CONFIRMATION.

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Deut. xxvi. 16, 17. 1 Chron. xvi. 14, 15,

Happy day, that fix'd my choice

On Thee, my SAVIOUR, and my God!
Well may this glowing heart rejoice,
And tell Thy goodness all abroad.

2 O happy bond, that seals my vows
To Him, who merits all my love!
Let cheerful anthems fill His house,
While to His sacred throne I move.

'Tis done; the great transaction's done! Deign gracious LORD, to make me T'hine! Help me, thro' grace, to follow on,

Glad to confess Thy voice divine.

4 Here rest my oft divided heart,

Fix'd on Thy GoD, Thy SAVIOUR rest! Who with the world would grieve to part, When call'd on angels' food to feast?

5 High heav'n, that heard the solemn vow, That vow renew'd shall daily hear;

"Till in life's latest hour I bow,

And bless in death a bond so dear.

6 LORD, in Thy holy Church encrease
The gifts of wisdom, truth and peace;
May all these solemn seasons see
New sons and daughters born for Thee.

1 TATHER of All, Thy care we bless, Which crowns' our families with peace; From Thee they spring, and by Thy hand, They have been, and are still sustain'd.

2 To God, most worthy to be prais'd, Be our domestic altars rais'd;

Who, LORD of heav'n, scorns not to dwell With saints in their obscurest cell.

3 To Thee may each united house, Morning and night, present its vows; Our families and rising race

Be taught Thy precepts, and Thy grace.

4 O may each future age proclaim
The honors of Thy glorious name;
While, pleas'd and thankful, we remove
To join the family above.

FUNERAL HYMNS.

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L. M.

LEST are the dead, in CHRIST who sleep,
While o'er their mould'ring dust weweep;

O faithful SAVIOUR, Thou wilt come,
That dust to ransom from the tomb.

2 They rest from toil, the SPIRIT saith;
Their works of mercy, wrought in faith,
Shall find acceptance with their LORD,
And follow them with full reward.

3 LORD, when our spirits we resign,
Around us let Thy glory shine;
May we behold Thy blissful face,
Accepted thro' Thy righteousness.

4 This life's a dream, an empty show;
But that, to which the faithful go,
Hath joys substantial and sincere,
I wake and find me there.

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5 O glorious hour! O blest abode !

Saints shall be near and like their God,
And flesh and sin no more controul
The sacred pleasures of the soul.

6 Their flesh shall slumber in the ground,
'Till the last trumpet's joyful sound:
Then burst the chains with sweet surprise,
And in their SAVIOUR'S image rise.

1 Thess. iv. 14.

S. M.

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HE spirits of the just,

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Confin'd in bodies groan:

"Till death consigns the corpse to dust,

And then the conflict's done.

2 JESUS, who died to save,

The LAMB for sinners slain, Perfum'd the chambers of the grave And made ev'n death our gain.

2 Why fear we then to trust
The place where JESUS lay?
In quiet rests our brother's
* dust,
And thus it seems to say.

4" Forbear my friends, to weep,
"Since death has lost its sting;
"Those christians, that in JESUS sleep,
"Our GOD will with Him bring."

5 This message then receive,
And grief indulge no more;

Be active here for GoD; believe;
And wait the welcome hour.

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Psalm xxxix. 4.

FT as the bell, with solemn toll, Speaks the departure of a soul, Let each one ask himself, "Am I Prepar'd, should I be call'd to die?"

2 LORD JESUS! help me now to flee,
And seek my hope alone in Thee;
Pardon my sins; Thy SPIRIT give,
And to Thy glory let me live.

3 Then when the solemn bell I hear,
If sav'd from sin, I need not fear;
Nor would the thought distressing be,
Perhaps it next may toll for me.

4 Rather, my spirit would rejoice,

L.M.

And long, and wish, to hear Thy voice;
Glad when it bids me earth resign,.
And rise to heav'n, by grace divine.

5 Prepare me, LORD, for thine abode ;
My soul, prepare to meet Thy God,
Him serve on earth, then soar away,
To realms of everlasting day.

Vide Psalm xc.