Bowed beneath the weight of sorrow,
Seeking solace for our fears,
From the Star of Hope we borrow

Light that deepest darkness cheers.
Though the clouds may blacken o'er us,
As we walk the narrow way,
Light celestial dawns before us,
Shining unto perfect day.
Sin affords no real pleasure,-
In our journey here below,
We shall find the joyous treasure,
Only when we virtue know.
Be the kindly hand extended

To the suffering and the sad, Be the child of woe befriended,

And the widow's heart made glad. Then our path is bright and even,And though storms around us rise, Still the purest light of heaven

Shall illume the darkest skies. Pure Religion's sway will lighten All our burthens 'neath the sky, And our every prospect brighten Of a resting-place on high.

HYMN 337. Gracious Source of every blessing, Free our minds from anxious fears; Let us, each thy care possessing, Calmly reach the vale of years.

HYMN 339.

God is love: his mercy brightens
All the path in which we move;
Bliss he grants, and woe he lightens :
God is Light, and God is Love.

Chance and change are busy ever;
Life decays, and ages move;
But his mercy waneth never:

God is Light, and God is Love.
E'en the hour that darkest seemeth,
Goodness still will changeless prove;
From the cloud his glory streameth:

God is Light, and God is Love. He our earthly cares entwineth

With his comforts from above; Everywhere his mercy shineth: God is Light, and God is Love.

HYMN 340.

In this world of joy and sorrow,
Mingling bliss and painful care,
From the light of hope we borrow,
Heavenly balm for deep despair.
Thee, triumphant Lord and Saviour!
In the glass of faith we see ;
O assist each faint endeavor,
To confide alone in thee.
Place the joyous scene before us,
Of that joy-resplendent day,
When to light thou wilt restore us,
Darkness having passed away!
Then shall we, thro'.boundless favor,
Incorruption's robes put on !
Life-renewing, glorious Saviour,
May thy gracious will be done.

HYMN 341.

Saviour, I my cross have taken,
All to leave and follow thee;
Though by all things else forsaken,
Thou my all in all shalt be.
Let the world neglect and leave me,
Thou wert once forsaken, too!
Human hopes may oft deceive me,
Thou art faithful, thou art true.

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HYMN 342.

Come, thou Fount of every blessing, Tune my heart to sing thy grace; Streams of mercy, never ceasing,

Call for songs of loudest praise. Teach me some melodious sonnet, Sung by flaming tongues above; Sacred mount, O fix me on it,

Mount of God's unchanging love. Here I find my richest treasure, Hither by thy grace I'm come, And I hope, by thy good pleasure, Safely to arrive at home.

Jesus sought me when a stranger,

Wandering from the fold of God; He, to save my soul from danger, Interposed his precious blood.

O, to grace how great a debtor

Daily I'm constrained to be! Let thy grace, Lord, like a fetter, Bind my wandering soul to thee. Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,

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Prone to leave the God of love; Here's my heart, Lord, take and seal it, Seal it for thy courts above.

HYMN 343.

Gently, Lord, O gently lead us,

Wheresoe'er through earth we range; May nor pride nor fear impede us,

Nor our hope to doubting change.
When temptation's darts assail us,
When in devious paths we stray,
Let thy goodness never fail us--

Lead us in thy perfect way.
In the hour of pain and anguish,
In the hour when death is near,
Suffer not our souls to languish,
Suffer not our souls to fear.
And when mortal life is ended,
Bid us in thy presence rest,
Where our praises shall be blended
With the anthems of the blest.

HYMN 344.

May the grace of Christ o'erflowing.

HYMN 346.

Christians, hail the happy morning Of the gospel's glorious light; Earth in beauty now adorning, Bursts the truth upon our sight. Blessed Saviour!

Shed abroad that holy light.

Now the bars of death are broken!

Tyrant, thy dominion's o'er ! God the gracious word hath spoken, Victory is thine no more. Hallelujah!

Christ the conqueror we adore.

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HYMN 348.

Angels heard with admiration," How th' eternal counsel ran; Wondered at the great salvation, Wondered at the gracious plan; And rejoicing,

Sang the love of God to man.

Angels saw the Saviour dying
On the cross, in love to men;
Angels saw his body lying
In the tomb, among the slain;
O how awful

Sin appeared to angels, then!

Angels saw him rise victorious

From the tomb in which he lay; Never sight was seen more glorious, Than the angels saw that day,

When the Saviour

Rose, and death resigned his prey.

Hark! what bursts of acclamation
Through th' eternal arches ring!
Angel hosts ascribe salvation
To the now exalted King!
Loud their praises,

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Glory to the Lamb," they sing.

HYMN 349.

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Lord, dismiss us hence with gladness,
Be thy people's lot our choice;
In thy love we know not sadness;
In thy love our souls rejoice.

Nought can harm us,

While we hear and know thy voice,

From thy word with food provided,
May we feed thereon and grow;
And by thee, our Saviour, guided,
Through the pathless desert go,
While thy favors

In the streams of mercy flow.

Saviour, keep all evil from us;
Go before us in the way;
Till we reach the land of promise,
Be thy word our guide and stay:
Joy and triumph

Shall be ours in that bright day.

Then all sin and error over.