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They shall behold their God in As the bride deems it an honour To take the bridegroom's name

peace :

They who faithful have remained
To Jesus, and preserv'd unstained
The garment of his righteousness,
Shall once obtain the grace,
To see him face to face :
I entreat thee,

Impart to me that purity,
Dear Jesus, which I trace in thee.

8. They are blessed with God's fa

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upon her,

Should we of Jesus be asham'd?
Far, far be this from us;
Welcome, reproach and cross:
We are Christians,

Who follow thee-Lord, cheerfully
Thro' honour and thro' infamy.
11. Gracious Lord, who by thy
passion

And death hast gained our salva-
tion,

O may we all thy name confess :
May we be by faith united
To thee, who hast us all invited,
To share eternal happiness:
Constrain us by thy love,
In all we do to prove
Faithful followers,

Dear Lord, of thee; and grant
that we

May ever love thee ardently.

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9. Blest are they who gladly suffer T. 11. For righteousness, and freely offer HOLY Lamb and Prince of peace, Their lives and blood for Jesus' Hear my soul implore thy grace; (ness, Grant that my behaviour may Yea, who bear the cross with meek- Meekness, such as thine, display. Resign'd and patient in all weak

sake;

ness,

And him their only pattern make:
For Jesus' help and love

Their consolation prove:
They who freely

2. O that I may faithfully
To thy voice obedient be;
Valiant, steadfast, may my love
In the hardest trials prove.

3. Keep thou me, a feeble child,

For him will bear-reproach, while Sober, watchful, undefil'd;

here,

At last shall in his glory share.

10. Blessed they who are despised, In scornful manner stigmatized, And for their Saviour's sake defam'd:

That where'er thy steps I see
Simply I may follow thee.
4. Thou the great victorious Lamb,
Who all hosts of hell o'ercame,
Grant that by thy blood I may
Conqueror be till thy great day.

5. When thou shalt on Zion stand, May I be at thy right hand, Clothed in the glorious dress

Of thy spotless righteousness.

420.

C. F. Richter.
T. 22.

2. We are travelling home to God,
In the way the fathers trod :
They are happy now, and we
Soon their happiness shall see.
3. Foes are round us, but we stand
On the borders of our land:

HOW shall I follow him I serve? Jesus, God's exalted Son,

How shall I copy him I love?
Nor from those blessed footsteps

swerve,

Bids us undismay'd go on.
4. Onward then we gladly press
Through this earthly wilderness:
Only, Lord, our Leader be,
And we still will follow thee.
422.

Which lead me to his seat above?
2. Privations, sorrows, bitter scorn,
The life of toil, the mean abode,
The faithless kiss, the crown of (498.)

thorn,

Are these the consecrated road?

3. 'Twas thus he suffer'd, though a
Son,
Foreknowing, choosing, feeling all,
Until the perfect work was done;
And drank the bitter cup of gall.
4. Lord, should my path through
suffering lic,

Cennick. T. 587.

O TELL me no more
Of this world's vain store;
The time for such trifles with me
now is o'er.

2. A country I've found,
Where true joys abound;
To dwell I'm determin'd on that
happy ground.

3. The souls that believe,
In paradise live:

Forbid it I should e'er repine;
(receive.
Still let me turn to Calvary,(thine. And me in that number will Jesus
Nor heed my griefs, remembering 4. My soul, don't delay,

5. O let me think how thou didst He calls thee away:

Untasted every pure delight, (leave Rise, follow thy Saviour, and bless To fast, to faint, to watch, to the glad day.

grieve, (night: The toilsome day, the homeless 6. To faint, to grieve, to die for me! Thou camest not thyself to please; And, dear as earthly comforts be, Shall I not love thee more than

these?

421.

What he can bestow,

5. No mortal doth know

What light, strength, and comfort;
Go, follow him, go.
Perhaps, with the aim
honour his name,

6.

To

Conder. I

T. 11.

may do some service, poor dust tho' I am.

CHILDREN of the heavenly 7. Yet this is confess'd,

As ye journey, sweetly sing!(King! I count it most bless'd,

Sing your Saviour's worthy praise, As at the beginning, in him to find Glorious in his works and ways!

rest.

8. And when I'm to die, Receive me, I'll cry,

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JESUS Christ, thou Leading-star,

For Jesus hath lov'd me, I cannot Thy great name we praise and

tell why.

9. So closely in mind

To Jesus I'm join'd,

From believers be it far (hallow:
Any other guide to follow :
Thou, Lord, if we walk in light,

He'll not live in glory and leave Wilt direct our steps aright.

me behind.

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2. Christians are not here below
To enjoy earth's transient treasure;
After Christ they're call'd to go,
His reproach they count a pleasure;
Under manifold distress,
Thro' the narrow gate they press.

T. 26 or 22. (502.)

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T. 22.

LORD Jesus, 'tis with us thy aim, IF father, mother, children, wife,
That soul and body should be thine;
O take our hearts, and us incline
To be devoted to thy name.

2. What love can be compar'd with
thine?

"Who hath to us so just a claim
As thou, who didst our souls re-
deem,

Houses, or lands, or aught in life Delude thy heart, and thou no Dost follow Jesus as before; (more 2. His words with due attention hear:

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My cross whoever will not bear, And all forsake to follow me, He cannot my disciple be." And for us leave thy throne divine? 3. First let us duly count the cost, 3. Go, all ye wise, without control And then in Jesus place our trust; Your empty notions still pursue; If we on him alone depend, Jesus alone I have in view, (soul. He 'midst all trials proves our friend. This powerful magnet draws my 4. If once the plough in hand we 4. A subject I of Christ my King; And tho' I poor and helpless be, Yet all around shall plainly see, My Saviour is my every thing. 5. Thee I adore, most gracious Lord; Grant that my walk in truth may At all times pleasing unto thee, (be Directed by thy holy Word. 6. My King, thy noble statutes write Upon the table of my heart; Thy grace and truth to me impart, And let thy law be my delight.

Z.

take, (back; Preserve us, Lord, from looking O let us thro' thy aiding grace, Pursue our course with steadiness. 5. On those who faithful prove to death, (faith, And show by works of love their A crown of life thou once wilt place, Before thy Father them confess.

.

W. Foster.

426. T. 14. WHEN any turn from Zion's way, (Alas! what numbers do!)

Methinks I hear my Saviour say, "Wilt thou forsake me too?" 2. O Lord, with such a heart as Unless thou hold me fast, (mine, I feel I must, I shall decline,

And prove like them at last. 3. Yet thou alone hast power, I To save a wretch like me :(know, To whom, or whither could I go, If I should turn from thee? 4. Beyond a doubt, I rest assur'd Thou art the Christ of God, Who hast eternal life secur'd

By promise and by blood.

5. The help of men and angels join'd Could never reach my case; Nor can I hope relief to find, But in thy boundless grace. 6. No voice but thine can give me

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JESUS, I my cross have taken,
All to leave and follow thee;
Naked, poor, despis'd, forsaken,
Thou, from hence, my All shalt be;
Perish every fond ambition,
All I've sought, or hop'd, or known;
Yet how rich is my condition,
God and heaven are still my own.
2. Let the world despise and leave
me,

They have left my Saviour too;
Human hearts & looks deceive me-
Thou art not, like them, untrue;
And whilst thou shalt smile upon
me,

God of wisdom, love, and might, Foes may hate, and friends disown

me,

Show thy face, and all is bright. And bid my fears depart: (rest, 3. Go, then, earthly fame and trea

No love but thine can make me
And satisfy my heart. (blest,

sure;

Come, disaster, scorn, and pain: 7. What anguish has that question In thy service pain is pleasure, (stirr'd, With thy favour loss is gain; word,

If I will also go? Yet, Lord, relying on thy I humbly answer, No.

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J. Newton.

"MY yoke," saith Christ, you take,

T. 90.

"upon

Serve me amidst oppression;
The world and all its joys forsake,
And shun no tribulation:

Come follow me, and humbly bear
My cross, & in my suffering share."
2. Then let us follow Christ our
Both soul and body offering, (Lord,
Be cheerfully, with one accord,
Partakers of his suffering;

Man may trouble and distress me, 'Twill but drive me to thy breast; Life with trials hard may press me, Heaven will bring the sweeter rest. 4. Soul,then know thy full salvation; Rise o'er sin, and fear, and care; Joy to find in every station Something still to do or bear: Think what Spirit dwells within thee,

Think what Father's smiles are thine;

Think that Jesus died to win thee: Child of heaven, canst thou repine? 5. Haste thee on from grace to glory, For they who show true faithfulness, Arm'd by faith, and wing'd by Shall gain a rich reward of grace.. J. Angelus.

prayer;

Heaven's eternal day's before thee; | 3. Asham'd of Jesus, of that Friend
God's own hand shall guide thee On whom my heavenly hopes de-
there;
pend?
Soon shall close thy earthly mission, It must not be ;-be this my shame,
Soon shall pass thy pilgrim days: That I not more revere his name.
Hope shall change to full fruition, 4. Asham'd of Jesus, of my Lord,
Faith to sight, and prayer to praise. By all heaven's glorious hosts

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Lyte.

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T. 16. No, I will make my boast of thee, CROSS, reproach, and tribulation, In time and in eternity.

Ye to me are welcome guests, When I have this consolation, That my soul in Jesus rests. 2. The reproach of Christ is glorious; Those who here his burden bear, In the end shall prove victorious, And eternal glory share. 3. Christ, our ever-blessed Saviour, Bore for us reproach and shame, Conqueror now he lives for ever, And we conquer in his name. 4. Bear then the reproach of Jesus, Ye who live a life of faith; Sing ye joyful songs and praises,

Ev'n in martyrdom and death. 5.Bonds,and stripes,and tribulation, Are our honourable crowns ; Shame is our glorification, Gloomy dungeons are our thrones. Lange, or Gotter.

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5. And when I stand before thy

throne,

Me 'fore thy heavenly Father own;
Then shall the holy angels see
Thee, Jesus, not asham'd of me.
Countess Huntingdon's H.
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T. 14.
GLORY to God, whose witness-
Those heroes bold in faith, (train,
Could smile on poverty and pain,

And triumph ev'n in death.

2. Scorn'd and revil'd as was their Head,

When walking here below, Thus in this evil world they led A life of pain and woe.

3. With the same faith our bosom glows,

Wherein those warriors stood, When in the cruel hands of those Who thirsted for their blood.

4. God whom we serve, our God

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