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"To me to live is Christ, and to die is gain."

ImfCHRIST, of all my hopes the ground! 4 f Firmly trusting in Thy blood,

Christ, the spring of all my joy!
Still in Thee may I be found,
Still for Thee my powers employ.
2mf Let Thy love my heart inflame;
Keep Thy fear before my sight;
Be Thy praise my highest aim;
Be Thy smile my chief delight.
3 mf Fountain of o'erflowing grace!
Freely from Thy fulness give;
Till I close my earthly race,
May I prove it, "Christ to live!"

Nothing shall my heart confound";
Safely I shall pass the flood,
Safely reach Immanuel's ground.
5mf When I touch the blessèd shore,

Back the closing waves shall roll;
Death's dark stream shall never more
cres Part from Thee my ransomed soul.
6mfThus, oh! thus, an entrance give
To the land of cloudless sky;
Having known it "Christ to live,"
Let me know it "gain to die." Amen.

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amf Here I raise my Ebenezer,

Hither by Thy help I'm come;
And I hope, by Thy good pleasure,
Safely to arrive at home.

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Jesus sought me when a stranger, Wandering from the fold of God; cres He, to rescue me from danger,

Interposed with precious blood.
4mf Oh, to grace how great a debtor
Daily I'm constrained to be!
Let that grace now, like a fetter,
Bind my wandering heart to Thee.

5mf Prone to wander-(p) Lord, I feel it--
Prone to leave the God I love,-

eres Saviour, take my heart and seal it,

Seal it for Thy courts above. Amen.

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299 Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father, in the name

of our Lord Jesus Christ."

300 "I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed."

ImfJESUS! and shall it ever be,

A mortal man ashamed of Thee?[poor; cres Scorned be the thought by rich and Oh, may I scorn it more and more!

2p Ashamed of Jesus! sooner far

Let evening blush to own a star;
Ashamed of Jesus! just as soon
Let midnight blush to think of noon.

3 'Tis evening with my soul till He,
cres That Morning Star, bids darkness flee;
He sheds the beam of noon divine
O'er all this midnight soul of mine.

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Ashamed of Jesus! (cres) of that Friend, On whom for heaven my hopes depend! f It must not be: (p) be this my shame, cres That I no more revere His name.

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301

(See also "St. Oswald, Durham," No. 386.)

"He saith unto them, Follow Me."

1mfJESUS calls us: o'er the tumult

Of our life's wild restless sea,
Day by day His sweet voice soundeth,
Saying, "Christian, follow Me;"

amf As, of old, Apostles heard it

By the Galilean lake, [kindred,
Turned from home and toil and
Leaving all for His dear sake.

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(See also "Ceylon," No. 18.)

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"Lord, I will follow Thee whithersoever Thou goest."

1 mf O JESUS I have promised
To serve Thee to the end;
Be Thou for ever near me,
My Master and my Friend!
cres I shall not fear the battle

If Thou art by my side,
mf Nor wander from the pathway
If Thou wilt be my guide.

2 mf Oh, let me feel Thee near me:
The world is ever near;

I see the sights that dazzle,
The tempting sounds I hear;

My foes are ever near me,
Around me and within;

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cres But, Jesus, draw Thou nearer,
And shield my soul from sin.

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In accents clear and still,
Above the storms of passion,
The murmurs of self-will.
mf Oh, speak to re-assure me,
To hasten or control:
cres Oh, speak, and make me listen,
Thou Guardian of my soul !

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303 "Now, therefore, our God, we thank Thee, and praise Thy glorious name."