1. My God! thy service well demands
The remnant of my days;
Why was this fleeting breath renewed,
But to renew thy praise?

2. Thine arms of everlasting love

Did this weak frame sustain,
When life was hovering o'er the grave,
And nature sunk with pain.

3. Calmly I bowed my fainting head,
On thy dear, faithful breast;
Pleased to obey my Father's call
To his eternal rest.

4. Into thy hands, my Saviour God!
Did I my soul resign,

In firm reliance on that truth

Which made salvation mine.

5. Back from the borders of the grave,
At thy command I come;
Nor will I ask a speedier flight
To my celestial home.

6. Where thou appointest mine abode,
There would I choose to be;
For in thy presence death is life,
And earth is heaven with thee.

3. How cold and feeble is my love!
How negligent my fear!
How low my hopes of joys above!
How few affections there!

4. Great God, thy sovereign power impart,
To give thy word success;
Write thy salvation on my heart,
And make me learn thy grace.

5. Show my forgetful feet the way
That leads to joys on high;
There knowledge grows without decay,
And love shall never die.

565.

Earthly Pleasures dangerous.

1. How vain are all things here below!
How false, and yet how fair!
Each pleasure hath its poison, too,
And every sweet a snare.

2. The brightest things below the sky
Shine with deceiving light;
We should suspect some danger nigh,
Where we possess delight.

3. Our dearest joys, our nearest friends,
The partners of our blood-
How they divide our wavering minds,
And leave but half for God!

4. The fondness of a creature's love,
How strong it strikes the sense!
'Tis there the warm affections move,
Nor can we call them thence.

5. Dear Saviour, let thy beauties be
My soul's eternal food,

And grace command my heart away
From all created good.

566. Prayer for quickening Grace.
1. My soul lies cleaving to the dust;
Lord! give me life divine;
From vain desires, and every lust,
Turn off these eyes of mine.
2. I need the influence of thy grace
To speed me in thy way,
Lest I should loiter in my race,
Or turn my feet astray.

3. Are not thy mercies sovereign still,
And thou a faithful God?

Wilt thou not grant me warmer zeal
To run the heavenly road?

4. Does not my heart thy precepts love,
And long to see thy face?
And yet how slow my spirits move
Without enlivening grace!

HARAN. L. M.

WITH SOLEMNITY.

H. From the "SELAH."

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Ritard.

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1. LORD, thou hast searched and seen me through,

Thine eye commands, with piercing view
My rising and my resting hours,
My heart and flesh, with all their powers.

2. My thoughts, before they are my own,
Are to my God distinctly known;
He knows the words I mean to speak
Ere from my opening lips they break.
3. Within thy circling power I stand,
On every side I find thy hand:
Awake, asleep, at home, abroad,
I am surrounded still with God.

4. Amazing knowledge, vast and great!
What large extent! what lofty height!
My soul, with all the powers I boast,
Is in the boundless prospect lost.

5. O, may these thoughts possess my breast,
Where'er I rove, where'er I rest;
Nor let my weaker passions dare
Consent to sin, for God is there.

2. And come I will to Jesus' feet,
And low before the mercy-seat
Acknowledge all my guilt and shame,
And trust for ever in his name.

3. Enough for me that Christ hath died: Justice Divine is satisfied;

This, this is now my only plea,
That Jesus shed his blood for me.

4. And dost thou, Lord, my sins forgive,
Bid the returning ingrate live?
Never from thee will I depart:
Take full possession of my heart.

569.

God Incomprehensible.

1. WHAT is our God, or what his name, Nor men can learn, nor angels teach; He dwells concealed in radiant flame, Where neither eye nor thought can reach.

2. The spacious worlds of heavenly light, Compared with him, how short they fall!

They are too dark, and he too bright;
Nothing are they, and God is all.

Doxology.

PRAISE God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise him, all creatures here below; Praise him above, ye heavenly host, Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

WELLS. L. M.

HOLDRAYD.

570. Life, the Day of Grace and Hope.

1. LIFE is the time to serve the Lord,

The time t' insure the great reward;
And, while the lamp holds out to burn,
The vilest sinner may return.

2. Life is the hour that God hath given,
To 'scape from hell and fly to heaven;
The day of grace-and mortals may
Secure the blessings of the day.

3. The living know that they must die,
But all the dead forgotten lie;
Their mem'ry and their sense are gone,
Alike unknowing and unknown.

4. Then, what my thoughts design to do,
My hands, with all your might pursue;
Since no device, nor work is found,
Nor faith, nor hope, beneath the ground.
5. There are no acts of pardon passed

In the cold grave to which we haste; But darkness, death, and long despair, Reign in eternal silence there.

571.

Who on Earth are blessed.

1. BLEST are the men, whose hearts do move And melt with sympathy and love;

With endless pleasure, they shall see
A God of spotless purity.

3. Blest are the men of peaceful life,
Who quench the coals of growing strife;
They shall be called the heirs of bliss-
The sons of God-the God of peace.

4. Blest are the sufferers, who partake

Of pain and shame, for Jesus' sake;— Their souls shall triumph in the LordGlory and joy are their reward.

572. Care of Widows and Orphans.

1. THOU God of hope, to thee we bow; Thou art our refuge in distress; The Husband of the widow thou, The Father of the fatherless.

2. The poor are thy peculiar care;

To them thy promises are sure: Thy gifts the poor in spirit share; O, may we always thus be poor. 3. May we thy law of love fulfill,

To bear each other's burdens here, Endure and do thy righteous will, And walk in all thy faith and fear.

Like sympathy and love again.

2. Blest are the pure, whose hearts are clean From the defiling power of sin;

Thou art our refuge in distress; The Husband of the widow thou, The Father of the fatherless.

1. JESUS! thou art the sinner's Friend; As such I look to thee;

Now, in the fullness of thy love,

O Lord! remember me.

2. Remember thy pure word of graceRemember Calvary;

Remember all thy dying groans,
And, then, remember me.

3. Thou wondrous Advocate with God! I yield myself to thee;

While thou art sitting on thy throne,
Dear Lord! remember me.

4. Lord! I am guilty-I am vile,
But thy salvation 's free;
Then, in thine all-abounding grace,
Dear Lord! remember me.

5. And, when I close my eyes in death,
When creature helps all flee,
Then, O my dear Redeemer-God!
I pray, remember me.

574.

Nearness to God.

1. ALONG the mountain track of life,
Along the weary lea,

In rocks, in storms, in joy, in strife,
Let this my heart-cry be-

"Nearer to thee! Nearer to thee !" 2. This pilgrim-path by thee was trod, Jesus! my King! by theeTraced by thy feet,-thy tears,-thy blood,

In love, in death, for me

O bring my soul-nearer to thee! 3. Let every step, let every thought, Sweet memories bear of thee! And hear the soul thy love hath bought Whose every cry shall be "Nearer to thee! Nearer to thee !"

4. Thou wilt! thou dost!-a still small voice Whispers of faith in thee,

Of hope that might in grief rejoice,

If still the way-cry be

"Nearer to thee!

Nearer to thee !"

"MUS. SACRA." ARR.

Choir.

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Congregation.

CODA.

Thine a joyful, wondrous storyOne that angels love to hear. Why not spread, etc.

576.

A Fountain set open.

1. COME to Calv'ry's holy mountain,
Sinners, ruined by the fall!
Here a pure and healing fountain
Flows to you to me-to all,
In a full, perpetual tide,
Opened when the Saviour died.
2. Come, in sorrow and contrition,

Wounded, impotent, and blind;
Here the guilty, free remission-

Here the troubled, peace may find;
Health this fountain will restore;
He that drinks shall thirst no more:-
3. He that drinks shall live for ever-

'Tis a soul-reviving flood:
God is faithful-God will never

Break his covenant in blood;-
Signed, when our Redeemer died,
Sealed, when he was glorified.