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SOCIAL HYMN-BOOK.

C. M.

CAPPE'S SELECTION.

Prayer for Divine Guidance.

1 ETERNAL Source of life and light,
Supremely good and wise!

To thee we bring our grateful vows,
To thee lift up our eyes.

2 Our dark and erring minds illume
With truth's celestial rays;

Inspire our hearts with sacred love,
And tune our lips to praise.

3 Safely conduct us, by thy grace,
Through life's perplexing road;

And place us, when that journey's o'er,
At thy right hand, O God!

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God in all Things.

1 FATHER! thy paternal care

Has my Guardian been, my Guide;
Every hallowed wish and prayer
Has thy hand of love supplied:
Thine is every thought of bliss,
Left by hours and days gone by;
Every hope thine offspring is,
Beaming from futurity.

2 And, for all, my hymns shall rise
Daily to thy gracious throne:
Thither let my asking eyes

Turn unwearied, righteous One!
Through life's strange vicissitude
There reposing all my care,

Trusting still, through ill and good,

BOWRING.

Fixed and cheered and counselled there.

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Song of Adoration.

1 HOLY, holy, holy Lord!

Be thy glorious name adored:
Lord thy mercies never fail ;
Hail, celestial goodness, hail!

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2 Though unworthy, Lord! thine ear,
Deign our humble songs to hear;
Purer praise we hope to bring,
When around thy throne we sing.

3 There no tongue shall silent be;
All shall join in harmony;

That, through heaven's capacious round,
Praise to thee may ever sound.

4 Lord thy mercies never fail; Hail, celestial goodness, hail! Holy, holy, holy Lord!

Be thy glorious name adored.

L. M.

COLLYER.

An Evening Hymn.

1 ANOTHER fleeting day is gone!
Slow o'er the west the shadows rise,
Swift the soft-stealing hours have flown,
And night's dark mantle veils the skies.

2 Another fleeting day is gone!
Swept from the records of the year;
And still, with every setting sun,
Life's fading visions disappear.

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3 Another fleeting day is gone!
But soon a fairer shall arise;
A day, whose never-setting sun
Shall pour its light o'er cloudless skies.

4 Another fleeting day is gone!
In solemn silence rest, my soul,
And bow before His awful throne,
Who bids the morn and evening roll.

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Social Worship.

1 OH! 'tis sweet to mingle, where
Christians meet for social prayer;
Oh! 'tis sweet with them to raise
Songs of holy joy and praise:
Then how blest that state must be,
When they meet eternally!

2 Father! let these meetings prove
Scenes of fervent Christian love:
While we worship in this place,
May we go from grace to grace,
Till we, each in his degree,

Fit for endless glory be.

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L. M.

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Prayer for Steadfastness and Watchfulness.

1 GREAT GOD, our Father and our Friend!
On whom we cast our constant care,
On whom for all things we depend,

To thee we raise our humble

prayer.

2 Endue us with a holy fear;
The frailty of our hearts reveal:
Sin and its snares are always near;
Thee may we always nearer feel.

3 Search, gracious God! each inmost heart;
From guilt and error set us free;

Thy light, and truth, and peace impart,
And guide us safe to heaven and thee.

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S. M.

MRS. STEELE.

God our Benefactor.

1 OUR Maker and our King!

To thee our all we owe:

Thy sovereign bounty is the spring

From whence our blessings flow.