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5 For God, the Lord, both sun and shield, 2 Oh! may we ne'er forget his grace,

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Nor blush to bear his name;

Still may our hearts hold fast his faith; Our lips his praise proclaim.

75 PATRICK.

1 O GOD, we praise thee, and confess That thou the only Lord

And everlasting Father art,
By all the earth adored.

2 To thee all angels cry aloud;
To thee the powers on high,
Both cherubim and seraphim,
Continually do cry,-

Guidance and Protection.

LOGAN.

1 GOD of our fathers, by whose hand

Thy people still are blest,

Be with us through our pilgrimage;
Conduct us to our rest.

2 Through each perplexing path of life
Our wandering footsteps guide;
Give us each our daily bread,
And raiment fit provide.

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1 IN thy courts let peace be found,
Be thy temple full of love;
There we tread on holy ground,
All serene, around, above.

2 While the knee in prayer is bent, While with praise the heart o'erflows, Tranquilize the turbulent!

Give the weary one repose!

3 Be the place for worship meet,

Meet the worship for the place;
Contemplation's best retreat,
Shrine of guilelessness and grace!
4 As an infant knows its home,

Lord, may we thy temples know;
Thither for instruction come

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Eternal Light.

1 SLOWLY, by God's hand unfurled, Down around the weary world, Falls the darkness; oh, how still Is the working of his will!

2 Mighty Spirit, ever nigh, Work in me as silently;

Veil the day's distracting sights, Show me heaven's eternal lights. 3 Living stars to view be brought In the boundless realms of thought; High and infinite desires, Flaming like those upper fires. 4 Holy Truth, Eternal Right, Let them break upon my sight; Let them shine serene and still, And with light my being fill.

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1 O GOD, whose presence glows in all,
Within, around us, and above!
Thy word we bless, thy name we call,
Whose word is Truth, whose name is Love.
2 That truth be with the heart believed
Of all who seek this sacred place;
With power proclaimed, in peace re-
ceived,-

Our spirits' light, thy Spirit's grace. 3 That love its holy influence pour,

To keep us meek, and make us free, And throw its binding blessing more Round each with all, and all with thee. 4 Send down its angel to our side

Send in its calm upon the breast; For we would know no other guide, And we can need no other rest.

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Spiritual Worship.

Universal Worship.

10 THOU, to whom, in ancient time,

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The lyre of Hebrew bards was strung, Whom kings adored in song sublime, And prophets praised with glowing tongue;

Not now on Zion's height alone

Thy favored worshipper may dwell;
Nor where, at sultry noon, thy Son
Sat weary, by the patriarch's well.
From every place below the skies,
The grateful song, the fervent pray'r-
The incense of the heart-may rise

To heaven, and find acceptance there.
4 To thee shall age, with snowy hair,
And strength and beauty bend the knee,
And childhood lisp, with reverent air,

Its praises and its prayers to thee.
COWPER. 5 O Thou, to whom, in ancient time,
The lyre of prophet-bards was strung,
To thee, at last, in every clime
Shall temples rise, and praise be sung.

1 O LORD! where'er thy people meet,
There they behold thy mercy-seat;
Where'er they seek thee, thou art found,
And every place is hallowed ground.
2 For thou, within no walls confined,
Inhabitest the humble mind;

Such ever bring thee where they come,
And, going, take thee to their home.
3 Here may we prove the power of prayer 2
To strengthen faith and sweeten care;
To teach our faint desires to rise,
And bring all heaven before our eyes.

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DODDRIDGE.

Subjection to our Father.
1 ETERNAL Source of life and thought,
Be all beneath thyself forgot:

Whilst thee, great Parent-mind, we own,
In prostrate homage round thy throne.
Whilst in themselves our souls survey
Of thee some faint reflected ray,
They, wondering, to their Father rise:
His power how vast! his tho'ts how wise!

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Habitual Devotion.

H. M. WILLIAMS.

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Providence.

ADDISON.

1 WHEN all thy mercies, O my God!
My rising soul surveys,
Transported with the view, I'm lost,
In wonder, love, and praise.
Ten thousand thousand precious gifts
My daily thanks employ;
Nor is the least a cheerful heart,

That tastes those gifts with joy.
2 Through every period of my life,
Thy goodness I'll pursue;
And after death, in distant worlds,
The glorious theme renew.
Through all eternity, to thee
A joyful song I'll raise;
But oh! eternity's too short
To utter all thy praise!

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Beneficence.

ANONYMOUS.

WHEN morning's first and hallowed ray
Breaks, with its trembling light,
To chase the pearly dews away,
Bright tear-drops of the night-
My heart, O Lord! forgets to rove,
But rises gladly free,

On wings of everlasting love,
And finds its home in thee.

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1 LORD, in heaven, thy dwelling-place,
Hear the praises of our race,
And, while hearing, let thy grace

Dews of sweet forgiveness pour;
While we know, benignant King,
That the praises which we bring
Are a worthless offering

Till thy blessing makes it more.
2 More of truth, and more of might,
More of love, and more of light,
More of reason and of right,
From thy pardoning grace be given!
It can make the humblest song
Sweet, acceptable, and strong,
As the strains the angel throng

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Pour around the throne of heaven.

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1 WHEN before thy throne we kneel, Filled with awe and holy fear, Teach us, O our God, to feel

All thy sacred presence near.
Check each proud and wandering tho't
When on thy great name we call;
Man is naught-is less than naught-
Thou, our God, art all in all.

2 Weak, imperfect creatures, we
In this vale of darkness dwell,
Yet presume to look to thee
'Midst thy light ineffable.

O, receive the praise that dares
Seek thy heaven-exalted throne;
Bless our offerings, hear our prayers,
Infinite and Holy One!

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Morning or Evening-All from God. 1 FATHER! thy paternal care

Has my guardian been, my guide!
Every hallowed wish and prayer
Has thy hand of love supplied;
Thine is every thought of bliss,
Left by hours and days gone by;
Every hope thy offspring is,

Beaming from futurity.

2 Every sun of splendid ray;

Every moon that shines serene; Every morn that welcomes day; Every evening's twilight scene; Every hour which wisdom brings; Every incense at thy shrine; These and all life's holiest things, And its fairest-all are thine.

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3 And for all, my hymns shall rise
Daily to thy gracious throne;
Thither let my asking eyes

Turn unwearied, righteous One!
Through life's strange vicissitude
There reposing all my care,
Trusting still through ill and good,
Fixed and cheered and counselled there.

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