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THE CHURCH OF CHRIST: ITS ORDINANCES AND PRIVILEGES.

Bholy,

O Father, Son, and Holy Ghost! I claim a place, though weak and lowly,

Among Thy seed, Thy chosen host; Buried with Christ, and dead to sin, Thy Spirit now shall dwell within. 2 My loving Father here doth take me To be henceforth His child and heir,

[me
My faithful Saviour now doth make
The fruit of all His sorrows share;
My Comforter will comfort me,
When darkest clouds around I see.
3 And I have vowed to fear and love
Thee,

And to obey, Thee, Lord, alone
I felt Thy Spirit inly move me,
And dared to pledge myself Thy

own,

Renouncing sin to keep the faith,
And war with evil to the death.

Fain would my eyes my Saviour see;

I wait a visit, Lord, from Thee.
My heart grows warm with holy fire,
And kindles with a pure desire:
Come, my dear Jesus, from above,
And feed my soul with heavenly love.
3 The trees of life immortal stand
In fragrant rows at Thy right hand:
And in sweet murmurs, by their side,
Rivers of bliss perpetual glide.
Haste, then, but with a smiling face,
And spread the table of Thy grace;
Bring down a taste of truth Divine,
And cheer my heart with sacred wine.
Blest Jesus, what delicious fare!
How sweet Thy entertainments are!
Never did angels taste above
Redeeming grace, and dying love.
6 Hail, great Immanuel, all Divine,
In Thee thy Father's glories shine:
Thou brightest, sweetest, fairest one,
That eyes have seen, or angels known.

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ISAAC WATTS. 1719.

L.M.

The table of the Lord.-MAL. i. 12.

4 Yea, all I am, and love most dearly, 1 MY God, and is Thy table spread?

To Thee I offer now the whole;

O let me make my vows sincerely,
Take full possession of my soul;
Let nought within me, nought I own,
Serve any will but Thine alone.
5 And never let my purpose falter,

O Father, Son, and Holy Ghost!
But keep me faithful to Thine altar,
Till Thou shalt call me from my
post;

So unto Thee I live and die,
And praise Thee evermore on high.

RAMBUCH. 1723.

And does Thy cup with love
o'erflow?

Thither be all Thy children led,
And let them all its sweetness know.
Hail! sacred feast, which Jesus

makes,

Rich banquet of His flesh and blood;
Thrice happy he who here partakes
That sacred stream, that heavenly
food.

3 Why are these emblems still in vain
Before unwilling hearts displayed?
Was not for you the Victim slain?
Are you forbid the children's bread?

1202 Jesus Himself drew near and went 4 0 let Thy table honoured be,

And furnished well with joyful

5 Let crowds approach with hearts prepared,

With hearts inflamed let all attend;
Nor, when we leave our Father's
board,

The pleasure or the profit end.
6 Revive Thy dying churches, Lord,
And bid our drooping graces live;
And more, that energy afford
A Saviour's grace alone can give.

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1 A

T Thy command, our dearest
Lord,

Here we attend Thy dying feast, Thy love, like wine, adorns the board, Thy presence gladdens every guest. 2 Our faith adores Thy bleeding love, And trusts for life in One that died; We hope for heavenly crowns above From a Redeemer crucified.

3 Let the vain world pronounce it shame,

And fling their scandals on Thy
cause;
[name,
We come to boast our Saviour's
And make our triumphs in His Cross.

4 With joy we tell the scoffing age,
He that was dead has left His tomb;
He lives above their utmost rage,
And we are waiting till He come.
ISAAC WATTS. 1719.

Abide with us, for... the day is far
spent.-LUKE Xxiv. 29.

JESUS Christ! the Holy One,
I long to be with Thee;

O Jesus Christ! the lowly One,
Come and abide with me.

2 Now while the symbols of Thy love Before Thy saints are set,

And Thou, descending from above,
Their yearning hearts hast met;
Come, and o'ershadow with Thy
power

This lonely heart of mine,
And feed me in this solemn hour
With Thine own bread and wine.
4 My meat indeed-my drink indeed--
Art Thou, my gracious Lord;
Help Thou my soul by faith to feed
On this Thy precious word;
5 Till nourished, strengthened, satis-
My glad and thankful heart [fied,
Forgets the things Thou hast denied
In those Thou dost impart.
MRS. SAXBY. 1850.

1 HERE

JOHN XX. 19.

ERE, O my Lord, I see Thee face to face;

Here would I touch and handle things unseen;

Here grasp with firmer hand the

eternal grace,

[lean.

And all my helplessness upon Thee 2 Here would I feed upon the bread of [of heaven;

God;

Here drink with Thee the royal wine Here would I lay aside each heavy

load;

[forgiven.

Here taste afresh the calm of sin

3 This is the hour of banquet and of 5 I have no help but Thine; nor do I

THE CHURCH OF CHRIST: ITS CONFLICTS AND TRIUMPHS.

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8.7.

S.M.

What I say unto you, I say unto all, 1209 Thy Kingdom come.-MATT. vi. 10.

Watch.-MARK Xiii. 37.

YOME, Kingdom of our God,

1 LORD, her watch Thy Church is 1 Blest reign of light and loved,

keeping,

When shall earth Thy rule obey?
When shall end the night of weeping?
When shall break the promised
day?

See the whitening harvest languish,
Waiting still the labourers' toil;
Was it vain-Thy Son's deep an-
guish ?

Shall the strong retain the spoil?

2 Tidings, sent to every creature, Millions yet have never heard; Can they hear without a preacher ? Lord Almighty, give the word. Give the word!-in every nation Let the gospel-trumpet sound, Witnessing a world's salvation,

To the earth's remotest bound. 3 Then the end! Thy Church completed,

All Thy chosen gathered in, With their King in glory seated, Satan bound, and banished sin;

Gone for ever parting, weeping,

Shed peace and hope and joy abroad, And wisdom from above.

HAB. iii. 2.

EVIVE Thy work, O Lord,

Hunger, sorrow, death, and pain: 1 R Thy mighty arm make bare;

Lo! her watch Thy Church is keep

ing;

Come, Lord Jesus, come to reign ! H. DOWNTON. 1843.

Speak with the voice that wakes the

dead,

And make Thy people hear.

2 Revive Thy work, O Lord,

Disturb this sleep of death;
Quicken the smouldering embers now
By Thine Almighty breath.
Revive Thy work, O Lord,
Create soul-thirst for Thee;
And hungering for the bread of life,
O may our spirits be!

Revive Thy work, O Lord,,
Exalt Thy precious name;
And, by the Holy Ghost, our love
For Thee and Thine inflame.

Revive Thy work, O Lord,
And give refreshing showers;
The glory shall be all Thine own,
The blessing, Lord, be ours.

ALBERT MIDLANE. 1865.

S.M.

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Wilt Thou not revive us again, that
Thy people may rejoice in Thee ?-PSA. lxxxv. 6.

LORD! revive Thy work!"
Bid showers of grace de-
scend;

To longing hearts reveal Thy love,
And save us to the end.

We mourn our languid zeal,

Our unbelief remove;

[Thine;

3 Pass me not, O tender Saviour!
Let me love and cling to Thee;
I am longing for Thy favour;
When Thou comest, call for me,
Even me.

4 Pass me not, O mighty Spirit!
Thou canst make the blind to see;
Witnesser of Jesus' merit,
Speak the word of power to me,
Even me.

Oh! take our hearts and make them 5 Have I long in sin been sleeping,

Lord! fill each soul with love.

"O Lord! revive Thy work!”
Regard Thy "planted" vine;

Behold us each, through Christ Thy
Son,

For Thee, for Thee we pine,
This is our heartfelt prayer,
Content we cannot be ;

We will not, dare not, let Thee rest
Till we Thy glory see.

Long been slighting, grieving
Thee?

Has the world my heart been keep

ing?

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7.6.

I say unto you, the fields are white already to harvest.-JOHN iv. 35. ORD of the living harvest,

1 plain,

Where angels soon shall gather

Their sheaves of golden grain;
Accept these hands to labour,

These hearts to trust and love,
And deign, O Lord, to hasten
Thy Kingdom from above.
2 As labourers in Thy vineyard,
Send us out, Christ, to be
Content to bear the burden
Of weary days for Thee;
We ask no other wages,

When Thou shalt call us home,
But to have shared Thy travail
And see Thy Kingdom come.
3 Come down, Thou Holy Spirit,
And fill our souls with light;
Clothe us in spotless raiment,
In linen clean and white;
Within Thy sacred temple

Be with us, where we stand,
And sanctify Thy people

;

Throughout this happy land. 4 Be with us, God the Father Be with us, God the Son; And God, the Holy Spirit ; O blessed Three in One! Make us a royal priesthood, Thee rightly to adore, And fill us with Thy fulness, Now, and for evermore.

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C. WESLEY. 1782.

78.

That the Word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified. 2 THESS. iii. 1.

EE how great a flame aspires, Kindled by a spark of grace! Jesus' love the nation fires, Sets the kingdoms on a blaze; To bring fire on earth He came, Kindled in some hearts it is, O that all might catch the flame, All partake the glorious bliss! 2 When He first the work begun, Small and feeble was His day; Now the word doth swiftly run, Now it wins its widening way; More and more it spreads and grows, Ever mighty to prevail,

Sin's strongholds it now o'erthrows,
Shakes the trembling gates of hell.
3 Sons of God, your Saviour praise,
He the door hath opened wide;
He hath given the word of grace,
Jesus' word is glorified;
Jesus, mighty to redeem,

He alone the work hath wrought;
Worthy is the work of Him,

Him who spake a world from nought.

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