920 25th P. M. 77, 87, 77, 87. Joining the angelic hosts in praises. JESUS, take all the glory: JES Thy meritorious passion The pardon bought, thy mercy brought Our only Lord and Saviour, By all who know thy love below, 921 Perpetual praise. C. M. YES, I will bless thee, O my God, And to eternity prolong Thy vast, thy boundless praise. 2 Nor shall my tongue alone proclaim My life, with all its active powers, 3 Nor will I cease thy praise to sing, 4 Then shall my lips, in endless praise, Their grateful tribute pay; The theme demands an angel's tongue, And an eternal day. 922 16th P. M. 11 12, 11 12. The foretaste of endless bliss. TY God, I am thine; what a comfort divine, M'what a blessing, to know that my Jesus is mine! in the heavenly Lamb, thrice happy I am; And my heart doth rejoice at the sound of his name. 2 True pleasures abound in the rapturous sound, And whoever hath found it, hath paradise found; My Redeemer to know, to feel his blood flow, This is life everlasting 'tis heaven below. 3 Yet onward I haste to the heavenly feast; That indeed is the fulness, but this is the taste And this I shall prove, till with joy I remove 1o the heaven of heavens in Jesus's love. 923 I' 2d P. M. 6 lines Ss. Everlasting praises. 'LL praise my Maker while I've breath, 2 Happy the man whose hopes rely And earth, and seas, with all their train; His truth forever stands secure ; He saves the oppress'd, he feeds the poor, 3 The Lord pours eyesight on the blind; He sends the lab'ring conscience peace; And grants the pris'ner sweet release. 4 I'll praise him while he lends me breath, 924 God's praises crown eternity. YOD of my life, through all my days GOD L. M. My grateful powers shall sound thy praise; 2 When anxious cares would break my rest, 3 When death o'er nature shall prevail, 4 But O, when that last conflict's o'er, 5 Soon shall I learn the' exalted strains 6 The cheerful tribute will I give, IN PROSPECT OF HEAVEN. 925 4th P. M. 886, 886. Bliss-inspiring hope. NOME on, my partners in distress, Awhile forget your griefs and fears, 2 Beyond the bounds of time and space, Look forward to that heavenly place, The saints' secure abode; On faith's strong eagle pinions rise, 3 Who suffer with our Master here, The cross, shall wear the crown. 4 Thrice blessed, bliss-inspiring hope, 5 That great mysterious Deity, Shall fill the heavenly courts with praise, And wide diffuse the golden blaze Of everlasting light. 926 The full assurance of hope. C. M. HOW happy every child of grace, Who knows his sins forgiven! The land of rest, the saints' delight,- 2 O what a blessed hope is ours! We feel the resurrection near, Our life in Christ conceal'd,- Our earthen vessels fill'd. 3 O would he more of heaven bestow! 927 A C. M. Continued. Endless bliss in prospect. Nor can its happiness or wo |