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John xiv. 16, 17.
C. WESLEY.

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ATHER of our dying Lord,
Remember us for good;

O fulfil His faithful word,

And hear His speaking blood.
Give us that for which He prays:
Father, glorify Thy Son:

Shew His truth, and power, and grace,
And send the Proniise down.

2 True and faithful Witness, Thou,
O Christ, Thy Spirit give:
Hast Thou not received Him now,
That we might now receive?
Art Thou not our living Head?
Life to all our souls impart :
Shed Thy love, Thy Spirit shed,
In every waiting heart.

3 Holy Ghost, the Comforter,
The gift of Jesus, come:

Glows our heart to find Thee near,
And swells to make Thee room:
Present with us Thee we feel,
Come, O come, and in us be;
With us, in us, live and dwell,
To all eternity.

729 John vi. 33.

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HEBER,

READ of the world, in mercy broken,

B Wine of the soul, in mercy shed,

By whom the words of life were spoken, And in whose death our sins are dead; 2 Look on the heart by sorrow broken, Look on the tears by sinners shed, And be Thy feast to us the token, That by Thy grace our souls are fed.

730 Matt. xxvi. 29.-Rev. xix. 9. S. M,

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TE in the lower parts

W of Thy great kingdom feast,

And feel the earnest in our hearts
Of Thine eternal rest.

Thy presence makes the feast;
Now let our spirits feel

The glory not to be expressed,

The joy unspeakable.

For still a higher seat
We in Thy kingdom claim,
And here begin by faith to eat

The supper of the Lamb.

Lift up from earth our eyes
To that great banquet there,
And ever for the crowning prize
Our waiting hearts prepare.

The life that's hid with Thee,
With hidden manna feed,
Until the great Epiphany,
When we shall feast indeed.

731 Luke xxil. 19.

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THOU who didst this rite reveal,

10 of our blest faith the sign and seal,

Around Thine altar, Lord, we kneel,
Met to remember Thee.

2 Thou, faintly loved and feebly sought,
Too oft forsaken and forgot;

With contrite shame, with sorrowing thought,

Lord, we remember Thee,

3 Thou in our suffering flesh hast dwelt
Guiltless, our load of guilt hast felt;
Shall not our hearts within us melt,
Saviour, remembering Thee?

4 "Twas love, untold, unfathomed love, Which brought Thee from Thy throne above;

And shall not love our bosoms move,
While we remember Thee?

5 Through Thee the feeblest shall prevail;
Thou wilt not leave, Thou canst not fail;
Thy dying words, O Lord, we hail,
And thus remember Thee,

732 Luke xiv. 22. C. M. DODDRIDGE. 1 THE King of heaven His table spreads,

And dainties crown the board;

Not paradise with all its joys

Could such delight afford.

2 Pardon and peace to dying men,
And endless life are given,

And the rich blood that Jesus shed,
To raise the soul to heaven.

3 Ye hungry poor, that long have strayed
In sin's dark mazes, come;
Come from the hedges and highways,
And grace shall find you room.

4 Millions of souls in glory now
Were fed and feasted here;

And millions more, still on the way,
Around the board appear.

5 Yet is His house and heart so large,
That millions more may come,
Nor could the wide assembling world
O'erfill the spacious room.

6 All things are ready; come away,
Nor weak excuses frame;
Crowd to your places at the feast,
And bless the Founder's name.

733 1 Cor. xi. 26.

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NIGHTEEN centuries have fled
Since our Saviour broke the bread,

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And this sacred feast ordained,
Ever by His church retained.
Those His body who discern,
Thus shall meet till His return.
2 Through the church's long eclipse,
When, from priest or pastor's lips,
Truth divine was never heard,-
'Mid the famine of the word,
Still these symbols witness gave
To His love who died to save.
3 All who bear the Saviour's name,
Here their common faith proclaim,
Though diverse in tongue or rite;
Here, one body we unite,

Breaking thus one mystic bread,
Members of one common head.

4 Come, the blessed emblems share,
Which the Saviour's death declare.
Come, on truth immortal feed;
For His flesh is meat indeed.
Saviour, witness with the sign,

That our ransomed souls are Thine

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To Thee, Thou bleeding Lamb, to Thee,

For pardon, peace, and life we flee;

The shelter of Thy cross we claim;
Thy righteousness alone we name.
Now at Thy feet we suppliant fall,

Our Lord, our Life, our All in all

735 Isalah xxxii. 2. 112th M. HEBER.

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NORTH from the dark and stormy sky,
Lord, to Thine altar's shade we fly;
Forth from the world, its hope and fear,
Saviour, we seek Thy shelter here;
Weary and weak, Thy grace we pray;
Turn not, O Lord, Thy guests away.

2 Long have we roamed in want and pain,
Long have we sought for rest in vain:
Wildered in doubt, in darkness lost,
Long have our souls been tempest-tost:
Low at Thy feet our sins we lay;
Turn not, O Lord, Thy guests away.

736 Heb xii. 18-24.

L. M. KEBLE.*

10 How should weak sinners bear the sight,

GOD of mercy, God of might,

If, as Thy power is surely here,
Thine open glory should appear?

2 For now Thy people are allowed

To scale the mount, and pierce the cloud;
And faith may feed her eager view
With wonders Sinai never knew.

3 Fresh from the atoning sacrifice
The world's Redeemer bleeding lies,
That man, His foe, for whom He bled,
May take Him for his daily bread.
4 Oh, agony of wavering thought,
When sinners first so near are brought!
It is my Maker-dare I stay?
My Saviour-dare I turn away?
5 O Saviour, calm our troubled fears;
O Saviour, gather up our tears;
And let us, in this solemn hour,
Behold Thy glory, feel Thy power.

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