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3 He left His radiant throne on high,
Left the bright realms of bliss,
And came to earth to bleed and die!
Was ever love like this?

4 Dear LORD! while we adoring pay
Our humble thanks to Thee,
May ev'ry heart with rapture say,
The SAVIOUR died for me.'

5 O may the sweet, the blissful theme
Fill ev'ry heart and tongue,
Till strangers love Thy charming Name,
And join the sacred song!

Hymn.

Prayer for full Attendance.

1 MY GOD! and is Thy table spread? And doth Thy cup with love o'erflow? Thither be all Thy children led,

And let them all Thy sweetness know.

2 Hail, sacred feast! which JESUS makes;
Rich banquet of His flesh and blood:
Thrice happy he who here partakes
That precious stream, that heav'nly food!

3 Let crowds approach with holy zeal,
By faith and penitence prepar'd;'
Then as our lips the pledges feel,
Salvation by our souls be shar'd!

4 Drawn by Thy quick'ning grace, O LORD! The thronging numbers shall have room, And gather from their FATHER's board The bread, that lives beyond the tomb.

5 Nor let Thy spreading glory rest,

Till through the world Thy truth has run;
Till with this bread all men are blest,
Who see the day, or feel the sun.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Hymn.

Spring.

1 BEHOLD! long wish'd-for spring is come, How alter'd is the scene!

The trees and shrubs are dress'd in bloom, The earth array'd in green.

2 Where'er we tread, the clust'ring flowers
Beauteous around us spring;

The birds, with joint harmonious pow'rs,
Invite our hearts to sing.

3 But ah! in vain I strive to join,
Oppress'd with sin and doubt;

I feel 'tis winter still within,
Though all is spring without.

4 O! would my SAVIOUR, from on high,
Break through these clouds and shine,
No creature then more blest than I,
No song more loud than mine.

5 LORD, let Thy Word my hopes revive,
And overcome my foes;
O make my languid graces thrive,
And blossom like the rose!

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Hymn.

Summer.

praise the bounteous LORD of all, My soul! wake all thy pow'rs:

He calls, and at His voice come forth
The smiling harvest hours.

2 His cov'nant with the earth He keeps;
My tongue His goodness sing:
Summer and winter know their time,'
And harvest crowns the spring. ·

3 Well pleas'd the toiling swains behold
The waving yellow crop;

With joy they bear the sheaves away,
And sow again in hope.

4 Thus teach me, gracious GOD! to sow
The seeds of righteousness;
Smile on my soul, and with Thy beams
The ripening harvest bless.

5 Then, in the last great harvest, I'
Shall reap a glorious crop;

The harvest shall by far exceed
What I have sown in hope.

Hymn.

Harvest.

1 SEE how the little toiling ant
Improves the harvest hours!
While summer lasts, through all her cells
The choicest store she pours.

2 While life remains, our harvest lasts ;
But youth of life's the prime:
Best is thy season for our work,
And this th' accepted time.

3 To-day attend,' is wisdom's voice;
To-morrow,' folly cries:

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And still to-morrow 'tis, when, oh!
To-day the sinner dies.

4 When conscience speaks, it's voice regard,
And seize the fleeting hour;
Humbly implore the promis'd grace,
And GOD will give the pow'r.

Hymn.

Winter.

1 STERN winter throws his icy chains
Encircling nature round:

How bleak, how comfortless the plains,
Late with gay verdure crown'd!

2 The sun withdraws his vital beams,
And light and warmth depart;
And drooping, lifeless nature seems
An emblem of my heart.

3 My heart, where mental winter reigns,"
In night's dark mantle clad,
Confin'd in cold inactive chains,
How desolate and sad!

4 Return, O blissful sun, and bring
The soul-reviving ray;

This mental winter shall be spring,
This darkness cheerful day.

5 O happy state, divine abode,
Where spring eternal reigns,
And perfect day, the smile of GOD,
Fills all the heav'nly plains!

6 Great Source of Light! Thy beams display,
My drooping joys restore,
And guide me to the seats of day,
Where winter frowns no more.

Hymn.

End of the Year.
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1 SING to the great JEHOVAH's praise!
All praise to Him belongs,
Who kindly lengthens out our days,
Demands our choicest songs:

2 Whose providence has brought us through Another various year:

We all with vows and anthems new
Before our GOD appear.

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