1 COME, HOLY SPIRIT! Come,
Let thy bright beams arise;
Dispel the sorrow from our minds,
The darkness from our eyes.
2 Revive our drooping faith,
Our doubts and fears remove;
And kindle in our hearts the flame
Of never-dying love.
3 Convince us of our sin,
And lead to JESU's blood.
And to the eye of faith reveal
The pard'ning love of God.
4 'Tis thine to cleanse the heart,
To sanctify the soul,
To pour fresh life on ev'ry part,
And new create the whole.
5 Dwell therefore in our hearts,
Our minds from bondage free;
Then shall we know, and praise, and love,
The Father, Son, and Thee.
1 COME, gracious Spirit! from above,
With light and comfort, power and love;
Be Thou our guardian, Thou our guide,
O'er every thought and step preside.
2 The light of truth O still display,
That we may know and choose thy way;
The fear of God to us impart
That we from Him may ne'er depart.
3 Lead us to Christ, the living way,
Nor let us from his pastures stray;
Lead us to God, our final rest,
In his enjoyment to be bless'd.
4 Lead us to holiness, the road
That we must take, to dwell with God;"
Lead us to heaven, his seat of bliss,
Where pleasure in perfection is.
The Church has now set before us all the doctrines of the Gospel in their order. There seems nothing wanting as to our faith, except a day of praise to the Three persons of the blessed Trinity together; which concludes the doctrinal half of our Christian year,
1 HOLY, Holy, Holy, LORD!
Live by heaven and earth ador'd!
Full of Thee, let all things cry,
Glory to the Lord Most High!
2 With the heavenly host we join,
To exalt Thy Name divine;
With Archangels we would raise
Songs to thine eternal praise.
3 Holy, Holy, Holy, LORD!
By the hosts of heaven ador'd;
Self-existent Deity!
Teach us how to worship Thee.
1 FATHER of Heaven! whose love profound
A ransom for our souls hath found,
Before Thy throne we sinners bend;
To us thy pard'ning love extend.
2 Almighty Son! Incarnate Word!.
Our Prophet, Priest, Redeemer, Lord!
Before Thy throne we sinners bend;
To us thy saving grace extend.
3 Eternal Spirit! by whose breath
The soul is rais'd from sin and death,
Before Thy throne we sinners bend;
To us thy quick'ning power extend.
4 JEHOVAH! Father! Spirit! Son!
Mysterious Godhead! Three in One!
Before THY throne we sinners bend:
Grace, pardon, life, to us extend!
FATHER! in whom we live,
In whom we are, and move;
The glory, power, and praise receive
Of thine eternal love.
Incarnate Deity!
Let all the ransom'd race
Render, in thanks, their lives to thee,
For thy redeeming grace.
Spirit of holiness!
Let all thy saints adore
Thy sacred energy, and bless
Thy heart-renewing power.
Eternal, glorious Lord!
Let all the saints above,
Let all the sons of men record
And celebrate thy love.
HYMN 261.
1 LIFT up to God the voice of praise!
Whose breath our souls inspir'd;
Loud and more loud the anthems raise
With grateful ardour fir'd.
2 Lift up to God the voice of praise!
Whose tender care sustains
Our feeble frame, encompass'd round
With death's unnumber'd pains.
3 Lift up to God the voice of praise!
Whose goodness passeth thought;
Loads every minute as it flies
With benefits unsought.
4 Lift up to God the voice of praise!
From whom salvation flows;
Who sent His Son our souls to save
From everlasting woes.
5 Lift up to God the voice of praise!
For hope's transporting ray,
Which lights thro' darkest shades of death To realms of endless day.
1 LEAD us, heavenly Father! lead us
O'er the world's tempestuous sea;
Guard us, guide us, keep us, feed us,
For we have no help but Thee:
Yet possessing every blessing,
If our God our Father be!
2 Saviour! breathe forgiveness o'er us;
All our weakness thou dost know;
Thou didst tread this earth before us,
Thou didst feel its keenest woe;
Lone and dreary, faint and weary,
Through the desert thou didst go!
3 Spirit of our God! descending,
Fill our hearts with heavenly joy;
Love with every passion blending,
Pleasure, that can never cloy.—
Thus provided, pardon'd, guided;
Nothing can our peace destroy.
Sundays after Trinity.
As the first part of the year's service ends with a commemoration of the new law given us in our hearts by the Holy Spirit; so the second mainly instructs us in the particulars, as well as the means, of our sanctification, in order to the prac tice of that law.-The first Lessons during this half year lead us through a track of rich experience; in the later history of the Jews,-the admonitions of the prophets,-and the precepts of the book of Proverbs. The Epistles contain the most striking precepts, the Gospels, some of the greatest miracles, gravest discourses, and most affecting parables of our Lord.— The Collects ask for corresponding blessings; not only for ourselves, but for the Church at large.
1 GOD hath his saving grace made known,
By the blest Gospel of his Son:
Let then our lips and lives express
The holy doctrine we profess.
2 Thus shall we best proclaim abroad
The honours of our Saviour God,
When his salvation reigns within,
And grace subdues the power of sin.
3 Our flesh and sense must be denied,
Passion and envy, lust and pride;
While justice, temp'rance, truth, and love,
Our inward piety approve.
4 Th' expected advent of the Lord
Shall then a blessed hope afford:
He died, his saints from sin to free,
That they a holy race might be.
1 SHOULD ours à barren knowledge prove?
Should ours be an unfruitful love?
If then we know and love the Lord,
What fruits are pictur'd in his word?
2 Christians all diligence must give
That virtue with their faith may live;
Their hearts for knowledge still aspire,
And temp'rance check each wrong desire.
3 Patience must bear each present ill;
Godliness do Jehovah's will;
Brotherhood join in union kind,
While love pervades the inmost mind.
4 Hear then the call so high and pure!
Make, brethren, your election sure;
Nor seem to prize, with feelings cold,
The love that purg'd your sins of old.
5 Strive that your graces may abound;
By this alone is safety found.
So will the Lord make richly known
The glories of his heavenly throne.
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