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TOPLADY. O COME, and adore him; come bow at his feet, And give to our Father the praise that is meet; Let songs of thanksgiving unceasingly rise, To join the full chorus that gladdens the skies. To him who hath loved us, and ever will love, Be given all glory, in earth and above: His blessing attends us in weal and in woe, And mercy is with us wherever we go. 251

11s. M.

ANONYMOUS.

ACQUAINT thee, O mortal, acquaint thee with God, And joy, like the sunshine, shall beam on thy road; And peace, like the dew-drop, shall fall on thy head, And sleep, like an angel, shall visit thy bed.

Acquaint thee, O mortal, acquaint thee with God, And he shall be with thee when fears are abroad: Thy Guardian he'll prove, 'neath the banner of love, Thy Guide to the rest of the kingdom above.

1 0 ZION, tune thy voice,

And raise thy hands on high!
Tell all the earth thy joys,

And boast salvation nigh:
Cheerful in God, arise and shine,

DODDRIDGE.

While rays divine stream all abroad.

2 He gilds thy mourning face

With beams which cannot fade:

His all-resplendent grace

He pours around thy head:

The nations round thy form shall view,
With lustre new divinely crowned.

3 In honor to his name,

Reflect that sacred light;
And loud that grace proclaim,
Which makes thy darkness bright:
Pursue his praise, till sovereign love,
In worlds above, the glory raise.

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8, 7, 4s.

TOPLADY.

1 LORD, 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,

Travelling through this wilderness!
2 Thanks we give, and adoration,
For thy gospel's joyful sound:
May the fruits of thy salvation
In our hearts and lives abound!
Ever faithful

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To the truth may we be found!

C. M.

ANONYMOUS.

1 ALMIGHTY Father, gracious Power,
Thy grateful children own
Thy boundless love, and bow before
Thine everlasting throne.

2 For ever hallowed be thy name,
All holy, good, and wise;

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And may thy perfect will be done,
In earth, as in the skies.

1 ONCE more, O Lord, let grateful praise
In songs of joy to thee ascend;
Thou art the Guardian of our days,

Our first and best and changeless Friend.

2 Since every day and every hour,

With mercy has been richly crowned,
Thy love and wisdom, grace and power,
Will evermore to us abound.

3 Hear, then, our parting hymn of praise,
And bind our hearts in love divine;
O may we walk in wisdom's ways,
And ever feel that we are thine.

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C. M.

ANONYMOUS.

1 Now, Lord, the heavenly seed is sown,
Be it thy servants' care

Thy heavenly blessing to bring down
By humble, fervent prayer.

2 In vain we plant without thine aid,
And water, too, in vain:

Lord of the harvest, God of grace,
Send down thy heavenly rain.

3 Then shall our cheerful hearts and tongues Begin this song divine

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Thou, Lord, hast given the rich increase,
And be the glory thine."

1 ETERNAL Source of light and thought,
Be all beneath thyself forgot,

Whilst thee, great Parent-mind, we own,
In prostrate homage round thy throne.
20 may we live before thy face
The willing subjects of thy grace,
And through each path of duty move
With filial awe and filial love!

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C. M.

ANONYMOUS.

1 ETERNAL Source of life and light,
Supremely good and wise,

To thee we bring our grateful vows,
To thee lift up our eyes.

2 Our dark and erring minds illume
With truth's celestial rays;
Inspire our hearts with sacred love,
And tune our lips to praise.

3 Safely conduct us by thy grace,
Through life's perplexing road,
To pleasures which for ever flow
At thy right hand, O God.

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C. M.

ANONYMOUS.

1 THY gracious aid, O Lord, impart,
To give thy word success;
Write all its precepts on the heart,
And deep its truths impress.

2 Speed thou our journey on the way
That leads to joys on high,

Where truth shines forth an endless day,
And love shall never die.

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L. M.

WILDE.

1 THOU God of Truth! if we have erred,
Through darkness, from thy holy word,
Shed on our minds thy better light,
That we may worship thee aright.
2 Thou God of Love, thy grace impart,
With this, thy truth, to every heart,-
To love, as we are loved in heaven,-
Forgive, as we are there forgiven.

ANONYMOUS.

1 PRAISE the Lord, by whose kind favor Heavenly truth has reached our ears: May its sweet reviving savor

Cheer our hearts and calm our fears!
2 TRUTH-how sacred is the treasure!
Teach us, Lord, its worth to know:
Vain the hope, and short the pleasure,
Which from other sources flow.

3 May our souls, thy truth possessing,
Which to-day our ears have heard,
Feel for evermore the blessing
By thy grace divine conferred.

4 Till thou take us hence for ever,
Saviour, guide us with thine eye;
This our aim, our sole endeavor,
Thine to live, and thine to die!

Psalm lxvii.:

Let THE PEOPLE praise Thee, O GOD: Let ALL the people praise Thee.