4 Within these walls let holy peace,
And love, and concord dwell;
Here give the troubled confcience eafe,
The wounded spirit heal.

5

The feeling heart, the melting eye,
The humbled mind beftow;
And fhine upon us from on high,
To make our graces grow!

6 May we in faith receive thy word,
In faith present our pray❜rs;
And, in the prefence of our Lord,
Unbofom all our cares.

7 And may the gofpel's joyful found,
Enforc'd by mighty grace,
Awaken many finners round,
To come and fill the place.

I'

JES

XLIV. C. Another.

ESUS, where'er thy people meet,
There they behold thy mercy-feat;
Where'er they feek thee, thou art found,
And ev'ry place is hallow'd ground.
2 For thou, within no walls confin'd,
Inhabiteit the humble mind;

Such ever bring thee, where they come,
And going, take thee to their home.
3 Dear Shepherd of thy chosen few!
Thy former mercies here renew;
Here, to our waiting hearts proclaim
The sweetness of thy faving name.

4 Here may we prove the pow'r of pray'r,
To ftrengthen faith, and fweeten care;
To teach our faint defires to rife,
And bring all heav'n before our eyes,

5 Behold

5 Behold, at thy commanding word,
We stretch the curtain and the cord *;
Come thou, and fill this wider space,
And bless us with a large increase.

6 Lord, we are few, but thou art near;
Nor fhort thine arm, nor deaf thine ear;
Oh rend the heav'ns, come quickly down,
And make a thoufand hearts thine own!

XLV. The Lord's Day.

I HOW welcome to the faints, when press'd With fix days noife, and care, and toil,

Is the returning day of reft,

Which hides them from the world awhile? 2 Now, from the throng withdrawn away, They feem to breathe a diff'rent air; Compos'd and foft'ned by the dày, All things another aspect wear.

3 How happy if their lot is caft

Where ftatedly the gospel founds!
The word is honey to their taste,
Renews their ftrength, and heals their wounds!

4 Tho' pinch'd with poverty at home,
With tharp afflictions daily fed,

5

It makes amends, if they can come
To God's own house for heav'nly bread !
With joy they haften to the place

Where they their Saviour oft have met;
And while they feast upon his grace,
Their burdens and their griefs forget.

6 This favour'd lot, my friends, is ours,
May we the privilege improve,

And find thefe confecrated hours
Sweet earnefts of the joys above!

Ifaiah, liv. 2.

7 We thank thee for thy day, O Lord:
Here we thy promis'd prefence feek;
Open thine hand, with bleflings stor❜d,
And give us manna for the week.

XLVI. Gospel-Privileges.

Happy they who know the Lord, With whom he deigns to dwell! He feeds and cheers them by his word, His arm fupports them well.

2 To them, in each diftrefling hour, His throne of grace is near;

3

4

And when they plead his love and pow'r,
He ftands engag'd to hear.

He help'd his faints in ancient days,
Who trufted in his name;

And we can witnefs to his praife,
His love is ftill the fame.

Wand'ring in fin, our fouls he found,
And bid us feek his face;

Gave us to hear the gofpel-found,

And tafte the gofpel-grace.

5. Oft in his houfe his glory fhines,
Before our wond'ring eyes;
We wish not then for golden mines,
Or ought beneath the skies.

6 His prefence fweetens all our cares,
And makes our burdens light;
A word from him difpels our fears,
And gilds the gloom of night.

7 Lord, we expect to fuffer here,
Nor would we dare repine

But give us ftill to find thee near,
And own us still for thine.

8 Let us enjoy and highly prize
These tokens of thy love,

Till thou fhalt bid our fpirits rise,
To worship thee above.

XLVII. Another.

HAPPY are they to whom the Lord
His gracious name makes known!

And by his Spirit, and his word,
Adopts them for his own!

2 He calls them to his mercy-feat,
And hears their humble pray'r;
And when within his house they meet,
They find his prefence near.

3 The force of their united cries

No pow'r can long withstand;
For Jefus helps them from the skies,
By his almighty hand.

4 Then mountains fink at once to plains,
And light from darkness fprings;
Each feeming lofs improves their gains,
Each trouble comfort brings.

5 Tho' men defpife them, or revile,
They count the trial small;
Whoever frowns, if Jefus fmile,
It makes amends for all.

6 Tho' meanly clad, and coarsely fed,.
And, like their Saviour, poor;
They would not change their gospel-bread
For all the worldling's ftore,

7 When chear'd with faith's fublimer joys,
They mount on eagle's wings;
They can difdain, as children's toys,
The pride and pomp of kings.
8 Dear Lord, affift our fouls to pay
The debt of praise we owe,
That we enjoy a gospel-day,
And heav'n begun below.

XLVIII. Praife for the Continuance of the Gospel.

I ONCE, while we aim'd at Zion's fongs,

A fudden mourning check'd our tongues! Then we were call'd to fow in tears The feeds of joy for future years. 2 Oft as that memorable hour

The changing year brings round again, We meet to praise the love and pow'r Which heard our cries, and eas'd our pain. 3 Come, ye who trembled for the ark, Unite in praise for answer'd pray'r! Did not the Lord our forrows mark? Did not our fighing reach his ear? 4 Then fmaller griefs were laid afide, And all our cares fumm'd up in one; "Let us but have thy word, we cry'd, In other things, thy will be done." 5 Since he has granted our request, And we ftill hear the gofpel voice; Altho' by many trials preft, In this we can and will rejoice. Tho' to our lot temptations fall, Tho' pain and want, and cares annoy; The precious gofpel fweetens all, And yields us med'cine, food, and joy.

XLIX. A Famine of the Word.

Ladnefs was fpread thro' Ifrael's hoft.
When first they manna view'd ;
They labour'd who should gather moft,
And thought it pleasant food.

Wherever a feparation is threatened between a minifter and people who dearly love each other, this hymn may be as feafonable as it was once in Olney.