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4 But our earnest supplication,
Holy God! we raise to thee;
Visit us with thy salvation,
Make us all thy joys to see!
Hallelujah!

Ours at length this strain shall be.
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FOR EVER with the Lord!"

So, Jesus! let it be;

Life from the dead is in that word;
'Tis immortality.

2 Here, in the body pent,

Absent from thee we roam;
Yet nightly pitch our moving tent,
A day's march nearer home.

3 "For ever with the Lord!”
Saviour, if 'tis thy will
The promise of that faithful word
E'en here to us fulfil.

4 So when our latest breath

Shall rend the veil in twain,
By death we shall escape from death,
And life eternal gain.

5 Knowing as we are known,

How shall we love that word, And oft repeat before the throne, "For ever with the Lord!"

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THERE is a happy land, far, far away, Where saints in glory stand, bright, bright as day.

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O, how they sweetly sing,
'Worthy art thou, Saviour King,
Loud let thy praises ring,

Praise, praise for aye."

2 Come to that happy land, come, come away;

Why will we doubting stand, why still delay!

O, we shall happy be,

When from sin and sorrow free!
Lord, we shall live with thee,
Blest, blest for aye.

3 Bright in that happy land, beams every eye;

Kept by a Father's hand, love cannot die. Ó, then to glory run;

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Be a crown and kingdom won;
And bright, above the sun,
Reign, reign for aye.

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No shadows yonder!

All light and song;

Each day we wonder,
And say, How long
Shall time us sunder
From that dear throng?

2 No weeping yonder!
All fled away;

While here we wander
Each weary day,

And sigh as we ponder
Our long, long stay.

3 No partings yonder!
Time and space never
Again shall sunder;

Hearts cannot sever;
Dearer and fonder

Hands clasp for ever.

4 None wanting yonder,
Bought by the Lamb!
All gathered under
The evergreen palm;
Loud as night's thunder
Ascends the glad psalm.

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EARTH is past away and gone,
All her glories, every one,

All her pomp is broken down;
God is reigning, God alone!

2 All her high ones lowly lie,
All her mirth hath passed by,
All her merry-hearted sigh;
God is reigning, God on high!

3 No more sorrow, no more night;
Perfect joy, and purest light!
With his spotless saints and bright,
God is reigning in the height!

4 Blessing, praise, and glory bring,
Offer every holy thing;

Everlasting praises sing;

God is reigning, God our King!

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CLOSE OF WORSHIP.

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HOW sweet to bless thee, Lord,
And in thy praises join,

With saints thy goodness to record,
And sing thy power divine!

2 Thus may our joys increase,

Our love more ardent grow, While rich supplies of Jesus' grace Refresh our souls below.

3 But, 0, the bliss sublime,

When joy shall be complete, In that unclouded, glorious clime Where all thy servants meet! 4 Then shall the ransom'd throng The Saviour's love record, And shout, in everlasting song, "Salvation to the Lord!"

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WHAT of truth we have been hearing,

Fix, O Lord, in every heart;

In the day of thy appearing,

May we share thy people's part. 2 Truth! how sacred is the treasure!

Teach us, Lord, its worth to know, Vain the hope, and short the pleasure, Which from other sources flow.

3 Till we leave this world for ever,
May we live beneath thine eye;
This our aim, our sole endeavour,
Thine to live, and thine to die.

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GOD

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OD of our salvation, hear us;
Bless, O bless us, ere we go;
When we join the world, be near us,
Lest we cold and careless grow:
Saviour keep us,

Keep us safe from every foe.

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2 As our steps are drawing nearer
To our best and lasting home,
May our view of heaven grow clearer;
Hope more bright of joys to come;
And when dying,

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May thy presence cheer the gloom.

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ALMIGHTY God, thy word is cast,

into the ground;

Now let the dew of heaven descend,
And righteous fruits abound.

2 Let not the foe of Christ and man
This holy seed remove;
But give it root in every heart,
To bring forth fruits of love.

3 Let not the world's deceitful cares
The rising plant destroy;
But let it yield, a hundred-fold,
The fruits of peace and joy.

4 Oft as the precious seed is sown,
Thy quickening grace bestow,
That all, whose souls the truth receive,
Its saving power may know.

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