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Grateful praise for delivering mercy.
THOU, who, when we did complain,
Didst all our griefs remove;

O Saviour, do not now disdain
Our humble praise and love.

2 Since thou a pitying ear didst give,
And hear us when we pray'd,
We'll call upon thee while we live,
And never doubt thy aid.

3 Pale death, with all his ghastly train,
Our souls encompass'd round;
Anguish, and fear, and dread, and pain,
On every side we found.

4 To thee, O Lord of life, we pray'd,
And did for succour flee:

O save, in our distress we said,-
The souls that trust in thee.

5 How good thou art! how large thy grace! How ready to forgive!

Thy mercies crown our fleeting days;
And by thy love we live.

6 Our eyes no longer drown'd in tears,
Our feet from falling free;

Redeem'd from death and guilty fears,
O Lord, we'll live to thee.

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All things in Christ.

HOU very-present aid

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In suff'ring and distress;

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The mind which still on thee is stay'd,

Is kept in perfect peace.

2 The soul by faith reclined

On the Redeemer's breast,

'Mid raging storms, exults to find

An everlasting rest.

3 Sorrow and fear are gone,
Whene'er thy face appears;
It stills the sighing orphan's moan,
And dries the widow's tears.

4 It hallows every cross;
It sweetly comforts me;
Makes me forget my every loss,
And find my all in thee.

5 Jesus, to whom I fly,
Doth all my wishes fill;
What though created streams are dry?
I have the fountain still.

6 Stripp'd of each earthly friend,
I find them all in one;

And peace and joy which never end, And heaven, in Christ, begun.

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O thou most gracious Lord!
Afflictions came at thy command,
And left us at thy word.

2 How gentle was the rod
That chasten'd us for sin !
How soon we found a smiling God
Where deep distress had been!

3 A Father's hand we felt,

A Father's love we knew: 'Mid tears of penitence we knelt, And found his promise true. 4 Now will we bless the Lord, And in his strength confide: Jehovah ever be adored,

There is no God beside.

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The benefit of affliction.

ORD, when to thee my sinking soul
Did in affliction fly;

Thy mercy did my griefs control,
And all my wants supply.

2 How oft, when dark misfortune's band
Around their victim stood,
The seeming ill, at thy command,
Hath changed to real good!

3 The tempest that obscured the sky
Hath set my spirit free

From earthly care and sensual joy,
And turn'd my thoughts to thee.

4 Affliction's blast hath made me learn
To feel for others' wo;

And humbly seek, with deep concern,
My own defects to know.

5 Then rage, ye storms; ye billows, rcar; My heart defies your shock:

Ye make me cling to God the more,--
To God, my shelt'ring rock.

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Delivering grace celebrated.

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LORD, thou hast heard thy servants cry,

And rescued from the grave;

Now shall we live-for none can die
Whom God delights to save.

2 Thy praise, more constant than before, Shall fill our daily breath;

Thy hand, that hath chastised us sore,
Defends us still from death.

3 Here, with the' assembly of thy saints, Our cheerful voice we raise;

Here we have told thee our complaints,
And here we speak thy praise.

REJOICING:

IN

COMMUNION WITH GOD.

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Praises to the incarnate Son.
FOR a thousand seraph tongues
To bless the' incarnate Word!
O for a thousand thankful songs
In honour of my Lord!

2 Come, tune afresh your golden lyrcs,
Ye angels round the throne;

Ye saints, in all your sacred choirs,
Adore the' eternal Son.

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Rejoice evermore, and in everything give thanks.

REJOICE, the Lord is King;

Your Lord and King adore;

Mortals, give thanks and sing,
And triumph evermore;
Lift up your hearts, lift up your voice;
Rejoice, again I say, rejoice.

2 Jesus, the Saviour, reigns,
The God of truth and love;
When he had purged our stains,
He took his seat above;

Lift up your hearts, lift up your voice;
Rejoice, again I say, rejoice.

3 His kingdom cannot fail,

He rules o'er earth and heaven;

The keys of death and hell

Are to our Jesus given;

Lift up your hearts, lift up your voice;
Rejoice, again I say, rejoice.

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4 He sits at God's right hand
Till all his foes submit,
And bow to his command,

And fall beneath his feet;

Lift up your hearts, lift up your voice;
Rejoice, again I say, rejoice.

5 He all his foes shall quell,
And all our sins destroy;
Let every bosom swell

With pure seraphic joy;
Lift up your hearts, lift up your voice;
Rejoice, again I say, rejoice.

6 Rejoice in glorious hope,
Jesus the Judge shall come,
And take his servants up

To their eternal home;

We soon shall hear the' archangel's voice; The trump of God shall sound,-Rejoice!

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HOME, ye

Glory begun below.

that love the Lord,

And let your joys be known;

Join in a song with sweet accord,
While ye surround his throne.
Let those refuse to sing

Who never knew our God,
But servants of the heavenly King
May speak their joys abroad.

2 The God that rules on high,
That all the earth surveys,
That rides upon the stormy sky,
And calms the roaring seas;

This awful God is ours,

Our Father and our Love;

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He will send down his heavenly powers,

To carry us above.

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