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3. A faithful memory bestow,
With solid learning's store;
And still, O Lord, as more we know,
Let us obey thee more.

4 Let us things excellent discern,
Hold fast what we approve;
But more than all delight to learn
The lessons of thy love.

801. T. 14.

STILL may we keep the aim in mind,
For which we hither came,
In search of useful learning join'd,
As foll'wers of the Lamb.

2 Daily to Jesus we'll look up,
As soon as we awake,

And for his constant blessing hope
In all we undertake,

3 His meritorious industry,

His labor, toil and sweat,
Shall our support and pattern be,

Him we will imitate.

4 If he his grace on us confer,
We then shall learn apace,
Live to his glory, and declare
Our heav'nly Father's praise.

802. T. 590.

O THOU, before whose Father's face
The children's angels stand,
Grant me, a helpless child, the grace
That thy angelic band
May watch my ways, and guard my bed,
And minister to me,

Till I in death shall bow my head,
And go to live with thee.

803. T. 159.

HOW heart-affecting Christ to see,
Some days before he bled,
Go to Jerus'lem willingly

To suffer in our stead!
When he approach'd, the multitude
Their garments spread and branches
strew'd

Crying "Hosanna" to his praise,
With joy and thankfulness.

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T. 243.

THE holy child Jesus,

Our God and our Saviour, Who died to release us, We'll worship for ever,

God's holy Lamb,-the Lord's his name,

2 In liveliest manner

O let us before him With joy sing hosanna,

And praise and adore him; Our childlike cries-he'll not despise.

3 Come then, let us follow -Our Master with praises; His name let us hallow,

Whose blood us releases: O Christ, to thee-all glory be! 4 Hosanna! Hosanna!

Thou Son of king David: Hosanna! Hosanna!

For thou hast us saved: For ever reign-thou Lamb once slain! 805. T. 39.

LORD Jesus, we bless thee that thou

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3 Thou wilt be our Saviour, Redeem-12 The Father in heav'n us as children er and Friend,

Grant we may abide in thy love to the

end:

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When by Jesus Christ as his sheep they are own'd,

In him they find pasture while here they remain,

And joys everlasting in heaven obtain.

will own,

And we are beloved by Jesus, his Son, The spirit of truth will instruct us to pray,

And he will direct us throughout our whole way.

3 Ah! should not the mercies you dai

Excite you our Saviour to praise and ly do prove

to love?

4. Yes, we are desirous to value his

grace,

To love and adore him, and live to his praise.

2 We sing and we hear, how our Ma-Nor suffer us ever to wander from 4 O merciful Saviour, so grant it to be,

ker came down

To earth, and for us left his heavenly

throne,

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And us by his suff'rings to God reconconcil'd.

3 O myst'ry of godliness! wonder of grace!

May we without ceasing adore him and praise;

May all of us know what a Saviour we have,

Yea love him sincerely, and in him believe.

4 We now, with the angels, unite to declare

The praises of him, who our sorrows did bear,

With hearts and with voices exalting the Lamb,

Who dy'd on the cross our poor souls to redeem.

807. T. 39. DEAR children, assembled to hear of the Lord,

You're here to be taught by his Spirit and word;

O think what great favors on you are conferr'd!

A. For this may his name by us all be rever'd.

thee;

We're poor little children, preserve us,

we pray,

And may we our love by obedience display.

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3 In ceaseless happiness they view
Our Saviour's smiling face;
That face once bruis'd, in which below

Men saw no comeliness.

4 Methinks I hear them joyful sing,
(Ten thousands do the same :)
Salvation to th' immortal King!
To God and to the Lamb!

50 that I may so favor'd be,

With them above to join :

O that, like them, I Christ may see,
And he be ever mine.

6 Grant me but this, thou great High
Priest;

And when I'm here no more, Convey me safe to endless rest, Where thou art gone before,

810. T. 587.

THE child sweetly rests,

Whom nothing molests,

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B. For Boys.

812.* T. 164.

BELOVED youths, if 'tis your aim
To be like Christ, your Saviour,
And to extol his saving name
In word and in behavior,

With an obedient mind
Be to his will resign'd,

He by his blood will wash you clean,

Received in mercy among the Lamb's And free you from the pow'r of sin.

guests.

2 He ne'er shall weep more,

His sighing is o'er,

His travel and dangers, he's got safe on shore.

3 The body is dead,

And in the grave laid,

2 O might it be our hearts' delight,
Amidst his flock with pleasure

T' obey him, walk as in his sight,
And serve him in our measure,

For ev'ry thing that's good

And just flows from his blood;
A mind that's virtuous, chaste, unstain'd,

But shall, again raised, to life be con- May be by faith in him obtain'd..

vey'd.

4 The spirit is gone

In peace to God's throne,

To praise God our Saviour, where we shall be soon.

5 He sings now above, Made perfect in love,

And never, never, he thence shall

remove.

6 He rests now in peace,

Beholds the Lord's face,

3 Yea, an obedient, simple mind,
Faithful in ev'ry station,

To true humility inclin'd,

And perfect resignation,
The blest effect will prove
Of that unfeigned love

To Christ, which is produc'd by faith
In him, and his atoning death.

813.* T. 37.

WOULD our youth grow in grace,
Wisdom, and favor;

Hath happily finish'd thus early his As truly was the case

race.

7 For that blessed day

We earnestly pray,

With Christ, our Saviour;
Let them continually

View him in spirit,

Lord Jesus, come quickly, and make To them he will apply

no delay!

His precious merit,

When once the sin-sick soul
For grace hath panted,
By Christ we're render'd whole,
To us is granted,
That we a heav'nly life
May here be leading;
In union with our Lord
Each step proceeding.
3 He who without delay
To Jesus turneth,
With confidence doth pray,
And humbly mourneth,
Doth certainly receive
(O boundless favor!)
Forgiveness of his sins

From Christ our Saviour.
4 If we, with uprightness,
'Fore him discover
Our wants; then our distress
Will soon be over;
He'll cure most graciously
Our worst diseases,
And fill us constantly
With thanks and praises.

..814. T. 23.
JESUS hath procur'd salvation
For mankind in ev'ry station :
Ev'ry youth who loves our Saviour
Imitates his chaste behavior.

2 If we, when by guilt oppressed,
Look to Christ, our Pattern blessed,
He will graciously direct us,
And from ev'ry sin protect us.

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14 Oh if your hearts but upright are,
Not one among you need despair;
Your sinfulness is great 'tis true,
But grace can conquer sin in you,

816. T. 185.

ALL of us, we know, not one excepted,
Are by nature, vile and base;
If we feel it not that we're corrupted
And quite spoil'd, the worse our

case;

But doth sin, in thought or deed com-
mitted,
Make us mourn and pray
to be acquit-

ted,
We, because the Lamb was slain,
Pardon in his blood may gain.

817.* T. 79.

MIGHT we unto our Saviour
Lift up our hearts with fervor,
Each day, and pray for grace
T'obtain a true sensation
Of Jesus' great salvation,

And of our fall and sinfulness!

818.* T. 166.

O MIGHT we all Christ's name con fess

In our whole conversation,
And each one through our Saviour's
grace,

Be faithful in his station;
Might in our very looks be seen

That we, thro Jesus' merit,

Are humble, steady, chaste and clean,
And guided by his Spirit!

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C. For unmarried Men.

820. T. 590.

2 O let us all press, from this day,
Towards the mark before us placed:
With tears beseech him, that he may
Imprint in us his image blessed;

HOW shall a young man cleanse his To look to him be our employ,

way?

By foll'wing close his word Who once on earth a young man was, Jesus, our God and Lord: His word is spirit, and is pow'r; True life doth flow from him; Our food his sacred flesh, our drink His blood, that healing stream.

2 We now no longer need remain

Fast bound in chains of sin; Whoe'er believes, is free indeed, And by his word made clean: Since Jesus on th' accursed cross The pow'r of sin did quell, When sin disorders us, we look To him, and soon grow well. 3 Ye chosen people of the Lord, Which Jesus' pow'r displays, If in obedience to his word

You're render'd clean through grace; His dying love be yet impress'd More clearly on each heart! And whether you're at work or rest, To love him be your part! Ye purchas'd souls, Christ's happy flock,

Be to his will resign'd, And gladly offer up to him

Your body, soul and mind. O! if the bleeding Lamb of God, Who 'dy'd us to redeem, But calls, who can his call withstand! Who would not follow him!

821.* T. 217.

That soul and body in him joy;
May his death's pow'r us so replenish,
That sin and its allurements vanish;
In joy and pain we then shall find
In him alone true peace of mind.

822. T. 185.

BRETHREN, 'tis but meet to render. praises

To Immanuel, our Lord; Who to bless his children never ceases,

Since to favor they're restor❜d; 'Midst a sense of our own imperfection, We can magnify that free election Of his grace, by which we stand 'Mongst his flock, his chosen band. 2 Yes, we feel indeed our own demerit And our imperfections great; Had we not been led by Jesus' Spirit,

Never could we thus have met: We deserv'd eternal condemnation, But his death procured our salvation: And since we've experienc'd this, We're determin'd to be his.

823.* T. 166. DEAR brethren, let us take to heart The teaching of the Spirit; He'll ev'ry grace to us impart,

Which Jesus Christ did merit;
Who, by all he hath done and said

In his humiliation,
Hath boundless blessings merited,
And sanctify'd our station.

824. T. 45.

BRETHREN, by Jesus Christ belov'd, THEE God's own Son-with joy we

First with attention be it weighed, Whether his mind ours always prov'd, And how our conduct this displayed; Whether we have in thought and word, Shown forth the praises of our Lord; If countless gifts from him received So undeserv'd, have this achieved, That in the world we know of none To cheer our hearts, but him alone;

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