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HYMN 17. 7s. Sicily.

Saturday Evening.

1 Safely through another week,
God has brought us on our way;
Let us now a blessing seek,
On th' approaching Sabbath day;
Day of all the week the best,
Emblem of eternal rest.

2 Mercies, multiplied each hour,
Though the week, our praise demand;
Guarded by Almighty Pow'r,

Fed and guided by his hand;
Though ungrateful we have been,
Only made returns of sin.

3 While we pray for pard'ning grace,
Through the dear Redeemer's name,
Show thy reconciled face,

Take away our sin and shame.
From our worldly cares set free,
May we rest this night with thee.

4 When the morn shall bid us rise,
May we feel thy presence near!
May thy glory meet our eyes,
When we in thy house appear!
There afford us, Lord! a taste,
Of our everlasting feast.

5 May the Gospel's joyful sound,
Conquer sinners, comfort saints,
Make the fruits of grace abound,
Bring relief for all complaints.
Thus may all our Sabbaths prove,
Till we join the church above.

NEWTON.

HYMN 18. L. M. Pilesgrove.

A Family Hymn.

1 Father of men, thy care we bless,
Which crowns our families with peace;
From thee they sprung, and by thy hand
Their root and branches are sustain'd.

2 To God, most worthy to be prais'd,
Be our domestic altars rais'd;

Who, Lord of heav'n, scorns not to dwell
With saints in their obscurest cell.

3 To thee may each united house,
Morning and night, present its vows;
Our servants here, and rising race,
Be taught thy precepts, and thy grace.

4 O, may each future age proclaim
The honors of thy glorious name;
While pleas'd, and thankful, we remove
To join the family above.

DODDRIDGE.

HYMN 19. C. M. Walsal.

Swiftness of Time. New Year.

1 Remark, my soul! the narrow bound,
Of the revolving year;

How swift the weeks complete their round!
How short the months appear!

2 So fast eternity comes on

And that important day,

When all that mortal life hath done,
God's judgment shall survey.

3 Yet, like an idle tale, we pass
The swift revolving year;

And study artful ways t' increase
The speed of its career.

4 Waken, O God! my careless heart,
Its great concerns to see;
That I may act the Christian part,
And give the year to thee.

5 So shall their course more grateful roll,

If future years arise;

Or this shall bear my waiting soul

To joys above the skies.

Doddridge.

HYMN 20. L. M. Pilesgrove.

Help obtained of God. New Year

1 Great God! we sing that mighty hand
By which supported still we stand.
The opening year thy mercy shows;
Let mercy crown it till it close.

2 By day, by night, at home, abroad,
Still we are guarded by our God;
By his incessant bounty fed,
By his unerring counsel led.

3 With grateful hearts the past we own;
The future-all to us unknown,

We to thy guardian care commit,
And peaceful leave before thy feet.

4 In scenes exalted or depress'd,

Be thou our joy, and thou our rest;
Thy goodness all our hopes shall raise,
Ador'd through all our changing days.

5 When death shall interrupt our songs,
And seal in silence mortal tongues,
Our Helper, God, in whom we trust,
In better worlds our souls shall boast.

RIPPON'S COL.

HYMN 21. C. M. Walsal.

Public Fast.

1 See, gracious Lord! before thy throne,
Thy mourning people bend!
'Tis on thy sovereign grace alone,
Our humble hopes depend.

2 Tremendous judgments from thy hand,
Thy dreadful pow'r display;
Yet mercy spares this guilty land,
And still we live to pray.

3 How chang'd, alas! are truths divine,
For error, guilt, and shame!
What impious numbers, bold in sin,
Disgrace the Christian name.

4 O, turn us, turn us, mighty Lord!
By thy resistless grace;

Then shall our hearts obey thy word,
And humbly seek thy face.

5 Then should insulting foes invade,

We shall not sink in fear,

Secure of never failing aid,

When God, our God, is near.

HYMN 22. C. M. Dedham.

Public Fast.

1 Come, let our souls adore the Lord,
Whose judgments yet delay,

Who still suspends the lifted sword,
And gives us leave to pray.

STEELE.

2 Great is our guilt, our fears are great;

But we will not despair;
Still open is thy mercy seat
To penitence and prayer.

3 Kind Intercessor! to thy love
This blessed hope we owe;
O, let thy merits plead above,
While we implore below.

4 O Gracious God! for Jesus' sake,
Attend our humble cry;

Nor let thy kindling vengeance break
Destruction from on high.

5 Though justice near thy awful throne
Attend thy dread command,

Lord! hear thy servants, hear thy Son,
And save a guilty land.

STEELE.

HYMN 23. L. M. Hebron.

Public Thanksgiving.

1 Almighty sovereign of the skies!
To thee let songs of gladness rise;
Each grateful heart its tribute bring,
And every voice thy goodness sing.

2 From thee our choicest blessings flow,
Life, health, and strength thy hands bestow,
The daily good thy creatures share,
Springs from thy providential care.

3 The rich profusion nature yields
The harvest waving o'er the fields;
The cheering light, refreshing show'r,
Are gifts from thy exhaustless store.

4 At thy command the vernal bloom, Revives the world from winter's gloom,

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