GERMAN HYMN. 7s. Single.

PLEYEL.

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474. Resurrection and Ascension of Christ.

1. ANGELS! roll the rock away;

Death! yield up thy mighty prey;
See! the Saviour leaves the tomb,
Glowing with immortal bloom.

2. Hark! the wondering angels raise
Louder notes of joyful praise;
Let the earth's remotest bound
Echo with the blissful sound.

3. Now, ye saints, lift up your eyes,
See him high in glory rise!
Hosts of angels, on the road,
Hail him-the incarnate God.

4. Heaven unfolds its portals wide,
See the Conqueror through them ride!
King of glory! mount thy throne-
Boundless empire is thine own.

5. Praise him, ye celestial choirs !
Tune, and sweep your golden lyres;
Raise, O earth! your noblest songs,
From ten thousand thousand tongues.

475. The House of Prayer and Praise. 1. LORD of hosts, to thee we raise Here a house of prayer and praise; Thou thy people's hearts prepare Here to meet for praise and prayer.

1. YOUNG and happy as thou art Not a furrow on thy brow: Not a sorrow in thy heart, Seek the Lord thy Maker now. 2. In its freshness bring the flower While the dew upon it liesIn the cool and cloudless hour Of the morning sacrifice. 3. As the first fruits of the year

Should be offered to the Lord, So the first fruits of the heart

On his altar should be poured. 4. Thus the blessing from above

On life's harvest shall be given; Sown in tears, perhaps on earth, Reaped in joyfulness in heaven.

T. B. MASON.

ESHTAMOA. 78. Single.*

1. THOU, from whom we never part,
Thou, whose love is every where,
Thou, who seest every heart,
Listen to our evening prayer.

2. Father, fill our hearts with love,
Love unfailing, full and free;
Love no injury can move,

Love that ever rests on thee.

3. Heavenly Father! through the night
Keep us safe from every ill,
Cheerful as the morning light
May we wake to do thy will.

478. Communion with the Triune God.

1. IN thy presence we appear;

Lord! we love to worship here,
When, within the veil, we meet
Thee upon thy mercy-seat.

2. While thy glorious name is sung,
Touch our lips, and loose our tongue;
Then our joyful souls shall bless
Thee, the Lord, our righteousness.
3. While to thee our prayers ascend,
Let thine ear in love attend;
Hear us, for thy Spirit pleads;
Hear, for Jesus intercedes.

4. While thy word is heard with awe, And we tremble at thy law,

Let the gospel's wondrous love
Every doubt and fear remove.

5. While thy ministers proclaim
Peace and pardon through thy name,
In their voices, let us own
Jesus, speaking from the throne.

6. From thy house when we return,
Let our hearts within us burn;
That at evening, we may say-
"We have walked with God to-day !"

479.

Evening Contemplation.

1. SOFTLY, now, the light of day

Fades upon my sight away;
Free from care, from labor free,
Lord! I would commune with thee.
2. Soon, for me, the light of day
Shall for ever pass away;
Then, from sin and sorrow free,
Take me, Lord, to dwell with thee.
The good Shepherd.

480.
1. SHEPHERD of thy little flock,
Lead me to the shadowing rock,
Where the richest pasture grows,
Where the living water flows.

2. By that pure and silent stream,
Sheltered from the scorching beam,
Shepherd, Saviour, Guardian, Guide,
Keep me ever near thy side.

DUKE STREET. L. M.

J. HATTON.

1. 'Tis by the faith of joys to come,
We walk through deserts dark as night;
Till we arrive at heaven our home,
Faith is our guide, and faith our light.
2. The want of sight she well supplies;

She makes the pearly gates appear;
Far into distant worlds she pries,
And brings eternal glories near.

3. Cheerful we tread the desert through,
While faith inspires a heavenly ray,
Though lions roar, and tempests blow,

And rocks and dangers fill the way.

4. So Abr'am, by divine command,

Left his own house to walk with God;
His faith beheld the promised land,
And fired his zeal along the road.

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3. How bright the triumph none can tell, When the rebellious powers of hell, That thousand souls had captive made, Were all in chains, like captives, led.

4. Raised by his Father to the throne, He sent the promised Spirit down, With gifts and grace for rebel men, That God might dwell on earth again.

483. Christ's Kingdom among the Gentiles. 1. JESUS shall reign where'er the sun Does his successive journeys run; His kingdom stretch from shore to shore, Till moons shall wax and wane no more.

2. For him shall endless prayer be made,
And endless praises crown his head;
His name, like sweet perfume, shall rise
With every morning sacrifice.

3. People and realms of every tongue
Dwell on his love with sweetest song;
And infant voices shall proclaim
Their early blessings on his name.

4. Blessings abound where'er he reigns,
The prisoner leaps to loose his chains;
The weary find eternal rest,
And all the sons of want are blest.

5. Let every creature rise and bring Peculiar honors to our King; Angels descend with songs again, And earth repeat the loud amen. 484.

Creation and Redemption.

1. NATURE, with open volume stands, To spread her Maker's praise abroad; And every labor of his hands

Shows something worthy of a God. 2. But in the grace that rescued man,

His brightest form of glory shines; Here, on the cross, 'tis fairest drawn, In precious blood and crimson lines. 3. O, the sweet wonders of the cross,

Where Christ the Saviour loved and died;

Her noblest life my spirit draws,

From the dear Saviour's bleeding side. 4. I would for ever speak his name,

In sounds to mortal ears unknown;
With angels join to praise the Lamb,
And worship at his Father's throne.

485. Perfections and Providence of God. 1. HIGH in the heavens, eternal God!

Thy goodness in full glory shines; Thy truth shall break through every cloud That veils or darkens thy designs.

2. For ever firm thy justice stands,

As mountains their foundations keep;
Wise are the wonders of thy hands,
Thy judgments are a mighty deep.

3. My God! how excellent thy grace, Whence all our hope, our comfort springs!

The sons of Adam, in distress,

Fly to the shadow of thy wings.

4. From the provisions of thy house,
We shall be fed with sweet repast:
There mercy like a river flows,

And brings salvation to our taste.
5. Life, like a fountain, rich and free,
Springs from the presence of my Lord;
And, in thy light, our souls shall see
The glories promised in thy word.

486. The Sight of God and Christ in Heaven. 1. DESCEND from heaven, immortal Dove, Stoop down, and take us on thy wings,-

REST. L. M.*

TENDERLY.

W. B. BRADBURY.

A calm and un

Unbroken by the last of foes!

1. ASLEEP in Jesus! blessed sleep!
From which none ever wakes to weep;
A calm and undisturbed repose,
Unbroken by the last of foes.

2. Asleep in Jesus! O how sweet
To be for such a slumber meet!
With holy confidence to sing

That death hath lost its venomed sting! 3. Asleep in Jesus! peaceful rest!

Whose waking is supremely blest;
No fear-no woe, shall dim that hour
That manifests the Saviour's power.

4. Asleep in Jesus! O for me
May such a blissful refuge be:
Securely shall my ashes lie,
Waiting the summons from on high.
5. Asleep in Jesus! time nor space
Debars this precious "hiding-place:"
On Indian plains, or Lapland snows,
Believers find the same repose.

6. Asleep in Jesus! far from thee
Thy kindred and their graves may be:
But there is still a blesséd sleep
From which none ever wakes to weep.

490. The Christian's parting Hour. 1. How sweet the hour of closing day, When all is peaceful and serene;

And the broad sun's retiring ray
Sheds a mild lustre o'er the scene!

2. Such is the Christian's parting hour-
So peacefully he sinks to rest;

When faith, endued from heaven with power,

Strengthens and cheers his languid breast.

3. Mark but that radiance of his eye, That smile upon his wasted cheek They tell us of his glory nigh,

In language which no tongue can speak.

4. A beam from heaven is sent to cheer The pilgrim on his gloomy road; And angels are attending near,

To bear him to their bright abode. 5. Who would not wish to die, like those Whom God's own Spirit deigns to bless;

To sink into that soft repose,

Then wake to perfect happiness?

491. Hope in Times of Darkness.
1. WHILE I to grief my soul gave way,

To see the work of God decline, Methought I heard the Saviour say"Dismiss thy fears, the ark is mine. 2. "Though for a time I hid my face, Rely upon my love and power;