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3 Whate'er th' Almighty can
To pardon'd sinners give,

The fullness of our God-made man,
We here with Christ receive.

HYMN 452. C. M. [129]

THAT doleful night before his death,
The Lamb for sinners slain,
Did almost with his dying breath,
This solemn feast ordain.

2 To keep the feast, Lord, we have met,
And to remember thee:
Help each poor trembler to repeat,
"For me, he died for me!"

3 These sacred signs, thy suff'rings, Lord,
To our remembrance bring:
We eat and drink around thy board,
But think on nobler things.

4 O, tune our tongues, and set in frame
Each heart that pants for thee;
To sing, "Hosannah to the Lamb,"
The Lamb that died for me!

HYMN 453. L. M. [129]

YE wretched, hungry, starving poor,

Behold a royal feast!

Where mercy spreads her bounteous store,
For every humble guest.

2 See, Jesus stands with open arms;
He calls, he bids you come:
O, stay not back, though fear alarms!
For yet there still is room.

3 O, come, and with his children taste
The blessings of his love;

While hope attends the sweet repast,
Of nobler joys above!

4 There with united heart and voice, Before the eternal throne,

Ten thousand, thousand souls rejoice,
In ecstacies unknown.

5 And yet ten thousand thousand more
Are welcome still to come:
Ye happy souls, the grace adore;
Approach, there yet is room.

HYMN 454. C. M. [130]

THE King of heaven his table spreads,
And blessings crown the board;
Not paradise, with all its joys,

Could such delight afford.

2 Pardon and peace to dying men,
And endless life are given;
Through the rich blood that Jesus shed
To raise our souls to heaven.

3 Millions of souls, in glory now,
Were fed and feasted here:
And millions more still on the way,
Around the board appear.

4 All things are ready, come away,
Nor weak excuses frame;
Crowd to your places at the feast,
And bless the Founder's name.

HYMN 455. S. M. [131]

GLORY to God on high,

Our peace is made with Heaven;
The son of God came down to die,
That we might be forgiven.

2 His precious blood was shed,
His body bruised for sin:
Remember this in eating bread,
And this in drinking wine.

3 Approach his royal board,
In his rich garments clad;
Join every tongue to praise the Lord,
And every heart be glad.

4 The Father gives the Son;
The Son his flesh and blood:
The Spir't applies, and faith puts on
The righteousness of God.

LOVE-FEAST.

HYMN 456. C. M. [131]

COME, let us use the grace divine,
And all with one accord,
In a perpetual covenant join

Ourselves to Christ the Lord.

2 Give up ourselves through Jesus' power, His name to glorify;

And promise in this sacred hour,

For God to live and die.

3 The covenant we this moment make
Be ever kept in mind;

We will no more our God forsake,
Or cast his words behind.

4 We never will throw off his fear,
Who hears our solemn vow;
And if thou art well pleased to hear,
Come down and meet us now!

5 Thee, Father, Son and Holy Ghost,
Let all our hearts receive;

Present with the celestial host,
The peaceful answer give.

6 To each the covenant blood apply,
Which takes our sins away;
And register our names on high,
And keep us to that day.

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EXCEPT the Lord conduct the plan,
The best concerted schemes are vain;
And never can succeed;

We spend our wretched strength for nought;
But if our works in thee be wrought,
They shall be blest indeed.

2 Lord, if thou didst thyself inspire
Our souls with this intense desire,
Thy goodness to proclaim;
Thy glory if we now intend,
O, let our deeds begin and end,
Complete in Jesus' name!

3 In Jesus name behold we meet,
Far from an evil world retreat,
And all its frantic ways:
Only one thing resolv'd to know,
And square our useful lives below,
By reason and by grace.

4 Now, Jesus, now thy love impart,
To govern each devoted heart,
And fit us for thy will!

Deep founded in the truth of grace,
Build up thy rising Church, and place
The city on the hill.

5 O let our love and faith abound!
O let our lives to all around

With purest lustre shine:
That all around our works may see,
And give the glory, Lord, to thee,
The heavenly light divine.

HYMN 458. C. M. [133]

SEE, Jesus, thy disciples see,
The promis'd blessing give!
Met in thy name, we look to thee,
Expecting to receive.

2 Thee we expect, our faithful Lord,
Who in thy name are join'd;
We wait according to thy word,
Thee in the midst to find.

3 With us thou art assembled here,
But, oh! thyself reveal!
Son of the living God, appear!
Let us thy presence feel.

4 Breathe on us, Lord, in this our day, And these dry bones shall live; Speak peace into our hearts, and say, "The Holy Ghost receive."

HYMN 459. C. M. [134]

BLEST be the dear uniting love,
That will not let us part;
Our bodies may far off remove,
We still are one in heart.

2 Join'd in one spirit to our Head,
Where he appoints we go;
And still in Jesus' footsteps tread,
And show his praise below.

3 O may we ever walk in him,
And nothing know beside;
Nothing desire, nothing esteem,
But Jesus crucified!

4 Closer and closer let us cleave,
To his beloved embrace:

Expect his fulness to receive,
And grace to answer grace.

5 Partakers of the Saviour's grace,
The same in mind and heart,

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