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From num'rous disappointments past,
Teach us to hope in thee alone.
2 May this be a much-favour'd hour
To souls in Satan's bondage led!

O clothe thy word with sov'reign power
To break the rocks, and raise the dead!
3 To mourners speak a cheering word,
On seeking souls vouchsafe to shine;
Let poor backsliders be restor❜d,
And all thy saints in praises join.
4 [O hear our prayer, and give us hope,
That, when thy voice shall call us home,
Thou still wilt raise a people up

To love and praise thee in our room.]

366 (2d P.) C.M. Prov. Coll. 10. Wilkins 308.

The Bow drawn at a venture. 1 Kings xxii. 34.

1 A CERTAIN man, when Ahab's sin
Was ripe for punishment,

At a mere venture drew his bow,
But God the arrow sent.

2 Thus in simplicity we bend

The Scripture's wondrous bow, The arrow 's random in our hands, But destin'd where to go.

3 Then, Lord, the random arrow guide
To some poor sinner's heart,

But to the wounded bleeding mind
Thy healing balm impart.

366 (3d P.) L.M. Lewton 30. Hampton 275.

· The same.

1 WHILE at a venture, gracious Lord, Thy servant draws the Gospel-bow,

Direct the arrow to the heart,

For thou canst wound and heal, we know.

2 But dip it in the Saviour's blood,

Wing it with mercy from above,

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Thy mercy I implore,
And wait to see thy face;
Begging 1 sit by the way side,
And long to know the Crucified.
JESUS! attend my cry,
Thou Son of David, hear;
If now thou passest by,

Stand still and call me near:

The darkness from my heart remove,
And shew me now thy pard'ning love.
L. M. Coombs's 45. Islington 40.

70 L. M.

Thy Kingdom come. Matt. vi, 10.
SCEND thy throne, Almighty King,
And spread thy glorics all abroad;
Let thine own arm salvation bring,
And be thou known the gracious GOD.
Let millions bow before thy seat,
Let humble mourners seek thy face,
Bring daring rebels to thy feet,
Subdu'd by thy victorious grace.
O let the ingdoms of the world
Become the kingdoms of the LORD!
Let saints and angels praise thy name,
Be thou thro' heaven and earth ador'd.

BEDDOME.

371(1stP.) L.M.Wareham 117.Green's Hund.89.

Ezekiel's Vision of the dry Bones. Ezek. xxxvii. 3.

LOOK down, O Lord! with pitying eye; See Ad race in ruin 'lie;

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hies o'er the ground,
ter'd heaps around.
'd'ring corpses live?
h'd bones revive?
to thee is known;
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e slain;

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In vain they call, in vain they cry,
Till thine almighty aid is nigh.

4 But if thy Spirit deign to breathe,

Life spreads through all the realms of death; Dry bones obey thy powerful voice; They move, they waken, they rejoice. 5 So, when thy trumpet's awful sound Shall shake the heav'ns and rend the ground, Dead saints shall from their tombs arise, And spring to life beyond the skies.

371 (2d P.) L.M. Wareham 117. Paul's 246.

Prayer for the whole Congregation.

1 LORD, in our hearts implant thy fear,
And make and keep us all sincere ;
Draw burthen'd sinners to thy Son,
And make him to his mourners known.
2 Thy richest grace vouchsafe to give
As each is able to receive ;
The blessed grief to all impart,
Or joy, or purity of heart."

3 Our helpless unbelief remove,
And melt us by thy pard'ning love;
Work in us faith, or faith's increase—
The dawning or the perfect peace.
4 Give each whate'er for each is best,
But grant us all the promis'd rest;
Thy blessing in the means convey,
Nor empty send one soul away.

HYMNS AFTER SERMON.

372 C. M. Bath Chapel 26. New York 33.

The Parable of the Sower, Matt. xiii. 3—23. `

1 NOW, LORD! the heavenly seed is sown, Be it thy servants' care

Thy heavenly blessing to bring down,
By humble fervent prayer,

2 In vain we plant without thine aid,
And water, too, in vain;

LORD of the harvest! GOD of grace!
Send down thy heavenly rain.

3 Then shall our cheerful hearts and tongues
Begin this song divine:

Thou, Lord! hast given the rich increase,
And be the glory thine.'

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373 (1stP.) 148th. Bethesda 112. Eagle Street 16.

Success requested on the Seed sown.

ON what has now been sown,

Thy blessing, LORD, bestow;

The power is thine alone

To make it spring and grow:
Do thou the gracious harvest raise,

And thou, alone, shalt have the praise.

NEWTON.

373 (2d P.) 8. 7. 4. Kentucky 113. Lewes 63.

Shew me a token for good. Ps. lxxxvi. 17.

GRANT us, LORD, some gracious token
Of thy love before we part;

Crown thy word which has been spoken,
Life and peace to each impart ;

And all blessings

Which shall sanétify the heart.

374 L. M. Denbigh 54.

Rowles 78.

The Spread of the Gospel. Matt. vi. 10.

1 TO distant lands thy Gospel send,

And thus thy empire wide extend :
To Gentile, Turk, and stubborn Jew,
Thou King of Grace! salvation shew.
2 Where'er thy sun or light arise,
Thy name, O GOD! immortalize :
May nations yet unborn confess

Thy wisdom, power, and righteousness.

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