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THE PLEASANTNESS OF RELIGION,

Ah! join me to thy secret ones! Ah! gather all thy living stones!

9 Scatter'd o'er all the earth they lie, Till thou collect them with thine eye; Draw by the music of thy Name, And charm into a beauteous frame.

10 For this the pleading Spirit groans, And cries in all thy banish'd ones; Greatest of gifts, thy love impart, And make us of one mind and heart.

11 Join every soul that looks to thee, In bonds of perfect charity;

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Now, Lord, the glorious fulness give, And all in all for ever live!

HYMN 17.

PART II.

L. M.

Great Builder of thy church below; If now thy Spirit moves my breast, Hear, and fulfil thine own request!

2 The few that truly call thee Lord, And wait thy sanctifying word, And thee their utmost Saviour own; Unite and perfect them in one.

30 let them all thy mind express, Stand forth thy chosen witnesses: Thy power unto salvation show, And perfect holiness below.

4 In them let all mankind behold, How Christians lived in days of old; Mighty their envious foes to move, A proverb of reproach- and love.