5 May I then break my league with death, And live to thee alone;

O may thy Spirit fix my faith,

And seal me for thine own!

422. Sinners Invited to Zion. c.M.

They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD, in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten.-JER. 1. 5.

I ZION, the city of our God,

How glorious is the place;

The Saviour there has his abode,
And sinners see his face!

2 Firm against ev'ry adverse shock,
Its mighty bulwarks prove;
'Tis built upon the living rock,
And wall'd around with love.

3 There all the fruits of glory grow,
And joys that never die,

And streams of grace and knowledge flow,
The soul to satisfy.

4 Come, set your faces Zion-ward,
The sacred road inquire;
And let an union to the Lord

Be henceforth your desire!

5 The gospel shines to give you light, No longer then delay;

The Spirit waits to guide you right,

6 O Lord, regard thy people's pray'r,
Thy promise now fulfil;

And young and old by grace prepare,
To dwell on Zion's hill.

423. To take the Yoke of Christ. 8—7—4.

Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest unto your souls.-Mat. xi. 29.

1 COME, ye souls by sin afflicted,

Bow'd with fruitless sorrow down;
By the broken law convicted,

By the tempter's snares undone,
Look to Jesus-

Mercy flows through him alone.

2 Take his easy yoke and wear it;

Love will make obedience sweet; Christ will give you strength to bear it, While his wisdom guides your feet Safe to glory

Where his ransom'd captives meet.

3 Sweet as home to pilgrims weary,
Light to newly-opened eyes,
Flowing streams in deserts dreary,-
Is the rest the cross supplies:
All who taste it-

Shall to rest immortal rise.

4 But to sing the Rest of glory,
Mortal tongues far short must fall;

Saints in heav'n, who taste its fulness,
Not e'en they can utter all.
Faith believes it-Hope expects it—
Love desires it—
But it far exceeds them all.

SECTION VII..

ORDINANCES.

424. Delight in the Lord's Day. S.M.

Remember the Sabbath-day, to keep it holy.-EXODUS xx. 8.

1

WELCOME, Sweet day of rest!
That saw the Lord arise;
Welcome to this reviving breast,
And these rejoicing eyes.

2 The king himself comes near,
And feasts his saints to-day;
Here may we meet, and see him here,
And love, and praise, and pray.

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One day amid the place

Where Jesu's love we taste.

Is sweeter than ten thousand days
In sinful pleasure past.

My willing soul would stay
In such a frame as this,

Waiting the still more perfect day
Of everlasting bliss!

425. Delight in the Lord's Day. S.M.

Rejoice in the Lord alway.-PHIL. iv. 4.
COME, ye that love the Lord,
And let your joys be known ;
Join in a song with sweet accord,
While ye surround the throne.

The sorrows of the mind
Be banish'd from this place;
Religion never was design'd
To make our pleasures less.

Let those refuse to sing,
That never knew our God;
But children of the heav'nly King

May speak their joys abroad.

The God whom we adore,

Whose goodness here we prove;

Will keep and bring us by his power
To dwell with him above.

5

There we shall see his face,
And never, never sin;

There from the rivers of his grace
Drink endless pleasures in.

[6 The men of grace have found Glory began below;

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Celestial fruits on earthly ground
From faith and hope may grow.

The hill of Zion yields

A thousand sacred sweets,

Before we reach the heav'nly fields,
Or walk the golden streets.]

8 Then let our songs abound,
And ev'ry tear be dry:

We're marching thro' Immanuel's ground,
To fairer worlds on high.

426. Delight in the Lord's Day. 148th.

This is the day which the LORD hath made: we will rejoice and be glad in it.-Ps. cxviii. 24.

1 THE Lord is ris'n indeed,

And bids his members rise;
Ye saints by Jesus freed,

Pursue him to the skies:

This is the day the Lord hath made,
Rejoice and be for ever glad.