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ONCE more, before we part,

Great God, attend our pray'r;

And seal the gospel on the heart
Of ev'ry person here.

And if we meet no more,

On Zion's holy ground;

O may we reach that blissful shore,
Where all thy saints are bound.

679. 6s. Hawker's Col.
New Dismission.

ONCE more, before we part,

Bless the Redeemer's name ;

Let ev'ry tongue and heart,
Praise and adore the same.
Chorus. Jesus, the sinner's friend,
Him whom our souls adore ;
His praises have no end :
Praise him for evermore.

2 Lord, in thy grace we came,
That blessing still impart;
We meet in Jesu's name,
In Jesu's name we part.
3 Still on thy holy word

We'd live, and feed, and grow-
Go on to know the Lord,
And practise what we know.
4 Here, Lord, we came to live,
And in thy truth increase;
All that's amiss forgive,
And send us home in peace.
[5 Now, Lord, before we part,
Help us to bless thy name;
May every tongue and heart
Praise and adore the same.]

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680. 7s. Newton.

At parting....Acis xx. 32.
OR a season call'd to part,

FOR

Let us now ourselves commend
To the gracious eye and heart
Of our ever-present friend.
2 Jesus, hear our humble pray'r;
Tender Shepherd of thy sheep;
Let thy mercy and thy care
All our souls in safety keep,

3 In thy strength may we be strong;
Sweeten ev'ry cross and pain;
Give us, if we live, ere long
Here to meet in peace again.

[4 Then if thou thy help afford,
Ebenezers shall be rear'd;

And our souls shall praise the Lord,
Who our poor petitions heard.]

681. 8s. Hart.

God an unchangeable Friend....Psalm xlviii. 14.
HIS God is the God we adore,

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THIS

Our faithful, unchangeable friend;
Whose love is as large as his pow'r,
And neither knows measure nor end.
2 'Tis Jesus, the first and the last,
Whose Spirit shall guide us safe home;
We'll praise him for all that is past,
And trust him for all that's to come.

682. 104th.
104th. Hammond.

God an unchangeable friend....Psalm xxx. 4, 5.
F Jesus is ours, we have a true friend,

IF

His goodness endures the same to the end; Our comforts may vary, our frames may decline, We cannot miscarry, our aid is divine.

2 Tho' God may delay to shew us his light, And heaviness may endure for a night;

Yet joy in the morning shall surely abound;
No shadow of turning in Jesus is found.

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WHAT shall I do, my Saviour to praise ? So faithful and true, so plenteous in grace; So strong to deliver, so good to redeem The weakest believer, that hangs upon him! How happy the man, whose heart is set free! The people who can be joyful in thee; Their joy is to walk in the light of thy face, And still they are talking of Jesus's grace. 3 Their daily delight will be in thy name; They shall, as their right, thy righteousness claim; Thy righteousness wearing, and cleans'd by thy blood,

Bold shall they appear in the presence of God.

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684. 148th. Newton.
At parting.

To thee our wants are known,
From thee are all our pow'rs:

Accept what is thine own,

And pardon what is ours;

Our praises Lord, and pray'rs receive,

And to thy word a blessing give.

685. 8.7. Newton.

At parting....2 Cor. xiii. 14.

MAY

AY the grace of Christ, our Saviour,
And the Father's boundless love,

With the holy Spirit's favour,

Rest upon us from above.

2 Thus may we abide in union,
With each other and the Lord:
And possess, in sweet communion,
Joys which earth cannot afford.

686. 8.7. Deacon's Col.

New Dismissions.

1L Bid us all depart in peace;
ORD, dismiss us with thy blessing,

Still on gospel manna feeding,
Pure, seraphic joys increase.

2 Fill each breast with consolation;
Up to thee our voices raise;
When we reach thy blissful station,
Then we'll give thee nobler praise.
Chorus. And sing hallelujah

To God and the Lamb,
For ever, and ever,
Hallelujah, Amen.

687.

8. 7. 4. Taylor's Col
At parting.

1 LORD, vouchsafe to us thy blessing; Fill our hearts with joy and peace;

Let us now, thy love possessing,
Triumph in redeeming grace :

O refresh us!

Trav'lling thro' this wilderness.

2 Thanks we give, and adoration,
For thy gospel's joyful sound;
May the fruits of thy salvation,
In our hearts and lives abound.
May thy presence

With us evermore be found.

3 So, whene'er the signal's given,
Us from earth to call away,
Borne on angels' wings to heav'n,
Glad the summons to obey:
May we ever

Reign with Christ in endless day,

688.

PRAISE

RAISE God, from whom all blessings flow,
Praise him all creatures here below,

Praise him above, ye heav'nly host,
Praise Father, Son, and holy Ghost.

689. L. M. Dorrington.

GREAT, everlasting God, to thee,

essence One, in persons Three ; May all thy works their tributes bring, And ev'ry age thy glory sing.

Ho

690. L. M. Dixon's Psalmody.
OLY, holy, holy, Lord God,
All things declare thy Majesty:
Angels and men aloud do cry,
Glory to thee, O Lord, most high.

691. L. M. Anon.

PRAISE

RAISE God the Father, and the Son,
And God the Spirit, Three in One ;
Ye hosts above, his praise proclaim,
And ev'ry creature say, amen.

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692. C. M. Wallin.

O God the Father, God the Son,
Your grateful voices raise ;

And God the Spirit, Three in One,
Give an immortal praise.

693. C. M. Hodson's Col.
O Father, Son, and holy Ghost,

T The God whom we adore,

Be everlasting honors paid,
Henceforth, for evermore.

694. C. M. Maxwell.

ALL glory to th' Eternal Three,

And undivided One;

To Father, Son, and Spirit be
Coequal honors done.