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PART II. L. M. The privileges of the living above the

dead.

AWAKE, my zeal, awake, my love, To serve my Saviour here below, In works which perfect saints above, And holy angels, cannot do.

2 Awake, my charity, to feed

The hungry soul, and clothe the poor:
In heaven are found no sons of need,
There all these duties are no more.
3 Subdue thy passions, O my soul!
Maintain the fight, thy work pursue,
Daily thy rising sins control,
And be thy victories ever new.
4 The land of triumph lies on high,
There are no foes to encounter there :
Lord, I would conquer till I die,
And finish all the glorious war.
5 Let every flying hour confess

I gain thy gospel fresh renown:
And when my life and labours cease,
May I possess the promised crown!

3 O may our feet pursue the way
Our pious fathers led!
With love and holy zeal obey
The counsels of the dead.

4 Let us be wean'd from all below, Let hope our grief expel,

While death invites our souls to go Where our best kindred dwell.

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The Christian race. Isa. xl. 28, &c.

AWAKE, our souls; away, our fears;
Let every trembling thought be gone;
Awake, and run the heavenly race,
And put a cheerful courage on.

2 True, 't is a straight and thorny road,
And mortal spirits tire and faint;
But they forget the mighty God,
That feeds the strength of every saint.-
3 Thee, mighty God, whose matchless
Is ever new, and ever young, [power
And firm endures, while endless years
Their everlasting circles run.

4 From thee, the overflowing spring,
Our souls shall drink a fresh supply,
While such as trust their native strength
Shall melt away, and droop, and die.
5 Swift as an eagle cuts the air,
We'll mount aloft to thine abode:
On wings of love our souls shall fly,
Nor tire amidst the heavenly road.

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The works of Moses and the Lamb.
Rev. xv. 3.

HOW strong thine arm is, mighty God!
Who would not fear thy name?
Jesus, how sweet thy graces are!
Who would not love the Lamb?

2 He has done more than Moses did,
Our Prophet and our King;
From bonds of hell he freed our souls,
And taught our lips to sing.

3 In the Red Sea, by Moses' hand,
Th' Egyptian host was drown'd:
But his own blood hides all our sins,
And guilt no more is found.

4 When through the desert Israel went,
With manna they were fed;
Our Lord invites us to his flesh,
And calls it living bread.

5 Moses beheld the promised land,
Yet never reach'd the place;

But Christ shall bring his followers home,
To see his Father's face.

6 Then shall our love and joy be full,
And feel a warmer flame,
And sweeter voices tune the song
Of Moses and the Lamb.

NOW

WOW be the God of Israel bless'd,
Who makes his truth appear;
His mighty hand fulfils his word,
And all the oaths he sware.

2 Now he bedews old David's root
With blessings from the skies;
He makes the branch of promise grow,

The promised horn arise.

3 [John was the prophet of the Lord,
To go before his face;

The herald which our Saviour God
Sent to prepare his ways.

4 He makes the great salvation known,
He speaks of pardon'd sins;

While grace divíne, and heavenly love, In its own glory shines.

5' Behold the Lamb of God,' he cries,
'That takes our guilt away;

I saw the Spirit o'er his head,
On his baptising day.]

6 'Be every vale exalted high,

Sink every mountain low:

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L. M. Portugal, 97. Peru, 516.
Baptism. Matt. xxviii. 19. Acts ii. 38.

1'T WAS the commission of our Lord, 'Go, teach the nations, and baptize.' The nations have received the word Since he ascended to the skies.

2 He sits upon the eternal hills,
With grace and pardon in his hands,
And sends his covenant, with his seals,
To bless the distant British lands.

3 Repent, and be baptized,' he saith,

For the remission of your sins;'
And thus our sense assists our faith,
And shows us what his gospel means.
4 Our souls he washes in his blood,
As water makes the body clean;
And the good Spirit, from our God,
Descends like purifying rain.

5 Thus we engage ourselves to thee,
And seal our cov'nant with the Lord;
O may the Great Eternal Three
In heaven our solemn vows record!

Shall his salvation know.

7 'The heathen realms with Israel's land Shall join in sweet accord;

And all that's born of man shall see
The glory of the Lord.

8 'Behold the morning-star arise,
Ye that in darkness sit;

He marks the path that leads to peace, And guides our doubtful feet.'

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God the only wise,

Our Saviour and our King,

Let all the saints below the skies
Their humble praises bring.

2 T is his almighty love,

His counsel and his care,

Preserves us safe from sin and death, And every hurtful snare.

He will present our souls, Unblemish'd and complete, Before the glory of his face, With joys divinely great.

4 Then all the chosen seed

Shall meet around the throne,

Shall bless the conduct of his grace,.
And make his wonders known.

5 To our Redeemer-God
Wisdom and power belongs,
Immortal crowns of majesty,
And everlasting songs.

His mind and will to saints of old, Sent his own Son, with truth and grace, To teach us in these latter days.

2 Our nation reads the written word, That book of life, that sure record: The bright inheritance of heaven Is by the sweet conveyance given. 3 God's kindest thoughts are here express'd, Able to make us wise and bless'd; The doctrines are divinely true, Fit for reproof and comfort too. 4 Ye British isles, who read his love In long epistles from above, (IIe hath not sent his sacred word To every land,) praise ye the Lord.

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Saints beloved in Christ.
Eph. i. 3, &c.

JESUS, we bless thy Father's name;
Thy God and ours are both the same;
What heavenly blessings from his throne
Flow down to sinners through his Son!
2 Christ be my first elect,' he said;
Then chose our souls in Christ our head,
Before he gave the mountains birth,
Or laid foundations for the earth.

3 Thus did eternal love begin

To raise us up from death and sin;
Our characters were then decreed,
'Blameless in love, a holy seed.'

4 Predestinated to be sons,

Born by degrees, but chose at once;
A new regenerated race

To praise the glory of his grace

5 With Christ our Lord we share our part
In the affections of his heart:
Nor shall our souls be thence removed,
Till he forgets his first-beloved.

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THEN we are raised from deep disOur God deserves a song; [tress, We take the pattern of our praise From Hezekiah's tongue.

2 The gates of the devouring grave
Are open'd wide in vain,

If He that holds the keys of death
Commands them fast again.

3 Pains of the flesh are wont t' abuse
Our minds with slavish fears;
'Our days are past, and we shall lose
The remnant of our years.'

4 We chatter with a swallow's voice,
Or like a dove we mourn,
With bitterness instead of joys,
Afflicted and forlorn.

5 Jehovah speaks the healing word,
And no disease withstands:
Fevers and plagues obey the Lord,
And fly at his commands.

6 If half the strings of life should break, He can our frame restore;

He casts our sins behind his back,
And they are found no more.

C. M. Church-street, 519. Sidon, 341.

How is our nature dash'd and broke
In our first father's fall!

2 To all that 's good averse and blind,
But prone to all that's ill;

What dreadful darkness veils our mind! How obstinate our will!

3 [Conceived in sin (oh, wretched state!) Before we draw our breath:

The first young pulse begins to beat
Iniquity and death.

4 How strong in our degenerate blood
The old corruption reigns,

And mingling with the crooked flood,
Wanders through all our veins !]

5 [Wild and unwholesome as the root
Will all the branches be:

How can we hope for living fruit
From such a deadly tree?

6 What mortal power from things unclean Can pure productions bring?

Who can command a vital stream
From an infected spring?]

7 Yet, mighty God, thy wondrous love
Can make our nature clean,
While Christ and grace prevail above
The tempter, death, and sin.

8 The second Adam shall restore
The ruins of the first;
Hosanna to that sovereign power
That new creates our dust!

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E sing the glories of thy love,

Rev. xv. 3; xvi. 19; xvii. 6.

We sound thy dreadful name:

The Christian church unites the songs
Of Moses and the Lamb.

2 Great God, how wondrous are thy works
Of vengeance and of grace!
Thou King of saints, Almighty Lord,
How just and true thy ways!

3 Who dare refuse to fear thy name,
Or worship at thy throne?
Thy judgments speak thine holiness
Through all the nations known.

4 Great Babylon, that rules the earth,
Drunk with the martyrs' blood,
Her crimes shall speedily awake
The fury of our God.

5 The cup of wrath is ready mix'd,

And she must drink the dregs; Strong is the Lord, her sovereign Judge, And shall fulfil the plagues.

The devil vanquished. Rev. vii. 7

1 LET mortal tongues attempt to sing The wars of heaven, when Michael stood

Chief general of th' Eternal King,
And fought the battles of our God.

2 Against the dragon and his host
The armies of the Lord prevail:
In vain they rage, in vain they boast,
Their courage sinks, their weapons fail.
3 Down to the earth was Satan thrown,
Down to the earth his legions fell;
Then was the trump of triumph blown
And shook the dreadful deeps of hell.
4 Now is the hour of darkness past,
Christ has assumed his reigning power;
Behold the great accuser cast

Down from the skies to rise no more. 5 T was by thy blood, immortal Lamb, Thine armies trod the tempter down; 'T was by thy word and powerful name They gain'd the battle and renown. 6 Rejoice, ye heavens; let every star Shine with new glories round the sky; Saints, while ye sing the heavenly war, Raise your Deliverer's name on high.

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The Virgin Mary's song.

Luke i. 46, &c.

UR souls shall magnify the Lord,
In God the Saviour we rejoice:
While we repeat the virgin's song,
May the same Spirit tune our voice!
2 [The Highest saw her low estate,
And mighty things his hand hath done:
His overshadowing power and grace
Makes her the mother of his Son.

3 Let every nation call her blest,
And endless years prolong her fame;
But God alone must be adored:
Holy and reverend is his name.]

4 To those that fear and trust the Lord
His mercy stands for ever sure:
From age to age his promise lives,
And the performance is secure.

5 He spake to Abra'm and his seed,
'In thee shall all the earth be blest:'
The memory of that ancient word
Lay long in his eternal breast.

6 But now no more shall Israel wait,
No more the Gentiles lie forlorn :
Lo, the desire of nations comes!
Behold, the promised seed is born!

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Christ coming to judgment.
Rev. i. 5-7.

NOW to the Lord, that makes us know
The wonders of his dying love,
Be humble honours paid below,
And strains of nobler praise above.
2'T was he that cleansed our foulest sins,
And wash'd us in his richest blood;
"T is he that makes us priests and kings,
And brings us rebels near to God.
3 To Jesus, our atoning Priest,
To Jesus, our superior King,
Be everlasting power confess'd,
And every tongue his glory sing.
Behold, on flying clouds he comes,
And every eye shall see him move;
Though with our sins we pierced him

once,

Then he displays his pardoning love.

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5 The unbelieving world shall wail, While we rejoice to see the day: Come, Lord; nor let thy promise fail, Nor let thy chariots long delay.

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Christ Jesus, the Lamb of God, worshipped by all the creation. Rev. v. 11, &c.

COME, let us join our cheerful songs
With angels round the throne;
Ten thousand thousand are their tongues,
But all their joys are one.

2 Worthy the Lamb that died,' they cry, To be exalted thus:'

"Worthy the Lamb,' our lips reply,
For he was slain for us."

3 Jesus is worthy to receive
Honour and power divine:
And blessings more than we can give
Be, Lord, for ever thine.

4 Let all that dwell above the sky,
And air, and earth, and seas,
Conspire to lift thy glories high,
And speak thine endless praise.

5 The whole creation join in one,
To bless the sacred name
Of Him that sits upon the throne
And to adore the Lamb.

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Christ's humiliation and exaltation.
Rev. v. 12.

VHAT equal honour shall we bring
To thee, O Lord our God, the Lamb,
When all the notes that angels sing
Are far inferior to thy name?

2 Worthy is he that once was slain, The Prince of Peace that groan'd and died,

Worthy to rise, and live, and reign
At his Almighty Father's side.
3 Power and dominion are his due,

Who stood condemn'd at Pilate's bar.
Wisdom belongs to Jesus too,
Tho' he was charged with madness here.

4 All riches are his native right,
Yet he sustain'd amazing loss;
To him ascribe eternal might
Who left his weakness on the cross.
5 Honour immortal must be paid,
Instead of scandal and of scorn;
While glory shines around his head,
And a bright crown without a thorn.

6 Blessings for ever on the Lamb
Who bore the curse for wretched men:
Let angels sound his sacred name,
And every creature say, Amen.