Let the world neglect and leave me;
They have left my Saviour too:
Human hopes have oft deceived me;
Thou art faithful, thou art true.

Tune my heart to sing thy grace; 2 Perish, earthly fame and treasure,

3 Come, almighty to deliver,
Let us now thy life receive,
Suddenly return, and never
Never more thy temples leave.
Thee we would be always blessing,
Serve thee as thine hosts above;
Pray, and praise thee without ceasing,
Glory in thy precious love.

4 Finish then thy new creation,
Pure, unspotted may we be:
Let us see our whole salvation
Perfectly secured by thee:
Changed from glory into glory,
Till in heaven we take our place;
Till we cast our crowns before thee,
Lost in wonder, love and praise.

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GENTLY, Lord, O! gently lead us,
Through this lonely vale of tears;
Thro' the changes thou'st decreed us,
Till our last great change appears.
When temptation's darts assail us,
When in devious paths we stray,
Let thy goodness never fail us,
Lead us in thy perfect way.

13 Round each habitation hovering,
See the clouds 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 [pray. Which he gives them when they

FOR SOCIAL AND PRIVATE WORSHIP.

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ALL Jehovah thy salvation,
Rest beneath th' Almighty's shade
In his secret habitation

Dwell, and never be dismayed!
There no tumult can alarm thee,
Thou shalt dread no hidden snare;
Guile nor violence can harm thee,
In eternal safeguard there.

2 Thee, tho' winds and waves are swelling,
God, thy Hope, shall bear thro' all;
Plague shall not co ne nigh thy dwell-
Thee no evil shall befall,
[ing,
He shall charge his angel legions
Watch and ward o'er thee to keep,
Thơ' thou walk thro' hostile regions,
Though in desert wilds thou sleep.

2 In the hour of pain and anguish,
In the hour when death draws near, 3 Since, with firm and pure affection,

Suffer not our hearts to languish,
Suffer not our souls to fear.
And when mortal life is ended,
Bid us in thine arms to rest,
Till by angel bands attended,
We awake among the blest.

GLORIOUS things of thee are spoken,

city 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?

Thou on God hast set thy love, With the wings of his protection

He shall shield thee from above.
Thou shalt call on him in trouble,
He will hearken, he will save,
Here, for grief reward thee double,
Crown with life beyond the grave.

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TAKE my heart,

O Father! take it;
Make and keep it all thine own;
Let thy Spirit melt and break it;
Turn to flesh this heart of stone.
Heavenly Father, deign to mould it
In obedience to thy will;
And, as passing years unfold it,

Keep it meek and childlike still.

2 Father, make it pure and lowly,
Peaceful, kind, and far from strife,
Turning from the paths unholy
Of this vain and sinful life.
May the blood of Jesus heal it,
And its sins be all forgiven:
Holy Spirit, take and seal it;
Guide it in the path to heaven.

CROWN his head with endless bless

13 Never, from thy pasture roving,
Let them be the lion's prey;

Let thy tenderness, so loving,

Keep them all life's dangerous way.

ing,
Who, in God the Father's name, 4 Then within thy fold eternal
With compassions never ceasing,
Comes salvation to proclaim.

2 Lo! Jehovah, we adore thee;
Thee, our Saviour; thee, our God!
From his throne his beams of glory
Shine through all the world abroad.

3 Jesus, thee our Saviour hailing,
Thee, our God, in praise we own;
Highest honors, never failing,
Rise eternal round thy throne.

4 Now, ye saints, his power confessing,
In your grateful strains adore;
For his mercy, never ceasing,
Flows, and flows for evermore.

Let them find a resting place;
Feed in pastures ever vernal;
Drink the rivers of thy grace.

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ORD of every land and nation,
Ancient of eternal days,
Sounded through the wide creation,
Be thy just and awful praise.
2 For the grandeur of thy nature,

Grand beyond a seraph's thought;
For created works of power,
Works with skill and kindness
wrought;

3 For thy providence, that governs
Thro' thine empire's wide domain;
Wings an angel, guides a sparrow;
Blessed be thy gentle reign.

4 But thy rich, thy free redemption,
Dark through brightness all along;
Thought is poor, and poor expression:
Who can sing that awful song?

5 Brightness of the Father's glory,
Shall thy praise unuttered lie?
Fly, my tongue, such guilty silence;
Sing the Lord, who came to die.

6 Did the angels sing thy coming?

Did the shepherds learn their lays?
Shame would cover me ungrateful,
Should my tongue refuse to praise.

7 From the highest throne in glory!
To the cross of deepest woe!
All to ransom guilty captives!
Flow, my praise, for ever flow.

8 Go, return, immortal Saviour,
Leave thy footstool, take thy throne;
Thence return, and reign for ever;
Be the kingdom all thy own.

ARRY with me, O my Saviour!
For the day is passing by;
See! the shades of evening gather,
And the night is drawing nigh.
2 Feeble, trembling, fainting, dying,
Lord, I cast myself on thee;
Tarry with me through the darkness;
While I sleep, still watch by me.

3 Tarry with me, O my Saviour!
Lay my head upon thy breast;
Till the morning; then awake me-
Morning of eternal rest!