7 LORD, we expect to suffer here,

Nor would we dare repine ;
But give us 'still to find thee near,

And own us still for thine.
8 May we enjoy, and highly prize

These tokens of thy love: Till thou shalt bid our spirits rise, - To worship thee above.

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Grace lamented. C.M.

LONG have I sat beneath the sound
* v *Of thy salvation, LORD;
But still bow weak my faith is found,

And knowledge of thy word!
2 Oft I frequent thy holy place,
13:11 And hear almost in vain :
How small a portion of thy grace

Does my false heart retain !
3 How cold and feeble is my love!"

How negligent my fear!
How low my hopes of joys above !

How few affections there! 4 Great Gop! thy sov'reign pow'r impart,

To give thy word success;
Write thy salvation on my heart,
And make me learn thy grace.

5 Show my forgetful feet the way!

That leads to joys on high There knowledge grows without decay, And love shall never die,

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453. Before Sermon. C. M. JESUS said unto them, I am the bread of life; he that

cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth
on me shall never thirst.-JOHx vi. 35.
GLORY to God, who gave the word,

And bid the preachers cry;
Who caus’d his will to be proclaim'd,

And brought salvation nigh. Lisa 2 LORD, ever give us of that bread,

And grant us ears to hear,
Hearts to receive the heav'nly seed,

And bring forth fruit with fear, 3 O may thy word direct our path,

And guide our fault'ring feet,
Direct us in the living way,

And to thy mercy seat!
4 Fountain of everlasting life,

Of bliss, and truth, and good,
Give us (that we may never thirst),

To drink of Jesu's blood! 5 [Fill every hungry soul with

soul with grace, From thine exhaustless store; And let no one go empty hence,

But taste and pray for more.]

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6 O let thy children all be fed

With the eternal word;
Be wise, and stronger grow thereby,
Increasing in the Lord!

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xxxii. 26.
LORD, we come before thee now,
At thy feet we humbly bow;
O! do not our suit disdain ;

Shall we seek thy face in vain ? 2 In thine own appointed way, Now

seek thee, here we stay;
And from hence we would not go,
Till a blessing thou bestow.
That may joy and

peace afford;
Let thy Spirit now impart

Full salvation to each heart.
4 Grant that all may seek, and find

Thee a God supremely kind;
Heal the sick, the captive free,
Let us all rejoice in thee.

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