BOYLSTON. S. M.

LOWELL MASON.

JESUS, we look to thee,

Thy promised presence claim; Thou in the midst of us shalt be, Assembled in thy name.

2 Not in the name of pride

Or selfishness we meet;

From nature's paths we turn aside,

And worldly thoughts forget.

3 We meet the grace to take,

Which thou hast freely given;

We meet on earth for thy dear sake, That we may meet in heaven.

4 Present we know thou art,

But, oh, thyself reveal!

Now, Lord, let every bounding heart Thy mighty comfort feel.

5 Oh, may thy quickening voice The death of sin remove;

And bid our inmost souls rejoice, In hope of perfect love.

Charles Wesley.

The Christian world o'erspread; Gentile and Jew, and bond and free, Are one in Christ their head.

2 Among the saints on earth,
Let mutual love be found;
Heirs of the same inheritance,
With mutual blessings crowned.

3 Thus will the church below
Resemble that above;

Where streams of pleasure ever flow, And every heart is love.

Benjamin Beddome.

GLORIOUS things of thee are spoken,
Zion, city of our God!

He, whose word cannot be broken,
Formed thee for his own abode:
On the Rock of Ages founded,

What can shake thy sure repose?
With salvation's walls surrounded,
Thou may'st smile at all thy foes.

2 See! the streams of living waters,
Springing from eternal love,
Well supply thy sons and daughters,
And all fear of want remove:
Who can faint, while such a river

Ever flows their thirst to assuage?Grace, which, like the Lord, the Giver, Never fails from age to age.

3 Round each habitation hovering, See the cloud and fire appear For a glory and a covering,

Showing that the Lord is near! Thus deriving from their banner, Light by night, and shade by day, Safe they feed upon the manna

Which he gives them when they pray.

John Newton.

2 There, like streams that feed the garden,
Pleasures without end shall flow;
For the Lord, your faith rewarding,
All his bounty shall bestow.
Still in undisturbed possession

Peace and righteousness shall reign;
Never shall you feel oppression,
Hear the voice of war again.

3 Ye, no more your suns descending,
Waning moon no more shall see,
But, your griefs for ever ending,

Find eternal noon in me.
God shall rise, and shining o'er you,
Change to day the gloom of night;
He, the Lord, shall be your Glory,
God, your everlasting Light.

William Cowper.

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THROUGH the night of doubt and sorrow, Onward goes the pilgrim band,

Singing songs of expectation,

Marching to the promised land. Clear before us, through the darkness, Gleams and burns the guiding light: Brother clasps the hand of brother, Stepping fearless through the night.

2 One the light of God's own presence, O'er his ransomed people shed, Chasing far the gloom and terror, Brightening all the path we tread: One the object of our journey,

One the faith which never tires,
One the earnest looking forward,
One the hope our God inspires.

3 One the strain the lips of thousands
Lift as from the heart of one;
One the conflict, one the peril,

One the march in God begun:
One the gladness of rejoicing
On the far eternal shore,
Where the one Almighty Father,
Reigns in love for evermore.

S. Baring-Gould, tr.

HAIL! thou God of grace and glory!
Who thy name hast magnified,
By redemption's wondrous story,
By the Saviour crucified;
Thanks to thee for every blessing,

Flowing from the Fount of love;
Thanks for present good unceasing,
And for hopes of bliss above.

2 Hear us, as thus bending lowly,
Near thy bright and burning throne;
We invoke thee, God most holy!

Through thy well beloved Son;
Send the baptism of thy Spirit,
Shed the pentecostal fire;
Let us all thy grace inherit,

Waken, crown each good desire.

3 Bind thy people, Lord! in union, With the sevenfold cord of love; Breathe a spirit of communion

With the glorious hosts above; Let thy work be seen progressing;

Bow each heart, and bend each knee; Till the world, thy truth possessing, Celebrates its jubilee.

Thomas W. Aveling.

MILITANT. IOS, 31.

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The army of God.

FOR all thy saints, who from their labors rest, Who thee by faith before the world confessed, Thy name, O Jesus, be for ever blest.

2 Thou wast their Rock, their Fortress, and their Might;

Thou, Lord, their Captain, in the wellfought fight; [light. Thou, in the darkness drear, their Light of 3 Oh, may thy soldiers, faithful, true and bold, Fight as the saints who nobly fought of old, And win, with them, the victor's crown of gold.

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(Saviour King, in hallowed union, At thy sacred feet we

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Sabbath School Meeting.

SAVIOUR King, in hallowed union,
At thy sacred feet we bow;
Heart with heart, in blest communion,
Join to crave thy favor now!
Though celestial choirs adore thee,
Let our prayer as incense rise;
And our praise be set before thee,
Sweet as evening sacrifice.

2 Heavenly Fount, thy streams of blessing, Oft have cheered us on our way;

By thy power and grace unceasing,
We continue to this day:

Raise we then with glad emotion Thankful lays: and while we sing, Vow a pure, a full devotion

To thy work, O Saviour King! 3 When we tell the wondrous story Of thy rich, exhaustless love, Send thy Spirit, Lord of glory,

On the youthful heart to move! Oh, that he, the ever-living,

May descend, as fruitful rain; Till the wilderness, reviving, Blossoms as the rose again!

Anon., 1805.