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SPECIAL OCCASIONS: NEW PLACES OF WORSHIP.

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He shall testify of Me.-John xv. 26.

OME,Thou Everlasting Spirit, 3 Come, Thou Witness of His dying; Bring to every thankful mind All the Saviour's dying merit, All His sufferings for mankind. 2 True Recorder of His passion, Now the living faith impart : Now reveal His great salvation: Preach His gospel to each heart.

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Come, Remembrancer divine,
Let us feel Thy power applying
Christ to every soul, and mine.
4 Plead in us with inward groaning,
While for Him we pierced, we grieve,
May we each, the grace atoning,
Of the sprinkled blood receive.

SPECIAL OCCASIONS.

I. NEW PLACES OF WORSHIP.

LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE OF A CHURCH.

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I have chosen and sanctified this house, that My name may be there for ever: and Mine eyes and Mine heart shall be there perpetually.-2 Chron. vii. 16.

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Him alone we build :

With His true saints alone
The courts of heaven are filled;
cr On His great love our hopes we place,
Of present grace and joys above.

2 O then with hymns of praise
These hallowed courts shall ring;
Our voices we will raise

The Three in One to sing;
And thus proclaim in joyful song,
Both loud and long, that glorious Name.

For evermore draw nigh;
Accept each faithful vow,

And mark each suppliant sigh;
In copious shower on all who pray,
Each holy day Thy blessings pour.
cr 4 Here may we gain from heaven
The grace which we implore;
And may that grace, once given,
Be with us evermore;
Until that day, when all the blest
To endless rest are called away. Amen.
HYMN OF 8TH CENTURY, tr. by J. CHANDLER.

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Built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the
Chief Corner Stone.-Eph. ii. 23.

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THOU in whom alone is
found
The strength by which our toil is blest,
Upon this consecrated ground
Now bid Thy cloud of glory rest.

cr 2 In Thy great name we place this stone;
To Thy great truth these walls we rear;
Long may they make Thy glory known,
And long our Saviour triumph here.

mf3 And while Thy sons, from earth apart, Here seek the truth from heaven that

sprung,

Fill with Thy Spirit every heart,
With living fire touch every tongue.

4 Lord, feed Thy church with peace and
Let sin and error pass away, [love;
f Till truth's full influence from above
Rejoice the earth with cloudless day.
Amen.
HENRY WARE, JUN.

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Will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth?-2 Chron. vi. 18.

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We build the temple, Lord, to Thee : Thine eye be open night and day, To guard this house and sanctuary. dim 2 Here, when Thy people seek Thy face, And dying sinners pray to live, cr Hear Thou, in heaven, Thy dwellingplace,

And, when Thou hearest, O forgive!

The blessed gospel of Thy Son,

Still, by the power of His great Name, Be mighty signs and wonders done. f4 Hosanna to their heavenly King!

When children's voices raise that song,
Hosanna let their angels sing,

And heaven with earth the strain pro-
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The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee.. to beautify the place of My sanctuary.—Isa. Ix. 13.

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4 To Thee they all belong; to Thee The treasures of the earth and sea; And when we bring them to Thy throne We but present Thee with Thine own. p5 The heads that guide endue with skill,

The hands that work preserve from ill, cr That we, who these foundations lay, May raise the topstone in its day. mf 6 But now and ever, Lord, protect

The temple of Thine own elect; f Be Thou in them, and they in Thee, O ever-blessed Trinity! Amen.

J. M. NEALE.

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I have hallowed this house which thou hast built.-1 Kings ix. 3.

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mf3 Here to Thee a temple stand,
While the sea shall gird the land;
Here reveal Thy mercy sure,
While the sun and moon endure.
f 4 Hallelujah!-earth and sky
To the joyful sound reply:
Hallelujah!-hence ascend
Prayer and praise till time shall end.
Amen.

J. MONTGOMERY.

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