HEBRON, Continued.

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79.

Teachers' Meeting.

As teachers of the rising race,
O Lord, we supplicate thy grace ;
Assured that all our toil is vain
Unless we heavenly influence gain.

2

O may thy heavenly beams be felt, Causing the frozen heart to melt; And in the softened ground may we See the young germs of piety.

3

This is our heart's desire, the end For which we labor and attend, With patient hope from year to year, Anxious to see the fruit appear.

4

Still may we wait with patience, still
Pursue our work with cheerful will,
And find in this our loved employ
An earnest of our future joy."
80.

Mariner's Sabbath School Hymn.
Life is an ocean; years the tide

That floats ten thousand barks along! Sins are the rocks on every side

Where passion drives a current strong.

2

Pleasures that look so bright and fair,

Are like the shallows, set with sands; And many a wreck, forlorn and bare,

Lies high and dry upon those strands.

3

Faith is the compass, firm and true, Whose needle points to Christ the pole; That changeless star will guide us through, Tho' winds may howl and waves may roll.

4

Happy is he who early steers,

Like a trim vessel, straight for heaven; Who Christian colors bravely rears, And keeps the course that God has given. 81.

Progress of Sabbath Schools. As drops which, from the mountain side, Unite and form a flowing stream, Our Sunday schools have multiplied,

Till barren lands with blessings teem.

2

As streaks which tint the eastern skies,
While darkness hides its gloom from sight,
Foretell a glorious sun will rise,
To flush the world with love and light.

3

Or as the seed, which placed in earth, Reveals the germ, the bud, the flower, Our schools have, from their humble birth, Grown up in beauty, grace, and power.

4

Their course for many years has run With onward strength and rising fame; Jesus through them has trophies won, And brought new honors to his name.

82

Temperance Hymn. Let temp'rance and her sons rejoice, And be their praises loud and long, Let every heart and every voice Conspire to raise a joyful song.

2

And let the anthem rise to God, Whose fav'ring mercies so abound, And let his praises fly abroad,

3

The spacious universe around. His children's prayer he deigns to grant, He stays the progress of the foe: And temp'rance, like a cherish'd plant, Beneath his fost'ring care shall grow. 83.

Sunday School Teacher's Prayer. May we who teach the rising race Be filled, Q Lord, with every grace; And may thy Spirit from above Descend and bless our work of love.

88.

Closing Hymn.

When to the house of God we go,
To hear his word and sing his love,
To offer praises here below,

With all the saints in heaven above;
2

Our God is present with us there,

And watches all our thoughts and ways: O let us humbly join in prayer,

Let us sincerely sing his praise.

3

O may we never thoughtless go,

Nor lose the days our God has given; But learn, by Sabbaths spent below, To spend eternity in heaven.

89.

Coming to God.

Almighty God, to thee on high,

With reverence would my spirit bow; How frail a creature, Lord, am I, Eternal One, how great art thou!

2

Thy boundless love invites us near, And bids us look to heaven our home; . As children, then, we will not fear; With our meek offerings, Lord, we come. 3

In heaven, O God, thou hearest us:
On thee we ever may depend,
And raise our humble voices thus,
As to a father and a friend.

WARD, Continued.

90.

A Pastor's Welcome.

We bid thee welcome in the name

Of Jesus, our exalted Head;
Come as a servant: so he came;
And we receive thee in his stead.
2

Come as an angel, hence to guide
A band of pilgrims on their way;
That, safely walking at thy side,
We never fail, nor faint, nor stray.
3

Come as a messenger of peace,
Filled with the spirit, fired with love;
Live to behold our large increase,
And die to meet us all above.

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