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SANCTIFICATION.

The hope of our high calling.

C. M.

W But inward holiness

THAT is our calling's glorious hope,

For this to Jesus I look up;

I calmly wait for this.

2 I wait till he shall touch me clean,— Shall life and power impart;

Give me the faith that casts out sin,
And purifies the heart.

3 This is the dear redeeming grace,
For every sinner free;

Surely it shall on me take place,
The chief of sinners,-me.

4 From all iniquity, from all,
He shall my soul redeem;
In Jesus I believe, and shall
Believe myself to him.

5 When Jesus makes my heart his home,
My sin shall all depart ;-
And, lo! he saith, I quickly come,
To fill and rule thy heart.

6 Be it according to thy word;
Redeem me from all sin;

My heart would now receive thee, Lord; Come in, my Lord, come in!

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The will of God.

L. M.

E wills that I should holy be:

H. That holiness I long to feel;

That full divine conformity

To all my Saviour's righteous will.

2 See, Lord, the travail of thy soul
Accomplish'd in the change of mine;
And plunge me, every whit made whole,
In all the depths of love divine.
3 On thee, O God, my soul is stay'd,
And waits to prove thine utmost will;
The promise by thy mercy made,

Thou canst, thou wilt, in me fulfil.
4 No more I stagger at thy power,
Or doubt thy truth, which cannot move:
Hasten the long-expected hour,

And bless me with thy perfect love.

Should let my sins this moment go,

This moment turn to thee.

2 O might I now embrace
Thine all-sufficient power,

And never more to sin give place,
And never grieve thee more.

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The good pleasure of his will.

C. M.

I KNOW that my Redeemer lives,
And ever prays for me:

A token of his love he gives,-
A pledge of liberty.

2 I find him lifting up my head;
He brings salvation near;
His presence makes me free indeed,
And he will soon appear.

3 He wills that I should holy be!
What can withstand his will?

The counsel of his

grace

He surely shall fulfil.

in me

4 Jesus, I hang upon thy word;
I steadfastly believe

Thou wilt return, and claim me, Lord,
And to thyself receive.

5 When God is mine, and I am his,

Of paradise possess'd,

I taste unutterable bliss,

And everlasting rest.

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The believer's rest.

C. M.

ORD, I believe a rest remains
To all thy people known;

A rest where pure enjoyment reigns,
And thou art loved alone:

2 A rest where all our soul's desire
Is fix'd on things above;

Where fear, and sin, and grief expire,
Cast out by perfect love.

3 O that I now the rest might know,
Believe, and enter in :

Now, Saviour, now the power bestow,
And let me cease from sin.

4 Remove this hardness from my heart; This unbelief remove:

To me the rest of faith impart,-
The Sabbath of thy love.

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He saves his people from their sins.
AVIOUR from sin, I wait to prove
That Uns fr in thy healing name;

To lose, when perfected in love,

Whate'er I have, or can, or am: I stay me on thy faithful word,The servant shall be as his Lord.

2 Didst thou not in the flesh appear, Sin to condemn, and man to save? That perfect love might cast out fear?

That I thy mind in me might have? In holiness show forth thy praise, And serve thee all my happy days?

3 Didst thou not die that I might live No longer to myself, but thee? Might body, soul, and spirit give

To Him who gave himself for me? Come then, my Master and my God, Now take the purchase of thy blood. 486

JES

C. M.

He is faithful that hath promised. ESUS, the sinner's rest thou art, From guilt, and fear, and pain; While thou art absent from the heart We look for rest in vain.

2 O when wilt thou my Saviour be?
O when shall I be clean?
The true eternal Sabbath see,—
A perfect rest from sin?

3 The consolations of thy word
My soul have long upheld;
The faithful promise of the Lord
Shall surely be fulfill'd.

4 I look to my incarnate God,
Till he his work begin;

And wait till his redeeming blood
Shall cleanse me from all sin.

5 O that I now the voice might hear
That speaks my sins forgiven;
Thy word is pass'd to give me here
The inward pledge of heaven.

6 Thy blood shall over all prevail,
And sanctify the' unclean;

The grace that saves the soul from hell,
Wiil save from present sin.

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All things possible to the believer.

LL things are possible to him
That can in Jesus' name believe:
Lord, I no more thy truth blaspheme;
Thy truth I lovingly receive;
I can, I do believe in thee,-
All things are possible to me.

2 When thou the work of faith hast wrought,
I here shall in thine image shine,
Nor sin in deed, or word, or thought.
Let men exclaim, and fiends repine,
They cannot break the firm decree,-
All things are possible to me.

3 All things are possible to God,—
To Christ, the power of God in man,—
To me, when I am all renew'd,—

When I in Christ am` form'd again,
And witness, from all sin set free,-
All things are possible to me.

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Christ, the guide and counsellor.
TESUS, my truth, my way,
My sure, unerring light,

JESUS,

S. M.

On thee my feeble steps I stay,
Which thou wilt guide aright.

2 My wisdom and my guide,
My counsellor thou art;
O never let me leave thy side,
Or from thy paths depart.