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Lay up the precious treasure there,
And never with it part.

4 Now let our darkness comprehend
The light, that shines most free:
Thy Spirit, Lord, in mercy send,
To guide our steps to Thee!

78.

After Sermon.

PRATT'S COLL.

Wilmot. Pilton.

1 SAVIOR! bless thy word to all,
Quick and pow'rful let it prove;
O, may sinners hear thy call!
Let thy people grow in love.
2 Lord! thy gracious message bless,
Follow it with pow'r divine;
Give the gospel great success:-
Thine the work,-the glory thine.
8 Savior! bid the world rejoice;
Send, O send thy truth abroad!
Let the nations hear thy voice,-
Hear it, and return to God!

C. M.

KELLY.

Medfield. Dundee,

The good Seed.

1 LET not of Christ and man the foe

Thy holy truth remove;

In ev'ry heart, Lord, let it grow,
To bring forth fruits of love!

2 Let not the cares of this vain world

The rising plant destroy,

But let it yield a hundred fold

The fruits of peace and joy.

3 Nor let thy word,-which, if we hear,
Will raise us to thy throne,→

Return to Thee, and witness bear,
That we reject thy Son.

4 Oft as the sower spreads the seed,
Thy quick'ning grace bestow,
That all, who to thy truth take heed,
Its saving pow'r may know!

MONTGOMERY'S COLL.

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69.

Close of Worship.

Dalton, Nazareth.

1 DISMISS us with thy blessing, Lord:
To thy great name be praises given
For all the treasures of thy word,

For all that truth, that guides to heaven.

2 O, may our grateful hearts retain

What we've been taught of good and right,
And we, through thy rich mercy, gain
A dwelling place with Thee in light!

8, 7 & 4,

Close of Worship.

ALLEN.

Greenville. Sicilian Hymn,

1 LORD, dismiss us with thy blessing;
Let our souls be glad in Thee;
Faith, and hope, and love possessing,
May we, Lord, thy glory see,

And forever

May we sing thy mercy free!

2 Lord, we praise Thee for thy kindness,
For the wonders of thy love,

For thy truth, that beams on blindness,
For thy Spirit from above:-

O, that never

From thy path our feet may rove!

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Close of Worship.

ALLEN.

Greenville. Sicilian Hymn.

1 GLORIOUS God! though now retiring

From this temple of thy grace,
Let our souls be still aspiring
To thy holy dwelling-place:
Let us ever

Thirst and long to see thy face!

2 Lord, again may we assemble
In this lowly house of prayer;
Here may conscious sinners tremble,
Then unto thy love repair;

Let them never

Of thy mercy's pow'r despair!

3 But should we, O house beloved,
Ne'er again within thee meet,
May we, Lord, by thee approved,
Dwell on high in heav'nly seat,—
There forever

Rend'ring Thee our praises meet!

THE LORD'S DAY.

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(ii. 14.) S. M.

ALLEN.

Inverness. St. Thomas,

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71.

The Lord's Day.

1 WELCOME, sweet day of rest,
That saw the Lord arise!
Welcome to this reviving breast,
And these rejoicing eyes.

2 The King himself comes near,
And feasts his saints to day;
Here we may sit, and see Him here,
And love, and praise, and pray.

3 One day, amidst the place,
Where my dear Lord hath been,
Is sweeter, than ten thousand days
Of pleasurable sin.

4 My willing soul would stay
In such a frame as this,

And sit and sing herself away
To everlasting bliss!

S. M.

WATTS.

Gerar. Utica,

Sabbath.

mp 1 SWEET is the day of rest,

To weary mortals given,

The day of all the sev'n most blest,—

An emblem faint of heaven!

2 All earthly cares, depart,
And cease, all earthly woes,

To vex this day my heav'n-bent heart:-
O Lord, give me repose!

3 Thou from the grave didst rise
This day in wondrous power;
This day didst mount up to the skies
To reign forevermore!

mf 4 0 blessed hope, that we,

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72.

Though mould'ring in the dust,
A bright and glorious morn shall see,
And praise Thee with the just!

C. M.

The Sabbath.

ALLEN.

Albany. York.

mp 1 SWEET is the dawn of holy day, Hallow'd, of old, to rest;

All worldly cares now put away,-
Our joys are pure and blest.

2 Th' Almighty said, "let there be light,"
And straight the light was seen;

mf All nature stood forth fair and bright,-
The earth in living green!

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3 Creation ended, then He said,
"Let sabbath peace return,

While beauty o'er the earth is spread,
While glorious sun shall burn."

4 An emblem of the day sublime,
Whose beams shall still delight,—
When ended is the course of time,-
In heav'nly glory bright!

C. M.

ALLEN.

Dedham. Christmas.

The Lord's Day.

1 AND now another week begins,
This day we call the Lord's ;

This day He rose, who bore our sins,
He, who his friends rewards.

mp 2 Hark! how the angels sweetly sing!
Their voices fill the sky;

They hail their great, victorious King,
And welcome Him on high.

af 3 We'll catch their notes; we, too, will sing
Of Christ, our risen Lord;

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Of Christ, the everlasting King,
Of Christ, th' incarnate Word.

f4 Hail, mighty Savior! Thee we hail!
High on thy throne above;

E'en when our heart and flesh shall fail,
We'll sing thy matchless love!

KELLY.

Howard. Christmas.

Lord's Day; Resurrection of Christ.

mp 1 BLEST morning, whose first dawning light Beheld our rising God!

mf This day He burst, with arm of might, His rock-hewn, low abode!

2 Ye raging and confed'rate foes!
Your counsels are in vain!
The sleeping Conqueror arose,
And burst your feeble chain!

9 Almighty Lord, to thy great name
These sacred hours we pay,

mf And loud hosannas shall proclaim
The triumph of the day!

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4 Salvation and immortal praise
To our victorious King;

Let heav'n and earth loud anthems raise,
And glad hosannas sing!

L.M.

The Sabbath.

WATTS.

Farnsworth. Brentford.

1 THINE earthly sabbaths, Lord! we love,
But there's a nobler rest above;
To that our longing souls aspire
With ardent love and strong desire.

2 In thy blest kingdom we shall be
From ev'ry mortal trouble free;
No groans shall mingle with the songs,
Which warble from immortal tongues.

3 0, long expected day, begin!

Dawn on this world of wo and sin:
Fain would we leave this weary road,

To sleep in death and rest in God! DODDRIDGE.

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