BENEDICTION. 126. PEACE BE WITH YOU.' 8 & 7s M. PART in peace! with deep thanksgiving, Part in peace! such are the praises 127. THE BENEDICTION OF PEACE. 8 & 7s M. FATHER, give Thy benediction; 128. GO IN PEACE! Go in peace! 8 & 7s M. serene dismission To the loving heart made known, When it pours, in deep contrition, Prayer before the eternal throne. Go in peace ! — thy sins forgiven, Go in peace, and liberty! Father! breathe this benediction Thou hast blessed our souls to-day. 129. THE PEACE OF GOD. 8 & 7s M. PEACE of God, which knows no measure, Naught shall make us then afraid; 130. THE SPIRIT'S PEACE. C. M. O THOU great Spirit! who along Bid all their discord cease, And breathe upon the troubled soul The 131. BENEDICTION. 6 & 10s M. THE peace which God bestows, The broken heart to bind, And bless each traveller as he journeys on. Ere daily strifes begin The war without, within, The God of love, in spirit and in power, His deepest blessing shed, And keep us all through every troubled hour! 132. THE WORD OF GOD. S. M. GOD of the prophets' power! With hearts and lips unfeigned, Water the sacred seed, And give it large increase ; And though we sow in tears, And gather in our sheaves with joy, 133. THE SEED OF THE WORD. C. M. O GOD, by whom the seed is given, Whose word of truth, sent down from heaven, Preserve it from the passing feet, Though buried deep, or thinly strewn, 134: PARTING HYMN. L. M. THY presence, ever-living God! While near each other we remain, To Thee we now commit our ways, 135. " WHOSE SERVICE IS PERFECT FREEDOM.' C. M. FATHER, Thy presence, ever near, That we may find Thy kingdom here, |