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PSALM 132, C. M.

Prayer for the Reign of Christ.

mf" 1 ARISE, O King of grace! arise, And enter to thy rest;

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Lo! thy church waits, with longing eyes,
Thus to be owned and blest.

2 Enter, with all thy glorious train,—
Thy Spirit and thy word;
All that the ark did once contain
Could no such grace afford.

3 Here, mighty God! accept our vows;
Here let thy praise be spread:
Bless the provisions of thy house,
And fill thy poor with bread.

4 Here let the Son of David` reign,
Let God's Anointed shine;

Justice and truth his court maintain,
With love and power divine.

5 Here let him hold a lasting throne;
And, as his kingdom grows,
Fresh honors shall adorn his crown,
And shame confound his foes.

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PSALM 133, First Part, C. M.
Brotherly Love.

! what an entertaining sight
Are brethren who agree;-
Brethren, whose cheerful hearts unite,
In bands of piety.

2 When streams of love, from Christ, the spring,
Descend to every soul,

And heavenly peace, with balmy wing,
Shades and bedews the whole:

3 'Tis like the oil, divinely sweet,
On Aaron's reverend head;
The trickling drops perfumed his feet,
And o'er his garments spread.

4 T is pleasant as the morning dews,
That fall on Zion's hill,

Where God his mildest glory shows,
And makes his grace distill.

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PSALM 133, Second Part, C. M.
Excellence of Christian Unanimity.

1 SPIRIT of peace, celestial Dove!
How excellent thy praise!
No richer gift than Christian love
Thy gracious power displays.

dol 2 Sweet as the dew on herb and flower,
That silently distills,

At evening's soft and balmy hour,
On Zion's fruitful hills :-

mp 3 So, with mild influence from above,
Shall promised grace descend,

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Till universal peace and love

O'er all the earth extend.

PSALM 133, S. M.

Union and Peace.

dol 1 DLEST are the sons of peace,

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D Whose hearts and hopes are one;
Whose kind designs to serve and please,
Through all their actions run.

2 Blest is the pious house,

Where zeal and friendship meet;
Their songs of praise, their mingled vows,
Make their communion sweet.

3 Thus, when on Aaron's head

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They poured the rich perfume,

The oil through all his raiment spread,
And pleasure filled the room.

4 Thus, on the heavenly hills,
The saints are blest above,

Where joy, like morning dew, distills,
And all the air is love.

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PSALM 133, H. M.

Christian Friendship.

beautiful the sight

Of brethren who agree,

In friendship, to unite,

And bands of charity!

'Tis like the precious ointment shed,

O'er all his robes, from Aaron's head.

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2 'Tis like the dews that fill
The cups of Hermon's flowers:
Or Zion's fruitful hill,

Bright with the drops of showers:
When mingling odors breathe around,
And glory rests on all the ground.
3 For there the Lord commands
Blessings, a boundless store,
From his unsparing hands-
E'en life for evermore;

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Thrice happy they who meet above,
To spend eternity in love.

PSALM 133, S. P. M.

The Blessings of Friendship.

1 HOW pleasant 't is to see

Kindred and friends agree!
Each in their proper station move;
And each fulfill their part,

With sympathizing heart,

In all the cares of life and love!

dol 2 'Tis like the ointment, shed On Aaron's sacred head,

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Divinely rich, divinely sweet!
The oil through all the room
Diffused a choice perfume,

Ran through his robes, and blest his feet.

3 Like fruitful showers of rain,

That water all the plain,

Descending from the neighb'ring hills;

Such streams of pleasure roll

Through every friendly soul,

Where love, like heavenly dew, distills.

PSALM 133, 6s and 4s.

Unity of Love.

1 BEHOLD! how good and sweet

For brethren thus to meet,
With one accord!

Sweet as the fragrance spread,

When, over Aaron's head,

The rich perfume was shed,

That pleased the Lord.

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Or that on Zion's hills,

To swell their store,—
So God doth shed his grace
On every dwelling-place,
Where love illumes the face,—
Life evermore.

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PSALM 134, First Part, C. M.

Daily and nightly Devotion.
who obey th' immortal King!
Attend his holy place;

Bow to the glories of his power,
And bless his wondrous grace.

2 Lift up your hands, by morning light,
And send your souls on high;

Raise your admiring thoughts, by night,
Above the starry sky.

3 The God of Zion cheers our hearts,
With rays of quickening grace;

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The God who spread the heavens abroad,
And rules the swelling seas.

PSALM 134, Second Part, C. M.
Constant Devotion.

BLESS ye the Lord with solemn rite,-
In hymns extol his name;

Ye who, within his house, by night,
Watch round the altar's flame!

2 Lift up your hands amid the place,
Where burns the sacred sign,
And pray, that thus Jehovah's face
O'er all the earth may shine.

3 From Zion, from his holy hill,
The Lord, our Maker, send
The perfect knowledge of his will,—
Salvation without end.

PRAI

PSALM 135, L. M.

General Praise.

RAISE ye the Lord,-exalt his name,
While in his earthly courts ye wait,
Ye saints! who to his house belong,
Or stand attending at his gate.

2 Praise ye the Lord,-the Lord is good;
To praise his name is sweet employ;
Israel he chose of old, and still

His church is his peculiar joy.

3 The Lord himself will judge his saints;
He treats his servants as his friends;
And, when he hears their sore complaints,
Repents the sorrows that he sends.
4 Bless him, all ye who taste his love!
People and priests! exalt his name!
Among his saints he ever dwells;
His church is his Jerusalem.

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PSALM 135, C. M.

Praise due to God alone.

WAKE ye saints! to praise your King,
Your sweetest passions raise;

Your pious pleasure, while you sing,
Increasing with the praise.

mf 2 Great is the Lord,-and works unknown Are his divine employ:

But still his saints are near his throne,
His treasure and his joy.

3 Heaven, earth and sea confess his hand;
He bids the vapors rise;

Lightning and storm, at his command,
Sweep through the sounding skies.

4 Ye saints! adore the living God,
Serve him with faith and fear;
He makes the churches his abode,
And claims your honors there.

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PSALM 136, L. M.

Thanks for Creation and Redemption.
IVE to our God immortal praise ;-
U Mercy and truth are all his ways;
Wonders of grace to God belong ;-
Repeat his mercies in your song.
2 Give to the Lord of lords renown,
The King of kings with glory crown;
His mercies ever shall endure,

When lords and kings are known no more.

3 He built the earth, he spread the sky,
And fixed the starry lights on high: