3 But, ere that trumpet shakes
The mansions of the dead,
Hark, from the gospel's cheering voice
What joyful tidings spread!
4 Poor sinners seek His face,
Whose wrath they cannot bear,
Fly to the shelter of His cross,
And find salvation there.

1 YE that die without repentance,
Ye must rise when Christ appears,
Rise to hear your dreadful sentence,
While the saints rejoice in theirs :
You to dwell with fiends infernal,
They with Jesus Christ to reign;
They go into life eternal,

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You to everlasting pain.

OPENING SCHOOL.

Prayer for the School.

1 SHINE on our Sabbath school,
Thou God of mercy, shine!
The eyes that look to Thee are ours;
The hand that gives is Thine.
2 Our teachers sow the seed;
Do Thou their labours own;
The final increase must proceed
From Thee, and Thee alone.
3 Thy Word is in our hand;
O may Thy grace impart

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S. M.

To each a mind to understand,
And a believing heart!

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4 Thus may Thy Spirit bless;
Nor let Thy favour cease;
For wisdom's ways are pleasantness,
And all Thy paths are peace.

The Lord's Day.

1 ONCE more we keep the sacred day
That saw the Saviour rise;

Once more we tune our youthful song
To Him that rules the skies.

C.M.

2 What numbers vainly spend these hours
That are to Jesus due!

Children and parents, how they live,
And how they perish too!

3 O may the God who gave our lives,
And thus far led us on,

Be pleased to train our infant minds
To know and love His Son !

4 Teach us Thy way, while here we learn
To read Thy heavenly Word;
Bless all the kind instruction given,
And make us Thine, O Lord.

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Blessings Implored.

L. M.

1 ASSEMBLED in our school once more, O Lord, Thy blessing we implore; We meet to read, and sing, and pray, Be with us, then, through this Thy day. 2 Our teachers, Lord, be pleased to bless, And crown our studies with success;

In our young hearts Thy truth instil, That we may know and do Thy will. 3 May fervent prayer to Thee ascend For parent, teacher, foe, and friend; And when we in Thy house appear, Help us to worship in Thy fear.

4 When we on earth shall meet no more, May we above to glory soar;

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And praise Thee in more lofty strains,
Where one eternal Sabbath reigns.

Prayer for Blessing.

1 Now may the Lord assist us all
To sing the Saviour's praise;
To join our teachers while they pray,-
Lord, bless the Sabbath days.
2 They seek the Spirit's promised aid
To make the Scriptures plain;
While in our ears they oft resound,
'Ye must be born again.'

3 Hasten the time, Almighty God,
When truth shall set us free;

C.M.

And those that teach us now shall say,
Behold, these bow the knee !

4 Then shall we pray in humble faith,
Lord, crown their work of love;
And grant that they and we at last
May meet in heaven above.

5 There shall we meet a numerous host
Of sinners saved by grace,

All washed in blood, and clad in white,
Prepared for that bright place.

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The First Day.

"TWAS on this day that God came down,
And said, 'Let there be light!'
The light at His commandment shone,
And drove away the night.

2 'Twas on this day that Jesus rose
Triumphant from the grave;
His arm had conquered all His foes,
And now He lives to save.

3 'Twas on this day the Holy Ghost
Upon the church was poured,
And the disciples saw fulfilled
The promise of their Lord.

4 And on this day we read His Word :
O may a heav'nly ray,

Shed by the Spirit of the Lord,
Show us the Living Way!

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Christ's Eye is on us.

C. M.

P.M.

I IF Jesus should come to our meeting to-day, To call out the Christians by name,

Ohow we should listen to what He would say! How solemn the moments would seem! 2 He'd know who they were, for He searches the heart;

We could not the Saviour deceive;

O who are the ones that He'd call out apart? And who are the ones He would leave? 3 Yet Jesus is here, though His form is unseen; His eye is on each of us now;

He knows who has truly sought pardon for sin And longs like the Saviour to grow.

4 His angels are coming like reapers some day,
To sever the tares from the wheat,
And carry God's children in safety away,
Their loving Redeemer to meet.

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CLOSING SCHOOL.

Grateful Petitions.

C.M.

1 HEAR, Lord, the song of praise and prayer, In heaven, Thy dwelling-place,

Of children taught with tender care
The words of truth and grace.

2 Thanks for Thy Word and for Thy day;
And grant us, we implore,

Never to waste in sinful play

Thy holy Sabbaths more.

3 Thanks that we hear; but O impart
To each desires sincere,

That we may listen with the heart,
And learn as well as hear!

4 Do Thou, O Lord, our spirits take
Under Thy gracious sway,
Who canst the wisest wiser make,
And babes as wise as they.

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Closing School.

1 ON what has now been sown,
Thy blessing, Lord, bestow ;
The power is Thine alone,

To make it spring and grow;

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Do Thou the gracious harvest raise,
And Thou alone shalt have the praise.