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-to hear
And understand thy word;
To feel thy blissful presence near,
And trust our living Lord.

4 Let sinners now thy goodness prove,
And saints rejoice in thee;

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Let rebels be subdued by love,
And to the Saviour flee.

Divine Aid sought.

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 peace and joy afford;

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Let thy Spirit now impart

Full salvation to each heart.

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Social Worship.

LORD, our languid souls inspire,
For here we trust thou art;

Send down a coal of heavenly fire,

To warm each waiting heart.

2 Show us some token of thy love,
Our fainting hope to raise;
And pour thy blessing from above,
That we may render praise.

3 The feeling heart, the melting eye,
The humble mind bestow;

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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 And may the gospel's joyful sound,
Enforced by mighty grace,

Awaken many sinners round
To come and fill the place.

THOU in whom thy saints are one,
Permit us now to see,

In this short hour of prayer and praise,
A glimpse of heaven and thee.

2 While with one heart and one desire,
Low at thy feet we kneel,

Oh warm our hearts with heavenly love,
And all thy grace reveal.

3 Thy gracious presence, Lord, alone
Čan make our worship bless'd,

Drive from our thoughts a vexing world,
And lay our griefs to rest.

4 Descend and bless our waiting souls,
And meet us as thine own;

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And fit us to ascend and praise
Before th' eternal throne.

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Assembling for Worship.

SSEMBLED in thy name, O Lord,
We plead the promise of thy word;
We gather now to seek thy face,-
Oh may thy presence fill the place.
2 When 'mid the sad, forsaken band
Of thy disciples thou didst stand,
Thy voice, divinely speaking "Peace,"
Bade doubt and fear and sorrow cease.
3 Now may we hear the voice of love
Speak peace and pardon from above;
Sweet intercourse with Jesus find,
And prove him powerful, faithful, kind.

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4 Oh send us not away unbless'd,
For on thy gracious word we rest;
We, sinners, to our Saviour flee,
Helpless and hopeless but in thee.

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The Praises of Heaven.

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YOME, Lord, and warm each languid heart, Inspire each lifeless tongue; And let the joys of heaven impart

Their influence to our song.

2 The saints, from sin for ever free,
There mourn its power no more;
But, clothed in spotless purity,
Redeeming love adore.

3 There the bless'd followers of the Lamb
Join in immortal songs;

And endless honors to his name
Employ their tuneful tongues.

4 Lord, tune our hearts to praise and love;
Our feeble notes inspire;

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Till in thy blissful courts above

We join th' angelic choir.

Invocation of the Saviour.

1 COME, thou desire of all thy saints,

Our humble strains attend;

While, with our praises and complaints,
Low at thy feet we bend.

2 When we thy wondrous glories hear,
And all thy sufferings trace,

What sweetly awful scenes appear!
What rich, unbounded grace!

3 How should our songs, like those above,
With warm devotion rise!

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How should our souls, on wings of love,
Mount upward to the skies!

4 Come, Lord, thy love alone can raise
In us the heavenly flame;

Then shall our lips resound thy praise,
Our hearts adore thy name.

5 Dear Saviour, let thy glory shine,
And fill thy dwellings here,

C. M.

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Till life and love and joy divine
A heaven on earth appear.

Mrs. Steele.

Spiritual Strength implored.
NOME, gracious Lord, descend and dwell
By faith and love in

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every breast; Then shall we know and taste and feel

The joys that cannot be expressed.

2 Come, fill our hearts with inward strength,
Make our enlarged souls possess,

And learn the height and breadth and length
Of thine unmeasurable grace.

3 Now to the God whose power can do

More than our thoughts or wishes know, Be everlasting honors done

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By all the church, through Christ his Son.

The Presence of the Saviour.

[ESUS, where'er thy people meet,

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There they behold thy mercy-seat;
Where'er they seek thee, thou art found;
And every place is hallowed ground.
2 Dear Shepherd of thy chosen few,
Thy former mercies here renew;
Here to our waiting hearts proclaim
The sweetness of thy saving name.
3 Here may we prove the power of prayer
To strengthen faith and banish care;
To teach our faint desires to rise
To things unseen beyond the skies.

4 Lord, we are few, but thou art near,
Nor short thine arm, nor deaf thine ear;
Oh rend the heavens this favored hour-
Let thousands feel thy saving power.

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Sincerity.

ORD, when we bend before thy throne,
And our confessions pour,

Teach us to feel the sins we own,

And hate what we deplore.

2 Our burdened spirits pitying see; True penitence impart;

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And let a healing ray from thee
Beam hope on every heart.

3 When our responsive tongues essay
Their grateful songs to raise,
Grant that our souls may join the lay,
And rise to thee in praise.

4 When we disclose our wants in prayer,
May we our wills resign;
And not a thought our bosom share,
Which is not wholly thine.

5 Let faith each meek petition fill,
And waft it to the skies;

And teach our hearts 'tis goodness still
That grants it, or denies.

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SAF

The Sanctuary.

AFELY through another week
God has brought us on our way;

Let us now a blessing seek,
Waiting in his courts to-day;
Day of all the week the best,
Emblem of eternal rest.

2 While we seek supplies of grace,
Through the dear Redeemer's name;
Show thy reconciling face,

Take away our sin and shame;
From our worldly cares set free,
May we rest this day in thee.

3 Here we come thy name to praise;
Let us feel thy presence near:
May thy glory meet our eyes,
While we in thy house appear:
Here afford us, Lord, a taste
Of our everlasting feast.

4 May the gospel's joyful sound

Conquer sinners, comfort saints, Make the fruits of grace abound, Bring relief from all complaints: Thus let all our Sabbaths prove, Till we join the church above.