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2 In vain we teach, unless thy grace
Instruct each tender heart;

Then deign to hear, hide not thy face,
Thy Spirit, Lord, impart.

3 Without thee we can nothing do,
But further from thee stray;

Oh! change our hearts, our minds renew,
And teach us how to pray.

4 And may the sacred tie of love
Bind us together here;

A foretaste give of joys above,
Life's pilgrimage to cheer.

5 Thus while on earth, we would adore;
When death shall close our eyes,

May teachers, children, meet once more,
Transplanted to the skies.

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Loving-kindness.

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And sing thy great Redeemer's praise;
He justly claims a song from thee,-
His loving-kindness, O how free!

WAKE, my soul, in joyful lays,

2 He saw me ruined in the fall,
Yet loved me notwithstanding all,
He saved me from my lost estate,-
His loving-kindness, Ö how great!

3 Though numerous hosts of mighty foes,
Though earth and hell my way oppose,
He safely leads my soul along,-

His loving kindness, O how strong!

4 When trouble, like a gloomy cloud,
Has gathered thick, and thundered loud,
He near my soul has always stood,-
His loving-kindness, O how good!

5 Often I feel my sinful heart
Prone from my Saviour to depart;
But though I oft have him forgot,
His loving-kindness changes not.
6 Soon shall I pass the gloomy vale.
Soon all my mortal powers must fail;
O may my last expiring breath
His loving-kindness sing in death.
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The great Teacher.

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CHRIST was teaching all the day

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Where the throng of hearers met;

And at night retired to pray

In the mount of Olivet.

2 He on no soft couch reposed

Through the 'customed hours of sleep;
But when others' eyes were closed,
He awoke to pray and weep.

3 All the labours we have shared,
O how poor, and little worth,
When with those, so great, compared,
Of our Saviour upon earth!

4 0 may gratitude inspire,

Him to follow now above;
Then our hearts will never tire
In these humble deeds of love.

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Are enough for life's woes, full enough for its cheer.

2 I would not live alway, thus fettered by sin, Temptation without, and corruption within: E'en the rapture of pardon is mingled with fears,

And the cup of thanksgiving with penitent tears.

3 I would not live alway; no-welcome the

tomb;

Since Jesus hath lain there, I dread not

gloom :

There, sweet be my rest, till he bid me arise, To hail him in triumph descending the skies.

4 Who, who would live alway away from his

God;

Away from yon heaven, that blissful abode; Where the rivers of pleasure flow o'er the bright plains,

And the noontide of glory eternally reigns:

5 Where the saints of all ages in harmony

meet,

Their Saviour and brethren transported to

greet;

While the anthems of rapture unceasingly

roll,

And the smile of the Lord is the feast of the soul!

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COME! let us join our notes of praise,
With all the heavenly throng;

Let harmony our voices raise,

And love employ our song.

2 Like Jesus let us strive to be,
In temper and in mind;
Forgiving, humble, meek and free,
Benevolent and kind.

3 Lord! let no strife our union spoil,
But love and friendship thrive,
Supply our souls with holy oil,
To keep the flame alive.

4 And when at length our weary feet
This vale of tears have trod;

May children and their teachers meet
Around the throne of God.

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The Light of Zion.

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HAIL, highly favoured of the skies,

Awake to joys divine;

Spring from the dust, transported rise,
In robes of splendour shine.

2 Before thy rising morn are driven
The shades of midnight gloom:
Bursting in brilliant rays from heaven,
Thy glorious light is come.

3 To illume thy throne, thy fame to spread, Thy Lord his love displays,

And pours his wonders round thy head In everlasting blaze.

Earth's proudest monarchs, at command,
Within thy courts await;

And millions, flown from every land,
Swarm round thy golden gate.

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5 From realm to realm thy wondrous light Extends its dazzling sway,

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And banishes earth's gloomy night
With heaven's reflected day.

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A CHARGE to keep I have,
A God to glorify;

A never-dying soul to save,
And fit it for the sky.
To serve the present age,
My calling to fulfil :

O may it all my powers engage,
To do my Master's will.

Arm me with jealous care,
As in thy sight to live;

And O thy servant, Lord, prepare,
A strict account to give.

Help me to watch and pray,
And on thyself rely,

Assured, if I my trust betray,
I shall for ever die.

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MAY we who teach the rising race,

Be filled, O Lord, with every grace; And may thy Spirit from above Descend and bless our work of love. 2 Thy grace to those we teach impart, O Lord, renew each youthful heart; Help them from every sin to flee, And dedicate their lives to thee. 3 May we in love to them abound, And zealous in the work be found; And many seals may we obtain, To prove our labour's not in vain.

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