636 i OH, sweetly breathe the lyres above, When angels touch the quivering string, And wake, to chant Immanuel's love,

Such strains as angel-lips can sing ! 2 And sweet on earth the choral swell,

From mortal tongues, of gladsome lays,
When pardoned souls their raptures tell,

And, grateful, hymn Immanuel's praise. 3 Jesus, Thy name our souls adore;

We own the bond that makes us Thine;
And carnal joys, that charmed before,

For Thy dear sake we now resign. 4 Our hearts, by dying love subdued,

Accept Thine offered grace to-day;
Beneath the cross, with blood bedewed,

We bow and give ourselves away. 5 In Thee we trust, on Thee rely;

Though we are feeble, Thou art strong;
Oh keep us till our spirits fly

To join the bright, immortal throng! 637 i Come, ever-blesséd Spirit, come, And make Thy servants' hearts Thy

home;
Thus consecrated, Lord, to Thee,

May each a living temple be.
2 Enrich that temple's holy shrine

With sevenfold gifts of grace divine ;
With Wisdom, Light, and Knowledge

bless,
Strength, Counsel, Fear, and Godliness.

3 Arm these, Thy youthful soldiers, Lord,

With shield of faith and Spirit's sword; Forth to the battle may they go,

And boldly fight against the foe.
4 With banner of the cross unfurled,

Oh may they overcome the world ;
And so, at last, receive from Thee

The palm and crown of victory. 5 O Trinity in Unity,

One only God and Persons Three I
In Whom, through Whom, by Whom

we live,
To Thee we praise and glory give.
6 Oh grant us so to use Thy grace

That we may see Thy glorious Face; And ever, with the heavenly host,

Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 638 1 While in the hours of blooming youth,

My God, I've felt and owned Thy truth; Thy mercies, with increasing age,

Shall still my grateful heart engage. 2 No human power shall e'er control

This settled purpose of my soul ;
Or urge my constant mind to stray,

But where Thy wisdom points the way. 3 To Thee, O Lord, myself I give;

'Tis to Thy glory I would live : My God, my Strength, my Hope, my

Joy, Thy praise shall all my powers employ.

639
1 YE men and angels, witness now!

Before the Lord we speak;
To Him we make our solemn vow,

A vow we dare not break :
2 That, long as life itself shall last,

Ourselves to Christ we yield;
Nor from His cause will we depart,

Nor ever quit the field.
3 We trust not in our native strength,

But on His grace rely;
May He, with our returning wants,

All needful aid supply.
4 Oh guide our doubtful feet aright,

And keep us in Thy ways;
And while we turn our vows to prayers,

Turn Thou our prayers to praise.
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1 PLANTED in Christ, the living Vine,

This day, with one accord, Ourselves, with humble faith and joy,

We yield to Thee, O Lord !
2 Joined in one body may we be;

One inward life partake;
One be our heart, one heavenly hope

In every bosom wake.
3 In prayer, in effort, tears, and toils,

One wisdom be our guide ;

Taught by one Spirit from above,

In Thee may we abide. 4 Then, when among the saints in light

Our joyful spirits shine,
Shall anthems of immortal praise,

O Lamb of God, be Thine ! 641 I OPPRESSED with noon-day's scorching

heat,
To yonder cross I flee,
Beneath its shelter take my seat :

No shade like this for me! 2 Beneath that cross clear waters burst,

A fountain sparkling free ;
And there I quench my desert thirst :

No spring like this for me!
3 A stranger here, I pitch my tent

Beneath this spreading tree;
Here shall my pilgrim life be spent:

No home like this for me!
4 For burdened ones a resting-place

Beside that cross I see ;
I here cast off my weariness :

No rest like this for me!

DOXOLOGY. To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,

The God whom we adore ; Be glory, as it was, is now,

And shall be evermore.

645
1 If human kindness meets return,

And owns the grateful tie;
If tender thoughts within us burn

To feel a friend is nigh:
2 Oh, shall not warmer accents tell

The gratitude we owe
To Him who died our fears to quell,

Our more than orphan's woe ! 3 While yet His anguished soul surveyed

Those pangs He would not flee, What love His latest words displayed,

.“ Meet and remember Me!” 4 Remember Thee! Thy death, Thy

shame,
Our sinful hearts to share !
O memory, leave no other name

But His recorded there !
646
I ACCORDING to Thy gracious word,

In meek humility,
This will I do, my dying Lord,

I will remember Thee.
2 Thy Body, broken for my sake,

My bread from heaven shall be ;
Thy testamental cup I take,

And thus remember Thee. 3 Gethsemane can I forget?

Or there Thy conflict see,
Thine agony and bloody sweat,

And not remember Thee ? 4 When to the cross I turn mine eyes,

And rest on Calvary,

O Lamb of God, my Sacrifice !

I must remember Thee.
5 Remember Thee, and all Thy pains,

And all Thy love to me!
Yea, while a breath, a pulse remains,

Will I remember Thee. 6 And when these failing lips grow dumb,

And mind and memory flee,
When Thou shalt in Thy kingdom come,

Jesus, remember me !
647
1 How sweet and awful is the place,

With Christ within the doors,
While everlasting love displays

The choicest of her stores ! 2 While all our hearts, and all our songs,

Join to admire the feast,
Each of us cries with thankful tongue,

“Lord, why was I a guest ?”. 3. “Why was I made to hear Thy voice,

And enter while there's room,
When thousands make a wretched

choice, And rather starve than come?". 4 'T was the same love that spread the

feast,
That sweetly forced us in ;
Else we had still refused to taste,

And perished in our sin.
5 Pity the nations, 0 our God !

Constrain the earth to come ;
Send Thy victorious word abroad,

And bring the strangers home.