VII. SHORT HYMN S.

BEFORE SERMON.

HYMN

LXXXIX.

Confirm the hope thy word allows,

Behold us waiting to be fed';

Blefs the provifions of thy house,
And fatisfy thy poor with bread:
Drawn by thine invitation, Lord,
Athirst and hungry we are come;
Now from the fulness of thy word,
Feaft us, and fend us thankful home.

HYMN XC.

I NOW, Lord, infpire the preacher's heart, And teach his tongue to fpeak;

Food to the hungry foul impart,

And cordials to the weak.

2, Furnish us all with light and pow'rs
To walk in Wifdom's ways;

So fhall the benefit be ours,
And thou fhalt have the praife.

HYMN XCI.

3 THY promife, Lord, and thy command, Have brought us here to-day;

And now, we humbly waiting ftand
To hear what thou wilt fay.

2 Meet us, we pray, with words of peace,
And fill our hearts with love;

That from our follies we may cease,
And henceforth faithful prove.

Pfal. lxxxv. 8.

HYMN

2

3

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Ungry, and faint, and poor,
Behold us, Lord, again

Affembled at thy mercies door,
Thy bounty to obtain.

Thy word invites us nigh,
Or we muft ftarve indeed;
For we no money have to buy,
No righteoufnefs to plead.

The food our fpirits want
Thy hand alone can give ;

Oh, hear the pray'r of faith, and grant

That we may eat, and live.

IR Emember us, we pray thee, Lord,

With thofe who love thy gracious name;
And to our fouls that good afford,
Thy promise has prepar'd for them.

2 To us thy great falvation fhow,
Give us a taste of love divine;
That we thy people's joy may know,
And in their holy triumph join.

No

'OT to Sinai's dreadful blaze *,
But to Zion's throne of grace,
By a way mark'd out with blood,
Sinners now approach to God.

* Hebrews, xii. 18. 22.

2 Not to hear the fiery law,
But with humble joy to draw
Water, by that well supply'd *,
Jefus open'd when he dy'd.

3 Lord, there are no ftreams but thine
Can affuage a thirst like mine;
'Tis a thirft thyself didft give,
Let me therefore drink and live.

Ften thy public means of grace,'
Thy thirsty people's watʼring place,
The archers have befett;

Attack'd them in thy house of pray's,
To prifon dragg'd, or to the bar,
When thus together met.

2 But we from fuch affaults are freed,
Can pray, and fing, and hear, and read,
And meet, and part, in peace:
May we our privileges prize,

In their improvement make us wife,
And bless us with increase.

3 Unlefs thy prefence thou afford,
Unlefs thy bleffing clothe the word,
In vain our liberty!

What would it profit to maintain
A name for life, fhould we remain
Formal and dead to thee?

AFTER SERMON.

HYMN

XCVI.

Deut. xxxiii. 26. 29.

WITH Iract's God who can compare?
Or who like Ifrael happy are?

O people faved by the Lord,

He is thy fhield and great reward!

* Isaiah, xii. 3.

↑ Judges, v. II.

2 Upheld

2 Upheld by everlafting arms,

Thou art fecur'd from foes and harms;
In vain their plots, and falfe their boasts,
Our refuge is the Lord of hofts.

Habakkuk, iii. 17. 18.

ESUS is mine! I'm now prepar'd

Yes, let the winds of trouble blow,
And comforts melt away like fnow:
No blafted trees, or failing crops,
Can hinder my eternal hopes;

hard

Tho' creatures change, the Lord's the fame-
Then let me triumph in his name.

IWE feek a reft beyond the skies,

In everlasting day;

Thro' floods and flames the paffage lies,
But Jefus guards the way:
The fwelling flood, and raging flame,
Hear and obey his word;
Then let us triumph in his name,

Our Saviour is the Lord.

1 THE

HE faints Emmanuel's portion are,
Redeem'd by price, reclaim'd by pow'r

His fpecial choice, and tender care,
Owns them and guards them ev'ry hour.

2 He finds them in a barren land,

Befet with fins, and fears, and woes;
He leads and guides them by his hand,
And bears them fafe from all their foes,

HYMN

Hebrews, xiii. 20. 24.

NOW may he who from the dead

Brought the Shepherd of the sheep,

Jefus Chrift, our King and Head,
All our fouls in fafety keep!
2 May he teach us to fulfil
What is pleafing in his fight;.
Perfect us in all his will,

And preferve us day and night!
3 To that dear Redeemer's praife,
Who the cov❜nant feal'd with blood,
Let our hearts and voices raise
Loud thanksgivings to our God.

2 Corinthians, xiii. 14.

MAY the grace of Chrift our Saviour

And the Father's boundless love,

With the Holy Spirit's favour,

Reft upon us from above!

Thus may we abide in union
With each other, and the Lord;
And poffefs, in fweet communion,
Joys which earth, cannot afford.

THE peace which God alone reveals,
And by his word of grace imparts,

Which only the believer feels *,

Direct and keep, and cheer your hearts:

Phil. iv. 7.

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