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CHURCH MEETINGS.
209 L. M.
The Church the garden of Christ.
Solomon s Song iv. 12-15.
1 are a garden walled around,
’ V Chosen and made peculiar ground,
A little spot enclosed by grace
Out of the world’s wild wilderness.
2 Like trees of myrrh and spice we stand,
Planted by God the Father’s hand ;
And all his springs in Zion flow,
To make the young plantation grow.
3 Awake, O heavenly wind, and come,
Blow on this garden of perfume :
Spirit divine, descend and breathe
A gracious gale on plants beneath.
1 Make our best spices flow abroad,
To entertain our Saviour God;
And faith and love and joy appear,
And every grace be active here.
210 L. M.
The stability of the Church
1 D OUGHT with the Saviour’s precious
D blood,
Thy church, O God, has firmly stood ;
Built on the Rock, secure she stands,
Like some tall cliff in distant lands.
2 When hosts of foes against her came,
Regardless of thy powerful name,
Thine arm, O Lord, salvation wrought,
For them who thy protection sought.
3 Strike to the Lord each joyful string,
Awake each tuneful pow’cr, and sing :
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