2 On thec, at the creation,

The light first had its birth:
On thee, for our salvation,
Christ rose from depths of earth;
On thee, our Lord, victorious,

The Spirit sent from Heaven,
And thus on thee, most glorious
A triple light was given.

3 To-day on weary nations
The heavenly manna falls;
To holy convocations

The silver trumpet calls,
Where gospel light is glowing
With pure and radiant beams,
And living water flowing

With soul-refreshing streams.

4 New graces ever gaining

From this our day of rest,
We reach the rest remaining
To spirits of the blest:
To Holy Ghost be praises,
To Father and to Son;
The Church her voice upraises
To thee, blest Three in One.

73.

1 THINE holy day's returning,
Our hearts exult to sec;
And with devotion burning,
Ascend, O God, to thee!
To-day with purest pleasure,
Our thoughts from earth withdraw;
We search for heavenly treasure,
We learn thy holy law.

2 We join to sing thy praises,
Lord of the Sabbath day;
Each voice in gladness raises,
Its loudest, sweetest lay!
Thy richest mercies sharing,
Inspire us with thy love,
By grace our souls preparing
For nobler praise above.

74.

1 FROM every earthly pleasure,
From every transient joy,
From every mortal treasure
That soon will fade and die;
No longer these desiring,
Upward our wishes tend,
To nobler bliss aspiring,

And joys that never end.

2 What though we are but strangers
And sojourners below,
And countless snares and dangers
Surround the path we go?
Though painful and distressing,
Yet there's a rest above;
And onward still we're pressing,
To reach that land of love.

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Father, hear us,

As before thy throne we fall.

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75.

1 GOD Almighty and All-seeing!
Holy One, in whom we all
Live, and move, and have our being,
Hear us when on thee we call ;

Father, hear us,

As before thy throne we fall.

2 Of all good art thou the Giver;

Weak and wandering ones are we;
Then forever, yea, forever,

In thy presence would we be;
Oh, be near us,

That we wander not from thee.

76. 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, May we give them, Lord, to thee; Cheered by hope, and daily strengthened, May we run, nor weary be,

Till thy glory

Without cloud in heaven we sec.

1 WELCOME, days of solemn meeting;
Welcome, days of praise and prayer;
Far from earthly scenes retreating,
In your blessings we would share;
Sacred seasons,

In your blessings we would share.
2 Be thou near us, blesséd Saviour,
Still at morn and eve the same;
Give us faith that cannot waver;
Kindle in us heaven's own flame;
Blessed Saviour

Kindle in us heaven's own flame. 3 When the fervent heart is glowing, Holy Spirit, hear that prayer: When the song of praise is flowing, Let that song thine impress bear; Holy Spirit,

Let that song thine impress bear.

1 GREAT God! this sacred day of thine Demands the soul's collected powers; With joy we now to thee resign

These solemn, consecrated hours: Oh, may our souls, adoring, own The grace that calls us to thy throne. 2 Hence, ye vain cares and trifles, fly! Where God resides appear no more; Omniscient God, thy piercing eye

Can every secret thought explore; Oh, may thy grace our hearts refine, And fix our thoughts on things divine. 3 Thy Spirit's powerful aid impart;

Oh, may thy word, with life divine, Engage the ear and warm the heart;

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Then shall the day indeed be thine: Then shall our souls, adoring, own The grace which calls us to thy throne. 79. 1 THY glory, Lord, the heavens declare; The firmament displays thy skill; The changing clouds, the viewless air, Tempest and calm thy word fulfill; Day unto day doth utter speech, And night to night thy knowledge teach.

2 Though voice nor sound inform the ear, Well known the language of their song, When one by one the stars appear,

Led by the silent moon along, Till round the earth, from all the sky, Thy beauty beams on every eye. 3 While these transporting visions shine, Along the path of Providence, Glory eternal, joy divine,

Thy word reveals, transcending sense; My soul thy goodness longs to see, Thy love to man, thy love to me.

80.

1 FORTH from the dark and stormy sky,
Lord, to thine altar's shade we fly;
Forth from the world its hope and fear,
Father, we seek thy shelter here;
Weary and weak thy grace we pray;
Turn not, O Lord, thy guests away.

2 Long have we roamed in want and pain,
Long have we sought thy rest in vain ;
Wildered in doubt, in darkness lost,
Long have our souls been tempest-tossed;
Low at thy feet our sins we lay;
Turn not, O Lord, thy guests away.

Psalm 23.

81.
1 THE Lord my pasture shall prepare,
And feed me with a shepherd's care;
His presence shall my wants supply,
And guard me with a watchful eye;
My noonday walks he shall attend,
And all my midnight hours defend.
2 When in the sultry glebe I faint,
Or on the thirsty mountain pant,
To fertile vales, and dewy meads,
My weary, wandering steps he leads;
Where peaceful rivers, soft and slow,
Amid the verdant landscape flow.

3 Though in the paths of death I tread,
With gloomy horrors overspread,
My steadfast heart shall fear no ill,
For thou, O Lord, art with me still:
Thy friendly rod shall give me aid,
And guide me through the dreadful shade.

4 Though in a bare and rugged way,
Through devious, lonely wilds I stray,
Thy presence shall my pains beguile:
The barren wilderness shall smile,
Wi.hsudden greens and herbage crowned;
And streams shail murmur all around.

1 THOU art, O God, the life and light
Of all this wondrous world we see;
Its glow by day, its smile by night,
Are but reflections caught from thee;
Where'er we turn, thy glories shine,
And all things fair and bright are thine.
2 When day, with farewell beam, delays
Among the opening clouds of even,
And we can almost think we gaze,
Through opening vistas into heaven,-
Those hues that mark the sun's decline,
So soft, so radiant, Lord, are thine.
3 When night, with wings of starry gloom,
O'ershadows all the earth and skies,
Like some dark, beauteous bird, whose
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Is sparkling with unnumbered eyes,-
That sacred gloom, those fires divine,
So grand, so countless, Lord, are thine.
4 When youthful spring around us breathes,
Thy spirit warms her fragrant sigh;
And every flower that summer wreathes
Is born beneath thy kindling eye:
Where'er we turn, thy glories shine,
And all things fair and bright are thine.

83.

1 BLEST hour! when mortal man retires To hold communion with his God, To send to heaven his warm desires, And listen to the sacred word.

2 Blest hour! when earthly cares resign Their empire o'er his anxious breast, While all around the calm divine Proclaims the holy day of rest.

3 Blest hour! when God himself draws nigh, Well pleased his people's voice to hear, To hush the penitential sigh,

And wipe away the mourner's tear.

4 Blest hour! for where the Lord resorts—
Foretastes of future bliss are given;
And mortals find his earthly courts
The house of God, the gate of Heaven!

84.

1 SWEET the time, exceeding sweet!
When the saints together meet,
When the Saviour is the theme,
When they joy to sing of him.
2 Sing we then eternal love,

Such as did the Father move: He beheld the world undone, Loved the world, and gave his Son. 3 Sing the Son's amazing love; How he left the realms above, Took our nature and our place, Lived and died to save our race.

4 Sing we, too, the Spirit's love;

With our stubborn hearts he strove, Filled our minds with grief and fear, Brought the recious Saviour near. 5 Sweet the place, exceeding sweet, Where the saints in glory meet; Where the Saviour's still the theme, Where they see and sing of him. 85.

1 COME to the house of prayer, O thou afflicted, come;

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The God of peace shall meet thee thereHe makes that house his home.

2 Come to the house of praise,

Ye who are happy now;

In sweet accord your voices raise,
In kindred homage bow.

For ye have felt his love;

Soon shall your trembling tongues be dumb,

Your lips forget to move.

4 Ye young, before his throne,
Come, bow; your voices raise;
Let not your hearts his praise disown
Who gives the power to praise.

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1 AGAIN our earthly cares we leave,
And to thy courts repair;
Again with joyful feet we come;
To meet our Saviour here.
Great Shepherd of thy people, hear!
Thy presence now display;

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We bow within thy house of prayer;

Oh! give us hearts to pray.

3 The clouds which vail thee from our sight,
In pity, Lord, remove;
Dispose our minds to hear aright
The message of thy love.

4 The feeling heart, the melting eye,
The humble mind, bestow;
And shine upon us from on high,
To make our graces grow.

5 Show us some token of thy love,
Our fainting hopes to raise;
And pour thy blessing from on high,
To aid our feeble praise.