4 Give them access to Jesu's word,
Where they his ways may learn,
The means to seek and know the Lord,
If haply they may turn.

HYMN XXXVIII.

CHILDREN.

1 COME, let our voice ascend, In one glad song of praise; To God, the God of love,

P. M.

Our grateful hearts we raise:

CONGREGATION.

To God alone the praise belongs;
He claims our earliest, latest songs.

CHILDREN.

2 Now we are taught to read
The book of life divine:
Where our Redeemer's love,
And brightest glories shine:

CONGREGATION.

To God alone the praise is due;
Who sends his word to us and

CHILDREN.

3 Within these hallow'd walls

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Our wand'ring feet are brought; Where prayer and praise ascend, And heav'nly truths are taught:

CONGREGATION.

To God alone your praises bring;
Let young and old his praises sing.

CHORUS.-CONGREGATION AND CHILDREN.

4 Lord, bid this work of love

Be crown'd with meet success:
May thousands, yet unborn,
This institution bless:

Thus shall the praise resound to Thee,
In time, and to eternity.

HYMN XXXIX.

C. M.

1 HEAR, Lord, the song of praise and pray'r,
In heav'n thy dwelling-place,
From children made the public care,
And taught to seek thy face.

2 Thanks for thy word, and for thy day!
And grant us, we implore,
Never to waste, in sinful play,

Thy holy sabbaths more.

3 Thanks that we hear: but oh! impart To each desires sincere,

That we may listen with the heart,
And learn as well as hear.

4 O Lord! do Thou our spirits take
Beneath thy gracious sway,

Who canst the wisest wiser make,
And babes as wise as they."

5 Wisdom and bliss thy word bestows,
A sun that ne'er declines;

And be thy mercy shower'd on those
Who place us where it shines.

1 THY throne, O God! in righteousness
For ever shall endure;
We bow before it; deign to bless
The children of the poor.

2 Thy wisdom fix'd our lowly birth,
Yet we thy goodness share;

Still make us, while we dwell on earth, The children of thy care.

3 Thou art our Shepherd, glorious God! Thy little flock behold;

And guide us by thy staff and rod,
The children of thy fold.

4 We praise thy name that we are brought To this thy holy place;

That we are watch'd, and warn'd, and The children of thy grace.

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5 O may our friends, thy servants here,
Meet all our souls above;

And they and we in heav'n appear;
The children of thy love.

1 JESUS, Refuge of my soul,
To thy shelt'ring arms I fly,
While the raging billows roll,
While the tempest still is high.

2 Hide me, O my Saviour, hide,
Till the storm of life is past:
Safe into the haven guide:
O receive my soul at last!

3 All my trust on Thee is stay'd,
All my help from Thee I bring;
Cover my defenceless head
With the shadow of thy wing.

4 Plenteous grace with Thee is found,
Grace to pardon all my sin:

Let the healing streams abound;
Make and keep me pure within.

HYMN XLII. C. M.

1 WHEN We can view our prospect clear To mansions in the skies, We bid farewell to ev'ry fear,

And dry our weeping eyes.

2 Should earth against our souls engage, And fiery darts be hurl'd,

We then can smile at all their rage,
And face a frowning world.

3 Let cares, like a wild deluge come, And storms of sorrow fall,

May we but safely reach our home,

Our God! our Heaven! our All!

4 There shall we stay our weary souls
In scenes of changeless rest;
Where not a wave of trouble rolls
Across the peaceful breast.

HYMN XLIII.

C. M.

1 ETERNAL God! we look to Thee;
To Thee for help we fly:

Thine eye alone our wants can see,
Thy hand alone supply.

2 From path to path we roam for rest,
But all our search is vain;

We seek for life among the dead,
For joy, where sorrows reign.

3 Alas! by passion's force subdued,
Too oft with stubborn will,
We blindly shun the latent good,
And choose the specious ill.

4 Not what we wish, but what we want, Oh! let thy grace supply:

The good, unask'd, in mercy grant;
The ill, though ask'd, deny.