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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. 4 Lord! we are weak, but Thou art near; Nor short thine arm, nor deaf thine ear; O! rend the heavens, forsake thy throne,* And make each sinner's heart thine own. HYMN 100.

(C. M. TUTBURY.)

The glory of the Lord seen in the sanctuary.
1 COME, ye that love the Saviour's name,
And bow before his throne,

The Sovereign of your hearts proclaim,
And make his praises known!

2 Behold your Lord and Saviour, crown'd With glories all divine,

And tell the wondering nations round
How bright those glories shine.

3 When in these sacred courts we view
The wonders of our King,

We long to love as angels do,

And wish like them to sing.

4 And shall we long and wish in vain?
Lord! teach our songs to rise:
Thy love can raise the feeblest strain,
Ånd bid it reach the skies.

5 O happy period! glorious day!

When heaven and earth shall raise,
Psa. cxliv. 5.

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With all their powers, the raptured lay,
To sound thy endless praise.

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1 WHAT various hindrances we meet,
In coming to a mercy-seat!

Yet who, that knows the worth of prayer,
But wishes to be often there?

*

2 Prayer makes the darken'd cloud withdraw;
Prayer climbs the ladder Jacob saw ;*
Gives exercise to faith and love;
Brings every blessing from above.

3 Restraining prayer, we cease to fight; Prayer makes the Christian armour bright; 'And Satan trembles, when he sees

The weakest saint upon his knees.

4 When Moses stood with arms spread wide,
Success was found on Israel's side;
But when through weariness they fail'd,
That moment Amalek prevail'd.†

5 Have you no words? ah! think again;
Words flow apace, when you complain,
And fill your fellow creature's ear
With the sad tale of all your care.

6 Were half the breath, thus vainly spent,
To heaven in supplication sent,

Your cheerful song would oftener be, "Hear what the Lord hath done for me." + Ex. xvii. 11.

* Gen. xxviii. 12.

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Exhortation against party-spirit.

1 LET party names no more
The Christian world o'erspread!
Gentile and Jew, and bond and free,
Are one in Christ the Head.

2 Among the saints on earth,
Let mutual love be found;
Heirs of the same inheritance,
With mutual blessings crown'd.
3 Let envy, and ill-will,
Be banish'd far away;
And all in Christian bonds unite,
Who the same Lord obey.

4 Thus will the church below
Resemble that above;

Where no discordant sounds are heard, But all is peace and love.

HYMN 103.

(C. M. CONDESCENSION.)

Man a stranger and pilgrim upon earth.

1 A SOLDIER'S course, from battles won
To new commencing strife,
A Pilgrim's, restless as the sun:
Behold the Christian's life!

2 The hosts of Satan pant for spoil;
How can our warfare close?

Lonely we tread a foreign soil:
How can we hope repose ?

3 Oh! let us seek our heavenly home,
Reveal'd in sacred lore;

The land whence pilgrims never roam,
Where soldiers war no more.

4 Where grief shall never wound, nor death,
Beneath the Saviour's reign;
Nor sin with pestilential breath
His holy realm profane :—

5 The land where (suns and moons unknown,
And night's alternate sway)
Jehovah's ever-burning throne
Upholds unbroken day :-

6 Where they who meet shall never part;
Where grace achieves its plan;

And God, uniting every heart,
Dwells face to face with man.

HYMN 104.

(C. M. ST. JAMES'S.)

In the midst of life we are in death.

1 SOON shall this curious house of clay,
Our present frail abode,

Fall to devouring worms a prey;
And we return to God.

2 Nearer to endless joy or woe,
We're brought by every breath;
And yet how unconcern'd we go
Upon the brink of death!

3 Our thoughts with eager fondness roam In quest of what they love;

But ah! when duty calls them home,
How heavily they move!

4 Awaken, Lord! our slumbering sense,
To walk this dangerous road;

That when our souls are summon'd hence,
They may be found with God.

HYMN 105.

(S. M. PECKHAM.)

The uncertainty of life a reason for continual watchfulness.
1 TO-MORROW, Lord! is thine;
Lodged in thy sovereign hand;
And, if its sun arise and shine,
It is at thy command.

2 The present moment flies,
And bears our life away;
Oh! make thy servant truly wise
To' improve each passing day.
3 Since on each winged hour
Eternity is hung,

Awaken, by thy mighty power,
The aged and the young.
4 One thing demands our care;
Be that one thing pursued ;
Lest, now despised, we never hear
Thy pardoning voice renew'd.
5 Teach us thy name to fear;
Spread an alarm abroad!
And cry, in every careless ear,
"Prepare to meet thy God!"

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