GRATITUDE. L. M.

1. Thy presence, gracious God, af- ford; Pre-pare us

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to receive thy word; Now let thy voice en

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gage our ear, And faith be mixed with what we hear.

2. Distracting thoughts and cares remove,
And fix our hearts and hopes above;
With food divine may we be fed,

And satisfied with living bread.

3. To us the sacred word apply
With sovereign power and energy,
And may we, in thy faith and fear,
Reduce to practice what we hear.

TWENTY-SIXTH SERVICE.

I. OUR HOME ON HIGH.

After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;

And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.

And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,

Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honor, and power, and might, be unto our God forever and ever. Amen.

II. C. M.

I know that earth is not the home
Where I must always stay;
I only here a while shall roam,
Until a brighter day.

III. SCRIPTURE LESSON. 2 COR. IV., V.

All things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.

For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory:

While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

For we know that, if our earthly house of this taberna

cle were dissolved, we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

For in this we groan, carnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:

If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.

For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.

Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.

Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: For we walk by faith, not by sight;

We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

Wherefore we labor, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.

IV. RESPONSES.

Superintendent. Lord, make us to know our end, and the measure of our days,

School. That we may know how frail we are.

Sup. Our days are determined, the number of our months is with thee;

School. Thou hast appointed our bounds that we cannot pass.

Sup. So teach us to number our days

School. That we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. Sup. May we glorify thee on the earth;

School. And finish the work thou hast given us to do. Sup. When our flesh and our hearts fail,

School. Be thou the strength of our hearts, and our portion forever.

Sup. For here we have no continuing city,
School. But we seek one to come;

Sup. A city which hath foundations,

School. Whose builder and maker is God.

Sup. As is the earthy, such are they also that are carthy;

School. And as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.

Sup. And as we have borne the image of the earthy, School. We shall also bear the image of the heavenly.

V. PRAYER.

RACIOUS Father, we call upon thee because only

one able to answer our prayers. In heaven and on earth thou hearest and answerest prayer. Thy gracious ear is always listening to the voices of thy children; thy tender eye is always watching them in their dangers; thy loving heart is always yearning for their walk with thee, and thy bountiful hand is always open to supply their wants. Thou knowest how far they are away from thee and their heart's true home, and how often they forget thee and their home with thee in heaven. To-day wilt thou lift our hearts up to thee and that home. Thou art our Father, and thy home we would look to as our own. Oh draw all our thoughts up to thee, and hold them there in restful confidence. Give us faith to see our home on high, with our dear ones there. Teach us, O Father, to so live that our homes may be ful and happy. Help us to enrich our hearts with all good affections, that we may be able to enjoy with fulness our home with thee. May we live all our days in affectionate intercourse with each other, that our homes below may be schools preparing us for our home in heaven; and unto thy great name would we ascribe praises now and evermore. Amen.

peace

THERE'S A HOME FOR ALL.

Words by MARY A. YOUNG.-From "Silver Chime," by permission.

1. There's a home for the poor on that beau-ti - ful shore, 2. There's a home for the ill, and their bosoms shall thrill, 3. There's a home for the young, and a seraph's pure song,

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sweetly they'll rest in that home of the blest, By the sad, plaintive moan never more will be known In that bright harps of gold, which will never grow old, Thro' the

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