436 C. M. Bath Chapel 26. Staughton 264. Providing Bags that wax not old, Luke xii. 33.

1 YES, there are joys that cannot die,
With God laid up in store;

Treasure beyond the changing sky,
Brighter than golden ore.

2 The seeds which piety and love
Have scatter'd here below,
In the fair, fertile fields above
To ample harvests grow.

3 The mite my willing hands can give,
At Jesus' feet I lay;

Grace shall the humble gift receive,
And grace at large repay.

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Praise for Conversion, Psalm lxvi. 16.

COME, ye that fear the Lord,
And listen, while I tell

How narrowly my feet escap'd'
The snares of death and hell.
The flattering joys of sense
Assail'd my foolish heart,

While Satan with malicious skill
Guided the pois'nous dart.
I fell beneath the stroke,
But fell to rise again;

My anguish rous'd me into life,
And pleasure sprung from pain.
Darkness, and shame, and grief,
Oppress'd my gloomy mind';
I look'd around me for relief,
But no relief could find.

At length to God I cry'd;
He heard my plaintive sigh;

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He heard, and instantly* he sent
Salvation from on high.

My drooping head he rais'd;
My bleeding wounds he heal'd;
Pardon'd my sins; and, with a smile,
The gracious pardon seal’d.

O may I ne'er forget

The mercy of my God;

Nor ever want a tongue to spread

His loudest praise abroad. DR. S. STENNETT.

438 C. M. Bath Chapel 26. Miall 240. Conversion a Matter for Prayer and Praise. 1 THERE'S joy in heaven, and joy on earth, When prodigals return,

To see desponding souls rejoice,

And haughty sinners mourn.

2 Come, saints, and hear what God hath done, Is a reviving sound:

O may it spread from sea to sea,
E'en all the globe around!

3 Often, O sovereign LORD, renew
The wonders of this day;

That JESUS here may see his seed,
And Satan lose his prey.

4 Great GoD, the work is all thy own,
Thine be the praises too;

Let every heart and every tongue
Give thee the glory due.

439 (1st P.) C. M. Brighton 208. Maidstone 196. Apostacy-Will ye also go away?

1 WHEN any turn from Zion's way -
(Alas! what numbers do !)

Methinks I hear my Saviour say,
Wilt thou forsake me too?

• Or read, He heard and graciously he sent,

2 Ah, Lord! with such a heart as mine,
Unless thou hold me fast,

I feel I must, I shall decline,
And prove like them at last.

3 Yet thou alone hast power, I know,
To save a wretch like me;
To whom, or whither could I go,
If I should turn from thee?

4 Beyond a doubt, I rest assur'd
Thou art the CHRIST of GOD;
Who hast eternal life secur'd
By promise and by blood.
5 The help of men and angels join'd
Could never reach my case;
Nor can I hope relief to find
But in thy boundless grace.

6 No voice but thine can give me rest,
And bid my fears depart;

No love but thine can make me bless'd,
And satisfy my heart.

7 What anguish has that question stirr❜d— If I will also go?

Yet, LORD, relying on thy word,

I humbly answer, No!

NEWTON.

439 (2d P.) S.M. Broderip's 252. Whitefield 168.

Will ye also go away? John vi. 67.

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ye go away

From Christ, as some of old?

Who walk'd no more, the Scriptures say,

With him and with his fold.

And will ye go away

From Christ, his house, his friends,

His table, his delightful day,

And bliss that never ends?

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And will ye go away?
And whither will ye go?

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Will you in sin and bondage stray
To everlasting woe?

And will ye go away,

And vile apostates be?

O rather with your Saviour stay,
And die on Calvary's tree?

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And WILL ye go away
And can this be your choice?

O how would this his friends dismay,
And make his foes rejoice!

Did not your heart once say,
Tho' others thee deny,

Yea, should a world thy cause betray,
Yet never, Lord, will I?

[For

pure are thy commands, Thy words are all divine;

Eternal joys are in thy hands,

And thou canst make them mine.]

To go away

from thee!

What sin and folly worse?

Who from a smiling God would flee To meet a frowning curse? 9 Dear LORD, one bliss impart, ("Tis not for heav'n we pray,) But-let us not from thee depart, No, NEVER go away.

440 (1st P.) L. M. Paul's 246. Gould's 272.

To whom shall we go but unto thee? or, Life and Safety in CHRIST alone, John vi. 67-69.

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THOU only sovereign of my heart,
My refuge, my almighty friend-
And can my soul from thee depart,
On whom alone my hopes depend?
2 Whither, ah! whither shall I

go,

A wretched wanderer from my LORD?
Can this dark world of sin and woe
One glimpse of happiness afford?

3 Eternal life thy words impart,
On these, my fainting spirit lives;
Here sweeter comforts cheer my heart
Than all the round of nature gives.
4 Let earth's alluring joys combine,
While thou art near, in vain they call!
One smile, one blissful smile of thine,
My dearest LORD, outweighs them all.
5 Thy name my inmost powers adore,
Thou art my life, my joy, my care;
Depart from thee !-'tis death-'tis more,
"Tis endless ruin, deep despair!

6 Low at thy feet my soul would lie,
Here safety dwells, and peace divine;
Still let me live beneath thine eye,
For life, eternal life, is thine.

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(2d P.) 8s. Limefield 94.

Christian Union.

STEELE.

1 BLESS'D union! in Eden ne'er found,

No, not in a Paradise lost!

It grows on Immanuel's ground,
And Christ all his suff'rings it cost.
2 Why then so unwilling to part,
Since we shall ere long meet again?
Engrav'd on his hands and his heart,
How can we at distance remain?
3 With Jesus we ever shall reign,
Transported his glories shall see,
And sing, Hallelujah! Amen!
Amen! even so let it be !

440 (3d P.) S. M. Ryland's 48. Finsbury 155.

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For Fellowship Meetings.

UNITING hearts and hands,
Let each provoke his friend
run the way of God's commands,
And keep it to the end.