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879 They shall enter into the King's

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palace.-Ps. 45, 15.

JESUS, Thou everlasting King, Accept the tribute which we bring; Accept the well-deserved renown, And wear our praises as Thy crown. 2 Let every act of worship be

Like our espousals, Lord, to Thee; Like the dear hour when from above We first received Thy pledge of love. 3 The gladness of that happy day, Our hearts would wish it long to stay;

Nor let our faith forsake its hold, Nor comfort sink, nor love grow cold. 4 Each following minute as it flies, Increase Thy praise, improve our joys, Till we are raised to sing Thy name, At the great supper of the Lamb. 5 O that the months would roll away, And bring that coronation-day! The King of Grace shall fill the throne, His Father's glory all His own.

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880 Lord, teach us to pray.-Luke

11, 1.

1 LORD, teach us how to pray aright, With reverence and with fear: Though dust and ashes in Thy sight, We may, we must draw near.

2 We perish if we cease from prayer;
O grant us power to pray:

And when to meet Thee we prepare,
Lord, meet us by the way.

3 Burdened with guilt, convinced of sin,
In weakness, want, and woe,
Fightings without, and fears within,
Lord, whither shall we go?

4 God of all grace, we come to Thee,
With broken, contrite hearts:
Give, what Thine eye delights to see,
Truth in the inward parts:-

5 Faith in the only sacrifice
That can for sin atone;

To cast our hopes, to fix our eyes,
On Christ, on Christ alone:-

6 Patience, to watch, and wait, and weep,
Though mercy long delay:-
Courage, our fainting souls to keep,
And trust Thee, though Thou slay.
7 Give these, and then Thy will be done:
Thus strengthened with all might,
We by Thy Spirit, through Thy Son,
Shall pray, and pray aright.

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Lord, teach us to pray.-Luke 11, 1. ORD! when we bend before Thy throne

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And our confessions pour,

Teach us to feel the sins we own,
And shun what we deplore.

2 Our contrite spirits pitying see,
And penitence impart;

Then let a healing ray from Thee
Beam peace on every heart.

3 When our responsive tongues essay
Their grateful songs to raise,

Grant that our souls may join the lay, And rise to Thee in praise.

4 When we disclose our wants in prayer, May we our wills resign;

Let not a thought our bosoms share,
Which is not wholly Thine.

5 Let faith each meek petition fill,
And waft it to the skies;

And teach our hearts tis goodness still That grants it or denies.

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882 There am I in the midst of them.

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Matt. 18, 20.

JESUS, we look to Thee,

Thy promised presence claim! Thou in the midst of us shalt be, Assembled in Thy name;

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Thy name salvation is,

Which here we come to prove;
Thy name is life, and health, and peace,
And everlasting love.

3 Not in the name of pride
Or selfishness we meet;
From nature's paths we turn aside,
And worldly thoughts forget.

4 We meet, Thy grace to take,
Which Thon hast freely given;
We meet on earth for Thy dear sake,
That we may meet in heaven.

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Present we know Thou art,
But oh, Thyself reveal!

Now, Lord, let every waiting heart
Thy mighty comfort feel!

O may Thy quickening voice
The death of sin remove,

And bid our inmost souls rejoice
In hope of perfect love!

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883 They lifted up their voice to God

with one accord.-Acts 4. 24.

GOD, for ever near!

We humbly will rejoice,

For well we know that Thou art here, And listening to our voice.

2 Up to Thy Mercy-seat

Tis good for us to go;

For there Thou dost Thy people meet, Rich blessings to bestow.

3 And now no longer veiled,

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Thy Mercy-seat is free;

The great High Priest for man prevailed To clear our way to Thee.

O God for ever near!

We listen to Thy voice;

Our waiting souls would find Thee here.
And in Thy word rejoice.

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Lord help me.-Matt. 15, 25.

HELP us, Lord, each hour of need
Thy heavenly succour give;

Help us in thought, and word, and deed, Each hour on earth we live.

2 O help us, when our spirits bleed With contrite anguish sore;

And when our hearts are cold and dead, Ö help us, Lord, the more.

3 O help us, through the prayer of faith More firmly to believe;

For still the more Thy servant hath,
The more shall he receive.

4 O help us, Father, from on high,
We know no help but Thee;

O help us, so to live and die,
As Thine in heaven to be.
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885 To the Lord our God belong mer

cies.-Dan. 9, 9.

1 LORD, have mercy when we pray

Strength to seek a better way;
When our waking thoughts begin
First to loathe our cherished sin;
When our weary spirits fail,
And our aching brows are pale;
When our tears bedew Thy word,
Then, O then, have mercy, Lord,
2 Lord, have mercy when we lie
On the restless bed and sigh,
Sigh for death, yet fear it still
From the thought of former ill.
When the dim advancing gloom
Tells us that our hour is come;
When is loosed the silver cord,
Then, O then, have mercy, Lord.
3 Lord, have mercy, when we know
First how vain this world below:
When its darker thoughts oppress,
Doubts perplex, and fears distress;
When the earliest gleam is given
Of Thy bright but distant heaven;
Then Thy fostering grace afford;
Then, O then have mercy, Lord.

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886 We shall be satisfied with the good

ness of Thy house.-Ps. 65, 4.

1 H Behold us, Lord, again,

UNGRY, and faint, and poor,

Assembled at Thy mercy's door,
Thy bounty to obtain.

2 Thy word invites us nigh,
Or we must starve indeed,
For we no money have to buy,
Nor righteousness to plead.
3 The food our spirits want,
Thy hand alone can give;
O hear the prayer of faith, and grant
That we may eat and live.

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887 Our Father which art in Heaven.—

Matt. 6, 9.

1 OUR heavenly Father, hear

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The prayer we offer now:

Thy name be hallowed far and near,
To Thee all nations bow!

Thy kingdom come: Thy will

On earth be done in love,

As saints and seraphim fulfil
Thy perfect law above.

3 Our daily bread supply,
While by Thy word we live:
The guilt of our iniquity
Forgive, as we forgive.

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From dark temptation's power,
From Satan's wiles defend;
Deliver in the evil hour,
And guide us to the end.

5 Thine, then, for ever be
Glory and power divine;

The sceptre, throne, and majesty
Of heaven and earth are Thine.

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888 48 ye have received Christ... 80

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walk ye in Him.-Col. 2, 6.

PARTNERS of a glorious hope,

Lift your hearts and voices up;
Jointly let us rise and sing,

Christ, our Prophet, Priest, and King.

2 Monuments of Jesus' grace,

Speak we by our lives His praise;