1. DEAR Saviour, we are Thine By everlasting bands;

Our hearts, our souls, we would resign Entirely to Thy hands.

2. To Thee we still would cleave

With ever-growing zeal;

If millions tempt us Christ to leave,
O, let them ne'er prevail.

3. Thy Spirit shall unite

Our souls to Thee, our Head; Shall form us to Thy image bright,

And teach Thy paths to tread.

4. Death may our souls divide

From these abodes of clay:

But love shall keep us near Thy side,

Through all the gloomy way.

5. Since Christ and we are one,

Why should we doubt or fear?

If He in heaven hath fixed His throne, He'll fix His members there.

930. S. M.

DODDRIDGE.

1. JESUS, my strength, my hope, On Thee I cast my care, With humble confidence look up,

And know Thou hear'st my prayer.

2. Give me on Thee to wait,
Till I can all things do,
On Thee, almighty to create,
Almighty to renew.

3. I want a sober mind,

A self-renouncing will,

That tramples down, and casts behind The baits of pleasing ill;

4. A soul inured to pain,

To hardship, grief, and loss, Bold to take up, firm to sustain The consecrated cross;

5. I want a godly fear,

A quick-discerning eye,

That looks to Thee when sin is near, And sees the tempter fly;

6. A spirit still prepared,

And armed with jealous care, For ever standing on its guard, And watching unto prayer.

931. S. M.

C. WESLEY.

1. My Father bids me come,
O, why do I delay?
He calls the wandering spirit home,
And yet from Him I stay!
2. Father, the hind'rance show,
Which I have failed to see;
And let me now consent to know
What keeps me far from Thee.
3. Searcher of hearts, in mino
Thy trying powers display;
Into its darkest corners shine-
Take every veil away.

4. In me the hind'rance lies;
The fatal bar remove,
And let me see, in sweet surprise,
Thy full redeeming love."

WESLEY.

2. He shall feed His | flock like a shepherd: He shall gather the lambs with His arm and carry them | in His | bosom.

3. I will pour My Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing up- on thine | offspring; And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the wa-ter |

courses.

4. Go ye, therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the | Holy | Ghost;

Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you, and lo! I am with you always even unto the end of the world. Amen.

5. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost;

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without | end. I Amen.

933. S. M.

1. To Him who children blest,

And suffered them to come, To Him who took them to His breast, We | bring these | children | home.

2. To Thee, O God, whose face Their spirits still be- | hold,

We bring them, praying that Thy grace May keep, thine | arms en- [ fold.

3. And as this water falls

On each un-conscious | brow,
Thy holy spirit grant, O Lord,
To keep them | pure as | now!

934. 7s.

J. F. CLARKE.

1. LITTLE travelers, Zionward,
Each one entering into rest,
In the kingdom of your Lord,

In the mansions of the | blest;
There, to welcome, Jesus waits,
Gives the crowns his followers win-
Lift your heads ye golden gates!
Let the little | travelers | in.

2. Who are they whose little feet,

Pacing life's dark journey through, Now have reach'd that heavenly seat, They had ever | kept in | view? "I, from Greenland's frozen land;" "I, from India's sultry plain;" "I, from Afric's barren sand;"

"I, from | islands | of the main." 3. "All our earthly journey past, Every tear and pain gone by, Here together met at last,

At the portal of the | sky!
Each the welcome 'Come' awaits,
Conquerors over death and sin!"
Lift your heads, ye golden gates!
Let the little travelers | in!

EDMESTON.

de-vote these walls.

935. L. M.

1. O, BOW Thine ear, Eternal One!

On Thee our heart adoring calls;
To Thee the followers of Thy Son
Have raised, and now devote these walls.

2. Here let Thy holy days be kept;

And be this place to worship given, Like that bright spot where Jacob slept, The house of God, the gate of heaven.

3. Here may Thine honor dwell; and here, As incense, let Thy children's prayer, From contrite hearts and lips sincere, Rise on the still and holy air.

4. Here be Thy praise devoutly sung; Here let Thy truth beam forth to save, As when, of old, Thy Spirit hung,

On wings of light, o'er Jordan's wave.

5. And when the lips, that with Thy name
Are vocal now, to dust shall turn,
On others may devotion's flame
Be kindled here, and purely burn!

936. L. M.

1. WHERE ancient forests widely spread, Where bends the cataract's ocean-fall; On the lone mountain's silent head, There are Thy temples, God of all

2. All space is holy, for all space

Is filled by Thee; but human thought Burns clearer in some chosen place, Where Thine own words of love are taught.

938. L. M.

1. THE perfect world, by Adam trod,
Was the first temple built by God;
His fiat laid the corner-stone,
And heaved its pillars one by one.

2. He hung its starry roof on high-
The broad, illimitable sky;

He spread its pavement, green and bright,
And curtained it with morning light.

3. The mountains in their places stood,
The sea-the sky--and "all was good;"
And when its first pure praises rang,
The "morning stars together sang."

2. Come as a Shepherd; guard and keep
This fold from hell, and earth, and sin;
Nourish the lambs, and feed the sheep,
The wounded heal, the lost bring in.

3. Come as a Watchman; take thy stand
Upon thy tower amidst the sky,
And when the sword comes on the land
Call us to fight, or warn to fly.

4. Come as an Angel, hence to guide
A band of pilgrims on their way,
That, safely walking at thy side,
We fail not, faint not, turn, nor stray.

5. Come as a Teacher, sent from God,

Charged His whole counsel to declare; Lift o'er our ranks the prophet's rod, While we uphold thy hands with prayer. 6. Come as a Messenger of peace, Filled with the Spirit, fired with love; Live to behold our large increase, And die to meet us all above.

MONTGOMERY.

DOXOLOGY. L. M.

O SAVING Victim! opening wide
The gates of Heaven to man below!
Our foes press on from every side-
Thine aid supply, Thy strength bestow.
To Thy great name be endless praise,

Immortal Godhead, One in Three!
Ob, grant us endless length of days,

In our true native land, with Thee!

SWANWICK. C. M.

LUCAS.

4

9:3 4

1. THE Saviour said, "Yet one thing more,
If thou would'st perfect be,
Give all thou hast unto the poor,
And come and follow me.'

2. Within this temple, Christ again
Those sacred words hath said;
Unseen His hands to-day have been
Laid on a young man's head.

3. Henceforth, beside him on his way
The unseen Christ shall move,
That he may lean on Him and say,
"Dost Thou, dear Lord, approve?"
4. Near at the marriage feast shall be,
To make the scene more fair;
Near, in the dark Gethsemane,
Of pain and midnight prayer.

5. O holy trust! O endless rest!
Like the beloved John,

To lean upon the Saviour's breast,
And thus to journey on!

ALTERED FROM LONGFELLOW.

942. C. M.

1. ANGELS, where'er we go, attend
Our steps, whate'er betide,

With watchful care their charge defend,
And evil turn aside.

2. Myriads of bright cherubic bands,
Sent by the King of kings,
Rejoice to bear us in their hands,
And shade us with their wings.

3. Jehovah's charioteers surround;
The ministerial choir
Encamp, where'er his heirs are found,
And form our wall of fire.

4. Ten thousand offices unseen
For us they gladly do,
Deliver in the furnace keen.
And safe escort us through.

5. But thronging round, with busiest love
They guard the dying breast,
The lurking fiend far off remove,
And sing our souls to rest.

6. And when our spirits we resign,

On outstretched wings they bear,
And lodge us in the arms Divine,
And leave us ever there.

C. WESLEY.