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JESUS, my highest treasure,
In thy communion blest
I find unsullied pleasure,
True happiness and rest:
Myself as an oblation

I have to thee assign'd, Because thou by thy passion Hast heal'd my sin-sick mind. 2. O joy, all joys exceeding!

Thou Bread most heavenly, When I on thee am feeding,

Thou dost me satisfy With marrow and with fatness, With comfort, joy, and peace, And fill my heart with gladness, Assuaging my distress.

3. Let me perceive thy friendly,

Thy cheering countenance; Spread thro' my heart its kindly,

Enlivening influence; Without thee, gracious Saviour, To live is nought but pain; To enjoy thy love and favour Is happiness and gain. 4. Earth's glory to inherit Is not what I desire; My heavenly-minded spirit

Glows with a nobler fire: Where Christ himself appeareth In brightest majesty, For me a place prepareth, There, there I long to be.

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S. Liscov.
T. 83.

JESUS is my light most fair;
He, the Father's well-beloved,
Left his throne, our griefs to share,

He alone is my delight,

He hath overcome me quite.

2. Round his pierced feet I'll cling,
Him I seek with love most tender;
And accurs'd be everything, (der:
Which my seeking him would hin-
Tell me nought of worldly fame,
Tell me of his lovely name.

3. But himself I must behold,
To him I will make confession;
My defects are manifold,
But I trust to his compassion;
For I cannot, will not rest,
Till he grants me my request.

4. Thou in grace hast look'd on me,
And with precious gifts hast
Yet content I cannot be, (blessed;
Till I am of thee possessed:
Jesus, now upon me shine,
Jesus, be thou ever mine.

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C. F. Richter, (ad.)

T. 39.

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(nion;

3. He is mine, and I am his, Join'd with him in close commuAnd his bitter passion is The foundation of this union: Full of hopes which never yield, Firm on him, my rock, I build. 4. O the happy hours I spend With him in bless'd conversation; He's my near and faithful friend, Full of grace, peace, and salvation: From the look at Jesus' wounds Pure delight to me redounds. 5. With my Jesus I will stay, He my soul preserves and feedeth; He, the life, the truth, the way, Me to living waters leadeth: Blessed who can say with me, Christ, I'll never part with thee. C. Keymann.

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DEAR Jesus, when I think on thee, My heart for joy doth leap in me; Thy blest remembrance yields delight,

But far more blest will be the sight. 2. When thou art near, I must conI feel a bliss I can't express: (fess, Thy love, my Saviour, ne'er can cloy, (joy. Fountain of bliss and source of 3. Let me by faith behold thy face, Still taste thy love and share thy grace: (name, Still let my tongue confess thy And Jesus be my constant theme. 4. Thy love and mercies all exceed; The more I on these dainties feed, The more my eager soul is bent To live but in this element.

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DEAREST JESUS, come to me,
And abide eternally;

Friend of needy sinners, come,
Fill and make my heart thy home.
2. Oftentimes for thee I sigh,
Nothing else can give me joy;
This is still my cry to thee:
Dearest Jesus, come to me.
3. Should I in earth's pleasures roll,
None could satisfy my soul;
Thee, O Jesus, I adore,
Thou 'rt my pleasure evermore.
4. Jesus, thee alone I call
My beloved Friend, my All;

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'TIS evident that Jesus loves,
His death for us this fully proves;
He lov'd the world, a sinful race,
He loves the church, his flock of
grace,
(ev'n me,
He loves the children, yea, he loves
Who nought deserv'd but endless
misery.

2. O may I in his love be blest,
Like John, reclining on his breast;
And oft, like humble Magdalen,
Adore the friend of sinful men,
With longing heart attending at
his feet,
(I meet.
Till with a gracious look from him
3. I'll weep whene'er he's not to me
What the most cordial friend can be;
Do I not always feel him nigh,
And his reviving grace enjoy,
Do I not in his sweet communion
live,
(comfort give.
Nought else to my poor soul can

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WHEN duly I weigh,
How much day by day
Thee, Lord, I have tried,
My Friend ever faithful, who for
me hast died;—

2. I own the fault mine:
Thy patience divine,
Which clearly I trace,
With tears fills my eyes, with shame
covers my face.

3. As Mary ador'd
Her Master and Lord,
When her thou didst greet,
And prostrate before thee, embraced
thy feet;-

4. As Thomas with awe,
Thy wounds when he saw,
His Saviour avow'd,

And cried with conviction, "My
Lord and my God;"-

5. As Peter replied,
His love being tried,

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My heart thou dost prove,
Lord, thou knowest all things, thou
know'st that I love;"-

6. So may I, each day,
A clearer display
Obtain of thy grace;
Thus my love, O Jesus, to thee will

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(increase.

Cammerhof.

T. 45. WHAT splendid rays of truth and grace,

All other lights excelling,
I perceive, when Jesus Christ

Makes my heart his dwelling.
2. He blesseth me so sensibly,
That spirit, soul, and body
Can in him my Saviour joy,
Tho' quite poor and needy.

3. His looks of grace insure always
To me my heavenly calling:
Am I weak, his hand preserves
Me, his child, from falling.
4. My prayer sincere—while absent

here

From him, my soul's beloved, Is, that my heart's confidence

In him be unmoved.

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TEN thousand talents once I ow'd,

And nothing had to pay;
But Jesus freed me from the load,
And wash'd my debt away.
2. Yet since the Lord forgave my
And blotted out my score: (sin,
Much more indebted I have been
Than e'er I was before.

5. Could I with him-spend all my 3. My guilt is cancell'd quite, I

time,

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O COULD we but love that Sa-
Who loves us so ardently, (viour,
As we ought, our souls would ever
Full of joy and comfort be:
If we, by his love excited,
Could ourselves and all forget,
Then with Jesus Christ united,
We should heaven anticipate.
2. Did but Jesus' love and merit
Fill our hearts both night and day,
And the unction of his Spirit
All our thoughts and actions sway:
Might we all be ever ready
Cheerfully to testify,

How our spirit, soul, and body
Do in God our Saviour joy.

And satisfaction made; (know, But the vast debt of love I owe

Can never be repaid.

4. The love I owe for sin forgiv'n,

For power to believe, (heaven, For present peace, and promis'd No angel can conceive.

5. That love of thine, thou sinners'
Friend,

Witness thy bleeding heart,
My little all can ne'er extend
To pay a thousandth part.
6. Nay more, the poor returns I
I first from thee obtain; (make
And 'tis of grace, that thou wilt

Such poor returns again. (take 7. 'Tis well-it shall my glory be, (Let who will boast their store,) In time and in eternity

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To owe thee more and more.

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HARK, my soul, it is the Lord; Jesus speaks, and speaks to thee, 'Tis thy Saviour, hear his word; 'Say, poor sinner, lov'st thou me? 2. "I deliver'd thee, when bound, And when bleeding, heal'd thy wound; (right, Sought thee wandering, set thee z. Turn'd thy darkness into light.

3. "Can a woman's tender care
Cease towards the child she bare?
Yea, she may forgetful be,
Yet will I remember thee.

4. " Mine is an unchanging love,
Higher than the heights above,
Deeper than the depths beneath,
Free and faithful, strong as death.
5. Thou shalt see my glory soon,
When the work of grace is done,
Partner of my throne shall be;
Say, poor sinner, lov'st thou me?"
6. Lord, it is my chief complaint,
That my love is weak and faint;
Yet I love thee and adore,
O for grace to love thee more. Cowper.
402.
T. 14.
TEACH me yet more of thy blest

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And fix and root me in the grace,

So dearly bought with blood. 2. O tell me often of each wound,

Of every grief and pain; And let my heart with joy confess, From hence comes all my gain.

3. For thee, O may I freely count Whate'er I have but loss; And every name, and every thing,

Compar'd with thee, but dross. 4. Engrave this deeply in my heart,

That thou for me wast slain; Then shall I, in my small degree, Return thy love again.

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XXIII. BROTHERLY LOVE, AND UNION OF SPIRIT.

403.

T. 11.

THEY who Jesus' followers are,
And enjoy his faithful care,
By a mutual, hearty love,
Their belief in Jesus prove.

2. From their being join'd in one,
By the faith of God's dear Son,
Boundless blessings they receive,
And to Christ desire to live..

3. None in his own wisdom trusts,
None of his attainments boasts;
Each his brother doth esteem,
And himself the meanest deem.

And when fitly, without strife
Each his duty doth in life.

5. Meek they are to all mankind,
To good offices inclin'd,
Ready, when revil'd, to bless,
Studious of the public peace.
6. Tender pity, love sincere
To their enemies they bear:
And, as Christ affords them light,
Order all their steps aright.
7. Jesus, all our souls inspire,
Fill us with love's sacred fire;
Thus will all in us perceive,
That we in thy name believe.

4. They're delighted, when they all 8. May it to the world appear,

With one voice on Jesus call;

That we thy disciples are,

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