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2 Lord God of hosts, that reign'st on high,
They are the truly blest,
Who only will on thee rely,

In thee alone will rest.

3 They pass refreshed the thirsty vale,
The dry and barren ground,
As through a fruitful, watery dale,
Where springs and showers abound.
4 They journey on from strength to strength,
With joy and gladsome cheer,

Till all before our God at length

In Zion do appear.

5 For God, the Lord, both sun and shield,
Gives grace and glory bright;

No good from him shall be withheld
Whose ways are just and right.

816.

C. M.

Effects of the Mission of Christ.

WATTS.

1 JOY to the world! the Lord is come!
Let earth receive her King;
Let every heart prepare him room,
And heaven and nature sing.

2 Joy to the earth! the Saviour reigns!
Let men their songs employ ;

While fields, and floods, rocks, hills, and plains,
Repeat the sounding joy.

3 No more let sins and sorrows grow,

Nor thorns infest the ground;

He comes to make his blessings flow
As far as sin is found.

4 He rules the world with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove

The glories of his righteousness,
And wonders of his love.

817.

7s. M.

For a Prayer Meeting.

ANONYMOUS.

1 FATHER, hear us when we pray,
Look in mercy from above;
Turn not, Lord, thy face away,
Hear, and grant thy pardoning love.
2 In the name of Christ we come,
Asking grace and seeking peace,
Raise our hearts to heaven, our home,
And from worldly cares release.

3 Pure and holy may we be,

Far removed all vain desire ;
From all hate and envy free,
Let our souls to thee aspire.
4 While we love the Saviour's name,
And his words with zeal obey,
His sweet promise we may claim ;
"He will meet us when we pray.'

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Morning Prayer Meeting.

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SACRED LYRICS.

1 HOW sweet the melting lay,
Which breaks upon the ear,
When, at the hour of rising day,
Christians unite in prayer!

2 The breezes waft their cries
Up to Jehovah's throne;
He listens to their humble sighs,
And sends his blessings down.

3 So Jesus rose to pray

Before the morning light,

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Once on the chilling mount did stay,

And wrestle all the night.

4 Glory to God on high,

Who sends his blessings down

819.

To rescue souls condemned to die,
And make his people one.

7s. M. 6 L.

Close of a Prayer Meeting.

SPIRITUAL SONGS.

1 O, 'T IS sweet to mingle where
Christians meet for social prayer;
O, 't is sweet for them to raise
Songs of holy joy and praise;
Then how blest that state must be,
When they meet eternally.

2 Father, let these meetings prove
Scenes of fervent Christian love;
While we worship in this place
May we go from grace to grace,
Till we each, in his degree,
Fit for endless glory be.

820.

7s. M.

WILLARD'S COLL.

Peacemakers are Children of God.

1 LO! they come from east and west;
Come t' enjoy the heavenly rest :
North and south, in bliss complete,
Round th' eternal altar meet.

2 Countless host! how great! how blest!
Wondrous joy, and peace, and rest!
What shall fit us, Lord, for this?
Fit our souls for heavenly bliss ?
3 Peace on earth, and peace alone;
Peace, which makes all churches one ;
Peace, the fruit of Christian love,
Fits the soul for peace above.

821.

8 & 7s. M.

Domestic Worship.

1 PEACE be to this habitation;
Peace to all that dwell therein,

C. WESLEY.

Peace, the earnest of salvation;
Peace, the fruit of pardoned sin;
Peace, that speaks the heavenly Giver;
Peace to worldly minds unknown;
Peace divine, that lasts for ever;
Peace, that comes from God alone.

2 Jesus, Prince of Peace, be near us;
Fix in all our hearts thy home;
With thy gracious presence cheer us;
Let thy sacred kingdom come;
Raise to heaven our expectation,
Give our favored souls to prove
Glorious and complete salvation,
In the realms of bliss above.

822.

C. M.

Social Evening Worship.

ANCIENT HYMNS.

1 O, 'T IS a scene the heart to move,
When, at the close of day,

Whom God unites in Christian love
Unite their thanks to pay.

2 What though the number be but small;
Whenever two or three

Join on the Saviour's name to call,
There in the midst is he.

3 When faithful and repentant hearts
His heavenly grace ensue,

His grace, entreated, he imparts
To many or to few.

4 O, come, then, and with joint accord
In social worship meet;

And, mindful of the Saviour's word,
The Saviour's boon entreat.

823.

7s. M. 6 L.

Commendatory of social Worship.

ANCIENT HYMNS.

1 EVER sounds with holy hymns
The abode of saints on high,
Echoing to the seraphim's
Holy, holy, holy cry:

Joining that great psalm of praise,
We our humbler voices raise.
2 O'er our temple, Lord of all,
Thy benignant light extend;
Here be present at our call;
Here thy people's vows attend;
And our fainting souls imbue,
Father, with thy heavenly dew.
3 Here may still the meek request
Of the faithful heart obtain
Foretaste of those mansions blest,
Visions bright of glory gain,
Till, from bonds corporeal free,
We those blissful mansions see.

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1 OUR God, where'er thy people meet,
There they behold thy mercy-seat;
Where'er they seek thee, thou art found,
And every place is hallowed ground.
2 For thou, within no walls confined,
Inhabitest the humble mind;

Such ever bring thee where they come,
And, going, take thee to their home.
3 Here may we prove the power of prayer
To strengthen faith, and sweeten care;
To teach our faint desires to rise,
And bring all heaven before our eyes.

COWPER.

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