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 Methodift Preaching- Hon fes in 
 Town and Country. 
 
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 HYMNS for the IVATCH-NIGHT. 
 
 H Y MN I. 6. 8's. 
 
 have we pafs'd the guilty night, 
 JTni^^l 1 i ng^nfl j^ojtic mirth*. 
 
 4HV the thiUgs of earth ; 
 
 But O ! foince the fealbn pail, 
 We choofe the better part at laft. 
 
 We will not clofe our wakeful eyes, 
 We will not let our eyelids fleep, 
 
 But humbly lift them to the fides, 
 And all a folemn vigil keep : 
 
 So many years on fin beftow'd, 
 
 Can we not watch one night for God ? 
 
 We can, dear Jefus, for thy fake, 
 Devote our every hour to thee : 
 
 Speak but the word, our fouls (hall wake, 
 And fing with cheerful melody : 
 
 Thy praife fhall our glad tongues employ, 
 
 And every heart (hall dance for joy. 
 
 Dear object of our faith and love, 
 We liilen for thy welcome voice : 
 
 Our perfons, and our works approve, 
 And bid us in thy ftrength rejoice : 
 
 Now let us hear the midnight cry, 
 
 And fhout to find the Bridegroom nigh. 
 
 Shout in the midft of us, O King 
 
 Of faints, and make our joys abound ; 
 
 Let us exult, give thanks and fing, 
 And triumph in redemption found ; 
 
 We afk for every waiting foul, 
 
 O let our glorious joy be full. 
 
HYMNS FOR THE WATCH- NIGHT. 
 
 6 O may we all triumphant rife, 
 
 With joy upon our heads return, 
 And far ahove thefe nether ikies, 
 
 By thee on eagles' wings upborn, 
 Thro' all yon radiant circles move, 
 And gain the higheft heaven of love. 
 
 HYMN II. S. M. 
 
 t HJ^HOU Judge of quick and deft* 
 
 • JL Before fevere^ 
 
 With holy jov, or guilty dread, 
 
 We all {hall foon appear ; 
 
 Our caution'd fouls prepare 
 
 For that tremendous day, 
 And fill us now with watchful care, 
 
 And ftir us up to pray. 
 
 2 "To pray, and wait the hour, 
 That awful hour unknown, 
 
 When rob'd in majerty and power, 
 
 Thou (halt from Heaven come down ; 
 The' immortal Son of man, 
 
 To judge the human race, 
 
 With all thy Father's dazzling train, 
 With all thy glorious grace. 
 
 3 To damp our earthly joys, 
 To' increafe our gracious fears, 
 
 For ever let the' Archangel's voice 
 
 Be founding in our ears ; 
 
 The folemn midnight cry, 
 
 " Ye dead, the Judge is come ! 
 u Arife, and meet him in the iky, 
 
 " And meet your inftant doom ! " 
 
 4 O may wc then be found, 
 Obedient to thy word, 
 
 Attentive to the trumpet's found, 
 And looking for our Lord ! 
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 O may we all enfure 
 A lot among rhe bleft, 
 And watch a moment to fecure 
 An cverlafting reft ! 
 
 HYMN III. 
 
 I \J Jefus/ the reft, Of fpirits diftrefr, 
 
 In whom a\\ the children of men may be blttft : 
 
 The bldfing d^fign'd For the whole of mankind, 
 Give us in the Im'e of thy Spirit to find ! 
 
 1 For this do we keep A fad vigil, and weep, 
 The fruit of our tears that in joy we may reap ; 
 
 While fent from above The comfort we prove, 
 The unfpeakable gift of thy ranfoming love. 
 
 3 Our brethren we fee By mercy fet free, 
 
 They have found the abundant redemption in thee: 
 
 Thy tenders of grace They gladly embrace, 
 And tell of thy goodnefs, arid live to thy praife. 
 
 A But (till we remain In bondage and pain, 
 Unable to bear, or to (hake off our chain ; 
 
 In the furnace we cry, Come, Lord, from the fky, 
 Make hafte to our help, or in Egypt we die. 
 
 5 O Jefus, appear, Thy mourners to cheer, 
 Our grief to arfuage, and to banifli our fear : 
 
 Thy pris'ners releafe, Vouchfafe us thy peace, 
 And our troubles and fins in a moment fhall ceafe. 
 
 6 That moment be now ; The petition allow, 
 Our prefent Redeemer, and Comforter Thou: 
 
 The freedom from fin, The Atonement bring in, 
 And fprinkle our confeience, and bid us be clean. 
 
 7 The blefTing of grace, Now let it take place, 
 The dew of thy mercy defcend on our race ; 
 
 Thy Spirit, O God, Ptur out on the crowd, 
 And water us all with a fhower of thy blood. 
 
HYMNS FOR THE WATCH-NIGHT. 
 
 HYMN IV. 8: 8's. 
 
 t 7T I am the man that have known 
 JL) Diitrefs by the ftroke of his rod ; 
 And ftill thro' the anguifti I groan, 
 
 And pine for the abfence of God : 
 The happy in Jefus may fleep ; 
 
 But O ! till in me he appears, 
 Be this my employment to weep, 
 
 And water my couch with *y tears. 
 
 2 Or rather, if any are ni^h, 
 
 Forlorn, and afflicted like me, 
 All night let us' lift up our cry, 
 
 And mourn his appearing to fee : 
 (As watchmen expecting the morn,) 
 
 Look out for the light of his face, 
 And wait for his mercy's return, 
 
 And long to recover his grace. 
 
 3 His grace to our fouls did appear, 
 
 And brought us falvation from fin ; 
 We felt our Immanuel here 
 
 Reftoring his kingdom within : 
 But O ! we have loft, him again, 
 
 His Spirit hath taken its flight ; 
 Our joy it is turn'd into pain, 
 
 Our day it is turn'd into night. 
 
 4. O what (hall we do to retrieve 
 
 The lofs for a feafon beftow'd ? 
 'Tis better to die than t r > live 
 
 ExiTd from the prefence of C 
 With forrow diftracled and doubt, 
 
 With palpable horror oppreft, 
 The city we wander about, 
 
 And feek our repofe in his brcalt. 
 
 5 Ye watchmen of Ifrael declare 
 If ye our Beloved have feen, 
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HYMNS FOR THE WATCH-NIGHT. 
 
 And point to that heavenly fair, 
 Surpaffing the children of men : 
 
 Our Lover and Lord from above, 
 Who only can quiet our pain, 
 
 Whom only we languifh to love, 
 O where (ball we nnd him again! 
 
 6 The joy and defire of our eyes, 
 
 The end of our forrow and woe, 
 Cur hope and oar heavenly prize, 
 
 Our height of ambition below ; 
 Once more if he Chews us his face, 
 
 He never again fhall depart, 
 Detain'd in our ciofeft embrace, 
 
 Eretnaily held in our heart. 
 
 HYMN V. 8's. & 7 ' 3 . 
 
 1 TESUS, God of our falvation, 
 $$ Give us eyes thyfelf to fee, 
 Waiting for the confolation, 
 
 Longing to believe on Thee : 
 Now vouchfafe the facred power, 
 Now the faith divine impart ; 
 Meet us in this folemn hour, 
 Shine in every drooping heart. 
 
 2 Anna like within the temple, 
 
 Simeon-Wins we meekly ftay, 
 Daily with thy Saints affemble, 
 
 Nightly for thy coming pray : 
 While our fouls are bow'd before Ther, 
 "While we humbly fue for grace, 
 
 Come, thy people's light and glory, * 
 
 Shew to ail thy heavenly face. 
 
 3 If to us thy facred Spirit 
 
 Hath the future grace reveal'd, 
 Let us by thy righteous merit 
 Now receive our pardon feal'd : 
 
HYMN'S FOR THE WATCH-NIGHT. 
 
 To eternal life appointed, 
 Let us thy falvation fee, 
 
 Now behold the Lord's anointed, 
 Now obtain our heaven in thee. 
 
 H Y M N VI. All 7 's. 
 
 i "ITESUS, guard thy gather'd fheep, 
 «J' Who thy voice begin to know, 
 Day and night in fafety keep, 
 
 Help us after Thee to go : 
 Eyeing thee with fix'd regard, 
 
 By thy word and Spirit led. 
 Walk we in thy works prepar'd, 
 
 Clofe in all thy footfteps tread. 
 
 2 In thy pilgrimage with men, 
 
 (Objects of thy conftant care,l 
 Thou didit all their grief fuftain, 
 
 Labouring, watching unto prayer : 
 Thou whole nights in prayer didft fpend, 
 
 On the mount for us employ 'd, 
 Prompt the helplefs to defend, 
 
 Prevalent with man and God. 
 
 3 By no private wants compel I'd, 
 
 Only love infnir'd thy breaft, 
 Love thy fteady hand upheld, 
 
 Love enfore'd the kind rcqueft : 
 And fhall we refute to join, 
 
 We who all the good receive, 
 Reap the fruit of toil divine, 
 
 By the prayer of Jefus live ? 
 
 4 Nav, but in thy ftrength we rife, 
 
 Nightly to the mountain go, 
 Breathe our wifhes to the fkies 
 
 For the fleeping crowd below : 
 Prav, my watchful brethren, pray, 
 
 Full of wants, and fins, and fears, 
 W"reftle 'till the break of day, 
 
 'Till the faving grace appears. 
 
5 HYMNS FOR THE WATCH-NIGHT. 
 
 5 Jefus hear our midnight cry, 
 
 Execute thy love's defian ; 
 Bring thy great falvation nigh, 
 
 Claim a ranfom'd world for thine : 
 Take the purchafe of thy blood, 
 
 (Blood rhat fpeaks our fins forgiven ,) 
 Let it bring us near to God, 
 
 Let it pray us up to heaven ! 
 
 HYMN VII. 4: 8's. & 2: 6's. 
 
 1 7T1TOW happy, gracious Lord, are we, 
 JLlL Divinely drawn to follow Thee, 
 
 VVhofc hours divided are 
 Betwixt the mount and multitude; 
 Our day is fpenr in doing good, 
 
 Our night in praife and prayer. 
 
 2 With us no melancholy void ; 
 No moments linger unemploy'd, 
 
 Or unimprov'd below ; 
 Our wearinefs of life is gone, 
 Who live to fe:ve our God alone, 
 
 And only Thee to know. 
 
 j The winter's night and furnmer's day 
 Glide imperceptibly away, 
 
 Too fhert to fing thy praife ; 
 Too few we find the happy hour*, 
 And hafte to join thofe heavenly powers, 
 
 In everlafting lays. 
 
 I With all who chaunt thy name on high, 
 And holy, holy, holy, cry, 
 
 A bright harmonious :hrong, 
 We long thy praifts to repeat, 
 And reftlefs fing around thy feat 
 
 The new eternal fong. 
 
 HYMN VIII. 7 "s. & 6's. 
 /TEET and right it is to fing, 
 In every time and place, 
 
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 Glory to our heavenly King, 
 
 The God of truth and grace : 
 Join we then with fweet accord, 
 All in one thankfgiving join : 
 Holy, holy, holy Lord, 
 Eternal praife be thine ! 
 
 2 Thee, the firft-born fons of light 
 
 In choral fymphonics, 
 Pray by day, (day without night) 
 
 And never, never ceafe : 
 Angels, and archangels, all 
 Sing the myftic Three in One j 
 
 Sing, and (top, and gaze, and fall ! 
 
 O'erwhelm'd before thy throne. 
 
 3 Vying with that happy choir, 
 
 Who chaunt thy praife above, 
 We, on eagle's wings afpire, 
 
 The wings of faith and love : 
 Thee they ring with glory crown'd* 
 We extol the flaughter'd Lamb : 
 Lower if our voices found, 
 
 Our fubjedl is the fame. 
 
 4 Father, God, thy love we praife, 
 
 Which gave thy Son to die 1 
 Jefus, full of truth and grace, 
 
 Alike we glorify : 
 Spirit, Comforter divine, 
 Praife by all to thee be given, 
 'Till we in full chorus join, 
 
 And earth is turn'd to heaven. 
 
 HYMN IX. 
 
 1 /pOME, let us anew, Our pleafurcs purfue ; 
 
 V^ For Chriftian delight, 
 
 The day is too fhort : let us borrow (he night. 
 
 In fanclified joy Each moment employ 
 To Jefus's praife, 
 And fpcnd, and be fpent in the triumph of grace. 
 
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 2 The flaves'of excefs, Their fenfes to pleafe, 
 
 Whole nights can bellow, 
 And on in a circle of riot they go ; 
 
 Poor prodigals, they The night into day 
 
 By revellings turn, 
 And all the reftraints of fobriety fcorn. 
 
 3 The drunkards proclaim At midnight their fhamc, 
 
 Their facrifice bring, 
 And loud to the praife of their matter they fing : 
 The hellifh defires Which fatan Lfpires, 
 
 In fonnets they breathe, 
 And (homing defcend to the regions of death. 
 
 4 The civiller crowd In theatres proud, 
 
 Acknowledge his power, 
 And fatan in nightly affemblies adore : 
 To the mafque and the ball, They fly at his call : 
 
 Or in pleafures excel, 
 And chaunt in a grove* to the harpers of hell. 
 
 5 And (hall we not fing Our Matter and King, 
 
 While men are at reft, 
 With Jefus admitted at midnight to feaft ? 
 Here only we may With innocence ftay, 
 The' enjoyment improve, 
 And sibide at the banquet of Jefus's love. 
 
 6 In him is beftow'd The fpiritual food, 
 
 The manna divine, 
 And Jefus's love is far better than wine : 
 
 With joy we receive The bleffing, and give 
 
 By day and by night, 
 All thanks to the fource of our endlefs delight. 
 
 7 Our concert of praife To Jefus we raife, 
 
 And all. the night long 
 Continue tlie new evangelical fong : 
 
 We dance to the fame Of Jefus's name : 
 
 The joy it imparts 
 Is heaven begun in our mufical hearts. 
 
 ♦ Ranelagh's Garden, Vauxhall, Sec. 
 
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 HYMNS FOR THE WATCH-NIGHT. jr 
 
 8 Thus, thus we beftow Our moments below 
 
 And finging remove, 
 With all the redeem d to the Sion above : 
 
 There, there we lhall ftand With our harps in 
 our hand, 
 Interrupted no more, 
 And eternally fing, and rejoice, and adore. 
 
 HYMN X. 4: 6's. & 2 : 8's. 
 E virgin fouls arile, 
 With all the dead awake, 
 Unto falvation wife, 
 Oil in yeur veffels take ; 
 Upftarting at the midnight cry, 
 Behold the heavenly Bridegroom nigh. 
 
 2 He comes, He comes to call 
 The nations to his bar, 
 
 And raife to glory all 
 Who fit for glory are : 
 Made ready for your full reward, 
 Go forth with joy to meet your Lord. 
 
 3 Go meet him in the iky, 
 Your everlafting Friend, 
 
 Your Head to glorify, 
 
 With all his faints afcend ; 
 Ye pure in heart obtain the grace, 
 To fee without a veil his face. 
 
 4 Ye that have here receiv'd 
 The undtion from above, 
 
 And In his Spirit liv'd 
 Obedient to his love, 
 fefus fhall claim you for his bride ; 
 Lejoice with all the fanclified. 
 
 5 Rejoice in glorious hope » 
 Of that great day unknown, 
 
 When all fhall be caught up, 
 And ftand before his throne ; 
 Call'd to partake the marriage- feaft, 
 And lean on our ImmanueV s breaft. 
 
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 6 The cverlafting doors 
 
 Shall foon the faints receive, 
 Above thofe angel- powers 
 In glorious joy to live ; 
 Far from a world of grief and fin, 
 With God eternally fhut in. 
 
 7 Then let us wait to hear 
 
 The tiumpet's welcome found; 
 To fee our Lord appear, 
 
 Watching let us be found ; 
 When Jefus doth the heavens bow, 
 Be found — as Lord, thou finds us now. 
 
 HYMN XL C. M. 
 
 1 TTOIN all ye ranfom'd fons of grace, 
 $3 The holy joy prolong, 
 
 And fhout to the Redeemer's praife 
 A folemn midnight fong. 
 
 2 Blefling,- and thanks, and love, and might 
 
 Be to our Jefus given, 
 Who turns our darknefs into light, 
 Who turns our hell to heaven. 
 
 3 Thither our faithful fouls he leads, 
 
 L Thither he bids us rife, 
 ■With crowns of joy upon our heads, 
 To meet him in the fkies. 
 
 4 To feal the univerfal doom 
 
 The fkies he foon mail bow ; 
 But if thou muft at midnight come, 
 O let us meet thee now ! 
 
 ^ FINIS. 
 
 rc-Qffice, Nortk-Gretn, Gio. S;o**, Ago.t, 
 
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