May our incense rise to thee,

Songs of praise, the voice of prayer. 2 Here are we richly fed,

Refreshed and comforted;

Nourished with celestial food,

Blest with streams from thee, the rock;
We with humble gratitude

Praise thee, shepherd of thy flock.

3 Thou Lamb of God once slain,
Thy people's strength remain;
Oh, preserve us in thy love,
Us in thy pavilion hide;

Ne'er thy hand from us remove,
Be in life and death our guide.

L. M. D.

693.

Tune 166.

LORD Jesus, for our call of grace,
To praise thy name in fellowship
We humbly meet before thy face,
And in thy presence love-feast keep:
Shed in our hearts thy love abroad,
Thy Spirit's unction now impart;
Grant we may all, O Lamb of God,
In thee be truly one in heart.

6s, 7s & 7s.

H. M.

694.

To Christ we homage pay;
We covenant this day,

Tune 341.

Him to serve with all our strength;
Him to love with all our heart;

Him to follow, till at length

We obtain in heaven our part.

695.

ON what has now been sown,
Thy blessing, Lord, bestow;

Tune 342.

The power is thine alone

To make it spring and grow;
Do thou the gracious harvest raise,
And thou alone shalt have the praise.

2 To thee our wants are known,
From thee are all our powers,
Accept what is thine own,
And pardon what is ours:

Our praises, Lord, and prayers receive,
And to thy word a blessing give.

3 Oh grant that each of us,

P. M.

Who meet before thee here,
May meet together thus,

When thou and thine appear,
And follow thee to heaven our home;
Even so, Amen: Lord Jesus, come!

We now return each to his tent,
Joyful and glad of heart,
And from our solemn covenant
Through grace will ne'er depart :
Once more we pledge both heart and hand,
As in God's presence here we stand,
To live to him, and him alone,

Till we surround his throne.

8s, 7s & 4s.

697.

Tune 585.

LORD! dismiss us with thy blessing,
Fill our hearts with joy and peace;
Let us each, thy love possessing,
Triumph in redeeming grace:
O refresh us,

Traveling through this wilderness.

2 Thanks we give and adoration, For thy gospel's joyful sound;

May the fruits of thy salvation
In our hearts and lives abound:
May thy presence

With us, evermore, be found.

3 So, whene'er the signal's given,
Us from earth to call away,
Borne on angels' wings to heaven,
Glad the summons to obey,
We shall surely

L. M.

Reign with Christ in endless day.

DISMISS US with thy blessing, Lord!
Help us to feed upon thy word:
All that has been amiss forgive,
And let thy truth within us live.

2 Though we are guilty, thou art good;
Sprinkle our works with Jesus' blood:
Give every fettered soul release,
And bid us all depart in peace.

S. M.

699.

Tune 595.

ONCE more, before we part,
Oh bless the Saviour's name;
Let every tongue and every heart
Adore and praise the same.

2 Lord, in thy grace we came,
That blessing still impart;
We met in Jesus' sacred name,
In Jesus' name we part.

3 Still on thy holy word

Help us to feed, and grow,
Still to go on to know the Lord,
And practice what we know.

7s.

4 Now, Lord, before we part,
Help us to bless thy name:
Let every tongue and every heart
Adore and praise the same.

SAFELY through another week,
God has brought us on our way:
Let us now a blessing seek,
Waiting in his courts to-day;
Day of all the week the best,
Emblem of eternal rest.

2 Mercies multiplied each hour

Through the week, our praise demand;
Guarded by thy mighty power,

Fed and guided by thy hand;
Though ungrateful we have been,
Only made returns of sin.

3 While we pray for pardoning grace,
Through the dear Redeemer's name,
Show thy reconciling face,

Take away our sin and shame :
From our worldly cares set free,
May we rest this day in thee.

4 Here we're come, thy name to praise;
Let us feel thy presence near :
May thy glory meet our eyes,
While we in thy house appear:
Here afford us, Lord, a taste
Of our everlasting feast.

5 May the gospel's joyful sound

Conquer sinners, comfort saints;
Make the fruits of grace abound,
Bring relief for all complaints:
Thus may all our Sabbaths prove,
Till we join the Church above.

7s.

701.

Tune 581.

SAFELY through another week
God hath brought us on our way
Let us now a blessing seek

On the approaching Sabbath day;
Day of all the week the best,
Emblem of eternal rest.

2 Mercies, multiplied each hour,
Gracious Lord, our praise demand;
Guarded by thy mighty power,
Nourished by thy bounteous hand:
Now from worldly cares set free,
May we rest this night with thee.
3 When the morn shall bid us rise
May we feel thy presence near ;
May thy glory meet our eyes,
When we in thy house appear;
And may all our Sabbaths
Foretastes of the joys above.

prove

LORD! I hear of showers of blessing
Thou art scattering full and free,
Showers the thirsty land refreshing;
Let some droppings fall on me,
Even me, even me!

Let some droppings fall on me.

2 Pass me not, O gracious Father!
Sinful though my heart may be ;
Thou might'st pass me, but the rather
Let thy mercy light on me,

Even me, even me!

Let some droppings fall on me.