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Anoint and cheer our soilèd face
With the abundance of thy grace.

Keep far our foes, give peace at home:
Where thou art guide, no ill can come.

Teach us to know the Father, Son,
And thee of both to be but One,

That, through the ages all along,
This may be our endless song;

Praise to thy eternal merit,

Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen.

"Ye shall receive power after that the Holy [L.M.
Ghost is come upon you."-ACTS i. 8.

1 POUR out thy Spirit from on high,
Lord, thine assembled servants bless;
Graces and gifts to each supply,

And clothe thy priests with righteousness.

2 Within thy temple when we stand
To teach the truth, as taught by thee,
Saviour, like stars in thy right hand,
The angels of the Churches be.

3 Wisdom and zeal and faith impart,

Firmness with meekness, from above,
To bear thy people on our heart,

And love the souls whom thou dost love ;

4 To watch and pray, and never faint;

By day and night strict guard to keep ;
To warn the sinner, cheer the saint,

Nourish thy lambs, and feed thy sheep.
5 Then, when our work is finish'd here,
In humble hope our charge resign:
When the Chief Shepherd shall appear,
O God, may they and we be thine".

Dedication or Consecration of a Church.

"THIS IS NONE OTHER THAN THE HOUSE OF GOD, AND THIS IS THE GATE OF HEAVEN."

May thine eyes be open toward this house night [L.M. and day."-1 KINGS viii. 29.

1 THIS stone to thee in faith we lay;

We build the temple, Lord, to thee;
Thine eye be open night and day

To guard this house and sanctuary.

2 Here, when thy people seek thy face,
And dying sinners pray to live,
Hear thou in heaven, thy dwelling-place,
And when thou hearest, O forgive.

3 Here, when thy messengers proclaim
The blessed gospel of thy Son,
Still by the power of his great name
Be mighty signs and wonders done.

4 Hosanna! to their heavenly King,
When children's voices raise that song,
Hosanna! let their angels sing,

And heaven with earth the strain prolong.

5 But will, indeed, Jehovah deign

Here to abide, no transient guest?
Here will the world's Redeemer reign?
And here the Holy Spirit rest?

6 That glory never hence depart;

Yet choose not, Lord, this house alone :
Thy kingdom come to every heart,
In every bosom fix thy throne.

398. "Blessed are they that dwell in thy house."

Ps. lxxxiv. 4.

1 CHRIST is our corner-stone,
On him alone we build;
With his true saints alone

The courts of heaven are fill'd:

On his great love
Our hopes we place
Of present grace
And joys above.

2 O then with hymns of praise
These hallow'd courts shall ring;
Our voices we will raise

The Three in One to sing;
And thus proclaim
In joyful song

Both loud and long
That glorious name.

3 Here, gracious God, do thou
For evermore draw nigh;
Accept each faithful vow,

And mark each suppliant sigh:
In copious shower

On all who pray
Each holy day

Thy blessings pour.

4 Here may we gain from Heaven
The grace which we implore;
And may that grace, once given,
Be with us evermore,

Until that day

When all the blest

To endless rest

Are call'd away ".

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Royal Accession—National Hymns.

"O LORD, SAVE THE QUEEN; AND MERCIFULLY HEAR

US WHEN WE CALL UPON THEE.

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"Behold, O God, our shield; and look upon the [L.M.
face of thine anointed."-Ps. lxxxiv. 9.

1 O KING of kings; thy blessing shed
On our anointed Sovereign's head;
And, looking from thy holy heaven,
Protect the crown thyself hast given.
2 Her may we honour and obey,
Uphold her right and lawful sway:
Remembering that the powers that be
Are ministers ordain'd of thee.

3 Her with thy choicest mercies bless,
To all her counsels give success:
In war, in peace, thine aid be seen,
Thy strength command-God save the Queen!
4 And oh! when earthly thrones decay,
And earthly kingdoms fade away,
Grant her a throne in worlds on high,
A crown of immortality ".

400.

"And all the people shouted and said, God save [68. 49.
the king."-1 SAM. x. 24.

1 GOD save our gracious Queen,
Long live our noble Queen,
God save the Queen:
Send her victorious,
Happy and glorious,
Long to reign over us :

God save the Queen.

2 O Lord our God, arise,
Scatter her enemies,

And make them fall:
Confound their politics;
Frustrate their knavish tricks :
On her our hopes we fix;
God save us all.

3 Thy choicest gifts in store
On her be pleased to pour;
Long may she reign:
May she defend our laws,
And ever give us cause
To sing with heart and voice,

God save the Queen *.

Doxologies.

a.

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Praise God from whom all blessings flow;
Praise him all creatures here below;

Praise him above, ye heavenly host;

Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.

b.

To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,

The God whom earth and heaven adore,

Be glory, as it was of old,

Is now, and shall be evermore.

Amen.

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