5 Love is the golden chain that binds And he's an heir of heaven, who finds 458 1 COME A Welcome to Christian Fellowship. OME in, thou blessed of the Lord; We bid thee come, in Jesus' name; We welcome thee with one accord, And trust the Saviour does the same. 2 Those joys which earth cannot afford, We'll seek in fellowship to prove; Joined in one spirit to our Lord, Together bound by mutual love. 3 And while we pass this vale of tears, We'll make our joys and sorrows known; We'll share each other's hopes and fears, And count a brother's cares our own. 4 Once more our welcome we repeat; Oh may we all together meet 459 66 1 Swain L. M Kelly. Exhorting one another," &c. Heb. x. 25. L. M. LESS'D intercourse when Christians meet, And speak of him who died for them: They sit at their Redeemer's feet, And care not if the world condemn. 2 Is any other name so great As his who bore the sinner's load? Is any subject half so sweet, So various as the love of God? 3 Pleased with their fleeting golden dreams, 4 Exhorting one another here, And pressing on our pilgrim way, We'll look to see our Life appear, And own us in that glorious day. 5 of him we now would speak and sing, 460 1 BU The Beatitudes. Matt. v. 3—12. Kelly, (alt'd.) LESS'D are the humble souls, that see 2 Bless'd are the men of broken heart, 3 Bless'd are the meek, who stand afar And plead their cause against the great. 4 Bless'd are the souls that thirst for grace, 5 Bless'd are the men whose hearts can move 6 Bless'd are the pure, whose hearts are clean With endless pleasure they shall see 7 Bless'd are the men of peaceful life, 8 Bless'd are the suff'rers who partake L. M. Watts. 461 REVIVAL. Prayer for Revival. 1 H for the happy hour 2 We meet, we sing, we pray, In vain-we see no cheering ray, 3 Our prayers are faint and dull, Where once with joy our hearts were full, 4 While many crowd thy house, 5 Thou, thou alone canst give 6 Come, then, with power divine, Then shall our people all be thine, 462 1 2 S. M. Bethune, (orig.) The prosperity of Zion. Isa. lx. 1. Arise and shine: He gilds thy morning face With beams that cannot fade; H. M. 463 His all-resplendent grace Thy form shall view, In honor to his name Reflect that sacred light, Till sovereign love, There, on his holy hill, A brighter Sun shall rise, Joy over the repenting Sinner. H, how divine, how sweet the joy, His sin and error mourns! 2 Pleased with the news, the saints below 3 Well pleased the Father sees and hears Jesus receives him in his arms, 4 Nor angels can their joys contain, But kindle with new fire: "The sinner lost is found," they sing, And strike the sounding lyre. Doddridge. C. M. Needham. 464 Converting Grace. Ps. xlv. 3, 5. 1 H Is thy Victorious sword! The stoutest rebel must resign, 2 Deep are the wounds thy arrows give, 3 The strongest holds of Satan yield When once thy glorious arm's revealed, 465 Prayer for a Revival. Ps. lxxxv. 6. AVIOUR, visit thy plantation; Grant us, Lord, a gracious rain; All will come to desolation, Unless thou return again. Make us prevalent in prayers; 466 1 The Conversion of Sinners. TOW much the hearts of those revive HOW Who love and fear the Lord, When sinners dead are made alive By his all-quickening word. 2 The ministers of Christ rejoice, When sinners hear the Saviour's voice, |