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3 Thou openest, Lord! we enter ;
Thou callest; lo! we come.
Within the veil we venture,

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And find our Lord at home.
Here, nigh to Thee we tarry;
Here, close we wait on Thee,
And when we go to glory,

'Twill be Thy face to see.

L.M.

Kings and Priests unto God.-Rev. i.

YE people of the Lord draw near,

In all your dignity divine;

Before your Father
ye appear:
Beneath your Saviour's smile

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ye shine

2 He made you priests, He made you kin These robes He wrought, these cro

wove;

He gave you all these glorious things Himself, the great High Priest above. 3 Come, gladsome in the robes He wroug Come, glorious with the crowns He w Ne'er from your high estate be broughtNe'er from His full embrace remove!

4 Yield up to no usurping priest,

One gift that cost the Lord so dear : Enjoy the fulness of His feast!

Make at His table gladsome cheer.

5 In all your dignity appear

While ye show forth its awful price: O priests of God, draw near, draw near Make of yourselves sweet sacrifice. 6 Your bodies yield, your store present, Your souls bestow, your spirits bring. All odorous with the incense lent By the High Priest's one offering.

T. H. GILL.*

10 o magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt

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His name together.—Psalm xxxiv. 3.

WE of the Father loved,

YE

Ye of the Saviour sought,
Whose sins He hath removed,
Whose raiment He hath wrought;
Ye who have known

The Spirit's might;
On whom hath shone
The Spirit's light!

2 Ye people of the Lord
Who in His love abide;
Your treasure do not hoard,
Your gladness do not hide!
Together, bring

Your costly store!
Together, sing!
Together, soar !

3 Glad heart, repeat to heart
The story of thy peace:
Each dear delight impart!
Each dear delight increase!
Thy foes o'erthrown,
Thy sins forgiven,
Thy darkness gone,
Thy fetters riven !

4 Tell of that saving hour;

Tell of His smiling face!
Tell of His quickening power;
Tell of His strengthening grace!
Souls loved so well,

Come near! Come near!
O hear and tell!

O tell and hear!

5 In love, together meet;
For joy, together sing;
With mingled voices greet
Each triumph of your King;
The Lord's dear praise

Together, speak;
The Lord's right ways

Together, seek!

6 In linked praise and prayer
Your heaven on earth begin :
Together, glimpses fair
Of hastening glory win:

From strength to streng
Together, go!

In heaven at length
Together, glow!

7 With all the heirs of grace
There speak the saving name;
With all the ransomed race
Give glory to the Lamb!
Your King of light

Together, see

In all His might
And majesty!

8 Fix your enraptured eyes:.
Lift your exulting tongues!
Mingle your endless joys:
Mingle your endless songs!
Together, sing,

Together, soar,

While smiles your King

For evermore!

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Praise ye the Lord.-Psalm cxlviii. I.

ING Hallelujah! Hallelujah sing! [King, Welcome the Lord of hosts, the sovereign The King of glory. Hallelujah! pour

Anthems and hymns of praise to Him, the blest, The glorious, who is seated evermore

In the high heavens-the first, the mightiest.
2 Sing Hallelujahs! Let His praise go forth,
And fill the east, the west, the south, the north;
Where'er His goodness is, His praise shall be--
Throughout all space, all time, below, above;
O'er all the busy earth, the rolling sea:
His praise be infinite as is His love.

3 Sing Hallelujahs! Sing! 'Tis right, 'tis meet
To bend in adoration at His feet:
Sing Hallelujahs! Let our voices blend
With nature's everlasting voices. Sing,
In an eternal chorus, Him, our Friend,
Our God, our Saviour, and our sovereign King.

S.M.

MONTGOMERY.

12 Stand up and bless the Lord your God.

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Neh. ix. 5.

TAND up and bless the Lord,

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Ye people of His choice;

Stand up and bless the Lord your God,

With heart and soul and voice.

2 Though high above all praise,
Above all blessing high,
Who would not fear His holy name,
And laud and magnify?

3 Oh for the living flame

From His own altar brought,

To touch our lips, our minds inspire,
And wing to heaven our thought!

4 There, with benign regard,
Our hymns He deigns to hear:
Though unrevealed to mortal sense,
The spirit feels Him near.

5 God is our strength and song.
And His salvation ours;

Then be His love in Christ proclaimed
With all our ransomed powers.

6 Stand up and bless the Lord; The Lord your God adore;

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Stand up and bless His glorious name,
Henceforth for evermore.

S.M.

Let the heart of them rejoice that seek
Lord.-Ps. cv. 3.

COME

OME, we that love the Lord,
And let our joys be known;
Join in a song of sweet accord,
And thus surround the throne.

2 The sorrows of the mind

Be banished from this place :
Religion never was designed
To make our pleasures less.

3 The God that rules on high,
And thunders when He please,
That rides upon the stormy sky,
And manages the seas;

4 This awful God is ours,

To us reveals His love;

He will send down His heavenly powe
To carry us above.