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SAINT MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS.

PSALM CXIII.

St. Matt. xviii. 1.

(c. M.)

1 SEE Israel's gentle Shepherd stands,
With all-engaging charms;

Hark how He calls the tender lambs,
And folds them in His arms!

2" Permit them to approach," He cries,
Nor scorn their humble name;

For 'twas to bless such souls as these,
The LORD of angels came.

3 We bring them, LORD, by fervent prayer,
And yield them up to Thee;
Joyful that we ourselves are Thine,
Thine let our offspring be!

4 Ye little flock, with pleasure hear,
Ye children, seek His face;
And fly with transports to receive
The blessings of His grace.

5 If orphans they are left behind,
Thy guardian care we trust;

That care shall heal our bleeding hearts,
If weeping o'er their dust.

SAINT LUKE THE EVANGELIST.

PSALM CXXXVII.

2 Tim. 4, 6.

1 THE race is run, the warfare's o'er,
The solemn hour is nigh,

When offer'd up to God, my soul
Shall wing its flight on high.

2 With heav'nly weapons may I fight
The battles of my LORD;
Finish my course, and keep the faith,
Depending on His word.

3 God hath laid up for all His saints
A crown that cannot fade;

The righteous Judge, at that great day,
Shall place it on their head.

4 The sov'reign King of grace decreed
This prize His suff'rings won,
For all who love and long to see
Th' appearance of His Son.

5 Save me from sin, prepare my soul,
O LORD, for Thine abode;

That face to face I may behold

My SAVIOUR and my

GOD.

(C. M.)

ST. SIMON AND ST. JUDE.

PSALM CXL.

John xv. 17.

(S. M.)

1 LET saints each other love,
Be mindful of His word,

And patient bear what He appoints,
As servants of their LORD.

2 Thus all the saints of GOD,
His messengers and seers,
The narrow path of suff'rings trod,
And walked this vale of tears.

3 Through great afflictions past
To better worlds above.

And more than conquer'd all at last,
Through our Redeemer's love.

4 Suff'rers like them, beneath,

Through much distress and pain, Through various conflicts, grief and death, We trust with them to reign.

5 The LORD our glorious King,
Shall wipe our tears away,
And call us up His praise to sing,
In everlasting day.

ALL SAINT'S DAY.

PSALM CXLIX.

1 ARK! eternal praise ascending,
Round the throne the concert stands,
Cloath'd in robes of white, attending,
Palms of triumph deck their hands.
Multitudes of ev'ry nation,

Join to praise the SAVIOUR'S name;
Hark! they shout aloud SALVATION
To our GoD and to the LAMB.
2 Lo! all angels join their voices;
Lo! they fall before the throne!
Now the choir of heav'n rejoices;
Now the Church of CHRIST they own;
Glory, honour, adoration,

Wisdom, pow'r and majesty,
Sounded thro' the wide creation,
To our GOD for ever be.

3 Let us praise, and join the chorus
Of the saints enthron'd on high!
Here they trusted Him before us,
Now their praises fill the sky:
Lo! we praise Thee, gracious SAVIOUR,
Wonder, love, and bless Thy name;
Pardon, LORD, our poor endeavour!
Pity, for Thou know'st our frame.

Vide 167.

(P. M.)

Rev. v. 11.

1 BEHOLD, the glories of the LAMB,
Amidst His FATHER'S throne;

Prepare new anthems for His name.
And make His honours known.

2 From ev'ry kindred, ev'ry tongue,
Behold the favor'd race;

What distant lands and islands share
The riches of His grace!

3 Hark! how they join their blissful songs,
With angels round the throne;

Ten thousand thousand are their tongues,
But all their joys are one.

4" Worthy the LAMB that died," they cry,
"To be exalted thus :"
Worthy the LAMB, our lips reply,

For He was slain for us.

5 JESUS is worthy to receive
Honour and pow'r divine:
And blessings more then we can give,
Be, LORD, for ever Thine.

6 The whole creation join in one,
To bless the sacred name
Of Him that sits upon the throne,
And to adore the LAMB.

70 may 1 bear some humble part
In that immortal song!

Wonder and joy shall tune my heart,
And love command my tongue.

(c. M.)

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