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HYMN 351.

MOORE. GIHON.

Love divine, all love excelling,
Joy of heaven, to earth come down,
Fix in us thy humble dwelling;

All thy faithful mercies crown:
Saviour, thou art all compassion;
Pure, unchanging love thou art;
Visit us with thy salvation,

Enter every trembling heart.

Come, thou mighty to deliver,

Let us all thy grace receive; May thy light return, and never,

Never more thy temples leave:
Thee we would be always blessing,
Serve thee as thy hosts above;
Bless and praise thee without ceasing,
Glory in thy perfect love.

Finish, then, thy new creation;
Pure and spotless let us be;
May we see thy great salvation,
Perfectly restored by thee;
Changed from glory into glory,

Till in heaven we take our place,
Till we cast our crowns before thee,
Lost in wonder, love, and praise.

HYMN 352.

Praise the Lord by whose kind favor Heavenly truth has reached our ears: May its sweet reviving savor

Cheer our hearts and calm our fears! TRUTH-how sacred is the treasure!

Teach us, Lord, its worth to know: Vain the hope, and short the pleasure, Which from other sources flow.

May our souls, thy truth possessing, Which to-day our ears have heard, Feel for evermore the blessing

By thy grace divine conferred. Till thou take us hence for ever, Saviour, guide us with thine eye; This our aim, our sole endeavor, Thine to live, and thine to die!

HYMN 353.

Glory to the ever-living,
Bounteous Source of love divine;

HYMN 354.

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Cease, ye mourners! cease to languish
O'er the grave of those ye love;
Pain, and death, and night, and anguish,
Enter not the world above.
While in darkness ye are straying,
Lonely in the deep'ning shade;
Glory's brightest beams are playing
Round the ransomed spirit's head.

Cease, ye mourners! cease to languish
O'er the grave of those ye love;
Far removed from pain and anguish,
They are chanting hymns above;
Light and peace at once deriving
From the hand of God most high,
In his glorious presence living,
They shall never, never die.

HYMN 355.

Peace be to this congregation,
Peace to every soul therein;
Peace, the earnest of salvation;

Peace, the fruit of pardoned sin; Peace, that speaks its heavenly Giver; Peace, to sordid minds unknown; Peace Divine, that lasts forever,

Here erect thy glorious throne.

Prince of Peace, in love be near us,
Fix in all our hearts thy home;
With thy blessed presence cheer us,-
Let thy sacred kingdom come.
Raise to heaven our expectation:
Give our favored souls to prove
Glorious and complete salvation,
In the realms of bliss above.

HYMN 356.

Lord, with glowing heart I'll praise thee,
For the bliss thy love bestows;
For the pardoning grace that saves me,
And the peace that from it flows:
Help, O Lord, my weak endeavor;

This dull soul to rapture raise:
Thou must light the flame, or never
Can my love be warmed to praise.

Praise, my soul, the God that sought thee, Wretched wanderer, far astray;

and kindly brought thee