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STEELE.

Pardon.

1 THE traveller, lost in night,
Breathes many a longing sigh,
And marks the welcome dawn of light,
With rapture in his eye.

2 Thus sweet the dawn of day
Which weary sinners find,
When mercy, with reviving ray,
Beams o'er the fainting mind.

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ANONYMOUS.

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 home above.

1 TO THEE Our wants are known, From thee are all our powers:

Accept what is thine own,

And pardon what is ours:

Our praises, Lord, and prayers receive, And to thy word a blessing give.

2 O, grant that each of us
Now met before thee here,
May meet together thus,

When thou and thine appear:
To thy blest presence may we come,
And dwell in an eternal home.

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Close of Worship.

1 PART in peace! with deep thanksgiving, Rendering, as we homeward tread, Gracious service to the living,

Tranquil memory to the dead.

2 Part in peace! such are the praises
God, our Maker, loveth best;
Such the worship that upraises
Human hearts to heavenly rest.

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Prayer for Guidance.

1 LEAD US, Heavenly Father, lead us
O'er the world's tempestuous sea;
Guard us, guide us, keep us, feed us,
For we have no help but thee;
Still possessing every blessing,
If our God our Father be.

2 Spirit of our God, descending,

Fill our hearts with heavenly joy, Love with kind affections blending, Pleasures time can never cloy; Thus provided, pardoned, guided, Nothing shall our peace destroy.

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Close of Divine Service.

1 WHAT of truth we have been hearing,
Fix, O Lord, in every heart;
In the day of thy appearing,
May we share thy people's part.

2 Truth! how sacred is the treasure!
Teach us, Lord, its worth to know;
Vain the hope, and short the pleasure,
Which from other sources flow.

3 Till we leave this world forever,
May we live beneath thine eye;
This our aim, our sole endeavor,
Thine to live, and thine to die.

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SALISBURY COLL.

Prayer for a Blessing.

1 GLORIOUS in thy saints appear;
Plant thy heavenly kingdom here;
Light and life to all impart;
Shine on each believing heart;—

2 And, in every grace complete,
Make us, Lord, for glory meet;
Till we stand before thy sight,
Partners with the saints in light.
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Parting.

1 CHRISTIANS, brethren, ere we part,
Every voice and every heart
Join, and to our Father raise
One last hymn of grateful praise.

2 Though we here should meet no more,
Yet there is a brighter shore;
There, released from toil and pain,
There, we all may meet again.

3 Now to Him who reigns in heaven,
Be eternal glory given !

Grateful for thy love divine,
O, may all our hearts be thine.

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