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2 Unchangeable his will,
Whatever be my frame,
His loving heart is still
Eternally the same;

My soul through many changes goes,
His love no variation knows.

3 Thou, Lord, wilt carry on,
And perfectly perform,
The work thou hast begun
In me, a sinful worm;

Midst all my fear, and sin, and wo,
Thy Spirit will not let me go.

4 The bowels of thy grace
At first did freely move;
I still shall see thy face,

And feel that God is love.
My soul into thy arms I cast;
I know I shall be sav'd at last.

Before any Ordinance.

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[Tune, Morning Praise.

1 LAMB of God, for whom we languish,

Make thy grief

Our relief,

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3 In thy own appointment bless us, Meet us here,

Now appear

Our almighty Jesus.

4.Holy Ghost, in great compassion, Joy impart;

Fill each heart

With thy consolation.

5 Let this ordinance be sealing; Enter now,

Claim us thou

For thy constant dwelling.

6 Warm the soul of each believer; We are thine,

Love divine,

Reign in us for ever.

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The King of Glory praise;
O'er heaven and earth he reigns,
Thro' everlasting days:

He with a nod the world controls,
Sustains or sinks the distant poles.
2 To earth he bends his throne,
His throne of grace divine;
Wide is his bounty known,

And wide his glories shine:
Fair Salem, still his chosen rest,
Is with his smiles and presence blest.

3 Then, King of Glory, come,
And with thy favour crown
This temple as thy dome,
This people as thy own;
Beneath this roof, O deign to shew
How God can dwell with men below.

'4 Here may thine ears attend

Our interceding cries,

And grateful praise ascend

All fragrant to the skies;

Here may thy word melodious sound,
And spread celestial joys around.

1 FIRM

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Saints in the hand of Christ.

IRM as the earth thy gospel stands,
My Lord, my hope, my trust;

If I am found in Jesu's hands,
My soul can ne'er be lost.

2 His honour is engag'd to save
The meanest of his sheep;

All that his heavenly Father gave
His hands securely keep.

3 Nor death nor hell shall e'er remove His fav'rites from his breast;

In the dear bosom of his love

They must for ever rest.

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135.

Walking with God.

FOR a closer walk with God,
A calm and heav'nly frame,
A light to shine upon the road
That leads me to the Lamb!

2 Where is the blessedness I knew
When first I saw the Lord?
Where is the soul-refreshing view
Of Jesus and his word?

3 What peaceful hours I once enjoy'd!
How sweet their mem'ry still!
But they have left an aching void
The world can never fill.

4 Return, O holy Dove, return,
Sweet messenger of rest;

I hate the sins that made thee mourn,
And drove thee from my breast.

5 The dearest idol I have known,
Whate'er that idol be,

Help me to tear it from thy throne,
And worship only thee.

6 So shall my walk be close with God,
Calm and serene my frame;

A purer light shall mark the road

That leads me to the Lamb.

C. M.

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Vanity of the Creature sanctified...

[Tune, Caution.

1 HONEY tho' the bee prepares,
An envenom'd sting he wears;
Piercing thorns a guard compose
Round the fragrant blooming rose.
2 Where we think to find a sweet,
Oft a painful sting we meet;
When the rose invites our eye
We forget the thorn is nigh.

3 Why are thus our hopes beguil❜d?
Why are all our pleasures spoil'd?
Why do agony and wo

From our choicest comforts grow?

4 Sin has been the cause of all;
'Twas not thus before the fall:
What but pain, and thorn, and sting,
From the root of sin can spring?

5 Now with every good we find
Vanity and grief entwin'd;
What we feel, or what we fear,
All our joys embitter here.

6 Yet, through the Redeemer's love,
These afflictions blessings prove;
He the wounding stings and thorns
Into healing med'cines turns.

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