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5 Through thee, who all cur sins hast borne,
Freely and graciously forgiven,
With songs to Zion we return,

Con ending for our native heaven-
That palace of our glorious King;
We find it nearer while we sing.

6 Raised by the breath of love divine,

We urge our way, with strength renew'd,
The Church of the first-born to join,
We travel to the mount of God;

With joy upon our heads arise,
And meet our Savior in the skies.

ISE, my soul, and stretch thy wings,

R Thy better portion trace;

Rise from transitory things,

Tow'rd heaven, thy native place.

Sun, moon and stars decay,

Time shall soon this earth remove;

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.
So a soul that's born of God

Pants to view his glorious face,
Upward tends to his abode,
To rest in his embrace.

8 Cease, ye pilgrims, cease to mourn;
Press onward to the prize.
Soon our Savior will return,
Triumphant in the skies;

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.

7, 6, 8. 7,6,

AIN, delusive world adieu,
With all of creature good!

Only Jesus I pursue,

Who bought me with his blood.
All thy pleasures I forego;

I trample on thy wealth and pride,
Only Jesus will I know,

And Jesus crucified.

2 Other knowledge I disdain-
'Tis all but vanity.

Christ, the Lamb of God, was slain;
He tasted death for me!
Me to save from endless woe,

The sin-atoning Victim died!
Only Jesus will I know,

And Jesus crucified.

8 Here will I set up my rest.
My fluctuating heart
From the haven of his breast
Shall never more depart.
Whither should a sinner go?

His wounds for me stand open wide.
Only Jesus will I know,

And Jesus crucified.

4 Him to know is life and peace,
And pleasure without end.
This is all my happiness,
On Jesus to depend,

Daily in his grace to grow,
And ever in his faith abide.
Only Jesus will I know,
And Jesus crucified.

50 that I could all invite

This saving truth to prove! Show the length, the breadth, the hight And depth of Jesus' love!

Fain I would to sinners show

The blood of faith alone applied! Only Jesus will I know,

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And Jesus crucified.

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HILDREN of the heavenly King,
CAs we journey let us sing

Sing our Savior's heavenly praise,
Glorious in his works and ways.

2 We are trav'ling home to God,
In the way our fathers trod.
They are happy now, and we

Soon their happiness shall see.
8 O, ye banish'd seed, be glad!
Christ our Advocate is made;
Us to save, our flesh assumes,
Brother to our souls becomes.

4 Fear not, brethren! joyful stand
On the borders of our land.
Jesus Christ, our Father's Son,
Bids us undismay'd go on.

5 Lord, obediently we'll go,
Gladly leaving all below.

Only thou our leader be,

And we still will follow thee.

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AWAKE, my soul; stretch every nerve,

And press with vigor on.

A heavenly race demands thy zeal,
And an immortal crown.

2 A cloud of witnesses around
Holds thee in full survey.
Forget the steps already trod,
And onward urge thy way.

8 'Tis God's all animating voice
That calls thee from on high.
"Tis his own hand presents the prize
To thine aspiring eye-

4 That prize, with peerless glories bright,
Which shall new luster boast,
When victors' wreaths and monarchs' gems
Shall blend in common dust.

5 Bless'd Savior! introduced by thee,
Have I my race begun;

And, crown'd with vict'ry, at thy feet,
I'll lay my honors down.

HE God of Abrah'm praise,
Who reigns enthron'd above,
Ancient of everlasting days,
And God of love.

JEHOVAH, GREAT I AM!

By earth and heaven confess'd;

I bow and bless the sacred name
Forever bless'd.

2 The God of Abrah'm praise,
At whose supreme command
From earth I rise, and seek the joys
At his right hand.

I all the earth forsake

Its wisdom, fame and power-
And him my only portion make,
My shield and tower.

8 The God of Abrah'm praise,
Whose all-sufficient grace

Shall guide me all my happy days
In all his ways.

He calls a worm his friend;
He calls himself my God!
And he shall save me to the end,
Through Jesus' blood.

4 He, by himself, hath sworn,
I on his oath depend.

I shall, on eagles' wings upborne,
To heaven ascend.

I shall behold his face,

I shall his power adore,

And sing the wonders of his grace
For evermore.

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REAST the wave, Christian,

BWhen it is strongest;

Watch for day, Christian,

When the night's longest.

Onward and onward still
Be thine endeavor: