1 AGAIN our earthly cares we leave, And to thy courts repair; Again with joyful feet we come, To meet our Saviour here.
2 Within these walls let holy peace, And love, and concord dwell:
Here give the troubled conscience ease, The wounded spirit heal.
mp 3 The feeling heart-the melting eye, The humble mind bestow; And shine upon us from on high, To make our graces grow.
4 May we in faith receive thy word, In faith present our prayers; And in the presence of our Lord Unbosom all our cares.
5 Show us some token of thy love, Our fainting hope to raise; And pour thy blessing from above, That we may render praise.
1 WITHIN thy house, O Lord, our God, In glory now appear;
Make this a place of thine abode, And shed thy blessings here.
2 When we thine awful seat surround, Thy Spirit, Lord, impart; And let thy gospel's joyful sound With power reach every heart. 3 Here let the blind their sight obtain; Here give the mourners rest: Let Jesus here triumphant reign, Enthroned in every breast.
4 Here let the voice of sacred joy And humble prayer arise,
Till higher strains our tongues employ In realms beyond the skies.
Prayer for a Blessing on public Worship.
1 TO thy temple we repair
Lord, we love to worship there;
There within the vail we meet Thee upon the mercy-seat.
2 While thy glorious name is sung, Tune our lips-unloose 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 when thy Spirit pleads— Hear-for Jesus intercedes.
4 While thy word is heard with awe, While we tremble at thy law, Let thy gospel's wondrous love Every doubt and fear remove. 5 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.'
1 IN thy great name, O Lord, we come, To worship at thy feet; Oh pour thy Holy Spirit down
On all that now shall meet.
2 We come to hear Jehovah speak, To hear the Saviour's voice: Thy face and favor, Lord, we seek ; Now make our hearts rejoice.
3 Teach us to pray, and praise, and hear, And understand thy word;
To feel thy blissful presence near, And trust our living Lord.
Aff 1 LORD, we come before thee now; At thy feet we humbly bow; Oh do not our suit disdain! Shall we seek thee, Lord, in vain ? 2 Lord, on thee our souls depend; In compassion now descend; Fill our hearts with thy rich grace; Tune our lips to sing thy praise. 3 In thine own appointed way, Now we seek thee-here we stay;
Lord, we know not how to go, Till a blessing thou bestow.
4 Send some message from thy word, That may joy and peace afford; Let thy Spirit now impart
Full salvation to each heart.
- 5 Comfort those who weep and mourn, Let the time of joy return;
Those who are cast down-lift up, Make them strong in faith and hope. 6 Grant that all may seek and find Thee a God supremely kind: Heal the sick-the captive free; Let us all rejoice in thee.
The Sacrifice of the Heart.
1 WHEN, as returns this solemn day, Man comes to meet his God,
What rites, what honors shall he pay? How spread his praise abroad?
2 From marble domes and gilded spires Shall clouds of incense rise?
And gems, and gold, and garlands deck The costly sacrifice?
3 Vain, sinful man!-creation's Lord Thy offerings well may spare;
But give thy heart-and thou shalt find, Thy God will hear thy prayer.
1 ALMIGHTY God!-eternal Lord! Thy gracious power make known: Touch, by the virtue of thy word, And melt the heart of stone.
2 Speak with the voice that wakes the dead, And bid the sleeper rise;
Oh let his guilty conscience dread The death that never dies.
3 Let us receive the word we hear, Each in an honest heart;
Lay up the precious treasure there, And never with it part.
4 Now let our darkness comprehend The light that shines so clear: Thy Spirit, Lord, in mercy send, And give us ears to hear.
8s, 7s & 4. Sicilian Hymn. Greenville.
1 COME, thou soul-transforming Spirit, Bless the sower and the seed: Let each heart thy grace inherit; Raise the weak-the hungry feed: From the gospel
Now supply thy people's need. 2 Help us all to seek the blessing Which thou waitest now to give, Let us all, thy love possessing, Joyfully the truth receive; Ånd forever
To thy praise and glory live.
8s, 7s & 4. Sicilian Hymn. Greenville.
1 IN thy name, O Lord, assembling, We, thy people, now draw near; Teach us to rejoice with trembling; Speak, and let thy servants hear- Hear with meekness-
Hear thy word with godly fear. 2 While our days on earth are lengthened, Let us give them, Lord, to thee: Cheered by hope-and daily strengthened, We would run, nor weary be, Till thy glory
Without clouds in heaven we see. 3 There in worship, purer, sweeter, All thy people shall adore; Tasting of enjoyment greater Than they could conceive before; Full enjoyment—
1 THANKS for mercies, Lord, receive;
Pardon of our sins renew;
Teach us, henceforth, how to live With eternity in view.
2 Bless thy word to old and young; Grant us, now, thy peace and love; And when life's short race is run,
Take us to thy house above.
1 SAVIOUR, bless thy word to all, Quick and powerful let it prove; Oh may sinners hear thy call ! Let thy people grow in love. 2 Thine own gracious message bless, Follow it with power divine; Give the gospel great success— Thine the work-the glory thine. 3 Saviour, bid the world rejoice, Send-oh send thy truth abroad! Let the nations hear thy voice- Hear it-and return to God.
Prayer for Sincerity in Worship.
Aff 1 LORD! when we bend before thy throne, And our CONFESSIONS pour, Oh may we feel the sins we own, And hate what we deplore.
2 Our contrite spirits pitying see; True penitence impart :
And let a healing ray from thee Beam hope on every heart.
3 When we disclose our wants in PRAYER, Oh let our wills resign;
And not a thought our bosom share, Which is not wholly thine.
mf 4 And when with heart and voice we strive Our grateful hymns to raise, Let love divine within us live,
And fill our souls with PRAISE.
5 Then, on thy glories while we dwell, Thy mercies we'll review; With love divine, transported, tell- 'Thou, God, art Father too!'
C. M. St. Martin's. St. Ann's.
1 COME, ye that love the Saviour's name, And joy to make it known;
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