Will these our earnest wish succeed,
And make our God, our friend?
3 Let no such hopes our souls delude;
Such pompous rites are vain ;
But God has shown us what is good,
And how his love to gain.

4 To men their rights we must allow,
And proofs of kindness give;

To God with humble reverence bow,
And to his glory live.

5 Hands that are clean, and hearts sincere, He never will despise ;

And cheerful duty will prefer
To costly sacrifice.

11. C. M.

The accepted Worshipper. Ps. xv.

1 LORD, who's the happy man that may
To thy blest courts repair;

And while he bows before thy throne,
Shall find acceptance there?

2 'T is he whose every thought and deed
By rules of virtue moves;

Whose tongue disdains to speak the word,
His honest heart disproves :

3 Who never will a slander forge,

His neighbour's fame to wound;
Nor hearken to a false report,

By malice whispered round :

4 Who vice, tho' dressed in pomp and power, Can treat with just neglect ;

And piety, though meanly clad,
Religiously respect:

5 Who to his plighted vows and trust
Has ever firmly stood;

And though he promise to his loss,
He makes his promise good:

6 The man who by this steady course
Has happiness insured,

When earth's foundations shake, shall stand By providence secured.

Delight in Public Worship. Ps. lxxxiv.

1 LORD of the worlds above,
How pleasant and how fair
The dwellings of thy love,
Thine earthly temples are!
To thine abode

My heart aspires,
With warm desires
To see my God.

2 O happy souls that pray
Where God appoints to hear!
O happy men that pay
Their constant service there!
They praise thee still;
And happy they

Who love the way

To Zion's hill.

3 They go from strength to strength,
Through this dark vale of tears,
Till each arrives at length,
Till each in heaven appears :
O glorious seat,

When God our King
Shall thither bring
Our willing feet!

Delight in Public Worship. Ps. lxxxiv. 1 WHAT sacred joy thy house attends, When the whole heart to heaven ascends; One day thus spent with thee on earth, Exceeds a thousand days of mirth. 2 While we can have the meanest place Within thy house, O God of grace, We would not absent from thee live, For all a tempting world can give. 3 Blest are the spirits round thy throne, Who know thee, as themselves are known: Thy brightest glories shine above, And all their work is praise and love. 4 Blest are the souls that find a place In earthly temples of thy grace: Here they behold thy gentler rays, Enquire thy will, and learn to praise. 5 O may we walk with growing strength, Till all shall meet in heaven at length, Till all before thy face appear, And join in nobler worship there.

14. C. M.

Sincere Worship alone acceptable.

1 0 THOU! whose all-discerning eye
Explores the inmost mind;

In vain to heaven we raise our cry,
And leave our souls behind.

2 Nothing but truth before thy throne
With honour can appear;

The formal hypocrites are known
Through the disguise they wear.

3 Their lifted eyes salute the skies,
Their bended knee the ground,
Thou wilt abhor the sacrifice,
Where not the heart is found.

4 O search my thoughts, and try my ways,
And make my soul sincere ;
Then may I stand before thy face,
And find acceptance there.

15. L. M.

Divine Light and Guidance implored.

1 O SOURCE of uncreated light!

By whom the worlds were raised from night; Come, visit every pious mind,

Come, pour thy joys on human kind.

2 Plenteous in grace descend from high,
Rich in thy matchless energy:

From sin and sorrow set us free,
And make us temples worthy thee.

3 Cleanse and refine our earthly parts,
Inflame and sanctify our hearts,
Our frailties help, our vice control,
Submit the senses to the soul.

4 Chase from our path each noxious foe,
And peace, the fruit of love, bestow
And lest our feet from wisdom rove,
Uphold and guide us by thy love.

5 Thrice holy fount! thrice holy fire!
Our hearts with heavenly love inspire;
Make us eternal truth receive,
And to this faith obedient live.

16. 7s M.

Humble Adoration.

1 GRATEFUL notes and numbers bring, While Jehovah's praise we singHoly, holy, holy Lord,

Be thy glorious name adored. 2 Though unworthy, let thine ear Now our hallelujahs hear;

Purer praise we hope to bring,
When with saints we stand and sing.
3 Lead us to that blissful state
Where thou reign'st supremely great;
Look with pity from thy throne,-
Send thy holy spirit down.

4 While on earth ordained to stay,
Guide our footsteps in thy way,
Till we come to reign with thee,
And thy glorious greatness see.
5 Then with angel-harps again
We will wake a nobler strain,
There in joyful songs of praise,
Our triumphant voices raise.
6 There no tongue shall silent be,
All shall join in harmony;

That through heaven's all-spacious round,
Praise to thee may ceaseless sound.

A Lord's day Hymn.

1 THIS is the day the Lord of life
Ascended to the skies

My thoughts, pursue the lofty theme,
And to the heavens arise.