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While life shall last, O let us prove
Our grateful reverence and our love!
'Till every thought, through every day,
Attest we feel his righteous sway!

198. C.M. H. H. M.

The Lord's Supper.

BE all unholy passion stilled,
Each angry thought suppressed,

And every wish that breathes not peace,
Be banished from our breast.

For we are met to think of Him
Who lived and died to save;
His life the sacred guide to bliss,
The glorious pledge- his grave.
His was the meek and gentle heart
That pardoned every foe;
His was the spirit that could joy
To share another's woe.

Oh, may we keep each lineament
Engraven on our heart,

And from his treasured image learn
To choose the better part.

199. L.M. W. GASKELL.

The Communion.

1' 1 NOT in this simple rite alone, May Calvary's cross to us be shown;

But may we turn in many an hour,
To feel its soul-constraining power.

2 When conscience calls us to the field,
While selfish pleasure bids us yield,
Then to the Saviour may we look,
And feel the strength of its rebuke.
3 When men have done us cruel wrong,
And angry thoughts are rising strong,
May we with softened hearts turn there,
And learn the LORD's forgiving prayer.
4 When sin looks tempting in our eyes,
May Jesus on the cross arise,

And ask, if we will him forsake,

And wear the chains he died to break.

5 When bowed with woe, or faint with fear,
When friends forsake, when life grows drear,
To him on Calvary looking still,
Strength may we find to bear GOD's will!

200. C.M. MISS E. TAYLOR.

The Lord's Supper.

10 NOT for these alone I pray!'
The dying Saviour said;

Though on his breast that moment lay
The loved disciple's head.

2 Though to his eye that moment sprung
The kind, the pitying tear

For those that eager round him hung,
His words of love to hear.

3 No, not for them alone he prayed, For all of mortal race,

Whene'er their fervent prayer is made,
Where'er their dwelling-place.

4 Sweet is the thought, when here we meet, His feast of love to share;

And 'mid the toils of life, how sweet
The memory of his prayer.

5 O ne'er in souls that seek his face
Let harsher passions reign,
To tell the unbelieving race
The Saviour prayed in vain.

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201. C.M. NOEL.

"This do in remembrance of me."

IF human kindness meets return,
And owns the grateful tie;
If tender thoughts within us burn,
To feel a friend is nigh;

O! shall not warmer accents tell
The gratitude we owe

To him who died, our fears to quell,
And save from sin and woe?

While yet his anguished soul surveyed
Those pangs he would not flee;
What love his latest words displayed,
'Meet, and remember me!'

Remember Him!' his death, his shame,
Who all our griefs could share!

O! memory, leave no earthly name,
But his recorded there!

202. C.M. NEW YORK SELECTION.

The Communion.

1 GOD! accept the sacred hour O

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We now to thee have given;

And let this hallowed scene have power,
To raise our souls to heaven.

Still let us hold, till life departs
The precepts of thy Son;

Nor let our thoughtless, thankless hearts
Forget what he hath done.

His true disciples may we live,

From all corruption free;

And humbly learn like him to give

Our powers, our wills to thee.

203. L.M. W. GASKELL.

Opening of a place of worship.

1O GOD! without whose fostering aid

In vain man's fairest schemes are laid, With grace our humble work surround, And make this truly hallowed ground.

2 Here may thy children grateful raise
Through distant years their song of praise,
And meet a blessing from above,
In holier trust, and purer love.

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may the truths which Jesus gave Beam forth in all their power to save, And kindle up that radiant faith

Which brightens life, and shines on death.

4 Here may the links which love has tied Be closer knit, and sanctified;

To each a deeper interest given,

As links which may endure in heaven.
5 Here may the thoughts of worldly care
Lie hushed beneath the power of prayer;
And troubling grief grow calm and still,
Submissive to thy perfect will.

6 Here in communion full and sweet
May rich and poor together meet,
As brothers all, and equal heirs
Of that bright world the LORD prepares.

204. L.M. J. R. WREFORD.

The gathering of Christian friends.

1 FROM different churches, LORD, we come,

And now as friends and brethren meet;
Within thy house we find our home,
And here we dwell in union sweet.

2 Thy love permits-thine eye surveys
The gathering of these faithful bands,
Who come to celebrate thy praise,
And strengthen here each other's hands.
3 Our hearts shall feel the holy flame
Of Christian friendship while we sing