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TUNE 585.

When exposed to fearful dangers,
Jesus will his own defend;

Borne afar 'mid foes and strangers,
Jesus will appear your friend,
And his presence

Shall be with you to the end.

Behold, a great multitude, which no man can number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, who are before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.

Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honor, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.

THE SEASON OF LENT.

O THOU LAMB OF GOD, which takest away the sin of the world,

Give unto us thy peace.

Lord God, our FATHER in heaven, thou hast manifested thy great love toward us, because that thou hast sent thy Son into the world to be the propitiation for our sins.

We give thee thanks, that thou hast made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light, having delivered us from the power of darkness, and translated us into the kingdom of thy dear Son:

In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins.

L. M.

CHOIR. Give to our God immortal praise;
Mercy and truth are all his ways:
Wonders of grace to God belong,

Repeat his mercies in your song.

TUNE 22.

ALL. He sent his Son with power to save
From guilt, from darkness, and the grave:
Wonders of grace to God belong,

Repeat his mercies in your song.

Lord God, SoN, thou Saviour of the world, forasmuch as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, thou didst also thyself likewise take part of the same, that through death thou mightest destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil. Thou wast in all things made like unto thy brethren, that thou mightest be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things

pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.

Thou wast despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. Thou wast wounded for our transgressions; thou wast bruised for our iniquities;

The chastisement of our peace was upon thee; and with thy stripes are we healed.

L. M.

Maker of all things, Lord our God,
Now veiled in feeble flesh and blood,
To reconcile and set us free

From endless woe and misery;

What heights, what depths of love divine
In thy blest incarnation shine!

Let heaven and earth unite their lays,
To magnify thy boundless grace.

TUNE 22.

Lord God, HOLY GHOST, thou didst descend and abide upon him; thou didst anoint him to preach the gospel to the poor; to heal the broken-hearted; to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind; to set at liberty them that are bruised; to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.

In him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily.

79.

CHOIR. NOW with angels round the throne,

Cherubim and seraphim,

And the church which still is one,
Let us swell the solemn hymn:
Glory to the great I AM!

Glory to the slaughtered Lamb!

ALL.-Blessing, honor, glory, might,
And dominion infinite,

To the Father of our Lord,
To the Spirit and the Word;
As it was all worlds before,
Is, and shall be evermore.

From the sin of unbelief,

From all defilement of the flesh and spirit,

From all self-righteousness,

From every neglect of our duty,

From ingratitude and selfishness,

From lukewarmness,

TUNE 581.

From all indifference to thy meritorious life and death,
Deliver us, gracious Lord and God.

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7s & 68.

What language shall I borrow
To thank thee, dearest friend,
For all thy dying sorrow,
Thy pity without end!

Oh, should I leave thee ever,
Then do not thou leave me:
Lord, let me never, never,

Outlive my love to thee.

TUNE 151.

By thy holy incarnation and birth; thine early exile; thy pure and blameless childhood; thy willing obedience; thy humility, meekness and patience; thy faithfulness in thine earthly calling; thy perfect life before God and man,

Help us, O Christ, to dedicate both soul and body to thy service.
Thy tears and agony, thy crown of thorns and cross,
Lead us to repentance for our sins.

By thy willing sacrifice of thyself even unto death,
Make known to us the mystery of thy love.

10s & 7s.

Lamb of God, thou shalt remain for ever
Of our songs the only theme;

TUNE 185.

For thy boundless love, thy grace and favor,
We will praise thy saving name:

That for our transgressions thou wast wounded,
Shall by us in nobler strains be sounded,

When we, perfected in love,

Once shall join the church above.

Into thine open arms stretched out upon the cross,

Receive us all.

8s & 78.

In the cross of Christ I glory,
Towering o'er the wrecks of time;
All the light of sacred story

Gathers round its head sublime.
When the woes of life o'ertake me,
Hopes deceive, and fears annoy,
Never shall the cross forsake me;
Lo, it glows with peace and joy.

When the sun of bliss is beaming
Light and love upon my way,
From the cross the radiance streaming
Adds more lustre to the day.
Bane and blessing, pain and pleasure,
By the cross are sanctified;

Peace is there, that knows no measure,

Joys that through all time abide.

TUNE 167.

By all thy sacred wounds and precious blood,
By thine innocent suffering and dying,
By thy rest in the grave,

By thy glorious resurrection and ascension,
Bless us and save us, O Christ, our Redeemer.

C. M.

There is a fountain filled with blood,
Drawn from Immanuel's veins;

And sinners, plunged beneath that flood,
Lose all their guilty stains.

TUNE 14.

Fulfill in us thy prayer that all who love thee may be one, as thou art in the Father, and the Father in thee.

Hear us and help us, gracious Saviour.

Thou hast declared unto us the Father's name, that the love wherewith he hath loved thee may be in us,

And thou in us.

CHRIST, AND HIM CRUCIFIED,
Remain our confession of faith.

MINISTER.

Most Holy Lord and God,

Holy, Almighty God,

CHOIR.-Holy and most merciful Saviour,

C. M.

Thou eternal God!

ALL.-Grant that we may never

Lose the comforts of thy death:

Have mercy,

O Lord.

TUNE 519.

¶ In place of this hymn, may be sung the following:

Thou art the way, the truth, the life:
Grant us that way to know;

That truth to keep that life to win,
Whose joys eternal flow.

TUNE 593.

7s & 68.

EASTER.

CHOIR.-The day of resurrection,
Earth, tell it out abroad:
The passover of gladness,
The passover of God.

ALL. From death to life eternal,

From earth unto the sky,

Our Christ hath brought us over,
With hymns of victory.

TUNE 151,

Our hearts be pure from evil,
That we may see aright
The Lord in rays eternal
Of resurrection-light;
And, listening to his accents,

May hear, so calm and plain,
His own, "All hail!" and, hearing,

May raise the victor-strain.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to his abundant mercy, hath begotten us again unto a lively hope, by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead;-unto an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved for us in heaven.

Blessing, and honor, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb, for ever and ever. He was delivered for our offences:

And was raised again for our justification.

Who shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect?
It is God that justifieth.

Who is he that condemneth?

It is Christ that died; yea rather, that is risen again; who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors, through him that loved us.

For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,

Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus, our Lord.

88 & 78.

CHOIR.-Hallelujah! hallelujah!

Hearts to heaven and voices raise;
Sing to God a hymn of gladness,
Sing to God a hymn of praise;

MINISTER.-He, who on the cross a victim

For the world's salvation bled,
Jesus Christ, the King of glory,
Now is risen from the dead.

ALL.-Christ is risen, Christ the first-fruits
Of the holy harvest field,
Which will all its full abundance
At his second coming yield;

TUNE 167.