HYMN CXXXV.

The parting of Christian Friends.

1 ONCE more to Bethany, once more His little flock the Saviour led; And while their hearts and eyes ran o'er, These were the gracious words He said :— 2 "Go into all the world;-proclaim Pardon throughout the rebel-host; Baptize believers in the name

Of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost:—

3 "Power shall be given you from on high;
The Father's promise I will send;
But tarry, for the hour is nigh;

Lo! I am with you to the end."

4 Thus while He blessed them, they saw

A cloud that caught Him from their view; The heavens received Him; - dumb with awe, They gazed, they worshipp'd, and withdrew. 5 Such was that parting;-here we meet In fellowship of Christian love, And sit as at our Master's feet,

And hear Him speaking from above. 6 LORD JESUS! so Thy servants teach, That when we from each other part, Our lips and lives to all may preach The gospel graven on our heart.

HYMN CXXXVI.

The Descent of the Spirit.—Acts, ii. 1—4.

1 LORD GOD, the Holy Ghost,
In this accepted hour,

As on the day of Pentecost,
Descend in all Thy power;'
We meet with one accord
In our appointed place,
And wait the promise of our LORD,
The Spirit of all grace.

2 Like mighty rushing wind
Upon the waves beneath,

Move with one impulse every mind,
One soul, one feeling breathe:

The young, the old inspire

With wisdom from above;

And give us hearts and tongues of fire
To pray, and praise, and love.

3 Spirit of light, explore,

And chase our gloom away,
With lustre shining more and more
Unto the perfect day:

Spirit of truth, be Thou

In life and death our guide;

O Spirit of adoption, now

May we be sanctified.

HYMN CXXXVII.

Gifts.-1 Cor. xiii.

1 COULD I command with voice or pen
The tongues of Angels and of men,
A tinkling cymbal, sounding brass
My speech and preaching would surpass ;
Vain were such eloquence to me
Without the grace of Charity.

2 Could I the martyr's flame endure,
Give all my goods to feed the poor;
Had I the faith from Alpine steep
To hurl the mountain to the deep,
What were such zeal, such power to me
Without the grace of Charity?

3 Could I behold with prescient eye
Things future as the things gone by ;
Could I all earthly knowledge scan,
And mete out heaven with a span,
Poor were the chief of gifts to me
Without the chiefest-Charity.
4 Charity suffers long, is kind,
Charity bears a humble mind,
Rejoices not when ills befall,
But glories in the weal of all;
She hopes, believes, and envies not,
Nor vaunts, nor murmurs o'er her lot.

5 The tongues of teachers shall be dumb, Prophets discern not things to come,

Knowledge shall vanish out of thought,
And miracles no more be wrought,
But Charity shall never fail,
Her anchor is within the veil.

HYMN CXXXVIII.

Barnabas.-Acts, xi. 22-26.

1 Of Him the sacred record saith,
He was a good man, full of faith,
Who by the Holy Spirit led,
Rejoiced to see the Gospel spread:

2 Spread by the Saints where'er they went From martyrdom to banishment;

The cross through every region bore, And more oppress'd, prevail'd the more. 3 From doom'd Jerusalem cast forth, Eastward and westward, south and north, On fertile field, and barren clod,

They sow'd the seed, the Word of GOD. 4 To heathen Antioch, when they came, And first received their Master's name, They gloried in it, and bequeath'd The inheritance to all that breathed:5 To all that breathed by second birth, Children of GOD, though sons of earth, For "Christians," Christians such shall be Till time becomes eternity.

6 Well then might Barnabas rejoice,
And aid the work with heart and voice,
For though by earth and hell assail'd,
The truth grew mighty and prevail'd.
7 Ye faithful souls, from age to age,
Transmit your heavenly heritage,
Christ's easy yoke with meekness wear,
And bear His cross whose name ye bear:
8 That all the living, in that day,

When Heaven and Earth must pass away,
Redeem'd from sin, through grace restored,
May be caught up to meet the LORD.

HYMN CXXXIX.

The universal Church.-Isa. lxvi. 12. 23.

1 Thus saith the LORD,-"My Church, to thee

Peace, like a river, I will send ;
The Gentiles, in a stream, shall see
My mercy flowing without end.

2 The isles, that never heard my fame,
Nor knew the glory of my might,
They shall be taught to fear my name,
Call'd out of darkness into light.

3 And it shall come to pass, that vows
From sabbath unto sabbath-day,
From moon to moon, in mine own house,

tions, tribes, and tongues shall pay."