4 Not in the tombs we pine to dwell, Not in the dark monastic cell,

By vows and grates confined;
Freely to all ourselves we give,
Constrain❜d by Jesus' love to live
The servants of mankind.

5 Now, Jesus, now thy love impart,
To govern each devoted heart,
And fit us for thy will;

Deep founded in the truth of grace,
Build up thy rising Church, and place
The city on the hill.

60 let our love and faith abound; O let our lives, to all around,

With purest lustre shine;

That all around our works may see,

And give the glory, Lord, to thee,
The heavenly light divine.

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The minister's only business. ESUS, the Name high over all,

In hell, or earth, or sky; Angels and men before it fall, And devils fear and fly.

C. M.

2 Jesus, the Name to sinners dear,The Name to sinners given;

It scatters all their guilty fear;

It turns their hell to heaven.

3 Jesus the pris'ner's fetters breaks, And bruises Satan's head;

Power into strengthless souls he speaks, And life into the dead.

4 0 that the world might taste and see The riches of his grace;

The arms of love that compass me,
Would all mankind embrace.

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Grateful remembrance.

CCORDING to thy gracious word,
In meek humility,

This will I do, my dying Lord,

I will remember thee.

2 Thy body, broken for my sake,
My bread from heaven shall be:
Thy testamental cup I take,
And thus remember thee.
3 Gethsemane can I forget?
Or there thy conflict see,
Thine agony and bloody sweat,
And not remember thee?

4 When to the cross I turn mine eyes,

And rest on Calvary,

O Lamb of God, my Sacrifice,

I must remember thee!

5 Remember thee and all thy pains, And all thy love to me;

Yea, while a breath, a pulse remains,

Will I remember thee.

6 And when these failing lips grow dumb, And mind and mem'ry flee,

When thou shalt in thy kingdom come,
Jesus, remember me.

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The opened Fountain.

ALL'D from above, I rise,

CALL

And wash away my sin;

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The stream to which my spirit flies,

Can make the foulest clean.

2 It runs divinely clear,

A fountain deep and wide:

"Twas open'd by the soldier's spear, In my Redeemer's side.

3 The vineyard of the Lord
Before his lab'rers lies;

And lo! we see the vast reward
Which waits us in the skies.

4 0 let our heart and mind
Continually ascend,

That haven of repose to find,
Where all our labours end;

5 Where all our toils are o'er,
Our suff'ring and our pain:
Who meet on that eternal shore,
Shall never part again.

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Continued-Labourers rewarded.

HAPPY, happy place,

Where saints and angels meet! There we shall see each other's face, And all our brethren greet.

2 The Church of the first-born,
We shall with them be blest,
And, crown'd with endless joy, return
To our eternal rest.

3 With joy we shall behold,
In yonder blest abode,
The patriarchs and prophets old,
And all the saints of God.

4 Abrah'm and Isaac, there,
And Jacob, shall receive.

The foll'wers of their faith and prayer Who now in bodies live.

5 We shall our time beneath

Live out in cheerful hope,

And fearless pass the vale of death, And gain the mountain top.

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Discerning the Lord's body.
[ESUS, all-redeeming Lord,
Magnify thy dying word;
In thine ordinance appear;
Come, and meet thy foll'wers here.
2 In the rite thou hast enjoin'd,
Let us now our Saviour find;
Drink thy blood for sinners shed,
Taste thee in the broken bread.
3 Thou our faithful hearts prepare;
Thou thy pard'ning grace declare :
Thou that hast for sinners died,
Show thyself the Crucified!

4 All the power of sin remove;
Fill us with thy perfect love;
Stamp us with the stamp divine;
Seal our souls forever thine.

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Strength renewed.

GOD, unseen, yet ever near,
Thy presence may we feel;

And thus, inspired with holy fear,
Before thy table kneel.

2 Here may thy faithful people know

The blessings of thy love;

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The streams that through the desert low,

The manna from above.

3 We come, obedient to thy word,
To feast on heavenly food;
Our meat, the body of the Lord;
Our drink, his precious blood.

4 Thus may we all thy words obey,
For we, O God, are thine;

And go rejoicing on our way,
Renew'd with strength divine.

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The supper of the Lamb.

S. M.

THEE, King of saints, we praise

For this our living bread;
Nourish'd by thy preserving grace,
And at thy table fed.

2 Yet still a higher seat
We in thy kingdom claim,
Who here begin by faith to eat
The supper of the Lamb.
3 That glorious, heavenly prize,
We surely shall attain,

And, in the palace of the skies,
With thee forever reign.

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Obeying the command.

ESUS, we thus obey

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Thy last and kindest word;
Here, in thine own appointed way,

We come to meet our Lord.

2 The way thou hast enjoin'd,
Thou wilt therein appear;
We come with confidence to find
Thy special presence here.
3 Whate'er the' Almighty can
To pardon'd sinners give,

The fulness of our God made man,
We here with Christ receive.

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The efficacy of the atoning blood.

VICTIM divine!

ICTIM divine! thy grace we claim
While thus thy precious death we show;

Once fer'd up a spotless Lamb,

In thy great temple here below, Thou didst for all mankind atone, And standest now before the throne.