Exhortation against Sectarian Spirit. 1 Let party names no more

The Christian world o'erspread :
Gentile and Jew, and bond and free,
Are one in Christ their Head.

2 Among the saints on earth
Let mutual love be found;
Heirs of the same inheritance,
With mutual blessings crowned.

3 Let envy and ill will

Be banished far away;
And all in Christian bonds unite,
Who the same Lord obey.

4 Thus will the church below

Resemble that above;

Where no discordant sounds are heard, But all is peace and love.

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Love to the Church.

1 I love thy kingdom, Lord,

The house of thine abode, The church our blest Redeemer saved, With his own precious blood.

2 If e'er to bless thy sons,

My voice, or hands deny,

These hands let useful skill forsake,
This voice in silence die.

3 If e'er my heart forget
Her welfare, or her wo,
Let every joy this heart forsake,
And every grief o'erflow.

4 For her my tears shall fall;

For her my prayers ascend;
To her my cares and toils be giv'n,
Till toils and cares shall end.

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Saints Rejoicing.

1 Now let our voices join

To form a sacred song;
Ye pilgrims, in Jehovah's ways,
With music pass along.

2 How straight the path appears,
How open and how fair!
No lurking gins t' entrap our feet,
No fierce destroyer there.

3 But flowers of paradise

In rich profusion spring;
The Sun of glory gilds the path,
And dear companions sing.

4 All honor to his name,

Who marks the shining way,To him who leads the wand'rers on

To realms of endless day.

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Man's dependence.

1 Beware of Peter's word,

Nor confidently say,

"I never will deny the Lord," But "grant I never may."

2 Man's wisdom is to seek

His strength in God alone;

And e'en an angel would be weak, Who trusted in his own.

3 Retreat beneath his wings,

And in his grace confide; This more exalts the King of kings Than all your works beside.

4 In Jesus is our store;

Grace issues from his throne; Whoever says, "I want no more," Confesses he has none.

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The Way of Sin not the Way to Heaven. 1 Can sinners hope for heaven, Who love this world so well? Or dream of future happiness, While on the road to hell? 2 Can sin's deceitful way

Conduct to Zion's hill ?
Or those expect with God to reign
Who disregard his will?

3 Shall they hosannas sing,

With an unhallowed tongue? Shall palms adorn the guilty hand Which does its neighbor wrong?

4 Thy grace, O God, alone,

Good hopes can e'er afford!
The pardoned and renewed shall see
The glory of the Lord.

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Adoption.

1 Behold! what wondrous grace
The Father hath bestow'd
On sinners of a mortal race,—

To call them sons of God!

2 'Tis no surprising thing,

That we should be unknown;

The Jewish world knew not their King, God's everlasting Son.

3 Nor does it yet appear,

How great we must be made;

But when we see our Saviour here,

We shall be like our head.

4 A hope, so much divine,

May trials well endure;

May purge our souls from sense and sin, As Christ the Lord is pure.

Faith prevailing in Trouble.

1 If, through unruffled seas,
Toward heaven we calmly sail,
With grateful hearts, O God, to thee
We'll own the fostering gale.

2 But should the surges rise,

And rest delay to come,
Blest be the sorrow-kind the storm,
Which drives us nearer home.

3 Soon shall our doubts and fears
All yield to thy control:
Thy tender mercies shall illume
The midnight of the soul.

4 Teach us, in every state,

To make thy will our own;

And when the joys of sense depart, To live by faith alone.

265. Thanksgiving.

1 Thy bounties, gracious Lord,
With gratitude we own;
We praise thy providential care,
That showers its blessings down.

2 With joy thy people bring

Their offerings round thy throne; With thankful souls, behold, we pay A tribute of thine own.

3 Oh may this sacrifice

To thee, the Lord, ascend,

An odor of a sweet perfume,
Presented by his hand.

4 Well pleased our God shall view

The products of his grace; With endless life shall he fulfil

His kindest promises.

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Faith in Christ our Sacrifice.

1 Not all the blood of beasts,
On Jewish altars slain,
Could give the guilty conscience peace,
Or wash away the stain.

2 But Christ, the heavenly Lamb,
Takes all our sins away;
A sacrifice of nobler name,

And richer blood than they.

3 My faith would lay her hand On that dear head of thine,While like a penitent I stand,

And there confess my sin.

4 My soul looks back to see

The burdens thou didst bear,When hanging on the cursed tree,― And hopes her guilt was there.

5 Believing, we rejoice

To see the curse remove; We bless the Lamb with cheerful voice, And sing his bleeding love.

267. Holy Love.

1 Love is the strongest tie

That can our souls unite;
Love makes our service liberty,
Our every burden light.

2 We run in God's commands
When love directs the way;
With willing hearts and active hands
Our Master's will obey.

3 Love softens all our toil,

And makes our bondage blest; The gloomy desert wears a smile, When love inspires the breast.

The Christian's Warfare.

1 Soldiers of Christ, arise,

And put your armor on,

Strong in the strength which God supplies Through his eternal Son;

2 Strong in the Lord of Hosts,

And in his mighty power;
Who in the strength of Jesus trusts,

Is more than conqueror.

3 Stand then in his great might,

With all his strength endued; But take to arm you for the fight,. The panoply of God:

4 That, having all things done,
And all your conflicts past,

Ye may o'ercome through Christ alone,
And stand entire at last.

5 From strength to strength go on,
Wrestle, and fight, and pray,
Tread all the powers of darkness down,
And win the well-fought day.

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A Psalm before Sermon.

1 Come, sound his praise abroad,
And hymns of glory sing;
Jehovah is the sovereign God,
The universal King.

2 Come, worship at his throne;

Come, bow before the Lord: We are his work, and not our own,

He form'd us by his word.

3 To-day attend his voice,

Nor dare provoke his rod; Come, like the people of his choice, And own your gracious God.

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The Church, the Honor and Safety of a Nation.

1 Great is the Lord our God,

And let his praise be great;
He makes his churches his abode,
His most delightful seat.

2 These temples of his grace,

How beautiful they stand! The honors of our native place

The bulwarks of our land.

3 Oft have our fathers told,

Our eyes have often seen,
How well our God secures the fold,
Where his own sheep have been.

4 In ev'ry new distress

We'll to his house repair;

We'll think upon his wondrous grace,
And seek deliv'rance there.

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Confidence in God.

1 Give to the winds thy fears;

Hope, and be undismay'd;

God hears thy sighs, and counts thy tears; He shall lift up thy head.

2 Through waves, and clouds, and storms, He gently clears the way;

Wait thou his time; so shall this night
Soon end in joyous day.

3 Still heavy is thy heart?

Still sink thy spirits down?
Cast off this weight, let fear depart,
And
every care be gone.

4 What though thou rulest not!
Yet heav'n, and earth and hell
Proclaim, that "God is on the throne,
And ruleth all things well."

Prayer for the Spirit.

1 Come, Holy Spirit, come,

Let thy bright beams arise; Dispel the sorrow from our mindsThe darkness from our eyes.

2 Convince us of our sin;

Then lead to Jesus' blood; And to our wond'ring view reveal The secret love of God.

3 Revive our drooping faith;

Our doubts and fears remove; And kindle in our breasts the flame Of never-dying love.

4 'Tis thine to cleanse the heartTo sanctify the soul

Το fresh life in ev'ry part, pour

And new-create the whole.

5 Dwell, Spirit, in our hearts;

Our minds from bondage free;

Then shall we know, and praise, and love, The Father, Son, and Thee.

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Infants given to God in Baptism.

1 Great God, now condescend
To bless our rising race;
Soon may their willing spirits bend
To thy victorious grace.

2 Oh, what a vast delight,
Their happiness to see!
Our warmest wishes all unite,

To lead their souls to thee.
3 Now bless, thou God of love,
This ordinance divine;

Send thy good Spirit from above, And make these children thine.

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Hope of the Resurrection.

1 And must this body die?

This mortal frame decay? And must these active limbs of mine

Lie mouldering in the clay!

2 God, my Redeemer, lives,
And frequent from the skies,
Looks down and watches all my dust,
Till he shall bid it rise.

3 Arrayed in glorious grace

Shall these vile bodies shine,
And every shape, and every face,
Look heavenly and divine.

4 These lively hopes we owe
To Jesus' dying love-
We would adore his grace below,
And sing his power above.

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Preserving Grace.

1 To God, the only wise,
Our Saviour and our King,

Let all the saints below the skies,
Their humble praises bring.

2 'Tis his almighty love,

His counsel and his care, Preserves us safe from sin and death, And every hurtful snare.

3 He will present our souls, Unblemished and complete, Before the glories of his face,

With joys divinely great.

4 To our Redeemer, God,

Wisdom, with power, belongs; Immortal crowns of majesty, And everlasting songs.