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COM

The work accomplished.

C. M.

YOME, O my God, the promise seal,
This mountain, sin, remove;

Now in my waiting soul reveal

The virtue of thy love.

2 I want thy life, thy purity,

Thy righteousness, brought in: I ask, desire, and trust in thee To be redeem'd from sin.

3 For this, as taught by thee, I pray,
My inbred sin cast out:

Thou wilt, in me, thy power display;
I can no longer doubt.

4 Let anger, sloth, desire, and pride,
This moment be subdued;

Be cast into the crimson tide
Of my Redeemer's blood.

5 Saviour, to thee my soul looks up,
My present Saviour thou!
In all the confidence of hope,

I claim the blessing now.

6 'Tis done; thou dost this moment save— With full salvation bless;

Redemption through thy blood I have,
And spotless love and peace.

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The evidence of perfect love.

L. M.

UICKEN'D with our immortal Head,
Who daily, Lord, ascend with thee;
Redeem'd from sin, and free indeed,
We taste our glorious liberty.

2 Saved from the fear of hell and death, With joy we seek the things above;

And all thy saints the spirit breathe
Of power, sobriety, and love.

Power o'er the world, the flesh, and sin, We through thy gracious Spirit feel: Full power the victory to win,

And answer all thy righteous will.

4 Pure love to God thy members find;
Pure love to every soul of man;
And in thy sober, spotless mind,
Saviour, our heaven on earth we gain.

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1st P. M. 6 lines 8s.

The witness of entire consecration.

COME, Holy Ghost, all-quick'ning fire,

Come, and in me delight to rest;
Drawn by the lure of strong desire,
O come and consecrate my breast;
The temple of my soul prepare,
And fix thy sacred presence there.
2 If now thine influence I feel,
If now in thee begin to live,
Still to my heart thyself reveal;
Give me thyself, forever give:
A point my good, a drop my store,
Eager I ask, I pant for more.

3 Eager for thee I ask and pant,
So strong the principle divine.
Carries me out with sweet constraint,
Till all my hallow'd soul is thine;
Plunged in the Godhead's deepest sea,
And lost in thy immensity.

4 My peace, my life, my comfort thou,
My treasure and my all thou art;
True witness of my sonship, now
Engraving pardon on my heart:
Seal of my sins in Christ forgiven,
Earnest of love, and pledge of heaven.

MEANS OF GRACE.

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PRAYER AND INTERCESSION.

Design of prayer.

PRAYER is appointed to convey

L. M.

The blessings God designs to give: Long as they live should Christians pray; They learn to pray when first they live. 2 If pain afflict, or wrongs oppress; If cares distract, or fears dismay; If guilt deject; if sin distress;

In every case, still watch and pray. 3 'Tis prayer supports the soul that's weak: Though thought be broken, language lame, Pray, if thou canst or canst not speak; But pray with faith in Jesus' name. 4 Depend on him; thou canst not fail; Make all thy wants and wishes known; Fear not; his merits must prevail : Ask but in faith, it shall be done.

C. M.

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PRAYER is

What is prayer?

the soul's sincere desire,

Utter'd or unexpress'd;

The motion of a hidden fire

That trembles in the breast.

2 Prayer is the burden of a sigh,-
The falling of a tear,-
The upward glancing of an eye,
When none but God is near.

3 Prayer is the simplest form of speech
That infant lips can try;

Prayer, the sublimest strains that reach
The Majesty on high.

4 Prayer is the Christian's vital breath,
The Christian's native air;

His watchword at the gates of death,~
He enters heaven with prayer.

5 Prayer is the contrite sinner's voice,
Returning from his ways;

While angels, in their songs, rejoice,
And cry,-Behold, he prays!

6 O Thou, by whom we come to God,
The Life, the Truth, the Way,-
The path of prayer thyself hast trod:-
Lord, teach us how to pray!

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FROM

The mercy-seat.

L. M.

ПROM every stormy wind that blows,
From every swelling tide of woes,

There is a calm, a sure retreat;
'Tis found beneath the mercy-seat.

2 There is a place, where Jesus sheds
The oil of gladness on our heads;
A place than all besides more sweet,-
It is the blood-bought mercy-seat.

3 There is a scene, where spirits blend,
Where friend holds fellowship with friend;
Though sunder'd far, by faith they meet,
Around one common mercy-seat.

4 Ah! whither could we flee for aid,
When tempted, desolate, dismay'd?
Or how the hosts of hell defeat,
Had suff'ring saints no mercy-seat?

5 There, there on eagles' wings we soar,
And sin and sense molest no more;

And heaven comes down our souls to greet, While glory crowns the mercy-seat.

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JESUS

ESUS, thou sov'reign Lord of all,— The same through one eternal day,— Attend thy feeblest foll'wer's call,

And O, instruct us how to pray!
Pour out the supplicating grace,
And stir us up to seek thy face.

2 We cannot think a gracious thought,
We cannot feel a good desire,
Till thou, who callest worlds from naught,
The power into our hearts inspire;
And then we in the Spirit groan,
And then we give thee back thine own.

3 Come in thy pleading Spirit down
To us who for thy coming stay;
Of all thy gifts we ask but one,-
We ask the constant power to pray:
Indulge us, Lord, in this request,
Thou canst not then deny the rest.

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Pray without ceasing.

C. M.

HEPHERD Divine, our wants relieve
In this our evil day;

To all thy tempted foll❜wers give
The power to watch and pray.

2 Long as our fiery trials last,-
Long as the cross we bear,—
O let our souls on thee be cast
In never-ceasing prayer.

3 Till thou thy perfect love impart ;
Till thou thyself bestow,

Be this the cry of every heart,--
I will not let thee go;—