2 Sanctify us, Lord, and bless; Breathe thy spirit, give thy peace; Thou thyself within us move; Make our feast a feast of love!

3 Give to us thy humble mind, Patient, fearless, just, and kind; Meek and lowly let us be,

Full of goodness, full of thee.

4 Still, O Lord, our faith increase,
Give to us the fruits of peace,
And may love the token be,
That we have communed with thee.

5 Make us all in thee complete;
Make us all for glory meet, –
Meet to appear before thy sight,
Partners with the saints in light.

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350.

PIERPONT.

Communion Hymn.

1 WHILE to lips with praise that glow
This communion cup we press,
Holy Father, let us grow
More like Him we here confess.

2 Reconcile us by thy Son,
In whose name on thee we call ;
Make us perfect, all in one,
We in him, and thou in all.

3 While we here remember thee,
Who wast for our ransom slain,
Let thy love, thy purity,

Saviour, in our souls remain.

4 Father, while we break this bread,
And thy Christ remember thus,
Make us one with him, our Head,
Thou in him, and he in us.

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351.

ANONYMOUS.

Parting Hymn.

1 THROUGH thee as we together came, In singleness of heart,

And met, O Jesus! in thy name,
So in thy name we part.

2 Nearer to thee our spirits lead,
And still thy love bestow,
Till thou hast made us free indeed,
And spotless here below.

3 When to the right or left we stray,
Leave us not comfortless,

But guide our feet into the way
Of everlasting peace.

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1 WHEN God, of old, came down from heaven, In power and wrath he came;

Before his feet the clouds were riven,

Half darkness and half flame.

2 But when he came the second time,
He came in power and love;
Softer than gales at morning prime
Hovered his holy Dove.

3 The fires that rushed on Sinai down
In sudden torrents dread,

Now gently light, a glorious crown,
On every sainted head.

4 Like arrows went those lightnings forth,
Winged with the sinner's doom;

But these, like tongues, o'er all the earth
Proclaiming life to come.

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353.

SPIRIT OF THE PSALMS.

The Holy Ghost the Comforter.

1 OUR blest Redeemer, ere he breathed
His tender, last farewell,

A Guide, a Comforter, bequeathed,
With us to dwell.

2 He came in tongues of living flame,
To teach, convince, subdue;

All powerful as the wind he came,
As viewless too.

3 He came sweet influence to impart,
A gracious, willing guest,

While he can find one humble heart
Wherein to rest.

4 And his that gentle voice we hear, Soft as the breath of even,

That checks each fault, that calms each fear, And speaks of heaven.

5 And every virtue we possess,
And every victory won,

And every thought of holiness,
Are his alone.

6 Spirit of purity and grace,
Our weakness pitying see;

O make our hearts thy dwelling-place,
And worthier thee.

1 COME, holy Spirit, heavenly Dove,
With all thy quickening powers,

Kindle a flame of sacred love

In these cold hearts of ours.

2 In vain we tune our formal songs,
In vain we strive to rise;

Hosannahs languish on our tongues,
And our devotion dies.

3 Come, holy Spirit, heavenly Dove,
With all thy quickening powers;
Come, shed abroad a Saviour's love,
And that shall kindle ours.

L. M.

355.

BROWNE.

Prayer for the Spirit.

1 COME, gracious Spirit, heavenly Dove,
With light and comfort from above;
Be thou our guardian, thou our guide;
O'er every thought and step preside.

2 To us the light of truth display,
And make us know and choose thy way;
Plant holy fear in every heart,

That we from God may ne'er depart.

3 Lead us to holiness, the road

Which we must take to dwell with God; Lead us to Christ,— the living way, — Nor let us from his precepts stray;