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Yet those who trusted in his name
Beheld in him thy truth and grace.
5 0 thou! at whose almighty word
Fair light at first from darkness shone,
Teach us to know our glorious Lord,
And trace the Father in the Son.

6 While we, thine image there displayed,
With love and admiration view,
Form us in likeness to our Head,
That we may bear thine image too.

264.

L. M.

Immutable.

*DODDRIDGE.

1 WITH transport, Lord, our souls proclaim Th' immortal honors of thy name; Assembled round our Savior's throne, We make his ceaseless glories known. 2 Through all succeeding ages he The same hath been, the same shall be ; Immortal radiance gilds his head,

While stars and suns wax old and fade. 3 The same his power his flock to guard; The same his bounty to reward;

The same his faithfulness and love
To saints on earth, and saints above.
4 Let nature change, and sink. and die,
Jesus shall raise his people high,
And fix them near his stable throne,
In glory changeless as his own.

265.

L. M.

The Universal King.

E. TURNER.

1 COME, sing a Savior's power,
And praise his mighty name;

His wondrous love adore,

And chant his growing fame.

Wide o'er the world a king shall reign,
And righteousness and peace maintain.

2 The sceptre of his grace

He shall forever wield;
His foes, before his face,

To strength divine shall yield:
The conquest of his truth shall show
What an almighty arm can do.

3 His alienated sons,

By sin beguiled, betrayed,
Shall then be born at once,

And willing subjects made:
Such numbers shall his courts adorn
As dew-drops of the vernal morn.

4 His realm shall ever stand, By liberal things upheld; And from his bounteous hand

All hearts with joy be filled.

A universe with praise shall own
The countless honors of his throne.

266.

8s & 7s M.

ANONYMOUS.

The Light of the World.

1 LIGHT of those whose dreary dwelling Borders on the shades of death!.

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Rise on us, thyself revealing,
Rise, and chase the clouds beneath.
2 Thou, the light of every creature,
In our deepest darkness rise;
Scatter all the night of nature,
Pour the day upon our eyes.

3 Still we wait for thine appearing;
Life and joy thy beams impart,
Chasing all our fears, and cheering
Every meek and contrite heart.
4 Save us in thy great compassion,
O thou prince of peace and love!
Give the knowledge of salvation,
Fix our hearts on things above.
5 By thine all-sufficient merit
Every burdened soul release;
Every weary, wandering spirit
Guide into thy perfect peace.

267.

7s M.

Our Refuge.

ANONYMOUS.

1 JESUS! Savior of my soul,
Let me to thy shelter fly,
While the raging billows roll,
While the tempest still is high;
Hide me, O my Savior, hide,
Till the storm of life is past;
Safe into the haven guide;
O, receive my soul at last.
2 Other refuge have I none;
Helpless hangs my soul on thee;
Leave, ah! leave me not alone,
Still support and comfort me:
All my trust on thee is stayed,
All my help from thee I bring;
Cover my defenceless head
With the shadow of thy wing.

3 Thou, O Christ, art all I want;
All in all in thee I find:

Raise the fallen, cheer the faint,

Heal the sick, and lead the blind.
Plenteous grace with thee is found,
Grace to pardon all our sin;
Let the healing streams abound:
Make and keep us pure within.

268.

C. M.

ANONYMOUS.

God's Servant.

1 THUS saith the Lord who built the heavens, And bade the planets roll,

Who peopled all the climes of earth,

And formed the human soul:

2 'Behold my Servant; see him rise
Exalted in my might;
Him have I chosen, and in him
I place supreme delight."

3 'On him, in rich effusion poured,
My spirit shall descend;

My truth and judgment he shall show
To earth's remotest end.

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4 The progress of his zeal and power
Shall never know decline,

Till foreign lands and distant isles
Receive the law divine.'

269.

S. M.

MR3. STEELE.

Our Shepherd. Ps. 23.

1 WHILE My Redeemer's near,
My shepherd and my guide,
I bid farewell to anxious fear;
My wants are all supplied.

2 To ever-fragrant meads

Where rich abundance grows,

His gracious hand indulgent leads,
And guards my sweet repose.
3 Along the lovely scene
Cool waters gently roll,
Transparent, sweet, and all serene,
To cheer my fainting soul.

4 Here let my spirit rest;
How sweet a lot is mine!
With pleasure, food, and safety, blest;
Beneficence divine!

5 Dear Shepherd, if I stray,

My wandering feet restore,
To thy fair pastures guide my way,
And let me rove no more.

6 Unworthy as I am

Of thy protecting care,

Jesus, I plead thy gracious name,
For all my hopes are there.

270.

L. M.

The Morning Star.

*BEDDOME.

1 YE worlds of light, that roll so near
The Savior's throne of shining bliss,
O tell how mean your glories are-
How faint and few, compared with his !
2 We sing the bright and morning Star,
Jesus, the spring of light and love:
See, how its rays, diffused from far,
Conduct us to the realms above!

3 Its cheering beams, spread wide abroad,
Point out the wildered Christian's way:
Still, as he goes, he finds the road,
Enlightened with a constant day.

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