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297. The Prayer of the Righteous powerful.

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Before Jehovah stood;

And with an humble, fervent prayer,
For guilty Sodom sued ;

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With what success, what wondrous grace,
Was his petition crown'd!

The Lord would spare, if in the place.
Ten righteous men were found.

And could a man have power on high,
A boon so vast to gain?

Great God! and shall a nation cry,
And plead with thee in vain?
Still we are thine, thy name we bear,
Here yet is thine abode;

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Long hast thou made our land thy care;
Forsake us not, O God!

298.

FUNERALS.

Reflections on Mortality.

CROWLE. C. M.

BENEATH our feet and o'er our head
Is equal warning given;
Beneath us lie the countless dead,
Above us is the heaven.

Their names are graven on the stone,
Their bones are in the clay;
And ere another day is gone,

Ourselves may be as they.

Turn, mortal, turn! thy danger know;
Where'er thy foot can tread,
The earth rings hollow from below,
And warns thee of her dead.

Turn, Christian, turn! thy soul apply
To truths divinely giv'n;

The bones that underneath thee lie
Shall live for hell or heav'n.

299." Sure and certain Hope of the Resurrection."

ST. MARY'S. C. M.

WHY should we dread our mortal doom,
That turns us back to clay;
And tremble at the awful tomb;
And shudder at decay?

A sure and certain hope is ours,
Which we through Christ obtain:
Cloth'd with immortal life and powers,
Our dust shall rise again;-

Rise, when the trump of God shall sound,
And Death yield up his prey;
But where, my soul, shall I be found
In that tremendous day!

Now, while I feel this mortal strife,
Oh be my sins forgiven!

Then, death shall prove the gate of life;
The grave, my road to heaven.

300.

On the Death of a Minister.

BRADING. L. M.

THE Pastor's voice we lov'd to hear,
But often heard, alas, in vain,

In hallow'd words of praise and prayer,
Will never bless our ear again!
Oh let us dwell with solemn thought
On all the words of truth he gave;
The lesson to the heart is brought,
When sorrow muses o'er the grave.
O Saviour, from thy holy hill
Regard our wants, and hear our cry:
Thou art our Guide and Shepherd still,
Though earthly pastors fall and die.
When thou didst bid thy flock farewell,
Thy love could make their sorrows cease:
The Spirit came with them to dwell;
Thy messenger of truth and peace.

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LORD, dismiss us with thy blessing,
Fill our hearts with joy and peace;
Let us each, thy love possessing,
Triumph in redeeming grace:
O refresh us,

Trav'lling through this wilderness.

Thanks we give, and adoration,
For the gospel's joyful sound;
May the fruits of thy salvation
In our hearts and lives abound:
May thy presence,

With us evermore be found.

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MAY the grace of Christ our Saviour,
And the Father's boundless love,
With the Holy Spirit's favor,

Rest upon us from above.

Thus may we abide in union,

With each other, and the Lord;
And possess, in sweet communion,
Joys which earth cannot afford.

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GLORY to God! with joyful adoration
Sing praises, sing praises; his power proclaim:
Praise we the Lord, the strength of our salvation,
And worshipping before him, adore his name.

Praise him for mercies; blessings ever-flowing;
His love, which redeemed us from death, make known;
Praise him in life, with holy rapture glowings
Then worship him with angels before his throne.

1.

WHITBY. S. M.

TO Father, Spirit, Son,
Whom angel hosts adore;
Give worship, honor, glory, power,
Both now and evermore.

2.

DOXOLOGY. C. M.

TO Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
The God whom we adore;

Be glory, as it was, is now,
And shall be evermore.

3.

MAGDALEN. L. M.

PRAISE God, from whom all blessings flow;
Praise him all creatures here below;
Praise him above, ye heav'nly host;
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

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ST. MARTIN'S.

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C TO Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
The God whom heaven's triumphant host,
And holy men on earth adore,

Be glory as in ages past,

As now it is, and so shall last,

When time itself shall be no more,

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HANOVER. P. M.

BY angels in heaven, of ev'ry degree,
And saints upon earth, all praise be addrest,
To God in three persons, one God ever blest,
As it has been, now is, and always shall be.

1.

Reverence in God's House.

(Page 1 in the Music Book.)

THE Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.-Habak. ii. 20.

2.

Repentance.

I will arise and go to my Father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.-Luke xv. 18, 19.

3.

Confession and Prayer.

I acknowledge my transgressions; and my sin is ever before me. Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.-Ps. li. 3, 9.

4.

God's loving Correction.

O Lord, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.-Jer. x. 24.

5.

Deprecating the Almighty's Anger.

Enter not into judgment with thy servant, O Lord; for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.-Ps. cxliii. 2.

6.

Prayer for Grace.

Lord of all power and might, who art the author and giver of all good things; graft in our hearts the love of thy Name, increase in us true religion, nourish us with all goodness, and of thy great mercy keep us in the same, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.-Collect for the Seventh Sunday after Trinity.

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