APPY the heart where graces reign, Where love inspires the breast:

ve is the brightest of the train,

nd strengthens all the rest. owledge, alas! 'tis all in vain, nd all in vain our fear:

stubborn sins will fight and reign, flove be absent there.

love that makes our cheerful feet n swift obedience move:

e devils know, and tremble too; But Satan cannot love.

is is the grace that lives and sings, When faith and hope shall cease; this shall strike our joyful strings, n the sweet realms of bliss.

ore we quite forsake our clay, r leave this dark abode,

e wings of love bear us away, o see our gracious God.

And the oil stayed.-2 Kings iv. 6.

OUR forth the oil, pour boldly forth, It will not fail until

ou failest vessels to provide, Which it may largely fill.

g channels for the streams of love, Where they may broadly run;

d love has overflowing streams
To fill them every one.

t if, at any time, thou cease
juch channels to provide,
e very founts of love for thee
Will soon be parched and dried.

r we must share, if we would keep,
That good thing from above,

asing to give, we cease to have: Such is the law of love.

ATHER of mercies, send Thy grace All powerful from above,

form in our obedient souls

The image of Thy love.

, may our sympathizing breasts The generous pleasure know, ndly to share in others' joy, And weep for others' woe.

hen the most helpless sons of grief In low distress are laid,

ft be our hearts their pains to feel, And swift our hands to aid.

4 So Jesus looked on dying man,
When throned above the skies,
And 'midst the embraces of His God,
He felt compassion rise.

5 On wings of love the Saviour flew
To raise us from the ground:
And shed the richest of His blood,
A balm for every wound.

For Believers Interceding.

C. WESLEY.

1

LET God, who comforts the distrest,

Let Israel's Consolation hear!
Hear, Holy Ghost, our joint request,
And show Thyself the Comforter;
And swell the' unutterable groan,
And breathe our wishes to the Throne!

2 We weep for those that weep below,
And, burdened for the' afflicted, sigh;
The various forms of human woe
Excite our softest sympathy,
Fill every heart with mournful care,
And draw out all our souls in prayer.

3 We wrestle for the ruined race,
By sin eternally undone,-
Unless Thou magnify Thy grace,
And make Thy richest mercy known,
And make Thy vanquished rebels find
Pardon in Christ for all mankind.

4 Father of everlasting Love,
To every soul Thy Son reveal,
Our guilt and suffering to remove,
Our deep, original wound to heal;
And bid the fallen race arise,
And turn our earth to Paradise.

UR earth we now lament to see

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10 with floods of wickedness o'erflowed,

With violence, wrong, and cruelty,-
One wide-extended field of blood,
Where men like fiends each other tear,
In all the hellish rage of war.

2 As 'listed on Abaddon's side,
They mangle their own flesh, and slay;
Tophet is moved, and opens wide
Its mouth for its enormous prey;
And myriads sink beneath the grave,
And plunge into the flaming wave.

8 O might the universal Friend
This havoc of His creatures see
Bid our unnatural discord end;
Declare us reconciled in Thee;
Write kindness on our inward parts,
And chase the murderer from our hearts!

4 Who now against each other rise,
The nations of the earth, constrain
To follow after peace, and prize
The blessings of Thy righteous reign,
The joys of unity to prove,
The Paradise of perfect love!

1 UN of unclouded Righteousness,
With healing in Thy wings arise,

A sad benighted world to bless,
Which now in sin and error lies,
Wrapt in Egyptian night profound;
With chains of hellish darkness bouna.

2 The smoke of that infernal cave,
Which half the Christian world o'erspread,
Disperse, Thou heavenly Light, and save
The souls by that Impostor led,
That Arab-thief, as Satan bold,
Who quite destroyed Thy Asian fold.

8 O might the blood of sprinkling cry
For those who spurn the sprinkled blood!
Assert Thy glorious Deity,

Stretch out Thine arm, Thou Tri-une God!! Root out Thy Unitarian foe,

The crescent by the cross o'erthrow.

4 Come, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
Thou Three in One, and One in Three!
Resume Thy own, for ages lost,
Finish the dire apostasy;
Thy universal claim maintain,
And Lord of the creation reign!

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Thou art their Lord, their God, their Their true Anointed One.

To save the race forlorn,

Thy glorious arm display!

And show the world a nation born, A nation in a day!

C. WESLEY.

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1 ATHER of faithful Abraham, hear
Our earnest suit for Abraham's s
Justly they claim the softest prayer
From us, adopted in their stead,
Who mercy through their fall obtain,
And Christ by their rejection gain.

2 Outcasts from Thee, and scattered wide
Through every nation under heaven,
Blaspheming whom they crucified,
Unsaved, unpitied, unforgiven,
Branded like Cain, they bear their load
Abhorred of men, and cursed of God.
3 But hast Thou finally forsook,
For ever cast Thy own away?
Wilt Thou not bid the murderers look
On Him they pierced, and weep, and pr
Yes, gracious Lord, Thy word is past:
All Israel shall be saved at last.

4 Come, then, Thou great Deliverer, com
The veil from Jacob's heart remove;
Receive Thy ancient people home!
That, quickened by Thy dying love,
The world may their reception find
Life from the dead for all mankind.

names,

Be mindful of Thy youngest care;
Be tender of Thy new-born lambs,
And gently in Thy bosom bear.

3 The lion roaring for his prey,

With ravening wolves on every side,
Watch over them to tear and slay.
If found one moment from their Guide
4 Satan his thousand arts essays,
His agents all their powers employ.
To blast the blooming work of grace,
The heavenly offspring to destroy.
5 Baffle the crooked Serpent's skill,
And turn his sharpest dart aside;
Hide from their eyes the demons' il
O save them from the plague of Pride!

6 In safety lead Thy little flock,
From hell, the world, and sin secure;
And set their feet upon the Rock.
And make in Thee their goings sure.

AVIOUR, to Thee we humbly cry! The brethren we have lost restore; call them by Thy pitying eye; etrieve them from the Tempter's power; 7 Thy victorious blood cast down, or suffer him to take their crown.

aguiled, alas! by Satan's art, e see them now far-off removed, he burden of our bleeding heart, he souls whom once in Thee we loved; hom still we love with grief and pain, ad weep for their return in vain.

wouldst Thou break the fatal snare f carnal self-security;

nd let them feel the wrath they bear, nd let them groan their want of Thee: obbed of their false, pernicious peace, tripped of their fancied righteousness. he men of careless lives, who deem hy righteousness accounted theirs, wake out of the soothing dream; larm their souls with humble fears: hou jealous God, stir up Thy power, nd let them sleep in sin no more! ong as the guilt of sin shall last, hem in its misery detain;

fold their licentious spirits fast,

ind them with their own nature's chain, or ever let the wanderers rest,

ill lodged again in Jesu's breast.

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LET the prisoners' mournful cries As incense in Thy sight appear! heir humble wailings pierce the skies, f haply they may feel thee near.

The captive exiles make their moans, 'rom sin impatient to be free:

all home, call home Thy banished ones! Lead captive their captivity!

how them the blood that bought their peace,

The anchor of their steadfast hope;
And bid their guilty terrors cease,
nd bring the ransomed prisoners up.

ut of the deep regard their cries,
The fallen raise, the mourners cheer;
› Sun of Righteousness, arise,
and scatter all their doubt and fear!

ity the day of feeble things; > gather every halting soul!

nd drop salvation from Thy wings, nd make the contrite sinner whole. stand by them in the fiery hour, Their feebleness of mind defend; nd in their weakness show Thy power, and make them patient to the end. O satisfy their soul in drought!

ive them Thy saving health to see; And let Thy mercy find them out; and let Thy mercy reach to me.

Justly we are abhorred by Thee,
For we are neither hot nor cold.

2 We call Thee Lord, Thy faith profess,
But do not from our hearts obey;
In soft Laodicean ease

We sleep our useless lives away.

3 We live in pleasure, and are dead,
In search of fame and wealth we live:
Commanded in Thy steps to tread,
We seek sometimes, but never strive.
4 A lifeless form we still retain;
Of this we make our empty boast,
Nor know the Name we take in vain;
The power of godliness is lost.

5 How long, great God, have we appeared Abominable in Thy sight!

Better that we had never heard
Thy word, or seen the gospel light.

6 Better that we had never known
The way to heaven through saving grace,
Than basely in our lives disown,
And slight and mock Thee to Thy face.

7 Thou rather wouldst that we were cold,
Than seem to serve Thee without zeal;
Less guilty if, with those of old,
We worshipped Thor and Woden still.
8 Less grievous will the judgment-day
To Sodom and Gomorrah prove,
Than us, who cast our faith away,
And trample on Thy richer love.

Thy condescending counsel take,
And come to Thee, pure gold to buy.

2 O might we, through Thy grace, attain
The faith Thou never wilt reprove;
The faith that purges every stain,
The faith that always works by love!

3 O might we see, in this our day,
The things belonging to our peace,
And timely meet Thee in Thy way
Of judgments, and our sins confess!
4 Thy fatherly chastisements own;
With filial awe revere Thy rod;
And turn, with zealous haste, and run
Into the outstretched arms of God.

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For the Queen (or King). OVEREIGN of all! whose Will ordains

SOVEREIGN the wo

By whom our rightful monarch reigns,
Subject to none but Thee;

2 Stir up Thy power, appear, appear,
And for Thy servant fight;
Support Thy great vicegerent here,
And vindicate her right.

3 Lo! in the arms of faith and prayer
We bear her to Thy throne;
Receive Thy own peculiar care,
The Lord's anointed one.

4 With favour look upon her face;
Thy love's pavilion spread,

And watchful troops of angels place
Around her sacred head.

5 Guard her from all who dare oppose
Thy delegate and Thee;
From open and from secret foes,
From force and perfidy!

6 Confound whoe'er her ruin seek,
Or into friends convert:
Give her her adversaries' neck;
Give her her people's heart.

7 Let us, for conscience' sake, revere
The sovereign of our land;
Honour and love Thine image here,
And bless her mild command.

8 Thou only didst the blessing give;
The glory, Lord, be Thine:
Let all with thankful joy receive
The benefit divine.

9 To those, who Thee in her obey,
The Spirit of grace impart :
Her dear, her sacred burden lay
On every loyal heart.

10 Still let us pray, and never cease,
"Defend her, Lord, defend;

'Stablish her throne in glorious peace,
And save her to the end!"

Hymns of Intercession for Children, Parents, &c., See THE FAMILY, and EDUCAO OF YOUTH.

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WOOD.

1

S streams that from the fountain
Roll onward to the sea;

So, Lord, my spirit here below
Would hasten on to Thee.

2 While others tempt the dangerous he My course may I pursue;

And, through the deepest shades of nigh
Keep heaven, my home, in view.

8 Pure as the rivers wont to stray
By Adam's blessed abode,
Would I reflect, from day to day,
The image of my God."

4 Till every shifting scene is o'er,
And ocean's wave I see;
Then would I quit earth's empty shor
And lose myself in Thee.

CENNICK.

1

CHILDREN of the Heavenly King

As ye journey, sweetly sing;
Sing your Saviour's worthy praise;
Glorious in His works and ways.

2 Ye are travelling home to God,
In the way the fathers trod:
They are happy now, and we
Soon their happiness shall see.
8 O ye banished seed, be glad!
Christ our Advocate is made;
Us to save, our flesh assumes;
Brother to our souls becomes.

4 Shout, ye little flock, and blest,
You on Jesu's throne shall rest:
There your seat is now prepared;
There your kingdom and reward.
5 Fear not, brethren, joyful stand
On the borders of your land:
Jesus Christ, your Father's Son,
Bids you undismayed go on.
6 Lord! obediently we go,
Gladly leaving all below:
Only Thou our Leader be,
And we still will follow Thee!

WATTS.

1

saints above, how great their joys, ow bright their glories be!

e they were mourners here below,
id poured out cries and tears:
y wrestled hard, as we do now,
ith sins, and doubts, and fears.

k them, whence their victory came? ney, with united breath,

ribe their conquest to the Lamb, heir triumph to His death.

y marked the footsteps that He trod lis zeal inspired their breast; I following their Incarnate God, ossess the promised rest.

glorious Leader claims our praise or His own pattern given; ile the long cloud of witnesses how the same path to heaven.

ISE, my soul, and stretch thy wings;
Thy better portion trace:

se from transitory things,
Cowards heaven Thy native place.
n and moon and stars decay;

me shall soon this earth remove:

se, my soul, and haste away
To seats prepared above.

vers to the ocean run,
Nor stay in all their course;
e ascending seeks the sun;

Both speed them to their source:
a soul that's born of God

nts to view His glorious face;
wards tends to His abode,
To rest in His embrace.

ase, ye pilgrims, cease to mourn,
Press onward to the prize;
on your Saviour will return
Triumphant in the skies:
a season, and you know,
ppy entrance will be given;
our sorrows left below,

And earth exchanged for heaven.

C.M.

ATHER, I long, I faint to see The place of Thine abode:

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I'd leave Thine earthly courts and flee
Up to Thy seat, my God!

2 Here I behold Thy distant face,
And 'tis a pleasing sight;
But to abide in Thine embrace
Is infinite delight.

3 I'd part with all the joys of sense,
To gaze upon Thy throne;

Pleasure springs fresh for ever thence,
Unspeakable, unknown.

4 There all the heavenly hosts are seen-
In shining ranks they move,
And drink immortal vigour in,
With wonder and with love.

5 Then at Thy feet, with awful fear,
The' adoring armies fall;

With joy they shrink to nothing there,
Before the' Eternal All.

6 There I would vie with all the host
In duty and in bliss;

While less than nothing I could boast,
And vanity confess.

MONTGOMERY.

1

WHAT are these in bright array,
This innumerable throng,

Round the altar, night and day,
Hymning one triumphant song?
"Worthy is the Lamb, once slain,
Blessing, honour, glory, power,
Wisdom, riches, to obtain,

New dominion every hour."

2 These through fiery trials trod; These from great affliction came; Now, before the throne of God.

Sealed with His Almighty Name, Clad in raiment pure and white, Victor-palms in every hand, Through their dear Redeemer's might, More than conquerors they stand. 8 Hunger, thirst, disease unknown, On immortal fruits they feed; Them the Lamb amidst the throne Shall to living fountains lead: Joy and gladness banish sighs; Perfect love dispels all fear; And for ever from their eyes God shall wipe away the tear.

See also the Section on HEAVEN.

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Hymns