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H. J. GAUNTLETT.

Father of all, from land and sea The nations sing, "Thine, Lord, are we, Countless in number, but in thee May we be one."

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The Church menaced.

LORD of our life, and God of our salvation, Star of our night, and hope of every nation, Hear and receive thy church's supplication, Lord God Almighty.

3 Peace in our hearts, our evil thoughts assuaging,

Peace in thy church, where brothers are engaging,

Peace, when the world its busy war is waging; Calm thy foes raging.

2 Lord, thou canst help when earthly ar- 4 Grant us thy help till backward they are mor faileth,

driven,

Lord, thou canst save when deadly sin as- Grant them thy truth, that they may be forsaileth,

given,

Lord, o'er thy rock nor death nor hell pre- Grant peace on earth, and after we have

vaileth:

Grant us thy peace, Lord:-

striven,

Peace in thy heaven.

Philip Pusey.

APOLLOS. S. M. D.

LOWELL MASON.

How beauteous are their feet Who stand on Zi on's hill!

Who bring sal-va- tion

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More Laborers.

LORD of the harvest! hear

Thy needy servants cry;

Answer our faith's effectual prayer,

And all our wants supply.

On thee we humbly wait;

Our wants are in thy view;

The harvest truly, Lord! is great,
The laborers are few.

2 Convert and send forth more
Into thy Church abroad;

And let them speak thy word of power, As workers with their God.

Give the pure Gospel-word,

The word of general grace;
Thee let them preach, the common Lord,
The Saviour of our race.

3 Oh, let them spread thy name;
Their mission fully prove;
Thy universal grace proclaim
Thy all-redeeming love.
On all mankind forgiven,
Empower them still to call,

And tell each creature under heaven,
That thou hast died for all.

Charles Wesley.

STATE STREET. S. M.

J. C. WOODMAN.

I love thy kingdom, Lord! The house of thine abode, The church, our blest Redeemer saved With his own precious blood.

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I LOVE thy kingdom, Lord!

The house of thine abode,

The church, our blessed Redeemer saved With his own precious blood.

2 I love thy church, O God!

Her walls before thee stand, Dear as the apple of thine eye, And graven on thy hand.

3 For her my tears shall fall,

For her my prayers ascend;

To her my cares and toils be given,
Till toils and cares shall end.

4 Beyond my highest joy

I prize her heavenly ways,

Her sweet communion, solemn vows,
Her hymns of love and praise.

5 Sure as thy truth shall last,
To Zion shall be given

The brightest glories earth can yield,
And brighter bliss of heaven.

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Timothy Dwight.

He makes his churches his abode,
His most delightful seat.

2 In Zion God is known,

A refuge in distress;

How bright has his salvation shone,
Through all her palaces!

3 Oft have our fathers told,

Our eyes have often seen,

How well our God secures the fold,
Where his own sheep have been.

4 In every new distress,

We'll to his house repair;

We'll think upon his wondrous grace,

And seek deliverance there.

Isaac Watts.

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ST. MARTINS. C. M.

W. TANSUR.

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O THOU, whose own vast temple stands,
Built over earth and sea,
Accept the walls that human hands

Have raised to worship thee.

2 Lord, from thine inmost glory send,
Within these courts to bide,
The peace that dwelleth without end,
Serenely by thy side!

3 May erring minds that worship here
Be taught the better way;

And they who mourn and they who fear,
Be strengthened as they pray.

'TIS NOT a cause of small import
The pastor's care demands,
But what might fill an angel's heart,
And filled a Saviour's hands.

2 They watch for souls for whom the Lord
Did heavenly bliss forego-

For souls that must for ever live

In rapture or in woe.

3 All to the great tribunal haste,
The account to render there;

And shouldst thou strictly mark our faults,
Lord! how should we appear?

4 May faith grow firm, and love grow warm, 4 May they that Jesus whom they preach,
And pure devotion rise,
Their own Redeemer, see,
While round these hallowed walls the storm And watch thou daily o'er their souls,
Of earth-born passion dies.
That they may watch for thee.

William C. Bryant.

Philip Doddridge.
W. CROFT.

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A growing kingdom.

Он, where are kings and empires now,

Of old that went and came?
But, Lord, thy church is praying yet,
A thousand years the same.
2 We mark her goodly battlements,
And her foundations strong;
We hear within the solemn voice
Of her unending song.

ms of the world

3 For not like kingdoms of
Thy holy church, O God!

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Though earthquake shocks are threatening

And tempests are abroad;

4 Unshaken as eternal hills,
Immovable she stands,

A mountain that shall fill the earth,

A house not made by hands.

Arthur C. Coxe.

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The courts of heav'n are filled: On his great love Our hopes we place,Of present grace And joys a - bove.

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