. 
 This is the grace, that lives and sings, 
 
 When faith and hope shall cease. 
 'Tis this shall strike our joyful strings 
 
 In the sweet realms of bliss. 
 
 HYMN 814. p. M. 
 
 1. npHOU hidden love of God, whose height, 
 -■- Whose depth unfathom'd no man Icnows 
 I see from far thy beauteous light, 
 
 I only sigh for thy repose ; 
 My heart is pain'd, nor can it be 
 At rest, till it finds rest in thee. 
 S. Is there a thing beneath the sun, 
 
 That strives with thee my heart to share r 
 Ah ! tear it thence, and reign alone. 
 The Lord of ev'ry motion there. 
 Then shall my heart from earth be free. 
 When it hath found repose in thee. 
 3. Each moment draw from earth away 
 My heart, that lowly waits thy call. 
 Speak to my inmost soul, and say : 
 ■ "I am thy love, thy God, thy all ! " 
 j To feel thy pow'r, to hear thy voice. 
 To taste thy love, be all my choice. 
 
 HYMN 815. p. M. 
 
 ' 1. "pARENT of good ! thy works of might 
 I trace with wonder, and delight ; 
 Thy name is all divine. 
 There's nought in earth or sea or air, 
 Or heav'n itself, that's good or fair. 
 But what is wholly thine. 
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DUTIES OF PIETY, 
 
 2. Immensely high thy glories rise ; 
 They strike my soul witli sweet surprise^ 
 
 And sacred pleasure yield : 
 An ocean wide without a bound, 
 Where ev'ry noble wish is drown'd. 
 
 And ev'ry want is filPd, 
 3>. To thee my warm affections move. 
 In sweet astonishment and love, 
 
 While at thy feet I fall ; 
 I pant for nought beneath the skies ; 
 To thee my ardent wishes rise, 
 
 O my eternal All ! 
 i. What shall I do to spread thy praise, 
 My God ! through my remaining days^ 
 
 Or how thy name adore ? 
 To thee I consecrate my breath ; 
 l«et me be thine in life and death, 
 
 And thine for evermore. 
 
 HYMN 816 L. M, 
 
 I. p RE AT God ! our joyful thanks to thee 
 Shall, like thy gifts, continual be : 
 In constant streams thy bounty jflows. 
 Nor end nor interruption knows. 
 From thee our comforts all arise, 
 Our numerous wants thy hand supplies 5 
 Nor can we ever, Lord, be poor. 
 Who live on thy exhaustless store. 
 
 3. Deep, Lord, upon our thankful breast 
 I jet all thy favours be imprest; 
 That we may never more forget 
 The whole or any single debt. 
 
 I, May we with grateful hearts each day 
 For all thy gifts our praises pay ; 
 And still delighted may we be, 
 In all f hings to give thanks to thee. 
 
 HYMN gl7. L. M, 
 
 t. CD of my life, through all its days 
 
 My grateful pow'rs shall sound thy pridse-; 
 The song shall wake with op'ning- liglity 
 And cheer the daiic and silent nisjhjb. 
 
DUTIES OF PIETY. 
 
 % Wlieii anxious cares would break my rest, 
 Aiid griefs would rend my throbbing breast. 
 Thy tuneful praises rais'd on high 
 Shall check the murmur and the sigh. 
 
 S, When death o'er nature shall prevail. 
 And all its pow'rs of language fail ; 
 Joy through my swimming eyes shall break 
 And mean the thanks I cannot speak. 
 
 4. But O when that last conflict's o'er. 
 And I am chain 'd to earth no more ; 
 With what glad accents shall I rise, 
 To join the music of the skies ! 
 
 5. Soon shall I learn th' exalted strains. 
 Which echo o'er the heav'nly plains ; 
 And emulate with joy unknown, 
 
 The glowing seraphs round thy throne- 
 
 HYMN 818. s. M. 
 
 1. A/fY Father ! cheering name ! 
 -A-^A O may I call thee mine ! 
 Give me with humble hope to claim 
 A portion so divine. 
 S. This can my fears control, 
 And bid my sorrows fly : 
 What real harm can reach my sOul 
 Beneath my Father's eye ? 
 
 3. Whate'er thy will denies, 
 
 I calmly would resign ; 
 For thou art just, and good, and wise i 
 O bend my will to thine ! 
 
 4. Whate'er thy will ordains, 
 
 O give me strength to bear : 
 Still let me know, a Father reigns, 
 And trust a Father's care. 
 
 5. If anguish rend this frame^ 
 
 And life almost depart : 
 Is not thy mercy still the same. 
 To cheer my drooping heart ? 
 
 6. Thy ways are little known 
 
 To my weak erring sight j 
 
DUTIES OF PDETy. 
 Yet shall my soul, believing, own. 
 That all thy ways are right. 
 7. My Father ! blissful name ! 
 Beyond expression dear : 
 If thou admit my humble claim, 
 I bid adieu to fear. 
 
 HYMN 819. c. M. 
 
 1. f\ Lord ! my best desires fulfil, 
 ^ And help me to resign 
 
 Life, health, and comfort to thy will. 
 And make thy pleasure mine. 
 
 2. Why should I shrink at thy commandy 
 
 Whose love forbids my fears ? 
 Or tremble at thy gracious hand, 
 That wipes away my tears ? 
 
 3. No ; let me rather freely yield 
 
 What most I prize to thee. 
 Who never hast a good withheld. 
 
 Or wilt withhold from me. 
 4f. Wisdom and mercy guide my way ; 
 
 Shall I resist them both ? 
 Short-sighted creature of a day. 
 
 And crush'd before the moth ! 
 5. But ah ! my heart within me cries. 
 
 Still bind me to thy sway ; 
 Else the next cloud, that veils the skicff. 
 
 Drives all these thoughts away. 
 
 HYMN 820 c. m. 
 
 1. TTLTHEN present sufferings pain my heartj^ 
 Or futiu-e terrors rise, 
 And life and hope almost depart 
 From these dejected eyes : 
 % Thy pow'rful word supports my hope^ 
 Sweet cordial of the mind ! 
 And bears my fainting spirit up, 
 And bids ine wait resign'd. 
 3. And oh ! Avhate'er of earthly bliss 
 Thy providence denies. 
 
DUTIES OF PIETY. 
 
 Accepted at thy throne of grace 
 Let this petition rise : 
 
 4. Give me a calm, a thankful heart, 
 
 From ev'ry murmur free ; 
 The blessings of thy grace impart. 
 And let me live to thee. 
 
 5. Let the sweet hope, that I am thine. 
 
 My path of life attend j 
 Thy presence through my journey shine. 
 And crown my jom-ney*s end ! 
 
 HYMN §21. L. M. 
 
 1. TjlTHY sinks my weak desponding mind ? 
 
 Why heaves my heart the anxious sigh 
 Can sovereign goodness he unkind ? 
 Am I not safe, if God be nigh ? 
 
 2. He holds all nature in his hand : 
 
 That gracious hand, on which J live. 
 Does life, and time, and death command, 
 And has i<nmortal joys to give. 
 S, Infinite wisdom ! boundless pow'r ! 
 Unchanging faithfulness and love 
 Here let me trust, while I adore. 
 Nor from my refuge e'er remove. 
 4. Forgive my doubte, O gracious Lord ! 
 And ease the sorrows of my breast ; 
 Speak to my heart the healing word. 
 That thou art mine, — and I am blest, 
 
 HYMN $22. L. M. 
 
 1. "VirHY is my heart with grief opprest ? 
 
 Can all the pains I feel or fear 
 Make thee, my soul, forget thv rest. 
 Forget that God, thy God is near ? 
 
 2. Mortality's unnumber'd ills 
 
 Are all beneath his sov'reign hand; 
 Each pain which this frail body feels, 
 Attends, obedient, his command. 
 
 3. Lord, form my temper to thy will ! 
 
 If thou my faith and patience prove, 
 Q 2 
 
PUTIES OF PIETY. 
 May ev'ry pajnful sti'oke fulfil 
 The purposes of faithful love ? 
 4. O may this weak, this fainting mind 
 A Father's hand adoring see ; 
 Confess thee just, and wise, and kind. 
 And trust thy word, and cleave to thee ! 
 
 Helpless, add far from all relief. 
 To heav'n I lift mine eyes. 
 
 0 lead me to the rock 
 
 That's high above my head ; 
 And make the covert of thy wingff. 
 
 My shelter and my shade. 
 5. Within thy presence. Lord ! 
 
 For ever I'll abide : 
 Thou art the tow'r of mjr defence. 
 
 The refuge where I hide. 
 4, Thou givest me the lot 
 
 Of those that fear thy name. 
 If ertdless life be their reward, 
 
 I shall possess the same. 
 
 1. pQURAGE, my soul ! while God L near 
 ^ What enemy hast thou to fear ? 
 How canst thou want a sure defence, 
 AVhose refuge is omnipotence ? 
 Tho' thickest dangers crowd my way . 
 My God can chase my fears away : 
 My steadfast heart on him relie§. 
 And all those dangers still defies. 
 
 3. Tho' billows after billows roll, 
 To overwhelm my sinking soul ; 
 Finn as a rock my faith shall stand. 
 Upheld by God's almighty hand. 
 
 4. In life, his presence is my aid ; 
 
 In death, 'twill guide me thro' the shade 
 Chase all my rising fears away, 
 And tux'n my darkness into day. 
 
 HYMN 828. s. m. 
 
 HYMN 824. i^. M. 
 
PERSONAL DUTIES. 
 
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 PERSONAL DUTIES. 
 
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 HYMN 825. s. M. 
 
 1. IMPOSTURE shrinks from lights 
 A And dreads the curious eye : 
 But Christian truths the test invite. 
 
 They bid us search and try. 
 
 2. A meek inquiring mind, 
 
 Lord, help us to maintain ; 
 That growing knowledge we may find, 
 And growing virtue gain. 
 
 3. With understanding bless'd. 
 
 Created to be free. 
 Our faith on man we dare not rest, 
 Subject to none but thee. 
 
 4. Lord, give the light we peed ; 
 
 With soundest knowledge fill 5 
 From noxious error guard our creed, 
 
 From prejudice our will. 
 The truth thou shalt impart, 
 
 May we with firmness own ; 
 Abhorring each evasive art, 
 
 And fearing thee alone. 
 
 HYMN 826 l. m. 
 
 1. A WAKE, my soul ! rouse ev'ry pow'r; 
 Thy Christian dignity display : 
 Let lust and passion reign no more ; 
 No longer own their lawless sway. 
 % Thy temper meek and humble be, 
 
 Content and pleas 'd with ev'ry state ; 
 From dire reyenge and en\y free. 
 And wild ambition to be great. 
 ^. Confine thy roving appetites ; 
 
 From this vain world withdraw thine eyes ; 
 Fix them on those divine delights. 
 Which angels taste above the skies. 
 
PERSONAL DUTIES. 
 
 4. With eager zeal pursue the prize ; 
 Each fleeting hour of life improve : 
 This course will speak thee truly wise, 
 And raise thee to the world above. 
 
 HYMN §37. L. M. 
 
 1. f \ Thou, whose scales the mountains weigh 
 ^ Whose will the raging seas obey ! 
 Thou, who canst boist'rous winds control I 
 Subdue the tumults of my soul. 
 
 2. May I with equal mind sustain 
 My lot of pleasure and of pain j 
 May joys and sorrows gently flow, 
 Nor rise too high, nor sink too low, 
 
 3. Do thou my passions, Lord, restrain, 
 And in my soul unrivali'd reign. 
 Then, with whatever loads oppress'd, 
 Centi'ed in thee, my soul shall rest. 
 
 4. O M^hen shall my still wav'ring mind 
 This sweetest self-possession find ! 
 Fountain of joy ! I long to see 
 
 In thee my peace, my heav'n in thee ! 
 
 HYMN 828. c. m, 
 
 1. r\ 'tis a lovely thing to see 
 " A man of prudent heart, 
 Whose thoughts and lips and life agree 
 
 To act an useful part. 
 
 2. When envy, strife, and war begin 
 
 In little angry souls ; 
 Mark, how the sons of peace come in 
 And quench the kindling coals. 
 
 3. Their minds are humble, mild, and meek ; 
 
 No furious passions rise ; 
 Nor malice moves their lips to speak. 
 Nor pride exalts their eyes. 
 
 4. Their lives are pinidence mix'd with love ; 
 
 Good works employ their day ; 
 They join the serpent with the dove, 
 But cast the sting away. 
 
PERSONAL DUTIES. 
 5. Such was the Saviour of mankind ; 
 Such pleasures he pursu'd ; 
 His manners gentle and refin'd. 
 His soul divinely good. 
 
 HYMN 829. l. m. 
 
 1. TV/TARK ! when tempestuous winds arise, 
 ■^■^ The wild confusion and uproar ; 
 All ocean mixing with the skies, 
 
 And wrecks are dash'd upon the shore. 
 3. Not less confusion racks the mind. 
 By its own fierce ideas tost ; 
 Calm reason is to rage resign'd, 
 And in the whirl of passion lost. 
 
 3. O self-tormenting child of pride. 
 
 Anger, bred up in hate and strife ! 
 Ten thousand ills, by thee supply'd. 
 Mingle the cup of bitter life. 
 
 4. Happy the meek, whose gentle breast^ 
 
 Clear as the summer's ev'ning ray, 
 Calm as the regions of the blest. 
 Enjoys on earth celestial day ! 
 
 5. No friendships broke their bosom's sting. 
 
 No jars their peaceful tent invade ; 
 Secure beneath th' almighty wing, 
 And, foes to none, of none afraid. 
 
 6. Spirit of grace, all meek and mild ! 
 
 Inspire our hearts, our souls possess 5 
 Repel each passion rude and wild. 
 And bless us as we aim to bless. 
 
 HYMN p. M, 
 
 1. TF solid happiness we prize, 
 
 ■■- Within our breasts this jewel lies ; 
 
 And they are fools who roam. 
 The world has little to bestow : 
 From our own selves our joys must flov^ 
 Our bliss begins at home. 
 % We'll therefore relish with content 
 Wliate'er kind providence has sent, 
 Nor aim beyond our pow'r : 
 
PERSONAL DUTIES, 
 
 And if our store of wealth be small. 
 With thankful heart improve it all, 
 Nor waste the present hour. 
 
 3. To be resign'd, when ills betide. 
 Patient, when favours are denied. 
 
 And pleas'd with favours giv'n : 
 This is the wise, the virtuous part ; 
 This is that incense of the heart, 
 
 Whose fragrance reaches heav'n, 
 
 4. Thus thro' life's changing scenes we'll go 
 Its chequer'd paths of joy and woe 
 
 With cautious steps u e'll tread ; 
 Quit its vam scenes without a tear. 
 Without a trouble or a fear, 
 
 And mingle with the dead : 
 
 5. While conscience, like a faithful friend. 
 Shall thro' the gloomy vale attend. 
 
 And cheer our dying breath ; 
 Shall, when all other comforts cease. 
 Like a kind angel, whisper peace. 
 
 And smoth the bed of death. 
 
 HYMN 881. c. M. 
 
 1. TV/fY gracious God, accept my pray'r 
 
 If e'er thy love divine 
 Should prosper m)' well-meaning care 
 And wealth should e'er be mine : 
 
 2. May humble worth without a fe«r 
 
 Approach my open door ; 
 Nor may I ever view a tear. 
 Regardless, from the poor. 
 
 3. O bless me with an honest mind. 
 
 Above all selfish ends ; 
 Humanely w^arm to all mankind. 
 And cordial to my friends. 
 
 4. Thee in remembrance may I bear. 
 
 To thee my tribute raise ; 
 Conclude each day with fervent pray'r. 
 And wake each morn with praise. 
 
 5. Thus through my life may I approve 
 
 The gratitude I owe ; 
 
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 And share at length thy bliss above. 
 Whose laws I keep below ! 
 
 HYMN 882. l. m. 
 
 1. TirHEREFORE should man, frail child of day, 
 
 Who, from the cradle to the shroud, 
 Lives but the insect of a day,— - 
 
 O why should mortal man be proud ? 
 
 2. His brightest visions just appear. 
 
 Then vanish, and no more are found: 
 The stateliest pile his pride can rear, 
 A breath may level with the ground. 
 
 3. By doubts perplex 'd in error lost. 
 
 With trembling step he seeks his way ; 
 How vain of wisdom's gift the boast ! 
 Of reason's lamp how faint the i-ay ! 
 
 4. Follies and crimes, a countless sum. 
 
 Are crowded in life's little span : 
 How ill, alas, does pride become 
 That erring, guilty creature, man f 
 
 5. God of my life ! Father divine ! 
 
 Give me a meek and lowly mind ; 
 In modest worth O let me shine. 
 And peace in humble Tirtue find- 
 
 HYMN 888. l. m. 
 
 1. /^FT have I tum'd my eye within, 
 
 ^ And brought to light some latent sin ; 
 But pride, the vice I most detest. 
 Still lurks securely in my breast. 
 
 2. She hides my follies from mine eye«, 
 And lifts my virtues to the skies ; 
 And, while the specious tale she tells,. 
 Her own deformity conceals. 
 
 S» Rend, O my God ! the veil away ; 
 
 Bring forth the monster to the day 5 
 
 Expose her hideous form to view. 
 
 And all her restless pow'r subdue. 
 4. So shall humility divine 
 
 Again possess this heart of mine j 
 
PERSONAL DUTIES. 
 And form a temple for my God, 
 Which he will make his lov'd abode. 
 
 HYMN 884 L. M. 
 
 THE man, whose firm and equal mind 
 To solid glory is inclin'd, 
 Determin'd will his path pursue, 
 And keep the godlike prize in view. 
 His calm, undaunted, manly breast, 
 Of virtue, honour, truth possest, 
 Will stem the torrent of the age, 
 And fearless tread this mortal stage. 
 Amidst th' assailing ills of life, 
 Pride, passion, malice, ertvy, strife, 
 He'll act his part without disguise, 
 Intrepid, gen 'rous, just, and wise. 
 In conscious rectitude secure, 
 This man unshaken shall endure 
 Of human woes the num'rous train, 
 Oppression, bondage, sickness, pain. 
 , And when, at last, th' eternal Pow'r 
 Shall fix th' irrevocable hour. 
 That solemn hour which none can fly-. 
 Since 'tis decreed that all must die : 
 Conscious of sov 'reign mercy near. 
 Its voice shall banish ev'iy fear ; 
 While faith and hope in joys to come 
 Waft him to realms beyond the tomb- 
 
 HYMN 885. l. m. 
 
 MY God ! permit me not to be 
 A stranger to myself and thee : 
 Amidst a thousand thoughts I rove, 
 Forgetful of my highest love. 
 . Why should my passions mix with earth, 
 And thus debase my heav'nly birth ? 
 AVhy should I cleave to things below. 
 And let my Go4, my Father, go ? 
 . Call me away from flesh and sense ; 
 Xhy gracious word can draw me thenc6. 
 
SOCIAL DUTIES- 
 
 I would obey the voice divine, 
 And all inferior joys resign. 
 
 4. Be earth, with all her cares, withdrai^n ; 
 Let noise and vanity be gone : 
 
 in secret silence of the mind, 
 
 •My heav'n, and there my God, I find. 
 
 HYMN §86. L. M. 
 
 I. T> ETURN, my roving heart, return, 
 -f*' And chase these shadowy forms no more 
 Seek out some solitude to mourn, 
 And thy forsaken God implore. 
 I. Wisdom and pleasure dwell at home ; 
 Retir'd and silent seek them there : 
 This is the way to overcome, 
 I The way to break the tempter's snare. 
 
 5. And thou, my God, whose piercing eye 
 
 Distinct surveys each deep recess, 
 In these abstracted hours draw nigh, 
 
 And with thy presence fill the place. 
 4- Through all the mazes of my heart, 
 
 My search let heav'nly wisdom guide 5 
 And still its radiant beams impart, 
 
 'Till all be search'd and purified. 
 5v Then with the visits of thy love 
 
 Vouchsafe my inmost soul to cheery 
 'Till ev'ry grace shall join to prove. 
 
 That God hath fix'd his dwelling there. 
 
 XXI. 
 SOCIAL DUTIES. 
 
 HYMN §S7. L. M. 
 
 . TF high or low our station be. 
 
 Of noble or ignoble name ; 
 By uncorrupted honesty, 
 Thy blessinj|s, Lord, Ave'U humbly claim. 
 
SOCIAL DUTIES. 
 
 2. Enricli'd with that, no want we'll fear. 
 
 Thy providence shall be our tinist. 
 Thou wilt supply our poition here, 
 Thou friend and guardian of the just ! 
 
 3. Oh ! may \Ce, with sincere delight. 
 
 To all the task of duty pay ; 
 Tender of ev'ry social right, 
 Obedient to thy lawful sway ! 
 
 4. Such virtue thou wilt not forget 
 
 In tiiat blest world, where virtue sliajres 
 A fit reward ; though not of debt 
 
 But what thy boundless grace prepare^;. 
 
 HYMN §88. o. M. 
 
 i, /^OME, let us search our ways and iijz 
 ^ Have they been just and right ? 
 Is the great rule of equity 
 Our practice and delight ? 
 ^. AVhat we would have our neighbour do. 
 Have we still done the same ? 
 From others ne'er withheld the due. 
 Which we from others claim P 
 
 3. Have we ne'er envied others' good. 
 
 Nor envied others' prMse ? 
 In no man's path malignant stood, 
 Nor us'd detraction's ways ? 
 
 4. Have we not, deaf to his request, 
 
 Turn'd from another's woe ? 
 The scorn, which wrings the suff'rer's breast. 
 Have we abhoir'd to shew ? 
 
 5. Then may w e raise our modest pray'r 
 
 To God, the just and kind ; 
 May humbly cast on him our care,' 
 And hope his grace to find. 
 
 6. Religion's path they never trod. 
 
 Who equity contemn ; 
 Nor ever are they just to God, 
 Who prove unjust to men. 
 
 HYMN 889. l. m. 
 
 1. r\ God, my Saviour, and my King, . 
 ^ Of all I hare Or hope the spring ? 
 
SOCIAL DUTIES. 
 
 Send down thy spirit from above, 
 And warm my heart with holy love. 
 May I from ev'iy act abstain. 
 That gives another grief or pain ; 
 Still may I feel ray heart inclin'd. 
 To be the friend of all mankind. 
 
 S. With pity let my breast o'erflow. 
 When I behold a brother's woe ; 
 And bear a sympathizing part, 
 Whene'er I meet a wounded heart. 
 
 4 And let my neighbour's prosp'rous state 
 A mutual joy in me create ; 
 His virtuous triumph let me join ; 
 His peace and happiness be mine. 
 
 5. Yea, though my neighbour's hate I prove^ 
 Still let me vanquish hate with love ; 
 Slow to resent, though he would grieve^ 
 But always ready to forgive, 
 
 6. Let love through all my conduct shine^ 
 An image fair, though faint, of thine ; 
 Let me thy humble foU'wer prove. 
 Father of men, great God of love ! 
 
 HYMN S40. c. M. 
 
 1. T ET Pharisees of high esteem 
 
 Their faith and zeal declare : 
 All their religion is a dream, 
 If love be wanting there. 
 
 2. Love suffejTS long with patient eye, 
 
 Npr is provok'd in haste ; 
 She lets the present inj'ry die. 
 
 And long forgets the past. 
 Malice and rage, those fires of hell, 
 
 She quenches with her tongue ; 
 Hopes and believes and thinks no ill^ 
 
 Tho' 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 that climb. 
 
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 5. She lays her own advantage by. 
 
 To seek her neighbours' good. 
 So God's own Son came down to die, 
 And save us by his blood. 
 
 6. Love is the grace that keeps her pow'r 
 
 In all the realms above ; 
 There faith and hope are known no more. 
 But saints for ever love. 
 
 HYMN 341. L. M. 
 
 1. T>LEST is the man, whose heart is kind 
 
 And melts with pity to the poor ; 
 Who with a sympathizing mind, 
 Feels what his fellowmen endure. 
 
 2. His heart contrives for their relief 
 
 More good than liis own hands can do ; 
 He m the time of gen'ral grief 
 Shall find, the Lord hath pity too. 
 
 3. This man shall live secure on earth, 
 
 With secret blessings on his head ; 
 Though sword, or pestilence, or dearth. 
 Around him multiply their dead. 
 
 4. Or, if with mortal suff 'rings try'd, 
 
 SufF'rings shall all his soul refine ; 
 Sweet hope his refuge shall provide, 
 And minister a bliss divine. 
 
 HYMN U% p. M. 
 
 L^PATIIER of our feeble race, 
 Wise, beneficent, and kind I 
 Spread o'er nature's ample face, 
 
 Flows thy goodness unconfin'd. 
 Musing in the silent grove, 
 
 Or the busy walks of men, 
 Still we trace thy wondrous love, 
 Claiming large returns again. 
 2. Lord, what off 'ring shall we bring, 
 At thine altars when we bow ? 
 Hearts, the pure unsullied spring, 
 Whence the kind affections ftov/ ; 
 
SOCIAL DUTIES. 
 Soft compassion's feeling soul, 
 
 By the melting eye express'd ; 
 Sympathy, at M'hose control 
 
 Sorrow leaves the tortur'd breast ; 
 3. Willing hands to lead the blind, 
 
 Bind the wound, or feed the poor ; 
 Love, embracing all our kind ; 
 
 Charity, with lib'ral store. 
 Teach us, O thou heav'nly King, 
 
 Thus to show our grateful mind ; 
 Thus th' accepted off 'ring bring. 
 
 Love to thee and all mankind. 
 
 HYMN c. m, 
 
 1. T> RIGHT source of everlasting love ! 
 ^ To thee our souls we raise ; 
 
 And to thy matchless bounty rear 
 A monument of praise. 
 
 2. Thy mercy gilds the path of life 
 
 With ev'ry cheering- ray ; 
 Kindly restrains the rising tear. 
 Or wipes that tear away. 
 5, When, sunk in guilt, our race approach *d 
 The borders of despair ; 
 Thy grace through Jesus' blood proclaim 'd 
 A free salvation near. 
 ^ What shall we render, bounteous Lord^ 
 For all the grace we see ? 
 Alas ! the goodness worms can yield 
 Extendeth not to thee, 
 is. To tents of woe, to beds of pain, 
 Our cheerful feet repair ; 
 And, with the gifts thy hand bestows. 
 Relieve the mourners there. 
 ^. The widow's heart shall sing for joy ; 
 The oi'phan shall be glad ; 
 And hung'ring souls we'll gladly point 
 To Christ the living bread. 
 T, Thus, passing through this vale of teai-s. 
 Our useful light sliall shine 5 
 R 2 
 
SOCIAL DtJTIES. 
 
 And others learn to glorify 
 Our Father's name divine. 
 
 HYMN 844 l. m. 
 
 1. what stupendous mercy shines 
 ^ Around the majesty of heav'n ! 
 Rebels he deigns to call his sons, 
 
 Their souls renew'd, their sins forgiv'n. 
 
 2. Go, imitate the grace divine, 
 
 The grace that blazes like a sun ; 
 Hold forth your fair, though feeble light, 
 Through all your lives let mercy run. 
 
 3. Upon your bounty's willing wings. 
 
 Swift let the needed blessings fly ; 
 The hungry feed, the naked clothe. 
 To pain and sickness help apply. 
 
 4. Pity the weeping widow's woe, 
 
 And be her counsellor and stay ; 
 Adopt the fatherless, and smooth 
 To useful, happy life his way. 
 
 5. Let age with want and weakness bow'd 
 
 Your mercy and compassion move ; 
 Let e'en your enemies be bless'd, 
 Their hatred recompens'd with love. 
 
 HYMN 845 l. m. 
 
 1. p REAT God ! whilst I thy love admire 
 
 Grant me to catch the sacred fire : 
 Thus shall my heav'nly birth be known, 
 And as thy child thou wilt me own. 
 
 2. Father, I see thy sun arise, 
 
 To cheer thy friends and enemies : 
 
 And when from heav'n thy rain descends. 
 
 Thy bounty both alike befriends. 
 
 3. Enlarge my soul with love like thine ; 
 My mortal pow'rs by grace refine : 
 So shall I feel another's woe, 
 
 And freely feed a hungry foe. 
 4? I hope for pardon, through thy Son, 
 JFor all the crimes which I have doi^e i 
 
SOCIAL DUTIES. 
 
 Then muy the grace, tlmt pardons me, 
 jl Constrain me to forgive like thee. 
 
 HYMN 846- s. m, 
 
 1. TjEHOLD, ^vhere, breathing love, 
 -D Our dying Master stands • 
 
 His weeping folPw ers, gathering round'^ 
 Receive his last commands. 
 
 2. From that mild Saviour's lips 
 
 What tender accents fell ! 
 The gentle precept, which he gave^^ 
 Became its author well. 
 
 3. Blest is the man, whose heart 
 
 Feels all another's pain ; 
 To whom the supplicating ey e 
 Was never raised in vain ; 
 
 4. Whose breast expands with warmth^ 
 
 A stranger's woe to feel, 
 And bleeds in pity o'er the wound 
 He wants the pow'r to heal. 
 ^ |S. To offices of love 
 k His feet are never slow : 
 %. He views through mercy's melting eye 
 
 A brother in a foe. 
 ' 6. Peace from his Father God, 
 My peace to him I give ; 
 And, when he kneels before the throne^ 
 His trembling soul shall live. 
 7. To him shall grace be she^rn ; 
 i And mercy from above 
 1^ Descend on those, who thus fulfil 
 i'^* The perfect law of love. 
 
 ; HYMN 847. c. m. 
 
 1. T\AUGHTER8 of pity, tune the lay ; 
 * ^ To mourners joy belongs ; 
 While he, that wipes all tears away, 
 
 Accepts our thankful songs. 
 
 2, No altars smoke, no off'rings bleed^ 
 
 No guiltless li>'es expire ; 
 
200 SOCIAL DUTIES. 
 
 To l*elp a brother in his need, 
 Is all our rites require. 
 
 3. Our ofF'ring is a willing mind 
 
 To comfort the distrest ; 
 In others* good our own we find. 
 In others' blessing blest. 
 
 4. Go to the pillow of disease, 
 
 Where night gives no repose, 
 And on the cheek, where sickness preys. 
 Bid health to plant a rose. 
 
 5. Go where the friendless stranger lies ; 
 
 To perish is his doom ; 
 Snatch from the grave his closing e/es, 
 
 And bring his blessing home. 
 C. Thus, what our heav'nly Father gave^ 
 
 Shall we as freely give : 
 Thus co^y him, who liv'd to save, 
 
 And died that we might live. 
 
 HYMN US- c. M. 
 
 Charity or Sunday school, 
 
 1. "OLEST is the man whose heart expands 
 
 At melting pity's call, 
 And the rich blessings of whose hands 
 Like heav'nly manna fall. 
 
 2. Be ours the bliss in wisdom's way 
 
 To guide untutor'd youth. 
 And lead the mind that went asti^ay 
 To virtue and to truth. 
 
 3. Children our kind protection claim 5 
 
 And God will well approve, 
 When infants learn to lisp his name, 
 And their Creator love. 
 
 4. Delightful work, young souls to win. 
 
 And turn the rising race 
 From the deceitful paths of sin. 
 To seek redeeming grace ! 
 
 5. Almigbty God ! thy influence shed, 
 
 To aid this good design : 
 Th€ honours of thy name be spread ^ 
 And all the glory thine. 
 
SOCIAL DUTIES. 
 
 HYMN 849. L. M. 
 
 Candour and toleration. 
 1. A LL-secing God ! 'tis thine to know 
 
 The spring's wheuce wrong opinions \ 
 To judge, Irora principles within, 
 When frailty errs, and when we sin. 
 Who among men, great Lord of all ! 
 Thy servant to his bar shall call ? 
 Jvidge him, for modes of faith, thy foe. 
 And doom him to the realms of woe ? 
 
 3. Who with another's eye can read ? 
 Or worship by another's creed ? 
 Trusting thy grace, we form our own. 
 And bow to thy commands alone. 
 
 4. If wrong, correct j accept, if right ; 
 While faithful we improve our light. 
 Condemning none, but zealous still 
 To learn and follow all thy will. 
 
 HYMN 850. L. M. 
 
 1. A BSURD and vain attempt ! to bind 
 
 With iron chains the free-born mind. 
 To force conviction, and reclaim 
 The wand'ring by destructive flame. 
 
 2. Bold arrogance ! to snatch from heav'n 
 Dominion not to mortals giv'n ; 
 
 O'er conscience to usurp the throne. 
 Accountable to God alone. 
 
 3. Jesus ! thy gentle law of love 
 Does no sucfi cruelties approve ; 
 Mild as thyself, thy doctrine wields 
 No arms but what persuasion yields. 
 
 4. By proofs divine, and reason strong, 
 It draws the -willing so\il along ; 
 And conquests to thy church acquires 
 By eloquence which heav'n inspires. 
 
 5. O happy, who are thus compelPd 
 To the rich least, by Jesus held ! 
 May we this blessing know, and prize 
 The light which liberty supplies. 
 
SOCIAL DUTIES. 
 
 HYMN 851. s. M. 
 
 Christian unity. 
 
 1. T ET party-names no more 
 
 The Christian world o'er spread : 
 Gentile and jew, and bond, and free. 
 Are one in Christ their head. 
 
 2. Among- the saints on earth 
 
 liet mutual love be found : 
 Heirs of the same inheritance, 
 With mutual blessings crown'd. 
 
 3. Let envy, child of hell ! 
 
 Be banish 'd far away : 
 Those should in strictest friendship dwelL 
 Who the same Lord obey. 
 
 4. Thus will the church below 
 
 Resemble that above, \ 
 Where streams of pleasure ever flow. 
 And ev'ry heart is love. 
 
 HYMN 852. s. m, 
 
 1. "OLEST be the tie, that binds 
 
 Our hearts in Christian love ! 
 The fellowship of kindred minds 
 Is like to that above. 
 
 2. Before our Father's throne, 
 
 We pour our ardent pray'rs: 
 Our fears, our hopes, our alms are one, 
 Our comforts and our care?. 
 
 3. We share our mutual woes, 
 
 Our mutual burdens bear ; 
 And often for each other flows 
 The sympathizing tear. 
 
 4. When we asunder part. 
 
 It gives us inward pain .* 
 But we shall still be join'd in heart. 
 And hope to meet again. 
 
 5. From sorrow, toil, and pain. 
 
 And sin, we shall be free ; 
 And perfect love and friendship reigu 
 Through all eternity. 
 
SOCIAL DUTIES. 20, 
 HYMN gSS. c. M. 
 
 Virtuous love cf country, 
 h pARENT of all, Omnipotent 
 A In heav'n, and earth below ! 
 Through all creation's vast extent. 
 Whose streams of goodness flow : 
 
 2. Teach me to know, from whence I rose^ 
 
 And unto what design 'd ; 
 Nor selfish ahns may I propose, 
 Since link'd wiUi human kind. 
 
 3. But chief to hear my country's voice 
 
 May my best thoughts incline ; 
 'Tis reason's law, 'tis virtue's choice^ 
 'Tis nature's call, and thine, 
 k Me from fair freedom's sacred cause 
 May nothing e'er divide ; 
 Xor grandeur, gold, nor vain applause^ 
 Nor friendship false misguide. 
 5. To duty, honour, virtue true. 
 In aU my country's weal, 
 Let me my public walk pursue : 
 So, God, thy favour deal ! 
 
 HYMN gS4. L. M. 
 
 Pious friendship. 
 
 1. TLTOW blest the sacred tie, that binds. 
 
 In union sweet, according minds ! 
 How swift the heav'nly course they run,^ 
 Whose heai-ts, whose faith, whose hopes are one 
 
 2. To each, the soul of each how dear ! 
 WTiat watchful love, what holy fear ! 
 How doth the gen'rous flame within 
 Refine from earth, and cleanse from sin ! 
 
 3. Their streaming eyes together flow 
 For human guilt and mortal woe ; 
 Their ardent pray'rs together rise, 
 Like mingling flames m sacrifice. 
 
 4. Together both they seek the place, 
 Where God reveals his awful faee ; 
 
'm SOCIAL DUTIES. 
 
 How high, how strong, their raptnres swei 
 There's none but kindred souls cru telL 
 5. Nor shall the glowing flame expire 
 'Midst nature's drooping, sickening firo-: 
 Soon shall they meet in realms above. 
 A heav'n of joy, because of love. 
 
 HYMN 855. l. m. 
 
 Family duties. 
 
 I. T^ATHER of men! thy care we bless, 
 
 Which crowns our families with peace 
 From thee they spring, and by thy han<l 
 They liave been and are still sustain'd. 
 
 .2. To God, most worthy to be praisM, 
 Be our domestic altars rais'd : 
 Who, Lord of heav 'n, scorns not to dweH 
 With saints in their obscurest cell. 
 
 c3. To thee let each united house, 
 Morning and night present its vows ; 
 Our servants there, and rising race, 
 Be taught thy precepts and thy grace- 
 
 i» O may each future age proclaim 
 The honours of thy glorious name ; 
 While pleas'd and thankful we remove 
 To join the family above. 
 
 HYMN 856. o. m. 
 
 1. /^E justice and of truth I sing, 
 ^ And pay to God my vows : 
 With truth and justice, heav'nly Kin;^- ' 
 
 Teach me to rule my house. 
 
 2. Now to my tent, O God be near. 
 
 And make thy servant wise ; 
 And let me suffer nothing there, 
 That shall offend thy eyes. 
 
 3. The man who doth his neighbour wrong- 
 
 Or dares oppress the poor, 
 The scornful eye, the sland'rous tODgn*^. 
 Be distant from my door. ' 
 
SOCIAL DtJTms. 
 
 4 Still inscy I seek the good and just, 
 And still their help enjoy 
 Such be the friends that I shall trust, 
 The servants I employ. 
 5, While sin in others I reprove, 
 Be ev'ry virtue mine ; 
 And let the wisdom from above 
 Through all my conduct shine. 
 €. Who shall the most in love aboundy 
 Our sole contention be : 
 So shall my house be ever found 
 A dwelling dear to thee ! 
 
 HYMN gS7. s. M. 
 
 U T O, what a pleasing sight 
 -■^ Are brethren that agree ! 
 How blest are all, whose hearts vmite 
 In bonds of piety ! 
 2» From those celestial springs, 
 Such streams of comfort flow. 
 As no increase Df riches brings. 
 Nor honours can bestow. 
 5. All in their stations move, 
 And each performs his part, 
 In all the cares of life and love, 
 With sympathizing heart. 
 4. Form'd for the purest joys. 
 By one desire possest, 
 One aim the zeal of all employs. 
 
 To make each other blest. 
 No bliss can equal theirs, 
 
 Where such affections meet ; 
 While praise devout, and mingled pray'r,^ 
 Make their communion sweet. 
 ^ 'Tis the same pleasure fills 
 The breast in worlds above ; 
 Where joy like morning-dew distils, 
 And all the air is love. 
 
m PUBUC WORSHIP. 
 
 XXII. 
 PUBLIC WORSHIP. 
 
 HYMN 358. c. m. 
 
 I. TTOW did my heart rejoice, to hear 
 My friends devoutly say : 
 " In Zion let us all appear, 
 "And keep the solemn day." 
 2. 1 love her gates, I love the road ; 
 The church, adorn'd with grace. 
 Stands like a palace built for God, 
 To show his milder face. 
 S. Peace be within this sacred place. 
 And joy a constant guest ! 
 With holy gifts and heav'nly grace 
 Be her attendants blest ! 
 4. My soul shall pray for Zion still. 
 While life or breath remains. 
 There my best friends, my kindred dwell? 
 There God, my Saviour, reigns. 
 
 HYMN 859. s. m. 
 
 1. T love thy Zion, Lord ! 
 J- The house of thine abode ; 
 The chiu-ch, O blest Redeemer ! sav-d 
 With thy own precious blood. 
 2. 1 love thy church, O God ! 
 
 Her walls before thee stand, 
 Dear as the apple of thine eye, 
 And graven on thy hand. 
 
 3. If e'er to bless thy sons 
 
 My voice or hands deny : 
 These hands let useful skill forsake, 
 This voice in silence die. 
 
 4. If e'er my heait forget 
 
 Her welfare or her woe : 
 Let ev'ry joy this heart forsake. 
 And ev'ry grief o'erflow. 
 
PUBLIC WORSHIP. 
 ' For her my tears shall fall ; 
 For her my pray'rs ascend ; 
 To her my cares and toils be giv'n, 
 \ 'Till toils and cares shall end. 
 Id. Beyond my highest joy 
 
 I prize her heav'nly ways. 
 Her sweet communion, solemn vows. 
 Her hymns of love and praise. 
 
 HYMN 860. c. M. 
 
 1. A WAKE, ye saints, to praise your King, 
 
 Your sweetest passions raise ; 
 Your pious pleasures, while you sing. 
 Increasing w^ith the praise. 
 
 2. Great is the Lord, and works unknown 
 
 Are his divine employ : 
 But still his saints are near his throne. 
 His treasure and his joy. 
 
 3. O Zion, trust the living God ; 
 
 Serve him with faith and fear : 
 He makes thy courts his blest abode, 
 And claims thine honours here. 
 
 HYMN §61. L. M. 
 
 1. /^OME, let our voices join to raise 
 ^ A sacred song of solemn praise. 
 God is a sov'reign King : rehearse 
 His honours in exalted verse. 
 
 2. Come, let our souls address the Lord, 
 Who fram'd our natures with his word. 
 He is the Shepherd ; we the sheep 
 His mei'cy chose, his pastures keep. 
 
 3. Seize the kind promise, while it waits. 
 And march to Zion's heav'nly gates. 
 Believe, and take the promis'd rest; 
 Obey, and be for ever blest. 
 
 HYMN 862. t. m. 
 
 !♦ XJAPPY the men, whom strength divine 
 With ardent love and zeal inspires I 
 Whose steps to thy blest way incline. 
 With willing hearts and wann desires. 
 
m PUBLIC WORSHIP. 
 
 2. Oae day within thy sacred gate 
 
 Aftbrds more real joy to me, 
 Than thousands in tlie tents of state ; 
 The meanest place is bliss with thee. 
 
 3. God is a sun ! our brightest day 
 
 From his reviving presence flows. 
 God is a shield, through all the way. 
 To guard us from surrounding foes., 
 
 4. O Lord of hosts, thou God of grace ! 
 
 How blest, divinely blest is he. 
 Who trusts thy love, and seeks thy face^ 
 And fixes all his hopes on thee ! 
 
 HYMN 868. p. m. 
 
 1. T ORD of the worlds above. 
 
 How pleasant and how faii^^ 
 The dwellings of thy love, 
 Thine earthly temples are ! 
 
 To thine abode 
 My heart aspires. 
 With warm desires 
 
 To see my God. 
 
 2. O happy souls that pray 
 
 Where God appoints to hear ! 
 O happy men that pay 
 Their constant service there ! 
 
 They praise thee still ; 
 And happy they. 
 Who love the way 
 
 To Zion's hUl. 
 
 3. They go from strength to strength, 
 
 Tln'ough this dark vale of tears ; 
 'Till each arrives at length, 
 'Till each in heav'n appears : 
 
 O glorious seat, 
 When God our King 
 Shall thither bring 
 
 Our willing feet! 
 
 HYMN 864. p. 
 
 I, p RE AT Fatlier of mankind ! 
 ^7 We bless that wondrous grace 
 
PUBLIC WORSHIP. 
 
 Which could for Gentiles find 
 Within thy courts a place. 
 
 How kind the care 
 Our God displays. 
 For us to raise 
 
 A house of pray'r ! 
 
 2. To thee ourselves we join, 
 
 And love thy sacred name ; 
 No more our own, but thine, 
 We triumph in thy claim. 
 
 Our Father-king, 
 Thy cov'nant-grace 
 Our souls embrace*. 
 
 Thy titles sing. 
 
 3. May all the nations throng 
 
 To worship in thy house ; 
 And thou attend the song, 
 And smile upon then* voavSj 
 
 Indulgent still, 
 'Till earth conspirp 
 To join the choir 
 
 On Zion's hill. 
 
 HYMN §65. c. M, 
 
 1. 'T^HE Lord in Zion plac'd his name, 
 J- His ark was settled there ; 
 To Zion the whole nation came 
 To worship thrice a year. 
 % But we have no such lengths to go, 
 Nor wander far abroad ; 
 Where'er thy saints assemble now. 
 There is a house for God. 
 3. Here, mighty God ! accept our vows ; 
 Here let thy praise be spread. 
 Bless the provisions of thy house. 
 And fill thy poor with bread. 
 4,. Here let the son of David reign, 
 Let God's anointed shine ; 
 Justice and truth his court maintain, 
 With love and pow'r divine. 
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 PUBLIC WORSHIP. 
 
 HYMN 866 l. m. 
 
 1. T ORD ! 'tis a pleasant thing, to stand 
 -■-^ In gardens planted by thy hand. 
 Let me within thy courts be seen. 
 Like a young cedar, fresh and green. 
 There grow thy saints in faith and Iotc^ 
 
 t Blest with thine influ'nce from above ; 
 Not Lebanon, with all its trees. 
 Yields such a comely sight as these. 
 
 3. The plants of grace shall ever live ; 
 Nature decays, but grace must thrive; 
 Time, that doth all things else impair, 
 Shall make them flourish strong and fair 
 
 4. leaden w ith fruits of age, they show, 
 The Lord is holy, just, and true. 
 None, that attend his courts shall find 
 A God unfaithful or unkind. 
 
 HYMN ^^7. c. M. 
 
 1. XVTHEREWITH shall I approach the Lord, 
 
 And bov/ before his throne ? 
 Oh ! how procure his kind regard. 
 And for my guilt atone ; 
 
 2. Shall altars flame, and victims bleed, 
 
 Aud spicy fumes ascend ? 
 Will these my earnest wish succeed. 
 And make my God my friend ? 
 g, O no, my soul i 'twere fruitless all ; 
 Such offerings are vain : 
 No fatlings from the field or stall 
 His favour can obtain. 
 
 4. To men their rights I must allow, 
 
 And proofs of kindness give ; 
 To God with humble rev'rence how. 
 And to his glory live. 
 
 5. Hands that are clean, and hearts sincere. 
 
 He never will despise ; 
 And cheerful duty he'll prefer 
 To costly sacrifice. 
 
PUBLIC WORSmP. 
 HYMN 868. s. m. 
 
 1. TTTITH joy we lift our eyes 
 
 ▼ ▼ To those bright realms above, 
 That glorious temple in the skies. 
 Where dwells eternal love. 
 
 2. Thee we adore, O Lord ! 
 
 And filial duty pay. 
 Thy service, unconstrain'd and free, 
 Conducts to endless day. 
 
 3. While in thy house we kneel 
 
 With trust and holy fear ; 
 Thy mercy and thy truth reveal, 
 And lend a gracious ear. 
 
 4. O teach our hearts to pray, 
 
 And tune our lips to sing ! 
 Nor from thy presence cast awa\ 
 The sacrifice we bring. 
 
 HYMN §69. L. M. 
 
 1, A WAY from ev'iy mortal care, 
 
 Away from earth, our soul's retreat 
 We leave this worthless world afar, 
 
 And wait and worship near thy seat. 
 Lord, in the temple of thy grace, . 
 
 We bow before thee and adore ; 
 We view the glories of thy face. 
 
 And learn the wonders of thy pow'r. 
 3. Whilst here our various wants we mourn 
 United pray'rs ascend on high ; 
 And faith expects a sure return 
 Of blessings in variety. 
 ^. Father ! my soul would here abide ; 
 Or, if my feet must hence depart ; 
 Still keep me, Father, near thy side, 
 Still keep thy dwelling in my heait. 
 
 HYMN g70. c. M. 
 
 1. "p ARLY, my God, without delay, 
 ^ I haste to seek thy face ; 
 My thirsty spirit faints away. 
 Without thy cheering gi'ace. 
 
'il2 PUBLIC WORSHIP. 
 
 2. So pilgrims on the scorching sand. 
 
 Beneath a burning sky, 
 Long for a cooling stream at hand, 
 And they must drink or die, 
 
 3. I've seen thy glory and thy pow'r 
 
 Through all thy temple shine : 
 My God, repeat that heav'nly hour, 
 That vision so divine. 
 
 4. Not all the blessings of a feast 
 
 Can please my soul so well, 
 As when thy richer grace I taste, 
 And in thy presence dwell. 
 
 5. Not life itself, with all her joys. 
 
 Can my best passions move, 
 Or raise so high my cheerful voice. 
 As thy forgiving love. 
 
 HYMN 871. p. M. 
 
 1. ipRAISE to God, the great Creator, 
 
 Bounteous source of all our joy ! 
 He whose hand upholds all nature. 
 
 He whose nod can all destroy. 
 Saints, with pious zeal attending. 
 
 Now the grateful tribute raise ; 
 Solemn songs to heav'n ascending. 
 
 Join the universal praise. 
 
 2. Round his awful footstool kneeling, 
 
 Lowly bend with contrite souls; 
 Here, his milder grace revealing, 
 
 Here his wrath no thunder rolls. 
 Lo, the sacred page before us 
 
 Bears the cov'nant of his love ; 
 Full of mercy to restore us, 
 
 Mercy beaming from above. 
 
 3. Ev'ry secret fault confessing, 
 
 Deed unrighteous, thought of sin, 
 Seize, O seize the profi'er'd blessing, 
 
 Grace from God and peace within. 
 Heart and voice with rapture swelling. 
 
 Still the song of glory raise ; 
 On the theme immortal dwelling, 
 
 Join the universal praise. 
 
PUBLIC WORSHIP. 
 HYMN 872. l. m. 
 
 The Lord's day. 
 
 1. A NOTHER six dajs' work is done. 
 
 Another sabbath is begun ; 
 Return, my s6iil, enjoy thy rest, 
 Imj^rove the day thy God has blest. 
 
 2. Come, bless the Lord, whose love assigns 
 So sweet a rest to wearied minds ; 
 Provides an antepast of heav'n, 
 
 And gives this day the food of sev'n. 
 
 3. O that our thoughts and thanks may rise. 
 As grateful incense to the skies ; 
 
 And draw from heav'n that sweet repose. 
 Which none, but he who feels it, knows. 
 
 4. With joy, great God ! thy works we view 
 In various scenes both old and new ; 
 With praise we think on mercies past, 
 With hope we future pleasures taste. 
 
 5. In holy duties let the day, 
 In holy pleasures pass away. 
 
 How sweet, a sabbath thus to spend. 
 In hope of one that ne'er shall end. 
 
 HYMN 878. l. m. 
 
 1. T ORD of the sabbath ! hear our vows 
 
 On this thy day, in this thy house ; 
 And own, as grateful sacrifice, 
 The songs which from thy churches rise. 
 
 2. Thine earthly sabbaths. Lord ! we love ; 
 But there's a nobler rest above. 
 
 Thy servants to that rest aspire 
 With ardent hope and strong desire. 
 
 3. There languor shall no more oppress ; 
 The heart shall feel no more distress ; 
 No groans shall mingle with the songs. 
 That dwell upon immortal tongues. 
 
 4. No gloomy cares shall there annoy, 
 No conscious guilt disturb our joy ; 
 But ev'ry doubt and fear fehall cease. 
 And perfect love give perfect peace. 
 
PUBLIC WORSHIP. 
 
 5. When shall that glorious day begin. 
 Beyond the reach of death or sin : 
 Whose sun shall never more decline;, 
 But with unfading lustre shine ! 
 
 HYMN 874. c. m. 
 
 1. -pREQUENT the day of God returns, 
 
 To shed its quick 'ning beams ; 
 And yet how slow devotion burns ; 
 How languid are its flames ! 
 
 2. Accept our faint attempts to love ; 
 
 Our frailties, Lord ! forgive. 
 We would be like thy saints above. 
 And praise thee while we live, 
 
 3. Increase, O Lord ! our faith and hope, 
 
 And fit us to ascend 
 Where the assembly ne'er breaks up. 
 The sabbath ne'er shall end; 
 
 4. Where we shall breathe in heav'nly air, 
 
 With heav'nly lustre shine ; 
 Before the throne of God appear, 
 And feast on love divine. 
 
 HYMN 875. l. m. 
 
 1. QWEET is the work, my God, my King ! 
 ^ To praise thy name, give thanks, and sing 
 To show thy love by mornhig light. 
 
 And talk of all thy truth at night. 
 
 2. Sweet is the day of sacred rest; 
 No mortal care shall fill my breast ; 
 My heart shall triumpli in the Lord, 
 And bless his works, and bless his word. 
 
 3. And I shall share a glorious part, 
 When grace hath well refin'd my heart, 
 When doubts and fears no more remabij 
 To break my inward peace again. 
 
 4. Then shall I see, and heai", and know. 
 All I desir'd or wish'd below ; 
 
 And ev'ry povv'r find sweet employ 
 In the eternal world of joy. 
 
PUBLIC WORSttlP. 
 
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 HYMN 876. c. m. 
 
 1. ^T'HIS is the day the Lord hath made ; 
 
 He calls the hours his own. 
 Let heav'n rejoice, let earth be glad. 
 And praise surround the throne. 
 
 2. To-day arose our glorious head. 
 
 And death's dread empire fell. 
 To-day the saints his triumph spread^ 
 And all its wonders tell. 
 5, Hosannah ! the anointed King 
 Ascends his destin'd throne ? 
 To God your grateful homage bring, 
 And his Messiah own. 
 
 4. Blest be the Lord, who came to men 
 
 With messages of grace ; 
 Who came in God his Father's name, 
 To save our sinful race. 
 
 5. Hosannah in the highest strains 
 
 The church on earth can raise ! 
 The highest heav'ns in which he reigns. 
 Shall give him nobler praise. 
 
 HYMN 877. s. m. 
 
 1. A GAIN the Lord of light 
 
 Unseals the eyelids of the mom, 
 And pours increasing day. 
 2. O what a night was that 
 
 Which wrapp'd mankind in gloom I 
 O what a sun, which broke this day 
 Triumphant from the tomb ! 
 S. This day be homage paid, 
 And loud hosannahs sung ; 
 Let gladness dwell in ev'ry heart, 
 And praise on ev'ry tongue. 
 4. Ten thousand lips shall join 
 To hail this welcome morn, 
 Which scatters blessings from its wings 
 To nations yet unborn. 
 
?16 PUBLIC WORSHIP. 
 
 HYMN 878. c. n. 
 
 1. TTAIL, happy morn ! whose early ray 
 
 Beheld the Saviour rise. 
 Welcome again, auspicious day ! 
 To our reviving eyes. 
 
 2. On Hiis blest morn, birth-day of hope ' 
 
 Let not one soul be sad. 
 This is the day the Lord hath made. 
 And bids his saints be glad. 
 
 3. Come, and the vi^onders of the day 
 
 In notes harmonious sing ; 
 Tell to the world the conquests gain'd 
 
 By your victorious King. 
 4. 0 happy souls, that feel the pow'r 
 
 Of his attractive love ! 
 With him they die, with him they li^jc^ 
 
 And seek the things above. 
 
 HYMN 879. p. m. 
 
 Close of the service, 
 
 1. T ORD, dismiss us with thy blessing ; 
 
 Fill our hearts with joy and peace ! 
 Let us each, thy love possessing, 
 Triumph in redeeming grace. 
 O refresh us, 
 Ti-av'lling through this wildernefes. 
 
 2. Thanks we give and adoration 
 
 For thy gospel's joyful sound. 
 May the fruits of thy salvation 
 In our hearts and lives abound ! 
 May thy presence 
 With us evermore be found ! 
 
 HYMN §80. p. M. 
 
 t. npHANKS for mercies past receive I 
 Pardon of our sins renew ; 
 Teach us henceforth how to live\ 
 With eternity in view. 
 2. Bless thy word to old and young ; 
 
 Grant us, Lord ! thy peace and love'; 
 And, when life's short course is run, 
 Take us to thy bouse abave. 
 
BAPTISM. 
 
 HYMN 881. L. M. 
 
 The Christian Farewell, 
 I, npHY presence, everlasting God ! 
 
 J- Wide through all nature spreads abroad 
 Thy watchful eyes which never sleep, 
 In ev'ry place thy children keep. 
 S, While near each other we remain, 
 Thou dost our lives and pow'rs sustain 
 When sep'rate, we rejoice to share 
 Thy counsels and thy gracious care, 
 
 3. To thee we now commit our ways. 
 And still implore thy heav'nly grace. 
 Still cause thy face on us to shine, 
 And guaixl and guide us still as thine. 
 
 4. Give us in thy beloved house, 
 Again to pay our grateful vows ; 
 Or, if that joy no more be knov/n, 
 Give us to meet around thy throne- 
 
 XXIII. 
 
 BAPTISM. 
 
 HYMN g82. c. M. 
 
 Of Adults, 
 
 1. «pROCLAIM," said Christ,«God's woii» 
 
 drous grace 
 To all the sons of men : 
 He who believes and is baptis'd. 
 Salvation shall obtain.*' 
 
 2. Let plenteous grace descend on Uiose, 
 
 Who, hoping in his word. 
 This day have publicly declai-'d. 
 That Jesus is their Lord. 
 -3, With cheerful feet may they go ori; 
 And run the Christian race ; 
 \nd, in tlie troubles of the way; 
 Find all-sufficient grace 
 
BAPTISM. 
 4. Aud when the awful message comes. 
 To call their souls away ; 
 May they be found prepar'd to lire 
 In realms of endless day, 
 
 HYMN S8g. s. M. 
 
 Baptism of CMlclren, 
 1. T ORD ! what our ears have heard, 
 ^ Our eyes delighted trace, 
 Thy love in long succession shown 
 To ev'ry virtuous race. 
 % Oiu* children thou dost claim, 
 And mark them out for thine : 
 Ten thousand blessings to thy name 
 For goodness so divine ! 
 
 3. Thy cov'nant may they keep. 
 
 And bless the happy bands. 
 Which closer still engage their hearts 
 To honour thy commands. 
 
 4. How great thy mercies, Lord \ 
 
 How plenteous is tliy grace. 
 Which in the promise of thy love 
 Includes our rising race I 
 
 5. Our offspring, still thy care. 
 
 Shall own their Fathers' God, 
 To latest times thy blessings share^ 
 And sound thy praise abroad. 
 
 HYAIN 884 c m. 
 
 1. OEE Israel's gentle Shepherd stand ! 
 ^ With all-engaging charms ! 
 Hark ! how he calls the tender lambs, 
 
 And takes them in his arms ! 
 
 2. "Permit them to approach, (he cries) 
 
 Nor scoi-n their humble name ; 
 It was to save such souls as these, 
 W ith pow'r and love I came." 
 
 3. We bring them, Lord, with grateful heai'ts. 
 
 And yield them up to thee ; 
 Rejoic'd that we ourselves are thine. 
 Thine let our oft spring lie ! 
 
THE LORD'S SUPPEB. 
 
 4. Thus Lydia's house was sanctified. 
 
 When she receiv'd the word 5 
 Thus the believing jailor gave 
 His family to the Lord. 
 
 5. Ye little flock, with pleasure hear ; 
 
 Ye children seek his face ; 
 And fly with transport to receirfi 
 The gospel of his grace. 
 
 6. If orphans they are left behind, 
 
 Thy care, O God .' we trust ; 
 And let thy promise cheer our hearts, 
 If weeping o'er their dust. 
 
 Practical improvement of baptism. 
 
 1. ATTEND, ye children of your Grod, 
 
 Ye heirs of glory, hear ; 
 Let accents so divine as these 
 Engage th' attentive ear 
 
 2. Baptis'd into your Saviour's death, 
 
 Your souls to sin must die ; 
 With Christ your Lord ye live anew, 
 With Christ ascend on high. 
 
 3. Rise from these earthly trifles, rise, 
 
 On wings of faith and love ; 
 In heav'n your choicest treasure lies, 
 And be your heai'ts above. 
 
 THE LORD S SUPPER. 
 HYM 886 c. M. 
 
 1. ^OME, let us join our souls to God 
 ^ In everlasting bands ; 
 And seize the blessings he bestows. 
 With eager hearts and hands. 
 % Come, let us seal, without delay, 
 'I'he cov'nant of his grace j 
 
 HYMN 885. c. m. 
 
 XXIY. 
 
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 220 THE LORD^ SUPPER. 
 
 Nor shall the years of distant life 
 Its memory efface. 
 3, Thus may our rising offspring haste 
 To seek their Fathers' God ; 
 Nor e'er forsake the happy path 
 Their youthful feet. have trod. 
 
 HYMN 887. l. m. 
 
 1. 'npWAS on that dreadful, doleful night, 
 
 When the whole pow'r of darkness rose- 
 Against the Son of God's delight. 
 And friends betray'd him to his foes 5 
 
 2. Before the mournful scene begauj 
 
 He took the bread, and bless'd, and brake : 
 AVhat love through all his actions ran ! 
 What wondrous words of grace he spake ! 
 
 3. "This is my body broke for sin ; 
 
 "Receive and eat the liidng food.". 
 Then took the cup and bless'd the wine r 
 " 'Tis the new cov'nant in my blood." 
 
 4. "Do this (he cried) 'till time shall end, 
 
 " In mera'ry of your dying friend : 
 " Meet at my table, and record 
 " I'he love of your departed Lord. 
 
 HYMN ?388. l. m. 
 
 1. "T7 AT, drink, in memYy of your friend 
 
 ^ Such was our Master's last request 5 
 W^ho all the pangs of death endur'd, ^ 
 That we might live for ever blest. 
 
 2. Yes, we'll record thy matchless grace, 
 
 Thou dearest, tend 'rest, best of friends i 
 Thy dying love the noblest praise 
 Of long eternity transcends. 
 
 3. 'Tis pleasure more than earth can ^ive, 
 
 Thy goodness through these veils to see^v 
 Thy table food celestial yields ; 
 And happy they who sit with thee. 
 
 4. But oh ? what vast ti'ansporting joys 
 
 Shall fill our breasts, our tongues inspiiT ? 
 When join'd with the celestial train, 
 Our gratefiil souls thy love admire ' 
 
THE LOKD'S SUPPER. 
 
 HYMN 889. l. m. 
 
 1 . rriHIS feast Avas Jesus' high behest, 
 A This cup of thanks his last request. 
 Ye, who can feel his worth, attend : 
 Eat, drink, in mem'ry of your friend. 
 
 }, Around the patriot's bust ye throng ; 
 Hiin ye exalt in swelling song ; 
 For him the wTeath of glory bind, 
 Who freed from vassalage his kind, 
 
 3. And shall not he your praises reap, 
 Who rescues from the iron sleep ? 
 The great Deliverer, whose breath 
 Unbinds the captives ev'n of death ? 
 
 ■i. Shall he, who sinful men to save. 
 Became a tenant of the grave, 
 Unthank'd, uncelebrated, rise. 
 Pass unremember'd to the skies ? 
 
 5. Christians ! unite with loud acclaim. 
 To hymn the Saviour's welcome name. 
 On earth extol his wondrous love. 
 Repeat his praise in worlds above. 
 
 HYMN 890 s. m. 
 
 1. TESUS invites his saints 
 
 ♦J' To meet around his board : 
 Here those he died to save may hold 
 Communion with theii' Lord. 
 
 2. Owr heav'nly Father calls 
 
 Christ and his members one : 
 AVe are the children of his love, 
 And he the first-born Son. 
 5. We are hut sev'ral parts 
 
 Of the same broken bread : 
 One body with its sev'ral limbs, 
 But Jesus is the head, 
 i. Let all our pow'rs be join'd. 
 His glorious name to raise : 
 Pleasure and love fill ev'ry min4^ 
 And ev'ry voice be praise ! 
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2J2 THB LORD'S SUPPBn. 
 
 HYMN g91. c. M. 
 
 1. VE foil Vers of the Prince of peace, 
 
 J- Who round his table di*aw ! 
 Remember what his spirit was. 
 What his peculiar law. 
 
 2. The love, which all his bosom fill'd, 
 
 Did all his actions guide : 
 Inspir'd by love, he liv'd and taught | 
 Inspir'd by love, he died. 
 
 3. And do you love Jiim ? do you feel 
 
 Your warm affections move ? 
 This is the proof which he demands, 
 That you each other love. 
 
 4. Let each the sacred law fulfil ; 
 
 Like his be ev'ry mind ; 
 Be ev'ry temper form'd by love. 
 And ev'ry action kind. 
 
 5. Let none, who call themselves his friends^ 
 
 Disgrace the honour'd name ; 
 But by a near resemblance prove 
 The title which they claim. 
 
 HYMN 89f . L. M. 
 
 1. yESUS is gone above the skies, 
 *>' here our weak senses reach him not; 
 And oaraal objects court our eyes, 
 
 To thrust our Saviour from our tliought. 
 '2, He knows, what wandVing hearts we have,, 
 A pt to forget his lovely face ; 
 And, to refreiih oar minds, he gave 
 These kind meriiorials of his grace. 
 3. Let sinful sweets be all forgot. 
 
 And earth giMv/ less in our esteem 5 
 c ' Christ and his It»ve fill ev'iy tboupjht. 
 And faith and hoyje be hx'd on him* 
 \Vbile h t is absent from our sight, 
 
 ' I'i.s ii prepare our souls a place ; 
 T]i9t we may dwell in heav'nly light, 
 And live for ever near, his face. 
 
THE LORD'S SUPPER 
 
 HYJiN ses L. M. 
 
 How rich are thy pro^-isions, Lord, 
 Thy table furnish 'd from above ! 
 The fruits of life o'er spread the board; 
 
 The cup o'ei'flows ^ ith heav'nly love. 
 Thine ancient family, the Jews, 
 
 Were first invited to the feast ; 
 We humbly take what they refuse. 
 And Gentiles thy salvation taste. 
 Let the vain world pronounce its shame. 
 And fling their scandals on tliy cause : 
 We come to boast our Saviour's name, 
 And make oui' triumphs in his cross. 
 With joy we tell the scoffing age : 
 
 He, that was dead, hath left the tomb. 
 He lives above theii' utmost rage. 
 And we are waiting 'till he come. 
 
 \VrE praise the Lord for heav'nly bread, 
 
 ' ^ Witli M hich his favbui''d sons are fed ; 
 We praise thee for that heav'nly feast. 
 Which Jesus w ith delight could taste. 
 He, v.iiile he sojom*n*d here below. 
 Had meat which . ti'angers could not know. 
 That meat he to his people gives; 
 And he, that tastes the banquet, lives. 
 So let us live, sustain'd by grace. 
 Regard with fruits of ri^iteousness. 
 Enter oui' hearts, all-gracious Lord .' 
 And sup with us, and deck thy boai-d. 
 Devotion, faith, and zealous love. 
 And hope that bears the soul above : 
 Be these our dainties, 'till we rise, 
 And taste the joys of paradise. 
 
 \rY God ! and is tliy table spread ? 
 
 And does thy cup with love o'ei'flo^ ? 
 Thither be all thy childi-en led, 
 And let them all its sweetness know. 
 
 HYMN §94. L. M. 
 
 HYMN 895 l. m. 
 
THE LORD'S SUPPER. 
 
 2. 0 let thy table honour'd be, 
 
 And furnish 'd well with joyful guests ; 
 And may each soul salvation see. 
 That here its sacred pledges tastes. 
 
 3. Let crowds approach, with hearts prepared ; 
 
 With warm desire let all attend ; 
 Nor, when we leave our Father's board, 
 The pleasure or the profit end. 
 
 4. Revive tliy dying churches, Lord ! 
 
 And bid our drooping graces live ; 
 And more that energy afford, 
 A Saviour's death alone can give. 
 
 5. Nor let thy spreading gospel rest, 
 
 'Till through the world thy truth has run, 
 'Till with tliis bread all men be blest 
 Who see the light or feel the sun ! 
 
 HYMN 896 c. m. 
 
 l."npHE promise of my Father's love 
 "Shall stand for ever good 
 He said, and gave his soul to death, 
 And seal'd the grace Avith blood. 
 C. To this dear cov'nant of thy word 
 I set my worthless name ; 
 I seal th' engagement to my Lord, 
 And make my humble claim. 
 
 3. Tlie light, and strength, and pard'ning grace, 
 
 And glory, shall be mine ; 
 My life and soul^ my heart and flesh, 
 And all my pow'rs are thine. 
 
 4. Sweet is the mem'ry of his name. 
 
 Who blest us in his will. 
 And to his testament of love 
 Made his own life the seal. 
 
 HYMN g97. c. M. 
 
 1 . ptT Y the nations, O our God ! 
 Consti'ain the earth to come. 
 Send thy victorious word abroad, 
 And bring the strangers home. 
 
MORNING. 227 
 f. We long to see thy churches full, 
 That all thy faithful race 
 May, with one voice and heart and soul, 
 Sing thy redeeming grace. 
 
 XXV. 
 
 PARTICULAR OCCASIONS AND 
 CIRCUMSTANCES. 
 
 1. Mt)fiNING. 
 HYMN §98. L. M. 
 
 1. A/TY God, how endless is thy love ! 
 i.TX Thy gifts are ev'ry ev'ning new ; 
 And morning mercies from above 
 
 Gently descend like early dew. 
 
 2. Thou spread'st the curtains of the night. 
 
 Great Guardian of my sleeping hours ! 
 Thy sov'i'eiga word restores the light. 
 
 And qiuckens all my drowsy pow'i'S.' 
 S. I yield myself to thy command ; 
 
 To thee devote my nights and days. 
 Perpetual blessings froi -x'js^ -ly hand 
 
 Demand perpetual hyn^ is of praise. 
 
 HYMN 899. c. m. 
 
 1. TTOSANNAH with a cheerful sound 
 -tl To God's upholding hand ! 
 Ten thousand snares oiu* path surround. 
 And yet secm^e we stand. 
 % How wondrous is that mighty powV, 
 
 Which form'd us with a word ! ^ 
 And ev'ry day, and ev'ry hour, 
 W e lean upon the Lord. 
 
 3. The ev'ning rests our weary head, 
 
 And mercy guards the room. 
 We wake, and we admire the bed 
 That was not made our tomb. 
 
MORNING. 
 
 4. The rising morn cannot assure. 
 
 That we shall end the day ; 
 For death stands ready at the door, 
 I'o take our lives away. 
 
 5. God is our sun, whose daily light 
 
 Our joy and safety brings. 
 Our feeble frame lies safe at night 
 Beneath his shady wings. 
 
 HYMN 400. c. M. 
 
 1. T ORD of my life ! O may thy i)rai8e 
 -■-J Employ my noblest pow'rs, 
 Whose goodness lengthens out my days, 
 
 And fills the circling hours ; 
 
 2. Preserv'd by thy almighty arm, 
 
 I pass the shades of night, 
 Serene and safe from ev'ry harm. 
 And see returning light. 
 
 3. While many spent the night in sighs, 
 
 And restless pains and woes. 
 In gentle sleep I clos'd my eyes 
 And undisturb'd repose. 
 
 4. When sleep, death's semblance, o'er me spread, 
 
 And I unconscious lay ; 
 Thy w atchful care was round my bed 
 To guard my feeble clay. 
 
 5. O let the same almighty care 
 
 My w aking hours attend ; 
 From ev'ry trespass, ev'ry snare. 
 My heedless steps defend. 
 §. Smile on my minutes as they roll. 
 And guide my future days ; 
 And let thy goodness fill my soul 
 W^ith gratitude and praise. 
 
 HYMN 401. L. y. 
 
 j , TN sleep's serene oblivion laid, 
 I safely pass'd the silent night; 
 Again I see tl»e breaking shade, 
 i ib tuk again the morning lighi. 
 
MORNING. 
 
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 'J. New-born, I bless the waking hour ; 
 Once more, with awe, rejoice to be : 
 My conscious soul resumes her pow'r. 
 And springs, my guardian God ! to thee. 
 S, O guide me through the various maze. 
 My doubtful feet are doom'd to tread ; 
 And spread thy shield's protecting blaze, 
 Where dangers press around my head, 
 
 4. A deeper shade shall soon impend : 
 
 A deeper sleep my eyes oppress : 
 Yet then thy strength shall still defendj 
 Thy goodness still delight to bless, 
 
 5. That deeper shade shall break away : 
 
 That deeper sleep shall leave my eyes t 
 Thy light shall give eternal day ; 
 Thy love, the raptures of the skies. 
 
 1. \ WAKE, my soul ! and with the sun 
 
 Thy daily stage of duty run ; 
 Shake off dull sloth, and joyful rise, 
 To pay thy morning sacrifice. 
 
 2. By influ'ncc of the light divine, 
 Let thy own light to others shine ; 
 Reflect all heav'ns propitious rays, 
 In ardent love and cheerful praise, 
 
 3. Lord ! I my vows to thee renew : 
 Disperse my sins as morning dew ; 
 Guard my first springs of thought and will, 
 And with thyself my spirit fill. 
 
 4. Direct, control, suggest, this day. 
 All I design to do or say ; 
 
 That all my pow'rs, with all their might, 
 In thy sole glory may unite. 
 
 5. All praise to tliee, who safe hast kept, 
 And hast refresh'd me, while I slept ! 
 Grant, Lord, when I from death shall wajj^^, 
 I may of endle ss life partake. 
 
 ni^^ thee let my first off 'rings rise. 
 Whose sun creates my day ; 
 
 HYMN 4X)2. L. M. 
 
 HYMN 408. c. m. 
 
:«28 EVENING. 
 
 Swift as his gladd'ning influ'nce flies. 
 And spotless as his v^y. 
 % This day thy fav'ring hand be nigh, 
 So oft voachsaf 'd before ! 
 Still may it lead, protect, supply. 
 And 1 that hand adore. 
 
 3. If bliss thy Providence impart, 
 
 For which, re sign 'd I pray : 
 Give me to feel the grateful heart. 
 That, without guilt, is gay. 
 
 4. Affliction should'st thou please to send, 
 
 As sin's or folly's cure ; 
 Patient, to gain that blessed end. 
 May I the means endure. 
 
 5. Be this and ev'ry future day 
 
 Still wiser than the past ; 
 That, from the whole of life's survey. 
 I may find peace at last. 
 
 2 EVENING. 
 HYMN 404 L. M. 
 
 i. A LL praise to thee, my God ! this night-v 
 For all the blessings of the light. 
 
 Keep me, O lieep me. King of kings ! 
 
 Beneath thy own almighty wings. 
 % Forgive me. Lord, through thy dear Son, 
 
 The ill that I have ever done ; 
 
 That with the world, myself, and thee, 
 
 I, e'er I sleep, at peace may be. 
 8. Teach me to live, that I may dread 
 
 The grave as little as my bed ; 
 
 To die, that thi^, frail body may. 
 
 Rise glorious at the awful day. 
 
 HYMr-" 40.5. L. M. 
 
 \: nnnUS far the Lord has led rae on; 
 *- Thus far his pviw'r prolongs my day<t ; 
 And ey'ry ev'ning shall make known 
 Some fresh meinorial of his gprace. 
 
EVENING. 
 
 3, Mucli of my time has run to waste, 
 
 And I, perhaps, am near my home : 
 But he forgives my follies past. 
 
 And strength supplies for days to come, 
 I lay my body down to sleep r 
 
 Peace is the ijillow of my head J 
 liis ever-watchtul eye will keep 
 
 Its constant guard around my bed. 
 •i. Faitli in his name forbids my fear : 
 
 O may thy presence ne'er depart ! 
 And in the morning may I bear 
 
 Thy loving kindness on my heart I 
 
 HYMN 406. G> M. 
 
 1. TNDULGENT God ! whose bounteous care 
 
 O'er ail thy works is shown : 
 
 0 let my grateful praise and pray'r 
 Ascend before thy throne. 
 
 2. AVhat mercies has this day bestow 'd ! 
 
 How ridly hast thou bless'd ! 
 My cup with plenty overflowed, 
 , With cheerfulness my breast. 
 S. How may sweet slumbers close raj, eyes. 
 From pain and sickness free ; 
 And let my waking thoughts arise , 
 To meditate on thee. 
 
 4. So bless each future day and night, 
 
 'Till life's fond scene is o'er; 
 And then to realms of endless light 
 O let my spirit soar I 
 
 HYMN 407. C M. 
 
 1. T ORD ! thou wilt hear me, when I pray 
 I am for ever thine : 
 
 1 feju* before thee all the day. 
 Nor would I dare to sin. 
 
 ^2. And while I rest my Aveary head , 
 From cares and business free^ 
 'Tis sweet conversing on my bed \ 
 With my own heait and- thee. 
 
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 NEW-YEAR. 
 
 3, 1 pay tliis ev'ning sacrifice ; 
 
 And, when my work is done, 
 Great God, my faith and hope relies 
 Upon thy grace alone. • 
 
 HYMN 408. p. M. 
 
 1. TNTERVAL of grateful shade, 
 J- Welcome to my weary head I 
 Welcome, slumber, to ray eyes, 
 Tir'd with glaring vanities. 
 
 2. My great Master still allows 
 Needful periods of repose : 
 
 . By my heav'nly Father blest, 
 Thus, I give my pow'rs to rest. 
 
 3. Heav'nly Father ! gracious name ! 
 Night and day his love the same I 
 Far be each suspicious thought, 
 Ev'ry anxious care forgot ! 
 
 4. Thou, my ever-bounteous God ! 
 Crown'st my dayf^ with various-^od. 
 Thy kind eye, which cannot sleep, 
 My defenceless hours shall keep. 
 
 5. What if death my sleep invade ? 
 Should I be of death afraid ? 
 While encircled by thine arm, 
 Death may strike, but cannot harm. 
 
 6. With thy heav'nly presence blest. 
 Death is life, and labour rest. 
 Welcome sleep or death to me, 
 Still secure, for still with thee I 
 
 3. NEW-YEAR. 
 HYMN 409. L. M, 
 
 REAT God ! we sing that mighty hand, 
 ^ By which supported, still we stand. 
 The op'ning year diy mercy shows r 
 Let mercy, crown it, 'till it close. 
 ?. By day, at night, at home, abroad, 
 Still we are guarded by our God ; 
 
NEW- YEAR, 
 Hy his incessant bounty fed, 
 By his unerring counsel led. 
 
 ,). With grateful hearts the past we own 5 
 The futhre, all to us unknown, 
 We to thy guardian-care commit. 
 And, peaceful, leave before thy feet. 
 
 4. In scenes exalted or depress'd, 
 Be thou our joy, and thou our rest: 
 'I'hy goodness all our hopes shall raise, 
 Ador'd through all our changing days. 
 
 J. When death shall interrupt our songs. 
 And seal in silence mortal tongues ; 
 Our helper, God, in whom we trust. 
 In better worlds our souls shall boast. 
 
 HYMN 410. L. M. 
 
 t. OD of our lives ! thy constant care 
 
 With blessings crowns each op'ning year. 
 These lives, so frail, dost thou prolong. 
 And wake anew our annual song. 
 
 2. How many precious souls are fled 
 To the dark regions of the dead, 
 Since, from this day, the changing sun 
 Through his last yearly course has run ! 
 
 3. We yet survive : but who can say. 
 
 Or through the year, or month, or day, 
 
 I shall retain my vital breath. 
 
 Thus far at least in league with death ? 
 
 4. That breath is tliine, eternal God ! 
 'Tis thine to fix the soul's abode. 
 We hold our lives from thee alone. 
 On earth, or in the world unknown. 
 
 6. To thee we all our pow'rs resign ; 
 Make us and own us still as thine : 
 Then shall we smile, secure from fear, 
 Though death should blast t-he rising rear. 
 
 6. Thy children, eager to be gone. 
 Bid time's impetuous tide roll on, 
 And land tiiem on that blooming shore 
 Wliere years and death are known no more. 
 
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 PUBLIC BLESSINGS 
 
 HYMN 411. c. M. 
 
 L TJ EMAUK, my soul ! the narrow bouiids 
 -LV Of the revolving year. 
 How swift the weeks complete their rounds ! 
 How short the months appear .' 
 2. So fast eternity comes on, 
 And that ia*portant day, 
 When all that raoilal life has done 
 God's judgment shall survey. 
 *. Yet like an idle tale we pass 
 The swift advancing year ; 
 And study artful ways t' increase 
 The speed of its eareer. 
 4 . Waken, O God ! my trifling heart. 
 Its great concern to see ; 
 That I may act the Christian part, 
 And give the year to thee. 
 5. Thus shall their course more gratefal i iin. 
 If future years arise ; 
 And bear me, swift as time can moTe, 
 To joy that never dies. 
 
 PUBLIC AND NATIONAL BLE 
 INGS AND AFFLICTIONS. 
 
 HYMN 413. L. M. 
 
 Thanksgiving, 
 J . "j3K AISE, happy land ! Jehovah's name ; 
 ^ His goodness, and thy bliss proclaim. 
 For thee each blessing largely flows, h 
 That freedom's lib'ral hand bestows. 3 
 
 2. Thy children are secure and blest ; | 
 Thy shores have peace, thy cities rest : 1 
 He feeds thy sons with finest wheat, } 
 And adds his blessing to their meat. 
 
 3. Thy clianging seasons he ordains, 
 Th{?)0. early and thy latter rains % 
 
AND AFFLICl'IONS. 
 
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 Jlis flakes of snow like wool he sends. 
 And well the springing corn defends. 
 
 4. But be hath nobler works and ways, 
 To call his people to his praise : 
 
 To all our land his laws are shown ; 
 His gospel's through the nation known. 
 
 HYMN 41S. p. M. 
 
 1 . XXOW rich thy gifts, Almighly King ! 
 -^A From thee our varied comforts spring t 
 
 Th' extended trade, the fruitful skies, 
 The blessings liberty bestows, 
 Th' eternal joys the gospel shows.— 
 
 All from thy boundless goodness rise, 
 
 2. Here commerce spreads the wealthy store. 
 That pours from ev'ry foreign shore ; 
 
 Science and art their charms display : 
 Religion teaches us to raise 
 Our voices to our Maker's praise. 
 
 As truth and conscience point the way. 
 
 5. With grateful hearts, with joyful tongues. 
 To God we raise united songs ; 
 
 His pow'r and mercy we proclaim: 
 This land through ev'ry age shall OAvn, 
 Jehovah here has fix'd his throne. 
 
 And triumph in his mighty name. 
 4. Long as the moon her course shall run, 
 Or man behold the circling sun, 
 
 O still may God amidst us reign : 
 Crown our just counsels with success, 
 With peace and joy our borders bless. 
 
 And all our sacred rights maintain. 
 
 HYMN 414. c. M. 
 
 JVational security from God, 
 
 1. TN vain opposing nations rage, 
 
 If God with us abide : 
 One word of his dissolves their strength. 
 And humbles all theu' pride. 
 
 2, His wisdom sees correction meet ; 
 
 He srives the dread command, 
 II 2 
 
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PUBLIC BLESSINGS 
 
 And war its desolation spreads 
 Through ev'ry trembling land. 
 
 3. His purpose wrought, again he speaks, 
 
 And desolations cease ; 
 War's loud alarms are heard no more, 
 And all the world is peace. 
 
 4. Mortals, adore his sov'reign pow'r, 
 
 Nor dare provoke his rod : 
 Througli all your various tribes be still, 
 And know that he is God. 
 
 HYMN 415. L. M. 
 
 In time of -war. 
 
 1 . "VITHILE sounds of war are heard around, 
 
 ^ ^ And death and ruin strew^ the ground ; 
 To thee we look, on thee we call. 
 The Parent and the Lord of all. 
 
 2. Thou, who hast stamp 'd on human kind 
 The image of a heav'n-born mind, 
 And in a Father's wide embrace 
 
 Hast cherish'd all the kindred race : 
 
 3. O see, with what insatiate rage , 
 Thy sons their impious battles wage ; 
 How spreads destmction like a flood. 
 And brothers shed their brothers' blood I 
 
 4. See guilty passions spring to birth 
 And deeds of hell deform the earth ; 
 Whilst righteousness and justice moum, 
 And love and pity droop forlorn. 
 
 5. Great Gl>d ! whose pow'rful hand can biad 
 The raging waves, the furious wind : 
 
 O bid the human tempest cease, 
 
 And hush Uie madd'ning world to peace^ 
 
 6. With rev'rence may each hostile land / \ 
 Hear and obey that high command, 
 
 Tliv Son's blest errand from above ."^-^^ 
 " My creatures, live in mutual love I" 
 
 HYMN 416. s. M. 
 
 L OD, to correct the world. 
 In wrath is slow to rise : 
 
AND AFIXICTIONS. 
 
 lint eomes at length, in thunder cloth'd. 
 And darkness veils the skies. 
 
 2, His banners, lifted high. 
 
 The nations* God declare, 
 And stain'd with blood, with terrors mark'd. 
 Spread wonder and despair. 
 
 3. All earthly pomp and pride 
 
 Are in his presence lost ; 
 Empires o'erturn'd, thrones, sceptres, crowns 
 In wild confusion tost. 
 4» While war and woe prevail. 
 And desalation wide ; 
 In God, the sovereign Lord of all. 
 The righteous still confide. 
 5. Mysteriotis is the course 
 Of his tremendous way : 
 His path is in the trackless winds. 
 And in the foaming sea. 
 6» Yet, though now wrapt in clouds. 
 And from our view conceat'd, 
 The righteous Judge will soon appear^ 
 In majesty reveal'd ! 
 7. He'll curb the lawless pov/'r, 
 The deadly wrath of man ; 
 And all the windings will unfold 
 Of his own gracious plan. 
 ^. 'Die sons of tyranny 
 
 In ruin shall be hurl'd ; 
 And light, and liberty, and bliss, 
 Embrace the new-born world. 
 
 HYMN 417. L. M. 
 
 1. f \ come, behold a scene of dread ] 
 
 ^ Behold a world with slaughter spread ? 
 And know, 'tis God who bids each land 
 Thus feel the terrors of his hand, 
 
 2, 'Tis his again the earth to cheer, 
 To break the bow, to snap the spear^ 
 To wrap in flames the glitt'ring car. 
 And hush the tumult of the war. 
 
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 PUBLIC BLESSINGS 
 
 3. Behold us, Lord ! oppress'd with woe, 
 As exiPd from thy care we go : 
 Rebuk'd for sin, chastis'd by thee, 
 Grant us again thy face to see. 
 
 4. O thou, the God whom we adore I 
 Our breaches heal, our peace restore. 
 Our hope, on man repos'd in vain, 
 
 O let thy strength, great God ! sustain. 
 
 5. The objects of thy tend'rest love 
 O save, propitious from above ! 
 Let us with them thy mercy share ; 
 And hear, O hear our ceaseless praj^'r. 
 
 HYMN 418. L. M. 
 
 1. feel thy awful chast'ning rod, 
 * ^ Thy sov'reign justice we adore; 
 
 Yet we approacli thy feet, O God, 
 Thy boundless merey to implore. 
 
 2. Teach us to mourn for all our guilt : 
 
 May reformation fill the land ; 
 No -more may human blood be spilt, 
 But love and joy each heart expand. 
 
 3. To thee, O Lord, to thee alone. 
 
 We look for help, while drown'd in tears. 
 Send down salvation from tliy throne ; 
 Subdue our hearts, remove our fears, 
 
 4. Unite our souls to trust thy grace ; 
 
 Portentous, angry clonds dispel ; 
 Let party-feuds no more have place, 
 Nor tongues be *' set on fire of hell," 
 
 5. May the kind spirit of thy Son 
 
 Preside and rule in ev'ry soul ; 
 That wars may cease, thy will be done, 
 And praise resound from pole to pole. 
 
 HYMN 419. c. M. 
 
 Prayer for victory over invading Jbct 
 1. f \ Lord, our fathers oft have toid. 
 In our attentive ears. 
 Thy wonders in their days perform'd 
 And in more ancient years. 
 
AND AFFLICTIONS, 
 *2, Twus not their courage, nor their sword 
 To them salvation gave ; 
 Twas not theh' number, nor their strength j 
 That did their country save. 
 
 3. But thy right hand, thy pow'rful arm 5 
 
 Whose succour they implor'd ; 
 Thy Providence protected those, 
 Who thy great name ador'd. 
 
 4. As thee, their God, our fathers own'd. 
 
 So thou art still our King. 
 O therefore , as thou did'st to them. 
 To us deliv'rance bring, 
 
 5. To thee, the glory we'll ascribe. 
 
 From whom salvation came ; 
 In God our shield we will rejoice. 
 And ever bless thy name. 
 
 HYMN 4m L. M. 
 
 1. ^VfOW may the God of grace and powV 
 Attend his people's humble cry ; 
 Defend them in the needful hour, 
 And send deliv'rance from on high, 
 
 % In his salvation is our hope ; 
 
 And in the name of Israel's God, 
 Oar troops shall lift their banners up. 
 Our navies spread their flags abroad. 
 5. Some trust in horses train 'd for war. 
 
 And some of chariots make their boast 5 
 Our surest expectations are 
 
 From thee, the Lord of heav'nly hosts. 
 4. Now save us. Lord, from slavish fear ; 
 Now let our hope be firm and strong; 
 'Till thy salvation shall appear, 
 And hymns of peace conclude our song, 
 
 HYMN 421. L. M. 
 
 \ Public Humiliation. 
 
 ^* fr^^^'^ framer of unnumber'd worlds, 
 \jr ^jj^ whom unnumber'd worlds adore ! 
 ^^^y goodness all thy creatures share. 
 And nature trembles at thy pow 'r. 
 
PUBLIC BLESSINGS 
 
 2. While suppliant crowds implore thiue uid, 
 
 To thee M e raise the humble ci-y : 
 Thine altar is the contrite heart ; 
 Thine incense a repentant sigh. 
 
 3. But if injustice grind the poor, 
 
 Or av'rice stain the sordid hand. 
 Or stern ambition thirst for blood, 
 Or rude oppression waste the land 
 
 4. The God, who hears the orphan's cr}'. 
 
 The martyr 'fe pray'r, and prisoner's gfoan, 
 Still list'ning to the poor opprest. 
 Would spurn th' oppressor from iiis thron 
 
 5. Yet, though enormous crimes abound, 
 
 Should but a genuine sorrow rise ; 
 And, as new troubles threaten round 
 
 'Midst wasting wars and angiy skies, 
 f). Should, in her sober hour, our land 
 
 Confess thy hand and bless the rod : 
 Thou still wouldst love to be her friend. 
 
 Who lov'd to own thee as her God. 
 
 HYMN 422. c. m. 
 
 1. \T;^IiEN Abrah'm, full of sacred awe. 
 Before Jehovah stood. 
 And, with an humble fervent prajV, 
 For guilty Sodom sued : 
 9.. With what success, what wondrous grace. 
 Was his petition crown 'd ! 
 The Lord would spare, if in this place 
 Ten righteous men were found. 
 S. And could a single pious soul 
 So rich a boon obtain ? 
 Good God ! and shall a nation cry. 
 And plead with thee in vain ? 
 
 4. Are not tlie righteous dear to thee 
 Now, as in ancient times ? 
 Or does this sinful land exceed 
 
 Gomorrah in her crimes ! 
 Still v,c are thine, we bear tliy name ; 
 Here yet is thine abode. 
 
AND AFFLICTIONS. 2.:d 
 
 Lou^ has thy x^resence blest our land ; 
 
 Forsake us not, O God ! 
 u. 0 may our people, rulers, priests, 
 
 Thy choicest blessings share ; 
 And know thee by that glorious name, 
 
 "Tlie God who heareth pray'r ! " 
 
 HYMN 42S. 0. m. 
 
 1. ^T^HY gracious favour. Lord ! display, 
 
 Which we have long implor'd ; 
 And, for thy wondrous mercies sake, 
 Thy wonted aid afford. 
 
 2. God's answer patiently I'll wail ; 
 
 For he, with glad success. 
 If they no more to folly turn, 
 His mourning saints will bless. 
 
 3. 'Vo all, ih?X fear his holy name, 
 
 His sure -rdvation's near ; 
 And in its former iiappy state, 
 
 Our nation shall appear. 
 'Ixuth from the earth shall spring, whilst heav'ii 
 
 Shall streams of justice pour ; 
 \nd God, from whom all lilessings flow, 
 I. Shall endless plenty show'j*. 
 
 P HYMN 424. h. M. 
 
 ■ Praise for deliverance and peace. 
 
 , 1. ORAISB to the Lord, who bows his ear 
 
 ^ Propitious to his people's pray'r ; 
 I And, though deliv 'ranee long delay, 
 ! Answers in his well chosen day. 
 2. Salvation doth to God belong ; 
 
 His pow'r and grace shall be our song ; 
 
 The tribute of our love we bring 
 
 To thee our Saviour and our King. 
 li. Our temples, guai'ded from the flame. 
 
 Shall echo thy triumphant name ; 
 
 And ev'ry peaceful private home 
 
 To thee a temple shall become. 
 
 4. Still be it our supreme delight, 
 To walk as in thy honour 'd sight ; 
 
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 PUBLIC BLESSINGS &e. 
 
 Still in thy precepts and thy fear, 
 'Till life's last hour, to persevere. 
 5. O when shall time the period bring. 
 When peace shall stretch her balmy wing 
 O'er ev'ry land and ev'ry shore, 
 And raging war shall waste no more ! 
 
 HYMN 425. l. m. 
 
 1. XT AD not the Lord, may Israel say, 
 
 Had not the Lord maintain 'd our side, 
 When men, to make our lives a prey. 
 Rose like the swelling of the tide ; 
 
 2. The swelling tide had stopt our breath. 
 
 So fiei'cely did the billows roll: p. 
 We had been swallow'd up in death; 
 The waters had o'erwhelm'd our soul. 
 
 3, For ever blessed be the Lord, 
 
 Who broke the fowler's deadly snare ; 
 Who sav'd us from the threat'ning sword. 
 And made our lives his watchful care. 
 
 4, Our help is in Jehovah's name, 
 
 Who form'd the earth and built the skies; 
 Who still upholds all nature's frame, 
 And guards his church with wakeful eyes, 
 
 HYMN 426. p. m. 
 
 i. 'Vf OW let our songs address the God of peace, 
 Who bids the tumult of the battle cease ; 
 The pointed spears to pruning hooks he bends. 
 And the broad falchion in the plough-share ends. 
 His pow'rful word unites contending jiations 
 In kind embrace and friendly salutations. 
 
 3. While we beneath our vines and fig-trees sit. 
 Or thus within thy sacred temple meet, 
 Accept, great God ! the tribute of our song. 
 And all the mercies of this day prolong. 
 Then spread thy peaceful word thro' ev'ry natiw 
 That all the earth may hail thy great salvatioiu 
 
 HYMN 427. c' m. 
 
 L "pEACE I the welcome sound proclaim; 
 A Dwell with rapture on the theme. 
 
FOR A CONGREGATION. 
 Loud, still louder swell the strain : 
 Peace on earth ! good-will to men ! 
 
 2, Breezes ! whisp'ring soft and low, 
 Gently murmur as ye blow, 
 Now, when war and discord cease, 
 Praises to the God of peace. 
 
 *>. Ocean's billows ! far and wide, 
 Rolling in majestic pride I 
 Loud, still louder swell the strain : 
 Peace on earth ! good-will to men ! 
 
 4. Vocal songsters of the grove ! 
 Sweetly chant in notes of love, 
 Now, when war and discord cease. 
 Praises to the God of peace. 
 
 a. Mortals who these blessings feel ! 
 Christians who before him kneel ! 
 Loud, still louder swell the strain : 
 Peace on earth ! good-will to men I 
 
 5. FOR A CONGREGATION. 
 HYMN 428. l. m. 
 
 On opening a new place of -worship. 
 
 1, \ ND will the great eternal God 
 -tTV On earth establish his abode ? 
 And will he from his radiant throne 
 Regard our temples as his own ? 
 
 2, We bring the tribute of our praise : 
 And sing that condescending grace. 
 Which to our notes will lend an ear. 
 And call us sinful mortals near. 
 
 3. Our Father's watchful care we blessj 
 Which guards our house of pray'r in peace^ 
 That no tumultuous foes invade, 
 
 To fill the worshippers with dread. 
 
 4. These walls we to tliy honour raise : 
 Long may they echo with thy praise ; 
 And thou, descending, fill the place 
 With choicest tokens of thy grace. 
 
m FOR A CONGREGATION^, 
 
 5, And in the great decisive day, 
 When God the nations shall' survey. 
 May it before the world appear, 
 That crowds were born to glory here ! 
 
 HYMN 429. p. m. 
 
 I . TN sweet exalted strains 
 i- The King of glory praise : 
 O'er heav'n and earth he reigns. 
 
 Through everlasting days. 
 He with a noii the world controls, 
 Sustains or sinks the distant poles. 
 To earth he bends his throne. 
 
 His throne of grace divine ; 
 Wide i? his bount}^ known, 
 
 And wide his glories shine. 
 Fair Salem, still his chosen rest, 
 Is with his smiles and presence blesl 
 
 3. Then King of glory ! ome ; 
 
 And with thy favour crown. 
 This temple as thy dome, 
 
 This people as thy own. 
 Within this house O deign to show, 
 How God can dwell with men below. 
 
 4. Here may thine ears attend 
 
 Our interceding cries, 
 And grateful praise ascend 
 
 All fragrar-t to the skies. 
 Here may thy word melodious sound. 
 And spread the joys of heav'n around. 
 
 5. Here may th' attentive throng 
 
 Imbibe thy truth and love ; 
 And converts join the song 
 
 Of Seraphim above ; 
 And willing crowds surround thy boards 
 With sacred joy and sweet accord. 
 
 6. In peace, here may our sons 
 
 And daughters sound thy praise : 
 And shine like polish'd stones, 
 
 Through long succeeding days. 
 Here, Lord ! display thy saving pow'r. 
 While churches stand and saints adore , 
 
FOR A CONGREGATION. 
 HYMN 480 L. M. 
 
 At the ordination or settlement of a Minister, 
 
 1. npHUS spake the Saviour, wheij he sent 
 A His ministers to preach his word ; 
 
 They through the world obedient went, 
 And spread the gospel of their Lord. 
 
 2. "Go forth, ye heralds, in my name ; 
 
 Bid the whole earth my grace receive ; 
 The gospel Jubilee proclaim, 
 , And call them to repent and live, 
 
 3. "The joyful news to all impart, 
 
 Ancl teach them where salvation lies ; 
 Bind up the broken bleeding heart. 
 And wipe the tear from weeping eyes. 
 
 4. " Be wise as serpents where you go. 
 
 But harmless as the peaceful dove ; 
 And let your heav'n-taught conduct show, 
 That you're commission'd from above. 
 
 5. "Freely from me ye have received ; 
 
 Freely in love to others give : 
 Thus shall your doctrines be believ'd, 
 And by your labour simiers live." 
 
 6. Happy those servants of the Lord, 
 
 Who thus their Master's will obey ! 
 How rich, how full is their reward, 
 Reserv'd until the fmal day ! 
 
 HYMN 4BL L. M. 
 
 1. RE AT Lord of angels ! we adore 
 
 The grace that builds thy ccui'ts below ^ 
 And 'midst ten thousand sons r>£ i^^ht, 
 Stoops to regard whcit mortals do ! 
 
 2. Amidst the wastes of time and death. 
 
 Successive pastors thou dost raise. 
 Thy kingdom and thy truth to spread, 
 And form a people for thy praise. 
 
 3. At length, dismissed from feeble clay. 
 
 Thy servants join th ' angelick band. 
 With them through distant worlds they fiy^ 
 W^ith thenci before thy presence stand. 
 
244 FOR A CONGREGATION. i 
 
 4. O blest employment ! glorious hope ! 
 
 Sweet lenitive of grief and care ! 1 
 When shall we reach those radiant courts. \ 
 And all their joys and honours share ? 
 
 5. Yet while these labours we pursue, 
 
 Tho' distant from thy heav'nly throne, 
 Give us a zeal and love like theirs, 
 
 And half their heav'n shall here be known. 
 
 HYMN 432. l. m. 
 
 Oti the dangerous sickness of a J\^nister, 
 
 1. f \ Thou, before whose gracious throne. 
 
 We bow our suppliant spirits down ! 
 Thou know'st the anxious cares we feel, 
 And all our trembling lips would tell. 
 
 2. Avert thy desolating stroke. 
 
 Nor smite the shepherd of the flock ; 
 
 Restore him, sinking to the grave ; 
 
 Stretch out thine arm, make haste to save. 
 5. But if our supplications fail. 
 
 And pray'rs and tears cannot prevail : 
 
 Be thou his strength, be thou his stay ; 
 
 Support him through the gloomy way. 
 4. Around him may thy angels stand. 
 
 Waiting the signal of thy hand. 
 
 To bid his happy spirit rise. 
 
 And bear him to their native skies. 
 
 HYMN 483. c. m. 
 
 For a vacant congregation on the death of. its JMinister 
 
 1. "VrOW let our drooping hearts revive, 
 
 And let our tears be diy : 
 W^hy should those eyes be drown'd in grief, 
 Which view a Saviour nigh ? 
 
 2. Though earthly shepherds dwell in dust. 
 
 The aged and the young ; 
 The watchful eye in darkness clos'd. 
 And mute th' instructive tongue : 
 
 3. Th' eternal shepherd still survives. 
 
 New comfort to impai-t. 
 
SICKNESS AND RECOVERY. 24 
 
 His hand still guides us, and his voice 
 Still animates our heart, 
 i. The pow'rs of nature, Lord ! are thine, 
 And thine tlie aids of grace. 
 Thine arm has borne thy churches up, 
 Through ev'ry rising race. 
 5. Exert thy sacred influ'nce here ; 
 Thy mourning servants bless. 
 
 0 change to strains of cheerful praise 
 Their accents of distress. 
 
 6 SICKNESS A\D RECOVERY. 
 
 HYMN" 434. c. m. 
 
 1. p ONSIDEH all my sorrows, Lord ! 
 ^ And thy deiivVance send. 
 
 My soul for thy salvation faints ; 
 When will my troubles end ? 
 
 2. Yet I have found, 'tis good for me 
 
 To bear ray Father's rod : 
 Afflictions make me learn thy laWj 
 And live upon my God. 
 
 3. This is the comfort 1 enjoy. 
 
 When new distress begins; 
 
 1 read thy word, I run thy ways, 
 
 And hate my former sins, 
 i-. Had not thy word been my delight. 
 When earthly joys were fled ; 
 My soul oppressed with sorrow's weighty 
 Had sunk amongst the dead. 
 5. 1 know, thy judgments, Lord ! are rightj 
 Though they may seem severe. 
 The shax'pest suff 'rings I endure 
 Flow from thy faithful care. 
 
 HYMN 485. s. m. 
 
 1. T>Ex\CE, my complaming heart ! 
 Ye busy cares, be still ! 
 Adore the just, the sov'reign Lord, 
 Nor murmur at his will 
 X-2 
 
246 SICKNESS AND RECOVERY. 
 
 2. 'Tis wisdom g^iides his hand ; 
 
 Nor dares my guilty fear. 
 Amidst the sharpest pains I feel. 
 Pronounce his hand severe. 
 
 3. To soften ev'ry stroke, 
 
 Indulgent mercy Ijends ; 
 And, unrepining when I plead, 
 His gracious ear attends. 
 
 4. Let me reflect with awe, 
 
 ¥/hene'er my heart complains : 
 Compar'd with what my sins deserve^, 
 How easy are my pains I 
 
 5. Yes, Lord, I own thy hand, 
 
 1 hou just, and wise, and kind ! 
 Be evVy anxious thought suppress'd. 
 And all my soul re sign 'd. 
 
 HYMN 486. c. M. 
 
 1. T^ISEASES are thy servants. Lord ! 
 _L/ They come at thy command. 
 I'll not attempt a murm'rinj^- word 
 
 Against thy chast'ning hand- 
 
 2. I'm hut a sojourner beiow. 
 
 As al! ray latliers were : 
 May I be well prepar'd to go. 
 When I the summons hear. 
 
 3. But if my life be spar'd awhile. 
 
 Before my last remove : 
 Thy praise shall be my business still, 
 And I'll declare thy love. 
 
 HYMN 4§7. c. M. 
 
 1. "iVrY soul, the awful hour will come<j 
 -^^■^ Apace it passeth on. 
 To bear this body to the tomb. 
 And thee to scenes unknown. 
 .2. My heart, long lab 'ring with its woes, 
 Shall pant and sink away ; 
 And you, my eye-lids, soon shall close 
 On the last glimm'ring ray. 
 
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 55. "Whence in that hour shall I receive 
 A cordial for my pain, 
 When, if earth's monarchs were my friends. 
 Those friends would weep in vain ? 
 
 4. Great King of nature and of grace ! 
 
 To thee my spirit flies, 
 And opens all its deep distress 
 Before thy pitying eyes. 
 
 5. All its desires to thee are known, 
 
 And ev'iy secret fear ; 
 The meaning of each broken groan 
 Well-notic'd by thine ear. 
 
 6. O fix me by that mighty pow'r. 
 
 Which to such love belongs, 
 Where darkness veils the eyes no more, 
 And groans are chang'd to songs. 
 
 HYMN 4S8. p. M. 
 
 On recovering from disease. 
 I. TJOW vast is the tribute I owe 
 -H. Of gratitude, homage, and praise, 
 To the giver of all I possess. 
 
 The life and the length of my days ! 
 '2, When the sorrows I boded were come, 
 I pour'd out my sighs and my tears ; 
 And to him, who alone can relieve, 
 My soul breath 'd her vows and her pray'rs. 
 . 3. When my heart throbb'd with pain and alarm. 
 When paleness my cheek overspread, 
 When sickness pervaded my frame ;— 
 Then my soul on my Maker Avas staid. 
 
 4. When death's awful image was nigh, 
 
 And no mortal was able to save ; 
 Thou didst brighten the valley of death, 
 And illumine the gloom of the grave. 
 
 5. In mercy thy presence dispels 
 
 The shades of calamity's night. 
 And turns the sad scene of despair 
 To a morning of joy and delight. 
 
48 SICKNESS AND RECOVERY, 
 
 6. Great source of my comforts restor'd ! 
 
 Thou healer and balm of my woes ! 
 Thou hope and desire of my soul ? 
 On thy mercy I'll ever repose. - 
 
 7. How boundless the gratitude due 
 
 To thee, O thou God of my praise I 
 The fountain of all I possess, 
 
 The life and the light of my days ! 
 
 HYMN 489. l. m. 
 
 1. I^IRM was my health, my day was bright, 
 
 And I presnm'd ^twould ne'er be night. 
 Fondly I said within my heart, 
 Pleasui'e and peace shall ne'er depart. 
 
 2. But I forgot, thine arm was strong, 
 Which made my mountain stand so long; 
 And, when thy face was turn'd aside. 
 My health was gone, my comforts died. 
 
 3. Hear me, O God of grace I I said. 
 And raise me from among the dead. 
 Thy word rebuk'd the pains I felt ; 
 Thy pard'ning love remov'd my guilt. 
 
 4-. I will extol thee, Lord, on high : 
 At thy command diseases fly. 
 "Who but a God can speak and save 
 From the dark borders of the grave ? 
 
 5. Thine anger but a moment stays ; 
 Thy love is life and lengtli of days. 
 Though grief and tears the night employ, 
 The morning-star restores the joy. 
 
 HYMN 440. c. m. 
 
 1. T love the Lord ; he heard my cries. 
 And pity'd ev'iy groan : 
 Long as I live, when troubles rise, 
 I'll hasten to his throne. 
 
 2. 1 love the Lord ; he bow'd his ear, 
 And chas'd my griefs away. 
 O let my heart no more despair, 
 Wh'^e I have bj^eatli to prsiy ! 
 
SICKNESS AND RECOVERY. 
 
 3. Among the saints that fill thine house. 
 
 My ofF'ring shall he paid ; 
 There shall my zeal perform the vows 
 My soul in anguish made. 
 
 4. The Lord beheld me sore distrest ; 
 
 He bade my pains remove. 
 Return, my soul, to God, thy rest ; 
 For thou hast known his love. 
 
 HYMN 441. c. M. 
 
 1. OOV'REIGN of life, I own thy hand 
 ^ In ev'ry chast'ning stroke ; 
 And, while I smart beneath thy rod, 
 
 Thy presence I invoke. 
 
 2. To thee in my distress I cried, 
 
 And thou hast bow'd thine ear. 
 Thy pow'rful word prolong'd my life, 
 And brought salvation near. 
 
 5. Unfold the gates of righteousness, 
 
 That, with the pious throng, 
 I may record my solemn vows, 
 And tune my grateful song. 
 
 4. Praise to the Lord, whose gentle hand 
 
 Renews our lab 'ring breath ! 
 Praise to the Lord, who makes his saints 
 Triumphant ev'n in death. 
 
 5. My God ! in thine appointed hour. 
 
 Those heav'nly gates display, 
 Where pain and sin, and fear and death, 
 For ever flee away. 
 
 6. There, while the nations of the blessVl 
 
 With raptures bow around ; 
 My anthems to deli v 'ring grace 
 In sweeter strains shall sound. 
 
 HYMN 442. cm. 
 
 1. "VVTHEN o'er the trodden patlis of life 
 Backwards I turn mine eyes : 
 What varied scenes throughout the road 
 Awaken my surprise I 
 
ON THE DEATH OF 
 
 2. Thousands, to wliom my natal hour - 
 
 Imparted vital bi-eath, i 
 Just look'd on life, and clos'd their eyes | 
 In the fast sleep of death. 
 
 3. Thousands, who climb'd to manhood*^ stage, 
 
 Safe through unnumber'd snares, 
 TravelPd not far, before they sunk 
 Amidst its thorns and cares. 
 
 4. Followed through ev'ry changing stage^ 
 
 With goodness all my days ; 
 Deny me not a heart to love, 
 A tongue to speak thy praise. 
 
 5. Ten thousand thousand thanks to thee 
 
 Echo along the road. 
 O may I join those endless songs, 
 That fill thy blest abode. 
 
 ON THE DEATH OF RELATIV151 
 
 OR Flill^NDS. 
 
 HYMN 448. l. m. 
 
 1. 'T^HE God of love will sure indulge 
 
 The flowing teai", the heaving sigh, 
 When righteous persons fall around, ^ 
 When tender friends and kindred die. 
 
 2. Yet not one anxious murm'ring thought 
 
 Should with our mourning passions blend ; 
 Nor should our bleeding he&its forget 
 Th' almighty ever-living Friend. 
 
 3. Parent, Protector, Guardian, Guide ^ 
 
 Thou art each tender name in one. 
 On thee we cast our ev'ry care. 
 And comfort seek from thee alone. 
 
 4. Our Father God, to thee we look. 
 
 Our rock, our portion, and oui' Friend I 
 And on thy gracious love and truth 
 Our sinking souls shall still depend. 
 
 HYMN 444 c. m, 
 
 1. IV/TUST friends and kindred droop and die, 
 Ajnd helpers he withdrav^n : 
 
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 While sorrow, with a weeping eye. 
 Counts up our comforts gone ? 
 
 2. Be thou our comfort, mighty God ! 
 
 Our helper and our friend ; 
 Nor leave us in this dang'rous road, 
 'Till all our trials end. 
 
 3. O may oui' feet pursue the way 
 
 Our pious fathers led ; 
 While love and l;ioIy zeal obey 
 The counsels of the dead. 
 
 4. Let us be wean'd from earthly joys ? 
 
 Let hope our grief dispel : 
 The dead in Jesus shall arise. 
 In endless bliss to dwell, 
 
 ^ HYMN 445. cm. 
 
 On the death of a yo^mg person, 
 
 1. XirHEN blooming youth is snatch 'd away 
 
 By death's resistless hand: 
 Our hearts the mournful tribute pay, 
 Which pity must demand, 
 
 2. While pity prompts the rising sigh, 
 ^ O may this truth, imprest 
 ^IPI^^ith awful pow'r, — I too must die, 
 
 Sink deep in ev'ry breast. 
 
 3. Let this vain world delude no more 5 
 
 Behold the gaping tomb : 
 It bids us seize the present hour ; 
 To-morrow death may come. 
 
 4. The voice of this alarming scene 
 
 May ev'ry heart obey ; 
 Nor be the heav'nly warning vain, 
 W^hich calls to v/atch and pray. 
 
 HYMN 446- c. m. 
 
 On the death of a child. 
 1. T IFE is a span, a fleeting hour 5 
 ^ How soon the vapour flies ! 
 Man is a tender transient fiowV, 
 That ev'n in blooming dies. 
 
252 ON THE DEATH OP 
 
 2. Death spreads like winter's frozen armS;, 
 
 And beauty smiles no more. 
 Ah ! where are now those rising charms, 
 Which pleas'd our eyes before ? 
 
 3. The once lov'd form, now cold and dead, 
 
 Eacli mournful thought employs ; 
 And nature weeps her comforts fled. 
 And wither 'd all her joys. 
 
 4. But wait the interposing ,^loom. 
 
 And lo ! stern winter flies ; 
 And drest in beauty's fairest bloom. 
 
 The flow'iy tribes arise. 
 Hope looks beyond the bounds of time. 
 
 When what we now deplore 
 Shall rise in full immortal prime, 
 
 And bloom to fade no more. 
 
 6, Then cease, fond nature ! cease Uiy tears : 
 Religion points on high : 
 There everlasting spring appears, 
 And joys that cannot die. 
 
 HYMN 447. c. m. 
 
 1. VE mourning saints, whose streaming tear?. 
 
 Flow o'er your children dead: 
 Say not in transports of despair, 
 That all your hopes are fled. 
 
 2. While, cleaving to that darling dust, 
 
 In fond distress ye lie ; 
 Rise, and w ith joy and rev'rence view 
 A heav'nly Parent nigh. 
 
 3. "I'll give the mourner," saith the Lor J, 
 
 In my own house a place ; 
 " No names of daughters and of sons 
 " Could yield so high a grace. 
 
 4. " Transient and vain is ev'iy hope 
 
 " A rising race can give. 
 *' In* endless honour and delight, 
 " My children all shall live." 
 
 5. We welcome, Lord ! tliose rising teai's - 
 
 Through which thy face we see t 
 
RELATIVES OE FRIENDS. 
 
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 And bless those wounds, which, thro' our hearts, 
 Prepare a way for thee. 
 
 HYMN 448. l. m. 
 
 On the death of a parent, 
 1. rpHOUGH nature's voice you must obey, 
 A Think, while your swelling griefs o'erfloA^, 
 That hand, which takes }' our joys away. 
 That sov'reign hand can heal your woe, 
 9. And, while your mournful thoughts deplore 
 The parent gone, remov'd the friend ! 
 With hearts re sign 'd, his grace adore. 
 On whom your nobler hopes depend, 
 
 3. Does he not bid his children come 
 
 Through death's dark shades to realms of light ? 
 Yet, when he calls them to their home 
 Shall fond siu*vivors mourn their flight ? 
 
 4. His word-— here let your souls rely— 
 
 Immortal consolation gives ; 
 Your heav'nly Father cannot die, 
 Th' eternal Friend for ever livesp 
 
 5. O be that best of friends your trust ; 
 
 On his almighty arm recline. 
 He, when your comforts sink in dust, J|l 
 Can give you comforts more divine, 
 
 HYMN 449 h. u. 
 
 TJie Orphan*s prayer, 
 
 1. f \ hear me, Lord ! on thee I call, 
 
 ^ And prostrate at thy footstool fall 5 
 Propitious in my cause appear, 
 And bow to my request thine ear, 
 
 2. Look down, my only hope ! look down i 
 Behold me, but without a frown i 
 
 And ne'er to my desirmg eye 
 Thy i)resence, heav'nly Lord ! deny 
 
 3. O let me, on thy aid reclin'd. 
 Thee still my great salvation find j 
 Kor leave me helpless and forlorn. 
 The absenee of thy grace to mouHi. 
 
254 FOU THE YOUNG, AND OLD» I 
 
 4. Though, doom'd the orphati^ lot to bear, | 
 No father's kind concern I share, i 
 Nor o'er me wakes a mother's eye | 
 My wants attentive to supply ^ 
 
 5. Adopted by thy care, in thee 
 The Parent and the Friend I see j' 
 And, nourish'd by thy fost'ring hand. 
 
 Within thy courts secure I stand. i 
 
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 8. FOR THE YOUNG, AND OLD 
 HYMN 450. h. M. 
 
 Youth instructed. Hi 
 
 1. I^HILDREN, in years and knowledge young',^ 
 ^ Yom* parents' hope, your parents' joy ! ; 
 Attend the counsels of my tongue : ^ 
 
 Let pious tlioughts youi^ minds employ. IP 
 
 2. If you desire a length of days, • ^ 
 
 And peace to crown your mortal state : 
 Restrain your feet from wicked ways. 
 Your lips from slander and deceit. 
 
 3. The eyes of God regard his saints ; 
 
 His ears are open to their cries ; 
 He sets his frowning face against 
 The sons of violence and lies. 
 
 4. To humble souls and broken hearts, 
 
 God with his grace is ever nigh : 
 Pardon and hope his love imparts. 
 When men in deep contrition lie. 
 
 HYMN 461 c. M. 
 
 1. TTAPPY is he, whose early years 
 * XjL Receive instruction well ; 
 
 Who hates tlie sinner's path, and feai s 
 The road that leads to hell. 
 •2. 'Tis easier work, if we begin 
 To serve the Lord betunes ; 
 AVhile sinners who grow^ old in sin, 
 Are harden'd by their crimes. 
 
FOR THE YOUNG, AND OLD. 
 5. It saves us from a thousand snares. 
 To mind religion young : 
 With joy it crowns succeeding years, 
 And makes our virtue strong. 
 
 4. To thee, ahuighty God ! to thee 
 
 Our hearts we now resign : 
 ^Twill please us, to look back and see, 
 That our whole lives were thine ! 
 
 5. Let the sweet work of pray 'r and praise 
 
 Employ our daily breath : 
 Thus we're prepar'd for future days, 
 Or fit for early death. 
 
 HYMN 452. l. m. 
 
 1. "VTOW, in the heat of youthful blood, 
 -»-^ Remember your Ci'eator, God. 
 Behold, the months come hast'ning on, 
 When you shall say, "my joys are gone." 
 
 2. God from, on high beholds your thoughts ; 
 His book records your secret faults : 
 The Avorks of darkness men have done 
 Must all appear before the sun. 
 
 3. Behold, the aged sinner goes, 
 Laden with guilt and heavy woes, 
 Down to the regions of the dead, 
 With bitt'rest curses on his head. 
 
 4. The dust returns to dust again ; 
 The soul in agonies of pain, 
 Ascends to God, not there to dwell. 
 But hears her doom, and sinks to hell. 
 
 5. God of the young ! turn off their eyes 
 From earth's alluring vanities ; 
 And let the warnings of thy word 
 Awake their souls to fear the Lord ■ 
 
 HYMN 458 s. m, 
 
 1- TlflTH humble heart and tongue, 
 * ' My God ! to thee I pray : 
 O let me learn, whilst I am youn,^, 
 Jlov^ I may cleanse my way. 
 
25G FOR THE YOUNG, AND OLD. 
 
 2. Make an unguarded youth 
 
 The object of thy care ; 
 Help me to choose the path of truth, 
 And fly from ev'ry snare. 
 
 3. My heart, to folly prone, 
 
 Inspii-e with love divine ; 
 Unite it to thyself alone, 
 And make me wholly thine* 
 
 4. O let thy word of grace 
 
 My warmest thoughts employ ; 
 Be this, thi'ough all my follVing days. 
 My treasure and my joy. 
 
 5. To what thy laws impart 
 
 Be my whole will inclin'd; 
 O let them dwell within my heart. 
 And sanctify my mind. 
 
 6. May thy young servant learn. 
 
 By these to cleanse his way ; 
 And may I here the patli discern 
 That leads to endless day. 
 
 HYMN 454 c. m. 
 
 Prayer of the aged. 
 
 1. AT^ God, my everlasting hope ! 
 
 I live upon thy truth ; 
 Thy hands have held my childhood up. 
 And strength en 'd all my youth. 
 
 2. My frame was fashion'd by thy pow'r, 
 
 And shows thy skill divine ; 
 And from my mother's painful hour, 
 I've been entirely thine. 
 
 3. Still has my life new wonders seen, 
 
 in each re\ olving year : 
 Behold, uiy days that yet remain, 
 I trust them to thy care. 
 
 4. Cast me not off, when strength declinesi. 
 
 When hoary hairs arise : 
 And round me let thy gloiy shine, 
 Whene'ei' thy servant dies. 
 
THE TROUBLES OP LIFE. 
 
 HYMN 455. c. m. 
 
 1. "pTERNAL Sire, enthron'd on high ! 
 -1-^ Whom heav'nly hosts adore, 
 Who yet to suppliant dust art nigh : 
 Thy presence I implore. 
 % Wilt thou forsake my hoary hairs, 
 And leave my fainting heart ? 
 Who shall sustain my sinking years. 
 If God, my strength, depart ? 
 
 3. O guide me down the steep of age. 
 
 And keep my passions cool ; 
 Teach me to scan the sacred page. 
 And practise ev'iy rule. 
 
 4. Let me thy pow'r and truth proclaim 
 
 To the sui'viving age ; 
 And leave a savour of thy name. 
 When I shall quit the stage. 
 
 5. That solemn day is hast'ning on ; 
 
 My frame must soon decay. 
 My iriends, my youth's companions gone, 
 Can I expect to stay ? 
 
 6. My God ! O smooth the mortal hour ; 
 
 On thee my hope depends. 
 Support me with almighty pow'r. 
 While dust to dust descends. 
 
 7. Then let my soul, O gracious God ! 
 
 Ascend to realms of day ; 
 And in that sabred blest abode 
 Its endless anthems pay. 
 
 XXVI. 
 
 THE TROUBLES OF LIFE 
 
 HYMN 456. p. m. 
 
 T>RAISE to God, immortal praise 
 
 E or the love that crowns our days : 
 Bounteous source of cv'ry joy ! 
 I^et thy praise our tongues cirrjloy' 
 
258 THE TROUBLES OP UFE. 
 
 2. All, that spring, with bounteous hand. 
 Scatters o'er the smiling land ; 
 
 All, that lib'i'al autumn pours 
 From her rich o'erflowing stores ; 
 
 3. These to thee, our God ! we owe. 
 Source whence all our blessings flow ! 
 And for these oui' souls shall raise 
 Grateful vows and solemn praise. 
 
 4. Yet should rising whirlwinds tear 
 From its stem the rip'ning ear ; 
 Should the fig-tree's blasted shoot 
 Drop her green untimely fruit : 
 
 5. Should the vine put forth no more, 
 Nor the olive yield her store : 
 Though the sick'ning flocks should fall^, 
 And the herds desert the stall : 
 
 6. Should thine alter'd hand restrain 
 Vernal show'rs and latter rain. 
 Blast each op'niog bud of joy. 
 And the rising year destroy: 
 
 7. Yet to thee our souls shall raise 
 Grateful vows and solemn praise t 
 And, when ev*iy blessing's flownj 
 Love thee — for thyself alone ! 
 
 HYMN. 457 s. m. 
 
 1. \S various as the moon 
 
 Is man's estate below ; 
 To his bright day of gladness soon 
 Succeeds a night of woe, 
 
 2. The night of \Yoe resigns 
 
 Its darkness and its grief; 
 Again the morn of comfort shines. 
 And brings our souls relief. 
 
 3. Yet not from fickle chance 
 
 These varying scenes arise : 
 Our dark and brighter hours advance ,. 
 By laws supremely wise. 
 1 God measures out to all 
 Their lot of good and ill : 
 
TH^: TROUBLES OF LIFE. 
 ' Nor this too great, nor that too small. 
 
 Ordain 'd by heav'n's high will. 
 5. Hopeful and humble bear 
 Thy evil and thy good ; 
 Nor by presumption, nor despair. 
 Weak mortal, be subdu'd. 
 
 HYMN 458 p. m, 
 
 1. PROVIDENCE, profusely kind, 
 
 A Where soe'er you turn your eyes. 
 Bids you with a grateful mind 
 View a thousand blessings rise. 
 
 2. Thankful own what you enjoy : 
 
 But a changing world like this. 
 Where a thousand fears annoy. 
 
 Cannot give you perfect bliss. 
 S. Perfect bliss resides above, ^ 
 
 Far above yon azure sky ; 
 Bliss, that merits all your love. 
 
 Merits ev'ry anxious sigh. 
 4. What like this has earth to give ? 
 
 O ye righteous ! in your breast 
 Let the admonition live, 
 
 Nor on earth desire to rest. 
 
 0. When your bosom heaves a sigh, 
 
 Or your eye emits a tear, 
 Let your wishes rise on high, 
 Ardent rise to bliss sincere. 
 
 HYMN 459 s. m. 
 
 1. TTOW gracious and how wise 
 
 Is our chastising God ! 
 And O I how rich the blessings are. 
 That blossom from his rod ! 
 
 2. He lifts it up on high. 
 
 With pity in his heart ; 
 That ev'ry stroke his children feel 
 May grace and peace impait. 
 
 3. Instructed thus, they bow 
 
 And own his sov 'reign sway i 
 
THE TROUBLKS OF LIFE. 
 They turn their erring footsteps back 
 I'o his forsaken way. 
 k His cov'nant love they seek, 
 And seek the happy batids 
 That closer still engage their hearts, 
 To honour liis commands. 
 5. Submissive, Lord ! we yield 
 To discipline divine, 
 And bless the pains that make us still, 
 More uniformly thine. 
 
 HYMN 460. L. M. 
 
 t. ■pATHER! r bless thy gentle hand: 
 How kind was thy chastising rod, 
 That forc'd my conscience to a stand. 
 And brought my wand 'ring soul to God 
 
 2. Foolish and vain I went astray, 
 
 Ere I had felt thy scourges. Lord ! 
 I left my guide, and lost my way ; 
 But now I love and keep thy word. 
 
 3. 'Tis good for me to wear the yoke. 
 
 For pride is apt to rise and swell ; 
 'Tis good to beai' my Father's stroke, 
 That I might learn his statutes well. 
 
 4. The law, that issues from thy mouth. 
 
 Shall raise my cheerful passions more 
 Than all the treasures of the southj^ 
 Or western hills of golden ore. 
 
 5. Thy hands have made my mortal frame. 
 
 Thy spirit form'd my soul within,: 
 Teach me to know thy wondrous name. 
 
 And guard me safe from (Jeath and sin. 
 G. Then all, that love and f$ar the Lord, 
 
 At my salvation shall vejoice ; 
 For I have trusted in thy word, 
 
 And made thy grace my only choice. 
 
 HYMN 461. L. M. 
 
 i TTOW well our great Preserver knoAvs> 
 -11. weigh and to relieve o\Xv woes I 
 
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 Behold his wrath's avenging blast, 
 How slow to rise, how soon o'erpast I 
 
 2. How prompt his favour to dispease 
 Its life-imparting influence ! 
 
 How speedy his paternal love 
 Our deep afflictions to remove ! 
 
 3. Grief for a night, obtnisive guest, 
 Beneath our roof perhaps may rest ; 
 But joy, with the returning day, 
 Shall wipe each transient tear away. 
 
 4. With what delight, great God, I trace 
 The acts of thy stupendous grace ! 
 
 To count them, were to count the sand 
 That lies upon the sea-beat strand. 
 
 HYMN 462. c. m. 
 
 1. "VrAKED as from the earth we came 
 
 And crept to life at first, 
 AVe to the earth return again, 
 I And mingle with our dust. 
 
 2. 'Tis God, who lifts our comforts high. 
 
 Or sinks them in the grave. 
 He gives ; and, blessed be his name, 
 He takes but what he gave. 
 
 3. Peace, all our angry passions then : 
 
 Let each rebellious sigh 
 Be silent at his sov 'reign will, 
 And ev'ry murmur die. 
 
 4. If smiling mercy crown our lives. 
 
 Its praises shall be spread ; 
 Nor will we call unjust the hand. 
 That strikes our comforts dead. 
 
 HYMN 468 l. m. 
 
 1. ^T^HE darken'd sky, how thick it low'rs ! 
 
 Troubl'd with storms, and big with show'rs ; 
 No cheerful gleam of light appears, 
 But nature pours forth all her tears. 
 
 2, Yet let the sons of grace revive : 
 
 God bids the soulj that seeks himj live ; 
 
THE TROUBLES OF LIFE. 
 And, from the gloomiest shade of night. 
 Calls forth a "morning of delight. 
 
 3. The seeds of ecstacy unknown 
 Are in these water'd furrows sown. 
 
 See the green blades, how thick they rise^ 
 And with fresh verdure bless our eyes ! 
 
 4. In secret foldings they contain 
 Unnumber'd ears of golden grain ; 
 And heav'n shall pour its beams around, 
 'Till the wripe harvest load the ground. 
 
 5. Tlien shall the trembling mourner come. 
 And find his sheaves and bring them home ; 
 The voice, long broke with si^hs, shall sing, 
 'Till heav'n with hallelujahs rmg. 
 
 HYMN 464. l. m. 
 
 i . A/TY God, whose all-pervading eye 
 
 Views earth beneath, and heav'n aboV?5 
 
 Witness, if here or there thou seest 
 
 An object of mine equal love. 
 J. Not the gay scenes, where mortal men 
 
 Pursue their bliss and find their wocj 
 Detain my rising heart, Avhich springs 
 
 The nobler joys of heav'n to view. 
 J. Fix'd near th' immortal seat of bliss, 
 
 Dauntless, and joyous, it surveys 
 Each form of horror and distress. 
 
 That all its deadliest foes can raise. 
 
 4. This feeble flesh shall faint and die, 
 
 This heart renew its pulse no more ; 
 Ev'n now it views the moment nigh, 
 
 When life's last movements all are o'er, i 
 
 5. But come, thou vanquish'd King of dread ! 
 
 AVith thy own hand thy pow'r destroy, 
 'Tis thine to bear me to my God, 
 My portion^ my eternal joy. 
 
 HYMN 465. c. m. 
 
 1. ^HE evils that beset our path, 
 
 Who can prevent or cure ? " 
 y\^e stand upon the brink of death, 
 When most we seem secure. 
 
THE TROUBLES OF LIKE. 
 
 2. If we to-day sweet peace possess, ' 
 
 It soon must be withdrawn ; 
 Some change may plunge us in distress, 
 Before to-mon'ow's dawn. 
 
 3. Disease and pain invade our liealth. 
 
 And find an easy prey ; 
 And oft, when least expected, wealth 
 
 Takes wings and flies away. 
 4-. Since sin has fiU'd the world with woe, 
 
 And creatures fade and die ; 
 Lord ! wean our hearts from things belo\A 
 
 And fix our hopes on high \ 
 
 HYMN 466. l. m. 
 
 1, TT/'EARY of tliese low scenes of nio;ht, 
 
 My fainting heart grows sick of time^. 
 Sighs for the dawn of sweet delight, 
 Sighs for a distant happier clime. 
 
 2. 'Tis just, 'tis right; thus lie ordains^^ 
 
 Who form'd this animated clod ; 
 That needful cares, instructive pains. 
 
 May bring the restless heart to God, 
 5. In him, my soul ! behold tby rest ; 
 
 Nor hope for bliss below the sky. 
 Come, resignation, to my breast, 
 
 And silence ev'ry plaintive sigh. 
 
 4. Then cheerful shall my 'heail survey 
 
 The toils and dangers of tJ^ road ; 
 And patient keep tlie heav'nly way. 
 Which leads me homeward to my God. 
 
 HYMN 467. c. m. 
 
 1. REAT Ruler of all neature's frame, 
 " We own thy pow'r divine ; 
 
 We hear thy breath in ev'ry storm, 
 For all the winds are thine. 
 
 2. Wide as they sweep their sounding v/ay, 
 
 They work thy sov 'reign will ; 
 And aw'd by thy majestic voice, 
 Confusion shall be still. 
 
1 
 
 2G4 THE TROUBLES OF LIFE. 
 
 3. Thy mercy tempers ev'ry blast 
 
 To those who seek thy face ; 
 And mingles, with the tempest's roar, 
 The whispers of thy grace. 
 
 4. Let me those gentle whispers hear, 
 
 'Till all the tumult cease ; 
 Sleep in thine arms, and wake in realms 
 Of everlasting peace ! 
 
 HYMN 468 l. m. 
 
 1. IV/f Y God, my hope ! if thou art mine, 
 i.TX Why should my soul with sorrow pine 
 On thee alone I cast my care : 
 
 O leave me not in dark despair. 
 
 2. Though ev'ry comfort should depart. 
 And life forsake this drooping heart ; 
 One smile from thee, one blissful ray, 
 Can chase the shades of death away. 
 
 3. My God, my Life ! if thou appear, 
 Not death itself can make me fear. 
 Thy presence cheers the sable gloom. 
 And gilds the horrors of the tomb. 
 
 4. Not all its horrors can affright. 
 
 If thou appear, my God, my light I 
 Thy love shall all my fears control. 
 And glory dawn around my soul. 
 
 HYMN 469. l. m. 
 
 1. Q^HOULD famine o'er the mourning field 
 ^ Extend her desolating reign. 
 
 Nor spring her blooming beauties yield. 
 Nor autumn swell the fruitful grain : 
 
 2. Should lowing herds, and bleating sheep, 
 
 Around their famish 'd master die ; 
 And hope itself despairing weep, 
 While lite deplores its last supply : 
 
 3. Amid the dark, the deathful scene, 
 
 If I can say, the Lord is mine ! 
 The joy shall triumph o'er the pain, 
 And glory dawn, though life decline. 
 
THE TROUBLES OF LIFE, 
 1. The God of my salvation lives ; 
 My nobler life he will sustain ; 
 His word immortal vigour gives, 
 Nor shall my glorious hopes be vain. 
 
 5. Thy presence, Lord, can cheer my hearty 
 
 lliongh ev'ry earthly comfort die ; 
 Thy smile can bid my pains depart, 
 And raise my sacred pleasures high. 
 
 6. O let me hear thy blissful voice, 
 
 Inspiring life and joys divine ! ' 
 The barren desert shall rejoice ; 
 'Tis paradise, if thou art mine. 
 
 HYMN 470. s. m. 
 
 1. T ORD, in this vale of tears, 
 
 What various woes we feel ! 
 Diseases, pains, and doubts,-and fears, 
 Surround thy children ^till. 
 
 2. What dangers fill the road ! 
 
 What storms, and tempests roar ! 
 But we march onward to our God, 
 And tinist his guardian pow'r. 
 J. No lasting comfort's found 
 
 Through this long wilderness : 
 But when we reach the he^v'nly ground , 
 I*leasures shall never cease. 
 4% Support us in the way, 
 
 . Lord ! let oiu" faith be strong ; 
 Direct our footsteps, lest we stray , 
 And guard our souls along. 
 ). Death shall convey us home ; 
 Thither our hearts aspire : 
 Th^re no disease shall ever, come, 
 But joy shall be entire. 
 
 HYMN 471. L. M. 
 
 1. npHOU, Lord, through ev'ry changing scene, 
 Hast to thy saints a refuge been : 
 Through ev'ry age, eternal God, 
 Theii- pleasing home, their safe abode 
 
1>EATM. 
 
 2. Lo, we are ris'n, a feeble race. 
 Awhile to fill our father's place : 
 Our helpless state with pity vIcav. 
 And let us share their refuge too. 
 
 3. Through all the thorny paths we tract 
 In this uncertain Avilderness, 
 
 When friends desert, and foes invade. 
 Revive our heart and guard om* head. 
 
 4. So, when this pilgrimage is o'er, 
 And we shall dwell in flesh no more. 
 To thee our sep'rate souls shall come. 
 And find in thee a surer liome. 
 
 XXVII. 
 DEATH. 
 
 HYMn"472. c. m. 
 
 ^' TT-^^^K ! fi'om the tembs a doleful sound 
 J*-^ My ears attend the cry : 
 ^'Ye living men, cpme, view the ground. 
 "Where you must shortly lie. 
 3, "Princes, this clay must be your bed, 
 "In £pite of all your tow'rs ! 
 "The tail, the wise, the rev'rend head. 
 "Must lie as low as our's." 
 
 5. Great God ! is tliis our certain doom r 
 
 And are we 3till secui'e j* 
 - Still walking downward to the tomb, 
 
 And yet prepare no more ! 
 i. Grant us the pow'r of quick 'ning grace. 
 
 To fit our souls tc fly : 
 Then, when Ave drop tliis dying Piesh, 
 
 We'll rise above tlie sky. 
 
 HYMN 478. c. m. 
 
 i, npEACH rae tlie measure of my day.-; 
 ^ -*- Thou Maker of my frame ! 
 I would survey life's narrow space, . 
 And learn how frail I am. 
 
 \ 
 
DEATIL 
 
 2. A span is all that -we can boast ; 
 A fleeting hour of time. 
 Man is but vanity and dust, 
 In all his flow'r and prime. 
 3» See the vain race of mortals move^ 
 Like shadows o'er the plain : 
 They rage and strive, desire and love. 
 But all the noise is vain. 
 
 4. Some walk in honour's gaudy sho^' ; 
 
 Some dig for golden ore; 
 They toil for heirs they know not who. 
 And straight are seen no more. 
 
 5. What should I wish or wait fdr then. 
 
 From creatures, earth and dust ? 
 They make our expectations vain. 
 
 And disappoint our trust. 
 C. Now I resign my earthly hape^ 
 
 My fond desires recall ; 
 I give my mortal iat^i'est up, 
 
 And make my God my alL 
 
 HYMN 474. c. m. 
 
 1. nj'^HEE we adore, eternal Name ' 
 
 And humbly own to thee. 
 How feeble is our mortal frame. 
 What dying worms are we. 
 
 2. Our wasting lives are short 'ning stiii, 
 f As months and days increase ; 
 
 And ev'ry beating pulse we tell 
 Leaves but the number less, 
 
 3. Dangers stand thick through all the grouiid, 
 
 To push us to the tomb ; 
 And fierce diseases wait around, 
 To hurry mortals home. 
 
 4. Good God ! on what a slender thread . 
 
 Hang everlasting things ; 
 Th' eternal states of all the dead, 
 L^pon life's feeble strings. 
 
 5. Vet ^vhile a world of joy or woe 
 
 Depends on ev'ry breath. 
 
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 268 DEATH. . 
 
 Thoughtless and unconcern 'd we go ! 
 
 Upon the brink of death. 
 6. Waken, O Lord ! our drowsy sense. 
 
 To Avalk tills dang'rous road ; 
 And if our souls are hurried hence, 
 
 May they be found with God ! 
 
 HYMN 475. l. m. 
 
 I . npHAT awful hour will soon uppeiir. 
 Swift on the wings of time it flies. 
 When all that pains or pleases here, ^ 
 Will vanish from my closinj^ eyes. 
 i\ Death calls my friends, my neighbours heac:. 
 And none resist the fatal dart. 
 Continual warnings strike my sense; 
 And shall they fail to strike my heart ? 
 .'3. Think, O my soxil ! how much depends 
 On the short period of to-day ; 
 Shall time, which lieav'n in mercy lends, 
 Be negligently thrown away ? 
 k Thy remnant minutes strive to use ; 
 Awake, rouse ev'ry active pow'r ; 
 And not in dreams and trifles lose 
 This little, this important hour ! 
 Lord of my life, inspire my heart 
 
 With heav'nly ardour, grace divine ; 
 Nor let thy presence e'er depart. 
 
 For strength, and life, and death ai-e thine. 
 6. O teach me the celestial skill. 
 
 Each awful warning to improve ; 
 And, while my days are short'ning still. 
 Prepare me for the joys above ! 
 
 HYMN 476. s. 
 
 1. TJOW swift the torrent rolls, 
 That bears us to the sea ! 
 The tide that bears our thoughtless souls 
 
 To vast eternity ! 
 Our Fathers, where are they. 
 With all tbry call'd their ovru r 
 
DEATH. 
 
 T fieir joys and griefs, and hopes and ciires 
 And wealth and honour, gone. 
 
 C>. I'liere, where the fathers lie, 
 Must all the children dwell ; 
 Nor other heritage possess. 
 But such a gloomy cell. 
 1, God of our Fathers ! hear, 
 'I'hou everlasting friend ! 
 While we, as on life's utmost verge^ 
 Our souls to thee commend. 
 5. Of all the pious dead 
 
 May we the footsteps trace ; . 
 'Till with them, in the land of lights 
 We dM'cll before thy face. 
 
 HYMN 477. l. m. 
 
 i. "DEHOLD the path which morta}s treft*"f 
 ^ Down to tlie regions of the dead ! 
 Nor w ill the, fleeting moments stay, 
 Nor can we measure back our way. 
 
 ^. Our kindred and our friends are gone ; 
 Know, O my soul, this doom thy own. 
 Feeble as theirs thy mortal frame, 
 The same thy way, thy home the same. 
 
 5. From vital air, from cheerful Kght, 
 To the cold grave's perpetual night,-*- 
 From scenes of duty, means of grace. 
 Must I to God's tribunal pass ! 
 
 4, Awake, my soul ! thy way prepare. 
 And lose in this each meaner care ; 
 With steady feet that path be trod. 
 Which, thro' the gi-ave, conducts to God^ 
 
 5. Father ! to thee my all I trust ; 
 And, if my flesh rctui-n to dust, 
 'Tis thy decree, I bless thy hand. 
 And die resign'd to thy command, 
 
 HYMN 478. l. m. 
 
 1. 1^ OD of eteriiity ! from tliee 
 
 Did in fa lit time his beiDir dra'v , 
 
DEATH. 
 
 Moments and days, and months and year^ 
 Revolve, by thy unvaried law. 
 
 2. Silent and sIoav they glide away ; 
 
 Steady and strong the current flows ; 
 Lost in eternity's wide sea, 
 
 The boundless gulf from which it rose 
 
 3. Thoughtless and vain, our mortal race 
 
 Along the mighty stream are borne 
 On to their everlasting home, — 
 
 That country whence there's no return. 
 A. Yet while the shore on either side 
 
 Presents a gaudy flatt'ring show. 
 We gaze, in fond amazement lost, 
 
 Nor think to what a world we go. 
 5. Great source of wisdom ! teach my heart 
 
 To know the price of ev'ry hour ; 
 That time may bear me on to joys 
 
 Beyond its measure and its pow'r. 
 
 HYMN 479 %. m. 
 
 1. nnEDE swift declining day. 
 
 How fast its moments fly ! 
 While ev'ning's broad and gloomy shade 
 Spreads o'er the western sky. 
 
 2. Ye mortals ! mark its pace ; 
 
 Improve the houi's of light ; 
 And know, your Maker can command 
 An instantaneous night. 
 
 3. His word blots out the sun 
 
 In its meridian blaze, 
 And cuts from smiling vig'rous youtli 
 The remnant of its days. 
 
 4. On the dark mountain's brow 
 
 Your feet shall quickly slide ; 
 And from its airy summit dash 
 Your momentary pride. 
 
 5. Give glory to the Lord, 
 
 Who rules the rolling sphere : 
 Submissive at his footstool ])ovv . 
 And seek galvation there. 
 
DEATH. 
 6. One thing demands youu care ; 
 O be it still pursu'd ! 
 Lest, slighted once^ the season fair 
 Should never be renew'd. 
 
 HYMN 480. s. m. 
 
 1. npO-MORROW, Lord, is thine, 
 
 Lodg'd in thy sov'reign hand ; 
 And if its sun arise and shine. 
 It shines by thy command. 
 
 2. Our moments fly apace. 
 
 Nor will a minute stay : 
 Just like a flood our hasty da3''s 
 
 Are sweeping us away. 
 S, Well, if our days must fly. 
 
 We'll keep their end in sight ; 
 We'll spend them all in wisdom's way. 
 
 And let them speed their flight. 
 4. They'll waft us sooner o'er 
 
 This life's tempestuous sea : 
 Soon we shall reach the peaceful shore 
 
 Of blest eternity. 
 
 HYMN 481. L. M. 
 
 1. npHE morning flow'rs display their sweet*^ 
 And gay their silken leaves unfold. 
 As careless of the noon-day heats. 
 And fearless of the ev'ning cold, 
 ^. Nipt by the wind's untimely blast, 
 Parch'd by the sun's directer ray, 
 The momentary glories waste. 
 The short-liv'd beauties die away. 
 
 3. So blooms the human face divine. 
 
 When youth its pride and beauty shores 5 
 Fairer than spring the colours shine, 
 
 And sv^eeter than the virgin rose. 
 ^, Or worn by slowly rolling years. 
 
 Or broke by sickness in a day. 
 The fading glg^y disappears, 
 ^ The short-liv'd beauties die away. 
 
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 DEATH. 
 
 5. Yet these, new-rising from the tomb. 
 With lustre brighter far shall shine: 
 Revive with ever-diu'ing bloom, 
 Safe from diseases and decline. 
 C). Let sickness blast and death, devour, 
 If heav'n must recompejice our pains : 
 Perish the grass, and fade the flow'r. 
 If firm the word of God remains. 
 
 HYMN 482. c. m. 
 
 1 . i^ITR God I our help in ages past, 
 " Our hope for years to come, 
 Our shelter from the stormy blast. 
 And our eternal home ! 
 Q. Before the hills in order stood. 
 Or earth receiv'd her frame. 
 From everlasting thou art God, 
 To endless years the same ! 
 
 3. Thy word commands our flesh to dust, 
 
 " Return, ye sons of men." 
 All nations rose from earth at first. 
 And turn to earth again. 
 
 4. The busy tribes of flesh and blood, 
 
 With all their hopes and fears. 
 Are carried downwards by the flood, 
 And lost in foil 'wing years. 
 
 5. Our God ! our help in ages past. 
 
 Our hope for years to come ! 
 Be thou our guard, while troubles lasl^ 
 And our eternal home. 
 
 HYMN m. CM. 
 
 1. T ORD ! we adore thy wondrous name ; 
 ■JL^ And make that name our trust. 
 Which rais'd at first this curious frame 
 
 From mean and lifeless dust. 
 
 2. Awhile these frail machines endure,^ 
 
 The fabric of a day ; 
 Then, know their vital pow'rs no nnore\ 
 But moulder back to clay. 
 
DEATH, 
 
 ;3. Yet, Lord ! whate'er is felt or fear'd. 
 This thought is our repose, 
 That he, by whom our frame was rear'd. 
 Its various frailties knows. 
 
 4. Thou view'st us with a pitying eye, 
 
 Whilst struggling with our load ; 
 In pains and dangers thou art nigh, 
 Our Father, and our God. 
 
 5. Gently supported by thy love. 
 
 We tend to realms of peace; 
 Where ev'ry pain shall far remove, 
 And ev'ry weakness cease. 
 
 HYMN 484. s. m. 
 
 1. "DEHOLD the gloomy vale, 
 
 ^ Which thou, my soul, must tread. 
 Beset with terrors fierce and pale. 
 
 That leads thee to the dead. 
 Ye pleasing scenes, adieu ! 
 
 W hich I so long have known. 
 My friends, a long farewell to yoU i 
 
 For I must pass alone. 
 
 3. But see ! a ray of light, 
 
 With splendours all divine, 
 Breaks through these dreaiy realms of nigh 
 And makes its horrors shine. 
 
 4. Where death, where darkness reigns, 
 
 Jehovah is my stay ; 
 His rod my trembling feet sustains. 
 His staft* defends my way. 
 
 5. Great Shepherd ! lead me on ; 
 
 My soul disdains to fear. 
 Death's gloomy phantoms all are flown. 
 Now life's great Lord is near. 
 
 HYMN 485. c. m. 
 
 1. TTOW still and peaceful is the grave ! 
 1.1. Where life's vjain tumults past, 
 Th' appointed house, by heav'ns decree^ 
 Receives us all at last. 
 
DEATH. 
 
 '2, The wicked there from troubling cease ; 
 There passions rage no more ; 
 And there the weary pilgrim rests 
 From all the toils he bore. 
 .3. There rest the prisoners, now releas'd 
 From slav'ry's sad abode ; 
 No more they hear th' oppressor's voice, 
 Or dread the tyrant's rod. 
 
 4. There, servants, masters, small and great. 
 
 Partake the same repose ; 
 And there, in peace, the ashes mix 
 Of those who once were foes. 
 
 5. All, levelPd by the hand of death. 
 
 Lie sleeping in the tomb ; 
 'Till God, in judgment, call them forth. 
 To meet their righteous doom. 
 
 HYMN 486. c. m. 
 
 1. A WAKE, ye saints ! and raise your eye'^. 
 
 And raise your voices high : 
 Awake, and praise your Maker's love, 
 Which shows salvation nigh. 
 
 2. Swift on the wings of time it flies ; 
 
 Each moment brings it near ; 
 Then welcome each declining day, 
 Welcome each closing year I 
 
 3. Not many years their round shall run, 
 
 Nor many mornings rise. 
 Ere all its glories stand reveal'd 
 To our admiring eyes. 
 
 4. Ye wheels of nature ! speed your course ; 
 
 Ye mortal pow'rs ! decay: 
 Sure as ye bring the night of death. 
 Ye bring eternal day. 
 
 HYMN 487." c. m. 
 
 1. "VITHTLE to the grave our friends are bon 
 ^ ^ Around their cold remains 
 How all the tender passions mourn, 
 And each fond heart eomplains ! 
 
DEAl'H. 
 
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 % But tlowii to earth, alas ! in vain 
 We bend our weeping eyes. 
 Ah ! let us leave these seats of pain. 
 And upwards learn to rise. 
 8. Hope cheerful smiles amid the gloom. 
 And beams a healing ray ; 
 And guides us from the darksome tomb, 
 To realms of endless day. 
 4. To those bright courts when hope ascendS;, 
 She calms the swelling woe ; 
 In hope we meet our happy friends^ 
 And tears forget to flow. 
 .5. Then let our hearts repine no more. 
 That earthly comfort dies ; 
 But lasting happiness explore. 
 And ask it from the skies. 
 
 HYMN 488. c. m, 
 
 1. TITHEN death appears before my sights 
 In all his dire array ; 
 Unequal to the dreadful fight, 
 
 My courage dies away. 
 How shall I meet this potent foe, 
 Whose frown my soul alarms I 
 Dark horror sits upon his brow. 
 And vict'ry waits his arms. 
 ,1. But see my glorious Leader nigh ! 
 Jesus, my Saviour, lives : 
 Before him death's pale terrors fiv, 
 And my faint heart revives. 
 
 4. O may I meet the final hour 
 
 With fortitude divine ! 
 Sustain'd by God's almighty pow-i . 
 The conquest must be mine. 
 
 5. Lord ! I commit my soul to thee • 
 
 Accept the sacred trust ; 
 Receive this nobler part of me, 
 And watch my sleeping dusi,. 
 
 6. O let me join angeli< k lays, 
 
 And with the blisisful throng 
 
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DEATH. 
 
 Kesoimd salvation, pow'r, and praise. 
 In everlasting song .' 
 
 HYMN 489. l. m. 
 
 1. ■\"ITHEN all the pow'rs of nature fail. 
 
 When sickness shall my heart assait. 
 Shall ev'ry nobler part pervade, 
 And ev'ry earthly wish shall fade : 
 
 2. When pain, of ev'ry nerve possest, 
 Shall vibrate in my throbbing breast ; 
 And languor o'er my senses steal, 
 And med'cine lose its pow'r to heal : 
 
 3. When my dim eyes are sunk in death, 
 And God, who gave, shall take my breath 
 Do thou sustain my fainting heart, 
 
 And comfort to my soul impart., 
 
 4. May thy bright presence bring relief 
 From fear, despondency, and grief; 
 Thy cheering voice direct my way 
 To regions of eternal day ! 
 
 HYMN 490. p. .^r. 
 
 1. 'V1|/"HEN life's tempestuous storms are o'er. 
 
 How calm he meets the friendly shore 
 
 Wlio liv'd averse from sin ! 
 Such peace on virtue's path attends, 
 That, where the sinner's pleasure ends. 
 
 The Christian's joys begin. 
 
 2. See smiling patience smooth his brow ' 
 See bending angels downwards bow^ 
 
 To lift his soul on high I 
 While, eager for the blest abode. 
 He joins with them to praise the God- 
 
 Who taught him how to die. 
 
 3. No sorrow drowns his lifted eyes; 
 No horror wrests the struggling sighs. 
 
 As from the sinner's breast : 
 His God, the God of peace and love. 
 Pours kindly solace from above, 
 
 And heals his sexil with rest. 
 
DEATH. 
 
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 4. O grant, my Saviour and my friend ] 
 Such joys may gild my peaceful end^ 
 
 So calm my ev'niiig close ; 
 While, loos'd from ev'ry earthly tie, 
 With steady confidence I fly 
 
 To thee from whom I rose ! 
 
 HYMN 491 c. M. 
 
 1. TT ARK ! from on high a solemn voice 5 
 
 Let all attentive hear ! 
 'Twill make each pious heart rejoice, 
 And vanquish ev'ry fear. 
 
 2. " Thrice blessed are the pious dead. 
 
 Who in the Lord shall die ; 
 Their weary fles^, as on a bed, . 
 Safe in the grave shall lie. 
 
 3. " Their holy souls, at length releas'd. 
 
 To heav'n shall take their flight; 
 There to enjoy eternal rest. 
 And infinite delight. 
 
 4. " They drop each load as they ascend^ 
 
 And quit this world of woe ; 
 Their labours with their lives shall end^, 
 Their rest no period know. 
 
 5. Their conflicts with theii- busy foes 
 For evermore shall cease ; 
 
 None shall their happiness oppose. 
 
 Nor interrupt their peace. 
 G. " But bright rewards sliall recompense 
 
 Their faithful service here ; 
 And perfect love shall banish thence 
 
 Each gloomy doubt and fear." 
 
 HYMN 492. l. m. 
 
 The dying Chnstian. 
 i. '^pHE hour of my departure's come ; 
 
 I hear the voice that calls me home 
 At last, O Lord ! let trouble cease, 
 And let thy servant die in peace. 
 % The race. appointed I have run : 
 Thf combat's o'er, the priz»^ is won 5 
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27^ DEATH. 
 
 And iK)w my witness is on high. 
 And now my record's in the sky, 
 
 3. Not in mine innocence 1 trust ; 
 I bow before thee in the dust ; 
 And through my Savioiu''s blood alone 
 I look for mercy at thy throne. 
 
 4. 1 leave the world without a tear, 
 Save for the friends I held so dear- 
 To heal their sorrow, Lord, descend. 
 And to the friendless prove a friend. 
 
 5. 1 come, I come at thy command ; 
 I give my spirit to thy hand ; 
 Stretch forth thine everlasting arms. 
 And shield me in the last alarms ! 
 
 6. The hour of my departure's come ; 
 I hear the voice that calls me home ; 
 Nov/, O my God ! let trouble cease^ 
 Now let thy servant die in peace. 
 
 HYMN 493. p. m. 
 
 1. ^T^ITAL spark of heav'nly flame, 
 
 ^ Quit, O quit this mortal frame I 
 Trembling, hoping, lingVing, flying ? 
 O the pain, the bliss of dying I 
 Cease, fond nMi^re, cease thy strife. 
 And let me languish into life. 
 
 2. Hark ! they whisper ; angels say, 
 " Sister spirit, come away." 
 "What is this absorbs me quite, 
 Steals my senses, shuts my sight, 
 Drowns my spirit, draws my breath ? 
 Tell me, my soul, can this be death ? 
 
 3. The world recedes ; it disappears. 
 Heav'n opens on my eyes ; my ears 
 With sounds seraphic ring. 
 
 Lend, lend your wings : I mount, I fly 
 O grave, where is thy victory ? 
 O death, where is thy sting ? 
 
RESURRECTIOIS^. 
 
 XXVIII. 
 RESURRECTION. 
 
 HYMN 494. p. m. 
 
 % -pTERNAL God ! how frail is man ! 
 -C^ How few his hours, how short his span 
 
 Short, from the cradle to the grave. 
 Who can secure his vital breath 
 Against the bold demands of death, 
 With skill to fly or pow'r to save ? 
 % But shall it, therefore, Lord ! be said, 
 * The race of man was only made 
 
 For sickness, sorrow, and the dust ? 
 Or if thy servants, day by day 
 Sink to their graves and turn to clay, 
 Thou hast no kindness for the just I 
 
 3. Hast thou not given to thy Son 
 An endless life, a heav'nly crown ? 
 
 Why then should flesh and sense despair 
 . For ever blessed be the Lord, 
 That we can read his holy word, 
 And find a resurrection there. 
 
 4. For ever blessed be the Lord, 
 Who gives his saints a long reward 
 
 For all their toil, reproach, and pain. 
 Let all below and all above 
 Join to proclaim thy wondrous love. 
 
 And each repeat their loud "Amen.'^ 
 
 HYMN 495. c. m. 
 
 1. TTOW long shall death, the tyrant, reign. 
 
 And triumph o'er the just, 
 While the rich blood of martyrs slain 
 Lies mingled with the dust ? 
 
 2. Lo ! I behold the scatter'd shades \ 
 
 The dawn of heav'n appears : 
 The sweet, immonal morning spread « 
 Its blushes round the spheres. 
 
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 5. 1 hear the voice, " ye dead arise," 
 • And lo ! the graves obey ; 
 And waking saints with joyful eyes 
 Salute th' expected day. 
 
 4. They leave the dust, and on the wing 
 
 Rise to the mid-way air ; 
 In shining garments meet their King, 
 And bow before him there. 
 
 5. O may our humble spirits stand 
 
 Among them cloth 'd in white ! 
 The meanest place at his right hand 
 Is infinite delight. 
 
 HYMN 496. l. m, 
 
 1. "pATHER of all ! my soul defend: 
 
 A On thee my steadfast hopes depend. 
 Thee let me bless, the faithful guide. 
 Whose counsels o'er my life preside. 
 
 2. Though to the grave I must descend, 
 (For tlius has heav'n's high will ordain'd) 
 Yet hope e'en there, my constant guest. 
 Shall smooth the pillow of my rest. 
 
 3. Though death awhile reign o'er my frame. 
 Thou from the grave my life wilt claim ; 
 And, to my eyes, in full survey, 
 
 The op'ning paths of life display ; 
 
 4. Those paths that to thy presence hear; 
 For plenitude of bliss is there ; 
 
 And pleasure's streams, unmix'd with woe, 
 At thy right hand for ever flow. 
 
 HYMN 497. h. m. 
 
 1. "\TITHAT sinners value, I resign; 
 
 Lord ! 'tis enough, that thou art mine 
 I shall behold thy blissful face, 
 And stand complete in righteousness. 
 
 2. This life's a dream, an empty show; 
 But the bright world, to which I go. 
 Hath joys substantial and sincere: 
 When shall I wake and find me there ' 
 
RESURRECTION. 
 .'3. O glorious hour ! O blest abode ! 
 
 1 shall be near, and like my God ; 
 
 And flesh and sin no more control 
 
 The sacred pleasures of the soul. 
 4. My flesh shall slumber in the ground, 
 
 'Till the last trumpet's joyful sound ; 
 
 Then burst the chains with sweet surprise. 
 
 And in my Saviour's image rise. 
 
 HYMN 498 l. m. 
 
 j . "VfO, I'll repine at death no more : 
 
 But, calm and cheerful, will resign 
 To the cold dungeon of the grave, 
 These dying, with 'ring limbs of min<i. 
 52. Let worms devou^; my wasting flesh. 
 And crumble all ray bones to dust : 
 My God shall raise my frame anew 
 At the revival of the just. . 
 3. Break, sacred morning ! through the skie#, 
 And usher in that glorious day. 
 Come quickly, Lord ! cut short the hours : 
 Thy ling'ring wheels, how long they stay * 
 
 HYMN 499 s. m. 
 
 1, A KD must this body die ? 
 
 This well-wrought frame decay ? 
 And must these active limbs of mine 
 Lie mould'ring in the clay ! 
 
 3. God, my Redeemer, lives. 
 And ever from the skies 
 Looks down, and Avatches all my dust , 
 'Till he shall bid me rise. 
 
 3. Array 'd in glorious gi'ace, 
 
 Shall all his servants shin6 ; 
 And, fashion'd like their risen head 
 Be heav'nly and divine. 
 
 4. These lively hopes we owe 
 
 To Jesus' dying love : 
 O may we bless his grace below.. 
 And sing his grace abov/^ I 
 
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 XXIX. 
 
 JUDGMENT AND END OF 
 THE WORLD. 
 
 HYMN 500. c it/. 
 
 HEAY'N has confirm 'd the great decree 
 That Aflam's race must die : 
 One gen'ral ruin sweeps them down, 
 
 And low in dust they lie. 
 Ye living men, the tomb survey. 
 
 Where you must quickly dwell. 
 Hark, how the awful summons sounds 
 
 In ev'ry fun'ral knell I 
 Once you must die, and once for all : 
 
 The solemn purport weigh ; 
 For know that heav'n and hell are hung 
 
 On that impoilant day. 
 Those eyes, so long in darkness veil'd,^ 
 
 Must wake, the judge to see ; 
 And ev'r}^ word, and ev'ry thought 
 
 Must pass his scrutiny. 
 O may I in the Judge behold 
 My Saviour and my friend ; 
 And far beyond the reach of death 
 With all his saints ascend. 
 
 HYMN 501 L. M. 
 
 1. ATY waken'd soul, extend thy wings 
 -^^A Beyond the verge of mortal things ; 
 See this vain world in smoke decay. 
 And rocks and mountains melt away. 
 
 2. Behold the fiery deluge roll 
 Through heav'n s wide arch from pole to pole T 
 Pale sun, no more thy lustre boast ; 
 Tremble and fall, ye starry host. 
 
 3. The wreck of nature all around, 
 The nngeT's shout, the trumpiet's sound, 
 
 1. 
 
 3. 
 
 'if. 
 
OF THE WORLD. 
 
 Ldud the descending Judge proclaim, 
 k And echo his tremendous name. 
 ' 4. Children of Adam, all appear 
 
 With rev'rence round his awful bar ; 
 For, as his lips pronounce, ye go 
 To endless bliss or unknown woe, 
 \5. Lord ! to my eyes the scene display. 
 Frequent through each returning day ; 
 And let thy grace my soul prepare 
 . To meet its full redemption there ? 
 
 HYMN 502. c. m. 
 
 i. npHE day approaches, O my soul 
 The great decisive day. 
 Which from the verge of mortal life 
 Shall bear thee far away. 
 C. Another day more awful dawns, 
 And, lo, the Judge appears. 
 Ye heav'ns, retire before his face ; 
 And sink, ye darken 'd stars. 
 
 3. Yet does one short preparing hour. 
 
 One precious hour remain : 
 Rouse thee, my soul, with all thy powV, 
 Nor let it pass in vain. 
 
 4. With me, my brethren soon must die. 
 
 And at his bar appear : 
 Then be our intercourse improv'd 
 To mutual comfort here. 
 
 5. For this, thy temple. Lord ! we throng ; 
 
 For this, thy board surround. 
 Here may our service be approved. 
 And in thy presence crown'd. 
 
 HYMN 608. p. M. 
 
 . ^"l^HE God of glory sends his summons forth, 
 
 Calls the south nations, and awakes the north ; 
 From east to west his sov'reign order spread. 
 Through distant worlds and regions of the dead. 
 The trumpet sounds: hell trembles ; heav'n rejoices ; 
 Lift np your hea<ls, mmu, with cheerful voiccsi 
 
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 2. No more shall atheists mock his long delay; 
 His vengeance sleeps no more ; behold the day ! 
 Behold, the Judge descends ! his guards are nigh ; , 
 Tempests and fire attend him down the sky. 
 When God appears, all nature shall adore him; 
 Vv'hiie sinners tremble ; saints rejoice before him. 
 
 3. Sinners, awake betimes ; ye fools, be wise; 
 Awake, before this dreadtul morning rise. 
 
 Change your vain thoughts, your wicked ways amend 
 Fly to the vSaviour, make the Judge your friend. 
 Then join the saints; wake ev'ry cheerful passion: 
 When Christ returns, he comes for your salvation. 
 
 HYMTsr 504 L. M. 
 
 1. ^ I ^HE Lord, the Judge, his churches warns : 
 
 Let hypocrites attend and fear, 
 Who place their hopes in rites and forms, 
 But make not faith nor love their care. 
 
 2. They dare rehearse his awful name 
 
 With lips of falsehood and deceit; 
 A friend or brother they defame. 
 And sooth and flatter those they hate. 
 
 3. They wateh to do their neighbours wrong. 
 
 Yet dare to seek their Maker's face ; 
 They take his cov'nant on their tongues. 
 But break his laws, abuse his grace. 
 
 4. And, while his judgments long delay. 
 
 They grow secure and sin the more ; 
 They think, he sleeps as well as they ; 
 And put far off the evil ho ui*. 
 
 5. O dreadful hour, when God draws near, 
 
 And sets their crimes before their eyesi 
 Anguish their guilt}' souls shall tear. 
 And no deliv'rer dare to rise. 
 
 HYMN 505. p. M. 
 
 1. T O ! he cometh ! countless trumpets 
 Blow to raise the sleeping dead ; 
 'Midst ten thousand saints and angels. 
 
 See their great exalted head, 
 pallelujah, 
 WelcimCj welceme. Son of God. 
 
OF THE WORLD. 
 2. EvVy island, sea, and mountain, 
 
 Heav'n and earth shall flee away. 
 All, who hate him, must, confounded, 
 
 Heai* the trump proclaim the day : 
 Come to judgment ! 
 
 Come to judgment I come away ! 
 ^^J' At his call, the dead awaken. 
 
 Rise to life from earth and sea ; 
 All the pow'rs of nature, shaken 
 
 By his looks, prepare to flee. 
 Careless sinner. 
 
 What will then become of thee ? 
 i. But to those, who have confessed, 
 
 Lov'd and serv'd the Lord below. 
 He will say, *'come near, ye blessed, 
 
 " See the kingdom I bestow : 
 " You for ever 
 
 " Shall my love and glory know." 
 5, Under sorrows and reproaches. 
 
 May this thought our courage raise ! 
 Swiftly God's great day approaches, 
 
 Sighs shall then be chang'd to praise. 
 May we triumph, 
 
 When the world is in a blaze ! 
 
 HYMN 506. L. M. 
 
 1. npHE mighty deep gives up her trust, 
 
 J- Aw'd by the Judge's high command 
 Both small and gi'eat now quit their dust. 
 And round the dread tribunal stand. 
 
 2. Behold the awful books display'd, 
 
 Big with th' important fates of men ; 
 Each deed and word now public made. 
 As wrote by heav'n's unerring pen. 
 
 3. To ev'ry soul the books assign 
 
 The joyous or the dread reward: 
 Sinners in vain lament and pine ; 
 No plea the Judge will here regard, 
 
 4. Lord ! when these awful leaves unfold, 
 
 May life's fair book my soul approve 5 
 
JUDGMENT AND ElStB 
 There may I read my name em-olPd, 
 And triumph in redeeming love ! 
 
 HYMN 607. p. SI. 
 
 Transitory nature and end of the world. / 
 
 1. OPRING up, my soul, with ardent flight, 
 ^ Nor let tliis earth delude thy sight 
 
 With glitt'ring trifles, gay and vain, 
 Wisdom divine directs thy view 
 To objects ever grand and new 
 
 And faith displays the shining train. 
 
 2. Be dead, my hopes, to all below ; 
 Nor let unbounded torrents flow, 
 
 WTien mourning o'er my wither'd joys. 
 So this deceitful world is known : 
 Possess'd, I call it not my own. 
 
 Nor glory in its painted toys. 
 
 3. The empty pageant rolls along; 
 The giddy inexperienc'd throng 
 
 Pursue it with enchanted eyes : 
 It passeth in swift march away ; 
 Still more and more its charms decaVj 
 
 'Till the last gaudy colour dies. 
 
 4. My God ! to thee my soul shall turn ; 
 To thee my noblest passions burn. 
 
 And drink in bliss from thee alone. 
 1 fix on that unchanging home. 
 Where never-fading pleasures bloom, 
 
 Fresh springing round thy radiant thime. 
 
 HYMN 508. CM. 
 
 1. XT/'HY should this world delight us so ? 
 
 Why should we fix our eyes 
 On these low grounds, where sorrows gro^v. 
 And ev'ry pleasure dies ? 
 
 2. While time his sharpest teeth prepares^ 
 
 Our comforts to devour ; 
 There is a land above the stars, 
 And joys above his pow'r. 
 
 3. Nature shall be dissolv'd and die ; 
 
 The 5«n must end his race ; 
 
HEAVEN. , 
 I'he earth aiid sea for ever fly 
 Before my Maker's face. 
 4. When will that glorious morning rise., 
 When the last trumpet's sound 
 Shall call the nations to the skies, 
 From underneath the ground ? 
 
 XXX. 
 HEAVEN. 
 
 HYMN 509. L. M, 
 
 1. npO heav'n, my longing soul ! aspire, 
 
 -■- And soar aloft with strong desire 
 Here choose thy lot, here fix thy rest^ 
 And aim for ever to be blest. 
 
 2. Still keep yon blissful world in view. 
 And close the glorious chase pursue ; 
 The way leads up to rest above. 
 Through paths of purity and love. 
 
 ^. This track pursue with ardent zeal ; 
 Each lust subdue, each foe repel ; 
 Still stretch thy wings, and upwards rise : 
 Internal glory is the prize ! 
 
 HYMN 510. c. M. 
 
 1. "VrOR eye hath seen, nor ear hath heard. 
 
 Nor sense nor reason known, 
 What joys the Father has prepat 'd 
 For those that love the Son, 
 
 2, But the good Spirit of the Lord 
 
 Reveals a heav'n to come ; 
 The beams of glory in his word 
 
 Allure and guide us home. 
 '5, Pure are the joys above the sky. 
 
 And all the region peace ; 
 No wanton lips, nor envious eye, 
 
 Can see or taste the blissJ 
 
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 HEAVEN. 
 
 4. Those holy gates for ever bar 
 
 Pollution, sin, and shame ; 
 None shall obtain admittance there, 
 But foll'wers of the Lamb. 
 
 5. He keeps the Father's book of life ; 
 
 There all their names are found 
 The hypocrite in vain sliall strive 
 To tread the heav'nly ground. 
 
 HYMN 511. s. M. 
 
 1. Tj^AR from these scenes of night. 
 
 Unbounded glories rise, 
 And realms of infinite delight, 
 UnknoAvn to mortal eyes. 
 
 2. Fair land ! to mortal eyes 
 
 But half its charms explore ; 
 How would our spirits long to rise. 
 And dwell on earth no more ! 
 
 3. There sickness never comes ; 
 
 There grief no more complains ; 
 Health triumphs in immortal bloom, 
 And purest pleasure reigns. 
 
 4. No strife, nor envy there 
 
 The sons of peace molest ; 
 But harmony and love sincere 
 Fill ev'ry happy breast. 
 
 5. No cloud those regions know, 
 
 For ever bright and fair ; 
 For sin, the source of mortal woe- 
 Can never enter there. 
 
 6. There's no alternate night, 
 
 Nor sun's faint sickly ray ; 
 But glory, from th' eternal throne 
 Spreads everlasting day. 
 
 7. Oh ! may this prospect fire 
 
 Our hearts with ardent love ; 
 May lively faith and strong desir*» 
 Bear ev'ry thoiisihl: ahovr ' 
 
HEAVEN. 
 
 HYMN 513. p. M. 
 
 1. wings of faith, mount up my soul and rise. 
 View thine inheritance beyond the skies. 
 
 Nor heart can think, nor mortal tongue can tell, 
 
 What endless pleasures in those mansions dwell. 
 
 Here our Redeemer lives, all bright and glorious 
 
 O'er sin and death and hell he reigns victorious. 
 2; No gnawing grief, no sad heart-rending pain, 
 
 In that blest country can admission gain ; 
 
 No sorrow there, no soul-tormenting fear ; 
 
 For God's own hand shall wipe the falling teal:^ 
 
 Here our Redeemer lives, &c. 
 3. Before the throne a crystal river glides ; 
 
 Immortal verdure decks its cheerful sides ; 
 
 Here the fair tree of life majestic rears 
 
 Its blooming head, and sov'reign virtue bears. 
 
 Here our Redeemer lives, &c* 
 
 HYMN Sid c. M. 
 
 1. "Y?^ golden lamps of heav'n ! farewell^ 
 
 With all your feeble light. 
 Farewell, thou ever-changing moon, 
 Pale empress of the night T 
 
 2. And thou, refulgent orb of day, 
 
 In brighter flames array 'd ! 
 My soul, which springs beyond thy sphere* 
 No more demands 3iine aid. 
 
 3. Ye stars are but the shinitig dust 
 
 Of my divine abode. 
 The pavement of those heav'nly ^oijrts. 
 Where I shall reign with God. 
 
 4. The Father of eternal light 
 
 Shall there his beams display ; 
 Nor shall one moment's darkness mi^ 
 With that unvary'd day. 
 6 , No more the drops of piercing grief 
 Shall swell into mine eyes ; 
 Nor the meridian sun decline 
 Amidst (hose bri^htc^r ^if^' 
 
^ HEAVENo 
 
 0. There all the millions of his saints 
 
 Shall in one song unite, 
 And each the bliss of all shall share 
 With infinite delight. 
 
 HYMN 514. L. M. 
 
 1. TpROM north and south, from east and west, 
 -T Advance the myriads of the blest ; 
 From ev'ry clime of earth they come. 
 
 And find in heav'n a common home. 
 .2'. Howe'er divided here below, 
 
 One bliss, one spirit now they know ; 
 And, all their doubts and darkness o'er. 
 One common Parent now adore. 
 
 3. On earth, according to their light, 
 They strove to practise what was right ; 
 Hence all their errors are forgiv'n, 
 And Jesus welcomes them to heav'm 
 
 4. See, how along th' immortal meads 
 His glorious host the Saviour leads ! 
 And brings the myriads none can count.. 
 To seats of joy on Zion's mount ! 
 
 HYMN 515. c. M. 
 
 1. "VrOT to the terrors of the Lord, 
 
 The tempest, fire, and smoke ; 
 ^ Not to the thunder of tliat word. 
 Which God on Sinai spoke: 
 
 2. But we are come to Zion's hill. 
 
 The city of our God, 
 Where milder wordis declai'e his wili^ 
 And spread his love abroad. 
 
 3. Behold th' innumerable host 
 
 Of angels, cloth'd in light ! 
 Behold the spirits of the just. 
 Whose faith is turn'd to sight I 
 
 4. Behold the blest assembly there, 
 
 Whose names are writ in heav'n f 
 And God, the Judge of all, declares 
 Their mim'rous ms forgiv'n. 
 
HEAVEN. 
 
 5. The saints On earth, and all the deadj 
 
 But one communion make : 
 All join, in Christ, the living head, 
 And heav'nly joys partake. 
 
 6. In such society as this 
 
 My weary soul would rest ! 
 The man, that dwells where Jesus is^ 
 Must be for ever blest. 
 
 1. /^OME, Lord, and warm each languid heart, 
 
 ^ Inspire each lifeless tongue ; 
 
 And let the joys of heav'n impart 
 Their influence to our song. 
 
 2. Sorrow, and pain, and ev'iy care. 
 
 And discord there shall cease ; 
 And perfect joy and love sincere 
 Adorn the realms of peace* 
 
 3. The soul, from sin fca* ever free. 
 
 Shall mourn its pow'r no more ; 
 But, cloth'd in spotless purity. 
 Redeeming love adore. 
 
 4. There, on a throne, how dazzling bright, 
 
 Th' exalted Saviour shines. 
 And beams ineffable delight 
 On all the heav'nly minds. 
 
 5. There shall the folPwers of the Lamb 
 
 Join in immortal songs. 
 And endless honours to his name 
 Employ their tuneful tongues. 
 
 6. Lord, tune our hearts to praise and love. 
 
 Our feeble notes inspire ; 
 'Till in thy blissful courts above. 
 We join th' angelick choir. 
 
 HYMN 616. c. M. 
 
 In heav'nly glories drest. 
 
HEAVEN. 
 
 2. Behold Jehovah's royal hand 
 
 A radiant crown display. 
 Whose gems with vivid lustre shine^ 
 While suns and stars decay. 
 
 3. No more I seek for transient good. 
 
 Nor longer call it mine : 
 I spring to seize superior joys, 
 Immortal and divine. 
 
 4. Ye hearts, with youthful vigour waririj 
 
 The glorious prize pursue ; 
 Nor shall ye want the goods of earth. 
 While heav'n is kept in view. 
 
 HYMN 518. c. M. 
 
 1. npHERE is a land of pure delight^ 
 J- Where saints immortal reign ; 
 
 Infinite day excludes the night. 
 And pleasures hanish pain. 
 
 2. There everlasting spring abides^ 
 
 And never-with'ring flow'rs. 
 Death, like a narrow sea, divides 
 This heav'nly land from ours. 
 
 3. Sweet fields, beyond the swelling flood. 
 
 Stand dress'd in living green : 
 So to the Jews old Canaan stood. 
 While Jordan roU'd between. 
 
 4. But tim'rous mortals start and shrinkj 
 
 To cross this nan'ow sea; 
 And linger, shiv'ring, on the brink. 
 And fear to launch away. 
 
 5. O ! coidd make our doubts remove. 
 
 Those gloomy doubts that rise ; 
 And view the Canaan that we love 
 With unbeclouded eyes ? 
 
 6. Could we but climb where Moses stood. 
 
 And view the landscape o'er : 
 Not Jordan's stream, nor death's cold flood 
 Should fright us from the shore. 
 
 HYMN 519. c. M. 
 
 1. npHOSE happy realms of joy and peicf^ 
 Fain wonld my heart explor e. 
 
HEAVEN. 
 
 Where grief and pain for ever cease^ 
 And I shall sin no more. 
 £. No darkness there shall cloud the eyes^ 
 No languor seize the frame ; 
 But ever active vigour rise 
 To feed the vital flame. 
 
 3. But ah ! a dreary vale between. 
 
 Extends its awful glooms 
 Fear spreads, to hide the distant scenes 
 The horrors of the tomb. 
 
 4. O for the eye off faith divine, 
 
 To pierce beyond the grave ! 
 To see that friend, and call him mine, 
 Whose arm is strong to save ! 
 
 5. Here fix, my soul ! for life is here i 
 
 Light breaks amid the gloom. 
 Trust in Jehovali's love, nor fear 
 The horror's of the tomb, 
 
 HYMN S20 L. M. 
 
 1. Tj^ROM this world's joys and senseless mirtli, 
 ^ O come, my soul ! in haste retire ; 
 Assume the grandeur of thy birth, 
 
 And to thy native heav'n aspire. 
 
 2. 'Tis heav'n alone can make thee blest. 
 
 Can ev'ry wish and want supply ; 
 Thy joy, thy crown, thy endless rest. 
 
 Are all above the lofty sky. 
 ;3. Eternal mansions ! bright array ! 
 
 O blest exchange ! transporting thought " 
 Free from th' approaches of decay, 
 
 Or the least shadow of a spot. 
 4. There shall mortality no more 
 
 Its wide extended empire boast; 
 Forgotten all its dreadful pow'r, 
 
 In life's unbounded ocean lost. 
 6'. There dwells the sov'reign Lord of allj 
 
 Tlie God that all tlie worlds adore ; 
 With whom is bliss that cannot pall. 
 
 And joys tltat last for evermore* 
 
A TABLE 
 
 TO FIND ANY HYMN BY THE 
 FIRST LINE. 
 
 ABSURD and yain attempt ! to bind 
 Again the Lord of light n 
 Ah ! see him writhe, and bleed, and die 
 Ah wretched souls, who strive in vain 
 Alas ! and did my Saviour bleed 
 All eardily charms, hov/ever dear 
 All-glorious God ! what hymns of praise 
 All-pow'rful, self-existent God 
 All praise to thee, my God ! this night 
 All-seeing God ! 'tis thine to know 
 Almighty Father ! gracious Lord 
 Almighty God, thy pow'rful word 
 Almighty Lord of all 
 Amazing, beauteous change ^ 
 Amidst a world of hopes and fears 
 And are we now brought near to God 
 And art thou with us, gracious Lord - 
 And is the gospel peace and love 
 And must this body die ^ ' . ^ 
 And shall we still be slaves 
 And will the great eternal God 
 Angel, roll the rock away 
 Another six days' work is done 
 Are not thy mercies sovereign still 
 Arise my tend 'rest thoughts, arise - 
 Assist us, Lord, thy name to praise 
 As various as the moon 
 Attend, my snul, with awe 
 Attend ye children of your God 
 Author of good ! we rest on thee - 
 Author of life and bliss - - 
 
 .^Vwake, my soul ! and with the sun 
 A.wake, my soul ! lift up thine eyes 
 j^v/ake my sOul ! rouse evVy pow'x* 
 
TABLE OF FIRST LINES. 
 
 Awake my soul ! stretch ev'ry nerve - - 168 
 
 Awake, our souls ! away our fears - - 167 
 
 Awake, ye saints ! and raise your eyes • 274 
 
 Awake, ye saints, to praise your King - - 207 
 
 Away from ev'ry mortal care - - 211 
 
 BEFORE Jehovah's awfulthrone - - 1 
 
 Begin, my soul, th' exalted lay - - 8 
 
 Behold, O Israel's God - - - - 137 
 
 Behold, th' amazing sight - - - 85 
 
 ' Behold the bleeding Lamb of God - - 91 
 
 Behold, the blind their sight receive - - 66 
 
 Behold the gloomy vale - . - 273 
 
 i Behold ! the lofty sky - - - 119 
 
 Behold the morning sun - - - 118 
 
 Behold the path which mortals tread - - 269 
 
 ; Behold the Prince of peace - - - 69 
 
 Behold the Saviour of mankind - - 89 
 
 Behold, where, breathing love - - - 199 
 
 Behold, where in a mortal form - 80 
 
 Beset with snares on ev'ry hand - - - 131 
 
 Bless'd be th' eternal God - - - 99 
 
 Blest are the humble souls, who see - - 165 
 
 Blest are the undefil'd in heart - - 165 
 
 Blest be the tie, that binds ' - - - 202 
 
 i Blest Instructor ! from thy ways - - 145 
 
 j Blest is the man, whose heart expands - - 200 
 
 j Blest is the man, w^hose heart is kind - - 196 
 
 t Bright source of everlasting love - - - 197 
 
 } By various maxims, forms, and rules - - 171 
 
 CHILDREN, in years and knowledge young - 254 
 
 Christ, the Lord, is ris'n to day - - 96 ^ 
 
 Come gracious Spirit, heav'nly Dove - - 111 
 
 Come hither, all ye weary souls - - 76 
 
 Come, holy Spirit, heav'nly Dove - - 111 
 
 Come, let our mournful songs record • - 83 
 
 Come, let our voices join to raise - 207 
 
 Come let us join our cheerliil songs - - ' 87 
 
 Come, let us join our souls to God - - 210 
 
 Come, let us lift our voices high - - 86 
 
 Come let us search our wa3^s and try - - .194 
 
 Come* Lord, and warm each languid heart - 291 
 
TABLE OF FIRST ONES. 
 
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 Come, said Jesus' sacred voice - - - 75 
 Come sound his praise abroad - • 7 
 
 Come, weary souls, v/ith sin distrest - - 
 Come, ye that love the Lord - - - 151 
 
 Consider all my sorrows, Lord - - - 245 
 Courage, my soul ! while God is near - - 186 
 
 DAUGHTERS of pity, tune the lay - - 199 
 
 Diseases are thy servants, Lord - - 246 
 
 Bost thou my worthless name record - - 166 
 17 ARLY, my God, w ithout delay - - 211 
 " Eat, drink, in mem'ry of your friend^' - 220 
 Eternal and immortal King - . - 17g 
 
 Eternal God, almighty cause - - - 176 
 Eternal God ! how frail is man - - 279 
 
 Eternal Sire, enthron'd on high ». - - 257 
 Eternal source of evVy joy - - - 4} 
 
 Eternal Spirit, source of light , - - - 115 
 
 FAITH adds new charms to eartlily bliss - 170 
 
 Far from these scenes of night - - 288 
 
 Far hence each superstition vain - - 122 
 
 "Father divine," the Saviour cried - - 81 
 Father, I bless thy gentle hand - - 260 
 
 Father of all ! eternal mind _ - - 124 
 
 Father of all ! my soul defend - - 280 
 
 Father of all ! whose cares extend - - 120 
 
 Father of Jesus Christ, my Lord , - 98 
 
 Father of men ! thy care we bless - 204 
 i'atlier of mercies ! God of love <- 12^ 
 
 Fatlier of mercies, in tliy word - - - 121 
 
 Father of our feeble race -> - - 196 ^ 
 
 Firm w^as my health, my day was bright - , - *248 
 Far ever blessed be the Lord - - - 114 
 
 Forsake, my so^l ! tlie tents of fiin - - 154 
 
 l'\*equent the day of God returns » - 214 
 
 Proni all that dwell ])clow the skies - 4 
 
 From north and soiitli, from east and west - 290 
 
 From this world's joys and senseless mij;;tU - 29.'; 
 
 IVE thr.nks to (^od most high - - 64 
 
 Give to our (>od immoi-tal praise - •> 
 
 Give to the Louh rc sons of f«nu« - - 
 
f TABLE OF FIRST LINES. 
 
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 I Giv« to the winds thy fears - ^ 50 
 
 Glory be to God on high - - . f> 
 
 Gloiy be to God on high - - - «) 
 
 God in the gospel of his Son - - - 123 
 
 God is a spirit, just and wise - - - 28 
 
 God is the refuge of his saints - - - 50 
 
 God moves in a mysterious way - - 48 
 
 God, my supporter and my hope - - - • 13a 
 
 God of eternity from thee - - . 259 
 
 Crod of mercy ! God of grace - - - 144 
 
 God of my life, through all its days - - 18S3 
 
 God of my mercy, and my praise - - 81 
 
 Ood of our lives I thy constant care - - 231 
 
 God, to correct the world - - - 23I, 
 
 God, who is just and kind - - - 115 
 
 Grace, 'tis a charming sound - - - 37 
 
 Greatest of beings, source of life - - 
 
 Great Father of mankind - - , 208 
 
 Great framer of unnumber'd worlds - - 237 
 
 Great God, arise and shine - - « 108 
 
 fireat God, at whose all-pow'rful call - 4*3 
 
 Great God, how infinite art thou - - - 21 
 
 Great God, indulge my humble claim - 130 
 
 Great God, in vain man's narrow view - - 19 
 
 Great God ! our joyful thanks to thee - 182 
 
 Great God ! the nations of the earth - - 107 
 
 Great God ! thy peerless excellence - - 17/ 
 
 Great God ! we sing that mighty hand - - 2.30 
 
 Great God ! whilst I thy love admire - 19S 
 
 Great God ! whose all-per^^ading eye - - 16-2 
 
 Great God I whose universal sway - - 107 
 
 Great Lord of angels ' we adore - - 24S 
 
 Great Ruler of all nature's frame - - 263 
 
 Great Ruler of the earth and skies - - 49 
 
 Great source of life, our souls confess - 14 
 
 Great was the day, the joy was gi'eat - - 105 
 
 XT AD I the tongues of Greeks and Jews - 163 
 
 Had not the Lord, may Israel ?ay «- - 240 
 
 Hail, great Creator, wise and good - - 39 
 
 Hail, happy morn ! whose early ray - - 21 () 
 
 llt^ppy is he, whose early years - • 254. 
 
TABLE OP FIRST LINES. 
 
 Happy the heart, where graces reign 
 
 Happy the man, whose wishes climb - 
 
 Happy the men, whom strength divine 
 
 Hark I from on high a solemn voice 
 
 Hark ! from the tombs a doleful sound 
 
 Hark, the glad sound, the Saviour comes 
 
 Hark ! the voice of love and mercy 
 
 Hark ! 'tis our heav'nly Leader's voice 
 
 Hark ! what celestial notes 
 
 He dies, the friend of sinners dies 
 
 Heav'n has confirm'd the great decree 
 
 High in the heav'ns, eternal God 
 
 High let us swell our tuneful notes 
 
 Holy and rev'rend is the name 
 
 Holy, holy, holy Lord - - - 
 
 Hosannah ! let us join to siag 
 
 Hosannah to tlie Son 
 
 Hosannah with a cheerful sound 
 
 How are thy servants blest, O Lord 
 
 How beauteous are theii' feet 
 
 How blest the man, how more than blest 
 
 How blest the sacred tie, that binds 
 
 How did my heart rejoice, to hear 
 
 How gracious and how wise - 
 
 How happy is the man, who hears - 
 
 How long shall death, the tyraxit, reigti 
 
 How long shall dreams of creature-bliss - 
 
 How precious is the book divine 
 
 How rich ar^ thy provisions. Lord 
 
 How rich thy gifts, Almighty King 
 
 How still and peaceful is the gi-avo 
 
 How swift the torrent rolls 
 
 How various and how new 
 
 How vast is the tribute I owe - 
 
 ilow well oiu' great Preserver knows 
 
 I love the Lord ; he heard my cries - 
 1 love the volumes of thy word 
 I love thy Zion, Lord 
 I want a principle within - * 
 
 Tf high or low our station be - 
 If solid happiness we prize; 
 
l^ABLE OP mUBT LINES. 
 
 t'U praise my Maker, whilst I've breath 
 ifimortal God ! on thee we call - 
 "mpostui'e shrinks from light - 
 [ndulgent Father ! how divine 
 [ndulgent God ! whose bounteous care 
 Liadulgent God ! with pitying eye - 
 In glad amazement, Lord, I stand 
 [n raptures let our hearts ascend - 
 [n sleep's serene oblivion laid 
 XL sweet exalted strains - 
 [nterval of grateful shade 
 ta vain my roving tlioughts would find 
 [n vain opposing nations rage - 
 ix vain would boasting reason find 
 
 JESUS ! and shall it ever be 
 Jesus invites his saints 
 Tesus is gone above the skies 
 Fesus, our triumphant Head 
 fesus shall reign, where'er the sun 
 Join all the glorious names 
 Joy to the world : the Lord is come 
 t ADEN with guilt, and full of fears - 
 
 Let all the heatlien writers join - 
 |Let av'rice, borne from shore to shore - 
 )Let coward guilt with pallid fear 
 [4et ev'ry ear attend 
 
 ^et ev'ry tongue thy goodness speak - 
 uet others boast how strong they be 
 Let party names no more 
 rLet Pharisees of high esteem 
 
 Let sorrow, Lord, my bosom fill 
 ' Let the high heav'ns your songs invite 
 ' Let the whole race of creatures lie 
 Life is a span, a fleeting hour 
 Lo ! he comes, from heav'n descending 
 Lo ! he Cometh ! countless trumpets 
 Lo ! what a pleasing sight 
 Long as I live, I'll bless thy name 
 Lord, all I am is known to thee 
 Lord, dismiss us with tliy blessing 
 Lord, dost thou shew a corner-stone - 
 
TABLE OF FIRST LINES. 
 
 Lord, in this vale of tears 
 Lord of my life I O may thy praise 
 Lord of the Sabbath I hear our vows 
 Lord of the worlds above 
 Lord, thou hast search 'd and seen me through 
 Lord ! thou wilt hear me when I pray 
 Lord ! 'tis a pleasant tiling, to stand 
 Lord ! we adore thy wondrous name 
 Lord I we have Avander'd from thy way 
 Lord ! what our ears have heard 
 Lord, when iniquities abound 
 Lord, when our raptur'd thought surveys 
 
 MAKER, and sovVeign Lord 
 Man has a soul of vast desires 
 Mark the soft-falling snow 
 Mark ! when tempestuoiis winds arise 
 Mistaken souls, that dream of heav'n 
 Must friends and kindred droop and die 
 My dear Redeemer, and my Lord 
 My Father ! cheering name 
 My God ! and is thy table spread 
 My God, how endless is thy love 
 My God, my everlasting hope 
 My God, my hope ! if thou art mine - 
 My God, my life, thy various praise 
 My God, my portion, and my love 
 My God ! permit me not to be 
 My God, the visits of thy face 
 My God, thy boundless love I praise 
 My God, what blessings round me shonc 
 My God, whose all-pervading eye 
 iMy gracious God, accept my pray'r 
 My lieart and ways, O God ■ 
 My hope?, my portion, and my God 
 My Maker, and my King 
 My soul, before tjiy Maker bow 
 My soul, praise the Lord 
 My soul , repeat his praise 
 My soul, the av. ful hour yA\\ come 
 My waken'd sfxil, extetid tby winj^-s 
 
TABLE OF FIRST LINES. 
 
 / Page, 
 
 •VjAKEp^as from the earth we came - - 261 
 
 No, I'll rapine at death no more - 2S1 
 
 Nor eye hath seen, nor ear hath heard - - 287 
 
 Kot all the nobles of the eaith - - 153 
 
 Not from relentless fate's dark womb - - 51 
 
 Not to the terrors of the Lord - - 290 
 
 Now begin the heav'nly theme - - - 75 
 
 Now be that sacrifice survey'd - - 92 
 
 Now I have found the ground wherein - - 73 
 
 Now, in the heat of youthful blood - - 255 
 
 Now, in the hour of deep distress - - 83 
 
 Now let a true ambition rise - - - 291 
 
 Now let my soul with transport rise - - 93 
 
 Now let our drooping heaits revive - r 244 
 Now let our songs address the God of peace - 240 
 
 Now let our voices join - - - - 152 
 
 Now let us raise our cheerful strains - • 91 
 
 S ow may the God of grace and pow'r - - 237 
 
 Now to the Lord a noble song • - 69 
 
 O blessed souls are they - - - 149 
 
 O bless the Lord, my soul « - I4< 
 
 O come, behold a scene of dread - - - 235 
 
 Of justice and of truth I sing - - - 204 
 
 Oft have I turn'd my eye within - - - 191 
 
 0 God, my Saviour, and my King - - 194 
 
 O God of Jacob, by whose hand - - - 126 
 
 O happiness, thou pleasing dream - - 156 
 
 O happy soul that lives on high - - - 155 
 
 {) hear me, Lord ! on thee I call - - 253 
 
 O ! how my fears the dangers move - - 138 
 
 t ) Lord ! my best desires fulfil • - IM 
 
 ; ) l.ord ! our fatliers oft have told - - 23G 
 
 O Lord, our heav'nly king - - ^ IG 
 
 One there is, above all others - - - 74 
 
 On Judah's plains as shepherds sat - - 60 
 Oil wings of faith, mount up ray soul and rise « 289 
 
 Oppress 'd with guilt, or grief, or care - - 142 
 O pruise ye the Lord ! prepare a new song - - 5 
 
 O lliat the Lord would guide my ways - • 117 
 
 ' ) the delights, the heav'nly joys - - - 103 
 
 ) thou, before, whose gracious throne - 244 
 
 V) tliou that hear'st when sinners cry - 142 
 C c* 
 
TABLE OP mST LINES. 
 
 O tUoti, the wretched's sure retreat 
 O tlioa, to whose ail-searchiiig aight 
 O thou, whose scales the mountains weigh 
 O thou, whose tender mercy heai-s 
 O 'tis a lovely tiling to see - - . 
 "O turn, great Ruler of the skies - - , 
 Our country is ImmanuePs ground 
 Our Father, thron'd above the sky - - 
 
 Our God our help in ages past 
 Our souls with pleasing wonder vie w 
 t) what stupendous mercy shines 
 O Zion tune thy voice - - - - 
 
 pARENT of all, Omnipotent 
 
 Parent of good i thy works of might - 
 Peace, all ye soitows of the heart 
 Peace, my complaining heart 
 Peace ! the welcome sound proclaim - 
 Perpetual source of light and grace 
 Pity the nations O our God - 
 Praise, happy land I Jehovah's narxie 
 Praise to God, immortal praise 
 Praise to God, the great Creator - - - 
 Praise to the Lord of boundless might 
 I*raisc to the Lord, who bows his ear 
 Praise ye the Lord ! 'tis good to raise 
 -Praise ye the Lord ! who reigns above 
 " Proclaim," said Christ, "God's wondrous grace 
 Providence, profusely kind - - - 
 
 RAISE thoughtless sinner, raise thine eye 
 Raise youi- triumphant songs 
 Rejoice, the Lord is King 
 Rejoice, ye shining worlds on high 
 Remark, my soul ! the narrow bounds 
 Return^, my roving heart, return - - 1^ 
 
 SALVATION, O the jo>^ul sound - - 
 Searcher of hearts ! to tljee - - 14S; 
 
 See Israel's gentle Shepherd stand - - iit$ 
 
 S<;e what a living stone - - - . 
 
 Shall I forsjike tliat heav'niy Friend - - AtS 
 
 Shew pity, Lnrfl I. O Lord forgive - - i4I 
 
TABLE OF FIRST LINES. 
 
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 Shine on our souls, eternal God - - - 56 
 
 Should fiimine o'er the mouruins^ field - 264 
 
 Sing to the Lord, who loud proclaims - - 174 
 
 Sinners ! the voice of God regai-d - - 1.34 
 
 So let our lips and lives express - - - 160 
 
 Songs of immortal praise belong - - 2S 
 
 Sons of Adam ! join to raise « - - 64 
 
 Sov'reign of life, I own thy hand - - 249 
 
 Spring up, my soul, with ardent flight - - 286 
 
 Supreme and universal li^ht - - - 16^ 
 
 Sure the blest comforter is nigh - «- - 116 
 
 Sure there's a righteous God - - 52 
 
 Sweet is the friendly voice wliich speaks - - 14S 
 
 8 weet is the mem'ry of thy grace - - 33 
 
 Sweet is the work, my God, my King - - 214 
 
 T^EACH me, O teach me. Lord I thy way - 117 
 
 Teach me the measure of my days - 266 
 
 Thanks for mercies past receive - - - 216 
 
 That awful hour will soon appear - - 268 
 
 The darkened sky, how thick it low'rs - - 261 
 
 The day approaclies, 0 my soul - - 283 - 
 
 The evils tliat beset our path • - - 2G2 
 
 Thee v/e adore, eternal Name - - 26f 
 
 The God of glory sends his summons forth - 283 
 
 The God of love, will sure mdulge - ^ 250 
 
 Tiie God, who once to Israel spoke - - 94 
 
 The heart, dejected, sighs to know - - 30 
 
 Tlie liour of my departure's come - - 277 
 
 The King of heav'u his table spreads - - 78 
 
 The Lord, hoM' fearful is his name - - 4'> 
 
 The Lord, how kind are ail his ways - - 146 
 
 The Lord itilo his vineyard comes - - 140 
 
 The luord in Zion plac'd his name - - 209 
 
 Tiie Lord my pasture shall prepare - - 55 
 
 The Lord of glory reigns supremely great - 45 
 
 The Lord of life, with glory crown'd - - lOiC 
 
 The Lord, the Judge, his churches warns - 284 
 
 Fhe man is evi.T blest » - - 138 
 
 The man, whose firm and equal miud - » lOS 
 
 Fhe mighty deep gives up her trust - - 28;r 
 
 ilic; morning iiov.-'rs di?pla}- their sweets - - QTl 
 
TABX.B OF FIRST LINES. 
 
 Fagp. 
 
 The promises I sing - - - • 30 
 
 The promise of my Father's love - - 224 
 
 There is a glorious world on high - - 157 
 
 There is a God all nature speaks - - 38, 
 
 There is a land of pure delight - - 292 
 
 The rising morn, the closing day - - 42 
 
 The Saviour calls ; let ev'ry ear - - 77 
 
 The Saviour, what a noble flame - --84 
 
 The spacious firmament on high - - - 37 
 
 The swift declining day - - - 270 
 
 Th' eternal Sov 'reign from on high - - 66 
 
 The trav'ller lost in night - - - 150 
 
 They, that have made their refuge God - - ^4 
 
 Thine influence, Jjord ] is felt - - Hi? 
 
 This feast was Jesus' high behest - - 22t 
 
 This is the day the Lord hath made - - 215* 
 
 Those happy realms of joy and peace - - 292 
 
 Thou art my portion, O my God - - 104. 
 
 Though nature's voice you must obey - - 255, 
 
 Thou hidden love of God, whose height - 181 
 
 Thou, Lord, by mortal eyes unseen - - 68 
 
 Thou, Lord, througli ev'ry changing scene - 265 
 Thou pow'r supreme, by whose command we live 13 
 
 Thou suit'st, O Lord, thy righteous ways - 29. 
 
 Thrice happy souls, who, born of heav'n - - 178 
 
 Through all the various shifting scene - 47 
 
 Th' uplifted eye, and bended knee - - 163 
 
 Thus far the Lord has led me on - - 228 
 
 Thus God th' eternal Father, spake - - 106 
 
 Thus spake the Saviour, when he sent - 24i> 
 
 Thy ceaseless, unexhausted love - - ^Sl 
 
 Thy gracious favour, Lord ! display - - 2311 
 
 Thy presence, everlasting God - - 217 
 
 'T is by the faith of joys to come - - 171 
 
 'Tis finish'd ! — so the Saviour cried - - 87 
 
 To calm the sorrows of the mind - - 5^, 
 
 To God, the only wise - - - - 11^ 
 
 To heav*n my longing soul ! aspire - - 287 
 
 To-morrow, Lord, is thine . , - 271 
 
 To thee let my flrst off 'rings rise - - 227 
 
 To ^ee. my Gqd ! my days are known - - ^5 
 
TABLE OF FIRSl^ LINES. 
 
 To tlice, O God ! my pray'r ascends » 12S 
 
 To thee, O God ! we lioraage pay - - 67 
 
 To those Tvho fear and trust the Lord - 63 
 
 To your Creator God ^ „ , 5 
 
 Triumphant, Lord ! thy g-oodness reigns - - 32 
 
 'Twas by an order from the Lord - - 124 
 
 'Twas for our sake, eternal God - - S4 
 
 'Twas God who hurPd the rollinj^ spheres - 23 
 
 ^Twas on that dreadful, doleful night - - 220 
 
 UP to the Lord, who reigns on high - 36 
 
 Upward I lift mine eyes _ , - 54 
 
 VAST are thy works, almighty Lord - 49 
 
 Vital spark of heav'nly flame - • 278 
 
 TT/'EARY of these low scenes of night - 263 
 
 ^ ^ We feel thy awful chast'ning rod - - 236 
 
 Welcome the hope of Israel's race - - 62 
 
 We praise the Lord for heav'nly bread - - 223 
 
 We sing th' almi|^hty pow'r of God - « 39 
 
 Wc sing the wise, the gracious plan - - 72 
 
 What eyes like thine, eternal Sire - - 29 
 
 What glory gilds the sadred page - - 122 
 
 What mean these jealousies and fears - 174 
 
 What sinners value, I resign - ^ - 280 
 
 What strange perplexities arise - - I6i 
 
 What works of wisdom, pow'r and love - - 67 
 
 When Abrah'm full of sacred awe - - 238 
 
 When all the pow'rs of nature fail - - 276 
 
 When all thy mercies, O my God - - IS 
 
 \\ 'ien blooming youth is snatch 'd away - - 251 
 
 When darkness long Itas veil'd my mind - ' 174 
 
 When death appears before my sight - - 275 
 
 W^hen gloomy thouglits and fears - - 150 
 
 Wlien God rc^veal'd his gracious natne - - 149 
 
 When I can read my title clear - » 153 
 
 Wlien T witli curious eyes survey - « 27 
 
 ! When in the light of faith divine - - 134 
 
 When ,lc'^us dwelt in niorlai clay — - 80 
 
 When I'i'e's tcni]->estuous storms are o'or ~ 276 
 
 When o'er tlic trodden paths of life •» - 21') 
 
 When ovci'v/hciai'd with grief - * iBV 
 
TABLE OF FIRST LINES. 
 
 Pagp. 
 
 Wiien present sufF 'rings pain my heart - - 184 
 
 "When rising from the bed death - - 143 
 
 Wherefore should man, frail child of clay - 191-^ 
 
 Where high the heav'nly temple stands - 102 
 
 Wherewith shall I approach the Lord - - 210 
 
 Wliile beauty clothes the fertile vale - - 42 
 
 While some in folly's pleasures roll - - 155 
 
 While sounds of war are heard around 234 
 
 While thee I seek protecting pow'r - - 179 
 
 While to the grave our friends are borne - 274 
 
 Whilst sinners, who presume to bear - - 164 
 
 Who, gracious Father ! can complain - 47 
 
 Who shall against the Lord prevail - - 136 
 
 Who shall ascend thy lieav'nly place - 161 
 
 Why is my heart with grief opprest - - 185 
 
 Why should this world delight us so - 286 
 
 Why sinks my weak desponding mind - - 185 
 
 Why will ye lavish out your years - - 135 
 
 With ecstacy of joy - - - - 71 
 
 With eye impartial, heav'ns high King - 28 
 
 With humble heart and tongue - - -255 
 
 With joy we lift our eyes - - - 211 
 
 With songs and honours sounding loud - - 41 
 
 With transport, Lord! we view the page ~ 154 
 
 Worthy is he, that ouce was slain - - - 88 
 
 YE foll'wers of the prince of peace - - 222 
 
 Ye golden lamps of heav'n ! farewell - - 289 
 
 Ye humble souls, approach your God - 2 
 
 Ye humble souls, complain no more - -* 158 
 
 Ye humble souls, that seek the Lord - - 95 
 
 Ye mourning saints, whose streaming tears - - 252 
 
 Ye servants of the Lord - - - 169 
 
 Ye sons of men, in sacred lays - - - 20 
 
 Ye subjects of the Lord, proclaim - - 45 
 
 Yes, the Redeemer rose - - - 97 
 
 Ye trembling souls ! dismiss your fears - 1$2 
 
 Ye weak inhabitants of clay - - 20 
 
 Ye works of God! on him alone - - t\ 
 
A 
 
 LITURGY, 
 
 FOR THE USE OP 
 
 EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN 
 CHURCHES. 
 
 rtJBIISHED BY ORDER 
 OF THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN STNOU 
 OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK. 
 
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CONTENTS. 
 
 SECT. T. TWO Forms of Confession of Sin, and two 
 
 other Introductoiy Prayers. 
 U. Eight general Prayers.* 
 
 III. Foiu* Prayers after sermon. 
 
 IV. Seriptm'al Benedictions for the Conclusion of pi^^- 
 
 lie worship. ' 
 
 Y. A Table of the selections from the Scriptures, co^ 
 monly called the "GovSpels and Epistles." ^ ' 
 
 VI. The Ministration of Baptism to Infants. 
 
 VII. The Ministration of Baptism to such as are of ripest 1 
 
 years. 
 
 VIII. The Order of Confirmation. 
 
 IX. Order of the Service preparatoiy to the Celebratic|i| 
 
 of the Lord's Supper. 
 
 X. Tlic Administration of the Lord's Supper. 
 
 XI. s\. Form for the Inauguration of the ruling- Officei^ 
 
 of a Congregation. 
 
 XII. Tlie Solemnization of Matrimony. 
 XITI. The Burial of the Dead. 
 
 *.Tf any of these prayers should be considered too 
 h<^ lised at once, it may be easily divided into two parts 
 ihc jirt-t to be used bejore, cind the second after stTiron, 
 
A LITURGY, kc. 
 
 SECTION I. 
 
 TWO FORMS OF COJVFESSIOJ\r OF SLY, and 
 TWO OTHER PRAYERS, proper to be usedin the 
 Mornings Service, i7nmediately after its introduction by 
 the singing of a hymn. 
 
 1. 
 
 DEARLY beloved, the holy scriptures deelare, that^ 
 when the ^ncked man turneth away from liis wicked- 
 i^ess, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall 
 save his soul alive. The sacrifices of God are a broken and 
 a contrite heart. To the Lord belong mercies and forgive- 
 nesses, though we liave rebelled against him. Let us, there- 
 ifore, arise, and confess our sins unto our Father, with sin- 
 ^e, humble and obedient hearts, that we may obtain re- 
 mission of the same by his infinite goodness and mercy. 
 
 Almighty and most merciful Fatlier, unto whom all 
 hearts are open and all desires are known, all whose com- 
 mandments are just, necessary, and good ! we confess unto 
 thee, that we have en-ed and strayed from thy ways like lost 
 sheep. We have followed too much the devices and de- 
 sires of our own hearts. We have offended against thy ho- 
 ly laws. We have left undone those things, which we ought 
 to have done ; and we have done those things which we 
 ought not to have done. But enter not, we beseech thee, 
 into judgment with us ; for in thy sight ^all no man living 
 be justified. As thou liatest nothing which thou hast made, 
 and desirest not the death of a sinner, but rather that he 
 may turn from liis wickedness and live, — have mercy, O 
 Lord, upon us miserable offenders. Spare thou those, O 
 God, who confess their faults. Restore thou those who are 
 truly penitent, according to thy gracious promises declared 
 unto mankind in Christ Jesus our Lord, And grant, O 
 most merciful Father, that we may hereafter live a godly, 
 righteous, and sober life, to the glory of thy holy name» 
 tftix)ugli thy blessed Son, o\xr Mediator and Redeemer. 
 
i INTRODUCTORY PRAYERS. 
 
 2. 
 
 * f NEARLY oeloved, "if we say that we have no sin, we. 
 XJ <i deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. But lit 
 'Mve confess (and forsake) our sins, God isfaitliful and just 
 'Ho forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from ail un- 
 "^righteousness." Encouraged hy this merciful assui-anoe 
 of his word, let us renounce eveiy evil thought and way^ 
 and w ith penitent and humble hearts implore the forgiven 
 ness of ail our transgressions. 
 
 Holy, iioly, holy art thou, Lord God Almighty, the mer^ 
 < Ifui Ruler, the righteous Judge of all thine intelligent 
 creatures in hea\ en and on earth ! I'hou dweiiest in a 
 light unto which no man can approach, and canst not look 
 v/ith pleasure upon sin. We confess unto thee, the Search*- 
 <T of hearts, that AVe are justly chargeable with numerou?^ 
 irsnsgressions and omissions of duty. We acknowledge 
 Avith sorrow and repentance, that we have been unmindtiS- 
 of thy goodness and disobedient to thy laws, that we have 
 cherished evil dispositions, inordinate affections, and sinful 
 passions ; and that we have rendered ourselves obnoxious 
 to thy displeasure, and deserving of the punishments due 
 .to Uie guilty. O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee ; 
 but unto us shame and confusion of face. Our only hope;: 
 is in thy tender mercy ; and we praise thee, that thou hast 
 s^raciously revealed to us thy readiness to receive into fa- 
 vour all who cease to do evil and learn to do well. In th<j 
 3).ame of thy Son Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent hiU^ 
 the v/orld to save us from our sins and miseries, we im» 
 pi ore the forgiveness of all our offences ; seriously renouii* 
 ciug v.-hatever is contrary to thy will, and sincerely resolv- 
 ijig to follow after holiness of heart and life. "N^ouchsafe 
 to direct and assist us by thy Spii-it, in carrying these pur- 
 poses into effect. And grant, O tliou God of compassion, 
 lluit our hearts may be established in the love and fear of 
 thee, in a cheering sense of thy goodness, and hi a joyful 
 hope of everlasting life and happiness, through the media- 
 tion of our crucified and exalted Saviour, Jesus Clii'ist. 
 Amen. 
 
 \ L^IIGHTY and everlasting God, who art the aiitbof 
 of ev-erj^ good and perfect gift ; what fervent iri atitudu 
 
inthoductory prayers. 
 
 5 
 
 do we oAvc to chee for the privilege of assembling together 
 in thy house, of holding communion with thee, ot confirm- 
 ing our faitii in thy blessed Son, and of nourishing our 
 souls with the bread of eternal life ! How rich is the pro- 
 Tision, which thou hast been pleased to make for the sup- 
 ply of all our spiiitual wants ! Accept, we beseech thee, 
 the thankful ackno wledgments of our hearts for the ordi- 
 nance of thy gospel, and for the institution of this day of 
 sacred rest ; and enable us to make a wise and a protita- 
 ole use of them. Assist us to worship thee, who art a 
 Spirit, in spirit and in tnith. Dispose us so to understand, 
 to recollect, and to apply the discoveries and precepts of 
 thy word, that we may perfectly love and serve thee, and 
 cordially confide iu' thy government and promises. Grant, 
 especially, thattlie serious remembrance of the triumphant 
 resurrection of ihy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ, of which 
 we are reminded this day, may animate us to the steadfast 
 profession of his name, raise our affections and wishes to 
 the things which are above, incite us to follow him in his 
 holy and benevolent life, and fill us with joy, peace, and 
 hope in believing. — Save now, O Lord, we beseech thee. 
 Jn thee do m put our trust : let us never be ashamed, 
 Ameii. 
 
 4. 
 
 I~\ THOU ever-blessed and most glorious God, who art 
 the object of supreme venei-ation, on whom all the 
 ftmiilies of the eai th continually depend ! we, thine un- 
 \f orthy servants, would come before thee with reverence 
 and thanksgiving. We esteem it good for us to draw near 
 imto thee, and we desire to serve thee witli fiJial joy and 
 godly fear. May the various exercises, in wiiich M e en- 
 gage, be acceptable in thy sight and be accompanied with 
 ihy blessing. May we celebrate thy praises M^ith under- 
 standing and devotion ; and to remember thy great good- 
 ness to us and to all men, that we may be inclined to love 
 thee and to cherish g*ood will tov/ards one another. May 
 we confess our sins unto tliee with unfeigned sorrow and 
 steadfast purposes of amendment. May vv e offer up oirr 
 siipplications with liilmblc confidence in thy ^visdom and 
 kiidness. May our intercessions be accoiiipanied •> iih up- 
 
6 
 
 GENERAL PRAYEHS. 
 
 right charity towards all mankind. May we receire m» 
 struction with attention, candour, and meekness ; lay it up! 
 in our hearts, and bring forth the fruits of righteousnesiL in 
 our lives. May no vain thoughts distract our minds, no 
 unworthy object withdraw our affections. May we so 
 carefully improve all the means of religion, that we may 
 grow wiser and better ; be gradually trained up for thy 
 heavenly kingdom ; and at last be made partakers of that 
 happiness, which eye hath not seen, which ear hath not 
 heard, and which it hath not entered into the heart of man 
 to conceive, through tlxe riches of thy redeeming grace in 
 Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 ,A^. J?. The Jhllomng portions of scripture may also be 
 used with great propriety, for the introduction of pubUc 
 
 tvorship: viz. Psalm XVL XIX. XXVIL LXVtl. 
 
 j^xxxir. xcviiL a cm. cxlv. ^ 
 SECTION II. 
 
 BIGHT QEjYERAL PRAYEMS, proper €0 he med 
 m public worship. 
 
 \ LMIGHTY and most merciful God, we desire tb lift' 
 up our hearts unto thee, the hearer of prayer, frot»i 
 whom alone cometh our help. We adore thee as the gresrii 
 Parent of the Universe, from whom all things proceed! 
 and on whom all creatures depend. Thou art worthy oi' 
 all possible veneration, gi^atitude, and obedience. Thoi:: 
 art the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, anc 
 hovd of lords. Thou alone hast immortality, and art un 
 diangeable in wisdom and holiness. Thy ti'uth endurei 
 to all generations ; thy mercy is from everlasting to eve 
 lasting upon them that fear thee ; and thy rigliteousne^' 
 unto children's ebiidren. — We thiiTie unworthy servant? | 
 would give thee most humble and hewty thanks for all thy; 
 goodness and loving-kindness to us and to all men. W< 
 bless thee for oui' creation, preservation, and all the bless- 1 
 ings of this life ; but, above all, for thine inestimable iov«! 
 til the redemption of the world by our Lord and Saviour 
 
GENERAL t'RAYERS- iT 
 ■ ^J^sus Christ, for the means of gi^ace, and for the hope of 
 ; ^loiy. And we beseech thee to give us tliat due sense of 
 . all thy mercies, that our hearts may be uijfeignedly thank- 
 ful, and that we may show forth thy praise not only v/itl). 
 our lips, but in our lives. Grant, that wo may devote our- 
 i selves to thy service, and walk before thee in Iioliness and 
 I righteousness all our days. Enable us to cherish and to ex- 
 ' ercise habitually eveiy pious and virtuous affection ; that 
 i we may enjoy the testimony of a good conscience and the 
 hope of thy favour, be sustained and comforted under the 
 troubles of this life, and finally be received into thine ever- 
 I iasting kingdom, through thine infinite mercy in Jesus 
 ! Christ our Saviour. 
 
 > Thou hast directed lis, almighty God, to offijr up our 
 
 ! stlpplit^ations for all our feilo wmen. We humbly beseech 
 thee for all sorts and conditions of men; that thou wouldst 
 be pleased to make thy ways known unto^them, tlie saving 
 gospel of thy Son unto all nations ; that idoiati'y, supersti- 
 [ tion, and vice may be banished from the eailh ; and thai. 
 I war, oppression, and injustice, may for ever cease. Wf 
 ; pray, that the chuixih of Jesus tliroughout the w orld ma)^ 
 i be so guided and governed by thy good Spirit, that alL 
 ! who profess themselves Christians, may be led into the 
 ; way of truth, and hold the faith in unity of spirit, in th* • 
 i bond of peace, and in righteousness of life. We commend 
 to thy fatherly goodness all those, who are afiiicted Or dls- 
 , tressed in mind, body, or estate ; that it may please thee to 
 . comfort and relieve them according to then' several neccs- 
 : sities ; giving them patience under their sufterings, and a 
 happy issue out of all theii'athictioni?, 
 
 \Ve implore thy heavenly blessing especially upon tlie 
 land;, in which we live. Give success, we pray thee, to th 
 lawful and viituoue labours of its inhabitants; and provide 
 the necessary supplies for all their wants. Behold wit^ 
 thy favour the President of the United States, the Gov-^ 
 ^rnor of this State, and all who are invested with legisl^i- 
 , tive, judicial, or executive authoritv ; and. so replenish 
 them with thy grace, that they may always incline to i\v-^ 
 will and walk in thy way, and be enabled to promote arsd 
 secure the national peace, liberty, safety and prosperity. 
 Send down upon all ministers of the gospel and upon ail 
 oongrogations committed to their chni;-<^e "Ihe needfal spirit 
 
S GENERAL PRAYERS, 
 
 of thy grace, that they may truly please thee ; a&d gire 
 such enicacy to the means of education with which Uioii 
 hast furnished us, that we may become a wise and righte- 
 ous people, whom thou wilt delight to protect and favoi^ 
 Hear us, most merciful God, we beseech thee, in ihem 
 our supplications and intercessions, which we ofter up VLni$ 
 thee as disciples of thy Son; and pardon and accept 
 through him, now and evermore. Amen. 
 
 2. i 
 
 GLORY and honour be unto thee, the self-existent anil 
 infinite Jehovah, who art and wast, and shalt be frtSSi 
 eternity to eternity ! Adoration and praise be unto th^, 
 the omnipotent, all-wise, all-gracious Being, who fillet 
 the heavens and the earth with thy presence and thy loti^ 1 
 Glory and honour be unto thee, the Creator and Prij- 
 server of the Universe, the Father and the Friend of tl|ie 
 sons of men ! Thou hast formed us after thine own imag?,: 
 made us intelligent, free, and immortal spirits, and raised 
 us to the dignity of thy children and v*^orshippers. Thon 
 bestowest upon us, each returning day, invaluable mercies 
 and blessings both for our bodies and our souls ; and thoi 
 art preparing us for vastly higher satisfactions in a bettei 
 world. 
 
 Adoration and praise be unto thee, the Father of cojn- 
 passion, the God of all consolation and grace in Christ Je- 
 sus our Lord ! Thou hast pitied our sinful and wretched 
 l-ace, and given us a Redeemer who is able to save unt: 
 the uttermost. By the doctrines, the death, and the resur- 
 rection of thy Son, thou hast revealed to \j(S thy characteaj 
 and will, conferred on us the sti^ongest assurance an<5 
 pledge of tl^ mercy, enriched us with comfort imder 
 our trials atid distresses, encouraged and -enabled i<s ti 
 prove faithfnl to duty, delivered us from tlte^^fe^ of deati 
 and of hell, and set before us the path of lif0 aSj^^ieasurc 
 at thy right hand forevermore. V - 
 
 Almighty God, how shall words express the grandeu 
 of thy majesty, and the magnitude and extent of thy grace 
 We would bow down with the profoundeyt venertttion, am 
 worship thee as the first, the best, the most perfect of aJ 
 beings. We contemplate with amazement the iiTimeasm 
 
GENERAL PRAYERS. 9 
 able distance between thee and us thy frail and guilty 
 creatures ; and rejoifce, that, though thou art infinitely ex- 
 halted, thou deignest to exercise such condescension and 
 clemency towards us. To thee all our homage, affection, 
 and submission are due. To praise and adore thee be our 
 delightful and eternal employment, and that of all our 
 brethren ! 
 
 Merciful Parent of the human family, enable us to live 
 under an habitual sense of the relation which we sustain 
 towards thee. May the recollection of thy greatness ever 
 inspire us with reverence, and the remembrance of thy 
 mercy lead us to consecrate our bodies and our souls as a 
 living sacrifice unto thee. May a cheerful and miiversal 
 obedience ever prove our gratitude, and a patient submis- 
 sion to the afflictions we may encounter evince our trust. 
 May we ever rejoice in Jesus Christ as the Captiiin of our 
 salvation, open our hearts to all his discoveries and com- 
 mandments, make them the only rule of owe faith and 
 ractice, aim continually at an increasing resemblance of 
 is divine dispositions and virtues, and rely with immovea- 
 ble confidence upon the precious promises which he sealed 
 "with his blood. By the influence of his holy gospel, may 
 we pass with usefulness and comfort through all the vicis- 
 situdes of this transitory state, and become qualified for an 
 entrance into that world, where all his followers shall be- 
 hold him face to face. 
 
 These blessings, which we supplicate for ourselves, we 
 beseech thee, heavenly Father, to extend to the whole 
 family of man. Increase the number of those, who adore 
 thee with holy ^oy and with a Christian temper and life. 
 Multiply the triumphs of truth over error, of righteous- 
 ness over iniquity, of a filial spirit of love over servile ter- 
 rors and gloomy fears. In all the habitations of men, from 
 the rising unto the going down of the sun, liay the incense 
 of acceptable praise and the pure offering of a vjiluouB life 
 be presented unto thee. 
 
 Endow all those, who are appointed to rule over their 
 fellowmen, with a superior measure of wisdom and benev- 
 olence; and inspire all instructors of youth and all teach- 
 ers of religion with an ardent concern to promote the wcl'- 
 i'lve of those with whom they are connected. Enlighten 
 and direct thy servants to whom the administration of dlir 
 
GENERAL PRAYERS, 
 goycrumeat is committed, and all vrho are empowered to 
 ciiact and to execute our lav/s, in fulfilling their arduous 
 and important duties. Grant that all the inhabitants of our^ 
 land may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godlines|j 
 and honesty. Vouchsafe to preserve to us our civil artdl 
 religious rights, to protect us from the horrors of war and 
 other public calamities, to bless us with healthy and fruit»: 
 lul seasons, and to prosper our agi-iculture, commerce/ 
 and manufactures. i 
 Have mercy, gracious God, upon all communities or* 
 Siidividuais, Avho are oppressed by injustice and tyranny ;^ 
 ^ lio are flying from the sword of their enemies ; who are 
 suffering the desolation of famine or pestilence ; who are 
 bowed down by sickness or poverty ; or who are exposed 
 to any other necessities and dangers. Prevent them, we 
 pray thee, from being overwhelmed by such visitations, 
 and from sinking into despair. Raise up to them friends, 
 and send them relief in their distresses; and cause the 
 rough and thorny path of affliction to become to them the 
 path to perfection and bliss.— -Let thy consolations cheer 
 and support, especially, our mourning and distressed breth-?. 
 ren, who are united wit;h this religious society, or for whom 
 our prayers have been desired. Alleviate their pains, both 
 of body and mind. Deliver them from all then* sorrows, 
 if this be agreeable to thy holy will, or enable them to 
 sufter with pious resignation and hope ; and let them find 
 by happy experience, that it was good for them to be af- 
 iiieted. 
 
 And now unto thee, who art able to do exceeding abund- 
 antly above all tliat %vc ask or think, be clory in the church 
 I J Christ Jesus, throughout all ages. Amen» . 
 
 GKF.AT art thou, O God, and greatly to be praised; 
 worthy to be had in reverence by all the children of 
 men ! We worship thee as the Creator and Governor of 
 all things visible and invisible. Thou livest and reignest, 
 imchangeably the same, without beginning of days or end 
 of years. Thou art present at all times in every part of thy 
 dominion j the universe is thy temple ; thine is the majes- 
 t 'a!?d the power, and the gloiy. Thou art perfi^t la 
 
GENERAL PRAYERS. H 
 
 wisdom, wonderful in counsel, holy in all thy ways, and 
 righteous in all thy works. Thy faithfulness endu^eth for 
 ever, and justice and judgment are the foundation of thy 
 throne. Thou art good, and thou doest good continually ; 
 the earth is full of thy riches ; and every blessing and ad- 
 vantage cometh down from thee. 
 
 We thank thee, O thou Father of lights, for the innum- 
 erable mercies which thou hast bestowed upon us. We 
 thank thee for the gift of life ; for the wise and useful 
 frame of our bodies ; and for the nobler powers of our 
 minds, by which we are enabled to attain to the knowl- 
 edge and love of thee. We thank thee, that thou hast im- 
 planted in us a sense of good and evil, and the affections 
 of benevolence and compassion. We thank thee for the 
 continual preservation of our being, and confess, that food 
 and raiment, that health and joy and all our outward pos- 
 sessions are the gifts of thy bounty, and that the blessmgs 
 of friendship, free(lom, and equal government, are thy be- 
 nevolent appointment. 
 
 We thank thee, that thy goodness is not confined to the 
 present world, but that thou art training us up for ever«- 
 lasting life by thy Providence and grace. We thank thee 
 for the instructions and examples of the wise and the good, 
 and for every opportunity of cultivating knowledge and 
 virtue. But above all, we praise and magnify thee for the 
 ricli display of thy love in the manifestation of thy Son 
 Jesus Christ. We acknowledge with the highest grati- 
 tude, that by him thou hast given us thy heavenly truth to 
 enlighten our minds and to sanctify our hearts ; and that 
 in his life thou hast set before us a model of the most ex- 
 alted goodness, to encourage and animate our upright en- 
 deavours to serve thee. W e bless thee for the promises 
 of mercy and forgiveness, and for the hopes of immortal- 
 ity, which are confirmed to us in his gospel. We rejoice, 
 that, after he had suffered death upon the cross for the re- 
 conciliation of our souls to thee, he was raised up from 
 the grave, and became the author of eternal salvation to 
 all those who obey him. 
 
 But, whilst we bless thee. Almighty God, for thy good- 
 ness and thy wonderful works ; we are humbled by the 
 thought of our ingratitude and unworthiness. We lament 
 befoi-e thee, that we have not duly hearkened to the voice 
 D D 2 
 
liJ GENERAL PRAYERS, 
 
 of thy word, nor been as sensible of thy clemency and 
 €Qmpassion as it behoved us to be. We have been guilty 
 of many errors and transgi-essions, and negligent in. the 
 ,;;oveniment of our hearts and the direction of onr con-^■ 
 duct. We liave exposed ourselves to thy righteous dis*; 
 pleasure ; and v^'ould bow down before thy thi'one^ implor*' 
 iag thy pardon. O God, have mercy upon the works of 
 thy hand, and forgive and accept thy people, according tot 
 tlie covenant of thy grace in Jesus Christ our Lord. As it| 
 is the desire of our hearts to return to the path of obedi-. 
 ence, enable us, we beseech thee, by the assistance of thy^, 
 holy Spirit, to corixct whatever is wron^ in our tempers? 
 and behaviour, and to delight in the practice of every thin^ 
 goad and virtuous. Endow us with an active principle of? 
 humble and joyful pietj', with a supreme love and a con-« 
 »tant regard to thee, with a prevailing disposition to do 
 unto all men as we would that they should do unto us, 
 witli a solicitude to approve ourselves to thee the uner- 
 ring judge by pure affections and by a watchful cai'c over 
 our thoughts and passions. Assist us to become and to 
 eonlinue the faithful disciples of thy Son, to glory in his 
 cross and triumph, and to demonstrate our attachment 
 nnd devotedness to him by promoting the success of his 
 gospel with ail our power, and by causing the light of a 
 prood example to shine before others. And, while we pray 
 thee, merciful Father, to defend us from every real evil, 
 und to confer upon us v/hatever is needful for our bodies 
 and our souls; we would desire to submit ourselves per- 
 fectly to the disposal of thy wisdom. Through whatever 
 changes we may be conducted by thy Providence, help us 
 to improve them to thy glory ; that we may be finally ad- 
 mitted into those everlasting habitations, which thou hast 
 li-raciously promised to thy faithful servants by Jesus Christ 
 our Lord. 
 
 Almighty God, thou wilt have all men to be saved and 
 to be brought unto the knowledge of the truth. Enlarge, 
 w e beseech thee, the kingdom of thy Son, and give liim 
 the uttermost parts of the earth for his possession. Put 
 an end to all falsehood in religion and all wickedness of 
 life. Grant, that pure and uncorrupted Christianity may 
 r^L-cvcil, that all its prof ;ssors may walk worthy of their 
 
GENERAL PRAYERS. 13 
 righteousness, peace, and charity eveiy where abound. 
 Father of mercies, look down with favour upon these 
 United States of America. Enable the President, and all 
 others in authority, to discharge the duties of their stations 
 ^vith. wisdom, and integrity, as men who are responsible to 
 thee. Caus>e a speedy and efl'ectual stop to be put to the 
 prog^ress of immorality and profaneness; that, on the last- 
 ing basis of public virtue, the public happiness may be es- 
 tablished, and our liberties be preserved and handed down 
 inviolate to the latest posterity. Crown the year with thy 
 goodness ; help all thy people to live in concord and har- 
 mony ; and let all our churches and schools be monu- 
 ments of thy love. Extend thy pity, in paiiacular, we pra}' 
 thee, to all the sons and daughters of sorrow. Be thou a 
 lather to the fatherless, and the defender of the widow. 
 Provide for the poor; give health to the sick; comfort 
 those who mourn ; support such as suffer for righteous- 
 ness sake •, prepare the dying for their removal from i]\h 
 probationary state ; and deliver the nations from all tho 
 evil effects of ambition, avarice, anarchy, violence, and con- 
 tention. 
 
 Hear us, O God of mercy, in these our supplications, 
 wliich we oiler up in the name and as the disciples of thy 
 Son. And unto Him that sitteth on the throne, and to the 
 LamlD that was slain, be glory and honour for ever r.nd 
 ever. Amen. 
 
 4. 
 
 O UPREMELY exalted and adorable Jehovah, whom an- 
 ^ gels and archangels delight to worship, v/honi tijc 
 heaven of heavens cannot contain ! behold in mercy thy 
 servants and cliildren, who come before thee with the 
 voice of prayer and of praise. We bow down before thee, 
 tlie self-existent and eternal Being, and rejoice in tlie rev-, 
 elation which thou hast been pleased to make of thy char- 
 acter and will. Thou hast formed the heavens with all 
 tlieir hosts, the earth and all tliat dwell therein. Thou 
 prcservest universal nature in existence, maintainest the 
 Ijeaiity rjid order of thy works, and disposest all things by 
 t ounseis which cannot eiT. All creatures are entirely de- 
 ;'*-:i.;(,jit lij^nu tlieo. and thou assigncst to each his proper 
 
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 station and duty. Thy Providence is perfect; thy gov- 
 ernment is righjieous ; all thy commandments are eqiuta- 
 ble, pure, and good. Unto thee alone, the blessed aad 
 supreme Potentate, is unlimited submission due. />> 
 
 We venerate, O God, thine almighty power j thine uii«t 
 spotted sanctity, and thine unbounded wisdom ; but wft 
 would especially acknowledge thine infinite and everlast* 
 ing goodness. Thou art the fountain of happiness, and tho^ 
 diffusest blessings innumerable throughout thy creation4 
 Thou art the Father of our spirits, and the Former of our| 
 bodies. Thou hast exercised a gracious care over us fron^* 
 the first moment of our existence, supplied our wants, an^j 
 provided for us miuiy enjoyments. We thank thee for all. 
 the mercies of our outward condition, and for all the sat* 
 isfactions of society and friendship. We thank thee for 
 understanding and knowledge, for the capacity of making j 
 improvement in religion and vii'tue, and for all our oppor«if, 
 tunities and means to attain true happiness. We thank^ 
 thee, above all, that thou hast sent thine only-begotteii? 
 Son, to save us from ignorance and fear, to redeem us. 
 from all iniquity, and to purify unto himself a peculiaij i 
 people zealous of good works. We thank thee, that thoti 
 wast in him reconciling the world unto thyself, that he 
 gave himself for us and suffered the painful death of the^^ 
 cross for our souls, and that through hira we receive re»| 
 mission of sin. We thank thee, that, by his glorious resur-^B 
 rection and ascension, he has brought life and immortalitj^B 
 to light ; that he has opened before us the solemnities ^f^t 
 a future judgment, and displayed to us the mansions of th^H 
 spirits of just men made perfect. 
 
 What is man, O God, that thou art so mindful of him, ^ 
 and the son of man, that thou visitest him thus ? How 
 good art thou to the evil and unthankful ! and yet how of- 
 ten have we offended against thy rich and unspeakable 
 grace, and slighted that long-suffering and forbearance 
 which should have led us to repentance ! how many are 
 the occasions, on which we have felt and acted inconsist- 
 ently with the character which we are required to bear, 
 the great example which is set before us, and the sure 
 and precious promises to which we are called ! — But suf- 
 fer us not, O Lord, to perish in our ti'aasgressions ; deliv- 
 er us from the dominion of th(:^3;n in the time to come. Eij- 
 
GENERAL PRAYERS. 
 
 ible us to live according to the profession which we mak'o% 
 ind the desircs which we now express before thee. Givt; 
 IS such a deep persuasion of the evil of sin, and of the ini- 
 lortance and necessity of a holy heart and life, that ^v(.i 
 nay carefully abstain from all iuipiety and unrighteous- 
 ness. Let the grace and mercy which thou hast shevv ii 
 iQto us in Jesus Christ our Lord, excite in us due returns* 
 
 sere kindness, tenderness, and forgiveness to all ouf 
 brethren. Let the remembi-ance of death, judgment, and 
 gternity, effectually lead us to purify our minds, to imitate 
 the pattern of our blessed Master, and never to be weary 
 in well-doing. Let the assurances and pledges, which 
 thou hast given us of thy love to all thy upright and faiUi- 
 ;ul children, fill our hearts with joyful hope and with a 
 !irm reliance upon thy divine assistance. Safe under tl^y 
 protection, and happy in thy favour, may we cheerfully 
 follow where thou pleasestto conduct us, desh'e only what 
 thou shalt see fit to give us, and endure with foi titude th»* 
 trials which thou shalt appoint for us. In health and in sick- 
 ness, in life and in death, may we lift up our souls unto 
 thee, and make thy goodness and mercy in the Mediator 
 
 I of our race our only confidence and joy. And having liv- 
 ed, by thy grace, in a state of continual improvement and 
 preparation for thy heavenly kingdom, may we finally ha 
 ; received into the same, to the praise and glory of thy name, 
 through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
 
 O God, who art the Father of all mankind, fill the 
 ! minds of thy reasonable creatures, we beseech thee, with. 
 ' the knowledge of ihy truth, and deliver them from every 
 evil affection. Cause the gospel of thy Son to prevail 
 through the world, to enter the hearts and govern the lives 
 of all its inhabitants, and to make all nations righteous and 
 happy. Reform the disorders, which arise from the evil 
 passions of men ; and prosper the just designs of all who 
 delight in peace. Grant, that the blessings of free and 
 equal government may become universal, the advantages 
 of civil society be widely extended, the best interests of 
 eveiy community be fully secured, and all thy children be 
 united in the praise of thee and tlie love of one another. 
 ' We commit to thee, our righteous Governor, all the 
 important concerns of our couuUy. We pray, that wa. 
 
 constrain us to exercise siu- 
 
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 may live in safety, and enjoy thy blessings in ti'auquillitjl 
 and peace; that we may escape the destructive evfls 
 ■which thou hast appointed for wicked nations ; and thai 
 religion and virtue may so prevail among us, that o\Ji 
 privileges may be transmitted to succeeding ages. Be 
 pleased to give us the fruits of the earth in their seasons.; 
 and to bless all orders of men in the diligent discharge ^\ 
 their respective duties. Give success to all the meani! 
 employed among us for instructing the young, for reclaim* 
 ing the vicious, and for establishing the well-dispos^ 
 Enlighten, direct, and prosper the President of the Uni-- 
 ted States, and all who are invested with authority. Maj 
 they be men fearing tJiee, and hating covetousness and afi! 
 manner of iniquity ; may all their power and influence b€ 
 exerted for the promotion of the welfare of the peoplfe. 
 and the advancement of thy glory ; and, under their gov- 
 ernment, may justice and judgment be impartially admia- 
 istered. J 
 
 Finally, we beseech thee, O God of mercy, to exten# 
 thy favourable regard to all our brethren who are in affliii- 
 tion. May thy wisdom be their direction, thy power their 
 support, thy goodness their confidence. By patience ^ndi 
 a serious improvement of their sufferings, may they li^ 
 prepared for unmixed happiness in that better woH^ 
 where all thy ways will be completely justified, and ever- 1 
 lasting praise will ascend to thy throne. 
 
 And unto thee, the King eternal, immortal, and invi£> 
 ble, be all honoui" and glory, through Jesus Christ, otOr 
 Mediator and Redeemer, now and evermore. Araen. , 
 
 ~ I 
 
 ETERNAL and most merciful God, unto whom all 
 hearts are open, and from whom no secrets can be 
 hid ! we would raise our thoughts and affections to thee, 
 as the greatest and the best of beings, the object of su- 
 preme veneration, the high and mighty Ruler of the Uni- 
 verse. The heavens are thy throne, the earth is thy foot- 
 stool. Honour and majesty are before thee; stren^h 
 and beauty are in thy sanctuary ; holiness becometh thine 
 house for ever. Powerful is thine arm ; unsearchable are 
 thy judgments ; righteous is thy reign ; with ttiee there i? 
 
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 10 respect of persons. Thy wrath is revealed against all 
 mgodliness and wickedness ; thy mercy is sui'e to every 
 lumble and penitent soul ; thy counsels are counsels of 
 5eace, and not of evil. We address ourselves to thee as 
 iependant, frail, and guilty creatures, who cannot exist 
 ivithout thy support, who cannot be happy without thy 
 love. We acknowledge, that all our facidties are the 
 «rork of thy hand, that all our outward advantages and en- 
 joyments ai'e the gifts of thy providence, that all our con- 
 solation and improvement flow from thy grace. We bless 
 tjiee for all those satisfactions and comforts, which have 
 sustained, cheered, and gladdened us in every stage of our 
 pilgrimage. We praise thee, that we are made but a little 
 lower than the angels, and formed with capacities to know, 
 to love, and to rejoice in thee for ever. We thank thee, 
 above all, for the mission of thy beloved Son, for redemp- 
 tion through his blood, even tJie forgiveness of sins, for 
 ithe possession of his precious gospel, for tlie privilege of 
 freely enquiring into its meaning, and for the liberty of 
 openly professing our faith. What everlasting gratitude 
 .ija due to thee, that his doctrines perfectly enlighten the 
 human mind, that his precepts clearly point out to us the 
 pgth of duty, that his example incites and encourages our 
 works of love, that his death speaks peace and joy to the 
 upright believer, that his resurrection from the grave es- 
 Idiblishes our confidence in him as our divine Mediator and 
 iLedeemer, and that his ascension to glory enlivens our 
 best and dearest hopes ! 
 
 10 God ! accept, we beseech thee, the expressions of 
 our thankfulness for these inestimable mercies. Pardon, 
 pf thi|ie infinite goodness, whatever of liikewarmness and 
 disobedience thy pure eyes have seen in our minds and in 
 our lives. Give us grace to make a diligent and faithful 
 use of every talent committed to our care. Vouchsafe to 
 direct us in all our religious enquiries. Help us to shuti 
 all presumptioji, and to maintain a humble and teachable 
 disposition. Preserve us from those prejudices which per- 
 vert the judgment, from those passions Y>'hich debase thf 
 imder standing, from those mi^lHkes which weaken the 
 ,1 |)rinciples and obstruct the practice of Christian vhtuej 
 !' Irom those superstitious imaginations and fears which 
 ' betrav men into flisbonon.i^hle and nnworthv conceptions 
 
fit! 
 
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 n GENERAL PRAYERS, 
 
 of tlice. Assist us to know thee more and more perftsijafly 
 to understand thy will and our exalted destination, to tAa 
 thee the object of our highest confidence, reverence an( 
 joy, to love thee with all our souls, and to walk with cir- 
 cumspection and alacrity according to thy holy command* 
 jiients. May we daily learn more of that Saviour who wa: 
 meek and lowly in heart, take his yoke upon us, and fine 
 his promised rest and peace. May our faith in him con-j 
 tinually grow stronger and more efficacious, and that saifad 
 mind and spirit be in us which was in him. May his gos- 
 pel be completely successful in correcting our errors, it 
 forming within us tlie amiable graces of the Christian char- 
 iicter, in supporting us under the difficulties and sufteringii 
 of this transitory life, and in preparing us for the glorj' 
 which is about to be revealed. Having lived as his trtti 
 followers, may the remembrance of his crucifixion and tti; 
 xunph banish every fear from our bosoms in the houi' ol; 
 death. And, in the day of judgment, may thy grace givcl 
 us the portion of those, to whom our Lord shall say : "come 
 ** ye blessed of my father, inherit the kingdom prepared 
 *'for you from the foundation of the worlds'* 
 
 Almighty God, thou desirest not the destruction of an;^. 
 hut hast loved the whole world and given thy Sontotas^ 
 deatli for eveiy man. O grant, we beseech thee, that all 
 the children of Adam may rejoice in the light of his go»« 
 pel, and experience the invaluable blessings, which aw! 
 bestowed upon us through his mediation. Be pleased 66: 
 to direct the affiiirs of" this world, and to smile upon aHj 
 proper means for the advancement of thy kingdom, tllfii 
 kingdom of truth, purity, and righteousness, that it ma^f 
 soon be completely and universally established. Put 
 end, we pray thee, to tyranny and violence, to the destruc-' 
 tive schemes of ungodly ambition, to the efl:usion of human 
 blood, and to the unnatural devastations and calamities 
 war. Dispose all, who bear the name of thy Son, to speak 
 the truth in love, to honour each other, and to live 
 brethren. And let every plant, which thou, our heavenl) 
 Father, hast not planted^ be rooted up. 
 
 We pray for the various tribes of the human family 
 May it please thee to fatour all virtuous and pious coni 
 munities with thy special protection, and to employ all tlx 
 methods of thy government for the reformation oi ?^it^h f ' 
 are vicious and corrupt. y 
 
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 We Implore thy blessing, especially, iipoii tlie laad in 
 >tvhich we live. Four out upon us, () God, a spirit of re* 
 pentance and reformation of all our national sins. Grant, 
 that our civil and religious liberties may be secured and 
 preserved, and that our public counsels, founded upon 
 truth and righteousness, may be crowned with success. 
 May all om- magistrates, judges, and rulersj be inspired 
 with wisdom and energy, with a love of justice, with a 
 eeal for religion, and with a generous concern for the hap- 
 piness of the people. May all the ministers of thy word 
 be found faithful, helpers of the joy of their fellow-Chris- 
 tians, not lords over thine heritage, but examples to the 
 flock. May it please thee to smile upon the useful la- 
 bours of the various classes of our citizens, to give us the 
 fruits of the earth, and to preserve us from the horrors of 
 w ar, of famine, of pestilence, of conflagrations, and other 
 public calamities. Or, shouldst thou, in thine infinite w^is* 
 dom, visit us with such chastisements; grant, we beseech 
 ihee, that they may not terminate in our destruction, but 
 cooperate with all other events for our improvement and 
 everlasting felicity. 
 
 We pray thee, O thou God of compassion ! to have mer- 
 cy upon the sons and daughters ofaflliction. Ease the 
 pained, restore the sick, strengthen the feeble, support the 
 aged, assist the tempted, satisfy the doubting, feed the 
 poor with bread, plead the cause of the oppressed, send 
 persecuted. Preserve those who travel by land or water ; 
 sliow pity upon prisoners and captives ; do thou, the Fath- 
 *?r of the fatherless, the widow's God, bind up the broken- 
 hearted, and comfort those that mourn. Turn the wick-, 
 ed from every evil way ; let one spu-it, the spirit of har- 
 mony, piety, love, and joy, he difi\ised over thy creation? 
 and raise all men to those pure and endless pleasuresy 
 ^ hich are found at thy right hand. 
 
 And now to thee, O God, who hast created us, to thee 
 "vlio hast redeemed us, to thee who art sanctifying the 
 hearts of thy faithful servants, be everlasting honour anU 
 giory. Amen^ 
 
 NFINITE and incomprehensible Jehovah, whom an- 
 ^md archangels delight woi^Mp, whom th^ 
 
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 M GENERAL PRAYERS, 
 
 heaven of heavens cannot contain: vve look up unto Hif 
 throne with a deep conviction, that it is our duty to ac« 
 knowledge thee in all our ways, and devoutly to offer unto 
 thee our thanks and prayers. We praise thee that thou 
 hast been pleased to furnish us with all things necessary t(> j 
 life and godliness in the doctrines of thy holy gospel ; ami i 
 we would implore thy gracious assistance, to enable us i 
 walk worthy of our high vocation. I 
 
 Thou hast revealed thyself to us as the Creator and Ru« j 
 ler of heaven and of earth, in whom we and all other be* I 
 ings live and move, and in whose hands our times and oup 
 fates are reposed. — Help us, therefore, to venerate thee ll 
 with the deepest humility, to be always sensible of thy | 
 majesty and power, to subject ourselves to thee with obe* : 
 dient hearts, to remember our entire dependance upon 
 thy will, and to look up to thee alone for temporal an<l 
 eternal happiness. i 
 
 Thou hast made us acquainted with thy character, dt 
 the omnipresent and omniscient, the holy and righteous 
 God, to whom the thoughts of all are perfectly known, wh.& 
 continually beholds both the evil and the good, who is 
 able to save or to destroy, and who will not fail to reward 
 or punish men according to the state of their hearts and 
 the tenour of their lives. — Grant O Lord, we beseech! 
 thee, that, under the influence of such views of thy pei>| 
 fections, we may walk before thee with holy care, dreadi 
 and fly from every secret sin, cherish a sacred regard tcn 
 thine authority at all times and in all places, zealously 
 strive to perform whatever thou commandest, prefer titeyl 
 friendship and approbation to eveiy other object, anaj 
 never despond whilst thou the Lord God omnipotent sjd 
 with us. i 
 
 Thou hast taught us to contemplate thee as a gracioM 
 and merciful Father, delighting to do good to thy chil- 
 dren, exercising forbearance towards our infirmities, and ^ 
 pardoning those who renounce their transgressions and ^ 
 walk not after the flesh, but after the sph-it. Dispose us, 
 by such considerations, to love thee supremely, to rejoice pj 
 in thee evermore, to adore thee with filial confidence, and 
 to commit our bodies and souls to thee with immovable ^ 
 tranquility and hox>e. [, 
 
 Thou haist given us thy beloved Son Jesus Christ, to be 
 the light of the vrorld, the conductor of our souls ia tht 
 
GENERAL PRAYERS. 2i 
 path of righteousness and peace, the Mediator betweeu 
 us and thee, the Redeemer who is able to save unto the 
 wttermost and to raise his followers to his own honour and 
 felicity.' — Grant, O God, that we may fully realize the 
 •worth of his gospel, and profess it openly before the 
 world. May we rejoice in his doctrines, death, and re- 
 surrection, and entertain the strongest trust in his promi- 
 ses. May we place ourselves under his direction and 
 guidance, keep his character continually before our eyes, 
 and look unto him in life and in death as the author and 
 finisher of our faith. 
 
 Almighty Ci od, thou hast connected us together in a 
 state of society by the tenderest ties, and appointed us to 
 instruct, to counsel, to encourage, to relieve, to console, 
 and to support one another.^ May we ever take pleasure 
 m promoting the welfare and cheering the minds of our 
 fellow-travellers to eternity. May we always cordially love 
 our friends, and forgive and do good to our enemies, per* 
 secutors, and slanderers. May we faithfully serve one 
 another with the talents and possessions, which thou hast 
 confided to us as thy stewards. May we feel and act as 
 brethren, the servants of one common Master, the chil- 
 dren of the same Father in heaven, the heirs of the same 
 blessings beyond the grave. 
 
 Thou hast ordained, that, after a short pilgrimage on 
 earth, our bodies shall die and our spirits ascend unto thee 
 then- Maker. Thou hast taught us, diat we shall all be 
 placed before the judgment- seat of Jesus Christ, tliatmen 
 shall reap what they have sown on earth, and that an end* 
 less duration awaits each one of us. — O God ! may we 
 never boast of to-morrow, nor delay the performance of 
 the work which thou hast given us to do, nor attach our- 
 selves immoderately to this world. May the thought of 
 death and judgment lead us to frequent and serious self- 
 examination, and preserve us from engaging in vain and 
 criminal pursuits. May it be our first concern, to be 
 found faithful by thee, to improve and exalt the faculties 
 of our immortal souls, to lay up treasures in heaven, te 
 keep our loins girt and our lamps burning, and to hold 
 ourselves in constant readiness for the coming of the great 
 God and of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. 
 
 May eveiy truth of religion be rendered impressive t© 
 -Gur rainds^ and duly influence us in all we think and feel; 
 
m GENERAL PRAYERS, 
 
 and say and do ; tliat, forgetting the things which are he* 
 hind, we may press forward continually to the mark of our 
 liigh calling, and obtain the prize of eternal life, which thy 
 grace is about to bestow upon thy faithful servants. 
 
 Almighty God, thou art the Father of all mankind. To- 
 the protection and blessing of thy Providence we com-' 
 mend all our brethren, the nigh and the low, the rich and 
 the poor 5 beseeching thee to enable them to discharge 
 their respective duties, and to enjoy contentedly whatever 
 thou bestowest on them. 
 
 May oiu* rulers and the rulers of all communities 
 and nations be duly sensible of thy sovereign authority, 
 and of the rights of those by whom they are intrusted with 
 the weighty chaise of government; obey thee in all hu- 
 mility ; and exercise their power with wisdom, fidelity, and 
 clemency. 
 
 May all, who are subject to lawful authority, set a just 
 value on the blessings of good government, contribute 
 their several parts towards the public order and happiness, 
 and conscientiously fulfil theh' obligations. 
 
 Bless the rich, O Lord, with a disposition to do good. 
 Teach the poor to be sober, honest, industrious, and con- 
 tented with their lot. Help all who suffer distress to re«* 
 joice in the discoveries of thy word, and to commit them- 
 selves to thy keeping in patience and well-doing. Lead all 
 classes of men amongst us to laboui' in their vocatiottf 
 with integrity, diligence and zeal. And grant, that, by 
 constantly obeying thy laws, by mutually exercising equi- 
 ty and kindness, we and all our fellow-creatures may en- 
 joy the blessings which thou givest us in this world, and 
 be trained up for the participation of endless felicity in th^ 
 world to come, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 7. 
 
 ALiMIGHTY and most merciful God, who art infinitev 
 ly exalted above every created being ! we rejoice that 
 we are permitted to raise our thoughts unto thee, and {o 
 call thee our Father. We adore thee as the Parent of an- 
 gels and of men, and praise thee for the gracious care -with 
 which thou providest for our temporal and spiritual wel- 
 fare. And we pi*ay, that we may be animated with a spirit 
 
GENERAL PRAYERS. ^ 
 •of filial piety, that we may delight in the contemplation of 
 thy character and government, and call upon thee at all 
 times with that cheerfulness and confidence, with which 
 affectionate children approach a kind and indulgent Parent. 
 
 Grant, for this purpose, we beseech thee, that we and 
 all our fellow-men may see thee more and more perfect- 
 ly as thou art, and entertain worthy conceptions of thy na- 
 ture, government, and will. 
 
 May that pure and undefiled religion, which Jesus 
 taught, and which is the fountain of all our knowledge oC 
 i thee, be universally diffused, received, obeyed, and de- 
 i monstrated to be the power of God unto salvat,ion to all 
 who sincerely believe it Under its influence, may thy 
 I laws be fulfilled with alacrity and pleasure ; and all thy 
 rational creatures on earth emulate the zeal and devotion 
 of angels and good men made perfect. 
 
 Thou alone knowest, great God, what measure of health 
 and prosperity is good for man all the days of his life on 
 earth. Bestow upon us, we beseech thee, what thy wis- 
 xlom sees to be necessary. Preserve us from anxious cares 
 and restless desires. Teach us to moderate om* attach- 
 ment to the world, to be content with our lot, and to be 
 thankful for the blessings which we receive from thy lib-- 
 eral hand. 
 
 We confess, that we are unprofitable servants, that we 
 have not deserved thy favours, and that we have often of- 
 fended against thy holy commandments. But we implore 
 from thee, who delightest to show compassion unto the 
 contrite, the remission of all our errors and sins, upon the 
 gracious terms proposed in thy gospel. Incline our hearts, 
 by a lively sense of our many frailties and of our great 
 need of thy mercy, to forgive and to do good to those who 
 may injure us. And as we are conscious of our own weak- 
 ness, we intreat thee, the Governor of the Universe, to 
 place us in circumstances favourable to our improvement. 
 Assist us to shun the snares and temptations of vice, to 
 avail ourselves of every means of grace, to fight the good 
 fight of faith, to watch, to pray, and to be sober, to take 
 up the cross and deny ourselves, following our great Sa- 
 viour and Example v/ith fidelity and constancy. 
 Finally, we pray, that we and all our fellow-men may be 
 enabled to bear v/hatever afillctions thou sendest us, and 
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Ci GENERAL PRAYERS. i 
 
 that m thia© owii good season we may be 4elivere(l from ? 
 every soitow and distress. Deliver the nations from all i 
 ignorance, injustice, tyranny and bloodshed. Deliver our i 
 country from every evil which we feel or fear. Deliver 
 the sick and the unhappy from the calamities wliich they 5^ 
 suffer. Deliver the souls of the dyin^ from gloomy fears^ i 
 and gi-ant them an abundant entrance mto the land of eter- : 
 nal love and joy. 
 
 We offer up these our supplications unto thee as the t 
 djsciples of thy Son, and with full reliance upon his assur- i 
 ance that those who ask with sincerity and faith shall re- f 
 ceive. Thy power is equal to thy goodness. All things 
 in heaven and on earth are at thy disposal. And thin^be 
 tlie honour, the glory, the gi-atitude and the praise, for 
 ever and ever, through Jesus Christ our Mediator and Re» 
 fleeraer. Amen. i 
 
 OUR Father "w^ho art in heaven * look (Jown in mercy* 
 upon thy needy and dependant children, who have 
 come to thine altar with the sacrifice of prayer and thanks- 
 giving. We approach thee with tlie persuasion, that thou 
 art elevated above all our praise, and that no tribute from 
 mortals can add to thy happiness or glor}\ The faculties, 
 with which Ave worship thee, are thy gift; of thee, and 
 through thee, and to thee, are all things. But we rejoice, 
 that, tttough thou art too great to need our offerings, thon 
 art too good to despise them. Wc bless thee, that we ar« 
 indulged in the invaluable honour and privilege of spread- 
 ing our wants before thee. We bless thee, that whilst thoa 
 art superintending the concerns of ten thousand world?, 
 thou condescendest to hear our supplications, and to numr 
 her the very hairs of our heads. We bless thee for the | 
 promise of thy word, that thou wilt be nigh unto all thosp ^ 
 who call upon thee in sincerity and truth. Fulfil now, O i 
 l^ordjthe desires and petitions of thy servants, as shall be 
 most expedient for them. May it please thee, of thine | 
 5nite mercy, to give us healfli of body and cheerfulness at 
 mind, to prosper our honest industry, and to protect us 
 from danger and distress, if thine mierring wisdom shaJJ 
 ■p^crf^^lvc tills to be s'ood for lis. Vouchsafe-; of thine infinite 
 
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GENERAL PRAYERS. ^5 
 mercy, to blot out our many sins and iniquities, and to 
 Spare and save the souls of thy servants, w ho with unfeign- 
 ed contrition draw near to thy throne througli the hlootj 
 of the everlasting covenant. Condaot us by thy Spirit and 
 Providence, in safety, through this transitory w orld. Lead 
 us to the perception of eveiy necessary truth. Implant 
 and noui'ish in our hearts pious principles and virtuous af- 
 fections. Sanctify us in tlie springs ot action ; assist us to 
 govern oui' tempers and passions ; enable us to live not by 
 sight, but by faith, the faith of that Lord who hath loved U3 
 and given himself for us, and to adorn oui' profession by an 
 unblamable walk and conversation. Vouchsafe to prepare 
 each one of us for our respective situations, circumstiinces 
 and trials. Incline the young, O God, to cultivate a sober 
 fnind, to remember thee their Creator, Redeemer, aud 
 Judge, and to acquire those habits, which will secure their 
 present peace and usefulness, and qualify them for celes- 
 tial felicity. Lead those, who have arrived to the middle 
 stage of life, to labour while it is day in thy service and for 
 the benefit of their fellow-men, before the night cometh 
 when no man can work. Support thine aged servants un- 
 iiev all their infirmities, and help tlicm by tlieir example 
 to convince the rising generation, tliat religion has pOAver 
 to shed comfort upon the decline of life and to smooth t];e 
 passage to the tomb. Dispose such as are x>05'SCssed of 
 this world's goods, to enjoy them with a temperate and 
 thankful soul, and to be ready to disti'ibute their treasures 
 for the relief of the necessitous. Inspire the poor and the 
 afilicted with submission and hope, and assist them to se- 
 cure themselves unfading riches beyond the grave. Grant 
 that, as parents or children, as masters or servants, as 
 members of families and citizens of the state, we may dis- 
 chai'ge our obligations with diligence and care, and shine 
 as lights in thy churcli on earth. While we are fervent in 
 spirit and zealous of good works, may we possess that 
 peace which tlxe world is unable to give, and go on our 
 way rejoicing. In eveiy situation in wluch we shall be 
 placed, may it be our chief care to be found doing justly, 
 loving naercy, walking humbly before thee the Lord our 
 God, following our Saviour Jesus Christ, and seeking thy 
 heavenly kingdom. In joy and sorrow, in life and death, 
 roiij ('ur sor^^ be stayed upon thee, and triumph in the a s- 
 sunmce of thy love aud of the i^esurrection of the jtcst-. 
 
5^6 PRAYERS AFTER SERMON. 
 
 These blessings, which we solicit for ourselves, we be- 
 seech thee. Father of mercies, to extend unto all our breth- 
 I'en, and finally to i-eceive them and us into the mansions 
 of everlastino- life and bliss, through thy rich and free 
 !;;race in Jesus Christ, thy Son, our Lord and Saviour, 
 Amen. 
 
 SECTION III. 
 
 FOUR PRAYERS after sermon, 
 1. 
 
 f \ God, the eternal source of wisdom and purity, froai 
 whom all good counsels, all holy desires, and all ju*t 
 works do proceed ; we offer up our prayers unto thee, be- 
 seeching thee to sanctify our hearts by thy holy word. 
 What we know not, teach thou us. Whatever is wrong 
 in us, dispose and enable us to reform. Whatever in us 
 is good, assist us to carry forward to perfection. Grant 
 that we may go forth into the world with the spirit of true 
 religion in our souls, and spend all our days in thy fear 
 and love ; that we may depart from this scene of discip- 
 line, whenever thou shalt take us away, with Christian 
 hope, and be admitted into thy sacred temple above 
 through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 3. 
 
 A CCEPT, O thou God of compassion, the thankful aCi- 
 knowledgments of our hearts for the privileges av hick 
 we have enjoyed at this time. Forgive the imperfection 
 of our devotions and whatever thy pure eyes may have 
 seen amiss in us. Of thy great mercy, grant us such things 
 as shall be good for us, though we may neglect to pray for' 
 them ; and deny us such things as would be hurtful to us, 
 though we should earnestly desire them. Impress upon 
 our minds the solemn counsels of thy word, and let not 
 the cares or pleasures of the world prevent or impair their 
 efficacy. Help us to walk sisk in thy sacred presence; and 
 at last vouchsafe to receive us into glory, through Jesus 
 Christ oui' Lord uad Saviour. Amen. 
 
 4 
 
SCRIPTURAL BENEDICTIONS. ^7 
 8. 
 
 A L]SnGHTY God, ourheavenly Father, through whose 
 infinite goodness -we have been permitted to offer up 
 our united supplications and to meditate upon the inter- 
 ests of our immortal souls: hear thou in heaven, we be- 
 seech thee, the petitions of our hearts, and give thy bless- 
 ing to the lessons which w^e have learned, as far as they 
 agree witli thy tinith in scripture. Establish our minds 
 in the love of every Christian ordinance and duty. Grant, 
 that this house of prayer may become and continue to us 
 the gate of heaven, the temple of devout and holy joy, the 
 refuge of our souls from the trials and temptations of life, 
 the school of genuine wisdom and virtue. Fit as more 
 and more perfectly for glorifying thy name upon earth, 
 and for singing thy praise in the mansions of thy house 
 above, tlirough Jesus Christ our Mediator ami Redeemer. 
 Amen. 
 
 4. 
 
 GRANT, we beseech thee. Almighty God, that tlie 
 words which we have heard this day with our out- 
 ward ears, may be so grafted inwardly in our hearts, that 
 they may bring forth in us the fruit of good livins:, to the 
 honour and praise of thy name, thi'ough Jesus Christ our 
 Lord. Amen. 
 
 OUR Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy 
 name, &;c. &cc. 
 
 SECTION IV. 
 
 SCRIPTURAL BEJYEJDICTIOA^S for the concluy 
 sim of public ivorship. 
 
 1. 
 
 THE Lord bless thee and keep thee. The Lord makti 
 his face to shine on thee, and be gracious unto thee. 
 The Lord lift up his countenance on thee, and give thee 
 peace. Amen, 
 
 2. 
 
 THE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of GocV 
 our heavenly Father, and the communion of his holy 
 Spirit, l^e with us and with sXi our brethren of mankind, 
 now and evermore. Amen. 
 
2S . GOSMiLS AND EPISTLES. 
 
 MAY grace and peace be multiplied unto us and 
 men, through the knowledge of Grod and of Jesus Chriit 
 our Lord. Amen, 
 
 4. 
 
 THE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ he with us all. 
 Amen. i 
 
 5. 
 
 THE God of peace, that hrought again from the deadj 
 our Lord J esus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through 
 the blood of the everlasting covenant, make us perfect in 
 every good work to do his will, working in us that which- 
 is well-pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to 
 whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. 
 
 6. 
 
 THE God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eter- 
 nal glory by Christ Jesus, make you perfect, establish, 
 strengthen, settle you. To him be glory and dominion! 
 for ever and ever. Amen. 
 
 SECTION V. 
 
 ^ Table of the selections from the Scriptures commoi 
 called tlw " Gospels and Epistles. 
 N. B. — These selections are added to the Liturgy, bei* 
 cause it has been customary in many of the Lutheran 
 churches in the United States to have them read regularly 
 in public worship. But it is necessary to remark concera- 
 ing them, that there is an impropriety in congregationB 
 confining themselves year after year, to these portions (SJT 
 the sacred volume, and neglecting all the rest, when they 
 meet together for instruction and prayer. Besides, al- 
 though some of these selections are excellent, not a few 
 of them have been chosen injudiciously, or are so unnat- 
 urally torn away from the context, as to be dark and un- 
 edifying, instead of exhibiting a clear and connected view 
 of the great facts, truths, and lessons, contained in holy 
 writ, especially of hose w^hich are most interesting to 
 Christians. It is very desirable, that other and larger sec 
 tioris of tlie scriptures should be i-e^d in our religioas ^ 
 
GOSPELS AND EPISTLES. 
 
 '20 
 
 sefiTiblies ; and it is pleasing to find, that this is done in the 
 Evangelical Lutheran Churches in Saxony, Wirtemberg, 
 and other protestant countries in Germany. 
 
 The 1 Sunday in Advent. 
 The Gosp.-Matth. 21. 1-9. 
 The EpisL-llom. 13. 11-14. 
 The '-Z Stmday in Advent. 
 Luke 21. 25-36. 
 Rom. 15. 4-13. 
 The 3 Sunday in Advent. 
 Matth. 11. 2-10. 
 1 Cor. 4. 1-5. 
 Tha 4 Sunday in Advent. 
 John 1. 19-28. 
 Philipp. 4. 4-7. 
 
 Chi^tmas day. 
 Luke 2. 1-14. 
 Titus 2. 11-14. 
 The Sunday after Christmas. 
 Luke 2.'33-40. 
 Gal. 4. 1-7. 
 JVew-Fear's day, or the Cir- 
 aimcision of Chnst, 
 Luke 2. 21. 
 Gal. 3. 23-29. 
 Tlie 1 Su7iday after Kenvy ear. 
 Matth. 2. 13-23, or 
 Matth. 3. 13-17. 
 I Peter 4. 12-19, or 
 Titus 3. 4-7. 
 Tlie E,pipha7iy, orJlfanifesta- 
 tion of Christ to the Gentiles. 
 Matth. 2. 1-12. 
 Isaiah 60. 1—6, or 
 Ephcs. 3. 1-12. 
 Tlie 1 surulay after Epiphany. 
 Luke 2. 41-52. 
 Rom. 12. 1-6. 
 The 2 Sunday after Epiph. 
 John 2. i-11. 
 Rom. 12. 6-16. 
 ^.t1\e 3 Sunday after Epiph. 
 Mmh, 8. 1**13. 
 
 Rom. 12. 17-21. 
 The 4 Sunday after Epiph, 
 Matth. 8. 23-27. 
 Rom. 13. 8-10. 
 The 5 Sunday after Epiph, 
 Matth. 13. 24-30. 
 Coloss. 3. 12-17, 
 The 6 Simday after Epiph, 
 Matth. 17. 1-9. 
 2 Peter 1. 16-21. 
 Septuagesima, or the 3 SuU" 
 day bef ore Lent, 
 Matth. 20. 1-16. 
 
 1 Cor. 9. 24-27. - 
 Sexogesima^or the 2 Sunday 
 
 before Lent, 
 Luke 8. 4-15. 
 
 2 Cor. 11. 19-31. 
 Qidnquagesima, or the Sun* 
 
 day before Lent. 
 Luke is. 31-43. 
 
 1 Cor. IS, 
 
 The 1 Simday in Lent, 
 Matth. 4. 1-11. 
 
 2 Cor. 6. 1-^10. 
 The 2 Sunday in Lent. 
 
 Matth. 15. 21-28. 
 
 1 Thess. 4. 1-7. 
 The 3 Sunday in ijcnt, 
 
 Luke 11. 14-28. 
 
 Ephes. 5. 1—13. 
 The 4 Sunday in Lejit, 
 
 John 6. 1-15. 
 
 Gal. 4. 21-31. 
 Tjfie 5 Sunday in Lent, 
 
 John 8. 46--59. 
 
 Heb. 9, 11-15. 
 The 6 Sunday in LeTht. 
 
 Matth. 21. 1-9. 
 
 Philipp. 2. 5-11, 
 
so 
 
 GOSPELS AND EPISTLES. 
 
 1 Cor. 11. 23-32. 
 Good-Friday, 
 Matth. 26. 36 to the end of 
 ch. 27, or Mark 14. 32 to the 
 end of ch. 15, or Luke 22. 39 
 tt) the end of ch. 23, or John 
 
 1 8, and 19. 
 
 Isaiah 53. 
 Easter, 
 
 Mark 16. 1-8. 
 
 1 Cor. 5. 6-8. 
 
 Easter-Monday, 
 
 Luke 24. 13—35. 
 
 Acts 10. 64—41. 
 The 1 Sunday after Ea8tei\ 
 
 John 20. 19-31 
 
 1 John 5. 4-10. 
 The 2 Sunday after Easter. 
 
 John 10.*^ 11-16. 
 
 1 Peter 2. 21-25. 
 The 3 Sunday after Easter. 
 
 John 16. 16-23. 
 
 1 Peter 2. 11-20. 
 The 4 Sunday aftei^ Easter, 
 
 John 16. 5-15. 
 
 James 1. 16-21. 
 The 5 Sunday after Easter. 
 
 John 16. 23-30. 
 
 James 1. 22-27. 
 Ascension-day. 
 
 Mark 16. 14-20. 
 
 Acts 1. 1-11. 
 The Sunday after Ascen- 
 sion-day. 
 
 John 15. 26-16. 4. 
 
 1 Peter 4. 7-11. 
 JV/iit^mday, 
 
 John 14. 23-31. 
 
 Acts 3. 1-12. 
 
 IVhitsuTv-Afo nday, 
 
 John 3. 16-21. 
 
 Acts 10. 42—48. 
 
 Trinity Sunday. 
 John 3. 1—15. 
 Rom. 11. 33-36. 
 The 1 Sunday after THnit^ 
 Luke 16. 19-31. 
 1 John 4. 16-21. 
 The 2 Sunday, &c, 
 Luke 14. 16- -24. 
 1 John 3. 13-18. 
 TheS Sunday, ^c. 
 Luke 15. 1— 10. 
 1 Peters. 6-11. 
 The 4 Sunday, &c, 
 Luke 6. 36—42. 
 Rom. 8. 18-23. 
 The 5 Sunday, &c. 
 Luke 5. 1-11. 
 I Peter 3. 8-15. 
 The 6 Sunday, &c. 
 Matth. 5. 20-26. 
 Rom. 6. 3-11. 
 The 7 Sunday, &fc. 
 Mark. 8. 1-9. 
 Rom. 6. 19-23. 
 TlieS Sunday, &c, 
 Matth. 7. 15-23. 
 Rom. 8. 12-17. 
 The 9 Sunday, 
 Luke 16. 1-9. 
 1 Cor. 10. 6-13. 
 The 10 Sunday, &c. 
 Luke 19. 41-48. 
 1 Cor. 12. 1-11. 
 Then Sunday, 6fc. 
 Luke 18. 9-14. 
 
 1 Cor. 15. 1-10. 
 The 1^2 Sunday, ^c, 
 
 Mark 7. 31-37. 
 
 2 Cor. 3. 4-11. 
 The 13 Sunday, i, 
 
 Luke 10. 23-37, ' 
 GaL ^, ^5.-22- 
 
Baptism. 
 
 i31 
 
 TJieUSwidaJj,&c. 
 
 Liike 17. 11-19. 
 ' Gal. 5. 16-24. 
 The 15 Svmlaij, ^c. 
 
 Matth. 6. 24-34. 
 
 Gal. 5. 25-ch. 6, 10. 
 The 16 Sunday^ &c, 
 
 Luke 7. 11-17. 
 
 Ephes. 3. 13-21. 
 7'he 17 Sunday ycsfc. 
 
 Luke 14. 1-1 Ic 
 
 Ephes. 4. 1—6. 
 T/ielH Snnday, &c. 
 
 Matth. 22. 3'i-46. 
 
 1 Cor. 1.4-9. 
 The 19 Sunday, 
 
 Matth. 9. 1-8. 
 
 Ephes. 4. 22-28. 
 'i'/ie 20 Sunday J &c, 
 
 Matth. 22. 1-14. 
 
 Ephes. 5. 15—21. 
 
 772-5 21 Sunday, &c, 
 
 John 4. 47—54. 
 
 Ephes. 6. 10-17. 
 7'he 22 Sunday, &c ' 
 
 Matth. 18. 23-35i 
 
 Phiiipp. 1. 3-11. 
 The 23 Su7iday,&c. 
 
 Matth. 22. 15-22. 
 
 Phiiipp. 3. 17-21. 
 The Sunday, &c\ 
 
 Matth. 9. 18-26. 
 
 Coloss. 1. 9—14. 
 IVie 25 Sunday, &c» 
 
 Matth. 24. 15-28. 
 
 1 Thess. 4. 13-18. 
 The 26 Sunday, &c, 
 
 Matth. 25. 31-46. 
 
 2 Peter a. 3-14. 
 The 27 Sunday, &e. 
 
 Matth. 24. 36-ch. 25. 1-30, 
 I 1 Thess. 5. 1-11. 
 
 SECTION VI. 
 
 TUB MLYISTRATIO^r OF BAPTISM 
 TO mFAjXTS. 
 Address of the Mnister to the parents or other sponsors of 
 
 tlue cMld to be baptized, 
 ' J^fy Christian Friends, 
 
 IT was the command of our Saviour Jesus Christ to his 
 apostles, tliatthey should go and make disciples of all 
 nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of 
 the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. He dedared to tliose, 
 among whom he lived, " Except a man be born again, lie 
 cannot see the Kingdom of God." And he requires, 
 that we all be directed in our sentiments and deportment 
 by his doctrine and example, and tliat the same tnind be in 
 us which was in him. 
 
 This sanctification of the heart and life is signified by 
 tlie sacramental rite, which our Lord instituted as th« 
 means of introducing: the members of hi» Yiisibl<» char<ih on. 
 
fr2 BAPTISM, 
 earth. As water purifies our bodies from id\ uiieieanness v 
 so the religion of Christ, into w hich we are initiated by 
 baptism, is perfectly adapted to cleanse and purify our 
 souls. And as Almighty God, in receiving us through 
 this ordinance into his new covenant, graciously offers and 
 bestows upon us the highest religious advantages, the as- 
 surance of his mercy, the promise of the assistance of his 
 Spirit, and the hope of everlasting happiness ; so, likewise, 
 by this institution, we are brought under the most soiema 
 obligations to follow after holiness. " The baptism, which 
 " saves us, is not the putting away the filth of the flesh, but 
 ^' the answer of a good conscience toward God." 
 
 We are assured in scripture, that the promises of God 
 belong not only to us, but to our children. Among the 
 people of Israel, infants were received, by the divine com- 
 mand, into the covenant which v/as made with Abraham 
 and his descendants. When heads of families were con- 
 verted to Christianity by the agency of the Apostles, not 
 only they, but their household, were baptized. And we 
 have, moreover, the strongest proof of the love of God to 
 young children, and of theii' fitness for his Kingdom, in 
 the declaration of our blessed Saviour, the image and re- 
 presentative of his Father. " They brought young children 
 '* unto him," says St. Mark, " that he should touch them; 
 " and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. But 
 " when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased and said un- 
 
 to them : Suffer the little children to come unto me, and 
 " forbid them not ; for of such is the kingdom of God. 
 
 Verily I say unto' you, whosoever shall not receive the 
 " kingdom of heaven as a little child, be shall not enter 
 " therein. And h« took them up in his anng, put his liaud* 
 " upon them, and blessed them." 
 
 Thus encouraged, you bring tills child to be added to 
 the chui'ch of the Redeemer, professing your own Chris- 
 tian faith, and your desir^ that he ( she) should realize the 
 blessings of the gospel, and promising to employ your best 
 endeavours for the accomplishment of this object. 
 
 I ask you, therefore, before God and these witnessesr 
 
 Do you renounce, and will you feithfuUy exhort this 
 cliild to renounce the de\^ and all his works and ways ^ 
 Answ, Yes. 
 
 Do you believe in Gwl, ifte-Fathei? Almighty, Maker of 
 hsnveu and. earth ^ 
 
BAPTISM. 23 
 
 And in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was 
 conceived by the Holy Ghost, bom of the Virgin Maiy, 
 suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead and 
 buried ; who descended into hell, the third day arose from 
 the dead, ascended into heaven, and sitteth at tlie riglit 
 hand of God the Father Almighty, from whence he shall 
 €pme to judge the quick and the dead ? 
 
 Do you also believe in the Holy Ghost, the holy catho- 
 lic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, 
 the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasthig ?■ — 
 Answ. Yes. 
 
 Is it your desire, that this child shall be baptized into 
 the Christian faith ; and are you resolved to instruct him. 
 •carefully in the gospel of our Lord Jesus, and to teach hhn 
 'f 0 walk according to its holy commandments ?-Answ. Yes. 
 
 Instead of I he preceding questions, tlie folloiving may he 
 proposed : Do you sincerely believe in the divine author- 
 ity of the religion of Jesus, as it has been handed' down to 
 us in the writings of the Evangelists and Apostles ? Is it 
 your intention to educate this child in the knowledge and 
 love of the gospel ? And do you engage to use all neces- 
 sary care and diligence, by instruction, admonition, exam- 
 ple, and discipline, that lie shall renounce and avoid every 
 thing that is evil, and that he shall keep God's holy will 
 and commandments as declared in his sacred word ? — If 
 this be your faith and serious resolution, please to profess 
 the same, by answering, *' Yes. " 
 
 N. I baptize thee in the name of the Father, and of the 
 Son, and of the Holy Ghost. 
 Let us pray.-— 
 
 Almighty and everlasting God ! we adore thee as the 
 great Part;nt of the children of men, as the Father of our 
 spirits and the former of our bodies. We praise thee for 
 giving existence to this intant, and for preserving A/m until 
 this day. We bless thee, that he is called to vii'tue and 
 glory, that lie has now been dedicated to thee and brought 
 ^vithin the pale of the Christian church. We thank thee, 
 that by the gospel of thy Son he is furnished with every 
 thing necessary to his spiritual happiness; that it supplies 
 light for his mind and comfort for his heart, encouragement 
 and power to discharge his duty, and the precious liope of 
 piercy and immortality to sustain and make him faith fid. 
 
34 
 
 BAPTISM. 
 
 And vrc beseech thee to grant, O most merciful God, that 
 this child may be enlightened and sanctified from /2i> early- 
 years by thy Holy Spirit, and be everlastingly saved by thy 
 mercy. Direct and bless thy servants, who are intrusted 
 with the care of him, in the^momentousvrork of his educa- 
 tion. Inspire them with just conceptions of the absolute 
 necessity of religious instructions and principles. Forbid 
 that they should ever forget, that theii* offspring belong t» 
 tjiee ; and that, if, through their criminal neglect or bad 
 example, thy reasonable creature be lost, thou wiit require 
 it 5t ^eir hands. Give them a deep sense of the dignity 
 of A/5 nature, of the worth of his soul, and of the dangers to 
 vhich he will be exposed ; of the honom* and felicity to 
 which he is capable of ascending with thy blessing, and oC 
 the ruin in this world and the misery in the world to come 
 •wiiich spring from wicked passions and conduct. Give 
 them grace to check the first risings of forbidden inclina- 
 tions in Idi breast, to be /a> defence against tlie tempta- 
 tions incident to childhood and youth, and as he gi'ows up^ 
 to enlarge his undei'standing and to lead /tim to an acquaint- 
 ance Avitn thee and with Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent. 
 Give them grace to cultivate in hi^s heart a supreme reve- 
 isence and love for thee, a gratetul attachment to the gospel 
 of thy Son hie Saviour, a due regard for all its ordinances 
 and institutions, a temper of kindness and good-will to all 
 mankind, and an invincible love of sincerity and truth. 
 Help tliem to watch continually over him with tender so- 
 licitude, to be studious that by their conversation and de- 
 portment his heart maty not be corrupted, and at all times 
 to set before him such an example that he may safely tread 
 in their footsteps. If it please thee to prolong his days on 
 earth, grant that he may prove an honour and a comfort to 
 hLi parents and friends, be useful in the world, and find in 
 thy providence an unfailing defence and support. W'hetli- 
 er ?ie live, let Mm live to thee ; or whether he die, let /dm 
 die to thee. And, at the great day of account, may he and 
 his parents meet each other with rapture, and rejoice to- 
 gether in thy redeeming love through Jesus Christ, for 
 •€r<er and ever. Amen. 
 
 The foUoiving exhortation, or any other -which tke^ftn^ 
 ister ?imy judge proper, may be addressed to the parents, 
 
 t^olemn and momentous indeed is your duty, my fri&iiisf 
 
BAPTISM. 
 
 and g^i-eatyour responsibility to the Judge of all. To guide 
 this feeble and ignorant creature in the road to happiness ; 
 to contribute to the unfolding of his powers, and to teach 
 M7n to make a worthy use of tliem ; to cherish the good, 
 and to repress the evil dispositions, which may rise up in 
 ki9 mind ; to guard him from error, vice and misery ; to 
 make fiivi acquainted with the great design of Az's being: to 
 lead Mm to trutli, wisdom, piety, and virtue ; to fit Imn for 
 acting his part well on the theatre of this world ; and to 
 prepare hitn for endless bliss in the world to come : — what 
 a noble, delightful, and arduous employment ! What a re- 
 compense wdl attend it, if well performed, both here and 
 hereafter I What cutting sorrow would you be doomed 
 to feel, should you neglect this duty, or acquit yourselves 
 ill in it f — Let it be your great aim to discharge this obli- 
 gation with fidelity ; and, having been the instruments of 
 giving life to this infant, let it be the subject of your pray- 
 ers and the end of your endeavours, that you may meet A/m 
 among the spirits of just men made perfect before the 
 throne of God and the Lamb. Amen. 
 
 SECTION VII. 
 
 TffE MimSTRATIO^r OF BAPTISM 
 to such as are of riper years. 
 
 Dearly Belovedy 
 I^UR blessed Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ, having him- 
 " selipublished his religion forthe salvation of the world, 
 to the Jewish nation, commissioned his apostles to com- 
 plete the work which he had begun. " AH power," said 
 he, " is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go, ye, 
 *^ therefore, and teach all nations, baptising them in the 
 
 name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy 
 " Ghost; teaching them to observe ail things whatsoever I 
 
 have comraanded you.'* In obedience to this direction , 
 his disciples preached his gospel in various parts of the 
 eartli ; and as many, as professed " repentance toward God 
 ^- and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ," were received 
 and acknowledged by baptism as members of his cliurtSi. 
 
56 
 
 BAPTISM. 
 
 The ^ws were required to renounce their corrupt prejor 
 dices and customs ; the heathens, to forsake their idolatry- 
 and superstition : and it was enjoined upon both, thattheV 
 ehould relinquish eveiy evil thought and way, enter upon 
 a new and better course of thinking and living, and be 
 guided in all respects by the sacred principles of the gos- 
 pel, if they were desirous of securing the blessedness of 
 true Christians. 
 
 By the ordinance of Baptism, Christ has most wisely 
 provided for preserving his church and for maintaining 
 among us a sense of the holiness and regenerating influ- 
 ence of his doctrine. Water was appointed by him to be 
 employed as an emblem of spiritual purity, or of that moraji 
 and religious improvement in whicli all our Christian a^[ 
 vantages are to terminate. And it is designed by hiiiH 
 that it shall be said of all who embrace his religion: "^H 
 " are washed, ye are sanctified, ye are justilied, in thflj 
 *'name of the Lord Jesus, and by the spirit of our God." 
 
 Such is the drigin and nature of this rite. You, my 
 brother f sister) in the profession of your Christian faith, 
 present yourseU to be baptized according to this institu- 
 tion. I ask you, therefore, in th^ presence of these wit- 
 nesses, and before that ku^st bfSmg who searcheth thti 
 heart, 
 
 Q. Do you sincerely believe in the divine authority oT 
 the religion of Jesus, as it is contained in holy scripture, 
 receiving it as the rule of your faitli and as vour guide 
 through all the changes of this life to that which is to come ? 
 
 Afisxv, I do. 
 
 Q. Do you renounce all sinful desires and works, and 
 promise, by the help of God, to adorn your profession 
 with an holy life and conversation ? 
 
 .1. I do ; and, by the help of God, 1 will endeavour to 
 fulfil this promise. 
 
 Upon this your solemn profession and promise, I bap- 
 tize thee, N. in the name oi the Father, and of the Soisi, 
 and of the Holy Ghost. 
 
 Let m pray. 
 
 Almighty and most merciful God, tlie Father of our 
 Lord Jesus Christ, who hath t^uight us by hia own couducf. 
 to fulfil all ng'hteousuess J vre offer unto thee our ihariktul 
 
BAPTISM. 
 
 ecknowledgmcnts, that this thy servant has now been ea^ 
 grafted into the hody of Christ's church, and been made a 
 partaker of those heavenly blessings which we have re- 
 ceived through our great Mediator. Accept, we beseech 
 thee, this instance of his obedience to thy will and this 
 manifestation of his desire to please thee. If, through his 
 own neglect and the temptations which are in tlie world, 
 he has entertained any evil affection or offended against 
 thy holy laws ; we beseech tlfee in thine infinite mercy to 
 pardon him. Pour out upon him thy Holy Spirit, and as- 
 sist him to accomplish his vo^vs. Incline /iis heart to study 
 with diligence and meekness the sacrrd records of our re- 
 ligion, to receive with all readiness the doctrines and in- 
 structions of thy Son, to submit faithfully to the authority 
 of his laws, and on no occasion to be afraid or ashamed of 
 confessing his name. Give him strength to triumph over 
 every allurement and terror, that would draw him aside 
 from the path of duty ; that, as Christ died and rose again, 
 so Jie, being baptized, may die unto sin, and rise unto right- 
 eousness. Help him to avail Minself of all the means which 
 thou hast appointed for his improvement, that Jie may grow 
 daily in every virtue which relates to thee, to his neigh- 
 bour, and himself. Assist Mm to be fervent in spirit, re- 
 joicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing instant in 
 prayer, blessing those Avho persecute him, rejoicing with 
 them that rejoice, and weeping with them that weep. May 
 Ms deportment contribute to confute the enemies of 
 Christianity, to edify its friends, and to prove to the doubt- 
 ing that it is the power of God unto salvation to all who 
 uprightly believe and seriously apply it. Experiencing 
 that the yoke of Christ is easy and his burden liglit, and 
 blessed with a large measure of that consolation and cheer- 
 fulness which flowfrom the discoveries, the cross, and the 
 resurrection of Lord, may Reprove faithful unto death, 
 and finally through thy grace receive the crown of life ! 
 
 And now unto thee, who art able to keep us from 
 falling, and to present us faultless before the presence of 
 thy glory with exceeding joy, be glory and majesty, do- 
 minion pud power, Uirough Jesus Christ, for ev^ei* an^ 
 erer. Amen. 
 
,a8 CONFIRMATIOK. 
 
 SECTION VIIT, 
 
 Tim ORDER OF COjYFIRMATIOJ\\ 
 or the renexval of tlieir baptismal vows by such as icere 
 baptized in infancy and have come to years of discretion- 
 
 JV* B, — This rite is performed publicly in the presence 
 t>f the congregation ; the Catechumens having been pre- 
 niously instnicted in a regidar series of lectures concerning 
 the doctrines and duties o f the Christian religion, ami hav- 
 ing been examined before the officers of the chzirch or the 
 co7igregation generally. The jflinister introduces the ser* 
 'vice -with a suitable hymn and prayer, and rvith a short ad-' 
 dress to the audience respecting the nature and use of this 
 solemnity, as an impressive mode of admitting new members 
 into church-communion. The candidates for confirmation 
 being then placed before the altar, the Minister proposes to 
 them thefolloxving, or similar, questions. 
 
 Q. I ask you, my friends, in the presence of omniscient 
 God and of this assembly: Do you believe with all the 
 heart in the divine authority of the religion of Christ, and 
 accept it as the most precious gift of heaven to man, as an 
 infallible guide to happiness in time and eternity ? Do 
 you i-evere Jesus Christ as the Son of God, as the Media- 
 tor and Saviour of mankind, as your Lord, I\Iaster, and 
 Judge ? And do you intend to profess him and his gospel 
 before men without fear or shame, anjd to be faithful ta 
 Ii?m until the end of life ? 
 
 A. I do. ^ 
 
 Q. As Christianity is a practical religion, and faith withr 
 out good works is dead and vain : Are you seriously re- 
 solved to love the Lord your God with all the heart, and 
 to love your fcdlow-men as yom^selves P Will you strive 
 to grow in piety and virtue, to live as the disciples of that 
 Redeemer who was holy and undefiled, and to imitate his 
 encouraging and unspotted example ? 
 
 A. I will, by the help of God. 
 
 Q. Do you now confirm and ratify the solemn promises 
 made at your baptism, renewing and assuming the same 
 for yourselves ? 
 
 A. 1 do. 
 
 The catechumens then kneeling or standijig aroundihr 
 altar, '^the Minister lays his hand on the head of each, and 
 accompanies this a^t tvith the foUo-iving prayer ^ 
 
eONFIKMATION. 
 
 39 
 
 May Almighty God, the Father of mercies, ever mul- 
 tiply unto you bis grace and peace. May he enable you, 
 by his holy Spirit, to become tme followers of his Son; 
 defend you in every time of danger ; preserve you faithful 
 tiuto the end ; and bring you to the happiness of his heav- 
 enly kingdom. Amen. 
 
 The jiUnister then ^ives his rig'ht hand to each of the 
 Catechumens, saifing. 
 
 Upon the voluntary professions and promises which you 
 have now made, I receive you as members of this Chris- 
 tian congregation, and give you, in its name, the right 
 hand of brotherly fellowship and love ; authorizing you to 
 join us in the celebration of the Lord's supper and to par- 
 ticipate in all our spii^itual privileges, so long as your de- 
 portment shall correspond with your present engagement. 
 
 Let us unite our 8up])lications to tiie throne of grace, in 
 behalf of these om' Christian brethren. 
 
 Almighty and everlasting God, whom the heaven df 
 heavens cannot contain, who art tbe ReAvarder of all that 
 diligently seek thee ! we raise our hearts unto thee with 
 thanksgiving for the establishment of thy church and for 
 tlie means of grace. We bless thee, that, after our Lord 
 Jesus Christ had made perfect our redemption by his 
 death, resurrection and ascension, he sent abroad into the 
 world his disciples to gather together a great flock of 
 those who should believe in his name. We bless thee, 
 that tlie day-spring from on high has visited our land, that 
 these thy servants were bom to the possession of the un- 
 speakable advantages of thy holy gospel, aud that thc|r 
 have now been disposed and enabled by thy goodness t« 
 make a profession of their Christian faith. Thou hast de- 
 livei^d them from the power of darkness, and translated 
 them into the kingdom of thy dear Son. Thou hast 
 brought them to know, in whom to believe and to trust, 
 what duties they have to perform, and what is necessaiy 
 to qualify them for thy favour and celestial happinessw 
 Thou hast helped them to see, that Christ Jesus is the 
 way, the truth, and the life, the author of eternal salvation 
 to all those who obey Iiim.— Merciful God ! be pleasetl 
 to accept the sacrifices of their hearts and to accomplish 
 the desires and prayers which they address to thy throne. 
 |-»et them not forget the vows, which they Uavfe-mailTiUBto 
 
40 
 
 CONFlRIMATiON. 
 
 ihee the rigliteous and holy Ruler ; and let thy Provideiic(5 
 and Spirit assist them to carry tliem into execution. Per- 
 fect, we beseech thee, the good work which is begun in 
 their souls, and help them to press towards the mark for 
 the prize of their high calling in Jesus Christ. Increase 
 their knowledge, and assist them perfectly to unde;rstand 
 thy word. Strengthen their faith, and make it steadfast 
 and immoveable. Fill their minds with love to thee, with 
 love to their Redeemer, with love to all their fellow-men. 
 Lead them to pursue with increasing ardour whatsoever 
 things are honest, true, just, purej amiable, and of good 
 report. Amidst the tumults of the world, holy Fatlier i 
 €ave them from the evils which are in the world, and suf- 
 fer them not to become unmindful of their exalted des- 
 tination. When they are tempted to sin, to folly, or to the 
 neglect of their duty, let the remembrance of this sacred 
 hour and of this solemn engagement penetrate their hearts, 
 and make them victorious in the conflict.— And while it 
 is their great aim to secure thy friendship, and so to act 
 that the name of the Lord Jesus may be gloriiied in them ; 
 we pray thee, heavenly Father, to support, to comfort 
 them, and to supply all their wants. Enable them habit- 
 ually to rejoice in thee, to repose unbounded confidence 
 in thy promises, and to find by their own happy experience 
 that Religion's ways ai^e ways of pleasantness, and that all 
 her paths are paths of peace. Assist them, in celebrating 
 the supper of their Lord, to realize all the honour and 
 blessedness of belonging to him and of being united to him. 
 for ever. And when they shall be removed from this scene 
 of trial, grant that they may be found among those, who 
 have fouglit a good fight, finished their course,, and kept 
 their faith, and whom thy grace will receive into the realms 
 of endless praise and glory, through Jesus Christ our 
 Mediator and Redeemer. Amen. 
 
 ^1 suitable address is then delivered to those loho have 
 confirmed their baptismal vo-zvSy and an exhortation is giv' 
 en to the congrei^ation present to receive them as brethren^ 
 and to promMe their improvement and comfort by hind as- 
 sistance^ affectionate counsel, and spotless examples: after 
 -ivhich, the service 7nay be concluded loith a prayer Uke the 
 following : 
 
 Most gracious Go<l ! we adore thine unspeakable good- 
 ness in x>reserving and blessing this portion of the churcli 
 
^PREPARATION FOR TlIE LORD'S SUPPER. 4t 
 
 of tJiy Son, and in adding to it new members from time ta 
 time. O grant, that Christian truth and piety may con- 
 tinually flourish amongst us, that we may maintain the 
 honour of our religion by purity of mind and righteous- 
 ness of life. Pour out into every heart that most excellent 
 gift of charity, the bond of perfectness ; and help us to live 
 in peace, that thou the God of peace mayest be with us. 
 1^'eserve iis from giving offence and an occasion of falling 
 to any. Excite us to assist, console, and strengthen one 
 another, and to travel together to the heavenly land as 
 brotliers and sisters in the Lord. And when thou shalt be 
 pleased to call us away from thy church on earth, vouch- 
 safe to unite us with all thy faithful and obedient servants 
 in heaven. Hear our prayers, we beseech thee, most mer- 
 ciful father, through Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour. 
 Amer). 
 
 SECTION IX. 
 
 ORDER OF THE SERVICE 
 
 preparatory to the celebration of the Lord's Supper, 
 The exercises, ■widch are usually held on the day pre* 
 ceding the Commumon, commence with the singing of an 
 app^'opriate hymn, and -with prayer, A discourse is then 
 delivered, adapted to the occasioii; after -which theJMnisier 
 addresses the following, or similar questions to the CominU". 
 mcants : 
 
 T ask you, my Friends, before Almighty God, and upon 
 A the evidence of your own consciences, whether yon real- 
 ly feel, lament, and acknowledge, that you are sinners ; 
 that, by omitting to do good and actually dohig evil, you 
 have offended against your righteous La^vgiver and Judge, 
 and rendered yourselves obnoxious to his displeasure ? If 
 this is the sincere and humble confession of your hearts, 
 make it manifest with your lips by saying "yes. " 
 Ans, Yes. 
 
 I ask you, whether you firmly believe, that Jesus Christ 
 jhas come into the world to save sinners, and that all those, 
 who^ sincerely accept and obey his gospel, do receive ther 
 forgiveness of their sins and eternal life ? Are you truljT 
 ^e^ous to be delivered fram your trajisgressions; ani 
 
42 PUEPARATION FOR THE LORD'S SUPPER, 
 have you an earnest solicitude to partake of God's mercy 
 to the penitent and faithful ? 
 ! Ans, Yes. 
 
 I ask you, whether you are fully resolved to submil 
 yourselves in future to the gracious direction of the divine 
 Spirit, so that you may no more purposely offend, but be 
 enabled to hate and avoid all manner of evil, to walk cir- 
 cumspectly before God, and to follow after holiness ? If 
 this is your upright intention and purpose, annomice it in 
 tlie presence of God and of each other, by saying " yes. " 
 A71S. Yes. 
 
 Let us unite in making this confession fai prayer to the 
 throne of grace. 
 
 Here one of the forms of general confesmn may be used. 
 See page 3.4. Or the Jllinister may address the Father of 
 mercies in any other prayer, ivHch he shall consider propei\ 
 This act of devotion being perfotmed, the Minister' may say 
 to the Commwiicants : 
 
 Almighty God, the Fatlier of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
 who desire'th not the death of a sinner, but rather that he 
 may turn from his wickedness and live, having given com- 
 mandment to his ministers to declare to all who are truly 
 }>enitent the absolution oftheii* sins,— I pronounce to you, 
 who in your hearts believe in Jesus Christ and fully pur- 
 pose a life of obedience and piety, the forgiveness of your 
 errors and offences. Doubt not, I intreat you, but be com- 
 pletely assm'ed, that, if you hunger and tiiirst after right- 
 eousness, you shall be satisfied and have cause to rejoice 
 •in the God of your salvation. He is the Lord God mer- 
 ciful and gracious ; his covenant stands sui^e for ever. To 
 call in question the fulfilment of his promises, would be 
 ingratitude and impiety. The Spirit of Clxrist and Chris- 
 tianity is not the spirit of bondage and fear, but the spiiit 
 of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. — But, while 
 the gosi)el of Jesus commands us to bind up the broken- 
 hearted, and to declare peace and good-will to all who are 
 reconciled unto God's government and laws; it threatens 
 indignation and wrath, tribulation and aiigui^i against the 
 workers of iniquity. My duty to you requires me, there- 
 fore, to state in the most explicit terms, Uiat, if we are im- 
 penitent, and either live in tJie open violation of GodVho* 
 3v cQcmmjaidm*?nts, or hypocriticaily put oa theforajof 
 
THE LORD'S SUPPHR. 
 
 43 
 
 godliness, all our confessions and promises will be im- 
 availing- ; and that we shall be unable to escape from the 
 wrath to come, unless we be renewed in our minds and 
 lives, while the day of gi-ace is prolonged. 
 
 May God have mercy upon every one of us, pardon and 
 deliver us from all our sins, confirm and strengthen us in 
 all goodness, and bring us to everlasting life tlirough Jesu^' 
 €>irist our Lord, Amen> 
 
 SECTION X. 
 
 THE ADMimSTR^TIOJ^ OF THE 
 LORD'S SUPPER. 
 Jiftev the usuaUMorning'sei^ice, the ^Minister standing at 
 the CommuniOn-table, addresses the Commumcants, 
 " Holy, holy> holy is the Lord of hosts : the whole ear£h 
 is full of his glory." 
 Dearly Beloved, 
 \ S you intend to come to the holy Communion, which 
 our Lord ordained to be a memorial of his sufferings 
 and death, and a means of improving his disciples in their* 
 attachment and obedience to his divhie religion ; 1 exhort 
 you to raise your hearts unto God in prayer, devoutly re- 
 lying on the sure promise that your humble petitions shall 
 be heard and accepted. ' 
 
 I exhort you, moreover, in the name of our Lord Jesus^ 
 that you draw near in this sacred ordinance, in the lively 
 exercises of faith ; directing your grateful attention to those 
 words of its institution, in which the blessed Redeemer 
 declares, that his body is given and his blood is shed for 
 our benefit and for the remission of sin. Showing forth 
 the Lord's deaths let us meditate upon his love, and rejoice 
 in that grace which is conferred through him upon the 
 children of men* 
 Let us pray. 
 
 Our Father J who art in heaven, hallowed be tliy name;* 
 Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, as it is 
 in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And foi** 
 give us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass 
 against u?. And lead us not into temptation, but delivfej 
 
 G 6* 
 
U THE LORD'S SUPPEU. 
 
 us from evU. For thine is the Kingdom, and the powerji 
 
 and the gloiy, for ever and ever. 
 
 Almighty and most merciful God, unto whom all hearts 
 are open and all desires are known ; we rejoice and praise 
 thee, that we are permitted to come into thy presence with 
 the full assurance tliat thou art the Friend and Father of 
 the children of men. Glorj^ be to thee, that, when all flesh 
 liad corrupted its way, and the nations of the earth were 
 dead in trespasses and sins, without the knowledge of thee, 
 and without hope, thine eye beheld them with pity, andv 
 thine arm was outstretched for their deliverance. Glory 
 be to thee, that in the fulness of time thou didst send thine^ 
 only-begotten and well-beloved Son, not that he should be 
 the messenger of woe, not that he should condemn the 
 world, but that the world through him might be saved. 
 Glory be to thee, that he is made unto us wisdom, and 
 righteousness, and sanctifi cation, and redemption. Glory 
 be to thee for his precious discoveries and doctrines, for 
 his astonishing works, and for his spotless example. G\o'4 
 ry be to thee, that he wa« made perfect through sufferings,' 
 that he humbled himself and became obedient unto the^ 
 death of the cross, that he is set forth to be a mercy-seat ' 
 through faith in his blood, the propitiation for our sins, and 
 not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. 
 Glory be to thee, that by his death he has destroyed the 
 terrors of the grave, tliat he is exfilted above principalities 
 and powers, that a name is given him which is above every 
 name, that he is able to save unto the uttermost all those 
 that come unto thee through him, and that he has entered 
 into heaven as our Captain and Forerunner. Glory be to 
 thee, that means and opportunities are offered us fpr 
 strengthening our affection to thy dear Son, and for imbi- 
 bing his holy temper and disposition. In compliance with 
 his sacred injunction, we would now celebrate his dying 
 love, profess his name before men, take the cup of his sal- 
 vation, and triumph in his cross. And we beseech thee, 0 
 most merciful Father, to accept this our sacrifice of praise 
 jind thanksgiving, and to grant, that we may obtain all the 
 benefits which flow from his death, his resurrection, and 
 his glory. We presume not to come to thine altar, trust- 
 ing in any righteousness of our own, but in thine infinite 
 compassion and m^^rcy in Christ Jesus. We beseech thee 
 
THE LORD'S SUPPER. 45 
 to pardon all oiu* imperfections and iniquities, according to 
 the gracious covenant, which thou hast been pleased to 
 make with thy people through him. We renounce eveiy 
 passion and pursuit, inconsistent with thy sei-vice and with 
 the gratitude which we owe to our magnanimous Deliv- 
 erer. We present and devote to thee, O God, our bodies 
 and oiu* souls, to be a reasonable, holy, and living sacrifice. 
 And we implore thy gracious assistance, that we may be 
 4jrucifeed unto the world, and that we may ever hereafter 
 Jive by the faith of thy Son, who loved us and gave himself 
 for us. In all the circumstances of tliis mortal life, may 
 we tread in his footsteps with increasing fidelity and de- 
 li^'ht. Though we see him not, may we rejoice in him 
 with joy unspeakable and full of glory ; and at last receive 
 the end of our faith, even the salvation of our souls. 
 
 Blessed be thou, O God, that peace on earth and good- 
 will to men is proclaimed from heaven. Blessed be thou, 
 the Son of the Most High, who hast redeemed us by thy 
 blood, and made us kings and priests unto God. Blessing 
 and honour, and glory and power, be unto Him that sitteth 
 on the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever. Amen, 
 *' Our Lord Jesus Christ, in the night in which he was 
 betrayed took bread ; and when he had given thanks, he 
 " brake it, and gave it unto his disciples, saying, take, eat, 
 this is my body whieh is given for you. Do this in re- 
 membrance of me. And, at the same tune, after supper, 
 he took the cup, ^ave thanks and gave it to them, saying, 
 drink yc all of this ; this cup is the New Testament in my 
 blood, which is shed for you and for many for the remis- 
 " sion of sins. Do this, as often as ye drink it, in remem- 
 "brance of me." 
 
 Thus commanded and invited, let us approach the table 
 of the Lord, My Brethi'en, with devotion and faith, witli 
 gratitude and charity, with penitence and holy joy. In the 
 name of Christ our common and only Master, I sa^ to all 
 who own him as their Saviour, and resolve to be his faith- 
 ful subjects : ye are welcome to this feast of love. 
 
 When the JMInister presents the bread to the Commum^ 
 cants, he says to them : Jesus said, take and eat, this is my 
 body which is given for you ; dp this ir* remembrance of me. 
 
 When the JYVimster delivers the ciip to them, he says : v 
 Jesus said; driak ye all of tliis $ this cup Is the New Testa*- 
 
4S THE LORD»S SUPPEK. 
 
 ment in my blood, which is shed for you and for many tor 
 
 the remission of sin. Do this in remembrance of me. 
 
 The Mnister is at liberty to substitute any other 'words 
 hi the place of these ; and it is desirable, that he should en* 
 deavour to keep alive the devotion of the Communicants by 
 appropriate addresses to them, or by suitable passages of 
 Scripture like the foUo-wing :• — John iii. 1 6. Matth. xi. 28* 
 29. 30. Jolin XV. 13. Rom. iii. 24. 25. Rom. v. 7. 8. Rom. 
 viii. 1. Rom. viii. 32. 34. 2 Cor. v. 19. 1 Tim. i. 15. 1 John 
 
 ii. 1.2. iv. 10. Isaialii. 16. 17. 18. Isaiah Iv. 7. Ezekiel 
 xxxiii. 11. Hebrews xii. 22. 23. 24. 2 Tim. ii. 11. 12. 13. 
 Rom. viii. 17. 18. 1 Cor. ii. 9. xv. 55. 56. 57. 1 John iii. 2, 
 John xiv. 2. 3.— These express the comfort and hope of 
 Christians.—-' The sanctity of our profession as followers 
 of Christ is exhibited in such as these : — Matth. v. 2 — 10. 
 Matth. V. 48. Matth. vii. 12. Matth. vii. 21. John xiii. 14. 15. 
 John xiv. 23. xv. 4. 5. 6. 8. 10. 12. 14. John v. 28. 29. Acts 
 xvii. 31. Uom. vi. 22. 23. viii. 6. 9. 13. 14. xii. 9. 10. 11. 12. 
 
 13. 14. 15. 1 Cor. XV. 58. Gal. v, 22. 23. 24. Philipp. ii. 5. 
 
 iii. ao, Coloss. iii. 1. 2. 3. 1 Tim. iv. 8. Titus ii. 11. 12. 13. " 
 
 14. Hebrews xii. 1. 2. 14, James ii. 26. 1 Peter ii. 21. 22. 
 2^, 1 John h\ 11. 16. 20. Rev. iii. 11. 21, ii. 10. 
 
 Wlien all have received the communion^ the Minister ad" 
 dresses the congregation. — 
 
 O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good; and his 
 ^* mercy endureth for ever." 
 Let us pray. 
 
 Almighty God, our heavenly Father ! we thine unwor- 
 thy servants offer unto tliee our united thanks for the com- 
 fort and refreshmentj the instruction and improvement, 
 which thou hast been pleased to afford us in the commem- 
 oration of the life, the death, and the glory of thy blessed 
 Son. How can we ever be sufficiently gi'ateful to thee, 
 for preparing such a table for us in the wilderness of this 
 world ! what good thing can we ever Avant, whilst we have 
 t)iee for our Shepherd ) What mercy wilt thou refuse to 
 those, whom thou hast redeemed, not with corruptible 
 things, but with the precious blood of Jesus Christ ! What 
 consolation and joy are poured into our hearts, whilst we 
 contemplate him crucified and risen again, triumphing oyer 
 all his foes and ours, seated at thy nght hand, and raising 
 his disciples to his own glory and happiness ,* 
 
THE LORD'S SUPPER. 47 
 
 O God ! grant tlmt we may. be made conformable unto 
 >\is death, and experience more and more perfectly the 
 power of his resurrection. As we have now received the 
 Lord Jesus for our Saviour and King, help us to walk in 
 him, to be transformed into his image, and to rely with in- 
 vincible faith upon his promises. May we demonstrate 
 our love to him by constantly keeping his commandments. 
 May we make his cause our own personal concern, labour 
 to promote it with all our powers, and rejoice in every in- 
 stance of its success. Having professe^^ ourselves breth- 
 ren, members of the same spiritual body, may we ever be 
 careful to exercise friendship and kindness towards all 
 men ; and help each other, to the best of our ability, in our 
 journey to the land of immortality. May the sentiments 
 and resolutions, which we now entertain, animate us in all 
 the changes of this transitory state. May we go forth into 
 the world, candidates for a crown of glory that fadeth not 
 away, looking habitually unto Jesus the author and finisher 
 of our faith, and anticipating his second comings with ex- 
 alted and immoveable hope. Under the trials and temp- 
 tations of life, may thy grace be sufficient for us, and thy 
 Providence and Spirit sustain and comfort us. In the hour 
 of deatli, may we commend our souls to thee, with the 
 humble, joyful assurance of forgiveness and acceptance 
 through our great Mediator. And when he shall appear, 
 may we also appear with him in glory, be acknowledged 
 as his disciples before angels and men and be added to the 
 general assembly and church of the first-born in heaven. 
 
 Finally, we beseech thee, O most merciful God ! to ex- 
 tend the advantages, which we enjoy this day, to all map- 
 kind. Have pity upon all Jews, Heathens, Mahometans, 
 and unbelievers. Take from them all ignorance, hardness 
 of lieart, and contempt of thy word ; and let them be saved 
 among those who worship and serve thee in spirit and in 
 truth. Grant, that all Christians may love each other as 
 one fold, having one Shepherd, and be careful to maintain 
 good works. Comfort every sorrowful heart. And vouch- 
 safe to unite the whole human family in endless harmony 
 and felicity, through Jesus Chi'ist our Lord and Saviour. 
 Amen. 
 
 The service is coxidnded fmtli q hmn andoneoftIi& 
 mual benedictiom. \ 
 G G 2 
 
4$ 
 
 THE INAUGURATION 
 
 SECTION XI. 
 
 A FOBMFOR THE LXAUGURATIOX OF THE 
 JRULLYG OFFICERS OF A COJVGREGATIOJ^.^ 
 
 N. B. The Lutheran churches in this country, although 
 united in Synods, having, independently of each other, 
 framed such regulations as each judged most expedient 
 and necessary for its own government, do not entu*ely 
 agree in the names and powers of their Rulers; and, 
 hence, only the general appellation, " iniling officers," is 
 "Used in tliis form. 
 
 The JMinisfer, Iiavin^ presented the thanks of the Congre- 
 gation to those officers tvhose term of service had e^vpiredfM 
 and having published the names of those chdy elected agree^^ 
 ably to the constitution of the church,may deliver thefoUora>M 
 ing or a?iy similar address. ■ 
 J^fy Christian Fnendsy ^ 
 
 ORDER is the soul of every religious, as well as civil, 
 societ}* ; and the strictest order is compatible with 
 freedom of conscience. A congregation cannot conduct 
 tlie solemnities of public worship with propriety, without 
 confusion, and to its own edification, or carry on its out- 
 "vvai'd affairs with success, unless some persons are appoint- 
 ed to rule according to prescribed laws. Even intlie time 
 of the Apostles, churches were not only provided with 
 regular teachers, but each of them was also placed under 
 the care of particular inspectors, whose office it was to 
 secure ai^d promote its prosperity. 
 
 The same duty is incumbent ' upon "the Council " of 
 this church. They are to take care, that "all things be 
 done decently and in order that the sei-vice of God's 
 house be performed in a manner con^esponding with the 
 importance of this object, and the purity and simplicity of 
 the gospel ; that the necessary insti-uction, consolation, 
 and excitement to the practice of godliness and \iitQe, be 
 afforded to the yoimg and tlie old ; and that Christian mor- 
 als be cultivated and preserved among the members of 
 the congregation^ They are bound to endeavour to re- 
 Store such as are overtaken in a fault, in the spirit of meek- 
 ness; to admonish and warn open offenders ; and, ifne- 
 <3ess£fi7, to reprove them with the utmost seriousness, "wiA 
 
OF CHURCH-OFFICERS. 49 
 view to recover them from the error of their ways, 
 hey are to be particularly solicitous to prevent litigation 
 and strife, to brings about a speedy reconciliation between 
 contending; parties, to relieve the poor, and to encourage 
 and spread as much as possible a spirit of harmony, friend- 
 ship, and brotherly love among all who are connected 
 witii this society. And they are to employ all proper 
 means, at the same time, for ' advancing the external Avel- 
 fare of the church, and for increasing its ability to give as- 
 sistance to similar institutions and to aid otliers in the dif- 
 fusion of the divine word. 
 
 TJie officers elect standing before the altar ^ the J[linister 
 says to them : 
 
 These, My Brethren, are the chief duties, which you 
 have been chosen to fulfil. That the congregation may be 
 certified of your willingness to discharge them, I ask you, 
 in the presence of God and of your fellow-worshippers. 
 Whether you heartily believe in the truth of the Christian 
 religion P Whether you are persuaded that you are law- 
 fully called to the service of the chm^ch ? and Whether 
 you are determined to administer its government accord- 
 ing to tlie rules of its constitution, and the spirit and pre- 
 cepts of the gospel ? — 'If this be your conviction and deter- 
 mination, please to announce it by answering " Yes." 
 
 Upon this your promise, I do hereby pronounce you to 
 be invested with the oflice to which you have been elected, 
 and give you, in the name of the congregation, the right 
 hand of Christian fellowship and love. 
 Let us pray. 
 
 Almighty God, our heavenly Father ! we offer unto 
 thee our united and thankful acknowledgments, that thou 
 hast been pleased to introduce, to extend, and to support 
 the Kingdom of thy Son Christ Jesus on eaitli, and that 
 the gates of hell have not been able to prevail against it. 
 We praise thee, that we, whose ancestors were afar off, 
 have been brought to the glorious light of thy gospel. 
 We praise thee for the ministry of reconciliation, for the 
 ordinances of thy house, for the comfort, joy, and improve- 
 ment, which thou hast been pleased to bestow upon us in 
 the exercises of public worship. And we beseech thee, 
 O thou God of all grace ! to continue to us these inestima- 
 ble privileges, and to help us to make a wise and constant, 
 use of them. Grant, that thy word may be preached 
 
50 THE INAUGURATION &c, 
 
 among lis in its purity ; and that all thy people "may ht^ 
 disposed to hear it with, attention, to receive it with affe 
 tion, and to bring forlK abundantly the fruits of righteou 
 mess. JRopbid that any root of bitterness should spring ujpf 
 to trouhle us. Enable us, whenever we assemble in this 
 house of prayer, to meet together with one accord, to 
 praise thee with gladness and singleness of heart, and to 
 continue steadfastly in brotherly fellowship. If any of us 
 are held in the bonds of iniquity : we pray thee, O Lord, 
 to break the fetters of sin, and to set the prisoners free 
 If any of us are penitent for their errors and transgressions 
 we pray tliee to perfect and console them. If any of u 
 are sincerely devoted to thee : we pray thee to make the 
 faithful, and to fill them with peace and joy in the Hoi; 
 Ghost. lustruct and guide our youth in the path of inno- 
 cence, that, as they grow in stature, they may grow iii 
 grace and in favour with thee and with men; and let the 
 hoary head be found in the ways of righteousness. — W 
 implore thy blessing, especially, for thy servants, w* 
 have been called, in thy Providence, to direct the concern , 
 of this part of thy church. Give them, we beseech thee 
 a large measure of tlie Spirit of thy Son, the spirit of un- 
 derstanding and wisdom, the spirit of piety and virtue, t" 
 spirit of benevolence and charity,. Replenish them wi 
 an enlightened and active zeal for the happiness of their' 
 brethren. Assist them to discliarge their obligations wit*: 
 alacrity, patience, and firmness ; and let all tlieir consulta 
 tions, influenced and governed by Christian love, tend 
 thy glory and the happiness of thy people. Help them 
 shine as lights before men, to be exemplary in their fami 
 lies, exemplary in their public walk and conversation, ex 
 emplary in their observance of religious duties, exemplar 
 in the performance of every Christian ofRce. While the 
 study to approve themselves to thee, may they be honour 
 ed and esteemed by those for whom they labour, and re-» 
 joice in the assurance that their work is not in vain in the 
 Lord. And, finally, grant, that they and we all, being 
 ])uilt upon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, 
 Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner-stone, may 
 become an holy temple unto tltco. 
 
 Hear us, O God, of thine infinite mercy, in these our 
 petitions, which we offer up in ihn name of thy Son ; and 
 thiiie be ail the glory and praise now and evermore. AmcR. 
 
MATRIMONY. 
 
 5! 
 
 SECTION XII. 
 
 THE SOLEMmZATIOA' OF MATMIMOJS'Y, 
 When the persons' to he married are assembled ivith their 
 fnends, the Minister addresses thejii^ saying, 
 
 DEARLY Beloved, we are leathered to,e;ether here iu 
 the sight of God, and in the presence ot' these witnes- 
 ses, to join together this man and this woman in holy Ma- 
 trimony; which was instituted of God himself for the hap- 
 iness of mankind ; which is commended in his word as an 
 onourable state ; and which is, therefore, not to he enter- 
 ed into unadvisedly or lightly, but reverently, discretely, 
 advisedly, and m the fear of God. 
 
 Jlndalso, speaking to the persons loho are to be maiTied, 
 lie may say, 
 
 I require and charge you botli, as ye will answer at the 
 dreadful day of judgment, when the secrets of £dl hearts 
 shall be disclosed, that if eidier of you know any impedi- 
 ment, why you may not be lawfully united in matrhnony, 
 ye do now confess it. For be you well assured, that if any 
 persons are joined together otherwise than God's word al- 
 lows, their marriage is not lawful. 
 
 If no impediment be alleged the Jllinister asks the ma?!, 
 
 N. Do you take this woman to your wedded wife, to live 
 together after God's ordinance in the st^ite of Matrimony ? 
 "Will you love her, comfort her, honour and keep her, as 
 a faithful Christian husband is bovmd to do, in health and 
 sickness, in prosperity and adversity ; and, forsaking all 
 others, keep you only vmto her, so long as you both 
 shall live ?— « 
 Ans. Yes. 
 
 The Jllimster then asks the xvoman, 
 
 N. Do you take this man to your wedded husband, to 
 live together after God's ordinance in the state of Matri- 
 mony ? Will you love him, comfort him, honour and 
 keep him, as a faithful Christian Vv ife is bound to do, in 
 licalth and sickness, in prosperity and adversity : and, for- 
 salcing all others, keep yon only unto hhn, so long as you., 
 both live P — 
 i^^ns. Yes. 
 
i2 MATRIMONY. 
 
 Then the Mmster, joining' their nght hands togeihet'' 
 may say: 
 
 Those, whom God hath joined together, let Ao man put 
 asunder. 
 
 Forasmuch as N. and N. have consented together in 
 "Nvedlock, and have witnessed the same before God and this 
 company ; I pronounce that they are Man and Wife. 
 Let us pray. 
 
 O eternal God, the Creator and Preserver of all man- 
 kind, the giver of all spiritual grace, the author of ever- 
 lasting life : we would acknowledge thee in all our ways, 
 and devoutly implore thy direction and blessing. We 
 adore thee as the source of om' benevolent affections, and 
 of all our social satisfactions and comforts. We praise 
 thee, that tliou hast ordained for us domestic institutions. 
 And we beseech thee to behold with tliy favour and to 
 bless these thy servants, who have now entered into the 
 closest and tenderest of all earthly connections. Help 
 them to fulfil witli fidelity the vow and covenant whicli 
 they have made in thy presence ; that the relation in which 
 (hey stand to each other, may not be to them a state of 
 temptation and sorrow, but of holiness, joy, and perfect in- 
 dissoluble friendship. Give them grace to overlook each 
 other's infirmities, to cherish a due regard for each other's 
 opinions and feelings, to be just to each other's virtues and 
 good intentions, to nnprove each other's understanding and 
 heart, and to travel together hand in hand the road which 
 leads to heaven and thee. Enable them, by persevering 
 afiTection, by a worthy deportment, and by united devo- 
 tions, to solten to each other the unavoidable cares of life, 
 to alleviate its sorrows, to increase its innocent cnj wments, 
 and to edify their friends and all around them. Prosper, 
 we beseech thee, their useful worldly pursuits, if thine in- 
 linite wisdom perceives this to be good for them ; and, 
 should they be visited with affliction, let them find a never- 
 iailing Friend and Supporter in thee. And, having been 
 pious, virtuous, and happy in their connection here on 
 <iarth, may they be at last united in the realms of everlast- 
 ing love and bliss, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 The following exhortation be addressed P) the par* 
 tied after Tjiarriage. 
 
MATRMONY. 50 
 It "will be of great advantage and importance to you, My 
 Friends, to consider frequently and seriously the sacred 
 engagement, which you have now made. Marriage is the 
 union of one man with one woman for their joint happi- 
 ness, and for the pious education of children, Avhere God 
 gives tliem ; and, by the original appointment of the Al- 
 mighty, confirmed by our Saviour, (Genesis ii. 24. Matth^ 
 xix. 4. 5. 6.) this union is to be dissolved only by death. 
 It was intended by the benevolent Parent of mankind, not 
 to be a hard yoke, but a means of promoting our true hap- 
 piness, and of excercising us in the best and most amiable 
 dispositions. Let the necessary care and diligence bcj 
 therefore, employed for the accomplishment of these mo- 
 mentous ends. Let it be always remembered by both of 
 you, that your own welfare is concerned in the part ^vhioh 
 you act in this relation, and that you are accountable for 
 your behaviour in it to the omniscient and righteous Judge 
 of the living antl the dead. Abhor and fly from eveiy 
 thought, word and deed, which might have the slightest 
 tendency to lesson your mutual esteem, to taint the chasti- 
 ty and purity of your hearts, and to tempt you to the vio- 
 lation of conjugal fidelity* Let piety, peace, concord, mild- 
 ness and forbearance, be your constant companions and 
 guides. Expect not to find each other faultless j but re- 
 collect that you are to endeavour to become so. Hope 
 not for perfect and unmixed happiness ; while you are in 
 this world, a variety of trials must be borne ; but, if you 
 faithfully discharge the duties of the state into which you 
 have entered, your afflictions will be mitigated and your 
 satisfactions be multiplied by sharing them Avith each oth- 
 er as most intimate friends and partners. Be not ambi- 
 tious of superiority and power; but be ambitious of the 
 honour of bearing each other's burdens, of preventing each 
 other's wishes, and of promoting each other's happiness 
 by works of love. Prefer the pleasures of domestic soci- 
 ety to all other earthly enjoyments, and rest assured that 
 they are the most innocent and durable. Be particularly 
 careful to sanctify your connectioa by devotional exerci- 
 ses; let the God of heaven be acknowledged and worship- 
 ped in your family ; be affectionate instructors, monitors^ 
 guardians, aiid supporters of each other's virtue, and ex- 
 atnpies to all who may dwell under your roof. ShouUt 
 
54^ THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD. 
 God bless you with children, let it be your chief concetii, 
 not that they should be rich or great in the world, but that 
 they should be educated as Christians ; and let it be your 
 highest delight and your noblest employment, to Iraia 
 them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.— By 
 following these counsels, you will be preserved from nurn* 
 berless evils, vexations, and sins. By obeying these dic- 
 tates of religion, you will render your days on earth tran- 
 quil, possess a conscience void of ofteiiie^, and secure t\i<y 
 iipprobation of Almighty God. And, by advancing each 
 other's best interests as immortal beings, you will be en- 
 abled to rejoice habitually in the precious hope, that, al- 
 though you shall be separated by death for a little while, 
 you will meet again, with new improvements, and in hap- 
 pier circumstances that shall admit of no termination. 
 May God grant you such felicity through Jesus Christ 
 our Lord. 
 
 SECTlOiV XIII. 
 
 TJfE BUB ML OF THE BEJIJ). 
 
 It i .9 customary for the JMinister to make a short and su'* 
 able address to the faiiiily and others -who join the processio^ 
 at the grave^ in the church, or at the house of the decease 
 After the corpse is laid in the grave ^ the JMinister may m 
 use of the folloiving form, 
 
 MAN, who is born of a woman ,hathbut a short' time to 
 live, and is full of misery. He cometh up, and is cut down 
 like a flower • he fleeth as it were a shadow, and never 
 continueth in one stay. 
 
 In the midst of life we are in deatli. Of whom may we 
 seek for succour, but of the^, O Lord, who for our sins art 
 justly displeased ? 
 
 Yet, O Lord God most holy, O Lord most mighty, O 
 holy and most merciful Saviour, deliver us not into the 
 bitter pains of eternal death. 
 
 Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts: shut 
 not thy merciful ears to our prayers ; but spare us. Lord 
 most holy. O God most mighty, O holy and most merci- 
 ful Saviour, thou most worthy Judge eternal, suffer us not; 
 at our last hour, for any parins of death to fail from thee- 
 
THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD. &5 
 
 Td this prayer the Mmster may add any other which he 
 shall judge proper*^ or he may at his discretion^ iise one of 
 the folloimng prayers. 
 
 Almighty God, with whom do live the spirits of those 
 who depart hence in the Lord ; and with whom the souls 
 of the faithful, after they are delivered from the burthen 
 of the flesh, are in joy and felicity ; we give thee hearty 
 thanks for the good examples of all those tiiy servants, 
 who, having finished their cowse in faith, do now rest 
 from their labours. And we beseech thee, that we, with, 
 all who have loved and served thee, may have our perfect 
 consummation and bliss, both in body and soul, in thine 
 everlasting glory, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 O merciful God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
 who is the resurrection and the life ; in whom whosoever 
 believeth shall live, though he die ; who also hath taught 
 us by his holy Apostle St. Paul, not to be sorry, as men 
 without hope, for those who sleep in him : we humbly be- 
 seech thee, O Father, to raise us up from the death of sin 
 unto the life of righteousness ; that, when we sliall depart 
 this life, we may rest in him ; and that, at the general re- 
 surrection in the last day, we may be found acceptable in 
 thy sight, and receive that blessing which thy Tirell-belov- 
 ed Son shall then pronounce to all that love and fear thee,, 
 saying. Come, ye blessed children of my f>»ther, receive 
 the kingdom prepared for you from the beginning of the 
 world. Grant this, we beseech thee, O merciful Father, 
 through Jesus Christ our Mediator and Redeemer. Amen. 
 
 Eternal and unchangeable God, by whose providence 
 we have been called to witness this instance of mortality^ 
 and in whose hand is the life ofevery human being : enable 
 us, we beseech thee, to lay to heart the serious lessons, 
 which are now addressed to us. Teach us so to number 
 our days, that we may apply ourselves unto wisdom, set 
 our aftections upon the tilings which are above, perform 
 without delay the great work which thou hast given us to 
 do, live by the faith of thy Son, and habitually look for- 
 ward to his second coming. Comfort and support the. 
 spirits of thy servants, who mourn over this afflicting dis- 
 ppiTPation, Let tiieir hearts be stayed upoa thee, and rc'- 
 
^6 THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD, 
 
 joice in the precious discoveries of thy word* And let 
 them find by their own experience, that all things work 
 together for good to them that love thee. Amen. 
 
 Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God, in his wise 
 providence, to take out of this world the soul of our de- 
 ceased brother^ ( sister J we therefore commit }us body to 
 the ground ; earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust: 
 looking for the general resurrection in the last day, and 
 the life of the world to come through our Lord Jesus 
 Christ, who shall raise his followers to the participation of 
 his own happiness and glory in heaven. 
 
 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, 
 and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all ever- 
 more. Amen. 
 
PRAYERS 
 
 FOB THE USE OP 
 
 FAMILIES AJSTD mmVWUALS. 
 
 ftJBLISHED BT ORDER 
 t)F THE EVANGELrCAL LUTHERAN SYKOC 
 OF THE STATE OF NEW-XORK. 
 
 GERMAXTOWN : 
 PRTXTED BT :M. BXLLMETER. 
 
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PART I. 
 
 PRAYERS 
 
 FOR THE USE OF FAMILIES. 
 1. 
 
 FRAYER FOR THE LORD'S DAY Morning. 
 
 ALMIGHTY God, the Father of our spirits, who art 
 good to all thy creatures ; unto thee would we lift up 
 our souls, and magnify thy name together. 
 
 Thou hast made us, and not we ourselves ; we are thy 
 people, and the children of thy family. We will serve thee 
 ith gladness, and come into thy presence with thanks- 
 giving. 
 
 Thine is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, 
 and the majesty. Everj'^ conceivable perfection centres iu 
 thy character. The earth is full of thy goodness ; in thet^ 
 we live, and move, and have our being. Through the care 
 of thy Providence we continue to this day. It is of thy 
 mercies that we are not consumed ; they are new every 
 morning ; great is thy faithfulness. We have slept in safe- 
 ty, and are lisen in peace, for thou hast sustained us. 
 rejoice in thy Providence, and give thanks unto thee with 
 our Avhole hearts. 
 
 While we praise thee, heavenly Father, for the light of 
 the sun, we M ould bless thee more especially for tlic light 
 of the gospel of Christ Jesus, the sun of righteousness. 
 We bless thee, that we are called to be his disciples and 
 partakers of his resurrection and glory. We bless thee, 
 that, notwithstanding our unworthiness, thou hast still con- 
 tinued unto us the means of tme religion, and dost from 
 I hne to time permit us to unite with our brethren in the 
 public services of thy house. We bless thee for the re- 
 turn of this day of sacred rest, and we desire to speiid it 
 ill the performance of those duties for which it is set apart, 
 ) Jelj) us, we beseech thee, to attend with earnestness to 
 tlic thii-igs that concern our everlasting peace, tr^'aat thn^' 
 H II 2 
 
CO PRAYERS FOR PAMIUES. 
 
 all our sentiments, words and actions may be holy and 
 unblamable in thy sight. Direct us in our i>rivate medita- 
 tions and in the study of thy word. Fill us with the spirit 
 of devotion in the society of our fellow-worshippers, and 
 open our minds to the truths which may be proposed to us 
 from the sacred oracles of revelation. By attending upon 
 the ordinances of religion this day, may we grow wiser 
 and better, more pure and holy, more meek and humble , 
 more resigned and thankful, and more heartily disposed ta 
 follow Christ and to keep his commandments*. 
 
 Merciful God, we beseech thee to communicate tlie 
 happiness, which we enjoy as men and Christians, to all 
 our brethren. Comfort those, who are bowed down by 
 want or sorrow. Let this be a day of improvement and 
 holy pleasure to every congregation of those who profess 
 Ihe name of thy Son. Enlighten and cheer the mindsj 
 and prosper the labours of all the ministers of thy word. 
 Cause thy name to be known in all the earth, and let the 
 MioIq world be filled with tliy glory, through Jesus 
 Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 PBAYER FOR TEE LORD'S J%1Y Evemng. 
 I^^ATHER of mercies, by whose goodness we have been 
 preserved, we come before thee to acknowledge tlie 
 iiches of thy ^race. Thy name is excellent; thy works aii; 
 marvellous ; in tKy favour there is life; and much peace 
 ]iave they who love thy laws. We thank thee for all ttic 
 liappiness of our lives, for tlie stores of nature, for tlie ad- 
 vantages of society, for the comforts of friendship, and for 
 the satisfactions which flow from our domestic relations. 
 We tliank thee for every opportunity of improving our 
 mental faculties, fr^r the inestimable discoveries and hopes 
 of thy go pel, and for the appointment of public worship. 
 We thank tiice for the blessings bestowed upon us tVits 
 sacred day. We are ashamed to reflect, with how little 
 ;krdour we engage in thy work, and acknowledge before 
 thee our manifolcl eiTors and sins. Thou pure and perfect 
 Spirit, forgive of thine infinite compassion any distraction 
 it mind or coldness' of affection, which may have attended 
 'be discharge of our religious duties ; and assist us to fove 
 
PRAYERS FOR FAMILIES. 61 
 
 thee more and to serve thee better in the time to come* 
 Preserve us from being satisfied with the form of godli- 
 ness. Whatever seeds of truth may have fallen into our 
 hearts, grant that they may take deep root and be abund-^ 
 antly fruittul. By the lessons we have learnt, prepare us 
 for resuming and prosecuting our worldly employments 
 with a becoming fi'ame of mind ; and help us to pass 
 through every future scene of life under the guidance of 
 Christian principles. 
 
 Whilst thou shalt see fit to continue us in this world, it 
 is our earnest desire and steadfast i^esolution to answer tlie 
 ends for which thou hast made us. In the presence of each 
 Other, and before thee the all-seeing witness and judge, 
 we do at this time form the most serious purpose to guard 
 against all vicious appetites and passions, to behave with 
 fidelity, prudence, and kindness towards one another, to 
 be diligent in the business of our several stations, to per- 
 form every social ofiice with conscientious care, and to re- 
 member the account which we must render unto thee for 
 our deportment here. 
 
 Strengthen us by thy Spirit, O God, in thi^ resolution. 
 Protect us this night against the dangers to which we may 
 be exposed. And, when death shall be our lot, enable us 
 to observe its approach Avith composure, and receive us 
 into thy presence where there is fulness of joy, through 
 Jfesus Christ our Lord and Satiour. xVmeu. 
 
 PRAYEB FOR MOJ^BAY Morning, 
 
 OTHOU Creator, Governer, and supporter of men * 
 thou dwellest in light, and art the father of lights 
 Grateuil for the care which thou hast exercised over us 
 during the night past, we would cheerfully submit our-« 
 selves to thy guidance thr on p;h the da^ upon which we 
 have entered. Keep us in tiiy faith and tear, and secure us 
 from every evil of soul and body. Impress on our heart:^ 
 a solemn sense of thy universal presence. Preserve us 
 frona any snares whicli may lie in our Avay, and especially 
 from the sins which most easily beset us. Prepare us for 
 new occurrences, whether prosperous or adverse, and 
 *iuicken us in the discharge of every obligation. Let no" 
 
,02 
 
 iPRAYfiRS FOR FAMILIES. 
 
 continued peace and comfort make us forgetful of thee, gr 
 corrupt our minds. 
 
 Thou prolongest our lives, that we may attain more and 
 more the true end of life. May this day witness some im- 
 provement in knowledge, piety, and virtue. May it wit- 
 ness our diligence in that occupation, to which thou callest 
 us. — We desire and purpose to keep consciences void of 
 offence : but the experience which we have had of our 
 frailty makes us diffident of our strength. Our confidence 
 is in thy power to confirm our faith and invigorate our 
 obedience. We im])lore thine aid, that we may run in the 
 way of thy commandments. Smile on our endeavours af- 
 ter righteousness and usefulness. Teach us to feel the 
 whole value of our days on earth ; and when they shall he 
 :5ni8hed, vouchsafe to receive us into the light and bliss of 
 thy glorious presence, through Jesus Christ, thy Son, oiir 
 Lord. Amen, 
 
 4. 
 
 PllAYER FOR MOJSrnJtr Evening. 
 
 OTHOU infinitely great and adorable Majesty of heav- 
 en and earth ! thou art ever present to all thy crea- 
 t 'ires. Thou knowest our down-sitting and our up-rising ; 
 thou conipassest our path and our lying down, and art ac- 
 quainted with all our ways. 
 
 Preserver of men! at the close of another day, we 
 'vould render unto thee our thanks for all the mercies, by 
 Av hich our lives liave been supported and rendered happy. 
 Thy sun lias cheered us with its rays, thy air has fanned 
 the spai k of life within us, and by thy goodness we have 
 been fed with food convenig?v|: for us. In grateful confi- 
 dence of thy mercies, we now lay ourselves down in 
 pc;jce ; assured, that, if it be thy will, we siiall sleep in 
 safe t} , and rise on another morning with renewed health 
 and vigour. Forgive the transgressions of the past day 
 and of all past time. Whatever has been irregular in our 
 dis[jositions, whatever we have done which we ought not 
 to have done, or omitted 'v/hich we ought to liave perform- 
 ed, be pleased incrcifuUy to pardon ; and grant that ont 
 circMunspec' iou i|i4uture may be increased, 
 iritherto lUo'-'. -'-^-^l '^'ired ns, provided for our necessi- 
 
PRAYERS FOR FAMILIES. p5 
 ties, and crowned oui' lives with loving kindness. Truly 
 our hope is in thee, and unier the shadow of thy wings 
 will we put our trust. We dedicate ourselves unto thee 
 as our God and guide through life, our support and com- 
 fort in death, and after death our everlasting portion and 
 felicity. Let thy goodness continue to follow us ; and en- 
 able us to express our thankfulness by a gi'owing holiness 
 and resemblance of thee. 
 
 Holy Watchman of tliy people, who dost never slumber 
 npr sleep ; thou King eternal, immortal and invisible ! un- 
 to thee be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen. 
 
 5. 
 
 PRAYER FOR TUESBJIY Morning. 
 
 ALMIGHTY gnd everlasting God, we thy needy crea- 
 tures render thee our humble praise for thy preser\a- 
 tion of us from the beginning of our lives to this day, and 
 especially for having delivered us from the dangers of the 
 past night. To thy watchful providence we owe it, that 
 we have been kept in safety, and that no disturbance hatli 
 come nigh our dwelling. For these thy mercies we bless 
 and praise thee, beseeching thee to accept this morning 
 sacrifice. And since it is of thy goodness, O gracious 
 Father, that our existence is prolonged ; we here devote 
 both our bodies and souls to thy service, in u godly, right- 
 eous and sober life. Strengthen us, we beseech thee, in 
 this resolution ; that, as we grow in age, we may grow in 
 grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Je- 
 sus Christ. Have compassion, we pray thee, on our in- 
 firmities ; and give us the constant assistance of tliy Holy 
 Spirit, that we may be effectually restrained from sin and. 
 excited to our duty. Imprint r jpn our hearts such a dread 
 of thy displeasure, such a remembrance of the great day of 
 judgment, and such a grateful sense of thy goodness to us^ 
 as may make us both afraid and ashamed to offend thee. 
 Keep Us temperate in our enjoyments and diligent in our 
 callings, just and upright in our dealings, peaceable, com- 
 passionate, and ready to do good to all men. Direct us iu 
 all our ways ; prosper the work of our hands ; defend us 
 from calamities and sufferings ; or, if thou shaltbe pleased 
 to visit us with them^ enable us to bear them witli patience ^ 
 
64 PRAYERS FOR FAMILIES. 
 
 and to be contented with our condition.— These tilings, 
 and whatever else is necessary and good for us, we implore, 
 with humble reliance upon thine infinite clemency in Christ 
 Jesus our Mediator and Redeemer. Amen. 
 
 6. 
 
 TRAYER FOR TUESDAY Evemng, 
 
 MOST mercifid God, who art of purer eyes than to be- 
 hold iniquity, and hast promised forgiveness to all 
 those who confess and forsake their sins ; we come before 
 thee sensible of our own unworthiness, and acknowledge 
 our nuraferous transgi'essions of thy righteous laws. Look 
 upon us, we beseech thee, with compassion ; pardon, of 
 thy free grace, all our errors and sins; give us proper 
 views of the great evil of tliem ; amend the tempers and 
 dispositions of our souls ; and cleanse us from all vicious 
 thoughts, unlawful designs, and inordinate desires. May 
 we never suffer the sun to go down upon our wrath, but 
 always retire to our rest in peace, charity, and good-will, 
 with a conscience void of offence towards thee and towards 
 men. 
 
 Accept, O Lord, our intercessions for all mankind. Be 
 gi'acious unto thy church ; let the light of thy gospel shine 
 upon all nations ; bless all in authority over us ; do good 
 to our relations, friends, and neighbours ; reward our bene- 
 factors ; pardon those who have done or wish us evil, and 
 give them better minds ; be merciful to all who are in any 
 trouble; and do thou, the God of pity, muiister to their 
 several necessities. 
 
 Receive our thanks, great God,.for our being, our rea- 
 son, our health, our friends, our food, our raiment, and all 
 the other comforts and conveniencies of life. Above. all, 
 we adore thy mercy in sending thine only Son to redeem 
 lis from sin and eternal death, and to give us the knowledge 
 of our duty to thee. We bless thee for thy patience with 
 us, notwithstanding our many and great provocations ; for 
 all the directions, assistances and comforts of thy Holy 
 Spirit; and for all thy benefits and favours. Continue 
 them to us, we beseech thee : and give us grace to shew 
 our thankfulness by sincere obedience to thy laws. 
 
 Defend us this night from all dangers and mis\5hiefs, and 
 
PRAYERS FOR FAMILIES. 6^ 
 |i bestow on us sueh refreshing sleep as may fit us for the 
 j duties of the following day, if it shall please thee to pro- 
 loBg our lives. Make us ever mindful of the time when 
 we shall lie down in the dust ; and gi'ant us grace always 
 to live in such a manner, that we may never be afraid to 
 die. Whether living or dying, may we be thine, through 
 the mediation of thy Son Jesus Christ, in wnose name we 
 offer up these our imperfect prayers. Amen. 
 
 7. 
 
 PBAYEjR for WEDJ^ESDAY Mormng. 
 
 LORD God Almighty, we will praise thee with oua' 
 whole hearts, and shew forth thy goodness to the 
 children of men. 
 
 Thou hast placed the sun and tlie moon in the heavens^ 
 to, give light upon the earth, and to rule over the day and 
 the night. All creatures wait upon thee, and thou giveist 
 them their meat in due season. 
 
 Thou hast preserved us and provided for us in the help- 
 less state of infancy, and guided us in the dangerous paths 
 of youth. Thou hast supplied our daily wants, and brought 
 us to the present moment in peace and safety. Through 
 the daitoess of the night, thine eye has been upon us ; and 
 we appear before thee this morning, surrounded with the 
 gifts of thy bounty. 
 , Accept, O merciful Father, our unfeigned thanksgivings 
 ! for these, and for all our spiritual blessings ; and help us 
 ? so to improve and apply them, that we may be happy in 
 thy favour, both in this world, and that which is to come. 
 
 May we be in thy fear all the day long, s<Srve thee with 
 pure affection, and enjoy the good things of life in inno- 
 cence. In our domestic relations, may we be all of ono. 
 mind, love as brethren, and live in peace ; that thou, tbe 
 i God of peace and love, mayest be with us. May all \\o\j 
 dispositions be established in our souls, and our lives be 
 adorned with all good actions. May we rejoice habitually 
 j in thy government, and in the hope of thine approbation ; 
 ' and finally be received into thine everlasting kingdom, 
 through thy grace in thy blessed Son, our Saviour, Jesus 
 I'hrist. Amen. 
 
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 PRAYER FOR PVEB.YESDAY Evening, 
 
 OMOST merciful and gracious God ! we thy servants 
 present ourselves before thee this evening, to render 
 thanks unto thee for all thy mercies, to confess our sins, to 
 renew our good resolutions, and to commend ourselves to 
 the care of thy providence. 
 
 Blessed be thy name for all the powers, supports and en- 
 joyments of our nature ; for all our opportunities of secu- 
 ring happiness ; for our advantages as the disciples of thy 
 vSon, for his doctrines, precepts, example, sufferings, and 
 resurrection. Great is thy goodness to us and to all the 
 children of men ; and we confess, that we are not worthy 
 of the mercies which we have received at thy hands. In 
 many things, we have all offended. Thou knowest our 
 follies, and our sins are not hidden from thee. We ac- 
 knowledge them with sorrow and penitence ; we desire to 
 walk before thee in newness of life ; and we beseech thee, 
 who despisest not a contrite heart, to pardon all our ini- 
 quities and to be merciful unto us. 
 
 Teach us, O God, to discern between good and evil ; 
 and enable us, in the midst of the temptations of the world, 
 to hold fast our integrity and to persevere in well-doing. 
 Grant, that neither hope nor fear may ever lead us to de- 
 sire or to do what thou forbiddest. Help us to be harm- 
 less and undefiled, to aim continually at the mark of our 
 high calling, and to fight the good fight of faith, that we 
 may obtain the prize. 
 
 Our outward circumstances in life we leave entirely to 
 tlie disposal of thy wisdom and goodness. We commit 
 ourselves to thy care through the ensuing night and the 
 remainder of our days, with a steadfast persuasion, that, if 
 it be best for us, thou wilt defend us from evil. Wha^r- 
 er thou shalt appoint, help us to place our whole confi- 
 dence in thee. Leave us not, neither forsake us, O thou 
 God of our salvation. Bless our friends, and guide them 
 by thine unerring Spirit. Have pity upon all to whom 
 wearisome nights and restless days are appointed. And 
 raise all men to that land of perfect felicity, where Jesu? 
 reigns for ever and ever. Amen. 
 
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 9. 
 
 07 
 
 FBAYER FOR THURSDAY Manung. 
 
 OGod, the giver of all good, who delightest in the hap- 
 piness of thy creatures ! we would raise our hearts to 
 thee in the exercise of devout affections. Having daily uni- 
 ted to partake of thy bounty, we would unite to give our 
 hanks unto thee. 
 Thou hast been continually with us, rejoicing to do us 
 good : and tliy meiHiies are more than can be numbered. 
 Thou hast upheld our souls in life, and been our refuge 
 and strength, a very present help in trouble. Thou hast 
 continually fed and clothed us, and given us many things 
 t5 enj oy . When we lie down to rest, thou art our defence ; 
 and when we a^-ake, we are still with thee. Thou art 
 leading «s by the mediation of Uiy Son to a better world, 
 and causing all things to work together for our good. 
 
 Father, T>'e praise thee and rejoice in thy goodness ; and 
 we desire at all times to approve ourselves unto thee. 
 Preserve us, we beseech thee, from every secret sin. Dis- 
 pose and assist us to keep our heaiiis, and to watch over 
 our tongues- Enable us faithfully to obey thee in every 
 sittiation, and' fill our minds with religious veneration and 
 gratitude. Gi ant, that we may heartily unite our endeav- 
 ours to promote each other's happiness, bear with each 
 other's infirmities, reprove each otlierin the spirit of meek- 
 ness, put away all pride and emy, all discontent and fret- 
 fulness, all suspicion and jealousy, and travel together with 
 increasing affection to the land of everlasting joy and love. 
 
 Encouraged by our past experience, we humbly commit 
 (mr persons and concerns to thy direction, and confide in 
 tl.ine unbounded mercy, as revealed and pledged to us ki 
 'ciiis Christ, thy Son, our Lord. Amen* 
 
 10. 
 
 PRAYER FOR THURSDAY Evening. 
 LIMIGHTY God, who art the Re warder of all them 
 - that diligently seek thee ! receive in mercy the pmy- 
 
 rvs and praises of thy children. 
 
 We adore thee as the greatest and the best of being', 
 'lie source of all power, wisdom, goodness, and happiness. 
 
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68 PRAYERS FOR FAMILIES. 
 
 Without thee we can do nothing ; and on thee we depend 
 from day to day. Thine energy sustains, thy presence an- 
 imates, thy gracious influence blesses the Universe. Our , 
 times are in thy hands ; our advantages and sorrows are 
 dispensed by thy providence. Thy mercy i^as given Us a 
 liedeemei', who is able to save unto tlie uttermost ; and 
 thine unmerited love adds to our days and satisfactions^ 
 that we may be drawn to devote our hearts to thy service. 
 
 We confess, O Lord, that we have disobeyed thy laws 
 and been unmindful of thy goodness. We lament with 
 sincere sorrow our errors and transgressions. We desire 
 to forsake everj^ evil way ; and we humbly trust in thy 
 grace for the forgiveness of our sins. Being justified by 
 faith, may we have peace with thee, be saved from the do- 
 minion of vice, and be filled with the fruits of thy Spirit, 
 May we be at all times sensible of the vanity of tVie world, 
 of the deceitfulness of sin, and of its certain tendency to 
 make us miserable. May we entertain just convictions of 
 the worth of our own souls, and of the value and impor- 
 tance of the glory to which we are called. May we set 
 our aftections upon the things above, be armed against the 
 allurements anil terrors of this transitory statej and hold 
 ourselves in constant readiness to depart hence and to stand 
 before our Judge. 
 
 Keep us this night. Almighty Guardian, under thy watch- 
 ful eye. If it be agreeable to thy will, let no evil befall us 
 or ours. Have mercy upon those, for whose welfare we 
 feel particularly solicitous. Comfort and sustain all who 
 are in trouble and adversity. Order all things for us as 
 scemeth right in thy sight ; and do us good now and evei'- 
 more according to tliy promises declared unto us by Jesus 
 Christ our Lord. And through him be glory unto fiiec for 
 ever and ever. Amen. 
 
 11. 
 
 FRAYBB FOR FBIDAY Morning, 
 
 ETERNAL and incomprehensible Jehovah, Father and 
 Friend of the children of men ! we would acknowledge 
 tliy perfections and feel our dependance on thee. Thou 
 art from everlasting to dverlastingj and with thee tliere is 
 no variableness nor shadow of turning. Thou art thu 
 
PUAYEUS FOR FAMILIES. 6D 
 rrf^hteous Lord, whose countenance beholdeth the upright. 
 Tliou acceptest not the persons of men, but wilt render 
 wnto the rich and the poor according^ to their works. 
 Thou art good, and ever ready to forgive the penitent. 
 
 We thank thee, Lord of heaven and earth, for all that 
 thou hast done for us. Thou hast brought us into life, 
 and continually watched over us. Thou hast again pre- 
 served us, and granted us the refreshment of quiet repose. 
 Througli thy goodness we appear before thee at this time, 
 in health and ease, with the free use of our reason, and in 
 the enjoyment of many blessings. What shall we render 
 unto thee for all thy benefits ? We desire to show forth 
 thy praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives ; and to 
 spend this <iay and the remainder of our days in a uniform 
 obedience to thy holy commands. 
 
 Incline our hearts, we beseech thee, to thy precepts. 
 Endue trs with that simplicity and godly sincerity, which 
 ai'e well-pleasing tinto thee. Teach us to live by the faith 
 of thy Son, who hath loved us and given himself for us. 
 Preserve us from thinking of ourselves more highly than 
 we ouglit to think, and clothe us with the oniament of a 
 meek and quiet spirit. Assist us to take heed unto our 
 ways, to direct our affairs with discretion, to be temperate 
 in all things, to walk within our house with perfect hearts, 
 and to order our whole conversation and conduct according 
 to thy will. 
 
 Through all the changes of our lives, grant, O God, that 
 we may be without covetousness, receive thy gifts with 
 thankful hearts, enjoy them with sobriety and benevolence, 
 and endure afflictions with such patience tliat thej may 
 work out for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight. 
 m glory. And unto thee, the God of all consolation and 
 grace in Clirist Jesus, be endless honour and praise. 
 Amen. 
 
 12. 
 
 PRAYER FOR FRIDAY Evening. 
 
 ALMIGHTY God, the papent of all the families oi'tlxc. 
 earth ! we thy children unite to present unto thee tlie 
 tribute justly due to thy name. 
 We thank thee, that"'tliou hast credited us iu tiiinc .07ai 
 
70 PRAYERS FOR FAMILIES, 
 
 image, made us capable of knowledge and wisdom, en- 
 dowed us with social affections, and implanted in us a 
 sense of good and evil. We praise thee for our continual 
 support, and acknowledge that thou daily loadest us with 
 benefits. Above all, we bless tliee for thine inestimable 
 love in sending thine only-begotten Son, to instruct, to 
 guide, to save us from sin and misery, and to elevate us 
 to an inheritance which is incorruptible in heaven. We 
 will bless thee, O Lord, at all times ; thy praise shall be 
 continually in our mouths. 
 
 While we acknowledge before thee, O God, thine in- 
 cessant bounty and eternal love ; we confess with shame^ 
 tliat we have not been as careful to improve and make suit- 
 able returns for them, as it was our duty to be. ThougU 
 thou hast nourished and brought us up as childi'en, we 
 have rebelled against thee. But we desire to become wi- 
 tfer and better ; and we beseech thee, who art slow to an- 
 ger, to pardon all our transgressions. O Lord, show thy 
 raercy upon us, and grant us thy salvation. 
 
 Lead us by thy gracious hand in the path of our duty ; 
 and, in the time of temptation, let thy good Spirit be with 
 us, to keep us from falling. May our minds be purified 
 from all sinful affections, and be deeply impressed and 
 regularly influenced by every religious truth. May we be 
 steadfast and immoveable, always abounding in the work 
 of the Lord. 
 
 Thou art the Protector of all that put their timst in thee. 
 We pray thee to show compassion to such as are in pain, 
 sickness, or distress. We commend ourselves, oiu* friends, 
 and all our concerns to thy holy keeping. Defend us by 
 thy power, direct us by thy wisdom, provide for us by thy 
 goodness ; and, when our heart and our flesh shall fail, be 
 3iou, O God, the strength of our hearts and our portion 
 forever. Araen. 
 
 18. 
 
 PRAYER FOR SATURDAY Morning. 
 
 O GOD, who givest unto all creatures life and breath and 
 all things ! we thy servants would reverence thine in- 
 finite perfections, and adore fhee as the fountain of all ^ ir- 
 tue and felicity. 
 
PRAYERS FOR FAMILIES. 71 
 
 I'hou art the same in power, wisdotrf, and goodness, 
 throni^liout all generations. ThOii upholdest every being 
 by thy mighty word, and preservest the regular succession 
 " of day and night, of summer and winter, of seed-time and 
 harvest. By thine appointment, the sun ariseth, and man 
 goeth forth to his work. The earth is thine and the ful- 
 ness thereof. 
 
 Blessed he thou, our merciful Father, for the protection 
 afforded us, for the refreshment of sleep, for our measure 
 of ease and health, for every present comfoii:, and for all 
 our hopes of future good. To thy tender compassion alone 
 we ascribe them, and are sensible of the vast obligation 
 which they lay upon us to love and serve theo with every 
 faculty of our bodies and souls. 
 
 Let the consciotisness of the homage and fidelity we owe 
 to thee accompany us wherever we go ; that we may live 
 in all good conscience ; and that, whether we eat or (U*ink 
 or whatever we do, we may do all to thy glory. Teach 
 us to be prudent in ordering our aifairs, industrious in per- 
 forming the business of our stations, moderate in our de- 
 sires and innocent in our enjoyments, careful in redeeming 
 the time, resigned under chastisement, courteous and can- 
 did to all around us, equitable and compassionate to those 
 •with whom we shall have to deal, grateful to our friend's 
 and benefactors, and generous and forgiving to any that 
 may injure or offend us. Let the same mind be in us, 
 which was also in Christ Jesus. Enable us heartily to re- 
 joice in his salvation, and cause all things to woi^ together 
 for our eternal welfare through the richea of thy grac^ 
 Amen. 
 
 14. 
 
 PRAYER FOR SATURDAY Evening, 
 ^ RE AT and glorious God ! the heavens are thy throne, 
 and the earth is thy footstool. Thou art nigh unto 
 all tliem that call upon thee in sincerity and truth. Thou 
 art conducting th}' children in the path of peace; and thou 
 continually affordest them the supplies which they ne(^d. 
 
 We thank thee, that we have been preserved through 
 another day and another week. We thank thee that thine 
 arm has been our support, thy shield our defence, thy 
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72 PRAYERS FOR FA?kIILIES. 
 
 providence and Spirit our j^uardian and guide. We thank 
 thee for our personal and family blessino^s, (for our deliv- 
 erance from dangers and calamities,) and for every agree- 
 able and happy circumstance of our condition. We thank 
 thee, above all, that we are brought to the kno^^ledge of 
 thee and of Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent ; that we 
 have the promises of thy mercy ; and that, though this frail 
 existence is fleeting away, we have the assured hope of 
 immortal felicity. — Thy compassions fail not, great God, 
 though our days on earth are diminishing. Be thou ex- 
 alted above the heavens I and be thy sacred name praised 
 for ever and ever ! 
 
 Merciful Father I blot out, we pray thee, the sins that 
 have been committed by us in the week which is nov/ 
 dra^v ing to a close, and in the whole course of our depart- 
 ed days. We lament, that we have often been led astray 
 and have been chai'geable with many negligences and 
 omissions. We confess them unto thee with an humble 
 and conti'ite spirit and beseech thee to cleanse our con*. 
 sciences from evil works, to lift on us the light of thy coun- 
 tenance, and to give us the blessedness of those whose 
 transgressions are covered. 
 
 Dispose us to realize fully, that we are the monument^ 
 of thy sparing mercy, in order that our hearts may be con- 
 secrated to thee. Illuminate our minds with thy heavenly 
 truth. Preserve us from all false judgments concerning 
 the ends of living and the way to happiness. Secure us 
 from the influence of vain customs and evil examples. In* 
 crease our faith ; enliven our hope ; enlarge our charity ; 
 inspire us with every pious, virtuous, and amiable disposi- 
 tion ; and help us to become Christians, not in name only, 
 but in deed. 
 
 Another step has been t?ken towards eternity ; week af- 
 ter week, and mouth after montl). are passing away ; and 
 V. e know, that our times are in thy hand, and that there 
 may be to us but a few more days in this world. Gracious 
 God, suff*er us not to forget the shortness and precarious- 
 ness of life, or the solemnities of judgment and eternity. 
 Prepare us to meet our last end with a serene and pc^ice- 
 ful mind. Incline us so to pass through things temporal, 
 that we may not forget Uie things which are eteiTial. Help 
 us to love each other as beings., v ho have each other': ur.- 
 
PRAYERS FOR FAMILIES. 
 
 moi-tal happiness at heart ; and, after ^vo shall ha\e been 
 separated from one another by death, be x>leased to unite 
 us in holy fellowship before the tliione of God and the 
 Lamb. 
 
 We commend our bodies and our souls to thy care ; and 
 beseech thee to do good unto all men. We oner up these 
 our prayers in the name of Jesus, through whom we trust 
 that we shall be pardoned and accepted now ajid ever- 
 faoi-e. Amen. 
 
 15. 
 
 GRACE BEFORE AND AFTER MEA'l . 
 LMIGHTY Father ! the blessings, which we are about 
 
 sense of thy love to us and all mankind. Ameu. 
 
 WE acknowledge, heavenly Father, that thoa art the 
 source of all our enjoyments. Help us to receive thy 
 bounty, witti grateful, contented, and obedient heailSe 
 Amen. 
 
 THE eyes of all wait upon thee, O Lord; and thou gi^ii- 
 est them their meat in due season. Thou openest thine 
 hand, and satisliest the desire of every living thii\g. Amen. 
 
 BLESSED be thy name, 0 thou Author of ^11 good, 
 for this present I'efreshment and for all other mercies. 
 May they strengthen us to the performance of every duty 
 as disciples of thy Son. Amen. 
 
 AGAIN we experience, O God, that thoa art good. 
 May thy goodness h% cotitiimed to us, and be extended to 
 iiil mankind. Amen. 
 
 THOU hast afforded u:^ another proof of thy benevolent 
 care. O thou Parent of men ! may it fill us with gratitude 
 ko thee, arid dispose us to be kind to othfrr* ^vfA ihoii 
 irt kind unto ^fr. Am-'^n. 
 
 May they be enjoyed with a 
 
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 PRAYERS FOR FAMILIES. 
 
 THOU, Lord, art our Shepherd ; we shall not want. 
 May we never be wanting in our duty to thee ; and may 
 thy mercy follow us all tlie days of our lives. Amen. 
 
 GOD of compassion ! thou fillest our hearts with food 
 and gladness. Make us duly thankful, we beseech thee ; 
 and be pleased to feed the hungry, and to provide for all 
 tlie needy, now and evermore. Amen. 
 
 DIVINE Benefactor I thou hast blessed our labours fnp 
 the meat which perisheth. Help us to labour successfully 
 for tliat meat, which endui-eth unto everlasting life. Amen. 
 
 16. 
 
 PRAYER FOR A FAMILY at the close 
 o f the -year. 
 
 Tj^ TERN AL Jehovali ! in thee we live and move and 
 
 cause tliou hast sustained us, that we have continued to 
 this day.' With praise to thee, the God of our lives, we 
 come into thy presence ; with thank's to thee, the unfailinj; 
 source of mercy ! Thou didst bring: us into this world, and 
 place us on this stag;e of action. Thou didst uphold us in 
 the helpless days of infancy, and preserve us from the in- 
 numerable evils to which were then exposed. We 
 tasted of thy bounty, before we were capable of perceiving 
 the hand from which it came. With every returning year 
 thy favours have been multiplied upon us. Thou hast been 
 with us and hast helped us in all our troubles. Often hast 
 thou healed our diseases, removed our sorrows, and re- 
 newed our strength. Thy candle has shined upon oiu' 
 tabernr.cle ; thy corn has nourished us ; thy smiles have 
 gladdened our hearts. Whilst many have been cut off and 
 have passed into an awful eternity, we are yet numbered 
 with the living. \Yhilst thousands have fallen at our right 
 liand and our left, we continue to stand, witnesses tha - 
 thou art good to the evil and unthankful. Through tht 
 riches of thy forbearance and longsuffering, thou art con- 
 tinuing as in a state of trial; giving unto us space for ri>« 
 
 In thy hand is our breath ; it is be- 
 
PRAYERS FOR FAMINES. 76 
 pi^ntaiice, and favouring us with thy holy gospel and with 
 all necessary means of grace and reformation. 
 
 God of compassion, take not thy Spirit from us^ Con- 
 tinue to us tliy heavenly blessings. PrejSare us for future 
 changes in our condition, and let them be sanctified to our 
 truest interest and happiness. We commit ourseh es to 
 tliy care ; we devote ourselves to thy service ; we refer all, 
 events concerning us to thine infinite wisdom and fatherly 
 goodness. Lead us seasonably to consider the tilings 
 which belong to our peace. Give us realizing views of 
 death and a judgment to come. Enable us to depart from 
 the world, when thou shalt call us a\vay, with tranquility 
 smd comfort of mind, exempt from the teiTOfs of guilt; 
 and bring us to tho enjoyment of thy favour in the realms 
 of glory, through the mediation of Jesus Cimst, thy Soi\. 
 Our Lord. Amen. 
 
 17. 
 
 PRAYER FOR A FAMILY at the hegimmt^ 
 pf the year. 
 
 A LMIGHTY God, God of the spirits of all flesh, Pre- 
 server and Ruler of the children of men ! hear in 
 mercy thy servants, Avho raise their heaits unto thee. We 
 acknowledge, that, in seasons past, we have often been too 
 earnest about the things of sense and time, too regardless 
 of the objects of faith and futurity. We confess, tiiat v e 
 have too often walked in a vain show, and disquieted our- 
 selves in \ain. We cannot attempt to deny, that we have 
 been frequently undutiful and unthankful. W ouldst thou 
 judge us without mercy, we should be utterly destitute of 
 hope. Wouldst thou deal with us according to our sins, 
 we should be miserable indeed. But v/e rejoice, that thou 
 desirest not the ruin of thy creatures, but rather tliat the)- 
 should repent and live. It is our do sire to cast off all the 
 unfruitful works of darkness, and to v/alk as children of 
 the light and of the day. It is our purpose, that this year 
 5.ha]l witness our greater i*eformation from every thing 
 that is amiss in us, and our increasing improvement in the 
 graces of the Christian religion. 
 
 If it be consistent with the purposes of thine inscrutable 
 ^visdom, we pray that our lives inay be spfare^l j ux>t merely 
 
7(y PRAYERS FOR FAMILIES, 
 
 that we may enjoy an animal existence, but that we may 
 be furnished with an oppoi-tunity of doing good and becom- 
 ing better. We commit all our concerns to thee ; and Av ouid 
 submit to those circumstances, which thou, who alone 
 knowest what is best for us, shalt ordain. If thou wilt, 
 we desire the continuance of health and comfort. If thoti 
 shouldst send sickness or adversity to us, may we be pre- 
 pared for these and all other changes of our situation. If 
 It be thy decree, that tliis year any of us shall die ; may 
 we be ready far our departure. Wc dare not say, that we 
 will do this or that: but we would cherish one resolution, 
 to become and always to be such persons as thou shalt be 
 pleased to approve. 
 
 Heavenly Father! do thou preserve us from every in- 
 jurious delay. Let not the night of darkness, in which no 
 man can work, overtake us unawares. Forbid, that we 
 should ever presume on life, or boast of to-morrow, or be 
 immoderately attached to earthly things. jNIay we always 
 do with diligence what thou appointest us to perform. If 
 <kiath shall approach us by slow advances, may it find us 
 well employed ; and if we are suddenly called to exchange 
 worlds, may it not be our lotto have treasured up fear and 
 remorse. — Hear us, we beseech thee, in these our suppli- 
 cations, which we offer up in the name of our great Me- 
 diator. And unto thee, the King eternal, immortal, and 
 invisible, be honour and glory, for ever and ever, thro' Je- 
 sus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 18. 
 
 PRAYER FOR A FAMILY, inbehaJf of a sick person. 
 
 OGOD, who hast taught us, at all times and in every 
 condition, to make our reqaes-ts known unto thee I 
 We would adore thee as the author and arbiter of life, and 
 t]ie disposer of sickness arid of death. We oifer up our 
 h amble supplications in behalf of thy servant, who is lii- 
 b curing under pain and disease. Look down upon him 
 ( her ) with mercy; let the consideration of thy goodness 
 and wisdom strengthen and comfort his soul ; and let the 
 precious doctrines and example of thy Son enable him to 
 suffer with patience. We pray with submission to thy 
 Frovidcncej that thou wouldst be pleased to remove his 
 
PRAYERS FOR FAMILIES- . 7r 
 
 disorder, and restore Mm to health. Graciously prolong 
 his dajs upon earth ; and grant, that/iz's affliction may pro- 
 duce in him the fruits of nghteoiisness, to the honour of 
 thy name. By the sadness of his countenance, may his 
 heart be made better; and may he long live, to manifest 
 his thankfulness to thee, and to do good in his generation. 
 
 But, if this affliction should be unto death, may thy ser- 
 vant be prepared to give himself up into thy hands, with 
 Christian fortitude, in joyful expectation of thy mercy unto 
 eternal life. Give him unfeigned repentance for all his 
 sins, and a firm reliance on thy gracious promises in Christ 
 Jesns our Lord. May the hope of thy favour support him 
 in his last hour; may he leave the world in peace of mind, 
 and in charity with all! men ; and may he be received into 
 thy heavenly kingdom, and be made a partaker of that 
 happiness, which eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, and 
 which it hath not entered into the heart of man to conceive. 
 
 O God, teach us to be wise ; console our hearts ; and 
 command thy blessing upon thy servant, even life ever- 
 more, through Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour. Amen, 
 
 PRAYER FOR A FAMILY, m behalf of a sick child 
 \ LMIGHTY and most merciful God, thou art the foun- . 
 
 tain of all good, tlie refuge of the distressed, the friend 
 and comforter of those who look up to thy throne for help. 
 %\ e v.'ould offer up our prayers unto thee in behalf of the 
 <:hiid, on whom thou hast seen fit to lay thine afflicting 
 hand. We beseech thee, if it be consistent with thy wise 
 and Iioly will, to bless the means employed for A/s recov- 
 ery, and to raise hi7n up to health and strength. Suffer 
 not the wishes of his parents to be disappointed ; but in 
 thy great mercy spare Mm, to be the comfort and support 
 of their advancing years, and to glorify thy name by obej - 
 Ing thee and becoming useful in the world. But, whatever 
 ihou hast determined concerning him, thy will, O God, be 
 *.iOne ! Preserve us from fainting under thy chastisements; 
 .i.nd, if thoutakest hi7n away from the world, vouchsafe to 
 receive his soul into that blessed land, where sorrow and 
 death are unknown. Into thy hands vve commit /wV/z, our- 
 selves, and all whom we love j and we humbly prav, that. 
 
 19. 
 
:s HRAYERS FOR PAIVIILIES. 
 
 bj^ail the dispensations of thy Providence, wc majrte 
 trained up for that state, where thou wilt wipe away all 
 tears from tlie eyes of mourners, and where pious friends 
 iitid relations shall rejoice with each other for ever aii<i 
 f-.ver, through thine unspeakable love in Christ Jesus our 
 Lord. Amen. 
 
 ioT 
 
 TIIANKSGIVIiSG OF A FAMILY, 
 
 for the recovery of a J\Ie7nber of the uame from da7i- 
 gerous sickness. 
 OST merciful and gracious God, tlie Creator and Pre- 
 server of tlie universe ! we would raise our hearts 
 vvith gT'ateful sentiments unto l]iee,rroni whom alone coiti- 
 cth our help. We ackno -vledije, that thou rulest over all ; 
 ihat of thee, and througii thee, and to thee are all things, 
 i'hou speakest, and it is done ; thou commandest, and it 
 ■.ands fast. The skill of the physician, and the power ot 
 Medicine are derived from thee. It is thou, who hcalesf; 
 .11 our diseases, who redeemest our lives from destruc- 
 tion, and renewest our strength ; and to thy name alon<r 
 be all the glory and honour. We render unto thee our 
 nnited and hearty thanks for thy great j^oodness, manife?;-' 
 ^d to thy ser< ant, whom thou hast been pleased to raise" 
 ^,^om the bed of sickness, and to restore to a capacity of 
 'performing the duties and enjoying the comforts of life. 
 To thy kind Providence we ascribe it, that this afniclioa 
 lath not lieen unto death, and that the voice of health and 
 rejoicing is again heard in our habitation. We praise thee, 
 O Lord, for thou hast dealt bountifully with us. ]\Tay thy 
 ".ervant, whom thou hast rescued from the devouring 
 Krave, manifest his ( her ) sense of thy loving kindness, by 
 jcvoting the remainder of his days to thee, as a true diar" 
 ciple oihis Master and Redeern;n-, in a constant obedience 
 to thy holy commandment?. May the remembrance of 
 v/hat thou hast done for his soul confirm and establish 
 ^ood resolutions, and inspire Jd^n with a lively confidence 
 ;fi thy protection and care. May this instance of thy mer- 
 cy to our family engage us all to love thee with oui* whole 
 hearts, and to rejoice in thy Providence. While we hftv(t 
 health and life, may we never abuse or t^-iHe with them, 
 but be careful to improve them well, and promote C3?r* 
 other's h'vppine:^^ to'tl\e utraost of our Mbllity,-.. 
 
PRAYERS FOR INDIVIDUALS. Si 
 
 irom overwhelming want, has given me many of the 
 blessings of this life, and has set before me the sweet hope 
 of a better world. I would be grateful for what I enj'oj* 5 
 and I desire to acquiesce in thy dispensations, and not to 
 indulge discontent on account of those things v/hich thou 
 ^vithholdest or takest away. 
 
 Direct me, I beseech thee, in the use of honest means to 
 repair my losses and to obtain a more comfortable subsist^ 
 ence : but, whether I obtain it or not. thy will be done. 
 Thou alone knowest, if greater plenty would prove a bless^ 
 ing, or a snare to me and mine. Make me perfect in my 
 submission, O Lord ; cleanse my heart from sinful affec- 
 tions ; and grant that I may be rich in faith and an heir of 
 tliy promises. Reward, I pray thee, those benefaetorai, 
 w ho have been instruments in thy hand for doing me good. 
 In every trouble let me experience, that thou art nigh un- 
 to them that put their trust in thee. Whilst t continue in 
 straitened circumstances, preserve me from unlawful meth" 
 ods of supplying ray necessities, from taking thy name ia 
 vain, and from asking with anxious distmstful thoughts, 
 what sliall I eat, or what siiall I drink, or wherewith shall 
 I be clothed. May I never feel envy at the sight of the 
 great ; and rather choose to endure every bodily hardship , 
 than to suffer the evil of spiritual poverty. May tlie ex- 
 ample of Jesus, who v/as despised of men, v/lvo sufrsred 
 hunger and thirst, and who had not where to lay his head , 
 reconcile me to my condition. May it be enough for me 
 that I can please thee and hold fast my integi^ity. What- 
 ever be my lot here, may I be enabled to lay up treasures 
 in heaven, and finally be received into it, through the me- 
 diation of that Saviour, who was made perfect tljrough 
 sufferings and is how set down at thy right hand. Amen 
 
 to 
 
 A PRAYER FOR A WIDOW. 
 A LMIGHl'Y and everlasting God, I fiy to thee for that 
 consolation which I need, and humble^^ myself under 
 thy mighty hand. Thou givest, and thou takest away ; and 
 v/ithout thy permission not a hair of our heads can fall to 
 the ground. Thou hast been pleased to remove from me. 
 the husbSBd of my affectionate chor^, my ?nppo'^-ir,f' ooro- 
 
92 PRAYERS FOR ESfDIVIDUALSr 
 
 fort under the labours and anxieties of this mortal life. 
 God of compassion, leave me not a victim to sorrow; and, 
 though thou hast not forbidden me to mourn, let me not 
 mourn like those who are without Christian hope. I desire 
 to east ail my cares upon thy good Providence ; assured, 
 that I can never be destitute, Avhilst thou art my helper, 
 or misei-able, whilst I have thee for my portion. What- 
 ever outward blessings thou mayest be pleased to deny me, 
 may I never be deprived of the comfort of thy love. 
 Vouchsafe, I pray thee, to raise up friends to assist me in 
 mj exigencies, and to counsel me to manage my affairs 
 with discretion. Taught by painful experience, let me nev- 
 er forget what mstability attends all earthly enjoyments. 
 Give me grace to behave witli propriety and suitably to 
 my condition ; that I may be enabled at all times to look 
 with comfort to thee as my friend, my father, my life, my 
 deliverer. (To thy tender mercy I commend the beloved 
 children whom thou hast given me.) To thy direction I 
 would entirely submit ; into thy hands I resign all my in- 
 terests in time and eternity ; and my soul would triumph 
 in the exalted and assured hope of being eternally happy 
 with all the objects of my affection, through thy grace in 
 Jesus Christ my Lord and Saviour. Amen, 
 
 11. 
 
 A PRAYER FOR A SERVANT. 
 
 OGOD, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaveH and 
 earth! it is the ordination of thy good Providence, 
 that there should be various stations and conditions in the 
 world. It is thou, who appointest unto each the circum- 
 stances in which he is placed; andl rejoice, that with tliee 
 there is no respect of persons, and that, whether men be 
 high or low in society, all are thy children, all are furnish- 
 ed with the means of pleasing thee and becoming happy. 
 I would cheeriully submit to thy unerring direction ; and 
 desire, with a contented and thankful heart, to accept of 
 the portion wliich thou givest me. Establish me, I beseech 
 thee, in the persuasion, that my present situation is good 
 for me ; and give me grace to'refiect, that every state of 
 .life has its peculiar advantages and trials. Help me to 
 cherish a meek and humble temper, and to imitate mv 
 
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 l»lessed Master, who took upon him the form of a servant 
 and condescended to the meanest offices, that he might set 
 his disciples an example. Help me to discharge the obli- 
 gations incumbent upon me, with faithfulness and zeal, 
 from a principle of obedience to thee my Judge, knowing 
 that thou seest my inmost thoughts, and that whatsoever 
 good thing any one doeth the same shall he receive at thy 
 hands. Assist me to adorn my Christian vocation by a 
 careful, diligent, respectful, and peaceable behaviour, by 
 the strictest sobriety and honesty, and by a solicitude not 
 to waste the goods of those with whom 1 live, nor to mis- 
 pend that time which I am bound to devote to their ser- 
 vice. Make me duly grateful for every benefit which I re- 
 ceive ; and let me patiently suffer the inconveniences which 
 attend my lot. If it should please thee, O thou supreme 
 Disposer of events, to make my outward condition more 
 prosperous ; let me improve it well. But^ whatever thou 
 shalt order, let me be solicitous, above all things, to ob- 
 tain the forgiveness of my sins and to seek thy kingdom a- 
 bove ; that I may be exalted to it after <ieath, through thy 
 great mercy in Jesus Christ my Redeemer. Amen. 
 
 12. 
 
 A PRAYER BEFORE A JOURNEY. 
 
 ALMIGHTY God, I raise ray heart to thee as the Fath- 
 er and Preserver of men, and rejoice, that I cannot 
 go where thou art not present as the Ruler of nature, as 
 the Guardian of the righteous, as the Hearer of prayer. 
 Thine eye is continually upon me, and thy good Spirit con- 
 duets thy children through every stage oi their \)ilgrimage. 
 I commend myself, O Lord, to the care of thy Providence, 
 in the journey upon which lam entering; humbly beseech- 
 ing thee to defend me from evil, to preserve me from all 
 temptations to sin, and to prosper me in my lawful desij^ns. 
 To thy holy keeping I commit (my family and) my friends ; 
 and I pray, that, if it be thy will, tUfey may be blesse d in 
 hodj and in soul, that I may return to them in due sea- 
 son in safety, that 1 may have a fresh occasion to praise 
 thy name, and that we may long live together, to enjoy 
 the pleasm-es of domestic life, and to manifest our thsiak- 
 fulness for all thy mercies. Hear my petitions, O tha'i 
 
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 God of compassion ; and let me rejoice in thy grace ^lul 
 favour through Jesus Christ for ever and ever. Amen. 
 
 13. 
 
 A PRAYER FOR A PERSON GOING TO SEA. 
 
 O Eternal and most merciful Jehovah, the Refuge and 
 Protector of the sons of men ; I lift up mine eyes un- 
 to thee, from whom alone cometh my help. Thou art the 
 God of the sea, as well as of the dry land. Thou spreadest 
 out the heavens, and rulest the raging of the ocean. At 
 thy command, winds and storms arise ; and, at thy word, 
 the waves are still. Support and preserve me. Almighty 
 Father, 1 beseech thee, when embarked on the great deep. 
 Guard me from its dangers, from sickness, from the v'l^ 
 lence of enemies, and from every evil to which I may be 
 exposed. Save me, above all, from that greatest of evil?, 
 the commission of sin and the forfeiture of thy friendship. 
 Let me not utter thy name, bat with the greatest reverence; 
 nor forget, that to tJiee I owe my security, and that thou 
 holdest my soul in life. May I see thy works and Avonders 
 in all the objects I behold ; and fortify my lieart, in seasons 
 of peril, not by blind courage or brutal insensibility, but by 
 living a godly, righteous, and sober life, and by placing un- 
 bounded confidence in thy wisdom and goodness. May it 
 please thee to give success to m}* undertaknig, to conduct 
 me in safety to the haven where I would be, and to bring 
 me back with a grateful sense of thy mercies, and with ^n 
 invincible determination to spend all my days to thy gloiys 
 through Jesus Christ my Lord and Saviour. Amen. 
 
 14 
 
 THANKSGIVING a safe return from travelling' 
 by land or by water. 
 
 OMOST gracious and all-powerful God, whose mercy 
 is over all thy works, and who alone makest men to 
 dw ell in safety : I praise tliy holy name, that thou hast 
 been pleased to preserve me and to bring me back to ray 
 habitation in peace. Thou hast defended me by thy prov- 
 idence from perils and deatli, I rejaice in thy goodness-/ 
 
PRAYERS FOR INDIVIDUALS. \}iy 
 and give thanks luito thee with my whole heai't O help 
 me to manifest my* thankfulness, by employing the life, 
 which thou hast preserved, in a diligent obedience to thy 
 commandments ; and enable me at all times to cherish 
 and exercise a filial trust in that paternal love, of which I 
 have had continual experience. Pardon of thine infinite 
 goodness whatever has been wrong in my conduct. Let 
 me not forget, that 1 am but a sojourner here, and that I 
 have no abiding place on earth. Let me ardently desire 
 that better and heavenly country, for which all my present 
 changes are intended to prepare me- And wherever I am , 
 or whatever I may do, whilst I continue in this world, let 
 me become more and more qualified for the blessedness 
 of that city which hath foundations, through the riches of 
 ihy grace in Jesus Christ my Saviour. Araen. 
 
 *^ IS. 
 
 A PRAYER for a person engaging in any important 
 business. 
 
 GREAT and merciful God, I look up unto thee, who 
 teachest man knowledge, and givestboth the skill and 
 the power to accomplish useful pui-poses. Thou art my 
 Guide, and my Help ; and Avithout thee I can do nothing. 
 Prosperity and adversity are dispensed by thee ; and thou 
 alone seest what is good for tb}^ creatures. With submis- 
 sion to thy will, I implore thy blessing upon the work 
 which is before me. Give me discretion and understauding- 
 to direct me. Preserve me from presumption, imprudence, 
 indolence, and a confident expectation of success. Teach 
 me to use with diligence and caution th a meanrj, which thou 
 art pleased to afford me for the accomplishment of this de- 
 sign. Enable me, especially, I beseech thee, to maintair^ 
 integrity and a good conscience. May I form no "dan and 
 engage in no enterprize, that may endanger the property,, 
 the comfort, or the virtue of my fello^^ -n^en ; but habitu- 
 ally dread and fly fron\ every thing, which may injure my 
 neighbour. May I always act under the influence of the 
 truth, that thou lovest righteousness and hatest iniiiuity, 
 and that thou wilt reward every man according to his 
 deeds. May I never fail into the temptations and snares 
 of those, whose only aim is to be rich : but follow after jus- 
 tice, faith, love, patience and meekness; and have the wit- 
 
96 PHAYERS for INDIVIDUA^^. 
 
 ness in my own heart, that godliness with contentment h 
 great gam. Should it please thee to crown my efforts 
 with success, may I be duly thankful to thee and mak^ a 
 wortliy use ot thy favours. Should disappointment await 
 me, may I submit with resignation, bless thy name, and 
 trust m thy providence. Whatever be the event, O Lori 
 do thou keep me in the path of duty, in thy fear and thy 
 love. Let me perform, all things according to the direc- 
 tions oi that blessed Redeemer, whone follower I desire to 
 be. ^ And. finally vouchsafe to receive me into thy ever- 
 lasting kiriR,dom through thine unspeakable love iu Jesus 
 Christ thy Son, Amen. 
 
 18, 
 
 A PRAYER for a person mide)^ svfftrlngs occasimied bij 
 the injustice or malice ofotJiers. 
 
 A LMIGHTY and mo&t merciful God ! I lift my heart 
 -^A. unto thee, the refuge of the oppressed, the Friend 
 and Patron of all thine upright servants. I bless thee, that 
 no malice cf men can rob me of thy love, and that, what- 
 ever I may suffer, thou hast encouraged me to put my trust 
 m thy name. Let it plea se thee, heavenly Father, to pro- 
 tect me by thy power and to guide me by thy wisdom. 
 If It appear good in thy sight, prosper my lawful endeav- 
 ours to guard against injuries, and to secure that honest re- 
 putation, which is coruiected with usefulness in society. 
 Should my exertions be unavailing, let me be comforted 
 by the persuasion that miy witness is in heaven and my re^ 
 cord on high. Help me to inspect my heart, and to review 
 my life with the greatest seriousness, that I may see if there 
 be any evil way in me ; and do thou, the God of mercy, 
 forgive all ray forsaken sins, and enable me to become 
 xaultless and acceptable to thee. Pardon, I pray thee, all 
 who have done or wished ill to me, and change their tem- 
 pers and conduct. Give me grace to follow in all respects 
 that Saviour, who, when he was reviled, reviled not again, 
 when he suffered, threatened not, but committed himself 
 to thee the righteous Judge, and implored the salvation 
 
 vti: of his murderers. And, j^fter faithfully doing and 
 v'ffer:::g thv will on earth, grant that I migiv be united with 
 
PRAYERS FOR INDIVIDUALS. 0. 
 
 him in heaven, praise thee for ail the wonderful ways o; 
 thy providence, and trhmiph in tliy grace for ever ancl 
 ever. Amen. 
 
 17. 
 
 A PRAYER for a person exposed to consi 
 perils andpahis. 
 
 OGOD, the refuge and strength of thy children ! behold 
 in mercy thy feeble and dependent creature, who fiies 
 to thee for assistance and protection. 1 have had much ex- 
 perience of thy goodness in every stage and condition of 
 life, and in every affliction thy mighty hand has sustained 
 me. Let it please thee to continue thy compassion, and to 
 uphold me in every hour of danger. Preserve me from 
 all distressing fears, and establish my confidence in thy 
 ■wise and gracious government. When my sorrows are 
 enlarged, make haste for my delivex-ance, and bring me 
 out of all my troubles, if it seem good to thee. In the 
 midst of any pains which I may be appointed to endure, let 
 my patience be perfected and my fortitude be supported 
 by thy promises and the exumple of thy Son. And though 
 my heart and my flesh should fail, be thou, O God, the 
 strength of my heart ; and vouchsafe to give me the portion 
 of those, w ho sliJill be raised to the unfading joy and glory 
 of heaven, through Jesus Christ my Lord and SaviGur-. 
 Amen. 
 
 18. 
 
 A PRAYER FOR A SICK PERSON. 
 A LMIGHTY and most merciful God, who hatest noth- 
 ing that thou hast made ! I desire humbly to own a!id 
 to reverence thy h^nd in my present affliction. May my 
 bodily suftering make my heart better, and lead me more 
 justly to value health and sti*ength, and to employ them to 
 nobler purposes than I have done, if this sickness shall not 
 be unto death. 
 
 W ith submission to thy will, I pray for the removal of 
 ray disorder and for the perfect restoration of my healtls. 
 Endue me with resignation, patience, and meekness, under 
 the pain of disease and the irksoraeness of confinemei) - 
 
PRAYERS FOR INDIVIDUALS. 
 
 Above all, prepare me for death. Blot out my numerous 
 imperfections and sins by tliiue infinite mercy in Christ Je- 
 jsus. Purify my heart, and make it the seat of faith, char- 
 My, and hope. Dispose and help me to set my house ia 
 
 ^reat change. And, when thou reiTio\ est me hence, grant 
 me an entrance into that world, where the inliabitants shall 
 no more say, I am sick. 
 
 Into thy hands, heavenly Father, I commit myself, de- 
 siring, tliat no increase of pain may produce repining, that 
 I may be numbered with those who love thee, and that I 
 may find by experience all things and this sickness especi- 
 ally working my spiritual good. In every alteration, let 
 thy promises be precious to my soul, that I may come off 
 a conqueror through thy blessed Son, and sing thypraise.5 
 for ever and ever. Amen. 
 
 ANOTHER PRAYER for a skh person, 
 
 OLORD my God, who givest life and breath and all 
 things to thy creatures, and who hast not thought even 
 i\ crown of everlasting life too much to promise to thy 
 eiiildren: thou wilt not deny me what is needful for my 
 body and soul, in my passkge thro' this world to that of 
 lionour and immortality. I would raise my heart unto 
 thee with confidence in thine infinite compassion. Estab- 
 lish, I beseech thee, in my soul the belief, that thou dost 
 not willingly grieve the children of men, but intendest 
 good to me by this thy fatherly correction. Wherein so- 
 ever \ have neglected thee or committed any offence 
 against tliy laws, make me deeply sensible of it and hearti- 
 ly sorrov/ful for all my transgressions. Mercifully accept 
 my earnest desires of forgiveness, and prosper my serious 
 resolutions to live more circumspectly and righteously in 
 the time to come. Assist me, gracious Lord, to give a 
 proof of the sincerity of ray present prayers and professions, 
 by patiently submitting to this distressing dispensation of 
 thy providence, and by cheerfully and meekly bearing 
 whatever thou shalt inflict. Fill my mind with reverence 
 of tliy wisdom and authority, with a thankful remembrance 
 of all thy past mercies, ^.vith an entire reliance on thy good- 
 
 necessary in regard to my 
 
 19. 
 
PRAYERS FOR INDIVIDUALS. 
 
 wess, and with a supreme solicitude to delight in dcur^ 
 thy will. 
 
 Thou, O God, art t}ie author of every remedy, and 
 thy power alone can check disease. 1 beseecli thee to 
 bless the means Avhich are used for the recovery of i)\y 
 health • that I may live, if it be thy will, to perform my 
 duties with greater care. But, if thou hast otherwise ap- 
 pointed, accept, I pray thee, of thine unspeakable good- 
 ness, the sincerity of my repentance, according to the cov- 
 enant to which thou hast called me in Jesus Christ thy 
 Son. Help me to finish tlie work which thou hast given 
 me to do, and without delay to make every neces-sary 
 preparation; that, when the time of my dissolution draws 
 near, I may have nothing else to do, but to resign myself 
 to thee, If I have injured any, I would be reconciled un- 
 to them, and die in peace with all men. And when I shall 
 suffer the last conflicts of nature, grant, great God, that I 
 ma}'' keep my mind steadfastly fixed on that Saviour, who, 
 after he haa shed his blood for the remission of sin, led 
 the way thro' the grave unto heaven. And through him 
 be everlasting praises presented unto thee from all ih^:^ 
 children of Adam. Amen. 
 
 20. 
 
 A PRAYER for the head of a family, wider appre- 
 Iiensions of death, in active Ufc. 
 
 GREAT and adorable God, in whose hands my time and 
 fate are reposed ) hear the prayers of thine unworthy 
 servant, and fortify my soul under the distresses which I 
 feel. In the language of my Saviour, who sufiered for rae, 
 leaving me an example, I would say ; "Father, if it be pes- 
 sible, let this cup pass from me ; nevertheless, not as 1 
 " will, but as thou wilt." Spare me, I beseech thee, if it be 
 agreeable to the purposes of thine infinite Avisdom, that! 
 may provide for my family and bring up my childreii in 
 the nurture and admonition of the Lord. But, if thou 
 callest rue hence, be thou, O God, the husband t)f my com- 
 panion and the Father of my ofispring. Let thy kind prov- 
 idence be their stay and support in this world, and thy 
 love their inheritance in the world to come. Graciously 
 supply their v^^ants j protect then^ from injmy ; co' ins;^] 
 
iOO PRAYERS FOR INDIVIDUALS. 
 
 them under every perplexity ; and let them never by disr 
 obedience forfeit thy fatherly care. If I be no more in the 
 ^vurld, holy Father I keep those whom thou hast given me ; 
 sanctify them through thy Unith ; and grant us a happy 
 meeting in thy glorious presence above, through the infi- 
 liite riches of thy grace in Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen. 
 
 21. 
 
 A PRAYER Jor a sincere Christiafi,-ivhen there appears 
 but small hope of his recovery, 
 
 GOD of the spirits of all flesh, Source of life and happi- 
 ness, gracious Father and Friend ! thou hast brought 
 me to the gates of death, and the hour of my departure 
 draweth nigh^ Thou hast watched over me from my en- 
 trance into the world ; thy tender mercy has followed me 
 all my days ; and thou hast assui'ed me of an incoiTuptible 
 inheritance beyond the grave. Accept the thanks of thine 
 unworthy servant for ail thy loving-kindness. Accept my 
 thanks for the gift of thy Son, for the promise of forgive- 
 ness, for the precious hope of immortality. Thou hast 
 gladdened and consoled me through the whole of. my ca- 
 reer with coimtlcss blessings and mercies, although I have 
 not merited the smallest. Pardon, of thine infinite good- 
 ness, my many imperfections and sins ; and be pleased to 
 accept my feeble, but sincere endeavours to serve thee. 
 Thou callest me away ; and I am ready to follow. I re- 
 joice, that all my conflicts and pains are drawing to a close. 
 I rejoice, that I shall soon be privileged to pay thee more 
 worthily that homage, which is due to thee. I know, that 
 ja thy presence there is fulness of joy and pleasure for 
 evermore. Keep me, I beseech thee, my heavenly fatlier, 
 in humble dependance on thy rich and free grace in my 
 blessed Redeemer. Help me to suffer patiently like him, 
 Avhile I am visited with sicknesj?, and like him to say at last 
 with immoveable confidence, *' Father into thy hand I 
 commit my spirit." Comfort the objects of my affection, 
 when I am removed from the world ; provide for them by 
 thy paternal love ; preserve them for thine everlasting 
 kingdom. There may I find all for whom I am now par- 
 ticularly concerned, be united with every one whom I may 
 have thought my foe, and U'iumph in thy r^demptioa with 
 
PRAYERS FOR INDIVIDUALS. 101 
 ail tlie children of Adam. Living or dying, I am thine ; 
 and thy will be done. O 4/eath, where is thy sting ? O 
 grave, Avhere is thy victory ? Thanks be to God, who giv- 
 eth me the victory through my Lord Jesus Christ. Amen, 
 
 22. 
 
 A PRAYER for a person recovered from alarming 
 sickness, 
 
 BLESS the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, 
 bless his holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and 
 forget not all his benefits, who forgiveth all thine iniqui- 
 ties, who healeth all thy diseases, who redeemeth thy life" 
 from destruction, and crowneth thee with loving-kindness 
 and with tender mercies. I praise thee, Great God, that 
 although thou hast chastened me, thou hast not given me 
 over unto death. I praise thee, that thy powerful arm has 
 arrested the progress of tJie destroyer and helped me out 
 of all my troubles. I thank thee for every comfort and 
 alleviation of pain, vvith which tliou hast been pleased to 
 furnish me, and especially for tlie love of my friends and 
 the promises of thy gospel. I acknowledge thine inex- 
 pressible goodness in restoring me from the brink of the 
 grave and from tlie anguish of suffering, to endeared con- 
 nections, to enlivened hopes, to uev/ opportunities and in- 
 creased motives for cultivating Christian affectiori>3, for 
 abounding in good works, and for laying up treasures in 
 heaven. 
 
 0 God, let not these opportunities be neglected by me, 
 but be wisely improved to thy gloiy. 
 
 1 have experienced thy power and compassion. May I 
 ever live in the exercise of a grateful coiifidence in botli, 
 and be duly sensible of my total dependance upon tnr 
 providence and government. 
 
 I have been brought to feel the realities of the world to 
 come, the worth of thy favour, the value of a conscience 
 void of offence. Almighty God ! let the convictions which 
 I have had of them never be extinguished in my breast. 
 Enable me at all times to entertain tliat humble contrition 
 for my sins and tliat penitential sense of my need of thy 
 mercy, wluch the nearness of death was instrumental in 
 jtroducing. Help me to appreciate, as I ought, eternal 
 
i..a2 PRAYERS FOR INDIVIDUALS. 
 
 things, and to do all that thou requirest, in order that I 
 
 may secure thine approbation and friendship. 
 
 Tliou hast enabled me to realize the vanity and uncer- 
 tainty of the world. Preserve me from attaching too much 
 iraportance to its pleasures, honours, and possessions ; and 
 assist me constantly to remember, how rapidly it is pass- 
 ing' away. 
 
 Thou hast taught me, by sickness, the worth of friend- 
 ship ; and the offices of kindness, which have been perform- 
 ed for me, have, with thy blessing, cheered, supported, and 
 kept me alive. My God, let me never be insensible of the 
 love of those, whose hearts thou hast warmed with good- 
 will towards me. jSIake me ready to return their benevo- 
 lence on every occasion. Let me be softened with humani- 
 ty towards all that sulfer ; and let me never behold a sick- 
 bed without sympathy and charity. 
 
 It was thy gospel, O thou God of all consolation in Christ 
 Jesus, from which my hope was derived, when the 
 fihadows of death appeared to encompass me. The assur- 
 ances which it contains of tby forbearance and mercy, and' 
 of eternal life through thy Son, were the only support of 
 my spirit. O give me grace to cling with faster hold than 
 ever to this rock of sidvation, to abide in the love of Jesus, 
 to follow^ him undismayed, and constriutly to hope through 
 him for redemption and celestial happiness. 
 
 Preserver of my being ! thou hast now shown me, how- 
 frail I am, hast given me a sti-iking proof of the preca- 
 riousness of life; and I know, that, ere long, I shall bid 
 farewell to all whom I now behold. ^lay I be better pre- 
 pared, than I }ia\e been, for my departure hence. May I 
 walk by faith, and not by sight. May I be concerned to be 
 always ready, and to be found in that frame of mind which 
 will enable me to welcoftiedeathasthemessenger of peace. 
 
 Hear my prayers, I beseech thee ; forgive my sins, and 
 make me thine, for evermore, through Jeijus Christ^ 
 Amen. 
 
 A PRAYER for" an awaJccned shinsr, 
 
 OTHOU righteous and holy Being, from whom no s?r 
 crets can be hid ! I am ashamed, and blush to lift np 
 mv face to thee^ Mine iniquities are increjised ov^r 
 
HIAYERS FOR INDIVIDUALS. ic: 
 Tieai!, and my trespass is grown up unto the heavens I I 
 have slighted thine authority, forgotten the one thing need- 
 ful, rebelled against thee, my Sovereign and my Father, 
 nnd violated laws which are perfectly holy, just, and good. 
 Unthankful for thy mercies, and despising thine instruc- 
 tions, I liftve cast ofT thy fear, pursued the pleasures of sin, 
 and nearly destroyed myself. My example has corrup- 
 ted and emboldened others in vice. I tremble, v, hile I 
 think of the injury which I may have done to ray compan- 
 ions. I tremble, v/hile I reflect upon the vile return which 
 I have made to thee the best of beings, and upon the gulf 
 VI ruin towards which I have been approaching. Hadst 
 I hou entered into judgment with me, and rewarded me af - 
 cording to my deserts, how awful would have been my 
 condition ! Wretched man that I am, who shall deliver 
 me and break the power of my evil habits ? God of com- 
 passion, be merciful to me a sinner. Unworthy as I am, 
 cast me not away from thy presence; deny me not the 
 grace which thou hast encouraged me to implore ; help, 
 Loi'd, or I perisli: save my sinking soul, and give me re- 
 pentance unto life. Impute not unto me, I beseech thee, 
 my transgressions; accept my humiliation and remorse; and 
 f^r-ant me to say from experience, with thee there is plen- 
 teous forgiveness and redemption. Create in me a cleati 
 heart, and renew^ a right spirit withni me. Let not evil be 
 present with me, when I would do good. Let me no lon- 
 ger run into the danger which I see. Let not unbelief and 
 passion and temptation prevail against the convictions, 
 wiiich thou hast given me, of the malignity and danger of 
 fcivi, of the vanity of the world, of the v/orth of the soul, 
 and of the awfulness of eternity. Preserve me from being 
 fatally hardened and blinded. And though I have dishon- 
 oured thee and depraved myself ; Almighty God, let tliy 
 Spirit operate upon my mind, and raise me up from tliti 
 death of sin unto a life of righteousness. 
 
 Lor<i of life ! cut me not off from the land of the living., 
 until I am fit for death and judgment. Spare me to bring 
 forth fruits'meet for repentance. Give me grace to become 
 such as I ought to be, to counteract the evil effects of the 
 criminal course I have pursued, to make restitution to 
 liiose I have injured, and to teacli transgressors thy ways, 
 inspire me with a dread of relapsing into those iniquities, 
 
rC4 PRAYERS FOR IXDniDU.^LS. 
 which have hidden frorn me the light of thv connteron;. 
 Whatever else i2j;iT happen, whatever my Tices and crime 
 mar produce to me, let not religioas impressiaiis ct 
 this moment be ever ibrgottcn. 
 
 0 Lord, I am guiitf and deserrk^ of dij wraA: iivt 
 thou hust rcrealed to ntte, Aat, tfkoa wilt not de^iise tbe 
 sacri^^es of a brokeD spirit. My irfaole rdiance is on th;- 
 meiVT in Jesus Chris^ whom ^M^ast set fortk to be a 
 propitiittion through faith m ^iflK ^"t^ b sble to 
 .save to the nttennost all dkat c<"i^^E> tbee domigjk hira. 
 In the mune ct this Mediator I flrillP^ my pnfers; aad 
 £ desire to glory in his cross and to be aceepHed tliroogk 
 him now and evermore. Am^. 
 
 AXOTKER PRAYER fir cr. cz.-':^- 
 
 O THOU ic^mtelr great and gloHoas Jebcvah .1 
 raise my heart to thee as die rdl-wise tm.^ 
 tlscvepQor of heaven and earth. From tl.-^ 
 thy holinesd. thou telioldest all the thL 
 TLoa loTest rig-hteo'dSTiess and b ■ ■ 
 ev.j-i' thou seest it Dei:Jier can ev 
 
 1 am convinced^ great God, : 
 right to my homage and Twllegianc i. 
 and my SoTereign ; thy laws are jar. 
 selves, and a^^;' ^ - rr : 
 
 poses. Tho.: r:- 
 
 aiid the volu:. 
 
 most solemn and 
 
 death, hearen and hi 
 
 -rich all their facoi u > > k i . ; . : ; : r s 
 
 hy hand. And yet, in how many 
 
 r i E^om thee, imd di^re-rArde'i t'y ^ 
 commands I how f ir ' - : ; ' : 
 and tiune ordinanv: e = 
 
 have I harboured! :i . ^ ^ - . . 
 
 orid have I discovered how foolishly Lave I pretsred 
 : aiporal gratifications and pisrsiiits to eternal jojs ! how 
 .t^i-eatly majA my hehjviour and example have injured my 
 liellov-creatiires ! and what distress, disorder, and remone, 
 ^Kavf* f prepared Hy mv vices for ray atKil * — ^Afid, O 
 
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 105 
 
 tiioa most compassionate Father and Friend of the humaa 
 race, how^ much more ag;t^ravated are my offences, when 
 <ionsidcred as committed against the experience I have 
 hafl of thy lovlnj^-kiiidness, against the endeai'ing ties of 
 gratitude, as well as against the obligations of duty and in- 
 terest ! Thou hast nourished and brought me up as thy 
 child ; and yet I liave rebelled against thee. Thou hast 
 been my Guardian, my Guide, my unwearied Benefactor; 
 to thee I am hidebted for all my worldly comforts; to thy 
 rich and free grace I owe the discoveries and invitations 
 of the gospel, the offers of pardon, and the hope of eternal 
 felicity through tlie mediation of Christ Jesus thy Son. 
 ^nd yet, hovv have I abused thy goodness, misapplied my 
 advantages, despised thy grace, and rejected the offers of 
 life and salvation I 
 
 Blessed God I confess my guilt; I am sensible, thatth]^ 
 favour is life ; I feel tliat I must perish, if I remain fai* 
 from thee. Have mercy upon me, miserable offender ; and 
 teach me so to think on my ways, as to make haste and 
 not delay to keep thy conimandmeiits. I adore thy for- 
 bearance in lengthening out the space given me for re- 
 pentance, though I have so long neglected this great and 
 necessaiy work ; and I pray, that I may no longer draw 
 back from the yoke of duty. Give me, O Lord, abiding- 
 views of the shortness and uncertainty of life, of the groW" 
 ing power of evil habits, and of the vanity of expecting 
 greater assistances of thy Holy Spii'it, if I resl'st those 
 w^hich thou hast already afforded mc. Enable me care- 
 fully to cherisii eveiy serious impression that may be made 
 on my mind, and diligently to improve all the helps with 
 which I am favoured. Dispose me to seek thee whilst thou 
 mayest be found, and to call upon tliee whilst thou art near. 
 Assist me to learn that lesson which lam so slow to learn, 
 and inspire me with a taste for the pleasures of religioa 
 and devotion. Spiritualize my aflections ; enoble my pur- 
 suits ; quicken my desires and endeavours ; and grant, tliat 
 with full purpose of heart I may cleave unto thee the Lord. 
 
 Gracious God, though I have sinned against light and 
 .knowledge, aud have justly deserved to forfeit all thy 
 friendship, yet 1 would rejoice that with thee my help is 
 found. Thou art ready to receive the penitent, and art 
 waiting to be gracious to them. Thou hast sent thine on- 
 ly-begotten Son to seek anxl to save those that are lost.. 
 
iOG PRAYERS FOR INDIVIDUALS. 
 RecoacHe me to thyself, and tbrg;ive and accept of me, for 
 thy mercy's sake in him. And grant, that, Ijeing made 
 free from sin and become a servant to thee, I may possess 
 pence of heart, have my fruit unto holiness, and in the end 
 receive the unspeakable and, unmerited gift of eternal life-, 
 through Jesus Christ oui' Lord. Amen. 
 
 25. 
 
 A PRAAHilR for a person, recovered fro7n a negligent 
 mind to a serious 7}iew of reUgioits truth. 
 
 ALmOHTY and m6st meixjiful God, the just and 
 equitable Ruler of the children of men ' behold in 
 mercy thy frail and forgetful child, who turns unto thee 
 with a penitent and humble heart. Blessed be thy name, 
 that I am brought to see, how careless and unprotitable I 
 am. Blessed be thy name, that, though I have been great- 
 ly inconsiderate and negligent, thy Providence and grace 
 have prevented me from falling into presimiptuous and atro- 
 cious transgressions. But, while I thank thee, my heav- 
 enly Father, for the restraints which have been Ifiid upon 
 me ; I confess with shame, that I have often been unmind- 
 ful of what I owe to tliee and thy beloved Son, and that 1 
 have not Jjeen duly influenced by the principles of thy sa- 
 cred gospel. I have not been diligent in advancing the 
 "welfare of my fellow-men, have often lost sight of the con- 
 cerns of mv own soul and of the world to come, have been 
 estranged from the worship and the love of thee, have not 
 been studious to govern my heart, to rise above grovelling 
 views, and to live by faith in him who loved me and gave 
 himself for me.- — 'But I purpose before thee, who knowest 
 my heart with all its frailties, no longer to be like thos« 
 vi ho are without God in the world. And I beseech thee, 
 i\ om whom wisdom and virtue proceed, to forgive the lev- 
 ity, the vanity, the folly, the worldly mind, with which I 
 have been char^-eable, and to inspire me with that Chris- 
 tian temper which I have neglected to cultivate. O give 
 rae fervent desires and abiding resolutions to serve and 
 love thee, and to press towards the mark for the prize of 
 the high calliag in Christ Jesus. Excite me to diligL'uce 
 in reading, meditation, and prayer. Assist me to delight 
 V lu the ordinances of t-sy Iiouscj and in the study of tliy holy 
 
1 
 
 >mDUALS. 
 
 ■u'oi'd. Arm me against the influence of vain customs, and 
 of careless companions. Lead me to maketlie regulation 
 of my own mind and the practice of a pious and virtuous 
 iife, my chief care and business. Help me to keep tlie in- 
 structions and the model of ray blessed Redeemer habitu- 
 ally before my eyes, to confess his name without fear be- 
 fore men, to follow no other maxims but his, to labour and 
 cherish concern for his glorious cause, and to employ my 
 powers and possessions iu the service of society according 
 to his precepts. I would no longer live, with my wishes 
 :ind endeavours all centering here •, but as a caudidate (ov 
 immortality, as a being who expects a judgment and au 
 eternal state, as the disciple of a risen Redeemer who will 
 come again and take his faithful followers to his OAvn lieav- 
 enly glory. 
 
 Gracious God, be pleased to pardon my sins, to accept 
 this act of self-devotion, and to establish my holy pur- 
 poses. I have sworn, that I will keep thy righteous stat- 
 utes. Do thou give me strength to fulfil my vows, to grow 
 in grace ; and let nothing ever be able to separate me 
 from the love of thee in Christ Jesus my Lord. Amen. 
 
 ficulttes 'which attend his Christian improvement, 
 
 FATHER of mercies, whose strength upholds the weak ! 
 I come to thee for protection and assistance, and re- 
 joice that thou hast encouraged me to seek thy face. I 
 have experienced that thou art good, and praise tbec for 
 what thou hast already done for my soul. From what 
 threatening dangers has thy paternal love delivered me ! 
 what evwlasting gratitude is due to thee for opening the 
 eyes of my mind, and affecting my heart with a sense of my 
 duty to thee ! "what tribute can 1 offer, expressive of that 
 divine goodness, to which it is owing, that I am not blind 
 and dead in trespasses and sins, and that I have not been 
 cut off from this probationary state, unconcerned about the 
 fate Avhich awaits rne ! 
 
 O God, I adore thee as my Father and my Saviour, and 
 bless thee for tiie merciful promises which thou hast given 
 me through thy Son. But I cunfcss and lameht, eefo^-^ 
 M 3t 2 
 
•ICS 
 
 PRAYERS FOR INDTVIBUALS. 
 
 ihce, my weakness and unfruitfuliiess. I lament the sins, 
 "which so easily beset me. i lament the difficulties in dis~. 
 charging my obligations, which are the sad effects of my 
 former carelessness and wickedness. I lament the waii- 
 derings of my mind, the coldness of my atfections,, the 
 power which past follies and transgressions still exercise 
 too frequently over my imagbation. I confess, that I de- 
 serve to suffer, and that thou art righteous in all tliy ways 
 and doings. But I beseech thee. Almighty God, to 
 strengthen me by thy Spirit in the ir.ner man, and to pre- 
 serve me from fainting under the tribulations which attend 
 me. O bend my will more perfectly to thine ; and let none 
 of those things, which once subdued me, any longer prov, 
 a snare. Thou knowest, that I hunger and thirst aftei* 
 righteousness : give success, I pray thee, to ray endeavours, 
 xny watchfulne s, my supplications. Cleanse me from ev- 
 ery pollution both of the mind and the flesh ; and cp.use 
 rae to know, that blessed is the m.an avIio endureth temp- 
 tation. Save me from presumption and from despair of suc- 
 cess. Teach me to labour with diligence, and to confide 
 in thee. And grant me to realize, that wisdom's ways arc 
 ways of pleasantness, and that the path of the righteous is 
 like tlie morning light, which shineth brighter and bright- 
 er unto the perfect day. 
 
 My sold looks for help unto thee, who art able to do 
 exceeding abundantly above all that I ask or think. And 
 rmto thc-e be gloiy by Christ Jesus, world without end" 
 Amen. 
 
 21. 
 
 A PRAYER for an upright Christian^ distressed by fears 
 respecting his final acceptance an d salvation. 
 
 OTHOU, before whose eyes all tilings are naked and 
 open, who triest the reins cf the children of men I I Hy 
 to thee oppressed with sadness and fear. Thou hast invi- 
 ted the weary and hea^y-laden to partake of mercy: re- 
 ceive me, thy sorrowful suppliant, and revive my fainting 
 soul. Thou delightest not in the misery of thy creatures : 
 heal thou the wounds of my heart. I confess, O my God, 
 that my sins have deserved more grievous puni-nnieni ; 
 T fee), aad that it would ixr.possiblefor me to abiao 
 
PRAYERS FOR INDIVIDUALS, iOi* 
 
 ihy strict iaquisitioii ; but I plead the wonderful expressions 
 of thy love and compassion to the contrite and humble, 
 which arc cofttained in thy word. Hast thou not declared, 
 that all thy thoughts are thoughts of peace, and not of evil ^ 
 Hast thou not assured thy people, that, altho' a mother 
 should forget her child, yet thou wilt not forget or forsake 
 thine offspring ? Kast thou not so loved the world as to 
 give thine only-begotten Son for us, and wilt thou not with 
 jiim freely give us all things which we need ? 
 
 O Lord, thou knowest my frame and rememberest that 
 I am hut dust. Thou art acquainted with my frailties and 
 apprehensions. Thou seest, that, infirm and guilty as I 
 am, my soul thirsteth for thee the living God, as the Hart 
 pauteth after the water brooks. Be pleased to forgive my 
 sins, to pardon my despondency ; and help me to serve 
 thee with a quiet and cheei'ful heart. Remove my disease, 
 whether of body op of mind, if this seem good to thine in- 
 fmite wisdom: and forbid, that I should entertain one 
 thought injurious to thee and dishonourable to the clem« 
 ency of thy character as revealed in thy gospel. Preseiwe 
 me from delusion ; dispel my doubts ; confirm my faith in 
 thy promises ; clothe me with the garments of salvation. 
 Above all, I beseech tliee to give me grace perfectly to do 
 and to suffer thy will. Help me to bring forth more of 
 the fruits of the Spirit ; that I may have the evidence in 
 my temper and life, that I am led by thy Spirit and am au- 
 thorized to call thee Abba, Father. Whatever ♦conflicts 
 may now have to sustain, let me persevere in well-do 
 with increasing zeal and delight, persuaded that thou 
 s^reater and better than my heart, and wilt not reject aay 
 that sincerely seek thy face through him whom thou ha 
 appointed the Mediator of our race. " Why art thou cas 
 ** down, O my soul ? and why art thou disquieted wit 
 " me ? hope thou in God, for I shall yet praise him, w 
 ^' is tlie health of my countenance, and my God." Amen 
 
 28. 
 
 A PRAYER for a Commirrdcant before the celebration 
 
 of the Lor cT 8 Supper, 
 OUPREMELY exalted and adorable God, unto whom 
 ^ hearts are open ! I desire to worship thee as the Path 
 er of Ofix Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the wKote faHaify 
 
ilJ PRAYERS fS^ ft^TDtl^DtJALS. 
 
 heaven and earth is named. I adore thine unspeakable 
 jcoodness in raising up this great Deliverer from sin and 
 death, for a benig-hted, guilty, and ruined world. I praise 
 thee for the spiritual and heavenly blessings, which thou 
 hast bestowed upon me through his mediation, crucifixion 
 and resurrection. What gracious instructions flowed from 
 his tongue I What spotless purity marked his life ! What 
 love and zeal filled his heart ! With what patience and 
 kindness did he seek those that were lost ! What aston- 
 ishing miracles attested his mission ! What a miracle of 
 benevolence was exhibited in his painful and bloody death 
 ,on the cross ! How triumphantly did he conquer the grave- 
 and ascend to thy throne in heaven ■ Gracious God, how 
 complete is his redemption, how amazing thy benignity, 
 how attracting and transporting the thought of my Saviour's 
 compassion and victory ! Wliat could have been done foi- 
 thy rebellious offspring, that has not been done p AVhal 
 light, what comfort, what encouragement, what hope can 
 i need, which the gospel of Chnst Jesus does not abund- 
 antly supply? 
 
 O thou who seest in secret ! J confess that I am unwor- 
 thy of my Christian privileges, and that I have not adorn- 
 ed my profession in all respects, as I ought to have done, 
 by an holy walk and conversation. Who c^an tell, how oft 
 heoffendeth! My heart condemns me in many things; 
 and I am grieved, when I consider, in how small a degree 
 I possess » the spirit and temper of my Lord. Help thou 
 me to examine and judge myself, that I may not be con- 
 demned by thee. Lead me, I beseech thee, to a full ac^ 
 quaintance with the state of my soul, and pr^'pare me for 
 the holy exercises to which I am called. Save me from all 
 lelusion, pride, and self-deceit. J^orgive, of thine infinite 
 goodness, every offence which 1 have committed ; and ac- 
 ept the renewal, which I am about to make of my vows. 
 
 Thou invitest me to the memorial of my Saviour's dying 
 ■ ?ove; and blessed be thy name for this means of cnkiiid- 
 Kiag and increasing my aftection and gratitude to him. 
 Take me into thy holy keeping, and grant that I j'lay ex- 
 •)erience no distraction of mind. Let me not be a^j unfur - 
 iished guest, to whom it may be ja[dlv said^ "ho^^ earnest 
 
 thou in hither, not having on a wedding garmen^t r'" Let 
 me approach the ordinance, with penitence, thanktdlness, 
 ■■. A faitb- ^vi^.U ^/^v^ nu'] cbn^.M^y ?o all mankind. ^iUi»ig: 
 
PRAYERS FOR mDIYIDUxVLS. ill 1j 
 
 the bread and drinking the cup, whicli Jesus instituted, let 
 me embrace and hold fast the covenant of mercy, and find, 
 redemption through his blood. Direct me to profitable 
 meditations upon what he said, did, and suftered; and let 
 the remembrance of his iove, his sacrifice, and his glory, 
 comfort, support, and strengthen me, in life and death. 
 
 Heavenly Fatlier ! be thou with thy servant who minis- 
 ters to me in the sancluaiy, with my fellow-communicants, 
 with all my Christian brethren, and with ever)' humavi be- 
 ing. Dispose all, who encircle thine altar, to feel and to 
 act as friends, partakers of the same grace, and heii|s of 
 one blissful inheritance through Jesus Christ our 
 and Saviour. Amen. 
 
 29. 
 
 A PRAYER for a Communicant, after the celebration of 
 the Lord^s Supper, 
 
 FATHER of mercies, and God of love ! thou hast caus- 
 ed thy goodness to pass before me this day. Follow 
 with thy blessing what I have been permitted and enabled 
 to perform, in obedience to the injunction of thy Son, my 
 liord. If thy pure eyes have seen any thing culpable in 
 my religious services, I beseech thee to pardon me. Let 
 not the pious reflections which have occupied my attention 
 or the purposes which I have formed, in the company o, 
 lYiy fellow-worsliippers, and in showing forth the death oi 
 Jesus, ever be strange to my heart; + 
 
 I have avowed tliee, the Lord, to be my God, engaging 
 to keep thy commandments and to hearken to thy voice. 
 5 have confessed thy Son before men, publicly receiving 
 his testimony, solemnly^ acknowledging him to be my di- 
 vine Master and G»iide, my Saviour and Forerunner in the 
 path of holiness and glory. — ^3 forbid, that I should ever 
 make shipwreck of faith, by not holding fast a good con* 
 science. Preserve me from the smallest degree of that 
 spirit, which works in the children of disobedience, Pr? 
 serve me from proving fiiithless to my vows, and fro' 
 bringing reproacli on the Christian name. Help me / 
 follow the Lamb, whithersoever lie goeth; to abide^ 
 him, the true vine ; and to stand fast in the liberty whcf^ 
 \yith he hath made his disciples free. Eisable at a!| 
 
 \ 
 
PRAYERS FOR INBIVIDUALS. 
 
 ykmes to remember bis new command, tbat we sbouldlove 
 ci>e another, even as<»lie has loved ns. SaVe me from the 
 shocking inconsistences and the dreadful fate of those, who 
 call him Lord, Lord, but unto whom he will say, "depart 
 "*frommeye that work iniquity." Raise my' affections 
 from earth to heaven ; and assist me to be steadfast and 
 fmmoveable, always abounding in the work of tlio Lord. 
 
 Merciful Father, 1 have found that it is good for me to 
 ^i*awi, nigh unto the table of my crucified and exalted Re- 
 deenyer. ISIake me habitually attentive to this cheering 
 mstfttttion. While I thereby learn to value the Saviour 
 f Rfa'his gospel more, let me rejoice in the persuasion, that 
 ^^".ere is no condemnation to them which are in Christ Je- 
 L us, and that througli him we have mercy and the forgive- 
 ness of sin. May I be privileged to come with boldness 
 f o thy throne, in his name, and his peace keep my heait 
 in every changing ^»cene. May I regard it as my highest 
 honour, to be his disciple and an insti-umeiit for advan- 
 ^ng his kingdom among men. jMay I triumpl> in this, that 
 Biy Lord, \nio was once dead, lives aud reigns forever, and 
 "hat where he is his faithful followers shall also be. When 
 he comes to judge the world, may he not be ashamed of 
 ^ :e, but receive me into his own mansions of love and joy. 
 5^ Once more, O thou Parent of all ! I implore thy bless- 
 
 , g upon thy church universal, and upon the whole human 
 "Vtmily. Comfort every sorrowful soul. Bring into the 
 y'^ ay of truth all such, as have erred nnd gone astray. Con~ 
 V ert all as are in the gall of bitterness and the bonds 
 ''♦f iniqiKty. Lead all Christians to be careful to maintain 
 ^good works. Let thy grace be multiplied u]yon the re- 
 ligious society of whii h I am a member, and upon the pas- 
 '".or of the flock. Let ail, witb. whom 1 am connected, and 
 who are dear to me, be enroJied in the book of life ; and 
 'et them and me be brought o sing the praises of God and 
 
 *f the Lcimb for ever and ever. Amen, 
 
 go. 
 
 GENERAL PRAYER, which may be used at any time^ 
 god, the Maker and Governor of the world! I, thine 
 " unv; ortby servant, would appear before thee, under 
 0* , <lcex)ebt sense of thy perfections and of my total de- 
 
ERA VERS FOR INDJVIDUAm 
 peiidance upon, thy prot idence and grace. I rejoice ^ 
 am privileged to worship thee, who ^'glories are far exil^ } 
 ed above all that I can conceive, and before ^vho^l U \ ^ 
 hosts of heaven bow down with the profoundest reverer r * 
 I adore thee ^is possessed of all-eomprehending kno 
 <;dge, unerniig wisdom, unlimited power, impartial just 
 unbounded goodness, unspotted purity, unchange; 
 truth and faithfulness. I acknowledge thee to be the g 
 of all good gifts, and the disposer of all events. I con^ 
 that thy favour alone is life, and that I cannot be hi 
 ^,vithout thy love. 1 am sensible, thai, thou art the ten^ 
 est Father and best Friend of thy creatures, prescr?: .4 
 only such laws to them as are highly salutary, ever dis- . 
 posed to lead tlieni to their true felicity, ready to promote" 
 and assist their sincere endeavours to obtaii? it, and con- 
 stantly exercising thy perfections for this pui pose. Pre- 
 fjious is the thought of thee to all who are acquainted w ith 
 thy character and who sudy to accomplish thy gracious de,- 
 signs. Worthy art thou of the homage, affection, nd obe- 
 dience of all iiuelligent beings in heaven and on earth. 
 
 I praise thee, O Lord, that, amidst the multitude of t' , 
 creatures and subjects, I am not forgotten and overlook? 1 
 hut that thou kno west, and lovest, and providest for 
 as thy child, with patemal care. I praise thee, that 
 hast preserved me from many calamities and sufferij^ ^ 
 (hank thee for all the powers of my nature, for tly * i 
 factions and comforts of society, for the kindness or if -i 
 lations and friends, for every domestic enjoyment, for ilief 
 measure of health and prosperity w ith which I am favour- 
 ed, and for all tiiose outward conveniences and advantnges 
 which thou hast been pleased to give me. I thank thee, 
 that thou hast formed me after thine own image, made me 
 free and intelligent, and destined me for an immortal ex- 
 istence. I bless thee for all the assistances which I have" 
 received for the cultivation of my mind, and for all the 
 means of education and religion. Above all, I desire to 
 bless thee for the mission and gospel of Christ Jesus, thy 
 well-beloved imd onlynbegottgn Son. I bless thee forth * 
 srttisfaetory evidences he gave, that he was truly sent by/ 
 thee for the salvation of the world. I bless thee for hV 
 divitie instructions, for hir? perfect example, and for all / | 
 ; ;ibo;u b and aufferings, I bless thee for his humbling l/* ^ 
 
1^5^. PHAYEKS FOR INDIViBUALS, 
 ^it *i even to the deatli of the cross, and shedding his hloo^ 
 
 the r-imission of our sins ; for his resurrection from th 
 : irfcve, and for his entrance into heaven as our Captain an*.! 
 ilbrercrtmer, I bless thee for the effusion of the Holj; 
 %irit upon his Apostles, for the propagation of his doc| 
 .^^incs, imd for the preservation of his church. How ric!k 
 ' is the grace, ^vhich I have received through his mediation ! 
 lloYv wonder* ally lu st Uiou provided for my improvement, 
 my couifoitj and my everlasting Avelfare ! Wiiat can! ren- 
 er unto thee, in return for that mercy, to which alone it 
 ^ to be ascribed, tK.it I am not > andering in a land of dark- 
 ly ks, superstition f\nd idolatry, that I am not the victim cl' 
 r : r iiml despair ? What gratituoe do I o^ye to thy 'dear Son, 
 \ :i ; i^rJ)i::iiUed to the most cruel death, that I might rejoice 
 in ;jie hope of thy compassion snd in the assurance of eter* 
 . Ttr.l life and glory ! Never, O God, can I repay, never can 
 \ fj iVi^, express or worthily praise thee for ail that thou. 
 >.2'.'.v done for my soul, for all the benefits which thou art, 
 o-"i>drii ang to bestow upon me frojii day to day. 
 
 Ln«20uraged, merciful Father, by Uie invaluable pron> 
 ses of my i^crd and Saviour, I drav/ near unto thy throne, 
 ;fi CTitreat of thee the pardon of whatsoever thou hast seeu 
 (inr^s in nie. I confess to thee, that my sins and infirmi- 
 are many and great, and that I. could rot expect anv 
 ■>rtion of thy favour, if thou 3h.ouldestb:*. c-;trem^ to marl: 
 id to punish what is wrong. But it is the consolation 
 ^iil suppoil of my mind, that thou hast sent Jesus Chris' 
 to save U3 from oar sins, and Aat thou art pleased to ac- 
 V:pt the upright endeavours of the humble and penitent t> 
 r.vm whatever has been criminal in their hearts and con " 
 : Forgive, i beseech thee, ever}' v^ilful thought, dxs- 
 aon, %voixl, and deed, which has br^en displeasing .ill 
 sight ; and vouchsafe to justify me upon those terms, 
 w ch'thy holiness and mercy 'vave laid down iti the gos- 
 ■pt i do winin^rl? and entirely forgive aiL who may have 
 injured or ofiendeu me. If l'ha\cr done wrong to any, i 
 nui ready to make all possible reparation. I seriously re- 
 ncjunce all coitlnnmicaUon with whatpoever thou hast for- 
 bi<iden, and devote myseif to uhy servi?e aiui theperfoiia- 
 of thy will. I am persui .ded, that these are indispen 
 ibie qualifications for thy favour ; and earnestly beseecu 
 to ^ive sue^esp: to my purposes, by the iniiaencos o* 
 ' pint, «nd the dispensatiOiiis qi thy providence.,