2 And may the Holy Three in One,
The Father, Word, and Comforter,
Pour an abundant blessing down
On every soul assembled here!

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A Blessing Implored.

1 FATHER, bless thy word to all,

prove;

Quick and powerful let it
O, may sinners hear thy call,
Let thy people grow in love.
2 Thine own gracious message bless,
Follow it with power divine;
Give the gospel great success,
Thine the work, the glory thine.
3 Father, bid the world rejoice,
Send, O send thy truth abroad;
Let the nations hear thy voice,
Hear it, and return to God.

7s.

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THE SCRIPTURES.

Sufficiency of the Scriptures.

1 GREAT God, with wonder and with praise

On all thy works I look;

But still thy wisdom, power, and grace,
Shine brightest in thy book.

C. M.

2 Here would I learn how Christ has died,
To save my soul from hell;
Not all the books on earth beside,
Such heavenly wonders tell.

3 Here are my choicest treasures hid,
Here my best comfort lies;
Here my desires are satisfied,
And here my hopes arise.

4 Then let me love my Bible more,
And take a fresh delight,

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By day to read these wonders o'er,
And meditate by night.

A Saviour seen in the Scriptures.
1 Now let my soul, eternal King,
To thee its grateful tribute bring;
My knee with humble homage bow;
My tongue perform its solemn vow.

2 All nature sings thy boundless love,
In worlds below, and worlds above;
But in thy blessed word I trace
Diviner wonders of thy grace.

3 Here what delightful truths I read!
Here I behold the Saviour bleed;
His name salutes my listening ear,
Revives my heart, and checks my fear.

L. M.

4 Here Jesus bids my sorrows cease,
And gives my laboring conscience peace;
Here lifts my grateful passions high,
And points to mansions in the sky.
5 For love like this, O, let my song,
Through endless years, thy praise prolong;
Let distant climes thy name adore,
Till time and nature are no more.
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Prayer in reading the Bible.
1 IN humble prayer, O, may I read
Whate'er shall to my Saviour lead;
Lord, send thy Spirit to impart
A wise and understanding heart.

2 Be thou my teacher, thou my guide;
May all I read be well applied;
My danger and my refuge show,
And let me thy salvation know.

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"Teach me thy Statutes."

1 TEACH me, O, teach me, Lord, thy way;

So to my life's remotest day,

By thy unerring precepts led,
My willing feet its paths shall tread.

2 Informed by thee, with sacred awe
My heart shall meditate thy law;
And with celestial wisdom filled,
To thee its full obedience yield.

L. M.

L. M.

3 Give me to know thy words aright,
Thy words, my soul's supreme delight;
That, purged from thirst of gold, my mind
In them its better wealth may find.

4 0, turn from vanity mine eye;

To me thy quickening strength supply;
And with thy promised mercy, cheer
A heart devoted to thy fear.

PERFECTIONS AND PROVIDENCE OF GOD.

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Prayer to the Holy Trinity.

8s, 7s & 4.

1 HOLY Father, great Creator,

Source of mercy, love, and peace,

Look upon the Mediator,

Clothe us with his righteousness;

Heavenly Father,

Through the Saviour, hear and bless.

2 Holy Jesus, Lord of Glory,

Whom angelic hosts proclaim, While we hear thy wondrous story, Meet and worship in thy name, Dear Redeemer,

In our hearts thy peace proclaim.

3 Holy Spirit, Sanctifier,

Come with unction from above, Raise our hearts to rapture higher, Fill them with the Saviour's love; Source of comfort,

Cheer us with the Saviour's love.

4 God the Lord, through every nation
Let thy wondrous mercies shine;
In the song of thy salvation.
Every tongue and race combine;
Great Jehovah,

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Form our hearts, and make them thine.

The Divine Omnipresence.

Ps. cxxxix.

1 JEHOVAH GOD! thy gracious power

On every hand we see ;

may the blessings of each hour
Lead all our thoughts to thee.

2 If, on the wings of morn, we speed
To earth's remotest bound,

Thy right hand will our footsteps lead,
Thine arm our path surround.

3 Thy power is in the ocean deeps,
And reaches to the skies;

Thine eye of mercy never sleeps,
Thy goodness never dies.

C. M.