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3 Prevent, prevent it by thy grace!
Be thou, dear Lord, my hiding-place
In that accepted day;

Thy pard'ning voice, O! let me hear,
To still my unbelieving fear,

And teach me the right way.

4 Let me among thy saints be found,
When the archangel's trump shall sound,
To see thy smiling face;

That I thy lofty praise may sing,
And make the heavenly mansions ring
With shouts of sovereign grace.

MEETING AND PARTING.

141. 7's. Leland.
How do you do?

BRETHREN, I am come again,

Let us join to pray and sing;

Joseph lives, and Jesus reigns,
Praise him in the highest strains.
2 [Many days and weeks have past
Since we met together last,
Yet our lives do still remain,
Here on earth we meet again.

3 Many of our friends are gone
To their long eternal home;
We are waiting here below,
Soon we after them shall go.]
4 Brethren, tell me how you do;
Does your love continue true?
Are you waiting for your King,
When he shall return again?

5 If you wish to know of me,
How I am, or what I be,-
Here I am, behold who will,
Sure I am a sinner still:-

6 Weak and wounded, sick and lame,
All unholy, all unclean;
Yet I would from sin be free,
And the Lord remembers me.

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A Social or Union Meeting Hymn.

DRAW nigh to us, Jehovah,

"In our social meeting;

"In this propitions hour,
"O may we feel thy power,
"In our social meeting!"

2 Draw nigh, thou blessed Jesus,
In our social meeting;
In mercy now revive us,
In mercy, Lord, revive us,
In this social meeting.
3 Draw nigh, Almighty Spirit,
In our social meeting,
Reveal the blessed Jesus,
O melt, renew, and cleanse us,
In this social meeting.

4 O Father, Son, and Spirit,
Bless our social meeting;

In Christ the Mediator,
Unite us all together,

In this social meeting.

5 Draw us to thee, Jehovah,
In our social meeting;
Give us to feel in union,
O grant us sweet communion,
In this social meeting.

143. 11's. Anon.

Affectionate parting of brethren.

WITH gladness, dear brethren, we met at this

place,

To speak and to hear of God's rich and free grace For all that are needy, afflicted and poor,

The Saviour has balsam and riches in store.

2 If hungry and thirsty, and burden'd with guilt, For you, the dear Saviour, his blood freely spilt: If naked and wounded, just ready to die,

He waits, from his fullness, your wants to supply. 3 You're welcome, poor sinners, no longer delay, The gospel invites you to Jesus to-day;

If you are but willing you need not to doubt,
For those that come to him he will not cast out.

4 On parting, my brethren, I give you my hand,
In token of friendship, that uniting band,
Since we here together no longer can stay,
Be sure you continue devoutly to pray.

5 Farewell, my dear brethren, belov'd of the Lord,
The footsteps of Jesus you'll find in his word ;
Then follow your Leader wherever he goes,
Stand fast and unshaken whatever oppose.

6 The time 'tis approaching when Christ shall appear,
In glory, and then all his saints shall be there,
No fear then of parting, or grief or complaint,
Shall ever be heard from the tongue of a saint.
"But praise and thanksgiving shall be our employ
Our souls always feasting, yet never shall cloy,-
New scenes then unfolding, new joys will afford,
All glory and honour, and praise to the Lord.

144. L. M. Anon.
The parting hand.

MY Christian friends in bonds of love,

Whose hearts in sweetest union prove;
Your friendship's like a drawing band,
Yet we must take the parting hand.

2 Your company's sweet, your union dear,
Your words delightful to mine ear.
Yet when I see that we must part,
You draw like cords around my heart.
3 How sweet the hours have pass'd away,
Since we have met to sing and pray,

How loth are we to leave the place, Where Jesus shows his smiling face! 4 O, could I stay with friends so kind, How would it cheer my drooping mind! But duty makes me understand, That we must take the parting hand. 5 And since it is God's holy will We must be parted for a while, In sweet submission, all as one, We'll say our Father's will be done. 6 My youthful friends in Christian ties, Who seek for mansions in the skies, Fight on, we'll gain that happy shore, Where parting will be known no more. 7 How oft I've seen your flowing tears, And heard you tell your hopes and fears! Your hearts with love were seen to flame, Which makes me hope we 'll meet again. 8 Ye mourning souls, lift up your eyes To glorious mansions in the skies; O, trust his grace :-in Canaan's land We'll no more take the parting hand. 9 And now, my friends, both old and young, I hope in Christ you'll still go on, And if on earth we meet no more, O may we meet on Canaan's shore.

10 I hope you'll all remember me,
If you on earth no more I see,
An interest in your prayers I crave,
That we may meet beyond the grave.
11 O, glorious day! O, blessed hope!
My soul leaps forward at the thought,
When on that happy, happy land,
We'll no more take the parting hand.

FAREWELL.

145. P. M. Anon.

The Pilgrim's farewell

FAREWELL, my friends, I must be gone,

I have no home nor stay with you;
I'll take my staff and travel on,
Till I a better world can view;
I'll march to Canaan's land,
I'll rest on Canaan's shore ;
Where pleasures never end,
And parting is no more:

Farewell, my loving friends, farewell!
2 Farewell, my friends, time rolls along,
Nor waits for mortal cares or bliss;
I'll leave you here and travel on,
Till I arrive where Jesus is.

3 Farewell, my brethren in the Lord,

To you I'm bound with cords of love; If we believe his gracious word,

We all ere long shall meet above. 4 Farewell, ye blooming sons of God, Sore conflicts yet remain for you; But dauntless keep the heavenly road, Till Canaan's fertile land you view. 5 Farewell, old soldiers of the Cross,

You've struggled long and hard for heaven; You've counted all things here but lossFight on, the crown shall soon be given. 6 Farewell, poor graceless sinners, too, It grieves my heart to leave you here! Eternal vengeance waits for you

O turn and see salvation near!

146. 11's. Altered.

The Minister's farewell.

AND now, my dear brethren, I bid you farewell,
I'm going to travel, glad tidings to tell,

I'm going to travel this wilderness through,
Therefore, my dear brethren, I bid you adieu

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