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2 Accept our faint attempts to love;
Our frailties, Lord, forgive.

We would be like Thy saints above,
And praise Thee while we live.

3 Increase, O Lord, our faith and hope,
And fit us to ascend

Where the assembly ne'er breaks up,
The Sabbath ne'er shall end;

4 Where we shall breathe in heavenly air,
When Thou and Thine appear,
And follow Thee to heaven our home;
Even so, Amen, Lord Jesus, come!

John Newton. 1779.'.

1 LORD, dismiss us with Thy blessing,
Fill our hearts with joy and peace!
Let us each, Thy Love possessing,
Triumph in redeeming grace.
O refresh us,

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Travelling through this wilderness.

2 Thanks we give and adoration
For Thy Gospel's joyful sound.
May the fruits of Thy salvation
In our hearts and lives abound:
May Thy presence

With us evermore be found.

Hast pleasure in the lay:
Deign thus our praises to receive,
Though sung by lips of clay!

3 And yet Thyself they cannot know,
Nor pierce the veil of light

That hides Thee from the thrones below,
As in profoundest night:

How then can mortal accents frame
Due tribute to their King?

Thou only, while we praise Thy Name,
Forgive us as we sing!

John Mason Neale. 1862. a.

Tr. Metrophanes of Smyrna. ab. 910.

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But still how weak my faith is found,
And knowledge of Thy Word!

2 My Hope, my Portion, and my God,
How little art Thou known
By all the judgments of Thy rod,
And blessings of Thy throne!

3 How cold and feeble is my love!
How negligent my fear!

How low my hope of joys above!
How few affections there!

4 Great God, Thy sovereign power impart
To give Thy Word success;
Write Thy salvation in my heart,
And make me learn Thy grace.

5 Show my forgetful feet the way

That leads to joys on high;

There knowledge grows without decay,

1 ON what has now been sown,

Thy blessing, Lord, bestow;

The power is Thine alone

To make it spring and grow:

Do Thou the gracious harvest raise,
And Thou alone shalt have the praise.

M.

H.M.

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2 To Thee our wants are known,
From Thee are all our powers,
Accept what is Thine own,
And pardon what is ours:

Our praises, Lord, and prayers receive,
And to Thy Word a blessing give.

3 0 grant that each of us,

Who meet before Thee here,

May meet together thus,

When Thou and Thine appear,

And follow Thee to heaven our home;
Even so, Amen, Lord Jesus, come!
John Newton. 1779.

1 LORD, dismiss us with Thy blessing,
Fill our hearts with joy and peace!
Let us each, Thy Lové possessing,
Triumph in redeeming grace.
O refresh us,

Travelling through this wilderness.

2 Thanks we give and adoration
For Thy Gospel's joyful sound.
May the fruits of Thy salvation
In our hearts and lives abound:
May Thy presence

With us evermore be found.

3 So, whene'er the signal 's given
Us from earth to call away,
Borne on angels' wings to heaven,
Glad the summons to obey,
May we, ready,

Rise and reign in endless day.

8,7.

Unknown. 1776. a.

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Ach sei mit Deiner Gnade.
1 ABIDE with us, our Saviour,
Nor let Thy mercy cease;
From Satan's might defend us,
And grant our souls release.
2 Abide with us, our Saviour,

Sustain us by Thy Word;
That we with all Thy people
To life may be restored.
3 Abide with us, our Saviour,
Thou Light of endless light;
Increase to us Thy blessings,
And save us by Thy might.
4 To Father, Son, and Spirit,
Eternal One in Three,

As was, and is forever,
All praise and glory be.
Unknown. 1848.

7, 6.

Tr. Charles Bernard Garve. 1827.

1 LORD, Thou art the Truth and Way:

Guide us, lest we go astray.
Lord, Thou art the Life: by Thee
May we gain eternity.

2 In ourselves we cannot trust;
Lord, remember we are dust!
Thou who all our frailty know'st,
Send Thou us Thy Holy Ghost!

7s.

Uuknown. 1850. a. From the Danish.

1 SAVIOUR! all my sins confessing,

Gracious hear me when I cry;

8,7.

Give, through faith, the promised blessing,
Freely, fully justify.

2 By Thy Holy Spirit's leading,
Bring me to Thy bosom nigh;
In Thy blessed footsteps treading,
Soul and body sanctify.

3 So, the days of conflict ended,
Into mansions of the sky,

Whither, Lord, Thou art ascended,
With Thyself, me glorify.

Thomas Haweis. 1808.

J. HAIL, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
One God in persons Three;
Of Thee we make our joyful boast,
Our songs we make of Thee.

2 Present alike in every place,
Thy Godhead we adore:
Beyond the bounds of time and space
Thou dwell'st for evermore.

3 In wisdom infinite Thou art,
Thine eye doth all things see;
And every thought of every heart
Is fully known to Thee.

4 Whate'er Thou wilt, in earth below
Thou dost, in heaven above;

But chiefly we rejoice to know
The Almighty God is Love.

5 Thou lov'st whate'er Thy hands have made;
Thy goodness we rehearse,

In shining characters displayed

4 Do more than pardon: give us joy, Sweet fear and sober liberty,

And loving hearts without alloy,

That only long to be like Thee.

Through life's long day and death's dark night,
O gentle Jesus, be our Light!

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