Blest is the man whose tender care
Blest is the man whose tender heart
Brother, though from yonder sky

Christians! brethren! ere we part.
Come, weary souls, with sin distressed
Come in, thou blessed of the Lord.

Dismiss us with thy blessing, Lord
Drop the limpid waters now

Eat, drink, in memory of your friend
Eternal Source of life and light

Far from these scenes of night
Father of mercies, send thy grace
From all that dwell below the skies
From the table now retiring

Go to the pillow of disease
God is my strong saivation
Go when the morning shineth
Great is the Lord our God .

How pleasing is the scene, how sweet
How blest the sacred tie that binds
How did my heart rejoice to hear

How blest amid all blessings

How beautiful the sight

If high or low our station be
I love thy church, O God

Jesus, I love thy charming name
Jesus, thou eternal Saviour

O for a closer walk with God

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O God, accept the sacred hour
O God of Zion, from thy throne
O happy day that fixed my choice
Our Heavenly Father calls
Our Heavenly Father, hear.
O here, if ever, God of love
O, sweet it is to know, to feel
O'the delights, the heavenly joys
On thy church, O Power Divine.
O Zion, tune thy voice

Pastor, thou art from us taken
Planted in Christ, the living vine
Prepare us, Lord, to view thy cross

Saviour, thy law we love.
Saviour, who thy flock art feeding
See Israel's gentle Shepherd stand
Sovereign of all the worlds on high
Sweet is the friendly voice

Sweet is the prayer whose holy stream

Thanks for mercies, Lord, receive
The Christian warrior, see him stand
The Saviour gently calls

There is a land míne eye hath seen
There is an hour of peaceful rest

We bid thee welcome, in the name
Were not the sinful Mary's tears
What shall we render, bounteous Lord
What glorious tidings do I hear
When before thy throne we kneel
When Jesus, our great Master, came
When I survey life's varied scene.
While thee I seek, protecting Power.
While through this changing world we roam
Who is thy neighbor? he whom thou
With sacred joy we lift our eyes

GENERAL EPISTLE.

The Merrimack River Ministerial Circle, To all who love the Lord Jesus Christ, and seek to extend the blessed influences of his holy Religion; and to all who pray to the Universal Father, saying, “ Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven," grace and peace be multiplied unto you, through a risen and exalted Redeemer.

DEARLY BELOVED:

IN submitting, for your consideration, the following plan of church organization, differing, as it does, in some important particulars, from the usual form, it seems proper to accompany it with a brief statement of its origin, and the objects and views of those who have been concerned in its production.

The Merrimack River Ministerial Circle is

composed of seventeen Ministers of the Universalist denomination, who are settled pastors, having the care of societies and churches. The Circle meets monthly, for the mutual improvement of its members, and for consultation upon the means best calculated to promote the interests of the cause of religion. In our private conversations, the following facts have appeared:

1. As a general rule, our societies are organized merely so far as to give them a legal existence, and enable them to hold property, and perform, according to law, the business necessary for the maintenance of public worship.

2. Connected with most of our societies, there are churches, having an organization about as meagre as can well be imagined, in any body claiming to have a corporate existThese churches meet, at stated periods, at the communion table, and for the reception of members, or the election of officers; and,

ence.