3 Being of beings! may our praise Thy courts with grateful incense fill: Still may we stand before thy face,
Still hear, and do thy sacred will. To Thee may all our thoughts arise, Ceaseless, accepted sacrifice!
HYMN XXXVIII. Before Service.
1 Thou! who art enthron'd above,
Thou, by whom we live and move;
O how sweet with joyful tongue
To resound thy praise in song!
2 'Tis the day of sacred Rest
May devotion fill our breast!
May we dwell within thy House,
Hear thy word and pay our vows!
3 Notes to Heav'n's high mansion raise; Fill His courts with sounding praise; Let repeated hymns proclaim
Great Jehovah's awful Name!
HYMN XXXIX. Before Service.
1 Raise your voice, and thankful sing
Praises to your heav'nly King;
For his mercies far extend,
And his bounty knows no end.
2 Israel thy Redeemer bless;
And with joyful tongue confess,
That his Mercies far extend,
And his Bounty knows no end.
1 Meet and right it is, to sing
Glory to our God and King:
Meet, in ev'ry time and place,
To rehearse His solemn praise.
2 Praises here to Thee we give,
Gracious Thou our praise receive;
Ev'ry where be Thou ador'd,
Holy Father, sov'reign Lord!
HYMN XLI. Before Service.
1 Lord, we come before Thee, now;
At thy feet we humbly bow:
Let thy Spirit now impart
Thy Salvation to each heart.
2 Lord, on Thee our souls depend;
In compassion now descend;
Fill our hearts with thy rich Grace.
Tune our lips to sing thy Praise.
HYMN XLII. After Service.
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
One in three, and three in one!
As by the celestial Host,
Let Thy will on earth be done.
Praise by all to Thee be given,
Glorious Lord of earth and heav'n !
HYMN XLIII. After Service.
Father thro' thy Son receive
Our grateful sacrifice;
All the wants of all that live
Thy bounteous hand supplies-
Fills the world with plenteous food-
For the riches of thy grace
Take, thou universal King,
The universal praise.
HYMN XLIV. After Service. 1 This God is the God we adore,
Our faithful, unchangeable friend; Whose love is as great as his pow'r, And neither knows measure, nor end..
2 'Tis Jesus, the first and the last,
Whose spirit shall guide us safe home; We'll praise Him for all that is past, And trust Him for all that's to come!
HYMN XLV. After Service.
1 Lord, dismiss us with thy blessing,
Fill our hearts with joy and peace;
Let us each, thy love possessing,
Triumph in redeeming grace.
O refresh us,
Tray'ling thro' this wilderness.
2 Thanks we give, and adoration,
For the Gospel's joyful sound;
May the fruits of thy Salvation
In our hearts and lives abound.
May thy presence
With us evermore be found.
3 So, whene'er the signal's given
Us from earth to call away,
Borne on Angel's wings to heaven,
Glad the summons to obey,
May we ever
Reign with Christ in endless day.
HYMN XLVI. After Service. 1 Praising God in songs divine, Angels and Archangels join; We, with them, our voices raise, Echoing Thine eternal praise. 2 Holy, Holy, Holy Lord!
Live by Heav'n and Earth ador'd.
Full of Thee, they ever cry,
"Glory be to God on high !"
HYMN XLVII. After Service.
1 Lord, help us on thy word to feed ;
In peace dismiss us hence;
Be Thou, in every time of need,
Our refuge and defence.
2 We now desire to bless thy Name,
And in our hearts record,
And with our thankful tongues proclaim,
The goodness of the Lord.
HYMN XLVIII. After Service.
On seeds of grace now sown,
Thy blessing, Lord, bestow:
The power is thine alone,
To make them spring and grow:
Do Thou the plenteous harvest raise,
And Thou alone shalt have the praise.
Sacramental.
HYMN XLIX.
1 Jesus invites his saints,
To meet around his board :
Here pardon'd sinners come, and hold
Communion with their Lord.
2 Let all our pow'rs be join'd
His glorious Name to raise :
Pleasure and Love fill ev'ry mind,
And ev'ry voice be praise.
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