Communion with God and Christ.
1 My heavenly Father calls,
And Christ invites me near; With both my friendship shall be sweet, And my communion dear.
2 God pities all my griefs; He pardons every day; Almighty to protect my soul, And wise to guide my way.
3 Jesus, my living Head, I bless thy faithful care; My Advocate before the throne, And my Forerunner there.
4 Here fix my roving heart; Here wait my warmest love, Till the communion be complete, In nobler scenes above.
HYMN 471. L. M. [#] Loving Kindness of the Saviour.
1 AWAKE, my soul, in joyful lays, And sing thy great Redeemer's praise ; He justly claims a song from me; His loving kindness, O how free!
2 Though numerous hosts of mighty foes, Though earth and sin, my way oppose, He safely leads my soul along; His loving kindness, O how strong!
3 When trouble, like a gloomy cloud, Has gathered thick, and thundered loud, He near my soul has always stood; His loving kindness, O how good! 4 Soon shall I pass the gloomy vale; Soon all my mortal powers must fail; O may my last, expiring breath His loving kindness sing in death.
HYMN 472. L. M. [b]
This do in Remembrance of me.
1 EAT, drink, in memory of your Friend: Such was our Master's last request, Who all the pangs of death endured, That we might live forever blest.
2 Yes, we'll record thy matchless love, Thou kindest, tenderest, best of friends: Thy dying love the noblest praise
Our hearts can offer thee transcends.
3 'Tis pleasure more than earth can give Thy goodness through these veils to see; Thy table food celestial yields, And happy they who sit with thee.
HYMN 473. S. M. [#] Christian Unity.
1 LET party names no more
The Christian world o'erspread; Gentile and Jew, and bond and free, Are one in Christ, their Head.
2 Among the saints on earth Let mutual love be found; Heirs of the same inheritance, With mutual blessings crowned.
3 Envy and strife be gone,
And only kindness known; While all one common Father have, One common Master own.
4 Thus will the church below Resemble that above,
Where springs of purest pleasure rise, And every heart is love.
1 DIDST thcu, dear Jesus, suffer shame, And bear the cross for me? And shall I fear to own thy name, Or thy disciple be?
2 Inspire my soul with life divine, And make me truly bold;
Let knowledge, faith and meekness shine, Nor love, nor zeal, grow cold.
3 Let mockers scoff, the world defame And treat me with disdain, Still may I glory in thy name, And count reproach my gain.
4 To thee I cheerfully submit, And all my powers resign; Let Wisdom point out what is fit, And I'll no more repine.
HYMN 475. L. M. [#]
The Memorial of our absent Lord.
1 JESUS is gone above the sky,
Where our weak senses reach him not; And carnal objects court our eye,
To thrust our Saviour from our thought.
2 He knows what wandering hearts we have, How weak our faith and hope might prove; And, to refresh our minds, he gave This kind memorial of his love.
3 The Lord of life this table spread With his own flesh and dying blood: We on the rich provision feed,
And taste the wine, and bless our God.
4 Let sinful sweets be all forgot,
And earth grow less in our esteem; Christ and his love fill every thought, And faith and hope be fixed on him.
HYMN 476. 61. L. M. [#]
The Christian's ardent Aspirations. 1 ETERNAL Spirit, Source of light, Enlivening, consecrating Fire, Descend, and with celestial heat
Our dull, our frozen hearts inspire; Our souls refine, our dross consume; Come, condescending Spirit, come. 2 In our cold breasts, O strike a spark
Of that pure flame which seraphs feel;
Nor let us wander in the dark, Or lie benumbed and stupid still. Come, vivifying Spirit, come,
And make our hearts thy constant home.
3 Let pure devotion's fervours rise; Let every pious passion glow; O let the raptures of the skies
Kindle in our cold hearts below. Come, purifying Spirit, come, And make our souls thy constant home.
HYMN 477. 8 & 7s. M. [b]
Desires after Christian Obedience.
1 FROM the table now retiring, Which for us the Lord hath spread, May our souls, refreshment finding, Grow in all things like our Head.
2 His example by beholding,
May our lives his image bear; Him our Lord and Master calling, His commands may we revere. 3 Love to God and man displaying, Walking steadfast in his way, Joy attend us in believing;
Peace from God, through endless day.
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