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FURNESS.

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A Communion Dymn.

10 FOR a prophet's fire,

O for an angel's tongue,

To speak the mighty love of Him
Who on the cross was hung!

2 In vain our hearts attempt,

In language meet, to tell

How through a thousand sorrows burned
That flame unquenchable.

3 Yet would we praise that love,
Beyond expression dear:

Come, gather round this table, then,
And celebrate it here.

4 Here, in the bread and wine,
Your dying Saviour view;
Thus did he give his body up,
And thus his blood, for you.

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After Communion.

1 FROM the table now retiring,

EXETER COL.

Which for us the Lord hath spread,
May our souls, refreshment finding,
Grow in all things like our Head.

2 His example by beholding,

May our lives his image bear; Him our Lord and Master calling,

His commands may we revere.

3 Love to God and man displaying, Walking steadfast in his way, Joy attend us in believing,

Peace from God through endless day.

Children and Sunday Schools.

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GIBBONS.

1 IN the soft season of thy youth,
In nature's smiling bloom,

Ere age arrive, and trembling wait
Its summons to the tomb;

2 Remember thy Creator, God;
For him thy powers employ;
Make him thy fear, thy love, thy hope,
Thy confidence, thy joy.

3 He shall defend and guide thy course
Through life's uncertain sea,

Till thou art landed on the shore
Of blessed eternity.

4 Then seek the Lord betimes, and choose
The path of heavenly truth:

The earth affords no lovelier sight
Than a religious youth.

How sweet the breath beneath the hill
Of Sharon's dewy rose!

2 Lo, such the child whose early feet
The paths of peace have trod;

Whose secret heart, with influence sweet,
Is upward drawn to God!

3 By cool Siloam's shady rill
The lily must decay;

The rose that blooms beneath the hill

Must shortly fade away.

4 And soon, too soon, the wintry hour

Of man's maturer age

Will shake the soul with sorrow's power,
And stormy passion's rage!

5 0 thou who giv'st us life and breath,
We seek thy grace alone,

In childhood, manhood, age and death,
To keep us still thine own!

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S. F. SMITH.

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Remember thy Creator.

1 REMEMBER thy Creator

While youth's fair spring is bright;
Before thy cares are greater,

Before comes age's night;

While yet the sun shines o'er thee,
While stars the darkness cheer,

While life is all before thee,
Thy great Creator fear.

1 WITHIN these walls be peace;

Love through our borders found;
In all our little palaces

Prosperity abound.