3 Thrice blest will all our blessings be,
When we can look through them to thee;
When each glad heart its tribute pays
Of love, and gratitude, and praise.

4 And while we to thy glory live,
May we to thee all glory give,
Until the final summons come,

That calls thy willing servants home.

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"From Me is thy fruit found."

C. M.

1 FATHER, to thee my soul I lift,
On thee my hope depends,
Convinced that every perfect gift
From thee alone descends.

2 Mercy and grace are thine alone,
And power and wisdom too;
Without the Spirit of thy Son,
We nothing good can do.

3 Thou all our works in us hast wrought,
Our good is all divine;

The praise of every holy thought
And righteous word is thine.

4 From thee, through Jesus, we receive
The power on thee to call,

In whom we are, and move, and live:
Our God is all in all.

1 YE servants of the Lord,

Each in his office wait;

With joy obey his heavenly word,
And watch before his gate.

2 Let all your lamps be bright,
And trim the golden flame;
Gird up your loins, as in his sight,
For awful is his name.

3 Watch!-'tis your Lord's command;
And while we speak, he's near;
Mark every signal of his hand,
And ready all appear.

4 O, happy servant he,

In such a posture found!

He shall his Lord with rapture see,
And be with honour crowned.

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S. M.

"Watch and Pray!"

S. M Double.

1 Ан, when shall I awake

From sin's soft soothing power;

The slumber from my spirit shake,

And rise to fall no more?

Awake, no more to sleep,

But stand with constant care,
Look up to God my soul to keep,

And ever watch in prayer.

2 O, could I always pray,

And

never, never faintFreely to God might I convey

Each woe and each complaint; Before him might I lie,

And tell him all my care; And Father, Abba Father, cry, And pour a ceaseless prayer!

3 My Saviour, I would wait,

Till thou shalt make me whole; Till thou shalt all things new create In my believing soul;

Till thou my sins subdue,

Till thou my sins destroy,

My spirit after God renew,
And fill with peace and joy.

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"The Bridegroom Cometh !"

1 REJOICE, rejoice believers!

7s & 6s.

The darker night is near.
The Bridegroom is arising;

And soon will he draw nigh:
Up, pray, and watch, and wrestle,

At midnight comes the cry.

2 See that your lamps are burning,
Replenish them with oil;
Look now for your salvation,
The end of sin and toil.
The watchers on the mountain

Proclaim the Bridegroom near,

Go, meet him as he cometh,
With hallelujahs clear.

3 0, wise and holy virgins,
Now raise your voices higher,
Till in your jubilations,

Ye meet the angel-choir.
The marriage feast is waiting,
The gates wide open stand;
Up, up, ye heirs of glory,
The Bridegroom is at hand.

4 Our hope and expectation,
O Jesus, now appear;
Arise, thou Sun so looked for,
O'er this benighted sphere!
With hearts and hands uplifted,
We plead, O Lord, to see

The day of our redemption,
And ever be with thee.

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THE CHURCH.

On laying the Corner-Stone of a Church.

1 THE ground on which this day we stand,
Holy henceforth shall be,

For thus, Lord God of sea and land,
Thine own we render thee.

2 Maker and Builder thou, of all
Around us and above,

On thine Almighty name we call
To crown our work of love.

3 An earthly temple to thy praise,
Our labouring hands would pile;
Do thou a sacred temple raise,
Within its walls, the while.

4 Of living stones that temple frame,
Founded on Christ alone,
Inscribed with his exalted name,
By all men read and known.

5 From thence, as time and tide roll by,
May ransomed souls ascend,

Safe in their Father's home on high,
Eternity to spend.

C. M.