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Never shall you feel oppression,
Hear the voice of war again.

3 Ye, no more your suns descending,
Waning moons no more shall see ;
But, your griefs for ever ending,
Find eternal noon in me;

God shall rise, and, shining o'er you,
Change to day the gloom of night;
He, the Lord, shall be your glory,
God your everlasting light.

907.

C. M.

The Departed.

S. F. SMITH

1 WHEN spirits from their cumbering clay
Ascend to heaven's bright shore,
Our hoping hearts with triumph say, —
"Not lost, but gone before."

2 Then calmly may our spirits bow
Beneath affliction's rod;

Who, who would murmur that his friend
Is safe in joy and God?

908.

H. M.

Close of Service.

BY us the seed is sown,

Thy blessing, Lord, bestow;
The power is thine alone

To make it spring and grow:

ANONYMOUS

Do thou the gracious harvest raise,
And thou alone shalt have the praise.

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THE following hymns are here inserted as originally written by the author, Rev. R. Palmer.

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Self-consecration.

Y faith looks up to thee,
Thou Lamb of Calvary,
Saviour divine:

Now hear me while I pray;
Take all my guilt away;
O, let me from this day
Be wholly thine.

2 May thy rich grace impart Strength to my fainting heart, My zeal inspire;

6. 4.

As thou hast died for me,
O, may my love to thee
Pure, warm, and changeless be-
A living fire.

3 While life's dark maze I tread,
And griefs around me spread,
Be thou my guide;
Bid darkness turn to day,
Wipe sorrow's tears away,
Nor let me ever stray

From thee aside.

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Heavenly Rest.

S. M.

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thine;

And carnal joys, that charmed before,
For thy dear sake we now resign.

4 Our hearts, by dying love subdued,
Accept thine offered grace to-day;
Beneath the cross, with blood bedewed,
We bow, and give ourselves away.
5 In thee we trust, - on thee rely;
Though we are feeble, thou art strong
O, keep us till our spirits fly

To join the bright, immortal throng

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