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228 Here to our waiting hearts proclaim The sweetness of thy saving name.

4 Here may we prove the power of pray r To strengthen faith and sweeten care To teach our faint desires to rise, And bring all heaven before our eyes.

5 Behold, at thy commanding word, We stretch the curtain and the cord ;. Come thou, and fill this wider space, And bless us with a large increase.

6 Lord, we are few, but thou art near ; Nor short thine arm, nor deaf thineear; rend the heavens, come quickly down, And make a thousand hearts thine own !

1 How welcome to the saints, when press d With six days noise and care and toil, Is the returning day of rest, Which hides them from the world awhile !

2 Now from the throng withdrawn away, They seem to breathe a difFrent air ;&quot; Composed and soften d by the day, All things another aspect wear.

3 How happy if their lot is cast Where statedly the gospel sounds ! The word is honey to their taste, Renews their strength, and heals their wounds!

4 Though pinch d with poverty at home, With sharp afflictions daily fed, It makes amends, if they can come To God s own house for heav nly bread!

5 With joy they hasten to the place Where they their Saviour oft have met ; And while they feast upon his grace, Their burdens and their griefs forget.