2 Thanks we give, and adoration,
For the gospel's joyful sound;
May the fruits of thy salvation
In our hearts and lives abound.
3 All our hopes on thee reclining,
Peace companion of our way,
May our sun in smiles declining,
Rise in everlasting day.
Close of the Evening Service.
1 THOU didst make the darksome night, Glorious Being! thou the day,
Which we close with calm delight,
Pleas'd thy precepts to obey.
2 Bounteous Providence divine!
Oh how gracious is thy sway!
Duty and delight combine;
Truest bliss is to obey.
Close of the Evening Service.
SOON will our fleeting hours be past;
And, as the setting sun
Now leaves the clouds in yonder west,
Our parting beams be gone.
2 May he from whom all blessings flow,
Our sacred rites attend:
Unite our hearts in wisdom's ways,
Till life's short journey end:
3 And as the rapid sands run down,
Our virtue still improve ;
Till each receives the glorious crown
Of never-fading love.
The Attraction of the Cross.
EHOLD the affecting sight,
The Saviour lifted high!
Behold the Son of GoD's delight
Expire in agony!
2 We see, and we admire
In sympathy of love;
We feel the strong attractive pow'r,
To lift our souls above.
3 Drawn by such cords as these,
Let all the earth combine,
With cheerful ardour, to confess
The energy divine.
4 In him our hearts unite,
Nor share his griefs alone,
But from his cross pursue their flight
To his triumphant throne.
Reflections on the Death of Jesus.
ITH warm affection let us view,
With pious grief improve,
The solemn and impressive scene
Of Jesus' dying love.
2 Not all the malice of his foes,
His pity could subdue;
'Father! forgive,' he meekly pray'd,
They know not what they do.'
3 Oh what a love was here display'd
Beyond our utmost thought:
How pure the lessons, how sublime,
In life and death he taught!
4 Let not his sacred truths, by us
Be lost or misapplied;
Nor let our thoughtless hearts forget
That 'twas for us he died.
The Love of our Saviour, prompting to Christian Love
JESUS, the friend of man,
Invites us to his board;
The welcome summons we obey,
And own our gracious Lord.
Here we survey that love
Which spoke in ev'ry breath,
Prompted each action of his life,
And triumph'd in his death,
Here let our pow'rs unite
His honour'd name to raise ;
Let grateful joy fill ev'ry mind,
And ev'ry voice be praise.
One faith, one hope, one Lord,
One God alone we know ;
Brethren we are ; let ev'ry heart
With kind affections glow.
Warm'd with our Master's love,
And thy unmeasur'd grace,
LORD! let our thankfnl hearts expand
And all mankind embrace.
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The Law of Love.
1 YE followers of the Prince of Peace,
Who round his table draw,
Remember what his spirit was,
What his peculiar law.
2 The love which all his bosom fill'd,
Did all his actions guide;
Inspir'd by love, he liv'd and taught;
Inspir'd by love, he died.
3 Let each the sacred law fulfil;
Like his be ev'ry mind;
Be ev'ry temper form'd by love,
And ev'ry action kind.
4 Let none who call themselves his friends,
Disgrace the honour'd name;
But by a near resemblance prove
The title which they claim.
Desires after Christian Obedience.
FROM the table now retiring,
Which for us the Lord hath spread,
May our souls, refreshment finding,
Grow in all things like our Head.
2 His example, by beholding,
May our lives his image bear;
Him our Lord and Master calling,
His commands may we revere.
3 Love to God and man displaying,
Walking steadfast in his way,-
Joy attend us in believing!
Peace from God through endless day!
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The Love of Christ.
4 WHEN, in obedience to their Lord,
His followers meet around his board,
His love may well employ the song,
And dwell with praises on the tongue.
2 He lov'd mankind,—their welfare sought,
In all he did, in all he taught ;
Their present peace, their future joy,
His whole concern, his life's employ.
3 Where deep distress prolongs the sigh,
Behold the tender Jesus nigh;
He heals the sick, restores the blind,
Soothes and consoles the drooping mind.
4 What love, what kindness from his tongue, Invite the willing soul to come,
To hear his gospel, learn the way
Which leads thro ugh death to endless day!
5 And shall we fail to love his name
Who thus to teach and save us came,
To show his Father's love to man,—
And died to seal the gracious plan?
6 While life shall last, oh let us prove
Our grateful rev'rence and our love!
In deed and thought, through ev'ry day,
His Father's holy will obey!
Safety through Life's Journey implored.
AYFARING pilgrims, bound for heav'n,
And trav❜ling through a dang'rous road,
LORD! let thy grace to us be giv'n,
And guide us to thy bless'd abode.
2 May all who now assemble here,
And Jesus Lord and Master' call,
In those bright realms of bliss appear,
Where thou, great God! art all in all.
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Y Helper, GoD! I bless thy name
The same thy pow'r, thy love the same: The tokens of thy gracious care
Open, and crown, and close the year.
2 Amidst ten thousand snares I stand,
Supported by thy guardian hand;
And see, when I survey my ways,
Ten thousand monuments of praise.
3 Thus far thy arm hath led me on ;
Thus far I make thy mercy known ;
And, while I tread this dang'rous land,
New blessings shall new songs demand.
4 My grateful soul on life's last shore,
Would raise one sacred pillar more;
And, when through brighter scenes I rove,
Adore and praise thy endless love.
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