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HYMN 1. (L. M.)

On the Sabbath,

HIS is the day the Lord hath bless'd,
The day to us in mercy given;

The holy Sabbath of his rest,

The pledge and type of rest in heaven. 2 This day within thy courts, O Lord! Thy saints delight to seek thy face, To sing thy praises, hear thy word, Unfold their wants, and taste thy grace. 3 May we the blest assembly join, To God devote this sacred day; Our earthly cares and thoughts resign, Look up to heaven, and learn the way! 4 May we by every Sabbath grow In grace, humility, and love; Thus, by thy holy rest below, Made fitter for the rest above!

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HYMN 2. (P. M.)

Praise for the Sabbath.

AWAKE, ye saints, awake,
And bail this sacred day;
In loftiest songs of praise
Your joyful homage pay.

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Come, bless the day that God hath bless'd,
The type of heaven's eternal rest.

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On this auspicious morn
The Lord of life arose,

And burst the bars of death,
And vanquish'd all our foes:
And now He pleads our cause above,
And reaps the fruits of all his love.
3 All bail, triumphant Lord!
Heaven with Hosannas rings;
And earth, in humbler strains,
Thy praise responsive sings:

Worthy the Lamb that once was slain, "Through endless years to live and reign!" 4 Great King! gird on thy sword, Ascend thy conquering car,

While justice, power, and love,
Maintain the glorious war:
This day let sinners own thy sway,
And rebels cast their arms away. Look
HYMN 3. (L. M.) V

The rest of the Sabbath.

1 LORD of the Sabbath! hear us pray, In this thy house, on this thy day; Accept as grateful sacrifice,

The songs which from thy temple rise.
2 Now met to pray and bless thy name,
Whose mercies flow each day the same,
Whose kind compassions never cease;
We seek instruction, pardon, peace.
3 Thine earthly Sabbaths, Lord we love;
But there's a nobler rest above;

O that we might that rest attain
om sin, from sorrow, and from pain!

4 In thy blest kingdom we shall be
From every mortal trouble free;
No sighs shall mingle with the songs
Resounding from immortal tongues.
5 No rude alarms of raging foes,
No cares to break the long repose,
No midnight shade, no clouded sun,
But sacred, high, eternal noon,
6 O long expected day, begin!

Dawn on this world of woe and sin:
Fain would we leave this weary road,
To sleep in death, and rest in God.
HYMN 4. (C.M.)

For the presence of God in the sanctuary.
1 AGAIN our earthly cares we leave,
And to thy courts repair;
Again with joyful feet we come,
To meet our Saviour there.

2 Great Shepherd of thy people! hear;
Thy presence now display:
We stand within thy house of prayer;
Oh! give us hearts to pray.

3 The clouds which veil Thee from our sight, In pity, Lord, remove:

Dispose our minds to hear aright

The message of thy love.

4 Help us with holy fear and joy,
To kneel before thy face:

And may the children of thy power
Be children of thy grace.

HYMN 5. (L.M.)

The Sabbath an emblem and type of heaven.E 1 AGAIN our weekly labours end,

And we the Sabbath's call attendas! Improve, our souls, the sacred restau Come, bless the day that God hath bless'd. 2 This day may our devotions rise him o To heaven, a grateful sacrifice all And heaven that peace of God bestow, Which none, but they who feel it, know! 3 That peace of God within the breast Is the rich foretaste of a re rest, mi gene of Which for the church of God remains; A rest from sin, and guilt, and pains. 4 In holy duties let this day,

Heaven's type and emblem, pass away:
And may we thus each Sabbath spend,
In hope of that which shall not end!

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1 AGAIN the day returns of holy rest, o Which when he made the world Jehovah blest, When like his own, he bade our labours cease, And all be piety, and all be peace.

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2 Let us devote this consecrated day, To learn his will, and all we learn obey; In pure religion's hallow'd duties share, And join in penitence, and praise and prayer. 3 So shall the God of mercy pleas'd receive That only tribute man has power to give,

So shall he hear, while fervently we raise Our choral harmony in hymns of praise. 4 Father of heaven! in whom our hopes confide, Whose power defends us, and whose precepts guide,

In life our Guardian, and in death our Friend, Glory supreme be thine till time shall end

HYMN 7. (P.M.)

For the evening of the Sabbath.

1 SOON shall the evening star, with silver ray, Shed its mild lustre on this sacred day; Resume we then, ere sleep and silence reign, The rites that holiness and heaven ordain. 2 Still let each awful truth our thoughts engage, That shines reveal'd on inspiration's page; Nor those blest hours in vain amusements waste Which all, who lavish, shall lament at last. 3 Here humbly let us hope our Maker's smile Will crown with meet success our weekly toil: And here, on each returning Sabbath join In prayer, in penitence and praise divine. 4 Father of heaven! in whom our hopes confide, Whose power defends us, and whose precepts guide,

In life our Guardian, and in death our Friend, Glory supreme be thine till time shall end.

HYMN 8. (SEVENS.)

Communion of Saints.

1 GREAT the joy, when Christians meet; Christian fellowship, how sweet,