1 AND are we now brought near to GOD, Then let us join the heavenly choirs, O may that love which spread this board, 4" Glory to GOD in highest strains, "And to the earth be peace; "Good-will from heaven to men is come, "And let it never cease!" HYMN 96. L. M. 1 TO JESUS, our exalted Lord, 2 But all the notes which mortals know, 5 Let faith our feeble senses aid, 3 Be wise as serpents, where you go, HYMN 98. L. M. St. Mark xvi. 15, &c. and St. Matt. xxviii. 18, &c. 1 "GO preach my Gospel," saith the LORD, "Bid the whole earth my grace receive; "Explain to them my sacred word, "Bid them believe, obey, and live. 2 "I'll make my great commission known. "And ye shall prove my Gospel true, By all the works that I have done, "And all the wonders ye shall do. 3" Go heal the sick, go raise the dead, "Go cast out devils in my name; "Nor let my prophets be afraid, "Though Greeks reproach, and Jews blaspheme. 4 While thus ye follow my commands "I'm with you till the world shall end "All power is trusted in my hands; "I can destroy, and can defend." 5 He spake, and light shone round his head; On a bright cloud to heaven he rode; They to the farthest nations spread The grace of their ascended GOD. Sacred beyond heroic fame; 3 In lower forms, to bless our eyes, 4 From CHRIST their varied gifts derive, ORDINATION, OR INSTITUTION OF And, fed by him, their graces live; MINISTERS. HYMN 97. L. M. St. Matt. x. 100 forth, ye heralds, in my name, Sweetly the gospel trumpet sound; The glorious jubilee proclaim, Where'er the human race is found. 2 The joyful news to all impart, And teach them where salvation lies; With care bind up the broken heart, And wipe the tears from weeping eyes. Whilst guarded by his potent hand, Amidst the rage of hell they stand. 5 So shall the bright succession run Through all the courses of the sun; Whilst unborn churches, by their care, Shall rise and flourish large and fair. 6 JESUS, our LORD, their hearts shall know, The spring whence all these blessings flow; Pastors and people shout his praise, Through the long round of endless days. FATHER of mercies, bow thine ear, Attentive to our earnest prayer; We plead for those who plead for thee, Successful pleaders may they be! 2 How great their work, how vast their charge! Do thou their anxious souls enlarge; 1 AND wilt thou, O Eternal GOD, 4 Blessings abound where'er he reigns! And all the sons of want are blest. In him the tribes of Adam boast More blessings than their father lost. 1 FROM all that dwell below the skies, HYMN 104. L. M. 2 Give tongnes of fire and hearts of love, 4 Convert the nations; far and nigh For Missions to the new settlements in the United States. 1 WHEN, LORD, to this our Western land, Led by thy providential hand, Our wand'ring fathers came, Their ancient homes, their friends in youth, Sent forth the heralds of thy truth, To keep them in thy name. 2 Then, through our solitary coast, The desert features soon were lost; Thy temples there arose; Our shores, as culture made them fair, 3 And O! may we repay this debt Within our spreading land! There, brethren, from our common home, Still westward, like our fathers, roam; Still guided by thy hand. 4 Saviour! we own this debt of love: O shed thy Spirit from above, To move each Christian breast; Till heralds shall thy truth proclaim And temples rise to fix thy name, Through all our desert west. HYMN 106. C. M. Isaiah xxxv. 2. 1 ON Zion, and on Lebanon, 2 From thence its mild and cheering ray 3 Its brightest splendors, darting west, 4 But ah! our deserts deep and wild 5 Thon, who didst lighten Zion's hill, 6 Like Lebanon, in tow'ring pride, 1 FROM Greenland's icy mountains From India's coral strand, Where Afric's sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand; From many an ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain. 2 What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's Isle; Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile: In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of GOD are strown; The Heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone. 8 Shall we, whose souls are lighted 4 Waft, waft, ye winds, his story, 1 DISOWN'D of heaven, by man opprest Outcasts from Zion's hallow'd ground, Wherefore should Israel's sons, once blest, Still roam the scorning world around? 2 LORD! visit thy forsaken race, Back to thy fold the wand'rers bring; Teach them to seek thy slighted grace, And hail in CHRIST their promised King. 3 The veil of darkness rend in twain Which hides their Shiloh's glorious light The sever'd olive branch, again Firm to its parent stock unite. 4 Hail, glorious day, expected long! When Jew and Greek one prayer shal. pour, With eager feet one temple throng, 1 HOW wondrous and great And true, are thy ways! Oh, who shall not fear thee, And honor thy name! Thou only art holy, Thou only supreme! 2 To nations long dark Thy light shall be shown; Their worship and vows Shall come to thy throne: Thy truth and thy judgments Shall spread all abroad, Till earth's every people Confess thee their GOD. 1 LORD, how delightful 't is to see A whole assembly worship thee: At once they sing, at once they pray; They hear of heaven, and learn the way. 2 I have been there, and still would go, 'T is like a little heaven below; Not all that earth and sin can say Shall tempt me to forget this day. 30 write upon my mem'ry, LORD, The text and doctrine of thy word; That I may break thy laws no more, But love thee better than before. 4 With thoughts of CHRIST and thing divine, Fill up this sinful heart of mine; HYMN 114. C. M. 1 MERCY, descending from above, O may each tender bosom move, 2 Children our kind protection claim; 3 Delightful work! young souls to win, From the deceitful paths of sin, To seek their Saviour's face. 4 ALMIGHTY GOD! thine influence shed To aid this blest design; The honor of thy name be spread, G And all the glory thine. CHARITABLE OCCASIONS. 1 BLEST is the man whose soft'rring heart Feels all another's pain; To whom the supplicating eye Is never raised in vain: 2 Whose breast responds with gen'rous warinth, A stranger's wo to feel; Who weeps in pity o'er the wound He wants the power to heal. 3 To gentle offices of love His feet are never slow; He views, through mercy's melting eye, 4 To him protection shall be shown; Descend on those who thus fulf The Christian law of love. These thy GOD ordains to bless The widow and the fatherless. When thine olive plants increasing Pour their plenty o'er thy plain, Grateful, thou shalt take the blessing, But not search the bough again. These, &c. When thy favor'd vintage flowing, Gladdens thine autumnal scene, Own the bounteous hand bestowing, But thy vines the poor shall glean. These, &c. 7 Still we read thy word declaring Mercy, LORD, thine own decree; Mercy, every sorrow sharing, Warms the heart resembling thee. 8 Still the orphan and the stranger, Still the widow owns thy care; Screen'd by thee in every danger, Heard by thee in every prayer. Hallelujah, Amen. TO BE USED AT SEA. 1 GOD of the seas! thine awful voice roain, And breathe the tainted air 4 When waves on waves, to heaven up rear'd, Defied the pilot's art: When terror in each face appear'd, And sorrow in each heart; 5 To thee I raised my humble prayes, I found thine ear not slow to hear, 6 Thou gav'st the word-the winds did |