СХІІІ.

Dedication.

THOU, whose own vast temple stands,

Built over earth and sea,
Accept the walls that human hands
Have raised to worship thee.

2 Lord, from thine inmost glory send,
Within these courts to bide,

The peace that dwelleth without end
Securely by thy side.

3 May erring minds that worship here Be taught the better way,

And they who mourn, and they who fear, Be strengthened as they pray.

4 May faith grow firm, and love grow warm, And pure devotion rise,

While round these hallowed walls the storm Of earth-born passion dies.

CXIV.

Ordination Hymn.

LORD of life, and truth, and grace,
Ere nature was begun,
Make welcome to our erring race
Thy Spirit and thy Son.

2 We hail the church, built high o'er all
The heathens' rage and scoff;

Thy Providence its fenced wall,
"The Lamb the Light thereof."

3 O, may Christ walk among us here, With his rebuke and love,

A brightness o'er this lower sphere,
A ray from worlds above.

4 Teach thou thy youthful servant, Lord,
The mysteries he reveals,
That reverence may receive the word,
And meekness loose the seals.

CXV.

Divine Light.

THOU, whose power o'er moving worlds presides, Whose voice created, and whose wisdom guides! On darkling man in pure effulgence shine, And cheer the clouded mind with light divine!

2 'Tis thine alone to calm the pious breast With silent confidence, and holy rest!

From thee, great God! we spring, to thee we tend, Path, motive, guide, original, and end.

CXVI.

The Universal Prayer.

GREAT source of all! in every age,
In every clime adored,

By saint, by savage, or by sage,
The universal Lord!

2 Thou great first cause! least understood,
Who all my sense confined,

To know but this, that thou art good,

And that myself am blind;

3 If I am right, thy grace impart
Still in the right to stay;

If I am wrong, O teach my heart
To find that better way.

4 Save me alike from foolish pride
Or impious discontent,

At aught thy wisdom has denied,
Or aught thy goodness lent.

5 Teach me to feel another's woe,
To hide the fault I see;
That mercy I to others show,
That mercy show to me.

CXVII.

"Creator Spirit.”

SOURCE of uncreated light!

By whom the worlds were raised from night; Come, visit every pious mind;

Come, pour thy joys on human kind.

2 Cleanse and refine our earthly parts,
Exalt and sanctify our hearts,

Our frailties help, our vice control,
Submit the senses to the soul.

3 Thrice holy Fount! thrice holy Fire!
Our hearts with heavenly love inspire;
Make us eternal truths receive,
Aid us to live as we believe.

4 From sin and sorrow set us free,
Then make us temples worthy thee.
And, lest our feet should step astray
Protect and guide us in our way.

CXVIII.

Gloria Patri.

GLORY to the Father give,

He in whom we move and live;
All our prayers he deigns to hear,
All our songs delight his ear.

2 Glory to the Son we bring,

Christ our Prophet, Priest and King;
Christians, raise your sweetest strain,
To the Lamb, your Saviour slain.

3 Glory to the Holy Ghost,
He reclaims the sinner lost;
Fills his heart with just desires,
And his mind with truth inspires.

4 Glory in the highest be To the blessed Trinity

For the Gospel from above,

For the word that "God is love."

INDEX OF SUBJECTS.

6. Message of John the Bap- 30. The mercy seat.