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5 High heaven, that heard the solemn vow, That vow renew'd shall daily hear; Till in life's latest hour I bow,

And bless, in death, a bond so dear.

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P.M.-Coming to Christ as a Living Stone. 1 Pet. ii. 4, 5. 1 WITH ecstasy of joy

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Extol his glorious name,

Who rais'd the spacious earth,

And rais'd our ruin'd frame:

He built the church who built the sky,
Shout and exalt his honours high.

See the foundation laid

By power and love divine;
Jesus, his First-born Son,

How bright his glories shine!

Low he descends, in dust he lies,

That from his tomb a church may rise.

But he for ever lives,

Nor for himself alone;

Each saint new life derives

From this mysterious stone;

His influence darts through every soul,
And in one house unites the whole.

To him with joy we move;

In him cemented stand;

The living temple grows,

And owns the Founder's hand;

That structure, Lord, still higher raise,
Louder to sound its Builder's praise.

Descend and shed abroad

The tokens of thy grace,

And with more radiant beams

Let glory fill the place;

Our joyful souls shall prostrate fall,
And own our God is All in All.

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S.M.-Enlargement of the Church. Isa. xlix. 21. ZION, a mourner long,

Her new-born children sees;

And with surprise and pleasure asks,
"Who hath begotten these?"

In solitude she sat,

While these estrang`d had been;
But, lo! the rising morn presents
A new and glorious scene!

The late beclouded sun

In beams afresh displays;

The harps, which on the willows hung,

Are now attun'd to praise.

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One here, another there,

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Are gather'd to the Lord;

Trophies of his victorious grace
And all-subduing word.

But oh, the happier day,

When round the blissful throne

Jesus his scatter'd flock shall see,

Collected all in one.

Without a jarring note

Or one discordant tongue,

The countless millions there shall join

In one harmonious song.

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P.M.-God's Government the Joy of the Church. Isa. lii. 7.

1 YE subjects of the Lord! proclaim
The royal honours of his Ñame:
"Jehovah reigns!" be all our song.

"Tis He, thy God, O Zion, reigns!
Prepare thy most harmonious strains,
Glad hallelujahs to prolong.

2 Ye princes, boast no more your crowns,
But lay the glittering trifles down
In lowly honour at his feet;
A span your narrow empire bounds,
He reigns beyond created rounds,
In self-sufficient glory great.
3 Tremble, ye pageants of a day,
Form'd, like your slaves, of brittle clay,
Down to the dust your sceptres bend:
To everlasting years he reigns,
And undiminish'd pomp maintains,

When kings, and suns, and time shall end.

4 So shall his favour'd Zion live;
In vain confederate nations strive
Her sacred turrets to destroy;
Her Sovereign sits enthron'd above,
And endless power and endless love
Insure her safety and her joy.

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P.M.-Christ ever present with his Ministers and Churches.
Matt. xxviii. 20.

1 WIDE o'er all worlds the Saviour reigns;
Unmov'd his power and love remains;

And on his arm his church shall rest.
Fair Zion, joyful in her King,

Through every changing age shall sing,
With his perpetual presence blest.

2 Tyrannic death, in vain thy rage,
Thy triumphs new in every age,
O'er the first heroes of his host;
Conscious of more than mortal aid,
Our bleeding hearts are not dismay'd,
But an Immortal Leader boast.

3 Though buried deep in dust they lie,
Whose tuneful voices rais'd on high

Led the sweet anthems to his name;

The children learn the father's song,
And unform'd tongues shall still prolong
The ever present Saviour's fame.
4 The present Saviour, he shall give
Millions of future saints to live,

And crowd the temples of his grace:
The present Saviour, lo! he comes
To call whole legions from their tombs,
And teach their dust sublimer praise.

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P.M.-Good Tidings for Zion. Isa. lii. 7.

1 ON the mountain's top appearing,
Lo, the sacred herald stands;
Welcome news to Zion bearing,
Zion long in hostile lands;
Mourning captive!

God himself will loose thy bands.

2 Has thy night been long and mournful? Have thy friends unfaithful prov'd? Have thy foes been proud and scornful, By thy sighs and tears unmov'd? Cease thy mourning,

Zion still is well belov'd.

3 God, thy God, will now restore thee!
He himself appears thy friend;
All thy foes shall flee before thee;
Here their boasts and triumphs end,
Great deliverance

Zion's King vouchsafes to send.

4 Enemies no more shall trouble;
All thy wrongs shall be redress'd;
For all thy shame thou shalt have double,
In thy Maker's favour bless'd;

All thy conflicts
End in everlasting rest.

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P.M.-" Then had the Churches rest, and were edified," &c.
Acts ix. 31.

1 O THAT now the church were blest
With faith and faith's increase!
Grant us, Lord, the outward rest,
And true internal peace:
Build us up in holy love,

And let us walk with God below,
Serve thee as thy hosts above,
And all thy comfort know.
2 With the humble filial fear
Be mix'd the joy of grace,
While we gladly persevere
In all thy righteous ways:
Thus let each in thee abide,

Let each improve the blessing given,
Till thy church is multiplied
Beyond the stars of heaven.

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C.M.-Communion of Saints.

1 LET saints below in concert join
With those to glory gone;
For all the servants of our King,
In heaven and earth are one.

2 One family, we dwell in him,
One church above, beneath,
Though now divided by the stream,
The narrow stream of death.

3 One army of the living God,
To his command we bow;

Part of the host have cross'd the flood,
And part are crossing now.

4 Lo! thousands to their endless home
Are swiftly borne away;

And we are to the margin come,
And soon must launch as they.

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