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1584 1 SAFELY through another week

i Light of life, seraphic Fire ; God has brought us on our way; Love divine, Thyself impart : Let us now a blessing seek,

Every fainting soul inspire; Waiting in His courts to-day;

Shine in every drooping heart. Day of all the week the best,

2 Every mournful sinner cheer, Emblem of eternal rest.

Scatter all our guilty gloom; 2 While we pray for pardoning grace Son of God, appear, appear!

Through the dear Redeemer's Name, To Thy human temples come ! Show Thy reconciled face,

13 Come, in this accepted hour, Take away our sin and shame;

Bring Thy heavenly kingdom in ; From our worldly cares set free,

Fill us with the glorious power, May we rest this day in Thee.

· Rooting out the seeds of sin. 3. Here we come Thy Name to praise; la Nothing more can we require. Let us feel Thy presence near;

We will covet nothing less : May Thy glory meet our eyes

Be Thou all our heart's desire, While we in Thy house appear:

All our joy, and all our peace! Here afford us, Lord, a taste Of our everlasting feast.

DOXOLOGY. 4 May Thy gospel's joyful sound

PRAISE the Name of God most high, Conquer sinners, comfort saints; Praise Him, all below the sky, Make the fruits of grace abound; Praise Him, all ye heavenly host,

Bring relief for all complaints: Father, Son, and Holy Ghost ! Thus let all our Sabbaths prove

As through countless ages past, Till we rest in Thee above.

Evermore His praise shall last.

1 Light of Light, enlighten me! 14 Let me with my heart to-day, Now anew the day is dawning;

Holy, Holy, Holy, singing, Sun of grace, the shadows flee,

Rapt awhile from earth away, Brighten Thou my Sabbath morning! All my soul to Thee up-springing, With Thy joyous sunshine blest,

Have a foretaste inly given, Happy is my day of rest.

How they worship Thee in heaven.

2 Fount of all our joy and peace, 5 Rest in me and I in Thee, To Thy living waters lead me;

Build a paradise within me ; Thou from earth my soul release, Oh reveal Thyself to me,

And with grace and mercy feed me; 1 Blesséd Love, who died'st to win me: Bless Thy Word that it may prove Fed from Thine exhaustless urn, Rich in fruits that Thou dost love. Pure and bright my lamp shall burn.

3 Kindle Thou the sacrifice

That upon my lips is lying ;
Clear the shadows from mine eyes,

That, from every error flying,
No strange fire may in me glow
That Thine altar doth not know.

6 Hence all care, all vanity,

For the day to God is holy:
Come, Thou glorious Majesty,

Deign to fill this temple lowly;
Nought to-day my soul shall move,
Simply resting in Thy love.

Psalm 84.

15 To spend one sacred day I LORD of the worlds above,

Where God and saints abide,
How pleasant and how fair

Affords diviner joy
The dwellings of Thy love,

Than thousand days beside:
Thine earthly temples are !

Where God resorts, I love it more
To Thine abode my heart aspires,

To keep the door, than shine in courts. With warm desires to see my God. 587 Psalm 150. 2 The sparrow for her young

1 In Zion's sacred gates With pleasure seeks a nest,

Let hymns of praise begin, And wandering swallows long | Where acts of faith and love To find their wonted rest:

With ceaseless beauty shine: My spirit faints with equal zeal

In mercy there while God is known, To rise and dwell among Thy saints. Before His throne with songs appear. 3 Oh happy souls that pray

2 His wondrous acts demand, Where God appoints to hear !

His wisdom and His grace,
Oh happy men that pay

The labors of our hands,
Their constant service there!

And transports of our praise :
They praise Thee still, and happy they | Rehearse His name to every shore,
That love the way to Zion's hill. Where'er His power His works proclaim.
4. They go from strength to strength, 13 Let the trump's martial voice,
Through this dark vale of tears;

The timbrel's softer sound,
Till each arrives at length;

The organ's solemn peal,
Till each in heaven appears :

United praise resound :
Oh glorious seat, when God our King To swell the song with highest joy,
Shall thither bring our willing feet! | Let man employ his tuneful tongue.