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Never more a helpless Baby,
Born in poverty and pain,
But with awful glory crowned,
With His angels standing round,
He shall come again.

Then the wicked souls shall tremble,
And the good souls shall rejoice;
Parents, children, every one,

Then shall stand before His Throne,
And shall hear His voice.

And all faithful holy Christians

Who their Master's work have done,
Shall appear at His right hand
And inherit the fair Land

That His love has won.

Amen:

G.B.77.

WHEN mothers of Salem

WE

Their children brought to Jesus,

The stern disciples drove them back,
And bade them depart :

But Jesus saw them ere they fled,
And sweetly smiled, and kindly said,
"Suffer little children to come unto Me."

"For I will receive them,

And fold them in My bosom ; I'll be a Shepherd to those lambs, Oh, drive them not away!

For if their hearts to Me they give, They shall with Me in glory live: Suffer little children to come unto Me."

How kind was our Saviour
To bid those children welcome!
But there are many thousands who

Have never heard His Name;
The Bible they have never read;
They know not that the Saviour said,
"Suffer little children to come unto Me."

Oh, soon may the heathen
Of every tribe and nation
Fulfil Thy blessed Word and cast
Their idols all away;

Oh, shine upon them from above,
And show Thyself a God of love;

Teach the little children to come unto Thee.

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G.B.446.

Amen.

WH

HITHER, pilgrims, are you going,
Going each with staff in hand

We are going on a journey,

Going at our King's command.
Over hills and plains and valleys,
We are going to His palace,
We are going to His palace,
Going to the better Land.

Tell us, pilgrims, what you hope for
In that far off, better Land?
Spotless robes and crowns of glory,

From a Saviour's loving hand.
We shall drink of life's clear river,
We shall dwell with God for ever,
We shall dwell with God for ever,

In that bright, that better Land.

Pilgrims, inay we travel with you
To that bright and better Land?
Come and welcome, come and welcome,
Welcome to our pilgrim band.
Come, oh, come, and do not leave us;
Christ is waiting to receive us,

Christ is waiting to receive us,

In that bright, that better Land. Amen.

National Anthem

267 National Anthem. H.C.599. C.H.351. G.B.478.

OD save our gracious King,

God save the King.
Send him victorious,
Happy and glorious,
Long to reign over us;
God save the King.
O Lord our God, arise,
Scatter his enemies,

And make them fall:
Confound their politics;
Frustrate their knavish tricks ;
On Thee our hopes we fix:
God save us all.

Thy choicest gifts in store
On him be pleased to pour;
Long may he reign:
May he defend our laws,

And ever give us cause

To sing with heart and voice,

God save the King.

Amen.

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Grace at Meals

Old Hundredth. H.C.488. A.M.435. G.B.477.

B

E present at our table, Lord;

Be here and everywhere adored;
Thy creatures bless, and grant that we
May feast in Paradise with Thee.

WE

Amen.

E thank Thee, Lord, for this our food,
For life and health and every good;

May manna to our souls be given,

The Bread of Life sent down from Heaven.

Amen.

269

B

Litanies

Bread of Heaven. A.M.318. C.H.248.
Madrid. H.C.8.

Y Thy birth, O Lord of all,
In a stable's lowly stall,

Where Thou didst vouchsafe to rest
On a human mother's breast;

Guard Thy children, Lord, to Thee
Chanting this their litany.

By Thy humble bed of straw,
Thy obedience to the law;

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By Thy forty days of woe
Wrestling with the mighty foe;
Guard Thy children, etc.

By the hallowed water poured
On Thy sacred head, O Lord,
When Thou Jordan's wave didst bless,
And fulfil all righteousness;

Guard Thy children, etc.

By the anguish laid on Thee,
Kneeling in Gethsemane ;

By Thy Cross and precious death,
By Thy last expiring breath ;
Guard Thy children, etc.

By the word of pardon blest
To the dying thief addressed,
By Thy cold and rocky bed,
By Thy sojourn 'midst the dead,
Guard Thy children, etc.

By Thy resurrection bright,
By Thy wondrous heavenly flight,
By the Throne where Thou dost stand
At Thy Father's own right hand,

Guard Thy children, Lord, to Thee
Chanting this their litany.

G.B.259.

Litany. H.C.166. A.M.466 (ii).
Litany. A.M.463.(i) or 464 (ii).

PART I

ESU, from Thy Throne on high,

JE

Far above the bright blue sky,

Look on us with loving eye:

Hear us, Holy Jesu.

Amen.