3 Oft when the world, with iron hands, Has bound me in its six-days' chain,

This bursts them, like the strong man's bands,
And lets my spirit loose again.

4 Go, man of pleasure, strike thy lyre,
Of broken sabbaths, sing the charms,
Ours be the prophet's car of fire,
That bears us to a Father's arms!

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Nehem. viii, 10. (P. M.)

1 REJOICE evermore

With angels above,

In Jesus's power,
In Jesus's love;
With glad exultation

Your triumph proclaim,
Ascribing salvation

To God and the Lamb.

2 Thou, Lord, our relief
In trouble hast been,
Hast sav'd us from grief,
Hast sav'd us from sin :
The pow'r of thy Spirit
Can set our hearts free;
And we shall inherit

All fulness in thee.

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3 All fulness of peace,
All fulness of joy,
And spiritual bliss
That never can cloy,
To us it is given,

In Jesus to know,
A kingdom of heaven,
A heaven below.

1 Peter i, 18. (c. M.)

1 MY blessed Saviour, is thy love
So great, so full, so free?
Behold, I give my love, my heart,
My life, my all, to thee.

2 I love thee for the glorious worth
Which in thyself I see;

I love thee for that shameful cross,
Thou hast endur'd for me.

3 Though in the very form of God,
With heav'nly glory crown'd,

Thou would'st partake of human flesh,
Beset with troubles round.

4 Thou would'st like wretched man be made In ev'ry thing but sin,

That we as like thee might become
As we unlike had been.

5 Like thee in faith, in meekness, love,
In ev'ry beauteous grace;
From glory thus to glory chang'd,
As we behold thy face.

6 O Lord! I'll treasure in my soul
The mem'ry of thy love,

And thy dear name shall still to me
A grateful odour prove.

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John x, 27. (L.M.)

1 JESUS, the shepherd of the sheep,
Thy "little flock" in safety keep;

The flock for which thou cam'st from heav'n,
The flock for which thy life was giv'n.

2 Thou saw'st them wand'ring far from thee, Secure as if from danger free;

Thy love did all their wand'rings trace,
And bring them to a "wealthy place."

3 Oh! guard thy sheep from beasts of prey,
And keep them that they never stray;
Cherish the young, sustain the old;
Let none be feeble in thy fold.

4 Secure them from the scorching beam,
And lead them to the living stream;
In verdant pastures let them lie,
And watch them with a shepherd's eye.

5 Lord, bring thy sheep that wander yet, And let the number be complete: Then let thy flock from earth remove, And occupy the fold above.

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Revelation xvii, 14. (c. M.)

1 ALL hail the power of Jesu's name!
Let angels prostrate fall:
Bring forth the royal diadem,
And crown him Lord of all.

2 Ye chosen seed of Israel's race,
A remnant weak and small;
Hail him, who saves you by his grace,
And crown him Lord of all.
3 Let every kindred, every tribe,
On this terrestrial ball,

To him all majesty ascribe,

And crown him Lord of all.

4 O that with yonder sacred throng,
We at his feet may fall;

There join the everlasting song,
And crown him Lord of all!

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Psalm lxxiii, 24. (P. M.)

1 GUIDE me, O thou great Jehovah,
Pilgrim through this barren land:
I am weak, but thou art mighty;
Hold me with thy powerful hand;
Bread of heaven! bread of heaven!
Feed me till I want no more.

2 Open now the living fountain, Whence the healing streams do flow; Let the fiery cloudy pillar,

Lead me all my journey through; Strong deliv'rer! strong deliv'rer! Be thou still my strength and shield. 3 When I tread the banks of Jordan, Bid my anxious fears subside; Bear me through the swelling current; Land me safe on Canaan's side; Songs of praises! songs of praises, I will ever give to thee.

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1 Timothy vi, 12. (7's.)

1 OFT in sorrow, oft in woe,
Onward, christians, onward go;
Fight the fight, maintain the strife,
Strengthen'd with the bread of life.
2 Onward, christians, onward go,
Join the war, and face the foe;
Will ye flee in danger's hour,
Know ye not your Captain's pow'r?
3 Let your drooping hearts be glad ;
March, in heav'nly armour clad;
Fight, nor think the battle long,
Soon shall vict'ry tune your song.
4 Let not sorrow dim your eye,
Soon shall ev'ry tear be dry;
Let not fears your course impede,
Great your strength, if great your need.