LEAD us, beavenly Father, lead us

O'er the world's tempestuous sea; Guard us, guide us, keep us, feed us, For we have no help but Thee; Yet possessing every blessing,

If our God our Father be. Saviour, breathe forgiveness o'er us;

All our weakness Thou dost know; Thou didst tread this earth before us,

Thou didst feel its keenest woe; Lone and dreary, faint and weary, Through the desert Thou didst go. Spirit of our God, descending,

Fill our hearts with heavenly joy; Love with every passion blending,

Pleasure that can never cloy:
Thus provided, pardoned, guided,
Nothing can our peace destroy.
479.

IN Thy name, O Lord, assembling,
We Thy people now draw near;
Teach us to rejoice with trembling,
Speak, and let Thy servants hear;
Hear with meekness;
Hear Thy word with godly fear.

While our days on earth are lengthened, May we give them, Lord, to Thee; Cheered by hope, and daily strengthened, May we run, nor weary be;

Till Thy glory

Without cloud in heaven we see.
There, in worship purer, sweeter,
All Thy people shall adore;
Tasting of enjoyment greater
Than they could conceive before:
Full enjoyment;
Full, unmixed, for evermore.
480.

THROUGH the day Thy love has spared
Now we lay us down to rest;
Through the silent watches guard us, .

Let no foe our peace molest; Jesus Thou our Guardian be; Sweet it is to trust in Thee. Pilgrims here on earth, and strangers, Dwelling in the midst of foes, Us and ours preserve from dangers,

In Thine arms may we repose, And, when life's short day is past, Rest with Thee in heaven at last.

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us,

481.

COME, ye souls by sin afflicted,
Bowed with fruitless sorrow down;
By the broken law convicted,
Through the cross behold the crown!
Look to Jesus!

Mercy flows through Him alone.
Take His easy yoke and wear it,

Love will make obedience sweet;

Christ will give you strength to bear it, While His wisdom guides your feet Safe to glory,

Where His ransomed captives meet. Sweet as home to pilgrims weary,

Light to newly opened eyes, Or full springs in deserts dreary, Is the rest the cross supplies; All who taste it,

Shall to rest immortal rise.

Blessed are the eyes that see Him;

Blest the ears that hear His voice; Blessed are the souls that trust Him, And in Him alone rejoice;

His commandments

Then become their happy choice.

482.

and wretched

poor

COME, ye
sinners
Come, tis mercy's welcome hour;
Jesus ready stands to save you,
Full of pity joined with power;
He is able,

He is willing: doubt no more.
O ye needy, come and welcome,
God's free bounty glorify:
True belief, and true repentance,
Every grace that brings us nigh-
Without money,

Come to Jesus Christ and buy. Let not conscience make you linger; Nor of fitness fondly dream; All the fitness He requireth Is to feel your need of Him: This He gives you; Tis His Spirit's rising beam. Come, ye weary, heavy laden, Bruised and mangled by the fall! you tarry till you're better You will never come at all:

If

Not the righteous

Sinners, Jesus came to call.

483. GUIDE me, O thou great Jehovah, Pilgrim through this barren land; I am weak, but Thou art mighty, Hold me with Thy powerful hand: Bread of heaven,

Feed me till I want no more. Open Thou the crystal fountain,

Whence the healing streams do flow, Let the fiery, cloudy pillar

Lead me all my journey through:
Strong Deliverer,

Be Thou still my strength and shield. When I tread the verge of Jordan,

Bid my anxious fears subside; Death of deaths, and hell's destruction, Land me safe on Canaan's side: Songs of praises

1 will ever give to Thee.

Of this gospel not ashamed,

As the power of God to save, Go, where Christ was never named, Publish freedom to the slave;

Blessed freedom!

Such as Zion's children have. When exposed to fearful dangers, Jesus will His own defend; Borne afar, midst foes and strangers, Jesus will appear your Friend; And His presence

Shall be with you to the end. 485. 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,

Travelling through this wilderness, Thanks we give, and adoration,

For Thy gospel's joyful sound;
May the fruits of Thy salvation
In our hearts and lives abound!
Ever faithful

To the truth may we be found.
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486. LO! He comes with clouds descending, Once for guilty sinners slain! Thousand thousand saints attending Swell the triumph of His train; Hallelujah ;

Jesus comes and comes to reign.

Every eye shall now behold Him

Robed in dreadful majesty ;

Those who set at nought and sold Him,
Pierced and nailed Him to the tree,
Deeply wailing,
Shall the true Messiah see.

Blest redemption, long expected,
See! His solemn pomp to share ;
All His saints, by man rejected,
Rise to meet Him in the air:
Hallelujah!
See the day of God appear !
Yea, amen! let all adore Thee,
High on Thine exalted throne;

| Saviour, take the power and glory: Claim the kingdom for Thine own! Hallelujah!

Come and make Thy glories known.

487.

HARK! the voice of love and mercy Sounds aloud from Calvary;

See! it rends the rocks asunder,
Shakes the earth and veils the sky;
It is finished!

Hear the dying Saviour cry!
"It is finished"-O what pleasure
Do these charming words afford !
Heavenly blessings without measure
Flow to us from Christ the Lord:
It is finished!

Saints, the dying words record.

Finished all the types and shadows
Of the ceremonial law !
Finished all that God had promised;
Death and hell no more shall awe :

It is finished!

Saints, from hence your comfort draw. Tune your harps anew, ye seraphs, Join to sing the pleasing theme; All on earth and all in heaven, Join to praise Immanuel's name. Hallelujah!

Glory to the bleeding Lamb!

LOOK, ye saints, the sight is glorious:
See the Man of Sorrows now

From the fight returned victorious:
Every knee to Him shall bow.

Crown Him, crown Him:
Crowns become the Victor's brow.
Crown the Saviour, angels! crown Him!
Rich the trophies Jesus brings;
In the seat of power enthrone Him,
While the vault of heaven rings.

Crown Him, crown Him: Crown the Saviour, King of kings! Sinners in derision crowned Him,

Mocking thus the Saviour's claim; Saints and angels crowd around Him, Own His title, praise His name.

Crown Him, crown Him: Spread abroad the Victor's fame. Hark, those bursts of acclamation ! Hark, those loud triumphant chords! Jesus takes the highest station: O what joy the sight affords ! Crown Him, crown Him, King of kings, and Lord of lords!

489.

PRAISE, my soul, the King of heaven;
To His feet thy tribute bring;
Ransom'd, heal'd, restored, forgiven,
Who like thee His praise should sing?
Hallelujah Hallelujah!
Praise the everlasting King!
Praise Him for His grace and favour
To our fathers in distress;
Praise Him still the same for ever,
Slow to chide, and swift to bless,
Hallelujah Hallelujah!
Glorious in His faithfulness!
Father-like He tends and spares us,

Well our feeble frame He knows;
In His hands He gently bears us,
Rescues us from all our foes;

Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Widely yet His mercy flows. Angels, help us to adore Him,

Ye behold Him face to face;
Sun and moon, bow down before Him;
Dwellers all in time and space,

Hallelujah Hallelujah!
Praise with us the God of grace!