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UNISON.

9:

LIVE to the winds thy fears;

Hope, and be undismay'd;

God hears thy sighs and counts thy tears; God shall lift up thy head;

Through waves, and clouds, and storms,
He gently clears thy way;

Wait thou his time, so shall this night
Soon end in joyous day.

2 Still heavy is thy heart?

Still sink thy spirits down?

Cast off the weight,-let fear depart,
And every care be gone.

What though thou rulest not;

Yet heaven, and earth, and hell, Proclaim,-God sitteth on the throne, And ruleth all things well.

3 Leave to his sov'reign sway

To choose and to command:

So shalt thou, wond'ring, own his way,
How wise, how strong his hand!
Far, far above thy thought

His counsel shall appear,

When fully he the work hath wrought That caused thy needless fear.

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ANGELS our march oppose,

Who still in strength excel,Our secret, sworn, eternal foes, Countless, invisible;

From thrones of glory driven,

By flaming vengeance hurl'd,

They throng the air, and darken heaven, And rule this lower world.

HOW

His sins on earth forgiven?
How can my gracious Saviour show
My name inscribed in heaven?

2 What we have felt and seen
With confidence we tell;
And publish to the sons of men,
The signs infallible.

3 We who in Christ believe
That he for us hath died,

We all his unknown peace receive,
And feel his blood applied.

4 Exults our rising soul,
Disburden'd of her load,
And swells, unutterably full
Of glory and of God.

5 His love, surpassing far

The love of all beneath,

We find within our hearts, and dare The pointless darts of death.

6 Stronger than death or hell

The sacred power we prove;

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And, conqu'rors of the world, we dwell In heaven, who dwell in love.

E wretched, starving poor,

YE

Behold a royal feast!

Where mercy spreads her bounteous store For every humble guest.

2 See, Christ, with open arms,

Invites, and bids you come;

( stay not back, though fear alarms; For yet there still is room.

3 O come, and with us taste

The blessings of his love:
While hope expects the sweet repast
Of nobler joys above.

4 There, with united voice,

Before the' eternal throne,
Ten thousand thousand souls rejoice,
In ecstasies unknown.

5 Ten thousand thousand more
Are welcome still to come:
Ye longing souls, the grace adore ;
Approach, there yet is room.

980 Hebrew missionaries.

ALMIGHTY God of love,

Set up the' attracting sign,

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And summon whom thou dost approve
For messengers divine.

2 From favour'd Abrah'm's seed

The new apostles choose,
In isles and continents to spread
The dead reviving news.

3 We know it shall be done;

'Tis God's almighty word; All Israel shall the Saviour own, To their first state restored.

4 Send, then, thy servants forth

To call the Hebrews home;

From east and west, and south and north,
Let all the wand'rers come.

5 With Israel's myriads seal'd,
Let all the nations meet;
And show the mystery fulfill'd,
The family complete.

4 With saints enthroned on high, Thou dost thy Lord proclaim, And still to God salvation cry,— Salvation to the Lamb!

5 O happy, happy soul! In ecstasies of praise, Long as eternal ages roll,

Thou seest thy Saviour's face. 6 Redeem'd from earth and pain, Ah! when shall we ascend, And all in Jesus' presence reign With our translated friend?

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WHI

The pilgrim's home.

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HILE through this world we roam,
From infancy to age,

Heaven is the Christian pilgrim's home,
His rest at every stage.

2 Thither his soul ascends,
Eternal joys to share;

There his adoring spirit bends,
While here he kneels in prayer.

3 His freed affections rise,
To fix on things above,
Where all his hope of glory lies,-
Where all is perfect love.

4 There we our treasure place;
There let our hearts be found;
That still, where sin abounded, grace
May more and more abound.

5 Henceforth our converse be
With Christ before the throne;
Ere long we eye to eye shall see,
And know as we are known.

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INF

Infinite grace.

NFINITE excellence is thine, Thou glorious Prince of grace! Thy uncreated beauties shine With never-fading rays.

2 Sinners, from earth's remotest end, Come bending at thy feet;

To thee their prayers and songs ascend, In thee their wishes meet.

3 Millions of happy spirits live

On thy exhaustless store;

From thee they all their bliss receive,
And still thou givest more.

4 Thou art their triumph and their joy; They find their all in thee;

Thy glories will their tongues employ
Through all eternity.

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ENGLISH.

9:3

thy wing;

To my diseased, my fainting soul,
Life and salvation bring.

2 These clouds of pride and sin dispel, By thy all-piercing beam:

Lighten mine eyes with faith; my heart
With holy hope inflame.

3 My mind, by thy all-quick'ning power,
From low desires set free;
Unite my scatter'd thoughts, and fix
My love entire on thee.

4 Father, thy long-lost son receive;
Saviour, thy purchase own;
Blest Comforter, with peace and joy
Thy new-made creature crown.

5 Eternal, undivided Lord,

Co-equal One in Three,-
On thee all faith, all hope be placed;
All love be paid to thee.

4 Subsists as in us all one soul;

No power can make us twain;

And mountains rise, and oceans roll,
To sever us in vain.

5 Present we still in spirit are,
And intimately nigh;

While on the wings of faith and prayer We to each other fly.

6 Our life is hid with Christ in God; Our Life shall soon appear,

And shed his glory all abroad
On all his members here.

The hammer of God's Word.

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COME, O thou all victorious Lord,
Thy power to us make known;
Strike with the hammer of thy Word,
And break these hearts of stone.

2 O that we all might now begin
Our foolishness to mourn;
And turn at once from every sin,
And to the Saviour turn.

3 Give us ourselves and thee to know,
In this our gracious day;
Repentance unto life bestow,
And take our sins away.

4 Convince us first of unbelief,
And freely then release;
Fill every soul with sacred grief,
And then with sacred peace.

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T. HASTINGS.

2

THOU who art the Light

Of all thy saints below,

That we may worship thee aright,
Thy sov'reign grace bestow.

2 Our rising world obey'd

Thy Godhead's high command;

And all the heavenly host are sway'd
By thy creating hand.

3 Yet all things made anew
To wond'ring mortals seem,
When the Eternal Word we view
Descending to redeem.

4 O, be thou present now,

And make thy mercy known,
While at thy footstool, Lord, we bow,
And our Deliv'rer own.

5 Then shall we live to thee,
And honour this thy day;
Thine own devoted servants be,
And never from thee stray.

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Imploring IIis guidance.

COME, Spirit, Source of light,

Thy grace is unconfined; Dispel the gloomy shades of night, The darkness of the mind.

2 Now to our eyes display

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The truth thy words reveal; Cause us to run the heavenly way, Delighting in thy will.

3 Thy teachings make us know
The mysteries of thy love,
The vanity of things below,
The joy of things above.

4 While through this maze we stray,
O spread thy beams abroad;
Point out the dangers of the way,
And guide our steps to God.