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LISCHER.

H. M.

Arr. by Dr. MASON.

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HAYWARD.

Invocation for Lord's Day Morning.

1 WELCOME, delightful morn, Thou day of sacred rest! We hail thy glad return:

Lord, make these moments blest. From low delights and mortal toys We soar to reach immortal joys.

2 Now may the King descend,
And fill his throne of grace;
Thy sceptre, Lord, extend,

While we address thy face.
O, let us feel thy quickening word,
And learn to know and fear the Lord.

3 Descend, celestial Dove,

With all thy quickening powers; Disclose a Saviour's love,

And bless these sacred hours; Then shall our souls new life obtain, Nor Sabbaths be enjoyed in vain. 30

The Seasons.

1 LORD of the worlds below,
On earth thy glories shine;
The changing seasons show
Thy skill and power divine.
In all we see a God appears:
The rolling years are full of thee.

2 Forth in the flowery spring,
We see thy beauty move;

The birds on branches sing
Thy tenderness and love;
Wide flush the hills; the air is balm:
Devotion's calm our bosom fills.

3 Then come, in robes of light,
The summer's flaming days,
The sun, thine image bright,
Thy majesty displays;
And oft thy voice in thunder rolls:
But still our souls in thee rejoice.

4 In autumn, a rich feast

Thy common bounty gives
To man and bird and beast,

And every thing that lives.
Thy liberal care, at morn and noon
And harvest moon, our lips declare.

5 In winter, awful thou,

With storms around thee cast:
The leafless forests bow

Beneath thy northern blast.

While tempests lower, to thee, dread King, FREEMAN. We homage bring, and own thy power.

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BERA. L. M.

ROOT & SWEETSER'S COLL.

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NEW YORK COLL. 34 Sabbath Day. 1 WE bless thee for this sacred day,

Thou who hast every blessing given, Which sends the dreams of earth away, And yields a glimpse of opening heaven. 2 Lord, in this day of holy rest,

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We would improve the calm repose; And, in thy service truly blest, Forget the world, its joys and woes. 3 Lord! may thy truth, upon the heart Now fall and dwell as heavenly dew, 3 And flowers of grace in freshness start Where once the weeds of error grew. 4 May Prayer now lift her sacred wings, Contented with that aim alone Which bears her to the King of kings, And rests her at his sheltering throne.

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S. S. HYMN BOOK.
Sabbath Hymn.

CALLED by the Sabbath bells away,
Unto thy holy temple, Lord,
I'll go, with willing mind to pray,
To praise thy name and hear thy word.

O sacred day of peace and joy,
Thy hours are ever dear to me;
Ne'er may a sinful thought destroy
The holy calm I find in thee.

Dear are thy peaceful hours to me,
For God has given them in his love,
To tell how calm, how blest shall be
The endless day of heaven above.

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Supplication.

H. WARE, JR.

1 GREAT God! the followers of thy Son
We bow before thy mercy-seat,
To worship thee, the Holy One,
And pour our wishes at thy feet.
We seek the truth which Jesus brought;
His path of light we long to tread:
Here be his holy doctrines taught,
And here their purest influence shed.

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