GERMAN HYMN. 7s.

PLEYEL

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1. GRA-CIOUS

shine;

(Stanzas 3-7 omitted.)

[H. 287.

TIS a point I long to know,

Oft it causes anxious thought;
Do I love the Lord, or no?
Am I his, or am I not?

2. If I love, why am I thus?

Why this dull and lifeless frame? Hardly, sure, can they be worse, Who have never heard his name. 8. Lord, decide the doubtful case, Thou who art thy people's Sun: Shine upon thy work of grace, If it be indeed begun. 9. Let me love thee more and more, If I love at all, I pray; If I have not loved before, Help me to begin to-day.

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Sel. 318.

(Stanza 1 in Music, 6 omitted.)
2. His decree who form'd the earth,
Fix'd my first and second birth:
Parents, native place, and time,
All appointed were by Him.

3. He that form'd me in the womb,
He shall guide me to the tomb;
All my times shall ever be
Order'd by his wise decree.

4. Times of sickness, times of health;
Times of penury and wealth;
Times of trial and of grief;
Times of triumph and relief;

5. Times the tempter's power to prove;
Times to taste a Saviour's love;
All must come, and last, and end,
As shall please my heavenly Friend.

2. Praise Him, ye celestial choirs,
Praise and sweep your golden lyres;
Praise Him in the noblest songs,
From ten thousand thousand tongues.

3. Every note with rapture swell,
And the Saviour's triumph tell;
Where, O Death, is now thy sting?
Where thy terrors, vanquish'd king?

4. Let Immanuel be adored,
Ransom, Mediator, Lord!
To creation's utmost bound,
Let the eternal praise resound.

(Stanza 1 in Music, 5, 6 omitted.)

2. Lord, on thee our souls depend;
In compassion, now descend;
Fill our hearts with thy rich grace;
Tune our lips to sing thy praise.

3. In thine own appointed way,
Now we seek thee, here we stay;
Lord, we know not how to go,
Till a blessing thou bestow.

4. Send some message from thy word,
That may joy and peace afford;
Let thy Spirit now impart

Full salvation to each heart.

4. Thus with sacred songs of joy,
We our happy lives employ;
Love, and long to love thee more,
Till from earth to heaven we soar.

(Stanzas 2, 3 omitted.)
ORD, I cannot let thee go,

Do not turn away thy face,
Mine's an urgent, pressing case.

4. Once a sinner near despair,
Sought thy mercy-seat by prayer;
Mercy heard, and set him free;
Lord, that mercy came to me.

5. Many days have pass'd since then, Many changes I have seen;

Yet have been upheld till now;
Who could hold me up but thou?

6. Thou hast help'd in every need;
This emboldens me to plead;
After so much mercy past,
Canst thou let me sink at last?

7. No, I must maintain my hold, 'Tis thy goodness makes me bold; I can no denial take,

When I plead for Jesus' sake.

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KIR. 78.

Dr. L. MASON.

Sel. 324.

(Stanza 1 in Music, 5 omitted.) 2. Love's redeeming work is done, Fought the fight, the battle won; Lo! the sun's eclipse is o'er, Lo! he sets in blood no more.

3. Vain the stone, the watch, the seal;
Christ has burst the gates of hell:
Death in vain forbids Him rise,
Christ has open'd paradise.

4. Lives again our glorious King;
Where, O Death, is now thy sting?
Once He died our souls to save;
Where's thy victory, boasting Grave?
6. Hail! thou dear almighty Lord,
Hail! thou great incarnate Word,
Hail! thou suffering Son of God,
Take the trophies of thy blood.

Crying, as they strike the chords, "Take the kingdom, it is thine, King of kings and Lord of lords."

4. Round the altar priests confess,

"If these robes are white as snow, 'Twas the Saviour's righteousness, And his blood that made them so."

Sel. 326.

SWE

(Stanza 4 omitted.)

[H. 598.

WELL the anthem, raise the song;
Praises to our God belong;
Saints and angels join to sing
Praise to heaven's almighty King.

2. Blessings from his liberal hand,
Pour around this happy land;
Let our hearts, beneath his sway,
Hail the bright, triumphant day.

3. Now to thee our joys ascend,
Thou hast been our heavenly Friend:
Guarded by thy mighty power,
Peace and freedom bless our shore.

5. Hark! the voice of nature sings
Praises to the King of kings;
Let us join the choral song,
And the heavenly notes prolong.

PREPARATION. 7s.

Dr. HASTINGS.

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