2 'Scap'd from the world, redeem'd from sin, By fiends pursu'd, by men abhorr'd, Come in, poor fugitive, come in,

And share the portion of thy Lord.
3 Welcome from earth!-lo, the right hand
Of fellowship to thee we give!
With open arms and hearts we stand,
And thee in Jesu's name receive.

4 Say, is thy heart resolv'd as ours?
Then let it burn with sacred love;
Then let it taste the heavenly powers,
Partaker of the joys above.

5 Jesus, attend, thyself reveal!

Are we not met in thy great name? Thee in the midst we wait to feel, We wait to catch the spreading flame. 6 Thou God that answerest by fire, The Sp'rit of burning now impart; And let the flames of pure desire, Rise from the altar of each heart.

7 Truly our fellowship below

'With thee and with the Father is; In thee eternal life we know,

And heaven's unutterable bliss. 8 In part we only know thee here,

But wait thy coming from above;
And we shall then behold thee near,
And then shall all be lost in love.

Hymn 231. P. M.
Visiting a Friend.

1 PEACE on all that here reside;
EACE be on this house bestow'd,

Let the unknown peace of God
With the man of peace abide!
Let the Spirit now come down:
Let the blessing now take place;
Son of peace, receive thy crown,
Fulness of the gospel grace.
2 Christ, my Master, and my Lord,
Let me thy forerunner be:
O be mindful of thy word,
Visit them, and visit me!
To this house and all herein,

Now let thy salvation come!
Save our souls from inbred sin!
Make us thine eternal home!

3 Let us never, never rest

Till the promise is fulfill'd:
Till we are of thee possess'd,
Pardon'd, sanctified, and seal'd;
Till we all, in love renew'd,
Find the pearl that Adam lost,
Temples of the living God,
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost!

Hymn 232. P. M.

EXCEPT the Lord conduct the plan,

The best concerted schemes are vain,

And never can succeed;

We spend our wretched strength for nought,
But if our works in thee are wrought,
They shall be blest indeed.

2 Lord, if thou didst thyself inspire
Our souls with this intense desire,
Thy goodness to proclaim;

Thy glory if we now intend,
O let our deeds begin and end
Complete in Jesu's name! :

3 In Jesu's name behold we meet,
Far from an evil world retreat,
And all its frantic ways;
One only thing resolv'd to know,
And square our useful lives below,
By reason and by grace.

4. Not in the tombs we pine to dwell,
Not in the dark monastic cell,
By vows and grates con'd
Freely to all ourselves we give;
Constrain'd by Jesu's love to live.
The servants of mankind..

5 Now, Jesus, now thy love impart
To govern each devoted heart,
And fit us for thy will!

Deep founded on the truth of grace,
Build up the rising church and place,
The city on the hill.

6 O let our love and faith abound!
O let our lives to all around!
With purest lustre shine!
That all around our works may see,
And give the glory, Lord, to thee,
The heavenly light divine!

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Hymn 233. P. M.

"ATCH'D by the world's malignant

WAT

eye,

Who load us with reproach and shame,

As servants of the Lord most high,
As zealous for his glorious name,
We ought in all his paths to move,
With holy fear and humble love.
2 That wisdom, Lord, on us bestow,
From every evil to depart,
To stop the mouth of every foe;
While upright both in life and heart,
The proof of godly fear we give,
And show them how the Christians live.

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Hymn 234.

1AL

P. M.

LL thanks to the Lamb, who gives us to meet:

His love we proclaim his praises repeat: We own him our Jesus, continually near, To pardon and bless us and perfect us here: 2 In him we have peace, in him we have power, Preserv'd by his grace, throughout the dark hour:

In all our temptations, he keeps us to prove His utmost salvation, his fulness of love. 3 Pronounce the glad word, and bid us be free; Ah! hast thou not, Lord, a blessing for me? The peace thou hast given, this moment impart,

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And open thy heaven, O Love, in my heart!

Hymn 235. C. M.

SER

NEE, Jesus, thy disciples see;
Thy promis'd blessing give:
Met in thy name, we look to thee,
Expecting to receive.

K

2 Thee we expect, our faithful Lord,
Who in thy name are join'd;
We wait according to thy word,
Thee in the midst to find.

3 Whom now we seek, O may we meet! Jesus the crucified:

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Show us thy bleeding hands and feet,
Thou who for us hast died.

Hymn 236. P. M.

APPOINTED by thee we meet in thy

name,

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And meekly agree to follow the Lamb; To trace thine example, the world to disdain, And constantly trample on pleasure and pain. 20 what shall we do our Saviour to love?

To make us anew, come, Lord, from above! The fruit of thy passion, thy holiness give! Give us the salvation of all that believe! 30 Jesus, appear, no longer delay,

To sanctify here, and bear us away;
The end of our meeting on earth let us see;
Triumphantly sitting in glory with thee!

PARTING OF CHRISTIAN FRIENDS.

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Hymn 237. C. M.

OLEST be the dear uniting love,

BThat will not let us part,

Our bodies may far off remove,
We still are one in heart.

2 Join'd in one spirit to our Head,
Where he appoints we go;