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"In Him we live, &c."
Acts xvii. 27, 28.

off we need not rove

To find the God of love;

In his providential care

Ever intimately near,

All his various works declare
God, the bounteous God is here!

2 We live, and move, and are,
Through his preserving care;
He doth still in life maintain
Every soul that moves and lives;
Gives us back our breath again,
Being every moment gives.

3 Who live, O God, in thee
Entirely thine should be:
Thine we are, a heaven-born race,
Only to thy glory move,

Thee with all our powers we praise,
Thee with all our being love.

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1 THERE is a book who runs may read,
Which heavenly truth imparts;

And all the lore its scholars need
Pure eyes and Christian hearts.

2 The works of God, above, below,
Within us, and around,

Are pages in that book, to shew
How God himself is found.

3 Two worlds are ours; 'tis only sin
Forbids us to descry

The mystic heaven and earth within,
Plain as the sea and sky.

4 Thou who hast given me eyes to see
And love this sight so fair,
Give me a heart to find out thee,
And read thee everywhere.

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"All Thy works praise Thee, O Lord."

HE strain upraise of joy and praise, Alleluia.
To the glory of their King

Shall the ransomed people sing Alleluia.
And the choirs that dwell on high
Shall re-echo through the sky Alleluia.
They in the rest of Paradise who dwell,
The blessed ones, with joy the chorus swell,

Alleluia.
The planets beaming on their heavenly way,
The shining constellations join, and say Alleluia.
Ye clouds that onward sweep,

Ye winds on pinions light,

Alleluia.

Ye thunders, echoing loud and deep,
Ye lightnings wildly bright,
In sweet consent unite your
Ye floods and ocean billows,
Ye storms and winter snow,
Ye days of cloudless beauty,
Hoar frost and summer glow,
Ye groves that wave in spring,
And glorious forests, sing Alleluia.

First let the birds, with painted plumage gay,
Exalt their great Creator's praise, and say Alleluia.
Then let the beasts of earth, with varying strain,
Join in creation's hymn, and cry again Alleluia.
Here let the mountains thunder forth sonorous
Alleluia.

There let the valleys sing in gentler chorus

Alleluia.

Thou jubilant abyss of ocean, cry Alleluia.
Ye tracts of earth and continents, reply Alleluia.
To God, who all creation made,

The frequent hymn be duly paid: Alleluia.

This is the strain, the eternal strain, the Lord Almighty loves: Alleluia.

This is the song, the heavenly song, that Christ the King approves: Alleluia.

Wherefore we sing, both heart and voice awaking,

Praise be done to the Three in One,
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

Amen.

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Genesis xxviii. 20-22.

GOD of Bethel, by whose hand
Thy people still are fed;

Who through this weary pilgrimage

Hast all our fathers led:

2 Our vows, our prayers, we now present
Before thy throne of grace;

God of our fathers, be the God
Of their succeeding race !

3 Through each perplexing path of life
Our wandering footsteps guide;
Give us each day our daily bread,
And raiment fit provide.

4 0 spread thy covering wings around,
Till all our wanderings cease,
And at our Father's loved abode
Our souls arrive in peace!

5 Such blessings from thy gracious hand
Our humble prayers implore;
And thou shalt be our chosen God,
And portion evermore.

SECTION III.

ON THE PERSON, OFFICES, AND WORK OF CHRIST.

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AIL, God the Son, in glory crowned,
Ere time began to be;

Throned with thy Sire, through half the round
Of vast eternity!

2 Let heaven and earth's stupendous frame
Display their Author's power;
And each exalted seraph-flame,

Creator, thee adore.

3 Thy wondrous love the Godhead showed Contracted to a span,

The co-eternal Son of God,

The mortal Son of man.

4 To save us from our lost estate,
Behold his life-blood stream:
Hail, Lord, almighty to create,
Almighty to redeem !

5 The Mediator's God-like sway
His church below sustains:

Till nature shall her Judge survey,
The King Messiah reigns.

6 Hail, with essential glory crowned,
When time shall cease to be;

Throned with thy Father, through the round
Of whole eternity!

6-8 s. 2d Metre. "God of God, Light of light."

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O GOD of GOD, in whom com love divine,

With thankful hearts to thee we sing!
To thee our longing souls aspire,
In fervent flames of strong desire;

Come, and thy sacred unction bring.

2 All things in earth, and air, and sea,
Exist, and live, and move in thee;

All nature trembles at thy voice:
With awe even we thy children prove
Thy power: 0 let us taste thy love!
So evermore shall we rejoice.

3 0 powerful Love, to thee we bow;
Object of all our wishes thou,

Our hearts are naked to thine eye;
To thee, who from the eternal throne
Cam'st emptied of thy glory down,
For us to groan, to bleed, to die.

4 Grace we implore; when billows roll,
Grace is the anchor of the soul;
Grace every sickness knows to heal;
Grace can subdue each fond desire,
And patience in all pain inspire,
Howe'er rebellious nature swell.

5 0 Love, our stubborn will subdue,
Create our ruined frame anew,
Dispel our darkness by thy light;