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2 Once we were fallen, and O how low!
Just on the brink of endless woe:
When Jesus, from the realms above,
Borne on the wings of boundless love,
3 Scatter'd the shades of death and night,
And spread around his heavenly light:
By him what wondrous grace is shown
To souls impoverish'd and undone.

4 He shows, beyond these mortal shores,
A bright inheritance as ours;
Where saints in light our coming wait
To share their holy, happy state.

HYMN 16. C. M.
ALVATION! O the joyful sound,
Glad tidings to our ears;

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A sovereign balm for every wound,
A cordial for our fears.

2 Salvation! buried once in sin,

At hell's dark door we lay;
But now we rise by grace divine,
And see a heavenly day.

3 Salvation! let the echo fly

The spacious earth around;
While all the armies of the sky

Conspire to raise the sound.

4 Salvation! O thou bleeding Lamb,

To thee the praise belongs:
Our hearts shall kindle at thy Name,
Thy Name inspire our songs.
Chorus for the end of each verse.
Glory, honour, praise, and power,
Be unto the Lamb for ever!
Jesus Christ is our Redeemer!
Hallelujah, praise the Lord!

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HYMN 17. C. M.

O our Redeemer's glorious Name
Awake the sacred song:

O may his love (immortal flame!)

Tune every heart and tongue.

2 His love, what mortal thought can reach;
What mortal tongue display!
Imagination's utmost stretch
In wonder dies away.

3 He left his radiant throne on high,
Left the bright realms of bliss,
And came to earth to bleed and die!
Was ever love like this?

4 Dear Lord, while we adoring pay
Our humble thanks to thee,
May every heart with rapture say,
"The Saviour died for me."

5 O may the sweet, the blissful theme, Fill every heart and tongue;

Till strangers love thy charming Name, And join the sacred song.

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HYMN 18. III. 3.
AVIOUR, source of every blessing,
Tune my heart to grateful lays;
Streams of mercy, never ceasing,
Call for ceaseless songs of praise.

2 Teach me some melodious measure,
Sung by raptured saints above;
Fill my soul with sacred pleasure,
While I sing redeeming love.

3 Thou didst seek me when a stranger,
Wandering from the fold of God;
Thou, to save my soul from danger,
Didst redeem me with thy blood.

4 By thy hand restored, defended,
Safe through life thus far I've come;
Safe, O Lord, when life is ended,
Bring me to my heavenly home.

HYMN 19. C. M.

Titus iii. 4-7.

MY grateful soul, for ever praise,

For ever love his Name,

Who turn'd thee from the fatal paths,
Of folly, sin and shame.

2 Vain and présumptuous is the trust
Which in our works we place;
Salvation from a higher source
Flows to our fallen race.

3 'Tis from the love of God through Christ That all our hopes begin;

His mercy saved our souls from death
And wash'd us from our sin.

4 His Spirit, through the Saviour shed,
His sacred fire imparts,

Removes our dross, and love divine
Enkindles in our hearts.

5 Thus raised from death, we live anew; And, justified by grace,

We hope in glory to appear,

And see our Father's face.

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Who, from yon bright throne above, Ever watchful o'er our race,

Still to man extends his grace

2 Heaven and earth by him were made,
All is by his sceptre sway'd;
What are we that he should show
So much love to us below!

3 God, the merciful and good,

Bought us with the Saviour's blood;
And, to make our safety sure,
Guides us by his Spirit pure.

4 Sing, my soul, adore his Name,
Let his glory be thy theme:
Praise him till he calls thee home,
Trust his love for all to come.

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HYMN 26. C. M.

Hebrews xii. 18, 22-24.
to the terrors of the Lord,
The tempest, fire, and smoke:
Not to the thunder of that word
Which God on Sinai spoke :

2 But we are come to Sion's hill,
The city of our God;

Where milder words declare his will, And spread his love abroad.

3 Behold th' innumerable host

Of angels clothed in light:
Behold the spirits of the just

Whose faith is changed to sight.

4 Behold the bless'd assembly there

Whose names are writ in heaven;
Hear God, the Judge of all, declare
Their sins, through Christ, forgiven.

5 Angels, and living saints and dead,
But one communion make:
All join in Christ, their vital Head,
And of his love partake.

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Our fears our hopes, our aims are one;
Our comforts and our cares.

3 We share our mutual woes,
Our mutual burdens bear;
And often for each other flows
Thy sympathizing tear.

4 When we at death must part,

How keen, how deep the pain: But we shall still be join'd in heart, And hope to meet again

5 From sorrow, toil, and pain, And sin, we shall be free;

And perfect love and friendship reign Throughout eternity.

HYMN 28. Il. 1.

Psalm cxxii.

The Church in Glory.

WITH joy shall I behold the day

That calls my willing soul away,
To dwell among the blest:
For lo! my great Redeemer's power
Unfolds the everlasting door,

And points me to his rest.

2 Ev'n now, to my expecting eyes
The heaven-built towers of Salem rise;
Their glory I survey;

I view her mansions that contain
The angel host, a beauteous train,
And shine with cloudless day.

3 Thither, from earth's remotest end,
Lo! the redeem'd of God ascend,
Borne on immortal wing;
There, crown'd with everlasting joy,
In ceaseless hymns their tongues employ,
Before th' Almighty King.

4 The King a seat hath there prepared,
High on eternal base uprear'd,

For his eternal Son:

His palaces with joy abound;

His saints, by him with glory crown'd,
Attend and share his throne.

5 Mother of cities! o'er thy head

Bright peace, with healing wings outspread
For evermore shall dwell:

Let me, blest seat! my name behold
Among thy citizens enroll'd,

And bid the world farewell.

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2 Put all thy beauteous garments on,
And let thy excellence be known:
Deck'd in the robes of righteousness,
The world thy glories shall confess.
3 No more shall foes unclean invade,
And fill thy hallow'd walls with dread;
No more shall hell's insulting host
Their victory and thy sorrows boast.

4 God from on high has heard thy prayer,
His hand thy ruins shall repair:
Nor will thy watchful Monarch cease
To guard thee in eternal peace.

VI. FESTIVALS AND FASTS.
THE LORD'S DAY.
HYMN 30. II. 4.
WAKE, ye saints, awake,
-And hail this sacred day;
In loftiest songs of praise

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Your joyful homage pay:
Welcome the day that God hath blest,
The type of heaven's eternal rest.

2 On this auspicious morn

The Lord of life arose;
He burst the bars of death,

And vanquish'd all our foes:
And now he pleads our cause above,
And reaps the fruits of all his love.

3 All hail, triumphant Lord!

Heaven with hosannas rings,
And earth, in humbler strains,

Thy praise responsive sings:
Worthy the Lamb that once was slain,
Through endless years to live and reign.

4 Great King, gird on thy sword,

Ascend thy conquering car;
While justice, truth, and love,

Maintain thy glorious war:
This day let sinners own thy sway,
And rebels cast their arms away.

HYMN 31. C. M.

HIS is the day the Lord hath made,

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Let young and old rejoice:
To him be vows and homage paid,
Whose service is our choice.

2 This is the temple of the Lord:
How dreadful is this place!
With meekness let us hear his word,
With reverence seek his face.

3 This is the homage he requires;

The voice of praise and prayer, The soul's affections, hopes, desires, Ourselves and all we are.

4 While rich and poor for mercy call, Propitious from the skies,

The Lord, the Maker of them all,

Accepts the sacrifice.

5 Well pleased, through Jesus Christ his Son,
From sin he grants release;
According to their faith 'tis done,
He bids them go in peace.

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HYMN 32. S. M.
ELCOME, sweet day of rest,
That saw the Lord arise;
Welcome to this reviving breast,
And these rejoicing eyes.

2 The King himself comes near
To feast his saints to-day;
Here may we sit, and see him here,
And love, and praise, and pray.

3 One day amidst the place
Where Jesus is within,

Is better than ten thousand days
Of pleasure and of sin.

4 My willing soul would stay
In such a frame as this,
Till it is call'd to soar away
To everlasting bliss.

HYMN 33. L. M.

ANOTHER six days' work is done,

Another Lord's day has begun; Return my soul, enjoy thy rest, Improve the hours thy God hath blest. 2 This day may our devotion rise, As grateful incense to the skies; And heaven that sweet repose bestow, Which none but they who feel it know. 3 This peaceful calm within the breast Is the sure pledge of heavenly rest, Which for the Church of God remains, The end of cares, the end of pains.

4 In holy duties, let the day,

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May worldly cares our bosoms fly,
And, where thou art, intrude no more:
O may thy grace our spirits move,
And fix our minds on things above!
3 Thy Spirit's powerful aid impart,

And bid thy word, with life divine,
Engage the ear, and warm the heart:
Then shall the day indeed be thine;
Then shall our souls adoring own
The grace that calls us to thy throne.

HYMN 35. II. 4.

N loud exalted strains,

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The King of Glory praise;
O'er heaven and earth he reigns,

Through everlasting days;
But Sion, with his presence blest,
Is his delight, his chosen rest.

2 0 King of Glory, come;

And with thy favour crown

This temple as thy home,

This people as thy own:

Beneath this roof vouchsafe to show
How God can dwell with men below.

3 Now let thine ear attend

Our supplicating cries;
Now let our praise ascend,

Accepted to the skies:

Now let thy Gospel's joyful sound
Spread its celestial influence round.

4 Here may the listening throng

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Imbibe thy truth and love; Here Christians join the song

Of seraphim above:

Till all who humbly seek thy face, Rejoice in thy abounding grace.

HYMN 36. L. M.

AR from my thoughts, vain world, begone;
Let my religious hours alone:
From flesh and sense I would be free,
And hold communion, Lord, with thee.

2 My heart grows warm with holy fire,
And kindles with a pure desire
To see thy grace, to taste thy love,
And feel thine influence from above.

3 When I can say that God is mine,
When I can see thy glories shine,
I'll tread the world beneath my feet,
And all that men call rich and great.

4 Send comfort down from thy right hand,
To cheer me in this barren land;
And in thy temple let me know
The joys that from thy presence flow.

HYMN 37. L. M.

MY opening eyes with rapture see

The dawn of thy returning day;
My thoughts, O God, ascend to thee,
While thus my early vows I pay.

2 I yield my heart to thee alone,
Nor would receive another guest;
Eternal King! erect thy throne,
And reign sole monarch in my breast.

3 O bid this trifling world retire,
And drive each carnal thought away;
Nor let me feel one vain desire,
One sinful thought, through all the day.

4 Then, to thy courts when I repair,
My soul shall rise on joyful wing,
The wonders of thy love declare,
And join the strains which angels sing.

HYMN 38. III. 1.

To thy temple I repair;

Lord, I love to worship there; While thy glorious praise is sung, Touch my lips, unloose my tongue.

2 While the prayers of saints ascend,
God of love, to mine attend;
Hear me, for thy Spirit pleads;
Hear, for Jesus intercedes.

3 While I hearken to thy law,
Fill my soul with humble awe,
Till thy Gospel bring to me
Life and immortality.

4 While thy ministers proclaim
Peace and pardon in thy Name,
Through their voice, by faith, may I
Hear thee speaking from on high.

5 From thy house when I return,
May my heart within me burn;
And at evening let me say,
"I have walk'd with God to-day."

HYMN 39. L. M.

After Sermon.

ALMIGHTY Father, bless the word,

Which, through thy grace, we now have
heard;

O may the precious seed take root,
Spring up, and bear abundant fruit.

2 We praise thee for the means of grace,
Thus in thy courts to seek thy face:
Grant, Lord, that we who worship here
May all, at length, in heaven appear.

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