SIXTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY.

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"Now when He came nigh to the gate of the city."

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SAVIOUR, who at Nain's gate
Didst dry a widow's tears,

And raise her only son,. the prop

Of her declining years;

2 What holy raptures, Lord, through Thee
Thy suffering saints await,

When raised from death by Thee they stand
At Thy own City's gate!

3 What ecstasies will then be theirs
In that blest city, Lord,

When sons to parents will by Thee
For ever be restored!

4 O grant us so together, Lord,
To live in holy love,

That we together may be join'd
In holy bliss above.

5 Members of Christ our bodies are,
The Holy Spirit's shrine;
Then grant us so to use them now,
That they may be like Thine.

Christopher Wordsworth

"Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named."

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ET saints below in concert sing
With those to glory gone;
For all the servants of our King
In earth and heaven are one.
2 One family-we dwell in Him-
One Church, above, beneath,
Though now divided by the stream,
The narrow stream of death;

3 One army of the living God,
To His command we bow;

Part of the host have crossed the flood,
And part are crossing now.

4 Some to their everlasting home
This solemn moment fly;

And we are to the margin come,
And soon expect to die.

5 E'en now, by faith, we join our hands
With those that went before,

And greet the ransomed blessed bands
Upon th' eternal shore.

6 Lord Jesus! be our constant Guide:
And, when the word is given,

Bid death's cold flood its waves divide,
And land us safe in heaven.

Charles Wesley.

Keep us who are still in the body, in everlasting fellowship with all that wait for Thee on earth, and with all that are around Thee in heaven."

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ESUS, we sing Thy matchless grace
That calls us as Thine own;

Give us among Thy saints a place
To make Thy glories known!

2 Allied to Thee, our vital Head,
We live, and grow, and thrive;
From Thee divided, each is dead,
When most he seems alive.

3 Thy saints on earth, and those above,
Here join in one accord;
One body all in mutual love,

And Thou the common Lord.

4 O may our faith each moment gain
More of Thy Spirit's grace;

Till Thou present us all complete
Before Thy Father's face.

"They sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb."

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Of Moses and the Lamb;

Wake every heart, and every tongue,

To praise the Saviour's name.

"Unto Him be glory in the Church by Christ Jesus, throughout all ages, world without end, Amen.

YE angel-hosts above,

Ye righteous souls at rest in Paradise,

Ye faithful still on earth,

Let all your songs to God in concert rise.

2 Yea, their one Maker's praise
The countless orders of creation sing:
Innumerable worlds

Pay homage to the Universal King.

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Before th' eternal throne

The Elders, seated round the crystal sea,
Cast down their golden crowns

In worship of the Triune Majesty.

4 Responsive rolls the chant

From side to side in heav'n's own liturgy:
"Thrice Holy, Lord of Hosts,

Which was, and is, and evermore shall be."

5 Nor are those spirits mute,

Who to the Church Expectant now belong;
They to the Saving Name

In adoration pour their thankful song.

6 With these the Church on earth
In ceaseless worship bears its equal part:

In every land and tongue

Go up glad hymns of praise from voice and heart.

7 O when shall discords cease?
When shall Christ's family on earth be one?
When shall His will supreme

As with one mind by all His saints be done?

8 Blest Spirit, may Thy grace

Our hymns of earth with those of angels blend,
Until their notes be changed

For that "new song" of heaven that ne'er shall end!

9 To Thee, O Trinity;

To Thee, O Father; Thee, Eternal Son;

O Holy Ghost, to Thee

Be glory while th' unending ages run!

Benjamin Webb.

"And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge."

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HE Saviour! O what endless charms

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Dwell in the blissful sound!

Its influence every fear disarms,
And spreads sweet comfort round.

2 Here pardon, life, and joys divine,
In rich effusion flow,

For guilty rebels lost in sin,

And doomed to endless woe.

3 The Almighty Former of the skies,
Stooped to our vile abode :

While angels viewed with wondering eyes,
And hailed th' incarnate God.

4 O the rich depths of love divine,
Of bliss a boundless store!

Dear Saviour, let me call Thee mine;
I cannot wish for more.

5 On Thee alone my hope relies,
Beneath Thy cross I fall;

My Lord, my life, my sacrifice,
My Saviour, and my All!

Anne Steele.

SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY.

"Dispose and assist us by Thy grace to follow the example of His great humility and heavenly-minded love. C. M.

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ESUS, exalted far on high,
To whom a name is given,

A name surpassing every name

That's known in earth or heaven;

2 Before whose throne shall every knee
Bow down with one accord;
Before whose throne shall every tongue
Confess that Thou art Lord;

3 Jesus, who, in the form of God,
Didst equal honor claim;
Yet, to redeem our guilty souls,
Didst stoop to death and shame :