7 Still on this day with trumpet sound
The Gospel notes are ringing round,
To call the world to pray :

8 Then on this day let us adore
Our God, and supplication pour,
That, when worlds pass away,

9 Through Christ's dear grace our souls may

rest

In peace and joy, forever blest,
Till the great Judgment day.

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WELCOME, sweet day of rest,

That saw the Lord arise;

Welcome to this reviving breast,
And these rejoicing eyes.

S. M.

2 The King Himself comes near
And feasts His saints to-day;
Here may we seek, and see Him here,
And love, and praise, and pray.

3 One day of prayer and praise
.His sacred courts within,

Is sweeter than ten thousand days
Of pleasurable sin.

4 My willing soul would stay
In such a frame as this,

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And wait to hail the brighter day
Of everlasting bliss.

HIS is the day of Light:

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Let there be light to-day;

O Day-spring, rise upon our night,
And chase its gloom away.

S. M.

2 This is the day of Rest:

Our failing strength renew;
On weary brain and troubled breast
Shed Thou Thy freshening dew.

3 This is the day of Peace:

Thy peace our spirits fill;

Bid Thou the blasts of discord cease,
The waves of strife be still.

4 This is the day of Prayer:

Let earth to heaven draw near:
Lift up our hearts to seek Thee there;
Come down to meet us here.

5 This is the First of days:

Send forth Thy quickening breath,
And wake dead souls to love and praise,
O Vanquisher of death!

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C. M.

W which God hath called His own;
ITH joy we hail the sacred day,

With joy the summons we obey,
To worship at His throne.

2 Thy chosen temple, Lord how fair!
As here Thy servants throng
To breathe the humble, fervent prayer,
And pour the grateful song.

3 Spirit of grace, oh, deign to dwell
Within Thy Church below!
Make her in holiness excel,
With pure devotion glow.

4 Let peace within her walls be found;
Let all her sons unite

To spread with holy zeal around

Her clear and shining light.

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5 Great God, we hail the sacred day
Which Thou hast called Thine own:
With joy the summons we obey
To worship at Thy throne.

TO Thy temple I repair :

Lord, I love to worship there;
While Thy glorious praise is sung,
Touch my lips, unloose my tongue.

2 While the prayers of saints ascend,
God of love, to mine attend;
Hear me, for Thy Spirit pleads;
Hear, for Jesus intercedes.

3 While I hearken to Thy law,
Fill my soul with humble awe,
Till Thy Gospel bring to me
Life and immortality.

4 While Thy ministers proclaim
Peace and pardon in Thy Name,
Through their voice, by faith, may I
Hear Thee speaking from the sky.

5 From Thy house when I return,
May my heart within me burn;
And at evening let me say,

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I have walked with God to-day."

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C. M.

BLEST day of God! most calm, most

bright,

The first, the best of days;

The laborer's rest, the saint's delight,
The day of prayer and praise.

2 My Saviour's face made thee to shine;
His rising thee did raise,

And made thee heavenly and divine
Beyond all other days.

3 The first-fruits oft a blessing prove
To all the sheaves behind;

And they the day of Christ who love,
A happy week shall find.

4 This day I must with God appear;
For, Lord, the day is Thine;

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Help me to spend it in Thy fear,
And thus to make it mine.

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AVIOUR, again to Thy dear Name we raise

With one accord our parting hymn of praise;

We stand to bless Thee ere our worship

cease,

Then, lowly kneeling, wait Thy word of

peace.

2 Grant us Thy peace through this approaching night,

Turn Thou for us its darkness into light; From harm and danger keep Thy children free,

For dark and light are both alike to Thee.

3 Grant us Thy peace upon our homeward way;

With Thee began, with Thee shall end the day;

Guard Thou the lips from sin, the hearts from shame,

That in this house have called upon Thy Name.

4 Grant us Thy peace throughout our earthly life,

Our balm in sorrow, and our stay in strife; Then, when Thy voice shall bid our conflict

cease,

Call us, O Lord, to Thine eternal peace.

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ALMIGHTY Father, bless the word

Which through Thy grace we now
have heard;

Oh, may the precious seed take root,
Spring up, and bear abundant fruit.
2 We praise Thee for the means of grace,
Thus in Thy courts to seek Thy face:
Grant, Lord, that we who worship here
May all, at last, in heaven appear.

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ORD, dismiss us with Thy blessing;
Fill our hearts with joy and peace;
Let us each, Thy love possessing,
Triumph in redeeming grace:
Oh, refresh us,

Travelling through this wilderness.
2 Thanks we give and adoration
For Thy Gospel's joyful sound:
May the fruits of Thy salvation
In our hearts and lives abound:
May Thy presence

With us evermore be found;

3 So that when Thy love shall call us,
Saviour, from the world away,
Fear of death shall not appall us,
Glad Thy summons to obey.
May we ever

Reign with Thee in endless day.