Their hearts with sacred love inspire,
The love of God, the love of man!

3 O animate thy servants, Lord,

With zeal that nothing can repress !
And while they seek to spread thy word,
Their counsels and their labours bless.

4 O send thy Spirit from above,
Nor let his holy influence cease,
Till hatred ends in mutual love,
And strife in universal peace!

KELLY.

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Conversion of the Jews.

ESSIAH, full of grace,

MESS

Redeem'd by Thee we plead

The promise made to Abrahani's race,

To souls for ages dead.

2 Open their graves, and bring

The outcasts forth, to own

S. M.

Thou art their Lord, their God, and King,

Their true Anointed-One.

3 To save the race forlorn,

Thy glorious arm display;

And show the world a nation born,

A nation in a day.

WESLEY.

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Prayer for the Jews.

L. M.

WHY should Israel's sons, once blest, Still roam the scorning world around! Disown'd of heaven, of man opprest, Outcasts from Zion's hallow'd ground. 2 O God of Israel, view their race!

Back to thy fold the wand'rers bring ; Teach them to seek thy slighted grace; To hail in Christ their promised King. 3 The veil of darkness rend in twain,

Which hides their Shiloh's glorious light; The sever'd olive-branch again

Back to its parent stock unite.

4 While Judah views his birthright gone, With contrite shame his bosom move, The Saviour, he denied-to own,

The Lord, he crucified-to love.

5 Haste, glorious day, expected long!

When Jew and Greek one prayer shall raise, With eager feet one temple throng,

One God with grateful rapture praise.

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The same.

PRATT'S COL.

L. M.

GREAT God of Abraham! hear our prayer;

Let Abraham's seed thy mercy share :

Oh! may they now at length return,

And look on him they pierced, and mourn. 2 Remember Jacob's flock of old;

Bring home the wand'rers to thy fold:
Remember, too, thy promised word,
"Israel at last shall seek the Lord."

3 Though outcasts still estranged from Thee,
Cut off from thine own olive-tree,
Why should they longer such remain ?
For Thou can'st graft them in again.

4 Oh! haste the day foretold so long,

When Jew and Greek-a glorious throngOne house shall seek, one prayer shall pour, And one Redeemer shall adore.

LORD look down with pitying eye
Upon thine ancient race!

And bring thy promised mercy nigh,
And show thy saving grace.

2 Remove the veil that long hath hid
The Saviour from their sight;
Conquer their prejudice, and bid
Their darkness turn to light.

3 O bring thy scattered sheep again,
And feed them as of old!

Let Christ o'er all his people reign,
One shepherd, and one fold.

C. M.

BATHURST.

C. M.

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VIII. THE SCRIPTURES.

Their Preciousness.

HOW precious is the book divine,

By inspiration given !

Bright as a lamp its doctrines shine,
To guide our souls to heaven.

2 It sweetly cheers our drooping hearts
In this dark vale of tears :
Life, light, and joy, it still imparts,
And quells our rising fears.

3 This lamp, through all the tedious night
Of life, shall guide our way;
Till we behold the clearer light
Of an eternal day.

FAWCETT.

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Their Fulness.

C. M.

GREAT God, with wonder and with praise,

On all thy works I look ;

But still thy wisdom, power, and grace
Shine brightest in thy book.

2 Here are my choicest treasures hid;
Here my best comfort lies;

Here my desires are satisfied,
And hence my hopes arise.

3 Lord, make me understand thy law;
Show what my faults have been ;
And from thy Gospel let me draw
Pardon for all my sin.

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WATTS.

FATH

Their Excellency.

ATHER of mercies, in thy word
What endless glory shines!

For ever be thy name adored

For these reviving lines.

2 Here may the wretched sons of want
Exhaustless riches find;
Riches above what earth can grant,
And lasting as the mind.

3 Here the Redeemer's welcome voice
Spreads heavenly peace around;
And life and everlasting joys
Attend the blissful sound.

4 O may these heavenly pages be
Through life my chief delight!
And still new beauties may I see,
And still increasing light.

C. M.