2 All who vital breath enjoy, In His praise that breath employ, And in one great chorus join;
Praise, O praise the Name Divine!
1 FROM all that dwell below the skies Let the Creator's praise arise; Let the Redeemer's name be sung, Through every land, by every tongue. 2 Eternal are thy mercies, Lord; Eternal truth attends thy word;
Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore Till suns shall rise and set no more.
For a Blessing on the Word.
1 THY gracious aid, great God, impart, To give thy word success; Write all its precepts on the heart, And deep its truths impress.
2 0, speed our progress in the way That leads to joys on high,
Where knowledge grows without decay, And love shall never die!
Closing Thanksgiving..
1 THANKS for mercies past, receive;
Pardon of our sins renew;
Teach us henceforth how to live With eternity in view.
2 Bless thy word to young and old; Grant us, Lord, thy peace and love, And when life's short tale is told, Take us to thy house above.
1 THY name be hallowed evermore; O God! thy kingdom come with power! Thy will be done, and day by day, Give us our daily bread, we pray:
2 Lord! evermore to us be given
The living bread that came from heaven; Water of life on us bestow,
Thou art the Source, the Fountain thou.
1 How blest is he whose tranquil mind, When life declines, recalls again The years that time has cast behind, And reaps delight from toil and pain. 2 So, when the transient storm is past, The sudden gloom and driving shower, The sweetest sunshine is the last; The loveliest is the evening hour.
101. 8 & 7s. M. ESTLIN. Reliance for the Future.
1 GRACIOUS Source of every blessing! Guard our breasts from anxious fears; May we still thy love possessing, Sink into the vale of
2 All our hopes on thee reclining, Peace companion of our way; May our sun, in smiles declining, Rise in everlasting day.
102. 8 & 7s. M. TOPLADY'S COLL.
1 LORD, dismiss us with thy blessing, Hope and comfort from above; Let us each, thy peace possessing, Triumph in redeeming love.
2 Thanks we give, and adoration, For thy Gospel's joyful sound; May the fruits of thy salvation In our hearts and lives abound.
103. L. M. BUTCHER. Doxology.
IMMORTAL praise to God be given By all on earth, and all in heaven; The First, the Last, who reigns alone, And fills an undivided throne.
1 THOU art the First-and thou the Last;
Time centres all in thee:
The Almighty God who was, and is, And evermore shall be.
2 To thee let every tongue be praise, And every heart be love, All grateful honours paid on earth, And nobler songs above.
105. 8 & 7s. M.
Closing Prayer.
1 LORD of nature, Source of light, View in love thy world below; Guide our erring footsteps right,
Through these scenes of guilt and woe.
2 Grant thy Spirit! By thy kindness Let our errors be forgiven;
Heal our sins, dispel our blindness; Then, conduct us safe to heaven.
1 MAY the grace of Christ, our Saviour, And the Father's boundless love, With the Holy Spirit's favour, Rest upon us from above.
2 Thus may we abide in union With each other and the Lord; And possess, in sweet communion, Joys which earth cannot afford.
1 Now may He, who from the dead Brought the Shepherd of the sheep, Jesus Christ, our King and Head, All our souls in safety keep. 2 May he teach us to fulfil What is pleasing in his sight, Perfect us in all his will,
And preserve us day and night. 6*
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