30. HOLY COMMUNION.

O GOD,

1 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;

The streams that through the desert flow,
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,
Renewed with strength divine.

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31. FAST DAY.

IN mercy, not in wrath,

Rebuke us, gracious God:
Lest, if Thy whole displeasure rise,
We sink beneath Thy rod.

2 Touched by Thy quickening power,
Our load of guilt we feel;

The wounds Thy Spirit hath unclosed,
O let that Spirit heal!

3 Oppressed with sin and woe,
Shall we for ever mourn

And wilt Thou not at length, O God,
In pitying love return?

4 Why should we doubt Thy grace,
In want of faith despair?
Thou wilt fulfil Thy promised word,
And grant our humble prayer.

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32. HARVEST THANKSGIVING.

GREAT

REAT GOD, as seasons disappear, And changes mark the fleeting year, As time on rapid pinions flies,

May every season make us wise.

2 The harvest months have o'er us roll'd, And filled our fields with waving gold; Our tables spread, our garners stored; Where are our hearts to praise the Lord?

3 The solemn harvest comes apace,
The closing day of life and grace;
Great day of judgment, awful hour,
Around it may no tempest lower.

4 Prepare us, Lord, by grace divine, Like stars in heaven to rise and shine;

Then shall our happy souls above

Reap the full harvest of Thy love.

33. ALMSGIVING.

SAVIOUR, upon Thy glorious throne

Exalted Thou dost shine: What can we render unto Thee,

When all the worlds are Thine?

2 But Thou hast brethren here below, Partakers of Thy grace,

Whose humble names Thou wilt confess, Before thy Father's face.

3 In them Thou may'st be clothed and fed, And visited, and cheered;

And in their accents of distress
The Saviour's voice is heard!

4 Thyself, with gratitude and love,
We in thy poor would see;
O let us joyfully return

What we receive from Thee!

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34. ALMSGIVING.

HELP

ELP us, O Lord, Thy yoke to wear,
Delighting in Thy perfect will,

Each other's burdens learn to bear,
And thus Thy law of love fulfil.

2 He that hath pity on the poor, Lendeth his substance to the Lord; And lo! his recompense is sure,

For more than all shall be restored.

3 Teach us with glad ungrudging heart, As Thou hast blessed our various store, From our abundance to impart

A liberal portion to the poor.

4 To Thee our all devoted be,

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In whom we breathe, and move, and live; Freely we have received of Thee,

Freely may we rejoice to give.

35. CONVERSION OF THE JEWS.

GREAT

REAT God of Abraham hear our prayer, Let Abraham's seed Thy mercy share ; May they in Thy good time return, And look on Him they pierced, and mourn.

2 Remember Jacob's flock of old;
Bring home the wanderers to Thy fold;
Remember, too, Thy promised word,
"Israel at last shall seek the Lord."

3 Lord, put Thy law within their hearts,
And write it in their inward parts;
The veil of darkness rend in two
Which hides Messiah from their view.

4 O haste the day, foretold so long,

When Jew and Greek, a glorious throng, One house shall seek, one prayer shall pour, And one Redeemer shall adore.

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36. CONVERSION OF THE JEWS.

OH! why should Israel's sons, once bless'd

Still roam the scorning world around, Disown'd of heav'n, by man oppressed, Outcasts from Zion's hallow'd ground?

2 O God of Israel! view their race;

Back to Thy fold the wand'rers bring;
Teach them to seek Thy slighted grace,
To hail, in Christ, their promised King.

3 The veil of darkness rend in twain,

Which hides their Shiloh's glorious light; The sever'd olive branch again,

To its own parent-stock unite.

4 While Judah views his birth-right gone, With contrite shame his bosom move, The Saviour he denied, to own,

The Lord he crucified, to love.

4 Haste, glorious day, expected long, When Jew and Greek one prayer shall raise, With eager feet one temple throng,

One God with grateful rapture praise.

37. CONVERSION OF THE HEATHEN.

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THE heathen perish; day by day,

Thousands on thousands pass away;
O! Christians, to their rescue fly;
Preach Jesus to them, ere they die.