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Awakened conscience gives us pain ;
Shall all these pleas unite in vain ?
3 Not so our dying eyes will view
The objects which we now pursue ;
Not so eternity appear,

When the decisive hour is near.

4 Then wake, my soul, thy way prepare,
And lose in this each meaner care;
With steady step that path be trod,
Which through the grave conducts to God.

283.

S. M.

Gospel Invitations.

1 THE Spirit, in our hearts,

EPISCOPAL COLL.

Is whispering, "Sinner, come!

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The Bride, the church of Christ, proclaims
To all his children, "Come !"

2 Let him that heareth say

To all about him, "Come!"

Let him that thirsts for righteousness,
To Christ, the fountain, come !

3 Yes, whosoever will,

O, let him freely come,

And freely drink the stream of life;
'T is Jesus bids him come.

4 Lo, Jesus, who invites,

Declares, "I quickly come ":
Lord, even so! I wait thine hour :
Jesus, my Saviour, come!

284.

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EPISCOPAL COLL.

The Sinner entreated to awake.

1 SINNER, rouse thee from thy sleep;
Wake, and o'er thy folly weep;
Raise thy spirit, dark and dead;
Jesus waits his light to shed.

2 Wake from sleep; arise from death;
See the bright and living path;
Watchful, tread that path; be wise;
Leave thy folly; seek the skies.
3 Leave thy folly; cease from crime;
From this hour redeem thy time;
Life secure without delay;
Evil is thy mortal day.

4 O, then, rouse thee from thy sleep;
Wake, and o'er thy folly weep;
Jesus calls from death and night;
Jesus waits to shed his light.

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Now the Day of Grace.

1 NOW is the day of grace;

Now to the Father come;

SELECT HYMNS.

The Lord is calling, "Seek my face,
And I will guide you home."

2 The Saviour bids you speed;
O, wherefore then delay ?

He calls in love; he sees your need;
He bids you come to-day.

3 To-day the prize is won;

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The promise is to save;

Then, O, be wise; to-morrow's sun
May shine upon your grave.

S. M.

A timely Improvement of Life.

1 THE swift-declining day,

How fast its moments fly!

DODDRIDGE.

While evening's broad and gloomy shade
Gains on the western sky.

2 Ye mortals! mark its pace;
Improve the hours of light;

And know, your Maker can command
An instantaneous night.

3 His word blots out the sun

In its meridian blaze;

And cuts from sanguine, vigorous youth
The remnant of its days.

4 On the dark mountain's brow
Your feet shall quickly slide,
And from its airy summit dash
Your momentary pride.

5 What most demands your care,
O, be it still pursued!
Lest, slighted once, the season fair
Should never be renewed.

6 Then shall new lustre break

Through horror's darkest gloom,
And lead you to unchanging light,
In a celestial home.

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Blessings of Christ's Kingdom.

1 HAIL to the Lord's Anointed,
Great David's greater Son!
Hail in the time appointed
His reign on earth begun!
He comes to break oppression,
To set the captive free,
To take away transgression,
And rule in equity.

2 He comes, with succour speedy,
To those who suffer wrong;

To help the poor and needy,

And bid the weak be strong;

To give them songs for sighing,
Their darkness turn to light,

MONTGOMERY.

Whose souls, condemned and dying,
Were precious in his sight.

3 He shall descend like showers
Upon the fruitful earth,
And love and joy, like flowers,
Spring in his path to birth;
Before him, on the mountains,
Shall peace, the herald, go;
And righteousness, in fountains,
From hill to valley flow.
4 For him shall prayer unceasing
And daily vows ascend,
His kingdom still increasing,-
A kingdom without end:
The tide of time shall never

His covenant remove;

His name shall stand for ever;
That name to us is love.

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The Gospel gives Peace and Rest.

ANONYMOUS.

1 PEACE, troubled soul, whose plaintive moan
Hath taught these rocks the notes of woe;
Cease thy complaints, suppress thy groan,
And let thy tears forget to flow :
Behold the precious balm is found,
Which lulls thy pain, which heals thy wound.
2 Come, freely come, by sin oppressed,
Unburden here the weighty load,
Here find thy refuge and thy rest,
And trust the mercy of thy God:
Thy God 's thy Father, glorious word!
For ever love and praise the Lord.
3 As spring the winter, day the night,
Peace sorrow's gloom shall chase away,
And smiling joy, a seraph bright,

Shall tend thy steps and near thee stay;
Whilst glory weaves th' immortal crown,
And waits to claim thee for her own.

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SPIRITUAL INFLUENCES.

289.

H. M.

CAMPBELL'S COLL.

Pleading the Promise of the Spirit.

1 O THOU that hearest prayer,

Attend our humble cry,
And let thy servants share

Thy blessing from on high:
We plead the promise of thy word;
Grant us thy holy spirit, Lord.

2 If earthly parents hear

Their children when they cry,

If they, with love sincere,

Their varied wants supply,

Much more wilt thou thy love display,
And answer when thy children pray.
3 Our Heavenly Father, thou;
We, children of thy grace:

O, let thy spirit now

Descend and fill the place:

So shall we feel the heavenly flame,
And all unite to praise thy name.
4 O, may that sacred fire,

Descending from above,
Our languid hearts inspire

With fervent zeal and love :

Enlighten our beclouded eyes,
And teach our grovelling souls to rise.
5 And send thy spirit down
On all the nations, Lord,
With great success to crown

The preaching of thy word,

Till heathen lands shall own thy sway,
And cast their idol gods away.

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