7s. M.

754.

ANONYMOUS.

A Blessing implored.

1 THANKS for mercies past receive;
Pardon of our sins renew;

Teach us, henceforth, how to live
With eternity in view.

2 Bless thy word to young and old;
Grant us, Lord, thy peace and love;
And, when life's short tale is told,
Take us to thy house above.

C. H. M.

755.

Conder.

Peace with God.

To all thy faithful people, Lord,
Pardon and peace impart;
And be thy Spirit shed abroad,
Thy love in every heart;

That they, from conscious guilt made clean,
May serve thee with a mind serene.

To the loving heart made known, When it pours, in deep contrition, Prayer before the eternal throne.

2 Go in peace, thy sins forgiven! Christ hath healed thee, set thee free: Every spirit-fetter riven,

Go in peace and liberty!

3 Saviour! breathe this benediction
O'er our spirits while we pray;
Let us part in sweet conviction
Thou hast blessed our souls to-day.

C. M.

757.

DODDRIDGE.

God's Guidance.

1 IN paths unknown God leads us on
To his divine abode,

And shows new miracles of grace
Through all the heavenly road.

2 The ways, all rugged and perplexed,
He renders smooth and straight,
And strengthens every feeble knee
To march to Zion's gate.

3 Through all the paths I'll sing his name, Till I the mount ascend,

Where toils and storms are known no more, And anthems never end.

7s. M.

758.

J. NEWTON.

Hymn at Parting.

1 As the sun's enlivening eye
Shines on every place the same,
So the Lord is always nigh
To the souls that love his name.

2 When they move at duty's call,
He is with them by the way;
He is ever with them all,

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Those who go and those who stay...

3 From his holy mercy-seat
Nothing can their souls confine;
Still in spirit may they meet,
And in sweet communion join.

8 & 7s. M.

759.

Close of Worship. Evening.

C. ROBBINS.

1 Lo! the day of rest declineth;
Gather fast the shades of night;
May the Sun that ever shineth,
Fill our souls with heavenly light.

2 Softly now the dew is falling;

Peace o'er all the scene is spread; On his children, meekly calling, Purer influence God will shed.

3 While, thine ear of love addressing,
Thus our parting hymn we sing,
Father, give thine evening blessing;
Fold us safe beneath thy wing.

L. M.

760.

ANONYMOUS

Close of Worship. Evening.

1 WHILE now, upon this Sabbath eve, Thy house, Almighty God, we leave, 'T is sweet, as sinks the setting sun, To think on all our duties done.

2 O evermore may all our bliss
Be peaceful, pure, divine, like this;
And may each Sabbath, as it flies,
Fit us for joy beyond the skies.

L. M.

761.

Sunday Evening.

MONTGOMERY.

1 MILLIONS within thy courts have been;
Millions this day have bent the knee;
But thou, soul-searching God! hast seen
The hearts of all that worshipped thee.

2 Still, as the light of morning broke
O'er island, continent, or deep,
Thy far-spread family awoke,
Sabbath all round the world to keep.

3 From east to west, the sun surveyed,
From north to south, adoring throngs;
And still, where evening stretched her shade,
The stars came forth to hear their

songs.

4 And not a prayer, a tear, a sigh,
Hath failed this day some suit to gain;
To those in trouble thou wert nigh;
Not one hath sought thy face in vain.

5 Yet one prayer more; and be it one

In which both heaven and earth accord:
Fulfil thy promise to thy Son;

Let all that breathe call Jesus Lord!

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