ALL SAINTS' DAY.

368 We must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.-Acts xiv. 22. HEAD of the church triumphant, We joyfully adore thee;

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Till thou appear, thy members here
Shall sing like those in glory:
We lift our hearts and voices,
With bless'd anticipation,
And cry aloud, and give to God
The praise of our salvation.

While in affliction's furnace,
And passing through the fire,
Thy love we praise in grateful lays,
Which ever brings us nigher:
We clap our hands, exulting
In thine almighty favour:
The love divine, that made us thine,
Shall keep us thine for ever.

Thou dost conduct thy people

Through torrents of temptation.

Nor will we fear, while thou art near,

The fire of tribulation;

The world, with sin and Satan,
In vain our march opposes,

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By thee we shall break through them all,
And sing the song of Moses.

4 By faith we see the glory

To which thou shalt restore us,
The world despise, for that high prize
Which thou hast set before us:
And, if thou count us worthy,
We each, with dying Stephen,
Shall see thee stand at God's right hand,
To call us up to heaven.

369 The whole family in heaven and earth.

Eph. iii. 15.

1 COME, let us join our friends above
Who have obtain❜d the prize,
And on the eagle wings of love
To joys celestial rise.

2 Let all the saints terrestrial sing
With those to glory gone;
For all the servants of our King,
In earth and heaven, are one.
3 One family, we dwell in him,
One church, above, beneath;
Though now divided by the stream,
The narrow stream of death.

4 One army of the living God,
To his command we bow;

Part of his host have cross'd the flood,
And part are crossing now.

5 Our spirits too shall quickly join,
Like theirs with glory crown'd;
And shout to see our Captain's sign,
To hear his trumpet sound.

6 0 that we now might grasp our guide;
O that the word were given!

Come, Lord of hosts, the waves divide,
And land us all in heaven.c

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370 Lo, a great multitude, which no man could [D. 8s.7s. number, stood before the throne.

Rev. vii. 9.

1 HARK the sound of holy voices, chanting at the crystal sea,

Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah! Lord, to thee;

Multitudes, which none can number, like the stars in glory stand

Clothed in white apparel, holding palms of victory in their hand.

2 Patriarch, and holy prophet, who prepared the way of Christ,

King, apostle, saint, confessor, martyr, and evangelist,

Saintly maiden, godly matron, widows who have watch'd to prayer,

Join'd in holy concert, singing to the Lord of all, are there.

3 They have come from tribulation, and have wash'd their robes in blood,

Wash'd them in the blood of Jesus; tried they were, and firm they stood;

Mock'd, afflicted, scourged, imprison'd, stoned, tormented, slain with sword,

They have conquer'd death and Satan by the might of Christ the Lord.

4 Marching with thy cross their banner, they have triumph'd, following

Thee, the Captain of Salvation, thee, their Saviour and their King;

Gladly, Lord, with thee they suffer'd; gladly, Lord, with thee they died;

And by death to life immortal they were born and glorified.

5 Now they reign in heavenly glory, now they walk in golden light;

Now they drink, as from a river, holy bliss and infinite;

Love and peace they taste for ever, and all truth and knowledge see

In the beatific vision of the Blessed Trinity. 6 God of God, the One-begotten, Light of Light, Emmanuel,

In whose body join'd together all the saints for ever dwell,

Pour upon us of thy fulness, that we may for

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God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost adore. Amen.

"WE HUMBLY BESEECH THEE MOST MERCIFULLY TO

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Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the
least of these my brethren, ye have done
it unto me.-Matt. xxv. 40.

1 FOUNTAIN of good, to own thy love
Our thankful hearts incline;

What can we render, Lord, to thee,
When all the worlds are thine?
2 But thou hast needy brethren here,
Partakers of thy grace,

Whose humble names thou wilt confess
Before thy Father's face.

3 In their sad accents of distress
Thy pleading voice is heard;

In them thou may'st be clothed, and fed,
And visited, and cheer'd.

4 Thy face with reverence and with love
We in thy poor would see;

For, while we minister to them,

We do it, Lord, to thee.©

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372 All things come of thee, and of thine own have [88. 4. we given thee.-1 Chron. xxix. 14.

1 O LORD of heaven and earth and sea,
To thee all praise and glory be;
How shall we show our love to thee,
Giver of all?

2 The golden sunshine, vernal air,
Sweet flowers and fruits thy love declare;
Where harvests ripen, thou art there,
Giver of all.

3 For peaceful homes and healthful days,
For all the blessings earth displays,
We owe thee thankfulness and praise,
Giver of all.

4 Thou didst not spare thine only Son,
But gav'st him for a world undone,
And freely with that Blessèd One
Thou givest all.

5 Thou giv'st the Holy Spirit's dower,
Spirit of life and love and power,
And dost his sevenfold graces shower
Upon us all.

6 For souls redeem'd, for sins forgiven,
For means of grace and hopes of heaven,
What can to thee, O Lord, be given,
Who givest all?

7 We lose what on ourselves we spend,
We have as treasure without end
Whatever, Lord, to thee we lend,
Who givest all.

8 Whatever, Lord, we lend to thee
Repaid a thousandfold will be,
Then gladly will we give to thee,
Giver of all;

9 To thee, from whom we all derive
Our life, our gifts, our power to give.
O may we ever with thee live,

Giver of all.

Amen.

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As every man hath received the gift, even
so minister the same one to another.-
1 Pet. iv. 10.

WE give thee but thine own,
Whate'er the gift may be;

All that we have is thine alone,
A trust, O Lord, from thee.
May we thy bounties thus
As stewards true receive,
And gladly as thou blessest us,
To thee our first-fruits give.

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