3 While to the church they freely own
What for their souls the Lord hath done,
We join to praise eternal love,
And heighten all the joys above.

HYMN 200. C. M. Burnham. *

Mear, Irish, Exeter.

After experiences.
1DEAR Saviour, we rejoice
EAR Saviour, we rejoice to hear
How thou art pleas'd to save from sin,
From sorrow, death and hell.

3 Lord, we unite to praise thy name
For grace so freely given;
Still may we keep in Sion's road,
And dwell at last in heaven.

HYMN 201. L. M. Kelly.

Portugal, Wells, Shoel.
Receiving members.

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Putney, Bath, Quercy, Armley. Sickness of a minister. 10THOU before whose gracious throne,

We bow our suppliant spirits down, Thou know'st the anxious cares we feel, And all our trembling lips would tell. Thou only canst assuage our grief, And give our sorrowing hearts relief; In mercy then thy servant spare, Nor turn aside thy people's prayer. Avert thy desolating stroke, Nor smite the shepherd of the flock; Restore him, sinking to the grave; Stretch out thine arm,make haste to save. 4 Bound to each soul by tender ties, In every heart his image lies; Thy pitying aid, O God, impart, Nor rend him from each bleeding heart.

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Enter in Jesus' precious name;

We welcome thee with one accord, And trust the Saviour does the same. 2 Thy name, tis hop'd, already stands Mark'd in the book of life above, And now to thine we join our hands, In token of fraternal love.

And prayers and tears cannot prevail, Be thou his strength, be thou his stay, Support him through the gloomy way. 6 Around him may thy angels stand, Waiting the signal of thy hand; To bid his happy spirit rise, And bear him to their native skies,

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HYMN 202. L. M. Doddridge. * Bath, Quercy, Wells. Seeking direction in the choice of a pastor. HEPHERD of Israel,bend thine ear, Thy servants' groans indulgent hear; Perplex'd, distress'd, to thee we cry, And seek the guidance of thine eye. 2 Send forth, O Lord, thy truth and light, To guide our doubtful footsteps right: Our drooping hearts, O God, sustain, Nor let us seek thy face in vain. 3 Return, in ways of peace return, Nor let thy flock neglected mourn; May our bless'd eyes a shepherd see, Dear to our souls, and dear to thee.

HYMN 204. L. M.

All Saints, Blendon, Bath. At a choice of deacons. FAIR Sion's King, we suppliant bow, And hail the grace thy church enjoys: Her holy deacons are thine own, With all the gifts thy love employs. 2 Up to thy throne we lift our eyes, For blessings to attend our choice* Of such, whose generous, prudent zeal Shall make thy favour'd ways rejoice. 3 Happy in Jesus, their own Lord, May they his sacred table spread,The table of their pastor fill, And fill the holy poor with bread. 4 By purest love to Christ, and truth, O may they win a good degree Of boldness in the Christian faith, And meet the smile of thine and thee.

HYMN 209. L. M. Watts's Lyrics.

Dresden, Putney, Eaton. Christ dying, rising, and reigning. 'HE dies! the Friend of sinners dies!

Lo, Salem's daughters weep around; A solemn darkness veils the skies! A sudden trembling shakes the ground! Come, saints, and drop a tear or two, For him who groan'd beneath your load; He shed a thousand drops for you, A thousand drops of richer blood! 2 Here's love and grief beyond degree, The Lord of glory dies for men! But lo! what sudden joys we see! Jesus the dead revives again! The rising God forsakes the tomb! Up to his Father's courts he flies; Cherubic legions guard him home; And shout him welcome to the skies:

3 Break off your tears, ye saints, and tell How high our great Deliverer reigns; Sing how he spoil'd the hosts of hell, And led the monster, Death, in chains! Say, "Live forever, wondrous KING, "Born to redeem, and strong to save!" Then ask the monster, "Where's thy sting?

"And where's thy victory, boasting grave?"

HYMN 210. L.M. Watts's Sermons.bor

Bath, Psalm 97, German. Christ's propitiation improved. 1LORD, didst thou send thy Son to die For such a guilty wretch as I? And shall thy mercy not impart Thy Spirit to renew my heart? 2 Lord, hast thou wash'd my garments

clean,

In Jesus' blood, from shame and sin? Shall I not strive with all my power That sin pollute my soul no more? 3 Shall I not bear my Father's rod, The kind corrections of my God, When Christ upon the cursed tree Sustain'd a heavier load for me? 4 Why should I dread my dying day, Since Christ hath took the curse away, And taught me with my latest breath To triumph o'er thy terrors, death? 50 rather let me wish and cry, "When shall my soul get loose, and fly "To upper worlds? When shall I see The God,the man, that died for me?"

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6 I shall behold his glories there,
And pay him my eternal share
Of praise, and gratitude, and love,
Among ten thousand saints above.

ORDINATIONS.

HYMN 211. L. M. Doddridge. X

Newcourt, Dunstan, Luton.

Institution of the gospel ministry. Fsmile on our homage and our vowe; ATHER of mercies, in thy house While with a grateful heart we share These pledges of our Saviour's care. 2 The Saviour, when to heaven he rose In splendid triumph o'er his foes, Scatter'd his gifts on men below, And wide his royal bounties flow. Hence sprung th' Apostles' honour'd Sacred beyond heroic fame: [name: In lowlier. forms to bless our eyes, Pastors from hence, and teachers rise. 4 From Christ their varied gifts derive, And fed by Christ, their graces live While, guarded by his potent hand, 'Midst all the rage of hell they stand. 5 So shall the bright succession run Through the last courses of the sun; While unborn churches by their care Shall rise and flourish, large and fair. 6 Jesus our Lord, their hearts shall know, The springs whence all these blessings flow?

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Pastors and people shout his praise
Through the long round of endless days.

HYMN 212. L. M. Doddridge. *
Rothwell, Shoel, Islington.
At the settlement of a minister.
HEPHERD of Israel, thou dost keep,

By thee inferior pastors rise,
To feed our souls, and bless our eyes.
To all thy churches such impart,
Modell'd by thy own gracious heart,
Whose courage, watchfulness, and love,
Men may attest, and God approve.
3 Fed by their active, tender care,
Healthful may all thy sheep appear;
And, by their fair example led,
The way to Sion's pasture tread.
4 Here hast thou listen'd to our vows,
And scatter'd blessings on thy house;
Thy saints are succour'd, and no more
As sheep without a guide deplore.

HYMN 213. L. M. Doddridge.
Old 100, Blendon, Eaton.
Ordination; Joshua the high priest.
REAT Lord of angels, we adore
The grace that builds thy courts
below;

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And, through ten thousand sons of light, Stoops to regard what mortals do. 2 Amidst the wastes of time and death, Successive pastors thou dost raise, Thy charge to keep, thy house to guide, And form a people for thy praise. 3 The heavenly natives with delight Hover around the sacred place; Nor scorn to learn from mortal tongues The wonders of redeeming grace. 4 At length, dismiss'd from feeble clay, Thy servants join th' angelic baud; [fy; With them, through distant worlds they With them, before thy presence stand. 50 glorious hope! O blest employ! Sweet lenitive of grief and care! [courts, When shall we reach those radiant And all their joy and honour share? 6 Yet while these labours we pursues Thus distant from thy heavenly throne, Give us a zeal and love like theirs, And half their heaven shail here be known.

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HYMN 214. C. M. Doddridge. Christmas, Exeter, Abridge. Watching for souls. An ordination hymn. El Sion's watchmen all awake, And take th' alarm they give: Now let them, from the mouth of God, Their awful charge receive. 2 'Tis not a cause of small import The pastor's care demands; But what might fill an angel's heart, And fill'd a Saviour's hands. 3They watch for souls, for which the Lord Did heavenly bliss forego;For souls, which must forever live, In raptures, or in wo. 4 May they that Jesus, whom they preach,

Their own Redeemer, see; And watch thou daily o'er their souls, That they may watch for thee.

HYMN 215. 7s. Hammond.

Condolence, Hotham. After the charge. W OULD you win a soul to God? Tell him of the Saviour's blood; Say, how Jesus' bowels move; Tell him of redeeming love.

2Tell him how the streams did glide
From his hands, his feet, his side;
How his head with thorns was crown'd,
And his heart in sorrow drown'd.
3 Tell him how he suffer'd death,
Died, and rose to intercede,
Freely yielded up his breath,
As our advocate, and head.
4 Tell him it was sovereign grace
Wrought on you to seek his face-
Made you choose the better part-
Brought salvation to your heart.
5 Tell him of that liberty,

Sweetly speak of sins forgiven—
Earnest of the joys of heaven.

Wherewith Jesus makes us free;

HYMN 216. C. M. Doddridge.

Braintree, Irish, Charmouth. Christ's care of ministers and churches. 1 Who makes the stars to shine E bless th' eternal Source of light, And through this dark beclouded world Diffuseth rays divine.

2 We bless, the church's sovereign King, Whose golden lamps we are; Fix'd in the temples of his love,To shine with radiance fair. 3 Still be our purity preserv'd;

Still fed with oil the flame; And in deep characters inscrib'd

Our heavenly Master's name! 4Then, while between our ranks he walks,

They are the noblest work of God, But we, the purchase of his blood. 5 Still in thy work would we abound; Still prune the vine,or plough the ground; Thy sheep with wholesome pasture feed, And watch them with unwearied heed. 6 Thou art our Lord, our life, our love, Our care below, our crown above: Thy praise shall be our best employ, Thy presence our eternal joy.

HYMN 218. C. M. Doddridge. bor

Plymouth, St. Anns.

Spiritual associations registered in heaven; or God's gracious approbation of active attempts to revive religion.

1THE Lord on mortal worms looks
From his celestial throne; [down
And, when the wicked swarm around,
He well discerns his own.

2 He sees the tender hearts that mourn
The scandals of the times,
And join their efforts to oppose
The wide-prevailing crimes.

3 Low to the social band he bows
His still attentive ear;
And, while his angels sing around,
Delights their voice to hear.
4 The chronicles of heaven shall keep
Their words in transcript fair,
In the Redeemer's book of life

Their names recorded are. 5"Yes (saith the Lord) the world shall

know

MISSIONARY MEETINGS.

HYMN 220. L. M. Voke.
Oporto, Wells.

Prospect of success ; or, encouragement to use means. EHOLD th' expected time draw near,

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The shades disperse, the dawn appear;
Behold the wilderness assume
The beauteous tints of Eden's bloom.
2 Events, with prophecies, conspire
To raise our faith, our zeal to fire:
The ripening fields, already white,
Present an harvest to our sight.
3 The untaught heathen waits to know
The joy the gospel will bestow;
The exil'd slave waits to receive
The freedom Jesus has to give.
4 Come, let us, with a grateful heart,
In the blest labour share a part,
Our prayers and offerings gladly bring,
To aid the triumphs of our King.

HYMN 221. C. M.

'F That through the nations of the earth Thy word of life shall run? 2" Ask, and I give the heathen lands "For thine inheritance, "And to the world's remotest shores, "Thine empire shall advance." 3 Hast thou not said, the blinded Jews Shall their Redeemer own; While Gentiles to his standard crowd, And bow before his throne?

Cambridge, Irish. The increase of the church promised and pleaded. thine exalted Son, ATHER,is not thy promise pledg'd

When shall th' untutor❜d Indian tribes,
A dark, bewilder'd race,
Sit down at our IMMANUEL's feet,
And learn and feel nis grace?

5 Are not all kingdoms, tribes,and tongues, Under th' expanse of heaven, To the dominion of thy Son,

Without exemption, given?

6 From east to west, from north to south, Then be his name ador'd! Europe, with all thy millions, shout Hosannas to thy Lord!