• Death of death, and hell's destruction, Land me safe on Canaan's side:

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Songs of praises

I will ever give to thee.

HYMN 92. L. P. M.

THE

ROBINSON.

Devotion. [*]

The Christian's Shepherd. Ps. xxiii.
HE Lord my pasture shall prepare,
And feed me with a shepherd's care;
His presence shall my wants supply,
And guard me with a watchful eye;
My noonday walks he shall attend,
And all my midnight hours defend.
• 2 When in the sultry glebe I faint,
Or on the thirsty mountains pant,
To fertile vales and dewy meads,
My weary wandering steps he leads,
Where peaceful rivers, soft and slow,
Amid the verdant landscapes flow.
e 3 Though in a bare and rugged_way,
Through devious, lonely wilds I stray;
-His bounty shall my pains beguile;
o The barren wilderness shall smile,
With lively greens and herbage crowned,
And streams shall murmur all around.
o 4 Though in the paths of death I tread,
With gloomy horrors overspread,

o My steadfast heart shall fear no ill,
For thou, O Lord, art with me still;
Thy friendly crook shall give me aid,

And guide me through the dismal shade. ADDISOF

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HYMN 93. L. M.

Oporto. [*]

Ministry of Angels. Ps. xci. 11.
SEE, Gabriel swift descends to earth,

Glad to foretell a Saviour's birth;

Hark! a full choir of angels sing,

The new-born Saviour, and the King. e 2 Behold these swift-winged envoys wait On Jesus, in his humble state;

p The desert and the garden prove

Their glowing zeal, their tender love.

o 3 They saw the Conqueror mount on high, To glorious worlds beyond the sky;

Escorted by a shining band,

To take his place at God's right hand.
4Still are these glorious hosts above
Employed in messages of love;
On saints below they cheerful wait,
Nor think the work beneath their state.

5 Jesus, my Lord, my living Friend, May these thy servants me attend, Through life; and when I quit this clay, o Safe to thine arms my soul convey.

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NEEDHAM.

HYMN 94. C. M. Devizes. [*]
Servants of God always safe.
WOW are thy servants blessed, O Lord!
How sure is their defence!

How

o Eternal Wisdom is their guide,

Their help, Omnipotence.

-2 In foreign realms, and lands remote,
Supported by thy care,

Through burning climes they pass unhurt,
And breathe in tainted air.

e 3 When by the dreadful tempest borne,
High on the broken wave,

o They know thou art not slow to hear, Nor impotent to save.

-4 The storm is laid-the winds retire,
Obedient to thy will:

The sea, that roars at thy command,
At thy command is still.

e 5 In midst of dangers, fears, and deaths,
Thy goodness we'll adore;

o We'll praise thee for thy mercies past; And humbly hope for more.

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-6 Our life, while thou preserv'st that life Thy sacrifice shall be;

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And death, when death shall be our lot,
Shall join our souls to thee.

HYMN 95. L. M.

Confidence and Joy in God.

ADDISON.

Pleyel's. [*]

Hab. iii. 17, 18.

ALTHOUGH the vine its fruit deny,

Although the olive yield no oil:

The withering fig-tree droop and die, The field delude the tiller's toil ;2 Although the stall no herd afford, p And perish all the bleating race; o Yet will I triumph in the Lord,

The God of my salvation praise.
e 3 Though comfortless my soul remain,
And not a gleam of light appear;

a Though joy be sought, and sought in vain,
And though despair itself be near ;-
p 4 Although assurance all be lost,
And blooming hopes cut off I see;
o Yet will I in my Saviour trust,
g And glory that he died for me.

WESLEY.

HYMN 96. C. M. Zion. [*]
Christ the Believer's Song.

1 T We love to hear of thee;

HOU dear Redeemer, dying Lamb,

-No music's like thy charming name,
Nor half so sweet can be.

e 20 may we ever hear thy voice,
In mercy to us speak;

o And in our Priest will we rejoice, Thou great Melchisedec.

-3 Our Jesus shall be still our theme, While in this world we stay;

o We'll sing our Jesus' lovely name, When all things else decay.

-4 When we appear in yonder cloud, With all the favoured throng,

8 Then will we sing more sweet, more loud, And Christ shall be our song.

MADAN'S COL

HYMN 97. 7s. St. John's. [*]

Adieu to the vain World.

d1 WORLD, adieu! thou real cheat;

Oft have thy deceitful charms

Filled my heart with fond conceit,
Foolish hopes and false alarms :

-Now I see as clear as day,

How thy follies pass away

e 2 Vain, thy entertaining sights;
False, thy promises renewed;
All the pomp of thy delights
Does but flatter and delude:
Thee I quit for heaven above,
Object of the noblest love.

-3 Let not, Lord, my wandering mind
Follow after fleeting toys;
Since in thee alone I find
Solid and substantial joys,-
o Joys that, never overpast,
Through eternity shall last.
e 4 Lord, how happy is a heart,
After thee while it aspires!
-True and faithful as thou art,
Thou shalt answer its desires :
g It shall see the glorious scene
Of thine everlasting reign.

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MADAN'S COL.

HYMN 98. 7 & 6. Amsterdam.

The Pilgrim's Song.

1R Thy better portion trace;

ISE, my soul, and stretch thy wings,

Rise from transitory things,

Towards heaven thy native place: p Sun, and moon, and stars decay; Time shall soon this earth remove: s Rise, my soul, and haste away, To seats prepared above.

--2 Rivers to the ocean run,

Nor stay in all their course;
Fire, ascending, seeks the sun;
Both speed them to their source:
e So a soul that's born of God,
Pants to view his glorious face;
Upward tends to his abode,

To rest in his embrace.

d 3 Cease, ye pilgrims, cease to mourn; Press onward to the prize;

o Soon our Saviour will return, Triumphant in the skies.

e Yet a season, and you know,

Happy entrance will be given:

All our sorrows left below,

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And earth exchanged for heaven. MADAN'S COL.

HYMN 99. 10 & 11.

Walworth. [*]

View of Heaven. Rev. xxii. 1—5.

Owing to inheritance beyond the skies;

N wings of faith mount up, my soul, and rise,

Nor heart can think, nor mortal tongue can tell, What endless pleasures in those mansions dwell: There my Redeemer lives, all bright and glorious, O'er sin, and death, and hell, he reigns victorious. 2 No gnawing grief, no sad heart-rending pain, In that blest country can admission gain; No sorrow there, no soul-tormenting fear, For God's own hand shall wipe the falling tear: There my Redeemer lives, &c.

3 Before the throne a crystal river glides, Immortal verdure decks its cheerful sides; There the fair tree of life majestic rears

Its blooming head, and sovereign virtue bears:
There my Redeemer lives, &c.

4 No rising sun his transient beams displays,
No sickly moon emits her feeble rays;
The Godhead there celestial glory sheds,
Th' exalted Lamb eternal radiance spreads:
There my Redeemer lives, &c.

5 One distant glimpse my eager passion fires!
Jesus, to thee my longing soul aspires!

When shall I at my heavenly home arriveWhen leave this earth, and when begin to live? For there my Saviour is all bright and glorious, O'er sin, and death, and hell, he reigns victorious. STRAPHAN.

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HYMN 100. 7s. St. John's. [*]

Privileges of Adoption. 1 John iii. 1, 2.
LESSED are the sons of God;

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They are bought with Christ's own blood.

They are ransomed from the grave;

Life eternal they shall have:
With them numbered may we be,
Here, and in eternity.

2 God did love them in his Son,
Long before the world begun;
They the seal of this receive,
When on Jesus they believe: