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2 Inspire our hearts with fervent zeal,
O God of love, immortal King!
Thy great salvation here reveal,
And youthful hearts to Jesus bring.
3 Hasten, O Lord, the happy day,
When every youthful heart and voice
Shall join to sing the Saviour's praise,
And in His sovereign grace rejoice.

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"Teach us what we shall say.. "
JOB XXXVii, 19.

1 NOW, gracious Lord, we lift our eyes
To where our expectation lies:
We now our work to Thee resign,
And humbly wait to witness Thine.

2 'Tis Thine alone to truly bless,

L.M.

To crown our efforts with success,
To own the instruction we have given,
To guide through life, and lead to heaven.

3 Teach us to take our proper seat,-
Disciples at the Saviour's feet:

And watchful, prayerful, gain from thence
What we to others may dispense.

4 And when, a few more sabbaths gone,
Our work and labour shall be done,
May we, with all our youthful train,
In sweeter praise unite again.

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"Thy servants are shepherds."
GEN. xlvii. 3.

CHIEF Shepherd of Thy chosen sheep,

From sin and death set free,

May all Thine under-shepherds keep
Their eyes intent on Thee.

2 With plenteous grace our hearts prepare,
To execute Thy will;
Give us compassion, patience, care,
And faithfulness and skill.

8 Inflame our minds with holy zeal,
Thy Spirit grant to each;

And let us live, and let us feel,
The sacred truths we teach.

C. M.

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4-6.2-8.

"Pray ye the Lord of the harvest."

MATT. ix. 38.

ON what has now been sown

Thy blessing, Lord, bestow.;
The power is Thine alone
To make it spring and grow:

Do Thou the gracious harvest raise,
And Thou, alone, shalt have the praise.

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"Children of Zion

joyful in their King." PSALM CXlix, 2.

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FOR a shout of sacred joy,
To God, the sovereign King!
Let every land its tongues employ,
And hymns of triumph sing.

2 Jesus, our Lord, ascends on high;
His heavenly guards around

Attend Him, rising through the sky,
With trumpet's joyful sound.

C.M.

3 While angels shout and praise their King, Let children learn their strains;

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Let all the earth His honours sing,-
O'er all the earth He reigns!

"His dominion .. from sea even to sea.'
ZECH. ix, 10.

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JESUS shall reign where'er the sun
Does his successive journeys run;
His kingdom stretch from shore to shore,
Till moons shall wax and wane no more.
For Him shall endless prayer be made,
And princes throng to crown His head;
His name, like sweet perfume, shall rise
With every morning sacrifice.

2 People and realms of every tongue
Dwell on His love with sweetest song;
And infant voices shall proclaim
Their early blessings on His name.
Blessings abound where'er He reigns;
The prisoner leaps to lose his chains,
The weary find eternal rest,

And all the sons of want are blest.

3 Where He displays His healing power,
Death and the curse are known no more;
in Him the tribes of Adam boast
More blessings than their father lost.

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"So will I watch over them."

JER. XXXI. 23.

L.M.

GREAT God, Thy watchful care we bless,
Which gives our feeble plans success;
Here may we oft delight to meet

Our youthful charge at Jesus' feet.

2 Here let the great Redeemer reign,
With all the graces of His train;
While truth divine His word imparts
To conquer youthful sinners' hearts.

3 And in the great decisive day,
When God the nations shall survey,
May it before the world appear
That crowds were born for glory here.

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"Bless the Lord.. in all places."
PSALM ciii. 22.

JESUS, where'er Thy people meet,

There they behold Thy mercy-seat!
Where'er they seek Thee Thou art found,
And every place is hallowed ground.

2 For Thou, within no walls confined,
Inhabitest the humble mind;

Such ever bring Thee where they come,
And going, take Thee to their home.

3 Dear Shepherd of Thy chosen few!
Thy former mercies here renew;
Here to our waiting hearts proclaim
The sweetness of Thy saving name.

4 Here may we prove the power of prayer,
To strengthen faith, and sweeten care;
To teach our faint desires to rise,
And bring all heaven before our eyes.

Behold, at Thy commanding word,
We stretch the curtain and the cord;
Come Thou, and fill this wider space,
And bless us with a large increase.

6 Lord, we are few, but Thou art near,-
Nor short Thine arm, nor deaf Thine ear;
O rend the heavens, come quickly down,
And make a thousand hearts Thine own!

L.M

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"Strengthen thy stakes.. "
ISAIAH liv. 2.

L.M.

1 "STRENGTHEN thy stakes,-extend thy cords,→→
"Stretch forth the curtains of thy tent!"
Such were the sacred prophet's words,-
The prophet by Jehovah sent.

2 Encouraged by this high command,
And trusting in the promised grace,
Thy people, Lord, assembled stand,
To found a building to Thy praise.

3 Nerve every hand, enlarge each heart,
Assist the work we now design;

Thy blessing to the whole impart :-
The honour and the glory Thine.

4 Here may the young hosannas sing
To David's Son and Lord alone;
And children thus their witness bring
To Him-the precious Corner-stone.

5 And here, by pious teachers won

To love "the house where prayer is made,"
Be led to fix their hopes upon

That sure Foundation Thou hast laid.
6 Thus bless Thy cause, Eternal King,
Throughout all time-in every place;
Till with one anthem heaven shall ring,-
Grace to the Head-stone-glorious grace.

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"Keep the unity of the Spirit."

EPH. iv. 3.

1 THE glorious universe around,

The heavens, with all their train,
Sun, moon, and stars, are firmly bound
In one mysterious chain.

2 God, in creation, thus displays
His wisdom and His might;

While all His works, with all His ways,
Harmoniously unite.

8 In one fraternal bond of love,
One fellowship of mind,

The saints below, and saints above,
Their bliss and glory find.

4 Here, in their house of pilgrimage,
Thy statutes are their song;

There, through one bright eternal age
Thy praises they prolong.

C.M.

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